Wash. Supreme Court published opinion — 1012055.pdf

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If crime-free rental ordinances are being operated in ways that violate due

process and antidiscrimination laws, this has significant effects on Washingtonians,

and holding police and local governments accountable is “unquestionably” a matter

of public concern in which the State has an interest. City of Seattle, 172 Wn.2d at

562. Sunnyside is not the only city to operate programs such as this, and the attorney

general should intervene, as it has done here, before similar enforcement problems

arise throughout the state. See Br. of Amicus Curiae Am. C.L. Union of Wash. in

Supp. of Appellant State of Wash. at 12-14 (sampling found at least 17 cities in

Washington with CFRHPs, and CFRHPs are more common in communities of color

than in white communities). We reject the respondents’ arguments that we should

adopt a parens patriae approach to elucidate the RCW’s “matters of public concern”

language; such an analysis is inapplicable in this context. We have never used such

an approach in our precedent analyzing the attorney general’s authority and we