PRESIDENT. WILL IT CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
PRESENT.
>> CELEBRITY SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> PRESENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> HERE SEVEN PRESENT.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU. FOR THE
RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ARE
EXCUSED. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER
WILL PRESENT A PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2026 AS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT THE
PROCLAMATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY
BLACK HISTORY MONTH. WE LOVE TO
SEE IT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO
PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION SIGNED
BY MY FELLY COUNCILMEMBERS AND
THE MAYOR TODAY, AND EXCITED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CITY ATTORNEY
ERICA EVANS IS IN THE AUDIENCE
WITH US AS WELL AS WE PRESENT
THE PROCLAMATION. I WILL JUST
SHARE BRIEFLY FOR MYSELF, IT WAS
FUN TO GET TO BE ASKED TO DO THE
PROCLAMATION. I SHARED A LITTLE
YESTERDAY AT THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING BUT I WILL SAY AGAIN
TODAY, THERE IS SO MUCH FOR US
TO REFLECT ON AND SO MUCH FOR US
TO CELEBRATE THIS MONTH AND
EVERY DAY. IT IS A PLEASURE TO
GET TO PRESENT THIS. I'M GOING
TO READ JUST A TINY BIT. I'M A
LITTLE VERBOSE. IT'S A LONG
PROCLAMATION. SO I WILL READ
JUST A LITTLE BIT. I'M REALLY
EXCITED TO SHARE THAT LATER ON
THIS MONTH, I WILL BE OFFICIALLY
PRESENTING THIS AT&T THE
NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSEUM DURING THEIR PERFORMANCES
OF LIVING VOICES. SO WE WILL BE
PRESENTING IT TO THEM THE LAST
DAY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT AN
ARTS EVENT THAT THEY ARE DOING
THAT I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING
FORWARD TO. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT, THE STORIES THAT THEY WILL
BE PRESENTING THERE, ONE STORY,
OUR REVOLUTION FOLLOWS A YOUNG
BLACK COLONIST FIGHTING FOR LAND
AND A FUTURE DURING THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, EXPLORING NATION
HOOD THROUGH PERFORMANCE AND
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE. THE RIGHT TO
DREAM SHIFTS TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS
ERA, TRACING A YOUNG MAN'S
JOURNEY GROWING UP IN THE
SEGREGATED SOUTH AND
HIGHLIGHTING THE 1960s FIGHT FOR
VOTING RIGHTS, YOUTH ACTIVISM
AND MORE. I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
JOIN IF THEY ARE ABLE ON
FEBRUARY 28th FOR THOSE TWO
PERFORMANCES. WITH T THAT, I
WILL SHARE -- THE LAST THING I
WANTED TO SAY IS WE ARE
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF BLACK
HISTORY THIS YEAR. WE ARE ALSO
CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE
PLAQUE LIVES MATTER AT SCHOOL
WEEK OF ACTION WHICH WAS STARTED
HERE IN SEATTLE BY SEATTLE
EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES,
AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MOMENT AS
WELL. I WILL SHARE A COUPLE OF
RECITALS HERE. WHEREAS THE
CENTENNIAL OF BLACK HISTORY WEEK
COMMEMORATES NOT ONLY A CENTURY
OF RECOGNITION AND REMEMBRANCE
BUT AN ENDURING DEMAND THAT
INSTITUTIONS RECKON WITH
HISTORICAL TRUTH, HONOR BLACK
LEADERSHIP AND RESISTANCE, AND
TRANSLATE MEMORY TO SUSTAINED
ACTION THAT CONFRONTS RACIAL
EQUITY, PROTECTS BLACK
COMMUNITIES AND PROTECTS
OPPORTUNITY ACROSS GENERATIONS.
WHEREAS THIS YEAR MARKS THE
TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK LIVES
MATTER, SCHOOL ACTION WEEK, LED
BY EDUCATORS, STUDENTS,
FAMILIES, AFFIRMING THE HUMANITY
OF BLACK STUDENTS AND THAT
UNDERSCORES THE VITAL ROLE OF
SCHOOLS AS SITES OF TRUTH
TELLING AND BELONGING. WHEREAS
WE COMMIT TO USING THE POWER AND
RESPONSIBILITY WE HOLD TODAY TO
BUILD UPON THIS HISTORY AND TAKE
MEANINGFUL ACTION TO ENSURE
BLACK FUTURES IN SEATTLE ARE
BRIGHT, JOYFUL, AND RESILIENT,
GROUNDED IN EQUITY, OPPORTUNITY,
AND COLLECTIVE CARE. THEREFORE,
THE MAYOR AND THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL PROCLAIM FEBRUARY, 2026
TO BE BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN
SEATTLE.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AND THANK
YOU FOR AUTHORING THAT AS WELL,
WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE
WORDS THAT ARE IN THAT
PROCLAMATION AND HOW INTENTIONAL
YOU WERE. WE WILL PAUSE IF THERE
ARE FURTHER COMMENTS. I KNOW WE
DISCUSSED THIS YESTERDAY AS WE
WERE SIGNING ON DURING THE
BRIEFING BUT I WANT TO PAUSE TO
SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS? THE NEXT THING, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I WOULD
LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO
ALLOW OUR CITY ATTORNEY, ERICA
EVANS TO ADDRESS THE CAN YOU
MEAN. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, I
CAUGHT YOU BEFORE THERE WERE
OBJECTIONS, THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
PROPOSING THE PROCLAMATION AND
CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR
SIGNING IT. OUR CITY IS BUILT
UPON THE EXCELLENCE OF BLACK
FOLKS, OUR COUNTRY IS BUILT ON
BLACK EXCELLENCE. IT IS AN HONOR
TO BE A PART OF THE EXCELLENCE
AND THE HISTORY T THAT WE ARE
ALL MAKING IN OUR RESPECTIVE
SEATS. I'M PROUD TO BE A PART
OF THE TEAM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU CITY ATTORNEY
EVANS. . NOW WE WILL SUSPEND THE
RULES, THIS IS NEW FOR US
BECAUSE WE USUALLY FOR THE
PERSON PRESENTING THE
PROCLAMATION TAKE A PHOTO BUT WE
WILL TAKE ONE AS A COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU WILL
COME TO THE MIDDLE AS AUTHOR OF
THE PROCLAMATION AND WE WILL
TAKE A QUICK PHOTO. THIS WILL
ONLY TAKE US 30 TO 45 SECONDS.
REALLY FAST. COLLEAGUES, PUSH IN
YOUR CHAIRS, COME TO THE MIDDLE
AND WE WILL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO,
THANK YOU.
.
>> CAN WE INCLUDE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] IN THE PICTURE?
>> ABSOLUTELY,, SORRY. MY
APOLOGIES.
>> THANK YOU THAT, COLLEAGUES
AND THANK YOU PUBLIC FOR YOUR
PATIENCE. NOW AT THIS TIME, WE
WILL JUMP INTO THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS LIMITED TO THE ITEMS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND THE
INTRODUCTION TO THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO
WE HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE 20 IN PERSON AND FOUR
REMOTE.
>> AWESOME. SO EVERYONE IS GOING
TO GET 4 MINUTES -- SORRY,
SURPRISE. I KNOW. I'M SORRY.
LET ME TELL YOU WHERE I GOT THE
4 FROM, THE LIQUOR AND CANNABIS
BOARD DOES 4 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT AND THAT WAS IN MY HEAD.
SO I APOLOGIZE, EACH PERSON 2
MINUTES, I KNOW, MY BAD. 2
MINUTES. WE WILL START WITH ALL
OF THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST.
CLERK, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
YOU FOR YOU TO READ THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN O
ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT
OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS
WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END
THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE
ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO
CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
>> OKAY. AWESOME. I'M GOING TO
CALL PEOPLE UP IN THREES. I
BELIEVE THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE
WANT TO COME UP IN A GROUP.
IT'S AMBER, EMMY, AND MADISON,
DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? YOU WANT
TO COME UP IN A GROUP, AWESOME.
THAT IS GOING TO BE 6 MINUTES
THAT WE WILL PUT ON THE TIME FOR
YOU TO COME UP AND SPEAK AS A
GROUP BECAUSE IT IS 2 PERPERSON.
AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, THE
PERSON DONET, IS THAT A PART OF
YOUR GROUP AS WELL? NO, OKAY.
BENNETT, YOU ARE AFTER, IT'S
NUMBER FOUR. I KNOW HOW TO SAY
YOUR NAME. SO IT'S NUMBER FOUR.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO SIGNED UP
NUMBER 4? THAT IS NOT PART OF
YOUR GROUP. WE WILL PUT 6
MINUTES UP.
>> DOIA NEED ME TO SHARE THE
SCREEN OR DO YOU GOT THAT?
>> ONE SECOND, TRYING TO FIND IT
HERE. HERE WE GO.
>> AWESOME. WHENEVER YOU ARE
READY TO START, WE WILL START
THE TIMER.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS AMBER. I'M
A VOLUNTEER FOR GREEN LAKE
PROJECT. WE ARE A PEER LED
MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATION FOR SEX
WORKERS IN SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY. SINCE 2019, WE HAVE BEEN
DOING OUT REACH ON AURORA AVENUE
NORTH TWICE A WEEK FOR SEX
WORKERS AND SURVIVORS. WE HAVE A
LIST OF DEMANDS THAT WE ARE HERE
TO SUPPORT TODAY. ON TUESDAY,
JANUARY 27th, THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT SEX
TRAFFICKING AT A MEETING OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL THAT
FEATURED UNREDACTED,
IDENTIFIABLE IMAGES OF
BRUTALIZED, BLOODIED AND
TORTURED WOMEN, ACCOMPANIED BY
GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF THEIR
RAPES AND ASSAULTS, INCLUDING A
LIST OF FOREIGN OBJECTS INSERTED
INTO THEIR BODIES AND OTHER
DEHUMANIZING LANGUAGE AND
COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN WHO ENGAGE
IN THE SEX TRADE. WHILE THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIR
BOB KETTLE HAS APOLOGIZED FOR
ALLOWING A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF
DEHUMANIZING VICTIMS AND
SURVIVORS, WE BELIEVE IT IS A
PART OF A LARGER PATTERN OF
INSTRUMENTIZATION AND
EXPLOITATION OF SURVIVORS, SEX
WORKERS AND PEOPLE IN THE TRADE
BY THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
IN THEIR EFFORT TO PROMOTE THEIR
PREFERRED POLICY POSITION OF
EXPANDING THE POWER AND REACH OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHILE THE KING
COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
SELECTIVELY QUOTE VOICES AND
STORIES OF SURVIVORS WHO ARE
CONVENIENT FOR THEIR GOAL, THOSE
VOICES ARE FAR FROM CONSENSUS OR
MAJORITY. INSTEAD OF HONORING
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES OF
SURVIVORS, SEX WORKERS AND
PEOPLE IN THE SEX TRADE, THOSE
OF US WHO DISAGREE WITH FURTHER
CRIMINALIZATION ARE DISMISSED AS
PRIVILEGED AND COMPLAINED AWAY
AS SPEAKING FROM TRAUMA OR
SIMPLY IGNORED OR SILENCED. IT
WAS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PROSITUTION
LOITERING OR THE STAY OUT OF
AREAS OF PROSTITUTION ORDINANCES
IN 2024, WHEN PEOPLE WITH
PERSONAL HISTORIES IN THE SEX
TRADE OPPOSED THE ORDINANCE
STRUGGLED TO BE HEARD AT ALL
WHILE AN ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING
THE ORDINANCE WAS REPEATEDLY
GIVEN TIME TO PRESENT TO THE
COUNCIL. THEN SUBSEQUENTLY
RECEIVED $1 MILLION IN A NO BID
DIRECT CONTRACT FROM CITY
COUNCIL. THAT ORGANIZATION IS
NOW MIRED IN ALLEGATIONS OF
SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
AGAINST WOMEN THAT THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING. I'M
GOING TO PASS IT ON TO EMMY.
>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS EMMY
GRANA WITH THE COALITION OF
RIGHTS AND SAFETY. EVEN DURING
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
MEETING, IT WAS THE KCBO GAVE
PRESENTATION, COUNCILMEMBERS
MADE NUMEROUS COMMENTS, DEN
GRADING AND DISMISSING
SURVIVORS, SEX WORKERS AND
PEOPLE IN THE TRADE WHO OPPOSE
FURTHER CRIMINALIZATION.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE QUESTIONED
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE OF THOSE
WHO DISAGREE WITH THE POLICIES
INCLUDING SURVIVORS, AND
WORKERS. REPEATEDLY DISMISSED
MEMBERS OF THE CHATTERING CLASS
WHO ARE IGNORANT AND ACCUSED US
OF YELLING AND TARGETING
COUNCILMEMBERS. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA MISCHARACTERIZED PEOPLE
IN THE SEX TRADE WHO DISAGREE
WITH HER AS MEMBERS OF
PRIVILEGED FEW AND ARGUE THAT
POLICIES OF THE COUNCIL HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH US EVEN
THOUGH WE ARE SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST POLICIES THAT DIRECTLY
HARM US. SHE CHASTISED PEOPLE OF
THE SEX TRADE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
FOR NOT LISTENING TO THE
COUNCILMEMBERS RATHER THAN THE
OTHER WAY AROUND. WHEN THE
COUNCILMEMBER [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
ASKED THE PROSECUTORS ABOUT THE
APPROACH, THE PROSECUTOR
SUGGESTED WE WERE TRAUMATIZED AS
CHILDREN AND ARE SPEAKING FROM
TRAUMA BECAUSE THAT IS ALL WE
HAVE AND KNOW INSTEAD OF
ACKNOWLEDGING WE ARE CAPABLE OF
FORMING OUR CONTINUE OPINIONS OF
WHAT POLICY WILL HELP OR HARM
THE COMMUNITY, BASED ON OUR
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND THOSE
OF OUR PEERS AND WE HAVE VALUBLE
INSIGHT THAT SHOULD BE
RESPECTED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY
AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH US ON ANY
GIVEN POLICY. IT WAS ALSO
TELLING THAT MY PUBLIC COMMENT
ALERTED -- IN COMPLOET SDARD FOR
SURVIVORS SAFETY, DIGNITY, PRIOR
TO THE CASE APPEAL PRESENTATION
WAS IGNORED AS IF NOTHING
HAPPENED. THIS HATERN GOES
BEYOND ORDINARY DISAGREEMENT
OVER POLICY PREFERENCE. WHEN THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY MEMBERS
SELECTIVELY PROMOTE THOSE
ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE POSITION
AND INFANTASIZING VOICES OF
OTHERS. THEY ARE NOT LISTENING
TO SURVIVORS. THEY ARE
EXPLOITING SURVIVORS AS THEY DID
WHEN THEY SHARED THE VULNERABLE
SURVIVORS' IMAGES AND ARGUED
THAT THEY ARE PART OF SOME
OBSECURE COURT FILING AND
THEREFORE PUBLIC RECORDS. I PASS
IT TO MADISON.
>> I'M HERE TO REPRESENT ALL
SORTS OF PEOPLE IN THE SEX
TRADE. WE ARE SHORT ON TIME BUT
WE HAVE FIVE DEMANDS TOTAL IN
RESPONSE TO THIS. THE SUMMARY OF
IT IS WE WANT AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF THE PATTERN OF EXPLOITIVE
ABUSES OF SURVIVOR STORIES AND
IMAGES AND POLICY ADVOCACY BY
THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE WANT AN
EXAMINATION OF THE GOOD NIGHT'S
SLEEPS OR TRAINING OR LACK
THEREAFTER OF EXPLAINATIVE USES
OF SURVIVORS STORIES. WE WANT
ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS ON EXISTING AND
POTENTIAL POLICY APPROACHES TO
REDUCING VIOLENCE AND
EXMRITATION IN THE SEX TRADE. WE
ALSO WANT AN ESTABLISHMENT OF
STRATEGIES TO HONOR AND INCLUDE
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES OF PEOPLE
IN THE TRADE. WE WANT A PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING
DEDICATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS. [
INAUDIBLE ] .
>> THANK YOU AMBER, EMMY, AND
MADISON FOR COMING TODAY AND
ALSO FOR SUBMITTING YOUR STUFF.
IF YOU COULD ALSO SEND US AN
EMAIL AS WELL WITH THOSE IT
WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL AS WELL,
THANK YOU ALL. THE NEXT PERSON
WE HAVE IS DONEW, DOES THAT
SOUND FAMILIAR? I'M BUTCHERING
YOUR NAME. NUMBER 4, WE WILL
SKIP THAT AND COME BACK. WE HAVE
BENNETT FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN,
FOLLOWED BY STEVE. HI, BENNETT,
WELCOME, MR. SEA HAWK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. SO
ABOUT HALF OF YOU WERE HERE MORE
THAN A YEAR AGO WHEN
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WAS
CHAIRING A MEETING WHERE SHE HAD
A BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
KEEP EXISTING E.D.I. FUNDING BUT
FREEZING NEW E.D.I. FUNDING.
DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAD
LINED UP TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT
I BELIEVE IN GOOD FAITH BUT
ACCUSING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA OF
WANTING TO CANCEL EXISTING
E.D.I. FUNDING. I REMEMBER AFTER
VIRTUALLY EVERY PERSON SPEAKING,
SEEING YOUR FACE LIKE YOU
CLEARLY WERE DYING TO JUMP IN
AND SAY NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT
I'M PROPOSING DOING BUT
BELIEVING YOUR WEREN'T ALLOWED
SAYING ANYTHING, IT WAS AN HOUR
AND A HALF OF PEOPLE SAYING
COUNCILMEMBER RESERVEA WAS
CUTTING FUNDING. ONCE AGAIN, I
SAY I BELIEVE IF A PUBLIC
COMMENTER WANTS TO ASK A
QUESTION, GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO
RESPOND, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO
TALK. UNDER CITY COUNCIL RULES,
SECTION 11, SUBSECTION C -- SEA
HAWKS, SEA HAWKS -- SUBSECTION
C, IT SAYS THERE IS NO RULE
AGAINST PUBLIC COMMENTER CEDING
SOME OF THEIR TIME AND GIVING
YOU TIME TO ANSWER. SO WITH THAT
IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THE YOU PROPOSED ABOUT
REDUCING COOPERATION WITH I.C.E.
WHICH IS GOOD BUT IT DOESN'T
TAKE OUT THE PART THAT SEATTLE
POLICE OFFICER ARE EXEMPT TO THE
PERSON WITH RESPECT TO THE
PERSON PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED FROM
THE UNITED STATES AND WHERE THE
COP BELIEVES YOU HAVE COMMITTED
A FELONY. THAT IS NOT TAKEN OUT
BY THE LAW YOU PROPOSED. I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW WHD YOU BE OPEN TO
AN AMENDMENT THAT ALSO TAKES OUT
THE PART OF POLICE COOPERATING
IN THAT CASE? I PROMISE THERE IS
NO RULE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T
ANSWER.
>> IT'S YOUR TIME, BENNETT.
>> I KNOW. I'M CEDING PART OF
IT TO LET HER ANSWER IF SHE
WANTS. THERE IS NO RULE THAT
SAYS YOU CAN'T ASK A QUESTION
AND YOU CAN'T ANSWER IF YOU
WANT TO.
>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. BUT
IT IS URTIME. I UNDERSTAND, THIS
IS YOUR TIME, BENNETT, OKAY?
JONATHAN FOLLOWED BY STEVE, AND
THEN ALISHA. HI, JONATHAN.
>> HI, MY NAME IS JONATHAN WARD.
I'M SPEAKING FOR ONLY MYSELF
BUT I HAVE WORKED AT THE --
SINCE 2005. I WENT THIS MORNING
TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
HEARING ON CD12158 WHICH IS A
BILL THAT STRIKES FROM 4.18 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT
SAYS CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
ARE DIRECTED TO COOPERATE AND
NOT HINDER ENFORCEMENT OF
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS. I
THINK WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THAT
GO. BUT I THINK THERE IS ANOTHER
PROVISION OF THE LUTHAT SHOULD
BY SUPPLEMENTING OR POSSIBLY
THROUGH AN AMENDMENT IS ALSO AN
AKRONISM AND ALSO PASSED BEFORE
THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED
1093-360 WHICH IS THE KEEP
WASHINGTON WORKING ACT. IT IS
4.1815 INQUIRIES INTO
IMMIGRATION STATUS, PART B SAYS
-- FIRST IT SAYS DON'T DO IT
BUT SECTION B SAYS SEATTLE
POLICE OFFICERS ARE EXEMPT FROM
THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY
SUBSECTION A WITH RESPECT TO THE
PERSON THE OFFICER HAS
REASONABLY SUSPICION OF ONE WHO
HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED
FROM THE UNITED STATES AND HAS
COMMITTED A FELONY, CRIMINAL LAW
VIOLATION. THIS IS FROM 2003,
LONG BEFORE 2019 WHEN 1090 WAS
PASSED WHICH BASICALLY PROHIBITS
-- IT DOESN'T SAY IF THE
PRESENCE OF FELON, THEN ALL OF
THE RULES GO OUT THE DOOR. THE
BARR ON ASKING PEOPLE ABOUT THE
SINCESHIP STATUS IS ACROSS THE
BOARD. WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO
COLLECT THIS INFORMATION. I WANT
TO PULL YOUR COAT ABOUT THIS AND
HOPE THAT AS THE PROSAYS GOES
FORWARD, THIS CAN ALSO BE
ELIMINATED. IT ALSO RAISES A
STRANGE SORT OF QUESTION WHICH I
JUST REALIZED LOOKING AT IT
SINCE THIS COULD BE THE ELEMENTS
OF A FEDERAL CRIME, ANYWAY,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JONATHAN. NEXT WE
HAVE STEVE, FOLLOWED BY ALISHA
AND THEN ARIES.
>> HERE WE GO AGAIN, THE LAND
USE COMMITTEE IS HELPING
DEVELOPERS KEEP THEIR MARGINS UP
AND LET'S KEEP THE PEOPLE OUT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU
NOTICED, I SUSPECT YOU DID THAT
LAST ELECTION THE LONGER YOU
WERE HERE, THE LESS LIKELY YOU
HAD A CHANCE OF BEING REELECTED.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE
REELECTED A MAYOR. I THINK THAT
THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT LAND
USE. SYSTEMICALLY OVER THE LAST
FEW DECADES, THE COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR HAVE BEEN PUSHING PEOPLE
OUT. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE,
THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PILLARS
BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
FOR YOUR POPULARITY OR LACK
THERE OF. PEOPLE IN THE CITY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND GUESS WHAT?
YOU EVEN HAVE OTHER PROPERTY
OWNERS WHO CAN BE CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT DOOR.
AND YOU HAVE SEEN OR AT LEAST
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT ALL
THE STIMULUS, IN OTHER WORDS,
INCREASING THE PROFIT OF
DEVELOPERS HAS NOT LOWERED THE
COST OF HOUSING IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. STRANGELY ENOUGH, IT
HAS BEEN GOING UP. SOME OF YOU
MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT TOO.
SEATTLE HAS ALLOWED DEVELOPERS
TO PUT THAT MONEY IN THEIR
POCKET WHEN YOU STIMULATE, YOU
MAKE IT CHEAPER FOR DEVELOPERS
TO DEVELOP, IT DOESN'T AFFECT
THE PRICE. IT MEANS THE MARGIN
IS BIGGER. SO IT LOOK SAID LIKE
TODAY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE
CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH, ANY OTHER
HOLIDAY YOU CAN THINK OF,
ANOTHER GIFT TO YOUR GODS, THE
DEVELOPERS.
>> THANK YOU, STEVE. NEXT WE
HAVE ALISHA FOLLOWED BY ARIES
AND THEN ROSE.
>> MY NAME IS ALISHA BOULEVARD,
THE IMAGES PRESENTED BY THE KING
COUNTY PROSECUTOR WERE HARMFUL
FOR ME AND RETRAUMATIZED. I WAS
TRAFFICKED AND NOW I'M A FRONT
LINE WORKER. I'M NOT
REPRESENTING MY EMPLOYER I WANT
TO NOTE. I'M HONORED TO BE A
SURVIVOR OF PEOPLE IN THE SEX
TRADE. THE PICTURES PUT THESE
INDIVIDUALS IN GREAT HARM. I'M
NOT ATTEMPTING TO READ MINDS
HERE BUT I'M SUSPICIOUS OF THE
PROSECUTOR'S MOTIVES AS THESE
PICTURES WERE INCREDIBLY HARMFUL
TO THE INDIVIDUALS DUE TO THE
GROSS VIOLATION OF THEIR PRIVACY
AND THEIR SAFETY. PEOPLE GO
ONLINE, PEOPLE LOOK THINGS UP,
PERPETRATORS. SURVIVORS NEED TO
MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. THEY
FACE LIFE AND DEATH DECISIONS
THAT DEPEND ON THEIR AGENCY.
THESE THINGS CANNOT BE -- WE
CAN'T TELL THEM HOW TO RESPOND
TO THESE LIFE OR DEATH
SITUATIONS THAT THEY ARE IN,
THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE. SO THE
VOICES OF PEOPLE IN THE SEX
TRADE MUST BE CENTERED. THIS WAS
HARMFUL TO US AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE REPRIMANDS GIVEN TO
THE COUNTY PROSECUTOR.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ARIES
FOLLOWED BY ROSE, FOLLOWED BY
RUTH. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE COME INTO
INFORMATION THAT MOST OF THE
PEOPLE ON THE BOARD UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY IS
WRONG. I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU
GUYS WOULD BE AFRAID. YOU DON'T
T WANT TO GO TO JAIL. YOU DON'T
WANT TO BE SUED. YOU ARE AFRAID
LIKE EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM
AND OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM, PEOPLE
THAT GO TO PROTEST AND CAN'T GO
TO PROTEST, ESPECIALLY THE
STUDENTS THAT WERE PROTESTING
HERE EARLIER JUST DAYS AGO. WE
UNDERSTAND YOUR FEAR BECAUSE WE
ARE LIVING IT EVERY DAY. WE ARE
FEARING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR
LOVED ONES, OUR FAMILIES. WE ARE
ALL AFRAID, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
US BUT WE ARE STILL FIGHTING. WE
ASK THAT YOU GUYS DO THE SAME.
SO I ASK, I UNDERSTAND THAT --
MY GOD -- I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
ARE AFRAID. BUT JUST LIKE THE
PROTEST -- JUST LIKE WE PROTESTS
FOR THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE GETTING ABDUCTED AND THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE KILLED FOR
PROTECTING THEM, WE STILL --
SORRY. WE WILL STAND FOR YOU AS
WELL. GOD FORBID ANYTHING
HAPPENS, WE ASK THAT YOU STAND
FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU PUT YOUR
FEARS IN THE BACK AND YOU STAND
UP BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALONE. IF
YOU GO TO JAIL, WE WILL BE
BEHIND, PROTESTING UNTIL YOU ARE
FREE. AS WE STATED LAST TIME,
OUR DEMANDS ARE I.C.E. OFF CITY
GROUNDS, SERVICE NOT
SURVEILLANCE AND AS WE SAID LAST
TIME WE WILL COME WITH MORE
PEOPLE, THE SAME DEMANDS UNTIL
WE GET THIS SHUT FIGURED OUT.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ROSE,
FOLLOWED BY RUTH, DANIEL.
WELCOME BACK, ROSE.
>> THANK YOU. LAST WEEK, SEATTLE
CITY MAYOR KATIE WILSON WAS
SUPPOSED TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT NEW
WAYS TO CRACK DOWN ON
SURVEILLANCE IN THE CITY. THAT
DID NOT HAPPEN. PEOPLE ARE UPSET
ABOUT THIS. PEOPLE FEEL LIED TO
BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY THE
MAYOR THAT NONE OF THIS SEEMED
TO HAPPEN. WE LIKE THE PIECE
MAIL APPROACH THAT FIRST
HAPPENED BUT THAT CANNOT BE THE
ONLY ACTIONS GNS I.C.E.. IT CAME
OUT THAT BOB KETTLE WAS
INSTRUMENTAL AND TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGIES WERE NOT BEING OUT
LAWED ON THE HILL IN OLYMPIA.
THIS IS FURTHER MAKING PEOPLE
QUITE UPSET ABOUT THIS . WE HAVE
A LOT OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
THAT IS MAKING PEOPLE FEEL
AFRAID FOR THEIR LIVES RIGHT
NOW, THAT ARE BEING USED TO
TORTURE AND KIDNAP THE PEOPLE
MINNEAPOLIS. WE CANNOT AAFFORD
TO LET THAT HAPPEN HERE. AS WE
GET CLOSER TO THE WORLD CUP,
I.C.E. IS LOOKING AND HAS ITS
SITES SET ON SEATTLE. I.C.E. IS
GOING TO BE A PART OF THE
SECURITY FOR THE WORLD CUP. IF
WE DO NOT PREPARE NOW, THIS IS
ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE FROM
HERE. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DELAY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER DEMANDS
THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK
THAT WERE VERY BRAVE INDIVIDUALS
WHO PUT THEIR SAFETY AT THE LINE
TO SAY THEY NEEDED HOUSING,
HELP, THEY NEEDED CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS TO REACH OUT AND
LISTEN TO THEM. THERE HAS BEEN
NOTHING DONE. THEY NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT HAVING TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN BEING DEPORTED
AND BEING EVICTED. THAT SHOULD
NOT HAPPEN IN SEATTLE. SEATTLE
IS A PLACE FOR ALL OF US. SEAT
IS A MRIS WHERE EVERYONE SHOULD
FEEL SAFE. AS A PART OF THIS,
THE -- I'M A LITTLE SAD THAT
OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAD TO LEAVE
BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER D.A.S
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN SAINT
PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, AND
PHILADELPHIA THAT ARE JOINING
TOGETHER SAYING WE WILL
PROSECUTE I.C.E. NO MATTER WHAT.
IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF THIS
CAN BE DONE. IT CAN BE DONE.
THEY ARE DOING IT NOW AND IT IS
ON US TO DEMAND IT HAPPENS NOW
BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT AND SO DO
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ALL SERVE.
>> THANK YOU, ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE
RUTH, DANIEL, FOLLOWED BY ELLE.
THIS MIGHT BE ELI. IS IT ELLE?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> LAST WEEK I HEARD YOU WERE
SCARED. GUESS WHO IS MORE
SCARED? LAST WEEK A MAN WAS
ABDUCTED IN BELLEVUE. I.C.E. WAS
SPOTTED LOOKING LIKE PARASITES
THEY ARE. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO
GO OUTSIDE. AND PEOPLE WHO ARE
REPRESENTING US ARE SCARED TO
REPRESENT T US. NO WONDER PEOPLE
HAVE LOST FAITH IN ALL FORMS OF
GOVERNMENT. WHAT DOIA DO? I'M
NOT ASKING FOR -- DO THE JOB AND
DO IT GOOD. WE JUST GOT A WIN
AND YOU SHOULD HELP ANOTHER ONE.
JOIN THE COALITION OF ATTORNEYS
THAT PROSECUTE I.C.E.. CUT THE
SURVEILLANCE RIVERA, I DON'T
REMEMBER GETTING LOCKED UP.
DON'T JUST STOP THEM FROM
COLLABORATING WITH ALREADY
INCOMPETENT POLICE DEPARTMENT,
NO YOU CAN'T USE OUR CAMERA
OTHER POLICE OFFICER, WHERE DOES
IT MAKE SENSE? PUSH TO BAN THEM
FROM THE CITY. GET I.C.E. OUT OF
THE CITY. PUSH I.C.E. OUT OF
FACE ACT. PUSH FOR THE
ABOLISHMENT OF I.C.E. IN THE
CITY. I'M NOT FROM HERE, BUT
THESE ARE MY PEOPLE. Y'ALL LOOK
LIKE US, Y'ALL SHOULD FIGHT FOR
US. DON'T BE SCARED TO GO TO
JAIL. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF
DYING.
>> THANK YOU, RUTH. NEXT WE HAVE
DANIEL FOLLOWED BY ELLE AND THEN
TOBY, WELCOME. YOU CAN DO EITHER
MIC, WHATEVER ONE IS MORE
COMFORTABLE FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU. HI THERE, MY NAME
IS DANIEL. I LIVE IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME
TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M
REPRESENTING I.L.P.S.,
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLE
STRUGGLES, GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF
GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS FATING
AGAINST IMPERIALISM. MANY OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS HERE TODAY AND AT
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE
BEEN MEMBERS OF ILPS. WE WANT TO
THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS
ESPECIALLY RINCK AND FOSTER FOR
MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR MEMBERS
THIS PAST WEEK AND SOME OF THE
VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS THAT ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HOUSING
AND WORKING TOGETHER TO FIND A
PLACE TO MAKE CHANGE. I'M HERE
BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO SPEAK
ON THE ISSUE OF SURVEILLANCE AND
DEMAND MORE BE DONE, MORE ACTION
BE TAKEN AGAINST I.C.E. IN THE
CITY. I THINK WE NEED TO BE
CLEAR THAT THE JOB HERE IS TO
SERVE THE PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND NOT
THE MAJOR WEAPONS CORPORATIONS
OR SURVEILLANCE COMPANIES THAT
ARE INFECTING THE CITY AND THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY. WE KNOW THAT
THERE ARE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND
PASSING CONCERN SURVEILLANCE
LAWS, ROLLING OUT CCTVs, PEOPLE
ARE PROFITING OFF OF THESE
SYSTEMS. THERE IS AN ENTIRE
INDUSTRY BUILT ON MASS
SURVEILLANCE, THAT I.C.E. IS
WEAPONIZING AGAINST THE PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW. WE SHOULD BE PRETTY
FAMILIAR WITH IT TOO, LIVING IN
SEATTLE WITH AMAZON, BOEING AND
MICROSOFT AS MAJOR WEAPONS
CORPORATIONS THAT ARE PROFITING
OFF OF THE DEATHS AND THE
SURVEILLANCE OF MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. WE
SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THESE
CORPORATIONS AND NEED TO DEMAND
MORE ACTION AGAINST SURVEILLANCE
OF ALL FORMS. IT IS REALLY
IMPACTING [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> THANK YOU, DANIEL. THANK YOU,
DANIEL. ELLE, TOBY, ALEX AND
THEN CEANDRE. WELCOME.
>> I'M ELLE, I'M A STUDENT
WITH THE FILIPINO ORGANIZATION.
WE HAVE ORGANIZED IN THE SOUTH
END TO GET ETHNIC STUDIES BACK
FOR STUDENTS FOR ALONG TIME AND
THAT FIGHT ENDED UP TURNING INTO
A FIGHT TO ENSURE THAT I.C.E. IS
OUT OF SCHOOLS. WE ARE
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ARE
ALLOWED TO FORCE THE LAW BUT
I.C.E. IS NOT ALLOWED ON CITY
PROPERTY. WE ARE ASKING FOR A 2
MILE RADIUS SO CHILDREN CAN GO
TO AND FROM SCHOOL WITHOUT
GETTING PICKED UP. THE MAJORITY
ARE ORGANIZING AMONGST
THEMSELVES TO PROTECT STUDENTS.
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
RIDES TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
THERE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE COME
TO TALK TO US. WE ASK THAT THE
PROTOCOL IS TRANSPARENT ACROSS
ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. PEOPLE ARE
NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT TO DO,
NOT SURE IF IT IS SAFE TO SEND
THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. BUT IT
SHOULDN'T, HIKE WE TALK ABOUT
HISTORY AND ETHNIC STUDIES AND
TEACHING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY AND
THE HISTORY OF OTHER COUNTRIES.
HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF
BETWEEN WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO
ENFORCE IS YOU KNOW, ANONYMOUS
VIOLENCE WHERE PEOPLE ARE
ALLOWED TO GET PICKED UP FOR NO
REASON AT ALL. WE ASK THAT YOU
WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THE
DIFFERENT MIGRANT COALITIONS TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO ENSURE SAFETY
FOR THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
WHO HAVE A JUST RIGHT TO
EDUCATION. THAT'S ALL.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE TOBY,
ALEX, FOLLOWED BY CEANDRE.
>> I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL
LEAGUE OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE AND
WANT TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THE
COMMUNITY DEMAND THAT YOU END
SURVEILLANCE AND PRIORITIZE THE
SERVICES OF PEOPLE, CONTINUE TO
PUT PEOPLE OVER PROFIT. WE ARE
LIVING IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
AND YOU NEED TO TREAT IT A LOT
MORE LIKE THE EMERGENCY IT IS.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT
YOU COULD BE DOING TO MEET
DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S NEEDS. I
UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
BUREAUCRATIC CONSTRAINTS BUT YOU
NEED TO GET A LOT MORE CREATIVE
ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
WE COULD BE PUTTING FORWARD AN
EVICTION MORATORIUM. THERE COULD
BE DIFFERENT POLICIES PUT
FORWARD TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS
IN SCHOOL THAT ELLE IS SPEAKING
ABOUT. $4 MILLION ALLOCATED TO
THIS ISSUE BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR
WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING. IN THE
PAST IT HAS GONE TO SERVICES
THAT ARE INACCESSIBLE. WE NEED
TO HAVE SERVICES THAT ARE
ACCESSIBLE MIGRANTS. IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THE CRISIS, WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES. THERE IS
CURRENTLY A 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHO
WILL BE STANDING ALONE IN COURT
WITHOUT A LAWYER AND SEPARATED
FROM HER FAMILY. THAT IS
HAPPENING IN YOUR CITY. SHE'S
NOT THE ONLY ONE. THERE NEEDS TO
BE ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE
ROOT CAUSES OF THESE ISSUES OF
THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED BY
MIGRANTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND
FAR MORE CREATIVITY FOR HOW WE
ACTUALLY ADDRESS THEM.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, TOBY.
NEXT WE HAVE ALEX FOLLOWED BY
CEANDRE AND THEN HOWARD AND
GAYLE. WELCOME ALEX.
>> HELLO. ABSOLUTELY, WE ARE
DEFINITELY IN A STATE OF
EMERGENCY AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE
COMPLETELY NOTHING ABOUT IT
BESIDES TRY TO CAPITALIZE OFF
EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED. WE
ARE GATHERED HERE AT A MOMENT OF
GRAVE CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNITY
AND VALUES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
AGGRESSIVE IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS HAVE REACHED
INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, HOMES, AND
SCHOOLS, PLACES WHERE CHILDREN
SHOULD FEEL SAFE AND SECURE. IN
RECENT WEEKS, FEDERAL
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS HAVE
DETAINED A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY AS HE
WAS GOING TO SCHOOL. THIS IS NOT
FREEDOM. THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS IMPERIALISM AND AN
AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT THAT
REFUSES TO TREAT PEOPLE AS
HUMANS. THEY TREAT PEOPLE AS
STATISTICS AND FAILURES, NOT AS
CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR COMMUNITIES
RECOLLECT NOT AS PEOPLE WHO HELP
BUILD OUR SOCIETY . THAT'S ALL
I HAVE TO STAY. YOU GUYS HAVE TO
START DOING A BETTER [ BLEEP ]
JOB.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
CEANDRE.
>> HELLO, HELLO. I WOULD SAY IT
IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE OUT OF
TIME. IN OUR SISTER CITY, I.C.E.
MEMBERS KIDNAPPED A MEMBER OF
OUR COMMUNITY. GUYS, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS COMING FOR US.
THERE WILL BE BOOTS ON THE
GROUND EVENTUALLY. AND YOU HAVE
TO PICK A SIDE, IS IT GOING TO
BE THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE OR THE
SIDE OF THE PEDOPHILES IN OFFICE
RIGHT NOW? JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, MY
BOSS, HE'SAN IMMIGRANT. HE
WORKED RIGHT NEXT TO CARMELO'S,
THERE ISN'T A DAY THAT GOES BY
WHERE I COME INTO WORK AND
EXPECT NOT TO SEE THEM. THE TIME
IS NOW YOU GUYS. PLEASE, PLEASE,
PLEASE PROSECUTE AND ARREST
I.C.E. AGENTS THAT BREAK
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND PLEASE
PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITY. WE WILL
BE WATCHING. WE WILL BE HERE. WE
WILL HAVE YOUR BACK IF YOU HAVE
OURS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
HOWARD, FOLLOWED BY CAROL AND
THEN YVETTE. WELCOME.
>> IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY
MONTH, I WOULD LIKE TO READ SOME
QUOTES FROM BRUCE RILEY.
POLITICIANS PERFORM A FUNCTION,
A ROLE IN GOVERNMENT AND A ROLE
IN CITY GOVERNMENT IS NOT ONE
THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE UNLESS
THE PEOPLE MAKE THEM DO WHAT THE
PEOPLE WANT. ANY COLLECTIVE
ACTION IS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO ONE DAY DECIDED NOT TO SIT
AND WATCH ANYMORE. YET FOR 15
MONTHS, YOU HAVE OFFERED US ONLY
SITTING AND WATCHING. FOR 15
MONTHS, WE ARE PUT IN A POSITION
NOW WITH IMMINUTE RAIDS COMING
UPON US. THE QUESTION I HAVE TO
ASK YOU IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT TO
BE LEFT WITH TO TELL YOUR
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ?
THAT WE MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL DID NOT HELP DRAG FOLKS
TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS, THAT WE
DID NOT HELP DEPORT FOLKS TO
PRISON FOR TORTURE AND DEATH,
THAT WE DID NOT HELP BEAT AND
KILL FELLOW AMERICANS, THAT WE
WERE GOOD PEOPLE BECAUSE ALL WE
DID WAS WATCH AND LET IT HAPPEN.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD
ENOUGH AND WE WILL BE REGRETTING
THIS DAY. SO AGAIN, WHAT I ASK,
IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN ATTORNEY
GENERAL NICK BROWN SAID TWO
WEEKS NOW, STATE AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT DONOT HAVE TO WATCH
OR LOOK AWAY IF THE LAW IS BEING
VIOLATED. IF THEY SEE SOMEONE
BEING ASSAULTED UNLAWFULLY OR
OTHERWISE HAVING THEIR LEGAL
RIGHTS VIOLATED, WE DENOT EXPECT
STATE AND LOCAL OFFICERS TO
SIMPLY WATCH OR DO NOTHING. THAT
IS WHAT THE 36 DISTRICT
DEMOCRATS HAVE OFFERED TO YOU
FOR FIVE MONTHS AND YOU HAVE
BEEN ROUTINELY SILENT ON IT.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN OPTION OF
SITTING BOY AND DOING NOTHING OR
HAVING SEATTLE POLICE GET INTO A
GUN FIGHT WITH I.C.E. THERE IS A
HUGE AREA IN BETWEEN AND SOMEHOW
YOU ARE AVOIDING IT. WHAT I'M
ASKING FOR IS TO TAKE UP THE
INITIATIVE, HAVE A TOWN HALL
WHERE WE CAN BRING TO THE FLOOR
THE WISDOM OF THE IMMIGRANTS AND
ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
THE CITY SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT IS BEING DONE AS IT IS
BEING DONE NOW BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
CAROL, WELCOME, AND THEN MS.
YVETTE.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS CAROL
BUTTERFIELD, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US THIS AFTERNOON. I'M
ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF 36
DISTRICT DEMOCRATS, PARTLY OF
WHAT HOWARD WAS JUST SPEAKING
ABOUT. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AND
HIGHLIGHT SOME ASPECTS OF THE
RES LOUGZ THAT 36 DISTRICT
DEMOCRATS PRESENTED TO YOU.
PARTS OF IT, I WILL JUST GO
THROUGH IT QUICKLY THAT REQUIRE
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR RECORD THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
BASICALLY ACTING AS LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR
STATE BUT ARE NOT CLEAR
LEIDENTIFIED BY NAME, BADGE
NUMBER OR AGENCY AND ARE IN FACT
ENGAGING IN STOPS, DETENTION AND
ARRESTS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE WOULD WANT THEM TO RECORD
THEIR IDENTITY, EVIDENCE OF
PROBABLE CAUSE, NAMES OF VIMGS
BEING DETAINED OR ARRESTED AND A
BODY WORN VIDEO RECORDING OF THE
INTERACTION. ALSO THAT IT IS
RESOLVED THAT SPD ARRESTS OR
KIDNAPPING ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO
DETAINS ANOTHER WITHOUT
PROVIDING AUTHENTIC LAW
ENFORCEMENT CREDENTIALS, AND
ALSO THAT SPD WILL NOT COOPERATE
OR PARTICIPATE WITH MILITARY
PERSONNEL EXCEPT IF THE GOVERNOR
CALLS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD. I
WOULD LIKE TO ADD HERE THAT I'M
REALLY PLAIN VANILLA. I'M 65,
WHITE, FEMALE, EDUCATED, RETIRED
NURSE PRACTITIONER, I'M A
THROWTIME THREE PTA AND IF I'M
AYA FREAKING IMAGINE WHAT OTHERS
ARE. FUNDAMENTALLY WE ARE ASKING
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROTECT
THE FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF
ALL SEATTLEITES. WE ARE AFRAID.
PLEASE PROTECT US. AND I DO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. IT IS
HARD TIMES.
>> THANK YOU, CAROL. WE HAVE MS.
YVETTE DINISH, FOLLOWED BY ALEX
ZIMMERMANN AND THEN NATHAN WALL.
WELCOME.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO
THE REPUBIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS
ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I
ALSO WANT TO CHANCMEMBERS OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS
INCLUDING STAFF FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT WENT TO
MINNEAPOLIS, BOOTS ON THE GROUND
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY
ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE. AS
POLITICAL ORGANIZERS -- POWER
THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE WERE
EXERCISING THROUGH COLLECTIVE
ACTION. HUNDREDS WERE STANDING
OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS AND
RESTAURANTS, TRACKING AGENTS,
BLOWING WHISTLES, [
INDISCERNIBLE ] COLLECTING
GROCERIES IN AN EFFORT TO SHIELD
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS AGAINST
APPREHENSION AND DEPORTATION BY
YOU KNOW WHO. THIS IS WHAT WE
CAN DO, EVERYONE. PAY ATTENTION,
PLEASE. I NOTICED -- YOU KNOW I
TAKE THE SEATTLE TIMES. THE
BUDGET IS $40 MILLION. IFFIA
VOTED FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
PROGRAM WHICH FUNDS VIOLENCE
PREVENTION METHOD. IT TOOK ME
BACK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THREE
YOUNG MEN FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL
WERE MURDERED ON THE STROETS.
AND WHEN I ASKED WHAT WE COULD
DO TO HELP PREVENT VIOLENCE,
THEY SAID TO US, SINGING,
PAINTING, DANCING, WRITING
PLAYS, AND YES BOXING IS AN ART
AND A SPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
SOME OF THAT $40 MILLION BE
DIRECTED TO PROGRAMS LIKE THIS
AND ALSO ACCOUNTABILITY. BECAUSE
$40 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY. I
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE MONEY
SPENT TO WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE
DOING AND TO SHOW PROOF OF WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.
>> THANK YOU, MS. YVETTE. WE
HAVE MR. ALEX ZIMMERMANN,
FOLLOWED BY NATHAN WALL.
>> YOU HAVE MY FACE, IT'S GOOD,
IN 3 SECONDS. SEEING HIEL.
>> WE ARE NOT DOING NAZI SALUTES
HERE AT ALL. THAT'S A VIOLATION
OF RULES.
>> NO PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM. I
WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING
BUT I THINK IS CRITICAL MY
SEATTLE LIFE. I WANT TO SPEAK
ABOUT BLACK LIFE. FROM MY
UNDERSTANDING, SEATTLE DON'T
HAVE BLACK COMMUNITY. BUT IT IS
NOT ONLY SEATTLE, BELLEVUE,
KIRKLAND, ALL OF THEM DON'T HAVE
BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK COMMUNITIES.
WHY DO THEY SPEAK ABOUT
SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU ARE NAZI
GES STAPO, VERY IMPORTANT,
ABSOLUTELY SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHO
YOU ARE. SUPER, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. AND SECOND I WANT TO SPEAK
ABOUT SOMETHING WHAT MAKE ME
VERY HAPPY. YOU KNOW IT HAS BEEN
WHEN CIRCUS COME TO SMALL CITY,
CIRCUS AND CLOWN GO IN THE
STREET AND EVERYBODY HAPPY
BECAUSE CIRCUS VERY GOOD IN
SMALL CITY ALL TIME. MIGRATION
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CLOWN IN
CIRCUS BECAUSE THEY -- RIGHT
NOW, I DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE. I
NEVER KNOW ETHE PEOPLE. MY
QUESTION SIMPLE, WHO MAY FOR
THIS AND HOW MUCH IT COST? $10
MILLION? WHO PAY, I? WHO WILL
PAY THIS? YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS?
I WANT TO KNOW, HOW MUCH IS IT
COST? VIVA NEW AMERICA AND NEW
REVOLUTION, STAND UP HAPPY COW
AND SPEND MONEY FOR NOTHING.
THANK YOU.
>> AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS
VIOLATION NUMBER TWO, NAZI
SULOUT. IT IS AGAINST RULES. YOU
KNOW YOU HAVE ONE MORE BEFORE
YOU GET KICKED OUT. SO YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE FLIRTING WITH.
THANK YOU, MR. ZIMMERMANN.
>> YEN HOW TO FOLLOW SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
>> BEFORIA START, COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER?
>> I WAS GOING TO NOTE FOR THE
RECORD THAT WAS A VIOLATION AND
MAKE SURE IT WAS READ INTO THE
RECORD. SO YOU DID WHAT I WAS
GOING TO DO. SO ANYWAY, NATHAN,
WELCOME?
>> THANK YOU. THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF THINGS I WANT TO GET TO. I
WOKE UP TO NEWS THIS MORNING
THAT MAYOR WILSON HAD PUT OUT A
STATEMENT ABOUT THE BALLARD
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT. TO BE
HONEST, I WASN'T CLEAR WHAT
HAPPENED. I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE
MORE CLARITY BUT IT SEEMS TO ME
THAT THERE WAS A SWEEP PERFORMED
IN BALLARD TODAY. IF I'M WRONG
ABOUT THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO BE
WRONG ABOUT THAT. SHE SAID
SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO
HAVE THESE NEW HOUSING UNITS BY
THE END OF THE YEAR. I AGREE
THAT BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN
SWEEP PEOPLE WITHOUT HAVING
HOUSING AVAILABLE. SO I
ENCOURAGE KATIE WILSON AND THE
COUNCIL TO MAKE GOOD ON THE
HOUSING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY NEED IT.
OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE
COUNCIL TO REPEAL THE CCP PASSED
LAST SUMMER. COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, YUN I APPRECIATE YOU, I
WAS CONCERNED YOU LOBBIED
AGAINST REGULATIONS -- ACCORDING
TO THE BURNER YOU LOBBIED
AGAINST REG LLGZS FOR ALPR I'M
NOT REMEMBERING EXACTLY WHAT IT
WAS. BUT I THINK ILPR PUTS US IN
DANGER, IMMIGRANTS AND QUEER
PEOPLE, SEEKING REPRODUCTIVE
CARE. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO
WASHINGTON STATE AS A SAFE
HAVEN. I'M CONCERNED THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL USE THE
SYSTEMS TO TRACK PEOPLE COMING
FROM OTHER STATES. WE HAVE SEEN
IT WITH FOLKS GETTING PROSECUTED
FOR GETTING ABORTION CARE IN
PLACES LIKE OHIO -- OR YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. I WOULD
LIKE TO ASK, I THINK THIS IS A
REASONABLE DISCUSSION TO HAVE AT
A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME BUT
WHILE TRUMP IS IN OFFICE I THINK
WE CAN'T CONSIDER THIS SO I
WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
RECONSIDER THAT. ALSO, JUST FOR
THE RECORD I WANT TO STATE THAT
IT IS WEIRD THAT WE HAD TO HAVE
TWO SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOWS
BECAUSE THE SENSITIVE PRESIDENT
DEMANDED. THAT'S WEIRD. ANY
OTHER COUNTRY THINKS THIS IS
WEIRD THAT OUR PRESIDENT IS
ACTING LIKE THIS, THIS IS HOW A
DICTATOR ACTS, YOU WOULD BE
RIGHT TO THINK THAT WAY --
TRUMP. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL SWITCH TO
ONLINE. PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLINE
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. THERE IS A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
PRESENT SO WE WILL GO TO THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO WAIT JUST TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT MISSING
ANYONE. THE FIRST ONE UP IS RYAN
FOLLOWED BY PETER MANNING, LADY
SCRIBE, DAVID HAINES, KEITH
RORBACK, JOE KUNZER, AND JIM
BUCHANAN. FIRST RYAN, PLEASE
PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD,
RYAN [ INDISCERNIBLE ] . JUST
REACHING OUT TO LET YOU KNOW A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
SUPPORTING WITH ORDINANCE 12093.
MANY FAMILIES WAIT FOR YEARS FOR
HABITAT HOME IN SEATTLE, EVERY
MONTH OF DELAY IS A MONTH OF
HOUSING INSTABILITY. DOZEN OF
REVIEWS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER,
WORKING FAMILIES PAY THE PRICE
FOR PROLONGED UNCERTAINTY OF
WHEN THEY WILL HAVE A STABLE
HOME. THIS ORDINANCE ELIMINATES
THIS TENDENCY. IT MAINTAINS
STRONG PROTECTIONS FOR CRITICAL
AREA REGULATIONS, STORMWATER
STANDARDS AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION THAT
YOU WENT THROUGH DEMONSTRATED
THAT EXISTING CODE DEPARTMENTS
EFFECTIVELY PROTECT
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.
PROJECTS CONTINUE TO MEET THE
STANDARDS, DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS
AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY
BENCHMARKS. BECAUSE THOSE
STANDARDS REMAIN IN PLACE.
PIPELINE HAS OVER 200 AFFORDABLE
HOME UNITS, 75% OF WHICH ARE IN
SEATTLE STILL. ESSENTIAL WORKERS
AT 60% TO 80%. MORE FAMILIES
SOONER WITH SAME LIMITED PUBLIC
RESOURCES. WE ARE HERE TO PASS
THE ORDINANCE TO GET AFFORDABLE
HOMES TO FAMILIES FASTER AND
LOWER COSTS. THANK YOU FOR
URTIME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, RYAN. NEXT WE HAVE
PETER MANNING. I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU ARE PRESENT T. IF YOU ARE
PRESENT, PETER MANNING? ARE YOU
PRESENT ONLINE? I DON'T KNOW IF
HE IS ONLINE.
>> THE ONLY OTHER PRP REMOTELY
THAT IS ON LINE IS JOE KUNZLER.
>> OKAY WE WILL BUMP UP JOE.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. WE ARE
GETTING EMAILS THAT OTHER FOLKS
ARE ONLINE, MAYBE THEY ARE
HAVING TECHNICAL BUT JOE, GO
AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT. JOE, CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> SURE CAN. GO.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH, I JUST WANTED TO
SAY GO STORM AND AREN'T YOU
HAPPY TO SEE SUNDAY NIGHT? THAT
WAS AWESOME. SORRY I WON'T MAKE
THE PARADE. I GOT TO DO SOME
WORK BUT I WANTED TO CALL IN AND
SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE
COUNCIL FOR GIVING A STRIKE TO
ALEX ZIMMERMANN FOR THAT NAZI
SALUTE. NEVER AGAIN MEANS NEVER
AGAIN AND I APPRECIATE THE
ALLIEDSHIP. I HAVE JEWISH
FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND LET ME
JUST SAY VERY BLUNTLY AND GET TO
THE POINT THAT HE IS 100%
ANTI-SEMITIC RACIST, ANTI-MARN
AMERICAN, AND GENERALLY
DEPLORABLE. SO LOOKING FORWARD
TO THAT STRIKE AND HOPEFULLY A
YEAR LONG EXCLUSION BECAUSE WE
DON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM ALEX
ZIMMERMANN AGAIN. WE NEED TO
HEAR FROM HOLLINGSWORTH AND
HOPEFULLY THE STORM WILL MRN A
PARADE IN THE FALL BECAUSE OUR
WIN HAWKS GOT ONE. I REALLY ALSO
GOT SOME NEWS TO SHARE WHICH IS
THAT GESSEN BARREL IS AN
EMPLOYEE. THAT'S ALSO GREAT
NEWS. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A
FAN OF ALL THINGS SEATTLE. THANK
YOU FOR STANDING UP TO ALEX
ZIMMERMANN. IT IS APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JO. NEXT WE HAVE
LADY SCRIBE. BEFORE YOU GO, I'M
GOING TO CALL THE OTHER PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT PRESENT BUT YOU ARE
SIGNED UP. PETER MANNING HAS
SIGNED UP, THEY HAVE SENT US AN
EMAIL SAYING THEY ARE ONLINE, IF
WE COULD DO A SCANNING. WE HAVE
DAVID HAINES, KEITH RORBACK AND
JIM BUCHANAN AS WELL. LADY
SCRIBE, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT,
STAR 6.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY,
PERFECT. DO I JUST START NOW? AS
WE PREPARE TO CELEBRATE OUR
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, I'M CALLING
IN TO REMIND OUR MAYOR THAT WE
NEED HER ATTENTION WITHOUT BEING
ANGRY, BLACK WOMEN AGGRESSIVE,
BLACK WOMEN THREATENING BLACK
WOMEN. WE ARE THE SAME BLACK
WOMEN FROM THE CAMPAIGN. I JUST
DROVE BACK NONSTOP CELEBRATING
THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AND I'M
SUPER EXCITED ON THE ATTENTION
THAT THIS WORLD STAGE BRINGS.
I'M HOPING THAT IN THIS, YOU
GUYS DON'T FORGET ABOUT BLACK
SEATTLE AND YOU BEGIN TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE WHEN IT COMES TO
I.C.E. BEING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE
OUR PASSPORTS. MY SON IS --
MAYBE THEY THINK HE IS HAITIAN
OR SOMETHING, WHERE DOES HE GO?
THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO AFFORD
A PASSPORT FOR HIM BUT HIS
FRIENDS DON'T HAVE ONE. I THINK
THE PASSPORT INITIATIVE IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE ON THE PHONE TODAY
REQUESTING IMMEDIATE FUNDING FOR
BLACK SEATTLE IN SDREKTS 2 AND
3. NOT NEXT CYCLE BUT NOW. OUR
AREA WAS HIT BY FLOODS AND
MULTIDAY POWER OUT MGS. PEOPLE
LOST FOOD AND SINGLE PARENT
HOUSEHOLDS WERE FORCED TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN SAFETY AND SURVIVAL. SO
AS HISTORY HAS SHOWN US TIME AND
TIME AGAIN, BLACK COMMUNITIES
ARE THEALIST TO RECEIVE
ASSISTANCE EVEN WHEN IMPACT IS
SEVERE. THIS WILL HAVE BLACK LED
SOLUTIONS INCLUDING EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS KIDS FOR 100 BLACK
FAMILIES, SAFE COMMUNITY
MEETINGS AND IN PERSON YOUTH AND
YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON
SAFETY MENTORSHIP AND
INTERVENTION. A CRITICAL PART OF
THE WORK IS PASSPORT TO FREEDOM
BUT WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DAVID
HAINES. BEFORE YOU SPEAK, WE
HAVE NOT PRESENT PETER MANNING,
KEITH RORBACK AND JIM BUCHANAN.
SO THOSE THREE. GO AHEAD DAVID,
PRESS STAR 6.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID HAINES.
REMEMBER WHEN PETE HOLMES WAS
LOBBIED BY THE PROSECUTORS TO
START EXEMPTING TRUMP PUSHERS
FROM UNDER 3.5 GRAMS FROM JAIL?
IT LOOKS LIKE THE PROGRESSIVES
ARE REPEATING THE SKIN COLOR
PERCENTAGES THAT THEY ARE TRYING
TO MANIPULATE WHEN IT COMES TO
PICKING AND ENGINEERING A RACE
WAR WITH CRIMES THAT ARE BEING
COMMITTED BY WHITE PEOPLE VERSUS
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
COMMITTED BY BLACK OR BROWN
PEOPLE, LISTED AS LOW-LEVEL
MISDEMEANOR, NO NEED TO PUNISH
OR PROSECUTE. BUT WHEN WE HAVE A
BUNCH OF DRUNK DRIVERS DRIVING
BY AND THEY HAVE PLENTY OF
MONEY, NO ONE WANTS TO ADDRESS
THE OVERSERVING BARTENDERS
BECAUSE THEY MIGHT START
DIALLING DOWN THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE THEY ARE OVERSERVING,
GENERATING ALL OF THE TAX MONEY.
I THINK IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT THIS
CITY WABTS TO FOCUS ON RIDING A
WAVE OF WHAUFB COMES OUT OF THE
PAST IN MINNESOTA AND
DISTRACTING FROM THE FAILED
POLICIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
THE HOMELESS CRISIS AND THE
HOUSING CRISIS AND THE MAIN
STREET CRISIS AND THE WORKING
CLASS CRISIS THAT ARE ONGOING,
THAT URLEADERSHIP WHEN IT COMES
TO THE OVERSIGHT HAS WATERED
DOWN THE INTEGRITY FOR ELECTION
SUPPORT AND PROMISE OF NOT BEING
PROTESTED AS LONG AS YOU GO
ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF RACIST
NONPROFITS THAT ARE CONDUCTING A
RACE WAR WITHIN THEIR SCORN
LIVED SPEERPS LENS THAT WANTS TO
MISCONSTRUE WHAT CONSTITUTES A
CRIMINAL AND START PAYING GUN
PREVENTION VIOLATION LIKE
CRIMINAL GUN TOTING REPEAT
OFFENDERS TO REEALLICATE IF THEY
DON'T RETALIATE COPY CATTING
SOME OLD CITY LIKE BALTIMORE WHO
IS MANIPULATING THE STATISTICS
AND SPEWING DECEPTION ON THE
MEDIA ABOUT THEIR SUCCESS IN
DIALLING DOWN THE VIOLENCE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. HAINES. I'LL
READ THE THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT PRAEPT OR WE HAVEN'T
IDENTIFIED. PETER MANNING, KEITH
RORBACK, JIM BUCHANAN. WE DID
GET AN EMAIL FROM MR. MANNING,
THEIR AREA CODE STARTS WITH 253
BUT I DON'T KNOW THE BACK END,
HOW THAT WORKS. OKAY WE ARE NOT
SEEING YOU, MR. MANNING, KEITH
RORBACK, JIM BUCHANAN. WE WILL
GIVE IT ANOTHER 30 SECONDS,
COLLEAGUES. JUST A SECOND. OKAY,
WE ARE NOT SEEING ANYONE, SORRY
ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE REACHED THE
END. IF THEY POP UP, MAYBE I CAN
SUSPEND THE RULES BUT WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF THE LIST OF
REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED,
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME
IN PERSON. THANK YOU TO ALL OF
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLINE. THANK
YOU TO PEOPLE WHO GIVE US PUBLIC
COMMENT WHEN WE ARE ON THE
STREET, TO ALL OF THE EMAILS AND
TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS WE HAVE
WHERE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GIVE US
FEEDBACK. WE APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME DURING THE PROCESS AND FOR
YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. COLLEAGUES,
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
IS ADOPTED. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL
NOW CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CUP
SENT CALENDAR. ITEMS INCLUDE THE
MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 3, 2026,
COUNCIL BILL 121195, PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT
CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, I MOVE
TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND? IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
ARE ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
MINUTES AND LEGISLATION TO THE
CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
ONE INTO THE REPORT.
>> THE COUNCIL BILL 121153, LINK
TO SOCIAL HOUSING TAX, ENTER
INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER
TO ESTABLISH THE TERMS AND
PROCEDURES AND IMPLEMENTATION,
TRANSFER REPORTING AND OVERSIGHT
OF THE SOCIAL HOUSING TAX
INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR
REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CITY'S
ADMINISTRATIVE AND
IMPLEMENTATION COST AND
OUTSTANDING LOAN BALANCES
CREATING THE SOCIAL HOUSING TEXT
FUND. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASS AS AMENDED. THANK YOU. I
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE. I
DON'T WANT TO ASSUME BUT I
THINK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS
GOING TO SHARE WITH US AS
COSPONSOR OF THE BIG. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE
REPORT AND THEN I WILL PASS IT
OFF TO THE VICE CHAIR AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. I'M
REALLY EXCITED TO PUT FOORTH FOR
CONVERSATION THIS BILL THAT WILL
ALLOW US TO ENTER INTO AN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE
SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER. AS WE
KNOW, VOTERS HAVE VOTED TWICE TO
REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO BUILDING
HOUSING IN SEATTLE. TO ENSURE
THE DEVELOPER IS ABLE TO DO
THAT, WE HAVE TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO
TRANSFER THE FUNDS FROM THE
PROCEEDS OF THE TAX OVER TO THE
DEVELOPER SO THEY CAN CONTINUE
TO MOVE FORWARD. COLLEAGUES, AS
YOU KNOW, AS YOU DID LAST YEAR
BEFORE I WAS HERE, THE COUNCIL
PROVIDED $2 MILLION LOAN TO THE
DEVELOPER THAT ALLOWED THEM TO
MAKE PROGRESS IN HIRING STAFF
AND TAKING ON WORK. ONCE WE
ENTER INTO THIS INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT, FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WILL BE
ABLE TO MOVE THE PROCEEDS THAT
HAVE BEEN COLLECTED TO THE
DEVELOPER. THIS IS A TECHNICAL,
YET IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN THIS
LEGISLATION. AND IT IS
WELLTIMED. WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING THE DEVELOPER
IN OUR COMMITTEE TOMORROW FROM
HOUSING, ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS
WHERE WE WILL BE HEARING MORE
FROM THE DEVELOPER ON THE
PROGRESS TO DATE, CHANGES TO
STAFFING AND HAVING A
CONVERSATION AROUND SOME OF THE
WORK WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE
DEVELOPER THIS YEAR. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION IN
COMMITTEE. COLLEAGUES, THIS CAME
OUT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION,
EXCITED TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF
YOU TODAY.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND FOR ALL
OF URWORK ON THIS. WE KNOW EYOU
WORKED HARD AND WILL BE WORKING
HARD WITH THE HOUSING COMMITTEE
TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SUCCESSFUL,
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES
REGARDING THIS BILL? I WILL
PAUSE HERE. I KNOW I SAID I
WOULD PASS IT OFF TO THE VICE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE BUT I
DON'T WANT TO PUT HER ON THE
SPOT. THERE WAS NOTHING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PRESIDENT, JUST TO SAY THAT
CHAIR STRAUSS SHEPHEARDED THIS
THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. I KNOW
WHERE HE HURRICANED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER. THIS IS VAFRP A
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, SOMETHING
THAT WE NEED TO DO AND SO WE ARE
GOING TO -- THE RECOMMENDATION
FROM THE COMMITTEE AND AS VICE
CHAIR, I WILL SAY WE RECOMMEND
MOVING THIS THIS FORWARD. I WAS
NOT PRESENT FOR THE SECOND HALF
OF THE MEETING BUT I WOULD HAVE
VOTED FOR IT. I WANTED TO SAY
THAT BECAUSE MY NAME DOESN'T
APPEAR BUT I WOULD HAVE VOTED
THIS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD SO WE
CAN FULFILL OUR COMMITMENT TO
THE VOTERS WHO VOTED TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE SOCIAL HOUSING
PDA AND THEN ENSURE THEY HAVE
THE FUNDS TO DO THE WORK. THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANTED
TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WHO
SHEPHERDED THIS THROUGH AS
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. AND THEN AS COSPONSOR,
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, DO YOU
HAVE ANY CLOSING WORDS?
>> NO.
>> OKAY. OKAY ONE AND DONE. WILL
THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE
CLAUSHG PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF. WILL CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER 2 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> LAND USE SUSTAINABILITY
COMMITTEE, ITEM 2, ORDINANCE
RELATING TO LAND USE AND ZONING,
REVISING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
THRESHOLDS AND LEILATED
PROVISIONS ADDRESSING
REQUIREMENTS. CITY RECOMMENDS
THE BILL PASSES AS AMNDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. WE HEARD THIS IN
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. THIS HAS
COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE
BUT THE COMMITTEE DID RECOMMEND,
THIS IS FOR -- THERE ARE TWO
COMPANION BILLS, 121093 AND THEN
121135 THAT WE HEARD. THEY ARE
RELATED. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED BOTH OF THEM. THEY
RELATE TO THE SEPA THRESHOLD
EXEMPTION AND UPDATING OTHER
CODES, THE SUMMARY IS THAT OUR
OTHER CODES ALREADY ADDRESS MANY
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS,
WHETHER IT IS CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT PLANS OR
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLANS.
SO THOSE ARE BETTER ADDRESSED IN
THOSE CODES RATHER THAN THROUGH
THE SEPA PROCESS. WE ALSO SHOULD
JUST MENTION THAT THERE WAS A
PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT HAD BEEN
CIRCULATED EARLIER. I'M NOT
MOVING THAT FORWARD. SO JUST
PROPOSING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE BILLS AS WERE
RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER LIN. ARE THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT T THIS
BILL? AWESOME. SEEING NONE, ARE
THERE ANY -- WAS THAT AN OPENING
AND CLOSING? AWESOME. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER 3 INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 121135 RELATING
TO LAND USE AND ZONING, REVISING
REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT ANALYSIS, TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT PLANS. RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSES AS AMENDED.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO GIVE
THE REPORT.
>> THIS IS THE COMPANION BILL,
UPDATES REQUIREMENTS AROUND
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS,
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLANS,
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLANS TO
ENSURE THAT THE IMPACTS ARE
ADDRESSED THROUGH THE CODE
SECTIONS. THE COMMITTEE HEARD
THIS AND RECOMMENDS THIS. I
WOULD URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
>> AWESOME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, THAT WAS
THE OPENING AND CLOSING SO WE
WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE ROLL
CALL. WILL THE CLERK CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH? YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> AWESOME THE BILL PASSES. THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE BILL ON MY BEHALF. THERE
WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE IS NOT A
RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION OR
ADOPTION TODAY. IS THERE ANY
OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, I DO
WANT TO RECOGNIZE IT IS BLACK
HISTORY MONTH, SO I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE MS. YVETTE DINISH, HER
FAMILY'S HISTORY HAS BEEN
AMAZING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE DINEISHES,
THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN SOUTH
SEATTLE FOR COLOR GIRL GARDEN
CLUB AND BEING ABLE TO DELIVER
FOOD DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE GOT
TO WHERE MS. YVETTE WOULD COME
GET GREENS AND FOOD AND FRESH
GREENS FROM HER GARDEN, DELIVER
IT TO US AT THE FOOD BANK WHERE
WE WOULD PACKAGE IT UP AND
DELIVER IT TO PEOPLE DURING THE
PANDEMIC. HAD WE NOT HAD THOSE
FRESH VEGETABLES, PEOPLE WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN NOURISHED WITH
THEIR BODIES. THEY WERE PICKED
BY YOUR HANDS. IN HONOR OF BLACK
HISTORY MONTH, WE WANT TO HONOR
YOU MS. YVETTE DINISH AND SAY
THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE EVERY
TUESDAY.
>> [ APPLAUSE ] .
>> IF MORE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE
WORK YOU DID IN SOUTH SEATTLE
AND RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY,
THEY WOULD BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE
AMOUNT OF IMPACT YOU DO WITH
SUCH VERY LITTLE. WE LOVE YOU
AND THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S
AGENDA. THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL
WILL BE FEBRUARY 17 AT 2:00 P.M.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
AWESOME. SEEING NONE, THIS
MEETING IS ADJOURNED, THANK YOU.