Tensions remain high in Burien over the city's homeless response efforts.
A homeless camp in Burien continues to move around the city.BURIEN — Tensions rose in Burien Thursday night as City Planning Commissioner Charles Schaefer was ousted during a controversial special meeting. A slew of resignations in protest followed on Friday.
As of Friday evening, five planning commissioners have resigned, as well as an airport commissioner, a parks board members, and an arts commissioner. “If you look around Burien today there are still people living unsheltered and council seems unwilling to take any action to actually address the issue,” Schaefer said.The city currently has an offer from King County which would give them $1.3 million in addition to 35 pallet shelters at no cost to Burien, all to provide space and services to these campers. The county has proposed using those resources to reclaim a piece of city-owned land currently being leased to Toyota of Burien.
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