THE PORT ANGELES GLOBE: Inslee announces eviction moratorium “bridge”

Press release issued 6/24/21

https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee-announces-eviction-moratorium-%E2%80%9Cbridge%E2%80%9D

Gov. Jay Inslee announced a “bridge” proclamation today between the eviction moratorium and the housing stability programs put in place by the Legislature. The bridge is effective July 1 through September 30.

More than $650 million of federal relief dollars allocated to assist renters is predicted to be available beginning in July. This is in addition to the $500 million dollars previously released by the Department of Commerce to local governments for rental assistance and will help more than 80,000 landlords and renters.

“As we all know, COVID has had a significant economic impact on our state and a lot of Washingtonians are still experiencing financial hardships. That is why I put an eviction moratorium in place last year,” Inslee said during a press conference Thursday. “These are all reasonable steps and will help ensure that renters and landlords have the opportunity to receive support and resources that are available to them.”

The eviction moratorium bridge will allow for a transition to the tenant protections established in SB 5160, including the Eviction Resolution pilot programs and the Right to Counsel program for indigent tenants.

The bridge is not an extension of the existing eviction moratorium, first declared in March 2020. Under the new order, new provisions will support renters and landlords until resources and programs become available.

For past rent due from Feb. 29, 2020 through July 31, 2021, landlords are prohibited from evicting a tenant until there is an operational rental assistance program and eviction resolution program in place in their county. Additionally, landlords are prohibited from treating past unpaid rent or other charges as an enforceable debt until the landlord and tenant have been provided with an opportunity to resolve nonpayment through an eviction resolution pilot program.

Beginning August 1, renters are expected to pay full rent, reduced rent negotiated with landlord, or actively seek rental assistance funding. Landlords may only evict a tenant if none of those actions are being taken but must offer the tenant a reasonable re-payment plan before beginning the eviction process. Tenants must also be provided, in writing, the services and support available.

Hotels and motels, Airbnbs, long-term care facilities and other non-traditional housing are exempt from the order

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Gee & Ursula: Why extending eviction moratoriums could actually hurt renters--My Northwest

Inslee replaces Washington's eviction moratorium with 'bridge proclamation'---Seattle PI

IN OTHER STATE HEADLINE NEWS:

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With this being National Pollinator Health Week and only days away from the July 1 start for citizen scientist Asian giant hornet trapping, we reached out to our Pest Program and Asian Giant Hornet Watch Facebook group members to get their top reasons (some serious, others...not so much) to trap for Asian giant hornets.---WSDA

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AG FERGUSON STATEMENT AFTER MAJOR WIN IN BUCKHORN GOLD MINE CLEAN WATER ACT CASE.

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As reopening nears, state launches SmartWA dashboard to help small businesses reopen safely.

The SmartWA dashboard and decision tool is one of several Safe Start projects aimed at supporting small businesses through COVID-19--WA Commerce

$2.2 million awarded to 31 Washington state Veteran Service Organizations.

Nonprofit Community Recovery grants assist organizations that provide gathering places and services to veterans and their families throughout the state.

DNR Warns of Statewide Weekend Fire Danger, Implements New Burn Restrictions.

As temperatures around the state continue to climb and weather forecasts project historic heat on the horizon, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is urging residents to avoid starting outdoor fires. DNR is also increasing the fire danger ratings and Industrial Fire Precaution Levels, and expanding burn restrictions on DNR-protected lands in Washington on both sides of the Cascades.

From Our CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO DC:

Kilmer Leads Bipartisan Amendment to Support Fish Passage and Recovery

Washington, DC – On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in offering an amendment to House surface transportation legislation, the INVEST in America Act, to support salmon recovery in the Pacific Northwest.

Cantwell, Bipartisan Senators Reintroduce Bill to Establish Housing Affordability Task Force.

Senator Murray Slams Republican Obstruction of Debate on Voting Rights.

(2) THIS WEEK'S HEADLINE NEWS

WORLD HEADLINES:

Prevention, only ‘sustainable solution’ to conflict, deputy UN chief tells Nigerian law students.

Speaking in Nigeria, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has emphasized the importance of prevention as “the only real, sustainable solution” to resolving the challenges thrown up by conflict.

UN pushes for lasting ceasefire, more humanitarian deliveries in Gaza.

The cessation of hostilities negotiated last month between Israel and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, remains “very fragile”, the UN envoy there told the Security Council on Thursday.

DR Congo: Grave consequences for children witnessing ‘appalling violence’, UNICEF reports.

The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, appealed on Thursday for urgent resources to support thousands of people who have fled armed violence in two small towns in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the past two months.

COVID pandemic fueling major increase in drug use worldwide: UN report.

Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last year of unprecedented upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, up by 22 per cent from 2010. That’s among the key findings of the latest annual report released on Thursday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which also provides an overview of global drug markets, as well as their impact on people’s health and livelihoods.

91 countries now offer COVID-19 vaccinations to refugees, says UNHCR.

UN refugee agency UNHCR, on Thursday welcomed the growing number of countries that have offered COVID-19 vaccines to refugees before urging others to do the same.

Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Political Situation in Syria---USUN

Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East.--USUN

NATIONAL NEWS:

Remarks by President Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal--WH

The Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean Enters into Force--US STATE DEPT.

DOD Officials Say Budget Request Reflects Reforms, Pacing Challenge of China.

Justice Department Reaches Agreement with San Luis Obispo County Jail to Ensure Safe and Equal Access to its Programs for Inmates with Mobility Disabilities--DOJ

Statement by Miguel Cardona Secretary of Education on the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Education.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks on the Biden Administration’s Gun Crime Prevention Strategy

Washington, DC ~ Wednesday, June 23, 2021

HUD PROPOSES RESTORING DISCRIMINATORY EFFECTS RULE

WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge announced on Thursday that HUD will publish in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled Restoring HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard. The publication proposes to rescind the Department’s 2020 disparate impact rule and restore the 2013 discriminatory effects rule. In its NPRM, HUD states that it believes the 2013 rule is more consistent with decades of caselaw and better effectuates the Act’s broad remedial purpose of eradicating unnecessary discriminatory practices from the housing market.

BUSINESS & FINANCE HEADLINES

Reuters is Wrong. A Higher Corporate Tax Rate Would Hurt Our Economy.--US CHAMBER of COMMERCE

High-Level Member of Hacking Group Sentenced to Prison for Scheme that Compromised Tens of Millions of Debit and Credit Cards

Overall Damage to Banks, Merchants, Card Companies, and Consumers Estimated at More than $1 Billion--DOJ

Texas Attorney and Client Sentenced for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and Income Tax Evasion

Texas attorney and former member of the Idaho legislature, John O. Green, and his client, Texas inventor Thomas Selgas, were sentenced yesterday for conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax evasion. Selgas was sentenced to 18 months in prison and Green to six months.--DOJ

USDA Invests $55.2 million in Grants to Increase Capacity and Expand Access in Meat and Poultry Inspection Operations--USDA

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Advances Its Work on Proliferation Finance, Virtual Assets, Financing of Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism, and Financial Flows Linked to Conservation Crime--US TREASURY

Federal Reserve Board releases results of annual bank stress tests, which show that large banks continue to have strong capital levels and could continue lending to households and businesses during a severe recession.

IRS online tool helps families see if they qualify for the Child Tax Credit; one of three tools now available for the upcoming advance payments.

( 4) COMMENTARIES & LOCAL MEETINGS

NEWS STORY COMMENTARY:

STORY FROM THE PDN: Port Angeles School District hopefuls debate critical race theory, sex ed, other issues.

Quoting: " Johnson said critical race theory was “not part of the curriculum here.”

“My biggest concern at this very moment in time is getting our kids academically where they need to be,” Johnson said.

“All other things aside, I want my kids to learn to be kind human beings to everyone, regardless of what they are, and it’s a slippery slope, so I’m just going to leave it at that. It’s not even an issue right now in our district.”

Charles, a youth social worker and director of Healthy Transitions in Port Angeles, said critical race theory is highly controversial.

“It’s two sides of the border right there on is it ‘systemic racism, is it built into our culture,’ and teaching that, depending on what age we want to teach that, that’s a very controversial thing to do,” Charles said.

Stratton, a retired library branch manager and regional Girl Scouts of the USA executive, said she needed to learn more about critical race theory.

“I think that it will be a good thing once we all understand it and we find the right time to introduce it,” Stratton said.

Hebert, a former teacher, principal and Port Angeles School District assistant superintendent, said teachers foster a culture of acceptance in their classrooms.

“I think that we continuously have to evaluate what’s the depth of the curriculum, what is it that we want for the outcome, and what does our community want our students to be able to learn and do when they graduate from Port Angeles High School,” Hebert said."

NOTE: Not one of these school board candidates said that CTR was in itself is racist!

Here are some stories about CRT maybe this will educate Stratton, and the rest of the candidates for the local school board.---Peter Ripley

Parents Aren't Falling for the Left's Critical Race Theory Coverup--CNSN

Parents Fighting Critical Theories in K-12 Need to Use Every Tool Available Including the Courts--PJ MEDIA

Tracking parents’ revolts against Marxist brainwashing from coast to coast--Washington Times

GOP Invokes Engaging The Culture War To Combat Critical Race Theory--The Federalist

CRT Backlash Is Not Astroturf--National Review

Ibram X. Kendi Falsely Claims He Is Not A Critical Race Theorist---The Federalist

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Says Opposition to Critical Race Theory Is ‘Rooted in Racism’--Daily Signal

LOCAL MEETINGS

CLALLAM COUNTY:

Clallam County Commission work session for 6/ 28/21

https://clallam.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=1269

Clallam County Board meeting for 6/ 29/ 21

https://clallam.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=7271

City of Sequim council meeting for 6/29/21

https://www.sequimwa.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2448

City of Forks council meeting for 6/28/21

https://forkswashington.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Agenda-20210628.pdf

Clallam County PUD meeting for 6/28/21

https://clallampud.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-28-21-WEB-Packet.pdf

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

Jefferson County Commission meeting for 6/28/21

https://media.avcaptureall.com/session.html?sessionid=c7ab85d6-0c66-45b9-a0b0-6dd49840c8f1&prefilter=845,5958

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