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Council committee hearing spotlights Little Saigon drug market, urges interagency task force
Summary
Committee chair and residents cited a recent Seattle Times piece and rising drug'market impacts in Little Saigon and nearby neighborhoods, urging a coordinated interagency task force and better alternative response to pair compassion with accountability.
Chair Bob Kettle opened the Seattle City Council Public Safety Committee on April 24 by citing a Seattle Times article about Little Saigon and saying neighborhoods including 12th & Jackson, Third & Pine and Second & Lenora have been hit by concentrated drug'market activity. "Once you have the drug market you have a stolen goods market and more," Kettle said, and he cited "518 drug'related incidents across the city over the past month" as a data point prompting action.
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