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Image One:
Text: “Cydney Moore is working the phone. She and Daniel Martin, both of the Burien Community Support Coalition, need to find a new home for Sunnydale, the group’s sanctioned encampment for the unhoused.”
ALT Text: Cydney Moore, a woman with glasses, is holding a phone to her ear while looking concerned. A speech bubble reads, “We’re looking for six months.”
Image Two:
Text: “This requires an arcane knowledge of insurance policies, deep community connections, and keeping Daniel’s dog Ciroc quiet.”
ALT Text: Two people are sitting in chairs, one of them petting a large dog. One says, “Pastor Jenny told me that… the Unitarians in West Seattle… we need quotes,” while the other replies, “I know, friend, I know.”
Image Three:
Text: “Sunnydale is the only sanctioned encampment in South King County and is at absolute capacity.”
ALT Text: A scene of a crowded encampment shows numerous tents, with people walking among them. A speech bubble states, “Our agreement with the church limits us to 30 tents. People are doubling and tripling up.”
Image Four:
Text: “As if to illustrate the point, a man appears during our interview and gives his name for the waiting list.”
ALT Text: A man wearing a hoodie and sunglasses introduces himself, saying, “The name’s Charlie. I lost my car. I can’t find anywhere to get out of the rain. There’s nothing.”
Image Five:
Text: “Then another visitor arrives: The Rev. Dr. Walker Heyman, Jr. of New Walk Christian Church with a food donation.”
ALT Text: A man in sunglasses and a beanie stands near the back of a truck filled with food supplies. He states, “We do what God allows us to do!”
Image Six:
Text: “The pastor receives a guided tour of the camp.”
ALT Text: Inside a large tent, a volunteer gestures towards stacks of supplies. A speech bubble explains, “This is the pantry. Even when we can’t let people stay, we can offer them warm clothes and a meal.”
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Image One:
Text: “Burien has targeted the unhoused with Ordinance 827 (formerly 818), which bans ‘camping,’ meaning any attempt to survive outside by sheltering in a tent. ‘The law has been challenged in court by the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness.’”
ALT Text: A cartoon representation of Ordinance 827, depicted as an angry piece of paper, is seen kicking over tents in a homeless encampment. A storm brews in the background.
Image Two:
Text: “The city has awarded a $49,000 contract to The More We Love to remove encampments, a group led by Kristine Moreland with a history of misleading unhoused people, exposing their private data, and describing them with transphobic language, as appeared on the B-Town Blog 11/6/2023 and PubliCola on 12/28/2023 and 10/6/23.”
ALT Text: A woman wearing a shirt that reads “The More We Love” speaks, with a speech bubble containing the words “Male that identifies as female.”
Image Three:
Text: “Sunnydale by contrast gets no public money and has helped hundreds with a donated three-month budget of $15,000.”
ALT Text: Two people in warm coats stand outside the encampment, looking hopeful. A speech bubble states, “It’s incredible the difference just a few days of stability and kindness can make in someone.” — Cydney Moore
Image Four:
Text: “Meanwhile, Seattle spent $38 million in 2023 sweeping unhoused people, contributing to a record 415 deaths of the unhoused, according to Seattle Times 1/10/24.”
ALT Text: A visual representation of a massive $38 million being funneled into sweeps, as a grim reaper looms over an unhoused person.
Image Five:
Text: “As the unhoused in King County continue to perish in record numbers, the only thing in Burien preventing more death and trauma is a few very determined people who are showing the rest of us how much good you can do with very little.”
ALT Text: A nighttime scene at the Sunnydale encampment, with rows of tents and a small white canopy where volunteers assist people. A volunteer sits under a tent taking down names of people waiting for a space in the encampment, while someone with a backpack looks on “I’m really sorry, but I can take down your name for our waiting list.”
“What’s happened to Sunnydale since this was published? Go to BurienCSC.org for updates and to donate or volunteer.”
