Administrative State

June 28. 2024

By Cindy Alia

Many counties are in the process of updating comprehensive plans.  Part of King Counties Comprehensive Plan Update is an Update to code enforcement in King County.

CAPR has read the Public Notice of Intent to Amend King County Code Titles 9, 12, 17, and 23, and we have provided comment to Summary of Proposed Ordinance relating to King County Code Enforcement Updates 2024.  The comments were on the proposed updates after reading both the plain language document, and the proposed changes in the code enforecement draft ordinance.

Please note the email for Tom Campbell, King County Permitting Division, where you can send any comments you may wish to provide to the county:

Email to   permittinglegislation@kingcounty.gov 

By Cindy Alia 4/16/24

Pacific Legal Foundation, in the case Sheetz v. El Dorado County , won important property rights protection when the  Supreme Court unanimously said legislatures can't impose extortionate fees to get a building permit.  

George Sheetz built a career and livelihood as an engineering contractor and consultant in Northern California. In 2016, he began preparing for retirement and bought a vacant lot in rural El Dorado County for a small, manufactured home where he and his wife would live and raise their grandson.

By Cindy Alia

Updated 2/26/24

We are pleased to note the Senate Ways and Means committee held today at 10:00 am failed to hear HB 2114 in executive session.  This means the bill is dead for this session as it would miss the deadling established for today for a bill to be read on the floor.  That won't happen as the Ways and Means committee failed to hear the bill in executive committee and it can't be passed to the rules committee or the floor.  Good news for landlords and tenants alike who would find it hard to be prepared for the additional burdens and expenses that would have resulted from the passage of the bill.

Updated 2/20/24

Updated 2/19/24

By Cindy Alia

This bill is dead for this session, and deservedly so as it is the most discriminatory bill ever produced by legislators.  This is the kind of bill that would have ripped our society apart and was never worth consideration let alone the waste of resources and time spent on preparing it.  As an electorate we must do better at seeing principled candidates who recognize the differences between right and wrong elected regardless of party affiliation.