Kent, Auburn, Renton mayors sign letter to legislators about drug laws

Mayors from Kent, Auburn and Renton are among the 28 mayors from across the state who signed a letter sent to the state legislators in Olympia to support the Senate version of a proposed new drug possession and treatment law rather than changes made by the House.

“During this legislative session, I have asked the Legislature, repeatedly, to address drug use laws,” Kent Mayor Dana Ralph said in an April 19 statement. “The current version of the bill takes us backwards. It will make it harder for us and other cities to address public drug use. It will make it harder for us to get people into treatment.

“Unless

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