Betty Lau, a retired teacher and longtime advocate for Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID), traveled to Olympia on Feb. 10 to urge lawmakers to secure 10 years of funding from existing tax sources to support Historic South Downtown (HSD)’s grantmaking and community services.
Tanya Kim confirmed as HSD director
The Seattle City Council has unanimously voted to recommend the appointment of Tanya Kim to the Human Services Department’s (HSD) permanent director position.
Pham appointed to serve the Office for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
John Okamoto, Interim Director of Seattle’s Human Services Department (HSD) announced Lan Pham as the manager of the Office for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention. Pham previously worked as […]
John Okamoto announced as Human Services Department head
Mayor Ed Murray announced John Okamoto as the new acting Human Services Department (HSD) head on July 23.





