Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon Deserve Better
The historic neighborhoods of Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon are not part of Washington’s 1st Congressional District. They belong to District 7, represented by Pramila Jayapal since 2017. Many of the families and business owners there are immigrants or children of immigrants who followed the legal immigration process and built their lives through hard work and resilience.
Yet these communities have been forced to bear the brunt of Seattle’s ongoing drug, crime, and homelessness crisis. Despite years of pleas, the mayor and city council have offered little meaningful action. With the new administration in Seattle, many fear conditions will only continue to worsen.
Representative Jayapal has been more focused on pushing national ideological agendas. Including her support for the Housing Not Handcuffs Act, which would make it even harder for cities to address chronic street disorder than on helping the people of Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon. These hardworking communities deserve better than policies that ignore reality and make progress impossible.
To the people of these neighborhoods. Kincaid sees you and hears you. I will stand with you and fight for you. You have endured the consequences of failed leadership for far too long. Year after year, you’ve been handed nothing but empty promises.
It’s time for accountability and real results.

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