1 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:22,589 >> OKAY. THE MARCH 25th, 2026, 2 00:00:22,589 --> 00:00:23,890 MEETING OF THE HOUSING, ARTS, 3 00:00:23,890 --> 00:00:26,192 AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE WILL 4 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:31,965 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 20 2:00 5 00:00:31,965 --> 00:00:36,803 P.M. I'M DIONNE FOSTER. 6 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:38,772 >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? 7 00:00:38,772 --> 00:00:40,106 >> HERE. 8 00:00:40,106 --> 00:00:44,477 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 9 00:00:44,477 --> 00:00:45,211 >> HERE. 10 00:00:45,211 --> 00:00:46,112 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 11 00:00:46,112 --> 00:00:47,213 >> VICE-CHAIR LIN? 12 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:47,680 >> CHAIR FOSTER. 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,850 >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 14 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:57,123 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 15 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:58,324 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 16 00:00:58,324 --> 00:01:00,693 ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE 17 00:01:00,693 --> 00:01:02,095 PUBLIC ITEMS PERIOD. CLERK, HOW 18 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:04,631 MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNS UP 19 00:01:04,631 --> 00:01:04,864 TODAY? 20 00:01:04,864 --> 00:01:05,732 >> ONE. 21 00:01:05,732 --> 00:01:08,234 >> FANTASTIC. WE HAVE ONE. IS IT 22 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:09,836 AN IN-PERSON SPEAKER? WE HAVE 23 00:01:09,836 --> 00:01:11,438 ONE IN-PERSON SPEAKER AND NO 24 00:01:11,438 --> 00:01:13,006 REMOTE SPEAKERS. SO EACH SPEAKER 25 00:01:13,006 --> 00:01:16,676 WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND WE 26 00:01:16,676 --> 00:01:17,277 WILL START WITH THE IN-PERSON 27 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:17,544 SPEAKER. 28 00:01:17,544 --> 00:01:23,249 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 29 00:01:23,249 --> 00:01:27,187 60 MINUTES. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS 30 00:01:27,187 --> 00:01:27,520 ASHLEY FORBE. 31 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,490 >> HI. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A 32 00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:31,891 QUICK THANK YOU TO ALL FOR HOW 33 00:01:31,891 --> 00:01:35,462 REFRESHING IT HAS BEEN TO WORK 34 00:01:35,462 --> 00:01:36,796 WITH CITY COUNCIL OVER RECENTLY 35 00:01:36,796 --> 00:01:38,498 OVER THESE LAST TRANSITIONS THAT 36 00:01:38,498 --> 00:01:39,666 WE'VE SEEN. IT'S BEEN REALLY 37 00:01:39,666 --> 00:01:40,733 REFRESHING TO SEE JUST THE 38 00:01:40,733 --> 00:01:45,371 DIFFERENCE IN HOW COUNCIL HAS 39 00:01:45,371 --> 00:01:47,340 BEEN ENGAGING WITH OUR VARIOUS 40 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:48,007 COMMISSIONS. I DIDN'T INTRODUCE 41 00:01:48,007 --> 00:01:50,043 MYSELF. I'M ASHLEY, ONE OF THE 42 00:01:50,043 --> 00:01:51,077 COMMISSIONERS ON THE LGBTQ 43 00:01:51,077 --> 00:01:51,711 COMMISSION, PREVIOUSLY ONE OF 44 00:01:51,711 --> 00:01:53,146 THE CO-CHAIRS AND EVEN THIS 45 00:01:53,146 --> 00:01:54,681 MEETING ALONE I THINK IS A 46 00:01:54,681 --> 00:01:57,050 REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE HOW MUCH 47 00:01:57,050 --> 00:01:57,750 BETTER THINGS HAVE BEEN 48 00:01:57,750 --> 00:01:59,519 RECENTLY. SO JUST REALLY WANT TO 49 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:01,488 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 50 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:02,355 PROFESSIONALISM, WORKING WITH 51 00:02:02,355 --> 00:02:03,923 OUR COMMISSIONS AND JUST BEING 52 00:02:03,923 --> 00:02:04,791 REALLY WILLING TO COLLABORATE 53 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:07,260 WITH US. IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL 54 00:02:07,260 --> 00:02:09,195 AND AGAIN, A VERY REFRESHING 55 00:02:09,195 --> 00:02:13,933 CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAVE 56 00:02:13,933 --> 00:02:14,734 EXPERIENCED PREVIOUSLY. SO THANK 57 00:02:14,734 --> 00:02:14,934 YOU. 58 00:02:14,934 --> 00:02:17,370 >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE 59 00:02:17,370 --> 00:02:18,905 APPRECIATE THAT. WITH THAT WILL 60 00:02:18,905 --> 00:02:20,707 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 1 61 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:22,609 INTO THE RECORD AND BEFORE YOU 62 00:02:22,609 --> 00:02:25,578 DO, JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 63 00:02:25,578 --> 00:02:28,181 WE'VE BEEN JOINED ON THE DAIS 64 00:02:28,181 --> 00:02:28,848 BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. WELCOME. 65 00:02:28,848 --> 00:02:31,584 >> AGENDA ITEM 1 OVERVIEW OF 66 00:02:31,584 --> 00:02:33,453 WASHINGTON STATE HOUSING FINANCE 67 00:02:33,453 --> 00:02:33,887 COMMISSION COVENANT 68 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:34,387 HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM. 69 00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:37,157 >> GREAT. I BELIEVE OUR 70 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:38,858 PRESENTERS ARE WITH US VIRTUALLY 71 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:41,027 TODAY. SO WILL NOT BE JOINING US 72 00:02:41,027 --> 00:02:42,362 AT THE PHYSICAL TABLE. SO I WILL 73 00:02:42,362 --> 00:02:44,430 ASK OUR PRESENTERS TO JOIN US AT 74 00:02:44,430 --> 00:02:47,066 THE VIRTUAL TABLE AND PLEASE 75 00:02:47,066 --> 00:02:50,303 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES WHEN YOU 76 00:02:50,303 --> 00:02:50,603 ARE READY. 77 00:02:50,603 --> 00:02:55,909 >> THANK YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND 78 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:58,211 HOPEFULLY RESHARE MY SCREEN. CAN 79 00:02:58,211 --> 00:02:58,978 EVERYONE SEE THAT OKAY? 80 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:00,647 >> WE SURE CAN AND I'M JUST 81 00:03:00,647 --> 00:03:04,217 GOING TO SHARE A FEW WORDS 82 00:03:04,217 --> 00:03:05,518 QUICKLY AFTER YOU INTRODUCE 83 00:03:05,518 --> 00:03:07,020 YOURSELF. GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE 84 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:08,655 YOURSELF. WE'LL GO FROM THERE. 85 00:03:08,655 --> 00:03:10,723 >> GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU. MY 86 00:03:10,723 --> 00:03:12,859 NAME IS LISA DeBROCK, THE 87 00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:14,794 HOMEOWNERSHIP DIRECTOR AT THE 88 00:03:14,794 --> 00:03:15,728 WASHINGTON STATE HOUSING FINANCE 89 00:03:15,728 --> 00:03:17,564 COMMISSION AND I TRULY 90 00:03:17,564 --> 00:03:18,198 APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO 91 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:21,401 COME AND SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE 92 00:03:21,401 --> 00:03:22,235 BIT ABOUT OUR COVENANT 93 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:23,169 HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM ALONG WITH 94 00:03:23,169 --> 00:03:26,372 MORGUE WHO AN WILLIAMS FROM THE 95 00:03:26,372 --> 00:03:28,641 NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE 96 00:03:28,641 --> 00:03:29,876 WHO WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. 97 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:31,211 FOR THOSE OF YOU MAYBE NOT AS 98 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:33,313 FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMISSION IN 99 00:03:33,313 --> 00:03:34,514 TERMS OF HOMEOWNERSHIP, WE 100 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:36,049 BRIDGE THE GAP TO HOMEOWNERSHIP 101 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:37,717 FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME 102 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:39,118 FAMILIES BY BRINGING A VARIETY 103 00:03:39,118 --> 00:03:40,386 OF DIFFERENT FIRST AND SECOND 104 00:03:40,386 --> 00:03:44,958 MORTGAGE PROGRAMS TO THE MARKET 105 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:45,758 TO HELP FAMILIES ACHIEVE 106 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:47,026 HOMEOWNERSHIP. ON A TYPICAL YEAR 107 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:52,799 WE HELP A MINIMUM OF 5,000 108 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:54,634 FAMILIES STATEWIDE PER YEAR AND 109 00:03:54,634 --> 00:03:55,435 THE COVENANT HOMEOWNERSHIP 110 00:03:55,435 --> 00:03:57,403 PROGRAM BEING ONE OF THEM. WOULD 111 00:03:57,403 --> 00:03:58,638 YOU LIKE MORGAN TO INTRODUCE 112 00:03:58,638 --> 00:03:59,572 THEMSELVES NEXT BEFORE I 113 00:03:59,572 --> 00:04:00,640 CONTINUE ON? 114 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:07,413 >> YES. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 115 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:08,014 THANK YOU. 116 00:04:08,014 --> 00:04:13,720 >> THANKS, LISA, EVERYONE. I'M 117 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,188 MORGAN WILLIAMS, SENIOR COUNSEL 118 00:04:15,188 --> 00:04:17,190 FOR THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR 119 00:04:17,190 --> 00:04:17,824 HOUSING ALLIANCE, A NATIONAL 120 00:04:17,824 --> 00:04:20,426 CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE BASED IN 121 00:04:20,426 --> 00:04:22,695 WASHINGTON, D.C. I'M MYSELF 122 00:04:22,695 --> 00:04:25,465 BASED IN NEW ORLEANS AND WORK 123 00:04:25,465 --> 00:04:30,770 WITH A VARIETY OF CIVIL RIGHTS 124 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:32,138 ADVOCATES, INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND 125 00:04:32,138 --> 00:04:34,140 A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 126 00:04:34,140 --> 00:04:38,544 STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 127 00:04:38,544 --> 00:04:41,714 TO ADVANCE FAIR HOUSING EFFORTS, 128 00:04:41,714 --> 00:04:44,150 TALK MORE ABOUT OUR ENGAGEMENT 129 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:46,519 WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE 130 00:04:46,519 --> 00:04:47,520 HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION AND, 131 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:48,588 OF COURSE, THIS PRESENTATION BUT 132 00:04:48,588 --> 00:04:51,024 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH 133 00:04:51,024 --> 00:04:51,557 YOU ALL TODAY. 134 00:04:51,557 --> 00:04:54,360 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 135 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,362 WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR FROM YOU 136 00:04:56,362 --> 00:04:57,330 AND, MORGAN, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO 137 00:04:57,330 --> 00:04:59,232 ADJUST YOUR MIC TO GET A LITTLE 138 00:04:59,232 --> 00:05:01,534 BIT LOUDER, THAT MIGHT BE 139 00:05:01,534 --> 00:05:04,303 HELPFUL. WE CAN HEAR YOU, BUT 140 00:05:04,303 --> 00:05:06,839 IT'S A LITTLE BIT FAINT IN THE 141 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:08,274 ROOM HERE. BEFORE WE HAND IT 142 00:05:08,274 --> 00:05:09,709 OVER TO OUR PRESENTERS, I'LL 143 00:05:09,709 --> 00:05:11,277 SORT OF REMIND MY COLLEAGUES 144 00:05:11,277 --> 00:05:13,646 THIS IS PART OF OUR ONGOING 145 00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:14,514 CONVERSATION ON HOMEOWNERSHIP IN 146 00:05:14,514 --> 00:05:16,482 THE CITY. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE 147 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:18,017 WERE JOINED BY THE OFFICE OF 148 00:05:18,017 --> 00:05:20,820 HOUSING STAFF WHO TALKED ABOUT 149 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:21,387 THE CITY'S HOMEOWNERSHIP 150 00:05:21,387 --> 00:05:24,324 PROGRAMS, INCLUDING EFFORTS THAT 151 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:25,525 WE ARE DOING FOR HOMEOWNER 152 00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:26,526 STABILIZATION, SUPPORTING 153 00:05:26,526 --> 00:05:27,126 HOMEOWNERS WITH DOWN PAYMENT 154 00:05:27,126 --> 00:05:28,895 ASSISTANCE AND SO MUCH MORE. SO 155 00:05:28,895 --> 00:05:30,029 THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION 156 00:05:30,029 --> 00:05:31,764 SO WE CAN LEARN MORE FROM OUR 157 00:05:31,764 --> 00:05:33,766 PARTNERS AT THE STATE ABOUT 158 00:05:33,766 --> 00:05:35,134 THEIR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP WITH 159 00:05:35,134 --> 00:05:36,703 THE COVENANT HOMEOWNERSHIP 160 00:05:36,703 --> 00:05:37,904 PROGRAM AND THE SUCCESSES 161 00:05:37,904 --> 00:05:42,608 THEY'VE HAD AT ENSURING THEY 162 00:05:42,608 --> 00:05:44,877 ARE DIRECTING DOLLARS AND 163 00:05:44,877 --> 00:05:45,511 SUPPORTING HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR 164 00:05:45,511 --> 00:05:46,312 RESIDENTS AROUND WASHINGTON 165 00:05:46,312 --> 00:05:47,814 STATE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS 166 00:05:47,814 --> 00:05:49,549 ALREADY IN THIS COMMITTEE, BUT 167 00:05:49,549 --> 00:05:50,917 I'LL BRING IT UP ONE MORE TIME. 168 00:05:50,917 --> 00:05:53,786 AS WE LOOK AT THE AREA MEDIAN 169 00:05:53,786 --> 00:05:54,887 INCOME FOR AND PARTICULARLY 170 00:05:54,887 --> 00:05:56,689 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR BLACK 171 00:05:56,689 --> 00:05:59,092 RESIDENTS BEING ABOUT HALF AS 172 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:01,227 THE HIGHEST INCOME EARNERS WITH 173 00:06:01,227 --> 00:06:02,161 LOWER RATES OF HOMEOWNERSHIP, 174 00:06:02,161 --> 00:06:03,362 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE 175 00:06:03,362 --> 00:06:06,099 CONTINUE TO PUT A FOCUS ON THIS 176 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:07,467 REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE AS THE 177 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:09,235 COST OF LIVING GOES UP AND AS WE 178 00:06:09,235 --> 00:06:11,804 BECOME A CITY THAT IS MAJORITY 179 00:06:11,804 --> 00:06:13,306 RENTERS. THERE IS STILL NEED TO 180 00:06:13,306 --> 00:06:15,541 MAKE SURE WE ARE SUPPORTING 181 00:06:15,541 --> 00:06:18,745 PEOPLE TO FIND STABILITY AND 182 00:06:18,745 --> 00:06:19,679 LONG-TERM HOMES FOR THEMSELVES 183 00:06:19,679 --> 00:06:20,313 THROUGH HOMEOWNERSHIP. SO I'M 184 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:21,681 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK 185 00:06:21,681 --> 00:06:24,150 THAT THE WASHINGTON STATE 186 00:06:24,150 --> 00:06:25,151 HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION IS 187 00:06:25,151 --> 00:06:27,019 DOING AND EXCITED TO LEARN FROM 188 00:06:27,019 --> 00:06:29,355 BOTH THE FINDINGS OF THE 189 00:06:29,355 --> 00:06:30,890 COVENANT HOMEOWNERSHIP STUDY AS 190 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:31,924 WELL AS STRATEGIES AND 191 00:06:31,924 --> 00:06:32,759 INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE COME 192 00:06:32,759 --> 00:06:34,527 FORWARD BECAUSE OF THIS WORK. 193 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:37,063 COLLEAGUES, I DO ASK WE WAIT FOR 194 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,532 QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER THE 195 00:06:39,532 --> 00:06:41,134 BRIEFING AND WITH THAT I WILL 196 00:06:41,134 --> 00:06:45,004 HAND IT OVER TO OUR PRESENTERS. 197 00:06:45,004 --> 00:06:46,472 >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND 198 00:06:46,472 --> 00:06:48,708 THANK YOU FOR THE KIND COMMENTS 199 00:06:48,708 --> 00:06:49,675 OF AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED TO 200 00:06:49,675 --> 00:06:52,111 SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT 201 00:06:52,111 --> 00:06:55,281 ABOUT THE PROGRAM, THE STUDY, 202 00:06:55,281 --> 00:06:55,915 AND RESULTS THUS FAR. PICTURED 203 00:06:55,915 --> 00:06:58,384 HERE ON THIS SLIDE WAS THE HAPPY 204 00:06:58,384 --> 00:07:00,186 DAY WHEN GOVERNOR INSLEE SIGNED 205 00:07:00,186 --> 00:07:03,556 THE BILL BACK IN MAY 2023 ALONG 206 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:04,957 WITH SOME OF OUR AMAZING 207 00:07:04,957 --> 00:07:05,792 ADVOCATES AND REALLY MORGAN WILL 208 00:07:05,792 --> 00:07:08,494 GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL 209 00:07:08,494 --> 00:07:09,762 ABOUT THE ACT ITSELF. HOWEVER, I 210 00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:10,663 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE 211 00:07:10,663 --> 00:07:14,567 THAT THIS IS TRULY A LANDMARK 212 00:07:14,567 --> 00:07:16,335 BILL AND FOR THE LEGISLATION, 213 00:07:16,335 --> 00:07:17,970 ALL OF THE STARS SIMPLY JUST 214 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:24,243 ALIGNED. WE WORKED HAND IN HAND 215 00:07:24,243 --> 00:07:28,181 WITH THE BLACK INITIATIVE FOR 216 00:07:28,181 --> 00:07:30,316 THE STATE INITIATIVE AND IT'S 217 00:07:30,316 --> 00:07:32,018 THE FIRST KIND IN THE NATION 218 00:07:32,018 --> 00:07:33,186 ESPECIALLY FOR A HOUSING FINANCE 219 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:34,887 AGENCY WHERE IN THIS CASE THE 220 00:07:34,887 --> 00:07:35,888 STATE IS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY 221 00:07:35,888 --> 00:07:38,858 FOR THE HARM THAT IT CAUSED 222 00:07:38,858 --> 00:07:39,559 THROUGH ITS RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE 223 00:07:39,559 --> 00:07:41,861 COVENANTS AND IT REALLY SHUT 224 00:07:41,861 --> 00:07:43,062 DOWN FAMILIES FROM GAINING 225 00:07:43,062 --> 00:07:44,430 GENERATIONAL WEALTH. ON THE 226 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:47,066 SLIDE IT DOES SHOW IT'S 227 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:47,567 BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION 228 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:50,603 ADDRESSING THE LEGACY OF HOUSING 229 00:07:50,603 --> 00:07:51,404 DISCRIMINATION. THERE ARE THREE 230 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:52,038 MAIN COMPONENTS. FIRST OFF, 231 00:07:52,038 --> 00:07:54,473 THERE WAS A NEW SOURCE OF 232 00:07:54,473 --> 00:07:55,775 FUNDING FROM REAL ESTATE 233 00:07:55,775 --> 00:07:57,543 RECORDING FEES. THESE FEES 234 00:07:57,543 --> 00:07:59,946 STARTED TO BE COLLECTED IN 235 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:02,548 JANUARY OF 2024 AND THEY ARE 236 00:08:02,548 --> 00:08:04,317 RECEIVED MONTHLY AT THE HOUSING 237 00:08:04,317 --> 00:08:06,986 FINANCE COMMISSION TO OPERATE 238 00:08:06,986 --> 00:08:08,988 THE PROGRAM. SECONDLY, THE 239 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:10,690 LEGISLATION TALKS ABOUT A 240 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:12,024 RESEARCH STUDY ON 241 00:08:12,024 --> 00:08:13,125 DISCRIMINATION, ITS EXPECTS, AND 242 00:08:13,125 --> 00:08:14,260 EFFECTIVE REMEDIES WHICH MORGAN 243 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:17,063 WILL GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ON AND 244 00:08:17,063 --> 00:08:18,397 FROM THAT THE HOUSING FINANCE 245 00:08:18,397 --> 00:08:20,333 AGENCY -- OR THE COMMISSION WAS 246 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:24,770 TO DEVELOP A NEW DOWN PAYMENT 247 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:25,872 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. ALSO, THIS 248 00:08:25,872 --> 00:08:27,874 BILL IS OVERSEEN BY AN OVERSIGHT 249 00:08:27,874 --> 00:08:29,075 COMMITTEE HOSTED AT THE 250 00:08:29,075 --> 00:08:29,876 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL 251 00:08:29,876 --> 00:08:31,944 INSTITUTIONS AND I THINK AS YOU 252 00:08:31,944 --> 00:08:33,012 SOMEWHAT ALLUDED TO, THIS 253 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:35,982 BILL'S JUST A HUGE WIN FOR 254 00:08:35,982 --> 00:08:36,849 EQUITY FOR WASHINGTON FAMILIES. 255 00:08:36,849 --> 00:08:39,652 THE COMMISSION WAS TASKED BY THE 256 00:08:39,652 --> 00:08:40,653 LEGISLATURE TO OVERSEE THE 257 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:41,988 COVENANT RESEARCH STUDY AND THEN 258 00:08:41,988 --> 00:08:44,123 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM 259 00:08:44,123 --> 00:08:47,793 BASED UPON THE STUDY AND WE 260 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:48,594 HIRED THE WONDERFUL NATIONAL 261 00:08:48,594 --> 00:08:50,630 FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE AND THEIR 262 00:08:50,630 --> 00:08:52,265 PARTNERS. SO I'M VERY, VERY 263 00:08:52,265 --> 00:08:54,934 PLEASED AND HONORED TO HAVE 264 00:08:54,934 --> 00:09:00,172 MORGAN HERE WITH US TO TALK MORE 265 00:09:00,172 --> 00:09:01,474 ABOUT THE STUDY. MORGAN? 266 00:09:01,474 --> 00:09:04,277 >> THANKS SO MUCH, LISA, AND 267 00:09:04,277 --> 00:09:07,647 EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE 268 00:09:07,647 --> 00:09:09,982 WITH YOU VIRTUALLY. PART OF THIS 269 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:12,318 DISCUSSION, PART OF THESE 270 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:15,321 EFFORTS, AS LISA MENTIONED, THE 271 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:18,124 BLACK HOME INITIATIVE AND THE 272 00:09:18,124 --> 00:09:23,763 BROAD NETWORK OF LOCAL LEADERS 273 00:09:23,763 --> 00:09:29,835 WHO FORWARDED THE COVENANT 274 00:09:29,835 --> 00:09:30,369 HOMEOWNERSHIP CONCEPT AND 275 00:09:30,369 --> 00:09:32,705 LEGISLATION AND PROGRAM ARE 276 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:37,043 REALLY DOING INCREDIBLE WORK TO 277 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:38,411 ADVANCE HOUSING EQUITY IN AN 278 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:40,313 AFFIRMATIVE THOUGHTFUL MANNER IN 279 00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:42,148 A WAY THAT DEPLOYS LIMITED 280 00:09:42,148 --> 00:09:48,354 RESOURCES IN A VERY STRATEGIC 281 00:09:48,354 --> 00:09:49,822 WAY AND WE ARE HONORED AND A 282 00:09:49,822 --> 00:09:51,324 PRIVILEGE TO HAVE BEEN PART OF 283 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:53,492 THE TEAM TO PREPARE THE STUDY 284 00:09:53,492 --> 00:09:55,561 CALLED FOR IN THE LEGISLATION 285 00:09:55,561 --> 00:09:57,930 AGAIN WITH THE NATIONAL FAIR 286 00:09:57,930 --> 00:09:59,632 HOUSING ALLIANCE. IN THE COURSE 287 00:09:59,632 --> 00:10:03,102 OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, WE IN 288 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:04,937 PART WORK TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS 289 00:10:04,937 --> 00:10:07,239 OF LOCAL FAIR HOUSING CENTERS 290 00:10:07,239 --> 00:10:08,941 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE 291 00:10:08,941 --> 00:10:12,211 TWO IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON 292 00:10:12,211 --> 00:10:15,214 WE PARTNERED WITH IN THIS 293 00:10:15,214 --> 00:10:16,782 EFFORT. THE NORTHWEST FAIR 294 00:10:16,782 --> 00:10:18,651 HOUSING ALLIANCE BASED IN 295 00:10:18,651 --> 00:10:21,387 SPOKANE AND THE FAIR HOUSING 296 00:10:21,387 --> 00:10:24,757 CENTER OF WASHINGTON BASED IN 297 00:10:24,757 --> 00:10:27,059 TACOMA WHICH SERVED BROAD 298 00:10:27,059 --> 00:10:30,863 REGIONS IN THE STATE AND ALSO 299 00:10:30,863 --> 00:10:33,866 HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF 300 00:10:33,866 --> 00:10:35,835 WORKING WITH APP ASSOCIATES, A 301 00:10:35,835 --> 00:10:36,635 CONSULTING FIRM WHO PROVIDED A 302 00:10:36,635 --> 00:10:42,808 GREAT DEAL OF DATA ANALYSIS 303 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:45,077 WHICH EMBEDDED -- WHICH GROUNDED 304 00:10:45,077 --> 00:10:46,479 THE MODELING WORK THAT WE DID 305 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:48,180 AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN 306 00:10:48,180 --> 00:10:50,182 A HIGH LEVEL IN SOME OF THE 307 00:10:50,182 --> 00:10:52,585 PRESENTATION HERE. GO TO THE 308 00:10:52,585 --> 00:10:54,053 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO I'LL SAY 309 00:10:54,053 --> 00:10:57,056 A WORD ABOUT THE NATIONAL FAIR 310 00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:59,091 HOUSING ALLIANCE, PROVIDE SOME 311 00:10:59,091 --> 00:11:00,226 BACKGROUND ON SPECIAL PURPOSE 312 00:11:00,226 --> 00:11:01,961 PROGRAMS, TALK ABOUT THE STUDY 313 00:11:01,961 --> 00:11:06,032 AS WE WERE ASKED TO TALK ABOUT 314 00:11:06,032 --> 00:11:06,966 THE METHODOLOGY AND 315 00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:07,533 RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN, I 316 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:14,206 GUESS, TURN IT OVER TO LISA TO 317 00:11:14,206 --> 00:11:16,442 TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM 318 00:11:16,442 --> 00:11:17,610 IMPLEMENTATION. AND SO AGAIN, 319 00:11:17,610 --> 00:11:19,145 THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING 320 00:11:19,145 --> 00:11:20,279 ALLIANCE IS A CIVIL RIGHTS 321 00:11:20,279 --> 00:11:22,948 OFFICE BASED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 322 00:11:22,948 --> 00:11:27,253 THAT WORKS TO ADVANCE FAIR 323 00:11:27,253 --> 00:11:28,120 HOUSING THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS 324 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,221 AND ENFORCEMENT, POLICY ADVOCACY 325 00:11:29,221 --> 00:11:31,157 ESPECIALLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, 326 00:11:31,157 --> 00:11:34,493 AND A VARIETY OF OTHER KINDS OF 327 00:11:34,493 --> 00:11:35,194 EFFORTS, INCLUDING CONSULTING 328 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:37,930 WORK AND IN THE COURSE OF THAT 329 00:11:37,930 --> 00:11:41,634 WORK WE WERE SELECTED IN OUR 330 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:46,405 PROPOSAL TO CARRY OUT THIS 331 00:11:46,405 --> 00:11:50,376 STUDY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO 332 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:51,610 SPECIAL PURPOSE CREDIT PROGRAMS 333 00:11:51,610 --> 00:11:53,712 OR SPCPs WERE AUTHORIZED BY 334 00:11:53,712 --> 00:11:56,882 CONGRESS IN A 1976 AMENDMENT TO 335 00:11:56,882 --> 00:12:01,987 THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 336 00:12:01,987 --> 00:12:06,025 ACT OF 1974 AS A TOOL TO 337 00:12:06,025 --> 00:12:07,993 COUNTERACT CENTURIES OF UNFAIR 338 00:12:07,993 --> 00:12:09,428 LAWS THAT DEPRIVED CONSUMERS OF 339 00:12:09,428 --> 00:12:12,698 THE RIGHT TO ACCESS FAIR 340 00:12:12,698 --> 00:12:16,302 MORTGAGES AND CREDIT. SPCPs ARE 341 00:12:16,302 --> 00:12:17,069 TARGETED LENDING PRODUCTS 342 00:12:17,069 --> 00:12:20,239 DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO HELP AN 343 00:12:20,239 --> 00:12:21,674 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUP 344 00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:24,910 OF PEOPLE WHO UNDER CUSTOMARY 345 00:12:24,910 --> 00:12:25,511 STANDARDS OF CREDITWORTHINESS 346 00:12:25,511 --> 00:12:27,246 WILL PROBABLY NOT RECEIVE CREDIT 347 00:12:27,246 --> 00:12:30,282 OR IN A RECEIVE IT IN A LESS 348 00:12:30,282 --> 00:12:35,521 FAVORABLE TERM THAN ORDINARILY 349 00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:37,957 AVAILABLE TO OTHER CONSUMERS. 350 00:12:37,957 --> 00:12:39,925 CONGRESS ENSURED THESE PROGRAMS 351 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:41,494 SERVING AN ECONOMICALLY 352 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:43,763 DISADVANTAGED GROUP MAY CONSIDER 353 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:45,531 RACE OR ETHNICITY WITHOUT 354 00:12:45,531 --> 00:12:46,499 VIOLATION THE PROHIBITION ON 355 00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:49,034 DISCRIMINATION IN ORDER TO 356 00:12:49,034 --> 00:12:52,004 INCREASE ACCESS TO THE CREDIT 357 00:12:52,004 --> 00:12:58,010 MARKET BY PERSONS PREVIOUSLY 358 00:12:58,010 --> 00:13:01,914 FORECLOSED FROM IT. NEXT SLIDE, 359 00:13:01,914 --> 00:13:06,352 PLEASE. AS LISA NOTED, IN SPRING 360 00:13:06,352 --> 00:13:08,487 OF 2023, THE WASHINGTON STATE 361 00:13:08,487 --> 00:13:11,023 LEGISLATURE PASSED THE COVENANT 362 00:13:11,023 --> 00:13:11,824 HOMEOWNERSHIP ACT WHICH 363 00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:12,324 ACKNOWLEDGES THE STATE 364 00:13:12,324 --> 00:13:15,661 GOVERNMENT'S ROLE AS BOTH AN 365 00:13:15,661 --> 00:13:18,297 TESTIFY AND PASSIVE PARTICIPANT 366 00:13:18,297 --> 00:13:20,466 IN GENERATIONS OF DISCRIMINATORY 367 00:13:20,466 --> 00:13:21,066 POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT 368 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:25,137 CREATED BARRIERS TO CREDIT AND 369 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:26,205 HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR HISTORICALLY 370 00:13:26,205 --> 00:13:27,439 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN 371 00:13:27,439 --> 00:13:28,774 WASHINGTON AND THAT THESE 372 00:13:28,774 --> 00:13:32,411 DISCRIMINATORY ACTIONS CONTINUE 373 00:13:32,411 --> 00:13:35,347 TO IMPACT THESE COMMUNITIES 374 00:13:35,347 --> 00:13:39,185 TODAY. THE ACT, AS LISA NOTED, 375 00:13:39,185 --> 00:13:40,452 COMPELLED THE COMMISSION TO 376 00:13:40,452 --> 00:13:42,555 COMPLETE OR COMMISSION A STUDY 377 00:13:42,555 --> 00:13:45,658 TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 378 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:47,226 NEW SPECIAL PURPOSE CREDIT 379 00:13:47,226 --> 00:13:49,895 PROGRAM THAT WOULD REMEDY RACIAL 380 00:13:49,895 --> 00:13:50,563 DISPARITIES IN HOMEOWNERSHIP AND 381 00:13:50,563 --> 00:13:55,835 ACCESS TO CREDIT LEFT BY THE 382 00:13:55,835 --> 00:14:00,673 STATE'S LONG HISTORY OF 383 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:02,408 DISCRIMINATION AND SO THE STUDY 384 00:14:02,408 --> 00:14:06,045 FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENT OF THE 385 00:14:06,045 --> 00:14:08,113 ACT TO DOCUMENT HISTORICAL 386 00:14:08,113 --> 00:14:09,548 REGISTRATION AND IT'S IMPACTS 387 00:14:09,548 --> 00:14:10,683 OF CURRENT PROGRAMS AND POLICIES 388 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:14,286 AND TO RECOMMEND AN APPROACH TO 389 00:14:14,286 --> 00:14:16,322 RENDER LINGERING INEQUITIES. 390 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:17,323 WE'LL KEEP MOVING. THERE'S 391 00:14:17,323 --> 00:14:21,260 SOME INFORMATION ON THE SLIDE 392 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:22,728 THERE ABOUT PARAMETERS THAT WERE 393 00:14:22,728 --> 00:14:24,330 DETAILED IN THE ACT, BUT IN THE 394 00:14:24,330 --> 00:14:26,565 INTEREST OF TIME WE CAN GO TO 395 00:14:26,565 --> 00:14:32,771 THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE 396 00:14:32,771 --> 00:14:34,006 STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY WHICH 397 00:14:34,006 --> 00:14:37,743 I'LL DETAIL HERE KIND OF SPEAKS 398 00:14:37,743 --> 00:14:41,146 DIRECTLY TO THE METHODOLOGY AND 399 00:14:41,146 --> 00:14:42,648 THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT CHAPTER 400 00:14:42,648 --> 00:14:43,616 1 DOCUMENTS PAST HOUSINGED AND 401 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:44,450 LENDING DISCRIMINATION IN WHICH 402 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:49,521 THE STATE GOVERNMENT WAS BOTH 403 00:14:49,521 --> 00:14:51,490 PASSIVE AND ACTIVE ACTOR. 404 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:55,261 CHAPTER 2 ANALYZES THE EXTENT TO 405 00:14:55,261 --> 00:14:59,565 WHICH THE IMPACTS OF THAT 406 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:01,200 DISCRIMINATION STILL PERSIST. 407 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:05,104 CHAPTER 3 THEN ANALYZES THE 408 00:15:05,104 --> 00:15:10,075 EXTENT TO WHICH EXISTING RACE 409 00:15:10,075 --> 00:15:13,812 NEUTRAL APPROACHES ARE 410 00:15:13,812 --> 00:15:14,480 SUFFICIENT TO REMEDY THE 411 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:19,885 DISPARITIES THAT ARE AN IMPACT 412 00:15:19,885 --> 00:15:23,622 OF THIS DISCRIMINATION. CHAPTER 413 00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:33,532 4 MODELS VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR 414 00:15:33,532 --> 00:15:34,066 PROGRAMATIC SOLUTIONS AND 415 00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:39,371 RECOMMENDS A PARTICULAR RACE 416 00:15:39,371 --> 00:15:40,940 CONSCIOUS APPROACH AND CHAPTER 5 417 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:42,341 DISCUSSES WAYS TO EVALUATE THE 418 00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:43,842 PROGRAM AND MONITOR ON AN 419 00:15:43,842 --> 00:15:46,745 ONGOING BASIS. SO WE'LL GO TO 420 00:15:46,745 --> 00:15:51,951 THE NEXT SLIDE HERE AND WE'LL 421 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:55,721 BRIEFLY KIND OF WALK -- I GUESS 422 00:15:55,721 --> 00:15:57,289 I'LL JUST SAY BEFORE GOING 423 00:15:57,289 --> 00:16:01,961 CHAPTER BY CHAPTER HERE THAT THE 424 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:03,028 STUDY USED A MIXED-METHODS 425 00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:05,064 APPROACH INVOLVING ANALYSIS OF 426 00:16:05,064 --> 00:16:06,665 HISTORIC RECORDS, LEGISLATION, 427 00:16:06,665 --> 00:16:09,468 CENSUS DATA, HOME LENDING 428 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:10,936 RECORDS, HOUSING MARKET TRENDS, 429 00:16:10,936 --> 00:16:16,675 ZONING POLICIES AS WELL AS A 430 00:16:16,675 --> 00:16:21,814 COMMUNITY SURVEY AND STAKEHOLDER 431 00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:22,881 INTERVIEWS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 432 00:16:22,881 --> 00:16:25,551 AND THE COMMISSION ACTUALLY 433 00:16:25,551 --> 00:16:26,552 ELECTED TO EXPAND THE 434 00:16:26,552 --> 00:16:27,186 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AS THE 435 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:31,190 PROCESS WAS UNDERWAY TO REALLY 436 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:34,093 ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS 437 00:16:34,093 --> 00:16:36,595 ENGAGED AND INFORMED ABOUT THE 438 00:16:36,595 --> 00:16:40,099 PROCESS AS IT DEVELOPED AND THEN 439 00:16:40,099 --> 00:16:41,333 ALSO INFORMED THE ASSESSMENT AS 440 00:16:41,333 --> 00:16:44,036 THE REPORT AND ANALYSIS WAS 441 00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:46,605 BEING PREPARED AND AGAIN, REALLY 442 00:16:46,605 --> 00:16:49,041 CREDIT OUR LOCAL PARTNERS THERE, 443 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:49,641 THE NORTHWEST FAIR HOUSING 444 00:16:49,641 --> 00:16:51,710 ALLIANCE AND TACOMA AND THE FAIR 445 00:16:51,710 --> 00:16:54,546 HOUSING CENTER -- I'M SORRY, 446 00:16:54,546 --> 00:16:55,381 THE NORTHWEST FAIR HOUSING 447 00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:57,049 ALLIANCE IN SPOKANE AND THE FAIR 448 00:16:57,049 --> 00:17:01,720 HOUSING CENTER OF WASHINGTON AND 449 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:07,793 TACOMA FOR LEADING THOSE 450 00:17:07,793 --> 00:17:11,530 EFFORTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO 451 00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:16,702 AGAIN, CHAPTER 1, CHAPTER 1 HERE 452 00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:21,073 PROVIDED A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 453 00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:25,077 OF HOW DISCRIMINATORY FEDERAL, 454 00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:26,378 STATE, AND LOCAL POLICIES 455 00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:27,980 SYSTEMICALLY DENY COMMUNITIES OF 456 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,681 COLOR AND OTHER MARGINALIZED 457 00:17:29,681 --> 00:17:31,049 GROUPS IN WASHINGTON EQUAL 458 00:17:31,049 --> 00:17:36,388 ACCESS TO HOUSING AND CREDIT 459 00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:37,623 OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVER A 460 00:17:37,623 --> 00:17:38,323 CENTURY. KEY FINDINGS INCLUDE 461 00:17:38,323 --> 00:17:42,261 WASHINGTON RESIDENTS OF COLOR 462 00:17:42,261 --> 00:17:43,896 AND OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS 463 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:44,763 FACED WIDESPREAD DISCRIMINATORY 464 00:17:44,763 --> 00:17:47,533 BARRIERS TO EQUAL HOUSING 465 00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:50,569 OPPORTUNITY FROM THE 19th 466 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:52,371 CENTURY ONWARD IMPLEMENTED 467 00:17:52,371 --> 00:17:54,873 THROUGH STATE AND LOCAL 468 00:17:54,873 --> 00:17:57,709 GOVERNMENT BOTH POLICIES AND 469 00:17:57,709 --> 00:18:02,781 PRACTICES. THESE DISCRIMINATORY 470 00:18:02,781 --> 00:18:04,616 ACTIONS INCLUDED LAND SEIZURE, 471 00:18:04,616 --> 00:18:06,218 FORCED REMOVAL, OVER 50,000 472 00:18:06,218 --> 00:18:06,852 RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS 473 00:18:06,852 --> 00:18:10,989 BARRING PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 474 00:18:10,989 --> 00:18:11,623 OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS FROM 475 00:18:11,623 --> 00:18:14,760 PURCHASING HOMES AND HAVING -- 476 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:20,132 AND LIVING IN SPECIFIC 477 00:18:20,132 --> 00:18:20,732 NEIGHBORHOODS, EXCLUSIONARY 478 00:18:20,732 --> 00:18:22,301 ZONING PRACTICES AND RACE 479 00:18:22,301 --> 00:18:23,368 PRACTICES IN THE STATE-LICENSED 480 00:18:23,368 --> 00:18:26,805 REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AND STATE 481 00:18:26,805 --> 00:18:28,740 COURTS REINFORCED MANY OF THESE 482 00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:30,409 PRACTICES. AS A DIRECT RESULT OF 483 00:18:30,409 --> 00:18:32,911 THESE PRACTICES, PEOPLE OF COLOR 484 00:18:32,911 --> 00:18:35,280 AND OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS IN 485 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,748 WASHINGTON WERE PREVENTED FROM 486 00:18:36,748 --> 00:18:41,487 BUYING HOMES AND ACCESSING 487 00:18:41,487 --> 00:18:43,856 CREDIT AND BUILDING WEALTH. NEXT 488 00:18:43,856 --> 00:18:45,591 SLIDE, PLEASE. AS NOTED IN THE 489 00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:49,127 SEQUENCE OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE 490 00:18:49,127 --> 00:18:52,998 STUDY, CHAPTER 2 DOCUMENTS THE 491 00:18:52,998 --> 00:18:55,968 ONGOING LINGERING IMPACTS OF 492 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:56,602 THIS HISTORIC DISCRIMINATION. 493 00:18:56,602 --> 00:19:02,241 THE CHAPTER ANALYZES PRESENT DAY 494 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:03,876 DATA ON HOMEOWNERSHIP, WEALTH, 495 00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:06,345 HOUSING COSTS BURDEN, 496 00:19:06,345 --> 00:19:07,846 HOMELESSNESS, ACCESS TO MORTGAGE 497 00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:08,347 LENDING, AND APPRAISAL 498 00:19:08,347 --> 00:19:11,016 DISPARITIES AND JUST IN THE 499 00:19:11,016 --> 00:19:12,951 INTERESTS OF TIME, I'LL JUST 500 00:19:12,951 --> 00:19:17,723 JUMP TO THE NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY, 501 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:20,893 NOTING THAT THERE ARE PERSISTENT 502 00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:30,102 DISPARITIES AMONG A VARIETY OF 503 00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:32,204 DEMOGRAPHICS. CHAPTER 3 504 00:19:32,204 --> 00:19:34,406 EVALUATES KEY POLICY APPROACHES 505 00:19:34,406 --> 00:19:36,775 FOR EXPANDING HOMEOWNERSHIP 506 00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:38,076 OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPACTED 507 00:19:38,076 --> 00:19:42,014 RESIDENTS. KEY FINDINGS FROM 508 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:44,583 THIS ANALYSIS CONCLUDE THAT RACE 509 00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:45,851 NEUTRAL APPROACHES ARE UNLIKELY 510 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:54,459 TO BE EFFECTIVE OR EFFICIENT IN 511 00:19:54,459 --> 00:19:56,562 ADDRESSING PAST DISCRIMINATION 512 00:19:56,562 --> 00:19:58,830 AND ONGOING DISPARITIES. AND SO 513 00:19:58,830 --> 00:20:02,467 THROUGH MODELING THE CHAPTER 514 00:20:02,467 --> 00:20:04,536 ESTABLISHES THAT EXISTING 515 00:20:04,536 --> 00:20:06,838 HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS IN 516 00:20:06,838 --> 00:20:11,310 WASHINGTON PRIMARILY A 517 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:13,478 NONIMPACTED RESIDENCE, THAT IS 518 00:20:13,478 --> 00:20:14,112 NONIMPACTED RESIDENTS, AS 519 00:20:14,112 --> 00:20:19,484 DEFINED BY THOSE IMPACTED BY 520 00:20:19,484 --> 00:20:21,787 COVENANTS IN THE PRE1968 CONTEXT 521 00:20:21,787 --> 00:20:27,526 OR OR THAT THEY ARE DESCENDENTS 522 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:29,795 OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS. 523 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:34,633 RATHER THAN DIRECTLY REMEDYING 524 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:38,503 PAST HARM THROUGH A TARGETED 525 00:20:38,503 --> 00:20:40,239 APPROACH, AND SO THERE WAS A 526 00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:47,713 MODELING OF A VARIETY OF 527 00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:56,054 SCENARIOS AND IT SHOWED THAT 528 00:20:56,054 --> 00:20:56,888 SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED RACE 529 00:20:56,888 --> 00:20:57,956 CONSCIOUS SPCP-FOCUSED IMPACTED 530 00:20:57,956 --> 00:20:58,590 RESIDENTS COULD SUBSTANTIALLY 531 00:20:58,590 --> 00:21:02,594 REMEDY THE WEALTH AND CREDIT 532 00:21:02,594 --> 00:21:05,330 ACCESS GAPS LEFT BY HISTORIC 533 00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:06,331 DISCRIMINATION WITH 534 00:21:06,331 --> 00:21:07,299 SIGNIFICANTLY LESS FUNDING THAN 535 00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:08,066 A RACE-NEUTRAL PROGRAM THAT 536 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:14,272 MODELED THAT APPROACH AND THOSE 537 00:21:14,272 --> 00:21:15,374 QUANTITATIVE DISTINCTIONS. NEXT 538 00:21:15,374 --> 00:21:19,211 SLIDE, PLEASE. BASED ON THESE 539 00:21:19,211 --> 00:21:21,279 FINDINGS, CHAPTER 4 RECOMMENDS 540 00:21:21,279 --> 00:21:23,915 IMPLEMENTING A RACE CONSCIOUS 541 00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:25,717 SPCP TO REMEDY THE ONGOING HARMS 542 00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:28,720 OF DISCRIMINATION BY THE STATE 543 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,090 AND IT MODELS SEVERAL OPTIONS 544 00:21:32,090 --> 00:21:33,392 FOR STRUCTURING DOWN PAYMENT 545 00:21:33,392 --> 00:21:35,994 ASSISTANCE OR DPA PROGRAM THAT 546 00:21:35,994 --> 00:21:38,964 COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO A 547 00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:40,966 SPECIAL PURPOSE CREDIT PROGRAM 548 00:21:40,966 --> 00:21:42,668 OR SPCP. THESE INCLUDE BOTH 549 00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:43,769 FIXED DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE 550 00:21:43,769 --> 00:21:45,971 MODELS WHICH PROVIDE THE SAME 551 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:46,805 AMOUNT REGARDLESS OF WHERE 552 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:49,241 SOMEONE LIVES IN THE STATE AS 553 00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:50,776 WELL AS CUSTOMIZED DOWN PAYMENT 554 00:21:50,776 --> 00:21:53,245 SYSTEMS MODELS IN WHICH THE 555 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:55,914 AMOUNT EACH HOUSEHOLD RECEIVES 556 00:21:55,914 --> 00:21:59,718 VARIES BASED ON HOUSING PRICES 557 00:21:59,718 --> 00:22:02,988 IN THEIR COUNTY AND THEIR 558 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:04,556 INCOME. THE CHAPTER ALSO 559 00:22:04,556 --> 00:22:06,491 IDENTIFIES ADMINISTRATIVE 560 00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:08,160 CHALLENGES THAT THE COMMISSION 561 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,895 MAY NEED TO CONSIDER. IT 562 00:22:09,895 --> 00:22:11,229 IDENTIFIES ADDITIONAL POLICIES 563 00:22:11,229 --> 00:22:12,831 AND PROGRAMS THAT WOULD 564 00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:15,167 COMPLEMENT A DOWN PAYMENT 565 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,169 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BY ADDRESSING 566 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:20,305 OTHER HOUSING CHALLENGES THAT 567 00:22:20,305 --> 00:22:20,739 LIMIT HOMEOWNERSHIP 568 00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:23,141 OPPORTUNITIES IN THE STATE, SUCH 569 00:22:23,141 --> 00:22:26,712 AS POLICIES THAT EXPAND SUPPLY 570 00:22:26,712 --> 00:22:32,050 OF LOWER COST HOMES FOR 571 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:34,286 PURCHASE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 572 00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:35,687 AND THEN AS WAS SUBJECT UNDER 573 00:22:35,687 --> 00:22:40,158 WHAT KIND OF DICTATES THE 574 00:22:40,158 --> 00:22:41,893 LEGISLATION, THE STUDY PROVIDED 575 00:22:41,893 --> 00:22:43,595 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A NEW 576 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:45,864 SPECIAL PURPOSE CREDIT PROGRAM 577 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:50,736 CONSISTENT WITH THE ACT TO 578 00:22:50,736 --> 00:22:52,437 INCLUDE IMPLEMENTING A SPECIAL 579 00:22:52,437 --> 00:22:54,239 PURPOSE CREDIT PROGRAM FOR 580 00:22:54,239 --> 00:22:55,073 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 581 00:22:55,073 --> 00:23:00,112 HOUSEHOLDS WITH BLACK, HISPANIC, 582 00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:04,383 NATIVE AMERICAN, ALASKAN, NATIVE 583 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:06,451 HAWAIIAN, OTHER PACIFIC 584 00:23:06,451 --> 00:23:07,986 ISLANDER, KOREAN, OR ASIAN 585 00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:09,721 INDIAN BORROWERS TO PROVIDE 586 00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:12,858 CUSTOMIZED AMOUNT OF DOWN 587 00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:14,493 PAYMENT ASSISTANCE IN AN ABLE 588 00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:18,597 HOUSEHOLD WITH 80% OF INCOME AMI 589 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:22,734 TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME IN 590 00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:25,937 THEIR COUNTY AND TO PROVIDE DOWN 591 00:23:25,937 --> 00:23:28,673 PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AS A 592 00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:30,609 ZERO-INTEREST LOAN. NEXT SLIDE, 593 00:23:30,609 --> 00:23:31,343 PLEASE. THE RECOMMENDATION ALSO 594 00:23:31,343 --> 00:23:32,310 ENCOURAGED THE CONSIDERATION OF 595 00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:35,981 NEW STATE LEGISLATION TO ALLOW 596 00:23:35,981 --> 00:23:37,916 FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF 597 00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:40,552 ASSISTANCE AND ELIGIBILITY AND 598 00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:43,355 THAT WOULD INVOLVE CONSIDERING 599 00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:45,857 EXPANDING THE ELIGIBILITY TO 600 00:23:45,857 --> 00:23:48,026 INCOMES UP TO 140% AMI, WHICH 601 00:23:48,026 --> 00:23:50,162 I'LL LET LISA TALK FURTHER 602 00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:51,997 ABOUT, TO AVOID TRAPPING 603 00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:54,099 HOUSEHOLDS IN THEIR HOMES, 604 00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:54,800 CONSIDERING ALLOWING THEM TO 605 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,868 REUSE SOME OR ALL OF THEIR 606 00:23:56,868 --> 00:23:59,304 ASSISTANCE TO APPLY FOR THE 607 00:23:59,304 --> 00:24:02,040 PURCHASE OF A SUBSEQUENT HOME 608 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,843 AND FINALLY, THAT GIVEN THE 609 00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:06,545 WIDESPREAD DISCRIMINATION 610 00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:10,749 DOCUMENTED IN CHAPTERS 1 AND 2, 611 00:24:10,749 --> 00:24:11,383 THAT POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL STUDY 612 00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:14,452 COULD BE UNDERTAKEN TO APPLY THE 613 00:24:14,452 --> 00:24:17,856 FEASIBILITY OF -- CONSIDER THE 614 00:24:17,856 --> 00:24:19,524 FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING SPCP 615 00:24:19,524 --> 00:24:21,026 THAT WOULD SUPPORT OTHER 616 00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:23,528 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 617 00:24:23,528 --> 00:24:24,162 HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED BY THE 618 00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:25,497 STATE'S UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION 619 00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:36,041 WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE UNDER THE 620 00:24:37,409 --> 00:24:37,976 CURRENT LEGISLATION. NEXT SLIDE, 621 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:38,143 PLEASE. 622 00:24:39,744 --> 00:24:42,047 OH, SO, AT THAT POINT, LISA, I 623 00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:43,949 THINK I TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU 624 00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:48,420 HERE. I WAS GOING TO SAY A WORD 625 00:24:48,420 --> 00:24:49,855 ABOUT EVALUATING THE PROGRAM IN 626 00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:52,657 CHAPTER 5, BUT IN THE INTEREST 627 00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:54,092 OF TIME HERE, I'LL REFERENCE 628 00:24:54,092 --> 00:24:55,827 THE STUDY ITSELF WHICH HAS QUITE 629 00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:59,331 A BIT OF INFORMATION THERE AND 630 00:24:59,331 --> 00:25:00,699 TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 631 00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:02,267 >> THANK YOU. AND THE STUDY IN 632 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:04,169 ITS ENTIRETY IS ON THE 633 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:04,736 COMMISSION'S WEBSITE IF 634 00:25:04,736 --> 00:25:06,905 ANYONE'S INTERESTED AS WELL AS 635 00:25:06,905 --> 00:25:09,207 A SUMMARY. SO IT'S A VERY 636 00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:10,342 INTERESTING READ. SO WHEN THE 637 00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:13,545 ACTUAL -- AFTER THE STUDY WAS 638 00:25:13,545 --> 00:25:15,647 DEVELOPED WE BASED OUR PROGRAM 639 00:25:15,647 --> 00:25:17,015 BASED UPON THE PROGRAM 640 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:18,450 PARAMETERS PER THE LEGISLATION 641 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:20,652 AND THE STUDY FROM THE 642 00:25:20,652 --> 00:25:22,087 LEGISLATION, AGAIN, A DOWN 643 00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:24,122 PAYMENT ASSISTANCE LOAN THAT'S 644 00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:26,491 REPAID, OWNER OCCUPIED, AND 645 00:25:26,491 --> 00:25:27,959 THERE WAS SOME INDIVIDUAL 646 00:25:27,959 --> 00:25:29,027 ELIGIBILITY. THE HOUSEHOLD 647 00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:32,230 NEEDED TO BE A WASHINGTON 648 00:25:32,230 --> 00:25:33,632 RESIDENT. AT THE TIME THE 649 00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:36,501 ORIGINAL LEGISLATION PASSED, IT 650 00:25:36,501 --> 00:25:39,738 WAS FOR FAMILIES OF 100% AND 651 00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:40,872 BELOW AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THE 652 00:25:40,872 --> 00:25:42,674 STATE LEGISLATURE THE YEAR 653 00:25:42,674 --> 00:25:45,110 BEFORE RAISED OUR AMI TO 120% OF 654 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:47,445 AMI. THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR 655 00:25:47,445 --> 00:25:49,381 FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS WHO HAVE A 656 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:50,448 FAMILY HISTORY WITHIN THE STATE 657 00:25:50,448 --> 00:25:52,784 OF WASHINGTON PRIOR TO THE 658 00:25:52,784 --> 00:25:56,922 PASSAGE OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT 659 00:25:56,922 --> 00:26:05,263 IN APRIL OF 19TICKET 8. YOU 8 -- 660 00:26:05,263 --> 00:26:07,432 1968. THE HOMEOWNER HAS TO SHOW 661 00:26:07,432 --> 00:26:08,366 ALL THE DOCUMENTS IDENTIFYING 662 00:26:08,366 --> 00:26:10,101 WHO WAS IN WASHINGTON AND SUCH 663 00:26:10,101 --> 00:26:11,603 AND I COULD PROBABLY SPEND A 664 00:26:11,603 --> 00:26:13,738 GOOD HOUR JUST TALKING ON THAT 665 00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:18,276 POINT. SO YOU CAN BRING ME BACK 666 00:26:18,276 --> 00:26:19,544 AT SOME POINT. THE STUDY 667 00:26:19,544 --> 00:26:20,812 RECOMMENDED SPECIFIC RACIAL 668 00:26:20,812 --> 00:26:21,579 GROUPS THAT MORGAN MENTIONED. 669 00:26:21,579 --> 00:26:23,481 THOSE ARE THE FAMILIES WE ARE 670 00:26:23,481 --> 00:26:24,950 HELPING AND WE REALIZE MANY, 671 00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:30,956 MANY FAMILIES WERE HURT BY THE 672 00:26:30,956 --> 00:26:31,623 RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. 673 00:26:31,623 --> 00:26:33,158 HOWEVER, WE -- THE 674 00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:34,326 RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BASED BOTH 675 00:26:34,326 --> 00:26:37,362 ON THE HISTORIC DISCRIMINATION 676 00:26:37,362 --> 00:26:37,896 AND CURRENT HOMEOWNERSHIP 677 00:26:37,896 --> 00:26:39,097 DISPARITIES. SO HENCE, WHAT YOU 678 00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:43,935 SEE THERE. WE DID GO WITH THE 679 00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:46,605 DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE LOAN AT 680 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:47,939 0% INTEREST AND OUR LOAN TERMS 681 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:49,474 AFTER WORKING WITH MANY OF OUR 682 00:26:49,474 --> 00:26:50,375 STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE 683 00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:55,146 STATE IS UP TO 20% DOWN NOT TO 684 00:26:55,146 --> 00:26:57,148 EXCEED $150,000 PLUS APPLICABLE 685 00:26:57,148 --> 00:26:59,317 AND NORMAL CLOSING COSTS IF PAID 686 00:26:59,317 --> 00:27:00,552 BY OUR HOMEBUYER. THE LOAN TERM 687 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:03,888 REPAYMENT IS DUE AT THE TIME OF 688 00:27:03,888 --> 00:27:04,990 SALE. HOWEVER, THE LEGISLATURE 689 00:27:04,990 --> 00:27:06,625 WENT ON TO AMEND OUR LEGISLATION 690 00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:08,259 A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS GREAT. SO 691 00:27:08,259 --> 00:27:10,762 FOR HOMEBUYERS THAT ARE AT OR 692 00:27:10,762 --> 00:27:14,499 BELOW 80% OF AMI, WE CAN NOW 693 00:27:14,499 --> 00:27:18,136 FORGIVE THE LOANS AFTER FIVE 694 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:19,304 YEARS UNDER CERTAIN CRITERIA. 695 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:22,040 AND THE RESULTS SO FAR HAVE JUST 696 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:22,741 BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. WE'RE 697 00:27:22,741 --> 00:27:25,243 VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE RESULTS. 698 00:27:25,243 --> 00:27:28,613 THIS PROGRAM WAS ONLY LAUNCHED 699 00:27:28,613 --> 00:27:30,348 IN JULY OF 2024. SO GOSH, WE'RE 700 00:27:30,348 --> 00:27:32,517 GOING TO GET TO OUR TWO-YEAR 701 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:36,221 MARK PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT WE HAVE 702 00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:38,390 THUS FAR HELPED 1,259 FAMILIES 703 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:39,891 THROUGHOUT THE STATE WITH THEIR 704 00:27:39,891 --> 00:27:42,927 PURCHASE OF THEIR FIRST HOME AND 705 00:27:42,927 --> 00:27:44,295 I LOOKED AT OUR DATA. 76 OF 706 00:27:44,295 --> 00:27:45,430 THESE FAMILIES HAVE PURCHASED 707 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:46,698 WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE WITH 708 00:27:46,698 --> 00:27:49,434 AN AVERAGE LOAN AMOUNT OF JUST 709 00:27:49,434 --> 00:27:53,204 OVER $130,000. PICTURED HERE IS 710 00:27:53,204 --> 00:27:54,205 ONE OF OUR ACTUAL FAMILIES. YOU 711 00:27:54,205 --> 00:27:56,007 DID ASK FOR SOME INFORMATION AS 712 00:27:56,007 --> 00:27:59,911 WELL ABOUT THE RACE OF THE 713 00:27:59,911 --> 00:28:02,514 FAMILIES AND THIS IS NOTEDLY A 714 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:03,948 LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THIS IS 715 00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:06,084 THE RACE OF THE HOMEBUYER, NOT 716 00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:08,219 NECESSARILY THE PERSON HERE 717 00:28:08,219 --> 00:28:10,455 PRIOR TO APRIL OF 1968 AND 718 00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:11,489 WHAT'S NOTABLE HERE, ALSO, IS 719 00:28:11,489 --> 00:28:13,425 THIS ONLY TRACKS THE RACE OF ONE 720 00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:14,959 OF THE HOMEBUYERS AND MANY OF 721 00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:16,895 OUR HOUSEHOLDS HAD UP TO EIGHT 722 00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:18,496 PEOPLE WITHIN THE HOME AND IT 723 00:28:18,496 --> 00:28:20,932 TRACKS WHO THE LENDER PUT AS THE 724 00:28:20,932 --> 00:28:21,900 PRIMARY HOMEBUYER. SO IT MAY 725 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:25,737 SEEM A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN 726 00:28:25,737 --> 00:28:27,806 WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING, BUT WE 727 00:28:27,806 --> 00:28:28,540 TRACK DIFFERENT ITEMS. WITH THAT 728 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,742 I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO 729 00:28:30,742 --> 00:28:32,410 MORGAN. I KNOW YOU HAVE ONE 730 00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:39,050 QUICK FINAL COMMENT BEFORE WE GO 731 00:28:39,050 --> 00:28:39,818 TO QUESTION AND ANSWERS. 732 00:28:39,818 --> 00:28:40,952 >> YES, LISA. THAT'S IN REGARDS 733 00:28:40,952 --> 00:28:43,421 TO JUST THE APPLICATION OF THE 734 00:28:43,421 --> 00:28:45,223 SCOPE OF THE STUDY SPECIFICALLY. 735 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:50,662 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING? 736 00:28:50,662 --> 00:28:53,731 >> THE LEGALITY, I BELIEVE. I 737 00:28:53,731 --> 00:28:55,533 THINK YOU WERE GOING TO TALK A 738 00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:58,103 LITTLE BIT, THIS WAS A STUDY WE 739 00:28:58,103 --> 00:29:04,309 NEEDED FOR THE LEGAL BACKING OF 740 00:29:04,309 --> 00:29:04,642 THE PROGRAM. 741 00:29:04,642 --> 00:29:08,646 >> YEAH. WELL, SO THE -- YES. 742 00:29:08,646 --> 00:29:14,018 SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE 743 00:29:14,018 --> 00:29:23,995 CONTEXT OF CONSIDERING A RACE 744 00:29:23,995 --> 00:29:24,896 CONSCIOUS PROGRAM, THE 745 00:29:24,896 --> 00:29:25,730 LEGISLATION UNDERTOOK 746 00:29:25,730 --> 00:29:26,531 ESTABLISHING THAT THE STUDY 747 00:29:26,531 --> 00:29:29,667 CARRIED OUT THE VARIOUS STEPS 748 00:29:29,667 --> 00:29:39,010 THAT IT DID CHAPTER BY CHAPTER 749 00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:41,312 WHEREBY IT UNDERTOOK AN 750 00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:47,952 ASSESSMENT OF THE SORT OF STATE 751 00:29:47,952 --> 00:29:48,920 IMPACT AND HISTORIC 752 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,190 DISCRIMINATION. THE IMPACTS OF 753 00:29:52,190 --> 00:29:58,763 THAT IN THE CURRENT MARKET, AN 754 00:29:58,763 --> 00:30:00,331 ASSESSMENT THAT A RACE NEUTRAL 755 00:30:00,331 --> 00:30:00,932 APPROACH ISN'T NECESSARILY 756 00:30:00,932 --> 00:30:03,935 GOING TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL THAT 757 00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:08,206 YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE AND A NARROW 758 00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:11,242 TAILORING OF A RACE CONSCIOUS 759 00:30:11,242 --> 00:30:13,044 APPROACH TO REMEDY THE HARM AND 760 00:30:13,044 --> 00:30:15,880 THEN A MONITORING OF THAT OVER 761 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:20,185 TIME AND THAT IS A KIND OF 762 00:30:20,185 --> 00:30:24,622 NUANCED ANALYSIS THAT THE COURTS 763 00:30:24,622 --> 00:30:25,890 HAVE ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHED AS 764 00:30:25,890 --> 00:30:29,627 NEEDING TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN 765 00:30:29,627 --> 00:30:34,098 INSTANCES WHERE A PUBLIC ENTITY 766 00:30:34,098 --> 00:30:39,304 WOULD ENGAGE IN A RACE CONSCIOUS 767 00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:43,708 ACTIVITY TO ADDRESS AN 768 00:30:43,708 --> 00:30:44,609 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CLASS 769 00:30:44,609 --> 00:30:46,978 OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED 770 00:30:46,978 --> 00:30:51,049 AS A FUNCTION OF THE STATE'S 771 00:30:51,049 --> 00:30:52,984 HISTORIC ACTIONS. SO THAT IS THE 772 00:30:52,984 --> 00:30:56,754 LEGAL CONTEXT IN WHICH THIS 773 00:30:56,754 --> 00:30:59,324 ANALYSIS WAS UNDERTAKEN AND IT 774 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:01,359 ALSO I THINK UNDERSCORES THAT, 775 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:05,763 YOU KNOW, IT IS A KIND OF 776 00:31:05,763 --> 00:31:07,532 FRAUGHT LEGAL CONTEXT WITH GREAT 777 00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:08,933 LEGAL RISK WHICH IS I THINK 778 00:31:08,933 --> 00:31:14,405 BORNE OUT BY THE FACT THERE IS A 779 00:31:14,405 --> 00:31:17,742 PENDING LAWSUIT AGAINST THE 780 00:31:17,742 --> 00:31:20,078 COMMISSION BY AN ORGANIZATION 781 00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:22,614 THAT'S ASSERTING THAT THE 782 00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:25,216 DISCRIMINATION IS 783 00:31:25,216 --> 00:31:25,683 UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN 784 00:31:25,683 --> 00:31:26,451 DISCRIMINATING AND EXCLUDING 785 00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:30,321 POTENTIAL HOUSEHOLDS. AND SO 786 00:31:30,321 --> 00:31:31,122 THAT LITIGATION REMAINS PENDING 787 00:31:31,122 --> 00:31:36,561 AND I WILL SAY THAT THE 788 00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:39,030 COMMISSION DID SURVIVE A MOTION 789 00:31:39,030 --> 00:31:41,666 FOR RESTRAINING ORDER TO FREEZE 790 00:31:41,666 --> 00:31:44,369 THE PROGRAM WHICH WAS DENIED AND 791 00:31:44,369 --> 00:31:46,137 SO THE PROGRAM CONTINUES, AS 792 00:31:46,137 --> 00:31:48,039 LISA MENTIONED, BUT THE LAWSUIT 793 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:50,174 CONTINUES AS WELL AND THE 794 00:31:50,174 --> 00:31:54,379 COMMISSION REMAINS IN DEFENSE OF 795 00:31:54,379 --> 00:31:55,613 THAT. SO THAT JUST UNDERSCORES 796 00:31:55,613 --> 00:31:57,415 THE EXTENT TO WHICH ANY ACTORS 797 00:31:57,415 --> 00:31:58,283 THINKING ABOUT UNDERTAKING THESE 798 00:31:58,283 --> 00:32:02,887 EFFORTS NEED TO DO SO WITH GREAT 799 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:04,255 CAUTION AND FORETHOUGHT AND VERY 800 00:32:04,255 --> 00:32:06,057 SPECIFIC ANALYSIS TO THE CONTEXT 801 00:32:06,057 --> 00:32:07,892 IN WHICH ONE WOULD UNDERTAKE 802 00:32:07,892 --> 00:32:10,561 SUCH AN EFFORT. SO I THINK 803 00:32:10,561 --> 00:32:11,963 THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 804 00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:14,799 THERE, LISA. I HOPE THAT HIT IT 805 00:32:14,799 --> 00:32:15,933 THERE. SO I'LL STOP THERE AND 806 00:32:15,933 --> 00:32:17,235 APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE 807 00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:19,871 HERE AND CHECK IN WITH YOU ALL 808 00:32:19,871 --> 00:32:22,307 AND HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANYTHING 809 00:32:22,307 --> 00:32:26,544 FURTHER. 810 00:32:26,544 --> 00:32:27,879 >> FANTASTIC. I WANT TO JUST 811 00:32:27,879 --> 00:32:30,381 THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT REALLY 812 00:32:30,381 --> 00:32:31,983 INCREDIBLE OVERVIEW AND I KNOW 813 00:32:31,983 --> 00:32:35,420 THAT IT CAN BE A LOT OF DETAIL 814 00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:37,989 TO GET INTO FOR THE VARIOUS 815 00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:39,123 CHAPTERS THAT WENT INTO THE 816 00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:40,692 STUDY AND CONNECTIONS THAT 817 00:32:40,692 --> 00:32:43,594 NEEDED TO BE BUILT IN ORDER TO 818 00:32:43,594 --> 00:32:44,595 EXECUTE THE PROGRAM 819 00:32:44,595 --> 00:32:45,663 SUCCESSFULLY, BUT WHAT I DO 820 00:32:45,663 --> 00:32:48,132 THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I 821 00:32:48,132 --> 00:32:49,901 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UPLIFT, A 822 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:52,003 FEW THINGS, BUT ONE OF THE FINAL 823 00:32:52,003 --> 00:32:54,472 SLIDES YOU SHOWED US THAT SHOWED 824 00:32:54,472 --> 00:32:56,107 THE NUMBER OF BLACK HOUSEHOLDS 825 00:32:56,107 --> 00:32:57,041 THAT BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM 826 00:32:57,041 --> 00:32:59,510 AS WELL AS I THINK YOU HAVE THE 827 00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:00,712 NATIVE AND LATINO HOUSEHOLDS ON 828 00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:04,415 THERE AND THE ABILITY TO BE 829 00:33:04,415 --> 00:33:05,650 TARGETED HAS ALLOWED FOR A 830 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:08,152 PROGRAM THAT HAS A MUCH GREATER 831 00:33:08,152 --> 00:33:08,753 DIRECT BENEFIT THAN OTHER 832 00:33:08,753 --> 00:33:10,688 PROGRAMS, AT LEAST ANY OTHER 833 00:33:10,688 --> 00:33:11,956 PROGRAMS I'M AWARE OF. SO I 834 00:33:11,956 --> 00:33:13,324 THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO 835 00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:16,894 SEE THAT RESULT OF ALL OF THAT, 836 00:33:16,894 --> 00:33:17,695 THOSE PIECES OF WORK. 837 00:33:17,695 --> 00:33:19,530 COLLEAGUES, I'LL ASK IF YOU 838 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:21,032 HAVE COLLEAGUES TO RAISE YOUR 839 00:33:21,032 --> 00:33:22,767 HAND IN THE CHAT. BEFORE YOU DO 840 00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:23,768 I'LL ASK MY ONE QUESTION, WHICH 841 00:33:23,768 --> 00:33:26,504 IS IF I CAN ASK YOU TO REITERATE 842 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:29,540 AGAIN FOR US THE ROLE OF THE 843 00:33:29,540 --> 00:33:30,742 SPECIAL PURPOSE CREDIT PROGRAMS 844 00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:32,744 AND HOW THAT TIES DIRECTLY INTO 845 00:33:32,744 --> 00:33:35,446 THE STUDY. I THINK IT'S MY 846 00:33:35,446 --> 00:33:37,448 UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STATE 847 00:33:37,448 --> 00:33:38,282 LEGISLATION ESSENTIALLY SORT OF 848 00:33:38,282 --> 00:33:39,317 PRESCRIBED THE CHAPTERS THAT 849 00:33:39,317 --> 00:33:42,120 NEEDED TO GO INTO THAT STUDY TO 850 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,422 ENSURE THAT THE FINAL STUDY 851 00:33:44,422 --> 00:33:45,923 ALLOWED FOR UTILIZATION UNDER 852 00:33:45,923 --> 00:33:48,192 THE SPECIAL PURPOSE CREDIT 853 00:33:48,192 --> 00:33:51,963 PROGRAM. IS THAT CORRECT? 854 00:33:51,963 --> 00:33:58,369 >> YEAH. SO I'LL ADDRESS THAT, 855 00:33:58,369 --> 00:33:59,771 THAT LAST QUESTION. THANK YOU. 856 00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:03,207 SO THE STATE LEGISLATION CALLS 857 00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:07,645 FOR A STUDY AND FOR THE PROGRAM 858 00:34:07,645 --> 00:34:10,381 AND IT IS A PROGRAM THAT THE 859 00:34:10,381 --> 00:34:13,718 LEGISLATION AND THAT THE STUDY 860 00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:16,788 ITSELF ACKNOWLEDGED AS A SPECIAL 861 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:19,524 PURPOSE CREDIT PROGRAM AND 862 00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:22,226 THEREFORE, IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED 863 00:34:22,226 --> 00:34:23,528 THAT IT'S SPECIFICALLY 864 00:34:23,528 --> 00:34:26,497 IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE EQUAL 865 00:34:26,497 --> 00:34:30,701 CREDIT OPPORTUNITY ACT WHICH 866 00:34:30,701 --> 00:34:32,970 ALLOWS FOR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, 867 00:34:32,970 --> 00:34:33,738 PRIVATE LENDERS FOR NONPROFIT 868 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:43,214 ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS FOR 869 00:34:43,214 --> 00:34:45,783 GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO INSTITUTE 870 00:34:45,783 --> 00:34:46,484 AFFIRMATIVE PROGRAMS THAT 871 00:34:46,484 --> 00:34:51,389 ADDRESS UNMET CREDIT NEEDS AND 872 00:34:51,389 --> 00:34:52,723 THERE'S LIMITED REGULATORY 873 00:34:52,723 --> 00:34:57,728 OVERSIGHT AS IT PERTAINS TO 874 00:34:57,728 --> 00:34:59,230 ESPECIALLY GOVERNMENT ACTORS. 875 00:34:59,230 --> 00:35:02,667 THERE IS THE PROSPECT THAT THE 876 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:04,202 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY UNDER 877 00:35:04,202 --> 00:35:07,238 THIS ADMINISTRATION REWRITE SOME 878 00:35:07,238 --> 00:35:09,040 OF THE GUIDANCE UNDER REGULATION 879 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,174 D UNDER THE EQUAL CREDIT 880 00:35:10,174 --> 00:35:13,211 OPPORTUNITY ACT THAT APPLIES TO 881 00:35:13,211 --> 00:35:15,780 PRIVATE ENTITIES, BUT 882 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:17,048 ESSENTIALLY THE PROGRAM IS 883 00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:19,984 IMPLEMENTED AS A SPECIAL PURPOSE 884 00:35:19,984 --> 00:35:21,385 CREDIT PROGRAM AS IT'S 885 00:35:21,385 --> 00:35:22,753 CONTEMPLATED UNDER THE STATUTE, 886 00:35:22,753 --> 00:35:25,289 UNDER THE EQUAL CREDIT 887 00:35:25,289 --> 00:35:26,891 OPPORTUNITY ACT, WHICH SPECIFIES 888 00:35:26,891 --> 00:35:27,692 AND SPECIALLY PERMITS THESE 889 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:32,597 KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE 890 00:35:32,597 --> 00:35:33,798 TARGETED LENDING PRODUCTS 891 00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:35,333 DESIGNED AGAIN SPECIFICALLY TO 892 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:36,434 HELP AN ECONOMICALLY 893 00:35:36,434 --> 00:35:37,468 DISADVANTAGED GROUP OF PEOPLE 894 00:35:37,468 --> 00:35:40,471 WHO ARE UNDERSERVED IN THE 895 00:35:40,471 --> 00:35:42,106 COMMUNITY. IN THIS CONTEXT IT'S 896 00:35:42,106 --> 00:35:45,042 ALSO SPECIFICALLY TARGETED IN A 897 00:35:45,042 --> 00:35:49,714 VERY NARROW FASHION AND WITH 898 00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:51,215 SOME IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS THAT 899 00:35:51,215 --> 00:35:52,550 CONTEMPLATES THE BROADER 900 00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:55,653 LANDSCAPE OF CONSTITUTIONAL 901 00:35:55,653 --> 00:35:57,288 SCRUTINY OF THESE ISSUES, THEN 902 00:35:57,288 --> 00:35:58,723 FORM THE STATE LEGISLATION AND 903 00:35:58,723 --> 00:36:02,026 THE COMPONENTS OF THE STUDY THAT 904 00:36:02,026 --> 00:36:09,000 WERE CALLED FOR. 905 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,269 >> THANK YOU, MORGAN. 906 00:36:11,269 --> 00:36:12,670 COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR 907 00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:14,338 OUR PRESENTERS? COUNCILMEMBER 908 00:36:14,338 --> 00:36:14,539 LIN? 909 00:36:14,539 --> 00:36:18,376 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR FOSTER. 910 00:36:18,376 --> 00:36:19,944 THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS. AS 911 00:36:19,944 --> 00:36:25,650 YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS SUCH AN 912 00:36:25,650 --> 00:36:27,151 INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. I HAD THE 913 00:36:27,151 --> 00:36:28,586 CHANCE TO SEE IT DEVELOPING WHEN 914 00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:30,488 I WAS WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF 915 00:36:30,488 --> 00:36:34,325 HOUSING AND THE IMPACT THAT 916 00:36:34,325 --> 00:36:36,627 YOU'RE MAKING AND THE 917 00:36:36,627 --> 00:36:38,095 INCREDIBLE ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH 918 00:36:38,095 --> 00:36:38,729 AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT WENT 919 00:36:38,729 --> 00:36:43,167 INTO THIS AND I KNOW PEOPLE 920 00:36:43,167 --> 00:36:44,268 AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE LOOKING 921 00:36:44,268 --> 00:36:48,139 AT THIS AND SEEING HOW THEY 922 00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:49,640 COULD CREATE PROGRAMS TO MODEL 923 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,142 AFTER THIS AND I UNDERSTAND 924 00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:52,843 THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT 925 00:36:52,843 --> 00:36:53,911 AND THERE'S ALWAYS LEGAL RISKS 926 00:36:53,911 --> 00:36:54,946 WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING NEW 927 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:57,515 AND BOLD AND TRYING TO CORRECT 928 00:36:57,515 --> 00:37:00,217 THE WRONGS OF THE PAST AS YOU'RE 929 00:37:00,217 --> 00:37:03,788 DOING HERE. AND SO I DO JUST 930 00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:05,690 WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THE LONG LIST 931 00:37:05,690 --> 00:37:07,592 OF PEOPLE THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN 932 00:37:07,592 --> 00:37:09,126 THIS IS PROBABLY TOO MANY TO 933 00:37:09,126 --> 00:37:17,335 NAME, BUT I DO WANT TO NAME A 934 00:37:17,335 --> 00:37:20,404 FEW. THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE 935 00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:23,007 FRANK CHOPP, REPRESENTATIVE 936 00:37:23,007 --> 00:37:30,147 TAYLOR, REPRESENTATIVE SHAWN 937 00:37:30,147 --> 00:37:32,216 SCOTT WAS INSTRUMENTAL, U-DUB 938 00:37:32,216 --> 00:37:32,850 PROFESSOR QUINNTAYLOR. SO I JUST 939 00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:35,052 WANTED TO CALL OUT A FEW OF THE 940 00:37:35,052 --> 00:37:36,253 NAMES WHO PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL 941 00:37:36,253 --> 00:37:38,122 ROLE IN THE RESEARCH AND LEGWORK 942 00:37:38,122 --> 00:37:43,160 TO GET THIS PASSED. I DO HAVE A 943 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,196 FEW QUESTIONS. IN TERMS OF GLAD 944 00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:46,964 TO SEE 76 LOAN CLOSINGS WITHIN 945 00:37:46,964 --> 00:37:48,032 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. I'VE HEARD 946 00:37:48,032 --> 00:37:49,634 OUT IN COMMUNITY THAT EVEN WITH 947 00:37:49,634 --> 00:37:52,069 THIS INCREDIBLE PROGRAM THAT IT 948 00:37:52,069 --> 00:37:54,105 IS HARD TO MAKE IT PENCIL JUST 949 00:37:54,105 --> 00:37:56,007 TO DO THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING 950 00:37:56,007 --> 00:37:58,442 IN SEATTLE. JUST WONDERING IF 951 00:37:58,442 --> 00:37:59,610 YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW 952 00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:02,146 PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK 953 00:38:02,146 --> 00:38:03,347 IN SEATTLE AND IF THERE'S 954 00:38:03,347 --> 00:38:06,751 ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE 955 00:38:06,751 --> 00:38:07,385 IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE IN SEATTLE 956 00:38:07,385 --> 00:38:07,918 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS 957 00:38:07,918 --> 00:38:10,221 PROGRAM. 958 00:38:10,221 --> 00:38:11,756 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I CAN TAKE 959 00:38:11,756 --> 00:38:12,857 THE FIRST STAB AT THAT. WHAT 960 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:19,096 WE'VE SEEN SO FAR IS MULTIPLE 961 00:38:19,096 --> 00:38:20,398 LAYERS OF ASSISTANCE. IT WAS 962 00:38:20,398 --> 00:38:21,065 CONTEMPLATED THIS PROGRAM WOULD 963 00:38:21,065 --> 00:38:23,634 BE USED AS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS 964 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:25,202 IN THE ARRAY OF PROGRAMS. WE DO 965 00:38:25,202 --> 00:38:26,070 SEE IN ESPECIALLY HIGH COST 966 00:38:26,070 --> 00:38:28,906 AREAS WHERE YOU WILL SEE THREE 967 00:38:28,906 --> 00:38:30,141 AND FOUR LAYERS OF ASSISTANCE. 968 00:38:30,141 --> 00:38:30,975 UNFORTUNATELY, WASHINGTON AS A 969 00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:33,944 WHOLE IS A VERY EXPENSIVE STATE, 970 00:38:33,944 --> 00:38:41,252 SEATTLE BEING CLEARLY THE MOST 971 00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:42,119 EXPENSIVE PART. SO THERE'S 972 00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:45,122 NEVER ENOUGH HELP. WE ARE ALSO 973 00:38:45,122 --> 00:38:52,963 ADVOCATES OF WORKING WITH OUR 974 00:38:52,963 --> 00:38:55,900 HOUSING COUNCILLING NETWORK AS 975 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:57,368 THEY ARE ALWAYS HELPING OUR 976 00:38:57,368 --> 00:38:58,369 FAMILIES TO GET READY IN. TERMS 977 00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:05,009 OF MORE THINGS YOU CAN DO, THE 978 00:39:05,009 --> 00:39:06,544 MORE LAYERS THE BETTER. I 979 00:39:06,544 --> 00:39:09,146 BELIEVE WE PROBABLY HAVE PAIRED 980 00:39:09,146 --> 00:39:10,247 OUR PROGRAMS TOGETHER. 981 00:39:10,247 --> 00:39:13,684 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE LOAN 982 00:39:13,684 --> 00:39:14,919 FORGIVENESS IS A NEWER COMPONENT 983 00:39:14,919 --> 00:39:18,889 OF THIS DUE TO MORE RECENT 984 00:39:18,889 --> 00:39:22,393 LEGISLATION. ANY -- JUST WANT TO 985 00:39:22,393 --> 00:39:24,228 HEAR HOUR THAT'S GOING AND 986 00:39:24,228 --> 00:39:25,796 WHETHER THERE ARE TAX CONCERNS 987 00:39:25,796 --> 00:39:27,665 FOR FOLKS WHO ARE GETTING A LOAN 988 00:39:27,665 --> 00:39:29,533 FORGIVENESS AND HOW YOU ALL ARE 989 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:30,134 WORKING THROUGH THAT ISSUE. 990 00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:32,203 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 991 00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:34,572 WE DID RESEARCH THE TAX PORTION 992 00:39:34,572 --> 00:39:36,807 QUITE THOROUGHLY AND THERE ARE 993 00:39:36,807 --> 00:39:38,676 NO TAX ISSUES. AGAIN, THESE ARE 994 00:39:38,676 --> 00:39:42,179 ONLY FOR FAMILIES AT 80% AND 995 00:39:42,179 --> 00:39:43,414 BELOW. SO WE'RE GOOD ON THAT. 996 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:45,316 WE'RE ALMOST TWO YEARS INTO THE 997 00:39:45,316 --> 00:39:49,487 PROGRAM, SO WE'RE ANOTHER THREE 998 00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:50,688 YEARS AWAY FROM LOAN FORGIVENESS 999 00:39:50,688 --> 00:39:54,091 FOR OUR FIRST SETS OF FAMILIES. 1000 00:39:54,091 --> 00:39:57,628 PART OF WHAT WE DO IS AFTER LOAN 1001 00:39:57,628 --> 00:39:58,829 CLOSING WE EVALUATE EVERY LOAN 1002 00:39:58,829 --> 00:40:01,198 AFTER POOLING AND WE DO LET THE 1003 00:40:01,198 --> 00:40:02,433 FAMILIES KNOW IF WE FEEL THEY 1004 00:40:02,433 --> 00:40:03,968 ARE GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE 1005 00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:05,469 ELIGIBLE IN FIVE YEARS IF 1006 00:40:05,469 --> 00:40:10,374 THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE 1007 00:40:10,374 --> 00:40:11,041 MEETING SPECIFIC CRITERIA. SO WE 1008 00:40:11,041 --> 00:40:12,877 LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHERE WE 1009 00:40:12,877 --> 00:40:14,612 CAN START FORGIVING SOME OF THE 1010 00:40:14,612 --> 00:40:17,548 LOANS FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF 1011 00:40:17,548 --> 00:40:17,815 FAMILIES. 1012 00:40:17,815 --> 00:40:19,683 >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH 1013 00:40:19,683 --> 00:40:24,455 AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO 1014 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:26,624 CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE 1015 00:40:26,624 --> 00:40:28,492 IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAM, THE 1016 00:40:28,492 --> 00:40:31,128 RESEARCH. YOU KNOW, WE SEE AT 1017 00:40:31,128 --> 00:40:31,996 THE FEDERAL LEVEL HOW OUR 1018 00:40:31,996 --> 00:40:35,032 HISTORY IS -- FOLKS ARE TRYING 1019 00:40:35,032 --> 00:40:38,335 TO ERASE OUR HISTORY AND, YOU 1020 00:40:38,335 --> 00:40:39,503 KNOW, THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF 1021 00:40:39,503 --> 00:40:41,539 DOCUMENTING THAT PAST 1022 00:40:41,539 --> 00:40:42,840 DISCRIMINATION TO LAY THAT 1023 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,008 GROUNDWORK FOR THE LEGAL 1024 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:47,611 FRAMEWORK FOR THESE PROGRAMS SO 1025 00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:51,081 THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S 1026 00:40:51,081 --> 00:40:52,750 THIS INCREDIBLY HUGE WEALTH GAP 1027 00:40:52,750 --> 00:40:55,419 IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHY WE SEE 1028 00:40:55,419 --> 00:40:58,055 THESE HUGE DISPARITIES IN THE 1029 00:40:58,055 --> 00:40:58,823 HOMEOWNERSHIP, AND TO DOCUMENT 1030 00:40:58,823 --> 00:41:00,491 THINGS LIKE HOW OUR CITY PLAYED 1031 00:41:00,491 --> 00:41:01,926 AND CITY AND COUNTY AND STATE 1032 00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:03,194 PLAYED A ROLE IN THIS 1033 00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:05,229 DISCRIMINATION NOT ONLY IN RED 1034 00:41:05,229 --> 00:41:07,665 LINING, BUT ALSO IN OUR ZONING 1035 00:41:07,665 --> 00:41:10,201 PRACTICES AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE 1036 00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:12,670 THE IMPACTS OF THAT WITH 1037 00:41:12,670 --> 00:41:14,104 SEGREGATION CONTINUING TODAY IN 1038 00:41:14,104 --> 00:41:14,672 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN OUR 1039 00:41:14,672 --> 00:41:17,908 SCHOOLS, AND THIS IS JUST ONE 1040 00:41:17,908 --> 00:41:19,610 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PIECE TO 1041 00:41:19,610 --> 00:41:23,080 REMEDY THAT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 1042 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,450 >> THANK YOU. 1043 00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:28,252 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1044 00:41:28,252 --> 00:41:28,719 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 1045 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:30,955 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND REALLY 1046 00:41:30,955 --> 00:41:31,956 WELL STATED, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1047 00:41:31,956 --> 00:41:32,857 THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ALL 1048 00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:34,425 OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS 1049 00:41:34,425 --> 00:41:36,193 EFFORT AND I KNOW WE HAD AN 1050 00:41:36,193 --> 00:41:37,428 OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH ON SOME OF 1051 00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:40,931 THIS LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE 1052 00:41:40,931 --> 00:41:41,832 HONORING FORMER SPEAKER CHOPP 1053 00:41:41,832 --> 00:41:43,534 AND HIS LEGACY AND HARD WORK ON 1054 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:47,738 THIS AND NO ONE PERSON DOES IT 1055 00:41:47,738 --> 00:41:48,939 ALONE. A LARGE COALITION BROUGHT 1056 00:41:48,939 --> 00:41:50,307 THIS TO FRUITION AND NOW AN 1057 00:41:50,307 --> 00:41:51,942 AMAZING TEAM IS CONTINUING TO DO 1058 00:41:51,942 --> 00:41:53,377 THAT WORK. SO I WANT TO THANK 1059 00:41:53,377 --> 00:41:55,179 YOU ALL FROM THE WASHINGTON 1060 00:41:55,179 --> 00:41:56,013 STATE HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION 1061 00:41:56,013 --> 00:41:57,648 FOR COMING BEFORE COMMITTEE 1062 00:41:57,648 --> 00:41:59,884 TODAY AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR 1063 00:41:59,884 --> 00:42:00,651 SCHEDULING THIS IN COMMITTEE. I 1064 00:42:00,651 --> 00:42:05,155 JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS 1065 00:42:05,155 --> 00:42:07,424 HERE FOR TODAY. CAN YOU PLEASE 1066 00:42:07,424 --> 00:42:10,728 EXPAND ON THE FINDINGS AND 1067 00:42:10,728 --> 00:42:11,462 RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO 1068 00:42:11,462 --> 00:42:15,432 DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGHER TAX 1069 00:42:15,432 --> 00:42:15,933 RATES DUE TO APPRAISAL 1070 00:42:15,933 --> 00:42:18,302 DISPARITIES? 1071 00:42:19,870 --> 00:42:27,745 >> AGAIN, ARE YOU ABLE TO CHIME 1072 00:42:27,745 --> 00:42:28,078 IN ON THAT? 1073 00:42:28,078 --> 00:42:30,080 >> YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN TWO 1074 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,583 YEARS SINCE WE ISSUED THE 1075 00:42:32,583 --> 00:42:35,519 REPORT. SO I DID PREPARE FOR 1076 00:42:35,519 --> 00:42:41,091 THESE MARKS HAD, BUT THAT WAS AT 1077 00:42:41,091 --> 00:42:45,663 A HIGH LEVEL. SO WE DID LOOK AT 1078 00:42:45,663 --> 00:42:46,363 APPRAISAL DISPARITY ISSUES. OFF 1079 00:42:46,363 --> 00:42:50,234 THE CUFF, I'M GOING TO NEED TO 1080 00:42:50,234 --> 00:42:53,904 GO BACK TO THE REPORT AND JUST 1081 00:42:53,904 --> 00:42:56,206 -- I HAVE IT OPEN HERE -- JUST 1082 00:42:56,206 --> 00:42:58,909 VERY QUICKLY KIND OF REVIEW KIND 1083 00:42:58,909 --> 00:43:06,483 OF THE CONTEXT OF THAT. I WILL 1084 00:43:06,483 --> 00:43:10,487 SAY OUR OFFICE DOES DO A 1085 00:43:10,487 --> 00:43:18,462 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK IN 1086 00:43:18,462 --> 00:43:18,996 REGARDS TO THE APPRAISAL 1087 00:43:18,996 --> 00:43:29,340 INDUSTRY . I'M LOOKING HERE. TO 1088 00:43:29,340 --> 00:43:36,780 SEE WHAT DATA SETS WE WOULD HAVE 1089 00:43:36,780 --> 00:43:37,815 ANALYZED IN REGARDS TO APPRAISAL 1090 00:43:37,815 --> 00:43:43,087 MATTERS. I'M SORRY TO SAY I 1091 00:43:43,087 --> 00:43:43,654 CAN'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY 1092 00:43:43,654 --> 00:43:43,921 OFFHAND. 1093 00:43:43,921 --> 00:43:45,656 >> NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL. HAPPY 1094 00:43:45,656 --> 00:43:49,960 TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT POINT, NOT 1095 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,930 A GOTCHA IN ANY TYPE OF WAY. 1096 00:43:52,930 --> 00:43:54,765 >> PAGE 71 OF THE STUDY IS GOING 1097 00:43:54,765 --> 00:43:56,533 TO BE THE PLACE TO LOOK AT SOME 1098 00:43:56,533 --> 00:43:57,601 OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT IN 1099 00:43:57,601 --> 00:43:59,503 DISPARITIES IN HOME VALUE AND 1100 00:43:59,503 --> 00:44:10,080 APPRAISAL AND THEN IT'S CHARTED 1101 00:44:10,748 --> 00:44:13,350 AND FURTHER DETAILED IN PAGES 71 1102 00:44:13,350 --> 00:44:15,152 AND 75 ARE GOING TO CHART SOME 1103 00:44:15,152 --> 00:44:18,989 OF THE ISSUES WE LOOKED AT IN 1104 00:44:18,989 --> 00:44:19,823 REGARD TO APPRAISAL DISPARITIES. 1105 00:44:19,823 --> 00:44:21,692 >> PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1106 00:44:21,692 --> 00:44:22,793 THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. THERE'S 1107 00:44:22,793 --> 00:44:23,627 SO MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION 1108 00:44:23,627 --> 00:44:25,462 HERE. SO THAT'S A GOOD STARTING 1109 00:44:25,462 --> 00:44:28,365 PLACE FOR US AND CAN FOLLOW UP 1110 00:44:28,365 --> 00:44:29,199 IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 1111 00:44:29,199 --> 00:44:30,834 I THINK JUST ON FACE VALUE, I'M 1112 00:44:30,834 --> 00:44:33,137 REALLY KEEN ON HOW WE CAN 1113 00:44:33,137 --> 00:44:35,239 FURTHER SUPPORT THE WORK OF THIS 1114 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:36,507 PROGRAM AND SO IS THERE ANYTHING 1115 00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:38,642 WE CAN DO HERE ON THE CITY LEVEL 1116 00:44:38,642 --> 00:44:41,845 TO FURTHER COMPLEMENT THIS WORK 1117 00:44:41,845 --> 00:44:45,649 AS YOU'RE ENGAGING ON THIS? 1118 00:44:45,649 --> 00:44:49,486 >> SO I THINK WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN 1119 00:44:49,486 --> 00:44:51,655 TO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I WOULD 1120 00:44:51,655 --> 00:44:53,724 ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO 1121 00:44:53,724 --> 00:44:54,925 ME. I'M HAPPY TO -- MY CONTACT 1122 00:44:54,925 --> 00:44:56,727 INFORMATION WAS ON THE LAST 1123 00:44:56,727 --> 00:44:58,662 SLIDE. WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO 1124 00:44:58,662 --> 00:45:02,866 CHAT. I'M HAPPY TO BRING IN OUR 1125 00:45:02,866 --> 00:45:03,434 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STEVE 1126 00:45:03,434 --> 00:45:06,036 WALKER, AS WELL AS SOME OF MY 1127 00:45:06,036 --> 00:45:07,771 OTHER COUNTERPARTS. WE'RE 1128 00:45:07,771 --> 00:45:09,840 ALWAYS HAPPY TO ENGAGE. SO FEEL 1129 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:10,874 FREE TO REACH OUT. 1130 00:45:10,874 --> 00:45:13,977 >> SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. THANK 1131 00:45:13,977 --> 00:45:15,779 YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1132 00:45:15,779 --> 00:45:17,481 >> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. AND 1133 00:45:17,481 --> 00:45:19,717 BEFORE WE GO TO OUR NEXT 1134 00:45:19,717 --> 00:45:22,086 PRESENTERS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY 1135 00:45:22,086 --> 00:45:23,087 I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION, 1136 00:45:23,087 --> 00:45:23,854 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, ABOUT HOW 1137 00:45:23,854 --> 00:45:26,023 WE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL CAN BE 1138 00:45:26,023 --> 00:45:27,124 SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT 1139 00:45:27,124 --> 00:45:29,193 ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO 1140 00:45:29,193 --> 00:45:30,794 HAVE THESE FOLKS IN TODAY WAS TO 1141 00:45:30,794 --> 00:45:32,996 WALK US THROUGH THE STRUCTURE 1142 00:45:32,996 --> 00:45:34,198 AND APPROACH THEY TOOK TO BOTH 1143 00:45:34,198 --> 00:45:38,769 UNDERSTAND BE THE SCOPE OF WHAT 1144 00:45:38,769 --> 00:45:39,870 THE SPECIAL PURPOSE CREDITS 1145 00:45:39,870 --> 00:45:41,739 ALLOW LOCAL, STATE, OR OTHER 1146 00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:42,539 GOVERNMENTS OR NONPROFITS TO 1147 00:45:42,539 --> 00:45:44,208 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND THEN HOW 1148 00:45:44,208 --> 00:45:46,944 THE STUDY NEEDED TO BE SHAPED IN 1149 00:45:46,944 --> 00:45:50,581 ORDER TO BE SURE IT ACCURATELY 1150 00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:51,281 RESEARCHED THE HISTORY AND 1151 00:45:51,281 --> 00:45:52,082 ACCURATELY PRESENTED THE 1152 00:45:52,082 --> 00:45:53,517 INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT 1153 00:45:53,517 --> 00:45:55,219 ALLOWED FOR A PROGRAM TO BE 1154 00:45:55,219 --> 00:45:57,154 DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT 1155 00:45:57,154 --> 00:45:59,223 FEDERAL ALLOWANCE. SO I THINK, 1156 00:45:59,223 --> 00:46:00,724 IF ANYTHING, COLLEAGUES, THAT'S 1157 00:46:00,724 --> 00:46:02,626 ONE OF THE PIECES I WANT TO ASK 1158 00:46:02,626 --> 00:46:04,228 FOR TO US TAKE AWAY TODAY, THAT 1159 00:46:04,228 --> 00:46:06,463 WE LOOK AT THE STATE AS A MODEL 1160 00:46:06,463 --> 00:46:08,031 EXAMPLE HOW THAT RESEARCH AND 1161 00:46:08,031 --> 00:46:10,067 SCOPING THAT ALLOWED FOR A 1162 00:46:10,067 --> 00:46:11,702 PROGRAM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO BE 1163 00:46:11,702 --> 00:46:12,836 TARGETED IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED 1164 00:46:12,836 --> 00:46:14,037 AND THEN WE ARE EXCITED TO 1165 00:46:14,037 --> 00:46:15,038 CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE 1166 00:46:15,038 --> 00:46:20,978 STATE AND AGAIN WANT TO 1167 00:46:20,978 --> 00:46:21,512 APPRECIATE PARTICULARLY 1168 00:46:21,512 --> 00:46:22,146 REPRESENTATIVE JAMILLA TAYLOR 1169 00:46:22,146 --> 00:46:23,547 FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS BILL 1170 00:46:23,547 --> 00:46:25,182 AT THE STATE LEVEL. IT CAN'T BE 1171 00:46:25,182 --> 00:46:26,717 SAID ENOUGH I THINK HOW 1172 00:46:26,717 --> 00:46:28,685 IMPORTANT THAT WAS. THANK YOU, 1173 00:46:28,685 --> 00:46:29,486 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, FOR REMINDING 1174 00:46:29,486 --> 00:46:31,288 US TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUES IN 1175 00:46:31,288 --> 00:46:33,157 OLYMPIA WHO HELPED MAKE THIS 1176 00:46:33,157 --> 00:46:34,158 POLICY POSSIBLE. WITH THAT, 1177 00:46:34,158 --> 00:46:35,793 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR 1178 00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:37,427 PRESENTERS AND WE ARE GOING TO 1179 00:46:37,427 --> 00:46:40,831 ASK THE CLERK TO READ ITEM 2 1180 00:46:40,831 --> 00:46:42,032 INTO THE RECORD. 1181 00:46:42,032 --> 00:46:43,800 >> THANK YOU. 1182 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:45,135 >> AGENDA ITEM 2 OVERVIEW OF 1183 00:46:45,135 --> 00:46:47,871 SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 1184 00:46:47,871 --> 00:46:48,205 COMMISSIONS. 1185 00:46:48,205 --> 00:46:49,573 >> FANTASTIC. AND I BELIEVE FOR 1186 00:46:49,573 --> 00:46:51,375 THIS PORTION WE HAVE A 1187 00:46:51,375 --> 00:46:53,310 COMBINATION OF PRESENTERS IN 1188 00:46:53,310 --> 00:46:54,845 PERSON AND ONLINE. SO I'LL ASK 1189 00:46:54,845 --> 00:46:57,147 OUR IN-PERSON PRESENTERS TO COME 1190 00:46:57,147 --> 00:46:58,849 JOIN US AT THE COMMITTEE TABLE 1191 00:46:58,849 --> 00:47:02,052 AND TO PLEASE INTRODUCE 1192 00:47:02,052 --> 00:47:04,288 YOURSELVES WHEN YOU ARE READY. I 1193 00:47:04,288 --> 00:47:06,190 BELIEVE THAT WE MAY HAVE A LARGE 1194 00:47:06,190 --> 00:47:08,091 NUMBER OF FOLKS WITH US TODAY, 1195 00:47:08,091 --> 00:47:09,860 WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING, FROM 1196 00:47:09,860 --> 00:47:10,661 OUR VARIOUS COMMISSIONS. WE'LL 1197 00:47:10,661 --> 00:47:13,230 GIVE YOU ALL A SECOND TO GET 1198 00:47:13,230 --> 00:47:15,299 SETTLED AT THE TABLE. 1199 00:47:51,001 --> 00:47:54,037 >> HI, JUST DO A QUICK INTRO 1200 00:47:54,037 --> 00:47:54,805 HERE. HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS AND 1201 00:47:54,805 --> 00:47:55,772 CHAIR FOSTER. MY NAME IS 1202 00:47:55,772 --> 00:47:56,807 MEREDITH STONE AND I'M THE 1203 00:47:56,807 --> 00:47:57,941 COMMISSIONS MANAGER FOR THE 1204 00:47:57,941 --> 00:47:59,743 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. IT'S 1205 00:47:59,743 --> 00:48:01,111 MY PLEASURE TODAY TO INTRODUCE 1206 00:48:01,111 --> 00:48:03,547 OUR FOUR COMMISSIONS THAT ARE 1207 00:48:03,547 --> 00:48:06,783 SUPPORTED BY OUR OFFICE. IT'S A 1208 00:48:06,783 --> 00:48:09,253 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, THE 1209 00:48:09,253 --> 00:48:11,421 WOMEN'S LGBTQ AND DISABILITY 1210 00:48:11,421 --> 00:48:13,023 COMMISSIONS ARE ALL HERE. I'VE 1211 00:48:13,023 --> 00:48:13,991 WORKED WITH THESE COMMISSIONS 1212 00:48:13,991 --> 00:48:16,793 FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS AND REALLY 1213 00:48:16,793 --> 00:48:18,662 ADMIRE THE WORK THEY DO AND THE 1214 00:48:18,662 --> 00:48:21,565 EXPERTISE THAT THEY BRING TO THE 1215 00:48:21,565 --> 00:48:31,408 CITY. AS YOU KNOW, CITY 1216 00:48:31,408 --> 00:48:34,678 COMMISSIONERS ARE VOLUNTEERS AND 1217 00:48:34,678 --> 00:48:35,712 ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING 1218 00:48:35,712 --> 00:48:36,346 SEATTLE'S COMMUNITIES. THANK 1219 00:48:36,346 --> 00:48:37,347 YOU FOR INVITING THEM TO SPEAK 1220 00:48:37,347 --> 00:48:39,283 TODAY TO SHARE THEIR WORK PLAN 1221 00:48:39,283 --> 00:48:40,584 PRIORITIES AND WE LOOK FORWARD 1222 00:48:40,584 --> 00:48:41,952 TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THEIR 1223 00:48:41,952 --> 00:48:42,653 PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY COUNCIL. 1224 00:48:42,653 --> 00:48:45,622 I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER 1225 00:48:45,622 --> 00:48:48,492 TO -- START AT THE END HERE, 1226 00:48:48,492 --> 00:48:53,697 JESSA, YOU WANT TO START INTROS 1227 00:48:53,697 --> 00:48:59,536 AND THEN THE PRESENTATION WILL 1228 00:48:59,536 --> 00:49:00,070 START. THANKS VERY MUCH. 1229 00:49:00,070 --> 00:49:05,275 >> HI. JESSA, SHE HER, ONE OF 1230 00:49:05,275 --> 00:49:06,843 THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE LGBTQ 1231 00:49:06,843 --> 00:49:07,144 COMMISSION. 1232 00:49:07,144 --> 00:49:13,517 >> KODY, HE HIM, CO-CHAIR OF THE 1233 00:49:13,517 --> 00:49:13,917 LGBTQ COMMISSION. 1234 00:49:13,917 --> 00:49:21,825 >> BIANCA GALLEGOS, JANET 1235 00:49:21,825 --> 00:49:22,526 STAFFORD, OFFICE OF CIVIL 1236 00:49:22,526 --> 00:49:22,759 RIGHTS. 1237 00:49:22,759 --> 00:49:23,927 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 1238 00:49:23,927 --> 00:49:25,762 EMILY ROSE BARR AND I USE SHE 1239 00:49:25,762 --> 00:49:30,801 HER PRONOUNS AND I AM ONE OF THE 1240 00:49:30,801 --> 00:49:33,537 CO-CHAIRS OF THE SEATTLE 1241 00:49:33,537 --> 00:49:34,004 WOMEN'S COMMISSION. 1242 00:49:34,004 --> 00:49:35,439 >> WHITNEY NAKAMURA, SHE AND 1243 00:49:35,439 --> 00:49:36,974 HER. I'M ALSO WITH THE SEATTLE 1244 00:49:36,974 --> 00:49:37,607 WOMEN'S COMMISSION. 1245 00:49:37,607 --> 00:49:39,676 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'LL BEVERLY 1246 00:49:39,676 --> 00:49:47,851 SMITH, VICE-CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE 1247 00:49:47,851 --> 00:49:48,385 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. 1248 00:49:48,385 --> 00:49:49,052 >> HI, GWEN McCULLOUGH AND I'M 1249 00:49:49,052 --> 00:49:49,653 THE CHAIR OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS 1250 00:49:49,653 --> 00:49:50,654 COMMISSION. 1251 00:49:50,654 --> 00:49:52,155 >> AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE 1252 00:49:52,155 --> 00:49:52,789 PERSON JOINING US FROM ONLINE? 1253 00:49:52,789 --> 00:49:56,226 IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE 1254 00:49:56,226 --> 00:49:58,695 YOURSELF AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 1255 00:50:01,465 --> 00:50:07,304 >> HI. MY NAME'S SCOT NELSON, 1256 00:50:07,304 --> 00:50:09,339 HE HIS AND I'M CO-CHAIR OF THE 1257 00:50:09,339 --> 00:50:11,942 SEATTLE DISABILITY COMMISSION. 1258 00:50:11,942 --> 00:50:13,343 >> FANTASTIC. WELCOME AND THANK 1259 00:50:13,343 --> 00:50:14,945 YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE FOR 1260 00:50:14,945 --> 00:50:15,812 JOINING US TODAY. WE REALLY 1261 00:50:15,812 --> 00:50:17,447 APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE 1262 00:50:17,447 --> 00:50:19,016 TIME OUT OF YOUR SCHEDULES NOT 1263 00:50:19,016 --> 00:50:19,783 ONLY TO SERVE ON THE 1264 00:50:19,783 --> 00:50:21,385 COMMISSIONS, BUT TO JOIN US AT 1265 00:50:21,385 --> 00:50:23,053 COMMITTEE AND TO DISCUSS YOUR 1266 00:50:23,053 --> 00:50:25,989 WORK. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO 1267 00:50:25,989 --> 00:50:26,957 GET AN OVERVIEW. ESPECIALLY 1268 00:50:26,957 --> 00:50:28,692 IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE OFFICE OF 1269 00:50:28,692 --> 00:50:30,193 CIVIL RIGHTS HOUSES SO MANY 1270 00:50:30,193 --> 00:50:30,861 COMMISSIONS AND THESE FOUR 1271 00:50:30,861 --> 00:50:33,196 COMMISSIONS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN 1272 00:50:33,196 --> 00:50:34,364 ENSURING THAT YOU'RE ADVOCATING 1273 00:50:34,364 --> 00:50:36,700 FOR AND ELEVATING THE NEEDS OF 1274 00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:38,201 THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU SERVE 1275 00:50:38,201 --> 00:50:39,903 AND HELPING US AS THE COUNCIL, 1276 00:50:39,903 --> 00:50:41,738 BUT ALSO THE MAYOR AND THE 1277 00:50:41,738 --> 00:50:44,241 DEPARTMENTS MAKE SURE WE ARE 1278 00:50:44,241 --> 00:50:45,008 DELIVERING FOR RESIDENTS OF 1279 00:50:45,008 --> 00:50:47,477 SEATTLE AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU 1280 00:50:47,477 --> 00:50:51,381 AND YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW WE ARE 1281 00:50:51,381 --> 00:50:53,150 GOING TO WALK THROUGH A SLIDE 1282 00:50:53,150 --> 00:50:54,484 DECK TODAY AND WE'RE LOOKING 1283 00:50:54,484 --> 00:50:57,120 FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ALL 1284 00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:58,321 AS CHAIRS AND CO-CHAIRS. SO I'M 1285 00:50:58,321 --> 00:51:00,957 GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU AND 1286 00:51:00,957 --> 00:51:01,958 THEN, COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO 1287 00:51:01,958 --> 00:51:04,194 ASK WE WAIT UNTIL EACH OF THE 1288 00:51:04,194 --> 00:51:06,830 FOUR COMMISSIONS HAVE PRESENTED 1289 00:51:06,830 --> 00:51:08,398 TO DO QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE 1290 00:51:08,398 --> 00:51:10,534 ARE NOT OVERLAP, BUT IT MAY BE 1291 00:51:10,534 --> 00:51:11,435 ONE COMMITTEE'S WORK PLAN 1292 00:51:11,435 --> 00:51:12,669 ANSWERS A QUESTION THAT YOU 1293 00:51:12,669 --> 00:51:17,441 MIGHT HAVE. SO WE'LL ASK THAT 1294 00:51:17,441 --> 00:51:19,042 YOU ALL DO THAT AND THEN WE WILL 1295 00:51:19,042 --> 00:51:20,744 HAND IT OVER TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE 1296 00:51:20,744 --> 00:51:30,687 READY AND WE CAN SEE YOU ON 1297 00:51:30,687 --> 00:51:31,321 SEATTLE CHANNEL. SO IF YOU'D 1298 00:51:31,321 --> 00:51:32,522 LIKE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO MOVE 1299 00:51:32,522 --> 00:51:33,990 OVER THERE, BUT DO WHATEVER 1300 00:51:33,990 --> 00:51:34,624 FEELS MOST COMFORTABLE TO YOU. 1301 00:51:34,624 --> 00:51:36,626 OKAY. THANK YOU. 1302 00:51:41,898 --> 00:51:43,233 >> I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN, 1303 00:51:43,233 --> 00:51:45,335 GWEN McCULLOUGH AND I'M THE 1304 00:51:45,335 --> 00:51:48,271 CHAIR FOR THE SEATTLE HUMAN 1305 00:51:48,271 --> 00:51:52,442 RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THESE ARE 1306 00:51:52,442 --> 00:51:55,745 ALL OF THE OTHER COMMISSION 1307 00:51:55,745 --> 00:51:59,816 MEMBERS FOR SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS 1308 00:51:59,816 --> 00:52:01,151 COMMISSION. THE SHRC WAS 1309 00:52:01,151 --> 00:52:05,322 ESTABLISHED IN 1963 TO ADVOCATE 1310 00:52:05,322 --> 00:52:06,089 FOR JUSTICE AND EQUAL RIGHTS. WE 1311 00:52:06,089 --> 00:52:09,459 ADVISE THE CITY OF SEATTLE ON 1312 00:52:09,459 --> 00:52:11,995 HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND ENGAGE 1313 00:52:11,995 --> 00:52:18,902 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS ON 1314 00:52:18,902 --> 00:52:20,303 ELIMINATING AND PREVENTING 1315 00:52:20,303 --> 00:52:21,304 DISCRIMINATION CITY-WIDE. THESE 1316 00:52:21,304 --> 00:52:24,574 ARE THE COMMITTEES AND TASK 1317 00:52:24,574 --> 00:52:26,042 FORCES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR 1318 00:52:26,042 --> 00:52:27,377 COMMISSION AND THE WORKFLOWS 1319 00:52:27,377 --> 00:52:28,545 FROM THESE COMMITTEES AND TASK 1320 00:52:28,545 --> 00:52:31,047 FORCES IS WHAT MAKES UP OUR WORK 1321 00:52:31,047 --> 00:52:36,086 PLAN FOR 2026. THE 1322 00:52:36,086 --> 00:52:37,087 COMMUNICATIONS EVENTS, APPEALS, 1323 00:52:37,087 --> 00:52:39,089 AND POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEES 1324 00:52:39,089 --> 00:52:41,491 ALONG WITH THE HOUSING AND 1325 00:52:41,491 --> 00:52:45,462 UNHOUSED, CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM 1326 00:52:45,462 --> 00:52:45,962 REFORM, AND ANTI-HUMAN 1327 00:52:45,962 --> 00:52:50,467 TRAFFICKING TASK FORCES. ONE OF 1328 00:52:50,467 --> 00:52:52,035 THE UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITIES OF 1329 00:52:52,035 --> 00:52:55,839 THE SHRC IS TO CONSULT AND MAKE 1330 00:52:55,839 --> 00:52:58,408 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF 1331 00:52:58,408 --> 00:53:00,477 CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING CITY 1332 00:53:00,477 --> 00:53:01,478 PROBLEMS THAT COULD RESULT IN 1333 00:53:01,478 --> 00:53:05,282 DISCRIMINATION. THIS YEAR WE 1334 00:53:05,282 --> 00:53:09,486 LAUNCHED A NEW COMMITTEE, THE 1335 00:53:09,486 --> 00:53:10,620 POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE, IN 1336 00:53:10,620 --> 00:53:13,123 ORDER TO SERVE THAT PURPOSE. THE 1337 00:53:13,123 --> 00:53:14,591 COMMITTEE WILL ADVISE AND 1338 00:53:14,591 --> 00:53:16,660 RECOMMEND POLICY REVISIONS TO 1339 00:53:16,660 --> 00:53:27,137 THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THAT 1340 00:53:27,137 --> 00:53:32,175 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE 1341 00:53:32,175 --> 00:53:32,809 DELETERIOUS EFFECTS TO OUR 1342 00:53:32,809 --> 00:53:34,878 CITIZENS AND WE WILL BE 1343 00:53:34,878 --> 00:53:35,879 RECORDING CITY POLICIES 1344 00:53:35,879 --> 00:53:37,681 ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOST 1345 00:53:37,681 --> 00:53:41,184 FREQUENTLY ADDRESSED ISSUES IN 1346 00:53:41,184 --> 00:53:43,887 THE DISCRIMINATION APPEALS 1347 00:53:43,887 --> 00:53:48,024 HEARINGS THAT WE HOLD. OUR 1348 00:53:48,024 --> 00:53:50,193 PRIORITIES FOR 2026 ARE TO 1349 00:53:50,193 --> 00:53:52,696 REVIEW THE A FULL 21-SEAT 1350 00:53:52,696 --> 00:53:55,999 COMMISSION, TO COLLABORATE UNDER 1351 00:53:55,999 --> 00:53:58,101 OUR NEW LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE, 1352 00:53:58,101 --> 00:54:00,303 FOR US TO HAVE TIMELY COMPLETION 1353 00:54:00,303 --> 00:54:03,506 OF ALL THE APPEALS HEARINGS THAT 1354 00:54:03,506 --> 00:54:06,042 WE PERFORM, WHICH IS USUALLY 1355 00:54:06,042 --> 00:54:08,445 ABOUT TWO A MONTH, AND THEN 1356 00:54:08,445 --> 00:54:12,015 REITERATING THE LAUNCH OF THAT 1357 00:54:12,015 --> 00:54:15,318 NEW POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE AND 1358 00:54:15,318 --> 00:54:18,488 ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY AND CITY 1359 00:54:18,488 --> 00:54:20,056 COUNCILMEMBERS IN ADDITION TO 1360 00:54:20,056 --> 00:54:21,458 STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP WITH 1361 00:54:21,458 --> 00:54:23,927 OUR OTHER SISTER OCR COMMISSIONS 1362 00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:25,996 ON SHARED GOALS. BEVERLY? 1363 00:54:25,996 --> 00:54:29,366 >> THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, 1364 00:54:29,366 --> 00:54:30,133 BEVERLY SMITH. I'M THE 1365 00:54:30,133 --> 00:54:35,939 VICE-CHAIR. I'M HONORED TO 1366 00:54:35,939 --> 00:54:41,144 SERVE WITH GWEN ON THIS 1367 00:54:41,144 --> 00:54:45,715 COMMITTEE. THE LARGE IMPACT IS 1368 00:54:45,715 --> 00:54:46,683 AROUND CONSISTENT AND PRODUCTIVE 1369 00:54:46,683 --> 00:54:47,917 ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ALL OF OUR 1370 00:54:47,917 --> 00:54:49,586 TASK FORCES IN THE COMMUNITIES 1371 00:54:49,586 --> 00:54:52,489 THAT WE SERVE AND HAVING THOSE 1372 00:54:52,489 --> 00:54:55,125 EVENTS TIED TO SUPPORT EACH TASK 1373 00:54:55,125 --> 00:54:57,594 FORCE'S GOALS AS THEY MOVE 1374 00:54:57,594 --> 00:54:58,862 FORWARD. THE HOUSING AND 1375 00:54:58,862 --> 00:55:00,030 HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE IS 1376 00:55:00,030 --> 00:55:01,464 FOCUSING LARGELY ON THE 1377 00:55:01,464 --> 00:55:04,868 ENCAMPMENT SWEEPS AND REALLY 1378 00:55:04,868 --> 00:55:06,202 EDUCATING AND UNDERSTANDING 1379 00:55:06,202 --> 00:55:06,970 AROUND THOSE IMPACTED BY 1380 00:55:06,970 --> 00:55:08,872 HOMELESSNESS. SO WE WILL BE 1381 00:55:08,872 --> 00:55:09,806 DOING MONTHLY COMMUNITY 1382 00:55:09,806 --> 00:55:11,474 LISTENING SESSIONS AND WILL 1383 00:55:11,474 --> 00:55:14,678 ACTUALLY HAVE A DEDICATED DAY TO 1384 00:55:14,678 --> 00:55:17,480 HIGHLIGHT AND FOCUS AND PROVIDE 1385 00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:18,915 SOCIALIZATION AROUND HOUSING IS 1386 00:55:18,915 --> 00:55:20,784 A HUMAN RIGHT. THAT IS GOING TO 1387 00:55:20,784 --> 00:55:25,155 BE JUNE 30th, BY THE WAY, NOT 1388 00:55:25,155 --> 00:55:26,456 JUNE 27th. FOR THE HUMAN 1389 00:55:26,456 --> 00:55:29,492 TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE, THEY 1390 00:55:29,492 --> 00:55:30,960 AGAIN ARE FOCUSING ON ENGAGEMENT 1391 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,963 AND ALSO IMPACT AND THEY ARE 1392 00:55:33,963 --> 00:55:35,632 TRYING TO ISOLATE MEANINGFUL 1393 00:55:35,632 --> 00:55:36,566 DATA REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING 1394 00:55:36,566 --> 00:55:39,102 ACTIVITY IN SEATTLE AS WELL AS 1395 00:55:39,102 --> 00:55:40,170 WORK WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS 1396 00:55:40,170 --> 00:55:41,037 ALREADY CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE 1397 00:55:41,037 --> 00:55:44,340 IN THIS AREA TO ACT AS A SUPPORT 1398 00:55:44,340 --> 00:55:46,776 IN THOSE EFFORTS. WE ALSO ARE 1399 00:55:46,776 --> 00:55:47,844 INCLUDING DEDICATED SPEAKERS 1400 00:55:47,844 --> 00:55:49,112 DURING OUR HRC MEETINGS FOR 1401 00:55:49,112 --> 00:55:49,913 EDUCATION AWARENESS AND HAVE A 1402 00:55:49,913 --> 00:55:53,316 GOAL OF DOING AT LEAST TWO OF 1403 00:55:53,316 --> 00:55:54,718 THOSE FOR THIS 2026 CYCLE. AND 1404 00:55:54,718 --> 00:55:57,721 THEN WE ALSO ARE CONTINUING OUR 1405 00:55:57,721 --> 00:56:00,090 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FIFA WORLD 1406 00:56:00,090 --> 00:56:01,524 CUP GROUP FOCUSED ON PREVENTIVE 1407 00:56:01,524 --> 00:56:03,193 EFFORTS TO DETER TRAFFICKING 1408 00:56:03,193 --> 00:56:03,760 ACTIVITY DURING THIS GLOBAL 1409 00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:06,429 EVENT. OKAY. SO THAT SLIDE IS 1410 00:56:06,429 --> 00:56:07,831 WHAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE. SO 1411 00:56:07,831 --> 00:56:09,199 SEVERAL EVENTS THROUGH THE REST 1412 00:56:09,199 --> 00:56:10,200 OF THE YEAR, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED 1413 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:11,901 SOME OF THEM ALREADY ON THE 1414 00:56:11,901 --> 00:56:13,837 SLIDE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO 1415 00:56:13,837 --> 00:56:14,704 MONTHLY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE 1416 00:56:14,704 --> 00:56:18,341 COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE TO 1417 00:56:18,341 --> 00:56:19,476 INCREASE AWARENESS, BUT ALSO A 1418 00:56:19,476 --> 00:56:22,045 LARGE FOCUS FOR US WILL BE THE 1419 00:56:22,045 --> 00:56:22,779 DESIRE TO STRENGTHEN OUR 1420 00:56:22,779 --> 00:56:24,447 PARTNERSHIPS BOTH AT THE CITY 1421 00:56:24,447 --> 00:56:26,750 COUNCIL AND CITY ATTORNEY'S 1422 00:56:26,750 --> 00:56:29,953 OFFICE AND SISTER COMMISSIONS 1423 00:56:29,953 --> 00:56:30,587 WHICH GWEN ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED 1424 00:56:30,587 --> 00:56:32,322 EARLIER. THANK YOU. 1425 00:56:38,094 --> 00:56:42,332 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SO I HAVE A 1426 00:56:42,332 --> 00:56:49,439 COPY OF OUR WORK PLANS. 1427 00:56:49,439 --> 00:56:51,007 >> MAYBE I'LL GET STARTED WHILE 1428 00:56:51,007 --> 00:56:51,941 SHE'S PASSING THAT OUT. SO 1429 00:56:51,941 --> 00:56:54,444 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. 1430 00:56:54,444 --> 00:56:57,080 WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE 1431 00:56:57,080 --> 00:56:59,082 AND SHARE OUR FOCUS AREAS AND 1432 00:56:59,082 --> 00:57:01,651 THIS IS VERY HIGH LEVEL. SO WE 1433 00:57:01,651 --> 00:57:04,154 REALLY DO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO 1434 00:57:04,154 --> 00:57:05,255 LOOK AT THAT DETAILED DOCUMENT. 1435 00:57:05,255 --> 00:57:06,556 THAT'S OUR FULL WORK PLAN AND 1436 00:57:06,556 --> 00:57:10,160 IT HAS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN 1437 00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:11,261 WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS TODAY. THE 1438 00:57:11,261 --> 00:57:14,464 SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION WAS 1439 00:57:14,464 --> 00:57:17,200 FORMED IN THE '70s BY 1440 00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:18,134 COUNCILMEMBER JEANETTE WILLIAMS, 1441 00:57:18,134 --> 00:57:19,002 LONG TIME COUNCILMEMBER SERVING 1442 00:57:19,002 --> 00:57:21,571 FOR 20 YEARS ON CITY COUNCIL, 1443 00:57:21,571 --> 00:57:24,107 AND A STRONG HUMAN AND WOMEN 1444 00:57:24,107 --> 00:57:26,509 RIGHTS ADVOCATE. SO JUST WANT TO 1445 00:57:26,509 --> 00:57:28,745 START WITH GRATITUDE TO THAT 1446 00:57:28,745 --> 00:57:30,747 FOUNDING AND CERTAINLY THE 1447 00:57:30,747 --> 00:57:32,682 LEGACY OF ALL THE STRONG 1448 00:57:32,682 --> 00:57:34,918 CREATIVE WOMEN WHO EMPOWERED THE 1449 00:57:34,918 --> 00:57:37,854 SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION OVER 1450 00:57:37,854 --> 00:57:43,059 THE YEARS AND REALLY PAVED THE 1451 00:57:43,059 --> 00:57:45,061 PATH FOR OUR PARTNERSHIPS, OUR 1452 00:57:45,061 --> 00:57:49,465 EFFORTS, AND GRATITUDE TO ALL OF 1453 00:57:49,465 --> 00:57:51,334 OUR INCREDIBLE SOCR STAFF AND 1454 00:57:51,334 --> 00:57:51,901 MARTA AS WELL. [ CAPTIONERS 1455 00:57:51,901 --> 00:57:53,903 TRANSITIONING ] 1456 00:58:15,825 --> 00:58:18,394 >> AND THEN OUR SUBCOMMITTEES 1457 00:58:18,394 --> 00:58:19,028 ARE VOTED ON ANNUALLY AND THEY 1458 00:58:19,028 --> 00:58:22,899 DEVELOP TWO YEAR WORK PLANS THAT 1459 00:58:22,899 --> 00:58:26,302 HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW 1460 00:58:26,302 --> 00:58:27,737 YOU ARE IMPLEMENTING ALL OF 1461 00:58:27,737 --> 00:58:28,538 THESE FOCUS AREAS. AND BEFORE 1462 00:58:28,538 --> 00:58:32,242 EMILY GOES OVER THE FOCUS AREAS, 1463 00:58:32,242 --> 00:58:35,545 I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT LIKE 1464 00:58:35,545 --> 00:58:36,479 THESE ARE LARGELY A CONTINUATION 1465 00:58:36,479 --> 00:58:38,014 OF PREVIOUS YEARS, AND HONESTLY, 1466 00:58:38,014 --> 00:58:43,620 IS MOSTLY A LINE WITH 50 YEARS 1467 00:58:43,620 --> 00:58:45,088 AGO WHEN THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S 1468 00:58:45,088 --> 00:58:46,055 COMMISSION WAS FORMED, AND 1469 00:58:46,055 --> 00:58:47,857 CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF OVERLAP 1470 00:58:47,857 --> 00:58:50,894 WITH OUR PREVIOUS SUBCOMMITTEE 1471 00:58:50,894 --> 00:58:53,396 WORK AS WELL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, 1472 00:58:53,396 --> 00:58:56,833 IN TERMS OF PROMOTING THE HEALTH 1473 00:58:56,833 --> 00:58:59,002 AND WELL-BEING OF WOMEN AROUND 1474 00:58:59,002 --> 00:59:00,803 GENDER EQUITY AND EMPLOYMENT, 1475 00:59:00,803 --> 00:59:03,473 OPPORTUNITIES FOR STABILITY AND 1476 00:59:03,473 --> 00:59:08,077 EMPOWERMENT , CHILDCARE , 1477 00:59:08,077 --> 00:59:08,878 ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 1478 00:59:08,878 --> 00:59:13,082 AND SAFETY, LIKE THESE ARE -- 1479 00:59:13,082 --> 00:59:13,950 THESE ARE LONG-TERM CHALLENGES 1480 00:59:13,950 --> 00:59:17,220 AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE 1481 00:59:17,220 --> 00:59:19,689 COMPLEX AND SYSTEMIC, AND SO, WE 1482 00:59:19,689 --> 00:59:24,127 ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE IMPACTS 1483 00:59:24,127 --> 00:59:25,028 AND SOLUTIONS ARE DYNAMIC, AND 1484 00:59:25,028 --> 00:59:28,264 SO, JUST WANT TO NAME THAT A 1485 00:59:28,264 --> 00:59:30,366 VERSION OF THIS FOCUS, THESE 1486 00:59:30,366 --> 00:59:34,504 PARTICULAR AREAS, HAS BEEN GOING 1487 00:59:34,504 --> 00:59:36,406 ON FOR A WHILE, SO SUPER PROUD 1488 00:59:36,406 --> 00:59:40,543 OF THIS WORK, WE ARE SUPER 1489 00:59:40,543 --> 00:59:41,778 EXCITED TO SHARE SOME OF OUR 1490 00:59:41,778 --> 00:59:42,579 UPCOMING INITIATIVES, AND WE 1491 00:59:42,579 --> 00:59:43,579 JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 1492 00:59:43,579 --> 00:59:45,248 THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO 1493 00:59:45,248 --> 00:59:47,050 DO, AND CERTAINLY EAGER FOR 1494 00:59:47,050 --> 00:59:50,620 ONGOING PARTNERSHIP AND 1495 00:59:50,620 --> 00:59:51,588 LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN THESE 1496 00:59:51,588 --> 00:59:55,592 FOCUS AREAS. 1497 00:59:55,592 --> 01:00:03,232 >> THANKS, WHIT. SO, I WILL 1498 01:00:03,232 --> 01:00:04,701 START WITH OUR FIRST FOCUS AREA, 1499 01:00:04,701 --> 01:00:05,335 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, AND I 1500 01:00:05,335 --> 01:00:06,836 WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF 1501 01:00:06,836 --> 01:00:08,271 YOU SOME [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT I 1502 01:00:08,271 --> 01:00:09,272 PULLED FROM THE NATIONAL 1503 01:00:09,272 --> 01:00:10,340 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE. AN 1504 01:00:10,340 --> 01:00:12,075 AVERAGE OF 24 PEOPLE PER MINUTE 1505 01:00:12,075 --> 01:00:19,482 ARE VICTIMS OF RAPE, PHYSICAL 1506 01:00:19,482 --> 01:00:21,117 VIOLENCE, OR STALKING WITHIN THE 1507 01:00:21,117 --> 01:00:25,021 UNITED STATES. NEARLY ONE IN 1508 01:00:25,021 --> 01:00:28,157 THREE COLLEGE WOMEN, 29%, SAY 1509 01:00:28,157 --> 01:00:29,392 THEY HAVE BEEN IN AN ABUSIVE 1510 01:00:29,392 --> 01:00:31,127 DATING RELATIONSHIP WOMEN AGES 1511 01:00:31,127 --> 01:00:34,764 18 TO 24 AND 35 TO 34 GENERALLY 1512 01:00:34,764 --> 01:00:37,867 EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST RATES OF 1513 01:00:37,867 --> 01:00:40,503 INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. AND 1514 01:00:40,503 --> 01:00:44,440 FINALLY, 30 TO 60% OF INTIMATE 1515 01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:45,174 PARTNER VIOLENCE PERPETRATORS 1516 01:00:45,174 --> 01:00:46,409 ALSO ABUSE CHILDREN IN THE 1517 01:00:46,409 --> 01:00:51,981 HOUSEHOLD. SO, I WEAR 1518 01:00:51,981 --> 01:00:52,548 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 1519 01:00:52,548 --> 01:00:53,249 SUBCOMMITTEE WORKS TO PREVENT 1520 01:00:53,249 --> 01:00:54,484 AND ADDRESS DOMESTIC INTIMATE 1521 01:00:54,484 --> 01:00:55,118 PARTNER AND GENDER-BASED 1522 01:00:55,118 --> 01:00:56,052 VIOLENCE THROUGH SURVIVOR 1523 01:00:56,052 --> 01:00:59,589 CENTERED, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE 1524 01:00:59,589 --> 01:01:00,757 INITIATIVES, THAT INFORMED 1525 01:01:00,757 --> 01:01:02,959 POLICY AND ADVOCACY, CAMPUS 1526 01:01:02,959 --> 01:01:04,427 PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS, AND 1527 01:01:04,427 --> 01:01:05,862 COMMUNITY AWARENESS IN SEATTLE 1528 01:01:05,862 --> 01:01:06,863 AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 1529 01:01:06,863 --> 01:01:08,097 WASHINGTON. AND IN THIS SLIDE 1530 01:01:08,097 --> 01:01:09,465 UNDER THE ACTION PORTION, YOU 1531 01:01:09,465 --> 01:01:11,634 CAN SEE JUST SOME OF THE WAYS 1532 01:01:11,634 --> 01:01:13,036 THAT WE ARE WORKING TO COMBAT 1533 01:01:13,036 --> 01:01:14,837 VIOLENCE AND ELEVATE THE VOICES 1534 01:01:14,837 --> 01:01:17,407 OF LIVED EXPERIENCES OF 1535 01:01:17,407 --> 01:01:19,275 SURVIVORS AND THEIR ADVOCATES. 1536 01:01:19,275 --> 01:01:28,117 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR HOUSING 1537 01:01:28,117 --> 01:01:29,052 STABILITY SUBCOMMITTEE WORKS TO 1538 01:01:29,052 --> 01:01:29,686 IMPROVE HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY, 1539 01:01:29,686 --> 01:01:30,486 AFFORDABILITY, AND ABUNDANCE IN 1540 01:01:30,486 --> 01:01:35,491 SEATTLE FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL 1541 01:01:35,491 --> 01:01:36,025 AGES, RACES, ETHNICITIES, 1542 01:01:36,025 --> 01:01:37,493 CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS, AND 1543 01:01:37,493 --> 01:01:42,565 ABILITIES. [ INAUDIBLE ] 1544 01:01:42,565 --> 01:01:43,166 INITIATIVES INCLUDE OFFERING 1545 01:01:43,166 --> 01:01:43,866 EDUCATION AND FAIR HOUSING 1546 01:01:43,866 --> 01:01:45,368 RIGHTS, CREATING A FAIR HOUSING 1547 01:01:45,368 --> 01:01:49,072 LAWS GUIDE FOR WOMEN AND 1548 01:01:49,072 --> 01:01:49,639 FAMILIES, DEVELOPING POLICY 1549 01:01:49,639 --> 01:01:51,941 RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT 1550 01:01:51,941 --> 01:01:52,942 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, AND 1551 01:01:52,942 --> 01:01:54,377 COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY 1552 01:01:54,377 --> 01:01:55,411 STAKEHOLDERS THEIR FUNDRAISING 1553 01:01:55,411 --> 01:01:57,480 EVENTS AND A RENTERS RESOURCE 1554 01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,983 FAIR THAT PROVIDES LEGAL AND 1555 01:02:00,983 --> 01:02:07,190 PRACTICAL SUPPORT. AND OUR THIRD 1556 01:02:07,190 --> 01:02:08,324 SUBCOMMITTEE IS OUR WOMEN'S 1557 01:02:08,324 --> 01:02:10,393 HEALTH AND WELLNESS , WHICH WAS 1558 01:02:10,393 --> 01:02:11,561 FORMALLY OUR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 1559 01:02:11,561 --> 01:02:15,331 SUBCOMMITTEE. THIS YEAR, WE 1560 01:02:15,331 --> 01:02:16,332 VOTED TO EXPAND THAT TO 1561 01:02:16,332 --> 01:02:17,467 ENCOMPASS WOMEN'S HEALTH MORE 1562 01:02:17,467 --> 01:02:23,072 BROADLY. SO, THE SUBCOMMITTEE 1563 01:02:23,072 --> 01:02:23,906 HAS IDENTIFIED FIVE 1564 01:02:23,906 --> 01:02:24,540 INTERCONNECTED PRIORITY AREAS 1565 01:02:24,540 --> 01:02:28,344 THAT WERE NOTED IN THE PREVIOUS 1566 01:02:28,344 --> 01:02:29,112 SLIDE, AND FOR TODAY'S 1567 01:02:29,112 --> 01:02:30,079 PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO 1568 01:02:30,079 --> 01:02:31,614 FOCUS ON TWO OF THOSE AREAS, 1569 01:02:31,614 --> 01:02:32,682 MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES, AND 1570 01:02:32,682 --> 01:02:37,820 GENDER-BASED HEALTH EQUITIES. IN 1571 01:02:37,820 --> 01:02:39,155 2015, MORE THAN 26 DEATHS WERE 1572 01:02:39,155 --> 01:02:44,093 REPORTED PER 100,000 PREGNANT 1573 01:02:44,093 --> 01:02:45,661 WOMEN. THIS MEANS THAT COMPARED 1574 01:02:45,661 --> 01:02:46,529 WITH THEIR OWN MOTHERS, AMERICAN 1575 01:02:46,529 --> 01:02:47,930 WOMEN TODAY ARE 50% MORE LIKELY 1576 01:02:47,930 --> 01:02:51,934 TO DIE IN CHILDBIRTH. AND THE 1577 01:02:51,934 --> 01:02:52,835 RISK IS CONSISTENTLY THREE TO 1578 01:02:52,835 --> 01:02:53,903 FOUR TIMES HIGHER FOR BLACK 1579 01:02:53,903 --> 01:02:54,704 WOMEN THAN WHITE WOMEN, 1580 01:02:54,704 --> 01:02:56,272 IRRESPECTIVE OF INCOME OR 1581 01:02:56,272 --> 01:02:57,707 EDUCATION. AND WITH REGARDS TO 1582 01:02:57,707 --> 01:02:59,809 HEALTH INEQUITIES, THE SECOND 1583 01:02:59,809 --> 01:03:00,943 PRIORITY AREA THAT WE'VE 1584 01:03:00,943 --> 01:03:05,815 IDENTIFIED , WOMEN HAVE HIGHER 1585 01:03:05,815 --> 01:03:06,849 INCIDENCE THAN MEN OF CERTAIN 1586 01:03:06,849 --> 01:03:13,456 MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS SUCH AS 1587 01:03:13,456 --> 01:03:14,490 ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND EATING 1588 01:03:14,490 --> 01:03:15,158 DISORDERS. NATIONAL DATA SHOW 1589 01:03:15,158 --> 01:03:16,492 THAT WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 1590 01:03:16,492 --> 01:03:17,860 DIAGNOSED WITH A SEXUALLY 1591 01:03:17,860 --> 01:03:21,464 TRANSMITTED INFECTION OR STI, 1592 01:03:21,464 --> 01:03:22,632 AND FINALLY, ONE IN FOUR WOMEN 1593 01:03:22,632 --> 01:03:23,866 IN THE UNITED STATES DIES FROM 1594 01:03:23,866 --> 01:03:27,203 HEART DISEASE, CORONARY HEART 1595 01:03:27,203 --> 01:03:28,671 DISEASE WHICH IS THE MOST COMMON 1596 01:03:28,671 --> 01:03:29,906 FORM IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF 1597 01:03:29,906 --> 01:03:31,140 DEATH IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. IN 1598 01:03:31,140 --> 01:03:32,742 ADDITION, WOMEN ARE AT HIGHER 1599 01:03:32,742 --> 01:03:37,713 RISK THAN MEN FOR OTHER FORMS OF 1600 01:03:37,713 --> 01:03:38,948 HEART DISEASE. ON THIS SIDE, YOU 1601 01:03:38,948 --> 01:03:40,349 CAN SEE SOME OF THE WAYS OUR 1602 01:03:40,349 --> 01:03:41,317 WOMEN'S HEALTH AND SUBCOMMITTEE 1603 01:03:41,317 --> 01:03:42,451 PLANS TO ENGAGE WITH THESE 1604 01:03:42,451 --> 01:03:46,022 PRIORITY AREAS. 1605 01:03:46,022 --> 01:03:49,492 >> JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THESE 1606 01:03:49,492 --> 01:03:50,760 ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF OTHER 1607 01:03:50,760 --> 01:03:54,864 RECENT WORK THAT WE WILL LIKELY 1608 01:03:54,864 --> 01:03:57,533 RELAUNCH IN SOME FORM IN THE 1609 01:03:57,533 --> 01:03:58,634 NEAR FUTURE AS WELL, AND AGAIN, 1610 01:03:58,634 --> 01:04:04,307 JUST [ INAUDIBLE ] A LOT OF OUR 1611 01:04:04,307 --> 01:04:05,641 EFFORTS, WHILE WE ARE DEVELOPING 1612 01:04:05,641 --> 01:04:06,609 TWO DIFFERENT PLANS AND VOTING 1613 01:04:06,609 --> 01:04:07,376 ANNUALLY ON OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, 1614 01:04:07,376 --> 01:04:09,045 THAT WE RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THESE 1615 01:04:09,045 --> 01:04:10,046 ISSUES ARE INTERCONNECTED AND [ 1616 01:04:10,046 --> 01:04:13,482 INAUDIBLE ] IN VARIOUS WAYS. AND 1617 01:04:13,482 --> 01:04:17,186 A REMINDER THAT WE ARE HERE AND 1618 01:04:17,186 --> 01:04:21,190 EAGER TO PARTNER , YOU KNOW, 1619 01:04:21,190 --> 01:04:24,327 INDIVIDUALLY AS OUR COMMISSION , 1620 01:04:24,327 --> 01:04:25,928 COLLECTIVELY AS OUR COMMISSIONS. 1621 01:04:25,928 --> 01:04:28,197 THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION IS A 1622 01:04:28,197 --> 01:04:33,436 GREAT GROUP. I MEAN, WE ARE A 1623 01:04:33,436 --> 01:04:34,737 SUPER DIVERSE, PASSIONATE GROUP 1624 01:04:34,737 --> 01:04:36,906 OF WOMEN WHO VOLUNTEER BECAUSE 1625 01:04:36,906 --> 01:04:39,675 WE CARE ABOUT OUR CITY, WE CARE 1626 01:04:39,675 --> 01:04:40,876 ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE 1627 01:04:40,876 --> 01:04:43,246 REPRESENT A LOT OF DIFFERENT 1628 01:04:43,246 --> 01:04:46,482 DISTRICTS AND PERSPECTIVES AND 1629 01:04:46,482 --> 01:04:52,688 EXPERIENCES, AND WE REALLY -- 1630 01:04:52,688 --> 01:04:53,856 YOU KNOW, WE REALLY VALUE THE 1631 01:04:53,856 --> 01:04:55,157 OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDGE THAT 1632 01:04:55,157 --> 01:04:55,825 CONNECTION WITH ELEVATING THOSE 1633 01:04:55,825 --> 01:04:56,626 COMMUNITY VOICES AND PRIORITIES, 1634 01:04:56,626 --> 01:04:58,628 AND YOU KNOW, OFFERING 1635 01:04:58,628 --> 01:05:00,196 RECOMMENDATIONS AND PARTNERING 1636 01:05:00,196 --> 01:05:02,932 AROUND OUR SHARED GOALS AND 1637 01:05:02,932 --> 01:05:06,869 PRIORITIES. AND SO, WE WELCOME 1638 01:05:06,869 --> 01:05:10,373 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT 1639 01:05:10,373 --> 01:05:11,407 SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS 1640 01:05:11,407 --> 01:05:12,508 COMMITTEE, AND CERTAINLY THE 1641 01:05:12,508 --> 01:05:15,344 FULL COUNCIL AND YOU 1642 01:05:15,344 --> 01:05:19,248 INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL. AND HERE 1643 01:05:19,248 --> 01:05:20,516 ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, AND 1644 01:05:20,516 --> 01:05:22,184 THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL 1645 01:05:22,184 --> 01:05:23,386 SEE JUST A REMINDER OF SOME OF 1646 01:05:23,386 --> 01:05:24,553 THE UPCOMING [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT 1647 01:05:24,553 --> 01:05:26,555 WE HAVE, BUT WE ARE HERE, WE ARE 1648 01:05:26,555 --> 01:05:28,024 DOING STUFF EVERY MONTH, AND WE 1649 01:05:28,024 --> 01:05:30,092 CERTAINLY WELCOME COLLABORATION 1650 01:05:30,092 --> 01:05:32,228 WITH YOU ALL. THANKS. 1651 01:05:32,228 --> 01:05:38,501 >> THANK YOU. 1652 01:05:38,501 --> 01:05:39,969 >> AND BEFORE WE MOVED TO OUR 1653 01:05:39,969 --> 01:05:41,337 NEXT PRESENTERS, I WANTED TO SAY 1654 01:05:41,337 --> 01:05:44,040 THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE WORK 1655 01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:45,207 PLAN. WE DO HAVE ONE COUNCIL 1656 01:05:45,207 --> 01:05:46,475 MEMBER WHO IS JOINING US ONLINE 1657 01:05:46,475 --> 01:05:48,210 TODAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 1658 01:05:48,210 --> 01:05:48,911 GET THAT OVER TO YOU, 1659 01:05:48,911 --> 01:05:50,146 COUNCILMEMBER TORRES AS SOON AS 1660 01:05:50,146 --> 01:05:51,814 WE GET A DIGITAL COPY. 1661 01:05:51,814 --> 01:05:53,449 >> OKAY, I WILL INTRODUCE MYSELF 1662 01:05:53,449 --> 01:06:00,690 AGAIN. I AM KODY ALLEN, IUC/M 1663 01:06:00,690 --> 01:06:02,158 PRONOUNS, AND I AM ONE OF THREE 1664 01:06:02,158 --> 01:06:07,496 COCHAIRS. [ INAUDIBLE ] WAS 1665 01:06:07,496 --> 01:06:09,265 CREATED IN THE EARLY '90 IS TO 1666 01:06:09,265 --> 01:06:12,702 ADVOCATE FOR QUEER , TRANS, AND 1667 01:06:12,702 --> 01:06:16,472 NONCONFORMING GENDER IN A VERY 1668 01:06:16,472 --> 01:06:21,677 QUEER CITY. HERE IS A LIST OF 1669 01:06:21,677 --> 01:06:23,045 ALL OF OUR MEMBERS. AS I SAID, 1670 01:06:23,045 --> 01:06:24,246 WE HAVE THREE COCHAIRS. AND WE 1671 01:06:24,246 --> 01:06:25,281 HAVE A PRETTY FULL COMMISSION 1672 01:06:25,281 --> 01:06:26,382 RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS VERY 1673 01:06:26,382 --> 01:06:29,218 EXCITING. [ INAUDIBLE ] TO FILL 1674 01:06:29,218 --> 01:06:31,554 THE REST OF OUR OPEN SEATS. SO, 1675 01:06:31,554 --> 01:06:36,125 THIS IS A STATEMENT FROM OUR 1676 01:06:36,125 --> 01:06:37,460 COCHAIRS. SO, OUR 2026-2027 WORK 1677 01:06:37,460 --> 01:06:39,362 PLAN DETAILS HOW WE WILL MEET 1678 01:06:39,362 --> 01:06:41,964 THE NEEDS OF THE LGBTQIA+ 1679 01:06:41,964 --> 01:06:52,508 SEATTLEITES WHO ARE CRUCIAL IN 1680 01:06:52,975 --> 01:06:53,642 OUR CITY. CONSTITUENTS SHARE 1681 01:06:53,642 --> 01:06:54,910 WITH US THEIR FEARS, SUCH AS 1682 01:06:54,910 --> 01:06:55,644 SAFETY CONCERNS AND PUBLIC 1683 01:06:55,644 --> 01:06:56,278 SPACES AND DEEPENING 1684 01:06:56,278 --> 01:06:56,846 UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT LEGAL 1685 01:06:56,846 --> 01:06:57,680 PROTECTIONS AMIDST RISING STIGMA 1686 01:06:57,680 --> 01:06:59,115 AND PUBLIC HOSTILITY, ESPECIALLY 1687 01:06:59,115 --> 01:06:59,615 TOWARDS TRANSGENDER AND 1688 01:06:59,615 --> 01:07:05,021 NON-BINDERY RESIDENTS. [ 1689 01:07:05,021 --> 01:07:06,655 INAUDIBLE ] HAS FEDERAL ACTIONS 1690 01:07:06,655 --> 01:07:08,958 TARGETING OUR COMMUNITIES AND 1691 01:07:08,958 --> 01:07:09,692 RENEWED EFFORTS TO RESTRICT 1692 01:07:09,692 --> 01:07:10,626 HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND RESHAPE 1693 01:07:10,626 --> 01:07:12,194 THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH WE LIVE 1694 01:07:12,194 --> 01:07:16,866 AND ORGANIZE. THESE [ INAUDIBLE 1695 01:07:16,866 --> 01:07:17,700 ] ACROSS EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, 1696 01:07:17,700 --> 01:07:19,702 INTENSIFIED BY [ INAUDIBLE ] 1697 01:07:19,702 --> 01:07:20,236 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES 1698 01:07:20,236 --> 01:07:23,406 RELOCATING AS INTERNALLY 1699 01:07:23,406 --> 01:07:24,807 DISPLACED PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR 1700 01:07:24,807 --> 01:07:27,043 OWN COUNTRY, SEEKING SAFETY 1701 01:07:27,043 --> 01:07:28,344 WHILE CONFRONTING THE 1702 01:07:28,344 --> 01:07:33,749 SKYROCKETING COST OF LIVING. YET 1703 01:07:33,749 --> 01:07:35,317 THE LGBTQ COMMISSION RESPONDS AS 1704 01:07:35,317 --> 01:07:35,885 OUR HISTORY TEACHES US TO 1705 01:07:35,885 --> 01:07:36,852 RESPOND, WITH RESILIENCE, A 1706 01:07:36,852 --> 01:07:38,254 HARD-EARNED HOPE, AND BY [ 1707 01:07:38,254 --> 01:07:41,791 INAUDIBLE ]. WE WILL STRENGTHEN 1708 01:07:41,791 --> 01:07:42,458 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND 1709 01:07:42,458 --> 01:07:43,292 IMAGINE A FUTURE THAT 1710 01:07:43,292 --> 01:07:47,129 PRIORITIZES MUTUAL [ INAUDIBLE ] 1711 01:07:47,129 --> 01:07:49,098 OVER ZERO-SUM SURVIVAL. WE MOVE 1712 01:07:49,098 --> 01:07:50,366 INTO THE CHAOS OF THIS MOMENT, 1713 01:07:50,366 --> 01:07:51,700 NOT AWAY FROM IT, CLEAR EYED 1714 01:07:51,700 --> 01:07:52,835 ABOUT THESE CHALLENGES, AND YET 1715 01:07:52,835 --> 01:07:55,104 DETERMINED THAT THIS WELCOMING 1716 01:07:55,104 --> 01:07:56,672 CITY WILL LIVE UP TO ITS VALUES, 1717 01:07:56,672 --> 01:08:00,709 NOT ONLY FOR LGBTQIA+ RESIDENTS, 1718 01:08:00,709 --> 01:08:08,117 BUT FOR ALL RESIDENTS. AND SO, 1719 01:08:08,117 --> 01:08:09,351 THESE ARE OUR THREE STANDING 1720 01:08:09,351 --> 01:08:09,952 COMMITTEES, WE HAVE OUR 1721 01:08:09,952 --> 01:08:10,753 COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SOCIAL 1722 01:08:10,753 --> 01:08:11,554 MEDIA. THIS COMMITTEE HANDLES 1723 01:08:11,554 --> 01:08:12,855 THE MOST OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS 1724 01:08:12,855 --> 01:08:17,259 WITH EXTERNAL COMMUNITY LEADERS 1725 01:08:17,259 --> 01:08:18,661 AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AS 1726 01:08:18,661 --> 01:08:19,462 WELL AS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA 1727 01:08:19,462 --> 01:08:21,063 OUTREACH. WE HAVE OUR 1728 01:08:21,063 --> 01:08:21,564 COMMISSIONS OPERATIONS 1729 01:08:21,564 --> 01:08:22,498 SUBCOMMITTEE. THIS COMMITTEE 1730 01:08:22,498 --> 01:08:28,771 ENSURES THAT WE ARE REGULARLY 1731 01:08:28,771 --> 01:08:29,872 REVIEWING OUR BYLAWS, WE ARE 1732 01:08:29,872 --> 01:08:32,108 FOLLOWING OUR BYLAWS, HANDLING 1733 01:08:32,108 --> 01:08:34,009 PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR NEW MEMBER 1734 01:08:34,009 --> 01:08:41,617 ORIENTATION, AND WHATNOT, AND 1735 01:08:41,617 --> 01:08:42,551 THEN OUR RACIAL JUSTICE AND 1736 01:08:42,551 --> 01:08:43,185 INTERSECTIONALITY COMMITTEE MAKE 1737 01:08:43,185 --> 01:08:44,787 SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE ARE 1738 01:08:44,787 --> 01:08:49,625 DOING CENTERS RACIAL JUSTICE . 1739 01:08:49,625 --> 01:08:50,426 MANY, MANY INTERSECTIONALITY IS 1740 01:08:50,426 --> 01:08:51,327 THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE 1741 01:08:51,327 --> 01:08:53,062 SERVE HAVE, BOTH WITHIN WHAT WE 1742 01:08:53,062 --> 01:08:54,430 ARE DOING INTERNALLY AND HOW WE 1743 01:08:54,430 --> 01:08:56,432 ARE COMMUNICATING AND WORKING 1744 01:08:56,432 --> 01:08:57,800 WITH OUR PARTNERS AND WITH THE 1745 01:08:57,800 --> 01:09:02,538 CITY. 1746 01:09:02,538 --> 01:09:08,911 >> ALL RIGHT, SO, I AM TERRIBLE 1747 01:09:08,911 --> 01:09:09,912 AT MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH 1748 01:09:09,912 --> 01:09:11,280 PEOPLE WHEN I SPEAK, SO THIS 1749 01:09:11,280 --> 01:09:12,414 SCENE IS PERFECT FOR ME. [ 1750 01:09:12,414 --> 01:09:14,183 LAUGHTER ] ALL RIGHT, SO I JUST 1751 01:09:14,183 --> 01:09:16,685 WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING THAT KODY 1752 01:09:16,685 --> 01:09:17,653 SHARED FROM OUR STATEMENT HERE. 1753 01:09:17,653 --> 01:09:19,421 WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS WORK 1754 01:09:19,421 --> 01:09:23,459 PLAN IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, 1755 01:09:23,459 --> 01:09:24,226 WE WANTED TO TAKE LESSONS 1756 01:09:24,226 --> 01:09:25,294 LEARNED FROM OUR PREVIOUS WORK 1757 01:09:25,294 --> 01:09:26,595 PLANS AND TAKE INTO 1758 01:09:26,595 --> 01:09:27,530 CONSIDERATION THE WORLD WE LIVE 1759 01:09:27,530 --> 01:09:29,398 IN NOW AND HOW DIFFERENT IT IS 1760 01:09:29,398 --> 01:09:31,066 FROM JUST TWO YEARS AGO, SO WE 1761 01:09:31,066 --> 01:09:33,168 ARE STARTING OFF WITH THESE 1762 01:09:33,168 --> 01:09:34,436 THREE PILLARS, AND THE NEXT FEW 1763 01:09:34,436 --> 01:09:35,971 SIDES WILL KIND OF GO INTO MORE 1764 01:09:35,971 --> 01:09:38,407 DETAIL, BUT WE ARE FOCUSING ON 1765 01:09:38,407 --> 01:09:38,941 INTERSECTIONAL ADVOCACY, 1766 01:09:38,941 --> 01:09:41,076 COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, AND 1767 01:09:41,076 --> 01:09:41,677 COMMISSION SUSTAINABILITY. IF 1768 01:09:41,677 --> 01:09:42,845 YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT 1769 01:09:42,845 --> 01:09:44,113 SLIDE. SO, EACH OF THESE COLORS 1770 01:09:44,113 --> 01:09:45,848 HAVE TWO MAIN FOCUS AREAS. WE 1771 01:09:45,848 --> 01:09:47,383 HAVE A FULL PLAN THAT WE WILL 1772 01:09:47,383 --> 01:09:54,356 SHARE A DIGITAL COPY OF WHICH 1773 01:09:54,356 --> 01:09:55,424 HAVE INDIVIDUAL GOALS THAT HAVE 1774 01:09:55,424 --> 01:09:56,692 A MEASURABLE OUTCOME AND THE 1775 01:09:56,692 --> 01:09:59,361 TANGIBLE PACKED. THIS COULD BE 1776 01:09:59,361 --> 01:10:00,863 POLICY PROPOSALS OR THEY COULD 1777 01:10:00,863 --> 01:10:03,265 BE MEETINGS WITH COCHAIRS. AND 1778 01:10:03,265 --> 01:10:04,700 THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY 1779 01:10:04,700 --> 01:10:09,538 OUTREACH COMMITTEE AND WANTED TO 1780 01:10:09,538 --> 01:10:10,739 GET SOME STUFF TOGETHER, SO IT 1781 01:10:10,739 --> 01:10:12,675 HAS BEEN ON MY TO DO LIST. I AM 1782 01:10:12,675 --> 01:10:13,809 LOOKING FORWARD TO WAYS THAT WE 1783 01:10:13,809 --> 01:10:14,643 CAN CENTER THE INTERSECTIONAL 1784 01:10:14,643 --> 01:10:20,416 NATURE OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY IN 1785 01:10:20,416 --> 01:10:21,417 PARTICULAR. THERE IS NO QUEER 1786 01:10:21,417 --> 01:10:22,217 COMMUNITY SEPARATE FROM THE 1787 01:10:22,217 --> 01:10:23,452 COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE, SO WE ARE 1788 01:10:23,452 --> 01:10:24,453 EVERYWHERE WITHIN THE VARIOUS 1789 01:10:24,453 --> 01:10:25,888 COMMUNITIES, AND WE WANT TO MAKE 1790 01:10:25,888 --> 01:10:29,024 SURE THAT THE VOICE THAT WE ARE 1791 01:10:29,024 --> 01:10:30,392 GIVING TO ISSUES AND THE WAY WE 1792 01:10:30,392 --> 01:10:31,393 SHINE A LIGHT ON THINGS 1793 01:10:31,393 --> 01:10:32,695 REPRESENTS EVERYONE IN THE QUEER 1794 01:10:32,695 --> 01:10:34,396 COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF WHO 1795 01:10:34,396 --> 01:10:35,798 THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY COME 1796 01:10:35,798 --> 01:10:41,203 FROM. SO, SOME THINGS THAT WE 1797 01:10:41,203 --> 01:10:42,371 ARE TALKING ABOUT ON HERE, OF 1798 01:10:42,371 --> 01:10:43,872 COURSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF 1799 01:10:43,872 --> 01:10:44,540 CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMETHING 1800 01:10:44,540 --> 01:10:45,674 LIKE AN OFFICE FOR TRENDS AND 1801 01:10:45,674 --> 01:10:47,109 QUEER AFFAIRS. [ INAUDIBLE ] WE 1802 01:10:47,109 --> 01:10:48,344 ARE ALSO WORKING ON WHAT THE 1803 01:10:48,344 --> 01:10:49,178 COMMUNITY RAPID RESPONSE PLAN 1804 01:10:49,178 --> 01:10:53,415 LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF INCREASED 1805 01:10:53,415 --> 01:10:54,483 ATTACKS, ESPECIALLY ON 1806 01:10:54,483 --> 01:10:56,452 TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. WE DID SOME 1807 01:10:56,452 --> 01:10:58,053 IMPORTANT WORK IN FEBRUARY IN 1808 01:10:58,053 --> 01:10:59,788 THE COMMITTEE MEETING ON THAT, 1809 01:10:59,788 --> 01:11:05,828 WHICH I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SORT 1810 01:11:05,828 --> 01:11:07,196 OF GET A LOT OF COMMITTEE [ 1811 01:11:07,196 --> 01:11:08,430 INAUDIBLE ]. IN ADDITION, WE ARE 1812 01:11:08,430 --> 01:11:09,665 ALSO WORKING ON AMPLIFYING THIS 1813 01:11:09,665 --> 01:11:10,966 WELCOMING CITY INITIATIVES THAT 1814 01:11:10,966 --> 01:11:14,169 WE HAVE, AND BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE 1815 01:11:14,169 --> 01:11:15,137 SOMETHING TANGIBLE COME OUT OF 1816 01:11:15,137 --> 01:11:16,805 ALL OF THAT. WANT TO GO TO THE 1817 01:11:16,805 --> 01:11:18,240 NEXT SLIDE. THERE IS A LOT OF 1818 01:11:18,240 --> 01:11:19,408 OVERLAP HERE WITH COMMUNITY 1819 01:11:19,408 --> 01:11:20,409 EMPOWERMENT AS WELL. AGAIN, I 1820 01:11:20,409 --> 01:11:21,844 JUST MENTIONED OUR COMMUNITY 1821 01:11:21,844 --> 01:11:26,015 ADVOCACY MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY. 1822 01:11:26,015 --> 01:11:27,116 IT WAS OUR INITIAL STARTING 1823 01:11:27,116 --> 01:11:28,717 MEETING FOR THAT SERIES, WE ARE 1824 01:11:28,717 --> 01:11:29,418 DOING A QUARTERLY, SO WE HAD 1825 01:11:29,418 --> 01:11:30,953 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WITH US. WE 1826 01:11:30,953 --> 01:11:33,155 HAD COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER COMING 1827 01:11:33,155 --> 01:11:35,491 IN MAY. COUNCILMEMBER 1828 01:11:35,491 --> 01:11:42,598 HOLLINGSWORTH IN AUGUST. AND 1829 01:11:42,598 --> 01:11:43,365 COUNCILMEMBER LIN IN NOVEMBER, 1830 01:11:43,365 --> 01:11:45,000 SO THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU. AND 1831 01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:46,468 WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE UNDER THIS 1832 01:11:46,468 --> 01:11:47,636 ONE HERE? SOME OTHER TANGIBLE 1833 01:11:47,636 --> 01:11:50,272 THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT. WE 1834 01:11:50,272 --> 01:11:51,507 ARE VOTING ON WHERE THESE GOALS 1835 01:11:51,507 --> 01:11:52,675 IN OUR UPCOMING MEETING, BUT YOU 1836 01:11:52,675 --> 01:11:53,942 KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO AMPLIFY 1837 01:11:53,942 --> 01:11:54,777 THINGS LIKE OUR COMMUNITY 1838 01:11:54,777 --> 01:11:55,911 ADVOCACY MEETINGS BEING A BRIDGE 1839 01:11:55,911 --> 01:11:58,280 BETWEEN THE BROADER COMMUNITY 1840 01:11:58,280 --> 01:12:02,618 AND CITY ENTITIES LIKE THE CITY 1841 01:12:02,618 --> 01:12:03,319 COUNCIL AND OTHERS. SO, THAT IS 1842 01:12:03,319 --> 01:12:05,354 SORT OF OUR GOAL THERE, IS TO 1843 01:12:05,354 --> 01:12:06,322 BRING NEEDS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE 1844 01:12:06,322 --> 01:12:10,292 THE ANSWERS AND THE RESOURCES, 1845 01:12:10,292 --> 01:12:11,527 AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TOGETHER 1846 01:12:11,527 --> 01:12:13,295 WITH OUR COMMUNITY. GO TO THE 1847 01:12:13,295 --> 01:12:16,865 THIRD SLIDE. YES, COOL, ALL 1848 01:12:16,865 --> 01:12:20,869 RIGHT. AND THEN COMMISSION 1849 01:12:20,869 --> 01:12:21,770 SUSTAINABILITY IS THE LAST ONE. 1850 01:12:21,770 --> 01:12:22,905 BASICALLY, THIS IS JUST WORKING 1851 01:12:22,905 --> 01:12:24,506 ON ALL THE LESS SHINY PARTS OF 1852 01:12:24,506 --> 01:12:27,142 THE COMMISSION THAT OFTEN FALL 1853 01:12:27,142 --> 01:12:28,177 UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. 1854 01:12:28,177 --> 01:12:30,312 THINGS LIKE WORKING ON OUR 1855 01:12:30,312 --> 01:12:32,414 BYLAWS AND SETTING UP AN ON 1856 01:12:32,414 --> 01:12:37,252 BOARDING PROCESS FOR NEW 1857 01:12:37,252 --> 01:12:38,220 COMMISSIONERS. WE ALSO WANT TO 1858 01:12:38,220 --> 01:12:39,154 PRIORITIZE ENSURING THAT OUR 1859 01:12:39,154 --> 01:12:40,589 COMMISSION REFLECTS AND 1860 01:12:40,589 --> 01:12:42,091 REPRESENTS OUR BROADER 1861 01:12:42,091 --> 01:12:45,027 COMMUNITY. SO, IN ADDITION TO 1862 01:12:45,027 --> 01:12:48,263 THAT, BUILDING CAPACITY IN 1863 01:12:48,263 --> 01:12:49,398 FUTURE YEARS. IT IS OUR HOPE 1864 01:12:49,398 --> 01:12:54,303 THAT TWO, FIVE, 10 YEARS FROM 1865 01:12:54,303 --> 01:12:55,471 NOW, THAT IS THE TRANSFER OF 1866 01:12:55,471 --> 01:12:57,172 KNOWLEDGE AND EMPOWERING OF 1867 01:12:57,172 --> 01:12:59,875 PEOPLE COMING AFTER US LEAVE THE 1868 01:12:59,875 --> 01:13:01,176 COMMISSION BETTER THAN THEY 1869 01:13:01,176 --> 01:13:04,780 FOUND IT, SO THAT IS SOMETHING 1870 01:13:04,780 --> 01:13:05,647 I'M EXCITED ABOUT BUILDING OUT 1871 01:13:05,647 --> 01:13:07,716 IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS WELL. 1872 01:13:07,716 --> 01:13:09,118 NEXT SLIDE. I KNOW, I'M STILL 1873 01:13:09,118 --> 01:13:13,255 TALKING. 1874 01:13:13,255 --> 01:13:14,757 >> YEAH, SO THIS SLIDE IS JUST 1875 01:13:14,757 --> 01:13:15,724 SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT 1876 01:13:15,724 --> 01:13:17,159 WE WANTED TO SHARE FROM 2025, SO 1877 01:13:17,159 --> 01:13:18,961 I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF 1878 01:13:18,961 --> 01:13:20,462 THEM, BUT I WILL READ THROUGH A 1879 01:13:20,462 --> 01:13:21,663 COUPLE. SO, WE COLLABORATED ON 1880 01:13:21,663 --> 01:13:24,933 DRAFTING AND EDUCATING THE 1881 01:13:24,933 --> 01:13:26,502 COMMUNITY ON THE CITY'S SHIELD 1882 01:13:26,502 --> 01:13:29,004 LAW. WE PARTNERED WITH MULTIPLE 1883 01:13:29,004 --> 01:13:30,239 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND 1884 01:13:30,239 --> 01:13:31,707 STATE DEPARTMENTS TO DIVERT OUR 1885 01:13:31,707 --> 01:13:37,279 ANTI- QUEER RALLY AT THE PARK. 1886 01:13:37,279 --> 01:13:39,581 WE ENGAGED WITH THE COUNCIL TO 1887 01:13:39,581 --> 01:13:43,318 ADVOCATE FOR LGBTQIA+ IN AND 1888 01:13:43,318 --> 01:13:48,624 VISIBILITY [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1889 01:13:48,624 --> 01:13:49,525 ESPECIALLY DURING PRIDE MONTH 1890 01:13:49,525 --> 01:13:51,093 AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT IS 1891 01:13:51,093 --> 01:13:52,194 GOING TO HAVE ON PRIDE MONTH 1892 01:13:52,194 --> 01:13:58,667 CELEBRATIONS. WE BEGAN A SOCIAL 1893 01:13:58,667 --> 01:13:59,668 MEDIA CAMPAIGN THAT WAS VERY 1894 01:13:59,668 --> 01:14:00,502 SUCCESSFUL IN EDUCATING THE 1895 01:14:00,502 --> 01:14:01,937 COMMUNITY ON [ INAUDIBLE ] ON A 1896 01:14:01,937 --> 01:14:03,105 STATEWIDE LEVEL, COUNTY AND 1897 01:14:03,105 --> 01:14:07,810 CITYWIDE LEVEL. AS ALWAYS, WE 1898 01:14:07,810 --> 01:14:09,044 HAVE SEEN THE PRIDE FLAG 1899 01:14:09,044 --> 01:14:12,648 RAISING, [ INAUDIBLE ]. WE 1900 01:14:12,648 --> 01:14:17,553 LAUNCHED THE PORTAL OF COMMUNITY 1901 01:14:17,553 --> 01:14:21,023 ADVOCACY MEETINGS THAT JESSA WAS 1902 01:14:21,023 --> 01:14:25,894 TALKING ABOUT. [ INAUDIBLE ] 1903 01:14:25,894 --> 01:14:27,396 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT, 1904 01:14:27,396 --> 01:14:29,164 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AND 1905 01:14:29,164 --> 01:14:34,203 COMMISSIONERS IN TOTAL 1906 01:14:34,203 --> 01:14:34,803 VOLUNTEERED APPROXIMATELY 400 1907 01:14:34,803 --> 01:14:35,370 HOURS COLLECTIVELY, THAT 1908 01:14:35,370 --> 01:14:36,538 INCLUDES REGULAR MEETINGS, AND 1909 01:14:36,538 --> 01:14:38,340 THEN AN ADDITIONAL $375 OF 1910 01:14:38,340 --> 01:14:40,709 COMMUNITY WORK AT EVENTS OUTSIDE 1911 01:14:40,709 --> 01:14:43,479 OUR REGULAR MEETINGS. 1912 01:14:43,479 --> 01:14:45,214 >> THANK YOU. 1913 01:14:45,214 --> 01:14:49,751 >> THANK YOU. 1914 01:14:49,751 --> 01:14:53,422 >> AND NOW MOVING THROUGH [ 1915 01:14:53,422 --> 01:14:55,557 INAUDIBLE ], I WILL REINTRODUCE 1916 01:14:55,557 --> 01:14:58,360 MYSELF, I AM BIANCA GALLEGOS, MY 1917 01:14:58,360 --> 01:15:02,464 PRONOUNS ARE SHE/HER. AND A 1918 01:15:02,464 --> 01:15:03,932 VISUAL DESCRIPTION OF ME AS I AM 1919 01:15:03,932 --> 01:15:05,167 BRUNETTE, MY HAIR LENGTH IS TO 1920 01:15:05,167 --> 01:15:06,435 MY SHOULDER, I AM WEARING A 1921 01:15:06,435 --> 01:15:10,239 MAROON TOP, AND A BROWN AND -- 1922 01:15:10,239 --> 01:15:11,406 JACKET WITH BROWN PANTS. MOVING 1923 01:15:11,406 --> 01:15:18,447 FORWARD WITH WHAT IS THE SEATTLE 1924 01:15:18,447 --> 01:15:19,848 DISABILITIES COMMISSION? SEATTLE 1925 01:15:19,848 --> 01:15:22,217 DISABILITY COMMISSION ADVISES 1926 01:15:22,217 --> 01:15:22,985 THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND 1927 01:15:22,985 --> 01:15:23,952 CITY DEPARTMENTS ABOUT ISSUES OF 1928 01:15:23,952 --> 01:15:24,953 IMPORTANCE TO PEOPLE WITH 1929 01:15:24,953 --> 01:15:30,959 DISABILITIES. TO THE CITY AND 1930 01:15:30,959 --> 01:15:32,261 MATTERS AFFECTING THE CONCERNS 1931 01:15:32,261 --> 01:15:35,364 OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I 1932 01:15:35,364 --> 01:15:38,967 ENCOURAGE US [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 1933 01:15:38,967 --> 01:15:41,436 THE LARGER SEATTLE COMMUNITY. 1934 01:15:41,436 --> 01:15:46,642 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND FOR OUR 1935 01:15:46,642 --> 01:15:47,809 2025-2026 IMPACT AND 1936 01:15:47,809 --> 01:15:50,512 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, MOST NOTABLY, 1937 01:15:50,512 --> 01:15:53,715 THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE OF THEM. 1938 01:15:53,715 --> 01:15:55,117 THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE HAS BEEN 1939 01:15:55,117 --> 01:16:01,690 THAT [ INAUDIBLE ] CAPACITY. WE 1940 01:16:01,690 --> 01:16:02,557 HAVE 14 CONFIRMATIONS OF 1941 01:16:02,557 --> 01:16:03,759 COMMISSIONERS IN THE YEAR 2025, 1942 01:16:03,759 --> 01:16:04,693 AND DUE TO THE INCREASE IN 1943 01:16:04,693 --> 01:16:05,661 MEMBERSHIP, THERE HAS BEEN AN 1944 01:16:05,661 --> 01:16:06,895 EXPANSION TO THREE COCHAIRS, AND 1945 01:16:06,895 --> 01:16:09,598 SECOND, COSPONSORED A CANDIDATE 1946 01:16:09,598 --> 01:16:12,801 FORUM AROUND DISABILITY ISSUES 1947 01:16:12,801 --> 01:16:13,835 FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND 1948 01:16:13,835 --> 01:16:16,305 THAT HAS BEEN A FIRST IN OVER 1949 01:16:16,305 --> 01:16:21,443 FOUR YEARS. THIRD, ADVISED AND 1950 01:16:21,443 --> 01:16:22,711 CONSULTED FIFA SEATTLE MATTERS 1951 01:16:22,711 --> 01:16:23,445 RELATED TO DISABILITY AND 1952 01:16:23,445 --> 01:16:26,081 TOURISM FOR THE FIFA MEN'S WORLD 1953 01:16:26,081 --> 01:16:29,451 CUP 2026 IN SEATTLE. FOURTH, 1954 01:16:29,451 --> 01:16:30,252 CONTINUED THE POWER OF 1955 01:16:30,252 --> 01:16:33,555 WHEELCHAIR CHARGING STATION 1956 01:16:33,555 --> 01:16:35,691 ROLLOUT, AND LASTLY, ADVOCATED 1957 01:16:35,691 --> 01:16:37,426 VIA LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE 1958 01:16:37,426 --> 01:16:38,560 WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE FOR 1959 01:16:38,560 --> 01:16:39,861 THE CONTINUATION OF FUNDING FOR 1960 01:16:39,861 --> 01:16:45,400 THE WASHINGTON [ INAUDIBLE ] 1961 01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:46,168 LIBRARY AFTER ANNOUNCING BUDGET 1962 01:16:46,168 --> 01:16:48,070 CUTS. NOW I AM TURNING IT OVER 1963 01:16:48,070 --> 01:16:49,171 TO MY COCHAIR, SCOT NELSON. 1964 01:16:49,171 --> 01:16:59,715 >> HI. MY NAME IS SCOT NELSON, I 1965 01:17:02,317 --> 01:17:03,819 USE HE AND HIS PRONOUNS. I HAVE 1966 01:17:03,819 --> 01:17:04,987 SHORT BROWN HAIR, I AM A WHITE 1967 01:17:04,987 --> 01:17:06,455 MALE IN HIS MID-TO-LATE 20s. I 1968 01:17:06,455 --> 01:17:09,491 WEAR GLASSES. I AM WEARING A 1969 01:17:09,491 --> 01:17:10,826 GREEN, BUTTON-DOWN SHIRT. AND I 1970 01:17:10,826 --> 01:17:14,396 WANTED TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE 1971 01:17:14,396 --> 01:17:16,765 HAVE A THIRD COCHAIR WHO IS NOT 1972 01:17:16,765 --> 01:17:23,639 HERE TODAY, JJ JENSEN. YEAH. SO, 1973 01:17:23,639 --> 01:17:28,477 FOR THE 2025 TO 2026 SEASON, WE 1974 01:17:28,477 --> 01:17:32,581 SAW AN ABSOLUTE EXPLOSION IN THE 1975 01:17:32,581 --> 01:17:34,016 CAPACITY THAT WE CAN TAKE ON AND 1976 01:17:34,016 --> 01:17:35,584 THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING THAT 1977 01:17:35,584 --> 01:17:38,720 WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN SINCE 1978 01:17:38,720 --> 01:17:41,023 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AND OUR 1979 01:17:41,023 --> 01:17:44,626 PARTNERS THAT WE WANTED TO 1980 01:17:44,626 --> 01:17:45,794 SPOTLIGHT IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS 1981 01:17:45,794 --> 01:17:48,397 PAST YEAR HAS BEEN THE 1982 01:17:48,397 --> 01:17:51,700 WASHINGTON TALKING AND BRAILLE 1983 01:17:51,700 --> 01:17:54,836 LIBRARY. WE LEARNED A LOT FROM 1984 01:17:54,836 --> 01:17:56,438 THEM ABOUT SERVICES THAT THEY 1985 01:17:56,438 --> 01:18:00,909 PROVIDE , AND WE WERE ABLE TO 1986 01:18:00,909 --> 01:18:04,946 SUBMIT A LETTER OF ADVOCACY TO 1987 01:18:04,946 --> 01:18:07,783 WASHINGTON STATE , BECAUSE THEY 1988 01:18:07,783 --> 01:18:11,653 FACED FUNDING ISSUES AT THE 1989 01:18:11,653 --> 01:18:18,694 STATE LEVEL. AS WELL AS THE 1990 01:18:18,694 --> 01:18:19,694 FORENSIC WATERFRONT PARK, SO WE 1991 01:18:19,694 --> 01:18:20,962 WERE GRACIOUSLY INVITED EARLIER 1992 01:18:20,962 --> 01:18:26,535 THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR , SORRY, 1993 01:18:26,535 --> 01:18:29,204 THE WATERFRONT PARK HAD ITS 1994 01:18:29,204 --> 01:18:35,043 GRAND OPENING [ INAUDIBLE ] 1995 01:18:35,043 --> 01:18:36,044 STARTED THE INAUGURAL TOUR OF 1996 01:18:36,044 --> 01:18:37,045 ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES DONE AT 1997 01:18:37,045 --> 01:18:38,513 THE WATERFRONT, WHICH WERE VERY 1998 01:18:38,513 --> 01:18:44,920 IMPRESSIVE. I THINK WE CAN GO TO 1999 01:18:44,920 --> 01:18:48,123 THE NEXT SLIDE. THROUGHOUT 2025 2000 01:18:48,123 --> 01:18:49,424 AND 2026, WE HAVE PARTNERED A 2001 01:18:49,424 --> 01:18:54,096 LOT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS . 2002 01:18:54,096 --> 01:18:56,932 OBVIOUSLY, THE WASHINGTON 2003 01:18:56,932 --> 01:18:58,834 TALKING AND BRAILLE LIBRARY AND 2004 01:18:58,834 --> 01:19:00,569 THE FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT PARK. 2005 01:19:00,569 --> 01:19:03,238 WE, TOO, HAD CONSULTATION WITH 2006 01:19:03,238 --> 01:19:04,473 THE LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 2007 01:19:04,473 --> 01:19:09,144 FOR THE FIFA 2026 WORLD CUP 2008 01:19:09,144 --> 01:19:10,712 AROUND ISSUES OF DISABILITY 2009 01:19:10,712 --> 01:19:13,715 ACCESS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BOOM 2010 01:19:13,715 --> 01:19:17,219 IN TOURISM THAT WE ARE 2011 01:19:17,219 --> 01:19:18,353 EXPECTING, AS WELL AS THE 2012 01:19:18,353 --> 01:19:19,321 WASHINGTON CIVIL DISABILITY 2013 01:19:19,321 --> 01:19:22,457 ADVOCATES. APART FROM THAT, WE 2014 01:19:22,457 --> 01:19:25,627 HAVE HAD A LOT OF DIALOGUE AND A 2015 01:19:25,627 --> 01:19:26,695 LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT WORK 2016 01:19:26,695 --> 01:19:28,797 BEING PUSHED FORWARD AT THE 2017 01:19:28,797 --> 01:19:31,466 LEVEL OF SEATTLE'S DEPARTMENTS. 2018 01:19:31,466 --> 01:19:36,505 SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE WORK VERY 2019 01:19:36,505 --> 01:19:37,072 CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE FOR 2020 01:19:37,072 --> 01:19:38,974 CIVIL RIGHTS, BUT WE HAVE HAD 2021 01:19:38,974 --> 01:19:40,976 PROJECTS OVER THIS PAST YEAR , 2022 01:19:40,976 --> 01:19:43,879 YEAR AND A HALF WITH FAS , PARKS 2023 01:19:43,879 --> 01:19:46,882 AND RECREATION, SDOT, THE 2024 01:19:46,882 --> 01:19:49,251 SEATTLE CENTER , SEATTLE PUBLIC 2025 01:19:49,251 --> 01:19:53,355 LIBRARY, AS WELL AS THE CONSTANT 2026 01:19:53,355 --> 01:19:54,356 COMMUNICATION WITH OUR SISTER 2027 01:19:54,356 --> 01:19:55,891 COMMISSIONS HERE, AND ONE OF OUR 2028 01:19:55,891 --> 01:20:00,328 BIG GOALS MOVING FORWARD IS TO 2029 01:20:00,328 --> 01:20:04,399 UTILIZE THE POSITION ALI THAT 2030 01:20:04,399 --> 01:20:06,601 THE ADVISORY COMMISSIONS HAVE TO 2031 01:20:06,601 --> 01:20:08,804 FACILITATE REALLY STRONG 2032 01:20:08,804 --> 01:20:12,340 TEAMWORK BETWEEN COMMISSIONS , 2033 01:20:12,340 --> 01:20:14,442 CITY DEPARTMENTS , AND CITY 2034 01:20:14,442 --> 01:20:22,050 COUNCIL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 2035 01:20:22,050 --> 01:20:23,185 MOVING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, 2036 01:20:23,185 --> 01:20:25,053 WE HAVE SOME VERY STRONG 2037 01:20:25,053 --> 01:20:30,759 COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN SET 2038 01:20:30,759 --> 01:20:31,993 UP, HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING, AND 2039 01:20:31,993 --> 01:20:32,961 ARE ALREADY WORKING ON ADVANCING 2040 01:20:32,961 --> 01:20:34,262 OUR GOALS FORWARD. THESE ARE THE 2041 01:20:34,262 --> 01:20:37,632 COMMITTEES THAT WE ESTABLISHED 2042 01:20:37,632 --> 01:20:42,871 EARLIER AT OUR LAST RETREAT. OUR 2043 01:20:42,871 --> 01:20:43,838 ADVOCACY AND REPRESENTATION 2044 01:20:43,838 --> 01:20:48,910 COMMITTEE IS DOING FANTASTIC 2045 01:20:48,910 --> 01:20:49,978 WORK, ENSURING THAT THE SEATTLE 2046 01:20:49,978 --> 01:20:50,679 DISABILITY COMMISSION IS A 2047 01:20:50,679 --> 01:20:51,846 BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND 2048 01:20:51,846 --> 01:20:54,449 REPRESENTATIVES. THE COMMISSION 2049 01:20:54,449 --> 01:20:56,651 WILL PRIORITIZE INTENTIONALLY 2050 01:20:56,651 --> 01:21:00,255 LISTENING AND SPEAKING OUT 2051 01:21:00,255 --> 01:21:01,690 VOICES THAT EXIST IN MARGINS. 2052 01:21:01,690 --> 01:21:06,361 ACCESSIBILITY IS A DIFFICULT 2053 01:21:06,361 --> 01:21:07,295 CATEGORY SOMETIMES BECAUSE 2054 01:21:07,295 --> 01:21:10,799 SOMETIMES IT IMPACTS PEOPLE'S 2055 01:21:10,799 --> 01:21:14,703 ABILITY TO BE HEARD. IT DOESN'T 2056 01:21:14,703 --> 01:21:16,571 SO MUCH IMPACT THAT PEOPLE NEED 2057 01:21:16,571 --> 01:21:19,374 THINGS AND THAT PEOPLE HAVE 2058 01:21:19,374 --> 01:21:21,743 VOICES THAT THEY ARE EXPRESSING 2059 01:21:21,743 --> 01:21:27,048 WITH, BUT MORE THAT 2060 01:21:27,048 --> 01:21:27,682 STRUCTURALLY, IT'S DIFFICULT 2061 01:21:27,682 --> 01:21:29,050 FOR THOSE VOICES TO BE HEARD 2062 01:21:29,050 --> 01:21:34,055 BASED ON HISTORICAL CONTINGENCY. 2063 01:21:34,055 --> 01:21:36,224 OUR SECURITY AND ACCESS 2064 01:21:36,224 --> 01:21:39,961 COMMITTEE IS TASKED WITH 2065 01:21:39,961 --> 01:21:41,363 ENSURING THAT EVERY PERSON'S 2066 01:21:41,363 --> 01:21:44,232 BASIC NECESSITIES ARE MET, SO, 2067 01:21:44,232 --> 01:21:45,867 THIS IS OUR COMMITTEE THAT DEALS 2068 01:21:45,867 --> 01:21:50,338 WITH A LOT OF IMPORTANT ISSUES 2069 01:21:50,338 --> 01:21:51,473 TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN 2070 01:21:51,473 --> 01:21:53,475 SEATTLE AREA LIKE JOB SECURITY 2071 01:21:53,475 --> 01:21:58,580 AND HOUSING ISSUES . WE WANT 2072 01:21:58,580 --> 01:22:00,248 PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO, NO MATTER 2073 01:22:00,248 --> 01:22:04,286 WHAT THEIR ABILITY STATUS IS, TO 2074 01:22:04,286 --> 01:22:05,921 BE ABLE TO FIND MEANINGFUL WORK 2075 01:22:05,921 --> 01:22:07,489 AND TO FIND A PLACE TO REST 2076 01:22:07,489 --> 01:22:11,126 THEIR HEAD AS SORT OF A BASIC 2077 01:22:11,126 --> 01:22:12,627 HUMAN RIGHT. AND OUR INTERNAL 2078 01:22:12,627 --> 01:22:16,531 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 2079 01:22:16,531 --> 01:22:17,899 IS TASKED WITH ENSURING THAT THE 2080 01:22:17,899 --> 01:22:18,867 SEATTLE DISABILITY COMMISSION 2081 01:22:18,867 --> 01:22:23,204 STAYS CONNECTED TO THIS WORK 2082 01:22:23,204 --> 01:22:24,472 WITH COMMUNITY AND FELLOW 2083 01:22:24,472 --> 01:22:28,410 COMMISSIONERS. BECAUSE WE HAD 2084 01:22:28,410 --> 01:22:29,577 THAT EXPANSION IN OUR CAPACITY, 2085 01:22:29,577 --> 01:22:30,879 WE ARE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL 2086 01:22:30,879 --> 01:22:32,280 ABOUT THE SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE 2087 01:22:32,280 --> 01:22:37,319 SETTING UP, AND THE ENGINE THAT 2088 01:22:37,319 --> 01:22:38,453 WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER, WE ARE 2089 01:22:38,453 --> 01:22:39,654 BUILDING BLOCK BY BLOCK, TO BE 2090 01:22:39,654 --> 01:22:40,789 ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE, 2091 01:22:40,789 --> 01:22:45,827 AND IN A LOT OF CASES, DO THE 2092 01:22:45,827 --> 01:22:47,929 VERY, VERY REAL WORK OF 2093 01:22:47,929 --> 01:22:50,799 COMPILING , GATHERING, AND 2094 01:22:50,799 --> 01:22:53,134 SHARING INFORMATION BETWEEN THE 2095 01:22:53,134 --> 01:22:54,235 DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE 2096 01:22:54,235 --> 01:22:58,173 SAW IN THE DEFINITION EARLIER 2097 01:22:58,173 --> 01:23:00,508 THAT IS SET OUT IN THE LAW FOR 2098 01:23:00,508 --> 01:23:01,643 WHAT THE SEATTLE DISABILITY 2099 01:23:01,643 --> 01:23:02,811 COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO BE 2100 01:23:02,811 --> 01:23:07,549 DOING. SO, THANK YOU VERY, VERY 2101 01:23:07,549 --> 01:23:09,351 MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME , 2102 01:23:09,351 --> 01:23:13,088 COUNCILMEMBERS. IT HAS BEEN A 2103 01:23:13,088 --> 01:23:16,791 PLEASURE. 2104 01:23:16,791 --> 01:23:20,562 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WHAT A 2105 01:23:20,562 --> 01:23:22,364 NICE WAY TO END. THANK YOU SO 2106 01:23:22,364 --> 01:23:27,736 MUCH, SCOTT, AND THANK YOU TO 2107 01:23:27,736 --> 01:23:29,037 ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS. AND I 2108 01:23:29,037 --> 01:23:30,171 WILL AGAIN SAY THANK YOU FOR 2109 01:23:30,171 --> 01:23:31,506 YOUR TIME. I KNOW THE LGBTQ 2110 01:23:31,506 --> 01:23:36,411 COMMISSION PRESENTED SOME 2111 01:23:36,411 --> 01:23:37,011 TRACKING NUMBERS AROUND THE 2112 01:23:37,011 --> 01:23:38,213 NUMBER OF HOURS THAT YOU SPENT 2113 01:23:38,213 --> 01:23:39,114 VOLUNTEERING, BOTH JUST GOING TO 2114 01:23:39,114 --> 01:23:39,914 COMMISSION MEETINGS, DURING THE 2115 01:23:39,914 --> 01:23:40,915 REGULAR BUSINESS, AS WELL AS 2116 01:23:40,915 --> 01:23:41,983 BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF THAT, AND 2117 01:23:41,983 --> 01:23:43,151 I'M SURE THAT IT IS PROBABLY 2118 01:23:43,151 --> 01:23:44,619 MUCH THE SAME ACROSS ALL OF THE 2119 01:23:44,619 --> 01:23:45,820 COMMISSIONS IN TERMS OF THE 2120 01:23:45,820 --> 01:23:46,921 NUMBERS OF HOURS THAT WERE 2121 01:23:46,921 --> 01:23:48,456 SPENDING BOTH TOGETHER AND OUT 2122 01:23:48,456 --> 01:23:49,657 IN COMMUNITY, AND SO, I REALLY 2123 01:23:49,657 --> 01:23:50,925 WANT TO BOTH THINK AND COMMEND 2124 01:23:50,925 --> 01:23:56,398 YOU FOR THAT SERVICE. I MYSELF 2125 01:23:56,398 --> 01:23:57,699 WAS A MEMBER OF THE KING COUNTY 2126 01:23:57,699 --> 01:23:58,633 WOMEN'S COMMISSION FOR A LITTLE 2127 01:23:58,633 --> 01:23:59,634 WHILE, AND REALLY VALUE THE 2128 01:23:59,634 --> 01:24:00,502 COMMUNITY AND THE PARTNERSHIP 2129 01:24:00,502 --> 01:24:02,437 THERE, AND SO, JUST WANT TO SAY, 2130 01:24:02,437 --> 01:24:05,140 IT IS INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL. AND 2131 01:24:05,140 --> 01:24:06,808 I KNOW SOME OF US HAVE PLANS TO 2132 01:24:06,808 --> 01:24:07,876 VISIT SOME OF YOUR COMMITTEES 2133 01:24:07,876 --> 01:24:09,010 ALREADY, BUT NOT OTHERS, AND WE 2134 01:24:09,010 --> 01:24:10,278 HEAR THAT AS A REQUEST COMING 2135 01:24:10,278 --> 01:24:13,948 FROM YOU ALL TODAY, AND SO, WE 2136 01:24:13,948 --> 01:24:15,150 LOOK FORWARD TO -- MY OFFICE 2137 01:24:15,150 --> 01:24:16,151 WILL CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO 2138 01:24:16,151 --> 01:24:17,652 FOLLOWING UP AND MAKING SURE 2139 01:24:17,652 --> 01:24:18,787 THAT HAPPENS. AT SOME POINT. [ 2140 01:24:18,787 --> 01:24:20,021 LAUGHTER ] IS A NEWLY ELECTED 2141 01:24:20,021 --> 01:24:21,356 COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I AM LOOKING 2142 01:24:21,356 --> 01:24:22,457 FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO 2143 01:24:22,457 --> 01:24:26,995 COLLABORATE WITH YOU ALL MORE. 2144 01:24:26,995 --> 01:24:28,163 COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR 2145 01:24:28,163 --> 01:24:31,599 OUR PRESENTERS THIS AFTERNOON? 2146 01:24:31,599 --> 01:24:36,237 ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2147 01:24:36,237 --> 01:24:37,806 HOLLINGSWORTH? 2148 01:24:37,806 --> 01:24:41,976 >> SORRY. I WON THE PRIZE. WE 2149 01:24:41,976 --> 01:24:45,380 WERE ALL RUSHING TO HIT GO, AND 2150 01:24:45,380 --> 01:24:47,015 THEN MY HAND POPPED UP FIRST. 2151 01:24:47,015 --> 01:24:50,251 WELL, FIRST OFF, JUST WANTING TO 2152 01:24:50,251 --> 01:24:51,486 THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR PUTTING 2153 01:24:51,486 --> 01:24:54,389 TOGETHER A REALLY GREAT MEETING 2154 01:24:54,389 --> 01:24:59,027 , AND I DON'T THINK -- I JUST 2155 01:24:59,027 --> 01:25:01,763 WANTED TO ECHO -- WE HAD PUBLIC 2156 01:25:01,763 --> 01:25:06,768 COMMENT , AND THIS IS A REALLY 2157 01:25:06,768 --> 01:25:07,602 GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND LIKE FIRST 2158 01:25:07,602 --> 01:25:09,003 TIME WHERE I HAVE HAD AT THE 2159 01:25:09,003 --> 01:25:10,805 TABLE LIKE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS 2160 01:25:10,805 --> 01:25:13,108 AND COMMISSIONS AND JUST WALKING 2161 01:25:13,108 --> 01:25:14,476 US THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT YOU 2162 01:25:14,476 --> 01:25:21,182 ALL DO, AND I WAS HONESTLY TAKEN 2163 01:25:21,182 --> 01:25:22,617 BACK. I KNEW WHAT YOU ALL DID, 2164 01:25:22,617 --> 01:25:24,052 BUT JUST TAKEN BACK BY THE LEVEL 2165 01:25:24,052 --> 01:25:25,119 OF DETAIL AND INFORMATION AND 2166 01:25:25,119 --> 01:25:26,121 THOUGHTFULNESS AND OUTCOMES, AND 2167 01:25:26,121 --> 01:25:28,556 PREPAREDNESS THAT YOU ALL DO 2168 01:25:28,556 --> 01:25:29,924 WITH INTENTIONALITY TO MAKE SURE 2169 01:25:29,924 --> 01:25:34,262 THAT , OBVIOUSLY, THAT THE CITY 2170 01:25:34,262 --> 01:25:35,430 IS RUNNING WELL, THAT OUR 2171 01:25:35,430 --> 01:25:38,933 COUNCIL IS ENGAGED WITH YOU ALL 2172 01:25:38,933 --> 01:25:40,568 AND THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING, 2173 01:25:40,568 --> 01:25:42,170 AND HOW VITAL PART YOU ARE, A 2174 01:25:42,170 --> 01:25:43,371 BRIDGE FOR PEOPLE IN THE 2175 01:25:43,371 --> 01:25:46,674 COMMUNITY TO US, AND HOW YOU 2176 01:25:46,674 --> 01:25:48,209 MAKE INFORMATION TO THEM 2177 01:25:48,209 --> 01:25:52,814 PALATABLE, AND OFTEN TIMES -- 2178 01:25:52,814 --> 01:25:54,048 BECAUSE THERE IS JUST SO MUCH 2179 01:25:54,048 --> 01:25:55,049 INFORMATION OUT THERE, AND TO 2180 01:25:55,049 --> 01:25:55,950 HAVE TRUSTED RESOURCES AND 2181 01:25:55,950 --> 01:25:57,152 PEOPLE WHO HAVE TITLES OF 2182 01:25:57,152 --> 01:25:58,486 COMMISSIONERS AND ARE DOING THIS 2183 01:25:58,486 --> 01:25:59,754 WORK ARE INTEGRATED WITH A LOT 2184 01:25:59,754 --> 01:26:01,155 OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING AT 2185 01:26:01,155 --> 01:26:02,390 THE CITY IS REALLY, REALLY 2186 01:26:02,390 --> 01:26:04,626 IMPORTANT, I JUST WANTED TO -- I 2187 01:26:04,626 --> 01:26:05,393 DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY 2188 01:26:05,393 --> 01:26:06,961 QUESTION, I'M JUST EARLY HERE 2189 01:26:06,961 --> 01:26:10,098 TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE 2190 01:26:10,098 --> 01:26:11,366 WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. 2191 01:26:11,366 --> 01:26:13,167 I'M GOING TO LITERALLY TAKE A 2192 01:26:13,167 --> 01:26:15,036 DEEP DIVE IN LIKE THE WORK PLAN 2193 01:26:15,036 --> 01:26:16,404 AND SOME OF THE SLIDES AS WELL, 2194 01:26:16,404 --> 01:26:17,839 AND WE WILL BE REACHING OUT WITH 2195 01:26:17,839 --> 01:26:19,307 YOU ALL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT 2196 01:26:19,307 --> 01:26:20,508 WE ARE ENGAGED AND IN LOCKSTEP 2197 01:26:20,508 --> 01:26:21,976 WITH SOME OF YOUR PRIORITIES AND 2198 01:26:21,976 --> 01:26:23,411 WHAT WE ARE DOING AS WELL, AND 2199 01:26:23,411 --> 01:26:24,913 KNOWING THAT YOU ALL ARE ALSO A 2200 01:26:24,913 --> 01:26:27,916 RESOURCE FOR US AS WELL, JUST TO 2201 01:26:27,916 --> 01:26:29,918 HEAR, LIKE, HEY, WHAT IS THE 2202 01:26:29,918 --> 01:26:32,420 COMMISSION THINKING AND WHERE 2203 01:26:32,420 --> 01:26:34,822 ARE YOU ALL? AND SOMETIMES WE 2204 01:26:34,822 --> 01:26:36,457 MIGHT NOT ALIGN ON WHERE WE LAND 2205 01:26:36,457 --> 01:26:38,526 ON SOMETHING, BUT TO RUN A GOOD 2206 01:26:38,526 --> 01:26:39,460 PROCESS TO GET THAT FEEDBACK 2207 01:26:39,460 --> 01:26:41,062 FROM YOU ALL IS WHAT IS REALLY 2208 01:26:41,062 --> 01:26:43,965 IMPORTANT, JUST MAKING SURE THAT 2209 01:26:43,965 --> 01:26:45,166 WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE 2210 01:26:45,166 --> 01:26:46,601 ON THAT, SO JUST WANTED TO THANK 2211 01:26:46,601 --> 01:26:48,403 YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND JUST 2212 01:26:48,403 --> 01:26:51,339 BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT YOUR 2213 01:26:51,339 --> 01:26:52,707 PRESENTATIONS, ALL OF YOU TODAY, 2214 01:26:52,707 --> 01:26:54,542 SO THANK YOU. 2215 01:26:54,542 --> 01:26:56,077 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 2216 01:26:56,077 --> 01:26:59,914 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 2217 01:26:59,914 --> 01:27:00,348 COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 2218 01:27:00,348 --> 01:27:01,482 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU 2219 01:27:01,482 --> 01:27:02,850 TO ALL OUR COMMISSIONERS FOR 2220 01:27:02,850 --> 01:27:07,956 EVERYTHING YOU DO. A SIMILAR 2221 01:27:07,956 --> 01:27:08,990 POINT AND SORT OF QUESTION, 2222 01:27:08,990 --> 01:27:10,458 CERTAINLY WANT TO DO WHAT I CAN 2223 01:27:10,458 --> 01:27:11,659 TO ENGAGE AND MEET WITH VARIOUS 2224 01:27:11,659 --> 01:27:12,694 COMMISSIONERS AND VARIOUS 2225 01:27:12,694 --> 01:27:15,597 COMMISSIONS. AND JUST , YOU 2226 01:27:15,597 --> 01:27:22,003 KNOW, SEE THE WORK PLAN FOR THE 2227 01:27:22,003 --> 01:27:22,870 WOMEN'S COMMISSION, FOR ANY OF 2228 01:27:22,870 --> 01:27:24,005 THE OTHER COMMISSIONS, AND THESE 2229 01:27:24,005 --> 01:27:25,106 ARE LARGE BODIES OF WORK. AND 2230 01:27:25,106 --> 01:27:26,574 SO, YOU KNOW, JUST WONDERING 2231 01:27:26,574 --> 01:27:30,645 WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT 2232 01:27:30,645 --> 01:27:32,814 -- IT'S A LOT FURTHER, I THINK, 2233 01:27:32,814 --> 01:27:34,015 THE ONE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO 2234 01:27:34,015 --> 01:27:38,553 SUPPORT SO MANY COMMISSIONS, SO 2235 01:27:38,553 --> 01:27:39,721 I'M JUST WONDERING, AND YOU 2236 01:27:39,721 --> 01:27:41,389 KNOW, THIS WOULD BE KIND OF FOR 2237 01:27:41,389 --> 01:27:42,724 ANYBODY, BUT ARE THERE OTHER 2238 01:27:42,724 --> 01:27:46,294 WAYS TO ALSO SUPPORT WITH OTHER 2239 01:27:46,294 --> 01:27:48,930 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS ? JUST 2240 01:27:48,930 --> 01:27:50,798 WONDERING HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP 2241 01:27:50,798 --> 01:27:54,769 WORKS IN TERMS OF ENGAGING WITH 2242 01:27:54,769 --> 01:28:00,541 OTHER DEPARTMENTS? IF ANYBODY 2243 01:28:00,541 --> 01:28:05,046 WANTS TO CHIME IN. 2244 01:28:05,046 --> 01:28:06,648 >> I WILL JUST SHARE SOMETHING 2245 01:28:06,648 --> 01:28:09,751 BRIEFLY. YEAH, I WANTED TO THANK 2246 01:28:09,751 --> 01:28:10,885 EACH OF YOU HERE TODAY, 2247 01:28:10,885 --> 01:28:15,223 ESPECIALLY ALL FOUR OF YOUR 2248 01:28:15,223 --> 01:28:16,024 OFFICES HAVE BEEN QUITE 2249 01:28:16,024 --> 01:28:17,125 RESPONSIVE AND EASY TO WORK 2250 01:28:17,125 --> 01:28:20,328 WITH, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO 2251 01:28:20,328 --> 01:28:23,264 BUILD THESE RELATIONSHIPS, I'M 2252 01:28:23,264 --> 01:28:23,831 LOOKING FORWARD TO CREATING 2253 01:28:23,831 --> 01:28:24,399 CONNECTIONS WITH THE OTHER 2254 01:28:24,399 --> 01:28:25,099 COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE AS 2255 01:28:25,099 --> 01:28:26,801 WELL, AND VICE VERSA. I KNOW I 2256 01:28:26,801 --> 01:28:28,002 HAVE SPOKEN TO COUNCILMEMBER 2257 01:28:28,002 --> 01:28:32,974 LIN, WITH PEOPLE ON YOUR STAFF 2258 01:28:32,974 --> 01:28:34,142 ABOUT REACHING OUT TO OTHER 2259 01:28:34,142 --> 01:28:35,176 DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT IS QUITE 2260 01:28:35,176 --> 01:28:42,717 HELPFUL. SOMETIMES OUR EMAILS GO 2261 01:28:42,717 --> 01:28:43,951 TO SPAM OR THEY GET MISSED IN 2262 01:28:43,951 --> 01:28:45,386 THE SHUFFLE, AND IT IS GREAT TO 2263 01:28:45,386 --> 01:28:46,554 HAVE SOMEONE GIVE A NUDGE, SO 2264 01:28:46,554 --> 01:28:47,588 THANK YOU FOR ALREADY HAVING 2265 01:28:47,588 --> 01:28:48,823 DONE THAT MANY TIMES, EVEN JUST 2266 01:28:48,823 --> 01:28:49,857 THIS YEAR, AND I'M LOOKING 2267 01:28:49,857 --> 01:28:51,092 FORWARD TO JUST THAT SMALL BIT 2268 01:28:51,092 --> 01:28:52,093 OF SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD. [ 2269 01:28:52,093 --> 01:28:52,660 INAUDIBLE ] 2270 01:28:52,660 --> 01:28:54,095 >> YEAH, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE 2271 01:28:54,095 --> 01:28:58,933 QUESTION. I WOULD ALSO ADD , A 2272 01:28:58,933 --> 01:29:00,034 LOT OF US, INCLUDING THE SEATTLE 2273 01:29:00,034 --> 01:29:00,935 WOMEN'S COMMISSION, HAVE A 2274 01:29:00,935 --> 01:29:01,936 NUMBER OF NEW COMMISSIONERS, AS 2275 01:29:01,936 --> 01:29:03,171 YOU HEARD, LIKE COVID WAS ROUGH 2276 01:29:03,171 --> 01:29:06,374 ON ALL OF US, RIGHT? SO, AS ALL 2277 01:29:06,374 --> 01:29:07,375 OF OUR COMMISSIONS ARE BUILDING 2278 01:29:07,375 --> 01:29:08,676 BACKUP CAPACITY, WE LOSE SOME OF 2279 01:29:08,676 --> 01:29:09,577 THOSE INSTITUTIONAL 2280 01:29:09,577 --> 01:29:12,947 RELATIONSHIPS AND KNOWLEDGE AS 2281 01:29:12,947 --> 01:29:14,115 FOLKS TURN OFF AND HONESTLY JUST 2282 01:29:14,115 --> 01:29:20,354 GET LOST IN THE MIX OF WHO IS 2283 01:29:20,354 --> 01:29:21,456 THE RIGHT CONTACT AT ANY GIVEN 2284 01:29:21,456 --> 01:29:22,690 DEPARTMENT AND WHO IS NEW ON 2285 01:29:22,690 --> 01:29:24,058 THAT SIDE, TOO? SO, THERE IS 2286 01:29:24,058 --> 01:29:25,359 CERTAINLY A LOT OF NEWNESS ALL 2287 01:29:25,359 --> 01:29:28,796 AROUND, AND WE CERTAINLY 2288 01:29:28,796 --> 01:29:29,430 APPRECIATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES 2289 01:29:29,430 --> 01:29:30,631 WHERE YOU ALL CAN KIND OF 2290 01:29:30,631 --> 01:29:31,933 EXPEDITE THAT FOR US AND SAY, 2291 01:29:31,933 --> 01:29:33,234 OH, THIS IS THE RIGHT PERSON OR 2292 01:29:33,234 --> 01:29:34,702 LET ME RECONNECT YOU, IF YOU CAN 2293 01:29:34,702 --> 01:29:40,875 GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE THERE AS 2294 01:29:40,875 --> 01:29:41,676 WE ARE GETTING MORE FAMILIAR 2295 01:29:41,676 --> 01:29:42,910 WITH HOW ALL THAT WORKS, IT'S 2296 01:29:42,910 --> 01:29:43,344 SUPER HELPFUL. 2297 01:29:43,344 --> 01:29:44,712 >> YEAH, THAT'S SUCH A GREAT 2298 01:29:44,712 --> 01:29:47,915 POINT. WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE 2299 01:29:47,915 --> 01:29:49,350 CITY AS AN EMPLOYEE, IN THE CITY 2300 01:29:49,350 --> 01:29:50,551 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OR AS WE TRY 2301 01:29:50,551 --> 01:29:51,586 TO HELP CONSTITUENTS, SO OFTEN 2302 01:29:51,586 --> 01:29:52,987 THE QUESTION IS JUST TRYING TO 2303 01:29:52,987 --> 01:29:55,256 NAVIGATE THE BUREAUCRACY OF THE 2304 01:29:55,256 --> 01:29:58,893 CITY, WHO TO TALK TO, AND SO, 2305 01:29:58,893 --> 01:30:00,862 YEAH, CERTAINLY ANYTHING WE CAN 2306 01:30:00,862 --> 01:30:07,101 DO TO SUPPORT IN THAT REGARD. 2307 01:30:07,101 --> 01:30:07,635 THANK YOU. 2308 01:30:07,635 --> 01:30:09,003 >> THANK YOU, AND I WANTED TO 2309 01:30:09,003 --> 01:30:09,971 ACKNOWLEDGE, I THINK SCOT ALSO 2310 01:30:09,971 --> 01:30:11,405 HAD A HAND UP AND WANTED TO 2311 01:30:11,405 --> 01:30:12,807 SPEAK TO THAT. SCOT? 2312 01:30:12,807 --> 01:30:14,175 >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 2313 01:30:14,175 --> 01:30:16,711 CHAIR. YEAH. THAT'S A REALLY 2314 01:30:16,711 --> 01:30:19,180 GOOD QUESTION , COUNCILMEMBER 2315 01:30:19,180 --> 01:30:26,721 LIN. DEPENDING ON DEFINITION, ON 2316 01:30:26,721 --> 01:30:28,222 WHERE WE SIT ON THE OFFICE OF 2317 01:30:28,222 --> 01:30:31,225 ECONOMIC FORECASTS, THERE ARE 28 2318 01:30:31,225 --> 01:30:33,427 OR 29 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OR 2319 01:30:33,427 --> 01:30:35,830 DEPARTMENT LEVEL ENTITIES AT THE 2320 01:30:35,830 --> 01:30:39,267 CITY OF SEATTLE , AND SO, IT IS 2321 01:30:39,267 --> 01:30:45,406 ACTUALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE 2322 01:30:45,406 --> 01:30:46,507 DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS 2323 01:30:46,507 --> 01:30:48,843 COMMISSIONERS , AND AS 2324 01:30:48,843 --> 01:30:52,146 COMMISSIONS, TO ENGAGE WITH ALL 2325 01:30:52,146 --> 01:30:55,216 OF THEM, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW A 2326 01:30:55,216 --> 01:30:56,918 SINGLE ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS 2327 01:30:56,918 --> 01:30:58,786 THAT DOES NOT OVERLAP WITH THE 2328 01:30:58,786 --> 01:31:01,389 ISSUES THE OCR SUPPORTED 2329 01:31:01,389 --> 01:31:08,262 COMMISSIONS DEAL WITH . IN SORT 2330 01:31:08,262 --> 01:31:10,097 OF THE SAME BREATH, THERE ARE 71 2331 01:31:10,097 --> 01:31:13,801 ACTIVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN 2332 01:31:13,801 --> 01:31:15,436 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, RANGING ALL 2333 01:31:15,436 --> 01:31:18,039 THE WAY FROM SORT OF THE BOARD 2334 01:31:18,039 --> 01:31:19,106 OF DIRECTORS AT THE SEATTLE 2335 01:31:19,106 --> 01:31:20,508 PUBLIC LIBRARY ALL THE WAY TO 2336 01:31:20,508 --> 01:31:23,344 ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 2337 01:31:23,344 --> 01:31:28,716 BUT ONE THING THAT I THINK IS 2338 01:31:28,716 --> 01:31:30,952 IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, AND I 2339 01:31:30,952 --> 01:31:32,086 JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, IS 2340 01:31:32,086 --> 01:31:37,358 THAT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION 2341 01:31:37,358 --> 01:31:38,459 SUPPORT IS ACTUALLY HOUSED 2342 01:31:38,459 --> 01:31:42,797 WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE 2343 01:31:42,797 --> 01:31:44,765 DEPARTMENTS, AND WITHIN THE 2344 01:31:44,765 --> 01:31:47,368 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE CITY 2345 01:31:47,368 --> 01:31:50,137 OF SEATTLE, AND SO, I KNOW THAT 2346 01:31:50,137 --> 01:31:52,306 IT'S A MONUMENTAL TASK FOR THEM 2347 01:31:52,306 --> 01:31:59,180 TO BE COORDINATING SO MANY -- SO 2348 01:31:59,180 --> 01:32:00,581 MANY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AT 2349 01:32:00,581 --> 01:32:04,752 THE SAME TIME. BUT IF THERE IS 2350 01:32:04,752 --> 01:32:06,721 ANY SUPPORT, I THINK IT WOULD BE 2351 01:32:06,721 --> 01:32:08,923 NICE FOR THAT TO BE CENTRALIZED 2352 01:32:08,923 --> 01:32:12,193 , FOR THAT TO HAVE A WAY OF 2353 01:32:12,193 --> 01:32:14,929 CONNECTING BOARDS AND 2354 01:32:14,929 --> 01:32:16,831 COMMISSIONS MAY BE MORE BROADLY 2355 01:32:16,831 --> 01:32:21,102 WITH OUR MANY, MANY, MANY 2356 01:32:21,102 --> 01:32:23,504 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. 2357 01:32:23,504 --> 01:32:27,074 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2358 01:32:27,074 --> 01:32:28,676 >> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, 2359 01:32:28,676 --> 01:32:31,145 AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 2360 01:32:31,145 --> 01:32:35,182 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANTED TO 2361 01:32:35,182 --> 01:32:36,350 DRAFT A QUESTION FOR EVERY 2362 01:32:36,350 --> 01:32:39,420 COMMISSION, SO I HOPE YOU WILL 2363 01:32:39,420 --> 01:32:40,821 ALL INDULGE ME A LITTLE BIT, BUT 2364 01:32:40,821 --> 01:32:46,093 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I JUST 2365 01:32:46,093 --> 01:32:47,161 GIVE EVERY COMMISSION A LITTLE 2366 01:32:47,161 --> 01:32:48,529 BIT OF TLC, I JUST WANTED TO 2367 01:32:48,529 --> 01:32:49,363 REITERATE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES 2368 01:32:49,363 --> 01:32:50,698 HAVE SAID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2369 01:32:50,698 --> 01:32:52,934 WORK AND FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR 2370 01:32:52,934 --> 01:32:53,868 TIME TO SERVE THIS IMPORTANT 2371 01:32:53,868 --> 01:32:54,869 FUNCTION FOR OUR CITY, WHETHER 2372 01:32:54,869 --> 01:32:56,337 IT BE WEIGHING IN ON POLICY FOR 2373 01:32:56,337 --> 01:32:57,138 ADVISING DEPARTMENTS, JUST THANK 2374 01:32:57,138 --> 01:32:58,539 YOU, AND I KNOW MANY FOLKS IN 2375 01:32:58,539 --> 01:32:59,874 COMMUNITY LOOK TO YOU ALL TO 2376 01:32:59,874 --> 01:33:01,609 REALLY REPRESENT, CHAMPION, 2377 01:33:01,609 --> 01:33:03,210 ADVOCATE HERE AT THE LOCAL 2378 01:33:03,210 --> 01:33:04,645 LEVEL, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A 2379 01:33:04,645 --> 01:33:06,647 PART OF THIS AND FOR BEING IN 2380 01:33:06,647 --> 01:33:08,349 COMMITTEE TODAY. HER JUST 2381 01:33:08,349 --> 01:33:10,284 STARTING US OFF TO OUR HUMAN 2382 01:33:10,284 --> 01:33:12,153 RIGHTS COMMISSION COCHAIRS , 2383 01:33:12,153 --> 01:33:15,790 THANK YOU ALL ALSO FOR THE WORK 2384 01:33:15,790 --> 01:33:16,857 YOU DID LAST YEAR ON THE 2385 01:33:16,857 --> 01:33:18,326 EVICTION PANEL, THAT WAS A 2386 01:33:18,326 --> 01:33:19,493 REALLY ASTOUNDING EVENT WITH 2387 01:33:19,493 --> 01:33:20,928 HUGE TURNOUT, AND I LEARNED A 2388 01:33:20,928 --> 01:33:21,996 LOT FROM THAT DOCUMENTARY 2389 01:33:21,996 --> 01:33:27,501 SCREENING. SO, I HOPE YOU ALL -- 2390 01:33:27,501 --> 01:33:28,669 YEAH, THAT WAS WILD. AND I 2391 01:33:28,669 --> 01:33:30,538 WANTED TO ALSO THANK YOU ALL FOR 2392 01:33:30,538 --> 01:33:33,274 TAKING A MOMENT FOR YOUR 2393 01:33:33,274 --> 01:33:34,208 SUBCOMMITTEE WORK ON HOUSING AND 2394 01:33:34,208 --> 01:33:35,242 HOMELESSNESS, FOR THE LENS THAT 2395 01:33:35,242 --> 01:33:36,644 YOU ALL ARE TAKING IN TERMS OF 2396 01:33:36,644 --> 01:33:38,012 CENTERING THE VOICES OF THOSE 2397 01:33:38,012 --> 01:33:39,647 WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND TAKING 2398 01:33:39,647 --> 01:33:40,815 THE TIME TO DIRECTLY CONNECT 2399 01:33:40,815 --> 01:33:43,284 WITH AND TALK TO PEOPLE 2400 01:33:43,284 --> 01:33:47,221 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND I 2401 01:33:47,221 --> 01:33:48,222 THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO 2402 01:33:48,222 --> 01:33:55,363 CENTER IT. I KNOW THAT HUMAN 2403 01:33:55,363 --> 01:33:56,430 RIGHTS COMMISSION DOES A REALLY 2404 01:33:56,430 --> 01:33:57,631 AMAZING JOB WITH THIS. EVERYONE 2405 01:33:57,631 --> 01:33:58,466 DESERVES DIGNITY, AND TOO OFTEN, 2406 01:33:58,466 --> 01:33:59,600 OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS ARE 2407 01:33:59,600 --> 01:34:01,736 STRIPPED OF THAT, SO I AM REALLY 2408 01:34:01,736 --> 01:34:02,803 GRATEFUL YOU ARE DOING THAT 2409 01:34:02,803 --> 01:34:03,971 WORK, AND I AM WONDERING, ARE 2410 01:34:03,971 --> 01:34:04,872 THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS OR 2411 01:34:04,872 --> 01:34:05,673 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ARE 2412 01:34:05,673 --> 01:34:06,674 HOPING TO DERIVE FROM THOSE 2413 01:34:06,674 --> 01:34:08,409 CONVERSATIONS? OR IS IT MORE OF 2414 01:34:08,409 --> 01:34:10,378 A PERSON TO PERSON CONNECTION 2415 01:34:10,378 --> 01:34:10,945 KIND OF EFFORT? 2416 01:34:10,945 --> 01:34:12,680 >> I WOULD SAY YES, WE ARE 2417 01:34:12,680 --> 01:34:14,849 TAKING THAT IN TO THEN CRAFT OUR 2418 01:34:14,849 --> 01:34:15,816 STRATEGY, BECAUSE WE NEED TO 2419 01:34:15,816 --> 01:34:17,084 MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND IT AT 2420 01:34:17,084 --> 01:34:18,252 THE LEVEL OF THOSE THAT ARE 2421 01:34:18,252 --> 01:34:19,720 DIRECTLY IMPACTED, SO YES, WE 2422 01:34:19,720 --> 01:34:22,790 HAVE THE DATA. YOU CAN SEARCH 2423 01:34:22,790 --> 01:34:24,225 THE DATA, BUT WE NEED THE 2424 01:34:24,225 --> 01:34:25,226 EXPERIENCE TO DIRECT WHERE WE 2425 01:34:25,226 --> 01:34:26,293 WILL MAKE THE MOST MEANINGFUL 2426 01:34:26,293 --> 01:34:27,795 IMPACT IN WHAT WE DO, WHETHER 2427 01:34:27,795 --> 01:34:29,130 THAT IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH 2428 01:34:29,130 --> 01:34:30,765 COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND 2429 01:34:30,765 --> 01:34:31,966 RECOMMENDATIONS WE ACTUALLY MAKE 2430 01:34:31,966 --> 01:34:35,670 REGARDING STEPS LIKE THE 2431 01:34:35,670 --> 01:34:36,370 ENCAMPMENT SUITES AND THINGS 2432 01:34:36,370 --> 01:34:38,105 LIKE THAT. IT IS MAKING SURE WE 2433 01:34:38,105 --> 01:34:40,641 ARE EDUCATED ENOUGH TO MAKE 2434 01:34:40,641 --> 01:34:41,409 MEANINGFUL IMPACT WITH THAT 2435 01:34:41,409 --> 01:34:42,576 COMMUNITY, SO YES, IT IS HELPING 2436 01:34:42,576 --> 01:34:43,611 GUIDE OUR STRATEGY [ INAUDIBLE 2437 01:34:43,611 --> 01:34:45,413 ]. THAT IS REALLY ENCOURAGING TO 2438 01:34:45,413 --> 01:34:47,681 HEAR, THANK YOU. AND TO OUR 2439 01:34:47,681 --> 01:34:53,587 WOMEN'S COMMISSION COCHAIRS, 2440 01:34:53,587 --> 01:34:54,689 AND HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY 2441 01:34:54,689 --> 01:34:55,623 MONTH, EVERYBODY, AND I KNOW WE 2442 01:34:55,623 --> 01:34:57,191 ARE GOING TO BE BACK TO BACK 2443 01:34:57,191 --> 01:34:58,059 ALSO ON RECOGNIZING NEXT MONTH 2444 01:34:58,059 --> 01:34:59,060 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS 2445 01:34:59,060 --> 01:35:00,194 MONTH, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 2446 01:35:00,194 --> 01:35:01,362 CONTINUING WORK WITH THE 2447 01:35:01,362 --> 01:35:02,663 COMMISSION, AND I WANTED TO 2448 01:35:02,663 --> 01:35:03,998 UPLIFT ONE THING THAT REALLY 2449 01:35:03,998 --> 01:35:05,266 STUCK OUT TO ME IN YOUR 2450 01:35:05,266 --> 01:35:09,036 WORKPLAN. THE FAIR HOUSING LAWS 2451 01:35:09,036 --> 01:35:10,237 GUIDE FOR SINGLE WOMEN AND 2452 01:35:10,237 --> 01:35:13,908 FAMILIES. IT SEEMS REALLY 2453 01:35:13,908 --> 01:35:15,076 INTERESTING TO ME AND I AM 2454 01:35:15,076 --> 01:35:16,711 WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK A 2455 01:35:16,711 --> 01:35:19,880 LITTLE BIT MORE TO WHERE THAT 2456 01:35:19,880 --> 01:35:21,348 IDEA CAME FROM OR WHAT IT LOOKS 2457 01:35:21,348 --> 01:35:21,549 LIKE. 2458 01:35:21,549 --> 01:35:23,150 >> YEAH, I THINK I CAN SPEAK TO 2459 01:35:23,150 --> 01:35:25,052 THAT, SO I AM THE CHAIR OF OUR 2460 01:35:25,052 --> 01:35:25,686 HOUSING STABILITY SUBCOMMITTEE, 2461 01:35:25,686 --> 01:35:29,190 AND I THINK THE IDEA FOR THAT [ 2462 01:35:29,190 --> 01:35:33,294 INAUDIBLE ] SOME RESEARCH AROUND 2463 01:35:33,294 --> 01:35:34,628 DISCRIMINATION AS IT RELATES TO 2464 01:35:34,628 --> 01:35:40,234 OBTAINING HOUSING . SO, WHETHER 2465 01:35:40,234 --> 01:35:41,602 THAT IS RENTING OR OWNERSHIP. 2466 01:35:41,602 --> 01:35:46,674 AND WOMEN IN PARTICULAR , SINGLE 2467 01:35:46,674 --> 01:35:47,875 WOMEN, SINGLE MOTHERS WERE ONE 2468 01:35:47,875 --> 01:35:56,851 OF THE HIGHEST -- ONE OF THE 2469 01:35:56,851 --> 01:35:58,085 HIGHEST RANKED GROUPS THAT 2470 01:35:58,085 --> 01:35:59,887 EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION WHEN 2471 01:35:59,887 --> 01:36:05,526 TRYING TO OBTAIN HOUSING, AND 2472 01:36:05,526 --> 01:36:06,761 THAT WAS NOT SURPRISING TO ME, 2473 01:36:06,761 --> 01:36:11,365 BUT IT'S SAD, RIGHT? THAT 2474 01:36:11,365 --> 01:36:15,035 SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE. SO, I 2475 01:36:15,035 --> 01:36:16,303 THINK FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S 2476 01:36:16,303 --> 01:36:18,539 PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE FEELING -- 2477 01:36:18,539 --> 01:36:22,109 VIEWING THAT AS A GAP THAT NEEDS 2478 01:36:22,109 --> 01:36:26,380 TO BE ADDRESSED, RIGHT? WHY ARE 2479 01:36:26,380 --> 01:36:27,181 WOMEN, PARTICULARLY THE SINGLE 2480 01:36:27,181 --> 01:36:28,949 WOMEN AND SINGLE MOTHERS SO 2481 01:36:28,949 --> 01:36:29,583 FREQUENTLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST 2482 01:36:29,583 --> 01:36:34,622 WHEN THEY ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO 2483 01:36:34,622 --> 01:36:36,023 GET A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD, 2484 01:36:36,023 --> 01:36:45,699 RIGHT? SO, I KNOW THAT IS ONE OF 2485 01:36:45,699 --> 01:36:46,534 THE EXECUTIVE DIVERGENCE, AND 2486 01:36:46,534 --> 01:36:47,768 SEATTLE PUTS OUT A RENTERS GUIDE 2487 01:36:47,768 --> 01:36:49,336 EACH YEAR, I THINK IT IS UPDATED 2488 01:36:49,336 --> 01:36:53,741 ANNUALLY, AND IT IS A FANTASTIC 2489 01:36:53,741 --> 01:36:54,708 RESOURCE, I HAVE UTILIZED IT 2490 01:36:54,708 --> 01:36:55,676 MYSELF AND IT IS VERY 2491 01:36:55,676 --> 01:36:56,810 COMPREHENSIVE, SO, PART OF OUR 2492 01:36:56,810 --> 01:36:58,179 INTENTION IS CREATING SOMETHING 2493 01:36:58,179 --> 01:37:00,948 SIMILAR, BUT GEARED SPECIFICALLY 2494 01:37:00,948 --> 01:37:05,419 TO WOMEN , AND ALONG WITH THAT, 2495 01:37:05,419 --> 01:37:08,756 FAMILIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE WOMEN 2496 01:37:08,756 --> 01:37:13,127 STILL ARE PREDOMINANTLY PRIMARY 2497 01:37:13,127 --> 01:37:14,695 CAREGIVERS, SO, HAVING A 2498 01:37:14,695 --> 01:37:17,731 RESOURCE THAT ADDRESSES THE 2499 01:37:17,731 --> 01:37:21,602 SPECIFIC DIFFICULTIES THAT WOMEN 2500 01:37:21,602 --> 01:37:27,208 FACE IS THE GOAL, BECAUSE I AM 2501 01:37:27,208 --> 01:37:31,812 NOT SURE OF A RESOURCE LIKE THAT 2502 01:37:31,812 --> 01:37:35,816 IN SEATTLE. AGAIN, THE RENTERS 2503 01:37:35,816 --> 01:37:36,817 GUIDE IS AN OUTSTANDING 2504 01:37:36,817 --> 01:37:39,486 RESOURCE, BUT IT IS MUCH MORE 2505 01:37:39,486 --> 01:37:41,021 BROADLY FOCUSED, SO REALLY 2506 01:37:41,021 --> 01:37:43,224 LOOKING TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN WHO 2507 01:37:43,224 --> 01:37:47,561 , YOU KNOW, WHO DON'T HAVE THE 2508 01:37:47,561 --> 01:37:50,030 GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES THAT THEY 2509 01:37:50,030 --> 01:37:52,666 DESERVE TO NAVIGATE THE 2510 01:37:52,666 --> 01:37:53,901 LANDSCAPE THAT IS RENTING AND 2511 01:37:53,901 --> 01:38:00,374 OWNING PROPERTY. AND RELATEDLY, 2512 01:38:00,374 --> 01:38:03,077 THAT ALSO TIES INTO -- SO, OUR 2513 01:38:03,077 --> 01:38:03,577 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 2514 01:38:03,577 --> 01:38:04,278 SUBCOMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY 2515 01:38:04,278 --> 01:38:08,549 WORKING ON , UM, AN AMENDMENT TO 2516 01:38:08,549 --> 01:38:12,219 ADDRESS WOMEN WHO HAVE 2517 01:38:12,219 --> 01:38:13,387 EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL ABUSE IN 2518 01:38:13,387 --> 01:38:15,789 AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP , AND 2519 01:38:15,789 --> 01:38:17,925 THERE ARE FOUR BARRIERS TO 2520 01:38:17,925 --> 01:38:22,730 OBTAINING HOUSING, SO THAT IS AN 2521 01:38:22,730 --> 01:38:24,265 AREA WHERE OUR SUBCOMMITTEES 2522 01:38:24,265 --> 01:38:26,267 INTERSECT, AND THAT IS SOMETHING 2523 01:38:26,267 --> 01:38:27,935 THAT AS WELL COULD BE ADDRESSED 2524 01:38:27,935 --> 01:38:30,771 IN OUR RENTERS GUIDE FOR WOMEN 2525 01:38:30,771 --> 01:38:32,940 AND FAMILIES, THAT IS ALSO BEING 2526 01:38:32,940 --> 01:38:36,844 ADDRESSED VIA GPB WITH THE 2527 01:38:36,844 --> 01:38:37,945 AMENDMENT THAT THEY ARE 2528 01:38:37,945 --> 01:38:41,815 CURRENTLY WORKING ON. 2529 01:38:41,815 --> 01:38:43,784 >> THAT IS REALLY GREAT TO HEAR 2530 01:38:43,784 --> 01:38:44,852 AROUND THAT WORK, AND SIMILARLY, 2531 01:38:44,852 --> 01:38:47,788 I AM [ INAUDIBLE ] A SPECIFIC 2532 01:38:47,788 --> 01:38:52,459 TAILORED GUIDE [ INAUDIBLE ] 2533 01:38:52,459 --> 01:38:53,627 HAVE NOT HEARD THAT, SO THAT 2534 01:38:53,627 --> 01:38:54,895 SEEMS PARTICULARLY NOVEL, WE ARE 2535 01:38:54,895 --> 01:38:56,063 JUST INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE 2536 01:38:56,063 --> 01:38:56,897 AS YOU DEVELOP THAT. 2537 01:38:56,897 --> 01:38:57,898 >> THANK YOU. 2538 01:38:57,898 --> 01:38:59,400 >> THANK YOU. 2539 01:38:59,400 --> 01:39:00,634 >> AND TAKING US TO OUR 2540 01:39:00,634 --> 01:39:01,602 DISABILITY COMMISSION, WE 2541 01:39:01,602 --> 01:39:04,305 HAVEN'T CONNECTED YET AND WE 2542 01:39:04,305 --> 01:39:05,839 ARE GOING TO FIX THAT COMING OUT 2543 01:39:05,839 --> 01:39:06,807 OF TODAY'S MEETING, BUT IT'S 2544 01:39:06,807 --> 01:39:08,175 GREAT THAT Y'ALL ARE HERE. I 2545 01:39:08,175 --> 01:39:08,976 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR UPLIFTING 2546 01:39:08,976 --> 01:39:10,577 OF THE TALKING BOOK AND BRAILLE 2547 01:39:10,577 --> 01:39:12,279 LIBRARY, I KNOW WE HAVE TAKEN UP 2548 01:39:12,279 --> 01:39:14,715 SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT IN THE 2549 01:39:14,715 --> 01:39:15,316 NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE WHICH 2550 01:39:15,316 --> 01:39:22,489 SEATTLE [ INAUDIBLE ] REPORTS 2551 01:39:22,489 --> 01:39:23,657 DUE, AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING 2552 01:39:23,657 --> 01:39:25,092 THAT THERE IS A PROVISO IN THE 2553 01:39:25,092 --> 01:39:26,493 STATE LED SESSION FROM 2554 01:39:26,493 --> 01:39:27,895 REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS TO 2555 01:39:27,895 --> 01:39:29,163 RESTORE SOME OF THE HOURS FOR 2556 01:39:29,163 --> 01:39:30,197 THE TALKING BOOK AND BRAILLE 2557 01:39:30,197 --> 01:39:31,398 LIBRARY, SO CAN FOLLOW UP ON 2558 01:39:31,398 --> 01:39:32,833 THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE 2559 01:39:32,833 --> 01:39:33,901 AT FULL RESTORATION OF OURS, 2560 01:39:33,901 --> 01:39:35,135 THEY WERE CLOSED FOR A LITTLE 2561 01:39:35,135 --> 01:39:36,337 BIT THERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO 2562 01:39:36,337 --> 01:39:37,604 SPEAK OUT INTO THE UNIVERSE, SO 2563 01:39:37,604 --> 01:39:38,772 FOLKS KNOW THAT IS ONE GOOD 2564 01:39:38,772 --> 01:39:40,007 THING THAT CAME OUT OF SESSION, 2565 01:39:40,007 --> 01:39:41,408 AMONG MANY. AND MY QUESTION FOR 2566 01:39:41,408 --> 01:39:42,676 YOU ALL IS RELATED TO THE 2567 01:39:42,676 --> 01:39:43,644 SUBCOMMITTEE ON SECURITY AND 2568 01:39:43,644 --> 01:39:49,650 ACCESS. COULD YOU ALL SPEAK TO A 2569 01:39:49,650 --> 01:39:51,051 LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT YOU ARE 2570 01:39:51,051 --> 01:39:52,486 HOPING TO TAKE UP WITH THAT? I 2571 01:39:52,486 --> 01:39:53,854 AM ASKING JUST AS CHAIR OF HUMAN 2572 01:39:53,854 --> 01:39:55,456 SERVICES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 2573 01:39:55,456 --> 01:39:56,590 HAVE A DISABILITY LENS, AND I'M 2574 01:39:56,590 --> 01:39:57,791 HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN HEAR MORE 2575 01:39:57,791 --> 01:39:58,826 FROM THIS SUBCOMMITTEE MOVING 2576 01:39:58,826 --> 01:40:00,627 FORWARD, AND JUST MAKE SURE WE 2577 01:40:00,627 --> 01:40:06,367 ARE WORKING IN CONCERT. 2578 01:40:06,367 --> 01:40:07,534 >> YES, SO FOR THE SECURITY 2579 01:40:07,534 --> 01:40:08,635 ACCESS COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW, JUST 2580 01:40:08,635 --> 01:40:09,803 BARELY STARTED, WE JUST HAD OUR 2581 01:40:09,803 --> 01:40:11,338 VERY FIRST MEETING LAST MONTH, 2582 01:40:11,338 --> 01:40:14,875 AND WE HAVE PETER THAT IS 2583 01:40:14,875 --> 01:40:17,144 REPRESENTING THAT GROUP. ONE OF 2584 01:40:17,144 --> 01:40:18,746 THE GOALS FOR THE SECURITY 2585 01:40:18,746 --> 01:40:23,150 ACCESS IS THAT WE MAKE JOBS MORE 2586 01:40:23,150 --> 01:40:23,884 ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH 2587 01:40:23,884 --> 01:40:27,154 DISABILITIES. ALSO, WE WANT TO 2588 01:40:27,154 --> 01:40:28,155 ENSURE SECURITY FOR OUR PEOPLE 2589 01:40:28,155 --> 01:40:29,490 WITH DISABILITIES AS FAR AS 2590 01:40:29,490 --> 01:40:31,558 ACCESS TO EVENTS , ACTIVITIES, 2591 01:40:31,558 --> 01:40:35,896 MEETINGS . MOST RECENTLY, WE 2592 01:40:35,896 --> 01:40:37,064 WORKED WITH THE SEATTLE CHANNEL 2593 01:40:37,064 --> 01:40:41,368 TO MAKE THE SEATTLE CHANNEL MORE 2594 01:40:41,368 --> 01:40:42,503 ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH 2595 01:40:42,503 --> 01:40:45,072 DISABILITIES. AND WHO ARE NOT 2596 01:40:45,072 --> 01:40:48,375 ABLE TO -- YOU KNOW, WHO ARE 2597 01:40:48,375 --> 01:40:50,377 VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND ARE TRYING 2598 01:40:50,377 --> 01:40:53,013 TO ACCESS THE WEB AND RECORDS 2599 01:40:53,013 --> 01:40:54,648 FROM THE CITY THROUGH THE 2600 01:40:54,648 --> 01:40:58,986 WEBSITE. SO, WE ARE WORKING WITH 2601 01:40:58,986 --> 01:41:02,790 AND COLLABORATING WITH VARIOUS 2602 01:41:02,790 --> 01:41:03,957 GROUPS THAT COME TO US, AND 2603 01:41:03,957 --> 01:41:05,359 ALSO, WE REACH OUT TO GROUPS. 2604 01:41:05,359 --> 01:41:06,360 ALSO, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY 2605 01:41:06,360 --> 01:41:08,162 HAVE REACHED OUT TO US DURING 2606 01:41:08,162 --> 01:41:10,631 OUR TABLE SESSION, AND WE HAVE 2607 01:41:10,631 --> 01:41:11,899 BEEN ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES AS 2608 01:41:11,899 --> 01:41:18,872 WELL. ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. 2609 01:41:18,872 --> 01:41:20,741 SCOT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO 2610 01:41:20,741 --> 01:41:25,279 THAT? X YEAH. SO, SORT OF 2611 01:41:25,279 --> 01:41:28,082 SPECIFIC WORK THAT IS BEING DONE 2612 01:41:28,082 --> 01:41:31,351 THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE AND BY 2613 01:41:31,351 --> 01:41:34,321 PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE, WE -- 2614 01:41:34,321 --> 01:41:37,791 FIRST OFF, A LOT OF THE 2615 01:41:37,791 --> 01:41:40,928 CONTINUATION OF THE WORK THAT 2616 01:41:40,928 --> 01:41:41,795 THE SEATTLE DISABILITY 2617 01:41:41,795 --> 01:41:43,263 COMMISSION HAS ALREADY DONE AND 2618 01:41:43,263 --> 01:41:46,433 ENGAGED WITH IS BEING DONE 2619 01:41:46,433 --> 01:41:47,634 THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE NOW, SO, 2620 01:41:47,634 --> 01:41:50,037 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A 2621 01:41:50,037 --> 01:41:51,972 VARIETY OF SEATTLE'S EXECUTIVE 2622 01:41:51,972 --> 01:41:54,108 DEPARTMENTS TO GET WHEELCHAIR 2623 01:41:54,108 --> 01:41:57,644 CHARGING STATIONS IN A LOT OF 2624 01:41:57,644 --> 01:41:59,146 THE PUBLIC FACING BUILDINGS AND 2625 01:41:59,146 --> 01:42:01,081 THE PUBLIC ACCESS BUILDINGS LIKE 2626 01:42:01,081 --> 01:42:02,516 COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, 2627 01:42:02,516 --> 01:42:08,255 SEATTLE CENTER, AND FAS 'S 2628 01:42:08,255 --> 01:42:10,724 SERIES OF LITTLE CITY HALLS. SO, 2629 01:42:10,724 --> 01:42:13,293 THAT WORK IS CONTINUING THROUGH 2630 01:42:13,293 --> 01:42:17,564 THAT COMMITTEE. WE ALSO HAVE A 2631 01:42:17,564 --> 01:42:20,000 MEMBER ON THE COMMITTEE WHO IS 2632 01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:21,535 WORKING TIRELESSLY RIGHT NOW, 2633 01:42:21,535 --> 01:42:25,973 SHE IS ENGAGED RIGHT NOW IN AN 2634 01:42:25,973 --> 01:42:27,975 EXPLORATORY FORGETTING AN 2635 01:42:27,975 --> 01:42:32,079 ACCESSIBLE -- AN ACCESSIBLE 2636 01:42:32,079 --> 01:42:36,483 KAYAK BOAT LAUNCH FOR FOLKS WHO 2637 01:42:36,483 --> 01:42:38,085 -- A SORT OF SELF-SERVICE 2638 01:42:38,085 --> 01:42:39,052 ACCESSIBLE BOAT LAUNCH FOR FOLKS 2639 01:42:39,052 --> 01:42:43,090 WHO HAVE MOBILITY DISABILITIES, 2640 01:42:43,090 --> 01:42:44,825 AS WELL AS ANYONE WHO WANTS TO 2641 01:42:44,825 --> 01:42:49,863 USE IT. IN TALKS RIGHT NOW WITH 2642 01:42:49,863 --> 01:42:51,598 PARKS AND RECREATION, AND YOU 2643 01:42:51,598 --> 01:42:55,702 KNOW, A FEW FOLKS TO FIGURE OUT 2644 01:42:55,702 --> 01:42:57,037 WHAT THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT AND 2645 01:42:57,037 --> 01:42:58,805 CORRECT LOCATION FOR A PROPOSAL 2646 01:42:58,805 --> 01:43:05,679 WOULD BE. AND THAT'S ALL BEING 2647 01:43:05,679 --> 01:43:07,781 HEADED UP RIGHT NOW , THE 2648 01:43:07,781 --> 01:43:08,982 SECURITY AND ACCESS COMMITTEE, 2649 01:43:08,982 --> 01:43:12,052 BY ACTUALLY OUR GET ENGAGED 2650 01:43:12,052 --> 01:43:14,087 COMMISSIONER. SO, I ALSO WANTED 2651 01:43:14,087 --> 01:43:17,190 TO SPOTLIGHT REALLY QUICKLY THAT 2652 01:43:17,190 --> 01:43:19,993 GET ENGAGED HAS BEEN FANTASTIC 2653 01:43:19,993 --> 01:43:22,462 FOR US, AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT 2654 01:43:22,462 --> 01:43:25,032 RESOURCE FOR GETTING YOUNG 2655 01:43:25,032 --> 01:43:30,037 PEOPLE AND YOUNG VOICES HEARD AT 2656 01:43:30,037 --> 01:43:31,805 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT LEVELS. 2657 01:43:31,805 --> 01:43:36,510 >> AWESOME, WE WILL DEFINITELY 2658 01:43:36,510 --> 01:43:37,911 BE FOLLOWING UP, A GOOD SHOT OUT 2659 01:43:37,911 --> 01:43:39,279 FOR GET ENGAGED. JUST TO WRAP US 2660 01:43:39,279 --> 01:43:40,614 UP TO OUR LGBTQ COMMISSION 2661 01:43:40,614 --> 01:43:44,451 COCHAIRS , HI, IT HAS BEEN GREAT 2662 01:43:44,451 --> 01:43:47,287 TO WORK WITH YOU ALL IN A FEW 2663 01:43:47,287 --> 01:43:47,888 DIFFERENT CAPACITIES NOW, 2664 01:43:47,888 --> 01:43:48,922 WHETHER IT BE BRINGING FORWARD 2665 01:43:48,922 --> 01:43:52,059 POLICY THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING 2666 01:43:52,059 --> 01:43:53,193 OR IN HONORING OUR COMMUNITY 2667 01:43:53,193 --> 01:43:56,930 MEMBERS, AND I WANTED TO ASK AN 2668 01:43:56,930 --> 01:43:59,333 OPEN QUESTION HERE, BECAUSE WE 2669 01:43:59,333 --> 01:44:00,534 KNOW THAT TRANS-PEOPLE IN 2670 01:44:00,534 --> 01:44:01,668 AMERICA ARE UNDER ATTACK. 2671 01:44:01,668 --> 01:44:06,239 SEATTLE IS POISED TO TAKE IN 2672 01:44:06,239 --> 01:44:11,645 MANY FOLKS, LIKE ASYLUM-SEEKERS, 2673 01:44:11,645 --> 01:44:12,479 SO FOLKS SEEKING REFUGE. 2674 01:44:12,479 --> 01:44:13,447 ANYTHING FROM ANY OF THE 2675 01:44:13,447 --> 01:44:14,047 COMMISSIONS REPRESENTED HERE 2676 01:44:14,047 --> 01:44:15,115 TODAY, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE 2677 01:44:15,115 --> 01:44:16,149 SURVIVE OFTENTIMES BY HIDING. 2678 01:44:16,149 --> 01:44:20,187 AND IT IS FRONT OF MIND FOR ME, 2679 01:44:20,187 --> 01:44:22,923 THINKING ABOUT THE TRANS FOLKS 2680 01:44:22,923 --> 01:44:24,424 WHO ARE COMING HERE, SEEKING 2681 01:44:24,424 --> 01:44:27,394 REFUGE, AND ARE HIDING FOR THEIR 2682 01:44:27,394 --> 01:44:28,829 OWN SAFETY, AND SO, I WANTED TO 2683 01:44:28,829 --> 01:44:30,464 ALLOW YOU ALL TO SPEAK TO THIS 2684 01:44:30,464 --> 01:44:32,666 OPENLY , WHAT THE COMMISSION IS 2685 01:44:32,666 --> 01:44:34,468 UNDERSTANDING AT THIS TIME ABOUT 2686 01:44:34,468 --> 01:44:37,671 THE INFLUX OF TRANS REFUGEES TO 2687 01:44:37,671 --> 01:44:40,007 THE SEATTLE AREA. 2688 01:44:40,007 --> 01:44:41,875 >> YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT 2689 01:44:41,875 --> 01:44:46,913 QUESTION. YOU SORT OF REFERENCED 2690 01:44:46,913 --> 01:44:48,982 SOME STUFF THAT I WAS READY 2691 01:44:48,982 --> 01:44:50,350 THINKING IN MY HEAD IN TERMS OF 2692 01:44:50,350 --> 01:44:51,985 WANTING TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, 2693 01:44:51,985 --> 01:44:54,054 SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR 2694 01:44:54,054 --> 01:44:55,255 WORKPLAN AS WELL, WE ARE CALLING 2695 01:44:55,255 --> 01:44:57,524 IT A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PROGRAM 2696 01:44:57,524 --> 01:44:59,359 THAT ADDRESSES THE FACT THAT 2697 01:44:59,359 --> 01:45:00,894 THERE IS, ACCORDING TO RECENT 2698 01:45:00,894 --> 01:45:03,096 DATA, 400,000+ PEOPLE, TRANS 2699 01:45:03,096 --> 01:45:04,331 PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THEIR HOME TO 2700 01:45:04,331 --> 01:45:07,734 SEEK SAFETY IN ANOTHER PLACE. 2701 01:45:07,734 --> 01:45:08,769 ASSIGN ANOTHER STATISTIC TODAY 2702 01:45:08,769 --> 01:45:10,370 THAT SAID THAT THAT NUMBER ALSO 2703 01:45:10,370 --> 01:45:12,606 REPRESENTS ONE IN SEVEN QUEER 2704 01:45:12,606 --> 01:45:13,774 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE WHOLE U.S., 2705 01:45:13,774 --> 01:45:16,276 AND SEATTLE IS A DESTINATION FOR 2706 01:45:16,276 --> 01:45:17,711 A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE. SO, THE 2707 01:45:17,711 --> 01:45:18,512 COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PROGRAM IS 2708 01:45:18,512 --> 01:45:20,514 SOMETHING WE WANT TO START 2709 01:45:20,514 --> 01:45:21,014 BUILDING, AND PROVIDING 2710 01:45:21,014 --> 01:45:26,019 RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WHO SHOW 2711 01:45:26,019 --> 01:45:27,287 UP, LIKE I DID HERE, TWO, ALMOST 2712 01:45:27,287 --> 01:45:28,288 THREE YEARS AGO, TO CONNECT 2713 01:45:28,288 --> 01:45:29,289 PEOPLE WITH PROGRAMS AND 2714 01:45:29,289 --> 01:45:30,924 RESOURCES THAT DO EXIST, BECAUSE 2715 01:45:30,924 --> 01:45:31,958 WHEN PEOPLE FIRST ARRIVE, THEY 2716 01:45:31,958 --> 01:45:33,193 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, AND 2717 01:45:33,193 --> 01:45:38,465 OFTEN, THE PROCESS OF REACHING [ 2718 01:45:38,465 --> 01:45:39,366 INAUDIBLE ] AND MAKING 2719 01:45:39,366 --> 01:45:39,933 APPOINTMENTS AND FOLLOWING 2720 01:45:39,933 --> 01:45:44,471 THROUGH [ INAUDIBLE ] CAN BE 2721 01:45:44,471 --> 01:45:45,672 VERY OVERWHELMING AND THE PEOPLE 2722 01:45:45,672 --> 01:45:47,140 TO GIVE UP. SO, IN SPEAKING WITH 2723 01:45:47,140 --> 01:45:50,944 OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THERE 2724 01:45:50,944 --> 01:45:52,145 HAS BEEN A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM 2725 01:45:52,145 --> 01:45:53,780 ALREADY IN TERMS OF LIKE, WOW, 2726 01:45:53,780 --> 01:45:56,783 THIS IS SOMETHING -- THERE IS A 2727 01:45:56,783 --> 01:45:57,851 GAP BETWEEN WHEN SOMEONE ARRIVES 2728 01:45:57,851 --> 01:45:59,619 AND WHEN THEY COME TO US, HOW DO 2729 01:45:59,619 --> 01:46:03,390 THEY KNOW TO COME TO US? SO, 2730 01:46:03,390 --> 01:46:04,224 THAT IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY 2731 01:46:04,224 --> 01:46:05,225 EXCITED ABOUT AND PROBABLY AM 2732 01:46:05,225 --> 01:46:06,660 GOING TO SPEND WAY TOO MUCH OF 2733 01:46:06,660 --> 01:46:07,928 MY FREE TIME WORKING ON THIS 2734 01:46:07,928 --> 01:46:09,930 YEAR. [ INAUDIBLE ] 2735 01:46:09,930 --> 01:46:10,897 >> YEAH, I THINK SPECIFICALLY 2736 01:46:10,897 --> 01:46:12,666 WITH THIS, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS 2737 01:46:12,666 --> 01:46:14,901 THE INFLUX IN TRANS REFUGEES 2738 01:46:14,901 --> 01:46:18,105 COMING , ALREADY KIND OF 2739 01:46:18,105 --> 01:46:21,541 INFLATING THE TRANS HOMELESSNESS 2740 01:46:21,541 --> 01:46:24,478 THAT WE SEE HERE IN SEATTLE. WE 2741 01:46:24,478 --> 01:46:25,378 SEE THIS BOTH THROUGH OUR 2742 01:46:25,378 --> 01:46:26,213 COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE 2743 01:46:26,213 --> 01:46:28,915 COMING TO TALK TO US, USUALLY 2744 01:46:28,915 --> 01:46:30,384 GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE 2745 01:46:30,384 --> 01:46:34,421 WORKING IN PARKS WHERE THERE ARE 2746 01:46:34,421 --> 01:46:40,293 HUGE NUMBERS OF HOMELESS TRANS 2747 01:46:40,293 --> 01:46:41,695 PEOPLE OF ALL AGE GROUPS. I SEE 2748 01:46:41,695 --> 01:46:43,697 THIS IN MY PERSONAL WORK, I SEE 2749 01:46:43,697 --> 01:46:47,501 IT AS A MANAGER OF A YOUNG ADULT 2750 01:46:47,501 --> 01:46:48,635 HOMELESS SHELTER. WE HAVE SEEN A 2751 01:46:48,635 --> 01:46:50,470 HUGE INFLUX IN YOUNG TRANS 2752 01:46:50,470 --> 01:46:56,510 PEOPLE WHO HAVE FLED RED STATES 2753 01:46:56,510 --> 01:46:57,611 WHO COME HERE WITHOUT PLAN. AND 2754 01:46:57,611 --> 01:46:59,112 WHEN THEY GET HERE, THEY HAVE NO 2755 01:46:59,112 --> 01:47:00,614 SUPPORT. THEY HAVE NO FAMILY, 2756 01:47:00,614 --> 01:47:03,784 THEY HAVE NO FRIENDS. THEY CAME 2757 01:47:03,784 --> 01:47:05,018 HERE BECAUSE THEY HEARD IT'S A 2758 01:47:05,018 --> 01:47:06,586 SAFE PLACE, BUT WHEN THEY GET 2759 01:47:06,586 --> 01:47:07,788 HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SAFE 2760 01:47:07,788 --> 01:47:08,789 PLACE POLITICALLY, BUT IT'S NOT 2761 01:47:08,789 --> 01:47:10,423 A SAFE PLACE -- IS NO SAFE PLACE 2762 01:47:10,423 --> 01:47:12,125 FOR THEM TO GO ONCE THEY GET 2763 01:47:12,125 --> 01:47:13,660 HERE. AND SO, I THINK THAT THIS 2764 01:47:13,660 --> 01:47:16,730 IS EXAGGERATING A PROBLEM THAT 2765 01:47:16,730 --> 01:47:18,064 WAS ALREADY OVERLOOKED IN 2766 01:47:18,064 --> 01:47:19,666 SEATTLE. I THINK THAT'S 2767 01:47:19,666 --> 01:47:22,035 SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION 2768 01:47:22,035 --> 01:47:23,236 REALLY WANTS TO FOCUS ON AND 2769 01:47:23,236 --> 01:47:24,337 WORK WITH THE CITY ON SOLVING 2770 01:47:24,337 --> 01:47:25,439 THIS REALLY, REALLY PRESSING 2771 01:47:25,439 --> 01:47:26,973 ISSUE THAT IS ONLY BECOMING 2772 01:47:26,973 --> 01:47:30,544 WORSE. 2773 01:47:30,544 --> 01:47:31,945 >> THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT, I 2774 01:47:31,945 --> 01:47:33,180 THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE 2775 01:47:33,180 --> 01:47:34,681 DAY LIKE THIS AND CONTINUE TO 2776 01:47:34,681 --> 01:47:39,586 DAYLIGHT IT, SO FOLKS KNOW THAT 2777 01:47:39,586 --> 01:47:40,954 IT IS GOING ON AND I'M LOOKING 2778 01:47:40,954 --> 01:47:42,088 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL 2779 01:47:42,088 --> 01:47:43,290 ON THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 2780 01:47:43,290 --> 01:47:44,391 WORKING WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONS 2781 01:47:44,391 --> 01:47:45,358 HERE TODAY ON THIS CRITICAL 2782 01:47:45,358 --> 01:47:46,526 WORK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 2783 01:47:46,526 --> 01:47:49,663 CHAIR. 2784 01:47:49,663 --> 01:47:51,131 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I REALLY 2785 01:47:51,131 --> 01:47:52,098 APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT, AND I 2786 01:47:52,098 --> 01:47:53,099 SEE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM 2787 01:47:53,099 --> 01:47:54,701 COLLEAGUES, SO WITH THAT, I WANT 2788 01:47:54,701 --> 01:47:58,538 TO ONCE AGAIN EXTEND MY 2789 01:47:58,538 --> 01:47:59,539 APPRECIATION OVER TO ALL AS 2790 01:47:59,539 --> 01:48:00,707 PRESENTERS WHO HAVE GIVEN US SO 2791 01:48:00,707 --> 01:48:01,975 MUCH TO CONSIDER AND SO MANY 2792 01:48:01,975 --> 01:48:03,076 CONNECTIONS TO LOOK FORWARD TO 2793 01:48:03,076 --> 01:48:04,177 HAVING WITH YOU ALL, AND THE 2794 01:48:04,177 --> 01:48:05,212 OTHER FOLKS ON YOUR COMMISSIONS 2795 01:48:05,212 --> 01:48:06,446 WHO YOU REPRESENT AS CHAIRS. AND 2796 01:48:06,446 --> 01:48:12,686 WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO CALL 2797 01:48:12,686 --> 01:48:14,087 THE -- WHAT DAY IS TODAY? THE 2798 01:48:14,087 --> 01:48:15,055 MARCH 25th MEETING OF THE 2799 01:48:15,055 --> 01:48:16,056 HOUSING, ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2800 01:48:16,056 --> 01:48:17,224 COMMITTEE TO A CLOSE. THANK YOU 2801 01:48:17,224 --> 01:48:18,492 SO MUCH