Organizing the tech community to advocate for affordable, sustainable and equitable cities.
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28 Mar 2022
With an average salary of $135K/year, a software engineer in Seattle will always be able to outbid an EMT (~$50K/year) for housing on the private market. Social Housing can help ensure Seattle is affordable for everyone.
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Jumpstart brought in a record high $400M last year, meaning large companies are spending several BILLION dollars more per year on high compensation in Seattle than when it was passed in 2020. This “report” is a crime against arithmetic.
Five years in, new analysis ties Seattle’s ‘JumpStart’ tax to downtown decline geekwire.com/2026/five-years…
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Also note that Amazon cut a higher percentage of Bellevue jobs than Seattle jobs in its most recent round of layoffs. Tax breaks for wealthy corporations don’t protect jobs.
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Tech 4 Housing retweeted
May 23
We are with you in Seattle, Zohran! Amazon tried to buy our election to stop a millionaire payroll tax that funds social housing; we drew attention to their arrogant belief that they could fool our voters
We won in a landslide, and they have paid tens of millions into the fund.
Amazon is worth $2 trillion. But it didn't deign to pay the millions of dollars it racked up in unpaid fines as its’ trucks illegally polluted our air and forced New Yorkers to breathe in their exhaust.
We collected every dollar they owe the people of this city — and will continue to hold them accountable. In New York, corporations are held to the same standard as everyone else.
No company — no matter how large or powerful — is above the law.
ALT An AMNY headline with a photo of Mayor Mamdani reads: Mamdani administration says it recovered more than $9M in Amazon idling fines.
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NEW: On Sunday, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson unveiled a brand new tiny house homeless shelter, right on time for the World Cup. Despite slashing red tape, the city is on track to fall short of the mayor’s shelter goal by 200 units.
thestranger.com/news/seattle…
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Jun 11
Live Stream youtube.com/watch?v=RtyffbNE…
Reply with your questions and we might have time to include some of the top liked/voted ones.
Jun 10
Join us for a King County Assessor and District 2 Council Housing Forum moderated by @finchfrii Wed 6/10 6-9PM at El Centro de la Raza
RSVP - eventbrite.com/e/june-10th-k…
@UrbanistOrg @gotgreenseattle Tech4Taxes
ALT Robert Foxcurrans and Christopher Roberts
ALT Toshiko Hasegawa and Rebecca Saldaña
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Join us for a King County Assessor and District 2 Council Housing Forum moderated by @finchfrii Wed 6/10 6-9PM at El Centro de la Raza
RSVP - eventbrite.com/e/june-10th-k…
@UrbanistOrg @gotgreenseattle Tech4Taxes
ALT Robert Foxcurrans and Christopher Roberts
ALT Toshiko Hasegawa and Rebecca Saldaña
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Tech 4 Housing retweeted
May 27
Viewer just sent me a pic of Mark Zuckerberg's yacht at Lake Union. This would be an obnoxious display of wealth any day but stings extra following 1400 Meta layoffs in King County yesterday. Perhaps greed is the problem.
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May 20
Note than in a 30 minute phone call Saturday about Kavanaugh and a range of other topics, Dreher refused to answer whether he voted for House Our Neighbors Prop 1A or the @SeattleChamber Prop 1B to help our members determine where on Seattle’s political spectrum he’s aligned.
May 20
NEW: WA State House candidate worked for Kavanaugh and signed a letter praising him during his appointment to Supreme Court. Bad look in his blue district, but Dreher said there's more to the story, including a second letter breaking with his former boss theburnerseattle.com/post/wa…
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May 20
NEW: WA State House candidate worked for Kavanaugh and signed a letter praising him during his appointment to Supreme Court. Bad look in his blue district, but Dreher said there's more to the story, including a second letter breaking with his former boss theburnerseattle.com/post/wa…
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Tech 4 Housing retweeted
Mar 9
Hannah Sabio Howell is running on a strong tax-the-rich platform against WA Senate Majority leader Jamie Pedersen who wrote a huge corporate handout into the millionaires tax he will use to left wash himself to compete for a progressive district he's held unchallenged for 10 yrs
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Tech 4 Housing retweeted
31 Dec 2025
Today is the last day you can blame Katie Wilson for something that happened under Bruce Harrell's watch. Cash in!
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Tech 4 Housing retweeted
20 Jun 2025
A UW professor recently called Washington State “a tax haven like the Cayman Islands.”
What did he mean?
Let’s get into it!
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Tech 4 Housing retweeted
21 May 2025
Excited to be endorsed by @tech4housing
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Tech 4 Housing retweeted
8 Apr 2025
Seattle is in danger of becoming a permanent city of have and have-nots. It doesn’t have to be this way.
We can make Seattle a home for our children and our children’s children.
Join us and let’s make a better city-- together.
WilsonForSeattle.com
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We see a city... full of possibilities.
Join our team today.
#ThisIsYourCity
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Tech 4 Housing retweeted
2 Apr 2025
We see a city... full of possibilities.
Join our team today.
#ThisIsYourCity
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Tech 4 Housing retweeted
26 Mar 2025
JumpStart revenues for 2024 came in $47 million lower than projected. This should not be a surprise; the payroll expense tax is a robust and progressive revenue source but it’s also volatile. 🧵seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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Tech 4 Housing retweeted
26 Mar 2025
That’s why JumpStart was originally intended primarily for capital projects like affordable housing, not to fund ongoing operations that depend on stable funding from year to year. This is one reason why Harrell’s approach to last year’s budget process was short-sighted:
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