January 2019 Bar Bulletin
The Seattle Mariners have pledged $3 million as the lead sponsor for a new partnership headed by the KCBA and United Way to fight homelessness through the bar’s Housing Justice Project. The “Home Base” program was announced at a December 14 press conference held by KCBA President Harry Schneider, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and others.
The impetus for this tremendous gift was a study that KCBA and the Seattle Women’s Commission published in September titled “Losing Home: The Human Cost of Eviction in Seattle.” (Please see the November issue of the Bar Bulletin.) The study included the finding that 87 percent of...
