Wash. Supreme Court published opinion — 1012055.pdf

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households led by single women represent nearly half of renter households, and

children are present in more than half of renter households—and the State’s expert

found evidence that the CFRHP has been enforced disproportionately and

significantly against each of those communities. 2 CP at 755.

It seems tautological to state that matters of civil rights like due process and

protection against discrimination are matters of public concern that significantly

affect residents of Washington. City of Seattle, 172 Wn.2d at 562-63 (holding that

health care reform is “unquestionably” a matter of public concern); State ex rel.

Dunbar v. State Bd. of Equalization, 140 Wash. 433, 440, 249 P. 996 (1926) (the

attorney general’s “paramount duty is made the protection of the interest of the

people of the state” and they have a duty to act on “violations of the constitution or

the statutes by a state officer” to protect the interests of the public). Addressing

injustice and racial bias in our institutions is a collective endeavor. Letter from

Wash. State Sup. Ct. to Members of Judiciary & Legal Cmty. at 1 (June 4, 2020)

(“The injustice still plaguing our country has its roots in the individual and collective

actions of many, and it cannot be addressed without the individual and collective

actions of us all.” (emphasis added)),

Impediments to Women's Fair Housing Rights, 59 UCLA L. REV. 1746, 1753-66, 1780-95 (2012)
(describing how poverty, housing discrimination, and incarceration intersect to undermine the
welfare and dignity of Black women and Latinas).
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State v. City of Sunnyside et al.
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