Building on the Quality of Life coalition’s unincorporated King County initiative filed July 16, Rachael Savage, Seattle City Council District 8 candidate has filed her own Seattle specific version of the Compassionate Public Safety Act—a proposed King County ordinance that bans unauthorized public camping and mandates direction to available shelter in unincorporated King County.

“As a small business owner and city resident, I’ve seen firsthand how inaction from City Hall has allowed public spaces like Cal Anderson Park to fall back into lawlessness—covered in tents, trash, and despair.”says Rachael Savage Seattle City Council District 8 Candidate. Filing this public camping ban with direction to shelter isn’t about punishment—it’s about compassion with boundaries. We need real leadership, and if City Hall won’t act, then the citizens must. My hope is this initiative sparks the real change we all know is possible in Seattle.”

According to released polling, 77% of King County voters support a public camping ban—an overwhelming majority that crosses political lines. The ordinance provides a clear framework to prohibit public camping. It ensures that individuals experiencing homelessness are directed to shelter whenever shelter is available. The language is modeled after similar ordinances adopted in cities like Burien and San Diego —part of a West Coast shift toward accountability-based compassion

“It’s time we stopped asking what new tax we need and instead asked: What solution are we willing to support?” said Saul Spady, founder of the Quality of Life Coalition. “From my conversations across the region with business owners, union members and musicians, it’s clear the silent majority is done waiting. We support simple enforcement, treatment and triage: not tents. These ordinances are about restoring the dignity of our streets, the safety of our neighborhoods, and the promise of our public spaces.”

The Quality of Life Coalition is a bipartisan citizens' campaign formed to confront the region’s spiraling homelessness and addiction crisis by restoring basic safety and livability to our shared spaces. The group officially received notice that they can start signature gathering for their first endeavor is backed by a coalition of community leaders, former elected officials, artists, small business owners, and everyday voters. It follows months of polling, field research, and policy work across the region with concerned stakeholders.