Seattle News, Views, and Brews
Jun 10, 2026 · 29 min · 11 segments
Learn about the latest in local public affairs in about the time it takes for a coffee break! Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel and…
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Well, our top story still this week, a developing one regarding Aurora Avenue North.
Seattle's City Council President Joy Hollingsworth is calling on Mayor Wilson to close five streets off of Aurora Avenue North, saying temporary traffic calming measures that have been installed there last week to prevent gun violence are simply not working.
North 97th through 102nd streets at Aurora, two vehicles no later than this week.
I know this is a bit of a moving target here, but it sounds like a lot of neighbors were out in force over the weekend, marching, rallying, saying we need these streets shut down.
And I think, you know, we've talked about the tension between the council and the mayor's office.
I think that is kind of clearest when it comes to public safety, you know, around the cameras and now around Aurora.
And I think the council is getting to a place where it feels a little more confident in using authority as a separate legislative branch and using that to kind of pressure the mayor into doing what they what they want and A lot of the members of this council voted in favor of, say, you know, the soap laws up in Aurora and the soda laws.
And they're feeling like, you know, they want to, I think, reclaim some of the upper hand on public safety.
You know, there is a bill to shut these streets down, but it seems like that's kind of more leverage to get the mayor to just declare these streets closed.
talk about that? They're trying to figure out if these traffic calming measures are working, I guess, or what's going on from the mayor's side here?
You know, and I think the mayor wants to see if Subtle changes to the environment can improve the broader safety picture up there.
I think the street closures probably come with a little more pretext, perhaps has a negative connotation, but gives officers a little more pretext to intervene in a way that I think SOAP was intended to do also, because it's one thing to arrest people after there has been a shootout.
But I think the thought is the city members of the council would like to see more avenues to intervene for officers to intervene before that happens.
Well, our top story still this week, a developing one regarding Aurora Avenue North.
Seattle's City Council President Joy Hollingsworth is calling on Mayor Wilson to close five streets off of Aurora Avenue North, saying temporary traffic calming measures that have been installed there last week to prevent gun violence are simply not working.
North 97th through 102nd streets at Aurora, two vehicles no later than this week.
I know this is a bit of a moving target here, but it sounds like a lot of neighbors were out in force over the weekend, marching, rallying, saying we need these streets shut down.
And I think, you know, we've talked about the tension between the council and the mayor's office.
I think that is kind of clearest when it comes to public safety, you know, around the cameras and now around Aurora.
And I think the council is getting to a place where it feels a little more confident in using authority as a separate legislative branch and using that to kind of pressure the mayor into doing what they what they want and A lot of the members of this council voted in favor of, say, you know, the soap laws up in Aurora and the soda laws.
And they're feeling like, you know, they want to, I think, reclaim some of the upper hand on public safety.
You know, there is a bill to shut these streets down, but it seems like that's kind of more leverage to get the mayor to just declare these streets closed.
talk about that? They're trying to figure out if these traffic calming measures are working, I guess, or what's going on from the mayor's side here?
You know, and I think the mayor wants to see if Subtle changes to the environment can improve the broader safety picture up there.
I think the street closures probably come with a little more pretext, perhaps has a negative connotation, but gives officers a little more pretext to intervene in a way that I think SOAP was intended to do also, because it's one thing to arrest people after there has been a shootout.
But I think the thought is the city members of the council would like to see more avenues to intervene for officers to intervene before that happens.
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