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Jason Seth
From:Alora McGavin <alora.mcgavin@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, November 27, 2020 6:29 PM
To:Council
Subject:Please do NOT pass the proposed ordinance on homeless service use zoning
Hello Renton city councilmembers,
As a resident of King County and someone who cares about the wellbeing of our community, I urge you to vote NO on
the proposed ordinance on homeless service use zoning. Providing safe individual spaces for people who are unhoused
to shelter, especially during a pandemic where it is especially unsafe for people to be living in congregate settings or to
live unhoused, is essential and it makes basic moral sense. In the long term, reducing barriers to housing will continue to
protect some of the most vulnerable and marginalized individuals in our community, also allowing the continuation of
secure, individual housing options helps to reduce costs to our public health care system and can help people
get back on their feet in the long run. From both a humanitarian and public health standpoint, it is not only cruel
but extremely irresponsible to let our unhoused neighbors die on the streets in conditions that are
PREVENTABLE and liable to keep this pandemic worsening more and more in deaths and infections.
Please don't support the inhumane proposed ordinance that will force people out of their current shelter at the
Red Lion and create even more barriers for unhoused people in this time of collective crisis. We need to be
supporting our homeless neighbors right now by providing the needed resources and health care rather than
restrictive ordinances which will only make the problem worse.
Sincerely,
Alora McGavin (she/her)
(208) 921-0585
alora.mcgavin@gmail.com
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