This week I met with our colleagues in the Mayor’s office to learn more about how the city is working to enforce the new safety regulations for after-hours venues operating between the hours of 2 and 6 a.m.
As the District 2 community is all-too-aware, these after-hours lounges have been magnets for gun violence, including the double-murder in March of this year at Capri Lounge; an unregulated venue that formerly operated in Rainier Beach.
Newly passed laws create the regulatory structure needed to set and enforce rules to help make these environments less conducive to gun violence. This year, the City passed two key pieces of legislation to address violence at after-hours venues: ...
