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if you weren't aware, there's a vote on tuesday about funding the social housing initiative that passed last year. that initiative created an authority in the city that can just buy property and build housing that the city owns, a portion of which will be permanently affordable (unlike a lot of "nonprofit" housing in the city, which they can put back on the market and jack up the rents after a few decades). you should have gotten a ballot in the mail if you're registered to vote (if you didn't or if you're not you can go to votewa.org to get that fixed).

the ballot has two parts: a y/n vote on whether to fund the initiative (so, yes on that) and then a 1a and a 1b option. we're pushing for 1a, which would create a new tax on business who have someone on their payroll earning more than $1,000,000. if someone's earning a million dollars a year, their employer has to start paying 5% into the housing fund. the other option would raid existing city housing funds to pay for this permanently affordable housing.

you can see an example of how to fill out the ballot on https://www.letsbuildsocialhousing.org/ and read more about the initiative (which, again, we OVERWHELMINGLY already voted in favor of a year ago! people want social housing, but the goofy way ballot initiatives work in Washington gave big business and their city council stooges a chance to try and scuttle the project)

A father and his sons fish along the South Wichita River using bamboo rods in King County.

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Yes, a new one already. The incomplete Northshore infrastructure mentioned last time opened today!

Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.1.3 and MEGAMAP 2.1.3 – both 12 June 2026 – are now available on github.

If you’re on a pre-2.1 map, 2.1 was massive, filling in large swaths in the south end, and you absolutely want this update to catch up.

The full list of changes with this release:

ADDED: 61st Ave NE bike lane extension to the Snohommish County border, more than doubling the length of bike lanes on the street. There’s still a little detail work in progress, but the bike lanes are fully open. Briar, your turn! (Both maps)

ADDED: 5th Ave NE bike lanes in Shoreline extended south to Shoreline South light rail station, filling in a critical gap between the station and the Shoreline bike lane grid. (Both maps)

PROVISIONALLY MARKED: The Georgetown walk/ped dog park’s bike/ped corridor connecting Ellis Ave S. to E. Marginal Way S has been completed but is not yet open. The opening date is officially the 27th, but I have put it on the map with a note about the opening date. Typically these kind of infrastructures have a soft open before the official date, but that’s very much in the air at any given time. (MEGAMAP only)

All permalinks continue to work.

If you enjoy these maps and feel like throwing some change at the tip jar, here’s my patreon, and here’s Angela’s Kofi. (I’m her wife, so it gets to me.) Patreon supporters get bonus map variants, like pre-sliced printables of the Greater Northshore and 0% compression versions of the MEGAMAP. Plus, I can be open to requests for special edits.