HB 2266 or “No Pay, No Say in what goes on in your community” continues to advance through the state legislature.

Kirkland currently has one low-barrier PSH facility next to multiple schools and is planning for 20+ more under the 2044 Comprehensive Plan. For each of these 20+ facilities Kirkland residents would have to donate the land or take money from the General Fund to even have a say about any impacts to the surrounding community. How much will it cost you as a Kirkland resident to have even the most basic protections in place for your neighborhood?

Our elected local officials should protect local authority and community accountability — not bow to the whim of the legislature in Olympia. Now is the time to be heard.