I am demanding that the City of Seattle and the King County Executive’s office immediately shut down the DESC Navigation Center currently situated in the Pearl Warren building in Little Saigon.
Former Councilmember Woo leads call for increased resources to Little Saigon following Navigation Center move delay
A recent announcement that the Navigation Center, a homeless shelter in Seattle’s Little Saigon owned and operated by the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC), will not relocate in January, as previously planned, has spurred former Seattle City Councilmember Tanya Woo to start a petition calling for the City of Seattle, King County, and Washington’s legislature to support revitalization of Little Saigon.
Inside the lives of Seattle’s Navigation Center residents
Esther Peratrovich misses her mother. She died.
Navigation Center to leave the CID by January
The City of Seattle will move the controversial Navigation Center out of the Chinatown-International District (CID) sometime before its lease expires in January 2025.
Fatal shooting Near Navigation Center
Police are looking for the person who shot a man on Wednesday evening.
Last call for the Chinatown-International District/Little Saigon
For months, perhaps years, I’ve been sounding the alarm over the increasing threats to the Chinatown-International District (CID)/Little Saigon neighborhood/community.
ID, Little Saigon community on Navigation Center: We expected more
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY “We deserve honesty, transparency, competency, and legal accountability … regarding [the Navigation Center].” Patty Fong lives near Little Saigon and has been following the […]
Navigation Center opens
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The City’s new Navigation Center, a shelter that accepts people with pets, partners, and possessions, as well as substance abuse disorders — started accepting referrals […]
Navigation Center discord continues
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Dozens of seniors, who attended a June 29 meeting to discuss the new Navigation Center in Little Saigon, called it a waste of time. The […]
Little Saigon protests at City Hall, demands to be heard, meets with councilmembers
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly On Monday, March 6, Friends of Little Saigon organized a protest at Seattle City Hall. According to its press release, the protest, “is to […]