SEATTLE — City Councilmembers voted down a measure that would have acted as a trigger law to institute rent control in Seattle pending changes to state restrictions.
Sponsor Kshama Sawant and Councilmember Tammy Morales were the only two votes in favor of the proposal, while Councilmembers Debora Juarez, Alex Pedersen, Sara Nelson, Lisa Herbold, Dan Strauss, and Andrew Lewis voted against it. Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda was absent.
Sawant has put forth rent control legislation at least two other times in the past -- once in 2019, and again in 2021. This marks her final try given that she will be leaving office at the end of this year.
