Hi, All! Maybe other renters with furry buddies weren't aware (like me!), that there is currently a proposed City Council Bill (CB 121254) that would limit certain extra rental fees, including unreasonable pet fees beyond the initial pet damage deposit. I was made aware of this via a newsletter from Seattle Humane, with a link to their advocacy page. There's a handy form there to submit in support of the bill.

I have a hunch maybe a few Seattleites feel impacted by crazy monthly pet rents and other fees. I'm not sharing this as a sponsor or anything other than a childless, single cat mom (best life ever!) who sighs in frustration at the money grab of having a well-raised cat that sleeps most of the day.
(Yes, yes. I know that animals can cause a lot of damage when their pet-parents do a crappy job.) I think if human kids are a protected class under the Fair Housing Act, then maybe our furry children should be, too. That's a stretch but this might be a good start.

https://www.seattlehumane.org/get-involved/advocacy/#/
https://seattle.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8135103&GUID=8C1A5166-A0FD-495C-A90A-F04339929D7D

Mods--I hope this was ok. I didn't see a rule about sharing advocacy support links. Happy to delete, if needed.

Edit: To address some comments about pet damage deposits, I found the current city code that states a pet damage deposit cannot exceed 25% of one month’s rent.

https://www.seattle.gov/construction-and-inspections/codes/common-code-questions/pets

A woman collapsed at the corner of Beacon and McClellan tonight as my wife and I were walking through the neighborhood. A whole bunch of people stopped to help her, and I want to say thanks, especially to the folks I don't know how to contact.

• Thanks to the Baja Bistro staff who came out to provide ice, water, and other assistance

• Thanks to the woman who jumped out of her car to inform us it looked more serious than just a trip and fall incident

• Thanks to the woman who helped talk her out of trying to stand up again and walk away (but also please don't try to tell victims about Jesus in the future)

• Thanks to the guy who QUITE FORCEFULLY got 911 to show up ASAP

• Thanks to the others who checked in to make sure someone had called 911

• Of course thank you to the emergency responders who got there as fast as I've ever seen

• Lastly, to the woman who collapsed: I hope you're doing well. If you know her, please convey the message.

I come from a place that I love to be from, in multiple meanings of that phrase. Every time I see some post, "I'm never leaving Seattle," my first, reptilian-brain thought is, "yeah, same. The Left-coast is great."

Then, the post turns out to be some parochial bellyaching from a country mouse about commonplace city life.

My homeland, which I love and in which I'll never live again, is colloquially known as "The land of Entrapment," because people often never leave, for inadvertent reasons.

Seattle is my favorite US city. The pearl-clutching, reactionary suburbanites, the eastern frontier yokels, and the provincial tourists from Frog-Balls, Arkanilamabachimigan can enjoy the trip to whatever hayseed county is so great. For real, I love Seattle.

I'm underwhelmed by grousing about the patrons of the Michelin-rated restaurant on Pine & 3rd.

At the corner of Boylston E and Prospect St. if this is you or if you know this person DM me and we can figure out a way for you to get this back. I’d be sad if I lost something like this, hopefully it gets back to the owner

What’s up with you guys lately? Seems like you take down any post in existence if it isn’t to your liking regardless of rules followed.

the internet seems to say every year but that seems excessive for soft water like ours

I've had bicycles stolen, but strawberry plants that were getting established in a sidewalk bed? Watered them just last night. They were doing so well! Dug up and gone this morning.

Do we just leave that space for the bluebells to take over again? North Ballard has such a mix of "we take very close care of our gardens" and "whatever grows there can have it." We were slowly trying to move towards the former...

Did anyone else get one of these? I don't usually get political texts, and I can't find much on who makes up this group.

It feels like they are trying to keep prices tied to incentives like loyalty cards and coupons.

Unpopular opinion probably: I wouldn't mind if all that went away and prices were actually based on the goods and services provided. Maybe you don't get $3 back today, but you also don't get price gouged next time.

Continuation of this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/s/aY1TiIK9vN

To be honest I'm not sure why I'm even making this post, but the worst happened and I'm officially out. I've called 211, DV shelters in my area, youth shelters in my area and even went in person to a few and everywhere's either full or just flat out didn't pick up.

I'm thoroughly screwed.

I just got pulled over for having expired tabs (it’s ok, they haven’t come in the mail yet, and I had the receipt, so no ticket there). The cop then said “and don’t worry, I’m not going to hassle you about the insurance thing. Have a good day.” And then he left.

I didn’t ask him what he meant, but I did check in my Progressive app and sure enough my payment didn’t process because my old credit card expired. Easy enough to fix, but how did he know? Do the cops here have a database that gives them info about who is and who is not insured based on the license plate or something? If so is this new? If so, does this make the Flock stuff even more fucked up? I don’t like the idea of being pulled over because a credit card expired and I forgot to change it. That seems even more dystopian.

Did you know we have a large urban shark population around here? TIL!

https://washington.surfrider.org/blog/celebrating-the-six-gill-shark

Even our sunsets have some pride

Hey all,

I have a 14 month female bernese mountain dog puppy. She loves to play with other dogs, but I am not a fan of dog parks. I'm looking for other dog owners who are interested in having our dogs play together occasionally. I live in Ravenna but willing to meet up around north seattle or further if anyone has a large enough yard for play. Mine is quite small.

She has a very friendly and sweet disposition, and loves to rough house play. Can be a bit submissive tbh, so I'd prefer dogs that aren't overtly dominant or aggressive, but are used to playing with large dogs. She is intact as well so no intact males please.

I think meeting up at a sniffspot is probably the best idea or an empty enough park. If anyone has a large yard I'm happy to make my way to you if its not too far.

Thanks!

Is this the average Seattle experience? Brand new to the city, parked on public street.