Despite_PRP city_NN1 government_NN1 burning_VVG through_AVP more_AV0 than_CJS $_NN0 150_CRD million_CRD in_PRP 2021_CRD alone_AV0 ,_PUN encampments_NN2 of_PRF people_NN0 who_PNQ need_VVB help_NN1 —_PUN starting_VVG with_PRP a_AT0 reliable_AJ0 roof_NN1 overhead_NN1 —_PUN sprawl_NN1 across_PRP Seattle_NP0 parks_NN2 ,_PUN greenbelts_NN2 ,_PUN downtown_AJ0 sidewalks_NN2 and_CJC under_PRP most_DT0 every_AT0 bridge_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 latest_AJS tactic_NN1 to_TO0 turn_VVI the_AT0 tide_NN1 of_PRF this_DT0 humanitarian_AJ0 crisis_NN1 is_VBZ Compassion_NN1 Seattle_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 measure_NN1 backers_NN2 hope_VVB to_TO0 add_VVI to_PRP the_AT0 November_NP0 ballot_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP 's_VBZ a_AT0 novel_AJ0 approach_NN1 ,_PUN essentially_AV0 mandating_VVG new_AJ0 housing_NN1 goals_NN2 and_CJC services_NN2 within_PRP the_AT0 city_NN1 charter_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 measure_NN1 ,_PUN if_CJS approved_VVN ,_PUN has_VHZ the_AT0 potential_NN1 to_TO0 drive_VVI change_NN1 and_CJC meaningful_AJ0 outcomes_NN2 and_CJC avoid_VVB Seattle_NP0 's_POS notorious_AJ0 process_NN1 debates_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 measure_NN1 requires_VVZ 33_CRD ,_PUN 060_CRD valid_AJ0 signatures_NN2 to_TO0 qualify_VVI for_PRP the_AT0 November_NP0 election_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 low_AJ0 bar_NN1 given_VVN the_AT0 urgent_AJ0 need_NN1 to_TO0 help_VVI homeless_AJ0 people_NN0 leave_VVB the_AT0 streets_NN2 for_PRP shelter_NN1 and_CJC human_AJ0 services_NN2 ._SENT This_DT0 may_VM0 be_VBI the_AT0 perfect_AJ0 ballot_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 measure_NN1 ._SENT Consider_VVB that_CJT four_CRD citywide_AJ0 offices_NN2 go_VVB to_PRP voters_NN2 this_DT0 fall_NN1 :_PUN the_AT0 mayor_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 city_NN1 attorney_NN1 and_CJC two_CRD at-large_AJ0 council_NN1 seats_NN2 ._SENT With_PRP luck_NN1 ,_PUN Compassion_NN1 Seattle_NP0 and_CJC the_AT0 recall_NN1 of_PRF District_NN1 3_CRD Councilmember_NP0 Kshama_NP0 Sawant_NP0 will_VM0 be_VBI added_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 Nov._NP0 2_CRD ballot_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 election_NN1 holds_VVZ the_AT0 promise_NN1 of_PRF resetting_VVG Seattle_NP0 's_POS priorities_NN2 ._SENT A_AT0 walk_NN1 across_PRP almost_AV0 any_DT0 neighborhood_NN1 shows_VVZ what_DTQ has_VHZ gone_VVN wrong_AJ0 in_PRP Seattle_NP0 as_PRP the_AT0 homeless_AJ0 population_NN1 grew_VVD and_CJC the_AT0 pandemic_AJ0 shutdown_NN1 emptied_VVD city_NN1 streets_NN2 ._SENT Needles_NN2 ,_PUN garbage_NN1 ,_PUN encampments_NN2 and_CJC ramshackle_AJ0 recreational_AJ0 vehicles_NN2 stretch_VVB deep_AJ0 into_PRP residential_AJ0 neighborhoods_NN2 ._SENT These_DT0 are_VBB pervasive_AJ0 symptoms_NN2 of_PRF a_AT0 deeply-rooted_AJ0 issue_NN1 :_PUN Seattle_NP0 has_VHZ failed_VVN ,_PUN across_PRP many_DT0 years_NN2 ,_PUN to_TO0 get_VVI thousands_CRD of_PRF homeless_AJ0 residents_NN2 ,_PUN many_DT0 with_PRP behavioral-health_NN1 issues_NN2 or_CJC drug_NN1 dependencies_NN2 ,_PUN housed_VVN ._SENT The_AT0 Compassion_NN1 Seattle_NP0 measure_NN1 ,_PUN cooked_VVD up_AVP by_PRP former_DT0 interim_AJ0 Mayor_NN1 Tim_NP0 Burgess_NP0 and_CJC neighborhood_NN1 business_NN1 groups_NN2 ,_PUN including_PRP the_AT0 Downtown_AJ0 Seattle_NP0 Association_NN1 ,_PUN ca_VM0 n't_XX0 possibly_AV0 fix_VVI this_DT0 problem_NN1 overnight_AV0 ._SENT But_CJC the_AT0 measure_NN1 should_VM0 be_VBI vetted_VVN ,_PUN debated_VVN by_PRP candidates_NN2 running_VVG for_PRP city_NN1 office_NN1 and_CJC ultimately_AV0 put_VVN to_PRP a_AT0 public_AJ0 vote_NN1 ._SENT Compassion_NN1 Seattle_NP0 calls_VVZ for_PRP creation_NN1 of_PRF 2_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD new_AJ0 housing_NN1 units_NN2 coupled_VVN with_PRP treatment_NN1 services_NN2 within_PRP one_CRD year_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP would_VM0 work_VVI with_PRP King_NP0 County_NN1 to_TO0 build_VVI rapid-response_AJ0 behavioral-health_NN1 teams_NN2 that_CJT replace_VVB police_NN2 interventions_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 goal_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT0 more_AV0 humane_AJ0 process_NN1 to_TO0 get_VVI people_NN0 off_PRP the_AT0 sidewalks_NN2 and_CJC out_AVP of_PRF the_AT0 parks_NN2 and_CJC greenbelts_NN2 and_CJC into_PRP shelters_NN2 ,_PUN housing_NN1 and_CJC treatment_NN1 ._SENT United_AJ0 Way_NN1 of_PRF King_NP0 County_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Public_AJ0 Defender_NN1 Association_NN1 and_CJC Downtown_AJ0 Emergency_NN1 Service_NN1 Center_NN1 —_PUN in_PRP other_AJ0 words_NN2 ,_PUN those_DT0 on_PRP the_AT0 front_AJ0 lines_NN2 —_PUN already_AV0 have_VHB voiced_VVN support_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 measure_NN1 's_POS aims_NN2 ._SENT Several_DT0 of_PRF these_DT0 same_DT0 groups_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC Mayor_NP0 Jenny_NP0 Durkan_NP0 ,_PUN are_VBB right_AJ0 to_TO0 raise_VVI questions_NN2 about_PRP the_AT0 feasibility_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 plan_NN1 ._SENT 
