1 00:00:05,739 --> 00:00:15,949 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:22,489 --> 00:00:23,556 -- GOOD MORNING. THE PUBLIC 3 00:00:23,556 --> 00:00:25,825 SAFETY MEETING WILL COME TO 4 00:00:25,825 --> 00:00:27,861 ORDER. IT'S 9:34 A.M. JULY 5 00:00:27,861 --> 00:00:30,663 28th, 2026 ON ROBERT KETTLE, 6 00:00:30,663 --> 00:00:31,231 CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 7 00:00:31,231 --> 00:00:33,199 COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE 8 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:36,703 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 9 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:37,303 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE. 10 00:00:37,303 --> 00:00:39,072 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 11 00:00:39,072 --> 00:00:42,675 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 12 00:00:42,675 --> 00:00:43,410 -- I MEAN. 13 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:43,943 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 14 00:00:43,943 --> 00:00:45,445 -- GOOD HERE. 15 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:45,945 -- CHAIR KETTLE HERE. 16 00:00:45,945 --> 00:00:46,613 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE FOUR 17 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:48,415 MEMBERS. FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. 18 00:00:48,415 --> 00:00:56,356 -- THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. 19 00:00:56,356 --> 00:00:58,858 THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING 20 00:00:58,858 --> 00:01:03,463 HERE TODAY. IN LIGHT OF THE. 21 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:04,697 TRAGEDY THAT WAS AT SEATTLE 22 00:01:04,697 --> 00:01:06,599 CENTER ON SUNDAY, I'D LIKE TO 23 00:01:06,599 --> 00:01:17,110 ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 24 00:01:17,310 --> 00:01:27,754 THANK YOU. BEFORE STARTING MY 25 00:01:43,436 --> 00:01:44,370 CHAIR COMMENT, I JUST WANTED TO 26 00:01:44,370 --> 00:01:51,511 SAY REGARDING SUNDAY NIGHT. I 27 00:01:51,511 --> 00:01:52,178 WAS THERE, NOT AT THE. AT THE 28 00:01:52,178 --> 00:01:54,114 TIME OF THE. THE INCIDENT, THE 29 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:55,248 SHOOTINGS, BUT AFTERWARDS I 30 00:01:55,248 --> 00:01:57,283 RECEIVED A CALL FROM DEPUTY 31 00:01:57,283 --> 00:01:58,551 MAYOR SURRATT AND I JOINED HIM 32 00:01:58,551 --> 00:02:00,320 ON LOCATION, ON SCENE, AND I 33 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,121 JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THANK 34 00:02:02,121 --> 00:02:04,524 YOUS. I WANT TO THANK THE 35 00:02:04,524 --> 00:02:07,060 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN I 36 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:08,661 ARRIVED ON SCENE, I WAS ABLE, 37 00:02:08,661 --> 00:02:11,231 WITH THE HELP OF. ALSO SEATTLE 38 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:13,199 CENTER SECURITY, IN ORDER TO GET 39 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:15,902 FROM ESSENTIALLY THE SUE BIRD 40 00:02:15,902 --> 00:02:16,536 WAY ACROSS CAMPUS TO THE ARMORY 41 00:02:16,536 --> 00:02:19,839 AND TO THE COMMAND POST. AND 42 00:02:19,839 --> 00:02:21,875 DURING THAT TIME, I SAW THE 43 00:02:21,875 --> 00:02:22,509 PROFESSIONALISM OF THE SEATTLE 44 00:02:22,509 --> 00:02:25,145 POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THIS IS 45 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,980 WHILE AN OPERATION WAS ONGOING 46 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:30,016 SWAT WAS COMING ON BOARD. THIS 47 00:02:30,016 --> 00:02:31,751 RELATES TO THE IMAX THEATER AND 48 00:02:31,751 --> 00:02:33,419 THE SEARCH. SO IT WAS AN ONGOING 49 00:02:33,419 --> 00:02:37,157 OPERATION. AT THAT TIME. I SAW 50 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:39,092 YOU KNOW, THOSE AT COMMAND 51 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:40,493 POSTS. ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS. I 52 00:02:40,493 --> 00:02:46,566 SAW A NUMBER OF CAPTAINS. I KNOW 53 00:02:46,566 --> 00:02:47,200 LIEUTENANTS FROM WEST PRECINCT 54 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,935 OFFICERS THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE 55 00:02:48,935 --> 00:02:49,536 SEATTLE CENTER AS THEIR BEAT, 56 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:52,372 AND I SPEAK TO THEM ON A REGULAR 57 00:02:52,372 --> 00:02:54,174 BASIS, SPOKE TO THEM, AND THE 58 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:56,242 WORK THAT THEY DID, PARTICULARLY 59 00:02:56,242 --> 00:02:57,310 THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN THE 60 00:02:57,310 --> 00:03:00,413 IMMEDIATE, IN THE IMMEDIACY OF 61 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:03,082 THE SHOOTING I ALSO WANT TO 62 00:03:03,082 --> 00:03:06,219 THANK THE SEATTLE FIRE 63 00:03:06,219 --> 00:03:07,187 DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR WORK, FOR 64 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:12,659 THEIR INSTANT RESPONSE. AND THEN 65 00:03:12,659 --> 00:03:15,194 TRANSPORT OF THOSE THAT WERE 66 00:03:15,194 --> 00:03:18,031 INJURED TO HARBORVIEW. SO 67 00:03:18,031 --> 00:03:18,631 IMPORTANT, UNFORTUNATELY, ONE 68 00:03:18,631 --> 00:03:24,671 WHO WAS TRANSPORTED DIED, WHICH 69 00:03:24,671 --> 00:03:27,307 WAS THE THIRD FATALITY. SO 70 00:03:27,307 --> 00:03:27,941 INCREDIBLE WORK BY THE SEATTLE 71 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:30,443 FIRE DEPARTMENT. I ALSO WANT TO 72 00:03:30,443 --> 00:03:32,912 THANK SEATTLE CENTER. I WAS WITH 73 00:03:32,912 --> 00:03:35,715 DEPUTY MAYOR SURRATT, BUT ALSO 74 00:03:35,715 --> 00:03:38,518 ACTING SEATTLE CENTER DIRECTOR 75 00:03:38,518 --> 00:03:39,118 ENGSTROM AND SOME OF HIS TEAM 76 00:03:39,118 --> 00:03:42,689 WERE THERE TOO. AT THE COMMAND 77 00:03:42,689 --> 00:03:45,425 POST AREA. THIS LOCATION WHERE 78 00:03:45,425 --> 00:03:47,527 INITIALLY IT WAS SPD, BUT THEN 79 00:03:47,527 --> 00:03:49,862 LATER KING COUNTY SHERIFF, ATF, 80 00:03:49,862 --> 00:03:52,131 FBI AND OTHERS JOINED IN AND 81 00:03:52,131 --> 00:03:54,300 THEY WERE THERE TO SUPPORT. AND 82 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:57,337 THEY HAD A MASSIVE EFFORT AT THE 83 00:03:57,337 --> 00:03:59,005 INCIDENT. BUT ALSO AFTERWARDS 84 00:03:59,005 --> 00:04:02,508 AND YESTERDAY AND NO DOUBT TODAY 85 00:04:02,508 --> 00:04:04,177 AND IT WAS HARD FOR THOSE 86 00:04:04,177 --> 00:04:06,279 PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY, TWO 87 00:04:06,279 --> 00:04:08,848 FATALITIES WERE THERE ON SCENE. 88 00:04:08,848 --> 00:04:11,851 YOU KNOW, THE POSTHEPATITIC LOOK 89 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:15,755 OF A SCENE WITHOUT ANY PEOPLE. 90 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:18,758 BUT WHAT LOOKS TO BE A FESTIVAL 91 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:21,194 THAT IS HARD FOR THE SEATTLE 92 00:04:21,194 --> 00:04:23,162 CENTER TEAM. AND IN ADDITION, 93 00:04:23,162 --> 00:04:25,164 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE 94 00:04:25,164 --> 00:04:25,798 DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AS WELL. SO 95 00:04:25,798 --> 00:04:29,068 I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF 96 00:04:29,068 --> 00:04:31,571 THEM FOR THEIR WORK ON SUNDAY 97 00:04:31,571 --> 00:04:33,006 NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH 98 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:34,574 TODAY AS WELL. IN PAST CHAIR 99 00:04:34,574 --> 00:04:37,877 COMMENTS, I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT 100 00:04:37,877 --> 00:04:41,281 18, 19, 20, EARLIER THIS YEAR, 101 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:43,750 AND THOSE WERE THE AGES OF 102 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:44,817 PEOPLE KILLED JUST BEFORE 103 00:04:44,817 --> 00:04:45,985 ANOTHER PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 104 00:04:45,985 --> 00:04:50,556 MEETING. I HELD. YOU KNOW, A 105 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:54,060 YOUNG MAN, A UW STUDENT, AND 106 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:57,930 ANOTHER YOUNG PERSON. AND I'M 107 00:04:57,930 --> 00:04:59,465 REMINDED THEN TOO, OF THE 19 108 00:04:59,465 --> 00:05:01,034 YEAR OLD JUNIPER BLESSING. AND, 109 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:03,436 YOU KNOW, IT STRUCK TO ME AS A 110 00:05:03,436 --> 00:05:05,338 WRITTEN BY JUSTICE DAVIS, WHO 111 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:08,941 WORKS ON OUR COMMISSION, WHO 112 00:05:08,941 --> 00:05:11,544 SAID I DIDN'T MOVE TO SEATTLE 113 00:05:11,544 --> 00:05:12,879 FOR PROGRESSIVE POLITICS. I 114 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,381 MOVED HERE TO SURVIVE YOU KNOW, 115 00:05:15,381 --> 00:05:18,785 WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ACROSS 116 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:21,087 THE BOARD. PUBLIC SAFETY IS 117 00:05:21,087 --> 00:05:22,955 SERIOUS BUSINESS, AND WE HAVE TO 118 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:25,358 BE SERIOUS AS WE GO ABOUT THIS. 119 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:27,326 IT'S SERIOUS. AS ANOTHER CHAIR 120 00:05:27,326 --> 00:05:29,796 COMMENTS. WHEN I TALKED ABOUT 121 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:31,597 LITTLE SAIGON AND NORTH AURORA 122 00:05:31,597 --> 00:05:33,066 AND THE CHRONIC PUBLIC SAFETY 123 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:35,568 CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE THERE. 124 00:05:35,568 --> 00:05:36,936 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE AT WE'RE 125 00:05:36,936 --> 00:05:40,206 BEING ASKED WHY IT'S SO CHRONIC 126 00:05:40,206 --> 00:05:45,411 WHEN WE'RE BEING ASKED, DID WE 127 00:05:45,411 --> 00:05:47,413 CARE ENOUGH? I THINK WE DO. BUT 128 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:51,350 THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY ENOUGH. 129 00:05:51,350 --> 00:05:52,885 I NOTED IN ANOTHER, AS PART OF 130 00:05:52,885 --> 00:05:54,387 THIS PROCESS RELATED TO LITTLE 131 00:05:54,387 --> 00:05:56,422 SAIGON AND NORTH AURORA, I NOTED 132 00:05:56,422 --> 00:05:58,124 THAT IT'S NOT A TALE OF TWO 133 00:05:58,124 --> 00:05:59,358 CITIES HERE IN SEATTLE, BUT A 134 00:05:59,358 --> 00:06:03,696 TALE OF A CITY OF TWO MINDS WITH 135 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:05,331 AN APPARENT INABILITY TO MOVE 136 00:06:05,331 --> 00:06:08,201 FORWARD, TO TAKE DECISIVE 137 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:11,471 ACTION. ACTION WITH A BELIEF 138 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:13,139 THAT WE LOOK OUT FOR OUR 139 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:14,407 NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, BUT ALSO DO 140 00:06:14,407 --> 00:06:16,142 THE SAME FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 141 00:06:16,142 --> 00:06:18,344 IN CRISIS TO NOW INCLUDE UPTOWN 142 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:20,880 SEATTLE CENTER AND THE CRUCIAL 143 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,548 NEED FOR SUSTAINED LEADERSHIP 144 00:06:22,548 --> 00:06:25,318 WITH FOLLOW UP AND FOLLOW 145 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:28,621 THROUGH OF PASSING ORDINANCES 146 00:06:28,621 --> 00:06:30,823 AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THEM. 147 00:06:30,823 --> 00:06:33,192 COLLEAGUES, AS YOU KNOW, AND 148 00:06:33,192 --> 00:06:35,561 PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE MOST 149 00:06:35,561 --> 00:06:36,229 LIKELY KNOW, MANY OF YOU I'VE 150 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:37,063 SEEN BEFORE. WE HAVE OUR 151 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:38,197 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN FOR A 152 00:06:38,197 --> 00:06:39,799 SAFER SEATTLE, WHICH WE UPDATED 153 00:06:39,799 --> 00:06:41,801 IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. AT THE 154 00:06:41,801 --> 00:06:43,503 START OF THE NEW COUNCIL, 155 00:06:43,503 --> 00:06:45,805 INCORPORATING LESSONS LEARNED OF 156 00:06:45,805 --> 00:06:49,876 THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. IN THIS 157 00:06:49,876 --> 00:06:50,910 PLAN, WE'RE BUILDING ON THE 158 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:53,346 MISSION AND THE VISION THAT WE 159 00:06:53,346 --> 00:06:57,016 HAVE HERE IN COUNCIL. WITH THIS 160 00:06:57,016 --> 00:06:57,617 COMMITTEE. UNDERSTANDING THE 161 00:06:57,617 --> 00:06:58,484 PERMISSIVENESS IS A COMMON 162 00:06:58,484 --> 00:06:59,185 THREAD THROUGH THE CHALLENGES 163 00:06:59,185 --> 00:07:02,989 THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE BOARD. 164 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:03,956 AND WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING, WE 165 00:07:03,956 --> 00:07:06,359 UPDATED THE SIX PILLARS TO 166 00:07:06,359 --> 00:07:06,926 INCLUDE HAVING A FUNCTIONAL 167 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:08,961 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. IT IS 168 00:07:08,961 --> 00:07:10,630 SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A 169 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,131 FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE 170 00:07:12,131 --> 00:07:14,534 SYSTEM ACROSS THE BOARD. ANOTHER 171 00:07:14,534 --> 00:07:16,435 PILLAR WAS GUN VIOLENCE 172 00:07:16,435 --> 00:07:17,036 PREVENTION AND REDUCTION AND 173 00:07:17,036 --> 00:07:20,473 COMMUNITY SAFETY. AND BECAUSE OF 174 00:07:20,473 --> 00:07:23,242 THAT, WE HAD MEETINGS. WE HAD 175 00:07:23,242 --> 00:07:24,577 BRIEFINGS HERE AND COMMITTEE ON 176 00:07:24,577 --> 00:07:26,612 THIS VERY TOPIC. AND MY 177 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:29,148 COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 178 00:07:29,148 --> 00:07:30,383 HELD A SYMPOSIUM WITH NATIONAL 179 00:07:30,383 --> 00:07:32,251 EXPERTS ON THE VERY TOPIC THAT 180 00:07:32,251 --> 00:07:34,120 WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY. 181 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:38,224 FOLLOWING SUNDAY'S SHOOTING. AND 182 00:07:38,224 --> 00:07:38,724 ANOTHER PILLAR TWO WAS 183 00:07:38,724 --> 00:07:40,493 ADDRESSING THE SEAM BETWEEN 184 00:07:40,493 --> 00:07:42,628 PUBLIC SAFETY, TRADITIONAL 185 00:07:42,628 --> 00:07:46,199 PUBLIC SAFETY, THE POLICE, BUT 186 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:48,734 ALSO WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, MENTAL 187 00:07:48,734 --> 00:07:51,337 BEHAVIORAL SUBSTANCE USE, 188 00:07:51,337 --> 00:07:53,773 HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 189 00:07:53,773 --> 00:07:56,843 ALL THE ISSUES THAT RESIDE IN 190 00:07:56,843 --> 00:07:58,110 THAT SEAM THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN 191 00:07:58,110 --> 00:07:59,946 CARE OF, WHERE WE CANNOT BE OF 192 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:01,581 TWO MINDS, WE HAVE TO BE 193 00:08:01,581 --> 00:08:07,420 DECISIVE SO NOW WE HAVE A MASS 194 00:08:07,420 --> 00:08:08,020 CASUALTY SHOOTING EVENT THAT 195 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:10,223 KILLED THREE AND FOLLOWED TWO 196 00:08:10,223 --> 00:08:12,525 NEAR MASS CASUALTY EVENTS IN THE 197 00:08:12,525 --> 00:08:15,328 DAYS PRECEDING AND NORTH AURORA 198 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:21,167 AND CAPITOL HILL. AND THERE'S 199 00:08:21,167 --> 00:08:23,836 COMMON THREADS THROUGH EACH OF 200 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:25,872 THESE. AS I SAID, RELATED TO 201 00:08:25,872 --> 00:08:27,773 LITTLE SAIGON AND PARTICULARLY 202 00:08:27,773 --> 00:08:29,909 WITH NORTH AURORA AND WHAT'S 203 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:30,476 HAPPENING WITH MINORS BEING 204 00:08:30,476 --> 00:08:32,645 TRAFFICKED, I SAID, IT'S NOT 205 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:35,648 RIGHT AND IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. 206 00:08:35,648 --> 00:08:38,017 AND THAT GOES TO FOR THE GUN 207 00:08:38,017 --> 00:08:39,151 VIOLENCE THAT WE'RE SEEING AND 208 00:08:39,151 --> 00:08:40,653 THE THROUGH LINES. THERE IS A 209 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:42,989 DIRECT THROUGH LINE BETWEEN 210 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:44,724 SUNDAY NIGHT. WHAT HAPPENED 211 00:08:44,724 --> 00:08:46,392 EARLIER THIS SPRING IN A KING 212 00:08:46,392 --> 00:08:48,594 COUNTY METRO BUS STATION, AND 213 00:08:48,594 --> 00:08:52,932 TWO YEARS AGO AT GARFIELD, WHERE 214 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:54,133 I REMEMBER BEING AT THE CHURCH 215 00:08:54,133 --> 00:08:56,669 WITH THE PASTOR, MAYOR HAROLD 216 00:08:56,669 --> 00:09:00,506 AND MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL 217 00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:01,040 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 218 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,509 REGARDING THE LOSS OF OUR MA 219 00:09:03,509 --> 00:09:05,544 MURPHY PAIN THAT DAY, THERE'S A 220 00:09:05,544 --> 00:09:06,145 THROUGH LINE AND PART OF THE 221 00:09:06,145 --> 00:09:09,282 THROUGH LINE IS THE INABILITY OF 222 00:09:09,282 --> 00:09:11,951 THE CITY TO TAKE ACTION, 223 00:09:11,951 --> 00:09:13,619 CONCRETE ACTION. THERE'S ACTIONS 224 00:09:13,619 --> 00:09:14,787 TAKING. BUT TO HAVE THAT FOLLOW 225 00:09:14,787 --> 00:09:16,722 THROUGH, THAT FOLLOW UP AND TO 226 00:09:16,722 --> 00:09:20,159 SEE IT THROUGH AND NOT BE OF TWO 227 00:09:20,159 --> 00:09:21,294 MINDS. SO WE HAVE OUR STRATEGIC 228 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:23,262 FRAMEWORK PLAN. WE'RE WORKING A 229 00:09:23,262 --> 00:09:25,498 LOT OF PIECES RELATED TO THE 230 00:09:25,498 --> 00:09:27,033 PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES THAT 231 00:09:27,033 --> 00:09:28,167 WE'RE FACING TO INCLUDE GUN 232 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:30,603 VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE 233 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:33,105 INTERVENTION. SO I CALL ON MAYOR 234 00:09:33,105 --> 00:09:35,808 WILSON TO BUILD A FULLY 235 00:09:35,808 --> 00:09:37,543 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. WE 236 00:09:37,543 --> 00:09:39,478 CAN'T HAVE A LOCK THEM ALL UP 237 00:09:39,478 --> 00:09:42,014 APPROACH, BUT WE ALSO CANNOT 238 00:09:42,014 --> 00:09:44,050 HAVE A ABOLITIONIST APPROACH. WE 239 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:45,718 HAVE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE 240 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:46,252 APPROACH THAT STARTS WITH 241 00:09:46,252 --> 00:09:48,354 COMPASSION FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN 242 00:09:48,354 --> 00:09:49,755 CRISIS, TO INCLUDE OUR YOUNG 243 00:09:49,755 --> 00:09:52,224 PEOPLE WHO MAY PICK UP A GUN AND 244 00:09:52,224 --> 00:09:55,161 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS. 245 00:09:55,161 --> 00:09:57,964 THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY. 246 00:09:57,964 --> 00:10:01,434 DOWNTOWN BELLTOWN NOW UPTOWN 247 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:05,972 NORTH AURORA ALL THESE 248 00:10:05,972 --> 00:10:07,006 NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I THINK OUR 249 00:10:07,006 --> 00:10:08,874 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK CAN BE A 250 00:10:08,874 --> 00:10:09,909 GUIDE TO WORK WITH THE 251 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:12,645 EXECUTIVE, TO WORK WITH THE 252 00:10:12,645 --> 00:10:17,683 MAYOR, TO REALLY CREATE A PLAN, 253 00:10:17,683 --> 00:10:18,517 A PLAN THAT DOES AWAY WITH, ONCE 254 00:10:18,517 --> 00:10:21,287 AND FOR ALL THIS ISSUE OF BEING 255 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:22,488 A CITY OF TWO MINDS THAT IS 256 00:10:22,488 --> 00:10:24,357 DECISIVE, THAT IS, THAT IS DONE 257 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:29,562 WITH THE FOLLOW THROUGH. SO 258 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:31,163 MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER HEAR FROM 259 00:10:31,163 --> 00:10:33,232 ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE 260 00:10:33,232 --> 00:10:33,833 REPRESENTED AND ORGANIZATIONS 261 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:37,303 THAT ARE REPRESENTED. I THANK 262 00:10:37,303 --> 00:10:37,970 YOU FOR BEING HERE AND 263 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:44,110 COLLEAGUES THIS RECENT EVENT WAS 264 00:10:44,110 --> 00:10:45,011 JUST YET ANOTHER. I DON'T WANT 265 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:46,679 TO PUT IT HIGHER REALLY, BECAUSE 266 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:48,614 THAT WOULD LESSEN, YOU KNOW, THE 267 00:10:48,614 --> 00:10:49,849 LOSS OF LIVES THAT A KING COUNTY 268 00:10:49,849 --> 00:10:51,817 METRO STATION AND RAINIER BEACH 269 00:10:51,817 --> 00:10:53,152 AND ALL THE OTHER CHALLENGES 270 00:10:53,152 --> 00:10:55,688 THAT RAINIER BEACH HAS FACED, OR 271 00:10:55,688 --> 00:10:58,658 LAKE CITY OR BELLTOWN OR 272 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:03,396 DOWNTOWN OR THE CITY OR NORTH 273 00:11:03,396 --> 00:11:07,566 BEACON HILL, LITTLE SAIGON 274 00:11:07,566 --> 00:11:08,501 ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT'S OUR 275 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:11,370 DUTY. THAT'S AS I SEE IT. AND 276 00:11:11,370 --> 00:11:12,972 COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE AS A 277 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:14,607 COMMITTEE AND AS A COUNCIL CAN 278 00:11:14,607 --> 00:11:16,075 PRESS FORWARD AND PARTNERSHIP 279 00:11:16,075 --> 00:11:17,810 WITH THE MAYOR. BUT WE NEED TO 280 00:11:17,810 --> 00:11:20,246 DO THAT, AND WE NEED TO DO IT 281 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:21,013 WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE 282 00:11:21,013 --> 00:11:23,749 OUT HERE. AND A NUMBER OF THEM 283 00:11:23,749 --> 00:11:25,051 ARE REPRESENTED HERE IN THE 284 00:11:25,051 --> 00:11:28,521 AUDIENCE OF CHAMBERS TODAY SO 285 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:29,655 THAT'S MY CHAIR COMMENT FOR 286 00:11:29,655 --> 00:11:31,223 TODAY. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. IF 287 00:11:31,223 --> 00:11:32,658 THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 288 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:35,361 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING, 289 00:11:35,361 --> 00:11:40,199 SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA 290 00:11:40,199 --> 00:11:42,535 IS ADOPTED. WE'LL NOW OPEN THE 291 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:44,103 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 292 00:11:44,103 --> 00:11:45,738 COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 293 00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:46,772 ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE 294 00:11:46,772 --> 00:11:48,107 PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE CLERK. 295 00:11:48,107 --> 00:11:49,208 HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE 296 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:52,178 SIGNED UP TODAY 297 00:11:52,178 --> 00:11:54,313 -- WE HAVE 17 IN PERSON, AND I 298 00:11:54,313 --> 00:11:57,183 THINK FOR REMOTE. 299 00:11:57,183 --> 00:11:59,318 -- OKAY, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 300 00:11:59,318 --> 00:12:00,853 TWO MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH 301 00:12:00,853 --> 00:12:03,155 THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS HOW MANY 302 00:12:03,155 --> 00:12:06,058 REMOTE. 303 00:12:06,058 --> 00:12:06,292 -- FOR? 304 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:06,926 -- SO LET'S DO TEN IN PERSON, 305 00:12:06,926 --> 00:12:07,526 DO THE FOR REMOTE. AND THEN 306 00:12:07,526 --> 00:12:09,662 WE'LL FINISH WITH THE REMAINING 307 00:12:09,662 --> 00:12:10,996 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. CAN YOU 308 00:12:10,996 --> 00:12:12,965 PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 309 00:12:12,965 --> 00:12:14,500 INSTRUCTIONS? 310 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:15,468 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 311 00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:16,569 UP TO 60 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL 312 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,337 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 313 00:12:18,337 --> 00:12:19,371 THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL 314 00:12:19,371 --> 00:12:20,306 HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE 315 00:12:20,306 --> 00:12:22,174 LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS 316 00:12:22,174 --> 00:12:22,775 MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO 317 00:12:22,775 --> 00:12:24,176 NOT END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN 318 00:12:24,176 --> 00:12:25,311 THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 319 00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:26,812 CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER THIS 320 00:12:26,812 --> 00:12:27,446 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 321 00:12:27,446 --> 00:12:28,781 OPEN. WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 322 00:12:28,781 --> 00:12:31,517 SPEAKER ON THE LIST, THE FIRST 323 00:12:31,517 --> 00:12:32,051 IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS ERIC 324 00:12:32,051 --> 00:12:32,985 ZIMMERMAN, TO BE FOLLOWED BY 325 00:12:32,985 --> 00:12:36,355 KEVIN DARES. 326 00:12:36,355 --> 00:12:38,891 -- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ERIC 327 00:12:38,891 --> 00:12:39,458 ZIMMERMAN, REPRESENTING THE 328 00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:40,893 NONPARTISAN WASHINGTON POLICY 329 00:12:40,893 --> 00:12:42,328 CENTER. I HAVE MORE THAN TWO 330 00:12:42,328 --> 00:12:44,830 DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WITH 331 00:12:44,830 --> 00:12:45,364 NATIONAL POVERTY PROGRAMS 332 00:12:45,364 --> 00:12:46,098 WORLDWIDE. IN WASHINGTON, I 333 00:12:46,098 --> 00:12:47,533 FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS POLICY AND 334 00:12:47,533 --> 00:12:48,701 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. WHILE 335 00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:50,236 DIVERSION CAN BE AN APPROPRIATE 336 00:12:50,236 --> 00:12:52,037 TOOL, LEAD IS AN EXPERIMENTAL 337 00:12:52,037 --> 00:12:53,773 PROGRAM THAT OPERATES BEYOND 338 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:54,607 WHAT ITS EVIDENCE SUPPORTS AND 339 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:56,542 IS NOW USED TOO OFTEN IN 340 00:12:56,542 --> 00:12:58,511 SEATTLE, THE 58% REDUCTION IN 341 00:12:58,511 --> 00:13:00,179 RECIDIVISM CITED IN THESE LEADS 342 00:13:00,179 --> 00:13:01,647 ON PRESENTATIONS AND IN YOUR 343 00:13:01,647 --> 00:13:03,315 COUNCIL PACKET IS NOT FACTUAL, 344 00:13:03,315 --> 00:13:05,251 AND IT MISUNDERSTANDS, LEADS 345 00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:07,419 SMALL AND PRELIMINARY STUDY. THE 346 00:13:07,419 --> 00:13:08,053 STUDY USES STATISTICAL MODELING 347 00:13:08,053 --> 00:13:10,256 TO PREDICT AN ODDS RATIO, 348 00:13:10,256 --> 00:13:12,458 REDUCING THE ODDS OF ARREST BY 349 00:13:12,458 --> 00:13:14,193 58% COULD CORRESPOND TO THE NON 350 00:13:14,193 --> 00:13:16,228 LEAD GROUP'S ARREST RATE BEING 351 00:13:16,228 --> 00:13:18,864 20% HIGHER THAN THE LEAD GROUP. 352 00:13:18,864 --> 00:13:20,733 PERHAPS IT DOES NOT SHOW A 58% 353 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:21,967 DROP IN ARRESTS. IT HAS BEEN 354 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:22,835 CHERRY PICKED FOR THE COUNCIL, 355 00:13:22,835 --> 00:13:25,471 BUT THAT CAN HAPPEN BOTH WAYS. 356 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:28,174 THE STUDY DOES SAY THAT THE LEAD 357 00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:29,208 GROUP HAD 150% HIGHER REPORTED 358 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:31,010 DEATH RATE THAN THE NON LEAD 359 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:32,278 GROUP, SIX MONTHS AFTER 360 00:13:32,278 --> 00:13:33,179 DIVERSION, THE ARREST RATE FOR 361 00:13:33,179 --> 00:13:35,114 THE LEAD PARTICIPANTS HAD NOT 362 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:36,916 DECLINED. BOTH THE LEAD AND NON 363 00:13:36,916 --> 00:13:37,550 LEAD GROUPS ULTIMATELY RECEIVED 364 00:13:37,550 --> 00:13:38,617 FEWER CRIMINAL CHARGES OVER THE 365 00:13:38,617 --> 00:13:39,919 LONGER TERM, WITH NO 366 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:41,654 STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT 367 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:43,055 DIFFERENCE, ACCORDING TO THE 368 00:13:43,055 --> 00:13:44,590 STUDY, A REDUCTION IN FELONIES 369 00:13:44,590 --> 00:13:46,258 FOR LEAD PARTICIPANTS MAY HAVE 370 00:13:46,258 --> 00:13:46,892 RESULTED FROM SPECIAL TREATMENT 371 00:13:46,892 --> 00:13:47,893 BY THEIR STUDY PARTNER, THE 372 00:13:47,893 --> 00:13:49,395 PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. WE CAN 373 00:13:49,395 --> 00:13:51,230 EVALUATE SAYS MASS DIVERSION 374 00:13:51,230 --> 00:13:53,933 THROUGH OTHER EVIDENCE BETWEEN 375 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:55,601 THE YEARS 2014 TO 2020 FOR 376 00:13:55,601 --> 00:13:56,836 SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY ARE 377 00:13:56,836 --> 00:13:58,103 FIRST IN THE NATION FOR THE 378 00:13:58,103 --> 00:14:00,472 GROWTH OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, 379 00:14:00,472 --> 00:14:01,740 PLUS 850% SEVERAL HUNDRED 380 00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:03,108 PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE 381 00:14:03,108 --> 00:14:04,476 JURISDICTION. NUMBER TWO, 382 00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:06,478 SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY HAVE THE 383 00:14:06,478 --> 00:14:08,147 COUNTRY'S SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL 384 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:08,681 POPULATION OF CHRONICALLY 385 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:09,815 HOMELESS, EQUALING THE COMBINED 386 00:14:09,815 --> 00:14:11,283 TOTALS OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH 387 00:14:11,283 --> 00:14:12,952 HIGHEST JURISDICTIONS. BECAUSE 388 00:14:12,952 --> 00:14:14,153 OF SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY, 389 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:15,788 WASHINGTON IS ALSO FIRST IN THE 390 00:14:15,788 --> 00:14:17,056 NATION FOR GROWTH OF CHRONIC 391 00:14:17,056 --> 00:14:18,991 HOMELESSNESS, WITH THE SECOND 392 00:14:18,991 --> 00:14:19,625 HIGHEST STATE POPULATION BECAUSE 393 00:14:19,625 --> 00:14:21,727 OF SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY, 394 00:14:21,727 --> 00:14:22,428 WASHINGTON'S FIRST IN THE NATION 395 00:14:22,428 --> 00:14:24,330 FOR THE GROWTH OF DRUG OVERDOSE 396 00:14:24,330 --> 00:14:25,564 DEATHS, SHIFTING FROM 33rd PLACE 397 00:14:25,564 --> 00:14:27,766 IN 2019 PER CAPITA TO FOURTH 398 00:14:27,766 --> 00:14:28,868 PLACE IN 2024, DRIVEN BY SEATTLE 399 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:30,769 AND KING COUNTY. WASHINGTON HAS 400 00:14:30,769 --> 00:14:32,371 MASSIVE DRUG EXPOSURE AND IS 401 00:14:32,371 --> 00:14:33,606 FIRST IN THE NATION FOR OPIOID 402 00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:35,407 OVERDOSES SEEN IN HOSPITALS IN 403 00:14:35,407 --> 00:14:38,510 2022, 2023 AND 2024. WHAT IS 404 00:14:38,510 --> 00:14:40,045 HAPPENING IN SEATTLE HAS NO 405 00:14:40,045 --> 00:14:40,679 PRECEDENT. IT'S ENTIRELY NEW 406 00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:42,348 TERRITORY IN OUR COUNTRY. WE 407 00:14:42,348 --> 00:14:42,982 CANNOT SEE IT COPIED BY OTHERS. 408 00:14:42,982 --> 00:14:45,184 WE CANNOT CONTINUE IT. PLEASE 409 00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:46,518 VOTE NO. ON INCREASING DIVERSION 410 00:14:46,518 --> 00:14:47,886 IN SEATTLE. THANK YOU. 411 00:14:47,886 --> 00:14:49,555 -- NEXT WE HAVE KEVIN DARES TO 412 00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:51,323 BE FOLLOWED BY JESSICA NORTON. 413 00:14:51,323 --> 00:14:52,491 -- SHOULD I ADD, HE'S HERE IN 414 00:14:52,491 --> 00:14:53,325 ONE CAPACITY. BUT AS IT TURNS 415 00:14:53,325 --> 00:14:58,564 OUT MR. ZIMMERMAN IS ALSO THE 416 00:14:58,564 --> 00:15:00,132 MAYOR OF NORMANDY PARK. SO IT 417 00:15:00,132 --> 00:15:01,634 TURNS OUT, YOU KNOW, ELECTED OR 418 00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:02,935 FORMER ELECTEDS DO GET A 419 00:15:02,935 --> 00:15:06,305 COURTESY. SO IT HAPPENS TO YOU 420 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:11,543 WENT FIRST. SO WELCOME. OKAY. 421 00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:12,077 MR. DARES. 422 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:14,780 -- I WANT TO TALK TO ALL OF YOU 423 00:15:14,780 --> 00:15:16,782 BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO THE 424 00:15:16,782 --> 00:15:18,350 COUNCIL AND THE POWERS THAT BE 425 00:15:18,350 --> 00:15:21,086 FOR OVER A DECADE AND NOTHING 426 00:15:21,086 --> 00:15:22,621 CHANGES. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD 427 00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:25,658 MEETINGS, WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY 428 00:15:25,658 --> 00:15:27,159 WALKAROUNDS, WE'VE HAD 429 00:15:27,159 --> 00:15:27,893 EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF FROM 430 00:15:27,893 --> 00:15:31,931 DURKAN TO HAROLD TO WILSON. 431 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:34,133 NOTHING'S BEEN DONE. AND I 432 00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:35,934 DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M 433 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:37,970 WINGING IT. AND I HATE TO ASSUME 434 00:15:37,970 --> 00:15:40,272 HOW ANYBODY THINKS, BUT I HAVE 435 00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:42,207 TO IMAGINE YOUR EXPERIENCES ARE 436 00:15:42,207 --> 00:15:43,976 FAR DIFFERENT THAN MINE, BECAUSE 437 00:15:43,976 --> 00:15:45,244 WHEN I WAKE UP IN MY 438 00:15:45,244 --> 00:15:47,346 NEIGHBORHOOD, NINE TIMES OUT OF 439 00:15:47,346 --> 00:15:49,715 TEN, THERE'S FECES AND URINE 440 00:15:49,715 --> 00:15:51,951 SPREAD ALL ACROSS THE FRONT OF 441 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:52,484 THE BUILDING. THERE'S A 442 00:15:52,484 --> 00:15:54,353 GENTLEMAN NAMED TODD WHO HAS ONE 443 00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:57,323 LIMB LEFT BECAUSE HE CAN'T STOP 444 00:15:57,323 --> 00:15:58,257 INJECTING INTO THE OTHERS, AND 445 00:15:58,257 --> 00:15:59,491 NOBODY DOES ANYTHING FOR THEM. 446 00:15:59,491 --> 00:16:02,227 THEY BRING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL 447 00:16:02,227 --> 00:16:03,362 AND THEY CHOP ANOTHER LIMB OFF, 448 00:16:03,362 --> 00:16:04,897 OR THEY REMOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE 449 00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:06,098 OF HIS ARM. BUT THEN THEY PUT 450 00:16:06,098 --> 00:16:09,201 HIM BACK ON THE STREET, AND 451 00:16:09,201 --> 00:16:11,870 THERE'S PEOPLE WHO OVERDOSE IN 452 00:16:11,870 --> 00:16:14,473 MY NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY DAY, AND 453 00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:16,075 THERE'S YOUNG GIRLS IN THE ALLEY 454 00:16:16,075 --> 00:16:17,576 GETTING TURNED OUT AND GETTING 455 00:16:17,576 --> 00:16:20,346 DRUGGED UP AND GETTING RAPED 456 00:16:20,346 --> 00:16:21,880 OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 457 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,716 EVERY DAY. WE HAD A CONVERSATION 458 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:26,418 EARLIER. WE HAD A KIDNAPING IN 459 00:16:26,418 --> 00:16:27,619 MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS CALLED 460 00:16:27,619 --> 00:16:29,521 IN BY MORE THAN SIX PEOPLE. THAT 461 00:16:29,521 --> 00:16:32,758 WAS VIDEOTAPED, AND NO COPS EVER 462 00:16:32,758 --> 00:16:34,827 CAME. AND WHEN WE INVESTIGATED 463 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:36,428 THIS, IT WAS SHOWN IN THE 911 464 00:16:36,428 --> 00:16:37,696 REPORT THAT THEY MARKED IT AS 465 00:16:37,696 --> 00:16:41,567 LOW PRIORITY. SO I DON'T KNOW. I 466 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:43,369 DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR 467 00:16:43,369 --> 00:16:45,471 THOUGHT PROCESS IS. IF YOU'RE 468 00:16:45,471 --> 00:16:48,707 FOR LESS ENFORCEMENT, YOU'RE FOR 469 00:16:48,707 --> 00:16:49,241 ALLOWING THIS TO CONTINUE 470 00:16:49,241 --> 00:16:51,377 BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWING IS 471 00:16:51,377 --> 00:16:53,979 FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES TO COLLAPSE 472 00:16:53,979 --> 00:16:55,247 AND PEOPLE'S LIVES TO BE 473 00:16:55,247 --> 00:16:58,083 DESTROYED. AND NOBODY STEPS IN. 474 00:16:58,083 --> 00:16:59,084 AND I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO BE 475 00:16:59,084 --> 00:17:03,222 HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M TIRED. 476 00:17:03,222 --> 00:17:04,990 I'M TIRED OF ADDRESSING A 477 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:06,358 COUNCIL MAYOR WHO DOESN'T SEEM 478 00:17:06,358 --> 00:17:08,227 TO HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL OR 479 00:17:08,227 --> 00:17:09,962 ACUMEN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND 480 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:10,662 SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW 481 00:17:10,662 --> 00:17:11,430 WHERE YOU ALL ARE FROM, BUT I 482 00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:16,835 HOPE THAT Y'ALL CAN STEP UP AND 483 00:17:16,835 --> 00:17:17,136 CHANGE IT. 484 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:18,804 -- THANK YOU. 485 00:17:18,804 --> 00:17:20,305 -- THANK YOU, MR. JERRY'S. 486 00:17:20,305 --> 00:17:21,140 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE JESSICA 487 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:24,109 NORTON TO BE FOLLOWED BY TOM 488 00:17:24,109 --> 00:17:31,884 GRAF. 489 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:34,720 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 490 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,522 JESSICA NORTON AND I HAVE LIVED, 491 00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:37,723 WORKED AND FREQUENTED BELLTOWN 492 00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:40,426 MY ENTIRE LIFE. 54 YEARS. FOR 493 00:17:40,426 --> 00:17:45,097 MORE THAN 22 YEARS I'VE OWNED A 494 00:17:45,097 --> 00:17:45,631 BUSINESS ON SECOND AVENUE 495 00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:48,567 BELLTOWN A DENSE, WALKABLE, 496 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:50,402 TRANSIT ORIENTED, MIXED INCOME 497 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:50,969 NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HOUSING, 498 00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:52,538 BUSINESSES AND SOCIAL SERVICES 499 00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:54,273 ALL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. BUT 500 00:17:54,273 --> 00:17:56,442 TODAY, THOSE STRENGTHS ARE BEING 501 00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:59,812 UNDERMINED BY AN ENTRENCHED 502 00:17:59,812 --> 00:18:01,380 ORGANIZED OPEN AIR DRUG MARKET. 503 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:03,916 EVERY DAY, RESIDENTS, WORKERS, 504 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:06,151 SENIORS AND VISITORS MUST 505 00:18:06,151 --> 00:18:08,654 NAVIGATE OPEN AIR DRUG USE, DRUG 506 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:11,156 SALES, HUMANS IN EXTREME 507 00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:12,691 DISTRESS AND RELATED TRAUMATIC 508 00:18:12,691 --> 00:18:14,226 DISORDERS SIMPLY TO MOVE THROUGH 509 00:18:14,226 --> 00:18:16,862 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CAN'T USE 510 00:18:16,862 --> 00:18:18,464 OUR SIDEWALKS. WE HAVE TO WALK 511 00:18:18,464 --> 00:18:21,800 IN THE STREET. THIS IS NOT AN 512 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,469 ISOLATED PROBLEM. IT IS A DAILY 513 00:18:23,469 --> 00:18:25,771 REALITY AND IT AFFECTS EVERYONE 514 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:27,940 TRYING TO LIVE, WORK, VISIT AND 515 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:31,844 ACCESS SERVICES IN BELLTOWN. THE 516 00:18:31,844 --> 00:18:33,512 GREATEST TRAGEDY IS THAT IT IS 517 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:35,047 HARMING THE VERY PEOPLE THAT WE 518 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:37,716 ARE TRYING TO SERVE AFFORDABLE 519 00:18:37,716 --> 00:18:39,184 HOUSING PROVIDERS REPORT PEOPLE 520 00:18:39,184 --> 00:18:41,053 ARE LEAVING OR REFUSING 521 00:18:41,053 --> 00:18:42,821 PLACEMENT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT 522 00:18:42,821 --> 00:18:44,857 FEEL SAFE. BUSINESSES STRUGGLE 523 00:18:44,857 --> 00:18:46,859 AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH ADDICTION 524 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:49,695 ARE LEFT IN DEGRADING CONDITIONS 525 00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:50,762 THAT DEEPEN THEIR CRISIS IN FULL 526 00:18:50,762 --> 00:18:52,464 PUBLIC VIEW. THIS IS NOT A 527 00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:54,266 FAILURE OF HOUSING OR SOCIAL 528 00:18:54,266 --> 00:18:58,003 SERVICES. IT IS A FAILURE TO 529 00:18:58,003 --> 00:18:58,570 PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT 530 00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:00,839 ALLOWS THESE INVESTMENTS TO 531 00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:03,475 SUCCEED. COMPASSION AND PUBLIC 532 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:05,410 SAFETY ARE NOT COMPETING VALUES. 533 00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:08,447 THEY DEPEND ON ONE ANOTHER. 534 00:19:08,447 --> 00:19:09,014 PEOPLE IN RECOVERY, PEOPLE 535 00:19:09,014 --> 00:19:11,583 SEEKING SERVICES, RESIDENTS, 536 00:19:11,583 --> 00:19:13,118 WORKERS ALL DESERVE A 537 00:19:13,118 --> 00:19:14,686 NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY CAN MOVE 538 00:19:14,686 --> 00:19:16,255 SAFELY AND WITH DIGNITY, WHICH 539 00:19:16,255 --> 00:19:19,625 WE CANNOT RIGHT NOW. I ASK YOU 540 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:21,994 TO MAKE BELLTOWN THE DENSEST 541 00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:22,628 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 542 00:19:22,628 --> 00:19:24,663 COUNTY A PRIORITY. NOT BECAUSE 543 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:27,165 IT MATTERS MORE, BUT BECAUSE IT 544 00:19:27,165 --> 00:19:29,801 MATTERS JUST AS MUCH. THANK YOU. 545 00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:30,435 -- THANK YOU, MISS NORTON. THANK 546 00:19:30,435 --> 00:19:38,977 YOU FOR COMING. 547 00:19:38,977 --> 00:19:40,913 -- GOOD MORNING. I'M TOM GRAF, 548 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:43,048 CHAIR OF BELLTOWN UNITED. I LIVE 549 00:19:43,048 --> 00:19:45,717 AND WORK IN BELLTOWN AND I'M 550 00:19:45,717 --> 00:19:48,320 COMMITTED TO A SAFE AND 551 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,522 PROSPEROUS DOWNTOWN IN THE 552 00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:55,994 ENTIRE CENTER CITY MATTERS TO ME 553 00:19:55,994 --> 00:19:59,097 RIGHT NOW. THE OPEN DRUG USE AND 554 00:19:59,097 --> 00:20:05,504 THE OPEN DRUG MARKET IN ON 555 00:20:05,504 --> 00:20:08,674 BLANCHARD IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND 556 00:20:08,674 --> 00:20:09,808 IT SEEMS LIKE THE POLICE HAVE 557 00:20:09,808 --> 00:20:12,544 LET IT GO. THEY HAVE OTHER 558 00:20:12,544 --> 00:20:16,181 PRIORITIES, AND I GET THE CITY 559 00:20:16,181 --> 00:20:17,616 COUNCIL CARES. BUT YOU ARE NOT 560 00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:19,618 IN CHARGE OF THE SEATTLE POLICE. 561 00:20:19,618 --> 00:20:23,155 THE MAYOR IS. AND I AM BEGGING 562 00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:25,023 YOU TO FIGURE THIS OUT WITH THE 563 00:20:25,023 --> 00:20:27,659 MAYOR AND GET CLEAR DIRECTION 564 00:20:27,659 --> 00:20:29,661 FROM HER TO THE POLICE 565 00:20:29,661 --> 00:20:34,833 DEPARTMENT THAT OPEN DRUG USE, 566 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:37,002 OPEN DRUG DEALING AND COVERING 567 00:20:37,002 --> 00:20:38,870 IT UP WITH A TENT IS NOT 568 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:41,373 ACCEPTABLE EITHER. HAS GOT TO 569 00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:44,943 STOP. THIS IS OUR HOME. THIS IS 570 00:20:44,943 --> 00:20:50,515 THE HEART OF THIS REGION, AND IT 571 00:20:50,515 --> 00:20:54,920 IS GETTING WORSE. THANK YOU. 572 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:55,253 -- THANK YOU. 573 00:20:55,253 --> 00:20:56,588 -- NEXT WE HAVE GRETA LEVINSON 574 00:20:56,588 --> 00:21:01,627 TO BE FOLLOWED BY DAVID LEVINSON 575 00:21:01,627 --> 00:21:08,634 -- GOOD MORNING. I AM A 22 YEAR 576 00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:10,636 RESIDENT OF BELLTOWN. I THINK OF 577 00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:14,906 MYSELF AS A FAIRLY FEARLESS 578 00:21:14,906 --> 00:21:16,642 PERSON. I WAS A HOME HEALTH 579 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:18,944 NURSE FOR DECADES, AND I KNEW 580 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:20,579 NEVER KNEW WHAT I WOULD FIND 581 00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:25,384 BEHIND THAT DOOR. NO, I AM NOT 582 00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:27,419 SO FEARLESS. DAILY I ENCOUNTER 583 00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:30,522 PEOPLE WHO ARE SCREAMING, 584 00:21:30,522 --> 00:21:31,089 WIELDING MAKESHIFT WEAPONS, 585 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:33,091 URINATING AND DEFECATING IN 586 00:21:33,091 --> 00:21:34,960 PUBLIC. PEOPLE OPENLY DRUG AND 587 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,664 DEAL ON THE STREET. THAT SEEMS 588 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:40,065 ALMOST INNOCUOUS TO THE FEAR OF 589 00:21:40,065 --> 00:21:42,401 BEING ASSAULTED. THIS IS NOT 590 00:21:42,401 --> 00:21:47,472 NORMAL IN A CIVIL LY SOCIETY. WE 591 00:21:47,472 --> 00:21:48,907 NEED MORE POLICE AND SOCIAL 592 00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:51,777 SERVICE ACTION AND COORDINATION, 593 00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:55,447 MAINLY COORDINATION. THIS IS NOT 594 00:21:55,447 --> 00:21:59,951 WORKING AS IT IS. 595 00:21:59,951 --> 00:22:00,318 -- THANK YOU. 596 00:22:00,318 --> 00:22:08,160 -- DAVID LEVINSON. 597 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,228 -- HI, MY NAME IS DAVID 598 00:22:10,228 --> 00:22:14,433 LEVINSON. I LIVE IN BELLTOWN AND 599 00:22:14,433 --> 00:22:17,169 I WANT TO SAY EVERYTHING THAT'S 600 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:19,438 BEEN SAID IS TRUE. BELLTOWN IS 601 00:22:19,438 --> 00:22:23,642 IS FULL OF DEBRIS. BELLTOWN HAS 602 00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:25,711 TENTS, TENTS THAT ARE THAT 603 00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:28,580 PEOPLE DEAL DRUGS OUT OF PEOPLE 604 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:31,149 FALLING OVER FROM OVERDOSES AND 605 00:22:31,149 --> 00:22:33,885 NOTHING HAPPENS. I DON'T 606 00:22:33,885 --> 00:22:35,954 UNDERSTAND IT. YOU KNOW, WE LIVE 607 00:22:35,954 --> 00:22:38,957 IN A TECH CITY. WE HAVE A 608 00:22:38,957 --> 00:22:42,027 TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IN SEATTLE 609 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:44,329 THAT'S OVER 600 PEOPLE. AND AND 610 00:22:44,329 --> 00:22:46,832 AS I UNDERSTAND IT, RUN BY A 611 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:51,770 WOMAN WHO IS IS VERY, VERY UP ON 612 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:53,739 TECHNOLOGY. AND YET WE TAKE THE 613 00:22:53,739 --> 00:22:55,173 CAMERAS AWAY AND WE TAKE THE 614 00:22:55,173 --> 00:22:56,875 CAMERAS AWAY TO STUDY THEM. 615 00:22:56,875 --> 00:22:58,944 WE'RE A TECHNOLOGY CITY. WE 616 00:22:58,944 --> 00:23:01,546 KNOW THE CAMERAS ARE AN OLD 617 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:03,915 TECHNOLOGY. USE THEM. I MEAN, 618 00:23:03,915 --> 00:23:05,050 AND SO WE GET A REPORT, WE SEND 619 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:09,921 IT TO NYU. OH, GREAT. IT'S 620 00:23:09,921 --> 00:23:11,390 BEAUTIFUL THERE. THERE'S NO 621 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:13,658 DRUGS, THERE'S NO TENTS. BUT 622 00:23:13,658 --> 00:23:16,495 THERE ARE CAMERAS ALL OVER. AND 623 00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:18,063 THEY'RE GOING TO STUDY WHETHER 624 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:20,065 WE SHOULD HAVE CAMERAS. GIVE 625 00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:22,134 THEM GIVE THE POLICE WHAT THEY 626 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:25,203 NEED TO, TO MOVE FORWARD AND 627 00:23:25,203 --> 00:23:26,638 CLEAN UP THE MESS THAT IS 628 00:23:26,638 --> 00:23:27,806 BELLTOWN RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU 629 00:23:27,806 --> 00:23:30,709 VERY MUCH. 630 00:23:30,709 --> 00:23:31,109 -- THANK YOU. 631 00:23:31,109 --> 00:23:31,977 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE JULIA 632 00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:37,849 BILBAO. AND TO BE FOLLOWED BY 633 00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:38,216 JUSTIN PERKINS. 634 00:23:38,216 --> 00:23:39,351 -- OKAY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME 635 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:42,421 IS JULIA THEOBALD. I AM A THIRD 636 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:44,122 PIKE PINE RESIDENT. AND WHILE 637 00:23:44,122 --> 00:23:45,524 I'M HERE TO SPEAK AS A RESIDENT 638 00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:48,794 TODAY, I AM ALSO VERY INVOLVED 639 00:23:48,794 --> 00:23:50,529 IN THE THIRD AND THRIVE 640 00:23:50,529 --> 00:23:52,431 COALITION, WHICH IS FOCUSING ON 641 00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:54,633 PROBLEMS AT THIRD PIKE PINE. 642 00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:55,801 VERY MUCH FITTING THE 643 00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:57,235 DESCRIPTION OF WHAT EVERYBODY 644 00:23:57,235 --> 00:23:58,670 ELSE HAS SEEN. AND I'M ALSO 645 00:23:58,670 --> 00:24:00,372 CHAIR OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY 646 00:24:00,372 --> 00:24:03,575 COUNCIL. SO DEEPLY INVOLVED AND 647 00:24:03,575 --> 00:24:04,342 SUPPORTIVE OF SOLUTIONS, ALL 648 00:24:04,342 --> 00:24:06,278 SORTS OF SOLUTIONS TO THESE 649 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:07,479 PROBLEMS. I WANT TO, FIRST OF 650 00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:10,182 ALL, COMMEND THE COUNCIL TODAY 651 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:11,016 FOR THE LEGISLATION THAT IS 652 00:24:11,016 --> 00:24:12,818 BEFORE THEM, FOR TAKING AN 653 00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:15,587 EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH AND 654 00:24:15,587 --> 00:24:18,256 CLARIFYING THE IMPLEMENTATION 655 00:24:18,256 --> 00:24:20,258 GUIDELINES FOR POLICE. I FOUND 656 00:24:20,258 --> 00:24:22,661 THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO TO BE 657 00:24:22,661 --> 00:24:23,195 PARTICULARLY INFORMATIVE, 658 00:24:23,195 --> 00:24:25,063 ESPECIALLY THE RATIONALE THAT 659 00:24:25,063 --> 00:24:26,231 THIS WAS BEING CAUSED OR THE 660 00:24:26,231 --> 00:24:29,067 LACK OF PRE-BOOKING. DIVERSION 661 00:24:29,067 --> 00:24:30,502 WAS BEING CAUSED BY THE 662 00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:33,038 OFFICER'S PERCEPTION THAT THE 663 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:35,006 PUBLIC HEALTH AND CASE 664 00:24:35,006 --> 00:24:36,374 MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT THEY 665 00:24:36,374 --> 00:24:37,909 NEEDED AT THE TIME WERE NOT 666 00:24:37,909 --> 00:24:40,579 AVAILABLE. THEY ARE NOT WRONG. 667 00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:44,049 WE NEED TO MEET THOSE SUFFERING 668 00:24:44,049 --> 00:24:45,717 ON THE STREET, NOT JUST WHERE 669 00:24:45,717 --> 00:24:49,321 THEY ARE, BUT WHEN THEY ARE AT 670 00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:52,557 THIRD PIKE PINE. WE STILL 671 00:24:52,557 --> 00:24:56,127 NIGHTLY HAVE 50 TO 100 PEOPLE 672 00:24:56,127 --> 00:24:57,896 GATHERING TO USE DRUGS NIGHTLY. 673 00:24:57,896 --> 00:24:59,898 IT IS A DRUG DEN. THE THIRD AND 674 00:24:59,898 --> 00:25:02,500 THRIVE COALITION HAS BEEN 675 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:05,604 SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING SOME OF 676 00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:06,438 THE DAYTIME INTERVENTIONS 677 00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:07,973 EXTENDED TO TO 11 P.M. AT NIGHT, 678 00:25:07,973 --> 00:25:10,141 INCLUDING. WE DELIVER CARE. THEY 679 00:25:10,141 --> 00:25:12,978 HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE IN 680 00:25:12,978 --> 00:25:14,179 DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEMS UP TO 681 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:16,648 THAT POINT, BUT THEY HAVE ALSO 682 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:21,052 SAID THE BEST THEY CAN DO IS 683 00:25:21,052 --> 00:25:23,255 DIAGNOSE. THEY HAVE NOWHERE. NO 684 00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:25,724 PEOPLE, NO SERVICES TO CONNECT 685 00:25:25,724 --> 00:25:28,660 THEM TO AT THESE TIMES. SO UNTIL 686 00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:31,663 WE SHIFT OR EXTEND OUR PUBLIC 687 00:25:31,663 --> 00:25:32,898 HEALTH RESOURCES TO COVER THE 688 00:25:32,898 --> 00:25:34,833 HOURS WHEN THESE PROBLEMS ARE 689 00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:37,035 HAPPENING, WE WILL NOT SEE ANY 690 00:25:37,035 --> 00:25:38,703 IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU. 691 00:25:38,703 --> 00:25:39,871 -- THANK YOU. 692 00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:41,539 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE JUSTIN 693 00:25:41,539 --> 00:25:44,976 PERKINS TO BE FOLLOWED BY DEVON 694 00:25:44,976 --> 00:25:51,416 MOORE. 695 00:25:51,416 --> 00:25:51,983 -- GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE. 696 00:25:51,983 --> 00:25:52,751 -- GOOD MORNING. 697 00:25:52,751 --> 00:25:55,353 -- I'M JUSTIN PERKINS. I'M A 698 00:25:55,353 --> 00:25:57,255 CLIENT OF THE LEAD OPTION. I 699 00:25:57,255 --> 00:26:01,293 MEAN IDEAL OPTIONS. AND THEY 700 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:05,063 PRETTY MUCH BEEN HELPING ME FROM 701 00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:07,132 THIS TIME. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR. 702 00:26:07,132 --> 00:26:09,334 I MOVED TO SEATTLE LAST WITHIN 703 00:26:09,334 --> 00:26:12,437 THE LAST THREE YEARS. HAD A JOB 704 00:26:12,437 --> 00:26:14,573 AT THE AIRPORT, BUT THEN I THEN 705 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:18,076 A WEEK I GOT HERE AND 706 00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:19,978 UNFORTUNATELY SOME THINGS 707 00:26:19,978 --> 00:26:21,513 HAPPENED WITH MY FOLKS WHERE 708 00:26:21,513 --> 00:26:22,614 I'M OUT HERE IN THE STREETS AND 709 00:26:22,614 --> 00:26:25,483 THEY'RE BEING HELPING ME GET MY 710 00:26:25,483 --> 00:26:29,054 ID ENHANCED AND PRETTY MUCH GET 711 00:26:29,054 --> 00:26:30,722 THINGS ON THE ROAD AGAIN. I WAS 712 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:34,626 STABBED LAST YEAR WITH A FRIEND 713 00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:36,761 OF MINE, AND I'M GETTING BACK 714 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:38,463 INTO FROM RECOVERY AND STARTING 715 00:26:38,463 --> 00:26:40,699 TO GET BACK TO WORK. AND IT'S 716 00:26:40,699 --> 00:26:42,734 ALL BECAUSE OF IDEAL OPTIONS. 717 00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:49,007 THAT HAS HELPED ME GET THAT. AND 718 00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:49,441 THAT'S ABOUT IT. 719 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:50,342 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR 720 00:26:50,342 --> 00:26:58,049 BEING HERE 721 00:26:58,283 --> 00:27:02,687 -- GOOD MORNING. COUNCILMEMBERS. 722 00:27:02,687 --> 00:27:04,623 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE 723 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:05,991 TODAY. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK 724 00:27:05,991 --> 00:27:07,625 YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND 725 00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:08,994 SUPPORT AND INVEST IN THE LEAD 726 00:27:08,994 --> 00:27:11,830 PROGRAM. MY NAME IS DEVIN AND MY 727 00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:12,998 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LEAD 728 00:27:12,998 --> 00:27:14,065 PROGRAM GOES BACK MORE THAN A 729 00:27:14,065 --> 00:27:15,800 DECADE. I WAS FIRST REFERRED TO 730 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,003 LEAD AROUND 2015, AT A TIME WHEN 731 00:27:18,003 --> 00:27:19,738 I WAS UNHOUSED, DEEP IN MY 732 00:27:19,738 --> 00:27:21,539 ADDICTION AND LIVING DOWNTOWN 733 00:27:21,539 --> 00:27:22,841 SEATTLE, I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH 734 00:27:22,841 --> 00:27:26,378 LEFT IN ME THEN, BUT RIGHT AWAY, 735 00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:28,279 LEAD LED ME WITH KINDNESS. THEY 736 00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:29,381 GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE. 737 00:27:29,381 --> 00:27:30,749 AND WHEN YOU'RE USING THE WAY I 738 00:27:30,749 --> 00:27:32,884 WAS, USING HOPE IS SOMETHING YOU 739 00:27:32,884 --> 00:27:34,486 HOLD ON TO WITH BOTH HANDS. OVER 740 00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:36,955 THE NEXT SIX YEARS. MY LIFE WAS 741 00:27:36,955 --> 00:27:38,023 A CYCLE OF JAIL AND THE STREETS 742 00:27:38,023 --> 00:27:39,858 AND TRYING TO SURVIVE. I WENT IN 743 00:27:39,858 --> 00:27:42,360 AND OUT OF JAIL DOZENS OF TIMES. 744 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:43,962 EVERY SINGLE TIME SOMEONE FROM 745 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:45,530 LEAD SHOWED UP FOR ME, THEY 746 00:27:45,530 --> 00:27:47,165 DIDN'T LECTURE ME. THEY DIDN'T 747 00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:48,566 SHAME ME. THEY JUST KEPT SHOWING 748 00:27:48,566 --> 00:27:50,001 UP, TRYING TO REIGNITE THE HOPE 749 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:52,170 THAT I KEPT LOSING. I MADE PLANS 750 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:53,772 TO GET CLEAN MORE TIMES THAN I 751 00:27:53,772 --> 00:27:55,106 COULD COUNT, AND JUST AS MANY 752 00:27:55,106 --> 00:27:56,408 TIMES AS I CHOSE TO GO BACK TO 753 00:27:56,408 --> 00:27:59,110 THE STREETS INSTEAD. BUT ON 754 00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:01,379 JANUARY 15th, 2021, I WENT TO 755 00:28:01,379 --> 00:28:03,181 JAIL FOR WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE 756 00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:04,816 THE LAST TIME, AND LEAD WAS 757 00:28:04,816 --> 00:28:07,385 THERE AGAIN. AND IN THAT TIME I 758 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:08,920 FINALLY SAID YES. I WENT TO 759 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:09,487 TREATMENT. I MOVED INTO AN 760 00:28:09,487 --> 00:28:11,389 OXFORD HOUSE AND LEAD MADE THAT 761 00:28:11,389 --> 00:28:12,824 TRANSITION FEEL POSSIBLE. THEY 762 00:28:12,824 --> 00:28:13,992 TOLD ME I HAD ALREADY DONE THE 763 00:28:13,992 --> 00:28:15,326 HARDEST PART, WHICH WAS SAYING 764 00:28:15,326 --> 00:28:17,095 YES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I TRY 765 00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:20,432 TO CARRY IN MY WORK TODAY. I 766 00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:21,433 HAVEN'T COMMITTED A CRIME IN 767 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:22,834 OVER FIVE YEARS. I WORK A 768 00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:24,002 PROGRAM OF RECOVERY AND NOW I 769 00:28:24,002 --> 00:28:27,072 WORK AS AN OUTREACH NAVIGATOR 770 00:28:27,072 --> 00:28:28,306 SUPPORTING JUSTICE IMPACTED 771 00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:31,543 FOLKS. THE SAME PEOPLE, THE SAME 772 00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:32,210 WAY PEOPLE ONCE SUPPORTED ME. I 773 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:34,045 CAN HONESTLY SAY, I DON'T THINK 774 00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:35,647 THAT I'D BE STANDING HERE TODAY 775 00:28:35,647 --> 00:28:38,249 WITHOUT THE PATIENCE, KINDNESS, 776 00:28:38,249 --> 00:28:38,850 AND RESOURCE NAVIGATION LEAD 777 00:28:38,850 --> 00:28:40,585 GAVE TO ME. THEY DIDN'T JUST 778 00:28:40,585 --> 00:28:42,287 HELP ME CHANGE MY LIFE, THEY 779 00:28:42,287 --> 00:28:43,421 HELPED ME BUILD ONE. THANK YOU. 780 00:28:43,421 --> 00:28:48,927 -- THANK YOU 781 00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:49,561 -- AND OUR LAST IN-PERSON PUBLIC 782 00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:51,696 COMMENT. BEFORE WE SWITCH TO 783 00:28:51,696 --> 00:29:02,140 ONLINE IS ANGELO DEJESUS. 784 00:29:02,874 --> 00:29:05,243 -- WELCOME BACK. 785 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:07,712 -- HI AGAIN. WELCOME BACK. I'M 786 00:29:07,712 --> 00:29:09,481 ANGELA. I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN 787 00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:12,317 IN NORTH BELLTOWN ALL RIGHT. I 788 00:29:12,317 --> 00:29:15,286 DO NOT WANT OPEN AIR DRUG USE IN 789 00:29:15,286 --> 00:29:16,554 MY NEIGHBORHOODS. I DO BELIEVE 790 00:29:16,554 --> 00:29:19,657 THAT THERE SHOULD BE A PATHWAY 791 00:29:19,657 --> 00:29:20,825 TO GETTING PEOPLE THE HELP THEY 792 00:29:20,825 --> 00:29:22,327 NEED. BUT IF THEY SAY NO, THEY 793 00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:27,699 GOT TO GO, OKAY. WITH, LIKE, 794 00:29:27,699 --> 00:29:30,201 POLICE STAFFING, WE NEED 795 00:29:30,201 --> 00:29:32,036 PATHWAYS THROUGH EDUCATION. 796 00:29:32,036 --> 00:29:34,472 STARTING FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR 797 00:29:34,472 --> 00:29:35,740 COLLEGE OR TECHS. AND OUR MAYOR 798 00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:37,609 IS A FAILURE IN THIS. YOU GUYS 799 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:39,644 ARE BACKUP. YOU'RE A DUAL. 800 00:29:39,644 --> 00:29:41,279 IT'S NOT EVEN BACKUP. YOU GUYS 801 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:41,980 ARE SIDE BY SIDE. AND WE NEED 802 00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:44,349 THIS DONE TO GET MORE JOBS. WE 803 00:29:44,349 --> 00:29:46,284 NEED MORE TAX REVENUE. WE NEED 804 00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:48,653 MORE HOUSING. GET THEM JOBS, 805 00:29:48,653 --> 00:29:50,655 CHANGE THE ZONING LAWS. THAT WAY 806 00:29:50,655 --> 00:29:54,325 WE CAN HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, 807 00:29:54,325 --> 00:29:54,926 COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TURNED 808 00:29:54,926 --> 00:29:57,929 INTO RESIDENTIAL. IT HAS TO BE 809 00:29:57,929 --> 00:30:00,398 DONE, YOU KNOW, AND CREATING 810 00:30:00,398 --> 00:30:01,399 THESE OTHER JOBS. IT'S NOT JUST 811 00:30:01,399 --> 00:30:03,735 POLICE OR CIVIL SERVICE, LIKE 812 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:04,369 PRETTY MUCH ANY JOB THAT CIVIL 813 00:30:04,369 --> 00:30:05,804 SERVICE. AND YOU GUYS ARE IN 814 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:08,339 CHARGE OF DOING THIS. AND THE 815 00:30:08,339 --> 00:30:10,942 MAYOR, I BELIEVE SHE'S A TOTAL 816 00:30:10,942 --> 00:30:11,509 FAILURE IN THIS SITUATION. 817 00:30:11,509 --> 00:30:13,278 SHE'S NOT EVEN A COLLEGE 818 00:30:13,278 --> 00:30:14,746 GRADUATE IN THIS SITUATION. 819 00:30:14,746 --> 00:30:15,647 SHE'S AN UNDERGRAD. AND ALL OF 820 00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:18,416 YOU HAVE ALMOST MASTER'S DEGREE. 821 00:30:18,416 --> 00:30:22,420 YOU KNOW, AS A, YOU KNOW, AS A 822 00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:23,922 TRANSLATOR, AS SEATTLE. I LEFT 823 00:30:23,922 --> 00:30:27,091 MY CITY AND MY CITY IS AWFUL. 824 00:30:27,091 --> 00:30:28,726 I'M FROM MIAMI, AND IT DOESN'T 825 00:30:28,726 --> 00:30:29,327 COMPARE. IT'S KIND OF LIGHT 826 00:30:29,327 --> 00:30:32,597 HERE. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY 827 00:30:32,597 --> 00:30:33,231 HAPPY TO LIVE IN THIS CITY AND I 828 00:30:33,231 --> 00:30:35,733 FEEL SAFE IN THE CITY. BUT ALSO 829 00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:37,969 I LOOK LIKE THIS. OKAY? AND 830 00:30:37,969 --> 00:30:40,138 OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T LOOK LIKE 831 00:30:40,138 --> 00:30:43,241 THIS ARE SCARED, AND THEY NEED 832 00:30:43,241 --> 00:30:44,709 PROTECTION. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS 833 00:30:44,709 --> 00:30:48,079 HAVE A GREAT DAY. 834 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:51,049 -- THANK YOU. FELLOW NAVY 835 00:30:51,049 --> 00:30:52,350 VETERAN, NOT THE ONLY NAVY 836 00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:53,218 VETERAN WHO HAS SPOKEN THIS 837 00:30:53,218 --> 00:30:56,621 MORNING ALREADY. 838 00:30:56,621 --> 00:30:58,690 -- WE'LL TRANSITION TO OUR 839 00:30:58,690 --> 00:30:59,290 SEVEN REMOTE SPEAKERS BEFORE 840 00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:01,392 COMING BACK AND FINISHING IN 841 00:31:01,392 --> 00:31:03,628 PERSON. THE FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER 842 00:31:03,628 --> 00:31:05,496 IS JAKE WALLACH. PLEASE PRESS 843 00:31:05,496 --> 00:31:06,931 STAR SIX. WHEN YOU HEAR THE 844 00:31:06,931 --> 00:31:13,438 PROMPT. YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. 845 00:31:13,438 --> 00:31:16,841 -- SIGNED UP. WHICH ONE? 846 00:31:16,841 --> 00:31:18,543 -- EDDIE. CHAIR KETTLE, THIS IS 847 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:22,213 JAKE WALLACH. I LIVE UP IN NORTH 848 00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:24,749 AURORA. I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT 849 00:31:24,749 --> 00:31:27,051 THE VIOLENCE CONTINUES AND THAT 850 00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:30,555 WE CANNOT TURN OUR EYES. YOU 851 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,857 MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING THAT 852 00:31:32,857 --> 00:31:33,524 THERE'S AN INABILITY OF THE CITY 853 00:31:33,524 --> 00:31:36,561 TO TAKE ACTION, AND I TOTALLY 854 00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:37,328 AGREE. WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO 855 00:31:37,328 --> 00:31:41,466 DO IS WE NEED TO ASK FOR STATE 856 00:31:41,466 --> 00:31:44,035 HELP, AND WE NEED A TASK FORCE 857 00:31:44,035 --> 00:31:48,373 ON AURORA AVENUE. WHAT'S 858 00:31:48,373 --> 00:31:48,940 DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE NORTH 859 00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:50,275 AURORA CORRIDOR AND THE SEATTLE 860 00:31:50,275 --> 00:31:53,878 CENTER SHOOTING IS THAT ON NORTH 861 00:31:53,878 --> 00:31:55,713 AURORA, THE CITY ALREADY KNOWS 862 00:31:55,713 --> 00:31:57,515 WHY IT'S HAPPENING AND BY WHO. 863 00:31:57,515 --> 00:32:00,451 OVER 60% OF THE SHOOTINGS ARE 864 00:32:00,451 --> 00:32:02,887 DIRECTLY RELATED TO PROSTITUTION 865 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:05,290 BASED ON SPD DATA. THE NARRATIVE 866 00:32:05,290 --> 00:32:08,159 ON THE STREET NEEDS TO CHANGE, 867 00:32:08,159 --> 00:32:10,461 AND THE CITY PRESS RELEASES 868 00:32:10,461 --> 00:32:12,797 AREN'T GOING TO CHANGE IT. 869 00:32:12,797 --> 00:32:14,532 AFTER THE STREETS WERE CLOSED, 870 00:32:14,532 --> 00:32:15,933 WE SAW A DIP IN VIOLENCE FOR 871 00:32:15,933 --> 00:32:19,270 ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO. BUT THEN 872 00:32:19,270 --> 00:32:22,006 TWO WEEKS LATER, WE SAW OVER 200 873 00:32:22,006 --> 00:32:24,342 JOHNS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BACK 874 00:32:24,342 --> 00:32:29,380 ON AURORA, SPD ONLY HAS TWO VICE 875 00:32:29,380 --> 00:32:30,715 DETECTIVES FOR ALL OF SEATTLE, 876 00:32:30,715 --> 00:32:31,382 AND THEY'RE NOT MAKING ENOUGH 877 00:32:31,382 --> 00:32:32,784 PROGRESS BECAUSE OF COURSE 878 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:33,851 THEY'RE NOT. THERE'S ONLY TWO 879 00:32:33,851 --> 00:32:38,890 OF THEM. WE NEED TO ASK FOR 880 00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:39,757 STATE HELP BECAUSE WE NEED IT, 881 00:32:39,757 --> 00:32:41,693 AND WE NEED A TASK FORCE ON 882 00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:44,295 AURORA AVENUE. THANKS FOR THE 883 00:32:44,295 --> 00:32:48,166 TIME. 884 00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:48,499 -- THANK YOU. 885 00:32:48,499 --> 00:32:51,669 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE SARAH CLARK 886 00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:52,837 TO BE FOLLOWED BY ALBERTO 887 00:32:52,837 --> 00:33:02,780 ALVAREZ. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 888 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:06,551 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE CHAIR 889 00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:08,219 KETTLE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 890 00:33:08,219 --> 00:33:09,120 SAFETY COMMITTEE. FOR THE 891 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,522 RECORD, MY NAME IS SARAH CLARK 892 00:33:11,522 --> 00:33:13,658 AND I'M HERE TODAY TESTIFYING 893 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:16,194 ON BEHALF OF THE OVER 2600 894 00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:18,696 MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE METRO 895 00:33:18,696 --> 00:33:22,967 CHAMBER IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL 896 00:33:22,967 --> 00:33:24,469 BILL 121248. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE 897 00:33:24,469 --> 00:33:26,838 TO THANK CHAIR TUTTLE FOR 898 00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:28,272 SPONSORING THIS BILL AND FOR 899 00:33:28,272 --> 00:33:30,808 YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND 900 00:33:30,808 --> 00:33:32,877 THOUGHTFUL WORK TO FIND AND 901 00:33:32,877 --> 00:33:35,146 INTRODUCE BALANCED POLICY 902 00:33:35,146 --> 00:33:35,680 APPROACHES TO ADDRESS OUR 903 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,782 REGION'S PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. 904 00:33:37,782 --> 00:33:40,785 AFTER DROPPING SLIGHTLY IN THE 905 00:33:40,785 --> 00:33:43,588 NOVEMBER 2025 INDEX RESULTS, 906 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:45,022 WHICH IS OUR VOTER RESEARCH 907 00:33:45,022 --> 00:33:47,759 PROJECT, OUR MAY 2026 POLLING 908 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:49,527 SHOWED THAT PUBLIC SAFETY HAS 909 00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:52,130 MOVED BACK UP TO THE SECOND 910 00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:53,898 HIGHEST PRIORITY. VOTERS WANT 911 00:33:53,898 --> 00:33:55,299 THE CITY TO ADDRESS COMING IN 912 00:33:55,299 --> 00:33:58,336 ONLY ONE POINT BEHIND 913 00:33:58,336 --> 00:34:00,471 RESPONDENTS TOP PRIORITY 914 00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:03,007 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS 915 00:34:03,007 --> 00:34:03,641 PARTICULARLY POIGNANT AFTER THE 916 00:34:03,641 --> 00:34:05,676 TRAGIC EVENTS AT SEATTLE CENTER 917 00:34:05,676 --> 00:34:08,813 OVER THE WEEKEND. WE SUPPORT 918 00:34:08,813 --> 00:34:09,280 ESTABLISHING IN-FIELD 919 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,149 PRE-BOOKING DIVERSION AS THE 920 00:34:11,149 --> 00:34:12,650 CITY'S PREFERRED APPROACH TO 921 00:34:12,650 --> 00:34:14,452 ENFORCEMENT OF DRUG USE OR 922 00:34:14,452 --> 00:34:16,087 POSSESSION CRIMES. MORE 923 00:34:16,087 --> 00:34:18,222 IMPORTANTLY, WE SUPPORT THE 924 00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:19,724 REQUIREMENT FOR SPD TO COLLECT 925 00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:20,958 DATA ON REFERRALS, PARTICIPATION 926 00:34:20,958 --> 00:34:23,995 AND OUTCOMES THAT IS INCLUDED IN 927 00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:26,297 THIS BILL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO 928 00:34:26,297 --> 00:34:29,167 SUPPORT CITY POLICIES THAT 929 00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:30,668 EMPHASIZE TRACKING OUTCOMES SO 930 00:34:30,668 --> 00:34:33,237 THAT ELECTED LEADERS CAN MAKE 931 00:34:33,237 --> 00:34:33,771 FULLY INFORMED DECISIONS. 932 00:34:33,771 --> 00:34:35,173 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 933 00:34:35,173 --> 00:34:36,040 FOUR, EIGHT AFFIRMS OUR VALUES 934 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,876 OF THE CITY WHILE ALSO ENSURING 935 00:34:38,876 --> 00:34:40,845 METRICS ARE TRACKED. POLICY 936 00:34:40,845 --> 00:34:43,281 MAKERS ARE FULLY INFORMED. THE 937 00:34:43,281 --> 00:34:45,983 POLICIES PASSED ACHIEVE THE 938 00:34:45,983 --> 00:34:47,618 INTENDED RESULTS AND THAT WE ARE 939 00:34:47,618 --> 00:34:49,320 GETTING THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES 940 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:50,788 FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. WE ALL WANT 941 00:34:50,788 --> 00:34:53,157 TO SEE. WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU 942 00:34:53,157 --> 00:35:00,565 TO PASS THIS BILL. THANKS. 943 00:35:00,565 --> 00:35:04,068 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE ALBERTO 944 00:35:04,068 --> 00:35:10,741 ALVAREZ. 945 00:35:10,741 --> 00:35:14,545 -- THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING HOW 946 00:35:14,545 --> 00:35:16,080 MANY TRAGEDIES HAS THE POLICE 947 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,950 CHIEF BEEN AWAY IN CHICAGO OR ON 948 00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:22,086 HIS SPEAKING TOUR IN OTHER 949 00:35:22,086 --> 00:35:25,990 STATES? WE NEED A CHIEF WHO 950 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:30,328 LIVES HERE, VALUES OUR CITY. YOU 951 00:35:30,328 --> 00:35:33,097 CAN'T RUN A POLICE DEPARTMENT 952 00:35:33,097 --> 00:35:36,300 VIA ZOOM BARNS, ESPECIALLY, HAS 953 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:39,303 NO RIGHT TO FEEL UPSET WHEN A 954 00:35:39,303 --> 00:35:40,438 REPORTER ASKED HIM IF HE WAS 955 00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:42,907 GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN AGAIN 956 00:35:42,907 --> 00:35:47,245 UNTIL MID-AUGUST, IF RUNNING THE 957 00:35:47,245 --> 00:35:49,247 POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR CITY IS 958 00:35:49,247 --> 00:35:52,850 TOO MUCH OF A BOTHER FOR BARNES 959 00:35:52,850 --> 00:35:55,520 HE NEEDS TO TURN OVER HIS BADGE 960 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,055 OR THE MAYOR NEEDS TO FIRE HIM. 961 00:35:58,055 --> 00:35:59,423 IT'S BAD ENOUGH. IT'S BAD 962 00:35:59,423 --> 00:36:02,493 ENOUGH PROBLEM THAT MANY POLICE 963 00:36:02,493 --> 00:36:04,095 OFFICERS DON'T WALK AND LIVE IN 964 00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:07,965 OUR COMMUNITIES. IT'S EVEN WORSE 965 00:36:07,965 --> 00:36:10,701 WHEN YOU HAVE A CHIEF WHO 966 00:36:10,701 --> 00:36:13,271 DOESN'T VALUE OUR CITY. AND 967 00:36:13,271 --> 00:36:15,706 SPENDS ITS TIME IN ANOTHER STATE 968 00:36:15,706 --> 00:36:18,943 EVERY CHANCE HE GETS, WE NEED A 969 00:36:18,943 --> 00:36:20,778 CHIEF WHO LIVES IN OUR TOWN AND 970 00:36:20,778 --> 00:36:24,181 UPHOLDS OUR VALUES THANK YOU ALL 971 00:36:24,181 --> 00:36:27,518 AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. 972 00:36:27,518 --> 00:36:31,455 -- THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE IS JOE 973 00:36:31,455 --> 00:36:37,828 KUNZLER. 974 00:36:37,828 --> 00:36:39,363 -- THANK YOU. SEATTLE PUBLIC 975 00:36:39,363 --> 00:36:40,531 SAFETY COMMITTEE. JOE KUNZLER 976 00:36:40,531 --> 00:36:41,966 HERE. I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THE 977 00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:48,239 POINT I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT 978 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:49,373 LAST SUNDAY NIGHT I HEARD THERE 979 00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:51,175 WAS AN OFFER FOR A DRONE TO COME 980 00:36:51,175 --> 00:36:54,579 ASSIST SEATTLE AND THAT OFFER OF 981 00:36:54,579 --> 00:36:57,915 ASSISTANCE WAS TURNED DOWN AT 982 00:36:57,915 --> 00:37:00,751 LEAST TWICE IN THE AYE ONCE 983 00:37:00,751 --> 00:37:01,986 REPORTED BY SOMEBODY ELSE. THE 984 00:37:01,986 --> 00:37:04,288 SECOND I HEARD ON THE LIVE RADIO 985 00:37:04,288 --> 00:37:07,191 STREAM. AND I'M WONDERING WHAT 986 00:37:07,191 --> 00:37:11,596 HAPPENED THERE. I THINK YOU AS A 987 00:37:11,596 --> 00:37:14,031 CITY COUNCIL, SHOULD DEMAND 988 00:37:14,031 --> 00:37:18,269 ANSWERS AS TO WHY THE OFFER OF A 989 00:37:18,269 --> 00:37:21,372 DRONE TO FIND SUSPECTS WAS 990 00:37:21,372 --> 00:37:25,042 DENIED. AND I THINK THAT THIS 991 00:37:25,042 --> 00:37:25,676 CITY COUNCIL SHOULD PLEASE 992 00:37:25,676 --> 00:37:31,949 SUPPORT THE USE OF DRONES IN THE 993 00:37:31,949 --> 00:37:35,886 EVENT OF EMERGENCIES SUCH AS 994 00:37:35,886 --> 00:37:39,957 THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE 995 00:37:39,957 --> 00:37:42,493 MY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT AT THAT. I 996 00:37:42,493 --> 00:37:42,994 OBVIOUSLY HAD GIVEN MY 997 00:37:42,994 --> 00:37:44,662 CONDOLENCES TO THOSE THAT WERE 998 00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:45,730 TRAUMATIZED BY THIS EVENT, AND I 999 00:37:45,730 --> 00:37:50,668 WANT TO CONCLUDE BY WEDNESDAY IS 1000 00:37:50,668 --> 00:37:52,503 THE 16th ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN I 1001 00:37:52,503 --> 00:37:55,373 WAS HOME INVADED BY AN 1002 00:37:55,373 --> 00:37:57,141 ANTI-SEMITIC FELON AND HIS 1003 00:37:57,141 --> 00:38:01,812 NEPHEW AND I HAD TO FIGHT OFF 1004 00:38:01,812 --> 00:38:03,514 THAT ANTI-SEMITE WITH MY BARE 1005 00:38:03,514 --> 00:38:05,116 HANDS. AND THE ANTI-SEMITE CAME 1006 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:08,452 FROM SEATTLE AND A PRISON GANG. 1007 00:38:08,452 --> 00:38:10,721 SO I THINK ANTI-SEMITISM PRETTY 1008 00:38:10,721 --> 00:38:11,555 SERIOUSLY, AND I HOPE YOU WILL 1009 00:38:11,555 --> 00:38:13,491 SPEAK OUT AGAINST THAT AS WELL. 1010 00:38:13,491 --> 00:38:15,359 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC 1011 00:38:15,359 --> 00:38:15,760 SERVICE. GOODBYE. 1012 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:20,665 -- THANK YOU NEXT UP, WE HAVE 1013 00:38:20,665 --> 00:38:28,439 DAVID HAINES. 1014 00:38:28,439 --> 00:38:31,542 -- MR. HAINES. 1015 00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:33,844 -- HI, DAVID HAINES, DID YOU SEE 1016 00:38:33,844 --> 00:38:34,879 WHEN THE POLICE CHIEF LOST HIS 1017 00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:37,648 COOL AND TRIED TO ACT VIOLENT 1018 00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:39,617 AND BULLY THE. AND VERBALLY 1019 00:38:39,617 --> 00:38:41,485 ABUSED THE REPORTER WHEN HE 1020 00:38:41,485 --> 00:38:42,620 SIMPLY ASKED ABOUT WHY HE'S 1021 00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:45,156 ALWAYS OUT OF TOWN. IT'S A REAL 1022 00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:46,257 CONCERN. I THINK WE NEED A NEW 1023 00:38:46,257 --> 00:38:48,426 POLICE CHIEF. I THINK WE NEED TO 1024 00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:50,594 PURGE THE JIM CROW LAW. SOUTH 1025 00:38:50,594 --> 00:38:51,862 SCORING LIVED EXPERIENCE LENS 1026 00:38:51,862 --> 00:38:53,564 THAT SHOWS UP IN SEATTLE AND 1027 00:38:53,564 --> 00:38:54,832 STARTS PLAYING THE RACE CARD, 1028 00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:56,500 RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR BLACK 1029 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,437 CRIMINALS. THERE'S A PROLIFIC 1030 00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:01,472 AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE. AND JUST 1031 00:39:01,472 --> 00:39:03,874 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SHOOTING A 1032 00:39:03,874 --> 00:39:05,943 TON AND THEY'RE BAD SHOTS, IT 1033 00:39:05,943 --> 00:39:07,111 DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S MORE 1034 00:39:07,111 --> 00:39:09,313 SAFE BECAUSE LESS PEOPLE HAVE 1035 00:39:09,313 --> 00:39:10,848 DIED. AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE 1036 00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:12,850 FACT THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES 1037 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:15,353 DEPARTMENT IS UNDERMINING PUBLIC 1038 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,421 SAFETY. THEY WENT ON A JUNKET TO 1039 00:39:17,421 --> 00:39:19,423 BALTIMORE, AND TO JUSTIFY THE 1040 00:39:19,423 --> 00:39:23,027 PAYMENT IN THE HOTEL, THEY CAME 1041 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:25,663 BACK WITH A BAD IDEA. THEY'RE 1042 00:39:25,663 --> 00:39:28,733 LITERALLY COPYCATTING BALTIMORE, 1043 00:39:28,733 --> 00:39:31,202 BALTIMORE RIGHT NOW HAS MORE 1044 00:39:31,202 --> 00:39:32,403 SHOOTINGS, 185 THAN THEY DID 1045 00:39:32,403 --> 00:39:36,607 LAST YEAR, 183. AND I THINK THEY 1046 00:39:36,607 --> 00:39:38,943 HAVE SOMEWHERE LIKE 57 DEATHS 1047 00:39:38,943 --> 00:39:41,011 THIS YEAR. BUT THEY'RE 1048 00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:42,613 CONSIDERING IT AN IMPROVEMENT 1049 00:39:42,613 --> 00:39:43,748 BECAUSE THERE WAS 81 DEATHS LAST 1050 00:39:43,748 --> 00:39:47,351 YEAR. BUT YET THIS IS THE SOLE 1051 00:39:47,351 --> 00:39:47,918 FOUNDATION OF THE MAYOR'S 1052 00:39:47,918 --> 00:39:49,820 APPROACH TO GUN VIOLENCE. ALL 1053 00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:52,356 THOSE NONPROFITS THAT WERE 1054 00:39:52,356 --> 00:39:54,058 CREATED DURING THE GEORGE FLOYD 1055 00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:54,725 PROTESTERS WHERE THEY SHOWED UP 1056 00:39:54,725 --> 00:39:57,128 AND SAID, WE WANT TO REIMAGINE 1057 00:39:57,128 --> 00:39:58,596 POLICE. WE WANT TO RUN 1058 00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:00,431 INTERFERENCE FOR GUN TOTING 1059 00:40:00,431 --> 00:40:03,434 CRIMINALS. WE WANT TO PAY 1060 00:40:03,434 --> 00:40:05,102 GANGSTERS TO RELOCATE. IF THEY 1061 00:40:05,102 --> 00:40:07,304 DON'T RETALIATE, WE HAVE THIS 1062 00:40:07,304 --> 00:40:09,540 ONGOING WE HAVE PEOPLE RUNNING 1063 00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:11,208 INTERFERENCE FOR CRIMINALS. WE 1064 00:40:11,208 --> 00:40:13,244 HAVE A POLICE CHIEF WHO'S 1065 00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:13,978 TRYING TO BLAME HIS CAPTAINS FOR 1066 00:40:13,978 --> 00:40:16,380 ALL THE PROBLEMS. BUT YET THE 1067 00:40:16,380 --> 00:40:18,649 POLICE CHIEF, THE ONLY THING 1068 00:40:18,649 --> 00:40:21,552 HE'S TAKEN SERIOUSLY IS HIS 1069 00:40:21,552 --> 00:40:23,254 $375,000 SALARY AND TRYING TO 1070 00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:24,855 RUN INTERFERENCE FOR BLACK 1071 00:40:24,855 --> 00:40:25,856 CRIMINALS THAT HE USED TO TEACH 1072 00:40:25,856 --> 00:40:28,392 WHEN HE WAS IN HISTORY CLASS. WE 1073 00:40:28,392 --> 00:40:29,160 NEED A REVOLT AGAINST THIS 1074 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,863 COUNCIL. 1075 00:40:32,863 --> 00:40:33,197 -- THANK YOU. 1076 00:40:33,197 --> 00:40:36,100 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE ANDREA 1077 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:37,968 SUAREZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY ART 1078 00:40:37,968 --> 00:40:40,471 DOLLAR. THAT'S ALL OF OUR 1079 00:40:40,471 --> 00:40:40,871 REMOTE SPEAKERS. 1080 00:40:40,871 --> 00:40:42,973 -- OKAY. 1081 00:40:42,973 --> 00:40:43,607 -- WE GOOD? ANDREA SUAREZ FROM. 1082 00:40:43,607 --> 00:40:45,509 HI, I'M ANDREA SUAREZ FROM WE 1083 00:40:45,509 --> 00:40:48,345 ART SEATTLE. PLEASE DO NOT VOTE 1084 00:40:48,345 --> 00:40:50,781 ON ANYTHING TODAY. COUNCILMAN 1085 00:40:50,781 --> 00:40:53,184 LIN KETTLE JUAREZ. PLEASE DON'T 1086 00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:54,819 VOTE. VOTE NO. JUST PLEASE STOP 1087 00:40:54,819 --> 00:40:56,253 UNTIL YOU MEET WITH THE FOLKS 1088 00:40:56,253 --> 00:40:59,990 FROM BATTLEFIELD ADDICTION. FROM 1089 00:40:59,990 --> 00:41:01,792 WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER WHO'S 1090 00:41:01,792 --> 00:41:02,426 DEBUNKED THE DATA TODAY RIGHT 1091 00:41:02,426 --> 00:41:03,427 HERE. HE WAS FIRST TO SPEAK THAT 1092 00:41:03,427 --> 00:41:06,597 SAID THAT THE LEAD DATA DOES NOT 1093 00:41:06,597 --> 00:41:07,331 PROVE TO HAVE THE OUTCOMES THAT 1094 00:41:07,331 --> 00:41:10,034 I THINK YOU'VE BEEN LED TO 1095 00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:12,136 BELIEVE. PLEASE VOTE NO OR STOP 1096 00:41:12,136 --> 00:41:13,604 UNTIL YOU ALLOW US TO ALSO MEET 1097 00:41:13,604 --> 00:41:15,005 WITH LEAD AND UNPACK THE DATA 1098 00:41:15,005 --> 00:41:17,274 TOGETHER AND HAVE A CONVERSATION 1099 00:41:17,274 --> 00:41:19,610 WITH WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S 1100 00:41:19,610 --> 00:41:20,578 NOT. ON JULY 14th, I GOT A 1101 00:41:20,578 --> 00:41:22,913 CHANCE TO SEE THE MECHANICS OF 1102 00:41:22,913 --> 00:41:25,616 THE LEAD DIVERSION FOR MY OWN 1103 00:41:25,616 --> 00:41:27,117 EYES. I WAS EYEWITNESS TO AN 18 1104 00:41:27,117 --> 00:41:29,053 YEAR OLD GIRL. IMAGINE LISTENING 1105 00:41:29,053 --> 00:41:30,621 IN COUNCIL MAYOR'S OFFICE. ERIC 1106 00:41:30,621 --> 00:41:34,024 EVANS. IF YOU'RE IF YOUR 18 1107 00:41:34,024 --> 00:41:35,125 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS MISSING 1108 00:41:35,125 --> 00:41:36,494 AND YOU'RE AT HOME AND WE HAVE 1109 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:37,595 THOUSANDS OF MOMS AND DADS THAT 1110 00:41:37,595 --> 00:41:40,331 CALL US AND THINK, GOD, I JUST 1111 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:41,532 WISH MY DAUGHTER OR SON OR LOVED 1112 00:41:41,532 --> 00:41:43,300 ONE WOULD CALL FROM JAIL SO I 1113 00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:44,869 CAN KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALIVE. 1114 00:41:44,869 --> 00:41:46,237 BUT IN THIS CASE, THIS 18 YEAR 1115 00:41:46,237 --> 00:41:47,404 OLD CAME INTO THE SOUTH 1116 00:41:47,404 --> 00:41:49,540 PRECINCT. I MET WITH HER. SHE 1117 00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:50,307 KNEW WHO I WAS. WE WERE GOING TO 1118 00:41:50,307 --> 00:41:52,243 EITHER GO TO VALLEY OR TO THE 1119 00:41:52,243 --> 00:41:53,377 KIRKLAND CRISIS CENTER. WE WERE 1120 00:41:53,377 --> 00:41:54,678 GOING TO TAKE HER TO LAKESIDE. 1121 00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:55,746 WE WERE GOING TO TAKE HER TO I 1122 00:41:55,746 --> 00:41:56,480 TO HUB. WE WERE GOING TO TAKE 1123 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,315 HER TO A SAFE STATE. THE MORE WE 1124 00:41:58,315 --> 00:42:01,886 LOVE. WE HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT, 1125 00:42:01,886 --> 00:42:03,220 BUT THE. THE OFFICER SAID, BUT 1126 00:42:03,220 --> 00:42:04,955 WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT LEAD 1127 00:42:04,955 --> 00:42:06,390 PROTOCOL THING FIRST. THE LEAD 1128 00:42:06,390 --> 00:42:07,791 INTAKE CAME IN AND SAID, WHAT'S 1129 00:42:07,791 --> 00:42:09,894 YOUR NAME? WHAT'S YOUR RACE? 1130 00:42:09,894 --> 00:42:11,829 WHAT'S YOUR AGE? BOOM BOOM, 1131 00:42:11,829 --> 00:42:12,897 BOOM. THREE QUESTIONS. SIGN 1132 00:42:12,897 --> 00:42:15,332 HERE. CHARGE IS DROPPED RIGHT 1133 00:42:15,332 --> 00:42:18,602 THERE AT MIDNIGHT. THAT LITTLE 1134 00:42:18,602 --> 00:42:20,337 GIRL GRABBED HER BACKPACK AND 1135 00:42:20,337 --> 00:42:22,640 BOLTED. SHE'S NOW BACK WITH HER 1136 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,675 BOYFRIEND TWICE HER AGE. BACK ON 1137 00:42:24,675 --> 00:42:26,677 RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH IN DISTRICT 1138 00:42:26,677 --> 00:42:27,511 TWO, SMOKING FENTANYL. AND EVEN 1139 00:42:27,511 --> 00:42:29,647 IF SHE WAS TO SHOW UP AT HER 1140 00:42:29,647 --> 00:42:30,481 APPOINTMENT WITH HER PAPER THREE 1141 00:42:30,481 --> 00:42:31,849 DAYS LATER, SHE'S STILL HIGH AS 1142 00:42:31,849 --> 00:42:33,050 A KITE AND EXPECTED TO HAVE THE 1143 00:42:33,050 --> 00:42:35,152 FACULTIES TO KNOW WHAT HER BEST 1144 00:42:35,152 --> 00:42:37,187 PLAN IS. THE LEAD PROGRAM 1145 00:42:37,187 --> 00:42:38,122 DOESN'T WORK, AND THEY'VE BEEN 1146 00:42:38,122 --> 00:42:39,757 OUR GOLD STANDARD FOR TEN YEARS, 1147 00:42:39,757 --> 00:42:41,058 AND WE'VE LOST 20,000 PEOPLE TO 1148 00:42:41,058 --> 00:42:42,860 DEATH BY OVERDOSE. WE'RE ASKING 1149 00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:45,095 YOU TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 1150 00:42:45,095 --> 00:42:48,198 PLEASE. THANK YOU. 1151 00:42:48,198 --> 00:42:52,136 -- THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE 1152 00:42:52,136 --> 00:42:52,436 ART DOLLAR. 1153 00:42:52,436 --> 00:42:55,839 -- ART, DARLING, BATTLEFIELD 1154 00:42:55,839 --> 00:42:56,974 ADDICTION. I BROUGHT MY EVIDENCE 1155 00:42:56,974 --> 00:43:01,545 HERE TODAY. WHEN? WHEN WE'RE 1156 00:43:01,545 --> 00:43:03,414 TALKING ABOUT THIS WORD 1157 00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:04,982 ACCOUNTABILITY, THAT SOMEONE HAS 1158 00:43:04,982 --> 00:43:06,483 SOMEHOW HAS BECOME SOME NEGATIVE 1159 00:43:06,483 --> 00:43:08,285 WORD OR SOME HURTFUL WORD. WHEN 1160 00:43:08,285 --> 00:43:08,919 WE SPEAK OF ACCOUNTABILITY WITH 1161 00:43:08,919 --> 00:43:10,921 EACH OTHER, WE'RE NOT TALKING 1162 00:43:10,921 --> 00:43:12,156 ABOUT PUNISHMENT. WE'RE ACTUALLY 1163 00:43:12,156 --> 00:43:13,624 TALKING ABOUT HOLDING EACH OTHER 1164 00:43:13,624 --> 00:43:14,758 TO A HIGHER STANDARD. SO THE WAY 1165 00:43:14,758 --> 00:43:15,559 OUR PROGRAMS WORK IS, IS YOU 1166 00:43:15,559 --> 00:43:18,796 GUYS STAND UP, PLEASE. SO WHAT 1167 00:43:18,796 --> 00:43:20,197 WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY IS A 1168 00:43:20,197 --> 00:43:21,432 PROGRAM IS WE ARE GOING TO HOLD 1169 00:43:21,432 --> 00:43:24,168 EACH OTHER TO A HIGHER STANDARD. 1170 00:43:24,168 --> 00:43:25,669 WHAT IS THE STANDARD OF BEHAVIOR 1171 00:43:25,669 --> 00:43:27,204 THAT WE ALL CONDUCT OURSELVES 1172 00:43:27,204 --> 00:43:28,606 WITH? IS THERE ANY STANDARD 1173 00:43:28,606 --> 00:43:30,407 ANYMORE THAT PEOPLE MUST? IS IT 1174 00:43:30,407 --> 00:43:31,809 A BAD THING TO ASK SOMEBODY TO 1175 00:43:31,809 --> 00:43:33,110 BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD? 1176 00:43:33,110 --> 00:43:34,979 WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR 1177 00:43:34,979 --> 00:43:36,180 PUNISHMENT. NOBODY HERE WAS 1178 00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:37,147 PUNISHMENT. I GOT GUYS THAT ARE 1179 00:43:37,147 --> 00:43:39,283 HAVE AN ANKLE BRACELET ON FROM 1180 00:43:39,283 --> 00:43:40,184 CITY OF SEATTLE THAT SAVED HIS 1181 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:41,852 LIFE. THANK GOD HE WAS ARRESTED 1182 00:43:41,852 --> 00:43:42,853 BECAUSE HE'S IN OUR PROGRAM NOW 1183 00:43:42,853 --> 00:43:44,621 AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM HIM. THANK 1184 00:43:44,621 --> 00:43:46,056 GOD FOR ALL OF YOU THAT WERE 1185 00:43:46,056 --> 00:43:47,858 ARRESTED AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON 1186 00:43:47,858 --> 00:43:49,126 WAS BROUGHT TO US THROUGH 1187 00:43:49,126 --> 00:43:50,094 ACCOUNTABILITY. IT WASN'T THEIR 1188 00:43:50,094 --> 00:43:51,695 CHOICE. THEY DIDN'T JUST DECIDE 1189 00:43:51,695 --> 00:43:52,363 ONE DAY TO WAKE UP AND GO, YOU 1190 00:43:52,363 --> 00:43:53,864 KNOW WHAT? TODAY I'M GOING TO 1191 00:43:53,864 --> 00:43:55,733 STOP DOING DRUGS. SOMEBODY ASKED 1192 00:43:55,733 --> 00:43:58,335 THEM TO TO BE COMMITTED TO A 1193 00:43:58,335 --> 00:43:58,969 HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING. AND 1194 00:43:58,969 --> 00:43:59,770 THEY'RE EITHER DOING IT FOR 1195 00:43:59,770 --> 00:44:01,505 THEIR FAMILY. THEY'RE DOING IT 1196 00:44:01,505 --> 00:44:02,573 FOR THE LAW. THEY'RE DOING IT 1197 00:44:02,573 --> 00:44:04,341 FOR THEIR PROBATION OFFICER, 1198 00:44:04,341 --> 00:44:05,609 SOMEBODY WHO ASKED MORE OF THEM. 1199 00:44:05,609 --> 00:44:07,478 SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 1200 00:44:07,478 --> 00:44:08,946 ACCOUNTABILITY, IT IS NOT A 1201 00:44:08,946 --> 00:44:11,648 NEGATIVE WORD IN OUR VOCABULARY. 1202 00:44:11,648 --> 00:44:13,050 IT IS A WORD THAT ACTUALLY MEANS 1203 00:44:13,050 --> 00:44:14,251 SOMETHING TO US. IT MEANS, HEY, 1204 00:44:14,251 --> 00:44:16,153 LOOK OUT FOR YOUR BROTHER AND 1205 00:44:16,153 --> 00:44:17,688 HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE TODAY FOR A 1206 00:44:17,688 --> 00:44:19,590 HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING AND 1207 00:44:19,590 --> 00:44:22,659 REQUIRE MORE OF HIM, ESPECIALLY 1208 00:44:22,659 --> 00:44:23,994 WHEN PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT FOR 1209 00:44:23,994 --> 00:44:25,362 THEMSELVES. THIS MYTH OUT THERE 1210 00:44:25,362 --> 00:44:26,830 THAT SOMEONE'S GOT TO WANT IT 1211 00:44:26,830 --> 00:44:28,699 FOR THEMSELVES. NOBODY WANTS IT 1212 00:44:28,699 --> 00:44:29,566 FOR THEMSELVES. PEOPLE. 1213 00:44:29,566 --> 00:44:32,403 ACTUALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS 1214 00:44:32,403 --> 00:44:33,037 SOMEBODY REQUIRES MORE OF YOU. 1215 00:44:33,037 --> 00:44:35,339 AND ALONG THE WAY, YOU START 1216 00:44:35,339 --> 00:44:36,840 WANTING IT FOR YOURSELF. WE HAVE 1217 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:37,508 PEOPLE THAT WENT TO JAIL, 1218 00:44:37,508 --> 00:44:38,609 DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL, 1219 00:44:38,609 --> 00:44:41,879 DIDN'T WANT TO GET SOBER, BUT 1220 00:44:41,879 --> 00:44:43,547 NOW THEY WANT IT. SO IT'S NOT 1221 00:44:43,547 --> 00:44:45,082 ABOUT PUNISHMENT. IT'S ABOUT 1222 00:44:45,082 --> 00:44:45,716 HOLDING. WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE 1223 00:44:45,716 --> 00:44:48,252 GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER. 1224 00:44:48,252 --> 00:44:50,220 PROTECT BUSINESS, PROTECT OUR 1225 00:44:50,220 --> 00:44:51,722 OUR CITIZENS. THESE GUYS WILL 1226 00:44:51,722 --> 00:44:53,590 GET BETTER. THANK YOU. 1227 00:44:53,590 --> 00:45:00,464 -- THANK YOU NOAH. THANK YOU. 1228 00:45:00,464 --> 00:45:01,999 -- MY NAME IS NOAH LAGER. I'M 1229 00:45:01,999 --> 00:45:03,033 CURRENTLY IN BATTLEFIELD 1230 00:45:03,033 --> 00:45:03,934 ADDICTION PROGRAM. TO BE FRANK, 1231 00:45:03,934 --> 00:45:05,369 THE ONLY WAY I FOUND SUCCESS WAS 1232 00:45:05,369 --> 00:45:07,304 THROUGH BEING ARRESTED. NOT 1233 00:45:07,304 --> 00:45:08,806 BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO, BUT 1234 00:45:08,806 --> 00:45:10,774 BECAUSE ADDICTION HELD ME BACK. 1235 00:45:10,774 --> 00:45:12,009 I WAS OFFERED LEAD FIVE YEARS 1236 00:45:12,009 --> 00:45:13,577 AGO. I WAS LET GO THAT NIGHT, 1237 00:45:13,577 --> 00:45:16,413 DID NOT SHOW UP FOR THE PROGRAM. 1238 00:45:16,413 --> 00:45:18,882 CHARGES WERE EVENTUALLY DROPPED. 1239 00:45:18,882 --> 00:45:21,852 AS IT NOW IS NOT A WORKABLE 1240 00:45:21,852 --> 00:45:22,619 PROGRAM WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY 1241 00:45:22,619 --> 00:45:23,187 AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 1242 00:45:23,187 --> 00:45:26,490 PERSON, THE PROGRAM IS THE ONLY 1243 00:45:26,490 --> 00:45:26,857 WAY TO SUCCESS. 1244 00:45:26,857 --> 00:45:33,163 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PLEASE 1245 00:45:33,163 --> 00:45:34,698 DO SNAPS OR JAZZ HANDS 1246 00:45:34,698 --> 00:45:36,266 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE PETER. OR TO 1247 00:45:36,266 --> 00:45:41,905 BE FOLLOWED BY HANNAH ZIFF. 1248 00:45:41,905 --> 00:45:43,373 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. THANK 1249 00:45:43,373 --> 00:45:45,776 YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M PETER OR 1250 00:45:45,776 --> 00:45:46,710 A RESIDENT OF THE NORTH AURORA 1251 00:45:46,710 --> 00:45:48,612 NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M HERE TO 1252 00:45:48,612 --> 00:45:49,213 REPRESENT NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE 1253 00:45:49,213 --> 00:45:50,314 ALONG AURORA AVENUE NORTH WITH 1254 00:45:50,314 --> 00:45:51,882 AN UPDATE ON OUR EXPERIENCE 1255 00:45:51,882 --> 00:45:53,250 THERE. THE BARRIERS THAT WERE 1256 00:45:53,250 --> 00:45:55,586 PUT IN PLACE AT SEVERAL 1257 00:45:55,586 --> 00:45:56,954 RESIDENTIAL INTERSECTIONS HAVE 1258 00:45:56,954 --> 00:45:59,156 BEEN WORKING AS INTENDED TO 1259 00:45:59,156 --> 00:45:59,757 PROTECT RESIDENTS HOMES FROM 1260 00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:00,924 DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS CONNECTED TO 1261 00:46:00,924 --> 00:46:03,093 THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ALONG 1262 00:46:03,093 --> 00:46:04,828 AURORA. HOWEVER, AS PREDICTED, 1263 00:46:04,828 --> 00:46:06,296 THESE MEASURES SIMPLY MOVE THE 1264 00:46:06,296 --> 00:46:08,499 PROBLEM, AS EVIDENCED BY THE 1265 00:46:08,499 --> 00:46:11,034 SHOOTING AT NORTH 96th STREET ON 1266 00:46:11,034 --> 00:46:13,937 JULY 23rd. OUR SECURITY CAMERA 1267 00:46:13,937 --> 00:46:15,172 NETWORK HAS CAPTURED AN 1268 00:46:15,172 --> 00:46:18,475 INCREASED VOLUME OF PROSTITUTION 1269 00:46:18,475 --> 00:46:19,042 SOLICITATION AT NORTH 97th 1270 00:46:19,042 --> 00:46:22,346 STREET, EAST AND WEST AND NORTH, 1271 00:46:22,346 --> 00:46:24,281 109th STREET, ALSO, SITES OF 1272 00:46:24,281 --> 00:46:26,283 DOCUMENTED SHOOTINGS. THIS 1273 00:46:26,283 --> 00:46:28,118 ACTIVITY REGULARLY INVOLVES 1274 00:46:28,118 --> 00:46:28,719 VIOLENCE, INCLUDING PHYSICAL 1275 00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:30,053 BEATINGS BETWEEN YOUNG WOMEN AND 1276 00:46:30,053 --> 00:46:32,523 PIMPS, RECORDING THEM WITH 1277 00:46:32,523 --> 00:46:34,124 NEARBY NEIGHBORS WAKING TO THEIR 1278 00:46:34,124 --> 00:46:37,094 SCREAMS. THE JUNE 30th REVIEW BY 1279 00:46:37,094 --> 00:46:39,463 SEATTLE'S OFFICE OF INSPECTOR 1280 00:46:39,463 --> 00:46:40,697 GENERAL OF THE SEATTLE POLICE 1281 00:46:40,697 --> 00:46:43,267 DEPARTMENT FOUND THAT OUT OF 40 1282 00:46:43,267 --> 00:46:46,637 SELLER CONTACT CASES, 37% WERE 1283 00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:47,471 MINORS. LET US NOT FORGET THAT 1284 00:46:47,471 --> 00:46:49,139 THE MOMENT A TRAFFICKED 1285 00:46:49,139 --> 00:46:50,607 INDIVIDUAL TURNS 18, THEY ARE NO 1286 00:46:50,607 --> 00:46:52,409 LONGER A MINOR AND THE CRIME IS 1287 00:46:52,409 --> 00:46:55,779 A MISDEMEANOR. THE PROSTITUTION 1288 00:46:55,779 --> 00:46:58,749 ON AVENUE NORTH IS UNDENIABLY A 1289 00:46:58,749 --> 00:47:02,019 HUMAN TRAFFICKING ISSUE. FULL 1290 00:47:02,019 --> 00:47:03,687 STOP. THIS ACTIVITY FOLLOWS A 1291 00:47:03,687 --> 00:47:05,789 PREDICTABLE PATTERN NIGHT AFTER 1292 00:47:05,789 --> 00:47:06,423 NIGHT AND FREQUENTLY DURING THE 1293 00:47:06,423 --> 00:47:08,392 DAY, NEIGHBORS GROW WEARY AND 1294 00:47:08,392 --> 00:47:10,093 DISILLUSIONED ABOUT CALLING 911 1295 00:47:10,093 --> 00:47:11,261 BECAUSE WHEN THEY DO, OUR 1296 00:47:11,261 --> 00:47:12,596 FOOTAGE SHOWS SPD OFFICERS 1297 00:47:12,596 --> 00:47:13,864 TYPICALLY SHOW UP FOR A MOMENT, 1298 00:47:13,864 --> 00:47:15,032 OFTEN STAY IN THEIR VEHICLE, AND 1299 00:47:15,032 --> 00:47:18,402 DRIVE AWAY A MOMENT LATER, AT AN 1300 00:47:18,402 --> 00:47:20,404 SPD PRESS CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, 1301 00:47:20,404 --> 00:47:22,372 ANDRE SALES, POLICE DEPUTY CHIEF 1302 00:47:22,372 --> 00:47:24,274 OF ADMINISTRATION AND 1303 00:47:24,274 --> 00:47:25,676 INVESTIGATIONS, SAID CRIME IS 1304 00:47:25,676 --> 00:47:26,910 MOBILE. WE DON'T WANT OUR 1305 00:47:26,910 --> 00:47:29,446 OFFICERS TO BE STATIONARY. IN 1306 00:47:29,446 --> 00:47:30,714 THE CASE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON 1307 00:47:30,714 --> 00:47:34,685 AURORA AVENUE NORTH, I DISAGREE. 1308 00:47:34,685 --> 00:47:37,054 TWO MOBILE PATROLS ARE GOING TO 1309 00:47:37,054 --> 00:47:39,323 MISS THE ACTIVITY AT A HANDFUL 1310 00:47:39,323 --> 00:47:41,325 OF HOTSPOTS. I CONTINUE TO 1311 00:47:41,325 --> 00:47:42,292 ADVOCATE FOR SATELLITE PRECINCT 1312 00:47:42,292 --> 00:47:43,894 ON 97th AND AURORA. I ADVOCATE 1313 00:47:43,894 --> 00:47:45,696 FOR TASK FORCE DEDICATED TO 1314 00:47:45,696 --> 00:47:47,164 AURORA AVENUE NORTH HUMAN 1315 00:47:47,164 --> 00:47:48,465 TRAFFICKING. I ADVOCATE FOR 1316 00:47:48,465 --> 00:47:50,567 FUNDING FOR A DEDICATED 1317 00:47:50,567 --> 00:47:53,437 PROSECUTOR ON CITY ATTORNEY 1318 00:47:53,437 --> 00:47:55,305 EVANS TEAM FOR STATE AID TO HELP 1319 00:47:55,305 --> 00:47:56,306 STABILIZE OUR POLICE FORCE. 1320 00:47:56,306 --> 00:47:56,540 -- AND. 1321 00:47:56,540 --> 00:47:59,943 -- FOR FUNDING OF 24/7 RECOVERY 1322 00:47:59,943 --> 00:48:00,444 SERVICES FOR TRAFFICKED 1323 00:48:00,444 --> 00:48:02,112 SURVIVORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1324 00:48:02,112 --> 00:48:05,215 TIME. 1325 00:48:05,215 --> 00:48:05,816 -- THANK YOU. 1326 00:48:05,816 --> 00:48:07,484 -- WE HAVE HANNAH ZIFF. 1327 00:48:07,484 --> 00:48:10,854 -- HI. MY NAME IS HANNAH. I'M 1328 00:48:10,854 --> 00:48:12,155 FROM PIONEER SQUARE. I WANT TO 1329 00:48:12,155 --> 00:48:14,191 TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 1330 00:48:14,191 --> 00:48:20,297 WE'RE ON NATIVE LAND SO 1331 00:48:20,297 --> 00:48:21,898 YESTERDAY WE TALKED ABOUT THE 1332 00:48:21,898 --> 00:48:22,966 SHOOTINGS AND IT WAS TALKED 1333 00:48:22,966 --> 00:48:25,902 ABOUT A LOT IN TERMS OF HEALTH. 1334 00:48:25,902 --> 00:48:27,371 AND TODAY THE MEETING'S ABOUT 1335 00:48:27,371 --> 00:48:28,639 SAFETY. AND I WAS KIND OF 1336 00:48:28,639 --> 00:48:30,907 THINKING IN BROAD STROKES, 1337 00:48:30,907 --> 00:48:32,442 THERE'S THE HEALTH AND SAFETY 1338 00:48:32,442 --> 00:48:33,810 DIVISION OF OUR FEDERAL 1339 00:48:33,810 --> 00:48:35,412 GOVERNMENT. AND THEN UNDER THAT 1340 00:48:35,412 --> 00:48:37,381 IS HOUSING AND URBAN 1341 00:48:37,381 --> 00:48:39,650 DEVELOPMENT. AND THERE'S A 1342 00:48:39,650 --> 00:48:41,385 REASON THAT'S FEDERAL BECAUSE 1343 00:48:41,385 --> 00:48:43,320 THE SECURITY OF OUR COMMUNITY IS 1344 00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:47,858 ALSO THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION. 1345 00:48:47,858 --> 00:48:51,762 THERE ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME 1346 00:48:51,762 --> 00:48:54,731 COIN. SO JUST TO GET GRANULAR, 1347 00:48:54,731 --> 00:48:57,701 THE WATERFRONT PARK SHOWED THE 1348 00:48:57,701 --> 00:49:00,103 VALUES OF OUR CITY PRETTY WELL 1349 00:49:00,103 --> 00:49:02,205 THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A 1350 00:49:02,205 --> 00:49:05,108 RECIPROCITY OF INVESTMENT 1351 00:49:05,108 --> 00:49:08,211 BETWEEN THE CITIZENS AND THE 1352 00:49:08,211 --> 00:49:10,747 GLOBAL ECONOMY. AND I THINK 1353 00:49:10,747 --> 00:49:11,848 RECENTLY, THIS SUMMER, I HEARD 1354 00:49:11,848 --> 00:49:13,383 THAT IF THERE'S A BUILDING 1355 00:49:13,383 --> 00:49:15,852 THAT'S COMPLETELY COUNTER TO 1356 00:49:15,852 --> 00:49:17,354 OUR VALUES, IT CAN ACTUALLY GET 1357 00:49:17,354 --> 00:49:18,855 TAKEN DOWN BY HOUSING AND URBAN 1358 00:49:18,855 --> 00:49:22,192 DEVELOPMENT. AND THE JACK ON 1359 00:49:22,192 --> 00:49:24,061 FIRST. I LIVE ON FIRST AND 1360 00:49:24,061 --> 00:49:25,929 JACKSON THE JACK ON FIRST AND 1361 00:49:25,929 --> 00:49:28,598 ALASKAN WAY HAS TURNED OUR 1362 00:49:28,598 --> 00:49:31,034 NEIGHBORHOOD INTO AN UNSAFE 1363 00:49:31,034 --> 00:49:33,470 SITUATION ON THAT CORNER. SO 1364 00:49:33,470 --> 00:49:34,471 HERE'S MY HOME AND THEN YOU CAN 1365 00:49:34,471 --> 00:49:37,374 SEE IT. IT'S A BRICK WALL. AND 1366 00:49:37,374 --> 00:49:39,743 THEN THERE'S THE WATERFRONT 1367 00:49:39,743 --> 00:49:41,478 PARK. SO I KNOW TWO RESIDENTS. I 1368 00:49:41,478 --> 00:49:42,646 DIDN'T TAKE A POLL OR ANYTHING, 1369 00:49:42,646 --> 00:49:43,547 SO THERE COULD BE MORE TO 1370 00:49:43,547 --> 00:49:45,182 RESIDENTS WHO OWN IN OUR 1371 00:49:45,182 --> 00:49:46,717 BUILDING MOVED BECAUSE THEY USED 1372 00:49:46,717 --> 00:49:48,418 TO LOOK OUT. AND IT USED TO BE A 1373 00:49:48,418 --> 00:49:51,855 1930s PARKING GARAGE, WHICH WAS 1374 00:49:51,855 --> 00:49:53,056 MIXED USE. AND NOW IT'S JUST A 1375 00:49:53,056 --> 00:49:55,225 BRICK WALL. THERE USED TO BE 1376 00:49:55,225 --> 00:49:56,326 PEOPLE WALKING THERE. NOW 1377 00:49:56,326 --> 00:50:00,664 THERE'S ASSAULTS THERE. OKAY. 1378 00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:01,231 AND PEOPLE ARE SMASHING THE 1379 00:50:01,231 --> 00:50:03,200 BUILDING OF THE JACK BECAUSE 1380 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:06,803 IT'S CREATED A BAD VIBE IN OUR 1381 00:50:06,803 --> 00:50:08,305 COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE SPRAY 1382 00:50:08,305 --> 00:50:09,439 PAINTING MY BUILDING AND I WANT 1383 00:50:09,439 --> 00:50:10,574 TO TAKE DOWN THE JACK. I WANT 1384 00:50:10,574 --> 00:50:13,443 GOOD INVESTMENTS, NOT GREEDY 1385 00:50:13,443 --> 00:50:18,248 -- THANK YOU 1386 00:50:18,248 --> 00:50:20,050 -- NEXT UP IS ASHLEY, TO BE 1387 00:50:20,050 --> 00:50:28,091 FOLLOWED BY CRAIG THOMPSON 1388 00:50:28,325 --> 00:50:30,394 -- HI EVERYONE. AND I KNOW THIS 1389 00:50:30,394 --> 00:50:32,863 IS A HARD WEEK FOR EVERYONE IN 1390 00:50:32,863 --> 00:50:34,131 SEATTLE, SO THANK YOU 1391 00:50:34,131 --> 00:50:34,731 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR YOUR 1392 00:50:34,731 --> 00:50:37,834 WORDS UP TOP. A LITTLE OVER TWO 1393 00:50:37,834 --> 00:50:39,269 MONTHS AGO WE PRESENTED ON LEAD 1394 00:50:39,269 --> 00:50:40,337 OUTCOMES. SINCE THE PUBLIC USE 1395 00:50:40,337 --> 00:50:41,938 ORDINANCE, AND THE DATA SHOWED 1396 00:50:41,938 --> 00:50:44,107 THAT CLIENT OUTCOMES IMPROVED 1397 00:50:44,107 --> 00:50:46,009 WITH EXPOSURE TO LONG TERM CASE 1398 00:50:46,009 --> 00:50:47,577 MANAGEMENT. THIS MIRRORS THE 1399 00:50:47,577 --> 00:50:48,612 MANY EVALUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 1400 00:50:48,612 --> 00:50:50,047 DONE ON LEAD OVER THE YEARS, AND 1401 00:50:50,047 --> 00:50:53,417 THIS CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE 1402 00:50:53,417 --> 00:50:53,950 MOST RIGOROUSLY EVALUATED 1403 00:50:53,950 --> 00:50:56,686 DIVERSION PROGRAMS IN THE REGION 1404 00:50:56,686 --> 00:50:59,423 TODAY. YOU HEARD FROM JUSTIN AND 1405 00:50:59,423 --> 00:51:01,358 DEVIN TWO WEEKS AGO. YOU HEARD 1406 00:51:01,358 --> 00:51:03,393 FROM MORE LEAD PARTICIPANTS AND 1407 00:51:03,393 --> 00:51:05,429 GRADUATES. AND THESE ARE THE 1408 00:51:05,429 --> 00:51:07,397 PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE IMPACT OF 1409 00:51:07,397 --> 00:51:08,832 THIS PROGRAM MOST ACUTELY. AND 1410 00:51:08,832 --> 00:51:10,133 WHO HUMANIZE THE DATA IN THOSE 1411 00:51:10,133 --> 00:51:12,369 REPORTS. THESE ARE PEOPLE 1412 00:51:12,369 --> 00:51:13,003 ACTIVELY RECOVERING, REPAIRING 1413 00:51:13,003 --> 00:51:13,503 THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND 1414 00:51:13,503 --> 00:51:17,107 REUNITING WITH THEIR FAMILIES 1415 00:51:17,107 --> 00:51:17,908 AND COMMUNITIES. IN PARTICULAR, 1416 00:51:17,908 --> 00:51:19,242 WHEN I MEET WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE 1417 00:51:19,242 --> 00:51:21,812 THEIR KIDS IN OUR ZOOM CALLS, I 1418 00:51:21,812 --> 00:51:23,513 SEE HOW IMPORTANT AND ESSENTIAL 1419 00:51:23,513 --> 00:51:25,715 OUR PROGRAM IS. I, I DIDN'T 1420 00:51:25,715 --> 00:51:27,217 BENEFIT FROM HAVING A DAD IN 1421 00:51:27,217 --> 00:51:30,020 PRISON. I DON'T THINK ANYONE 1422 00:51:30,020 --> 00:51:31,822 DOES. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS 1423 00:51:31,822 --> 00:51:33,123 LEGISLATION, WHICH CONTINUES TO 1424 00:51:33,123 --> 00:51:34,791 BUILD A MUCH NEEDED COORDINATION 1425 00:51:34,791 --> 00:51:37,227 SYSTEM BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 1426 00:51:37,227 --> 00:51:37,494 AND LEAD. 1427 00:51:37,494 --> 00:51:41,665 -- THANK YOU 1428 00:51:41,665 --> 00:51:44,701 -- LAST PUBLIC COMMENT. CRAIG 1429 00:51:44,701 --> 00:51:48,338 THOMPSON. 1430 00:51:48,338 --> 00:51:49,406 -- HI, MY NAME IS CRAIG 1431 00:51:49,406 --> 00:51:51,842 THOMPSON. I LIVE ON NORTH BEACON 1432 00:51:51,842 --> 00:51:53,710 HILL. THREE MONTHS AGO WE HAD A 1433 00:51:53,710 --> 00:51:58,181 VERY LARGE MEETING FOR PUBLIC 1434 00:51:58,181 --> 00:51:58,648 SAFETY CONCERNS IN MY 1435 00:51:58,648 --> 00:51:59,216 NEIGHBORHOOD. 1436 00:51:59,216 --> 00:51:59,850 -- CAN YOU SPEAK CLOSER TO THE 1437 00:51:59,850 --> 00:52:01,718 MIC, PLEASE? 1438 00:52:01,718 --> 00:52:02,385 -- WE'RE NOW THREE MONTHS BEHIND 1439 00:52:02,385 --> 00:52:05,822 WHERE WE SHOULD BE. THERE'S 1440 00:52:05,822 --> 00:52:06,389 BEEN LITTLE OFFICIAL FOLLOW 1441 00:52:06,389 --> 00:52:08,158 THROUGH. PEOPLE ARE CALLED BY 1442 00:52:08,158 --> 00:52:10,293 SOME BY SOME PEOPLE IN 1443 00:52:10,293 --> 00:52:12,496 GOVERNMENT. WE RESPOND. NO 1444 00:52:12,496 --> 00:52:16,600 ANSWERS COME. THERE NEEDS TO BE 1445 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,836 A REAL SENSE OF COMMUNICATION, 1446 00:52:19,836 --> 00:52:23,907 BUT ALSO THERE NEEDS TO BE 1447 00:52:23,907 --> 00:52:25,175 COORDINATION. I KNOW FROM THE 1448 00:52:25,175 --> 00:52:27,477 WORK THAT I DID WITH THE NICHOLS 1449 00:52:27,477 --> 00:52:29,513 AND MCGINN ADMINISTRATIONS THAT 1450 00:52:29,513 --> 00:52:32,182 A SINGLE POINT OF PROGRAM 1451 00:52:32,182 --> 00:52:34,417 MANAGEMENT IS NEEDED TO HAVE A 1452 00:52:34,417 --> 00:52:36,887 LARGE PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOCIAL 1453 00:52:36,887 --> 00:52:42,292 OUTREACH PROGRAM, WORK. TODAY. 1454 00:52:42,292 --> 00:52:43,360 WE HAVE HEARD FROM SEVERAL 1455 00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:44,794 NEIGHBORHOODS. SO IT'S NOT JUST 1456 00:52:44,794 --> 00:52:48,865 MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND LITTLE 1457 00:52:48,865 --> 00:52:51,368 SAIGON AND THE JUNGLE. IT'S THE 1458 00:52:51,368 --> 00:52:51,902 DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR. IT'S 1459 00:52:51,902 --> 00:52:54,170 BELLTOWN, AND IT'S NORTH SEATTLE 1460 00:52:54,170 --> 00:52:59,175 ALONG AURORA. WE NEED TO HAVE 1461 00:52:59,175 --> 00:53:01,878 INDIVIDUAL POINTS OF REFERENCE 1462 00:53:01,878 --> 00:53:04,014 FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO ARE 1463 00:53:04,014 --> 00:53:06,316 ACCOUNTABLE NOT ONLY TO THIS 1464 00:53:06,316 --> 00:53:07,817 COUNCIL, BUT THE BUREAUCRACY AS 1465 00:53:07,817 --> 00:53:11,688 A WHOLE. AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 1466 00:53:11,688 --> 00:53:14,758 IT IS. THAT MODEL HAS WORKED IN 1467 00:53:14,758 --> 00:53:16,793 THE PAST. THAT MODEL IS WHAT 1468 00:53:16,793 --> 00:53:19,195 WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN. BUT THE 1469 00:53:19,195 --> 00:53:25,802 TIME TO STUDY SOLUTIONS HAS TO 1470 00:53:25,802 --> 00:53:28,171 COME TO AN END, AND WE NEED TO 1471 00:53:28,171 --> 00:53:30,607 BEGIN IMPLEMENTING THESE 1472 00:53:30,607 --> 00:53:33,009 PROGRAMS WITH SINGLE POINT 1473 00:53:33,009 --> 00:53:36,313 MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO HAVE 1474 00:53:36,313 --> 00:53:40,417 ACCOUNTABILITY TO CHANGE WHAT IS 1475 00:53:40,417 --> 00:53:42,919 HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 1476 00:53:42,919 --> 00:53:43,219 THANK YOU. 1477 00:53:43,219 --> 00:53:51,394 -- THANK YOU OKAY. WE HAVE NO 1478 00:53:51,394 --> 00:53:53,063 ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS, 1479 00:53:53,063 --> 00:53:54,698 AND WE'LL PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS 1480 00:53:54,698 --> 00:53:56,499 OF BUSINESS. THE 60 MINUTE. THE 1481 00:53:56,499 --> 00:53:58,034 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS 1482 00:53:58,034 --> 00:53:59,402 EXPIRED. I WANT TO THANK 1483 00:53:59,402 --> 00:54:02,539 EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. FOR 1484 00:54:02,539 --> 00:54:03,073 THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 1485 00:54:03,073 --> 00:54:04,708 SPEAKING IN TERMS OF THEIR 1486 00:54:04,708 --> 00:54:07,244 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, WHETHER 1487 00:54:07,244 --> 00:54:08,945 WITH ADDICTION OR WITH THEIR 1488 00:54:08,945 --> 00:54:10,814 NEIGHBORHOODS, I'M REALLY HAPPY 1489 00:54:10,814 --> 00:54:13,583 TO HAVE BELLTOWN DOWNTOWN, THIRD 1490 00:54:13,583 --> 00:54:15,318 PIKE AND NORTH AURORA, PIONEER 1491 00:54:15,318 --> 00:54:18,221 SQUARE LITTLE SAIGON. THESE 1492 00:54:18,221 --> 00:54:18,855 NEIGHBORHOODS BEING REPRESENTED 1493 00:54:18,855 --> 00:54:20,390 TODAY AND HAVING THEIR VOICE 1494 00:54:20,390 --> 00:54:23,193 HEARD VERY IMPORTANT POINTS WERE 1495 00:54:23,193 --> 00:54:25,262 MADE AS A BIT OF A TRANSITION TO 1496 00:54:25,262 --> 00:54:28,264 THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. THE 1497 00:54:28,264 --> 00:54:29,566 IDEA OF 24 HOURS, YOU KNOW, I 1498 00:54:29,566 --> 00:54:31,801 THINK OF SAN FRANCISCO'S RESET 1499 00:54:31,801 --> 00:54:33,503 CENTER, RAPID ENFORCEMENT 1500 00:54:33,503 --> 00:54:35,071 SUPPORT, EVALUATION AND TRIAGE, 1501 00:54:35,071 --> 00:54:37,707 WHICH COULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO 1502 00:54:37,707 --> 00:54:39,609 SOME OF THE THE POINTS THAT WERE 1503 00:54:39,609 --> 00:54:40,877 MADE TODAY OR MY OWN EXPERIENCE 1504 00:54:40,877 --> 00:54:42,445 IN NORTH PRECINCT, WHERE THERE 1505 00:54:42,445 --> 00:54:45,515 WAS A WOMAN, YOU KNOW, AND THE 1506 00:54:45,515 --> 00:54:47,884 THOSE THAT WERE ORGANIZATIONS 1507 00:54:47,884 --> 00:54:49,686 WOULD NOT BE THERE DURING SECOND 1508 00:54:49,686 --> 00:54:50,620 AND THIRD WATCH. IT'S CLEAR THAT 1509 00:54:50,620 --> 00:54:52,822 WE HAVE TO HAVE COVERAGE IN 1510 00:54:52,822 --> 00:54:56,026 SECOND AND THIRD WATCH. I REALLY 1511 00:54:56,026 --> 00:54:57,494 HAPPY THAT DEVIN WAS HERE. KEY 1512 00:54:57,494 --> 00:54:59,896 WORD IS HOPE. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO 1513 00:54:59,896 --> 00:55:01,931 REMEMBER THAT AND HOW TO PROVIDE 1514 00:55:01,931 --> 00:55:03,366 THAT. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE TO 1515 00:55:03,366 --> 00:55:04,701 MR. KUNSTLER, TALKED ABOUT THIS, 1516 00:55:04,701 --> 00:55:07,170 REPORTS ABOUT DRONES. AS I SAID 1517 00:55:07,170 --> 00:55:09,706 AT THE BEGINNING, I WAS ON ON 1518 00:55:09,706 --> 00:55:11,775 SCENE THERE AT THE COMMAND 1519 00:55:11,775 --> 00:55:13,877 CENTER, ON SEATTLE CENTER, AND 1520 00:55:13,877 --> 00:55:14,911 WHEN THE KING COUNTY SHERIFF WAS 1521 00:55:14,911 --> 00:55:16,479 THERE, WE DO NOT HAVE DRONES IN 1522 00:55:16,479 --> 00:55:19,516 OUR CITY. WITH THE SEATTLE 1523 00:55:19,516 --> 00:55:20,283 POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE IS A 1524 00:55:20,283 --> 00:55:22,519 PILOT WITH A FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1525 00:55:22,519 --> 00:55:25,622 BUT. SO OUR DRONE COVERAGE, LIKE 1526 00:55:25,622 --> 00:55:26,623 DURING FIFA WORLD CUP, WAS 1527 00:55:26,623 --> 00:55:28,758 COVERED BY KING COUNTY SHERIFF 1528 00:55:28,758 --> 00:55:29,392 TO INCLUDE COUNTER DRONES WORK 1529 00:55:29,392 --> 00:55:31,594 AS WELL. AND BUT I JUST WANTED 1530 00:55:31,594 --> 00:55:34,097 TO NOTE KING COUNTY SHERIFF WAS 1531 00:55:34,097 --> 00:55:35,265 ON STATION SUNDAY NIGHT AND I 1532 00:55:35,265 --> 00:55:36,166 ACTUALLY SAW A DRONE MYSELF. SO 1533 00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:37,367 I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE REPORTS 1534 00:55:37,367 --> 00:55:42,539 ARE COMING FROM. I PHYSICALLY 1535 00:55:42,539 --> 00:55:44,574 SAW A DRONE. I RECOGNIZE TO THE 1536 00:55:44,574 --> 00:55:46,409 POINT REGARDING THE CHALLENGES 1537 00:55:46,409 --> 00:55:47,677 OF DIVERSION, GOLD STANDARD AND 1538 00:55:47,677 --> 00:55:50,714 ALL THAT TALK. WELL, RECOGNIZING 1539 00:55:50,714 --> 00:55:51,414 THOSE CHALLENGES, WHY WE'RE HERE 1540 00:55:51,414 --> 00:55:52,849 TODAY. THIS IS WHY WE'RE 1541 00:55:52,849 --> 00:55:55,051 UPDATING THIS BILL. THIS IS THE 1542 00:55:55,051 --> 00:55:59,155 REASON WHY THIS COMMITTEE GOT 1543 00:55:59,155 --> 00:56:00,290 THE PDA, THE PURPOSE AND DIGNITY 1544 00:56:00,290 --> 00:56:02,659 IN ACTION CONTRACT SHIFTED FROM 1545 00:56:02,659 --> 00:56:04,627 FROM HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT 1546 00:56:04,627 --> 00:56:05,328 TO THE CARE DEPARTMENT. SO NOW 1547 00:56:05,328 --> 00:56:07,997 IT FALLS UNDER OUR COMMITTEE. 1548 00:56:07,997 --> 00:56:10,433 THIS IS A STEP BY STEP PROCESS. 1549 00:56:10,433 --> 00:56:11,501 IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT. AND IT 1550 00:56:11,501 --> 00:56:13,603 KIND OF GOES TO THE IDEA THAT WE 1551 00:56:13,603 --> 00:56:16,673 SHOULD BE ALWAYS STRIVING FOR 1552 00:56:16,673 --> 00:56:19,008 THAT GOLD STANDARD AND TO 1553 00:56:19,008 --> 00:56:21,044 CONSTANTLY BE LOOKING TO IMPROVE 1554 00:56:21,044 --> 00:56:21,678 IT, AND TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE 1555 00:56:21,678 --> 00:56:24,114 POINTS THAT THAT I NOTED 1556 00:56:24,114 --> 00:56:28,084 ALREADY. AND ONE LAST THING I'LL 1557 00:56:28,084 --> 00:56:30,286 SAY TOO, BECAUSE I SAID IT 1558 00:56:30,286 --> 00:56:30,920 YESTERDAY IN INTERVIEWS THAT I 1559 00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:34,591 HAD, I DO SUPPORT CHIEF BARNES. 1560 00:56:34,591 --> 00:56:35,792 I THINK CHIEF BARNES IS A GREAT 1561 00:56:35,792 --> 00:56:37,861 POLICE CHIEF FOR OUR CITY AND 1562 00:56:37,861 --> 00:56:39,696 FOR THE UNIQUE ASPECTS OF OUR 1563 00:56:39,696 --> 00:56:41,898 CITY. AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS 1564 00:56:41,898 --> 00:56:42,766 IN TEXAS SUPPORTING TWO PEOPLE 1565 00:56:42,766 --> 00:56:44,067 FROM COMMUNITY, GETTING AWARDS 1566 00:56:44,067 --> 00:56:46,903 FROM A NATIONAL BLACK LAW 1567 00:56:46,903 --> 00:56:47,504 ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION GROUP 1568 00:56:47,504 --> 00:56:50,106 SHOWS HIS LEADERSHIP. SO I 1569 00:56:50,106 --> 00:56:51,641 RECOGNIZE THAT AS A TOPIC TODAY. 1570 00:56:51,641 --> 00:56:54,644 BUT AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, I 1571 00:56:54,644 --> 00:56:55,779 DO SUPPORT CHIEF BARNES, AND 1572 00:56:55,779 --> 00:56:56,613 I'VE SAID SO IN INTERVIEWS 1573 00:56:56,613 --> 00:56:58,047 TODAY. AND NO DOUBT IN THE 1574 00:56:58,047 --> 00:57:00,016 INTERVIEWS I HAVE THIS 1575 00:57:00,016 --> 00:57:00,683 AFTERNOON, I'LL BE SAYING THE 1576 00:57:00,683 --> 00:57:03,052 SAME THING AGAIN. SO THANK YOU 1577 00:57:03,052 --> 00:57:04,888 FOR EVERYONE FOR THOSE COMMENTS. 1578 00:57:04,888 --> 00:57:07,257 I LISTEN AND I WROTE DOWN 1579 00:57:07,257 --> 00:57:10,160 STARRED MANY TO TO INCLUDE 1580 00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:13,163 DEVIN, JULIA, JOE AND OTHERS AS 1581 00:57:13,163 --> 00:57:15,265 WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE 1582 00:57:15,265 --> 00:57:16,900 COMMENTS AND REMEMBER, THE 1583 00:57:16,900 --> 00:57:18,101 PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO EITHER 1584 00:57:18,101 --> 00:57:19,068 SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON 1585 00:57:19,068 --> 00:57:20,170 THE SIGN UP CARDS AVAILABLE AT 1586 00:57:20,170 --> 00:57:25,008 THE PODIUM, OR EMAIL US AT 1587 00:57:25,008 --> 00:57:26,409 COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. RECOMMEND 1588 00:57:26,409 --> 00:57:27,911 USING YOUR OWN PERSONAL ONE, NOT 1589 00:57:27,911 --> 00:57:30,647 SOME OF THESE AGGREGATOR GROUPS. 1590 00:57:30,647 --> 00:57:31,581 OKAY, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR 1591 00:57:31,581 --> 00:57:33,216 FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE 1592 00:57:33,216 --> 00:57:34,717 CLERK PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM 1593 00:57:34,717 --> 00:57:35,752 ONE INTO THE RECORD. 1594 00:57:35,752 --> 00:57:39,956 -- COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 1248. 1595 00:57:39,956 --> 00:57:41,758 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 1596 00:57:41,758 --> 00:57:42,392 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. UPDATING 1597 00:57:42,392 --> 00:57:43,560 CITY POLICY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT 1598 00:57:43,560 --> 00:57:45,261 OF CRIMES OF THE CRIMES OF 1599 00:57:45,261 --> 00:57:46,129 KNOWING POSSESSION AND THE USE 1600 00:57:46,129 --> 00:57:49,232 OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. 1601 00:57:49,232 --> 00:57:51,167 AMENDING SECTION 3.28.14, ONE OF 1602 00:57:51,167 --> 00:57:53,002 THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND 1603 00:57:53,002 --> 00:57:56,072 REPEALING SECTION FOUR OF 1604 00:57:56,072 --> 00:57:57,674 ORDINANCE 126896. 1605 00:57:57,674 --> 00:57:58,341 -- I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. DOSS 1606 00:57:58,341 --> 00:57:59,676 FROM CENTRAL STAFF TO COME UP, 1607 00:57:59,676 --> 00:58:03,079 BUT NOT JUST HIM. I WOULD LIKE 1608 00:58:03,079 --> 00:58:04,948 TO ALSO INVITE CAPTAIN GARTH 1609 00:58:04,948 --> 00:58:05,782 GREEN FROM WEST PRECINCT AND 1610 00:58:05,782 --> 00:58:07,383 MISS SMITH FROM SEATTLE POLICE 1611 00:58:07,383 --> 00:58:08,785 DEPARTMENT. ASSISTANT CHIEF 1612 00:58:08,785 --> 00:58:10,320 BROWN, YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO 1613 00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:14,457 JOIN. AND LASTLY FROM PDA, MR. 1614 00:58:14,457 --> 00:58:21,231 WOLF. SAM WOLF, PLEASE JOIN US. 1615 00:58:21,231 --> 00:58:24,133 COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO GO 1616 00:58:24,133 --> 00:58:25,535 INTO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE 1617 00:58:25,535 --> 00:58:27,604 BILL FROM THE PDA PERSPECTIVE, 1618 00:58:27,604 --> 00:58:30,740 SPD AND SO FORTH. BUT AHEAD OF 1619 00:58:30,740 --> 00:58:32,175 THAT, I DO WANT TO LOOK TO MOVE 1620 00:58:32,175 --> 00:58:35,645 THIS BILL. SO I WANTED TO SAY I 1621 00:58:35,645 --> 00:58:36,379 MOVED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF 1622 00:58:36,379 --> 00:58:38,014 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 1623 00:58:38,014 --> 00:58:41,618 FOUR, EIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND. 1624 00:58:41,618 --> 00:58:42,051 -- SECOND, SECOND? 1625 00:58:42,051 --> 00:58:44,220 -- IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 1626 00:58:44,220 --> 00:58:46,589 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL. 1627 00:58:46,589 --> 00:58:47,257 SO WE'LL START A DISCUSSION OF 1628 00:58:47,257 --> 00:58:48,124 THE BILL OVERALL, AND THEN WE'LL 1629 00:58:48,124 --> 00:58:50,660 GO INTO OUR THREE AMENDMENTS. 1630 00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:54,063 OKAY. MR. DOSS, CAN YOU JUST DO 1631 00:58:54,063 --> 00:58:55,365 A QUICK UPDATE ON THE BILL AND 1632 00:58:55,365 --> 00:58:57,166 PROBABLY SAVE MOST OF YOUR 1633 00:58:57,166 --> 00:58:59,035 ADDRESSING TO THE AMENDMENTS IN 1634 00:58:59,035 --> 00:59:00,036 MORE DETAIL. BUT SINCE YOU SPOKE 1635 00:59:00,036 --> 00:59:02,038 TO IT LAST TIME, LIKE JUST A 1636 00:59:02,038 --> 00:59:03,039 QUICK REFRESHER AND THEN WE'LL 1637 00:59:03,039 --> 00:59:05,008 JUST WORK OURSELVES DOWN THE 1638 00:59:05,008 --> 00:59:08,811 LINE FROM YOU, MR. WOLF. AND 1639 00:59:08,811 --> 00:59:09,078 THEN SPD. 1640 00:59:09,078 --> 00:59:10,580 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FOR THE 1641 00:59:10,580 --> 00:59:12,815 RECORD, GREG DOSS COUNCIL 1642 00:59:12,815 --> 00:59:14,450 CENTRAL STAFF, WE'LL BE 1643 00:59:14,450 --> 00:59:15,051 DISCUSSING TODAY COUNCIL BILL 1644 00:59:15,051 --> 00:59:16,286 ONE TWO, ONE, TWO, FOUR, EIGHT 1645 00:59:16,286 --> 00:59:19,889 AND THREE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS 1646 00:59:19,889 --> 00:59:22,725 TO THE BILL. AND I WILL SAVE 1647 00:59:22,725 --> 00:59:25,962 FURTHER EXPLANATION FOR LATER. 1648 00:59:25,962 --> 00:59:30,366 -- THANK YOU 1649 00:59:30,366 --> 00:59:30,600 -- YES. 1650 00:59:30,600 --> 00:59:33,069 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. SAM WOLF WITH 1651 00:59:33,069 --> 00:59:33,803 PURPOSE. DIGNITY, ACTION. MY 1652 00:59:33,803 --> 00:59:36,139 ROLE AS THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY 1653 00:59:36,139 --> 00:59:37,206 POLICY DIRECTOR. THANKS FOR 1654 00:59:37,206 --> 00:59:37,507 HAVING ME. 1655 00:59:37,507 --> 00:59:39,609 -- THANK YOU 1656 00:59:39,609 --> 00:59:43,680 -- I'M MARK GERSTEIN, I'M THE 1657 00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:44,180 WEST PRECINCT CAPTAIN. 1658 00:59:44,180 --> 00:59:46,115 -- HELLO, I'M SARAH SMITH, 1659 00:59:46,115 --> 00:59:47,483 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF 1660 00:59:47,483 --> 00:59:51,287 OPERATING OFFICER. AND I HELP 1661 00:59:51,287 --> 00:59:51,754 WITH OUR LEGISLATION. 1662 00:59:51,754 --> 00:59:52,088 -- THANK YOU. 1663 00:59:52,088 --> 00:59:53,690 -- I AM ROB BROWN. I'M THE CHIEF 1664 00:59:53,690 --> 00:59:55,358 OF PATROL OPERATIONS FOR SEATTLE 1665 00:59:55,358 --> 00:59:55,592 POLICE. 1666 00:59:55,592 --> 00:59:56,592 -- THANK YOU, CHIEF BROWN. OKAY, 1667 00:59:56,592 --> 00:59:57,994 WHY DON'T WE START? SINCE WE 1668 00:59:57,994 --> 01:00:00,763 KIND OF CAME THIS WAY, LET'S 1669 01:00:00,763 --> 01:00:02,398 START WITH PDA AND SPEAK TO THE 1670 01:00:02,398 --> 01:00:03,700 BILL. SPEAK TO THE ISSUES AS YOU 1671 01:00:03,700 --> 01:00:07,470 SEE IT FROM PDA. AND REALLY, YOU 1672 01:00:07,470 --> 01:00:09,439 KNOW, LOOK TO ADDRESS ALSO ANY 1673 01:00:09,439 --> 01:00:12,108 POINTS THAT WERE MADE DURING 1674 01:00:12,108 --> 01:00:13,009 PUBLIC COMMENT THAT COULD BE 1675 01:00:13,009 --> 01:00:15,311 HELPFUL TO AND COLLEAGUES, WE'LL 1676 01:00:15,311 --> 01:00:16,913 DO THE PDA PIECE FIRST. AND THEN 1677 01:00:16,913 --> 01:00:18,815 IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS RELATED 1678 01:00:18,815 --> 01:00:23,953 TO PDA, WE'LL START THERE MR. 1679 01:00:23,953 --> 01:00:24,153 WOLF. 1680 01:00:24,153 --> 01:00:26,956 -- OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I THINK 1681 01:00:26,956 --> 01:00:28,524 IN A BROAD SENSE, ECHOING SOME 1682 01:00:28,524 --> 01:00:30,626 OF WHAT SOME OF THE PUBLIC 1683 01:00:30,626 --> 01:00:33,062 COMMENTS SAID, JUST THAT, YOU 1684 01:00:33,062 --> 01:00:34,430 KNOW, SUPPORTING THIS BILL AS I 1685 01:00:34,430 --> 01:00:36,432 THINK A MUCH NEEDED, LIKE 1686 01:00:36,432 --> 01:00:39,335 CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1687 01:00:39,335 --> 01:00:41,871 COORDINATION BETWEEN SPD LAW 1688 01:00:41,871 --> 01:00:42,405 ENFORCEMENT AND DIVERSION 1689 01:00:42,405 --> 01:00:45,441 SERVICES. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED 1690 01:00:45,441 --> 01:00:46,776 A FEW TIMES ABOUT LEAD THIS YEAR 1691 01:00:46,776 --> 01:00:47,877 IN COUNCIL. AND I THINK ONE OF 1692 01:00:47,877 --> 01:00:50,146 THE THINGS THAT I'VE HOPED HAS 1693 01:00:50,146 --> 01:00:54,984 COME ACROSS IS JUST THE THE WAY 1694 01:00:54,984 --> 01:00:57,086 THAT THIS MODEL FOR CASE 1695 01:00:57,086 --> 01:00:57,653 MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL FOR 1696 01:00:57,653 --> 01:01:01,124 INDIVIDUALS TO, YOU KNOW, FIND A 1697 01:01:01,124 --> 01:01:02,792 PATH TO STABILITY, WHATEVER 1698 01:01:02,792 --> 01:01:04,360 THEIR NEEDS ARE. THIS IS 1699 01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:05,828 SOMETHING THAT CAN MEET A WIDE 1700 01:01:05,828 --> 01:01:07,196 VARIETY OF INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. 1701 01:01:07,196 --> 01:01:09,265 WORK WITH THEM. AND WE DID SEE 1702 01:01:09,265 --> 01:01:14,170 AGAIN IN OUR APRIL PRESENTATION, 1703 01:01:14,170 --> 01:01:14,771 A STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN 1704 01:01:14,771 --> 01:01:16,305 EXPOSURE TO LONG TERM CASE 1705 01:01:16,305 --> 01:01:19,475 MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY AND 1706 01:01:19,475 --> 01:01:20,410 OTHER OUTCOMES. THAT IS, OF 1707 01:01:20,410 --> 01:01:23,880 COURSE, NOT THE ENTIRE PICTURE 1708 01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:25,381 OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES IN OUR 1709 01:01:25,381 --> 01:01:26,849 CITY. SO GRATEFUL TO THE WORK 1710 01:01:26,849 --> 01:01:28,751 BEING DONE HERE TO BUILD THAT 1711 01:01:28,751 --> 01:01:29,819 COORDINATION BETWEEN LAW 1712 01:01:29,819 --> 01:01:30,486 ENFORCEMENT, WHO'S DOING 1713 01:01:30,486 --> 01:01:31,721 ANOTHER VERY CRITICAL PIECE OF 1714 01:01:31,721 --> 01:01:33,890 THAT WORK. YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE 1715 01:01:33,890 --> 01:01:35,491 EXAMPLE BEING IN THE THE PROJECT 1716 01:01:35,491 --> 01:01:36,993 HAPPENING IN LITTLE SAIGON RIGHT 1717 01:01:36,993 --> 01:01:39,162 NOW, KIND OF TWO SIDES OF THE 1718 01:01:39,162 --> 01:01:41,297 SAME COIN, CARE FOR A PLACE AND 1719 01:01:41,297 --> 01:01:42,832 CARE FOR A PERSON. AND WHEN WE 1720 01:01:42,832 --> 01:01:43,733 ARE ABLE TO BUILD THESE TWO 1721 01:01:43,733 --> 01:01:46,702 SYSTEMS TO BE HIGHLY INTEGRATED, 1722 01:01:46,702 --> 01:01:48,805 WE CAN SEE THOSE WORK HAND IN 1723 01:01:48,805 --> 01:01:50,973 HAND. SO YEAH, HAPPY TO ANSWER 1724 01:01:50,973 --> 01:01:53,643 ANY QUESTIONS BUT I GUESS WE'LL 1725 01:01:53,643 --> 01:01:53,943 PASS IT TO. 1726 01:01:53,943 --> 01:01:55,311 -- WELL, ACTUALLY WE'LL START 1727 01:01:55,311 --> 01:01:57,046 WE'LL LEAVE CARE FOR PLACE AND 1728 01:01:57,046 --> 01:01:58,681 CARE FOR PERSON. 1729 01:01:58,681 --> 01:01:59,916 -- SORRY, COULD YOU SAY THAT 1730 01:01:59,916 --> 01:02:00,149 AGAIN? 1731 01:02:00,149 --> 01:02:02,018 -- CARE FOR PLACE AND CARE FOR A 1732 01:02:02,018 --> 01:02:04,320 PERSON? YEAH. IT'S ALMOST LIKE 1733 01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:05,888 LOOK OUT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND 1734 01:02:05,888 --> 01:02:07,824 ALSO IN CRISIS AND OUR 1735 01:02:07,824 --> 01:02:08,724 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS. AND, 1736 01:02:08,724 --> 01:02:11,461 AND JUST FOR CLARITY, BECAUSE 1737 01:02:11,461 --> 01:02:12,261 ALL THESE PROJECTS SEEM TO HAVE 1738 01:02:12,261 --> 01:02:13,596 MULTIPLE NAMES, THIS IS ALSO THE 1739 01:02:13,596 --> 01:02:17,400 COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS PROJECT, IN 1740 01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:17,600 PART. 1741 01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:19,635 -- LEAD IS, IS SUPPORTING THE 1742 01:02:19,635 --> 01:02:22,004 COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS PROJECT, THE 1743 01:02:22,004 --> 01:02:23,172 COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS PROJECT IS A 1744 01:02:23,172 --> 01:02:26,075 LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY 1745 01:02:26,075 --> 01:02:27,677 FOCUSED ON PEOPLE EXPERIENCING 1746 01:02:27,677 --> 01:02:28,544 HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS OF COURSE 1747 01:02:28,544 --> 01:02:30,279 HAS A HUGE OVERLAP WITH OUR 1748 01:02:30,279 --> 01:02:31,514 POPULATION. BUT THE WORK THAT 1749 01:02:31,514 --> 01:02:34,517 LEAD DOES WITH SPD IS VERY 1750 01:02:34,517 --> 01:02:35,451 DIRECTLY. PEOPLE WHO HAVE 1751 01:02:35,451 --> 01:02:38,054 CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM EXPOSURE, 1752 01:02:38,054 --> 01:02:39,589 INVOLVEMENT STEMMING FROM 1753 01:02:39,589 --> 01:02:40,223 EXTREME POVERTY OR UNADDRESSED 1754 01:02:40,223 --> 01:02:42,492 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES, 1755 01:02:42,492 --> 01:02:44,427 EXTREMELY HIGH CORRELATION OF 1756 01:02:44,427 --> 01:02:47,630 PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED. WHEN 1757 01:02:47,630 --> 01:02:50,533 REFERRED TO LEAD NOT A 1758 01:02:50,533 --> 01:02:51,067 REQUIREMENT. OUR GOAL IS 1759 01:02:51,067 --> 01:02:51,667 BASICALLY TO WORK WITH FOLKS 1760 01:02:51,667 --> 01:02:52,902 THAT ARE REPEATEDLY COMING UP ON 1761 01:02:52,902 --> 01:02:55,204 SBS'S RADAR, WHO ARE GENERATING 1762 01:02:55,204 --> 01:02:56,739 911 CALLS, AGAIN STEMMING FROM 1763 01:02:56,739 --> 01:02:58,508 EXTREME POVERTY OR UNADDRESSED 1764 01:02:58,508 --> 01:02:59,809 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS. AND 1765 01:02:59,809 --> 01:03:00,777 WORKING WITH THOSE FOLKS TOWARDS 1766 01:03:00,777 --> 01:03:02,378 BEHAVIOR CHANGE. 1767 01:03:02,378 --> 01:03:03,913 -- OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I 1768 01:03:03,913 --> 01:03:05,448 USUALLY START WITH MY VICE 1769 01:03:05,448 --> 01:03:06,716 CHAIR, BUT THE CARE FOR PLACE 1770 01:03:06,716 --> 01:03:08,484 CARE FOR PERSON CAUGHT MY 1771 01:03:08,484 --> 01:03:11,788 ATTENTION. SO I GO TO MY VICE 1772 01:03:11,788 --> 01:03:14,390 CHAIR. NOW, VICE CHAIR SAKA. 1773 01:03:14,390 --> 01:03:17,426 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHAIR, 1774 01:03:17,426 --> 01:03:18,561 NO QUESTIONS. COMMENTS AT THIS 1775 01:03:18,561 --> 01:03:18,761 TIME. 1776 01:03:18,761 --> 01:03:21,564 -- APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. 1777 01:03:21,564 --> 01:03:23,132 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1778 01:03:23,132 --> 01:03:24,333 -- THANK YOU, MR. WOLF. YOU 1779 01:03:24,333 --> 01:03:25,334 HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT HERE TODAY. 1780 01:03:25,334 --> 01:03:27,236 WE'VE HEARD THIS FOR A WHILE. 1781 01:03:27,236 --> 01:03:29,172 I'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2015 AND 1782 01:03:29,172 --> 01:03:34,277 THE CREATION OF NOT ONLY OUR 1783 01:03:34,277 --> 01:03:36,979 ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY 1784 01:03:36,979 --> 01:03:38,815 PARTNERS, BUT THE ISSUE OF, OF 1785 01:03:38,815 --> 01:03:40,516 LEAD AND COLEAD AND STARTED OUT 1786 01:03:40,516 --> 01:03:41,984 AS THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, 1787 01:03:41,984 --> 01:03:44,620 WHICH I USED TO BE A PART OF. SO 1788 01:03:44,620 --> 01:03:46,088 HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO WHAT 1789 01:03:46,088 --> 01:03:48,591 ANDREA SUAREZ SAID? 1790 01:03:48,591 --> 01:03:52,295 -- YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK WHAT 1791 01:03:52,295 --> 01:03:53,696 ANDREA SUAREZ IDENTIFIED IN HER 1792 01:03:53,696 --> 01:03:55,731 PUBLIC COMMENT WAS A PRETTY 1793 01:03:55,731 --> 01:03:58,467 IRREGULAR SITUATION. IT WAS NOT 1794 01:03:58,467 --> 01:04:00,736 A IT WAS NOT A TYPICAL HANDLING 1795 01:04:00,736 --> 01:04:01,270 OF A DIVERSION SITUATION. 1796 01:04:01,270 --> 01:04:02,772 WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MANY 1797 01:04:02,772 --> 01:04:04,207 DETAILS OF THE PERSON. BUT I 1798 01:04:04,207 --> 01:04:06,542 MEAN, OUR RESPONSE FOR THAT 1799 01:04:06,542 --> 01:04:07,143 SITUATION IS GOING TO BE THE 1800 01:04:07,143 --> 01:04:09,078 SAME AS OTHER CLIENTS OF WORKING 1801 01:04:09,078 --> 01:04:10,613 WITH THAT PERSON TOWARDS WHAT 1802 01:04:10,613 --> 01:04:15,551 THEY WILL ACCEPT IN THE MOMENT 1803 01:04:15,551 --> 01:04:16,619 INCLUDING RESOURCES THAT I THINK 1804 01:04:16,619 --> 01:04:18,421 SHE BROUGHT HERE TODAY. THOSE 1805 01:04:18,421 --> 01:04:19,121 ARE ALL ON THE TABLE. OUR GOAL 1806 01:04:19,121 --> 01:04:21,190 IS TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH 1807 01:04:21,190 --> 01:04:22,925 THAT PERSON, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT 1808 01:04:22,925 --> 01:04:25,661 THEIR NEEDS ARE, TO CREATE AN 1809 01:04:25,661 --> 01:04:27,096 INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN FOR THEM. 1810 01:04:27,096 --> 01:04:28,264 THAT PLAN, YOU KNOW, MAY END UP 1811 01:04:28,264 --> 01:04:29,198 GOING TO SOME OF THE OTHER 1812 01:04:29,198 --> 01:04:32,201 PUBLIC COMMENTERS. IF, YOU KNOW, 1813 01:04:32,201 --> 01:04:32,768 IF BATTLEFIELD ADDICTION IS 1814 01:04:32,768 --> 01:04:33,936 SOMETHING THAT THAT PERSON FINDS 1815 01:04:33,936 --> 01:04:34,537 APPROPRIATE AND WANTS TO WORK 1816 01:04:34,537 --> 01:04:38,374 WITH, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY 1817 01:04:38,374 --> 01:04:40,042 THE OUTCOMES, WE WILL WORK WITH 1818 01:04:40,042 --> 01:04:43,412 THAT PERSON TOWARDS ADDRESSING 1819 01:04:43,412 --> 01:04:43,746 THEIR NEEDS. 1820 01:04:43,746 --> 01:04:45,281 -- THANK YOU. 1821 01:04:45,281 --> 01:04:51,387 -- COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS? 1822 01:04:51,387 --> 01:04:54,323 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA THANK 1823 01:04:54,323 --> 01:04:55,725 YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR 1824 01:04:55,725 --> 01:04:59,395 BEING HERE. I THINK, TO BE 1825 01:04:59,395 --> 01:05:00,596 HONEST WITH YOU, PART OF THE THE 1826 01:05:00,596 --> 01:05:03,099 ISSUE HERE SOMETIMES IS WE'RE 1827 01:05:03,099 --> 01:05:06,235 JUST NOT DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB 1828 01:05:06,235 --> 01:05:07,970 PRESENTING THE DATA TO FOLKS. SO 1829 01:05:07,970 --> 01:05:09,705 I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I 1830 01:05:09,705 --> 01:05:11,207 LOOK AT THE QUARTERLY REPORTS 1831 01:05:11,207 --> 01:05:13,643 THAT LEAD IS CURRENTLY SENDING 1832 01:05:13,643 --> 01:05:15,578 US, WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING 1833 01:05:15,578 --> 01:05:17,680 ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THOSE 1834 01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:20,783 REPORTS TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE 1835 01:05:20,783 --> 01:05:22,318 990 PEOPLE ON YOUR DOCKET. I'M 1836 01:05:22,318 --> 01:05:24,186 GOING TO CALL IT A DOCKET. I 1837 01:05:24,186 --> 01:05:25,922 DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO. 1838 01:05:25,922 --> 01:05:27,957 APOLOGIZE FOR. THE REFERENCE, 1839 01:05:27,957 --> 01:05:31,127 BUT ON YOUR LIST. BUT THEN NOT 1840 01:05:31,127 --> 01:05:32,828 KNOWING HOW MANY OF THOSE FOLKS 1841 01:05:32,828 --> 01:05:35,364 ARE IN TREATMENT, HOW MANY LIKE 1842 01:05:35,364 --> 01:05:37,266 WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH FOLKS. 1843 01:05:37,266 --> 01:05:39,235 AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD, WELL, YOU 1844 01:05:39,235 --> 01:05:44,206 KNOW, THERE ARE YOU KNOW, WE 1845 01:05:44,206 --> 01:05:49,211 HAVE THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF 1846 01:05:49,211 --> 01:05:50,212 CONFIDENTIALITY WITH INFORMATION 1847 01:05:50,212 --> 01:05:51,847 THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ABLE TO 1848 01:05:51,847 --> 01:05:53,649 SHARE. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING 1849 01:05:53,649 --> 01:05:56,152 BETWEEN JUST KNOWING YOU HAVE 1850 01:05:56,152 --> 01:05:59,255 990 PEOPLE AND I DON'T NEED TO 1851 01:05:59,255 --> 01:06:00,589 KNOW FOLKS NAMES TO KNOW WHAT 1852 01:06:00,589 --> 01:06:01,257 HAPPENED TO THESE FOLKS AND HOW 1853 01:06:01,257 --> 01:06:04,593 MANY ARE IN TREATMENT. AND YOU 1854 01:06:04,593 --> 01:06:06,562 KNOW, WHAT EXTRA DO THEY NEED? 1855 01:06:06,562 --> 01:06:08,130 OR SO THERE'S A LEVEL OF A LACK 1856 01:06:08,130 --> 01:06:11,567 OF INFORMATION THAT WE GET THAT 1857 01:06:11,567 --> 01:06:12,735 YOU MAY HAVE BECAUSE YOU'RE 1858 01:06:12,735 --> 01:06:15,004 DOING THE WORK, BUT BUT THE 1859 01:06:15,004 --> 01:06:17,006 PUBLIC WRIT LARGE AND WE MIGHT 1860 01:06:17,006 --> 01:06:20,009 NOT KNOW. AND SO I THINK AND AS 1861 01:06:20,009 --> 01:06:23,412 FAR AS WE SHOULD BE HAVING 1862 01:06:23,412 --> 01:06:26,248 DATABASES OR MORE ROBUST 1863 01:06:26,248 --> 01:06:27,383 INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE, 1864 01:06:27,383 --> 01:06:29,652 THAT REALLY SHOWS WHERE PEOPLE 1865 01:06:29,652 --> 01:06:32,054 ARE, WHERE THOSE 900 PEOPLE ARE 1866 01:06:32,054 --> 01:06:34,890 IN THE SYSTEM. AND THEN AND 1867 01:06:34,890 --> 01:06:35,791 ADDING TO THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S 1868 01:06:35,791 --> 01:06:38,494 JUST A MOMENT IN TIME, I THINK 1869 01:06:38,494 --> 01:06:41,998 THAT WOULD BE NOT JUST VALUABLE, 1870 01:06:41,998 --> 01:06:45,368 BUT CRITICAL. AND SO I'M GOING 1871 01:06:45,368 --> 01:06:46,235 TO CONTINUE TO BRING THIS UP 1872 01:06:46,235 --> 01:06:47,269 BECAUSE, SAM, YOU AND I HAVE HAD 1873 01:06:47,269 --> 01:06:48,471 MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS. 1874 01:06:48,471 --> 01:06:49,905 I'VE TALKED TO LISA ABOUT THIS. 1875 01:06:49,905 --> 01:06:53,275 I, I JUST AND, AND IF WE CAN'T 1876 01:06:53,275 --> 01:06:56,345 GET THAT INFO, PAINT, NOT 1877 01:06:56,345 --> 01:06:56,879 PAINTING A BETTER PICTURE 1878 01:06:56,879 --> 01:06:58,147 BECAUSE PAINTING A PICTURE MEANS 1879 01:06:58,147 --> 01:06:59,115 LIKE, WE'RE MAKING THINGS UP. I 1880 01:06:59,115 --> 01:07:00,282 DON'T WANT US TO BE MAKING 1881 01:07:00,282 --> 01:07:02,818 THINGS UP, BUT IN AS FAR AS WE 1882 01:07:02,818 --> 01:07:04,820 CAN GET, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL 1883 01:07:04,820 --> 01:07:07,256 INFORMATION OUT THERE TO REALLY 1884 01:07:07,256 --> 01:07:10,226 SHOW WHAT IS HAPPENING TO 1885 01:07:10,226 --> 01:07:12,061 INDIVIDUALS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO 1886 01:07:12,061 --> 01:07:14,363 GET FOLKS TO COME TO CHAMBERS OR 1887 01:07:14,363 --> 01:07:15,197 EMAILS, ET CETERA., TO SAY LIKE, 1888 01:07:15,197 --> 01:07:16,966 WHAT IS LEAD DO? HOW ARE WE 1889 01:07:16,966 --> 01:07:20,603 HELPING THESE INDIVIDUALS? AND I 1890 01:07:20,603 --> 01:07:23,372 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DID A 1891 01:07:23,372 --> 01:07:25,708 PRESENTATION BEFORE IN CHAMBERS 1892 01:07:25,708 --> 01:07:28,077 A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT I JUST 1893 01:07:28,077 --> 01:07:29,779 STILL DIDN'T GET THAT LEVEL OF 1894 01:07:29,779 --> 01:07:31,080 INFORMATION THAT I THINK IS 1895 01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:33,816 NEEDED. I NEED TO KNOW, ARE 1896 01:07:33,816 --> 01:07:36,385 PEOPLE GETTING TREATMENT? ARE WE 1897 01:07:36,385 --> 01:07:38,254 ACTUALLY HELPING PEOPLE? LIKE 1898 01:07:38,254 --> 01:07:40,322 NOT JUST DIVERTING PEOPLE, BUT 1899 01:07:40,322 --> 01:07:42,057 ACTUALLY HELPING THEM? I MEAN, 1900 01:07:42,057 --> 01:07:43,692 DIVERTING THEM TO ACTUAL HELP 1901 01:07:43,692 --> 01:07:44,326 THAT THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING 1902 01:07:44,326 --> 01:07:45,795 THAT THEY'RE PLUGGED INTO 1903 01:07:45,795 --> 01:07:47,196 TREATMENT, THAT THEY HAVE 1904 01:07:47,196 --> 01:07:48,664 HOUSING, THAT THEY HAVE JOBS. 1905 01:07:48,664 --> 01:07:50,466 LIKE, I DO NOT KNOW ANY OF THIS 1906 01:07:50,466 --> 01:07:54,970 INFORMATION. AND SO I'M JUST 1907 01:07:54,970 --> 01:07:56,872 GOING TO KEEP LIFTING UP THIS 1908 01:07:56,872 --> 01:07:59,041 REQUEST BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S 1909 01:07:59,041 --> 01:08:00,609 REALLY ESSENTIAL. IT'S CRITICAL. 1910 01:08:00,609 --> 01:08:02,244 AND, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO 1911 01:08:02,244 --> 01:08:04,680 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS, WE 1912 01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:08,317 JUST NEED THIS LEVEL OF, OF 1913 01:08:08,317 --> 01:08:09,652 DETAIL AND INFORMATION. AND 1914 01:08:09,652 --> 01:08:11,320 AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT 1915 01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:12,588 HAPPENING. I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE 1916 01:08:12,588 --> 01:08:14,623 NOT GETTING THAT LEVEL OF 1917 01:08:14,623 --> 01:08:15,958 INFORMATION. SO THANK YOU, 1918 01:08:15,958 --> 01:08:17,026 CHAIR. 1919 01:08:17,026 --> 01:08:19,728 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER 1920 01:08:19,728 --> 01:08:21,130 RIVERA, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 1921 01:08:21,130 --> 01:08:23,833 BEING HERE, MR. WOLF. AND LEAD, 1922 01:08:23,833 --> 01:08:25,401 AS YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE IN 1923 01:08:25,401 --> 01:08:27,069 DIVERSION, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT 1924 01:08:27,069 --> 01:08:28,938 IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. AND 1925 01:08:28,938 --> 01:08:30,739 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DRIVES 1926 01:08:30,739 --> 01:08:32,007 THIS IS THAT AS I LOOK AT 1927 01:08:32,007 --> 01:08:33,209 WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR STREETS 1928 01:08:33,209 --> 01:08:34,844 AND WITH THE PUBLIC DRUG MARKETS 1929 01:08:34,844 --> 01:08:36,745 AND SO FORTH, AND I INTERACT 1930 01:08:36,745 --> 01:08:38,013 WITH POLICE OFFICERS AND SO 1931 01:08:38,013 --> 01:08:39,648 FORTH, THERE'S TWO MAIN ISSUES 1932 01:08:39,648 --> 01:08:43,452 THAT WE HAVE. ONE IS THEIR 1933 01:08:43,452 --> 01:08:44,420 CONFIDENCE IN THE DIVERSION 1934 01:08:44,420 --> 01:08:45,788 PROGRAM, AND TWO, MEDICAL 1935 01:08:45,788 --> 01:08:47,590 DECLINES AND THEIR LACK OF 1936 01:08:47,590 --> 01:08:50,192 CONFIDENCE IN KCJ HEALTH. SO 1937 01:08:50,192 --> 01:08:51,427 THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY I'M 1938 01:08:51,427 --> 01:08:54,063 TACKLING THIS. YOU KNOW, IN 1939 01:08:54,063 --> 01:08:55,965 TERMS OF OUR ROLE AS OVERSIGHT 1940 01:08:55,965 --> 01:08:57,433 AND THE COMMUNITY. SO WITH THE 1941 01:08:57,433 --> 01:08:58,734 BELIEF IN DIVERSIONS, LIKE, SO 1942 01:08:58,734 --> 01:09:01,070 HOW CAN WE DO THINGS BETTER? AND 1943 01:09:01,070 --> 01:09:02,738 FOR, FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE? 1944 01:09:02,738 --> 01:09:03,839 THAT'S THE REASON WHY THIS BILL 1945 01:09:03,839 --> 01:09:05,808 HAS A LOT OF DATA COLLECTS. WE 1946 01:09:05,808 --> 01:09:06,775 STARTED THIS OFF AGAIN, 1947 01:09:06,775 --> 01:09:08,477 NOTHING'S BY ACCIDENT IN 1948 01:09:08,477 --> 01:09:10,246 JANUARY, FEBRUARY WITH OIG. AND 1949 01:09:10,246 --> 01:09:11,347 THEY COULDN'T REALLY PRESENT ON 1950 01:09:11,347 --> 01:09:12,815 THEIR REVIEW BECAUSE THERE WAS 1951 01:09:12,815 --> 01:09:16,252 NO DATA. THEY HAD SOME 1952 01:09:16,252 --> 01:09:17,887 INTERVIEWS, WHICH WAS HELPFUL. 1953 01:09:17,887 --> 01:09:19,388 AND THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED 1954 01:09:19,388 --> 01:09:20,322 SOME OF THE CHALLENGES BECAUSE 1955 01:09:20,322 --> 01:09:21,590 AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYBODY 1956 01:09:21,590 --> 01:09:26,195 SHOULD BE GOING BE DIVERTED OR 1957 01:09:26,195 --> 01:09:27,763 TO JAIL. AND SOMETIMES JAIL 1958 01:09:27,763 --> 01:09:28,831 HELPS IN DIVERSION. YOU KNOW, AS 1959 01:09:28,831 --> 01:09:30,933 NOTED IN SOME OF THE PUBLIC 1960 01:09:30,933 --> 01:09:33,435 COMMENT. SO THESE ARE THE THE 1961 01:09:33,435 --> 01:09:35,337 RATIONALE AND THE PUSH THAT 1962 01:09:35,337 --> 01:09:36,539 WE'RE DOING FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE 1963 01:09:36,539 --> 01:09:38,040 WITH PDA. AND THIS IS THE 1964 01:09:38,040 --> 01:09:38,741 ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO 1965 01:09:38,741 --> 01:09:39,909 HAVE THAT I DON'T THINK WAS 1966 01:09:39,909 --> 01:09:41,544 REALLY BEING DONE BEFORE, BUT 1967 01:09:41,544 --> 01:09:42,177 IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE 1968 01:09:42,177 --> 01:09:43,512 DONE NOW IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY 1969 01:09:43,512 --> 01:09:46,081 SIDE OF THINGS, BECAUSE OF THE 1970 01:09:46,081 --> 01:09:47,249 SEEM TO COME BACK TO THAT. 1971 01:09:47,249 --> 01:09:53,189 THAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR SPD. I 1972 01:09:53,189 --> 01:09:54,456 GUESS, MISS SMITH, TO START, YOU 1973 01:09:54,456 --> 01:09:56,292 KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS 1974 01:09:56,292 --> 01:09:58,227 REGARDING THE BILL, YOU CAN JUST 1975 01:09:58,227 --> 01:09:59,828 YOU CAN COMMENT ON WHAT I JUST 1976 01:09:59,828 --> 01:10:02,998 SAID OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT JUST 1977 01:10:02,998 --> 01:10:04,900 SOME INTRODUCTORY POINTS. OH, 1978 01:10:04,900 --> 01:10:08,771 OH, SORRY. BEFORE YOU DO THAT, 1979 01:10:08,771 --> 01:10:10,573 CAN COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ A QUICK 1980 01:10:10,573 --> 01:10:10,873 FOLLOW UP. 1981 01:10:10,873 --> 01:10:11,507 -- I APOLOGIZE. I HAD MY LITTLE 1982 01:10:11,507 --> 01:10:12,207 HAND UP. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW 1983 01:10:12,207 --> 01:10:14,076 IT, BUT THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU 1984 01:10:14,076 --> 01:10:15,511 FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE 1985 01:10:15,511 --> 01:10:16,512 INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED. I JUST 1986 01:10:16,512 --> 01:10:18,213 WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND 1987 01:10:18,213 --> 01:10:21,050 THAT. AND I'M NOT I'M A BIT 1988 01:10:21,050 --> 01:10:21,584 SKEPTICAL OF THIS ENFIELD 1989 01:10:21,584 --> 01:10:23,285 DIVERSION, QUITE FRANKLY. I KNOW 1990 01:10:23,285 --> 01:10:25,654 THAT THERE'S IN COURT DIVERSION, 1991 01:10:25,654 --> 01:10:26,722 AND I KNOW THAT ONCE PEOPLE ARE 1992 01:10:26,722 --> 01:10:28,190 ARRESTED AND THEY'RE IN JAIL 1993 01:10:28,190 --> 01:10:29,592 AND THEY GET SOBER AND THEY'RE 1994 01:10:29,592 --> 01:10:30,693 OF THEIR RIGHT MIND. AND BEING A 1995 01:10:30,693 --> 01:10:33,128 FORMER JUDGE, THAT PEOPLE ARE 1996 01:10:33,128 --> 01:10:34,463 MORE LIKELY TO WANT TO COURT 1997 01:10:34,463 --> 01:10:35,798 SAYS WHEN YOU COME OUT AND 1998 01:10:35,798 --> 01:10:37,099 DIVERT, WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN 1999 01:10:37,099 --> 01:10:39,735 THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM, TO ME, 2000 01:10:39,735 --> 01:10:40,636 AND AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN A 2001 01:10:40,636 --> 01:10:43,205 WHILE. AND TO COUNCILMEMBER 2002 01:10:43,205 --> 01:10:45,874 RIVERA'S POINT, WITHOUT SOME 2003 01:10:45,874 --> 01:10:46,542 DATA, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS 2004 01:10:46,542 --> 01:10:48,711 MORE SUCCESSFUL. IF IT'S IN 2005 01:10:48,711 --> 01:10:51,313 COURT OR IN FIELD, I DON'T I 2006 01:10:51,313 --> 01:10:52,781 STILL AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH 2007 01:10:52,781 --> 01:10:54,783 THIS WARM HANDOFF THING, BECAUSE 2008 01:10:54,783 --> 01:10:56,452 I THINK THAT'S A MADE UP TERM. 2009 01:10:56,452 --> 01:10:57,686 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT 2010 01:10:57,686 --> 01:10:58,988 MEANS WHEN YOU REALLY THINK 2011 01:10:58,988 --> 01:11:01,457 ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY WHAT WE'VE 2012 01:11:01,457 --> 01:11:03,959 SEEN POST 2020. SO YOU'RE 2013 01:11:03,959 --> 01:11:04,994 TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO WAS 2014 01:11:04,994 --> 01:11:06,028 AROUND WHERE, WHEN WE THOUGHT WE 2015 01:11:06,028 --> 01:11:08,297 WERE GETTING A NORTH PRECINCT IN 2016 01:11:08,297 --> 01:11:09,598 2015, AND THEY DID BLOCK THE 2017 01:11:09,598 --> 01:11:10,699 BUNKER AND THEN THEY SAID, STOP 2018 01:11:10,699 --> 01:11:13,569 THE SWEEPS AND DEFUND THE POLICE 2019 01:11:13,569 --> 01:11:14,603 AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT JUST 2020 01:11:14,603 --> 01:11:16,372 WENT ON. SO THE ACCUMULATION OF 2021 01:11:16,372 --> 01:11:17,506 ALL THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT 2022 01:11:17,506 --> 01:11:21,944 TODAY. AND SO I WAS HERE WHEN WE 2023 01:11:21,944 --> 01:11:24,780 WHEN I WATCHED THE LEAD PROGRAM 2024 01:11:24,780 --> 01:11:26,048 BEGIN AND DOUBLED THEIR BUDGET, 2025 01:11:26,048 --> 01:11:29,051 TRIPLED THEIR BUDGET, ADDED ON 2026 01:11:29,051 --> 01:11:31,453 COLEAD SATELLITE OFFICES. WHEN 2027 01:11:31,453 --> 01:11:35,157 WE CREATED CHIEF BARDEN POSITION 2028 01:11:35,157 --> 01:11:37,026 AND OF COURSE, WAS THERE WHEN WE 2029 01:11:37,026 --> 01:11:38,627 HIRED AND WAS ON THE HIRING TEAM 2030 01:11:38,627 --> 01:11:40,029 FOR THE OIG, THE OFFICE OF 2031 01:11:40,029 --> 01:11:42,064 INSPECTOR GENERAL. SO YOU'RE 2032 01:11:42,064 --> 01:11:43,799 TALKING TO SOMEBODY THAT'S KIND 2033 01:11:43,799 --> 01:11:45,234 OF BEEN AROUND AND GETTING BACK 2034 01:11:45,234 --> 01:11:47,036 TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA POINT. I 2035 01:11:47,036 --> 01:11:48,871 DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE A 2036 01:11:48,871 --> 01:11:50,139 DASHBOARD, ANYTHING IN FRONT OF 2037 01:11:50,139 --> 01:11:52,941 ME THAT SAYS, HERE'S THE DATA 2038 01:11:52,941 --> 01:11:54,777 THAT WE USE TO SHOW THAT WHEN WE 2039 01:11:54,777 --> 01:11:58,781 DO DIVERSION THROUGH PDA, I'M 2040 01:11:58,781 --> 01:11:59,515 STILL GOING TO CALL IT PDA, NOT 2041 01:11:59,515 --> 01:12:04,553 WHAT YOU GUYS CALL IT. NOW THAT 2042 01:12:04,553 --> 01:12:05,654 TO TELL ME WHAT COMES IN AND 2043 01:12:05,654 --> 01:12:07,823 WHAT GOES OUT AND IF THAT'S 2044 01:12:07,823 --> 01:12:08,457 SUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE EVERY BUDGET 2045 01:12:08,457 --> 01:12:10,726 CYCLE, YOU COME BACK FOR MORE 2046 01:12:10,726 --> 01:12:12,061 MONEY. AND EVERY TIME WE ASK 2047 01:12:12,061 --> 01:12:13,429 THESE THINGS AND WE DON'T GET 2048 01:12:13,429 --> 01:12:16,131 THEM. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE 2049 01:12:16,131 --> 01:12:17,166 HEARD OVER AND OVER AND OVER, 2050 01:12:17,166 --> 01:12:18,467 AND I'VE SEEN IT IN MY FAMILY 2051 01:12:18,467 --> 01:12:20,069 AND EVERYWHERE, PARTICULARLY IN 2052 01:12:20,069 --> 01:12:22,337 INDIAN COUNTRY, PEOPLE WHO ARE 2053 01:12:22,337 --> 01:12:23,472 IN ADDICTION, IN SOBRIETY AND 2054 01:12:23,472 --> 01:12:25,507 FIGHT FOR THAT. SO I UNDERSTAND 2055 01:12:25,507 --> 01:12:27,576 THAT COMPONENT, BUT I ALSO 2056 01:12:27,576 --> 01:12:28,811 UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THAT I'VE 2057 01:12:28,811 --> 01:12:29,411 BEEN TAUGHT AND WATCHED, AND 2058 01:12:29,411 --> 01:12:31,613 I'M GLAD IT WAS ARTICULATED 2059 01:12:31,613 --> 01:12:33,782 HERE MANY TIMES. YES, YOU SHOULD 2060 01:12:33,782 --> 01:12:34,950 HAVE EMPATHY, BUT IT SHOULD BE 2061 01:12:34,950 --> 01:12:37,086 AN EQUAL PARTS ACCOUNTABILITY. 2062 01:12:37,086 --> 01:12:38,654 ASKING PEOPLE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE 2063 01:12:38,654 --> 01:12:40,522 DOESN'T MAKE YOU RACIST, 2064 01:12:40,522 --> 01:12:42,458 DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T 2065 01:12:42,458 --> 01:12:44,393 CARE. YOU'RE TELLING ME THOSE 2066 01:12:44,393 --> 01:12:46,495 SHOULD BE AN EQUAL PARTS 2067 01:12:46,495 --> 01:12:48,664 EMPATHY. YES. ACCOUNTABILITY. 2068 01:12:48,664 --> 01:12:50,199 YES. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW PEOPLE 2069 01:12:50,199 --> 01:12:53,102 WHO YOU LOVE ARE AROUND HOW THEY 2070 01:12:53,102 --> 01:12:55,871 GET WELL. SO I AM NOT, YOU KNOW, 2071 01:12:55,871 --> 01:12:56,438 MAYBE I'M NOT PROGRESSIVE 2072 01:12:56,438 --> 01:12:58,440 ENOUGH. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 2073 01:12:58,440 --> 01:12:59,074 I'M JUST OLD AND I'VE JUST 2074 01:12:59,074 --> 01:13:01,076 BEEN AROUND. SO I'M REALLY 2075 01:13:01,076 --> 01:13:02,611 STRUGGLING WITH THIS. ENFIELD 2076 01:13:02,611 --> 01:13:04,079 DIVERSION AS AN ALTERNATIVE. AND 2077 01:13:04,079 --> 01:13:05,280 SOMEHOW AN OFFICER IS GOING TO 2078 01:13:05,280 --> 01:13:08,283 BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN THAT 2079 01:13:08,283 --> 01:13:08,951 TRANSITION PERIOD. I JUST DON'T 2080 01:13:08,951 --> 01:13:10,419 KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK. 2081 01:13:10,419 --> 01:13:11,854 AND I'LL BE REALLY FRANK WITH 2082 01:13:11,854 --> 01:13:14,223 YOU, CHAIR AND I O. AND CHAIR, 2083 01:13:14,223 --> 01:13:16,091 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHEN WE 2084 01:13:16,091 --> 01:13:16,992 HAD OUR MEETING ON JULY 14th. 2085 01:13:16,992 --> 01:13:17,826 AND WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE 2086 01:13:17,826 --> 01:13:19,128 BILL AND WE WENT THROUGH THE 2087 01:13:19,128 --> 01:13:20,496 QUESTIONS, I REALLY APPRECIATED 2088 01:13:20,496 --> 01:13:21,363 YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE. AND OF 2089 01:13:21,363 --> 01:13:23,298 COURSE, CRAIG, PROVIDING US WITH 2090 01:13:23,298 --> 01:13:24,166 A SUMMARY AND FISCAL NOTE AND 2091 01:13:24,166 --> 01:13:25,934 ALL THE MEMORANDUMS THAT WE 2092 01:13:25,934 --> 01:13:27,536 RECEIVED AND GOING THROUGH WHAT, 2093 01:13:27,536 --> 01:13:30,472 YOU KNOW, THE ENFIELD DIVERSION 2094 01:13:30,472 --> 01:13:33,308 MEANS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE 2095 01:13:33,308 --> 01:13:33,909 STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH YOU WITH 2096 01:13:33,909 --> 01:13:36,912 THAT. SO THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2097 01:13:36,912 --> 01:13:37,479 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2098 01:13:37,479 --> 01:13:44,086 JUAREZ MR. ROFF, YOU DO HAVE AN 2099 01:13:44,086 --> 01:13:46,121 OPPORTUNITY TO. WELL, WE'LL 2100 01:13:46,121 --> 01:13:48,991 SHIFT TO. MR. WOLF, DO YOU WANT 2101 01:13:48,991 --> 01:13:49,658 TO ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE. 2102 01:13:49,658 --> 01:13:51,760 -- TO SAY? YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK 2103 01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:53,629 A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE. ONE 2104 01:13:53,629 --> 01:13:55,164 REGARDING DATA, YOU KNOW, THE 2105 01:13:55,164 --> 01:13:57,466 INTENT OF OUR PRESENTATION BACK 2106 01:13:57,466 --> 01:14:00,903 IN APRIL. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT 2107 01:14:00,903 --> 01:14:01,904 OF A LOT OF DATA WE TALKED ABOUT 2108 01:14:01,904 --> 01:14:03,372 IN THAT PRESENTATION, BUT 2109 01:14:03,372 --> 01:14:04,373 SPECIFICALLY WITH THE LEAD 2110 01:14:04,373 --> 01:14:06,074 CLIENT OUTCOME DATA WAS TO SHOW 2111 01:14:06,074 --> 01:14:08,010 A LITTLE BIT OF A HERE'S WHAT WE 2112 01:14:08,010 --> 01:14:09,978 CAN SEE BETWEEN THE RELATIONSHIP 2113 01:14:09,978 --> 01:14:12,448 OF EXPOSURE TO LONG TERM CASE 2114 01:14:12,448 --> 01:14:13,081 MANAGEMENT AND THOSE OUTCOMES, 2115 01:14:13,081 --> 01:14:14,449 WHICH AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE 2116 01:14:14,449 --> 01:14:17,119 INCLUDE THOSE IN OUR CONTRACT 2117 01:14:17,119 --> 01:14:18,153 REPORTING. BUT I THINK DON'T 2118 01:14:18,153 --> 01:14:18,787 HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME. 2119 01:14:18,787 --> 01:14:21,657 BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COHORT 2120 01:14:21,657 --> 01:14:22,658 THAT WAS HAD EXPOSURE TO LONG 2121 01:14:22,658 --> 01:14:25,093 TERM CASE MANAGEMENT FOR 24 2122 01:14:25,093 --> 01:14:25,994 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRACKING 2123 01:14:25,994 --> 01:14:28,030 THINGS SINCE THE PUBLIC USE 2124 01:14:28,030 --> 01:14:29,164 ORDINANCE WAS ORIGINALLY SIGNED 2125 01:14:29,164 --> 01:14:34,970 INTO LAW, YOU KNOW, 70, 70% OR 2126 01:14:34,970 --> 01:14:37,072 SO MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS 2127 01:14:37,072 --> 01:14:37,706 HAPPENING TO RECOVERY SERVICES 2128 01:14:37,706 --> 01:14:39,641 OF A BROAD VARIETY. I KNOW YOU 2129 01:14:39,641 --> 01:14:40,676 HAD SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL ABOUT 2130 01:14:40,676 --> 01:14:41,877 WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE. WE'D BE 2131 01:14:41,877 --> 01:14:44,046 MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT 2132 01:14:44,046 --> 01:14:46,949 THOSE AGAIN WHAT WORKS FOR THE 2133 01:14:46,949 --> 01:14:48,383 PERSON IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 2134 01:14:48,383 --> 01:14:50,686 CONNECT THEM TO, WHETHER THAT'S 2135 01:14:50,686 --> 01:14:52,621 INPATIENT OR OUTPATIENT, YOU 2136 01:14:52,621 --> 01:14:53,522 KNOW, METHADONE, SUBOXONE, 2137 01:14:53,522 --> 01:14:54,156 FIGURING OUT WHAT'S GOING TO 2138 01:14:54,156 --> 01:14:55,991 WORK FOR THE PERSON THAT THEY 2139 01:14:55,991 --> 01:14:57,826 WILL AYE VOLUNTARILY ACCEPT AND 2140 01:14:57,826 --> 01:14:58,527 BE, WILL BE PART OF A 2141 01:14:58,527 --> 01:15:02,331 SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY PLAN. WE 2142 01:15:02,331 --> 01:15:03,599 HOST THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE 2143 01:15:03,599 --> 01:15:05,400 QUARTERLY REPORT THAT WE 2144 01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:06,768 PUBLISH. WE'LL HOST THAT 2145 01:15:06,768 --> 01:15:07,369 INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AS 2146 01:15:07,369 --> 01:15:08,537 WELL, BUT WOULD BE MORE THAN 2147 01:15:08,537 --> 01:15:10,906 HAPPY TO WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, 2148 01:15:10,906 --> 01:15:12,140 THE COUNCILMEMBERS ON WHAT KIND 2149 01:15:12,140 --> 01:15:13,275 OF DATA YOU'RE LOOKING TO SEE 2150 01:15:13,275 --> 01:15:16,945 AND HOW WE CAN SHOW THAT BETTER. 2151 01:15:16,945 --> 01:15:17,279 -- MR. DOSS. 2152 01:15:17,279 --> 01:15:18,680 -- YEAH, THANK YOU. IF I, IF I 2153 01:15:18,680 --> 01:15:21,416 MIGHT ADD, I WAS TRYING TO 2154 01:15:21,416 --> 01:15:22,584 DISCRETELY POINT OUT A SECTION 2155 01:15:22,584 --> 01:15:26,488 OF THE BILL. SO THERE IS A BILL, 2156 01:15:26,488 --> 01:15:28,290 A SECTION THAT, THAT SAYS THAT 2157 01:15:28,290 --> 01:15:30,225 ANY DIVERSION STRATEGIES IN 2158 01:15:30,225 --> 01:15:31,193 WHICH SPD PARTICIPATES, WHICH IS 2159 01:15:31,193 --> 01:15:32,928 OBVIOUSLY LEAD, MUST BE 2160 01:15:32,928 --> 01:15:35,397 STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT ASSURES 2161 01:15:35,397 --> 01:15:37,132 THERE IS DATA COLLECTED ON 2162 01:15:37,132 --> 01:15:38,834 REFERRALS, PARTICIPATION IN 2163 01:15:38,834 --> 01:15:41,503 TREATMENT AND OUTCOMES, AND 2164 01:15:41,503 --> 01:15:42,905 PARTICIPANT INFORMATION, AND 2165 01:15:42,905 --> 01:15:45,707 THAT THAT DATA MUST BE READILY 2166 01:15:45,707 --> 01:15:48,644 ACCESSIBLE TO CITY DEPARTMENTS 2167 01:15:48,644 --> 01:15:51,280 AND POLICYMAKERS. SO THE BILL 2168 01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:51,914 REQUIRES THE COLLECTION OF THE 2169 01:15:51,914 --> 01:15:52,581 KIND OF DATA YOU'RE YOU'RE 2170 01:15:52,581 --> 01:15:54,416 TALKING ABOUT COUNCILMEMBERS, 2171 01:15:54,416 --> 01:15:56,518 AND IT'S JUST A MATTER THEN OF, 2172 01:15:56,518 --> 01:15:58,620 OF, OF LEAD SOME OF TAKING THAT 2173 01:15:58,620 --> 01:15:59,888 DATA AND, AND ENSURING THAT 2174 01:15:59,888 --> 01:16:00,522 IT'S GETTING TO YOU IN THE 2175 01:16:00,522 --> 01:16:01,857 RIGHT FORM. 2176 01:16:01,857 --> 01:16:02,157 -- WHERE. 2177 01:16:02,157 --> 01:16:03,025 -- WHERE IS THAT IN THE. 2178 01:16:03,025 --> 01:16:09,064 -- SECTION THAT IS IN SECTION 2179 01:16:09,064 --> 01:16:16,772 ONE, IT'S SUBPART FOUR OF OF J 2180 01:16:16,772 --> 01:16:19,374 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. IT'S ON 2181 01:16:19,374 --> 01:16:21,310 PAGE SHOULD BE ON PAGE FIVE. 2182 01:16:21,310 --> 01:16:22,411 -- AND THIS THIS IS A CLEAR 2183 01:16:22,411 --> 01:16:23,879 LESSONS LEARNED THAT'S BEING 2184 01:16:23,879 --> 01:16:26,615 INCORPORATED HERE. AND I 2185 01:16:26,615 --> 01:16:27,683 APPRECIATE THE POINTS RAISED BY 2186 01:16:27,683 --> 01:16:28,583 MY COLLEAGUES TO MY LEFT. AND I 2187 01:16:28,583 --> 01:16:30,052 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I DON'T 2188 01:16:30,052 --> 01:16:31,153 KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN ON 2189 01:16:31,153 --> 01:16:32,521 THE STREET WITH GROUPS TO 2190 01:16:32,521 --> 01:16:34,389 INCLUDE LEAD REPRESENTATIVES, 2191 01:16:34,389 --> 01:16:36,692 BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND 2192 01:16:36,692 --> 01:16:38,760 OF ENGAGEMENT, ENGAGEMENT HERE 2193 01:16:38,760 --> 01:16:41,229 IN OUR OFFICES WOULD BE HELPFUL 2194 01:16:41,229 --> 01:16:42,764 AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO SHOWING 2195 01:16:42,764 --> 01:16:45,100 UP IN CHAMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER 2196 01:16:45,100 --> 01:16:46,268 RIVERA. 2197 01:16:46,268 --> 01:16:47,836 -- THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK 2198 01:16:47,836 --> 01:16:51,974 CHAIR, FOR YOUR. YOU KNOW, DUE 2199 01:16:51,974 --> 01:16:52,841 DILIGENCE ON THIS. AND I KNOW 2200 01:16:52,841 --> 01:16:56,244 THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE THE 2201 01:16:56,244 --> 01:16:58,113 CHAIR RIVERA DUE DILIGENCE. YOU 2202 01:16:58,113 --> 01:17:00,515 CARE ABOUT THE DATA AS MUCH AS 2203 01:17:00,515 --> 01:17:03,785 AS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. AND I 2204 01:17:03,785 --> 01:17:05,220 MAINLY BECAUSE WE DO SUPPORT 2205 01:17:05,220 --> 01:17:06,822 PEOPLE AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET 2206 01:17:06,822 --> 01:17:10,025 BETTER. AND SOMEONE SAID THAT IN 2207 01:17:10,025 --> 01:17:13,195 CHAMBERS, MANY PEOPLE SAID THAT 2208 01:17:13,195 --> 01:17:14,229 IN CHAMBERS BEAUTIFULLY IS, YOU 2209 01:17:14,229 --> 01:17:16,565 KNOW, WE CAN HAVE COMPASSION AND 2210 01:17:16,565 --> 01:17:20,002 WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY TO. I 2211 01:17:20,002 --> 01:17:21,636 WILL SAY, I'D LOVE TO ALSO KNOW 2212 01:17:21,636 --> 01:17:25,474 HOW LEAD INTERACTS WITH OTHER 2213 01:17:25,474 --> 01:17:27,075 ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN THAT ARE 2214 01:17:27,075 --> 01:17:28,577 ALSO PROVIDING SERVICES TO 2215 01:17:28,577 --> 01:17:31,713 FOLKS, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE SEE 2216 01:17:31,713 --> 01:17:33,915 IN CHAMBERS SOMEHOW, LIKE 2217 01:17:33,915 --> 01:17:35,050 THERE'S A, WE COULD DO LEAD OR 2218 01:17:35,050 --> 01:17:37,619 WE COULD DO THAT, OR WE COULD DO 2219 01:17:37,619 --> 01:17:40,188 THE OTHER THING REALLY, THERE 2220 01:17:40,188 --> 01:17:42,290 ARE MANY TOOLS TO HELP PEOPLE, 2221 01:17:42,290 --> 01:17:44,026 AND WE SHOULD. ALL OF THE 2222 01:17:44,026 --> 01:17:45,394 SERVICES THAT WE FUND AND EVEN 2223 01:17:45,394 --> 01:17:47,362 THOSE THAT WE DON'T FUND 2224 01:17:47,362 --> 01:17:49,164 DIRECTLY AS A CITY SHOULD BE 2225 01:17:49,164 --> 01:17:51,433 WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT 2226 01:17:51,433 --> 01:17:55,103 WE'RE WE ARE ROBUSTLY HELPING 2227 01:17:55,103 --> 01:17:57,039 PEOPLE. AND TO THE POINT ABOUT 2228 01:17:57,039 --> 01:17:59,508 THE. ABOUT 990 FOLKS THAT ARE ON 2229 01:17:59,508 --> 01:18:02,044 LEEDS LIST, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY 2230 01:18:02,044 --> 01:18:04,146 THOSE ARE THE SAME FOLKS OVER 2231 01:18:04,146 --> 01:18:07,449 AND OVER. SO DO WE NEED TO BE 2232 01:18:07,449 --> 01:18:08,050 DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT? I 2233 01:18:08,050 --> 01:18:13,655 KNOW YOU KNOW, I KNOW FROM 2234 01:18:13,655 --> 01:18:15,757 FAMILY EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU 2235 01:18:15,757 --> 01:18:19,628 KNOW, FOLKS NEED MULTIPLE TIMES 2236 01:18:19,628 --> 01:18:21,596 OF TREATMENT IN ORDER FOR, FOR, 2237 01:18:21,596 --> 01:18:24,132 FOR IT TO SOMETIMES WORK 2238 01:18:24,132 --> 01:18:26,468 SOBRIETY, TO WORK. ARE THESE THE 2239 01:18:26,468 --> 01:18:32,607 SAME FOLKS? AND EVEN WITH 2240 01:18:32,607 --> 01:18:34,810 MULTIPLE TREATMENT. POINTS ARE 2241 01:18:34,810 --> 01:18:39,081 THOSE FOLKS STILL NOT MANAGING 2242 01:18:39,081 --> 01:18:41,716 TO STAY SOBER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 2243 01:18:41,716 --> 01:18:43,785 A JOB AND STAY HOUSED? IF 2244 01:18:43,785 --> 01:18:45,954 THAT'S THE CASE, WHAT ELSE DO 2245 01:18:45,954 --> 01:18:50,759 WE NEED TO BE DOING? SO I DON'T 2246 01:18:50,759 --> 01:18:51,393 GET THIS INFORMATION FROM WHAT 2247 01:18:51,393 --> 01:18:54,596 IS PRESENTED. AND I ALSO FEEL 2248 01:18:54,596 --> 01:18:56,198 LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER 2249 01:18:56,198 --> 01:18:57,566 THINGS OUT THERE. WE'RE NOT 2250 01:18:57,566 --> 01:19:00,035 TRYING THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD TO 2251 01:19:00,035 --> 01:19:00,969 HELP PEOPLE. I FEEL THAT WAY IN 2252 01:19:00,969 --> 01:19:03,572 THE GUN VIOLENCE SPACE, WHICH IS 2253 01:19:03,572 --> 01:19:05,507 WHY, CHAIR, AS YOU KNOW, I'M 2254 01:19:05,507 --> 01:19:07,676 LOOKING AT THE NATIONAL NETWORK 2255 01:19:07,676 --> 01:19:08,276 FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE 2256 01:19:08,276 --> 01:19:10,912 THAT IS A MODEL WE HAVEN'T 2257 01:19:10,912 --> 01:19:11,980 TRIED HERE THAT CAN WORK 2258 01:19:11,980 --> 01:19:14,049 SIMILARLY, I'D LOVE TO KNOW, IS 2259 01:19:14,049 --> 01:19:16,017 THERE A DIFFERENT AND ADDITIONAL 2260 01:19:16,017 --> 01:19:18,320 BECAUSE IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL 2261 01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:20,522 MODEL THAT WE CAN WORK FOR FOLKS 2262 01:19:20,522 --> 01:19:23,425 THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE SAME 2263 01:19:23,425 --> 01:19:26,161 INDIVIDUAL MULTIPLE TIMES OR 2264 01:19:26,161 --> 01:19:28,897 THAT ARE PART OF THE, THE FOLKS 2265 01:19:28,897 --> 01:19:30,866 ON YOUR CURRENT LIST THAT JUST 2266 01:19:30,866 --> 01:19:32,768 CONTINUE TO BE ON. BECAUSE 2267 01:19:32,768 --> 01:19:33,735 REALLY THE GOAL IS THAT WE HELP 2268 01:19:33,735 --> 01:19:35,337 PEOPLE, THEY GET HOUSED, THEY 2269 01:19:35,337 --> 01:19:39,808 GET JOBS, AND THEN WE MOVE ON, 2270 01:19:39,808 --> 01:19:41,710 NOT MOVE ON. LIKE WE'RE NOT 2271 01:19:41,710 --> 01:19:42,811 HEARING, BUT THAT THEY'RE BEING 2272 01:19:42,811 --> 01:19:43,945 HELPED. AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO 2273 01:19:43,945 --> 01:19:46,848 HELP OTHERS AS WELL. BUT IF 2274 01:19:46,848 --> 01:19:48,083 IT'S THE SAME INDIVIDUALS OVER 2275 01:19:48,083 --> 01:19:49,885 AND OVER, I'VE GOT TO BELIEVE 2276 01:19:49,885 --> 01:19:51,486 THEN SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING 2277 01:19:51,486 --> 01:19:53,121 WELL. AND IT CAN'T BE AS 2278 01:19:53,121 --> 01:19:55,557 SIMPLISTIC AS THEY JUST NEED 2279 01:19:55,557 --> 01:19:56,691 MORE TREATMENT MULTIPLE TIMES. 2280 01:19:56,691 --> 01:19:57,726 YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT 2281 01:19:57,726 --> 01:20:02,697 IS TRUE. AND FOR THOSE 2282 01:20:02,697 --> 01:20:03,265 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THOSE 2283 01:20:03,265 --> 01:20:05,433 MULTIPLE TREATMENT POINTS, WHAT 2284 01:20:05,433 --> 01:20:07,969 WHAT ELSE CAN WE BE DOING? AND I 2285 01:20:07,969 --> 01:20:09,237 DON'T KNOW ANY OF THIS. SO AND 2286 01:20:09,237 --> 01:20:11,406 I THINK THIS HAS TO BE A PART OF 2287 01:20:11,406 --> 01:20:13,141 IT. AND ALSO HOW LEAD INTERACTS 2288 01:20:13,141 --> 01:20:14,242 WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER 2289 01:20:14,242 --> 01:20:16,178 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING 2290 01:20:16,178 --> 01:20:17,679 SERVICES AS WELL, BECAUSE, YOU 2291 01:20:17,679 --> 01:20:19,781 KNOW, IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK. 2292 01:20:19,781 --> 01:20:20,382 THANK YOU CHAIR. 2293 01:20:20,382 --> 01:20:22,384 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2294 01:20:22,384 --> 01:20:24,619 RIVERA. YEAH, I THINK SOMEWHAT, 2295 01:20:24,619 --> 01:20:27,088 MR. DOSS'S POINT KIND OF 2296 01:20:27,088 --> 01:20:28,056 ANSWERS THIS, BUT THIS IS 2297 01:20:28,056 --> 01:20:29,691 SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE 2298 01:20:29,691 --> 01:20:32,027 WORKED ON. OF COURSE, ANYTHING 2299 01:20:32,027 --> 01:20:33,361 BRIEFLY YOU WANT TO ADD TO? 2300 01:20:33,361 --> 01:20:34,963 -- YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I 2301 01:20:34,963 --> 01:20:35,630 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I 2302 01:20:35,630 --> 01:20:37,399 THINK ONE OF THE KEY DESIGN 2303 01:20:37,399 --> 01:20:38,767 ELEMENTS OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT 2304 01:20:38,767 --> 01:20:41,369 IT'S NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TO 2305 01:20:41,369 --> 01:20:43,405 OTHER APPROACHES. YOU KNOW, 2306 01:20:43,405 --> 01:20:43,972 THERE'S LIKE A COUPLE OF 2307 01:20:43,972 --> 01:20:45,807 EXAMPLES. ONE, SOMETHING LIKE 2308 01:20:45,807 --> 01:20:47,008 DRUG COURT MIGHT NOT WORK FOR 2309 01:20:47,008 --> 01:20:49,110 EVERY INDIVIDUAL. SOME LEAD 2310 01:20:49,110 --> 01:20:50,345 CLIENTS DO GO THROUGH DRUG COURT 2311 01:20:50,345 --> 01:20:52,314 AND IN MANY CASES, THEIR LEAD 2312 01:20:52,314 --> 01:20:54,916 CASE MANAGERS ARE A KEY PART OF 2313 01:20:54,916 --> 01:20:55,483 HELPING THEM MAINTAIN THAT 2314 01:20:55,483 --> 01:20:57,018 PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, SEPARATELY, I 2315 01:20:57,018 --> 01:20:59,654 THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE 2316 01:20:59,654 --> 01:21:00,288 TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE LIKE THE 2317 01:21:00,288 --> 01:21:01,723 BIG BOTTLENECKS TO PEOPLE REALLY 2318 01:21:01,723 --> 01:21:04,559 GETTING BETTER. I THINK SORT OF 2319 01:21:04,559 --> 01:21:07,195 THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS 2320 01:21:07,195 --> 01:21:09,197 SHELTER AND HOUSING AND THE 2321 01:21:09,197 --> 01:21:10,465 LIMITATIONS IN OUR SORT OF 2322 01:21:10,465 --> 01:21:11,733 REGIONAL STOCK FOR BOTH OF THOSE 2323 01:21:11,733 --> 01:21:14,569 RESOURCES. SO, YOU KNOW, 2324 01:21:14,569 --> 01:21:16,271 THINKING THROUGH SO LEAD CASE 2325 01:21:16,271 --> 01:21:18,206 MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM 2326 01:21:18,206 --> 01:21:19,507 CARE IN COLEAD, WHICH IS PART OF 2327 01:21:19,507 --> 01:21:22,644 THE, THE PART OF THE CONTRACT 2328 01:21:22,644 --> 01:21:27,749 THAT THE CITY SIGNED FOR 2026, 2329 01:21:27,749 --> 01:21:28,316 IT'S BASICALLY LEAD PLUS 2330 01:21:28,316 --> 01:21:29,818 LODGING, HIGH SUPPORT SHELTER. 2331 01:21:29,818 --> 01:21:30,952 SO, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT 2332 01:21:30,952 --> 01:21:32,287 THAT PLUS THE OTHER HIGH SUPPORT 2333 01:21:32,287 --> 01:21:33,788 SHELTERS THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 2334 01:21:33,788 --> 01:21:35,557 AND THE CITY ARE BRINGING ON 2335 01:21:35,557 --> 01:21:38,260 LINE THIS YEAR. HOPEFULLY, IT IS 2336 01:21:38,260 --> 01:21:40,295 A SITUATION WHERE WE SEE LEAD 2337 01:21:40,295 --> 01:21:41,896 CASE MANAGEMENT, WHEN PAIRED 2338 01:21:41,896 --> 01:21:44,733 WITH THAT, IS A WHAT THAT MEANS 2339 01:21:44,733 --> 01:21:46,735 IS THAT PERSON HAS A SAFE PLACE 2340 01:21:46,735 --> 01:21:48,403 FROM WHICH TO LIKE MAKE LIFE 2341 01:21:48,403 --> 01:21:49,938 PLANS. THEIR CASE MANAGER CAN 2342 01:21:49,938 --> 01:21:50,605 MORE CONSISTENTLY FIND THEM. AND 2343 01:21:50,605 --> 01:21:52,374 WE DO SEE RECOVERY AND 2344 01:21:52,374 --> 01:21:53,808 STABILIZATION SPEED UP VERY 2345 01:21:53,808 --> 01:21:56,511 RAPIDLY. SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF 2346 01:21:56,511 --> 01:21:57,946 REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RESOURCE 2347 01:21:57,946 --> 01:22:00,482 SITUATION IS, LEAD CASE 2348 01:22:00,482 --> 01:22:01,950 MANAGEMENT CAN AUGMENT THAT AND 2349 01:22:01,950 --> 01:22:03,551 BUILD ON IT. AGAIN, NOT MUTUALLY 2350 01:22:03,551 --> 01:22:04,853 EXCLUSIVE. SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE 2351 01:22:04,853 --> 01:22:06,354 MORE OF THAT CONVERSATION WITH 2352 01:22:06,354 --> 01:22:07,889 YOU ABOUT WHAT THIS POPULATION 2353 01:22:07,889 --> 01:22:09,024 REALLY NEEDS AND HOW WE CAN 2354 01:22:09,024 --> 01:22:10,659 BUILD THAT. 2355 01:22:10,659 --> 01:22:13,228 -- THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING 2356 01:22:13,228 --> 01:22:14,596 TO MOVE TO MISS SMITH AND WE'RE 2357 01:22:14,596 --> 01:22:18,466 GOING TO SHIFT TO SPD. THANK YOU 2358 01:22:18,466 --> 01:22:20,201 -- WELL, THANK YOU, 2359 01:22:20,201 --> 01:22:20,769 COUNCILMEMBERS AND COUNCIL. 2360 01:22:20,769 --> 01:22:23,672 THANK YOU SAM. THANK YOU, GREG, 2361 01:22:23,672 --> 01:22:24,506 FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK HERE. 2362 01:22:24,506 --> 01:22:27,075 I'M GOING TO BE VERY HIGH LEVEL 2363 01:22:27,075 --> 01:22:28,410 WITH MY COMMENTS, AND THEN I'M 2364 01:22:28,410 --> 01:22:32,180 GOING TO ALLOW MY COLLEAGUES TO 2365 01:22:32,180 --> 01:22:33,448 ACTUALLY ACTUALLY OFFER REAL 2366 01:22:33,448 --> 01:22:34,049 INSIGHT, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE 2367 01:22:34,049 --> 01:22:34,683 ONES WHO ARE DOING THE WORK ON 2368 01:22:34,683 --> 01:22:37,218 THE STREETS, AND THEY KNOW HOW 2369 01:22:37,218 --> 01:22:38,353 THIS ALL OPERATES. BUT AT A HIGH 2370 01:22:38,353 --> 01:22:42,190 LEVEL, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER 2371 01:22:42,190 --> 01:22:42,857 RIVERA, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS 2372 01:22:42,857 --> 01:22:44,192 IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND IT'S 2373 01:22:44,192 --> 01:22:44,659 ABOUT PROTECTING OUR 2374 01:22:44,659 --> 01:22:45,827 NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKING SURE 2375 01:22:45,827 --> 01:22:46,861 THAT IT'S REALLY CLEAR WHAT OUR 2376 01:22:46,861 --> 01:22:50,098 GOAL IS, WHICH IS TO KEEP PEOPLE 2377 01:22:50,098 --> 01:22:52,033 SAFE, TO KEEP BUSINESSES SAFE 2378 01:22:52,033 --> 01:22:53,368 AND MAKE OUR CITY A WELCOMING 2379 01:22:53,368 --> 01:22:54,836 PLACE FOR ALL. AND THAT NEEDS TO 2380 01:22:54,836 --> 01:22:58,206 BE SOMETHING THAT DRIVES US. I 2381 01:22:58,206 --> 01:23:01,142 WILL SAY IT TAKES ALL THE TOOLS 2382 01:23:01,142 --> 01:23:03,111 NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 2383 01:23:03,111 --> 01:23:04,212 THAT IT CANNOT JUST BE LAW 2384 01:23:04,212 --> 01:23:07,148 ENFORCEMENT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A 2385 01:23:07,148 --> 01:23:07,749 WHOLE GOVERNMENT APPROACH IN 2386 01:23:07,749 --> 01:23:10,618 MORE TOOLS. IT'S GOING TO HELP 2387 01:23:10,618 --> 01:23:12,153 US ADDRESS THIS NUANCED ISSUE. I 2388 01:23:12,153 --> 01:23:15,323 WILL ALSO SAY, AS WE ALL KNOW, 2389 01:23:15,323 --> 01:23:15,957 ADDICTION IS NUANCED AND WE NEED 2390 01:23:15,957 --> 01:23:17,792 TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE 2391 01:23:17,792 --> 01:23:20,428 INITIATIVE AND STRATEGY WITH 2392 01:23:20,428 --> 01:23:21,663 PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 2393 01:23:21,663 --> 01:23:22,464 ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THAT IN THE 2394 01:23:22,464 --> 01:23:24,866 RIGHT WAY. WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE. 2395 01:23:24,866 --> 01:23:26,201 WE HAVE TO HAVE OTHERS THERE. SO 2396 01:23:26,201 --> 01:23:27,268 I JUST WANT TO GROUND US IN WHAT 2397 01:23:27,268 --> 01:23:31,439 OUR OVERALL OBJECTIVE IS, AND 2398 01:23:31,439 --> 01:23:32,607 THAT IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST THE 2399 01:23:32,607 --> 01:23:34,142 LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE. IT TAKES 2400 01:23:34,142 --> 01:23:35,677 MORE THAN JUST THE DIVERSION 2401 01:23:35,677 --> 01:23:37,345 SIDE. IT TAKES US COMING 2402 01:23:37,345 --> 01:23:41,182 TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER 2403 01:23:41,182 --> 01:23:41,516 CHIEF BROWN. 2404 01:23:41,516 --> 01:23:42,484 -- THANK YOU, MISS SMITH. 2405 01:23:42,484 --> 01:23:43,618 -- YES, ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO 2406 01:23:43,618 --> 01:23:44,719 HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE STORIES 2407 01:23:44,719 --> 01:23:45,920 THAT WE HEARD EARLIER. AND 2408 01:23:45,920 --> 01:23:46,688 UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T REMEMBER 2409 01:23:46,688 --> 01:23:48,423 THE NAME OF THE GENTLEMAN, BUT I 2410 01:23:48,423 --> 01:23:50,125 THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF 2411 01:23:50,125 --> 01:23:52,193 HOW LEAD CAN BE SUCCESSFUL, A 2412 01:23:52,193 --> 01:23:54,996 SUCCESS SUCCESS STORY. YOU HAD A 2413 01:23:54,996 --> 01:23:56,965 PERSON WHO MENTIONED THAT IN 2414 01:23:56,965 --> 01:23:58,633 2015 THEY WERE REFERRED TO LEAD, 2415 01:23:58,633 --> 01:24:00,168 AND THEY CONTINUED TO BE ENGAGED 2416 01:24:00,168 --> 01:24:02,137 BY LEAD, EVEN THOUGH IN THEIR 2417 01:24:02,137 --> 01:24:04,038 OWN WORDS, I BELIEVE THEY THEY 2418 01:24:04,038 --> 01:24:05,240 CHARACTERIZED IT AS NOT REALLY 2419 01:24:05,240 --> 01:24:08,143 HAVING EFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT TO 2420 01:24:08,143 --> 01:24:09,811 MOVE FORWARD FROM THEMSELVES. IT 2421 01:24:09,811 --> 01:24:12,113 WASN'T UNTIL 2021 THAT THEY 2422 01:24:12,113 --> 01:24:13,648 REACHED A POINT AFTER HAVING 2423 01:24:13,648 --> 01:24:16,284 BEEN ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO 2424 01:24:16,284 --> 01:24:17,218 JAIL, THAT LEAD ENGAGED WITH 2425 01:24:17,218 --> 01:24:20,088 THEM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO THEN 2426 01:24:20,088 --> 01:24:21,456 USE THAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET 2427 01:24:21,456 --> 01:24:23,057 TO A BETTER PLACE, MOVING BEYOND 2428 01:24:23,057 --> 01:24:24,993 THEIR ADDICTION, MOVING INTO A 2429 01:24:24,993 --> 01:24:27,228 PLACE WHERE THEY'RE HOUSED AND 2430 01:24:27,228 --> 01:24:28,530 NO LONGER INVOLVED IN THE 2431 01:24:28,530 --> 01:24:29,731 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS THEY 2432 01:24:29,731 --> 01:24:31,399 HAD BEEN. SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. 2433 01:24:31,399 --> 01:24:33,334 AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO 2434 01:24:33,334 --> 01:24:34,702 HIGHLIGHT FROM THAT IS, AND I'VE 2435 01:24:34,702 --> 01:24:36,371 SAID THIS BEFORE HERE, BUT LEAD 2436 01:24:36,371 --> 01:24:39,808 IS NOT AN EITHER OR. IT'S A ONE 2437 01:24:39,808 --> 01:24:41,810 TIME ARREST DIVERSION FOR, YOU 2438 01:24:41,810 --> 01:24:43,478 KNOW, TYPICALLY FOR DRUG 2439 01:24:43,478 --> 01:24:46,081 POSSESSION OR SOMETHING LIKE 2440 01:24:46,081 --> 01:24:48,616 THAT. AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, IF 2441 01:24:48,616 --> 01:24:49,117 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 2442 01:24:49,117 --> 01:24:50,752 ACCOUNTABILITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT 2443 01:24:50,752 --> 01:24:52,187 IS STILL THERE FOR 2444 01:24:52,187 --> 01:24:53,087 ACCOUNTABILITY, FOR CRIMINAL 2445 01:24:53,087 --> 01:24:53,922 ACTIVITY. AND IF THEY'RE 2446 01:24:53,922 --> 01:24:54,589 ARRESTED FOR A CRIME, THEY'RE 2447 01:24:54,589 --> 01:24:56,724 GOING TO BE BOOKED AS THEY WOULD 2448 01:24:56,724 --> 01:24:58,326 OTHERWISE. WHETHER OR NOT 2449 01:24:58,326 --> 01:25:00,028 THEY'RE A LEAD CLIENT. THE 2450 01:25:00,028 --> 01:25:00,595 DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE'RE 2451 01:25:00,595 --> 01:25:01,496 COMMUNICATING. WE, THE POLICE, 2452 01:25:01,496 --> 01:25:04,699 ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THE LEAD 2453 01:25:04,699 --> 01:25:06,568 COUNSELORS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE 2454 01:25:06,568 --> 01:25:08,736 THAT THEY'RE THERE TO TO MEET 2455 01:25:08,736 --> 01:25:10,038 WITH THEM AT THE JAIL, TO MEET 2456 01:25:10,038 --> 01:25:11,439 WITH THEM WHEN THEY GET RELEASED 2457 01:25:11,439 --> 01:25:14,008 FROM THE JAIL, AND TRY TO 2458 01:25:14,008 --> 01:25:15,677 PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT 2459 01:25:15,677 --> 01:25:16,311 THAT CLIENT CAN UTILIZE TO GET 2460 01:25:16,311 --> 01:25:18,079 TO A BETTER PLACE WHERE THEY'RE 2461 01:25:18,079 --> 01:25:19,547 NO LONGER ENGAGED, CRIMINALLY, 2462 01:25:19,547 --> 01:25:21,716 NO LONGER ENGAGED IN SUBSTANCE 2463 01:25:21,716 --> 01:25:24,185 ABUSE, AND HOUSED. 2464 01:25:24,185 --> 01:25:25,320 -- AND BECAUSE YOU GAVE US FREE 2465 01:25:25,320 --> 01:25:26,321 REIGN WITH MICROPHONES, I'M 2466 01:25:26,321 --> 01:25:28,456 GOING TO ADD TO THAT AS WELL. SO 2467 01:25:28,456 --> 01:25:29,791 APOLOGIES FOR THAT. BUT THINKING 2468 01:25:29,791 --> 01:25:31,793 THROUGH WHAT YOU JUST SAID, 2469 01:25:31,793 --> 01:25:32,994 CHIEF, AND SOMETHING YOU 2470 01:25:32,994 --> 01:25:33,895 MENTIONED, SAM, THE WORK IN 2471 01:25:33,895 --> 01:25:36,064 LITTLE SAIGON IS A REALLY A 2472 01:25:36,064 --> 01:25:38,366 GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS WORK 2473 01:25:38,366 --> 01:25:39,534 CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN. SO STARTING 2474 01:25:39,534 --> 01:25:43,304 ON JUNE 3rd, WE HAD A TEAM OF 2475 01:25:43,304 --> 01:25:43,938 OFFICERS ACTIVELY PATROLLING IN 2476 01:25:43,938 --> 01:25:48,276 LITTLE SAIGON, WORKING TOGETHER 2477 01:25:48,276 --> 01:25:49,844 AND DIVERTING FOLKS TO LEAD. CAN 2478 01:25:49,844 --> 01:25:51,012 YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 2479 01:25:51,012 --> 01:25:51,579 THAT? CAPTAIN GARTH GREEN, 2480 01:25:51,579 --> 01:25:54,215 BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A GOOD 2481 01:25:54,215 --> 01:25:55,717 STRATEGY THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT 2482 01:25:55,717 --> 01:25:57,652 TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS. 2483 01:25:57,652 --> 01:26:00,188 -- ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT WE DID IS 2484 01:26:00,188 --> 01:26:00,788 WE DEDICATE ONE SERGEANT AND 2485 01:26:00,788 --> 01:26:03,825 FOUR OFFICERS TO WORK IN THAT 2486 01:26:03,825 --> 01:26:05,793 AREA. AND WITH THAT, WE'RE 2487 01:26:05,793 --> 01:26:08,563 WORKING WITH REACH, LEAD, COLEAD 2488 01:26:08,563 --> 01:26:10,265 TO DIVERT FOLKS THAT ARE MEET 2489 01:26:10,265 --> 01:26:12,000 THE DIVERSION CRITERIA AND THAT 2490 01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:13,935 WE BELIEVE WOULD BE GOOD 2491 01:26:13,935 --> 01:26:15,770 CANDIDATES FOR THE PROGRAM. NOT 2492 01:26:15,770 --> 01:26:16,804 EVERYBODY THAT'S ARRESTED GETS 2493 01:26:16,804 --> 01:26:18,640 PUT INTO LEAD, NOT EVERYBODY 2494 01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:20,508 THAT'S LEAD ELIGIBLE GOES TO 2495 01:26:20,508 --> 01:26:22,310 LEAD. THERE IS A DISCRETION BY 2496 01:26:22,310 --> 01:26:24,946 THE OFFICERS DONE AT THAT TIME, 2497 01:26:24,946 --> 01:26:27,882 BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS 2498 01:26:27,882 --> 01:26:29,450 WORK WITH LEAD AND THE OTHER 2499 01:26:29,450 --> 01:26:30,618 OUTREACH IN THAT AREA. WE'VE HAD 2500 01:26:30,618 --> 01:26:31,719 THEM DO RIDE ALONGS WITH US TO 2501 01:26:31,719 --> 01:26:34,155 KIND OF SEE WHAT WE'RE SEEING 2502 01:26:34,155 --> 01:26:35,223 FROM OUR SIDE, AND THEN HAVE THE 2503 01:26:35,223 --> 01:26:38,193 ABILITY TO CALL ON THEM, DO 2504 01:26:38,193 --> 01:26:39,994 IN-FIELD DIVERSION, OR MOSTLY 2505 01:26:39,994 --> 01:26:43,264 WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS IF WE, IN 2506 01:26:43,264 --> 01:26:43,932 EFFECT, AN ARREST, WE WILL TAKE 2507 01:26:43,932 --> 01:26:46,267 THAT PERSON BACK TO THE 2508 01:26:46,267 --> 01:26:48,603 PRECINCT. WE WILL USE WHAT WE 2509 01:26:48,603 --> 01:26:49,437 CALL THE GREEN LIGHT PHONE. WE 2510 01:26:49,437 --> 01:26:53,041 CALL A CASE MANAGER. AND, AND WE 2511 01:26:53,041 --> 01:26:53,508 DO A WARM HANDOFF TO 2512 01:26:53,508 --> 01:26:54,042 COUNCILMEMBERS, WHERE WE 2513 01:26:54,042 --> 01:26:54,676 PHYSICALLY HAND THE PERSON OVER. 2514 01:26:54,676 --> 01:26:57,245 WE JUST DON'T LET THEM GO AND 2515 01:26:57,245 --> 01:26:58,146 ASK THEM. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT 2516 01:26:58,146 --> 01:27:00,548 THAT IS TO TO THEM. SO THEY CAN 2517 01:27:00,548 --> 01:27:02,684 TAKE CUSTODY OF THAT PERSON, 2518 01:27:02,684 --> 01:27:03,551 TAKE THEM BACK TO THEIR OFFICE 2519 01:27:03,551 --> 01:27:05,954 OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND HAVE THAT 2520 01:27:05,954 --> 01:27:07,288 SPEECH AND DO THE PAPERWORK THAT 2521 01:27:07,288 --> 01:27:09,724 THEY NEED TO DO ON THAT END WITH 2522 01:27:09,724 --> 01:27:12,160 IT. WE DO SOME IN THE FIELD. A 2523 01:27:12,160 --> 01:27:13,361 LOT OF TIMES, IF SOMEBODY MIGHT 2524 01:27:13,361 --> 01:27:14,796 BE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR SOMETHING 2525 01:27:14,796 --> 01:27:15,463 WHERE IT'S REALLY PROHIBITIVE 2526 01:27:15,463 --> 01:27:17,932 FOR US TO AND INCONVENIENT FOR 2527 01:27:17,932 --> 01:27:19,234 THEM, FOR US TO PUT THEM IN AN 2528 01:27:19,234 --> 01:27:20,268 AMBULANCE, DRIVE THEM TO THE 2529 01:27:20,268 --> 01:27:20,868 PRECINCT AND PUT THEM IN AN 2530 01:27:20,868 --> 01:27:22,136 AMBULANCE TO GET THEM BACK 2531 01:27:22,136 --> 01:27:24,272 SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE WILL SEE IF 2532 01:27:24,272 --> 01:27:25,940 WE CAN MEET IN THE FIELD WITH 2533 01:27:25,940 --> 01:27:29,277 FOLKS AND THEN DIVERT THEM THAT 2534 01:27:29,277 --> 01:27:31,946 WAY. I THINK THERE IS A 2535 01:27:31,946 --> 01:27:33,748 MISCONCEPTION OF LEAD THAT LEAD 2536 01:27:33,748 --> 01:27:36,284 IS IMMEDIATE AND LEAD IS NOT 2537 01:27:36,284 --> 01:27:37,785 IMMEDIATE, AND I THINK MR. WOLF 2538 01:27:37,785 --> 01:27:40,255 WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. IT IS 2539 01:27:40,255 --> 01:27:40,922 PROGRESSIVE. IT TAKES TIME. SO 2540 01:27:40,922 --> 01:27:41,956 WHEN WE LOOK AT LEAD AND SAY, 2541 01:27:41,956 --> 01:27:43,424 WELL, IF SOMEBODY IS ARRESTED 2542 01:27:43,424 --> 01:27:44,859 AND THEY'RE DIVERTED INTO LEAD, 2543 01:27:44,859 --> 01:27:45,927 WE WON'T SEE THEM OUT ON THE 2544 01:27:45,927 --> 01:27:49,530 STREET TOMORROW. THAT'S NOT THE 2545 01:27:49,530 --> 01:27:51,599 CASE. IT IS A LONG TERM PROGRAM. 2546 01:27:51,599 --> 01:27:55,003 IT HAS FRUITFUL ENDINGS. BUT IN 2547 01:27:55,003 --> 01:27:56,537 THAT INTERIM, IT'S NOT GOING TO 2548 01:27:56,537 --> 01:27:57,171 CHANGE THAT IMMEDIATE ACTION ON 2549 01:27:57,171 --> 01:27:58,573 THE STREET. FOR THE MOST PEOPLE, 2550 01:27:58,573 --> 01:27:59,607 WE MIGHT HAVE A SELECT FEW THAT 2551 01:27:59,607 --> 01:28:01,476 IT DOES, BUT FOR THE MOST. SO I 2552 01:28:01,476 --> 01:28:03,611 THINK THAT IS A MISCONCEPTION. 2553 01:28:03,611 --> 01:28:04,946 SOMETIMES WITH THE PUBLIC AS 2554 01:28:04,946 --> 01:28:06,914 WELL, IS THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT 2555 01:28:06,914 --> 01:28:08,283 THE MOMENT WE ARREST THEM, 2556 01:28:08,283 --> 01:28:09,350 THEY'RE GONE, THEY'RE INTO 2557 01:28:09,350 --> 01:28:10,218 TREATMENT, THEY'RE INTO 2558 01:28:10,218 --> 01:28:11,286 HOUSING, AND WE'RE DONE. AND 2559 01:28:11,286 --> 01:28:14,155 THAT'S NOT THE PROCESS. SO. 2560 01:28:14,155 --> 01:28:16,124 -- THANK YOU. ALTHOUGH THAT 2561 01:28:16,124 --> 01:28:18,026 PRESENTS ANOTHER CHALLENGE WHEN 2562 01:28:18,026 --> 01:28:19,360 CONSTITUENTS SEE THE ARRESTS AND 2563 01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:21,095 THEN THEY SEE THAT PERSON THE 2564 01:28:21,095 --> 01:28:22,163 NEXT DAY. SO THERE'S SOME OF 2565 01:28:22,163 --> 01:28:25,233 THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE 2566 01:28:25,233 --> 01:28:26,701 THERE. I APPRECIATE MISS SMITH 2567 01:28:26,701 --> 01:28:29,337 GOING IN. SO BASICALLY WE'VE 2568 01:28:29,337 --> 01:28:30,305 HAD THE THE INTRODUCTION, BY THE 2569 01:28:30,305 --> 01:28:33,141 WAY, IT WAS DEVIN WHO WAS THE 2570 01:28:33,141 --> 01:28:37,111 PERSON FROM 2015. HE'S THE ONE 2571 01:28:37,111 --> 01:28:41,382 ALSO WHO SAID HOPE, WHICH I 2572 01:28:41,382 --> 01:28:42,784 REFERENCED AS WELL. 2573 01:28:42,784 --> 01:28:43,951 COUNCILMEMBER, I ALWAYS GO TO MY 2574 01:28:43,951 --> 01:28:45,820 VICE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2575 01:28:45,820 --> 01:28:49,424 OR OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO. 2576 01:28:49,424 --> 01:28:49,857 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2577 01:28:49,857 --> 01:28:51,292 -- NO FURTHER COMMENTS. 2578 01:28:51,292 --> 01:28:52,493 QUESTIONS. APPRECIATE THE 2579 01:28:52,493 --> 01:28:53,861 CONVERSATION THOUGH. THANK YOU. 2580 01:28:53,861 --> 01:28:55,930 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2581 01:28:55,930 --> 01:28:57,398 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I JUST 2582 01:28:57,398 --> 01:28:59,100 WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYONE 2583 01:28:59,100 --> 01:29:02,070 THAT SHOWED UP TO COMMENT TODAY, 2584 01:29:02,070 --> 01:29:03,237 INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT. 2585 01:29:03,237 --> 01:29:06,441 AND THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS. 2586 01:29:06,441 --> 01:29:09,977 YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS THIS IS A 2587 01:29:09,977 --> 01:29:12,680 WE'RE DEALING WITH COMPLEX 2588 01:29:12,680 --> 01:29:14,482 HUMAN ISSUES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE 2589 01:29:14,482 --> 01:29:16,017 DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE USE, 2590 01:29:16,017 --> 01:29:17,785 MENTAL HEALTH. AND I'M NOT SURE 2591 01:29:17,785 --> 01:29:19,354 THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ONE 2592 01:29:19,354 --> 01:29:21,556 SIZE FITS ALL EASY SOLUTIONS. I 2593 01:29:21,556 --> 01:29:23,157 THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE, 2594 01:29:23,157 --> 01:29:26,127 WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. BUT 2595 01:29:26,127 --> 01:29:28,963 ONE PIECE OF THE, THE PUZZLE AND 2596 01:29:28,963 --> 01:29:30,798 I'LL JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, A 2597 01:29:30,798 --> 01:29:34,502 COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, WE HEARD 2598 01:29:34,502 --> 01:29:37,271 A LOT OF VERY COMPELLING 2599 01:29:37,271 --> 01:29:39,140 TESTIMONY FROM FROM LEAD FOLKS, 2600 01:29:39,140 --> 01:29:39,774 FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD PARTICIPATED 2601 01:29:39,774 --> 01:29:42,009 AND IT CHANGED THEIR LIVES. WE 2602 01:29:42,009 --> 01:29:43,211 HEARD FROM SOMEBODY TODAY WHO 2603 01:29:43,211 --> 01:29:44,445 SAID IT DID NOT WORK FOR HIM. 2604 01:29:44,445 --> 01:29:45,913 AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE 2605 01:29:45,913 --> 01:29:47,682 ARE. AND WE HEARD, YOU KNOW, 2606 01:29:47,682 --> 01:29:50,485 FROM A LOT OF FOLKS TODAY OR 2607 01:29:50,485 --> 01:29:52,587 FROM BATTLEFIELD AND THAT THAT 2608 01:29:52,587 --> 01:29:53,721 WAS CHANGING THEIR LIFE. AND I 2609 01:29:53,721 --> 01:29:55,790 THINK WE'VE SEEN SORT OF 2610 01:29:55,790 --> 01:29:57,525 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WORK FOR 2611 01:29:57,525 --> 01:29:59,093 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. YOU HEAR FROM 2612 01:29:59,093 --> 01:29:59,727 PEOPLE WHO SAY, YOU KNOW, GOING 2613 01:29:59,727 --> 01:30:02,330 TO JAIL WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY 2614 01:30:02,330 --> 01:30:03,664 IMPORTANT. AND MAYBE THE BEST 2615 01:30:03,664 --> 01:30:04,532 THING THAT SAVED MY LIFE. AND 2616 01:30:04,532 --> 01:30:07,468 THEN WE HEAR STORIES FROM OTHERS 2617 01:30:07,468 --> 01:30:08,870 WHO, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT 2618 01:30:08,870 --> 01:30:14,375 ABOUT THIS CONSTITUENT WHO, WHO 2619 01:30:14,375 --> 01:30:16,844 HER BROTHER WAS JAILED AND, AND 2620 01:30:16,844 --> 01:30:20,214 LEFT JAIL WITH NO RESOURCES AND 2621 01:30:20,214 --> 01:30:21,416 OVERDOSED AS HE WAS RELEASED ON 2622 01:30:21,416 --> 01:30:22,984 A FRIDAY NIGHT, WENT RIGHT BACK 2623 01:30:22,984 --> 01:30:26,888 TO, YOU KNOW, BEING UNHOUSED AND 2624 01:30:26,888 --> 01:30:27,889 USING. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 2625 01:30:27,889 --> 01:30:29,624 CERTAINLY A LOT OF STATISTICS 2626 01:30:29,624 --> 01:30:30,892 WHERE PEOPLE LEAVING JAIL ARE 2627 01:30:30,892 --> 01:30:32,960 MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM AN 2628 01:30:32,960 --> 01:30:35,730 OVERDOSE. AND SO THAT 2629 01:30:35,730 --> 01:30:37,365 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ I, I FULLY 2630 01:30:37,365 --> 01:30:40,301 AGREE THAT IT IS BOTH. IT IS 2631 01:30:40,301 --> 01:30:41,702 EMPATHY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND, 2632 01:30:41,702 --> 01:30:44,705 YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE, 2633 01:30:44,705 --> 01:30:46,174 THE WORST THINGS WE CAN DO IS 2634 01:30:46,174 --> 01:30:48,709 NOT TO HAVE ANY ACCOUNTABILITY, 2635 01:30:48,709 --> 01:30:50,344 TO HAVE LOW EXPECTATIONS. I 2636 01:30:50,344 --> 01:30:51,345 MEAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 2637 01:30:51,345 --> 01:30:52,814 RACISM, I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY 2638 01:30:52,814 --> 01:30:55,149 RACIST. IF WE DO NOT HAVE 2639 01:30:55,149 --> 01:30:55,917 EXPECTATIONS FOR FOLKS, WE 2640 01:30:55,917 --> 01:30:57,318 THINK, OH, THIS IS THE BEST THAT 2641 01:30:57,318 --> 01:30:59,453 WE COULD, YOU KNOW, GIVING UP 2642 01:30:59,453 --> 01:31:00,655 HOPE. I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE 2643 01:31:00,655 --> 01:31:02,990 WORST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. AND 2644 01:31:02,990 --> 01:31:03,958 I SO I GUESS THE QUESTION, YOU 2645 01:31:03,958 --> 01:31:05,526 KNOW, OFTENTIMES IS WHAT DOES 2646 01:31:05,526 --> 01:31:06,861 ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK LIKE? HOW DO 2647 01:31:06,861 --> 01:31:08,930 WE WHAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT 2648 01:31:08,930 --> 01:31:11,098 IS THE DATA INFORMED PROGRAM 2649 01:31:11,098 --> 01:31:13,301 THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LEAN 2650 01:31:13,301 --> 01:31:18,039 INTO? AND SO I GUESS PART OF 2651 01:31:18,039 --> 01:31:20,007 THIS LONG INTRODUCTORY QUESTION 2652 01:31:20,007 --> 01:31:22,343 IS ABOUT OUR, OUR CRIMINAL 2653 01:31:22,343 --> 01:31:24,078 SYSTEM, OUR JAILS, AND WHAT ARE 2654 01:31:24,078 --> 01:31:25,546 THE OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE GETTING 2655 01:31:25,546 --> 01:31:28,616 FROM OUR JAIL SYSTEM. AND, YOU 2656 01:31:28,616 --> 01:31:32,086 KNOW, I THINK PART OF THE REASON 2657 01:31:32,086 --> 01:31:34,789 WE ARE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES 2658 01:31:34,789 --> 01:31:36,591 IS BECAUSE WE OFTENTIMES ARE NOT 2659 01:31:36,591 --> 01:31:39,327 GETTING GREAT OUTCOMES WHEN 2660 01:31:39,327 --> 01:31:40,728 PEOPLE ARE LEAVING JAIL. AND 2661 01:31:40,728 --> 01:31:41,662 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT. I MEAN, 2662 01:31:41,662 --> 01:31:42,497 I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF 2663 01:31:42,497 --> 01:31:44,198 THINGS THAT WE CAN DO BETTER IN 2664 01:31:44,198 --> 01:31:46,300 OUR CRIMINAL SYSTEM AND OUR JAIL 2665 01:31:46,300 --> 01:31:47,702 SYSTEM SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE 2666 01:31:47,702 --> 01:31:49,537 LEAVE, THEY ARE NOT RIGHT BACK 2667 01:31:49,537 --> 01:31:52,740 TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE 2668 01:31:52,740 --> 01:31:54,709 WORSE OFF THAN WHEN THEY WERE 2669 01:31:54,709 --> 01:31:56,177 ARRESTED. AND I THINK THAT 2670 01:31:56,177 --> 01:31:57,945 THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, 2671 01:31:57,945 --> 01:32:00,081 SORT OF THE ORIGINS OF THIS LEAD 2672 01:32:00,081 --> 01:32:02,950 PROGRAM STARTED WAS THAT 2673 01:32:02,950 --> 01:32:03,584 OFFICERS WOULD ARREST AND PEOPLE 2674 01:32:03,584 --> 01:32:06,120 WOULD BE RIGHT BACK TO WHERE 2675 01:32:06,120 --> 01:32:08,155 THEY WERE. AND, AND SO I JUST, I 2676 01:32:08,155 --> 01:32:11,092 WANT TO I MEAN, PERHAPS THAT'S 2677 01:32:11,092 --> 01:32:12,827 THE DISCUSSION OF A FUTURE 2678 01:32:12,827 --> 01:32:14,095 MEETING, BUT I THINK THAT 2679 01:32:14,095 --> 01:32:15,830 THAT'S A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE 2680 01:32:15,830 --> 01:32:17,532 PUZZLE AS WELL IS LIKE, HOW DO 2681 01:32:17,532 --> 01:32:19,467 WE GET BETTER OUTCOMES? YOU 2682 01:32:19,467 --> 01:32:20,101 KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO NEED 2683 01:32:20,101 --> 01:32:21,302 TO BE ARRESTED AND SOMETIMES 2684 01:32:21,302 --> 01:32:24,505 THEY NEED TO BE JAILED. AND BUT 2685 01:32:24,505 --> 01:32:25,673 LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT 2686 01:32:25,673 --> 01:32:27,375 THOSE OUTCOMES ARE ALSO AND I 2687 01:32:27,375 --> 01:32:30,144 KNOW THAT THERE'S PROGRAMS IN 2688 01:32:30,144 --> 01:32:32,280 PLACE TO, AS PEOPLE LEAVE JAIL 2689 01:32:32,280 --> 01:32:34,482 OR PRISON TO, TO TRY TO GET 2690 01:32:34,482 --> 01:32:36,050 THOSE BETTER OUTCOMES. BUT AS WE 2691 01:32:36,050 --> 01:32:37,251 TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, AS WE 2692 01:32:37,251 --> 01:32:40,321 TALK ABOUT DATA INFORMED SORT OF 2693 01:32:40,321 --> 01:32:41,155 PROGRAMING, I JUST THINK THAT 2694 01:32:41,155 --> 01:32:42,156 THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF THE 2695 01:32:42,156 --> 01:32:43,457 PUZZLE THAT WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP 2696 01:32:43,457 --> 01:32:46,027 IN MIND. 2697 01:32:46,027 --> 01:32:48,896 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2698 01:32:48,896 --> 01:32:49,530 YES, EMPATHY. ACCOUNTABILITY. I 2699 01:32:49,530 --> 01:32:50,731 ALSO SAY RIGHTS AND 2700 01:32:50,731 --> 01:32:52,199 RESPONSIBILITY AS ONE OF OUR 2701 01:32:52,199 --> 01:32:53,401 PUBLIC COMMENTERS SAID, TWO 2702 01:32:53,401 --> 01:32:55,569 SIDES OF THE SAME COIN ON THE 2703 01:32:55,569 --> 01:32:57,471 ISSUE OF PEOPLE LEAVING KCJ OR 2704 01:32:57,471 --> 01:32:59,840 ANY OTHER JAIL. THIS IS WHERE 2705 01:32:59,840 --> 01:33:00,608 WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH 2706 01:33:00,608 --> 01:33:02,276 CARE. AND COULD THEY FILL A ROLE 2707 01:33:02,276 --> 01:33:04,378 BECAUSE TO THE POINT, AND I 2708 01:33:04,378 --> 01:33:05,112 DOUBT THIS ON THE STREET TO SOME 2709 01:33:05,112 --> 01:33:06,247 OF YOU WAS RELEASED, THEY HAD 2710 01:33:06,247 --> 01:33:10,985 NOWHERE TO GO. AND IT WAS A VERY 2711 01:33:10,985 --> 01:33:13,154 DIFFICULT SITUATION. AND I ALSO 2712 01:33:13,154 --> 01:33:15,523 HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE OUT OF 2713 01:33:15,523 --> 01:33:16,390 THIS IN YOUR QUESTION IS THE 2714 01:33:16,390 --> 01:33:18,526 IDEA OF THE RESET LIKE WE HAVE 2715 01:33:18,526 --> 01:33:19,393 IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND I 2716 01:33:19,393 --> 01:33:20,394 UNDERSTAND ON THE ADDICTION 2717 01:33:20,394 --> 01:33:21,929 SIDE, IT'S ONE THING WE 2718 01:33:21,929 --> 01:33:24,665 DEFINITELY NEED THAT SECOND, 2719 01:33:24,665 --> 01:33:26,734 THIRD WATCH TOUCH POINT WHEN IT 2720 01:33:26,734 --> 01:33:28,502 COMES TO THE MINORS ON NORTH 2721 01:33:28,502 --> 01:33:29,203 AURORA, WE CAN'T JUST SAY, 2722 01:33:29,203 --> 01:33:30,004 OKAY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE THIS 2723 01:33:30,004 --> 01:33:33,240 MANY TIMES. SO SO THAT'S MY 2724 01:33:33,240 --> 01:33:35,042 POINT TOO, THAT WE'RE LOOKING 2725 01:33:35,042 --> 01:33:36,043 AT THE DIFFERENCES, DARE I SAY 2726 01:33:36,043 --> 01:33:40,481 IT, BETWEEN SOAP AND SODA, FOR 2727 01:33:40,481 --> 01:33:41,115 EXAMPLE, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I 2728 01:33:41,115 --> 01:33:44,552 SEE YOUR HAND UP, NEW HAND. 2729 01:33:44,552 --> 01:33:45,853 -- THANK YOU. FIRST. 2730 01:33:45,853 --> 01:33:47,088 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. THANK YOU FOR 2731 01:33:47,088 --> 01:33:48,823 ARTICULATING THAT POINT. I THINK 2732 01:33:48,823 --> 01:33:50,391 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE VIEWING 2733 01:33:50,391 --> 01:33:52,360 PUBLIC THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND THE 2734 01:33:52,360 --> 01:33:53,961 ORIGINS OF LEAD AND COLEAD AND 2735 01:33:53,961 --> 01:33:55,329 WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CONSENT 2736 01:33:55,329 --> 01:33:57,865 DECREE THAT WE ARE UNDER IN THE 2737 01:33:57,865 --> 01:33:59,200 UNCONSTITUTIONAL POLICING. AND 2738 01:33:59,200 --> 01:34:00,101 AS A FORMER PUBLIC DEFENDER, I 2739 01:34:00,101 --> 01:34:03,170 KNOW THAT I WANT TO THANK THE 2740 01:34:03,170 --> 01:34:04,105 CAPTAINS FOR BEING HERE. AND 2741 01:34:04,105 --> 01:34:06,707 THANK YOU, MISS SMITH, FOR BEING 2742 01:34:06,707 --> 01:34:07,575 HERE AS WELL. LET ME JUST MAKE A 2743 01:34:07,575 --> 01:34:08,242 FEW COMMENTS AND THEN I'LL LET 2744 01:34:08,242 --> 01:34:10,878 THIS GO. MR. CHAIR, I APPRECIATE 2745 01:34:10,878 --> 01:34:14,682 THAT LEAD IS A LONG TERM, A LONG 2746 01:34:14,682 --> 01:34:15,716 TERM PROGRAM. I DON'T EXPECT IT 2747 01:34:15,716 --> 01:34:16,984 TO BE A ONE TIME THING. 2748 01:34:16,984 --> 01:34:18,552 DIVERSION. EVERYBODY'S FINE. THE 2749 01:34:18,552 --> 01:34:20,588 WORLD JUST DOESN'T WORK LIKE 2750 01:34:20,588 --> 01:34:22,156 THAT. AS IS RECOVERY. AND PART 2751 01:34:22,156 --> 01:34:24,592 OF RECOVERY IS RELAPSE. AND WE 2752 01:34:24,592 --> 01:34:26,994 KNOW THAT. AND THAT'S JUST PART 2753 01:34:26,994 --> 01:34:27,895 OF THE PROGRAM. BEING A FORMER 2754 01:34:27,895 --> 01:34:29,430 JUDGE, YOU SEE THE SAME FOLKS IN 2755 01:34:29,430 --> 01:34:30,431 FRONT OF YOU. I WAS ONE OF THE 2756 01:34:30,431 --> 01:34:32,500 VERY FIRST JUDGES THAT DID DRUG 2757 01:34:32,500 --> 01:34:34,368 COURT 20 IN THE LATE 80s. I'M 2758 01:34:34,368 --> 01:34:34,969 DATING MYSELF HERE WHERE THEY 2759 01:34:34,969 --> 01:34:37,838 WEREN'T DOING DRUG COURT THEN. 2760 01:34:37,838 --> 01:34:40,775 AND PART OF THAT WAS RECOVERY, 2761 01:34:40,775 --> 01:34:41,509 RELAPSE, ACCOUNTABILITY, 2762 01:34:41,509 --> 01:34:42,777 TREATMENT, AND DOING THE THINGS 2763 01:34:42,777 --> 01:34:43,711 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT 2764 01:34:43,711 --> 01:34:44,779 THE COURT STAYED ON YOU AND YOU 2765 01:34:44,779 --> 01:34:45,913 HAD A SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT WAS 2766 01:34:45,913 --> 01:34:48,749 THERE TO HELP, TO HOLD YOU 2767 01:34:48,749 --> 01:34:50,418 ACCOUNTABLE. AND IT WORKED IN 2768 01:34:50,418 --> 01:34:52,553 FACT, JUDGE MARTINEZ WAS A JUDGE 2769 01:34:52,553 --> 01:34:54,055 AS WELL. AND NOW HE'S A FEDERAL 2770 01:34:54,055 --> 01:34:57,258 COURT JUDGE. SO I'M NOT HERE TO 2771 01:34:57,258 --> 01:34:57,892 SAY THAT IT SHOULD BE ONE OR THE 2772 01:34:57,892 --> 01:35:01,328 OTHER. I KNOW IT'S AND OR AND 2773 01:35:01,328 --> 01:35:02,630 REPEAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I 2774 01:35:02,630 --> 01:35:03,631 WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT 2775 01:35:03,631 --> 01:35:04,932 TOO, BECAUSE I THINK THEY THINK 2776 01:35:04,932 --> 01:35:06,400 BECAUSE THERE'S LEAD AND COLEAD 2777 01:35:06,400 --> 01:35:09,036 THAT SOMEHOW THERE'S IT'S A ONE 2778 01:35:09,036 --> 01:35:10,137 TIME SILVER BULLET. IT'S GOING 2779 01:35:10,137 --> 01:35:12,673 TO WORK AND WE'RE DONE. AND I 2780 01:35:12,673 --> 01:35:13,774 KNOW THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND 2781 01:35:13,774 --> 01:35:15,543 I DO APPRECIATE THIS LONG WALK 2782 01:35:15,543 --> 01:35:17,111 OR THIS JOURNEY THAT YOU HAVE 2783 01:35:17,111 --> 01:35:19,580 THAT PDA BRINGS TO YOUR CLIENTS. 2784 01:35:19,580 --> 01:35:21,015 THERE'S NO DOUBT THE COMMITMENT 2785 01:35:21,015 --> 01:35:22,583 THAT YOU BRING TO YOUR CLIENTS 2786 01:35:22,583 --> 01:35:25,419 TO WALK THEM THROUGH THE SYSTEM 2787 01:35:25,419 --> 01:35:27,188 FROM ARREST TO JAIL TO AFTER 2788 01:35:27,188 --> 01:35:28,122 JAIL TO IN COURT, TO DIVERSION, 2789 01:35:28,122 --> 01:35:30,057 TO TREATMENT, TO ACCOUNTABILITY, 2790 01:35:30,057 --> 01:35:31,892 TO RELAPSE, TO BACK. THEY 2791 01:35:31,892 --> 01:35:33,294 VIOLATED THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR 2792 01:35:33,294 --> 01:35:33,928 RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN THEY WERE 2793 01:35:33,928 --> 01:35:35,362 SUPPOSED TO BE BACK IN 2794 01:35:35,362 --> 01:35:37,364 COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT 2795 01:35:37,364 --> 01:35:39,200 THAT THAT CYCLE AND IT IS, IT IS 2796 01:35:39,200 --> 01:35:40,935 HIGH TIME THAT WHEN THE COURT 2797 01:35:40,935 --> 01:35:42,303 STARTED LOOKING AT, LOOK, PART 2798 01:35:42,303 --> 01:35:44,572 OF RECOVERY IS RELAPSE. YOU 2799 01:35:44,572 --> 01:35:46,140 CAN'T KEEP SMACKING PEOPLE DOWN 2800 01:35:46,140 --> 01:35:47,241 EVERY TIME. IT'S IT'S A 2801 01:35:47,241 --> 01:35:47,908 DISEASE AND WE NEED TO TREAT IT 2802 01:35:47,908 --> 01:35:49,176 LIKE THAT. IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE 2803 01:35:49,176 --> 01:35:52,713 IN A COURTROOM. SO I UNDERSTAND 2804 01:35:52,713 --> 01:35:54,115 THAT PIECE. AND LOOKING AT THE 2805 01:35:54,115 --> 01:35:56,450 WHOLE BILL. AND AGAIN, MY ONLY 2806 01:35:56,450 --> 01:35:59,987 SKEPTICISM IS, IS I DO WANT YOU 2807 01:35:59,987 --> 01:36:02,156 TO SUCCEED. I, I'M NOT HERE TO 2808 01:36:02,156 --> 01:36:04,325 BE A NAYSAYER. I'M HERE TO SAY, 2809 01:36:04,325 --> 01:36:05,693 I HOPE IT WORKS. I HOPE WE GET 2810 01:36:05,693 --> 01:36:08,262 THE DATA. THANK YOU, GREG, FOR 2811 01:36:08,262 --> 01:36:09,830 POINTING OUT WHERE IN THE BILL I 2812 01:36:09,830 --> 01:36:10,965 ACTUALLY KIND OF SAW THAT I 2813 01:36:10,965 --> 01:36:12,333 ACTUALLY NEEDED TO SEE IT AGAIN 2814 01:36:12,333 --> 01:36:13,968 IN IN BLACK AND WHITE. ON THE 2815 01:36:13,968 --> 01:36:15,469 REPORTING REQUIREMENT. SO I 2816 01:36:15,469 --> 01:36:17,104 THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMEMBER 2817 01:36:17,104 --> 01:36:18,906 RIVERA WAS GETTING AT AS WELL. 2818 01:36:18,906 --> 01:36:19,707 AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IF 2819 01:36:19,707 --> 01:36:21,008 SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE THEY'VE 2820 01:36:21,008 --> 01:36:22,109 COME BACK, THEY'VE BEEN COUNTED 2821 01:36:22,109 --> 01:36:23,511 TWICE. THEY SHOULD BE BECAUSE 2822 01:36:23,511 --> 01:36:25,079 SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE 2823 01:36:25,079 --> 01:36:26,180 SUCCESSFUL. AND IF WE CAN SAVE 2824 01:36:26,180 --> 01:36:27,181 MANY LIVES THROUGH THAT OR FEW 2825 01:36:27,181 --> 01:36:28,015 LIVES THROUGH THAT, THEN WE'VE 2826 01:36:28,015 --> 01:36:30,384 DONE THE RIGHT THING. THAT'S 2827 01:36:30,384 --> 01:36:31,919 THAT'S JUST WHERE I COME FROM, 2828 01:36:31,919 --> 01:36:33,754 IS AS A LEGISLATOR. SO I DON'T 2829 01:36:33,754 --> 01:36:34,722 WANT YOU TO LEAVE HERE THINKING 2830 01:36:34,722 --> 01:36:37,792 THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M ANTI LEAD 2831 01:36:37,792 --> 01:36:38,526 AND COLEAD, THOUGH I STILL THINK 2832 01:36:38,526 --> 01:36:39,460 IT SHOULD BE THE PUBLIC 2833 01:36:39,460 --> 01:36:40,861 DEFENDER. I STILL HAVE MY 2834 01:36:40,861 --> 01:36:42,096 T-SHIRT THAT SAYS THAT AND I'M 2835 01:36:42,096 --> 01:36:42,763 HOLDING ON TO MY HOODIE. I 2836 01:36:42,763 --> 01:36:44,632 SHOULD SHOW IT TO YOU. IT'S OLD 2837 01:36:44,632 --> 01:36:46,433 SCHOOL. YEAH. SO I WAS VERY 2838 01:36:46,433 --> 01:36:47,401 PROUD OF THAT AS A PUBLIC 2839 01:36:47,401 --> 01:36:49,537 DEFENDER FOR FIVE YEARS. I SPENT 2840 01:36:49,537 --> 01:36:50,805 FOUR YEARS IN FELONIES. SO I 2841 01:36:50,805 --> 01:36:52,039 KIND OF HAVE A FEELING OF HOW 2842 01:36:52,039 --> 01:36:54,108 THE SYSTEM WORKS. SO I JUST WANT 2843 01:36:54,108 --> 01:36:56,577 YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M HOPING THAT 2844 01:36:56,577 --> 01:36:58,879 THIS WORKS. AND I'M PROPOSED. 2845 01:36:58,879 --> 01:36:59,980 I'M I'M SUPPORTING THE CHAIR. 2846 01:36:59,980 --> 01:37:01,282 I KNOW THAT HE'S WORKED HARD ON 2847 01:37:01,282 --> 01:37:02,483 THIS, AND GREG'S DONE SOME 2848 01:37:02,483 --> 01:37:05,586 REALLY GOOD WORK FOR US. AND IN 2849 01:37:05,586 --> 01:37:06,854 ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS AND 2850 01:37:06,854 --> 01:37:07,454 DOING THE SUMMARY AND FISCAL 2851 01:37:07,454 --> 01:37:09,290 NOTE SO WE CAN COME BACK AND SEE 2852 01:37:09,290 --> 01:37:10,991 HOW THIS HOW THIS, HOW THIS 2853 01:37:10,991 --> 01:37:12,793 LOOKS OUT IN THE FIELD WITH YOUR 2854 01:37:12,793 --> 01:37:14,828 YOUR NEW TERM NOW IN FIELD 2855 01:37:14,828 --> 01:37:17,865 DIVERSION WHILE YOU'RE DOING A 2856 01:37:17,865 --> 01:37:18,199 WARM HANDOFF. 2857 01:37:18,199 --> 01:37:19,600 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. 2858 01:37:19,600 --> 01:37:20,935 JUAREZ. THIS WILL BE A CONTINUAL 2859 01:37:20,935 --> 01:37:22,736 WORK IN PROGRESS. COUNCILMEMBER 2860 01:37:22,736 --> 01:37:23,470 RIVERA. 2861 01:37:23,470 --> 01:37:25,172 -- THANK YOU CHAIR, I 2862 01:37:25,172 --> 01:37:26,774 WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE. 2863 01:37:26,774 --> 01:37:27,908 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I DO WANT 2864 01:37:27,908 --> 01:37:29,610 IT TO SUCCEED. WE WANT TO HELP 2865 01:37:29,610 --> 01:37:32,112 PEOPLE. THAT'S THE THING. WE'RE 2866 01:37:32,112 --> 01:37:33,781 ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THAT. 2867 01:37:33,781 --> 01:37:36,116 IT'S HOW TO BEST TO DO THAT. 2868 01:37:36,116 --> 01:37:38,085 AND HOW DO YOU SHOW YOUR WORK? 2869 01:37:38,085 --> 01:37:39,320 HOW DOES LEAD SHOW ITS WORK TO 2870 01:37:39,320 --> 01:37:43,023 SHOW THAT IT IS WORKING? I THINK 2871 01:37:43,023 --> 01:37:46,060 IT'S IT'S CHALLENGING. AND 2872 01:37:46,060 --> 01:37:48,329 I'M JUST SUGGESTING WE NEED 2873 01:37:48,329 --> 01:37:50,164 MORE INFORMATION. THAT'S WHY 2874 01:37:50,164 --> 01:37:51,465 THERE'S MORE DATA COLLECTION IN 2875 01:37:51,465 --> 01:37:54,001 THE BILL TO SHOW HOW THIS REALLY 2876 01:37:54,001 --> 01:37:55,536 IS WORKING. AND TO THE POINT 2877 01:37:55,536 --> 01:37:57,805 ABOUT PEOPLE NEEDING MULTIPLE 2878 01:37:57,805 --> 01:37:59,340 TREATMENT MULTIPLE TIMES, I KNOW 2879 01:37:59,340 --> 01:38:01,542 THAT I'M OKAY WITH FOLKS. YOU 2880 01:38:01,542 --> 01:38:03,277 KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE 2881 01:38:03,277 --> 01:38:04,445 GOING TO DOUBLE COUNT FOLKS. ALL 2882 01:38:04,445 --> 01:38:05,913 I'M SAYING IS THAT LEVEL OF 2883 01:38:05,913 --> 01:38:08,515 DATA ALSO LETS US KNOW MAYBE WE 2884 01:38:08,515 --> 01:38:10,918 NEED TO BE DOING SOMETHING 2885 01:38:10,918 --> 01:38:12,853 DIFFERENT WITH THAT, WITH THAT 2886 01:38:12,853 --> 01:38:15,890 SUBSET OF FOLKS, IS THERE 2887 01:38:15,890 --> 01:38:17,858 SOMETHING EVEN ADDITIONAL WE CAN 2888 01:38:17,858 --> 01:38:19,126 PROVIDE THEM TO HELP SET THEM UP 2889 01:38:19,126 --> 01:38:20,561 FOR SUCCESS? BECAUSE AT THE END 2890 01:38:20,561 --> 01:38:22,396 OF THE DAY, WE WANT THESE FOLKS 2891 01:38:22,396 --> 01:38:24,965 TO SET UP FOR SUCCESS. SO WE 2892 01:38:24,965 --> 01:38:26,267 WANT THE PROGRAM TO BE SET UP 2893 01:38:26,267 --> 01:38:28,035 FOR SUCCESS. THERE ARE OTHER 2894 01:38:28,035 --> 01:38:29,336 PROGRAMS THAT ARE HELPING SET 2895 01:38:29,336 --> 01:38:30,271 PEOPLE UP FOR SUCCESS. LET'S 2896 01:38:30,271 --> 01:38:33,007 MAKE SURE WE'RE COORDINATING AND 2897 01:38:33,007 --> 01:38:33,807 WORKING TOGETHER, AND 2898 01:38:33,807 --> 01:38:35,776 ULTIMATELY, WE WANT 2899 01:38:35,776 --> 01:38:36,410 NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR RESIDENTS 2900 01:38:36,410 --> 01:38:37,745 WRIT LARGE TO BE SET UP FOR 2901 01:38:37,745 --> 01:38:39,179 SUCCESS. THANK YOU CHAIR. 2902 01:38:39,179 --> 01:38:40,547 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2903 01:38:40,547 --> 01:38:42,283 RIVERA. OKAY, JUST TO CLOSE THIS 2904 01:38:42,283 --> 01:38:44,418 SECTION, A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS 2905 01:38:44,418 --> 01:38:46,520 ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, 2906 01:38:46,520 --> 01:38:48,589 BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR 2907 01:38:48,589 --> 01:38:49,823 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS. AND 2908 01:38:49,823 --> 01:38:52,526 THIS COMES TO THE DRUG MARKETS 2909 01:38:52,526 --> 01:38:55,362 THEMSELVES. WHAT CAN WE DO TO 2910 01:38:55,362 --> 01:38:56,897 ADDRESS THIS IN TERMS OF THE 2911 01:38:56,897 --> 01:38:59,466 ACTIVE DRUG MARKETS? I CAN GO, 2912 01:38:59,466 --> 01:39:01,735 AS YOU ALL KNOW, I KNOW WHERE 2913 01:39:01,735 --> 01:39:03,304 ALL THESE LOCATIONS ARE AND 2914 01:39:03,304 --> 01:39:05,139 IT'S CHRONIC. WHAT CAN WE DO TO 2915 01:39:05,139 --> 01:39:08,409 SHRINK THEM? WHAT CAN WE DO TO 2916 01:39:08,409 --> 01:39:09,677 ATTACK THEM? WHAT CAN WE? GOING 2917 01:39:09,677 --> 01:39:12,012 BACK TO MY ORIGINAL POINT, A BIG 2918 01:39:12,012 --> 01:39:13,480 CHALLENGE IS, YOU KNOW, FAITH IN 2919 01:39:13,480 --> 01:39:15,549 THE DIVERSION PROGRAM. AND ALSO 2920 01:39:15,549 --> 01:39:16,750 KCJ KING COUNTY JAIL. THESE 2921 01:39:16,750 --> 01:39:21,588 PIECES. SO WHAT CAN WE DO ON TO 2922 01:39:21,588 --> 01:39:23,424 ATTACK THE DRUG MARKETS THAT ARE 2923 01:39:23,424 --> 01:39:27,528 DESTROYING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? 2924 01:39:27,528 --> 01:39:29,596 AND CAN I ADD, ADDING TO THAT 2925 01:39:29,596 --> 01:39:32,266 QUESTION, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU DO 2926 01:39:32,266 --> 01:39:33,901 THAT? I'LL SAY IT RIGHT NOW. 2927 01:39:33,901 --> 01:39:36,403 SODA I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO 2928 01:39:36,403 --> 01:39:38,138 SODA. IT'S A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX 2929 01:39:38,138 --> 01:39:39,873 AND WE DON'T USE IT, WHICH IS A 2930 01:39:39,873 --> 01:39:42,976 PROBLEM. SO THAT'S LIKE RSTNLNN 2931 01:39:42,976 --> 01:39:44,611 ON ON WHEEL OF FORTUNE. I'LL 2932 01:39:44,611 --> 01:39:46,547 THROW THAT ONE OUT AS A GIVEN. 2933 01:39:46,547 --> 01:39:48,182 ANYTHING ELSE? 2934 01:39:48,182 --> 01:39:49,550 -- SO I WOULD SAY THE NUMBER ONE 2935 01:39:49,550 --> 01:39:50,684 THING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP 2936 01:39:50,684 --> 01:39:53,754 THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2937 01:39:53,754 --> 01:39:56,357 COMBATING THE OPEN STREET 2938 01:39:56,357 --> 01:39:56,990 DISORDER IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS 2939 01:39:56,990 --> 01:39:58,459 IS CONTINUE THE HIRING OF 2940 01:39:58,459 --> 01:40:00,661 SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS. WE HAVE 2941 01:40:00,661 --> 01:40:02,062 BEEN AT AN EXTREME DEFICIT, 2942 01:40:02,062 --> 01:40:03,364 WHICH HAS MADE IT VERY 2943 01:40:03,364 --> 01:40:05,933 CHALLENGING TO FIELD PROACTIVE 2944 01:40:05,933 --> 01:40:07,301 OFFICERS. I'M GOING TO REPEAT 2945 01:40:07,301 --> 01:40:08,435 SOMETHING I SAID BEFORE IN FRONT 2946 01:40:08,435 --> 01:40:11,638 OF COUNCIL. WE HAVE A PHENOMENON 2947 01:40:11,638 --> 01:40:13,774 THAT STARTED AROUND 2020, 2021, 2948 01:40:13,774 --> 01:40:15,509 WHICH I CALLED DEFIANT OPEN 2949 01:40:15,509 --> 01:40:17,077 CONSUMPTION, WHERE PEOPLE FEEL 2950 01:40:17,077 --> 01:40:18,946 THEY CAN BRAZENLY BREAK THE LAW 2951 01:40:18,946 --> 01:40:20,681 IN A PUBLIC PLACE LIKE A 2952 01:40:20,681 --> 01:40:23,917 SIDEWALK WITH DISREGARD FOR 2953 01:40:23,917 --> 01:40:25,419 CITIZENS FOR EVEN OFFICERS 2954 01:40:25,419 --> 01:40:28,455 WALKING THE BLOCK. THOSE FOLKS 2955 01:40:28,455 --> 01:40:30,391 NEED TO HAVE A BEHAVIOR CHANGE. 2956 01:40:30,391 --> 01:40:32,459 I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYTHING 2957 01:40:32,459 --> 01:40:33,927 IS LEAD WITH PUTTING PEOPLE IN 2958 01:40:33,927 --> 01:40:35,396 JAIL, BUT THEY NEED TO BE 2959 01:40:35,396 --> 01:40:37,164 UNCERTAIN THAT THEY MIGHT BE 2960 01:40:37,164 --> 01:40:39,900 ARRESTED FOR OPENLY CONSUMING 2961 01:40:39,900 --> 01:40:41,235 FENTANYL ON THE SIDEWALK. AND SO 2962 01:40:41,235 --> 01:40:42,970 THEY BETTER GO SKEDADDLING THE 2963 01:40:42,970 --> 01:40:44,004 OTHER WAY AND NOT DOING IT IN 2964 01:40:44,004 --> 01:40:47,641 THE PUBLIC VIEW, WE'RE TRYING TO 2965 01:40:47,641 --> 01:40:48,842 ESTABLISH THAT BEHAVIOR CHANGE. 2966 01:40:48,842 --> 01:40:51,278 WE WE ARE MAKING GREAT HEADWAY 2967 01:40:51,278 --> 01:40:53,013 IN DOING THAT. WE'VE HAD A 2968 01:40:53,013 --> 01:40:55,482 PROACTIVE TEAM. I TALKED ABOUT 2969 01:40:55,482 --> 01:40:56,650 NEEDING THE STAFFING SO THAT WE 2970 01:40:56,650 --> 01:40:58,018 CAN FEEL THESE PROACTIVE TEAMS. 2971 01:40:58,018 --> 01:41:00,521 WE HAVE PROACTIVE TEAM AT 12th 2972 01:41:00,521 --> 01:41:02,623 AND JACKSON, LITTLE SAIGON, A 2973 01:41:02,623 --> 01:41:04,158 SERGEANT AND FOUR OFFICERS THAT 2974 01:41:04,158 --> 01:41:06,360 HAVE BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE TO 2975 01:41:06,360 --> 01:41:08,562 GET THAT BEHAVIOR CHANGE SO 2976 01:41:08,562 --> 01:41:09,730 PEOPLE DON'T FEEL THAT THEY CAN 2977 01:41:09,730 --> 01:41:11,965 BREAK THE LAW IN PUBLIC. WE'RE 2978 01:41:11,965 --> 01:41:13,934 DOING THE SAME AT THIRD AND 2979 01:41:13,934 --> 01:41:15,469 PINE. WE NOW HAVE A TEAM OUT 2980 01:41:15,469 --> 01:41:17,304 THERE OF A SERGEANT AND FOUR 2981 01:41:17,304 --> 01:41:19,440 OFFICERS THAT IS DOING THE SAME 2982 01:41:19,440 --> 01:41:24,678 THING. SO IN THE END, AGAIN, 2983 01:41:24,678 --> 01:41:26,079 CONTINUE AS WE GET MORE 2984 01:41:26,079 --> 01:41:28,148 OFFICERS, WE CAN FIELD MORE 2985 01:41:28,148 --> 01:41:30,150 PROACTIVE UNITS AND THAT HELPS 2986 01:41:30,150 --> 01:41:32,252 US, YOU KNOW, FOCUS OUR EFFORTS 2987 01:41:32,252 --> 01:41:34,354 IN THESE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE 2988 01:41:34,354 --> 01:41:34,922 BEEN IMPACTED. THANK YOU. 2989 01:41:34,922 --> 01:41:37,357 -- AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO 2990 01:41:37,357 --> 01:41:37,991 THAT THAT IT TAKES CONSISTENCY. 2991 01:41:37,991 --> 01:41:40,294 WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT IN 2992 01:41:40,294 --> 01:41:41,829 HIRING. WHEN WE HAVE A ROLLER 2993 01:41:41,829 --> 01:41:43,764 COASTER UP AND DOWN, WHEN WE 2994 01:41:43,764 --> 01:41:45,532 HAVE A ROLLER COASTER OF 2995 01:41:45,532 --> 01:41:46,567 CAPACITY WITHIN OUR CASE 2996 01:41:46,567 --> 01:41:48,569 MANAGEMENT, WITHIN HOUSING, THAT 2997 01:41:48,569 --> 01:41:49,403 ALL AFFECTS IT. AND SO, YOU 2998 01:41:49,403 --> 01:41:51,071 KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE YOU 2999 01:41:51,071 --> 01:41:53,240 MENTIONED OR ACTUALLY 3000 01:41:53,240 --> 01:41:53,774 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 3001 01:41:53,774 --> 01:41:55,008 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU MENTIONED 3002 01:41:55,008 --> 01:41:56,410 THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE 3003 01:41:56,410 --> 01:41:57,644 ALSO HAVE TO HAVE CONSISTENCY IN 3004 01:41:57,644 --> 01:41:58,979 OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. SO 3005 01:41:58,979 --> 01:42:01,114 MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND 3006 01:42:01,114 --> 01:42:02,583 WHEN THINGS ARE BEING DEFERRED, 3007 01:42:02,583 --> 01:42:04,451 WHEN THEY'RE BEING DIVERTED, 3008 01:42:04,451 --> 01:42:06,787 MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IN 3009 01:42:06,787 --> 01:42:08,255 LOCKSTEP WITH OUR JUDGES, OUR 3010 01:42:08,255 --> 01:42:10,657 PROSECUTORS, OUR JAILS, OUR 3011 01:42:10,657 --> 01:42:11,758 COUNCILMEMBERS. I THINK THAT'S 3012 01:42:11,758 --> 01:42:12,726 GOING TO BE REALLY CRITICAL FOR 3013 01:42:12,726 --> 01:42:14,228 US MOVING FORWARD TO REALLY 3014 01:42:14,228 --> 01:42:15,629 TACKLE THIS. AND SO BEING 3015 01:42:15,629 --> 01:42:18,232 CONSISTENT, CONTINUING TO HIRE 3016 01:42:18,232 --> 01:42:19,266 OFFICERS SO WE CAN BE PROACTIVE. 3017 01:42:19,266 --> 01:42:21,301 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE 3018 01:42:21,301 --> 01:42:23,337 OFFICER PROGRAM IN MAGNUSON, IN 3019 01:42:23,337 --> 01:42:25,873 LITTLE SAIGON CAN WORK. WE NEED 3020 01:42:25,873 --> 01:42:27,741 MORE OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO DO 3021 01:42:27,741 --> 01:42:29,710 IT LONG TERM. THE LITTLE SAIGON 3022 01:42:29,710 --> 01:42:31,311 EFFORT IS WORKING, BUT IT IS NOT 3023 01:42:31,311 --> 01:42:33,146 24/7. IT IS NOT AT NIGHT AND 3024 01:42:33,146 --> 01:42:35,215 IT'S NOT ON THE WEEKENDS. IF WE 3025 01:42:35,215 --> 01:42:36,250 HAD MORE OFFICERS, WE WOULD BE 3026 01:42:36,250 --> 01:42:39,486 ABLE TO DO MORE. THE OFFICERS 3027 01:42:39,486 --> 01:42:40,821 CAN'T DO MORE UNTIL THEY HAVE 3028 01:42:40,821 --> 01:42:42,055 SOMEONE TO REPLACE IT. OTHERWISE 3029 01:42:42,055 --> 01:42:45,325 WE HAVE A CAPTAIN WORKING THIRD 3030 01:42:45,325 --> 01:42:46,760 WATCH WHEN HE'S LOW STAFFED, SO 3031 01:42:46,760 --> 01:42:49,663 MORE HIRING, MORE CONSISTENCY 3032 01:42:49,663 --> 01:42:50,864 WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE 3033 01:42:50,864 --> 01:42:52,666 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 3034 01:42:52,666 --> 01:42:55,402 -- OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU. 3035 01:42:55,402 --> 01:42:56,036 CAPTAIN KATHRYN. ANYTHING YOU 3036 01:42:56,036 --> 01:42:57,404 WANT TO ADD OR ARE YOU GOOD? 3037 01:42:57,404 --> 01:42:58,438 -- SURE. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, 3038 01:42:58,438 --> 01:43:01,308 YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT. 3039 01:43:01,308 --> 01:43:01,909 -- ORDINANCES AND LEGISLATION 3040 01:43:01,909 --> 01:43:04,778 THAT ADDRESS SOME OF THE DRIVERS 3041 01:43:04,778 --> 01:43:05,646 OF THE NARCOTICS SALES OUT 3042 01:43:05,646 --> 01:43:06,980 THERE, LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A 3043 01:43:06,980 --> 01:43:09,349 LOT OF ILLEGAL VENDING THAT IS 3044 01:43:09,349 --> 01:43:11,985 INCORPORATED IN DRIVING THAT 3045 01:43:11,985 --> 01:43:12,886 MARKET WITH EBT FRAUD, THINGS 3046 01:43:12,886 --> 01:43:14,388 ALONG THOSE LINES. SO ADDRESSING 3047 01:43:14,388 --> 01:43:16,990 THOSE ISSUES THROUGH ORDINANCE 3048 01:43:16,990 --> 01:43:19,526 OR LEGISLATION AS WELL, IT'S NOT 3049 01:43:19,526 --> 01:43:20,194 JUST NARCOTICS, IT'S THE THINGS 3050 01:43:20,194 --> 01:43:21,328 THAT ARE SURROUNDING THEM AS 3051 01:43:21,328 --> 01:43:22,462 WELL. 3052 01:43:22,462 --> 01:43:23,397 -- STREET MARKETS. THANK YOU. 3053 01:43:23,397 --> 01:43:25,198 AND BY THE WAY, I'M ALSO SAYING 3054 01:43:25,198 --> 01:43:26,133 ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE HAVE TO 3055 01:43:26,133 --> 01:43:29,136 REACH OUR GOAL. 1258 OFFICERS. 3056 01:43:29,136 --> 01:43:30,604 AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE 3057 01:43:30,604 --> 01:43:33,540 MOMENTUM. OKAY. THAT COLLEAGUES, 3058 01:43:33,540 --> 01:43:36,276 WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO OUR 3059 01:43:36,276 --> 01:43:37,511 AMENDMENTS. AND I'M GOING TO 3060 01:43:37,511 --> 01:43:38,579 START. SINCE I HAVE AMENDMENT 3061 01:43:38,579 --> 01:43:40,080 NUMBER ONE, I MOVE TO AMEND 3062 01:43:40,080 --> 01:43:40,814 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 3063 01:43:40,814 --> 01:43:42,616 FOUR, EIGHT, AS PRESENTED IN 3064 01:43:42,616 --> 01:43:44,585 AMENDMENT ONE. AND YOU'RE 3065 01:43:44,585 --> 01:43:46,787 WELCOME TO STAY. IT'S BEEN. 3066 01:43:46,787 --> 01:43:47,087 -- SECOND. 3067 01:43:47,087 --> 01:43:48,155 -- HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 3068 01:43:48,155 --> 01:43:49,323 TO AMEND THE BILL AS PRESENTED 3069 01:43:49,323 --> 01:43:52,593 AN AMENDMENT ONE CENTRAL STAFF. 3070 01:43:52,593 --> 01:43:55,028 MR. DOSS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO YOU 3071 01:43:55,028 --> 01:43:56,129 RECOGNIZE DESCRIBE AMENDMENT 3072 01:43:56,129 --> 01:43:56,363 ONE. 3073 01:43:56,363 --> 01:43:59,366 -- YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 3074 01:43:59,366 --> 01:43:59,666 MR. CHAIR. 3075 01:43:59,666 --> 01:44:01,335 -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 3076 01:44:01,335 --> 01:44:01,568 COMING. 3077 01:44:01,568 --> 01:44:04,538 -- AND RIGHT BEFORE I READ 3078 01:44:04,538 --> 01:44:06,139 AMENDMENT ONE, IF I MIGHT JUST 3079 01:44:06,139 --> 01:44:07,975 GIVE LIKE ONE PARAGRAPH OF OF 3080 01:44:07,975 --> 01:44:11,411 SUMMARY ON THE BILL, I SAY THAT 3081 01:44:11,411 --> 01:44:12,946 AS AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, THIS 3082 01:44:12,946 --> 01:44:15,315 WOULD THIS BILL WOULD CHANGE THE 3083 01:44:15,315 --> 01:44:17,117 CITY ORDINANCE TO PRIORITIZE THE 3084 01:44:17,117 --> 01:44:18,752 USE OF INFIELD PRE-BOOKING, 3085 01:44:18,752 --> 01:44:20,654 DIVERSION STRATEGIES THROUGH A 3086 01:44:20,654 --> 01:44:25,492 WARM HAND TO AN INDIVIDUAL OF AN 3087 01:44:25,492 --> 01:44:26,059 INDIVIDUAL TO LEAD OUTREACH 3088 01:44:26,059 --> 01:44:28,862 PERSONNEL ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE 3089 01:44:28,862 --> 01:44:30,864 THAT THIS CHANGE WOULD NOT 3090 01:44:30,864 --> 01:44:32,399 PRECLUDE OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO 3091 01:44:32,399 --> 01:44:33,967 BOOKING, SUCH AS A CHARGE BY 3092 01:44:33,967 --> 01:44:36,637 OFFICER OR ARREST AND RELEASE, 3093 01:44:36,637 --> 01:44:37,537 NOR WOULD IT PROHIBIT BOOKING. 3094 01:44:37,537 --> 01:44:39,973 ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE SET TO 3095 01:44:39,973 --> 01:44:42,142 THE OFFICER DISCRETION AND COULD 3096 01:44:42,142 --> 01:44:45,145 BE IMPLEMENTED REALLY WHENEVER 3097 01:44:45,145 --> 01:44:46,380 THE OFFICER THINKS IT'S THINKS 3098 01:44:46,380 --> 01:44:48,181 IT'S APPROPRIATE. THIS BILL 3099 01:44:48,181 --> 01:44:50,317 WOULD SIMPLY SET A PREFERENCE 3100 01:44:50,317 --> 01:44:52,319 FOR A DIRECT HANDOFF TO RECOVERY 3101 01:44:52,319 --> 01:44:54,421 SERVICES WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE. 3102 01:44:54,421 --> 01:44:55,555 SO WITH THAT AS BACKGROUND, I'LL 3103 01:44:55,555 --> 01:44:57,057 GO AHEAD AND AND GET INTO THE 3104 01:44:57,057 --> 01:45:02,095 FIRST AMENDMENT. THE AMENDMENT 3105 01:45:02,095 --> 01:45:02,729 AMENDMENT ONE WOULD MAKE SEVERAL 3106 01:45:02,729 --> 01:45:03,397 TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING 3107 01:45:03,397 --> 01:45:05,332 CHANGES. FIRST, IT WOULD SPECIFY 3108 01:45:05,332 --> 01:45:07,134 THAT A FIELD BASED DIVERSION CAN 3109 01:45:07,134 --> 01:45:09,369 INCLUDE A DIRECT IN-PERSON 3110 01:45:09,369 --> 01:45:11,505 HANDOFF THAT OCCURS AT A POLICE 3111 01:45:11,505 --> 01:45:12,873 PRECINCT. THIS IS A CHANGE THAT 3112 01:45:12,873 --> 01:45:14,541 COUNCILMEMBER LIN SUGGESTED IN 3113 01:45:14,541 --> 01:45:16,777 THE LAST MEETING OF THIS 3114 01:45:16,777 --> 01:45:18,412 COMMITTEE. SECOND, IT WOULD 3115 01:45:18,412 --> 01:45:20,113 SPECIFY THAT THE CITY'S 3116 01:45:20,113 --> 01:45:21,915 PREFERENCE FOR A FIELD BASED 3117 01:45:21,915 --> 01:45:25,218 DIVERSION IS MADE BY A RECOVERY 3118 01:45:25,218 --> 01:45:28,121 SERVICE PROVIDER, WHO UTILIZES 3119 01:45:28,121 --> 01:45:28,722 THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVERSION 3120 01:45:28,722 --> 01:45:30,557 FRAMEWORK, WHICH UNDER THIS 3121 01:45:30,557 --> 01:45:31,925 AMENDMENT WOULD BE DEFINED TO 3122 01:45:31,925 --> 01:45:33,894 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO 3123 01:45:33,894 --> 01:45:35,962 THE ELEMENTS IN THE RCW. FOR A 3124 01:45:35,962 --> 01:45:38,298 LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED 3125 01:45:38,298 --> 01:45:39,633 DIVERSION PROGRAM, AND THAT CAN 3126 01:45:39,633 --> 01:45:45,472 BE FOUND IN RCW 71.24.589 SUB 3127 01:45:45,472 --> 01:45:48,608 FOUR. THIS WAS A CHANGE THAT 3128 01:45:48,608 --> 01:45:50,210 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SUGGESTED IN 3129 01:45:50,210 --> 01:45:52,212 THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING AS 3130 01:45:52,212 --> 01:45:53,714 WELL. THIRD, IT WOULD CLARIFY 3131 01:45:53,714 --> 01:45:58,485 THAT THE DATA AND EVALUATIVE 3132 01:45:58,485 --> 01:45:59,052 REQUIREMENTS IN SUBSECTION 3133 01:45:59,052 --> 01:46:01,722 328141 J FOUR APPLY TO RECOVERY 3134 01:46:01,722 --> 01:46:04,491 SERVICE PROVIDERS. THIS 3135 01:46:04,491 --> 01:46:06,760 SUBSECTION, AS WE DISCUSSED 3136 01:46:06,760 --> 01:46:08,095 EARLIER, REQUIRES A SERVICE 3137 01:46:08,095 --> 01:46:08,628 PROVIDERS TO COLLECT AND 3138 01:46:08,628 --> 01:46:10,263 MAINTAIN DATA ON REFERRALS, 3139 01:46:10,263 --> 01:46:12,399 PARTICIPATION, OUTCOME, AND 3140 01:46:12,399 --> 01:46:14,267 CLIENT DEMOGRAPHICS. THIS CHANGE 3141 01:46:14,267 --> 01:46:17,137 WAS SUGGESTED BY SPD SO THAT IT 3142 01:46:17,137 --> 01:46:19,740 WOULD BE CLEAR THAT IT WOULD BE 3143 01:46:19,740 --> 01:46:22,676 THE LEAD PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE 3144 01:46:22,676 --> 01:46:24,244 CAPTURING THAT DATA. LASTLY, IT 3145 01:46:24,244 --> 01:46:25,746 WOULD CLARIFY THAT AN OFFICER 3146 01:46:25,746 --> 01:46:27,614 DOES NOT NEED TO INCLUDE AN 3147 01:46:27,614 --> 01:46:28,849 ARREST REPORT. INFORMATION 3148 01:46:28,849 --> 01:46:30,016 REGARDING THE THREAT OF HARM 3149 01:46:30,016 --> 01:46:31,518 ASSESSMENT. THIS IS A TECHNICAL 3150 01:46:31,518 --> 01:46:33,620 CORRECTION TO REFLECT THE FACT 3151 01:46:33,620 --> 01:46:36,123 THAT OFFICERS ARE NOT REQUIRED 3152 01:46:36,123 --> 01:46:37,691 TO DO A THREAT OF HARM 3153 01:46:37,691 --> 01:46:39,192 ASSESSMENT, AND THEREFORE, IF 3154 01:46:39,192 --> 01:46:40,527 THEY DO NOT COMPLETE A THREAT OF 3155 01:46:40,527 --> 01:46:41,962 HARM ASSESSMENT, THEY CAN'T PUT 3156 01:46:41,962 --> 01:46:42,763 ANYTHING IN THE ARREST REPORT. 3157 01:46:42,763 --> 01:46:46,933 SO THIS IS JUST SYNCING UP A 3158 01:46:46,933 --> 01:46:47,501 TECHNICAL ISSUE ALONG WITH 3159 01:46:47,501 --> 01:46:51,471 ANOTHER CHANGE THAT WAS MADE IN 3160 01:46:51,471 --> 01:46:54,141 328141 K RECOMMENDED BY THE LAW 3161 01:46:54,141 --> 01:46:56,109 DEPARTMENT. SO WITH THAT AS A 3162 01:46:56,109 --> 01:46:59,513 SUMMARY I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY 3163 01:46:59,513 --> 01:47:00,547 QUESTIONS AND WHATEVER YOU NEED. 3164 01:47:00,547 --> 01:47:01,548 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. 3165 01:47:01,548 --> 01:47:03,717 DOSS. AS THE SPONSOR OF THIS, I 3166 01:47:03,717 --> 01:47:04,918 SHOULD REALLY SAY THAT I'M THE 3167 01:47:04,918 --> 01:47:06,286 SPONSOR OF IT BECAUSE AS YOU 3168 01:47:06,286 --> 01:47:08,455 NOTED, AND AS WALKING THROUGH, 3169 01:47:08,455 --> 01:47:11,158 WE HAVE INPUTS HERE IN THIS 3170 01:47:11,158 --> 01:47:14,427 AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3171 01:47:14,427 --> 01:47:15,962 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SPD AND, AND 3172 01:47:15,962 --> 01:47:17,964 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 3173 01:47:17,964 --> 01:47:19,733 THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM THE 3174 01:47:19,733 --> 01:47:20,967 MAYOR'S OFFICE, ALTHOUGH THAT 3175 01:47:20,967 --> 01:47:23,603 WAS TOO LATE, COULDN'T GET A 3176 01:47:23,603 --> 01:47:25,439 LAW REVIEW. THAT WAS, AGAIN, 3177 01:47:25,439 --> 01:47:27,140 PRETTY SMALL, STRAIGHTFORWARD 3178 01:47:27,140 --> 01:47:30,811 PIECE. BUT SO AGAIN, THESE THIS 3179 01:47:30,811 --> 01:47:33,046 AMENDMENT IS A, YOU KNOW, 3180 01:47:33,046 --> 01:47:34,014 SPONSORED WITH INPUTS FROM 3181 01:47:34,014 --> 01:47:36,149 ACROSS THE BOARD. AND I THANK 3182 01:47:36,149 --> 01:47:38,151 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR YOUR 3183 01:47:38,151 --> 01:47:38,785 INPUT. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA VICE 3184 01:47:38,785 --> 01:47:41,454 CHAIR SAKA. SPD. AND ALSO THE 3185 01:47:41,454 --> 01:47:42,689 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THEIR 3186 01:47:42,689 --> 01:47:44,057 SUPPORT. IN ADDITION, OF COURSE. 3187 01:47:44,057 --> 01:47:46,393 CENTRAL STAFF COLLEAGUES, ANY 3188 01:47:46,393 --> 01:47:50,630 QUESTIONS OR CAN WE PROCEED TO A 3189 01:47:50,630 --> 01:47:54,067 VOTE? OKAY. THANK YOU. CLERK 3190 01:47:54,067 --> 01:47:55,535 WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 3191 01:47:55,535 --> 01:47:58,171 THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 3192 01:47:58,171 --> 01:47:58,371 ONE? 3193 01:47:58,371 --> 01:47:59,706 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AYE. 3194 01:47:59,706 --> 01:48:03,510 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN I 3195 01:48:03,510 --> 01:48:06,213 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA I 3196 01:48:06,213 --> 01:48:08,148 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. CHAIR 3197 01:48:08,148 --> 01:48:10,183 KETTLE AYE, THEY'RE FIVE IN 3198 01:48:10,183 --> 01:48:10,417 FAVOR. 3199 01:48:10,417 --> 01:48:12,853 -- OKAY. AMENDMENT ONE IS 3200 01:48:12,853 --> 01:48:14,454 ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3201 01:48:14,454 --> 01:48:16,556 WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR 3202 01:48:16,556 --> 01:48:17,023 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO? 3203 01:48:17,023 --> 01:48:19,159 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I MOVE TO 3204 01:48:19,159 --> 01:48:21,595 AMEND COUNCIL BILL ONE TWO, 1248 3205 01:48:21,595 --> 01:48:23,930 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT TWO. 3206 01:48:23,930 --> 01:48:26,333 -- SECOND. OKAY, IT'S MOVED AND 3207 01:48:26,333 --> 01:48:27,868 SECONDED AS PRESENTED. AMENDMENT 3208 01:48:27,868 --> 01:48:29,836 TWO CENTRAL STAFF IS RECOGNIZED 3209 01:48:29,836 --> 01:48:30,437 TO DESCRIBE AMENDMENT NUMBER 3210 01:48:30,437 --> 01:48:30,637 TWO. 3211 01:48:30,637 --> 01:48:32,405 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND I 3212 01:48:32,405 --> 01:48:34,107 APOLOGIZE FOR FAILING EARLIER TO 3213 01:48:34,107 --> 01:48:35,675 RECOGNIZE YOU ARE THE SPONSOR OF 3214 01:48:35,675 --> 01:48:37,744 AMENDMENT ONE AND COUNCILMEMBER 3215 01:48:37,744 --> 01:48:39,646 RIVERA, THE SPONSOR. AMENDMENT 3216 01:48:39,646 --> 01:48:42,515 TWO. THANK YOU. AND FOR 3217 01:48:42,515 --> 01:48:44,784 AMENDMENT TWO, THIS AMENDMENT 3218 01:48:44,784 --> 01:48:45,418 WOULD REQUIRE SPD OFFICERS AND 3219 01:48:45,418 --> 01:48:47,721 DIVERSION SERVICE PROVIDERS TO 3220 01:48:47,721 --> 01:48:50,156 REPORT INSTANCES WHEN AN OFFICER 3221 01:48:50,156 --> 01:48:52,192 REQUESTED A FIELD BASED 3222 01:48:52,192 --> 01:48:53,994 DIVERSION, AND THE NUMBER OF 3223 01:48:53,994 --> 01:48:56,563 TIMES THAT A DIVERSION SERVICE 3224 01:48:56,563 --> 01:48:57,163 PROVIDER RESPONDED TIMELY TO 3225 01:48:57,163 --> 01:48:59,599 THAT REQUEST. ONE THING TO NOTE 3226 01:48:59,599 --> 01:49:00,567 WITH THIS AMENDMENT IS THAT SPD 3227 01:49:00,567 --> 01:49:04,638 WOULD NEED TO DEFINE IN ITS 3228 01:49:04,638 --> 01:49:07,140 POLICY WHAT TIMELY MEANS, AND 3229 01:49:07,140 --> 01:49:08,808 -- IT IS THE CASE THAT CENTRAL 3230 01:49:08,808 --> 01:49:12,379 STAFF HAVE ASKED THEM HOW THEY 3231 01:49:12,379 --> 01:49:14,881 WOULD DO THAT. IT IS. IT IS THE 3232 01:49:14,881 --> 01:49:18,418 CASE ALSO THAT THAT WHEN LEAD IS 3233 01:49:18,418 --> 01:49:19,486 TRAINING SPD OFFICERS, THEY SAY 3234 01:49:19,486 --> 01:49:21,588 THAT THEY WILL RESPOND WITHIN 30 3235 01:49:21,588 --> 01:49:28,128 MINUTES AND THAT SPD HAS BEEN 3236 01:49:28,128 --> 01:49:29,496 USING THAT PROTOCOL. OF COURSE, 3237 01:49:29,496 --> 01:49:31,264 THERE WOULD NEED TO BE 3238 01:49:31,264 --> 01:49:34,200 EXCEPTIONS POTENTIALLY FOR HIGH 3239 01:49:34,200 --> 01:49:36,503 EMERGENT CALLS, HIGH PRIORITY 3240 01:49:36,503 --> 01:49:37,637 PRIORITY ONE EMERGENT CALLS. AND 3241 01:49:37,637 --> 01:49:39,673 SO THAT'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT 3242 01:49:39,673 --> 01:49:41,341 THAT SPD IS WORKING ON. AND, AND 3243 01:49:41,341 --> 01:49:43,543 I CAN PROVIDE TO YOU BEFORE THE 3244 01:49:43,543 --> 01:49:46,046 FINAL VOTE. AND IT WILL BE UP TO 3245 01:49:46,046 --> 01:49:47,814 YOU ALL AS TO WHETHER YOU WANT 3246 01:49:47,814 --> 01:49:49,716 TO PUT THAT INTO THE BILL OR 3247 01:49:49,716 --> 01:49:53,019 HAVE SPD PUT IT INTO ITS 3248 01:49:53,019 --> 01:49:55,021 POLICIES, AS THEY WOULD DO UNDER 3249 01:49:55,021 --> 01:49:56,089 NORMAL COURSE. 3250 01:49:56,089 --> 01:49:56,356 -- OKAY. 3251 01:49:56,356 --> 01:49:58,091 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3252 01:49:58,091 --> 01:49:58,858 RIVERA WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK 3253 01:49:58,858 --> 01:50:00,660 TO YOUR. 3254 01:50:00,660 --> 01:50:01,761 -- UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY 3255 01:50:01,761 --> 01:50:02,963 QUESTIONS, I THINK. THANK YOU. 3256 01:50:02,963 --> 01:50:04,931 GREG DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AT 3257 01:50:04,931 --> 01:50:07,334 EXPLAINING MORE DATA BY WHICH, 3258 01:50:07,334 --> 01:50:09,636 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BETTER 3259 01:50:09,636 --> 01:50:09,903 PICTURE. 3260 01:50:09,903 --> 01:50:11,871 -- OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT, I 3261 01:50:11,871 --> 01:50:12,672 DON'T SEE ANY HANDS. CLARK, 3262 01:50:12,672 --> 01:50:13,807 WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 3263 01:50:13,807 --> 01:50:15,342 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 3264 01:50:15,342 --> 01:50:18,845 TWO? 3265 01:50:18,845 --> 01:50:19,412 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 3266 01:50:19,412 --> 01:50:22,682 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I 3267 01:50:22,682 --> 01:50:23,783 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 3268 01:50:23,783 --> 01:50:25,585 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. CHAIR 3269 01:50:25,585 --> 01:50:27,420 KETTLE I FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE 3270 01:50:27,420 --> 01:50:27,687 OPPOSED. 3271 01:50:27,687 --> 01:50:29,356 -- OKAY. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS 3272 01:50:29,356 --> 01:50:30,724 ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3273 01:50:30,724 --> 01:50:31,324 WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR 3274 01:50:31,324 --> 01:50:32,392 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE? 3275 01:50:32,392 --> 01:50:34,828 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I MOVE TO 3276 01:50:34,828 --> 01:50:35,829 TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL ONE TWO, 3277 01:50:35,829 --> 01:50:37,664 ONE, TWO, FOUR EIGHT AS 3278 01:50:37,664 --> 01:50:40,033 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT THREE. 3279 01:50:40,033 --> 01:50:40,333 -- SECOND. 3280 01:50:40,333 --> 01:50:41,067 -- THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED. AND 3281 01:50:41,067 --> 01:50:42,736 SECOND, AS PRESENTED ON 3282 01:50:42,736 --> 01:50:44,037 AMENDMENT THREE CENTRAL STAFF, 3283 01:50:44,037 --> 01:50:45,872 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO DESCRIBE 3284 01:50:45,872 --> 01:50:47,140 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. 3285 01:50:47,140 --> 01:50:48,742 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 3286 01:50:48,742 --> 01:50:51,011 AMENDMENT THREE, ALSO SPONSORED 3287 01:50:51,011 --> 01:50:52,746 BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THIS 3288 01:50:52,746 --> 01:50:54,214 AMENDMENT WOULD RECOGNIZE AN 3289 01:50:54,214 --> 01:50:56,383 OFFICER'S ABILITY TO TAKE INTO 3290 01:50:56,383 --> 01:50:57,417 CUSTODY. CUSTODY INDIVIDUALS IN 3291 01:50:57,417 --> 01:50:59,686 SEVERE CRISIS DUE TO SUBSTANCE 3292 01:50:59,686 --> 01:51:04,324 ABUSE. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND. RCW 3293 01:51:04,324 --> 01:51:07,093 71051532. AUTHORIZES OFFICERS TO 3294 01:51:07,093 --> 01:51:08,361 TRANSPORT AN INDIVIDUAL TO A 3295 01:51:08,361 --> 01:51:11,364 SECURE WITHDRAWAL AND 3296 01:51:11,364 --> 01:51:11,931 STABILIZATION FACILITY FOR 3297 01:51:11,931 --> 01:51:12,732 EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY 3298 01:51:12,732 --> 01:51:15,435 STABILIZATION AND OR EVALUATION 3299 01:51:15,435 --> 01:51:17,337 BY DESIGNATED CRISIS RESPONDER. 3300 01:51:17,337 --> 01:51:19,272 THE AMENDMENT NOTES THAT THE 3301 01:51:19,272 --> 01:51:21,341 STATE PASSED A LAW TO ALLOW FOR 3302 01:51:21,341 --> 01:51:24,244 INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT OF 3303 01:51:24,244 --> 01:51:24,878 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SEVERE 3304 01:51:24,878 --> 01:51:27,113 SUBSTANCE ABUSE WHEN THEY ARE NO 3305 01:51:27,113 --> 01:51:28,648 LONGER ABLE TO MAKE SAFE 3306 01:51:28,648 --> 01:51:30,684 DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES. SPD 3307 01:51:30,684 --> 01:51:32,452 HAS INDICATED THAT A TREATMENT 3308 01:51:32,452 --> 01:51:33,019 BED IS NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE 3309 01:51:33,019 --> 01:51:38,658 UNDER RICKY'S LAW, BUT THAT 3310 01:51:38,658 --> 01:51:39,693 OFFICERS WOULD STILL USE 7105153 3311 01:51:39,693 --> 01:51:41,061 TO TAKE AN INDIVIDUAL INTO 3312 01:51:41,061 --> 01:51:42,629 CUSTODY, DELIVER THEM TO A 3313 01:51:42,629 --> 01:51:43,730 HOSPITAL AND ENSURE THAT THEY 3314 01:51:43,730 --> 01:51:45,598 ARE CARED FOR IF THEY BECOME 3315 01:51:45,598 --> 01:51:46,766 GRAVELY DISABLED DUE TO THEIR 3316 01:51:46,766 --> 01:51:49,569 DRUG USE. FROM THERE, IT WOULD 3317 01:51:49,569 --> 01:51:51,137 BE UP TO A DESIGNATED CRISIS 3318 01:51:51,137 --> 01:51:53,873 RESPONDER TO DETERMINE HOW THAT 3319 01:51:53,873 --> 01:51:54,441 INDIVIDUAL RECEIVES FURTHER 3320 01:51:54,441 --> 01:51:55,408 TREATMENT. SO THIS AMENDMENT, IN 3321 01:51:55,408 --> 01:51:58,178 SHORT, WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT 3322 01:51:58,178 --> 01:52:01,114 OFFICERS HAVE THIS ABILITY AND 3323 01:52:01,114 --> 01:52:03,416 UNDER THE THREAT OF HARM TO SELF 3324 01:52:03,416 --> 01:52:05,618 SECTION OF THE BILL, IT WOULD 3325 01:52:05,618 --> 01:52:07,420 PUT IN THAT WHEN IT'S 3326 01:52:07,420 --> 01:52:08,054 APPROPRIATE THAT OFFICERS SHOULD 3327 01:52:08,054 --> 01:52:10,824 SHOULD USE THIS. THIS METHOD. 3328 01:52:10,824 --> 01:52:12,358 -- THANK YOU, MR. DOS 3329 01:52:12,358 --> 01:52:13,827 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. ANY. 3330 01:52:13,827 --> 01:52:15,261 -- NO. UNLESS SOMEONE HAS ANY 3331 01:52:15,261 --> 01:52:16,996 QUESTIONS. I THINK GREG DID A 3332 01:52:16,996 --> 01:52:19,365 GREAT JOB EXPLAINING THIS, 3333 01:52:19,365 --> 01:52:19,933 SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY 3334 01:52:19,933 --> 01:52:22,936 AVAILABLE. SO AND THIS PIECE OF 3335 01:52:22,936 --> 01:52:25,205 THE LEGISLATION, IT JUST MADE 3336 01:52:25,205 --> 01:52:26,706 SENSE TO ME TO DO THE REMINDER 3337 01:52:26,706 --> 01:52:28,975 THAT THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT 3338 01:52:28,975 --> 01:52:32,145 IS AVAILABLE TO FOLKS, 3339 01:52:32,145 --> 01:52:34,280 ESPECIALLY IN AN EMERGENCY. 3340 01:52:34,280 --> 01:52:34,581 THANK YOU. 3341 01:52:34,581 --> 01:52:36,783 -- QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 3342 01:52:36,783 --> 01:52:38,084 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3343 01:52:38,084 --> 01:52:40,220 -- YEAH, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, 3344 01:52:40,220 --> 01:52:41,621 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OFFICERS 3345 01:52:41,621 --> 01:52:42,555 ALREADY HAVE THE KIND OF 3346 01:52:42,555 --> 01:52:44,424 AUTHORITY TO DO. WE JUST DON'T 3347 01:52:44,424 --> 01:52:46,326 WANT TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT 3348 01:52:46,326 --> 01:52:47,861 SOMEHOW THIS LEGISLATION WOULD 3349 01:52:47,861 --> 01:52:48,795 PRECLUDE THEM FROM DOING IT. SO 3350 01:52:48,795 --> 01:52:50,597 THIS JUST ALLOWS THEM TO 3351 01:52:50,597 --> 01:52:51,865 CONTINUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. 3352 01:52:51,865 --> 01:52:53,299 -- CORRECT. 3353 01:52:53,299 --> 01:52:53,933 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN JUST KIND 3354 01:52:53,933 --> 01:52:55,568 OF RAISING THE FLAG, 3355 01:52:55,568 --> 01:52:57,437 HIGHLIGHTING IF YOU WANT. 3356 01:52:57,437 --> 01:52:59,205 -- ESPECIALLY AGAIN, IN CASE OF 3357 01:52:59,205 --> 01:53:01,040 EMERGENCIES. THIS IS ANOTHER 3358 01:53:01,040 --> 01:53:03,143 TOOL TO HELP FOLKS. 3359 01:53:03,143 --> 01:53:04,978 -- OKAY. NOT SEEING ANY 3360 01:53:04,978 --> 01:53:06,746 INDICATION OF QUESTIONS AND 3361 01:53:06,746 --> 01:53:07,714 COMMENTS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 3362 01:53:07,714 --> 01:53:09,415 CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF 3363 01:53:09,415 --> 01:53:13,019 AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE? 3364 01:53:13,019 --> 01:53:13,520 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 3365 01:53:13,520 --> 01:53:13,953 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3366 01:53:13,953 --> 01:53:14,187 -- YES. 3367 01:53:14,187 --> 01:53:16,990 -- COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. AYE. 3368 01:53:16,990 --> 01:53:17,423 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3369 01:53:17,423 --> 01:53:18,424 -- AYE. 3370 01:53:18,424 --> 01:53:19,492 -- CHAIR KETTLE. AYE. FIVE IN 3371 01:53:19,492 --> 01:53:20,226 FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 3372 01:53:20,226 --> 01:53:24,097 -- AMENDMENT THREE IS ADOPTED. 3373 01:53:24,097 --> 01:53:31,738 OKAY. COLLEAGUES. WILL THE CLERK 3374 01:53:31,738 --> 01:53:33,706 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 3375 01:53:33,706 --> 01:53:34,274 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO 3376 01:53:34,274 --> 01:53:39,279 ADOPT COUNCIL BILL ONE 21248, AS 3377 01:53:39,279 --> 01:53:39,546 AMENDED. 3378 01:53:39,546 --> 01:53:40,880 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 3379 01:53:40,880 --> 01:53:43,283 -- I COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3380 01:53:43,283 --> 01:53:43,516 -- YES. 3381 01:53:43,516 --> 01:53:45,251 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 3382 01:53:45,251 --> 01:53:47,253 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. I CHAIR 3383 01:53:47,253 --> 01:53:49,155 KETTLE. AYE FIVE IN FAVOR? NONE 3384 01:53:49,155 --> 01:53:49,422 OPPOSED. 3385 01:53:49,422 --> 01:53:50,323 -- OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES AND 3386 01:53:50,323 --> 01:53:51,791 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 3387 01:53:51,791 --> 01:53:52,826 THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE ADOPTED 3388 01:53:52,826 --> 01:53:54,027 WILL BE SENT TO THE AUGUST 4th 3389 01:53:54,027 --> 01:53:58,531 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY, 3390 01:53:58,531 --> 01:53:59,766 COLLEAGUES, VERY BIG MEETING, 3391 01:53:59,766 --> 01:54:00,667 LONG MEETING COMING ON THE HEELS 3392 01:54:00,667 --> 01:54:02,869 OF THIS WEEKEND. I WANT TO AGAIN 3393 01:54:02,869 --> 01:54:05,238 THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME. MOST 3394 01:54:05,238 --> 01:54:07,273 HAVE LEFT. BUT THANK YOU FOR 3395 01:54:07,273 --> 01:54:10,076 BEING HERE AND GIVING COMMENTS. 3396 01:54:10,076 --> 01:54:11,678 AND WE'VE LOOKED TO INCORPORATE 3397 01:54:11,678 --> 01:54:12,712 THAT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF 3398 01:54:12,712 --> 01:54:13,813 THE MEETING, WHICH IS ALL MY 3399 01:54:13,813 --> 01:54:14,847 COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE. SO THANK 3400 01:54:14,847 --> 01:54:16,249 YOU. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 3401 01:54:16,249 --> 01:54:16,883 TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. IS 3402 01:54:16,883 --> 01:54:18,151 THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO 3403 01:54:18,151 --> 01:54:19,452 COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE 3404 01:54:19,452 --> 01:54:22,722 WE ADJOURN? I DON'T THINK SO. 3405 01:54:22,722 --> 01:54:23,856 OKAY. HEARING NO FURTHER 3406 01:54:23,856 --> 01:54:24,424 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 3407 01:54:24,424 --> 01:54:26,859 COMMITTEE,