YIMBY News for 9/12

[Eric Budd]

Polis talks fires, housing and where Colorado stands on river negotiations with Western Slope audience

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 45.83. affordable, affordable housing, construction, cost of housing, development, growth, homeowner, house, housing, housing cost, housing price, project, regional transportation district, rent, supply, transportation, urban, walk

There’s not much Gov. Jared Polis can say about ongoing negotiations over the Colorado River Compact, but he likes the cards his state is holding compared to the alternative. “It’s much better to be Colorado or Wyoming and Utah than it is to be Arizona or California, without a doubt, without a doubt,” Polis told Colorado Matters Senior Host Ryan Warner on Tuesday. “But yes, it’s a very perilous and legally fraught area, and we can continue to be strong and be tough and also be part of the solution.” The seven states in the Colorado River Basin are working out new water sharing arrangements tha

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Seattle Council Greenlights Police Surveillance Expansion, Ignoring Community Objections

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 28.84. housing, income, mobility, rent, transportation, urban, zone

Progressive councilmembers and candidates spoke out against the surveillance expansion, citing risk of federal overreach and better uses for funds. This week, the Seattle City Council took a controversial 7-2 vote to greatly expand the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) surveillance pilot program, as proposed by Mayor Bruce Harrell. More than 100 community members came to speak against the expansion, citing fears of federal overreach and the potential for surveillance data to be used to detain and deport immigrants, persecute people seeking reproductive and gender-affirming health care, and pun

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The Weekly Wrap: SCOTUS Says ICE Can Racially Profile Latinos

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.11. homeowner, house, preservation, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk, zoning

[image: The Weekly Wrap] A SEPTA regional train rolls into 30th Street station in Philadelphia. (Photo by Jacqueline Larma / AP) *Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to economic, environmental and social justice. * *If you enjoy this newsletter, share it with a friend or colleague and tell them to subscribe.* ------------------------------ SCOTUS Says It’s OK for ICE to Racially Profile During Immigration Stops The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision that a

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