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>> AWESOME, THE MARCH
31st, 2026 MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER.
I AM JOY HOLLINGSWORTH.
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION
AND LEAVES LIKE A LAMB AS MY
MOTHER ALWAYS SAYS.
WE SEE IT WITH THE WEATHER.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
[ROLL BEING CALLED]
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
WILL
BE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING
AND HEARING NO
OBJECTION COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
IS EXCUSED.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
MARCH 31st, 2026 AS
INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY
OF VISIBILITY IN SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, ANNUALLY MARCH
31st MARKS INTERNATIONAL
TRANSGENDER DAY VISIBILITY WHERE
WE CELEBRATE TRANSGENDER, AND
TWO SPIRIT PEOPLE BY RECOGNIZING
THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
TO RAISE AWARENESS OF
THE DISCRIMINATION FACED BY THE
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE.
THIS YEAR IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT AS TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE
FACING
D ATTACKS ON THEIR
RIGHTS AND THE ABILITY TO
LIVE FREE OF HATE AND
DISCRIMINATION.
A FEW WEEKS AGO SCHOLARS
FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR
GENOCIDE PRESERVATION RELEASED A
THIRD RED FLAG ALERT FOR
THE UNITED STATES, WARNING THAT
THE
NATION IS IN THE EARLY TO MIDDLE
STAGES OF A GENOCIDAL PROCESS
AGAINST
TRANSGENDER AMERICANS.
THIS ALERT IS DIRECTLY
RELATED TO HOSTILE FEDERAL AND
STATE LEGISLATION AIMED AS
DENYING
TRANS IDENTITY, LEGAL
IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS,
PUBLIC BATHROOM ACCESS
AND PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS. IN 2026 THIS YEAR WE
HAVE
747 BILLS THAT ARE UNDER
CONSIDERATION ACROSS THE
COUNTRY THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY
IMPACT TRANS AND GENDER NON-
CONFORMING
PEOPLE.
JUST LAST MONTH KANSAS
PASSED SENATE BILL 244 CHANGING
THE RULES REGARDING GOVERNMENT
IDs FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.
IT INVALIDATES TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE'S EXISTING DRIVER
LICENSES, STATE IDs AND
BIRTH CERTIFICATES IF THEY WERE
ISSUED IN KANSAS AND A GENDER
DIFFERENT THAN AT BIRTH.
THESE WERE INVALIDATED
FEBRUARY 26th OF THIS YEAR.
LAST WE'RE IDAHO
STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED WHAT
MIGHT
BE THE NATION'S MOST STRICT
BATHROOM BAN.
IT IS DANGEROUS LEGISLATION
LIKE THIS WHICH IS WHY WE ARE
SEEKING SUCH AN INFLUX OF TRANS
FOLKS COMING HERE TO SEATTLE,
SEEKING ASYLUM FROM HOSTILE
JURISDICTIONS.
THIS ELECTRONIC LIMATION
SERVES AS A REMINDER TO THE
LOCAL
COMMUNITY THAT WE SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
WE WILL STAND BY
OUR TRANS NEIGHBORS AND WELCOME
THE NEW ONES AND CELEBRATE
TRANS JOY.
I WILL NOTE IT IS THE LAST
DAY OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
AND A
WOMAN'S MOVEMENT THAT DOES
NOT FIGHT FOR TRANS WOMEN IS NOT
ONE
I AM WILLING TO READ.
I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION
INTO THE RECORD AND WE WILL
HEAR FROM THE PHENOMENAL LEADERS
JOINING US HERE
TODAY.
>> WHEREAS TRANSGENDER DAY OF
VISIBILITY WAS ESTABLISHED,
TO RECOGNIZE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
TO RAISE AWARENESS OF
DISCRIMINATION FACED BY TRAND
GENDER PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VITAL
TO EVERY COMMUNITY WITH
AN ESTIMATED 3. 3 MILLION
TRANSGENDER ADULTS LIVING IN
THE UNITED STATES AND ACCORDING
TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN.
PARDON ME.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 3. 3
TRANSGENDER ADULTS ARE
LIVING WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES ACCORDING TO THE HUMAN
RIGHTS
CAMPAIGN, AND WHEREAS
VISIBILITY AND AFFIRMATION ARE
POWERFUL
AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER
DAY
OF VISIBILITY MARKS A SYMBOLIC
WAY
TO HONOR TRANSGENDER, GENDER
NON- BINARY AND TWO SPIRIT
ELDERS AND SPIRIT THEM AT THE
BEGINNING
OF LIFE'S JOURNEY.
PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE,
BUT THEIR RIGHTS, DIGNITY
AND ABILITY
TO THRIVE FREE OF HATE AND
DISCRIMINATION IS
UNDER ATTACK AROUND THE GLOBE.
THIS HAS BEEN MOST RECENTLY
DOCUMENTED IN THE MARCH
26th WITH SCHOLARS RELEASING A
THIRD
RED FLAG ALERT FOR
THE UNITED STATES, WARNING THAT
THE
NATION IS WITHIN THE EARLY TO
MIDDLE
STAGES OF A GENOCIDAL PROCESS
AGAINST TRANSGENDER,
INCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO
HOSTILE FEDERAL AND STATE
LEGISLATION AND ELIMINATING
GENDER AFFIRMING
CARE, LEGAL
IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS OR
PUBLIC
BATHROOM ACCESS AND
PARTICIPATION IN
SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS
A WELCOMING COMMUNITY AND
ALONG WITH THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON
HAS A DEDICATED HISTORY OF
SUPPORTING THE RIGHTS OF
TRANSGENDER, GENDER
NONBINARY AND TWO SPIRIT PEOPLE
ON ISSUES
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE RECOGNIZES
THE CULTURAL, POLITICAL AND
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND
SIMULTANEOUSLY
CELEBRATING THE JOY
AND RESILIENCE OF THE SGENDER
COMMUNITY.
SUCH AS GENDER JUSTICE
LEAGUE, LAVENDER RIGHTS PROJECT.
MUTUAL AID NETWORK FOR
TRANS NETWORK IN SEATTLE.
TRACTION.
TRANSPRIDE SEATTLE AND UTOPIA
WASHINGTON.
WHEREAS CELEBRATING QUEER
JOY, VISIBILITY AND RESILIENCE
IS
A FORM OF LIBERATION
UNDER SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION THAT
SAYS
TRANSGENDER, GENDER NON-
BINARY AND TWO SPIRIT PEOPLE
WILL
NOT BE SO EASILY ERASED.
THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
OF SEATTLE COUNCIL PROCLAIM
MARCH
31st, 2026 TO BE INTERNATIONAL
TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY IN
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
REGARDING THE PROCLAMATION
TODAY.
YESTERDAY WE DID A LOT OF THE
COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
COMMENTS WE ARE GOING -- IF
THERE ARE
NO OBJECTIONS THE RULES WILL
BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK TO PRESENT
THE PROCLAMATION TO THE GUESTS
IN THE
AUDIENCE. THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED TO ALLOW
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK TO
PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION.
WHILE SHE IS PRESENTING THE
PROCLAMATION, I AM GOING
TO INVITE THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE
UP TO GIVE COMMENTS.
I AM GOING TO READ
EVERYONE'S NAME AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE OUR SEATTLE LGBTQ
COMMISSIONER, JESSA DAVIS, THE
CO-CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK FIRST.
LAVENDER RIGHTS PROJECT, MISS
SCOTT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE HAVE ROSE, A TRANS ADVOCATE.
WE HAVE GENDER JUSTICE LEAGUE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR , AWESOME.
WELCOME.
WE HAVE A UTOPIA.
UTOPIA, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES
DIRECTOR.
DID I SAY IT RIGHT?
IF YOU ARE BEING NIGHT TO ME
AND IF I DID NOT SAY IT RIGHT
TELL
ME.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.
VIOLET, WELCOME.
KAWA
KBRVEGS KAWAGUCHI.
WE HAVE MORGAN MAY, A MUTUAL
AID NETWORK IN SEATTLE.
YOU WILL SPEAK AFTER VIOLET.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST C. MICHAEL
WOOD, TRANS COMMUNITY ACTION.
WOODWARD.
I GOT YOU.
WE HAVE THE MIDDLE MIC OR
THE ONE ON THE END HERE.
FIRST UP JESSA DAVIS FOLLOWED
BY SCOTT, MORGAN, MICHAEL.
>> CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY?
MARCH MIGHT GO OUT LIKE A
LAMB BUT MY SINUS DOESN'T
AGREE.
I AM HAPPY TO IT BE HERE
TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.
WE LIVE IN A MOMENT
THAT REQUIRES INCREASING LEVELS
OF
BRAVERY.
WE ARE TARGETED IN
WAYS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH US OUT
OF PUBLIC LIFE.
THE STRATEGIES WERE WEAPONS OF
INVALIDATION, BUT OF COURSE
WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN HERE.
GROWING
UP IN SCRANTON PA A SIMPLE LY
DIDN'T HAVE
THE LANGUAGE THEN TO UNDERSTAND
WHO
I TRULY WAS.
THE ONLY REPRESENTATIONS OF
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE RELIED
ON NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES.
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THERE
WAS ONLY COLLECTIVE SILENCE AND
A PERCEIVED ABSENCE.
WHEN I SAID YES TO MY MYSELF
II LIVING IN ODESSA TEXAS.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE FEAR OF
REJECTION, HARASSMENT AND VIEBLS
WE PERSEVERE AND CONTINUE AND
THAT IS WHY TODAY MATTERS.
SEATTLE'S COMMITMENT TO BE
A WELCOMING CITY IS NOT A
DISTRACTION FROM TODAY.
IT IS MORE THAN MERE WORDS OR
PAGEANTRY. OUR WORK IS NOT ONLY
TO AFFIRM
THEIR IDENTITY BUT TO
BUILD DURABLE SYSTEMS ALLOWING
PEOPLE
TO BELONG AND THRIVE.
TO QUOTE A DEAR FRIEND
OF MINE -- TODAY I WANT TO THANK
CITY COUNCIL FOR THE IMPORTANT
RECOGNITION OF EXISTENCE AT
THE TIME OF INCREASED HOSTILITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK TOGETHER WITH ALL
OF YOU TO BUILD LASTING TANGIBLE
PROGRESS.
THANK YOU.
>> JALEN, FOLLOWED BY ROSE AND
DANNY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ON BEHALF OF ONE OF THE
LARGEST BLACK TRANS
ORGANIZATIONS IN
THE COUNTRY IT IS HERE IN
SEATTLE FOCUSED ON GENDER- BASED
VIOLENCE AND THE ONLY PERMANENT
HOUSING FACILITY IN WASHINGTON
AND
WE NEED MORE.
WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO
ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION.
IN 2009 THE DAY OF
VISIBILITY WAS CREATED TO
CELEBRATE US AND
PUSH BACK ON THE ERASURE OF
TRANS PEOPLE.
WE MUST RESIST THE HYPER
FOCUS ON THE SUFFERING MORE THAN
OUR
RESILIENCE.
WE ARE NOT SINGLE ISSUE
PEOPLE AND WE DON'T LIVE SINGLE
ISSUE
LIVES.
THAT IS A FORM OF ERASURE AND
TOKENIZATION.
THE SECOND FORM IS NOT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN THIS MOMENT
THERE ARE MANY THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING
A LOSS OF ACCESS TO HEALTH
CARE, HOUSING AND RESOURCES.
THE REFUGEE CRISIS THAT IS
HAPPENING, 400,000
FOLKS DISPLACED ON TOP OF THE
CRISIS
EXISTING IN THE BLACK
TRANS COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS. IN SPITE OF THE DISMAL
OUTCOMES, BLACK COMMUNITY AND
WOMEN AND
TRANS WOMEN AND FOLKS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
LEADERS, NOT JUST ON
TRANS ISSUES WILL STOP COMING TO
US JUST FOR TRANS ISSUES.
WE ARE LEADERS ONON ISSUES.
BUILDERS, MOTHERS, FATHERS,
CHILDREN, DOCTORS, THIS
TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY I LIFT
UP THE BRILLIANCE OF MY
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ROSE IS REMOTE.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
FOR WORKING ON THE
PROCLAMATION WITH US.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
THE COMMUNITY AND 11 YEARS AGO
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
DEBATES IN WHICH I LEARNED I WAS
TRANS.
IT MEANT AT THAT TIME WE WERE
TO BE VISIBLE IN THE WORLD AND
SHOW
THAT TRA ANS PEOPLE,
EXCELLENCE, BRAVERY AND
EVERYTHING ABOUT US
IS SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED.
THIS MEANS SOMETHING VERY
DIFFERENT.
THE VISIBILITY OF THE
IMPENDING DEMISE WE WILL HAVE IF
THINGS DON'T CHANGE.
I EXPERIENCED A LOT OF LOSS FROM
OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE IS ONE DAY I
HAD ONE PERSON SHOWING UP IN THE
AFTERNOON SUICIDAL AT MY DOOR
AND ANOTHER IN THE EVENING
SAID SOMEONE ELSE KILLED
THEMSELVES AND 4:30 IN THE
MORNING I TALKED
ANOTHER DOWN.
THERE IS UNTOLD
SUFFERING HAPPENING IN THE
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS
NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO TELL YOUR PARTNER THAT
YOU
DO NOT KNOW IF YOU WILL SEE THEM
AGAIN?
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE BEYOND A COUPLE OF DAYS
FROM NOW.
THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS WE ARE
HAVING TO HAVE.
THE REAL AND THE RAW
DISCUSSIONS. THIS IS THE VERY
REAL AND
THE RAW THINGS WE ARE DEALING
WITH.
WE REALIZE THERE IS SOMETHING
IMPORTANT HERE.
PEOPLE LOOK TO THE NATION FOR
WHAT SEATTLE DOES AND WHAT WE
DO OR DON'T DO MAY HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO FIGHT.
IT IS THE ONLY CHANCE THAT WE
HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, ROSE.
DANNY, TAFFY, ET.
>> I AM ONE OF THE CO- FOUNDERS
OF TRANS PRIDE SEATTLE.
RACHEL CRANDALL CREATED THE
DAY BECAUSE AT THE TIME, THE
ONLY TIME THE WORLD WOULD
PAY ATTENTION TO
TRANS PEOPLE IS WHEN WE WERE
MURDERED.
HERE IN SEATTLE WE CREATED
TRANS PRIDE SEATTLE FOR THE SAME
REASON.
THANK YOU FOR
HONORING THE
COMMUNITY AND BRINGING
VISIBILITY.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE MOVING
TO THE CITY NOW.
FAMILIES THAT PACKED WHAT THEY
HAD, COULD AND MOVED FROM
TEXAS, MISSOURI, IDAHO,
TENNESSEE.
THOSE STATES MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE
FOR THEM TO BE THEMSELVES
AT WORK AND IN IDAHO WE ARE
SEEING FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THE
BATHROOM
AND MAKING IT A FELONY TO GO
TO THE BATHROOM.
MANY PARENTS REACHED OUT SAYING
THEY MOVED BECAUSE THEY
COULDN'T TREAT THEIR CHILDREN
WHO WERE
IN
DISTRESS. OUR CITY PROVIDES SOME
OF THE LAST REFUGE.
AT GENDER JUSTICE LEAGUE WE TALK
TO THE PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
WE STARTED IN SEATTLE THANKS
TOTO A GRANT FROM THE CITY.
WE GREW TO THE COUNTY AND THEN
THE STATE AND NOW SERVE
PEOPLE IN 27 STATES CALLING US
FOR
SUPPORT.
I AM PROUD OF THAT.
I AM PROUD THAT WE BUILT THAT.
THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW
BEACONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TO SERVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SURVIVORS.
SEATTLE
IS A REFUGE. WE HAVE A LOT TO
DO.
THIS YEAR A HEDGE FUND
BILLIONAIRE HAS TRIED TO BAN
TRANS KIDS FROM PLAYING
SPORTS AND OUT THEM IN SCHOOLS.
IT WILL FORCE EVERY GIRL IN
THE STATE TO HAVE EMBARRASSING
AND
INVASIVE EXAMINES OF THEIR GEN
TALES
ITALS IN ORDER TO PLAY SPORTS.
THE THINGS THEY NEED TO SAY
WILL BE REPORTED DIRECTLY TO
THEIR PARENTS IMMEDIATELY.
I KNOW WHAT THAT IS LIKE.
I WAS IN FOSTER CARE.
I EXPOSED THE ABUSE TO
A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THE FEAR IF
THEY DID NOT HAVE OTHER
SUPPORTIVE ADULTS IN THEIR LIFE.
ONLY TO BAND TOGETHER
TO BE
VISIBLE AND TO TAKE ACTION.
SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE LAST
REFUGES. WE MUST DEFEND IT.
>>
TAFFY, VIOLET, MORGAN AND C.
MICHAEL.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
PRESIDENT,
COUNCILMEMBERS. I SERVE AS THE
COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM
DIRECTOR
WITH UTOPIA WASHINGTON.
I AM HONORED TO STEP IN
ON BEHALF OF OUR EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT THE AMAZING
RECOGNITION.
TRAND TRANSGENDER DAY OF
VISIBILITY IS
MORE THAN A DAY ON THE CALENDAR.
THOSE OF US
WHO EXIST. THOSE OF US WHO ARE
RESILIENT.
IT IS A MOMENT TO AFFIRM
OUR COLLECTIVE
CONTRIBUTIONS
STRENGTHEN EVERY COMMUNITY THAT
WE ARE A PART OF.
VISIBILITY IS NOT ABOUT
BEING SEEN FOR THE SAKE OF THE
ATTENTION.
IT IS ABOUT BEING SEEN WITH
DIGNITY, SAFETY AND
RESPECT. AT UTOPIA WASHINGTON WE
WORK ALONG SIDE QUEER PEOPLE OF
COLOR, THOSE NAVIGATING
OVERLAPPING BARRIERS RELATING
TO RACE, GENDER, IMMIGRATION,
HOUSING, HEALTH AND ECONOMIC
STABILITY.
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES
VISIBILITY CAN BE POWERFUL, BUT
IT
ALSO NEEDS TO BE PAIRED WITH
ACTION.
RECOGNITIONS LIKE
THIS PROCLAMATION TELLS OUR
COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE SEES
US NOT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT BUT AS
NEIGHBORS, LEADERS, ARTISTS,
ADVOCATES.
WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL
THAT THE PROCLAMATION AFFIRMS
THE HUMANITY AND THE RESILIENCE
OF THE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND
NONBINARY PEOPLE AT A TIME
SO MANY OF US ARE FACING
INCREASED
HARM, DISCRIMINATION AND
VIOLENCE.
SO PUBLIC STATEMENTS LIKE
THIS, THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT
MATTERED.
THEY HELPED TO CREATE SAFE
SPACES.
ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUTH AND
THE FAMILIES TO FEEL MORE
AFFIRMED.
LASTLY FOR THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS
TO IMAGINE A FUTURE THAT IS
EMBEDDED AND BELONGING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THE
OPPORTUNITY. [ APPLAUSE ]
NEXT WE HAVE VIOLET, MORGAN
IS AFTER VIOLET.
WELCOME VIOLET.
>> HELLO.
I AM VIOLET.
I GO BY SHE, HER PRONOUNCES.
WE HELP PEOPLE
FLEEING LEGISLATIVELY HOSTILE
STATES AND
LAND THEM IN SEATTLE.
WE GUARANTEE UP TO SIX MONTHS
OF HOUSING AND HELP PEOPLE TO
FIND EMPLOYMENT AND GET
GROCERIES
AND INTEGRATE WITH STATE
SERVICES LIKE MEDICAID AND SNAP
AND PROVIDE THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE
CARE TO THE CASE LOAD YOU
WILL FIND IN THE TRANSRELOCATION
ECOSYSTEM.
WE DO IT BECAUSE OUR CASE LOAD
IS TRAUMATIZED.
THE PEOPLE FLEEING THE STATES
ARE TRAUMATIZED.
THEY ARE BEING HARASSED IN THE
STREETS, HOMES, AND KNOW NO
SAFETY.
WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS A CITY
TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AS MUCH
OF AN ENVIRONMENT TO GROW AND TO
BE THE PEOPLE THEY SHOULD HAVE
BEEN WHERE THEY WERE TRAPPED
WHERE
THEY WERE.
THEY NEED TO PROVIDE
AN ENVIRONMENT ALLOWING PEOPLE
WHO
ARE FLEEING TO ASSIMILATE INTO
A LIFE THAT THEY WERE DENIED
IN THE STATES.
VIOLENCE IN THE HOME
AND VIOLENCE IN THE STREETS.
YOU CAN'T BE YOURSELF.
YOU NEED TO PUT ON A
FALSE PERCEPTION OF WHO YOU ARE.
TO BE VISIBLE IS NOT JUST OUT
IN THE STREET.
IT IS TO BE YOURSELF.
HERE IN SEATTLE, WHAT WE HAVE
IN SEATTLE IS A COMMUNITY
ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BE THEMSELVES
WHEN THEY WERE DENIED THAT IN
THEIR
HOMES.
IN PLACES LIKE IDAHO AND KANSAS
AND IN KENTUCKY RIGHT NOW
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY
WILL BE A YEAR FROM NOW.
IF THEY WILL HAVE HEALTH
CARE, ON THE STREET OR DEAD.
IF THEY WILL BE HIT BY SOME DUDE
IN A CAR BECAUSE THEY
DON'T MATCH A PERCEPTION OF
WHAT
THE PERSON THINKS THEIR
GENDER SHOULD BE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE UNDER
DIRECT PHYSICAL THREAT.
WE AS AMERICANS AND DECENT HUMAN
BEINGS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
THE OTHER PEOPLE TO BUILD
SOMETHING ALLOWING THEM TO
THRIVE.
THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE.
KENTUCKY MAKES IT WHERE ALL
TRANSGENDER RESIDENTS
OF KENTUCKY ARE ABOUT TO
BE DECLARED MENTALLY ILL AND
BARRED FROM EMPLOYMENT IN
EDUCATION.
EVERYONE IN THE ROOM KNOWS
WHERE IT LEADS TO.
I AM JAPANESE-AMERICAN.
MY 6-YEAR- OLD GRANDFATHER
AND HIS FAMILY WERE ROUNDED UP
AND FORCED TO LIVE AT THE SANTA
ANITA RACETRACK IN HORSE
STABLES.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUYING UP
WAREHOUSES TO PUT PEOPLE IN.
IT IS ALL OF US.
WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION
TO ADD HERE TO THE PRINCIPLES
OF WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE WILL NOT
HAPPEN
AGAIN. THE SANCTION WARY THAT
SEATTLE
REPRESENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE
COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
PROCLAMATION THAT IS A
GREAT START TOWARDS BUILDING
SOMETHING
THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE
THAT NEEDS WHAT WE CAN GIVE
THEM.
>> NEXT WE HAVE MORGAN AND WILL
FOLLOWED BY THE LAST SPEAKER, C.
MICHAEL WOODARD.
WELCOME MORGAN.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND
MEMBERS OF
THE
COUNCIL. I WISH I COULD SPEAK TO
YOU
IN CELEBRATION OF THE BEAUTY
AND THE STRENGTH AND THE
CREATIVITY AND THE -- THE
LINCOLN
INSTITUTE FOR GENOCIDE
PREVENTION DESCRIBES THIS AS A
GENOCIDAL DENIAL OF IDENTITY.
DENIAL OF IDENTITY FORCES
TARGETS OF GENOCIDE TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR IDENTITIES
AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN
SOCIETY.
EVENTUALLY THE DENIED
IDENTITY IS CRIMINALIZED.
TO UNDER SCORE THE POINT
THE SUPREME COURT CHOSE
TODAY ISSUING A RULING THAT
CONVERSION
THERAPY IS PROTECTED SPEECH
AND CANNOT BE BANNED.
CONVERSION THERAPY IS A
QUACK MEDICAL PRACTICE BANNED IN
THIS STATE, UNTIL TODAY WHERE A
TRANSOR QUEER PATIENT IS COERCED
INTO DENYING BASIC FACTS ABOUT
THEMSELVES.
CURRENTLY IT IS MOSTLY
PRACTICED ON YOUNG PEOPLE.
TRANSPHOBIC POLITICIANS
ARE DISCUSSING PLANS TO SUBJECT
ALL
TRANS PEOPLE TO IT.
THE PROCESS WILL NOT STOP
WITH TRANS PEOPLE.
TELL MAKE IT HARDER
FOR STATES TO
REGULATE ALL MALPRACTICE WHICH
WILL HARM ALL-AMERICANS.
SECRETARY, RESISTANCE IS STILL
POSSIBLE. THERE ARE OTHER LEGAL
AVENUES LIKE INDEFINITELY
EXTENDING THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.
WE MUST ACT AGGRESSIVELY TO
PUSH BACK AGAINST FEDERAL
OVERREACH.
THE THIRD, THE TIME TO ACT IS
NOW.
ACT NOW
TO SAVE TRANS LIVES. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL WOODWARD.
MY PRONOUNCES ARE HE AND HIM
AND I AM THE LEADER OF A SMALL
NONPROFIT CALLED TRACTION.
I FOUND MY CALLING THEREAFTER.
AT THAT TIME WE TRULY HAD
NO RIGHTS AT ALL.
I WATCHED HARD PROTECTIONS
ARRIVE, DISAPPEAR, RETURN AGAIN.
IT HAS BEEN EXHAUSTING, BUT
IT TAUGHT ME SOMETHING
IMPORTANT.
SOMETIMES YOUNGER TRANS MEN
COME UP AND SAY I NEVER MET AN
OLDER
TRANSMAN BEFORE.
IT IS NOT JUST BEING SEEN BUT TO
LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BE
SURVIVABLE.
I ALWAYS KNOW WE CANNOT GET
THERE ALONE.
THE COURAGE OF TRANSAND
NONBINARY PEOPLE IS REAL, BUT
SO IS THE POWER OF GENDER
ALLIES WHO CHOOSE TO STAND WITH
US.
FAMILY MEMBERS, CO- WORKERS,
NEIGHBORS, FAITH LEADERS
AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS USING THEIR
VOICES, VOTES AND
RELATIONSHIPS TO MAKE THE CITY
SAFER FOR US.
WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW?
WHO SPEAKS UP.
THAT IS WHAT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY
ALIVE AND ROOTED.
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
MOST WANT A LONG LIFE WITHOUT
THE WRINKLES AND THE GRAY HAIR
THOUGH.
FAIR ENOUGH.
NOW WE ARE GO TO DO A PICTURE.
GUESTS, IF YOU WOULD COME TO DO
A PICTURE.
DID YOU WANT ONE BY YOURSELF?
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A
GROUPGROUP WITH THE FOLKS AND
LOOK AT
THE HANDSOME YOUNG MAN IN
FRONT
OF US. BRAD HARDWOOD.
>> ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO ASK OR MAKE
COMMENTS?
>> AFTER THE PICTURE, I THINK.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR
ENTERTAINING US WITH THE GROUP
PHOTO.
NOW COLLEAGUES, I KNOW SOME
SAID THEY WANTED TO MAKE
COMMENTS REGARDING THE
PROCLAMATION.
WE WILL ENTERTAIN THOSE.
AFTER THIS WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
DON'T
WORRY. WE ARE DOING THE
PROCLAMATION
FIRST.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA YOU ARE
UP.
COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK,
DANNY. WHERE ARE YOU?
THERE SHE IS.
SHE HAS BEEN A FRIEND OF OURS.
SHE HAS BEEN A FRIEND AND
A COUNTERPART IN A LOT OF THE
WORK WE HAVE DONE.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK.
I WILL BRING UP HISTORY.
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THESE ARE THE WORDS I SAID IN
2016.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ WAS THE
FIRST COUNCILMEMBER TO
BRING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE
MAYOR MURRAY SIGNED
OUTLAWING CONVERSION THERAPY IN
THE CITY.
I REMEMBER WHAT WE TALKED
ABOUT IN 2016.
CONVERSION THERAPY BASICALLY
IS AN ECHO FROM THE 1860s
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY
OF ASSIMILATION POLICY FOR
NATIVE
AMERICANS. THAT IS WHERE THEY
GOT THAT.
IT WAS VIOLENCE.
IT WAS OBSCENE.
THE SADDEST PART IN THE
1850s AND 1860s, IT WAS THE
FEDERAL
POLICY TO DO THAT TO OUR PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW RIGHT UP UNTIL I
THINK IT WAS -- THE PRESIDENT
BEFORE
EISENHOWER.
ROOSEVELT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE GUY BEFORE
THAT.
THERE WAS A SAYING, AND YOU
CAN READ IT EVERYWHERE, KILL THE
INDIAN, SAVE THE MAN.
THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF
THE VIOLENT LANGUAGE CAME FROM
AND THE ASSAULT.
I BRING IT UP TODAY.
FROM THAT CAME THE POLICY OF
BOARD BOARDING SCHOOL.
THEY WERE SENT AWAY TO ALL OF
THESE INDIAN SCHOOLS TO BE
"WHITE." I UNDERSTAND AT A DNA
LEVEL ABOUT PEOPLE TRYING TO
MAKE
YOU BE SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT
AND TELLING YOU THAT YOU ARE
FLAWED BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
THIS IS A LIFETIME OF
COMMITMENT AND DIGNITY.
I AM GLAD WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT
YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> WE SIGNED THE PROCLAMATION
YESTERDAY.
I MISSED YESTERDAY.
I WOULD
HAVE LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
AFFIX MY NAME TO
THAT.
THIS IS SUCH AN
EXTRAORDINARY INITIATIVE TO
HONOR AS WE HEARD
THROUGH THE LEADERS THAT
WERE HERE TODAY, TRANSRIGHTS
ARE UNDER ATTACK IN THE COUNTRY,
IN IDAHO THROUGH CRIMINALIZING
PEOPLE'S STATUS.
IN KENTUCKY AND ARKANSAS.
SO, THAT IS WHY INITIATIVES AND
PROCLAMATIONS LIKE THIS ARE
SO
IMPORTANT. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
GENDER JUSTICE LEAGUE.
UTOPIA WASHINGTON.
THE KAWAGUCHI
O'CONNOR INITIATIVE NETWORK
FOR TRANS INDIVIDUALS ININ
SEATTLE.
TRACTION, TRANS COMMUNITY
ACTION.
RUN AND ORGANIZED BY ONE OF
MY OWN CONSTITUENTS.
C. MICHAEL WOOD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND FOR BEING HERE.
WE SHOULD ALL HAVE THE RIGHTS TO
ACHIEVE OUR TRUE POTENTIAL
AND THRIVE AND GET TO THAT
POINT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
>> I WANTED TO EXPRESS
MY APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE
FOR SHOWING UP TODAY AND FOR
SHARING WORDS WITH US.
NOT JUST WHAT YOU SHARED
TODAY BUT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
EVERY
DAY.
WE KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH
THAT YOU DO I WANTED TO
APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING LET'S
CELEBRATE TRANSFOLKS EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORDS THAT YOU
SHARED.
>> I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING ON THIS.
TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MY
STAFF,
RACHEL. TO BRING ALL OF THIS
TOGETHER FOR
TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
ON THIS.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU RACHEL.
IT IS A LOT OF LOGISTICS ANYING
ON.
WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU
ALL HERE RECOGNIZING -- WE NEED
TO HUMANIZE FOLKS A LOT MORE.
I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU MY FRIEND.
I ONLY GOT ONE CLAP.
THAT IS OKAY.
THE COUNCIL CANNOT ACCEPT
COMMENTS ON -- I WILL ASK
PEOPLE TO WATCH THEIR LANGUAGE
AS WELL.
THAT WILL BE REALLY
APPRECIATIVE THAT WE WATCH OUR
LANGUAGE AS
WELL.
CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO
WE HAVE SIGNED UP?
>> WE HAVE 16 IN PERSON AND
FIVE
REMOTE.
>> THAT IS 21.
THAT IS UNDER 30.
EVERYONE WILL GET TWO MINUTES
TO SPEAK.
CLERK, I WILL HAND IT OVER.
>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED
IN ORDER WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR
TIME.
SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED
IF THEY DON'T END THEIR
COMMENTS
IN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US
TO
CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
>> AWESOME.
WE HAVE E STREET FOLLOWED BY
PETERMANING.
COME ON DOWN.
YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH
IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER
GOD,
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO
YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR DEEP INVOLVEMENT IN THE
COMMUNITY. YOU BE ALL OVER THE
PLACE,
ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN PERSON
AND
I RESPECT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALSO THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ON
THE NEWS ABOUT THE DISABLED
AMERICAN
VETERANS BUILDING IN WEST
SEATTLE.
IT IS IN SHAMBLES.
I AM ASKING FOR MONEY FOR THEM.
OUR VETERANS DO A LOT FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
WE CAN SPEND BILLIONS ON A
WAR WHICH WE HAVE NO BUSINESS IN
AND CAN'T TAKE CARE OF OUR
VETERANS
PROPERLY.
THE RECENTLY PASSED SENATE BILL
WHICH NOW CAN ALLOW BUILDINGS OR
HOUSING IN STRIP MALLS.
THAT BIG EMPTY LOT
DOWN THE STREET?
WHO OWNS THAT?
I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF IT.
I AM GOING TO STICK TO THAT.
THANK IS A COPY OF THAT ARTICLE.
>> NEXT WE HAVE R MANNING.
I DON'T SEE MR. MANNING.
WE WILL GO ON TO GWENDYLYNN.
WELCOME.
>> IT IS VERY POSITIVE THE
COUNCIL AFFIRMED TRANSDAY OF
VISIBILITY.
WHY IS THE COUNCIL NOT
DOING THEIR PART TO
PROTECT TRANS REFUGEES BY
TAKING CONCRETE ACTION AGAINST
ICE WHICH IS ENDANGERING TRANS
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE PUT UNDER
INTENSE SCRUTINY DUE TO THE
BUREAUCRATIC
LAB LENGTH.
IT IS EASIER FOR ICE TO TARGET
AND CRIMINALIZE ANY TRANS
PEOPLE.
TRANS PEOPLE DETAINED BY ICE ARE
EXTRAORDINARILY TARGETED
FOR BRUTALITY IN ICE FACILITIES.
THIS TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON ICE
FACILITIES WHICH THE
CITY COUNCIL PASSED SHOULD BE
MADE INTO A PERMANENT BAN TODAY.
ICE IS NOT GOING TO BE
OUR FRIENDS IN ONE YEAR.
WE NEED MUNICIPAL IDs TO
BE ISSUED WITHOUT
TRIGGERING FEDERAL SURVEILLANCE
SYSTEMSSYSTEMS
BEING TARGETED ED BY ICE.
THE MAYOR -- IT IS NOT EASY
FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT TO CITY
HALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORKING
DAY
LIKE THIS.
PEOPLE ARE FURIOUS ABOUT
THE LACK OF ACTION AGAINST ICE
IN THE CITY.
UNDER PRESSURE ONE CAMERA
OUTSIDE OF A GENDER
AFFIRMING CARE FACILITY.
WHY ARE THEY GOING UP IN
THE REST OF THE CITY WHERE
TRANS PEOPLE WALK THE STREETS.
CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE
ACTION, PASS LAWS TODAY.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS
CREATED ICE.
THEY FUNDED ICE THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS.
MR. CAROLYN MALONE AND KEANDRE.
>> I APPLAUD AND SUPPORT ALL OF
YOU.
I HOPE CITY COUNCIL WILL
SUBMIT OR COMMAND
AS MUCH ATTENTION TO MY NEEDS.
AS SENIORS IN TOXIC HOSTILE
SITUATIONS WHICH I AM IN, I
AM ON THE BACK BURNER.
I AM A FIGHTER.
IT ALL ABOUT THE RIGHTS TO
FIGHT TOGETHER.
SECURITY.
TALL WHITE MALE WITH A
BEARD TREATS ME AS A SUSPICIOUS
PERSON ANY TIME I COME INSIDE.
HE SHOWS UP.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
>> THANK YOU MISS MALONE.
WE HAVE KEANDRE,
ARIES AND MICHAEL KENNEDY.
WELCOME.
>> HELLO EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS KEANDRE.
I ORGANIZED WITH
SEATTLE ALLIANCE AGAINST
RACIAL AND POLITICAL REPRESSION.
WE HAVE LESS THAN THREE
MONTHS TO THE WORLD CUP.
BESIDES AN EMERGENCY
MORATORIUM ON DETENTION CENTERS
THAT DID
NOT GO FAR ENOUGH, THERE
IS LITTLE DONE TO PROTECT OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS FRIENDS
AND LOVED ONES FROM
ICE'S TERRORIZATION OF THE
COMMUNITY.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WOULD RATHER
HAND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
THE PEOPLE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE
KEEPING SAFE.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO DO.
THE SEATTLE ALLIANCE IS HOLDING
A TOWN HALL APRIL 11th.
WE ARE ON THE ORGANIZATION THAT
HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND
SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE WILL DO
WHAT THE CITY REFUSES TO DO.
SURVEILLANCE WILL NOT KEEP US
SAFE.
WE, THE PEOPLE WILL KEEP US
SAFE.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME ARIES.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS
ARIES. MY PRONOUNS ARE HE-HIM.
I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON
THE EARLIER DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE TRANS
PEOPLE. I MOVED FROM IDAHO,
FLEEING
AND LOOKING FOR A SAFE HAVEN.
I APPLAUD SEATTLE FOR BEING
A SAFE HAVEN, BUT WE HAVE
TO KEEP IN MIND ICE.
THERE IS IMMIGRANT TRANS PEOPLE
THAT ARE NOT SAFE COMING
HERE. THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
THE ICE
SITUATION.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THEY ARE
NOT SAFE.
OUR TOWN HALL APRIL 11th IS FOR
YOU TO HEAR THE PEOPLE'S VOICES
AND TO BE THERE AND SHOW
UP. SHOW US THAT YOU CARE.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE STUFF.
MAKE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE.
I DO HAVE
FLYERS.
>> THANK YOU, ARIES.
NEXT, MICKEY, JIM, MICHAEL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR
THE WORK TODAY ANNOUNCING TRANS
DAY
OF VISIBILITY.
ALSO, WE NEED SO MUCH MORE THAN
WORDS. WE NEED ACTION FROM YOU.
ACTIONS COMING FROM OTHER
PEOPLE ARE EXTREME.
DENYING DRIVERS LICENSE
OVERNIGHT. ONE YEAR IN PRISON IF
YOU
USE THE RESTROOM ONCE.
MULTIPLE TIMES IN IDAHO IT
COULD BE UP TO A LIFETIME IN
PRISON.
THEY REQUIRE MORE THAN
WORDS.
THEY REQUIRE EXTREME ACTIONS IN
RETURN. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED
BY THIS IN SEATTLE.
EVEN THOUGH WE AFFECTED IT TO BE
A
SAFE PLACE AND CLAIM IT IS
A SAFE STATE THAT IS NOT
ALWAYS THE CASE ACROSS THE
BOARD.
I AM A FATHER TO A TRANS
DAUGHTER.
WE HAVE 50- 50 CUSTODY WHEN
THINGS GOT HAIRY A YEAR AGO
I WAS TAKEN TO COURT BY MY
CHILDREN'S MOTHER.
A COMMISSIONER, SOMEONE WHO
CAN FILL THE PLACE OF A JUDGE
FOR A
FAMILY COURT SAID DURING SAID MY
DAUGHTER HAD EXTREME MENTAL
ISSUES.
THERE WAS NOTHING.
THERE WAS NO MENTAL HEALTH
RECORD EXPECT FOR GENDER
DISORIENTING CHILDHOOD.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WORK
FOR YOU AND WORK FOR SEATTLE.
BECAUSE OF THAT MY DAUGHTER
WAS REMOVED FROM MY HOUSE.
MY HOUSE BEING THE
AFFIRMING HOUSE AND PUT ONLY
WITH HER
MOTHER.
IT WAS SAID THAT -- SORRY.
I AM GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME.
IT WAS SAID BECAUSE I
AM AFFIRMING AND MOTHER IS NOT
IT WAS ALIENATION.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
BUILDING NOT AFFIRMING.
WE REALLY NEED ACTIONS AND
NOT JUST WORDS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THESE SO- CALLED
PROGRESSIVES WHO ARE TAKING
FECKLESS
HALF MEASURES TO STOP ICE IN
THIS CITY AND TO MORE THAN
JUST VOTE FOR THE 60- DAY
SUSPENSION BUT
EXPAND.
OUR MAYOR THINKS SURVEILL
SENSE USEFUL BUT DESPITE IT
ONLY FOR THE WORKING-CLASS.
SHE THINKS AXON IS A
COMPANYCOMPANY DOING BUSINESS
WITH.
LAST YEAR AXON ACQUIRED AN $625
MILLION. THEY USE LOCATION
SERVICES TO
AID POLICE
IN TARGETING INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED
OF
CRIME. ISRAEL HASHAS USED THE
TASER
AGAINST PALESTINIAN
PRISONERS SINCE THE COMPANY'S
FOUNDING.
EVEN THOUGH MAYOR WILSON SAYS
MANY COMPANIES SELL TO
ISRAEL, A DIRECT QUOTE FROM THE
TOWN HALL.
YESTERDAY THEY MADE A LAW FOR A
DEFAULT SENTENCE -- I CALL
EVERY I CALL ON YOU ALL TO TAKE
A REAL STAND.
THERE IS A GENOCIDE HAPPENING IN
ISRAEL. YOU ARE FUNDING IT WITH
MY MONEY
AND
THEIR MONEY.
>> THANK YOU JIM.
>> MY NAME IS LONG.
I AM A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT.
WE ARE DEMANDING TO SHUT DOWN
ICE.
SHUT DOWN THE
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
MORE WORKING AND
OPPRESSED PEOPLE SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO
RAISE THEIR
ISSUES HERE. IT SHOULD BE ON THE
WEEKDAYS
OR THE WEEKENDS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT
TO COME OUT TO THESE COUNCIL
MEETINGS BUT CAN'T BECAUSE OF
WORK. THE REASON THEY ARE AT
2:00 P.M.
ON A TUESDAY IS TO PREVENT
WORKING PEOPLE TO NOT MAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THIS CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS
THE TRANSCOMMUNITY THEY
SHOULD TAX THE RICH INCLUDING
GENDER
AFFIRMING CARE.
IT WOULD SUPPORT EVERYBODY
IN SEATTLE INCLUDING THE
TRANSCOMMUNITY.
RIGHT NOW THIS IS A
MAJOR PROBLEM FOR WORKING-CLASS.
PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD
RENT AS THE COST OF LIVING
SKYROCKETS.
THE GROUP OF WORKING AND
OPPRESSED PEOPLE
INCLUDE IMMIGRANTS BEING
TERRORIZED BY
ICE.
WE ARE DEMANDING AN IMMEDIATE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
FAMILIES HAVE BEEN TORN APART.
SO FAR THE CITY COUNCIL
ONLY PASSED A ONE- YEAR BAN ON
DETENTION CENTERS.
THEY WILL NOT PASS ANY OF
THESE THINGS WE ARE DEMANDING
UNLESS WE FORCE THEM TO.
WE HAVE TO BREAK AND BUILD
OUR OWN PARTY.
MICHAEL, WELCOME.
ANY MICROPHONE THAT YOU WANT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
IF YOU DON'T LET ME SPEAK WHAT
I
NEED TO TELL YOU GUYS.
IT IS JUST LONGER THAN --
IS THAT POSSIBLE TO HAVE TIME
AFTER THE MEETING?
IT IS VERY SERIOUS WHAT I
NEED TO TELL YOU.
I GUESS THAT IS A NO.
I AM NOT GOING TO GET
HALFWAY THROUGH IT.
I GUESS I WILL JUST LET IT GO.
>> THANK YOU MICHAEL.
SUMMER MILLER, NATHAN.
>> AS MANY OF US SAID THE
DEMOCRATS IN CITY
COUNCIL FAILED TO FIGHT AGAINST
ICE.
THIS IS NOT JUST A CRISIS
OF PEOPLE DEPORTED BUT A CRISIS
OF IMMIGRANT WORKING FAMILIES
BEING
TERRORIZED AND TORN APART.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING
EVICTED BECAUSE ICE IS
TERRORIZING OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THE SAME IS TRUE IN CITY.
WHAT YOU REALLY SHOULD
BE PASSING IS AN IMMEDIATE
EVICTION
MORATORIUM.
EVICTIONS IN KING COUNTY HIT AN
ALL- TIME HIGH WITH A 12%
INCREASE. SEATTLE TIMES SAID THE
SPIKE
IN EVICTIONS HAS SHOCKED
OFFICIALS.
THE DEMOCRATS DON'T SEEM
SHOCKED ABOUT THE MURDER OF
RENEE
GOOD OR ABOUT THE EVICTION
CRISIS.
OTHERWISE YOU WOULD DO
TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS
EXTREMELY FUCKING HOLLOW.
KATIE WILSON HAD A MEETING AND
JUST LIED TO PEOPLE'S FACES.
THESE DEMOCRATS DESERVE NO THANK
YOUS UNTIL THEY DO
ANYTHING FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE
OF THE CITY.
WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT
SOCIALIST PARTY IN SEATTLE AND
THROW
OUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE
NEXT WE HAVE M FOLLOWED BY AJ,
HOWARD, NATHAN, LOU.
>> MY NAME IS M. SMITH, A MEMBER
OF LABOR MILITANT.
THIS IS ANAN DEMOCRAT CITY
COUNCIL.
THE MAYOR IS A DEMOCRAT CALLING
HERSELF A SOCIALIST, BUT ALL
YOU HAVE DONE IS PASS A ONE-
YEAR BAN
ON ICE DETENTION CENTER.
KATIE WILSON HAS BROKEN
PROMISES.
SHE IS EXPANDING SURVEILLANCE.
YOU SAID IT IS ABOUT CRIME.
IF IT IS ABOUT CRIME WHY
ARE THE
DEMOCRATS FIGHTING FOR THINGS
THAT COULD STOP CRIME IN OUR
CITY.
THEY ARE BEARING THE BRUNT OF
RENTERS INABILITY TO PAY.
YOU CAN TAX THE RICH TO FUND
FREE UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE.
TAX THE RICH TO
BUILD FREE FREE AND CLINICS.
BUILD CITY- RUN PUBLIC
GROCERY STORES TO EASE THE FOOD
CRISIS IN THE CITY.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT DOING ANY
OF THIS.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOES
NOT REPRESENT WORKING- CLASS
PEOPLE
FUNDAMENTALLY.
THEY REPRESENT BIG BUSINESS,
LANDLORDS, SPD.
THOSE ARE THE INTERESTS THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY REPRESENTS
IN THE CITY AND THAT IS WHY THEY
ARE SPENDING ON
POLICE SURVEILLANCE INSTEAD OF
THINGS PEOPLE NEED.
WHEN WE HAD A SOCIALIST WE WON
A $15 MINIMUM WAGE WHICH IS NOW
$21.30.
I KNOW NOT EVERYONE
SUPPORTS S HAD HAMA BUT THE
MOVEMENT
WE BUILT.
WE BROUGHT THE MOVEMENT IN
TO CITY HALL.
WE WON AN AMAZON TAX.
RENTERS RIGHTS.
WE CAN'T RELY ON ONE
POLITICIAN.
WE NEED A SOCIALIST PARTY AND
WORKING- CLASS PARTY THAT
CAN THROW OUT THE DEMOCRATS.
NEXT WE HAVE AJ, HOWARD,
NATHAN AND LOU.
WELCOME, AJ.
>> HI.
LISTENING TO ALL OF THE
TRANS
VOICES TODAY, THIS IS FOR
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE IN THE CITY.
I AM SUPPORTING THE CALL FOR
THE IMMEDIATE EVICTION
MORATORIUM.
IMMIGRANTS HAVE GONE TO
WORK BECAUSE OF ICE RAIDS.
THIS IS LED TO COUNTLESS
OF MILLIONS IN LOST OF INCOME.
IN MINNEAPOLIS ALONE IN JANUARY,
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT
IMMIGRANTS LOST
$47 MILLION BECAUSE OF LOST
WAGES.
IMMIGRANTS ARE BEING THREATENED
WITH EVICTION ALONG WITH
THOUSANDS OF OTHER WORKING-
CLASS
RENTERS WHO ARE FEELING THE
PAIN.
WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR
IT HERE. I YIELD THE REST OF THE
TIME.
>> NEXT WE HAVE HOWARD GILL,
NATHAN, LOU.
PEOPLE PATIENTLY WAITING
ONLINE, WE WILL SWITCH OVER TO
YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
SOME OF THE ITEMS WERE FOR
SPD OFFICERS TO OBTAIN WARRANTS
WHEN THERE IS A PROBABLE CAUSEE.
FOR OFFICERS TO
INTERVENE WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT
CREDENTIALS
ARE NOT PROVIDED.
TO AID IN PREVENTING
WARRANTLESS ACCESS.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I SAT
DOWN WITH YOU
AND WENT OVER ALL OF THE ITEMS.
YOU LOOKED ME IN THE EYE.
YOU CHECKED EACH ONE OF THESE.
THREE MONTHS LATER NOTHING HAS
HAPPENED.
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE.
THAT IS A STATEMENT STATEMENT
MAKE
WHEN THEY ARE NOT DOING
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.
IT IS WE WHO WILL KEEP
OURSELVES SAFE, NOT THE POLICE.
HOWEVER, NOT DIRECTING
THE POLICE TO TAKE
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO PROTECT
PEOPLE'S FOURTH AMENDMENT
RIGHTS
WILL LEAD TO THEM WORKING BEHIND
THE SCENES AND HARMING SEATTLE
CITIZENS.
THIS IS ABOUT GIVING
AN AFFIRMATIVE ROLE FOR POLICE.
IF THEY FAIL, WE CAN HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE. I AM GO TO REPEAT
WHAT
MINNEAPOLIS' POLICE CHIEF
SAID MONTHS AGO.
HE WARNED RANK IN FILE
OFFICERS IF THEY WITNESS --
>> SEATTLE IS A CITY
WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO WELCOME
EVERYBODY THAT ARE TRANS PEOPLE,
IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE FROM OTHER
STATES, MUSLIMS, JEWISH
PEOPLE, ANYBODY THAT EVER NEEDED
SOMEWHERE TO CALL HOME.
THAT IS PART OF WHAT MAKES
THE CITY GREAT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE
SAID EARLIER WE ARE SEEING
FASCISM,
TRANS PEOPLE IN KANSAS
ARE GETTING PASSPORTS AND
LICENSES
REVOKED.
WE KNOW WHERE IT IS GOING.
WITH THE CONVERSION THERAPY
DECISION, CONVERSION THERAPY IS
TORTURE.
WE KNOW THIS.
THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO SAY
FIRST.
I AM DEMANDING THE MAYOR FOLLOW
THROUGH ON HER CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
WE TOLD PEOPLE THINGS WOULD BE
DIFFERENT THIS TIME.
I DON'T TRUST SPD.
MICHAEL WALLER TOLD ME I SHOULD
BE GRATEFUL WE NO LONGER HAVE
OPEN BORDERS LIKE WE DID
UNDER JOE BIDEN OR THE OFFICER
THAT
TOLD ME ELON MUSK WAS
UNFAIRLY MALIGNED BY THE MEDIA.
BETTER STREETS AND SIDEWALKS,
FREE BUS ROUTES.
WE KNOW THAT THE SOUTH SEND
DANGEROUS. NOT BECAUSE OF UNDER
POLICYING BUT BECAUSE
>> THANK YOU NATHAN.
NEXT WE HAVE LOU.
WELCOME.
WELCOME, LOU.
>> HI.
A LOT HAS ALREADY BEEN
DISCUSSED BY
GENOCIDE. I THINK THAT IT IS
MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR WHAT WE
ARE
FACING.
RESTART THE TIME.
>> A LOT HAS BEEN SPOKEN
ABOUT THE FACT WE ARE FACING
GENOCIDE.
WHEN PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE AT
STAKE AT ANY MOMENT, CARE IS
WHAT IS
REQUIRED. CARE IS A VERY
TANGIBLE THING.
BASICALLY, THE OPPOSITION TO
GENOCIDE IS NOT SAYING
HEY THERE, IS A GENOCIDE
HAPPENING.
IT IS TANGIBLEABLY
BUILDING SOMETHING SO THAT WE
CAN PROTECT
PEOPLE AND CARE FOR THEM.
PEOPLE ARE FLEEING HERE FROM THE
TRANS COMMUNITY.
IT IS REALLY, REALLY HARD
TO FLEE POLITICAL OPPRESSION.
IT IS HARD TO FLEE YOUR FAMILY.
THAT IS WHERE I AM COMING FROM.
YOU NEED A LOT OF
CARE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT
PROVIDE.
WE NEED TO BUILD A GOOD
SYSTEM WITH HOUSING CARE.
OTHERWISE PEOPLE WILL DIE.
THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE
MOMENT. WE NEED CARE RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS WHAT WILL SAVE
PEOPLES
LIVES. YEAH.
DAVID HAINES, ROSE, JASON.
>> HOLD ON.
WE WILL RESTART YOUR TIME.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS
LADY SCRY.
WE CREATED -- DISTRICT
2 CONTINUES TO BE DEPRIORITIZED
UNLESS IT IS ELECTION SEASON.
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE IN 2026.
WE ARE DEMANDING A COMMITTED
INVESTMENT IN TO DISTRICT 2.
WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IS
THE RESULT OF LONG- TERM
DECISIONS.
THERE USE TO BE DIRECT
ACCESS THAT BROUGHT ECONOMIC
FLOW
INTOINTO COMMUNITY.
THAT ACCESS WAS CUT OFF.
BLACK
BUSINESSES PAIDPAID THE PRICE.
WE SEE TRANSIT EXPANSION.
WE CAN SEE THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE VERY COMMUNITY THAT BUILT
THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN PUSHED
OUT.
AGAIN, WHO IS THE DEVELOPMENT
FOR? AT THE SAME TIME THE CITY
IS
PREPARING FOR DOWNTOWN BUT WHERE
IS THE PLAN FOR BLACK YOUTH?
WE ARE CALLING FOR DIRECTION
INCLUSION,
ACCESS TO PROGRAMMING AND
OPPORTUNITIES SO
THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT PRICED
OUT OF
AA ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT IN
THEIR CITY.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IS
NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING
ABOUT THE YOUTH BUT US, WE
ARE HONESTLY SCARED.
NOT HAVING PROPER
IDENTIFICATION RIGHT NOW IS
CREATING REAL
FEAR FOR BLACK FAMILIES,
TRAVELING,
NAVIGATING EMERGENCIES.
>> TODAY 27 STATES PROHIBIT
TRANS KIDS FROM PLAYING SCHOOL
SPORTS.
1
IT IS 434 DAYS SINCE THE
PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE.
THERE ARE OVER 1,000 DAYS LEFT
IN HIS TERM.
I CAME OUT AS TRANS
IN HIGH SCHOOL 12 YEARS AGO AND
SPENT
ALL BUT 140 DAYS OF MY
ADULTHOOD TRANSITIONING WITH THE
HELP OF
CLINICS LIKE SEATTLE CLINICS AND
PLANNED PARENT HOOD.
I AM GRATEFUL OF THE WORK
THEY HAVE CONDITION TO PROTECT
AND AFFIRM THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE
IN THIS CITY.
WITH RESPECT TO TRANS
AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.
MULTIPLE SCHOLARS HAVE
BEEN ON THE RECORD SAYING THE
U.S. IS
AS FAR OF STEP 8 OF 10 IN THE
GENOCIDE OF TRANS AMERICANS.
BILL IS NOT PERFECT.
THE SHUT OFF WINDOW SHOULD BE
LONGER. IT SHOULDN'T BE THE
LAST ACTION.
MORE MUST BE DONE, BUT THIS IS
A GREAT FIRST STEP.
I KNOW THE COUNCIL CAN'T HAVE
AN AMENDMENT TODAY.
PASS THE BILL AS- IS TODAY.
STAND WITH YOUR TRANS
PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION AND
AROUND
THE WORLD LOOKING TO US FOR
ACTION.
PASS THE BILL.
CONTINUE TO BRING
LEGISLATION THAT KEEPS US SAFE
IN A
WORLD
THAT WANTS US DEAD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE JASON HILL,
DAVID
HAINES AND ROSE. WELCOME JASON.
>> I AM A MEMBER OF LABOR
MILITANT. TRUMP HAS BEEN IN
OFFICE OVER A
YEAR AND THE ONLY THING THE
CITY COUNCIL MANAGED TO DO IS
PASS A
ONE-YEAR BAN ON DETENTION
CENTERS.
THERE ARE NO REPUBLICANS ON THE
COUNCIL.
YOU CAN'T USE THAT AS AN
EXCUSE.
THE BAN SHOULD BE PERMANENT.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK PRESENTED A
PROCLAMATION ABOUT TRANSDAY OF
VISIBILITY, BUT IF YOU GAVE A
SHIT YOU WOULD BE PASSING
THINGS.
THEY COULD RAISE THE AMAZON
TAX AND PASS FREE UNIVERSAL
HEALTH
CARE FOR EVERYONE, BUT THEY
WON'T WITHOUT A MOVEMENT OF
WORKING PEOPLE.
THEY CAN FIGHT BACK AGAINST
ICE,ICE,
BUT THEY HAVEN'T.
HUNDREDS CAME TO KATIE WILSON'S
TOWN HALL DEMANDING SHE TAKE
REAL ACTION AGAINST ICE IN THE
CITY.
KATIE WILSON REFUSED TO
SHUT THEM DOWN.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE
POWER TO SHUT DOWN THE CAMERAS
AND THEY HAVE NOT.
WE NEED MORE THAN SHUTTING DOWN
CAMERAS.
AN IMMEDIATE EVICTION MORATORIUM
UNTIL ICE IS SHUT DOWN.
THE HEAD OF THE POLICE UNION
SAID SPD WILL NOT OBEY
THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER COLLABORATING WITH ICE.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT GOING
TO KEEP THEM ACCOUNTABLE,
THE WORKING PEOPLE SHOULD.
WE NEED TO THROW OUT PRO- ICE
DEMOCRATS. EVERY DEMOCRAT ON THE
COUNCIL SHOULD BE THROWN OUT OF
OFFICE.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CREATED
AND FUNDED ICE.
WE NEED WORKING PEOPLE TO
BUILD A MOVEMENT TO CHALLENGE
PRO-
ICE DEMOCRATS WITH
INDEPENDENT
SOCIALISTS AND BUILD THE NEW
ANY MORE COMMENTERS SIGNED UP?
AWESOME. WE HAVE REACHED THE END
OF
THE LIST OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS GIVING
US PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH THEIR
E- MAILS, ONLINE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME
OUT OF YOUR DAY.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORDS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY
AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU ALL SAY TO
US, IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION WE
WILL CONSIDER THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED.
THERE THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
NOW WE CONSIDER THE CONTENT
CALENDAR. THE MINUTES OF MARCH
24th.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT
WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANYTHING
FROM
TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR?
HEARING NONE I WILL MOVE
TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND?
SECOND.
WILL SOMEONE. THANK YOU.
MOVED AND SECONDED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[ROLL BEING CALLED]
I SEE YOU.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE YOUR AUDIO IS
WORKING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, DO
YOU WANT TO TEST YOUR AUDIO?
>> TESTING.
>> WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 1
INTO THE RECORD.
>> COLLECTION OF
SURVEILLANCE DATA SPECIFYING
CONVICTIONS FOR
A MANDATORY 60- DAY PAUSE
FOR SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION AND
AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE
RECOGNITION SYSTEM
AND ORDINANCE 127297.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL
PASS.
>> AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE
THETHE
REPORT AND
AFTERWARDS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
YOU
WILL ADDRESS THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PRESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK TO GO FIRST AS THE PRIME
SPONSOR
THE LEGISLATION, AND I WILL
FOLLOW HER IF SHE IS OKAY WITH
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE WE
DON'T WANT DATA COLLECTED BY
ALPR TO BE USED FOR IMMIGRATION
ACTION OR GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.
THAT IS NOT THE INTENDED
USE OF THE TECHNOLOGY.
BUT THE CONCERNS, BUT
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR IN
MANY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES THAT
WE
HAVE SEEN DATA SHARING
ISSUES WITH ALPR SYSTEMS.
I BELIEVE TAKING THE ACTION
TODAY TO AMEND THE PROGRAM
TO BUILD IN THE SAFEGUARD IS
AN IMPORTANT MEASURE
AND STEP THAT WE CAN TAKE AND
I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU
WOULD
LIKE TO SAY?
>> YES.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
SHE IS RIGHT.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP
THAT WE NEED TO TAKE.
I ALSO WANTED TO
THANK OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR
THEIR
SUPPORT OF THE BILL AS
WELL. THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION
IS IMPORTANT IN ENSURING OUR
ALPR PROGRAM AND OUR CCTV
PROGRAM. I KNOW IT IS CALLED
ALPR
BUT AFFECTS BOTH, ARE IN SYNC IN
AN
EVENT OF ANNE INTRUSION IN A
REAL
TIME CRIME CENTER.
PARTLY DUE TO THE PROTOCOL
WE HAVE INTRODUCED INTO THE
SYSTEM
AND AUGMENTED FOR ALPR.
A VERY IMPORTANT STEP TO
TAKE AND FROM THE RECENTLY
PASSED LEGISLATION AND NOW
SIGNED SENATE BILL 602 RELATED
TO ALPR.
I AM HAPPY THAT THE
LEGISLATION
BUILDS ON THE FOUR PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT CREATED THAT
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS AND CREATES
A MECHANISM TO ADDRESS ANY
SITUATION ARISING WITH RESPECT
TO FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS
IS IMPORTANT.
TO INCLUDE A SURGE BY AGENCIES
SUCH AS IMMIGRATION AND
CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OR CUSTOMS
AND
BORDER PROTECTION.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE WE HAVE THE PROTOCOL IN
PLACE.
PARTLY BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT THE SYSTEMS MIGHT HELP US
IN TERMS OF DOCUMENTING, YOU
KNOW, ANY ACTIONS BY
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE
CONTRARY
TO INCLUDE STAGING,
AS WE RECENTLY PASSED THE BILL,
STAGING ON
CITY- OWNED OR
CONTROLLED PROPERTY.
WITH ALL OF THAT, AND THANK
YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS?
I WILL TAKE THE TIME TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND
FINDING WAYS WHICH WE CAN
STRENGTHEN
THE LAWS AND IT IS A STEP IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
ALWAYS GOING THROUGH EVERY BILL
WITH A
FINE TOOTH -- YOU KNOW WHAT I AM
TALKING ABOUT.
REALLY THIN COMB.
I SUPPORT THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL
THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE
OF THE BILL. [ROLL BEING CALLED]
>> THANK YOU, CLERK.
WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM 2 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO,
121180, CHANGING THE
REQUIREMENTS
FOR CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL MAY
REQUIRE INTO A PERSON'S
CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION
STATUS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS IT
WILL
PASS.
>> AWESOME.
AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE
A COMMITTEE REPORT AND
AFTERWARDS
WE WILL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
LIN AS THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL.
>> TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF
COUNCILMEMBER LIN BY GIVING HIM
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FIRST.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD
BILL. THIS BASICALLY UPDATES
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ALIGN
WITH THE KEEP WASHINGTON WORKING
ACT.
IT IS A CRITICAL STATE LAW
TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES AND ALSO TO BUILD
TRUST WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT S THIS IS IMPORTANT
TO PROTECT
PRIVACY AND FOR OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANKS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR HIS WORK.
WE HAVE HAD SEVEN PIECES
OF LEGISLATION
INVOLVING COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
FOSTER,
LIN, RIVERA AND MYSELF.
IT SHOWS THE
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH AND
LOOKING TO BUILD
ON
THESE. I THINK THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT.
IT IS NOT JUST THE BILLS
AS INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF
LEGISLATION. YOU KNOW, THEM AS A
PACKAGE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THE END
RESULT IS GREATER THAN THE SUM
OF ITS
PARTS.
IT SHOWS LEADERSHIP.
IT SHOWS OUR APPROACH TOTO
WHETHER IT IS PROFESSIONALISM
AND STANDARDS, THE STAGING
BILL, THE PIECES RELATED TO KEEP
WASHINGTON WORKING.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH ALPR.
THE DATA PRIVACY PIECES.
I THINK THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT.
THEY CAN BE BUILT ON IN THE
FUTURE.
I DO THINK THEY SHOW INITIATIVE.
THEY SHOW OUR POSITION AS IT
RELATES TO FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT. WITH
THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK
YOU.
COLLEAGUES, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
>> ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE BILL
BEFORE US?
AWESOME.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOUR
LEADERSHIP, IT IS CALLED A FINE
TOOTH COMB.
[ROLL BEING CALLED]
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE PASSES.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS REMOVED.
THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION
FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION
TODAY.
WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION
FOR SIGNATURE TODAY.
WE MOVED IT TO TODAY SO THAT
WE COULD ALL SIGN IT.
I RECOGNIZE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS NOT
HERE.
ABSENT TODAY.
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
HAVE PREPARED A PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING APRIL 21st TO BE BEN
NOBLE DAY.
NOT NOW, WE DON'T WANT TO SAY
ANYTHING.
WE HAVE A CELEBRATION COMING
FOR BEN NOBLE TOMORROW.
WE WILL REQUEST SIGNATURES
TODAY.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED?
OKAY.
SHE ALSO LOOKED AT ME THAT WAY
WHEN I SAID CAN I SECOND
MYSELF. SHE SAID NO.
QUESTION, COLLEAGUES WE ARE
NOW GOING TO TAKE THE ROLL TO
SEE WHO WILL SIGN THE
PROCLAMATION FOR BEN NOBLE DAY.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
[ROLL BEING CALLED]
>> EIGHT SIGNATURES WILL BE
AFFIXED.
>> I DO BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
YOU HAVE A MOTION TO BE EXCUSED.
DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT
MOTION OR DO I?
>> I THINK I MADE IT.
I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO BE
EXCUSED NEXT WEEK ON THE 7th OF
APRIL, PLEASE.
>> AND THE 14th?
I HAVE IT IN MY NOTES.
>> YES.
14th, SORRY.
>> YOUR MIC WORKS FOR THAT BUT
NOT SAYING AYE?
IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
WILL
BE EXCUSED THE APRIL 7th AND
14th
MEETING. ANY OBJECTION?
>> NO OBJECTION.
>> HEARING NO
OBJECTION COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
WILL
BE EXCUSED APRIL 7th AND 14th
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> I TOO ASK TO BE EXCUSED
TUESDAY, APRIL 7th?
>> ANY OBJECTIONS?
HEARING NONE, YOU ARE EXCUSED.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I AM REQUESTING TO BE
EXCUSED APRIL 28th AND ALSO NOW
LEARNING THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE
QUORUM FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
NEXT WEEK.
IF YOU ARE ON THE
FINANCE
COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK, I NEED YOU
THERE.
THANK YOU KINDLY.
LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSAL FOR
APRIL 28th.
>> AWESOME.
IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WILL BE
EXCUSED.
HEARING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, YOU ARE EXCUSED.
I KNOW THERE IS NO
FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
I WILL TAKE A POINT OF
PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE,
UNFORTUNATELY
LAST WEEK THERE WAS A FIRE IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
WE LOST A PILLAR
IN OUR COMMUNITY NAMED MISS
JOANNE
BUCHANAN.
SHE WAS 87 AND A GREAT
MEMBER OF MOUNT ZION CHURCH.
WE ARE SENDING
A TON OF LOVE TO THE BUCHANAN
FAMILY AS THEY ARE
GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS
OF LOSING A LOVED ONE.
SHE WAS A GREAT MEMBER OF
THE COMMUNITY AND LIVED IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT FOR A LONG
TIME
AND SHE WAS THE MATRIARCH OF
THE FAMILY.
WE ARE SENDING THE THOUGHTS
AND
PRAYERS AND THE LOVE TO THE
BUCHANAN FAMILY.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT GOT THERE
WITHIN
MINUTES. THE AID CAR THAT GOT
THERE
IN MINUTES AS WELL.
ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED
TO PUT THE FIRE OUT IN OUR
CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
SO, I WANTED TO SEND THAT, AND
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT,
COLLEAGUES.
OTHERWISE, ARE THERE ANY
OTHER ITEMS COMING BEFORE THE
COUNCIL AT ALL?
AWESOME.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> I WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING
SMALL.
BECAUSE I HAVE THIS UNIQUE
ANGLE FROM COMING IN.
I DID NOT SPEAK LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ DURING
THE EARLIER PART WITH
THE PROCLAMATION AT THE
BEGINNING
BUT THANK YOU TO THE PERSON
SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW WHO HAS
GOT HIS SIGN
PERFECTLY POSITIONED FOR PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS TO SAY WE SHOULD
PROTECT
TRANS KIDS.
I WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW
HIS EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE
MEETING
ARE APPRECIATED.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING THAT WE
SHOULD PROTECT THE KIDS, THE
TRANS
KIDS. I WANTED TO THANK HIM AS I
HAD
THE INTERESTING LOOK AND I AM
NOT ON THAT SIDE OF THE DEUS.
>> THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND THANK
YOU FOR BEING
HERE AND HOLDING UP THE SIGN
AND MAKING SURE IT IS SEEN
TODAY.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL?
SEEING NONE, TIME IS 3:41.
THE MEETING
IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.