1 00:00:04,037 --> 00:00:14,247 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:16,516 [MUSIC] 3 00:00:16,649 --> 00:00:18,551 -- GOOD EVENING. THE NOVEMBER 4 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:20,587 5th, 2026 SELECT BUDGET 5 00:00:20,587 --> 00:00:21,554 COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME BACK 6 00:00:21,554 --> 00:00:24,591 TO ORDER. IT IS 5:02 P.M.. WILL 7 00:00:24,591 --> 00:00:26,159 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 8 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:27,527 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED 9 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:30,997 UNTIL SHE RETURNS. THERE SHE IS. 10 00:00:30,997 --> 00:00:33,500 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 11 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:34,000 HOLLINGSWORTH PRESENT. 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:41,341 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 13 00:00:41,574 --> 00:00:45,879 -- I HEAR SORRY. 14 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:46,379 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 15 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:50,150 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 16 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:50,417 -- HEAR. 17 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:53,386 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK PRESENT. 18 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:53,853 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 19 00:00:53,853 --> 00:00:54,354 -- PRESENT. 20 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:59,225 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 21 00:00:59,225 --> 00:01:00,994 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND CHAIR 22 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:01,261 STRAUSS. 23 00:01:01,261 --> 00:01:02,896 -- PRESENT. 24 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:03,329 -- SEVEN. PRESENT. 25 00:01:03,329 --> 00:01:07,434 -- THANK YOU. WE ARE TAKING 26 00:01:07,434 --> 00:01:08,001 PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY ON THE 27 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:10,403 PROPOSED BUDGET. ON THE CHAIR'S 28 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:13,673 BALANCING PACKAGE AND WHATEVER. 29 00:01:13,673 --> 00:01:14,307 WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT 30 00:01:14,307 --> 00:01:16,910 WITH THE BUDGET. WE WE HAVE 31 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:19,412 COMPLETED ALL OF OUR REMOTE 32 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:19,979 PUBLIC COMMENTERS FROM THE 33 00:01:19,979 --> 00:01:24,117 VIRTUAL PUBLIC SESSION. WE HAVE 34 00:01:24,117 --> 00:01:25,151 SEVEN ZERO 70 FOLKS SIGNED UP 35 00:01:25,151 --> 00:01:26,486 THIS EVENING. AS I SAID JUST A 36 00:01:26,486 --> 00:01:28,188 MINUTE AGO, THIS IS THE MOST 37 00:01:28,188 --> 00:01:29,589 ATTENDED PUBLIC HEARING THAT 38 00:01:29,589 --> 00:01:30,924 WE'VE HAD IN A NUMBER OF YEARS. 39 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:32,859 I AM GOING TO ASK FOLKS TO LINE 40 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:35,895 UP AND FOLKS IN THE LOBBY. I 41 00:01:35,895 --> 00:01:37,464 NEED YOUR ATTENTION. FOLKS IN 42 00:01:37,464 --> 00:01:40,834 THE LOBBY, FOLKS IN THE LOBBY, 43 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:43,336 YOUR YOUR VOLUME IS DISRUPTING 44 00:01:43,336 --> 00:01:45,738 COUNCIL. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING 45 00:01:45,738 --> 00:01:47,874 TO GO REAL QUICKLY, AS FAST AS 46 00:01:47,874 --> 00:01:49,142 WE CAN. SO I'M GOING TO ASK 47 00:01:49,142 --> 00:01:51,044 FOLKS TO LINE UP. IF YOU DON'T 48 00:01:51,044 --> 00:01:52,846 NEED YOUR WHOLE MINUTE AND 30s, 49 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:54,914 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK. IT 50 00:01:54,914 --> 00:01:55,615 WILL ALLOW SOMEBODY WHO'S AT 51 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:57,550 THE END OF THE LINE TO GET HOME 52 00:01:57,550 --> 00:01:59,486 SOONER IN THE EVENING. CLARA, 53 00:01:59,486 --> 00:02:02,255 CAN YOU LET FOLKS KNOW OUT THERE 54 00:02:02,255 --> 00:02:03,857 THAT THAT THAT THEIR VOLUME 55 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:05,091 NEEDS TO BE TUNED DOWN A LITTLE 56 00:02:05,091 --> 00:02:07,127 BIT? THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, 57 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:09,696 EACH PERSON WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE 58 00:02:09,696 --> 00:02:12,332 30s IF YOU ARE IN A GROUP OF 59 00:02:12,332 --> 00:02:14,300 THREE OR MORE, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR 60 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:16,936 MINUTES AND 30s. IF YOU SPEAK IN 61 00:02:16,936 --> 00:02:19,672 A GROUP, YOU CANNOT PROVIDE 62 00:02:19,672 --> 00:02:20,306 INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONY IN THE SAME 63 00:02:20,306 --> 00:02:22,242 WAY. IF YOU SPOKE EARLIER TODAY, 64 00:02:22,242 --> 00:02:26,012 YOU CAN'T PROVIDE TESTIMONY 65 00:02:26,012 --> 00:02:30,583 RIGHT NOW. IF THERE IS. WE'RE 66 00:02:30,583 --> 00:02:32,152 GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO 67 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:34,220 THESE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE 68 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:35,522 LOBBY. IF SOMEBODY FRIENDS WITH 69 00:02:35,522 --> 00:02:37,023 THE FOLKS IN THE LOBBY, CAN YOU 70 00:02:37,023 --> 00:02:37,824 PLEASE ASK THEM TO BE A LITTLE 71 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:40,994 QUIETER? THANK YOU. WITH THAT, 72 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:43,563 WE'VE GOT 70 FOLKS. EACH PERSON 73 00:02:43,563 --> 00:02:45,798 WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE 30s OR 430. 74 00:02:45,798 --> 00:02:47,600 IF YOUR GROUP SPEAKERS WILL BE 75 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,035 CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 76 00:02:49,035 --> 00:02:50,770 THEY REGISTERED, SPEAKERS WILL 77 00:02:50,770 --> 00:02:53,673 HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE 78 00:02:53,673 --> 00:02:55,275 LEFT AND SPEAKERS MICROPHONES 79 00:02:55,275 --> 00:02:58,144 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY CONTINUE 80 00:02:58,144 --> 00:02:59,979 AFTER THE ALLOTTED TIME. WITH 81 00:02:59,979 --> 00:03:01,314 THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GET 82 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:04,050 ROLLING. RIGHT NOW. I'M GOING TO 83 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:05,084 READ THE FIRST TEN NAMES. I'M 84 00:03:05,084 --> 00:03:08,154 GOING TO MESS SOME NAMES UP AND 85 00:03:08,154 --> 00:03:08,821 MY APOLOGIES WITH THAT. WE'VE 86 00:03:08,821 --> 00:03:13,059 GOT DEVIN MURPHY, YVETTE DENISH, 87 00:03:13,059 --> 00:03:13,560 DOMINGO BARONE, BRANDON 88 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,130 LANNISTER, EVIE, JAMIE FACKLER, 89 00:03:17,130 --> 00:03:18,498 KAREN, STEPHEN I AM SORRY, 90 00:03:18,498 --> 00:03:19,766 KAREN, I MISSED YOUR LAST NAME 91 00:03:19,766 --> 00:03:22,769 UP. I KNEW I WAS GOING TO DO IT. 92 00:03:22,769 --> 00:03:25,438 AMY REICHBACH, JAMES BOYLE AND 93 00:03:25,438 --> 00:03:29,776 GUINEVERE WITH THAT, COME ON UP. 94 00:03:29,776 --> 00:03:30,443 WE'RE GOING TO GET ROCKING AND 95 00:03:30,443 --> 00:03:31,644 ROLLING. IF YOU HEAR ME SAY MICK 96 00:03:31,644 --> 00:03:33,146 JAGGER, THAT MEANS GET THE 97 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:33,746 MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO 98 00:03:33,746 --> 00:03:35,448 YOUR FACE. IT MOVES AROUND. OVER 99 00:03:35,448 --> 00:03:36,182 TO YOU, DEVIN. 100 00:03:36,182 --> 00:03:37,550 -- GREAT. THANKS SO MUCH. 101 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:38,718 THANKS, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS 102 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:40,787 DEVIN MURPHY. I'M THE ASSISTANT 103 00:03:40,787 --> 00:03:42,488 PRINCIPAL OVER AT ROBERT EAGLE 104 00:03:42,488 --> 00:03:43,790 STAFF MIDDLE SCHOOL IN SEATTLE. 105 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:45,758 I'M UP ON 90th AND AURORA. 106 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:46,359 THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR 107 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:47,927 COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 1000 FOLKS. 108 00:03:47,927 --> 00:03:49,462 I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO YOU 109 00:03:49,462 --> 00:03:51,664 ALL JUST ABOUT THE VALUE OF 110 00:03:51,664 --> 00:03:53,399 POCKET FOREST IN SEATTLE PUBLIC 111 00:03:53,399 --> 00:03:55,568 SCHOOLS FOR US IN OUR COMMUNITY, 112 00:03:55,568 --> 00:03:57,737 IT'S BEEN AN INVALUABLE 113 00:03:57,737 --> 00:03:58,938 RESOURCE. WE'VE HAD THE FORCE 114 00:03:58,938 --> 00:04:00,139 FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND 115 00:04:00,139 --> 00:04:01,741 IT'S REALLY MADE A HUGE 116 00:04:01,741 --> 00:04:02,375 DIFFERENCE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. 117 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:05,845 THREE OF THEM I WANT TO POINT 118 00:04:05,845 --> 00:04:06,479 OUT HERE, ONE, PHILOSOPHICALLY, 119 00:04:06,479 --> 00:04:09,015 IT GIVES US AND OUR STUDENTS AND 120 00:04:09,015 --> 00:04:10,750 OUR FAMILIES A REAL LIFE LIVING 121 00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:12,785 EXAMPLE OF THE VALUE OF A 122 00:04:12,785 --> 00:04:14,687 DIVERSE COMMUNITY. ALL OF THESE 123 00:04:14,687 --> 00:04:16,856 PLANTS WORKING TOGETHER TO FORM 124 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:17,490 THIS NATURAL RELATIONSHIP AND TO 125 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:19,559 FORM THIS NATURAL COMMUNITY, 126 00:04:19,559 --> 00:04:20,960 REALLY ENRICHES NOT ONLY JUST 127 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:21,628 LIKE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE, BUT 128 00:04:21,628 --> 00:04:23,229 HOW WE'RE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT 129 00:04:23,229 --> 00:04:25,865 IT. SECOND, IT GIVES US A BREAK 130 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:28,968 INTO NATURE. WE'RE IN MIDDLE 131 00:04:28,968 --> 00:04:30,003 SCHOOL. ESCALATIONS CAN HAPPEN 132 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:31,437 TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUTSIDE AND 133 00:04:31,437 --> 00:04:33,006 BE IN A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT LIKE 134 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:34,841 THAT, TO WALK THROUGH THAT WITH 135 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:35,341 STUDENTS AND HELP THEM 136 00:04:35,341 --> 00:04:38,077 DECOMPRESS IS HUGE. AND THIRD, 137 00:04:38,077 --> 00:04:38,745 IT'S AN INTELLECTUAL PLAYGROUND 138 00:04:38,745 --> 00:04:40,613 FOR US TODAY. UNBEKNOWNST TO ANY 139 00:04:40,613 --> 00:04:41,748 OF THE STUDENTS OR TEACHERS, I 140 00:04:41,748 --> 00:04:43,249 WAS GOING TO BE COMING DOWN 141 00:04:43,249 --> 00:04:45,685 HERE. OUR MOST IMPACTED SPECIAL 142 00:04:45,685 --> 00:04:47,086 EDUCATION CLASSES. WE'RE 143 00:04:47,086 --> 00:04:49,656 UTILIZING THE FOREST TO TALK 144 00:04:49,656 --> 00:04:50,256 ABOUT SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION 145 00:04:50,256 --> 00:04:50,890 AND ADAPTATION BY LOOKING AT AND 146 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:52,392 GETTING THEIR HANDS ON ACTUAL 147 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:53,559 LEAVES, SOMETHING THAT IF WE 148 00:04:53,559 --> 00:04:54,661 WERE AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL AND 149 00:04:54,661 --> 00:04:55,361 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, WE WOULD 150 00:04:55,361 --> 00:04:56,396 NOT HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO DO. 151 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:57,864 AND IT'S BEEN A HUGE RESOURCE 152 00:04:57,864 --> 00:04:58,865 AND INVALUABLE FOR US AS A 153 00:04:58,865 --> 00:05:00,266 LEARNING COMMUNITY. THANKS FOR 154 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:01,100 YOUR TIME. 155 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:03,603 -- THANK YOU. DEVIN. UP NEXT IS 156 00:05:03,603 --> 00:05:05,438 YVETTE. DENNIS FOLLOWED DOMINGO 157 00:05:05,438 --> 00:05:07,173 BARONE, BRANDON LANCASTER. 158 00:05:07,173 --> 00:05:07,440 MORNING. 159 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,641 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 160 00:05:08,641 --> 00:05:09,242 COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR 161 00:05:09,242 --> 00:05:12,412 YOUR SERVICE, PARTICULARLY 162 00:05:12,412 --> 00:05:13,379 DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. I 163 00:05:13,379 --> 00:05:15,948 FEEL FOR YOU. I PLEDGE 164 00:05:15,948 --> 00:05:16,949 ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE 165 00:05:16,949 --> 00:05:19,185 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO 166 00:05:19,185 --> 00:05:20,386 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT 167 00:05:20,386 --> 00:05:24,057 STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 168 00:05:24,057 --> 00:05:24,657 INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 169 00:05:24,657 --> 00:05:26,359 JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE ONLY THING 170 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:27,660 I NEED TO ADD IS THANK YOU ALL 171 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:30,530 FOR VOTING FOR THE ELECTION. 172 00:05:30,530 --> 00:05:32,231 KEEP IT UP AND STAY CIVICALLY 173 00:05:32,231 --> 00:05:33,733 ENGAGED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 174 00:05:33,733 --> 00:05:35,268 -- THANK YOU, MISS DENNIS. UP 175 00:05:35,268 --> 00:05:36,869 NEXT IS DOMINGO BARONE, FOLLOWED 176 00:05:36,869 --> 00:05:39,505 BY BRANDON AND THEN EVIE. YES. 177 00:05:39,505 --> 00:05:42,241 -- MY NAME IS DOMINGO BARONE. 178 00:05:42,241 --> 00:05:42,775 I'M WITH THE GEORGETOWN 179 00:05:42,775 --> 00:05:45,678 COMMUNITY AND THIS TIME I THINK 180 00:05:45,678 --> 00:05:47,647 WE'RE UP TO MAYBE GETTING A 181 00:05:47,647 --> 00:05:50,917 POSSIBILITY COMMUNITY CENTER. 182 00:05:50,917 --> 00:05:53,319 GEORGETOWN CAME INTO SEATTLE IN 183 00:05:53,319 --> 00:05:58,057 1904, 1904. OKAY, IT'S OVER 100 184 00:05:58,057 --> 00:05:58,691 YEARS THAT GEORGETOWN'S BEEN 185 00:05:58,691 --> 00:06:01,260 PART OF SEATTLE. I THINK IN SOME 186 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:03,429 SENSE WE'VE GONE A LITTLE BIT 187 00:06:03,429 --> 00:06:05,198 BACKWARDS. WHEN GEORGETOWN CAME 188 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:07,033 IN, WE HAD A BOYS AND GIRLS 189 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:08,601 CLUB. WE HAD GROCERY STORES 190 00:06:08,601 --> 00:06:12,405 THERE. WE HAD SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, 191 00:06:12,405 --> 00:06:14,240 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO AMENITIES 192 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,076 THERE. WE DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY. 193 00:06:17,076 --> 00:06:19,245 WE DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY 194 00:06:19,245 --> 00:06:21,948 CENTER. WE HAVE THREE, THREE 195 00:06:21,948 --> 00:06:25,785 PARKS BASICALLY. AND SO, AND I 196 00:06:25,785 --> 00:06:28,187 DON'T THINK WE'RE BEING 197 00:06:28,187 --> 00:06:31,824 REDLINED BY BANKS AS A SENSE. I 198 00:06:31,824 --> 00:06:33,459 LOOK TO YOU GUYS TO ASK YOU, 199 00:06:33,459 --> 00:06:35,995 WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON? I 200 00:06:35,995 --> 00:06:38,598 HEARD A WHILE BACK THAT BELLTOWN 201 00:06:38,598 --> 00:06:40,733 ONE TIME GOT A COMMUNITY CENTER 202 00:06:40,733 --> 00:06:42,235 WITHOUT EVEN ASKING. AND THEY 203 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:43,736 CLOSED IT BECAUSE NOBODY USED 204 00:06:43,736 --> 00:06:45,338 IT. WE WOULD HAVE LOVED THAT 205 00:06:45,338 --> 00:06:47,273 OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT. OKAY. 206 00:06:47,273 --> 00:06:50,977 AND SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, AT 207 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:53,346 THIS TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE 208 00:06:53,346 --> 00:06:56,349 LOOKING FOR JUST FOR GOVERNMENT 209 00:06:56,349 --> 00:06:57,216 TO BE THERE FOR THEM TO, TO LET 210 00:06:57,216 --> 00:07:01,053 THEM KNOW, AND IT'S A COMMUNITY 211 00:07:01,053 --> 00:07:02,054 THAT HAS VOTED PRETTY DEMOCRATIC 212 00:07:02,054 --> 00:07:04,924 ALL, ALL ITS LIFE AND BUT IT 213 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:07,260 NEEDS TO HAVE JUST A COMMITMENT 214 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:08,594 TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING 215 00:07:08,594 --> 00:07:10,163 RIGHT. SO I'M HOPING YOU CAN 216 00:07:10,163 --> 00:07:11,497 HELP US. OKAY. 217 00:07:11,497 --> 00:07:12,832 -- THANK YOU. DOMINGO. UP NEXT 218 00:07:12,832 --> 00:07:19,639 IS BRANDON. BRANDON AVAILABLE IS 219 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:22,041 THE PERSON RIGHT BEHIND YOU? ARE 220 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:25,411 YOU BRANDON BRANDON LAND USE 221 00:07:25,411 --> 00:07:32,285 CHAIR OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO COME 222 00:07:32,285 --> 00:07:34,787 BACK TO BRANDON LANNISTER. EV. 223 00:07:34,787 --> 00:07:37,256 JAMIE. KAREN WELCOME. GOOD TO 224 00:07:37,256 --> 00:07:41,027 SEE YOU. 225 00:07:41,027 --> 00:07:42,628 -- HELLO. TUESDAY WAS A REALLY 226 00:07:42,628 --> 00:07:46,132 BIG DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE 227 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:48,768 WORLD. TODAY WAS A REALLY BAD 228 00:07:48,768 --> 00:07:51,804 DAY IN THE SANCTUARY STATE OF 229 00:07:51,804 --> 00:07:55,074 WASHINGTON AND THE CITY OF 230 00:07:55,074 --> 00:07:56,709 SEATTLE. HUMANITY WAS ON THE 231 00:07:56,709 --> 00:07:58,744 BALLOT IN OUR STATE, AND 232 00:07:58,744 --> 00:08:02,415 HUMANITY LOST TRANS PEOPLE 233 00:08:02,415 --> 00:08:03,082 DON'T GET TO IN THIS STATE, 234 00:08:03,082 --> 00:08:05,651 DON'T GET TO CELEBRATE A 235 00:08:05,651 --> 00:08:06,686 VICTORY. AS MUCH AS WE WOULD 236 00:08:06,686 --> 00:08:09,088 LIKE TO. WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO 237 00:08:09,088 --> 00:08:12,458 THE WORK TO KEEP OUR BROTHERS 238 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:14,494 AND SISTERS ALIVE. THAT WORK 239 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:17,196 STARTS ESSENTIALLY YESTERDAY. WE 240 00:08:17,196 --> 00:08:18,231 HAVE A LOT TO DO BECAUSE 241 00:08:18,231 --> 00:08:19,699 THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS COMING 242 00:08:19,699 --> 00:08:24,070 FOR US THE UNITED STATES SUPREME 243 00:08:24,070 --> 00:08:26,372 COURT HAS NOT ONE, TWO, BUT 244 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:28,875 THREE CASES AGAINST WASHINGTON 245 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:29,842 STATE REGARDING TRANSGENDER 246 00:08:29,842 --> 00:08:30,877 RIGHTS. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT 247 00:08:30,877 --> 00:08:32,745 YOU, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER A TIME 248 00:08:32,745 --> 00:08:34,213 IN HISTORY WHEN ANY STATE HAD 249 00:08:34,213 --> 00:08:35,748 THAT MANY CASES AGAINST IT FOR 250 00:08:35,748 --> 00:08:38,584 ANY ISSUE. BUT THAT'S JUST MY 251 00:08:38,584 --> 00:08:42,355 UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE AN 252 00:08:42,355 --> 00:08:43,856 OPPORTUNITY THAT THE UNIVERSE 253 00:08:43,856 --> 00:08:45,191 HANDED US WHERE TRANSGENDER DAY 254 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:46,592 OF REMEMBRANCE JUST SO HAPPENS 255 00:08:46,592 --> 00:08:50,129 TO COINCIDE ON THE FINAL VOTE OF 256 00:08:50,129 --> 00:08:52,665 THE BUDGET, NOVEMBER 20th. SO 257 00:08:52,665 --> 00:08:54,467 THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A CALL TO 258 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:56,669 ACTION FOR EVERY TRANS ALLY, 259 00:08:56,669 --> 00:08:58,738 EVERY TRANS PERSON, EVERYONE 260 00:08:58,738 --> 00:09:00,273 WHO'S KNOWN OR LOVED A TRANS 261 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:01,841 PERSON. COME WITH US NOVEMBER 262 00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:04,744 20th TO BE HERE AND REMEMBER OUR 263 00:09:04,744 --> 00:09:06,779 LOST AND FORGOTTEN. OUR DEAD ARE 264 00:09:06,779 --> 00:09:08,648 RAISED. AND LET'S GET BACK TO 265 00:09:08,648 --> 00:09:12,118 WORK. TO KEEPING US ALIVE. THANK 266 00:09:12,118 --> 00:09:12,318 YOU. 267 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:14,954 -- THANK YOU. EVIE. UP NEXT IS 268 00:09:14,954 --> 00:09:16,722 JAMIE FACKLER, FOLLOWED BY KAREN 269 00:09:16,722 --> 00:09:17,857 AND THEN AMY. I'M GOING TO ASK 270 00:09:17,857 --> 00:09:19,926 FOR THE HANDS, PLEASE. ARE WE 271 00:09:19,926 --> 00:09:22,828 DOING A GROUP? WE'RE DOING A 272 00:09:22,828 --> 00:09:30,670 GROUP. ALL RIGHT I APPRECIATE 273 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:34,507 THAT. AND THEN JUST AS I'M GOING 274 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:36,709 TO CAN YOU TELL ME WHO ALL IS 275 00:09:36,709 --> 00:09:41,647 HERE? IF YOU'VE GOT NUMBERS OR. 276 00:09:41,647 --> 00:09:43,082 -- SO WE'VE GOT JAMIE FACKLER, 277 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:46,652 KAREN AND STEVENSON, AMY 278 00:09:46,652 --> 00:09:48,120 REICHENBACH AND JAMES PORTER 279 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:49,789 WELL SORRY JAMES BOYLE. 280 00:09:49,789 --> 00:09:50,990 -- GREAT. AND EVERYONE ELSE 281 00:09:50,990 --> 00:09:52,191 JOINING YOU DID NOT SIGN. 282 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:53,993 -- UP IN SOLIDARITY. 283 00:09:53,993 --> 00:09:54,961 -- GREAT. FANTASTIC. JUST 284 00:09:54,961 --> 00:09:56,262 TICKING OFF THE NAMES. 285 00:09:56,262 --> 00:09:58,197 APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH AT 286 00:09:58,197 --> 00:09:58,598 YOUR CONVENIENCE. 287 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,866 -- YEAH. THANK YOU. 288 00:10:00,866 --> 00:10:03,202 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS JAMIE 289 00:10:03,202 --> 00:10:05,504 FACKLER PROTECT 17 SHOP STEWARD 290 00:10:05,504 --> 00:10:07,473 MLK LABOR DELEGATE FOR MY UNION. 291 00:10:07,473 --> 00:10:09,108 I WORK AT CITY OF SEATTLE AS A 292 00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:10,743 BUILDING INSPECTOR AT SEATTLE 293 00:10:10,743 --> 00:10:11,811 DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION 294 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:14,013 INSPECTIONS, AND WE'RE HERE 295 00:10:14,013 --> 00:10:15,548 TODAY TO ASK FOR NO NO JOB CUTS 296 00:10:15,548 --> 00:10:18,284 IN THIS BUDGET. YOU KNOW, WE 297 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:20,252 UNDERSTAND WE'RE UP AGAINST 298 00:10:20,252 --> 00:10:21,253 TOUGH TIMES, YOU KNOW, AND WANT 299 00:10:21,253 --> 00:10:22,722 TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU. 300 00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:25,725 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO 301 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:28,127 COUNCILMEMBERS LIN FOSTER RINCK 302 00:10:28,127 --> 00:10:29,261 SAKA AND HOLLINGSWORTH WHO HAVE 303 00:10:29,261 --> 00:10:32,331 TAKEN TIME TO MEET WITH US, AS 304 00:10:32,331 --> 00:10:33,432 WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR 305 00:10:33,432 --> 00:10:35,267 US TO EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF 306 00:10:35,267 --> 00:10:36,302 THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, 307 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:38,237 HOW SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE 308 00:10:38,237 --> 00:10:38,738 IMPACTED THROUGHOUT THE 309 00:10:38,738 --> 00:10:39,772 COMMUNITY. IN MY DEPARTMENT, 310 00:10:39,772 --> 00:10:42,842 WE'RE FACING THE LARGEST AMOUNT 311 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:44,010 OF OF JOB CUTS. NOT ONLY ARE WE 312 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:45,544 ACTUALLY LOSING PEOPLE, LOSING 313 00:10:45,544 --> 00:10:47,880 JOBS, WE'RE LOSING POSITIONS. 314 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,049 RIGHT? SO THAT'S GOING TO 315 00:10:50,049 --> 00:10:51,917 IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND 316 00:10:51,917 --> 00:10:52,918 WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE GETS 317 00:10:52,918 --> 00:10:54,720 BACK, PICKS BACK UP SOME JOBS 318 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,223 THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED 319 00:10:57,223 --> 00:10:59,659 RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, 320 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:00,192 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE 321 00:11:00,192 --> 00:11:02,395 CITY'S UNREINFORCED MASONRY 322 00:11:02,395 --> 00:11:03,262 PROGRAM POTENTIALLY SEES 323 00:11:03,262 --> 00:11:04,897 IMPACTS. SO THAT HAS THAT HAS 324 00:11:04,897 --> 00:11:08,434 IMPACTS ON BUILDINGS IN 325 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:10,670 CHINATOWN CITY IN PIONEER 326 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:11,871 SQUARE. AND REALLY SOMETHING WE 327 00:11:11,871 --> 00:11:13,272 SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT IS HOW, 328 00:11:13,272 --> 00:11:15,508 HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING RESILIENCY 329 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:16,942 WITHIN OUR CITY. SO WE'RE ASKING 330 00:11:16,942 --> 00:11:19,011 FOR NO JOB CUTS. WE'RE ASKING 331 00:11:19,011 --> 00:11:23,315 FOR SUPPORT OF YOUR COUNCIL 332 00:11:23,315 --> 00:11:24,950 CENTRAL BUDGET OFFICE 005 B AND 333 00:11:24,950 --> 00:11:27,553 JUST WANT TO EXPRESS SOLIDARITY 334 00:11:27,553 --> 00:11:29,288 WITH THE TRANS COMMUNITY. ALSO 335 00:11:29,288 --> 00:11:31,223 AS A AS A BUILDING INSPECTOR, 336 00:11:31,223 --> 00:11:32,658 BATHROOMS, PUBLIC BATHROOMS. 337 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:33,726 ACCESSIBILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT 338 00:11:33,726 --> 00:11:35,394 TO ME. SO ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR 339 00:11:35,394 --> 00:11:37,329 THAT. THANK YOU. 340 00:11:37,329 --> 00:11:39,298 -- THANK YOU. 341 00:11:39,298 --> 00:11:40,466 -- GOOD EVENING, CHAIR STRAUSS 342 00:11:40,466 --> 00:11:41,801 AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY 343 00:11:41,801 --> 00:11:44,136 NAME IS KAREN ANN DAVISON. I'M 344 00:11:44,136 --> 00:11:44,670 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 345 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:46,972 PROTECH 17. WE REPRESENT CLOSE 346 00:11:46,972 --> 00:11:48,841 TO 4000 WORKERS HERE AT THE CITY 347 00:11:48,841 --> 00:11:50,609 OF SEATTLE. AND JUST ECHOING 348 00:11:50,609 --> 00:11:52,311 JAMIE'S COMMENTS ASKING FOR NO 349 00:11:52,311 --> 00:11:55,681 CUTS TO JOBS, THESE ARE 350 00:11:55,681 --> 00:11:56,982 LIVELIHOODS. AND MORE 351 00:11:56,982 --> 00:11:59,218 IMPORTANTLY, THEY DO REALLY 352 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:00,186 IMPORTANT SERVICES THAT IMPACT 353 00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:01,687 HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF 354 00:12:01,687 --> 00:12:03,222 PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. I ALSO WANT 355 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:06,792 TO ECHO APPRECIATION TO 356 00:12:06,792 --> 00:12:09,261 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS LIN AND 357 00:12:09,261 --> 00:12:09,895 FOSTER FOR SPONSORING CBOS. 005 358 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:11,997 B AND THE RELINQUISH THE REST OF 359 00:12:11,997 --> 00:12:12,598 MY TIME TO MEMBERS WHO WOULD 360 00:12:12,598 --> 00:12:16,669 LIKE TO SPEAK. THANK YOU SO 361 00:12:16,669 --> 00:12:16,869 MUCH. 362 00:12:16,869 --> 00:12:17,203 -- THANK YOU. 363 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:18,738 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS AMY 364 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:19,805 REICHENBACH. I'M A CITY OF 365 00:12:19,805 --> 00:12:21,774 SEATTLE EMPLOYEE AND I AM HERE 366 00:12:21,774 --> 00:12:25,544 TO TALK ABOUT CBOS. 005 B THANK 367 00:12:25,544 --> 00:12:27,680 YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS STRAUSS, 368 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,515 LIN AND FOSTER FOR SUPPORTING 369 00:12:29,515 --> 00:12:30,916 THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT. I'VE BEEN 370 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:33,586 AN EMPLOYEE FOR 24 YEARS WITH 371 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,521 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES IN 372 00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:38,457 VARIOUS CAPACITIES. TEMPORARY 373 00:12:38,457 --> 00:12:39,892 AND NOW FULL TIME. AND I'M 374 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:40,826 STANDING HERE IN SOLIDARITY FOR 375 00:12:40,826 --> 00:12:42,061 ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SLATED 376 00:12:42,061 --> 00:12:44,063 TO BE CUT FOR THEIR JOBS, SOME 377 00:12:44,063 --> 00:12:47,399 OF THEM WHO WERE TOO SCARED TO 378 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:48,501 COME TODAY AND SPEAK. AND IT 379 00:12:48,501 --> 00:12:49,802 WOULD BE TOO EMOTIONAL FOR THEM 380 00:12:49,802 --> 00:12:53,172 TO DO SO. SO I'M STANDING IN 381 00:12:53,172 --> 00:12:54,440 SOLIDARITY FOR THEM. I CAN SPEAK 382 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,208 AS A CITY WORKER FOR THE PAST 24 383 00:12:56,208 --> 00:13:00,012 YEARS. I CARE ABOUT WHAT I DO. I 384 00:13:00,012 --> 00:13:00,479 WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE 385 00:13:00,479 --> 00:13:01,280 COMMUNITIES WE SUPPORT, THE 386 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,683 PROGRAMS THAT WE BUILD AND 387 00:13:04,683 --> 00:13:05,851 ADMINISTER. I WORK FOR THE WATER 388 00:13:05,851 --> 00:13:07,820 SUPPLY. MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN 389 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:10,489 THERE PROBABLY ON THE CEDAR 390 00:13:10,489 --> 00:13:11,791 RIVER WATERSHED TOUR OF THE DAM, 391 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:14,593 ET CETERA. THOSE ARE PROTECT 17 392 00:13:14,593 --> 00:13:17,196 EMPLOYEES WHO WHO GAVE YOU THAT 393 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:17,897 TOUR FROM THE EDUCATION CENTER? 394 00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:21,500 AND I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU 395 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:23,302 FOR FOR SUPPORTING THIS BILL AND 396 00:13:23,302 --> 00:13:24,570 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 397 00:13:24,570 --> 00:13:26,272 SUPPORT. PLEASE MAKE SURE IT 398 00:13:26,272 --> 00:13:32,244 GETS PASSED AND I YIELD MY TIME 399 00:13:32,244 --> 00:13:33,078 -- HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JAMES 400 00:13:33,078 --> 00:13:35,815 BOYLE. I'M A CITY EMPLOYEE IN 401 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,116 THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS 402 00:13:37,116 --> 00:13:38,851 AND A MEMBER OF PROTECT 17. I 403 00:13:38,851 --> 00:13:40,653 WOULD LIKE TO THANK 404 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:43,589 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, LIN AND 405 00:13:43,589 --> 00:13:46,091 FOSTER FOR SPONSORING. 005 B AND 406 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:48,327 I'M URGING COUNCIL TO PASS THIS 407 00:13:48,327 --> 00:13:49,595 PROPOSAL. JUST STARTED WITH THE 408 00:13:49,595 --> 00:13:51,497 CITY A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT I CAN 409 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:52,531 HONESTLY SAY THAT I HAVE NEVER 410 00:13:52,531 --> 00:13:54,166 WORKED AT A JOB WHERE PEOPLE 411 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:55,301 CARE SO DEEPLY ABOUT THE CITY, 412 00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:57,269 THAT THEY SERVE. THESE PEOPLE 413 00:13:57,269 --> 00:13:58,237 SHOULD NOT BE ABANDONED BY THE 414 00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:00,306 CITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER 415 00:14:00,306 --> 00:14:01,607 MONTHS. THIS PROPOSAL ACHIEVES 416 00:14:01,607 --> 00:14:03,275 THE BARE MINIMUM, SAVING TWO 417 00:14:03,275 --> 00:14:04,877 JOBS AND ENSURING THAT WORKERS 418 00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:05,845 GET SIX MONTHS TO FIND THEIR 419 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:08,447 NEXT JOB. I CANNOT GUARANTEE 420 00:14:08,447 --> 00:14:09,748 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THESE 421 00:14:09,748 --> 00:14:11,951 WORKERS. THAT SCARES ME, AND 422 00:14:11,951 --> 00:14:13,052 THAT SHOULD SCARE YOU TOO. BUT 423 00:14:13,052 --> 00:14:14,887 WHAT I CAN GUARANTEE IS THIS IF 424 00:14:14,887 --> 00:14:16,789 THIS PROPOSAL IS PULLED OR 425 00:14:16,789 --> 00:14:18,457 COUNCIL'S FINAL BUDGET FAILS TO 426 00:14:18,457 --> 00:14:20,159 PROTECT CITY WORKERS, WE WILL 427 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:21,227 REMEMBER WHERE EACH OF YOU 428 00:14:21,227 --> 00:14:25,364 STOOD. WE WILL NOT FORGET. THANK 429 00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:29,301 YOU. 430 00:14:29,301 --> 00:14:32,771 -- WELL SAID. DOES ANYONE ELSE 431 00:14:32,771 --> 00:14:34,306 WANT THE LAST TWO SECONDS? 432 00:14:34,306 --> 00:14:35,140 DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. I'M JUST 433 00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:37,076 GOING TO SAY BEFORE YOU ALL MOVE 434 00:14:37,076 --> 00:14:38,477 ALONG, DO YOU HAVE A FINAL 435 00:14:38,477 --> 00:14:39,712 COMMENT? JAMIE, YOU HAD FIVE 436 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:39,979 SECONDS. 437 00:14:39,979 --> 00:14:42,414 -- WELL, JUST SUPPORT FOR 438 00:14:42,414 --> 00:14:45,451 SHELTER EXPANSION AS WELL. THANK 439 00:14:45,451 --> 00:14:45,651 YOU. 440 00:14:45,651 --> 00:14:45,918 -- OKAY. 441 00:14:45,918 --> 00:14:47,319 -- BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANT TO 442 00:14:47,319 --> 00:14:48,487 TAKE THIS MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE 443 00:14:48,487 --> 00:14:50,022 YOU AS OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. WE 444 00:14:50,022 --> 00:14:51,056 COULDN'T GET ANY OF THE WORK 445 00:14:51,056 --> 00:14:52,958 DONE IN OUR CITY WITHOUT YOU. 446 00:14:52,958 --> 00:14:54,760 YOU ARE THE ONES THAT DO THE 447 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,962 WORK ON THE GROUND. YOU ARE THE 448 00:14:56,962 --> 00:14:57,496 ONES THAT ARE SERVING THE 449 00:14:57,496 --> 00:14:58,197 SEATTLEITES WHO ARE IN THIS ROOM 450 00:14:58,197 --> 00:15:03,502 TODAY. YOU. AND IT IS SUCH A 451 00:15:03,502 --> 00:15:05,938 DIFFICULT DECISION TO LAY FOLKS 452 00:15:05,938 --> 00:15:07,139 OFF BECAUSE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE 453 00:15:07,139 --> 00:15:08,974 OF THOSE PEOPLE, THAT'S A 454 00:15:08,974 --> 00:15:10,509 MORTGAGE OR RENT PAYMENT, 455 00:15:10,509 --> 00:15:12,945 THAT'S THE CHILD CARE PAYMENT. 456 00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:15,781 THAT'S THE GROCERY BUDGET. 457 00:15:15,781 --> 00:15:18,450 THAT'S LIVELIHOOD. AND WE WOULD 458 00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:22,121 NOT BE DOING OUR JOB IF WE WERE 459 00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:24,290 NOT HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU 460 00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:25,124 HAVE THE TIME THAT YOU NEED TO 461 00:15:25,124 --> 00:15:26,959 GET THE NEXT JOB, BECAUSE WE 462 00:15:26,959 --> 00:15:28,294 CAN'T LEAVE YOU OUT ON THE 463 00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:29,962 LIMB. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING 464 00:15:29,962 --> 00:15:31,263 THAT EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE DOES 465 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:33,299 FOR OUR CITY AND ALL. 466 00:15:33,299 --> 00:15:35,334 SEATTLEITES. THANK YOU. WE'RE 467 00:15:35,334 --> 00:15:38,003 GOING TO MOVE ON. THIS IS YOUR 468 00:15:38,003 --> 00:15:40,539 FIRST WARNING. THIS IS YOUR 469 00:15:40,539 --> 00:15:44,777 FIRST WARNING. BRANDON LANNISTER 470 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:48,948 GENEVIEVE JANVIER DELRIDGE. 471 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:51,417 GENEVIEVE. RICH. GENEVIEVE. 472 00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:54,019 GENEVIEVE IS NEXT. GUINEVERE. 473 00:15:54,019 --> 00:15:57,556 THANK YOU. 474 00:15:57,556 --> 00:16:02,494 -- COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I'M HERE 475 00:16:02,494 --> 00:16:04,730 BECAUSE I WANT THE CITY TO 476 00:16:04,730 --> 00:16:05,230 IMMEDIATELY RELEASE THE 477 00:16:05,230 --> 00:16:07,066 EMERGENCY FUNDS PROMISED TO THE 478 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:09,268 TRANS COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND 479 00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:10,803 THAT I'M SPEAKING THIS TO THE 480 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:12,638 MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL, BUT I 481 00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:15,441 WANT EVERYONE TO GET THAT OUT AS 482 00:16:15,441 --> 00:16:16,075 SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT WAS 483 00:16:16,075 --> 00:16:19,878 PROMISED MONTHS AGO. WE SAW THAT 484 00:16:19,878 --> 00:16:22,081 THIS WEEK. THE BLUE WAVE HAS 485 00:16:22,081 --> 00:16:24,783 LEFT BEHIND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. 486 00:16:24,783 --> 00:16:27,286 AS THE STATE PASSED THE TRANS 487 00:16:27,286 --> 00:16:29,888 SPORTS BAN, WHICH WILL INCREASE 488 00:16:29,888 --> 00:16:30,456 STIGMATIZATION AGAINST OUR 489 00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:32,458 COMMUNITY, DIRECTLY LEADING TO 490 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:33,993 INCREASED VIOLENCE, WHICH I HAVE 491 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:34,927 PERSONALLY SUFFERED IN THIS 492 00:16:34,927 --> 00:16:36,729 CITY. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE 493 00:16:36,729 --> 00:16:38,964 THE TEMPERATURE FOR TRANS PEOPLE 494 00:16:38,964 --> 00:16:40,099 IN WHAT IS THE SAFEST CITY FOR 495 00:16:40,099 --> 00:16:43,535 TRANS PEOPLE IN AMERICA. AND SO 496 00:16:43,535 --> 00:16:45,137 A LOT OF US ARE FEELING LIKE THE 497 00:16:45,137 --> 00:16:46,205 DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS JUST AS 498 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:48,407 HARMFUL TO US AS REPUBLICANS. I 499 00:16:48,407 --> 00:16:51,377 WANT YOU ALL TO PROVE US WRONG, 500 00:16:51,377 --> 00:16:55,080 AND YOU NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO 501 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,750 DO THAT. THE CITY IS SWEEPING 502 00:16:57,750 --> 00:17:00,586 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN CAL ANDERSON 503 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:03,055 PARK ILLEGALLY WITHOUT NOTICE BY 504 00:17:03,055 --> 00:17:06,558 SIMPLY DECLARING IT A. WE CAN DO 505 00:17:06,558 --> 00:17:07,359 THIS WITHOUT NOTICE ZONE. YOU 506 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:08,293 CAN'T JUST SAY, I'M NOT GOING 507 00:17:08,293 --> 00:17:09,762 TO FOLLOW THE LAW HERE. THAT'S 508 00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:13,499 NOT HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS. AND SO 509 00:17:13,499 --> 00:17:16,235 WE NEED YOU ALL TO PROTECT TRANS 510 00:17:16,235 --> 00:17:18,837 KIDS, TO PROTECT TRANS PEOPLE 511 00:17:18,837 --> 00:17:20,272 AND RELEASE THE FUNDS. AND I 512 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:21,774 SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET. 513 00:17:21,774 --> 00:17:22,841 THANK YOU. 514 00:17:22,841 --> 00:17:23,709 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO 515 00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:27,913 BACK TO NUMBER FOUR RIGHT NOW. 516 00:17:27,913 --> 00:17:29,348 BRANDON LANNISTER, BRANDON 517 00:17:29,348 --> 00:17:32,051 LANNISTER, BRANDON LANNISTER. 518 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:34,420 -- TRANS RIGHTS TRANS RIGHTS. 519 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:39,591 NOW TRANS RIGHTS NOW, TRANS 520 00:17:39,591 --> 00:17:39,892 RIGHTS NOW. 521 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:40,993 -- THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO 522 00:17:40,993 --> 00:17:42,027 OBJECTION, WE WILL BE AT EASE 523 00:17:42,027 --> 00:17:52,071 FOR A FEW MOMENTS. 524 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:52,471 -- OKAY. THANKS. 525 00:17:52,471 --> 00:17:53,138 -- YEAH, WE'RE TOGETHER., 526 00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:55,774 -- AND I'M SORRY. WE ARE AT 527 00:17:55,774 --> 00:17:56,909 EASE FOR JUST A MOMENT. WE'RE 528 00:17:56,909 --> 00:17:58,610 GOING TO WAIT, AND WE'RE GOING 529 00:17:58,610 --> 00:17:59,578 TO WAIT FOR THESE FOLKS TO STOP. 530 00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:01,046 -- LET HIM SPEAK. 531 00:18:01,046 --> 00:18:03,215 -- WE CAN'T HEAR YOU BECAUSE 532 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:05,617 THERE ARE DISTURBANCES IN THE 533 00:18:05,617 --> 00:18:06,552 CHAMBERS FROM OUR FELLOW. 534 00:18:06,552 --> 00:18:08,454 -- LET'S HAVE SOME MORE 535 00:18:08,454 --> 00:18:08,887 DISTURBANCES THEN. 536 00:18:08,887 --> 00:18:11,924 -- OKAY? 537 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:12,257 -- [LAUGHTER] 538 00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:12,524 -- YEAH. 539 00:18:12,524 --> 00:18:15,327 -- THE RICH TAX THE RICH TAX THE 540 00:18:15,327 --> 00:18:20,232 RICH TAX THE RICH TAX THE RICH 541 00:18:20,232 --> 00:18:22,568 TAX THE RICH 542 00:18:22,568 --> 00:18:25,104 -- YOU OKAY? NOW. 543 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:27,339 -- IF EVERYONE'S READY TO GO, 544 00:18:27,339 --> 00:18:28,774 WE'LL COME BACK FROM EASE. 545 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:29,475 BRANDON, ARE YOU PART OF A GROUP 546 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:31,543 OR ARE YOU BY YOURSELF? ALL 547 00:18:31,543 --> 00:18:33,112 THREE OF YOU. AND YOU'VE ALL 548 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:34,279 SIGNED IN WITH AMELIA. WE'RE 549 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:37,783 GOOD TO GO. FANTASTIC. AT YOUR 550 00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:38,283 CONVENIENCE, MY FRIEND. 551 00:18:38,283 --> 00:18:41,386 -- HI. MY NAME IS STEVE LEE. 552 00:18:41,386 --> 00:18:41,887 -- I'M WITH SEATTLE 553 00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:42,754 REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISTS AND THE 554 00:18:42,754 --> 00:18:45,824 UNITED FRONT FOR WORKERS PARTY. 555 00:18:45,824 --> 00:18:47,993 YOU DO NOT HAVE TOUGH CHOICES. 556 00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:49,661 YOU CLAIM TO HAVE TOUGH CHOICES. 557 00:18:49,661 --> 00:18:51,029 YOU CLAIM TO SUPPORT THE CITY 558 00:18:51,029 --> 00:18:53,465 WORKERS, BUT YOU'RE CUTTING. 559 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:55,167 YOU'RE NOT INCREASING THEM. 560 00:18:55,167 --> 00:18:58,504 THEIR PAY TO MEET INFLATION, AND 561 00:18:58,504 --> 00:19:01,006 YOU'RE LAYING PEOPLE OFF. YOU 562 00:19:01,006 --> 00:19:02,508 CAN TAX THE RICH. 563 00:19:02,508 --> 00:19:02,841 -- [LAUGHTER] 564 00:19:02,841 --> 00:19:05,811 -- THIS IS THE CITY. THIS CITY 565 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:07,079 IS THE RICHEST CITY IN THE 566 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:08,113 WORLD. YOU CAN ALL SIT UP THERE 567 00:19:08,113 --> 00:19:11,116 WITH YOUR SMUG FACES, BUT LOOK 568 00:19:11,116 --> 00:19:13,051 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FRANCE. 569 00:19:13,051 --> 00:19:13,619 LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 570 00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:14,786 ARGENTINA. LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING 571 00:19:14,786 --> 00:19:16,155 ACROSS EUROPE. LOOK WHAT'S 572 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:16,955 HAPPENING IN INDIA. DO YOU THINK 573 00:19:16,955 --> 00:19:18,657 THAT THIS KIND OF STUFF IS NOT 574 00:19:18,657 --> 00:19:20,325 GOING TO HAPPEN IN SEATTLE, WHEN 575 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:21,894 THE LIVING STANDARDS KEEP GOING 576 00:19:21,894 --> 00:19:25,197 DOWN, PEOPLE ARE UNDER ATTACK, 577 00:19:25,197 --> 00:19:26,632 AND IT'S TIME THAT THE CITY 578 00:19:26,632 --> 00:19:29,401 COUNCIL STEP UP AND QUIT THE 579 00:19:29,401 --> 00:19:31,103 CUTS AND QUIT GIVING MORE MONEY 580 00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:33,005 TO THE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 581 00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:35,007 KATIE WILSON WANTED TO GIVE 68 582 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:36,575 MILLION MORE DOLLARS. AND WHAT 583 00:19:36,575 --> 00:19:37,910 HAVE YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH 584 00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:40,345 ANOTHER 2 MILLION LIKE THAT 585 00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:42,581 WASN'T ENOUGH. BOOM. THE CITY 586 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:45,784 NEEDS TO SHUT THIS DOWN AND 587 00:19:45,784 --> 00:19:48,020 BEGIN TO ACTUALLY TAX THE RICH 588 00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,455 AND PAY FOR THE REAL SOCIAL 589 00:19:50,455 --> 00:19:51,590 SERVICES THAT PEOPLE DESERVE. 590 00:19:51,590 --> 00:19:52,291 THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO 591 00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:53,725 BE UP THERE FOR. YOU COULD EVEN 592 00:19:53,725 --> 00:19:55,561 GET A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FOR 593 00:19:55,561 --> 00:19:58,230 TRIMMING YOUR OWN SALARIES. YOU 594 00:19:58,230 --> 00:19:59,631 MAKE OVER $100,000 A YEAR. HOW 595 00:19:59,631 --> 00:20:01,567 ABOUT KNOCKING IT DOWN TO AN 596 00:20:01,567 --> 00:20:03,001 AVERAGE CITY WAGE OF A CITY 597 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:04,436 WORKER? MAYBE SOME OF THAT MONEY 598 00:20:04,436 --> 00:20:06,972 COULD GO TO SOMETHING USEFUL. SO 599 00:20:06,972 --> 00:20:08,740 YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 600 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:09,741 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AWAY 601 00:20:09,741 --> 00:20:12,077 WITH THIS. IF YOU IF YOU 602 00:20:12,077 --> 00:20:12,644 CONTINUE TO CUT THE BUDGET, 603 00:20:12,644 --> 00:20:14,479 THERE WILL BE TROUBLE IN THIS 604 00:20:14,479 --> 00:20:16,148 CITY. SO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE 605 00:20:16,148 --> 00:20:17,883 WARNING YOU RIGHT NOW, THESE 606 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:22,754 RIOTS WILL BE COMING. THANK YOU 607 00:20:22,754 --> 00:20:23,021 -- OKAY. 608 00:20:23,021 --> 00:20:26,358 -- [APPLAUSE] 609 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:27,893 -- ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO 610 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:28,527 ON TO THE NEXT. I'M GOING TO 611 00:20:28,527 --> 00:20:32,264 CALL OUT THE NEXT TEN NAMES. Ms 612 00:20:32,264 --> 00:20:33,665 MCFARLAND, HAZEL LOWE, BILLY 613 00:20:33,665 --> 00:20:36,101 ATKINS, ZACH OLSON, JAMIE 614 00:20:36,101 --> 00:20:38,570 BALLOU, MORGAN GROMAN, ROSE 615 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:41,073 MCMURRAY. PATTON MCGEE, DEE 616 00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:45,677 POWERS, SIMON G. AND ARE YOU A 617 00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:48,680 GROUP HERE? YES. AND IF YOU 618 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,049 COULD JUST GIVE ME YOUR NAMES OR 619 00:20:51,049 --> 00:20:51,316 NUMBERS. 620 00:20:51,316 --> 00:20:56,655 -- WE'RE NUMBERS 11 THROUGH 14. 621 00:20:56,655 --> 00:20:57,022 -- 11, 12, 13. 622 00:20:57,022 --> 00:20:58,790 -- 14, 15. 623 00:20:58,790 --> 00:20:59,057 -- SORRY. 624 00:20:59,057 --> 00:21:02,327 -- COOL. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ARE 625 00:21:02,327 --> 00:21:02,527 YOU. 626 00:21:02,527 --> 00:21:04,563 -- ARE YOU FROM A YOU ARE FROM 627 00:21:04,563 --> 00:21:04,997 THE CENTER SCHOOL? 628 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:06,632 -- YES. 629 00:21:06,632 --> 00:21:07,733 -- SO JUST BEFORE WE GET IN 630 00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:08,367 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, IF 631 00:21:08,367 --> 00:21:10,836 IT WERE NOT FOR THE STUDENTS 632 00:21:10,836 --> 00:21:11,470 FROM CENTER SCHOOL, WE WOULD NOT 633 00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:13,572 BE HAVING GROUP COMMENT PERIODS. 634 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:15,774 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AT 635 00:21:15,774 --> 00:21:16,975 YOUR CONVENIENCE. YOU'RE READY 636 00:21:16,975 --> 00:21:18,310 TO GO. 637 00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:18,577 -- OKAY. 638 00:21:18,577 --> 00:21:19,978 -- HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. WE ARE 639 00:21:19,978 --> 00:21:20,979 STUDENTS FROM THE CENTER SCHOOL. 640 00:21:20,979 --> 00:21:22,814 MY NAME IS BILLY ATKINS. I'M 641 00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:24,116 FROM DISTRICT ONE. MY NAME IS 642 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:25,784 MATT MCFARLAND, DISTRICT FIVE. 643 00:21:25,784 --> 00:21:27,085 -- MY NAME IS HAZEL LOWE, 644 00:21:27,085 --> 00:21:28,120 DISTRICT SIX. MY NAME IS ZACH 645 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:28,887 OLSON FROM DISTRICT FOUR. 646 00:21:28,887 --> 00:21:30,289 -- MY NAME IS JAMIE BALLOU, 647 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:31,323 DISTRICT FIVE. 648 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:33,158 -- AND MY NAME IS AUDREY HORNER. 649 00:21:33,158 --> 00:21:34,459 DISTRICT SIX. AS STUDENTS OF THE 650 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:35,560 CENTER SCHOOL, LOCATED IN THE 651 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,329 HEART OF SEATTLE CENTER, WE ARE 652 00:21:37,329 --> 00:21:38,897 ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE IMPACT 653 00:21:38,897 --> 00:21:40,132 HOMELESSNESS HAS HAD ON OUR 654 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:41,600 COMMUNITY. IT IS DEEPLY 655 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:42,668 DISTRESSING TO SEE OUR UNHOUSED 656 00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:43,902 NEIGHBORS SUFFERING ON A DAILY 657 00:21:43,902 --> 00:21:45,537 BASIS. AND THOUGH THIS 658 00:21:45,537 --> 00:21:46,171 ADMINISTRATION HAS STATED THAT 659 00:21:46,171 --> 00:21:46,738 THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN 660 00:21:46,738 --> 00:21:48,407 SEATTLE IS AN URGENT ISSUE, WE 661 00:21:48,407 --> 00:21:49,708 FEEL AS THOUGH THERE'S NOT 662 00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:51,576 ENOUGH BEING DONE TO HELP. 663 00:21:51,576 --> 00:21:52,844 -- ACROSS THIS COUNCIL. WE HAVE 664 00:21:52,844 --> 00:21:54,246 HEARD YOU CLAIM PRIORITIES OF 665 00:21:54,246 --> 00:21:55,847 SHELTER, HUMAN SERVICES AND 666 00:21:55,847 --> 00:21:56,915 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HOWEVER, THE 667 00:21:56,915 --> 00:21:58,050 PROPOSED BUDGET YOU SEE BEFORE 668 00:21:58,050 --> 00:21:59,651 YOU IS NOT IN LINE WITH THESE 669 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:00,719 VALUES. THE ELECTION OF KATIE 670 00:22:00,719 --> 00:22:02,921 WILSON, WHO RAN A CAMPAIGN ON 671 00:22:02,921 --> 00:22:03,522 REDUCING HOMELESSNESS, SHOWS 672 00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:04,623 THAT THIS IS WHAT SEATTLEITES 673 00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:05,557 ARE LOOKING FOR, AND YET IT IS 674 00:22:05,557 --> 00:22:06,224 NOT ACHIEVED WITH WHAT THE 675 00:22:06,224 --> 00:22:08,260 BUDGET HAS PRESENTED THUS FAR. 676 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:10,228 THIS HAS LEFT MANY OF US, MANY 677 00:22:10,228 --> 00:22:11,163 OF OUR PEERS, FEELING 678 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:12,564 DISILLUSIONED WITH OUR LOCAL 679 00:22:12,564 --> 00:22:13,532 GOVERNMENT. AS ADOLESCENTS, WE 680 00:22:13,532 --> 00:22:15,467 HAVE ALREADY GROWN USED TO 681 00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:17,602 SEEING OUR GOVERNMENT ON THE 682 00:22:17,602 --> 00:22:19,137 LOCAL AND NATIONAL SCALE ACROSS 683 00:22:19,137 --> 00:22:20,639 PARTY LINES, FAILED TO DELIVER 684 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:23,342 ON ITS PROMISES. WE, AS THE NEXT 685 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:23,909 GENERATION OF SEATTLEITES, 686 00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:24,576 INVITE YOU, THE COUNCILMEMBERS, 687 00:22:24,576 --> 00:22:26,611 TO NOT BE HYPOCRITICAL. WE HOPE 688 00:22:26,611 --> 00:22:27,713 YOU CAN TAKE OUR TESTIMONY TO 689 00:22:27,713 --> 00:22:29,915 HEART AND RESTORE OUR FAITH IN 690 00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:31,149 THE SYSTEMS PLAY, AS WELL AS THE 691 00:22:31,149 --> 00:22:33,752 FUTURE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY AS 692 00:22:33,752 --> 00:22:35,354 A WHOLE. SIMPLY PROVIDING 693 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,089 FUNDING TO SHELTERS IS NOT A 694 00:22:37,089 --> 00:22:38,557 SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS. 695 00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:40,225 INVESTING IN SOCIAL WORKERS, 696 00:22:40,225 --> 00:22:40,826 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND TINY 697 00:22:40,826 --> 00:22:42,861 HOME PROGRAMS ARE KEY TO KEEPING 698 00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:43,495 PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. ONCE 699 00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:45,664 THEY LEAVE A SHELTER BED. 700 00:22:45,664 --> 00:22:47,132 SPIRALING BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS 701 00:22:47,132 --> 00:22:48,967 IS ALL TOO EASY. WITHOUT SUPPORT 702 00:22:48,967 --> 00:22:50,936 AND A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION 703 00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:53,505 IS UNREALISTIC AND EVIDENTIALLY 704 00:22:53,505 --> 00:22:54,373 UNSUCCESSFUL. CONSULTING WITH 705 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:56,208 PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH 706 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:56,775 FIELD WILL PROVE EXTREMELY 707 00:22:56,775 --> 00:22:58,243 BENEFICIAL TO DEVELOPING THE 708 00:22:58,243 --> 00:22:59,478 BUDGET EFFECTIVELY. WITH 709 00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:01,213 HOMELESSNESS IN MIND, 710 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:01,813 SPECIFICALLY, CONSULTING WITH 711 00:23:01,813 --> 00:23:02,581 THE CARE TEAM IS A PERFECT 712 00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:03,949 AVENUE TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR 713 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:05,183 PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL 714 00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:07,052 HEALTH. CRISISES. HOUSED OR NOT, 715 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:08,687 THE CARE TEAM WAS DESIGNED AS AN 716 00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:10,889 ALTERNATIVE TO UTILIZING POLICE 717 00:23:10,889 --> 00:23:12,491 FORCE FOR SITUATIONS WHERE IT IS 718 00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:13,892 NOT APPROPRIATE. THIS BEAUTIFUL 719 00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:15,494 PROGRAM HELPS PICK UP THE SLACK. 720 00:23:15,494 --> 00:23:16,862 MANY SEATTLEITES FEEL OTHER 721 00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:18,063 PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS ARE 722 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,731 LEAVING. THERE IS A LONG HISTORY 723 00:23:19,731 --> 00:23:21,233 OF DISTRUST OF PEOPLE IN UNIFORM 724 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:21,833 AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, 725 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:23,902 WHICH. THE CARE TEAM, AS A NEW 726 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:25,203 PROGRAM SERVES TO MEND. THIS IS 727 00:23:25,203 --> 00:23:27,472 WHY I HOPE YOU WILL BE AS 728 00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:28,073 DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR AS I WAS 729 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:29,341 THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY 11 730 00:23:29,341 --> 00:23:31,009 UNFILLED POSITIONS ON THE CARE 731 00:23:31,009 --> 00:23:32,878 TEAM. THIS LACK OF STAFFING ALSO 732 00:23:32,878 --> 00:23:34,012 MAKES IT SO THE CARE TEAM IS NOT 733 00:23:34,012 --> 00:23:35,514 ABLE TO OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE 734 00:23:35,514 --> 00:23:36,214 SMALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT. OFTEN 735 00:23:36,214 --> 00:23:38,984 WHEN PEOPLE NEED CARE THE MOST, 736 00:23:38,984 --> 00:23:39,551 THE PROPOSED BUDGET SHOULD 737 00:23:39,551 --> 00:23:40,852 ABSOLUTELY DELEGATE MORE OF THE 738 00:23:40,852 --> 00:23:41,853 PUBLIC SERVICES MONEY TO FUND 739 00:23:41,853 --> 00:23:43,355 THIS ESSENTIAL PROGRAM, RATHER 740 00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:44,523 THAN LEAVING IT TO DISINTEGRATE 741 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:48,160 IN FAVOR OF 66 MORE OFFICERS. 742 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,127 -- THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN 743 00:23:49,127 --> 00:23:51,029 SEATTLE HAS BEEN A PERSISTENT 744 00:23:51,029 --> 00:23:52,264 PROBLEM, AND THE PEOPLE OF 745 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:53,632 SEATTLE NEED REPRESENTATIVES WHO 746 00:23:53,632 --> 00:23:55,867 ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING OUR 747 00:23:55,867 --> 00:23:56,668 MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS. WE 748 00:23:56,668 --> 00:23:57,803 WANT POLITICIANS WHO WILL DO 749 00:23:57,803 --> 00:23:58,603 WHAT THEY SAY AND SAY WHAT THEY 750 00:23:58,603 --> 00:24:01,740 DO, INSTEAD OF PANDERING TO THE 751 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:03,108 RICH. WITH OVER 18,000 UNHOUSED 752 00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:04,609 PEOPLE IN SEATTLE, IT IS 753 00:24:04,609 --> 00:24:06,678 NECESSARY TO FUND TEAMS 754 00:24:06,678 --> 00:24:08,113 DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH, 755 00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:10,182 FUND JOB PROGRAMS AND FUND 756 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:11,917 RECOVERY CLINICS. IN ADDITION TO 757 00:24:11,917 --> 00:24:13,218 SHELTERS. THE DIRECTION THIS 758 00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:15,187 BUDGET IS TAKING WITH HIRING 66 759 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:17,289 NEW OFFICERS IS INCREDIBLY 760 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:18,690 OBJECTIONABLE. WHEN LOOKING AT 761 00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:19,157 THE HISTORY OF POLICE 762 00:24:19,157 --> 00:24:20,692 INTERACTIONS WITH UNHOUSED 763 00:24:20,692 --> 00:24:21,893 CITIZENS GONE SOUTH, WHAT WE 764 00:24:21,893 --> 00:24:23,628 NEED IS NOT MORE OFFICERS BUT AN 765 00:24:23,628 --> 00:24:25,997 EMPATHY FORWARD APPROACH WITH 766 00:24:25,997 --> 00:24:27,699 PROFESSIONALS TRAINED IN 767 00:24:27,699 --> 00:24:29,401 HANDLING MENTAL HEALTH 768 00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:29,901 SITUATIONS AND WHO ARE 769 00:24:29,901 --> 00:24:31,870 KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE AVENUES 770 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:33,338 AVAILABLE TO STRUGGLING PEOPLE. 771 00:24:33,338 --> 00:24:37,676 -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 772 00:24:37,676 --> 00:24:42,013 -- THANK YOU. 773 00:24:42,013 --> 00:24:44,516 -- ROBIN. FOLLOWED BY ROSE 774 00:24:44,516 --> 00:24:46,384 MCMURRAY AND THEN PAT MCGEE 775 00:24:46,384 --> 00:24:49,855 MORGAN, YOU'RE. 776 00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:51,523 -- UP. FIND HOUSING NOT COPS. 777 00:24:51,523 --> 00:24:55,594 FIND HOUSING, NOT COPS. 778 00:24:55,594 --> 00:24:57,796 -- HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS 779 00:24:57,796 --> 00:24:58,697 MORGAN GROBAN. I WORK FOR TEEN 780 00:24:58,697 --> 00:24:59,865 FEED. WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE 781 00:24:59,865 --> 00:25:01,566 MEALS PARTNERSHIP COALITION, AND 782 00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:03,768 WE'VE BEEN SERVING DINNER EVERY 783 00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:05,570 SINGLE NIGHT. 365 TO YOUTH IN 784 00:25:05,570 --> 00:25:07,973 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S DISTRICT 785 00:25:07,973 --> 00:25:09,374 SINCE 1987. THANK YOU TO ALL THE 786 00:25:09,374 --> 00:25:10,509 COUNCILORS AND STAFFERS, 787 00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:11,176 ESPECIALLY FOR THE HARD WORK 788 00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:12,644 YOU'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 789 00:25:12,644 --> 00:25:14,179 MONTH, SUBMITTING AMENDMENTS AND 790 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:14,813 BALANCING THIS, BALLOT, TRYING 791 00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:16,281 TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. THANK 792 00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:18,083 YOU. ESPECIALLY SAKA, 793 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:19,784 HOLLINGSWORTH, AND RINCK FOR 794 00:25:19,784 --> 00:25:20,385 CHAMPIONING MANY OF OUR HUMAN 795 00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:21,620 SERVICES PROGRAMS THAT OUR CITY 796 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:23,788 CARES ABOUT FOR COMMITTING TO A 797 00:25:23,788 --> 00:25:25,957 WAGE EQUITY REPORT FOR HSD 798 00:25:25,957 --> 00:25:26,892 CONTRACTS. AND ESPECIALLY, THANK 799 00:25:26,892 --> 00:25:29,027 YOU FOR SUSTAINING FUNDING TO 800 00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:30,295 FOOD BANKS AND MEAL PROGRAMS. I 801 00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:32,330 WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOMEBODY 802 00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:32,964 THAT YOU'RE HELPING DIRECTLY 803 00:25:32,964 --> 00:25:34,933 WITH THIS MONEY. LET'S CALL HER 804 00:25:34,933 --> 00:25:36,167 ANGELA. AS A YOUNG PERSON WHO 805 00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:37,702 COMES TO TEEN FEED MOST NIGHTS, 806 00:25:37,702 --> 00:25:39,237 WHO HAS A SEVERE ALLERGY TO 807 00:25:39,237 --> 00:25:41,439 GLUTEN, SHE CAN'T EAT BREAD, 808 00:25:41,439 --> 00:25:43,642 PASTA, MOST SOY SAUCES WITHOUT 809 00:25:43,642 --> 00:25:44,676 SEVERE SUFFERING, SEVERE STOMACH 810 00:25:44,676 --> 00:25:46,077 CRAMPS, AND RISKING A VISIT TO 811 00:25:46,077 --> 00:25:47,579 THE ER. A TEEN FEED. LIKE MOST 812 00:25:47,579 --> 00:25:49,214 MEAL PROGRAMS, WE RELY ALMOST 813 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:51,049 ENTIRELY ON DONATED AND RESCUED 814 00:25:51,049 --> 00:25:53,218 FOODS, SO WE HAVE VERY LITTLE 815 00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:54,019 CONTROL OVER WHAT'S IN OUR 816 00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:55,687 KITCHEN, WHAT WE CAN MAKE A MEAL 817 00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:56,988 WITH. SO WE CAN'T MAKE A GLUTEN 818 00:25:56,988 --> 00:25:58,823 FREE MEAL MOST NIGHTS. IMAGINE 819 00:25:58,823 --> 00:26:00,358 EVERY SINGLE DAY COMING FOR YOUR 820 00:26:00,358 --> 00:26:01,459 SINGLE MEAL OF THE DAY, JUST 821 00:26:01,459 --> 00:26:03,361 HOPING AND PRAYING THAT IT WILL 822 00:26:03,361 --> 00:26:04,729 BE SOMETHING YOU CAN EAT. BUT 823 00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:05,630 WITH THIS FUNDING FROM THE CITY, 824 00:26:05,630 --> 00:26:07,566 I, AS THE KITCHEN MANAGER, 825 00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:09,834 DON'T HAVE TO HOPE THAT SOMEONE 826 00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:11,670 MIGHT DONATE GLUTEN FREE PASTA. 827 00:26:11,670 --> 00:26:13,672 I CAN JUST BUY IT. I KEEP BACKUP 828 00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:14,773 MEALS IN THE PANTRY AND THE 829 00:26:14,773 --> 00:26:16,374 FREEZER SO ANGELA DOESN'T HAVE 830 00:26:16,374 --> 00:26:17,676 TO HOPE AND PRAY ANYMORE. SHE 831 00:26:17,676 --> 00:26:19,945 KNOWS THAT IF SHE COMES TO FEED, 832 00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:21,046 SHE WILL EAT THAT DAY. SO ON 833 00:26:21,046 --> 00:26:22,514 BEHALF OF THE HUNDREDS OF 834 00:26:22,514 --> 00:26:23,682 UNHOUSED YOUTH THAT WE FEED 835 00:26:23,682 --> 00:26:24,683 EVERY YEAR, THANK YOU FOR 836 00:26:24,683 --> 00:26:26,151 CONTINUING TO INCLUDE MEALS IN 837 00:26:26,151 --> 00:26:26,551 THE CITY BUDGET. 838 00:26:26,551 --> 00:26:28,019 -- AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK 839 00:26:28,019 --> 00:26:29,321 THAT YOU DO. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 840 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:33,091 ROSE MCMURRAY, FOLLOWED BY 841 00:26:33,091 --> 00:26:33,425 PATTON MCGEE. 842 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:34,359 -- HELLO CITY COUNCILORS. 843 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:35,327 -- MY NAME IS ROSE MCMURRAY. 844 00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:37,462 I'M A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT 845 00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:39,464 AND WORK AT THE HOT MEAL PROGRAM 846 00:26:39,464 --> 00:26:40,699 IN DISTRICT SIX. I'M SPEAKING 847 00:26:40,699 --> 00:26:41,933 TODAY AS A MEMBER OF THE MEAL 848 00:26:41,933 --> 00:26:43,702 PARTNERSHIP COALITION ABOUT THE 849 00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:44,169 ETHICAL AND EFFECTIVE 850 00:26:44,169 --> 00:26:46,538 DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING FOR OUR 851 00:26:46,538 --> 00:26:47,672 CITY'S MOST VULNERABLE. WHILE I 852 00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:48,640 PERSONALLY HAVE RATHER LARGE 853 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,475 ISSUES WITH THE ALLOCATION OF 854 00:26:50,475 --> 00:26:51,509 FUNDS IN THIS BUDGET THAT HAVE 855 00:26:51,509 --> 00:26:53,111 BEEN AND WILL BE ADDRESSED BY 856 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:54,746 MANY TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO 857 00:26:54,746 --> 00:26:55,614 ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE 858 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:57,082 MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THE $1 859 00:26:57,082 --> 00:26:58,149 MILLION IN PERMANENT FUNDING 860 00:26:58,149 --> 00:27:00,952 ALLOCATED TO MEAL PROGRAMS IN 861 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:01,586 THE 2027 BUDGET, AND URGE CITY 862 00:27:01,586 --> 00:27:03,755 COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN IT. THIS 863 00:27:03,755 --> 00:27:04,823 IMPORTANT FUND. THIS IS 864 00:27:04,823 --> 00:27:05,790 IMPORTANT FUNDING TO MAKE 865 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:08,159 PERMANENT. AND I LAUD OUR CITY 866 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:08,760 FOR RECOGNIZING THIS. I WOULD 867 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:09,794 LIKE TO URGE CITY COUNCIL TO 868 00:27:09,794 --> 00:27:11,029 MAINTAIN FUNDING TO THE MEAL 869 00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:12,864 PARTNERSHIP COALITION TO 870 00:27:12,864 --> 00:27:13,431 DISTRIBUTE ACCORDING TO OUR 871 00:27:13,431 --> 00:27:15,734 NEEDS. NBC IS A MEMBER DRIVEN 872 00:27:15,734 --> 00:27:17,168 COALITION OF THOSE WHO WORK 873 00:27:17,168 --> 00:27:18,536 INSIDE HOT MEAL PROGRAMS AND CAN 874 00:27:18,536 --> 00:27:19,571 MAKE REAL DECISIONS ABOUT HOW 875 00:27:19,571 --> 00:27:20,972 HUNGER IN SEATTLE IS BEST 876 00:27:20,972 --> 00:27:22,107 ADDRESSED AS A COALITION THAT 877 00:27:22,107 --> 00:27:24,075 SPANS THE ENTIRE CITY, MPC IS 878 00:27:24,075 --> 00:27:24,743 UNIQUELY SITUATED TO RESPOND TO 879 00:27:24,743 --> 00:27:27,345 CHANGES AS THEY COME UP. OVER 880 00:27:27,345 --> 00:27:28,413 THE PAST YEAR, THE HOT MEAL 881 00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:29,614 PROGRAM HAS MET AS WELL AS MANY 882 00:27:29,614 --> 00:27:31,182 OTHER PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE 883 00:27:31,182 --> 00:27:32,851 CITY HAVE SEEN SUBSTANTIAL 884 00:27:32,851 --> 00:27:33,451 INCREASES IN THEIR DINER'S 885 00:27:33,451 --> 00:27:35,754 HOURS. IS MORE THAN 10%. THIS 886 00:27:35,754 --> 00:27:36,755 FUNDING WILL ALLOW US TO WORK 887 00:27:36,755 --> 00:27:38,790 TOGETHER AS A CITY TO ADDRESS 888 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:39,424 THIS INCREASED NEED. AGAIN, MY 889 00:27:39,424 --> 00:27:41,292 NAME IS ROSE MCMURRAY. WITH THE 890 00:27:41,292 --> 00:27:42,527 HOT MEAL PROGRAM, AND I URGE YOU 891 00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:44,729 TO SUSTAIN THE FULL 100, THE 892 00:27:44,729 --> 00:27:46,197 FULL $1 MILLION IN PERMANENT 893 00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:47,532 FUNDING FOR HOT MEAL PROGRAMS 894 00:27:47,532 --> 00:27:48,600 INCLUDED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. 895 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,335 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 896 00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:51,836 -- THANK YOU. ROSE. UP NEXT IS 897 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:54,539 PATTON MCGEE, FOLLOWED BY DEE. 898 00:27:54,539 --> 00:27:55,507 -- HELLO. THANK YOU, 899 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:56,841 COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR THIS 900 00:27:56,841 --> 00:27:58,176 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU 901 00:27:58,176 --> 00:27:59,878 EVERY NIGHT. THE WOMEN'S SHELTER 902 00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:02,047 THAT I STAY AT TURNS AWAY. WOMEN 903 00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:04,182 WHO NEED A SAFE PLACE TO STAY 904 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:05,784 OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THOSE WOMEN I 905 00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:07,686 WILL NEVER GET TO SEE AGAIN. 906 00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:09,654 SOME OF THOSE WOMEN DIED AS A 907 00:28:09,654 --> 00:28:11,022 RESULT OF NOT BEING INSIDE, SAFE 908 00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:13,458 FROM BECOMING VICTIMS OF CRIME 909 00:28:13,458 --> 00:28:15,694 OR MEETING THEIR DEMISE ALONE 910 00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:17,862 AND ISOLATED. WE NEED MORE 911 00:28:17,862 --> 00:28:19,497 SHELTER SIMPLY SO WE DON'T TURN 912 00:28:19,497 --> 00:28:21,066 PEOPLE AWAY TO DIE. WE NEED 913 00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:23,001 SHELTER FOR ELDERLY, VULNERABLE 914 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:25,136 ADULTS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 915 00:28:25,136 --> 00:28:26,471 SURVIVORS AND PEOPLE WITH MENTAL 916 00:28:26,471 --> 00:28:29,074 HEALTH ISSUES. PLEASE HELP 917 00:28:29,074 --> 00:28:30,475 PEOPLE WHO ALREADY ARE 918 00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:32,077 STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. HELP 919 00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:33,812 PEOPLE WHO ARE ALONE, ISOLATED 920 00:28:33,812 --> 00:28:35,180 AND SUFFERING WITH NO VOICE TO 921 00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:37,716 BE HEARD. I APPRECIATE YOUR 922 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,250 TIME. THANK YOU. 923 00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:40,685 -- I APPRECIATE YOU, PATTON. UP 924 00:28:40,685 --> 00:28:43,188 NEXT IS. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE WE'RE 925 00:28:43,188 --> 00:28:44,756 HAVING TROUBLE HAVING 926 00:28:44,756 --> 00:28:46,224 COMMUNICATIONS. PLEASE USE YOUR 927 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:49,260 JAZZ HANDS. PATTON, DEAN AND 928 00:28:49,260 --> 00:28:49,627 SIMON, WELCOME. 929 00:28:49,627 --> 00:28:52,230 -- GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. 930 00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:53,364 MY NAME IS DEE POWERS, AND I'M 931 00:28:53,364 --> 00:28:54,833 HERE TO ASK YOU TO UPHOLD THE 932 00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:56,668 MAYOR'S VETO. REGARDING THE ONE 933 00:28:56,668 --> 00:28:58,970 TIME RV PERMITTING PROCESS 934 00:28:58,970 --> 00:29:01,573 BROUGHT FORWARD LAST MONTH BY 935 00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:03,341 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AS A 936 00:29:03,341 --> 00:29:04,509 FORMER FORMER VEHICLE RESIDENT 937 00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:07,178 WHO SPENT SEVEN YEARS SEEKING 938 00:29:07,178 --> 00:29:09,848 SERVICES BEFORE FINALLY BEING 939 00:29:09,848 --> 00:29:11,182 REHOUSED IN 2022. I BELIEVE THAT 940 00:29:11,182 --> 00:29:13,585 DOING A ONE TIME PERMIT PROCESS 941 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:15,186 WILL HARM EXISTING AND FUTURE 942 00:29:15,186 --> 00:29:18,556 VEHICLE RESIDENTS IN OUR REGION. 943 00:29:18,556 --> 00:29:19,057 THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL 944 00:29:19,057 --> 00:29:19,691 DISPROPORTIONATELY HARM PEOPLE 945 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:22,794 WHO CANNOT MEET THE PERMIT 946 00:29:22,794 --> 00:29:23,394 REQUIREMENTS ARRIVE AFTER THE 947 00:29:23,394 --> 00:29:24,496 CENSUS OR DEPEND ON REMAINING 948 00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:26,631 CLOSE TO EMPLOYMENT, SCHOOLS, 949 00:29:26,631 --> 00:29:30,668 HEALTH CARE, FAMILY AND OTHER 950 00:29:30,668 --> 00:29:31,302 ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. 951 00:29:31,302 --> 00:29:32,470 PLEASE WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S 952 00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:34,873 OFFICE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE 953 00:29:34,873 --> 00:29:36,474 ADVOCATES TO DETERMINE A 954 00:29:36,474 --> 00:29:38,643 NON-PUNITIVE WAY TO ROLL OUT 955 00:29:38,643 --> 00:29:40,812 SERVICES TO A POPULATION WHO 956 00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:41,379 RARELY IS OFFERED SUITABLE 957 00:29:41,379 --> 00:29:43,181 RESOURCES OR SHELTER, AND 958 00:29:43,181 --> 00:29:45,049 USUALLY ONLY SEES IMPOUNDMENT OF 959 00:29:45,049 --> 00:29:46,785 THEIR PROPERTY AND HURTFUL 960 00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:48,486 MEASURES INTENDED TO KEEP THEM 961 00:29:48,486 --> 00:29:49,854 INVISIBLE AND DESPERATE. OUR 962 00:29:49,854 --> 00:29:51,790 CITY CAN DO BETTER BY ITS 963 00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:53,858 CONSTITUENTS BY PROVIDING 964 00:29:53,858 --> 00:29:55,727 SERVICES INSTEAD OF PUNISHMENT. 965 00:29:55,727 --> 00:29:57,495 UPHOLDING THE VETO IS AN 966 00:29:57,495 --> 00:29:59,297 EXCELLENT FIRST STEP. THANK YOU, 967 00:29:59,297 --> 00:29:59,898 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR MAKING 968 00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:02,534 THIS POSSIBLE. I YIELD THE REST 969 00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:02,834 OF MY TIME. 970 00:30:02,834 --> 00:30:03,668 -- THANK YOU. 971 00:30:03,668 --> 00:30:04,002 -- [APPLAUSE] 972 00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:06,805 -- UP NEXT, WE HAVE SIMON, 973 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:09,774 FOLLOWED BY TRATT MORENO. CLARK. 974 00:30:09,774 --> 00:30:12,811 ARE HOLIDAY AYE, JEFF, PAUL, 975 00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:14,279 CAROLINE, RUSSELL, ANITRA, 976 00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:16,781 FREEMAN, SHIRLEY HENDERSON, 977 00:30:16,781 --> 00:30:18,817 MATTHEW MALLOY, OSCAR HANEY AND 978 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:19,851 THEN TYLER BLACKWELL. WITH THAT, 979 00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:21,319 ARE YOU A GROUP? YES. WONDERFUL. 980 00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:25,023 AND WHO ALL IS WHO. 981 00:30:25,023 --> 00:30:26,524 -- WHAT. 982 00:30:26,524 --> 00:30:26,991 -- WHAT NUMBERS ARE. 983 00:30:26,991 --> 00:30:34,499 -- YOU 20, 21, 22 HANG ON. 23, 984 00:30:34,499 --> 00:30:34,732 23 AYE. 985 00:30:34,732 --> 00:30:37,235 -- GREAT ONE HOUR OF SLEEP 986 00:30:37,235 --> 00:30:39,237 -- YOU ARE ALL DOING GREAT. YOU 987 00:30:39,237 --> 00:30:40,772 GOT FOUR MINUTES 30s WHENEVER 988 00:30:40,772 --> 00:30:42,207 YOU'RE READY, WE'RE READY TO 989 00:30:42,207 --> 00:30:42,373 GO. 990 00:30:42,373 --> 00:30:43,374 -- OKAY. 991 00:30:43,374 --> 00:30:43,808 -- HELLO, SEATTLE. 992 00:30:43,808 --> 00:30:45,977 -- CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 993 00:30:45,977 --> 00:30:46,311 SIMON GATELY. 994 00:30:46,311 --> 00:30:47,879 -- I MISS TREY MARINO., 995 00:30:47,879 --> 00:30:50,181 -- LAQUAGLIA HOLLIDAY. ANDERSON. 996 00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:51,816 DEAR SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, I 997 00:30:51,816 --> 00:30:52,650 SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TELL YOU 998 00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:54,152 THAT. OUR BUDGET SHOULD BE 999 00:30:54,152 --> 00:30:57,088 CHANGED. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT 1000 00:30:57,088 --> 00:30:59,090 OVERPAID NEARLY $13.1 MILLION TO 1001 00:30:59,090 --> 00:31:00,625 OFFICERS AND STAFF, YET STILL 1002 00:31:00,625 --> 00:31:02,493 GOT MORE FUNDING BECAUSE OUR 1003 00:31:02,493 --> 00:31:03,828 BUDGET NEEDS TO CHANGE. YOU 1004 00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:05,597 SHOULD KNOW PEOPLE IN HUMAN 1005 00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:06,998 SERVICES CONTRACTS CAN BARELY 1006 00:31:06,998 --> 00:31:08,933 AFFORD TO LIVE, LET ALONE SERVE 1007 00:31:08,933 --> 00:31:10,435 OUR COMMUNITY. I SHOULDN'T HAVE 1008 00:31:10,435 --> 00:31:12,270 TO TELL YOU OUR BUDGET SHOULD 1009 00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:14,038 CHANGE THAT. THERE WAS A 26% 1010 00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:17,308 INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS BETWEEN 1011 00:31:17,308 --> 00:31:18,276 2022 AND 2024, BECAUSE WE HAVE 1012 00:31:18,276 --> 00:31:21,179 THE THIRD HIGHEST HOMELESS 1013 00:31:21,179 --> 00:31:24,515 POPULATION IN AMERICA 1014 00:31:24,515 --> 00:31:26,184 -- AS YOU KNOW, THE POLICE HAS 1015 00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:26,718 GOTTEN THEIR FORTUNE AND 1016 00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:27,886 EXCESSIVE FORTUNE GOING TO THE 1017 00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:29,320 PEOPLE MEANT TO PROVIDE US WITH 1018 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:30,488 SAFETY, WHICH HAS ONLY BEEN 1019 00:31:30,488 --> 00:31:32,724 INCREASING AS EACH YEAR GOES BY. 1020 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:33,725 BUT WHAT DOES OUR POLICE FORCE 1021 00:31:33,725 --> 00:31:36,027 DO WITH IT? AS YOU NOTE, THE 1022 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:36,661 DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE PROVING 1023 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:37,762 ITS PATTERN WITH THE BRUTAL 1024 00:31:37,762 --> 00:31:40,298 BEATDOWNS OF DISPROPORTIONATE 1025 00:31:40,298 --> 00:31:40,865 ENFORCEMENT DOING LESS WITH 1026 00:31:40,865 --> 00:31:42,567 MORE, IF YOU WILL. AS YOU KNOW, 1027 00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:44,402 IN 2019, IT WAS UP TO 2.4 1028 00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:46,471 MILLION HOURS THAT YOUR OFFICERS 1029 00:31:46,471 --> 00:31:48,640 SPENT ON NON-CRIMINAL RESPONSES. 1030 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,508 YET THE SERIOUS VIOLENT FELONIES 1031 00:31:50,508 --> 00:31:53,244 WERE ONLY MET WITH 280,000 HOURS 1032 00:31:53,244 --> 00:31:55,280 BY THEN. IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE 1033 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:56,281 DIRECTING $68 MILLION TO THIS 1034 00:31:56,281 --> 00:31:57,715 YEAR, LIKE REWARDING YOUR 1035 00:31:57,715 --> 00:31:59,250 CHILD'S BAD BEHAVIOR? CUT. I 1036 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:01,152 SAY CUT, SMASH, CUT BECAUSE I 1037 00:32:01,152 --> 00:32:02,954 KNOW YOU CAN ANSWER THIS LONG 1038 00:32:02,954 --> 00:32:04,389 LASTING OUTCRY AND QUIT COVERING 1039 00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:06,190 YOUR EARS FOR YEARS BEFORE YOU 1040 00:32:06,190 --> 00:32:09,827 HEAR THE LIST OF BENEFITS AND 1041 00:32:09,827 --> 00:32:10,428 RELOCATE THEIR FORTUNE TO THE 1042 00:32:10,428 --> 00:32:11,529 DEPARTMENT. WHO CAN GIVE PUBLIC 1043 00:32:11,529 --> 00:32:12,730 SAFETY ITS MEANING? WHO DON'T 1044 00:32:12,730 --> 00:32:14,299 PLACE OUR CITIZENS PROBLEMS ON A 1045 00:32:14,299 --> 00:32:16,768 PRIORITY SCALE? WHO CAN BE 1046 00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:17,402 RESPONSIBLE AND TRUSTED WITH THE 1047 00:32:17,402 --> 00:32:18,469 BUDGET OF THIS LEVEL? BECAUSE, 1048 00:32:18,469 --> 00:32:20,738 AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WILL 1049 00:32:20,738 --> 00:32:22,573 PROVIDE US WITH TRUE PUBLIC 1050 00:32:22,573 --> 00:32:22,807 SAFETY. 1051 00:32:22,807 --> 00:32:23,741 -- I WILL NOT TELL YOU THAT IN 1052 00:32:23,741 --> 00:32:26,377 JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 1053 00:32:26,377 --> 00:32:28,012 11,829 PEOPLE WITH NO SHELTER. 1054 00:32:28,012 --> 00:32:29,814 YOU KNOW THAT. I SHOULDN'T HAVE 1055 00:32:29,814 --> 00:32:30,882 TO TELL YOU THAT. WE WALK OUR 1056 00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:32,917 CITY PAST SLEEPING SOULS BENEATH 1057 00:32:32,917 --> 00:32:34,986 VACANT BUILDINGS, HOMES FAR TOO 1058 00:32:34,986 --> 00:32:36,788 EXPENSIVE, TOO LUXURIOUS, TOO 1059 00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:39,457 FAR OUT OF OUR LEAGUE. YOU KNOW 1060 00:32:39,457 --> 00:32:40,325 THAT. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TELL 1061 00:32:40,325 --> 00:32:41,526 YOU THAT THESE PEOPLE YOU CLAIM 1062 00:32:41,526 --> 00:32:42,560 TO HELP HAVE FLED TO PARKS 1063 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,028 THROUGHOUT YOUR CITY, BUILDING 1064 00:32:44,028 --> 00:32:45,663 ENTIRE CAMPS FOR A DOZEN PEOPLE 1065 00:32:45,663 --> 00:32:46,664 SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THEY 1066 00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:50,168 CAN DO. I DO NOT BLAME THEM. 1067 00:32:50,168 --> 00:32:51,369 SEATTLE, I BLAME YOU. I BLAME 1068 00:32:51,369 --> 00:32:53,137 YOU FOR SEEKING TEMPORARY 1069 00:32:53,137 --> 00:32:54,939 SOLUTIONS TO AN ISSUE THAT 1070 00:32:54,939 --> 00:32:56,240 REQUIRES PERMANENCE. I BLAME YOU 1071 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,743 FOR NOT GIVING CARE THAT IS 1072 00:32:58,743 --> 00:32:59,944 NEEDED. THE SOLUTION IS NOT MORE 1073 00:32:59,944 --> 00:33:01,379 ACCESS TO PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO 1074 00:33:01,379 --> 00:33:02,814 LIVE, BUT MORE ACCESS TO PLACES 1075 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:06,918 FOR PEOPLE. SORRY FOR NOT MORE 1076 00:33:06,918 --> 00:33:07,552 ACCESS TO PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO 1077 00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:09,020 SLEEP, BUT MORE ACCESS FOR 1078 00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:10,455 PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE. 1079 00:33:10,455 --> 00:33:11,589 PROVIDING SHELTER ALONE DOES NOT 1080 00:33:11,589 --> 00:33:13,024 SINK TO THE ROOT OF THE FLOWER. 1081 00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:14,225 IT ONLY PROLONGS THE TIME IT 1082 00:33:14,225 --> 00:33:17,362 TAKES BEFORE IT WILTS. YOU KNOW 1083 00:33:17,362 --> 00:33:18,730 THAT THE BEST WAY TO GUARANTEE 1084 00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,531 THAT EVERYONE HAS A HOME IS TO 1085 00:33:20,531 --> 00:33:22,100 GIVE EVERYONE A HOME. PERMANENT 1086 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:23,835 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HAS BEEN 1087 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,203 PROVEN TO WORK. UNCONDITIONAL 1088 00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:26,604 SUPPORT TO ONE DAY PAY FOR THE 1089 00:33:26,604 --> 00:33:28,072 HOME THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN AN 1090 00:33:28,072 --> 00:33:29,474 OLIVE BRANCH THAT WE AS A CITY 1091 00:33:29,474 --> 00:33:30,708 CAN PROVIDE, ONE THAT WE AS A 1092 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:33,411 CITY DO PROVIDE ON TOO SMALL OF 1093 00:33:33,411 --> 00:33:36,781 A SCALE. SEATTLE IS CONSISTENTLY 1094 00:33:36,781 --> 00:33:37,415 RANKED AMONG THE RICHEST CITIES 1095 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:38,016 IN THE COUNTRY. SO WHY IS IT 1096 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:40,051 THAT WE HAVE THE THIRD HIGHEST 1097 00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:41,386 HOMELESS POPULATION? I AM TIRED 1098 00:33:41,386 --> 00:33:42,520 OF PRETENDING THE CURE IS A 1099 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,588 MIRACLE, WHEN THE ONLY MIRACLE 1100 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:44,522 IS THE FACT THAT IT STILL NEEDS 1101 00:33:44,522 --> 00:33:46,457 TO BE DISCUSSED. 1102 00:33:46,457 --> 00:33:47,525 -- I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TELL YOU 1103 00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:50,962 THAT I AM TERRIFIED THAT WE, AS 1104 00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:52,597 A COLLECTIVE OF YOUTH, FEAR THE 1105 00:33:52,597 --> 00:33:54,165 FUTURE. WE AS YOUTH WITNESS THE 1106 00:33:54,165 --> 00:33:56,768 WORLD AS IT RIDES IN AGONY. WE 1107 00:33:56,768 --> 00:33:58,903 AS YOUTH, UNDERSTAND THAT MANY 1108 00:33:58,903 --> 00:34:00,505 ADULTS SUGARCOAT HOW BEING ALIVE 1109 00:34:00,505 --> 00:34:01,873 TODAY IS SCARY. WE AS YOUTH 1110 00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:03,941 NOTICE THAT PEOPLE SLEEPING IN 1111 00:34:03,941 --> 00:34:04,876 THE STREETS AND WE AS YOUTH 1112 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:06,677 WORRY TO OURSELVES. WILL THAT BE 1113 00:34:06,677 --> 00:34:09,414 ME? SO WE ASK YOU TO TAKE 1114 00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:10,748 RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS 1115 00:34:10,748 --> 00:34:12,650 HAPPENING NOW AND FOR WHAT 1116 00:34:12,650 --> 00:34:13,317 HAPPENS AFTER. DON'T DOOM US TO 1117 00:34:13,317 --> 00:34:14,952 THE FATE OF THAT FUTURE, BECAUSE 1118 00:34:14,952 --> 00:34:17,989 SAVING THEM WILL ALSO SAVE US. 1119 00:34:17,989 --> 00:34:18,890 -- DEAR SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, I 1120 00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:19,624 SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TELL YOU. THE 1121 00:34:19,624 --> 00:34:22,293 BUDGET NEEDS TO CHANGE THAT. 1122 00:34:22,293 --> 00:34:22,927 HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS SHOULD 1123 00:34:22,927 --> 00:34:25,329 BE GETTING AN EXTRA $16 MILLION 1124 00:34:25,329 --> 00:34:26,364 IN FUNDING, WHICH COULD BE 1125 00:34:26,364 --> 00:34:27,832 PULLED FROM THE MONEY GIVEN TO 1126 00:34:27,832 --> 00:34:29,100 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE 1127 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:30,668 SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE. DEAR 1128 00:34:30,668 --> 00:34:31,469 SEATTLE, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO 1129 00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:32,770 REMIND YOU THAT SUPPORT OF THE 1130 00:34:32,770 --> 00:34:34,038 PEOPLE IS SUPPORT OF THE CITY, 1131 00:34:34,038 --> 00:34:35,873 BECAUSE WE CAN ALL MAKE A 1132 00:34:35,873 --> 00:34:36,941 DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1133 00:34:36,941 --> 00:34:39,677 TIME. 1134 00:34:39,677 --> 00:34:40,011 -- THANK YOU. 1135 00:34:40,011 --> 00:34:42,580 -- UP NEXT, WE HAVE JEFF PAUL, 1136 00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:43,181 FOLLOWED BY CAROLINE RUSSELL, 1137 00:34:43,181 --> 00:34:45,950 AND THEN ANITRA FREEMAN. 1138 00:34:45,950 --> 00:34:53,658 -- JEFF HOUSING YOU'RE UP, NOT 1139 00:34:53,658 --> 00:34:53,825 UP. 1140 00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:55,593 -- I CAN WAIT, I'M JUST GONNA 1141 00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:56,494 LEAVE AFTER THOSE KIDS. THAT WAS 1142 00:34:56,494 --> 00:34:59,464 GREAT HEY, Y'ALL. MY NAME IS 1143 00:34:59,464 --> 00:35:01,099 JEFF PAUL. I'M THE CO-EXECUTIVE 1144 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:03,034 DIRECTOR OF HOUSING. OUR 1145 00:35:03,034 --> 00:35:03,668 NEIGHBORS DOUBLE EVERYTHING THAT 1146 00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:04,836 THEY JUST SAID. BUT ALSO, I'M 1147 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:06,637 JUST GOING TO SPEAK TO A FEW 1148 00:35:06,637 --> 00:35:09,740 ISSUES. ALSO, I'M A RENTER IN 1149 00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:11,042 D3 THIS YEAR. KING COUNTY HAS 1150 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:12,810 SEEN THE HIGHEST RATE OF 1151 00:35:12,810 --> 00:35:14,512 EVICTIONS IN THE COUNTY'S 1152 00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:16,747 HISTORY, HIGHER THAN AFTER THE 1153 00:35:16,747 --> 00:35:18,716 2007 MORTGAGE, 2008 MORTGAGE 1154 00:35:18,716 --> 00:35:19,350 CRISIS AND THE GREAT RECESSION 1155 00:35:19,350 --> 00:35:22,186 THAT CAME FOLLOWING AFTER THAT. 1156 00:35:22,186 --> 00:35:23,488 JUST TO PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE THE 1157 00:35:23,488 --> 00:35:25,123 SEVERITY OF THE CRISIS. IT IS A 1158 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:27,191 HUGE PROBLEM. AND SO SPENDING ON 1159 00:35:27,191 --> 00:35:28,626 HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES 1160 00:35:28,626 --> 00:35:30,194 SHOULD BE ONE OF YOUR HIGHEST 1161 00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:31,863 PRIORITIES. HERE'S A 1162 00:35:31,863 --> 00:35:32,497 NON-COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SOME 1163 00:35:32,497 --> 00:35:33,998 OF THE BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT 1164 00:35:33,998 --> 00:35:36,634 YOU SHOULD SUPPORT. INVEST 1165 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:38,569 $500,000 IN TENANT SERVICES. 1166 00:35:38,569 --> 00:35:39,437 INCREASE INVESTMENTS IN THE 1167 00:35:39,437 --> 00:35:40,938 OFFICE OF HOUSING BY AT LEAST $5 1168 00:35:40,938 --> 00:35:42,173 MILLION. BUT YOU COULD JUST KEEP 1169 00:35:42,173 --> 00:35:43,641 ON GOING AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. 1170 00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:45,676 I'M FINE WITH THAT. GIVE ANY 1171 00:35:45,676 --> 00:35:46,844 OVERSPEND SPD MONEY DIRECTLY TO 1172 00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:48,746 THE OFFICE OF HOUSING SUPPORT, 1173 00:35:48,746 --> 00:35:49,881 THE FULL FUNDING PACKAGE FOR THE 1174 00:35:49,881 --> 00:35:51,115 MAYOR'S SHELTER PLAN 37 1175 00:35:51,115 --> 00:35:52,283 MILLION. FROM WHAT I THINK I 1176 00:35:52,283 --> 00:35:54,485 READ CRUCIALLY SUPPORT THE PLAN 1177 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:57,355 TO MOVE AT LEAST 50% OF THE 1178 00:35:57,355 --> 00:35:59,290 JUMPSTART FUNDING BACK TO 1179 00:35:59,290 --> 00:35:59,891 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EDDIE 1180 00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:01,025 PROGRAMS, AND ACTUALLY BACK UP 1181 00:36:01,025 --> 00:36:04,662 TO 62%. AND 9% WOULD BE REALLY, 1182 00:36:04,662 --> 00:36:05,796 REALLY GREAT. AND LASTLY, 1183 00:36:05,796 --> 00:36:06,764 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THANK YOU SO 1184 00:36:06,764 --> 00:36:07,765 MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE 1185 00:36:07,765 --> 00:36:09,100 MAYOR'S VETO OF THE RV BAN. I 1186 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:11,335 REALLY RESPECT YOUR COURAGE WITH 1187 00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:13,137 MY REMAINING TIME, SOLIDARITY 1188 00:36:13,137 --> 00:36:14,872 WITH MY TRANS SIBLINGS, PROTECT 1189 00:36:14,872 --> 00:36:16,474 SURVIVORS, AND TAX THE RICH. 1190 00:36:16,474 --> 00:36:17,208 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1191 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:19,177 -- THANK YOU. JEFF. UP NEXT IS 1192 00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:20,811 CAROLINE RUSSELL, ANITRA 1193 00:36:20,811 --> 00:36:22,713 FREEMAN, SHIRLEY. CAROLINE, 1194 00:36:22,713 --> 00:36:22,980 WELCOME. 1195 00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:24,715 -- HI, I'M CAROLINE RUSSELL. 1196 00:36:24,715 --> 00:36:26,050 I'M A RENTER AND HOUSING 1197 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:27,718 ADVOCATE IN DISTRICT THREE. I'VE 1198 00:36:27,718 --> 00:36:29,187 BEEN FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF 1199 00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:29,820 TENANTS IN MY UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS 1200 00:36:29,820 --> 00:36:31,722 FOR ALMOST A DECADE. AND DURING 1201 00:36:31,722 --> 00:36:32,790 THAT TIME, I'VE WATCHED OUR 1202 00:36:32,790 --> 00:36:34,258 CITY DOUBLE DOWN ON CRUEL, 1203 00:36:34,258 --> 00:36:35,660 WASTEFUL, ANTI-HOMELESS MEASURES 1204 00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:36,694 AND BALLOONING POLICE BUDGETS 1205 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:38,262 YEAR OVER YEAR. THESE ARE 1206 00:36:38,262 --> 00:36:38,896 POLICIES THAT RUIN LIVES, KILL 1207 00:36:38,896 --> 00:36:40,364 PEOPLE, AND DO NOTHING TO HELP 1208 00:36:40,364 --> 00:36:41,999 WORKING PEOPLE. I'M HERE IN 1209 00:36:41,999 --> 00:36:43,034 STRONG SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR'S 1210 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:43,701 VETO OF THE RV PERMITTING BILL, 1211 00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:44,702 AND THANK YOU AGAIN, 1212 00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:45,603 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, FOR AGREEING 1213 00:36:45,603 --> 00:36:47,371 TO WORK ON AN ALTERNATIVE. I'M 1214 00:36:47,371 --> 00:36:49,207 ASKING YOU TO GIVE SPD OVERSPEND 1215 00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:51,475 TO HOUSING. I'M ASKING YOU TO 1216 00:36:51,475 --> 00:36:53,411 SUPPORT HSD 052 AYE ALLOCATING 1217 00:36:53,411 --> 00:36:56,280 MONEY FOR SAFE LOTS AND SCDI003 1218 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:57,682 AYE ALLOCATING MONEY FOR TENANT 1219 00:36:57,682 --> 00:36:58,683 SERVICES. LASTLY, AND PERHAPS 1220 00:36:58,683 --> 00:36:59,317 MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M HERE TO 1221 00:36:59,317 --> 00:37:01,018 URGE YOU TO REALLOCATE JUMPSTART 1222 00:37:01,018 --> 00:37:02,386 MONEY BACK TO ITS INTENDED 1223 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:03,354 PURPOSE, WHICH IS HOUSING AND 1224 00:37:03,354 --> 00:37:05,122 EDDIE, NOT THE COPS. WE NEED TO 1225 00:37:05,122 --> 00:37:06,824 ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF OUR 1226 00:37:06,824 --> 00:37:07,358 PROBLEMS BY CREATING NEW 1227 00:37:07,358 --> 00:37:08,392 PROGRESSIVE REVENUE AND 1228 00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:09,927 INVESTING IN HOUSING, SHELTER, 1229 00:37:09,927 --> 00:37:10,795 AND HUMAN SERVICES. THANK YOU. 1230 00:37:10,795 --> 00:37:13,164 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS ANITRA 1231 00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:15,766 FREEMAN, FOLLOWED BY SHIRLEY 1232 00:37:15,766 --> 00:37:19,770 HENDERSON, ANITRA 1233 00:37:19,770 --> 00:37:22,707 -- HOUSING, ANITRA. 1234 00:37:22,707 --> 00:37:23,040 -- THANK YOU. 1235 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:23,841 -- ANITRA FREEMAN WITH SHARE. 1236 00:37:23,841 --> 00:37:28,312 AND WE'LL TONIGHT DURING THIS 1237 00:37:28,312 --> 00:37:31,682 HEARING, SAINT JAMES CATHEDRAL 1238 00:37:31,682 --> 00:37:34,885 IS HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL MASS FOR 1239 00:37:34,885 --> 00:37:37,655 DECEASED HOMELESS WHERE THEY 1240 00:37:37,655 --> 00:37:40,625 WILL HOLD THEIR BELL ONE TIME 1241 00:37:40,625 --> 00:37:46,631 FOR EACH OF THE 258 PEOPLE, 1242 00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:49,267 INCLUDING CHILDREN WHO DIED 1243 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:52,403 HOMELESS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 1244 00:37:52,403 --> 00:37:58,009 WITHOUT. WITHOUT SHELTER, PEOPLE 1245 00:37:58,009 --> 00:38:01,178 DIE. WE NEED YOU TO SUPPORT THE 1246 00:38:01,178 --> 00:38:04,415 MAYOR'S ALLOCATION OF $37 1247 00:38:04,415 --> 00:38:10,655 MILLION FOR MORE SHELTER. TO ADD 1248 00:38:10,655 --> 00:38:13,591 MONEY FOR TENANT PROTECTION 1249 00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:17,995 SERVICES AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1250 00:38:17,995 --> 00:38:19,930 VICTIM SUPPORT. AND THANK YOU, 1251 00:38:19,930 --> 00:38:21,832 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, FOR WORKING 1252 00:38:21,832 --> 00:38:23,567 WITH THE MAYOR FOR A 1253 00:38:23,567 --> 00:38:27,171 CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO THE 1254 00:38:27,171 --> 00:38:29,807 RV PERMITTING PROGRAM THAT WILL 1255 00:38:29,807 --> 00:38:35,146 HELP PEOPLE INSTEAD OF RISKING 1256 00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:37,615 THE LITTLE SHELTER THEY HAVE. 1257 00:38:37,615 --> 00:38:41,452 I'M 77 YEARS OLD. THERE ARE 1258 00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:43,821 WOMEN OUT THERE OLDER THAN I AM, 1259 00:38:43,821 --> 00:38:44,989 HOMELESS AND LOOKING FOR 1260 00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:48,893 SHELTER, AND THEY CAN'T FIND IT. 1261 00:38:48,893 --> 00:38:49,293 -- SHAME, SHAME. 1262 00:38:49,293 --> 00:38:53,030 -- WE. WE NEED YOUR HELP. 1263 00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:53,364 -- THANK YOU. 1264 00:38:53,364 --> 00:38:56,100 -- THANK YOU ANITRA. UP NEXT IS 1265 00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:58,703 MATTHEW, FOLLOWED BY OSCAR AND 1266 00:38:58,703 --> 00:39:00,304 THEN TYLER, SHIRLEY, MATTHEW, 1267 00:39:00,304 --> 00:39:03,040 OSCAR, TYLER, ARE YOU PART OF A 1268 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,343 GROUP? YES. WHICH NUMBERS OR 1269 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:07,211 NAMES ARE YOU? 1270 00:39:07,211 --> 00:39:09,113 -- 27 TO 29. 1271 00:39:09,113 --> 00:39:10,414 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. TAKE IT 1272 00:39:10,414 --> 00:39:13,351 AWAY AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. 1273 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:13,617 WELCOME. 1274 00:39:13,617 --> 00:39:16,654 -- HI, MY NAME IS OSCAR HANEY. 1275 00:39:16,654 --> 00:39:18,522 I'M A GROCERY WORKER AT QFC, AS 1276 00:39:18,522 --> 00:39:19,690 WELL AS A RANK AND FILE MEMBER 1277 00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:22,927 OF USC W 3000 AND A MEMBER OF 1278 00:39:22,927 --> 00:39:24,495 WORKERS STRIKE BACK. MAYOR 1279 00:39:24,495 --> 00:39:25,863 WILSON'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS A 1280 00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:28,499 CLEAR ATTACK ON WORKING PEOPLE, 1281 00:39:28,499 --> 00:39:30,101 CUTTING $65 MILLION FOR 1282 00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:30,735 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MILLIONS 1283 00:39:30,735 --> 00:39:33,471 MORE FOR OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES. 1284 00:39:33,471 --> 00:39:33,871 -- SHAME, SHAME. 1285 00:39:33,871 --> 00:39:35,139 -- WHILE CONTAINING A RECORD 1286 00:39:35,139 --> 00:39:38,609 POLICE BUDGET INCREASE OF 14% OR 1287 00:39:38,609 --> 00:39:40,845 $68 MILLION, GROCERY WORKERS AND 1288 00:39:40,845 --> 00:39:42,780 ALL WORKING PEOPLE ARE BEING 1289 00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:44,882 CRUSHED BY THE RISING HOUSING 1290 00:39:44,882 --> 00:39:46,484 COSTS. SINCE 2021, SEATTLE RENT 1291 00:39:46,484 --> 00:39:49,353 PRICES HAVE GONE UP BY 19.4%. 1292 00:39:49,353 --> 00:39:50,921 CUTTING CUTTING FUNDING FOR 1293 00:39:50,921 --> 00:39:52,289 AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL ONLY 1294 00:39:52,289 --> 00:39:53,991 FURTHER ESCALATE THIS CRISIS AND 1295 00:39:53,991 --> 00:39:55,326 PUSH MANY MORE WORKING AND POOR 1296 00:39:55,326 --> 00:39:57,862 PEOPLE ONTO THE STREETS. A STUDY 1297 00:39:57,862 --> 00:40:00,097 FROM JUST A FEW YEARS AGO SHOWED 1298 00:40:00,097 --> 00:40:02,400 THAT A SHOCKING 14% OF WORKERS 1299 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:06,537 AT KROGER, THE OWNER OF QFC AND 1300 00:40:06,537 --> 00:40:08,439 FRED MEYERS, ARE HOMELESS DUE TO 1301 00:40:08,439 --> 00:40:09,974 THEIR WAGES, NOT BEING ABLE TO 1302 00:40:09,974 --> 00:40:12,777 SUPPORT THEM THE DEMOCRATIC 1303 00:40:12,777 --> 00:40:14,278 PARTY IN THIS CITY AND ACROSS 1304 00:40:14,278 --> 00:40:15,679 THE COUNTRY HAVE CARRIED OUT 1305 00:40:15,679 --> 00:40:17,615 ATTACK AFTER ATTACK ON WORKING 1306 00:40:17,615 --> 00:40:19,750 PEOPLE, INCLUDING ATTACKS FROM 1307 00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:20,618 SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVES OR EVEN 1308 00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:22,653 QUOTE, UNQUOTE, SOCIALISTS. 1309 00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:23,454 DEMOCRATS, LIKE WE ARE SEEING 1310 00:40:23,454 --> 00:40:26,056 WITH THIS BUDGET CUT FROM MAYOR 1311 00:40:26,056 --> 00:40:28,325 KATIE WILSON A FEW YEARS AGO, 1312 00:40:28,325 --> 00:40:29,527 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, 1313 00:40:29,527 --> 00:40:30,895 DEMOCRATS, IN MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS, 1314 00:40:30,895 --> 00:40:32,563 PUSHED TO END HAZARD PAY FOR 1315 00:40:32,563 --> 00:40:35,399 GROCERY WORKERS IN THIS CITY. 1316 00:40:35,399 --> 00:40:38,269 THIS $4 AN HOUR HAZARD PAY WAS A 1317 00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:40,838 LIFELINE FOR MANY GROCERY 1318 00:40:40,838 --> 00:40:42,506 WORKERS. AND AN AUTHOR OF ONE OF 1319 00:40:42,506 --> 00:40:44,842 THESE BILLS TO END HAZARD PAY 1320 00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:48,078 WAS SELF-PROCLAIMED LABOR 1321 00:40:48,078 --> 00:40:48,612 DEMOCRAT TERESA MOSQUEDA, 1322 00:40:48,612 --> 00:40:49,880 INDEPENDENT REVOLUTIONARY 1323 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,783 SOCIALIST. SHE WAS THE ONLY 1324 00:40:52,783 --> 00:40:54,752 COUNCILMEMBER WHO SUPPORTED A 1325 00:40:54,752 --> 00:40:56,954 PERMANENT HAZARD PAY FOR ALL 1326 00:40:56,954 --> 00:40:58,856 FRONTLINE WORKERS. AS WORKING 1327 00:40:58,856 --> 00:41:01,459 PEOPLE, WE CANNOT PUT OUR ENERGY 1328 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:01,959 BEHIND DEMOCRATIC PARTY 1329 00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:02,860 POLITICIANS WHOSE STRATEGY IS 1330 00:41:02,860 --> 00:41:04,328 BASED IN MAKING PEACE WITH BIG 1331 00:41:04,328 --> 00:41:05,896 BUSINESS AND THE POLITICAL 1332 00:41:05,896 --> 00:41:07,865 ESTABLISHMENT. WE NEED TO BUILD 1333 00:41:07,865 --> 00:41:09,099 INDEPENDENT MASS MOVEMENTS OF 1334 00:41:09,099 --> 00:41:10,668 WORKING PEOPLE THAT WILL GO TO 1335 00:41:10,668 --> 00:41:12,169 WAR AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC AND 1336 00:41:12,169 --> 00:41:14,505 REPUBLICAN PARTIES AND THE 1337 00:41:14,505 --> 00:41:15,639 BILLIONAIRES THEY REPRESENT. AT 1338 00:41:15,639 --> 00:41:17,541 A TIME WHEN SEATTLE HAS THE 1339 00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:19,176 FOURTH HIGHEST GDP PER CAPITA IN 1340 00:41:19,176 --> 00:41:20,244 THE ENTIRE WORLD, WE SHOULD BE 1341 00:41:20,244 --> 00:41:21,812 FIGHTING TO TAX THE RICH TO 1342 00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:24,715 INCREASING THE AMAZON TAX, WHICH 1343 00:41:24,715 --> 00:41:26,650 WAS WON BY WORKING PEOPLE IN 1344 00:41:26,650 --> 00:41:27,751 2021. WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF 1345 00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:30,554 CITY COUNCIL OFFICE BUILDING, 1346 00:41:30,554 --> 00:41:32,089 INDEPENDENT WORKING CLASS 1347 00:41:32,089 --> 00:41:33,424 MOVEMENTS IS WHAT IT WILL TAKE 1348 00:41:33,424 --> 00:41:34,492 TO TAX THE RICH IN ORDER TO STOP 1349 00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:37,261 THESE CUTS AND MASSIVELY EXPAND 1350 00:41:37,261 --> 00:41:38,696 FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1351 00:41:38,696 --> 00:41:40,464 AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES. THANK 1352 00:41:40,464 --> 00:41:42,700 YOU 1353 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:44,535 -- HI, MY NAME IS SHIRLEY 1354 00:41:44,535 --> 00:41:45,469 HENDERSON. I'M A MEMBER OF 1355 00:41:45,469 --> 00:41:46,971 WORKERS STRIKE BACK IN A SMALL 1356 00:41:46,971 --> 00:41:48,506 BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN SEATTLE. 1357 00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:50,541 AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THIS 1358 00:41:50,541 --> 00:41:52,042 SHAMEFUL BUDGET OF MAYOR KATIE 1359 00:41:52,042 --> 00:41:54,512 WILSON'S, WHICH IS A TOTAL 1360 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:55,579 BETRAYAL OF WORKING PEOPLE AND 1361 00:41:55,579 --> 00:41:57,581 THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, 1362 00:41:57,581 --> 00:42:00,017 ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE WHO RAN 1363 00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:01,685 AS A SELF-DESCRIBED SOCIALIST 1364 00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:03,087 WITH 60 MILLION IN CUTS TO 1365 00:42:03,087 --> 00:42:05,022 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER 1366 00:42:05,022 --> 00:42:05,589 VITAL SERVICES THAT WORKING 1367 00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:08,559 PEOPLE AND POOR RELY ON, AND 1368 00:42:08,559 --> 00:42:09,293 THERE ZERO NEW TAXES ON THE 1369 00:42:09,293 --> 00:42:11,529 RICH. IT JUST EXPOSES WHOSE SIDE 1370 00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:14,031 SHE'S REALLY ON. TO MAKE 1371 00:42:14,031 --> 00:42:15,866 MATTERS WORSE, THIS BUDGET ALSO 1372 00:42:15,866 --> 00:42:17,368 INCLUDES, AS OSCAR SAID, A MAJOR 1373 00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:19,069 EXPANSION OF FUNDING FOR SPD, 1374 00:42:19,069 --> 00:42:23,140 GIVING THE POLICE AN ADDITIONAL 1375 00:42:23,140 --> 00:42:26,777 $68 MILLION. THAT 14% INCREASE 1376 00:42:26,777 --> 00:42:29,513 IS ONE THAT FORMER MAYOR BRUCE 1377 00:42:29,513 --> 00:42:31,649 HARRELL COULDN'T EVEN GET AWAY 1378 00:42:31,649 --> 00:42:33,551 WITH. WILSON'S EXCUSE FOR 1379 00:42:33,551 --> 00:42:34,151 PUSHING AUSTERITY RATHER THAN 1380 00:42:34,151 --> 00:42:36,387 TAXING THE RICH IS, QUOTE, OUR 1381 00:42:36,387 --> 00:42:38,188 ECONOMY, AND ESPECIALLY OUR 1382 00:42:38,188 --> 00:42:40,124 DOWNTOWN, ARE FRAGILE. I'LL TELL 1383 00:42:40,124 --> 00:42:41,392 YOU WHO IS IN A FRAGILE STATE 1384 00:42:41,392 --> 00:42:43,694 RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S NOT THE 12 1385 00:42:43,694 --> 00:42:45,896 BILLIONAIRES AND THE OVER 130 1386 00:42:45,896 --> 00:42:47,965 CENTI MILLIONAIRES OR THE MAJOR 1387 00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:50,134 TECH CORPORATIONS CENTERED HERE 1388 00:42:50,134 --> 00:42:51,835 IN THE SEATTLE AREA. IT'S 1389 00:42:51,835 --> 00:42:53,370 WORKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN 1390 00:42:53,370 --> 00:42:54,705 STRUGGLING WITH MAJOR COST OF 1391 00:42:54,705 --> 00:42:55,806 LIVING, INCREASES ON GROCERIES, 1392 00:42:55,806 --> 00:42:59,143 GAS, AND RENT. COMPARE THESE 1393 00:42:59,143 --> 00:43:01,712 BETRAYALS BY WILSON WITH 1394 00:43:01,712 --> 00:43:03,414 SAWANT'S DECADE LONG TRACK 1395 00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:04,114 RECORD ON SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. 1396 00:43:04,114 --> 00:43:07,117 AS THE LONE REVOLUTIONARY 1397 00:43:07,117 --> 00:43:07,751 SOCIALIST. INSTEAD OF COZYING UP 1398 00:43:07,751 --> 00:43:09,253 TO BILLIONAIRES, SHARMA WENT TO 1399 00:43:09,253 --> 00:43:10,721 WAR AGAINST THE SUPER WEALTHY 1400 00:43:10,721 --> 00:43:12,523 AND THEIR POLITICAL SERVANTS BY 1401 00:43:12,523 --> 00:43:14,358 BUILDING POWERFUL MOVEMENTS TO 1402 00:43:14,358 --> 00:43:15,693 WIN HISTORIC GAINS LIKE THE 1403 00:43:15,693 --> 00:43:17,361 HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGE IN THE 1404 00:43:17,361 --> 00:43:18,896 COUNTRY. AND THE AMAZON TAX, 1405 00:43:18,896 --> 00:43:20,264 WHICH RAISES HUNDREDS OF 1406 00:43:20,264 --> 00:43:20,898 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR 1407 00:43:20,898 --> 00:43:22,666 FROM SEATTLE'S RICHEST 1408 00:43:22,666 --> 00:43:24,635 CORPORATIONS TO FUND AFFORDABLE 1409 00:43:24,635 --> 00:43:26,570 HOUSING. THIS SHAMEFUL BUDGET IS 1410 00:43:26,570 --> 00:43:28,305 JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY WE 1411 00:43:28,305 --> 00:43:29,039 CAN'T SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC 1412 00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:31,175 PARTY AND SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVE 1413 00:43:31,175 --> 00:43:32,977 POLITICIANS LIKE WILSON, WHO 1414 00:43:32,977 --> 00:43:33,577 CARRY WATER FOR BILLIONAIRES 1415 00:43:33,577 --> 00:43:34,411 RATHER THAN BUILDING STRONG 1416 00:43:34,411 --> 00:43:35,946 MOVEMENTS, NEEDED TO TAX THEM. 1417 00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:38,549 IN REALITY, BOTH REPUBLICANS AND 1418 00:43:38,549 --> 00:43:39,116 DEMOCRATIC PARTIES ARE THE 1419 00:43:39,116 --> 00:43:43,087 PARTIES OF THE SUPER WEALTHY, 1420 00:43:43,087 --> 00:43:43,654 ENDLESS IMPERIALIST WAR AND 1421 00:43:43,654 --> 00:43:48,726 GENOCIDE 1422 00:43:48,726 --> 00:43:49,059 -- THANK YOU. 1423 00:43:49,059 --> 00:43:49,393 -- [LAUGHTER] 1424 00:43:49,393 --> 00:43:52,763 -- AND FOR MONEY, FOR JOBS AND 1425 00:43:52,763 --> 00:43:55,633 EDUCATION, NOT MORE COPS AND 1426 00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:55,966 DEPORTATIONS. 1427 00:43:55,966 --> 00:44:00,170 -- THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT. 1428 00:44:00,170 --> 00:44:01,472 -- WE HAVE TYLER. 1429 00:44:01,472 --> 00:44:02,606 -- UP NEXT, I'M GOING TO READ 1430 00:44:02,606 --> 00:44:04,341 THE NEXT LINES. IF YOU'VE 1431 00:44:04,341 --> 00:44:06,377 ALREADY SPOKEN, I WILL ASK YOU 1432 00:44:06,377 --> 00:44:08,679 TO GO TO THE VIEWING ROOM BELOW 1433 00:44:08,679 --> 00:44:11,682 US AND BERTHA KNIGHT LANDES. WE 1434 00:44:11,682 --> 00:44:13,217 STILL HAVE 880 PEOPLE WAITING 1435 00:44:13,217 --> 00:44:14,585 DOWNSTAIRS TO COME UP TO 1436 00:44:14,585 --> 00:44:16,587 TESTIFY. SO IF YOU HAVE PROVIDED 1437 00:44:16,587 --> 00:44:18,288 TESTIMONY, WE'RE GOING TO ASK 1438 00:44:18,288 --> 00:44:20,824 YOU TO SWITCH PLACES WITH THEM. 1439 00:44:20,824 --> 00:44:21,959 WE CAN'T. IF YOU ARE STILL IN 1440 00:44:21,959 --> 00:44:23,661 HERE BECAUSE OF FIRE CODE. 1441 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:29,066 TYLER, THEN MANUEL, THEN TODD. 1442 00:44:29,066 --> 00:44:32,269 NICK HAMILL, RICHARD. MARTHA. 1443 00:44:32,269 --> 00:44:35,239 BLAKE. ALEX. BEN. ELIANA. 1444 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:36,974 NUMBERS 30 THROUGH 40 WITH THAT. 1445 00:44:36,974 --> 00:44:39,476 TYLER. WELCOME. 1446 00:44:39,476 --> 00:44:41,645 -- THANK THANK YOU. GOOD 1447 00:44:41,645 --> 00:44:43,347 EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME 1448 00:44:43,347 --> 00:44:45,049 IS TYLER BLACKWELL WITH THE SODO 1449 00:44:45,049 --> 00:44:47,217 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA. ON 1450 00:44:47,217 --> 00:44:48,285 BEHALF OF THE SOTO BIA, I WANT 1451 00:44:48,285 --> 00:44:50,954 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 1452 00:44:50,954 --> 00:44:52,956 CO-SPONSORS KETTLE AND 1453 00:44:52,956 --> 00:44:54,525 HOLLINGSWORTH FOR THEIR 1454 00:44:54,525 --> 00:44:55,159 LEADERSHIP IN PROPOSING FUNDING 1455 00:44:55,159 --> 00:44:57,528 FOR A DEDICATED COMMUNITY SAFETY 1456 00:44:57,528 --> 00:44:59,697 COORDINATOR IN SOTO AS AN 1457 00:44:59,697 --> 00:45:00,297 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND A 1458 00:45:00,297 --> 00:45:02,733 REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT, 1459 00:45:02,733 --> 00:45:04,301 TRANSPORTATION AND ENGAGEMENT 1460 00:45:04,301 --> 00:45:06,470 HUB, SOTO FACES UNIQUE AND 1461 00:45:06,470 --> 00:45:07,071 COMPLEX PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY 1462 00:45:07,071 --> 00:45:08,806 SAFETY CHALLENGES, PROVIDING A 1463 00:45:08,806 --> 00:45:11,041 DEDICATED COMMUNITY SAFETY 1464 00:45:11,041 --> 00:45:13,610 COORDINATOR WILL ENSURE 1465 00:45:13,610 --> 00:45:15,379 CONSISTENT, PROACTIVE, COMMUNITY 1466 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:17,614 EMBEDDED, RESOURCE FOCUSED ON 1467 00:45:17,614 --> 00:45:18,048 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 1468 00:45:18,048 --> 00:45:19,483 COLLABORATION, AS WELL AS 1469 00:45:19,483 --> 00:45:22,886 SOLVING AND PREVENTING RECURRING 1470 00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:25,489 COMMUNITY SAFETY CHALLENGES. WE 1471 00:45:25,489 --> 00:45:26,356 WANT TO THANK THE BUDGET CHAIR, 1472 00:45:26,356 --> 00:45:28,192 STRAUSS, AS WELL FOR INCLUDING 1473 00:45:28,192 --> 00:45:32,362 THIS FUNDING AND ELEVATING THIS 1474 00:45:32,362 --> 00:45:32,896 FUNDING LEVEL TO SIMILAR 1475 00:45:32,896 --> 00:45:35,132 NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY, 1476 00:45:35,132 --> 00:45:36,600 EXPANDING THE CITY'S COMMUNITY 1477 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:37,901 SAFETY COORDINATION MODEL TO 1478 00:45:37,901 --> 00:45:40,404 SOTO WILL PROVIDE DEDICATED 1479 00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:41,839 CAPACITY TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS 1480 00:45:41,839 --> 00:45:43,941 THESE CHALLENGES. THANK YOU FOR 1481 00:45:43,941 --> 00:45:44,608 RECOGNIZING SOTO'S UNIQUE NEEDS 1482 00:45:44,608 --> 00:45:46,443 AND SUPPORTING THIS IMPORTANT 1483 00:45:46,443 --> 00:45:47,745 INVESTMENT AND PROVIDING DIRECT 1484 00:45:47,745 --> 00:45:49,446 ASSISTANCE TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESS 1485 00:45:49,446 --> 00:45:50,180 COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 1486 00:45:50,180 --> 00:45:51,949 -- THANK YOU, TYLER, FOR THE 1487 00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:54,118 NEXT FOUR PEOPLE. IT LOOKS LIKE. 1488 00:45:54,118 --> 00:45:54,852 COME ON UP. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE 1489 00:45:54,852 --> 00:45:56,153 ALL. DO YOU WANT TO DO A GROUP 1490 00:45:56,153 --> 00:45:58,422 OR DO YOU WANT TO DO INDIVIDUAL. 1491 00:45:58,422 --> 00:46:00,190 -- WE'D RATHER DO INDIVIDUAL. 1492 00:46:00,190 --> 00:46:00,891 -- WHATEVER YOU WANT. THANK YOU. 1493 00:46:00,891 --> 00:46:04,228 YEAH. FANTASTIC. YOU'RE MANUEL. 1494 00:46:04,228 --> 00:46:07,431 -- YES. MY NAME IS MANUEL 1495 00:46:07,431 --> 00:46:08,966 MADRIGAL. I'M WITH SHERIFF 1496 00:46:08,966 --> 00:46:10,467 WHEEL AND I STAY AT TENT CITY 1497 00:46:10,467 --> 00:46:12,069 FOR LAKE CITY 1498 00:46:12,069 --> 00:46:13,670 -- I JUST GET REAL CLOSE TO THAT 1499 00:46:13,670 --> 00:46:14,872 MICROPHONE, THAT'S ALL. THANK 1500 00:46:14,872 --> 00:46:18,008 YOU, THANK YOU. 1501 00:46:18,008 --> 00:46:21,211 -- CHAIR AND WE'LL TOGETHER 1502 00:46:21,211 --> 00:46:23,080 OPERATE NEARLY 500 INDOOR AND 1503 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:23,680 OUTDOOR SHELTER BEDS ALL OVER 1504 00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:25,516 SEATTLE. WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE 1505 00:46:25,516 --> 00:46:27,451 THAT WITHOUT SHELTER, PEOPLE 1506 00:46:27,451 --> 00:46:30,921 DIE. SO PLEASE SUPPORT AND 1507 00:46:30,921 --> 00:46:32,489 MAINTAIN THE 37 MILLION 1508 00:46:32,489 --> 00:46:34,258 DESIGNATED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET 1509 00:46:34,258 --> 00:46:35,659 FOR NEW SHELTERS NEXT YEAR. WE 1510 00:46:35,659 --> 00:46:38,061 NEED THEM TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE. 1511 00:46:38,061 --> 00:46:43,634 LIKE TONIGHT. ALSO. TO ME, 1512 00:46:43,634 --> 00:46:47,538 THINGS LIKE THIS, MONEY THAT IS 1513 00:46:47,538 --> 00:46:48,105 BEING ALLOCATED SERVES AS A 1514 00:46:48,105 --> 00:46:50,808 SAFETY NET AND A SPRINGBOARD TO 1515 00:46:50,808 --> 00:46:52,276 REJOIN SOCIETY. AS YOU KNOW, A 1516 00:46:52,276 --> 00:46:54,678 PRODUCTIVE MEMBER, BECAUSE I'M 1517 00:46:54,678 --> 00:46:55,946 RECOVERING FROM FENTANYL ABUSE. 1518 00:46:55,946 --> 00:46:57,848 AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 1519 00:46:57,848 --> 00:46:58,916 HONORABLE COUNCIL FOR PROVIDING 1520 00:46:58,916 --> 00:47:01,185 THE FUNDS THAT KEEP ME FROM 1521 00:47:01,185 --> 00:47:04,488 FALLING BACK INTO THAT. AND, AND 1522 00:47:04,488 --> 00:47:06,690 THAT I USE AS A SPRINGBOARD TO 1523 00:47:06,690 --> 00:47:08,192 BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF 1524 00:47:08,192 --> 00:47:09,660 SOCIETY ONCE AGAIN. SO THANK 1525 00:47:09,660 --> 00:47:10,761 YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I 1526 00:47:10,761 --> 00:47:11,929 APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD ALSO 1527 00:47:11,929 --> 00:47:14,464 LIKE TO URGE YOU TO PLEASE ADD 1528 00:47:14,464 --> 00:47:16,867 HALF $1 MILLION FOR TENANT 1529 00:47:16,867 --> 00:47:19,102 SERVICES AND FUNDING FOR 1530 00:47:19,102 --> 00:47:20,504 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, 1531 00:47:20,504 --> 00:47:22,206 BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS, MORE 1532 00:47:22,206 --> 00:47:23,440 PEOPLE WILL BECOME HOMELESS. 1533 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:24,208 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 1534 00:47:24,208 --> 00:47:25,409 -- THANK YOU. MANUEL. UP NEXT IS 1535 00:47:25,409 --> 00:47:27,277 TODD, FOLLOWED BY NICK AND THEN 1536 00:47:27,277 --> 00:47:31,882 JAMEL 1537 00:47:31,882 --> 00:47:33,317 -- HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL. MY 1538 00:47:33,317 --> 00:47:35,919 NAME IS TODD. I'M WITH TENT 1539 00:47:35,919 --> 00:47:37,387 CITY FOUR AND LAKE CITY. WE'RE 1540 00:47:37,387 --> 00:47:42,626 VERY GRATEFUL. THE MAYOR WILSON 1541 00:47:42,626 --> 00:47:45,162 VETOED CB 121283. THE RV PERMIT 1542 00:47:45,162 --> 00:47:45,796 BILL AND THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1543 00:47:45,796 --> 00:47:47,264 JOINED HER IN PROPOSING AN 1544 00:47:47,264 --> 00:47:48,999 ALTERNATE PLAN PERMITTING WOULD 1545 00:47:48,999 --> 00:47:50,868 HARM MANY PEOPLE WHO COULD LOSE 1546 00:47:50,868 --> 00:47:53,403 THEIR ONLY HOME AND WOULD WOULD 1547 00:47:53,403 --> 00:47:56,039 BE HORRIBLY EXPENSIVE. UPHOLD 1548 00:47:56,039 --> 00:47:57,808 THE VETO AND USE THAT 10 MILLION 1549 00:47:57,808 --> 00:47:59,142 INSTEAD TO BUILD MORE LIFE 1550 00:47:59,142 --> 00:48:02,813 SAVING SHELTER CAMPS OR HOUSING. 1551 00:48:02,813 --> 00:48:05,716 INSTEAD OF PUNISHING PEOPLE OF 1552 00:48:05,716 --> 00:48:07,684 LITTLE OR NO MEANS. THANK YOU. 1553 00:48:07,684 --> 00:48:11,655 -- THANK YOU TODD. UP NEXT IS 1554 00:48:11,655 --> 00:48:12,656 NICK. 1555 00:48:12,656 --> 00:48:13,724 -- WHEN DO WE WANT IT? 1556 00:48:13,724 --> 00:48:15,459 -- NICK? 1557 00:48:15,459 --> 00:48:16,526 -- YOU CAN START ANYTIME. 1558 00:48:16,526 --> 00:48:17,594 -- HI, MY NAME IS NICHOLAS 1559 00:48:17,594 --> 00:48:19,162 CLOUTIER, AND I'M RELATED TO 1560 00:48:19,162 --> 00:48:21,131 THE ORIGINAL COUGAR. COUGAR WHO 1561 00:48:21,131 --> 00:48:23,066 CAME TO THE UNITED STATES OF 1562 00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:25,669 AMERICA WITH THE IRON INDUSTRY 1563 00:48:25,669 --> 00:48:26,803 AND COUGAR CULTURE, IS ALSO THE 1564 00:48:26,803 --> 00:48:31,742 ORIGINAL OWNER OF REBAR 1565 00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:32,376 STRUCTURAL ORNAMENTAL. COMPANY 1566 00:48:32,376 --> 00:48:34,711 IN THE WORLD AND IN AMERICA. AND 1567 00:48:34,711 --> 00:48:36,179 EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY ALL OVER 1568 00:48:36,179 --> 00:48:38,415 THE WORLD CAME HERE WITH PATENTS 1569 00:48:38,415 --> 00:48:39,016 FOR EVERY SINGLE IRONWORKING 1570 00:48:39,016 --> 00:48:44,922 TOOL IN THE WORLD. AND SO HIS. 1571 00:48:44,922 --> 00:48:47,591 HIS. SO COUGAR WENT TO GO PICK 1572 00:48:47,591 --> 00:48:48,692 UP HIS SON RON ONE TIME, AND HE 1573 00:48:48,692 --> 00:48:50,894 WAS STOLEN FROM ALL OVER THE 1574 00:48:50,894 --> 00:48:53,530 WORLD. AND SO THE ISSUE I'M 1575 00:48:53,530 --> 00:48:54,965 HAVING DOWN THERE AT THE 1576 00:48:54,965 --> 00:48:56,733 IRONWORKERS HALL IS IT'S 1577 00:48:56,733 --> 00:48:57,367 SUPPOSED TO BE MY GRANDFATHER, 1578 00:48:57,367 --> 00:48:59,369 RON. IT'S ACTUALLY 100% OF THE 1579 00:48:59,369 --> 00:49:00,404 WORK. AND SO DOWN THERE RIGHT 1580 00:49:00,404 --> 00:49:02,339 NOW, YOU HAVE IT'S 85% OF THE 1581 00:49:02,339 --> 00:49:04,007 WORK IN WASHINGTON STATE WHEN 1582 00:49:04,007 --> 00:49:05,709 IT'S SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY BE 1583 00:49:05,709 --> 00:49:06,944 100%. SO MY GRANDFATHER WAS 1584 00:49:06,944 --> 00:49:08,245 SAYING IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF 1585 00:49:08,245 --> 00:49:11,181 IRON WORKING, IT'S ORIGINALLY 1586 00:49:11,181 --> 00:49:13,383 100% OF THE WORK. AND HE WAS 1587 00:49:13,383 --> 00:49:15,752 JUST TELLING ME THAT THAT WE 1588 00:49:15,752 --> 00:49:17,688 WERE STOLEN FROM. AND I'M HIS 1589 00:49:17,688 --> 00:49:20,257 MODERN DAY DESCENDANT, AND I'D 1590 00:49:20,257 --> 00:49:23,260 LIKE TO RECEIVE EVERY SINGLE 1591 00:49:23,260 --> 00:49:26,029 IRONWORKING COMPANY, STRUCTURAL 1592 00:49:26,029 --> 00:49:26,697 REBAR AND ORNAMENTAL COMPANY. 1593 00:49:26,697 --> 00:49:29,666 I'D LIKE TO RECEIVE ALL MY 1594 00:49:29,666 --> 00:49:30,534 PATENTS. I'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL 1595 00:49:30,534 --> 00:49:35,872 THAT PUT IN PLACE. I AM YOUR 1596 00:49:35,872 --> 00:49:36,506 MODERN DAY OWNER IN TENT CITY. 1597 00:49:36,506 --> 00:49:39,576 I'M ALSO THE OWNER OF 1598 00:49:39,576 --> 00:49:41,278 SOAPSTONE. I DIDN'T JUST WANT TO 1599 00:49:41,278 --> 00:49:42,312 LET YOU KNOW. I DID NOT 1600 00:49:42,312 --> 00:49:44,915 APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WON'T CLEAN 1601 00:49:44,915 --> 00:49:46,383 THE STREET. SO YEAH, I JUST 1602 00:49:46,383 --> 00:49:47,217 THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU 1603 00:49:47,217 --> 00:49:48,185 GUYS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF 1604 00:49:48,185 --> 00:49:50,354 YOURSELF THAT YOU GUYS THAT YOU 1605 00:49:50,354 --> 00:49:50,654 ALL STOLE. 1606 00:49:50,654 --> 00:49:52,789 -- AND THANK YOU, NICK. 1607 00:49:52,789 --> 00:49:53,190 -- ALL MY STUFF. 1608 00:49:53,190 --> 00:49:56,026 -- THANK YOU. 1609 00:49:56,026 --> 00:49:56,293 -- NICK. 1610 00:49:56,293 --> 00:49:57,527 -- 1514849. YOU GUYS ARE GIVING 1611 00:49:57,527 --> 00:49:57,694 ME. 1612 00:49:57,694 --> 00:49:59,529 -- THAT THANK YOU NICK WE'RE 1613 00:49:59,529 --> 00:50:00,764 GOING TO HAMEL'S UP NEXT. THANK 1614 00:50:00,764 --> 00:50:01,765 YOU NICK. 1615 00:50:01,765 --> 00:50:02,466 -- I'M JUST LETTING YOU GUYS 1616 00:50:02,466 --> 00:50:02,766 KNOW THAT. 1617 00:50:02,766 --> 00:50:03,967 -- THANK YOU. 1618 00:50:03,967 --> 00:50:04,634 -- LET US UP THERE. 1619 00:50:04,634 --> 00:50:05,402 -- IN THE STATE. I HAVE A RIGHT 1620 00:50:05,402 --> 00:50:06,703 TO VOTE. I HAVE A RIGHT TO A 1621 00:50:06,703 --> 00:50:06,970 FIREARM. 1622 00:50:06,970 --> 00:50:08,972 -- THANK YOU SIR. 1623 00:50:08,972 --> 00:50:09,406 -- WONDERFUL STUFF. 1624 00:50:09,406 --> 00:50:10,073 -- SO I SUGGEST YOU GIVE ME ALL 1625 00:50:10,073 --> 00:50:12,142 MY STUFF BACK. 1626 00:50:12,142 --> 00:50:12,376 -- SIR. 1627 00:50:12,376 --> 00:50:13,877 -- YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. HAMEL 1628 00:50:13,877 --> 00:50:16,146 IS UP NEXT. 1629 00:50:16,146 --> 00:50:18,048 -- AND SHE'S MY. MY MY 1630 00:50:18,048 --> 00:50:18,849 DESCENDANT. SO YOU GUYS NEED TO 1631 00:50:18,849 --> 00:50:20,617 FIGURE OUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO. 1632 00:50:20,617 --> 00:50:21,985 -- SIR, HANDLE YOUR. THANK YOU. 1633 00:50:21,985 --> 00:50:26,490 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 1634 00:50:26,490 --> 00:50:26,790 THANK YOU. 1635 00:50:26,790 --> 00:50:27,724 -- BACK REALLY. 1636 00:50:27,724 --> 00:50:27,991 -- FAST. 1637 00:50:27,991 --> 00:50:31,328 -- HAMEL IS UP NEXT. 1638 00:50:31,328 --> 00:50:33,630 -- GET HIM! DOWN. GIVE HIM BACK 1639 00:50:33,630 --> 00:50:34,431 HIS. 1640 00:50:34,431 --> 00:50:35,732 -- BLUE SHIRT. MY, MY LAST NAME 1641 00:50:35,732 --> 00:50:38,035 IS SOLD THE MOST IRON IN 1642 00:50:38,035 --> 00:50:38,668 HISTORY. SO EVERY SINGLE PIECE 1643 00:50:38,668 --> 00:50:40,337 OF IRON THAT HAS EVER BEEN SOLD, 1644 00:50:40,337 --> 00:50:42,039 SOLD BY THE NAME. 1645 00:50:42,039 --> 00:50:43,540 -- I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. I 1646 00:50:43,540 --> 00:50:44,708 NEED YOU TO STAND ASIDE FOR THE 1647 00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:45,876 NEXT PERSON TO PROVIDE PUBLIC 1648 00:50:45,876 --> 00:50:49,346 COMMENT. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 1649 00:50:49,346 --> 00:50:52,182 THANK YOU NICK. THANK YOU NICK 1650 00:50:52,182 --> 00:50:54,084 HAMEL, FOLLOWED BY RICHARD, 1651 00:50:54,084 --> 00:51:03,994 MARTHA, BLAKE, ALEX, BEN, ELIANA 1652 00:51:04,127 --> 00:51:07,898 OKAY. HAMEL IS HAMEL HERE? WE'RE 1653 00:51:07,898 --> 00:51:11,468 GOING TO MOVE ON TO RICHARD IS 1654 00:51:11,468 --> 00:51:15,038 RICHARD HERE? WE ARE ON NUMBER 1655 00:51:15,038 --> 00:51:19,109 34 AND 35. 34, 35. WE'RE GOING 1656 00:51:19,109 --> 00:51:21,978 TO GO TO 36, MARTHA, FOLLOWED BY 1657 00:51:21,978 --> 00:51:23,080 BLAKE. ALEX, DO YOU WANT TO GO 1658 00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:26,683 AS A GROUP? YEAH. FANTASTIC. SO 1659 00:51:26,683 --> 00:51:28,418 WE GOT MARTHA JOHNSON, BLAKE 1660 00:51:28,418 --> 00:51:29,553 HARPER, ALEX LOFTON. DO WE HAVE 1661 00:51:29,553 --> 00:51:31,955 BEN MITCHELL? THAT'S BEN 1662 00:51:31,955 --> 00:51:34,257 MITCHELL, NOT ELIANA HORNE. 1663 00:51:34,257 --> 00:51:35,425 CORRECT. FANTASTIC. WELCOME. AND 1664 00:51:35,425 --> 00:51:37,194 PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE IT 1665 00:51:37,194 --> 00:51:47,671 AWAY. YEAH JUST ONE SECOND. 1666 00:51:49,106 --> 00:51:51,608 WE'RE READY WHEN YOU ARE. YEP. 1667 00:51:51,608 --> 00:51:52,676 -- WELL THANKS EVERYONE FOR 1668 00:51:52,676 --> 00:51:54,411 BEING HERE. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR 1669 00:51:54,411 --> 00:51:56,313 HARD WORK ON THIS. WE ARE FOR 1670 00:51:56,313 --> 00:51:59,216 SEATTLE, A COALITION OF 1671 00:51:59,216 --> 00:51:59,850 SEATTLEITES FOCUSED ON GETTING 1672 00:51:59,850 --> 00:52:00,784 STUFF DONE. WE'RE HERE 1673 00:52:00,784 --> 00:52:02,686 ADVOCATING FOR FOUR ITEMS. I'LL 1674 00:52:02,686 --> 00:52:03,320 LIST THEM OUT AT THE FRONT, AND 1675 00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:05,522 THEN ALL MY FRIENDS GIVE SOME 1676 00:52:05,522 --> 00:52:07,991 COLOR TO EACH OF THEM. BUT WE'RE 1677 00:52:07,991 --> 00:52:09,993 FOCUSED ON BASIC SERVICES AND 1678 00:52:09,993 --> 00:52:12,896 SAFETY, HOUSING AND GOVERNMENT 1679 00:52:12,896 --> 00:52:15,298 DELIVERY. SO FOUR ASKS AND 1680 00:52:15,298 --> 00:52:15,932 SUPPORTS ARE PLEASE CONTINUING 1681 00:52:15,932 --> 00:52:17,634 TO SUPPORT THE SHELTER EXPANSION 1682 00:52:17,634 --> 00:52:20,103 THAT MAYOR WILSON PUT FORWARD. 1683 00:52:20,103 --> 00:52:22,105 RESTORING THE SEATTLE FIRE 1684 00:52:22,105 --> 00:52:22,706 DEPARTMENT OVERTIME FUNDING, 1685 00:52:22,706 --> 00:52:24,274 CLEANING THE CITY, CLEARING THE 1686 00:52:24,274 --> 00:52:26,109 CITY ATTORNEY'S BACKLOG, AND 1687 00:52:26,109 --> 00:52:28,612 SUPPORTING COUNCILMEMBER KETTLES 1688 00:52:28,612 --> 00:52:29,980 ADDITION TO KEEP THE BACKLOG 1689 00:52:29,980 --> 00:52:32,883 CLEARED GOING FORWARD. AND THEN 1690 00:52:32,883 --> 00:52:33,450 FOURTH, SUPPORTING THE $10 1691 00:52:33,450 --> 00:52:35,252 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED OR 1692 00:52:35,252 --> 00:52:36,286 PROPOSED TO ALLOCATE TO THE 1693 00:52:36,286 --> 00:52:38,588 OFFICE OF HOUSING. LIKE I SAID, 1694 00:52:38,588 --> 00:52:42,025 I'LL TURN IT TO MY FRIENDS TO 1695 00:52:42,025 --> 00:52:42,392 ADD SOME MORE. 1696 00:52:42,392 --> 00:52:43,160 -- THANKS. MY NAME IS BEN 1697 00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:44,895 MITCHELL. I'M. I LIVE IN SOUTH 1698 00:52:44,895 --> 00:52:47,931 BEACON HILL, DISTRICT TWO. AS 1699 00:52:47,931 --> 00:52:49,833 MARTHA SAID, OUR ASKS HERE, I 1700 00:52:49,833 --> 00:52:52,769 THINK ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON 1701 00:52:52,769 --> 00:52:53,904 BASIC SERVICES DELIVERING OR 1702 00:52:53,904 --> 00:52:56,006 ADDRESSING. KIND OF LIKE OUR 1703 00:52:56,006 --> 00:52:57,007 MOST HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES IN THE 1704 00:52:57,007 --> 00:52:58,808 CITY. ON THE SHELTER EXPANSION. 1705 00:52:58,808 --> 00:53:00,010 LIKE FOR A LONG TIME, WE'VE 1706 00:53:00,010 --> 00:53:02,445 BEEN LONG ON PROMISES AND SHORT 1707 00:53:02,445 --> 00:53:06,116 ON OUTCOMES WHEN IT COMES TO 1708 00:53:06,116 --> 00:53:06,716 UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. OUR 1709 00:53:06,716 --> 00:53:08,418 ORGANIZATION THINKS THE NEW 1710 00:53:08,418 --> 00:53:09,119 COORDINATED APPROACH HAS A LOT 1711 00:53:09,119 --> 00:53:11,321 OF PROMISE, AND WE URGE YOUR 1712 00:53:11,321 --> 00:53:13,223 SUPPORT FOR PUTTING MONEY BEHIND 1713 00:53:13,223 --> 00:53:15,325 THAT CLEARING THE 1714 00:53:15,325 --> 00:53:17,661 -- CASE BACKLOG FOR THE CITY 1715 00:53:17,661 --> 00:53:19,462 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THAT'S 1716 00:53:19,462 --> 00:53:21,097 SOMETHING THAT VICTIMS AND 1717 00:53:21,097 --> 00:53:22,165 SURVIVORS ARE ENTITLED TO. IT'S 1718 00:53:22,165 --> 00:53:24,534 A BASIC SERVICE. WE NEED TO 1719 00:53:24,534 --> 00:53:27,103 CLEAR THAT BACKLOG, ENABLE THAT 1720 00:53:27,103 --> 00:53:27,804 OFFICE TO DO THEIR WORK. AND 1721 00:53:27,804 --> 00:53:29,673 THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE FIRE 1722 00:53:29,673 --> 00:53:31,608 INVESTMENTS AND THE CUTS, 1723 00:53:31,608 --> 00:53:32,909 THEY'RE OF, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT 1724 00:53:32,909 --> 00:53:35,478 PROVIDES A LOT OF BASIC HEALTH 1725 00:53:35,478 --> 00:53:36,680 SERVICES, SERVICES. WE CAN'T 1726 00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:41,451 AFFORD TO CUT THAT AREA. THANKS. 1727 00:53:41,451 --> 00:53:44,588 -- HEY, COUNCIL. BLAKE HARPER, 1728 00:53:44,588 --> 00:53:46,556 DISTRICT TWO. I JUST WANT TO 1729 00:53:46,556 --> 00:53:48,892 SPEAK AS A PERSON OF FAITH ABOUT 1730 00:53:48,892 --> 00:53:51,328 WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE JUSTICE 1731 00:53:51,328 --> 00:53:55,832 TO OUR NEIGHBORS WHO PERHAPS 1732 00:53:55,832 --> 00:53:59,469 HAVE HAD JUSTICE DELAYED. AND 1733 00:53:59,469 --> 00:54:01,171 OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE SEEKING 1734 00:54:01,171 --> 00:54:02,672 SHELTER ON THE STREETS, BUT 1735 00:54:02,672 --> 00:54:04,874 PERHAPS NOT KNOWN BY NAME. SO WE 1736 00:54:04,874 --> 00:54:08,111 ALL KNOW JUSTICE DELAYED IS 1737 00:54:08,111 --> 00:54:11,281 JUSTICE DENIED. SO CLEARING THAT 1738 00:54:11,281 --> 00:54:12,415 CASE BACKLOG IS GOING TO BE A 1739 00:54:12,415 --> 00:54:14,951 REALLY BIG DEAL. AND THEN 1740 00:54:14,951 --> 00:54:15,585 INVESTING IN THE RESOURCES THAT 1741 00:54:15,585 --> 00:54:17,254 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO 1742 00:54:17,254 --> 00:54:19,289 KEEP IT FROM REDEVELOPING IS 1743 00:54:19,289 --> 00:54:21,958 GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. SO 1744 00:54:21,958 --> 00:54:22,592 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION 1745 00:54:22,592 --> 00:54:26,563 ON THAT. AND THEN PLEASE SUPPORT 1746 00:54:26,563 --> 00:54:28,231 THE MAYOR'S COORDINATED HOMELESS 1747 00:54:28,231 --> 00:54:29,699 RESPONSE. THE FACT THAT WE 1748 00:54:29,699 --> 00:54:33,703 AREN'T DOING BY NAME TRACKING 1749 00:54:33,703 --> 00:54:34,304 TODAY BREAKS MY HEART BECAUSE 1750 00:54:34,304 --> 00:54:35,939 OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE NAMES AND 1751 00:54:35,939 --> 00:54:38,642 OUGHT TO BE TRACKED AND 1752 00:54:38,642 --> 00:54:41,411 COORDINATED AND HELPED TO 1753 00:54:41,411 --> 00:54:42,846 SHELTER BY NAME. SO THOSE ARE 1754 00:54:42,846 --> 00:54:43,580 THE TWO THINGS THAT I WANT TO 1755 00:54:43,580 --> 00:54:45,448 MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSIDERING. 1756 00:54:45,448 --> 00:54:47,017 THANK YOU 1757 00:54:47,017 --> 00:54:49,619 -- HI, COUNCIL. ALEX LOFTON, 1758 00:54:49,619 --> 00:54:50,253 DISTRICT THREE. I'M GOING TO 1759 00:54:50,253 --> 00:54:52,289 ROUND IT OUT WITH JUST SOME 1760 00:54:52,289 --> 00:54:54,958 THANK YOUS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT 1761 00:54:54,958 --> 00:54:56,960 EASY WORK. SITTING HERE AND I 1762 00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:58,895 KNOW GETTING ENGAGED. 1763 00:54:58,895 --> 00:55:02,098 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK OFFICE AND 1764 00:55:02,098 --> 00:55:02,766 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S OFFICE 1765 00:55:02,766 --> 00:55:03,500 AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS OFFICE 1766 00:55:03,500 --> 00:55:05,168 OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAS BEEN 1767 00:55:05,168 --> 00:55:06,670 REALLY REWARDING. EYE OPENING. 1768 00:55:06,670 --> 00:55:07,304 IT'S FORMED A LOT OF OUR 1769 00:55:07,304 --> 00:55:08,505 MEMBERS, NEW PEOPLE ARE GETTING 1770 00:55:08,505 --> 00:55:09,272 INVOLVED IN THE CITY. SO THANK 1771 00:55:09,272 --> 00:55:13,276 YOU FOR YOUR WORK. AND I JUST 1772 00:55:13,276 --> 00:55:15,211 WANT TO PUT A LITTLE WHY BEHIND 1773 00:55:15,211 --> 00:55:16,813 THIS. WE'RE UP HERE BECAUSE WE 1774 00:55:16,813 --> 00:55:19,082 ALL CARE. I THINK A LOT OF US 1775 00:55:19,082 --> 00:55:19,749 SHARE THE SAME VALUES IN THIS 1776 00:55:19,749 --> 00:55:21,751 ROOM. BUT HOW TO GET THERE? 1777 00:55:21,751 --> 00:55:23,153 IT'S TOUGH. IT'S CONFUSING. 1778 00:55:23,153 --> 00:55:27,023 IT'S HARD. AND YOU KNOW, I'M 1779 00:55:27,023 --> 00:55:27,657 HERE BECAUSE I LOVE MY CITY. I 1780 00:55:27,657 --> 00:55:29,292 LOVE MY LIFE HERE. I LOVE MY I 1781 00:55:29,292 --> 00:55:30,293 WANT TO HAVE THE SAME THING FOR 1782 00:55:30,293 --> 00:55:32,529 MY NEIGHBORS, BOTH UNHOUSED AND 1783 00:55:32,529 --> 00:55:33,897 HOUSED. I WANT IT FOR THE 1784 00:55:33,897 --> 00:55:36,533 FUTURE. MY LITTLE NIECE JUST 1785 00:55:36,533 --> 00:55:38,301 STARTED UNIVERSITY SEATTLE 1786 00:55:38,301 --> 00:55:38,968 UNIVERSITY, AND SHE'S STOKED TO 1787 00:55:38,968 --> 00:55:39,669 BE HERE FROM THE EAST COAST AND 1788 00:55:39,669 --> 00:55:41,338 WANTS TO WANT TO MAKE SEATTLE 1789 00:55:41,338 --> 00:55:43,173 HER HOME. AND I WANT IT TO BE 1790 00:55:43,173 --> 00:55:44,507 HER HOME. BUT IT'S GOT TO BE 1791 00:55:44,507 --> 00:55:45,408 AFFORDABLE. IT'S GOT TO BE 1792 00:55:45,408 --> 00:55:47,110 SAFE. IT'S GOT TO BE VIBRANT 1793 00:55:47,110 --> 00:55:49,245 FOR HER TO TO HAVE THE SEATTLE 1794 00:55:49,245 --> 00:55:49,946 THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO EXPERIENCE. 1795 00:55:49,946 --> 00:55:51,247 AND SHE DESERVES THAT. SO DO MY 1796 00:55:51,247 --> 00:55:52,315 LITTLE NEPHEWS. I'M TRYING TO 1797 00:55:52,315 --> 00:55:53,316 CONVINCE TO MOVE UP HERE FROM 1798 00:55:53,316 --> 00:55:54,818 NEW ORLEANS. SO THIS WORK IS 1799 00:55:54,818 --> 00:55:56,119 REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU ALL 1800 00:55:56,119 --> 00:55:58,621 SO MUCH. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO 1801 00:55:58,621 --> 00:55:59,856 ENGAGE WITH YOU EVEN AFTER THE 1802 00:55:59,856 --> 00:56:00,090 BUDGET. 1803 00:56:00,090 --> 00:56:00,523 -- THANKS SO MUCH. 1804 00:56:00,523 --> 00:56:04,294 -- THANK YOU UP NEXT IS ELIANA 1805 00:56:04,294 --> 00:56:07,931 HORN, FOLLOWED BY FATIMA DIN, 1806 00:56:07,931 --> 00:56:09,899 TESSA HALL, JACKIE MCCORMICK. 1807 00:56:09,899 --> 00:56:12,102 BRAD LOOKS LIKE M, SARAH FORD, 1808 00:56:12,102 --> 00:56:14,571 STEPHANIE MATHIS, YINKA TOLANI, 1809 00:56:14,571 --> 00:56:16,506 JESSIE WATSON, SHAWNA MINT, 1810 00:56:16,506 --> 00:56:22,812 GWENDOLYN HART WITH THAT. ELIANA 1811 00:56:22,812 --> 00:56:27,550 HORN, NUMBER 40. ELIANA HORN, 1812 00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:29,352 NUMBER 40. NUMBER 40. WE WILL 1813 00:56:29,352 --> 00:56:30,754 KEEP MOVING ON. IF YOU HAVE 1814 00:56:30,754 --> 00:56:34,090 SPOKEN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE 1815 00:56:34,090 --> 00:56:35,125 RETURN TO BCL, THAT WOULD BE 1816 00:56:35,125 --> 00:56:38,962 GREAT. FATIMA DIN, 41. TESSA 1817 00:56:38,962 --> 00:56:43,666 HALL, 42. JACKIE MCCORMICK 43. 1818 00:56:43,666 --> 00:56:48,405 40. HI, ARE YOU FATIMA? YES. 1819 00:56:48,405 --> 00:56:49,539 WONDERFUL. JUST MAKE SURE TO GET 1820 00:56:49,539 --> 00:56:51,408 THE MICROPHONE REAL CLOSE. 1821 00:56:51,408 --> 00:56:52,509 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1822 00:56:52,509 --> 00:56:54,043 -- WE CAN. LOUD AND CLEAR. TAKE 1823 00:56:54,043 --> 00:56:55,678 IT AWAY AS YOU WANT. 1824 00:56:55,678 --> 00:56:57,213 -- THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS 1825 00:56:57,213 --> 00:57:00,183 FATIMA ARAM, AND I AM A CITY OF 1826 00:57:00,183 --> 00:57:00,683 SEATTLE RESIDENT AND AN 1827 00:57:00,683 --> 00:57:03,253 IMMIGRANT. THANK YOU ALL FOR 1828 00:57:03,253 --> 00:57:05,588 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT ARE 1829 00:57:05,588 --> 00:57:06,189 CO-SPONSORING REFUGEE ARTISTS 1830 00:57:06,189 --> 00:57:07,157 INITIATIVES OR RES PROGRAM 1831 00:57:07,157 --> 00:57:08,992 REQUESTS. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO 1832 00:57:08,992 --> 00:57:10,960 COUNCILMEMBERS, RINCK AND 1833 00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:13,196 STRAUSS FOR INITIALLY 1834 00:57:13,196 --> 00:57:13,830 CO-SPONSORING. I'M PRIMARILY 1835 00:57:13,830 --> 00:57:15,031 HERE TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR 1836 00:57:15,031 --> 00:57:18,902 YOUR SUPPORT OF JUAREZ 001 A AN 1837 00:57:18,902 --> 00:57:19,402 ESSENTIAL INVESTMENT TO 1838 00:57:19,402 --> 00:57:20,437 SUPPORTING LOCAL REFUGEE AND 1839 00:57:20,437 --> 00:57:22,872 IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S ECONOMIC 1840 00:57:22,872 --> 00:57:24,073 EMPOWERMENT AT. YOU HEARD FROM 1841 00:57:24,073 --> 00:57:25,408 SOME OF THE WOMEN WE SERVE 1842 00:57:25,408 --> 00:57:27,076 EARLIER TODAY DURING THE REMOTE 1843 00:57:27,076 --> 00:57:28,178 COMMENTS. THIS INVESTMENT IS SO 1844 00:57:28,178 --> 00:57:30,046 IMPORTANT TO THEM, THEIR 1845 00:57:30,046 --> 00:57:31,548 FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. 1846 00:57:31,548 --> 00:57:33,116 AS THE CITY OF SEATTLE RESIDENT, 1847 00:57:33,116 --> 00:57:34,350 I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT I 1848 00:57:34,350 --> 00:57:36,686 SUPPORT THE ARTS PUBLIC 1849 00:57:36,686 --> 00:57:37,320 SERVICES, ESSENTIAL ESPECIALLY 1850 00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:39,122 FOR PEOPLE'S LIVES TO THRIVE, 1851 00:57:39,122 --> 00:57:39,622 INCLUDING THESE REFUGEE 1852 00:57:39,622 --> 00:57:40,690 IMMIGRANT WOMEN SUCH AS 1853 00:57:40,690 --> 00:57:42,792 HEALTHCARE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 1854 00:57:42,792 --> 00:57:43,326 PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE, 1855 00:57:43,326 --> 00:57:45,094 LOWERING UTILITIES, FUNDING 1856 00:57:45,094 --> 00:57:47,864 FIREFIGHTERS AND SOCIAL 1857 00:57:47,864 --> 00:57:48,364 SERVICES, SUBSTANTIALLY 1858 00:57:48,364 --> 00:57:49,132 DEFLATING THE FUNDING OF POLICE 1859 00:57:49,132 --> 00:57:50,633 DEPARTMENT TO SOMETHING MORE 1860 00:57:50,633 --> 00:57:52,569 REASONABLE. INVESTMENTS IN 1861 00:57:52,569 --> 00:57:53,570 BUILDING SHELTERS AND UPLIFTING, 1862 00:57:53,570 --> 00:57:55,505 TRANSIENT FOLKS OFF THE STREETS 1863 00:57:55,505 --> 00:57:57,440 INTO STABILITY. I HOPE YOU 1864 00:57:57,440 --> 00:57:58,408 CONTINUE CENTERING THE GOOD OF 1865 00:57:58,408 --> 00:57:59,576 THE COLLECTIVE AND THE PLANET IN 1866 00:57:59,576 --> 00:58:01,010 YOUR DECISIONS. THANK YOU FOR 1867 00:58:01,010 --> 00:58:02,111 YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO 1868 00:58:02,111 --> 00:58:03,913 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 1869 00:58:03,913 --> 00:58:05,181 -- THANK YOU. AND ARE YOU TESSA? 1870 00:58:05,181 --> 00:58:07,116 YES. WONDERFUL. TESSA, AT YOUR 1871 00:58:07,116 --> 00:58:08,551 CONVENIENCE. TAKE IT AWAY. 1872 00:58:08,551 --> 00:58:12,489 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU 1873 00:58:12,489 --> 00:58:13,056 EVERYONE. HI, COUNCILMEMBER 1874 00:58:13,056 --> 00:58:13,990 JUAREZ. I SEE YOU WAVING ON THE 1875 00:58:13,990 --> 00:58:15,758 SCREEN. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS 1876 00:58:15,758 --> 00:58:17,393 TESSA. I LIVE IN D SIX 1877 00:58:17,393 --> 00:58:18,528 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I WORK IN 1878 00:58:18,528 --> 00:58:20,430 D FIVE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1879 00:58:20,430 --> 00:58:21,831 JUAREZ. I WORK FOR REFUGEE 1880 00:58:21,831 --> 00:58:22,999 ARTISAN INITIATIVE IN D FIVE. AS 1881 00:58:22,999 --> 00:58:26,302 YOU KNOW, LAKE CITY IS SO 1882 00:58:26,302 --> 00:58:27,403 DIVERSE. BEFORE I START, I WANT 1883 00:58:27,403 --> 00:58:29,506 TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO 1884 00:58:29,506 --> 00:58:30,106 COUNCILMEMBER MERCEDES RINCK, 1885 00:58:30,106 --> 00:58:32,041 FOSTER AND JUAREZ AND STRAUSS 1886 00:58:32,041 --> 00:58:33,409 FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN HELPING 1887 00:58:33,409 --> 00:58:34,911 CO-SPONSOR. I AM A WHITE WOMAN. 1888 00:58:34,911 --> 00:58:37,313 THIS IS OBVIOUS. I SUPPORT 1889 00:58:37,313 --> 00:58:37,947 REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT WOMEN 1890 00:58:37,947 --> 00:58:39,415 EVERY DAY, AND IT IS MY HONOR TO 1891 00:58:39,415 --> 00:58:42,452 DO THAT. I'D LIKE TO KEEP DOING 1892 00:58:42,452 --> 00:58:43,953 THAT. YESTERDAY, A WOMAN SAID TO 1893 00:58:43,953 --> 00:58:46,856 ME, TESSA, I WISH I MET YOU 1894 00:58:46,856 --> 00:58:48,391 SOONER. THAT'S JUST THE HIGHEST 1895 00:58:48,391 --> 00:58:49,325 COMPLIMENT ANYONE CAN GET. AND 1896 00:58:49,325 --> 00:58:49,993 NOW I'M OUT HERE BRAGGING ABOUT 1897 00:58:49,993 --> 00:58:52,095 IT. BUT IT WAS JUST SUCH A SWEET 1898 00:58:52,095 --> 00:58:55,899 MOMENT BUDGET SEASON CAN BE SUCH 1899 00:58:55,899 --> 00:58:56,966 A SLOG. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE 1900 00:58:56,966 --> 00:59:00,036 A BREATH AND LISTEN TO MY NEXT 1901 00:59:00,036 --> 00:59:02,105 WORDS. PLEASE SUPPORT OIRA 001 1902 00:59:02,105 --> 00:59:03,806 AYE TO FUND WORKFORCE 1903 00:59:03,806 --> 00:59:04,774 DEVELOPMENT, ESL AND SKILL 1904 00:59:04,774 --> 00:59:06,976 BUILDING FOR REFUGEE AND 1905 00:59:06,976 --> 00:59:07,443 IMMIGRANT WOMEN. THE 1906 00:59:07,443 --> 00:59:08,177 PARTICIPANTS I SERVE ARE COMING 1907 00:59:08,177 --> 00:59:10,380 FROM COUNTRIES THAT EDUCATION IS 1908 00:59:10,380 --> 00:59:13,750 NOT A PRIORITY. THE BARRIERS ARE 1909 00:59:13,750 --> 00:59:15,318 ENDLESS. TRANSPORTATION, CHILD 1910 00:59:15,318 --> 00:59:17,253 CARE, EDUCATION, ET CETERA. WE 1911 00:59:17,253 --> 00:59:18,755 HAVE FUNDS AND WE ARE ASKING FOR 1912 00:59:18,755 --> 00:59:21,691 FUNDS. TO BE CONTINUED. YOU HAVE 1913 00:59:21,691 --> 00:59:23,560 HEARD SOME OF OUR IMMIGRANT 1914 00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:24,193 REFUGEE PARTICIPANTS EARLIER IN 1915 00:59:24,193 --> 00:59:24,827 THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THEY 1916 00:59:24,827 --> 00:59:28,998 WERE SO BRAVE FOR CALLING IN 1917 00:59:28,998 --> 00:59:30,767 TODAY ONCE MORE. OIRA 001 AYE. 1918 00:59:30,767 --> 00:59:33,736 ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE SUPPORT OED 1919 00:59:33,736 --> 00:59:35,238 006 B FOR SALE FUNDS FOR LAKE 1920 00:59:35,238 --> 00:59:38,207 CITY AND LITTLE SAIGON. THOSE 1921 00:59:38,207 --> 00:59:39,776 NEIGHBORHOODS REALLY NEED THE 1922 00:59:39,776 --> 00:59:40,677 SUPPORT, BUT IN LAKE CITY FOR A 1923 00:59:40,677 --> 00:59:42,145 WHILE AND WANT TO KEEP STAYING 1924 00:59:42,145 --> 00:59:43,212 THERE. WE'RE ALL OUT HERE 1925 00:59:43,212 --> 00:59:43,780 FIGHTING FOR THINGS WE CARE 1926 00:59:43,780 --> 00:59:44,781 ABOUT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TO 1927 00:59:44,781 --> 00:59:46,282 DO THAT. I HOPE YOU TAKE CARE OF 1928 00:59:46,282 --> 00:59:48,618 YOURSELF AND WELCOME THE 1929 00:59:48,618 --> 00:59:49,252 OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ANY OF YOU 1930 00:59:49,252 --> 00:59:49,886 IN PERSON AND CHAT MORE. THANK 1931 00:59:49,886 --> 00:59:50,920 YOU SO MUCH. 1932 00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:52,422 -- THANK YOU TESSA. UP NEXT IS 1933 00:59:52,422 --> 00:59:54,724 JACKIE MCCORMICK, FOLLOWED BY 1934 00:59:54,724 --> 00:59:54,924 BRAD. 1935 00:59:54,924 --> 00:59:57,393 -- HEY 1936 00:59:57,393 --> 00:59:58,795 -- SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A 1937 00:59:58,795 --> 00:59:59,095 MCCORMICK. 1938 00:59:59,095 --> 01:00:00,797 -- I AM THE CO-FOUNDER AND CEO 1939 01:00:00,797 --> 01:00:04,567 OF RISE ABOVE. WE ARE A BASED IN 1940 01:00:04,567 --> 01:00:05,668 D FIVE. I LIVE IN D FIVE SO 1941 01:00:05,668 --> 01:00:07,370 SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER 1942 01:00:07,370 --> 01:00:10,640 JUAREZ. I'M HERE TO THANK YOU 1943 01:00:10,640 --> 01:00:12,675 GUYS. ONE FOR FUNDING TO 1944 01:00:12,675 --> 01:00:14,844 CONTINUE TO INVEST IN KIDS. ALL 1945 01:00:14,844 --> 01:00:17,614 KIDS. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU 1946 01:00:17,614 --> 01:00:19,749 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I THINK WHAT 1947 01:00:19,749 --> 01:00:21,784 RISE ABOVE DOES IS WE SAVE LIVES 1948 01:00:21,784 --> 01:00:23,286 TRULY AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON 1949 01:00:23,286 --> 01:00:24,621 PREVENTION AND EARLY 1950 01:00:24,621 --> 01:00:25,922 INTERVENTION USING ANY MODALITY 1951 01:00:25,922 --> 01:00:28,591 THAT WE CAN. SPORTS, MENTORSHIP, 1952 01:00:28,591 --> 01:00:30,026 PROGRAMING, YOU KNOW, ANY WAY 1953 01:00:30,026 --> 01:00:31,127 THAT WE CAN REACH KIDS, MEETING 1954 01:00:31,127 --> 01:00:32,895 THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT. SO I 1955 01:00:32,895 --> 01:00:33,763 WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS. I ALSO 1956 01:00:33,763 --> 01:00:35,765 WANT TO THANK AND SHOUT OUT TO 1957 01:00:35,765 --> 01:00:37,667 ALL THE OTHER URBAN INDIAN 1958 01:00:37,667 --> 01:00:38,635 ORGANIZATIONS, SEATTLE INDIAN 1959 01:00:38,635 --> 01:00:41,771 HEALTH BOARD, UNITED TRIBES, ET 1960 01:00:41,771 --> 01:00:42,405 CETERA.. I WOULD ASK THAT THIS 1961 01:00:42,405 --> 01:00:45,141 COUNCIL SUPPORT THIS FUNDING 1962 01:00:45,141 --> 01:00:47,510 INITIATIVE THROUGH 2030 TO 1963 01:00:47,510 --> 01:00:48,978 CONTINUE OUR WORK WORKING WITH 1964 01:00:48,978 --> 01:00:50,880 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALL 1965 01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:52,382 THE SURROUNDING AREAS THAT ARE 1966 01:00:52,382 --> 01:00:53,016 SUPPORTING OUR INDIGENOUS YOUTH. 1967 01:00:53,016 --> 01:00:54,283 THANK YOU. 1968 01:00:54,283 --> 01:00:54,984 -- THANK YOU. I'LL BE REAL 1969 01:00:54,984 --> 01:00:56,052 QUICK. I'M BRAD. BRAD, YOU CAN 1970 01:00:56,052 --> 01:00:59,455 MOVE THE MICROPHONE, SAVE YOUR 1971 01:00:59,455 --> 01:01:01,991 BACK. YEAH. THANKS, DAN. JUST 1972 01:01:01,991 --> 01:01:02,625 REAL QUICK. FIRST OF ALL, THANK 1973 01:01:02,625 --> 01:01:03,292 EACH OF YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR 1974 01:01:03,292 --> 01:01:04,827 THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THIS IS MY 1975 01:01:04,827 --> 01:01:06,496 25th YEAR WORKING WITH YOUTH IN 1976 01:01:06,496 --> 01:01:08,031 THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. I WANT 1977 01:01:08,031 --> 01:01:08,631 TO REMEMBER THREE NUMBERS. I 1978 01:01:08,631 --> 01:01:11,501 WANT YOU TO REMEMBER. ONE IS THE 1979 01:01:11,501 --> 01:01:12,802 90% RULE. IF A CHILD DOES NOT 1980 01:01:12,802 --> 01:01:14,437 BECOME ADDICTED TO DRUGS AND 1981 01:01:14,437 --> 01:01:16,639 ALCOHOL PRIOR TO THE AGE OF THE 1982 01:01:16,639 --> 01:01:18,141 EARLY 20s, THE CHANCES OF 1983 01:01:18,141 --> 01:01:18,775 BECOMING ABUSERS LATER IN LIFE 1984 01:01:18,775 --> 01:01:20,176 DROPS 90%. WE PARTNERED WITH 1985 01:01:20,176 --> 01:01:21,711 HARVARD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 1986 01:01:21,711 --> 01:01:23,513 DIVISION OF ADDICTION. EARLY 1987 01:01:23,513 --> 01:01:25,214 INTERVENTION IS CRITICAL. THE 1988 01:01:25,214 --> 01:01:26,716 SECOND THING IS EVERY DOLLAR YOU 1989 01:01:26,716 --> 01:01:28,117 SPEND IN YOUTH PROGRAMS NOT JUST 1990 01:01:28,117 --> 01:01:28,751 RISE ABOVE ALL YOUTH PROGRAMS, 1991 01:01:28,751 --> 01:01:30,286 SAVES $18 OVER HERE. THIS IS NOT 1992 01:01:30,286 --> 01:01:32,055 A NEW STUDY. IT'S BEEN AROUND 1993 01:01:32,055 --> 01:01:33,423 FOR DECADES. IT'S NOT 1994 01:01:33,423 --> 01:01:34,057 COMPLICATED. WE NEED CONTINUITY 1995 01:01:34,057 --> 01:01:35,458 TO MAKE SURE WE REACH OUR KIDS 1996 01:01:35,458 --> 01:01:38,294 EARLY. AND LASTLY, AND PROBABLY 1997 01:01:38,294 --> 01:01:40,296 MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE MISS LENNY 1998 01:01:40,296 --> 01:01:41,898 COACH WILKINS. HE WAS OUR CORE 1999 01:01:41,898 --> 01:01:43,466 MENTOR FOR 11 YEARS. LET'S KEEP 2000 01:01:43,466 --> 01:01:45,601 HIS LEGACY ALIVE. OF SERVING 2001 01:01:45,601 --> 01:01:47,370 YOUTH BECAUSE LIKE HE WOULD SAY, 2002 01:01:47,370 --> 01:01:49,939 KIDS ARE OUR FUTURE, PERIOD. AND 2003 01:01:49,939 --> 01:01:51,474 WE'RE DOING WE NEED TO DO 2004 01:01:51,474 --> 01:01:54,043 BETTER AND WE NEED TO INVEST 2005 01:01:54,043 --> 01:01:54,911 MORE UP TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES ON 2006 01:01:54,911 --> 01:01:55,645 THE BACK END. SO I CAN'T THANK 2007 01:01:55,645 --> 01:01:56,446 YOU GUYS ENOUGH FOR YOUR TIME 2008 01:01:56,446 --> 01:01:59,449 AND YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, 2009 01:01:59,449 --> 01:01:59,749 THANK YOU. 2010 01:01:59,749 --> 01:02:00,750 -- THANK YOU, BRAD. AND WE'RE 2011 01:02:00,750 --> 01:02:02,285 GOING TO CONTINUE ON THAT SAME 2012 01:02:02,285 --> 01:02:05,188 THEME WITH SARAH. WELCOME. 2013 01:02:05,188 --> 01:02:06,355 -- THANK YOU. HI, COUNCIL. THANK 2014 01:02:06,355 --> 01:02:09,425 YOU SO MUCH. I'M JUST HERE WITH 2015 01:02:09,425 --> 01:02:11,627 A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR OSE THREE 2016 01:02:11,627 --> 01:02:13,930 AYE IN SUPPORT OF POCKET FORESTS 2017 01:02:13,930 --> 01:02:15,732 AT SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND 2018 01:02:15,732 --> 01:02:16,733 BLUE EAGLE STAFF WANTED TO BE 2019 01:02:16,733 --> 01:02:18,334 HERE, AND HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE 2020 01:02:18,334 --> 01:02:21,070 IT. SO I'M GOING TO READ HIS 2021 01:02:21,070 --> 01:02:22,972 WORDS IF THAT'S OKAY, HE WROTE. 2022 01:02:22,972 --> 01:02:24,707 I GREW UP IN SEATTLE AND HAVE 2023 01:02:24,707 --> 01:02:26,442 BEEN AROUND THE LICTON SPRINGS 2024 01:02:26,442 --> 01:02:29,612 MY WHOLE LIFE. IT IS A SACRED 2025 01:02:29,612 --> 01:02:31,080 PLACE. I HAVE WATCHED THE 2026 01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:33,049 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I GREW UP IN, 2027 01:02:33,049 --> 01:02:34,951 TORN DOWN AND TURNED INTO 2028 01:02:34,951 --> 01:02:36,786 SOMETHING ELSE. BUILDINGS OR 2029 01:02:36,786 --> 01:02:38,121 CONDOS. SO IT MEANS EVERYTHING 2030 01:02:38,121 --> 01:02:39,722 TO GIVE CHILDREN SOMETHING THEY 2031 01:02:39,722 --> 01:02:42,158 CAN GROW WITH. IT'S REFRESHING 2032 01:02:42,158 --> 01:02:44,393 TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE 2033 01:02:44,393 --> 01:02:46,195 COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE WITH THE 2034 01:02:46,195 --> 01:02:48,998 COMMUNITY IN RESTORATION AND 2035 01:02:48,998 --> 01:02:50,566 PRESERVATION. HAVING MY DAUGHTER 2036 01:02:50,566 --> 01:02:52,168 PLANT THE FIRST TREE IN THE MINI 2037 01:02:52,168 --> 01:02:53,369 FOREST IS SOMETHING THAT MY 2038 01:02:53,369 --> 01:02:55,471 FAMILY WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW. AND 2039 01:02:55,471 --> 01:02:56,372 REMEMBER. THIS FOREST IS A PART 2040 01:02:56,372 --> 01:02:57,974 OF THE WHOLE ROBERT EAGLE STAFF 2041 01:02:57,974 --> 01:02:59,776 MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THANK 2042 01:02:59,776 --> 01:03:01,477 YOU. ACTION. SEATTLE HAS BEEN 2043 01:03:01,477 --> 01:03:03,513 REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF 2044 01:03:03,513 --> 01:03:04,981 THAT FIRST FOREST, AND WE'RE 2045 01:03:04,981 --> 01:03:06,649 REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THE 2046 01:03:06,649 --> 01:03:08,384 PROGRAM EXPANDS WITH YOUR 2047 01:03:08,384 --> 01:03:09,585 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 2048 01:03:09,585 --> 01:03:10,386 -- THANK YOU FOR GROWING OUR 2049 01:03:10,386 --> 01:03:13,055 FUTURE. WE HAVE STEPHANIE MATHIS 2050 01:03:13,055 --> 01:03:14,957 NEXT, AND WE HAVE AN ASL 2051 01:03:14,957 --> 01:03:16,359 INTERPRETER. SO WE'RE GOING TO 2052 01:03:16,359 --> 01:03:20,496 HAVE DOUBLE TIME. AND WITH 2053 01:03:20,496 --> 01:03:27,203 INTERPRETATION. 2054 01:03:27,203 --> 01:03:31,908 -- HELLO GOOD EVENING, 2055 01:03:31,908 --> 01:03:33,976 COUNCILMEMBERS. I SEE YOU ON THE 2056 01:03:33,976 --> 01:03:39,949 ZOOM THERE. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE 2057 01:03:39,949 --> 01:03:43,252 MATHIS. I'M THE INTERIM 2058 01:03:43,252 --> 01:03:46,088 DIRECTOR OF GOSH SORRY, ABUSED 2059 01:03:46,088 --> 01:03:49,192 DEAF WOMEN'S ADVOCACY SERVICES 2060 01:03:49,192 --> 01:03:53,129 AND WAS WE'RE LOCATED IN SEATTLE 2061 01:03:53,129 --> 01:03:55,431 AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER 2062 01:03:55,431 --> 01:03:58,534 FIVE. WE ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE 2063 01:03:58,534 --> 01:04:02,605 COALITION ENDING GENDER BASED 2064 01:04:02,605 --> 01:04:05,208 VIOLENCE. AND WE'RE HERE TODAY 2065 01:04:05,208 --> 01:04:07,577 TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PROTECT TO 2066 01:04:07,577 --> 01:04:09,812 PROTECT THE EXISTING $5 MILLION 2067 01:04:09,812 --> 01:04:12,682 RESERVED FOR SUPPORTING 2068 01:04:12,682 --> 01:04:13,316 PROGRAMING THAT IS COMMITTED TO 2069 01:04:13,316 --> 01:04:19,055 ENDING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE. MY 2070 01:04:19,055 --> 01:04:19,689 ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS MANY DEAF 2071 01:04:19,689 --> 01:04:23,426 WOMEN FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS NOW 2072 01:04:23,426 --> 01:04:25,595 WITH SERVICES FOR DEAF, DEAF, 2073 01:04:25,595 --> 01:04:28,397 BLIND, LGBTQ, BIPOC, SURVIVORS 2074 01:04:28,397 --> 01:04:30,299 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ET CETERA. 2075 01:04:30,299 --> 01:04:36,372 FOR THOSE 40 YEARS. WE ARE THE 2076 01:04:36,372 --> 01:04:39,508 ONLY DEAF LED SHELTER FOR 2077 01:04:39,508 --> 01:04:42,044 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN 2078 01:04:42,044 --> 01:04:43,679 THE US. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 2079 01:04:43,679 --> 01:04:48,017 ANOTHER STATE AND MOVED HERE TO 2080 01:04:48,017 --> 01:04:50,553 WASHINGTON STATE. WE PROVIDE 2081 01:04:50,553 --> 01:04:51,087 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR 2082 01:04:51,087 --> 01:04:57,193 SURVIVORS AS WELL AS. AND WE ARE 2083 01:04:57,193 --> 01:04:57,760 ALSO THE ONLY TRANSITIONAL 2084 01:04:57,760 --> 01:04:58,995 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY 2085 01:04:58,995 --> 01:05:05,268 FOR DEAF SURVIVOR AS WELL. IN 2086 01:05:05,268 --> 01:05:07,370 THE US. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR 2087 01:05:07,370 --> 01:05:10,273 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, 98% OF 2088 01:05:10,273 --> 01:05:11,774 THEM WILL NOT RETURN TO THEIR 2089 01:05:11,774 --> 01:05:18,547 ABUSE, TO THEIR ABUSER. AND WE 2090 01:05:18,547 --> 01:05:19,081 SERVE ABOUT 125 SURVIVORS 2091 01:05:19,081 --> 01:05:22,385 ANNUALLY. AND NOT ONLY THAT, 2092 01:05:22,385 --> 01:05:23,119 NUMBER MAY SEEM SMALL TO YOU, 2093 01:05:23,119 --> 01:05:24,887 BUT IT HAS A MUCH GREATER IMPACT 2094 01:05:24,887 --> 01:05:27,823 ON SOCIETY BECAUSE WE PROVIDE 2095 01:05:27,823 --> 01:05:29,926 THINGS LIKE INTERPRETING 2096 01:05:29,926 --> 01:05:30,826 ACCESSES, ACCESS EVEN WITHIN THE 2097 01:05:30,826 --> 01:05:34,630 COURT. THEIR COURTROOM 2098 01:05:34,630 --> 01:05:37,633 EXPERIENCES. AS WELL AS THEIR 2099 01:05:37,633 --> 01:05:39,568 DSHS APPOINTMENTS AND A NUMBER 2100 01:05:39,568 --> 01:05:40,169 OF DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THEY 2101 01:05:40,169 --> 01:05:44,073 WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE ACCESS. 2102 01:05:44,073 --> 01:05:46,676 I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 2103 01:05:46,676 --> 01:05:48,110 ABOUT WHY SHELTER FOR DOMESTIC 2104 01:05:48,110 --> 01:05:50,212 VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IS SO 2105 01:05:50,212 --> 01:05:51,948 IMPORTANT, AND ESPECIALLY FOR 2106 01:05:51,948 --> 01:05:54,050 DEAF SURVIVORS, BECAUSE DEAF 2107 01:05:54,050 --> 01:05:54,650 SURVIVORS IN HEARING SHELTERS 2108 01:05:54,650 --> 01:05:56,652 OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES VERY 2109 01:05:56,652 --> 01:05:57,987 ISOLATED AND WILL RETURN MUCH 2110 01:05:57,987 --> 01:05:59,422 MORE OFTEN TO THEIR ABUSERS OR 2111 01:05:59,422 --> 01:06:01,991 TO THEIR SITUATIONS, AND ARE 2112 01:06:01,991 --> 01:06:05,394 RETRAUMATIZED IN THOSE 2113 01:06:05,394 --> 01:06:06,729 SITUATIONS. SO WE PROVIDE A 2114 01:06:06,729 --> 01:06:08,064 SENSE OF SAFETY THAT THEY CANNOT 2115 01:06:08,064 --> 01:06:11,400 OTHERWISE ACCESS IN ADDITION TO. 2116 01:06:11,400 --> 01:06:14,003 SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAINTAIN 2117 01:06:14,003 --> 01:06:17,139 THE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAMS 2118 01:06:17,139 --> 01:06:17,707 THAT SERVE THESE COMMUNITY 2119 01:06:17,707 --> 01:06:19,575 MEMBERS AND MAINTAIN THAT $5 2120 01:06:19,575 --> 01:06:21,510 MILLION BUDGET ITEM THAT YOU 2121 01:06:21,510 --> 01:06:23,446 HAVE IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. IT 2122 01:06:23,446 --> 01:06:25,047 HELPS KEEP OUR SURVIVORS SAFE 2123 01:06:25,047 --> 01:06:28,918 AND HELPS THEM TO REBUILD THEIR 2124 01:06:28,918 --> 01:06:29,552 LIVES AFTER EXPERIENCING GREAT 2125 01:06:29,552 --> 01:06:30,853 VIOLENCE. I APPRECIATE YOUR 2126 01:06:30,853 --> 01:06:31,053 TIME. 2127 01:06:31,053 --> 01:06:31,387 -- [APPLAUSE] 2128 01:06:31,387 --> 01:06:34,623 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS YONKA 2129 01:06:34,623 --> 01:06:37,193 LAMEY, FOLLOWED BY JESSIE 2130 01:06:37,193 --> 01:06:40,963 LAWSON, SHAWNA MINT, AND THEN 2131 01:06:40,963 --> 01:06:42,832 GWENDOLYN HART. YONKA. WELCOME. 2132 01:06:42,832 --> 01:06:44,333 -- HI, MY NAME IS YUVIKA TOLANI. 2133 01:06:44,333 --> 01:06:45,134 I REPRESENT UNION ART CENTER, 2134 01:06:45,134 --> 01:06:47,503 WHICH IS A THEATER IN DISTRICT 2135 01:06:47,503 --> 01:06:49,038 SEVEN. I WANT TO THANK CHAIR 2136 01:06:49,038 --> 01:06:50,606 STRAUSS FOR THE INCLUSION OF 2137 01:06:50,606 --> 01:06:52,408 MEANINGFUL ARTS FUNDING IN THE 2138 01:06:52,408 --> 01:06:55,411 BALANCING PACKAGE, AND COUNCIL 2139 01:06:55,411 --> 01:06:55,845 PRESIDENT PRESIDENT 2140 01:06:55,845 --> 01:06:56,912 HOLLINGSWORTH WORTH FOR 2141 01:06:56,912 --> 01:06:59,081 CHAMPIONING ARTS, CULTURE AND 2142 01:06:59,081 --> 01:07:00,883 HERITAGE. IN YOUR POSITION OF 2143 01:07:00,883 --> 01:07:03,019 LEADERSHIP. THANKS ALSO TO 2144 01:07:03,019 --> 01:07:04,420 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND THE 2145 01:07:04,420 --> 01:07:05,855 SPONSORS OF THE AMENDMENT 2146 01:07:05,855 --> 01:07:07,990 SUPPORTING THE CULTURAL SECTOR. 2147 01:07:07,990 --> 01:07:10,059 DESPITE IT NOT BEING INCLUDED, 2148 01:07:10,059 --> 01:07:11,460 WE. YOUR EFFORTS ARE NOT 2149 01:07:11,460 --> 01:07:14,397 UNNOTICED, SO THANK YOU MUCH 2150 01:07:14,397 --> 01:07:16,265 LIKE DEMOCRACY, ARTS AND CULTURE 2151 01:07:16,265 --> 01:07:18,601 HINGE ON THE IDEA OF 2152 01:07:18,601 --> 01:07:19,201 REPRESENTATION AND THE IDEAL 2153 01:07:19,201 --> 01:07:20,603 THAT ALL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A 2154 01:07:20,603 --> 01:07:22,438 HAND IN PARTICIPATING IN SHAPING 2155 01:07:22,438 --> 01:07:23,973 CULTURE. AND SO WITH THIS 2156 01:07:23,973 --> 01:07:25,074 SUPPORT, WITH THE ADVOCACY FOR 2157 01:07:25,074 --> 01:07:28,044 ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE BUDGET, 2158 01:07:28,044 --> 01:07:29,145 YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE IDEA THAT 2159 01:07:29,145 --> 01:07:30,112 CULTURE SHOULD NOT BE PRESCRIBED 2160 01:07:30,112 --> 01:07:31,781 BY THE PRIVILEGED, BUT SHAPED BY 2161 01:07:31,781 --> 01:07:32,982 THE POPULACE. AND SO I 2162 01:07:32,982 --> 01:07:34,450 APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT AND JUST 2163 01:07:34,450 --> 01:07:37,153 WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU. 2164 01:07:37,153 --> 01:07:39,488 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 2165 01:07:39,488 --> 01:07:41,057 JESSIE WATSON, FOLLOWED BY 2166 01:07:41,057 --> 01:07:42,858 SHAWNA MINT, THEN GWENDOLYN, AND 2167 01:07:42,858 --> 01:07:44,326 THEN I'LL READ THE NEXT TEN 2168 01:07:44,326 --> 01:07:46,429 NAMES. WELCOME. 2169 01:07:46,429 --> 01:07:46,996 -- HELLO, CHAIR STRAUSS AND 2170 01:07:46,996 --> 01:07:48,531 COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS 2171 01:07:48,531 --> 01:07:50,766 JESSE WATSON. I'M THE DEPUTY 2172 01:07:50,766 --> 01:07:51,400 DIRECTOR FOR INSPIRE WASHINGTON, 2173 01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:53,469 OUR STATE'S CULTURAL ADVOCACY 2174 01:07:53,469 --> 01:07:55,771 ORGANIZATION. I AM HERE TODAY TO 2175 01:07:55,771 --> 01:07:58,040 SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO 2176 01:07:58,040 --> 01:07:58,574 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR 2177 01:07:58,574 --> 01:07:59,341 INCLUDING MEANINGFUL FUNDING FOR 2178 01:07:59,341 --> 01:08:00,810 ARTS AND CULTURE IN YOUR 2179 01:08:00,810 --> 01:08:02,311 BALANCING PACKAGE. WE'RE SO 2180 01:08:02,311 --> 01:08:02,945 APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP 2181 01:08:02,945 --> 01:08:03,712 AND YOUR BELIEF AND PASSION FOR 2182 01:08:03,712 --> 01:08:06,282 OUR SECTOR. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL 2183 01:08:06,282 --> 01:08:07,283 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. YOU 2184 01:08:07,283 --> 01:08:09,585 HAVE BEEN OUR CHAMPION. WE ARE 2185 01:08:09,585 --> 01:08:10,820 SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU FOR MAKING 2186 01:08:10,820 --> 01:08:11,654 ARTS AND CULTURE YOUR PRIORITY 2187 01:08:11,654 --> 01:08:13,722 THIS YEAR. YOUR AMENDMENTS WILL 2188 01:08:13,722 --> 01:08:15,057 CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN OUR 2189 01:08:15,057 --> 01:08:17,927 CITY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK 2190 01:08:17,927 --> 01:08:19,128 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR 2191 01:08:19,128 --> 01:08:20,729 AMENDMENT TO KEEP ADD TAX HOLE. 2192 01:08:20,729 --> 01:08:21,497 WE'RE REALLY ENTHUSED ABOUT 2193 01:08:21,497 --> 01:08:22,098 THAT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 2194 01:08:22,098 --> 01:08:23,299 WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT IN THE 2195 01:08:23,299 --> 01:08:26,135 FUTURE. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO 2196 01:08:26,135 --> 01:08:26,702 THANK CO-SPONSORS FOR THESE 2197 01:08:26,702 --> 01:08:29,205 AMENDMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 2198 01:08:29,205 --> 01:08:32,007 JUAREZ, LIN KETTLE AND SAKA. THE 2199 01:08:32,007 --> 01:08:33,142 CULTURAL SECTOR HAS BEEN PUT IN 2200 01:08:33,142 --> 01:08:34,643 A PRESSURE COOKER FOR THE LAST 2201 01:08:34,643 --> 01:08:36,779 SEVERAL YEARS. EVERY DAY, 2202 01:08:36,779 --> 01:08:37,413 BUSINESSES GRAPPLE WITH GROWING 2203 01:08:37,413 --> 01:08:39,381 EXPENSES, RISING INFLATION AND 2204 01:08:39,381 --> 01:08:40,516 FLAT REVENUES IN ONE OF THE MOST 2205 01:08:40,516 --> 01:08:43,285 EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, 2206 01:08:43,285 --> 01:08:43,919 SEATTLE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS 2207 01:08:43,919 --> 01:08:45,054 HAVE LOST MILLIONS IN THE LAST 2208 01:08:45,054 --> 01:08:46,956 TWO YEARS IN FEDERAL DOLLARS, 2209 01:08:46,956 --> 01:08:48,290 THE STATE PLANS TO CUT GRANTS 2210 01:08:48,290 --> 01:08:51,160 NEXT YEAR, AND PHILANTHROPY IS 2211 01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:51,760 PULLING BACK OR LIMITING THE 2212 01:08:51,760 --> 01:08:53,462 TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT 2213 01:08:53,462 --> 01:08:54,997 QUALIFY FOR THEIR FUNDING. THERE 2214 01:08:54,997 --> 01:08:56,599 ARE SO MANY REASONS TO LIFT UP 2215 01:08:56,599 --> 01:08:57,900 ARTS AND CULTURE. OUR 2216 01:08:57,900 --> 01:08:59,768 PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITS, CLASSES 2217 01:08:59,768 --> 01:09:02,104 AND EVENTS ATTRACT THE PEOPLE 2218 01:09:02,104 --> 01:09:04,006 THAT FUEL SEATTLE'S SMALL 2219 01:09:04,006 --> 01:09:05,641 BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS, 2220 01:09:05,641 --> 01:09:06,242 DRIVE TOURISM AND FOSTER THE 2221 01:09:06,242 --> 01:09:08,611 ECONOMIC RECOVERY OF OUR CITY. 2222 01:09:08,611 --> 01:09:10,312 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY 2223 01:09:10,312 --> 01:09:10,946 PROVIDE LIFE CHANGING PROGRAMS 2224 01:09:10,946 --> 01:09:12,882 FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THAT FILL 2225 01:09:12,882 --> 01:09:14,950 MANY GAPS THAT PUBLIC FUNDING 2226 01:09:14,950 --> 01:09:15,951 CANNOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I 2227 01:09:15,951 --> 01:09:17,586 HOPE YOU FEEL THE LOVE FROM THE 2228 01:09:17,586 --> 01:09:20,890 ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR TODAY. 2229 01:09:20,890 --> 01:09:22,591 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS SHAWNA, 2230 01:09:22,591 --> 01:09:25,461 FOLLOWED BY GWENDOLYN 2231 01:09:25,461 --> 01:09:25,861 -- GOOD EVENING. 2232 01:09:25,861 --> 01:09:26,862 -- MY NAME IS SHAWNA MINT AND 2233 01:09:26,862 --> 01:09:28,397 I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT 2234 01:09:28,397 --> 01:09:30,032 WITH THE FIFTH AVENUE THEATER 2235 01:09:30,032 --> 01:09:32,334 COMPANY LOCATED IN DISTRICT 2236 01:09:32,334 --> 01:09:33,936 SEVEN. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ALSO 2237 01:09:33,936 --> 01:09:35,337 SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL. I'VE 2238 01:09:35,337 --> 01:09:37,339 SPENT MY CAREER WORKING WITH 2239 01:09:37,339 --> 01:09:39,074 CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN 2240 01:09:39,074 --> 01:09:40,709 SEATTLE, AND I'VE SEEN HOW 2241 01:09:40,709 --> 01:09:41,744 DEEPLY THE ARTS CONTRIBUTE TO 2242 01:09:41,744 --> 01:09:43,312 OUR COMMUNITY. WE CREATE JOBS. 2243 01:09:43,312 --> 01:09:45,247 WE BRING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN. WE 2244 01:09:45,247 --> 01:09:47,349 SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND WE 2245 01:09:47,349 --> 01:09:49,051 PROVIDE MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES 2246 01:09:49,051 --> 01:09:50,886 FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. AT THE 2247 01:09:50,886 --> 01:09:52,488 FIFTH AVENUE THEATER COMPANY, WE 2248 01:09:52,488 --> 01:09:55,157 SEE HOW MUSICAL THEATER CONNECTS 2249 01:09:55,157 --> 01:09:56,559 GENERATIONS AND BRINGS OUR 2250 01:09:56,559 --> 01:09:58,194 COMMUNITY TOGETHER. OUR ONE OF A 2251 01:09:58,194 --> 01:10:00,529 KIND TUITION, TUITION FREE 2252 01:10:00,529 --> 01:10:02,531 RISING STAR PROJECT INSPIRES 2253 01:10:02,531 --> 01:10:04,333 YOUNG ARTISTS AND GIVES THEM A 2254 01:10:04,333 --> 01:10:06,335 CHANCE TO TO GAIN HANDS ON 2255 01:10:06,335 --> 01:10:08,037 EXPERIENCE, PRODUCING A FULL, 2256 01:10:08,037 --> 01:10:11,006 FULL PRODUCTION. THANK YOU TO 2257 01:10:11,006 --> 01:10:15,010 CHAIR STRAUSS FOR PRIORITIZING 2258 01:10:15,010 --> 01:10:15,644 ARTS FUNDING. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2259 01:10:15,644 --> 01:10:17,580 HOLLINGSWORTH FOR CHAMPIONING 2260 01:10:17,580 --> 01:10:19,281 OUR SECTOR AND COUNCILMEMBER 2261 01:10:19,281 --> 01:10:20,916 FOSTER AND THE AMENDMENT 2262 01:10:20,916 --> 01:10:23,118 SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THIS 2263 01:10:23,118 --> 01:10:24,887 INVESTMENT MATTERS AND IT SENDS 2264 01:10:24,887 --> 01:10:26,288 AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT 2265 01:10:26,288 --> 01:10:27,423 SEATTLE VALUES ITS ARTISTS, 2266 01:10:27,423 --> 01:10:29,959 CULTURAL WORKERS AND 2267 01:10:29,959 --> 01:10:32,161 ORGANIZATIONS AND RECOGNIZES OUR 2268 01:10:32,161 --> 01:10:32,761 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMIC 2269 01:10:32,761 --> 01:10:33,896 VITALITY OF THE CITY. THANK YOU 2270 01:10:33,896 --> 01:10:35,097 FOR HELPING TO ENSURE THAT 2271 01:10:35,097 --> 01:10:36,332 SEATTLE REMAINS A CITY WHERE 2272 01:10:36,332 --> 01:10:37,666 CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY CAN 2273 01:10:37,666 --> 01:10:38,968 THRIVE. 2274 01:10:38,968 --> 01:10:40,669 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND 2275 01:10:40,669 --> 01:10:41,937 GWENDOLYN IS UP NEXT. IF YOU 2276 01:10:41,937 --> 01:10:45,641 HAVE SPOKEN OR ARE NOT GOING TO 2277 01:10:45,641 --> 01:10:49,111 SPEAK, I WILL ASK YOU TO GO DOWN 2278 01:10:49,111 --> 01:10:49,712 TO BERTHA KNIGHT LANDES ROOM 2279 01:10:49,712 --> 01:10:51,113 BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE MORE 2280 01:10:51,113 --> 01:10:52,848 PEOPLE TRYING TO GET INTO THE 2281 01:10:52,848 --> 01:10:54,650 ROOM. WE ARE AT. NO, WE ARE AT 2282 01:10:54,650 --> 01:10:55,851 FIRE CODE. THERE ARE PEOPLE. 2283 01:10:55,851 --> 01:10:57,319 -- THERE'S LIKE 50 OPEN SEATS, 2284 01:10:57,319 --> 01:10:58,654 AND THERE WERE LIKE TWICE AS 2285 01:10:58,654 --> 01:11:00,322 MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM LAST 2286 01:11:00,322 --> 01:11:00,556 MONTH. 2287 01:11:00,556 --> 01:11:04,159 -- CAN YOU CUT THE MICS? THIS IS 2288 01:11:04,159 --> 01:11:04,793 NOT A CONVERSATION. WHETHER OR 2289 01:11:04,793 --> 01:11:07,062 NOT WE ARE AT FIRE CODE. THIS IS 2290 01:11:07,062 --> 01:11:08,864 A STATEMENT. WE ARE AT. WE ARE 2291 01:11:08,864 --> 01:11:12,067 AT FIRE CODE. SO IF YOU HAVE 2292 01:11:12,067 --> 01:11:14,570 SPOKEN, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU 2293 01:11:14,570 --> 01:11:17,273 PARTICIPATE IN BERTHA KNIGHT 2294 01:11:17,273 --> 01:11:17,873 LANDES SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO 2295 01:11:17,873 --> 01:11:18,741 ARE WAITING TO SPEAK CAN COME 2296 01:11:18,741 --> 01:11:21,043 UP. I'M GOING TO READ THE NEXT 2297 01:11:21,043 --> 01:11:22,544 TEN NAMES AND THEN WE'RE GOING 2298 01:11:22,544 --> 01:11:25,247 TO KEEP ON ROLLING. I'VE GOT 2299 01:11:25,247 --> 01:11:29,852 GWENDOLYN HART, 51 IS SMILEY, 52 2300 01:11:29,852 --> 01:11:35,124 IS THEODORE S, 53 IS CARMEN S, 2301 01:11:35,124 --> 01:11:38,394 54 IS TAYLOR L, MICHAEL L, 2302 01:11:38,394 --> 01:11:40,729 OLIVIA ROSE LONG NGUYEN, JASON 2303 01:11:40,729 --> 01:11:43,399 THIEL, CASTIEL HIGHTOWER AND 2304 01:11:43,399 --> 01:11:45,134 BRANDON CRAIG ARE GWENDOLYN, ARE 2305 01:11:45,134 --> 01:11:48,704 YOU PART OF A GROUP? GREAT. WHO 2306 01:11:48,704 --> 01:11:50,372 ARE YOUR GROUP MEMBERS? 2307 01:11:50,372 --> 01:11:50,739 -- FOUR OF US. 2308 01:11:50,739 --> 01:11:54,443 -- AND IS THAT 50 THREE, 54. 2309 01:11:54,443 --> 01:11:56,211 -- 50 THROUGH 53. 2310 01:11:56,211 --> 01:11:58,113 -- 50 THROUGH 53? AWESOME. I 2311 01:11:58,113 --> 01:11:59,214 APPRECIATE YOU, GWENDOLYN. WE'VE 2312 01:11:59,214 --> 01:12:01,150 GOT WE'RE GOING TO PUT FOUR 2313 01:12:01,150 --> 01:12:02,318 MINUTES 30s ON THE CLOCK FOR 2314 01:12:02,318 --> 01:12:04,286 YOU. AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE READY 2315 01:12:04,286 --> 01:12:06,789 TO GO, WE'RE GOING TO ROLL. AND 2316 01:12:06,789 --> 01:12:07,790 WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THE MICS ARE 2317 01:12:07,790 --> 01:12:11,026 BACK ON FOR THEM. AND ANY TIME 2318 01:12:11,026 --> 01:12:12,795 YOU WANT. GWENDOLYN. 2319 01:12:12,795 --> 01:12:14,330 -- MY NAME IS GWENDOLYN HART. 2320 01:12:14,330 --> 01:12:15,030 I'M A MEMBER OF THE UNITED FRONT 2321 01:12:15,030 --> 01:12:15,698 WORKERS PARTY, AND I, FOR ONE, 2322 01:12:15,698 --> 01:12:18,133 AM NOT HERE TO THANK THE CITY 2323 01:12:18,133 --> 01:12:21,103 COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO 2324 01:12:21,103 --> 01:12:21,437 -- [APPLAUSE] 2325 01:12:21,437 --> 01:12:22,971 -- INTRODUCE THE SOCIALIST 2326 01:12:22,971 --> 01:12:23,605 CONTINGENT AT CITY HALL TODAY. 2327 01:12:23,605 --> 01:12:27,042 WE ARE HERE TO OPPOSE THIS 2328 01:12:27,042 --> 01:12:27,676 ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC ANTI-WORKER 2329 01:12:27,676 --> 01:12:29,478 BUDGET. IT'S SIMPLY AWFUL. THEY 2330 01:12:29,478 --> 01:12:30,112 ARE CUTTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 2331 01:12:30,112 --> 01:12:31,680 FROM FOOD EQUITY, FROM PARKS AND 2332 01:12:31,680 --> 01:12:32,748 ROAD MAINTENANCE, FROM THE 2333 01:12:32,748 --> 01:12:33,749 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 2334 01:12:33,749 --> 01:12:34,416 COMMISSION. I DON'T EVEN NEED 2335 01:12:34,416 --> 01:12:35,551 TO TELL YOU WHAT ALL THEY'RE 2336 01:12:35,551 --> 01:12:37,453 CUTTING. THEY'RE TAKING $68 2337 01:12:37,453 --> 01:12:38,320 MILLION FROM HOUSING TO GIVE TO 2338 01:12:38,320 --> 01:12:39,955 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND 2339 01:12:39,955 --> 01:12:42,558 COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS IS 2340 01:12:42,558 --> 01:12:43,492 ADDING $2 MILLION MORE. ON TOP 2341 01:12:43,492 --> 01:12:48,063 OF THAT SHAMEFUL. NOT ANOTHER 2342 01:12:48,063 --> 01:12:48,964 NICKEL, NOT ANOTHER DIME. NO 2343 01:12:48,964 --> 01:12:51,266 MORE MONEY FOR THE SPD'S CRIMES. 2344 01:12:51,266 --> 01:12:53,669 NONE. OTHER NICKEL, NOT ANOTHER 2345 01:12:53,669 --> 01:12:55,404 DIME. NO MORE MONEY FOR THE 2346 01:12:55,404 --> 01:12:58,073 SPD'S CRIMES. WE'RE HERE IN 2347 01:12:58,073 --> 01:12:59,408 THE UNITED COALITION. WE HAVE 2348 01:12:59,408 --> 01:13:00,042 SPEAKERS FROM THE UNITED FRONT 2349 01:13:00,042 --> 01:13:01,610 FOR WORKERS PARTY, DEMOCRATIC 2350 01:13:01,610 --> 01:13:02,344 SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA. GO ON, 2351 01:13:02,344 --> 01:13:06,715 CLAP FOR YOURSELVES, WORKERS. 2352 01:13:06,715 --> 01:13:08,584 STRIKE BACK FREEDOM. SOCIALIST 2353 01:13:08,584 --> 01:13:09,218 PARTY, REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISTS 2354 01:13:09,218 --> 01:13:11,253 AND THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND 2355 01:13:11,253 --> 01:13:13,288 LIBERATION. AND WE SAY IT IS A 2356 01:13:13,288 --> 01:13:14,790 FARCE THAT KATIE WILSON, A 2357 01:13:14,790 --> 01:13:15,758 DEMOCRAT WHO CALLED HERSELF A 2358 01:13:15,758 --> 01:13:17,292 SOCIALIST TO GET ELECTED, IS THE 2359 01:13:17,292 --> 01:13:19,261 ONE WHO PROPOSED THIS BUDGET. 2360 01:13:19,261 --> 01:13:21,363 WHAT HAPPENED TO HER PROMISE FOR 2361 01:13:21,363 --> 01:13:22,364 MUNICIPAL GROCERY STORES TO 2362 01:13:22,364 --> 01:13:23,932 CLOSE THE FOOD DESERTS? WHAT 2363 01:13:23,932 --> 01:13:25,567 HAPPENED TO THE PROMISE FOR MORE 2364 01:13:25,567 --> 01:13:27,236 SHELTER BEDS TO ADDRESS THE 2365 01:13:27,236 --> 01:13:28,237 HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM? THOSE ALL 2366 01:13:28,237 --> 01:13:30,806 WENT AWAY. AND SHE'S NOW 2367 01:13:30,806 --> 01:13:31,440 CUTTING OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES. 2368 01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:32,441 SHE LIED. THE WORKERS IN THE 2369 01:13:32,441 --> 01:13:34,610 OFFICE. SHE LIED TO PEOPLE. WE 2370 01:13:34,610 --> 01:13:35,778 SHOULD THROW HER OUT OF OFFICE 2371 01:13:35,778 --> 01:13:37,246 AND REPLACE HER WITH A REAL 2372 01:13:37,246 --> 01:13:37,546 SOCIALIST. 2373 01:13:37,546 --> 01:13:39,047 -- THAT'S RIGHT. 2374 01:13:39,047 --> 01:13:39,782 -- THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO 2375 01:13:39,782 --> 01:13:41,383 MAKE THESE CUTS OFF MONEY TO GO 2376 01:13:41,383 --> 01:13:44,686 AROUND IN A CITY WHERE AMAZON IS 2377 01:13:44,686 --> 01:13:45,320 HEADQUARTERED, WHERE MICROSOFT 2378 01:13:45,320 --> 01:13:47,289 JUST LOST $500 BILLION GAMBLING 2379 01:13:47,289 --> 01:13:48,791 ON THE STOCK MARKET, THAT'S 2380 01:13:48,791 --> 01:13:50,492 ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND TEN 2381 01:13:50,492 --> 01:13:52,394 SEATTLES. THEY ARE FIRING CITY 2382 01:13:52,394 --> 01:13:54,430 WORKERS. BUT THE PEOPLE ON THESE 2383 01:13:54,430 --> 01:13:56,131 FANCY SEATS MAKE SO MUCH 2384 01:13:56,131 --> 01:13:58,700 INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, IF 2385 01:13:58,700 --> 01:13:59,301 WE CAP THE EXECUTIVE SALARIES 2386 01:13:59,301 --> 01:14:02,070 FOR CITY EXECUTIVES TO A MERE A 2387 01:14:02,070 --> 01:14:05,374 MEASLY $144,000, IT WOULD FREE 2388 01:14:05,374 --> 01:14:06,275 UP OVER $100 MILLION IN FUNDS 2389 01:14:06,275 --> 01:14:08,243 FOR THE CITY EVERY YEAR. THESE 2390 01:14:08,243 --> 01:14:09,378 ARE NOT TOUGH CHOICES. THE TOUGH 2391 01:14:09,378 --> 01:14:11,280 CHOICES HOW TO JUSTIFY TAKING 2392 01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:12,781 MONEY OUT OF OUR POCKETS AND 2393 01:14:12,781 --> 01:14:15,751 FROM OUR SERVICES. THAT'S THE 2394 01:14:15,751 --> 01:14:16,652 ONLY THING THAT'S TOUGH FOR 2395 01:14:16,652 --> 01:14:19,321 THEM. THE BUDGET IS THE CLOSEST 2396 01:14:19,321 --> 01:14:20,456 THING THAT WE AS WORKERS HAVE TO 2397 01:14:20,456 --> 01:14:22,825 A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. AND 2398 01:14:22,825 --> 01:14:23,926 LIKE WITH ANY UNION CONTRACT, 2399 01:14:23,926 --> 01:14:25,060 THE BOSSES GET THEIR WAY BY 2400 01:14:25,060 --> 01:14:26,361 RELYING ON US BEING TOO 2401 01:14:26,361 --> 01:14:29,364 DISORGANIZED TO FIGHT BACK. 2402 01:14:29,364 --> 01:14:30,432 AMAZON, MICROSOFT, THE LANDLORD 2403 01:14:30,432 --> 01:14:31,066 LOBBY, THE BILLIONAIRES. THEY 2404 01:14:31,066 --> 01:14:32,601 HAVE THEIR ORGANIZATION IN THE 2405 01:14:32,601 --> 01:14:34,703 CITY. THEY HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC 2406 01:14:34,703 --> 01:14:38,207 PARTY. THE DEMOCRATS JUST WON 2407 01:14:38,207 --> 01:14:38,841 THE MIDTERMS. BUT DO YOU REALLY 2408 01:14:38,841 --> 01:14:39,775 THINK THAT MEANS THEY'RE GOING 2409 01:14:39,775 --> 01:14:41,043 TO ACTUALLY SAVE US THIS TIME 2410 01:14:41,043 --> 01:14:42,211 AROUND? THE PARTY THAT LAST TIME 2411 01:14:42,211 --> 01:14:43,879 THEY WERE IN OFFICE, CRUSHED 2412 01:14:43,879 --> 01:14:47,149 STRIKES, FUNDED GENOCIDE, ARMED 2413 01:14:47,149 --> 01:14:48,650 GENOCIDE AND IS NOW MAKING 2414 01:14:48,650 --> 01:14:50,018 SWEEPING CUTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 2415 01:14:50,018 --> 01:14:52,287 TO OUR SERVICES TO FUNNEL MONEY 2416 01:14:52,287 --> 01:14:54,256 INTO TRUMP'S NEW WARS. 2417 01:14:54,256 --> 01:14:55,190 ABSOLUTELY NOT. THESE CUTS ARE 2418 01:14:55,190 --> 01:14:57,559 TALKING ABOUT ARE GOING TO KILL 2419 01:14:57,559 --> 01:14:58,927 PEOPLE. $68 MILLION FROM HOUSING 2420 01:14:58,927 --> 01:14:59,661 WILL TURN PEOPLE ONTO THE 2421 01:14:59,661 --> 01:15:01,363 STREETS AND KILL THEM. SO LET'S 2422 01:15:01,363 --> 01:15:02,531 NOT BE POLITE TO THEM. LET'S NOT 2423 01:15:02,531 --> 01:15:03,999 SEE THAT WE'RE ALL FRIENDS 2424 01:15:03,999 --> 01:15:05,968 HERE. THESE ARE OUR LIVES AND 2425 01:15:05,968 --> 01:15:06,802 THEIR PAYCHECKS. THAT'S WHAT'S 2426 01:15:06,802 --> 01:15:08,437 ON THE LINE HERE FOR US. 2427 01:15:08,437 --> 01:15:08,971 -- [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] 2428 01:15:08,971 --> 01:15:11,773 -- YEAH 2429 01:15:11,773 --> 01:15:12,274 -- THESE SILLY RULES OF 2430 01:15:12,274 --> 01:15:12,841 CIVILITY, THE FACT THAT ARE 2431 01:15:12,841 --> 01:15:13,675 TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE 2432 01:15:13,675 --> 01:15:14,877 ROOM, THEY WON'T LET US ALL IN 2433 01:15:14,877 --> 01:15:16,044 IS JUST TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF OF 2434 01:15:16,044 --> 01:15:17,646 THEM. IT'S TO BLUNT YOUR VOICE 2435 01:15:17,646 --> 01:15:19,181 AND YOUR MESSAGE BECAUSE THAT'S 2436 01:15:19,181 --> 01:15:20,449 WHAT THEY'RE AFRAID OF. THEY 2437 01:15:20,449 --> 01:15:21,984 ACTUALLY GET ORGANIZED TO FIGHT 2438 01:15:21,984 --> 01:15:23,685 BACK AGAINST THEM, MAKING THEM 2439 01:15:23,685 --> 01:15:24,453 SCARED FOR THEIR CUSHY JOBS. 2440 01:15:24,453 --> 01:15:25,854 SOME OF THEM ARE UP FOR 2441 01:15:25,854 --> 01:15:27,155 ELECTION. NEXT YEAR IS THE ONLY 2442 01:15:27,155 --> 01:15:28,557 THING THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY 2443 01:15:28,557 --> 01:15:30,526 STOP THIS, THESE SILLY LITTLE 2444 01:15:30,526 --> 01:15:31,159 AMENDMENTS THEY PROPOSED SO FAR 2445 01:15:31,159 --> 01:15:32,561 ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE COST 2446 01:15:32,561 --> 01:15:34,630 OF HOUSING THAT WILL OVERWHELM 2447 01:15:34,630 --> 01:15:36,765 THE CITY, CRUSH OUR SERVICES, 2448 01:15:36,765 --> 01:15:38,133 CRUSH THE NGOS HERE THAT ARE 2449 01:15:38,133 --> 01:15:40,102 FIGHTING FOR EVERY LITTLE SCRAP 2450 01:15:40,102 --> 01:15:42,971 AND MAKE THEIR JOBS IMPOSSIBLE. 2451 01:15:42,971 --> 01:15:45,140 WE NEED TO GET AN ORGANIZATION 2452 01:15:45,140 --> 01:15:47,009 OF OUR OWN AS WORKERS. WE NEED A 2453 01:15:47,009 --> 01:15:48,176 PARTY FOR THE WORKING CLASS IN 2454 01:15:48,176 --> 01:15:49,778 THIS COUNTRY, ROOTED IN UNIONS, 2455 01:15:49,778 --> 01:15:52,147 ROOTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THAT 2456 01:15:52,147 --> 01:15:52,714 ORGANIZES TO FIGHT FOR THE 2457 01:15:52,714 --> 01:15:54,683 THINGS WE NEED TO LIVE, TO FIGHT 2458 01:15:54,683 --> 01:15:56,051 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO FIGHT 2459 01:15:56,051 --> 01:15:57,786 FOR CITY RUN GROCERY STORES, TO 2460 01:15:57,786 --> 01:15:59,621 FIGHT FOR OUR SURVIVAL AGAINST 2461 01:15:59,621 --> 01:16:01,189 THE INTERESTS OF THE 2462 01:16:01,189 --> 01:16:02,658 BILLIONAIRES. AMAZON, THE DATA 2463 01:16:02,658 --> 01:16:04,993 CENTERS, AND ALL THESE PEOPLE. 2464 01:16:04,993 --> 01:16:06,795 SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY DUMP THE 2465 01:16:06,795 --> 01:16:08,196 REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. WE 2466 01:16:08,196 --> 01:16:11,066 NEED A PARTY OF THE WORKING 2467 01:16:11,066 --> 01:16:12,768 CLASS, DUMP THE REPUBLICANS AND 2468 01:16:12,768 --> 01:16:13,068 DEMOCRATS. 2469 01:16:13,068 --> 01:16:14,136 -- WE NEED A PARTY OF THE 2470 01:16:14,136 --> 01:16:16,338 WORKING CLASS. 2471 01:16:16,338 --> 01:16:16,905 -- DUMP THE REPUBLICANS AND 2472 01:16:16,905 --> 01:16:17,639 DEMOCRATS. 2473 01:16:17,639 --> 01:16:20,342 -- WE NEED A PARTY OF THE 2474 01:16:20,342 --> 01:16:20,709 WORKING CLASS. 2475 01:16:20,709 --> 01:16:23,078 -- OH, I STILL GOT TIME. WHEN 2476 01:16:23,078 --> 01:16:24,212 WORKERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, 2477 01:16:24,212 --> 01:16:25,314 WHAT DO WE DO? 2478 01:16:25,314 --> 01:16:27,115 -- STAND UP. FIGHT BACK? 2479 01:16:27,115 --> 01:16:27,816 -- WHEN WORKERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER 2480 01:16:27,816 --> 01:16:29,151 ATTACK. WHAT DO YOU DO? 2481 01:16:29,151 --> 01:16:31,386 -- STAND UP. FIGHT BACK. 2482 01:16:31,386 --> 01:16:32,654 -- IF YOU AGREE, YOU SHOULD GET 2483 01:16:32,654 --> 01:16:33,789 ORGANIZED WITH US. GET 2484 01:16:33,789 --> 01:16:35,157 CONNECTED. WE NEED TO BUILD A 2485 01:16:35,157 --> 01:16:38,360 UNITED LEFT IN THIS CITY. GET 2486 01:16:38,360 --> 01:16:39,027 CONNECTED WITH US. WE SHOULD 2487 01:16:39,027 --> 01:16:40,195 FIGHT BACK. IT COMES AROUND 2488 01:16:40,195 --> 01:16:41,697 EVERY YEAR. NEXT TIME, LET'S 2489 01:16:41,697 --> 01:16:44,700 MAKE THEM PAY. 2490 01:16:44,700 --> 01:16:48,203 -- ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. 2491 01:16:48,203 --> 01:16:52,341 -- TAYLOR 2492 01:16:52,341 --> 01:16:52,841 -- WONDERFUL. WELCOME. 2493 01:16:52,841 --> 01:16:53,742 -- WE'RE GROUPING TOGETHER. BUT 2494 01:16:53,742 --> 01:16:54,209 I WILL BE SPEAKING. 2495 01:16:54,209 --> 01:16:55,777 -- DO YOU WANT TO GO AS A GROUP 2496 01:16:55,777 --> 01:16:56,011 OR. NO. 2497 01:16:56,011 --> 01:16:56,878 -- WE'RE STANDING AS A GROUP, 2498 01:16:56,878 --> 01:16:59,214 BUT I'M TAKING THE TIME. 2499 01:16:59,214 --> 01:17:00,315 -- SO WE WANT TO GO AS A GROUP. 2500 01:17:00,315 --> 01:17:02,117 -- SO I'VE GOT TYLER, MICHAEL 2501 01:17:02,117 --> 01:17:03,585 AND OLIVIA. IS THAT CORRECT? 2502 01:17:03,585 --> 01:17:04,419 -- CORRECT. 2503 01:17:04,419 --> 01:17:04,820 -- TAKE IT AWAY. 2504 01:17:04,820 --> 01:17:07,022 -- ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING 2505 01:17:07,022 --> 01:17:08,290 COUNCILORS. MY NAME IS TAYLOR 2506 01:17:08,290 --> 01:17:09,858 LAGER. I'M A RESIDENT OF 2507 01:17:09,858 --> 01:17:11,727 DISTRICT ONE, A CRIMINOLOGIST 2508 01:17:11,727 --> 01:17:13,829 WITH EXPERTISE IN GENDER BASED 2509 01:17:13,829 --> 01:17:15,530 VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE 2510 01:17:15,530 --> 01:17:17,299 PREVENTION, A FORMER VICTIM'S 2511 01:17:17,299 --> 01:17:19,034 ADVOCATE, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2512 01:17:19,034 --> 01:17:20,769 SURVIVOR, AND AN ELECTED LEADER 2513 01:17:20,769 --> 01:17:22,504 IN THE OF THE SEATTLE CHAPTER OF 2514 01:17:22,504 --> 01:17:24,106 THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF 2515 01:17:24,106 --> 01:17:25,240 AMERICA. I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO 2516 01:17:25,240 --> 01:17:27,376 YOU ABOUT CLIMATE, HOUSING, 2517 01:17:27,376 --> 01:17:29,878 POLICING, AND, CRUCIALLY, YOUR 2518 01:17:29,878 --> 01:17:32,547 CONSTITUENTS GROWING SOLIDARITY. 2519 01:17:32,547 --> 01:17:34,316 WHEN SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FIRST 2520 01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:36,585 PASSED THE JUMPSTART TAX, IT 2521 01:17:36,585 --> 01:17:38,286 PLEDGED 9% OF THOSE FUNDS TO 2522 01:17:38,286 --> 01:17:40,155 GREEN NEW DEAL PROGRAMING. IT 2523 01:17:40,155 --> 01:17:41,957 HAS CONSISTENTLY FAILED TO MEET 2524 01:17:41,957 --> 01:17:44,292 THIS COMMITMENT, A TREND THAT 2525 01:17:44,292 --> 01:17:45,761 CONTINUES THIS NEW. AS THIS NEW 2526 01:17:45,761 --> 01:17:48,030 BUDGET HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, 2527 01:17:48,030 --> 01:17:49,498 REDUCING THE FUNDS THAT WOULD 2528 01:17:49,498 --> 01:17:52,034 HELP THE CITY PREPARE FOR AND 2529 01:17:52,034 --> 01:17:52,634 MITIGATE THE ONGOING CLIMATE 2530 01:17:52,634 --> 01:17:53,969 CRISIS, WHILE INCREASING THE 2531 01:17:53,969 --> 01:17:55,904 POLICE BUDGET IS A SEVERE 2532 01:17:55,904 --> 01:17:57,439 MISUNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC 2533 01:17:57,439 --> 01:17:58,840 SAFETY, PEOPLE ARE LESS SAFE 2534 01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:01,209 WHEN THEY ARE EXPOSED TO DEADLY 2535 01:18:01,209 --> 01:18:02,778 HEAT WAVES AND WILDFIRE SMOKE 2536 01:18:02,778 --> 01:18:04,346 WHEN THEY CANNOT AFFORD HOUSING. 2537 01:18:04,346 --> 01:18:05,313 DURING THESE EXTREME EVENTS, OR 2538 01:18:05,313 --> 01:18:06,915 WHEN THE HOUSING THEY CAN AFFORD 2539 01:18:06,915 --> 01:18:09,618 IS NOT SAFE IN EXTREME WEATHER. 2540 01:18:09,618 --> 01:18:11,186 I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT I'M A 2541 01:18:11,186 --> 01:18:12,154 SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 2542 01:18:12,154 --> 01:18:14,690 AND I WANT TO REITERATE EARLIER 2543 01:18:14,690 --> 01:18:16,291 CONSTITUENTS REMARKS IN FAVOR OF 2544 01:18:16,291 --> 01:18:18,060 PROTECTING FUNDS THAT SUPPORT 2545 01:18:18,060 --> 01:18:20,195 VICTIMS. BUT I WANT TO ELABORATE 2546 01:18:20,195 --> 01:18:21,763 ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT 2547 01:18:21,763 --> 01:18:23,098 HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER 2548 01:18:23,098 --> 01:18:24,933 ASPECTS OF THIS BUDGET AS WELL. 2549 01:18:24,933 --> 01:18:29,304 I WAS ABUSED FOR SEVEN YEARS BY 2550 01:18:29,304 --> 01:18:30,639 A COP BECAUSE OF HIS CONNECTIONS 2551 01:18:30,639 --> 01:18:31,373 IN THE COURT AND ACCESS TO 2552 01:18:31,373 --> 01:18:34,976 SURVEILLANCE RESOURCES. I HAD TO 2553 01:18:34,976 --> 01:18:35,610 FLEE CALIFORNIA AND START OVER 2554 01:18:35,610 --> 01:18:38,380 WITH NOTHING IN THIS CITY. MY 2555 01:18:38,380 --> 01:18:39,915 EXPERIENCE IS NOT UNIQUE. AS 2556 01:18:39,915 --> 01:18:42,250 MANY AS 40% OF POLICE ARE KNOWN 2557 01:18:42,250 --> 01:18:44,486 DOMESTIC ABUSERS. I'M A 2558 01:18:44,486 --> 01:18:47,155 CRIMINOLOGIST. AS MANY AS AND AS 2559 01:18:47,155 --> 01:18:49,958 MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS IN 2560 01:18:49,958 --> 01:18:50,492 SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES 2561 01:18:50,492 --> 01:18:52,060 CONTINUE CREATING A PANOPTICON 2562 01:18:52,060 --> 01:18:53,562 COVERING EVERY INCH OF PUBLIC 2563 01:18:53,562 --> 01:18:55,297 LIFE. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN AN 2564 01:18:55,297 --> 01:18:57,165 ACCELERATION OF CASES AROUND THE 2565 01:18:57,165 --> 01:18:59,167 COUNTRY WHERE POLICE WEAPONIZED 2566 01:18:59,167 --> 01:19:00,502 THESE RESOURCES TO STALK, 2567 01:19:00,502 --> 01:19:02,070 HARASS, AND ASSAULT THE 2568 01:19:02,070 --> 01:19:04,539 CIVILIANS THEY ARE SWORN TO 2569 01:19:04,539 --> 01:19:06,508 PROTECT. THE INSTITUTION OF 2570 01:19:06,508 --> 01:19:07,075 POLICING BOTH ATTRACTS AND 2571 01:19:07,075 --> 01:19:09,411 PRODUCES VIOLENT OFFENDERS. THE 2572 01:19:09,411 --> 01:19:10,612 INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE I 2573 01:19:10,612 --> 01:19:11,613 SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF A COP, 2574 01:19:11,613 --> 01:19:13,715 OF COURSE, IS DIFFERENT FROM THE 2575 01:19:13,715 --> 01:19:15,984 SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE 2576 01:19:15,984 --> 01:19:16,618 DISPROPORTIONATELY PERPETRATED 2577 01:19:16,618 --> 01:19:17,586 BY POLICE AGAINST BLACK AND 2578 01:19:17,586 --> 01:19:19,121 BROWN PEOPLE. BUT THESE ARE TWO 2579 01:19:19,121 --> 01:19:22,791 SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. POLICE 2580 01:19:22,791 --> 01:19:23,358 VIOLENCE IS WIDESPREAD AND 2581 01:19:23,358 --> 01:19:24,726 MULTIDIMENSIONAL, AND IT IS 2582 01:19:24,726 --> 01:19:26,027 INSTITUTIONS LIKE THIS VERY 2583 01:19:26,027 --> 01:19:28,663 COUNCIL, WHICH PROVIDES COVER 2584 01:19:28,663 --> 01:19:31,266 KEEPING THIS IMMENSE HARM IN THE 2585 01:19:31,266 --> 01:19:31,867 SHADOWS AND LENDING IT 2586 01:19:31,867 --> 01:19:32,501 LEGITIMACY TO THE TUNE OF 2587 01:19:32,501 --> 01:19:34,669 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 2588 01:19:34,669 --> 01:19:38,006 EACH AND EVERY YEAR. EVEN WITH 2589 01:19:38,006 --> 01:19:38,640 THE MEAGER CONCESSIONS OFFERED 2590 01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:40,609 IN THE AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED BY 2591 01:19:40,609 --> 01:19:41,676 COUNCILMEMBERS THUS FAR, ALL OF 2592 01:19:41,676 --> 01:19:43,345 YOU HAVE SIGNALED THAT YOU 2593 01:19:43,345 --> 01:19:45,781 INTEND TO FURTHER DESTABILIZE 2594 01:19:45,781 --> 01:19:47,582 THOSE WHO ALREADY LIVE ON THE 2595 01:19:47,582 --> 01:19:49,518 MARGINS, TO IGNORE THE 2596 01:19:49,518 --> 01:19:51,653 DEMOCRATIC WILL OF THIS CITY, 2597 01:19:51,653 --> 01:19:53,655 WHICH OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTS 2598 01:19:53,655 --> 01:19:54,222 TAXING THE CORPORATIONS WHO 2599 01:19:54,222 --> 01:19:55,924 EXPROPRIATE THE WEALTH PRODUCED 2600 01:19:55,924 --> 01:19:58,727 BY OUR LABOR CONSTITUENTS THAT 2601 01:19:58,727 --> 01:20:00,662 YOU REPRESENT, WHO HAVE 2602 01:20:00,662 --> 01:20:01,263 REPEATEDLY AND OVERWHELMINGLY 2603 01:20:01,263 --> 01:20:02,798 CALLED FOR INVESTMENTS INTO NOT 2604 01:20:02,798 --> 01:20:04,666 JUST MORE SHELTER BEDS, NOT JUST 2605 01:20:04,666 --> 01:20:06,635 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, NOT TAX 2606 01:20:06,635 --> 01:20:09,704 BREAKS THAT MASQUERADE AS 2607 01:20:09,704 --> 01:20:10,338 TEMPORARILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 2608 01:20:10,338 --> 01:20:12,474 BUT PERMANENT SOCIAL HOUSING. 2609 01:20:12,474 --> 01:20:13,608 THIS CITY HAS CALLED FOR 2610 01:20:13,608 --> 01:20:15,110 INVESTMENTS IN GREEN NEW DEAL 2611 01:20:15,110 --> 01:20:17,512 PROJECTS, VIOLENCE PREVENTION 2612 01:20:17,512 --> 01:20:19,281 AND MYRIAD OTHER SERVICES THAT 2613 01:20:19,281 --> 01:20:19,881 ACTUALLY MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES 2614 01:20:19,881 --> 01:20:22,417 SAFE AND RESILIENT. INSTEAD, YOU 2615 01:20:22,417 --> 01:20:25,020 ARE CONTINUING A LEGACY OF 2616 01:20:25,020 --> 01:20:25,654 INSTITUTIONAL INERTIA, RELYING 2617 01:20:25,654 --> 01:20:28,490 ON STATUS QUO BIAS TO PAPER OVER 2618 01:20:28,490 --> 01:20:30,158 YOUR OWN COWARDICE. YOU ARE 2619 01:20:30,158 --> 01:20:33,028 EMBRACING YOUR ROLE AS THE 2620 01:20:33,028 --> 01:20:33,628 BENEFACTORS OF INSTITUTIONAL 2621 01:20:33,628 --> 01:20:34,996 VIOLENCE, CREATING THE 2622 01:20:34,996 --> 01:20:36,331 CONDITIONS THAT WILL LATER BE 2623 01:20:36,331 --> 01:20:38,633 USED TO JUSTIFY CRIMINALIZING 2624 01:20:38,633 --> 01:20:40,535 THE POOR AND FORCING THE WORKING 2625 01:20:40,535 --> 01:20:42,470 CLASS TO BANKROLL OUR OWN 2626 01:20:42,470 --> 01:20:43,939 VIOLENT OPPRESSION. I AM HERE 2627 01:20:43,939 --> 01:20:45,841 TODAY AS PART OF A GROWING LOCAL 2628 01:20:45,841 --> 01:20:47,776 COALITION THAT TOGETHER PUT 2629 01:20:47,776 --> 01:20:48,376 THREE SOCIALISTS IN OFFICE ON 2630 01:20:48,376 --> 01:20:49,811 TUESDAY WHO WILL BE REPRESENTING 2631 01:20:49,811 --> 01:20:51,780 YOUR OWN SEATTLE CONSTITUENTS IN 2632 01:20:51,780 --> 01:20:54,983 OLYMPIA. WE ARE NOT A RANDOM 2633 01:20:54,983 --> 01:20:55,617 COLLECTION OF SEPARATE COMPETING 2634 01:20:55,617 --> 01:20:57,052 MICRO SECTS. THE PEOPLE YOU SEE 2635 01:20:57,052 --> 01:20:59,387 HERE TONIGHT REPRESENT THE FULL 2636 01:20:59,387 --> 01:20:59,988 SPECTRUM OF SEATTLE'S MOST 2637 01:20:59,988 --> 01:21:01,656 PRINCIPLED, DILIGENT AND 2638 01:21:01,656 --> 01:21:02,557 EFFECTIVE ORGANIZERS. WE KNOW 2639 01:21:02,557 --> 01:21:04,426 WHO EACH OTHER ARE, AND 2640 01:21:04,426 --> 01:21:05,861 INCREASINGLY, WE ARE ORGANIZING 2641 01:21:05,861 --> 01:21:07,963 TOGETHER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST 2642 01:21:07,963 --> 01:21:10,131 CAPITALISM AND THE ESTABLISHMENT 2643 01:21:10,131 --> 01:21:10,632 POLITICIANS WHO PROTECT 2644 01:21:10,632 --> 01:21:11,199 CORPORATE INTERESTS TO THE 2645 01:21:11,199 --> 01:21:14,035 DETRIMENT OF BOTH PEOPLE AND 2646 01:21:14,035 --> 01:21:16,638 PLANET. LET OUR SOLIDARITY TODAY 2647 01:21:16,638 --> 01:21:18,106 SERVE AS A WARNING. IF YOU COWER 2648 01:21:18,106 --> 01:21:20,275 TO THE PRESSURES OF CORPORATIONS 2649 01:21:20,275 --> 01:21:22,444 AND SEATTLE PD'S PROTECTION 2650 01:21:22,444 --> 01:21:23,712 RACKET AND IGNORE THE NEEDS OF 2651 01:21:23,712 --> 01:21:25,180 THE WORKING CLASS, I ASSURE YOU 2652 01:21:25,180 --> 01:21:27,415 WE WILL BE COMING FOR YOUR SEATS 2653 01:21:27,415 --> 01:21:29,084 IN 2027 AND BEYOND, WITH A 2654 01:21:29,084 --> 01:21:30,986 PROVEN ELECTORAL MACHINE AND A 2655 01:21:30,986 --> 01:21:34,222 UNITY OF WILL UNSEEN AMONG THE 2656 01:21:34,222 --> 01:21:35,457 LEFT IN THE CITY. I HOPE YOU 2657 01:21:35,457 --> 01:21:37,125 REMEMBER THIS AS YOU EVALUATE 2658 01:21:37,125 --> 01:21:38,526 YOUR POLITICAL PRIORITIES, THIS 2659 01:21:38,526 --> 01:21:39,261 BUDGET CYCLE, AND THAT THE 2660 01:21:39,261 --> 01:21:40,929 THREAT OF YOUR OWN OBSOLESCENCE 2661 01:21:40,929 --> 01:21:42,230 KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT BETWEEN 2662 01:21:42,230 --> 01:21:45,066 NOW AND NEXT. 2663 01:21:45,066 --> 01:21:49,704 -- ELECTION. 2664 01:21:49,704 --> 01:21:50,138 -- THANK YOU. LONG. 2665 01:21:50,138 --> 01:21:51,006 -- LONG. 2666 01:21:51,006 --> 01:21:53,475 -- AND THEN, CASTIEL, WE'VE GOT 2667 01:21:53,475 --> 01:21:54,576 LONG. JASON, I BELIEVE YOU 2668 01:21:54,576 --> 01:21:56,077 ALREADY SPOKE. DIDN'T YOU KNOW? 2669 01:21:56,077 --> 01:21:58,713 WERE YOU NOT PART OF THAT LAST 2670 01:21:58,713 --> 01:21:59,714 GROUP? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE 2671 01:21:59,714 --> 01:22:01,616 GOING TO GO LONG. JASON, 2672 01:22:01,616 --> 01:22:02,484 CASTIEL. BRANDON, YOU WANT TO 2673 01:22:02,484 --> 01:22:04,586 JUST GO AS A GROUP? YEAH. ALL 2674 01:22:04,586 --> 01:22:09,124 RIGHT. SO AND IS BRANDON WITH 2675 01:22:09,124 --> 01:22:16,998 YOU OR. NO? OKAY 2676 01:22:17,232 --> 01:22:18,867 -- MY NAME IS CASTIEL HIGHTOWER, 2677 01:22:18,867 --> 01:22:20,635 AND I'M THE SISTER OF HERBERT 2678 01:22:20,635 --> 01:22:22,037 HIGHTOWER JUNIOR, WHO WAS 2679 01:22:22,037 --> 01:22:22,637 MURDERED WHILE EXPERIENCING A 2680 01:22:22,637 --> 01:22:24,306 MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS BY FORMER 2681 01:22:24,306 --> 01:22:26,374 SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER STEVE 2682 01:22:26,374 --> 01:22:27,809 HARTSOCK. AFTER KILLING MY 2683 01:22:27,809 --> 01:22:29,577 BROTHER, HE WAS PLACED ON PAID 2684 01:22:29,577 --> 01:22:31,746 LEAVE, ULTIMATELY NEVER HELD 2685 01:22:31,746 --> 01:22:32,747 ACCOUNTABLE, AND WENT ON TO 2686 01:22:32,747 --> 01:22:34,749 TRAIN OTHER SEATTLE POLICE 2687 01:22:34,749 --> 01:22:36,618 OFFICERS AND ROSE TO ASSISTANT 2688 01:22:36,618 --> 01:22:38,620 CHIEF OF POLICE BEFORE RETIRING 2689 01:22:38,620 --> 01:22:40,989 20 YEARS LATER WITH AN $800,000 2690 01:22:40,989 --> 01:22:43,191 PAYOUT. AFTER BEING TEMPORARILY 2691 01:22:43,191 --> 01:22:44,693 DEMOTED DUE TO HIS INVOLVEMENT 2692 01:22:44,693 --> 01:22:47,295 IN ONE OF THE WORST WIDESPREAD 2693 01:22:47,295 --> 01:22:50,098 INCIDENCES OF POLICE BRUTALITY 2694 01:22:50,098 --> 01:22:52,133 IN SEATTLE IN 2020. DURING THE 2695 01:22:52,133 --> 01:22:53,568 GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS. AS FOR MY 2696 01:22:53,568 --> 01:22:56,671 FAMILY, WE WERE DENIED ACCESS TO 2697 01:22:56,671 --> 01:22:57,238 VICTIM COMPENSATION FUNDS, 2698 01:22:57,238 --> 01:22:58,440 STRUGGLE TO BURY AND HAVE A 2699 01:22:58,440 --> 01:23:00,342 FUNERAL, OBTAIN MENTAL HEALTH 2700 01:23:00,342 --> 01:23:01,710 CARE OR LEGAL REPRESENTATION, 2701 01:23:01,710 --> 01:23:03,511 AND HAVE FELT THE EFFECTS OF NOT 2702 01:23:03,511 --> 01:23:05,547 ONLY POLICE BRUTALITY, BUT 2703 01:23:05,547 --> 01:23:08,016 VIOLENCE BY WAY OF BUREAUCRACIES 2704 01:23:08,016 --> 01:23:09,584 FOR GENERATIONS. AND 2705 01:23:09,584 --> 01:23:11,453 UNFORTUNATELY, MY STORY IS NOT 2706 01:23:11,453 --> 01:23:13,321 UNIQUE. FOR YEARS, I'VE BEEN 2707 01:23:13,321 --> 01:23:14,556 WORKING ALONGSIDE AND WITH 2708 01:23:14,556 --> 01:23:16,424 FAMILIES LIKE MY OWN. AS 2709 01:23:16,424 --> 01:23:17,625 RECENTLY AS LAST MONTH, WE HELD 2710 01:23:17,625 --> 01:23:20,128 A VIGIL FOR KEENAN PEARSON, WHO 2711 01:23:20,128 --> 01:23:21,563 WAS MURDERED SIMILARLY TO THAT 2712 01:23:21,563 --> 01:23:23,665 OF GEORGE FLOYD ON SEPTEMBER 2713 01:23:23,665 --> 01:23:25,367 12th BY SEATTLE POLICE AND WHOSE 2714 01:23:25,367 --> 01:23:27,268 BODY CAM AND DASH CAM THE POLICE 2715 01:23:27,268 --> 01:23:30,171 STILL REFUSED TO RELEASE. ALMOST 2716 01:23:30,171 --> 01:23:32,407 TWO MONTHS LATER, AND OVER 22 2717 01:23:32,407 --> 01:23:33,908 YEARS SINCE SPD KILLED MY 2718 01:23:33,908 --> 01:23:36,144 BROTHER, I AM STILL WITNESSING 2719 01:23:36,144 --> 01:23:37,445 FAMILIES CONTINUE TO BE FORCED 2720 01:23:37,445 --> 01:23:37,612 TO 2721 01:23:37,612 --> 01:23:37,946 -- [LAUGHTER] 2722 01:23:37,946 --> 01:23:39,814 -- CARRY OFTEN UNSEEN BURDENS 2723 01:23:39,814 --> 01:23:42,283 WHILE OFFICERS RECEIVE SUPPORT 2724 01:23:42,283 --> 01:23:43,585 IMMEDIATELY. SOME OF US ARE EVEN 2725 01:23:43,585 --> 01:23:45,754 TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BECAUSE OF 2726 01:23:45,754 --> 01:23:47,822 THAT INVISIBILITY. HOW MANY MORE 2727 01:23:47,822 --> 01:23:49,324 COMMUNITIES WILL BE SUBJECTED TO 2728 01:23:49,324 --> 01:23:51,326 NOT ONLY A GOVERNMENT THAT 2729 01:23:51,326 --> 01:23:53,728 REFUSES TO HOLD THEIR OWN 2730 01:23:53,728 --> 01:23:55,330 EMPLOYEES, THE POLICE 2731 01:23:55,330 --> 01:23:57,499 ACCOUNTABLE FOR INCIDENTS OF 2732 01:23:57,499 --> 01:23:59,534 VIOLENCE, THEY OFTEN ESCALATE, 2733 01:23:59,534 --> 01:24:00,135 BUT FURTHER PUNISHES VICTIMS 2734 01:24:00,135 --> 01:24:02,904 THROUGH A LACK OF ACCESS TO 2735 01:24:02,904 --> 01:24:03,438 URGENTLY, URGENTLY NEEDED 2736 01:24:03,438 --> 01:24:04,606 SUPPORT FOR THINGS SUCH AS 2737 01:24:04,606 --> 01:24:06,708 MEDICAL EXPENSES, MENTAL HEALTH 2738 01:24:06,708 --> 01:24:08,209 CARE, ATTORNEY AND INVESTIGATOR 2739 01:24:08,209 --> 01:24:10,678 FEES, AND MORE. THE SAME 2740 01:24:10,678 --> 01:24:12,881 VIOLENCE OFTEN DENOUNCED BY 2741 01:24:12,881 --> 01:24:14,783 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND 2742 01:24:14,783 --> 01:24:16,751 JUSTIFIABLY SO, AND DIRECTLY 2743 01:24:16,751 --> 01:24:17,218 ADDRESS WHEN IT COMES 2744 01:24:17,218 --> 01:24:17,552 -- [LAUGHTER] 2745 01:24:17,552 --> 01:24:19,054 -- TO WHEN IT OCCURS AMONG 2746 01:24:19,054 --> 01:24:20,822 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT POLICE 2747 01:24:20,822 --> 01:24:23,758 OFFICERS. VIOLENCE CAUSED BY 2748 01:24:23,758 --> 01:24:25,593 ANYONE, NOT JUST NON-POLICE, 2749 01:24:25,593 --> 01:24:27,395 OUGHT TO BE TREATED EQUITABLY 2750 01:24:27,395 --> 01:24:30,598 AND WITH THE SAME URGENCY. WHAT 2751 01:24:30,598 --> 01:24:33,234 ARE WE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN 2752 01:24:33,234 --> 01:24:35,370 ABOUT VIOLENCE WHEN ONE FORM 2753 01:24:35,370 --> 01:24:35,937 SEEMS TO BE OVERWHELMINGLY 2754 01:24:35,937 --> 01:24:38,540 ACCEPTED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY 2755 01:24:38,540 --> 01:24:40,175 HAVE A BADGE? THAT IS WHY I'M 2756 01:24:40,175 --> 01:24:44,646 HOPEFUL. IN THE PASSAGE OF OCR, 2757 01:24:44,646 --> 01:24:47,382 THAT 001 DASH AYE BECAUSE 2758 01:24:47,382 --> 01:24:48,016 COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY POLICE 2759 01:24:48,016 --> 01:24:49,551 MISCONDUCT ARE JUST AS DESERVING 2760 01:24:49,551 --> 01:24:54,489 OF SUPPORT AND CARE. I URGE YOU, 2761 01:24:54,489 --> 01:24:57,525 CITY COUNCIL, TO PASS THIS 2762 01:24:57,525 --> 01:24:58,126 INCREDIBLY NEEDED LEGISLATION 2763 01:24:58,126 --> 01:24:59,694 THAT CREATES A WORKGROUP TO 2764 01:24:59,694 --> 01:25:00,895 ESTABLISH A CITY OFFICE FOR 2765 01:25:00,895 --> 01:25:02,430 VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND 2766 01:25:02,430 --> 01:25:02,764 -- [LAUGHTER] 2767 01:25:02,764 --> 01:25:04,265 -- THEIR FAMILIES, BECAUSE 2768 01:25:04,265 --> 01:25:06,334 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. LET'S FUND 2769 01:25:06,334 --> 01:25:07,368 CARE FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE 2770 01:25:07,368 --> 01:25:10,605 VIOLENCE. LET'S FULLY FUND OUR 2771 01:25:10,605 --> 01:25:12,607 FIREFIGHTERS. LET'S FUND 2772 01:25:12,607 --> 01:25:14,642 EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, FOOD 2773 01:25:14,642 --> 01:25:14,943 ASSISTANCE 2774 01:25:14,943 --> 01:25:15,276 -- [LAUGHTER] 2775 01:25:15,276 --> 01:25:15,910 -- PROGRAMS. 2776 01:25:15,910 --> 01:25:16,244 -- [LAUGHTER] 2777 01:25:16,244 --> 01:25:18,246 -- THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, 2778 01:25:18,246 --> 01:25:20,815 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 2779 01:25:20,815 --> 01:25:21,449 ACCESSIBLE SHELTERS, COMMUNITY 2780 01:25:21,449 --> 01:25:23,418 LED VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND 2781 01:25:23,418 --> 01:25:27,956 MORE. NOT NOW. $70 MILLION AND 2782 01:25:27,956 --> 01:25:30,592 WENT UP 2 MILLION FROM 68. NOW 2783 01:25:30,592 --> 01:25:32,327 $70 MILLION FOR COPS WHO 2784 01:25:32,327 --> 01:25:34,996 CONTINUE TO HARM OUR COMMUNITIES 2785 01:25:34,996 --> 01:25:38,500 WITH IMPUNITY. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 2786 01:25:38,500 --> 01:25:38,833 -- [LAUGHTER] 2787 01:25:38,833 --> 01:25:41,302 -- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 2788 01:25:41,302 --> 01:25:45,840 -- IS ENOUGH. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 2789 01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:47,442 -- THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY 2790 01:25:47,442 --> 01:25:48,710 BROTHER. THERE ARE SO MANY 2791 01:25:48,710 --> 01:25:50,245 VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE THAT 2792 01:25:50,245 --> 01:25:52,547 GO UNHEARD, UNSEEN AND UNCARED 2793 01:25:52,547 --> 01:25:55,817 ABOUT. WE MATTER. MY BROTHER 2794 01:25:55,817 --> 01:25:57,051 MATTERED. VICTIMS OF POLICE 2795 01:25:57,051 --> 01:25:57,318 VIOLENCE 2796 01:25:57,318 --> 01:25:57,652 -- [LAUGHTER] 2797 01:25:57,652 --> 01:25:57,952 -- MATTER. 2798 01:25:57,952 --> 01:25:58,286 -- [LAUGHTER] 2799 01:25:58,286 --> 01:25:58,887 -- THESE COMMUNITIES MATTER. 2800 01:25:58,887 --> 01:25:59,220 -- [LAUGHTER] 2801 01:25:59,220 --> 01:25:59,988 -- THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT 2802 01:25:59,988 --> 01:26:02,323 WE NEED TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE 2803 01:26:02,323 --> 01:26:07,428 MATTER MAKE IT A PRIORITY. THANK 2804 01:26:07,428 --> 01:26:07,629 YOU. 2805 01:26:07,629 --> 01:26:12,934 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 2806 01:26:12,934 --> 01:26:13,234 [LAUGHTER] 2807 01:26:13,234 --> 01:26:16,437 -- NO MORE MONEY FOR SPD'S 2808 01:26:16,437 --> 01:26:17,605 CRIME. NOT 2809 01:26:17,605 --> 01:26:17,939 -- [APPLAUSE] 2810 01:26:17,939 --> 01:26:19,474 -- ANOTHER DIME. NO MORE MONEY 2811 01:26:19,474 --> 01:26:19,807 -- [APPLAUSE] 2812 01:26:19,807 --> 01:26:20,608 -- FOR SPD CRIMES. 2813 01:26:20,608 --> 01:26:20,942 -- [APPLAUSE] 2814 01:26:20,942 --> 01:26:22,210 -- NOT ANOTHER. 2815 01:26:22,210 --> 01:26:22,544 -- [APPLAUSE] 2816 01:26:22,544 --> 01:26:24,179 -- NOT ANOTHER TIME. NO MORE 2817 01:26:24,179 --> 01:26:26,781 MONEY FOR SPD CRIME. NOT ANOTHER 2818 01:26:26,781 --> 01:26:27,315 -- [APPLAUSE]. [APPLAUSE] 2819 01:26:27,315 --> 01:26:28,783 -- NOT ANOTHER DIME. NO MORE 2820 01:26:28,783 --> 01:26:31,452 MONEY FOR SPD CRIMES. 2821 01:26:31,452 --> 01:26:35,089 -- ARE YOU UP? NEXT? IS BRANDON 2822 01:26:35,089 --> 01:26:37,225 CRAIG? BRANDON, CRAIG, BRANDON, 2823 01:26:37,225 --> 01:26:43,131 CRAIG. CAN YOU MAKE ROOM FOR THE 2824 01:26:43,131 --> 01:26:44,866 GENTLEMAN FOLKS? THANK YOU. 2825 01:26:44,866 --> 01:26:46,935 BRANDON. AFTER BRANDON WILL BE 2826 01:26:46,935 --> 01:26:48,236 DANNY CRAIG, M SMITH, HEATHER 2827 01:26:48,236 --> 01:26:52,240 WOOD, PRESTON S FRIDAY X LAUREL 2828 01:26:52,240 --> 01:26:54,742 H. MANTI EDITOR. S CALVIN PRIEST 2829 01:26:54,742 --> 01:26:57,245 AND JUSTIN BERRY. WELCOME, 2830 01:26:57,245 --> 01:27:00,648 BRANDON HANG ON JUST ONE SECOND. 2831 01:27:00,648 --> 01:27:01,816 MIKE'S HOT NOW, I THINK. OKAY. 2832 01:27:01,816 --> 01:27:02,483 THANK YOU. YEAH. THERE YOU ARE. 2833 01:27:02,483 --> 01:27:05,186 HI. MY NAME IS BRANDON. I'M 2834 01:27:05,186 --> 01:27:05,787 FROM NICKELSVILLE, AND I WANT 2835 01:27:05,787 --> 01:27:07,589 YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER, AS YOU 2836 01:27:07,589 --> 01:27:08,289 CONSIDER THE AMENDMENTS TO THE 2837 01:27:08,289 --> 01:27:10,291 BUDGET, WE ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER 2838 01:27:10,291 --> 01:27:11,960 THESE FOUR THINGS. INVEST AN 2839 01:27:11,960 --> 01:27:13,461 ADDITIONAL 500 K IN TENANT 2840 01:27:13,461 --> 01:27:14,562 PROTECTIONS, ALL OF THE HARD 2841 01:27:14,562 --> 01:27:15,863 WORK PUT INTO THE JUNK FEES BAN 2842 01:27:15,863 --> 01:27:16,931 WILL MEAN VERY LITTLE IF PEOPLE 2843 01:27:16,931 --> 01:27:18,533 ARE ALLOWED TO FALL THROUGH THE 2844 01:27:18,533 --> 01:27:20,668 CRACKS. PREVENTION MATTERS. WE 2845 01:27:20,668 --> 01:27:22,337 ASK THAT YOU ALLOCATE 300 K TO 2846 01:27:22,337 --> 01:27:24,239 OPEN A NEW TOWN OR NICKELSVILLE 2847 01:27:24,239 --> 01:27:26,207 TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IN 2027. OUR 2848 01:27:26,207 --> 01:27:27,508 SELF MANAGED, LOW COST VILLAGES 2849 01:27:27,508 --> 01:27:30,812 PROVIDE A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR 2850 01:27:30,812 --> 01:27:32,547 HOMELESSNESS, HOMELESS PEOPLE TO 2851 01:27:32,547 --> 01:27:33,848 REGAIN STABILITY AND SO MUCH 2852 01:27:33,848 --> 01:27:35,483 MORE. NUMBER THREE, I GAVE THIS 2853 01:27:35,483 --> 01:27:36,751 FUN FACT AT THE LAST BUDGET 2854 01:27:36,751 --> 01:27:39,621 PUBLIC HEARING. BUT ONE COP 2855 01:27:39,621 --> 01:27:40,888 SALARY IN SEATTLE WOULD FUND ONE 2856 01:27:40,888 --> 01:27:42,190 OF OUR VILLAGES FOR A WHOLE 2857 01:27:42,190 --> 01:27:45,526 YEAR. THAT'S SOMETHING TO 2858 01:27:45,526 --> 01:27:47,161 CONSIDER. ALSO, THE FOURTH THING 2859 01:27:47,161 --> 01:27:49,564 IS UPHOLD MAYOR WILSON'S VETO ON 2860 01:27:49,564 --> 01:27:51,766 THAT INHUMANE AND IRRESPONSIBLE 2861 01:27:51,766 --> 01:27:52,734 RV LEGISLATION. THAT'S RIGHT. 2862 01:27:52,734 --> 01:27:54,702 THANK YOU 2863 01:27:54,702 --> 01:27:55,036 -- THANK YOU. 2864 01:27:55,036 --> 01:27:56,170 -- BRANDON. UP NEXT IS DANNY 2865 01:27:56,170 --> 01:27:59,440 CRAIG, FOLLOWED BY M SMITH. 2866 01:27:59,440 --> 01:27:59,807 DANNY, WELCOME. 2867 01:27:59,807 --> 01:28:02,310 -- GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS 2868 01:28:02,310 --> 01:28:02,810 DANNY CRAIG AND I'M A 2869 01:28:02,810 --> 01:28:03,911 PARTICIPANT AT NICKELSVILLE 2870 01:28:03,911 --> 01:28:04,912 BRIGHTON VILLAGE. 2871 01:28:04,912 --> 01:28:05,413 -- DANNY, USE THE MIC. 2872 01:28:05,413 --> 01:28:06,481 -- SORRY. EXCUSE ME, I'M A 2873 01:28:06,481 --> 01:28:10,485 LITTLE SHORT HERE. MY NAME IS 2874 01:28:10,485 --> 01:28:13,021 DANNY AND I'M A PARTICIPANT WITH 2875 01:28:13,021 --> 01:28:13,655 NICKELSVILLE BRIGHTON VILLAGE. I 2876 01:28:13,655 --> 01:28:14,956 HAVE A SENSITIVE QUESTION TO 2877 01:28:14,956 --> 01:28:17,425 ASK. WHY ARE WE SPENDING SO MUCH 2878 01:28:17,425 --> 01:28:18,059 MONEY ON POLICING WHILE PEOPLE 2879 01:28:18,059 --> 01:28:21,362 ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND SHELTER? 2880 01:28:21,362 --> 01:28:23,998 -- YEAH. 2881 01:28:23,998 --> 01:28:24,632 -- SELF-MANAGED VILLAGES PROVIDE 2882 01:28:24,632 --> 01:28:26,534 SAFE SHELTERS. WHICH IS WHY I'M 2883 01:28:26,534 --> 01:28:29,837 ASKING YOU TO INVEST 300,000 IN 2884 01:28:29,837 --> 01:28:31,673 THE 2027 TO 2028 BUDGET TO OPEN 2885 01:28:31,673 --> 01:28:34,309 A NEW NICKELSVILLE TINY VILLAGE 2886 01:28:34,309 --> 01:28:37,111 IN 2027, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2887 01:28:37,111 --> 01:28:39,580 $500,000 FOR TENANT PROTECTION, 2888 01:28:39,580 --> 01:28:41,449 KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES IS 2889 01:28:41,449 --> 01:28:43,851 A DIRECT WAY TO PREVENT 2890 01:28:43,851 --> 01:28:46,788 HOMELESSNESS. RV BAN LEGISLATION 2891 01:28:46,788 --> 01:28:49,457 CRIMINALIZES HOMELESSNESS BY 2892 01:28:49,457 --> 01:28:50,058 RESTRICTING OVERNIGHT PARKING 2893 01:28:50,058 --> 01:28:51,225 RESIDENTS HOMES TO BE IMPOUNDED 2894 01:28:51,225 --> 01:28:54,329 WHILE SEEKING REPAIR ASSISTANCE. 2895 01:28:54,329 --> 01:28:56,998 SO I'M ASKING TO UPHOLD MAYOR 2896 01:28:56,998 --> 01:28:57,699 WILSON'S MAYOR WILSON'S VETO, 2897 01:28:57,699 --> 01:28:59,100 PERMITTING RV LEGISLATION. THANK 2898 01:28:59,100 --> 01:29:00,134 YOU. 2899 01:29:00,134 --> 01:29:01,803 -- THANK YOU DANNY. UP NEXT IS M 2900 01:29:01,803 --> 01:29:03,638 SMITH, THEN HEATHER WOOD, AND 2901 01:29:03,638 --> 01:29:04,305 THEN. PRESTON. 2902 01:29:04,305 --> 01:29:05,340 -- WE'LL BE SPEAKING AS A 2903 01:29:05,340 --> 01:29:06,441 GROUP, AND HEATHER AND PRESTON. 2904 01:29:06,441 --> 01:29:07,842 -- ALL THREE OF YOU. 2905 01:29:07,842 --> 01:29:09,277 -- I'LL BE I'LL BE SPEAKING FOR 2906 01:29:09,277 --> 01:29:10,645 THE GROUP. 2907 01:29:10,645 --> 01:29:11,713 -- BUT THAT'S THE THREE IS M, 2908 01:29:11,713 --> 01:29:13,181 HEATHER AND PRESTON. 2909 01:29:13,181 --> 01:29:13,481 -- CORRECT. 2910 01:29:13,481 --> 01:29:14,082 -- FANTASTIC. TAKE IT AWAY. 2911 01:29:14,082 --> 01:29:15,550 -- YEAH. ON TUESDAY MY NAME IS M 2912 01:29:15,550 --> 01:29:16,884 SMITH, BY THE WAY. I'M A MEMBER 2913 01:29:16,884 --> 01:29:18,753 OF SEATTLE DSA AND UNITED FRONT 2914 01:29:18,753 --> 01:29:21,522 FOR WORKERS PARTY. ON TUESDAY, 2915 01:29:21,522 --> 01:29:22,490 WE SAW A STUNNING DEFEAT FOR 2916 01:29:22,490 --> 01:29:24,492 TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 2917 01:29:24,492 --> 01:29:26,527 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WON 2918 01:29:26,527 --> 01:29:28,096 STATEWIDE IN TEXAS AND KANSAS, 2919 01:29:28,096 --> 01:29:29,630 AND LOOKS ON TRACK TO WIN IN 2920 01:29:29,630 --> 01:29:31,833 MISSISSIPPI. DEMOCRATS HAVE A 2921 01:29:31,833 --> 01:29:33,101 CLEAR MAJORITY IN BOTH THE HOUSE 2922 01:29:33,101 --> 01:29:35,203 AND THE SENATE. PROBABLY THE 2923 01:29:35,203 --> 01:29:36,704 DEMOCRATS ARE FEELING PRETTY 2924 01:29:36,704 --> 01:29:37,438 GOOD ABOUT THIS. MAYBE SOME OF 2925 01:29:37,438 --> 01:29:38,673 THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE 2926 01:29:38,673 --> 01:29:40,575 FEELING GOOD ABOUT THAT. IT IS 2927 01:29:40,575 --> 01:29:42,243 NICE TO SEE THE REPUBLICANS 2928 01:29:42,243 --> 01:29:44,145 LOSE. BUT WHAT WILL THE 2929 01:29:44,145 --> 01:29:46,481 DEMOCRATS DO WITH THEIR POWER? 2930 01:29:46,481 --> 01:29:48,449 THIS BUDGET SHOWS US EXACTLY 2931 01:29:48,449 --> 01:29:49,484 WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, WHICH 2932 01:29:49,484 --> 01:29:53,955 IS TO CONTINUE THE BASIC POLICY 2933 01:29:53,955 --> 01:29:56,023 OF TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICAN 2934 01:29:56,023 --> 01:29:57,859 PARTY AND THE CAPITALIST CLASS. 2935 01:29:57,859 --> 01:29:59,827 DEMOCRATS HAVE NINE OUT OF NINE 2936 01:29:59,827 --> 01:30:02,063 SEATS ON THIS CITY COUNCIL. THEY 2937 01:30:02,063 --> 01:30:03,197 COULD BE FUNDING FREE, UNIVERSAL 2938 01:30:03,197 --> 01:30:04,699 CHILD CARE, FREE MASS TRANSIT, 2939 01:30:04,699 --> 01:30:06,300 FREE HEALTH CARE CLINICS, AND 2940 01:30:06,300 --> 01:30:07,702 EXPANSION OF PUBLIC HOUSING, 2941 01:30:07,702 --> 01:30:09,337 CITY OWNED GROCERY STORES AND 2942 01:30:09,337 --> 01:30:12,940 MORE. BUT THEY'RE NOT. INSTEAD, 2943 01:30:12,940 --> 01:30:13,608 KATIE WILSON'S BUDGET PROPOSAL 2944 01:30:13,608 --> 01:30:16,477 SENDS AN ADDITIONAL $68 MILLION 2945 01:30:16,477 --> 01:30:17,478 TO THE POLICE. DAN STRAUSS AND 2946 01:30:17,478 --> 01:30:19,881 THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL 2947 01:30:19,881 --> 01:30:21,315 APPARENTLY DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS 2948 01:30:21,315 --> 01:30:23,317 ENOUGH. STRAUSS AMENDMENT 2949 01:30:23,317 --> 01:30:24,719 PACKAGE ADDS $2 MILLION MORE TO 2950 01:30:24,719 --> 01:30:26,854 THE SPD BUDGET. THAT'S A $70 2951 01:30:26,854 --> 01:30:28,289 MILLION INCREASE TO THE COPS. 2952 01:30:28,289 --> 01:30:29,957 THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN SEATTLE 2953 01:30:29,957 --> 01:30:31,125 HISTORY. IT BRINGS THE POLICE 2954 01:30:31,125 --> 01:30:35,363 BUDGET TO $558 MILLION AND $570 2955 01:30:35,363 --> 01:30:37,398 MILLION NEXT YEAR, THERE ARE AT 2956 01:30:37,398 --> 01:30:39,133 LEAST THREE SO-CALLED 2957 01:30:39,133 --> 01:30:40,301 PROGRESSIVES ON THIS COUNCIL. 2958 01:30:40,301 --> 01:30:41,702 EDDIE, LIN, DIONNE FOSTER AND 2959 01:30:41,702 --> 01:30:44,405 ALEXIS MERCEDES RINCK. NOT ONE 2960 01:30:44,405 --> 01:30:46,307 OF THEM HAS EVEN TRIED TO 2961 01:30:46,307 --> 01:30:47,575 REVERSE THESE INCREASES. IN 2962 01:30:47,575 --> 01:30:50,578 FACT, EDDIE LIN PROPOSED ADDING 2963 01:30:50,578 --> 01:30:51,612 $500,000 TO THE POLICE BUDGET. 2964 01:30:51,612 --> 01:30:54,148 DAN STRAUSS REDUCED THAT TO 2965 01:30:54,148 --> 01:30:57,185 $300,000. DAN STRAUSS. 2966 01:30:57,185 --> 01:30:57,485 -- CLAIMS. 2967 01:30:57,485 --> 01:30:58,619 -- HIGH IN FUNDING FOR HOUSING. 2968 01:30:58,619 --> 01:31:01,189 IT'S TWISTING THE TRUTH. IN 2969 01:31:01,189 --> 01:31:02,356 REALITY, DEMOCRATS ARE RAIDING 2970 01:31:02,356 --> 01:31:03,825 THE HOUSING BUDGET TO THE TUNE 2971 01:31:03,825 --> 01:31:05,526 OF $60 MILLION COMPARED TO LAST 2972 01:31:05,526 --> 01:31:06,861 YEAR'S BUDGET. STRAUSS DOESN'T 2973 01:31:06,861 --> 01:31:09,730 MENTION THAT THIS BUDGET PUTS 2974 01:31:09,730 --> 01:31:11,766 $37 MILLION FROM THE OFFICE OF 2975 01:31:11,766 --> 01:31:12,266 HOUSING ON A SO-CALLED 2976 01:31:12,266 --> 01:31:13,100 ADMINISTRATIVE HOLD. THAT MEANS 2977 01:31:13,100 --> 01:31:15,603 THIS MONEY IS FROZEN. IT CAN'T 2978 01:31:15,603 --> 01:31:16,437 BE SPENT ON HOUSING, AND IT 2979 01:31:16,437 --> 01:31:18,239 COULD BE TAKEN BACK AT ANY TIME. 2980 01:31:18,239 --> 01:31:20,508 HE ALSO FAILS TO MENTION THE $37 2981 01:31:20,508 --> 01:31:21,742 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE FROM THE 2982 01:31:21,742 --> 01:31:23,311 AMAZON TAX THAT THEY ARE RATING 2983 01:31:23,311 --> 01:31:24,912 TO FUND THEIR POLICE BUDGET 2984 01:31:24,912 --> 01:31:27,215 INCREASE. AND HE DOESN'T MENTION 2985 01:31:27,215 --> 01:31:28,249 THE $37 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING 2986 01:31:28,249 --> 01:31:30,318 FOR SHELTER BEDS THAT KATIE 2987 01:31:30,318 --> 01:31:30,952 WILSON PROMISED US, BUT HAS BEEN 2988 01:31:30,952 --> 01:31:32,019 CHOPPED OUT OF THE BUDGET. SHE 2989 01:31:32,019 --> 01:31:35,189 HAS CUT HER PROMISE IN HALF. NOT 2990 01:31:35,189 --> 01:31:36,858 A SINGLE DEMOCRAT HAS PROPOSED 2991 01:31:36,858 --> 01:31:40,862 AN AMENDMENT TO REVERSE THESE 2992 01:31:40,862 --> 01:31:43,397 CUTS. DECENT THING IN THIS 2993 01:31:43,397 --> 01:31:44,999 BUDGET IS $50,000 FOR THE 2994 01:31:44,999 --> 01:31:46,167 WORKING GROUP TO CREATE AN 2995 01:31:46,167 --> 01:31:47,869 OFFICE FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY 2996 01:31:47,869 --> 01:31:49,971 POLICE VIOLENCE, BUT CREDIT 2997 01:31:49,971 --> 01:31:52,173 SHOULD NOT GO TO ALEXIS MERCEDES 2998 01:31:52,173 --> 01:31:54,509 RINCK OR THE DEMOCRATS OR ANY OF 2999 01:31:54,509 --> 01:31:55,977 THE CO-SPONSORS OF THAT BILL. 3000 01:31:55,977 --> 01:31:56,577 THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO 3001 01:31:56,577 --> 01:31:58,212 ARE INCREASING THE POLICE BUDGET 3002 01:31:58,212 --> 01:32:01,015 BY $70 MILLION. CREDIT GOES TO 3003 01:32:01,015 --> 01:32:02,450 CASTIEL HIGHTOWER, OTHER 3004 01:32:02,450 --> 01:32:03,818 FAMILIES OF VICTIMS AND OTHER 3005 01:32:03,818 --> 01:32:06,120 ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING 3006 01:32:06,120 --> 01:32:06,521 FOR THIS FOR SIX 3007 01:32:06,521 --> 01:32:06,854 -- [LAUGHTER] 3008 01:32:06,854 --> 01:32:07,488 -- YEARS. 3009 01:32:07,488 --> 01:32:07,822 -- [LAUGHTER] 3010 01:32:07,822 --> 01:32:08,256 -- THAT'S RIGHT. 3011 01:32:08,256 --> 01:32:11,125 -- WHO WE HAVE TO GET ORGANIZED 3012 01:32:11,125 --> 01:32:12,660 OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO MAKE SURE 3013 01:32:12,660 --> 01:32:14,428 THAT THAT OFFICE IS ACTUALLY 3014 01:32:14,428 --> 01:32:15,062 CREATED, BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS 3015 01:32:15,062 --> 01:32:16,564 HAVE ALSO KILLED THIS SAME KIND 3016 01:32:16,564 --> 01:32:19,767 OF WORKING GROUP TWICE. NOW, THE 3017 01:32:19,767 --> 01:32:21,335 CITY SPENDS $14 MILLION EVERY 3018 01:32:21,335 --> 01:32:22,703 YEAR ON THE OFFICE OF POLICE 3019 01:32:22,703 --> 01:32:24,071 ACCOUNTABILITY. THE COMMUNITY 3020 01:32:24,071 --> 01:32:24,639 POLICE COMMISSION, AND THE 3021 01:32:24,639 --> 01:32:26,173 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, 3022 01:32:26,173 --> 01:32:27,675 WHICH ARE TOOTHLESS BODIES THAT 3023 01:32:27,675 --> 01:32:31,312 DO MORE TO PROTECT THE POLICE 3024 01:32:31,312 --> 01:32:31,946 THAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. THEY 3025 01:32:31,946 --> 01:32:33,281 SHOULD BE DISSOLVED. AND THAT 3026 01:32:33,281 --> 01:32:35,983 $14 MILLION SHOULD GO TO FUNDING 3027 01:32:35,983 --> 01:32:38,019 COMPENSATION AND RESOURCES FOR 3028 01:32:38,019 --> 01:32:38,653 VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND 3029 01:32:38,653 --> 01:32:39,587 THEIR 3030 01:32:39,587 --> 01:32:39,921 -- [APPLAUSE] 3031 01:32:39,921 --> 01:32:40,254 -- FAMILIES. 3032 01:32:40,254 --> 01:32:40,588 -- [APPLAUSE] 3033 01:32:40,588 --> 01:32:42,056 -- YEAH 3034 01:32:42,056 --> 01:32:43,824 -- NONE OF WHAT WE NEED WILL BE 3035 01:32:43,824 --> 01:32:45,860 DONE IF WE KEEP THE DEMOCRATIC 3036 01:32:45,860 --> 01:32:47,595 PARTY IN POWER. THIS BUDGET 3037 01:32:47,595 --> 01:32:48,596 SHOWS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 3038 01:32:48,596 --> 01:32:50,097 WON'T SAVE US. THE PROGRESSIVE 3039 01:32:50,097 --> 01:32:51,365 DEMOCRATS WON'T SAVE US. AND 3040 01:32:51,365 --> 01:32:53,034 I'M SORRY TO MY DSA COMRADES 3041 01:32:53,034 --> 01:32:54,468 HERE, THE DSA DEMOCRATS WON'T 3042 01:32:54,468 --> 01:32:56,637 SAVE US EITHER. WE NEED A PARTY 3043 01:32:56,637 --> 01:33:00,074 OF THE WORKING CLASS. WE NEED TO 3044 01:33:00,074 --> 01:33:01,776 DRIVE EVERY ONE OF THESE 3045 01:33:01,776 --> 01:33:03,578 DEMOCRATS OUT OF POWER. WHAT 3046 01:33:03,578 --> 01:33:05,046 THESE ELECTIONS REPRESENT ON 3047 01:33:05,046 --> 01:33:06,547 TUESDAY IS A REPUDIATION OF THE 3048 01:33:06,547 --> 01:33:07,615 POLICIES OF THE REPUBLICAN 3049 01:33:07,615 --> 01:33:09,150 PARTY. THE WAR ON IRAN, THE 3050 01:33:09,150 --> 01:33:10,685 CONTINUATION OF THE GENOCIDE IN 3051 01:33:10,685 --> 01:33:14,789 GAZA, RISING GAS PRICES, RISING 3052 01:33:14,789 --> 01:33:15,423 GROCERY PRICES, $1.5 TRILLION IN 3053 01:33:15,423 --> 01:33:17,558 PROPOSED MILITARY BUDGET, ICE 3054 01:33:17,558 --> 01:33:19,026 TERROR, BILLIONS OF INVESTMENTS 3055 01:33:19,026 --> 01:33:21,028 IN AI DATA CENTERS INSTEAD OF 3056 01:33:21,028 --> 01:33:23,331 HEALTHCARE, HOUSING AND JOBS. 3057 01:33:23,331 --> 01:33:25,933 DEMOCRATS REPRESENT ALL OF THOSE 3058 01:33:25,933 --> 01:33:28,903 SAME POLICIES. THAT'S WHY THEY 3059 01:33:28,903 --> 01:33:30,404 LOST IN 2024 AND LET TRUMP INTO 3060 01:33:30,404 --> 01:33:32,106 THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN. IF WE 3061 01:33:32,106 --> 01:33:33,774 FAIL TO BUILD AN INDEPENDENT 3062 01:33:33,774 --> 01:33:36,010 PARTY, WE WILL END UP WITH MORE 3063 01:33:36,010 --> 01:33:38,112 MISERY TO DSA IN THE UNIONS. WE 3064 01:33:38,112 --> 01:33:38,613 NEED TO BREAK FROM THE 3065 01:33:38,613 --> 01:33:39,880 DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO WORK OR 3066 01:33:39,880 --> 01:33:42,516 STRIKE BACK IN ALL THE SMALLER 3067 01:33:42,516 --> 01:33:43,150 SOCIALIST ORGANIZATIONS HERE. WE 3068 01:33:43,150 --> 01:33:44,418 NEED TO GET OVER OUR 3069 01:33:44,418 --> 01:33:45,886 SECTARIANISM AND PETTY DIVISIONS 3070 01:33:45,886 --> 01:33:47,822 AND START BUILDING A COMMON 3071 01:33:47,822 --> 01:33:48,756 ORGANIZATION THAT CAN FIGHT BOTH 3072 01:33:48,756 --> 01:33:50,458 OF THESE 3073 01:33:50,458 --> 01:33:50,791 -- [APPLAUSE] 3074 01:33:50,791 --> 01:33:51,292 -- CAPITALIST PARTIES. 3075 01:33:51,292 --> 01:33:51,626 -- [APPLAUSE] 3076 01:33:51,626 --> 01:33:53,761 -- SOLIDARITY 3077 01:33:53,761 --> 01:33:54,095 -- [LAUGHTER] 3078 01:33:54,095 --> 01:33:54,629 -- DUMP THE REPUBLICANS. 3079 01:33:54,629 --> 01:33:54,962 -- [LAUGHTER] 3080 01:33:54,962 --> 01:33:56,897 -- AND. 3081 01:33:56,897 --> 01:33:57,231 -- DEMOCRATS. 3082 01:33:57,231 --> 01:33:58,666 -- WE NEED A PARTY OF THE 3083 01:33:58,666 --> 01:33:59,567 WORKING CLASS. THE REPUBLICANS 3084 01:33:59,567 --> 01:34:00,968 AND DEMOCRATS. 3085 01:34:00,968 --> 01:34:03,004 -- ARE YOU. 3086 01:34:03,004 --> 01:34:03,604 -- FRIDAY, THE WORKING CLASS? 3087 01:34:03,604 --> 01:34:04,605 -- ARE YOU. 3088 01:34:04,605 --> 01:34:06,240 -- ARE YOU FRIDAY? YOU'RE 3089 01:34:06,240 --> 01:34:08,542 FRIDAY. AND THEN ARE YOU LAUREL? 3090 01:34:08,542 --> 01:34:12,513 LAUREL. AND THEN YOUR MONTY. 3091 01:34:12,513 --> 01:34:13,180 FANTASTIC. AND YOU'RE GOING TO 3092 01:34:13,180 --> 01:34:14,215 GO AS A GROUP, IS THAT CORRECT? 3093 01:34:14,215 --> 01:34:15,383 YES. AND IS THERE ANY MORE 3094 01:34:15,383 --> 01:34:18,185 ANYONE ELSE IN YOUR GROUP? 3095 01:34:18,185 --> 01:34:18,786 THAT'S IT. FANTASTIC. 3096 01:34:18,786 --> 01:34:20,721 WONDERFUL. TAKE IT AWAY AT YOUR 3097 01:34:20,721 --> 01:34:23,290 CONVENIENCE. WE ARE ON NUMBERS 3098 01:34:23,290 --> 01:34:30,431 65, 66 AND 67 OF 210. SO WE ARE 3099 01:34:30,431 --> 01:34:31,766 BARELY A QUARTER OF THE WAY 3100 01:34:31,766 --> 01:34:34,902 THROUGH. WELCOME. 3101 01:34:34,902 --> 01:34:36,871 -- HI. 3102 01:34:36,871 --> 01:34:39,440 -- MY NAME IS FRIDAY AND I'M 3103 01:34:39,440 --> 01:34:40,908 HERE WITH WORKERS PARTY. I 3104 01:34:40,908 --> 01:34:43,444 RESIDE IN DISTRICT THREE. 3105 01:34:43,444 --> 01:34:45,079 -- I'M LAUREL DISTRICT SIX. 3106 01:34:45,079 --> 01:34:48,683 -- YOU MAY CALL ME MONTY 3107 01:34:48,683 --> 01:34:51,018 -- THE CITY IS FEEDING WORKERS 3108 01:34:51,018 --> 01:34:52,586 FUTURES INTO THE SEATTLE POLICE 3109 01:34:52,586 --> 01:34:55,456 DEPARTMENT. WE CUT $14 MILLION 3110 01:34:55,456 --> 01:34:59,093 FROM ROAD MAINTENANCE, 500 BEDS, 3111 01:34:59,093 --> 01:35:02,129 A SHELTER, BEDS A YEAR AND $68 3112 01:35:02,129 --> 01:35:03,664 MILLION FROM HOUSING, AND HAVE 3113 01:35:03,664 --> 01:35:05,299 SHIFTED THAT MONEY TOWARDS SPD. 3114 01:35:05,299 --> 01:35:07,568 I WANT TO ASK, WHAT 3115 01:35:07,568 --> 01:35:09,270 JUSTIFICATION IS THERE TO 3116 01:35:09,270 --> 01:35:11,706 INCREASING SPD'S BUDGET? HOW 3117 01:35:11,706 --> 01:35:13,374 DOES INCREASING SPD'S BUDGET 3118 01:35:13,374 --> 01:35:15,776 IMPACT THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS? 3119 01:35:15,776 --> 01:35:17,945 LET'S NOT KID OURSELVES. 1000 3120 01:35:17,945 --> 01:35:19,013 SHELTER BEDS A YEAR WAS A DROP 3121 01:35:19,013 --> 01:35:20,481 IN THE BUCKET COMPARED TO WHAT 3122 01:35:20,481 --> 01:35:22,717 WAS NEEDED. THERE ARE AROUND 3123 01:35:22,717 --> 01:35:23,718 20,000 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN KING 3124 01:35:23,718 --> 01:35:26,120 COUNTY, OF WHICH 11,000 ARE 3125 01:35:26,120 --> 01:35:30,591 UNSHELTERED, ALL OF WHICH LED US 3126 01:35:30,591 --> 01:35:31,125 TO DECLARE A HOMELESSNESS 3127 01:35:31,125 --> 01:35:34,495 EMERGENCY BACK IN 2014. WE ARE 3128 01:35:34,495 --> 01:35:36,130 NOT TREATING THIS AS THE 3129 01:35:36,130 --> 01:35:37,732 EMERGENCY THAT IT IS. 3130 01:35:37,732 --> 01:35:39,867 ENFORCEMENT IS NOT AND HAS NEVER 3131 01:35:39,867 --> 01:35:42,470 BEEN THE ANSWER TO THIS. EVERY 3132 01:35:42,470 --> 01:35:44,939 DAY WE ARE BEING SQUEEZED BY OUR 3133 01:35:44,939 --> 01:35:47,408 CITY. OUR CARS GET TOWED, OUR 3134 01:35:47,408 --> 01:35:49,877 RENT GOES UP, OUR NEIGHBORS GET 3135 01:35:49,877 --> 01:35:54,048 SWEPT. WE WERE PROMISED $400,000 3136 01:35:54,048 --> 01:35:57,485 FOR TRANS REFUGEES. WELL, WE'RE 3137 01:35:57,485 --> 01:35:59,720 HERE. WHERE ARE YOU? SHAME. 3138 01:35:59,720 --> 01:36:01,155 -- SHAME, SHAME. 3139 01:36:01,155 --> 01:36:01,388 -- WHY. 3140 01:36:01,388 --> 01:36:02,490 -- IN THE MIDST OF A 3141 01:36:02,490 --> 01:36:04,658 HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, DO YOU CUT 3142 01:36:04,658 --> 01:36:06,794 OUR OUR HOUSING BUDGET AND 3143 01:36:06,794 --> 01:36:09,463 ATTEMPT TO BAN OUR HOUSING? 3144 01:36:09,463 --> 01:36:11,031 SHAME. 3145 01:36:11,031 --> 01:36:11,298 -- SHAME? 3146 01:36:11,298 --> 01:36:13,367 -- WHEN THE POLICE ARE KILLING 3147 01:36:13,367 --> 01:36:15,169 OUR NEIGHBORS, WHY DO YOU GIVE 3148 01:36:15,169 --> 01:36:18,839 THEM MORE MONEY? SHAME, SHAME? 3149 01:36:18,839 --> 01:36:22,643 WHEN AMAZON, MICROSOFT, META, 3150 01:36:22,643 --> 01:36:26,347 GOOGLE MAKE BILLIONS IN PROFIT, 3151 01:36:26,347 --> 01:36:28,549 DO YOU INCREASE OUR BURDEN? 3152 01:36:28,549 --> 01:36:28,783 SHAME. 3153 01:36:28,783 --> 01:36:29,049 -- SHAME. 3154 01:36:29,049 --> 01:36:30,551 -- RESTORE THE $68 MILLION IN 3155 01:36:30,551 --> 01:36:32,019 HOUSING FUNDS, PUT JUMP-START 3156 01:36:32,019 --> 01:36:34,121 FUNDING EXCLUSIVELY BACK INTO 3157 01:36:34,121 --> 01:36:38,225 HOUSING. IN FACT, DOUBLE DOUBLE 3158 01:36:38,225 --> 01:36:40,861 FUNDING FOR HOUSING, TENANT 3159 01:36:40,861 --> 01:36:43,197 LEGAL SERVICES AND EVICTION 3160 01:36:43,197 --> 01:36:43,764 PREVENTION AND INSTITUTE AN 3161 01:36:43,764 --> 01:36:45,332 EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE FOR A 3162 01:36:45,332 --> 01:36:48,169 PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT 3163 01:36:48,169 --> 01:36:49,837 PROPERLY MANAGES OUR MONEY. WE 3164 01:36:49,837 --> 01:36:53,774 CAN DO THIS IF WE TAKE THE MONEY 3165 01:36:53,774 --> 01:36:55,910 FROM SPD LIKE A TICK ON OUR 3166 01:36:55,910 --> 01:36:58,712 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. THEY HAVE 3167 01:36:58,712 --> 01:37:02,449 DRAINED OUR PUBLIC COFFERS $558 3168 01:37:02,449 --> 01:37:05,920 MILLION A YEAR GOES TO THE 3169 01:37:05,920 --> 01:37:11,091 DEPARTMENT THAT ABUSES US. WE 3170 01:37:11,091 --> 01:37:13,194 CAN ALSO DO THIS IF WE TOUCH THE 3171 01:37:13,194 --> 01:37:14,728 EMERGENCY FUNDING. I DON'T KNOW 3172 01:37:14,728 --> 01:37:18,165 IF Y'ALL HAVE NOTICED, BUT 20% 3173 01:37:18,165 --> 01:37:19,900 OF OIL PRODUCTION WAS PUT ON 3174 01:37:19,900 --> 01:37:24,004 NOTICE BACK IN MARCH WE MUST GET 3175 01:37:24,004 --> 01:37:27,174 AHEAD OF THIS COMING ECONOMIC 3176 01:37:27,174 --> 01:37:30,611 CRISIS. WILL SPD FIX OUR ROADS? 3177 01:37:30,611 --> 01:37:33,113 WILL SPD HOUSE OUR NEIGHBORS IN 3178 01:37:33,113 --> 01:37:35,249 CRISIS? WE WILL. SPD BUILD NEW 3179 01:37:35,249 --> 01:37:38,586 HOUSING UNITS? NO, THEY WON'T. 3180 01:37:38,586 --> 01:37:41,956 DO WE REALLY TRUST THE DEMOCRATS 3181 01:37:41,956 --> 01:37:43,991 HERE? DO WE HONESTLY BELIEVE 3182 01:37:43,991 --> 01:37:47,561 THAT THEY WILL FEEL IN THEIR 3183 01:37:47,561 --> 01:37:50,531 HEART OF HEARTS OUR BURDEN 3184 01:37:50,531 --> 01:37:52,867 STRAUSS GOT ON HIS PODIUM ABOUT 3185 01:37:52,867 --> 01:37:56,036 THE RV BAN, EXCLAIMING THAT HE 3186 01:37:56,036 --> 01:37:57,538 WAS HEARTBROKEN AT THE THOUGHT 3187 01:37:57,538 --> 01:37:59,039 OF TAKING SOMEBODY'S LAST 3188 01:37:59,039 --> 01:38:01,442 RESORT, BUT THEN LATER SAID THAT 3189 01:38:01,442 --> 01:38:03,944 WE COULDN'T KEEP IT FOREVER. 3190 01:38:03,944 --> 01:38:07,448 THAT WAS SOMEBODY'S LAST 3191 01:38:07,448 --> 01:38:11,752 RESORT. RIVERA IS A LANDLORD. 3192 01:38:11,752 --> 01:38:14,321 THIS IS A COUNCIL BY AND FOR THE 3193 01:38:14,321 --> 01:38:17,258 RULING CLASS OF SEATTLE. 3194 01:38:17,258 --> 01:38:19,126 WHEREVER OUR INTERESTS ALIGN, IT 3195 01:38:19,126 --> 01:38:24,164 IS BY PURE COINCIDENCE THEY MAY 3196 01:38:24,164 --> 01:38:26,800 CARE, BUT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE 3197 01:38:26,800 --> 01:38:28,168 THAT NAGGING VOICE IN THEIR EARS 3198 01:38:28,168 --> 01:38:31,906 THAT THEY MUST WIN THE NEXT 3199 01:38:31,906 --> 01:38:33,607 ELECTION. AND COME NOVEMBER OF 3200 01:38:33,607 --> 01:38:35,576 NEXT YEAR, SEVEN OUT OF NINE 3201 01:38:35,576 --> 01:38:37,878 SEATS HERE WILL BE UP FOR GRABS. 3202 01:38:37,878 --> 01:38:39,780 I WANT US TO REMEMBER HOW THEY 3203 01:38:39,780 --> 01:38:41,949 VOTE. WILL THEY TAKE THE 3204 01:38:41,949 --> 01:38:44,418 HOMELESSNESS CRISIS SERIOUSLY? 3205 01:38:44,418 --> 01:38:46,987 WILL THEY TAKE POLICE KILLING 3206 01:38:46,987 --> 01:38:49,590 SERIOUSLY? WILL THEY TAKE TRANS 3207 01:38:49,590 --> 01:38:52,226 PEOPLE 3208 01:38:52,226 --> 01:38:52,559 -- [LAUGHTER] 3209 01:38:52,559 --> 01:38:54,929 -- SERIOUSLY? I HOPE THEY WILL. 3210 01:38:54,929 --> 01:38:58,432 BUT I KNOW WE DO BECAUSE WE 3211 01:38:58,432 --> 01:39:02,569 MUST. WE LIVE WITH IT EVERY DAY. 3212 01:39:02,569 --> 01:39:05,706 WE MUST PUT A WORKER, A RENTER, 3213 01:39:05,706 --> 01:39:07,841 ONE OF US ON THESE THRONES COME 3214 01:39:07,841 --> 01:39:10,044 NEXT NOVEMBER, AND THAT WILL BE 3215 01:39:10,044 --> 01:39:10,544 ONLY THAT WILL. 3216 01:39:10,544 --> 01:39:12,313 -- THANK YOU FRIDAY. 3217 01:39:12,313 --> 01:39:14,882 -- BY BUILDING A WORKERS PARTY 3218 01:39:14,882 --> 01:39:16,984 HERE IN SEATTLE WHO 3219 01:39:16,984 --> 01:39:19,420 -- THANK YOU. FRIDAY. 3220 01:39:19,420 --> 01:39:19,787 -- WE'VE GOT. 3221 01:39:19,787 --> 01:39:21,188 -- ED, CALVIN AND JUSTIN. UP 3222 01:39:21,188 --> 01:39:24,792 NEXT. ARE YOU ALL A GROUP? YEP. 3223 01:39:24,792 --> 01:39:25,626 AND I DIDN'T THINK THAT I WOULD 3224 01:39:25,626 --> 01:39:27,428 HAVE TO SAY THIS TONIGHT, BUT 3225 01:39:27,428 --> 01:39:28,996 THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF 3226 01:39:28,996 --> 01:39:30,264 INCIDENTS OF SWEARING. I'M GOING 3227 01:39:30,264 --> 01:39:32,700 TO REQUEST THAT WE DO NOT USE 3228 01:39:32,700 --> 01:39:32,866 THE 3229 01:39:32,866 --> 01:39:33,200 -- [LAUGHTER] 3230 01:39:33,200 --> 01:39:35,903 -- SWEARING AT ANY LONG. THANK 3231 01:39:35,903 --> 01:39:37,404 YOU 3232 01:39:37,404 --> 01:39:39,773 -- I'M SO SORRY. 3233 01:39:39,773 --> 01:39:40,140 -- ARE YOU ED. 3234 01:39:40,140 --> 01:39:41,742 -- DYING? YOU'RE ED. 3235 01:39:41,742 --> 01:39:42,276 -- AND THEN ARE 3236 01:39:42,276 --> 01:39:42,609 -- [LAUGHTER] 3237 01:39:42,609 --> 01:39:46,814 -- YOU ALL A GROUP OR NOT? 3238 01:39:46,814 --> 01:39:47,147 -- [LAUGHTER] 3239 01:39:47,147 --> 01:39:47,514 -- THE POLICE.. 3240 01:39:47,514 --> 01:39:48,248 -- YOU'RE NOT. 3241 01:39:48,248 --> 01:39:50,084 -- ALL RIGHT. 3242 01:39:50,084 --> 01:39:50,584 -- I CAN'T EVEN HAVE 3243 01:39:50,584 --> 01:39:51,318 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE 3244 01:39:51,318 --> 01:39:51,986 WHO ARE TRYING TO TESTIFY. I 3245 01:39:51,986 --> 01:39:53,187 NEED YOU ALL TO BE QUIET. THIS 3246 01:39:53,187 --> 01:39:55,789 IS YOUR FIRST WARNING. ARE YOU 3247 01:39:55,789 --> 01:39:58,759 PART OF A GROUP OR NOT GREAT. SO 3248 01:39:58,759 --> 01:40:01,161 YOU'RE ED, YOU'RE BY YOURSELF. 3249 01:40:01,161 --> 01:40:02,663 YOU GOT A MINUTE? 30. WELCOME, 3250 01:40:02,663 --> 01:40:05,165 MY FRIEND. TAKE IT AWAY. HOLD 3251 01:40:05,165 --> 01:40:07,034 ON. WE'RE GOING TO SIT. RESET 3252 01:40:07,034 --> 01:40:07,701 EVERYTHING. SORRY. I THOUGHT WE 3253 01:40:07,701 --> 01:40:13,941 WERE. YEAH. WHENEVER YOU'RE 3254 01:40:13,941 --> 01:40:14,341 READY. THANK YOU. 3255 01:40:14,341 --> 01:40:17,111 -- PUT SIMPLY, THE FRAMING AND 3256 01:40:17,111 --> 01:40:17,745 PRESENTATION OF INCREASED POLICE 3257 01:40:17,745 --> 01:40:20,114 AND SURVEILLANCE SPENDING IS 3258 01:40:20,114 --> 01:40:22,750 DISINGENUOUS. IT'S JUST LIKE THE 3259 01:40:22,750 --> 01:40:26,086 TWO CULTURE WAR BALLOT 3260 01:40:26,086 --> 01:40:27,821 INITIATIVES. THE FIRST ONE, I 3261 01:40:27,821 --> 01:40:31,258 001 BEING DESCRIBED AS PARENTAL 3262 01:40:31,258 --> 01:40:31,892 RIGHTS WHEN IT'S REALLY AN 3263 01:40:31,892 --> 01:40:34,461 ATTEMPT TO REPEAL THE PRIVACY 3264 01:40:34,461 --> 01:40:36,130 PROTECTIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH 3265 01:40:36,130 --> 01:40:38,332 LEGAL GUARDIANS SUSPECTED OF 3266 01:40:38,332 --> 01:40:40,267 ABUSE. LIKEWISE, AYE. 638 THE 3267 01:40:40,267 --> 01:40:43,370 ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PASSING 3268 01:40:43,370 --> 01:40:45,105 THE ANTI-TRANS SPORTS BAN. IT'S 3269 01:40:45,105 --> 01:40:49,810 NOT ABOUT FAIRNESS IN SPORTS. 3270 01:40:49,810 --> 01:40:52,146 IT'S ABOUT MANDATING INVASIVE 3271 01:40:52,146 --> 01:40:52,679 MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AS A 3272 01:40:52,679 --> 01:40:53,847 CONDITION FOR PARTICIPATING IN 3273 01:40:53,847 --> 01:40:56,583 SPORTS EVERY MARGINALIZED 3274 01:40:56,583 --> 01:40:57,451 COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT COPS DON'T 3275 01:40:57,451 --> 01:41:02,089 KEEP US SAFE. WE KEEP US 3276 01:41:02,089 --> 01:41:02,423 -- [LAUGHTER] 3277 01:41:02,423 --> 01:41:03,957 -- SAFE. LIKEWISE, SPAAG OR THE 3278 01:41:03,957 --> 01:41:05,926 SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER'S GUILD 3279 01:41:05,926 --> 01:41:07,294 IS NOT A LABOR UNION. IT 3280 01:41:07,294 --> 01:41:09,630 DOESN'T, BUT IT DOESN'T JUST 3281 01:41:09,630 --> 01:41:12,533 PROTECT BAD OFFICERS FROM LEGAL 3282 01:41:12,533 --> 01:41:14,368 OR PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. 3283 01:41:14,368 --> 01:41:16,737 IT ALSO PRESERVES RACIST AND 3284 01:41:16,737 --> 01:41:18,539 SEXIST ELEMENTS WITHIN SPD 3285 01:41:18,539 --> 01:41:20,174 ITSELF. IMAGINE THAT COPS BEING 3286 01:41:20,174 --> 01:41:22,976 RACIST OR SEXIST TO OTHER COPS. 3287 01:41:22,976 --> 01:41:24,445 IT'S ALSO YOUR PROBLEM. YOU 3288 01:41:24,445 --> 01:41:26,680 WANT TO HIRE MORE COPS. I 3289 01:41:26,680 --> 01:41:28,949 DISAGREE WITH THAT. BUT GIVEN 3290 01:41:28,949 --> 01:41:30,217 THAT THE RIDE ALONG IS THE 3291 01:41:30,217 --> 01:41:30,751 TRAINING BOTTLENECK THAT 3292 01:41:30,751 --> 01:41:33,087 PREVENTS YOU FROM DOING THAT, I 3293 01:41:33,087 --> 01:41:36,056 THINK THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM TO 3294 01:41:36,056 --> 01:41:37,124 LASTLY, I THINK YOU AND I COULD 3295 01:41:37,124 --> 01:41:39,293 BOTH AGREE THAT SEATTLE SHOULD 3296 01:41:39,293 --> 01:41:42,496 NOT BE PAYING NEAR DETECTIVE 3297 01:41:42,496 --> 01:41:45,099 STARTING WAGES FOR OTHER LAW 3298 01:41:45,099 --> 01:41:49,369 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. WASHOUTS 3299 01:41:49,369 --> 01:41:49,703 AND REJECTS. 3300 01:41:49,703 --> 01:41:50,671 -- THANK YOU. 3301 01:41:50,671 --> 01:41:51,872 -- THANK YOU, EDITOR. AND JUST 3302 01:41:51,872 --> 01:41:54,041 TO CONFIRM, WE HAVE CALVIN, 3303 01:41:54,041 --> 01:41:55,275 JUSTIN AND ELSPETH. IS THAT 3304 01:41:55,275 --> 01:41:56,443 RIGHT? YEAH. FANTASTIC. WE'RE 3305 01:41:56,443 --> 01:41:57,878 GOING TO JUST ADJUST THE TIME 3306 01:41:57,878 --> 01:42:00,514 FOR YOU. AND THEN AS YOU'RE 3307 01:42:00,514 --> 01:42:03,917 READY AFTER. SO THIS IS 69, 70, 3308 01:42:03,917 --> 01:42:06,320 71. AFTER THIS WE HAVE DOMINIC 3309 01:42:06,320 --> 01:42:08,088 WALLACE, ALEX BOOTH, ADRIAN B, 3310 01:42:08,088 --> 01:42:14,328 SAM DIXON, KYLE SAFFRON ROBES, 3311 01:42:14,328 --> 01:42:16,697 JOSEPHINE C VAN W AND CASEY 3312 01:42:16,697 --> 01:42:18,298 GRAY. THAT'S THROUGH NUMBER 80. 3313 01:42:18,298 --> 01:42:19,433 WHEN YOU'RE READY, TAKE IT 3314 01:42:19,433 --> 01:42:22,102 AWAY. 3315 01:42:22,102 --> 01:42:22,769 -- I'M JUSTIN AYE RENTON QUEEN 3316 01:42:22,769 --> 01:42:23,370 ANNE AND A MEMBER OF WORKERS 3317 01:42:23,370 --> 01:42:25,906 STRIKE BACK. MAYOR WILSON'S 3318 01:42:25,906 --> 01:42:29,243 PROPOSAL CUTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING 3319 01:42:29,243 --> 01:42:30,811 BY $65 MILLION AND CUTS OTHER 3320 01:42:30,811 --> 01:42:33,013 VITAL SERVICES. IT ADDS ZERO NEW 3321 01:42:33,013 --> 01:42:37,284 TAXES ON THE RICH. IT RAISES THE 3322 01:42:37,284 --> 01:42:38,552 POLICE BUDGET BY $68 MILLION. 3323 01:42:38,552 --> 01:42:40,120 THIS IS A BETRAYAL OF THE BLACK 3324 01:42:40,120 --> 01:42:41,522 LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT FROM A 3325 01:42:41,522 --> 01:42:43,891 SELF-IDENTIFIED SOCIALIST. WE 3326 01:42:43,891 --> 01:42:45,559 DON'T NEED MORE RACIST POLICE 3327 01:42:45,559 --> 01:42:47,094 VIOLENCE. WE DON'T NEED MORE 3328 01:42:47,094 --> 01:42:49,796 POLICE BRUTALITY AGAINST SEATTLE 3329 01:42:49,796 --> 01:42:51,398 TRANS PEOPLE PROTESTING. TRANS 3330 01:42:51,398 --> 01:42:52,799 PEOPLE ARE ALREADY FACING TOO 3331 01:42:52,799 --> 01:42:54,268 MANY ATTACKS, WITH THE LIKELY 3332 01:42:54,268 --> 01:42:57,204 PASSAGE OF INITIATIVE. 638 WE 3333 01:42:57,204 --> 01:42:59,072 DEMAND SLASH THE FUNDING FOR 3334 01:42:59,072 --> 01:43:01,942 POLICE AND RAISE THE AMAZON TAX 3335 01:43:01,942 --> 01:43:04,211 TO FUND A MASSIVE EXPANSION OF 3336 01:43:04,211 --> 01:43:06,213 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FUND 3337 01:43:06,213 --> 01:43:07,314 PROGRAMS FOR VICTIMS AND PEOPLE 3338 01:43:07,314 --> 01:43:09,516 IMPACTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE. THE 3339 01:43:09,516 --> 01:43:10,117 CASTIEL HIGHTOWER SPOKE ABOUT 3340 01:43:10,117 --> 01:43:13,253 FUND TRANS SANCTUARY PROGRAMS. 3341 01:43:13,253 --> 01:43:14,321 UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEMOCRATS ON 3342 01:43:14,321 --> 01:43:15,656 THIS COUNCIL HAVE SHOWN 3343 01:43:15,656 --> 01:43:17,457 THEMSELVES TO BE TOTALLY 3344 01:43:17,457 --> 01:43:18,759 UNWILLING TO FIGHT FOR OPPRESSED 3345 01:43:18,759 --> 01:43:22,162 COMMUNITIES AND WORKING PEOPLE. 3346 01:43:22,162 --> 01:43:23,564 ANYONE ON THIS CITY COUNCIL WHO 3347 01:43:23,564 --> 01:43:25,832 VOTES FOR THIS BUDGET, WITH THE 3348 01:43:25,832 --> 01:43:26,400 PROPOSED INCREASES FOR THE 3349 01:43:26,400 --> 01:43:27,868 POLICE IS BETRAYING THE BLACK 3350 01:43:27,868 --> 01:43:30,337 LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT. FULL 3351 01:43:30,337 --> 01:43:31,538 STOP. THAT'S RIGHT. WE NEED A 3352 01:43:31,538 --> 01:43:32,639 FIGHTING MOVEMENT TO GO TO WAR 3353 01:43:32,639 --> 01:43:34,608 AGAINST THIS BUDGET. AND THESE 3354 01:43:34,608 --> 01:43:36,577 DEMOCRATS, AS DID MANY TIMES 3355 01:43:36,577 --> 01:43:37,945 DURING HER DECADE AS A SOCIALIST 3356 01:43:37,945 --> 01:43:40,581 ON SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO WIN 3357 01:43:40,581 --> 01:43:41,782 THE AMAZON TAX IN THE FIRST 3358 01:43:41,782 --> 01:43:44,518 PLACE, CUT THE POLICE BUDGET 3359 01:43:44,518 --> 01:43:48,121 FUND HOUSING AND SERVICES 3360 01:43:48,121 --> 01:43:48,522 -- TRUMP AND THE. 3361 01:43:48,522 --> 01:43:50,057 -- REPUBLICANS JUST GOT 3362 01:43:50,057 --> 01:43:51,024 CLOBBERED IN THE ELECTION 3363 01:43:51,024 --> 01:43:52,025 BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE ANGER AT 3364 01:43:52,025 --> 01:43:54,394 THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS, WAR 3365 01:43:54,394 --> 01:43:55,963 AND GENOCIDE. BUT THE VOTE WAS 3366 01:43:55,963 --> 01:43:57,798 AGAINST TRUMP AND NOT FOR THE 3367 01:43:57,798 --> 01:43:59,566 DEMOCRATS. BOTH PARTIES APPROVAL 3368 01:43:59,566 --> 01:44:00,901 RATINGS ARE IN THE GUTTER 3369 01:44:00,901 --> 01:44:02,436 BECAUSE WORKING PEOPLE AND YOUNG 3370 01:44:02,436 --> 01:44:03,837 PEOPLE ARE FURIOUS AT THESE 3371 01:44:03,837 --> 01:44:05,305 PARTIES OF THE BILLIONAIRES AND 3372 01:44:05,305 --> 01:44:07,074 THEIR BLOOD SOAKED AGENDA, JUST 3373 01:44:07,074 --> 01:44:09,376 AS THEY ARE IN FRANCE, IN INDIA, 3374 01:44:09,376 --> 01:44:11,845 IN SPAIN, AND EVERYWHERE. MASS 3375 01:44:11,845 --> 01:44:13,513 ANGER AT THE DEMOCRATS IS WHAT 3376 01:44:13,513 --> 01:44:14,715 GOT TRUMP ELECTED IN THE FIRST 3377 01:44:14,715 --> 01:44:17,918 PLACE AND THEN REELECTED. 3378 01:44:17,918 --> 01:44:18,919 WORKING PEOPLE NEED A PARTY OF 3379 01:44:18,919 --> 01:44:21,788 OUR OWN. BUT THERE IS A NEAR 3380 01:44:21,788 --> 01:44:22,356 TOTAL VACUUM OF PRINCIPLED 3381 01:44:22,356 --> 01:44:24,258 LEADERSHIP FOR MOVEMENTS RIGHT 3382 01:44:24,258 --> 01:44:25,726 NOW. SOME WORKERS IN SEATTLE 3383 01:44:25,726 --> 01:44:27,694 VOTED FOR KATIE WILSON, WHO WAS 3384 01:44:27,694 --> 01:44:29,963 CALLING HERSELF A DEMOCRATIC 3385 01:44:29,963 --> 01:44:31,331 SOCIALIST IN THE HOPE THAT SHE 3386 01:44:31,331 --> 01:44:33,400 WAS AN ALTERNATIVE. THAT'S THE 3387 01:44:33,400 --> 01:44:34,968 REASON THE SEATTLE TIMES, WALL 3388 01:44:34,968 --> 01:44:38,071 STREET JOURNAL AND OTHER RULING 3389 01:44:38,071 --> 01:44:40,507 CLASS MOUTHPIECES ARE PRAISING 3390 01:44:40,507 --> 01:44:42,042 WILSON FOR HER ANTI-WORKER 3391 01:44:42,042 --> 01:44:42,743 PRO-POLICE BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S A 3392 01:44:42,743 --> 01:44:46,947 VICIOUS ATTACK ON WORKING PEOPLE 3393 01:44:46,947 --> 01:44:47,514 AND A GIFT TO BIG BUSINESS. 3394 01:44:47,514 --> 01:44:49,549 IT'S THE SAME REASON 3395 01:44:49,549 --> 01:44:51,084 REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST WAS 3396 01:44:51,084 --> 01:44:53,353 HATED BY THE CAPITALIST PRESS. 3397 01:44:53,353 --> 01:44:53,920 THE RULING CLASS RECOGNIZES 3398 01:44:53,920 --> 01:44:55,822 WHO'S ON THEIR SIDE AND WHO'S 3399 01:44:55,822 --> 01:44:56,990 NOT, AND WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE 3400 01:44:56,990 --> 01:45:00,727 IT, TOO. FOR TEN YEARS, COUNCIL 3401 01:45:00,727 --> 01:45:02,763 OFFICE AND OUR MOVEMENTS FOUGHT 3402 01:45:02,763 --> 01:45:04,965 AND WON THE NATION'S HIGHEST 3403 01:45:04,965 --> 01:45:06,633 MINIMUM WAGE. UNPRECEDENTED 3404 01:45:06,633 --> 01:45:07,401 RENTERS RIGHTS, THE AMAZON TAX, 3405 01:45:07,401 --> 01:45:10,304 AND A LOT MORE. THIS WAS BECAUSE 3406 01:45:10,304 --> 01:45:11,171 SOMEONE DIDN'T TRY TO MAKE 3407 01:45:11,171 --> 01:45:12,673 FRIENDS WITH THE DEMOCRATS OR 3408 01:45:12,673 --> 01:45:13,473 BIG BUSINESS. SHE WENT TO WAR 3409 01:45:13,473 --> 01:45:15,942 AGAINST THEM AND BUILT MILITANT 3410 01:45:15,942 --> 01:45:17,778 MOVEMENTS. THIS IS WHAT'S NEEDED 3411 01:45:17,778 --> 01:45:21,048 TO FIGHT BACK IN SEATTLE, 3412 01:45:21,048 --> 01:45:21,682 NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. 3413 01:45:21,682 --> 01:45:22,649 BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S 3414 01:45:22,649 --> 01:45:25,252 MISSING. THAT'S THE REASON THAT 3415 01:45:25,252 --> 01:45:27,020 SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS 3416 01:45:27,020 --> 01:45:29,222 AND DSA'S, OVER 250 ELECTED 3417 01:45:29,222 --> 01:45:31,024 OFFICIALS HAVE WON NOTHING LIKE 3418 01:45:31,024 --> 01:45:32,225 THE VICTORIES WON BY OUR 3419 01:45:32,225 --> 01:45:33,393 MOVEMENTS HERE, BECAUSE THEY 3420 01:45:33,393 --> 01:45:35,929 DON'T WANT TO ANTAGONIZE THE 3421 01:45:35,929 --> 01:45:36,763 ESTABLISHMENT. AND THAT'S WHY 3422 01:45:36,763 --> 01:45:38,231 WE'RE BUILDING WORKERS. STRIKE 3423 01:45:38,231 --> 01:45:40,500 BACK. WE NEED TO TURN THE TABLES 3424 01:45:40,500 --> 01:45:42,269 ON THE BILLIONAIRES AND 3425 01:45:42,269 --> 01:45:43,904 OVERTHROW THEIR ROTTEN SYSTEM OF 3426 01:45:43,904 --> 01:45:45,339 CAPITALISM. WE REJECT ALL THE 3427 01:45:45,339 --> 01:45:46,973 CUTS TO SOCIAL SERVICES. WE 3428 01:45:46,973 --> 01:45:49,142 DEMAND THAT OUR AMAZON TAX BE 3429 01:45:49,142 --> 01:45:51,078 EXPANDED. AND AND THE BLOATED 3430 01:45:51,078 --> 01:45:52,813 POLICE BUDGET BE SLASHED IN 3431 01:45:52,813 --> 01:45:54,648 ORDER TO BUILD AFFORDABLE 3432 01:45:54,648 --> 01:45:56,750 HOUSING AND END ALL AUSTERITY IN 3433 01:45:56,750 --> 01:45:58,618 WILSON'S BUDGET, WHEN WORKERS 3434 01:45:58,618 --> 01:45:59,553 RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, 3435 01:45:59,553 --> 01:45:59,886 -- [LAUGHTER] 3436 01:45:59,886 --> 01:46:00,620 -- WHAT DO WE DO? 3437 01:46:00,620 --> 01:46:00,954 -- [LAUGHTER] 3438 01:46:00,954 --> 01:46:03,023 -- STAND UP RIGHT NOW? WHAT DO 3439 01:46:03,023 --> 01:46:04,291 WE DO? STAND UP, FIGHT BACK? HOW 3440 01:46:04,291 --> 01:46:07,961 DO WE DO? STAND UP. FIGHT BACK 3441 01:46:07,961 --> 01:46:08,862 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS 3442 01:46:08,862 --> 01:46:10,464 DOMINIC, FOLLOWED BY ALEX AND 3443 01:46:10,464 --> 01:46:15,001 THEN ADRIAN 72, 73 AND 74. 3444 01:46:15,001 --> 01:46:16,169 WELCOME, DOMINIC. 3445 01:46:16,169 --> 01:46:19,973 -- HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 3446 01:46:19,973 --> 01:46:22,142 -- YES, I AM DOMINIC WOLFGANG 3447 01:46:22,142 --> 01:46:25,545 WALLACE. I AM A OH YEAH, I'M 3448 01:46:25,545 --> 01:46:26,513 DOMINIC WOLFGANG WALLACE. I'M A 3449 01:46:26,513 --> 01:46:27,147 MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK 3450 01:46:27,147 --> 01:46:29,716 AND A DISTRICT THREE VOTER. I'M 3451 01:46:29,716 --> 01:46:30,751 SPEAKING OUT AGAINST MAYOR 3452 01:46:30,751 --> 01:46:31,418 WILSON'S PROPOSED CITY BUDGET, 3453 01:46:31,418 --> 01:46:32,986 WHICH INCLUDES CUTS TO HOUSING 3454 01:46:32,986 --> 01:46:34,454 SERVICES, UTILITIES AND 3455 01:46:34,454 --> 01:46:35,555 TRANSPORTATION, WHILE INCREASING 3456 01:46:35,555 --> 01:46:37,624 THE POLICE BUDGET. AS WE'VE 3457 01:46:37,624 --> 01:46:38,692 HEARD, BY $68 MILLION. THIS 3458 01:46:38,692 --> 01:46:39,860 INCREASE TO THE POLICE BUDGET IS 3459 01:46:39,860 --> 01:46:41,395 COMING, DESPITE THE FACT THAT 3460 01:46:41,395 --> 01:46:42,863 CRIME RATES HAVE BEEN FALLING IN 3461 01:46:42,863 --> 01:46:44,664 SEATTLE YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND 3462 01:46:44,664 --> 01:46:45,766 DESPITE RUNNING AS A PROGRESSIVE 3463 01:46:45,766 --> 01:46:46,767 AND EVEN CALLING HERSELF A 3464 01:46:46,767 --> 01:46:47,901 SOCIALIST, KATIE WILSON HAS 3465 01:46:47,901 --> 01:46:49,102 SHOWN WHERE HER TRUE LOYALTIES 3466 01:46:49,102 --> 01:46:51,004 LIE. WITH THIS CITY BUDGET. SHE 3467 01:46:51,004 --> 01:46:51,938 IS A FRIEND TO BIG BUSINESS AND 3468 01:46:51,938 --> 01:46:55,742 THE POLICE, NOT WORKING PEOPLE. 3469 01:46:55,742 --> 01:46:56,743 IF MAYOR WILSON MEANT WHAT SHE 3470 01:46:56,743 --> 01:46:58,245 SAID WHILE CAMPAIGNING, HER 3471 01:46:58,245 --> 01:46:58,812 BUDGET PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE 3472 01:46:58,812 --> 01:46:59,546 INCLUDED NEW TAXES ON THE RICH 3473 01:46:59,546 --> 01:47:02,082 TO FUND HOLES IN THE BUDGET. 3474 01:47:02,082 --> 01:47:02,749 INSTEAD, SHE'S INCREASING THE 3475 01:47:02,749 --> 01:47:04,551 POLICE BUDGET BY MORE THAN EVEN 3476 01:47:04,551 --> 01:47:06,052 BRUCE HARRELL EVER DID, 3477 01:47:06,052 --> 01:47:06,620 LEVERAGING HER PROGRESSIVE 3478 01:47:06,620 --> 01:47:07,621 REPUTATION TO DO THAT. THIS 3479 01:47:07,621 --> 01:47:08,955 SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 3480 01:47:08,955 --> 01:47:11,324 SO-CALLED DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS 3481 01:47:11,324 --> 01:47:12,993 LIKE KATIE WILSON AND REAL 3482 01:47:12,993 --> 01:47:14,828 SOCIALIST POLITICS. WHEN SEATTLE 3483 01:47:14,828 --> 01:47:16,029 HAD WANT ON CITY COUNCIL, SHE 3484 01:47:16,029 --> 01:47:17,497 HAD. WE HAD A SOCIALIST WHO USED 3485 01:47:17,497 --> 01:47:19,065 HER OFFICE TO ORGANIZE WORKING 3486 01:47:19,065 --> 01:47:20,200 PEOPLE, AND THAT MOVEMENT WON 3487 01:47:20,200 --> 01:47:21,902 BIG THINGS LIKE A $15 MINIMUM 3488 01:47:21,902 --> 01:47:24,905 WAGE AND THE AMAZON TAX. WORKING 3489 01:47:24,905 --> 01:47:25,539 PEOPLE WON BIG. WHEN WE GO TO 3490 01:47:25,539 --> 01:47:27,174 WAR AGAINST BIG BUSINESS, NOT BY 3491 01:47:27,174 --> 01:47:29,409 PLAYING NICE WITH THEM. WHAT WE 3492 01:47:29,409 --> 01:47:30,877 NEED IN SEATTLE IS FOR THESE 3493 01:47:30,877 --> 01:47:31,745 PEOPLE TO BE TAXED FOR 3494 01:47:31,745 --> 01:47:33,447 UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION AND 3495 01:47:33,447 --> 01:47:34,281 EVERYTHING ELSE WORKING PEOPLE 3496 01:47:34,281 --> 01:47:35,482 NEED. BUT IT WILL TAKE COMING 3497 01:47:35,482 --> 01:47:37,651 INTO DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE 3498 01:47:37,651 --> 01:47:39,286 POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT, I'D 3499 01:47:39,286 --> 01:47:39,920 URGE ANY CITY COUNCILMEMBER TO 3500 01:47:39,920 --> 01:47:40,921 STAND AGAINST THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 3501 01:47:40,921 --> 01:47:42,722 AND USE THEIR OFFICE TO 3502 01:47:42,722 --> 01:47:44,524 ORGANIZE, BUT I DON'T EXPECT 3503 01:47:44,524 --> 01:47:46,226 THEY WILL. SO INSTEAD, I'LL URGE 3504 01:47:46,226 --> 01:47:47,360 ALL WORKING PEOPLE HERE TO 3505 01:47:47,360 --> 01:47:48,462 REMEMBER THAT AND THROW THEM ALL 3506 01:47:48,462 --> 01:47:50,897 OUT IN THIS NEXT ELECTION CYCLE. 3507 01:47:50,897 --> 01:47:51,231 -- [LAUGHTER] 3508 01:47:51,231 --> 01:47:51,598 -- THANK YOU. 3509 01:47:51,598 --> 01:47:51,932 -- [LAUGHTER] 3510 01:47:51,932 --> 01:47:52,999 -- UP NEXT IS ALEX BOOTH, 3511 01:47:52,999 --> 01:47:54,935 FOLLOWED BY ADRIAN B. 3512 01:47:54,935 --> 01:47:55,268 -- [LAUGHTER] 3513 01:47:55,268 --> 01:47:57,304 -- AND SAM DIXON. 3514 01:47:57,304 --> 01:48:00,240 -- TAX THE RICH. YOU'RE UP RICH. 3515 01:48:00,240 --> 01:48:01,341 -- ALEX, ARE YOU READY TO GO? 3516 01:48:01,341 --> 01:48:01,875 -- YES. 3517 01:48:01,875 --> 01:48:02,509 -- AND HAVE A GROUP OF THREE. 3518 01:48:02,509 --> 01:48:03,777 -- WITH US. YOU HAVE A GROUP OF 3519 01:48:03,777 --> 01:48:05,111 THREE ALEX, ADRIAN AND SAM. IS 3520 01:48:05,111 --> 01:48:07,814 THAT CORRECT? FANTASTIC. 3521 01:48:07,814 --> 01:48:08,415 WELCOME. AND TAKE IT AWAY AT 3522 01:48:08,415 --> 01:48:09,983 YOUR CONVENIENCE. 3523 01:48:09,983 --> 01:48:10,650 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 3524 01:48:10,650 --> 01:48:12,285 MY NAME IS ALEX BOOTH FROM GREEN 3525 01:48:12,285 --> 01:48:14,754 LAKE DISTRICT SIX, AND I'M AN 3526 01:48:14,754 --> 01:48:15,422 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARCHITECT. WE 3527 01:48:15,422 --> 01:48:17,457 ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF 3528 01:48:17,457 --> 01:48:18,024 THE HOUSING JUSTICE WORKING 3529 01:48:18,024 --> 01:48:18,758 GROUP OF THE SEATTLE DSA, THE 3530 01:48:18,758 --> 01:48:20,427 DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF 3531 01:48:20,427 --> 01:48:21,895 AMERICA. I SPOKE ON OCTOBER 6th 3532 01:48:21,895 --> 01:48:23,630 AND NOW I'M BACK WITH HOUSING 3533 01:48:23,630 --> 01:48:25,732 COMRADES. THIS BALANCING PACKAGE 3534 01:48:25,732 --> 01:48:26,366 DECIDES WHETHER HOUSING IN THE 3535 01:48:26,366 --> 01:48:27,501 CITY IS PROTECTED OR PILLAGED, 3536 01:48:27,501 --> 01:48:28,869 AND UNFORTUNATELY, CONTINUES TO 3537 01:48:28,869 --> 01:48:30,670 BE PILLAGED. AS AN ARCHITECT, A 3538 01:48:30,670 --> 01:48:31,404 BUILDING I STARTED DRAWING THIS 3539 01:48:31,404 --> 01:48:33,940 YEAR OPENS IN 3 TO 5 YEARS, AND 3540 01:48:33,940 --> 01:48:34,674 IT ONLY GETS BUILT WITH EVERY 3541 01:48:34,674 --> 01:48:35,942 FUNDER LINES UP AT THE RIGHT 3542 01:48:35,942 --> 01:48:37,077 TIME. PROJECTS DIE WHEN FUNDING 3543 01:48:37,077 --> 01:48:38,945 IS ONE TIME MONEY THAT MIGHT NOT 3544 01:48:38,945 --> 01:48:40,814 COME BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR. 3545 01:48:40,814 --> 01:48:41,414 HOUSING NEEDS MONEY THAT'S 3546 01:48:41,414 --> 01:48:42,148 PREDICTABLE AND ONGOING YEAR 3547 01:48:42,148 --> 01:48:43,049 AFTER YEAR. AND THIS PACKAGE IS 3548 01:48:43,049 --> 01:48:44,885 NOT THAT. WHEN THE CITY PASSED 3549 01:48:44,885 --> 01:48:45,986 JUMPSTART, THE SPENDING PLAN, 3550 01:48:45,986 --> 01:48:48,288 PUT A MAJORITY OF IT TOWARDS 3551 01:48:48,288 --> 01:48:50,056 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE MAYOR'S 3552 01:48:50,056 --> 01:48:50,690 PROPOSED 27 BUDGET GIVES HOUSING 3553 01:48:50,690 --> 01:48:53,727 JUST OVER HALF OF WHAT WAS 3554 01:48:53,727 --> 01:48:54,794 PROMISED. ROUGHLY $140 MILLION A 3555 01:48:54,794 --> 01:48:56,229 YEAR SHORT. AGAINST THAT 3556 01:48:56,229 --> 01:48:56,830 DEFICIT. THE ONLY NEW HOUSING 3557 01:48:56,830 --> 01:48:58,832 MONEY IN THIS PACKAGE IS A TINY 3558 01:48:58,832 --> 01:48:59,966 FRACTION OF THAT COMING FROM THE 3559 01:48:59,966 --> 01:49:00,867 REGRESSIVE BLOCK TRYING TO THROW 3560 01:49:00,867 --> 01:49:03,003 A BONE TO A MASSIVE CONTINUOUS 3561 01:49:03,003 --> 01:49:04,104 THEFT OF HOUSING FUNDS. WE 3562 01:49:04,104 --> 01:49:05,372 CANNOT ACCEPT OUR HOUSING 3563 01:49:05,372 --> 01:49:06,006 DOLLARS BEING USED FOR ANYTHING 3564 01:49:06,006 --> 01:49:07,307 BUT HOUSING AND SHELTER. THE 3565 01:49:07,307 --> 01:49:08,742 PROBLEM WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT 3566 01:49:08,742 --> 01:49:10,277 IS LESS MONEY FOR COPS, MORE 3567 01:49:10,277 --> 01:49:11,678 MONEY FOR HOUSING AND SHELTER, 3568 01:49:11,678 --> 01:49:12,345 INCLUDING WILSON'S 37 MILLION 3569 01:49:12,345 --> 01:49:13,113 FOR SHELTERS FUND THE PEOPLE WHO 3570 01:49:13,113 --> 01:49:16,716 NEED IT THE MOST. 3571 01:49:16,716 --> 01:49:18,251 -- HEY. 3572 01:49:18,251 --> 01:49:19,719 -- I'M SAM, I'M A MEMBER OF 3573 01:49:19,719 --> 01:49:21,354 DSA AS WELL AND A DISTRICT SEVEN 3574 01:49:21,354 --> 01:49:23,390 RENTER. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 3575 01:49:23,390 --> 01:49:23,990 NOT AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET, 3576 01:49:23,990 --> 01:49:25,225 BUT AN AREA OF THE BUDGET THAT 3577 01:49:25,225 --> 01:49:26,126 HAS A LOT OF FAT TO CUT, AND 3578 01:49:26,126 --> 01:49:29,029 THAT IS SPD. WE HAVE TO START 3579 01:49:29,029 --> 01:49:30,897 REVERSING THE TREND OF WASTEFUL 3580 01:49:30,897 --> 01:49:33,066 POLICE FUNDING, SPENDING FRAUD 3581 01:49:33,066 --> 01:49:33,667 AND NEGLIGENT OVERSIGHT THAT 3582 01:49:33,667 --> 01:49:34,634 WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST 3583 01:49:34,634 --> 01:49:36,269 DECADES. SPD HAS A CULTURE OF 3584 01:49:36,269 --> 01:49:38,538 OVERTIME PAY FRAUD, THE ROOT 3585 01:49:38,538 --> 01:49:39,406 CAUSE OF WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN 3586 01:49:39,406 --> 01:49:41,241 ADDRESSED. THERE ARE NO 3587 01:49:41,241 --> 01:49:41,841 PROCEDURAL CONTROLS OVER HOW 3588 01:49:41,841 --> 01:49:43,076 OFFICERS BILL AND VALIDATE THEIR 3589 01:49:43,076 --> 01:49:44,444 HOURS, ACCORDING TO A RECENT 3590 01:49:44,444 --> 01:49:45,946 REPORT BY THE OFFICE OF POLICE 3591 01:49:45,946 --> 01:49:47,080 ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE'S A 3592 01:49:47,080 --> 01:49:48,548 PERVASIVE CULTURE OF SUPERVISORS 3593 01:49:48,548 --> 01:49:49,149 SIGNING OFF ON WHATEVER HOURS 3594 01:49:49,149 --> 01:49:50,917 THEIR SUBORDINATES ENTER, WITH 3595 01:49:50,917 --> 01:49:52,586 NO FUNCTIONAL CHECK FOR 3596 01:49:52,586 --> 01:49:54,054 ACCURACY. OFFICERS HAVE BEEN 3597 01:49:54,054 --> 01:49:55,388 CAUGHT BILLING OVER 120 HOURS A 3598 01:49:55,388 --> 01:49:57,691 WEEK, ROUTINELY BILLING MORE 3599 01:49:57,691 --> 01:49:58,925 HOURS THAN WHAT THEY ACTUALLY 3600 01:49:58,925 --> 01:50:00,460 WORK, AND EVEN SLEEPING ON THE 3601 01:50:00,460 --> 01:50:03,797 JOB LITERALLY. IN FACT, CB SPD 3602 01:50:03,797 --> 01:50:04,331 HAS EXCEEDED THEIR BUDGET 3603 01:50:04,331 --> 01:50:05,832 ALLOCATION FOR OVERTIME PAY 3604 01:50:05,832 --> 01:50:08,435 EVERY SINGLE YEAR FROM 20 FROM 3605 01:50:08,435 --> 01:50:10,236 2000 TO 2020. SPD'S BUDGET IS 3606 01:50:10,236 --> 01:50:12,305 SUPPOSED TO GROW BY AN ABSURD 3607 01:50:12,305 --> 01:50:13,506 $68 MILLION THIS YEAR. THERE ARE 3608 01:50:13,506 --> 01:50:16,242 THREE PLACES YOU CAN REDUCE THAT 3609 01:50:16,242 --> 01:50:16,977 EASILY. FIRST OF ALL, OVERHEAD, 3610 01:50:16,977 --> 01:50:19,245 IF YOU HOLD THAT FLAT AT $6.5 3611 01:50:19,245 --> 01:50:21,581 MILLION SAVED. SECOND OF ALL, 3612 01:50:21,581 --> 01:50:22,549 SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND SWAT, IF 3613 01:50:22,549 --> 01:50:24,684 YOU HOLD THAT BUDGET FLAT, 3614 01:50:24,684 --> 01:50:25,819 THAT'S $4.1 MILLION SAVED. 3615 01:50:25,819 --> 01:50:28,521 THIRD OF ALL, THE MASSIVELY 3616 01:50:28,521 --> 01:50:30,624 UNPOPULAR, CONSTITUTIONALLY 3617 01:50:30,624 --> 01:50:31,224 SKETCHY SURVEILLANCE PILOTS, 3618 01:50:31,224 --> 01:50:32,158 THESE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER 3619 01:50:32,158 --> 01:50:36,696 CAMERAS, CCTV SYSTEMS ARE 3620 01:50:36,696 --> 01:50:37,330 CONSTITUTIONALLY THREADBARE AND 3621 01:50:37,330 --> 01:50:39,532 A WASTE OF MONEY. THE MAYOR 3622 01:50:39,532 --> 01:50:42,402 RIGHTFULLY SAID THAT THE 3623 01:50:42,402 --> 01:50:43,770 BENEFITS DO NOT OUTWEIGH THE 3624 01:50:43,770 --> 01:50:46,406 COSTS, WHICH ARE TREMENDOUS. SO 3625 01:50:46,406 --> 01:50:48,608 THAT'S TOGETHER. THOSE THREE 3626 01:50:48,608 --> 01:50:49,342 QUICK CUTS IS OVER $14 MILLION A 3627 01:50:49,342 --> 01:50:51,645 YEAR, WHICH COULD BE USED FOR 3628 01:50:51,645 --> 01:50:53,880 SHELTER BEDS. THAT WOULD EQUATE 3629 01:50:53,880 --> 01:50:54,748 TO ABOUT 375 SHELTER BEDS FOR A 3630 01:50:54,748 --> 01:50:56,683 YEAR. BASED ON THE MAYOR'S PLAN. 3631 01:50:56,683 --> 01:51:01,955 SO CUT THE PORK FUND. WHAT 3632 01:51:01,955 --> 01:51:03,089 ACTUALLY HELPS PEOPLE. 3633 01:51:03,089 --> 01:51:05,058 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS AIDEN, NOT 3634 01:51:05,058 --> 01:51:06,393 ADRIAN. I'M A VOTER IN DISTRICT 3635 01:51:06,393 --> 01:51:09,062 FIVE OFF OF LAKE CITY WAY. AND 3636 01:51:09,062 --> 01:51:09,763 THIS TIME OF CRISIS, THIS THE 3637 01:51:09,763 --> 01:51:11,197 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHRINKS FROM 3638 01:51:11,197 --> 01:51:11,831 ITS RESPONSIBILITIES. IT FALLS 3639 01:51:11,831 --> 01:51:13,299 TO LOCAL GOVERNANCE TO PROTECT 3640 01:51:13,299 --> 01:51:15,535 AND SERVE THE PEOPLE. THE NUMBER 3641 01:51:15,535 --> 01:51:16,136 ONE WAY THAT THE CITY CAN DO 3642 01:51:16,136 --> 01:51:17,637 THIS IS BY FILLING THE VOID LEFT 3643 01:51:17,637 --> 01:51:19,839 BEHIND BY HUD. THIS MEANS 3644 01:51:19,839 --> 01:51:22,375 FOCUSING ON HOUSING POLICY AND 3645 01:51:22,375 --> 01:51:22,976 PROGRESSIVE TAXATION TO FUND 3646 01:51:22,976 --> 01:51:24,778 THOSE POLICIES. IT SHOULD BE THE 3647 01:51:24,778 --> 01:51:26,746 NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THIS 3648 01:51:26,746 --> 01:51:28,348 COUNCIL. WE NEED TO DO MORE THAN 3649 01:51:28,348 --> 01:51:30,250 JUST CREATE A PLAN TO REALLOCATE 3650 01:51:30,250 --> 01:51:30,917 THE JUMPSTART TAXES BACK TO 3651 01:51:30,917 --> 01:51:32,719 THEIR ORIGINAL USE RATING. THE 3652 01:51:32,719 --> 01:51:34,654 FUND IS NOT ONLY DETRIMENTAL TO 3653 01:51:34,654 --> 01:51:35,488 THE INTERESTS OF THE CITY, BUT 3654 01:51:35,488 --> 01:51:37,123 HARMFUL TO THOSE WHO DEPEND ON 3655 01:51:37,123 --> 01:51:39,225 THE FUNDING. BUT YOU KNOW, 3656 01:51:39,225 --> 01:51:40,760 THAT'S OKAY. WE GOT BIGGER 3657 01:51:40,760 --> 01:51:42,829 PRIORITIES, I SUPPOSE, LIKE 3658 01:51:42,829 --> 01:51:43,763 INCREASING THE POLICE BUDGET AND 3659 01:51:43,763 --> 01:51:45,231 PASSING INHUMANE, ILLIBERAL LAWS 3660 01:51:45,231 --> 01:51:47,767 LIKE THE SO-CALLED RV PERMITTING 3661 01:51:47,767 --> 01:51:48,868 SYSTEM. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE 3662 01:51:48,868 --> 01:51:49,936 CLICHE, BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO 3663 01:51:49,936 --> 01:51:51,137 PAY FOR ALL THESE SHINY NEW 3664 01:51:51,137 --> 01:51:53,006 RAISES FOR THE POLICE? ACTUALLY, 3665 01:51:53,006 --> 01:51:54,374 THOUGH, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY 3666 01:51:54,374 --> 01:51:55,875 FOR THEM? I LOOK AT ALL THESE 3667 01:51:55,875 --> 01:51:56,676 AMENDMENTS, AND WHAT I SEE IS A 3668 01:51:56,676 --> 01:51:58,211 TIDAL WAVE OF PET PROJECTS. 3669 01:51:58,211 --> 01:51:59,179 EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING TO BRING 3670 01:51:59,179 --> 01:52:00,980 HOME, BUT NOBODY'S ADDRESSING 3671 01:52:00,980 --> 01:52:02,215 THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS THE BUDGET 3672 01:52:02,215 --> 01:52:04,451 SHORTFALL THAT YOU'RE ALL 3673 01:52:04,451 --> 01:52:05,752 CREATING. THE HOUSING JUSTICE 3674 01:52:05,752 --> 01:52:07,887 WORKING GROUP, THE DSA IMPLORES 3675 01:52:07,887 --> 01:52:09,889 THE CITY AND THIS COUNCIL TO 3676 01:52:09,889 --> 01:52:11,224 LOOK FOR NEW SOURCES OF 3677 01:52:11,224 --> 01:52:12,392 PROGRESSIVE FUNDING. WE LIVE IN 3678 01:52:12,392 --> 01:52:14,160 ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST CITIES OF 3679 01:52:14,160 --> 01:52:14,728 THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES ON 3680 01:52:14,728 --> 01:52:15,428 EARTH. WE HAVE ALL OF THIS 3681 01:52:15,428 --> 01:52:16,730 WEALTH, AND IT IS PRACTICALLY 3682 01:52:16,730 --> 01:52:18,364 NOTHING FOR THE MAJORITY OF US. 3683 01:52:18,364 --> 01:52:18,998 REMEMBER THAT THE DISTRIBUTION 3684 01:52:18,998 --> 01:52:20,834 OF WEALTH IN A SOCIETY IS 3685 01:52:20,834 --> 01:52:21,901 SOMETHING THAT WE, THE PEOPLE, 3686 01:52:21,901 --> 01:52:23,803 DECIDE UPON. THERE'S NOTHING 3687 01:52:23,803 --> 01:52:24,571 NATURAL ABOUT INEQUALITY. IT IS 3688 01:52:24,571 --> 01:52:26,005 A CHOICE THAT WE HAVE MADE, AND 3689 01:52:26,005 --> 01:52:26,773 IT IS A CHOICE THAT WE CAN 3690 01:52:26,773 --> 01:52:28,041 UNMAKE. IT ONLY REQUIRES THE 3691 01:52:28,041 --> 01:52:31,745 WILL TO DO SO. THANK YOU. THANK 3692 01:52:31,745 --> 01:52:31,945 YOU. 3693 01:52:31,945 --> 01:52:35,415 -- THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT NEXT UP. 3694 01:52:35,415 --> 01:52:39,119 KYLE SULLIVAN. RAMSEY. JOSEPHINE 3695 01:52:39,119 --> 01:52:40,854 L KYLE, ARE YOU ARE YOU BY 3696 01:52:40,854 --> 01:52:42,689 YOURSELF OR WITH A GROUP? 3697 01:52:42,689 --> 01:52:42,922 -- YES. 3698 01:52:42,922 --> 01:52:45,725 -- ME AND WE ARE ON NUMBER 76. 3699 01:52:45,725 --> 01:52:46,960 TAKE IT AWAY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE 3700 01:52:46,960 --> 01:52:50,997 TO RESET THE TIMER REAL QUICK, 3701 01:52:50,997 --> 01:52:52,098 AND THEN WE'LL. ANYTIME YOU'RE 3702 01:52:52,098 --> 01:52:54,501 READY, WE'LL HIT GO. 3703 01:52:54,501 --> 01:52:54,768 -- OKAY. 3704 01:52:54,768 --> 01:52:56,035 -- GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS 3705 01:52:56,035 --> 01:52:57,537 KYLE. I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3706 01:52:57,537 --> 01:52:59,873 FIVE AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE 3707 01:52:59,873 --> 01:53:00,673 SEATTLE DSA. YOU'VE HEARD THE 3708 01:53:00,673 --> 01:53:01,908 GIST OF MY VIEWS FROM MANY OF MY 3709 01:53:01,908 --> 01:53:03,843 COMRADES HERE. BUT FOR MY PART, 3710 01:53:03,843 --> 01:53:06,045 TONIGHT I NEED YOU TO STOP 3711 01:53:06,045 --> 01:53:07,013 MYTHOLOGIZING THE ROLE POLICE 3712 01:53:07,013 --> 01:53:08,782 SUPPOSEDLY HAVE IN KEEPING OUR 3713 01:53:08,782 --> 01:53:10,583 COMMUNITY SAFE. THEY ARE 3714 01:53:10,583 --> 01:53:11,084 INSTRUMENTS OF PUNITIVE 3715 01:53:11,084 --> 01:53:12,385 VIOLENCE, AND PUNITIVE VIOLENCE 3716 01:53:12,385 --> 01:53:14,154 IS NOT SOLVED ANYTHING. IT NEVER 3717 01:53:14,154 --> 01:53:15,789 HAS. IT NEVER WILL. IT WON'T 3718 01:53:15,789 --> 01:53:17,323 EVEN MAKE A DENT. DO YOU THINK 3719 01:53:17,323 --> 01:53:18,992 IF YOU KEEP THROWING MONEY AT 3720 01:53:18,992 --> 01:53:20,760 THEM, THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION 3721 01:53:20,760 --> 01:53:24,597 WILL JUST MAGICALLY CHANGE? WHAT 3722 01:53:24,597 --> 01:53:27,000 WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WE'RE 3723 01:53:27,000 --> 01:53:27,600 FACING IS EASING DESPERATION. 3724 01:53:27,600 --> 01:53:28,735 LET'S START BY FUNDING MORE 3725 01:53:28,735 --> 01:53:29,569 HOUSING AND MORE SHELTERS 3726 01:53:29,569 --> 01:53:32,605 INSTEAD. OKAY, SINCE I STILL 3727 01:53:32,605 --> 01:53:35,175 HAVE TIME LEFT. TAX THE RICH 3728 01:53:35,175 --> 01:53:37,410 LIKE A LOT. PROTECT TRANS PEOPLE 3729 01:53:37,410 --> 01:53:39,946 AND UPHOLD THAT RV BAN OR VETO 3730 01:53:39,946 --> 01:53:40,313 BAN. THANK YOU. 3731 01:53:40,313 --> 01:53:42,315 -- THANKS, KYLE. UP NEXT IS REB, 3732 01:53:42,315 --> 01:53:44,217 FOLLOWED BY JOSEPHINE AND THEN 3733 01:53:44,217 --> 01:53:45,451 SHAUNA. ARE YOU ALL A GROUP? 3734 01:53:45,451 --> 01:53:46,019 -- YES. 3735 01:53:46,019 --> 01:53:49,722 -- THAT IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING 3736 01:53:49,722 --> 01:53:49,956 FOR US. 3737 01:53:49,956 --> 01:53:54,561 -- WE ARE 77, 78 AND 79 AND I'LL 3738 01:53:54,561 --> 01:53:55,495 BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY 3739 01:53:55,495 --> 01:53:56,863 GROUP. 3740 01:53:56,863 --> 01:53:59,365 -- GREAT. LET ME JUST RESET THE 3741 01:53:59,365 --> 01:54:01,100 CLOCK. TIMER. FRIENDS, ONE OF 3742 01:54:01,100 --> 01:54:02,235 THE REASONS WHY I'M SAYING THE 3743 01:54:02,235 --> 01:54:03,269 NUMBERS IS WE STILL HAVE FOLKS 3744 01:54:03,269 --> 01:54:05,872 IN BCL WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO 3745 01:54:05,872 --> 01:54:07,473 SPEAK. AND SO AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE 3746 01:54:07,473 --> 01:54:08,441 SPOKEN AND ARE ABLE TO WATCH 3747 01:54:08,441 --> 01:54:10,710 FROM BCL, IT DOES ALLOW US TO 3748 01:54:10,710 --> 01:54:14,113 MAKE THESE SHIFTS A LITTLE BIT 3749 01:54:14,113 --> 01:54:14,747 MORE SEAMLESSLY. BERTHA KNIGHT 3750 01:54:14,747 --> 01:54:15,415 LANDES ROOM IS THE ROOM BELOW 3751 01:54:15,415 --> 01:54:16,983 US. THANK YOU JESSE. LOOKS LIKE 3752 01:54:16,983 --> 01:54:18,351 WE'RE READY TO GO WHEN YOU ARE. 3753 01:54:18,351 --> 01:54:19,886 -- YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD 3754 01:54:19,886 --> 01:54:22,255 EVENING. SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. 3755 01:54:22,255 --> 01:54:24,657 THIS IS SEAN OVER HERE. THIS IS 3756 01:54:24,657 --> 01:54:26,926 JOSEPHINE. MY NAME IS REB. I 3757 01:54:26,926 --> 01:54:29,662 LIVE IN SOUTH SEATTLE. COUNCIL 3758 01:54:29,662 --> 01:54:32,432 DISTRICT TWO. HELLO, EDDIE. LIN. 3759 01:54:32,432 --> 01:54:34,767 I'M A SEASONAL TRAIL WORKER, 3760 01:54:34,767 --> 01:54:35,902 AND I AM IN THE PARTY FOR 3761 01:54:35,902 --> 01:54:37,537 SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION IN 3762 01:54:37,537 --> 01:54:39,272 SEATTLE. WE ARE HERE TODAY AS 3763 01:54:39,272 --> 01:54:40,807 PART OF THE STOP THE CUTS 3764 01:54:40,807 --> 01:54:42,242 COALITION. SPEAKING ON THE 3765 01:54:42,242 --> 01:54:43,943 PROPOSED CITY BUDGET. BECAUSE WE 3766 01:54:43,943 --> 01:54:45,311 STAND FOR A SOCIETY THAT WORKS 3767 01:54:45,311 --> 01:54:47,647 FOR WORKING PEOPLE. SO WE'VE 3768 01:54:47,647 --> 01:54:50,583 SEEN WITH THE RECENT MIDTERM 3769 01:54:50,583 --> 01:54:52,585 ELECTION RESULTS THAT OUR NATION 3770 01:54:52,585 --> 01:54:53,753 IS REJECTING AN ADMINISTRATION 3771 01:54:53,753 --> 01:54:55,255 REPRESENTATIVE OF A SYSTEM THAT 3772 01:54:55,255 --> 01:54:56,756 ISN'T WORKING FOR WORKING, 3773 01:54:56,756 --> 01:54:58,224 WORKING FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE 3774 01:54:58,224 --> 01:55:00,860 ANYMORE. PLATFORMS BASED ON 3775 01:55:00,860 --> 01:55:02,462 INCREASING FUNDING FOR THE 3776 01:55:02,462 --> 01:55:03,763 POLICE ISN'T WHAT'S WINNING 3777 01:55:03,763 --> 01:55:05,632 PEOPLE OVER ITS PLATFORMS THAT 3778 01:55:05,632 --> 01:55:08,134 ARE PRIORITIZING PEOPLE'S NEEDS. 3779 01:55:08,134 --> 01:55:09,302 THE VERY BASIC AND REAL NEEDS OF 3780 01:55:09,302 --> 01:55:11,905 THE PEOPLE. PEOPLE, AS YOU'VE 3781 01:55:11,905 --> 01:55:13,640 HEARD MANY TIMES ALREADY 3782 01:55:13,640 --> 01:55:15,508 TONIGHT, PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING. 3783 01:55:15,508 --> 01:55:16,442 AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY OF 3784 01:55:16,442 --> 01:55:18,411 SEATTLE IS CHOOSING TO INSTEAD 3785 01:55:18,411 --> 01:55:19,646 INCREASE THE POLICE BUDGET, 3786 01:55:19,646 --> 01:55:20,813 WHICH IS A RED FLAG TO A 3787 01:55:20,813 --> 01:55:22,482 COMMUNITY IN CRISIS, STRUGGLING 3788 01:55:22,482 --> 01:55:24,651 TO SURVIVE. PEOPLE ARE 3789 01:55:24,651 --> 01:55:27,186 STRUGGLING TO AFFORD GROCERIES, 3790 01:55:27,186 --> 01:55:28,821 RENT, HEALTHCARE, HOUSING AND TO 3791 01:55:28,821 --> 01:55:30,823 ME, IT'S MIND BOGGLING THINKING 3792 01:55:30,823 --> 01:55:32,258 OF HOW THE POLICE WOULD HELP 3793 01:55:32,258 --> 01:55:34,294 WITH ANY OF THOSE THINGS WITH A 3794 01:55:34,294 --> 01:55:37,063 POLICE BUDGET OF ALREADY HALF $1 3795 01:55:37,063 --> 01:55:38,932 BILLION, ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT 3796 01:55:38,932 --> 01:55:42,435 30% OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. 3797 01:55:42,435 --> 01:55:45,872 WE ARE NOW PROPOSING TO INCREASE 3798 01:55:45,872 --> 01:55:48,942 IT BY 68 MILLION MORE. WE'VE 3799 01:55:48,942 --> 01:55:51,344 HEARD MANY COMMENTS TONIGHT. WE 3800 01:55:51,344 --> 01:55:53,012 DESPERATELY NEED FUNDING FOR 3801 01:55:53,012 --> 01:55:54,414 SHELTERS, FOR HOT MEALS, FOR 3802 01:55:54,414 --> 01:55:56,616 SEATTLE'S YOUTH, FOR INDIGENOUS 3803 01:55:56,616 --> 01:55:58,418 YOUTH SERVICES, FOR WOMEN'S 3804 01:55:58,418 --> 01:55:59,953 SERVICES. THE LIST KIND OF GOES 3805 01:55:59,953 --> 01:56:02,155 ON. AND SO TO ME, I'M JUST 3806 01:56:02,155 --> 01:56:03,589 THINKING, MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. 3807 01:56:03,589 --> 01:56:06,392 WHY DO WE NEED A BUDGET INCREASE 3808 01:56:06,392 --> 01:56:08,628 FOR SPD, WHICH WE'VE HEARD 3809 01:56:08,628 --> 01:56:09,228 CONSTANTLY MAKES COMMUNITIES 3810 01:56:09,228 --> 01:56:11,998 FEEL THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF SAFE 3811 01:56:11,998 --> 01:56:14,767 AND EVEN ENDANGERS PEOPLE. IF 3812 01:56:14,767 --> 01:56:16,202 YOU LOOK AT THE SPD'S CRIME 3813 01:56:16,202 --> 01:56:18,805 DASHBOARD, A VAST MAJORITY OF 3814 01:56:18,805 --> 01:56:20,373 THE ALMOST 31,000 CRIMES THE 3815 01:56:20,373 --> 01:56:22,175 POLICE RECORDED THIS YEAR ARE 3816 01:56:22,175 --> 01:56:24,177 PROPERTY CRIMES. MOST OF THESE 3817 01:56:24,177 --> 01:56:25,111 THEFTS, ROBBERIES AND BURGLARIES 3818 01:56:25,111 --> 01:56:27,246 ARE. AND BURGLARIES, WHICH 3819 01:56:27,246 --> 01:56:29,649 ACCOUNT FOR 28,000 OF 2026 3820 01:56:29,649 --> 01:56:31,784 SEATTLE CRIMES REPORTED BY SPD. 3821 01:56:31,784 --> 01:56:33,619 WEALTH INEQUALITY IS A MAJOR 3822 01:56:33,619 --> 01:56:35,488 DRIVING FORCE OF CRIMES THAT THE 3823 01:56:35,488 --> 01:56:38,825 SPD KNOWS OF, AND INSTEAD OF 3824 01:56:38,825 --> 01:56:39,359 CREATING POLICIES TO MEET 3825 01:56:39,359 --> 01:56:40,793 PEOPLE'S NEEDS AND ADDRESS 3826 01:56:40,793 --> 01:56:42,161 WEALTH INEQUALITY, THE CITY 3827 01:56:42,161 --> 01:56:44,063 COUNCIL HAS ITS PRIORITIES A 3828 01:56:44,063 --> 01:56:46,032 LITTLE BACKWARDS. BY GIVING MORE 3829 01:56:46,032 --> 01:56:49,268 MONEY TO THE POLICE, WHICH IS 3830 01:56:49,268 --> 01:56:49,902 MOSTLY OCCUPIED WITH PROTECTING 3831 01:56:49,902 --> 01:56:51,337 PROPERTY, NOT PEOPLE, AND 3832 01:56:51,337 --> 01:56:51,938 CONDUCTING SWEEPS ON HOMELESS 3833 01:56:51,938 --> 01:56:53,239 ENCAMPMENTS. INSTEAD OF 3834 01:56:53,239 --> 01:56:54,640 REDIRECTING THAT FUNDING THAT 3835 01:56:54,640 --> 01:56:55,274 AIMS TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE 3836 01:56:55,274 --> 01:56:58,845 OF THESE ISSUES, LIKE ACCESS TO 3837 01:56:58,845 --> 01:57:01,247 BASIC SERVICES AND FEWER THAN 3838 01:57:01,247 --> 01:57:02,949 40% OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS BELIEVE 3839 01:57:02,949 --> 01:57:04,550 THE THAT SPD IS ACTUALLY DOING A 3840 01:57:04,550 --> 01:57:06,552 GOOD OR EXCELLENT JOB PREVENTING 3841 01:57:06,552 --> 01:57:09,022 CRIME AND PROTECTING CITIZENS, 3842 01:57:09,022 --> 01:57:10,390 WITH THE MAJORITY FEELING THAT 3843 01:57:10,390 --> 01:57:11,824 SPD'S PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE 3844 01:57:11,824 --> 01:57:16,396 RATED GOOD OR FAIR OR POOR. 3845 01:57:16,396 --> 01:57:17,830 PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT ACHIEVED BY 3846 01:57:17,830 --> 01:57:18,965 THROWING MORE MONEY AT A POLICE 3847 01:57:18,965 --> 01:57:21,868 FORCE THAT MOST SEATTLEITES FEEL 3848 01:57:21,868 --> 01:57:23,069 UNDERSERVED AND DON'T MAKE US 3849 01:57:23,069 --> 01:57:25,538 FEEL SAFE AT ALL, ESPECIALLY 3850 01:57:25,538 --> 01:57:27,040 WHEN EVERY SINGLE PERSON I KNOW, 3851 01:57:27,040 --> 01:57:29,242 WHEN I ASK THEM, WHAT ARE YOU 3852 01:57:29,242 --> 01:57:30,843 MOST CONCERNED ABOUT? IT'S WHAT 3853 01:57:30,843 --> 01:57:32,078 THEY RESPOND WITH IS IT'S NOT. I 3854 01:57:32,078 --> 01:57:33,780 THINK OUR POLICE FORCE IS 3855 01:57:33,780 --> 01:57:35,581 UNDERFUNDED. IT'S NOT EVEN I 3856 01:57:35,581 --> 01:57:37,050 KNOW WHAT WILL FIX ALL MY 3857 01:57:37,050 --> 01:57:38,518 PROBLEMS. MORE POLICE. IT'S THE 3858 01:57:38,518 --> 01:57:40,887 COST OF LIVING. IT'S 3859 01:57:40,887 --> 01:57:42,522 AFFORDABILITY. THE ADJUSTED 3860 01:57:42,522 --> 01:57:43,823 POVERTY LINE FOR THE CITY. IT'S 3861 01:57:43,823 --> 01:57:45,892 NOT 30KA YEAR. IT'S NOT 50 K. 3862 01:57:45,892 --> 01:57:49,062 IT'S NOT EVEN 80 K. IT'S A 3863 01:57:49,062 --> 01:57:51,998 WHOPPING SIX FIGURES, AROUND 131 3864 01:57:51,998 --> 01:57:54,967 30 K. AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY 3865 01:57:54,967 --> 01:57:57,937 IS NOT JUST A CONCERN. IT IS A 3866 01:57:57,937 --> 01:58:00,640 CRISIS. AND IT'S IT'S A LITTLE 3867 01:58:00,640 --> 01:58:02,875 RIDICULOUS THAT CITY 3868 01:58:02,875 --> 01:58:03,443 COUNCILMEMBERS POSITIONS IN 3869 01:58:03,443 --> 01:58:05,778 GOVERNMENT ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE 3870 01:58:05,778 --> 01:58:07,013 DEMOCRATICALLY HAVE TO BE 3871 01:58:07,013 --> 01:58:09,148 REMINDED WHAT OUR MOST BASIC 3872 01:58:09,148 --> 01:58:10,450 NEEDS ARE AND WHAT OUR 3873 01:58:10,450 --> 01:58:12,518 PRIORITIES SHOULD BE. ALL OF US 3874 01:58:12,518 --> 01:58:14,287 HAVE HAVE TAKEN PRECIOUS TIME 3875 01:58:14,287 --> 01:58:17,790 OUT OF OUR DAYS, INCLUDING 3876 01:58:17,790 --> 01:58:19,559 COUNCILMEMBERS, TO, WELL, ALL OF 3877 01:58:19,559 --> 01:58:20,793 US SPEAKING HAVE TAKEN PRECIOUS 3878 01:58:20,793 --> 01:58:21,427 TIME OUT OF OUR DAYS TO COME 3879 01:58:21,427 --> 01:58:23,563 HERE TO REMIND YOU ALL THE 3880 01:58:23,563 --> 01:58:24,530 THINGS THAT SHOULD BE A GIVEN 3881 01:58:24,530 --> 01:58:26,365 RIGHT? AND WE LIVE IN AN ERA 3882 01:58:26,365 --> 01:58:27,834 WHERE TIME IS INCREASINGLY 3883 01:58:27,834 --> 01:58:29,602 PRECIOUS. I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE 3884 01:58:29,602 --> 01:58:31,104 SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND 3885 01:58:31,104 --> 01:58:32,939 FRIENDS THAN TO REMIND CITY 3886 01:58:32,939 --> 01:58:33,606 COUNCILMEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE'S 3887 01:58:33,606 --> 01:58:36,075 BASIC NEEDS. AND SO, AS PART OF 3888 01:58:36,075 --> 01:58:37,577 THE COALITION, WE ARE DEMANDING 3889 01:58:37,577 --> 01:58:39,645 THAT CITY, THAT CITY COUNCIL 3890 01:58:39,645 --> 01:58:41,347 REJECT NEW FUNDING FOR SEATTLE 3891 01:58:41,347 --> 01:58:43,416 PD. 68 MILLION RESTORE THE 3892 01:58:43,416 --> 01:58:45,351 FIREFIGHTERS BUDGET 7 MILLION 3893 01:58:45,351 --> 01:58:47,386 RESTORE THE AMAZON TAX TO FUND 3894 01:58:47,386 --> 01:58:48,020 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RESTORE 3895 01:58:48,020 --> 01:58:49,422 THE PROMISE OF A THOUSAND NEW 3896 01:58:49,422 --> 01:58:51,057 SHELTER BEDS A YEAR. DOUBLE 3897 01:58:51,057 --> 01:58:52,058 FUNDING FOR TENANT LEGAL DEFENSE 3898 01:58:52,058 --> 01:58:56,696 AND FUND THE OFFICE OF PEOPLE 3899 01:58:56,696 --> 01:58:56,963 AFFECTED. 3900 01:58:56,963 --> 01:59:01,033 -- NEXT, WE HAVE CASSIE GRAY, 3901 01:59:01,033 --> 01:59:03,136 JARED HOUSTON. THEN WE HAVE ALAN 3902 01:59:03,136 --> 01:59:04,904 WHEATON, CONSTANT HAYNES AND 3903 01:59:04,904 --> 01:59:08,708 LOGAN HODGE. ARE YOU CASEY? 3904 01:59:08,708 --> 01:59:10,042 YEAH. WELCOME. ANYTIME YOU'RE 3905 01:59:10,042 --> 01:59:11,878 READY, WE'RE READY. AND AFTER 3906 01:59:11,878 --> 01:59:15,815 THIS IS CASSIE GRAY AT 80. THEN 3907 01:59:15,815 --> 01:59:18,518 JARED AT 81. ALAN, CONSTANCE AND 3908 01:59:18,518 --> 01:59:20,153 LOGAN 8234. AND THEN WE'LL KEEP 3909 01:59:20,153 --> 01:59:21,320 GOING FROM THERE. WELCOME. 3910 01:59:21,320 --> 01:59:23,456 -- GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I WANT 3911 01:59:23,456 --> 01:59:25,458 TO START BY SAYING I CANNOT 3912 01:59:25,458 --> 01:59:26,626 THINK OF A SINGLE PERSON I KNOW 3913 01:59:26,626 --> 01:59:28,594 IN THE SEATTLE TRANS COMMUNITY 3914 01:59:28,594 --> 01:59:29,595 WHO, IF THEY HAVE HOUSING AT 3915 01:59:29,595 --> 01:59:31,130 ALL, IS NOT EITHER HOUSING 3916 01:59:31,130 --> 01:59:33,833 SOMEONE OR BEING HOUSED. WE WORK 3917 01:59:33,833 --> 01:59:35,801 OR WE TRY TO, AND FOR ONE REASON 3918 01:59:35,801 --> 01:59:36,602 OR ANOTHER, WE DO NOT EARN 3919 01:59:36,602 --> 01:59:38,471 ENOUGH TO MAKE RENT IN THIS 3920 01:59:38,471 --> 01:59:40,540 CITY. OUR ACCESS TO HOUSING IS 3921 01:59:40,540 --> 01:59:41,674 TENUOUS AND IS WORSENING WITH 3922 01:59:41,674 --> 01:59:43,142 THE INFLUX OF TRANS REFUGEES. I 3923 01:59:43,142 --> 01:59:44,977 SEE SO MANY MORE OUT ON THE 3924 01:59:44,977 --> 01:59:46,045 STREET, AND I FEAR THAT WORSE IS 3925 01:59:46,045 --> 01:59:48,848 COMING. IF WE DO NOT ACT NOW. IT 3926 01:59:48,848 --> 01:59:50,183 IS A DISGRACE IN THIS MOMENT TO 3927 01:59:50,183 --> 01:59:51,717 THROW SPD THE LARGEST BUDGET 3928 01:59:51,717 --> 01:59:53,786 INCREASE IN ITS HISTORY, WHILE 3929 01:59:53,786 --> 01:59:54,387 SLASHING HOUSING AND CRACKING 3930 01:59:54,387 --> 01:59:57,490 DOWN ON RVS AND ENCAMPMENTS. AND 3931 01:59:57,490 --> 01:59:58,925 FOR WHAT? MORE OFFICERS AND MORE 3932 01:59:58,925 --> 01:59:59,559 SWEEPS TO ATTACK OUR NEIGHBORS 3933 01:59:59,559 --> 02:00:01,194 AND PLAY PING PONG AROUND THE 3934 02:00:01,194 --> 02:00:02,495 CITY WITH THEIR LIVES, NEIGHBORS 3935 02:00:02,495 --> 02:00:04,130 AND ENCAMPMENTS THAT WILL SURELY 3936 02:00:04,130 --> 02:00:06,199 GROW ANYWAY AS WE CONTINUE TO BE 3937 02:00:06,199 --> 02:00:07,466 PRICED OUT OF HOUSING. YOU KNOW, 3938 02:00:07,466 --> 02:00:09,602 IT'S FUNNY, THE CITY CAN AWAY 3939 02:00:09,602 --> 02:00:11,571 $13 MILLION MISHANDLING 3940 02:00:11,571 --> 02:00:12,371 RETROACTIVE RAISES FOR COPS. NO 3941 02:00:12,371 --> 02:00:13,506 PROBLEM. BUT IT CAN'T BE 3942 02:00:13,506 --> 02:00:15,541 BOTHERED TO SPEND 300 K LESS 3943 02:00:15,541 --> 02:00:17,210 THAN 3% OF THAT, THE EQUIVALENT 3944 02:00:17,210 --> 02:00:20,179 OF SIX SPD SIGNING BONUSES TO 3945 02:00:20,179 --> 02:00:21,948 PROTECT ITS MOST VULNERABLE. I 3946 02:00:21,948 --> 02:00:23,749 URGE THIS COUNCIL TO MEET THE 3947 02:00:23,749 --> 02:00:24,350 MOMENT AND REJECT THE HOUSING 3948 02:00:24,350 --> 02:00:26,219 CUTS IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. 3949 02:00:26,219 --> 02:00:26,852 CUTS AND SWEEPS WILL ONLY PUSH 3950 02:00:26,852 --> 02:00:28,120 MORE OF US OUT ON THE STREET AND 3951 02:00:28,120 --> 02:00:29,488 KEEP US THERE. IF WE REALLY 3952 02:00:29,488 --> 02:00:30,556 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH IN THIS 3953 02:00:30,556 --> 02:00:32,458 BUDGET FOR HOUSING, THEN WHY NOT 3954 02:00:32,458 --> 02:00:34,594 TAX THOSE WHO KEEP SO MUCH 3955 02:00:34,594 --> 02:00:35,228 AVAILABLE HOUSING INACCESSIBLE? 3956 02:00:35,228 --> 02:00:36,362 ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO TELL ME 3957 02:00:36,362 --> 02:00:37,530 IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO GIVE A 3958 02:00:37,530 --> 02:00:39,432 RECORD BUDGET INCREASE TO AN 3959 02:00:39,432 --> 02:00:41,100 ABUSIVE, OVERPAID POLICE 3960 02:00:41,100 --> 02:00:41,867 DEPARTMENT? SEEMS TO ME THEY 3961 02:00:41,867 --> 02:00:43,336 ALREADY GOT THEIR RAISES AND 3962 02:00:43,336 --> 02:00:44,870 THEN SOME. FINALLY, WE NEED MORE 3963 02:00:44,870 --> 02:00:46,005 THAN A NUDGE WHEN THE EXECUTIVE 3964 02:00:46,005 --> 02:00:47,073 FAILS TO FOLLOW THROUGH IN A 3965 02:00:47,073 --> 02:00:48,608 CRISIS. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES. 3966 02:00:48,608 --> 02:00:49,809 WE HAVE THE MEANS. IF THIS CITY 3967 02:00:49,809 --> 02:00:51,377 IS SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT THE TRANS 3968 02:00:51,377 --> 02:00:52,678 COMMUNITY OR ITS UNHOUSED, IT'S 3969 02:00:52,678 --> 02:00:55,081 TIME TO PROVE IT. WE'RE ALL 3970 02:00:55,081 --> 02:00:55,348 WAITING. 3971 02:00:55,348 --> 02:00:58,050 -- THANK YOU. 3972 02:00:58,050 --> 02:01:00,720 -- UP NEXT IS JARED HOUSTON, 3973 02:01:00,720 --> 02:01:03,389 NUMBER 81. ARE YOU JARED. 3974 02:01:03,389 --> 02:01:03,756 -- [LAUGHTER]? 3975 02:01:03,756 --> 02:01:07,760 -- PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY AT YOUR 3976 02:01:07,760 --> 02:01:08,094 CONVENIENCE. 3977 02:01:08,094 --> 02:01:08,327 -- SPD. 3978 02:01:08,327 --> 02:01:09,428 -- YEAH, MY NAME IS JARED 3979 02:01:09,428 --> 02:01:11,097 HOUSTON. I'M A RENTER IN 3980 02:01:11,097 --> 02:01:12,131 DISTRICT THREE. I'M ALSO A 3981 02:01:12,131 --> 02:01:14,700 MEMBER OF FREEDOM SOCIALIST 3982 02:01:14,700 --> 02:01:16,569 PARTY. I THINK IF THIS ELECTION 3983 02:01:16,569 --> 02:01:17,870 PROVED ANYTHING, IT'S THAT 3984 02:01:17,870 --> 02:01:18,871 WORKING PEOPLE WANT THE RICH TO 3985 02:01:18,871 --> 02:01:20,039 PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, JUST LIKE 3986 02:01:20,039 --> 02:01:23,809 THE REST OF US DO. SO WHY 3987 02:01:23,809 --> 02:01:24,477 DOESN'T THIS BUDGET REFLECT THE 3988 02:01:24,477 --> 02:01:25,645 REALITY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY 3989 02:01:25,645 --> 02:01:27,480 LIVING IN? THERE WAS AN 3990 02:01:27,480 --> 02:01:28,881 OPPORTUNITY TO BALANCE THIS 3991 02:01:28,881 --> 02:01:29,548 BUDGET OFF OF THE BANK ACCOUNTS. 3992 02:01:29,548 --> 02:01:32,518 OF THE 54,000 MILLIONAIRES AND 3993 02:01:32,518 --> 02:01:33,853 THE DOZEN OR SO BILLIONAIRES 3994 02:01:33,853 --> 02:01:35,955 THAT RESIDE IN THIS CITY. 3995 02:01:35,955 --> 02:01:37,757 INSTEAD, WE FIND OURSELVES WITH 3996 02:01:37,757 --> 02:01:39,025 YET ANOTHER REGRESSIVE TAX ON 3997 02:01:39,025 --> 02:01:41,427 THE TABLE MORE MONEY FOR POLICE 3998 02:01:41,427 --> 02:01:42,995 AND SEVERAL PROJECTS WITHOUT A 3999 02:01:42,995 --> 02:01:44,063 FUNDING PLAN THAT WILL LIKELY BE 4000 02:01:44,063 --> 02:01:47,400 ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK NEXT YEAR. 4001 02:01:47,400 --> 02:01:48,934 THIS SHOWS THE COWARDICE OF 4002 02:01:48,934 --> 02:01:49,568 SEATTLE CITY GOVERNMENT WHEN IT 4003 02:01:49,568 --> 02:01:51,237 COMES TO CONFRONTING THE UNTAXED 4004 02:01:51,237 --> 02:01:53,472 WEALTH IN OUR CITY. RATHER THAN 4005 02:01:53,472 --> 02:01:55,474 CREATING MORE PROGRESSIVE 4006 02:01:55,474 --> 02:01:56,776 REVENUE, THE COUNCIL AND 4007 02:01:56,776 --> 02:01:57,877 MAYOR'S OFFICE PLAN ON TAKING 4008 02:01:57,877 --> 02:01:59,578 MONEY FROM ONE OF THE FEW 4009 02:01:59,578 --> 02:02:01,414 PROGRESSIVE TAXES WE HAVE. THE 4010 02:02:01,414 --> 02:02:02,915 JUMPSTART TAX, WHICH WAS 4011 02:02:02,915 --> 02:02:04,583 INTENDED TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR 4012 02:02:04,583 --> 02:02:05,685 THOUSANDS LIVING ON THE STREETS 4013 02:02:05,685 --> 02:02:07,186 AND USING IT AS A CATCH ALL TO 4014 02:02:07,186 --> 02:02:08,921 IRON OUT THE WRINKLES IN THE 4015 02:02:08,921 --> 02:02:11,223 BUDGET. THIS IS SHAMEFUL. WE ARE 4016 02:02:11,223 --> 02:02:13,526 CONSTANTLY TOLD THAT IF WE TAX 4017 02:02:13,526 --> 02:02:14,960 THE RICH AND BIG BUSINESS LIKE 4018 02:02:14,960 --> 02:02:16,095 STARBUCKS AND AMAZON, THEY WILL 4019 02:02:16,095 --> 02:02:17,897 TAKE THEIR BALL AND GO SOMEWHERE 4020 02:02:17,897 --> 02:02:19,799 ELSE. FIRST OF ALL, DON'T 4021 02:02:19,799 --> 02:02:22,168 THREATEN US WITH A GOOD 4022 02:02:22,168 --> 02:02:22,501 -- [LAUGHTER] 4023 02:02:22,501 --> 02:02:24,337 -- TIME. SECOND, THE WHOLE IDEA 4024 02:02:24,337 --> 02:02:25,604 OF MILLIONAIRE MIGRATION IS A 4025 02:02:25,604 --> 02:02:27,373 MYTH AND IT'S ACTUALLY WORKING. 4026 02:02:27,373 --> 02:02:28,040 PEOPLE WHO ARE PUSHED OUT OF 4027 02:02:28,040 --> 02:02:29,575 SEATTLE, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF 4028 02:02:29,575 --> 02:02:32,211 COLOR AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. 4029 02:02:32,211 --> 02:02:33,412 I EMPLOY I IMPLORE THE CITY 4030 02:02:33,412 --> 02:02:34,980 COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S OFFICE TO 4031 02:02:34,980 --> 02:02:36,282 DIG DEEP AND FIND SOME COURAGE 4032 02:02:36,282 --> 02:02:38,584 TO CONFRONT THESE BILLIONAIRE 4033 02:02:38,584 --> 02:02:39,251 BULLIES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE 4034 02:02:39,251 --> 02:02:40,853 PEOPLE OF SEATTLE THE SERVICES 4035 02:02:40,853 --> 02:02:41,987 THEY NEED, NOT JUST FOR THIS 4036 02:02:41,987 --> 02:02:43,589 YEAR, BUT FOR GENERATIONS TO 4037 02:02:43,589 --> 02:02:50,930 COME. THANK YOU. 4038 02:02:50,930 --> 02:02:52,131 -- HODGE. I'M GOING TO CALL THE 4039 02:02:52,131 --> 02:02:56,402 NEXT GROUP, WHICH IS 85. FIONA 4040 02:02:56,402 --> 02:02:58,270 WILLIAMS, 86. STEVE LEE, 87. 4041 02:02:58,270 --> 02:03:04,677 WILLIAM LUTZ, JEREMY KATZ ARE B 4042 02:03:04,677 --> 02:03:09,081 NUMBER 89 AND NUMBER 90 IS TIM 4043 02:03:09,081 --> 02:03:10,850 DEMARCO. WITH THAT, ALAN, 4044 02:03:10,850 --> 02:03:13,419 CONSTANCE AND LOGAN WELCOME. 4045 02:03:13,419 --> 02:03:15,087 -- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ALAN 4046 02:03:15,087 --> 02:03:16,655 WHEATON. I'M A MEMBER OF THE 4047 02:03:16,655 --> 02:03:18,724 SEATTLE REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISTS 4048 02:03:18,724 --> 02:03:19,925 AND THE UNITED FRONT FOR A 4049 02:03:19,925 --> 02:03:20,960 WORKERS PARTY. FIRST, I'D LIKE 4050 02:03:20,960 --> 02:03:22,595 TO ACKNOWLEDGE, ON BEHALF OF 4051 02:03:22,595 --> 02:03:23,963 MYSELF AND MY FELLOW 4052 02:03:23,963 --> 02:03:24,964 REVOLUTIONARIES, THAT WE ARE, AS 4053 02:03:24,964 --> 02:03:27,666 OF NOW, A MINORITY VOICE IN THE 4054 02:03:27,666 --> 02:03:29,135 POLITICS OF THIS CITY. WE ARE 4055 02:03:29,135 --> 02:03:30,803 HERE TODAY UNDER NO ILLUSION 4056 02:03:30,803 --> 02:03:32,538 THAT THE MAJORITY OF SEATTLE'S 4057 02:03:32,538 --> 02:03:35,241 RESIDENTS ARE AT THIS TIME READY 4058 02:03:35,241 --> 02:03:35,775 TO ADOPT A REVOLUTIONARY 4059 02:03:35,775 --> 02:03:38,144 POLITICAL PROGRAM. BUT WE ARE 4060 02:03:38,144 --> 02:03:39,845 HERE TODAY SO THAT THE RECORD 4061 02:03:39,845 --> 02:03:43,749 MAY SHOW OUT OF ALL THE PARTIES, 4062 02:03:43,749 --> 02:03:44,316 INCLUDING THE SEATTLE CITY 4063 02:03:44,316 --> 02:03:45,985 COUNCIL, WHO CLAIM TO REPRESENT 4064 02:03:45,985 --> 02:03:47,887 THE INTERESTS OF ALL WORKING AND 4065 02:03:47,887 --> 02:03:49,021 OPPRESSED PEOPLE, ORGANIZED 4066 02:03:49,021 --> 02:03:51,090 REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISTS ARE THE 4067 02:03:51,090 --> 02:03:52,625 ONES WHO MEAN IT, AND THE ONES 4068 02:03:52,625 --> 02:03:54,593 WHO POSSESS THE STRATEGIC AND 4069 02:03:54,593 --> 02:03:56,862 TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO 4070 02:03:56,862 --> 02:04:00,166 WIN NOT ONLY REFORM IN THE SHORT 4071 02:04:00,166 --> 02:04:00,699 TERM, BUT ULTIMATELY THE 4072 02:04:00,699 --> 02:04:01,934 LIBERATION OF THE WORKING CLASS 4073 02:04:01,934 --> 02:04:04,703 AND ALL OF HUMANITY. MEMBERS OF 4074 02:04:04,703 --> 02:04:05,838 THE COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO 4075 02:04:05,838 --> 02:04:07,173 CONSIDER THAT THE MAJORITY OF 4076 02:04:07,173 --> 02:04:09,175 YOUR CITY'S RESIDENTS WHO ARE 4077 02:04:09,175 --> 02:04:11,210 WORKING CLASS, PROBABLY BELIEVE 4078 02:04:11,210 --> 02:04:14,547 THAT YOUR JOB IS TO REPRESENT 4079 02:04:14,547 --> 02:04:15,748 THEM. GIVEN THAT THIS IS WHAT 4080 02:04:15,748 --> 02:04:17,450 THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IN SCHOOL, 4081 02:04:17,450 --> 02:04:19,018 SHOWN IN THE MEDIA AND TOLD BY 4082 02:04:19,018 --> 02:04:20,953 YOU, IT IS REASONABLE THAT THEY 4083 02:04:20,953 --> 02:04:23,556 BELIEVE THIS WAY. BUT THE CITY 4084 02:04:23,556 --> 02:04:26,058 BUDGET THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO 4085 02:04:26,058 --> 02:04:28,527 PASS IS GLARING EVIDENCE TO THE 4086 02:04:28,527 --> 02:04:30,196 CONTRARY. BY PASSING A BUDGET 4087 02:04:30,196 --> 02:04:32,131 THAT CONSISTS CONSISTS OF CUTS 4088 02:04:32,131 --> 02:04:34,066 TO HOUSING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, 4089 02:04:34,066 --> 02:04:36,635 TRANSIT AND HEALTH RESOURCES, 4090 02:04:36,635 --> 02:04:37,203 ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT ARE 4091 02:04:37,203 --> 02:04:38,737 MEANT TO KEEP SAFE AND 4092 02:04:38,737 --> 02:04:39,572 CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF 4093 02:04:39,572 --> 02:04:41,106 LIFE OF WORKING PEOPLE. AND THE 4094 02:04:41,106 --> 02:04:43,175 BIGGEST FUNDING INCREASE IN THE 4095 02:04:43,175 --> 02:04:48,314 CITY'S HISTORY TO THE POLICE, A 4096 02:04:48,314 --> 02:04:50,216 SERVICE WHOSE IMPACT A SERVICE 4097 02:04:50,216 --> 02:04:52,117 WHOSE IMPACT IN THE SAFETY AND 4098 02:04:52,117 --> 02:04:54,153 QUALITY OF LIFE OF WORKERS HAS 4099 02:04:54,153 --> 02:04:56,322 HISTORICALLY PROVEN TO BE 4100 02:04:56,322 --> 02:04:58,190 OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE, AND 4101 02:04:58,190 --> 02:04:59,658 WHOSE PURPOSE WE KNOW TO BE THAT 4102 02:04:59,658 --> 02:05:00,960 OF DISCIPLINING THE WORKING 4103 02:05:00,960 --> 02:05:02,428 CLASS ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS 4104 02:05:02,428 --> 02:05:04,530 OWNERS. IN THE INTEREST OF 4105 02:05:04,530 --> 02:05:05,097 MAINTAINING THE CAPITALIST 4106 02:05:05,097 --> 02:05:07,566 ORDER. YOU SHOW THAT YOU SERVE 4107 02:05:07,566 --> 02:05:09,768 ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF THE 4108 02:05:09,768 --> 02:05:12,271 CITY POPULATION. YOU CLAIM TO 4109 02:05:12,271 --> 02:05:13,706 REPRESENT WHILE YOU BOW TO THE 4110 02:05:13,706 --> 02:05:15,574 INTERESTS OF THE MINORITY, YOU 4111 02:05:15,574 --> 02:05:17,776 ACTUALLY SERVE THE LANDLORDS, 4112 02:05:17,776 --> 02:05:19,178 THE BUSINESS OWNERS, AND THE 4113 02:05:19,178 --> 02:05:21,714 DEMOCRATIC PARTY APPARATUS. THE 4114 02:05:21,714 --> 02:05:23,649 WORKING CLASS OF SEATTLE 4115 02:05:23,649 --> 02:05:26,318 WATCHES. AND AS OUR LIVES BECOME 4116 02:05:26,318 --> 02:05:27,386 EVER MORE PRECARIOUS UNDER THE 4117 02:05:27,386 --> 02:05:29,455 SYSTEM THAT YOU SHOW YOURSELVES 4118 02:05:29,455 --> 02:05:31,690 TO SUPPORT THE RANKS OF THE 4119 02:05:31,690 --> 02:05:33,893 REVOLUTIONARIES GROW, WE BECOME 4120 02:05:33,893 --> 02:05:35,427 LESS AND LESS OF A MINORITY. 4121 02:05:35,427 --> 02:05:39,498 WITH EVERY SUCCESSIVE INEVITABLE 4122 02:05:39,498 --> 02:05:41,467 CRISIS OF CAPITALISM. WE GROW. 4123 02:05:41,467 --> 02:05:43,869 AND WITH EVERY CRISIS, WEALTH 4124 02:05:43,869 --> 02:05:45,671 CONCENTRATES IN FEWER AND FEWER 4125 02:05:45,671 --> 02:05:48,941 HANDS. THIS MEANS THE RANKS OF 4126 02:05:48,941 --> 02:05:50,676 YOUR MASTERS ARE SHRINKING BY 4127 02:05:50,676 --> 02:05:52,111 THE DAY. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHERE 4128 02:05:52,111 --> 02:05:53,979 THIS LEADS, AND I HOPE THAT 4129 02:05:53,979 --> 02:05:55,681 TODAY IS A HELPFUL ILLUSTRATION 4130 02:05:55,681 --> 02:05:57,683 FOR YOUR IMAGINING. BUT I HAVE 4131 02:05:57,683 --> 02:05:59,051 GOOD NEWS FOR YOU, COUNCIL, I 4132 02:05:59,051 --> 02:06:01,987 REALLY DO, HONESTLY. EVERY 4133 02:06:01,987 --> 02:06:05,024 LEGISLATION EVER PASSED UNDER 4134 02:06:05,024 --> 02:06:06,125 MODERN CAPITALISM THAT HAS 4135 02:06:06,125 --> 02:06:09,161 BETTERED THE LOT OF WORKERS HAS 4136 02:06:09,161 --> 02:06:11,130 HAPPENED BECAUSE LEGISLATORS 4137 02:06:11,130 --> 02:06:13,232 HAVE RECOGNIZED THE THREAT OF 4138 02:06:13,232 --> 02:06:14,433 WORKER MILITANCY AND SAID, IF WE 4139 02:06:14,433 --> 02:06:16,602 DON'T GIVE THEM REFORM, THEY 4140 02:06:16,602 --> 02:06:19,238 WILL GIVE US REVOLUTION. THE 4141 02:06:19,238 --> 02:06:20,806 BUDGET YOU ARE ABOUT TO PASS 4142 02:06:20,806 --> 02:06:23,442 SHOWS THAT YOUR MASTERS ARE 4143 02:06:23,442 --> 02:06:26,045 AFRAID OF WORKERS. THEY SHOULD 4144 02:06:26,045 --> 02:06:28,480 BE. THIS SYSTEM THAT WE ARE ALL 4145 02:06:28,480 --> 02:06:29,982 STUCK IN HAS BROUGHT US VERY 4146 02:06:29,982 --> 02:06:30,950 NEAR TO THE BREAKING POINT, AND 4147 02:06:30,950 --> 02:06:32,851 THEY KNOW THAT DOESN'T BODE 4148 02:06:32,851 --> 02:06:34,320 WELL FOR THEM. THEY ALREADY KNOW 4149 02:06:34,320 --> 02:06:36,255 WHAT TIME IT IS. THEY JUST NEED 4150 02:06:36,255 --> 02:06:39,925 YOU TO SAY IT. MEMBERS OF THE 4151 02:06:39,925 --> 02:06:41,193 COUNCIL SEATTLE, REVOLUTIONARY 4152 02:06:41,193 --> 02:06:43,329 SOCIALISTS AND THE UNITED FRONT 4153 02:06:43,329 --> 02:06:45,130 FOR A WORKERS PARTY KNOW THAT IT 4154 02:06:45,130 --> 02:06:47,366 ISN'T YOUR JOB TO LEGISLATE 4155 02:06:47,366 --> 02:06:48,934 SOCIALISM, AND THAT YOU 4156 02:06:48,934 --> 02:06:50,502 COULDN'T, EVEN IF YOU WANTED 4157 02:06:50,502 --> 02:06:53,272 TO. BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO 4158 02:06:53,272 --> 02:06:54,840 CONSIDER IS THAT PERHAPS IT IS 4159 02:06:54,840 --> 02:06:57,743 YOUR JOB TO SAVE YOUR MASTERS 4160 02:06:57,743 --> 02:06:59,578 FROM THEMSELVES. NO MATTER WHAT 4161 02:06:59,578 --> 02:07:01,780 YOU DECIDE TODAY, EVENTUALLY, AS 4162 02:07:01,780 --> 02:07:03,182 HAS HAPPENED COUNTLESS TIMES IN 4163 02:07:03,182 --> 02:07:06,018 THE HISTORY OF HUMAN 4164 02:07:06,018 --> 02:07:08,854 CIVILIZATION, WE WILL GIVE THEM 4165 02:07:08,854 --> 02:07:11,023 REVOLUTION. BUT IF YOU ARE 4166 02:07:11,023 --> 02:07:12,224 SMARTER THAN YOUR MASTERS, IN 4167 02:07:12,224 --> 02:07:14,326 THE MEANTIME, YOU WILL SLOW THAT 4168 02:07:14,326 --> 02:07:16,428 PROCESS AND GIVE US REFORM. IF 4169 02:07:16,428 --> 02:07:18,464 YOU ARE SMARTER THAN YOUR 4170 02:07:18,464 --> 02:07:19,832 BOSSES, AND I REALLY HOPE YOU 4171 02:07:19,832 --> 02:07:23,769 ARE, YOU WILL FUND HOUSING. YOU 4172 02:07:23,769 --> 02:07:25,638 WILL FUND ACTUAL EMERGENCY AND 4173 02:07:25,638 --> 02:07:28,440 SAFETY SERVICES. YOU WILL FUND 4174 02:07:28,440 --> 02:07:30,509 TRANSIT, SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CARE 4175 02:07:30,509 --> 02:07:34,013 AND NOT THE POLICE. STATE. 4176 02:07:34,013 --> 02:07:34,546 -- [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] 4177 02:07:34,546 --> 02:07:36,882 [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] 4178 02:07:36,882 --> 02:07:39,652 -- NEXT IS FIONA WILLIAMS. STEVE 4179 02:07:39,652 --> 02:07:42,388 LEE, WILLIAM LUTZ. 4180 02:07:42,388 --> 02:07:43,756 -- WE NEED A PARTY OF THE 4181 02:07:43,756 --> 02:07:46,959 WORKING CLASS UP. 4182 02:07:46,959 --> 02:07:47,660 -- WELCOME. ARE YOU COMING AS A 4183 02:07:47,660 --> 02:07:48,894 GROUP OR ARE YOU DOING 4184 02:07:48,894 --> 02:07:49,228 INDIVIDUALS? 4185 02:07:49,228 --> 02:07:50,329 -- YOU ARE A GROUP. 4186 02:07:50,329 --> 02:07:52,765 -- WONDERFUL. SO IS THAT FIONA 4187 02:07:52,765 --> 02:07:54,033 WILLIAMS, STEVE LEE, WILLIAM 4188 02:07:54,033 --> 02:07:56,101 LUTZ, AND JEREMY KATZ? 4189 02:07:56,101 --> 02:07:56,402 -- CORRECT. 4190 02:07:56,402 --> 02:07:58,837 -- AND WE HAVE PACKETS FOR THE 4191 02:07:58,837 --> 02:07:59,238 COUNCIL. 4192 02:07:59,238 --> 02:07:59,538 -- MEMBERS. 4193 02:07:59,538 --> 02:08:00,639 -- IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE THEM IN 4194 02:08:00,639 --> 02:08:02,908 THAT BOX. IN THE BOX? THE BOX. 4195 02:08:02,908 --> 02:08:06,111 THAT'S THE ONE. SO 85, 86, 87 4196 02:08:06,111 --> 02:08:09,915 AND 88, IS THAT CORRECT? 4197 02:08:09,915 --> 02:08:10,215 -- NO, NO. 4198 02:08:10,215 --> 02:08:14,586 -- 89, 90, 91 AND 88. 4199 02:08:14,586 --> 02:08:14,887 -- AND 88. 4200 02:08:14,887 --> 02:08:18,090 -- OKAY, THEN. FIONA WILLIAMS 4201 02:08:18,090 --> 02:08:21,360 85. FIONA WILLIAMS 85. ARE YOU 4202 02:08:21,360 --> 02:08:25,064 HERE? FIONA WILLIAMS 85 NOT 4203 02:08:25,064 --> 02:08:29,702 PRESENT. STEVE LEE 86. IF YOU 4204 02:08:29,702 --> 02:08:30,569 ARE THE PERSON I'M CALLING, 4205 02:08:30,569 --> 02:08:31,270 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO I KNOW 4206 02:08:31,270 --> 02:08:34,807 YOU'RE HERE. STEVE LEE, STEVE 4207 02:08:34,807 --> 02:08:38,844 LEE, 86. STEVE LEE, NOT PRESENT. 4208 02:08:38,844 --> 02:08:39,978 WILLIAM LUTZ, IS THAT PART OF 4209 02:08:39,978 --> 02:08:43,549 THIS GROUP YET? NOT YET. WILLIAM 4210 02:08:43,549 --> 02:08:45,984 LUTZ, NUMBER 87. WILLIAM LUTZ, 4211 02:08:45,984 --> 02:08:49,621 NOT HERE. NOW WE'RE INTO 88. 4212 02:08:49,621 --> 02:08:52,191 JEREMY KATZ, CORRECT. BRB 4213 02:08:52,191 --> 02:08:54,660 THAT'S YOU? YES. 4214 02:08:54,660 --> 02:08:57,563 -- DEMARCO SCHMITZ, PARK CREEK 4215 02:08:57,563 --> 02:08:59,364 RESTORE. 4216 02:08:59,364 --> 02:09:00,132 -- SO I'M GOING TO I JUST NEED 4217 02:09:00,132 --> 02:09:01,066 TO CHECK YOUR NAMES OFF. SO I'VE 4218 02:09:01,066 --> 02:09:02,601 GOT JEREMY KATZ, IS THAT 4219 02:09:02,601 --> 02:09:05,537 CORRECT? THAT'S YOU. WE'VE GOT 4220 02:09:05,537 --> 02:09:07,406 BRB THAT'S YOU SIR. TIM 4221 02:09:07,406 --> 02:09:09,241 DEMARCO, THAT'S YOU. AND THEN 4222 02:09:09,241 --> 02:09:12,411 OF COURSE. 4223 02:09:12,411 --> 02:09:12,745 -- [LAUGHTER] 4224 02:09:12,745 --> 02:09:14,980 -- MITCHELL YEAH OKAY. THERE WE 4225 02:09:14,980 --> 02:09:19,084 GO. WONDERFUL. AT YOUR 4226 02:09:19,084 --> 02:09:19,752 CONVENIENCE. TAKE IT AWAY. 4227 02:09:19,752 --> 02:09:21,320 WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT 4228 02:09:21,320 --> 02:09:22,454 LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION. 4229 02:09:22,454 --> 02:09:23,822 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 4230 02:09:23,822 --> 02:09:26,291 JEREMY KATZ AND I'M 4231 02:09:26,291 --> 02:09:26,925 REPRESENTING SCHMITZ PARK CREEK 4232 02:09:26,925 --> 02:09:30,729 RESTORE FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE 4233 02:09:30,729 --> 02:09:32,865 $150,000 INVESTMENT IN OUR 4234 02:09:32,865 --> 02:09:34,967 PROJECT IN THE 2026 CITY BUDGET. 4235 02:09:34,967 --> 02:09:36,969 OVER THE YEAR, WE'VE MADE 4236 02:09:36,969 --> 02:09:38,003 MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. WE'VE 4237 02:09:38,003 --> 02:09:40,172 ADVANCED INVASIVE SPECIES 4238 02:09:40,172 --> 02:09:42,241 REMOVAL AND NATIVE PLANT 4239 02:09:42,241 --> 02:09:43,909 RESTORATION IN THE PRINCESS 4240 02:09:43,909 --> 02:09:45,911 ANGELINE RAVINE AREA. WE'VE 4241 02:09:45,911 --> 02:09:47,546 ORGANIZED PARK TOURS, EXPANDED 4242 02:09:47,546 --> 02:09:48,180 COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND WORKED 4243 02:09:48,180 --> 02:09:49,948 WITH SEATTLE PARKS AND 4244 02:09:49,948 --> 02:09:52,151 RECREATION AND SEATTLE PUBLIC 4245 02:09:52,151 --> 02:09:53,786 UTILITIES TO MOVE FORWARD ON 4246 02:09:53,786 --> 02:09:56,288 CRITICAL FEASIBILITY AND 4247 02:09:56,288 --> 02:09:57,990 HYDROLOGY STUDIES. WE'VE ALSO 4248 02:09:57,990 --> 02:10:00,793 DEVELOPED A TECHNICAL ROADMAP 4249 02:10:00,793 --> 02:10:01,360 FOR EVALUATING RESTORATION 4250 02:10:01,360 --> 02:10:03,996 ALTERNATIVES AND ESTIMATING 4251 02:10:03,996 --> 02:10:05,197 CONSTRUCTION COSTS. YOUR 4252 02:10:05,197 --> 02:10:07,299 INVESTMENT HAS HELPED MOVE THIS 4253 02:10:07,299 --> 02:10:09,334 PROJECT FROM A COMMUNITY VISION 4254 02:10:09,334 --> 02:10:10,869 TOWARDS ACTIONABLE PLANNING. 4255 02:10:10,869 --> 02:10:13,472 TODAY, WE'RE ASKING FOR AN 4256 02:10:13,472 --> 02:10:16,608 ADDITIONAL 225,000 IN THE 27 4257 02:10:16,608 --> 02:10:18,010 2027 BUDGET, BRINGING THE 4258 02:10:18,010 --> 02:10:21,380 CITY'S TWO YOUR TWO YEAR 4259 02:10:21,380 --> 02:10:23,615 INVESTMENT TO $375,000. PLEASE 4260 02:10:23,615 --> 02:10:30,455 HELP US MAINTAIN THIS MOMENTUM 4261 02:10:30,455 --> 02:10:31,089 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBER. 4262 02:10:31,089 --> 02:10:32,858 MY NAME IS MITCH CROSBY. I'M 4263 02:10:32,858 --> 02:10:35,727 WITH SCHMITZ PARK. RESTORE. 4264 02:10:35,727 --> 02:10:38,463 WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR 250 4265 02:10:38,463 --> 02:10:42,801 225,000 FOR THE 2020 2027 4266 02:10:42,801 --> 02:10:44,436 BUDGET. WE HAVE PACKETS HERE. 4267 02:10:44,436 --> 02:10:47,206 OH, WE HAVE PACKETS WHICH TELL 4268 02:10:47,206 --> 02:10:50,175 US, TELL YOU GUYS WHAT WE'RE ALL 4269 02:10:50,175 --> 02:10:51,877 DOING, BUT WE'RE RESTORING THE 4270 02:10:51,877 --> 02:10:54,179 STREAM IN SCHMITZ PARK AND 4271 02:10:54,179 --> 02:10:55,647 TRYING TO DAYLIGHT IT TO BRING 4272 02:10:55,647 --> 02:11:01,186 BACK AQUATIC LIFE. SO THANKS. 4273 02:11:01,186 --> 02:11:02,120 -- COUNCILMEMBERS GOOD EVENING. 4274 02:11:02,120 --> 02:11:03,856 MY NAME IS TIM DEMARCO AND I 4275 02:11:03,856 --> 02:11:05,624 LIVE IN THE ALPINE NEIGHBORHOOD. 4276 02:11:05,624 --> 02:11:08,227 FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO 4277 02:11:08,227 --> 02:11:11,530 THANK COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND 4278 02:11:11,530 --> 02:11:13,899 SAKA FOR THE $150,000 THAT YOU 4279 02:11:13,899 --> 02:11:14,933 PROVIDED FOR OUR ORGANIZATION 4280 02:11:14,933 --> 02:11:17,369 THAT WENT TO THE SEATTLE PARKS 4281 02:11:17,369 --> 02:11:18,971 DEPARTMENT AND TO SEATTLE PUBLIC 4282 02:11:18,971 --> 02:11:20,372 UTILITIES TO LAUNCH THIS 4283 02:11:20,372 --> 02:11:22,808 PROJECT. AND WE REALLY MADE A 4284 02:11:22,808 --> 02:11:24,576 LOT OF HEADWAY THIS YEAR. THE 4285 02:11:24,576 --> 02:11:26,578 PROJECT IS POWERED BY PEOPLE WHO 4286 02:11:26,578 --> 02:11:29,281 CARE AND DEEPLY, DEEPLY ABOUT 4287 02:11:29,281 --> 02:11:32,050 SEATTLE, NOT JUST WEST SEATTLE. 4288 02:11:32,050 --> 02:11:34,086 OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE 4289 02:11:34,086 --> 02:11:35,888 EXPANDED OUTREACH THROUGH THE 4290 02:11:35,888 --> 02:11:36,521 NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS SUCH 4291 02:11:36,521 --> 02:11:38,423 AS ALKI COMMUNITY COUNCIL, THE 4292 02:11:38,423 --> 02:11:40,092 DELRIDGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, THE 4293 02:11:40,092 --> 02:11:43,562 ADMIRAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL. WE 4294 02:11:43,562 --> 02:11:45,731 WERE AT MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS 4295 02:11:45,731 --> 02:11:46,665 EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON WHAT A 4296 02:11:46,665 --> 02:11:48,267 JEWEL OF A PARK THAT WE HAVE 4297 02:11:48,267 --> 02:11:51,303 HERE. WE WERE AT THE ALKI PRIDE 4298 02:11:51,303 --> 02:11:53,906 FESTIVAL. WE WERE AT THE WEST 4299 02:11:53,906 --> 02:11:55,774 SEATTLE FARMERS MARKET 4300 02:11:55,774 --> 02:11:57,242 FESTIVALS. WE ALSO WORKED WITH 4301 02:11:57,242 --> 02:11:59,311 THE WEST SEATTLE ROTARY AND WITH 4302 02:11:59,311 --> 02:12:01,079 PATAGONIA SEATTLE, REACHING OUT 4303 02:12:01,079 --> 02:12:02,114 TO THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY TO MAKE 4304 02:12:02,114 --> 02:12:03,448 SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WE HAVE 4305 02:12:03,448 --> 02:12:05,550 AN OLD GROWTH FOREST RIGHT HERE 4306 02:12:05,550 --> 02:12:08,854 IN SEATTLE WE PURSUED AND 4307 02:12:08,854 --> 02:12:11,490 RECEIVED $40,000 OF FOUNDATION 4308 02:12:11,490 --> 02:12:14,826 GRANTS AND PRIVATE DONATIONS, 4309 02:12:14,826 --> 02:12:15,460 INCLUDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH 4310 02:12:15,460 --> 02:12:17,562 THE PEACH AND CLEMENTINE 4311 02:12:17,562 --> 02:12:19,197 FOUNDATIONS AND KING COUNTY 4312 02:12:19,197 --> 02:12:21,500 WATER WORK PROGRAMS. WE'RE ALSO 4313 02:12:21,500 --> 02:12:24,269 DEVELOPING A PARTNERSHIP WITH 4314 02:12:24,269 --> 02:12:24,803 THE NORTHWEST CENTER FOR 4315 02:12:24,803 --> 02:12:27,339 ALTERNATIVES TO PESTICIDES TO 4316 02:12:27,339 --> 02:12:28,307 HELP THE NEIGHBORING HOMEOWNERS 4317 02:12:28,307 --> 02:12:30,943 PROTECT THE WATER QUALITY 4318 02:12:30,943 --> 02:12:32,844 THROUGH NATIVE LANDSCAPING AND 4319 02:12:32,844 --> 02:12:35,847 PESTICIDE FREE PRACTICES. WE ARE 4320 02:12:35,847 --> 02:12:38,684 WORKING TO EXPAND ENVIRONMENTAL 4321 02:12:38,684 --> 02:12:40,319 EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH 4322 02:12:40,319 --> 02:12:41,820 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, AND I'M 4323 02:12:41,820 --> 02:12:43,388 TAKING THE FOURTH GRADERS FROM 4324 02:12:43,388 --> 02:12:44,356 ALKI SCHOOL TOMORROW ON A TOUR 4325 02:12:44,356 --> 02:12:45,991 THROUGH OUR PARK SO THEY CAN 4326 02:12:45,991 --> 02:12:48,760 UNDERSTAND THE JEWEL THAT WE 4327 02:12:48,760 --> 02:12:50,829 HAVE. OUR GOAL IS A TRUE PUBLIC 4328 02:12:50,829 --> 02:12:53,665 PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR 4329 02:12:53,665 --> 02:12:54,199 ORGANIZATION, SEEKING TO 4330 02:12:54,199 --> 02:12:56,568 CONTRIBUTE HALF THE CONSULTANT 4331 02:12:56,568 --> 02:12:58,170 COSTS FOR DAYLIGHTING. THIS 4332 02:12:58,170 --> 02:13:00,205 CREEK AND BRINGING THE SALMON 4333 02:13:00,205 --> 02:13:04,042 BACK INTO THIS FOREST. PLEASE 4334 02:13:04,042 --> 02:13:04,676 SUPPORT OUR ADDITIONAL $225,000 4335 02:13:04,676 --> 02:13:05,911 BUDGET REQUEST. TOGETHER, WE CAN 4336 02:13:05,911 --> 02:13:08,814 MAKE THIS RESTORATION A LASTING 4337 02:13:08,814 --> 02:13:10,182 COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT. THANK 4338 02:13:10,182 --> 02:13:11,683 YOU. 4339 02:13:11,683 --> 02:13:12,317 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 4340 02:13:12,317 --> 02:13:13,418 MY NAME IS BRIAN BERRY, A 4341 02:13:13,418 --> 02:13:16,121 CO-FOUNDER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF 4342 02:13:16,121 --> 02:13:17,356 PARK RESTORE. THANK YOU VERY 4343 02:13:17,356 --> 02:13:18,557 MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN HELPING 4344 02:13:18,557 --> 02:13:20,459 US PUSH THIS PROJECT FORWARD. 4345 02:13:20,459 --> 02:13:23,595 WE'RE HERE TODAY TO LET YOU 4346 02:13:23,595 --> 02:13:24,896 KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PROPOSED 4347 02:13:24,896 --> 02:13:26,665 ENGINEERING PROCESS, WHICH 4348 02:13:26,665 --> 02:13:29,201 INCLUDES A FEASIBILITY STUDY, A 4349 02:13:29,201 --> 02:13:31,970 HYDROLOGY STUDY, THREE 4350 02:13:31,970 --> 02:13:32,571 RESTORATION ALTERNATIVES, AND 4351 02:13:32,571 --> 02:13:34,506 PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATES. 4352 02:13:34,506 --> 02:13:38,010 WE'LL THEN WORK WITH THE CITY 4353 02:13:38,010 --> 02:13:38,643 AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS 4354 02:13:38,643 --> 02:13:40,912 TO IDENTIFY AND PREFERRED 4355 02:13:40,912 --> 02:13:42,681 ALTERNATIVE TO DEVELOP A MORE 4356 02:13:42,681 --> 02:13:47,319 DETAILED ESTIMATE. THIS IS HOW A 4357 02:13:47,319 --> 02:13:49,788 COMPELLING VISION TURNS INTO A 4358 02:13:49,788 --> 02:13:52,491 RESPONSIBLE, ACHIEVABLE PROJECT, 4359 02:13:52,491 --> 02:13:53,058 AND WE'RE REQUESTING AN 4360 02:13:53,058 --> 02:13:54,526 ADDITIONAL 225,000. 4361 02:13:54,526 --> 02:13:58,730 -- THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4362 02:13:58,730 --> 02:14:01,033 WE'VE GOT A NEW THE NEXT GROUP, 4363 02:14:01,033 --> 02:14:05,337 LISA, CHAD BEN JAMES 9293 FOR 4364 02:14:05,337 --> 02:14:08,173 FIVE AFTER. COME ON UP NOW. AND 4365 02:14:08,173 --> 02:14:10,308 THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER 4366 02:14:10,308 --> 02:14:13,578 GROUP 96, 97, 98. JOE, GABRIEL 4367 02:14:13,578 --> 02:14:15,447 AND COLE. AFTER THAT WE HAVE BEN 4368 02:14:15,447 --> 02:14:18,950 PARKINSON 99 AND JOAN WRIGHT 4369 02:14:18,950 --> 02:14:23,722 100. WELCOME. WE JUST HAVE TO 4370 02:14:23,722 --> 02:14:25,157 RESET THE TIME AND WHENEVER 4371 02:14:25,157 --> 02:14:26,625 YOU'RE READY TO START SPEAKING, 4372 02:14:26,625 --> 02:14:28,060 WE'LL START GOING GREAT. DID I 4373 02:14:28,060 --> 02:14:29,594 GET THE NAMES CORRECT? LISA. 4374 02:14:29,594 --> 02:14:30,796 CHAD. BEN. JAMES. 4375 02:14:30,796 --> 02:14:31,496 -- THERE'S THREE OF US THAT 4376 02:14:31,496 --> 02:14:35,767 WILL BE IN A GROUP AND ONE WILL 4377 02:14:35,767 --> 02:14:36,168 BE AN INDIVIDUAL. 4378 02:14:36,168 --> 02:14:39,171 -- OKAY. WHO IS THE INDIVIDUAL? 4379 02:14:39,171 --> 02:14:44,943 JAMES. JAMES. ALL RIGHT. COPY 4380 02:14:44,943 --> 02:14:46,411 THAT. WHEN YOU'RE READY. 4381 02:14:46,411 --> 02:14:48,413 -- YES. THANK YOU. 4382 02:14:48,413 --> 02:14:49,514 COUNCILMEMBERS. SO MY NAME IS 4383 02:14:49,514 --> 02:14:50,982 LISA ROSE AND I'M HERE TO 4384 02:14:50,982 --> 02:14:51,483 SUPPORT FUNDING FOR THE 4385 02:14:51,483 --> 02:14:53,585 COMMUNITY CENTER. ALKAI CENTER 4386 02:14:53,585 --> 02:14:54,753 IS THE ONLY COMMUNITY CENTER 4387 02:14:54,753 --> 02:14:57,556 THAT DID NOT FULLY REOPEN TO THE 4388 02:14:57,556 --> 02:14:58,990 PUBLIC AFTER THE PANDEMIC. THE 4389 02:14:58,990 --> 02:15:01,026 SIGN ON THE DOOR SAYS CLOSED TO 4390 02:15:01,026 --> 02:15:04,563 THE PUBLIC. OUR COMMUNITY CENTER 4391 02:15:04,563 --> 02:15:05,030 WAS AN ANCHOR IN THE 4392 02:15:05,030 --> 02:15:06,064 NEIGHBORHOOD. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES 4393 02:15:06,064 --> 02:15:08,233 ENJOYED ACTIVITIES AND FORMED 4394 02:15:08,233 --> 02:15:10,969 LIFELONG CONNECTIONS. YOUTH 4395 02:15:10,969 --> 02:15:12,237 PROGRAMS PROVIDED POSITIVE ROLE 4396 02:15:12,237 --> 02:15:13,271 MODELS. MY CHILD WAS IN THE 4397 02:15:13,271 --> 02:15:15,173 CHILD CARE PROGRAM, TOOK 4398 02:15:15,173 --> 02:15:16,675 CLASSES, PARTICIPATED IN SPORTS 4399 02:15:16,675 --> 02:15:19,010 AND AS A TEEN VOLUNTEERED THERE. 4400 02:15:19,010 --> 02:15:20,779 I SAW SO MANY KIDS GROW UP AT 4401 02:15:20,779 --> 02:15:22,280 THE CENTER. SOME OF THEM LATER 4402 02:15:22,280 --> 02:15:24,349 BECAME TEEN LEADERS AND PUBLIC 4403 02:15:24,349 --> 02:15:24,916 SERVANTS. WE HAD A VILLAGE 4404 02:15:24,916 --> 02:15:26,017 LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER, 4405 02:15:26,017 --> 02:15:28,687 WHICH IS NOT THERE ANYMORE. THIS 4406 02:15:28,687 --> 02:15:30,522 FALL, AN OPENING DAY FOR ALKI 4407 02:15:30,522 --> 02:15:31,556 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I TALKED TO 4408 02:15:31,556 --> 02:15:32,657 MANY PARENTS AND LOCALS WHO, 4409 02:15:32,657 --> 02:15:34,626 LIKE ME, WERE UPSET THAT THE 4410 02:15:34,626 --> 02:15:36,328 COMMUNITY CENTER HAD NOT 4411 02:15:36,328 --> 02:15:39,030 REOPENED ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL. 4412 02:15:39,030 --> 02:15:39,965 THIS LIST REPRESENTS 55 PEOPLE 4413 02:15:39,965 --> 02:15:42,067 WHO SIGNED OUR FORM THAT DAY TO 4414 02:15:42,067 --> 02:15:42,667 ADVOCATE FOR RESTORATION OF 4415 02:15:42,667 --> 02:15:45,303 PROGRAMS AT THE COMMUNITY 4416 02:15:45,303 --> 02:15:46,638 CENTER. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY 4417 02:15:46,638 --> 02:15:47,839 CENTERS IS AN INVALUABLE 4418 02:15:47,839 --> 02:15:50,175 INVESTMENT IN A STRONGER, MORE 4419 02:15:50,175 --> 02:15:51,409 CONNECTED SOCIETY. THEY SERVE AS 4420 02:15:51,409 --> 02:15:52,911 SAFE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL 4421 02:15:52,911 --> 02:15:54,412 AGES AND BACKGROUNDS CAN COME 4422 02:15:54,412 --> 02:15:55,947 TOGETHER, LEARN, PLAY, AND 4423 02:15:55,947 --> 02:15:57,983 SUPPORT EACH OTHER. THANK YOU. 4424 02:15:57,983 --> 02:16:00,585 BUDGET CHAIR STRAUSS 4425 02:16:00,585 --> 02:16:01,219 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR HEARING 4426 02:16:01,219 --> 02:16:03,021 US AND INVESTING IN RESTORATION 4427 02:16:03,021 --> 02:16:05,323 OF FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY CENTER. 4428 02:16:05,323 --> 02:16:07,425 I ASK THE FULL COUNCIL TO PLEASE 4429 02:16:07,425 --> 02:16:11,863 VOTE AND STAND UP FOR ALKI. 4430 02:16:11,863 --> 02:16:14,299 -- THANK YOU LISA. GOOD EVENING, 4431 02:16:14,299 --> 02:16:16,368 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHAD 4432 02:16:16,368 --> 02:16:17,669 KURZMAN AND I'M AN ELK RESIDENT 4433 02:16:17,669 --> 02:16:20,305 AND A PROUD PARENT OF AN 4434 02:16:20,305 --> 02:16:20,939 ELEMENTARY STUDENT. I'M HERE 4435 02:16:20,939 --> 02:16:22,607 BECAUSE ALKI CHILDREN HAVE GONE 4436 02:16:22,607 --> 02:16:24,743 WAY TOO LONG WITHOUT 4437 02:16:24,743 --> 02:16:25,310 RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 4438 02:16:25,310 --> 02:16:27,045 AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN IN OTHER 4439 02:16:27,045 --> 02:16:28,613 SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS. CONSIDER 4440 02:16:28,613 --> 02:16:31,750 THE CONTRAST. SEATTLE OPERATES 4441 02:16:31,750 --> 02:16:33,652 26 COMMUNITY CENTERS AND HAS A 4442 02:16:33,652 --> 02:16:37,556 2026 PARKS DEPARTMENT OPERATING 4443 02:16:37,556 --> 02:16:38,790 BUDGET OF $272 MILLION. YET THE 4444 02:16:38,790 --> 02:16:41,693 CITY'S OWN WEBSITE DESCRIBES 4445 02:16:41,693 --> 02:16:42,694 COMMUNITY CENTER AS LIMITED USE 4446 02:16:42,694 --> 02:16:45,197 SITE, OFFERING ONLY PRESCHOOL 4447 02:16:45,197 --> 02:16:46,264 AND LICENSED CHILD CARE. THIS 4448 02:16:46,264 --> 02:16:48,533 NEEDS TO STOP. HOW IS IT FAIR 4449 02:16:48,533 --> 02:16:50,635 THAT CHILDREN HAVE SO LITTLE 4450 02:16:50,635 --> 02:16:52,938 ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECREATION 4451 02:16:52,938 --> 02:16:53,438 OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE 4452 02:16:53,438 --> 02:16:55,106 ELSEWHERE IN SEATTLE, RECREATION 4453 02:16:55,106 --> 02:16:57,609 AT ALKI WAS CUT SIGNIFICANTLY IN 4454 02:16:57,609 --> 02:17:01,646 2012. THE CENTER SHIFTED TOWARDS 4455 02:17:01,646 --> 02:17:03,548 A CHILD FOCUSED MODEL IN 2021, 4456 02:17:03,548 --> 02:17:05,850 AND THE PANDEMIC AND SCHOOL 4457 02:17:05,850 --> 02:17:08,286 RECONSTRUCTION ADDED YEARS OF 4458 02:17:08,286 --> 02:17:09,921 DISRUPTION. CHILD CARE HAS 4459 02:17:09,921 --> 02:17:10,522 RETURNED, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, 4460 02:17:10,522 --> 02:17:12,724 BUT BROAD PUBLIC RECREATION 4461 02:17:12,724 --> 02:17:15,894 LARGELY HAS NOT. THIS IS MORE 4462 02:17:15,894 --> 02:17:17,162 ABOUT BASKETBALL. THIS IS MORE 4463 02:17:17,162 --> 02:17:18,797 THAN ABOUT BASKETBALL, ART 4464 02:17:18,797 --> 02:17:20,832 CLASSES, OR EVEN ROLLER SKATING. 4465 02:17:20,832 --> 02:17:21,433 IT'S ABOUT GIVING CHILDREN 4466 02:17:21,433 --> 02:17:23,702 ACCESS TO ACTIVITIES, A PLACE TO 4467 02:17:23,702 --> 02:17:25,437 SPEND TIME AFTER SCHOOL, AND 4468 02:17:25,437 --> 02:17:25,937 OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD 4469 02:17:25,937 --> 02:17:27,172 FRIENDSHIPS AND DEVELOP NEW 4470 02:17:27,172 --> 02:17:29,841 INTERESTS. NOT EVERY FAMILY CAN 4471 02:17:29,841 --> 02:17:30,375 AFFORD PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR 4472 02:17:30,375 --> 02:17:32,877 ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. PUBLIC 4473 02:17:32,877 --> 02:17:35,080 COMMUNITY CENTERS HELP MAKE 4474 02:17:35,080 --> 02:17:35,714 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ACCESSIBLE 4475 02:17:35,714 --> 02:17:38,917 TO EVERYONE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE 4476 02:17:38,917 --> 02:17:41,720 COUNCILMEMBER ROB SAKA FOR 4477 02:17:41,720 --> 02:17:42,287 LISTENING TO RESIDENTS AND 4478 02:17:42,287 --> 02:17:45,257 PROPOSING $250,000 OVER TWO 4479 02:17:45,257 --> 02:17:47,826 YEARS FOR RECREATION PROGRAMING. 4480 02:17:47,826 --> 02:17:49,928 THANK YOU. I'M ENCOURAGED THAT 4481 02:17:49,928 --> 02:17:50,495 BUDGETARY CHAIR DAN STRAUSS 4482 02:17:50,495 --> 02:17:51,696 INCLUDED THE PROPOSAL IN THE 4483 02:17:51,696 --> 02:17:53,298 BALANCING PACKAGE WE'RE SPEAKING 4484 02:17:53,298 --> 02:17:55,533 OF TONIGHT. I URGE THE FULL 4485 02:17:55,533 --> 02:17:57,736 COUNCIL TO PROTECT THAT FUNDING, 4486 02:17:57,736 --> 02:18:00,038 BUT FUNDING MUST TRANSLATE TO 4487 02:18:00,038 --> 02:18:01,740 ACTUAL PROGRAMS, STAFFING AND 4488 02:18:01,740 --> 02:18:03,475 RELIABLE HOURS. WE NEED A CLEAR 4489 02:18:03,475 --> 02:18:05,277 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WITH 4490 02:18:05,277 --> 02:18:05,810 PRIORITY FOR AFTER SCHOOL 4491 02:18:05,810 --> 02:18:07,846 EVENING AND WEEKEND ACTIVITIES. 4492 02:18:07,846 --> 02:18:09,214 I'M NOT ASKING THE CITY TO 4493 02:18:09,214 --> 02:18:11,783 REDUCE CHILD CARE, KEEP IT AND 4494 02:18:11,783 --> 02:18:14,352 BUILD ON IT DESERVES BOTH 4495 02:18:14,352 --> 02:18:15,420 COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE IMPORTANT 4496 02:18:15,420 --> 02:18:18,156 PUBLIC RESOURCES. AS LISA 4497 02:18:18,156 --> 02:18:18,657 MENTIONED, THEY PROVIDE 4498 02:18:18,657 --> 02:18:19,557 RECREATION, STRENGTHEN 4499 02:18:19,557 --> 02:18:21,826 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND GIVE FAMILIES 4500 02:18:21,826 --> 02:18:23,461 ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT 4501 02:18:23,461 --> 02:18:24,596 SHOULDN'T DEPEND ON WHERE THEY 4502 02:18:24,596 --> 02:18:26,097 LIVE OR WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD. 4503 02:18:26,097 --> 02:18:27,532 ALKI HAS BEEN WITHOUT THE LEVEL 4504 02:18:27,532 --> 02:18:35,006 OF SERVICE FOR FAR TOO LONG. OUR 4505 02:18:35,006 --> 02:18:39,944 CHILDREN. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE 4506 02:18:39,944 --> 02:18:42,013 THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS 4507 02:18:42,013 --> 02:18:44,082 CHILDREN IN EVERY OTHER SEATTLE 4508 02:18:44,082 --> 02:18:46,318 NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S TIME TO MAKE 4509 02:18:46,318 --> 02:18:46,918 COMMUNITY CENTER A COMMUNITY 4510 02:18:46,918 --> 02:18:49,421 CENTER ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU. 4511 02:18:49,421 --> 02:18:51,690 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 4512 02:18:51,690 --> 02:18:52,023 -- I WORKED. 4513 02:18:52,023 --> 02:18:53,325 -- AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. I 4514 02:18:53,325 --> 02:18:55,460 WAS A KID AT THE COMMUNITY 4515 02:18:55,460 --> 02:18:56,761 CENTER, AND FRANKLY, THE 4516 02:18:56,761 --> 02:18:57,829 COMMUNITY CENTER SAVED MY LIFE. 4517 02:18:57,829 --> 02:19:00,332 I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF IT 4518 02:19:00,332 --> 02:19:02,267 WASN'T FOR THAT WORKING THERE. 4519 02:19:02,267 --> 02:19:02,901 I MADE CONNECTIONS WITH SO MANY 4520 02:19:02,901 --> 02:19:04,035 INDIVIDUALS, KIDS OVER YEARS. I 4521 02:19:04,035 --> 02:19:06,404 WAS INVITED TO A HIGH SCHOOL 4522 02:19:06,404 --> 02:19:07,872 GRADUATION. YEARS AFTER I HAD 4523 02:19:07,872 --> 02:19:08,773 LEFT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND 4524 02:19:08,773 --> 02:19:09,874 THIS IS SOME OF THE KIDS IN THE 4525 02:19:09,874 --> 02:19:12,944 COMMUNITY THAT CAME TOGETHER. 4526 02:19:12,944 --> 02:19:13,611 I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT 4527 02:19:13,611 --> 02:19:15,947 IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE AND IT 4528 02:19:15,947 --> 02:19:16,448 SHOULD BE THERE FOR THE 4529 02:19:16,448 --> 02:19:17,649 COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD AS WELL 4530 02:19:17,649 --> 02:19:20,151 AS IT WAS FOR ME. 4531 02:19:20,151 --> 02:19:21,653 -- THANK YOU. NOW WE'VE GOT 4532 02:19:21,653 --> 02:19:22,821 JAMES AND THEN THE NEXT GROUP, 4533 02:19:22,821 --> 02:19:26,524 JOE GABRIEL COLE, FOLLOWED BY 4534 02:19:26,524 --> 02:19:28,093 BEN AND JOAN JAMES, WELCOME. 4535 02:19:28,093 --> 02:19:29,094 -- THANK YOU COUNCIL. I JUST 4536 02:19:29,094 --> 02:19:30,562 WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S A LOT 4537 02:19:30,562 --> 02:19:32,831 OF DISCOURSE IN THE CITY RIGHT 4538 02:19:32,831 --> 02:19:34,466 NOW ABOUT CRIME. AND I WANT TO 4539 02:19:34,466 --> 02:19:36,501 SAY THAT COMMUNITY CENTERS 4540 02:19:36,501 --> 02:19:38,236 PREVENT CRIME. THESE ARE 4541 02:19:38,236 --> 02:19:39,871 PREVENTATIVE MEASURES. BEN 4542 02:19:39,871 --> 02:19:41,339 ECHOED THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER 4543 02:19:41,339 --> 02:19:44,209 SAVED HIM. IT ALSO SAVED ME. I 4544 02:19:44,209 --> 02:19:45,176 WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DISTRICT 4545 02:19:45,176 --> 02:19:47,011 ONE IN WEST SEATTLE, AND I AM 4546 02:19:47,011 --> 02:19:48,546 NOW A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4547 02:19:48,546 --> 02:19:51,616 THREE. AND I KNOW FOR A FACT 4548 02:19:51,616 --> 02:19:52,250 THAT COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE VITAL 4549 02:19:52,250 --> 02:19:54,719 TO OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. 4550 02:19:54,719 --> 02:19:57,422 THESE ARE SAFE PLACES WHERE KIDS 4551 02:19:57,422 --> 02:19:59,758 CAN GO AND TEENAGERS. AND WHILE 4552 02:19:59,758 --> 02:20:01,693 WE ARE DISCUSSING ABOUT 4553 02:20:01,693 --> 02:20:03,228 INCREASING SPD BUDGET, WE NEED 4554 02:20:03,228 --> 02:20:06,164 TO BE DISCUSSING ALTERNATIVES 4555 02:20:06,164 --> 02:20:08,500 THAT WILL HELP CHILDREN AND THE 4556 02:20:08,500 --> 02:20:11,169 FUTURE GROW. I KNOW THAT ALKI 4557 02:20:11,169 --> 02:20:12,404 AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE IS A 4558 02:20:12,404 --> 02:20:14,506 GROWING COMMUNITY. IT'S A 4559 02:20:14,506 --> 02:20:17,575 GROWING CITY. IT'S DENSER THAN 4560 02:20:17,575 --> 02:20:19,344 YOU REALIZE. MY HOME WAS 4561 02:20:19,344 --> 02:20:20,578 REPLACED BY FOUR TOWNHOMES, AND 4562 02:20:20,578 --> 02:20:21,813 IN THOSE FOUR TOWNHOMES ARE 4563 02:20:21,813 --> 02:20:23,415 GOING TO BE FOUR MORE FAMILIES, 4564 02:20:23,415 --> 02:20:25,316 AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE 4565 02:20:25,316 --> 02:20:26,885 THESE COMMUNITY SPACES THAT ARE 4566 02:20:26,885 --> 02:20:29,120 SO VITAL. COMMUNITY SPACES ARE 4567 02:20:29,120 --> 02:20:31,790 LIKE DAYCARES. I WAS NEVER 4568 02:20:31,790 --> 02:20:32,357 OFFICIALLY ENROLLED IN THE 4569 02:20:32,357 --> 02:20:33,358 DAYCARE, BUT AS A NEGLECTED 4570 02:20:33,358 --> 02:20:34,392 CHILD, I COULD GO TO THE 4571 02:20:34,392 --> 02:20:36,461 COMMUNITY CENTER AND FEEL SAFE. 4572 02:20:36,461 --> 02:20:37,829 I COULD PLAY BASKETBALL, I COULD 4573 02:20:37,829 --> 02:20:39,364 PLAY POOL. I COULD JUST HAVE A 4574 02:20:39,364 --> 02:20:42,834 SAFE SPOT. AND COMMUNITY CENTERS 4575 02:20:42,834 --> 02:20:44,502 REPRESENT THE BEST AND LOCAL 4576 02:20:44,502 --> 02:20:45,437 GOVERNMENT. IT TRULY DOES. THIS 4577 02:20:45,437 --> 02:20:46,704 IS A TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO REALLY 4578 02:20:46,704 --> 02:20:49,574 GET IT TOGETHER. AND I BEG OF 4579 02:20:49,574 --> 02:20:51,042 YOU. AND ANOTHER THING I JUST 4580 02:20:51,042 --> 02:20:52,243 HAVE TO MENTION, THERE WAS NO 4581 02:20:52,243 --> 02:20:53,478 POLICE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 4582 02:20:53,478 --> 02:20:54,979 WE DID NOT NEED POLICE AT THE 4583 02:20:54,979 --> 02:20:56,648 COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE 4584 02:20:56,648 --> 02:20:58,616 COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE THE 4585 02:20:58,616 --> 02:21:00,285 COMMUNITY. PLEASE SAVE OUR 4586 02:21:00,285 --> 02:21:00,685 COMMUNITY CENTER. 4587 02:21:00,685 --> 02:21:03,688 -- THANK YOU JAMES. UP NEXT, WE 4588 02:21:03,688 --> 02:21:09,127 HAVE JOE, GABRIEL AND COLE, 956 4589 02:21:09,127 --> 02:21:13,231 NO. 96, 97, 98. IS THAT CORRECT? 4590 02:21:13,231 --> 02:21:13,698 -- THAT'S CORRECT. 4591 02:21:13,698 --> 02:21:14,332 -- EXCELLENT. WHEN Y'ALL ARE 4592 02:21:14,332 --> 02:21:16,334 READY, WE'RE READY. 4593 02:21:16,334 --> 02:21:16,634 -- MY NAME. 4594 02:21:16,634 --> 02:21:19,070 -- IS JOE SEGRUE. I'M A DISTRICT 4595 02:21:19,070 --> 02:21:19,904 THREE RENTER, A MUSIC TEACHER, 4596 02:21:19,904 --> 02:21:21,639 AND A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE 4597 02:21:21,639 --> 02:21:23,541 BACK. AND I OPPOSE THE MAYOR'S 4598 02:21:23,541 --> 02:21:25,610 PRO-POLICE ANTI-WORKER BUDGET. 4599 02:21:25,610 --> 02:21:27,111 AS A TEACHER AND FORMER FORMER 4600 02:21:27,111 --> 02:21:28,580 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEE, 4601 02:21:28,580 --> 02:21:30,048 I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT 4602 02:21:30,048 --> 02:21:32,183 WHAT WE DESPERATELY NEED IS MORE 4603 02:21:32,183 --> 02:21:32,851 SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDED, AND WE 4604 02:21:32,851 --> 02:21:35,253 NEED TO FUND THEM BY INCREASING 4605 02:21:35,253 --> 02:21:37,255 THE AMAZON TAX. ALL OF THE 4606 02:21:37,255 --> 02:21:39,691 SOCIAL SERVICES BEING ADVOCATED 4607 02:21:39,691 --> 02:21:40,758 FOR TODAY SHOULD NOT BE PITTED 4608 02:21:40,758 --> 02:21:42,327 AGAINST EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THEY 4609 02:21:42,327 --> 02:21:44,229 AND ALL OTHER SERVICES CAN BE 4610 02:21:44,229 --> 02:21:46,831 FULLY FUNDED BY TAXING THE RICH. 4611 02:21:46,831 --> 02:21:48,366 IT'S AN ABSOLUTE EXCUSE TO SAY 4612 02:21:48,366 --> 02:21:50,068 OTHERWISE. IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE 4613 02:21:50,068 --> 02:21:52,704 SENSE. THIS BUDGET PROPOSES 4614 02:21:52,704 --> 02:21:53,238 CUTTING $65 MILLION FROM 4615 02:21:53,238 --> 02:21:54,272 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER 4616 02:21:54,272 --> 02:21:56,140 CUTS TO SOCIAL SERVICES, WHILE 4617 02:21:56,140 --> 02:21:58,977 INCREASING THE SPD BUDGET BY $68 4618 02:21:58,977 --> 02:22:01,346 MILLION. WASHINGTON IS HOME TO 4619 02:22:01,346 --> 02:22:04,415 12 BILLIONAIRES AND OVER 130 4620 02:22:04,415 --> 02:22:05,083 CENT A MILLIONAIRE'S, CENTERED 4621 02:22:05,083 --> 02:22:08,052 IN THE SEATTLE AREA. SEATTLE'S 4622 02:22:08,052 --> 02:22:09,454 ECONOMY IS DOMINATED BY SOME OF 4623 02:22:09,454 --> 02:22:10,088 THE WEALTHIEST TECH CORPORATIONS 4624 02:22:10,088 --> 02:22:13,491 IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING AMAZON, 4625 02:22:13,491 --> 02:22:14,659 GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT. MEANWHILE, 4626 02:22:14,659 --> 02:22:16,094 THE COST OF LIVING FOR ALL 4627 02:22:16,094 --> 02:22:17,362 WORKING PEOPLE IS GETTING SO 4628 02:22:17,362 --> 02:22:19,397 MUCH WORSE. THE MAYOR RECENTLY 4629 02:22:19,397 --> 02:22:20,598 STATED, QUOTE, RIGHT NOW WE 4630 02:22:20,598 --> 02:22:21,966 DON'T HAVE GOOD OPTIONS TO 4631 02:22:21,966 --> 02:22:22,634 RAISE MORE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE. 4632 02:22:22,634 --> 02:22:24,002 THAT DOESN'T ALSO COME WITH 4633 02:22:24,002 --> 02:22:26,871 GREAT RISKS. AND EVEN MORE 4634 02:22:26,871 --> 02:22:27,505 RECENTLY, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 4635 02:22:27,505 --> 02:22:28,706 SAID, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE 4636 02:22:28,706 --> 02:22:31,142 FUNDING, BUT THE MONEY IS THERE. 4637 02:22:31,142 --> 02:22:31,776 NEVER BELIEVE PEOPLE WHEN THEY 4638 02:22:31,776 --> 02:22:32,577 SAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE 4639 02:22:32,577 --> 02:22:33,344 FUNDING. THE MONEY IS THERE. 4640 02:22:33,344 --> 02:22:36,714 IT'S WITH THE FREAKING RICH 4641 02:22:36,714 --> 02:22:37,882 COWERING TO CORPORATIONS. 4642 02:22:37,882 --> 02:22:39,784 THREATS WILL NOT HELP US. WHEN 4643 02:22:39,784 --> 02:22:41,719 BOEING WAS GIVEN A TAX HANDOUT 4644 02:22:41,719 --> 02:22:43,021 IN 2013, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE 4645 02:22:43,021 --> 02:22:45,657 THEIR THREATS. THEY STILL MOVED 4646 02:22:45,657 --> 02:22:46,424 13,000 JOBS OUT OF THE STATE. 4647 02:22:46,424 --> 02:22:48,359 THIS IS A RACE TO THE BOTTOM 4648 02:22:48,359 --> 02:22:50,094 MENTALITY. BIG BUSINESS WILL DO 4649 02:22:50,094 --> 02:22:51,563 WHATEVER THEY WANT UNLESS WE 4650 02:22:51,563 --> 02:22:53,031 FIGHT BACK AND WHEREVER THEY GO, 4651 02:22:53,031 --> 02:22:54,165 WE SHOULD TAX THEM. WE NEED TO 4652 02:22:54,165 --> 02:22:56,367 BUILD A MOVEMENT TO TAX THE RICH 4653 02:22:56,367 --> 02:22:58,269 HERE AND TO TAX THEM ACROSS THE 4654 02:22:58,269 --> 02:22:59,771 WHOLE COUNTRY. THE MAYOR'S 4655 02:22:59,771 --> 02:23:01,139 EXPOSING HER OWN FUNDAMENTAL 4656 02:23:01,139 --> 02:23:03,107 DIFFERENCES AS A DEMOCRATIC 4657 02:23:03,107 --> 02:23:05,743 SOCIALIST, WITH THE APPROACH OF 4658 02:23:05,743 --> 02:23:06,344 REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST THAT 4659 02:23:06,344 --> 02:23:07,845 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT 4660 02:23:07,845 --> 02:23:08,913 TODAY. SOMEONE WENT TO WAR 4661 02:23:08,913 --> 02:23:10,715 AGAINST BIG BUSINESS IN SEATTLE 4662 02:23:10,715 --> 02:23:11,816 AND WON THE AMAZON TAX, WHICH 4663 02:23:11,816 --> 02:23:13,484 YOU ALL ARE NOW TRYING TO USE TO 4664 02:23:13,484 --> 02:23:15,186 COVER BUDGET CUTS. WORKING 4665 02:23:15,186 --> 02:23:17,055 PEOPLE NEED TO USE THAT FIGHTING 4666 02:23:17,055 --> 02:23:18,489 APPROACH, AND THAT'S WHAT 4667 02:23:18,489 --> 02:23:19,257 WORKERS STRIKE BACK IS ALL 4668 02:23:19,257 --> 02:23:20,625 ABOUT. WE NEED A NEW PARTY FOR 4669 02:23:20,625 --> 02:23:21,826 THE WORKING CLASS, AND WE NEED 4670 02:23:21,826 --> 02:23:24,095 TO TAX THE RICH SO WE CAN FULLY 4671 02:23:24,095 --> 02:23:25,563 FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION, HOUSING, 4672 02:23:25,563 --> 02:23:26,831 HEALTH CARE, COMMUNITY SERVICES, 4673 02:23:26,831 --> 02:23:28,099 ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE 4674 02:23:28,099 --> 02:23:29,500 FIGHTING FOR IN THIS ROOM TODAY 4675 02:23:29,500 --> 02:23:29,734 TAX THE 4676 02:23:29,734 --> 02:23:30,068 -- [LAUGHTER] 4677 02:23:30,068 --> 02:23:31,336 -- RICH. 4678 02:23:31,336 --> 02:23:31,736 -- TAX THE RICH. 4679 02:23:31,736 --> 02:23:38,376 -- THE RICH. 4680 02:23:38,376 --> 02:23:38,676 -- CULTURE. 4681 02:23:38,676 --> 02:23:41,713 -- AUSTERITY IS THE. 4682 02:23:41,713 --> 02:23:42,213 -- AUSTERITY THAT'S. 4683 02:23:42,213 --> 02:23:44,449 -- REALLY CLOSER. 4684 02:23:44,449 --> 02:23:46,017 -- CLOSER. YOU DECIDED TO 4685 02:23:46,017 --> 02:23:47,285 INCREASE THE POLICE BUDGET. YOU 4686 02:23:47,285 --> 02:23:48,853 MAY HAVE RATIONALIZED IT TO 4687 02:23:48,853 --> 02:23:51,823 YOURSELF THAT YOU HAD NO CHOICE, 4688 02:23:51,823 --> 02:23:54,826 BUT THIS WAS A DECISION. THIS 4689 02:23:54,826 --> 02:23:57,595 WAS A DECISION THAT YOU MADE AND 4690 02:23:57,595 --> 02:24:00,264 THAT THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE WILL 4691 02:24:00,264 --> 02:24:04,268 REBEL AGAINST EVENTUALLY, IF NOT 4692 02:24:04,268 --> 02:24:05,870 TOMORROW AND NEXT YEAR, THEN IN 4693 02:24:05,870 --> 02:24:08,640 THE NEXT DECADE. AND PEOPLE LIKE 4694 02:24:08,640 --> 02:24:18,149 YOU, YOU WILL BE. YOU WILL BE 4695 02:24:18,149 --> 02:24:20,218 FORGOTTEN. AND THE NEXT NEXT 4696 02:24:20,218 --> 02:24:21,786 PEOPLE WHO TAKE YOUR SEAT, WHO 4697 02:24:21,786 --> 02:24:23,221 ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE 4698 02:24:23,221 --> 02:24:25,223 OF SEATTLE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS 4699 02:24:25,223 --> 02:24:27,025 THE ONES WHO MADE THE CHANGE 4700 02:24:27,025 --> 02:24:32,430 THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN IN OUR 4701 02:24:32,430 --> 02:24:32,830 CITY. THANK YOU. 4702 02:24:32,830 --> 02:24:33,564 -- HI Y'ALL. MY NAME IS 4703 02:24:33,564 --> 02:24:35,166 GABRIEL. I'M A TECH WORKER AND 4704 02:24:35,166 --> 02:24:36,701 A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER. I 4705 02:24:36,701 --> 02:24:40,171 JUST WANT TO JOIN IN THE CHORUS 4706 02:24:40,171 --> 02:24:42,807 OF VOICES TODAY OPPOSING THIS 4707 02:24:42,807 --> 02:24:44,008 REGRESSIVE AUSTERITY BUDGET. YOU 4708 02:24:44,008 --> 02:24:46,210 KNOW, LIKE TOGETHER, MICROSOFT 4709 02:24:46,210 --> 02:24:47,645 AND AMAZON TO MAJOR SEATTLE TECH 4710 02:24:47,645 --> 02:24:49,914 COMPANIES ARE PLANNING TO SPEND 4711 02:24:49,914 --> 02:24:52,850 LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS 4712 02:24:52,850 --> 02:24:55,053 OF DOLLARS ON A SPECULATIVE AI 4713 02:24:55,053 --> 02:24:57,822 BET. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS SHOWS 4714 02:24:57,822 --> 02:24:59,390 THE MONUMENTAL SCALE IN WHICH 4715 02:24:59,390 --> 02:25:01,893 THESE COMPANIES OPERATE. AND 4716 02:25:01,893 --> 02:25:02,760 CUTTING $65 MILLION FROM SOCIAL 4717 02:25:02,760 --> 02:25:04,395 HOUSING IN THIS BUDGET IS NOT 4718 02:25:04,395 --> 02:25:07,098 ONLY MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, 4719 02:25:07,098 --> 02:25:08,132 IT'S ALSO DOWNRIGHT 4720 02:25:08,132 --> 02:25:09,534 EMBARRASSING. I MEAN, WE'RE 4721 02:25:09,534 --> 02:25:11,436 TALKING ABOUT A ROUNDING ERROR, 4722 02:25:11,436 --> 02:25:13,571 NOT EVEN A 10th OF 1% OF THEIR 4723 02:25:13,571 --> 02:25:17,008 PROJECTED AI SPEND. BUT INSTEAD 4724 02:25:17,008 --> 02:25:20,211 OF FUNDING SOCIAL SERVICES AND 4725 02:25:20,211 --> 02:25:22,146 SOCIAL HOUSING, THIS BUDGET 4726 02:25:22,146 --> 02:25:23,781 BENDS OVER BACKWARDS TO APPEASE 4727 02:25:23,781 --> 02:25:25,316 THE BIG TECH BILLIONAIRES. 4728 02:25:25,316 --> 02:25:26,851 RATHER THAN TAX THE WEALTHY 4729 02:25:26,851 --> 02:25:27,385 CORPORATIONS TO FUND THE 4730 02:25:27,385 --> 02:25:29,687 SERVICES, WE NEED. COUNCILPERSON 4731 02:25:29,687 --> 02:25:31,622 STRAUSS, YOU SAID. ELOQUENT 4732 02:25:31,622 --> 02:25:33,057 WORDS TONIGHT ABOUT STANDING 4733 02:25:33,057 --> 02:25:35,226 WITH CITY WORKERS. BUT WE KNOW 4734 02:25:35,226 --> 02:25:37,361 THAT THESE WORDS ARE EMPTY 4735 02:25:37,361 --> 02:25:38,963 WITHOUT REAL SUPPORT FOR TAXING 4736 02:25:38,963 --> 02:25:41,399 THE RICH AND FIGHTING THIS 4737 02:25:41,399 --> 02:25:42,033 AUSTERITY BUDGET. THIS SUNDAY, 4738 02:25:42,033 --> 02:25:43,101 I'LL BE JOINING THE WORKERS 4739 02:25:43,101 --> 02:25:44,802 STRIKE BACK MEETING TO CONTINUE 4740 02:25:44,802 --> 02:25:46,270 ORGANIZING AGAINST THE 4741 02:25:46,270 --> 02:25:47,004 BILLIONAIRES. AND I ENCOURAGE 4742 02:25:47,004 --> 02:25:47,772 YOU ALL TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF 4743 02:25:47,772 --> 02:25:49,307 THE WORKERS. STRIKE MEMBERS 4744 02:25:49,307 --> 02:25:49,507 HERE. 4745 02:25:49,507 --> 02:25:53,044 -- JOINING US. THANK YOU. BEN, 4746 02:25:53,044 --> 02:25:57,048 NUMBER 89, 99. BEN, NUMBER 99. 4747 02:25:57,048 --> 02:26:03,454 WE GOT JOAN WRIGHT, NUMBER 100. 4748 02:26:03,454 --> 02:26:07,458 JOAN. JOAN, ARE YOU JOAN? JOAN. 4749 02:26:07,458 --> 02:26:08,693 ARE YOU BEN? YOU'RE. BEN. DO 4750 02:26:08,693 --> 02:26:09,427 YOU WANT. OKAY. GREAT. BEN. 4751 02:26:09,427 --> 02:26:13,664 YOU'RE UP. OKAY. ROCK AND ROLL. 4752 02:26:13,664 --> 02:26:13,865 GOOD. 4753 02:26:13,865 --> 02:26:14,899 -- GIVE YOU GUYS, LIKE A GUESS 4754 02:26:14,899 --> 02:26:15,867 WHAT I'M HERE TO. 4755 02:26:15,867 --> 02:26:19,804 -- TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. 4756 02:26:19,804 --> 02:26:21,405 -- I'M A I'M A RENTER IN 4757 02:26:21,405 --> 02:26:24,175 DISTRICT TWO. WHAT WAS IT, 4758 02:26:24,175 --> 02:26:25,176 BETTY? I I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 4759 02:26:25,176 --> 02:26:28,079 WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS TALKING 4760 02:26:28,079 --> 02:26:29,680 ABOUT. I FEEL LIKE THIS PROBABLY 4761 02:26:29,680 --> 02:26:32,650 HAS TO, LIKE, KIND OF NOT BE THE 4762 02:26:32,650 --> 02:26:33,417 MOST FUN FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE 4763 02:26:33,417 --> 02:26:35,119 LIKE A BUNCH OF, LIKE, 4764 02:26:35,119 --> 02:26:36,621 SOCIALISTS, LIKE YELLING AT YOU 4765 02:26:36,621 --> 02:26:38,222 ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, AUSTERITY 4766 02:26:38,222 --> 02:26:38,890 BUDGETS AND STUFF. I'M JUST 4767 02:26:38,890 --> 02:26:41,626 GOING TO LIKE, TAKE A GUESS, I 4768 02:26:41,626 --> 02:26:42,293 DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT'D BE 4769 02:26:42,293 --> 02:26:44,762 LIKE A LOT COOLER IF YOU JUST 4770 02:26:44,762 --> 02:26:46,230 LIKE, ORGANIZED US WITH THIS 4771 02:26:46,230 --> 02:26:47,765 GREAT OFFICE AND OPPORTUNITY AND 4772 02:26:47,765 --> 02:26:48,366 PLATFORM THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, 4773 02:26:48,366 --> 02:26:50,902 THAT WOULD BE LIKE PRETTY SWEET. 4774 02:26:50,902 --> 02:26:52,203 MAYBE YOU COULD LIKE, KIND OF 4775 02:26:52,203 --> 02:26:53,504 LIKE STICK IT TO THE PEOPLE 4776 02:26:53,504 --> 02:26:54,105 THAT'S GIVEN YOU ALL YOUR 4777 02:26:54,105 --> 02:26:55,573 MONEY. THAT WOULD BE LIKE PRETTY 4778 02:26:55,573 --> 02:26:59,177 DOPE, I THINK. SO ANYWAYS, I 4779 02:26:59,177 --> 02:27:01,579 THINK WE KNOW THAT LIKE PEOPLE 4780 02:27:01,579 --> 02:27:03,114 HAVE TALKED ABOUT KATIE WILSON 4781 02:27:03,114 --> 02:27:04,315 AND HER CAMPAIGN PROMISES. AND I 4782 02:27:04,315 --> 02:27:05,349 THINK WE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE 4783 02:27:05,349 --> 02:27:07,451 TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS CITY 4784 02:27:07,451 --> 02:27:08,986 COUNCIL IS, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY 4785 02:27:08,986 --> 02:27:10,755 JUST GOING ALONG WITH ALL OF 4786 02:27:10,755 --> 02:27:12,623 THAT, BUT ACTUALLY GIVING A 4787 02:27:12,623 --> 02:27:13,658 LITTLE EXTRA NICE LITTLE $2 4788 02:27:13,658 --> 02:27:14,525 MILLION TO THE TO THE COPS. SO 4789 02:27:14,525 --> 02:27:19,964 I'LL JUST SPEAK TO EVERYONE 4790 02:27:19,964 --> 02:27:21,465 ELSE HERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHY 4791 02:27:21,465 --> 02:27:26,604 I'M HERE. AND I JUST WANT TO 4792 02:27:26,604 --> 02:27:29,307 SAY THAT IT'S PRETTY DESPICABLE 4793 02:27:29,307 --> 02:27:31,876 THAT PEOPLE LIKE CAMPAIGNED AND 4794 02:27:31,876 --> 02:27:34,946 ORGANIZED FOR MAYOR KATIE WILSON 4795 02:27:34,946 --> 02:27:38,282 ON THIS SORT OF LIKE 4796 02:27:38,282 --> 02:27:39,417 AFFORDABILITY AGENDA, WHEN IN 4797 02:27:39,417 --> 02:27:40,885 REALITY, SHE'S, YOU KNOW, 4798 02:27:40,885 --> 02:27:42,720 COMING RIGHT BACK TO IT ON THIS 4799 02:27:42,720 --> 02:27:44,655 BUDGET CUTS, THE EXACT THING 4800 02:27:44,655 --> 02:27:45,223 THAT SHE WAS AGAINST BRUCE 4801 02:27:45,223 --> 02:27:47,758 HARRELL FOR WAS USING THE AMAZON 4802 02:27:47,758 --> 02:27:48,092 TAX FUNDING. 4803 02:27:48,092 --> 02:27:49,660 -- THANK YOU BEN. THANK YOU BEN. 4804 02:27:49,660 --> 02:28:00,137 UP NEXT IS JOAN NUMBER 100. 4805 02:28:00,438 --> 02:28:05,243 -- MY NAME IS JOAN WRIGHT AND 4806 02:28:05,243 --> 02:28:05,576 I'M A TECH. 4807 02:28:05,576 --> 02:28:07,245 -- WORKER AND A UNION MEMBER 4808 02:28:07,245 --> 02:28:08,613 WITH OPEIU. AND I'M HERE WITH 4809 02:28:08,613 --> 02:28:10,882 WORKERS STRIKE BACK. AND I 4810 02:28:10,882 --> 02:28:13,251 OPPOSE THE MAYOR'S PRO-POLICE 4811 02:28:13,251 --> 02:28:14,986 ANTI-WORKER BUDGET. WE DO NOT 4812 02:28:14,986 --> 02:28:16,888 NEED A BIGGER POLICE BUDGET. WE 4813 02:28:16,888 --> 02:28:19,023 NEED TO EXPAND THE AMAZON TAX 4814 02:28:19,023 --> 02:28:22,460 AND TAX THE RICH TO FUND THE 4815 02:28:22,460 --> 02:28:24,295 SOCIAL SERVICES THAT WORKERS 4816 02:28:24,295 --> 02:28:25,696 DESPERATELY NEED. THANK YOU. ON 4817 02:28:25,696 --> 02:28:28,032 TUESDAY, VOTERS HERE IN 4818 02:28:28,032 --> 02:28:29,734 WASHINGTON KEPT A TAX ON THE 4819 02:28:29,734 --> 02:28:31,736 RICH. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AN 4820 02:28:31,736 --> 02:28:34,171 ANTI-TRANS SPORTS BAN PASSED. 4821 02:28:34,171 --> 02:28:36,741 BOTH MEASURES WERE BANKROLLED BY 4822 02:28:36,741 --> 02:28:40,077 THE SAME MAN. A HEDGE FUND 4823 02:28:40,077 --> 02:28:40,978 MULTIMILLIONAIRE, BRIAN HEYWOOD, 4824 02:28:40,978 --> 02:28:44,115 THE MEGA. THE MEGA WEALTHY THAT 4825 02:28:44,115 --> 02:28:46,284 WE NEED TO TAX ARE THE SAME 4826 02:28:46,284 --> 02:28:48,185 PEOPLE BANKROLLING THESE ATTACKS 4827 02:28:48,185 --> 02:28:50,688 ON TRANS KIDS. THE RICH 4828 02:28:50,688 --> 02:28:52,490 SCAPEGOAT THE VULNERABLE TO 4829 02:28:52,490 --> 02:28:53,824 DIVIDE US SO THAT WE WON'T, 4830 02:28:53,824 --> 02:28:55,927 THAT WE WON'T COME AFTER THEIR 4831 02:28:55,927 --> 02:28:58,529 WEALTH. AND WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS 4832 02:28:58,529 --> 02:29:01,499 REFUSED TO CONNECT THESE FIGHTS 4833 02:29:01,499 --> 02:29:03,134 BECAUSE THEIR PARTY ANSWERS TO 4834 02:29:03,134 --> 02:29:04,869 THE SAME WEALTHY AND BIG 4835 02:29:04,869 --> 02:29:05,970 BUSINESS INTERESTS. AND THAT IS 4836 02:29:05,970 --> 02:29:08,339 A BIG PART OF WHY THAT 4837 02:29:08,339 --> 02:29:09,974 ANTI-TRANS ATTACK PASSED. THIS 4838 02:29:09,974 --> 02:29:14,245 IS A FIGHT OF THE RICH AGAINST 4839 02:29:14,245 --> 02:29:14,845 EVERYONE ELSE, INCLUDING THE 4840 02:29:14,845 --> 02:29:18,683 MOST OPPRESSED. AND NOW HERE, 4841 02:29:18,683 --> 02:29:20,484 MAYOR WILSON. AND THIS BUDGET IS 4842 02:29:20,484 --> 02:29:23,821 PROTECTING THE RICH AGAIN. HER 4843 02:29:23,821 --> 02:29:26,524 BUDGET CUTS $65 MILLION FOR 4844 02:29:26,524 --> 02:29:28,893 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SLASHES 4845 02:29:28,893 --> 02:29:30,328 SERVICES. WORKING PEOPLE DEPEND 4846 02:29:30,328 --> 02:29:32,263 ON. CUT THE BUDGET, RAISE THE 4847 02:29:32,263 --> 02:29:35,166 AMAZON TAX AND FUND HOUSING AND 4848 02:29:35,166 --> 02:29:37,001 SERVICES THAT WE NEED. 4849 02:29:37,001 --> 02:29:37,335 -- [LAUGHTER] 4850 02:29:37,335 --> 02:29:38,903 -- THANK YOU JOAN. THANK YOU 4851 02:29:38,903 --> 02:29:42,106 JOAN. UP NEXT IS MARISSA PEREZ. 4852 02:29:42,106 --> 02:29:44,608 LINDA MITCHELL, ABIGAIL 4853 02:29:44,608 --> 02:29:46,711 ECHO-HAWK, MARCUS JOHNSON, KAT 4854 02:29:46,711 --> 02:29:48,813 MUNSON, AMY LEE, DARREN, ETHEL 4855 02:29:48,813 --> 02:29:49,180 -- [APPLAUSE], 4856 02:29:49,180 --> 02:29:53,317 -- HAZEL, BODO. NISSA. COOLEY, 4857 02:29:53,317 --> 02:29:56,320 NICK. GARDNER AND DARCY BUENDIA. 4858 02:29:56,320 --> 02:30:00,424 NUMBERS 101 THROUGH 110. 4859 02:30:00,424 --> 02:30:03,995 WELCOME, MARISSA. 4860 02:30:03,995 --> 02:30:05,262 -- HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME 4861 02:30:05,262 --> 02:30:08,599 IS MARISSA PEREZ. I'M A RENTER 4862 02:30:08,599 --> 02:30:09,834 IN DISTRICT ONE AND EXECUTIVE 4863 02:30:09,834 --> 02:30:11,969 DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE HUMAN 4864 02:30:11,969 --> 02:30:12,603 SERVICES COALITION. TUESDAY WAS 4865 02:30:12,603 --> 02:30:14,038 A REFERENDUM ON REJECTING THE 4866 02:30:14,038 --> 02:30:17,141 STATUS QUO. WE DO NOT ACCEPT 4867 02:30:17,141 --> 02:30:18,609 INCREASING WEALTH AT THE COST OF 4868 02:30:18,609 --> 02:30:19,610 THE VULNERABLE. WE ARE A CITY 4869 02:30:19,610 --> 02:30:21,245 THAT BELIEVES IN CARING FOR EACH 4870 02:30:21,245 --> 02:30:22,847 OTHER. WE ARE A CITY THAT 4871 02:30:22,847 --> 02:30:24,782 PRIORITIZES THE PEOPLE THAT 4872 02:30:24,782 --> 02:30:26,684 OTHER PLACES DISREGARD AND THROW 4873 02:30:26,684 --> 02:30:28,586 AWAY. THIS BUDGET SUSTAINS SOME 4874 02:30:28,586 --> 02:30:29,754 FUNDING FOR FOOD BANKS, MEAL 4875 02:30:29,754 --> 02:30:31,355 PROGRAMS, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE 4876 02:30:31,355 --> 02:30:33,024 SERVICES, SENIOR CENTERS, 4877 02:30:33,024 --> 02:30:34,658 SHELTERS AND HOUSING FOR 4878 02:30:34,658 --> 02:30:36,060 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. WHAT IT 4879 02:30:36,060 --> 02:30:37,661 DOESN'T FUND IS THE MOST VITAL 4880 02:30:37,661 --> 02:30:40,164 RESOURCE THAT THE SYSTEM DEPENDS 4881 02:30:40,164 --> 02:30:43,634 ON THE WORKERS. BY REFUSING TO 4882 02:30:43,634 --> 02:30:45,269 INCLUDE WAGE EQUITY INCREASES, 4883 02:30:45,269 --> 02:30:46,537 YOU ARE TELLING STAFF THAT THEY 4884 02:30:46,537 --> 02:30:48,005 DESERVE TO WORK IN THE CITY, BUT 4885 02:30:48,005 --> 02:30:50,608 NOT TO LIVE HERE, THAT THEY MUST 4886 02:30:50,608 --> 02:30:52,076 SERVE OTHERS EVEN AS THEY 4887 02:30:52,076 --> 02:30:55,012 QUALIFY FOR THOSE SAME SERVICES. 4888 02:30:55,012 --> 02:30:56,881 THESE PROGRAMS WILL FAIL WITHOUT 4889 02:30:56,881 --> 02:30:59,483 THE PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK. ASK 4890 02:30:59,483 --> 02:31:00,818 YOURSELVES WHY THE PEOPLE DOING 4891 02:31:00,818 --> 02:31:01,652 THE HARDEST WORK FOR THE MOST 4892 02:31:01,652 --> 02:31:03,954 VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY 4893 02:31:03,954 --> 02:31:06,457 DON'T DESERVE A LIVABLE WAGE. 4894 02:31:06,457 --> 02:31:07,558 HUMAN SERVICES ARE NOT A LUXURY. 4895 02:31:07,558 --> 02:31:09,026 THEY ARE NOT DISCRETIONARY AND 4896 02:31:09,026 --> 02:31:10,795 THEY ARE NOT OPTIONAL. I URGE 4897 02:31:10,795 --> 02:31:14,231 YOU TO RESTORE THE WAGE EQUITY 4898 02:31:14,231 --> 02:31:16,200 FUNDING AT 3% AND FUND THE WAGES 4899 02:31:16,200 --> 02:31:18,436 OF THOSE WHO DO THE WORK THAT 4900 02:31:18,436 --> 02:31:19,670 ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT YOU 4901 02:31:19,670 --> 02:31:21,906 ALL ARE SO PROUD OF DEPENDS ON. 4902 02:31:21,906 --> 02:31:24,041 WITHOUT THEM, THOSE PROGRAMS 4903 02:31:24,041 --> 02:31:25,576 WILL NOT SUCCEED. THANK YOU. 4904 02:31:25,576 --> 02:31:31,782 -- THANK YOU. MARISSA. LINDA 4905 02:31:31,782 --> 02:31:32,383 MITCHELL, NUMBER 102. ABIGAIL 4906 02:31:32,383 --> 02:31:35,486 ECHO-HAWK 103. WELCOME, LINDA. 4907 02:31:35,486 --> 02:31:37,488 AND FOR THE FOLKS IN THE LOBBY, 4908 02:31:37,488 --> 02:31:38,956 WE ARE HEARING YOUR VOICES IN 4909 02:31:38,956 --> 02:31:40,458 CHAMBERS. IF YOU NEED TO KEEP 4910 02:31:40,458 --> 02:31:41,525 TALKING, PLEASE MOVE THAT 4911 02:31:41,525 --> 02:31:43,227 DIRECTION. THANK YOU. OVER TO 4912 02:31:43,227 --> 02:31:46,230 YOU, LINDA. 4913 02:31:46,230 --> 02:31:49,033 -- GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. AM I 4914 02:31:49,033 --> 02:31:51,102 ON? GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. MY 4915 02:31:51,102 --> 02:31:53,871 NAME IS LINDA MITCHELL. I'M HERE 4916 02:31:53,871 --> 02:31:54,872 REPRESENTING MARY'S PLACE. AND 4917 02:31:54,872 --> 02:31:57,374 I WANT TO START WITH SOME 4918 02:31:57,374 --> 02:31:59,577 GRATITUDE THIS EVENING, COUNCIL 4919 02:31:59,577 --> 02:32:00,177 MEMBER OR COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4920 02:32:00,177 --> 02:32:01,112 HOLLINGSWORTH, THANK YOU FOR 4921 02:32:01,112 --> 02:32:04,115 ALWAYS KEEPING FAMILIES AND 4922 02:32:04,115 --> 02:32:07,017 CHILDREN THE FOCUS AND FOR THE 4923 02:32:07,017 --> 02:32:08,419 SHELTER THAT YOU ARE FUNDING IN 4924 02:32:08,419 --> 02:32:10,020 THIS BUDGET. AND TO THE MAYOR 4925 02:32:10,020 --> 02:32:12,223 FOR INCLUDING FAMILY SHELTER 4926 02:32:12,223 --> 02:32:13,657 FUNDING IN HER BUDGET. I ALSO 4927 02:32:13,657 --> 02:32:17,428 WANT TO THANK YOUR CO-SPONSORS, 4928 02:32:17,428 --> 02:32:20,097 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA LIN SAKA 4929 02:32:20,097 --> 02:32:22,366 AND JUAREZ BUDGET CHAIR STRAUSS. 4930 02:32:22,366 --> 02:32:25,136 THANK YOU FOR GUIDING THIS 4931 02:32:25,136 --> 02:32:28,272 PROCESS AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 4932 02:32:28,272 --> 02:32:31,809 AND YOUR CO-SPONSORS. COUNCIL 4933 02:32:31,809 --> 02:32:32,309 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 4934 02:32:32,309 --> 02:32:34,645 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND KETTLE. 4935 02:32:34,645 --> 02:32:36,380 THANK YOU FOR SUSTAINING FUNDING 4936 02:32:36,380 --> 02:32:38,782 FOR OUR BRIGHT SPARK PARTNERSHIP 4937 02:32:38,782 --> 02:32:39,517 AT THE ALLEN FAMILY CENTER. A 4938 02:32:39,517 --> 02:32:41,051 DROP IN CENTER FOR FAMILIES IN 4939 02:32:41,051 --> 02:32:43,387 SOUTH SEATTLE. BRIGHT SPARK 4940 02:32:43,387 --> 02:32:44,855 PROVIDES EARLY LEARNING AND 4941 02:32:44,855 --> 02:32:47,124 CHILD CARE NAVIGATION SO PARENTS 4942 02:32:47,124 --> 02:32:50,694 CAN WORK, LOOK FOR HOUSING, AND 4943 02:32:50,694 --> 02:32:53,197 SERVE MORE FAMILIES AS THEY MOVE 4944 02:32:53,197 --> 02:32:54,431 FORWARD. THE NEED IS GREAT. 4945 02:32:54,431 --> 02:32:56,033 FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ARE 4946 02:32:56,033 --> 02:32:58,102 SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN OUR 4947 02:32:58,102 --> 02:32:58,636 COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. THIS 4948 02:32:58,636 --> 02:33:00,271 FUNDING WILL HELP US BRING MORE 4949 02:33:00,271 --> 02:33:02,907 FAMILIES INSIDE. WE'RE GRATEFUL 4950 02:33:02,907 --> 02:33:05,309 FOR THE SUPPORT THIS COUNCIL HAS 4951 02:33:05,309 --> 02:33:07,044 CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED FOR 4952 02:33:07,044 --> 02:33:09,313 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. THANK 4953 02:33:09,313 --> 02:33:09,513 YOU. 4954 02:33:09,513 --> 02:33:11,248 -- THANK YOU LINDA. UP NEXT IS 4955 02:33:11,248 --> 02:33:13,150 ABIGAIL ECHO-HAWK AND THEN 4956 02:33:13,150 --> 02:33:17,521 MARCUS JOHNSON 103. AND THEN 4957 02:33:17,521 --> 02:33:17,855 104. WELCOME. 4958 02:33:17,855 --> 02:33:19,156 -- NOT TOO LONG AGO, I HAD A 4959 02:33:19,156 --> 02:33:20,791 KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF MY OFFICE 4960 02:33:20,791 --> 02:33:21,659 AT THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH 4961 02:33:21,659 --> 02:33:22,793 BOARD, WHERE I SERVE AS THE 4962 02:33:22,793 --> 02:33:24,195 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT. MY 4963 02:33:24,195 --> 02:33:25,729 STAFF WAS THERE, AND THEY TOLD 4964 02:33:25,729 --> 02:33:26,864 ME THAT WE HAD A NATIVE WOMAN AT 4965 02:33:26,864 --> 02:33:28,032 80 YEARS OLD, IN A WHEELCHAIR, 4966 02:33:28,032 --> 02:33:30,768 WHO HAD RECENTLY BEEN RAPED, AND 4967 02:33:30,768 --> 02:33:31,835 HER PERPETRATOR WAS. IN 4968 02:33:31,835 --> 02:33:33,003 ADDITION, HE WAS IN THE BUILDING 4969 02:33:33,003 --> 02:33:34,371 WITH HER. I WENT UPSTAIRS AND 4970 02:33:34,371 --> 02:33:36,207 MET WITH MY STAFF. WE WERE ABLE 4971 02:33:36,207 --> 02:33:37,441 TO SEPARATE THEM SAFELY, AND WE 4972 02:33:37,441 --> 02:33:40,110 WAITED FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR FOR 4973 02:33:40,110 --> 02:33:41,645 SPD TO RESPOND. IN THAT TIME, 4974 02:33:41,645 --> 02:33:42,746 OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, OUR 4975 02:33:42,746 --> 02:33:44,215 TRADITIONAL INDIAN MEDICINE 4976 02:33:44,215 --> 02:33:46,717 PEOPLE, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL 4977 02:33:46,717 --> 02:33:49,053 SERVICES TEAM, EVERYBODY WHO 4978 02:33:49,053 --> 02:33:50,821 TOUCHED THAT INDIVIDUAL WRAPPED 4979 02:33:50,821 --> 02:33:51,722 HER IN LOVE AND CARE. AND WHEN 4980 02:33:51,722 --> 02:33:53,691 SHE ASKED FOR CLOTHES AND I WENT 4981 02:33:53,691 --> 02:33:55,259 TO GO GET SOME CLOTHES FROM OUR 4982 02:33:55,259 --> 02:33:59,230 CLOSET, ALL WE HAD WAS A PAIR OF 4983 02:33:59,230 --> 02:34:00,264 FIVE X SWEATPANTS FOR A NATIVE 4984 02:34:00,264 --> 02:34:02,833 WOMAN AT 80 YEARS OLD, IN A 4985 02:34:02,833 --> 02:34:04,501 WHEELCHAIR UNDER 80 POUNDS, WHO 4986 02:34:04,501 --> 02:34:05,302 WAS SUFFERING FROM CANCER, WHO 4987 02:34:05,302 --> 02:34:07,738 HAD JUST BEEN RAPED. AND WHEN WE 4988 02:34:07,738 --> 02:34:09,473 PULLED THOSE SWEATPANTS OVER HER 4989 02:34:09,473 --> 02:34:11,242 TINY LITTLE BODY AND TIED THE 4990 02:34:11,242 --> 02:34:14,211 STRING AS TIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE, 4991 02:34:14,211 --> 02:34:15,713 WHAT I SAW WAS A NONFULFILLMENT 4992 02:34:15,713 --> 02:34:16,347 OF TREATY AND TRUST OBLIGATIONS 4993 02:34:16,347 --> 02:34:17,948 TO THE LAND. EVERYONE YOU STAND 4994 02:34:17,948 --> 02:34:19,116 ON RIGHT NOW, EVERY ONE OF US, 4995 02:34:19,116 --> 02:34:20,417 AS WE STAND IN FRONT OF THE FACE 4996 02:34:20,417 --> 02:34:23,053 OF CHIEF SEATTLE, WHERE THIS 4997 02:34:23,053 --> 02:34:25,022 CITY, WHERE THIS COUNTRY ARE 4998 02:34:25,022 --> 02:34:25,623 FAILING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. I 4999 02:34:25,623 --> 02:34:28,058 REQUEST $1 MILLION TO THE CITY. 5000 02:34:28,058 --> 02:34:29,526 FROM THE CITY TO THE SEATTLE 5001 02:34:29,526 --> 02:34:31,395 INDIAN HEALTH BOARD TO CONTINUE 5002 02:34:31,395 --> 02:34:33,364 OUR WORK SERVING VICTIMS OF 5003 02:34:33,364 --> 02:34:33,964 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE BECAUSE 5004 02:34:33,964 --> 02:34:37,067 THEY COME TO US BEFORE THEY COME 5005 02:34:37,067 --> 02:34:40,137 TO ANYBODY ELSE. THIS ISN'T JUST 5006 02:34:40,137 --> 02:34:42,139 A STORY. THIS IS THE EXPERIENCE 5007 02:34:42,139 --> 02:34:43,340 EVERY DAY OF OUR RELATIVES. AND 5008 02:34:43,340 --> 02:34:45,309 I'M GRATEFUL TO COUNCILMEMBER 5009 02:34:45,309 --> 02:34:46,510 JUAREZ, WHO HAS CONTINUED TO 5010 02:34:46,510 --> 02:34:49,179 PUSH FOR REPRESENTATION OF 5011 02:34:49,179 --> 02:34:50,648 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AT THIS 5012 02:34:50,648 --> 02:34:51,882 COUNCIL. AND I ASK ALL OF YOU, 5013 02:34:51,882 --> 02:34:54,451 HOW BIG WILL YOUR BRAVE BE? WHAT 5014 02:34:54,451 --> 02:34:56,153 WILL YOU DO TO SUPPORT 5015 02:34:56,153 --> 02:34:56,787 INDIGENOUS SURVIVORS, AND WILL 5016 02:34:56,787 --> 02:34:58,122 WE BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR 5017 02:34:58,122 --> 02:35:02,493 FUNDING 5018 02:35:02,493 --> 02:35:03,027 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 5019 02:35:03,027 --> 02:35:04,728 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 5020 02:35:04,728 --> 02:35:06,196 -- MARCUS JOHNSON, NUMBER 104, 5021 02:35:06,196 --> 02:35:08,098 THE DAUGHTER OF ALFRED MUNSON. 5022 02:35:08,098 --> 02:35:13,270 CAT MUNSON, NUMBER 105. AND THEN 5023 02:35:13,270 --> 02:35:14,872 A LEE EHRENTHAL AT 106. YOU GUYS 5024 02:35:14,872 --> 02:35:15,539 A GROUP? 5025 02:35:15,539 --> 02:35:17,241 -- WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO FOR 5026 02:35:17,241 --> 02:35:18,442 ONE MINUTE AND 30s AND. YEAH, 5027 02:35:18,442 --> 02:35:21,412 YEAH. TAKE IT AWAY. THANKS SO 5028 02:35:21,412 --> 02:35:23,380 MUCH. BUDGET CHAIR STRAUSS AND 5029 02:35:23,380 --> 02:35:23,814 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5030 02:35:23,814 --> 02:35:24,448 HOLLINGSWORTH. GOOD TO SEE YOU 5031 02:35:24,448 --> 02:35:26,216 TWICE IN ONE DAY. I APPRECIATE 5032 02:35:26,216 --> 02:35:27,284 THE COUNCIL HEARING US ALL 5033 02:35:27,284 --> 02:35:28,285 TONIGHT. I'M DON BLAKENEY, I'M 5034 02:35:28,285 --> 02:35:29,553 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE U. 5035 02:35:29,553 --> 02:35:30,721 DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP, A 5036 02:35:30,721 --> 02:35:31,455 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT 5037 02:35:31,455 --> 02:35:32,623 LOOKS AFTER THE U. DISTRICT. I 5038 02:35:32,623 --> 02:35:34,792 WANT TO START BY THANKING 5039 02:35:34,792 --> 02:35:35,659 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR HER 5040 02:35:35,659 --> 02:35:37,027 SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP FOR THE 5041 02:35:37,027 --> 02:35:38,429 STOREFRONT REPAIR PROGRAM. 5042 02:35:38,429 --> 02:35:40,564 THAT'S BEEN REALLY IMPACTFUL IN 5043 02:35:40,564 --> 02:35:41,198 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SEVERAL THINGS 5044 02:35:41,198 --> 02:35:43,133 YOU GUYS FUND AND SUPPORT IN THE 5045 02:35:43,133 --> 02:35:43,701 U. DISTRICT HAVE HAD A BIG 5046 02:35:43,701 --> 02:35:45,135 IMPACT, INCLUDING YOUR CLEAN AND 5047 02:35:45,135 --> 02:35:47,037 SAFE AND INVESTMENTS IN HOMELESS 5048 02:35:47,037 --> 02:35:48,372 OUTREACH PROGRAMS. I'M HERE 5049 02:35:48,372 --> 02:35:49,573 TONIGHT WITH MARCUS JOHNSON, OUR 5050 02:35:49,573 --> 02:35:50,541 CLEAN AND SAFE DIRECTOR. HE'S 5051 02:35:50,541 --> 02:35:51,308 GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 5052 02:35:51,308 --> 02:35:53,243 THAT IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 5053 02:35:53,243 --> 02:35:55,813 -- YEAH, I WANT TO START BY 5054 02:35:55,813 --> 02:35:56,413 THANKING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 5055 02:35:56,413 --> 02:35:58,382 FOR CHAMPIONING THE ADDITIONAL 5056 02:35:58,382 --> 02:35:59,350 $100,000 IN CLEANING IN THE 5057 02:35:59,350 --> 02:36:01,552 DISTRICT THIS YEAR, AND FOR 5058 02:36:01,552 --> 02:36:03,420 PROPOSING THE CONTINUATION OF 5059 02:36:03,420 --> 02:36:05,322 THAT FUNDING IN 2027. THAT 5060 02:36:05,322 --> 02:36:06,190 INVESTMENT HAS MADE A MEANINGFUL 5061 02:36:06,190 --> 02:36:08,292 DIFFERENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, 5062 02:36:08,292 --> 02:36:09,560 ALLOWING OUR CLEAN TEAM TO 5063 02:36:09,560 --> 02:36:11,628 EXPAND ITS WORK. ADDRESSING 5064 02:36:11,628 --> 02:36:13,664 LITTER, GRAFFITI, ILLEGAL 5065 02:36:13,664 --> 02:36:14,264 DUMPING AND OTHER PERSISTENT 5066 02:36:14,264 --> 02:36:15,332 CHALLENGES. WE'VE MADE REAL 5067 02:36:15,332 --> 02:36:17,167 PROGRESS ON THAT NEED FOR THESE 5068 02:36:17,167 --> 02:36:18,335 SERVICES REMAINS. I ENCOURAGE 5069 02:36:18,335 --> 02:36:20,003 THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE 5070 02:36:20,003 --> 02:36:21,538 PROVISO AND CONTINUE THIS 5071 02:36:21,538 --> 02:36:22,973 INVESTMENT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK 5072 02:36:22,973 --> 02:36:24,341 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR HER 5073 02:36:24,341 --> 02:36:26,076 LEADERSHIP ON GUN VIOLENCE 5074 02:36:26,076 --> 02:36:26,844 PREVENTION AND HER CONTINUED 5075 02:36:26,844 --> 02:36:28,178 COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING PUBLIC 5076 02:36:28,178 --> 02:36:29,580 SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK 5077 02:36:29,580 --> 02:36:30,848 YOU, THANK YOU. 5078 02:36:30,848 --> 02:36:32,116 -- THANK YOU. NOT EVEN A MINUTE, 5079 02:36:32,116 --> 02:36:35,753 30s. THANK YOU. AND WE'VE GOT 5080 02:36:35,753 --> 02:36:37,621 CAT MUNSON AT 105. THIS IS OUR 5081 02:36:37,621 --> 02:36:39,723 HALFWAY POINT. SO AT THIS RATE, 5082 02:36:39,723 --> 02:36:42,459 WE WILL. THE LAST SPEAKERS WILL 5083 02:36:42,459 --> 02:36:45,195 BE HERE TESTIFYING AT ABOUT 5084 02:36:45,195 --> 02:36:47,531 1015. AND SO THAT IS THE ASK 5085 02:36:47,531 --> 02:36:51,201 THAT I HAVE ABOUT EITHER GIVING 5086 02:36:51,201 --> 02:36:52,369 EXTRA TIME OR MAYBE NOT YELLING 5087 02:36:52,369 --> 02:36:53,670 ALL THE TIME. IT'S SO THAT THE 5088 02:36:53,670 --> 02:36:56,340 LAST SPEAKER CAN GO HOME BEFORE 5089 02:36:56,340 --> 02:36:58,108 1015. WITH THAT CAT, MUNSON. 5090 02:36:58,108 --> 02:37:02,413 -- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CAT DAN 5091 02:37:02,413 --> 02:37:04,014 STRAUSS SAID A COUPLE TIMES. D 5092 02:37:04,014 --> 02:37:05,416 FOR RESIDENT AND ADVOCATE FOR 5093 02:37:05,416 --> 02:37:07,785 OUR AGING AND DISABLED. AS PART 5094 02:37:07,785 --> 02:37:09,920 OF THE COALITION FOR EQUITABLE 5095 02:37:09,920 --> 02:37:12,923 AGING, I WANT TO THANK 5096 02:37:12,923 --> 02:37:16,427 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR INCLUDING 5097 02:37:16,427 --> 02:37:17,194 THE $700 $750,000 INVESTMENT FOR 5098 02:37:17,194 --> 02:37:20,063 SENIOR CENTERS AND THE 2027 5099 02:37:20,063 --> 02:37:22,466 BUDGET AND THE INFLATION 5100 02:37:22,466 --> 02:37:24,568 ADJUSTED AMOUNT FOR 2028. AND 5101 02:37:24,568 --> 02:37:25,102 THANK YOU TO CO-SPONSORS, 5102 02:37:25,102 --> 02:37:27,704 COUNCIL MEMBERS FOSTER 5103 02:37:27,704 --> 02:37:30,207 HOLLINGSWORTH AND LIN UNDER OUR 5104 02:37:30,207 --> 02:37:31,208 CURRENT AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN 5105 02:37:31,208 --> 02:37:32,876 THE CITY AND THE CALLOUSNESS OF 5106 02:37:32,876 --> 02:37:35,813 H.R. ONE, OUR ELDERS ARE BEING 5107 02:37:35,813 --> 02:37:36,346 FORCED TO MAKE IMPOSSIBLE 5108 02:37:36,346 --> 02:37:37,581 CHOICES BETWEEN MEDICATION, 5109 02:37:37,581 --> 02:37:40,117 FOOD, AND HOUSING, AND THEY'RE 5110 02:37:40,117 --> 02:37:42,085 DOING SO IN LARGER NUMBERS THAN 5111 02:37:42,085 --> 02:37:43,120 EVER BY 2030. YOU'VE HEARD THIS 5112 02:37:43,120 --> 02:37:44,455 STAT. THERE WILL BE, FOR THE 5113 02:37:44,455 --> 02:37:46,457 FIRST TIME, MORE RESIDENTS OVER 5114 02:37:46,457 --> 02:37:48,992 60 THAN UNDER 18 IN KING COUNTY, 5115 02:37:48,992 --> 02:37:50,994 AND THEY'RE TURNING TO SENIOR 5116 02:37:50,994 --> 02:37:52,062 CENTERS TO MEET THEIR BASIC 5117 02:37:52,062 --> 02:37:54,097 NEEDS FOR MEALS, CONNECTION, 5118 02:37:54,097 --> 02:37:56,433 CONNECTION TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, 5119 02:37:56,433 --> 02:37:58,502 AND TO SERVICES. SEATTLE ELDERS 5120 02:37:58,502 --> 02:38:00,671 DESERVE A STRONG AND STABLE 5121 02:38:00,671 --> 02:38:01,772 SOCIAL SAFETY NET AND NOT TO BE 5122 02:38:01,772 --> 02:38:03,440 FORGOTTEN. AND THIS TWO YEAR 5123 02:38:03,440 --> 02:38:05,142 INVESTMENT WILL SUBSTANTIALLY 5124 02:38:05,142 --> 02:38:06,577 HELP BOLSTER THAT. AS PART OF 5125 02:38:06,577 --> 02:38:08,212 THE SEATTLE SEATTLE HUMAN 5126 02:38:08,212 --> 02:38:09,112 SERVICES COALITION. I ALSO WANT 5127 02:38:09,112 --> 02:38:11,582 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 5128 02:38:11,582 --> 02:38:13,650 FOR INCLUDING THE REQUEST FOR A 5129 02:38:13,650 --> 02:38:15,886 REPORT FROM CBO ON HOW WAGE 5130 02:38:15,886 --> 02:38:17,955 EQUITY AND INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS 5131 02:38:17,955 --> 02:38:19,690 ARE APPLIED TO CITY CONTRACTS. 5132 02:38:19,690 --> 02:38:21,959 NOT EVERY BUDGET AMENDMENT IS 5133 02:38:21,959 --> 02:38:23,160 EITHER EXCITING, SEXY, OR ABOUT 5134 02:38:23,160 --> 02:38:24,828 DOLLARS, BUT THIS ONE IS REALLY 5135 02:38:24,828 --> 02:38:27,397 IMPORTANT AND ONE WE HOPE WILL 5136 02:38:27,397 --> 02:38:28,832 LIFT UP HUMAN SERVICES WORKERS 5137 02:38:28,832 --> 02:38:30,033 IN THE FUTURE. FUND WAY TO FUND. 5138 02:38:30,033 --> 02:38:32,102 WAY TOO. 5139 02:38:32,102 --> 02:38:32,436 -- THANK YOU. 5140 02:38:32,436 --> 02:38:35,205 -- CAT FUN WAY TO STAND WITH 5141 02:38:35,205 --> 02:38:37,074 SURVIVORS. PROTECT TRANS KIDS. 5142 02:38:37,074 --> 02:38:38,509 -- THANK YOU. MAKING ALFREDO 5143 02:38:38,509 --> 02:38:40,544 PROUD. NEXT UP IS ANI LEE. 5144 02:38:40,544 --> 02:38:40,944 DARREN I BELIEVE. 5145 02:38:40,944 --> 02:38:43,914 -- HIGH CLOSE KIND OF. I'M AMY 5146 02:38:43,914 --> 02:38:45,082 LEE DARREN BOTHELL, AND I'M THE 5147 02:38:45,082 --> 02:38:46,583 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE CENTER 5148 02:38:46,583 --> 02:38:48,285 FOR ACTIVE LIVING AND ALSO A 5149 02:38:48,285 --> 02:38:51,555 MEMBER OF THE COALITION FOR 5150 02:38:51,555 --> 02:38:53,357 EQUITABLE AGING. AND I'M HERE 5151 02:38:53,357 --> 02:38:55,192 TONIGHT TO SAY I SUPPORT 5152 02:38:55,192 --> 02:38:58,395 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA PROPOSAL TO 5153 02:38:58,395 --> 02:39:00,631 INVEST THAT $750,000 TO THE 5154 02:39:00,631 --> 02:39:03,200 SENIOR CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY. 5155 02:39:03,200 --> 02:39:04,001 IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT IT'S 5156 02:39:04,001 --> 02:39:05,669 IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT OUR 5157 02:39:05,669 --> 02:39:07,437 OLDER ADULTS, WHICH ARE OFTEN 5158 02:39:07,437 --> 02:39:10,173 FORGOTTEN. I ALSO WANT TO THANK 5159 02:39:10,173 --> 02:39:13,076 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER COUNCIL 5160 02:39:13,076 --> 02:39:13,677 MEMBER LIN YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5161 02:39:13,677 --> 02:39:16,713 STRAUSS AND HOLLINGSWORTH FOR 5162 02:39:16,713 --> 02:39:18,248 ALSO SUPPORTING IT AND AND FOR 5163 02:39:18,248 --> 02:39:23,053 YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO IMAGINE AN 5164 02:39:23,053 --> 02:39:24,955 OLDER ADULT LIVING ALONE WHOSE 5165 02:39:24,955 --> 02:39:25,956 DOCTOR ENCOURAGES THEM TO FIND 5166 02:39:25,956 --> 02:39:29,026 COMMUNITY FOR THEIR HEALTH. THEY 5167 02:39:29,026 --> 02:39:31,428 COME TO A SENIOR CENTER FOR 5168 02:39:31,428 --> 02:39:33,263 LUNCH, MEET A FRIEND, AND JOIN 5169 02:39:33,263 --> 02:39:34,731 AN EXERCISE CLASS. SOON THEY 5170 02:39:34,731 --> 02:39:36,600 HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO, AND PEOPLE 5171 02:39:36,600 --> 02:39:39,303 WHO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM. 5172 02:39:39,303 --> 02:39:41,171 AS OUR POPULATION, AGES, DEMAND 5173 02:39:41,171 --> 02:39:44,875 FOR MEALS, SOCIAL WORK, SUPPORT 5174 02:39:44,875 --> 02:39:46,243 AND CLASSES CONTINUES TO GROW. 5175 02:39:46,243 --> 02:39:48,245 WE NEED TO KEEP FUNDING THAT 5176 02:39:48,245 --> 02:39:52,049 KEEPS UP TO THAT PACE. 1 IN 5 5177 02:39:52,049 --> 02:39:54,284 AMERICANS ARE BABY BOOMERS. THE 5178 02:39:54,284 --> 02:39:56,353 OLDEST BABY BOOMERS ARE 80 THIS 5179 02:39:56,353 --> 02:39:57,521 YEAR. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF 5180 02:39:57,521 --> 02:39:59,656 PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE 5181 02:39:59,656 --> 02:40:01,892 SYSTEM, AND PART OF OLDER 5182 02:40:01,892 --> 02:40:03,727 AMERICANS THAT JUST REALLY NEED 5183 02:40:03,727 --> 02:40:06,630 OUR SUPPORT. SO PLEASE PRESERVE 5184 02:40:06,630 --> 02:40:09,299 THIS INVESTMENT THROUGH FINAL 5185 02:40:09,299 --> 02:40:10,100 BUDGET ADOPTION FOR THE OLDER 5186 02:40:10,100 --> 02:40:11,201 ADULTS WHO COUNT ON US. THANK 5187 02:40:11,201 --> 02:40:11,835 YOU VERY MUCH. 5188 02:40:11,835 --> 02:40:15,405 -- THANK YOU. AMY. UP NEXT IS 5189 02:40:15,405 --> 02:40:17,841 HAZEL, NUMBER 107. 5190 02:40:17,841 --> 02:40:18,075 -- YES. 5191 02:40:18,075 --> 02:40:21,511 -- THAT'S ME. THANK YOU. ALL 5192 02:40:21,511 --> 02:40:22,479 RIGHT. I SHOULD JUST TIP TOE. 5193 02:40:22,479 --> 02:40:23,714 -- YOU CAN USE THE OTHER. 5194 02:40:23,714 --> 02:40:27,217 -- ONE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GOOD 5195 02:40:27,217 --> 02:40:29,720 EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM 5196 02:40:29,720 --> 02:40:32,956 HAZEL, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF AGING 5197 02:40:32,956 --> 02:40:34,491 AND ADULT SERVICES AT ASIAN 5198 02:40:34,491 --> 02:40:35,959 COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE. 5199 02:40:35,959 --> 02:40:38,862 AND I AM HERE TO SUPPORT 5200 02:40:38,862 --> 02:40:41,932 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA PROPOSAL TO 5201 02:40:41,932 --> 02:40:42,699 INVEST THE $750,000 IN OUR 5202 02:40:42,699 --> 02:40:45,902 SENIOR CENTERS. AND ALSO, I WANT 5203 02:40:45,902 --> 02:40:47,671 TO THANK OUR COUNCIL BUDGET 5204 02:40:47,671 --> 02:40:49,439 CHAIR STRAUSS. AND AGAIN. 5205 02:40:49,439 --> 02:40:51,341 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, FOR YOUR 5206 02:40:51,341 --> 02:40:55,078 LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO OUR 5207 02:40:55,078 --> 02:40:56,313 SEATTLE OLDER ADULTS AT OUR 5208 02:40:56,313 --> 02:40:57,881 SENIOR CENTER IS CALLED CLUB 5209 02:40:57,881 --> 02:40:59,683 BAMBOO SENIOR CENTER AND WE 5210 02:40:59,683 --> 02:41:01,952 SERVE HUNDREDS OF OLDER ADULTS, 5211 02:41:01,952 --> 02:41:04,087 MANY EXPERIENCING LANGUAGE, 5212 02:41:04,087 --> 02:41:06,690 CULTURAL AND ACCESS BARRIERS. IN 5213 02:41:06,690 --> 02:41:09,292 2025, DESPITE OUR LIMITED 5214 02:41:09,292 --> 02:41:11,561 RESOURCES, WE EXPANDED OUR 5215 02:41:11,561 --> 02:41:13,230 SERVICES TO HOMELESS OR 5216 02:41:13,230 --> 02:41:14,998 HOMEBOUND OLDER ADULTS AT THE 5217 02:41:14,998 --> 02:41:17,367 MOUNT BAKER SENIOR HOUSING. WE 5218 02:41:17,367 --> 02:41:20,137 PROVIDE OVER 5000 HOT MEALS 5219 02:41:20,137 --> 02:41:23,073 VALUED FOR OVER $25,000, ALONG 5220 02:41:23,073 --> 02:41:27,811 WITH WEEKLY GROCERIES. AGAIN, 5221 02:41:27,811 --> 02:41:28,412 DESPITE OUR LIMITED RESOURCES 5222 02:41:28,412 --> 02:41:31,548 AND THIS IS WHAT SENIOR CENTERS 5223 02:41:31,548 --> 02:41:33,250 DO, WE LISTEN. WE FIND WAYS TO 5224 02:41:33,250 --> 02:41:36,620 BE ABLE TO MEET AND RESPOND TO 5225 02:41:36,620 --> 02:41:38,889 THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. BUT 5226 02:41:38,889 --> 02:41:41,091 AS THE DEMAND GROWS BIGGER, OUR 5227 02:41:41,091 --> 02:41:43,193 SENIOR CENTERS NEEDS ADDITIONAL 5228 02:41:43,193 --> 02:41:45,729 SUPPORT TO KEEP UP. SO 5229 02:41:45,729 --> 02:41:47,631 RESPECTFULLY URGE THE COUNCIL TO 5230 02:41:47,631 --> 02:41:48,231 APPROVE THIS INVESTMENT SO WE 5231 02:41:48,231 --> 02:41:50,934 CAN CONTINUE PROVIDING ESSENTIAL 5232 02:41:50,934 --> 02:41:52,969 SERVICES TO THE OLDER ADULTS WHO 5233 02:41:52,969 --> 02:41:54,671 RELY ON US EVERY SINGLE DAY. 5234 02:41:54,671 --> 02:41:55,539 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5235 02:41:55,539 --> 02:41:58,141 -- THANK YOU. HAZEL. UP NEXT IS 5236 02:41:58,141 --> 02:41:58,742 NISA COOLEY, FOLLOWED BY NICK 5237 02:41:58,742 --> 02:42:01,845 GARDNER. THEN DARCY BUENDIA. 5238 02:42:01,845 --> 02:42:04,848 NISA, WELCOME. HI. 5239 02:42:04,848 --> 02:42:06,616 -- ALL RIGHT, I'M READY. HI 5240 02:42:06,616 --> 02:42:07,784 THERE. MY NAME IS LISA COOLEY 5241 02:42:07,784 --> 02:42:10,120 AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE CHEF AND 5242 02:42:10,120 --> 02:42:11,722 SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER. WITH THE 5243 02:42:11,722 --> 02:42:14,157 KINDNESS CAFE AND A MEMBER OF 5244 02:42:14,157 --> 02:42:15,192 THE MEALS PARTNERS PARTNERSHIP 5245 02:42:15,192 --> 02:42:16,727 COALITION. I'M HERE TODAY TO 5246 02:42:16,727 --> 02:42:17,327 SUPPORT PERMANENT FUNDING FOR 5247 02:42:17,327 --> 02:42:19,196 MEAL PROGRAMS. I WANT TO THANK 5248 02:42:19,196 --> 02:42:21,064 MAYOR KATIE WILSON FOR INCLUDING 5249 02:42:21,064 --> 02:42:21,698 $1 MILLION IN PERMANENT FUNDING 5250 02:42:21,698 --> 02:42:23,600 FOR MEAL PROGRAMS IN THE 2027 5251 02:42:23,600 --> 02:42:25,602 BUDGET. I ALSO WANT TO THANK 5252 02:42:25,602 --> 02:42:26,236 COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH AND 5253 02:42:26,236 --> 02:42:27,904 RINCK FOR MAKING THE ONE TIME 5254 02:42:27,904 --> 02:42:29,005 INVESTMENT LAST YEAR, AND I 5255 02:42:29,005 --> 02:42:29,973 APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL FOR 5256 02:42:29,973 --> 02:42:31,541 WORKING TO MAKE THAT FUNDING 5257 02:42:31,541 --> 02:42:32,976 ONGOING. I URGE YOU TO SUSTAIN 5258 02:42:32,976 --> 02:42:34,544 THIS ALL OF THIS INVESTMENT IN 5259 02:42:34,544 --> 02:42:35,545 THE FINAL BUDGET AND TO MAKE NO 5260 02:42:35,545 --> 02:42:37,314 CUTS TO HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING. 5261 02:42:37,314 --> 02:42:39,149 THE KINDNESS CAFE SERVES A FREE 5262 02:42:39,149 --> 02:42:40,283 HOT MEAL EVERY DAY INSIDE OF THE 5263 02:42:40,283 --> 02:42:43,720 BALLARD FOOD BANK. WE MAKE 5264 02:42:43,720 --> 02:42:44,354 BETWEEN 600 AND 1700 MEALS ON 5265 02:42:44,354 --> 02:42:46,523 EACH SERVICE DAY, WITH A 5266 02:42:46,523 --> 02:42:47,657 GLOBALLY INSPIRED MENU. FOR MANY 5267 02:42:47,657 --> 02:42:48,992 OF OUR GUESTS, OUR MEAL IS THE 5268 02:42:48,992 --> 02:42:50,594 MOST DEPENDABLE HOT MEAL THEY 5269 02:42:50,594 --> 02:42:52,295 WILL RECEIVE THAT DAY. OUR 5270 02:42:52,295 --> 02:42:53,563 NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORS COME FROM 5271 02:42:53,563 --> 02:42:54,498 ALL OVER THE WORLD AND FOOD IS 5272 02:42:54,498 --> 02:42:56,700 HOW PEOPLE FEEL AT HOME. 5273 02:42:56,700 --> 02:42:57,701 CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD IS 5274 02:42:57,701 --> 02:43:00,203 OFTEN THE HARDEST TO FIND IN 5275 02:43:00,203 --> 02:43:01,671 EMERGENCY FOOD SETTINGS, AND THE 5276 02:43:01,671 --> 02:43:03,140 INGREDIENTS COST MORE TO SOURCE. 5277 02:43:03,140 --> 02:43:04,207 OUR MENU IS ONE OF THE FEW 5278 02:43:04,207 --> 02:43:05,275 PLACES WHERE SOMEONE CAN SIT 5279 02:43:05,275 --> 02:43:06,943 DOWN TO A DISH THAT TASTES LIKE 5280 02:43:06,943 --> 02:43:08,545 THEIR FAMILY'S KITCHEN. IF OUR 5281 02:43:08,545 --> 02:43:09,679 FUNDING WERE REDUCED OR 5282 02:43:09,679 --> 02:43:11,114 ELIMINATED, THAT IS THE FIRST 5283 02:43:11,114 --> 02:43:13,150 THING WE WOULD LOSE. WE WOULD BE 5284 02:43:13,150 --> 02:43:14,985 FORCED TO SIMPLIFY THE MENU, 5285 02:43:14,985 --> 02:43:16,453 SHRINK PORTIONS AND POSSIBLY CUT 5286 02:43:16,453 --> 02:43:18,255 SERVICE DAYS. THIS MODEST 5287 02:43:18,255 --> 02:43:18,855 INVESTMENT WILL HELP KINDNESS 5288 02:43:18,855 --> 02:43:19,890 CAFE SUSTAIN THE IMPORTANT WORK 5289 02:43:19,890 --> 02:43:21,358 THAT WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. 5290 02:43:21,358 --> 02:43:22,793 AGAIN, MY NAME IS NISA COOLEY 5291 02:43:22,793 --> 02:43:23,426 WITH THE KINDNESS CAFE. I URGE 5292 02:43:23,426 --> 02:43:25,061 YOU TO SUSTAIN THE FULL MILLION 5293 02:43:25,061 --> 02:43:26,196 DOLLARS IN PERMANENT FUNDING FOR 5294 02:43:26,196 --> 02:43:28,365 HOT MEAL PROGRAMS AND TO PROTECT 5295 02:43:28,365 --> 02:43:29,766 HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING. 5296 02:43:29,766 --> 02:43:31,568 -- THANK YOU 5297 02:43:31,568 --> 02:43:34,538 -- THANK YOU. NISA. UP NEXT IS 5298 02:43:34,538 --> 02:43:37,440 NICK GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY DARCY 5299 02:43:37,440 --> 02:43:37,707 BUENDIA. 5300 02:43:37,707 --> 02:43:39,810 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 5301 02:43:39,810 --> 02:43:41,511 I AM NICK GARDNER, PROGRAM 5302 02:43:41,511 --> 02:43:43,346 DIRECTOR AT EDIBLE HOPE KITCHEN 5303 02:43:43,346 --> 02:43:44,381 AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE MEALS 5304 02:43:44,381 --> 02:43:46,483 PARTNERSHIP COALITION. I'M HERE 5305 02:43:46,483 --> 02:43:49,686 IN SUPPORT OF BUDGET AMENDMENT 5306 02:43:49,686 --> 02:43:52,355 HSD 013. A THANK YOU TO EDIBLE 5307 02:43:52,355 --> 02:43:56,126 HOPES COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS 5308 02:43:56,126 --> 02:43:56,593 TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5309 02:43:56,593 --> 02:43:58,762 HOLLINGSWORTH AND TO MY OWN 5310 02:43:58,762 --> 02:44:02,098 COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 5311 02:44:02,098 --> 02:44:02,699 FOR SPONSORING FUNDING FOR A 5312 02:44:02,699 --> 02:44:03,834 COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT STAFF AT 5313 02:44:03,834 --> 02:44:07,771 EDIBLE HOPE, A VITAL 5314 02:44:07,771 --> 02:44:08,305 NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTION. 5315 02:44:08,305 --> 02:44:10,941 SEATTLE IS IN A HUNGER CRISIS. 5316 02:44:10,941 --> 02:44:12,275 FOUR YEARS AGO, WE SERVED FEWER 5317 02:44:12,275 --> 02:44:14,044 THAN 100 MEALS A DAY. LAST YEAR 5318 02:44:14,044 --> 02:44:17,280 IT WAS 170. RIGHT NOW IT'S 210, 5319 02:44:17,280 --> 02:44:20,350 ALL FROM A TINY BASEMENT KITCHEN 5320 02:44:20,350 --> 02:44:22,519 FOR MANY OF OUR GUESTS, THAT'S 5321 02:44:22,519 --> 02:44:24,154 MIGHT BE THE ONLY MEAL THEY GET 5322 02:44:24,154 --> 02:44:27,457 EACH DAY, SO WE CAN'T STOP. BUT 5323 02:44:27,457 --> 02:44:30,427 WE'RE ON THE ROPES THIS FUNDING 5324 02:44:30,427 --> 02:44:31,761 KEEPS TRAINED COMMUNITY MANAGERS 5325 02:44:31,761 --> 02:44:32,295 ON SITE TO DE-ESCALATE 5326 02:44:32,295 --> 02:44:34,130 SITUATIONS, UPHOLDS OUR CODE OF 5327 02:44:34,130 --> 02:44:35,699 CONDUCT, AND CONNECTS GUESTS 5328 02:44:35,699 --> 02:44:37,434 WITH CASE MANAGERS AND OUTREACH 5329 02:44:37,434 --> 02:44:39,502 FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. THAT 5330 02:44:39,502 --> 02:44:42,072 MAKES OUR GUESTS AND NEIGHBORS 5331 02:44:42,072 --> 02:44:43,640 SAFER AND FREES OUR KITCHEN 5332 02:44:43,640 --> 02:44:45,408 STAFF TO FOCUS ON NUTRITIOUS HOT 5333 02:44:45,408 --> 02:44:48,745 MEALS. I'M ALSO HERE TO URGE 5334 02:44:48,745 --> 02:44:50,347 YOU TO SUSTAIN THE $1 MILLION IN 5335 02:44:50,347 --> 02:44:50,981 PERMANENT FUNDING FOR HOT MEAL 5336 02:44:50,981 --> 02:44:52,749 IN THE HOT, FOR HOT MEALS, IN 5337 02:44:52,749 --> 02:44:55,018 THE BUDGET, THE MEALS 5338 02:44:55,018 --> 02:44:55,986 PARTNERSHIP COALITION, NOW 60 5339 02:44:55,986 --> 02:44:57,988 MEMBERS STRONG, IS A HYPER 5340 02:44:57,988 --> 02:45:01,658 EFFICIENT WAY TO SUPPORT HOT 5341 02:45:01,658 --> 02:45:02,292 MEALS ACROSS SEATTLE, AND THIS 5342 02:45:02,292 --> 02:45:02,993 FLEXIBLE FUNDING PROGRAMS LIKE 5343 02:45:02,993 --> 02:45:05,061 OURS KEEP MEALS NUTRITIOUS, 5344 02:45:05,061 --> 02:45:05,562 COMPLETE AND CULTURALLY 5345 02:45:05,562 --> 02:45:06,796 UPLIFTING EVERY DAY. SO PLEASE 5346 02:45:06,796 --> 02:45:07,898 KEEP BOTH INVESTMENTS IN THE 5347 02:45:07,898 --> 02:45:10,500 FINAL BUDGET. THANK YOU. 5348 02:45:10,500 --> 02:45:13,003 -- THANK YOU NICK. UP NEXT IS 5349 02:45:13,003 --> 02:45:14,971 DARCY BUENDIA. AND THEN I'LL 5350 02:45:14,971 --> 02:45:16,439 CALL AFTER DARCY GOES. I'LL CALL 5351 02:45:16,439 --> 02:45:18,308 THE NEXT ROUND. BUT FOLKS ARE 5352 02:45:18,308 --> 02:45:20,510 SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THEIR 5353 02:45:20,510 --> 02:45:22,746 NUMBERS. WELCOME, DARCY. 5354 02:45:22,746 --> 02:45:25,081 -- HELLO. I AM ALSO HERE 5355 02:45:25,081 --> 02:45:27,517 REPRESENTING THE MEALS 5356 02:45:27,517 --> 02:45:30,320 PARTNERSHIP COALITION AS WELL AS 5357 02:45:30,320 --> 02:45:32,122 NORTH SEATTLE FOOD CONNECTION, A 5358 02:45:32,122 --> 02:45:34,024 FOOD HUB THAT IS LAKE CITY'S 5359 02:45:34,024 --> 02:45:35,825 NEWEST CREATION THAT WAS CREATED 5360 02:45:35,825 --> 02:45:37,727 FROM A FOOD BANK AND A MEAL 5361 02:45:37,727 --> 02:45:43,600 PROGRAM COMBINING. I'M HERE TO 5362 02:45:43,600 --> 02:45:44,067 THANK THE COUNCIL FOR 5363 02:45:44,067 --> 02:45:46,202 MAINTAINING THE LEVELS OF HOT 5364 02:45:46,202 --> 02:45:48,171 MEAL PROGRAM AND FOOD BANK 5365 02:45:48,171 --> 02:45:49,873 FUNDING THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE 5366 02:45:49,873 --> 02:45:54,577 BUDGET. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO 5367 02:45:54,577 --> 02:45:56,112 US. THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT WE 5368 02:45:56,112 --> 02:45:57,147 ARE GETTING SQUEEZED FROM ALL 5369 02:45:57,147 --> 02:46:01,151 SIDES, AND IT IS NOT A DRILL 5370 02:46:01,151 --> 02:46:02,752 ANYMORE. THINGS ARE CHANGING, 5371 02:46:02,752 --> 02:46:03,320 SERVICES ARE BEING REDUCED, 5372 02:46:03,320 --> 02:46:07,490 THINGS ARE BEING CUT. ONE SMALL 5373 02:46:07,490 --> 02:46:09,092 HOLIDAY EXAMPLE IS THAT WE'VE 5374 02:46:09,092 --> 02:46:11,561 NEVER NOT GIVEN OUT HOLIDAY 5375 02:46:11,561 --> 02:46:12,996 TURKEYS AND WE JUST ARE NOT. 5376 02:46:12,996 --> 02:46:14,597 THIS YEAR THERE ARE MORE AND 5377 02:46:14,597 --> 02:46:16,433 MORE PEOPLE COMING TO OUR 5378 02:46:16,433 --> 02:46:18,234 SERVICES. FOOD IS COSTING MORE 5379 02:46:18,234 --> 02:46:20,403 THAN EVER AND IT'S GETTING MORE 5380 02:46:20,403 --> 02:46:22,672 EXPENSIVE TO DELIVER THE 5381 02:46:22,672 --> 02:46:24,374 SERVICES THAT WE DELIVER. SO 5382 02:46:24,374 --> 02:46:26,676 EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE 5383 02:46:26,676 --> 02:46:27,978 PROVIDING IS SO IMPORTANT TO US. 5384 02:46:27,978 --> 02:46:29,879 WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. IT 5385 02:46:29,879 --> 02:46:32,649 DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE IT IS 5386 02:46:32,649 --> 02:46:34,150 RIGHT NOW, FOREVER. AND WE SEE 5387 02:46:34,150 --> 02:46:35,719 YOU TRYING TO SUPPORT US IN 5388 02:46:35,719 --> 02:46:37,587 THAT, AND I APPRECIATE IT SO 5389 02:46:37,587 --> 02:46:39,356 MUCH. OUR NEIGHBORS APPRECIATE 5390 02:46:39,356 --> 02:46:41,491 IT SO MUCH. THANK YOU. 5391 02:46:41,491 --> 02:46:45,195 -- THANK YOU. DARCY. UP NEXT, WE 5392 02:46:45,195 --> 02:46:47,130 HAVE PETER KEITH. 111. JASON 5393 02:46:47,130 --> 02:46:50,633 AUSTIN, EMILY ROSE BARR, ALEC, 5394 02:46:50,633 --> 02:46:51,801 LILLITH, GOOD TO HEAR. GOOD TO 5395 02:46:51,801 --> 02:46:54,704 SEE YOUR NAME. THEN WE'VE GOT 5396 02:46:54,704 --> 02:46:58,274 116 THROUGH 18. ANNIE FARLEY, 5397 02:46:58,274 --> 02:47:00,577 CONNOR DUGAN, CHARLOTTE STARK 5398 02:47:00,577 --> 02:47:04,047 CLOSING OUT THIS SECTION IS 5399 02:47:04,047 --> 02:47:06,116 EAMONN LINDSAY AND GENE COX AT 5400 02:47:06,116 --> 02:47:07,350 1191 20. IF THERE ARE STILL 5401 02:47:07,350 --> 02:47:08,852 FOLKS DOWN IN THE BERTHA KNIGHT 5402 02:47:08,852 --> 02:47:10,820 LANDES ROOM BELOW US, WE DO NOW 5403 02:47:10,820 --> 02:47:12,756 HAVE OPEN SEATS UP HERE. WITH 5404 02:47:12,756 --> 02:47:14,624 THAT, PETER, WELCOME. 5405 02:47:14,624 --> 02:47:17,293 -- I'M PETER, I'M THE BOARD 5406 02:47:17,293 --> 02:47:17,861 PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY 5407 02:47:17,861 --> 02:47:20,263 LUNCHEON ON CAPITOL HILL. WE'RE 5408 02:47:20,263 --> 02:47:21,498 A 40 YEAR ORGANIZATION THAT'S 5409 02:47:21,498 --> 02:47:22,632 ALSO PART OF THE MEALS 5410 02:47:22,632 --> 02:47:23,133 PARTNERSHIP COALITION. 5411 02:47:23,133 --> 02:47:24,067 -- YOU HAVE TO GET CLOSER TO THE 5412 02:47:24,067 --> 02:47:25,935 MIC. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. 5413 02:47:25,935 --> 02:47:26,569 -- I WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE 5414 02:47:26,569 --> 02:47:28,772 FOR THE $1 MILLION OF PERMANENT 5415 02:47:28,772 --> 02:47:30,407 FUNDING THAT'S IN THE BUDGET, 5416 02:47:30,407 --> 02:47:32,409 AND WANT TO ASK YOU TO RATIFY 5417 02:47:32,409 --> 02:47:33,977 THAT. WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION 5418 02:47:33,977 --> 02:47:35,378 THAT HAS BEEN REALLY HIT HARD 5419 02:47:35,378 --> 02:47:36,679 SINCE THE PANDEMIC. IN 2019, WE 5420 02:47:36,679 --> 02:47:39,582 SERVED ABOUT 40,000 MEALS. THIS 5421 02:47:39,582 --> 02:47:42,152 YEAR, WE'RE ON TRACK TO SERVE 5422 02:47:42,152 --> 02:47:43,186 140,000 MEALS. THE LAST FOUR 5423 02:47:43,186 --> 02:47:45,455 YEARS, WE HAVE RUN ON DEFICITS. 5424 02:47:45,455 --> 02:47:47,590 LAST YEAR WE RAN A DEFICIT OF 5425 02:47:47,590 --> 02:47:49,926 $130,000, AND THAT WAS BASICALLY 5426 02:47:49,926 --> 02:47:54,330 ME. THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY 5427 02:47:54,330 --> 02:47:56,833 TO MAINTAIN THAT. I PERSONALLY 5428 02:47:56,833 --> 02:47:58,101 VOLUNTEER ABOUT 40 HOURS A WEEK 5429 02:47:58,101 --> 02:47:59,169 ON TOP OF MY REGULAR LIFE, 5430 02:47:59,169 --> 02:48:00,103 BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY 5431 02:48:00,103 --> 02:48:02,238 STAFF. WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE 5432 02:48:02,238 --> 02:48:04,908 JUMPING INTO TRASH CONTAINERS TO 5433 02:48:04,908 --> 02:48:09,546 COMPRESS THE GARBAGE TO REDUCE 5434 02:48:09,546 --> 02:48:10,613 COSTS ON GARBAGE. MPC HAS BEEN A 5435 02:48:10,613 --> 02:48:11,881 LIFELINE TO US. THE MILLION 5436 02:48:11,881 --> 02:48:13,783 DOLLAR FUNDING HAS FUNDED 5437 02:48:13,783 --> 02:48:15,018 DIRECTLY ABOUT 10% OF OUR 5438 02:48:15,018 --> 02:48:18,154 BUDGET. THEY HAVE ALLOWED US TO 5439 02:48:18,154 --> 02:48:19,856 PURCHASE TURKEYS AND PUMPKIN 5440 02:48:19,856 --> 02:48:20,490 PIES FOR OUR THANKSGIVING MEALS, 5441 02:48:20,490 --> 02:48:22,792 WHERE ONE OF THE ONLY MEAL 5442 02:48:22,792 --> 02:48:23,460 SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT'S OPEN 5443 02:48:23,460 --> 02:48:24,794 DURING THANKSGIVING, WE SERVED 5444 02:48:24,794 --> 02:48:27,831 ABOUT 700 MEALS LAST YEAR. TWO 5445 02:48:27,831 --> 02:48:29,866 DAYS AGO, WHEN OUR FREEZER BROKE 5446 02:48:29,866 --> 02:48:31,334 DOWN, MPC STEPPED UP AND LET US 5447 02:48:31,334 --> 02:48:32,602 USE THEIR FREEZER SPACE SO THAT 5448 02:48:32,602 --> 02:48:37,107 WE CAN KEEP 70 OF OUR TURKEYS 5449 02:48:37,107 --> 02:48:39,342 ALIVE. I'M NOT 5450 02:48:39,342 --> 02:48:39,676 -- [LAUGHTER] 5451 02:48:39,676 --> 02:48:42,312 -- ALIVE, BUT FROZEN. OUR 5452 02:48:42,312 --> 02:48:43,546 PROGRAM HAS BEEN FIVE SECONDS 5453 02:48:43,546 --> 02:48:45,882 AWAY FROM THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK OF 5454 02:48:45,882 --> 02:48:47,450 CLOSING, AND MPC, AND YOUR 5455 02:48:47,450 --> 02:48:48,384 INVESTMENT HAS ALLOWED US TO 5456 02:48:48,384 --> 02:48:50,453 KEEP GOING. MANY OF OUR UNHOUSED 5457 02:48:50,453 --> 02:48:51,321 GUESTS HAVE NO OTHER MEAL 5458 02:48:51,321 --> 02:48:52,689 SOURCE, AND YOU'RE KEEPING THEM 5459 02:48:52,689 --> 02:48:54,491 ALIVE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. 5460 02:48:54,491 --> 02:48:54,791 THANK YOU. 5461 02:48:54,791 --> 02:48:56,659 -- AND, PETER, I WANT TO THANK 5462 02:48:56,659 --> 02:48:58,194 YOU FOR THE THAT WAS THE BEST 5463 02:48:58,194 --> 02:48:58,895 MOMENT OF THE EVENING. 5464 02:48:58,895 --> 02:48:59,229 -- [LAUGHTER] 5465 02:48:59,229 --> 02:49:02,699 -- THANK YOU FOR. THANK YOU FOR 5466 02:49:02,699 --> 02:49:03,299 THE LEVITY. THANK YOU FOR THE 5467 02:49:03,299 --> 02:49:04,234 LEVITY. JASON AUSTIN, FOLLOWED 5468 02:49:04,234 --> 02:49:05,768 BY EMILY. AND THEN ALEC. 5469 02:49:05,768 --> 02:49:06,369 -- THAT'S GONNA BE HARD TO 5470 02:49:06,369 --> 02:49:07,504 FOLLOW. I'LL DO MY BEST. GOOD 5471 02:49:07,504 --> 02:49:08,138 EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME 5472 02:49:08,138 --> 02:49:09,973 IS JASON AUSTIN, PROGRAM 5473 02:49:09,973 --> 02:49:11,574 DIRECTOR WITH THE MEALS 5474 02:49:11,574 --> 02:49:12,976 PARTNERSHIP COALITION. I'M HERE 5475 02:49:12,976 --> 02:49:15,078 TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE 5476 02:49:15,078 --> 02:49:17,013 $1 MILLION PERMANENT INVESTMENT 5477 02:49:17,013 --> 02:49:18,148 FOR MEAL PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN 5478 02:49:18,148 --> 02:49:19,983 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. I WANT TO 5479 02:49:19,983 --> 02:49:21,751 THANK THE COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINING 5480 02:49:21,751 --> 02:49:22,652 THIS FUNDING IN THE BALANCING 5481 02:49:22,652 --> 02:49:24,521 PACKAGE AND URGE YOU TO MAINTAIN 5482 02:49:24,521 --> 02:49:26,489 THIS FULL INVESTMENT IN THE 5483 02:49:26,489 --> 02:49:28,591 FINAL BUDGET. OUR 60 MEMBER 5484 02:49:28,591 --> 02:49:30,193 COALITION UTILIZED THIS FUNDING 5485 02:49:30,193 --> 02:49:30,827 TO PROVIDE NUTRITIONALLY DENSE 5486 02:49:30,827 --> 02:49:32,662 AND CULTURALLY UPLIFTING MEALS 5487 02:49:32,662 --> 02:49:34,898 TO EVERY SEATTLEITE IN NEED IN 5488 02:49:34,898 --> 02:49:36,065 DISTRICT ONE, CULTIVATE SOUTH 5489 02:49:36,065 --> 02:49:37,667 PARK USES THIS FUNDING TO EXPAND 5490 02:49:37,667 --> 02:49:40,436 THEIR PREPARED MEAL OFFERINGS IN 5491 02:49:40,436 --> 02:49:41,404 DISTRICT TWO, EL CENTRO DE LA 5492 02:49:41,404 --> 02:49:43,072 RAZA USES THIS FUNDING TO 5493 02:49:43,072 --> 02:49:45,108 PURCHASE CULTURALLY RELEVANT 5494 02:49:45,108 --> 02:49:46,276 MEAL INGREDIENTS FOR THEIR 5495 02:49:46,276 --> 02:49:47,810 SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM THAT THEY 5496 02:49:47,810 --> 02:49:49,946 WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO 5497 02:49:49,946 --> 02:49:51,347 AFFORD. IN DISTRICT FOUR, THE 5498 02:49:51,347 --> 02:49:52,849 YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE HAS BEEN 5499 02:49:52,849 --> 02:49:54,684 ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND THEIR 5500 02:49:54,684 --> 02:49:57,120 WEEKLY COMMUNITY MEAL PROGRAM 5501 02:49:57,120 --> 02:49:58,721 FOR OUR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS IN 5502 02:49:58,721 --> 02:49:59,622 DISTRICT FIVE. AURORA COMMONS 5503 02:49:59,622 --> 02:50:01,491 HAS USED THIS FUNDING TO 5504 02:50:01,491 --> 02:50:02,625 MAINTAIN THEIR HOT MEAL PROGRAM 5505 02:50:02,625 --> 02:50:05,762 IN THE FACE OF A 150% INCREASE 5506 02:50:05,762 --> 02:50:07,664 IN DEMAND FOR SERVICES. EVERY 5507 02:50:07,664 --> 02:50:10,200 SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN SEATTLE 5508 02:50:10,200 --> 02:50:11,634 BENEFITS FROM THIS FUNDING, 5509 02:50:11,634 --> 02:50:12,202 SUPPORTING AN ECOSYSTEM OF 5510 02:50:12,202 --> 02:50:13,603 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, WORKING HARD 5511 02:50:13,603 --> 02:50:15,505 TO MEET THE UNIQUE NUTRITIONAL 5512 02:50:15,505 --> 02:50:16,940 NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. AGAIN, I 5513 02:50:16,940 --> 02:50:18,308 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SUSTAINING 5514 02:50:18,308 --> 02:50:20,243 THIS INVESTMENT IN THE BALANCING 5515 02:50:20,243 --> 02:50:21,578 PACKAGE AND URGE YOU TO PROTECT 5516 02:50:21,578 --> 02:50:22,712 THIS INVESTMENT IN THE FINAL 5517 02:50:22,712 --> 02:50:25,315 BUDGET. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 5518 02:50:25,315 --> 02:50:28,952 -- THANK YOU, MY FRIEND EMILY 5519 02:50:28,952 --> 02:50:31,054 113. YEAH, WELCOME. THANK YOU. 5520 02:50:31,054 --> 02:50:32,188 YEAH, JUST PULL THAT MIC. 5521 02:50:32,188 --> 02:50:33,990 -- EXPLORE THIS A LITTLE BIT. 5522 02:50:33,990 --> 02:50:37,660 -- AS WHEREVER YOU NEED IT. 5523 02:50:37,660 --> 02:50:37,860 OKAY. 5524 02:50:37,860 --> 02:50:40,129 -- GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR 5525 02:50:40,129 --> 02:50:40,296 ME? 5526 02:50:40,296 --> 02:50:40,530 -- YES. 5527 02:50:40,530 --> 02:50:41,798 -- OKAY. GOOD EVENING, 5528 02:50:41,798 --> 02:50:43,032 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS EMILY 5529 02:50:43,032 --> 02:50:45,802 ROSE AND I AM A CO-CHAIR OF THE 5530 02:50:45,802 --> 02:50:48,738 SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION AND 5531 02:50:48,738 --> 02:50:51,708 A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO. I'D 5532 02:50:51,708 --> 02:50:53,109 LIKE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT OF 5533 02:50:53,109 --> 02:50:55,511 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS BUDGET 5534 02:50:55,511 --> 02:50:56,613 BALANCING PACKAGE. SPECIFICALLY 5535 02:50:56,613 --> 02:50:58,715 THE $1 BILLION, ONE TIME 5536 02:50:58,715 --> 02:51:01,684 INVESTMENT TO ADDRESS THE CITY 5537 02:51:01,684 --> 02:51:02,352 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CRIMINAL CASE 5538 02:51:02,352 --> 02:51:04,821 BACKLOG, WHICH WOULD BE USED TO 5539 02:51:04,821 --> 02:51:05,421 PRIORITIZE CRIMES OF DOMESTIC 5540 02:51:05,421 --> 02:51:07,123 VIOLENCE AND OTHER VIOLENT 5541 02:51:07,123 --> 02:51:08,391 CRIMES. CURRENTLY, ONE THIRD OF 5542 02:51:08,391 --> 02:51:13,496 THE NEAR 5000 BACKLOG IS FOR 5543 02:51:13,496 --> 02:51:14,030 CASES INVOLVING DOMESTIC 5544 02:51:14,030 --> 02:51:15,465 VIOLENCE, ELDER ABUSE, ASSAULT 5545 02:51:15,465 --> 02:51:17,767 WITH SEXUAL MOTIVATION OR 5546 02:51:17,767 --> 02:51:20,403 STALKING. ADDITIONALLY, I 5547 02:51:20,403 --> 02:51:22,772 APPLAUD COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 5548 02:51:22,772 --> 02:51:26,709 PROPOSAL OF $2.5 MILLION IN 2027 5549 02:51:26,709 --> 02:51:28,978 AND $2.5 MILLION IN 2028 TO 5550 02:51:28,978 --> 02:51:29,545 INCREASE FUNDING FOR GENDER 5551 02:51:29,545 --> 02:51:31,748 BASED VIOLENCE SUPPORTIVE 5552 02:51:31,748 --> 02:51:33,583 SERVICES AS PART OF 5553 02:51:33,583 --> 02:51:34,183 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, SEATTLE 5554 02:51:34,183 --> 02:51:37,620 STANDS WITH SURVIVORS EVERY STEP 5555 02:51:37,620 --> 02:51:38,688 CAMPAIGN, TIMELY CASE 5556 02:51:38,688 --> 02:51:39,689 RESOLUTION, AND ROBUST 5557 02:51:39,689 --> 02:51:41,724 ACCOUNTABILITY ARE CRITICAL FOR 5558 02:51:41,724 --> 02:51:44,394 VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GENDER 5559 02:51:44,394 --> 02:51:46,329 BASED VIOLENCE TO ADVANCE THEIR 5560 02:51:46,329 --> 02:51:48,064 PHYSICAL SAFETY, PSYCHOLOGICAL 5561 02:51:48,064 --> 02:51:50,933 HEALING AND INSTITUTIONAL TRUST. 5562 02:51:50,933 --> 02:51:53,336 WHEN LEGAL OR COMMUNITY 5563 02:51:53,336 --> 02:51:55,738 RESPONSES DELAY JUSTICE OR FAIL 5564 02:51:55,738 --> 02:51:56,205 TO HOLD PERPETRATORS 5565 02:51:56,205 --> 02:51:57,340 ACCOUNTABLE, IT OFTEN PROLONGS 5566 02:51:57,340 --> 02:52:00,076 TRAUMA AND EXACERBATES THE RISKS 5567 02:52:00,076 --> 02:52:01,110 SURVIVORS FACE. I WOULD LIKE TO 5568 02:52:01,110 --> 02:52:04,280 EXTEND MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO 5569 02:52:04,280 --> 02:52:06,716 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 5570 02:52:06,716 --> 02:52:07,250 COUNCILMEMBER, FOSTER AND 5571 02:52:07,250 --> 02:52:08,017 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 5572 02:52:08,017 --> 02:52:11,354 PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF THIS 5573 02:52:11,354 --> 02:52:11,988 MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY IN THE 5574 02:52:11,988 --> 02:52:15,258 2027 BUDGET AND BEYOND, AND URGE 5575 02:52:15,258 --> 02:52:15,758 FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS. 5576 02:52:15,758 --> 02:52:18,194 -- THANK YOU THANK YOU, EMILY, 5577 02:52:18,194 --> 02:52:19,729 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER 5578 02:52:19,729 --> 02:52:20,830 SERVICE TO OUR CITY. WITH THAT, 5579 02:52:20,830 --> 02:52:26,703 ALEC, YOU'RE UP NEXT. 115. 5580 02:52:26,703 --> 02:52:26,936 -- 15. 5581 02:52:26,936 --> 02:52:27,637 -- I'M ALEC. 5582 02:52:27,637 --> 02:52:29,205 -- ALL RIGHT. BUT YOU GOT TO GET 5583 02:52:29,205 --> 02:52:29,872 CLOSE TO THE MICROPHONE, THOUGH. 5584 02:52:29,872 --> 02:52:31,674 OH, YEAH. 5585 02:52:31,674 --> 02:52:33,009 -- I'M ALEC. JUST GRAB IT FROM 5586 02:52:33,009 --> 02:52:35,011 NORTH BEACH. SUPPORTING THE 5587 02:52:35,011 --> 02:52:36,946 PROPOSALS TO INCREASE PRIVATE 5588 02:52:36,946 --> 02:52:38,648 PARKING TAXES AND METER PARKING 5589 02:52:38,648 --> 02:52:41,684 IN NEW AREAS. I HOPE OUR CITY 5590 02:52:41,684 --> 02:52:42,285 COLLECTS MONEY DIRECTLY FROM 5591 02:52:42,285 --> 02:52:44,987 PUBLIC PARKING IN MORE AREAS. IN 5592 02:52:44,987 --> 02:52:45,555 ADDITION TO SUPPORTING THE 5593 02:52:45,555 --> 02:52:47,190 VIBRANT CAUSES DISCUSSED IN 5594 02:52:47,190 --> 02:52:50,226 CLOSE TO THE MIC AND A CONSTANT 5595 02:52:50,226 --> 02:52:51,394 SOCIAL SAFETY NET, PARKING FEES 5596 02:52:51,394 --> 02:52:52,895 AND TAXES COULD LIMIT THE COST 5597 02:52:52,895 --> 02:52:54,297 OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS TAXES, 5598 02:52:54,297 --> 02:52:56,899 LOCAL COMMERCE TAXES AND IMPACT 5599 02:52:56,899 --> 02:53:00,169 FEES FROM NEW BUILDINGS FOR EVS, 5600 02:53:00,169 --> 02:53:03,373 SIDEWALKS AND FINANCING. THE 5601 02:53:03,373 --> 02:53:03,973 INEFFICIENCY OF UTILITIES AND 5602 02:53:03,973 --> 02:53:04,674 INFRASTRUCTURE SERVING THE 5603 02:53:04,674 --> 02:53:07,243 CURRENT DENSITY. GETTING MORE 5604 02:53:07,243 --> 02:53:08,378 MONEY DIRECTLY FROM PARKING CAN 5605 02:53:08,378 --> 02:53:10,680 CHANGE OUR CITY'S DESIGN, SO 5606 02:53:10,680 --> 02:53:13,116 MORE LOCALS AND IMMIGRANTS CAN 5607 02:53:13,116 --> 02:53:14,450 LIVE SAFELY. HEALTHY, DEVELOP A 5608 02:53:14,450 --> 02:53:16,119 CAREER, GENERATE REVENUE 5609 02:53:16,119 --> 02:53:17,687 LOCALLY, AND MAKE DRIVING A 5610 02:53:17,687 --> 02:53:20,156 CHOICE INSTEAD OF A DANGEROUS 5611 02:53:20,156 --> 02:53:22,358 DAILY OBLIGATION. OUR CITY'S 5612 02:53:22,358 --> 02:53:24,394 DESIGN AFFECTS WHICH FAMILIES, 5613 02:53:24,394 --> 02:53:26,729 FARMS AND FORESTS CAN STAY WHERE 5614 02:53:26,729 --> 02:53:28,631 THEY'VE GROWN OUTSIDE THE CITY. 5615 02:53:28,631 --> 02:53:29,565 AND I URGE YOU ALL TO REMOVE THE 5616 02:53:29,565 --> 02:53:31,701 TIME LIMIT TO NEIGHBORS LIVING 5617 02:53:31,701 --> 02:53:33,469 ON WHEELS IN ONE PLACE, AND 5618 02:53:33,469 --> 02:53:34,837 CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF WHAT 5619 02:53:34,837 --> 02:53:36,038 PORTLAND DID TO ALLOW THE USE OF 5620 02:53:36,038 --> 02:53:37,874 MOBILE HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL 5621 02:53:37,874 --> 02:53:38,674 BACKYARDS. THANK YOU. 5622 02:53:38,674 --> 02:53:40,710 -- THANK YOU. ALEX, GOOD TO SEE 5623 02:53:40,710 --> 02:53:43,179 YOU. WE HAVE A GROUP UP NEXT. 5624 02:53:43,179 --> 02:53:47,417 116, 17 AND 18. AND CONNOR AND 5625 02:53:47,417 --> 02:53:49,118 CHARLOTTE, IS THAT RIGHT? 5626 02:53:49,118 --> 02:53:50,420 -- CHARLOTTE STARK. 5627 02:53:50,420 --> 02:53:53,222 -- THAT'S YOU. CONNOR DUGAN AND 5628 02:53:53,222 --> 02:53:53,456 DENISE. 5629 02:53:53,456 --> 02:53:53,790 -- FANTASTIC. 5630 02:53:53,790 --> 02:53:56,058 -- I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT. 5631 02:53:56,058 --> 02:53:58,694 -- WELCOME. LET'S SWITCH THE 5632 02:53:58,694 --> 02:54:01,497 TIMER UP AND ANYTIME YOU'RE 5633 02:54:01,497 --> 02:54:02,465 READY, WE'RE READY. 5634 02:54:02,465 --> 02:54:05,234 -- YES, SIR. THANK YOU. WE ARE A 5635 02:54:05,234 --> 02:54:08,104 COMMUNITY COUNCIL. VOLUNTEERS 5636 02:54:08,104 --> 02:54:08,671 ADVOCATING FOR THOUSANDS OF 5637 02:54:08,671 --> 02:54:11,507 RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS, 5638 02:54:11,507 --> 02:54:12,175 THOUSANDS THAT VISIT SEATTLE'S 5639 02:54:12,175 --> 02:54:14,644 NUMBER ONE BEACH. THANK YOU. 5640 02:54:14,644 --> 02:54:15,611 COUNCILMAN SAKA, ON THIS BUDGET 5641 02:54:15,611 --> 02:54:16,946 ISSUE, WHEN YOU SAID THAT A CITY 5642 02:54:16,946 --> 02:54:18,514 BUDGET SHOULD SHARPEN OUR 5643 02:54:18,514 --> 02:54:20,550 PRIORITIES, NOT WEAKEN OUR 5644 02:54:20,550 --> 02:54:22,251 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND YOU ALSO 5645 02:54:22,251 --> 02:54:23,953 ASKED COLLEAGUES, ARE WE 5646 02:54:23,953 --> 02:54:24,720 LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE WE 5647 02:54:24,720 --> 02:54:28,257 SERVE? I HAVE SIGNATURES FROM 5648 02:54:28,257 --> 02:54:30,359 OVER 200 ALKI RESIDENTS, PLUS A 5649 02:54:30,359 --> 02:54:31,494 COALITION LETTER FROM A LONG 5650 02:54:31,494 --> 02:54:36,265 LIST OF ALKI SMALL BUSINESSES, 5651 02:54:36,265 --> 02:54:36,799 ALL SUPPORTING YOUR ALKI 5652 02:54:36,799 --> 02:54:38,367 AMENDMENT TO SUPPORT SAFETY AND 5653 02:54:38,367 --> 02:54:40,403 COMMUNITY. AND THAT DID INCLUDE 5654 02:54:40,403 --> 02:54:41,704 THE SDOT TRAFFIC CAM THAT WAS 5655 02:54:41,704 --> 02:54:46,542 REMOVED TO SAVE 50 K CHAIR. THE 5656 02:54:46,542 --> 02:54:48,344 SDOT TRAFFIC DECLARED SDOT 5657 02:54:48,344 --> 02:54:50,279 RATHER DECLARED ALKI AVENUE A 5658 02:54:50,279 --> 02:54:51,547 DESIGNATED RACEWAY, AND WE 5659 02:54:51,547 --> 02:54:53,950 BELIEVE THAT SOME HELP IS BETTER 5660 02:54:53,950 --> 02:54:54,417 THAN NONE BECAUSE THE 5661 02:54:54,417 --> 02:54:55,351 INTERSECTION TAKEOVERS OF 5662 02:54:55,351 --> 02:54:57,787 BURNOUTS, THE CARS THAT ARE 5663 02:54:57,787 --> 02:54:59,622 SPRINTING EAST AND WEST RACING 5664 02:54:59,622 --> 02:55:01,958 SO FAST THROUGH THE CROSSWALKS, 5665 02:55:01,958 --> 02:55:04,994 THEY SAIL OVER THE SEAWALL WHILE 5666 02:55:04,994 --> 02:55:07,096 PEDESTRIANS ARE CROSSING IN MASS 5667 02:55:07,096 --> 02:55:09,866 NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN THE 5668 02:55:09,866 --> 02:55:11,234 RESTAURANTS AND THE BEACH. IT'S 5669 02:55:11,234 --> 02:55:12,068 A DISASTER. WE HAVE CYCLISTS 5670 02:55:12,068 --> 02:55:14,403 HIT, PEDESTRIANS, HIT SOME 5671 02:55:14,403 --> 02:55:17,573 FATAL, SOME INJURIES. WE APPLAUD 5672 02:55:17,573 --> 02:55:19,842 THE BUDGET CHAIR. WE APPLAUD 5673 02:55:19,842 --> 02:55:21,644 COUNCILMAN SAKA. WE APPLAUD THIS 5674 02:55:21,644 --> 02:55:24,780 ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR 5675 02:55:24,780 --> 02:55:26,349 CHAMPIONING WALKABLE, EXCUSE ME, 5676 02:55:26,349 --> 02:55:27,650 WALKABLE COMMUNITIES, WALKABLE 5677 02:55:27,650 --> 02:55:30,386 NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE POINT THAT 5678 02:55:30,386 --> 02:55:30,987 THE MAYOR AUTHORIZED TEN NEW 5679 02:55:30,987 --> 02:55:32,588 SPEED ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS UNDER 5680 02:55:32,588 --> 02:55:36,158 VISION ZERO. AND THIS IS A NON 5681 02:55:36,158 --> 02:55:38,327 TICKETING SDOT DEVICE. ALKI IS 5682 02:55:38,327 --> 02:55:38,861 ASKING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY 5683 02:55:38,861 --> 02:55:39,495 FLASHING CROSSWALKS. WE LOVE 5684 02:55:39,495 --> 02:55:41,731 THEM, BUT THEY COST MORE. IF 5685 02:55:41,731 --> 02:55:44,667 YOU'RE INVESTING TO PROTECT 5686 02:55:44,667 --> 02:55:46,035 HUMAN LIFE IN DANGER ZONE, 5687 02:55:46,035 --> 02:55:48,170 PLEASE DON'T UNDERFUND IT. 5688 02:55:48,170 --> 02:55:49,238 -- THANK YOU CHARLOTTE. I'M 5689 02:55:49,238 --> 02:55:49,939 CONNOR DUGAN AND ALKI RESIDENT, 5690 02:55:49,939 --> 02:55:51,173 AND I'M HERE TO ADD SOME DATA 5691 02:55:51,173 --> 02:55:52,642 TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE. 5692 02:55:52,642 --> 02:55:55,144 CHARLOTTE JUST MENTIONED. WE 5693 02:55:55,144 --> 02:55:56,979 URGE THE COUNCIL TO KEEP THE 5694 02:55:56,979 --> 02:55:59,282 CURRENT TRAFFIC SAFETY PACKAGE 5695 02:55:59,282 --> 02:56:00,550 FOR ALKI THROUGH FINAL ADOPTION. 5696 02:56:00,550 --> 02:56:01,684 WHEN RANKED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, 5697 02:56:01,684 --> 02:56:03,486 ALKI MIGHT LOOK LIKE MANY OTHER 5698 02:56:03,486 --> 02:56:05,988 AREAS AROUND THE CITY, BUT THOSE 5699 02:56:05,988 --> 02:56:07,423 AVERAGES HIDE ONE OF THE MOST 5700 02:56:07,423 --> 02:56:09,258 DANGEROUS ROADS IN ALL OF 5701 02:56:09,258 --> 02:56:10,526 SEATTLE, ACCORDING TO POLICE 5702 02:56:10,526 --> 02:56:11,227 DEPARTMENT DATA, ALKI AND HARBOR 5703 02:56:11,227 --> 02:56:13,129 AVENUE GET MORE DANGEROUS 5704 02:56:13,129 --> 02:56:14,397 DRIVING RELATED 911 CALLS THAN 5705 02:56:14,397 --> 02:56:15,898 ANY SINGLE STRETCH OF STREET OF 5706 02:56:15,898 --> 02:56:17,099 SIMILAR LENGTH IN THE ENTIRE 5707 02:56:17,099 --> 02:56:18,668 CITY. THE ROAD ALSO RANKS IN THE 5708 02:56:18,668 --> 02:56:20,803 TOP FIVE FOR RECORDED GUNFIRE 5709 02:56:20,803 --> 02:56:22,004 EVENTS, AND WHILE GUNFIRE EVENTS 5710 02:56:22,004 --> 02:56:24,740 CITYWIDE HAVE FALLEN BY A THIRD 5711 02:56:24,740 --> 02:56:25,508 SINCE 2023, ON THIS SMALL LENGTH 5712 02:56:25,508 --> 02:56:27,443 OF ROAD, IT HAS MORE THAN 5713 02:56:27,443 --> 02:56:29,345 DOUBLED. THIS ROAD IS JUST 1.4% 5714 02:56:29,345 --> 02:56:30,713 OF THE STREET BLOCKS IN THE 5715 02:56:30,713 --> 02:56:31,881 SOUTHWEST PRECINCT, BUT ON 5716 02:56:31,881 --> 02:56:33,082 SUMMER, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 5717 02:56:33,082 --> 02:56:34,483 NIGHTS, IT ABSORBS MORE THAN 10% 5718 02:56:34,483 --> 02:56:36,018 OF POLICE HOURS ACROSS WEST 5719 02:56:36,018 --> 02:56:37,687 SEATTLE AND SOUTH PARK. WHEN 5720 02:56:37,687 --> 02:56:40,690 OFFICERS ARE TIED UP, THEIR 5721 02:56:40,690 --> 02:56:41,324 EMERGENCY CALLS EVERYWHERE ELSE 5722 02:56:41,324 --> 02:56:43,626 IN THE PRECINCT WAIT LONGER AND 5723 02:56:43,626 --> 02:56:44,694 EMERGENCIES ARE UNDER RESOURCED. 5724 02:56:44,694 --> 02:56:45,861 THE GOOD NEWS FOR TODAY'S 5725 02:56:45,861 --> 02:56:47,563 HEARING IS THAT BECAUSE THESE 5726 02:56:47,563 --> 02:56:48,064 PROBLEMS ARE SO HEAVILY 5727 02:56:48,064 --> 02:56:49,031 CONCENTRATED IN SUCH A SMALL 5728 02:56:49,031 --> 02:56:51,133 AREA. IT ALSO MAKES ALCHI ONE OF 5729 02:56:51,133 --> 02:56:52,234 THE SINGLE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY 5730 02:56:52,234 --> 02:56:54,136 INVESTMENTS ACROSS ALL OF 5731 02:56:54,136 --> 02:56:55,271 SEATTLE. BASED ON THIS TRAFFIC 5732 02:56:55,271 --> 02:56:56,706 SAFETY DATA, EVERY DOLLAR SPENT 5733 02:56:56,706 --> 02:56:57,740 ON TRAFFIC AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 5734 02:56:57,740 --> 02:56:59,442 HERE GOES APPROXIMATELY NINE 5735 02:56:59,442 --> 02:57:00,910 TIMES AS FAR AS DOLLAR SPENT ON 5736 02:57:00,910 --> 02:57:02,278 THE AVERAGE STREET ELSEWHERE IN 5737 02:57:02,278 --> 02:57:03,679 THE PRECINCT. THIS ISN'T MY 5738 02:57:03,679 --> 02:57:04,780 OPINION. THIS IS JUST WHAT YOUR 5739 02:57:04,780 --> 02:57:06,449 OWN DATA SAYS. AND I'D URGE YOU 5740 02:57:06,449 --> 02:57:08,718 TO BUDGET CITY TRAFFIC SAFETY 5741 02:57:08,718 --> 02:57:10,620 RESOURCES ACCORDINGLY. PLEASE 5742 02:57:10,620 --> 02:57:12,555 DIRECT THIS ITEM TO $210,000 TO 5743 02:57:12,555 --> 02:57:14,390 LIGHTING AND TRAFFIC CALMING AND 5744 02:57:14,390 --> 02:57:15,791 THE AVENUE BUSINESS DISTRICT. WE 5745 02:57:15,791 --> 02:57:17,760 ALSO ASK THAT YOU RESTORE THE 5746 02:57:17,760 --> 02:57:19,862 $50,000 SDOT TRAFFIC CAMERA. 5747 02:57:19,862 --> 02:57:22,498 THERE. THESE INVESTMENTS MAKE 5748 02:57:22,498 --> 02:57:23,332 CITY RESOURCES GO FURTHER, AND 5749 02:57:23,332 --> 02:57:24,900 MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY MAKE ALKI 5750 02:57:24,900 --> 02:57:26,369 SAFER FOR EVERYONE WHO SPENDS 5751 02:57:26,369 --> 02:57:29,138 TIME ON SEATTLE'S BEACH. 5752 02:57:29,138 --> 02:57:30,706 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 5753 02:57:30,706 --> 02:57:32,141 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 5754 02:57:32,141 --> 02:57:33,442 ANTHONY SALE AND I LIVE DIRECTLY 5755 02:57:33,442 --> 02:57:34,610 ON ALKI BEACH. I'M HERE TODAY TO 5756 02:57:34,610 --> 02:57:37,580 ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER AND 5757 02:57:37,580 --> 02:57:39,448 APPROVE. COUNCILMEMBER ROB SAKA 5758 02:57:39,448 --> 02:57:41,350 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR AN SDOT 5759 02:57:41,350 --> 02:57:42,718 TRAFFIC CAMERA ON ALKI AVENUE. I 5760 02:57:42,718 --> 02:57:43,853 WANT TO START BY ASKING YOU TO 5761 02:57:43,853 --> 02:57:45,721 THINK ABOUT WHAT ALKI BEACH 5762 02:57:45,721 --> 02:57:47,490 -- ACTUALLY IS. YES, IT'S AN 5763 02:57:47,490 --> 02:57:48,124 INCREDIBLE PUBLIC PARK. BUT FOR 5764 02:57:48,124 --> 02:57:49,492 THOSE OF US WHO LIVE THERE, 5765 02:57:49,492 --> 02:57:51,327 IT'S ALSO OUR HOME. IT'S OUR 5766 02:57:51,327 --> 02:57:52,361 NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S WHERE WE 5767 02:57:52,361 --> 02:57:53,462 RAISE OUR FAMILIES, WALK OUR 5768 02:57:53,462 --> 02:57:55,264 DOGS, GREET OUR NEIGHBORS, AND 5769 02:57:55,264 --> 02:57:57,867 GO ABOUT OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. THE 5770 02:57:57,867 --> 02:57:59,702 PROBLEM WE'RE FACING ISN'T 5771 02:57:59,702 --> 02:58:01,103 SIMPLY TRAFFIC. THE CAR 5772 02:58:01,103 --> 02:58:02,138 TAKEOVERS, THE BURNOUTS, 5773 02:58:02,138 --> 02:58:03,739 INCLUDING ONE THIS LAST WEEKEND, 5774 02:58:03,739 --> 02:58:05,307 THE SPEEDING AND RECKLESS 5775 02:58:05,307 --> 02:58:06,676 DRIVING. THIS ISN'T AN ABSTRACT 5776 02:58:06,676 --> 02:58:08,144 CONCERN. IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT 5777 02:58:08,144 --> 02:58:10,446 OUTSIDE OUR HOMES. JUST 5778 02:58:10,446 --> 02:58:11,547 RECENTLY, A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY 5779 02:58:11,547 --> 02:58:13,983 WAS HIT BY A CAR. LET THAT SINK 5780 02:58:13,983 --> 02:58:17,153 IN FOR A MOMENT. FIVE YEARS OLD. 5781 02:58:17,153 --> 02:58:18,587 THERE IS A SCHOOL PLAYGROUND AND 5782 02:58:18,587 --> 02:58:20,222 PLAYFIELD JUST TWO BLOCKS AWAY. 5783 02:58:20,222 --> 02:58:23,292 MY OWN BUILDING HAS TWO FAMILIES 5784 02:58:23,292 --> 02:58:24,393 WITH TODDLERS. THESE ARE 5785 02:58:24,393 --> 02:58:28,431 CHILDREN WHO SHOULD BE ABLE TO 5786 02:58:28,431 --> 02:58:29,699 ENJOY THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M 5787 02:58:29,699 --> 02:58:32,101 ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT 5788 02:58:32,101 --> 02:58:32,635 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA BUDGET 5789 02:58:32,635 --> 02:58:33,936 AMENDMENT AND APPROVE THE SDOT 5790 02:58:33,936 --> 02:58:35,638 TRAFFIC CAMERA FOR ALKI AVENUE. 5791 02:58:35,638 --> 02:58:38,641 PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL 5792 02:58:38,641 --> 02:58:39,041 SOMETHING WORSE. 5793 02:58:39,041 --> 02:58:40,576 -- THANK YOU. AND I CAN TELL 5794 02:58:40,576 --> 02:58:42,912 YOU, ONE NIGHT I WAS KAYAKING 5795 02:58:42,912 --> 02:58:45,114 FROM TACOMA TO PORT TOWNSEND, 5796 02:58:45,114 --> 02:58:46,215 PASSING BAINBRIDGE AT ABOUT 1:00 5797 02:58:46,215 --> 02:58:47,450 IN THE MORNING, AND I COULD HEAR 5798 02:58:47,450 --> 02:58:50,052 THOSE CARS REVVING THEIR ENGINES 5799 02:58:50,052 --> 02:58:51,654 FROM BAINBRIDGE WHILE I WAS 5800 02:58:51,654 --> 02:58:52,788 KAYAKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 5801 02:58:52,788 --> 02:58:57,827 NIGHT. THE PROBLEM IS REAL WITH 5802 02:58:57,827 --> 02:59:00,963 THAT 119 EAMON LINDSEY. 120 JOHN 5803 02:59:00,963 --> 02:59:04,967 COX 121 JANE GRIGG. 2122 ALEX 5804 02:59:04,967 --> 02:59:09,772 GREGG. 123. BRUCE HALL. 124. 5805 02:59:09,772 --> 02:59:12,775 JESSICA JESSICA. 125 COZY 5806 02:59:12,775 --> 02:59:16,979 HANAUER, COZY H. 126. JULIA 5807 02:59:16,979 --> 02:59:21,450 BEAUMONT. 127. JACOB JONATHAN 5808 02:59:21,450 --> 02:59:23,586 MAYBE JONATHAN'S 128129 IS 5809 02:59:23,586 --> 02:59:26,155 NATHAN HATCH AND 130 IS DAVID 5810 02:59:26,155 --> 02:59:28,958 RICKARD. IF YOU WANT TO LINE UP 5811 02:59:28,958 --> 02:59:30,359 HERE IN THE MIDDLE. AND WITH 5812 02:59:30,359 --> 02:59:32,461 THAT, EAMON. 5813 02:59:32,461 --> 02:59:32,728 -- AMEN. 5814 02:59:32,728 --> 02:59:33,496 -- AMEN. APOLOGIES. I'M NOT VERY 5815 02:59:33,496 --> 02:59:37,700 GOOD. SOMETIMES. OVER TO YOU, MY 5816 02:59:37,700 --> 02:59:37,933 FRIEND. 5817 02:59:37,933 --> 02:59:40,636 -- I AM HOMELESS. I LIVE IN TENT 5818 02:59:40,636 --> 02:59:41,937 CITY THREE. I MOVED THERE ABOUT 5819 02:59:41,937 --> 02:59:43,873 A WEEK AGO. I USED TO SLEEP 5820 02:59:43,873 --> 02:59:45,541 OUTSIDE OF THE BALLARD PUBLIC 5821 02:59:45,541 --> 02:59:46,442 LIBRARY FOR THE MONTH BEFORE 5822 02:59:46,442 --> 02:59:48,144 THAT. I'VE BEEN HOMELESS SINCE 5823 02:59:48,144 --> 02:59:49,578 JUNE. I'VE BEEN CHRONICALLY 5824 02:59:49,578 --> 02:59:52,715 HOMELESS FOR 12 YEARS. THIS IS 5825 02:59:52,715 --> 02:59:53,849 MY KITCHEN. THIS IS MY DINNER. 5826 02:59:53,849 --> 02:59:56,152 THIS IS MY BREAKFAST TOMORROW. 5827 02:59:56,152 --> 02:59:59,455 THIS IS MY PILLOW. WE'RE 5828 02:59:59,455 --> 03:00:00,856 TALKING A LOT ABOUT HOMELESSNESS 5829 03:00:00,856 --> 03:00:05,394 AND THE BUDGET. SO I HAVE ONE 5830 03:00:05,394 --> 03:00:06,295 MINUTE AND SEVEN SECONDS. SO 5831 03:00:06,295 --> 03:00:09,999 THERE'S A LOT TO GO OVER. 5832 03:00:09,999 --> 03:00:11,867 FIRST, DON'T TOUCH THE BUDGET 5833 03:00:11,867 --> 03:00:14,236 WITH RESPECT TO THE THE HOMELESS 5834 03:00:14,236 --> 03:00:15,204 SERVICES. JUST DON'T GO IN 5835 03:00:15,204 --> 03:00:18,174 THERE. PLEASE. JUST IT WILL BE 5836 03:00:18,174 --> 03:00:19,508 PROBLEMATIC LATER ON. THERE IS 5837 03:00:19,508 --> 03:00:21,744 MONEY THAT'S GOING TO OPEN UP 5838 03:00:21,744 --> 03:00:23,879 SOON. AND THE GOVERNMENT, STATE 5839 03:00:23,879 --> 03:00:26,549 AND FEDERAL AND JUST WAIT. 5840 03:00:26,549 --> 03:00:30,085 PLEASE. LET'S START WITH THE 5841 03:00:30,085 --> 03:00:31,554 POLICE. I TALKED TO AN OFFICER 5842 03:00:31,554 --> 03:00:33,088 IN WALMART TO TRY TO SORT OF 5843 03:00:33,088 --> 03:00:36,192 PREPARE FOR THIS. BY THE WAY, I 5844 03:00:36,192 --> 03:00:38,661 HAVEN'T SLEPT PROPERLY IN 5845 03:00:38,661 --> 03:00:39,228 SEVERAL WEEKS BECAUSE OF MY 5846 03:00:39,228 --> 03:00:43,966 LIVING SITUATION. SO 30s. THE 5847 03:00:43,966 --> 03:00:45,034 POLICE DON'T NEED MORE POLICE. 5848 03:00:45,034 --> 03:00:46,836 THEY NEED MORE TOOLS. COPS HAVE 5849 03:00:46,836 --> 03:00:49,805 CUFFS, GUNS AND BILLY CLUBS. 5850 03:00:49,805 --> 03:00:51,140 WHEN I SPOKE TO THE OFFICER IN 5851 03:00:51,140 --> 03:00:52,975 WALMART, HE SAID THAT HE 5852 03:00:52,975 --> 03:00:54,143 DOESN'T NEED MORE OFFICERS, HE 5853 03:00:54,143 --> 03:00:55,678 NEEDS MORE TRAINING AND HE NEEDS 5854 03:00:55,678 --> 03:00:57,112 SOMETHING TO GIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE 5855 03:00:57,112 --> 03:00:58,614 HOMELESS RATHER THAN THE CUFFS. 5856 03:00:58,614 --> 03:01:01,183 THE CUFFS, CLUBS OR BILLY GUNS, 5857 03:01:01,183 --> 03:01:03,252 FOOD, A PLACE TO GO. SOMETHING. 5858 03:01:03,252 --> 03:01:06,622 ANYTHING AND THIS IS WHY A 5859 03:01:06,622 --> 03:01:10,392 MINUTE AND 30s IS NOT ENOUGH 5860 03:01:10,392 --> 03:01:17,233 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 5861 03:01:17,233 --> 03:01:24,807 -- THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. JANESSA 5862 03:01:24,807 --> 03:01:28,177 NUMBER 121, 20. JEN. JANICE. 5863 03:01:28,177 --> 03:01:32,982 NUMBER ONE, 20. AND ONCE, TWICE. 5864 03:01:32,982 --> 03:01:37,386 NOT PRESENT. JANE, ALEX AND 5865 03:01:37,386 --> 03:01:40,756 BRUCE. WONDERFUL. WELCOME. 5866 03:01:40,756 --> 03:01:41,991 -- ALL RIGHT. 5867 03:01:41,991 --> 03:01:44,994 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. WE ARE ALL 5868 03:01:44,994 --> 03:01:47,596 VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS OF FIRST 5869 03:01:47,596 --> 03:01:51,133 CHURCH. ON DENNY. AND WE WORK 5870 03:01:51,133 --> 03:01:51,667 WITH THE SHARED BREAKFAST 5871 03:01:51,667 --> 03:01:53,535 PROGRAM AND WERE MEMBERS OF THE 5872 03:01:53,535 --> 03:01:55,237 MEAL PARTNERSHIP COALITION. SO 5873 03:01:55,237 --> 03:01:57,273 TODAY WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT 5874 03:01:57,273 --> 03:01:58,874 PERMANENT FUNDING FOR MEAL 5875 03:01:58,874 --> 03:02:00,442 PROGRAMS. I WANT TO THANK THE 5876 03:02:00,442 --> 03:02:02,344 MAYOR FOR INCLUDING $1 MILLION 5877 03:02:02,344 --> 03:02:03,913 IN PERMANENT FUNDING FOR MEAL 5878 03:02:03,913 --> 03:02:06,882 PROGRAMS IN THE 2027 BUDGET, AND 5879 03:02:06,882 --> 03:02:09,852 I URGE THE COUNCIL TO SUSTAIN 5880 03:02:09,852 --> 03:02:11,587 ALL OF THIS INVESTMENT IN THE 5881 03:02:11,587 --> 03:02:12,554 BUDGET. SO I SHARED BREAKFAST. 5882 03:02:12,554 --> 03:02:15,524 WE FEED ABOUT 200 PEOPLE ON 5883 03:02:15,524 --> 03:02:17,459 SUNDAY MORNING, A HOT, 5884 03:02:17,459 --> 03:02:18,027 NOURISHING BREAKFAST AT OUR 5885 03:02:18,027 --> 03:02:18,894 CHURCH IN LOWER QUEEN ANNE, AND 5886 03:02:18,894 --> 03:02:21,664 WE ALSO PROVIDE A HUMAN TOUCH TO 5887 03:02:21,664 --> 03:02:23,232 THOSE ON THE STREETS AND SOME 5888 03:02:23,232 --> 03:02:24,667 OTHER SERVICE THAT WE GET 5889 03:02:24,667 --> 03:02:26,435 TOGETHER, LIKE A CLOTHING BANK 5890 03:02:26,435 --> 03:02:28,203 AND A NURSING CLINIC. ANYONE 5891 03:02:28,203 --> 03:02:30,873 ELSE WANT TO SPEAK MORE? 5892 03:02:30,873 --> 03:02:33,175 -- OH MY GOSH, I'M SURE. HI, 5893 03:02:33,175 --> 03:02:35,511 I'M ALEX GREG. I'M A DISTRICT 5894 03:02:35,511 --> 03:02:36,845 FOUR VOTER AND I'VE BEEN IN 5895 03:02:36,845 --> 03:02:39,548 SEATTLE MY WHOLE LIFE. I, OH MY 5896 03:02:39,548 --> 03:02:43,218 GOSH, PEOPLE. I LOVE BEING IN 5897 03:02:43,218 --> 03:02:43,786 DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND I LOVE 5898 03:02:43,786 --> 03:02:46,822 WHERE I LIVE. AND MY FAVORITE 5899 03:02:46,822 --> 03:02:48,624 THING ABOUT SERVING EVERY SUNDAY 5900 03:02:48,624 --> 03:02:50,826 IS GETTING UP AT THE BUTT CRACK 5901 03:02:50,826 --> 03:02:53,262 OF DAWN AND GOING TO BREAKFAST 5902 03:02:53,262 --> 03:02:53,929 AND HELPING OUT WITH THE 5903 03:02:53,929 --> 03:02:55,297 HOMELESS PEOPLE. WE CALL THEM 5904 03:02:55,297 --> 03:02:56,632 GUESTS. WE GIVE THEM DIGNITY AND 5905 03:02:56,632 --> 03:03:00,202 RESPECT. AND I LOVE WHEN I SEE 5906 03:03:00,202 --> 03:03:01,670 SOMEONE I KNOW FROM THE STREETS. 5907 03:03:01,670 --> 03:03:02,705 I TOLD ABOUT THIS COME AND SEE 5908 03:03:02,705 --> 03:03:04,340 ME AND IT MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD 5909 03:03:04,340 --> 03:03:07,042 ABOUT MY CITY. AND I REALLY DO 5910 03:03:07,042 --> 03:03:09,078 HOPE YOU GUYS KEEP THAT BUDGET 5911 03:03:09,078 --> 03:03:12,748 IN THE BUDGET. I WILL PASS ON TO 5912 03:03:12,748 --> 03:03:16,552 MY MOM. 5913 03:03:16,552 --> 03:03:17,786 -- I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF 5914 03:03:17,786 --> 03:03:20,689 SEATTLE'S FIRST CHURCH, 5915 03:03:20,689 --> 03:03:22,825 SEATTLE'S FIRST THE FIRST CHURCH 5916 03:03:22,825 --> 03:03:25,160 EVER MADE IN SEATTLE, AND THE 5917 03:03:25,160 --> 03:03:26,929 LATEST OR THE NEWEST CHURCH 5918 03:03:26,929 --> 03:03:28,964 BUILDING IN SEATTLE. WHEN WE 5919 03:03:28,964 --> 03:03:31,500 MOVED TO SECOND AND DENNY AND. 5920 03:03:31,500 --> 03:03:32,501 BUT FEEDING THE HOMELESS HAS 5921 03:03:32,501 --> 03:03:35,504 BEEN PART OF OUR MISSION FOR A 5922 03:03:35,504 --> 03:03:36,305 VERY LONG TIME. AND I WANT TO 5923 03:03:36,305 --> 03:03:39,041 TELL YOU ABOUT TWO OF OUR GUESTS 5924 03:03:39,041 --> 03:03:41,210 THAT I MET, AND I THINK WE'VE 5925 03:03:41,210 --> 03:03:42,711 HEARD THESE STORIES KIND OF 5926 03:03:42,711 --> 03:03:44,713 ECHOED TODAY HERE IN THESE 5927 03:03:44,713 --> 03:03:47,116 CHAMBERS. ONE WAS MARY I MET 5928 03:03:47,116 --> 03:03:49,051 LAST JANUARY. SHE WAS SHIVERING, 5929 03:03:49,051 --> 03:03:50,753 TINY IN HER WHEELCHAIR. SHE 5930 03:03:50,753 --> 03:03:53,322 SPOKE OF HOW, HOW THE FOOD, A 5931 03:03:53,322 --> 03:03:54,957 CHANCE TO STOP AND REST IN OUR 5932 03:03:54,957 --> 03:03:56,191 FACILITY FOR A SHORT TIME HELPED 5933 03:03:56,191 --> 03:03:59,228 HER SURVIVE. SHE ASKED FOR A 5934 03:03:59,228 --> 03:04:00,796 COAT, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO FIND 5935 03:04:00,796 --> 03:04:04,333 FROM OUR STORE OF CLOTHING AND. 5936 03:04:04,333 --> 03:04:07,870 AND THAT IS SOMETHING I HOLD 5937 03:04:07,870 --> 03:04:09,538 WITH ME. EVERY COLD DAY. IS THAT 5938 03:04:09,538 --> 03:04:11,507 THAT THAT WOMAN, SHIVERING IN 5939 03:04:11,507 --> 03:04:14,476 HER CHAIR. ALSO, THERE'S JOSIE, 5940 03:04:14,476 --> 03:04:16,145 WHO IS A WORKING MAN BUT STILL 5941 03:04:16,145 --> 03:04:18,080 LIVING ON THE STREETS. WE WERE 5942 03:04:18,080 --> 03:04:19,481 ABLE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH A 5943 03:04:19,481 --> 03:04:21,183 DONATED STEEL TOED BOOTS THAT HE 5944 03:04:21,183 --> 03:04:24,053 NEEDED FOR HIS JOB, OR ELSE HE 5945 03:04:24,053 --> 03:04:26,422 WOULD LOSE IT. AND HIS WORDS 5946 03:04:26,422 --> 03:04:27,823 REALLY STUCK WITH ME AS HE 5947 03:04:27,823 --> 03:04:31,293 THANKED US. HE SAID, YOU KNOW, 5948 03:04:31,293 --> 03:04:32,561 THIS PROGRAM LETS ME KNOW THAT 5949 03:04:32,561 --> 03:04:33,996 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO TRULY CARE. 5950 03:04:33,996 --> 03:04:35,864 AND I THINK THAT THANKS IS 5951 03:04:35,864 --> 03:04:37,633 EXTENDED TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE 5952 03:04:37,633 --> 03:04:39,001 BUDGETING THAT YOU HAVE 5953 03:04:39,001 --> 03:04:40,502 APPROVED, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO 5954 03:04:40,502 --> 03:04:43,072 CONTINUE FUNDING THESE FEEDING 5955 03:04:43,072 --> 03:04:45,240 PROGRAMS FOR THESE VULNERABLE 5956 03:04:45,240 --> 03:04:47,476 PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 5957 03:04:47,476 --> 03:04:48,577 -- AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT IT 5958 03:04:48,577 --> 03:04:49,244 MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE GETTING 5959 03:04:49,244 --> 03:04:51,680 THE FUNDING LAST YEAR. THE 5960 03:04:51,680 --> 03:04:52,581 FUNDING HAS BEEN REALLY HARD TO 5961 03:04:52,581 --> 03:04:54,183 COME BY, AND WE WERE WORRIED 5962 03:04:54,183 --> 03:04:56,185 ABOUT SHUTTING OUR DOORS. SO 5963 03:04:56,185 --> 03:04:56,485 THANK YOU. 5964 03:04:56,485 --> 03:04:59,254 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS JESSICA 5965 03:04:59,254 --> 03:05:01,857 PETERSON. GREAT TO SEE YOU BACK, 5966 03:05:01,857 --> 03:05:04,326 JESSICA. YEP. COME ON UP. AND 5967 03:05:04,326 --> 03:05:05,627 THEN I THINK IT'S IT STARTS 5968 03:05:05,627 --> 03:05:07,930 WITH C AND H 125. IS THAT YOU, 5969 03:05:07,930 --> 03:05:09,531 MY FRIEND? WONDERFUL. OVER TO 5970 03:05:09,531 --> 03:05:12,034 YOU JESSICA. WELCOME. 5971 03:05:12,034 --> 03:05:14,470 -- HI. COUNCIL. 5972 03:05:14,470 --> 03:05:16,605 -- I'M JESSICA, I REPRESENT 5973 03:05:16,605 --> 03:05:19,208 SHARE AND I LIVE ON YESLER AT 5974 03:05:19,208 --> 03:05:21,643 Y2K AT ONE OF OUR SHARE 5975 03:05:21,643 --> 03:05:24,346 SHELTERS. AND PLEASE UPHOLD THE 5976 03:05:24,346 --> 03:05:29,084 MAYOR'S BUDGET OF $37 MILLION 5977 03:05:29,084 --> 03:05:32,087 FOR NEW SHELTERS FOR NEXT YEAR 5978 03:05:32,087 --> 03:05:37,259 OR TENT CITY'S NEW TENT CITIES 5979 03:05:37,259 --> 03:05:39,828 IN THAT 37 MILLION. SO THAT WE 5980 03:05:39,828 --> 03:05:41,763 CAN STOP PEOPLE DYING IN OUR 5981 03:05:41,763 --> 03:05:44,166 CITY FROM HOMELESSNESS. THANK 5982 03:05:44,166 --> 03:05:45,501 YOU. 5983 03:05:45,501 --> 03:05:45,834 -- [APPLAUSE] 5984 03:05:45,834 --> 03:05:46,168 -- THANK YOU. 5985 03:05:46,168 --> 03:05:46,502 -- [APPLAUSE] 5986 03:05:46,502 --> 03:05:48,103 -- JESSICA 5987 03:05:48,103 --> 03:05:51,106 -- [APPLAUSE] 5988 03:05:51,106 --> 03:05:52,141 -- AND IF NOT, I JUST CAN'T 5989 03:05:52,141 --> 03:05:52,908 READ. WELL. SO YOU'LL HAVE TO 5990 03:05:52,908 --> 03:05:53,175 TELL ME. 5991 03:05:53,175 --> 03:05:53,809 -- YOUR NAME. IT'S ALL GOOD. 5992 03:05:53,809 --> 03:05:57,379 IT'S ALSO A MOUTHFUL. THANK YOU 5993 03:05:57,379 --> 03:05:58,780 FOR HAVING ME. COUNCIL. MY NAME 5994 03:05:58,780 --> 03:06:00,849 IS CORY HAGEMEYER. I AM A 5995 03:06:00,849 --> 03:06:03,218 PARTICIPANT OF THE SHARE WHEEL 5996 03:06:03,218 --> 03:06:05,287 GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION. AS A 5997 03:06:05,287 --> 03:06:06,155 PARTICIPANT AT THE BUNK HOUSE, 5998 03:06:06,155 --> 03:06:08,290 WHICH IS ONE OF OUR INDOOR 5999 03:06:08,290 --> 03:06:09,992 SHELTER LOCATIONS. AND I AM HERE 6000 03:06:09,992 --> 03:06:13,262 TODAY TO ASK YOU GUYS TO UPHOLD 6001 03:06:13,262 --> 03:06:16,198 THE 37 MILLION THAT IS ALLOTTED 6002 03:06:16,198 --> 03:06:16,832 IN THE BUDGET FOR NEW SHELTERS 6003 03:06:16,832 --> 03:06:19,034 AND HOMELESS RESOURCES GOING 6004 03:06:19,034 --> 03:06:20,235 FORWARD. ON TOP OF THAT, WE 6005 03:06:20,235 --> 03:06:24,773 WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOU TO 6006 03:06:24,773 --> 03:06:27,409 ADD ANOTHER 500,000 FOR DOMESTIC 6007 03:06:27,409 --> 03:06:31,213 VIOLENCE VICTIMS HERE IN THE 6008 03:06:31,213 --> 03:06:35,284 CITY OF SEATTLE. IT'S AN 6009 03:06:35,284 --> 03:06:36,919 IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE SHELTER 6010 03:06:36,919 --> 03:06:37,519 FOR THE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS 6011 03:06:37,519 --> 03:06:40,222 HERE IN SEATTLE WITHOUT HOUSING, 6012 03:06:40,222 --> 03:06:43,559 PEOPLE DIE. AS YOU'RE WALKING 6013 03:06:43,559 --> 03:06:44,193 AROUND THE CITY TODAY, TAKE A 6014 03:06:44,193 --> 03:06:47,796 LOOK AT YOUR FEET AND SEE THE 6015 03:06:47,796 --> 03:06:50,065 LEAVES THAT ARE IMPLANTED IN THE 6016 03:06:50,065 --> 03:06:52,167 SIDEWALK ALL AROUND THIS CITY. 6017 03:06:52,167 --> 03:06:53,569 EACH ONE OF THOSE IS 6018 03:06:53,569 --> 03:06:55,304 REPRESENTATIVE OF A PERSON WHO 6019 03:06:55,304 --> 03:06:56,939 HAS LOST THEIR LIFE DUE TO 6020 03:06:56,939 --> 03:06:58,473 HOMELESSNESS, AND IT IS 6021 03:06:58,473 --> 03:06:59,074 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE 6022 03:06:59,074 --> 03:07:01,009 CONTINUE TO FUND THESE 6023 03:07:01,009 --> 03:07:02,144 INITIATIVES. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE 6024 03:07:02,144 --> 03:07:05,280 TO THANK MAYOR KATIE WILSON AND 6025 03:07:05,280 --> 03:07:07,616 REPRESENTATIVE SAKA FOR VETOING 6026 03:07:07,616 --> 03:07:10,652 THE RV BAN. THE RV LEGISLATION 6027 03:07:10,652 --> 03:07:13,722 AND CONTINUING TO HELP THE 6028 03:07:13,722 --> 03:07:14,957 HOMELESS COMMUNITY HERE IN 6029 03:07:14,957 --> 03:07:17,759 SEATTLE. TAKE STEPS TOWARDS A 6030 03:07:17,759 --> 03:07:20,028 BETTER LIFE AND TOWARDS A NEW 6031 03:07:20,028 --> 03:07:21,863 BEGINNING. THANK YOU GUYS VERY 6032 03:07:21,863 --> 03:07:23,065 MUCH. 6033 03:07:23,065 --> 03:07:25,400 -- THANK YOU. COREY. UP NEXT IS 6034 03:07:25,400 --> 03:07:28,270 126. I'M GOING TO. ALL RIGHT. 6035 03:07:28,270 --> 03:07:30,639 I'M JUST GOING TO ASK JAZZ 6036 03:07:30,639 --> 03:07:37,112 HANDS FOLKS. JULIA JACOB, IS 6037 03:07:37,112 --> 03:07:39,781 JULIA HERE? 126 JULIA. 126. 6038 03:07:39,781 --> 03:07:44,653 JULIA 126. MOVING ON TO JACOB. 6039 03:07:44,653 --> 03:07:47,322 127 AND ARE YOU A GROUP? COULD 6040 03:07:47,322 --> 03:07:52,728 WE DO A GROUP? SO YEAH. DO YOU 6041 03:07:52,728 --> 03:07:53,729 HAVE ANYONE ELSE FROM YOUR 6042 03:07:53,729 --> 03:07:54,730 GROUP. NO. 6043 03:07:54,730 --> 03:07:56,131 -- ARE DROPPED OUT. NATHAN AND 6044 03:07:56,131 --> 03:07:56,598 JONATHAN DROPPED OUT. 6045 03:07:56,598 --> 03:07:58,367 -- GOTCHA. AND ARE YOU GIVING 6046 03:07:58,367 --> 03:08:00,502 PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT? I GOT 6047 03:08:00,502 --> 03:08:03,772 IT, OKAY. SO GREAT. WE'RE GOING 6048 03:08:03,772 --> 03:08:05,874 TO DO YOU INDIVIDUALLY THEN 6049 03:08:05,874 --> 03:08:08,143 JACOB AND THEN JONATHAN WITH 6050 03:08:08,143 --> 03:08:11,513 THAT. JACOB TAKE IT AWAY. 6051 03:08:11,513 --> 03:08:15,651 -- HELLO. MY NAME IS JACOB. I'M 6052 03:08:15,651 --> 03:08:16,251 A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT AND 6053 03:08:16,251 --> 03:08:16,885 FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS I'VE 6054 03:08:16,885 --> 03:08:18,654 BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR RANKED 6055 03:08:18,654 --> 03:08:21,857 CHOICE VOTING HERE IN SEATTLE. I 6056 03:08:21,857 --> 03:08:24,459 BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD 6057 03:08:24,459 --> 03:08:25,460 HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR 6058 03:08:25,460 --> 03:08:26,695 VOICES HEARD. AND I THINK THAT 6059 03:08:26,695 --> 03:08:28,864 VOTING IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. 6060 03:08:28,864 --> 03:08:29,665 IN MY TIME IN SEATTLE, I'VE 6061 03:08:29,665 --> 03:08:31,366 TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE 6062 03:08:31,366 --> 03:08:35,304 ABOUT OUR CV, AND I CAN ATTEST 6063 03:08:35,304 --> 03:08:35,904 HOW EXCITED PEOPLE ARE THAT 6064 03:08:35,904 --> 03:08:38,573 IT'S COMING DOWN THE LINE. BUT 6065 03:08:38,573 --> 03:08:40,342 I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MANY 6066 03:08:40,342 --> 03:08:41,343 MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T 6067 03:08:41,343 --> 03:08:43,845 KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK 6068 03:08:43,845 --> 03:08:45,414 AND NEED A LITTLE HELP. SO I'M 6069 03:08:45,414 --> 03:08:47,115 HERE TODAY ASKING FOR THE 6070 03:08:47,115 --> 03:08:48,817 COUNCIL TO FUND OUTREACH 6071 03:08:48,817 --> 03:08:50,252 PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY FOR 6072 03:08:50,252 --> 03:08:51,186 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, SO THEY 6073 03:08:51,186 --> 03:08:54,156 CAN KNOW HOW TO HAVE THEIR 6074 03:08:54,156 --> 03:08:56,892 VOICES HEARD. THANK YOU. 6075 03:08:56,892 --> 03:08:57,826 -- THANK YOU, JACOB. UP NEXT IS 6076 03:08:57,826 --> 03:08:59,394 JONATHAN, FOLLOWED BY NATHAN, 6077 03:08:59,394 --> 03:09:01,463 THEN DAVID. 128. 6078 03:09:01,463 --> 03:09:03,065 -- I'M DAVID, I'M THE ONE WHO 6079 03:09:03,065 --> 03:09:04,066 STAYED AROUND. 6080 03:09:04,066 --> 03:09:06,068 -- THEN HANG ON. OKAY, SO THEN 6081 03:09:06,068 --> 03:09:07,202 JONATHAN AND NATHAN ARE GONE. 6082 03:09:07,202 --> 03:09:08,003 YES, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK 6083 03:09:08,003 --> 03:09:12,574 YOU. TAKE IT AWAY, MR. RICKARD. 6084 03:09:12,574 --> 03:09:14,576 -- THANK YOU. AND IN A RECENT 6085 03:09:14,576 --> 03:09:16,812 ELECTION IN NEW YORK CITY AND 6086 03:09:16,812 --> 03:09:19,648 RANKED CHOICE VOTING ELECTION, 6087 03:09:19,648 --> 03:09:21,717 96% OF THE PEOPLE THERE FOUND 6088 03:09:21,717 --> 03:09:22,517 THEIR BALLOT EASY TO FILL OUT, 6089 03:09:22,517 --> 03:09:24,553 SIMPLE TO FILL OUT. THAT DIDN'T 6090 03:09:24,553 --> 03:09:27,055 HAPPEN. OUT OF NOWHERE. THEY HAD 6091 03:09:27,055 --> 03:09:29,057 AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM OF OUTREACH 6092 03:09:29,057 --> 03:09:31,293 AND VOTER EDUCATION THAT MADE 6093 03:09:31,293 --> 03:09:32,527 THAT POSSIBLE. AND I THINK IT 6094 03:09:32,527 --> 03:09:33,362 WOULD BE WELL WORTH IT TO HAVE A 6095 03:09:33,362 --> 03:09:35,797 ONE TIME ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO 6096 03:09:35,797 --> 03:09:37,866 DO THE SAME IN SEATTLE, TO MAKE 6097 03:09:37,866 --> 03:09:39,301 SURE THAT SEATTLEITES, WHEN THEY 6098 03:09:39,301 --> 03:09:39,935 RECEIVE THEIR BALLOT, THEY CAN 6099 03:09:39,935 --> 03:09:41,970 FILL IT OUT WITH CONFIDENCE. I 6100 03:09:41,970 --> 03:09:42,771 THINK THAT WOULD DO. SEATTLE 6101 03:09:42,771 --> 03:09:45,173 PROUD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 6102 03:09:45,173 --> 03:09:47,442 -- THANK YOU. DAVID, WITH THAT, 6103 03:09:47,442 --> 03:09:49,277 WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE 6104 03:09:49,277 --> 03:09:52,814 NEXT GROUP. WE'VE GOT 131 6105 03:09:52,814 --> 03:09:54,649 THROUGH 140. AARON RUBIN, 6106 03:09:54,649 --> 03:09:56,451 MARGARET SHIELD, LINDSAY NYDICK, 6107 03:09:56,451 --> 03:09:58,253 HOLLY WILLIS, LINDA PRUITT, 6108 03:09:58,253 --> 03:10:01,890 HOWARD, GALE, YOKO K, SOL M, 6109 03:10:01,890 --> 03:10:03,925 ANNIE KG, AND THEN RACHEL 6110 03:10:03,925 --> 03:10:10,966 KETOLA. WITH THAT, AARON AARON 6111 03:10:10,966 --> 03:10:14,503 131. AARON RUBIN 131. AARON 6112 03:10:14,503 --> 03:10:15,303 RUBIN 132. MARGARET, WELCOME. 6113 03:10:15,303 --> 03:10:18,340 COME ON UP. 6114 03:10:18,340 --> 03:10:19,841 -- HEY, GOOD EVENING. 6115 03:10:19,841 --> 03:10:21,243 -- I'M MARGARET SHIELD FROM D 6116 03:10:21,243 --> 03:10:22,310 FIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUDGET 6117 03:10:22,310 --> 03:10:24,379 WORK AND A REMINDER THAT THE 6118 03:10:24,379 --> 03:10:26,715 FIRST CHARTER RESPONSIBILITY IS 6119 03:10:26,715 --> 03:10:27,949 HEALTH. PEOPLE CAN'T BE HEALTHY 6120 03:10:27,949 --> 03:10:29,985 OR SAFE WHEN THEY'RE LIVING ON 6121 03:10:29,985 --> 03:10:31,052 THE STREETS. WE NEED REAL 6122 03:10:31,052 --> 03:10:32,988 SOLUTIONS, NOT HARMFUL AND 6123 03:10:32,988 --> 03:10:35,424 COSTLY. SWEEPS. PLEASE INVEST 6124 03:10:35,424 --> 03:10:36,825 OUR FUNDS IN HIGH SUPPORT 6125 03:10:36,825 --> 03:10:38,660 SHELTER, MORE PERMANENT 6126 03:10:38,660 --> 03:10:40,328 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, MORE DEEPLY 6127 03:10:40,328 --> 03:10:43,298 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND JUST 6128 03:10:43,298 --> 03:10:45,300 MORE HOUSING. PLEASE SUPPORT 37 6129 03:10:45,300 --> 03:10:47,035 MILLION FOR THE MAYOR'S 6130 03:10:47,035 --> 03:10:47,636 INITIATIVE TO EXPAND SHELTER 6131 03:10:47,636 --> 03:10:50,105 WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WE 6132 03:10:50,105 --> 03:10:51,740 KNOW THIS WORKS. PLEASE FUND A 6133 03:10:51,740 --> 03:10:54,176 SECOND RV SAFE LOT AS PROPOSED 6134 03:10:54,176 --> 03:10:56,178 BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 6135 03:10:56,178 --> 03:10:56,812 FINDING WORKABLE PLACES FOR RVS 6136 03:10:56,812 --> 03:10:59,648 TO BE IS A KEY NEED IN LAKE CITY 6137 03:10:59,648 --> 03:11:01,716 AND ACROSS D5. THANK YOU FOR 6138 03:11:01,716 --> 03:11:03,251 YOUR WORK ON THIS. I HOPE YOU 6139 03:11:03,251 --> 03:11:05,153 WILL ALL UPHOLD THE MAYOR'S VETO 6140 03:11:05,153 --> 03:11:08,390 AND CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO 6141 03:11:08,390 --> 03:11:10,792 ASSIST PEOPLE LIVING IN VEHICLES 6142 03:11:10,792 --> 03:11:11,426 WITHOUT DISPLACING THEM ONTO THE 6143 03:11:11,426 --> 03:11:12,527 STREETS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE 6144 03:11:12,527 --> 03:11:16,364 WORSE PLEASE RESTORE THE FULL 6145 03:11:16,364 --> 03:11:16,998 FUNDING REQUEST FOR AFFORDABLE 6146 03:11:16,998 --> 03:11:18,500 RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP 6147 03:11:18,500 --> 03:11:20,669 PROJECTS. THE HUMAN SERVICES 6148 03:11:20,669 --> 03:11:23,004 WAGE EQUITY INCREASE AND THE 6149 03:11:23,004 --> 03:11:24,372 FULL AMOUNT FOR SALE FUNDS FOR 6150 03:11:24,372 --> 03:11:26,608 THE C, D AND LAKE CITY. NOW, MY 6151 03:11:26,608 --> 03:11:29,311 LIGHTNING ROUND PLEASE ALSO FUND 6152 03:11:29,311 --> 03:11:31,546 RENTAL ASSISTANCE, MEDICAL DEBT 6153 03:11:31,546 --> 03:11:33,081 RELEASE FRESH BUCKS, FOOD BANKS, 6154 03:11:33,081 --> 03:11:35,584 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE SERVICES, 6155 03:11:35,584 --> 03:11:36,151 GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND 6156 03:11:36,151 --> 03:11:37,586 VICTIM SUPPORT, PEDESTRIAN 6157 03:11:37,586 --> 03:11:38,987 SAFETY AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL 6158 03:11:38,987 --> 03:11:43,024 AND FOR GOSH DARN SAKES, MORE 6159 03:11:43,024 --> 03:11:43,425 PUBLIC BATHROOMS. 6160 03:11:43,425 --> 03:11:43,692 -- THANK 6161 03:11:43,692 --> 03:11:44,025 -- [APPLAUSE] 6162 03:11:44,025 --> 03:11:45,227 -- YOU 6163 03:11:45,227 --> 03:11:45,560 -- [APPLAUSE] 6164 03:11:45,560 --> 03:11:46,995 -- UP NEXT. 6165 03:11:46,995 --> 03:11:48,096 -- ALL RIGHT. 6166 03:11:48,096 --> 03:11:48,830 -- MY FRIENDS, I KNOW IT'S 6167 03:11:48,830 --> 03:11:50,398 EXCITING TO GET EXCITED. WE'RE 6168 03:11:50,398 --> 03:11:53,768 GOING TO BE HERE TILL 1030. 6169 03:11:53,768 --> 03:11:58,139 LINDSAY NEDICH NUMBER 131 OR I 6170 03:11:58,139 --> 03:12:00,408 GUESS 133. HALEY, YOU'RE UP 6171 03:12:00,408 --> 03:12:05,814 NEXT. FOLLOWED BY LINDA PRUITT. 6172 03:12:05,814 --> 03:12:08,450 135 HOWARD GAYLE. 136 YOKO. 137 6173 03:12:08,450 --> 03:12:10,218 IF YOU ALL COULD START LINING 6174 03:12:10,218 --> 03:12:11,286 UP. WELCOME, HALEY. 6175 03:12:11,286 --> 03:12:13,889 -- THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, 6176 03:12:13,889 --> 03:12:14,789 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS HOLLY 6177 03:12:14,789 --> 03:12:17,092 WILLIS WITH THE SEATTLE KING 6178 03:12:17,092 --> 03:12:17,526 COUNTY COALITION ON 6179 03:12:17,526 --> 03:12:19,794 HOMELESSNESS. WE'RE A MEMBER OF 6180 03:12:19,794 --> 03:12:20,829 THE SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES 6181 03:12:20,829 --> 03:12:22,464 COALITION. YOU'RE SEEING LOTS 6182 03:12:22,464 --> 03:12:24,132 OF THESE SCARVES TONIGHT, AND I 6183 03:12:24,132 --> 03:12:26,768 LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. EVERYONE 6184 03:12:26,768 --> 03:12:27,936 IN THE CITY NEEDS A SAFE AND 6185 03:12:27,936 --> 03:12:30,171 WARM PLACE TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT. 6186 03:12:30,171 --> 03:12:33,441 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED SHELTER 6187 03:12:33,441 --> 03:12:34,009 EXPANSION AND COUNCILMEMBER 6188 03:12:34,009 --> 03:12:35,810 STRAUSS PROPOSED SAFE PARKING 6189 03:12:35,810 --> 03:12:37,112 LOT WILL SAVE LIVES, AND WE URGE 6190 03:12:37,112 --> 03:12:39,347 YOU TO SUPPORT THOSE AS REAL, 6191 03:12:39,347 --> 03:12:40,916 WORKABLE SOLUTIONS TO 6192 03:12:40,916 --> 03:12:41,883 HOMELESSNESS. AND WE URGE YOU 6193 03:12:41,883 --> 03:12:43,852 ALL TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S 6194 03:12:43,852 --> 03:12:45,453 ALTERNATIVE TO THE RV BAN. 6195 03:12:45,453 --> 03:12:48,323 ALONGSIDE THOSE INVESTMENTS, 6196 03:12:48,323 --> 03:12:49,357 SHELTER AND SAFE PARKING, OF 6197 03:12:49,357 --> 03:12:50,859 COURSE, ARE NOT THE FINAL 6198 03:12:50,859 --> 03:12:54,262 DESTINATION. PLEASE SUPPORT AND 6199 03:12:54,262 --> 03:12:54,763 INCREASE. COUNCILMEMBER 6200 03:12:54,763 --> 03:12:56,965 FOSTER'S FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE 6201 03:12:56,965 --> 03:12:58,900 HOMES AND PRESERVE CONTINGENCY 6202 03:12:58,900 --> 03:13:01,036 FUNDS FOR FEDERAL CUTS SO PEOPLE 6203 03:13:01,036 --> 03:13:04,940 CAN GET ALL THE WAY HOME AND 6204 03:13:04,940 --> 03:13:06,007 STAY HOUSED. ALL OF THIS THAT 6205 03:13:06,007 --> 03:13:07,576 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT 6206 03:13:07,576 --> 03:13:10,579 SHELTER, HOUSING, FOOD BANKS, 6207 03:13:10,579 --> 03:13:12,714 MEAL PROGRAMS AND MUCH MORE RELY 6208 03:13:12,714 --> 03:13:15,250 ON STAFF. BUT WHEN STAFF CAN'T 6209 03:13:15,250 --> 03:13:17,652 AFFORD SEATTLE RENTS, SERVICES 6210 03:13:17,652 --> 03:13:20,322 SUFFER. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND 6211 03:13:20,322 --> 03:13:22,724 YOU ADD AT LEAST A 3% CONTRACT 6212 03:13:22,724 --> 03:13:24,793 INCREASE FOR WAGE EQUITY. AS 6213 03:13:24,793 --> 03:13:27,228 COUNCILMEMBER LIN PROPOSED, SO 6214 03:13:27,228 --> 03:13:29,230 SEATTLE RESIDENTS WILL KNOW THAT 6215 03:13:29,230 --> 03:13:32,334 THEIR CASEWORKER, DV ADVOCATE, 6216 03:13:32,334 --> 03:13:34,636 SHELTER STAFF AND OTHERS CAN 6217 03:13:34,636 --> 03:13:36,738 STICK AROUND, BUILD EXPERTISE 6218 03:13:36,738 --> 03:13:38,239 AND SUPPORT THEM WHENEVER THEY 6219 03:13:38,239 --> 03:13:39,608 NEED HELP. THANK YOU. 6220 03:13:39,608 --> 03:13:41,843 -- THANK YOU HALEY, LINDA 6221 03:13:41,843 --> 03:13:45,914 PRUITT, IS LINDA PRUITT HERE? 6222 03:13:45,914 --> 03:13:47,749 AND THEN I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT 6223 03:13:47,749 --> 03:13:48,383 ACTUALLY SOUL IN THE AUDIENCE 6224 03:13:48,383 --> 03:13:50,018 UNTIL I SAW YOU. THAT'S 6225 03:13:50,018 --> 03:13:51,853 EXCITING. WELCOME. BUT BEFORE 6226 03:13:51,853 --> 03:13:53,054 YOU GET UP HERE, LINDA PRUITT'S 6227 03:13:53,054 --> 03:13:55,390 NOT HERE. HOWARD. GAYLE, COME ON 6228 03:13:55,390 --> 03:13:59,995 UP. FOLLOWED BY YOKO. IF YOKO IS 6229 03:13:59,995 --> 03:14:03,198 NOT HERE. AND THEN WE'LL GET TO 6230 03:14:03,198 --> 03:14:05,433 SOUL. AND THEN ANNIE. WONDERFUL. 6231 03:14:05,433 --> 03:14:06,801 WELCOME, HOWARD. 6232 03:14:06,801 --> 03:14:08,503 -- GOOD EVENING. HOWARD. GAYLE. 6233 03:14:08,503 --> 03:14:12,073 FIRST OFF, I DO WANT TO CLAIM MY 6234 03:14:12,073 --> 03:14:13,675 ELDER DISPENSATION FOR TIME, 6235 03:14:13,675 --> 03:14:15,744 WHICH YOU'VE SO GRACIOUSLY 6236 03:14:15,744 --> 03:14:18,179 GRANTED SOME PEOPLE. SO I MAY GO 6237 03:14:18,179 --> 03:14:19,748 OVER AYE. 6238 03:14:19,748 --> 03:14:21,149 -- 14 WE'RE GOING TO STOP AND 6239 03:14:21,149 --> 03:14:22,517 RESET THE CLOCK. I HAVEN'T 6240 03:14:22,517 --> 03:14:23,084 PROVIDED THAT EXCEPTION FOR 6241 03:14:23,084 --> 03:14:25,053 ANYONE. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A 6242 03:14:25,053 --> 03:14:25,587 MINUTE. 30s STARTING NOW. 6243 03:14:25,587 --> 03:14:27,555 -- OH, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE. BUT 6244 03:14:27,555 --> 03:14:31,092 THAT'S OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW THE 6245 03:14:31,092 --> 03:14:33,662 CITY IS SPENDING OVER $14.1 6246 03:14:33,662 --> 03:14:35,196 MILLION ON POLICE 6247 03:14:35,196 --> 03:14:37,098 ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH HAS NOT 6248 03:14:37,098 --> 03:14:38,500 BROUGHT ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, 6249 03:14:38,500 --> 03:14:39,134 BUT HAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT ABOUT 6250 03:14:39,134 --> 03:14:41,069 THE AVOIDANCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY. 6251 03:14:41,069 --> 03:14:42,470 WE CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE IN THE 6252 03:14:42,470 --> 03:14:45,173 TEN YEARS SINCE WE STARTED 6253 03:14:45,173 --> 03:14:46,341 HAVING ACCOUNTABILITY, MORE 6254 03:14:46,341 --> 03:14:48,176 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY 6255 03:14:48,176 --> 03:14:49,110 POLICE THAN IN THE TEN YEARS 6256 03:14:49,110 --> 03:14:53,682 PRIOR TO THAT. $14 MILLION IS 6257 03:14:53,682 --> 03:14:56,384 WASTED NOT JUST IN NOT PROVIDING 6258 03:14:56,384 --> 03:14:56,985 ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT ACTUALLY 6259 03:14:56,985 --> 03:14:57,886 ALLOWING CREATING THE WINDOW 6260 03:14:57,886 --> 03:14:59,688 DRESSING THAT ALLOWS POLICE TO 6261 03:14:59,688 --> 03:15:02,090 GET AWAY WITH MURDER. AS WE'VE 6262 03:15:02,090 --> 03:15:04,759 SEEN RECENTLY, LAST YEAR, 2025 6263 03:15:04,759 --> 03:15:05,794 WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST YEARS OF 6264 03:15:05,794 --> 03:15:07,696 POLICE KILLINGS. OVER SIX. I 6265 03:15:07,696 --> 03:15:10,231 WANT TO POINT OUT ON MONDAY, FOR 6266 03:15:10,231 --> 03:15:11,399 THE FIRST TIME IN OVER FOUR 6267 03:15:11,399 --> 03:15:14,002 YEARS, THE COMMUNITY POLICE 6268 03:15:14,002 --> 03:15:16,237 COMMISSION HAD AN ACTUAL PUBLIC 6269 03:15:16,237 --> 03:15:18,139 MEETING WITH COMMUNITY IN WHICH 6270 03:15:18,139 --> 03:15:19,841 BLACK WOMEN ACTUALLY TOLD OF 6271 03:15:19,841 --> 03:15:20,475 THEIR PAIN AND THEIR HEARTACHE 6272 03:15:20,475 --> 03:15:23,878 AT WATCHING LOVED ONES DIE. 6273 03:15:23,878 --> 03:15:24,446 COUNCILMEMBER LIN YOU WERE 6274 03:15:24,446 --> 03:15:26,681 THERE. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY 6275 03:15:26,681 --> 03:15:27,682 MOVING EVENT PUT ON BY THE 6276 03:15:27,682 --> 03:15:29,651 COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION, 6277 03:15:29,651 --> 03:15:31,920 SWEARING THAT FINALLY, AFTER 13 6278 03:15:31,920 --> 03:15:33,088 YEARS, THEY WOULD ANSWER TO THE 6279 03:15:33,088 --> 03:15:36,424 COMMUNITY 37 HOURS LATER. WHAT 6280 03:15:36,424 --> 03:15:39,928 THEY THEN DID IS THEY ATTACKED 6281 03:15:39,928 --> 03:15:43,598 THE VERY PEOPLE THAT PUT ON THAT 6282 03:15:43,598 --> 03:15:45,133 FORUM. THEY ATTACKED THEM. THEY 6283 03:15:45,133 --> 03:15:47,268 SHAME THEM. THEY CALL THEM 6284 03:15:47,268 --> 03:15:48,336 AGITATORS. SO AGAIN, MY POINT IS 6285 03:15:48,336 --> 03:15:51,573 WE DO NOT HAVE A SYSTEM THAT 6286 03:15:51,573 --> 03:15:53,374 PROVIDES ACCOUNTABILITY. WE HAVE 6287 03:15:53,374 --> 03:15:55,310 A SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY SHIELDS 6288 03:15:55,310 --> 03:15:56,711 POLICE FROM ACCOUNTABILITY. AND 6289 03:15:56,711 --> 03:15:59,647 YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PERMITTING 6290 03:15:59,647 --> 03:16:00,682 THIS NOW FOR OVER TEN YEARS. 6291 03:16:00,682 --> 03:16:02,817 NINE YEARS. 6292 03:16:02,817 --> 03:16:03,418 -- THANK YOU HOWARD. WE'RE 6293 03:16:03,418 --> 03:16:07,322 MOVING ON TO YOKO. GARY YOKO IS 6294 03:16:07,322 --> 03:16:09,924 NOT HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO. 6295 03:16:09,924 --> 03:16:11,659 -- HAD TO GO HOME TO PICK UP A 6296 03:16:11,659 --> 03:16:13,394 KID. SHE ASKED ME TO DELIVER HER 6297 03:16:13,394 --> 03:16:14,629 TESTIMONY ON HER BEHALF AS PART 6298 03:16:14,629 --> 03:16:16,664 OF HER GROUP. IS THAT ALLOWED? 6299 03:16:16,664 --> 03:16:18,166 IF NOT, I UNDERSTAND. 6300 03:16:18,166 --> 03:16:18,800 -- UNFORTUNATELY NOT. AND THAT 6301 03:16:18,800 --> 03:16:19,601 WAS KIND OF THE POINT THAT I WAS 6302 03:16:19,601 --> 03:16:21,369 TRYING TO MAKE TO FOLKS CHANTING 6303 03:16:21,369 --> 03:16:24,005 EARLIER, IS THIS IS THE RESULT. 6304 03:16:24,005 --> 03:16:26,040 SO WE HAVE ANNIE KAGAN AND YOURS 6305 03:16:26,040 --> 03:16:28,009 TRULY, SOUL 6306 03:16:28,009 --> 03:16:29,911 -- YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? SURE. 6307 03:16:29,911 --> 03:16:30,178 -- HELLO. 6308 03:16:30,178 --> 03:16:31,513 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 6309 03:16:31,513 --> 03:16:33,548 SOUL. I'M A RESIDENT IN 6310 03:16:33,548 --> 03:16:34,516 DISTRICT FOUR, AND I'VE BEEN A 6311 03:16:34,516 --> 03:16:35,817 WORKING ARTIST LIVING IN THE 6312 03:16:35,817 --> 03:16:37,418 CITY MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. I WAS 6313 03:16:37,418 --> 03:16:40,088 BORN AND RAISED IN SEATTLE AND 6314 03:16:40,088 --> 03:16:41,489 RAISED BY THE MUSIC SCENE. 6315 03:16:41,489 --> 03:16:42,891 FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW WHO OR 6316 03:16:42,891 --> 03:16:45,126 WHERE I WOULD BE WITHOUT MY 6317 03:16:45,126 --> 03:16:46,494 MUSIC MENTORS AND A HEALTHY, 6318 03:16:46,494 --> 03:16:48,630 DIVERSE ARTS COMMUNITY SHAPING 6319 03:16:48,630 --> 03:16:50,965 ME AS A YOUNG MAN IN THIS 6320 03:16:50,965 --> 03:16:52,133 ECONOMY AND WITH THE COST OF 6321 03:16:52,133 --> 03:16:54,068 LIVING IN SEATTLE, IT'S ALREADY 6322 03:16:54,068 --> 03:16:56,004 HARD ENOUGH FOR DEVELOPING 6323 03:16:56,004 --> 03:16:57,906 ARTISTS AND ARTS ELDERS TO 6324 03:16:57,906 --> 03:17:00,508 SURVIVE IN THE CITY AND OUR 6325 03:17:00,508 --> 03:17:01,075 CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND 6326 03:17:01,075 --> 03:17:01,976 STORYTELLING HAVE BUILT THIS 6327 03:17:01,976 --> 03:17:03,444 CITY. LET'S NOT MAKE IT HARDER. 6328 03:17:03,444 --> 03:17:05,780 PLEASE INCLUDE THE MUSICIAN 6329 03:17:05,780 --> 03:17:08,049 LAUREATE PILOT IN THE FINAL 6330 03:17:08,049 --> 03:17:08,650 BUDGET AND PLEASE SUPPORT THE 6331 03:17:08,650 --> 03:17:10,885 PROPOSED $3 MILLION FOR ARTS AND 6332 03:17:10,885 --> 03:17:12,620 CULTURE AND THE EMISSIONS TAX 6333 03:17:12,620 --> 03:17:14,122 PROPOSAL. THE MONEY IS THERE. 6334 03:17:14,122 --> 03:17:16,424 THE PRIORITIES ARE BACKWARDS. 6335 03:17:16,424 --> 03:17:18,560 MAKING SEATTLE SAFE AND FOR REAL 6336 03:17:18,560 --> 03:17:21,796 PEOPLE WORKING PEOPLE TAKES A 6337 03:17:21,796 --> 03:17:24,966 HUMANISTIC MINDSET. SO PLEASE 6338 03:17:24,966 --> 03:17:26,634 DON'T LEAN INTO THE MILITARISTIC 6339 03:17:26,634 --> 03:17:27,235 CAPITALISTIC SYSTEMS THAT ARE 6340 03:17:27,235 --> 03:17:29,170 KILLING PEOPLE IN THE CULTURE, 6341 03:17:29,170 --> 03:17:32,140 IN OUR SOCIETY. THANK YOU. 6342 03:17:32,140 --> 03:17:34,242 -- THANK YOU. WE GOT ANNIE KAGAN 6343 03:17:34,242 --> 03:17:34,442 NEXT. 6344 03:17:34,442 --> 03:17:36,945 -- HELLO AGAIN. I'M HERE WITH 6345 03:17:36,945 --> 03:17:39,214 STG AND INSPIRE WASHINGTON. AND 6346 03:17:39,214 --> 03:17:42,550 FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU, 6347 03:17:42,550 --> 03:17:43,051 CHAIR STRAUSS. COUNCIL 6348 03:17:43,051 --> 03:17:45,820 PRESIDENT, HOLLINGSWORTH AND 6349 03:17:45,820 --> 03:17:47,622 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR 6350 03:17:47,622 --> 03:17:49,424 EFFORTS IN LEADERSHIP THIS 6351 03:17:49,424 --> 03:17:51,025 BUDGET CYCLE. RECOGNIZING THE 6352 03:17:51,025 --> 03:17:51,926 RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM CITY, 6353 03:17:51,926 --> 03:17:53,862 SUPPORT OF ARTS, CULTURE AND 6354 03:17:53,862 --> 03:17:56,731 HERITAGE. AND THANK YOU, 6355 03:17:56,731 --> 03:17:58,166 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA JUAREZ, LIN, 6356 03:17:58,166 --> 03:18:00,335 RINCK AND KETTLE FOR SIGNING ON 6357 03:18:00,335 --> 03:18:02,704 TO SUPPORTING AMENDMENTS. LOOK, 6358 03:18:02,704 --> 03:18:05,206 I WORKED IN HEALTH AND HUMAN 6359 03:18:05,206 --> 03:18:08,443 SERVICES FOR 18 YEARS, AND I 6360 03:18:08,443 --> 03:18:10,245 REMEMBER THINKING THAT ARTS 6361 03:18:10,245 --> 03:18:12,046 FUNDING. THAT'S NICE. THAT'S 6362 03:18:12,046 --> 03:18:12,981 THAT'S A GOOD THOUGHT. BUT WE 6363 03:18:12,981 --> 03:18:15,550 NEED TO FUND EVERYTHING ELSE 6364 03:18:15,550 --> 03:18:18,419 FIRST. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT 6365 03:18:18,419 --> 03:18:21,623 ISOLATION AND DISCONNECT ARE 6366 03:18:21,623 --> 03:18:23,625 RISK FACTORS FOR POOR PUBLIC 6367 03:18:23,625 --> 03:18:25,960 HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. 6368 03:18:25,960 --> 03:18:27,795 PROGRAMS THAT CONNECT PEOPLE IN 6369 03:18:27,795 --> 03:18:29,397 SHARED CREATIVE EXPERIENCE ARE 6370 03:18:29,397 --> 03:18:30,732 PART OF HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES 6371 03:18:30,732 --> 03:18:32,934 AND SAFE STREETS. SO THANK YOU 6372 03:18:32,934 --> 03:18:35,637 FOR KEEPING THIS IN MIND AMIDST 6373 03:18:35,637 --> 03:18:36,738 THESE DIFFICULT BUDGET 6374 03:18:36,738 --> 03:18:39,073 DECISIONS. I LOOK FORWARD TO 6375 03:18:39,073 --> 03:18:42,877 WORKING WITH YOU ALL NEXT YEAR 6376 03:18:42,877 --> 03:18:44,812 TO MAKE THE ADMISSIONS TAX HOLE 6377 03:18:44,812 --> 03:18:46,014 AS WELL. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME 6378 03:18:46,014 --> 03:18:46,681 HERE TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN A LONG 6379 03:18:46,681 --> 03:18:47,815 ONE. THANK YOU. 6380 03:18:47,815 --> 03:18:49,851 -- THANK YOU ANNIE. WE'VE GOT 6381 03:18:49,851 --> 03:18:52,020 RACHEL KETTLE NEXT. RACHEL, ARE 6382 03:18:52,020 --> 03:18:55,490 YOU STILL HERE? NUMBER 140 AND 6383 03:18:55,490 --> 03:18:59,627 141 I SEE, HERE'S THE GROUP. 6384 03:18:59,627 --> 03:19:02,063 141 TARA MILLER CHLOE GILLET, 6385 03:19:02,063 --> 03:19:07,035 LEE, ALEX MARIA ORTEZ. 146. 6386 03:19:07,035 --> 03:19:08,836 OSWALD. 147. CATHERINE 148 6387 03:19:08,836 --> 03:19:11,906 ANITA. ANITA. 149. VICTORIA. 6388 03:19:11,906 --> 03:19:16,077 150. ROY AND CAN YOU HELP ME TO 6389 03:19:16,077 --> 03:19:19,480 KNOW WHO ALL IS IN YOUR GROUP? 6390 03:19:19,480 --> 03:19:23,351 -- YES. SO THIS IS ME, RACHEL 6391 03:19:23,351 --> 03:19:25,219 KATULA LEE CURL DOVE, TARA 6392 03:19:25,219 --> 03:19:25,920 MILLER. 6393 03:19:25,920 --> 03:19:26,554 -- HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. SO 6394 03:19:26,554 --> 03:19:28,623 YEAH, SO WE GOT LEE. 6395 03:19:28,623 --> 03:19:32,493 -- WE GOT TARA. CHLOE. 6396 03:19:32,493 --> 03:19:32,961 -- THERE'S CHLOE. 6397 03:19:32,961 --> 03:19:35,229 -- ALEX, HOW ARE YOU? ALEX. DO 6398 03:19:35,229 --> 03:19:36,364 WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? 6399 03:19:36,364 --> 03:19:38,700 -- THAT'S NOT. 6400 03:19:38,700 --> 03:19:40,501 -- MY GROUP. I'VE GOT AN M NAME 6401 03:19:40,501 --> 03:19:42,036 AT 145. THAT'S NOT PART OF YOUR 6402 03:19:42,036 --> 03:19:43,838 GROUP. SEPARATE GROUP. SEPARATE 6403 03:19:43,838 --> 03:19:45,206 GROUP. WONDERFUL. WELCOME. 6404 03:19:45,206 --> 03:19:47,809 ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'M A 6405 03:19:47,809 --> 03:19:49,377 I'M A OLD TESTAMENT KIND OF 6406 03:19:49,377 --> 03:19:50,445 GUY. SO, YOU. 6407 03:19:50,445 --> 03:19:51,012 -- KNOW, IT'S 6408 03:19:51,012 --> 03:19:51,346 -- [LAUGHTER] 6409 03:19:51,346 --> 03:19:51,612 -- OKAY. 6410 03:19:51,612 --> 03:19:51,946 -- [LAUGHTER] 6411 03:19:51,946 --> 03:19:53,348 -- YEAH 6412 03:19:53,348 --> 03:19:54,215 -- SO WE'RE HERE WITH THE 6413 03:19:54,215 --> 03:19:55,683 CHURCH COUNCIL OF GREATER 6414 03:19:55,683 --> 03:19:56,985 SEATTLE. MY NAME IS REVEREND LEE 6415 03:19:56,985 --> 03:19:58,319 CURL DOVE. I'M ONE OF THE 6416 03:19:58,319 --> 03:20:00,855 PASTORS AT SEATTLE FIRST BAPTIST 6417 03:20:00,855 --> 03:20:01,756 IN DISTRICT THREE. I ALSO LIVE 6418 03:20:01,756 --> 03:20:04,092 IN DISTRICT THREE. YOU ALL KNOW 6419 03:20:04,092 --> 03:20:06,294 WHY WE'RE HERE. WE'RE HERE A 6420 03:20:06,294 --> 03:20:06,494 LOT. 6421 03:20:06,494 --> 03:20:08,029 -- HEY, I'M SORRY. WE'RE GOING 6422 03:20:08,029 --> 03:20:09,030 TO PAUSE. HOWARD GAYLE, WE CAN 6423 03:20:09,030 --> 03:20:11,332 HEAR YOU ON THE DAIS. HOWARD 6424 03:20:11,332 --> 03:20:12,467 GAYLE IN THE BACK. HOWARD. 6425 03:20:12,467 --> 03:20:13,634 GAYLE. HOWARD. GAYLE CAN'T EVEN 6426 03:20:13,634 --> 03:20:16,004 HEAR ME. HE'S SO LOUD. HOWARD. 6427 03:20:16,004 --> 03:20:17,238 YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE. CAN YOU 6428 03:20:17,238 --> 03:20:18,740 TELL THEM TO GO AROUND THE 6429 03:20:18,740 --> 03:20:20,875 CORNER? HOWARD. GAYLE GO AROUND 6430 03:20:20,875 --> 03:20:25,046 THE CORNER. WE CAN HEAR YOU. 6431 03:20:25,046 --> 03:20:25,380 -- [LAUGHTER] 6432 03:20:25,380 --> 03:20:26,514 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. 6433 03:20:26,514 --> 03:20:28,149 -- YEAH. ANYWAY, WE'RE HERE A 6434 03:20:28,149 --> 03:20:30,251 LOT. AND THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN 6435 03:20:30,251 --> 03:20:32,854 URGING YOU ALL TO CHOOSE 6436 03:20:32,854 --> 03:20:35,023 ABUNDANCE OVER SCARCITY. AND WE 6437 03:20:35,023 --> 03:20:36,557 HAVE OUR LOAVES AND FISH WHERE 6438 03:20:36,557 --> 03:20:36,824 THE FISH 6439 03:20:36,824 --> 03:20:37,158 -- [LAUGHTER] 6440 03:20:37,158 --> 03:20:37,425 -- IS. 6441 03:20:37,425 --> 03:20:37,759 -- [LAUGHTER] 6442 03:20:37,759 --> 03:20:38,926 -- THERE'S A FISH THERE. WE HAD 6443 03:20:38,926 --> 03:20:39,527 SWEDISH FISH. I DON'T KNOW 6444 03:20:39,527 --> 03:20:43,097 WHERE THEY WENT, BUT AS WE'VE 6445 03:20:43,097 --> 03:20:44,532 TOLD Y'ALL IN OUR CHRISTIAN 6446 03:20:44,532 --> 03:20:46,801 SCRIPTURES, THERE'S A STORY OF A 6447 03:20:46,801 --> 03:20:48,202 MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE BEING FED 6448 03:20:48,202 --> 03:20:50,471 BECAUSE PEOPLE BRING FORWARD 6449 03:20:50,471 --> 03:20:52,206 LOAVES AND FISHES AND SHARE WHAT 6450 03:20:52,206 --> 03:20:54,108 THEY HAVE. AND THE THING ABOUT 6451 03:20:54,108 --> 03:20:56,577 THIS STORY IS IT ACTUALLY 6452 03:20:56,577 --> 03:20:58,379 APPEARS MULTIPLE TIMES IN OUR 6453 03:20:58,379 --> 03:20:59,881 SACRED TEXT. AND WHEN THAT 6454 03:20:59,881 --> 03:21:00,581 HAPPENS, IT MEANS WE REALLY HAVE 6455 03:21:00,581 --> 03:21:02,050 TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE 6456 03:21:02,050 --> 03:21:03,484 THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT WE 6457 03:21:03,484 --> 03:21:06,988 NEED TO GRASP ON TO. AND SO ALSO 6458 03:21:06,988 --> 03:21:09,657 IN OUR SACRED TEXT, WHENEVER 6459 03:21:09,657 --> 03:21:12,226 PEOPLE GATHER WHAT THEY HAVE AND 6460 03:21:12,226 --> 03:21:17,265 SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE, EVERYONE 6461 03:21:17,265 --> 03:21:19,500 HAS ENOUGH. EVERYONE GETS FED. 6462 03:21:19,500 --> 03:21:20,835 SO WE'RE HERE ONCE AGAIN TO ASK 6463 03:21:20,835 --> 03:21:23,504 YOU TO CHOOSE ABUNDANCE OVER 6464 03:21:23,504 --> 03:21:27,408 SCARCITY 6465 03:21:27,408 --> 03:21:29,444 -- HI, I'M RACHEL KETOLA AGAIN 6466 03:21:29,444 --> 03:21:30,511 HERE AS AN ORGANIZER FROM THE 6467 03:21:30,511 --> 03:21:32,013 CHURCH COUNCIL OF SEATTLE, AND I 6468 03:21:32,013 --> 03:21:34,715 LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. AGAIN, 6469 03:21:34,715 --> 03:21:37,118 WE'RE HERE TODAY AS PEOPLE OF 6470 03:21:37,118 --> 03:21:39,120 FAITH AND CONSCIENCE FROM ACROSS 6471 03:21:39,120 --> 03:21:40,588 SEATTLE, AS WELL AS WE'RE 6472 03:21:40,588 --> 03:21:42,690 ACCOMPANIED BY OUR IMMIGRATION 6473 03:21:42,690 --> 03:21:43,324 ORGANIZING COLLECTIVE, EL GRUPO 6474 03:21:43,324 --> 03:21:46,561 DE SOLIDARIDAD. WE REPRESENT A 6475 03:21:46,561 --> 03:21:47,929 DIVERSITY OF DISTRICTS, 6476 03:21:47,929 --> 03:21:48,996 BACKGROUNDS, AND BELIEFS. BUT WE 6477 03:21:48,996 --> 03:21:51,666 ARE HERE TODAY UNITED BY THE 6478 03:21:51,666 --> 03:21:52,867 DESIRE TO SEE A CITY COUNCIL 6479 03:21:52,867 --> 03:21:55,436 PASS A MORAL BUDGET THAT 6480 03:21:55,436 --> 03:21:56,838 REFLECTS THE VALUES OF ABUNDANCE 6481 03:21:56,838 --> 03:21:58,005 AND COMMUNITY CARE, AND ALSO 6482 03:21:58,005 --> 03:21:59,974 PROVIDES RELIEF TO THE THOUSANDS 6483 03:21:59,974 --> 03:22:01,442 OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS STRUGGLING 6484 03:22:01,442 --> 03:22:03,010 TO BUY FOOD, PAY RENT, AFFORD 6485 03:22:03,010 --> 03:22:07,648 HEALTH CARE OR FEEL SAFE AS ICE 6486 03:22:07,648 --> 03:22:09,617 RAVAGES OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THE 6487 03:22:09,617 --> 03:22:10,251 BALANCED BUDGET SHOWS MEANINGFUL 6488 03:22:10,251 --> 03:22:11,385 INVESTMENTS IN SHELTER, HUMAN 6489 03:22:11,385 --> 03:22:12,987 SERVICES IN THE ARTS, BUT IT CAN 6490 03:22:12,987 --> 03:22:15,156 DO SO MUCH MORE. I'M LEAVING 6491 03:22:15,156 --> 03:22:16,724 LETTERS FROM OTHER PEOPLE OF 6492 03:22:16,724 --> 03:22:18,292 FAITH AND CONSCIENCE THAT WORK 6493 03:22:18,292 --> 03:22:19,894 WITH US FOR YOU ALL THAT 6494 03:22:19,894 --> 03:22:21,229 WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE 6495 03:22:21,229 --> 03:22:23,231 TONIGHT. AND I'LL ALSO PASS IT 6496 03:22:23,231 --> 03:22:26,200 ON TO CHLOE, TARA, AND PASTOR 6497 03:22:26,200 --> 03:22:27,368 ALEX TO SHARE MORE ABOUT OUR 6498 03:22:27,368 --> 03:22:29,737 VISION OF AN ABUNDANT FUTURE. 6499 03:22:29,737 --> 03:22:31,005 -- GREAT. SARAH MILLER, 6500 03:22:31,005 --> 03:22:32,006 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DISTRICT 6501 03:22:32,006 --> 03:22:34,475 FIVE. THIS WEEK WE MET WITH A 6502 03:22:34,475 --> 03:22:35,843 COUNCILMEMBERS AIDE WHO SAID 6503 03:22:35,843 --> 03:22:38,012 THERE IS AN OVER ACCOUNTABILITY 6504 03:22:38,012 --> 03:22:38,679 TO IMPACTED COMMUNITIES, THAT 6505 03:22:38,679 --> 03:22:39,947 THE NEEDS OF THE REST OF THE 6506 03:22:39,947 --> 03:22:41,315 CITY DO NOT GET ADDRESSED 6507 03:22:41,315 --> 03:22:43,184 BECAUSE WE FOCUS TOO STRONGLY ON 6508 03:22:43,184 --> 03:22:45,052 OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN LONG 6509 03:22:45,052 --> 03:22:46,621 OPPRESSED, SHE SAID. THE 6510 03:22:46,621 --> 03:22:47,221 COUNCILMEMBER DOES CARE ABOUT 6511 03:22:47,221 --> 03:22:48,422 SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE, BUT WHAT 6512 03:22:48,422 --> 03:22:50,691 ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE? THAT'S THE 6513 03:22:50,691 --> 03:22:53,294 EPITOME OF A SCARCITY MINDSET. 6514 03:22:53,294 --> 03:22:54,328 THE REASON THAT YOU SEE SO MANY 6515 03:22:54,328 --> 03:22:55,997 OF US UP HERE SAYING THE SAME 6516 03:22:55,997 --> 03:22:57,098 THINGS YEAR AFTER YEAR IS 6517 03:22:57,098 --> 03:22:58,900 BECAUSE OUR IMPACTED NEIGHBORS 6518 03:22:58,900 --> 03:23:00,735 ARE ALWAYS HAVING TO FIGHT FOR 6519 03:23:00,735 --> 03:23:01,869 SCRAPS. WHILE PROGRAMS THAT 6520 03:23:01,869 --> 03:23:03,938 DON'T KEEP US SAFE, LIKE 6521 03:23:03,938 --> 03:23:04,505 POLICING AND SURVEILLANCE, 6522 03:23:04,505 --> 03:23:06,941 CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW WITH 6523 03:23:06,941 --> 03:23:07,575 FUNDING AT THE CHURCH COUNCIL, 6524 03:23:07,575 --> 03:23:09,177 WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN BLACK 6525 03:23:09,177 --> 03:23:10,311 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, 6526 03:23:10,311 --> 03:23:11,612 WHEN MIGRANT COMMUNITIES, WHEN 6527 03:23:11,612 --> 03:23:12,980 TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITIES, 6528 03:23:12,980 --> 03:23:15,082 WHEN UNHOUSED COMMUNITIES, WHEN 6529 03:23:15,082 --> 03:23:15,716 SURVIVORS BENEFIT FIRST BECAUSE 6530 03:23:15,716 --> 03:23:17,318 THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HARMED 6531 03:23:17,318 --> 03:23:21,689 FIRST. WE ALL BENEFIT, I PROMISE 6532 03:23:21,689 --> 03:23:22,723 YOU THAT WHEN EVERYONE ELSE 6533 03:23:22,723 --> 03:23:23,791 GETS. WHEN. YEAH, WHEN EVERYONE 6534 03:23:23,791 --> 03:23:25,693 ELSE GETS WHAT MAKES THEM FEEL 6535 03:23:25,693 --> 03:23:27,328 MORE COMFORTABLE. IMPACTED 6536 03:23:27,328 --> 03:23:28,663 COMMUNITIES. SORRY, LET ME TRY 6537 03:23:28,663 --> 03:23:30,331 AGAIN. WHEN I PROMISE YOU THAT 6538 03:23:30,331 --> 03:23:31,599 WHEN EVERYONE ELSE GETS WHAT 6539 03:23:31,599 --> 03:23:32,500 MAKES. NOPE. WHEN IMPACT 6540 03:23:32,500 --> 03:23:33,267 COMMUNITIES GET WHAT THEY NEED 6541 03:23:33,267 --> 03:23:35,236 TO THRIVE, EVERYONE ELSE WILL 6542 03:23:35,236 --> 03:23:36,571 GET WHAT MAKES THEM FEEL MORE 6543 03:23:36,571 --> 03:23:38,206 COMFORTABLE. THAT'S BUDGETING 6544 03:23:38,206 --> 03:23:40,775 FROM A PLACE OF ABUNDANCE. 6545 03:23:40,775 --> 03:23:41,442 -- HI, MY NAME IS CHLOE. I 6546 03:23:41,442 --> 03:23:43,044 WORSHIP IN DISTRICT SIX. AS 6547 03:23:43,044 --> 03:23:44,378 PASTORS AND CLERGY, WE SEE THE 6548 03:23:44,378 --> 03:23:46,347 NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY ON THE 6549 03:23:46,347 --> 03:23:47,915 DAILY. JUST LAST NIGHT WE HAD 6550 03:23:47,915 --> 03:23:48,516 ABOUT TEN PEOPLE COME THROUGH 6551 03:23:48,516 --> 03:23:49,750 OUR WEEKLY MEAL ASKING FOR TENTS 6552 03:23:49,750 --> 03:23:52,253 AND SLEEPING BAGS. ONE WOMAN 6553 03:23:52,253 --> 03:23:52,887 JUST SIMPLY ASKING FOR A TRASH 6554 03:23:52,887 --> 03:23:54,889 BAG TO KEEP HER STUFF DRY. AND 6555 03:23:54,889 --> 03:23:56,958 SHE TOLD ME THE STORIES OF 6556 03:23:56,958 --> 03:23:57,558 ENCOUNTERING VIOLENCE ON THE 6557 03:23:57,558 --> 03:23:58,359 STREET, HEARING THE STORIES OF 6558 03:23:58,359 --> 03:24:01,062 PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS WHO 6559 03:24:01,062 --> 03:24:01,696 ATTEND OUR CHURCH WEEKLY IS WHY 6560 03:24:01,696 --> 03:24:03,764 I KEEP COMING BACK HERE YEAR 6561 03:24:03,764 --> 03:24:04,632 AFTER YEAR. AND YOU HEAR US SAY 6562 03:24:04,632 --> 03:24:05,766 IT EVERY YEAR, AND WE'LL KEEP 6563 03:24:05,766 --> 03:24:06,968 SAYING IT EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE IT 6564 03:24:06,968 --> 03:24:08,369 REMAINS TO BE TRUE. POLICE MORE 6565 03:24:08,369 --> 03:24:10,171 POLICE DOES NOT LEAD TO SAFER 6566 03:24:10,171 --> 03:24:12,607 COMMUNITIES, FOOD, SHELTER AND 6567 03:24:12,607 --> 03:24:13,174 ESSENTIAL SERVICES LEADS TO 6568 03:24:13,174 --> 03:24:14,709 SAFER COMMUNITIES. SO WE URGE 6569 03:24:14,709 --> 03:24:15,276 THE COUNCIL TO PROTECT THE 6570 03:24:15,276 --> 03:24:16,277 MAYOR'S FUNDING FOR SHELTER 6571 03:24:16,277 --> 03:24:17,612 EXPANSION. THE MONEY ALLOCATED 6572 03:24:17,612 --> 03:24:18,879 TOWARDS SAFE PARKING LOTS FOR 6573 03:24:18,879 --> 03:24:20,881 RVS, AND MONEY TOWARDS THE $5 6574 03:24:20,881 --> 03:24:24,785 MILLION TOWARDS ADDITIONAL 6575 03:24:24,785 --> 03:24:25,052 HOUSING. 6576 03:24:25,052 --> 03:24:26,020 -- TO SUM IT ALL UP, THE ENERGY 6577 03:24:26,020 --> 03:24:28,756 THAT YOU FEEL IN THIS ROOM IS 6578 03:24:28,756 --> 03:24:29,290 INVITING EVERYONE ON THIS 6579 03:24:29,290 --> 03:24:30,958 COUNCIL TO HAVE A MORAL 6580 03:24:30,958 --> 03:24:32,193 IMAGINATION. THINK OUTSIDE THE 6581 03:24:32,193 --> 03:24:34,128 BOX WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRESSIVE 6582 03:24:34,128 --> 03:24:35,596 REVENUE. THINK ABOUT NOT HAVING 6583 03:24:35,596 --> 03:24:36,397 TO HAVE AN RV BAN, BUT THERE'S 6584 03:24:36,397 --> 03:24:38,299 SO MUCH HOUSING AND FOOD FOR 6585 03:24:38,299 --> 03:24:39,400 EVERYONE THAT THEY DON'T FEEL 6586 03:24:39,400 --> 03:24:41,035 THE NEED TO MOVE INTO AN RV. 6587 03:24:41,035 --> 03:24:42,870 INVITE YOU ALL TO HAVE COURAGE 6588 03:24:42,870 --> 03:24:44,438 TO STAND UP AND ACTUALLY ASK THE 6589 03:24:44,438 --> 03:24:45,840 WEALTHY TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. 6590 03:24:45,840 --> 03:24:49,310 LIKE THE REST OF US, I CONCEDE 6591 03:24:49,310 --> 03:24:49,543 MY TIME 6592 03:24:49,543 --> 03:24:50,077 -- [APPLAUSE]. [APPLAUSE] 6593 03:24:50,077 --> 03:24:52,313 -- THANK YOU 6594 03:24:52,313 --> 03:24:53,347 -- WELL SAID. I'M GOING TO HAVE 6595 03:24:53,347 --> 03:24:54,515 TO ASK YOU AGAIN ABOUT THE JAZZ 6596 03:24:54,515 --> 03:24:56,651 HANDS. WE GOT EM. AND OSWALD 6597 03:24:56,651 --> 03:24:57,485 ORTIZ. ARE YOU PART OF A GROUP 6598 03:24:57,485 --> 03:25:00,054 AS WELL, OR ARE YOU INDIVIDUALS? 6599 03:25:00,054 --> 03:25:02,023 -- YES, THEY'RE PART OF GRUPO 6600 03:25:02,023 --> 03:25:02,723 DE SOLIDARIDAD AND THEY'RE GOING 6601 03:25:02,723 --> 03:25:03,891 TO SPEAK IN SPANISH. AND THEN 6602 03:25:03,891 --> 03:25:05,993 WE'LL PROVIDE ENGLISH 6603 03:25:05,993 --> 03:25:06,360 INTERPRETATION. 6604 03:25:06,360 --> 03:25:08,329 -- THIRD PERSON. 6605 03:25:08,329 --> 03:25:11,098 -- STORIES TO. 6606 03:25:11,098 --> 03:25:12,566 -- INTERPRETERS. SO 6607 03:25:12,566 --> 03:25:15,636 -- INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONY WITH 6608 03:25:15,636 --> 03:25:15,970 TRANSLATION. 6609 03:25:15,970 --> 03:25:19,740 -- WE'LL DO DOUBLE THE TIME. 6610 03:25:19,740 --> 03:25:24,545 INDIVIDUALS THOUGH. THANK YOU 6611 03:25:24,545 --> 03:25:25,079 -- MARINA ORTIZ EL GRUPO 6612 03:25:25,079 --> 03:25:27,648 SOLIDARIDAD THE CHURCH COUNCIL. 6613 03:25:27,648 --> 03:25:29,784 YO ESTOY AQUI PARA HABLAR DE UNA 6614 03:25:29,784 --> 03:25:31,752 PREOCUPACION MUY IMPORTANTE Es 6615 03:25:31,752 --> 03:25:33,921 LA SEGURIDAD Y LA UNIDAD DE 6616 03:25:33,921 --> 03:25:35,589 NUESTRA COMUNIDAD MIGRANTES. 6617 03:25:35,589 --> 03:25:37,758 QUEREMOS VIVIR EN UNA CIUDAD EN 6618 03:25:37,758 --> 03:25:38,326 NUESTRA FAMILIA SE SIENTAN 6619 03:25:38,326 --> 03:25:43,064 PROTEGIDAS NO US PODEMOS CAMINAR 6620 03:25:43,064 --> 03:25:45,933 NUESTRA SIN MIEDO. DE NADIE POR 6621 03:25:45,933 --> 03:25:48,669 NUESTRO IDIOMA. NUESTRO EN 6622 03:25:48,669 --> 03:25:52,506 NUESTRA STATUS MIGRATORIO NO 6623 03:25:52,506 --> 03:25:53,007 NECESITAMOS MAS CAMARAS 6624 03:25:53,007 --> 03:25:55,910 VIGILANCIA TRABAJO. YO, I TANTO 6625 03:25:55,910 --> 03:26:01,949 TAMBIÉN MUCHOS POR LA CIUDAD DE 6626 03:26:01,949 --> 03:26:04,485 NOS DESAPAREZCA AND VIGILANCIA. 6627 03:26:04,485 --> 03:26:07,221 NECESITAMOS MAS INVERSION AND 6628 03:26:07,221 --> 03:26:07,855 PROBLEMAS COMUNITARIOS DEFENSA 6629 03:26:07,855 --> 03:26:10,491 LEGAL VIVIENDA SEGURIDAD REFUGIO 6630 03:26:10,491 --> 03:26:13,027 SALUD MENTAL ESPACIO DE NUESTRA 6631 03:26:13,027 --> 03:26:16,931 FAMILIA BIENVENIDA Y SEGURAS LA 6632 03:26:16,931 --> 03:26:17,531 VERDADERA SEGURIDAD COMIENZA 6633 03:26:17,531 --> 03:26:19,333 CUANDO LAS PERSONAS TIENEN LA 6634 03:26:19,333 --> 03:26:22,770 COMIDA Y OPORTUNIDADES SPD SOBRE 6635 03:26:22,770 --> 03:26:26,140 EL PRESUPUESTO. NO QUEREMOS 6636 03:26:26,140 --> 03:26:28,409 PARTE DE SEATTLE NUESTRA 6637 03:26:28,409 --> 03:26:31,579 TAMBIÉN CUENTAN. MUCHAS GRACIAS 6638 03:26:31,579 --> 03:26:31,879 ALL RIGHT. 6639 03:26:31,879 --> 03:26:33,314 -- GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY 6640 03:26:33,314 --> 03:26:35,850 NAME IS MARINA. I'M PART OF THE 6641 03:26:35,850 --> 03:26:36,484 CHURCH COUNCIL SOLIDARITY GROUP, 6642 03:26:36,484 --> 03:26:38,686 AND I WORK WITH COMMUNITIES IN 6643 03:26:38,686 --> 03:26:39,720 DISTRICT FIVE. I'M HERE TODAY 6644 03:26:39,720 --> 03:26:41,655 TO SPEAK ABOUT A VERY IMPORTANT 6645 03:26:41,655 --> 03:26:43,958 CONCERN, THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY 6646 03:26:43,958 --> 03:26:44,592 OF OUR MIGRANT COMMUNITIES. WE 6647 03:26:44,592 --> 03:26:45,793 WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE 6648 03:26:45,793 --> 03:26:47,628 FAMILIES FEEL PROTECTED, NOT 6649 03:26:47,628 --> 03:26:48,462 SURVEILLED. A CITY WHERE WE CAN 6650 03:26:48,462 --> 03:26:50,598 WALK OUR STREETS WITHOUT FEAR, 6651 03:26:50,598 --> 03:26:51,932 AND WHERE NO ONE IS JUDGED BASED 6652 03:26:51,932 --> 03:26:53,167 ON THE LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK, 6653 03:26:53,167 --> 03:26:55,503 WHERE THEY COME FROM, OR THEIR 6654 03:26:55,503 --> 03:26:56,670 IMMIGRATION STATUS. WE DO NOT 6655 03:26:56,670 --> 03:26:58,305 NEED MORE CAMERAS OR INCREASED 6656 03:26:58,305 --> 03:26:59,807 SURVEILLANCE. IN THE AREA WHERE 6657 03:26:59,807 --> 03:27:01,041 I WORK, THERE ARE SO MANY 6658 03:27:01,041 --> 03:27:03,144 CAMERAS ON THE STREETS, ALONG 6659 03:27:03,144 --> 03:27:03,811 WITH FREQUENT ARRESTS BY ICE, IT 6660 03:27:03,811 --> 03:27:05,212 FEELS AS THOUGH THE CITY IS 6661 03:27:05,212 --> 03:27:08,716 ALLOWING ICE TO DISAPPEAR. US 6662 03:27:08,716 --> 03:27:09,917 INSTEAD OF SURVEILLANCE, WE NEED 6663 03:27:09,917 --> 03:27:11,719 GREATER INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY 6664 03:27:11,719 --> 03:27:13,754 PROGRAMS, LEGAL DEFENSE, SAFE 6665 03:27:13,754 --> 03:27:15,723 HOUSING, SHELTERS, MENTAL HEALTH 6666 03:27:15,723 --> 03:27:17,425 SERVICES, SPACES WHERE OUR 6667 03:27:17,425 --> 03:27:19,226 FAMILIES ARE WELCOMED AND KEPT 6668 03:27:19,226 --> 03:27:20,761 SAFE. TRUE SAFETY BEGINS WHEN 6669 03:27:20,761 --> 03:27:22,997 PEOPLE HAVE A HOME, FOOD AND 6670 03:27:22,997 --> 03:27:23,631 OPPORTUNITIES. WE ASK THAT YOU 6671 03:27:23,631 --> 03:27:26,834 INCLUDE US IN A BUDGET IN ALL 6672 03:27:26,834 --> 03:27:28,669 BUDGET RELATED DECISIONS. WE DO 6673 03:27:28,669 --> 03:27:29,904 NOT WANT TO BE INVISIBLE. WE ARE 6674 03:27:29,904 --> 03:27:31,672 PART OF SEATTLE AND OUR VOICES 6675 03:27:31,672 --> 03:27:33,374 MATTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 6676 03:27:33,374 --> 03:27:34,975 -- YEAH. 6677 03:27:34,975 --> 03:27:38,746 -- THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'LL 6678 03:27:38,746 --> 03:27:39,079 -- [APPLAUSE] 6679 03:27:39,079 --> 03:27:42,983 -- HAVE OSWALD. 6680 03:27:42,983 --> 03:27:45,519 -- BUENAS NOCHES. MY NOMBRE Es 6681 03:27:45,519 --> 03:27:48,055 SAUL. SOY MIEMBRO DEL GRUPO DE 6682 03:27:48,055 --> 03:27:50,257 LA SOLIDARIDAD Y PRESIDENTE DEL 6683 03:27:50,257 --> 03:27:58,265 DISTRITO. UNO ESTOY AQUI PARA 6684 03:27:58,265 --> 03:27:58,833 PEDIRLE A UN PRESUPUESTO Q 6685 03:27:58,833 --> 03:28:00,835 COMPARTEN LOS RECURSOS CON 6686 03:28:00,835 --> 03:28:04,405 NUESTRA COMUNIDAD MAS 6687 03:28:04,405 --> 03:28:04,939 VULNERABLE, ESPECIALMENTE 6688 03:28:04,939 --> 03:28:10,144 NOSOTROS LOS MIGRANTES LE MAS IN 6689 03:28:10,144 --> 03:28:13,747 REFUGIO PROGRAMA DE VIVIENDA 6690 03:28:13,747 --> 03:28:15,950 ESPACIO ACOGIDA PARA LAS 6691 03:28:15,950 --> 03:28:18,586 FAMILIAS. Q HOY NO TIENEN UN 6692 03:28:18,586 --> 03:28:22,122 HOGAR SEGURO LO MISMO EXPERIMENT 6693 03:28:22,122 --> 03:28:24,692 LO KI SIGNIFICA VIVIR SIN HOGAR 6694 03:28:24,692 --> 03:28:28,028 CONOZCO EL MIEDO. LA 6695 03:28:28,028 --> 03:28:29,964 INCERTIDUMBRE Y LO DIFICIL. QUÉ 6696 03:28:29,964 --> 03:28:33,000 Es SALIR ADELANTE? SIN UN TECHO? 6697 03:28:33,000 --> 03:28:38,539 QUIERO MI DISTRICT. UNO NINGUNA 6698 03:28:38,539 --> 03:28:39,139 FAMILIA IMMIGRANT TENGA PASAR 6699 03:28:39,139 --> 03:28:42,510 POR LO Q YO QUIERO Q TODOS 6700 03:28:42,510 --> 03:28:45,513 NOSOTROS. LOS MIGRANTES SEATTLE 6701 03:28:45,513 --> 03:28:50,284 VAMOS FELICES SIN PERSECUTION Y 6702 03:28:50,284 --> 03:28:56,023 CON E CON CONTAMOS CON MAS APOYO 6703 03:28:56,023 --> 03:29:02,062 DE LA CIUDAD POR FAVOR. UN IN 6704 03:29:02,062 --> 03:29:03,631 DIGNIDAD VIVIENDA ESPERANZA PARA 6705 03:29:03,631 --> 03:29:05,466 TODOS. MUCHAS GRACIAS. 6706 03:29:05,466 --> 03:29:06,934 -- MY NAME IS SAUL. I'M A 6707 03:29:06,934 --> 03:29:08,536 MEMBER OF THE SOLIDARITY GROUP 6708 03:29:08,536 --> 03:29:09,503 AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. 6709 03:29:09,503 --> 03:29:11,205 I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE 6710 03:29:11,205 --> 03:29:13,340 A BUDGET THAT SHARES RESOURCES 6711 03:29:13,340 --> 03:29:15,476 WITH OUR MOST VULNERABLE 6712 03:29:15,476 --> 03:29:17,278 COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY US, THE 6713 03:29:17,278 --> 03:29:19,113 MIGRANTS. I URGE YOU TO INVEST 6714 03:29:19,113 --> 03:29:20,314 IN MORE SHELTERS, HOUSING 6715 03:29:20,314 --> 03:29:22,750 PROGRAMS, AND WELCOMING SPACES 6716 03:29:22,750 --> 03:29:23,884 FOR FAMILIES WHO CURRENTLY LACK 6717 03:29:23,884 --> 03:29:26,353 A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. I HAVE 6718 03:29:26,353 --> 03:29:27,988 EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND WHAT IT 6719 03:29:27,988 --> 03:29:29,123 MEANS TO BE UNHOUSED. I KNOW THE 6720 03:29:29,123 --> 03:29:31,492 FEAR, THE UNCERTAINTY, AND HOW 6721 03:29:31,492 --> 03:29:33,060 DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET BY 6722 03:29:33,060 --> 03:29:34,228 WITHOUT A ROOF OVER ONE'S HEAD. 6723 03:29:34,228 --> 03:29:35,963 I WANT TO ENSURE THAT NO 6724 03:29:35,963 --> 03:29:37,264 IMMIGRANT FAMILY AND DISTRICT 6725 03:29:37,264 --> 03:29:38,566 ONE HAS TO GO THROUGH WHAT I 6726 03:29:38,566 --> 03:29:40,768 WENT THROUGH. I WANT ALL OF US 6727 03:29:40,768 --> 03:29:43,837 MIGRANTS IN SEATTLE TO LIVE 6728 03:29:43,837 --> 03:29:44,438 HAPPILY FREE FROM PERSECUTION 6729 03:29:44,438 --> 03:29:45,906 AND WITH GREATER SUPPORT FROM 6730 03:29:45,906 --> 03:29:47,841 THE CITY. PLEASE INVEST IN 6731 03:29:47,841 --> 03:29:49,810 DIGNITY, HOUSING AND HOPE FOR 6732 03:29:49,810 --> 03:29:51,712 EVERYONE. THANK YOU. 6733 03:29:51,712 --> 03:29:53,681 -- THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO 6734 03:29:53,681 --> 03:29:55,950 ALSO MAKE A NOTE IF YOU FOLLOW 6735 03:29:55,950 --> 03:29:57,318 WHAT RACHEL DID. IF YOU HAVE 6736 03:29:57,318 --> 03:29:57,952 COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO 6737 03:29:57,952 --> 03:29:58,786 LEAVE, THERE'S A BOX RIGHT UP 6738 03:29:58,786 --> 03:30:00,621 HERE THAT YOU CAN PUT THEM IN. 6739 03:30:00,621 --> 03:30:02,690 WITH THAT, WE ARE MOVING ON TO. 6740 03:30:02,690 --> 03:30:06,393 147 KATHERINE. 148. ANITA, ARE 6741 03:30:06,393 --> 03:30:10,264 WE A GROUP AS WELL? NO, NO. 6742 03:30:10,264 --> 03:30:12,066 OKAY. SO KATHERINE AND THEN 6743 03:30:12,066 --> 03:30:14,301 ANITA AND THEN VICTORIA, AND 6744 03:30:14,301 --> 03:30:14,568 THEN ROY. 6745 03:30:14,568 --> 03:30:15,769 -- HELLO. GOOD EVENING, 6746 03:30:15,769 --> 03:30:17,137 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 6747 03:30:17,137 --> 03:30:18,872 KATHERINE. I'M A MEMBER OF 6748 03:30:18,872 --> 03:30:21,775 UNIVERSITY UNITARIAN CHURCH IN. 6749 03:30:21,775 --> 03:30:23,611 -- DISTRICT TIGHT. HANG TIGHT. 6750 03:30:23,611 --> 03:30:26,480 ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. WE. 6751 03:30:26,480 --> 03:30:27,815 ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. I'M 6752 03:30:27,815 --> 03:30:31,185 SORRY. YOU CAN'T UNLESS I'VE GOT 6753 03:30:31,185 --> 03:30:35,889 DEBORA JUAREZ CHIMING IN. WE ARE 6754 03:30:35,889 --> 03:30:36,523 AT QUORUM COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 6755 03:30:36,523 --> 03:30:39,960 OR JUAREZ. IF YOU CAN PIPE UP. 6756 03:30:39,960 --> 03:30:45,399 WE ARE AT QUORUM IN HERE. SO 6757 03:30:45,399 --> 03:30:49,069 UNFORTUNATELY, UNTIL WE HAVE 6758 03:30:49,069 --> 03:30:49,670 ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER RETURN. 6759 03:30:49,670 --> 03:30:51,472 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA RINCK OR WE 6760 03:30:51,472 --> 03:30:54,008 GOT KETTLE. THANK YOU FOR 6761 03:30:54,008 --> 03:30:54,341 CHECKING IN. 6762 03:30:54,341 --> 03:30:56,477 -- YES. I'M HERE. YES, I'M 6763 03:30:56,477 --> 03:30:56,977 HERE. I'VE BEEN HERE. 6764 03:30:56,977 --> 03:30:57,344 -- OH, I KNOW. 6765 03:30:57,344 --> 03:30:57,911 -- SORRY. 6766 03:30:57,911 --> 03:30:59,380 -- LOOK, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST 6767 03:30:59,380 --> 03:31:01,315 MAKING SURE WE GOT QUORUM. OKAY. 6768 03:31:01,315 --> 03:31:02,916 GOT. APPARENTLY, A LOT OF 6769 03:31:02,916 --> 03:31:03,550 COUNCILMEMBERS ARE LEAVING, I 6770 03:31:03,550 --> 03:31:06,687 DON'T KNOW. HERE WE GO. 6771 03:31:06,687 --> 03:31:08,355 KATHERINE RUHA. THAT'S YOU. AND 6772 03:31:08,355 --> 03:31:09,490 WE'RE GOING TO START. LET'S GO. 6773 03:31:09,490 --> 03:31:10,524 THANK YOU. 6774 03:31:10,524 --> 03:31:12,292 -- THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, 6775 03:31:12,292 --> 03:31:14,194 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 6776 03:31:14,194 --> 03:31:15,496 KATHERINE RUHA. I'M HERE AS A 6777 03:31:15,496 --> 03:31:15,729 MEMBER. 6778 03:31:15,729 --> 03:31:17,998 -- AND, KATHERINE, YOU GOT A 6779 03:31:17,998 --> 03:31:20,701 JAGGAR GET CLOSER TO THE 6780 03:31:20,701 --> 03:31:23,671 MICROPHONE. 6781 03:31:23,671 --> 03:31:24,304 -- UNIVERSITY UNITARIAN CHURCH 6782 03:31:24,304 --> 03:31:27,541 IN DISTRICT FOUR. AS A PERSON OF 6783 03:31:27,541 --> 03:31:29,510 FAITH, I DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT 6784 03:31:29,510 --> 03:31:31,478 BUDGETS ARE A MORAL DOCUMENT, 6785 03:31:31,478 --> 03:31:34,615 AND MY TRADITION SAYS WE ARE 6786 03:31:34,615 --> 03:31:36,583 ACCOUNTABLE TO ONE ANOTHER FOR 6787 03:31:36,583 --> 03:31:38,686 DOING THE WORK OF LIVING OUR 6788 03:31:38,686 --> 03:31:40,754 SHARED VALUES OF GENEROSITY, 6789 03:31:40,754 --> 03:31:43,490 JUSTICE, AND EQUITY THROUGH THE 6790 03:31:43,490 --> 03:31:46,460 SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE OF LOVE. 6791 03:31:46,460 --> 03:31:49,229 WITHIN MY CHURCH COMMUNITY, OUR 6792 03:31:49,229 --> 03:31:49,830 MEMBERS WITH DISABILITIES AND 6793 03:31:49,830 --> 03:31:52,066 MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND OTHERS 6794 03:31:52,066 --> 03:31:53,667 WHO LIVE FROM PAYCHECK TO 6795 03:31:53,667 --> 03:31:55,502 PAYCHECK, AND WHO NEED 6796 03:31:55,502 --> 03:31:56,070 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOOD 6797 03:31:56,070 --> 03:32:01,675 SECURITY AND I KNOW THAT THERE 6798 03:32:01,675 --> 03:32:03,444 ARE THERE ARE WAYS TO MAKE THIS 6799 03:32:03,444 --> 03:32:04,978 THAT LOVE IN TERMS OF THE CITY 6800 03:32:04,978 --> 03:32:06,980 BUDGET, WOULD CONTINUE TO FUND 6801 03:32:06,980 --> 03:32:14,988 COMMUNITY CARE. AND I KNOW YOU 6802 03:32:14,988 --> 03:32:19,993 ALL ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE, CAPABLE 6803 03:32:19,993 --> 03:32:23,263 PEOPLE AND CAN IMAGINE AND 6804 03:32:23,263 --> 03:32:23,897 CREATE MORE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE 6805 03:32:23,897 --> 03:32:25,833 SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT BUDGET 6806 03:32:25,833 --> 03:32:27,201 DEFICITS AND SECURE FUNDS FOR 6807 03:32:27,201 --> 03:32:30,170 THE CARE OF OUR SEATTLE 6808 03:32:30,170 --> 03:32:32,172 COMMUNITY. MAY THIS CITY BUDGET 6809 03:32:32,172 --> 03:32:34,274 REFLECT AN ABUNDANCE OF LOVE. 6810 03:32:34,274 --> 03:32:36,443 THANK YOU. 6811 03:32:36,443 --> 03:32:39,179 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 6812 03:32:39,179 --> 03:32:42,449 ANITA, FOLLOWED BY VICTORIA. 6813 03:32:42,449 --> 03:32:44,785 GREAT. TAKE IT AWAY. 6814 03:32:44,785 --> 03:32:46,386 -- I'M REVEREND ANITA PEEBLES. 6815 03:32:46,386 --> 03:32:47,421 I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT SEVEN, 6816 03:32:47,421 --> 03:32:48,555 AND I AM ONE OF THE SENIOR 6817 03:32:48,555 --> 03:32:50,891 PASTORS OF SEATTLE FIRST BAPTIST 6818 03:32:50,891 --> 03:32:51,925 CHURCH IN CAPITOL HILL IN 6819 03:32:51,925 --> 03:32:53,727 DISTRICT THREE. I STAND UNITED 6820 03:32:53,727 --> 03:32:55,229 WITH THE CHURCH COUNCIL OF 6821 03:32:55,229 --> 03:32:56,864 GREATER SEATTLE BUDGET 6822 03:32:56,864 --> 03:32:57,464 ROUNDTABLE AND THE SOLIDARITY 6823 03:32:57,464 --> 03:32:59,833 BUDGET COALITION. AS A PERSON OF 6824 03:32:59,833 --> 03:33:02,269 FAITH, I DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT 6825 03:33:02,269 --> 03:33:03,470 BUDGETS ARE MORAL DOCUMENTS. IN 6826 03:33:03,470 --> 03:33:05,005 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER 6827 03:33:05,005 --> 03:33:06,140 SIX, JESUS SAYS, WHERE YOUR 6828 03:33:06,140 --> 03:33:07,241 TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART 6829 03:33:07,241 --> 03:33:10,611 WILL BE ALSO. AND AS A LEADER OF 6830 03:33:10,611 --> 03:33:12,646 A FAITH COMMUNITY, MY HEART IS 6831 03:33:12,646 --> 03:33:13,614 WHERE MY CONGREGATION IS. AND 6832 03:33:13,614 --> 03:33:15,249 RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE IN MY 6833 03:33:15,249 --> 03:33:16,717 CONGREGATION ARE FEELING THE 6834 03:33:16,717 --> 03:33:17,985 PINCH OF THE HIGH COST OF LIVING 6835 03:33:17,985 --> 03:33:20,254 IN THIS CITY. SO MY TREASURE AND 6836 03:33:20,254 --> 03:33:21,722 MY FINANCIAL RESOURCES GO TO 6837 03:33:21,722 --> 03:33:22,956 SUPPORT MY NEIGHBORS LIVING 6838 03:33:22,956 --> 03:33:24,191 OUTSIDE, GO TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS, 6839 03:33:24,191 --> 03:33:27,494 GO TO SUPPORT MY LGBTQIA. PLUS 6840 03:33:27,494 --> 03:33:29,396 SIBLINGS. GO TO ORGANIZATIONS 6841 03:33:29,396 --> 03:33:30,030 SUPPORTING JUSTICE AND DIGNITY 6842 03:33:30,030 --> 03:33:31,965 FOR ALL. I ASK YOU, CITY 6843 03:33:31,965 --> 03:33:33,934 COUNCIL, WHERE IS YOUR HEART? 6844 03:33:33,934 --> 03:33:35,702 BECAUSE WHERE YOU PUT THE 6845 03:33:35,702 --> 03:33:37,004 FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF THIS 6846 03:33:37,004 --> 03:33:38,505 CITY, WHICH IS OUR HOME THAT WE 6847 03:33:38,505 --> 03:33:40,407 SHARE, THAT TELLS A STORY ABOUT 6848 03:33:40,407 --> 03:33:43,544 WHERE THE HEART OF SEATTLE IS. 6849 03:33:43,544 --> 03:33:44,611 AS A PASTOR IN THE URBAN CORE, I 6850 03:33:44,611 --> 03:33:46,079 SEE PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO LIVE 6851 03:33:46,079 --> 03:33:47,381 WITH DIGNITY. EVERY DAY PEOPLE 6852 03:33:47,381 --> 03:33:48,882 COME INTO MY CHURCH ASKING FOR 6853 03:33:48,882 --> 03:33:50,284 HELP, AND IT NEVER FEELS LIKE WE 6854 03:33:50,284 --> 03:33:52,953 HAVE QUITE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO 6855 03:33:52,953 --> 03:33:54,621 SHARE AND TO TO MEET ALL OF THE 6856 03:33:54,621 --> 03:33:56,456 NEEDS THAT WE ARE ASKED. MY 6857 03:33:56,456 --> 03:33:57,391 FAITH COMMUNITY ALONE CANNOT DO 6858 03:33:57,391 --> 03:33:59,927 THIS, BUT THE CITY OF SEATTLE 6859 03:33:59,927 --> 03:34:00,494 COLLECTIVELY HAS ACCESS TO 6860 03:34:00,494 --> 03:34:02,062 ABUNDANT RESOURCES THAT WE CAN 6861 03:34:02,062 --> 03:34:04,064 USE FOR COMMUNITY CARE. AND SO I 6862 03:34:04,064 --> 03:34:06,500 ASK YOU TO LEAN INTO ABUNDANCE 6863 03:34:06,500 --> 03:34:08,068 THINKING INSTEAD OF SHRINKING 6864 03:34:08,068 --> 03:34:09,403 INTO A SCARCITY MINDSET AS YOU 6865 03:34:09,403 --> 03:34:10,838 ALLOCATE FUNDING IN THIS YEAR'S 6866 03:34:10,838 --> 03:34:12,840 BUDGET. SO PLEASE PRIORITIZE 6867 03:34:12,840 --> 03:34:15,042 PROTECTING AND EXPANDING FUNDING 6868 03:34:15,042 --> 03:34:16,977 FOR COMMUNITY CARE SHELTERS, 6869 03:34:16,977 --> 03:34:17,878 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOOD 6870 03:34:17,878 --> 03:34:18,245 SECURITY, AND. 6871 03:34:18,245 --> 03:34:19,513 -- SUPPORT. 6872 03:34:19,513 --> 03:34:19,980 -- FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. 6873 03:34:19,980 --> 03:34:23,383 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS 6874 03:34:23,383 --> 03:34:25,652 VICTORIA, FOLLOWED BY ROY. 6875 03:34:25,652 --> 03:34:26,153 -- HARDWARE. HARDWARE. 6876 03:34:26,153 --> 03:34:28,121 -- HI, MY NAME IS REVEREND DR. 6877 03:34:28,121 --> 03:34:29,556 VICTORIA HARDWARE, AND I SERVE 6878 03:34:29,556 --> 03:34:31,525 AS THE SENIOR PASTOR OF QUEEN 6879 03:34:31,525 --> 03:34:33,794 ANNE BAPTIST CHURCH IN 6880 03:34:33,794 --> 03:34:35,596 COUNCILMAN KETTLES DISTRICT. AND 6881 03:34:35,596 --> 03:34:37,030 I STAND WITH THE CHURCH COUNCIL 6882 03:34:37,030 --> 03:34:38,599 OF GREATER SEATTLE AND ALL WHO 6883 03:34:38,599 --> 03:34:41,034 BELIEVE THAT BUDGETS ARE MORAL 6884 03:34:41,034 --> 03:34:43,470 DOCUMENTS. I EXPERIENCED POVERTY 6885 03:34:43,470 --> 03:34:44,071 MYSELF AS A CHILD, AND I KNOW 6886 03:34:44,071 --> 03:34:46,740 WHAT IT IS TO STRUGGLE AND TO 6887 03:34:46,740 --> 03:34:47,608 FIGHT, TO SURVIVE AND TO GO TO 6888 03:34:47,608 --> 03:34:49,443 BED HUNGRY, AND TO CARRY A QUIET 6889 03:34:49,443 --> 03:34:52,512 SHAME. BUT THAT GRIT IS DEEPLY 6890 03:34:52,512 --> 03:34:54,381 ROOTED IN MY FAMILY'S STORY OF 6891 03:34:54,381 --> 03:34:55,682 COMING TO THIS COUNTRY IN 1948, 6892 03:34:55,682 --> 03:34:57,718 WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER WAS 24 YEARS 6893 03:34:57,718 --> 03:35:00,053 OLD, SHE EMIGRATED FROM ABJECT 6894 03:35:00,053 --> 03:35:02,322 POVERTY IN THE BAHAMAS STRAIGHT 6895 03:35:02,322 --> 03:35:05,492 INTO POVERTY IN THE U.S. SHE 6896 03:35:05,492 --> 03:35:06,994 WORKED MULTIPLE JOBS AS A MAID, 6897 03:35:06,994 --> 03:35:08,795 TRYING TO LIVE THE AMERICAN 6898 03:35:08,795 --> 03:35:10,564 DREAM SO THAT THIS REVEREND 6899 03:35:10,564 --> 03:35:12,332 DOCTOR COULD FIGHT FOR A JUST 6900 03:35:12,332 --> 03:35:13,734 AND HUMANE WORLD WHERE ALL LIVES 6901 03:35:13,734 --> 03:35:15,202 MATTER, BLACK LIVES MATTER, 6902 03:35:15,202 --> 03:35:17,104 TRANS LIVES MATTER, QUEER LIVES 6903 03:35:17,104 --> 03:35:18,705 MATTER, IMMIGRANT LIVES. AND IT 6904 03:35:18,705 --> 03:35:20,407 WAS MY GRANDMOTHER'S CHRISTIAN 6905 03:35:20,407 --> 03:35:22,542 FAITH THAT DROVE HER TO OPEN HER 6906 03:35:22,542 --> 03:35:24,044 DOOR AND FEED. SHE COOKED Y'ALL, 6907 03:35:24,044 --> 03:35:25,612 AND SHE HOUSED NEW ARRIVALS FROM 6908 03:35:25,612 --> 03:35:27,948 THE ISLANDS BECAUSE SHE KNEW HOW 6909 03:35:27,948 --> 03:35:29,249 HARD IT WAS TO MAKE IT AND TO 6910 03:35:29,249 --> 03:35:30,284 SURVIVE. AND SHE BELIEVED THAT 6911 03:35:30,284 --> 03:35:32,920 THERE WAS WHAT, MORE THAN 6912 03:35:32,920 --> 03:35:35,088 ENOUGH? LIKE SO MANY IMMIGRANTS 6913 03:35:35,088 --> 03:35:37,157 TODAY, MY GRANDMOTHER SCRIMPED 6914 03:35:37,157 --> 03:35:38,892 AND SCRAPED TO HELP OTHER 6915 03:35:38,892 --> 03:35:40,594 IMMIGRANTS SURVIVE. BUT CARRYING 6916 03:35:40,594 --> 03:35:41,962 THE VULNERABLE SHOULD NEVER FALL 6917 03:35:41,962 --> 03:35:43,697 ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE POOR. IT 6918 03:35:43,697 --> 03:35:45,732 SHOULD NOT FALL ON THE SHOULDERS 6919 03:35:45,732 --> 03:35:48,135 OF THE NONPROFITS AND THE 6920 03:35:48,135 --> 03:35:49,269 ORGANIZATIONS, THE COMMUNITY 6921 03:35:49,269 --> 03:35:50,771 GROUPS THAT WE HEARD FROM 6922 03:35:50,771 --> 03:35:51,405 TONIGHT WHO CARE FOR THE LEAST 6923 03:35:51,405 --> 03:35:53,840 OF THESE. OH MY GOD. THE FACT 6924 03:35:53,840 --> 03:35:56,043 IS, SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE 6925 03:35:56,043 --> 03:35:57,444 WEALTHIEST CITIES ON EARTH. LET 6926 03:35:57,444 --> 03:35:58,679 THAT SINK IN. AND SO WE DO NOT 6927 03:35:58,679 --> 03:36:01,348 HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM. WE HAVE 6928 03:36:01,348 --> 03:36:02,316 A MORALITY PROBLEM, A CRISIS. 6929 03:36:02,316 --> 03:36:04,584 -- THANK YOU, REVEREND DOCTOR. 6930 03:36:04,584 --> 03:36:06,053 -- YOU STOP FUNDING THE POLICE. 6931 03:36:06,053 --> 03:36:06,954 DON'T GIVE THEM MORE MONEY. 6932 03:36:06,954 --> 03:36:08,722 -- THANK YOU, REVEREND DOCTOR. 6933 03:36:08,722 --> 03:36:10,824 -- CARE PROGRAMS DO NOT CUT 6934 03:36:10,824 --> 03:36:12,459 THEIR FUNDING. WE NEED YOU TO 6935 03:36:12,459 --> 03:36:14,895 ACT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEARTS. 6936 03:36:14,895 --> 03:36:15,062 IN 6937 03:36:15,062 --> 03:36:15,395 -- [LAUGHTER] 6938 03:36:15,395 --> 03:36:19,299 -- JESUS NAME. 6939 03:36:19,299 --> 03:36:19,633 -- [LAUGHTER] 6940 03:36:19,633 --> 03:36:19,866 -- AMEN 6941 03:36:19,866 --> 03:36:20,233 -- [APPLAUSE]. 6942 03:36:20,233 --> 03:36:21,835 -- ROY. 6943 03:36:21,835 --> 03:36:24,371 -- WE GOT ROY FOLLOWED IN THE 6944 03:36:24,371 --> 03:36:26,006 151 THROUGH 160. DAN POWELL, 6945 03:36:26,006 --> 03:36:28,075 HANNAH JONES, SARAH MCNALLY, 6946 03:36:28,075 --> 03:36:30,344 LYDIA TAYLOR, CONCRETE ROSE, 6947 03:36:30,344 --> 03:36:35,015 JENNA INGRAM, DEREK E, FLORA, 6948 03:36:35,015 --> 03:36:39,519 TTP. ROY. WELCOME. 6949 03:36:39,519 --> 03:36:41,955 -- MY NAME IS ROY MCGEE. AYE. I 6950 03:36:41,955 --> 03:36:47,794 VOTE IN DISTRICT 34. AND TODAY 6951 03:36:47,794 --> 03:36:50,397 I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT I 6952 03:36:50,397 --> 03:36:56,937 BELIEVE IT'S H 053 TO SUPPORT 6953 03:36:56,937 --> 03:37:00,240 THE RAISES OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO 6954 03:37:00,240 --> 03:37:04,444 THAT PUT ON AND WORK AT PLACES 6955 03:37:04,444 --> 03:37:07,247 LIKE SOLID GROUND, CATHOLIC 6956 03:37:07,247 --> 03:37:09,449 COMMUNITY SERVICES. ET CETERA. 6957 03:37:09,449 --> 03:37:10,917 ET CETERA. I KNOW A LOT OF THOSE 6958 03:37:10,917 --> 03:37:12,586 PEOPLE AND THEY CAN'T EVEN 6959 03:37:12,586 --> 03:37:15,555 AFFORD A STUDIO APARTMENT HERE. 6960 03:37:15,555 --> 03:37:17,391 THEY HAVE TO RENT A ROOM IN A 6961 03:37:17,391 --> 03:37:20,527 HOUSE, YOU KNOW? SO WHAT'S THE 6962 03:37:20,527 --> 03:37:22,796 NEXT STEP? THEY DON'T GET DECENT 6963 03:37:22,796 --> 03:37:24,865 RAISE. WHERE ARE THEY? THEY'RE 6964 03:37:24,865 --> 03:37:28,268 JOINING THE PEOPLE ON THE 6965 03:37:28,268 --> 03:37:31,905 STREETS. WE ALSO NEED TO 6966 03:37:31,905 --> 03:37:34,307 REMEMBER THAT A LOT OF OUR 6967 03:37:34,307 --> 03:37:40,647 PARENTS THAT WORK HERE, THE 6968 03:37:40,647 --> 03:37:43,717 DAYCARE IS ASTRONOMICAL AND SO 6969 03:37:43,717 --> 03:37:48,355 WE NEED TO FUND TANF SO THEY CAN 6970 03:37:48,355 --> 03:37:50,557 KEEP WORKING. WE ALSO NEED TO 6971 03:37:50,557 --> 03:37:53,493 FUND MEDICAID. HOWEVER POSSIBLE, 6972 03:37:53,493 --> 03:37:54,761 BECAUSE MEDICARE IS SO UP AND 6973 03:37:54,761 --> 03:37:59,066 DOWN IT'S AN UNPREDICTABLE 6974 03:37:59,066 --> 03:38:01,001 MATTER OF FACT, SWEDISH HOSPITAL 6975 03:38:01,001 --> 03:38:02,202 SENT ME A LETTER SAYING THEY'RE 6976 03:38:02,202 --> 03:38:04,404 NOT GOING TO TAKE MEDICARE PART 6977 03:38:04,404 --> 03:38:08,575 B ANYMORE. JANUARY. 6978 03:38:08,575 --> 03:38:11,678 -- THANK YOU. ROY. UP NEXT, 6979 03:38:11,678 --> 03:38:13,246 WE'VE GOT DAN POWELL, FOLLOWED 6980 03:38:13,246 --> 03:38:16,349 BY HANNAH JONES, SARAH MCNALLY 6981 03:38:16,349 --> 03:38:18,151 1512 AND THREE. DAN WELCOME. 6982 03:38:18,151 --> 03:38:21,421 -- GOOD EVENING. THIS COUNCIL 6983 03:38:21,421 --> 03:38:23,857 TOLD 4000 ADULT CITIZENS THAT 6984 03:38:23,857 --> 03:38:25,058 ARE CURRENTLY LIVING ON THE 6985 03:38:25,058 --> 03:38:25,659 STREET IN THEIR VEHICLE THAT 6986 03:38:25,659 --> 03:38:26,726 THEY WILL HAVE TO LIVE ON THE 6987 03:38:26,726 --> 03:38:28,795 STREET OUTSIDE OF THEIR VEHICLE, 6988 03:38:28,795 --> 03:38:31,031 AND BY CUTTING HOMELESSNESS 6989 03:38:31,031 --> 03:38:32,365 SERVICES AND HOUSING SERVICES 6990 03:38:32,365 --> 03:38:34,234 AND SUPPORTING THE POLICE, YOU 6991 03:38:34,234 --> 03:38:36,103 REALLY ENSURING THAT THEY WILL 6992 03:38:36,103 --> 03:38:38,105 DIE ON THE STREETS. THE ONLY WAY 6993 03:38:38,105 --> 03:38:39,973 THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD 6994 03:38:39,973 --> 03:38:41,608 HOUSING IS TO BUILD MORE 6995 03:38:41,608 --> 03:38:44,744 HOUSING. NOTHING ELSE WORKS. I 6996 03:38:44,744 --> 03:38:47,180 NOTICE LITERALLY NO ONE FROM 6997 03:38:47,180 --> 03:38:48,582 SPAAG SHOWED UP TODAY TO 6998 03:38:48,582 --> 03:38:51,651 ADVOCATE FOR $70 MILLION FOR 6999 03:38:51,651 --> 03:38:54,087 POLICE. I CONCLUDE THAT THAT'S 7000 03:38:54,087 --> 03:38:55,522 BECAUSE THEY DON'T TALK IN 7001 03:38:55,522 --> 03:38:57,991 PUBLIC FORUMS ABOUT THEIR 7002 03:38:57,991 --> 03:39:01,461 REASONS AND I KNOW YOU DON'T 7003 03:39:01,461 --> 03:39:04,397 HAVE SECRET MEETINGS BEHIND 7004 03:39:04,397 --> 03:39:05,065 CLOSED DOORS. AND WHEN YOU 7005 03:39:05,065 --> 03:39:06,566 DON'T HAVE THOSE MEETINGS, YOU 7006 03:39:06,566 --> 03:39:08,535 CAN TELL THE POLICE GUILD THAT 7007 03:39:08,535 --> 03:39:13,473 THEY CAN EITHER LOSE $70 MILLION 7008 03:39:13,473 --> 03:39:15,408 THIS YEAR FOR HOUSING AND 7009 03:39:15,408 --> 03:39:15,909 HOMELESSNESS AND PUBLIC 7010 03:39:15,909 --> 03:39:19,012 SERVICES, OR THERE'LL BE A CITY 7011 03:39:19,012 --> 03:39:20,547 COUNCIL NEXT YEAR OR IN A FEW 7012 03:39:20,547 --> 03:39:22,249 YEARS, AND THEY WILL LOSE A 7013 03:39:22,249 --> 03:39:26,186 QUARTER OF $1 BILLION. AND WE 7014 03:39:26,186 --> 03:39:28,688 WILL FUND ALL OF THE PROGRAMS 7015 03:39:28,688 --> 03:39:30,690 THAT THE ACTUAL LEFT WANTS. 7016 03:39:30,690 --> 03:39:33,059 UNIVERSAL INCOME, UNIVERSAL 7017 03:39:33,059 --> 03:39:35,095 HOUSING, UNIVERSAL FOOD, 7018 03:39:35,095 --> 03:39:36,196 UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. THERE'S 7019 03:39:36,196 --> 03:39:38,698 PLENTY OF MONEY TO RUN A TWO 7020 03:39:38,698 --> 03:39:40,800 YEAR PILOT STUDY OF ALL OF THOSE 7021 03:39:40,800 --> 03:39:43,937 THINGS LIKE A TWO YEAR PILOT 7022 03:39:43,937 --> 03:39:46,239 STUDY OF AN AXON BRANDED FLOCK, 7023 03:39:46,239 --> 03:39:48,275 CAMERAS. 7024 03:39:48,275 --> 03:39:50,143 -- THANK YOU DAN. UP NEXT IS 7025 03:39:50,143 --> 03:39:52,379 HANNAH JONES, FOLLOWED BY SARAH 7026 03:39:52,379 --> 03:39:54,047 MCNALLY. HANNAH, WELCOME. 7027 03:39:54,047 --> 03:39:55,749 -- HI, MY NAME IS HANNAH JONES 7028 03:39:55,749 --> 03:39:58,785 AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. 7029 03:39:58,785 --> 03:39:59,319 MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE 7030 03:39:59,319 --> 03:40:00,654 UNHOUSED PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS 7031 03:40:00,654 --> 03:40:03,623 AND RVS. WHEN THEY CONTINUE TO 7032 03:40:03,623 --> 03:40:05,458 GET SWEPT, THE SAME PEOPLE OVER 7033 03:40:05,458 --> 03:40:07,494 AND OVER AGAIN, I SEE THE IMPACT 7034 03:40:07,494 --> 03:40:12,332 OF LOSING EVERYTHING. I WANT TO 7035 03:40:12,332 --> 03:40:12,866 THANK COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 7036 03:40:12,866 --> 03:40:14,701 UPHOLDING MAYOR WILSON'S VETO ON 7037 03:40:14,701 --> 03:40:17,604 THE RV PERMITTING PROGRAM. WHILE 7038 03:40:17,604 --> 03:40:19,439 SUPPORTING THE ALLOCATION OF 3.5 7039 03:40:19,439 --> 03:40:23,410 MILLION FOR RV SAFE LOT. 7040 03:40:23,410 --> 03:40:24,044 EVERYONE DESERVES A SAFE PLACE 7041 03:40:24,044 --> 03:40:28,048 TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. I STRONGLY 7042 03:40:28,048 --> 03:40:28,648 ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT 7043 03:40:28,648 --> 03:40:30,150 SHELTER EXPANSION WITH A VARIETY 7044 03:40:30,150 --> 03:40:33,486 OF SHELTER OPTIONS AND SERVICES. 7045 03:40:33,486 --> 03:40:35,655 PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BRING 7046 03:40:35,655 --> 03:40:37,090 THEIR PETS, PARTNERS AND 7047 03:40:37,090 --> 03:40:40,527 POSSESSIONS WITH THEM. I 7048 03:40:40,527 --> 03:40:42,462 STRONGLY OPPOSE INCREASING SPD 7049 03:40:42,462 --> 03:40:44,030 SPENDING AND NEW HIRES FOR THE 7050 03:40:44,030 --> 03:40:44,931 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. THESE 7051 03:40:44,931 --> 03:40:46,766 AMENDMENTS ONLY TAKE AWAY 7052 03:40:46,766 --> 03:40:48,969 FUNDING FROM INTERVENTIONS THAT 7053 03:40:48,969 --> 03:40:49,569 ACTUALLY PREVENT VIOLENCE AND 7054 03:40:49,569 --> 03:40:50,570 CRIME, LIKE SERVICES AND 7055 03:40:50,570 --> 03:40:53,406 HOUSING. I STRONGLY URGE COUNCIL 7056 03:40:53,406 --> 03:40:56,176 TO ADD AT LEAST ANOTHER $500,000 7057 03:40:56,176 --> 03:41:00,480 FOR TENANT SERVICES TO WHAT IS 7058 03:41:00,480 --> 03:41:02,115 PROPOSED IN MAYOR WILSON'S 7059 03:41:02,115 --> 03:41:04,084 BUDGET, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP 7060 03:41:04,084 --> 03:41:05,719 PEOPLE HOUSED. EVICTION IS AT AN 7061 03:41:05,719 --> 03:41:09,389 ALL TIME HIGH. FINALLY, PLEASE 7062 03:41:09,389 --> 03:41:11,391 RETURN THE JUMPSTART MONEY TO 7063 03:41:11,391 --> 03:41:14,561 EDDIE PROGRAMS. AT LEAST 50% 7064 03:41:14,561 --> 03:41:16,263 AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREATES 7065 03:41:16,263 --> 03:41:17,631 PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU. 7066 03:41:17,631 --> 03:41:20,634 -- THANKS, HANNAH. UP NEXT IS 7067 03:41:20,634 --> 03:41:22,902 SARAH. WELCOME, SARAH. 7068 03:41:22,902 --> 03:41:23,637 -- MY NAME IS SARAH, AND I DID 7069 03:41:23,637 --> 03:41:26,606 NOT GET HERE EARLY ENOUGH TODAY. 7070 03:41:26,606 --> 03:41:29,776 I LIVE IN D TWO IN BEAUTIFUL 7071 03:41:29,776 --> 03:41:31,544 RAINIER BEACH. AND I FIRST WANT 7072 03:41:31,544 --> 03:41:33,413 TO TALK ABOUT SPD 107 A, WHICH I 7073 03:41:33,413 --> 03:41:35,515 PROPOSE NEEDS A REBRAND. I WOULD 7074 03:41:35,515 --> 03:41:38,818 LIKE TO REBRAND IT AS R B FOR 7075 03:41:38,818 --> 03:41:40,654 RAINIER BEACH 107 A BECAUSE THE 7076 03:41:40,654 --> 03:41:43,490 FIRING RANGE IN TUKWILA RE 7077 03:41:43,490 --> 03:41:47,260 TRAUMATIZES OUR CHILDREN. MY 7078 03:41:47,260 --> 03:41:49,296 SON. SORRY. TWO YOUNG MEN WERE 7079 03:41:49,296 --> 03:41:50,664 SHOT AND KILLED IN FRONT OF MY 7080 03:41:50,664 --> 03:41:52,666 SON'S SCHOOL IN JANUARY, AND AT 7081 03:41:52,666 --> 03:41:54,067 NIGHT HE LAYS IN BED AND LISTENS 7082 03:41:54,067 --> 03:41:56,069 TO HIGH POWERED RIFLES GOING OFF 7083 03:41:56,069 --> 03:41:58,471 OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, 7084 03:41:58,471 --> 03:42:03,209 AND HIS 11 YEAR OLD BODY CANNOT 7085 03:42:03,209 --> 03:42:04,377 TELL THE DIFFERENCE. SO PLEASE. 7086 03:42:04,377 --> 03:42:07,447 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUT I'M 7087 03:42:07,447 --> 03:42:10,350 ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT OED 7088 03:42:10,350 --> 03:42:11,851 OO5AA PASSION PROJECT OF MINE, 7089 03:42:11,851 --> 03:42:13,320 SOMETHING I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT. 7090 03:42:13,320 --> 03:42:15,488 AND I WANT TO THANK 7091 03:42:15,488 --> 03:42:16,222 COUNCILMEMBER LIN MY FRIEND. 7092 03:42:16,222 --> 03:42:17,390 I'D LIKE TO CALL HIM MY FRIEND 7093 03:42:17,390 --> 03:42:18,792 BECAUSE ANYONE WHO WILL STAND 7094 03:42:18,792 --> 03:42:20,694 WITH ME ON THE CORNER OF RAINIER 7095 03:42:20,694 --> 03:42:21,861 AND HENDERSON IS A FRIEND. 7096 03:42:21,861 --> 03:42:24,297 ANYONE WHO LISTENS TO RAINIER 7097 03:42:24,297 --> 03:42:26,466 BEACH AND ACTUALLY ACTS AND PUTS 7098 03:42:26,466 --> 03:42:29,969 THESE PROPOSALS INTO ACTION IS A 7099 03:42:29,969 --> 03:42:32,672 FRIEND. SO THANK YOU. I AM AN 7100 03:42:32,672 --> 03:42:34,341 MFA CANDIDATE AT SEATTLE 7101 03:42:34,341 --> 03:42:35,575 UNIVERSITY, AND FOR THE NEXT TWO 7102 03:42:35,575 --> 03:42:37,811 YEARS I WILL BE DOING ABSOLUTELY 7103 03:42:37,811 --> 03:42:39,479 FREAKING NOTHING WITH MY TIME 7104 03:42:39,479 --> 03:42:42,582 EXCEPT FOR TRYING TO PUT ARTS, 7105 03:42:42,582 --> 03:42:46,119 PROGRAMING AND ARTS 7106 03:42:46,119 --> 03:42:46,720 ORGANIZATIONS INTO THE EMPTY 7107 03:42:46,720 --> 03:42:48,388 RITE AID, OUR EMPTY STARBUCKS. 7108 03:42:48,388 --> 03:42:49,189 WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. WE'VE GOT 7109 03:42:49,189 --> 03:42:51,691 AN EMPTY BANK OF AMERICA. WE'VE 7110 03:42:51,691 --> 03:42:52,959 GOT LOTS OF EMPTY STUFF, AND WE 7111 03:42:52,959 --> 03:42:56,096 WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO 7112 03:42:56,096 --> 03:42:57,530 MAKE THE PROCESS JUST AS AMAZING 7113 03:42:57,530 --> 03:42:58,998 AS THE OUTCOME. SO THANK YOU FOR 7114 03:42:58,998 --> 03:43:01,234 ADVOCATING FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL 7115 03:43:01,234 --> 03:43:01,534 COMMUNITY. 7116 03:43:01,534 --> 03:43:02,802 -- THANKS, SARAH. THAT WAS 7117 03:43:02,802 --> 03:43:06,039 REALLY GREAT. UP NEXT IS LYDIA. 7118 03:43:06,039 --> 03:43:07,874 ARE YOU ON YOUR OWN? 7119 03:43:07,874 --> 03:43:14,080 -- I'M ON MY OWN. ALL RIGHT IN 7120 03:43:14,080 --> 03:43:17,050 20. IN 2022, GOVERNOR GREG 7121 03:43:17,050 --> 03:43:18,785 ABBOTT OF TEXAS IN A POLITICAL 7122 03:43:18,785 --> 03:43:20,353 THEATER STUNT, STARTED BUSSING 7123 03:43:20,353 --> 03:43:21,654 IMMIGRANTS FROM TEXAS TO 7124 03:43:21,654 --> 03:43:22,756 ELSEWHERE. AND THIS WAS A BIG 7125 03:43:22,756 --> 03:43:24,657 DEAL THEN FOR ITS POLITICAL 7126 03:43:24,657 --> 03:43:26,292 THEATER. BUT IT ONLY MARKED AN 7127 03:43:26,292 --> 03:43:29,796 ESCALATION OF A TACTIC EMPLOYED 7128 03:43:29,796 --> 03:43:30,430 BY OUR ENEMIES FOR GENERATIONS 7129 03:43:30,430 --> 03:43:32,432 TO SURGICALLY CORRAL 7130 03:43:32,432 --> 03:43:34,300 UNDESIRABLES TO BLUE STATES. 7131 03:43:34,300 --> 03:43:35,735 THIS TACTIC, EMPLOYED AGAINST 7132 03:43:35,735 --> 03:43:36,369 THE TRANS COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 7133 03:43:36,369 --> 03:43:40,306 TEN YEARS, UNDERPINS THE TRANS 7134 03:43:40,306 --> 03:43:41,374 REFUGEE CRISIS. DEMOGRAPHIC DATA 7135 03:43:41,374 --> 03:43:42,909 HASN'T CAUGHT UP YET, BUT I'D 7136 03:43:42,909 --> 03:43:44,978 WAGER THAT SEATTLE HAS MORE 7137 03:43:44,978 --> 03:43:45,578 TRANSGENDER PEOPLE PER CAPITA 7138 03:43:45,578 --> 03:43:47,647 THAN NEW YORK OR LA, A NOTION 7139 03:43:47,647 --> 03:43:49,315 AFFIRMED BY EVERY PUBLIC 7140 03:43:49,315 --> 03:43:51,551 OFFICIAL I'VE EVER MET SINCE 7141 03:43:51,551 --> 03:43:52,919 I'VE ARRIVED. THIS HAS LED TO 7142 03:43:52,919 --> 03:43:55,288 THE CREATION OF ORGANIZATIONS 7143 03:43:55,288 --> 03:43:56,923 LIKE THE KAWAGUCHI O'CONNOR 7144 03:43:56,923 --> 03:44:00,126 INITIATIVE, OR KOI AND TRAGIC OR 7145 03:44:00,126 --> 03:44:01,394 TRACTION PROJECT OPEN ARMS, TO 7146 03:44:01,394 --> 03:44:02,495 EASE THE CRISIS WITH THEIR OWN 7147 03:44:02,495 --> 03:44:05,565 COUCHES AND SPARE BEDS. THOSE 7148 03:44:05,565 --> 03:44:06,332 SYMPATHETIC CITIZENS I TOLD YOU 7149 03:44:06,332 --> 03:44:07,801 ABOUT BEFORE WHO TRY AND HELP 7150 03:44:07,801 --> 03:44:08,835 OUR COMMUNITY OUT OF THEIR OWN 7151 03:44:08,835 --> 03:44:11,137 POCKETS WHILE THEY SUFFER OUR 7152 03:44:11,137 --> 03:44:13,706 SHARED AFFORDABILITY CRISIS 7153 03:44:13,706 --> 03:44:14,808 THESE PROJECTS ARE VALUABLE FOR 7154 03:44:14,808 --> 03:44:17,010 THOSE THEY ASSIST, BUT 7155 03:44:17,010 --> 03:44:17,644 DRASTICALLY UNDERFUNDED FOR THE 7156 03:44:17,644 --> 03:44:19,646 CRISIS THAT THEY FACE AND BARELY 7157 03:44:19,646 --> 03:44:21,448 SERVE EVEN A FRACTION OF TRANS 7158 03:44:21,448 --> 03:44:23,683 REFUGEES IN TOTAL, WITH GREATER 7159 03:44:23,683 --> 03:44:24,784 FUNDING CONTRACTS, ORGS LIKE 7160 03:44:24,784 --> 03:44:26,453 THESE COULD PROVIDE TARGETED 7161 03:44:26,453 --> 03:44:28,087 RELIEF TO TRANS REFUGEES. THAT 7162 03:44:28,087 --> 03:44:30,356 ACTUALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. I 7163 03:44:30,356 --> 03:44:31,558 WANT MORE TRANS FOUNDED ORGS TO 7164 03:44:31,558 --> 03:44:33,326 RECEIVE GRANTS TO REMEDY A 7165 03:44:33,326 --> 03:44:35,061 PROBLEM OF DISCRIMINATION FROM 7166 03:44:35,061 --> 03:44:37,230 CIS STRAIGHT ORGS OR CIS LGB 7167 03:44:37,230 --> 03:44:39,766 ORGS, AND TRANS FOUNDED ORGS CAN 7168 03:44:39,766 --> 03:44:41,501 AFFORD TO HIRE EXCLUSIVELY TRANS 7169 03:44:41,501 --> 03:44:42,869 STAFF TO ENABLE A GREATER 7170 03:44:42,869 --> 03:44:45,405 PROJECT OF TRANS GENDER 7171 03:44:45,405 --> 03:44:46,406 ENFRANCHISEMENT IN THE CITY OF 7172 03:44:46,406 --> 03:44:48,441 SEATTLE, SO THAT WE DON'T REMAIN 7173 03:44:48,441 --> 03:44:50,410 A COMMUNITY. PASSING THE SAME 7174 03:44:50,410 --> 03:44:53,813 300 K IN A CIRCLE 7175 03:44:53,813 --> 03:44:55,782 -- THANK YOU LYDIA. UP NEXT IS 7176 03:44:55,782 --> 03:44:58,184 CONCRETE ROSE. 7177 03:44:58,184 --> 03:44:58,418 -- YES. 7178 03:44:58,418 --> 03:44:58,718 -- WELCOME. 7179 03:44:58,718 --> 03:45:00,220 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 7180 03:45:00,220 --> 03:45:02,922 MY NAME IS CONCRETE ROSE. I'M A 7181 03:45:02,922 --> 03:45:05,625 COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, STORYTELLER, 7182 03:45:05,625 --> 03:45:07,527 ARTIST AND FOUNDER OF TRIPLE H 7183 03:45:07,527 --> 03:45:09,295 HELP FOR HUNGRY HOMELESS HUMANS 7184 03:45:09,295 --> 03:45:10,497 HELPING HUMANITY HEAL. I LIVE IN 7185 03:45:10,497 --> 03:45:11,531 THE HEART OF SEATTLE, AND I'M 7186 03:45:11,531 --> 03:45:13,733 HERE TO SUPPORT PRESERVING THE 7187 03:45:13,733 --> 03:45:15,935 MAYOR'S PROPOSED SHELTER 7188 03:45:15,935 --> 03:45:17,704 EXPANSION PACKAGE. I UNDERSTAND 7189 03:45:17,704 --> 03:45:18,371 HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE I'VE LIVED 7190 03:45:18,371 --> 03:45:20,306 IT. MY JOURNEY TOOK ME FROM 7191 03:45:20,306 --> 03:45:22,876 HOMELESSNESS TO YOUTH SHELTER, 7192 03:45:22,876 --> 03:45:23,409 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, AND 7193 03:45:23,409 --> 03:45:25,812 EVENTUALLY PERMANENT PERMANENT 7194 03:45:25,812 --> 03:45:27,213 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. I'M GRATEFUL 7195 03:45:27,213 --> 03:45:28,915 FOR THE PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS THAT 7196 03:45:28,915 --> 03:45:30,984 HELPED ME REBUILD MY LIFE 7197 03:45:30,984 --> 03:45:32,585 THROUGH MY ADVOCACY WITH THE 7198 03:45:32,585 --> 03:45:34,554 MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY AND YOUTH 7199 03:45:34,554 --> 03:45:36,155 ADVOCATES, ENDING HOMELESSNESS, 7200 03:45:36,155 --> 03:45:36,823 I'VE LEARNED THAT HOMELESSNESS 7201 03:45:36,823 --> 03:45:39,893 ISN'T ONE SIZE FITS ALL. A BED 7202 03:45:39,893 --> 03:45:41,561 ALONE ISN'T ENOUGH, AND PEOPLE 7203 03:45:41,561 --> 03:45:43,463 NEED HIGH SUPPORT, SHELTER, 7204 03:45:43,463 --> 03:45:45,098 MEANINGFUL SERVICES, AND REAL 7205 03:45:45,098 --> 03:45:47,867 PATHWAYS TO PERMANENT HOUSING. 7206 03:45:47,867 --> 03:45:49,769 THE REPORTED 87% PLACEMENT INTO 7207 03:45:49,769 --> 03:45:52,639 APPROPRIATE SHELTER AND HOUSING 7208 03:45:52,639 --> 03:45:54,374 THROUGH PIONEER SQUARE STREETS 7209 03:45:54,374 --> 03:45:56,376 TO HOUSING SHOWS WHAT 7210 03:45:56,376 --> 03:45:56,876 COORDINATED SUPPORT CAN 7211 03:45:56,876 --> 03:45:58,845 ACCOMPLISH. WE NEED BOTH SHELTER 7212 03:45:58,845 --> 03:46:01,881 AND LONG TERM HOUSING. ISAIAH 7213 03:46:01,881 --> 03:46:04,083 432 REMINDS US, GOD IS WITH US 7214 03:46:04,083 --> 03:46:05,385 THROUGH DEEP WATERS AND FIRE. 7215 03:46:05,385 --> 03:46:08,755 JAMES 217 REMINDS US THAT FAITH 7216 03:46:08,755 --> 03:46:10,790 WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. OUR 7217 03:46:10,790 --> 03:46:13,226 COMPASSION MUST SHOW UP IN OUR 7218 03:46:13,226 --> 03:46:15,128 INVESTMENTS AND OUR ACTIONS. 7219 03:46:15,128 --> 03:46:15,795 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M LIVING PROOF 7220 03:46:15,795 --> 03:46:17,964 THAT WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT, 7221 03:46:17,964 --> 03:46:18,598 PEOPLE CAN MOVE FROM SURVIVING 7222 03:46:18,598 --> 03:46:20,500 TO THRIVING. I GREW THROUGH THE 7223 03:46:20,500 --> 03:46:21,734 CONCRETE AND NOW I ADVOCATE FOR 7224 03:46:21,734 --> 03:46:23,403 A GARDEN WHERE OTHERS CAN. 7225 03:46:23,403 --> 03:46:23,670 -- GROW. 7226 03:46:23,670 --> 03:46:25,572 -- PLEASE PRESERVE THE SHELTER 7227 03:46:25,572 --> 03:46:27,140 EXPANSION PACKAGE AND FUND 7228 03:46:27,140 --> 03:46:29,542 SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION SO OUR 7229 03:46:29,542 --> 03:46:32,445 LOCAL COMMUNITY CAN HAVE THE 7230 03:46:32,445 --> 03:46:33,079 MUSIC SUPPORT THAT IT NEEDS. THE 7231 03:46:33,079 --> 03:46:33,646 CONCRETE ROSE GARDEN IS A 7232 03:46:33,646 --> 03:46:34,847 REMINDER THAT WE. 7233 03:46:34,847 --> 03:46:37,150 -- ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 7234 03:46:37,150 --> 03:46:38,818 CONCRETE ROSE. NOW IT ALL MAKES 7235 03:46:38,818 --> 03:46:43,056 SENSE. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. JENNA, 7236 03:46:43,056 --> 03:46:43,323 WELCOME. 7237 03:46:43,323 --> 03:46:44,157 -- HELLO. 7238 03:46:44,157 --> 03:46:45,658 -- MY NAME IS JENNA INGRAM. I'M 7239 03:46:45,658 --> 03:46:48,461 A PARENT EDUCATOR WITH SOUTH 7240 03:46:48,461 --> 03:46:49,095 SEATTLE COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOLS 7241 03:46:49,095 --> 03:46:51,064 AND MOTHER OF THREE. AND I'VE 7242 03:46:51,064 --> 03:46:51,598 WORKED IN EARLY CHILDHOOD 7243 03:46:51,598 --> 03:46:53,499 EDUCATION FOR 25 YEARS AT NORTH 7244 03:46:53,499 --> 03:46:56,536 AND SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGES. WE 7245 03:46:56,536 --> 03:46:58,738 PROVIDE PARENT EDUCATION AT 21 7246 03:46:58,738 --> 03:46:59,238 COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOLS, 7247 03:46:59,238 --> 03:47:01,207 INCLUDING A PROGRAM AT MARY'S 7248 03:47:01,207 --> 03:47:06,079 PLACE SHELTER AND A SPANISH 7249 03:47:06,079 --> 03:47:06,713 IMMERSION PROGRAM THROUGH VILLA 7250 03:47:06,713 --> 03:47:07,313 COMUNITARIA. SINCE 1947, OUR 7251 03:47:07,313 --> 03:47:08,348 NEIGHBORHOOD BASED COMMUNITY 7252 03:47:08,348 --> 03:47:08,948 PRESCHOOLS HAVE BEEN REACHING 7253 03:47:08,948 --> 03:47:10,650 FAMILIES ACROSS DIFFERENT 7254 03:47:10,650 --> 03:47:12,452 SOCIOECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND 7255 03:47:12,452 --> 03:47:14,621 LINGUISTIC BACKGROUNDS. AND NOW, 7256 03:47:14,621 --> 03:47:16,022 AFTER 80 YEARS OF STEWARDSHIP, 7257 03:47:16,022 --> 03:47:17,557 THE STATE HAS DECIDED IT WILL NO 7258 03:47:17,557 --> 03:47:19,092 LONGER FUND PARENTING AS A 7259 03:47:19,092 --> 03:47:21,361 VOCATION. I'M HERE REPRESENTING 7260 03:47:21,361 --> 03:47:21,995 MANY PARENTS STUDENTS TONIGHT. 7261 03:47:21,995 --> 03:47:23,563 IF THEY WEREN'T READING BEDTIME 7262 03:47:23,563 --> 03:47:25,098 STORIES TO SMALL CHILDREN RIGHT 7263 03:47:25,098 --> 03:47:27,600 NOW, THEY WOULD LIKELY SHARE HOW 7264 03:47:27,600 --> 03:47:28,234 VITAL PARENT EDUCATION HAS BEEN 7265 03:47:28,234 --> 03:47:30,269 FOR THEM, HOW THEY HAVE LEARNED 7266 03:47:30,269 --> 03:47:31,804 TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CHILDREN'S 7267 03:47:31,804 --> 03:47:33,206 BEHAVIOR, RESPOND WITH EMPATHY 7268 03:47:33,206 --> 03:47:35,308 INSTEAD OF ANGER, AND GUIDE 7269 03:47:35,308 --> 03:47:35,942 WITHOUT YELLING, SHAME, BLAME, 7270 03:47:35,942 --> 03:47:37,243 OR PUNISHMENT. HOW THEY'VE 7271 03:47:37,243 --> 03:47:39,612 LEARNED TO BREAK GENERATIONAL 7272 03:47:39,612 --> 03:47:41,381 PATTERNS AND PARENT DIFFERENTLY 7273 03:47:41,381 --> 03:47:43,583 THAN THEY WERE PARENTED. BECAUSE 7274 03:47:43,583 --> 03:47:46,019 PARENT EDUCATION IS PREVENTION. 7275 03:47:46,019 --> 03:47:47,520 AS OUR CITY CONFRONTS YOUTH, 7276 03:47:47,520 --> 03:47:49,622 MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, 7277 03:47:49,622 --> 03:47:50,823 VIOLENCE, AND DISCONNECTION, WE 7278 03:47:50,823 --> 03:47:52,892 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND DUTY TO 7279 03:47:52,892 --> 03:47:55,161 INVEST. IN THE EARLIEST YEARS 7280 03:47:55,161 --> 03:47:56,429 WHEN FAMILIES ARE BUILDING THE 7281 03:47:56,429 --> 03:47:57,830 RELATIONSHIPS AND SKILLS THAT 7282 03:47:57,830 --> 03:47:59,599 HELP PROTECT CHILDREN AS THEY 7283 03:47:59,599 --> 03:48:01,300 GROW. I'M ASKING YOU TO 7284 03:48:01,300 --> 03:48:03,603 CHAMPION AN EMERGENCY BUDGET 7285 03:48:03,603 --> 03:48:05,038 AMENDMENT TO SUSTAIN THESE 7286 03:48:05,038 --> 03:48:05,638 PROGRAMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF 7287 03:48:05,638 --> 03:48:08,141 THIS SCHOOL YEAR. PLEASE DON'T 7288 03:48:08,141 --> 03:48:10,309 LET DECADES OF COMMUNITY 7289 03:48:10,309 --> 03:48:12,845 INVESTMENT DISAPPEAR WHILE WE'RE 7290 03:48:12,845 --> 03:48:13,446 WORKING TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE 7291 03:48:13,446 --> 03:48:14,781 SOLUTION. THANK YOU. 7292 03:48:14,781 --> 03:48:15,815 -- THANK YOU JENNA. UP NEXT IS 7293 03:48:15,815 --> 03:48:17,717 DEREK, FOLLOWED BY FLORA AND 7294 03:48:17,717 --> 03:48:22,955 TIA. 1579 AND 60. WELCOME. 7295 03:48:22,955 --> 03:48:25,558 -- MY NAME IS DEREK. I'M A 7296 03:48:25,558 --> 03:48:27,860 FILMMAKER AND ARTS NONPROFIT 7297 03:48:27,860 --> 03:48:28,661 LEADER. I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. 7298 03:48:28,661 --> 03:48:30,463 I WORK IN DISTRICT FOUR AND 7299 03:48:30,463 --> 03:48:34,067 SEVEN. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE 7300 03:48:34,067 --> 03:48:36,169 THANKS THAT A BUNCH OF MY 7301 03:48:36,169 --> 03:48:39,138 COLLEAGUES AND PEERS HAVE HAVE 7302 03:48:39,138 --> 03:48:40,973 GIVEN YOU ALL TONIGHT. AND TO 7303 03:48:40,973 --> 03:48:43,176 JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THE 7304 03:48:43,176 --> 03:48:44,544 INVESTMENT IN THE ARTS AND 7305 03:48:44,544 --> 03:48:49,716 CULTURE SECTOR IS AN INVESTMENT 7306 03:48:49,716 --> 03:48:51,417 IN A VIBRANT ECONOMY HERE IN 7307 03:48:51,417 --> 03:48:53,786 SEATTLE. IT HELPS CREATE JOBS. 7308 03:48:53,786 --> 03:48:56,723 IT HELPS ATTRACT VISITORS. IT 7309 03:48:56,723 --> 03:49:01,761 SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESSES, AND 7310 03:49:01,761 --> 03:49:02,295 IT HELPS PROTECT CULTURAL 7311 03:49:02,295 --> 03:49:06,065 WORKERS AND STRENGTHENS OUR 7312 03:49:06,065 --> 03:49:07,133 LOCAL ECONOMY. SO I JUST WANT TO 7313 03:49:07,133 --> 03:49:09,902 SAY THANK YOU. 7314 03:49:09,902 --> 03:49:13,773 -- THANK YOU UP NEXT IS FLORA 7315 03:49:13,773 --> 03:49:21,647 AND THEN TIA. WELCOME 7316 03:49:21,881 --> 03:49:22,248 -- HI. 7317 03:49:22,248 --> 03:49:23,583 -- MY NAME IS FLORA TEMPLE. I'M 7318 03:49:23,583 --> 03:49:25,051 THE DIRECTOR OF THE MOUNT BAKER 7319 03:49:25,051 --> 03:49:26,786 HUB ALLIANCE AND OPERATIONS 7320 03:49:26,786 --> 03:49:27,687 DIRECTOR FOR BEACON RAINIER 7321 03:49:27,687 --> 03:49:30,690 PARTNERSHIP, A COALITION OF 7322 03:49:30,690 --> 03:49:31,290 BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS SERVING 7323 03:49:31,290 --> 03:49:32,959 OVER 480 SMALL BUSINESSES IN 7324 03:49:32,959 --> 03:49:34,827 SEVEN SQUARE MILES OF SOUTHEAST 7325 03:49:34,827 --> 03:49:36,896 SEATTLE. WE ARE PRIMARILY FUNDED 7326 03:49:36,896 --> 03:49:39,232 BY OED GRANTS AND ARE NOT BIASED 7327 03:49:39,232 --> 03:49:40,032 BECAUSE OUR BUSINESSES ARE 7328 03:49:40,032 --> 03:49:41,400 STRUGGLING TOO MUCH TO SUPPORT 7329 03:49:41,400 --> 03:49:42,869 THAT MODEL. I'M HERE TODAY TO 7330 03:49:42,869 --> 03:49:44,036 ASK YOU TO COMMUNICATE YOUR 7331 03:49:44,036 --> 03:49:45,404 SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE 7332 03:49:45,404 --> 03:49:46,973 OURS TO OED, BECAUSE WE HELP THE 7333 03:49:46,973 --> 03:49:49,242 MOST AT RISK BUSINESSES ACCESS 7334 03:49:49,242 --> 03:49:50,543 PROGRAMS LIKE BACK TO BUSINESS. 7335 03:49:50,543 --> 03:49:53,980 AND THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT 7336 03:49:53,980 --> 03:49:54,847 FUNDING. IN PARTICULAR, I'D 7337 03:49:54,847 --> 03:49:56,582 LIKE TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT 7338 03:49:56,582 --> 03:49:57,717 CLEANING AND BEAUTIFICATION IN 7339 03:49:57,717 --> 03:49:58,384 SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, WHICH WE'VE 7340 03:49:58,384 --> 03:49:59,986 BEEN WORKING WITH SAM LIN'S 7341 03:49:59,986 --> 03:50:03,356 OFFICE TO PROPOSE NEXT WEEK. WE 7342 03:50:03,356 --> 03:50:03,990 STARTED ADVOCATING FOR THIS NEED 7343 03:50:03,990 --> 03:50:05,424 IN RESPONSE TO THE AMENDMENTS 7344 03:50:05,424 --> 03:50:07,059 THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY 7345 03:50:07,059 --> 03:50:08,728 MADE FOR EXTRA CLEANING AND 7346 03:50:08,728 --> 03:50:10,096 ACTIVATIONS IN YOUR DISTRICTS. I 7347 03:50:10,096 --> 03:50:10,963 WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I SUPPORT 7348 03:50:10,963 --> 03:50:12,198 THE INTENT BEHIND MANY OF YOUR 7349 03:50:12,198 --> 03:50:13,966 AMENDMENTS, AND I UNDERSTAND 7350 03:50:13,966 --> 03:50:15,368 COMPLETELY THAT YOU WANT TO 7351 03:50:15,368 --> 03:50:16,402 ADDRESS YOUR DISTRICT NEEDS, BUT 7352 03:50:16,402 --> 03:50:17,470 I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO 7353 03:50:17,470 --> 03:50:19,405 CONSIDER IF THE NEEDS YOU HERE 7354 03:50:19,405 --> 03:50:20,840 MIGHT BE THE LOUDEST, NOT THE 7355 03:50:20,840 --> 03:50:22,341 MOST IN NEED. I WANT TO SUGGEST 7356 03:50:22,341 --> 03:50:24,510 THAT THESE DISTRICTS SPECIFIC 7357 03:50:24,510 --> 03:50:26,145 AMENDMENTS ARE PERPETUATING 7358 03:50:26,145 --> 03:50:26,813 INEQUALITY ACROSS THE CITY, AND 7359 03:50:26,813 --> 03:50:28,714 I THINK THAT GOES AGAINST YOUR 7360 03:50:28,714 --> 03:50:31,117 OWN VALUES. SO I'M URGING YOU TO 7361 03:50:31,117 --> 03:50:31,651 CONSIDER IN FUTURE BUDGET 7362 03:50:31,651 --> 03:50:33,319 CYCLES, CREATING GRANT PROGRAMS 7363 03:50:33,319 --> 03:50:34,921 INSTEAD FOR THESE SERVICES SO 7364 03:50:34,921 --> 03:50:36,956 THAT FUNDING CAN BE AWARDED 7365 03:50:36,956 --> 03:50:38,758 EQUITABLY ACROSS THE CITY. I'D 7366 03:50:38,758 --> 03:50:39,892 LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO WORK 7367 03:50:39,892 --> 03:50:42,995 WITH ORGS LIKE MINE IN 2027 TO 7368 03:50:42,995 --> 03:50:44,430 CREATE MORE EQUITABLE WAYS TO 7369 03:50:44,430 --> 03:50:45,031 FUND THESE SERVICES THAT ARE 7370 03:50:45,031 --> 03:50:47,700 NEEDED CITYWIDE. FOR NOW, PLEASE 7371 03:50:47,700 --> 03:50:48,334 SUPPORT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR 7372 03:50:48,334 --> 03:50:49,535 SOUTHEAST SEATTLE BUSINESS 7373 03:50:49,535 --> 03:50:51,671 DISTRICTS. THANK YOU. 7374 03:50:51,671 --> 03:50:54,307 -- THANK YOU TIA. WELCOME. THEN 7375 03:50:54,307 --> 03:50:57,176 I'LL CALL THE NEXT TEN NUMBERS 7376 03:50:57,176 --> 03:50:59,879 161 THROUGH 170. 7377 03:50:59,879 --> 03:51:01,280 -- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TIA 7378 03:51:01,280 --> 03:51:02,849 PETROVICH AND I'VE BEEN A 7379 03:51:02,849 --> 03:51:04,951 PIONEER SQUARE RESIDENT FOR 33 7380 03:51:04,951 --> 03:51:06,519 YEARS. I WANT TO VOICE MY 7381 03:51:06,519 --> 03:51:08,621 SUPPORT FOR THE BUDGET CHAIR'S 7382 03:51:08,621 --> 03:51:10,323 BALANCING PACKAGE. IN SPECIFIC. 7383 03:51:10,323 --> 03:51:12,658 THE UPPER FLOOR COMMERCIAL 7384 03:51:12,658 --> 03:51:13,259 TENANT ATTRACTION FOR PIONEER 7385 03:51:13,259 --> 03:51:16,162 SQUARE THIS SUMMER WE HAD WORLD 7386 03:51:16,162 --> 03:51:18,764 CUP AND IT WAS AN AMAZING MOMENT 7387 03:51:18,764 --> 03:51:19,365 AND CERTAINLY MY NEIGHBORHOOD 7388 03:51:19,365 --> 03:51:21,601 GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE LIGHT. SO 7389 03:51:21,601 --> 03:51:24,170 I THINK THE TIMING IS SUPER 7390 03:51:24,170 --> 03:51:26,439 IMPORTANT. IT'S $100,000. ASK. 7391 03:51:26,439 --> 03:51:27,974 IT'S CRITICAL TO FILL THE UPPER 7392 03:51:27,974 --> 03:51:29,275 FLOOR SPACES. WE. WE HAVE NOT 7393 03:51:29,275 --> 03:51:30,743 BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. 7394 03:51:30,743 --> 03:51:32,411 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GROUND FLOOR 7395 03:51:32,411 --> 03:51:33,412 RETAIL, BUT THE UPPER NEEDS A 7396 03:51:33,412 --> 03:51:36,582 TON OF HELP. WHAT IT WILL DO FOR 7397 03:51:36,582 --> 03:51:37,049 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEW 7398 03:51:37,049 --> 03:51:37,850 BUSINESSES, NEW JOBS. IT WILL 7399 03:51:37,850 --> 03:51:41,654 BRING NEW LIFE. IT WILL BRING A 7400 03:51:41,654 --> 03:51:43,756 MORE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO 7401 03:51:43,756 --> 03:51:46,425 I'D ASK YOU TO STAND WITH ME 7402 03:51:46,425 --> 03:51:49,862 AND TO KEEP THIS IN THE FINAL 7403 03:51:49,862 --> 03:51:54,267 ADOPTION OF THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE. 7404 03:51:54,267 --> 03:51:55,368 I'M REALLY EXCITED AND. I JUST 7405 03:51:55,368 --> 03:51:56,269 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME 7406 03:51:56,269 --> 03:51:57,770 AND CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING 7407 03:51:57,770 --> 03:52:00,139 THIS IN YOUR PACKAGE AND 7408 03:52:00,139 --> 03:52:01,641 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THANKS FOR 7409 03:52:01,641 --> 03:52:03,309 BEING SUCH A GREAT SPONSOR. AND 7410 03:52:03,309 --> 03:52:05,544 SINCE I HAVE MORE TIME, PLEASE 7411 03:52:05,544 --> 03:52:07,346 LET'S INVEST IN MORE HOUSING 7412 03:52:07,346 --> 03:52:08,414 AND SHELTERING FOR EVERYONE. 7413 03:52:08,414 --> 03:52:10,182 THANK YOU. 7414 03:52:10,182 --> 03:52:11,751 -- THANK YOU. JUST CHAIR'S 7415 03:52:11,751 --> 03:52:15,021 PRIVILEGE. IS THAT A PAC-MAN 7416 03:52:15,021 --> 03:52:15,321 SWEATSHIRT? 7417 03:52:15,321 --> 03:52:17,156 -- YES. 7418 03:52:17,156 --> 03:52:19,725 -- THAT'S COOL. 7419 03:52:19,725 --> 03:52:20,259 -- CHAMPION DID IT LIKE A 7420 03:52:20,259 --> 03:52:21,961 PAC-MAN. 7421 03:52:21,961 --> 03:52:22,762 -- GOT IT. THERE IT IS. 7422 03:52:22,762 --> 03:52:24,497 -- TO THE. 7423 03:52:24,497 --> 03:52:26,365 -- OLD. WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT 7424 03:52:26,365 --> 03:52:28,534 KELLY, KARISSA. AMANDA. WILLIAM, 7425 03:52:28,534 --> 03:52:32,872 RYAN, J K VAN PETTEN. LAUREN 7426 03:52:32,872 --> 03:52:36,175 GRIFFIN SEVEN. THAT'S 161 7427 03:52:36,175 --> 03:52:38,177 THROUGH 170. KELLY. 7428 03:52:38,177 --> 03:52:39,545 -- COOL. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S BEEN 7429 03:52:39,545 --> 03:52:41,314 A LONG NIGHT, BUT I DON'T KNOW 7430 03:52:41,314 --> 03:52:42,114 ABOUT YOU, BUT I WOULD STAY UP 7431 03:52:42,114 --> 03:52:43,649 LATE EVERY NIGHT IF THAT MEANS 7432 03:52:43,649 --> 03:52:45,584 WE COULD FULLY FUND HOUSING. 7433 03:52:45,584 --> 03:52:47,253 BECAUSE IT'S A LOT LONGER OF A 7434 03:52:47,253 --> 03:52:47,920 NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND 7435 03:52:47,920 --> 03:52:50,189 COLD AND HUNGRY. MY NAME IS 7436 03:52:50,189 --> 03:52:51,357 KELLY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE. 7437 03:52:51,357 --> 03:52:53,292 I'M A SOCIAL WORKER, AND I HAVE 7438 03:52:53,292 --> 03:52:53,893 TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE HELPING 7439 03:52:53,893 --> 03:52:55,628 PEOPLE TO ACCESS SERVICES AND 7440 03:52:55,628 --> 03:52:56,896 HOUSING. AND IT IS INCREDIBLY 7441 03:52:56,896 --> 03:52:58,531 DIFFICULT WHEN THOSE SERVICES DO 7442 03:52:58,531 --> 03:52:59,999 NOT EXIST. I REMEMBER WHEN 7443 03:52:59,999 --> 03:53:00,900 JUMPSTART FUNDS WERE PASSED IN 7444 03:53:00,900 --> 03:53:02,401 2020, AND A PROMISE OF 7445 03:53:02,401 --> 03:53:04,570 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THAT 7446 03:53:04,570 --> 03:53:05,204 PROMISE HAS NEVER BEEN REALIZED. 7447 03:53:05,204 --> 03:53:07,773 A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS ARE 7448 03:53:07,773 --> 03:53:08,407 DIVERTED EVERY YEAR TOWARDS THE 7449 03:53:08,407 --> 03:53:09,342 GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS 7450 03:53:09,342 --> 03:53:10,876 DISTURBING BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE 7451 03:53:10,876 --> 03:53:13,479 PRIORITIZING. SPD ACCOUNTS FOR 7452 03:53:13,479 --> 03:53:15,214 27% OF THE GENERAL FUND. THE 7453 03:53:15,214 --> 03:53:17,083 HYPOCRISY IS STAGGERING. IF YOU 7454 03:53:17,083 --> 03:53:17,717 WANT EVIDENCE BASED PREVENTION 7455 03:53:17,717 --> 03:53:18,751 AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, WE 7456 03:53:18,751 --> 03:53:20,252 HAVE TO DIVEST FROM POLICING AND 7457 03:53:20,252 --> 03:53:21,654 TOWARDS SERVICES AND HOUSING. I 7458 03:53:21,654 --> 03:53:25,124 URGE COUNCIL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF 7459 03:53:25,124 --> 03:53:25,791 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S PROPOSAL 7460 03:53:25,791 --> 03:53:27,827 TO CONSISTENTLY APPROPRIATE 50% 7461 03:53:27,827 --> 03:53:28,394 OF JUMPSTART FUNDS TOWARDS 7462 03:53:28,394 --> 03:53:29,528 HOUSING, AND THAT SHOULD BE THE 7463 03:53:29,528 --> 03:53:30,629 BARE MINIMUM. IT SHOULD BE 100% 7464 03:53:30,629 --> 03:53:31,998 BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE VOTED 7465 03:53:31,998 --> 03:53:33,966 FOR. ANOTHER EASY WAY TO 7466 03:53:33,966 --> 03:53:35,201 REDIRECT FUNDS, 7467 03:53:35,201 --> 03:53:35,534 -- [LAUGHTER] 7468 03:53:35,534 --> 03:53:37,470 -- STOP FUNDING SWEEPS. WE SPEND 7469 03:53:37,470 --> 03:53:39,205 $30 MILLION ON SWEEPS THAT 7470 03:53:39,205 --> 03:53:40,272 TRAUMATIZE STEAL PEOPLE'S 7471 03:53:40,272 --> 03:53:43,042 BELONGINGS, PAY COPS OVER TIME. 7472 03:53:43,042 --> 03:53:44,143 I OPPOSE THE POSITION TO FULL 7473 03:53:44,143 --> 03:53:45,678 TIME POSITIONS FOR THE UNIFIED 7474 03:53:45,678 --> 03:53:46,912 CARE TEAM. I'VE BEEN TO MANY 7475 03:53:46,912 --> 03:53:49,015 SWEEPS AND IT'S GROSS TO PAY 7476 03:53:49,015 --> 03:53:50,216 PEOPLE TO HARASS AND THEN LAUGH 7477 03:53:50,216 --> 03:53:51,317 AT PEOPLE SUFFERING. AND IF YOU 7478 03:53:51,317 --> 03:53:51,817 WANT THOSE FUNDS TO GO 7479 03:53:51,817 --> 03:53:53,619 SOMEWHERE, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 7480 03:53:53,619 --> 03:53:54,687 COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S AMENDMENT 7481 03:53:54,687 --> 03:53:55,755 THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE 7482 03:53:55,755 --> 03:53:57,656 BUDGET TO INVEST 8.3 MILLION TO 7483 03:53:57,656 --> 03:53:59,358 HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT. HUMAN 7484 03:53:59,358 --> 03:54:01,994 SERVICE WORKERS ARE OFTEN 7485 03:54:01,994 --> 03:54:02,862 RECEIVING SUPPORT THEMSELVES IN 7486 03:54:02,862 --> 03:54:03,763 SEATTLE I WAS ON FOOD STAMPS, 7487 03:54:03,763 --> 03:54:05,498 WENT TO FOOD BANKS, COMMUNITY 7488 03:54:05,498 --> 03:54:06,766 CLINICS, WHILE ALSO HELPING MY 7489 03:54:06,766 --> 03:54:08,534 CLIENTS THROUGH THE SERVICES. 7490 03:54:08,534 --> 03:54:10,603 AND WE HAVE TO SUSTAIN THE VETO 7491 03:54:10,603 --> 03:54:11,837 FOR THE RV BAN BECAUSE IT'S A 7492 03:54:11,837 --> 03:54:13,372 SHAMEFUL WASTE OF MONEY. 7493 03:54:13,372 --> 03:54:15,274 SOMEONE'S HOME FUND SAFE 7494 03:54:15,274 --> 03:54:16,709 PARKING LOT. 7495 03:54:16,709 --> 03:54:19,712 -- THANK YOU KELLY. THANK YOU. 7496 03:54:19,712 --> 03:54:26,152 KELLY. CARISSA WELCOME UP 7497 03:54:26,152 --> 03:54:26,419 -- HELLO. 7498 03:54:26,419 --> 03:54:27,887 -- MY NAME IS CARISSA. I'M A 7499 03:54:27,887 --> 03:54:29,688 CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT TWO AND 7500 03:54:29,688 --> 03:54:30,790 I SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET 7501 03:54:30,790 --> 03:54:32,425 DEMANDS IN THEIR NINE 7502 03:54:32,425 --> 03:54:33,993 GUARANTEES. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 7503 03:54:33,993 --> 03:54:35,227 JUMPSTART FUNDING FIRST. LAST 7504 03:54:35,227 --> 03:54:37,296 YEAR, CITY COUNCIL ALLOWED 7505 03:54:37,296 --> 03:54:38,831 JUMPSTART FUNDS TO FUNNEL INTO 7506 03:54:38,831 --> 03:54:40,232 THE GENERAL FUND INSTEAD OF 7507 03:54:40,232 --> 03:54:42,034 BEING USED FOR WHAT IT WAS 7508 03:54:42,034 --> 03:54:43,969 INTENDED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 7509 03:54:43,969 --> 03:54:44,603 EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 7510 03:54:44,603 --> 03:54:46,138 AND GREEN NEW DEAL. THOUGH THESE 7511 03:54:46,138 --> 03:54:47,006 ARE NOT IN THE BALANCING 7512 03:54:47,006 --> 03:54:50,743 PACKAGE, I SUPPORT. CBO 006 DASH 7513 03:54:50,743 --> 03:54:52,144 AYE AND THE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT 7514 03:54:52,144 --> 03:54:53,913 REQUIRE JUMPSTART TO FUND 7515 03:54:53,913 --> 03:54:55,648 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THANK YOU 7516 03:54:55,648 --> 03:54:56,816 TO COUNCILMEMBERS. FOSTER, LIN, 7517 03:54:56,816 --> 03:54:59,085 AND RINCK FOR SPONSORING THESE, 7518 03:54:59,085 --> 03:55:00,786 AND I HOPE THEY CAN BE ADDED. I 7519 03:55:00,786 --> 03:55:03,589 ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORT PURSUING 7520 03:55:03,589 --> 03:55:05,424 SUSTAINABLE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE 7521 03:55:05,424 --> 03:55:07,226 SOURCES GOING FORWARD. 7522 03:55:07,226 --> 03:55:08,961 AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREATES 7523 03:55:08,961 --> 03:55:09,595 PUBLIC SAFETY AND IS IMPORTANT 7524 03:55:09,595 --> 03:55:11,831 TO ME AS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T 7525 03:55:11,831 --> 03:55:12,431 WANT MY WHOLE COMMUNITY TO BE 7526 03:55:12,431 --> 03:55:13,566 UNABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN 7527 03:55:13,566 --> 03:55:14,700 SEATTLE, SO I SUPPORT THE 7528 03:55:14,700 --> 03:55:16,268 FUNDING FOR TENANT SERVICES AS 7529 03:55:16,268 --> 03:55:18,437 WELL AS MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND 7530 03:55:18,437 --> 03:55:20,106 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP. AT $5 7531 03:55:20,106 --> 03:55:21,607 MILLION. AND I ENCOURAGE FUNDING 7532 03:55:21,607 --> 03:55:25,144 IT AT THE FULL $10 MILLION. AND 7533 03:55:25,144 --> 03:55:26,679 IN CONTRAST TO HOW JUMPSTART 7534 03:55:26,679 --> 03:55:28,214 CONTRASTS TO HOW JUMPSTART HAS 7535 03:55:28,214 --> 03:55:30,449 BEEN RATED, THE SPD BUDGET GREW 7536 03:55:30,449 --> 03:55:32,518 BY OVER 68 MILLION FOR 2027. 7537 03:55:32,518 --> 03:55:34,653 THIS IS DESPITE LAWSUITS DUE TO 7538 03:55:34,653 --> 03:55:37,189 OFFICERS VIOLATING THE RIGHTS OF 7539 03:55:37,189 --> 03:55:37,990 SEATTLEITES STUDIES, SHOWING 7540 03:55:37,990 --> 03:55:39,658 THAT PER CAPITA STAFFING DOES 7541 03:55:39,658 --> 03:55:43,662 NOT REDUCE CRIME RATES, AND THAT 7542 03:55:43,662 --> 03:55:44,196 SPD OVERPAID OFFICERS $13 7543 03:55:44,196 --> 03:55:45,197 MILLION THIS LAST YEAR. GIVEN 7544 03:55:45,197 --> 03:55:48,934 THAT, I ALSO SUPPORT THE POLICE 7545 03:55:48,934 --> 03:55:49,502 OVERPAYMENT RECAPTURE FUND 7546 03:55:49,502 --> 03:55:50,936 CREATION ORDINANCE AND FUNDING 7547 03:55:50,936 --> 03:55:51,937 COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS THAT TRULY 7548 03:55:51,937 --> 03:55:53,873 BENEFIT US INSTEAD OF CARCERAL 7549 03:55:53,873 --> 03:55:56,475 SYSTEMS. AND WHILE I'M HERE, I 7550 03:55:56,475 --> 03:55:58,744 SUPPORT SAM RINCK PROPOSAL FOR 7551 03:55:58,744 --> 03:55:59,111 REPORTS ON AI. 7552 03:55:59,111 --> 03:56:00,513 -- [LAUGHTER] 7553 03:56:00,513 --> 03:56:00,846 -- THANK YOU. 7554 03:56:00,846 --> 03:56:03,816 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS AMANDA 7555 03:56:03,816 --> 03:56:07,353 163. 7556 03:56:07,353 --> 03:56:09,555 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 7557 03:56:09,555 --> 03:56:10,890 AMANDA SANDOVAL. I'M THE POLICY 7558 03:56:10,890 --> 03:56:13,159 DIRECTOR AT UNITED WAY OF KING 7559 03:56:13,159 --> 03:56:13,792 COUNTY AND TOGETHER FOR OVER 15 7560 03:56:13,792 --> 03:56:14,960 YEARS, UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY 7561 03:56:14,960 --> 03:56:16,862 AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAVE 7562 03:56:16,862 --> 03:56:18,230 BEEN PARTNERS IN A VARIETY OF 7563 03:56:18,230 --> 03:56:19,465 PROGRAMS. WE'VE KEPT OUR 7564 03:56:19,465 --> 03:56:22,034 NEIGHBORS FED, HOUSED, HAVE 7565 03:56:22,034 --> 03:56:23,836 EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE 7566 03:56:23,836 --> 03:56:25,604 PROGRAMS, AND LASTLY, FREE TAX 7567 03:56:25,604 --> 03:56:27,339 PREP. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET 7568 03:56:27,339 --> 03:56:29,742 ELIMINATES THAT VITAL FUNDING 7569 03:56:29,742 --> 03:56:31,343 FOR OUR FREE TAX PROGRAM, 7570 03:56:31,343 --> 03:56:32,378 ELIMINATION OF THESE FUNDS PUTS 7571 03:56:32,378 --> 03:56:34,780 AT RISK OUR ABILITY TO SERVE 7572 03:56:34,780 --> 03:56:36,382 SEATTLE CLIENTS. THIS WOULD MAKE 7573 03:56:36,382 --> 03:56:37,716 YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE TO TRAVEL 7574 03:56:37,716 --> 03:56:38,884 TO FURTHER TAX SITES OR PAY AN 7575 03:56:38,884 --> 03:56:41,453 AVERAGE OF $400 $400 PER 7576 03:56:41,453 --> 03:56:45,691 SERVICE. LAST YEAR, OUR PROGRAM 7577 03:56:45,691 --> 03:56:46,225 SERVED OVER 5500 SEATTLE 7578 03:56:46,225 --> 03:56:49,028 RESIDENTS, HELPING THEM CLAIM 7579 03:56:49,028 --> 03:56:50,796 OVER $6.2 MILLION. THAT'S 6.2 7580 03:56:50,796 --> 03:56:55,668 NEW FUNDING OF SEATTLE OF OF 7581 03:56:55,668 --> 03:56:56,268 SEATTLE. MONEY IN THE ECONOMY 7582 03:56:56,268 --> 03:56:58,170 AND IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS. I URGE 7583 03:56:58,170 --> 03:56:59,605 YOU TO RESTORE THIS VITAL 7584 03:56:59,605 --> 03:57:00,105 FUNDING SO THAT SEATTLE 7585 03:57:00,105 --> 03:57:01,774 RESIDENTS CAN CLAIM ESSENTIAL 7586 03:57:01,774 --> 03:57:03,709 TAX CREDITS AND REFUNDS THAT 7587 03:57:03,709 --> 03:57:05,177 RELIEVE FINANCIAL STRESS, BOOST 7588 03:57:05,177 --> 03:57:07,513 OUR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND 7589 03:57:07,513 --> 03:57:08,614 SUPPORT LONG TERM STABILITY. 7590 03:57:08,614 --> 03:57:09,782 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 7591 03:57:09,782 --> 03:57:13,519 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LONG TERM 7592 03:57:13,519 --> 03:57:13,852 PARTNERSHIP. 7593 03:57:13,852 --> 03:57:15,821 -- THANK YOU. WE HAVE WILLIAM 7594 03:57:15,821 --> 03:57:18,357 SAULNIER, SONIA SAULNIER. 7595 03:57:18,357 --> 03:57:19,758 -- GOOD EVENING. SEATTLE CITY 7596 03:57:19,758 --> 03:57:21,260 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 7597 03:57:21,260 --> 03:57:22,861 WILLIAM SONIA. I'M A RESIDENT OF 7598 03:57:22,861 --> 03:57:23,996 DISTRICT FOUR, AND I'M HERE TO 7599 03:57:23,996 --> 03:57:25,130 ADVOCATE TO RESTORE THE FUNDING 7600 03:57:25,130 --> 03:57:26,865 TO UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY TO 7601 03:57:26,865 --> 03:57:28,801 ADMINISTER THE FREE TAX PROGRAM. 7602 03:57:28,801 --> 03:57:30,202 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS 7603 03:57:30,202 --> 03:57:31,570 PROGRAM FOR OVER 11 SEASONS, 7604 03:57:31,570 --> 03:57:34,873 BOTH AS A VOLUNTEER AND AS A 7605 03:57:34,873 --> 03:57:36,075 SITE MANAGER AT OUR MOST POPULAR 7606 03:57:36,075 --> 03:57:38,277 SITE AT THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC 7607 03:57:38,277 --> 03:57:40,646 LIBRARY. I HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT 7608 03:57:40,646 --> 03:57:42,781 OF THIS PROGRAM FIRSTHAND. WE 7609 03:57:42,781 --> 03:57:44,550 PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE AND 7610 03:57:44,550 --> 03:57:46,285 ACCURATE TAX RETURN FOR ALL OF 7611 03:57:46,285 --> 03:57:47,519 OUR CLIENTS, SAVING THEM NOT 7612 03:57:47,519 --> 03:57:50,089 JUST HUNDREDS, BUT SOMETIMES 7613 03:57:50,089 --> 03:57:50,990 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN TAX 7614 03:57:50,990 --> 03:57:52,825 PREPARATION FEES. WHILE TAXES 7615 03:57:52,825 --> 03:57:55,127 MAY NOT BE THE MOST FUN TOPIC TO 7616 03:57:55,127 --> 03:57:57,529 THINK ABOUT, THEY ARE INCREDIBLY 7617 03:57:57,529 --> 03:58:00,299 VITAL TO ACCESS SEATTLE 7618 03:58:00,299 --> 03:58:00,933 RESIDENTS DESIGNATED FEDERAL AND 7619 03:58:00,933 --> 03:58:05,304 STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT 7620 03:58:05,304 --> 03:58:05,938 THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE 7621 03:58:05,938 --> 03:58:08,474 TO ACCESS CREDITS LIKE THE 7622 03:58:08,474 --> 03:58:10,509 WASHINGTON STATE WORKING 7623 03:58:10,509 --> 03:58:11,577 FAMILIES TAX CREDIT, THE EARNED 7624 03:58:11,577 --> 03:58:13,078 INCOME TAX CREDIT, AND THE CHILD 7625 03:58:13,078 --> 03:58:14,913 TAX CREDIT ARE ACCESSED SOLELY 7626 03:58:14,913 --> 03:58:16,448 THROUGH THE TAX SYSTEM. AND JUST 7627 03:58:16,448 --> 03:58:20,419 THIS LAST YEAR, WE RETURNED OVER 7628 03:58:20,419 --> 03:58:22,288 $6.2 MILLION TO SEATTLE 7629 03:58:22,288 --> 03:58:25,758 RESIDENTS, AVERAGING 7630 03:58:25,758 --> 03:58:26,292 APPROXIMATELY $1,100 PER 7631 03:58:26,292 --> 03:58:26,925 COMPLETED RETURN. THIS MONEY IS 7632 03:58:26,925 --> 03:58:29,128 SPENT ON RENT, GROCERIES, 7633 03:58:29,128 --> 03:58:30,829 UTILITIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES 7634 03:58:30,829 --> 03:58:32,598 RIGHT HERE IN SEATTLE. 7635 03:58:32,598 --> 03:58:33,966 ELIMINATING THIS SUSTAINED 7636 03:58:33,966 --> 03:58:36,035 FUNDING WILL RESULT IN LOWER 7637 03:58:36,035 --> 03:58:37,736 STAFFING, FEWER RETURNS PREPARED 7638 03:58:37,736 --> 03:58:40,039 AND ULTIMATELY LESS MONEY IN 7639 03:58:40,039 --> 03:58:40,639 SEATTLEITES POCKETS AND LESS 7640 03:58:40,639 --> 03:58:42,141 MONEY IN OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AT 7641 03:58:42,141 --> 03:58:45,044 A RATE OF RETURN OF OVER 60 7642 03:58:45,044 --> 03:58:47,046 TIMES. THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S 7643 03:58:47,046 --> 03:58:48,781 INVESTMENT. I AM HARD PRESSED TO 7644 03:58:48,781 --> 03:58:50,482 THINK OF A BETTER USE OF MY TAX 7645 03:58:50,482 --> 03:58:52,284 DOLLARS. PLEASE RESTORE THIS 7646 03:58:52,284 --> 03:58:53,852 CRITICAL FUNDING. 7647 03:58:53,852 --> 03:58:56,021 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS RYAN, 7648 03:58:56,021 --> 03:59:00,526 THEN JAY 7649 03:59:00,526 --> 03:59:01,026 -- YES. RYAN MCFERRAN. 7650 03:59:01,026 --> 03:59:03,195 -- YEAH. 7651 03:59:03,195 --> 03:59:04,563 -- THANKS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. 7652 03:59:04,563 --> 03:59:06,031 MY NAME IS RYAN MCFERRAN. I'M 7653 03:59:06,031 --> 03:59:07,466 THE SENIOR FINANCIAL STABILITY 7654 03:59:07,466 --> 03:59:08,100 PROGRAM MANAGER WITH UNITED WAY 7655 03:59:08,100 --> 03:59:09,868 OF KING COUNTY. I'M HERE ALSO 7656 03:59:09,868 --> 03:59:10,936 TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO RESTORE 7657 03:59:10,936 --> 03:59:13,205 FUNDING FOR OUR FREE TAX 7658 03:59:13,205 --> 03:59:15,274 PREPARATION CAMPAIGN. EACH YEAR, 7659 03:59:15,274 --> 03:59:15,908 HUNDREDS OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS 7660 03:59:15,908 --> 03:59:17,376 CONTRIBUTE OVER 17,000 HOURS TO 7661 03:59:17,376 --> 03:59:19,345 PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE POCKETS 7662 03:59:19,345 --> 03:59:23,916 OF SEATTLE FAMILIES. WITH EACH 7663 03:59:23,916 --> 03:59:25,417 HOUR DELIVERED, DELIVERING $500 7664 03:59:25,417 --> 03:59:26,452 IN FINANCIAL IMPACT. UNITED WAY 7665 03:59:26,452 --> 03:59:28,287 VOLUNTEERS ARE ON THE FRONT 7666 03:59:28,287 --> 03:59:28,854 LINES OF THE AFFORDABILITY 7667 03:59:28,854 --> 03:59:30,356 CRISIS, MAKING SEATTLE MORE 7668 03:59:30,356 --> 03:59:31,990 AFFORDABLE MEANS ENSURING 7669 03:59:31,990 --> 03:59:33,125 FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THE TAX 7670 03:59:33,125 --> 03:59:34,059 CREDITS AND REFUNDS THEY NEED TO 7671 03:59:34,059 --> 03:59:37,162 MAKE ENDS MEET. WE TURN $100,000 7672 03:59:37,162 --> 03:59:39,698 IN CITY FUNDING INTO MORE THAN 7673 03:59:39,698 --> 03:59:41,500 $6 MILLION FOR GROCERIES, 7674 03:59:41,500 --> 03:59:44,303 MEDICINE AND DIAPERS PURCHASED 7675 03:59:44,303 --> 03:59:46,238 FROM SEATTLE BUSINESSES BY 7676 03:59:46,238 --> 03:59:47,439 SEATTLE FAMILIES. I RESPECTFULLY 7677 03:59:47,439 --> 03:59:49,308 ASK YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, TO 7678 03:59:49,308 --> 03:59:51,744 CONTINUE EMPOWERING OUR 7679 03:59:51,744 --> 03:59:52,378 VOLUNTEERS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS 7680 03:59:52,378 --> 03:59:54,012 TO TO SERVE THE CITY THAT WE ALL 7681 03:59:54,012 --> 03:59:55,981 LOVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 7682 03:59:55,981 --> 03:59:59,485 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS JAY 7683 03:59:59,485 --> 04:00:05,758 JAY, WHERE 166166166. THIS IS 7684 04:00:05,758 --> 04:00:07,025 WHY CHANTING AT THE BEGINNING IS 7685 04:00:07,025 --> 04:00:09,361 HARD. KAY VAN PETTEN, IS THAT 7686 04:00:09,361 --> 04:00:11,296 YOU? THAT'S ME. GREAT. 167 TAKE 7687 04:00:11,296 --> 04:00:12,398 IT AWAY. KAY. 7688 04:00:12,398 --> 04:00:13,065 -- HEY, Y'ALL. MY NAME IS KAY. 7689 04:00:13,065 --> 04:00:14,933 I'M A WORKING MUSICIAN HERE IN 7690 04:00:14,933 --> 04:00:16,468 SEATTLE. I'M A DISTRICT SIX 7691 04:00:16,468 --> 04:00:17,503 RESIDENT AND I WORK FOR SONIC 7692 04:00:17,503 --> 04:00:19,104 GUILD, THE LOCAL NONPROFIT 7693 04:00:19,104 --> 04:00:20,439 SUPPORTING LOCAL MUSIC. I'M 7694 04:00:20,439 --> 04:00:21,440 ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE ARTS 7695 04:00:21,440 --> 04:00:23,142 AND KEEP THE MUSICIAN LAUREATE, 7696 04:00:23,142 --> 04:00:24,910 PILOT AND 3 MILLION FOR 7697 04:00:24,910 --> 04:00:26,545 COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMING. MUSIC 7698 04:00:26,545 --> 04:00:27,513 IS PART OF HOW SEATTLE KNOWS 7699 04:00:27,513 --> 04:00:29,448 ITSELF, BUT THE MUSIC THAT GIVES 7700 04:00:29,448 --> 04:00:30,716 SEATTLE THIS IDENTITY CAN'T 7701 04:00:30,716 --> 04:00:32,084 SURVIVE ON. ON JUST THE 7702 04:00:32,084 --> 04:00:34,019 REPUTATION ALONE. IT DESERVES A 7703 04:00:34,019 --> 04:00:35,454 SUPPORTED PLACE IN OUR CIVIC 7704 04:00:35,454 --> 04:00:37,122 LIFE. SO INSPIRED BY THE CIVIC 7705 04:00:37,122 --> 04:00:38,690 POET PROGRAM WE HAVE, WE 7706 04:00:38,690 --> 04:00:40,993 DEVELOPED THE FIRST OF ITS KIND 7707 04:00:40,993 --> 04:00:41,627 MUSICIAN LAUREATE PROGRAM, AND 7708 04:00:41,627 --> 04:00:44,096 IT WOULD PAY A LOCAL MUSICIAN TO 7709 04:00:44,096 --> 04:00:44,563 BRING MUSIC INTO OUR 7710 04:00:44,563 --> 04:00:45,764 NEIGHBORHOODS, GATHERINGS, AND 7711 04:00:45,764 --> 04:00:47,966 OUR CIVIC DISCOURSE. SO IN THIS 7712 04:00:47,966 --> 04:00:48,534 TOUGH BUDGET YEAR, THESE 7713 04:00:48,534 --> 04:00:50,402 INVESTMENTS SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE 7714 04:00:50,402 --> 04:00:52,438 THE PEOPLE MAKING SEATTLE'S 7715 04:00:52,438 --> 04:00:54,506 CULTURE BELONG IN SEATTLE'S 7716 04:00:54,506 --> 04:00:56,508 FUTURE. AND MUSIC IS PUBLIC 7717 04:00:56,508 --> 04:00:57,810 SAFETY. LET'S MAKE SEATTLE THE 7718 04:00:57,810 --> 04:00:59,344 CITY OF MUSIC WITH A MUSICIAN 7719 04:00:59,344 --> 04:01:00,679 LAUREATE OF ITS OWN. PLEASE KEEP 7720 04:01:00,679 --> 04:01:02,981 BOTH INVESTMENTS IN THE FINAL 7721 04:01:02,981 --> 04:01:04,750 BUDGET. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 7722 04:01:04,750 --> 04:01:06,652 -- THANK YOU. KAY. UP NEXT IS 7723 04:01:06,652 --> 04:01:13,158 LAUREN. 168. LAUREN 168. GRIFFIN 7724 04:01:13,158 --> 04:01:15,727 169, GRIFFIN 169. SEVEN. SKYE 7725 04:01:15,727 --> 04:01:19,798 170. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. 7726 04:01:19,798 --> 04:01:20,599 -- GOOD EVENING. 7727 04:01:20,599 --> 04:01:21,433 -- CHAIR STRAUSS AND 7728 04:01:21,433 --> 04:01:21,800 COUNCILMEMBERS. 7729 04:01:21,800 --> 04:01:22,601 -- MY NAME IS EVAN FROM DISTRICT 7730 04:01:22,601 --> 04:01:23,769 ONE, PRESIDENT OF THE SEATTLE 7731 04:01:23,769 --> 04:01:24,870 COMPOSERS ALLIANCE AND A SEATTLE 7732 04:01:24,870 --> 04:01:26,805 MUSIC COMMISSIONER LIKE K CHAIR 7733 04:01:26,805 --> 04:01:29,274 STRAUSS. THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING 7734 04:01:29,274 --> 04:01:29,708 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 7735 04:01:29,708 --> 04:01:30,375 HOLLINGSWORTH'S $3 MILLION FOR 7736 04:01:30,375 --> 04:01:32,811 ARTS AND CULTURE, ALSO KNOWN AS 7737 04:01:32,811 --> 04:01:33,445 ARTS TWO AYE AND COUNCILMEMBER 7738 04:01:33,445 --> 04:01:35,214 LIN $20,000 MUSIC LAUREATE 7739 04:01:35,214 --> 04:01:38,083 PILOT, ALSO KNOWN AS OPCD 13 A. 7740 04:01:38,083 --> 04:01:38,684 IN YOUR BALANCING PACKAGE ON 7741 04:01:38,684 --> 04:01:39,718 BEHALF OF THE SEATTLE COMPOSERS 7742 04:01:39,718 --> 04:01:40,519 ALLIANCE AND THE MUSIC 7743 04:01:40,519 --> 04:01:41,587 COMMISSION FOR THE LAUREATE 7744 04:01:41,587 --> 04:01:42,621 PILOT, I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO 7745 04:01:42,621 --> 04:01:44,122 KEEP BOTH IN THE FINAL BUDGET. 7746 04:01:44,122 --> 04:01:46,225 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 7747 04:01:46,225 --> 04:01:47,826 THANK YOU FOR CHAMPIONING THE 7748 04:01:47,826 --> 04:01:49,495 MAJORITY OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS 7749 04:01:49,495 --> 04:01:50,529 AND CULTURE PROPOSALS IN THIS 7750 04:01:50,529 --> 04:01:51,563 PACKAGE, INCLUDING THE 3 MILLION 7751 04:01:51,563 --> 04:01:53,298 FOR ARTS. THANK YOU TO SPONSORS 7752 04:01:53,298 --> 04:01:55,367 FOSTER, RINCK, JUAREZ AND 7753 04:01:55,367 --> 04:01:56,034 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WHO. I ALSO 7754 04:01:56,034 --> 04:01:57,536 WANT TO THANK FOR YOUR 7755 04:01:57,536 --> 04:01:59,171 CONVERSATIONS IN COMMUNITY, 7756 04:01:59,171 --> 04:01:59,972 INCLUDING LISTENING TO THE VOICE 7757 04:01:59,972 --> 04:02:01,340 OF WORKING MUSICIANS ON THE 7758 04:02:01,340 --> 04:02:02,908 MUSIC COMMISSION AND CARING. THE 7759 04:02:02,908 --> 04:02:05,077 MUSIC LAUREATE PILOT FORWARD 7760 04:02:05,077 --> 04:02:07,379 SPONSORED AS WELL BY 7761 04:02:07,379 --> 04:02:07,880 HOLLINGSWORTH AND RINCK 7762 04:02:07,880 --> 04:02:09,314 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AS YOUR 7763 04:02:09,314 --> 04:02:11,750 CONSTITUENT, I SAW LAST WEEK'S 7764 04:02:11,750 --> 04:02:12,851 NEWSLETTER ADVOCATING FOR ONE OF 7765 04:02:12,851 --> 04:02:14,953 OUR. OUR DISTRICT'S LOCAL 7766 04:02:14,953 --> 04:02:16,522 INDEPENDENT MUSIC SCHOOLS. 7767 04:02:16,522 --> 04:02:17,155 PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR COMMITMENT 7768 04:02:17,155 --> 04:02:18,524 TO ACCESSIBLE LOCAL ARTS BY 7769 04:02:18,524 --> 04:02:21,126 SUPPORTING ARTS TWO AYE AND OED 7770 04:02:21,126 --> 04:02:23,428 13 A. AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I'M ALSO 7771 04:02:23,428 --> 04:02:24,229 SYMPATHETIC TO THE CONCERNS OF 7772 04:02:24,229 --> 04:02:25,664 MANY IN THIS ROOM. MANY VOICES 7773 04:02:25,664 --> 04:02:28,200 WE'VE HEARD FROM LAST YEAR, NEW 7774 04:02:28,200 --> 04:02:29,601 YORK ELECTED A MAYOR WHO RAN ON 7775 04:02:29,601 --> 04:02:31,603 TAXING THE RICH. THE WEALTHY 7776 04:02:31,603 --> 04:02:32,638 THREATENED TO LEAVE. YET JUST 7777 04:02:32,638 --> 04:02:35,541 LAST WEEK, THE NEW YORK CITY 7778 04:02:35,541 --> 04:02:37,042 COMPTROLLER RELEASED THE CITY'S 7779 04:02:37,042 --> 04:02:39,978 AUDITED FINANCIALS. THIS IS TAX 7780 04:02:39,978 --> 04:02:42,481 REVENUE THAT GREW 7.4%, COMING 7781 04:02:42,481 --> 04:02:44,349 IN AT $4.9 BILLION OVER BUDGET. 7782 04:02:44,349 --> 04:02:45,617 BILLIONAIRES AND MEGACORPS CAN 7783 04:02:45,617 --> 04:02:46,952 PAY MORE. THEY JUST DON'T WANT 7784 04:02:46,952 --> 04:02:49,788 TO. SIDE NOTE THANK YOU. 7785 04:02:49,788 --> 04:02:51,089 -- THANKS. SEVEN UP NEXT IS 7786 04:02:51,089 --> 04:02:53,792 GRACE LINDSAY, FOLLOWED BY 7787 04:02:53,792 --> 04:02:55,594 ALICIA WILSON AND THEN JESSIE 7788 04:02:55,594 --> 04:03:03,068 WALLACE. 171172. ARE YOU 170? 7789 04:03:03,068 --> 04:03:04,703 -- I'M ONLY 72. 7790 04:03:04,703 --> 04:03:05,871 -- YOU'RE 172. OKAY, GREAT. 7791 04:03:05,871 --> 04:03:09,374 ALICIA GRACE 171. ARE YOU HERE? 7792 04:03:09,374 --> 04:03:12,077 ARE YOU HERE, GRACE? SEEING. NO. 7793 04:03:12,077 --> 04:03:13,845 GRACE. ALICIA. WELCOME UP. 7794 04:03:13,845 --> 04:03:14,112 -- SORRY. 7795 04:03:14,112 --> 04:03:14,780 -- HELLO. 7796 04:03:14,780 --> 04:03:16,214 -- WAIT TILL YOU GET TO. YEP. 7797 04:03:16,214 --> 04:03:17,883 THERE YOU GO. 7798 04:03:17,883 --> 04:03:19,851 -- THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER 7799 04:03:19,851 --> 04:03:21,520 DOING ANYTHING LIKE THIS. MY 7800 04:03:21,520 --> 04:03:23,221 NAME IS ALICIA WILSON, AND I AM 7801 04:03:23,221 --> 04:03:25,157 A MEMBER OF THE HOMELESS 7802 04:03:25,157 --> 04:03:26,925 COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN FOR THE 7803 04:03:26,925 --> 04:03:29,861 PAST SEVEN MONTHS. I 7804 04:03:29,861 --> 04:03:30,329 SUCCESSFULLY OVERCAME 7805 04:03:30,329 --> 04:03:33,298 HOMELESSNESS IN 2023 AND LIVED 7806 04:03:33,298 --> 04:03:34,766 SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE SECTION 7807 04:03:34,766 --> 04:03:36,668 EIGHT HOUSING 7808 04:03:36,668 --> 04:03:38,437 -- ARCHER IN BOTH BELLEVUE AND 7809 04:03:38,437 --> 04:03:40,339 RENTON, ONLY TO MAKE THE MISTAKE 7810 04:03:40,339 --> 04:03:41,106 OF PORTING INTO THE CITY OF 7811 04:03:41,106 --> 04:03:44,876 SEATTLE TO HAVE MY ENTIRE LIFE. 7812 04:03:44,876 --> 04:03:46,144 LIBERTIES AND EVERYTHING THAT I 7813 04:03:46,144 --> 04:03:48,914 HAD BUILT UP AND BECOME STOLEN 7814 04:03:48,914 --> 04:03:51,049 FROM ME. BECAUSE YOUR COURTHOUSE 7815 04:03:51,049 --> 04:03:55,354 TOLD ME NOT TO GO TO. AND 7816 04:03:55,354 --> 04:03:57,489 BECAUSE I SUBMITTED ALL THIS 7817 04:03:57,489 --> 04:03:59,224 EVIDENCE TO THE MAYOR AT THE 7818 04:03:59,224 --> 04:04:01,226 TIME, AND I HAVE FILED 7819 04:04:01,226 --> 04:04:03,629 COMPLAINTS WITH BOTH THE CITY 7820 04:04:03,629 --> 04:04:06,164 AND THE COUNTY. I'M HERE TO 7821 04:04:06,164 --> 04:04:09,134 ADVISE THIS, COUNCILMAN. IF YOU 7822 04:04:09,134 --> 04:04:11,403 CONTINUE TO FACILITATE AND PAY 7823 04:04:11,403 --> 04:04:14,139 PEOPLE TO COMMIT FEDERAL CRIMES, 7824 04:04:14,139 --> 04:04:15,941 YOU ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW. AND 7825 04:04:15,941 --> 04:04:18,644 THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 7826 04:04:18,644 --> 04:04:20,012 GENERAL WILL PROSECUTE YOU TO 7827 04:04:20,012 --> 04:04:21,647 THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. I 7828 04:04:21,647 --> 04:04:24,149 HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO LOSING 7829 04:04:24,149 --> 04:04:25,017 EVERYTHING MY SECTION EIGHT 7830 04:04:25,017 --> 04:04:27,185 HOUSING VOUCHER, MY CHILDREN'S 7831 04:04:27,185 --> 04:04:28,553 HISTORY AND EVIDENCE OF BIRTH. 7832 04:04:28,553 --> 04:04:30,088 ALL BECAUSE I MADE THE MISTAKE 7833 04:04:30,088 --> 04:04:31,790 OF MOVING INTO THE CITY OF 7834 04:04:31,790 --> 04:04:34,359 SEATTLE AND I DIDN'T EVEN OWE A 7835 04:04:34,359 --> 04:04:36,294 PENNY. I HAD A PERFECT RENTAL 7836 04:04:36,294 --> 04:04:39,331 HISTORY AND A GOD 720 CREDIT 7837 04:04:39,331 --> 04:04:41,967 SCORE AND ALL OF IT IS GONE. AND 7838 04:04:41,967 --> 04:04:45,203 IT'S BECAUSE THE CITY IS PAYING 7839 04:04:45,203 --> 04:04:48,774 TO FUND THE CREATION OF THE 7840 04:04:48,774 --> 04:04:50,575 HOMELESS COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S 7841 04:04:50,575 --> 04:04:52,577 WHY THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO FIX 7842 04:04:52,577 --> 04:04:54,579 THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU. 7843 04:04:54,579 --> 04:04:57,249 -- THANK YOU. ALICIA. JESSIE 7844 04:04:57,249 --> 04:05:02,354 WALLACE 173. ARE YOU JESSIE 7845 04:05:02,354 --> 04:05:05,857 YEAH. WELCOME. JESSIE. 7846 04:05:05,857 --> 04:05:06,491 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. MY 7847 04:05:06,491 --> 04:05:08,427 NAME IS JESSIE WALLACE, AND I'VE 7848 04:05:08,427 --> 04:05:10,862 BEEN A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE LAKE 7849 04:05:10,862 --> 04:05:12,531 CITY AREA SINCE 1997. WHEN I 7850 04:05:12,531 --> 04:05:15,734 MOVED HERE TO JOIN THE UNION. 7851 04:05:15,734 --> 04:05:17,169 I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT 7852 04:05:17,169 --> 04:05:20,639 THREE OF MY CHILDREN WERE BORN 7853 04:05:20,639 --> 04:05:23,408 SCHOOLED. THEY MATURED INTO 7854 04:05:23,408 --> 04:05:24,643 PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IN THIS CITY 7855 04:05:24,643 --> 04:05:28,146 WHERE THEY STILL LIVE AND WORK. 7856 04:05:28,146 --> 04:05:31,149 AND TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN MY BACK 7857 04:05:31,149 --> 04:05:32,384 DECIDED TO RETIRE BEFORE I WAS 7858 04:05:32,384 --> 04:05:36,655 QUITE OLD ENOUGH TO. I BECOME 7859 04:05:36,655 --> 04:05:39,524 DISABLED AND HOMELESSNESS HIT ME 7860 04:05:39,524 --> 04:05:40,892 HERE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF 7861 04:05:40,892 --> 04:05:42,627 THE VERY HARD WINTER, AND I 7862 04:05:42,627 --> 04:05:45,530 FOUND THE SHARE WHEEL TENT 7863 04:05:45,530 --> 04:05:51,002 CITIES SEATTLE FRONT LINE AND 7864 04:05:51,002 --> 04:05:52,170 I'M STILL WITH THEM AND I'M 7865 04:05:52,170 --> 04:05:55,340 AT. I RESIDE AT THEIR Y2K 7866 04:05:55,340 --> 04:05:56,842 PROJECT NOW AND I THANK YOU FOR 7867 04:05:56,842 --> 04:05:58,977 ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR US AND THE 7868 04:05:58,977 --> 04:06:01,279 OTHER DAY. CENTERS AND EVERYBODY 7869 04:06:01,279 --> 04:06:02,481 ON THIS COUNCIL DESERVES A THANK 7870 04:06:02,481 --> 04:06:03,115 YOU FOR THE LIBRARY AND THE 7871 04:06:03,115 --> 04:06:05,083 STUFF YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR. 7872 04:06:05,083 --> 04:06:06,384 I'M NOT MAD AT Y'ALL AT ALL, 7873 04:06:06,384 --> 04:06:09,621 BUT I ASKED YOU NOT TO TOUCH THE 7874 04:06:09,621 --> 04:06:11,456 $35 MILLION FOR THE NEW SHELTERS 7875 04:06:11,456 --> 04:06:12,724 BECAUSE THERE'S A HUGE NEED. 7876 04:06:12,724 --> 04:06:14,926 AND WITHOUT SHELTER, Y'ALL KNOW 7877 04:06:14,926 --> 04:06:17,362 PEOPLE DIE. COUNCILMAN LIN'S 7878 04:06:17,362 --> 04:06:18,330 BEEN AN ATHLETE. HE'S HELPED US 7879 04:06:18,330 --> 04:06:21,199 SO MUCH WITH OUR TENT. CITY 7880 04:06:21,199 --> 04:06:22,768 THREE. THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU 7881 04:06:22,768 --> 04:06:24,669 ALL, BECAUSE EVEN THE ONES THAT 7882 04:06:24,669 --> 04:06:26,805 WERE AGAINST US DIDN'T PITCH A 7883 04:06:26,805 --> 04:06:29,207 FIT WHEN THEY LOST IT. AND WE 7884 04:06:29,207 --> 04:06:31,276 APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. AND 7885 04:06:31,276 --> 04:06:32,744 PLEASE, KCHRA MAN. WE HAVE 7886 04:06:32,744 --> 04:06:34,513 SUFFERED ENOUGH. IT NEEDS MERCY 7887 04:06:34,513 --> 04:06:36,915 KILLING OR SOMETHING. IT'S GONE 7888 04:06:36,915 --> 04:06:38,150 SO FAR AND WITHOUT SHELTER, 7889 04:06:38,150 --> 04:06:39,918 PEOPLE DIE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 7890 04:06:39,918 --> 04:06:42,587 -- THANK YOU. JESSIE. WE'VE GOT 7891 04:06:42,587 --> 04:06:46,892 174. REBECCA, ARE YOU HERE? YEP. 7892 04:06:46,892 --> 04:06:51,062 AND THEN 175. DO AND THEN 176. 7893 04:06:51,062 --> 04:06:53,331 ELENA. GREAT. I THINK Y'ALL ARE 7894 04:06:53,331 --> 04:06:55,100 FIGURING IT OUT. I DON'T NEED 7895 04:06:55,100 --> 04:06:57,235 TO KEEP TALKING. REBECCA, 7896 04:06:57,235 --> 04:06:57,569 WELCOME. HI. 7897 04:06:57,569 --> 04:07:00,672 -- THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, 7898 04:07:00,672 --> 04:07:02,507 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 7899 04:07:02,507 --> 04:07:02,874 REBECCA MYERS., 7900 04:07:02,874 --> 04:07:05,177 -- AND I'M THE SITE AND 7901 04:07:05,177 --> 04:07:08,013 PROGRAMS DIRECTOR AT THE BEACON 7902 04:07:08,013 --> 04:07:09,648 FOOD FOREST. I'M HERE TODAY TO 7903 04:07:09,648 --> 04:07:10,916 SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED CUTS TO 7904 04:07:10,916 --> 04:07:12,918 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 7905 04:07:12,918 --> 04:07:15,387 FOOD EQUITY FUND. THIS FUND IS 7906 04:07:15,387 --> 04:07:16,555 REALLY JUST A TINY PIECE OF THE 7907 04:07:16,555 --> 04:07:18,857 CITY BUDGET. CURRENTLY, IT'S 7908 04:07:18,857 --> 04:07:21,159 AROUND 2 MILLION, AND THE 7909 04:07:21,159 --> 04:07:23,061 PROPOSED BUDGET CUT WOULD CUT 7910 04:07:23,061 --> 04:07:25,797 THAT IN HALF. THE FOOD EQUITY 7911 04:07:25,797 --> 04:07:29,434 FUND SUPPORTS COMMUNITY LED 7912 04:07:29,434 --> 04:07:31,670 PROJECTS AROUND FOOD ACCESS AND 7913 04:07:31,670 --> 04:07:33,271 SUSTAINABILITY. IT'S TARGETED 7914 04:07:33,271 --> 04:07:36,741 TO IMPACT OUR MOST VULNERABLE 7915 04:07:36,741 --> 04:07:37,342 AND FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITIES 7916 04:07:37,342 --> 04:07:40,312 LIKE THE BIPOC COMMUNITY. LOW 7917 04:07:40,312 --> 04:07:44,149 INCOME GROUPS, REFUGEES, YOUTH, 7918 04:07:44,149 --> 04:07:46,518 ELDERLY. I FIND IT REALLY 7919 04:07:46,518 --> 04:07:47,452 DISAPPOINTING THAT AT A TIME 7920 04:07:47,452 --> 04:07:49,221 WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 7921 04:07:49,221 --> 04:07:53,658 MAKING HUGE CUTS TO FOOD ACCESS 7922 04:07:53,658 --> 04:07:54,192 AND COMMUNITY GARDENS AND 7923 04:07:54,192 --> 04:07:56,228 AGRICULTURE THAT OUR CITY WOULD 7924 04:07:56,228 --> 04:07:59,831 FOLLOW SUIT AND DO THE SAME SO 7925 04:07:59,831 --> 04:08:01,933 WE HAD THE FOOD FOREST, WERE 7926 04:08:01,933 --> 04:08:03,235 RECIPIENTS OF THE FOOD EQUITY 7927 04:08:03,235 --> 04:08:06,071 GRANT IN 2023, AND IT HELPED US 7928 04:08:06,071 --> 04:08:08,473 TO PAY STAFF SALARIES, EXPAND 7929 04:08:08,473 --> 04:08:10,976 OUR LAND AND CULTIVATION, PLANT 7930 04:08:10,976 --> 04:08:12,410 HUGE NUMBERS OF FRUIT TREES, 7931 04:08:12,410 --> 04:08:14,846 BERRY BUSHES, HOLD EDUCATIONAL 7932 04:08:14,846 --> 04:08:17,382 WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, 7933 04:08:17,382 --> 04:08:19,150 GROW AND SHARE FREE NATIVE 7934 04:08:19,150 --> 04:08:22,087 PLANTS AND SEEDS WITH LOCAL 7935 04:08:22,087 --> 04:08:24,322 TRIBES LIKE THE DUWAMISH AND 7936 04:08:24,322 --> 04:08:25,390 SNOQUALMIE. THESE ARE PLANTS 7937 04:08:25,390 --> 04:08:26,424 THAT OFTEN YOU CAN'T EVEN FIND 7938 04:08:26,424 --> 04:08:28,560 FOR SALE AT LOCAL NURSERIES. SO 7939 04:08:28,560 --> 04:08:31,529 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS 7940 04:08:31,529 --> 04:08:33,265 THE KIND OF COMMUNITY. 7941 04:08:33,265 --> 04:08:37,135 -- GRASSROOTS WORK. THANK YOU 7942 04:08:37,135 --> 04:08:41,940 REBECCA. THANK YOU. AND THEN DO 7943 04:08:41,940 --> 04:08:43,341 WE WE WE. YEAH. I'VE BEEN 7944 04:08:43,341 --> 04:08:44,242 CORRECTED TWICE ALREADY. OVER 7945 04:08:44,242 --> 04:08:45,610 HERE. THANK YOU. 7946 04:08:45,610 --> 04:08:47,345 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA LONG 7947 04:08:47,345 --> 04:08:47,679 -- [LAUGHTER] 7948 04:08:47,679 --> 04:08:47,979 -- EVENING. 7949 04:08:47,979 --> 04:08:49,381 -- [LAUGHTER] 7950 04:08:49,381 --> 04:08:50,916 -- I APPRECIATE YOU. GO FOR IT. 7951 04:08:50,916 --> 04:08:52,484 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 7952 04:08:52,484 --> 04:08:54,419 MY NAME IS DEWEY AND MY DAY JOB? 7953 04:08:54,419 --> 04:08:56,354 I WORK AT A NONPROFIT SUPPORTING 7954 04:08:56,354 --> 04:08:58,223 FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 7955 04:08:58,223 --> 04:08:59,090 I AM PART OF THE U. DISTRICT 7956 04:08:59,090 --> 04:09:01,393 SERVICE PROVIDER ALLIANCE AND, 7957 04:09:01,393 --> 04:09:03,628 AND AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF 7958 04:09:03,628 --> 04:09:05,230 THE U. DISTRICT COMMUNITY 7959 04:09:05,230 --> 04:09:06,264 COUNCIL. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY 7960 04:09:06,264 --> 04:09:08,400 SUPPORT FOR COUNCILMEMBER 7961 04:09:08,400 --> 04:09:09,668 RIVERA'S AMENDMENT TO ALLOCATE 7962 04:09:09,668 --> 04:09:10,735 FUNDING FOR STREET CLEANING IN 7963 04:09:10,735 --> 04:09:12,771 THE U. DISTRICT AND THE MAYOR'S 7964 04:09:12,771 --> 04:09:14,039 FUNDING FOR THE AMBASSADOR 7965 04:09:14,039 --> 04:09:15,440 PROGRAM IN THE U. DISTRICT. I 7966 04:09:15,440 --> 04:09:16,808 HAVE ONLY HEARD GOOD THINGS FROM 7967 04:09:16,808 --> 04:09:18,143 U. DISTRICT SERVICE PROVIDERS 7968 04:09:18,143 --> 04:09:19,477 ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, 7969 04:09:19,477 --> 04:09:21,079 AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE A GOOD 7970 04:09:21,079 --> 04:09:23,448 EXAMPLE OF NON-POLICE 7971 04:09:23,448 --> 04:09:26,651 ALTERNATIVES THAT IMPROVE 7972 04:09:26,651 --> 04:09:27,319 COMMUNITY SAFETY. THEY'RE ABLE 7973 04:09:27,319 --> 04:09:28,086 TO BUILD TRUST WITH THE FOLKS 7974 04:09:28,086 --> 04:09:29,521 WHO ARE LIVING OUTSIDE AND WITH 7975 04:09:29,521 --> 04:09:31,323 OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE U. 7976 04:09:31,323 --> 04:09:33,291 DISTRICT. SO PLEASE SUPPORT THAT 7977 04:09:33,291 --> 04:09:35,093 WORK. SPEAKING OF SMALL 7978 04:09:35,093 --> 04:09:36,261 BUSINESSES IN THE U. DISTRICT, I 7979 04:09:36,261 --> 04:09:38,563 WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR 7980 04:09:38,563 --> 04:09:40,932 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S 7981 04:09:40,932 --> 04:09:41,566 AMENDMENT FOR STOREFRONT REPAIR 7982 04:09:41,566 --> 04:09:44,169 FUND AND COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER 7983 04:09:44,169 --> 04:09:47,806 FOSTERS LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO 7984 04:09:47,806 --> 04:09:48,406 IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO LOWER 7985 04:09:48,406 --> 04:09:49,541 INSURANCE COSTS FOR SMALL 7986 04:09:49,541 --> 04:09:50,408 BUSINESSES. THE MAJORITY OF 7987 04:09:50,408 --> 04:09:51,743 SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE U. 7988 04:09:51,743 --> 04:09:52,677 DISTRICT ARE IMMIGRANT OWNED, 7989 04:09:52,677 --> 04:09:54,646 AND THEY PROVIDE AFFORDABLE FOOD 7990 04:09:54,646 --> 04:09:56,147 TO OUR NEIGHBORS. ANYTHING WE 7991 04:09:56,147 --> 04:10:00,618 CAN DO TO LOWER OPERATING COSTS 7992 04:10:00,618 --> 04:10:01,186 FOR SMALL BUSINESSES HAS MY 7993 04:10:01,186 --> 04:10:03,955 SUPPORT. HOPEFULLY THE INSIGHTS 7994 04:10:03,955 --> 04:10:05,490 THE COUNCIL LEARNED ABOUT 7995 04:10:05,490 --> 04:10:06,992 BUSINESS INSURANCE CAN BE 7996 04:10:06,992 --> 04:10:08,860 APPLIED TO LOWERING INSURANCE 7997 04:10:08,860 --> 04:10:09,461 COSTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 7998 04:10:09,461 --> 04:10:10,996 PROVIDERS, AS WELL. FINALLY, 7999 04:10:10,996 --> 04:10:13,131 I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PITCH TO 8000 04:10:13,131 --> 04:10:14,599 INCREASE THE INVESTMENT FOR THE 8001 04:10:14,599 --> 04:10:16,368 OFFICE OF HOUSING FROM $5 8002 04:10:16,368 --> 04:10:18,870 MILLION TO $10 MILLION. I ALSO 8003 04:10:18,870 --> 04:10:20,672 NOTICED THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINGS 8004 04:10:20,672 --> 04:10:21,172 LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPT TO 8005 04:10:21,172 --> 04:10:23,308 INVESTIGATE THE $13 MILLION OF 8006 04:10:23,308 --> 04:10:24,809 OVERPAYMENT AND SPD WAGES IS 8007 04:10:24,809 --> 04:10:26,277 MISSING FROM THE BALANCING 8008 04:10:26,277 --> 04:10:29,280 BALANCING PACKAGE. 8009 04:10:29,280 --> 04:10:31,016 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ELENA, 8010 04:10:31,016 --> 04:10:35,487 GREAT TO SEE YOU. WELCOME BACK. 8011 04:10:35,487 --> 04:10:35,987 THANK YOU FOR WAITING. 8012 04:10:35,987 --> 04:10:37,055 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL 8013 04:10:37,055 --> 04:10:37,856 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ELENA 8014 04:10:37,856 --> 04:10:39,290 ARAKAKI AND I'M HERE 8015 04:10:39,290 --> 04:10:39,924 REPRESENTING FRIENDS OF LITTLE 8016 04:10:39,924 --> 04:10:41,259 SAIGON AND DISTRICT TWO, AND 8017 04:10:41,259 --> 04:10:43,661 ALSO AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY 8018 04:10:43,661 --> 04:10:45,130 VISIONING ADVISORY GROUP. I'M 8019 04:10:45,130 --> 04:10:47,532 HERE TO SUPPORT COUNCIL BUDGET 8020 04:10:47,532 --> 04:10:49,567 ACTION. EDDIE 006 B, WHICH WILL 8021 04:10:49,567 --> 04:10:51,169 RESTORE THE STABILIZE, ACTIVATE 8022 04:10:51,169 --> 04:10:52,303 AND INVEST LOCALLY FUND IN THE 8023 04:10:52,303 --> 04:10:54,606 C, D AND LAKE CITY THE BUDGET 8024 04:10:54,606 --> 04:10:56,207 ACTION SUPPORTS INVESTMENTS IN 8025 04:10:56,207 --> 04:10:57,475 SAFETY THROUGH FUNDING THE CITY 8026 04:10:57,475 --> 04:10:59,177 SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND 8027 04:10:59,177 --> 04:11:00,712 IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS PARK 8028 04:11:00,712 --> 04:11:02,247 ACTIVATIONS, RIGHT OF WAY 8029 04:11:02,247 --> 04:11:04,315 INVESTMENTS AND CONTINUED 8030 04:11:04,315 --> 04:11:04,949 CLEANING SERVICES. THIS PAST 8031 04:11:04,949 --> 04:11:06,418 YEAR, SALE FUNDING HAS BEEN 8032 04:11:06,418 --> 04:11:07,685 CRUCIAL FOR THE SAFETY, HEALTH 8033 04:11:07,685 --> 04:11:09,888 AND ACTIVATION OF LITTLE SAIGON. 8034 04:11:09,888 --> 04:11:11,790 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT 16 8035 04:11:11,790 --> 04:11:13,425 SMALL BUSINESSES AND HAVE FUNDED 8036 04:11:13,425 --> 04:11:14,459 14 EVENTS AT HOME PARK, WHICH IS 8037 04:11:14,459 --> 04:11:16,094 LITTLE SAIGONS ONLY PUBLIC GREEN 8038 04:11:16,094 --> 04:11:19,364 SPACE. HOWEVER, FUNDING IS. THIS 8039 04:11:19,364 --> 04:11:20,131 FUNDING ISN'T ENOUGH. IN 8040 04:11:20,131 --> 04:11:21,699 ADDITION TO THESE INVESTMENTS, 8041 04:11:21,699 --> 04:11:23,668 WE ASK FOR BETTER COORDINATION 8042 04:11:23,668 --> 04:11:25,303 BETWEEN SPD AND OTHER 8043 04:11:25,303 --> 04:11:25,904 DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS STREET 8044 04:11:25,904 --> 04:11:27,605 LEVEL ISSUES AT THEIR ROOT CAUSE 8045 04:11:27,605 --> 04:11:29,140 SO THAT INVESTMENTS WE MAKE TO 8046 04:11:29,140 --> 04:11:29,741 THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN ACTUALLY 8047 04:11:29,741 --> 04:11:32,043 TAKE HOLD AND MAKE A LASTING 8048 04:11:32,043 --> 04:11:33,745 IMPACT. WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT 8049 04:11:33,745 --> 04:11:35,280 TO. WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO 8050 04:11:35,280 --> 04:11:38,650 RESTORE SALE FUNDING THROUGH 8051 04:11:38,650 --> 04:11:39,751 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION 0006 B TO 8052 04:11:39,751 --> 04:11:41,519 ALLOW US TO CONTINUE OUR CURRENT 8053 04:11:41,519 --> 04:11:42,620 WORK AND FOR YOUR HELP, GETTING 8054 04:11:42,620 --> 04:11:44,022 THE CITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO 8055 04:11:44,022 --> 04:11:45,256 IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN LITTLE 8056 04:11:45,256 --> 04:11:47,125 SAIGON. WE ALSO SUPPORT THE $37 8057 04:11:47,125 --> 04:11:49,094 MILLION IN SHELTER INVESTMENTS. 8058 04:11:49,094 --> 04:11:51,830 THANK YOU. 8059 04:11:51,830 --> 04:11:54,632 -- THANK YOU. WE HAVE 177 DENNIS 8060 04:11:54,632 --> 04:11:59,771 HICKS. AND THEN REMINDER, THE C 8061 04:11:59,771 --> 04:12:03,441 PARK GARAGE CLOSES IN 45 8062 04:12:03,441 --> 04:12:06,211 MINUTES. DENNIS, WELCOME. ALL 8063 04:12:06,211 --> 04:12:07,245 RIGHT. 8064 04:12:07,245 --> 04:12:07,912 -- LET ME KNOW WHEN. I CAN 8065 04:12:07,912 --> 04:12:08,146 START. 8066 04:12:08,146 --> 04:12:09,547 -- YOU WANT TO GRAB THE 8067 04:12:09,547 --> 04:12:10,348 MICROPHONE AS CLOSE TO YOUR FACE 8068 04:12:10,348 --> 04:12:13,151 AS POSSIBLE. A LITTLE BIT 8069 04:12:13,151 --> 04:12:13,518 CLOSER. I'M. 8070 04:12:13,518 --> 04:12:13,952 -- HEAR ME NOW. 8071 04:12:13,952 --> 04:12:15,420 -- THERE WE GO. 8072 04:12:15,420 --> 04:12:16,054 -- ALL RIGHT. GREAT TO SEE YOU 8073 04:12:16,054 --> 04:12:18,490 ALL. GREAT TO MEET YOU ALL. MY 8074 04:12:18,490 --> 04:12:19,791 NAME IS SALES ASSOCIATE. I'M 8075 04:12:19,791 --> 04:12:23,128 GONNA SAY THAT FOR A REASON. 8076 04:12:23,128 --> 04:12:26,331 WHEN YOU'RE AT A JOB AND THE 8077 04:12:26,331 --> 04:12:28,299 POLICE CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH 8078 04:12:28,299 --> 04:12:30,401 YOU, THEY FORGET YOU'RE HUMAN. 8079 04:12:30,401 --> 04:12:31,402 AFTER GOING THROUGH A FULL DAY 8080 04:12:31,402 --> 04:12:34,472 OF WORK AS A SALES ASSOCIATE, AS 8081 04:12:34,472 --> 04:12:36,574 A MEMBER OF ANY COUNCIL, AS A 8082 04:12:36,574 --> 04:12:40,478 BASKETBALL COACH, AS A A 8083 04:12:40,478 --> 04:12:42,714 COORDINATOR OF A GROUP, YOU WANT 8084 04:12:42,714 --> 04:12:44,716 TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE JUST 8085 04:12:44,716 --> 04:12:46,417 SO YOU KEEP YOUR SAFETY TO. WHEN 8086 04:12:46,417 --> 04:12:49,754 YOU'RE ATTACKED AT WORK AND YOU 8087 04:12:49,754 --> 04:12:51,589 DON'T. AND YOU DON'T GET THE 8088 04:12:51,589 --> 04:12:52,891 OPPORTUNITY TO PAY FOR YOUR 8089 04:12:52,891 --> 04:12:57,162 HOUSING. YOU NEED THESE TYPE OF. 8090 04:12:57,162 --> 04:12:59,731 PROGRAMS TO RESTART YOUR LIFE 8091 04:12:59,731 --> 04:13:01,966 BECAUSE EARLIER THIS YEAR, I WAS 8092 04:13:01,966 --> 04:13:03,902 ATTACKED AT BY POLICE AT MY JOB 8093 04:13:03,902 --> 04:13:05,403 BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T JUST HAVE 8094 04:13:05,403 --> 04:13:07,839 THE PATIENCE TO WAIT 40 MORE 8095 04:13:07,839 --> 04:13:08,973 MINUTES SO I CAN GET IN CONTACT 8096 04:13:08,973 --> 04:13:13,745 WITH MY. MY SUPERIORS AND MY 8097 04:13:13,745 --> 04:13:17,649 MANAGERS OVER A SMALL DISPUTE 8098 04:13:17,649 --> 04:13:20,552 THAT 40 TO 50 MORE MINUTES VIDEO 8099 04:13:20,552 --> 04:13:23,188 FOOTAGE COULD HAVE SHOWED MY MY 8100 04:13:23,188 --> 04:13:26,391 SIDE OF THE INCIDENT AND THE 8101 04:13:26,391 --> 04:13:27,959 OTHER PARTY'S INCIDENT. WHEN I 8102 04:13:27,959 --> 04:13:30,061 GET INTO THE JAIL AND I TELL 8103 04:13:30,061 --> 04:13:32,096 THESE PEOPLE I WAS ATTACKED AT 8104 04:13:32,096 --> 04:13:33,164 WORK THAT THE INCIDENT THING I 8105 04:13:33,164 --> 04:13:36,100 SEE IS CAMARADERIE AMONGST 8106 04:13:36,100 --> 04:13:37,735 INMATES. YOU KNOW, AS CONVICTS, 8107 04:13:37,735 --> 04:13:40,338 THE PEOPLE Y'ALL LOOK DOWN ON 8108 04:13:40,338 --> 04:13:41,839 FOR SOME REASON, WE TOOK CARE OF 8109 04:13:41,839 --> 04:13:44,108 THE PEOPLE WHO DID BECOME DOPE, 8110 04:13:44,108 --> 04:13:45,610 SICK AND WILD N OUT FOR 8111 04:13:45,610 --> 04:13:48,713 SUBOXONES. PLEASE PUT THE 8112 04:13:48,713 --> 04:13:50,281 FUNDING BACK INTO PEOPLE'S 8113 04:13:50,281 --> 04:13:52,984 HANDS, PUT THE FUNDING BACK IN 8114 04:13:52,984 --> 04:13:53,318 THE PROGRAM. 8115 04:13:53,318 --> 04:14:00,925 -- THANK YOU GOT MEREDITH 178. 8116 04:14:00,925 --> 04:14:03,528 WELCOME UP. AND IF YOU ARE 8117 04:14:03,528 --> 04:14:07,765 17918181, 182183184185 ANY OF 8118 04:14:07,765 --> 04:14:08,933 THESE NUMBERS, PLEASE LINE UP. 8119 04:14:08,933 --> 04:14:12,036 IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO NOT GET 8120 04:14:12,036 --> 04:14:18,042 OUR CARS LOCKED IN THE GARAGE. 8121 04:14:18,042 --> 04:14:18,676 -- MY NAME IS MEREDITH. I'M A 8122 04:14:18,676 --> 04:14:20,612 MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE ALLIANCE 8123 04:14:20,612 --> 04:14:22,480 AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL 8124 04:14:22,480 --> 04:14:23,948 REPRESSION. BEFORE I GET INTO 8125 04:14:23,948 --> 04:14:26,451 IT, I WANT TO SAY HOW I AM 8126 04:14:26,451 --> 04:14:27,986 DISAPPOINTED, BUT NOT SURPRISED 8127 04:14:27,986 --> 04:14:29,621 THAT WHEN A TEEN SHOOTS AT THE 8128 04:14:29,621 --> 04:14:32,190 BIGHT OF SEATTLE, YOU ARE ALL 8129 04:14:32,190 --> 04:14:33,424 ABOUT POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT 8130 04:14:33,424 --> 04:14:35,093 WHEN THE POLICE, ARMED WITH GUNS 8131 04:14:35,093 --> 04:14:37,395 THAT WE PAY FOR KILL BLACK 8132 04:14:37,395 --> 04:14:39,797 PEOPLE, WE GET SILENCE FROM YOU. 8133 04:14:39,797 --> 04:14:41,032 THREE IN THE LAST YEAR IN THIS 8134 04:14:41,032 --> 04:14:43,301 CITY. DO YOU KNOW THEIR NAMES? 8135 04:14:43,301 --> 04:14:44,202 I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU. LOOK 8136 04:14:44,202 --> 04:14:47,038 IT UP. ADDING MORE POLICE 8137 04:14:47,038 --> 04:14:48,773 OFFICERS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID 8138 04:14:48,773 --> 04:14:50,908 DOES NOT HAVE A STATISTICALLY 8139 04:14:50,908 --> 04:14:51,476 SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON CRIME 8140 04:14:51,476 --> 04:14:53,578 RATES CONTINUING TO INCREASE THE 8141 04:14:53,578 --> 04:14:56,180 POLICE BUDGET, AND NUMBERS OF 8142 04:14:56,180 --> 04:14:57,482 POLICE OFFICERS IS JUST SETTING 8143 04:14:57,482 --> 04:14:58,082 YOURSELF UP FOR A BOONDOGGLE 8144 04:14:58,082 --> 04:14:59,584 THAT NONE OF US CAN GET OUT OF. 8145 04:14:59,584 --> 04:15:01,185 EVERY TIME YOU ADD POLICE 8146 04:15:01,185 --> 04:15:02,053 POSITIONS, YOU'RE SETTING 8147 04:15:02,053 --> 04:15:04,188 YOURSELF UP FOR EVEN MORE 8148 04:15:04,188 --> 04:15:05,089 INCREASES DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE 8149 04:15:05,089 --> 04:15:06,524 YOU ALL AND WHOEVER IS THE MAYOR 8150 04:15:06,524 --> 04:15:07,692 AT THE TIME ALWAYS SEEM TO ROLL 8151 04:15:07,692 --> 04:15:09,994 OVER FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE 8152 04:15:09,994 --> 04:15:10,895 OFFICERS GUILD. LAST TIME YOU 8153 04:15:10,895 --> 04:15:12,997 BARGAINED, YOU GAVE THEM 42% 8154 04:15:12,997 --> 04:15:14,465 WAGE INCREASES. NO OTHER CITY 8155 04:15:14,465 --> 04:15:15,466 DEPARTMENT GETS WAGE INCREASES 8156 04:15:15,466 --> 04:15:16,801 LIKE THAT. I KNOW BECAUSE I WORK 8157 04:15:16,801 --> 04:15:20,038 FOR ONE. WHEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS 8158 04:15:20,038 --> 04:15:20,638 HAVE UNFILLED POSITIONS IN A 8159 04:15:20,638 --> 04:15:22,974 BUDGET CRISIS, THEY LOSE THOSE 8160 04:15:22,974 --> 04:15:23,841 POSITIONS AND THAT MONEY. AGAIN, 8161 04:15:23,841 --> 04:15:25,810 I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WORK FOR 8162 04:15:25,810 --> 04:15:28,980 ONE. WHY ARE THE POLICE SO 8163 04:15:28,980 --> 04:15:29,881 SPECIAL TO YOU? IF MORE POLICE 8164 04:15:29,881 --> 04:15:32,283 DON'T REDUCE CRIME, THE ONLY 8165 04:15:32,283 --> 04:15:33,718 REASON TO INCREASE THE POLICE 8166 04:15:33,718 --> 04:15:35,320 BUDGET IS BECAUSE YOU SHARE 8167 04:15:35,320 --> 04:15:35,853 CORPORATE DONORS WITH THE 8168 04:15:35,853 --> 04:15:36,487 SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS GUILD, 8169 04:15:36,487 --> 04:15:37,622 AND YOU WOULD RATHER SAY THAT 8170 04:15:37,622 --> 04:15:38,723 YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT 8171 04:15:38,723 --> 04:15:41,526 THE PROBLEM OF CRIME WITHOUT 8172 04:15:41,526 --> 04:15:43,261 DOING ANYTHING TO SOLVE THAT 8173 04:15:43,261 --> 04:15:45,363 PROBLEM. IT IS FISCALLY 8174 04:15:45,363 --> 04:15:47,231 IRRESPONSIBLE FOR YOU TO PUT 60 8175 04:15:47,231 --> 04:15:48,199 MILLION MORE DOLLARS INTO THE 8176 04:15:48,199 --> 04:15:49,100 POLICE BUDGET, INSTEAD OF 8177 04:15:49,100 --> 04:15:51,402 FUNDING THINGS THAT WILL REDUCE 8178 04:15:51,402 --> 04:15:52,970 CRIME. 8179 04:15:52,970 --> 04:15:54,605 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS STACY, 8180 04:15:54,605 --> 04:15:56,274 FOLLOWED BY RACHEL. WELCOME, 8181 04:15:56,274 --> 04:15:58,976 STACY. STACY. YEP. WELCOME. 8182 04:15:58,976 --> 04:15:59,544 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? 8183 04:15:59,544 --> 04:16:00,878 -- WE CAN. 8184 04:16:00,878 --> 04:16:03,081 -- OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS STACY 8185 04:16:03,081 --> 04:16:05,316 WOODS. I WORK FOR THE WEST 8186 04:16:05,316 --> 04:16:06,317 SEATTLE JUNCTION ASSOCIATION, 8187 04:16:06,317 --> 04:16:08,152 THE WEST SEATTLE BIA. I WANT TO 8188 04:16:08,152 --> 04:16:10,221 THANK YOU. SAY THANK YOU TO THE 8189 04:16:10,221 --> 04:16:13,291 BUDGET CHAIR. AND ALSO 8190 04:16:13,291 --> 04:16:14,359 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR 8191 04:16:14,359 --> 04:16:14,992 SUPPORTING WEST SEATTLE THROUGH 8192 04:16:14,992 --> 04:16:17,095 THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AMENDMENT. 8193 04:16:17,095 --> 04:16:19,664 THE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR 8194 04:16:19,664 --> 04:16:21,032 BUSINESS DISTRICT CLEANUP AND 8195 04:16:21,032 --> 04:16:23,701 PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS. VETERANS 8196 04:16:23,701 --> 04:16:25,636 SHELTER PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 8197 04:16:25,636 --> 04:16:26,270 CENTER PROGRAMING WOULD ADDRESS 8198 04:16:26,270 --> 04:16:29,006 REAL NEEDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 8199 04:16:29,006 --> 04:16:29,607 OUR ORGANIZATION IS FACING A 8200 04:16:29,607 --> 04:16:31,709 BUDGET DEFICIT, AND IN 2027, 8201 04:16:31,709 --> 04:16:32,343 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE 8202 04:16:32,343 --> 04:16:34,445 SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT 8203 04:16:34,445 --> 04:16:35,913 WHICH PROGRAMS TO SUSTAIN AND 8204 04:16:35,913 --> 04:16:37,982 WHICH ONES TO CUT. INCLUDING 8205 04:16:37,982 --> 04:16:40,918 CLEAN AND SAFE, WHICH ARE VERY, 8206 04:16:40,918 --> 04:16:41,786 VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SMALL 8207 04:16:41,786 --> 04:16:43,254 BUSINESSES IN WEST SEATTLE. 8208 04:16:43,254 --> 04:16:43,888 THESE SERVICES ARE PART OF THE 8209 04:16:43,888 --> 04:16:45,890 DAILY WORK THAT KEEPS THE 8210 04:16:45,890 --> 04:16:49,060 JUNCTION WELCOMING AND THRIVING. 8211 04:16:49,060 --> 04:16:50,862 SO WITH CITY SUPPORT WOULD HELP 8212 04:16:50,862 --> 04:16:51,829 MAINTAIN THAT WORK AT A TIME 8213 04:16:51,829 --> 04:16:54,399 WHEN OUR RESOURCES, RESOURCES 8214 04:16:54,399 --> 04:16:58,202 ARE FALLING SHORT. IT WOULD ALSO 8215 04:16:58,202 --> 04:16:58,803 SUPPORT COMMUNITY SPACES AND 8216 04:16:58,803 --> 04:17:00,171 SERVICES AND HELP PEOPLE CONNECT 8217 04:17:00,171 --> 04:17:01,973 AND GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. I 8218 04:17:01,973 --> 04:17:04,308 URGE THE COUNCIL TO PRESERVE 8219 04:17:04,308 --> 04:17:06,077 THIS FUNDING THROUGH BUDGET 8220 04:17:06,077 --> 04:17:06,644 ADOPTION. THESE INVESTMENTS 8221 04:17:06,644 --> 04:17:08,012 MATTER TO WEST SEATTLE, AND WE 8222 04:17:08,012 --> 04:17:09,280 NEED YOUR PARTNERSHIP TO KEEP 8223 04:17:09,280 --> 04:17:12,150 THEM IN PLACE. 8224 04:17:12,150 --> 04:17:15,353 -- THANK YOU. RACHEL PORTER, 8225 04:17:15,353 --> 04:17:15,653 WELCOME UP. 8226 04:17:15,653 --> 04:17:17,588 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 8227 04:17:17,588 --> 04:17:18,689 COUNCILMEMBERS. JUST KIDDING. 8228 04:17:18,689 --> 04:17:20,291 GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RACHEL 8229 04:17:20,291 --> 04:17:22,226 PORTER. I'M THE EXECUTIVE 8230 04:17:22,226 --> 04:17:23,327 DIRECTOR FOR THE WEST SEATTLE 8231 04:17:23,327 --> 04:17:25,463 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHERE WE 8232 04:17:25,463 --> 04:17:27,865 REPRESENT MORE THAN 350 8233 04:17:27,865 --> 04:17:29,801 BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS 8234 04:17:29,801 --> 04:17:30,301 ACROSS THE WEST SEATTLE 8235 04:17:30,301 --> 04:17:32,203 PENINSULA. IN DISTRICT ONE, 8236 04:17:32,203 --> 04:17:34,439 WHERE WE SAY BUSINESS MEANS 8237 04:17:34,439 --> 04:17:36,073 COMMUNITY. OUR SMALL BUSINESSES 8238 04:17:36,073 --> 04:17:38,242 HIRE OUR NEIGHBORS, GENERATE TAX 8239 04:17:38,242 --> 04:17:39,844 REVENUE, AND REINVEST BACK INTO 8240 04:17:39,844 --> 04:17:41,179 SEATTLE. THEY ARE THE BACKBONE 8241 04:17:41,179 --> 04:17:42,814 OF OUR ECONOMY AND OUR 8242 04:17:42,814 --> 04:17:45,216 INDEPENDENT CHARACTER IN WEST 8243 04:17:45,216 --> 04:17:46,284 SEATTLE. TODAY, WE ASK YOU TO 8244 04:17:46,284 --> 04:17:48,152 PASS COUNCILMEMBER SAKA BUDGET 8245 04:17:48,152 --> 04:17:49,720 AMENDMENTS, FUNDING, BUSINESS 8246 04:17:49,720 --> 04:17:51,689 DISTRICT CLEANUP AND 8247 04:17:51,689 --> 04:17:54,492 IMPROVEMENTS, VETERANS SHELTER 8248 04:17:54,492 --> 04:17:55,092 PLANNING AND COMMUNITY CENTER 8249 04:17:55,092 --> 04:17:57,695 PROGRAMING. THESE INVESTMENTS 8250 04:17:57,695 --> 04:17:59,597 BELONG TOGETHER. CLEANER 8251 04:17:59,597 --> 04:18:01,199 COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS BRING IN 8252 04:18:01,199 --> 04:18:03,868 CUSTOMERS AND CUT COSTS FOR 8253 04:18:03,868 --> 04:18:04,435 OWNERS ALREADY STRETCHED SO 8254 04:18:04,435 --> 04:18:06,404 THIN. VETERAN SHELTER PLANNING 8255 04:18:06,404 --> 04:18:08,606 GIVES THE CITY A REAL PATH ON 8256 04:18:08,606 --> 04:18:11,409 HOUSING INSTABILITY. COMMUNITY 8257 04:18:11,409 --> 04:18:13,478 CENTER PROGRAMING KEEPS ARTS AND 8258 04:18:13,478 --> 04:18:15,546 CULTURES MOVING. WHEN A 8259 04:18:15,546 --> 04:18:16,481 NEIGHBORHOOD IS CLEAN, CARED 8260 04:18:16,481 --> 04:18:19,116 FOR, AND FULL OF REASONS TO 8261 04:18:19,116 --> 04:18:21,285 VISIT, PEOPLE STAY AND SPEND 8262 04:18:21,285 --> 04:18:22,920 LOCALLY. THAT IS ECONOMIC 8263 04:18:22,920 --> 04:18:25,156 DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION. WE 8264 04:18:25,156 --> 04:18:26,858 APPRECIATE THE BUDGET CHAIR AND 8265 04:18:26,858 --> 04:18:27,492 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR BRINGING 8266 04:18:27,492 --> 04:18:29,694 THESE PRIORITIES FORWARD. THE 8267 04:18:29,694 --> 04:18:31,195 CHAMBER AND OUR PARTNERS WORK 8268 04:18:31,195 --> 04:18:33,564 EVERY DAY TO MAKE WEST SEATTLE 8269 04:18:33,564 --> 04:18:35,099 THE BEST SEATTLE SHOPPING LOCAL 8270 04:18:35,099 --> 04:18:36,868 MATTERS, BUT INVESTING LOCALLY 8271 04:18:36,868 --> 04:18:39,003 MATTERS TOO. PLEASE PASS 8272 04:18:39,003 --> 04:18:40,304 COUNCILMEMBER SHON BARNES 8273 04:18:40,304 --> 04:18:42,440 AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. 8274 04:18:42,440 --> 04:18:47,144 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS LESLIE 8275 04:18:47,144 --> 04:18:49,380 STEWART. WELCOME. 8276 04:18:49,380 --> 04:18:50,815 -- THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, 8277 04:18:50,815 --> 04:18:52,517 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 8278 04:18:52,517 --> 04:18:54,819 LESLIE STEWART AND I WORK IN 8279 04:18:54,819 --> 04:18:56,521 DISTRICT TWO. I AM THE YOUTH 8280 04:18:56,521 --> 04:18:58,723 DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT ASIAN 8281 04:18:58,723 --> 04:19:00,458 COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE, 8282 04:19:00,458 --> 04:19:01,425 AND OUR ORGANIZATION IS A PART 8283 04:19:01,425 --> 04:19:03,861 OF THE COALITION ENDING GENDER 8284 04:19:03,861 --> 04:19:06,030 BASED VIOLENCE. WE THANK THE 8285 04:19:06,030 --> 04:19:07,698 COUNCIL'S SUPPORT AND 8286 04:19:07,698 --> 04:19:09,867 COUNCILMEMBER, RINCK FOR BEING A 8287 04:19:09,867 --> 04:19:14,272 CHAMPION OF BUDGET HSD 030 C, 8288 04:19:14,272 --> 04:19:16,674 WHICH ADDS $5 MILLION IN ONGOING 8289 04:19:16,674 --> 04:19:19,677 FUNDS FOR SURVIVORS. OUR YOUTH 8290 04:19:19,677 --> 04:19:20,311 DEVELOPMENT TEAM PROVIDES SEXUAL 8291 04:19:20,311 --> 04:19:22,446 ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 8292 04:19:22,446 --> 04:19:24,348 PREVENTION SERVICES TO YOUTH. 8293 04:19:24,348 --> 04:19:26,517 THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH WE SERVE 8294 04:19:26,517 --> 04:19:28,686 ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. THEY 8295 04:19:28,686 --> 04:19:30,388 REPRESENT VARIOUS INTERSECTING 8296 04:19:30,388 --> 04:19:32,456 IDENTITIES, SUCH AS BEING 8297 04:19:32,456 --> 04:19:36,160 IMMIGRANTS, BEING ASIAN YOUTH OF 8298 04:19:36,160 --> 04:19:38,362 COLOR, LGBTQ PLUS AND LOW 8299 04:19:38,362 --> 04:19:40,531 INCOME. WE ARE BEING ASKED TO 8300 04:19:40,531 --> 04:19:42,199 PROVIDE MORE SERVICES AT SEATTLE 8301 04:19:42,199 --> 04:19:43,968 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND WE DO NOT 8302 04:19:43,968 --> 04:19:48,072 HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO DO SO. WE 8303 04:19:48,072 --> 04:19:48,573 HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE 8304 04:19:48,573 --> 04:19:50,374 IMPORTANCE FOR YOUTH GENDER 8305 04:19:50,374 --> 04:19:52,777 BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION 8306 04:19:52,777 --> 04:19:54,845 SERVICES. THIS FUNDING IS FOR 8307 04:19:54,845 --> 04:19:57,682 THE TRAFFICKED YOUTH COPING 8308 04:19:57,682 --> 04:19:58,749 THROUGH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND 8309 04:19:58,749 --> 04:20:00,618 SEEKING OUR HELP. THE YOUTH WHO 8310 04:20:00,618 --> 04:20:02,053 HAVE SHARED. THEY WERE ABLE TO 8311 04:20:02,053 --> 04:20:04,422 AVOID AN UNSAFE SITUATION 8312 04:20:04,422 --> 04:20:07,058 BECAUSE OF THE SKILLS THEY 8313 04:20:07,058 --> 04:20:08,092 LEARNED. THE STUDENT WHO FOUND A 8314 04:20:08,092 --> 04:20:09,660 SAFE ADULT WITHIN OUR PREVENTION 8315 04:20:09,660 --> 04:20:11,429 TEAM AT THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL. 8316 04:20:11,429 --> 04:20:13,931 THEY ATTEND 8317 04:20:13,931 --> 04:20:14,198 -- AS A. 8318 04:20:14,198 --> 04:20:15,866 -- DV SURVIVOR MYSELF, I'VE 8319 04:20:15,866 --> 04:20:17,668 BENEFITED FROM DV ADVOCATE 8320 04:20:17,668 --> 04:20:18,169 SERVICES AND I KNOW THE 8321 04:20:18,169 --> 04:20:21,105 IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK. I URGE 8322 04:20:21,105 --> 04:20:25,076 CITY OF SEATTLE TO PLEASE INVEST 8323 04:20:25,076 --> 04:20:25,543 MORE IN UNDERFUNDED. 8324 04:20:25,543 --> 04:20:27,278 -- PREVENTION SERVICES. 8325 04:20:27,278 --> 04:20:30,481 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 8326 04:20:30,481 --> 04:20:34,719 AMARIA, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY 8327 04:20:34,719 --> 04:20:40,091 -- HELLO OKAY. GOOD EVENING, 8328 04:20:40,091 --> 04:20:42,259 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M AMIRAH ZIADA 8329 04:20:42,259 --> 04:20:44,261 WITH OPEIU LOCAL EIGHT. OUR 8330 04:20:44,261 --> 04:20:46,197 MEMBERS ARE THE FRONTLINE 8331 04:20:46,197 --> 04:20:46,697 WORKERS WHO RUN SEATTLE 8332 04:20:46,697 --> 04:20:48,833 SHELTERS. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND 8333 04:20:48,833 --> 04:20:51,936 THE CITY'S RV SAFE LOTS. 8334 04:20:51,936 --> 04:20:52,703 EVERYONE IN THIS CITY NEEDS A 8335 04:20:52,703 --> 04:20:54,071 SAFE PLACE TO BE AND A PATHWAY 8336 04:20:54,071 --> 04:20:56,040 HOME. THIS BUDGET STARTS TO 8337 04:20:56,040 --> 04:20:58,109 BUILD THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR 8338 04:20:58,109 --> 04:20:58,709 WILSON, FOR EXPANDING SHELTER 8339 04:20:58,709 --> 04:21:01,779 AND FOR VETOING THE RV PERMIT 8340 04:21:01,779 --> 04:21:02,813 PROGRAM. TOWING SOMEONE'S HOME 8341 04:21:02,813 --> 04:21:03,614 PUSHES THEM ONTO THE STREET. SO 8342 04:21:03,614 --> 04:21:06,050 PLEASE MAINTAIN THAT VETO. THANK 8343 04:21:06,050 --> 04:21:08,619 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR 8344 04:21:08,619 --> 04:21:10,021 FUNDING A NEW SAFE LOT. AND 8345 04:21:10,021 --> 04:21:12,523 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 8346 04:21:12,523 --> 04:21:13,824 FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES. SHELTER 8347 04:21:13,824 --> 04:21:15,760 KEEPS PEOPLE SAFE TONIGHT, BUT 8348 04:21:15,760 --> 04:21:17,461 EVERY SHELTER BED SHOULD BE A 8349 04:21:17,461 --> 04:21:20,331 STEP TOWARDS A HOME EVERY 8350 04:21:20,331 --> 04:21:21,966 SHELTER BED, EVERY SAFE LOT, AND 8351 04:21:21,966 --> 04:21:24,001 EVERY NEW HOME NEEDS A WORKER. 8352 04:21:24,001 --> 04:21:28,005 OUR MEMBERS FACE A 37% WAGE GAP 8353 04:21:28,005 --> 04:21:29,440 COMPARED TO SIMILAR PUBLIC 8354 04:21:29,440 --> 04:21:31,742 SECTOR WORK, AND WHEN SOME WHEN 8355 04:21:31,742 --> 04:21:32,443 EXPERIENCED CASEWORKERS LEAVE 8356 04:21:32,443 --> 04:21:33,878 THE TRUST, THEY BUILT LEAVES 8357 04:21:33,878 --> 04:21:38,449 WITH THEM AND CLIENTS START 8358 04:21:38,449 --> 04:21:40,685 OVER. THAT'S A THAT'S SOMETHING 8359 04:21:40,685 --> 04:21:41,285 WE CAN PREVENT. COUNCILMEMBER 8360 04:21:41,285 --> 04:21:43,220 LYNN'S 3% WAGE EQUITY INCREASE 8361 04:21:43,220 --> 04:21:45,556 WAS A REAL STEP, AND IT WAS LEFT 8362 04:21:45,556 --> 04:21:46,891 OUT OF THE BALANCING PACKAGE. 8363 04:21:46,891 --> 04:21:49,026 PLEASE ADD IT BACK IN. BUT 3% IS 8364 04:21:49,026 --> 04:21:51,462 THE FLOOR, NOT THE FIX. A REPORT 8365 04:21:51,462 --> 04:21:53,197 IS A START, BUT IT DOESN'T PAY 8366 04:21:53,197 --> 04:21:55,666 THE RENT. THE GENDER BASED 8367 04:21:55,666 --> 04:21:57,134 VIOLENCE FUNDING IN THIS PACKAGE 8368 04:21:57,134 --> 04:21:59,103 IS ONE TIME MONEY. PLEASE 8369 04:21:59,103 --> 04:22:01,806 INCREASE IT AND MAKE IT ONGOING. 8370 04:22:01,806 --> 04:22:02,873 MAINTAIN THE VETO. BUILD THE 8371 04:22:02,873 --> 04:22:03,974 PATHWAY HOME. INVEST IN 8372 04:22:03,974 --> 04:22:05,376 SURVIVORS AND PAY THE PEOPLE WHO 8373 04:22:05,376 --> 04:22:08,546 DO THE WORK. THANK YOU. 8374 04:22:08,546 --> 04:22:09,980 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS ASHLEY, 8375 04:22:09,980 --> 04:22:12,316 FOLLOWED BY SAM. ARIANA. GOOD TO 8376 04:22:12,316 --> 04:22:15,086 SEE YOU AGAIN. WELCOME. THANKS 8377 04:22:15,086 --> 04:22:17,421 FOR WAITING 8378 04:22:17,421 --> 04:22:18,823 -- HI EVERYONE. I'M ASHLEY WITH 8379 04:22:18,823 --> 04:22:20,825 PURPOSE, DIGNITY, ACTION. REALLY 8380 04:22:20,825 --> 04:22:21,759 QUICK. I JUST WANTED TO FLAG MY 8381 04:22:21,759 --> 04:22:23,094 SUPPORT FOR COUNCILMEMBER RIGGS. 8382 04:22:23,094 --> 04:22:24,361 FUNDING FOR GENDER BASED 8383 04:22:24,361 --> 04:22:26,030 VIOLENCE SERVICES, AS WELL AS 8384 04:22:26,030 --> 04:22:26,997 COUNCILMEMBER LYNN'S WAGE 8385 04:22:26,997 --> 04:22:27,531 EQUITY PROPOSAL FOR HUMAN 8386 04:22:27,531 --> 04:22:30,201 SERVICE WORKERS, COMPETITIVE 8387 04:22:30,201 --> 04:22:31,335 WAGES HELP US RETAIN WORKERS AND 8388 04:22:31,335 --> 04:22:32,470 THOSE WORKERS WHO HELP US RUN 8389 04:22:32,470 --> 04:22:34,605 EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS. I'LL QUOTE 8390 04:22:34,605 --> 04:22:36,240 ONE OF OUR DIRECT SERVICE COLEAD 8391 04:22:36,240 --> 04:22:36,807 WORKERS WHO HAD TO LEAVE A 8392 04:22:36,807 --> 04:22:38,342 LITTLE EARLY. IN MY LINE OF 8393 04:22:38,342 --> 04:22:39,443 WORK, IF WE DON'T HAVE A 8394 04:22:39,443 --> 04:22:41,178 CONSISTENT TEAM, WE CANNOT 8395 04:22:41,178 --> 04:22:43,614 PRODUCE REAL CHANGE. I'LL BE 8396 04:22:43,614 --> 04:22:44,615 HONEST, I AM A LITTLE SLEEPY, SO 8397 04:22:44,615 --> 04:22:45,950 I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GOING TO 8398 04:22:45,950 --> 04:22:47,518 DELIVER THIS PART AS WELL AS 8399 04:22:47,518 --> 04:22:50,387 I'D LIKE. BUT I WAS REWATCHING 8400 04:22:50,387 --> 04:22:51,422 THE LAND USE COMMITTEE FROM 8401 04:22:51,422 --> 04:22:52,423 APRIL, AND I'M JUST KIND OF 8402 04:22:52,423 --> 04:22:53,824 FLOORED AT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT 8403 04:22:53,824 --> 04:22:56,594 NOW ON SHELTER. WE'RE ON TRACK 8404 04:22:56,594 --> 04:22:58,429 TO INVEST 37 MILLION IN SHELTER, 8405 04:22:58,429 --> 04:22:59,730 WITH MORE THAN HALF OF THAT 8406 04:22:59,730 --> 04:23:00,698 FUNDING DEDICATED TO THE HIGH 8407 04:23:00,698 --> 04:23:02,066 SUPPORT SHELTER. THAT MAKES UP 8408 04:23:02,066 --> 04:23:04,401 JUST 10% OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEM. 8409 04:23:04,401 --> 04:23:06,337 AND, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF 8410 04:23:06,337 --> 04:23:07,838 MONTHS AGO, I REALIZED THAT 8411 04:23:07,838 --> 04:23:08,506 WE'RE OPENING A SHELTER IN THE 8412 04:23:08,506 --> 04:23:09,940 BUILDING THAT USED TO BE MY 8413 04:23:09,940 --> 04:23:11,675 DAD'S HALFWAY HOUSE. AND I 8414 04:23:11,675 --> 04:23:12,376 CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS TO 8415 04:23:12,376 --> 04:23:14,612 ME TO SEE THAT BUILDING USED TO 8416 04:23:14,612 --> 04:23:16,113 CARE FOR PEOPLE AND MAYBE HELP 8417 04:23:16,113 --> 04:23:19,350 THEM AVOID TIME SPENT IN JAIL 8418 04:23:19,350 --> 04:23:19,984 AND PRISON. I REALLY ENJOYED 8419 04:23:19,984 --> 04:23:21,318 COMING HERE THE PAST SIX MONTHS, 8420 04:23:21,318 --> 04:23:22,686 AND I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO 8421 04:23:22,686 --> 04:23:24,155 YOU ALL FOR BELIEVING IN THIS 8422 04:23:24,155 --> 04:23:25,589 PLAN AND GIVING US THE RESOURCES 8423 04:23:25,589 --> 04:23:27,158 WE NEED TO CARE FOR PEOPLE. 8424 04:23:27,158 --> 04:23:28,125 THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN OUR 8425 04:23:28,125 --> 04:23:29,460 STAFF AND OUR PARTICIPANTS, AND 8426 04:23:29,460 --> 04:23:32,663 IN ALL OF US AS A CITY, TO DO 8427 04:23:32,663 --> 04:23:33,631 SOMETHING BIG TOGETHER. AND 8428 04:23:33,631 --> 04:23:35,199 THOSE TAX GUYS ALSO SEEM REALLY 8429 04:23:35,199 --> 04:23:36,934 GREAT. SO JUST PLUG FOR THEM. 8430 04:23:36,934 --> 04:23:37,835 THANK YOU ALL. 8431 04:23:37,835 --> 04:23:42,840 -- THANK YOU. ASHLEY, SAM, 8432 04:23:42,840 --> 04:23:44,175 ARIANA. AND THEN WE'VE GOT LOU, 8433 04:23:44,175 --> 04:23:47,845 SCOTT, JENNY, TOM, JACQUELINE. 8434 04:23:47,845 --> 04:23:48,179 SAM. WELCOME. 8435 04:23:48,179 --> 04:23:49,180 -- GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME 8436 04:23:49,180 --> 04:23:51,715 IS SAM WOLF. I WORK FOR PDA. 8437 04:23:51,715 --> 04:23:53,317 FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO 8438 04:23:53,317 --> 04:23:54,885 STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF FULLY 8439 04:23:54,885 --> 04:23:56,754 FUNDING THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 8440 04:23:56,754 --> 04:23:58,289 SHELTER EXPANSION PACKAGE. YOU 8441 04:23:58,289 --> 04:23:59,490 ALL RECEIVED A SIGN ON LETTER IN 8442 04:23:59,490 --> 04:24:02,993 Q ONE AND JUST ANOTHER ONE LAST 8443 04:24:02,993 --> 04:24:04,595 WEEK. HUNDREDS OF NEIGHBORHOOD 8444 04:24:04,595 --> 04:24:06,330 LEADERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, 8445 04:24:06,330 --> 04:24:08,332 BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY BASED 8446 04:24:08,332 --> 04:24:10,000 ORGS, UNIONS AND INDIVIDUALS 8447 04:24:10,000 --> 04:24:12,436 HAVE SIGNED ON TO SUPPORT THE 8448 04:24:12,436 --> 04:24:13,204 SHELTER EXPANSION PACKAGE. 8449 04:24:13,204 --> 04:24:14,438 BECAUSE THESE RESOURCES ARE FOR 8450 04:24:14,438 --> 04:24:15,906 ALL OF US, FOR OUR CLIENTS, OUR 8451 04:24:15,906 --> 04:24:17,541 COMMUNITIES, AND OUR 8452 04:24:17,541 --> 04:24:18,709 NEIGHBORHOODS. TO THAT END, I'D 8453 04:24:18,709 --> 04:24:20,211 ALSO LIKE TO SUPPORT EDDIE SIX 8454 04:24:20,211 --> 04:24:22,746 B, WHICH BOLSTERS THE SAIL FUND. 8455 04:24:22,746 --> 04:24:23,781 AS WE BUILD THE RESOURCES WE 8456 04:24:23,781 --> 04:24:25,983 NEED TO CREATE PLANS FOR OUR 8457 04:24:25,983 --> 04:24:27,551 CLIENTS. WE ALSO NEED THE PUBLIC 8458 04:24:27,551 --> 04:24:29,386 SPACE MANAGEMENT AND ACTIVATION 8459 04:24:29,386 --> 04:24:30,621 FUNDS NEEDED TO CREATE PLANS FOR 8460 04:24:30,621 --> 04:24:32,089 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND FINALLY, 8461 04:24:32,089 --> 04:24:32,723 I'D LIKE TO THANK 8462 04:24:32,723 --> 04:24:34,792 COUNCILMEMBERS, LIN, RINCK AND 8463 04:24:34,792 --> 04:24:35,726 FOSTER, WHO PUSHED FOR WAGE 8464 04:24:35,726 --> 04:24:37,795 EQUITY FOR CONTRACTED HUMAN 8465 04:24:37,795 --> 04:24:40,097 SERVICES WORKERS. HUMAN SERVICES 8466 04:24:40,097 --> 04:24:41,732 WORKERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN 8467 04:24:41,732 --> 04:24:44,301 NONPROFITS, HAVE LOWER MEDIAN 8468 04:24:44,301 --> 04:24:45,569 WAGES THAN COMPARATIVE SECTORS. 8469 04:24:45,569 --> 04:24:47,371 NOT ONLY DO THESE STAGNANT WAGES 8470 04:24:47,371 --> 04:24:48,639 AFFECT WORKERS AND THEIR 8471 04:24:48,639 --> 04:24:50,841 FAMILIES, BUT THEY NEGATIVELY 8472 04:24:50,841 --> 04:24:53,577 IMPACT WORKER RETENTION. THEY 8473 04:24:53,577 --> 04:24:54,211 INTERRUPT VALUABLE RELATIONSHIPS 8474 04:24:54,211 --> 04:24:56,146 THAT ENABLE CLIENT PROGRESS AND 8475 04:24:56,146 --> 04:24:58,048 STABILITY. THE WAGE EQUITY 8476 04:24:58,048 --> 04:24:59,817 AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 8477 04:24:59,817 --> 04:25:01,385 CRITICAL STEP TOWARDS A MORE 8478 04:25:01,385 --> 04:25:01,986 SUSTAINABLE, EFFECTIVE HUMAN 8479 04:25:01,986 --> 04:25:04,221 SERVICES INDUSTRY. WE NEED TO 8480 04:25:04,221 --> 04:25:05,356 BUILD A BETTER SYSTEM FOR OUR 8481 04:25:05,356 --> 04:25:06,123 CLIENTS AND FOR OUR 8482 04:25:06,123 --> 04:25:07,291 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE NEED TO 8483 04:25:07,291 --> 04:25:09,026 TAKE CARE OF THE WORKERS THAT 8484 04:25:09,026 --> 04:25:10,561 MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. 8485 04:25:10,561 --> 04:25:13,063 -- WELL SAID. WE'RE GOING TO GO 8486 04:25:13,063 --> 04:25:14,965 ARIANA. AND THEN IF ANYONE IS 8487 04:25:14,965 --> 04:25:15,566 PARKED IN THE GARAGE, I WOULD 8488 04:25:15,566 --> 04:25:19,103 LIKE YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND 8489 04:25:19,103 --> 04:25:20,004 BECAUSE WE HAVE 2034 MINUTES. 8490 04:25:20,004 --> 04:25:22,606 ARIANA, GREAT TO SEE YOU. 8491 04:25:22,606 --> 04:25:22,940 -- THANK YOU. 8492 04:25:22,940 --> 04:25:24,141 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS ARIANA 8493 04:25:24,141 --> 04:25:26,377 RILEY AND I LIVE IN WEST 8494 04:25:26,377 --> 04:25:28,946 SEATTLE. I SHOWED UP HERE TODAY 8495 04:25:28,946 --> 04:25:30,581 TO SAY THIS BUDGET DEMONSTRATES 8496 04:25:30,581 --> 04:25:33,083 THAT YET AGAIN. THE CRUELTY IS 8497 04:25:33,083 --> 04:25:33,851 THE POINT. I LOOKED BACK AT MY 8498 04:25:33,851 --> 04:25:35,386 COMMENT FROM TWO YEARS AGO 8499 04:25:35,386 --> 04:25:36,921 BUDGET SESSION, AND I WAS 8500 04:25:36,921 --> 04:25:38,055 ASTONISHED AT HOW SIMILAR IT WAS 8501 04:25:38,055 --> 04:25:38,956 TO THE ONE I GAVE A COUPLE OF 8502 04:25:38,956 --> 04:25:41,125 WEEKS AGO. GOD FORBID ANYBODY 8503 04:25:41,125 --> 04:25:43,093 EVER TALK ABOUT DEFUNDING THE 8504 04:25:43,093 --> 04:25:44,762 POLICE, BUT WE CAN CUT FUNDING 8505 04:25:44,762 --> 04:25:46,563 FOR OTHER USEFUL CITY SERVICES. 8506 04:25:46,563 --> 04:25:50,634 NO PROBLEM. HOW SHAMEFUL. AND 8507 04:25:50,634 --> 04:25:52,436 THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY. 8508 04:25:52,436 --> 04:25:54,438 HOW SAD AND TRULY SHAMEFUL TO 8509 04:25:54,438 --> 04:25:57,975 LIVE IN A CITY THAT TREATS ITS 8510 04:25:57,975 --> 04:25:58,609 CITIZENS WITH SUCH CONTEMPT AND 8511 04:25:58,609 --> 04:26:01,312 CRUELTY. OF COURSE, YOU CAN FIND 8512 04:26:01,312 --> 04:26:03,113 ROOM IN THE BUDGET TO CREATE NEW 8513 04:26:03,113 --> 04:26:04,648 POSITIONS TO MANAGE AN RV PERMIT 8514 04:26:04,648 --> 04:26:06,417 PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW THE CITY 8515 04:26:06,417 --> 04:26:08,652 TO TOW PEOPLE'S HOMES AWAY MORE 8516 04:26:08,652 --> 04:26:10,854 EASILY. MEANWHILE, USEFUL 8517 04:26:10,854 --> 04:26:13,324 SERVICES GET SCRAPS. THESE 8518 04:26:13,324 --> 04:26:16,593 PEOPLE ARE LOCAL. POLITICIANS 8519 04:26:16,593 --> 04:26:18,562 CAN ONLY PUNCH DOWN. THEY CANNOT 8520 04:26:18,562 --> 04:26:19,330 PICK ON SOMEBODY THEIR OWN SIZE, 8521 04:26:19,330 --> 04:26:21,398 BY WHICH I MEAN CAPITAL. THEY 8522 04:26:21,398 --> 04:26:24,735 WILL NOT GO AFTER CAPITAL. THEY 8523 04:26:24,735 --> 04:26:26,337 ONLY CARE ABOUT GOING AFTER THE 8524 04:26:26,337 --> 04:26:28,339 MOST VULNERABLE AMONGST US SEX 8525 04:26:28,339 --> 04:26:30,341 WORKERS, HOMELESS PEOPLE AND 8526 04:26:30,341 --> 04:26:32,242 PEOPLE MAKING MINIMUM WAGE 8527 04:26:32,242 --> 04:26:33,978 BECAUSE THEY CANNOT PICK ON 8528 04:26:33,978 --> 04:26:35,412 SOMEBODY THEIR OWN SIZE. AND 8529 04:26:35,412 --> 04:26:37,815 FINALLY, I WILL END BY 8530 04:26:37,815 --> 04:26:39,016 RECOGNIZING AND SAYING THANK YOU 8531 04:26:39,016 --> 04:26:42,653 TO OUR MAYOR AND TO MY 8532 04:26:42,653 --> 04:26:44,054 COUNCILMEMBER. ROB SAKA, FOR 8533 04:26:44,054 --> 04:26:46,156 TAKING A STAND AGAINST 8534 04:26:46,156 --> 04:26:48,459 INCREASING. LAKE CITY AND 8535 04:26:48,459 --> 04:26:49,026 VETOING THE PERMIT PROGRAM. 8536 04:26:49,026 --> 04:26:51,829 THANK YOU. 8537 04:26:51,829 --> 04:26:52,763 -- THANK YOU. LOU, JUST BEFORE 8538 04:26:52,763 --> 04:26:54,131 YOU GO, ANYONE PARKED IN THE 8539 04:26:54,131 --> 04:26:56,000 GARAGE, IS THERE ANYONE PARKED 8540 04:26:56,000 --> 04:26:57,835 IN THE GARAGE? GREAT. LOU, TAKE 8541 04:26:57,835 --> 04:26:59,003 IT AWAY. WELCOME. 8542 04:26:59,003 --> 04:27:02,006 -- I'M A TRANS MAN, AND I AM 8543 04:27:02,006 --> 04:27:04,875 TIRED OF SEEING THE EXHAUSTION 8544 04:27:04,875 --> 04:27:07,011 AND VIOLENCE IN THE BODIES OF MY 8545 04:27:07,011 --> 04:27:09,546 SIBLINGS. I FEEL THE JOY AROUND 8546 04:27:09,546 --> 04:27:10,347 ME, AROUND THE HISTORIC MIDTERM, 8547 04:27:10,347 --> 04:27:12,149 AND I FEEL IT TOO. BUT FOR ME AS 8548 04:27:12,149 --> 04:27:13,617 A TRANS PERSON, IT'S 8549 04:27:13,617 --> 04:27:15,319 BITTERSWEET. LIBERALS HAVE SHOWN 8550 04:27:15,319 --> 04:27:17,054 THEY DON'T WANT FASCISTS IN 8551 04:27:17,054 --> 04:27:18,489 CONGRESS, BUT THEY SEEM SO 8552 04:27:18,489 --> 04:27:20,491 CONTENT. Y'ALL SEEM SO CONTENT 8553 04:27:20,491 --> 04:27:23,360 TO SEE THEM IN THE POLICE FORCE. 8554 04:27:23,360 --> 04:27:24,962 I FEEL THE JOY AROUND ME ON THIS 8555 04:27:24,962 --> 04:27:26,997 HISTORIC MIDTERM, BUT I ALSO 8556 04:27:26,997 --> 04:27:28,632 FEEL DREAD BECAUSE TRANS PEOPLE 8557 04:27:28,632 --> 04:27:31,702 HAVE BEEN THE SCAPEGOATS OF THE 8558 04:27:31,702 --> 04:27:34,204 FASCISTS RAGE AND THE COPS HAVE 8559 04:27:34,204 --> 04:27:36,206 CRACKED DOWN ON US WITH 8560 04:27:36,206 --> 04:27:38,108 VIOLENCE. IF WE WIN ANYTHING. 8561 04:27:38,108 --> 04:27:39,676 AFTER WE TOOK DOWN THEIR 8562 04:27:39,676 --> 04:27:41,078 CAMERAS, THEY WENT AFTER US. 8563 04:27:41,078 --> 04:27:43,113 AFTER WE GOT 30 K FOR TRANS 8564 04:27:43,113 --> 04:27:45,082 REFUGEES, THEY WENT AFTER US. 8565 04:27:45,082 --> 04:27:46,617 AFTER WE RAN A MUTUAL AID FAIR 8566 04:27:46,617 --> 04:27:49,586 FOR OUR SIBLINGS, THEY WENT 8567 04:27:49,586 --> 04:27:51,588 AFTER US. I FEEL THE JOY AROUND 8568 04:27:51,588 --> 04:27:53,424 ME, AROUND THIS MIDTERM, BUT FOR 8569 04:27:53,424 --> 04:27:55,559 ME IT'S BITTERSWEET BECAUSE I 8570 04:27:55,559 --> 04:27:57,828 SEE CIS PEOPLE VOTING FOR 8571 04:27:57,828 --> 04:28:01,198 ANTI-TRANS INITIATIVES SOON TO 8572 04:28:01,198 --> 04:28:03,534 BE LAW IN WASHINGTON. I FEEL THE 8573 04:28:03,534 --> 04:28:07,304 JOY AROUND ME, BUT I DO NOT KNOW 8574 04:28:07,304 --> 04:28:12,242 IF THIS JOY IS FOR ME AS A TRANS 8575 04:28:12,242 --> 04:28:14,144 PERSON. THANK YOU. 8576 04:28:14,144 --> 04:28:15,913 -- THANK YOU LOU. UP NEXT IS 8577 04:28:15,913 --> 04:28:17,381 SCOTT NELSON, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, 8578 04:28:17,381 --> 04:28:22,920 THEN TOM, JACQUELINE, WELCOME 8579 04:28:22,920 --> 04:28:23,153 -- HI. 8580 04:28:23,153 --> 04:28:23,487 -- EVERYONE. 8581 04:28:23,487 --> 04:28:25,889 -- MY NAME IS SCOTT. I'M A 8582 04:28:25,889 --> 04:28:27,958 YOUNG MAN OF PALE COMPLEXION, 8583 04:28:27,958 --> 04:28:29,660 BROWN HAIR, GLASSES AND A BLUE 8584 04:28:29,660 --> 04:28:31,395 SUIT. I'M A CO-CHAIR OF THE 8585 04:28:31,395 --> 04:28:33,297 SEATTLE DISABILITY COMMISSION, 8586 04:28:33,297 --> 04:28:36,166 HAILING FROM THE SID IN DISTRICT 8587 04:28:36,166 --> 04:28:39,269 TWO. AND I CAME HERE TO 8588 04:28:39,269 --> 04:28:39,803 ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO KEEP 8589 04:28:39,803 --> 04:28:44,041 AMENDMENT OCR 002 B, WHICH 8590 04:28:44,041 --> 04:28:44,675 RETAINS THE ACCESSIBILITY BUDGET 8591 04:28:44,675 --> 04:28:47,111 FOR THE SEATTLE DISABILITY 8592 04:28:47,111 --> 04:28:47,845 COMMISSION. THIS BUDGET HELPS 8593 04:28:47,845 --> 04:28:49,279 KEEP THE CIVIC PROCESS 8594 04:28:49,279 --> 04:28:50,147 ACCESSIBLE FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE A 8595 04:28:50,147 --> 04:28:52,516 VOICE, BUT ARE SYSTEMATICALLY 8596 04:28:52,516 --> 04:28:55,319 SHUT OUT BY AN INACCESSIBLE 8597 04:28:55,319 --> 04:28:56,854 ENVIRONMENT. WE'RE EXCITED TO 8598 04:28:56,854 --> 04:28:57,488 CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE OFFICE 8599 04:28:57,488 --> 04:28:59,089 FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND IN 8600 04:28:59,089 --> 04:29:00,991 COLLABORATION WITH THE LGBTQ 8601 04:29:00,991 --> 04:29:01,859 COMMISSION, THE HUMAN RIGHTS 8602 04:29:01,859 --> 04:29:03,760 COMMISSION, AND THE WOMEN'S 8603 04:29:03,760 --> 04:29:04,361 COMMISSION TO HELP ALIGN THE 8604 04:29:04,361 --> 04:29:08,031 CITY'S ACTIONS WITH ITS VALUES. 8605 04:29:08,031 --> 04:29:10,868 I WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL FOR 8606 04:29:10,868 --> 04:29:13,170 HAVING ADOPTED OCR 002 B THANK 8607 04:29:13,170 --> 04:29:14,505 COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ FOR 8608 04:29:14,505 --> 04:29:17,808 NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO CAREERS. 8609 04:29:17,808 --> 04:29:20,577 NOW CHAMPIONING FOLKS WITH 8610 04:29:20,577 --> 04:29:21,211 DISABILITIES AND ENCOURAGE ALL 8611 04:29:21,211 --> 04:29:22,546 OF COUNCIL TO ALIGN THEIR 8612 04:29:22,546 --> 04:29:24,615 CHOICES IN THE BUDGET PROCESS 8613 04:29:24,615 --> 04:29:26,617 WITH PROTECTING AND UPLIFTING 8614 04:29:26,617 --> 04:29:28,218 VULNERABLE PEOPLES. I HAVE A 8615 04:29:28,218 --> 04:29:31,522 LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT, SO I 8616 04:29:31,522 --> 04:29:32,990 DON'T KNOW. COMMUNITY CENTERS 8617 04:29:32,990 --> 04:29:36,293 ARE PRETTY COOL. THEY'RE GOOD. 8618 04:29:36,293 --> 04:29:39,129 THAT'S NICE. AND ALSO, I WANT 8619 04:29:39,129 --> 04:29:41,131 TO REMIND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, 8620 04:29:41,131 --> 04:29:44,434 BOTH BEHIND THE BENCH AND IN 8621 04:29:44,434 --> 04:29:46,336 FRONT TO HYDRATE. PLEASE DRINK 8622 04:29:46,336 --> 04:29:47,938 WATER. IT IS VERY LONG NIGHT. 8623 04:29:47,938 --> 04:29:50,674 THANK YOU. GREAT. 8624 04:29:50,674 --> 04:29:52,242 -- THANK YOU. JENNY. FOLLOWED BY 8625 04:29:52,242 --> 04:29:55,279 TOM AND JACQUELINE. WELCOME. 8626 04:29:55,279 --> 04:29:56,713 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 8627 04:29:56,713 --> 04:29:58,315 MY NAME IS JENNY MASHEK AND I AM 8628 04:29:58,315 --> 04:30:00,284 A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND 8629 04:30:00,284 --> 04:30:01,518 I WORK IN DISTRICT ONE. I'M A 8630 04:30:01,518 --> 04:30:03,053 DIRECTING ATTORNEY AT THE 8631 04:30:03,053 --> 04:30:04,221 NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS 8632 04:30:04,221 --> 04:30:05,389 PROJECT, WHICH IS A NATIONALLY 8633 04:30:05,389 --> 04:30:07,157 KNOWN ORGANIZATION THAT'S 8634 04:30:07,157 --> 04:30:09,293 HEADQUARTERED HERE IN SEATTLE. 8635 04:30:09,293 --> 04:30:09,927 THE NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS 8636 04:30:09,927 --> 04:30:12,062 PROJECT, OR AS WE CALL IT FOR 8637 04:30:12,062 --> 04:30:13,297 SHORT, IS ALSO A PROUD MEMBER OF 8638 04:30:13,297 --> 04:30:13,864 THE COALITION ENDING GENDER 8639 04:30:13,864 --> 04:30:16,133 BASED VIOLENCE. AND I'M HERE 8640 04:30:16,133 --> 04:30:17,734 TODAY BOTH ON BEHALF OF NURP AND 8641 04:30:17,734 --> 04:30:19,236 THE COALITION. MY COALITION 8642 04:30:19,236 --> 04:30:20,804 COLLEAGUES AND I ARE HERE TO 8643 04:30:20,804 --> 04:30:23,974 TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF 8644 04:30:23,974 --> 04:30:24,575 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK PROPOSAL. 8645 04:30:24,575 --> 04:30:27,711 HSD 030-C. AND WE RESPECTFULLY 8646 04:30:27,711 --> 04:30:28,345 REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE 8647 04:30:28,345 --> 04:30:30,948 THE FULL AMOUNT TO SUPPORT 8648 04:30:30,948 --> 04:30:31,582 PREVENTION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND 8649 04:30:31,582 --> 04:30:32,916 SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF GENDER 8650 04:30:32,916 --> 04:30:34,251 BASED VIOLENCE. I'VE WORKED AT 8651 04:30:34,251 --> 04:30:36,186 NURP FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES, 8652 04:30:36,186 --> 04:30:38,422 WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH 8653 04:30:38,422 --> 04:30:40,657 COURAGEOUS SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC 8654 04:30:40,657 --> 04:30:42,726 VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, HUMAN 8655 04:30:42,726 --> 04:30:43,327 TRAFFICKING AND THE LAST TWO 8656 04:30:43,327 --> 04:30:45,596 YEARS HAVE BEEN BY FAR THE MOST 8657 04:30:45,596 --> 04:30:47,998 FRAUGHT TIME FOR ALL OF OUR 8658 04:30:47,998 --> 04:30:50,300 SURVIVORS. CLIENT COMMUNITIES 8659 04:30:50,300 --> 04:30:52,269 ARE UNDER ATTACK. THE TRUMP 8660 04:30:52,269 --> 04:30:53,770 ADMINISTRATION HAS TARGETED NURP 8661 04:30:53,770 --> 04:30:54,404 REPEATEDLY BECAUSE WE CONTINUE 8662 04:30:54,404 --> 04:30:56,206 TO STAND UP TO THEM, BUT THAT 8663 04:30:56,206 --> 04:30:57,307 HAS CAUSED US TO LOSE A 8664 04:30:57,307 --> 04:30:58,942 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR 8665 04:30:58,942 --> 04:31:00,444 FEDERAL FUNDING. SO FOR THE 8666 04:31:00,444 --> 04:31:02,346 LEGAL SERVICES THAT NURP 8667 04:31:02,346 --> 04:31:02,980 PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM 8668 04:31:02,980 --> 04:31:04,248 THE CITY OF SEATTLE WOULD 8669 04:31:04,248 --> 04:31:05,215 MAINTAIN SOME OF THE STAFF 8670 04:31:05,215 --> 04:31:07,384 CAPACITY THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY 8671 04:31:07,384 --> 04:31:07,951 SUPPORTED THROUGH TEMPORARY 8672 04:31:07,951 --> 04:31:08,885 FUNDING, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE 8673 04:31:08,885 --> 04:31:10,654 A LEGAL INTAKE COORDINATOR TO 8674 04:31:10,654 --> 04:31:12,356 WORK WITH DV SURVIVORS AND A 8675 04:31:12,356 --> 04:31:14,358 SOCIAL SERVICES ADVOCATE WHO 8676 04:31:14,358 --> 04:31:16,360 WOULD HELP THEM ACCESS 8677 04:31:16,360 --> 04:31:16,960 RESOURCES. ADDITIONAL FUNDING 8678 04:31:16,960 --> 04:31:18,428 COULD ALSO HELP HIRE AN ATTORNEY 8679 04:31:18,428 --> 04:31:19,496 TO REPRESENT YOUTH AND YOUNG 8680 04:31:19,496 --> 04:31:20,764 ADULTS WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF 8681 04:31:20,764 --> 04:31:23,300 VIOLENCE. HAVING ADDITIONAL 8682 04:31:23,300 --> 04:31:24,635 RESOURCES WOULD BEGIN TO HELP US 8683 04:31:24,635 --> 04:31:26,370 MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 8684 04:31:26,370 --> 04:31:28,038 THANK YOU. 8685 04:31:28,038 --> 04:31:28,739 -- THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS TOM, 8686 04:31:28,739 --> 04:31:31,408 FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE. 8687 04:31:31,408 --> 04:31:32,542 -- GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TOM 8688 04:31:32,542 --> 04:31:36,313 HARDY. I AM A RESIDENT OF 8689 04:31:36,313 --> 04:31:38,815 DISTRICT ONE, SOUTH DELRIDGE 8690 04:31:38,815 --> 04:31:42,552 NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M HERE IN 8691 04:31:42,552 --> 04:31:44,254 SUPPORT OF THE SPR002 AYE ONE 8692 04:31:44,254 --> 04:31:45,689 RELATING TO THE ROCK HILL PARK 8693 04:31:45,689 --> 04:31:49,026 AND THE BOG. WE OBVIOUSLY HAD AN 8694 04:31:49,026 --> 04:31:52,863 ENCAMPMENT THAT WAS PRESENT OVER 8695 04:31:52,863 --> 04:31:53,363 THE SUMMER. IT WAS VERY 8696 04:31:53,363 --> 04:31:54,831 IMPACTFUL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I 8697 04:31:54,831 --> 04:31:56,533 UNDERSTAND THERE ARE A LOT OF 8698 04:31:56,533 --> 04:31:57,534 MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT SWEEPS AND 8699 04:31:57,534 --> 04:31:58,935 THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I ALSO 8700 04:31:58,935 --> 04:32:00,570 UNDERSTAND THAT FROM A 8701 04:32:00,570 --> 04:32:01,238 NEIGHBORHOOD PERSPECTIVE, IT'S 8702 04:32:01,238 --> 04:32:03,373 NOT SUSTAINABLE TO ALLOW 8703 04:32:03,373 --> 04:32:05,976 ENCAMPMENTS IN PARKS AND RVS ON 8704 04:32:05,976 --> 04:32:09,946 STREETS. SO WE NEED YOU GUYS TO 8705 04:32:09,946 --> 04:32:10,714 WORK TOGETHER ACROSS LINES TO 8706 04:32:10,714 --> 04:32:12,416 COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, SMALL 8707 04:32:12,416 --> 04:32:14,084 AND BIG, THAT ARE GOING TO 8708 04:32:14,084 --> 04:32:16,386 COMBAT THAT REALISTICALLY 8709 04:32:16,386 --> 04:32:18,221 THOUGH, FOR NOW, I WOULD LIKE 8710 04:32:18,221 --> 04:32:22,192 YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT THE THE BOG 8711 04:32:22,192 --> 04:32:24,961 AND POTENTIALLY OPEN IT UP TO 8712 04:32:24,961 --> 04:32:27,631 ADDITIONAL HYDROLOGICAL RELATED 8713 04:32:27,631 --> 04:32:28,332 STUDIES AROUND THAT IMPROVEMENT 8714 04:32:28,332 --> 04:32:29,599 THAT THEY DID IN ONE OF THE 8715 04:32:29,599 --> 04:32:32,035 ZONES. IT IMPROVED THE RETENTION 8716 04:32:32,035 --> 04:32:35,906 OF WATER, WHICH ALSO HELPED WITH 8717 04:32:35,906 --> 04:32:37,941 PEOPLE CAMPING IN THE BOG AREA. 8718 04:32:37,941 --> 04:32:39,142 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA. I HOPE 8719 04:32:39,142 --> 04:32:41,812 YOU GUYS CAN ALL ENJOY IT AT ONE 8720 04:32:41,812 --> 04:32:43,013 POINT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 8721 04:32:43,013 --> 04:32:43,280 SUPPORT. 8722 04:32:43,280 --> 04:32:44,147 -- AND THANKS FOR WAITING SO 8723 04:32:44,147 --> 04:32:46,583 LATE. JACQUELINE, YOU'RE UP 8724 04:32:46,583 --> 04:32:50,253 NEXT. AND THEN WE'RE AT 191 8725 04:32:50,253 --> 04:32:52,289 THROUGH 200 AFTER THAT. 8726 04:32:52,289 --> 04:32:52,756 JACQUELINE, WELCOME. 8727 04:32:52,756 --> 04:32:54,224 -- HI, I'M JACQUELINE GORDON. I 8728 04:32:54,224 --> 04:32:56,193 LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I'M 8729 04:32:56,193 --> 04:32:58,395 HERE TO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING 8730 04:32:58,395 --> 04:32:59,029 $200,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR THE 8731 04:32:59,029 --> 04:33:01,031 ARTS ORGANIZATION ON THE BLOCK, 8732 04:33:01,031 --> 04:33:04,301 IN THE MIDST OF A COST OF LIVING 8733 04:33:04,301 --> 04:33:05,702 CRISIS, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OTB 8734 04:33:05,702 --> 04:33:07,738 KEEP ARTS AND COMMUNITY AND 8735 04:33:07,738 --> 04:33:08,972 CULTURE THRIVING IN THE CITY. 8736 04:33:08,972 --> 04:33:10,907 THEY ARE THE BEST KIND OF PUBLIC 8737 04:33:10,907 --> 04:33:12,576 SAFETY BECAUSE THEY PREVENT 8738 04:33:12,576 --> 04:33:14,044 CRIME FROM HAPPENING, RATHER 8739 04:33:14,044 --> 04:33:14,978 THAN WAITING FOR IT TO HAPPEN, 8740 04:33:14,978 --> 04:33:18,014 AND THEN DOING SOMETHING. OTB 8741 04:33:18,014 --> 04:33:20,317 OFFERS TRULY FREE, ACCESSIBLE 8742 04:33:20,317 --> 04:33:21,585 AND SOBER SPACE RIGHT IN THE 8743 04:33:21,585 --> 04:33:23,320 HEART OF CAPITOL HILL, WHERE 8744 04:33:23,320 --> 04:33:25,555 ARTISTS OF ALL AGES CAN DEVELOP 8745 04:33:25,555 --> 04:33:27,691 THEIR SKILLS AND COME AND FIND 8746 04:33:27,691 --> 04:33:30,127 COMMUNITY, ALL FOR FREE. THIS 8747 04:33:30,127 --> 04:33:30,594 MONEY WOULD BE TRULY 8748 04:33:30,594 --> 04:33:31,395 TRANSFORMATIVE FOR US, ALLOWING 8749 04:33:31,395 --> 04:33:33,697 US TO FOCUS ON EXPANDING FREE 8750 04:33:33,697 --> 04:33:35,732 PROGRAMS AND ARTS EDUCATION, 8751 04:33:35,732 --> 04:33:36,900 RATHER THAN WORRYING ABOUT 8752 04:33:36,900 --> 04:33:39,169 KEEPING OUR DOORS OPEN. I KNOW 8753 04:33:39,169 --> 04:33:40,704 IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT, BUT I 8754 04:33:40,704 --> 04:33:42,239 THINK IT'S CLEAR THERE IS NO 8755 04:33:42,239 --> 04:33:44,374 AMBIGUITY IN WHAT YOUR 8756 04:33:44,374 --> 04:33:44,975 CONSTITUENTS WANT. ALL NIGHT 8757 04:33:44,975 --> 04:33:46,410 YOU'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE 8758 04:33:46,410 --> 04:33:48,245 CLAMORING FOR SCRAPS OF A 8759 04:33:48,245 --> 04:33:50,347 BLOATED POLICE BUDGET. MARY'S 8760 04:33:50,347 --> 04:33:50,981 PLACE, ALKI CENTER, INDIAN 8761 04:33:50,981 --> 04:33:56,453 HEALTH. ORG AND OBVIOUSLY, OTB. 8762 04:33:56,453 --> 04:33:57,554 WE MAY NOT BE THE PEOPLE THAT 8763 04:33:57,554 --> 04:33:58,722 CAN WINE AND DINE YOU ALL THE 8764 04:33:58,722 --> 04:34:02,893 TIME. WE ARE MOSTLY JUST 8765 04:34:02,893 --> 04:34:04,795 VOLUNTEER ADVOCATES OR UNDERPAID 8766 04:34:04,795 --> 04:34:06,329 PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE WHAT MAKE 8767 04:34:06,329 --> 04:34:07,864 THIS CITY GREAT. I URGE YOU TO 8768 04:34:07,864 --> 04:34:10,867 FUND OTB AND ALL OF THE GREAT 8769 04:34:10,867 --> 04:34:11,435 CAUSES THAT YOU'VE HEARD 8770 04:34:11,435 --> 04:34:12,169 TONIGHT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 8771 04:34:12,169 --> 04:34:13,537 SEEING HOW YOU IMPLEMENT ALL OF 8772 04:34:13,537 --> 04:34:16,606 THIS. THANK YOU. 8773 04:34:16,606 --> 04:34:19,609 -- THANK YOU. WE GOT NOW 191 8774 04:34:19,609 --> 04:34:23,847 MARIE. 192 AIDEN. 193 ASIA. 190. 8775 04:34:23,847 --> 04:34:25,549 IF YOU ARE IN THESE ONE 90s, 8776 04:34:25,549 --> 04:34:32,856 JUST PLEASE LINE ON UP. MARIE. 8777 04:34:32,856 --> 04:34:33,089 -- YEP. 8778 04:34:33,089 --> 04:34:33,356 -- OKAY. 8779 04:34:33,356 --> 04:34:34,424 -- HI I'M MARIE. 8780 04:34:34,424 --> 04:34:35,292 -- I COME TO YOU ALL FROM QUEEN 8781 04:34:35,292 --> 04:34:38,628 ANNE DISTRICT SEVEN. I'D LIKE TO 8782 04:34:38,628 --> 04:34:39,629 THANK THE COUNCIL FOR STICKING 8783 04:34:39,629 --> 04:34:41,331 AROUND SO LONG AND HEARING US 8784 04:34:41,331 --> 04:34:43,033 OUT. AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE 8785 04:34:43,033 --> 04:34:44,935 I CARE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY LIKE 8786 04:34:44,935 --> 04:34:46,736 EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS ROOM. AND 8787 04:34:46,736 --> 04:34:48,104 THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'VE BEEN SO 8788 04:34:48,104 --> 04:34:49,606 DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT THE 8789 04:34:49,606 --> 04:34:51,408 COUNCIL HAS DRAINED SO MUCH 8790 04:34:51,408 --> 04:34:53,877 MONEY FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING 8791 04:34:53,877 --> 04:34:57,080 WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING 8792 04:34:57,080 --> 04:34:59,716 THE ALLOCATION FOR THE SPD EVEN 8793 04:34:59,716 --> 04:35:02,986 FURTHER. I THINK THAT IF WE 8794 04:35:02,986 --> 04:35:06,456 REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS CRIME, IF 8795 04:35:06,456 --> 04:35:07,491 WE REALLY WANT TO CREATE PUBLIC 8796 04:35:07,491 --> 04:35:09,092 SAFETY, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE 8797 04:35:09,092 --> 04:35:12,729 ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME. AND THAT 8798 04:35:12,729 --> 04:35:14,564 IS DESPERATION. WE REDUCE 8799 04:35:14,564 --> 04:35:15,265 DESPERATION BY MAKING SURE THAT 8800 04:35:15,265 --> 04:35:17,901 PEOPLE CAN AFFORD THEIR HOUSING, 8801 04:35:17,901 --> 04:35:23,340 BY INCREASING TENANT SERVICES, 8802 04:35:23,340 --> 04:35:23,974 AND BY AND BY FUNDING AFFORDABLE 8803 04:35:23,974 --> 04:35:25,809 HOUSING. SO TO THAT END, I WOULD 8804 04:35:25,809 --> 04:35:29,713 LIKE THE COUNCIL TO FUND THE 8805 04:35:29,713 --> 04:35:34,584 AMENDMENT TO INCREASE TENANT 8806 04:35:34,584 --> 04:35:36,219 SERVICES FUNDING BY $500,000. I 8807 04:35:36,219 --> 04:35:37,087 WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUMP START 8808 04:35:37,087 --> 04:35:39,122 FUNDING. AT LEAST 50% OF IT GO 8809 04:35:39,122 --> 04:35:41,825 TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WHILE 8810 04:35:41,825 --> 04:35:43,059 I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA 8811 04:35:43,059 --> 04:35:45,629 TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK 8812 04:35:45,629 --> 04:35:50,000 COUNCILMAN ROB SAKA FOR VETOING 8813 04:35:50,000 --> 04:35:52,836 THE CRUEL BAN ON RV CAMPING THAT 8814 04:35:52,836 --> 04:35:55,605 THAT WAS PASSED. SO THANK YOU 8815 04:35:55,605 --> 04:35:58,241 ALL AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 8816 04:35:58,241 --> 04:35:58,508 -- THANK. 8817 04:35:58,508 --> 04:36:01,711 -- AIDEN 8818 04:36:01,711 --> 04:36:05,649 -- HI, MY NAME IS AIDEN. I AM A 8819 04:36:05,649 --> 04:36:08,652 FREE WALL ADVOCATE. I'VE 8820 04:36:08,652 --> 04:36:09,119 PREVIOUSLY TALKED TO 8821 04:36:09,119 --> 04:36:10,086 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK OFFICE ABOUT 8822 04:36:10,086 --> 04:36:11,054 THIS VERY ISSUE, AND I'M DOING 8823 04:36:11,054 --> 04:36:13,723 THE VERY DIFFICULT JOB OF 8824 04:36:13,723 --> 04:36:17,327 ACTUALLY ADVOCATING FOR 8825 04:36:17,327 --> 04:36:17,961 DECREASED ARTS FUNDING AND THE 8826 04:36:17,961 --> 04:36:21,097 ROB SAKA AMENDMENT. ARTS 006 B 8827 04:36:21,097 --> 04:36:23,233 AS A FREE WALL, I THINK DOES A 8828 04:36:23,233 --> 04:36:26,469 DISSERVICE TO WHAT A FREE WALL 8829 04:36:26,469 --> 04:36:29,906 PROGRAM SHOULD BE. HE HAS 8830 04:36:29,906 --> 04:36:32,008 STIPULATION WITHIN HIS AMENDMENT 8831 04:36:32,008 --> 04:36:34,811 TO HAVE A PRIVATE ART CONTRACTOR 8832 04:36:34,811 --> 04:36:36,780 STEWARD THE WALL AND TO 8833 04:36:36,780 --> 04:36:38,281 ESTABLISH LIMITED PERMISSIONS, 8834 04:36:38,281 --> 04:36:39,616 TIME AND SPACE, WHICH IS THE 8835 04:36:39,616 --> 04:36:41,051 ANTITHESIS OF A FREE WALL. I 8836 04:36:41,051 --> 04:36:43,286 SPOKE TO A MEMBER OF HIS OFFICE 8837 04:36:43,286 --> 04:36:45,722 TO GET DETAILS ON THE PROJECT, 8838 04:36:45,722 --> 04:36:46,256 INCLUDING DETAILS ON THE 8839 04:36:46,256 --> 04:36:46,856 FUNDING. HOW DID YOU COME UP 8840 04:36:46,856 --> 04:36:49,659 WITH THIS NUMBER? NOT PER ABLE 8841 04:36:49,659 --> 04:36:50,860 TO PROVIDE ANY BREAKDOWN OF 8842 04:36:50,860 --> 04:36:51,494 WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING, HOW 8843 04:36:51,494 --> 04:36:52,362 MUCH IS GOING TO THE CONTRACTOR, 8844 04:36:52,362 --> 04:36:54,497 HOW MUCH IS GOING TO YOUTH 8845 04:36:54,497 --> 04:36:56,166 PROGRAMS? HE'S ASSUMING THAT 8846 04:36:56,166 --> 04:36:59,102 THIS NEEDS TO BE CONTRACTOR 8847 04:36:59,102 --> 04:37:00,770 RATHER THAN THROUGH OUR OFFICE 8848 04:37:00,770 --> 04:37:04,040 OF ARTS AND CULTURE. ON THE 8849 04:37:04,040 --> 04:37:05,976 BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, 8850 04:37:05,976 --> 04:37:07,310 BOTH HOLLINGSWORTH AND FOSTER 8851 04:37:07,310 --> 04:37:09,245 CALLED OUT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING 8852 04:37:09,245 --> 04:37:12,082 OUR OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE 8853 04:37:12,082 --> 04:37:13,450 FLEXIBILITY TO SELF DETERMINE 8854 04:37:13,450 --> 04:37:14,351 THE PRIORITY OF PROJECTS AND HOW 8855 04:37:14,351 --> 04:37:16,286 THEY SHOULD LOOK AND WHERE THEY 8856 04:37:16,286 --> 04:37:19,189 SHOULD GO. BUT THEN A COUPLE 8857 04:37:19,189 --> 04:37:19,756 AMENDMENTS LATER, YOU'RE 8858 04:37:19,756 --> 04:37:22,292 SUPPORTING AMENDMENT THAT'S 8859 04:37:22,292 --> 04:37:24,260 PRESCRIBING LOCATION FORMAT. AND 8860 04:37:24,260 --> 04:37:27,464 THEN HAVING CONTRADICTORY 8861 04:37:27,464 --> 04:37:28,632 LANGUAGE THAT YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN 8862 04:37:28,632 --> 04:37:29,966 FURTHER. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD 8863 04:37:29,966 --> 04:37:31,534 GIVE THE POWER TO THE OFFICE OF 8864 04:37:31,534 --> 04:37:32,235 ARTS AND CULTURE TO DETERMINE 8865 04:37:32,235 --> 04:37:34,237 WHAT IS BEST FOR A FREE WALL 8866 04:37:34,237 --> 04:37:35,839 PROGRAM, BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK 8867 04:37:35,839 --> 04:37:38,441 THAT YOU ARE DOING IT THE BEST 8868 04:37:38,441 --> 04:37:38,642 WAY. 8869 04:37:38,642 --> 04:37:41,511 -- THANKS, AIDEN. UP NEXT IS 8870 04:37:41,511 --> 04:37:42,512 ASIA, FOLLOWED BY PHOENIX. IS 8871 04:37:42,512 --> 04:37:46,049 ASIA STILL HERE? NUMBER 193 IS 8872 04:37:46,049 --> 04:37:51,955 PHOENIX STILL HERE? 194 IS 8873 04:37:51,955 --> 04:37:56,092 BRIANNA HERE? 195 IS SOLAR 8874 04:37:56,092 --> 04:38:01,931 PLAYMAKER HERE. 198197 AND 8875 04:38:01,931 --> 04:38:05,535 HANNAH YOU'RE UP NEXT YEAH. 196 8876 04:38:05,535 --> 04:38:06,736 MARISSA YEP. AND SO FOR OUR 8877 04:38:06,736 --> 04:38:07,904 FRIENDS HOLDING THE SIGNS IN THE 8878 04:38:07,904 --> 04:38:09,372 BACK THAT WERE LEADING THE 8879 04:38:09,372 --> 04:38:10,840 CHANTS EARLIER, THESE FOLKS THAT 8880 04:38:10,840 --> 04:38:12,575 AREN'T HERE ANYMORE ARE NOT 8881 04:38:12,575 --> 04:38:14,077 HERE BECAUSE YOU WERE CHANTING 8882 04:38:14,077 --> 04:38:15,945 SO LOUD THAT WE COULDN'T 8883 04:38:15,945 --> 04:38:17,714 CONTINUE ON WITH OUR WORK WITH 8884 04:38:17,714 --> 04:38:21,618 THAT. MARISSA, WELCOME. 8885 04:38:21,618 --> 04:38:23,019 -- OKAY. GOOD EVENING, 8886 04:38:23,019 --> 04:38:23,920 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 8887 04:38:23,920 --> 04:38:25,922 MARISSA HEARD. I LIVE IN 8888 04:38:25,922 --> 04:38:27,624 DISTRICT THREE. I'M A MOTHER 8889 04:38:27,624 --> 04:38:28,892 BIRTH WORKER, SOUTH SEATTLE 8890 04:38:28,892 --> 04:38:30,493 COLLEGE STUDENT AND FOUNDER OF A 8891 04:38:30,493 --> 04:38:33,029 GRASSROOTS MUTUAL AID PROJECT. 8892 04:38:33,029 --> 04:38:34,998 I'M HERE TO URGE THE SELECT 8893 04:38:34,998 --> 04:38:35,598 BUDGET COMMITTEE TO PASS THE 8894 04:38:35,598 --> 04:38:36,800 BUDGET. CHAIR STRAUSS BALANCING 8895 04:38:36,800 --> 04:38:38,201 PACKAGE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, 8896 04:38:38,201 --> 04:38:40,403 I'M HERE TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON 8897 04:38:40,403 --> 04:38:42,172 CONTRACT COMPLIANCE AND 8898 04:38:42,172 --> 04:38:43,273 OVERSIGHT WITHIN THE BALANCING 8899 04:38:43,273 --> 04:38:44,474 PACKAGE. WHILE THIS IS BASED ON 8900 04:38:44,474 --> 04:38:45,875 MY FAMILY'S STORY, IT IS NOT A 8901 04:38:45,875 --> 04:38:48,278 UNIQUE EXPERIENCE TO THIS AREA. 8902 04:38:48,278 --> 04:38:49,946 MY FAMILY WAS ACCEPTED INTO 8903 04:38:49,946 --> 04:38:51,881 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BY A WELL 8904 04:38:51,881 --> 04:38:53,383 FUNDED KING COUNTY NONPROFIT. WE 8905 04:38:53,383 --> 04:38:53,950 MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 8906 04:38:53,950 --> 04:38:54,851 PROGRAM, BUT DESPITE OUR 8907 04:38:54,851 --> 04:38:56,352 COMPLIANCE, WE WENT THROUGH 8908 04:38:56,352 --> 04:38:57,353 SEVERE SYSTEMIC BREAKDOWN AND 8909 04:38:57,353 --> 04:38:58,822 CASEWORKER SUPPORT WHERE WE WERE 8910 04:38:58,822 --> 04:38:59,456 DEPRIVED OF NECESSARY GUIDANCE, 8911 04:38:59,456 --> 04:39:01,391 CASE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE 8912 04:39:01,391 --> 04:39:02,659 OVERSIGHT RELEVANT TO OUR 8913 04:39:02,659 --> 04:39:04,728 SITUATION. THE NONPROFIT 8914 04:39:04,728 --> 04:39:05,361 EFFECTIVELY PUNISHED MY FAMILY 8915 04:39:05,361 --> 04:39:06,996 FOR MAKING INDEPENDENT PROGRESS 8916 04:39:06,996 --> 04:39:08,665 AS THEY NAVIGATED A MERGER, 8917 04:39:08,665 --> 04:39:10,500 RATHER THAN PROVIDING STABLE 8918 04:39:10,500 --> 04:39:12,068 PATH OR SMOOTH EXIT FROM THE 8919 04:39:12,068 --> 04:39:13,436 TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM. OUR LOCAL 8920 04:39:13,436 --> 04:39:15,105 AND REGIONAL SYSTEMS OPERATE 8921 04:39:15,105 --> 04:39:16,506 UNDER BROKEN FRAMEWORK THAT 8922 04:39:16,506 --> 04:39:17,273 FORCES PEOPLE TO PROVE IF THEY 8923 04:39:17,273 --> 04:39:19,776 ARE HOMELESS ENOUGH TO RECEIVE 8924 04:39:19,776 --> 04:39:21,277 BASIC HEALTH. WHILE NAVIGATING 8925 04:39:21,277 --> 04:39:22,345 HOMELESSNESS, WE WERE TOLD BY 8926 04:39:22,345 --> 04:39:24,147 COUNTY NAVIGATORS THAT OUR 8927 04:39:24,147 --> 04:39:25,381 FAMILY WOULD QUALIFY FOR BETTER 8928 04:39:25,381 --> 04:39:26,950 HELP IF WE WOULD SAY WE WERE 8929 04:39:26,950 --> 04:39:28,752 INSIDE OF OUR CAR OR LIVING ON A 8930 04:39:28,752 --> 04:39:30,920 TENT IN THE STREET, INSTEAD OF 8931 04:39:30,920 --> 04:39:31,554 STAYING WITH FAMILY. BY THE END 8932 04:39:31,554 --> 04:39:32,722 OF OUR TIME IN TRANSITIONAL 8933 04:39:32,722 --> 04:39:33,723 HOUSING, THE NONPROFIT CLAIMED 8934 04:39:33,723 --> 04:39:34,858 THEY LACKED FUNDING FOR OUR 8935 04:39:34,858 --> 04:39:36,960 FAMILY AND SUGGESTED THAT BEING 8936 04:39:36,960 --> 04:39:38,261 HOMELESS AGAIN SO THAT THEY 8937 04:39:38,261 --> 04:39:39,596 COULD INSTEAD GET US INTO RAPID 8938 04:39:39,596 --> 04:39:41,097 HOUSING THROUGH ANOTHER REGIONAL 8939 04:39:41,097 --> 04:39:42,999 PARTNER. THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT 8940 04:39:42,999 --> 04:39:43,833 DELIBERATELY TRAPS PEOPLE IN A 8941 04:39:43,833 --> 04:39:45,535 CYCLE OF POVERTY. THIS IS A 8942 04:39:45,535 --> 04:39:47,537 SYSTEM THAT ACTIVELY 8943 04:39:47,537 --> 04:39:48,037 INCENTIVIZES TRAUMA AND 8944 04:39:48,037 --> 04:39:49,272 DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN ORDER TO 8945 04:39:49,272 --> 04:39:54,778 UNLOCK PUBLIC FUNDS. THE STRESS 8946 04:39:54,778 --> 04:39:56,479 OF THIS SITUATION CAUSED HEALTH 8947 04:39:56,479 --> 04:39:57,914 PROBLEMS. ENFORCEMENT DROPPING 8948 04:39:57,914 --> 04:40:01,951 COLLEGE COURSES. I DEMAND THAT 8949 04:40:01,951 --> 04:40:03,820 YOU MANDATORY TRAUMA INFORMED 8950 04:40:03,820 --> 04:40:05,355 CASEWORKER TRAINING TO INVEST IN 8951 04:40:05,355 --> 04:40:06,623 CASEWORKERS WHO ARE TRAINED TO 8952 04:40:06,623 --> 04:40:07,123 TREAT HOUSING LOSS AS A 8953 04:40:07,123 --> 04:40:08,558 TRAUMATIC AND GENERATIONAL 8954 04:40:08,558 --> 04:40:11,561 CYCLE. I DEMAND ENFORCE AGENCY 8955 04:40:11,561 --> 04:40:13,396 ACCOUNTABILITY AND RETROACTIVE 8956 04:40:13,396 --> 04:40:13,997 GRIEVANCE PATHWAYS TO MANDATE 8957 04:40:13,997 --> 04:40:16,065 INDEPENDENT, TRANSPARENT CLIENT 8958 04:40:16,065 --> 04:40:17,467 GRIEVANCES PROCESSES FOR CURRENT 8959 04:40:17,467 --> 04:40:19,803 AND PREVIOUS CLIENTS THAT ARE 8960 04:40:19,803 --> 04:40:20,336 LEGALLY FOLLOWED THROUGH 8961 04:40:20,336 --> 04:40:21,905 OVERSIGHT ON PUBLIC FUNDING AND 8962 04:40:21,905 --> 04:40:23,840 CLIENT EXPLOITATION TO ENFORCE 8963 04:40:23,840 --> 04:40:24,474 ABSOLUTE OVERSIGHT ON HOW FUNDS 8964 04:40:24,474 --> 04:40:26,176 ARE DISTRIBUTED TO NONPROFITS 8965 04:40:26,176 --> 04:40:28,044 AND STRICTLY REGULATE HOW THESE 8966 04:40:28,044 --> 04:40:28,711 ORGANIZATIONS RAISE MONEY. USING 8967 04:40:28,711 --> 04:40:33,550 THE FACES AND STORIES OF THEIR 8968 04:40:33,550 --> 04:40:33,983 CLIENTS. THANK YOU. 8969 04:40:33,983 --> 04:40:36,286 -- THANK YOU. MARISSA, I'M JUST 8970 04:40:36,286 --> 04:40:38,087 DOUBLE CHECKING. SOLAR'S NOT 8971 04:40:38,087 --> 04:40:40,824 HERE. 197 SOLAR'S NOT HERE. ALL 8972 04:40:40,824 --> 04:40:41,457 RIGHT, TAKE IT AWAY, HANNAH. 8973 04:40:41,457 --> 04:40:41,724 WELCOME. 8974 04:40:41,724 --> 04:40:42,859 -- I'M FROM PIONEER SQUARE. 8975 04:40:42,859 --> 04:40:44,160 THANK YOU. I APPLAUD THE TONE 8976 04:40:44,160 --> 04:40:45,795 THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND 8977 04:40:45,795 --> 04:40:47,730 THE CITIZENS HAVE TAKEN WHEN 8978 04:40:47,730 --> 04:40:48,431 DISCUSSING THIS BIANNUAL BUDGET. 8979 04:40:48,431 --> 04:40:50,066 ALL OF THE BUDGET REQUESTS ARE 8980 04:40:50,066 --> 04:40:51,201 WORTHY, AND IT'S A SHAME THAT WE 8981 04:40:51,201 --> 04:40:53,870 CURRENTLY RUN A BUDGET DEFICIT. 8982 04:40:53,870 --> 04:40:54,871 THE TWO ARE INTERLINKED. I KNOW 8983 04:40:54,871 --> 04:40:55,872 THE COMMITTEE HOLDS THE OPINION 8984 04:40:55,872 --> 04:40:56,739 THAT THEY WISH TO FULLY FUND ALL 8985 04:40:56,739 --> 04:40:58,541 OF THE BUDGET REQUESTS FROM 8986 04:40:58,541 --> 04:41:00,844 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. PLEASE 8987 04:41:00,844 --> 04:41:02,312 REDUCE THE BUDGET DEFICIT SO OUR 8988 04:41:02,312 --> 04:41:04,347 CITY MAY REMAIN AN ECONOMIC 8989 04:41:04,347 --> 04:41:05,715 STRONGHOLD DURING THIS 8990 04:41:05,715 --> 04:41:07,483 UNPRECEDENTED TIME IN WORLD 8991 04:41:07,483 --> 04:41:09,185 HISTORY. WHEN WE WANT TO REDUCE 8992 04:41:09,185 --> 04:41:10,954 OUR BUDGET DEFICIT AND THE 8993 04:41:10,954 --> 04:41:12,789 CITIZENS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY 8994 04:41:12,789 --> 04:41:13,423 SAYING TO NOT INCREASE SPENDING 8995 04:41:13,423 --> 04:41:15,425 IN A CERTAIN AREA, THAT HAPPENS 8996 04:41:15,425 --> 04:41:17,527 TO BE POLICE, THEN OUR 8997 04:41:17,527 --> 04:41:19,262 REPRESENTATIVES HAVE A FIDUCIARY 8998 04:41:19,262 --> 04:41:20,730 RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT SPEND MORE 8999 04:41:20,730 --> 04:41:22,432 MONEY IN THAT AREA. I WANT TO 9000 04:41:22,432 --> 04:41:24,200 POINT OUT A CERTAIN DELINEATION 9001 04:41:24,200 --> 04:41:25,268 TONIGHT AND URGE OUR LOCAL 9002 04:41:25,268 --> 04:41:26,569 REPRESENTATIVES TO PRIORITIZE 9003 04:41:26,569 --> 04:41:28,605 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PUSH OUT 9004 04:41:28,605 --> 04:41:29,906 NON-LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. FOR 9005 04:41:29,906 --> 04:41:32,542 EXAMPLE, I KNOW OUR CITY FACES 9006 04:41:32,542 --> 04:41:33,142 HEAVY CORPORATE LOBBYING FROM 9007 04:41:33,142 --> 04:41:35,245 SAN FRANCISCO REGARDING 9008 04:41:35,245 --> 04:41:35,879 PERMITTING VEHICLE RESIDENCES, 9009 04:41:35,879 --> 04:41:36,746 WHICH I DEEM TO BE 9010 04:41:36,746 --> 04:41:38,081 INAPPROPRIATE. THIS IS SEATTLE 9011 04:41:38,081 --> 04:41:40,850 NOT SO CAL. PLEASE BE WARY OF 9012 04:41:40,850 --> 04:41:42,752 THE WORD CRISIS. THAT IS A RED 9013 04:41:42,752 --> 04:41:43,820 FLAG OF OVER SENSATIONALISM FOR 9014 04:41:43,820 --> 04:41:45,555 THE SAKE OF COLLECTING FUNDS, 9015 04:41:45,555 --> 04:41:48,024 NOT FOSTERING COMMUNITY. IF THE 9016 04:41:48,024 --> 04:41:49,158 COUNCIL CARES ABOUT LEGITIMATE 9017 04:41:49,158 --> 04:41:51,194 CRISES, THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 9018 04:41:51,194 --> 04:41:53,029 WILL GET AMPLE FUNDING. WITHOUT 9019 04:41:53,029 --> 04:41:55,064 QUESTION. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO 9020 04:41:55,064 --> 04:41:57,200 MY INSIDER SOURCES, THERE IS 9021 04:41:57,200 --> 04:41:58,434 AROUND $250 MILLION THAT WAS NOT 9022 04:41:58,434 --> 04:41:59,869 SPENT AND IS SITTING IN THE CITY 9023 04:41:59,869 --> 04:42:03,473 AND COUNTY TREASURIES. THESE ARE 9024 04:42:03,473 --> 04:42:04,073 UNUTILIZED MISSING FUNDS THAT 9025 04:42:04,073 --> 04:42:05,441 ARE NOTHING SHORT OF AN EVERYDAY 9026 04:42:05,441 --> 04:42:06,376 MIRACLE. AND WE NEED TO HAVE AN 9027 04:42:06,376 --> 04:42:10,480 AUDIT IN ORDER TO FIND AND 9028 04:42:10,480 --> 04:42:11,915 RELEASE THEM. OVERSEEING THE 9029 04:42:11,915 --> 04:42:13,483 DEVELOPMENT OF CURRENTLY UNUSED 9030 04:42:13,483 --> 04:42:15,151 LOTS AND OFFICE SPACES DOWNTOWN 9031 04:42:15,151 --> 04:42:15,752 INTO MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND 9032 04:42:15,752 --> 04:42:18,321 THIRD SPACES. THE TWO PROPOSED 9033 04:42:18,321 --> 04:42:19,856 TASK FORCES TO ANALYZE UNUSED 9034 04:42:19,856 --> 04:42:20,390 OFFICE SPACE AND BUSINESS 9035 04:42:20,390 --> 04:42:21,925 INSURANCE CLAIMS ARE NECESSARY 9036 04:42:21,925 --> 04:42:22,926 TO DRIVE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY DOWN 9037 04:42:22,926 --> 04:42:23,826 THE RIGHT PATH. 9038 04:42:23,826 --> 04:42:24,460 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, HANNAH, 9039 04:42:24,460 --> 04:42:28,665 AND THANK YOU FOR WAITING. 9040 04:42:28,665 --> 04:42:31,601 JEANNIE. AND THEN 200. I CAN'T 9041 04:42:31,601 --> 04:42:34,070 READ VERY WELL AT THIS POINT IN 9042 04:42:34,070 --> 04:42:35,405 THE NIGHT. SORRY WELCOME, 9043 04:42:35,405 --> 04:42:37,440 JEANNIE. 9044 04:42:37,440 --> 04:42:39,542 -- HI. DOES THIS ONE WORK? IT'S 9045 04:42:39,542 --> 04:42:42,378 THE SHORTER OF THE TWO. OKAY, 9046 04:42:42,378 --> 04:42:44,347 GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JEAN 9047 04:42:44,347 --> 04:42:47,050 NICKELSBURG, AND I AM HERE 9048 04:42:47,050 --> 04:42:50,153 REPRESENTING SIFF SEATTLE 9049 04:42:50,153 --> 04:42:52,221 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ON 9050 04:42:52,221 --> 04:42:54,691 THE HAT. I LIVE IN COUNCIL 9051 04:42:54,691 --> 04:42:55,425 DISTRICT THREE AND I WORK IN 9052 04:42:55,425 --> 04:42:58,027 DISTRICT SEVEN. I DO WANT TO SAY 9053 04:42:58,027 --> 04:43:01,130 A WORD OF THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. 9054 04:43:01,130 --> 04:43:03,199 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK 9055 04:43:03,199 --> 04:43:05,034 YOU FOR LISTENING TO EVERYONE 9056 04:43:05,034 --> 04:43:06,402 THAT HAS BEEN HERE THIS EVENING. 9057 04:43:06,402 --> 04:43:09,539 IT'S BEEN QUITE AN EXPERIENCE 9058 04:43:09,539 --> 04:43:12,775 LISTENING IN, BUT ALSO THANK YOU 9059 04:43:12,775 --> 04:43:14,610 FOR PUTTING INTO THE BUDGET 9060 04:43:14,610 --> 04:43:16,946 MONEY TO SUPPORT THE ARTS. WE'RE 9061 04:43:16,946 --> 04:43:18,848 REALLY GRATEFUL. WE ALL KNOW 9062 04:43:18,848 --> 04:43:20,183 THAT ARTS AND CULTURE ARE VITAL 9063 04:43:20,183 --> 04:43:23,753 FOR ANY GREAT CITY IN SEATTLE. 9064 04:43:23,753 --> 04:43:24,354 WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A 9065 04:43:24,354 --> 04:43:25,588 VIBRANT AND DIVERSE GROUP OF 9066 04:43:25,588 --> 04:43:27,123 ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL SIZES WHO 9067 04:43:27,123 --> 04:43:29,325 SERVE AN EQUALLY DIVERSE 9068 04:43:29,325 --> 04:43:32,028 COMMUNITY. THE ARTS MAKE A REAL 9069 04:43:32,028 --> 04:43:33,863 DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. 9070 04:43:33,863 --> 04:43:36,132 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ALL 9071 04:43:36,132 --> 04:43:40,403 BACKGROUNDS. AT SIFF, OUR 9072 04:43:40,403 --> 04:43:40,970 CINEMAS ARE OPEN 365 DAYS A 9073 04:43:40,970 --> 04:43:43,306 YEAR, WELCOMING AUDIENCES, 9074 04:43:43,306 --> 04:43:43,906 SHARING STORIES AND CREATING 9075 04:43:43,906 --> 04:43:46,476 SPACES FOR COMMUNITY AND 9076 04:43:46,476 --> 04:43:48,478 CONVERSATION. WE BUILD 9077 04:43:48,478 --> 04:43:51,547 MEANINGFUL HUMAN CONNECTION 9078 04:43:51,547 --> 04:43:52,015 THROUGH THE CINEMATIC 9079 04:43:52,015 --> 04:43:53,116 EXPERIENCE. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, 9080 04:43:53,116 --> 04:43:57,620 THIS PAST YEAR, MY FAMILY 9081 04:43:57,620 --> 04:44:00,156 EXPERIENCED A DIFFICULT TRAGEDY 9082 04:44:00,156 --> 04:44:01,891 BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN 9083 04:44:01,891 --> 04:44:07,797 ART, MUSIC, THEATER, OPERA, FILM 9084 04:44:07,797 --> 04:44:09,665 TO US. SO THANK YOU FOR 9085 04:44:09,665 --> 04:44:10,933 RECOGNIZING THAT WHAT WE DO 9086 04:44:10,933 --> 04:44:12,735 MATTERS BY BUILDING A BUDGET 9087 04:44:12,735 --> 04:44:14,537 THAT INVESTS IN THIS WORK 9088 04:44:14,537 --> 04:44:15,138 ALONGSIDE EVERYTHING ELSE, WE 9089 04:44:15,138 --> 04:44:18,608 HAVE TO DO, AND ENSURING THAT 9090 04:44:18,608 --> 04:44:19,675 OUR SECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO 9091 04:44:19,675 --> 04:44:19,942 FLOURISH. 9092 04:44:19,942 --> 04:44:22,145 -- AND THRIVE. THANK YOU JEAN, 9093 04:44:22,145 --> 04:44:25,014 THANK YOU EMMA, YOU'RE UP NEXT. 9094 04:44:25,014 --> 04:44:26,582 WELCOME. AND THEN WE'VE GOT 9095 04:44:26,582 --> 04:44:30,019 JASMINE SMITH, DARLENE, KIMBERLY 9096 04:44:30,019 --> 04:44:32,221 COLEMAN, NICK BLESSING, VICKI F, 9097 04:44:32,221 --> 04:44:36,092 GLOVER, MARLEE, AVA ROSE, DAVID 9098 04:44:36,092 --> 04:44:39,262 HAYNES, SONIA, ELIANA. I DON'T 9099 04:44:39,262 --> 04:44:40,930 KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT PERSON'S 9100 04:44:40,930 --> 04:44:43,032 REAL NAME MIKE. ASIA. STEPHANIE. 9101 04:44:43,032 --> 04:44:46,469 SEVEN. AND THEN TIMOTHY KITCHEN. 9102 04:44:46,469 --> 04:44:47,370 SO EMMA, WELCOME. 9103 04:44:47,370 --> 04:44:47,603 -- HI. 9104 04:44:47,603 --> 04:44:47,870 -- YEAH. 9105 04:44:47,870 --> 04:44:50,073 -- I'M EMMA, I'M WITH A GROUP 9106 04:44:50,073 --> 04:44:51,374 CALLED RADICAL WOMEN. I'M ALSO 9107 04:44:51,374 --> 04:44:52,708 BASED OUT OF DISTRICT TWO. AND 9108 04:44:52,708 --> 04:44:54,911 WHAT I'M CALLING FOR TONIGHT IS 9109 04:44:54,911 --> 04:44:58,181 TO CONTINUE THE $8 MILLION IN 9110 04:44:58,181 --> 04:45:00,416 FUNDING FOR VICTIMS OF GENDER 9111 04:45:00,416 --> 04:45:03,453 BASED AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE 9112 04:45:03,453 --> 04:45:07,123 VICTIMS NEED THE SUPPORT THAT 9113 04:45:07,123 --> 04:45:09,692 NEED SUPPORT, AND THEY SEEK 9114 04:45:09,692 --> 04:45:11,360 SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND 9115 04:45:11,360 --> 04:45:13,563 A LOT OF WOMEN AND PEOPLE HAVE 9116 04:45:13,563 --> 04:45:18,234 TO STAY IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS 9117 04:45:18,234 --> 04:45:19,969 OUT OF ECONOMIC DESPERATION. SO 9118 04:45:19,969 --> 04:45:21,871 IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO 9119 04:45:21,871 --> 04:45:23,039 GIVE PEOPLE THOSE OPTIONS TO BE 9120 04:45:23,039 --> 04:45:25,975 ABLE TO LEAVE ABUSIVE 9121 04:45:25,975 --> 04:45:27,477 RELATIONSHIPS. WE DO LIVE IN A 9122 04:45:27,477 --> 04:45:31,314 SOCIETY THAT TENDS TO PROTECT 9123 04:45:31,314 --> 04:45:33,249 PREDATORS BETTER THAN VICTIMS, 9124 04:45:33,249 --> 04:45:35,518 AND WE SEE ABUSE HAPPENING FROM 9125 04:45:35,518 --> 04:45:41,924 THE TOP DOWN. I WANT TO SAY THAT 9126 04:45:41,924 --> 04:45:43,893 THE SYSTEM ALSO VICTIMIZES 9127 04:45:43,893 --> 04:45:45,428 VICTIMS WHO COME FORWARD AND 9128 04:45:45,428 --> 04:45:47,697 THEY ONCE AGAIN NEED THAT 9129 04:45:47,697 --> 04:45:51,033 SUPPORT, AND ALSO THAT WE ARE 9130 04:45:51,033 --> 04:45:54,337 LIVING. WE ARE HERE WITH A LOT 9131 04:45:54,337 --> 04:45:57,373 OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE 9132 04:45:57,373 --> 04:45:58,975 TESTIFIED, WHO PROVIDE SO MANY 9133 04:45:58,975 --> 04:46:00,810 IMPORTANT SERVICES, AND THEY 9134 04:46:00,810 --> 04:46:02,345 SHOULDN'T BE PITTED AGAINST EACH 9135 04:46:02,345 --> 04:46:03,579 OTHER. I AGREE, AND THAT 9136 04:46:03,579 --> 04:46:05,081 THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN'T TAKE 9137 04:46:05,081 --> 04:46:06,749 MORE BOLD DIRECTION IN TAXING 9138 04:46:06,749 --> 04:46:08,751 THE RICH, TAXING THE 9139 04:46:08,751 --> 04:46:11,354 CORPORATIONS, TAXING THE MANY 9140 04:46:11,354 --> 04:46:11,954 MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES 9141 04:46:11,954 --> 04:46:14,957 HERE. SINCE WE HAVE ONE OF THE 9142 04:46:14,957 --> 04:46:17,827 MOST REGRESSIVE TAX SYSTEMS IN 9143 04:46:17,827 --> 04:46:18,895 THE IN THE IN THE COUNTRY AS 9144 04:46:18,895 --> 04:46:20,730 WELL. SO THANK YOU. 9145 04:46:20,730 --> 04:46:26,435 -- THANKS, EMMA. WE'VE GOT 201. 9146 04:46:26,435 --> 04:46:30,139 JASMINE SMITH 202. DARLING. 203. 9147 04:46:30,139 --> 04:46:38,714 KIMBERLY 204. NICK 205. VICKI 9148 04:46:38,714 --> 04:46:47,490 206 GLOVEY 207 MARVELLE 208. AVA 9149 04:46:47,490 --> 04:46:52,695 209. ROSE 210. DAVID HAINES I 9150 04:46:52,695 --> 04:46:53,696 SWEAR I SAW DAVID HAINES JUST A 9151 04:46:53,696 --> 04:46:56,299 COUPLE MINUTES AGO. MR. HAINES 9152 04:46:56,299 --> 04:47:00,436 DAVID HAINES DID HE REALLY? 9153 04:47:00,436 --> 04:47:03,039 HE'S BEEN HERE ALL DAY. HE'S 9154 04:47:03,039 --> 04:47:03,773 BEEN WAITING. I EVEN SAW HIM 9155 04:47:03,773 --> 04:47:05,274 WAITING FOR THE BUS ON THE WAY 9156 04:47:05,274 --> 04:47:06,742 IN TODAY. HE WAS WAITING FOR THE 9157 04:47:06,742 --> 04:47:11,047 BUS. ALL RIGHT. DID HE ALL 9158 04:47:11,047 --> 04:47:12,281 RIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO 9159 04:47:12,281 --> 04:47:15,351 THE LAST PAGE. WE HAVE SONIA 9160 04:47:15,351 --> 04:47:17,587 HERRERA, ELIANA HORNE. SOMEBODY 9161 04:47:17,587 --> 04:47:18,621 DID NOT PUT THEIR REAL NAME, BUT 9162 04:47:18,621 --> 04:47:22,024 SOMETHING ABOUT YOUTUBE. MIKE, 9163 04:47:22,024 --> 04:47:28,331 STEPHANIE, TIM. SONIA, WELCOME 9164 04:47:28,331 --> 04:47:29,098 -- WELL, I THOUGHT WE'D NEVER 9165 04:47:29,098 --> 04:47:29,365 GET HERE. 9166 04:47:29,365 --> 04:47:32,268 -- HANG ON REAL QUICK. WE'RE 9167 04:47:32,268 --> 04:47:32,868 GOING TO HANG ON REAL QUICK. 9168 04:47:32,868 --> 04:47:35,705 WE'RE GOING TO GET SET. 9169 04:47:35,705 --> 04:47:36,639 -- TOTALLY. IT'S BEEN A LONG 9170 04:47:36,639 --> 04:47:36,839 ONE. 9171 04:47:36,839 --> 04:47:39,842 -- OH, THERE'S MIKE. 9172 04:47:39,842 --> 04:47:40,743 -- OKAY. MY NAME IS SONIA AND 9173 04:47:40,743 --> 04:47:41,877 I'M CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE 9174 04:47:41,877 --> 04:47:44,046 ALLIANCE AGAINST RACISM AND 9175 04:47:44,046 --> 04:47:44,947 POLITICAL OPPRESSION. I ALSO 9176 04:47:44,947 --> 04:47:46,716 STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH SEATTLE 9177 04:47:46,716 --> 04:47:47,984 SOLIDARITY BUDGET AND THEIR NINE 9178 04:47:47,984 --> 04:47:50,119 GUARANTEES. THE BUDGET, AS IT 9179 04:47:50,119 --> 04:47:51,320 STANDS, CUTS OR KEEPS THE BUDGET 9180 04:47:51,320 --> 04:47:53,623 FOR HOUSING AND EMERGENCY FOOD 9181 04:47:53,623 --> 04:47:56,659 ACCESS. TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER 9182 04:47:56,659 --> 04:47:57,293 NECESSARY DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE 9183 04:47:57,293 --> 04:47:58,661 CITY. I'LL ECHO WHAT MANY PEOPLE 9184 04:47:58,661 --> 04:48:02,298 HAVE BEEN SAYING. TAKE THE MONEY 9185 04:48:02,298 --> 04:48:05,635 THE PEOPLE NEED FROM SPD SPD 9186 04:48:05,635 --> 04:48:07,169 DOES NOT NEED 68 MILLION. WE 9187 04:48:07,169 --> 04:48:09,038 DON'T NEED MORE COPS. SPD HAS 9188 04:48:09,038 --> 04:48:10,172 MURDERED THREE PEOPLE IN THE 9189 04:48:10,172 --> 04:48:12,141 LAST YEAR SINCE THE CONSENT 9190 04:48:12,141 --> 04:48:13,042 DECREE WAS LIFTED. AND IF YOU 9191 04:48:13,042 --> 04:48:15,011 HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK UP 9192 04:48:15,011 --> 04:48:17,246 THOSE NAMES, THAT'S JACK, 9193 04:48:17,246 --> 04:48:18,881 CHRISTIAN NELSON AND KEENAN 9194 04:48:18,881 --> 04:48:21,183 PEARSON. WITH NO TRANSPARENCY OR 9195 04:48:21,183 --> 04:48:21,984 ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS DOESN'T 9196 04:48:21,984 --> 04:48:23,219 INCLUDE THE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE 9197 04:48:23,219 --> 04:48:25,354 BEATEN AND SHOT BY OFFICERS, 9198 04:48:25,354 --> 04:48:26,389 INCLUDING THE WOMAN IN BEACON 9199 04:48:26,389 --> 04:48:27,757 HILL SHOT AFTER CALLING FOR HELP 9200 04:48:27,757 --> 04:48:29,692 ABOUT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE, 9201 04:48:29,692 --> 04:48:31,794 AND DENNIS HICKS, WHO YOU HEARD 9202 04:48:31,794 --> 04:48:32,728 FROM EARLIER TODAY, MORE COPS 9203 04:48:32,728 --> 04:48:34,463 DOES NOT EQUAL SAFER STREETS. 9204 04:48:34,463 --> 04:48:36,132 AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IN REAL 9205 04:48:36,132 --> 04:48:39,235 TIME, KATIE WILSON, NOT A SINGLE 9206 04:48:39,235 --> 04:48:43,139 ONE OF YOU AND NOT ANY OF THE 9207 04:48:43,139 --> 04:48:44,340 ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES, QUOTE, 9208 04:48:44,340 --> 04:48:47,576 UNQUOTE, OF THE OIG, OPA OR CPC 9209 04:48:47,576 --> 04:48:48,277 HAVE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE 9210 04:48:48,277 --> 04:48:52,315 VIOLENCE AND THE DEATHS IN OUR 9211 04:48:52,315 --> 04:48:52,915 COMMUNITIES. FUNDING VIOLENT 9212 04:48:52,915 --> 04:48:55,051 KILLER COPS AND CUTTING ALL 9213 04:48:55,051 --> 04:48:56,852 NECESSARY DEPARTMENTS SHOWS THE 9214 04:48:56,852 --> 04:48:58,721 PEOPLE OF THE CITY ABOUT WHAT 9215 04:48:58,721 --> 04:49:02,792 YOU CARE ABOUT IN YOUR OWN 9216 04:49:02,792 --> 04:49:03,426 SELFISH INTERESTS, THAT YOU ARE 9217 04:49:03,426 --> 04:49:05,895 HAPPY TO LIE IN THE SAME BED AS 9218 04:49:05,895 --> 04:49:07,963 THE BULLIES AT SPRAGUE, PUSHING 9219 04:49:07,963 --> 04:49:11,901 A COP CENTERED SURVEILLANCE 9220 04:49:11,901 --> 04:49:12,101 CITY. 9221 04:49:12,101 --> 04:49:14,136 -- THANK YOU ELIANA. 9222 04:49:14,136 --> 04:49:17,406 -- TIME. NO MORE MONEY FOR SPD. 9223 04:49:17,406 --> 04:49:20,943 -- ELIANA, ARE YOUR 215 WHO'S 9224 04:49:20,943 --> 04:49:27,850 212? ELIANA. ELIANA 212212213. I 9225 04:49:27,850 --> 04:49:28,751 CALLED IT A COUPLE MINUTES AGO. 9226 04:49:28,751 --> 04:49:32,054 DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? 203 9227 04:49:32,054 --> 04:49:34,457 KIMBERLY COLEMAN NO PROBLEM. 9228 04:49:34,457 --> 04:49:36,025 YOU'RE FINE. WELCOME. 9229 04:49:36,025 --> 04:49:41,530 -- HI. COUNCIL CLERK GOOD 9230 04:49:41,530 --> 04:49:42,998 EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M 9231 04:49:42,998 --> 04:49:43,599 KIMBERLY COLEMAN WITH SEATTLE 9232 04:49:43,599 --> 04:49:45,034 TENANT LANDLORD COMPLIANCE AND 9233 04:49:45,034 --> 04:49:48,070 ACCOUNTABILITY. AS TLC AYE 9234 04:49:48,070 --> 04:49:49,472 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ONCE SAID, 9235 04:49:49,472 --> 04:49:51,273 MORE TRANSPARENCY, MORE DATA, 9236 04:49:51,273 --> 04:49:52,742 MORE INFORMATION MAKES FOR A 9237 04:49:52,742 --> 04:49:55,745 BETTER DECISION AND BETTER 9238 04:49:55,745 --> 04:49:57,980 POLICY. EXACTLY. SDCI HAS 9239 04:49:57,980 --> 04:50:00,483 DASHBOARDS, MEASURING PERMIT 9240 04:50:00,483 --> 04:50:01,083 PERFORMANCE AND CONSTRUCTION 9241 04:50:01,083 --> 04:50:03,018 ACTIVITY. SO WHERE'S THE 9242 04:50:03,018 --> 04:50:04,820 DASHBOARD SHOWING WHERE 9243 04:50:04,820 --> 04:50:06,789 SEATTLE'S RENTAL HOUSING 9244 04:50:06,789 --> 04:50:07,423 PROTECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY BEING 9245 04:50:07,423 --> 04:50:10,259 ENFORCED? WE'VE ANALYZED OVER 9246 04:50:10,259 --> 04:50:13,729 56,000 LANDLORD TENANT RECORDS, 9247 04:50:13,729 --> 04:50:15,464 ROUGHLY 36,000 HAVE NO PUBLIC 9248 04:50:15,464 --> 04:50:17,967 LAST INSPECTION DATE. THAT 9249 04:50:17,967 --> 04:50:20,002 DOESN'T MEAN INSPECTIONS NEVER 9250 04:50:20,002 --> 04:50:21,570 HAPPENED. IT MEANS THAT THE 9251 04:50:21,570 --> 04:50:23,506 PUBLIC CAN'T RELIABLY FOLLOW 9252 04:50:23,506 --> 04:50:25,241 WHAT HAPPENED FROM COMPLAINT TO 9253 04:50:25,241 --> 04:50:27,443 CORRECTION. AND WITHOUT THAT 9254 04:50:27,443 --> 04:50:29,245 INFORMATION, COUNCIL CANNOT MAKE 9255 04:50:29,245 --> 04:50:30,079 THE INFORMED, DATA DRIVEN POLICY 9256 04:50:30,079 --> 04:50:32,982 AND BUDGET DECISIONS. SEATTLE 9257 04:50:32,982 --> 04:50:38,854 NEEDS. IN 2016, ORDINANCE 125054 9258 04:50:38,854 --> 04:50:39,488 REQUIRED ANNUAL REPORTING ON A 9259 04:50:39,488 --> 04:50:42,124 SPECIFIC TENANT PROTECTION 9260 04:50:42,124 --> 04:50:43,726 PROVISION. SDCI ACKNOWLEDGED 9261 04:50:43,726 --> 04:50:44,260 THOSE REPORTS WERE NEVER 9262 04:50:44,260 --> 04:50:46,595 PREPARED. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 9263 04:50:46,595 --> 04:50:49,465 WHERE ARE YOU? THERE'S A 9264 04:50:49,465 --> 04:50:51,133 FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNANCE QUESTION 9265 04:50:51,133 --> 04:50:52,868 HERE WHY ARE THESE 9266 04:50:52,868 --> 04:50:55,471 RESPONSIBILITIES HOUSED WITHIN 9267 04:50:55,471 --> 04:50:56,872 SDCI, AND HOW IS THEIR 9268 04:50:56,872 --> 04:50:59,742 PERFORMANCE BEING EVALUATED? WE 9269 04:50:59,742 --> 04:51:02,211 SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL OF 9270 04:51:02,211 --> 04:51:04,847 STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT, 9271 04:51:04,847 --> 04:51:07,616 ASKING COUNCIL TO MAKE WHERE DID 9272 04:51:07,616 --> 04:51:11,320 I GO TO MAKE SDCI MEASURABLE 9273 04:51:11,320 --> 04:51:12,688 ENFORCEMENT MEASURABLE? 9274 04:51:12,688 --> 04:51:13,322 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ BEFORE YOU 9275 04:51:13,322 --> 04:51:14,290 HAVE. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I HOPE 9276 04:51:14,290 --> 04:51:17,626 YOU HAVE. I HOPE YOU HELP ENSURE 9277 04:51:17,626 --> 04:51:20,162 THAT REPORTING OBLIGATION ISN'T 9278 04:51:20,162 --> 04:51:22,231 FORGOTTEN. LET THE DATA LEAD THE 9279 04:51:22,231 --> 04:51:23,365 WAY. THANK YOU. 9280 04:51:23,365 --> 04:51:25,000 -- THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. ALL 9281 04:51:25,000 --> 04:51:26,035 RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO 9282 04:51:26,035 --> 04:51:30,172 BACK TO 12. ANYONE HAVE A NUMBER 9283 04:51:30,172 --> 04:51:34,243 LOWER THAN 212? WE GOT 213 9284 04:51:34,243 --> 04:51:36,645 YOUTUBE STAR. SOMEBODY ON 9285 04:51:36,645 --> 04:51:42,117 YOUTUBE. 213214 MIKE WELCOME. 9286 04:51:42,117 --> 04:51:44,587 THANKS FOR WAITING SO LATE. 9287 04:51:44,587 --> 04:51:47,056 -- I'M SORRY. MY TIME. I, I 9288 04:51:47,056 --> 04:51:49,158 JUST GOT OFF WORK. YEAH, YEAH. 9289 04:51:49,158 --> 04:51:50,559 I'VE WORKED A LONG DAY. IS IT, 9290 04:51:50,559 --> 04:51:53,829 IS IT. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'VE 9291 04:51:53,829 --> 04:51:54,530 HAD DON'T START MY TIME. LOOK, 9292 04:51:54,530 --> 04:51:55,664 MY SON JUST GOT STABBED IN 9293 04:51:55,664 --> 04:51:58,367 PRISON. I'M TRYING TO BE CALM 9294 04:51:58,367 --> 04:52:00,870 AND COOL. I'M NOT HERE TO DO 9295 04:52:00,870 --> 04:52:02,671 ANYTHING CRAZY. IT'S MY ONLY 9296 04:52:02,671 --> 04:52:04,006 SON. I LOST MY GRANDMOTHER A 9297 04:52:04,006 --> 04:52:05,941 YEAR AGO, AND SO CAN YOU NOT 9298 04:52:05,941 --> 04:52:07,042 START MY TIME, PLEASE? YEAH, 9299 04:52:07,042 --> 04:52:09,011 WE'LL PLEASE. I JUST I'M JUST 9300 04:52:09,011 --> 04:52:10,613 TRYING TO. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO 9301 04:52:10,613 --> 04:52:13,048 BE COOL AND CALM, BUT A LOT OF 9302 04:52:13,048 --> 04:52:13,682 Y'ALL HAVE SEEN ME AND HEARD 9303 04:52:13,682 --> 04:52:16,986 FROM ME. I'M HIGHLY FRUSTRATED, 9304 04:52:16,986 --> 04:52:18,120 AND I'M OFF. GOOD EVENING, 9305 04:52:18,120 --> 04:52:21,357 COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS 9306 04:52:21,357 --> 04:52:22,024 MICHAEL SAI. I'M THE PRESIDENT 9307 04:52:22,024 --> 04:52:23,626 OF EMERALD CITY CANNABIS, KNOWN 9308 04:52:23,626 --> 04:52:25,694 AS ALSO EMERALD CITY COLLECTIVE, 9309 04:52:25,694 --> 04:52:28,063 A MEDICAL PIONEER SINCE 2010. 9310 04:52:28,063 --> 04:52:31,200 I'M THE OWNER OF THE FIRST 9311 04:52:31,200 --> 04:52:31,834 BLACK CANNABIS DISPENSARY IN THE 9312 04:52:31,834 --> 04:52:34,069 CITY OF SEATTLE. FOR DECADES, 9313 04:52:34,069 --> 04:52:35,704 THE WAR ON DRUGS DEVASTATED THE 9314 04:52:35,704 --> 04:52:38,407 BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, 9315 04:52:38,407 --> 04:52:40,342 WHILE GOVERNMENT BENEFITED 9316 04:52:40,342 --> 04:52:40,876 FINANCIALLY FROM CANNABIS 9317 04:52:40,876 --> 04:52:42,845 PROHIBITION. IN 2016, SEATTLE'S 9318 04:52:42,845 --> 04:52:44,747 MEDICAL CANNABIS PIONEERS WERE 9319 04:52:44,747 --> 04:52:45,681 PUSHED OUT OF AN INDUSTRY. WE 9320 04:52:45,681 --> 04:52:50,452 HELPED BUILD. IT TOOK ME NOT BY 9321 04:52:50,452 --> 04:52:52,087 MYSELF. IT TOOK ME NEARLY TEN 9322 04:52:52,087 --> 04:52:54,490 YEARS TO RETURN TEN YEARS OF 9323 04:52:54,490 --> 04:52:58,527 LOST ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN 9324 04:52:58,527 --> 04:53:02,264 2022, FAS SEATTLE SERVICES 9325 04:53:02,264 --> 04:53:03,966 RECOMMENDED $1 MILLION ANNUALLY 9326 04:53:03,966 --> 04:53:06,635 FOR CANNABIS EQUITY FOR YEARS 9327 04:53:06,635 --> 04:53:10,306 LATER. WHERE IS THAT MONEY? WAS 9328 04:53:10,306 --> 04:53:13,442 IT EVER FUNDED? WHO BENEFITED? 9329 04:53:13,442 --> 04:53:15,644 MAYOR KATIE WILSON RECENTLY 9330 04:53:15,644 --> 04:53:17,980 ANNOUNCED LOANS UP TO $350,000 9331 04:53:17,980 --> 04:53:19,915 FOR INTEREST FOR SMALL 9332 04:53:19,915 --> 04:53:23,752 BUSINESSES IN CAPITOL HILL. I 9333 04:53:23,752 --> 04:53:25,454 WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY. BUT 9334 04:53:25,454 --> 04:53:27,089 OUR SOCIAL EQUITY CANNABIS 9335 04:53:27,089 --> 04:53:28,824 RETAILERS ELIGIBLE, OR WILL WE 9336 04:53:28,824 --> 04:53:31,994 BE EXCLUDED? ONCE AGAIN, I'M 9337 04:53:31,994 --> 04:53:34,363 CALLING ON YOU. BUDGET CHAIR DAN 9338 04:53:34,363 --> 04:53:34,964 STRAUSS AND THE ENTIRE CITY 9339 04:53:34,964 --> 04:53:38,634 COUNCIL ALLOCATE 500,000 IN 9340 04:53:38,634 --> 04:53:40,869 GRANT FUNDS, SMALL LOANS, 9341 04:53:40,869 --> 04:53:42,838 WHATEVER IT MAY BE, FOR SOCIAL 9342 04:53:42,838 --> 04:53:45,107 EQUITY. CANNABIS RETAILERS IN 9343 04:53:45,107 --> 04:53:46,141 SEATTLE, WHILE GRANTS ARE 9344 04:53:46,141 --> 04:53:47,443 ESSENTIAL, WE NEED IMMEDIATE 9345 04:53:47,443 --> 04:53:48,377 ACCESS. WE NEED LOANS. WE NEED 9346 04:53:48,377 --> 04:53:51,246 IT NOW. OUR BUSINESSES NEED 9347 04:53:51,246 --> 04:53:52,247 FUNDING FOR INVENTORY, RENT, 9348 04:53:52,247 --> 04:53:56,685 EMPLOYEES AND SURVIVAL. THE CITY 9349 04:53:56,685 --> 04:53:57,252 HELPED CREATE THIS ECONOMIC 9350 04:53:57,252 --> 04:53:59,555 INJUSTICE. NOW THE CITY MUST 9351 04:53:59,555 --> 04:54:03,058 HELP REPAIR IT, FUND SOCIAL 9352 04:54:03,058 --> 04:54:05,127 EQUITY. IN THE 2027 BUDGET. 9353 04:54:05,127 --> 04:54:05,861 OPENED THE CAPITAL ACCESS 9354 04:54:05,861 --> 04:54:08,797 PROGRAM FOR CANNABIS BUSINESSES, 9355 04:54:08,797 --> 04:54:10,633 SOCIAL EQUITY WITHOUT ACCESS TO 9356 04:54:10,633 --> 04:54:13,569 CAPITAL IS ANOTHER BROKEN 9357 04:54:13,569 --> 04:54:14,236 PROMISE. YOU GUYS GOT TO DO 9358 04:54:14,236 --> 04:54:16,205 SOMETHING. I AM NOT GOING TO GO 9359 04:54:16,205 --> 04:54:17,039 AWAY. I WORKED ALL DAY LONG. 9360 04:54:17,039 --> 04:54:18,307 I'VE BEEN WORKING FOUR STRAIGHT 9361 04:54:18,307 --> 04:54:19,274 MONTHS. MY BUSINESS IS IN 9362 04:54:19,274 --> 04:54:22,111 GREENWOOD. IT'S KNOWN AS THE 9363 04:54:22,111 --> 04:54:24,179 SUNDOWN TOWN. THAT'S THE HISTORY 9364 04:54:24,179 --> 04:54:25,014 OF SEATTLE. THERE'S STILL RACISM 9365 04:54:25,014 --> 04:54:26,849 HERE. LET'S FIX IT, Y'ALL. 9366 04:54:26,849 --> 04:54:27,149 THANK YOU. 9367 04:54:27,149 --> 04:54:32,421 -- THANK YOU. MIKE. WE GOT TWO 9368 04:54:32,421 --> 04:54:34,890 FOLKS LEFT. STEPHANIE. SAFFRON. 9369 04:54:34,890 --> 04:54:35,524 THAT'S YOU. AND THEN TIM 9370 04:54:35,524 --> 04:54:39,495 KITCHEN 9371 04:54:39,495 --> 04:54:40,929 -- OKAY. THAT'S PRETTY TALL. 9372 04:54:40,929 --> 04:54:41,230 -- CAN YOU. 9373 04:54:41,230 --> 04:54:43,599 -- HEAR ME? OKAY. 9374 04:54:43,599 --> 04:54:43,866 -- YEAH. 9375 04:54:43,866 --> 04:54:45,434 -- OKAY. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY 9376 04:54:45,434 --> 04:54:47,036 NAME IS STEPH. I LIVE IN 9377 04:54:47,036 --> 04:54:49,138 DISTRICT SIX. I WORK IN DISTRICT 9378 04:54:49,138 --> 04:54:50,105 FIVE. I'M A VETERAN, SERVED AS 9379 04:54:50,105 --> 04:54:51,340 AN MP, AND I'VE LIVED IN SEATTLE 9380 04:54:51,340 --> 04:54:53,676 FOR TEN YEARS. THIS IS THE 9381 04:54:53,676 --> 04:54:54,276 LONGEST I'VE EVER LIVED 9382 04:54:54,276 --> 04:54:55,778 ANYWHERE. AND I'M REALLY 9383 04:54:55,778 --> 04:54:56,912 EXCITED TO GET MORE INVOLVED 9384 04:54:56,912 --> 04:54:58,113 BECAUSE I LOVE IT HERE. AS YOU 9385 04:54:58,113 --> 04:54:59,715 CAN SEE FROM SO MANY COMMENTERS, 9386 04:54:59,715 --> 04:55:02,084 THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, ACCEPTING, 9387 04:55:02,084 --> 04:55:04,453 CARING CITY. BUT I HATE THE PAIN 9388 04:55:04,453 --> 04:55:06,388 AND SUFFERING THAT I SEE OUR 9389 04:55:06,388 --> 04:55:06,989 MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS PUT 9390 04:55:06,989 --> 04:55:08,090 THROUGH AND THE EFFECTS IT HAS 9391 04:55:08,090 --> 04:55:10,993 ON THE REST OF US. POLICE ARE 9392 04:55:10,993 --> 04:55:12,928 NOT PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY DON'T 9393 04:55:12,928 --> 04:55:14,797 KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. THEY PROTECT 9394 04:55:14,797 --> 04:55:16,565 THE PROPERTY OF YOUR RICHEST 9395 04:55:16,565 --> 04:55:17,199 CONSTITUENTS WHILE SHOOTING AND 9396 04:55:17,199 --> 04:55:19,068 RUNNING DOWN OUR CITIZENS IN THE 9397 04:55:19,068 --> 04:55:19,868 STREETS. WE JUST PASSED THE ONE 9398 04:55:19,868 --> 04:55:21,537 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE KILLING 9399 04:55:21,537 --> 04:55:23,939 OF JACK PELELE. AFTER PASSING 9400 04:55:23,939 --> 04:55:24,640 THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9401 04:55:24,640 --> 04:55:27,342 END OF OUR CONSENT DECREE, THE 9402 04:55:27,342 --> 04:55:28,243 OFFICERS INVOLVED AND THE BODY 9403 04:55:28,243 --> 04:55:30,112 CAM FOOTAGE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN 9404 04:55:30,112 --> 04:55:31,980 RELEASED. YOU DON'T HAVE 9405 04:55:31,980 --> 04:55:33,248 CONTROL OVER THEM. AT THEIR VERY 9406 04:55:33,248 --> 04:55:34,750 BEST. THEY'RE RESPONDERS, NOT 9407 04:55:34,750 --> 04:55:36,218 PREVENTION, AND THEY'RE 9408 04:55:36,218 --> 04:55:37,686 GENERALLY LESS THAN COMPETENT 9409 04:55:37,686 --> 04:55:39,154 WHEN THEY RESPOND. AS WE JUST 9410 04:55:39,154 --> 04:55:40,823 SAW WITH THE DEATH OF KEENAN 9411 04:55:40,823 --> 04:55:42,291 PEARSON, WE HAVE FAR BETTER, 9412 04:55:42,291 --> 04:55:44,159 MORE EQUIPPED DEPARTMENTS SUCH 9413 04:55:44,159 --> 04:55:46,261 AS THE EMT, QUALIFIED FIRE 9414 04:55:46,261 --> 04:55:47,196 DEPARTMENT AND THE RESOURCE 9415 04:55:47,196 --> 04:55:48,630 STARVED CARE TEAM, WHO ARE ABLE 9416 04:55:48,630 --> 04:55:50,799 TO OFFER GENUINE HELP IN A 9417 04:55:50,799 --> 04:55:53,035 CRISIS. YET THE SPD, WHO 9418 04:55:53,035 --> 04:55:54,136 MISHANDLED OVER $13 MILLION IN 9419 04:55:54,136 --> 04:55:55,871 PERSONNEL PAY, IS GETTING A 9420 04:55:55,871 --> 04:55:57,039 RAISE. THERE IS ONE BLOATED, 9421 04:55:57,039 --> 04:55:58,974 INEFFECTIVE, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE 9422 04:55:58,974 --> 04:55:59,908 DEPARTMENT IN THIS CITY SUCKING 9423 04:55:59,908 --> 04:56:01,510 THE LIFE OUT OF IT. CRIME RATES 9424 04:56:01,510 --> 04:56:06,849 ARE DOWN DATA AND EVIDENCE BASED 9425 04:56:06,849 --> 04:56:07,816 SOLUTIONS EXIST, EVEN ONES THAT 9426 04:56:07,816 --> 04:56:10,052 ARE NOT PAID BY YOUR FRIENDS, 9427 04:56:10,052 --> 04:56:11,386 DISREGARDING THEM FOR 9428 04:56:11,386 --> 04:56:14,356 UNACCOUNTABLE STATE. VIOLENCE IS 9429 04:56:14,356 --> 04:56:14,923 UNACCEPTABLE FOR YOUR CITY 9430 04:56:14,923 --> 04:56:17,526 AMBITIONS OF A SAFE CITY. IT'S 9431 04:56:17,526 --> 04:56:18,794 EXTREMELY FOOLISH, MAYOR. VOTE 9432 04:56:18,794 --> 04:56:21,964 ON YOUR ELECTIONS. REFLECT YOUR 9433 04:56:21,964 --> 04:56:22,297 CHOICES HERE. 9434 04:56:22,297 --> 04:56:25,534 -- THANK YOU 9435 04:56:25,534 --> 04:56:25,868 -- [APPLAUSE] 9436 04:56:25,868 --> 04:56:27,903 -- STEPHANIE. LAST ONE UP IS TIM 9437 04:56:27,903 --> 04:56:31,874 KITCHEN. TIM. TIM. KITCHEN. 9438 04:56:31,874 --> 04:56:32,941 HAILING FROM FREMONT. COME ON 9439 04:56:32,941 --> 04:56:33,108 IN. 9440 04:56:33,108 --> 04:56:34,510 -- GREETINGS. HELLO EVERYONE. 9441 04:56:34,510 --> 04:56:35,644 GREETINGS. I'M TIMOTHY KITCHEN, 9442 04:56:35,644 --> 04:56:38,046 FREMONT, DISTRICT FOUR. WE 9443 04:56:38,046 --> 04:56:38,981 SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FIGHT FOR 9444 04:56:38,981 --> 04:56:40,182 BUDGET SCRAPS IN ONE OF THE 9445 04:56:40,182 --> 04:56:42,618 WEALTHIEST CITIES ON THE PLANET. 9446 04:56:42,618 --> 04:56:44,353 IN SEATTLE ONE, 11 ADULTS AGED 9447 04:56:44,353 --> 04:56:45,954 21 PLUS HAVE AT LEAST $1 MILLION 9448 04:56:45,954 --> 04:56:47,122 IN CASH ON HAND, NOT EVEN 9449 04:56:47,122 --> 04:56:48,924 INCLUDING THE VALUE OF THEIR 9450 04:56:48,924 --> 04:56:49,491 PRIMARY HOME. SOME OF THESE 9451 04:56:49,491 --> 04:56:51,126 PEOPLE ARE BILLIONAIRES, A 9452 04:56:51,126 --> 04:56:53,262 WEALTH TAX, A SIGNIFICANT 9453 04:56:53,262 --> 04:56:54,329 CAPITAL FLIGHT BASED ON RACE 9454 04:56:54,329 --> 04:56:55,831 TAXES IS A LIE AND LACKS 9455 04:56:55,831 --> 04:56:57,566 EVIDENCE. A WEALTH TAX WOULD 9456 04:56:57,566 --> 04:56:58,467 PROBABLY BE QUITE HELPFUL, AND A 9457 04:56:58,467 --> 04:57:00,169 RAISE IN THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX, 9458 04:57:00,169 --> 04:57:02,104 THERE IS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN 9459 04:57:02,104 --> 04:57:03,839 POLICE FUNDING AND CRIME OR 9460 04:57:03,839 --> 04:57:04,706 VIOLENT CRIME, YET WE ARE 9461 04:57:04,706 --> 04:57:06,341 SETTING ON FIRE 60 PLUS MILLION 9462 04:57:06,341 --> 04:57:08,143 DOLLARS IN NEW POLICE FUNDING. 9463 04:57:08,143 --> 04:57:10,779 THE COST OF HOUSING IS DIRECTLY 9464 04:57:10,779 --> 04:57:11,313 CORRELATED WITH NUMBER OF 9465 04:57:11,313 --> 04:57:13,849 HOMELESS. INVEST IN HOUSING. IF 9466 04:57:13,849 --> 04:57:14,750 YOU SAY YOU'RE GOVERNING IS 9467 04:57:14,750 --> 04:57:16,218 EVIDENCE BASED, THEN WALK THE 9468 04:57:16,218 --> 04:57:18,353 WALK. PLEASE INVEST IN WHAT 9469 04:57:18,353 --> 04:57:20,389 WORKS. I SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 9470 04:57:20,389 --> 04:57:22,591 MERCEDES RINCK GENDER VIOLENCE 9471 04:57:22,591 --> 04:57:24,660 JUSTICE PROGRAM. MY FAMILY ARE 9472 04:57:24,660 --> 04:57:26,061 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 9473 04:57:26,061 --> 04:57:27,663 PERHAPS WITH THIS PROGRAM, THAT 9474 04:57:27,663 --> 04:57:28,230 BRUTALITY NEVER WOULD HAVE 9475 04:57:28,230 --> 04:57:29,398 HAPPENED. I ALSO SUPPORT FUNDS 9476 04:57:29,398 --> 04:57:30,966 FOR EDUCATION ON RANKED CHOICE 9477 04:57:30,966 --> 04:57:33,468 VOTING. I HAVE RUN IN RANKED 9478 04:57:33,468 --> 04:57:34,670 CHOICE VOTING OVER THE UW 9479 04:57:34,670 --> 04:57:35,304 ELECTIONS, RANKED CHOICE VOTING 9480 04:57:35,304 --> 04:57:37,139 ELECTIONS, AND THEY ARE AWESOME. 9481 04:57:37,139 --> 04:57:38,373 I SUPPORT EVEN YOUR ELECTIONS. 9482 04:57:38,373 --> 04:57:38,941 THEY HAVE DRAMATICALLY MORE 9483 04:57:38,941 --> 04:57:39,675 TURNOUT, WHICH WOULD LIKELY GIVE 9484 04:57:39,675 --> 04:57:40,676 MORE REPRESENTATIVE POLICIES, 9485 04:57:40,676 --> 04:57:41,443 WHICH WOULD LIKELY MEAN A LOT 9486 04:57:41,443 --> 04:57:44,513 LESS ANGRY PEOPLE. OKAY, WE 9487 04:57:44,513 --> 04:57:46,448 STILL HAVE A FASCIST FEDERAL 9488 04:57:46,448 --> 04:57:47,749 GOVERNMENT NEXT YEAR. EVERYONE 9489 04:57:47,749 --> 04:57:49,685 THINKING OF REELECTION. PLEASE 9490 04:57:49,685 --> 04:57:50,319 CONSIDER THE DRIVE FOR HUMANITY, 9491 04:57:50,319 --> 04:57:51,653 AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE IS ONLY 9492 04:57:51,653 --> 04:57:54,022 GOING TO GROW STRONGER. WE WILL 9493 04:57:54,022 --> 04:57:54,857 REMEMBER. PLEASE INVEST IN 9494 04:57:54,857 --> 04:57:56,124 PEOPLE. THANK YOU. 9495 04:57:56,124 --> 04:58:01,096 -- THANK YOU, TIM. AND WHEN LAST 9496 04:58:01,096 --> 04:58:02,664 ON THE DOCKET, RICK MCKINNON TO 9497 04:58:02,664 --> 04:58:04,967 TAKE US HOME. RICK, WELCOME. 9498 04:58:04,967 --> 04:58:07,870 -- HI. MY NAME IS RICK MCKINNON 9499 04:58:07,870 --> 04:58:10,973 AND I LIVE IN THE UNIVERSITY 9500 04:58:10,973 --> 04:58:11,940 DISTRICT. PEOPLE WHO ARE 9501 04:58:11,940 --> 04:58:14,276 HOMELESS WHO LIVE HERE IN 9502 04:58:14,276 --> 04:58:14,977 SEATTLE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, 9503 04:58:14,977 --> 04:58:16,845 AS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT 9504 04:58:16,845 --> 04:58:17,646 HOMELESS. PLEASE KEEP THAT IN 9505 04:58:17,646 --> 04:58:20,983 MIND AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS. 9506 04:58:20,983 --> 04:58:23,518 PLEASE USE VACANT CITY PROPERTY 9507 04:58:23,518 --> 04:58:29,057 TO CREATE A YEAR ROUND. 24/7 9508 04:58:29,057 --> 04:58:31,326 MATS ON THE GROUND SHELTERS FOR 9509 04:58:31,326 --> 04:58:35,030 HOMELESS PEOPLE. PLEASE STOP 9510 04:58:35,030 --> 04:58:36,031 CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS, FOOD 9511 04:58:36,031 --> 04:58:38,533 AND BEVERAGE, SINGLE USE 9512 04:58:38,533 --> 04:58:39,101 CONTAINERS LIKE THIS CUP I 9513 04:58:39,101 --> 04:58:42,304 PICKED UP OFF THE GROUND. CREATE 9514 04:58:42,304 --> 04:58:44,773 A LOT OF TRASH AND A LOT OF 9515 04:58:44,773 --> 04:58:46,575 LITTER IN OUR CITY. COULD THE 9516 04:58:46,575 --> 04:58:50,946 CITY OF SEATTLE ADD A ONE PENNY 9517 04:58:50,946 --> 04:58:51,546 OR LESS TAX PER CONTAINER TO 9518 04:58:51,546 --> 04:58:57,419 HELP OFFSET THE EXPENSE OF 9519 04:58:57,419 --> 04:59:00,789 DEALING WITH THAT TRASH AND 9520 04:59:00,789 --> 04:59:02,157 LITTER? PERHAPS THAT TAX COULD 9521 04:59:02,157 --> 04:59:04,559 HELP PAY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND 9522 04:59:04,559 --> 04:59:05,928 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT 9523 04:59:05,928 --> 04:59:06,728 ASSOCIATIONS. CLEANUP EFFORTS, 9524 04:59:06,728 --> 04:59:12,100 SUCH AS THE EFFORTS OF THE 9525 04:59:12,100 --> 04:59:17,706 UNIVERSITY DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP 9526 04:59:17,706 --> 04:59:18,340 DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS EVENING. 9527 04:59:18,340 --> 04:59:20,008 ALSO, THE U. DISTRICT COULD SOME 9528 04:59:20,008 --> 04:59:21,977 USED COULD COULD USE SOME TRASH 9529 04:59:21,977 --> 04:59:24,513 CANS ON BROOKLYN AVENUE 9530 04:59:24,513 --> 04:59:26,348 NORTHEAST BETWEEN NORTHEAST 45th 9531 04:59:26,348 --> 04:59:29,484 AND NORTHEAST 50th AND ON 9532 04:59:29,484 --> 04:59:31,320 CAPITOL HILL ON THIRD AVENUE AT 9533 04:59:31,320 --> 04:59:33,055 EAST PINE STREET AND PERHAPS AT 9534 04:59:33,055 --> 04:59:36,158 EAST PIKE STREET. THAT'S IT. 9535 04:59:36,158 --> 04:59:36,858 THANK YOU. 9536 04:59:36,858 --> 04:59:39,394 -- THANKS, RICK. YOU BROUGHT US 9537 04:59:39,394 --> 04:59:41,163 HOME. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 9538 04:59:41,163 --> 04:59:42,497 THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE 9539 04:59:42,497 --> 04:59:44,299 NEXT SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE 9540 04:59:44,299 --> 04:59:46,068 MEETING IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9541 04:59:46,068 --> 04:59:47,569 13th. DURING THAT TIME, THE 9542 04:59:47,569 --> 04:59:49,738 COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING ON BUDGET 9543 04:59:49,738 --> 04:59:51,073 AMENDMENTS. MEMBERS OF THE 9544 04:59:51,073 --> 04:59:53,675 PUBLIC MAY CONTINUE TO SUBMIT 9545 04:59:53,675 --> 04:59:54,242 WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS AT 9546 04:59:54,242 --> 04:59:56,244 COUNCIL AT SEATTLE.GOV. IS THERE 9547 04:59:56,244 --> 04:59:57,679 ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME 9548 04:59:57,679 --> 05:00:01,717 BEFORE THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NO 9549 05:00:01,717 --> 05:00:02,818 FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE 9550 05:00:02,818 --> 05:00:04,152 ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FOR 9551 05:00:04,152 --> 05:00:08,123 JOINING. THANKS FOR STAYING LATE 9552 05:00:08,123 --> 05:00:09,791 HERE.