Inslee announced homelessness spending plans

Gov. Jay Inslee today announced his homelessness proposals for the 2022 legislative session, which will bolster Washington’s leadership in finding solutions for individuals living without shelter and help those at risk of becoming homeless.

The governor put forward the $800 million increase in spending proposal to address homelessness to:

• Pursue new avenues to help people remain in their homes
• Secure more facilities to provide permanent supportive and affordable housing
• Expand supportive services for people with behavioral health needs
• Transition encamped people to permanent housing solutions
• Restore the range of affordable housing types in our cities
  

"Unsheltered Washingtonians deserve a safe, warm and dry place to live, with additional resources available, if they need them. This is not only the right thing to do for these people, but the right thing to do for our state and our communities," Inslee said.

Text of the proposal release

View the press release event

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One of the underlying causes of housing shortage has to be the unlawful immigration of millions of needy.  Its self-evident that flooding basic housing with needy people will directly create homelessness.  Moreover, the flood of newcomers will squeeze out the current marginally housed persons into tent cities.

Washington State's new, redrawn, political districts -- finalized (for now)

Washington State has freshly redrawn its political districts.  The final maps (for the next ten years) are reproduced here:

WA State Legislative Districts

US Congressional districts

These maps can be found at https://www.redistricting.wa.gov/final-maps iffen you need a more detailed look.

The state Supreme Court decided not to intervene with the process and accepted the maps as drawn by the redistricting commission.

The Supreme Court decision was a little awkward in view of the fact that the redistricting commission had gummed up their process and did not get all their work handed in in time.  But the redistricting commission did present a plan.  It was this the Supreme Court accepted.

The commission web site puts it like this:

"The four voting commissioners on the Washington State Redistricting Commission were unable to adopt a districting plan by the midnight deadline on November 15, 2021. They did, however, approve Congressional District and Legislative District maps and are making them available to the public. You can access the Commissioner's approved district map pages."

Its been a lot of work in these tumultuous times.  The commissioners must have felt slightly incoherent