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Council adds new State-of-Drug-Area zone along Pacific Highway South
Summary
The Council adopted Ordinance No. 4533, adding a new SODA zone (Zone 4) on Pacific Highway South near the future light-rail station after a six-month review that showed judicial orders and mixed incident trends; the ordinance preserves court exemptions for treatment and limited categories of defendants.
Kent — After receiving a six-month update on the State-of-Drug-Area (SODA) program, the Kent City Council voted to add a new SODA zone, adopting Ordinance No. 4533 to expand coverage to a Pacific Highway South corridor near the forthcoming light-rail station.
Commander O’Reilly summarized outcomes for the first six months: judges issued 119 SODA orders from May to October; in 112 of those instances judges selected all three zones, and there were 35 reported…
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