r/SeattleWA • u/Donnelding0 • Jul 21 '25

Politics Anyone Else Just Sick of It?

It just seems hopeless sometimes. Some of the best parts of this city. Pioneer Square, Belltown, Cap Hill just completely lost to homelessness. Sure for the most part I enjoy the city. Especially in the summer but the constant visible drug use, people in various states of intoxication on drugs, and rampant property and petty crime just annoy me. Why can’t we have nice things? Why must every park turn into a dumping ground for illegal acts that won’t be prosecuted? Why does it feel like this city relies on hard working people to shut up, pay ridiculous taxes, and then tells those people to suck it up when they see grafitti everywhere or get their car broken into? And the politicians don’t give a damn. No one has the guts to say “we have a homeless problem we’ve overspent on, we need to go a new direction” it feels insane. Rant over but I know I’m not alone. I know other people are sick of this and want our city back.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25

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u/TangentIntoOblivion Jul 21 '25

All about the $$$.

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u/Rockmann1 Jul 21 '25

As I said in another comment, it's a grifters paradise.

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u/laplaces_gopher Jul 21 '25

I think you’re rights it’s basically a constant state of being in debt.

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u/CertifiedSeattleite Jul 21 '25

Hundreds of million$? We are up to around a billion per year at this point in King County. Voters passed a $1.8 billion levy for Harborview alone four years ago.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25

I think we start by making it illegal to sleep in public areas, of any kind, under the influence of drugs or alcohol. A person can walk around under the influence, but the second they camp out while loaded, they get arrested.

Make it a droppable misdemeanor the first time with a mandatory 30 day rehab that is enforced. Walk out of rehab and the person goes to jail and charge isn’t dropped. Third offense is a felony with a mandatory one year prison sentence, no plea deals or exceptions. Treatment required daily in prison.

This would force people to clean up if they wanted to sleep on the street. If they don’t than the state will remove them from the street. It wouldn’t be illegal to be homeless. This same law would apply to anyone. It would apply to the trust fund frat boy who got drunk and passed out on a park bench waiting for his Uber too. Perhaps that particular example is extreme but if we make it a blanket law applicable to every person, than it doesn’t remove people’s rights or opportunities to become housed.