In time, the agenda of the day activities was expanded and organized to fashion a direct democracy led by a General Assembly and supported by work groups.

The limited space and terms of the permit, put a tremendous amount of pressure on those camping at City Hall.

The SCCC Camp was evicted on December 9 and much of the movement has moved indoors, in backyards of supporters, and several mini-occupies remain throughout the city.

General Assemblies have been relocated to Washington Trade and Convention Center at 7pm on Tues, Wed, Fri and Sunday.

[citation needed] According to a news report, the City of Seattle has spent an extra $104,869 as of October 14, 2011, in response to the protest for overtime pay for police and parks & recreation personnel.

[1] On October 15, the Occupy Seattle movement had its largest demonstration to date, with over 3,000 people rallying in Westlake Park.

[8] Another permit for protests occurring at Seattle's city hall plaza allows camping with the stipulation that tents are to be deconstructed by 7:00 AM.

[13][14] The 84-year-old woman mentioned was Dorli Rainey a former mayoral candidate who has been active in city government on education and transportation issues since the 1960s.

[16] The demonstration's goal was advertised to "disrupt Wall Street on the waterfront" and in solidarity with truck drivers' and longshoremen's unions.

Robert McEllrath, President of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, said "Support is one thing, organization from outside groups attempting to co-opt our struggle in order to advance a broader agenda is quite another and one that is destructive to our democratic process.

[20] On December 10, at 1:30 an estimated 400 Occupy Seattle demonstrators left Westlake Park along 2nd Ave as part of a larger effort to shut down West Coast ports.