Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson recently stopped a scheduled sweep at Seattle's notorious Ballard encampment. Kevin Dahlgren visits the encampment to learn from its homeless residents whether the mayor's gesture was helpful. What he finds instead is "a system quietly failing almost everyone involved."
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