Only one Seattle City Council member, Alexis Mercedes Rinck, is a renter. The other eight members, a whopping 88% of the Seattle City Council, own a home. About 55% of households in Seattle are renter occupied, according to RentCafe. That means renters have about one-fifth of the proportional representation they should have. If the City Council truly represented its constituents (on this one access), 5 members would be renters and four would be homeowners.

Welcome back to The Burner Seattle podcast, your irreverant source of local political news. This week, Ashley and Hannah snagged a true A-list guest, The Needling's Lex Vaughn. Woohoo! They talk about the ongoing fight for a wealth tax, a sales tax to give cops even more money, and circumcision. Thanks for listening!

Is your Washington State Legislator a landlord? More likely than you think! 21% of all WA legislators are landlords compared to just 7% renters/non homeowners. With about 36% of Washingtonians renting, tenants have about a fifth of the representation they deserve proportionally.