Katie Wilson’s RV Ban Veto Survives!

On Thursday, the Seattle City Council officially declined to override Mayor Katie Wilson’s veto, killing the effective RV ban it passed last month. Bill sponsor Dan Strauss, who was very upset about the whole thing, garnered only five votes for the override, failing to meet the two-thirds threshold he needed to override a mayoral veto. Everyone saw this coming after Councilmember Rob Saka’s last-minute change of position on the ordinance last week. It puts an end to a bruising political fight between Wilson and Strauss, who is also the council’s budget chair. The vote ensures hundreds of homeless Seattleites who live in RVs and other large vehicles won’t have to enroll in a specialized permitting system to retain the right to park for 72 hours on city streets. Advocates said the proposed system—which would have only allowed people surveyed in a one-time census to obtain a permit—wouldn’t work for most RV residents who are transient and may lack other forms of paperwork.

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