1 00:00:04,437 --> 00:00:14,647 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:22,322 -- AND GOOD MORNING. BONJOUR. I 3 00:00:22,322 --> 00:00:23,690 SHOULD SAY TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY 4 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:26,226 COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. 5 00:00:26,226 --> 00:00:30,497 IT'S 9:34 A.M. JULY 14th, 2026. 6 00:00:30,497 --> 00:00:31,931 BASTILLE DAY. SO I THOUGHT I'D 7 00:00:31,931 --> 00:00:34,401 THROW THAT IN. I'M ROBERT 8 00:00:34,401 --> 00:00:34,968 KETTLE, CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC 9 00:00:34,968 --> 00:00:35,902 SAFETY COMMITTEE. WILL THE 10 00:00:35,902 --> 00:00:39,739 COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 11 00:00:39,739 --> 00:00:42,308 ROLL? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE. 12 00:00:42,308 --> 00:00:44,244 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 13 00:00:44,244 --> 00:00:44,778 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 14 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:47,647 -- PRESENT. 15 00:00:47,647 --> 00:00:49,482 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. 16 00:00:49,482 --> 00:00:50,817 CHAIR. KETTLE. HERE. CHAIR. 17 00:00:50,817 --> 00:00:52,352 THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT 18 00:00:52,352 --> 00:00:56,356 -- GREAT. THANK YOU. FOR CHAIR. 19 00:00:56,356 --> 00:00:57,590 COMMENT. THIS MORNING I WANTED 20 00:00:57,590 --> 00:00:58,792 TO START OFF WITH A THANK YOU. I 21 00:00:58,792 --> 00:01:00,860 WANTED TO THANK YOU FROM THE 22 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:02,495 FEDERAL DOWN TO THE LOCAL. 23 00:01:02,495 --> 00:01:05,865 STARTING WITH THE FEDERAL LEVEL, 24 00:01:05,865 --> 00:01:06,466 WITH THE SECURITY EFFORT THAT 25 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:08,368 WAS DONE FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP, 26 00:01:08,368 --> 00:01:09,803 STARTING AGAIN AT THE FEDERAL 27 00:01:09,803 --> 00:01:11,471 LEVEL, THE SECRET SERVICE, WHICH 28 00:01:11,471 --> 00:01:12,605 HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AT 29 00:01:12,605 --> 00:01:14,908 THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT ALSO 30 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:17,444 OBVIOUSLY WITH. SUPPORTED BY THE 31 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:18,678 FBI AT THE STATE, ACTUALLY AT 32 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:19,879 THE STATE LEVEL, THE LEAD IS THE 33 00:01:19,879 --> 00:01:23,950 OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, 34 00:01:23,950 --> 00:01:24,918 BUT ALSO WITH WASHINGTON STATE 35 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:25,618 POLICE AND OTHERS. AND FROM THE 36 00:01:25,618 --> 00:01:26,953 COUNTY LEVEL, KING COUNTY 37 00:01:26,953 --> 00:01:29,088 SHERIFF, KING COUNTY, METRO 38 00:01:29,088 --> 00:01:30,557 SECURITY, PLUS BASICALLY ALL THE 39 00:01:30,557 --> 00:01:31,858 OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT WERE 40 00:01:31,858 --> 00:01:32,492 PROVIDING MUTUAL AID. THANK YOU 41 00:01:32,492 --> 00:01:34,727 TO THEM. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, 42 00:01:34,727 --> 00:01:36,296 NOT MORE IMPORTANTLY, BUT I WANT 43 00:01:36,296 --> 00:01:38,965 TO EMPHASIZE A THANK YOU TO THE 44 00:01:38,965 --> 00:01:39,766 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE 45 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:42,068 FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE CARE 46 00:01:42,068 --> 00:01:42,535 DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRST 47 00:01:42,535 --> 00:01:43,136 RESPONDERS, FOR ALL THE WORK 48 00:01:43,136 --> 00:01:49,943 THAT THEY DID IN SUPPORT OF OUR 49 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:50,543 FIFA WORLD CUP 26 EXPERIENCE 50 00:01:50,543 --> 00:01:51,978 WITH ALL SIX GAMES MATCHES, IF 51 00:01:51,978 --> 00:01:53,646 YOU WILL. BEING HELD HERE AND 52 00:01:53,646 --> 00:01:55,915 BEING DONE WELL. SO THANK YOU TO 53 00:01:55,915 --> 00:02:00,487 ALL OF THEM. NOW FOR MY MAIN 54 00:02:00,487 --> 00:02:02,088 CHAIR COMMENT. I WANTED TO NOTE 55 00:02:02,088 --> 00:02:04,257 THAT RECENTLY I'VE BEEN 56 00:02:04,257 --> 00:02:06,893 CONTACTED BY FOLKS RELATED TO 57 00:02:06,893 --> 00:02:07,961 DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE 58 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:09,395 SEEING NORTH AURORA AND LITTLE 59 00:02:09,395 --> 00:02:10,597 SAIGON, AS IT TURNS OUT, WHICH 60 00:02:10,597 --> 00:02:11,831 ARE TWO AREAS THAT I'VE BEEN 61 00:02:11,831 --> 00:02:14,300 SPEAKING TO IN MY CHAIR COMMENT. 62 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:16,769 I'VE BEEN GETTING REPORTS FROM 63 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:18,104 NORTH AURORA THAT THINGS ARE 64 00:02:18,104 --> 00:02:20,106 SLIDING BACK TO THE NORM. I'VE 65 00:02:20,106 --> 00:02:22,442 SEEN SOME DRAWDOWNS TO LITTLE 66 00:02:22,442 --> 00:02:23,610 SAIGON, YOU KNOW, PARTLY IN 67 00:02:23,610 --> 00:02:25,778 TERMS OF THE PARTNERSHIP 68 00:02:25,778 --> 00:02:29,249 BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, SPD AND KING 69 00:02:29,249 --> 00:02:30,717 COUNTY SHERIFF AND THE LIKE. SO 70 00:02:30,717 --> 00:02:31,951 IT'S BEING NOTICED, AND THIS IS 71 00:02:31,951 --> 00:02:33,219 WHAT I'VE SPOKEN TO BEFORE IN 72 00:02:33,219 --> 00:02:34,454 TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE 73 00:02:34,454 --> 00:02:35,655 CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AS WE 74 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:38,358 TRY TO MOVE FORWARD ON PUBLIC 75 00:02:38,358 --> 00:02:40,493 SAFETY. AT THE BOTTOM LINE IS 76 00:02:40,493 --> 00:02:42,395 CAPACITY. THAT'S ALWAYS GOING 77 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:43,830 TO BE A KEY FACTOR HERE. AND 78 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:48,067 THIS GOES TO STAFFING OF SPD AND 79 00:02:48,067 --> 00:02:49,035 OTHER DEPARTMENTS. BUT WE ALSO 80 00:02:49,035 --> 00:02:50,303 NEED THE LEADERSHIP THAT IS 81 00:02:50,303 --> 00:02:51,971 SUSTAINED. AND THIS IS WHERE IT 82 00:02:51,971 --> 00:02:53,373 BECOMES IMPORTANT BECAUSE NORTH 83 00:02:53,373 --> 00:02:54,374 AURORA AND LITTLE SAIGON AND 84 00:02:54,374 --> 00:02:57,610 OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY WILL 85 00:02:57,610 --> 00:02:58,745 NOTICE THAT WHETHER THERE IS A 86 00:02:58,745 --> 00:03:00,747 FOLLOW UP IN THE FOLLOW THROUGH 87 00:03:00,747 --> 00:03:02,582 OF THE EFFORT OR NOT, AND AS I 88 00:03:02,582 --> 00:03:04,150 SAID BEFORE, TO IMPLEMENTATION 89 00:03:04,150 --> 00:03:08,021 OF LAWS, BILLS PASSED INTO LAW. 90 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:10,023 THIS IS SO, SO IMPORTANT. AND 91 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:12,759 THIS SHOWS UP, YOU KNOW, WITH 92 00:03:12,759 --> 00:03:14,460 OUR AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING 93 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:15,628 PUBLIC DRUG USE AND POSSESSION 94 00:03:15,628 --> 00:03:17,897 WITH OUR STAY OUT OF DRUG AREA 95 00:03:17,897 --> 00:03:22,869 BILL. SO THE BILL IT'S OFTEN 96 00:03:22,869 --> 00:03:24,671 BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS LIKE A 97 00:03:24,671 --> 00:03:25,438 REPUBLICAN CITY ATTORNEY BILL. 98 00:03:25,438 --> 00:03:28,441 WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT WAS 99 00:03:28,441 --> 00:03:30,376 ACTUALLY A A MAYOR'S TEAM BILL, 100 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:33,513 A SPD TEAM BILL, A CITY 101 00:03:33,513 --> 00:03:35,281 ATTORNEY, OBVIOUSLY A CITY 102 00:03:35,281 --> 00:03:36,282 ATTORNEY, TEAM BILL WITH DATA 103 00:03:36,282 --> 00:03:38,217 SCIENTISTS FROM BOTH THE SPD AND 104 00:03:38,217 --> 00:03:39,686 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 105 00:03:39,686 --> 00:03:42,855 ALONG WITH ME AND MY TEAM. I 106 00:03:42,855 --> 00:03:44,724 WOULD ARGUE THAT IT WAS A VERY 107 00:03:44,724 --> 00:03:46,859 POSITIVE EXAMPLE WITH RESPECT TO 108 00:03:46,859 --> 00:03:49,395 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SODA LAW OF 109 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:51,264 THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND 110 00:03:51,264 --> 00:03:53,566 JUDICIAL BRANCHES WORKING 111 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:55,435 TOGETHER, AND SODA WAS HAVING AN 112 00:03:55,435 --> 00:03:57,637 IMPACT ON THE DRUG MARKETS IN 113 00:03:57,637 --> 00:04:00,373 PLACES LIKE BELLTOWN. IT WAS A 114 00:04:00,373 --> 00:04:03,076 CRUEL TOOL TO BE IN THE TOOLBOX. 115 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:04,444 IT WASN'T GOING TO SOLVE 116 00:04:04,444 --> 00:04:05,712 EVERYTHING BY ITSELF, BUT IT WAS 117 00:04:05,712 --> 00:04:06,246 AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN THE 118 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:07,614 TOOLBOX. AND I REMEMBER BEING IN 119 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:08,281 BELLTOWN WHEN AN OFFICER CAME TO 120 00:04:08,281 --> 00:04:13,152 ME AND SAID, SIR, WE HAD OUR 121 00:04:13,152 --> 00:04:13,720 FIRST SODA ORDER VIOLATION 122 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,257 ARREST, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS 123 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:18,591 MAKING AN IMPACT. BUT AS I SAID 124 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:19,425 BEFORE, LIKE IN TERMS OF WHAT 125 00:04:19,425 --> 00:04:20,326 WE'RE SEEING IN NORTH AURORA, 126 00:04:20,326 --> 00:04:22,095 LITTLE SAIGON, THE EFFORT 127 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:25,331 WASN'T SUSTAINED. IN FACT, IT 128 00:04:25,331 --> 00:04:27,734 WAS PUSHED AGAINST AND IT WAS 129 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:31,037 PORTRAYED NEGATIVELY, WHICH 130 00:04:31,037 --> 00:04:32,071 WASN'T TRUE. THINK ABOUT THE 131 00:04:32,071 --> 00:04:33,906 DIVERSITY OF THE LEADERSHIP OF 132 00:04:33,906 --> 00:04:36,976 THOSE TEAMS. THE MAYOR, THE 133 00:04:36,976 --> 00:04:38,211 CHIEF OF POLICE AT THE TIME, A 134 00:04:38,211 --> 00:04:40,580 FEMALE CITY ATTORNEY, AND OURS 135 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:41,981 IN A DIFFERENT. IN ADDITION TO 136 00:04:41,981 --> 00:04:42,982 THE DIVERSE TEAMS THAT WERE 137 00:04:42,982 --> 00:04:45,518 PRESENT, CREATING THAT LAW. BUT 138 00:04:45,518 --> 00:04:49,656 HERE WE ARE TODAY LOOKING AT 139 00:04:49,656 --> 00:04:50,423 PUBLIC DRUG USE AND POSSESSION, 140 00:04:50,423 --> 00:04:52,525 TALKING ABOUT DRUG MARKETS AND A 141 00:04:52,525 --> 00:04:56,529 BILL THAT COULD BE HELPING IS 142 00:04:56,529 --> 00:04:57,597 NOT. SO IF WE WONDER AS A CITY 143 00:04:57,597 --> 00:04:59,799 WHY WE DON'T MAKE PROGRESS ON 144 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:01,000 THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES 145 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,636 THAT WE FACE. WELL, THIS IS PART 146 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:08,641 OF THE ANSWER. OKAY AS CHAIR 147 00:05:08,641 --> 00:05:09,976 COMMENT, IF THERE'S NO 148 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:11,411 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 149 00:05:11,411 --> 00:05:14,113 ADOPTED. HEARING AND SEEING NO 150 00:05:14,113 --> 00:05:15,448 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 151 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:18,818 ADOPTED. WE'LL NOW MOVE OPEN THE 152 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:19,852 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 153 00:05:19,852 --> 00:05:21,321 COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 154 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:23,423 ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE 155 00:05:23,423 --> 00:05:24,457 PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE CLERK. 156 00:05:24,457 --> 00:05:27,827 HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP 157 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:35,601 TODAY? 158 00:05:35,835 --> 00:05:40,506 -- CURRENTLY, WE HAVE SEVEN 159 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:42,375 SIGNED UP. TWO OF THOSE ARE 160 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:43,543 REMOTE 161 00:05:43,543 --> 00:05:44,577 -- OKAY. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 162 00:05:44,577 --> 00:05:46,245 TWO MINUTES AND WE'LL START 163 00:05:46,245 --> 00:05:47,380 WITH THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. 164 00:05:47,380 --> 00:05:50,350 CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE 165 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:51,517 PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? AND 166 00:05:51,517 --> 00:05:54,287 I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE 167 00:05:54,287 --> 00:05:54,887 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 168 00:05:54,887 --> 00:05:55,521 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 169 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:56,856 FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC 170 00:05:56,856 --> 00:05:58,191 COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 60 171 00:05:58,191 --> 00:05:59,292 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 172 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:03,396 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 173 00:06:03,396 --> 00:06:04,363 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 174 00:06:04,363 --> 00:06:04,997 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 175 00:06:04,997 --> 00:06:05,598 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS 176 00:06:05,598 --> 00:06:06,866 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 177 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:07,400 THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 178 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:08,000 ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 179 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,802 CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE 180 00:06:09,802 --> 00:06:10,470 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 181 00:06:10,470 --> 00:06:11,537 OPEN, WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 182 00:06:11,537 --> 00:06:15,775 SPEAKER ON THE LIST. THE FIRST 183 00:06:15,775 --> 00:06:21,080 IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS STEVE 184 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,449 -- GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING. 185 00:06:23,449 --> 00:06:26,085 -- WE NEED A BETTER SEATTLE, AND 186 00:06:26,085 --> 00:06:29,122 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ROOM TO 187 00:06:29,122 --> 00:06:31,991 MOVE. I'M STILL WAITING FOR A 188 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:34,260 POLICE FORCE THAT IS EFFECTIVE. 189 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:35,495 SINCE COVID, WE HAVE NOT HAD 190 00:06:35,495 --> 00:06:38,865 ONE. IN MY NOT SO HUMBLE 191 00:06:38,865 --> 00:06:41,534 OPINION, WE NEED TO BRING BACK 192 00:06:41,534 --> 00:06:44,137 THE SQUADS THAT DO THINGS LIKE 193 00:06:44,137 --> 00:06:48,574 MINERS CAR PROWLS AND GO UP TO 194 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:50,743 RAPE AND OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES, 195 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:51,377 BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEING FOLLOW 196 00:06:51,377 --> 00:06:55,815 THROUGH, WHICH I FIND VERY, VERY 197 00:06:55,815 --> 00:06:57,683 DIFFICULT. WE'RE NOT EVEN 198 00:06:57,683 --> 00:07:02,021 CATCHING THE LOW HANGING FRUIT. 199 00:07:02,021 --> 00:07:05,324 PEOPLE CAN PUT UP SCAMS ON OTHER 200 00:07:05,324 --> 00:07:07,960 SIGNS, STEAL MONEY. NOW THIS 201 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,629 GOES TO AN ACCOUNT WHICH SHOULD 202 00:07:09,629 --> 00:07:11,764 BE TRACEABLE, BUT THIS APPEARS 203 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:12,698 TO BE TOO MUCH EFFORT FOR THE 204 00:07:12,698 --> 00:07:15,168 CITY OF SEATTLE. YOU KNOW, IF 205 00:07:15,168 --> 00:07:17,370 YOU CAN'T GET THE LOW HANGING 206 00:07:17,370 --> 00:07:18,704 FRUIT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET 207 00:07:18,704 --> 00:07:21,407 THE REALLY BIG ONES. I'LL DROP 208 00:07:21,407 --> 00:07:23,442 THIS HERE IN THE COMMENTS. I 209 00:07:23,442 --> 00:07:26,979 HAVE PULLED MANY, MANY, MANY OF 210 00:07:26,979 --> 00:07:32,585 THEM. SO THIS IS NOT A GREAT 211 00:07:32,585 --> 00:07:36,322 LOSS. ALSO, I SEE THE TIME THAT 212 00:07:36,322 --> 00:07:36,923 POLICE OFFICERS ARE SPENDING. 213 00:07:36,923 --> 00:07:42,061 NOW. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY 214 00:07:42,061 --> 00:07:44,463 SHOULDN'T PROTECT FIREFIGHTERS 215 00:07:44,463 --> 00:07:47,033 AND OTHER PEOPLE DEALING WITH 216 00:07:47,033 --> 00:07:48,568 HOMELESS AND TOUGH SITUATIONS, 217 00:07:48,568 --> 00:07:50,937 BUT THEY SPEND SO MUCH TIME 218 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:52,505 TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE. THEY'RE 219 00:07:52,505 --> 00:07:57,677 NOT REALLY SPENDING TIME 220 00:07:57,677 --> 00:08:00,046 ACTUALLY PROTECTING PEOPLE. AND 221 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:03,616 THE SEATTLE POLICE AT THIS POINT 222 00:08:03,616 --> 00:08:06,485 SEEM TO HAVE AN ATTITUDE LIKE 223 00:08:06,485 --> 00:08:07,620 THE OLD NO PROBLEM CHARTS. I 224 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:09,856 DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER REMEMBER 225 00:08:09,856 --> 00:08:11,390 THOSE BLACK AND WHITE WITH ALL 226 00:08:11,390 --> 00:08:13,059 THE ARROWS GOING AROUND. 227 00:08:13,059 --> 00:08:15,528 EVERYTHING ENDS UP AT NO 228 00:08:15,528 --> 00:08:16,929 PROBLEM. AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE 229 00:08:16,929 --> 00:08:18,865 WILL CALL THEM AND ARE ASSAULTED 230 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:20,533 ARE SILLY. THEY'RE WASTING 231 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:22,068 THEIR TIME. NOW, IT MAY JUST BE 232 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:24,604 BECAUSE I'M AN OLD WHITE MAN, 233 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:26,105 BUT I DID SEE ONE WHO DID THE 234 00:08:26,105 --> 00:08:27,974 SAME THING WITH A BLACK WOMAN 235 00:08:27,974 --> 00:08:31,377 THAT DID GO AWAY IN HANDCUFFS. 236 00:08:31,377 --> 00:08:37,884 -- THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE 237 00:08:37,884 --> 00:08:39,418 GANO. ROBINSON. SORRY. COULDN'T 238 00:08:39,418 --> 00:08:39,685 READ IT. 239 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:41,621 -- DIDN'T PUT IT ON THERE 240 00:08:41,621 --> 00:08:44,624 CORRECTLY. HI. MY NAME IS 241 00:08:44,624 --> 00:08:47,527 GARRETT. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF 242 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:49,795 OF LEAD. I HAVE BEEN IN THIS 243 00:08:49,795 --> 00:08:51,831 PROGRAM SINCE PROBABLY THE VERY 244 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:56,035 BEGINNING. I HAVE BEEN PULLED 245 00:08:56,035 --> 00:09:00,473 OUT FROM MY WORK JUST BASICALLY 246 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:07,346 TO SPEAK ON MY EXPERIENCE. I 247 00:09:07,346 --> 00:09:16,722 GUESS. I HAD STARTED OUT IN 2013 248 00:09:16,722 --> 00:09:18,557 AND WHERE MY LIFE IS TODAY IS A 249 00:09:18,557 --> 00:09:29,001 DRAMATIC EXPERIENCE. SO I 250 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:37,843 YEAH. SO THE, THE RESOURCES THAT 251 00:09:37,843 --> 00:09:43,416 THEY HAVE ARE WHAT TRANSFORM ME. 252 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:50,957 DEF DEFINITELY. AND I'M SORRY. 253 00:09:50,957 --> 00:09:52,391 -- NO WORRIES. JUST TELL ME 254 00:09:52,391 --> 00:09:58,864 ABOUT LEE JUST DIRECTLY. 255 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:01,867 -- TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT. 256 00:10:01,867 --> 00:10:02,835 -- YOU'RE. JUST PRETEND YOU'RE 257 00:10:02,835 --> 00:10:04,337 HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ME. 258 00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:07,006 DON'T WORRY ABOUT BEING HERE IN 259 00:10:07,006 --> 00:10:07,473 CHAMBERS OR ANYTHING. 260 00:10:07,473 --> 00:10:12,044 -- YEAH, SO I, I, MY LIFE HAD 261 00:10:12,044 --> 00:10:16,849 DEFINITELY TOOK A TURN. AND SO 262 00:10:16,849 --> 00:10:22,188 THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. MY 263 00:10:22,188 --> 00:10:24,590 DAUGHTER HAD REACHED OUT TO MY 264 00:10:24,590 --> 00:10:28,694 COUNSELOR AND BASICALLY PULLED 265 00:10:28,694 --> 00:10:34,133 ME FROM THE STREETS AND GAVE ME 266 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:35,668 ANOTHER MEANING. IT'S PROBABLY 267 00:10:35,668 --> 00:10:40,306 WHAT PULLED ME AWAY FROM 268 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:41,807 EVERYTHING. I DIDN'T THINK THAT 269 00:10:41,807 --> 00:10:43,542 THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I WAS 270 00:10:43,542 --> 00:10:45,411 WAY MORE PUT TOGETHER, BUT. 271 00:10:45,411 --> 00:10:47,613 -- WELL, NO. THANK YOU VERY 272 00:10:47,613 --> 00:10:47,813 MUCH. 273 00:10:47,813 --> 00:10:48,481 -- FOR SO MUCH. I JUST. 274 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:50,916 -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC 275 00:10:50,916 --> 00:10:51,183 COMMENT. 276 00:10:51,183 --> 00:10:54,620 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE JOHNNY 277 00:10:54,620 --> 00:11:02,461 BOUSQUET. 278 00:11:02,695 --> 00:11:05,564 -- GOOD MORNING. FIRST, I WANT 279 00:11:05,564 --> 00:11:06,966 TO THANK CITY COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 280 00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:08,067 BEING HERE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 281 00:11:08,067 --> 00:11:10,336 CHAIR. MY NAME IS JOHNNY 282 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:12,605 BOUSQUET. BEFORE PEOPLE CALLED 283 00:11:12,605 --> 00:11:14,507 ME JOHNNY BOUSQUET IN 2014, WHAT 284 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:17,009 PEOPLE CALLED ME WAS A DRUG 285 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:21,614 ADDICT, A BUM, A THIEF, A LIAR, 286 00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:23,449 SOMEBODY THAT WAS RESISTANT TO 287 00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:26,052 SERVICES. TODAY, PEOPLE CALL ME 288 00:11:26,052 --> 00:11:27,119 SIR. THEY CALL ME JOHNNY 289 00:11:27,119 --> 00:11:27,753 BOUSQUET. A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW 290 00:11:27,753 --> 00:11:30,556 HOW TO SAY JOHNNY BOUSQUET. AND 291 00:11:30,556 --> 00:11:32,958 THAT STARTED WITH I HAVE TO 292 00:11:32,958 --> 00:11:35,261 START AT THE BEGINNING. IN 1991, 293 00:11:35,261 --> 00:11:37,496 MY MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 294 00:11:37,496 --> 00:11:39,598 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM STARTED. 295 00:11:39,598 --> 00:11:40,232 AND THAT CYCLE PERPETUATED ALL 296 00:11:40,232 --> 00:11:42,902 THE WAY UP UNTIL 2014. I WAS 297 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:46,439 FORCED INTO TREATMENT. I WAS I 298 00:11:46,439 --> 00:11:48,374 WAS INVOLVED IN A LOT OF 299 00:11:48,374 --> 00:11:49,008 COMPLIANCE BASED PROGRAMS THAT 300 00:11:49,008 --> 00:11:50,676 DID NOT SUPPORT LONG TERM 301 00:11:50,676 --> 00:11:53,579 CHANGE. AND IN 2014, I SOLD A 302 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:56,515 SMALL AMOUNT OF DRUGS TO AN 303 00:11:56,515 --> 00:11:57,917 UNDERCOVER OFFICER. INSTEAD OF 304 00:11:57,917 --> 00:12:00,286 GOING TO PRISON, I WAS GIVEN AN 305 00:12:00,286 --> 00:12:02,221 OPPORTUNITY, AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE 306 00:12:02,221 --> 00:12:03,756 I WAS NEVER GIVEN BEFORE. THIS 307 00:12:03,756 --> 00:12:05,558 OPPORTUNITY CAME WITH BEST IN 308 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:07,126 CLASS CASE MANAGEMENT, WHERE 309 00:12:07,126 --> 00:12:08,427 PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T CALL ME 310 00:12:08,427 --> 00:12:09,929 NAMES MET ME. WHERE I WAS AT, 311 00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:12,198 HAD THE SAME AMOUNT OF EMPATHY 312 00:12:12,198 --> 00:12:14,734 AS ACCOUNTABILITY BUILT IN. AND 313 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:15,935 THEY ASKED ME, WHAT DID I WANT 314 00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:18,204 TO DO? INSTEAD OF TELLING ME 315 00:12:18,204 --> 00:12:20,106 WHAT TO DO? THAT CHANGED MY 316 00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:23,275 LIFE. IT DIDN'T CHANGE THAT DAY. 317 00:12:23,275 --> 00:12:24,310 OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, I WENT 318 00:12:24,310 --> 00:12:26,312 TO TREATMENT FIVE TIMES. EVERY 319 00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:28,013 SINGLE TIME I WENT TO TREATMENT, 320 00:12:28,013 --> 00:12:28,781 I WOULD DO GOOD FOR A LITTLE 321 00:12:28,781 --> 00:12:29,715 BIT. SOMETIMES I WOULD GET 322 00:12:29,715 --> 00:12:32,618 KICKED OUT OF TREATMENT. BUT 323 00:12:32,618 --> 00:12:34,220 WHAT WHAT WAS DIFFERENT IS MY 324 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:35,554 CASE MANAGERS, MY LEAD CASE 325 00:12:35,554 --> 00:12:37,089 MANAGERS WERE THERE TO MEET ME 326 00:12:37,089 --> 00:12:38,424 AND RALLY THE TROOPS AGAIN. WHAT 327 00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:40,826 THE HELL WENT WRONG? AND WHAT 328 00:12:40,826 --> 00:12:42,027 CAN WE DO DIFFERENT NEXT TIME? 329 00:12:42,027 --> 00:12:45,764 THEY ASKED ME, THEY DIDN'T TELL 330 00:12:45,764 --> 00:12:48,834 ME. THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. AFTER 331 00:12:48,834 --> 00:12:51,403 GOING TO TREATMENT 15 TIMES IN 332 00:12:51,403 --> 00:12:54,573 MY LIFE AND FAILING MISERABLY IN 333 00:12:54,573 --> 00:12:55,908 OTHER PROGRAMS, I WAS ABLE TO BE 334 00:12:55,908 --> 00:12:58,577 ABLE TO GET A JOB, JOIN THE 335 00:12:58,577 --> 00:12:59,778 FORMAL ECONOMY, AND TODAY I AM A 336 00:12:59,778 --> 00:13:02,581 LEAD PROJECT MANAGER, THE LEAD 337 00:13:02,581 --> 00:13:03,983 PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE NORTH 338 00:13:03,983 --> 00:13:04,517 PRECINCT IN THE SOUTHWEST 339 00:13:04,517 --> 00:13:05,417 PRECINCT WITH EIGHT YEARS CLEAN 340 00:13:05,417 --> 00:13:07,353 AND RECONNECTED WITH MY SON 341 00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:10,422 AFTER ALMOST 15 YEARS. 14 YEARS. 342 00:13:10,422 --> 00:13:12,091 THIS SATURDAY LEAD WORKS. I AM 343 00:13:12,091 --> 00:13:17,329 PROOF 344 00:13:17,329 --> 00:13:17,797 -- THANK YOU AND 345 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:18,764 CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP. 346 00:13:18,764 --> 00:13:20,666 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE LIZ, STEVE, 347 00:13:20,666 --> 00:13:24,069 STEVE, STEVE, STEVE. SORRY 348 00:13:24,069 --> 00:13:24,303 STEVE. 349 00:13:24,303 --> 00:13:27,373 -- HI. I'M NOT A SPEAKER. I WAS 350 00:13:27,373 --> 00:13:29,575 UP UNTIL 1 A.M. TRYING TO 351 00:13:29,575 --> 00:13:32,044 RECOVER OUR FAMILY'S ACCOUNTS 352 00:13:32,044 --> 00:13:34,613 FOR SOME SCHOOL. OUR FAMILY WAS 353 00:13:34,613 --> 00:13:36,982 HACKED. SERIOUSLY HACKED THROUGH 354 00:13:36,982 --> 00:13:38,851 GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, SQUARE 355 00:13:38,851 --> 00:13:41,153 BUSINESS. ALL THE ACCOUNTS, ALL 356 00:13:41,153 --> 00:13:42,087 THE ACCOUNTS. I DON'T KNOW IF 357 00:13:42,087 --> 00:13:44,623 YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF 358 00:13:44,623 --> 00:13:45,457 THE PROBLEMS OF THE TECH 359 00:13:45,457 --> 00:13:46,892 COMPANIES, BUT ESSENTIALLY 360 00:13:46,892 --> 00:13:48,561 GOOGLE HAS BECOME LIKE THE FORD 361 00:13:48,561 --> 00:13:50,429 PINTO, WHERE IF YOU'RE REAR 362 00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:52,398 ENDED, THE CAR JUST EXPLODES. SO 363 00:13:52,398 --> 00:13:55,434 WE WERE ESSENTIALLY A REAR ENDED 364 00:13:55,434 --> 00:13:59,004 OR HAD A MINOR ACCIDENT WITH A, 365 00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:00,139 A DISGRUNTLED CLIENT THREE YEARS 366 00:14:00,139 --> 00:14:02,441 AGO. AND HE WAS ABLE TO USE THIS 367 00:14:02,441 --> 00:14:03,576 TECH COMPANIES AND THEIR PRODUCT 368 00:14:03,576 --> 00:14:06,345 TO JUST DESTROY OUR FAMILY'S 369 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:09,181 LIFE. IT'S BEEN AWFUL. AND PART 370 00:14:09,181 --> 00:14:10,616 OF DEALING WITH THIS IS WE'VE 371 00:14:10,616 --> 00:14:12,084 DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS PRETTY 372 00:14:12,084 --> 00:14:14,420 COMMON. YOU BECOME PART OF THIS 373 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:15,621 CLUB WHERE PEOPLE FIND YOU AND 374 00:14:15,621 --> 00:14:16,288 THEY'VE ALSO BEEN HACKED, AND 375 00:14:16,288 --> 00:14:17,523 THEY'VE ALSO DEALT WITH 376 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:19,792 IDENTITY THEFT. AND THEY'VE ALSO 377 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:20,426 GONE THROUGH THE CIRCLES. AND I 378 00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:21,327 HAVE TO SAY, I MEAN, EVERY 379 00:14:21,327 --> 00:14:23,095 INTERACTION THAT I'VE HAD WITH 380 00:14:23,095 --> 00:14:24,296 SEATTLE POLICE HAS BEEN REALLY 381 00:14:24,296 --> 00:14:26,198 GOOD. IT'S THEIR TRAINING IS 382 00:14:26,198 --> 00:14:27,967 GREAT. THEY'VE BEEN RESPECTFUL. 383 00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:30,402 THEY'VE BEEN ORGANIZED, THEY'VE 384 00:14:30,402 --> 00:14:33,906 BEEN GREAT. I THINK CARE HAS 385 00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:35,374 SOME MAYBE SOME ISSUES WITH 386 00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:37,276 RECORD KEEPING. THEY'VE THEY'VE 387 00:14:37,276 --> 00:14:39,044 LOST SOME FILES. THEY'VE 388 00:14:39,044 --> 00:14:41,180 THEY'VE LOST SOME FILES. 389 00:14:41,180 --> 00:14:43,449 THEY'VE LOST SOME PAPERWORK, 390 00:14:43,449 --> 00:14:44,550 BUT NOTHING TOO SERIOUS. DEALING 391 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:45,251 WITH THE CITY HAS BEEN GREAT. I 392 00:14:45,251 --> 00:14:48,320 JUST THINK THAT THE CITY IS 393 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:48,921 MISSING A REVENUE OPPORTUNITY 394 00:14:48,921 --> 00:14:50,656 BECAUSE WHY AREN'T WE REGULATING 395 00:14:50,656 --> 00:14:52,658 GOOGLE. AND I'M NOT SAYING TAX 396 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:54,460 THEM. WE CAN JUST FIND THEM 397 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:56,562 THEIR USAGE FEES. I WORK FOR THE 398 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:58,264 THE NOT WORK FOR. I VOLUNTEER AT 399 00:14:58,264 --> 00:15:00,432 THE KING COUNTY LAW LIBRARY, AND 400 00:15:00,432 --> 00:15:02,534 THEY'RE MOSTLY FUNDED BY FILING 401 00:15:02,534 --> 00:15:03,836 FEES. AND PEOPLE WILL PAY, WE 402 00:15:03,836 --> 00:15:07,039 WILL PAY TO FILE A REQUEST FOR 403 00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:10,042 OUR OWN DATA. IF WE HAD A 404 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:11,443 PRIVACY, JUST A REGULATORY 405 00:15:11,443 --> 00:15:12,845 STRUCTURE. AND THAT'S ALL I'M 406 00:15:12,845 --> 00:15:14,680 ASKING IS TO PLEASE CONSIDER A 407 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,315 REGULATORY STRUCTURE THAT THE 408 00:15:16,315 --> 00:15:17,917 CITY CAN USE FOR FUNDING AND TO 409 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:19,585 PROTECT FAMILIES LIKE ME. THANK 410 00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:19,952 YOU. 411 00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:22,788 -- THANK YOU. 412 00:15:22,788 --> 00:15:31,797 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE ASHLEY 413 00:15:32,031 --> 00:15:32,698 -- HI. THIS MIGHT NOT WORK. SO 414 00:15:32,698 --> 00:15:34,833 IF IT GOES TERRIBLY, LET ME 415 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:35,934 KNOW. BUT THIS IS FROM ONE OF 416 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:38,804 OUR LEAD. 417 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:42,207 -- MY NAME IS JULIA, AND I WAS 418 00:15:42,207 --> 00:15:44,443 ONE OF THE FIRST CLIENTS LEAD 419 00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:46,078 TOOK WITH THEIR FIRST BATCH OF 420 00:15:46,078 --> 00:15:49,448 PEOPLE. LEADS GOT ME THROUGH 421 00:15:49,448 --> 00:15:52,184 PREGNANCY, HOMELESSNESS, DRUG 422 00:15:52,184 --> 00:15:53,419 ADDICTION, YEARS OF GOING IN AND 423 00:15:53,419 --> 00:15:55,721 OUT OF JAIL. THEY HELPED ME IN 424 00:15:55,721 --> 00:15:58,023 COURT. THEY GOT ME HOUSING. THEY 425 00:15:58,023 --> 00:15:59,458 WERE THERE FOR ME. WHEN I 426 00:15:59,458 --> 00:16:02,294 CHECKED INTO REHAB. ACTUALLY, MY 427 00:16:02,294 --> 00:16:03,295 WORKER WAS ONE OF THE ONLY 428 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:04,630 PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE 429 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:05,331 TREATMENT CENTER TO CHECK IF I 430 00:16:05,331 --> 00:16:09,234 WAS OKAY. THEY HELPED ME WITH MY 431 00:16:09,234 --> 00:16:10,769 MENTAL HEALTH, MY PHYSICAL, AND 432 00:16:10,769 --> 00:16:12,638 WERE THERE FOR ME IN TOUGH 433 00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:14,840 TIMES. THEY WERE THEY WERE THE 434 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,275 PEOPLE THAT THAT CHEERED ME ON 435 00:16:16,275 --> 00:16:20,179 THE MOST WHEN I GOT SOBER. 436 00:16:20,179 --> 00:16:22,414 CURRENTLY, I AM 15 MONTHS CLEAN 437 00:16:22,414 --> 00:16:25,184 GOING TO COLLEGE AGAIN. I'M 438 00:16:25,184 --> 00:16:27,753 WORKING AND I AM LIVING WITH MY 439 00:16:27,753 --> 00:16:28,454 CHILDREN. SOMETHING I DIDN'T 440 00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:30,456 THINK WAS GOING TO EVER BE 441 00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:31,523 POSSIBLE. HONESTLY, WHEN I WAS 442 00:16:31,523 --> 00:16:33,959 IN THE DEPTHS OF MY ADDICTION, 443 00:16:33,959 --> 00:16:36,528 IF IT WASN'T FOR MY WORKER AND 444 00:16:36,528 --> 00:16:37,329 THE PEOPLE AT THE LEAD PROGRAM, 445 00:16:37,329 --> 00:16:38,664 I DON'T THINK I'D BE WHERE I'M 446 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:42,267 AT TODAY FOR THAT. I AM SO 447 00:16:42,267 --> 00:16:43,902 GRATEFUL. IF I HAD A CHANCE TO 448 00:16:43,902 --> 00:16:45,571 GIVE EVERYBODY IN LEAD A RAISE, 449 00:16:45,571 --> 00:16:47,072 I WOULD, BECAUSE THEY'RE PART 450 00:16:47,072 --> 00:16:49,174 OF MY FAMILY THAT I, IN MY 451 00:16:49,174 --> 00:16:50,309 OPINION, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME 452 00:16:50,309 --> 00:16:52,244 THE CHANCE TO SHARE MY TESTIMONY 453 00:16:52,244 --> 00:16:55,647 WITH YOU GUYS HERE TODAY. 454 00:16:55,647 --> 00:16:58,117 -- FOR THE PAST WEEK, ALL I'VE 455 00:16:58,117 --> 00:16:59,618 BEEN DOING IS INTERVIEWING OUR 456 00:16:59,618 --> 00:17:00,252 PREVIOUS GRADUATES WHO HAVE MADE 457 00:17:00,252 --> 00:17:02,154 IT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, AND 458 00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:03,522 SOME OF THEM ARE PLUMBERS NOW. A 459 00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:04,790 LOT OF THEM ARE WITH THEIR KIDS. 460 00:17:04,790 --> 00:17:07,893 A LOT OF THEM ARE GOING BACK TO 461 00:17:07,893 --> 00:17:09,828 SCHOOL. SO I JUST CONTINUE TO 462 00:17:09,828 --> 00:17:10,529 APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT 463 00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:12,331 FOR THIS PROGRAM. I CAN SEE IT 464 00:17:12,331 --> 00:17:12,831 MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN 465 00:17:12,831 --> 00:17:18,037 EVERYONE'S LIVES AND GARRETT IS 466 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:19,705 SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE 467 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:20,239 PEOPLE WHO'S JUST VERY 468 00:17:20,239 --> 00:17:20,739 IMPRESSIVE AND MANAGING 469 00:17:20,739 --> 00:17:23,542 BUILDINGS NOW AROUND TOWN. I 470 00:17:23,542 --> 00:17:25,444 IT'S JUST A IT'S BEEN A 471 00:17:25,444 --> 00:17:26,412 BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE TALKING TO 472 00:17:26,412 --> 00:17:33,252 ALL OF THEM. THANK YOU GUYS. 473 00:17:33,252 --> 00:17:33,585 -- THANK YOU. 474 00:17:33,585 --> 00:17:34,620 -- I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER 15 475 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:36,422 THAT HAVE SIGNED UP OUTSIDE. I 476 00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:37,122 DON'T HAVE THE PAGE RIGHT NOW. 477 00:17:37,122 --> 00:17:38,257 THEY'RE STILL SIGNING UP. I'VE 478 00:17:38,257 --> 00:17:41,393 GOT MORE ONLINE. YOU WANT TO 479 00:17:41,393 --> 00:17:42,361 PIVOT TO THOSE. 480 00:17:42,361 --> 00:17:46,899 -- YES. DO THE FOUR ONLINE. 481 00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:52,938 OKAY. 482 00:17:52,938 --> 00:17:55,340 -- THE FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS 483 00:17:55,340 --> 00:17:56,742 CHRIS PLOTNICK. PLEASE PRESS 484 00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:57,609 STAR SIX WHEN YOU HAVE WHEN YOU 485 00:17:57,609 --> 00:18:01,547 HEAR THE PROMPT, YOU HAVE BEEN 486 00:18:01,547 --> 00:18:09,221 UNMUTED. 487 00:18:09,354 --> 00:18:18,964 CHRIS, IF YOU CAN PRESS STAR 488 00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:26,138 SIX. 489 00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:31,109 ALL RIGHT. WE'LL COME BACK TO 490 00:18:31,109 --> 00:18:32,544 YOU IF YOU'RE ABLE TO AT THE 491 00:18:32,544 --> 00:18:36,515 END NEXT UP, WE'VE GOT DAVID 492 00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:38,650 HAYNES. DAVID, PLEASE PRESS STAR 493 00:18:38,650 --> 00:18:46,391 SIX. 494 00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:47,693 -- HI. DAVID. HOW WAS CITY 495 00:18:47,693 --> 00:18:48,494 COUNCIL EVER GOING TO GET IT 496 00:18:48,494 --> 00:18:49,761 RIGHT IN PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN THEY 497 00:18:49,761 --> 00:18:52,030 KEEP DOUBLING DOWN AND APPROVING 498 00:18:52,030 --> 00:18:54,833 AND ATTEMPTING TO COSMETICALLY 499 00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:55,400 CODIFY LEGISLATION THAT WAS 500 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:56,034 FLAWED FROM THE BEGINNING? AND 501 00:18:56,034 --> 00:18:58,270 IT'S PHILOSOPHY THAT THOUGHT 502 00:18:58,270 --> 00:18:59,738 THAT IT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE 503 00:18:59,738 --> 00:19:01,740 TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR 504 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:04,576 PIMPS AND PUSHERS TO FIND THEIR 505 00:19:04,576 --> 00:19:07,613 CUSTOMERS, WHILE EXACERBATING 506 00:19:07,613 --> 00:19:09,615 PUBLIC SAFETY. IT'S IT'S 507 00:19:09,615 --> 00:19:10,182 DISINGENUOUS TO CLAIM THAT 508 00:19:10,182 --> 00:19:10,883 YOU'RE DIALING DOWN THE AMOUNT 509 00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:12,951 OF PEOPLE ARRESTED BY PURPOSELY 510 00:19:12,951 --> 00:19:14,453 RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR THEM. 511 00:19:14,453 --> 00:19:16,989 AND THEN, AFTER ALL THE 911 512 00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:18,257 CALLS THAT THEY CREATED AND 513 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:20,759 CAUSED, THEY DON'T GET ANY 514 00:19:20,759 --> 00:19:22,461 LEGITIMATE REQUIREMENT OF 515 00:19:22,461 --> 00:19:23,195 FOCUSING ON THEIR ADDICTION. 516 00:19:23,195 --> 00:19:25,063 THEY JUST GET REWARDED WITH MORE 517 00:19:25,063 --> 00:19:26,665 AND MORE HOUSING FIRST AS THEY 518 00:19:26,665 --> 00:19:29,334 TRASH EVERYTHING THAT THEY LIVE 519 00:19:29,334 --> 00:19:31,403 IN AND DENY INNOCENT HOMELESS 520 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:33,672 ACCESS TO CAPACITY. REMEMBER 521 00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:34,640 WHEN TAMMY MORALES QUIT THE CITY 522 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,408 COUNCIL BECAUSE SHE HAD MENTAL 523 00:19:36,408 --> 00:19:37,609 PROBLEMS BEFORE SHE LEFT? SHE 524 00:19:37,609 --> 00:19:39,878 TOOK HER OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE 525 00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:40,946 LENS AND DUMPED IT ON THE REST 526 00:19:40,946 --> 00:19:43,615 OF THE COMMUNITY BY WEAPONIZING 527 00:19:43,615 --> 00:19:46,118 THE RACIST RACIAL EQUITY 528 00:19:46,118 --> 00:19:47,419 TOOLKIT, WHERE YOU'RE REQUIRED 529 00:19:47,419 --> 00:19:49,388 TO JUDGE PEOPLE'S SKIN COLOR 530 00:19:49,388 --> 00:19:50,889 AND THEIR INTERACTION, 531 00:19:50,889 --> 00:19:51,356 INTERACTIONS WITH LAW 532 00:19:51,356 --> 00:19:54,159 ENFORCEMENT AND CLAIM THAT. AND 533 00:19:54,159 --> 00:19:55,494 IF THERE'S A DISPROPORTIONATE 534 00:19:55,494 --> 00:19:56,695 AMOUNT OF, LET'S SAY, BLACK 535 00:19:56,695 --> 00:19:58,997 DRUG PUSHERS WHO ARE COMMITTING 536 00:19:58,997 --> 00:20:00,666 CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY SOMEHOW, 537 00:20:00,666 --> 00:20:03,068 BECAUSE THAT'S WRONG. THEY 538 00:20:03,068 --> 00:20:03,669 CLAIM YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO 539 00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:05,070 JUDGE THOSE PEOPLE OR THROW THEM 540 00:20:05,070 --> 00:20:06,972 IN JAIL BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD A 541 00:20:06,972 --> 00:20:09,741 DIFFERENT HISTORICAL 542 00:20:09,741 --> 00:20:10,242 PERSPECTIVE. AND PEOPLE 543 00:20:10,242 --> 00:20:11,543 SYMPATHIZING WITH THE DEVIL WHO 544 00:20:11,543 --> 00:20:14,346 ARE DESTROYING PEOPLE'S LIVES 545 00:20:14,346 --> 00:20:15,948 DAILY AND BASING YOUR 546 00:20:15,948 --> 00:20:19,084 ASSESSMENTS ON SKIN COLOR 547 00:20:19,084 --> 00:20:22,154 BECAUSE OF RACIST PERVERTS IN 548 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:22,788 OUR GOVERNMENT HAVE UNDERMINED 549 00:20:22,788 --> 00:20:23,689 THE INTEGRITY OF THE LENS THAT 550 00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,257 YOU LOOK TO WHEN YOU JUDGE 551 00:20:25,257 --> 00:20:26,925 PEOPLE ON THE MERITS AND THE 552 00:20:26,925 --> 00:20:31,597 PROPER POLICIES. BUT INSTEAD, WE 553 00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:34,499 HAVE A IGNOBLE AGENDA BY CENTRAL 554 00:20:34,499 --> 00:20:36,001 STAFF WHO, LET'S SEE, CENTRAL 555 00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:36,969 STAFF CLAIMS IT'S ALL ABOUT THE 556 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:39,538 RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT, BUT GET. 557 00:20:39,538 --> 00:20:42,507 THEY'RE THEY'RE EXPERTS AT 558 00:20:42,507 --> 00:20:43,609 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, URBAN 559 00:20:43,609 --> 00:20:45,077 PLANNING. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO 560 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:46,878 DO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY OTHER THAN 561 00:20:46,878 --> 00:20:48,113 MAKING SURE THAT THE COPS HAVE 562 00:20:48,113 --> 00:20:49,748 OVERTIME. 563 00:20:49,748 --> 00:20:53,118 -- THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE 564 00:20:53,118 --> 00:20:58,423 STEVEN GASTON. STEVEN, PLEASE 565 00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:06,331 PRESS STAR SIX. 566 00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:11,737 -- HI, MY NAME IS STEVEN GASTON. 567 00:21:11,737 --> 00:21:14,339 I'VE BEEN A LEAD CLIENT SINCE 568 00:21:14,339 --> 00:21:16,742 OCTOBER 2020. AT THE TIME, I WAS 569 00:21:16,742 --> 00:21:18,410 HOMELESS USING FENTANYL AND METH 570 00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:19,044 AND COMMITTING CRIMES TO SURVIVE 571 00:21:19,044 --> 00:21:21,013 AND SUPPORT MY HABIT. I DON'T 572 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:22,914 REMEMBER MUCH OF THAT TIME, BUT 573 00:21:22,914 --> 00:21:23,582 I REMEMBER COMING TO THEIR DROP 574 00:21:23,582 --> 00:21:26,051 IN AND GETTING COFFEE, SNACKS, A 575 00:21:26,051 --> 00:21:28,020 TENT, SLEEPING BAG, AND CLOTHING 576 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:29,888 TO SURVIVE. AFTER GOING TO JAIL 577 00:21:29,888 --> 00:21:31,023 IN 2022, I ENTERED TREATMENT. 578 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:33,892 WHEN I GOT OUT, MY CASE MANAGER, 579 00:21:33,892 --> 00:21:35,193 DANIELLE CHECKED IN WITH ME 580 00:21:35,193 --> 00:21:36,695 EVERY WEEK ABOUT MY GOALS AND 581 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:38,864 HAD A TON OF. I HAD A TON OF 582 00:21:38,864 --> 00:21:40,532 WARRANTS ALL OVER WASHINGTON. 583 00:21:40,532 --> 00:21:42,200 SHE HELPED ME NAVIGATE THE COURT 584 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:42,834 DATES, STRATEGICALLY RECONNECT 585 00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:45,470 WITH MY FAMILY BUDGET, AND 586 00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:46,104 BALANCE ALL THIS WHILE WORKING 587 00:21:46,104 --> 00:21:48,507 FULL TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 588 00:21:48,507 --> 00:21:49,808 MANY YEARS. LEAD ALSO HELPED ME 589 00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:52,611 PAY FOR MANY THINGS, INCLUDING 590 00:21:52,611 --> 00:21:53,645 MY CDL SOBER LIVING AND MOVING 591 00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:55,480 TO MY FIRST INDEPENDENT HOME IN 592 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,183 THE WINTER OF 2024. DANIELLE 593 00:21:58,183 --> 00:21:59,484 REFERRED ME TO THE LEAD LEGAL 594 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:01,319 TEAM OF ATTORNEYS WHO COULD HELP 595 00:22:01,319 --> 00:22:03,388 ME WITH MORE COMPLICATED ISSUES 596 00:22:03,388 --> 00:22:04,756 I WAS FACING. THEY SUPPORTED MY 597 00:22:04,756 --> 00:22:07,059 GOAL OF BECOMING A PARENT TO MY 598 00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:10,529 EIGHT YEAR OLD SON. THEY HELPED 599 00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:11,129 ME NAVIGATE THE CONFUSING AND 600 00:22:11,129 --> 00:22:12,064 COMPLICATED LEGAL PROCESS. AND 601 00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:12,798 TOMORROW THEY'LL STAND WITH ME 602 00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:15,233 IN COURT AS I SEEK FULL CUSTODY 603 00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:16,301 WITHOUT LEAD, READING, MY LIFE 604 00:22:16,301 --> 00:22:18,704 WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH HARDER. 605 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:19,304 THEY GAVE ME THE SUPPORT AND 606 00:22:19,304 --> 00:22:20,772 GUIDANCE I NEEDED TO MOVE 607 00:22:20,772 --> 00:22:25,977 FORWARD. THANK YOU. 608 00:22:25,977 --> 00:22:28,480 -- THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'RE 609 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,084 GOING TO REVISIT CHRIS PLOTNICK 610 00:22:32,084 --> 00:22:34,353 CHRIS, IF YOU CAN PRESS STAR 611 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:37,723 SIX. 612 00:22:37,723 --> 00:22:43,995 -- SORRY, GUYS. I HAVE THANK 613 00:22:43,995 --> 00:22:46,531 YOU. OKAY, CHRIS, ARE YOU READY? 614 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:49,568 OKAY, GO. 615 00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:51,837 -- MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER 616 00:22:51,837 --> 00:22:52,904 PLOTNICK. I'VE BEEN IN THE LEAD 617 00:22:52,904 --> 00:22:55,273 PROGRAM FOR WELL OVER TEN YEARS. 618 00:22:55,273 --> 00:22:57,442 JUST LIKE A LOT OF THESE OTHER 619 00:22:57,442 --> 00:22:58,510 CLIENTS. I COMMITTED A LOT OF 620 00:22:58,510 --> 00:23:00,078 CRIME AND DID A LOT OF DRUGS FOR 621 00:23:00,078 --> 00:23:02,614 A LONG TIME. THE BIGGEST THING 622 00:23:02,614 --> 00:23:06,184 LEAD DID FOR ME WAS THEY WERE 623 00:23:06,184 --> 00:23:07,352 THERE TO GIVE ME THE TIME I 624 00:23:07,352 --> 00:23:09,921 NEEDED TO WORK ON MYSELF FOR MY 625 00:23:09,921 --> 00:23:12,991 RECOVERY. THEY LET ME DO IT AT 626 00:23:12,991 --> 00:23:14,760 MY PACE. THE HOUSING THAT THEY 627 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:19,531 GAVE ME LET ME STOP EVERYTHING 628 00:23:19,531 --> 00:23:20,165 AROUND ME AND FOCUS ON MY 629 00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:21,533 RECOVERY, WHICH IS VERY, VERY 630 00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:23,201 HARD TO DO. AND IT TAKES A VERY, 631 00:23:23,201 --> 00:23:27,906 VERY LONG TIME. I WAS UP ON 632 00:23:27,906 --> 00:23:28,573 180MG OF METHADONE. IT'S TAKEN 633 00:23:28,573 --> 00:23:29,641 OVER FIVE YEARS TO GET DOWN TO 634 00:23:29,641 --> 00:23:33,211 WHAT I AM TODAY, WHICH IS UNDER 635 00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:35,847 19MG. IT'S A VERY SLOW PROCESS 636 00:23:35,847 --> 00:23:36,648 AND IT TAKES TIME. AND TIME IS 637 00:23:36,648 --> 00:23:38,150 WHAT YOU NEED TO RECOVER. TODAY 638 00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:40,352 I'M FULLY RECOVERED. I HAVE A 639 00:23:40,352 --> 00:23:42,354 FULL TIME JOB, MY OWN APARTMENT, 640 00:23:42,354 --> 00:23:44,389 A CAT, A CAR. I PAY FOR MY 641 00:23:44,389 --> 00:23:47,092 INSURANCE. LIFE IS IS NORMAL AND 642 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:50,061 I DO HAVE THE LEAD PROGRAM AND 643 00:23:50,061 --> 00:23:57,702 COUNSELORS TO THANK FOR THAT 644 00:23:57,702 --> 00:23:58,036 -- THANK YOU. 645 00:23:58,036 --> 00:24:00,872 -- ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE 14 MORE IN 646 00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:05,310 PERSON. SAM WOLF NEXT UP WOULD 647 00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:09,281 BE LISA BAKER AFTER HIM 648 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:09,681 -- MORNING, SAM. 649 00:24:09,681 --> 00:24:12,284 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. 650 00:24:12,284 --> 00:24:14,319 -- MY NAME IS SAM WOLF AND I 651 00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:15,453 WORK FOR PDA AS A SEATTLE KING 652 00:24:15,453 --> 00:24:17,289 COUNTY POLICY DIRECTOR. I JUST 653 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:19,524 WANTED TO SAY MAKING A PLAN FOR 654 00:24:19,524 --> 00:24:20,659 A PLACE OR A NEIGHBORHOOD IS AN 655 00:24:20,659 --> 00:24:22,127 ASSIGNMENT THAT'S VERY DISTINCT 656 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:23,628 FROM MAKING PLANS FOR 657 00:24:23,628 --> 00:24:25,630 INDIVIDUALS. THIS IS WHY LEAD 658 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:27,165 COMPLEMENTS THE EFFORTS OF LAW 659 00:24:27,165 --> 00:24:27,799 ENFORCEMENT AND AMBASSADOR TEAMS 660 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:29,501 AND OTHER ENTITIES AROUND THE 661 00:24:29,501 --> 00:24:32,370 CITY AS THEY WORK TO CARE FOR 662 00:24:32,370 --> 00:24:33,004 PLACES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL OF 663 00:24:33,004 --> 00:24:34,039 WHOM, IN THE COURSE OF DOING 664 00:24:34,039 --> 00:24:36,308 THAT COMPLEX JOB, ARE GOING TO 665 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:38,810 RUN INTO INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED 666 00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:40,912 SOME COMBINATION OF SHELTER, 667 00:24:40,912 --> 00:24:43,515 HOUSING, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, 668 00:24:43,515 --> 00:24:44,082 RECOVERY, OTHER BEHAVIORAL 669 00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:46,885 HEALTH SUPPORTS, AND ABOVE ALL, 670 00:24:46,885 --> 00:24:48,153 A PLAN. YOU'VE HEARD THE AGE 671 00:24:48,153 --> 00:24:51,056 OLD MANTRA, NO, THERE'S NO ONE 672 00:24:51,056 --> 00:24:54,159 SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION. IF 673 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:55,594 EVERYONE'S ISSUES COULD BE 674 00:24:55,594 --> 00:24:57,395 SOLVED BY SIMPLE PLANS OR 675 00:24:57,395 --> 00:24:57,896 SINGULAR CONNECTIONS TO 676 00:24:57,896 --> 00:24:59,197 RESOURCES, JUST SENDING SOMEBODY 677 00:24:59,197 --> 00:25:00,532 TO A PLACE, OUR CITY'S ISSUES 678 00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:01,967 WOULD LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN 679 00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:05,804 THEY DO TODAY, LEAD CONTENDS 680 00:25:05,804 --> 00:25:07,706 WITH THIS REALITY BY MAKING 681 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:08,240 INDIVIDUALIZED PLANS FOR 682 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,609 PARTICIPANTS THAT FOCUS ON 683 00:25:10,609 --> 00:25:11,243 SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY STRATEGIES 684 00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:12,577 AND WORK TOWARDS THE ULTIMATE 685 00:25:12,577 --> 00:25:14,713 GOALS OF STABILITY AND BEHAVIOR 686 00:25:14,713 --> 00:25:17,282 CHANGE. SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM 687 00:25:17,282 --> 00:25:20,986 RECOVERY DOES NOT OFTEN COINCIDE 688 00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:22,320 WITH OVERNIGHT CHANGE, BUT OUR 689 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,355 DATA SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. JUST A 690 00:25:23,355 --> 00:25:24,556 MONTH OR TWO AGO, WE SAT HERE 691 00:25:24,556 --> 00:25:27,225 AND GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT 692 00:25:27,225 --> 00:25:29,361 LEAD OUTCOMES, WHICH MIRROR THE 693 00:25:29,361 --> 00:25:29,995 MANY EVALUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 694 00:25:29,995 --> 00:25:31,696 DONE ON THIS PROGRAM OVER THE 695 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:33,465 YEARS. LEAD IS THE MOST 696 00:25:33,465 --> 00:25:35,233 RIGOROUSLY EVALUATED DIVERSION 697 00:25:35,233 --> 00:25:36,101 FRAMEWORK IN OUR REGION, AND 698 00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:38,003 WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY ARE 699 00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:38,970 FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF HOW THIS 700 00:25:38,970 --> 00:25:41,439 HAS WORKED FOR INDIVIDUALS ON A 701 00:25:41,439 --> 00:25:44,142 HUMAN SCALE. AS SEATTLE 702 00:25:44,142 --> 00:25:45,443 CONTINUES TO CHANGE, THE OUTLOOK 703 00:25:45,443 --> 00:25:46,678 FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE 704 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:48,413 CITY, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN 705 00:25:48,413 --> 00:25:49,714 EVER THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGY TO 706 00:25:49,714 --> 00:25:51,750 CHANGE THE OUTLOOKS FOR THE 707 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:52,217 INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE 708 00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:53,818 NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU TO 709 00:25:53,818 --> 00:25:55,754 COUNCIL FOR PUTTING THESE PIECES 710 00:25:55,754 --> 00:25:57,155 TOGETHER AND CONTINUING TO BUILD 711 00:25:57,155 --> 00:25:59,891 A SYSTEM THAT WILL WORK FOR ALL. 712 00:25:59,891 --> 00:26:02,894 -- THANK YOU. 713 00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:04,162 -- NEXT UP, LISA BAKER, TO BE 714 00:26:04,162 --> 00:26:11,703 FOLLOWED BY ERNEST BLAKENEY. 715 00:26:11,703 --> 00:26:12,504 -- HI., 716 00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:12,971 -- ALL. 717 00:26:12,971 --> 00:26:13,638 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. HI. 718 00:26:13,638 --> 00:26:14,873 I'M GOING TO BE HERE ON BEHALF 719 00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:16,174 OF LISA BAKER. I'M HER CASE 720 00:26:16,174 --> 00:26:17,275 MANAGER, MORNINGSTAR. I'M GOING 721 00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:18,109 TO GO AHEAD AND READ OFF FOR 722 00:26:18,109 --> 00:26:20,779 HER. SHE'S A LITTLE NERVOUS 723 00:26:20,779 --> 00:26:22,881 TODAY. LISA IS A BIPOC WOMAN IN 724 00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:24,916 LONG TERM RECOVERY. SHE HAS 725 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:25,817 ALMOST 100 DAYS CLEAN AND SOBER, 726 00:26:25,817 --> 00:26:26,785 WHICH IS THE LONGEST THAT SHE'S 727 00:26:26,785 --> 00:26:28,420 HAD IN OVER TEN YEARS. SHE HAS 728 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,722 COMPLETED THE 28 DAY INPATIENT 729 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:32,123 TREATMENT AND IS NOW IN 730 00:26:32,123 --> 00:26:34,426 INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT 731 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:36,261 PROGRAM THROUGH LAKESIDE, MILAN, 732 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:37,596 HER BIGGEST SUPPORTER HAS BEEN 733 00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:39,664 ME, HER CASE MANAGER AT REACH, 734 00:26:39,664 --> 00:26:40,932 AND ALSO HAS HAD EVERYONE AT THE 735 00:26:40,932 --> 00:26:42,267 JUBILEE WOMEN'S CENTER WHO HAS 736 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:43,702 ALSO BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND 737 00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:45,370 SUPPORTIVE THROUGH THIS JOURNEY. 738 00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:46,438 RECOVERY CAFE HAS ALSO BEEN A 739 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:47,839 SAFE AND HELPFUL SOBER SUPPORT 740 00:26:47,839 --> 00:26:50,909 FOR HER IN HER TIMES OF NEED. 741 00:26:50,909 --> 00:26:53,511 LISA ALSO ATTENDS 12 STEP 742 00:26:53,511 --> 00:26:55,847 MEETINGS EVERY SEVERAL TIMES A 743 00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:58,149 WEEK. LISA HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS 744 00:26:58,149 --> 00:26:59,751 SOBER SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT SHE 745 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:02,087 HAS NEVER HAD BEFORE. PATHWAYS 746 00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:04,656 HAS ALSO BEEN A HUGE HELP. 747 00:27:04,656 --> 00:27:05,156 PATHWAYS IS WHERE LISA 748 00:27:05,156 --> 00:27:07,425 RECOVERED, RECEIVES HER VIVITROL 749 00:27:07,425 --> 00:27:09,627 INJECTIONS, WHICH HAS HAD A HUGE 750 00:27:09,627 --> 00:27:10,495 IMPACT ON HER CRAVINGS. WE'VE 751 00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:11,663 BEEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER COMING 752 00:27:11,663 --> 00:27:13,131 FROM LISA, BUT. 753 00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:17,902 -- THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE 754 00:27:17,902 --> 00:27:22,741 ERNEST BLAKELY TO BE FOLLOWED BY 755 00:27:22,741 --> 00:27:26,644 AARON JOHNSON. 756 00:27:26,644 --> 00:27:27,712 -- OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS ERNEST 757 00:27:27,712 --> 00:27:30,115 BLAKELY. I'M A MEMBER OF THE 758 00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:31,282 LEAD PROGRAM. BASICALLY, I'VE 759 00:27:31,282 --> 00:27:34,019 BEEN AN ADDICT SINCE THE AGE OF 760 00:27:34,019 --> 00:27:35,286 16, UP IN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF 761 00:27:35,286 --> 00:27:37,288 YEARS AGO. I WAS AT THE LOWEST 762 00:27:37,288 --> 00:27:38,223 POINT IN MY LIFE, AND I JUST 763 00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:39,391 DIDN'T THINK I COULD EVER GET 764 00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:42,127 RIGHT. BUT I RAN INTO THE LEE 765 00:27:42,127 --> 00:27:45,363 PROGRAM, AND FROM THEN ON, I HAD 766 00:27:45,363 --> 00:27:47,098 TWO AND A HALF YEARS SOBER. I'M 767 00:27:47,098 --> 00:27:48,800 THEY'VE HELPED ME GET MY INCOME 768 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:49,567 STRAIGHT. THEY'VE HELPED ME GET 769 00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:52,237 A PLACE TO STAY, A STABLE PLACE 770 00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:54,205 TO STAY. THEY HAVE BEEN JUST A 771 00:27:54,205 --> 00:27:55,940 FORCE IN MY LIFE THAT I'M VERY 772 00:27:55,940 --> 00:27:58,910 THANKFUL FOR. YOU KNOW, I'M ABLE 773 00:27:58,910 --> 00:28:00,779 TO BE A FATHER TO MY KIDS NOW. 774 00:28:00,779 --> 00:28:02,180 YOU KNOW, I'M ABLE TO. I'VE 775 00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:05,216 GAINED TRUST BACK IN MY FAMILY. 776 00:28:05,216 --> 00:28:06,317 YOU KNOW, I'M JUST AT A GOOD 777 00:28:06,317 --> 00:28:07,752 PLACE IN MY LIFE TODAY. THIS IS 778 00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:09,888 THE LONGEST I'VE HAD SOBER IN 779 00:28:09,888 --> 00:28:10,955 MY WHOLE LIFE. YOU KNOW, I'VE 780 00:28:10,955 --> 00:28:13,158 BEEN IN AND OUT OF INSTITUTIONS 781 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:15,293 ON THE STREET, LIVING IN A TENT. 782 00:28:15,293 --> 00:28:16,327 YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER HAD A PLACE 783 00:28:16,327 --> 00:28:20,231 OF MY OWN UP UNTIL NOW. SO I'M 784 00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:21,032 VERY THANKFUL FOR THE PROGRAM 785 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:21,933 AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR MY 786 00:28:21,933 --> 00:28:28,306 LIFE 787 00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:28,673 -- THANK YOU. 788 00:28:28,673 --> 00:28:29,574 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE AARON 789 00:28:29,574 --> 00:28:31,443 JOHNSON TO BE FOLLOWED BY 790 00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:37,782 DARNELL WILLIAMS 791 00:28:37,782 --> 00:28:39,951 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS AARON 792 00:28:39,951 --> 00:28:43,655 JOHNSON. I'M RUNNING TO A 793 00:28:43,655 --> 00:28:44,789 PROGRAM THROUGH AND I'M TRYING 794 00:28:44,789 --> 00:28:45,457 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS GOING 795 00:28:45,457 --> 00:28:50,261 TO DO IN MY LIFE AND MY MAJOR 796 00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:50,762 CONCERN WAS GETTING MY 797 00:28:50,762 --> 00:28:51,863 RELATIONSHIP BACK WITH MY KIDS 798 00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:54,599 HEALTHY. AND SO THAT'S REALLY 799 00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:56,134 WHAT DREW ME TOWARDS LEE. 800 00:28:56,134 --> 00:28:58,369 ANYTIME I CALLED HIM FOR HELP OR 801 00:28:58,369 --> 00:28:59,938 NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND OR FIGURE 802 00:28:59,938 --> 00:29:00,572 OUT WHATEVER WAS GOING ON IN MY 803 00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:02,040 LIFE AT THAT MOMENT, I COULD 804 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,710 CALL MY CASE MANAGER AND THEY 805 00:29:05,710 --> 00:29:06,711 WOULD COME TO ME WITH SOME TYPE 806 00:29:06,711 --> 00:29:08,313 OF ANSWER. NOT THEY NEVER LEFT 807 00:29:08,313 --> 00:29:11,616 ME BY HANGING, IGNORED ME, OR 808 00:29:11,616 --> 00:29:12,684 LIKE JUST MISS ME OR FORWARDED 809 00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:16,087 ME OR WHATEVER THE PHONE. 810 00:29:16,087 --> 00:29:17,889 ESPECIALLY MY LAST CASEWORKER 811 00:29:17,889 --> 00:29:20,024 I'M HAVING. HE'S BEEN LIKE MY 812 00:29:20,024 --> 00:29:21,659 REAL DEAL, LIKE GUARDIAN ANGEL, 813 00:29:21,659 --> 00:29:23,528 LIKE MY PLACE. I HAVE NOW. I'VE 814 00:29:23,528 --> 00:29:27,632 BEEN THERE FOR OVER A YEAR. MISS 815 00:29:27,632 --> 00:29:28,900 MY HOME PLACE, A STABLE, CLEAN. 816 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:30,702 I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 817 00:29:30,702 --> 00:29:31,436 BEING ON THE STREET OR PEOPLE 818 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:32,904 STEALING FROM ME. NONE OF THAT. 819 00:29:32,904 --> 00:29:35,240 AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY 820 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,074 IMPORTANT TO ME TO GET SITUATED 821 00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:38,176 SO I COULD SEE MY KIDS AND HAVE 822 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:39,444 A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. 823 00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:41,613 SO THAT'S WHAT IT MEAN TO ME. 824 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:45,316 THANK YOU. 825 00:29:45,316 --> 00:29:45,984 -- THANK YOU. 826 00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:48,586 -- [APPLAUSE] 827 00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:49,921 -- DARNELL WILLIAMS, TO BE 828 00:29:49,921 --> 00:29:57,328 FOLLOWED BY SANDRA SAPORITO. 829 00:29:57,328 --> 00:29:59,030 -- GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. HI, 830 00:29:59,030 --> 00:30:00,832 I'M DARYL WILLIAMS. I'M A 831 00:30:00,832 --> 00:30:03,701 CLIENT OF THE LEAD PROGRAM. 832 00:30:03,701 --> 00:30:04,669 BEFORE COMING TO THIS PROGRAM, I 833 00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:08,306 WAS HOMELESS ON DRUGS AND LOW 834 00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:13,711 SELF-ESTEEM. I HAD NO I ACTUALLY 835 00:30:13,711 --> 00:30:15,580 HAD NO HELP SINCE I BECAME A 836 00:30:15,580 --> 00:30:16,447 CLIENT. I HAVE HOUSING, I'VE 837 00:30:16,447 --> 00:30:18,883 BEEN THROUGH TREATMENT. I'M A 838 00:30:18,883 --> 00:30:21,953 FULL TIME COLLEGE STUDENT, AND I 839 00:30:21,953 --> 00:30:24,389 NOW HAVE HIGHER EXPECTATIONS OF 840 00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:26,291 MYSELF. MY CASE MANAGER IS A 841 00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:27,959 HUGE IMPACT IN MY LIFE. SHE HAS 842 00:30:27,959 --> 00:30:30,161 SHOWN ME THAT IT'S OKAY TO LIVE 843 00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:33,164 AGAIN AND LOVE AND TO LOVE 844 00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:35,433 MYSELF. I BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM 845 00:30:35,433 --> 00:30:39,304 SAVED LIVES AND HELP PEOPLE LIKE 846 00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:41,940 MYSELF BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND 847 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:47,212 HAVE HOPE AND BECOME AND BECOME 848 00:30:47,212 --> 00:30:49,881 A POSITIVE PRODUCT IN SOCIETY 849 00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:50,748 TODAY. AND THEY WILL ALSO HAVE A 850 00:30:50,748 --> 00:30:54,986 POSITIVE OUTLOOK IN LIFE AND 851 00:30:54,986 --> 00:30:57,822 THEMSELVES. YEAH I THINK THAT'S 852 00:30:57,822 --> 00:31:02,427 ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. 853 00:31:02,427 --> 00:31:10,335 -- THANK YOU. 854 00:31:10,568 --> 00:31:12,237 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 855 00:31:12,237 --> 00:31:12,637 -- GOOD MORNING. 856 00:31:12,637 --> 00:31:14,205 -- MY NAME IS SANDRA SAPORITO 857 00:31:14,205 --> 00:31:15,540 AND I'M HERE TO ASK FOR 858 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:17,575 CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE LEAD 859 00:31:17,575 --> 00:31:20,245 PROGRAM BEFORE THE LEAD PROGRAM, 860 00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:22,080 I WAS FACING A MASSIVE MENTAL 861 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,515 HEALTH BREAKDOWN, LEGAL ISSUES, 862 00:31:24,515 --> 00:31:26,184 DRUG ADDICTION, AND LIVING IN A 863 00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:29,287 VERY UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT LEAD 864 00:31:29,287 --> 00:31:30,521 GAVE ME MORE THAN A RESOURCE. IT 865 00:31:30,521 --> 00:31:34,893 GAVE ME HOPE. MY CASE MANAGER 866 00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:36,261 WAS ALWAYS THERE WHEN I NEEDED 867 00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:39,030 SUPPORT. HE LISTENED WITHOUT 868 00:31:39,030 --> 00:31:41,099 JUDGMENT. HE OFFERED GUIDANCE 869 00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:43,067 AND GENUINELY CARED ABOUT MY 870 00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:44,302 SUCCESS. BECAUSE OF LEAD, I WAS 871 00:31:44,302 --> 00:31:47,338 ABLE TO SUSTAIN STABLE HOUSING. 872 00:31:47,338 --> 00:31:50,008 I HAVE SINCE BEEN REUNITED WITH 873 00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:51,309 MY CHILDREN. I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED 874 00:31:51,309 --> 00:31:52,911 FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF WITH 875 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:54,612 A VERY LARGE GAP IN MY 876 00:31:54,612 --> 00:31:56,981 EMPLOYMENT. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO 877 00:31:56,981 --> 00:31:59,183 FOCUS ON MY MENTAL HEALTH. I'VE 878 00:31:59,183 --> 00:32:03,121 BEEN CLEAN AND SOBER SINCE JULY 879 00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:05,390 1st OF 2024. PEOPLE LIKE EDWARD 880 00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:06,424 JACKSON DON'T JUST DO THEIR 881 00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:10,461 JOB. THEY ANSWER A CALLING. HE 882 00:32:10,461 --> 00:32:13,131 UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO 883 00:32:13,131 --> 00:32:13,765 NAVIGATE DIFFICULT SYSTEMS WITH 884 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:14,699 COMPASSION BECAUSE OF HIS 885 00:32:14,699 --> 00:32:20,238 SUPPORT, I FELT SEEN, GUIDED AND 886 00:32:20,238 --> 00:32:21,472 EMPOWERED. I ASK FOR CONTINUED 887 00:32:21,472 --> 00:32:23,041 FUNDING TO HELP PEOPLE SUCCEED 888 00:32:23,041 --> 00:32:25,009 JUST LIKE I HAVE. THANK YOU. 889 00:32:25,009 --> 00:32:32,016 -- THANK YOU. 890 00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:32,717 -- AND I'M SORRY I CAN'T FULLY 891 00:32:32,717 --> 00:32:34,452 READ THIS NEXT ONE, BUT I THINK 892 00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:42,627 IT'S ELLIOTT RAMOS I'LL TAKE A 893 00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:47,465 TRY AT CHRISTOPHER. 894 00:32:47,465 --> 00:32:47,765 -- ELLIOTT. 895 00:32:47,765 --> 00:32:49,033 -- ELLIOTT. ELLIOTT. ANY. 896 00:32:49,033 --> 00:32:51,169 ELLIOTT. OKAY. I'M SORRY I 897 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:52,136 COULDN'T READ IT. IT'S IT WAS 898 00:32:52,136 --> 00:32:56,074 IN CURSIVE. IF YOU WROTE IN 899 00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:56,341 CURSIVE. 900 00:32:56,341 --> 00:32:57,475 -- THE CURSE OF THE YOUNGER 901 00:32:57,475 --> 00:33:02,313 GENERATION IT'S LIKE ELLIOTT 902 00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:05,516 DOMAN, I THINK IS WHAT IT SAYS. 903 00:33:05,516 --> 00:33:10,188 BUT BUT I MIGHT BE WRONG. 904 00:33:10,188 --> 00:33:16,027 -- [LAUGHTER] 905 00:33:16,027 --> 00:33:16,361 -- SOMEBODY. 906 00:33:16,361 --> 00:33:17,261 -- SEE, IT'S GOOD TO BE A GEN 907 00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:20,898 XER WHO CAN READ CURSIVE. 908 00:33:20,898 --> 00:33:23,501 -- THE NAME IS PRONOUNCED 909 00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:23,735 ELBERT. 910 00:33:23,735 --> 00:33:25,269 -- OKAY. 911 00:33:25,269 --> 00:33:26,404 -- YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. I 912 00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:28,172 DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY, BUT I 913 00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:30,775 DIDN'T HAVE MY UPS AND DOWNS IN 914 00:33:30,775 --> 00:33:32,243 LIFE. I HAD GOOD TIMES AND I HAD 915 00:33:32,243 --> 00:33:34,011 BAD TIMES. I HAD DRUG ISSUES, 916 00:33:34,011 --> 00:33:36,180 ALCOHOL ISSUES, YOU NAME IT. BUT 917 00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:37,515 I MET THE RICH PROGRAM AND THAT 918 00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:38,316 WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS 919 00:33:38,316 --> 00:33:41,753 THAT'S HAPPENED FOR ME. SINCE 920 00:33:41,753 --> 00:33:43,888 THEN, I'VE BEEN LIVING A NORMAL 921 00:33:43,888 --> 00:33:45,490 LIFE, GOT MY OWN PLACE, DOING 922 00:33:45,490 --> 00:33:47,291 GOOD, BUT IT'S MY KID. 923 00:33:47,291 --> 00:33:49,327 EVERYTHING'S LOVELY, AND I 924 00:33:49,327 --> 00:33:50,795 APPRECIATE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU 925 00:33:50,795 --> 00:33:52,663 AND THANK YOU. 926 00:33:52,663 --> 00:34:00,204 -- THANK YOU 927 00:34:00,204 --> 00:34:02,573 -- I THINK WE'VE GOT EDDIE M 928 00:34:02,573 --> 00:34:13,084 NEXT EDDIE M JUST SAYS M. IT 929 00:34:15,420 --> 00:34:23,528 JUST SAYS M. SO. 930 00:34:23,528 --> 00:34:24,729 -- GOOD MORNING, GOOD PEOPLE AND 931 00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:25,863 GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU. 932 00:34:25,863 --> 00:34:29,767 -- GOOD MORNING 933 00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:33,471 -- MY. I'VE BEEN THROUGH. LEAP 934 00:34:33,471 --> 00:34:36,140 LEAP MAN JUST BROUGHT ME UP. 935 00:34:36,140 --> 00:34:39,610 MAN. TEN YEARS. STEVE CURRY 936 00:34:39,610 --> 00:34:42,313 GEORGE. OH MAN. THEY'RE GOOD. 937 00:34:42,313 --> 00:34:43,514 THEY'RE GOOD FOR PEOPLE. 938 00:34:43,514 --> 00:34:45,850 THEY'RE GOOD FOR SEATTLE. OKAY. 939 00:34:45,850 --> 00:34:48,953 THEY BRING US UP OUT OF THE 940 00:34:48,953 --> 00:34:51,189 DUMPS WHERE WE DIVE HEAD FIRST. 941 00:34:51,189 --> 00:34:55,493 OKAY. TRYING TO DO SOME STUPID 942 00:34:55,493 --> 00:34:56,627 STUFF. MAN, I'VE BEEN HIT IN 943 00:34:56,627 --> 00:35:00,898 THE FACE. I LOST MY I SHOT IN 944 00:35:00,898 --> 00:35:02,467 THE CHEST OVER SOME DRUGS, AND 945 00:35:02,467 --> 00:35:04,202 IT'S JUST. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. 946 00:35:04,202 --> 00:35:06,304 IF GOD BLESSES YOU AND TELLS YOU 947 00:35:06,304 --> 00:35:09,106 TO KEEP AWAY FROM IT, YOU BETTER 948 00:35:09,106 --> 00:35:10,541 PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S JUST 949 00:35:10,541 --> 00:35:12,677 NOT NO GOOD. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. 950 00:35:12,677 --> 00:35:16,314 AND THANK YOU. 951 00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:22,386 -- THANK YOU. 952 00:35:22,386 --> 00:35:23,554 -- MARIBEL IS UP NEXT. AND THEN 953 00:35:23,554 --> 00:35:34,031 AFTER THAT, EDWARD JACKSON. 954 00:35:34,765 --> 00:35:38,569 -- THE OTHER ONE, EITHER ONE. 955 00:35:38,569 --> 00:35:38,769 OKAY. 956 00:35:38,769 --> 00:35:42,306 -- GOOD MORNING. I HAD TO WRITE 957 00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:45,676 THIS DOWN SO I'M GOING TO READ 958 00:35:45,676 --> 00:35:48,112 IT. OKAY. NUMBER ONE, WHAT YOUR 959 00:35:48,112 --> 00:35:49,881 LIFE WAS LIKE BEFORE. LEAD MY 960 00:35:49,881 --> 00:35:53,851 LIFE AS A WOMAN WAS SAD AND. 961 00:35:53,851 --> 00:35:55,920 THIS, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T FIND 962 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,021 A PROGRAM THAT COULD HELP ME, 963 00:35:57,021 --> 00:35:58,422 LIKE LEAD. IT WAS 964 00:35:58,422 --> 00:36:00,725 DISAPPOINTMENT. DISAPPOINTMENT 965 00:36:00,725 --> 00:36:03,161 HOW OTHERS NOT REALLY CARE ABOUT 966 00:36:03,161 --> 00:36:04,395 MY NEEDS. AND THIS PROGRAM 967 00:36:04,395 --> 00:36:05,796 REALLY DID. I APPRECIATE THEIR 968 00:36:05,796 --> 00:36:11,035 HARD WORK AND CARE FOR OTHERS TO 969 00:36:11,035 --> 00:36:13,137 BEING BEING CONNECTED TO THIS 970 00:36:13,137 --> 00:36:14,705 PROGRAM THROUGH A CLIENT OF THEM 971 00:36:14,705 --> 00:36:17,208 THAT I MET IN MY STRUGGLING 972 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:19,277 LIFE. HE WAS VERY HELPFUL. 973 00:36:19,277 --> 00:36:21,546 THANKS TO HIM, I STARTED TAKING 974 00:36:21,546 --> 00:36:24,582 CARE OF MY ISSUES, MY PROBLEMS, 975 00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:29,053 AND MY CASE MANAGER. NOT ONLY 976 00:36:29,053 --> 00:36:31,088 SUPPORT ME, BUT EVERY SINGLE 977 00:36:31,088 --> 00:36:34,225 WORKER OF LEAD HAS BEEN SO 978 00:36:34,225 --> 00:36:38,763 HELPFUL IN MY NEEDS AND TO REACH 979 00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:44,535 MY GOALS ONE DAY SERVICE AND 980 00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:47,238 RESOURCES. THEY HELPED ME WITH 981 00:36:47,238 --> 00:36:48,306 MAINLY IS MY LEGAL SUPPORT. THEY 982 00:36:48,306 --> 00:36:51,609 MADE ME SURE I MAKE IT TO MY 983 00:36:51,609 --> 00:36:53,978 COURTS AND TREATMENT AND 984 00:36:53,978 --> 00:36:55,680 EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO GET 985 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,082 DONE. ISSUES, ET CETERA. VERY 986 00:36:58,082 --> 00:37:03,554 IMPORTANT. THEY GOT ME A SECURE 987 00:37:03,554 --> 00:37:09,260 PLACE TO LIVE. AND ALSO MY LIFE 988 00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:11,295 HAS CHANGED, SWEET AND MY LIFE 989 00:37:11,295 --> 00:37:13,898 HAS CHANGED. 360 DEGREES. THAT 990 00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:20,705 SAYS IT ALL. AND I DO BELIEVE 991 00:37:20,705 --> 00:37:26,077 LEAD PROGRAM TO CONTINUE FOR THE 992 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:27,812 SIMPLE FACT THAT THEY ARE REALLY 993 00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:30,414 DOING WHAT THEY WHAT THE PROGRAM 994 00:37:30,414 --> 00:37:33,017 OFFERS AND TO MANY SOULS OUT 995 00:37:33,017 --> 00:37:34,952 HERE TO RESCUE IN ANY MANNER 996 00:37:34,952 --> 00:37:38,689 MATTER RUN OUT OF TIME. THANK 997 00:37:38,689 --> 00:37:41,959 YOU VERY MUCH. 998 00:37:41,959 --> 00:37:42,326 -- THANK YOU. 999 00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:46,664 -- [APPLAUSE] 1000 00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:47,298 -- EDWARD JACKSON JOHN MORRIS 1001 00:37:47,298 --> 00:37:54,105 WILL BE AFTER THAT 1002 00:37:54,105 --> 00:37:56,540 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 1003 00:37:56,540 --> 00:37:59,277 EDWARD JACKSON. I'M A CASE 1004 00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:03,147 MANAGER WITH LEAD CONTINUED 1005 00:38:03,147 --> 00:38:05,616 FUNDING FOR LEAD MEANS THAT WE 1006 00:38:05,616 --> 00:38:09,020 ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR 1007 00:38:09,020 --> 00:38:10,755 CLIENTS THAT AREN'T ABLE TO 1008 00:38:10,755 --> 00:38:12,923 REACH A LOT OF SERVICES. I COME 1009 00:38:12,923 --> 00:38:16,227 TO YOU. I STAND HERE A GUY WHO 1010 00:38:16,227 --> 00:38:18,429 WENT THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE 1011 00:38:18,429 --> 00:38:22,133 THINGS THAT MY CLIENTS HAVE BEEN 1012 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:25,403 THROUGH, WHICH MAKES ME A GOOD 1013 00:38:25,403 --> 00:38:27,905 RESOURCE FOR THEM BECAUSE I'M 1014 00:38:27,905 --> 00:38:31,442 NOT SPEAKING TO THEM OF THINGS 1015 00:38:31,442 --> 00:38:33,010 THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD ABOUT. I'M 1016 00:38:33,010 --> 00:38:34,945 SPEAKING TO THEM ABOUT THINGS 1017 00:38:34,945 --> 00:38:36,547 I'VE LIVED THROUGH. WHEN I WAS 1018 00:38:36,547 --> 00:38:38,849 OUT IN THE STREETS, THEY DIDN'T 1019 00:38:38,849 --> 00:38:39,717 HAVE THESE PROGRAMS. THERE WAS 1020 00:38:39,717 --> 00:38:42,353 NO ONE TO SHOW ME A WAY OUT. I 1021 00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:46,824 STAND HERE TODAY BEING GRATEFUL 1022 00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:48,459 FOR 30 YEARS OF SOBRIETY AND 1023 00:38:48,459 --> 00:38:51,195 BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT AND HELP 1024 00:38:51,195 --> 00:38:53,464 OTHERS TO GET TO WHERE THEY WANT 1025 00:38:53,464 --> 00:38:54,699 TO GO. MAYBE SOBRIETY IS NOT 1026 00:38:54,699 --> 00:38:58,002 WHAT THEY WANT. THAT'S OKAY. 1027 00:38:58,002 --> 00:39:00,471 BUT PEOPLE WANT TO DO BETTER. 1028 00:39:00,471 --> 00:39:02,306 AND THANKFULLY, I'VE BEEN PUT IN 1029 00:39:02,306 --> 00:39:06,077 THIS POSITION TO HELP THEM. AND 1030 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:08,079 THANKFULLY, YOU ALL ARE IN A 1031 00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:12,116 POSITION TO HELP ME HELP THEM. 1032 00:39:12,116 --> 00:39:13,884 PLEASE CONTINUE TO FUND THE LEAD 1033 00:39:13,884 --> 00:39:15,386 PROGRAM. I WORK IN THE RAINIER 1034 00:39:15,386 --> 00:39:18,823 BEACH OFFICE. WE HAVE A MEAL USE 1035 00:39:18,823 --> 00:39:21,659 SITE THAT ALLOWS CLIENTS TO COME 1036 00:39:21,659 --> 00:39:24,595 IN, GET SNACKS, GET THINGS THAT 1037 00:39:24,595 --> 00:39:27,131 THEY NEED, AND JUST HAVE A SAFE 1038 00:39:27,131 --> 00:39:30,768 PLACE TO SIT AND BREATHE. THAT 1039 00:39:30,768 --> 00:39:32,269 MEANS A REAL LOT, A WHOLE LOT. 1040 00:39:32,269 --> 00:39:33,604 WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN 1041 00:39:33,604 --> 00:39:35,573 UP FOR 3 OR 4 DAYS COMING TO THE 1042 00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:39,276 MILIEU AND JUST SIT DOWN AND 1043 00:39:39,276 --> 00:39:41,145 THEY'RE ABLE TO JUST CLOSE 1044 00:39:41,145 --> 00:39:42,546 THEIR EYES FOR FIVE MINUTES AND 1045 00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:46,917 KNOW THAT THEY'RE SAFE. THAT 1046 00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:48,219 MEANS A LOT. AND IT ALSO MEANS A 1047 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:51,455 LOT TO ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE 1048 00:39:51,455 --> 00:39:55,793 THAT. SO PLEASE, PLEASE CONTINUE 1049 00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:57,528 TO FUND THE LEAD PROGRAM. THANK 1050 00:39:57,528 --> 00:39:57,762 YOU. 1051 00:39:57,762 --> 00:40:02,933 -- THANK YOU 1052 00:40:02,933 --> 00:40:03,267 -- [APPLAUSE] 1053 00:40:03,267 --> 00:40:06,804 -- JOHN MORRIS TO BE FOLLOWED BY 1054 00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:07,138 ARNELL RUIZ. 1055 00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:08,706 -- HI. GOOD MORNING. 1056 00:40:08,706 --> 00:40:09,106 -- GOOD MORNING. 1057 00:40:09,106 --> 00:40:10,407 -- JUST GOT A TESTIMONY WRITTEN 1058 00:40:10,407 --> 00:40:14,445 HERE MY NAME IS JOHN MORRIS. I 1059 00:40:14,445 --> 00:40:16,147 STAND BEFORE YOU AS A 1060 00:40:16,147 --> 00:40:17,948 PARTICIPANT OF THE LEAD PROGRAM. 1061 00:40:17,948 --> 00:40:19,583 I FIRST HEARD OF LEAD BACK IN 1062 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:23,387 2021. AT THAT TIME, I'VE BEEN 1063 00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:25,656 ON THE STREETS FOR ABOUT THREE 1064 00:40:25,656 --> 00:40:28,893 YEARS. I WAS ADDICTED TO 1065 00:40:28,893 --> 00:40:32,062 OPIATES, AMPHETAMINES MY MY 1066 00:40:32,062 --> 00:40:33,130 ADDICTION WAS RUNNING MY LIFE AT 1067 00:40:33,130 --> 00:40:38,536 THAT TIME AND I JUST WANT TO BE 1068 00:40:38,536 --> 00:40:41,138 HONEST ABOUT WHERE I CAME FROM. 1069 00:40:41,138 --> 00:40:43,841 YOU KNOW, I HAD NEVER BEEN ON 1070 00:40:43,841 --> 00:40:45,509 THE STREETS BEFORE UNTIL UNTIL I 1071 00:40:45,509 --> 00:40:47,812 CAME TO SEATTLE. AND WAS 1072 00:40:47,812 --> 00:40:50,414 ADDICTED TO DRUGS. BUT DURING 1073 00:40:50,414 --> 00:40:52,383 THOSE TIMES I WAS ARRESTED FOR 1074 00:40:52,383 --> 00:40:54,718 STEALING, TRESPASSING, DRUG 1075 00:40:54,718 --> 00:40:56,320 POSSESSION AND PARAPHERNALIA. I 1076 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:58,355 WAS IN AN ADULT JAIL OVER AND 1077 00:40:58,355 --> 00:41:02,893 OVER AGAIN. I WAS AT THE LOWEST 1078 00:41:02,893 --> 00:41:04,094 POINT OF MY LIFE. AND DURING 1079 00:41:04,094 --> 00:41:07,631 THOSE TIMES WHEN WHEN I WHEN I 1080 00:41:07,631 --> 00:41:08,199 THOUGHT EVERYBODY FORGOTTEN 1081 00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:10,801 ABOUT ME, LEAD WAS THERE. THAT 1082 00:41:10,801 --> 00:41:12,937 SHOWED UP FOR ME IN JAIL AND IN 1083 00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:15,172 COURT. THEY ADVOCATED FOR ME 1084 00:41:15,172 --> 00:41:17,541 WHEN I COULDN'T ADVOCATE FOR 1085 00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:21,478 MYSELF. MY CASEWORKER, WHO AM I 1086 00:41:21,478 --> 00:41:23,981 CREDIT FOR HELPING ME SAVE MY 1087 00:41:23,981 --> 00:41:28,152 LIFE TO WHERE I AM TODAY. SHE 1088 00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:30,387 TREATS ME WITH RESPECT, WITH 1089 00:41:30,387 --> 00:41:32,389 DIGNITY AS A HUMAN BEING. SHE 1090 00:41:32,389 --> 00:41:35,593 NEVER GAVE UP ON ME. SHE STILL 1091 00:41:35,593 --> 00:41:37,161 SHE'S SHE'S STILL THERE, 1092 00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:40,698 RIGHT? TODAY AND I WROTE IF IT 1093 00:41:40,698 --> 00:41:42,700 WEREN'T FOR THE LEAD PROGRAM, I 1094 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:44,034 DON'T I DON'T TRULY KNOW WHERE 1095 00:41:44,034 --> 00:41:46,670 I'D BE TODAY. LEAD. THEY 1096 00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:48,105 ADVOCATED FOR ME. THEY HELPED ME 1097 00:41:48,105 --> 00:41:49,573 WITH HOUSING, MEDICAL NEEDS, 1098 00:41:49,573 --> 00:41:53,210 MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND JUST 1099 00:41:53,210 --> 00:41:54,478 CHECKING ON CHECKING IN WITH ME 1100 00:41:54,478 --> 00:41:56,080 ON A DAILY BASIS. THAT MAKES A 1101 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,282 DIFFERENCE. I'VE BEEN IN 1102 00:41:58,282 --> 00:42:00,518 RECOVERY FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW 1103 00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:06,090 AND LEAD HAS BEEN THERE EVERY 1104 00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:07,958 STEP OF THE WAY. I WILL FOREVER 1105 00:42:07,958 --> 00:42:10,294 BE GRATEFUL FOR THE LEAD PROGRAM 1106 00:42:10,294 --> 00:42:12,730 AND MY CASEWORKER DID THAT. THAT 1107 00:42:12,730 --> 00:42:15,633 PROGRAM REALLY WORKS. AND AND, 1108 00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:20,037 AND IT HELPS. THANK YOU. 1109 00:42:20,037 --> 00:42:26,343 -- THANK YOU. 1110 00:42:26,343 --> 00:42:28,946 -- ANGEL RUIZ DUVALL. DANIELLE 1111 00:42:28,946 --> 00:42:29,213 HAMMOND. 1112 00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:31,682 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 1113 00:42:31,682 --> 00:42:33,284 ANGEL RUIZ. AND I STARTED WITH 1114 00:42:33,284 --> 00:42:35,052 THE LEAD PROGRAM FIVE YEARS AGO 1115 00:42:35,052 --> 00:42:39,456 AS A CASE MANAGER. AND DURING MY 1116 00:42:39,456 --> 00:42:41,625 TIME, I'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO 1117 00:42:41,625 --> 00:42:42,726 SEE JUST THE IMPACT THAT WE'VE 1118 00:42:42,726 --> 00:42:44,995 HAD ON THE CLIENTS THAT WE 1119 00:42:44,995 --> 00:42:46,864 SERVE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT 1120 00:42:46,864 --> 00:42:48,565 STANDS TODAY, THESE FOLKS ARE 1121 00:42:48,565 --> 00:42:50,668 HERE REALLY SPEAKING ON WHAT 1122 00:42:50,668 --> 00:42:52,236 THEY'VE EXPERIENCED THEMSELVES. 1123 00:42:52,236 --> 00:42:54,038 AND SO BEING ON THIS SIDE OF 1124 00:42:54,038 --> 00:42:56,941 THINGS FROM, AS A CASE MANAGER 1125 00:42:56,941 --> 00:42:59,410 PERSPECTIVE, JUST REALLY BEING 1126 00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:01,278 ABLE TO WALK ALONGSIDE PEOPLE 1127 00:43:01,278 --> 00:43:02,980 AND BE FOR MANY, JUST ONE OF THE 1128 00:43:02,980 --> 00:43:05,182 ONLY SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT THEY 1129 00:43:05,182 --> 00:43:08,986 HAVE AND BEING THAT PERSON, THAT 1130 00:43:08,986 --> 00:43:09,753 TRUSTED PERSON THAT THEY CAN 1131 00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:12,856 CALL, THAT THEY CAN NAVIGATE 1132 00:43:12,856 --> 00:43:13,457 THESE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES 1133 00:43:13,457 --> 00:43:16,460 WITH AND TRULY LIKE, SEE IT 1134 00:43:16,460 --> 00:43:17,628 THROUGH AND SEE IT FOLLOW 1135 00:43:17,628 --> 00:43:19,763 THROUGH AND BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY 1136 00:43:19,763 --> 00:43:20,965 SUPPORT THEM. AND I HAD A VERY 1137 00:43:20,965 --> 00:43:22,633 PROFOUND MOMENT AS A CASE 1138 00:43:22,633 --> 00:43:26,937 MANAGER SUPPORTING A CLIENT OF 1139 00:43:26,937 --> 00:43:28,806 MINE WHO HAD A LOT OF LEGAL 1140 00:43:28,806 --> 00:43:31,041 THINGS THAT HAD BEEN SORT OF 1141 00:43:31,041 --> 00:43:33,277 UNATTENDED, NOT RESOLVED. AND HE 1142 00:43:33,277 --> 00:43:35,679 HAD GOTTEN TO A PLACE OF 1143 00:43:35,679 --> 00:43:37,614 STABILITY WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO 1144 00:43:37,614 --> 00:43:38,882 FINALLY START MAKING PROGRESS 1145 00:43:38,882 --> 00:43:41,852 TOWARDS ADDRESSING THOSE THINGS. 1146 00:43:41,852 --> 00:43:44,388 AND I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS AN OLD 1147 00:43:44,388 --> 00:43:48,258 CASE. AND WHEN I STOOD UP THERE 1148 00:43:48,258 --> 00:43:50,194 AND I ADVOCATED FOR HIM AND 1149 00:43:50,194 --> 00:43:50,995 EXPLAINED TO THE COURT, LIKE ALL 1150 00:43:50,995 --> 00:43:52,496 OF THE PROGRESS HE HAD DONE, 1151 00:43:52,496 --> 00:43:53,464 EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD WORKED SO 1152 00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:55,632 HARD, AND TO LOOK AT HIM AS A 1153 00:43:55,632 --> 00:43:58,135 WHOLE PICTURE, AND NOT JUST WHAT 1154 00:43:58,135 --> 00:44:00,637 THAT REPORT SAID. IT, IT WAS 1155 00:44:00,637 --> 00:44:02,840 REALLY PROFOUND. MY CLIENT 1156 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:05,075 AFTERWARD SAID, I'VE NEVER HEARD 1157 00:44:05,075 --> 00:44:05,943 ANYONE TALK ABOUT ME SO 1158 00:44:05,943 --> 00:44:08,712 POSITIVELY, AND THAT MADE A 1159 00:44:08,712 --> 00:44:10,547 REALLY BIG IMPACT ON ME AND MADE 1160 00:44:10,547 --> 00:44:12,483 ME REALIZE THAT THIS WORK 1161 00:44:12,483 --> 00:44:14,318 MATTERS AND IT DOES ACTUALLY 1162 00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:16,153 AFFECT CHANGE, EVEN IF IT'S 1163 00:44:16,153 --> 00:44:18,655 SOMETHING AS SMALL AS SPEAKING 1164 00:44:18,655 --> 00:44:21,925 POSITIVITY AND APPLAUDING PEOPLE 1165 00:44:21,925 --> 00:44:22,760 FOR THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE, 1166 00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:24,028 THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE 1167 00:44:24,028 --> 00:44:24,661 ACCOMPLISHED, THE THINGS THAT 1168 00:44:24,661 --> 00:44:27,398 THEY HAVE YET TO DO, IT REALLY 1169 00:44:27,398 --> 00:44:29,733 DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND I'M 1170 00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:31,502 VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE THIS 1171 00:44:31,502 --> 00:44:34,571 OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. 1172 00:44:34,571 --> 00:44:41,412 -- THANK YOU. 1173 00:44:41,412 --> 00:44:43,647 -- HELLO. 1174 00:44:43,647 --> 00:44:44,715 -- MY NAME IS DANIELLE HAMMOND 1175 00:44:44,715 --> 00:44:46,016 AND I'M A SCREENING AND 1176 00:44:46,016 --> 00:44:46,617 OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR THE 1177 00:44:46,617 --> 00:44:49,186 LEAD PROGRAM OUT OF THE WEST 1178 00:44:49,186 --> 00:44:50,521 PRECINCT. AND I'M A RESIDENT OF 1179 00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:51,789 DISTRICT THREE. I'VE WORKED AT 1180 00:44:51,789 --> 00:44:53,323 LEAD FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. YOU 1181 00:44:53,323 --> 00:44:54,958 ACTUALLY HEARD FROM MY CLIENT, 1182 00:44:54,958 --> 00:44:57,027 STEVE GASTON? HE WAS ONLINE A 1183 00:44:57,027 --> 00:44:57,928 FEW MINUTES AGO. AND I JUST WANT 1184 00:44:57,928 --> 00:44:59,963 TO SAY AGAIN THAT HE HAS A 1185 00:44:59,963 --> 00:45:01,098 HEARING TOMORROW TO GET FULL 1186 00:45:01,098 --> 00:45:02,633 CUSTODY OF HIS EIGHT YEAR OLD 1187 00:45:02,633 --> 00:45:03,934 SON. IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 1188 00:45:03,934 --> 00:45:05,102 POSSIBLE WITHOUT LEAD. IT JUST 1189 00:45:05,102 --> 00:45:06,770 WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. WHEN I 1190 00:45:06,770 --> 00:45:07,838 THINK ABOUT LEAD, I THINK ABOUT 1191 00:45:07,838 --> 00:45:10,307 BEING ABLE TO OFFER PEOPLE 1192 00:45:10,307 --> 00:45:11,975 TAILORED SUPPORT FOR THEIR LEGAL 1193 00:45:11,975 --> 00:45:13,043 ISSUES. MOST PEOPLE I COME 1194 00:45:13,043 --> 00:45:13,977 ACROSS HAVE AT LEAST ONE 1195 00:45:13,977 --> 00:45:15,446 WARRANT, AND USUALLY WAY MORE 1196 00:45:15,446 --> 00:45:17,381 THAN THAT ALL ACROSS WESTERN 1197 00:45:17,381 --> 00:45:19,149 WASHINGTON OR FARTHER AWAY. AND 1198 00:45:19,149 --> 00:45:20,317 THE THREAT OF JAIL IS ALWAYS 1199 00:45:20,317 --> 00:45:21,985 LOOMING IN THE BACK OF THEIR 1200 00:45:21,985 --> 00:45:22,853 MINDS. WHEN PEOPLE TALK WITH ME 1201 00:45:22,853 --> 00:45:24,021 ABOUT THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS, 1202 00:45:24,021 --> 00:45:25,923 THEY'RE OFTEN OVERWHELMED WITH 1203 00:45:25,923 --> 00:45:27,991 ANXIETY AND HOPELESSNESS AROUND 1204 00:45:27,991 --> 00:45:29,893 EVEN BEGINNING TO TRY TO START 1205 00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:31,695 ADDRESSING THEIR WARRANTS. I MET 1206 00:45:31,695 --> 00:45:33,030 A CLIENT WHEN SHE WAS GETTING 1207 00:45:33,030 --> 00:45:34,531 ARRESTED AND REFERRED TO LEAD 1208 00:45:34,531 --> 00:45:36,200 VIA AN ARREST DIVERSION FOR A 1209 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:37,267 VISA ON 12th AND JACKSON A FEW 1210 00:45:37,267 --> 00:45:38,635 MONTHS AGO, WHEN I TOLD HER 1211 00:45:38,635 --> 00:45:39,937 ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND ABOUT THE 1212 00:45:39,937 --> 00:45:40,671 LEGAL SPECIALTY OF IT ALL, SHE 1213 00:45:40,671 --> 00:45:42,339 SAID, I KNOW I HAVE COURT 1214 00:45:42,339 --> 00:45:44,041 TOMORROW IN RENTON, BUT I LOST 1215 00:45:44,041 --> 00:45:45,175 MY PAPERWORK. I'VE BEEN 1216 00:45:45,175 --> 00:45:46,110 OUTSIDE, I KNOW IT'S TOMORROW. I 1217 00:45:46,110 --> 00:45:47,678 DON'T REMEMBER WHO MY ATTORNEY 1218 00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:50,748 IS. LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO? SO I 1219 00:45:50,748 --> 00:45:52,449 WAS WAS ABLE TO SAY, OH, LET'S 1220 00:45:52,449 --> 00:45:53,484 CALL THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 1221 00:45:53,484 --> 00:45:54,485 PROSECUTOR. AND WE PUT HER ON 1222 00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:55,285 SPEAKERPHONE AND SHE WAS ABLE TO 1223 00:45:55,285 --> 00:45:56,987 SAY, OH YEAH, YOU'VE GOT COURT. 1224 00:45:56,987 --> 00:45:58,589 AND ACTUALLY TWO DAYS IT'S AT 1225 00:45:58,589 --> 00:45:59,757 930, HERE'S YOUR ATTORNEY'S 1226 00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:02,159 NUMBER AND HERE'S THE LINK TO 1227 00:46:02,159 --> 00:46:03,093 APPEARING VIRTUALLY. SHE CAME TO 1228 00:46:03,093 --> 00:46:03,994 OUR OFFICE LATER THAT DAY AND WE 1229 00:46:03,994 --> 00:46:04,762 WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF 1230 00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:05,696 FIGURE SOME THINGS OUT AND GET 1231 00:46:05,696 --> 00:46:08,899 HER GOING TO COURT. SO IT'S 1232 00:46:08,899 --> 00:46:10,033 JUST THAT REALLY QUICK KIND OF 1233 00:46:10,033 --> 00:46:12,069 CARE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO 1234 00:46:12,069 --> 00:46:13,070 PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF 1235 00:46:13,070 --> 00:46:14,104 THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT 1236 00:46:14,104 --> 00:46:15,372 KINDS OF CASE MANAGEMENT IN THE 1237 00:46:15,372 --> 00:46:17,574 CITY, BUT LEAD IS ABLE TO MOVE 1238 00:46:17,574 --> 00:46:19,276 REAL FAST WITH THE LEGAL STUFF. 1239 00:46:19,276 --> 00:46:21,245 AND WE'VE JUST GOT THAT NICE 1240 00:46:21,245 --> 00:46:22,312 SPECIALTY. SO WE CAN DEFINITELY 1241 00:46:22,312 --> 00:46:23,413 HELP PEOPLE OUT WITH A NUMBER OF 1242 00:46:23,413 --> 00:46:24,081 OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD 1243 00:46:24,081 --> 00:46:25,983 ABOUT TODAY. BUT THAT LEGAL 1244 00:46:25,983 --> 00:46:27,417 SPECIALTY IS KIND OF WHAT MAKES 1245 00:46:27,417 --> 00:46:32,523 LEAD WORK SO WELL. THANKS. BYE. 1246 00:46:32,523 --> 00:46:39,496 -- THANK YOU. 1247 00:46:39,496 --> 00:46:40,597 -- WE HAVE GEORGE HAZEL TO CLOSE 1248 00:46:40,597 --> 00:46:44,101 OUT OUR IN PERSON SPEAKERS. 1249 00:46:44,101 --> 00:46:49,973 -- [LAUGHTER] 1250 00:46:49,973 --> 00:46:52,643 -- EXCUSE ME. GOOD MORNING. 1251 00:46:52,643 --> 00:46:54,711 -- MY NAME IS GEORGE HAZEL. I'M 1252 00:46:54,711 --> 00:46:57,648 A CASE MANAGER WITH THE LEAD 1253 00:46:57,648 --> 00:46:59,516 PROGRAM. ONE OF THE MOST 1254 00:46:59,516 --> 00:47:01,952 EFFECTIVE THINGS THAT ONE CAN DO 1255 00:47:01,952 --> 00:47:03,487 IS WALK ALONGSIDE OF A HUMAN 1256 00:47:03,487 --> 00:47:05,989 BEING THAT'S GOING THROUGH A 1257 00:47:05,989 --> 00:47:08,926 STRUGGLE. I GET TO WALK 1258 00:47:08,926 --> 00:47:09,726 ALONGSIDE THE CLIENTS. THAT'S 1259 00:47:09,726 --> 00:47:11,962 GOING THROUGH PAIN AND WHAT THAT 1260 00:47:11,962 --> 00:47:13,130 LOOKS LIKE. THE PAIN OF BEING 1261 00:47:13,130 --> 00:47:14,198 HOMELESS, OR THE PAIN OF MENTAL 1262 00:47:14,198 --> 00:47:15,399 HEALTH, OR THE PAIN OF GOING 1263 00:47:15,399 --> 00:47:16,900 THROUGH SUBSTANCE, AND TO BE 1264 00:47:16,900 --> 00:47:19,036 ABLE TO WALK ALONGSIDE OF 1265 00:47:19,036 --> 00:47:19,937 SOMEONE AND NOT GIVE UP. SO WE 1266 00:47:19,937 --> 00:47:23,440 ARE A NON GIVE UP PROGRAM. WE 1267 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:24,775 WALK ALONGSIDE OUR CLIENTS 1268 00:47:24,775 --> 00:47:26,677 DESPITE OF WE MEET THEM WHERE 1269 00:47:26,677 --> 00:47:28,445 THEY'RE AT DESPITE OF SOMETIMES 1270 00:47:28,445 --> 00:47:30,214 THEY TRY TO TO SUCCEED TO 1271 00:47:30,214 --> 00:47:31,148 SUCCESS AND SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT 1272 00:47:31,148 --> 00:47:32,482 THEY MIGHT DROP THE BALL LIKE WE 1273 00:47:32,482 --> 00:47:34,484 ALL DO. BUT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT 1274 00:47:34,484 --> 00:47:35,886 THINGS WITH WORKING WITH THE 1275 00:47:35,886 --> 00:47:37,621 CLIENTS THAT LEAD IS BEING 1276 00:47:37,621 --> 00:47:39,623 AVAILABLE. AND I PRIDE MYSELF IN 1277 00:47:39,623 --> 00:47:40,357 BEING AVAILABLE WITH THE CLIENTS 1278 00:47:40,357 --> 00:47:41,358 WHERE THEY KNOW THEY CAN CALL 1279 00:47:41,358 --> 00:47:42,259 ME, THEY KNOW THEY CAN REACH OUT 1280 00:47:42,259 --> 00:47:43,393 AND I'M GOING TO BE THERE, 1281 00:47:43,393 --> 00:47:45,762 WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK LIKE. THE 1282 00:47:45,762 --> 00:47:46,997 EXPECTATION IS JUST TO LIVE ONE 1283 00:47:46,997 --> 00:47:49,833 DAY AT A TIME. AND SO I'VE BEEN 1284 00:47:49,833 --> 00:47:51,235 GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE 1285 00:47:51,235 --> 00:47:53,337 TO WALK ALONGSIDE OF MY CLIENTS 1286 00:47:53,337 --> 00:47:57,274 OR CLIENTS AND SHOW THEM WHAT 1287 00:47:57,274 --> 00:47:59,009 VICTORY LOOKS LIKE. SMALL 1288 00:47:59,009 --> 00:47:59,543 VICTORIES LIKE GOING FROM 1289 00:47:59,543 --> 00:48:00,777 UNHOUSED TO BEING HOUSED, GOING 1290 00:48:00,777 --> 00:48:03,547 FROM NOT HAVING ID TO HAVING ID, 1291 00:48:03,547 --> 00:48:05,382 GOING FROM FROM NOT EATING TO 1292 00:48:05,382 --> 00:48:07,084 EATING, GOING FROM DIRTY CLOTHES 1293 00:48:07,084 --> 00:48:10,187 TO CLEAN CLOTHES, ALL THOSE 1294 00:48:10,187 --> 00:48:10,854 SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE THAT 1295 00:48:10,854 --> 00:48:11,922 SOMETIMES WE CAN TAKE FOR 1296 00:48:11,922 --> 00:48:13,390 GRANTED MEANS A LOT TO OUR 1297 00:48:13,390 --> 00:48:15,259 CLIENTS. AND WITHOUT THE PROGRAM 1298 00:48:15,259 --> 00:48:16,026 OF LEAD, THEY WILL HAVE A PLACE 1299 00:48:16,026 --> 00:48:18,161 THEY CAN GO AND RECEIVE THAT 1300 00:48:18,161 --> 00:48:20,297 SUPPORT UNCONDITIONALLY. AND SO 1301 00:48:20,297 --> 00:48:21,732 I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. 1302 00:48:21,732 --> 00:48:22,799 I'M HONORED TO BE A CASE 1303 00:48:22,799 --> 00:48:23,433 MANAGER WITH LEE, AND I THANK 1304 00:48:23,433 --> 00:48:24,334 YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING. HAVE A 1305 00:48:24,334 --> 00:48:28,839 GREAT DAY. 1306 00:48:28,839 --> 00:48:31,775 -- THANK YOU. ONE MORE ONLINE. 1307 00:48:31,775 --> 00:48:34,511 -- AND WE HAVE ONE LAST REMOTE 1308 00:48:34,511 --> 00:48:37,147 COMMENTER. PLEASE PRESS STAR 1309 00:48:37,147 --> 00:48:39,516 SIX, STAR SIX. AFTER YOU HEAR 1310 00:48:39,516 --> 00:48:42,986 THE PROMPT, YOU HAVE BEEN 1311 00:48:42,986 --> 00:48:50,694 UNMUTED. BOSLEY 1312 00:48:50,927 --> 00:48:53,563 -- HI, MY NAME IS ERICA BOSLEY 1313 00:48:53,563 --> 00:48:57,801 AND I'M A PART OF HOLY IS A A 1314 00:48:57,801 --> 00:48:59,603 COMPANY THAT HAS THREE PHASES. 1315 00:48:59,603 --> 00:49:01,405 IT HAS THE LEGAL PHASE, THE 1316 00:49:01,405 --> 00:49:04,741 HOUSING AND THE AFTERCARE. 1317 00:49:04,741 --> 00:49:05,842 BEFORE I CAME TO CO-LEAD, I 1318 00:49:05,842 --> 00:49:07,911 DIDN'T HAVE ANY HOPE. BUT THEY 1319 00:49:07,911 --> 00:49:10,414 CAME AND GOT ME. AND I'M HERE 1320 00:49:10,414 --> 00:49:11,882 AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL. IT'S A 1321 00:49:11,882 --> 00:49:13,216 WRAPAROUND SERVICE. WHATEVER YOU 1322 00:49:13,216 --> 00:49:15,385 NEED HELP WITH FROM HOUSING TO 1323 00:49:15,385 --> 00:49:18,855 JOBS OR CLOTHING, MENTAL HEALTH, 1324 00:49:18,855 --> 00:49:21,124 COVID IS HERE. THEY GIVE US THE 1325 00:49:21,124 --> 00:49:22,192 MAP AND WE DRIVE THE CAR. SO 1326 00:49:22,192 --> 00:49:26,063 WHATEVER WE NEED, WE HAVE. AND 1327 00:49:26,063 --> 00:49:26,963 I'M THANKFUL FOR JUST THE WHOLE 1328 00:49:26,963 --> 00:49:28,865 TEAM. THEY HAVE REALLY 1329 00:49:28,865 --> 00:49:29,499 GRACIOUSLY HELPED ME ALONG THE 1330 00:49:29,499 --> 00:49:30,167 WAY. AND PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK 1331 00:49:30,167 --> 00:49:33,904 THAT EVERYONE OUT THERE THAT IS 1332 00:49:33,904 --> 00:49:35,072 UNHOUSED IS, IS ON SOME KIND OF 1333 00:49:35,072 --> 00:49:36,640 DRUGS, ARE GOING THROUGH 1334 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:37,607 ADDICTION. AND THAT'S NOT 1335 00:49:37,607 --> 00:49:39,509 ALWAYS THE CASE. I MEAN, PEOPLE 1336 00:49:39,509 --> 00:49:41,478 ARE JUST ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM 1337 00:49:41,478 --> 00:49:43,146 HOUSING. WE REALLY NEED THESE 1338 00:49:43,146 --> 00:49:46,183 PROGRAMS. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM. 1339 00:49:46,183 --> 00:49:47,417 I WAS LOST WHEN THEY CAME TO ME 1340 00:49:47,417 --> 00:49:48,985 AND SAID, A TINY HOUSE. I WAS 1341 00:49:48,985 --> 00:49:51,288 LIKE, BECAUSE I HAD NO FAITH OR 1342 00:49:51,288 --> 00:49:53,290 HOPE IN A TINY HOUSE. BUT 1343 00:49:53,290 --> 00:49:55,125 CO-LEAD ACTUALLY DOES WHAT THEY 1344 00:49:55,125 --> 00:49:56,360 SAY. AND THEY ASKED ME, WHAT DO 1345 00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:58,695 I WANT TO DO? I TELL THEM, AND 1346 00:49:58,695 --> 00:49:59,329 THEY JUST GIVE ME THE RESOURCES. 1347 00:49:59,329 --> 00:50:02,299 SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL. AND THEY 1348 00:50:02,299 --> 00:50:03,600 ALSO HAVE A COMPANY, I MEAN, NOT 1349 00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:04,968 A COMPANY, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE 1350 00:50:04,968 --> 00:50:05,569 AFTERCARE AND AFTERCARE WITH 1351 00:50:05,569 --> 00:50:07,137 AFTERCARE. DOES. THIS IS ANOTHER 1352 00:50:07,137 --> 00:50:07,904 WRAPAROUND SERVICE WHEN WE GET 1353 00:50:07,904 --> 00:50:09,339 HOUSED, WHICH I AM. I JUST 1354 00:50:09,339 --> 00:50:11,575 HAVEN'T MOVED YET. THEY JUST 1355 00:50:11,575 --> 00:50:13,410 THEY, THEY DO EVERYTHING AS WELL 1356 00:50:13,410 --> 00:50:16,546 FROM EVERYTHING THAT HOLY DID 1357 00:50:16,546 --> 00:50:20,250 WHEN I WAS LODGING, THEY DO IT 1358 00:50:20,250 --> 00:50:22,319 WHEN I'M HOUSED IN MY PLACE. SO 1359 00:50:22,319 --> 00:50:22,986 IF I NEED FURNITURE, IF I NEED 1360 00:50:22,986 --> 00:50:25,355 HELP WITH RENT, ANYTHING THAT I 1361 00:50:25,355 --> 00:50:26,423 NEED, THEY'RE THERE. AND I'M 1362 00:50:26,423 --> 00:50:28,658 VERY, VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR. 1363 00:50:28,658 --> 00:50:33,330 THANK YOU 1364 00:50:33,330 --> 00:50:38,468 -- THANK YOU. AWESOME. OKAY. THE 1365 00:50:38,468 --> 00:50:40,270 60 MINUTE PERIOD FOR PUBLIC 1366 00:50:40,270 --> 00:50:42,205 COMMENT IS EXPIRED. I SHOULD 1367 00:50:42,205 --> 00:50:43,707 NOTE TOO THAT NORMALLY EARLY ON 1368 00:50:43,707 --> 00:50:46,643 I WOULD SAY PLEASE, NO CLAPPING, 1369 00:50:46,643 --> 00:50:50,814 JUST DO JAZZ HANDS OR SNAPS. BUT 1370 00:50:50,814 --> 00:50:51,481 GIVEN THAT YOU'RE CELEBRATING 1371 00:50:51,481 --> 00:50:52,816 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL SOBRIETY, I 1372 00:50:52,816 --> 00:50:54,618 FIGURED THIS COULD BE A GOOD 1373 00:50:54,618 --> 00:50:57,020 EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE. AND AND 1374 00:50:57,020 --> 00:50:58,422 WITH THAT SAID, I THINK WITH THE 1375 00:50:58,422 --> 00:51:02,726 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN, 1376 00:51:02,726 --> 00:51:03,360 YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE 1377 00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:05,896 THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE 1378 00:51:05,896 --> 00:51:07,164 FACING THE HURDLES. AND THEN AS 1379 00:51:07,164 --> 00:51:08,965 ONE PERSON WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, 1380 00:51:08,965 --> 00:51:12,536 YOU KNOW, GAINING HOPE. SO GIVEN 1381 00:51:12,536 --> 00:51:13,770 ALL THAT ONE LAST ROUND OF 1382 00:51:13,770 --> 00:51:15,138 APPLAUSE FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE 1383 00:51:15,138 --> 00:51:18,074 BEEN SOBER FOR WHATEVER, FROM 30 1384 00:51:18,074 --> 00:51:19,376 YEARS TO, I THINK A YEAR OR LESS 1385 00:51:19,376 --> 00:51:24,781 THAN A YEAR. SO PLEASE 1386 00:51:24,781 --> 00:51:30,687 -- [APPLAUSE] 1387 00:51:30,687 --> 00:51:31,388 -- OKAY. NOW, WITH THAT SAID, WE 1388 00:51:31,388 --> 00:51:33,657 WILL NOW PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 1389 00:51:33,657 --> 00:51:36,193 BUSINESS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 1390 00:51:36,193 --> 00:51:37,694 ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT WRITTEN 1391 00:51:37,694 --> 00:51:38,995 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SIGN UP CARDS 1392 00:51:38,995 --> 00:51:41,665 AVAILABLE, OR EMAIL THE COUNCIL 1393 00:51:41,665 --> 00:51:43,266 AT COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV IN THE 1394 00:51:43,266 --> 00:51:44,201 FUTURE. SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO 1395 00:51:44,201 --> 00:51:46,503 OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL 1396 00:51:46,503 --> 00:51:47,103 THE CLERK PLEASE READ AGENDA 1397 00:51:47,103 --> 00:51:49,372 ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD 1398 00:51:49,372 --> 00:51:51,808 -- AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 1399 00:51:51,808 --> 00:51:53,443 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. UPDATING 1400 00:51:53,443 --> 00:51:54,077 CITY POLICY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT 1401 00:51:54,077 --> 00:51:56,379 OF THE CRIMES OF KNOWING, 1402 00:51:56,379 --> 00:52:00,450 POSSESSION AND USE OF CONTROLLED 1403 00:52:00,450 --> 00:52:01,051 SUBSTANCES. AMENDING SECTION 1404 00:52:01,051 --> 00:52:02,052 3.28.14. ONE OF THE SEATTLE 1405 00:52:02,052 --> 00:52:03,687 MUNICIPAL CODE AND REPEALING 1406 00:52:03,687 --> 00:52:07,023 SECTION FOUR OF ORDINANCE 1407 00:52:07,023 --> 00:52:09,659 126896. 1408 00:52:09,659 --> 00:52:11,094 -- THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. WE 1409 00:52:11,094 --> 00:52:12,429 HAVE MR. DOSS FROM CENTRAL STAFF 1410 00:52:12,429 --> 00:52:14,931 JOINING US. WHO'S GOING TO 1411 00:52:14,931 --> 00:52:16,533 INTRODUCE FIRST HIMSELF, BUT 1412 00:52:16,533 --> 00:52:18,969 THEN ALSO THE ORDINANCE THAT WE 1413 00:52:18,969 --> 00:52:21,538 HAVE BEFORE US, MR. DOSS. 1414 00:52:21,538 --> 00:52:23,373 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. GREG 1415 00:52:23,373 --> 00:52:25,542 DOSS HERE, YOUR CENTRAL STAFF 1416 00:52:25,542 --> 00:52:29,479 HERE TO DISCUSS COUNCIL BILL 1417 00:52:29,479 --> 00:52:33,717 121248. 1418 00:52:33,717 --> 00:52:35,352 -- OKAY. HAVE A GOOD DAY. 1419 00:52:35,352 --> 00:52:42,325 -- I'LL TRY NOT TO BE OFFENDED 1420 00:52:42,325 --> 00:52:45,395 -- OKAY. SO YES, LET'S LET'S 1421 00:52:45,395 --> 00:52:49,900 WALK THROUGH THE THE BILL. AND 1422 00:52:49,900 --> 00:52:51,635 ITS MAIN PIECES. AND COLLEAGUES, 1423 00:52:51,635 --> 00:52:53,436 IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN, YOU CAN 1424 00:52:53,436 --> 00:52:56,773 DO SO. OR WE CAN WAIT TOWARDS 1425 00:52:56,773 --> 00:52:58,375 THE THE END OF HIS COMMENTS. 1426 00:52:58,375 --> 00:53:00,343 -- ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL BEGIN 1427 00:53:00,343 --> 00:53:00,911 WITH SOME BACKGROUND ON THE 1428 00:53:00,911 --> 00:53:02,779 CITY'S CURRENT ENFORCEMENT OF 1429 00:53:02,779 --> 00:53:05,081 PUBLIC USE AND POSSESSION LAWS. 1430 00:53:05,081 --> 00:53:06,116 DESCRIBE THE PROVISIONS OF THE 1431 00:53:06,116 --> 00:53:07,450 BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, FOUR, 1432 00:53:07,450 --> 00:53:09,419 EIGHT AND DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL 1433 00:53:09,419 --> 00:53:11,621 IMPACTS OF THE BILL. I'D ALSO 1434 00:53:11,621 --> 00:53:13,757 NOTE THAT THERE IS A STAFF MEMO 1435 00:53:13,757 --> 00:53:14,257 AVAILABLE ONLINE ON THE 1436 00:53:14,257 --> 00:53:17,494 COMMITTEE'S WEBSITE. SO BY WAY 1437 00:53:17,494 --> 00:53:19,262 OF BACKGROUND, IN MAY 2023, THE 1438 00:53:19,262 --> 00:53:19,863 WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE 1439 00:53:19,863 --> 00:53:22,632 PASSED ENGROSSED SECOND 1440 00:53:22,632 --> 00:53:24,201 SUBSTITUTE BILL 5536, WHICH 1441 00:53:24,201 --> 00:53:25,869 RECLASSIFIED AS GROSS 1442 00:53:25,869 --> 00:53:27,637 MISDEMEANORS. THE KNOWING, 1443 00:53:27,637 --> 00:53:29,306 POSSESSION OR USE OF A 1444 00:53:29,306 --> 00:53:31,408 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN A PUBLIC 1445 00:53:31,408 --> 00:53:32,976 PLACE. THE BILL ENCOURAGED LAW 1446 00:53:32,976 --> 00:53:33,577 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO OFFER 1447 00:53:33,577 --> 00:53:35,845 ANY INDIVIDUAL ARRESTED FOR 1448 00:53:35,845 --> 00:53:38,682 SIMPLE POSSESSION OR USE ACCESS 1449 00:53:38,682 --> 00:53:41,084 TO ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT OR 1450 00:53:41,084 --> 00:53:43,320 SERVICES IN LIEU OF BOOKING THE 1451 00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:44,988 INDIVIDUAL INTO JAIL OR 1452 00:53:44,988 --> 00:53:45,455 REFERRING THE CASE TO 1453 00:53:45,455 --> 00:53:49,859 PROSECUTION IN AUGUST OF 2023, 1454 00:53:49,859 --> 00:53:52,329 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PASSED 1455 00:53:52,329 --> 00:53:54,531 ORDINANCE 126896, WHICH 1456 00:53:54,531 --> 00:53:55,865 INCORPORATED INTO THE SEATTLE 1457 00:53:55,865 --> 00:53:58,068 MUNICIPAL CODE. THE STATE'S 1458 00:53:58,068 --> 00:53:58,702 RECLASSIFICATION OF PUBLIC USE 1459 00:53:58,702 --> 00:54:02,706 AND POSSESSION CRIMES. IT ALSO 1460 00:54:02,706 --> 00:54:03,239 SPECIFIED THAT DIVERSION, 1461 00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:05,208 TREATMENT AND OTHER ALTERNATIVES 1462 00:54:05,208 --> 00:54:06,977 TO BOOKING ARE THE PREFERRED 1463 00:54:06,977 --> 00:54:09,980 APPROACH WHEN ENFORCING THESE 1464 00:54:09,980 --> 00:54:12,582 CRIMES. IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, 1465 00:54:12,582 --> 00:54:13,216 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF PROVIDED 1466 00:54:13,216 --> 00:54:14,551 TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 1467 00:54:14,551 --> 00:54:19,289 AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY DRUG 1468 00:54:19,289 --> 00:54:22,592 ORDINANCE ORDINANCE 126896 AND 1469 00:54:22,592 --> 00:54:25,395 PRESENTED DATA ON 2024 AND 2025 1470 00:54:25,395 --> 00:54:27,197 SPD ARRESTS AND DIVERSIONS. IT 1471 00:54:27,197 --> 00:54:28,765 SHOWED TRENDS IN HOW THE SEATTLE 1472 00:54:28,765 --> 00:54:30,867 POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ENFORCING 1473 00:54:30,867 --> 00:54:33,303 PUBLIC USE AND POSSESSION LAWS. 1474 00:54:33,303 --> 00:54:36,206 THE DATA SHOWED THAT SPD 1475 00:54:36,206 --> 00:54:38,141 INCREASED ARRESTS FOR DRUG USE 1476 00:54:38,141 --> 00:54:40,143 OR POSSESSION CRIMES BY 47%, AND 1477 00:54:40,143 --> 00:54:43,280 DECREASED ITS USE OF LAW 1478 00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:43,913 ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION 1479 00:54:43,913 --> 00:54:48,551 BY 30% IN THE SAME PERIOD, SPD 1480 00:54:48,551 --> 00:54:51,321 INCREASED ITS USE BY 56% OF 1481 00:54:51,321 --> 00:54:53,156 CHARGED BY OFFICER REFERRALS TO 1482 00:54:53,156 --> 00:54:55,291 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 1483 00:54:55,291 --> 00:54:56,526 THESE CHARGED BY OFFICER 1484 00:54:56,526 --> 00:54:59,929 REFERRALS FOR PERSONAL 1485 00:54:59,929 --> 00:55:01,031 POSSESSION CAN BYPASS JAIL 1486 00:55:01,031 --> 00:55:02,866 BOOKINGS, BUT IT ALSO. THEY ALSO 1487 00:55:02,866 --> 00:55:05,135 TRANSFER TO THE CEO. THE 1488 00:55:05,135 --> 00:55:07,737 DECISION TO DIVERT AND DO NOT 1489 00:55:07,737 --> 00:55:08,271 ALWAYS OFFER INDIVIDUALS 1490 00:55:08,271 --> 00:55:09,939 IMMEDIATE IN-FIELD ACCESS TO A 1491 00:55:09,939 --> 00:55:11,474 SET ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT OR 1492 00:55:11,474 --> 00:55:15,278 OTHER SERVICES. CHIEF SHON 1493 00:55:15,278 --> 00:55:17,480 BARNES AND LEADERS FROM PURPOSE, 1494 00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:18,882 DIGNITY ACTION HAVE INDICATED 1495 00:55:18,882 --> 00:55:21,951 THAT A LACK OF CAPACITY IN 2025 1496 00:55:21,951 --> 00:55:24,688 IN PDA'S LEAD PROGRAM MAY HAVE 1497 00:55:24,688 --> 00:55:26,923 CONTRIBUTED TO THE REDUCTION IN 1498 00:55:26,923 --> 00:55:30,427 SPD'S USE OF LEAD SERVICES 1499 00:55:30,427 --> 00:55:32,062 BETWEEN 2024 AND 2025. SO THAT 1500 00:55:32,062 --> 00:55:34,197 IS BACKGROUND. I'LL MOVE ON TO 1501 00:55:34,197 --> 00:55:36,132 THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL 1502 00:55:36,132 --> 00:55:38,234 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 1503 00:55:38,234 --> 00:55:39,903 FOUR, EIGHT WOULD AMEND THE 1504 00:55:39,903 --> 00:55:42,706 CITY'S DRUG ORDINANCE TO 1505 00:55:42,706 --> 00:55:43,406 PRIORITIZE THE USE OF IN 1506 00:55:43,406 --> 00:55:45,608 PRE-BOOKING DIVERSION THROUGH A 1507 00:55:45,608 --> 00:55:47,744 DIRECT PERSON TRANSFER OR A WARM 1508 00:55:47,744 --> 00:55:51,414 HANDOFF OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO LEAD 1509 00:55:51,414 --> 00:55:53,983 SERVICE PERSONNEL. THIS CHANGE 1510 00:55:53,983 --> 00:55:54,517 WOULD NOT PRECLUDE OTHER 1511 00:55:54,517 --> 00:55:57,353 ALTERNATIVES TO BOOKING, SUCH AS 1512 00:55:57,353 --> 00:55:58,621 A CHARGE BY OFFICER REFERRAL OR 1513 00:55:58,621 --> 00:56:00,523 AN ARREST AND RELEASE, BUT IT 1514 00:56:00,523 --> 00:56:03,893 WOULD SET A PREFERENCE, A CITY 1515 00:56:03,893 --> 00:56:04,494 POLICY PREFERENCE FOR DIRECT 1516 00:56:04,494 --> 00:56:06,463 HANDOFF TO RECOVERY SERVICE 1517 00:56:06,463 --> 00:56:09,933 PROVIDERS. THE BILL WOULD ALLOW 1518 00:56:09,933 --> 00:56:11,701 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADVISORY 1519 00:56:11,701 --> 00:56:13,203 COMMITTEE THAT WAS CREATED IN 1520 00:56:13,203 --> 00:56:15,805 THE ORIGINAL DRUG ORDINANCE, BUT 1521 00:56:15,805 --> 00:56:16,406 WAS NEVER ESTABLISHED BY THE 1522 00:56:16,406 --> 00:56:18,308 EXECUTIVE. THE CHAIR IS 1523 00:56:18,308 --> 00:56:20,110 CURRENTLY WORKING WITH 1524 00:56:20,110 --> 00:56:20,643 STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE 1525 00:56:20,643 --> 00:56:22,145 WHETHER A NEW COMMITTEE SHOULD 1526 00:56:22,145 --> 00:56:23,780 BE ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE 1527 00:56:23,780 --> 00:56:26,282 OVERSIGHT OF CITYWIDE DRUG 1528 00:56:26,282 --> 00:56:26,816 POLICIES AND ENFORCEMENT 1529 00:56:26,816 --> 00:56:28,284 OPERATIONS, DEPENDING ON THE 1530 00:56:28,284 --> 00:56:30,487 OUTCOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, 1531 00:56:30,487 --> 00:56:32,422 THE COMMITTEE COULD ADOPT AN 1532 00:56:32,422 --> 00:56:34,557 AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ADD BACK AN 1533 00:56:34,557 --> 00:56:35,191 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND SPECIFY 1534 00:56:35,191 --> 00:56:37,927 ITS DUTIES AND STAFF 1535 00:56:37,927 --> 00:56:38,795 ACCORDINGLY. FINALLY, THE BILL 1536 00:56:38,795 --> 00:56:40,430 WOULD MAKE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO 1537 00:56:40,430 --> 00:56:45,568 EXISTING DATA COLLECTION 1538 00:56:45,568 --> 00:56:46,102 REQUIREMENTS IN ORDINANCE 1539 00:56:46,102 --> 00:56:49,272 126896. WITH REGARDS TO COST. 1540 00:56:49,272 --> 00:56:51,574 THIS, THE BILL STATED PREFERENCE 1541 00:56:51,574 --> 00:56:53,576 FOR FIELD BASED DIVERSIONS COULD 1542 00:56:53,576 --> 00:56:56,579 INCREASE THE OVERALL NUMBER OF 1543 00:56:56,579 --> 00:56:59,115 DIVERSIONS MADE BY SPD OFFICERS. 1544 00:56:59,115 --> 00:56:59,749 THE ADDITIONAL DIVERSIONS WOULD 1545 00:56:59,749 --> 00:57:00,650 LIKELY CREATE STAFFING AND 1546 00:57:00,650 --> 00:57:02,652 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR THE 1547 00:57:02,652 --> 00:57:04,521 CITY'S CONTRACT WITH LEAD WITH 1548 00:57:04,521 --> 00:57:08,458 THE LEAD PROGRAM. THESE COSTS 1549 00:57:08,458 --> 00:57:10,360 CAN'T BE DETERMINED UNTIL IT IS 1550 00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:12,228 KNOWN THAT SPD WILL BE 1551 00:57:12,228 --> 00:57:14,697 INCREASING ITS USE OF DIVERSION 1552 00:57:14,697 --> 00:57:15,598 SERVICES. ANY INCREASED COSTS 1553 00:57:15,598 --> 00:57:17,133 FOR LEAD WOULD NEED TO BE 1554 00:57:17,133 --> 00:57:20,503 ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE CITY'S 1555 00:57:20,503 --> 00:57:23,873 2020 728 PROPOSED BUDGET REVIEW 1556 00:57:23,873 --> 00:57:24,941 PROCESS. ALTERNATIVELY, TO THE 1557 00:57:24,941 --> 00:57:26,709 EXTENT THAT SPD OFFICERS 1558 00:57:26,709 --> 00:57:28,445 CONTINUE TO USE ALTERNATIVES TO 1559 00:57:28,445 --> 00:57:31,314 BOOKING, SUCH AS CHARGED BY 1560 00:57:31,314 --> 00:57:33,650 OFFICERS OR OR ARREST AND 1561 00:57:33,650 --> 00:57:35,151 RELEASE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S 1562 00:57:35,151 --> 00:57:38,154 OFFICE MAY HAVE TO FOCUS 1563 00:57:38,154 --> 00:57:39,923 ADDITIONAL STAFF OR PRETRIAL 1564 00:57:39,923 --> 00:57:42,625 DIVERSION PROGRAM, WHICH ALSO 1565 00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:44,327 USES LEAD SERVICES. OTHER 1566 00:57:44,327 --> 00:57:45,528 ALTERNATIVES TO BOOKING, AGAIN 1567 00:57:45,528 --> 00:57:46,663 SUCH AS ARREST AND RELEASE, ARE 1568 00:57:46,663 --> 00:57:49,365 NOT EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES 1569 00:57:49,365 --> 00:57:50,800 THAT REDUCE REOFFENDING, AND IT 1570 00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:53,102 IS POSSIBLE THAT FEWER INFIELD 1571 00:57:53,102 --> 00:57:54,838 DIVERSIONS MAY RESULT IN 1572 00:57:54,838 --> 00:57:56,406 ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OR USE OF THE 1573 00:57:56,406 --> 00:57:58,541 CRIMINAL CITY'S CRIMINAL LEGAL 1574 00:57:58,541 --> 00:58:00,376 SYSTEM, AND THAT COULD HAVE 1575 00:58:00,376 --> 00:58:02,011 OTHER DIFFERENT FISCAL IMPACTS. 1576 00:58:02,011 --> 00:58:03,413 THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, 1577 00:58:03,413 --> 00:58:05,381 AND I'D FINISH BY NOTING THAT 1578 00:58:05,381 --> 00:58:07,383 THE CHAIR IS PLANNING ON HAVING 1579 00:58:07,383 --> 00:58:09,519 ANOTHER HEARING ON THIS BILL ON 1580 00:58:09,519 --> 00:58:12,288 JULY 28th, AND IT WILL BE OPEN 1581 00:58:12,288 --> 00:58:14,924 FOR AMENDMENTS AT THAT TIME. AND 1582 00:58:14,924 --> 00:58:16,426 THE COMMITTEE MAY TAKE A VOTE. 1583 00:58:16,426 --> 00:58:18,061 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, AND I'M 1584 00:58:18,061 --> 00:58:19,362 AVAILABLE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. 1585 00:58:19,362 --> 00:58:20,697 -- THANK YOU, MR. DOSS. NORMALLY 1586 00:58:20,697 --> 00:58:21,831 I WAIT TILL THE END, BUT I'M 1587 00:58:21,831 --> 00:58:23,867 GOING TO THIS TIME CHANGE UP AND 1588 00:58:23,867 --> 00:58:24,901 START AT THE BEGINNING. AND 1589 00:58:24,901 --> 00:58:27,070 THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'M ALSO 1590 00:58:27,070 --> 00:58:28,705 COLLEAGUES. I'M LOOKING TO HAVE 1591 00:58:28,705 --> 00:58:32,442 A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS FROM LIKE 1592 00:58:32,442 --> 00:58:35,144 PDA LEAD, ALSO HARBORVIEW AND 1593 00:58:35,144 --> 00:58:38,314 SOME OTHER ENTITIES ON THE 28th. 1594 00:58:38,314 --> 00:58:41,851 IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS 1595 00:58:41,851 --> 00:58:43,753 BILL IS LOOKING TO UPDATE A 1596 00:58:43,753 --> 00:58:45,688 BILL, WHICH I VIEW AS LARGELY 1597 00:58:45,688 --> 00:58:49,225 UNSUCCESSFUL, THAT WAS DATED THE 1598 00:58:49,225 --> 00:58:50,493 20th OF SEPTEMBER 2023 BY MY 1599 00:58:50,493 --> 00:58:53,096 COLLEAGUE TO MY LEFT. BUT THERE 1600 00:58:53,096 --> 00:58:55,498 WAS CHALLENGES, AND NOW WE HAVE 1601 00:58:55,498 --> 00:58:57,433 THE PASSAGE OF TIME TO LOOK AT 1602 00:58:57,433 --> 00:58:58,067 WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON THE 1603 00:58:58,067 --> 00:59:00,770 GROUND. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES 1604 00:59:00,770 --> 00:59:02,372 IS, AND WE'VE SEEN THIS AGAIN 1605 00:59:02,372 --> 00:59:05,008 AND AGAIN. YES, THE COMPASSION 1606 00:59:05,008 --> 00:59:07,043 TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN 1607 00:59:07,043 --> 00:59:08,878 CRISIS. BUT DUE TO THE 1608 00:59:08,878 --> 00:59:11,447 CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PUBLIC DRUG 1609 00:59:11,447 --> 00:59:13,316 MARKETS AND THEN ALSO 1610 00:59:13,316 --> 00:59:14,751 SEPARATELY, THE PUBLIC DRUG USE 1611 00:59:14,751 --> 00:59:19,422 IS THE IMPACT ON NEIGHBORHOODS. 1612 00:59:19,422 --> 00:59:21,791 AND THAT'S BEEN IN SOME PLACES, 1613 00:59:21,791 --> 00:59:23,293 TRAGIC, CATASTROPHIC, DEPENDING 1614 00:59:23,293 --> 00:59:25,261 ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I THINK 1615 00:59:25,261 --> 00:59:26,763 IT'S IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE 1616 00:59:26,763 --> 00:59:28,698 RECITALS NOTES THAT AND THESE 1617 00:59:28,698 --> 00:59:30,066 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN 1618 00:59:30,066 --> 00:59:34,938 IMPACTED EXIST THROUGHOUT ALL 1619 00:59:34,938 --> 00:59:35,939 SEVEN DISTRICTS. AND AGAIN, I 1620 00:59:35,939 --> 00:59:38,608 THINK WE ALL KNOW THOSE WHERE 1621 00:59:38,608 --> 00:59:41,911 THEY'RE LOCATED ALSO EARLIER 1622 00:59:41,911 --> 00:59:42,579 THIS YEAR. AND THIS IS TIED, IT 1623 00:59:42,579 --> 00:59:44,614 WAS KIND OF A SETUP. WE HAD AN 1624 00:59:44,614 --> 00:59:47,183 OIG REPORT AND BRIEFING TO 1625 00:59:47,183 --> 00:59:48,251 COMMITTEE. AND ON THIS TOPIC, 1626 00:59:48,251 --> 00:59:50,787 BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY PROVIDE 1627 00:59:50,787 --> 00:59:53,723 ANYTHING BECAUSE OIG WAS NEVER 1628 00:59:53,723 --> 00:59:55,491 ABLE TO BASICALLY INVESTIGATE 1629 00:59:55,491 --> 00:59:57,794 BECAUSE THERE WAS NO DATA. AND 1630 00:59:57,794 --> 01:00:00,430 THAT WAS A PROBLEM. SO ONE OF 1631 01:00:00,430 --> 01:00:01,831 THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE WITH 1632 01:00:01,831 --> 01:00:05,668 THIS BILL IS THE GENERATION OF 1633 01:00:05,668 --> 01:00:07,637 DATA FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS, 1634 01:00:07,637 --> 01:00:09,639 BECAUSE WE NEED TO ASCERTAIN 1635 01:00:09,639 --> 01:00:11,140 WHAT IS GOING ON AND FIX WHAT IS 1636 01:00:11,140 --> 01:00:12,709 HAPPENING. ONE OF THE THINGS 1637 01:00:12,709 --> 01:00:13,977 THEY DID SAY THOUGH, AT THE END, 1638 01:00:13,977 --> 01:00:15,211 BECAUSE THEY DID INTERVIEWS AND 1639 01:00:15,211 --> 01:00:18,047 WAS AT THE TOWARDS THE END OF 1640 01:00:18,047 --> 01:00:20,149 THE OIG REPORT, WAS THAT 1641 01:00:20,149 --> 01:00:20,783 INDIVIDUALS WERE NOTING THAT THE 1642 01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:22,251 OFFICERS WERE BASICALLY SAYING, 1643 01:00:22,251 --> 01:00:26,789 MOVE ALONG OR DOING NOTHING. 1644 01:00:26,789 --> 01:00:27,824 THAT'S NOT A GOOD ANSWER FOR 1645 01:00:27,824 --> 01:00:30,093 OUR CITY. IT'S NOT A GOOD ANSWER 1646 01:00:30,093 --> 01:00:30,827 FOR ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IN 1647 01:00:30,827 --> 01:00:34,831 CRISIS. WE NEED TO BE DOING 1648 01:00:34,831 --> 01:00:36,499 DIVERSION AND DOING DIVERSION, 1649 01:00:36,499 --> 01:00:38,968 RIGHT? AS SEEN WITH THE 1650 01:00:38,968 --> 01:00:40,770 TESTIMONY TODAY. AND FOR THOSE 1651 01:00:40,770 --> 01:00:41,371 INSTANCES, PARTICULARLY THOSE 1652 01:00:41,371 --> 01:00:42,205 THAT ARE WORKING IN THE DRUG 1653 01:00:42,205 --> 01:00:44,240 MARKET THAT ARE FUNCTIONING, YOU 1654 01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:45,708 KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, UNDER, 1655 01:00:45,708 --> 01:00:47,810 UNDER TAKE THE FUNCTIONING OF 1656 01:00:47,810 --> 01:00:50,213 THE MARKET AND SOME OTHER CO 1657 01:00:50,213 --> 01:00:52,015 OCCURRING CRIMES AND THE LIKE 1658 01:00:52,015 --> 01:00:57,587 SHOULD BE GOING TO JAIL. BUT 1659 01:00:57,587 --> 01:00:58,788 HERE'S THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM 1660 01:00:58,788 --> 01:01:00,556 LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE 1661 01:01:00,556 --> 01:01:02,425 OFFICERS ON THE STREET DON'T 1662 01:01:02,425 --> 01:01:04,127 HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE 1663 01:01:04,127 --> 01:01:05,628 PDA LEAD PROGRAM. SO THIS IS 1664 01:01:05,628 --> 01:01:07,263 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO 1665 01:01:07,263 --> 01:01:08,131 ADDRESS. AND THIS BILL IS A 1666 01:01:08,131 --> 01:01:09,799 START IN THAT THEY ALSO DON'T 1667 01:01:09,799 --> 01:01:13,403 HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE IN CASEY J. 1668 01:01:13,403 --> 01:01:15,605 KING COUNTY JAIL KCJ HEALTH WITH 1669 01:01:15,605 --> 01:01:18,007 THE MEDICAL DECLINES AND THAT 1670 01:01:18,007 --> 01:01:19,509 THAT POINT IS ALSO IN THIS BILL. 1671 01:01:19,509 --> 01:01:21,210 AND IT ALSO GOES TO THE DATA 1672 01:01:21,210 --> 01:01:23,179 POINT. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS 1673 01:01:23,179 --> 01:01:24,280 THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING 1674 01:01:24,280 --> 01:01:26,182 TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE GROUND, 1675 01:01:26,182 --> 01:01:28,418 WE NEED TO STEP FORWARD. AND 1676 01:01:28,418 --> 01:01:30,920 THIS BILL IS A STEP TO DO THAT. 1677 01:01:30,920 --> 01:01:32,622 IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT'S 1678 01:01:32,622 --> 01:01:34,557 HAPPENED TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, 1679 01:01:34,557 --> 01:01:35,925 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DON'T HAVE 1680 01:01:35,925 --> 01:01:38,961 ANY DATA TO REALLY MAKE GOOD 1681 01:01:38,961 --> 01:01:41,697 DECISIONS, TO LOOK TO IMPROVE 1682 01:01:41,697 --> 01:01:44,300 THE DIVERSION OPTIONS AND 1683 01:01:44,300 --> 01:01:46,569 OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THEN WHEN 1684 01:01:46,569 --> 01:01:47,804 NEEDED AGAIN, FOR OUR CITY AND 1685 01:01:47,804 --> 01:01:48,838 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THE JAIL AND 1686 01:01:48,838 --> 01:01:50,273 THEN THE JAIL HAS ITS OWN 1687 01:01:50,273 --> 01:01:52,875 ISSUES. AND THESE ISSUES ARE 1688 01:01:52,875 --> 01:01:53,876 IMPACTING FAR AND WIDE. IT'S 1689 01:01:53,876 --> 01:01:56,279 IMPACTING HARBORVIEW. HARBORVIEW 1690 01:01:56,279 --> 01:01:58,081 HOSPITAL IS IMPACTED BY THE 1691 01:01:58,081 --> 01:02:00,049 MEDICAL DECLINES AT CASEY J. AND 1692 01:02:00,049 --> 01:02:04,520 THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND TO TO SUM 1693 01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:05,788 UP AND TO BRING IT BACK TO OUR 1694 01:02:05,788 --> 01:02:07,690 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN, 1695 01:02:07,690 --> 01:02:10,560 CLEARLY, ONE OF THE PILLARS IS A 1696 01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:11,127 FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1697 01:02:11,127 --> 01:02:15,631 SYSTEM THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF 1698 01:02:15,631 --> 01:02:16,933 BUMPS IN HICCUPS IN THIS PART OF 1699 01:02:16,933 --> 01:02:18,201 THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. AND 1700 01:02:18,201 --> 01:02:21,771 THIS BILL IS LOOKING TO ADDRESS 1701 01:02:21,771 --> 01:02:23,005 THOSE. AND SECONDLY, IS TO 1702 01:02:23,005 --> 01:02:23,973 ADDRESS THE SEAM, AS I SAID, 1703 01:02:23,973 --> 01:02:25,274 BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC 1704 01:02:25,274 --> 01:02:27,443 HEALTH, HOUSING AND HUMAN 1705 01:02:27,443 --> 01:02:28,845 SERVICES, AND IN THIS CASE, 1706 01:02:28,845 --> 01:02:33,716 HUMAN SERVICES. AND SO THESE ARE 1707 01:02:33,716 --> 01:02:34,417 THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO 1708 01:02:34,417 --> 01:02:35,351 DO. AND THIS BUILDS ON THE WORK 1709 01:02:35,351 --> 01:02:38,087 THAT WE'VE DONE ALREADY IN THESE 1710 01:02:38,087 --> 01:02:40,723 AREAS TO INCLUDE BRINGING PD AYE 1711 01:02:40,723 --> 01:02:43,059 LEAD FROM HSD HUMAN SERVICES 1712 01:02:43,059 --> 01:02:44,460 DEPARTMENT OVER TO THE CARE 1713 01:02:44,460 --> 01:02:45,995 DEPARTMENT. THIS BILL BUILDS ON 1714 01:02:45,995 --> 01:02:49,031 THE RECENTLY COMPLETED CARE 1715 01:02:49,031 --> 01:02:51,968 UPDATED BILL. AND AGAIN, THIS IS 1716 01:02:51,968 --> 01:02:52,635 THE INTENT AND SOME OF THE 1717 01:02:52,635 --> 01:02:54,704 PIECES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO 1718 01:02:54,704 --> 01:02:56,239 WITH THESE THESE BILLS. SO WITH 1719 01:02:56,239 --> 01:02:59,408 THAT, COLLEAGUES, I WILL GO TO 1720 01:02:59,408 --> 01:03:02,211 MY VICE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, SAKA. 1721 01:03:02,211 --> 01:03:04,881 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU 1722 01:03:04,881 --> 01:03:08,851 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 1723 01:03:08,851 --> 01:03:11,454 EXCUSE ME. I'VE I'M STILL 1724 01:03:11,454 --> 01:03:14,090 WORKING MY WAY THROUGH THE 1725 01:03:14,090 --> 01:03:16,092 LEGISLATION AND THE CENTRAL 1726 01:03:16,092 --> 01:03:19,395 STAFF ANALYSIS MEMO. THANK YOU, 1727 01:03:19,395 --> 01:03:22,365 MR. DOSS, FOR FOR SHARING THAT 1728 01:03:22,365 --> 01:03:29,172 OUT AT A FIRST BLUSH, SEEMS TO 1729 01:03:29,172 --> 01:03:30,907 BE THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND 1730 01:03:30,907 --> 01:03:33,142 REVISIONS HERE SEEM TO BE PRETTY 1731 01:03:33,142 --> 01:03:36,179 RATIONAL. MAKE SENSE? FROM MY 1732 01:03:36,179 --> 01:03:42,318 PERSPECTIVE, KIND OF MODERNIZING 1733 01:03:42,318 --> 01:03:43,786 THE LEGISLATION TO. A LOT HAS 1734 01:03:43,786 --> 01:03:44,921 HAPPENED IN THE INTERVENING 1735 01:03:44,921 --> 01:03:46,155 THREE YEARS, AS WAS NOTED, 1736 01:03:46,155 --> 01:03:48,324 INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL. BILL 1737 01:03:48,324 --> 01:03:50,526 CONTEMPLATES A THEN UNSCALED 1738 01:03:50,526 --> 01:03:51,627 CARE TEAM. WELL, NOW WE. SINCE 1739 01:03:51,627 --> 01:03:53,696 AT LEAST WE'VE BEEN IN OFFICE 1740 01:03:53,696 --> 01:03:55,097 FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, TWO AND 1741 01:03:55,097 --> 01:03:56,566 A HALF YEARS, WE WERE ABLE TO 1742 01:03:56,566 --> 01:04:01,404 GROW AND SCALE OUR CRISIS CARE 1743 01:04:01,404 --> 01:04:02,905 DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 1744 01:04:02,905 --> 01:04:04,307 SPECIALISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND 1745 01:04:04,307 --> 01:04:07,443 THE LIKE TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE 1746 01:04:07,443 --> 01:04:09,912 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES ACROSS THE 1747 01:04:09,912 --> 01:04:10,880 CITY FROM, JUST FROM. AND IT 1748 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:12,248 STARTED WHEN WE WERE IN OFFICE 1749 01:04:12,248 --> 01:04:15,418 FROM A DOWNTOWN PILOT OPERATING 1750 01:04:15,418 --> 01:04:18,187 IN A LIMITED NUMBER OF DAYS, 1751 01:04:18,187 --> 01:04:19,155 LIMITED NUMBER OF HOURS DURING 1752 01:04:19,155 --> 01:04:21,991 THE WEEK. AND WE SCALED IT 1753 01:04:21,991 --> 01:04:24,293 CITYWIDE AND INCLUDING IN MY 1754 01:04:24,293 --> 01:04:27,230 DISTRICT IN WEST SEATTLE. SO 1755 01:04:27,230 --> 01:04:32,168 AGAIN, AT INITIAL READ OF THE 1756 01:04:32,168 --> 01:04:34,804 REVISIONS HERE SEEMS TO MAKE 1757 01:04:34,804 --> 01:04:36,639 SENSE. BUT MY FIRST QUESTION, 1758 01:04:36,639 --> 01:04:38,140 MAYBE I'LL ASK THIS OF BOTH THE 1759 01:04:38,140 --> 01:04:43,312 CHAIR AND MR. DOSS, CAN YOU HELP 1760 01:04:43,312 --> 01:04:46,048 BETTER HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND 1761 01:04:46,048 --> 01:04:50,887 THE SORT OF THE THE, THE PURPOSE 1762 01:04:50,887 --> 01:04:53,556 AND GOAL HERE WITH THIS 1763 01:04:53,556 --> 01:04:56,659 LEGISLATION. WHAT SPECIFIC 1764 01:04:56,659 --> 01:04:59,495 PROBLEM OUTSIDE OF LIKE 1765 01:04:59,495 --> 01:05:02,198 CLARIFICATION MODERNIZATION 1766 01:05:02,198 --> 01:05:05,801 TWEAKS. WHAT SPECIFIC PROBLEM 1767 01:05:05,801 --> 01:05:11,574 DOES THIS SEEK TO RESOLVE 1768 01:05:11,574 --> 01:05:12,508 -- I WOULD SAY AS A LEAD IN FOR 1769 01:05:12,508 --> 01:05:14,076 MR. DOSS, IS THAT THE CURRENT 1770 01:05:14,076 --> 01:05:16,512 PUBLIC DRUG USE AND POSSESSION 1771 01:05:16,512 --> 01:05:18,514 BILL LAW AND ITS EXECUTION IS A 1772 01:05:18,514 --> 01:05:19,482 FAILURE FOR THE CITY. SO I'LL 1773 01:05:19,482 --> 01:05:23,686 START WITH THAT. MR. DOSS 1774 01:05:23,686 --> 01:05:26,188 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO IT 1775 01:05:26,188 --> 01:05:28,424 REALLY HAS TO DO WITH CHANGING 1776 01:05:28,424 --> 01:05:30,826 THE WAY THAT DRUGS ARE ENFORCED 1777 01:05:30,826 --> 01:05:33,896 IN THE CITY BY SPD. THE PRIOR 1778 01:05:33,896 --> 01:05:35,665 COUNCIL ORDINANCE, THE DRUG 1779 01:05:35,665 --> 01:05:37,066 ORDINANCE SET A PREFERENCE FOR 1780 01:05:37,066 --> 01:05:38,901 SORT OF ANYTHING THAT WASN'T A 1781 01:05:38,901 --> 01:05:40,636 JAIL BOOKING, ANYTHING THAT 1782 01:05:40,636 --> 01:05:42,238 WASN'T GOING TO BRING PEOPLE 1783 01:05:42,238 --> 01:05:44,707 INTO THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. 1784 01:05:44,707 --> 01:05:48,678 AND DIDN'T SPECIFY THAT 1785 01:05:48,678 --> 01:05:51,747 DIVERSION, FIELD BASED DIVERSION 1786 01:05:51,747 --> 01:05:52,214 SPECIFICALLY, WAS THE 1787 01:05:52,214 --> 01:05:53,616 PREFERENCE. THE PREFERENCE, 1788 01:05:53,616 --> 01:05:56,719 AGAIN, JUST DIVERSION SERVICES. 1789 01:05:56,719 --> 01:05:58,354 ANY ALTERNATIVES TO ARREST, 1790 01:05:58,354 --> 01:06:02,658 ARREST OR RELEASE THE THE SPD 1791 01:06:02,658 --> 01:06:04,026 HAD SORT OF A WIDE MENU TO 1792 01:06:04,026 --> 01:06:07,029 CHOOSE FROM, BUT THE OVERALL 1793 01:06:07,029 --> 01:06:08,097 MESSAGE IN THE DRUG ORDINANCE IS 1794 01:06:08,097 --> 01:06:09,632 AGAINST JAIL BOOKING AND 1795 01:06:09,632 --> 01:06:12,535 CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM 1796 01:06:12,535 --> 01:06:14,470 INVOLVEMENT. CONSEQUENTLY, WHEN 1797 01:06:14,470 --> 01:06:17,373 SPD BEGAN ENFORCING, THEY DID SO 1798 01:06:17,373 --> 01:06:20,309 IN A WAY THAT UTILIZED ARREST 1799 01:06:20,309 --> 01:06:21,978 AND RELEASE UTILIZES. CHARGED BY 1800 01:06:21,978 --> 01:06:24,313 OFFICER, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A 1801 01:06:24,313 --> 01:06:25,948 TICKET THAT THEY GIVE TO A 1802 01:06:25,948 --> 01:06:29,618 PERSON WHO IS USING. AND THEN 1803 01:06:29,618 --> 01:06:34,190 THEY WALK AWAY. THE CITY 1804 01:06:34,190 --> 01:06:34,857 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS NOTIFIED, 1805 01:06:34,857 --> 01:06:36,826 AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S 1806 01:06:36,826 --> 01:06:39,628 OFFICE HAS TO MAKE A DECISION 1807 01:06:39,628 --> 01:06:41,664 ABOUT WHETHER THAT INDIVIDUAL 1808 01:06:41,664 --> 01:06:42,665 GETS DIVERTED. THE CHALLENGE 1809 01:06:42,665 --> 01:06:43,733 WITH THAT IS, IS THAT THE CITY 1810 01:06:43,733 --> 01:06:45,935 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ONCE THEY 1811 01:06:45,935 --> 01:06:47,603 TURN INFORMATION OVER TO LEAD, 1812 01:06:47,603 --> 01:06:50,005 IF THEY WISH TO HAVE A PERSON 1813 01:06:50,005 --> 01:06:52,708 DIVERTED, THEY HAVE TO FIND THAT 1814 01:06:52,708 --> 01:06:55,111 PERSON AND THEIR SUCCESS RATE IN 1815 01:06:55,111 --> 01:06:56,846 FINDING THOSE FOLKS ON THE 1816 01:06:56,846 --> 01:06:58,414 STREET. ONCE THEY'RE NOT IN THE 1817 01:06:58,414 --> 01:07:01,984 CUSTODY OF SPD, IS IS QUITE LOW. 1818 01:07:01,984 --> 01:07:04,453 HOWEVER, WHEN SPD HAS SOMEONE IN 1819 01:07:04,453 --> 01:07:09,825 CUSTODY UNDER ARREST, A 1820 01:07:09,825 --> 01:07:12,128 TRANSFER, A WARM HANDOFF BY THE 1821 01:07:12,128 --> 01:07:14,230 OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO A LEAD 1822 01:07:14,230 --> 01:07:16,399 COUNSELOR THAT HAS A MUCH HIGHER 1823 01:07:16,399 --> 01:07:18,234 SUCCESS RATE OF ENROLLING FOLKS 1824 01:07:18,234 --> 01:07:19,702 IN THE PROGRAM, AND FOLKS 1825 01:07:19,702 --> 01:07:21,437 AGREEING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1826 01:07:21,437 --> 01:07:23,205 PROGRAM. SO I THINK THE PURPOSE, 1827 01:07:23,205 --> 01:07:25,641 THE PROBLEM THAT IT'S TRYING TO 1828 01:07:25,641 --> 01:07:30,813 SOLVE IS THAT THE CITY IS THE 1829 01:07:30,813 --> 01:07:33,249 CITY IS USING ALTERNATIVES TO 1830 01:07:33,249 --> 01:07:35,184 ARREST, BUT THOSE ALTERNATIVES 1831 01:07:35,184 --> 01:07:37,219 TO ARREST ARE NOT EVIDENCE 1832 01:07:37,219 --> 01:07:39,855 BASED, TO PRODUCE, TO REDUCE 1833 01:07:39,855 --> 01:07:42,858 RECIDIVISM IN THE WAY LEAD IS. 1834 01:07:42,858 --> 01:07:45,494 AND SO THE THE SOLUTION IS TO 1835 01:07:45,494 --> 01:07:48,431 SET A CITY PREFERENCE FOR A 1836 01:07:48,431 --> 01:07:57,406 PROGRAM THAT HAS PROVEN SUCCESS. 1837 01:07:57,406 --> 01:08:00,609 -- THANK YOU SO. THAT MAKES 1838 01:08:00,609 --> 01:08:02,745 SENSE. SO SETTING THAT 1839 01:08:02,745 --> 01:08:03,379 CODIFYING. WE'RE NOT SETTING 1840 01:08:03,379 --> 01:08:04,847 THAT. WE'RE CODIFYING THAT 1841 01:08:04,847 --> 01:08:06,449 PREFERENCE AT THE AT THE 1842 01:08:06,449 --> 01:08:08,551 LEGISLATION LEVEL. AND AND 1843 01:08:08,551 --> 01:08:12,755 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE 1844 01:08:12,755 --> 01:08:14,657 EXECUTIVE. WELL, AS THE CHAIR 1845 01:08:14,657 --> 01:08:17,426 APTLY NOTED BOTH IN CHAIR'S 1846 01:08:17,426 --> 01:08:21,130 COMMENTS AND A MOMENT AGO, LIKE 1847 01:08:21,130 --> 01:08:21,764 THIS IS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 1848 01:08:21,764 --> 01:08:23,766 OF GOVERNMENT. WE WRITE THE 1849 01:08:23,766 --> 01:08:30,206 LAWS, WE PASS LAWS. WE, UNDER 1850 01:08:30,206 --> 01:08:30,739 OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF 1851 01:08:30,739 --> 01:08:33,075 GOVERNMENT AND CHARTER, WE DO 1852 01:08:33,075 --> 01:08:34,577 NOT AT ALL ENFORCE LAWS. WE ARE 1853 01:08:34,577 --> 01:08:36,512 NOT EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE LAWS. 1854 01:08:36,512 --> 01:08:37,246 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, YOU 1855 01:08:37,246 --> 01:08:39,348 KNOW, AS PART OF THE ENFORCEMENT 1856 01:08:39,348 --> 01:08:41,383 PREROGATIVES AND POWERS OF THE 1857 01:08:41,383 --> 01:08:42,952 EXECUTIVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE 1858 01:08:42,952 --> 01:08:46,055 FRAMEWORK THAT IS NOW BEING 1859 01:08:46,055 --> 01:08:51,827 CODIFIED IS ESSENTIALLY BEING 1860 01:08:51,827 --> 01:08:52,862 IMPLEMENTED AND EXECUTED, YOU 1861 01:08:52,862 --> 01:08:55,998 KNOW, ROUGHLY IN LINE WITH THE 1862 01:08:55,998 --> 01:08:58,667 FRAMEWORK IS THAT IS THAT 1863 01:08:58,667 --> 01:09:00,469 CURRENTLY TRUE TO YOUR BEST OF 1864 01:09:00,469 --> 01:09:03,072 YOUR KNOWLEDGE, MR. DOSS, OR IS 1865 01:09:03,072 --> 01:09:07,443 MY UNDERSTANDING OFTEN ANYWAY. 1866 01:09:07,443 --> 01:09:10,179 -- IT IS TRUE THAT THE SPD HAS 1867 01:09:10,179 --> 01:09:11,413 ADOPTED POLICIES THAT REFLECT 1868 01:09:11,413 --> 01:09:14,049 THE CITY'S DRUG ORDINANCE AS 1869 01:09:14,049 --> 01:09:16,352 PASSED IN 2023, AND THAT THOSE 1870 01:09:16,352 --> 01:09:18,420 POLICIES DO ALLOW FOR OTHER 1871 01:09:18,420 --> 01:09:19,989 ALTERNATIVES TO BOOKING SUCH AS 1872 01:09:19,989 --> 01:09:22,424 CHARGE BY OFFICER. AND SO THE 1873 01:09:22,424 --> 01:09:28,097 SPD HAS POLICIES THAT THAT THAT 1874 01:09:28,097 --> 01:09:29,298 SAY THAT THERE'S A PREFERENCE 1875 01:09:29,298 --> 01:09:32,034 FOR DIVERSION, BUT THEY ALSO 1876 01:09:32,034 --> 01:09:34,236 ALLOW FOR THEY ALSO ALLOW FOR 1877 01:09:34,236 --> 01:09:36,805 OTHER KINDS OF ALTERNATIVES TO 1878 01:09:36,805 --> 01:09:39,475 ARREST. AND SO THOSE POLICIES 1879 01:09:39,475 --> 01:09:42,211 THAT WERE ADOPTED IN 2023 ARE 1880 01:09:42,211 --> 01:09:44,747 BEING EFFECTUATED AND 1881 01:09:44,747 --> 01:09:49,785 IMPLEMENTED BY OFFICERS 1882 01:09:49,785 --> 01:09:52,087 ACCORDINGLY AND ACCURATELY. THIS 1883 01:09:52,087 --> 01:09:54,823 BILL WOULD SET A STRONGER 1884 01:09:54,823 --> 01:09:57,526 PREFERENCE FOR INFIELD TRANSFER 1885 01:09:57,526 --> 01:09:58,627 OF OF INDIVIDUALS. AND SO IT 1886 01:09:58,627 --> 01:10:02,598 WOULD ALSO ASK SPD TO ADOPT NEW 1887 01:10:02,598 --> 01:10:05,668 POLICIES THAT SET A POLICY FOR 1888 01:10:05,668 --> 01:10:08,637 INFIELD TRANSFER. AND IDEALLY, 1889 01:10:08,637 --> 01:10:09,838 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD 1890 01:10:09,838 --> 01:10:12,508 TRAIN THEIR FOLKS ON THESE 1891 01:10:12,508 --> 01:10:14,977 POLICIES AND WOULD PERFORM MORE 1892 01:10:14,977 --> 01:10:15,611 INFIELD TRANSFERS RATHER THAN, 1893 01:10:15,611 --> 01:10:17,746 SAY, ARREST AND RELEASE. 1894 01:10:17,746 --> 01:10:21,317 -- GOT IT. THAT SORT OF WARM 1895 01:10:21,317 --> 01:10:22,851 HAND. OKAY, NO, THAT MAKES 1896 01:10:22,851 --> 01:10:25,721 SENSE. AND EVEN IF THIS THE 1897 01:10:25,721 --> 01:10:29,525 EXECUTIVE IS ALREADY 1898 01:10:29,525 --> 01:10:33,495 IMPLEMENTING OPERATIONALIZING 1899 01:10:33,495 --> 01:10:34,096 CERTAIN LAWS SUBSTANTIALLY IN 1900 01:10:34,096 --> 01:10:37,700 LINE WITH ANY PROPOSED, YOU 1901 01:10:37,700 --> 01:10:40,803 KNOW, LEGISLATIVE REVISION OR, 1902 01:10:40,803 --> 01:10:44,540 YOU KNOW, FIX, THERE'S STILL 1903 01:10:44,540 --> 01:10:47,076 PERFECTLY VALID REASONS TO 1904 01:10:47,076 --> 01:10:49,244 CODIFY THOSE PRACTICES AT THE 1905 01:10:49,244 --> 01:10:52,047 THOSE INTERNAL POLICIES OR 1906 01:10:52,047 --> 01:10:53,916 EXECUTIVE PREFERENCES AND 1907 01:10:53,916 --> 01:10:55,050 PERFECTLY VALID REASONS TO 1908 01:10:55,050 --> 01:10:57,853 CODIFY THOSE, BECAUSE IT ENSURES 1909 01:10:57,853 --> 01:11:02,992 THAT, WELL, IT MAKES IT MORE 1910 01:11:02,992 --> 01:11:03,592 DURABLE BECAUSE ANY EXECUTIVE 1911 01:11:03,592 --> 01:11:05,394 HAS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO, TO 1912 01:11:05,394 --> 01:11:09,298 DETERMINE HOW. AND AS WE LEARN 1913 01:11:09,298 --> 01:11:10,799 IF TO ENFORCE SPECIFIC LAWS AND 1914 01:11:10,799 --> 01:11:13,269 OR AT LEAST PRIORITIZE THEM. SO 1915 01:11:13,269 --> 01:11:15,137 PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE IN, IN 1916 01:11:15,137 --> 01:11:17,706 JUSTIFIABLE REASONS TO CODIFY 1917 01:11:17,706 --> 01:11:19,174 THOSE PRACTICES, EVEN THOSE 1918 01:11:19,174 --> 01:11:20,676 PRACTICES, EVEN IF THEY ARE 1919 01:11:20,676 --> 01:11:22,711 SUBSTANTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN LINE 1920 01:11:22,711 --> 01:11:25,581 WITH KIND OF HOW THEY ARE TODAY. 1921 01:11:25,581 --> 01:11:28,617 THANK YOU FOR THIS ONE FINAL 1922 01:11:28,617 --> 01:11:30,819 MORE. THAT WAS A KIND OF SERIES 1923 01:11:30,819 --> 01:11:31,920 OF HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONS. ONE 1924 01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:33,122 KIND OF SPECIFIC, MORE TECHNICAL 1925 01:11:33,122 --> 01:11:35,257 QUESTION. AND THE SECTION, THE 1926 01:11:35,257 --> 01:11:40,029 REVISED SECTION ONE. I THINK 1927 01:11:40,029 --> 01:11:43,032 IT'S ONE. YEAH. REVISED SECTION 1928 01:11:43,032 --> 01:11:48,270 ONE. E WITH THE HEADING A 1929 01:11:48,270 --> 01:11:48,804 DIVERSION OF THE PROPOSED 1930 01:11:48,804 --> 01:11:53,208 LEGISLATION. IT SPEAKS TO FIELD 1931 01:11:53,208 --> 01:11:53,842 BASED PRE-BOOKING THAT IT TALKS 1932 01:11:53,842 --> 01:11:55,544 ABOUT THE WARM HANDOFF TO 1933 01:11:55,544 --> 01:11:58,614 RECOVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO 1934 01:11:58,614 --> 01:11:59,448 UTILIZE THE THE QUOTE, THE 1935 01:11:59,448 --> 01:12:05,554 CITY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT 1936 01:12:05,554 --> 01:12:07,089 DIVERSION FRAMEWORK. IS THAT A 1937 01:12:07,089 --> 01:12:11,093 DEFINED TERM SOMEWHERE UNDER 1938 01:12:11,093 --> 01:12:15,531 THIS UNDER THIS LEGISLATION OUR 1939 01:12:15,531 --> 01:12:17,766 FUTURE BODIES, EXECUTIVES, 1940 01:12:17,766 --> 01:12:19,968 COURTS TO. TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 1941 01:12:19,968 --> 01:12:24,406 WHAT THE CITY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT 1942 01:12:24,406 --> 01:12:25,808 DIVERSION FRAMEWORK IS. 1943 01:12:25,808 --> 01:12:28,711 -- YEAH. THANK YOU, 1944 01:12:28,711 --> 01:12:31,213 COUNCILMEMBER. THE TERM RECOVERY 1945 01:12:31,213 --> 01:12:33,382 RECOVERY SERVICE PROVIDER IS NOT 1946 01:12:33,382 --> 01:12:34,917 DEFINED IN THIS LEGISLATION. 1947 01:12:34,917 --> 01:12:36,719 IT'S ALSO NOT DEFINED IN A 1948 01:12:36,719 --> 01:12:37,419 SINGLE AUTHORITATIVE FEDERAL, 1949 01:12:37,419 --> 01:12:40,489 STATE OR LOCAL STATUTE. HOWEVER, 1950 01:12:40,489 --> 01:12:42,024 SAMHSA, THE FEDERAL SUBSTANCE 1951 01:12:42,024 --> 01:12:43,792 ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 1952 01:12:43,792 --> 01:12:45,928 ORGANIZATION, DEFINES RECOVERY 1953 01:12:45,928 --> 01:12:49,031 AT A FEDERAL LEVEL IN A WAY THAT 1954 01:12:49,031 --> 01:12:49,631 LIKELY CAPTURES THE RECOVERY 1955 01:12:49,631 --> 01:12:53,035 BASED SERVICES PERFORMED BY 1956 01:12:53,035 --> 01:12:53,669 EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICES, OR 1957 01:12:53,669 --> 01:12:55,371 REACH WHEN THEY'RE EXECUTING 1958 01:12:55,371 --> 01:12:57,673 THEIR LEAD PROGRAM. 1959 01:12:57,673 --> 01:12:59,007 ADDITIONALLY, THE R C, W HAS A 1960 01:12:59,007 --> 01:13:01,910 DEFINITION FOR RECOVERY 1961 01:13:01,910 --> 01:13:03,912 NAVIGATOR PROGRAMS, AND IT 1962 01:13:03,912 --> 01:13:06,815 MANDATES THAT THE STATE FUND 1963 01:13:06,815 --> 01:13:07,449 SUCH RECOVERY NAVIGATOR PROGRAMS 1964 01:13:07,449 --> 01:13:10,686 AND EVERGREEN TREATMENT CENTER 1965 01:13:10,686 --> 01:13:11,987 IS THE STATE'S RECOVERY 1966 01:13:11,987 --> 01:13:14,156 NAVIGATOR PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF 1967 01:13:14,156 --> 01:13:17,126 SEATTLE. SO THERE'S GOOD REASON 1968 01:13:17,126 --> 01:13:20,262 TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT LEAD 1969 01:13:20,262 --> 01:13:21,997 SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY 1970 01:13:21,997 --> 01:13:22,631 EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICE AND 1971 01:13:22,631 --> 01:13:26,034 REACH UNDER THE PDA ARE RECOVERY 1972 01:13:26,034 --> 01:13:28,137 SERVICES. ALTHOUGH THE COUNCIL 1973 01:13:28,137 --> 01:13:30,873 COULD CHOOSE TO DEFINE IT 1974 01:13:30,873 --> 01:13:32,608 FURTHER IF THEY SO WANTED. IF 1975 01:13:32,608 --> 01:13:37,079 YOU SO WANTED THE THE ONE 1976 01:13:37,079 --> 01:13:39,381 CAUTIONARY NOTE ON ON DEFINING 1977 01:13:39,381 --> 01:13:41,417 IT FURTHER IS THAT THIS IS A 1978 01:13:41,417 --> 01:13:44,119 VERY GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 1979 01:13:44,119 --> 01:13:47,022 RECOVERY SERVICES. DEFINING IT 1980 01:13:47,022 --> 01:13:49,925 FURTHER MIGHT CREATE A BARRIER 1981 01:13:49,925 --> 01:13:53,262 FOR OTHERS TO. FOR OTHERS TO GET 1982 01:13:53,262 --> 01:13:56,465 INTO FIELD BASED RECOVERY 1983 01:13:56,465 --> 01:13:58,934 SERVICES. CURRENTLY, THE STATE 1984 01:13:58,934 --> 01:14:02,137 LAW DOES DEFINE ELEMENTS OF A 1985 01:14:02,137 --> 01:14:04,573 LEAD PROGRAM AND ONLY. AT THIS 1986 01:14:04,573 --> 01:14:08,076 POINT IN TIME, EVERGREEN 1987 01:14:08,076 --> 01:14:08,677 TREATMENT SERVICES AND REACH 1988 01:14:08,677 --> 01:14:10,779 QUALIFY UNDER THAT. BUT OTHER 1989 01:14:10,779 --> 01:14:13,081 PROVIDERS, IF THEY DECIDED TO 1990 01:14:13,081 --> 01:14:15,884 LAUNCH A FIELD BASED PROGRAM 1991 01:14:15,884 --> 01:14:16,919 THAT THAT MET THE QUALIFICATIONS 1992 01:14:16,919 --> 01:14:19,788 OF THE R, C, W UNDER THIS 1993 01:14:19,788 --> 01:14:21,890 STATUTE, UNDER THE BILL COULD BE 1994 01:14:21,890 --> 01:14:23,759 SEEN AS RECOVERY SERVICE 1995 01:14:23,759 --> 01:14:24,760 PROVIDERS. SO IT'S TALKING 1996 01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,862 ABOUT IT IN A GENERAL WAY. WE 1997 01:14:26,862 --> 01:14:28,931 ONLY HAVE ONE PROVIDER RIGHT NOW 1998 01:14:28,931 --> 01:14:32,835 THAT MEETS THAT DESCRIPTION. BUT 1999 01:14:32,835 --> 01:14:33,368 BECAUSE IT'S A GENERAL 2000 01:14:33,368 --> 01:14:34,570 DESCRIPTION, OTHER PROVIDERS 2001 01:14:34,570 --> 01:14:35,571 THAT SORT OF, IF YOU WILL GET 2002 01:14:35,571 --> 01:14:39,441 INTO THE BUSINESS LATER ON, 2003 01:14:39,441 --> 01:14:41,710 COULD MEET THAT DEFINITION. 2004 01:14:41,710 --> 01:14:42,744 -- THANK YOU. AS A AS A TRAINED 2005 01:14:42,744 --> 01:14:44,079 LAWYER, I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN 2006 01:14:44,079 --> 01:14:46,949 TRAINED TO SORT OF ANTICIPATE, 2007 01:14:46,949 --> 01:14:50,619 YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL ISSUES, LOOK 2008 01:14:50,619 --> 01:14:51,253 AROUND CORNERS QUITE LITERALLY. 2009 01:14:51,253 --> 01:14:53,589 AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU 2010 01:14:53,589 --> 01:14:55,057 KNOW, YOU KNOW, SHALL THIS 2011 01:14:55,057 --> 01:14:57,459 PROVISION BE LITIGATED AT SOME 2012 01:14:57,459 --> 01:14:58,093 POINT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S 2013 01:14:58,093 --> 01:15:02,030 SUFFICIENT CLARITY IN THERE TO, 2014 01:15:02,030 --> 01:15:04,800 TO, TO HELP FOLKS BETTER 2015 01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:06,368 UNDERSTAND WHAT IS SPECIFICALLY 2016 01:15:06,368 --> 01:15:07,970 INTENDED THERE. AND I WOULD, I 2017 01:15:07,970 --> 01:15:10,539 AGREE ON THE ONE HAND THAT IT 2018 01:15:10,539 --> 01:15:11,440 COULD POTENTIALLY BE LIMITING IN 2019 01:15:11,440 --> 01:15:12,507 TERMS OF ONCE YOU START 2020 01:15:12,507 --> 01:15:13,242 VENTURING DOWN THAT PATH. ON THE 2021 01:15:13,242 --> 01:15:15,410 OTHER HAND, IT ALSO DEPENDS ON 2022 01:15:15,410 --> 01:15:17,312 HOW YOU STRUCTURE IT. IF YOU 2023 01:15:17,312 --> 01:15:18,914 STRUCTURE IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT. 2024 01:15:18,914 --> 01:15:20,449 SO IT'S, IT'S FLEXIBLE. IT'S 2025 01:15:20,449 --> 01:15:24,553 BOTH DURABLE AND FLEXIBLE. YOU 2026 01:15:24,553 --> 01:15:25,153 USING, FOR EXAMPLE, LANGUAGE 2027 01:15:25,153 --> 01:15:26,154 LIKE, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING 2028 01:15:26,154 --> 01:15:27,923 WITHOUT LIMITATION OR INCLUDING, 2029 01:15:27,923 --> 01:15:29,157 BUT NOT LIMITED TO X, Y, AND Z. 2030 01:15:29,157 --> 01:15:30,459 YOU KNOW, THAT THAT LEAVES ROOM 2031 01:15:30,459 --> 01:15:32,861 FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY. BUT I 2032 01:15:32,861 --> 01:15:33,695 GENERALLY HAVE A BIAS FOR 2033 01:15:33,695 --> 01:15:38,066 CLARITY. BUT, BUT I DO 2034 01:15:38,066 --> 01:15:38,533 APPRECIATE THIS, THIS 2035 01:15:38,533 --> 01:15:41,069 LEGISLATION AND THANK YOU, CHAIR 2036 01:15:41,069 --> 01:15:43,038 AND MR. DOSS. NO FURTHER 2037 01:15:43,038 --> 01:15:43,338 QUESTIONS. 2038 01:15:43,338 --> 01:15:44,539 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. AND 2039 01:15:44,539 --> 01:15:47,542 FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBERS, 2040 01:15:47,542 --> 01:15:48,243 FOR THOSE WATCHING ON SEATTLE 2041 01:15:48,243 --> 01:15:50,078 CHANNEL, IT SHOULD BE NOTED, 2042 01:15:50,078 --> 01:15:52,614 I'M THE ONLY ONE WITHOUT A JD 2043 01:15:52,614 --> 01:15:55,250 IN THIS COMMITTEE. AND SO THIS 2044 01:15:55,250 --> 01:15:56,318 COMMITTEE IS AND THERE'S SOME 2045 01:15:56,318 --> 01:15:58,186 OUT IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE JD 2046 01:15:58,186 --> 01:15:59,888 THAT NO DOUBT WILL BE LOOKING AT 2047 01:15:59,888 --> 01:16:02,925 THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL. AND SO I 2048 01:16:02,925 --> 01:16:04,893 THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE WELL 2049 01:16:04,893 --> 01:16:05,727 COVERED AND. AND ON THAT FRONT, 2050 01:16:05,727 --> 01:16:09,197 I WILL ADD TO YOUR POINT ABOUT 2051 01:16:09,197 --> 01:16:10,933 EXECUTIVE LEGISLATIVE PIECES, I 2052 01:16:10,933 --> 01:16:12,034 NOTED EARLIER IN CHAIR. COM 2053 01:16:12,034 --> 01:16:13,468 ABOUT HOW THE SODA BILL WAS 2054 01:16:13,468 --> 01:16:14,169 ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT. YOU KNOW, 2055 01:16:14,169 --> 01:16:16,338 THERE WAS A THERE WAS ACTUALLY 2056 01:16:16,338 --> 01:16:17,873 EXECUTIVE LINE EDITS IN THAT 2057 01:16:17,873 --> 01:16:20,375 BILL BEFORE IT CAME FROM THE 2058 01:16:20,375 --> 01:16:21,710 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND 2059 01:16:21,710 --> 01:16:22,945 THAT SHOWED THE, YOU KNOW, THE 2060 01:16:22,945 --> 01:16:25,347 PARTNERSHIP. I BRING THAT UP A. 2061 01:16:25,347 --> 01:16:25,981 BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE 2062 01:16:25,981 --> 01:16:26,915 THAT WITH THE SODA BILL BECAUSE 2063 01:16:26,915 --> 01:16:28,517 IT'S BEEN SO. MISS 2064 01:16:28,517 --> 01:16:29,384 CHARACTERIZED OVER THE LAST 2065 01:16:29,384 --> 01:16:32,421 COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT TWO, WE 2066 01:16:32,421 --> 01:16:34,523 HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF 2067 01:16:34,523 --> 01:16:35,857 ENGAGEMENT WITH MR. DOSS, WITH 2068 01:16:35,857 --> 01:16:37,626 CENTRAL STAFF, WITH PDA, WITH 2069 01:16:37,626 --> 01:16:39,962 THE EXECUTIVE AND OTHERS ON THIS 2070 01:16:39,962 --> 01:16:42,664 BILL. IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, 2071 01:16:42,664 --> 01:16:44,066 STARTING TO REACH OUT TO OTHER 2072 01:16:44,066 --> 01:16:45,534 ELEMENTS AS IT RELATES TO SOME 2073 01:16:45,534 --> 01:16:47,102 OF THESE TOUCH POINTS, YOU KNOW, 2074 01:16:47,102 --> 01:16:48,770 ACTUALLY GETTING SUCCESS AND 2075 01:16:48,770 --> 01:16:51,640 DIVERSION. AND AS I NOTED, THE 2076 01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:53,642 THE ISSUES THAT CASEY J. KING 2077 01:16:53,642 --> 01:16:55,043 COUNTY JAIL. SO SO WE'LL 2078 01:16:55,043 --> 01:16:55,877 CONTINUE THAT ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE 2079 01:16:55,877 --> 01:16:56,979 YOU'RE RIGHT, AT THE END OF THE 2080 01:16:56,979 --> 01:16:59,181 DAY, IT'S ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. 2081 01:16:59,181 --> 01:17:01,450 AND THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE. 2082 01:17:01,450 --> 01:17:03,652 SOMETIMES. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER 2083 01:17:03,652 --> 01:17:05,220 LIN HAS HIS HAND UP. 2084 01:17:05,220 --> 01:17:08,557 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND ONE, I 2085 01:17:08,557 --> 01:17:10,492 JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. EVEN 2086 01:17:10,492 --> 01:17:12,361 THOUGH FOLKS HAVE LEFT FOR 2087 01:17:12,361 --> 01:17:15,364 EVERYONE WHO CAME AND TESTIFIED, 2088 01:17:15,364 --> 01:17:17,065 JUST INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND 2089 01:17:17,065 --> 01:17:19,668 MOVING AND JUST TO HEAR THE 2090 01:17:19,668 --> 01:17:21,603 STORIES OF THE MANY LIVES THAT 2091 01:17:21,603 --> 01:17:25,774 HAVE BEEN SAVED AND THE MANY 2092 01:17:25,774 --> 01:17:27,509 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN THAT NOW 2093 01:17:27,509 --> 01:17:29,711 HAVE PARENTS BACK IN THEIR 2094 01:17:29,711 --> 01:17:33,248 LIVES, PRETTY, PRETTY 2095 01:17:33,248 --> 01:17:34,216 COMPELLING. I WANT TO THANK YOU 2096 01:17:34,216 --> 01:17:35,784 FOR FOR BRINGING THIS. I HAVE A 2097 01:17:35,784 --> 01:17:39,588 FEW QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, HAD THE 2098 01:17:39,588 --> 01:17:41,556 OPPORTUNITY TO OVER THE PAST SIX 2099 01:17:41,556 --> 01:17:44,259 MONTHS TO MEET QUITE A LOT WITH 2100 01:17:44,259 --> 01:17:47,396 SPD, WITH PDA, TO LEARN ABOUT 2101 01:17:47,396 --> 01:17:51,833 THE HISTORY OF OF LEAD AND SORT 2102 01:17:51,833 --> 01:17:54,903 OF THE SENSE THAT I'VE GOTTEN 2103 01:17:54,903 --> 01:17:56,671 IS THAT WE WERE SEEING A LOT OF 2104 01:17:56,671 --> 01:17:59,541 SUCCESS WITH THE LEAD PROGRAM. 2105 01:17:59,541 --> 01:18:03,645 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, COVID HIT. 2106 01:18:03,645 --> 01:18:06,014 WE HAD THE WASHINGTON SUPREME 2107 01:18:06,014 --> 01:18:07,616 COURT CASE THAT SORT OF THREW 2108 01:18:07,616 --> 01:18:09,017 OUR DRUG POSSESSION LAWS, SORT 2109 01:18:09,017 --> 01:18:13,355 OF, YOU KNOW, INTO TURMOIL FOR A 2110 01:18:13,355 --> 01:18:18,393 BIT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT 2111 01:18:18,393 --> 01:18:20,562 OF TURNOVER IN SPD. AND SO I 2112 01:18:20,562 --> 01:18:22,197 THINK AND SOME OF THE FUNDING 2113 01:18:22,197 --> 01:18:27,035 FOR LEAD WAS CUT FOR A BIT. AND 2114 01:18:27,035 --> 01:18:28,737 SO I THINK SOME OF THAT SUCCESS 2115 01:18:28,737 --> 01:18:30,972 THAT WE WERE SEEING WE SAW A 2116 01:18:30,972 --> 01:18:34,943 DROP OFF BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF 2117 01:18:34,943 --> 01:18:37,446 ALL THAT TURMOIL THAT WAS 2118 01:18:37,446 --> 01:18:42,684 HAPPENING. AND I SEE OPPORTUNITY 2119 01:18:42,684 --> 01:18:44,086 HERE TO, TO, TO BUILD BACK ON 2120 01:18:44,086 --> 01:18:48,824 THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM. AND 2121 01:18:48,824 --> 01:18:51,660 WHAT I HAVE HEARD IS AND I, YOU 2122 01:18:51,660 --> 01:18:55,664 KNOW, I THINK FOR FOR SOME OF 2123 01:18:55,664 --> 01:18:58,700 THE OFFICERS WHO, WHO HAVE SEEN 2124 01:18:58,700 --> 01:19:00,068 THAT SUCCESS, THEY THEY 2125 01:19:00,068 --> 01:19:01,770 UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF THIS 2126 01:19:01,770 --> 01:19:03,572 PROGRAM. THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU 2127 01:19:03,572 --> 01:19:05,974 KNOW, THE FRUSTRATION OF, OF 2128 01:19:05,974 --> 01:19:07,442 ARRESTING FOLKS TIME AND TIME 2129 01:19:07,442 --> 01:19:08,944 AGAIN. AND THEN JUST SEEING 2130 01:19:08,944 --> 01:19:12,380 THOSE SAME PEOPLE BACK ON THE 2131 01:19:12,380 --> 01:19:15,851 BEAT AND THAT THAT'S NOT A GOOD 2132 01:19:15,851 --> 01:19:17,819 USE OF THEIR RESOURCES. AND, AND 2133 01:19:17,819 --> 01:19:19,354 THAT THEY'VE SEEN HOW, HOW THIS 2134 01:19:19,354 --> 01:19:24,092 CAN CHANGE LIVES. AND THAT, THAT 2135 01:19:24,092 --> 01:19:26,595 WARM HANDOFF IS INCREDIBLY 2136 01:19:26,595 --> 01:19:27,896 IMPORTANT. SO ONE QUESTION, I 2137 01:19:27,896 --> 01:19:29,765 JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHEN IT 2138 01:19:29,765 --> 01:19:31,233 SAYS FIELD BASED, I'VE HEARD 2139 01:19:31,233 --> 01:19:35,971 THAT OFTENTIMES THAT WARM 2140 01:19:35,971 --> 01:19:38,640 HANDOFF HAPPENS AT THE PRECINCTS 2141 01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:39,541 THAT THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO DO 2142 01:19:39,541 --> 01:19:41,343 THOSE WARM HANDOFFS. I JUST WANT 2143 01:19:41,343 --> 01:19:43,979 TO CLARIFY THAT FIELD BASED DOES 2144 01:19:43,979 --> 01:19:46,648 NOT PRECLUDE SORT OF WARM 2145 01:19:46,648 --> 01:19:48,650 HANDOFFS HAPPENING AT THE 2146 01:19:48,650 --> 01:19:49,484 PRECINCT. SO FOR EITHER CHAIR, 2147 01:19:49,484 --> 01:19:52,521 MR. DOSS, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY. 2148 01:19:52,521 --> 01:19:56,525 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. IT 2149 01:19:56,525 --> 01:19:59,027 I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SPD THAT 2150 01:19:59,027 --> 01:20:01,329 THEY ARE OFFICERS ARE NOT 2151 01:20:01,329 --> 01:20:03,098 ENFORCING THAT WAY AS MUCH 2152 01:20:03,098 --> 01:20:04,232 ANYMORE. ARREST AND TAKEN TO A 2153 01:20:04,232 --> 01:20:06,568 PRECINCT AND THEN A HANDOFF TO 2154 01:20:06,568 --> 01:20:08,637 LEAD. I THINK THAT THE POINT OF 2155 01:20:08,637 --> 01:20:14,142 FIELD BASED IS THE IDEA THAT THE 2156 01:20:14,142 --> 01:20:14,609 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 2157 01:20:14,609 --> 01:20:15,644 ORGANIZATION, IN THIS CASE, 2158 01:20:15,644 --> 01:20:18,346 LEAD, COMES TO MEET THE PERSON 2159 01:20:18,346 --> 01:20:20,982 IN THE OFFICER, WHEREVER THEY'RE 2160 01:20:20,982 --> 01:20:22,484 AT, AS OPPOSED TO OTHER RECOVERY 2161 01:20:22,484 --> 01:20:25,120 SERVICES LIKE, SAY, DSA, WHERE 2162 01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:27,656 YOU HAVE TO GO THERE TO BE 2163 01:20:27,656 --> 01:20:30,692 ASSESSED AND, AND ENROLLED. IF 2164 01:20:30,692 --> 01:20:33,094 LIKE THE QUESTION THAT 2165 01:20:33,094 --> 01:20:34,829 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ASKED ABOUT 2166 01:20:34,829 --> 01:20:36,498 DEFINITIONS, IF THE COUNCIL 2167 01:20:36,498 --> 01:20:38,667 WANTED TO FURTHER SPECIFY THAT 2168 01:20:38,667 --> 01:20:41,837 THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION VIA 2169 01:20:41,837 --> 01:20:42,137 AMENDMENT. 2170 01:20:42,137 --> 01:20:44,873 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I JUST 2171 01:20:44,873 --> 01:20:46,708 WOULD WOULD LOVE SOME, SOME 2172 01:20:46,708 --> 01:20:48,109 CLARITY BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD, AT 2173 01:20:48,109 --> 01:20:50,045 LEAST AS OF YESTERDAY, I WAS 2174 01:20:50,045 --> 01:20:52,581 TALKING TO SPD ABOUT SOME OF 2175 01:20:52,581 --> 01:20:53,481 THEIR EFFORTS AT 12th AND 2176 01:20:53,481 --> 01:20:54,950 JACKSON, AND I'VE CERTAINLY 2177 01:20:54,950 --> 01:20:56,518 HEARD THAT A LOT OF THE HANDOFFS 2178 01:20:56,518 --> 01:20:58,220 ARE HAPPENING AT THE PRECINCT. 2179 01:20:58,220 --> 01:21:02,324 AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO 2180 01:21:02,324 --> 01:21:03,892 PRECLUDE THAT. IF THAT IS 2181 01:21:03,892 --> 01:21:05,527 SOMETHING THAT BOTH LEAD AND THE 2182 01:21:05,527 --> 01:21:06,661 POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE FINDING 2183 01:21:06,661 --> 01:21:10,498 USEFUL OR EFFECTIVE. SO WE CAN 2184 01:21:10,498 --> 01:21:14,502 CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THAT. AND 2185 01:21:14,502 --> 01:21:18,740 JUST SORT OF FINAL POINT IS THAT 2186 01:21:18,740 --> 01:21:20,475 A LOT OF THIS, I THINK, IS GOING 2187 01:21:20,475 --> 01:21:22,377 TO DEPEND ON THE AVAILABILITY OF 2188 01:21:22,377 --> 01:21:24,279 LEAD TO DO THOSE WARM HANDOFFS, 2189 01:21:24,279 --> 01:21:25,480 AND THAT'S A CAPACITY AND A 2190 01:21:25,480 --> 01:21:27,082 FUNDING ISSUE. AND SO I THINK 2191 01:21:27,082 --> 01:21:29,284 THAT THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE A 2192 01:21:29,284 --> 01:21:31,086 CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS AS, AS 2193 01:21:31,086 --> 01:21:32,454 OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE 2194 01:21:32,454 --> 01:21:34,289 HEADING INTO A VERY TOUGH BUDGET 2195 01:21:34,289 --> 01:21:37,959 SEASON. BUT I DO THINK THIS IS 2196 01:21:37,959 --> 01:21:39,160 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. AND SO 2197 01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:40,228 HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND A WAY TO 2198 01:21:40,228 --> 01:21:41,863 DO THAT. THANK YOU. 2199 01:21:41,863 --> 01:21:43,365 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2200 01:21:43,365 --> 01:21:44,466 THAT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A PIECE 2201 01:21:44,466 --> 01:21:49,070 FOR THIS COMMITTEE, IS TO WORK 2202 01:21:49,070 --> 01:21:49,571 THE ISSUES THAT IN ANY 2203 01:21:49,571 --> 01:21:51,273 DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, FOR OEM, 2204 01:21:51,273 --> 01:21:52,874 THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES WITH 2205 01:21:52,874 --> 01:21:53,875 THE FUNDING AND HOW THINGS, YOU 2206 01:21:53,875 --> 01:21:55,644 KNOW, GRANT BASED FOR THE 2207 01:21:55,644 --> 01:21:56,978 POSITIONS, JUST CLEANING UP THE 2208 01:21:56,978 --> 01:21:57,679 LINES, AS I LIKE TO SAY, WE DID 2209 01:21:57,679 --> 01:21:59,681 THAT WITH OEM. AND IT'S THE 2210 01:21:59,681 --> 01:22:02,284 SAME THING WITH PD. A, THEY WERE 2211 01:22:02,284 --> 01:22:02,884 GETTING THEIR FUNDING SOURCES 2212 01:22:02,884 --> 01:22:05,153 FROM A VARIED SOURCES. AND JUST 2213 01:22:05,153 --> 01:22:07,689 TO GET IT ORGANIZED AND TO BE 2214 01:22:07,689 --> 01:22:09,391 FRANK, TO BRING IT UNDER THIS 2215 01:22:09,391 --> 01:22:11,159 COMMITTEE'S OVERVIEW. SO THAT 2216 01:22:11,159 --> 01:22:11,826 WAS A BIG PIECE THAT WE WANTED 2217 01:22:11,826 --> 01:22:15,397 TO DO. AND SO SO WE'RE WORKING 2218 01:22:15,397 --> 01:22:16,998 THESE PIECES TO FROM A BUDGET 2219 01:22:16,998 --> 01:22:18,466 PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM AN 2220 01:22:18,466 --> 01:22:21,002 OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. AND, 2221 01:22:21,002 --> 01:22:23,071 AND I HEAR EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD 2222 01:22:23,071 --> 01:22:25,640 SO FAR, AND I AGREE AT THE SAME 2223 01:22:25,640 --> 01:22:27,208 TIME, THE FLEXIBILITY IS KEY 2224 01:22:27,208 --> 01:22:28,743 BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 2225 01:22:28,743 --> 01:22:30,278 PRECINCTS ARE ALL DIFFERENT. YOU 2226 01:22:30,278 --> 01:22:31,913 KNOW, IT, I'VE BEEN TO ALL OF 2227 01:22:31,913 --> 01:22:33,815 THEM AND YOU KNOW, THE 2228 01:22:33,815 --> 01:22:34,349 CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THOSE 2229 01:22:34,349 --> 01:22:35,350 NEIGHBORHOODS IS, YOU KNOW, 2230 01:22:35,350 --> 01:22:36,818 IT'S DIFFERENT AND HAS 2231 01:22:36,818 --> 01:22:38,486 DIFFERENT DYNAMICS. SO PRECINCT 2232 01:22:38,486 --> 01:22:39,888 VERSUS, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIELD 2233 01:22:39,888 --> 01:22:43,925 AND SO FORTH SO THANK YOU. 2234 01:22:43,925 --> 01:22:44,559 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COUNCILMEMBER 2235 01:22:44,559 --> 01:22:45,627 JUAREZ. 2236 01:22:45,627 --> 01:22:47,862 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'M 2237 01:22:47,862 --> 01:22:50,031 JUST GOING TO BE 2238 01:22:50,031 --> 01:22:51,032 STRAIGHTFORWARD. I THE PROBLEM I 2239 01:22:51,032 --> 01:22:53,868 HAVE WITH THIS IS SO INSTEAD OF 2240 01:22:53,868 --> 01:22:56,137 WHAT WE DID BEFORE THE CHARGE BY 2241 01:22:56,137 --> 01:22:57,605 OFFICE OF THE CBO AND THE 2242 01:22:57,605 --> 01:22:58,873 CONCERNS AND I THINK 2243 01:22:58,873 --> 01:22:59,474 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA TOUCHED ON 2244 01:22:59,474 --> 01:23:01,710 THIS AS WELL, ON THE 2245 01:23:01,710 --> 01:23:03,878 ENFORCEMENT, THE IMPLEMENTATION 2246 01:23:03,878 --> 01:23:06,481 OF THIS LAW, THIS PROCEDURE, 2247 01:23:06,481 --> 01:23:07,315 THIS INFIELD DIVERSION. I JUST 2248 01:23:07,315 --> 01:23:10,218 WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS LINE OF 2249 01:23:10,218 --> 01:23:12,053 QUESTIONING. SO THE INFIELD 2250 01:23:12,053 --> 01:23:12,787 DIVERSION, IS THAT SOMETHING WE 2251 01:23:12,787 --> 01:23:14,656 CAME UP WITH? THE CITY OF 2252 01:23:14,656 --> 01:23:16,491 SEATTLE? IS THIS DONE IN OTHER 2253 01:23:16,491 --> 01:23:18,059 CITIES IN FIELD DIVERSION? 2254 01:23:18,059 --> 01:23:23,965 -- YES, IT IS. IN WORKING WITH 2255 01:23:23,965 --> 01:23:24,432 OUR OUR LEAD PROGRAM 2256 01:23:24,432 --> 01:23:27,535 ADMINISTRATOR, PD AYE, AND THEN 2257 01:23:27,535 --> 01:23:28,203 ALSO WITH THE EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE 2258 01:23:28,203 --> 01:23:31,840 AND WITH THE CEO. IT CAME IT 2259 01:23:31,840 --> 01:23:35,043 BECAME CLEAR THROUGH DISCUSSIONS 2260 01:23:35,043 --> 01:23:36,611 THAT THE INFIELD DIVERSION, THE 2261 01:23:36,611 --> 01:23:38,313 WARM HANDOFF, IF YOU WILL, IS 2262 01:23:38,313 --> 01:23:40,315 REALLY THE EVIDENCE BASED 2263 01:23:40,315 --> 01:23:43,018 PRACTICE THAT THAT HAS SUCCESS 2264 01:23:43,018 --> 01:23:43,818 WITH WITH DIVERSION. OKAY. AND 2265 01:23:43,818 --> 01:23:46,154 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S USED BY 2266 01:23:46,154 --> 01:23:47,055 US NATIONALLY. 2267 01:23:47,055 --> 01:23:49,391 -- OKAY. SO INFIELD DIVERSION 2268 01:23:49,391 --> 01:23:50,191 HAS BECOME A TERM OF ART AND NOW 2269 01:23:50,191 --> 01:23:51,259 A PROCEDURE THAT WE WANT TO 2270 01:23:51,259 --> 01:23:53,361 IMPLEMENT AND CODIFY INTO LAW. 2271 01:23:53,361 --> 01:23:55,430 IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO ARREST. 2272 01:23:55,430 --> 01:23:58,366 SO YOU HAVE A KIND OF A 2273 01:23:58,366 --> 01:23:59,200 TRANSITION PERIOD IN THERE. WE 2274 01:23:59,200 --> 01:24:01,202 UNDERSTAND THAT AN OFFICER HAS 2275 01:24:01,202 --> 01:24:02,337 PROBABLE CAUSE TO COME UP TO 2276 01:24:02,337 --> 01:24:04,639 SOMEBODY AND SAY, YOU'RE EITHER 2277 01:24:04,639 --> 01:24:06,274 USING DRUGS OR POSSESSION, AND 2278 01:24:06,274 --> 01:24:07,709 WE'RE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS. IT'S 2279 01:24:07,709 --> 01:24:10,211 A MISDEMEANOR. CORRECT. OKAY. SO 2280 01:24:10,211 --> 01:24:11,446 WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON THE 2281 01:24:11,446 --> 01:24:13,548 POLICE OFFICER'S DISCRETION, 2282 01:24:13,548 --> 01:24:18,086 WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL WANTS OR 2283 01:24:18,086 --> 01:24:20,488 NEEDS INFIELD DIVERSION. WHAT IF 2284 01:24:20,488 --> 01:24:20,955 SOMEBODY DOESN'T? 2285 01:24:20,955 --> 01:24:23,958 -- YEAH. FIRST, I MIGHT NOTE 2286 01:24:23,958 --> 01:24:24,893 THAT IT'S NOT AN ALTERNATIVE TO 2287 01:24:24,893 --> 01:24:27,862 ARREST. OKAY. IN MOST IT IS AN 2288 01:24:27,862 --> 01:24:30,465 ALTERNATIVE TO ARREST, BUT IT. 2289 01:24:30,465 --> 01:24:32,000 INFIELD DIVERSION CAN ALSO BE 2290 01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:33,001 USED. POST-ARREST. SO IT CAN BE 2291 01:24:33,001 --> 01:24:35,503 USED. EITHER WAY, IF AN 2292 01:24:35,503 --> 01:24:38,907 INDIVIDUAL IS NOT INTERESTED IN 2293 01:24:38,907 --> 01:24:40,675 RECEIVING DIVERSION, THEN THE 2294 01:24:40,675 --> 01:24:43,945 OFFICER WILL HAVE THE OPTION FOR 2295 01:24:43,945 --> 01:24:44,412 OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO 2296 01:24:44,412 --> 01:24:46,081 INCARCERATION. AGAIN, ARREST AND 2297 01:24:46,081 --> 01:24:48,583 RELEASED OR CHARGED BY OFFICER 2298 01:24:48,583 --> 01:24:51,986 OR THE OFFICER COULD TAKE THAT 2299 01:24:51,986 --> 01:24:52,520 PERSON TO JAIL ENTIRELY, 2300 01:24:52,520 --> 01:24:53,788 DEPENDING ON THE OFFICER 2301 01:24:53,788 --> 01:24:56,224 DISCRETION. AS YOU NOTE. 2302 01:24:56,224 --> 01:24:58,293 -- SO DO WE HAVE SEE WITHIN AND 2303 01:24:58,293 --> 01:24:59,561 AGAIN, I DON'T I'M JUST ASKING 2304 01:24:59,561 --> 01:25:04,265 I'M NOT TRYING TO IMPLY 2305 01:25:04,265 --> 01:25:06,634 ANYTHING THAT SPD IS OPEN TO 2306 01:25:06,634 --> 01:25:10,405 THEIR OFFICERS HAVING THE 2307 01:25:10,405 --> 01:25:12,807 DISCRETION TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT 2308 01:25:12,807 --> 01:25:13,508 AND ASK SOMEBODY BECAUSE, YOU 2309 01:25:13,508 --> 01:25:16,678 KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS 2310 01:25:16,678 --> 01:25:19,147 GREAT PERIOD IN TRANSITION WHERE 2311 01:25:19,147 --> 01:25:20,014 AN OFFICER IS GOING TO HAVE TO 2312 01:25:20,014 --> 01:25:21,783 MAKE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 2313 01:25:21,783 --> 01:25:23,618 RELY ON THEIR EXPERTISE THAT 2314 01:25:23,618 --> 01:25:25,420 THEY'RE STOPPING THIS PERSON 2315 01:25:25,420 --> 01:25:26,754 FOR A MISDEMEANOR CRIME OF DRUG 2316 01:25:26,754 --> 01:25:29,891 POSSESSION OR USE, AND HAVE TO 2317 01:25:29,891 --> 01:25:33,261 MAKE A DECISION AND ASK THAT 2318 01:25:33,261 --> 01:25:36,464 PERSON SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY, DO YOU 2319 01:25:36,464 --> 01:25:37,866 WANT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO JUST 2320 01:25:37,866 --> 01:25:41,903 CALL CALL, LEAD AND SAY, HEY, 2321 01:25:41,903 --> 01:25:44,239 THERE'S SOMEONE DOWN HERE THAT 2322 01:25:44,239 --> 01:25:45,373 WANTS TREATMENT? CAN YOU JUST 2323 01:25:45,373 --> 01:25:48,109 TELL ME HOW THAT'S GOING TO 2324 01:25:48,109 --> 01:25:48,843 WORK? BECAUSE AS A FORMER JUDGE 2325 01:25:48,843 --> 01:25:50,044 AND PUBLIC DEFENDER AND DID 2326 01:25:50,044 --> 01:25:51,513 CRIMINAL MATTERS FOR MANY, MANY 2327 01:25:51,513 --> 01:25:53,781 YEARS, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THIS 2328 01:25:53,781 --> 01:25:55,550 IS GOING TO WORK. AND I COULD BE 2329 01:25:55,550 --> 01:25:56,751 WRONG. I JUST WANT YOU TO WALK 2330 01:25:56,751 --> 01:25:59,387 ME THROUGH A SCENARIO, AND I 2331 01:25:59,387 --> 01:26:00,021 THINK COUNCILMEMBER SAKA TOUCHED 2332 01:26:00,021 --> 01:26:01,656 ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE 2333 01:26:01,656 --> 01:26:02,557 THERE'S TWO THINGS GOING ON. 2334 01:26:02,557 --> 01:26:03,625 THERE'S WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SPD 2335 01:26:03,625 --> 01:26:09,030 AND WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO 2336 01:26:09,030 --> 01:26:09,697 AND EXPERTISE. AND WE'RE GOING 2337 01:26:09,697 --> 01:26:10,331 TO HEAR FROM THEIR UNION. I'M 2338 01:26:10,331 --> 01:26:10,999 GUESSING IF THINGS AREN'T GOING 2339 01:26:10,999 --> 01:26:11,666 TO KIND OF GO THE WAY THEY WANT 2340 01:26:11,666 --> 01:26:12,300 ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK IS WITHIN 2341 01:26:12,300 --> 01:26:13,401 THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION. AND THEN 2342 01:26:13,401 --> 01:26:16,070 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL 2343 01:26:16,070 --> 01:26:20,909 WITH ANY TYPE OF ANY TYPE OF, OF 2344 01:26:20,909 --> 01:26:21,643 CONCERNS ABOUT MAYBE THEY DON'T 2345 01:26:21,643 --> 01:26:23,378 MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. IF 2346 01:26:23,378 --> 01:26:27,115 SOMEBODY EITHER DOESN'T WANT 2347 01:26:27,115 --> 01:26:27,849 TREATMENT OR WOULD RATHER HAVE A 2348 01:26:27,849 --> 01:26:32,186 TICKET OR, AND SAYS, I WILL SHOW 2349 01:26:32,186 --> 01:26:32,754 UP IN COURT, WHETHER IT'S 2350 01:26:32,754 --> 01:26:33,388 PRE-ARREST OR POST AT THE POLICE 2351 01:26:33,388 --> 01:26:37,325 STATION. SO CAN YOU JUST WALK ME 2352 01:26:37,325 --> 01:26:39,894 THROUGH THAT, THAT FACT PATTERN? 2353 01:26:39,894 --> 01:26:41,529 -- YEAH, SURE. SO THIS THE 2354 01:26:41,529 --> 01:26:45,433 EXISTING LAW THAT THAT YOU ALL 2355 01:26:45,433 --> 01:26:46,100 PASSED IN 2023 SETS UP THAT 2356 01:26:46,100 --> 01:26:49,637 FRAMEWORK THAT YOU'RE TALKING 2357 01:26:49,637 --> 01:26:50,505 ABOUT. IT REQUIRES SPD TO WRITE 2358 01:26:50,505 --> 01:26:53,808 POLICIES. AND THEY DID WRITE 2359 01:26:53,808 --> 01:26:56,144 POLICIES ON HOW OFFICERS ARE 2360 01:26:56,144 --> 01:26:56,644 SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE WHEN 2361 01:26:56,644 --> 01:26:57,612 ENFORCING DRUG CRIMES. AND SO 2362 01:26:57,612 --> 01:26:59,814 THOSE POLICIES THAT SPD WROTE 2363 01:26:59,814 --> 01:27:04,786 ARE CONTAINED IN 151 50 UNDER 2364 01:27:04,786 --> 01:27:06,120 THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2365 01:27:06,120 --> 01:27:07,722 MANUAL. AND WHAT THEY WHAT THOSE 2366 01:27:07,722 --> 01:27:11,125 POLICIES REQUIRE. AGAIN, UNDER 2367 01:27:11,125 --> 01:27:13,027 THE EXISTING LAWS IS THAT WHEN 2368 01:27:13,027 --> 01:27:15,163 AN OFFICER HAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO 2369 01:27:15,163 --> 01:27:17,498 BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE IS 2370 01:27:17,498 --> 01:27:19,100 POTENTIALLY GUILTY OF A PUBLIC 2371 01:27:19,100 --> 01:27:21,035 USE OR POSSESSION CRIME, THEY 2372 01:27:21,035 --> 01:27:22,804 MAY ENGAGE WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL 2373 01:27:22,804 --> 01:27:26,207 AND THEN THEY FOLLOW THE SPD 2374 01:27:26,207 --> 01:27:28,243 POLICY ABOUT A THREAT OF HARM 2375 01:27:28,243 --> 01:27:29,477 ASSESSMENT, DETERMINING WHETHER 2376 01:27:29,477 --> 01:27:30,945 THIS PERSON IS A THREAT OF HARM 2377 01:27:30,945 --> 01:27:32,547 TO THEIRSELF, OR WHETHER THIS 2378 01:27:32,547 --> 01:27:34,415 PERSON IS A THREAT OF HARM TO 2379 01:27:34,415 --> 01:27:37,785 OTHERS, TO SUBJECTS IN THE AREA, 2380 01:27:37,785 --> 01:27:39,087 AND THE POLICY THAT SPD HAS PUT 2381 01:27:39,087 --> 01:27:41,656 INTO PLACE GIVES SPECIFIC 2382 01:27:41,656 --> 01:27:43,858 ELEMENTS THAT ARE TO BE 2383 01:27:43,858 --> 01:27:44,425 CONSIDERED BY OFFICERS WHEN 2384 01:27:44,425 --> 01:27:45,126 THEY'RE DOING THIS THREAT OF 2385 01:27:45,126 --> 01:27:47,996 HARM ASSESSMENT, THINGS LIKE 2386 01:27:47,996 --> 01:27:50,632 WHETHER THE LOCATION IS NEAR 2387 01:27:50,632 --> 01:27:53,301 OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 2388 01:27:53,301 --> 01:27:53,968 COMMERCIAL ENTITIES, BUSINESSES 2389 01:27:53,968 --> 01:27:56,638 OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. AND AS 2390 01:27:56,638 --> 01:27:59,707 THEY GO THROUGH THAT THREAT OF 2391 01:27:59,707 --> 01:28:00,274 HARM ASSESSMENT, THEY'RE 2392 01:28:00,274 --> 01:28:00,908 DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THIS 2393 01:28:00,908 --> 01:28:04,612 PERSON SHOULD BE ARRESTED. AND 2394 01:28:04,612 --> 01:28:07,649 IF THIS PERSON SHOULD BE 2395 01:28:07,649 --> 01:28:08,583 ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO JAIL, 2396 01:28:08,583 --> 01:28:10,718 DEPENDING ON THEIR ASSESSMENT, 2397 01:28:10,718 --> 01:28:15,823 THEY WOULD BE TAKEN TO JAIL. IF 2398 01:28:15,823 --> 01:28:17,458 THEY CHOOSE TO DIVERT, WHICH IS 2399 01:28:17,458 --> 01:28:19,460 MORE IN LINE WITH THE CITY 2400 01:28:19,460 --> 01:28:21,296 POLICY OVERALL, IF IT'S IF IT'S 2401 01:28:21,296 --> 01:28:23,297 POSSIBLE OR ALLOWABLE UNDER 2402 01:28:23,297 --> 01:28:24,866 THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THEN THEY 2403 01:28:24,866 --> 01:28:26,601 HAVE THE OPTION TO CALL A LEAD 2404 01:28:26,601 --> 01:28:28,670 COUNSELOR. THERE IS A 247 LINE 2405 01:28:28,670 --> 01:28:32,440 THAT IS MAINTAINED BY LEAD THAT 2406 01:28:32,440 --> 01:28:33,041 OFFICERS HAVE THE NUMBER FOR. 2407 01:28:33,041 --> 01:28:36,678 IT'S IN THEIR POLICIES. THEY'RE 2408 01:28:36,678 --> 01:28:38,713 TRAINED ON HOW TO FIND THAT 2409 01:28:38,713 --> 01:28:39,514 NUMBER AND TO CALL A LEAD 2410 01:28:39,514 --> 01:28:40,548 PROVIDER TO COME OUT INTO THE 2411 01:28:40,548 --> 01:28:42,817 FIELD AND DO A WARM HANDOFF. SO 2412 01:28:42,817 --> 01:28:44,385 THAT'S SORT OF, I HOPE I'M 2413 01:28:44,385 --> 01:28:45,486 WALKING YOU THROUGH. 2414 01:28:45,486 --> 01:28:46,487 -- YEAH. YOU ARE. AND I REMEMBER 2415 01:28:46,487 --> 01:28:48,456 SOME OF THIS GOING BACK TO 2023 2416 01:28:48,456 --> 01:28:49,924 IN THE LINE AND THE ARGUMENTS 2417 01:28:49,924 --> 01:28:54,028 THAT WERE GOING ON BACK THEN 2418 01:28:54,028 --> 01:28:56,464 POST 2020 AND THE KIND OF DO NO 2419 01:28:56,464 --> 01:28:58,299 HARM IF PEOPLE ARE WELL, THAT'S 2420 01:28:58,299 --> 01:28:58,966 A WHOLE 'NOTHER STORY. SO LET 2421 01:28:58,966 --> 01:29:01,336 ME JUST SO SO BASICALLY WE'RE 2422 01:29:01,336 --> 01:29:05,039 SAYING THIS IS THE TACTIC THAT 2423 01:29:05,039 --> 01:29:06,074 WE WOULD PREFER THIS INFIELD 2424 01:29:06,074 --> 01:29:08,509 DIVERSION. 2425 01:29:08,509 --> 01:29:09,844 -- THAT'S EXISTING LAWS UNDER 2426 01:29:09,844 --> 01:29:12,714 THE LAW THAT GOT PASSED IN 2023. 2427 01:29:12,714 --> 01:29:15,116 JUST TO PUT IT SIMPLY, THE THE 2428 01:29:15,116 --> 01:29:19,821 CITY WAS SAYING WE WE PREFER 2429 01:29:19,821 --> 01:29:20,455 ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. 2430 01:29:20,455 --> 01:29:24,192 WE PREFER ALTERNATIVES TO THE 2431 01:29:24,192 --> 01:29:26,060 CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, DIVERSION 2432 01:29:26,060 --> 01:29:28,296 BEING ONE OF THOSE ALTERNATIVES, 2433 01:29:28,296 --> 01:29:30,298 BUT ALSO CHARGED BY OFFICER OR 2434 01:29:30,298 --> 01:29:32,333 ARREST BY RELEASE. WE WOULD BE 2435 01:29:32,333 --> 01:29:36,304 YOU ALL WOULD BE UPDATING TO SAY 2436 01:29:36,304 --> 01:29:39,407 NOT ONLY DOES THE CITY PREFER 2437 01:29:39,407 --> 01:29:40,007 ALTERNATIVES TO THE CRIMINAL 2438 01:29:40,007 --> 01:29:44,145 JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE CITY PREFERS 2439 01:29:44,145 --> 01:29:47,048 A WARM HANDOFF IN THE FIELD TO 2440 01:29:47,048 --> 01:29:47,515 DIVERSION PROVIDERS. 2441 01:29:47,515 --> 01:29:49,550 -- I'M ALWAYS ANNOYED BY THE 2442 01:29:49,550 --> 01:29:51,986 TERM WARM HANDOFF, BUT THAT'S 2443 01:29:51,986 --> 01:29:54,188 THAT'S ME ON ANOTHER ISSUE. LET 2444 01:29:54,188 --> 01:29:56,524 ME ASK YOU THIS. SO WHEN WE WERE 2445 01:29:56,524 --> 01:29:58,526 WE WERE DOING THAT BACK IN THE 2446 01:29:58,526 --> 01:30:00,795 2020 223 IN RESPONSE TO THE 2447 01:30:00,795 --> 01:30:04,399 STATE LAW. CORRECT? CORRECT. SO 2448 01:30:04,399 --> 01:30:07,402 THIS STILL IS IN LINE WITH WHAT 2449 01:30:07,402 --> 01:30:09,036 THE STATE LAW IS STILL GOOD LAW. 2450 01:30:09,036 --> 01:30:10,638 CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN I 2451 01:30:10,638 --> 01:30:11,205 REMEMBER THAT AND I HAD TO 2452 01:30:11,205 --> 01:30:12,807 LAUGH. I DID READ YOUR MEMO, BUT 2453 01:30:12,807 --> 01:30:15,309 I WAS I REMEMBER THAT THE 2454 01:30:15,309 --> 01:30:17,612 COMMITTEE WAS NEVER ESTABLISHED 2455 01:30:17,612 --> 01:30:20,181 -- THAT'S TRUE. THE BEHAVIORAL 2456 01:30:20,181 --> 01:30:20,815 HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT 2457 01:30:20,815 --> 01:30:24,519 WAS CREATED TO OVERSEE CITY WIDE 2458 01:30:24,519 --> 01:30:25,987 DRUG POLICY AND OPERATIONS, THE 2459 01:30:25,987 --> 01:30:28,856 EXECUTIVE NEVER ESTABLISHED THAT 2460 01:30:28,856 --> 01:30:30,525 COMMITTEE. THE CHAIR'S BILL 2461 01:30:30,525 --> 01:30:32,193 REMOVES THAT COMMITTEE. BUT AS I 2462 01:30:32,193 --> 01:30:34,228 MENTIONED, THE CHAIR IS SETTING 2463 01:30:34,228 --> 01:30:36,164 UP A PROCESS TO WORK WITH 2464 01:30:36,164 --> 01:30:37,799 STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE IF 2465 01:30:37,799 --> 01:30:39,934 THAT COMMITTEE SHOULD BE 2466 01:30:39,934 --> 01:30:41,569 RECREATED AND INCLUDED IN THIS 2467 01:30:41,569 --> 01:30:42,670 LEGISLATION AND, IF SO, HOW IT 2468 01:30:42,670 --> 01:30:44,305 MIGHT LOOK, WHAT ITS DUTIES 2469 01:30:44,305 --> 01:30:45,706 WOULD BE AND HOW IT WOULD BE 2470 01:30:45,706 --> 01:30:46,808 STAFFED. AND SO THOSE ARE SORT 2471 01:30:46,808 --> 01:30:49,310 OF ALL OPEN QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. 2472 01:30:49,310 --> 01:30:51,979 AND IN THE MEANTIME, THAT 2473 01:30:51,979 --> 01:30:54,248 LANGUAGE IS TAKEN OUT. IF THE 2474 01:30:54,248 --> 01:30:56,050 CHAIR AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS 2475 01:30:56,050 --> 01:30:57,051 DETERMINES THAT SOMETHING SHOULD 2476 01:30:57,051 --> 01:30:58,352 BE ADDED BACK, IT COULD BE ADDED 2477 01:30:58,352 --> 01:31:01,189 BACK BY AMENDMENT. 2478 01:31:01,189 --> 01:31:03,991 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2479 01:31:03,991 --> 01:31:05,726 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2480 01:31:05,726 --> 01:31:08,362 JUAREZ. ONE OF THE POINTS THIS 2481 01:31:08,362 --> 01:31:12,200 BILL DOES NOT TOUCH HARM, BUT 2482 01:31:12,200 --> 01:31:13,534 WHAT IS CLEAR IS ANY HARM 2483 01:31:13,534 --> 01:31:15,236 ASSESSMENT AT THIS POINT HAS TO 2484 01:31:15,236 --> 01:31:17,471 TAKE INTO EFFECT OF ALL THE HARM 2485 01:31:17,471 --> 01:31:18,039 THAT'S BEEN DONE TO THE 2486 01:31:18,039 --> 01:31:20,141 NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THESE DRUG 2487 01:31:20,141 --> 01:31:21,576 MARKETS AND, AND THE USE. AND 2488 01:31:21,576 --> 01:31:24,479 THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING 2489 01:31:24,479 --> 01:31:26,881 FROM FROM NORTH AURORA, BUT 2490 01:31:26,881 --> 01:31:29,083 DEFINITELY IN BELLTOWN DOWNTOWN, 2491 01:31:29,083 --> 01:31:30,785 THE CITY AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE 2492 01:31:30,785 --> 01:31:30,985 CITY. 2493 01:31:30,985 --> 01:31:31,819 -- MR. CHAIR, CAN I SAY 2494 01:31:31,819 --> 01:31:32,520 SOMETHING IN RESPONSE TO WHAT 2495 01:31:32,520 --> 01:31:34,388 YOU JUST SAID? 2496 01:31:34,388 --> 01:31:34,622 -- YES. 2497 01:31:34,622 --> 01:31:37,525 -- THANK YOU. IF I REMEMBER 2498 01:31:37,525 --> 01:31:38,793 CORRECTLY, AND YOU WERE THERE 2499 01:31:38,793 --> 01:31:41,562 TOO, GREG. SO CORRECT ME IF I'M 2500 01:31:41,562 --> 01:31:43,798 WRONG. WHEN THESE WERE BEING 2501 01:31:43,798 --> 01:31:44,999 PASSED, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE 2502 01:31:44,999 --> 01:31:47,902 DOING IT NOW. THE CONVERSATIONS 2503 01:31:47,902 --> 01:31:49,170 AROUND HOW HARM, WHAT HARM WAS 2504 01:31:49,170 --> 01:31:52,139 DOING TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND 2505 01:31:52,139 --> 01:31:55,776 BUSINESSES AND THAT WAS LIKE 2506 01:31:55,776 --> 01:31:56,777 POLITICALLY A HOT TOPIC. LIKE 2507 01:31:56,777 --> 01:31:58,479 NOBODY WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT. 2508 01:31:58,479 --> 01:31:59,480 -- WELL, WE'RE ADDRESSING IT 2509 01:31:59,480 --> 01:32:00,915 NOW. 2510 01:32:00,915 --> 01:32:03,718 -- IT WAS POLITICALLY NOT, YOU 2511 01:32:03,718 --> 01:32:04,519 KNOW, IT WASN'T MY MOM. I WAS 2512 01:32:04,519 --> 01:32:05,953 GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. I 2513 01:32:05,953 --> 01:32:08,956 PROBABLY WON'T. IT WAS IT WAS 2514 01:32:08,956 --> 01:32:10,024 POLITICALLY NOT A GOOD THING TO 2515 01:32:10,024 --> 01:32:12,360 SAY, HEY, THIS PERSON IS ON 2516 01:32:12,360 --> 01:32:14,795 DRUGS. IT'S A MISDEMEANOR. THEY 2517 01:32:14,795 --> 01:32:16,264 DO NEED TREATMENT. SOME OF THEM 2518 01:32:16,264 --> 01:32:17,265 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ARREST 2519 01:32:17,265 --> 01:32:18,933 IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IF 2520 01:32:18,933 --> 01:32:20,601 THEY'RE A DANGER. BUT WHEN WE 2521 01:32:20,601 --> 01:32:24,071 WOULD BRING UP LITTLE 2522 01:32:24,071 --> 01:32:25,706 -- SAIGON AURORA. 2523 01:32:25,706 --> 01:32:29,443 -- LAKE. CITY WAY. 2524 01:32:29,443 --> 01:32:32,179 NEIGHBORHOODS. PARKS. 2525 01:32:32,179 --> 01:32:32,813 BUSINESSES. PARTICULARLY SMALL 2526 01:32:32,813 --> 01:32:33,681 BUSINESSES WHERE WE JUST COULD 2527 01:32:33,681 --> 01:32:35,917 NOT GET PEOPLE AWAY FROM IN 2528 01:32:35,917 --> 01:32:38,753 FRONT OF BUILDINGS SMOKING 2529 01:32:38,753 --> 01:32:39,820 FENTANYL. PEOPLE WOULD JUST NAIL 2530 01:32:39,820 --> 01:32:41,122 YOU TO THE CROSS LIKE YOU'RE 2531 01:32:41,122 --> 01:32:42,523 JUST A HORRIBLE PERSON FOR 2532 01:32:42,523 --> 01:32:45,059 BRINGING THAT UP, YOU KNOW? AND 2533 01:32:45,059 --> 01:32:45,793 IT'S JUST LIKE, NO. AND I'M 2534 01:32:45,793 --> 01:32:47,161 JUST GOING TO SAY THIS, AND THIS 2535 01:32:47,161 --> 01:32:49,196 WOULD BE MY LAST COMMENT. THIS 2536 01:32:49,196 --> 01:32:50,298 IS LIKE ABOUT GETTING OLDER AND 2537 01:32:50,298 --> 01:32:52,500 SAYING, I TOLD YOU SO. EXACTLY 2538 01:32:52,500 --> 01:32:54,869 WHAT WE SAID WOULD HAPPEN HAS 2539 01:32:54,869 --> 01:32:55,937 HAPPENED. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU 2540 01:32:55,937 --> 01:32:57,838 HAVE AT LITTLE SAIGON IN THESE 2541 01:32:57,838 --> 01:33:00,308 NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE WE 2542 01:33:00,308 --> 01:33:01,943 BASICALLY WERE SHOUTED OUT OF 2543 01:33:01,943 --> 01:33:03,144 THE ROOM FOR SAYING, YES, ALL 2544 01:33:03,144 --> 01:33:05,146 THOSE OTHER THINGS ARE TRUE, BUT 2545 01:33:05,146 --> 01:33:07,315 WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO 2546 01:33:07,315 --> 01:33:09,850 ACCOUNT WHAT THIS OPEN AIR DRUG 2547 01:33:09,850 --> 01:33:11,085 USE DOES TO NEIGHBORHOOD 2548 01:33:11,085 --> 01:33:12,086 SCHOOLS, BUS STOPS, PARKS, YOU 2549 01:33:12,086 --> 01:33:13,654 NAME IT. AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN 2550 01:33:13,654 --> 01:33:15,156 THAT YOU'RE AN EVIL PERSON OR 2551 01:33:15,156 --> 01:33:17,391 YOU DON'T HAVE EMPATHY, BUT 2552 01:33:17,391 --> 01:33:19,994 THAT THE LAW SHOULD HAVE 2553 01:33:19,994 --> 01:33:21,128 ACCOUNTABILITY AND HAVE ALL 2554 01:33:21,128 --> 01:33:22,463 KINDS OF TOOLS TO ADDRESS PEOPLE 2555 01:33:22,463 --> 01:33:24,265 WHO ARE IN NEED OF TREATMENT, IF 2556 01:33:24,265 --> 01:33:28,336 INDEED THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. 2557 01:33:28,336 --> 01:33:29,270 SO I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT 2558 01:33:29,270 --> 01:33:31,238 AT THAT. SO THANK YOU. 2559 01:33:31,238 --> 01:33:32,640 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2560 01:33:32,640 --> 01:33:34,742 JUAREZ. YES. THE MISGUIDED IS 2561 01:33:34,742 --> 01:33:35,676 THE WORD THAT COMES. 2562 01:33:35,676 --> 01:33:36,043 -- IS THAT THE. 2563 01:33:36,043 --> 01:33:38,479 -- WORD WE USE? IT'S MISGUIDED 2564 01:33:38,479 --> 01:33:41,482 AND IT'S CLEARLY MISGUIDED. AND 2565 01:33:41,482 --> 01:33:41,983 TODAY WE START WITH THE 2566 01:33:41,983 --> 01:33:43,250 COMPASSION FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN 2567 01:33:43,250 --> 01:33:44,919 CRISIS. BUT EQUALLY WITH THE 2568 01:33:44,919 --> 01:33:47,021 WISDOM OF KNOWING THAT OUR 2569 01:33:47,021 --> 01:33:48,656 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN CRISIS TOO. 2570 01:33:48,656 --> 01:33:50,458 AND THAT GOES TO THE HARM POINT. 2571 01:33:50,458 --> 01:33:53,127 AND, AND I WOULD NOTE TOO, YOU 2572 01:33:53,127 --> 01:33:55,062 KNOW, THIS DIVERGENCE 2573 01:33:55,062 --> 01:33:56,664 PRE-BOOKING, POST-ARREST. AND, 2574 01:33:56,664 --> 01:33:58,966 YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS REALLY TO 2575 01:33:58,966 --> 01:34:01,369 SET UP PDA FOR SUCCESS IN TERMS 2576 01:34:01,369 --> 01:34:03,971 OF DIVERSION PIECE, BUT THEN 2577 01:34:03,971 --> 01:34:05,072 ALSO IF NEEDED, AND AGAIN, WITH 2578 01:34:05,072 --> 01:34:07,375 A FOCUS ON THE MARKET AND THOSE 2579 01:34:07,375 --> 01:34:09,577 PIECES REALLY DRIVING. AND THIS 2580 01:34:09,577 --> 01:34:10,611 IS THE SHAME OF THE SODA BILL 2581 01:34:10,611 --> 01:34:11,879 GETTING, YOU KNOW, PUNTED TO THE 2582 01:34:11,879 --> 01:34:14,782 SIDE. WE NEED EVERYTHING TO, TO 2583 01:34:14,782 --> 01:34:16,717 ATTACK THESE DRUG MARKETS. AND 2584 01:34:16,717 --> 01:34:17,385 UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT DOING 2585 01:34:17,385 --> 01:34:18,953 THAT. AND NOW WE'RE SEEING SOME 2586 01:34:18,953 --> 01:34:21,355 SLIDE BACKS, LIKE IN LITTLE 2587 01:34:21,355 --> 01:34:22,390 SAIGON AND NORTH AURORA RIGHT 2588 01:34:22,390 --> 01:34:23,491 NOW, BASED ON THE PEOPLE I'VE 2589 01:34:23,491 --> 01:34:24,358 BEEN TALKING TO OVER THE PAST 2590 01:34:24,358 --> 01:34:28,696 WEEK. AND IT'S CONCERNING 2591 01:34:28,696 --> 01:34:29,163 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2592 01:34:29,163 --> 01:34:31,032 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO 2593 01:34:31,032 --> 01:34:34,001 THANK YOU FOR OPENING THIS 2594 01:34:34,001 --> 01:34:36,637 CONVERSATION BACK UP, ACTUALLY, 2595 01:34:36,637 --> 01:34:39,140 BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE BEEN HERE 2596 01:34:39,140 --> 01:34:40,675 AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR THE 2597 01:34:40,675 --> 01:34:43,644 LAST ALMOST THREE YEARS. 2598 01:34:43,644 --> 01:34:44,345 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ YOU'VE BEEN 2599 01:34:44,345 --> 01:34:46,414 HERE A LOT LONGER THAN THAT PRE 2600 01:34:46,414 --> 01:34:49,917 THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS 2601 01:34:49,917 --> 01:34:51,485 IS A PIECE THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN 2602 01:34:51,485 --> 01:34:53,120 ABLE TO MAKE THE INROADS THAT WE 2603 01:34:53,120 --> 01:34:55,923 WANTED TO MAKE IN. AND I WOULD 2604 01:34:55,923 --> 01:34:58,059 SAY THAT THE HARM ISN'T I DON'T 2605 01:34:58,059 --> 01:34:58,759 THINK OF IT AS NEIGHBORHOOD, AS 2606 01:34:58,759 --> 01:35:00,661 SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY'RE 2607 01:35:00,661 --> 01:35:03,297 HUMANS. AND THAT MAKES IT SEEM 2608 01:35:03,297 --> 01:35:04,899 LIKE LOCATIONS AND PLACES. BUT 2609 01:35:04,899 --> 01:35:07,034 IT'S THE BUSINESS. SMALL 2610 01:35:07,034 --> 01:35:09,570 BUSINESS OWNERS, AND IT'S THE 2611 01:35:09,570 --> 01:35:11,138 KIDS AT THE PARK AND IT'S OUR 2612 01:35:11,138 --> 01:35:13,774 NEIGHBORS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS 2613 01:35:13,774 --> 01:35:18,179 LIKE THE NEIGHBORS, KIDS, 2614 01:35:18,179 --> 01:35:20,881 FAMILIES, SINGLE PEOPLE UP ON 2615 01:35:20,881 --> 01:35:22,249 AURORA THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH 2616 01:35:22,249 --> 01:35:22,817 THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE DRUG 2617 01:35:22,817 --> 01:35:24,919 MARKETS UP THERE. THOSE ARE 2618 01:35:24,919 --> 01:35:26,487 HUMANS. AND I DON'T THINK WE 2619 01:35:26,487 --> 01:35:27,955 SHOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS OF 2620 01:35:27,955 --> 01:35:29,056 PICKING SOME HUMANS OVER OTHER 2621 01:35:29,056 --> 01:35:30,624 HUMANS. SO WE NEED TO HAVE 2622 01:35:30,624 --> 01:35:31,692 SOLUTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO WORK 2623 01:35:31,692 --> 01:35:34,128 FOR ALL THE HUMANS. AND I THINK 2624 01:35:34,128 --> 01:35:37,331 FOR A LONG TIME NOW, WE'VE BEEN 2625 01:35:37,331 --> 01:35:38,699 THINKING ABOUT JUST ONE SET OF 2626 01:35:38,699 --> 01:35:40,134 HUMANS, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO 2627 01:35:40,134 --> 01:35:43,571 TAKE CARE OF ALL HUMANS. SO WE 2628 01:35:43,571 --> 01:35:45,439 NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE HUMANS 2629 01:35:45,439 --> 01:35:46,507 THAT NEED TREATMENT. AND WE NEED 2630 01:35:46,507 --> 01:35:48,476 TO TAKE THE HUMANS CARE OF THE 2631 01:35:48,476 --> 01:35:50,611 HUMANS, LIKE UP ON AURORA, WHO 2632 01:35:50,611 --> 01:35:52,613 HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT DRUG 2633 01:35:52,613 --> 01:35:54,381 TRAFFICKING. AND WE NEED TO TAKE 2634 01:35:54,381 --> 01:35:55,750 CARE OF THE GIRLS THAT ARE 2635 01:35:55,750 --> 01:35:56,917 GETTING SEX TRAFFICKED ON 2636 01:35:56,917 --> 01:35:58,352 AURORA. THAT IS ALL PART OF THE 2637 01:35:58,352 --> 01:36:01,555 DRUG TRADE AS WELL. THESE ARE 2638 01:36:01,555 --> 01:36:02,623 ALL HUMANS. WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE 2639 01:36:02,623 --> 01:36:06,026 CARE OF. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU 2640 01:36:06,026 --> 01:36:06,660 OPENING THIS CONVERSATION BACK 2641 01:36:06,660 --> 01:36:07,595 UP, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A 2642 01:36:07,595 --> 01:36:09,196 NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY THAT 2643 01:36:09,196 --> 01:36:12,833 ISN'T IMPACTED BY THIS, SOME TO 2644 01:36:12,833 --> 01:36:15,636 MORE DEGREES, OBVIOUSLY, LITTLE 2645 01:36:15,636 --> 01:36:17,338 SAIGON AND NORTH AURORA AND SOME 2646 01:36:17,338 --> 01:36:18,906 TO LESSER DEGREES, WHICH ARE 2647 01:36:18,906 --> 01:36:20,474 POCKETS IN ALL OF THE 2648 01:36:20,474 --> 01:36:22,710 NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. 2649 01:36:22,710 --> 01:36:25,679 AND EVERY DISTRICT THAT WE ALL 2650 01:36:25,679 --> 01:36:26,647 COLLECTIVELY REPRESENT. AND WE 2651 01:36:26,647 --> 01:36:31,085 DO NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO MAKE 2652 01:36:31,085 --> 01:36:33,053 SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING 2653 01:36:33,053 --> 01:36:35,222 THIS, THIS NEED. I DO HAVE 2654 01:36:35,222 --> 01:36:38,025 QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 2655 01:36:38,025 --> 01:36:40,728 ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, 2656 01:36:40,728 --> 01:36:45,332 WE'RE NOW PRIORITIZING FIELD 2657 01:36:45,332 --> 01:36:48,302 DIVERSION. I NEED MORE 2658 01:36:48,302 --> 01:36:50,671 INFORMATION AND MY DUE DILIGENCE 2659 01:36:50,671 --> 01:36:52,806 FASHION ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. 2660 01:36:52,806 --> 01:36:55,509 AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE IF WE'RE 2661 01:36:55,509 --> 01:36:57,278 SAYING THAT THE ONLY ONES WHO 2662 01:36:57,278 --> 01:36:58,379 CAN MEET THIS NEED IN SEATTLE AT 2663 01:36:58,379 --> 01:37:02,183 THE MOMENT IS LEAD, I WANT TO 2664 01:37:02,183 --> 01:37:03,217 KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS OF THAT 2665 01:37:03,217 --> 01:37:05,419 ARE. AND THEN TO THE POINT ABOUT 2666 01:37:05,419 --> 01:37:07,788 FUNDING, I KNOW WE GAVE LEAD 2667 01:37:07,788 --> 01:37:08,756 LAST YEAR FOR THIS AND THIS FOR 2668 01:37:08,756 --> 01:37:10,858 THIS BUDGET. THIS YEAR, $20 2669 01:37:10,858 --> 01:37:13,494 MILLION. SO I KNOW THERE IS 2670 01:37:13,494 --> 01:37:15,062 FUNDING THAT WE BECAUSE WE 2671 01:37:15,062 --> 01:37:16,997 BELIEVE SO MUCH IN THIS 2672 01:37:16,997 --> 01:37:18,365 DIVERSION PIECE. I VOTED FOR IT 2673 01:37:18,365 --> 01:37:23,704 TOO. AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW 2674 01:37:23,704 --> 01:37:26,040 THOSE THAT FUNDING IS ACTUALLY 2675 01:37:26,040 --> 01:37:28,442 HELPING PEOPLE BECAUSE IF 2676 01:37:28,442 --> 01:37:29,043 DIVERSIONS ARE DOWN, THEN WHO 2677 01:37:29,043 --> 01:37:30,578 ARE WE HELPING WITH THAT 2678 01:37:30,578 --> 01:37:33,080 FUNDING? AND THEN TO THE POINT 2679 01:37:33,080 --> 01:37:35,850 I'VE MADE OVER AND AGAIN ABOUT 2680 01:37:35,850 --> 01:37:37,184 THE CARE CRISIS RESPONDERS, IS 2681 01:37:37,184 --> 01:37:40,187 THERE A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, 2682 01:37:40,187 --> 01:37:43,424 WHILE THE I BELIEVE IN THE WARM 2683 01:37:43,424 --> 01:37:44,425 HANDOFF 100%, I'VE HAD THE 2684 01:37:44,425 --> 01:37:48,929 CONVERSATION WITH LEAD ABOUT IF 2685 01:37:48,929 --> 01:37:50,464 IT WAS PICKED UP AND BROUGHT 2686 01:37:50,464 --> 01:37:51,599 DOWN TO COUNTY AND RELEASED AND 2687 01:37:51,599 --> 01:37:53,334 THEY'RE NOT THERE TO, TO, TO DO 2688 01:37:53,334 --> 01:37:55,836 THAT WARM HANDOFF, THEN THAT 2689 01:37:55,836 --> 01:37:56,904 PERSON IS GOING BACK TO THE 2690 01:37:56,904 --> 01:37:59,006 STREET. AND THEN IT'S LIKE THE 2691 01:37:59,006 --> 01:38:00,074 REVOLVING DOOR. AND THAT'S 2692 01:38:00,074 --> 01:38:01,675 HELPING NO ONE, NOT THE PERSON 2693 01:38:01,675 --> 01:38:03,611 WE'RE TRYING TO GET TREATMENT 2694 01:38:03,611 --> 01:38:05,112 FOR OR THE HUMANS THAT WE'RE 2695 01:38:05,112 --> 01:38:07,681 TRYING TO HELP IN THE VARIOUS 2696 01:38:07,681 --> 01:38:08,315 LOCATIONS WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT 2697 01:38:08,315 --> 01:38:11,018 EARLIER. SO I DO WANT TO KNOW 2698 01:38:11,018 --> 01:38:13,954 HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK BETTER 2699 01:38:13,954 --> 01:38:14,588 BECAUSE NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT 2700 01:38:14,588 --> 01:38:16,957 THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A WARM 2701 01:38:16,957 --> 01:38:19,994 HANDOFF, I DON'T HAVEN'T SEEN 2702 01:38:19,994 --> 01:38:21,795 THE DIVERSION PIECE WORKING AS 2703 01:38:21,795 --> 01:38:26,333 WELL AS I THINK IT SHOULD, 2704 01:38:26,333 --> 01:38:27,868 BECAUSE IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH 2705 01:38:27,868 --> 01:38:28,802 LEAD, THEY KNOW THE FOLKS THAT 2706 01:38:28,802 --> 01:38:29,370 HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND THEY 2707 01:38:29,370 --> 01:38:32,439 COULD APPROACH THEM IF THEY FIND 2708 01:38:32,439 --> 01:38:35,276 THEM. AND SO I, I HAVE QUESTIONS 2709 01:38:35,276 --> 01:38:37,544 ABOUT WHY, TO WHAT EXTENT THAT 2710 01:38:37,544 --> 01:38:40,214 HOW WELL THAT'S WORKING. MY 2711 01:38:40,214 --> 01:38:41,148 UNDERSTANDING IS NOT WELL, BUT I 2712 01:38:41,148 --> 01:38:42,283 DON'T WANT TO BE UNFAIR AND I 2713 01:38:42,283 --> 01:38:46,854 NEED MORE DATA AND INFORMATION. 2714 01:38:46,854 --> 01:38:50,691 SO. AND ARE THERE OTHER, YOU 2715 01:38:50,691 --> 01:38:53,460 KNOW, ENFIELD, YOU KNOW, HOW TO 2716 01:38:53,460 --> 01:38:54,094 TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ POINT, 2717 01:38:54,094 --> 01:38:56,563 HOW HAS THIS WORKED IN OTHER 2718 01:38:56,563 --> 01:38:58,399 CITIES? IS IT ONE MAIN GROUP 2719 01:38:58,399 --> 01:39:02,703 THAT IS DOING THIS WORK, OR IS 2720 01:39:02,703 --> 01:39:03,971 IT MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS DOING 2721 01:39:03,971 --> 01:39:05,506 THE WORK? I DO NOT KNOW. IS IT 2722 01:39:05,506 --> 01:39:07,041 THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE 2723 01:39:07,041 --> 01:39:08,242 TREATMENT FACILITIES AND ARE 2724 01:39:08,242 --> 01:39:10,477 THEY DOING THE WORK? BECAUSE 2725 01:39:10,477 --> 01:39:12,346 ULTIMATELY, IF SOMEONE NEEDS 2726 01:39:12,346 --> 01:39:14,515 TREATMENT THAT REQUIRES A 2727 01:39:14,515 --> 01:39:16,350 TREATMENT FACILITY, LEADS NOT 2728 01:39:16,350 --> 01:39:17,217 DOING THE ACTUAL TREATMENT, 2729 01:39:17,217 --> 01:39:18,953 THEY'RE THE ONES THERE. THE 2730 01:39:18,953 --> 01:39:20,721 CASE MANAGERS HELPING FOLKS GET 2731 01:39:20,721 --> 01:39:23,257 INTO TREATMENT. SO THAT REQUIRES 2732 01:39:23,257 --> 01:39:25,059 A WHOLE 'NOTHER POT OF MONEY. 2733 01:39:25,059 --> 01:39:28,629 UNLESS THE 20 MILLION WE GIVE TO 2734 01:39:28,629 --> 01:39:30,030 LEAD ALSO RESULTS IN THOSE 2735 01:39:30,030 --> 01:39:31,832 INDIVIDUALS GETTING TREATMENT. I 2736 01:39:31,832 --> 01:39:35,135 DO NOT KNOW. SO I THINK ALL OF 2737 01:39:35,135 --> 01:39:37,471 THESE WE NEED MORE DATA BY WHICH 2738 01:39:37,471 --> 01:39:40,274 WE'RE WE'RE COMMITTING SOME 2739 01:39:40,274 --> 01:39:41,909 DECISIONS AS EVERYONE. MOST 2740 01:39:41,909 --> 01:39:44,345 PEOPLE UP HERE HAVE SAID TODAY. 2741 01:39:44,345 --> 01:39:46,947 SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2742 01:39:46,947 --> 01:39:48,515 KETTLE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 2743 01:39:48,515 --> 01:39:49,550 TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I'M 2744 01:39:49,550 --> 01:39:51,552 SO GLAD YOU OPENED THIS BACK UP 2745 01:39:51,552 --> 01:39:53,253 AND I'LL BE REACHING BACK OUT, 2746 01:39:53,253 --> 01:39:56,557 GREG, TO GET SOME OF THESE 2747 01:39:56,557 --> 01:39:58,759 ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS SO THAT 2748 01:39:58,759 --> 01:40:02,296 AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND 2749 01:40:02,296 --> 01:40:03,130 EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A 2750 01:40:03,130 --> 01:40:06,100 VOTE ON THIS, WE'LL SEE IF 2751 01:40:06,100 --> 01:40:07,434 IT'S IF IT NEEDS ANY TWEAKING. 2752 01:40:07,434 --> 01:40:09,837 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2753 01:40:09,837 --> 01:40:10,404 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2754 01:40:10,404 --> 01:40:12,706 RIVERA. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO 2755 01:40:12,706 --> 01:40:13,340 REMEMBER PART OF THE THE MISSION 2756 01:40:13,340 --> 01:40:15,709 OF THIS BILL IS TO CREATE DATA. 2757 01:40:15,709 --> 01:40:17,077 BECAUSE A LOT OF WAYS THERE'S 2758 01:40:17,077 --> 01:40:18,145 NOT. SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE. I 2759 01:40:18,145 --> 01:40:19,980 DON'T WANT TO GET YOU 2760 01:40:19,980 --> 01:40:21,248 FRUSTRATED AT THE BEGINNING, BUT 2761 01:40:21,248 --> 01:40:23,050 STAND BY. THERE'S YOU KNOW, THIS 2762 01:40:23,050 --> 01:40:23,717 IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING 2763 01:40:23,717 --> 01:40:25,853 THIS BILL, IN PART, IS FOR THE 2764 01:40:25,853 --> 01:40:27,087 DATA SETS THAT NEED TO BE 2765 01:40:27,087 --> 01:40:28,122 CREATED AND UNDERSTOOD, YOU 2766 01:40:28,122 --> 01:40:29,123 KNOW, MOVING FORWARD. 2767 01:40:29,123 --> 01:40:30,591 -- BUT THE BILL ALSO, AT THE 2768 01:40:30,591 --> 01:40:32,559 SAME TIME IS CREATING THIS NEW 2769 01:40:32,559 --> 01:40:34,361 PRIORITIZATION. SO I WANT TO 2770 01:40:34,361 --> 01:40:37,164 UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WOULD WORK. 2771 01:40:37,164 --> 01:40:37,865 SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT 2772 01:40:37,865 --> 01:40:41,335 PART OF THE OF THE BILL, AND 2773 01:40:41,335 --> 01:40:41,902 LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING OUT 2774 01:40:41,902 --> 01:40:45,572 MORE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL CHAIR 2775 01:40:45,572 --> 01:40:45,806 KETTLE. 2776 01:40:45,806 --> 01:40:48,308 -- THANK YOU. AND MY VICE CHAIR 2777 01:40:48,308 --> 01:40:50,144 HAS JUMPED BACK ON VICE CHAIR. 2778 01:40:50,144 --> 01:40:54,782 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. A LOT OF 2779 01:40:54,782 --> 01:40:56,083 IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND 2780 01:40:56,083 --> 01:40:57,184 DIALOG THAT JUST HAPPENED IN THE 2781 01:40:57,184 --> 01:40:58,919 LAST, YOU KNOW, 30, 40 MINUTES 2782 01:40:58,919 --> 01:41:03,157 OR SO. AND I WANT TO BRIEFLY 2783 01:41:03,157 --> 01:41:04,625 PILE ON TO TWO POINTS. FIRST 2784 01:41:04,625 --> 01:41:06,960 OFF, WITH RESPECT TO THE THE 2785 01:41:06,960 --> 01:41:09,797 COMMENTS IN THE HISTORICAL 2786 01:41:09,797 --> 01:41:11,965 CONTEXT PROVIDED BY COUNCIL 2787 01:41:11,965 --> 01:41:14,568 MEMBER JUAREZ A MOMENT AGO ON, 2788 01:41:14,568 --> 01:41:16,804 ON HOW THE THE DIALOG, THE 2789 01:41:16,804 --> 01:41:19,073 DISCUSSION AND SOMETIMES DEBATE, 2790 01:41:19,073 --> 01:41:21,708 YOU KNOW, AROUND THESE ISSUES 2791 01:41:21,708 --> 01:41:26,647 WAS PREVIOUSLY FRAMED. LIKE HOW 2792 01:41:26,647 --> 01:41:29,183 DARE YOU ESSENTIALLY FOR 2793 01:41:29,183 --> 01:41:33,320 BRINGING UP THE SUFFERING OF 2794 01:41:33,320 --> 01:41:33,821 NEIGHBORHOODS AND SMALL 2795 01:41:33,821 --> 01:41:35,122 BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESS 2796 01:41:35,122 --> 01:41:38,392 OWNERS, SMALL BUSINESS WORKERS, 2797 01:41:38,392 --> 01:41:40,427 THEIR CUSTOMERS, THEIR 2798 01:41:40,427 --> 01:41:43,263 SUPPLIERS, OUR KIDS. HOW DARE 2799 01:41:43,263 --> 01:41:50,070 YOU BRING BRING THOSE UP. I, I 2800 01:41:50,070 --> 01:41:52,606 AM DISAPPOINTED, BUT SADLY NOT 2801 01:41:52,606 --> 01:41:54,408 AT ALL SURPRISED. THAT'S KIND OF 2802 01:41:54,408 --> 01:41:56,677 THE NATURE OF THINGS AND WHAT 2803 01:41:56,677 --> 01:41:57,811 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THAT 2804 01:41:57,811 --> 01:41:59,012 WAS THE NATURE OF THINGS. THEN 2805 01:41:59,012 --> 01:42:00,948 WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE 2806 01:42:00,948 --> 01:42:02,983 IS NUANCE. WHAT WE'RE TALKING 2807 01:42:02,983 --> 01:42:04,251 ABOUT HERE IS COMPLEXITY. AND 2808 01:42:04,251 --> 01:42:07,421 THAT'S WHY, CHAIR, I WANT TO 2809 01:42:07,421 --> 01:42:09,523 THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING BACK 2810 01:42:09,523 --> 01:42:13,861 UP THIS CONVERSATION SO WE CAN 2811 01:42:13,861 --> 01:42:17,431 HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ANEW 2812 01:42:17,431 --> 01:42:19,533 BUT DO IT IN A MANNER THAT 2813 01:42:19,533 --> 01:42:21,034 CENTERS COMPLEXITY AND CENTERS, 2814 01:42:21,034 --> 01:42:22,402 NUANCE AND CENTERS, HUMAN, THE 2815 01:42:22,402 --> 01:42:28,308 HUMAN EXPERIENCE. YES, I HAVE 2816 01:42:28,308 --> 01:42:31,512 ENDLESS EMPATHY FOR PEOPLE IN 2817 01:42:31,512 --> 01:42:34,248 THE THROES OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2818 01:42:34,248 --> 01:42:37,017 CRISES, CHALLENGES, WHETHER 2819 01:42:37,017 --> 01:42:37,651 IT'S DRUG DEPENDENCY, MENTAL 2820 01:42:37,651 --> 01:42:40,954 HEALTH CHALLENGES, THE LIKE. AND 2821 01:42:40,954 --> 01:42:44,391 WE NEED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE LEAD 2822 01:42:44,391 --> 01:42:47,561 CO-LEAD, ET CETERA. COMMUNITY 2823 01:42:47,561 --> 01:42:50,430 PARTNERS TO HELP UPLIFT THOSE 2824 01:42:50,430 --> 01:42:51,064 PEOPLE SUFFERING. AND WE NEED TO 2825 01:42:51,064 --> 01:42:53,700 FUND THEM FROM A CITY 2826 01:42:53,700 --> 01:42:54,735 PERSPECTIVE. AND I AND I ALSO 2827 01:42:54,735 --> 01:42:59,239 HAVE THAT'S TRUE. AND I ALSO 2828 01:42:59,239 --> 01:43:02,843 HAVE ENDLESS EMPATHY FOR SMALL 2829 01:43:02,843 --> 01:43:07,347 BUSINESS OWNERS. OUR KIDS IN 2830 01:43:07,347 --> 01:43:08,916 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WANT RELIEF 2831 01:43:08,916 --> 01:43:10,384 AS WELL FROM SOME OF THESE 2832 01:43:10,384 --> 01:43:13,053 BROADER SOCIETAL CHALLENGES. AND 2833 01:43:13,053 --> 01:43:16,323 IT'S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER OR, 2834 01:43:16,323 --> 01:43:18,525 YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS WHY 2835 01:43:18,525 --> 01:43:20,027 WE'RE HERE TOGETHER. WE'RE, 2836 01:43:20,027 --> 01:43:20,727 WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER AND WE'RE 2837 01:43:20,727 --> 01:43:22,095 BETTER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE 2838 01:43:22,095 --> 01:43:23,797 IN THE COMPLETE CONTEXT. SO, SO 2839 01:43:23,797 --> 01:43:24,765 POINT ONE. THE SECOND THING I 2840 01:43:24,765 --> 01:43:26,300 WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY REMARK ON 2841 01:43:26,300 --> 01:43:28,235 PILING ON SOME, SOME 2842 01:43:28,235 --> 01:43:30,404 OBSERVATIONS EARLIER FROM 2843 01:43:30,404 --> 01:43:32,139 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, WHICH I 2844 01:43:32,139 --> 01:43:34,174 APPRECIATE ABOUT THE PUBLIC 2845 01:43:34,174 --> 01:43:36,743 COMMENTERS WHO TOOK THE TIME 2846 01:43:36,743 --> 01:43:37,377 EARLIER TODAY, WITHIN THE LAST 2847 01:43:37,377 --> 01:43:39,212 HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF, WE HEARD 2848 01:43:39,212 --> 01:43:41,448 A LOT OF TERRIFIC PUBLIC COMMENT 2849 01:43:41,448 --> 01:43:43,650 AND FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY FROM 2850 01:43:43,650 --> 01:43:46,486 PEOPLE WITH DIRECT KIND OF 2851 01:43:46,486 --> 01:43:47,120 PERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN VARIOUS 2852 01:43:47,120 --> 01:43:50,090 STAGES OF RECOVERY, OVERCOMING, 2853 01:43:50,090 --> 01:43:54,161 YOU KNOW, THE THE RESILIENCE 2854 01:43:54,161 --> 01:43:55,028 THERE. THERE'S WE HEARD A LOT 2855 01:43:55,028 --> 01:43:59,800 AND IT WAS TERRIFIC VERY. I ALSO 2856 01:43:59,800 --> 01:44:02,869 WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC 2857 01:44:02,869 --> 01:44:04,171 COMMENTERS FOR SHOWING UP TO 2858 01:44:04,171 --> 01:44:08,408 TESTIFY. I FOUND IT TO BE VERY 2859 01:44:08,408 --> 01:44:10,444 REMARKABLE, SUPER PROFOUND. SOME 2860 01:44:10,444 --> 01:44:12,412 OF THE MOST UNIQUELY INSIGHTFUL 2861 01:44:12,412 --> 01:44:14,648 PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD, 2862 01:44:14,648 --> 01:44:15,749 YOU KNOW, IN A WHILE, FOR A 2863 01:44:15,749 --> 01:44:17,618 NUMBER OF REASONS, VERY 2864 01:44:17,618 --> 01:44:21,488 POWERFUL, COMPELLING, 2865 01:44:21,488 --> 01:44:23,123 PERSUASIVE. I'LL WHAT STICKS 2866 01:44:23,123 --> 01:44:24,691 WITH ME IS CERTAINLY SOME OF THE 2867 01:44:24,691 --> 01:44:26,093 INDIVIDUAL STORIES AND 2868 01:44:26,093 --> 01:44:28,662 NARRATIVES AND ANECDOTES, YOU 2869 01:44:28,662 --> 01:44:32,032 KNOW, UNIQUELY ONE OF THE FIRST 2870 01:44:32,032 --> 01:44:35,302 TIMES, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE WAS 2871 01:44:35,302 --> 01:44:37,204 SPOKEN ABOUT IN A POSITIVE 2872 01:44:37,204 --> 01:44:41,274 MANNER IN COURT, THE RENEWED 2873 01:44:41,274 --> 01:44:45,345 ABILITY FOR CARETAKERS TO 2874 01:44:45,345 --> 01:44:46,213 PROPERLY CARE, TAKE CARE OF 2875 01:44:46,213 --> 01:44:48,348 THEIR OWN KIDS, AND I'LL 2876 01:44:48,348 --> 01:44:50,217 REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE STORIES 2877 01:44:50,217 --> 01:44:51,351 AND ANECDOTES. BUT ONE OF THE 2878 01:44:51,351 --> 01:44:52,753 THINGS THAT STICKS WITH ME THE 2879 01:44:52,753 --> 01:44:54,855 MOST ABOUT SOME OF THE THAT 2880 01:44:54,855 --> 01:44:56,289 PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WE WE 2881 01:44:56,289 --> 01:44:56,923 DON'T OFTEN HEAR SOMETIMES IN 2882 01:44:56,923 --> 01:45:04,431 THIS IN THIS CHAMBER WAS DESPITE 2883 01:45:04,431 --> 01:45:07,601 SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE 2884 01:45:07,601 --> 01:45:11,838 WAS THIS PREDOMINANT THEME WHERE 2885 01:45:11,838 --> 01:45:13,840 PEOPLE WERE QUITE LITERALLY 2886 01:45:13,840 --> 01:45:16,510 PRACTICING AN ATTITUDE OF 2887 01:45:16,510 --> 01:45:18,912 GRATITUDE, AN ATTITUDE OF 2888 01:45:18,912 --> 01:45:20,881 GRATITUDE, AND I DON'T PRETEND 2889 01:45:20,881 --> 01:45:25,319 TO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO, YOU 2890 01:45:25,319 --> 01:45:26,987 KNOW, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME 2891 01:45:26,987 --> 01:45:29,656 ANY, YOU KNOW, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2892 01:45:29,656 --> 01:45:34,328 CHALLENGES, BE AT A STAGE OF 2893 01:45:34,328 --> 01:45:35,228 RECOVERY. I DON'T PRETEND TO, 2894 01:45:35,228 --> 01:45:37,197 TO, TO KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. 2895 01:45:37,197 --> 01:45:38,865 WE'VE ALL HAD OUR OWN UNIQUE 2896 01:45:38,865 --> 01:45:39,499 PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, BUT THAT 2897 01:45:39,499 --> 01:45:42,235 IS SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE. BUT I 2898 01:45:42,235 --> 01:45:45,772 THINK WE CAN ALL LEARN, ALL 2899 01:45:45,772 --> 01:45:48,408 LEARN FROM WHAT WE JUST 2900 01:45:48,408 --> 01:45:48,975 WITNESSED AND OBSERVED THAT 2901 01:45:48,975 --> 01:45:50,744 DESPITE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, 2902 01:45:50,744 --> 01:45:52,579 THERE IS AN ATTITUDE, PREVAILING 2903 01:45:52,579 --> 01:45:54,481 ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE, AND 2904 01:45:54,481 --> 01:45:56,049 WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE SEEKING, I 2905 01:45:56,049 --> 01:45:58,585 THINK WE PRACTICE THAT, LIVE UP 2906 01:45:58,585 --> 01:46:01,655 TO IT. WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM IT. 2907 01:46:01,655 --> 01:46:02,456 SO THANK YOU. 2908 01:46:02,456 --> 01:46:04,491 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. NOW, 2909 01:46:04,491 --> 01:46:06,727 QUICKLY, COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2910 01:46:06,727 --> 01:46:07,594 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND I JUST 2911 01:46:07,594 --> 01:46:09,863 WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT ONE 2912 01:46:09,863 --> 01:46:10,530 THING THAT'S SORT OF IN THIS 2913 01:46:10,530 --> 01:46:12,632 NAME, LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED 2914 01:46:12,632 --> 01:46:14,835 DIVERSION. IT IS NOT IN CHAIR 2915 01:46:14,835 --> 01:46:16,837 KETTLE I'VE HEARD YOU SPEAK A 2916 01:46:16,837 --> 01:46:18,572 LOT ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE TWO 2917 01:46:18,572 --> 01:46:20,741 MINDS OF LIKE, THIS IS NOT A 2918 01:46:20,741 --> 01:46:23,210 POLICE OR SOCIAL SERVICES. THIS 2919 01:46:23,210 --> 01:46:25,979 IS SPD WORKING VERY CLOSELY, 2920 01:46:25,979 --> 01:46:29,983 HAND IN HAND WITH OUR SOCIAL 2921 01:46:29,983 --> 01:46:31,451 SERVICE, WITH WITH PDA. SO I 2922 01:46:31,451 --> 01:46:33,587 JUST WANT TO AND, YOU KNOW, I 2923 01:46:33,587 --> 01:46:35,122 THINK THAT THAT'S WHY THOSE 2924 01:46:35,122 --> 01:46:37,624 WARM HANDOFFS ARE SO CRITICAL 2925 01:46:37,624 --> 01:46:38,859 BECAUSE THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP, 2926 01:46:38,859 --> 01:46:41,728 THIS REQUIRES TRAINING, THIS 2927 01:46:41,728 --> 01:46:43,330 REQUIRES FOLKS TO DEVELOP THOSE 2928 01:46:43,330 --> 01:46:44,464 RELATIONSHIPS. SO AND REALLY, 2929 01:46:44,464 --> 01:46:46,466 IT'S A, IT'S A FORCE 2930 01:46:46,466 --> 01:46:49,136 MULTIPLIER FOR OUR POLICE WHO, 2931 01:46:49,136 --> 01:46:50,737 YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE THE TIME 2932 01:46:50,737 --> 01:46:53,774 TO SPEND HOURS AT THE, YOU KNOW, 2933 01:46:53,774 --> 01:46:55,909 TRYING TO, TO DO A BOOKING 2934 01:46:55,909 --> 01:46:57,177 BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL DECLINE OR, 2935 01:46:57,177 --> 01:46:58,945 YOU KNOW, JUST DON'T HAVE THE 2936 01:46:58,945 --> 01:47:02,149 RESOURCES TO THEY KNOW SOMEBODY 2937 01:47:02,149 --> 01:47:03,316 NEEDS SOMETHING OTHER THAN JAIL. 2938 01:47:03,316 --> 01:47:05,585 AND SO THEY WANT TO GET THEM 2939 01:47:05,585 --> 01:47:06,987 THOSE RESOURCES, BUT THEY DON'T 2940 01:47:06,987 --> 01:47:08,288 HAVE THEM AVAILABLE. SO MAKING 2941 01:47:08,288 --> 01:47:09,389 SURE THAT THEY CAN DO THAT, THAT 2942 01:47:09,389 --> 01:47:12,192 WARM HANDOFF, WHEN WE KNOW 2943 01:47:12,192 --> 01:47:13,093 SOMEBODY IS IN DIRE NEED FOR 2944 01:47:13,093 --> 01:47:15,495 HELP. SO I JUST BUT I JUST WANT 2945 01:47:15,495 --> 01:47:16,730 TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS A 2946 01:47:16,730 --> 01:47:19,399 PARTNERSHIP. IT'S NOT AN EITHER 2947 01:47:19,399 --> 01:47:19,733 OR SITUATION. 2948 01:47:19,733 --> 01:47:21,701 -- THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. 2949 01:47:21,701 --> 01:47:22,335 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YEAH, THIS IS 2950 01:47:22,335 --> 01:47:24,871 DEFINITE PARTNERSHIP THAT GOES 2951 01:47:24,871 --> 01:47:26,173 TO THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE THE 2952 01:47:26,173 --> 01:47:27,040 DIFFERENT PIECES THAT WE'VE 2953 01:47:27,040 --> 01:47:27,741 DONE. AND THE OF TWO MINDS IS A 2954 01:47:27,741 --> 01:47:30,343 MORE OF A STRATEGIC KIND OF 2955 01:47:30,343 --> 01:47:31,611 CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY 2956 01:47:31,611 --> 01:47:32,746 THAT DOES SHOW UP IN DIFFERENT 2957 01:47:32,746 --> 01:47:33,914 AREAS. BUT TO YOUR POINT, THIS 2958 01:47:33,914 --> 01:47:38,718 IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. OKAY, 2959 01:47:38,718 --> 01:47:40,253 WE'VE REACHED THE END. I JUST 2960 01:47:40,253 --> 01:47:41,421 WANTED TO NOTE TOO, BY THE WAY, 2961 01:47:41,421 --> 01:47:42,722 IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT. YOU KNOW, 2962 01:47:42,722 --> 01:47:44,391 WE HAD OIG HERE EARLIER IN THE 2963 01:47:44,391 --> 01:47:47,461 YEAR TALKING ABOUT THE 2964 01:47:47,461 --> 01:47:49,095 CHALLENGES WE HAD IN APRIL 28th 2965 01:47:49,095 --> 01:47:51,865 OF THIS YEAR. WE HAD LEAD AND 2966 01:47:51,865 --> 01:47:53,733 CENTRAL STAFF DOING A DRUG 2967 01:47:53,733 --> 01:47:54,334 ORDINANCE OVERVIEW, PLUS THE 2968 01:47:54,334 --> 01:47:57,370 LEAD DIVERSION, LEAD UTILIZATION 2969 01:47:57,370 --> 01:47:59,840 UPDATE. THEN WE HAD THE CARE 2970 01:47:59,840 --> 01:48:01,875 BILL THAT I BELIEVE THE MAYOR'S 2971 01:48:01,875 --> 01:48:03,543 PROBABLY SIGNING TODAY. AND THE 2972 01:48:03,543 --> 01:48:07,948 ORDINANCE THAT WE JUST PASSED 2973 01:48:07,948 --> 01:48:09,149 AND AND NOW HERE, IT'S NOT BY 2974 01:48:09,149 --> 01:48:10,617 ACCIDENT. THE THE PUBLIC SAFETY 2975 01:48:10,617 --> 01:48:12,519 WALKS I'VE DONE WITH 2976 01:48:12,519 --> 01:48:13,119 COUNCILMEMBER LIN MARCH IS ON 2977 01:48:13,119 --> 01:48:15,689 NORTH AURORA. IT ALL LEADS TO, 2978 01:48:15,689 --> 01:48:18,024 YOU KNOW, SEEING WHERE WE ARE ON 2979 01:48:18,024 --> 01:48:19,226 THE GROUND AND MAKING CHANGES. 2980 01:48:19,226 --> 01:48:20,293 ONE LAST WORD TO MR. DAWSON. 2981 01:48:20,293 --> 01:48:21,394 -- YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 2982 01:48:21,394 --> 01:48:22,863 WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE 2983 01:48:22,863 --> 01:48:25,532 CHAIR, I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT 2984 01:48:25,532 --> 01:48:26,933 COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE 2985 01:48:26,933 --> 01:48:28,068 INTERESTED IN AMENDMENT, WHETHER 2986 01:48:28,068 --> 01:48:31,371 IT IS ONE THAT WOULD CLARIFY ANY 2987 01:48:31,371 --> 01:48:33,773 TERMS LIKE MR. OR COUNCILMEMBER 2988 01:48:33,773 --> 01:48:36,343 SAKA AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN HAVE 2989 01:48:36,343 --> 01:48:37,677 SUGGESTED OR ANY ANY OTHER 2990 01:48:37,677 --> 01:48:38,478 OPTIONS THAT YOU MAY WISH TO 2991 01:48:38,478 --> 01:48:39,279 CONSIDER? AYE. I'D ASK, PLEASE, 2992 01:48:39,279 --> 01:48:41,414 THAT YOU GET TO CENTRAL STAFF 2993 01:48:41,414 --> 01:48:47,287 THIS WEEK. THIS SUBJECT IS NOT 2994 01:48:47,287 --> 01:48:49,656 JUST A POLICY CHALLENGE, BUT 2995 01:48:49,656 --> 01:48:51,024 ALSO SOMETIMES CAN BE LEGAL 2996 01:48:51,024 --> 01:48:52,325 CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING 2997 01:48:52,325 --> 01:48:54,227 ABOUT THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. 2998 01:48:54,227 --> 01:48:55,996 SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ANY OF 2999 01:48:55,996 --> 01:48:57,130 THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU ALL WANT 3000 01:48:57,130 --> 01:49:00,567 TO SEEK WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR 3001 01:49:00,567 --> 01:49:02,035 THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW. SO 3002 01:49:02,035 --> 01:49:03,069 I'D ASK, PLEASE, IF YOU COULD 3003 01:49:03,069 --> 01:49:04,738 GET AHOLD OF ME THIS WEEK, THAT 3004 01:49:04,738 --> 01:49:05,205 WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 3005 01:49:05,205 --> 01:49:06,206 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. 3006 01:49:06,206 --> 01:49:08,542 DOSS. OF COURSE, THIS IS A 3007 01:49:08,542 --> 01:49:08,842 BEAUTIFULLY 3008 01:49:08,842 --> 01:49:09,175 -- [LAUGHTER] 3009 01:49:09,175 --> 01:49:09,576 -- DRAFTED BILL. 3010 01:49:09,576 --> 01:49:09,910 -- [LAUGHTER] 3011 01:49:09,910 --> 01:49:14,214 -- SO I, YOU KNOW, BUT YES, YES, 3012 01:49:14,214 --> 01:49:15,115 PLEASE, COLLEAGUES, LOOK AT THE 3013 01:49:15,115 --> 01:49:16,383 OIG REPORT THAT WE HAD THE, YOU 3014 01:49:16,383 --> 01:49:18,385 KNOW, THE APRIL 28th MEETING, 3015 01:49:18,385 --> 01:49:20,186 WHAT WE'VE JUST DONE WITH CARE 3016 01:49:20,186 --> 01:49:21,922 AND SO FORTH, AND THEN WORK WITH 3017 01:49:21,922 --> 01:49:23,924 MR. DOSS AND AND OBVIOUSLY MY 3018 01:49:23,924 --> 01:49:25,692 TEAM AS WELL. OKAY. WITH THAT, 3019 01:49:25,692 --> 01:49:26,693 WE'VE REACHED THE END OF 3020 01:49:26,693 --> 01:49:28,628 TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. IF 3021 01:49:28,628 --> 01:49:29,863 THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOT 3022 01:49:29,863 --> 01:49:30,864 SEEING BEFORE WE ADJOURN. NOPE, 3023 01:49:30,864 --> 01:49:32,599 NOPE, NOPE. HEARING NO FURTHER 3024 01:49:32,599 --> 01:49:33,433 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 3025 01:49:33,433 --> 01:49:34,568 COMMIT