YIMBY News for 10/3

[Eric Budd]

Sales Tax Hike Would Fund Civilian Responder Expansion, Barring SPOG Obstruction

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.48. downtown, housing, income, project, rent, urban, zone

In the 2026 budget, Mayor Bruce Harrell has proposed expanding the Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) Department, which handles the City’s 911 dispatch and the bulk of its alternative response. Harrell has introduced a 0.1% public safety sales tax, greenlit as an option by the state legislature earlier this year, to fund the program. The sales tax bump would provide funding to double the number of CARE responders currently engaged in crisis response, allowing the program to grow from 24 to 48 responders. CARE would be able to extend its coverage hours to 20 hours a day, seven da

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Op-Ed: Link Light Rail’s Success Depends on Second Downtown Seattle Tunnel

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.09. construction, downtown, parking, parking lot, project, rent, urban

Recently, Sound Transit confirmed what many observers had dreaded hearing – cost estimates for the full build out of the Sound Transit 3 (ST3) expansion program have ballooned to the point that there is now a budget deficit of $20-30 billion. A combination of inflationary pressures and declining tax revenue projections, along with newly needed maintenance and reliability projects, means that Sound Transit must now grapple with the tough decision of how to successfully deliver the promised expansions in ST3, while still not exceeding its capital budget. In the coming months, Sound Transit will

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‘We’ve never not faced adversity, and yet we have always risen:’ Adams State University President on overcoming obstacles to serve Southern Colorado

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.20. affordable, apartment, construction, development, house, housing, income, rent, walk

It stands to reason that a university in the San Luis Valley would be the first in Colorado to be designated a “Hispanic Serving Institution.” The valley’s Hispanic heritage runs deep. But Adams State — in Alamosa — is losing the money that came with the title. David Tandberg leads the school of around 3,000 students. “There is a lot of pride in the community around Adams State and its Hispanic Serving Institution status, and I think people have seen the benefits of that,” Tandberg said in an interview with Colorado Matters Senior Host Ryan Warner. “And let’s be real, the programs that we’ve b

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