City workers were scheduled to remove a homeless camp near Seattle City Hall on Sunday. Three days later, local advocates have continued to prevent those efforts from moving forward.
organized mutual aid volunteers to “show up and push back” on Sunday, holding the area for hours and refusing to allow city workers in to remove tents.
“We’re here to stay, and we’re not really going to leave until these folks here get the housing and services that they deserve,” one of the group’s advocates said inOver the weekend, shelter referrals were not offered for the Fourth Avenue removal.
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