YIMBY News for 6/24

[Eric Budd]

Metro Launches Summer Bus from Ballard to Golden Gardens

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 29.11. bus route, bus stop, density, growth, house, parking, parking lot, public space, rent, transit center, transportation, urban, walk, zone

[image: Metro Launches Summer Bus from Ballard to Golden Gardens] On Saturday, June 27, Metro is launching a new summer-only bus route connecting beachgoers to Golden Gardens Park, temporarily closing a hole in the agency's bus network. Officials celebrated the launch of the new "Golden Gardens Direct" route at a media event Monday, with Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, Metro General Manager Michelle Allison, Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss, King County Councilmember Jorge Barón, and Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) Acting Director Angela Brady speaking as part of the program. Str

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Arlington Missing Middle case to be reviewed by the VA Supreme Court... sort of.

YIMBY Law

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.61. development, homeowner, housing, nimby, project, rent, single-family, yimby, zone

*The three-year legal saga over Arlington County’s **Expanded Housing Options (EHO) Ordinance** continues.* On May 19, 2026, the Virginia Supreme Court agreed to review a NIMBY challenge to the VA Court of Appeals ruling on the Arlington EHO case, also known as the Arlington Missing Middle case. This comes after a June 2025 decision from the VA Court of Appeals that effectively put the EHO ordinance back on the books and allowed continued processing of EHO permits. *What is **actually** being reviewed?* It is important to note that *the VA Supreme Court is not reviewing the EHO ordinance on th

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The Jail That Replaced Boulder’s Mental Health System  

BOLTSmag

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.27. condo, house, housing, rent, supply, transportation, walk

*This story is part of a two-part series produced by Boulder Reporting Lab and Bolts investigating how Colorado jails continue to put people with serious mental illness in solitary confinement. Read our investigation showing how judges almost always approve jails’ requests to isolate people with serious mental illness.* E.M. lived alone in a condo, held a steady job as a chef and attended community college to study art and holistic health. She also had schizoaffective disorder, and her mother, Barbara Vassis, says she kept running into the same problem: Every time E.M. needed help, the system

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