1 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:18,284 -- OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. AND THE 2 00:00:18,284 --> 00:00:19,252 SEPTEMBER 9th, 2026 MEETING OF 3 00:00:19,252 --> 00:00:19,986 THE HOUSING ARTS AND CIVIL 4 00:00:19,986 --> 00:00:21,554 RIGHTS COMMITTEE WILL COME TO 5 00:00:21,554 --> 00:00:23,623 ORDER. I'M DIONNE IT IS 2:04 6 00:00:23,623 --> 00:00:26,192 P.M. I'M DIONNE FOSTER CHAIR OF 7 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:26,760 THE HOUSING ARTS AND CIVIL 8 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:28,695 RIGHTS COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK 9 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:31,598 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 10 00:00:31,598 --> 00:00:32,232 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. PRESENT 11 00:00:32,232 --> 00:00:34,467 VICE CHAIR LIN HERE. CHAIR 12 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:35,301 FOSTER. HERE. CHAIR. THERE ARE 13 00:00:35,301 --> 00:00:36,503 THREE MEMBERS PRESENT. 14 00:00:36,503 --> 00:00:37,637 -- GREAT. AND PLEASE LET THE 15 00:00:37,637 --> 00:00:38,638 RECORD REFLECT THAT. COUNCIL 16 00:00:38,638 --> 00:00:40,907 PRESIDENT, HOLLINGSWORTH AND 17 00:00:40,907 --> 00:00:42,409 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ARE 18 00:00:42,409 --> 00:00:44,310 EXCUSED. IF THERE IS NO 19 00:00:44,310 --> 00:00:46,813 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 20 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:48,181 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 21 00:00:48,181 --> 00:00:49,749 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL 22 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:51,017 NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT 23 00:00:51,017 --> 00:00:52,152 PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD 24 00:00:52,152 --> 00:00:53,586 RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S 25 00:00:53,586 --> 00:00:55,422 AGENDA OR WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF 26 00:00:55,422 --> 00:00:56,389 THIS COMMITTEE CLERK. HOW MANY 27 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:58,291 SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? 28 00:00:58,291 --> 00:00:58,858 -- THERE ARE NINE IN-PERSON 29 00:00:58,858 --> 00:01:00,693 SPEAKERS AND FOUR REMOTE 30 00:01:00,693 --> 00:01:01,694 SPEAKERS. 31 00:01:01,694 --> 00:01:03,263 -- FANTASTIC. EACH. EACH SPEAKER 32 00:01:03,263 --> 00:01:04,297 WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES, AND WE 33 00:01:04,297 --> 00:01:06,332 WILL START WITH THE IN PERSON 34 00:01:06,332 --> 00:01:07,367 SPEAKERS FIRST. CLERK CAN YOU 35 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:08,902 PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 36 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:10,103 INSTRUCTIONS? 37 00:01:10,103 --> 00:01:10,737 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 38 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:12,672 UP TO 60 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL 39 00:01:12,672 --> 00:01:14,007 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 40 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:15,875 THEY ARE REGISTERED. WE WILL 41 00:01:15,875 --> 00:01:16,476 BEGIN WITH IN-PERSON SPEAKERS 42 00:01:16,476 --> 00:01:17,911 AND THEN MOVE TO REMOTE 43 00:01:17,911 --> 00:01:19,312 SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS ARE HEAR A 44 00:01:19,312 --> 00:01:22,048 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT. 45 00:01:22,048 --> 00:01:22,715 SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED IF 46 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:24,350 THEY DO NOT END THEIR COMMENTS 47 00:01:24,350 --> 00:01:25,251 WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO 48 00:01:25,251 --> 00:01:27,187 ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT 49 00:01:27,187 --> 00:01:28,254 SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 50 00:01:28,254 --> 00:01:29,322 PERIOD IS NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL 51 00:01:29,322 --> 00:01:30,356 BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 52 00:01:30,356 --> 00:01:32,158 THE LIST. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS 53 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:33,760 RICHARD GILMORE, FOLLOWED BY 54 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:38,998 TYSON HOLMAN, AND THEN AS 55 00:01:38,998 --> 00:01:42,168 MARCELINE MORROW. YOU CAN COME 56 00:01:42,168 --> 00:01:46,973 FORWARD. 57 00:01:46,973 --> 00:01:48,308 -- THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US 58 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:50,243 TODAY. MY NAME IS RICHARD 59 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:52,145 GILMORE. I'M A 73 YEAR OLD MAN. 60 00:01:52,145 --> 00:01:54,981 I AM THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE 61 00:01:54,981 --> 00:01:57,717 POLYAMOROUS QUAD OF TWO MEN AND 62 00:01:57,717 --> 00:01:58,485 TWO WOMEN. AND NEXT MONTH WE 63 00:01:58,485 --> 00:02:02,021 WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR 26th 64 00:02:02,021 --> 00:02:03,223 ANNIVERSARY AND THAT'S ONLY 65 00:02:03,223 --> 00:02:04,791 THAT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF 66 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:07,193 OF MY EXPERIENCE AS A 67 00:02:07,193 --> 00:02:10,930 POLYAMOROUS MAN. AND WHAT I'VE 68 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:11,564 EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT MY LIFE 69 00:02:11,564 --> 00:02:13,466 WHILE I WAS WORKING WAS HAVING 70 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:15,835 TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHO I 71 00:02:15,835 --> 00:02:19,239 SPOKE TO ABOUT MY PERSONAL LIFE. 72 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:20,473 WHEN YOU GET TOGETHER AND PEOPLE 73 00:02:20,473 --> 00:02:21,941 ARE SAYING, HEY, WHAT DID YOU DO 74 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:22,876 THIS WEEKEND? OR, YOU KNOW, 75 00:02:22,876 --> 00:02:25,311 WHERE DID YOU GO? WHO? YOU KNOW, 76 00:02:25,311 --> 00:02:26,579 PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS. 77 00:02:26,579 --> 00:02:29,482 AND I HAD TO BE VERY CIRCUMSPECT 78 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:32,552 WITH HOW I ANSWERED THOSE, THOSE 79 00:02:32,552 --> 00:02:34,420 KINDS OF QUESTIONS. SO I'M 80 00:02:34,420 --> 00:02:37,290 ASKING THE COUNCIL TODAY TO PASS 81 00:02:37,290 --> 00:02:39,492 THIS LEGISLATION, ESPECIALLY. 82 00:02:39,492 --> 00:02:40,159 IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR 83 00:02:40,159 --> 00:02:42,061 SEATTLE BECAUSE IT PUNCHES WAY 84 00:02:42,061 --> 00:02:43,930 ABOVE ITS WEIGHT. AND IT'S, YOU 85 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:47,300 KNOW, IN SEATTLE'S EFFECTIVE 86 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:50,236 EFFECT ON THE FINANCES OF THIS 87 00:02:50,236 --> 00:02:52,405 COUNTRY AND ON THE CULTURE OF 88 00:02:52,405 --> 00:02:53,973 THIS COUNTRY. SO PLEASE BE THE 89 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:56,543 LEADERS. I KNOW YOU ARE AND PASS 90 00:02:56,543 --> 00:02:58,511 THIS LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. 91 00:02:58,511 --> 00:02:59,379 THANK YOU. 92 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:00,513 -- ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS TYSON 93 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:02,248 HOLMAN, FOLLOWED BY MARCELINE 94 00:03:02,248 --> 00:03:11,858 MORROW AND THEN JACOB YANT. 95 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:13,159 -- GREAT. HI, I'M TYSON. I'M 96 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:14,494 THE CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE 97 00:03:14,494 --> 00:03:16,195 COALITION FOR FAMILY AND 98 00:03:16,195 --> 00:03:17,630 RELATIONSHIP EQUITY, AND I'M 99 00:03:17,630 --> 00:03:18,198 REALLY THANKFUL TO BE HERE 100 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:19,766 TODAY. AND I'M THANKFUL THAT 101 00:03:19,766 --> 00:03:21,935 YOU ARE ALL CONSIDERING PASSING 102 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:24,270 THIS BILL TO PROTECT DIVERSE 103 00:03:24,270 --> 00:03:24,971 FAMILIES. I'M POLYAMOROUS, MAN 104 00:03:24,971 --> 00:03:26,606 MYSELF, AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF 105 00:03:26,606 --> 00:03:27,774 THE COMMUNITY FOR QUITE A LONG 106 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:30,743 TIME. AND DURING THAT TIME, I'VE 107 00:03:30,743 --> 00:03:32,579 WITNESSED A LOT OF PAIN AROUND 108 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:34,047 BEING OUT, RIGHT. AND INABILITY 109 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:35,148 TO BE OUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY 110 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:36,683 LIFE, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE HAD 111 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:39,252 TO PRETEND TO NOT LOVE THE 112 00:03:39,252 --> 00:03:41,020 PERSON THAT THEY LOVE, BECAUSE 113 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:43,323 BEING OUT RISKS DISCRIMINATION. 114 00:03:43,323 --> 00:03:45,725 AND I'VE HELD PEOPLE IN MY ARMS 115 00:03:45,725 --> 00:03:47,627 CRYING WHEN THEY HAVE TO BE 116 00:03:47,627 --> 00:03:48,628 REDUCED TO JUST A FRIEND, WHEN 117 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:50,496 REALLY THEY'RE A PARTNER. AND 118 00:03:50,496 --> 00:03:51,764 THIS IS SOMETHING I SEE ALL THE 119 00:03:51,764 --> 00:03:52,432 TIME. AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT 120 00:03:52,432 --> 00:03:54,200 BY FAR, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST 121 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,235 PAINFUL THINGS ABOUT BEING A 122 00:03:56,235 --> 00:03:57,370 POLYAMOROUS PERSON. AND I THINK 123 00:03:57,370 --> 00:03:59,038 THAT'S WHY THESE PROTECTIONS 124 00:03:59,038 --> 00:04:00,373 ARE SO IMPORTANT, RIGHT? WE 125 00:04:00,373 --> 00:04:01,608 DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 126 00:04:01,608 --> 00:04:03,409 LOSING OUR HOMES OR OUR JOBS OR 127 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:05,545 FAMILIES. I THINK IT'S A STEP IN 128 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:06,412 THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND I WANT 129 00:04:06,412 --> 00:04:08,014 TO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERING 130 00:04:08,014 --> 00:04:10,183 THIS TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE 131 00:04:10,183 --> 00:04:11,651 A SECOND TO THANK JESSA DAVIS, 132 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:13,686 THE FOUNDER OF CFRE. SHE'S BEEN 133 00:04:13,686 --> 00:04:15,488 WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS FOR 134 00:04:15,488 --> 00:04:17,123 A VERY LONG TIME. SHE'S AN 135 00:04:17,123 --> 00:04:19,225 INSPIRATION. SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE 136 00:04:19,225 --> 00:04:22,562 HUMAN, AND WE WOULD NOT BE HERE 137 00:04:22,562 --> 00:04:25,531 WITHOUT HER. RIGHT? THANKS. 138 00:04:25,531 --> 00:04:27,734 -- ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER IS 139 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:28,735 MARCELINE MOREAU, FOLLOWED BY 140 00:04:28,735 --> 00:04:34,774 JACOB AND THEN JOEL NG. HELLO, 141 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:35,041 FRIENDS. 142 00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:36,009 -- I'M GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO 143 00:04:36,009 --> 00:04:37,110 RESTART YOUR TIME. JUST SPEAK 144 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:39,379 DIRECTLY INTO THE MIC. IT'S 145 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:40,013 CLOSER THAN YOU WOULD THINK AND 146 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:40,913 YOU CAN ALWAYS ADJUST IT. OKAY. 147 00:04:40,913 --> 00:04:43,349 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 148 00:04:43,349 --> 00:04:44,851 -- GOOD AFTERNOON FRIENDS. I 149 00:04:44,851 --> 00:04:46,452 GREW UP IN A BIG FAMILY. TONS OF 150 00:04:46,452 --> 00:04:49,288 AUNTS, UNCLES, MANY AUNTS. I 151 00:04:49,288 --> 00:04:51,791 WASN'T ACTUALLY RELATED TO. I 152 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:53,459 WAS FORCED TO ACT LIKE MY AUNTS 153 00:04:53,459 --> 00:04:56,396 WEREN'T MY AUNTS IN PUBLIC 154 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:58,064 BECAUSE WE WEREN'T LEGALLY 155 00:04:58,064 --> 00:04:59,732 RELATED. EVEN IF I SPENT MORE 156 00:04:59,732 --> 00:05:02,468 TIME WITH THEM THAN THE WOMEN 157 00:05:02,468 --> 00:05:05,271 WOMAN WHO GAVE BIRTH TO ME, IT 158 00:05:05,271 --> 00:05:06,139 DIDN'T MATTER. NOW, GROWING UP, 159 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:07,774 I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS 160 00:05:07,774 --> 00:05:10,009 A KID. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHO I 161 00:05:10,009 --> 00:05:11,811 SHARED BLOOD WITH, HOW MUCH SKIN 162 00:05:11,811 --> 00:05:13,646 TONE WE SHARED, HOW MUCH BLOOD 163 00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:15,848 WAS RELATED TO HER. TO ME, SHE 164 00:05:15,848 --> 00:05:19,585 WAS JUST MY AUNT. I WAS A KID, 165 00:05:19,585 --> 00:05:23,690 AND TO KIDS, THOSE LINES JUST 166 00:05:23,690 --> 00:05:25,558 DON'T MATTER. SOME PEOPLE YOUR 167 00:05:25,558 --> 00:05:26,893 AUNT, SOME PEOPLE ARE YOUR AUNT 168 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:29,329 AND SOME PEOPLE AREN'T. IF A 169 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:30,897 SCARY STRANGER WALKED BY WHO I 170 00:05:30,897 --> 00:05:31,631 DIDN'T KNOW, I HELD HER HAND 171 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:34,801 FOR SAFETY BECAUSE I KNEW HER 172 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:36,669 AND I WAS SAFE WITH HER. 173 00:05:36,669 --> 00:05:39,272 EVENTUALLY, MY AUNT DONNA DIED, 174 00:05:39,272 --> 00:05:40,440 AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO 175 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,242 WOULD CORRECT ME OR QUESTION ME 176 00:05:43,242 --> 00:05:44,143 ON THE LEGITIMACY OF THIS LADY 177 00:05:44,143 --> 00:05:46,245 AND HER IMPORTANCE IN MY LIFE 178 00:05:46,245 --> 00:05:50,717 WOULD ALWAYS HURT. THEY FELT AS 179 00:05:50,717 --> 00:05:52,251 THOUGH THEY NEEDED TO TEACH ME 180 00:05:52,251 --> 00:05:54,187 HOW FAMILY WORKED AND HOW BLOOD 181 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:55,788 WORKED. AND SO WHEN VOTING ON 182 00:05:55,788 --> 00:05:56,889 THIS, REMEMBER YOU'RE NOT JUST 183 00:05:56,889 --> 00:05:58,891 VOTING FOR POLYAMORY, YOU'RE 184 00:05:58,891 --> 00:06:01,661 ALSO VOTING FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, 185 00:06:01,661 --> 00:06:02,228 TRUSTED NEIGHBORS, AND THE 186 00:06:02,228 --> 00:06:03,930 MATERNAL CONNECTION BETWEEN ME 187 00:06:03,930 --> 00:06:04,764 AND THE WOMAN WHO TAUGHT ME 188 00:06:04,764 --> 00:06:05,798 EVERYTHING I KNOW AND HOLD DEAR. 189 00:06:05,798 --> 00:06:08,768 THANK YOU. 190 00:06:08,768 --> 00:06:11,104 -- THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 191 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:13,039 IS JACOB, FOLLOWED BY JOEL AND 192 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:20,813 THEN JARED JOHNSON 193 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:22,648 -- HI. HI. FOR THE PAST FEW 194 00:06:22,648 --> 00:06:26,652 YEARS, I'VE BEEN AN ORGANIZER IN 195 00:06:26,652 --> 00:06:27,320 SEATTLE'S POLYAMORY COMMUNITY. 196 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,555 MOST OF WHAT I DO IS JUST LISTEN 197 00:06:29,555 --> 00:06:30,723 TO PEOPLE'S STORIES. AND BY NOW 198 00:06:30,723 --> 00:06:33,559 I HAVE HEARD HUNDREDS. WHAT WE 199 00:06:33,559 --> 00:06:35,428 HAVE ASSEMBLED TODAY IS A 200 00:06:35,428 --> 00:06:37,463 BEAUTIFUL SNAPSHOT OF OUR 201 00:06:37,463 --> 00:06:40,299 COMMUNITY. BUT THERE ARE SO MANY 202 00:06:40,299 --> 00:06:41,734 MORE OUT THERE, INCLUDING PEOPLE 203 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:42,935 TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK EVEN NOW IN 204 00:06:42,935 --> 00:06:46,005 THEIR OWN DEFENSE. AND I WOULD 205 00:06:46,005 --> 00:06:47,406 ARGUE THAT'S ENOUGH REASON TO 206 00:06:47,406 --> 00:06:49,909 PASS PROTECTIONS FOR MY OWN 207 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:52,345 SAKE. I KNOW I WOULD SLEEP A LOT 208 00:06:52,345 --> 00:06:54,113 BETTER AT NIGHT KNOWING MY 209 00:06:54,113 --> 00:06:55,681 PEOPLE WERE SAFER. THERE'S A LOT 210 00:06:55,681 --> 00:07:00,353 OF FEAR OUT THERE, AND PEOPLE 211 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:01,087 ARE WORRIED. AND I JUST WANT TO 212 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:05,124 ADD THAT OUR COMMUNITY ALREADY 213 00:07:05,124 --> 00:07:05,658 SHINES SO BRIGHT. WE HAVE 214 00:07:05,658 --> 00:07:07,994 THERE'S SO MUCH LOVE AND JOY 215 00:07:07,994 --> 00:07:11,297 AND COMMUNITY OUT THERE. AND I 216 00:07:11,297 --> 00:07:12,331 KNOW WITH THESE PROTECTIONS, 217 00:07:12,331 --> 00:07:14,033 WE'D SHINE JUST THAT MUCH 218 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:17,804 BRIGHTER. SO THANK YOU 219 00:07:17,804 --> 00:07:19,138 -- NEXT SPEAKER IS JOEL NG, 220 00:07:19,138 --> 00:07:19,739 FOLLOWED BY JARED JOHNSON AND 221 00:07:19,739 --> 00:07:24,343 THEN CASSANDRA CHAIR JUAREZ. 222 00:07:24,343 --> 00:07:27,013 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRPERSON 223 00:07:27,013 --> 00:07:29,816 FOSTER AND FELLOW CITY 224 00:07:29,816 --> 00:07:31,417 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS JOEL 225 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:33,286 NG. I'M PRINCIPAL AT EDGE 226 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,354 DEVELOPERS. WE ARE DEVELOPERS OF 227 00:07:35,354 --> 00:07:36,656 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY 228 00:07:36,656 --> 00:07:37,990 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS HERE IN 229 00:07:37,990 --> 00:07:40,560 SEATTLE AND IN THE REGION. AND 230 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,461 I'M HERE TO. IN SUPPORT OF 231 00:07:42,461 --> 00:07:45,031 KELLI LARSEN AS THE INCOMING 232 00:07:45,031 --> 00:07:46,833 OFFICE OF HOUSING DIRECTOR, THE 233 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:48,267 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FIELD IS VERY 234 00:07:48,267 --> 00:07:50,236 THRILLED WITH THE SELECTION 235 00:07:50,236 --> 00:07:51,404 KELLI BRINGS. I THINK MOST OF 236 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:54,407 YOU KNOW, YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 237 00:07:54,407 --> 00:07:56,742 BOTH AT OFFICE OF HOUSING AND 238 00:07:56,742 --> 00:07:59,145 OTHER NONPROFITS. OVER THE 239 00:07:59,145 --> 00:08:01,447 YEARS, SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN 240 00:08:01,447 --> 00:08:03,483 MANY DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE 241 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:06,285 DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING OVERSEEING 242 00:08:06,285 --> 00:08:09,088 THE HOUSING LEVY, WHICH IS OUR 243 00:08:09,088 --> 00:08:10,990 MAIN ENGINE OF OF HOUSING 244 00:08:10,990 --> 00:08:13,593 PRODUCTION HERE IN THE CITY. SHE 245 00:08:13,593 --> 00:08:15,695 REALLY DELVED IN AND HELPED 246 00:08:15,695 --> 00:08:18,831 CHAIR AND LEAD THE HOUSING LEVY 247 00:08:18,831 --> 00:08:21,367 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, REALLY, AND 248 00:08:21,367 --> 00:08:23,936 RECENTLY HAS INSTITUTED NEW 249 00:08:23,936 --> 00:08:27,707 PUBLIC INFORMATION FORUMS LIKE A 250 00:08:27,707 --> 00:08:29,475 DASHBOARD TO LET THE CITY KNOW 251 00:08:29,475 --> 00:08:30,843 WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, 252 00:08:30,843 --> 00:08:32,078 RATHER THAN BEING MORE OF A 253 00:08:32,078 --> 00:08:33,746 BLACK BOX. AND THIS IS, I THINK 254 00:08:33,746 --> 00:08:36,315 THIS IS INSTRUMENTAL WORTH 255 00:08:36,315 --> 00:08:38,985 MENTIONING. IN ADDITION, WITH 256 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:42,688 HER, YOU KNOW, HER, HER 257 00:08:42,688 --> 00:08:43,256 APPROACHABLE DEMEANOR, HER 258 00:08:43,256 --> 00:08:46,225 THOUGHTFULNESS, AND HER SUPPORT 259 00:08:46,225 --> 00:08:48,227 WITHIN THE CITY'S OFFICE OF 260 00:08:48,227 --> 00:08:48,961 HOUSING. SHE IS THE RIGHT 261 00:08:48,961 --> 00:08:52,565 CHOICE. AND AGAIN, AS AS 262 00:08:52,565 --> 00:08:53,099 MENTIONED, WE'RE REALLY 263 00:08:53,099 --> 00:08:54,500 THRILLED. WE BELIEVE THAT THE 264 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:58,337 CITY HERE IS MAKING THE CORRECT 265 00:08:58,337 --> 00:08:59,972 DECISION. AND WE KNOW SHE WILL 266 00:08:59,972 --> 00:09:01,374 BE SUCCESSFUL. SO WE LOOK 267 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:02,742 FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT. THANK 268 00:09:02,742 --> 00:09:05,177 YOU 269 00:09:05,177 --> 00:09:06,812 -- NEXT IS JARED JOHNSON, 270 00:09:06,812 --> 00:09:08,381 FOLLOWED BY CASSANDRA SCHWARTZ. 271 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:13,753 AND THEN RAUL ROUSE. 272 00:09:13,753 --> 00:09:16,055 -- HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, 273 00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:17,056 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS JARED 274 00:09:17,056 --> 00:09:19,125 JOHNSON. I'M THE CO-EXECUTIVE 275 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:20,192 DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE 276 00:09:20,192 --> 00:09:22,795 CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 277 00:09:22,795 --> 00:09:23,396 PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 278 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:25,464 AUTHORITY. MY CO-EXECUTIVE, 279 00:09:25,464 --> 00:09:27,733 JAMIE LEE IS IN THE AUDIENCE. 280 00:09:27,733 --> 00:09:29,268 SHE'S HERE WITH ME TODAY. WE 281 00:09:29,268 --> 00:09:31,571 ARE HERE TO OFFER OUR SUPPORT 282 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:33,039 AND URGE THAT KELLI LARSEN BE 283 00:09:33,039 --> 00:09:35,308 CONFIRMED AS OUR CITY'S NEXT 284 00:09:35,308 --> 00:09:35,841 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 285 00:09:35,841 --> 00:09:37,843 HOUSING. LIKE MOST AFFORDABLE 286 00:09:37,843 --> 00:09:38,811 HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND 287 00:09:38,811 --> 00:09:40,413 OPERATORS, WE RELY ON THE CITY 288 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:44,317 AS OUR KEY FUNDING PARTNER AND 289 00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:47,186 SUPPORT FOR THE NEARLY 2000 290 00:09:47,186 --> 00:09:48,154 RESIDENTS OF THE CITY THAT 291 00:09:48,154 --> 00:09:50,189 RESIDE IN SKIPPED AS BUILDINGS. 292 00:09:50,189 --> 00:09:52,425 OVER THE NEXT DECADE, WE EXPECT 293 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:53,659 TO. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO TRY AND 294 00:09:53,659 --> 00:09:55,595 DOUBLE THAT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS 295 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:57,596 THAT WE WILL SERVE IN NEW 296 00:09:57,596 --> 00:09:59,131 PRODUCTION AND OH WILL BE A KEY 297 00:09:59,131 --> 00:10:01,167 PARTNER IN THAT WORK. WE HAVE 298 00:10:01,167 --> 00:10:02,168 WORKED WITH KELLI OVER THE PAST 299 00:10:02,168 --> 00:10:03,369 SEVERAL YEARS IN HER FORMER ROLE 300 00:10:03,369 --> 00:10:05,137 AT O, WHERE KELLI LED THE WORK 301 00:10:05,137 --> 00:10:07,873 TO HELP MANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING 302 00:10:07,873 --> 00:10:10,276 PROVIDERS LIKE SKIP TO NAVIGATE 303 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:11,877 THE POST COVID WORLD. THE 304 00:10:11,877 --> 00:10:14,513 INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO FACE MANY 305 00:10:14,513 --> 00:10:15,982 UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES, AND WE 306 00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:17,917 ARE PLEASED THAT SOMEONE WHO 307 00:10:17,917 --> 00:10:19,652 UNDERSTANDS THESE CHALLENGES AND 308 00:10:19,652 --> 00:10:22,154 ALSO HAS A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF 309 00:10:22,154 --> 00:10:23,923 THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY LED 310 00:10:23,923 --> 00:10:26,025 DEVELOPMENT, AS HER PREDECESSOR 311 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:27,460 DID, WILL TAKE ON THIS ROLE. SO 312 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:29,195 WE URGE THAT THE COUNCIL 313 00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:31,464 CONFIRMS KELLI AS SWIFTLY AS 314 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:38,170 POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. 315 00:10:38,170 --> 00:10:39,005 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CASSANDRA 316 00:10:39,005 --> 00:10:40,506 SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY RAUL 317 00:10:40,506 --> 00:10:42,775 RAMOS. AND THEN ALICIA RUIZ. 318 00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:45,144 -- THANK YOU. I AM A DIVORCED 319 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:46,379 PARENT. I SHARE A SON WITH MY 320 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:47,847 EX, AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY 321 00:10:47,847 --> 00:10:49,148 HARD TO BUILD A FAMILY THAT 322 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:51,484 SHOWS UP FOR EACH OTHER. WHEN MY 323 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:52,985 SON'S STEPMOM WAS IN THE 324 00:10:52,985 --> 00:10:54,353 HOSPITAL, I TOOK CARE OF HER SON 325 00:10:54,353 --> 00:10:56,622 ALONG WITH MINE FOR A FEW DAYS, 326 00:10:56,622 --> 00:10:59,091 AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T FIND THAT 327 00:10:59,091 --> 00:10:59,625 PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO 328 00:10:59,625 --> 00:11:01,494 UNDERSTAND. WE'RE DIVORCED. WE 329 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:02,595 ARE CO-PARENTS AND OUR FAMILIES 330 00:11:02,595 --> 00:11:04,030 ARE CONNECTED. WHEN SOMEONE 331 00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:06,666 NEEDS HELP, WE HELP. BUT MY 332 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:08,668 FAMILY EXTENDS FURTHER THAN 333 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:10,569 THAT. WHEN MY GIRLFRIEND HAD A 334 00:11:10,569 --> 00:11:11,904 HYSTERECTOMY, HER HUSBAND AND I 335 00:11:11,904 --> 00:11:14,774 TOOK TURNS TAKING CARE OF HER. 336 00:11:14,774 --> 00:11:16,308 WHEN I BROKE MY ANKLE AND ALL OF 337 00:11:16,308 --> 00:11:17,877 MY PARTNERS WERE HAPPENED TO BE 338 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:21,647 OUT OF TOWN, IT WAS MY NESTING 339 00:11:21,647 --> 00:11:22,314 PARTNER'S GIRLFRIEND WHO TOOK ME 340 00:11:22,314 --> 00:11:25,651 TO THE ER AND WALKED THE DOGS, 341 00:11:25,651 --> 00:11:28,187 AND I REALIZED THAT SOMEWHERE 342 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:28,854 THE NESTING PARTNER'S GIRLFRIEND 343 00:11:28,854 --> 00:11:31,057 MAY HAVE LOST THE PLOT FOR YOU, 344 00:11:31,057 --> 00:11:32,925 BUT THAT'S OKAY. SOMETIMES MY 345 00:11:32,925 --> 00:11:34,427 FAMILY DOES REQUIRE A FLOW CHART 346 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:37,129 TO FOLLOW, BUT IT DOESN'T 347 00:11:37,129 --> 00:11:38,898 REQUIRE THAT WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS 348 00:11:38,898 --> 00:11:39,899 HELP BECAUSE WE KNOW WHO SHOWS 349 00:11:39,899 --> 00:11:42,301 UP, WE KNOW WHO TAKES CARE OF 350 00:11:42,301 --> 00:11:44,270 THE KIDS, WHO SITS WITH SOMEONE 351 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:46,439 AFTER SURGERY, WHO DRIVES YOU TO 352 00:11:46,439 --> 00:11:47,006 THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND WHO 353 00:11:47,006 --> 00:11:49,642 WALKS THE DOGS. THAT'S WHAT MY 354 00:11:49,642 --> 00:11:51,343 POLYAMOROUS FAMILY LOOKS LIKE. 355 00:11:51,343 --> 00:11:52,912 IT'S NOT SIMPLY ABOUT HAVING 356 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:55,481 MULTIPLE ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS. 357 00:11:55,481 --> 00:11:56,682 IT'S INTERESTING. IT'S AN 358 00:11:56,682 --> 00:11:58,384 INTERCONNECTED NETWORK OF PEOPLE 359 00:11:58,384 --> 00:11:59,885 WHO LOVE EACH OTHER, CARE FOR 360 00:11:59,885 --> 00:12:01,987 EACH OTHER, AND TAKE 361 00:12:01,987 --> 00:12:03,722 RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE ANOTHER. 362 00:12:03,722 --> 00:12:05,124 THAT IS OUR VILLAGE. AND 363 00:12:05,124 --> 00:12:06,425 FRANKLY, IT'S THE VILLAGE WE 364 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:10,262 NEED TO SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD. 365 00:12:10,262 --> 00:12:11,730 I'M STANDING HERE OPENLY TALKING 366 00:12:11,730 --> 00:12:13,265 ABOUT MY FAMILY, BUT I DON'T 367 00:12:13,265 --> 00:12:15,101 ALWAYS FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING 368 00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:16,268 THAT. THERE ARE PLACES WHERE I 369 00:12:16,268 --> 00:12:18,604 HAVE TO THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT 370 00:12:18,604 --> 00:12:20,339 WHICH PARTS OF MY FAMILY I TALK 371 00:12:20,339 --> 00:12:25,244 ABOUT, AND WHICH RELATIONSHIPS I 372 00:12:25,244 --> 00:12:27,079 NAME. BEING OPEN ABOUT BEING 373 00:12:27,079 --> 00:12:27,880 POLYAMOROUS DOESN'T ALWAYS FEEL 374 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:29,982 SAFE WHEN I KNOW THAT SOMEONE'S 375 00:12:29,982 --> 00:12:32,017 ELSE'S JUDGMENT ABOUT MY FAMILY 376 00:12:32,017 --> 00:12:33,419 COULD AFFECT MY LIVELIHOOD. AND 377 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:35,488 THAT'S PART OF WHY THIS 378 00:12:35,488 --> 00:12:37,623 MATTERS. RECOGNITION ISN'T JUST 379 00:12:37,623 --> 00:12:39,024 SYMBOLIC. WHEN LIFE GOES 380 00:12:39,024 --> 00:12:39,658 SIDEWAYS, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE 381 00:12:39,658 --> 00:12:41,727 WHO SHOW UP. I WANT TO LIVE IN A 382 00:12:41,727 --> 00:12:44,430 CITY THAT PROTECTS FAMILIES THAT 383 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:45,564 ACTUALLY EXIST, NOT ONLY 384 00:12:45,564 --> 00:12:48,834 FAMILIES THAT ARE EASY TO 385 00:12:48,834 --> 00:12:49,101 EXPLAIN. 386 00:12:49,101 --> 00:12:50,769 -- THANK YOU. NEXT. 387 00:12:50,769 --> 00:12:51,837 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RAUL 388 00:12:51,837 --> 00:12:53,339 RAMOS, FOLLOWED BY ALICIA RUIZ. 389 00:12:53,339 --> 00:12:57,643 AND THEN WE'LL SWITCH TO ONLINE 390 00:12:57,643 --> 00:13:02,081 SPEAKERS. 391 00:13:02,081 --> 00:13:03,516 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR 392 00:13:03,516 --> 00:13:05,518 THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND 393 00:13:05,518 --> 00:13:11,590 TO SPEAK. SPEAK UP. I AM A 394 00:13:11,590 --> 00:13:14,326 BELIEVER IN THAT EVERYONE, 395 00:13:14,326 --> 00:13:14,927 ESPECIALLY EVERY LAW ABIDING 396 00:13:14,927 --> 00:13:17,830 CITIZEN, SHOULD HAVE THE 397 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:20,900 OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE HAPPINESS 398 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:24,036 THE BEST WAY THEY UNDERSTAND IT. 399 00:13:24,036 --> 00:13:27,439 AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT IN A 400 00:13:27,439 --> 00:13:30,442 SAFE AND MORE ACCEPTING 401 00:13:30,442 --> 00:13:32,878 ENVIRONMENT IN THE RIGHT LEGAL 402 00:13:32,878 --> 00:13:36,215 FRAMEWORK MUST BE IN PLACE. SO 403 00:13:36,215 --> 00:13:38,284 AS A POLYAMORIST FOR 15 YEARS OR 404 00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:44,623 SO, I HAVE FOUND THAT A SAFE AND 405 00:13:44,623 --> 00:13:47,893 NURTURING LIFESTYLE AND WE COUNT 406 00:13:47,893 --> 00:13:51,230 ON YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 407 00:13:51,230 --> 00:13:53,566 -- OUR FINAL IN-PERSON SPEAKER 408 00:13:53,566 --> 00:13:54,533 IS ALICIA, AND THEN WE WILL 409 00:13:54,533 --> 00:13:56,368 SWITCH TO REMOTE SPEAKER, 410 00:13:56,368 --> 00:14:00,906 STARTING WITH RED. 411 00:14:00,906 --> 00:14:02,608 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR FOSTER, 412 00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:03,209 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY 413 00:14:03,209 --> 00:14:06,312 NAME IS ALICIA RUIZ. I AM THE 414 00:14:06,312 --> 00:14:08,080 ADVOCACY AND POLICY MANAGER FOR 415 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,482 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, KING AND 416 00:14:10,482 --> 00:14:11,450 KITTITAS COUNTIES. I'M HERE 417 00:14:11,450 --> 00:14:13,819 TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF KELLI 418 00:14:13,819 --> 00:14:15,688 LARSEN'S APPOINTMENT AS THE 419 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:18,257 DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE OFFICE 420 00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:19,792 OF HOUSING HABITAT HAS HAD THE 421 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:21,727 PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE 422 00:14:21,727 --> 00:14:23,729 KELLI FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE'VE 423 00:14:23,729 --> 00:14:25,431 SEEN FIRSTHAND HER STEADY 424 00:14:25,431 --> 00:14:25,998 LEADERSHIP, HER INNOVATIVE 425 00:14:25,998 --> 00:14:27,032 APPROACH, AND HER DEEP 426 00:14:27,032 --> 00:14:29,535 COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY. 427 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:31,103 WITH NEARLY 20 YEARS OF 428 00:14:31,103 --> 00:14:31,637 EXPERIENCE IN AFFORDABLE 429 00:14:31,637 --> 00:14:32,838 HOUSING, SHE BRINGS A RARE 430 00:14:32,838 --> 00:14:35,040 COMBINATION OF INSTITUTIONAL 431 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:35,741 KNOWLEDGE AND GENUINE CARE FOR 432 00:14:35,741 --> 00:14:37,843 THE PEOPLE. THIS WORK SERVES. 433 00:14:37,843 --> 00:14:39,378 KELLI UNDERSTANDS THAT HOUSING 434 00:14:39,378 --> 00:14:43,349 IS NOT JUST POLICY, IT'S PEOPLE. 435 00:14:43,349 --> 00:14:45,284 SHE HAS SPENT HER CAREER 436 00:14:45,284 --> 00:14:45,884 TRANSLATING THAT BELIEF INTO 437 00:14:45,884 --> 00:14:47,419 REAL HOMES, REAL LEVY DOLLARS 438 00:14:47,419 --> 00:14:49,521 AND REAL PARTNERSHIPS. HABITAT 439 00:14:49,521 --> 00:14:51,624 SHARES THAT BELIEF THAT EVERYONE 440 00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:54,159 DESERVES A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE, 441 00:14:54,159 --> 00:14:56,228 AND THAT LASTING SOLUTIONS COME 442 00:14:56,228 --> 00:14:56,795 FROM BUILDING ALONGSIDE OUR 443 00:14:56,795 --> 00:14:57,997 NEIGHBORS, NOT AROUND THEM. WE 444 00:14:57,997 --> 00:14:59,565 ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT KELLI 445 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:02,368 LARSEN, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 446 00:15:02,368 --> 00:15:03,002 CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP IN 447 00:15:03,002 --> 00:15:04,069 SERVICE OF A SEATTLE WHERE 448 00:15:04,069 --> 00:15:05,170 EVERYONE HAS A PLACE TO CALL 449 00:15:05,170 --> 00:15:09,441 HOME. THANK YOU. 450 00:15:09,441 --> 00:15:12,177 -- WE WILL NOW SWITCH TO REMOTE 451 00:15:12,177 --> 00:15:14,046 SPEAKERS. THE FIRST REMOTE 452 00:15:14,046 --> 00:15:15,547 SPEAKER IS READ. PLEASE PRESS 453 00:15:15,547 --> 00:15:18,050 STAR SIX WHEN YOU HEAR THE 454 00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:19,852 PROMPT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN 455 00:15:19,852 --> 00:15:20,853 UNMUTED, AND THEN THE NEXT 456 00:15:20,853 --> 00:15:30,529 SPEAKER WILL BE JEN, CARL. 457 00:15:30,529 --> 00:15:30,963 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 458 00:15:30,963 --> 00:15:34,733 COUNCILMEMBERS. I SUPPORT CB 459 00:15:34,733 --> 00:15:36,635 121278 YOUR OWN CENTRAL STAFF 460 00:15:36,635 --> 00:15:38,570 MEMO CITES RESEARCH FINDINGS AT. 461 00:15:38,570 --> 00:15:41,307 ABOUT 1 IN 5 AMERICANS HAVE BEEN 462 00:15:41,307 --> 00:15:43,876 IN A CONSENSUAL NON-MONOGAMOUS 463 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:45,010 RELATIONSHIP, AND 1 IN 20 IS IN 464 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:48,981 ONE RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE YOUR 465 00:15:48,981 --> 00:15:49,615 CONSTITUENTS BEING HONEST WITH 466 00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:51,050 CONSENTING ADULTS SHOULD NOT 467 00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:52,418 COST ANYONE THEIR JOB, THEIR 468 00:15:52,418 --> 00:15:54,620 HOUSING, OR THEIR CHILDREN. 469 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:56,155 PEOPLE ARE DOUBLING UP TO 470 00:15:56,155 --> 00:15:58,324 SURVIVE. RENT KEEPS CLIMBING AND 471 00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:01,026 ICE IS KIDNAPING OUR NEIGHBORS 472 00:16:01,026 --> 00:16:02,561 WHILE THE CITY OFFERS NOTHING 473 00:16:02,561 --> 00:16:04,029 BUT PERFORMATIVE WORDS. FAMILIES 474 00:16:04,029 --> 00:16:05,164 ARE TAKING EACH OTHER IN. THEY 475 00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:06,532 SHOULD NOT BE EVICTED OR FOUND 476 00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:09,401 IN VIOLATION OF A LEASE FOR 477 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:09,935 SHELTERING SOMEONE. THIS 478 00:16:09,935 --> 00:16:12,871 GOVERNMENT CAME FOR. SO HERE'S 479 00:16:12,871 --> 00:16:16,308 MY. THE COHABITATION LANGUAGE 480 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:16,809 NAMES MULTIGENERATIONAL 481 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:17,643 FAMILIES. BROADEN IT. HOUSEHOLDS 482 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:20,079 OF CHOICE, NOT JUST HOUSEHOLDS 483 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:23,849 OF RELATION, AND PUT IT IN THE 484 00:16:23,849 --> 00:16:25,217 DEFINITION, NOT THE RECITALS 485 00:16:25,217 --> 00:16:27,553 INTENT. LANGUAGE ISN'T 486 00:16:27,553 --> 00:16:28,921 PROTECTION. THANK YOU FOR MAKING 487 00:16:28,921 --> 00:16:33,592 SEATTLE A MORE INCLUSIVE CITY. 488 00:16:33,592 --> 00:16:36,028 -- THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 489 00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:40,132 IS JEN CARL, FOLLOWED BY ROSE 490 00:16:40,132 --> 00:16:44,403 LEGIONNAIRES. 491 00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:45,004 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. MY 492 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:47,172 NAME IS JEN. CARL. SHE HER 493 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:47,673 PRONOUNS AND I'M THE 494 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:48,841 NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY COORDINATOR 495 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:50,943 FOR CAPITOL HILL. THROUGH THE 496 00:16:50,943 --> 00:16:52,344 GSBA. I'M CALLING IN TO TESTIFY 497 00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:56,315 IN SUPPORT OF CB 121278 TO AMEND 498 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:58,350 CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR 499 00:16:58,350 --> 00:16:58,884 DIVERSE ORIENTATIONS AND 500 00:16:58,884 --> 00:17:00,886 RELATIONSHIP STRUCTURES. OUR 501 00:17:00,886 --> 00:17:03,288 CITY HAS BEEN A LEADER IN 502 00:17:03,288 --> 00:17:03,756 PROTECTING LGBTQ PLUS 503 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:05,057 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, NOW 504 00:17:05,057 --> 00:17:07,226 HOLDING THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE 505 00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:08,894 OF LGBTQ PLUS HOUSEHOLDS IN THE 506 00:17:08,894 --> 00:17:10,496 COUNTRY. THAT SAID, WE KNOW THAT 507 00:17:10,496 --> 00:17:11,764 GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUALITY, AND 508 00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:13,699 FAMILY STRUCTURE ARE FLUID AND 509 00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:16,101 CAN CHANGE OVER TIME, REQUIRING 510 00:17:16,101 --> 00:17:17,569 US TO UPDATE OUR LEGISLATION TO 511 00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:18,203 CONTINUE PROTECTING THE PEOPLE 512 00:17:18,203 --> 00:17:21,974 OF OUR CITY. NATIONWIDE, YOUTH 513 00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:23,709 IDENTIFYING AS PANSEXUAL HAVE 514 00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:26,178 NEARLY 50% GREATER ODDS OF 515 00:17:26,178 --> 00:17:26,645 EXPERIENCING HOUSING 516 00:17:26,645 --> 00:17:28,280 INSTABILITY, A 40% RATE OF FOOD 517 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,182 INSECURITY, AND AN 18% INABILITY 518 00:17:30,182 --> 00:17:31,850 TO MEET BASIC NEEDS COMPARED 519 00:17:31,850 --> 00:17:34,353 WITH OTHER SEXUAL IDENTITIES. SO 520 00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:36,255 DATA ON INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFYING 521 00:17:36,255 --> 00:17:37,689 AS ASEXUALS IS JUST STARTING TO 522 00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:38,724 EMERGE. EVIDENCE ALREADY SHOWS 523 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:40,559 HIGHER RATES OF DEPRESSION AND 524 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:41,593 ANXIETY DUE TO ERASURE, ALONG 525 00:17:41,593 --> 00:17:43,195 WITH DIFFICULTY WORKING WITH 526 00:17:43,195 --> 00:17:45,330 SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO 527 00:17:45,330 --> 00:17:45,931 MISUNDERSTAND ASEXUALITY AS A 528 00:17:45,931 --> 00:17:48,167 MEDICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL 529 00:17:48,167 --> 00:17:49,835 DISORDER. WE ALSO INCREASE THE 530 00:17:49,835 --> 00:17:51,036 ALREADY PERVASIVE SYSTEMIC 531 00:17:51,036 --> 00:17:53,906 BARRIERS FOR THOSE IN 532 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:54,473 CONSENSUALLY NON-MONOGAMOUS 533 00:17:54,473 --> 00:17:55,741 RELATIONSHIPS, RELYING ON 534 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:56,875 SYSTEMS, SOCIAL SERVICES AND 535 00:17:56,875 --> 00:17:58,877 LEGISLATION THAT STRUCTURE 536 00:17:58,877 --> 00:17:59,445 AROUND TRADITIONAL NUCLEAR 537 00:17:59,445 --> 00:18:01,814 FAMILIES OR SINGLE INDIVIDUALS. 538 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:02,815 WE KNOW THAT THE CREATION OF AN 539 00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:04,383 ORDINANCE WILL NOT MAGICALLY 540 00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:05,417 SOLVE THESE ISSUES. WE STILL 541 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:07,252 HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THE 542 00:18:07,252 --> 00:18:09,054 PURSUIT OF EQUITY, EVEN WITHIN 543 00:18:09,054 --> 00:18:12,090 OUR OWN LGBTQ+ AND POLYAMOROUS 544 00:18:12,090 --> 00:18:12,691 COMMUNITIES. BUT IMPLEMENTING 545 00:18:12,691 --> 00:18:13,692 THIS ORDINANCE AND AMENDING OUR 546 00:18:13,692 --> 00:18:15,828 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE IS A 547 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:16,929 NECESSARY FIRST STEP IN ENSURING 548 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:18,096 THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE 549 00:18:18,096 --> 00:18:19,898 COMMUNITY ARE RECOGNIZED AND 550 00:18:19,898 --> 00:18:20,799 PROTECTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 551 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:23,035 TIME, CONSIDERATION AND 552 00:18:23,035 --> 00:18:25,337 CONTINUED EFFORTS IN OUR CITY. 553 00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:27,139 -- THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 554 00:18:27,139 --> 00:18:28,740 IS ROSE LEGIONNAIRES, FOLLOWED 555 00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:32,611 BY KATE RUBIN AND THEN DAVID 556 00:18:32,611 --> 00:18:40,352 HAINES. 557 00:18:40,586 --> 00:18:43,255 -- HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M 558 00:18:43,255 --> 00:18:45,390 VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS 559 00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:45,991 LEGISLATION IS FINALLY SEEING 560 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:47,226 THE LIGHT OF DAY. THERE'S BEEN A 561 00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:48,260 LOT OF WORK IN THE BACKGROUND 562 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:50,229 WITH MYSELF AND THE 563 00:18:50,229 --> 00:18:51,029 COUNCILMEMBERS ON TO DO THIS, 564 00:18:51,029 --> 00:18:53,365 ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN 565 00:18:53,365 --> 00:18:54,466 THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS ONE ASK 566 00:18:54,466 --> 00:18:55,767 IN THIS THAT I THINK THAT IS 567 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:57,369 IMPORTANT. PART OF THIS. 568 00:18:57,369 --> 00:18:59,838 HOWEVER, THERE IS A LOT OF WAYS 569 00:18:59,838 --> 00:19:01,907 THAT PEOPLE CAN EXPRESS THEIR 570 00:19:01,907 --> 00:19:03,375 THEIR LOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER 571 00:19:03,375 --> 00:19:05,144 AND THEIR SYMBOLS AND 572 00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:06,345 RELATIONSHIP. THERE IS ONE 573 00:19:06,345 --> 00:19:07,646 SYMBOL THAT HAS GONE BACK FOR 574 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:08,480 THE LAST 40 YEARS IN THE QUEER 575 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,182 AND GAY COMMUNITIES, IN THE 576 00:19:10,182 --> 00:19:13,218 TRANS COMMUNITIES. THAT IS NOT 577 00:19:13,218 --> 00:19:13,852 CURRENTLY RESPECTED IN SEATTLE 578 00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:15,721 OR SEATTLE LAW. THERE IS 579 00:19:15,721 --> 00:19:17,122 SOMETHING THAT IS KNOWN AS A 580 00:19:17,122 --> 00:19:18,991 CALLER AND THE GAY LEATHER 581 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:20,792 SUBCULTURE THAT THEN SPREAD TO 582 00:19:20,792 --> 00:19:21,360 LESBIAN LEATHER CULTURE AND 583 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:23,328 TRANS CULTURE. THIS WAS A SYMBOL 584 00:19:23,328 --> 00:19:28,967 OF WHEN WE WERE. THIS WAS A 585 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:30,302 SYMBOL OF OUR LOVE AND CARE FOR 586 00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:33,205 ONE ANOTHER WHEN WE WERE NOT 587 00:19:33,205 --> 00:19:34,206 ALLOWED TO BE MARRIED TO ONE 588 00:19:34,206 --> 00:19:35,774 ANOTHER. AND THIS IS SOMETHING 589 00:19:35,774 --> 00:19:37,276 THAT PEOPLE STILL CARRY NOW IN 590 00:19:37,276 --> 00:19:38,944 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, HOWEVER, 591 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:40,412 PEOPLE ARE BEING FIRED AND TOLD 592 00:19:40,412 --> 00:19:41,680 THAT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO 593 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,348 WEAR THE SYMBOL OF LOVE FOR ONE 594 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:45,050 ANOTHER IN THEIR WORKPLACE, IN 595 00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:47,252 THEIR HOUSING, AND IN OTHER 596 00:19:47,252 --> 00:19:48,353 VARIOUS PLACES, BECAUSE PEOPLE 597 00:19:48,353 --> 00:19:50,289 ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT OTHER 598 00:19:50,289 --> 00:19:50,923 INDIVIDUALS WILL THINK, WE ARE 599 00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:52,324 NEVER GOING TO BE ACCEPTABLE 600 00:19:52,324 --> 00:19:54,927 ENOUGH FOR THEM IN THIS CITY. 601 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:56,328 AND IN ADDITION TO THE 602 00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:57,362 DISCRIMINATION THAT THIS IS A 603 00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:58,931 PART OF, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 604 00:19:58,931 --> 00:20:00,499 I THINK AS THE COUNCILMEMBERS, 605 00:20:00,499 --> 00:20:03,835 YOU HONESTLY, PEOPLE IN THE 606 00:20:03,835 --> 00:20:05,203 TRANS COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY, DO 607 00:20:05,203 --> 00:20:06,538 NOT TRUST CITY HALL. WE NEED YOU 608 00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:11,343 ALL TO OFFER THIS AS AN OLIVE 609 00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:12,544 BRANCH TO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE 610 00:20:12,544 --> 00:20:14,813 AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT 611 00:20:14,813 --> 00:20:15,447 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCES, 612 00:20:15,447 --> 00:20:16,682 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DO NOT 613 00:20:16,682 --> 00:20:18,684 TRUST THAT THIS IS SOMETHING 614 00:20:18,684 --> 00:20:20,752 THAT IS OFFERED TO THEM. 615 00:20:20,752 --> 00:20:21,386 OFFERING SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS 616 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:22,821 YOU CAN WEAR THE SYMBOL OF YOUR 617 00:20:22,821 --> 00:20:24,523 LOVE AT YOUR WORKPLACE IS 618 00:20:24,523 --> 00:20:26,525 SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE 619 00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:27,960 INCREDIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS. 620 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,162 EVERY PERSON I'VE TALKED TO 621 00:20:30,162 --> 00:20:30,662 ABOUT THIS BEING EVEN A 622 00:20:30,662 --> 00:20:31,530 POSSIBILITY, HAS SEEN THEIR EYES 623 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:33,432 LIGHT UP. I THINK THIS IS 624 00:20:33,432 --> 00:20:35,300 SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL SHOULD 625 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:36,969 VERY MUCH CONSIDER, BECAUSE THIS 626 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:38,437 IS SOMETHING THAT COULD REALLY 627 00:20:38,437 --> 00:20:40,639 DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR OUR 628 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:41,807 COMMUNITY AND WOULD REALLY MAKE 629 00:20:41,807 --> 00:20:44,276 A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY. THANK 630 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:44,476 YOU. 631 00:20:44,476 --> 00:20:45,811 -- THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 632 00:20:45,811 --> 00:20:48,046 IS KATE RUBIN, AND OUR FINAL 633 00:20:48,046 --> 00:20:55,053 SPEAKER WILL BE DAVID HAINES 634 00:20:55,053 --> 00:20:56,388 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 635 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:57,956 KATE RUBIN. I SERVE AS CO-CHAIR 636 00:20:57,956 --> 00:21:00,325 OF THE SEATTLE RENTERS 637 00:21:00,325 --> 00:21:00,993 COMMISSION. I'M TESTIFYING TODAY 638 00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:01,927 ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION IN 639 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,428 SUPPORT OF STRONGER CIVIL RIGHTS 640 00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:04,396 PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL 641 00:21:04,396 --> 00:21:06,665 FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIP 642 00:21:06,665 --> 00:21:07,232 STRUCTURES. WE ARE LIVING 643 00:21:07,232 --> 00:21:09,101 THROUGH OVERLAPPING CRISES THAT 644 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,435 ARE PUTTING ENORMOUS PRESSURE ON 645 00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:13,405 RENTERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 646 00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:14,306 SEATTLE HAS COMMITTED TO BEING A 647 00:21:14,306 --> 00:21:16,975 WELCOMING CITY WHERE EVERYONE 648 00:21:16,975 --> 00:21:18,744 BELONGS. AS THE FEDERAL 649 00:21:18,744 --> 00:21:20,579 GOVERNMENT WORKS TO NARROW WHO 650 00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:21,947 IS WORTHY OF RECOGNITION AND 651 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:23,248 DIGNITY, THE CITY NEEDS TO LEAD 652 00:21:23,248 --> 00:21:24,783 WITH OUR VALUES AND EXPAND WHO 653 00:21:24,783 --> 00:21:27,119 OUR LAWS PROTECT. EVERYONE 654 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,955 DESERVES THE FREEDOM TO BE WHO 655 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:31,356 THEY ARE AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS 656 00:21:31,356 --> 00:21:33,058 WITH SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT WORK 657 00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:34,559 FOR THEM. DISCRIMINATION CAN 658 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:36,028 COST PEOPLE THEIR HOUSING, THEIR 659 00:21:36,028 --> 00:21:37,162 JOBS, AND ACCESS TO BASIC 660 00:21:37,162 --> 00:21:40,032 SERVICES. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO 661 00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:41,166 HIDE OR DEFEND WHO THEY ARE OR 662 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:42,367 WHO THEY LOVE, OR HOW THEY BUILD 663 00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:45,304 THEIR LIVES TO BE PROTECTED FROM 664 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:46,838 DISCRIMINATION. THANK YOU FOR 665 00:21:46,838 --> 00:21:50,242 YOUR WORK TO PROTECT RENTERS IN 666 00:21:50,242 --> 00:21:50,509 SEATTLE. 667 00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:51,977 -- THANK YOU. AND OUR FINAL 668 00:21:51,977 --> 00:22:02,487 SPEAKER WILL BE DAVID HAINES. 669 00:22:03,488 --> 00:22:04,890 -- HI. THANK YOU, DAVID HAINES. 670 00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:06,858 THERE'S STILL A HOMELESS CRISIS 671 00:22:06,858 --> 00:22:10,228 AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH EFFORTS 672 00:22:10,228 --> 00:22:11,963 OF RESOURCES TO SOLVE THE 673 00:22:11,963 --> 00:22:14,900 CRISIS, BECAUSE THERE ARE 674 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:16,435 CERTAIN, LIKE, POLITICAL BELIEFS 675 00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:17,602 AND VOTING BLOCS THAT THINK 676 00:22:17,602 --> 00:22:19,237 YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK 677 00:22:19,237 --> 00:22:21,106 WITH YOUR REGIONAL PARTNERS ON 678 00:22:21,106 --> 00:22:22,874 THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 679 00:22:22,874 --> 00:22:25,577 AND WE NEED MORE LEGISLATION 680 00:22:25,577 --> 00:22:27,746 THAT WOULD BE USER FRIENDLY TO 681 00:22:27,746 --> 00:22:32,250 TAKE OVER. FINALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, 682 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:33,785 ALL OF THE RUNDOWN MOTELS THAT 683 00:22:33,785 --> 00:22:35,587 HAVE BEEN USED SUCCESSFULLY OVER 684 00:22:35,587 --> 00:22:37,456 THE YEARS AND RUIN THE PROPERTY 685 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:39,758 AND LIKE HUMAN RIGHTS VALUES AND 686 00:22:39,758 --> 00:22:40,859 TEAR THOSE THINGS DOWN AND 687 00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:42,794 REBUILD THEM. BUT YOU HAVE TO 688 00:22:42,794 --> 00:22:43,862 USE FEDERAL MONEY A LOT OF 689 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,163 TIMES, AND YOU DON'T EVEN WANT 690 00:22:45,163 --> 00:22:46,865 TO DEAL WITH THE FEDERAL 691 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:48,633 GOVERNMENT. BUT WHATEVER 692 00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:51,169 ORIENTATION YOU ARE, YOU STILL 693 00:22:51,169 --> 00:22:53,538 NEED A 21st CENTURY, FIRST WORLD 694 00:22:53,538 --> 00:22:56,575 QUALITY HOME. THAT'S NOISE 695 00:22:56,575 --> 00:22:59,077 ABATED. THAT'S PEDESTRIAN 696 00:22:59,077 --> 00:23:00,946 CENTRIC AND RESIDENT FRIENDLY, 697 00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:03,281 THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE 698 00:23:03,281 --> 00:23:03,915 NEIGHBORHOOD OVERWHELMED BY THE 699 00:23:03,915 --> 00:23:07,519 ROAD RAGE AND THE HEAT ISLAND OF 700 00:23:07,519 --> 00:23:10,789 ASPHALT. AND I STILL DON'T SEE 701 00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:14,426 ANY EFFORT FROM COUNCIL TO PURGE 702 00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:14,893 THE CORRUPT LANDLORDS 703 00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:16,828 RESTRICTIONS THAT SABOTAGE THE 704 00:23:16,828 --> 00:23:19,197 NEXT 20 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT 705 00:23:19,197 --> 00:23:22,567 THAT HAS PURPOSELY UNDERMINED 706 00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:23,368 THE WORKING CLASS AND SOLD US 707 00:23:23,368 --> 00:23:26,004 OUT, DENYING US A BETTER CHOICE 708 00:23:26,004 --> 00:23:28,106 IN HOME AND REAL EQUITY. THAT'S 709 00:23:28,106 --> 00:23:31,143 BEEN PERVERTED, MISINTERPRETED. 710 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:32,110 IT'S LIKE WE NEED THE 711 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:36,414 INCENTIVES TO GO 8 TO 12 STORIES 712 00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:38,283 WITH REAL ROBUST FLOOR SPACES 713 00:23:38,283 --> 00:23:38,884 THAT DON'T ACCOMMODATE THE 714 00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:40,685 WEAPONIZED TREE ORDINANCE THAT 715 00:23:40,685 --> 00:23:42,220 COULD BE TRADED OUT FOR TAKING 716 00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:44,122 AWAY AN ENTIRE, LIKE SIDE ROAD 717 00:23:44,122 --> 00:23:47,225 OF ASPHALT AND JUST TEAR IT UP 718 00:23:47,225 --> 00:23:48,193 AND REBUILD GREEN, WHERE THE 719 00:23:48,193 --> 00:23:50,929 WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, LIKE 720 00:23:50,929 --> 00:23:52,964 HOUSING AND LIKE SOFT GROUND 721 00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:54,399 GREENERY WHERE THERE'S NO ROAD 722 00:23:54,399 --> 00:23:56,635 RAGE DRIVING THROUGH. BUT WE 723 00:23:56,635 --> 00:23:59,571 STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE 724 00:23:59,571 --> 00:24:00,839 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADDRESSED IN 725 00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:03,175 ALL THE AND ALL THE CORRUPTION 726 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:04,943 THAT THE LANDLORDS ON THE CITY 727 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:07,045 COUNCIL SELF DEALT AND 728 00:24:07,045 --> 00:24:10,015 BACKSTABBED AND UNDERMINED AND 729 00:24:10,015 --> 00:24:10,549 PURPOSELY CHEATING MODERN 730 00:24:10,549 --> 00:24:11,483 ADVANCED HOUSING THAT. 731 00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:13,752 -- ALL RIGHT. AND ANY ADDITIONAL 732 00:24:13,752 --> 00:24:15,220 ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT CAN BE 733 00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:16,855 SENT IN AN EMAIL TO 734 00:24:16,855 --> 00:24:18,089 COUNCILMEMBERS. DIONNE FOSTER. 735 00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:20,058 AND WE HAVE ONE FINAL IN-PERSON 736 00:24:20,058 --> 00:24:24,696 SPEAKER, SENATOR EMILY ALVARADO. 737 00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:26,364 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 738 00:24:26,364 --> 00:24:26,865 MEMBERS. THANKS FOR THE 739 00:24:26,865 --> 00:24:29,534 OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY. EMILY 740 00:24:29,534 --> 00:24:31,203 ALVARADO, SEATTLE RESIDENT, 741 00:24:31,203 --> 00:24:32,504 LONGTIME AFFORDABLE HOUSING 742 00:24:32,504 --> 00:24:34,906 ADVOCATE. AND I'M HERE TO 743 00:24:34,906 --> 00:24:35,540 EXPRESS MY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT 744 00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:37,275 FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF KELLI 745 00:24:37,275 --> 00:24:38,944 LARSEN AS OFFICE OF HOUSING 746 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:40,312 DIRECTOR. AS FORMER OFFICE OF 747 00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:42,948 HOUSING DIRECTOR. I KNOW WHAT IT 748 00:24:42,948 --> 00:24:44,082 TAKES TO DO THE JOB. YOU HAVE TO 749 00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:45,984 HAVE THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. 750 00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:47,519 YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO 751 00:24:47,519 --> 00:24:49,387 COLLABORATE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 752 00:24:49,387 --> 00:24:50,222 BIAS TOWARDS ACTION, AND YOU 753 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:51,723 HAVE TO BE A REAL PUBLIC 754 00:24:51,723 --> 00:24:54,459 SERVANT. AND KELLI HAS ALL OF 755 00:24:54,459 --> 00:24:56,094 THOSE QUALITIES. SHE SPENT HER 756 00:24:56,094 --> 00:24:57,529 LIFE WORKING IN AFFORDABLE 757 00:24:57,529 --> 00:24:59,798 HOUSING, BOTH IN GOVERNMENT AND 758 00:24:59,798 --> 00:25:01,566 ON THE OUTSIDE. I TRUST HER TO 759 00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:05,036 COLLABORATE WITH THE MAYOR AND 760 00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:07,105 COUNCIL WITH ALL LEVELS OF 761 00:25:07,105 --> 00:25:07,706 GOVERNMENT AND WITH COMMUNITY 762 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:10,809 STAKEHOLDERS FROM DIFFERENT 763 00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:12,010 SECTORS, AND SHE KNOWS THAT WE 764 00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:13,478 HAVE AN URGENT PROBLEM RIGHT 765 00:25:13,478 --> 00:25:15,213 NOW. WE HAVE TO MAKE HOUSING 766 00:25:15,213 --> 00:25:16,281 MORE AFFORDABLE. WE HAVE TO MOVE 767 00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:19,384 PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. WE 768 00:25:19,384 --> 00:25:20,552 HAVE TO HELP STRUGGLING FAMILIES 769 00:25:20,552 --> 00:25:22,487 AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. SHE'LL WORK 770 00:25:22,487 --> 00:25:24,055 HARD TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE. 771 00:25:24,055 --> 00:25:26,791 AND LASTLY, SHE'S A PUBLIC 772 00:25:26,791 --> 00:25:28,560 SERVANT THROUGH AND THROUGH AND 773 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,362 WILL STEWARD OUR RESOURCES, WILL 774 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:32,297 MAKE OUR PROGRAMS BETTER. AND I 775 00:25:32,297 --> 00:25:34,165 THINK WE'LL MAKE SEATTLE BETTER. 776 00:25:34,165 --> 00:25:37,502 SO URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 777 00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:39,638 -- ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE NO 778 00:25:39,638 --> 00:25:41,640 ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS 779 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,275 -- OKAY, FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO 780 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:44,542 MUCH TO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC 781 00:25:44,542 --> 00:25:46,144 COMMENTERS, BOTH IN PERSON AND 782 00:25:46,144 --> 00:25:48,146 ONLINE. WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING 783 00:25:48,146 --> 00:25:50,282 THE TIME TO JOIN US AND SHARE 784 00:25:50,282 --> 00:25:53,151 YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE ITEMS ON 785 00:25:53,151 --> 00:25:54,019 TODAY'S AGENDA. WITH THAT, WE 786 00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:55,854 ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO OUR 787 00:25:55,854 --> 00:25:57,489 FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE 788 00:25:57,489 --> 00:25:58,657 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO 789 00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:01,059 THE RECORD. 790 00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:02,627 -- AGENDA? ITEM ONE. APPOINTMENT 791 00:26:02,627 --> 00:26:04,062 03569. APPOINTMENT OF KELLI 792 00:26:04,062 --> 00:26:05,063 LARSEN AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 793 00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:06,231 OF HOUSING FOR BRIEFING. 794 00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:08,800 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 795 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,268 -- I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 796 00:26:10,268 --> 00:26:12,604 RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF 797 00:26:12,604 --> 00:26:13,838 APPOINTMENT 03569. IS THERE A 798 00:26:13,838 --> 00:26:15,907 SECOND? 799 00:26:15,907 --> 00:26:16,207 -- SECOND. 800 00:26:16,207 --> 00:26:17,075 -- FANTASTIC. AND WITH THAT, 801 00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:18,376 I'M EXCITED TO INVITE UP TO THE 802 00:26:18,376 --> 00:26:20,412 COMMITTEE TABLE. ACTING DIRECTOR 803 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:23,181 KELLY LARSEN OF THE OFFICE OF 804 00:26:23,181 --> 00:26:24,816 HOUSING. AND BEFORE KELLY STARTS 805 00:26:24,816 --> 00:26:25,917 AND COLLEAGUES, I'LL BE TURNING 806 00:26:25,917 --> 00:26:27,519 TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR 807 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:29,955 TO OUR VOTE TODAY. I WILL JUST 808 00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:31,756 SAY I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE 809 00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:34,326 VOTING TODAY ON THE APPOINTMENT 810 00:26:34,326 --> 00:26:34,960 OF DIRECTOR LARSEN TO THE OFFICE 811 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,128 OF HOUSING. WE ALREADY HEARD A 812 00:26:37,128 --> 00:26:39,331 LOT OF THE REASONS WHY, YOU 813 00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:40,231 KNOW, WANT TO KEEP WANTING TO 814 00:26:40,231 --> 00:26:41,800 CALL YOU KELLY. I HAVE TO ACTING 815 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,737 DIRECTOR LARSEN HAS A WEALTH OF 816 00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:48,273 KNOWLEDGE IN THE HOUSING SPACE, 817 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:48,907 INCLUDING HAVING WORKED AS THE 818 00:26:48,907 --> 00:26:51,042 DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING 819 00:26:51,042 --> 00:26:52,844 SINCE 2023, WHERE SHE LED THE 820 00:26:52,844 --> 00:26:53,812 REAUTHORIZATION OF THE SEATTLE 821 00:26:53,812 --> 00:26:55,847 HOUSING LEVY, AS WELL AS IN HER 822 00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:56,481 EIGHT YEARS AT PLYMOUTH HOUSING 823 00:26:56,481 --> 00:26:58,083 AS THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC 824 00:26:58,083 --> 00:26:59,751 INITIATIVES AND THEN CHIEF 825 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:01,853 PROGRAM OFFICER. LAST MONTH, OUR 826 00:27:01,853 --> 00:27:02,621 OFFICE SENT LAST MONTH. IT SEEMS 827 00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:05,624 LIKE AGES AGO, SENT WRITTEN 828 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:06,257 APPOINTMENT QUESTIONS TO ACTING 829 00:27:06,257 --> 00:27:07,325 DIRECTOR LARSEN, AND HER 830 00:27:07,325 --> 00:27:09,894 RESPONSES WERE CIRCULATED WITH 831 00:27:09,894 --> 00:27:11,363 COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL AS 832 00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:12,530 INCLUDED IN TODAY'S AGENDA. I 833 00:27:12,530 --> 00:27:14,132 JUST AM GOING TO READ A BRIEF 834 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:16,334 EXCERPT FROM ONE OF THOSE 835 00:27:16,334 --> 00:27:19,104 RESPONSES THAT I THINK IS JUST 836 00:27:19,104 --> 00:27:21,673 DEMONSTRATES THE SPIRIT THAT 837 00:27:21,673 --> 00:27:22,440 THAT DIRECTOR LARSEN BRINGS TO 838 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,076 THE ROLE. SO I QUOTE, I HAVE 839 00:27:25,076 --> 00:27:26,911 SEEN THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF 840 00:27:26,911 --> 00:27:27,846 CO-CREATING SOLUTIONS TO OUR 841 00:27:27,846 --> 00:27:29,981 SECTOR'S MOST PRESSING 842 00:27:29,981 --> 00:27:31,549 CHALLENGES. SEVERAL OF THE 843 00:27:31,549 --> 00:27:32,117 CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WE 844 00:27:32,117 --> 00:27:33,018 IMPLEMENTED IN THE LAST FEW 845 00:27:33,018 --> 00:27:34,419 YEARS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO 846 00:27:34,419 --> 00:27:36,087 RESPOND TO EMERGENT CHALLENGES 847 00:27:36,087 --> 00:27:38,223 IN THE SECTOR, AND DONE WITH 848 00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:39,691 PROVIDER INPUT. WE'VE WORKED 849 00:27:39,691 --> 00:27:41,226 TOGETHER TO CREATE THE PERMANENT 850 00:27:41,226 --> 00:27:43,461 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WORKFORCE 851 00:27:43,461 --> 00:27:43,962 STABILIZATION FUND, NEW 852 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:45,363 OPERATING STABILIZATION 853 00:27:45,363 --> 00:27:48,133 INVESTMENTS, AND NEW CAPITAL 854 00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:49,501 INVESTMENT STRATEGIES. AND I 855 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:50,201 THINK THAT'S JUST A SNIPPET OF 856 00:27:50,201 --> 00:27:51,269 ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU 857 00:27:51,269 --> 00:27:53,872 HAVE DONE IN THE OFFICE AND ALL 858 00:27:53,872 --> 00:27:54,706 OF THE HARD WORK THAT I KNOW 859 00:27:54,706 --> 00:27:56,107 YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO. 860 00:27:56,107 --> 00:27:57,342 ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE 861 00:27:57,342 --> 00:28:00,545 RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY, WE KNOW 862 00:28:00,545 --> 00:28:01,379 THAT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS 863 00:28:01,379 --> 00:28:02,847 JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN 864 00:28:02,847 --> 00:28:04,616 CONTINUING TO INNOVATE AND 865 00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:06,151 ENSURE THAT OUR INVESTMENTS IN 866 00:28:06,151 --> 00:28:06,785 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE STRATEGIC 867 00:28:06,785 --> 00:28:08,219 AND EFFICIENT. AND ACTING 868 00:28:08,219 --> 00:28:09,587 DIRECTOR LARSEN IS THE RIGHT 869 00:28:09,587 --> 00:28:11,990 PERSON TO DO THE JOB. I'M GOING 870 00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:13,391 TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO 871 00:28:13,391 --> 00:28:14,259 INTRODUCE YOURSELF, AND THEN 872 00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:15,827 I'LL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES TO 873 00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:17,762 SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. 874 00:28:17,762 --> 00:28:18,430 AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE 875 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:19,130 SECOND TIME WE'VE HAD YOU IN 876 00:28:19,130 --> 00:28:20,632 COMMITTEE. SO WE'RE REALLY 877 00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:23,468 EXCITED TO VOTE TODAY 878 00:28:23,468 --> 00:28:26,004 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR 879 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:27,172 FOSTER. I'M KELLI LARSEN, 880 00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:28,339 ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 881 00:28:28,339 --> 00:28:32,143 HOUSING 882 00:28:32,143 --> 00:28:32,811 -- ALL RIGHTY, COLLEAGUES, I AM 883 00:28:32,811 --> 00:28:35,747 HAPPY TO TURN TO YOU ALL FOR ANY 884 00:28:35,747 --> 00:28:37,182 QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. 885 00:28:37,182 --> 00:28:38,149 ANYTHING FOLLOW THAT YOU WANT TO 886 00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:40,919 FOLLOW UP ON FROM WHAT WAS 887 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:44,889 CIRCULATED PRIOR TO TODAY'S 888 00:28:44,889 --> 00:28:45,323 COMMITTEE MEETING? 889 00:28:45,323 --> 00:28:46,891 -- AYE. 890 00:28:46,891 --> 00:28:48,727 -- DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT 891 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:49,094 JUST A COMMENT. 892 00:28:49,094 --> 00:28:51,496 -- I WILL ALSO TAKE COMMENTS. 893 00:28:51,496 --> 00:28:52,664 VICE CHAIR LIN. 894 00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:55,100 -- OKAY, WELL SPOKE LAST TIME, 895 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:58,636 BUT JUST OBVIOUSLY WANT TO SPEAK 896 00:28:58,636 --> 00:29:01,506 AGAIN. JUST SO EXCITED FOR YOUR 897 00:29:01,506 --> 00:29:03,508 SERVICE. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU 898 00:29:03,508 --> 00:29:06,010 OBVIOUSLY HAVE VERY STRONG 899 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:07,078 REFERENCES AND VALIDATORS. AND I 900 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:08,713 THINK THAT IS A VERY, YOU KNOW, 901 00:29:08,713 --> 00:29:10,949 ONE OF THE MOST PERSUASIVE 902 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:13,485 THINGS IN CHOOSING SOMEONE FOR 903 00:29:13,485 --> 00:29:16,755 SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE. I THINK 904 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:19,290 WE HEARD VERY, YOU KNOW, 905 00:29:19,290 --> 00:29:21,392 COMPELLING TESTIMONY TODAY, 906 00:29:21,392 --> 00:29:22,527 INCLUDING FROM SENATOR ALVARADO. 907 00:29:22,527 --> 00:29:25,530 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU 908 00:29:25,530 --> 00:29:30,101 KNOW, I THINK IT'S NOT I THINK 909 00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:30,602 EVERYTHING I AGREE WITH 910 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:33,371 EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID. I ALSO 911 00:29:33,371 --> 00:29:35,673 THINK, YOU KNOW, SEATTLE I MEAN, 912 00:29:35,673 --> 00:29:36,741 WE FACE MANY OF THE SAME 913 00:29:36,741 --> 00:29:37,776 CHALLENGES AS OTHER CITIES, BUT 914 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:40,545 IN SOME WAYS, WE ARE KIND OF 915 00:29:40,545 --> 00:29:41,946 SPECIAL AND UNIQUE. WE'RE VERY 916 00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:44,482 FORTUNATE IN THE LEVEL OF 917 00:29:44,482 --> 00:29:45,650 SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FOR 918 00:29:45,650 --> 00:29:47,352 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE HAVE 919 00:29:47,352 --> 00:29:49,554 SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES HERE. SO 920 00:29:49,554 --> 00:29:51,823 NOT ONLY DO YOU BRING ALL THE 921 00:29:51,823 --> 00:29:53,491 INCREDIBLE QUALITIES THAT WE 922 00:29:53,491 --> 00:29:55,093 HEARD ABOUT, BUT I THINK, YOU 923 00:29:55,093 --> 00:29:59,197 KNOW, THE DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF 924 00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:01,366 OUR UNIQUE CONDITIONS HERE, OUR 925 00:30:01,366 --> 00:30:02,000 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL THE 926 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:06,471 DIFFERENT PROVIDERS, YOU KNOW, 927 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:07,472 THE JUST THE LANDSCAPE AND, YOU 928 00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:09,073 KNOW, THE SUPPORT OF OFFICE OF 929 00:30:09,073 --> 00:30:10,942 HOUSING STAFF, THE RELATIONSHIPS 930 00:30:10,942 --> 00:30:14,546 WITH STAFF, YOU KNOW, THOSE CAN 931 00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:16,581 TAKE YEARS TO DEVELOP. AND THOSE 932 00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:19,017 RELATIONSHIPS ARE CRITICAL. THE 933 00:30:19,017 --> 00:30:20,485 UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LAND AND 934 00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:22,720 LANDSCAPE IS CRITICAL. AND SO 935 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,656 I'M EXCITED ON SO MANY LEVELS, 936 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,091 BUT ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, EXCITED 937 00:30:27,091 --> 00:30:28,059 THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A 938 00:30:28,059 --> 00:30:29,093 LEARNING CURVE THAT YOU'RE GOING 939 00:30:29,093 --> 00:30:31,296 TO BE ABLE TO, YOU'RE ALREADY 940 00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:32,897 DOING THE JOB AND WILL CONTINUE 941 00:30:32,897 --> 00:30:35,233 TO THE JOB. SO MOST OF ALL, 942 00:30:35,233 --> 00:30:36,501 IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT ONE. I'VE 943 00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:37,468 SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I JUST 944 00:30:37,468 --> 00:30:41,472 WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR 945 00:30:41,472 --> 00:30:42,073 STEPPING INTO THIS EXTREMELY 946 00:30:42,073 --> 00:30:43,975 DIFFICULT ROLE. BUT IT'S JUST 947 00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:46,211 IT'S ALSO JUST A REMINDER TO ME 948 00:30:46,211 --> 00:30:47,078 THAT OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, WE 949 00:30:47,078 --> 00:30:48,846 THINK, OH, WE NEED TO DO A 950 00:30:48,846 --> 00:30:49,847 NATIONWIDE SEARCH OR WE NEED 951 00:30:49,847 --> 00:30:52,951 OUTSIDE EXPERTS. AND OFTENTIMES 952 00:30:52,951 --> 00:30:56,120 THE, WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE RIGHT 953 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,056 HERE AT HOME WHO UNDERSTANDS THE 954 00:30:58,056 --> 00:31:00,358 ISSUES. AND ANYWAY, VERY 955 00:31:00,358 --> 00:31:02,727 EXCITED. THANK YOU. 956 00:31:02,727 --> 00:31:05,563 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE 957 00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:06,164 COMMENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE 958 00:31:06,164 --> 00:31:10,235 THOSE. VICE CHAIR LIN ANY OTHER 959 00:31:10,235 --> 00:31:13,872 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE 960 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:14,906 COMMITTEE? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 961 00:31:14,906 --> 00:31:15,473 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 962 00:31:15,473 --> 00:31:18,443 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. FOSTER. 963 00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:20,278 WELL SAID. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 964 00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:21,312 VERY EXCITED TO BE VOTING YES ON 965 00:31:21,312 --> 00:31:22,480 THIS APPOINTMENT TODAY, AND I 966 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,015 WANT TO THANK YOU, ACTING 967 00:31:24,015 --> 00:31:26,184 DIRECTOR LARSEN, FOR YOUR 968 00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:27,452 CONTINUED LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT 969 00:31:27,452 --> 00:31:28,019 THE CITY AND SUPPORTING THE 970 00:31:28,019 --> 00:31:29,787 DEVELOPMENT OF SO MUCH 971 00:31:29,787 --> 00:31:31,055 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS OUR 972 00:31:31,055 --> 00:31:31,856 COMMUNITY. I DO HAVE ONE 973 00:31:31,856 --> 00:31:32,924 QUESTION. I KNOW WE'VE ASKED SO 974 00:31:32,924 --> 00:31:34,492 MANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M JUST 975 00:31:34,492 --> 00:31:35,526 THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW NO 976 00:31:35,526 --> 00:31:38,162 ONE PERSON CAN DO IT ALONE. AND 977 00:31:38,162 --> 00:31:39,197 IN SO MANY WAYS, THE WORK OF 978 00:31:39,197 --> 00:31:41,499 OFFICE OF HOUSING NEEDS TO BE 979 00:31:41,499 --> 00:31:43,668 SUPPORTED BY OUR OTHER CITY 980 00:31:43,668 --> 00:31:45,236 DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY, WHO 981 00:31:45,236 --> 00:31:46,771 ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN SUPPORTING 982 00:31:46,771 --> 00:31:47,705 THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING. SO 983 00:31:47,705 --> 00:31:49,107 I'M WONDERING JUST HOW YOU 984 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:50,875 ENVISION WORKING WITH OTHER CITY 985 00:31:50,875 --> 00:31:53,578 LEADERS AND WORKING WITH SDCI, 986 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:54,879 SDOT, CITY LIGHT AND UTILITIES, 987 00:31:54,879 --> 00:31:56,314 WHO ALSO HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT 988 00:31:56,314 --> 00:31:58,583 ROLE TO PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO 989 00:31:58,583 --> 00:31:59,117 ADDRESSING OUR AFFORDABLE 990 00:31:59,117 --> 00:32:04,689 HOUSING CRISIS. 991 00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:07,158 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. GREAT 992 00:32:07,158 --> 00:32:08,359 QUESTION. WE AT THE OFFICE HAVE 993 00:32:08,359 --> 00:32:09,661 BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS MORE AND 994 00:32:09,661 --> 00:32:12,096 MORE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. 995 00:32:12,096 --> 00:32:15,400 EVEN WE KEEP SAYING THE WORD 996 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:16,034 INFRASTRUCTURE AGAIN AND AGAIN 997 00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:17,735 IN ORDER TO HOLD OURSELVES 998 00:32:17,735 --> 00:32:18,670 ACCOUNTABLE. AND, YOU KNOW, 999 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:21,506 CONTINUING TO HAVE THESE HARD 1000 00:32:21,506 --> 00:32:23,741 CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SIBLING 1001 00:32:23,741 --> 00:32:24,275 DEPARTMENTS ABOUT ALL THE 1002 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:25,777 DIFFICULTIES THAT OUR PROJECTS 1003 00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:27,845 CAN ENCOUNTER ALONG THE WAY, 1004 00:32:27,845 --> 00:32:30,481 IT'S NO, THERE'S NO SIMPLE 1005 00:32:30,481 --> 00:32:31,716 ANSWER. SOME OF THE WORK THAT 1006 00:32:31,716 --> 00:32:35,453 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS CONVENING 1007 00:32:35,453 --> 00:32:36,854 WILL HELP TO LIFT UP SOME OF 1008 00:32:36,854 --> 00:32:38,456 THESE CHALLENGES AND HELP US 1009 00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:39,891 START ADDRESSING AND SOLVING 1010 00:32:39,891 --> 00:32:40,692 SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES. BUT 1011 00:32:40,692 --> 00:32:42,026 OUR TEAMS ARE ALSO REALLY 1012 00:32:42,026 --> 00:32:43,695 INTERESTED IN WORKING AT STAFF 1013 00:32:43,695 --> 00:32:45,563 LEVELS AND FURTHER UP 1014 00:32:45,563 --> 00:32:46,898 HIERARCHIES, SO THAT WE'RE 1015 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:50,468 CONTINUING TO ASK HARD QUESTIONS 1016 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:53,204 ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE 1017 00:32:53,204 --> 00:32:54,772 UNDERWAY, PERMITTING, PERMITTING 1018 00:32:54,772 --> 00:32:55,306 HAPPENS IN ALL DIFFERENT 1019 00:32:55,306 --> 00:32:55,940 DEPARTMENTS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE 1020 00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:57,008 JUST SAY PERMITTING IS SDCI, BUT 1021 00:32:57,008 --> 00:32:58,710 IT IS ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS 1022 00:32:58,710 --> 00:33:01,479 THAT HAVE INFLUENCE HERE TOO. SO 1023 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:03,281 WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF 1024 00:33:03,281 --> 00:33:03,881 CONVERSATIONS AND MAPPING AND 1025 00:33:03,881 --> 00:33:04,816 RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH ALL 1026 00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:06,250 OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE 1027 00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:07,618 INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN 1028 00:33:07,618 --> 00:33:09,354 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL. AND 1029 00:33:09,354 --> 00:33:11,589 SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES A 1030 00:33:11,589 --> 00:33:12,123 DIFFERENT APPROACH AND A 1031 00:33:12,123 --> 00:33:14,092 DIFFERENT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY 1032 00:33:14,092 --> 00:33:17,962 TO MAKE SUCCESS HAPPEN. SO WE'RE 1033 00:33:17,962 --> 00:33:19,263 EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WE HAVE 1034 00:33:19,263 --> 00:33:20,298 SOME FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY 1035 00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:21,799 EXCITED TO DIG INTO SOME OF 1036 00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:22,834 THESE GNARLY CHALLENGES AHEAD OF 1037 00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:24,369 US. AND WE'VE WE'VE HAD SOME 1038 00:33:24,369 --> 00:33:26,437 SUCCESSES TOO, AND WE HAVE GREAT 1039 00:33:26,437 --> 00:33:27,905 RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF 1040 00:33:27,905 --> 00:33:28,539 OTHERS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. WE 1041 00:33:28,539 --> 00:33:29,907 HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITING 1042 00:33:29,907 --> 00:33:30,541 PROJECTS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW WITH 1043 00:33:30,541 --> 00:33:32,076 THE LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER, 1044 00:33:32,076 --> 00:33:34,278 WHICH IS THIS GREAT PARTNERSHIP 1045 00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:37,248 WITH PARKS. WE HAVE FORT LAWTON 1046 00:33:37,248 --> 00:33:38,883 UNDERWAY STILL, WHICH IS ALSO, 1047 00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:40,184 YOU KNOW, PARKS, AND WE WORK A 1048 00:33:40,184 --> 00:33:43,554 LOT WITH UTILITIES. AND WE ALSO 1049 00:33:43,554 --> 00:33:45,289 HAVE OPCD SUPPORT ON THAT 1050 00:33:45,289 --> 00:33:46,124 PROJECT. SO WE ARE WE'RE 1051 00:33:46,124 --> 00:33:47,725 WORKING A LOT WITH OUR COLLEAGUE 1052 00:33:47,725 --> 00:33:50,194 DEPARTMENTS. MORE TO COME. 1053 00:33:50,194 --> 00:33:51,329 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THAT 1054 00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:53,164 IS A CALL OUT TO OUR OTHER 1055 00:33:53,164 --> 00:33:53,998 DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY TO 1056 00:33:53,998 --> 00:33:55,299 BE WORKING IN A PARTNERSHIP. 1057 00:33:55,299 --> 00:33:57,035 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1058 00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:58,703 ADDRESSING OUR HOUSING CRISIS. 1059 00:33:58,703 --> 00:33:59,637 AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1060 00:33:59,637 --> 00:34:01,539 I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT YOUR 1061 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:02,440 LEADERSHIP OVER THE OFFICE OF 1062 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:03,808 HOUSING, AND I'M EXCITED TO VOTE 1063 00:34:03,808 --> 00:34:06,811 YES TODAY. AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, 1064 00:34:06,811 --> 00:34:07,345 ALSO FOR SHEPHERDING THIS 1065 00:34:07,345 --> 00:34:10,481 APPOINTMENT PROCESS. THANK YOU. 1066 00:34:10,481 --> 00:34:13,818 -- FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1067 00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:15,953 COLLEAGUES. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS 1068 00:34:15,953 --> 00:34:16,521 OR COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE 1069 00:34:16,521 --> 00:34:19,690 MEMBERS OKAY. I'VE SAID IT TO 1070 00:34:19,690 --> 00:34:21,059 YOU SEVERAL TIMES. KELLI. I'M 1071 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:22,160 REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE 1072 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:23,694 WORKING WITH YOU. AND IN THIS 1073 00:34:23,694 --> 00:34:25,296 ROLE, AND I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR 1074 00:34:25,296 --> 00:34:26,631 LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE 1075 00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:27,965 DEPARTMENT. I KNOW IN OUR 1076 00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:30,034 PREVIOUS COMMITTEE, WE HAD 1077 00:34:30,034 --> 00:34:30,568 SOMEBODY COME AND READ A 1078 00:34:30,568 --> 00:34:31,436 STATEMENT OF SUPPORT ON BEHALF 1079 00:34:31,436 --> 00:34:34,172 OF THE STAFF IN. OH, AND WE'VE 1080 00:34:34,172 --> 00:34:35,540 HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO 1081 00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:38,042 IT'S JUST VERY CLEAR THAT THE 1082 00:34:38,042 --> 00:34:39,210 DEEP AND WIDE WELL OF SUPPORT 1083 00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:40,344 THAT YOU HAVE, AND I COULDN'T BE 1084 00:34:40,344 --> 00:34:41,879 MORE EXCITED TO VOTE ON YOUR 1085 00:34:41,879 --> 00:34:43,815 APPOINTMENT TODAY. WITH THAT, 1086 00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:45,249 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 1087 00:34:45,249 --> 00:34:48,453 ROLL ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO 1088 00:34:48,453 --> 00:34:50,655 CONFIRM APPOINTMENT 03569? 1089 00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:51,155 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1090 00:34:51,155 --> 00:34:52,390 -- YES. 1091 00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:52,824 -- VICE CHAIR LIN. 1092 00:34:52,824 --> 00:34:53,791 -- YES. 1093 00:34:53,791 --> 00:34:54,192 -- CHAIR FOSTER. 1094 00:34:54,192 --> 00:34:54,425 -- YES. 1095 00:34:54,425 --> 00:34:55,693 -- CHAIR, THERE ARE THREE VOTES 1096 00:34:55,693 --> 00:34:57,862 IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. 1097 00:34:57,862 --> 00:34:59,263 -- THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE 1098 00:34:59,263 --> 00:35:01,265 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT 1099 00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:01,799 THE CITY COUNCIL CONFIRM 1100 00:35:01,799 --> 00:35:03,568 APPOINTMENT 03569. THE 1101 00:35:03,568 --> 00:35:05,169 APPOINTMENT OF KELLI LARSEN AS 1102 00:35:05,169 --> 00:35:06,471 DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF HOUSING 1103 00:35:06,471 --> 00:35:08,339 WILL BE SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 1104 00:35:08,339 --> 00:35:11,042 15th, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 1105 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:12,410 CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. 1106 00:35:12,410 --> 00:35:16,447 YEAH. 1107 00:35:16,447 --> 00:35:18,449 -- THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 1108 00:35:18,449 --> 00:35:19,650 -- THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE 1109 00:35:19,650 --> 00:35:21,519 ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. WILL THE 1110 00:35:21,519 --> 00:35:22,687 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM TWO INTO 1111 00:35:22,687 --> 00:35:25,123 THE RECORD. 1112 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:27,425 -- AGENDA ITEM TWO COUNCIL BILL 1113 00:35:27,425 --> 00:35:29,660 121278. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 1114 00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:31,629 CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR 1115 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:32,263 DIVERSE SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS AND 1116 00:35:32,263 --> 00:35:33,664 RELATIONSHIP STRUCTURES. 1117 00:35:33,664 --> 00:35:35,867 AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF 1118 00:35:35,867 --> 00:35:36,467 SEXUAL ORIENTATION PROTECTED 1119 00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:38,002 CLASS TO RECOGNIZE GENDER 1120 00:35:38,002 --> 00:35:40,404 IDENTITIES OUTSIDE THE GENDER 1121 00:35:40,404 --> 00:35:41,038 BINARY, RECOGNIZE PANSEXUALITY 1122 00:35:41,038 --> 00:35:42,673 AND ASEXUALITY AS ORIENTATIONS, 1123 00:35:42,673 --> 00:35:44,509 AND INCLUDE CONSENSUAL 1124 00:35:44,509 --> 00:35:45,943 RELATIONSHIPS WITH MULTIPLE 1125 00:35:45,943 --> 00:35:47,111 PARTNERS AS AN ELEMENT OF THE 1126 00:35:47,111 --> 00:35:49,647 ATTITUDES, PREFERENCES, AND 1127 00:35:49,647 --> 00:35:50,281 PRACTICES PERTAINING TO SEXUAL 1128 00:35:50,281 --> 00:35:57,088 ORIENTATION AND AMENDING 1129 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:58,589 SECTIONS( 314) 910-3149 1130 00:35:58,589 --> 00:36:04,795 3148 002060 2270, ( 1131 00:36:04,795 --> 00:36:09,700 620) 223-0140 403014060201408020 1132 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:12,170 1411020, AND 1812280 OF THE 1133 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:13,671 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR 1134 00:36:13,671 --> 00:36:17,341 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 1135 00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:17,708 POSSIBLE VOTE. 1136 00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:18,943 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1137 00:36:18,943 --> 00:36:19,544 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WOULD YOU 1138 00:36:19,544 --> 00:36:22,046 LIKE TO MOVE YOUR BILL? 1139 00:36:22,046 --> 00:36:25,016 -- THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT. GIVE 1140 00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:28,686 ME ONE MOMENT. THE DO WE WANT TO 1141 00:36:28,686 --> 00:36:29,954 DO A BRIEFING ON THIS FIRST, OR 1142 00:36:29,954 --> 00:36:31,322 DO WE NEED TO. 1143 00:36:31,322 --> 00:36:33,190 -- I MEAN, I WAS GOING TO HAVE 1144 00:36:33,190 --> 00:36:34,158 YOU MOVE IT AND THEN I WAS GOING 1145 00:36:34,158 --> 00:36:35,459 TO HAVE US GET THE BRIEFING ON 1146 00:36:35,459 --> 00:36:36,327 IT, IF THAT'S OKAY. BUT IF YOU 1147 00:36:36,327 --> 00:36:37,094 WANT TO GO IN ANOTHER ORDER, 1148 00:36:37,094 --> 00:36:38,429 I'M HAPPY TO KNOW. 1149 00:36:38,429 --> 00:36:40,164 -- I'M HAPPY TO MOVE IT. I JUST 1150 00:36:40,164 --> 00:36:41,032 NEED TO HAVE THE BILL NUMBER IN 1151 00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,300 FRONT OF ME. 1152 00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:43,968 -- FANTASTIC. SO LET'S BE AT 1153 00:36:43,968 --> 00:36:45,102 EASE FOR A SECOND WHILE WE GET 1154 00:36:45,102 --> 00:36:47,004 OUR SLIDES PULLED UP, AND WE 1155 00:36:47,004 --> 00:36:48,773 WILL TURN TO YOU IN JUST A 1156 00:36:48,773 --> 00:36:49,006 MOMENT. 1157 00:36:49,006 --> 00:36:56,714 -- THANK YOU VERY GOOD. GREAT. 1158 00:36:56,714 --> 00:36:57,815 -- ALL RIGHT. FANTASTIC. WE'VE 1159 00:36:57,815 --> 00:36:58,783 GOT THE SLIDES UP AND I WILL 1160 00:36:58,783 --> 00:37:00,451 PASS IT OVER TO YOU. 1161 00:37:00,451 --> 00:37:00,918 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1162 00:37:00,918 --> 00:37:03,054 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I MOVE THAT 1163 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:03,688 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE 1164 00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:09,427 OF CB 121278. 1165 00:37:09,427 --> 00:37:13,331 -- SECOND. OKAY. I WILL TURN TO 1166 00:37:13,331 --> 00:37:14,599 TAMASO TO BRIEF US ON THE BILL 1167 00:37:14,599 --> 00:37:15,700 AND THEN WE'LL HEAD OVER TO YOU 1168 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:18,636 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 1169 00:37:18,636 --> 00:37:18,903 COMMENTS. 1170 00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:20,137 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR FOSTER 1171 00:37:20,137 --> 00:37:21,839 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE 1172 00:37:21,839 --> 00:37:23,207 RECORD. TAMASO JOHNSON COUNCIL 1173 00:37:23,207 --> 00:37:25,810 CENTRAL STAFF HERE TO GIVE A 1174 00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:28,813 SHORT SUMMARY OF COUNCIL BILL 1175 00:37:28,813 --> 00:37:31,382 121278. THE RELATIONSHIP 1176 00:37:31,382 --> 00:37:34,051 STRUCTURE NONDISCRIMINATION 1177 00:37:34,051 --> 00:37:36,554 ORDINANCE BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, 1178 00:37:36,554 --> 00:37:39,457 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WHAT ARE 1179 00:37:39,457 --> 00:37:39,991 CALLED PROTECTED CLASSES 1180 00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:42,226 CURRENTLY IN CITY LAW. PROTECTED 1181 00:37:42,226 --> 00:37:44,128 CLASSES ARE THE PRIMARY WAY 1182 00:37:44,128 --> 00:37:48,266 THROUGH WHICH WE ENFORCE AND 1183 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:48,833 ENACT OUR NONDISCRIMINATION 1184 00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:51,769 CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS IN THE 1185 00:37:51,769 --> 00:37:53,838 CITY. BRIEFLY, THOSE ARE CAN BE 1186 00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:57,008 THOUGHT OF AS COMMON 1187 00:37:57,008 --> 00:37:57,708 CHARACTERISTICS ON THE BASIS OF 1188 00:37:57,708 --> 00:38:01,245 WHICH NO DISCRIMINATION CAN 1189 00:38:01,245 --> 00:38:01,946 OCCUR. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 1190 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:03,080 CATEGORIES CURRENTLY IN CITY 1191 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,917 LAW, RACE, COLOR, SEX, MARITAL 1192 00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:08,919 STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION. THE 1193 00:38:08,919 --> 00:38:10,655 FULL LIST IS THERE. I'M NOT 1194 00:38:10,655 --> 00:38:11,922 GOING TO READ THE ENTIRE THING. 1195 00:38:11,922 --> 00:38:14,725 I WILL NOTE THAT MOST RECENTLY, 1196 00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:17,962 SEATTLE EXPANDED THE PROTECTED 1197 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:18,496 CLASS CATEGORIES WITH THE 1198 00:38:18,496 --> 00:38:23,167 ADDITION OF CAST IN 2023, THE 1199 00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:24,268 SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, 1200 00:38:24,268 --> 00:38:26,504 OR OCR, IS THE PRIMARY 1201 00:38:26,504 --> 00:38:28,239 ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR CIVIL 1202 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,775 RIGHTS PROTECTIONS AND PROTECTED 1203 00:38:30,775 --> 00:38:31,809 CLASSES. THOUGH SOME AREAS OF 1204 00:38:31,809 --> 00:38:33,511 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT 1205 00:38:33,511 --> 00:38:36,013 CONTAIN PROTECTED CLASSES, 1206 00:38:36,013 --> 00:38:36,647 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS 1207 00:38:36,647 --> 00:38:37,715 PERTAIN TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS 1208 00:38:37,715 --> 00:38:41,419 THAT ARE ADMINISTERED BY THOSE 1209 00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:43,120 DEPARTMENTS. SOME ADDITIONAL 1210 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,389 BACKGROUND BECAUSE THERE ARE 1211 00:38:45,389 --> 00:38:46,557 TERMS USED AND CONCEPTS USED IN 1212 00:38:46,557 --> 00:38:48,092 THIS LEGISLATION THAT DON'T 1213 00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:52,129 CURRENTLY EXIST IN SEATTLE. 1214 00:38:52,129 --> 00:38:53,331 MUNICIPAL CODE. GENERALLY, THE 1215 00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:55,833 CONCEPT OF NON-BINARY GENDER 1216 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:58,235 IDENTITY IS THE IDEA THAT GENDER 1217 00:38:58,235 --> 00:39:01,372 EXISTS OUTSIDE OF A MALE FEMALE 1218 00:39:01,372 --> 00:39:02,073 GENDER BINARY. EXAMPLES OF 1219 00:39:02,073 --> 00:39:04,709 NON-BINARY GENDER IDENTITY 1220 00:39:04,709 --> 00:39:07,912 INCLUDE NON-BINARY, GENDER 1221 00:39:07,912 --> 00:39:09,513 NON-CONFORMING OR TWO SPIRIT TWO 1222 00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:12,016 SPIRIT IS INITIALIZED WITHIN THE 1223 00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:16,387 TWO S LGBTQ PLUS INITIALISM THAT 1224 00:39:16,387 --> 00:39:17,088 THE CITY REGULARLY USES IN TERMS 1225 00:39:17,088 --> 00:39:19,890 OF LEGAL RECOGNITION FOR GENDER 1226 00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:22,827 BEYOND GENDER, BINARY, BOTH THE 1227 00:39:22,827 --> 00:39:24,862 CITY'S ALL GENDER RESTROOMS 1228 00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:27,798 ORDINANCE FROM 2015 ACKNOWLEDGES 1229 00:39:27,798 --> 00:39:29,367 GENDERS OTHER THAN MALE AND 1230 00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:32,136 FEMALE. WASHINGTON STATE ALSO 1231 00:39:32,136 --> 00:39:35,840 ENACTED IN 2018, THE ABILITY FOR 1232 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:37,575 RESIDENTS FOR PERSONS IN 1233 00:39:37,575 --> 00:39:39,477 WASHINGTON STATE TO OBTAIN 1234 00:39:39,477 --> 00:39:40,111 IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS SUCH AS 1235 00:39:40,111 --> 00:39:42,279 DRIVER'S LICENSES THAT HAVE THE 1236 00:39:42,279 --> 00:39:44,482 X GENDER DESIGNATION. PRIOR TO 1237 00:39:44,482 --> 00:39:47,284 THAT, ONLY MALE OR FEMALE GENDER 1238 00:39:47,284 --> 00:39:47,818 DESIGNATIONS ON STATE ID 1239 00:39:47,818 --> 00:39:52,423 DOCUMENTS WERE AVAILABLE 1240 00:39:52,423 --> 00:39:53,858 BRIEFLY. PANSEXUALITY IS CAN BE 1241 00:39:53,858 --> 00:39:56,327 DEFINED AS A PERSON WHO MAY 1242 00:39:56,327 --> 00:39:56,961 EXPERIENCE ATTRACTION TO ANOTHER 1243 00:39:56,961 --> 00:39:58,829 PERSON, REGARDLESS OF THEIR 1244 00:39:58,829 --> 00:40:01,932 GENDER IDENTITY. THE TERM 1245 00:40:01,932 --> 00:40:03,300 BISEXUALITY IS CURRENTLY ALREADY 1246 00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:04,802 IN SEATTLE. MUNICIPAL CODE IN 1247 00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:08,105 THE CITY'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION 1248 00:40:08,105 --> 00:40:10,808 PROTECTED CLASS PANSEXUAL 1249 00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:13,778 PANSEXUALITY. THAT TERMINOLOGY 1250 00:40:13,778 --> 00:40:14,879 IS SIMILAR, BUT YOU CAN THINK OF 1251 00:40:14,879 --> 00:40:17,948 IT AS MORE EXPANSIVE SINCE IT 1252 00:40:17,948 --> 00:40:19,250 EXPLICITLY REFERS TO GENDERS 1253 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:21,352 OUTSIDE OF THE GENDER BINARY. 1254 00:40:21,352 --> 00:40:25,856 BRIEFLY, ASEXUALITY IS 1255 00:40:25,856 --> 00:40:27,591 ATTRACTION. SOMEONE WHO DOES 1256 00:40:27,591 --> 00:40:30,060 GENERALLY DOES NOT EXPERIENCE 1257 00:40:30,060 --> 00:40:33,798 SEXUAL DESIRE OR ATTRACTION 1258 00:40:33,798 --> 00:40:35,266 ANOTHER TERM THAT IS NOT 1259 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:35,900 CURRENTLY IN SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 1260 00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:36,534 CODE, BUT THAT THIS BILL 1261 00:40:36,534 --> 00:40:39,003 ADDRESSES IS CONSENSUAL 1262 00:40:39,003 --> 00:40:41,238 NON-MONOGAMY, WHICH BRIEFLY IS 1263 00:40:41,238 --> 00:40:42,840 DEFINED AS THE PRACTICE OF A 1264 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,975 PERSON HAVING SEXUAL AND OR 1265 00:40:44,975 --> 00:40:46,844 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH MORE 1266 00:40:46,844 --> 00:40:48,479 THAN ONE PARTNER. CONCURRENTLY, 1267 00:40:48,479 --> 00:40:51,449 WHEN ALL PARTIES CONSENT TO THAT 1268 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:53,717 RELATIONSHIP STRUCTURE, SURVEYS 1269 00:40:53,717 --> 00:40:54,351 ESTIMATE THAT APPROXIMATELY 10 1270 00:40:54,351 --> 00:40:55,386 TO 20% OF PEOPLE IN NORTH 1271 00:40:55,386 --> 00:40:56,687 AMERICA HAVE BEEN IN SUCH A 1272 00:40:56,687 --> 00:40:58,889 RELATIONSHIP. AT SOME POINT, AND 1273 00:40:58,889 --> 00:41:00,791 APPROXIMATELY 5% ARE IN SUCH 1274 00:41:00,791 --> 00:41:03,127 RELATIONSHIP. CURRENTLY. 1275 00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:05,696 SIMILARLY, SURVEYS DEMONSTRATE 1276 00:41:05,696 --> 00:41:06,430 THAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF 1277 00:41:06,430 --> 00:41:09,033 PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SUCH 1278 00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:09,500 RELATIONSHIPS REPORT 1279 00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:11,001 EXPERIENCING A STIGMA OR 1280 00:41:11,001 --> 00:41:15,005 DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF THEIR 1281 00:41:15,005 --> 00:41:16,273 RELATIONSHIP STRUCTURE. BY WAY 1282 00:41:16,273 --> 00:41:18,209 OF CONTEXT, THERE ARE A NUMBER 1283 00:41:18,209 --> 00:41:20,444 OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS AROUND 1284 00:41:20,444 --> 00:41:22,913 THE COUNTRY, MUNICIPALITIES THAT 1285 00:41:22,913 --> 00:41:25,416 HAVE ENACTED PROTECTIONS, 1286 00:41:25,416 --> 00:41:26,050 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS 1287 00:41:26,050 --> 00:41:27,017 FOR NON-MONOGAMY THAT ARE 1288 00:41:27,017 --> 00:41:28,686 SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT THIS 1289 00:41:28,686 --> 00:41:30,020 BILL CONTAINS. TWO CITIES IN 1290 00:41:30,020 --> 00:41:32,890 MASSACHUSETTS, THREE IN 1291 00:41:32,890 --> 00:41:34,792 CALIFORNIA, PORTLAND, OREGON. 1292 00:41:34,792 --> 00:41:35,359 OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON WAS THE 1293 00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:36,861 FIRST JURISDICTION IN THIS 1294 00:41:36,861 --> 00:41:40,898 STATE, AND A JURISDICTION THAT 1295 00:41:40,898 --> 00:41:42,533 WAS ALSO IN MICHIGAN EARLIER 1296 00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:44,301 THIS YEAR. I BELIEVE HAZEL PARK, 1297 00:41:44,301 --> 00:41:45,369 MICHIGAN, WHICH IS PART OF THE 1298 00:41:45,369 --> 00:41:47,204 GREATER DETROIT AREA, WAS 1299 00:41:47,204 --> 00:41:49,273 ANOTHER 2026 EDITION. SO THERE 1300 00:41:49,273 --> 00:41:50,608 HAVE THIS BILL FOLLOWS A TREND 1301 00:41:50,608 --> 00:41:53,043 OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DATING 1302 00:41:53,043 --> 00:41:55,312 FROM, I BELIEVE, 2023 TO TO 1303 00:41:55,312 --> 00:42:00,050 EARLIER THIS YEAR THIS BILL 1304 00:42:00,050 --> 00:42:03,187 WOULD ADD CIVIL RIGHTS 1305 00:42:03,187 --> 00:42:03,821 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS 1306 00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:06,790 FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS 1307 00:42:06,790 --> 00:42:08,993 PANSEXUAL PEOPLE. BY ADDING THIS 1308 00:42:08,993 --> 00:42:11,095 TERM EXPLICITLY TO THE SEXUAL 1309 00:42:11,095 --> 00:42:13,297 ORIENTATION PROTECTED CLASS THAT 1310 00:42:13,297 --> 00:42:13,931 CLASS, THE DEFINITION OF WHICH 1311 00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:14,765 I'M GOING TO BRING UP ON THE 1312 00:42:14,765 --> 00:42:17,434 SCREEN IN A MOMENT, CONTAINS 1313 00:42:17,434 --> 00:42:19,570 ENUMERATED LIST OF SEXUAL 1314 00:42:19,570 --> 00:42:21,739 ORIENTATIONS, AND THIS WOULD ADD 1315 00:42:21,739 --> 00:42:24,008 PANSEXUALITY TO THAT LIST. IT 1316 00:42:24,008 --> 00:42:26,644 WOULD ALSO ADD ASEXUALITY 1317 00:42:26,644 --> 00:42:29,380 EXPLICITLY TO THAT LIST THIRD, 1318 00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:32,616 IT WOULD ADD ANTI-DISCRIMINATION 1319 00:42:32,616 --> 00:42:35,286 PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONS OF ANY 1320 00:42:35,286 --> 00:42:36,353 SEXUAL ORIENTATION ENGAGING IN 1321 00:42:36,353 --> 00:42:39,290 OR BEING PERCEIVED TO ENGAGE IN 1322 00:42:39,290 --> 00:42:39,823 CONSENSUAL NON-MONOGAMOUS 1323 00:42:39,823 --> 00:42:42,293 RELATIONSHIPS. IT WOULD 1324 00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:46,130 ACCOMPLISH THIS NOT BY ADDING 1325 00:42:46,130 --> 00:42:48,632 NON-MONOGAMY OR CONSENSUAL 1326 00:42:48,632 --> 00:42:49,266 NON-MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIPS AS 1327 00:42:49,266 --> 00:42:50,534 A PROTECTED CLASS IN AND OF 1328 00:42:50,534 --> 00:42:51,969 THEMSELVES, BUT BY ADDING 1329 00:42:51,969 --> 00:42:54,471 LANGUAGE, CLARIFYING THAT THESE 1330 00:42:54,471 --> 00:42:56,206 RELATIONSHIPS FALL UNDER, QUOTE, 1331 00:42:56,206 --> 00:42:57,708 PROTECTED QUOTE ATTITUDES, 1332 00:42:57,708 --> 00:42:59,577 PREFERENCES, BELIEFS, AND 1333 00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:00,711 PRACTICES PERTAINING TO A 1334 00:43:00,711 --> 00:43:02,179 PERSONS PERSON'S SEXUAL 1335 00:43:02,179 --> 00:43:03,714 ORIENTATION. SO, AS YOU'LL SEE 1336 00:43:03,714 --> 00:43:06,717 IN A MOMENT, THE EXISTING CITY 1337 00:43:06,717 --> 00:43:09,019 PROTECTED CLASS OF SEXUAL 1338 00:43:09,019 --> 00:43:09,620 ORIENTATION ALREADY CONTAINS 1339 00:43:09,620 --> 00:43:11,889 THAT TERM THAT PROTECTS 1340 00:43:11,889 --> 00:43:12,690 ATTITUDES, PREFERENCES, 1341 00:43:12,690 --> 00:43:16,994 PRACTICES, AND BELIEFS 1342 00:43:16,994 --> 00:43:17,528 PERTAINING TO SOMEONE'S 1343 00:43:17,528 --> 00:43:18,162 ORIENTATION. IT WOULD ALSO SEEK 1344 00:43:18,162 --> 00:43:19,597 TO PROTECT MULTIGENERATIONAL 1345 00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:22,132 FAMILIES THAT LIVE TOGETHER BY 1346 00:43:22,132 --> 00:43:24,068 CLARIFYING THE COUNCIL'S INTENT 1347 00:43:24,068 --> 00:43:27,705 VIA RECITAL, THAT THE WORDS 1348 00:43:27,705 --> 00:43:30,808 COHABITATING AND COHABITING USED 1349 00:43:30,808 --> 00:43:34,278 IN THE MARITAL STATUS PROTECTED 1350 00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:35,946 CLASS ENCOMPASS MULTIGENERATIONA 1351 00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:36,680 L FAMILIES. AND. AND JUST TO 1352 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,215 NOTE, THIS WAS POINTED OUT IN 1353 00:43:38,215 --> 00:43:39,683 THE MEMO. BUT BOTH OF THOSE 1354 00:43:39,683 --> 00:43:43,554 WORDS ARE INCLUDED. THEY'RE 1355 00:43:43,554 --> 00:43:45,723 ESSENTIALLY SYNONYMS, BUT 1356 00:43:45,723 --> 00:43:47,491 DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF 1357 00:43:47,491 --> 00:43:49,760 MUNICIPAL CODE. THE SAME, 1358 00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:50,394 OTHERWISE IDENTICAL DEFINITIONS 1359 00:43:50,394 --> 00:43:51,328 OF MARITAL STATUS FOR THE 1360 00:43:51,328 --> 00:43:53,297 PURPOSES OF PROTECTED CLASS USE 1361 00:43:53,297 --> 00:43:53,998 THOSE WORDS. AND WE BELIEVE THAT 1362 00:43:53,998 --> 00:43:55,366 THAT WAS JUST A HISTORICAL 1363 00:43:55,366 --> 00:44:00,170 DRAFTING MISTAKE. SO YOU CAN SEE 1364 00:44:00,170 --> 00:44:02,206 HERE IN STRIKETHROUGH AND 1365 00:44:02,206 --> 00:44:03,474 UNDERLINED THE CHANGES THAT THIS 1366 00:44:03,474 --> 00:44:05,042 BILL WOULD MAKE TO THE EXISTING 1367 00:44:05,042 --> 00:44:07,711 DEFINITION OF SEXUAL 1368 00:44:07,711 --> 00:44:09,980 ORIENTATION. AS I SAID, IT WOULD 1369 00:44:09,980 --> 00:44:10,748 REMOVE REFERENCE TO MALE OR 1370 00:44:10,748 --> 00:44:14,151 FEMALE TO ACKNOWLEDGE BETTER 1371 00:44:14,151 --> 00:44:16,320 ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXISTENCE OF 1372 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,589 GENDERS OUTSIDE THE BINARY. ADD 1373 00:44:18,589 --> 00:44:20,324 PANSEXUALITY AND ASEXUALITY TO 1374 00:44:20,324 --> 00:44:20,958 THE ENUMERATED ORIENTATIONS. AND 1375 00:44:20,958 --> 00:44:25,729 THEN, AS I SAID BEFORE, SPECIFY 1376 00:44:25,729 --> 00:44:26,296 ARTICULATE THAT ATTITUDES, 1377 00:44:26,296 --> 00:44:27,698 PREFERENCES, BELIEFS, AND 1378 00:44:27,698 --> 00:44:30,034 PRACTICES PERTAINING TO 1379 00:44:30,034 --> 00:44:32,336 SOMEONE'S ORIENTATION INCLUDES 1380 00:44:32,336 --> 00:44:32,970 ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED INVOLVEMENT 1381 00:44:32,970 --> 00:44:34,004 IN A CONSENSUAL RELATIONSHIP 1382 00:44:34,004 --> 00:44:39,076 WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS. THIS 1383 00:44:39,076 --> 00:44:41,645 BILL WOULD ENACT THESE 1384 00:44:41,645 --> 00:44:42,780 ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS INTO THE 1385 00:44:42,780 --> 00:44:44,681 FOLLOWING AREAS OF LAW DUTIES OF 1386 00:44:44,681 --> 00:44:46,850 THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 1387 00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:48,585 DIRECTOR. DUTIES OF THE SEATTLE 1388 00:44:48,585 --> 00:44:50,654 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. 1389 00:44:50,654 --> 00:44:51,255 DISCRIMINATION FREE WORKPLACE 1390 00:44:51,255 --> 00:44:53,490 POLICIES OF THE CITY, GROUNDS 1391 00:44:53,490 --> 00:44:55,359 FOR BUSINESS LICENSE DENIAL OR 1392 00:44:55,359 --> 00:44:56,427 REVOCATION BASED ON 1393 00:44:56,427 --> 00:44:59,430 DISCRIMINATION, UNFAIR 1394 00:44:59,430 --> 00:44:59,963 DISCRIMINATORY EMPLOYMENT 1395 00:44:59,963 --> 00:45:02,166 PRACTICES, UNFAIR DISCRIMINATORY 1396 00:45:02,166 --> 00:45:04,001 PRACTICES IN PLACES OF PUBLIC 1397 00:45:04,001 --> 00:45:06,870 ACCOMMODATION. UNFAIR 1398 00:45:06,870 --> 00:45:07,371 DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING 1399 00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:09,573 PRACTICES, BIAS FREE POLICING 1400 00:45:09,573 --> 00:45:11,241 REQUIREMENTS AND FULL ENJOYMENT 1401 00:45:11,241 --> 00:45:14,311 AND USE OF SEATTLE PARKS AND 1402 00:45:14,311 --> 00:45:14,912 RECREATION FACILITIES WITHOUT 1403 00:45:14,912 --> 00:45:17,614 DISCRIMINATION. A COUPLE OTHER 1404 00:45:17,614 --> 00:45:20,250 ITEMS TO NOTE THIS BILL HAS AN 1405 00:45:20,250 --> 00:45:22,753 EFFECTIVE DATE OF JULY 1st, 1406 00:45:22,753 --> 00:45:25,022 2027. THE BILL ALSO INCLUDES A 1407 00:45:25,022 --> 00:45:26,523 CLAUSE JUST CLARIFYING THAT 1408 00:45:26,523 --> 00:45:29,359 THESE ADDITIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS 1409 00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:31,361 PROTECTIONS DON'T ON THEIR OWN, 1410 00:45:31,361 --> 00:45:31,995 MANDATE ANY ADDITIONAL EXPANSION 1411 00:45:31,995 --> 00:45:33,831 OF EMPLOYER PROVIDED BENEFITS 1412 00:45:33,831 --> 00:45:36,834 SUCH AS HEALTH BENEFITS. THERE 1413 00:45:36,834 --> 00:45:39,369 IS ONE POLICY CONSIDERATION 1414 00:45:39,369 --> 00:45:40,504 IDENTIFIED IN THE CENTRAL STAFF 1415 00:45:40,504 --> 00:45:42,706 MEMO FOR THIS LEGISLATION, WHICH 1416 00:45:42,706 --> 00:45:46,844 ESSENTIALLY JUST HAS TO DO WITH 1417 00:45:46,844 --> 00:45:47,444 EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION. THE 1418 00:45:47,444 --> 00:45:48,545 PRIMARY IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT, 1419 00:45:48,545 --> 00:45:50,214 THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, HAS 1420 00:45:50,214 --> 00:45:53,751 NOTED THAT GIVEN THE EFFECTIVE 1421 00:45:53,751 --> 00:45:55,452 DATE IN THE BILL OF JULY 1st, 1422 00:45:55,452 --> 00:45:58,989 2027, THEY DO EXPECT TO BE ABLE 1423 00:45:58,989 --> 00:46:01,725 TO DO SOME BASIC IMPLEMENTATION 1424 00:46:01,725 --> 00:46:04,161 EFFORTS WITHIN CURRENT 1425 00:46:04,161 --> 00:46:06,130 DEPARTMENT BUDGETS. SO THERE IS 1426 00:46:06,130 --> 00:46:07,865 NOT A MANDATORY FISCAL NOTE 1427 00:46:07,865 --> 00:46:08,932 ATTACHED TO THIS BILL. HOWEVER, 1428 00:46:08,932 --> 00:46:13,203 THEY DO BELIEVE, AND THEY NOTE 1429 00:46:13,203 --> 00:46:14,505 THAT EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF 1430 00:46:14,505 --> 00:46:16,306 THIS BILL AND THEIR OPINION IS 1431 00:46:16,306 --> 00:46:19,243 GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL 1432 00:46:19,243 --> 00:46:20,377 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WORK THAT 1433 00:46:20,377 --> 00:46:21,612 THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE 1434 00:46:21,612 --> 00:46:22,946 CAPACITY FOR IN THEIR BUDGET. SO 1435 00:46:22,946 --> 00:46:26,784 THEY'VE OUTLINED AN ADDITIONAL 1436 00:46:26,784 --> 00:46:29,319 $46,000 THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE 1437 00:46:29,319 --> 00:46:32,256 GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR 1438 00:46:32,256 --> 00:46:32,890 OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND MATERIAL 1439 00:46:32,890 --> 00:46:34,191 PRODUCTION. AND THEN THEY HAVE 1440 00:46:34,191 --> 00:46:39,096 SORT OF A PLUS LEVEL OF $75,000 1441 00:46:39,096 --> 00:46:40,197 ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THAT, FOR A 1442 00:46:40,197 --> 00:46:43,767 TOTAL OF $121,000 ABOVE THEIR 1443 00:46:43,767 --> 00:46:45,702 CURRENT BUDGET, WHICH THEY WOULD 1444 00:46:45,702 --> 00:46:47,237 BELIEVE, THEY BELIEVE WOULD 1445 00:46:47,237 --> 00:46:49,173 REPRESENT THE SORT OF IDEAL 1446 00:46:49,173 --> 00:46:50,841 LEVEL OF MAXIMUM AWARENESS 1447 00:46:50,841 --> 00:46:52,943 RAISING AND OUTREACH TO AFFECTED 1448 00:46:52,943 --> 00:46:54,044 COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES AND 1449 00:46:54,044 --> 00:46:57,014 OTHER ENTITIES THAT WOULD BE 1450 00:46:57,014 --> 00:46:57,414 SUBJECT TO THESE 1451 00:46:57,414 --> 00:46:59,216 NONDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS. 1452 00:46:59,216 --> 00:47:00,984 SO THIS IS JUST A POLICY 1453 00:47:00,984 --> 00:47:01,618 CONSIDERATION. THE OPTION HERE 1454 00:47:01,618 --> 00:47:06,156 WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO GATHER 1455 00:47:06,156 --> 00:47:07,824 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AND 1456 00:47:07,824 --> 00:47:08,458 CONSIDER INCLUDING SOME OR ALL 1457 00:47:08,458 --> 00:47:12,629 OF THESE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION 1458 00:47:12,629 --> 00:47:13,997 EXPENSES WITHIN THE 2027 BUDGET 1459 00:47:13,997 --> 00:47:16,466 PROCESS THAT WE WILL BE 1460 00:47:16,466 --> 00:47:17,668 EMBARKING UPON SHORTLY. I'M 1461 00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:21,305 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS 1462 00:47:21,305 --> 00:47:22,472 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, AS ALWAYS, 1463 00:47:22,472 --> 00:47:23,740 FOR THAT FANTASTIC BRIEFING. WE 1464 00:47:23,740 --> 00:47:24,775 REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK 1465 00:47:24,775 --> 00:47:27,077 THAT CENTRAL STAFF DOES AND DID 1466 00:47:27,077 --> 00:47:29,079 ON THIS BILL, AND I WILL FIRST 1467 00:47:29,079 --> 00:47:31,215 TURN TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AS 1468 00:47:31,215 --> 00:47:32,616 SPONSOR TO THE BILL. I INVITE 1469 00:47:32,616 --> 00:47:33,217 YOU TO SPEAK TO IT. 1470 00:47:33,217 --> 00:47:33,884 -- THANK YOU. 1471 00:47:33,884 --> 00:47:35,152 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR FOSTER. I 1472 00:47:35,152 --> 00:47:37,087 WANT TO START FIRST WITH SOME 1473 00:47:37,087 --> 00:47:39,223 GRATITUDE. AGAIN, TO ECHO THAT 1474 00:47:39,223 --> 00:47:41,024 APPRECIATION. THANK YOU TO 1475 00:47:41,024 --> 00:47:41,658 TAMASO JOHNSON ON CENTRAL STAFF 1476 00:47:41,658 --> 00:47:44,628 FOR HIS HARD WORK ON DEVELOPING 1477 00:47:44,628 --> 00:47:45,329 AND WORKING ON THIS BILL. THANK 1478 00:47:45,329 --> 00:47:46,463 YOU TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF, TIM 1479 00:47:46,463 --> 00:47:48,632 LENNON, AS WELL, FOR HIS HARD 1480 00:47:48,632 --> 00:47:50,634 WORK ON THIS BILL, AND 1481 00:47:50,634 --> 00:47:53,403 ESPECIALLY HUGE THANK YOU TO 1482 00:47:53,403 --> 00:47:53,904 FOUNDER OF C3 AND LGBTQ 1483 00:47:53,904 --> 00:47:55,772 COMMISSION CO-CHAIR JESSE DAVIS 1484 00:47:55,772 --> 00:47:58,208 FOR HER TIRELESS WORK ADVANCING 1485 00:47:58,208 --> 00:47:59,243 HUMAN RIGHTS ON MULTIPLE FRONTS. 1486 00:47:59,243 --> 00:48:00,944 IN ADDITION TO SHEPHERDING THIS 1487 00:48:00,944 --> 00:48:02,546 WORK IN SEATTLE AND ACROSS THE 1488 00:48:02,546 --> 00:48:05,115 COUNTRY. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO 1489 00:48:05,115 --> 00:48:06,717 WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME 1490 00:48:06,717 --> 00:48:09,453 OUT TODAY TO SHARE THEIR STORY 1491 00:48:09,453 --> 00:48:10,454 ABOUT FAMILY AND UNDERSTANDING 1492 00:48:10,454 --> 00:48:11,088 THE COURAGE THAT THAT TAKES. I 1493 00:48:11,088 --> 00:48:12,256 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND 1494 00:48:12,256 --> 00:48:14,358 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING 1495 00:48:14,358 --> 00:48:15,792 THESE STORIES, BECAUSE IT IS 1496 00:48:15,792 --> 00:48:17,594 POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT TO HEAR 1497 00:48:17,594 --> 00:48:20,264 STORIES OF KINSHIP, CARE, AND 1498 00:48:20,264 --> 00:48:21,965 LOVE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL 1499 00:48:21,965 --> 00:48:23,066 FOR COMING OUT TODAY TO SHARE 1500 00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:25,402 THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE. TO GET 1501 00:48:25,402 --> 00:48:28,505 INTO THE NITTY GRITTY ABOUT THIS 1502 00:48:28,505 --> 00:48:30,807 BILL. THIS UPDATE TO EXISTING 1503 00:48:30,807 --> 00:48:32,743 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 1504 00:48:32,743 --> 00:48:33,310 COVERING PROTECTED CLASSES, 1505 00:48:33,310 --> 00:48:35,579 CLARIFIES DEFINITIONS AND 1506 00:48:35,579 --> 00:48:37,614 REMOVES ANTIQUATED GENDER BINARY 1507 00:48:37,614 --> 00:48:39,016 LANGUAGE. THE INTENTION IS TO 1508 00:48:39,016 --> 00:48:41,118 ENSURE OUR LAWS CONTINUE TO 1509 00:48:41,118 --> 00:48:42,886 PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON 1510 00:48:42,886 --> 00:48:45,289 FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIP 1511 00:48:45,289 --> 00:48:47,324 STRUCTURE AS FULLY AS POSSIBLE, 1512 00:48:47,324 --> 00:48:49,326 AND THIS UPDATE REFLECTS HOW 1513 00:48:49,326 --> 00:48:51,328 PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE. IT ENSURES 1514 00:48:51,328 --> 00:48:53,764 THAT ALL RESIDENTS CAN 1515 00:48:53,764 --> 00:48:54,331 PARTICIPATE FULLY IN CIVIC, 1516 00:48:54,331 --> 00:48:56,199 ECONOMIC, AND COMMUNITY LIFE 1517 00:48:56,199 --> 00:48:58,468 WITHOUT FEAR OF DISCRIMINATION. 1518 00:48:58,468 --> 00:48:59,436 NOW, AS WE'VE HEARD TODAY, THE 1519 00:48:59,436 --> 00:49:01,238 CITY OF SEATTLE HAS LONG BEEN A 1520 00:49:01,238 --> 00:49:03,273 LEADER IN RECOGNIZING AND 1521 00:49:03,273 --> 00:49:04,775 SEEKING TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR 1522 00:49:04,775 --> 00:49:07,277 NEIGHBORS BASIC RIGHTS, OUR 1523 00:49:07,277 --> 00:49:07,811 MUNICIPAL CODE RECOGNIZES 1524 00:49:07,811 --> 00:49:09,112 PROTECTED CLASSES WITH A DEGREE 1525 00:49:09,112 --> 00:49:11,949 OF INCLUSIVITY THAT REFLECTS OUR 1526 00:49:11,949 --> 00:49:13,083 VALUES. AND FROM TIME TO TIME, 1527 00:49:13,083 --> 00:49:15,652 THIS BODY HAS UPDATED THE 1528 00:49:15,652 --> 00:49:17,087 LANGUAGE IN CODE TO REFLECT THE 1529 00:49:17,087 --> 00:49:19,222 CHANGING NATURE OF HOW OUR 1530 00:49:19,222 --> 00:49:20,657 NEIGHBORS DEFINE THEMSELVES AND 1531 00:49:20,657 --> 00:49:22,693 DEFINE THEIR FAMILIES. THIS 1532 00:49:22,693 --> 00:49:24,628 UPDATE TO THE CODE IS ANOTHER 1533 00:49:24,628 --> 00:49:27,597 ITERATION OF THAT DECADES LONG 1534 00:49:27,597 --> 00:49:29,032 PROCESS. WE ALL KNOW THAT EVERY 1535 00:49:29,032 --> 00:49:30,200 FAMILY IS DIFFERENT, AND WE NEED 1536 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:32,936 TO BE CLEAR THAT EVERY FAMILY 1537 00:49:32,936 --> 00:49:35,205 DESERVES EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER 1538 00:49:35,205 --> 00:49:39,142 THE LAW AND CHOSEN FAMILY IS 1539 00:49:39,142 --> 00:49:40,610 FAMILY. NOW WORKING WITH 1540 00:49:40,610 --> 00:49:42,813 COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, LGBTQ 1541 00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:43,947 COMMISSION MEMBERS, AND AGAIN, 1542 00:49:43,947 --> 00:49:46,550 OUR BRILLIANT CENTRAL STAFF, WE 1543 00:49:46,550 --> 00:49:48,085 TOOK WHAT WAS ALREADY A VERY 1544 00:49:48,085 --> 00:49:49,886 INCLUSIVE AND EXPANSION 1545 00:49:49,886 --> 00:49:51,722 DEFINITIONS OF OUR CURRENTLY 1546 00:49:51,722 --> 00:49:52,322 COVERED PROTECTED CLASSES AND 1547 00:49:52,322 --> 00:49:53,023 MADE SOME SMALL, BUT I WOULD 1548 00:49:53,023 --> 00:49:55,726 DARE SAY, IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO 1549 00:49:55,726 --> 00:49:57,661 ENSURE THAT NO FAMILY IN SEATTLE 1550 00:49:57,661 --> 00:50:01,431 IS LEFT OUT. AND I BELIEVE WE 1551 00:50:01,431 --> 00:50:02,065 HAVE A CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY 1552 00:50:02,065 --> 00:50:04,601 TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE 1553 00:50:04,601 --> 00:50:07,170 HEALTH SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT AND 1554 00:50:07,170 --> 00:50:08,572 GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE 1555 00:50:08,572 --> 00:50:10,841 AND TO ALLOW FAIR AND EQUITABLE 1556 00:50:10,841 --> 00:50:13,377 PARTICIPATION OF ALL PERSONS IN 1557 00:50:13,377 --> 00:50:15,946 THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY. THIS 1558 00:50:15,946 --> 00:50:19,383 CODE UPDATE ENSURES THAT ALL 1559 00:50:19,383 --> 00:50:21,852 CONTINUES TO MEAN ALL. THANK 1560 00:50:21,852 --> 00:50:23,920 YOU, COLLEAGUES, AND I ASK FOR 1561 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:25,689 YOUR SUPPORT AND OPEN TO ANY 1562 00:50:25,689 --> 00:50:27,023 QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AS WELL. 1563 00:50:27,023 --> 00:50:28,325 THANK YOU CHAIR. 1564 00:50:28,325 --> 00:50:29,793 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1565 00:50:29,793 --> 00:50:31,695 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I REALLY 1566 00:50:31,695 --> 00:50:32,195 APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR 1567 00:50:32,195 --> 00:50:33,730 LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS 1568 00:50:33,730 --> 00:50:34,798 FORWARD AND JUST REALLY EXCITED 1569 00:50:34,798 --> 00:50:35,932 TO HAVE THIS IN COMMITTEE TODAY. 1570 00:50:35,932 --> 00:50:38,835 AND JUST WANT TO ECHO, IT WAS 1571 00:50:38,835 --> 00:50:39,469 REALLY MEANINGFUL TO HAVE FOLKS 1572 00:50:39,469 --> 00:50:41,104 COME AND TALK ABOUT YOUR 1573 00:50:41,104 --> 00:50:42,472 PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND JUST 1574 00:50:42,472 --> 00:50:43,607 WANT TO SAY, IT'S ALWAYS HARD 1575 00:50:43,607 --> 00:50:44,741 TO TALK ABOUT PERSONAL 1576 00:50:44,741 --> 00:50:46,209 EXPERIENCES IN PUBLIC, I THINK. 1577 00:50:46,209 --> 00:50:47,744 SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EACH OF 1578 00:50:47,744 --> 00:50:50,347 YOU FOR, FOR DOING THAT AND JUST 1579 00:50:50,347 --> 00:50:52,315 COMING DOWN HERE IN PERSON 1580 00:50:52,315 --> 00:50:53,016 TODAY. IT REALLY DOES. IT REALLY 1581 00:50:53,016 --> 00:50:54,618 DOES MEAN A LOT. SO THANK YOU TO 1582 00:50:54,618 --> 00:50:57,154 EVERYONE WHO TESTIFIED. I DON'T 1583 00:50:57,154 --> 00:50:58,522 I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT 1584 00:50:58,522 --> 00:51:00,157 THIS BILL. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO 1585 00:51:00,157 --> 00:51:02,592 SUPPORT THIS BILL. I'LL EXPRESS 1586 00:51:02,592 --> 00:51:03,660 MY APPRECIATION TO JESSA FOR 1587 00:51:03,660 --> 00:51:05,195 MEETING WITH OUR OFFICE IN 1588 00:51:05,195 --> 00:51:06,263 ADVANCE. AND I FELT LIKE WE WERE 1589 00:51:06,263 --> 00:51:08,131 VERY WELL PREPARED COMING INTO 1590 00:51:08,131 --> 00:51:09,132 OUR CONVERSATION TODAY. THE 1591 00:51:09,132 --> 00:51:10,634 THING I WANT TO JUST SHARE IS I 1592 00:51:10,634 --> 00:51:12,169 ONE THING I APPRECIATED ABOUT 1593 00:51:12,169 --> 00:51:13,970 THIS PROCESS IS HOW, IN THE 1594 00:51:13,970 --> 00:51:16,807 PURSUIT OF IDENTIFYING THE NEED 1595 00:51:16,807 --> 00:51:18,875 FOR THIS BILL AND WORKING ON 1596 00:51:18,875 --> 00:51:19,476 THIS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK THAT 1597 00:51:19,476 --> 00:51:21,111 YOUR OFFICE ALSO IDENTIFIED THIS 1598 00:51:21,111 --> 00:51:22,379 KIND OF ANTIQUATED LANGUAGE IN 1599 00:51:22,379 --> 00:51:24,815 OUR CODE. AND SO I WAS JUST AS I 1600 00:51:24,815 --> 00:51:25,982 WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE CHANGES, 1601 00:51:25,982 --> 00:51:27,150 I WAS EXCITED TO SEE WHAT I WAS 1602 00:51:27,150 --> 00:51:29,453 EXPECTING AND THEN ALSO EXCITED 1603 00:51:29,453 --> 00:51:30,887 TO SEE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT I 1604 00:51:30,887 --> 00:51:31,922 WASN'T EXPECTING. AND I JUST 1605 00:51:31,922 --> 00:51:34,057 THINK THAT'S EVIDENCE OF WHAT 1606 00:51:34,057 --> 00:51:35,592 HAPPENS WHEN WE TRY TO CENTER 1607 00:51:35,592 --> 00:51:37,828 EQUITY AND CENTER PEOPLE THAT WE 1608 00:51:37,828 --> 00:51:39,696 END UP WITH EVEN MORE BENEFITS 1609 00:51:39,696 --> 00:51:42,099 THAN WE EXPECTED. SO I JUST 1610 00:51:42,099 --> 00:51:43,800 WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT IN 1611 00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:44,801 PARTICULAR AND SAY THANK YOU AND 1612 00:51:44,801 --> 00:51:46,636 THANK YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF AND 1613 00:51:46,636 --> 00:51:49,206 TO THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS FOR 1614 00:51:49,206 --> 00:51:52,008 MAKING THIS AN EVEN MORE 1615 00:51:52,008 --> 00:51:54,177 HOLISTIC APPROACH AND CHANGE TO 1616 00:51:54,177 --> 00:51:56,146 OUR CODE. OKAY. THAT'S MY 1617 00:51:56,146 --> 00:51:58,415 THAT'S MY COMMENT THERE. ANY 1618 00:51:58,415 --> 00:52:01,218 QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE 1619 00:52:01,218 --> 00:52:06,723 COMMITTEE COUNCILMEMBER LIN YOU 1620 00:52:06,723 --> 00:52:07,090 ARE RECOGNIZED. 1621 00:52:07,090 --> 00:52:07,991 -- AND JUST KIND OF ONE 1622 00:52:07,991 --> 00:52:09,192 QUESTION, AND IT'S PROBABLY MORE 1623 00:52:09,192 --> 00:52:15,532 OF A COMMENT, BUT JUST WITHOUT 1624 00:52:15,532 --> 00:52:19,636 THIS BILL EFFECTIVELY 1625 00:52:19,636 --> 00:52:20,270 DISCRIMINATION IS LEGAL. WOULD 1626 00:52:20,270 --> 00:52:24,441 THAT EFFECTIVELY BE CORRECT? 1627 00:52:24,441 --> 00:52:26,910 -- YES, I THAT'S CORRECT. I 1628 00:52:26,910 --> 00:52:29,379 MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE WE HAVE AS 1629 00:52:29,379 --> 00:52:31,982 AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE 1630 00:52:31,982 --> 00:52:34,251 A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF 1631 00:52:34,251 --> 00:52:37,687 PROTECTED CLASSES. BUT THIS THIS 1632 00:52:37,687 --> 00:52:42,058 BILL WOULD CREATE NEW EXPLICIT 1633 00:52:42,058 --> 00:52:42,592 PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN 1634 00:52:42,592 --> 00:52:44,694 NON-MONOGAMOUS, CONSENSUAL 1635 00:52:44,694 --> 00:52:45,295 NON-MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIPS 1636 00:52:45,295 --> 00:52:47,464 SPECIFICALLY. AND I THINK, YOU 1637 00:52:47,464 --> 00:52:50,500 KNOW, ALSO WITH RESPECT TO 1638 00:52:50,500 --> 00:52:51,101 ASEXUALITY AND PANSEXUALITY, 1639 00:52:51,101 --> 00:52:52,836 IT'S POSSIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, 1640 00:52:52,836 --> 00:52:55,338 THERE COULD BE INSTANCES OF 1641 00:52:55,338 --> 00:52:55,939 DISCRIMINATION WHERE THE, THE 1642 00:52:55,939 --> 00:52:57,407 NATURE AND THE BASIS OF THE 1643 00:52:57,407 --> 00:52:58,708 DISCRIMINATION COULD BE ON 1644 00:52:58,708 --> 00:52:59,910 MULTIPLE FRONTS. AND SOME FOLKS 1645 00:52:59,910 --> 00:53:02,879 MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING 1646 00:53:02,879 --> 00:53:03,413 DISCRIMINATION THAT WOULD 1647 00:53:03,413 --> 00:53:04,681 ALREADY BE COVERED UNDER SOME 1648 00:53:04,681 --> 00:53:05,615 PROTECTED CLASSES. BUT ONCE 1649 00:53:05,615 --> 00:53:07,784 AGAIN, THIS EXPLICITLY ADDS 1650 00:53:07,784 --> 00:53:09,519 THAT. AND I THINK THAT 1651 00:53:09,519 --> 00:53:11,721 PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF A 1652 00:53:11,721 --> 00:53:13,690 CONSENSUAL NON-MONOGAMOUS 1653 00:53:13,690 --> 00:53:14,491 RELATIONSHIPS, WE WROTE IT IN A 1654 00:53:14,491 --> 00:53:16,459 WAY THAT IT IS NOT DEPENDENT ON 1655 00:53:16,459 --> 00:53:18,361 ANY ONE SPECIFIC ORIENTATION, 1656 00:53:18,361 --> 00:53:20,163 BUT RATHER THE THE SHAPE OF THE 1657 00:53:20,163 --> 00:53:21,998 RELATIONSHIP AS CAN'T BE THE 1658 00:53:21,998 --> 00:53:23,033 BASIS OF DISCRIMINATION. AND 1659 00:53:23,033 --> 00:53:23,667 THAT WOULD BE A NEW PROTECTION 1660 00:53:23,667 --> 00:53:24,734 FOR US. YES. 1661 00:53:24,734 --> 00:53:26,836 -- YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU SO 1662 00:53:26,836 --> 00:53:32,042 MUCH. AND JUST WANT TO THANK 1663 00:53:32,042 --> 00:53:32,676 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK CHAIR 1664 00:53:32,676 --> 00:53:34,110 FOSTER TO ALL THE EVERYONE 1665 00:53:34,110 --> 00:53:37,914 COMING HERE TO SPEAK. JESS DAVIS 1666 00:53:37,914 --> 00:53:39,316 FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS. IT IS 1667 00:53:39,316 --> 00:53:44,287 VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU FOR 1668 00:53:44,287 --> 00:53:46,856 SHARING YOUR, YOU KNOW, STORIES 1669 00:53:46,856 --> 00:53:49,726 FOR BEING BEING VULNERABLE AT A 1670 00:53:49,726 --> 00:53:51,061 TIME WHEN DISCRIMINATION 1671 00:53:51,061 --> 00:53:52,696 APPARENTLY IS LEGAL UNTIL WE 1672 00:53:52,696 --> 00:53:58,001 PASS THIS BILL. SO. BUT TO YOUR 1673 00:53:58,001 --> 00:53:59,636 POINT ABOUT FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, 1674 00:53:59,636 --> 00:54:04,074 I JUST THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 1675 00:54:04,074 --> 00:54:06,509 THAT THIS IS NOT JUST FOR YOUR 1676 00:54:06,509 --> 00:54:07,410 BENEFIT, BUT THIS IS REALLY FOR, 1677 00:54:07,410 --> 00:54:11,348 YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES 1678 00:54:11,348 --> 00:54:12,282 BENEFIT. AND I THINK A LITTLE 1679 00:54:12,282 --> 00:54:13,750 BIT ABOUT SORT OF THE, ALL THE 1680 00:54:13,750 --> 00:54:15,251 DIFFICULTIES WE FACE RIGHT NOW 1681 00:54:15,251 --> 00:54:19,322 AS A COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF SORT 1682 00:54:19,322 --> 00:54:21,758 OF LONELINESS AND DISCONNECTION 1683 00:54:21,758 --> 00:54:24,160 AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, AND IT'S 1684 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:27,497 IN MANY WAYS STEMS FROM SORT OF 1685 00:54:27,497 --> 00:54:29,466 THIS, THESE BIASES WE HAVE THIS, 1686 00:54:29,466 --> 00:54:31,568 YOU KNOW, INABILITY TO CONNECT 1687 00:54:31,568 --> 00:54:33,703 WITH ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THE 1688 00:54:33,703 --> 00:54:35,538 WAY WE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST EACH 1689 00:54:35,538 --> 00:54:39,709 OTHER. AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR 1690 00:54:39,709 --> 00:54:43,046 THIS NOT ONLY TO, TO PROVIDE 1691 00:54:43,046 --> 00:54:45,915 SORT OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS 1692 00:54:45,915 --> 00:54:48,485 PROTECTIONS THAT ARE WELL 1693 00:54:48,485 --> 00:54:50,120 OVERDUE, BUT ALSO THE BENEFITS 1694 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:51,488 THIS WILL PROVIDE FOR OUR ENTIRE 1695 00:54:51,488 --> 00:54:55,659 COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF 1696 00:54:55,659 --> 00:54:58,261 FOSTERING MORE HUMAN CONNECTION, 1697 00:54:58,261 --> 00:55:00,230 FOSTERING SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, 1698 00:55:00,230 --> 00:55:01,398 YOU KNOW, WHICH IS GOOD FOR OUR 1699 00:55:01,398 --> 00:55:02,999 PUBLIC HEALTH, FOR OUR SAFETY, 1700 00:55:02,999 --> 00:55:06,036 FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR LIFE 1701 00:55:06,036 --> 00:55:07,504 EXPECTANCY, SO MANY FOR RAISING 1702 00:55:07,504 --> 00:55:08,571 OUR CHILDREN. SO THANK YOU ALL. 1703 00:55:08,571 --> 00:55:10,240 AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THE 1704 00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:11,775 WORK ON THIS AND EXCITED TO 1705 00:55:11,775 --> 00:55:14,811 SUPPORT 1706 00:55:14,811 --> 00:55:15,912 -- FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH 1707 00:55:15,912 --> 00:55:17,280 FOR THAT. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I 1708 00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:19,916 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ARE THERE 1709 00:55:19,916 --> 00:55:20,950 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS 1710 00:55:20,950 --> 00:55:23,753 BILL TO COME BEFORE THE 1711 00:55:23,753 --> 00:55:24,988 COMMITTEE? OKAY WITH THAT. WILL 1712 00:55:24,988 --> 00:55:26,189 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 1713 00:55:26,189 --> 00:55:27,924 ON THE RECOMMENDATION THAT 1714 00:55:27,924 --> 00:55:29,659 COUNCIL PASS COUNCIL BILL ONE, 1715 00:55:29,659 --> 00:55:32,862 TWO, 1278. 1716 00:55:32,862 --> 00:55:34,931 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 1717 00:55:34,931 --> 00:55:36,366 VICE CHAIR LIN. 1718 00:55:36,366 --> 00:55:36,599 -- YES. 1719 00:55:36,599 --> 00:55:37,600 -- CHAIR FOSTER. YES. CHAIR. 1720 00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:38,735 THERE ARE THREE VOTES IN FAVOR 1721 00:55:38,735 --> 00:55:41,104 AND NONE OPPOSED. 1722 00:55:41,104 --> 00:55:42,105 -- AND FANTASTIC. THE MOTION 1723 00:55:42,105 --> 00:55:43,707 CARRIES, AND THE COMMITTEE 1724 00:55:43,707 --> 00:55:44,741 RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL PASS 1725 00:55:44,741 --> 00:55:45,775 THIS BILL. THAT RECOMMENDATION 1726 00:55:45,775 --> 00:55:48,078 WILL BE SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 1727 00:55:48,078 --> 00:55:50,447 15th, 2026 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 1728 00:55:50,447 --> 00:55:54,718 MEETING. YAY! THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1729 00:55:54,718 --> 00:55:54,984 EVERYONE. 1730 00:55:54,984 --> 00:55:58,421 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 1731 00:55:58,421 --> 00:55:59,422 -- OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER 1732 00:55:59,422 --> 00:56:02,292 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 1733 00:56:02,292 --> 00:56:03,393 COMMITTEE? OKAY. SEEING NONE. 1734 00:56:03,393 --> 00:56:05,295 THIS CONCLUDES THE SEPTEMBER 1735 00:56:05,295 --> 00:56:07,097 9th, 2026 MEETING OF OUR 1736 00:56:07,097 --> 00:56:08,164 HOUSING, ARTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 1737 00:56:08,164 --> 00:56:10,066 COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT REGULARLY 1738 00:56:10,066 --> 00:56:10,934 SCHEDULED MEETING IS ON DECEMBER 1739 00:56:10,934 --> 00:56:12,502 9th. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1740 00:56:12,502 --> 00:56:14,938 ATTENDING. IT IS 303 O'CLOCK ON 1741 00:56:14,938 --> 00:56:17,373 THE DOT AND WE ARE