Amy Enbysk
@amyenbysk.bsky.social
Public transit enthusiast 🚉 and semi-profesional Politico. Views are my own, especially if I’m talking about Duck football or Taylor Swift 💁🏼♀️
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Can't remember if I've noted this before, but the Seattle Police Department plans to use the JumpStart tax, originally dedicated by law to four progressive goals, to pay for surveillance cameras in the Stadium District along with policing at the World Cup games next year.
October 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Can't remember if I've noted this before, but the Seattle Police Department plans to use the JumpStart tax, originally dedicated by law to four progressive goals, to pay for surveillance cameras in the Stadium District along with policing at the World Cup games next year.
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The County Council just took a unanimous 9-0 vote to establish the Broadway Facility fund, paving the way to opening a Crisis Care Center on Capitol Hill.
The King County Council is hearing public testimony on the Capitol Hill crisis care center right now, ahead of a final council vote approving funds for the facility.
Just like in committee, testimony has been heavily weighted against the center so far.
Just like in committee, testimony has been heavily weighted against the center so far.
October 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The County Council just took a unanimous 9-0 vote to establish the Broadway Facility fund, paving the way to opening a Crisis Care Center on Capitol Hill.
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King County Executive Shannon Braddock and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announce contingency plans for Women, Infants, and Children benefits if federal shutdown persists.
Read full statement here:
Read full statement here:
NEWS: King County Executive Shannon Braddock and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announce contingency plans for Women, Infants, and Children benefits if federal shutdown persists
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October 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
King County Executive Shannon Braddock and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announce contingency plans for Women, Infants, and Children benefits if federal shutdown persists.
Read full statement here:
Read full statement here:
RIP Jane Goodall, you were a baddie 🦍🦧
October 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
RIP Jane Goodall, you were a baddie 🦍🦧
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Trump and the GOP slashes to food assistance are about to hit about 170,000 Washingtonians.
King County is stepping up with $755K in grants to keep food banks running. But let’s not lose vision, no local grant can cover the damage of Trump and the Republican Party’s cruel agenda.
King County is stepping up with $755K in grants to keep food banks running. But let’s not lose vision, no local grant can cover the damage of Trump and the Republican Party’s cruel agenda.
King County gives hunger relief groups a boost as SNAP cuts loom
The funding comes as some low-income families will this fall see their SNAP benefits slashed or cut entirely as new restrictions begin to roll out.
www.seattletimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Trump and the GOP slashes to food assistance are about to hit about 170,000 Washingtonians.
King County is stepping up with $755K in grants to keep food banks running. But let’s not lose vision, no local grant can cover the damage of Trump and the Republican Party’s cruel agenda.
King County is stepping up with $755K in grants to keep food banks running. But let’s not lose vision, no local grant can cover the damage of Trump and the Republican Party’s cruel agenda.
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A world first: trains under power are now running across the I-90 floating bridge ⚡
Last night marked a big milestone for the 2 Line’s Crosslake Connection - hear more from Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine on this historic evening for transit and the entire Central Puget Sound!
Last night marked a big milestone for the 2 Line’s Crosslake Connection - hear more from Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine on this historic evening for transit and the entire Central Puget Sound!
September 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A world first: trains under power are now running across the I-90 floating bridge ⚡
Last night marked a big milestone for the 2 Line’s Crosslake Connection - hear more from Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine on this historic evening for transit and the entire Central Puget Sound!
Last night marked a big milestone for the 2 Line’s Crosslake Connection - hear more from Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine on this historic evening for transit and the entire Central Puget Sound!
Proud of Dan Strauss for voting no today.
Final vote:
Yes: Kettle, Rivera, Saka, Solomon, Hollingsworth, Juarez, Nelson
No: Rinck, Strauss
The bill passes 7-2.
Yes: Kettle, Rivera, Saka, Solomon, Hollingsworth, Juarez, Nelson
No: Rinck, Strauss
The bill passes 7-2.
September 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Proud of Dan Strauss for voting no today.
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The first East Link train under its own power on the floating bridge!
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The first East Link train under its own power on the floating bridge!
The people who text me when Taylor announces new music > anyone else 🧡
August 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The people who text me when Taylor announces new music > anyone else 🧡
This is really bad.
Real Change confirmed today that two of our vendors have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This action is a direct attack on a protected community and poses a chilling threat to the safety and well-being of all individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty.
August 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This is really bad.
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and has ordered that the organization continues to receive Medicaid funds. (via AP)
July 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and has ordered that the organization continues to receive Medicaid funds. (via AP)
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Good news:
Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
King County had two goals when it purchased more than a dozen hotels to convert into housing for people living on the streets — end homelessness for a bunch of people and improve their health. Officia...
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July 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Good news:
Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
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Vote YES on the King County Parks Levy!
Vote Yes on the King County Parks Levy
Should we or should we not have a county parks system? The question before voters is that simple. Because if voters do not approve this property tax levy, we functionally won’t have one. The 6-year le...
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July 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Vote YES on the King County Parks Levy!
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King County had two goals when it purchased more than a dozen hotels to convert into housing for people living on the streets — end homelessness for a bunch of people and improve their health.
Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
King County had two goals when it purchased more than a dozen hotels to convert into housing for people living on the streets — end homelessness for a bunch of people and improve their health. Officials say it has been...
www.seattletimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
King County had two goals when it purchased more than a dozen hotels to convert into housing for people living on the streets — end homelessness for a bunch of people and improve their health.
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“I’m asking Oregonians to be my partners once again," Merkley said.
US Sen. Jeff Merkley will run for reelection in 2026
“I’m asking Oregonians to be my partners once again," Merkley said.
www.oregonlive.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“I’m asking Oregonians to be my partners once again," Merkley said.
I helped Carrie Brownstein use one of those automatic paper towel dispensers in a NY theatre bathroom once
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I helped Carrie Brownstein use one of those automatic paper towel dispensers in a NY theatre bathroom once
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NEW STORY // King County’s Housing First Initiative Boasts High Success Rate www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/13/k...
King County’s Housing First Initiative Boasts High Success Rate - The Urbanist
# King County's Health Through Housing program provides a road map for exiting homelessness, providing housing first to stabilize people, and it’s working. Newly unveiled 2024 data shows a high rate o...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
NEW STORY // King County’s Housing First Initiative Boasts High Success Rate www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/13/k...
Great reporting from @amysundberg.bsky.social on the work King County is doing to get folks living on the streets into housing. Housing first works!!! ❤️
My latest for @theurbanist.org about King County's permanent supportive housing initiative: in 2024 the program showed improved health outcomes for its residents and 95% of its PSH residents stayed housed over the course of the year.
Happy to be reporting some positive news.
Happy to be reporting some positive news.
NEW STORY // King County’s Housing First Initiative Boasts High Success Rate www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/13/k...
June 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Great reporting from @amysundberg.bsky.social on the work King County is doing to get folks living on the streets into housing. Housing first works!!! ❤️
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According to the county, "95% of permanent supportive housing residents were able to maintain a stable home. The data also shows improved health outcomes, including 33% shorter hospital stays, 22% fewer hospital stays, and a 17% decrease in ER visits for residents..."
June 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
According to the county, "95% of permanent supportive housing residents were able to maintain a stable home. The data also shows improved health outcomes, including 33% shorter hospital stays, 22% fewer hospital stays, and a 17% decrease in ER visits for residents..."
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Shoutout to the King County Metro & Pierce Transit supervisors and operators who put in extra hours last night, keeping us moving safely.
It was a pleasure to work with them in an ad-hoc capacity last night, directing traffic to back a big bus out of a blocked street :)
It was a pleasure to work with them in an ad-hoc capacity last night, directing traffic to back a big bus out of a blocked street :)
June 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Shoutout to the King County Metro & Pierce Transit supervisors and operators who put in extra hours last night, keeping us moving safely.
It was a pleasure to work with them in an ad-hoc capacity last night, directing traffic to back a big bus out of a blocked street :)
It was a pleasure to work with them in an ad-hoc capacity last night, directing traffic to back a big bus out of a blocked street :)
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Joint statement from myself, King County Executive Shannon Braddock, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello and Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards:
We condemn President Trump’s illegal activation of California National Guard forces over the objections of California’s governor.
We condemn President Trump’s illegal activation of California National Guard forces over the objections of California’s governor.
June 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Joint statement from myself, King County Executive Shannon Braddock, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello and Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards:
We condemn President Trump’s illegal activation of California National Guard forces over the objections of California’s governor.
We condemn President Trump’s illegal activation of California National Guard forces over the objections of California’s governor.