Homelessness, addiction and mental illness are the top three items in Mayor Cassie Franklin’s fourth Mayoral Directive issued since taking office at the first of the month. In addition to increasing housing and shelter options, the directive’s initiatives include a focus on streamlining access to medication-assisted treatment for those on streets, developing partnerships to expand […]
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4th Directive This Month From Everett Mayor Franklin Puts Focus On Street Issues
Everett Safe Streets Spending Doubles To $3.1 Million In 2017 From $1.5 Million in 2016
September 15, 2017
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Editor’s Note: We’ve been covering the Safe Streets Initiative since its inception a couple of years ago. As part of that coverage we want to present to you the discussion of costs about the project. Usually our articles are shorter with links to relevant documents but given the complexity of the subject we wanted to […]
Work Crews To Hit Everett Streets This Month
April 8, 2016
A former Everett Police bicycle cop has been hired to oversee work crews under the City of Everett Streets Initiative program. As an alternative to prosecution, low-level offenders will pick up garbage, sweep streets, return grocery carts and clean up areas affected by street crime. Safe Streets Work Crews will be supervised while cleaning up […]
Police Finding Assistance For Everett Addicts in California
February 8, 2016
An update as we cover progress of the Safe Streets Plan in Everett. The Everett Police Department is working to find ways to help addicts and break the cycle of arrest, release, arrest, release, etc. Last week Lauren Rainbow, a social worker embedded with the Everett Police Department updated two success stories using a new […]
Everett Announces Housing For First 5 of 60 Chronically Homeless
February 3, 2016
Just got word in that Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson got his birthday wish today with housing arrangements for the first 5 of 60 chronically homeless in Everett. Here’s more from Meghan Pembroke at the City of Everett… Mayor Ray Stephanson announced this week that the City of Everett is ready to house its first five […]
Everett To Move Forward On Work Crews
January 20, 2016
Work crews as an alternative to jailing those who’ve been arrested for minor crimes in Everett took another step forward Wednesday night. The Everett City Council got a briefing on a proposal for the city to enter into an agreement with Friendship Diversion Services to manage a work crew program for people arrested for things […]
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January 27, 2018
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