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The authors, including Washington’s Solicitor General, Noah Purcell, reveal how the “gift of public funds” doctrine has become a false barrier for government assistance to communities. For decades, agencies like the Port of Seattle have wrongly claimed that matching requirements, narrow purposes, and small amounts are requirements of the State Constitution although there is absolutely
2026-01-21
Expansive airport bill gets warm first hearing Documents/Schedule Our Take Senator Tina Orwall introduced her bill with an emotional anecdote as to the harms of childhood asthma–and the health benefits of proper air filters. This was a good idea considering the bill’s complexity. We applaud the legislative aide responsible for summarizing its contents. The bill
A list of programs and changes to City, Port, State and Federal law we can and must implement in the upcoming legislative calendar. The SAMP is the largest and longest expansion in airport history. These policies will reduce noise, pollution, provide mitigation and compensation for decades of inequity. This is a blueprint not only for Sea-Tac, but for every community unfairly impacted by commercial aviation. Solve for Sea-Tac, solve for every airport.
2024-07-12
Washington state law defining requirements for port commissions to investigate and monitor aircraft noise impact before initiating abatement programs. Establishes geographic boundaries for “impacted areas” where port districts may undertake noise programs, with specific distance limitations from runway ends and centerlines.
2023-01-13
More than 60% of federal resilience funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law requires a local match, with an additional 13% requiring a match under certain conditions. Requirements for matching funds have been included in federal funding programs to promote economic efficiency and ensure communities have “skin in the game.” In practice, however, they can impose insurmountable burdens on communities,
2020-06-11
Washington State legislation that amends RCW 53.54.010, 53.54.020, and 53.54.030 to expand aircraft noise abatement programs. The bill reduces the threshold for port districts to undertake noise abatement programs from twenty to nine hundred scheduled jet aircraft flights per day and modifies the boundaries of impacted areas eligible for various remedial programs including property acquisition,
2020-06-11
Washington State legislation (Chapter 105, Laws of 2020) that amends aircraft noise abatement provisions, reducing the threshold for port district noise programs from airports serving twenty to nine hundred scheduled jet flights per day and expanding impacted area definitions.
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