Seattle City Council fails to override mayor’s “RV ban” veto

Editor's note: the initial version of this article incorrectly stated that District 2 Councilmember Eddie Lin had voted "yes" for the legislation on October 20, when he voted "no". This article has since been amended to reflect this.On the morning of November 12 around 9 a.m., a group of RVs and other vehicles encamped in Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood adjacent to the Green Lake Park & Ride underneath I-5 — which had been there for several weeks — was hurriedly cleared by city parking enforcement, only a half hour before the Seattle City Council held a special meeting to determine how it would ultimately address a population that in 2026 has made up an estimated 23% of the Seattle metro area’s unhoused population. In a 5-4 vote, the city council failed to override Mayor Katie Wilson’s veto of District 6 Councilmember Dan Strauss’s proposed law to regulate, and enforce the penalization of, RV and vehicle encampments.

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