Friends and neighbors, We’ve hit the second deadline of the 2025 legislative session – house of origin fiscal cutoff. This means that legislation must have advanced out of both policy…
Category: Email Updates
Getting session started and ending deceptive police interrogations.
Friends and neighbors, Last week kicked off the 2025 Legislative session. This year’s work will include combating the housing crisis, handling budget challenges, and many others. Ending deceptive police tactics …
21st District Newsletter: WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND FOR THE 2025 SESSION?
Dear friends and neighbors, The 2025 Legislative Session is underway as of this past Monday and what better way to begin than learning what’s important to you? Democracy is about…
Election Year Restrictions, Housing Wins and the Work Continues.
Friends and neighbors Last session, the legislature made significant progress on increasing housing supply by expanding the use of familiar housing options like duplexes and townhomes (House Bill 1110 and…
Legislative Update: Poverty reduction, housing progress, and last week of the legislative session.
Friends and neighbors, The 2024 legislative session is drawing to a close on Thursday. This year, we have covered a number of important issues, including housing, the fentanyl and opioid…
Poverty reduction and housing investments in the supplemental budgets
Friends and neighbors, Coming in to this legislative session, one of my top priorities was to support families with low incomes. I sought to do this through various avenues which…
The need for rent stabilization now.
Friends and neighbors, This week I want to update you on my bills which are still alive this legislative session, talk about why we need to move on rent stabilization this…
Continuing to turn the tide on the housing crisis.
Friends and neighbors, For the last few sessions, I have spoken extensively on how the housing crisis is affecting all parts of Washington. Residents in every corner of our state…
Newsletter: Looking ahead to next session and your participation!
Dear friends and neighbors, These final weeks of the year are a great opportunity to give you some pointers on the different ways you can participate in your democracy next…
REPORT TO THE 21st DISTRICT: BUDGETS EDITION
Dear friends and neighbors, With the session having ended recently, we’d like to give you a rundown of the main investments in all three state budgets passed this year. These…