Seattle City Council Videos
Councilmember Sawant urges urges eviction moratorium extension
3/15/202151:05
Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), chair of the Council's Sustainability and Renters Rights Committee, eviction defense experts, and renter advocates explain why the Seattle City Council should vote for the Right to Counsel legislation without loopholes and resolution to extend the eviction moratorium through 2021.
Speakers include:
Councilmember Kshama Sawant, City of Seattle
Edmund Witter, Housing Justice Project
John Pollock, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
Julissa Sanchez, Tenants Union of Washington State
Sharon Crowley, Seattle Renters Commission & UAW 4121 member
Jacob Shearer, Real Change organizer & Bookworkers Union member
Shirley Henderson, Seattle small business owner
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