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Yang prioritizes housing, community, and transit in bid for council seat

September 3, 2025

In 2001, Lin Yang, now 41, was an Eastlake High School senior and a student liaison to the Sammamish City Council. For his senior project, he started the Sammamish Youth Board to bring together local youth, adults, and government. That commission still operates today...

Lin Yang and Sid Gupta propose City Hall internship for high school students

August 29, 2025

Sammamish City Council candidates Lin Yang and Sid Gupta have announced a joint effort to start a public policy internship program at City Hall as part of their commitment to provide more opportunities for youth to gain professional experience while in high school...

Lin Yang Earns Sole Recommendation by Progressive Voters Guide

I'm honored to be the only recommended candidate for Sammamish City Council Position 5 in the Progressive Voters Guide, a trusted and independent resource for Washington voters for nearly two decades. Their endorsement reflects the heart of our campaign - one rooted...

Exclusive interview with Lin Yang, candidate for Sammamish City Council

This week, Lin joined Seattle Chinese Radio to talk about his journey from growing up in Sammamish to running for City Council. In a wide-ranging conversation, he discussed local challenges, his vision for the city, and how his background shapes the way he leads…

City of Sammamish needs to resolve the crisis it created for Inglewood residents

Every so often, a crisis lands in our community that tests whether our city government has the genuine desire to work with residents and solve problems together. The right of way controversy for the Inglewood neighborhood is the latest test, and so far, the City of...

Sammamish Native and Community Leader Lin Yang Launches Campaign for Sammamish City Council

Lin Yang, a long-time community leader and youth advocate in Sammamish, announced on March 26, 2025, that he is running for Sammamish City Council. Yang is the first city council candidate in Sammamish’s history to have grown up in the city. He graduated from...

Sammamish students step up to cover newsy suburb

Last Monday I was in a Zoom call with reporters and editors pitching stories, hearing updates on site traffic and learning about last month’s most-read stories online. I’ve sat through many such meetings but this one was particularly inspiring. What was different was...

A contentious local election revealed an information gap. High school reporters stepped up to fill it.

December 14, 2020

Last fall as Facebook geared up to fight misinformation related to the 2020 elections, residents of Sammamish, Washington, realized they already had a problem. They were in the midst of a contentious city council election season, and misinformation was running...

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