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A woman hadn’t left her box truck in over 3 years. Her garbage and human waste buckets were no longer being slipped through her door for her homeless neighbor to collect and dispose. He asked me for help. After she refused all services, we called for a wellness check today. First time in 5+ years I’ve seen someone with severe mental illness taken against their will. How bad does it have to get? This bad 👇Thank You Seattle Police Department Seattle Fire Dept.
We Heart Seattle528,346 views • 1 month ago
Watch for yourself what “affordable housing” or “housing first” looks like in Seattle. Rosa hasn’t slept in her apartment in over a year and instead lives on the streets where we met. She invited me into her home to see why she doesn’t sleep there. DESC a 100M NPO keeps building more and more housing projects without first investing in the need for supportive services they claim to offer (and on your tax paying dollar). 👇🏼Rosa is educating voters and I hope you listen to her. Department of Housing and Urban Development
We Heart Seattle1,506,077 views • 8 months ago
This is Permanent Supportive “Housing First” in Seattle on full display. Just three weeks ago, (intellectually disabled) Jacob was placed in a brand new DESC Housing project and has been assaulted, offered illegal drugs, and harassed by drug addicted and violent neighbors. Listen to Jacob plead to Mayor Katie B. Wilson that policies need to change. Department of Housing and Urban Development Soledad Ursua Scott Turner T Wolf 🌁 King County Executive Girmay Zahilay DESC We are now working with Jacob to connect back to Mom and Grandma in Missouri where he came just a few short months ago. Seattle City Council We don’t just have a county responsibility issue we have other state residents coming to “Freeattle”. Look at the harm inflicted on Jacob.
We Heart Seattle244,985 views • 1 month ago
As follow up to KOMO News Joel Moreno City Hall coverage on Drug Possession Laws listen to Andrea Suarez and Homeless Drug Addict Cory Rattleff testify about the enabling culture in Seattle and ways to pivot to Recovery Oriented policy. Cory represents thousands of men and women in recovery who were held accountable not “slapped on the wrist”.
We Heart Seattle217,983 views • 1 month ago
Man suffering through opioid withdrawal on the streets of Seattle. He already has housing. The system isn’t failing because of a lack of beds , it’s failing because we refuse to address the root causes of addiction instead of just treating the symptoms. When we measure the wrong things, we get the wrong results. Time to stop wasting taxpayer dollars. Governor Bob Ferguson Mayor Katie B. Wilson
We Heart Seattle37,727 views • 7 days ago
Sneak Peak at the new Pallet Shelter opening June 8th off 15th and Armory Way. This village is intended to welcome addicted homeless folks who are most affected by the FIFA World Cup. All are welcome to the June 7th Open House to meet the mayor and the operators of the village. Watch and Share. Mayor Katie B. Wilson Seattle City Council FIFA World Cup
We Heart Seattle37,656 views • 8 days ago
I just filmed this overdose reversal on the streets of Seattle. Another day, another life saved by Narcan because our streets have become open-air emergency rooms. Washington has one of the highest overdose death rates in the entire country, yet our politicians stay silent. They’d rather talk about housing affordability than face the truth: the drug crisis is destroying lives and overwhelming our first responders every single day. No end in sight. Why isn’t this the headline? When will leaders speak out? Seattle City Council Mayor Katie B. Wilson King County Executive Girmay Zahilay Thank you Seattle Police Department Seattle Fire Dept.
We Heart Seattle45,021 views • 10 days ago
I led Fox News digital through four Seattle parks recently and showcased the harm open air drug scenes have on the community. The human suffering and environmental decimation was shocking to them. The foil that our government hands out to addicts to smoke fentanyl pollutes our shared spaces. Full article in comments.
We Heart Seattle195,366 views • 1 month ago
Just because we keep building more shelter beds and tiny home villages doesn’t mean people actually stay in them. That’s why, despite all the spending and new capacity, our streets never look cleaner or safer. Homeless drug addicts continue to roam the city, loitering in parks and using fentanyl and meth in plain view. Nicholas confided that the policy at the tiny home villages is remarkably lax: residents are only required to stay there two or three nights a week to avoid eviction. That means they’re still spending four or five nights homeless on the streets. Mayor Katie B. Wilson Seattle City Council King County Executive Girmay Zahilay
We Heart Seattle52,259 views • 13 days ago
This is deeply personal. For years we gave Michelle everything: case management, friendship, community, even restoring her stable housing. She still battles severe mental illness and keeps choosing the sidewalk tent. She says we abandoned her. We didn’t. Policymakers did. This is why good social workers burn out and quit. We have boundaries too. Compassionate intervention isn’t cruelty, it’s the only thing left. Mayor Katie B. Wilson Seattle City Council Seattle Police Department What is your plan for the drug-addicted, mentally ill, service-resistant population? Enough is enough.
We Heart Seattle177,177 views • 1 month ago
🚨 Over 100 milk jugs full of urine at Discovery Park, one of Seattle’s most beautiful parks. A man battling severe untreated mental illness lives alone in a tent here, refusing every service offered. We Heart Seattle was cleaning up and thought we’d seen it all. This one hurts. We have real sympathy for his struggle, but our parks belong to everyone. When is someone considered “gravely disabled”? When is vandalism of public spaces actually enforced? What do we do? 💔Seattle Parks Seattle City Council Mayor Katie B. Wilson
We Heart Seattle65,921 views • 25 days ago
Just met a woman who hasn’t stepped out of her car in over a year. Her partner (who has an apartment nearby) brings her food and takes out her waste daily. The car is sealed with garbage bags, covered in black mold, moss, and rot and the smell is overwhelming. She says she’s “fine” and likes being alone, but also told me she can’t walk and that her partner hurts her emotionally. Very concerning situation. Today we’re doing a police-assisted welfare check, just like we did for the box truck lady who’s now in the hospital. Hoping she gets the help she needs. ❤️
We Heart Seattle130,022 views • 1 month ago
NEW! The Mayor Katie B. Wilson just postponed indefinitely the first scheduled encampment sweep under her leadership. People in these tents need intervention to treat addiction and mental illness. I hope our new mayor can see for her own eyes this isn’t a shelter or housing crisis and act compassionately and urgently. There are places to go, to treat, to house with pathways to self-sufficiency.
We Heart Seattle327,207 views • 4 months ago
50 times stronger and 50 times cheaper with Fentanyl you can get a heroin high for the cost of a piece of licorice and as a warning to parents, you can now get a suicide kit, handed out to your children with no questions asked. Any, and all distribution of these types of drug paraphernalia should be outlawed. Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk King County Council Public Health - Seattle & King County
We Heart Seattle1,040,907 views • 1 year ago
Exclusive footage was handed to me from a tenant inside his Tiny Home where he smokes illegal fentanyl and meth with his friends. Tiny Home Shelter Villages are low-barrier, anything goes, use and dealing of drugs with NO requirement to use the on sight services. What will be different about the next 500, 1000, or 4000 shelters that will break the cycle of addiction, crime, and chronic homelessness? Mayor Katie B. Wilson and King County Executive Girmay Zahilay I have some solutions! Watch! Seattle City Council
We Heart Seattle142,541 views • 2 months ago
In response to the rampant illegal drug activity in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District including 12th & Jackson, Dr. Jose Rizal Park, and bus shelter hotspots, the city is removing sidewalks, demolishing picnic pavilions, and tearing down bus shelters. This isn’t a solution. It’s a failed policy that punishes law-abiding residents instead of enforcing real consequences: arrests, jail time, and mandatory rehab. Mayor Katie B. Wilson Seattle City Council
We Heart Seattle60,490 views • 28 days ago
