1 00:00:03,303 --> 00:00:13,513 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:18,785 --> 00:00:19,185 -- WHERE'S VELMA? 3 00:00:19,185 --> 00:00:20,620 -- OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON 4 00:00:20,620 --> 00:00:21,287 EVERYONE. WE'RE GOING TO GO 5 00:00:21,287 --> 00:00:24,190 AHEAD AND GET STARTED. GOOD 6 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:29,929 AFTERNOON. I HATE TO DO THIS I 7 00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:33,066 ALWAYS TRY TO AVOID TO USE THE 8 00:00:33,066 --> 00:00:36,136 GAVEL. HELLO HELLO HELLO. HEY. 9 00:00:36,136 --> 00:00:37,704 WE'RE GOING TO START THE 10 00:00:37,704 --> 00:00:41,341 MEETING PEOPLE IN THE FRONT. 11 00:00:41,341 --> 00:00:42,042 WE'RE GOING TO START THE 12 00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:43,042 MEETING. CAN WE START THE 13 00:00:43,042 --> 00:00:44,110 MEETING? WILL YOU LET US START 14 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:46,780 THE MEETING TODAY? CAN WE START 15 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:49,416 THE MEETING? HELLO. WELCOME. 16 00:00:49,416 --> 00:00:50,650 CLIFF. WELCOME. CAN WE START THE 17 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:52,685 MEETING TODAY? MY FRIEND, YOU 18 00:00:52,685 --> 00:00:53,553 HEARD ME. CAN WE START THE 19 00:00:53,553 --> 00:00:55,155 MEETING TODAY? 20 00:00:55,155 --> 00:00:57,123 -- CAN WE START THE. 21 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:57,457 -- [LAUGHTER] 22 00:00:57,457 --> 00:00:57,924 -- CAN WE START THE. 23 00:00:57,924 --> 00:00:59,359 -- OH. 24 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:03,463 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO 25 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:04,531 START THE MEETING. I'M GOING TO 26 00:01:04,531 --> 00:01:05,498 HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU 27 00:01:05,498 --> 00:01:07,066 AFTER THE MEETING. I KNOW YOU'RE 28 00:01:07,066 --> 00:01:08,601 NOT. AFTER THE MEETING, WE'RE 29 00:01:08,601 --> 00:01:11,304 GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION. OKAY. 30 00:01:11,304 --> 00:01:11,938 THE SEPTEMBER 15th, 2026 MEETING 31 00:01:11,938 --> 00:01:13,907 OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL 32 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:16,242 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:05 P.M.. 33 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:22,449 I'M JOY HOLLINGSWORTH. 34 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:31,424 -- EYES ON ME. ONE, TWO, THREE. 35 00:01:31,424 --> 00:01:32,559 -- WE ARE AT EASE UNTIL WE CAN 36 00:01:32,559 --> 00:01:43,002 START THE MEETING TODAY. 37 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:47,574 -- ARE YOU WAITING FOR THE ROLL 38 00:01:47,574 --> 00:01:47,774 CALL? 39 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:49,542 -- NO. WE'RE WAITING UNTIL 40 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:53,112 EVERYONE'S QUIET. UNTIL WE HAVE 41 00:01:53,112 --> 00:01:54,280 QUIETNESS SO WE CAN START THE 42 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,684 MEETING. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. THE 43 00:01:57,684 --> 00:01:58,818 SEPTEMBER 15th, 2026 MEETING OF 44 00:01:58,818 --> 00:02:00,253 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL 45 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:01,821 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:06 P.M.. 46 00:02:01,821 --> 00:02:03,923 I'M JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCIL 47 00:02:03,923 --> 00:02:04,557 PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 48 00:02:04,557 --> 00:02:07,460 CALL THE ROLL? 49 00:02:07,460 --> 00:02:07,861 -- COUNCILMEMBER? 50 00:02:07,861 --> 00:02:10,296 -- LIN HERE. 51 00:02:10,296 --> 00:02:15,001 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. HERE. 52 00:02:15,001 --> 00:02:15,602 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. PRESENT 53 00:02:15,602 --> 00:02:19,205 COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA HERE. 54 00:02:19,205 --> 00:02:19,706 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 55 00:02:19,706 --> 00:02:23,877 -- HERE. 56 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:27,580 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 57 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:28,748 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE. 58 00:02:28,748 --> 00:02:29,215 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 59 00:02:29,215 --> 00:02:30,049 -- HERE. 60 00:02:30,049 --> 00:02:33,553 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 61 00:02:33,553 --> 00:02:33,920 HOLLINGSWORTH. 62 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:34,187 -- HERE. 63 00:02:34,187 --> 00:02:34,587 -- NINE PRESENT. 64 00:02:34,587 --> 00:02:35,688 -- AWESOME. WELCOME BACK 65 00:02:35,688 --> 00:02:36,289 COLLEAGUES. REALLY HAPPY TO 66 00:02:36,289 --> 00:02:38,191 HAVE. THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING 67 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:39,359 AFTER RECESS. SO WE'RE HAPPY WE 68 00:02:39,359 --> 00:02:41,327 HAVE A FULL AGENDA TODAY. AND SO 69 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:43,530 WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED 70 00:02:43,530 --> 00:02:46,432 TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WILL 71 00:02:46,432 --> 00:02:46,933 PRESENT A PROCLAMATION 72 00:02:46,933 --> 00:02:47,834 RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 15th AS 73 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:49,302 CLEAN AIR DAY FOR BLUE SKIES. 74 00:02:49,302 --> 00:02:50,970 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YOU ARE 75 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:51,538 RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT YOUR 76 00:02:51,538 --> 00:02:52,438 PROCLAMATION. 77 00:02:52,438 --> 00:02:53,606 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 78 00:02:53,606 --> 00:02:55,108 PRESIDENT, AND SO EXCITED TO 79 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:56,509 START TODAY OFF WITH THE 80 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:58,244 PRESENTATION OF THIS 81 00:02:58,244 --> 00:03:00,413 PROCLAMATION. I WANT TO SHARE MY 82 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:01,047 GRATITUDE TO MAYOR AND THE REST 83 00:03:01,047 --> 00:03:04,751 OF THE COUNCIL FOR SIGNING THIS 84 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:05,251 AND ESTABLISHING TODAY, 85 00:03:05,251 --> 00:03:06,352 SEPTEMBER 15th, AS CLEAN AIR DAY 86 00:03:06,352 --> 00:03:11,491 FOR BLUE SKIES. I ALSO WANT TO 87 00:03:11,491 --> 00:03:13,092 EXPRESS MY YAY! I WANT TO 88 00:03:13,092 --> 00:03:15,895 EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE TO 89 00:03:15,895 --> 00:03:16,462 FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE 90 00:03:16,462 --> 00:03:17,764 VELMA VELORIA AND THE KING 91 00:03:17,764 --> 00:03:19,966 COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 92 00:03:19,966 --> 00:03:21,634 COMMUNITY COALITION, WHO HAD 93 00:03:21,634 --> 00:03:22,268 ADVOCATED FOR THIS PROCLAMATION 94 00:03:22,268 --> 00:03:23,970 IN ORDER TO BRING MORE ATTENTION 95 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:25,505 TO AIR POLLUTION AND OTHER 96 00:03:25,505 --> 00:03:27,407 AVIATION RELATED HEALTH RISKS 97 00:03:27,407 --> 00:03:28,841 THAT ARE FACING OUR COMMUNITIES 98 00:03:28,841 --> 00:03:30,376 IN AND AROUND OUR AREA, OUR 99 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:32,645 CITY, BUT IN PARTICULARLY 100 00:03:32,645 --> 00:03:34,247 SURROUNDING BOEING FIELD HERE IN 101 00:03:34,247 --> 00:03:35,548 SEATTLE, GEORGETOWN AND SOUTH 102 00:03:35,548 --> 00:03:37,584 PARK, ALREADY EXPERIENCED 103 00:03:37,584 --> 00:03:38,184 SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL AND 104 00:03:38,184 --> 00:03:39,652 HEALTH DISPARITIES. AND THIS 105 00:03:39,652 --> 00:03:41,254 PROCLAMATION REINFORCES OUR 106 00:03:41,254 --> 00:03:42,822 COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING AIR 107 00:03:42,822 --> 00:03:43,957 QUALITY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND 108 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:45,491 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR OUR 109 00:03:45,491 --> 00:03:46,593 RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE NEED 110 00:03:46,593 --> 00:03:48,628 TO CONTINUE WORKING ALONGSIDE 111 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:49,662 IMPACTED COMMUNITIES ON THESE 112 00:03:49,662 --> 00:03:51,064 ISSUES. I WON'T READ THE 113 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:52,565 PROCLAMATION. WE HAVE A BUSY 114 00:03:52,565 --> 00:03:54,100 COUNCIL TODAY, BUT I'LL SHARE 115 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:55,635 JUST A BRIEF PORTION OF IT. 116 00:03:55,635 --> 00:03:57,470 WHEREAS RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE'S 117 00:03:57,470 --> 00:03:58,771 SOUTH PARK AND GEORGETOWN 118 00:03:58,771 --> 00:04:01,874 NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE HISTORICALLY 119 00:04:01,874 --> 00:04:03,710 EXPERIENCED LIFE EXPECTANCY 120 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:04,344 APPROXIMATELY 13 YEARS SHORTER 121 00:04:04,344 --> 00:04:05,578 THAN RESIDENTS OF SOME WEALTHIER 122 00:04:05,578 --> 00:04:08,715 SEATTLE COMMUNITIES, REFLECTING 123 00:04:08,715 --> 00:04:10,516 CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND 124 00:04:10,516 --> 00:04:11,084 SOCIO ECONOMIC BURDENS THAT 125 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:12,785 INCLUDE AIR POLLUTION, LIMITED 126 00:04:12,785 --> 00:04:14,587 ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE, PROXIMITY 127 00:04:14,587 --> 00:04:15,888 TO INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY, AND 128 00:04:15,888 --> 00:04:18,858 MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS. 129 00:04:18,858 --> 00:04:20,426 WHEREAS PROTECTING OUR SHARED 130 00:04:20,426 --> 00:04:22,528 ATMOSPHERE REQUIRES SUSTAINED 131 00:04:22,528 --> 00:04:23,129 PARTNERSHIP AMONG RESIDENTS, 132 00:04:23,129 --> 00:04:24,664 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL 133 00:04:24,664 --> 00:04:26,599 AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC 134 00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:28,668 AGENCIES, BUSINESSES AND 135 00:04:28,668 --> 00:04:29,769 INSTITUTIONS, AND REQUIRES THE 136 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:32,939 VOICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE BORNE 137 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:33,506 THE GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL 138 00:04:33,506 --> 00:04:36,142 BURDENS TO HELP SHARE SOLUTIONS 139 00:04:36,142 --> 00:04:37,076 AND INVESTMENTS INTENDED TO 140 00:04:37,076 --> 00:04:38,511 ADDRESS THEM. AND WHEREAS, THE 141 00:04:38,511 --> 00:04:41,281 UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT 142 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:41,781 PROGRAM RECOGNIZES THE 143 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:42,482 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLEAN AIR 144 00:04:42,482 --> 00:04:44,617 FOR BLUE SKIES ANNUALLY IN 145 00:04:44,617 --> 00:04:47,086 SEPTEMBER, CALLING ATTENTION TO 146 00:04:47,086 --> 00:04:48,354 OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO 147 00:04:48,354 --> 00:04:49,622 REDUCE AIR POLLUTION, PROTECT 148 00:04:49,622 --> 00:04:51,557 HUMAN HEALTH, AND SAFEGUARD OUR 149 00:04:51,557 --> 00:04:54,527 PLANET. THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND 150 00:04:54,527 --> 00:04:55,128 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIM 151 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:56,929 SEPTEMBER 15th, 2025 TO BE CLEAN 152 00:04:56,929 --> 00:05:00,667 AIR DAY FOR BLUE SKIES. 153 00:05:00,667 --> 00:05:05,505 -- [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] 154 00:05:05,505 --> 00:05:06,773 -- CONTINUE. 155 00:05:06,773 --> 00:05:07,573 -- AND I BELIEVE, ARE WE GOING 156 00:05:07,573 --> 00:05:08,307 TO GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE. 157 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:09,442 THAT'S ALL. 158 00:05:09,442 --> 00:05:10,143 -- YEAH. NO, ABSOLUTELY. THANK 159 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:11,310 YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 160 00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:12,245 FOSTER THANK YOU FOR YOUR 161 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:13,112 LEADERSHIP ON THIS. I WANT TO 162 00:05:13,112 --> 00:05:17,050 SEE IF ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS 163 00:05:17,050 --> 00:05:18,651 HAVE COMMENTS BEFORE WE SUSPEND 164 00:05:18,651 --> 00:05:19,686 THE RULES. AND IF THERE'S NO 165 00:05:19,686 --> 00:05:20,787 OBJECTION, WE'RE GOING TO GO 166 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:22,655 AHEAD AND SUSPEND THE RULES SO 167 00:05:22,655 --> 00:05:23,289 WE CAN PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION. 168 00:05:23,289 --> 00:05:26,225 AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE JOINED 169 00:05:26,225 --> 00:05:27,360 BY REPRESENTATIVE VELMA, WHO IS 170 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,596 JOINED BY MEMBERS OF KING COUNTY 171 00:05:30,596 --> 00:05:31,230 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COMMUNITY 172 00:05:31,230 --> 00:05:33,700 COALITION, AS WELL. AND SO WE'D 173 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:36,169 LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE 174 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:38,404 FRONT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME 175 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:41,341 COMMENTS. AND IF THERE'S NO 176 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:42,675 OBJECTION, DO WE HAVE PEOPLE 177 00:05:42,675 --> 00:05:43,309 SPEAKING ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER? 178 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:46,713 WE DO. OKAY, PERFECT. AND THEN 179 00:05:46,713 --> 00:05:47,780 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, WILL 180 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:49,582 SUSPEND THE RULES FOR THE 181 00:05:49,582 --> 00:05:51,117 PRESENTATION. GO RIGHT AHEAD. 182 00:05:51,117 --> 00:05:51,384 WELCOME. 183 00:05:51,384 --> 00:05:58,024 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. CASEY, WE 184 00:05:58,024 --> 00:05:59,726 ACTUALLY FIRST WANT TO SAY VELMA 185 00:05:59,726 --> 00:06:04,030 VELOUR, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF OUR 186 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:05,832 COMMITTEE, OUR COALITION. SHE 187 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:09,168 COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE 188 00:06:09,168 --> 00:06:10,636 OF SHE'S SERVING IN THE FOOD 189 00:06:10,636 --> 00:06:12,872 BANK TODAY. AND SO SHE'S NOT 190 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:15,041 GOING TO SHE LOVES IT THAT YOU 191 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:18,044 GUYS HAVE GIVEN THIS TO US. 192 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:19,812 PROCLAMATION OF CLEAN AIR. I'M 193 00:06:19,812 --> 00:06:21,681 GOING TO SAY A LITTLE SPEECH 194 00:06:21,681 --> 00:06:23,216 BECAUSE I KNOW. GO OFF IN A 195 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:27,153 TANGENT. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU 196 00:06:27,153 --> 00:06:28,755 COUNCILMEMBERS. WE ARE GRATEFUL 197 00:06:28,755 --> 00:06:31,224 THAT THE PROCLAMATION OF CLEAN 198 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:34,494 AIR DAY IS THAT WE NEED THIS, 199 00:06:34,494 --> 00:06:36,396 THE RIGHT OF EVERY PERSON AND 200 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:40,333 EVERY COMMUNITY TO BREATHE CLEAN 201 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:44,270 AND HEALTHY AIR, WHETHER WHAT 202 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:45,404 ZIP CODE OR BACKGROUND. I'M OUT 203 00:06:45,404 --> 00:06:48,408 OF BREATH. SORRY, BUT I'M ALSO 204 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:50,610 GLAD THAT THIS PROCLAMATION IS 205 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:53,446 IN SEATTLE. CLEAN AIR DAY 206 00:06:53,446 --> 00:06:56,315 BECAUSE WE KNOW SEATTLE RIGHT 207 00:06:56,315 --> 00:06:58,518 NOW. Y'ALL, WE GOT TO HAVE 208 00:06:58,518 --> 00:07:00,887 SOMETHING POSITIVE COMING OUT 209 00:07:00,887 --> 00:07:03,856 RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS THANK YOU 210 00:07:03,856 --> 00:07:06,726 TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AND WE 211 00:07:06,726 --> 00:07:10,563 WANT TO THANK YOU THAT WE CAN 212 00:07:10,563 --> 00:07:12,432 PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15th CLEAN 213 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:13,633 AIR DAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 214 00:07:13,633 --> 00:07:18,471 GUYS KNOW ME, BUT I STARTED OUT 215 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:19,071 IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WITH 216 00:07:19,071 --> 00:07:22,108 DIONNE FOSTER. AND SO THANK YOU, 217 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:22,742 FRIEND. COUNCILMEMBER. I'M 218 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:24,744 GOING TO GIVE IT TO MY. YEAH, 219 00:07:24,744 --> 00:07:28,314 ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 220 00:07:28,314 --> 00:07:30,616 -- HI EVERYONE. THE KING COUNTY 221 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:32,985 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COMMUNITY 222 00:07:32,985 --> 00:07:36,055 COALITION, OR CSCC, IS A 223 00:07:36,055 --> 00:07:36,622 DIVERSE, MULTI-GENERATIONAL 224 00:07:36,622 --> 00:07:38,691 GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS CONCERNED 225 00:07:38,691 --> 00:07:40,359 ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE 226 00:07:40,359 --> 00:07:42,562 AND AIR QUALITY CHALLENGES THAT 227 00:07:42,562 --> 00:07:42,995 OUR COMMUNITIES ARE 228 00:07:42,995 --> 00:07:44,931 EXPERIENCING. WE INVEST OUR TIME 229 00:07:44,931 --> 00:07:46,799 AND RESOURCES INTO THIS 230 00:07:46,799 --> 00:07:48,634 INITIATIVE BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR 231 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:49,302 COMMUNITIES AND WE KNOW WHAT'S 232 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:52,138 AT STAKE. WE WORK YEAR ROUND TO 233 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:53,372 SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT AIR 234 00:07:53,372 --> 00:07:55,741 POLLUTION AND TO INSPIRE ACTION 235 00:07:55,741 --> 00:07:57,410 TO ADDRESS LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL 236 00:07:57,410 --> 00:07:59,178 AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES. WE 237 00:07:59,178 --> 00:08:00,813 THANK YOU ALL THE CITY COUNCIL 238 00:08:00,813 --> 00:08:02,148 FOR SHARING OUR COMMITMENT TO 239 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:04,851 CLEAN AIR AND IMPROVED HEALTH 240 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:06,686 OUTCOMES FOR EVERYONE IN OUR 241 00:08:06,686 --> 00:08:08,754 CITY. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO 242 00:08:08,754 --> 00:08:10,189 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AS WELL FOR 243 00:08:10,189 --> 00:08:12,124 LEADING THE COUNCIL IN THIS 244 00:08:12,124 --> 00:08:12,725 PROCLAMATION. RECOGNIZING THE 245 00:08:12,725 --> 00:08:14,861 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLEAN AIR. 246 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:17,263 AS WAS SAID, WE KNOW THAT IT'S A 247 00:08:17,263 --> 00:08:20,233 PACKED AGENDA. WE REALLY 248 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:21,667 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND AND I 249 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:22,401 JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU 250 00:08:22,401 --> 00:08:24,036 KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF 251 00:08:24,036 --> 00:08:26,038 TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION TODAY AND, 252 00:08:26,038 --> 00:08:29,275 AND REALLY JUST WANT TO STRESS 253 00:08:29,275 --> 00:08:29,909 THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF A LOT 254 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:33,012 OF THESE ISSUES. AS, YOU KNOW, 255 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:34,814 AND CERTAINLY AS DEMONSTRATED IN 256 00:08:34,814 --> 00:08:37,383 THE PROCLAMATION, YOU KNOW 257 00:08:37,383 --> 00:08:39,051 ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL, 258 00:08:39,051 --> 00:08:41,354 ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE, 259 00:08:41,354 --> 00:08:41,821 THESE ARE ALL DEEPLY 260 00:08:41,821 --> 00:08:43,289 INTERCONNECTED. SO WE ENCOURAGE 261 00:08:43,289 --> 00:08:44,657 EVERYONE TO GET INVOLVED IN 262 00:08:44,657 --> 00:08:46,158 PROTECTING OUR SHARED ATMOSPHERE 263 00:08:46,158 --> 00:08:47,627 AND PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND 264 00:08:47,627 --> 00:08:49,695 WELL-BEING OF EVERYONE IN OUR 265 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:50,296 REGION, INCLUDING FINDING OUT 266 00:08:50,296 --> 00:08:52,932 MORE ABOUT CSCC. WE ARE A SMALL 267 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:55,167 BUT MIGHTY GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, 268 00:08:55,167 --> 00:08:57,270 ALWAYS WELCOMING MORE FOLKS, AND 269 00:08:57,270 --> 00:08:59,005 I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE 270 00:08:59,005 --> 00:09:01,741 KNOW THAT WE ALL CAN, AND WE 271 00:09:01,741 --> 00:09:03,276 MUST DO MORE AND CONTRIBUTE TO 272 00:09:03,276 --> 00:09:04,944 THE SOLUTION. SO THANK YOU ALL 273 00:09:04,944 --> 00:09:07,747 SO MUCH 274 00:09:07,747 --> 00:09:10,383 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. THAT'S 275 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:10,650 PERFECT. 276 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:14,020 -- WHAT NEXT 277 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:15,221 -- WOULD YOU LIKE A PICTURE AS 278 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:16,255 WELL? OKAY, AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. 279 00:09:16,255 --> 00:09:19,625 SO JUST COME UP HERE. WE'LL HAVE 280 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:20,192 DEANNA LEE BE IN THE MIDDLE 281 00:09:20,192 --> 00:09:21,060 HERE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 282 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:25,898 QUICK PHOTO WITH THE 283 00:09:25,898 --> 00:09:26,732 COUNCILMEMBERS. I KNOW Y'ALL 284 00:09:26,732 --> 00:09:27,700 HAVE DONE THIS SO MANY TIMES. I 285 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:29,235 KNOW Y'ALL KNOW HOW WE DO IT. 286 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:30,403 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 287 00:09:30,403 --> 00:09:31,504 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WERE 288 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:32,805 PANICKED A LITTLE BIT. I WAS 289 00:09:32,805 --> 00:09:36,609 FRANTICALLY TEXTING YOU. CAN YOU 290 00:09:36,609 --> 00:09:41,280 ALL REALLY THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 291 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:41,614 -- [LAUGHTER] 292 00:09:41,614 --> 00:09:43,582 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS. 293 00:09:43,582 --> 00:09:44,317 ROB 294 00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:46,519 -- I GOT GOOD REFLEXES. NOT THAT 295 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:49,822 GOOD, APPARENTLY. 296 00:09:49,822 --> 00:09:50,156 -- [LAUGHTER] 297 00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:50,423 -- YEAH. 298 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:52,358 -- [LAUGHTER] 299 00:09:52,358 --> 00:09:52,925 -- I THINK IT'S BECAUSE. 300 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:55,428 -- MY BINDER IS TOO. 301 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:55,761 -- [LAUGHTER] 302 00:09:55,761 --> 00:09:56,495 -- OH. 303 00:09:56,495 --> 00:09:59,265 -- IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. 304 00:09:59,265 --> 00:09:59,599 -- [LAUGHTER] 305 00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:00,032 -- CONGRATULATIONS. 306 00:10:00,032 --> 00:10:01,300 -- OH, YES. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT 307 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:01,500 HERE. 308 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:02,401 -- WHEREVER YOU ALL WANT TO BE. 309 00:10:02,401 --> 00:10:05,438 I'LL STAND ON THE OUTSIDE NEXT. 310 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:06,706 -- TO. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN JUST 311 00:10:06,706 --> 00:10:08,941 TRY TO AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. 312 00:10:08,941 --> 00:10:10,776 -- AND THEN I'LL GO IN THE BACK. 313 00:10:10,776 --> 00:10:11,077 -- COME ON. 314 00:10:11,077 --> 00:10:11,711 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YOU. I 315 00:10:11,711 --> 00:10:12,878 WANT YOU TO HOLD YOU, AND I 316 00:10:12,878 --> 00:10:14,747 KNOW, HOLD IT TOGETHER. OKAY. 317 00:10:14,747 --> 00:10:18,150 CAN WE CAN WE DO THIS? SORRY. GO 318 00:10:18,150 --> 00:10:20,052 AHEAD. DEANNA, PLEASE. THANK SO 319 00:10:20,052 --> 00:10:22,088 CAMERA RIGHT HERE. READY? THREE. 320 00:10:22,088 --> 00:10:23,756 TWO ONE. I'M GOING TO TAKE A 321 00:10:23,756 --> 00:10:30,129 COUPLE MORE. 322 00:10:30,129 --> 00:10:32,832 -- THREE TWO. ONE. LOVELY. ALL 323 00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:34,266 RIGHT. THANK YOU. 324 00:10:34,266 --> 00:10:37,436 -- THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK. 325 00:10:37,436 --> 00:10:40,272 -- [APPLAUSE] 326 00:10:40,272 --> 00:10:43,209 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK 327 00:10:43,209 --> 00:10:48,114 YOU THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH. 328 00:10:48,114 --> 00:10:50,016 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 329 00:10:50,016 --> 00:10:51,484 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. 330 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:51,817 -- [LAUGHTER] 331 00:10:51,817 --> 00:10:54,987 -- NOW WE'RE 332 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:55,321 -- [LAUGHTER] 333 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:55,721 -- HOW ARE YOU.? 334 00:10:55,721 --> 00:10:58,290 -- SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 335 00:10:58,290 --> 00:11:00,426 YEAH. 336 00:11:00,426 --> 00:11:02,061 -- OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. BLUE 337 00:11:02,061 --> 00:11:04,063 SKIES. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 338 00:11:04,063 --> 00:11:04,697 FOSTER COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, 339 00:11:04,697 --> 00:11:06,666 WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC 340 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:08,668 COMMENT PERIOD. COMMENTS 341 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:09,702 RELATING TO OUR LAST AGENDA 342 00:11:09,702 --> 00:11:15,441 ITEM, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 32218 343 00:11:15,441 --> 00:11:16,008 REGARDING WASHINGTON STATE 344 00:11:16,008 --> 00:11:18,644 INITIATIVES 101 AND 638 ARE NOT 345 00:11:18,644 --> 00:11:19,478 GOING TO BE ACCEPTED AT THIS 346 00:11:19,478 --> 00:11:21,347 TIME. AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN 347 00:11:21,347 --> 00:11:23,182 UP A SEPARATE PUBLIC COMMENT 348 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:24,850 PERIOD WHEN WE REACH THOSE 349 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:26,686 AGENDA ITEMS. SO WHEN WE REACH 350 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:27,887 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WE'LL 351 00:11:27,887 --> 00:11:29,789 HAVE TWO SEPARATE COMMENT PERIOD 352 00:11:29,789 --> 00:11:32,091 FOR BOTH OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS. 353 00:11:32,091 --> 00:11:35,294 TODAY, JUST FYI AT THIS TIME, 354 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:37,063 PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO 355 00:11:37,063 --> 00:11:39,565 ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE 356 00:11:39,565 --> 00:11:40,199 INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR 357 00:11:40,199 --> 00:11:41,867 AND THE COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM 358 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:42,735 CLERK. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE 359 00:11:42,735 --> 00:11:45,404 HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY? 360 00:11:45,404 --> 00:11:52,311 -- WE HAVE 17 REMOTE AND 22 361 00:11:52,311 --> 00:11:52,611 IN-PERSON. 362 00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:54,580 -- YEAH. 363 00:11:54,580 --> 00:11:57,183 -- OKAY, SO THAT IS OVER 30 364 00:11:57,183 --> 00:12:00,453 SPEAKERS. SO EVERYONE HAS ONE 365 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:03,089 MINUTE IN OUR COUNCIL RULES. 366 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:05,124 JUST A REMINDER THAT FOR FOR 367 00:12:05,124 --> 00:12:07,760 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH 368 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,528 IS RESOLUTION OF THREE, TWO, 218 369 00:12:09,528 --> 00:12:11,564 ON INITIATIVES 101 AND THREE OR 370 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:15,000 EXCUSE ME, 638. WE'LL HAVE A 371 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,836 SEPARATE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 372 00:12:16,836 --> 00:12:18,204 FOR THAT AS WELL. IF YOU'VE 373 00:12:18,204 --> 00:12:20,106 SIGNED UP TODAY TO JUST GIVE 374 00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:21,140 PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT GENERAL 375 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:22,808 STUFF, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT SOME 376 00:12:22,808 --> 00:12:24,477 OF THOSE ISSUES IN GENERAL FORM, 377 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:27,046 BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE 378 00:12:27,046 --> 00:12:27,880 INITIATIVE SPECIFICALLY. DOES 379 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:29,615 THAT MAKE SENSE TO PEOPLE FOR 380 00:12:29,615 --> 00:12:30,382 THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND 381 00:12:30,382 --> 00:12:31,517 THEN WHEN WE GET TO THOSE AGENDA 382 00:12:31,517 --> 00:12:33,052 ITEMS, YOU'RE ABLE TO TALK 383 00:12:33,052 --> 00:12:34,920 ABOUT THOSE SPECIFICALLY 384 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,222 DIRECTLY. OKAY, SO I DON'T WANT 385 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:37,623 ANYONE TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T 386 00:12:37,623 --> 00:12:39,492 TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES. YOU CAN 387 00:12:39,492 --> 00:12:41,627 JUST, IN A GENERAL FORM, OKAY. 388 00:12:41,627 --> 00:12:43,662 ALL RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 389 00:12:43,662 --> 00:12:44,864 READ THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE 390 00:12:44,864 --> 00:12:47,633 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.? 391 00:12:47,633 --> 00:12:48,768 -- SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 392 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:49,935 THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE 393 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:51,871 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 394 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:53,506 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 395 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:56,342 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS 396 00:12:56,342 --> 00:12:57,843 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 397 00:12:57,843 --> 00:12:59,778 THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 398 00:12:59,778 --> 00:13:01,280 ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 399 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:05,184 CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. 400 00:13:05,184 --> 00:13:07,153 -- OKAY, WE'LL CALL PEOPLE UP. 401 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:08,020 WE'LL CALL PEOPLE UP IN FIVE. 402 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:10,356 SO WE HAVE TYSON, HOLMAN, JESSE 403 00:13:10,356 --> 00:13:13,159 DAVIS, SAWYER STEARNS, DEBORA 404 00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:17,630 OSBORNE AND RYAN DONAHUE. SO WE 405 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:18,631 HAVE THOSE FIVE SPEAKERS. IF YOU 406 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:19,732 START MAKING YOUR WAY TO THE 407 00:13:19,732 --> 00:13:21,333 FRONT, TYSON, JESSE SAWYER, 408 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:29,408 DEBORA, AND RYAN. 409 00:13:29,408 --> 00:13:29,675 -- GREAT. 410 00:13:29,675 --> 00:13:30,809 -- HELLO. MY NAME IS TYSON AND 411 00:13:30,809 --> 00:13:31,911 I'M WITH THE SEATTLE COALITION 412 00:13:31,911 --> 00:13:33,546 FOR FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIP 413 00:13:33,546 --> 00:13:35,281 EQUITY. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK 414 00:13:35,281 --> 00:13:36,615 YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR 415 00:13:36,615 --> 00:13:38,817 PUTTING FORTH PROTECTIONS FOR 416 00:13:38,817 --> 00:13:39,351 DIVERSE FAMILIES. I'M A 417 00:13:39,351 --> 00:13:40,219 POLYAMOROUS MAN, AND I'VE BEEN 418 00:13:40,219 --> 00:13:41,554 A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR 419 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:43,422 QUITE A LONG TIME, AND SOMETHING 420 00:13:43,422 --> 00:13:45,391 I'VE WITNESSED AND EXPERIENCED 421 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:47,259 MYSELF IS STIGMA AND 422 00:13:47,259 --> 00:13:48,594 DISCRIMINATION FOR HAVING A 423 00:13:48,594 --> 00:13:50,095 DIVERSE FAMILY. SOME OF THE MOST 424 00:13:50,095 --> 00:13:51,463 PAINFUL CONVERSATIONS IN MY 425 00:13:51,463 --> 00:13:52,865 COMMUNITY ARE ABOUT HAVING TO 426 00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:54,767 HIDE THE PEOPLE WE LOVE, OR 427 00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:56,468 BEING THE PERSON WHO'S HIDDEN. 428 00:13:56,468 --> 00:13:59,038 ALL OF THIS WE DO TO AVOID 429 00:13:59,038 --> 00:14:00,539 DISCRIMINATION. IT'S PAINFUL. 430 00:14:00,539 --> 00:14:02,341 IT REDUCES WHO WE ARE, AND IT 431 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:03,209 FEELS LIKE A BETRAYAL OF OUR 432 00:14:03,209 --> 00:14:04,877 SELF THAT WE HAVE TO COMMIT IN 433 00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:07,446 ORDER TO BE SAFE FROM 434 00:14:07,446 --> 00:14:09,348 DISCRIMINATION. THESE 435 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:10,015 PROTECTIONS THAT YOU'RE PASSING 436 00:14:10,015 --> 00:14:12,785 TODAY, IDEALLY, ARE THE FIRST 437 00:14:12,785 --> 00:14:16,255 STEP IN CHANGING THAT. THANK 438 00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:16,455 YOU. 439 00:14:16,455 --> 00:14:20,960 -- THANK YOU. JESSA, FOLLOWED BY 440 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:21,193 SAWYER. 441 00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:22,494 -- HELLO EVERYONE. JESSA DAVIS. 442 00:14:22,494 --> 00:14:23,629 MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER. I'M 443 00:14:23,629 --> 00:14:25,364 SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY AS A 444 00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:27,466 COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND A LOCAL 445 00:14:27,466 --> 00:14:28,901 RESIDENT. SO GREAT TO SEE 446 00:14:28,901 --> 00:14:30,269 EVERYONE HERE. I JUST WANTED TO 447 00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:33,572 SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CB 121278. IF 448 00:14:33,572 --> 00:14:35,441 I HAVE THE NUMBER CORRECT. AND 449 00:14:35,441 --> 00:14:37,109 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 450 00:14:37,109 --> 00:14:37,710 CONSIDERATION ON THIS MATTER. 451 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,712 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 452 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:41,614 REPRESENTS TWO YEARS OF ADVOCACY 453 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:42,982 WORK FOR MYSELF IN COMMUNITY AND 454 00:14:42,982 --> 00:14:44,817 WORKING WITH MANY OF YOU HERE 455 00:14:44,817 --> 00:14:46,619 TODAY AND BEHIND ME AS WELL. 456 00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:50,089 AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO 457 00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:51,323 SAY THERE'S A MATTER OF THIS 458 00:14:51,323 --> 00:14:52,791 BILL WHERE IT CATCHES HEADLINES 459 00:14:52,791 --> 00:14:55,294 IN A CERTAIN WAY. NON-MONOGAMY 460 00:14:55,294 --> 00:14:56,562 IS SORT OF FLASHY AND 461 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:59,732 CLICKBAITY, BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT 462 00:14:59,732 --> 00:15:00,899 HOW FAMILY IS TODAY AND HAVING 463 00:15:00,899 --> 00:15:03,068 THE LAW CATCH UP WITH HOW PEOPLE 464 00:15:03,068 --> 00:15:04,203 REALLY LIVE THEIR LIVES IN 465 00:15:04,203 --> 00:15:05,638 COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THIS GREAT 466 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:07,006 STICKER AT SEA, FREE AND OPEN 467 00:15:07,006 --> 00:15:08,607 THAT SAYS MONOGAMY IN THIS 468 00:15:08,607 --> 00:15:10,276 ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, AND IN 469 00:15:10,276 --> 00:15:12,177 SERIOUSNESS, THOUGH, IT'S ABOUT 470 00:15:12,177 --> 00:15:13,913 JUST ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SHOW UP 471 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:15,314 AUTHENTICALLY AND TO BE 472 00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:16,482 SUPPORTED. AND I THANK YOU IN 473 00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:19,151 ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. 474 00:15:19,151 --> 00:15:20,986 -- THANK YOU. JESSA SAWYER, 475 00:15:20,986 --> 00:15:23,889 FOLLOWED BY DEBORA. THEN RYAN. 476 00:15:23,889 --> 00:15:30,796 -- YOU WANT THIS ONE? OKAY, 477 00:15:30,796 --> 00:15:31,063 PERFECT. 478 00:15:31,063 --> 00:15:33,265 -- HELLO EVERYONE. I SAID, MY 479 00:15:33,265 --> 00:15:34,833 NAME IS SAWYER STEARNS AND I'VE 480 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:36,969 LIVED HERE IN SEATTLE SINCE 481 00:15:36,969 --> 00:15:38,270 2023. AFTER COMPLETING MY DEGREE 482 00:15:38,270 --> 00:15:39,371 IN OBTAINING A JOB AT SEATTLE 483 00:15:39,371 --> 00:15:41,573 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. AND I'M A 484 00:15:41,573 --> 00:15:43,142 COMMISSIONER WITH OUR SEATTLE 485 00:15:43,142 --> 00:15:44,209 DISABILITY COMMISSION. ONE OF 486 00:15:44,209 --> 00:15:45,010 THE BIGGEST REASONS I WANTED TO 487 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:46,946 MOVE HERE WAS BECAUSE OF 488 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:48,914 TRANSPORTATION. I RELY ON BUSSES 489 00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:50,182 AND TRAINS, WHICH I FIND TO BE 490 00:15:50,182 --> 00:15:51,917 SO HELPFUL IN GETTING ME AROUND 491 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:53,585 THE CITY. BUT WHAT I FIND 492 00:15:53,585 --> 00:15:55,087 UNNERVING IS WHEN CROSSING 493 00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:57,856 SIDEWALKS TO GET TO THE BUS AND 494 00:15:57,856 --> 00:15:59,291 THE AMOUNT OF CARS AND 495 00:15:59,291 --> 00:15:59,892 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES THAT ARE 496 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:01,026 SPEEDING ARE FRANKLY JUST NOT 497 00:16:01,026 --> 00:16:03,929 PAYING ATTENTION, WHICH LEADS TO 498 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:05,497 INJURIES AND DEATH. FOR MYSELF 499 00:16:05,497 --> 00:16:06,899 AS A WHEELCHAIR USER, I AM 500 00:16:06,899 --> 00:16:08,567 SHORTER, SO EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IN 501 00:16:08,567 --> 00:16:10,402 PLACE IS CRUCIAL IN ENSURING 502 00:16:10,402 --> 00:16:12,404 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LIKE 503 00:16:12,404 --> 00:16:13,539 MYSELF FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO GO 504 00:16:13,539 --> 00:16:17,009 OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE CITY, AND 505 00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:17,543 DAMAGE TO DURABLE MEDICAL 506 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:19,144 EQUIPMENT IS COSTLY. AND SO FOR 507 00:16:19,144 --> 00:16:21,246 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, USING 508 00:16:21,246 --> 00:16:23,148 ANY MOBILITY AID, THEY RISK 509 00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:24,583 THEIR MOBILITY AIDS BEING 510 00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:28,253 DAMAGED FROM AN INCIDENT. THIS 511 00:16:28,253 --> 00:16:30,055 LEGISLATION OF THE SAFE, SORRY, 512 00:16:30,055 --> 00:16:31,824 THE SAFE, THE SAFE. WHAT IS IN 513 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:33,792 THE SAFE STREETS? I'M LIKE SO 514 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:35,627 LOSING IT. BUT YES, THIS 515 00:16:35,627 --> 00:16:37,896 LEGISLATION FOR THE SAFE STREETS 516 00:16:37,896 --> 00:16:39,665 ACT WOULD BENEFIT IN MAKING FOR 517 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:43,068 SAFER STREETS THAT 518 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:44,770 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. SAWYER. 519 00:16:44,770 --> 00:16:48,640 NEXT WE HAVE DEBORA FOLLOWED BY 520 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:50,709 RYAN. GOOD AFTERNOON 521 00:16:50,709 --> 00:16:52,344 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DEBORA 522 00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:52,644 ONNI BOREN. 523 00:16:52,644 --> 00:16:53,379 -- BRING THE MICROPHONE. WE'LL 524 00:16:53,379 --> 00:16:54,580 START. BRING THE MICROPHONE TO 525 00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:56,181 YOU. YEP. YOU CAN YOU CAN PULL 526 00:16:56,181 --> 00:16:58,283 IT CLOSER TO YOU. YOU CAN LIKE 527 00:16:58,283 --> 00:16:59,351 ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY PULL IT. 528 00:16:59,351 --> 00:17:00,886 DON'T WORRY, YOU WON'T BREAK 529 00:17:00,886 --> 00:17:01,053 IT. 530 00:17:01,053 --> 00:17:01,920 -- OH, OKAY. 531 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,355 -- THERE YOU GO. 532 00:17:03,355 --> 00:17:03,722 -- OH, THANKS. 533 00:17:03,722 --> 00:17:06,125 -- THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON 534 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:07,559 EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR 535 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:08,861 GIVING ME A FEW MOMENTS OF YOUR 536 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:10,829 TIME. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE 537 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:13,565 I'M TRYING TO BRING PUBLIC 538 00:17:13,565 --> 00:17:15,901 ATTENTION TO A MATTER INVOLVING 539 00:17:15,901 --> 00:17:18,470 MY FAMILY THAT I BELIEVE RAISES 540 00:17:18,470 --> 00:17:20,939 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS CONCERNING 541 00:17:20,939 --> 00:17:23,242 WASHINGTON STATE LAW AND THE 542 00:17:23,242 --> 00:17:26,078 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, 543 00:17:26,078 --> 00:17:29,048 INCLUDING FAIRNESS, CONSISTENCY, 544 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:29,648 ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, 545 00:17:29,648 --> 00:17:30,682 AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR 546 00:17:30,682 --> 00:17:34,319 JUSTICE SYSTEM. I WANT TO MAKE 547 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:36,889 IT CLEAR THAT I'M NOT HERE. 548 00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:40,092 THAT I'M NOT ASKING. I WANT TO 549 00:17:40,092 --> 00:17:41,360 BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT I'M ASKING 550 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:45,264 AND WHAT I'M NOT ASKING. I'M NOT 551 00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:47,866 ASKING. THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 552 00:17:47,866 --> 00:17:49,968 TO REVIEW MY CASE, DECIDE THE 553 00:17:49,968 --> 00:17:52,304 MERIT OF MY CASE, OR TO 554 00:17:52,304 --> 00:17:53,071 INTERFERE WITH A MATTER THAT'S 555 00:17:53,071 --> 00:17:55,808 RIGHT. NOW, BEFORE WASHINGTON 556 00:17:55,808 --> 00:17:58,477 STATE SUPREME COURT. I'M SIMPLY 557 00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:00,879 ASKING FOR HELP IN MAKING THE 558 00:18:00,879 --> 00:18:03,248 PUBLIC AWARE THAT THERE IS 559 00:18:03,248 --> 00:18:05,784 DOCUMENTED ISSUES THAT I BELIEVE 560 00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:08,487 DESERVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 561 00:18:08,487 --> 00:18:10,255 INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM. I HAVE 562 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:10,622 REACHED OUT TO. 563 00:18:10,622 --> 00:18:12,291 -- COMO CHIRO. 564 00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:15,594 -- AND 565 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:15,961 -- 13 TO GIVE. 566 00:18:15,961 --> 00:18:18,230 -- THEM INFORMATION. 567 00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:18,931 -- CONCERNING MY. 568 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:20,432 -- THANK YOU, THANK. 569 00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:20,666 -- YOU. 570 00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:27,172 -- THANK YOU, MISS DEBORA. 571 00:18:27,172 --> 00:18:28,774 -- MR.. AND WHAT I'M ASKING IS, 572 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:33,812 IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH A STATE 573 00:18:33,812 --> 00:18:33,979 OF. 574 00:18:33,979 --> 00:18:35,881 -- MISS. THANK YOU, MISS DEBORA. 575 00:18:35,881 --> 00:18:36,915 I HATE TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT I'M 576 00:18:36,915 --> 00:18:38,484 MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE YOU MY 577 00:18:38,484 --> 00:18:40,919 CARD. WE'LL CONNECT WITH YOU AND 578 00:18:40,919 --> 00:18:41,753 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AS WELL. I 579 00:18:41,753 --> 00:18:43,622 GOT YOU. THANK YOU, MISS DEBORA. 580 00:18:43,622 --> 00:18:45,958 NEXT WE HAVE RYAN AND THEN THE 581 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:48,494 FOLLOWING NAMES. BEFORE YOU COME 582 00:18:48,494 --> 00:18:50,195 UP, RYAN AND I APOLOGIZE. WE 583 00:18:50,195 --> 00:18:52,631 HAVE OUR SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR, 584 00:18:52,631 --> 00:18:54,299 MISS JEN LAVALLE. I, WE HAVE A 585 00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:56,735 TRADITION WHERE WE ASK OUR 586 00:18:56,735 --> 00:18:58,504 ELECTED OFFICIALS TO COME SPEAK 587 00:18:58,504 --> 00:19:01,206 FIRST. SO I APOLOGIZE DIRECTOR 588 00:19:01,206 --> 00:19:02,040 LAVALLE, BUT WE HAVE YOU NEXT. 589 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,976 AND THEN WE HAVE JAKE, THEN WE 590 00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:05,277 HAVE RYAN, WE HAVE AJ, AND THEN 591 00:19:05,277 --> 00:19:08,714 WE HAVE PHIL. OKAY, SO JEN, 592 00:19:08,714 --> 00:19:10,415 JAKE, RYAN, AJ AND PHIL, 593 00:19:10,415 --> 00:19:11,283 WELCOME. RYAN. 594 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:11,884 -- YOU WANTED THE DIRECTOR TO 595 00:19:11,884 --> 00:19:12,217 SPEAK FIRST. 596 00:19:12,217 --> 00:19:13,352 -- NO NO NO NO, GO RIGHT AHEAD. 597 00:19:13,352 --> 00:19:14,953 I CALLED YOU. GO RIGHT AHEAD. 598 00:19:14,953 --> 00:19:17,656 THANK YOU. 599 00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:19,491 -- NO WORRIES. HELLO, EVERYONE. 600 00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:21,660 MY NAME IS RYAN DONAHUE. I AM 601 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:22,861 THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVOCACY 602 00:19:22,861 --> 00:19:23,795 OVER AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, 603 00:19:23,795 --> 00:19:25,664 SEATTLE KING AND KITTITAS 604 00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:27,599 COUNTIES. AND WE ARE HERE TODAY 605 00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:30,636 IN STRONG SUPPORT OF YOUR 606 00:19:30,636 --> 00:19:32,137 APPOINTMENT OF KELLY LARSON AS 607 00:19:32,137 --> 00:19:33,572 OFFICE OF HOUSING DIRECTOR. 608 00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:35,474 WE'VE HAD THE HONOR TO BE ABLE 609 00:19:35,474 --> 00:19:36,775 TO WORK WITH HER NUMEROUS TIMES 610 00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:38,210 THROUGHOUT THE NUMBER OF YEARS 611 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:40,078 THAT SHE HAS BEEN HERE AT THE 612 00:19:40,078 --> 00:19:43,649 CITY. AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW 613 00:19:43,649 --> 00:19:45,350 MUCH OF A CHAMPION SHE IS FOR 614 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:46,385 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU ALL KNOW 615 00:19:46,385 --> 00:19:47,719 THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE 616 00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:48,787 OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH HER, OR 617 00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:50,389 EVEN IN SOME CASES, WORK WITH 618 00:19:50,389 --> 00:19:53,525 HER, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW 619 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:55,594 MUCH THAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT 620 00:19:55,594 --> 00:19:56,795 THIS OPPORTUNITY AND EXCITED TO 621 00:19:56,795 --> 00:19:58,997 SEE HER IN PARTICULAR, AND HER 622 00:19:58,997 --> 00:20:01,066 APPOINTMENT TO THIS POSITION. 623 00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:02,568 SHE'S INCREDIBLY WELL SUITED TO 624 00:20:02,568 --> 00:20:03,835 LEAD THE DEPARTMENT FORWARD. 625 00:20:03,835 --> 00:20:05,237 HONESTLY, SHE'S THE BEST PERSON 626 00:20:05,237 --> 00:20:06,038 THAT I COULD HAVE THOUGHT OF TO 627 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:07,506 BE ABLE TO LEAD THIS DEPARTMENT 628 00:20:07,506 --> 00:20:08,640 AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON 629 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,142 IT. WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE 630 00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:12,044 DECISION THAT THE MAYOR MADE TO 631 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:13,412 APPOINT HER, AND WE REALLY LOOK 632 00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:14,947 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER OVER 633 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:17,449 THE NEXT FEW YEARS. PLEASE 634 00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:18,650 CONFIRM HER SHORTLY. THANK YOU. 635 00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:20,852 -- THANK YOU. RYAN, WELCOME, 636 00:20:20,852 --> 00:20:24,289 DIRECTOR. MY APOLOGIES AS WELL. 637 00:20:24,289 --> 00:20:24,957 NOT RECOGNIZING YOU DON'T HAVE 638 00:20:24,957 --> 00:20:27,826 TO HAVE THAT RULE. BUT YOU KNOW. 639 00:20:27,826 --> 00:20:27,993 HI. 640 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:30,062 -- I'M JEN LAVALLEY. I AM AN 641 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:31,964 ELECTED OFFICIAL ON THE SEATTLE 642 00:20:31,964 --> 00:20:33,632 SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTING 643 00:20:33,632 --> 00:20:35,500 DISTRICT SEVEN. TODAY I AM 644 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:36,134 TESTIFYING AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. 645 00:20:36,134 --> 00:20:38,570 WHAT I SAY IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE 646 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:42,274 OF THE SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD OR 647 00:20:42,274 --> 00:20:43,342 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AS THE 648 00:20:43,342 --> 00:20:46,645 COUNCIL LOOKS AT GUN VIOLENCE 649 00:20:46,645 --> 00:20:47,246 REDUCTION MEASURES, I WANT TO 650 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,414 HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT'S BEING 651 00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:51,316 DONE IN THE RAINIER BEACH 652 00:20:51,316 --> 00:20:53,352 QUARTER. THERE ARE WEEKLY 653 00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:55,520 MEETINGS BETWEEN CBOS, POLICE, 654 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,322 METRO CITY AND SCHOOL LEADERS, 655 00:20:57,322 --> 00:20:59,291 AS WELL AS REGULAR SAFETY FORUMS 656 00:20:59,291 --> 00:21:00,659 THAT ARE OCCURRING WITH 657 00:21:00,659 --> 00:21:02,527 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON A MONTHLY 658 00:21:02,527 --> 00:21:04,196 BASIS. WITH THE KING COUNTY 659 00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:06,798 OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE 660 00:21:06,798 --> 00:21:09,935 REDUCTION. THESE HAVE LED TO 661 00:21:09,935 --> 00:21:10,569 DEEP COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND 662 00:21:10,569 --> 00:21:13,038 COLLABORATION. THESE HAVE THESE, 663 00:21:13,038 --> 00:21:15,874 YOU KNOW, HAVING THESE GO ALONG 664 00:21:15,874 --> 00:21:17,309 WITH THE WORK THAT THE CAPTAIN 665 00:21:17,309 --> 00:21:18,944 OF THE SOUTH PRECINCT IS DOING 666 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:21,213 WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, TO 667 00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:22,280 MAKE SURE POLICE OFFICERS ARE 668 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,950 GETTING OUT OF CARS AND ENGAGING 669 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:26,585 WITH CITIZENS TO PROTECT THOSE 670 00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:28,720 THAT THEY ARE SERVING. THIS 671 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,155 COLLABORATION MODEL EXISTS, AND 672 00:21:30,155 --> 00:21:30,789 I ENCOURAGE ALL THE MEMBERS TO 673 00:21:30,789 --> 00:21:33,825 LOOK AT HOW THIS THESE SORTS OF 674 00:21:33,825 --> 00:21:35,327 MEASURES CAN BE ROLLED OUT IN A 675 00:21:35,327 --> 00:21:35,861 GREATER MANNER. 676 00:21:35,861 --> 00:21:36,995 -- THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU 677 00:21:36,995 --> 00:21:39,131 SO MUCH, JEN. NEXT WE HAVE JAKE, 678 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:40,666 FOLLOWED BY RYAN, AJ AND PHIL. 679 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:48,140 WELCOME 680 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:50,242 -- HELLO. WE AT COMMUNITY NOT 681 00:21:50,242 --> 00:21:52,310 CAMERAS. OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS 682 00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:53,578 FROM ALL OVER SEATTLE, WE ARE 683 00:21:53,578 --> 00:21:56,014 TECH WORKERS, TEACHERS, HEALTH 684 00:21:56,014 --> 00:21:57,382 CARE WORKERS. AND WE ARE ABOVE 685 00:21:57,382 --> 00:21:59,584 ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS WHO ARE 686 00:21:59,584 --> 00:22:03,755 DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE 687 00:22:03,755 --> 00:22:04,389 PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. 688 00:22:04,389 --> 00:22:05,957 HERE ARE PAPER COPIES OF OUR 689 00:22:05,957 --> 00:22:07,559 LETTER ASKING COUNCIL TO INVEST 690 00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:09,995 IN COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION 691 00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:11,329 PROGRAMING. THE LETTER HAS BEEN 692 00:22:11,329 --> 00:22:13,131 ENDORSED BY OVER 30 LOCAL 693 00:22:13,131 --> 00:22:15,967 ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING MLK, 694 00:22:15,967 --> 00:22:18,770 LABOR COUNCIL AND MORE THAN 500 695 00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:19,337 SEATTLEITES DEMANDING REAL 696 00:22:19,337 --> 00:22:20,839 SOLUTIONS TO VIOLENCE IN OUR 697 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:23,275 COMMUNITIES. SURVEILLANCE 698 00:22:23,275 --> 00:22:24,543 REPRESENTS REAL SAFETY RISKS TO 699 00:22:24,543 --> 00:22:25,944 ALL OF SEATTLE'S COMMUNITIES, 700 00:22:25,944 --> 00:22:28,246 BUT ESPECIALLY TO OUR IMMIGRANT 701 00:22:28,246 --> 00:22:31,349 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THOSE SEEKING 702 00:22:31,349 --> 00:22:31,983 ABORTION CARE, GENDER AFFIRMING 703 00:22:31,983 --> 00:22:32,651 CARE, AND TO ANYBODY EXERCISING 704 00:22:32,651 --> 00:22:34,653 THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT AMENDMENT 705 00:22:34,653 --> 00:22:36,321 RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR 706 00:22:36,321 --> 00:22:37,322 VIEWS ARE AT ODDS WITH THE 707 00:22:37,322 --> 00:22:40,759 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SURVEILLANCE 708 00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:42,227 IS INEFFECTIVE AT EITHER 709 00:22:42,227 --> 00:22:43,795 REDUCING VIOLENCE IN COMMUNITY 710 00:22:43,795 --> 00:22:46,164 OR INCREASING CLEARANCE RATES. 711 00:22:46,164 --> 00:22:46,765 WE CANNOT SECURE SURVEILLANCE 712 00:22:46,765 --> 00:22:48,734 DATA LOCALLY, AND WE CANNOT 713 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:50,335 PREVENT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 714 00:22:50,335 --> 00:22:52,471 ICE OR CUSTOMS AND BORDER 715 00:22:52,471 --> 00:22:55,340 CONTROL FROM ACCESSING IT WHEN 716 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:56,942 WE ARE CONTRACTING WITH A VENDOR 717 00:22:56,942 --> 00:22:57,442 OFFERING A CLOUD BASED 718 00:22:57,442 --> 00:22:58,944 SURVEILLANCE SOFTWARE, THE 719 00:22:58,944 --> 00:22:59,778 VENDOR ACTS ON CROWN HILL 720 00:22:59,778 --> 00:23:02,381 SEATTLE. 721 00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:02,714 -- THANK YOU. 722 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:05,250 -- JAKE CLOUD. WITHOUT 723 00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:05,817 SEATTLE'S SEATTLE POLICE 724 00:23:05,817 --> 00:23:06,818 DEPARTMENT'S APPROVAL OR 725 00:23:06,818 --> 00:23:07,119 KNOWLEDGE. 726 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:08,653 -- THANK YOU JAKE. 727 00:23:08,653 --> 00:23:10,822 -- THE SEATTLE AVENGERS APPLAUD. 728 00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:11,690 MAYOR WILSON. 729 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:13,225 -- THANK YOU. JAKE. 730 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:14,226 -- AND ASK COUNCIL TO STEP UP. 731 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,927 -- AND JAKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH 732 00:23:15,927 --> 00:23:18,630 FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. REALLY 733 00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:19,965 APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO 734 00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:21,366 MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE RYAN, 735 00:23:21,366 --> 00:23:24,436 FOLLOWED BY AJ AND PHIL. 736 00:23:24,436 --> 00:23:24,703 WELCOME. 737 00:23:24,703 --> 00:23:27,506 -- HI EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS RYAN 738 00:23:27,506 --> 00:23:28,874 TALON. I'M A REGISTERED NURSE 739 00:23:28,874 --> 00:23:30,942 AT HARBORVIEW AND I LIVE ON 740 00:23:30,942 --> 00:23:32,477 CAPITOL HILL. I SEE THE 741 00:23:32,477 --> 00:23:33,945 CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE THAT 742 00:23:33,945 --> 00:23:36,214 CAMERAS FAILED TO PREVENT ALL 743 00:23:36,214 --> 00:23:38,049 THE TIME. SEATTLE CENTER IS 744 00:23:38,049 --> 00:23:39,417 HEAVILY SURVEILLED, YET A TWO 745 00:23:39,417 --> 00:23:42,654 YEAR OLD BOY WAS SHOT IN THE ARM 746 00:23:42,654 --> 00:23:44,089 ON SEPTEMBER 8th, A WOMAN WAS 747 00:23:44,089 --> 00:23:45,190 KILLED OUTSIDE A HOTEL ALONG THE 748 00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:46,625 AURORA CORRIDOR, ONE OF THE MOST 749 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:49,194 HEAVILY SURVEILLED PARTS OF OUR 750 00:23:49,194 --> 00:23:49,828 CITY. CAMERAS DIDN'T PREVENT 751 00:23:49,828 --> 00:23:52,264 THESE TRAGEDIES, AND THEY WILL 752 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:54,766 NOT PREVENT THE NEXT ONE. 753 00:23:54,766 --> 00:23:55,400 VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION PROGRAMING 754 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,402 IS THE SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE 755 00:23:57,402 --> 00:23:59,438 INTERVENTION, REDUCING HOMICIDES 756 00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:01,406 AND ASSAULTS BY 30 TO 50%. I 757 00:24:01,406 --> 00:24:02,107 URGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE 758 00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:05,677 AMENDMENT, REDIRECTING $250,000 759 00:24:05,677 --> 00:24:08,213 FROM CCTV EXPANSION TO COMMUNITY 760 00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:09,581 VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION 761 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:10,916 AMBASSADORS. AS A NURSE, I KNOW 762 00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:12,184 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WATCHING 763 00:24:12,184 --> 00:24:14,019 HARM HAPPEN AND STOPPING IT. 764 00:24:14,019 --> 00:24:16,955 PLEASE CHOOSE PREVENTION, CHOOSE 765 00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:17,389 LIVES OVER LENSES. 766 00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:20,091 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE AJ 767 00:24:20,091 --> 00:24:24,262 FOLLOWED BY PHIL WELCOME, AJ. 768 00:24:24,262 --> 00:24:25,864 -- HELLO, I'M AJ RANDALL, 769 00:24:25,864 --> 00:24:27,432 COMMUNITY, NOT CAMERAS AND SQUID 770 00:24:27,432 --> 00:24:29,835 TIPS ON YOUTUBE. IN JUNE OF THIS 771 00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:31,303 YEAR, COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAY HAS 772 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:31,937 LOST ITS CONTRACT WITH THE CITY 773 00:24:31,937 --> 00:24:32,904 OF SEATTLE AND WAS FORCED TO LAY 774 00:24:32,904 --> 00:24:35,373 OFF 13 VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION 775 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:36,575 WORKERS WHO OPERATED IN THE 776 00:24:36,575 --> 00:24:38,109 RAINIER BEACH AREA. A MONTH 777 00:24:38,109 --> 00:24:39,177 LATER, THREE PEOPLE LOST THEIR 778 00:24:39,177 --> 00:24:40,645 LIVES AND A TWO YEAR OLD WAS 779 00:24:40,645 --> 00:24:41,746 INJURED. IN A TRAGIC EPISODE AT 780 00:24:41,746 --> 00:24:43,648 THE BITE OF SEATTLE. ONE OF THE 781 00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:46,051 VICTIMS OF THAT SHOOTING WAS 782 00:24:46,051 --> 00:24:47,819 ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY 783 00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:49,521 PASSAGEWAYS AT THE TIME, LAYING 784 00:24:49,521 --> 00:24:50,589 OFF NEIGHBORHOOD BASED VIOLENCE 785 00:24:50,589 --> 00:24:52,724 INTERRUPTERS IS A STEP IN THE 786 00:24:52,724 --> 00:24:53,992 WRONG DIRECTION. WE KNOW THAT 787 00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:55,060 THOSE MOST LIKELY TO FALL VICTIM 788 00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:56,528 TO GUN VIOLENCE ARE ALSO THOSE 789 00:24:56,528 --> 00:24:59,097 MOST LIKELY TO FALL VICTIM TO 790 00:24:59,097 --> 00:25:00,966 POLICE VIOLENCE. AS SOMEONE WHO 791 00:25:00,966 --> 00:25:03,668 HAS PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED AN 792 00:25:03,668 --> 00:25:04,302 UNLAWFUL ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT 793 00:25:04,302 --> 00:25:06,872 BY SPD, I CAN SAY WITH MY FULL 794 00:25:06,872 --> 00:25:09,241 CHEST THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE 795 00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:09,875 COMPLETELY FAILED THE VICTIMS OF 796 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:13,378 POLICE VIOLENCE FOR DECADES. WE 797 00:25:13,378 --> 00:25:14,779 URGE CITY COUNCIL AS YOU 798 00:25:14,779 --> 00:25:15,380 APPROACH THE UPCOMING BUDGET 799 00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:17,516 SEASON, TO COMMIT TO FUNDING 800 00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:18,984 COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS AND 801 00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:20,185 VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE. 802 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:21,286 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AJ. 803 00:25:21,286 --> 00:25:25,357 NEXT WE HAVE PHIL. WELCOME, 804 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:26,658 PHIL. BEFORE YOU GO, PHIL, I'LL 805 00:25:26,658 --> 00:25:28,994 CALL THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS WE 806 00:25:28,994 --> 00:25:32,264 HAVE WILL TATIANA I CAN'T READ 807 00:25:32,264 --> 00:25:36,368 THAT NAME CHILL, NOAH AND 808 00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:37,302 ASHLEY. I'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT 809 00:25:37,302 --> 00:25:39,871 THIS NAME IS. I THINK IT'S 810 00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:40,839 CLIFFORD. CLIFF. OKAY. CLIFF. 811 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,841 AWESOME. WELCOME. PHIL. THANK 812 00:25:42,841 --> 00:25:43,041 YOU. 813 00:25:43,041 --> 00:25:44,542 -- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PHIL 814 00:25:44,542 --> 00:25:47,045 MASUK. SEATTLE HAS REAL 815 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:48,980 CHALLENGES WITH VIOLENCE. THE 816 00:25:48,980 --> 00:25:51,149 GOOD NEWS IS HOMICIDES ARE DOWN 817 00:25:51,149 --> 00:25:54,452 23%. WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. WHAT 818 00:25:54,452 --> 00:25:56,488 WE WANT IS FOR THE CITY TO 819 00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:57,055 REDIRECT MASS SURVEILLANCE 820 00:25:57,055 --> 00:25:58,957 MONEY, SUCH AS FROM LICENSE 821 00:25:58,957 --> 00:26:01,026 PLATE READERS. THE REAL TIME 822 00:26:01,026 --> 00:26:03,695 CRIME CENTER, OR THE CCTV CAMERA 823 00:26:03,695 --> 00:26:06,831 SYSTEM, TO COMMUNITY LED 824 00:26:06,831 --> 00:26:07,432 VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 825 00:26:07,432 --> 00:26:07,999 THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE 826 00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:09,401 KNOWN TO WORK. THE STATISTICS 827 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:10,702 SHOW THAT THEY DO WORK. 828 00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:12,404 STATISTICS SHOW THAT 829 00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:14,105 SURVEILLANCE DOES NOT WORK. THE 830 00:26:14,105 --> 00:26:15,740 CITY CUTS MONEY TIME AFTER TIME 831 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:16,741 FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS THESE, AND 832 00:26:16,741 --> 00:26:19,210 IT HARMS THE COMMUNITY. 833 00:26:19,210 --> 00:26:20,979 COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS WORK. THE 834 00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:23,949 CARE RESPONDER RATE IS UP TO 80% 835 00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:25,550 FROM 40, AND IT IS TIME FOR THE 836 00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:28,853 CITY TO REDIRECT FUNDING FROM 837 00:26:28,853 --> 00:26:31,189 MASS SURVEILLANCE TO COMMUNITY 838 00:26:31,189 --> 00:26:32,190 LED SOLUTIONS THAT WORK. THANK 839 00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:32,390 YOU. 840 00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:34,826 -- THANK YOU PHIL. NEXT WE HAVE 841 00:26:34,826 --> 00:26:36,528 WILL, TATIANA, CLIFF, NOAH, 842 00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:42,334 ASHLEY, WELCOME, WELCOME, WILL. 843 00:26:42,334 --> 00:26:44,269 -- HELLO. MY NAME IS WILL 844 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:46,004 MANDELL. AS PHIL POINTED OUT, 845 00:26:46,004 --> 00:26:47,472 SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY DIVERTS 846 00:26:47,472 --> 00:26:50,108 FUNDING FROM PROVEN EFFECTIVE 847 00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:50,675 VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND THE 848 00:26:50,675 --> 00:26:52,010 EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT SURVEILLANCE 849 00:26:52,010 --> 00:26:53,745 IS LACKING. THE ONLY STUDY SPD 850 00:26:53,745 --> 00:26:55,647 CITED IN THE SURVEILLANCE IMPACT 851 00:26:55,647 --> 00:26:57,716 REPORT, A 40 YEAR SYSTEMIC 852 00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:59,217 REVIEW, INCLUDING META ANALYSIS 853 00:26:59,217 --> 00:27:02,387 ON THE ON THE EFFICACY OF CCTV, 854 00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:04,489 CONCLUDES NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS 855 00:27:04,489 --> 00:27:05,690 OBSERVED FOR VIOLENT CRIME AND A 856 00:27:05,690 --> 00:27:06,858 BODY OF RESEARCH, AND THAT A 857 00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:08,626 BODY OF RESEARCH ON THE 858 00:27:08,626 --> 00:27:10,462 INVESTIGATORY BENEFITS OF CCTV 859 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:12,597 HAS YET TO DEVELOP. CCTV IS 860 00:27:12,597 --> 00:27:15,033 NOTHING NEW. FOR YEARS, CCTV IN 861 00:27:15,033 --> 00:27:16,401 THE UK HAS MADE IT ONE OF THE 862 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:18,303 MOST SURVEILLED COUNTRIES IN THE 863 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:19,771 WORLD, SECOND ONLY TO CHINA. 864 00:27:19,771 --> 00:27:21,172 MUCH OF THE DATA IN THIS 40 YEAR 865 00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:23,408 REVIEW COMES FROM THE UK. IF 866 00:27:23,408 --> 00:27:24,876 FOUR DECADES OF RESEARCH HAVE 867 00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:27,012 FOUND NO EVIDENCE THAT CCTV 868 00:27:27,012 --> 00:27:28,413 CAMERAS REDUCE VIOLENCE OR AID 869 00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:29,481 INVESTIGATORS, THEN THERE IS 870 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:31,916 LITTLE REASON TO INTRODUCE THEM 871 00:27:31,916 --> 00:27:33,218 AS A PILOT OTHER THAN TO PROVIDE 872 00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:34,486 SECURITY, THEATER AND TO MAKE 873 00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:37,455 FALSE PROMISES TO THE PUBLIC. 874 00:27:37,455 --> 00:27:38,089 SEATTLE RESIDENTS DO NOT DESERVE 875 00:27:38,089 --> 00:27:39,157 TO HAVE THEIR PRIVACY SIGNED 876 00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:41,259 AWAY TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND 877 00:27:41,259 --> 00:27:41,893 PRIVATE COMPANIES. IN THE NAME 878 00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:43,194 OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. 879 00:27:43,194 --> 00:27:44,095 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL, 880 00:27:44,095 --> 00:27:46,531 NEXT WE HAVE TATIANA, FOLLOWED 881 00:27:46,531 --> 00:27:48,099 BY CLIFF AND NOAH AND THEN 882 00:27:48,099 --> 00:27:51,803 ASHLEY FORD. WELCOME, TATIANA. 883 00:27:51,803 --> 00:27:52,771 -- GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M 884 00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:54,939 TATIANA BROWN, A COLLABORATIVE 885 00:27:54,939 --> 00:27:55,774 GOVERNANCE LEADER. I'M I'M HERE 886 00:27:55,774 --> 00:27:56,875 TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT 887 00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:58,543 EVIDENCE, FEAR AND SOLUTIONS. SO 888 00:27:58,543 --> 00:28:00,645 WE KNOW TWO THINGS. EVIDENCE TO 889 00:28:00,645 --> 00:28:03,181 SUPPORT THE USE OF CCTV CAMERAS 890 00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:04,749 TO PREVENT VIOLENT CRIME DOES 891 00:28:04,749 --> 00:28:06,718 NOT EXIST. AND THE RESEARCH TO 892 00:28:06,718 --> 00:28:08,720 SUPPORT THE UTILITY OF REAL TIME 893 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,288 CRIME CENTERS REMAINS THIN. IN 894 00:28:10,288 --> 00:28:12,157 AN INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE POWER 895 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:14,592 WASHINGTON, FORMER SPD CHIEF 896 00:28:14,592 --> 00:28:15,960 OPERATING OFFICER BRIAN MAXCY, 897 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,096 ADMITTED THE PROMISES OF CRIME 898 00:28:18,096 --> 00:28:20,265 PREVENTION ON INCREASED CRIME 899 00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:22,033 CLEARANCE RATES WITH USING RTT, 900 00:28:22,033 --> 00:28:24,736 TCC, OUR HYPOTHETICAL AND 901 00:28:24,736 --> 00:28:26,271 ANECDOTAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA USES 902 00:28:26,271 --> 00:28:27,539 AXON FOR ITS REAL TIME CRIME 903 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:29,340 CENTER AND HAS A MASSIVE 904 00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:31,009 SURVEILLANCE NETWORK, AND A 905 00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:32,110 RECENT REVIEW BY THE FBI FOUND. 906 00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:33,511 DESPITE THE VAST EXPANSION OF 907 00:28:33,511 --> 00:28:34,913 SURVEILLANCE IN ATLANTA, THERE 908 00:28:34,913 --> 00:28:36,915 WAS NO INCREASE IN CLEARANCE 909 00:28:36,915 --> 00:28:37,515 RATES. MAYOR WILSON IS RIGHT 910 00:28:37,515 --> 00:28:38,516 THAT DECISIONS HERE SHOULD BE 911 00:28:38,516 --> 00:28:40,652 GROUNDED IN A THOROUGH 912 00:28:40,652 --> 00:28:41,920 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE CAMERAS 913 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,022 ARE BEING USED AND OF ANY HARM 914 00:28:44,022 --> 00:28:46,091 THEY'RE CAUSING. BUT I URGE THE 915 00:28:46,091 --> 00:28:48,727 COUNCIL TO MOVE WITH A PRECISION 916 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,895 THAT CAMERAS DON'T PREVENT 917 00:28:50,895 --> 00:28:52,730 VIOLENT CRIME, AND WE NEED TO BE 918 00:28:52,730 --> 00:28:55,533 PURSUING REAL SOLUTIONS IN 919 00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:56,668 VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION PROGRAMS. 920 00:28:56,668 --> 00:28:57,736 -- THAT ADDRESS THE ROOT. 921 00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:59,571 -- CAUSES INSTEAD OF FEAR. 922 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:00,205 -- BASED SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU. 923 00:29:00,205 --> 00:29:01,706 THANK YOU. TATIANA. NEXT WE HAVE 924 00:29:01,706 --> 00:29:03,408 CLIFF, FOLLOWED BY NOAH AND THEN 925 00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:05,777 ASHLEY. 926 00:29:05,777 --> 00:29:06,111 -- WHICH IS. 927 00:29:06,111 --> 00:29:07,412 -- YEAH, MY APOLOGIES IF I DID 928 00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:09,280 IT A LITTLE BIT. I'M JUST NOT 929 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:10,048 FEELING WELL TODAY. BUT I WANT 930 00:29:10,048 --> 00:29:12,684 TO BE HERE IN SOLIDARITY, 931 00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:16,721 ESPECIALLY SINCE OVER 616, AS OF 932 00:29:16,721 --> 00:29:18,256 130 TODAY, INDIVIDUALS AND 933 00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:18,890 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SIGNED ON TO 934 00:29:18,890 --> 00:29:20,258 OUR LETTER. ORGANIZATIONS 935 00:29:20,258 --> 00:29:21,693 ADVOCATE FOR GENDER JUSTICE, 936 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:22,994 IMMIGRATION RIGHTS, CLIMATE 937 00:29:22,994 --> 00:29:24,829 CHANGE, OR CLIMATE JUSTICE AND 938 00:29:24,829 --> 00:29:25,663 RACIAL EQUALITY ARE ENDING FOR 939 00:29:25,663 --> 00:29:28,299 ARE CALLING FOR AN END TO 940 00:29:28,299 --> 00:29:28,900 SURVEILLANCE, INVESTMENT AND 941 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:31,436 SOLUTIONS THAT ACTUALLY PREVENT 942 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:33,404 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE. IN FACT, WE 943 00:29:33,404 --> 00:29:35,140 ARE DEMANDING THAT THE COUNCIL 944 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:39,410 TAKE THE NEXT STEP AFTER PASSING 945 00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:39,978 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH 946 00:29:39,978 --> 00:29:43,047 AMENDMENT, REDIRECTING 250 000 947 00:29:43,047 --> 00:29:45,216 FROM CCTV EXPANSION TO COMMUNITY 948 00:29:45,216 --> 00:29:45,683 VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION 949 00:29:45,683 --> 00:29:47,118 AMBASSADORS AND FOLLOW WITH A 950 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:49,087 MORE ROBUST INVESTMENT IN 951 00:29:49,087 --> 00:29:49,721 COMMUNITY DRIVEN SOLUTIONS THAT 952 00:29:49,721 --> 00:29:51,322 PREVENT HORRIBLE TRAGEDIES FROM 953 00:29:51,322 --> 00:29:53,758 HAPPENING IN FUTURE. DIVEST FROM 954 00:29:53,758 --> 00:29:55,059 THE SURVEILLANCE THAT POSES 955 00:29:55,059 --> 00:29:59,631 SAFETY RISKS FOR COMMUNITY AND 956 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:00,265 PERPETUATES DISCRIMINATION, AND 957 00:30:00,265 --> 00:30:01,299 INSTEAD INVEST IN COMMUNITY 958 00:30:01,299 --> 00:30:02,934 DRIVEN SOLUTIONS. DATA DRIVEN 959 00:30:02,934 --> 00:30:04,002 SOLUTIONS PROVIDE SAFETY AND 960 00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:06,271 REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE FOR BENEFIT 961 00:30:06,271 --> 00:30:07,906 OF ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS. SO 962 00:30:07,906 --> 00:30:08,206 SAYS DOOM. 963 00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:10,208 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CLIFF. 964 00:30:10,208 --> 00:30:11,676 NEXT WE HAVE NOAH. AND FYI, THAT 965 00:30:11,676 --> 00:30:12,377 AMENDMENT WAS PASSED ABOUT A 966 00:30:12,377 --> 00:30:16,548 MONTH AND A HALF AGO, AND IT'S 967 00:30:16,548 --> 00:30:17,081 BEING IMPLEMENTED. NOAH. 968 00:30:17,081 --> 00:30:17,682 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 969 00:30:17,682 --> 00:30:19,117 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS NOAH 970 00:30:19,117 --> 00:30:21,386 WILLIAMS, SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER 971 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:22,687 IN CLOUD CYBERSECURITY. I HAVE 972 00:30:22,687 --> 00:30:23,688 EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE REVERSE 973 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:24,889 ENGINEERING, COMMERCIAL, OFF THE 974 00:30:24,889 --> 00:30:26,257 SHELF APPS AND DEVELOPING BLACK 975 00:30:26,257 --> 00:30:27,692 BOX OBSERVABILITY TOOLS TO TEST 976 00:30:27,692 --> 00:30:28,159 VENDOR CLAIMS. FROM A 977 00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:29,427 CYBERSECURITY PERSPECTIVE, I WAS 978 00:30:29,427 --> 00:30:31,062 ASKED BY THE COMMUNITY NOT 979 00:30:31,062 --> 00:30:32,230 CAMERAS COALITION, TO TOUR THE 980 00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:33,998 RBTC AND PROVIDE A CYBERSECURITY 981 00:30:33,998 --> 00:30:35,400 EVALUATION. HERE IT IS THE 982 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:36,901 STORAGE OF CAMERA FOOTAGE ON 983 00:30:36,901 --> 00:30:38,836 SITE IS NEGATED BY AXON'S 984 00:30:38,836 --> 00:30:39,737 EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OVER WHEN IT 985 00:30:39,737 --> 00:30:41,573 IS UPLOADED AND OR STREAMED. 986 00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:42,840 AXON AND ANY ENTITY THAT 987 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:44,609 SUBPOENAS, HACKS, OR COERCES 988 00:30:44,609 --> 00:30:45,710 THEM HAS THE ABILITY TO UPLOAD 989 00:30:45,710 --> 00:30:47,478 SEATTLE FOOTAGE TO THEIR 990 00:30:47,478 --> 00:30:49,314 PLATFORM, STREAM IT WITHOUT 991 00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:50,615 SEATTLE'S CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE. 992 00:30:50,615 --> 00:30:51,816 THE FUSUS WEB CONTROL APP IS 993 00:30:51,816 --> 00:30:53,251 EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC INTERNET, 994 00:30:53,251 --> 00:30:55,687 INCREASING ITS ATTACK SURFACE. 995 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:56,588 GIVE IT A TRY@FUSION.COM. WE'RE 996 00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:58,456 STILL OUR CITIES, SO PROVIDERS 997 00:30:58,456 --> 00:30:59,424 MISCONFIGURED. SO WHEN AN 998 00:30:59,424 --> 00:31:00,858 ANALYST CLICKS LOG OUT, THEY 999 00:31:00,858 --> 00:31:01,960 HAVEN'T ACTUALLY LOGGED OUT. 1000 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,328 YES, I'VE PROVIDED THAT TO IT. 1001 00:31:03,328 --> 00:31:04,162 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS 1002 00:31:04,162 --> 00:31:06,564 PLATFORM ISN'T OUR SYSTEM OR OUR 1003 00:31:06,564 --> 00:31:07,632 DATA. IT'S A SIGNALS 1004 00:31:07,632 --> 00:31:08,299 INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM THAT WE'VE 1005 00:31:08,299 --> 00:31:09,434 RENTED FROM BOUNTY HUNTERS TO 1006 00:31:09,434 --> 00:31:10,868 SURVEIL OURSELVES. AND WITH 1007 00:31:10,868 --> 00:31:13,037 RESPECT TO INTERNAL CONTROLS, 1008 00:31:13,037 --> 00:31:13,938 FOR EXAMPLE, CAN WE CATCH AN 1009 00:31:13,938 --> 00:31:15,540 ANALYST ILLEGAL COLLABORATION 1010 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:17,075 WITH ICE? NO. AXON'S PLATFORM 1011 00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:18,810 DOES NOT FEATURE ANOMALY 1012 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:19,510 DETECTION, AND OUR CITY'S 1013 00:31:19,510 --> 00:31:21,446 CONCEPT OF AN AUDIT IS RANDOMLY 1014 00:31:21,446 --> 00:31:22,881 SAMPLING TEN REQUESTS PER MONTH. 1015 00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:24,182 IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE AUDIT. 1016 00:31:24,182 --> 00:31:25,650 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU NOAH. 1017 00:31:25,650 --> 00:31:27,085 NEXT WE HAVE ASHLEY. BEFORE YOU 1018 00:31:27,085 --> 00:31:28,653 GO, ASHLEY, I'M GONNA READ THE 1019 00:31:28,653 --> 00:31:34,559 NEXT FIVE. WE HAVE LARS MADISON, 1020 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:35,693 PHIL CEDAR. I APOLOGIZE IF I 1021 00:31:35,693 --> 00:31:39,097 MESS UP YOUR NAME AND MARCELINE 1022 00:31:39,097 --> 00:31:40,865 ASHLEY, WELCOME. 1023 00:31:40,865 --> 00:31:42,033 -- HELLO. HI. CITY COUNCIL. 1024 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:43,601 ASHLEY. SHE AND THEY PRONOUNS 1025 00:31:43,601 --> 00:31:45,270 RENTER FROM DISTRICT FIVE, 1026 00:31:45,270 --> 00:31:47,705 MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE LGBTQ 1027 00:31:47,705 --> 00:31:48,973 COMMISSION. SUPER EXCITED TO SEE 1028 00:31:48,973 --> 00:31:50,842 TODAY'S BILL ON THE EXPANSION 1029 00:31:50,842 --> 00:31:51,409 OF CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS 1030 00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:52,543 THAT'S SLATED FOR A FINAL VOTE 1031 00:31:52,543 --> 00:31:56,547 TODAY. IN EARLY 2025, WE STARTED 1032 00:31:56,547 --> 00:31:57,181 HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH 1033 00:31:57,181 --> 00:31:58,283 THE SEATTLE COALITION FOR FAMILY 1034 00:31:58,283 --> 00:32:00,685 AND RELATIONSHIP EQUITY, MOSTLY 1035 00:32:00,685 --> 00:32:01,319 THANKS TO THE ADVOCACY OF JESSE 1036 00:32:01,319 --> 00:32:02,954 DAVIS, WHO YOU HEARD FROM 1037 00:32:02,954 --> 00:32:04,088 EARLIER. AND IT'S BEEN INSPIRING 1038 00:32:04,088 --> 00:32:05,556 TO SEE OTHER CITIES AROUND OUR 1039 00:32:05,556 --> 00:32:07,025 STATE AND COUNTRY TAKE SIMILAR 1040 00:32:07,025 --> 00:32:08,860 STEPS TO ENSHRINE PROTECTIONS 1041 00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:10,094 FOR THE DIFFERENT WAY FOLKS 1042 00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:11,262 LIVE, ACTUALLY ACTUALLY LIVE IN 1043 00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:13,631 OUR CITY. I WANT TO NOTE THIS IS 1044 00:32:13,631 --> 00:32:14,766 ESPECIALLY SYMBOLIC RIGHT NOW AS 1045 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:16,934 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MOVES TO 1046 00:32:16,934 --> 00:32:18,369 DEFINE WHAT A FAMILY IS AND 1047 00:32:18,369 --> 00:32:21,239 ISN'T. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY 1048 00:32:21,239 --> 00:32:22,507 THANK YOU AND TO ALL OF YOU FOR 1049 00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:25,543 YOUR EFFORTS TO GET US HERE AND 1050 00:32:25,543 --> 00:32:26,144 CONGRATULATE EVERYONE WHO HAS 1051 00:32:26,144 --> 00:32:27,912 HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THE 1052 00:32:27,912 --> 00:32:29,113 PASSAGE OF THIS LEGISLATION WILL 1053 00:32:29,113 --> 00:32:30,581 BE A MONUMENTAL DAY FOR SEATTLE, 1054 00:32:30,581 --> 00:32:32,216 AND HOLD PRECEDENT FOR MANY 1055 00:32:32,216 --> 00:32:34,152 OTHER CITIES AROUND THE US. MANY 1056 00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:35,320 OF Y'ALL ON COUNCIL KNOW HOW 1057 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:36,454 MUCH OF AN ADVOCATE I AM FOR 1058 00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:38,323 REAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANS 1059 00:32:38,323 --> 00:32:39,257 AND QUEER FOLKS. AND THIS IS 1060 00:32:39,257 --> 00:32:40,558 EXACTLY WHAT WE MEAN. SO THANK 1061 00:32:40,558 --> 00:32:41,726 YOU. 1062 00:32:41,726 --> 00:32:42,727 -- THANK YOU. ASHLEY. NEXT WE 1063 00:32:42,727 --> 00:32:44,562 HAVE LARS, FOLLOWED BY MADISON 1064 00:32:44,562 --> 00:32:46,664 AND PHIL. WELCOME 1065 00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:49,500 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. 1066 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:50,134 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 1067 00:32:50,134 --> 00:32:50,768 AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1068 00:32:50,768 --> 00:32:51,602 LARS ERICKSON. I'M HERE ON 1069 00:32:51,602 --> 00:32:53,338 BEHALF OF THE 2600 MEMBERS OF 1070 00:32:53,338 --> 00:32:54,872 THE SEATTLE METRO CHAMBER IN 1071 00:32:54,872 --> 00:32:58,977 SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION 32217. I 1072 00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:00,912 WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING 1073 00:33:00,912 --> 00:33:02,613 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR HER 1074 00:33:02,613 --> 00:33:03,181 LEADERSHIP AND FOR BRINGING 1075 00:33:03,181 --> 00:33:04,148 FORWARD A PROPOSAL THAT IS 1076 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:05,550 GROUNDED IN EVIDENCE, 1077 00:33:05,550 --> 00:33:08,987 ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESULTS. GUN 1078 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:09,554 VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO HARM 1079 00:33:09,554 --> 00:33:10,555 SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS, 1080 00:33:10,555 --> 00:33:12,924 RESIDENTS, WORKERS, CUSTOMERS, 1081 00:33:12,924 --> 00:33:13,991 AND SMALL BUSINESSES. THE CITY 1082 00:33:13,991 --> 00:33:15,760 AUDIT IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR 1083 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,295 STRONGER COORDINATION, BETTER 1084 00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:19,998 DATA SHARING, AND MORE EFFECTIVE 1085 00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:21,499 INTERVENTION STRATEGIES. THIS 1086 00:33:21,499 --> 00:33:22,133 RESOLUTION RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO 1087 00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:24,001 THOSE FINDINGS BY ADVANCING A 1088 00:33:24,001 --> 00:33:26,037 COMPREHENSIVE, DATA DRIVEN 1089 00:33:26,037 --> 00:33:28,006 APPROACH TO REDUCING VIOLENCE. 1090 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:28,606 SUCCESS REQUIRES COORDINATION 1091 00:33:28,606 --> 00:33:31,275 AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY 1092 00:33:31,275 --> 00:33:32,744 ORGANIZATIONS, SERVICE 1093 00:33:32,744 --> 00:33:33,277 PROVIDERS, AND GOVERNMENT 1094 00:33:33,277 --> 00:33:34,545 AGENCIES, ALL WORKING TOWARDS 1095 00:33:34,545 --> 00:33:36,981 THE SHARED GOAL OF REDUCING 1096 00:33:36,981 --> 00:33:39,317 SHOOTINGS AND SAVING LIVES. MOST 1097 00:33:39,317 --> 00:33:41,152 IMPORTANTLY, THIS RESOLUTION IS 1098 00:33:41,152 --> 00:33:42,987 FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES. SEATTLE 1099 00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:43,588 SHOULD CONTINUE INVESTING IN 1100 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:45,189 PREVENTION WHILE ALSO 1101 00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:46,991 IMPLEMENTING PROVEN STRATEGIES 1102 00:33:46,991 --> 00:33:47,625 THAT CAN REDUCE VIOLENCE AMONG 1103 00:33:47,625 --> 00:33:49,360 SMALL NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS 1104 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,362 RESPONSIBLE FOR A 1105 00:33:51,362 --> 00:33:51,896 DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF 1106 00:33:51,896 --> 00:33:52,930 SHOOTINGS 1107 00:33:52,930 --> 00:33:55,867 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LARS. 1108 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:58,036 NEXT, WE HAVE MADISON, FOLLOWED 1109 00:33:58,036 --> 00:33:59,737 BY PHIL CEDAR. MARCELINE, I'M 1110 00:33:59,737 --> 00:34:01,272 SORRY IF I MESSED UP PEOPLE'S 1111 00:34:01,272 --> 00:34:03,074 NAMES. WELCOME. 1112 00:34:03,074 --> 00:34:04,809 -- HELLO, SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, 1113 00:34:04,809 --> 00:34:06,377 I'M MADISON JONES, MANAGING 1114 00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:07,812 EDITOR OF THE SEATTLE GAY NEWS. 1115 00:34:07,812 --> 00:34:09,480 BUT I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON 1116 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:10,948 BEHALF OF MYSELF AS A SEATTLE 1117 00:34:10,948 --> 00:34:12,917 RESIDENT AND AS A QUEER AND 1118 00:34:12,917 --> 00:34:15,086 TRANS INDIVIDUAL WANTED TO URGE 1119 00:34:15,086 --> 00:34:17,355 YOU ALL TO SUPPORT COUNCIL BILL 1120 00:34:17,355 --> 00:34:23,094 ONE, 21218, ADDING 1121 00:34:23,094 --> 00:34:25,997 NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCES FOR 1122 00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:28,533 PANSEXUAL, ASEXUAL, NON-BINARY 1123 00:34:28,533 --> 00:34:30,802 AND NON-MONOGAMOUS PEOPLE. RIGHT 1124 00:34:30,802 --> 00:34:33,704 NOW IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, 1125 00:34:33,704 --> 00:34:35,606 NON-MONOGAMOUS PEOPLE IN 1126 00:34:35,606 --> 00:34:38,142 PARTICULAR ARE AT THREAT OF 1127 00:34:38,142 --> 00:34:39,143 DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING, 1128 00:34:39,143 --> 00:34:41,312 EMPLOYMENT, MEDICAL CARE, 1129 00:34:41,312 --> 00:34:45,950 EDUCATION, YOU NAME IT. IT IS 1130 00:34:45,950 --> 00:34:48,419 IMPERATIVE AT THIS TIME AS 4 TO 1131 00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:52,156 5% OF OUR POPULATION PRACTICES 1132 00:34:52,156 --> 00:34:54,092 CONSENSUAL, NON-MONOGAMOUS 1133 00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:55,326 RELATIONSHIPS, THAT WE AS A CITY 1134 00:34:55,326 --> 00:34:58,796 PROTECT THEM AND THAT REGARD. 1135 00:34:58,796 --> 00:35:01,132 AND SINCE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF 1136 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:02,300 TIME, I ALSO URGE YOU ALL TO 1137 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:03,835 SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND NOT 1138 00:35:03,835 --> 00:35:05,336 CAMERAS HERE AND THEIR DEMANDS. 1139 00:35:05,336 --> 00:35:05,803 THANK YOU. 1140 00:35:05,803 --> 00:35:07,505 -- THANK YOU. MADISON. NEXT WE 1141 00:35:07,505 --> 00:35:11,542 HAVE PHIL. WELCOME 1142 00:35:11,542 --> 00:35:11,976 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1143 00:35:11,976 --> 00:35:12,610 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS PHIL 1144 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:13,878 LEWIS AND I SERVE AS THE 1145 00:35:13,878 --> 00:35:16,114 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS CHAIR FOR 1146 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:17,348 THE SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS 1147 00:35:17,348 --> 00:35:18,549 COMMISSION. AND I'M HERE TODAY 1148 00:35:18,549 --> 00:35:20,251 ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION TO 1149 00:35:20,251 --> 00:35:22,587 VOICE STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE 1150 00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:24,121 NONDISCRIMINATION BILL BECAUSE 1151 00:35:24,121 --> 00:35:25,990 DISCRIMINATION BASED ON THE 1152 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:27,592 STRUCTURE OF SOMEONE'S FAMILY 1153 00:35:27,592 --> 00:35:29,026 OR RELATIONSHIPS HAS NO PLACE IN 1154 00:35:29,026 --> 00:35:30,595 SEATTLE. I WANT TO THANK 1155 00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:32,029 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND FOSTER 1156 00:35:32,029 --> 00:35:33,598 AND LIN AND OTHERS FOR YOUR 1157 00:35:33,598 --> 00:35:35,266 SUPPORT ON THIS BILL AND 1158 00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:36,701 RECOGNIZING THAT OUR COMMUNITY 1159 00:35:36,701 --> 00:35:39,270 MEMBERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEAR 1160 00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:40,905 LOSING HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, OR 1161 00:35:40,905 --> 00:35:42,073 ACCESS TO BASIC OPPORTUNITIES 1162 00:35:42,073 --> 00:35:43,741 BECAUSE OF WHO THEY. BECAUSE OF 1163 00:35:43,741 --> 00:35:45,510 WHO THEY LOVE, BECAUSE OF WHO 1164 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:47,778 THEIR FAMILY IS AND HOW THEIR 1165 00:35:47,778 --> 00:35:49,514 HOUSEHOLD IS STRUCTURED. BASIC 1166 00:35:49,514 --> 00:35:51,015 CIVIL RIGHTS CANNOT DEPEND ON 1167 00:35:51,015 --> 00:35:53,084 WHETHER OR NOT ON A PERSON'S 1168 00:35:53,084 --> 00:35:53,684 FAMILY OR RELATIONSHIP STATUS 1169 00:35:53,684 --> 00:35:55,987 AND HOW IT LOOKS OR IS 1170 00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:57,488 ACCEPTABLE TO A LANDLORD, TO AN 1171 00:35:57,488 --> 00:35:59,023 EMPLOYER, OR TO A SERVICE 1172 00:35:59,023 --> 00:36:01,259 PROVIDER. WE KNOW THAT DIGNITY 1173 00:36:01,259 --> 00:36:04,862 CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE 1174 00:36:04,862 --> 00:36:06,330 CONDITIONAL. TODAY, IN THIS AND 1175 00:36:06,330 --> 00:36:07,732 PASSING THIS BILL, YOU SEND A 1176 00:36:07,732 --> 00:36:10,001 MESSAGE TO ALL OF SEATTLE THAT 1177 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,736 IS UNMISTAKABLE, THAT EVERY 1178 00:36:11,736 --> 00:36:13,838 FAMILY IN SEATTLE DESERVES 1179 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:15,439 PROTECTION. EVERY PERSON 1180 00:36:15,439 --> 00:36:17,341 DESERVES DIGNITY, AND EVERY 1181 00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:17,909 DISCRIMINATION WILL NOT BE 1182 00:36:17,909 --> 00:36:19,277 TOLERATED IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU 1183 00:36:19,277 --> 00:36:21,946 SO MUCH. 1184 00:36:21,946 --> 00:36:25,716 -- THANK YOU. PHIL. CEDAR. NO. 1185 00:36:25,716 --> 00:36:27,251 -- SO, DO I SPEAK LIKE THIS OR I 1186 00:36:27,251 --> 00:36:27,852 SPEAK ANOTHER ONE. 1187 00:36:27,852 --> 00:36:29,453 -- I CAN SPEAK WHICHEVER ONE IS 1188 00:36:29,453 --> 00:36:33,124 EASIEST FOR YOU. OKAY, AWESOME 1189 00:36:33,124 --> 00:36:35,226 -- ALL RIGHT. THEN WE START. 1190 00:36:35,226 --> 00:36:36,327 NOW. 1191 00:36:36,327 --> 00:36:37,128 -- ANY TIME YOU START, WE START 1192 00:36:37,128 --> 00:36:39,730 THE CLOCK. 1193 00:36:39,730 --> 00:36:40,364 -- OKAY, I'M STARTING. OKAY. 1194 00:36:40,364 --> 00:36:42,166 OKIE DOKIE. THEN. IT'S BEEN 1195 00:36:42,166 --> 00:36:43,134 ABOUT A MONTH SINCE I'VE BEEN TO 1196 00:36:43,134 --> 00:36:45,670 ONE OF THESE. SOME THINGS I'VE 1197 00:36:45,670 --> 00:36:47,638 BEEN PERMITTED TO SHARE WITH THE 1198 00:36:47,638 --> 00:36:48,873 GENERAL PUBLIC BECAUSE OF OTHERS 1199 00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:50,875 IN MY CIRCLES ARE JUST PLAIN 1200 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:54,745 BORED. OKAY I ASSUME THE POLICE 1201 00:36:54,745 --> 00:36:56,547 WORKED TOGETHER. IF IT SEEMS 1202 00:36:56,547 --> 00:36:57,515 LIKE WE'RE BUILDING SURVEILLANCE 1203 00:36:57,515 --> 00:37:01,953 CENTERS TO KILL YOU, WE ARE. IF 1204 00:37:01,953 --> 00:37:03,454 MY EXTENDED FAMILY HAD A DOLLAR 1205 00:37:03,454 --> 00:37:04,989 FOR EVERY TIME POLICE, FBI, CIA, 1206 00:37:04,989 --> 00:37:06,224 ET CETERA. COMMITTED A CRIME, WE 1207 00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:10,027 WOULDN'T NEED OUR ASSETS. OUR 1208 00:37:10,027 --> 00:37:10,628 GROUP OF FAMILIES ARE FURTHER 1209 00:37:10,628 --> 00:37:12,029 POISONING THE WORLD, AND WE 1210 00:37:12,029 --> 00:37:13,631 DON'T REALLY GIVE A. AND IF YOU 1211 00:37:13,631 --> 00:37:17,101 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE 1212 00:37:17,101 --> 00:37:18,135 STANCES, I'LL BE IN THE HALLWAY 1213 00:37:18,135 --> 00:37:19,904 FOR ANY QUESTIONS TO BE 1214 00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:23,040 ANSWERED. YEAH. 1215 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,509 -- THANK YOU AND BEFORE YOU 1216 00:37:25,509 --> 00:37:26,544 START, LET ME SAY THE NEXT FIVE 1217 00:37:26,544 --> 00:37:28,512 PEOPLE. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE 1218 00:37:28,512 --> 00:37:31,616 HOWARD GAIL, FOLLOWED BY 1219 00:37:31,616 --> 00:37:35,319 RICHARD, ANGELIQUE TAYLOR AND 1220 00:37:35,319 --> 00:37:37,488 SEPT SEPT, SEPT. AND THEN WE DO 1221 00:37:37,488 --> 00:37:38,623 HAVE MORE THAT I'LL READ AS 1222 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:39,857 WELL. GO RIGHT AHEAD. 1223 00:37:39,857 --> 00:37:41,859 -- HELLO FRIENDS. MY NAME IS 1224 00:37:41,859 --> 00:37:44,128 MARCELINE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 1225 00:37:44,128 --> 00:37:45,396 121278. LAST WEEK I SPOKE WITH 1226 00:37:45,396 --> 00:37:47,598 SOME OF YOU ABOUT MY AUNT DONNA 1227 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:49,400 BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY, GIVING 1228 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,569 YOU AN EXAMPLE OF A 1229 00:37:51,569 --> 00:37:52,203 NON-CONVENTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER I 1230 00:37:52,203 --> 00:37:53,704 GREW UP WITH AS A KID. WHILE SHE 1231 00:37:53,704 --> 00:37:55,573 WAS NOT MY AUNT BY BLOOD, SHE 1232 00:37:55,573 --> 00:37:57,375 WAS MY AUNT IN EVERY WAY THAT 1233 00:37:57,375 --> 00:37:59,076 MATTERED. THESE TYPES OF 1234 00:37:59,076 --> 00:37:59,710 FAMILIES WILL OBVIOUSLY EXIST NO 1235 00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:03,481 MATTER WHAT LIFE THROWS AT US. 1236 00:38:03,481 --> 00:38:05,383 BUT I AM SPEAKING AS SOMEONE TO 1237 00:38:05,383 --> 00:38:06,917 REPRESENT THE NEXT GENERATION OF 1238 00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:09,587 KIDS WHO WILL GROW UP IN THESE 1239 00:38:09,587 --> 00:38:10,187 UNCONVENTIONAL FAMILIES. AND 1240 00:38:10,187 --> 00:38:11,722 THAT 121278 WILL PROTECT NOT 1241 00:38:11,722 --> 00:38:13,924 JUST THESE KIDS, BUT ALSO THEIR 1242 00:38:13,924 --> 00:38:15,192 GUARDIANS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH 1243 00:38:15,192 --> 00:38:16,293 FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU, 1244 00:38:16,293 --> 00:38:18,229 CITY COUNCIL, FOR STANDING WITH 1245 00:38:18,229 --> 00:38:19,563 UNCONVENTIONAL FAMILIES, POORLY 1246 00:38:19,563 --> 00:38:20,898 OR OTHERWISE. THANK YOU. 1247 00:38:20,898 --> 00:38:23,768 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH HOWARD 1248 00:38:23,768 --> 00:38:26,170 GILL, FOLLOWED BY RICHARD, 1249 00:38:26,170 --> 00:38:28,639 ANGELIQUE TAYLOR AND SETH. 1250 00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:30,608 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY YOU'LL 1251 00:38:30,608 --> 00:38:31,509 BE CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION FOR, 1252 00:38:31,509 --> 00:38:33,844 QUOTE, EVIDENCE BASED 1253 00:38:33,844 --> 00:38:34,412 COMPREHENSIVE GUN VIOLENCE 1254 00:38:34,412 --> 00:38:38,549 REDUCTION STRATEGY. THE PROBLEM 1255 00:38:38,549 --> 00:38:40,518 IS IT USES FEAR INSTEAD OF FACTS 1256 00:38:40,518 --> 00:38:43,187 OR ACTUAL EVIDENCE. IGNORING 1257 00:38:43,187 --> 00:38:44,088 YOUR OWN DATA PRESENTED IN 1258 00:38:44,088 --> 00:38:45,823 PUBLIC SAFETY. JUST THIS LAST 1259 00:38:45,823 --> 00:38:48,359 JUNE SHOWED THAT DESPITE A 1260 00:38:48,359 --> 00:38:51,529 REDUCTION OF DEPLOYABLE SPD 1261 00:38:51,529 --> 00:38:53,464 OFFICERS PLATEAUING IN 2024 AT 1262 00:38:53,464 --> 00:38:56,233 924 TO 939 OFFICERS, CRIME HAS 1263 00:38:56,233 --> 00:38:58,502 CONSISTENTLY GONE DOWN DESPITE A 1264 00:38:58,502 --> 00:39:00,304 REDUCTION IN DEPLOYABLE 1265 00:39:00,304 --> 00:39:00,805 OFFICERS, INCLUDING GUN 1266 00:39:00,805 --> 00:39:02,740 INCIDENTS AND HOMICIDES. THIS 1267 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:05,042 LACK OF FACTS HAS LED US TO WHAT 1268 00:39:05,042 --> 00:39:06,477 WE SAW LAST WEEK WHEN 1269 00:39:06,477 --> 00:39:08,212 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA SAID, 1270 00:39:08,212 --> 00:39:10,014 QUOTE, FATAL SHOOTINGS IN 2012 1271 00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:12,983 WERE 211. IN 2024, THERE WERE 1272 00:39:12,983 --> 00:39:15,052 541 FATAL SHOOTINGS, AN 1273 00:39:15,052 --> 00:39:16,821 ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS STATEMENT, 1274 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:18,322 WHICH IS, OF COURSE NOT TRUE, 1275 00:39:18,322 --> 00:39:20,591 CLAIMING THAT IT ALSO INCREASED 1276 00:39:20,591 --> 00:39:23,627 EXPONENTIALLY, WHICH IT DID. WE 1277 00:39:23,627 --> 00:39:25,296 ACTUALLY HAVE HAD A SERIOUS 1278 00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:28,432 REDUCTION IN 2023. WE HAD 9.2 1279 00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:29,633 HOMICIDES PER 100,000. THIS 1280 00:39:29,633 --> 00:39:33,904 YEAR, WE'RE ON TRACK FOR 3.6, 1281 00:39:33,904 --> 00:39:35,873 INCLUDING THE RECENT KILLINGS. 1282 00:39:35,873 --> 00:39:36,874 LASTLY, I'LL JUST SAY ONE OF 1283 00:39:36,874 --> 00:39:39,977 THE THINGS COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 1284 00:39:39,977 --> 00:39:40,378 LEFT OUT IS THAT. 1285 00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,114 -- THANK YOU. 1286 00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:44,982 -- 25 AND 2026. 1287 00:39:44,982 --> 00:39:46,117 -- THANK YOU MISS. THANK YOU, 1288 00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:49,387 MR. GILL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 1289 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:52,022 THANK YOU, MR. GILL. NOW NEXT WE 1290 00:39:52,022 --> 00:39:55,192 HAVE RICHARD. WE HAVE RICHARD. 1291 00:39:55,192 --> 00:39:56,227 YOU JUST PUT THAT IN THE BOX AND 1292 00:39:56,227 --> 00:39:58,028 WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT. THANK 1293 00:39:58,028 --> 00:40:01,232 YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE HAVE 1294 00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:01,832 RICHARD FOLLOWED BY ANGELIQUE 1295 00:40:01,832 --> 00:40:03,801 AND THEN TAYLOR. AND THEN SEPT. 1296 00:40:03,801 --> 00:40:07,238 HI, RICHARD. WELCOME. 1297 00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:09,306 -- THANK YOU. HELLO. 1298 00:40:09,306 --> 00:40:12,009 -- ONE SECOND. YOU SHOULD BE 1299 00:40:12,009 --> 00:40:12,376 GOOD. AWESOME. 1300 00:40:12,376 --> 00:40:14,078 -- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RICHARD 1301 00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:15,946 AND I'M A MEMBER OF A 1302 00:40:15,946 --> 00:40:17,181 POLYAMOROUS FAMILY OF FOUR 1303 00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:20,618 PEOPLE. TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN. 1304 00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:23,087 AND NEXT MONTH, WE WILL 1305 00:40:23,087 --> 00:40:24,989 CELEBRATE OUR 26th ANNIVERSARY. 1306 00:40:24,989 --> 00:40:26,791 AND DURING THAT, OVER TWO AND A 1307 00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:29,493 HALF DECADES, SOME OF US HAVE 1308 00:40:29,493 --> 00:40:31,495 EXPERIENCED THE FEAR OF 1309 00:40:31,495 --> 00:40:33,564 DISCRIMINATION, ESPECIALLY IN 1310 00:40:33,564 --> 00:40:35,733 THE WORKPLACE. AND I REALLY WANT 1311 00:40:35,733 --> 00:40:37,601 TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR 1312 00:40:37,601 --> 00:40:38,202 ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT IS A 1313 00:40:38,202 --> 00:40:41,138 PROBLEM FOR SOME PEOPLE, AND 1314 00:40:41,138 --> 00:40:42,740 THAT YOU ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT 1315 00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:44,241 IT. AND CONSIDERING THIS BILL, 1316 00:40:44,241 --> 00:40:46,777 AND I URGE YOU TO PASS IT. THANK 1317 00:40:46,777 --> 00:40:47,144 YOU VERY MUCH. 1318 00:40:47,144 --> 00:40:48,712 -- THANK YOU. RICHARD. NEXT WE 1319 00:40:48,712 --> 00:40:51,081 HAVE ANGELIQUE, FOLLOWED BY 1320 00:40:51,081 --> 00:40:52,683 TAYLOR AND THEN SARAH. AND THEN 1321 00:40:52,683 --> 00:40:53,784 WE ALSO HAVE GUINEVERE, DAVID 1322 00:40:53,784 --> 00:40:55,152 HAYNES, ANY OF THAT DANISH, AND 1323 00:40:55,152 --> 00:40:56,187 THOSE ARE ALL IN PERSON. AND 1324 00:40:56,187 --> 00:40:57,454 THEN IF YOU'RE LISTENING 1325 00:40:57,454 --> 00:40:59,190 ONLINE, WE'LL COME TO YOU AFTER 1326 00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:01,325 SIX MORE SPEAKERS. WELCOME. 1327 00:41:01,325 --> 00:41:03,460 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT JOY 1328 00:41:03,460 --> 00:41:05,996 SANTANA, HOLLINGSWORTH, I'M 1329 00:41:05,996 --> 00:41:07,097 CASSANDRA AND I WAS HERE THIS 1330 00:41:07,097 --> 00:41:09,233 MORNING. I'M WITH THE CLEAN, 1331 00:41:09,233 --> 00:41:12,937 CLEAN AND SKILLS TO LIVE RV 1332 00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:13,337 OUTREACH PROGRAM. 1333 00:41:13,337 --> 00:41:14,972 -- WE LISTEN CLOSELY THIS 1334 00:41:14,972 --> 00:41:16,841 MORNING TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT 1335 00:41:16,841 --> 00:41:19,343 PUBLIC SAFETY, FEAR, AND THE RV 1336 00:41:19,343 --> 00:41:21,579 LOTS BEING DEVELOPED. I WANT TO 1337 00:41:21,579 --> 00:41:22,213 EMPHASIZE THIS. UNMET NEEDS ARE 1338 00:41:22,213 --> 00:41:24,715 VERY DANGEROUS. WHEN NEEDS GO 1339 00:41:24,715 --> 00:41:26,150 UNMET TOO LONG, IT CREATES 1340 00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:27,251 DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, FEAR, 1341 00:41:27,251 --> 00:41:29,220 HOPELESSNESS, ANGER, AND 1342 00:41:29,220 --> 00:41:30,221 WITHDRAWAL FROM SOCIETY. THAT IS 1343 00:41:30,221 --> 00:41:31,989 WHY WE SHOW UP THREE TIMES OR 1344 00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:33,858 MORE OUT OF THE WEEK, NOT ONCE A 1345 00:41:33,858 --> 00:41:35,926 MONTH OR EVERY TWO WEEKS. WE 1346 00:41:35,926 --> 00:41:37,061 HAVE ALREADY BUILT TRUST. THEY 1347 00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:38,329 TALK TO US. THEY SIT WITH US. 1348 00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:40,598 THEY EAT WITH US. THEY LET US 1349 00:41:40,598 --> 00:41:42,199 INTO THEIR LIVES. NOW WE NEED 1350 00:41:42,199 --> 00:41:44,068 SOMETHING CONCRETE TO OFFER. WE 1351 00:41:44,068 --> 00:41:44,969 APPRECIATE THE LOTS THAT ARE 1352 00:41:44,969 --> 00:41:46,604 COMING, BUT WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL 1353 00:41:46,604 --> 00:41:49,240 JULY. WE NEED ACTION TODAY. WE 1354 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:50,341 NEED OUTREACH, FUNDING, ACCESS 1355 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:52,376 TO SPACE WHERE THEY CAN SHOWER, 1356 00:41:52,376 --> 00:41:53,878 COMPLETE PAPERWORK, WORK ON IDS 1357 00:41:53,878 --> 00:41:55,379 AND PERMITS, AND CONNECT WITH 1358 00:41:55,379 --> 00:41:57,147 SERVICES. WE ALSO WANT STIPENDS 1359 00:41:57,147 --> 00:41:59,149 TO DO GIFT CARDS FOR RESIDENTS 1360 00:41:59,149 --> 00:42:01,285 WHO HELP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE 1361 00:42:01,285 --> 00:42:02,953 AREA WITH THE SUPPLIES THAT WE 1362 00:42:02,953 --> 00:42:05,055 GIVE THEM. THAT IMPROVES PUBLIC 1363 00:42:05,055 --> 00:42:07,124 SAFETY AND HELPS RESTORE 1364 00:42:07,124 --> 00:42:09,260 DIGNITY. SKILLS TO LIVE ARE. 1365 00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:10,294 -- GIVE HER ANOTHER MINUTE 1366 00:42:10,294 --> 00:42:11,028 BECAUSE IT'S TWO OF YOU. GIVE 1367 00:42:11,028 --> 00:42:11,929 US ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND. WE'LL 1368 00:42:11,929 --> 00:42:13,063 GIVE YOU ANOTHER MINUTE BECAUSE 1369 00:42:13,063 --> 00:42:14,532 IT'S TWO OF YOU. OKAY? SO YOU 1370 00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:16,534 GET TWO MINUTES BECAUSE IT'S ONE 1371 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:18,836 AND TWO. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. 1372 00:42:18,836 --> 00:42:20,971 CONTINUE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. 1373 00:42:20,971 --> 00:42:23,140 -- THANK YOU. SKILLS TO LIVE 1374 00:42:23,140 --> 00:42:25,309 ALREADY HAS LIFE SKILLS 1375 00:42:25,309 --> 00:42:25,843 CURRICULUM TO HELP PEOPLE 1376 00:42:25,843 --> 00:42:27,645 REBUILD CONFIDENCE, CREATE 1377 00:42:27,645 --> 00:42:28,646 STRUCTURE AND PREPARE FOR 1378 00:42:28,646 --> 00:42:31,048 HOUSING. WE DO NOT WANT TO COME 1379 00:42:31,048 --> 00:42:32,716 BACK MONTHS FROM NOW AND FIND 1380 00:42:32,716 --> 00:42:34,785 THIS CRISIS HAS GROWN. WE WANT 1381 00:42:34,785 --> 00:42:36,520 TO MOVE FORWARD NOW AND PROVIDE 1382 00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:38,923 THE SUPPORT PEOPLE NEED TO 1383 00:42:38,923 --> 00:42:40,124 TRANSITION INTO SAFE LOTS, 1384 00:42:40,124 --> 00:42:42,092 SHELTERS AND PERMANENT HOUSING. 1385 00:42:42,092 --> 00:42:44,028 WE HAVE THE TRUST, WE HAVE THE 1386 00:42:44,028 --> 00:42:46,297 RELATIONSHIPS WE ARE DOING THE 1387 00:42:46,297 --> 00:42:47,965 WORK TODAY. WE ARE NOT HERE 1388 00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:49,600 COLLECTING BUSINESS CARDS. WE 1389 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,602 ARE PASSING OURS OUT. PLEASE 1390 00:42:51,602 --> 00:42:53,170 CONTACT US, PARTNER WITH US AND 1391 00:42:53,170 --> 00:42:55,406 HELP US MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD 1392 00:42:55,406 --> 00:42:55,606 NOW. 1393 00:42:55,606 --> 00:43:01,745 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. TAYLOR, 1394 00:43:01,745 --> 00:43:03,380 WELCOME. AND I DID RECOGNIZE YOU 1395 00:43:03,380 --> 00:43:04,381 DID SAY MY DOG'S NAME WHEN YOU 1396 00:43:04,381 --> 00:43:05,482 SAID HELLO TO ME. SO I 1397 00:43:05,482 --> 00:43:06,517 APPRECIATE THAT. TAYLOR. AND 1398 00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:08,619 THEN SEP AMES. 1399 00:43:08,619 --> 00:43:10,988 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS TAYLOR 1400 00:43:10,988 --> 00:43:12,289 FARLEY. I'M THE EXECUTIVE 1401 00:43:12,289 --> 00:43:13,257 DIRECTOR AT QUEER POWER 1402 00:43:13,257 --> 00:43:15,426 ALLIANCE. I WANT TO THANK YOU 1403 00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:18,862 FOR SUPPORTING THE ONE TWO, ONE, 1404 00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:22,633 TWO, SEVEN EIGHT AND PROTECTING 1405 00:43:22,633 --> 00:43:25,069 OUR BROADER COMMUNITY MEMBERS 1406 00:43:25,069 --> 00:43:27,237 AND CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS. 1407 00:43:27,237 --> 00:43:27,871 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1408 00:43:27,871 --> 00:43:30,874 FOR MEETING ME A FEW MONTHS BACK 1409 00:43:30,874 --> 00:43:33,978 AND BEING A BIG SUPPORTER AND 1410 00:43:33,978 --> 00:43:36,280 STATING THAT PROTECTING HUMAN 1411 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:37,781 RIGHTS IS WHAT WE DO. AND SO I 1412 00:43:37,781 --> 00:43:40,617 URGE YOU TO PASS THIS 1413 00:43:40,617 --> 00:43:41,986 UNANIMOUSLY TODAY. I ALSO WANT 1414 00:43:41,986 --> 00:43:44,021 TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE 1415 00:43:44,021 --> 00:43:46,991 ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS TO THE 1416 00:43:46,991 --> 00:43:49,460 DOMESTIC WORKER LABOR STANDARDS, 1417 00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:51,895 AND THIS WILL ADD ANOTHER LAYER 1418 00:43:51,895 --> 00:43:53,964 OF PROTECTIONS TO OUR DOMESTIC 1419 00:43:53,964 --> 00:43:57,568 WORKERS. REALLY, REALLY GLAD TO 1420 00:43:57,568 --> 00:43:59,136 SEE THIS. AND I HOPE THAT YOU 1421 00:43:59,136 --> 00:44:01,639 PASS THAT UNANIMOUSLY, TOO, 1422 00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:03,574 BECAUSE THE WORKERS REALLY DO 1423 00:44:03,574 --> 00:44:05,175 NEED TO BE SUPPORTED IN THIS 1424 00:44:05,175 --> 00:44:06,777 ADDITIONAL WAY. SO THANK YOU FOR 1425 00:44:06,777 --> 00:44:08,379 YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU FOR 1426 00:44:08,379 --> 00:44:10,247 YOUR ENERGY. AND I LOOK LOOK 1427 00:44:10,247 --> 00:44:12,016 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 1428 00:44:12,016 --> 00:44:14,284 -- THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE 1429 00:44:14,284 --> 00:44:17,054 SEPT. AND THEN AFTER YOU, WE 1430 00:44:17,054 --> 00:44:18,122 HAVE GUINEVERE, DAVID, AND MISS 1431 00:44:18,122 --> 00:44:19,657 YVETTE. YOU ALL ARE NEXT. 1432 00:44:19,657 --> 00:44:20,791 GUINEVERE, DAVID AND MISS 1433 00:44:20,791 --> 00:44:21,725 YVETTE. AND THEN WE'LL JUMP 1434 00:44:21,725 --> 00:44:23,527 ONLINE. WELCOME. 1435 00:44:23,527 --> 00:44:24,828 -- HI. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR 1436 00:44:24,828 --> 00:44:25,796 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY 1437 00:44:25,796 --> 00:44:27,898 NAME IS SET. I USE THEY THEM 1438 00:44:27,898 --> 00:44:29,199 PRONOUNS. I AM ALSO WITH THE 1439 00:44:29,199 --> 00:44:31,135 QUEER POWER ALLIANCE. AND I ALSO 1440 00:44:31,135 --> 00:44:32,703 WANT TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR 1441 00:44:32,703 --> 00:44:36,073 PASSING ONE TWO, ONE TWO, ONE 1442 00:44:36,073 --> 00:44:38,275 EIGHT UNANIMOUSLY EXPANDING 1443 00:44:38,275 --> 00:44:40,277 CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTION TO 1444 00:44:40,277 --> 00:44:40,911 NON-MONOGAMOUS FOLKS, PANSEXUAL 1445 00:44:40,911 --> 00:44:43,280 FOLKS, AND ASEXUAL PEOPLE IS 1446 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:44,381 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY 1447 00:44:44,381 --> 00:44:47,217 NOW AS WE'RE FACING AN 1448 00:44:47,217 --> 00:44:47,851 INCREASINGLY TERRIFYING NATIONAL 1449 00:44:47,851 --> 00:44:49,653 ADMINISTRATION WITH SO MANY 1450 00:44:49,653 --> 00:44:52,823 FOLKS COMING TO SEATTLE IN MASS. 1451 00:44:52,823 --> 00:44:54,925 SO THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR 1452 00:44:54,925 --> 00:44:55,426 RIGHTS. APPRECIATE IT. 1453 00:44:55,426 --> 00:44:58,996 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 1454 00:44:58,996 --> 00:45:02,199 GUINEVERE, FOLLOWED BY DAVID AND 1455 00:45:02,199 --> 00:45:05,102 THEN MISS YVETTE. WELCOME, 1456 00:45:05,102 --> 00:45:08,439 GUINEVERE. 1457 00:45:08,439 --> 00:45:10,574 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL. 1458 00:45:10,574 --> 00:45:10,941 -- I'M HERE. 1459 00:45:10,941 --> 00:45:12,876 -- TO AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO 1460 00:45:12,876 --> 00:45:14,478 ARE WITH THE VIOLENCE 1461 00:45:14,478 --> 00:45:16,346 INTERRUPTION PROGRAM AS OPPOSED 1462 00:45:16,346 --> 00:45:17,214 TO SECURITY CAMERAS. I AGREE 1463 00:45:17,214 --> 00:45:18,549 WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE 1464 00:45:18,549 --> 00:45:19,483 SAID. ON TOP OF THAT, I DO WANT 1465 00:45:19,483 --> 00:45:22,853 TO BRIEFLY POINT OUT THAT POLICE 1466 00:45:22,853 --> 00:45:25,122 DO NOT HAVE A LEGAL DUTY TO 1467 00:45:25,122 --> 00:45:26,190 PROTECT INDIVIDUALS FROM HARM. 1468 00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:27,991 THIS HAS BEEN SETTLED IN SUPREME 1469 00:45:27,991 --> 00:45:29,493 COURT CASES. TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 1470 00:45:29,493 --> 00:45:32,529 V GONZALEZ, 2005 AND DESHANEY 1471 00:45:32,529 --> 00:45:34,665 VERSUS WINNEBAGO COUNTY, 1989. 1472 00:45:34,665 --> 00:45:36,533 PROTECT AND SERVE IS A MADE UP 1473 00:45:36,533 --> 00:45:38,168 MOTTO. THEY PAINT ON THEIR CARS. 1474 00:45:38,168 --> 00:45:40,237 LEGALLY, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO 1475 00:45:40,237 --> 00:45:42,372 PROTECT OR SERVE. YOU CAN LOOK 1476 00:45:42,372 --> 00:45:47,678 IT UP. I ALSO SUPPORT THE BILL 1477 00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:49,046 RECOGNIZING POLYAMORY AS A VALID 1478 00:45:49,046 --> 00:45:50,380 FAMILY TYPE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 1479 00:45:50,380 --> 00:45:51,915 ARE PUSHING THE NUCLEAR FAMILY, 1480 00:45:51,915 --> 00:45:54,485 THE NUCLEAR FAMILY WASN'T 1481 00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:55,252 INVENTED UNTIL THE 1950s. THESE 1482 00:45:55,252 --> 00:45:57,054 PEOPLE CLAIM BIBLICAL VALUES, 1483 00:45:57,054 --> 00:45:58,388 BUT AS A BIBLICAL SCHOLAR, I CAN 1484 00:45:58,388 --> 00:46:00,290 TELL YOU, LOOK IN THE BIBLE, 1485 00:46:00,290 --> 00:46:02,526 YOU'LL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND 1486 00:46:02,526 --> 00:46:04,695 ONE NUCLEAR FAMILY. THERE'S 1487 00:46:04,695 --> 00:46:05,729 PERHAPS ONE ISAAC AND REBECCA. 1488 00:46:05,729 --> 00:46:07,164 AND THAT WAS AN ARRANGED 1489 00:46:07,164 --> 00:46:08,832 MARRIAGE, AND IT DID NOT END UP 1490 00:46:08,832 --> 00:46:10,734 WELL. JUST LOOK UP JACOB AND 1491 00:46:10,734 --> 00:46:12,603 ESAU. THANK YOU. 1492 00:46:12,603 --> 00:46:15,139 -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 1493 00:46:15,139 --> 00:46:16,039 DAVID, FOLLOWED BY YVETTE. AND 1494 00:46:16,039 --> 00:46:19,910 THEN WE'LL GO ONLINE. WELCOME. 1495 00:46:19,910 --> 00:46:23,380 -- WHEN YOU EXEMPT MISDEMEANOR 1496 00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:25,816 DRUG CRIMES, YOU ESCALATE 1497 00:46:25,816 --> 00:46:27,451 VIOLENCE. WHEN YOU KEEP RUNNING 1498 00:46:27,451 --> 00:46:29,186 INTERFERENCE FOR THE REPEAT 1499 00:46:29,186 --> 00:46:29,786 OFFENDERS, YOU UNDERMINE THE 1500 00:46:29,786 --> 00:46:32,256 EFFORTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 1501 00:46:32,256 --> 00:46:35,993 REPACKAGING THIS BOGUS BALTIMORE 1502 00:46:35,993 --> 00:46:38,962 COPYCAT TEMPLATE IS ANOTHER 1503 00:46:38,962 --> 00:46:40,197 REMINDER OF A REPEAT OF BAD 1504 00:46:40,197 --> 00:46:42,132 POLICIES THAT YOU ALL HAVE 1505 00:46:42,132 --> 00:46:43,934 ALREADY APPROVED OVER THE LAST 1506 00:46:43,934 --> 00:46:46,069 COUPLE OF BUDGETS. AND IT'S 1507 00:46:46,069 --> 00:46:46,670 EXACERBATED THE PUBLIC SAFETY 1508 00:46:46,670 --> 00:46:47,638 CRISIS TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU 1509 00:46:47,638 --> 00:46:50,307 KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES 1510 00:46:50,307 --> 00:46:51,208 THAT THINK THAT IT'D BE BETTER 1511 00:46:51,208 --> 00:46:52,709 TO JUST MOVE OUT OF SEATTLE 1512 00:46:52,709 --> 00:46:54,378 CORPORATIONS THAT NEED TO MOVE 1513 00:46:54,378 --> 00:46:55,746 ELSEWHERE BECAUSE YOU ALL WANT 1514 00:46:55,746 --> 00:46:57,848 TO DO PEDOPHILE GROOMING 1515 00:46:57,848 --> 00:46:58,448 POLICIES WITHIN LEGISLATION, 1516 00:46:58,448 --> 00:47:00,017 INSTEAD OF ALLOWING CHILDREN TO 1517 00:47:00,017 --> 00:47:00,984 LEARN AND INTELLECTUALLY 1518 00:47:00,984 --> 00:47:01,952 STIMULATE. INSTEAD, YOU WANT TO 1519 00:47:01,952 --> 00:47:04,955 PERVERT AND LUSTFULLY STIMULATE 1520 00:47:04,955 --> 00:47:06,290 THE MISINTERPRETATIONS OF. AND 1521 00:47:06,290 --> 00:47:07,624 IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A SCORN 1522 00:47:07,624 --> 00:47:09,526 LIVED EXPERIENCE LENS AND A 1523 00:47:09,526 --> 00:47:10,894 MISEDUCATION OF HATE THAT'S 1524 00:47:10,894 --> 00:47:11,862 BEING DUMPED ON THE REST OF THE 1525 00:47:11,862 --> 00:47:14,464 PEOPLE THROUGH THE CITY 1526 00:47:14,464 --> 00:47:15,098 COUNCIL'S CAPITULATION TO THE 1527 00:47:15,098 --> 00:47:16,500 DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, TO SPECIAL 1528 00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:17,768 INTEREST. FAVORS DON'T HAVE THE 1529 00:47:17,768 --> 00:47:19,536 BEST INTEREST OF THE WHOLE OF 1530 00:47:19,536 --> 00:47:21,004 COMMUNITY, BUT YOU ALL NEED TO 1531 00:47:21,004 --> 00:47:24,308 ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE CITY 1532 00:47:24,308 --> 00:47:24,541 CHIEF. 1533 00:47:24,541 --> 00:47:28,579 -- THANK THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 1534 00:47:28,579 --> 00:47:31,415 DAVID. THANK. THANK YOU. DAVID. 1535 00:47:31,415 --> 00:47:34,251 THANK YOU. DAVID. NOW WE HAVE 1536 00:47:34,251 --> 00:47:37,888 MISS YVETTE. WELCOME OREGON 1537 00:47:37,888 --> 00:47:41,458 DUCKS. SHOUT OUT TO 1538 00:47:41,458 --> 00:47:41,959 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 1539 00:47:41,959 --> 00:47:44,928 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1540 00:47:44,928 --> 00:47:46,697 COUNCILMEMBERS. I PLEDGE 1541 00:47:46,697 --> 00:47:48,665 ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE 1542 00:47:48,665 --> 00:47:50,133 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO 1543 00:47:50,133 --> 00:47:51,501 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT 1544 00:47:51,501 --> 00:47:54,204 STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 1545 00:47:54,204 --> 00:47:56,807 INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 1546 00:47:56,807 --> 00:48:02,846 JUSTICE FOR ALL. I ALSO WANT TO 1547 00:48:02,846 --> 00:48:07,217 SPEAK REGARDING. THREE. THREE. 1548 00:48:07,217 --> 00:48:11,755 32217. GUN PREVENTION. I HOPE TO 1549 00:48:11,755 --> 00:48:13,790 SEE IT MOVE FORWARD WITH 1550 00:48:13,790 --> 00:48:15,492 ALACRITY. I TAKE THE SEATTLE 1551 00:48:15,492 --> 00:48:16,526 TIMES ON THE DAILY AND IT SEEMS 1552 00:48:16,526 --> 00:48:17,561 LIKE EVERY WEEK THERE'S SOME 1553 00:48:17,561 --> 00:48:19,363 KIND OF SHOOTING A GUN VIOLENCE 1554 00:48:19,363 --> 00:48:21,365 GOING ON. AND THAT'S ALSO WHY I 1555 00:48:21,365 --> 00:48:25,535 AM TOTALLY AND STRONGLY IN FAVOR 1556 00:48:25,535 --> 00:48:28,372 OF THE CAMERAS. THERE ARE GOOD 1557 00:48:28,372 --> 00:48:31,708 CRIME SOLVING TOOL COMBINED WITH 1558 00:48:31,708 --> 00:48:32,976 THE RESOLUTION, AND OTHER THAN 1559 00:48:32,976 --> 00:48:35,312 THAT, GOOD LUCK WITH THE BUDGET 1560 00:48:35,312 --> 00:48:36,813 PROCESS. I KNOW IT'S LABORIOUS. 1561 00:48:36,813 --> 00:48:37,247 GOOD LUCK. 1562 00:48:37,247 --> 00:48:39,850 -- THANK YOU, MISS YVETTE. NOW 1563 00:48:39,850 --> 00:48:42,085 WE'RE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO 1564 00:48:42,085 --> 00:48:43,620 ONLINE. WE HAVE LISA FOLLOWED BY 1565 00:48:43,620 --> 00:48:48,925 NEIL AND THEN MIKE. LISA STAR 1566 00:48:48,925 --> 00:48:54,231 SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 1567 00:48:54,231 --> 00:48:56,700 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1568 00:48:56,700 --> 00:48:58,502 GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS LISA 1569 00:48:58,502 --> 00:48:59,970 HOWARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 1570 00:48:59,970 --> 00:49:01,438 THE ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER SQUARE. 1571 00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:03,206 THE ALLIANCE HAS WORKED FOR 1572 00:49:03,206 --> 00:49:04,641 NEARLY TWO DECADES TO SUPPORT 1573 00:49:04,641 --> 00:49:05,142 PIONEER SQUARE BUSINESS 1574 00:49:05,142 --> 00:49:06,576 RESIDENTS AND HISTORIC 1575 00:49:06,576 --> 00:49:07,811 CHARACTER. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT 1576 00:49:07,811 --> 00:49:10,414 MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER, AND WE 1577 00:49:10,414 --> 00:49:11,014 APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1578 00:49:11,014 --> 00:49:13,150 LEADERSHIP ON SAFER STREETS. 1579 00:49:13,150 --> 00:49:14,418 PIONEER SQUARE IS NOT SIMPLY A 1580 00:49:14,418 --> 00:49:15,419 HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN 1581 00:49:15,419 --> 00:49:17,287 SEATTLE. IT IS ONE OF THE 1582 00:49:17,287 --> 00:49:19,356 SEATTLE'S. SEATTLE'S 1583 00:49:19,356 --> 00:49:19,990 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HISTORIC 1584 00:49:19,990 --> 00:49:20,991 DISTRICTS ON THE NATIONAL 1585 00:49:20,991 --> 00:49:22,392 REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, AND 1586 00:49:22,392 --> 00:49:23,527 IT IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT 1587 00:49:23,527 --> 00:49:25,929 GIVES SEATTLE'S IDENTITY CHANGES 1588 00:49:25,929 --> 00:49:26,963 TO ITS STREETS AND PUBLIC REALM 1589 00:49:26,963 --> 00:49:28,699 SHOULD BE RESPECTED. THE 1590 00:49:28,699 --> 00:49:30,300 SIGNIFICANCE AND THE CONSISTENCY 1591 00:49:30,300 --> 00:49:32,769 WITH THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR 1592 00:49:32,769 --> 00:49:34,905 STANDARDS, WHICH GOVERNS, 1593 00:49:34,905 --> 00:49:35,505 GOVERNS ALL DISTRICTS ON THE 1594 00:49:35,505 --> 00:49:36,740 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC 1595 00:49:36,740 --> 00:49:38,809 PLACES. WE BELIEVE SAFETY AND 1596 00:49:38,809 --> 00:49:40,344 PRESERVATION ARE NOT IN CONFLICT 1597 00:49:40,344 --> 00:49:42,713 AND HAVE NOT BEEN HISTORICALLY. 1598 00:49:42,713 --> 00:49:43,780 I URGE YOU NOT TO USE SAFER 1599 00:49:43,780 --> 00:49:46,116 STREETS AS A VEHICLE TO BYPASS 1600 00:49:46,116 --> 00:49:47,351 THE PUBLIC PROCESSES THAT HAVE 1601 00:49:47,351 --> 00:49:49,219 SERVED US WELL. BUT THE SAFER 1602 00:49:49,219 --> 00:49:50,253 SPEECH LEGISLATION CAN MAKE OUR 1603 00:49:50,253 --> 00:49:52,789 STREETS SAFER. INCLUDING REVIEW 1604 00:49:52,789 --> 00:49:53,490 AND COMMUNITY INPUT, AND PROTECT 1605 00:49:53,490 --> 00:49:56,159 OUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED 1606 00:49:56,159 --> 00:49:57,027 HISTORIC DISTRICTS THAT BELONG 1607 00:49:57,027 --> 00:49:58,028 TO ALL OF SEATTLE. THANK YOU. 1608 00:49:58,028 --> 00:50:00,130 -- THANK YOU, LISA. NEXT WE HAVE 1609 00:50:00,130 --> 00:50:01,865 NEIL BUCHANAN, FOLLOWED BY MIKE 1610 00:50:01,865 --> 00:50:06,970 STEWART, STAR SIX. 1611 00:50:06,970 --> 00:50:08,472 -- HI, THIS IS NEIL BUCHANAN. I 1612 00:50:08,472 --> 00:50:11,508 FULLY SUPPORT RESOLUTION 32217. 1613 00:50:11,508 --> 00:50:13,810 EARLIER THIS SUMMER, IT WAS 1614 00:50:13,810 --> 00:50:15,212 REPORTED THAT 215 YEAR OLDS 1615 00:50:15,212 --> 00:50:15,779 BROUGHT A HANDGUN INTO THE 1616 00:50:15,779 --> 00:50:16,913 WEDGEWOOD SAFEWAY STORE. THEY 1617 00:50:16,913 --> 00:50:19,783 FLASHED TO SOMEONE. POLICE WERE 1618 00:50:19,783 --> 00:50:21,351 CALLED AND THEIR ARREST ACROSS 1619 00:50:21,351 --> 00:50:22,953 THE STREET. WHAT SHOULD SEATTLE 1620 00:50:22,953 --> 00:50:23,487 DO? I THINK THE MOST 1621 00:50:23,487 --> 00:50:25,722 COMPASSIONATE THING TO DO IS TO 1622 00:50:25,722 --> 00:50:26,823 BRING AS MUCH SUPPORT, BUT ALSO 1623 00:50:26,823 --> 00:50:28,458 A DOSE OF REALITY TO THESE YOUNG 1624 00:50:28,458 --> 00:50:30,694 PEOPLE WHO WILL END UP KILLING 1625 00:50:30,694 --> 00:50:33,697 SOMEONE OR BE KILLED THEMSELVES. 1626 00:50:33,697 --> 00:50:35,365 THE POLICE INVOLVEMENT IN THIS 1627 00:50:35,365 --> 00:50:35,899 PROGRAM SEEMS COMPLETELY 1628 00:50:35,899 --> 00:50:37,901 JUSTIFIED. POINT OF THIS PROGRAM 1629 00:50:37,901 --> 00:50:39,669 IS TO PREVENT A YOUNG PERSON 1630 00:50:39,669 --> 00:50:41,138 FROM SPENDING THE REST OF THEIR 1631 00:50:41,138 --> 00:50:42,773 LIFE IN JAIL, NOT TO ARREST 1632 00:50:42,773 --> 00:50:45,542 THEM. NOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1633 00:50:45,542 --> 00:50:46,676 -- THANK YOU NEIL. NEXT WE HAVE 1634 00:50:46,676 --> 00:50:50,781 MIKE STEWART, FOLLOWED BY DO. 1635 00:50:50,781 --> 00:50:51,047 STAR SIX. 1636 00:50:51,047 --> 00:50:53,283 -- HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY 1637 00:50:53,283 --> 00:50:54,317 COUNCILMEMBER. GOOD AFTERNOON, 1638 00:50:54,317 --> 00:50:55,419 CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1639 00:50:55,419 --> 00:50:56,920 MIKE STEWART, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1640 00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:58,221 OF THE BALLARD ALLIANCE HERE 1641 00:50:58,221 --> 00:50:59,389 TODAY TO COMMENT ON TWO AGENDA 1642 00:50:59,389 --> 00:51:02,359 ITEMS. FIRST COUNCIL BILL 1643 00:51:02,359 --> 00:51:04,127 121270, WHICH WAS RECENTLY 1644 00:51:04,127 --> 00:51:05,495 RECOMMENDED OUT OF COUNCIL 1645 00:51:05,495 --> 00:51:06,963 COMMITTEE. THIS BILL IS A MINOR 1646 00:51:06,963 --> 00:51:10,367 AMENDMENT TO HOW THE 1647 00:51:10,367 --> 00:51:10,901 INFLATIONARY ESCALATOR IS 1648 00:51:10,901 --> 00:51:12,035 APPLIED WITHIN THE BALLARD 1649 00:51:12,035 --> 00:51:13,036 IMPROVEMENT AREA, AND THE SOLE 1650 00:51:13,036 --> 00:51:14,538 INTENT OF THIS BILL IS TO ADD 1651 00:51:14,538 --> 00:51:16,673 CLARITY AND ENSURE THAT THE 1652 00:51:16,673 --> 00:51:18,341 INFLATIONARY INCREASE MATCHES 1653 00:51:18,341 --> 00:51:19,342 THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL 1654 00:51:19,342 --> 00:51:20,710 ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 1655 00:51:20,710 --> 00:51:22,345 2023. SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE 1656 00:51:22,345 --> 00:51:23,680 PASSAGE OF THIS BILL. SECOND, 1657 00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:25,615 I'D LIKE TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR 1658 00:51:25,615 --> 00:51:27,684 RESOLUTION THREE, 2217, WHICH 1659 00:51:27,684 --> 00:51:29,953 DECLARES THE CITY COUNCIL'S 1660 00:51:29,953 --> 00:51:31,888 INTENT TO IMPLEMENT AN EVIDENCE 1661 00:51:31,888 --> 00:51:34,024 BASED COMPREHENSIVE GUN VIOLENCE 1662 00:51:34,024 --> 00:51:34,491 REDUCTION STRATEGY IN 1663 00:51:34,491 --> 00:51:35,792 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL 1664 00:51:35,792 --> 00:51:37,127 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES. 1665 00:51:37,127 --> 00:51:38,295 THE COST TO CREATE THIS STRATEGY 1666 00:51:38,295 --> 00:51:42,299 IS QUITE SMALL, WITH GREAT 1667 00:51:42,299 --> 00:51:42,933 POTENTIAL TO REALIZE MEANINGFUL 1668 00:51:42,933 --> 00:51:44,334 REDUCTIONS IN GUN VIOLENCE, AND 1669 00:51:44,334 --> 00:51:46,870 I SEE THIS EFFORT AS A NECESSARY 1670 00:51:46,870 --> 00:51:48,138 AND COMPLEMENTARY INITIATIVE 1671 00:51:48,138 --> 00:51:49,506 THAT IS NOT IN CONFLICT WITH 1672 00:51:49,506 --> 00:51:50,907 OTHER SEATTLE EFFORTS, AND I 1673 00:51:50,907 --> 00:51:52,742 URGE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THIS 1674 00:51:52,742 --> 00:51:53,410 IMPORTANT RESOLUTION TODAY. 1675 00:51:53,410 --> 00:51:56,613 THANK YOU. 1676 00:51:56,613 --> 00:51:59,649 -- THANK YOU, MIKE. NEXT, WE 1677 00:51:59,649 --> 00:52:03,653 HAVE ROSE, FOLLOWED BY MR. 1678 00:52:03,653 --> 00:52:08,692 ALVAREZ. 1679 00:52:08,692 --> 00:52:11,728 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE 1680 00:52:11,728 --> 00:52:16,399 THE NON-MONOGAMOUS ORDINANCE LAW 1681 00:52:16,399 --> 00:52:18,101 THAT'S AVAILABLE TODAY. 1682 00:52:18,101 --> 00:52:19,336 THERE'S THIS REALLY IMPORTANT 1683 00:52:19,336 --> 00:52:21,338 TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS. 1684 00:52:21,338 --> 00:52:22,839 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INSTANCES 1685 00:52:22,839 --> 00:52:25,742 WHERE THIS IS REALLY IMPACTFUL 1686 00:52:25,742 --> 00:52:27,110 WHEN IT WAS IN THE 90s WHEN 1687 00:52:27,110 --> 00:52:29,179 PEOPLE WERE DYING OF HIV, ONE OF 1688 00:52:29,179 --> 00:52:30,981 THE MAIN REASONS THAT PEOPLE 1689 00:52:30,981 --> 00:52:32,115 WANTED GAY MARRIAGE WAS BECAUSE 1690 00:52:32,115 --> 00:52:33,650 THEY HAD TO WATCH THEIR PARTNERS 1691 00:52:33,650 --> 00:52:35,051 DIE IN HOSPITAL AND WEREN'T ABLE 1692 00:52:35,051 --> 00:52:36,186 TO GET ACCESS TO, LIKE, EVEN SEE 1693 00:52:36,186 --> 00:52:37,888 THEM AS THEY WERE DYING. PEOPLE 1694 00:52:37,888 --> 00:52:40,323 THAT ARE NON-MONOGAMOUS ALSO 1695 00:52:40,323 --> 00:52:41,491 HAVE A VERY SIMILAR THING WHERE 1696 00:52:41,491 --> 00:52:43,093 THEY ONLY ALLOW ONE PERSON AT A 1697 00:52:43,093 --> 00:52:43,927 TIME. THEY HAVE A LOT OF 1698 00:52:43,927 --> 00:52:45,161 RESTRICTIONS OF WHO IS ALLOWED 1699 00:52:45,161 --> 00:52:47,030 TO BE THERE. IF YOU ARE NOT THE 1700 00:52:47,030 --> 00:52:48,231 ONE PARTNER THAT IS MARRIED TO 1701 00:52:48,231 --> 00:52:49,432 THEM, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE 1702 00:52:49,432 --> 00:52:51,668 THEM. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR 1703 00:52:51,668 --> 00:52:53,937 INDIVIDUALS TO NOT JUST BE 1704 00:52:53,937 --> 00:52:56,373 PARTNERS ON PAPER, BUT 1705 00:52:56,373 --> 00:52:57,407 -- ALSO BE THOSE THAT ARE THERE 1706 00:52:57,407 --> 00:52:59,142 FOR THEM AND CARE FOR THEM AND 1707 00:52:59,142 --> 00:53:00,177 LOVE THEM, THAT ARE ABLE TO BE 1708 00:53:00,177 --> 00:53:01,678 THERE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 1709 00:53:01,678 --> 00:53:03,179 ARE OKAY. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS 1710 00:53:03,179 --> 00:53:05,715 GOING TO BE FOR US. AND I 1711 00:53:05,715 --> 00:53:08,585 APPRECIATE YOU ALL SUPPORTING 1712 00:53:08,585 --> 00:53:08,985 THIS RESOLUTION. 1713 00:53:08,985 --> 00:53:09,819 -- THANK YOU. ROSE. NEXT, WE 1714 00:53:09,819 --> 00:53:13,089 HAVE MR. ALVAREZ. AND JUST FYI, 1715 00:53:13,089 --> 00:53:15,125 IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP ONLINE FOR 1716 00:53:15,125 --> 00:53:16,927 PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU ARE 1717 00:53:16,927 --> 00:53:18,662 SIGNING IN ABOUT THE 1718 00:53:18,662 --> 00:53:19,930 INITIATIVES, YOU WILL NOT BE 1719 00:53:19,930 --> 00:53:22,532 CALLED ON UNTIL WE REACH ITEM 1720 00:53:22,532 --> 00:53:23,800 NUMBER FIVE. SO YOU'VE SIGNED 1721 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:25,402 UP RIGHT NOW. IT SAYS YOU'VE 1722 00:53:25,402 --> 00:53:26,937 SIGNED UP FOR THE INITIATIVES. 1723 00:53:26,937 --> 00:53:28,605 THAT'S AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 1724 00:53:28,605 --> 00:53:29,673 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON 1725 00:53:29,673 --> 00:53:31,441 THOSE WHEN WE GET TO AGENDA ITEM 1726 00:53:31,441 --> 00:53:35,845 NUMBER FIVE. MR. ALVAREZ, YOU 1727 00:53:35,845 --> 00:53:36,112 ARE NEXT. 1728 00:53:36,112 --> 00:53:40,350 -- THANK YOU. PUBLIC SAFETY HAS 1729 00:53:40,350 --> 00:53:42,786 BECOME A A FOR PROFIT BUSINESS 1730 00:53:42,786 --> 00:53:44,154 MODEL. CONSULTANTS COME UP WITH 1731 00:53:44,154 --> 00:53:48,658 STRATEGIES TO SELL TO GULLIBLE 1732 00:53:48,658 --> 00:53:49,226 COUNCILMEMBERS. RESOLUTION 1733 00:53:49,226 --> 00:53:52,228 32217. NEARLY $500,000 FOR 1734 00:53:52,228 --> 00:53:55,165 OUT-OF-STATE CONSULTANTS. WHAT 1735 00:53:55,165 --> 00:53:56,933 SECRET INGREDIENT OR MYSTERIOUS 1736 00:53:56,933 --> 00:53:58,702 METHOD COULD THEY POSSIBLY HAVE 1737 00:53:58,702 --> 00:54:01,671 TO OFFER? IF IT IS SO IMPORTANT 1738 00:54:01,671 --> 00:54:02,272 AND GROUNDBREAKING FOR PUBLIC 1739 00:54:02,272 --> 00:54:06,610 SAFETY, WHY HIDE IT BEHIND A TWO 1740 00:54:06,610 --> 00:54:08,178 YEAR PAID SUBSCRIPTION FOR SAFER 1741 00:54:08,178 --> 00:54:10,280 COMMUNITIES? WE NEED PRACTICAL 1742 00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:12,382 AND IMMEDIATE ACTIONS, LIKE 1743 00:54:12,382 --> 00:54:14,384 EXPANDING THE CARE TEAM TO HELP 1744 00:54:14,384 --> 00:54:17,354 PEOPLE ACTIVELY IN CRISIS. TINY 1745 00:54:17,354 --> 00:54:20,223 HOMES AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES 1746 00:54:20,223 --> 00:54:23,360 FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING. AND AFTER 1747 00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:23,994 SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND ENRICHMENT 1748 00:54:23,994 --> 00:54:27,497 PROGRAMS FOR KIDS AND TEENS. 1749 00:54:27,497 --> 00:54:29,299 THOSE ARE THE THINGS THIS 1750 00:54:29,299 --> 00:54:30,066 COUNCIL SHOULD BE WORKING ON. 1751 00:54:30,066 --> 00:54:32,002 NOT PROMISING MORE MONEY TO 1752 00:54:32,002 --> 00:54:33,203 CONSULTANTS. THANK YOU AND HAVE 1753 00:54:33,203 --> 00:54:34,838 A GOOD DAY. 1754 00:54:34,838 --> 00:54:37,841 -- NEXT WE HAVE COLLEEN, 1755 00:54:37,841 --> 00:54:39,976 FOLLOWED BY DAVID GALLAGHER AND 1756 00:54:39,976 --> 00:54:47,717 THEN NATHAN WALL 1757 00:54:47,851 --> 00:54:58,261 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF 1758 00:54:58,561 --> 00:54:59,929 -- GOOD. TRY AGAIN. THIS IS 1759 00:54:59,929 --> 00:55:01,865 COLLEEN MCALEER FROM THE 1760 00:55:01,865 --> 00:55:02,399 LAURELHURST COMMUNITY AND 1761 00:55:02,399 --> 00:55:05,969 SUPPORTING RESOLUTION 32217 1762 00:55:05,969 --> 00:55:08,238 DIRECTING OUR CITY TO IMPLEMENT 1763 00:55:08,238 --> 00:55:08,872 EVIDENCE BASED AND MULTIFACETED 1764 00:55:08,872 --> 00:55:11,741 APPROACH TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE. 1765 00:55:11,741 --> 00:55:14,311 THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP IDENTIFY 1766 00:55:14,311 --> 00:55:14,911 REPEAT GUN VIOLENCE OFFENDERS 1767 00:55:14,911 --> 00:55:16,579 AND FOCUS THEIR NEEDED RESOURCE 1768 00:55:16,579 --> 00:55:19,249 TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR 1769 00:55:19,249 --> 00:55:21,084 FOREVER. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1770 00:55:21,084 --> 00:55:23,086 STOP THE REVOLVING DOOR OF 1771 00:55:23,086 --> 00:55:23,687 ARRESTS AND RELEASES THAT NOW 1772 00:55:23,687 --> 00:55:26,823 OCCUR BETWEEN SPD AND THE CITY 1773 00:55:26,823 --> 00:55:27,390 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THIS 1774 00:55:27,390 --> 00:55:28,958 RESOLUTION OFFERS A CONCRETE 1775 00:55:28,958 --> 00:55:30,627 STEP TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF 1776 00:55:30,627 --> 00:55:32,028 BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE 1777 00:55:32,028 --> 00:55:34,998 MAYOR. TO CONNECT LAW 1778 00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:35,565 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, OTHER 1779 00:55:35,565 --> 00:55:37,033 GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, AND LOCAL 1780 00:55:37,033 --> 00:55:38,568 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN A 1781 00:55:38,568 --> 00:55:40,036 PLAN WHICH FOCUSES ON 1782 00:55:40,036 --> 00:55:42,772 DETERRENCE, NOT INCARCERATION. 1783 00:55:42,772 --> 00:55:45,642 VOTE YES ON THIS RESOLUTION 1784 00:55:45,642 --> 00:55:46,843 32217 FOR SEATTLEITE 1785 00:55:46,843 --> 00:55:47,944 CONSTITUENTS AND THOSE WHO WORK 1786 00:55:47,944 --> 00:55:49,713 AND PLAY HERE TO OFFER A 1787 00:55:49,713 --> 00:55:50,814 TANGIBLE REFORM PLAN FOR THOSE 1788 00:55:50,814 --> 00:55:52,749 WHO TURN TO GUN VIOLENCE TO 1789 00:55:52,749 --> 00:55:53,950 SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS, OR AS A 1790 00:55:53,950 --> 00:55:56,386 CRY FOR HELP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1791 00:55:56,386 --> 00:55:57,487 -- THANK YOU COLLEEN. NEXT WE 1792 00:55:57,487 --> 00:55:59,122 HAVE DAVID. I DID CALL ON YOU, 1793 00:55:59,122 --> 00:56:01,091 NATHAN WALL, BUT I SEE YOU'RE 1794 00:56:01,091 --> 00:56:02,625 SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1795 00:56:02,625 --> 00:56:05,228 FIVE. SO THE LAST PERSON WE HAVE 1796 00:56:05,228 --> 00:56:05,795 SPEAKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT 1797 00:56:05,795 --> 00:56:07,063 PERIOD IS DAVID GALLAGHER. 1798 00:56:07,063 --> 00:56:09,365 WELCOME 1799 00:56:09,365 --> 00:56:10,667 -- THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY 1800 00:56:10,667 --> 00:56:12,869 NAME IS DAVE GALLAGHER FROM 1801 00:56:12,869 --> 00:56:14,070 DISTRICT FIVE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK 1802 00:56:14,070 --> 00:56:17,474 IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER 1803 00:56:17,474 --> 00:56:19,843 RIVERA'S RESOLUTION 32217. I 1804 00:56:19,843 --> 00:56:21,745 BELIEVE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS 1805 00:56:21,745 --> 00:56:24,080 A GOOD STEP IN DEALING WITH GUN 1806 00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:25,081 VIOLENCE IN SEATTLE. IT IS A WAY 1807 00:56:25,081 --> 00:56:27,117 TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION AND 1808 00:56:27,117 --> 00:56:28,885 MOVE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 1809 00:56:28,885 --> 00:56:30,687 I HEAR THERE IS OPPOSITION TO 1810 00:56:30,687 --> 00:56:32,322 THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT 1811 00:56:32,322 --> 00:56:33,556 INVOLVES THE POLICE. WELL, WHO 1812 00:56:33,556 --> 00:56:35,759 BETTER TO BE INVOLVED IN A STUDY 1813 00:56:35,759 --> 00:56:36,426 THAN THE POLICE? THEY ARE ON THE 1814 00:56:36,426 --> 00:56:38,161 FRONT LINE SEEING EXACTLY WHAT 1815 00:56:38,161 --> 00:56:40,330 IS HAPPENING. IT'S TIME TO MOVE 1816 00:56:40,330 --> 00:56:42,499 PAST THE ERA OF DEFUND THE 1817 00:56:42,499 --> 00:56:44,167 POLICE. LOOK WHERE THAT GOT US. 1818 00:56:44,167 --> 00:56:46,536 AN UNDERSTAFFED POLICE 1819 00:56:46,536 --> 00:56:47,103 DEPARTMENT. THIS RESOLUTION 1820 00:56:47,103 --> 00:56:48,805 WOULD HAVE THE POLICE INVOLVED 1821 00:56:48,805 --> 00:56:52,308 NOT MAKING THE CHOICES. THE 1822 00:56:52,308 --> 00:56:52,976 MAYOR'S SOLUTION TO GUN VIOLENCE 1823 00:56:52,976 --> 00:56:55,211 IS FIRING THE POLICE CHIEF. BUT 1824 00:56:55,211 --> 00:56:56,880 THAT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. 1825 00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:57,747 AND USING PLANTER BOXES IN NORTH 1826 00:56:57,747 --> 00:56:59,282 SEATTLE TO DEAL WITH GUN 1827 00:56:59,282 --> 00:57:01,017 VIOLENCE IN THE SEX TRADE ON 1828 00:57:01,017 --> 00:57:02,519 AURORA AVENUE IS NOT A 1829 00:57:02,519 --> 00:57:04,654 RESOLUTION. LET'S TAKE A STEP 1830 00:57:04,654 --> 00:57:06,656 TOWARDS A REAL SOLUTION FOR GUN 1831 00:57:06,656 --> 00:57:09,893 VIOLENCE. VOTE YES FOR 1832 00:57:09,893 --> 00:57:11,261 RESOLUTION 32217. THANK YOU. 1833 00:57:11,261 --> 00:57:13,463 -- THANK YOU DAVID. NEXT, WE 1834 00:57:13,463 --> 00:57:16,399 HAVE OUR LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER, 1835 00:57:16,399 --> 00:57:20,103 KIM ENGLAND IS KIM HERE? 1836 00:57:20,103 --> 00:57:20,837 WELCOME, KIM. THAT'S OUR LAST 1837 00:57:20,837 --> 00:57:21,971 SPEAKER. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO 1838 00:57:21,971 --> 00:57:25,842 TRANSITION INTO OUR AGENDA 1839 00:57:25,842 --> 00:57:34,417 ITEMS. WELCOME, KIM. YOU DONE 1840 00:57:34,417 --> 00:57:36,519 TOOK THE LONG WAY AROUND, 1841 00:57:36,519 --> 00:57:37,987 DIDN'T YOU? I'M JUST SAYING 1842 00:57:37,987 --> 00:57:38,855 SHE COULD HAVE JUST WENT RIGHT 1843 00:57:38,855 --> 00:57:39,556 HERE. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. GO 1844 00:57:39,556 --> 00:57:43,426 AHEAD. KIM. 1845 00:57:43,426 --> 00:57:45,028 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1846 00:57:45,028 --> 00:57:45,395 COUNCILMEMBERS. 1847 00:57:45,395 --> 00:57:46,262 -- CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC? 1848 00:57:46,262 --> 00:57:47,363 WE'RE GOING TO RESTART YOUR 1849 00:57:47,363 --> 00:57:47,964 TIME TO SPEAK RIGHT INTO THE 1850 00:57:47,964 --> 00:57:49,465 MIC. YOU CAN GET REAL CLOSE TO 1851 00:57:49,465 --> 00:57:52,035 IT. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, PERFECT. 1852 00:57:52,035 --> 00:57:53,770 -- OH, NOW I HEAR MYSELF. GOOD 1853 00:57:53,770 --> 00:57:55,905 AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 1854 00:57:55,905 --> 00:57:57,307 NAME IS KIM ENGLAND. I'M 1855 00:57:57,307 --> 00:58:00,476 DELIGHTED TO BE THE LAST SPEAKER 1856 00:58:00,476 --> 00:58:02,212 OF TODAY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 1857 00:58:02,212 --> 00:58:03,313 FOUR. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S 1858 00:58:03,313 --> 00:58:04,280 DISTRICT. I'M SURE YOU KNOW 1859 00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:07,717 THAT. BUT THERE WE GO. I AM HERE 1860 00:58:07,717 --> 00:58:11,187 TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO PASS THE 1861 00:58:11,187 --> 00:58:11,821 ORDINANCE TO FURTHER ESTABLISH 1862 00:58:11,821 --> 00:58:13,189 PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS 1863 00:58:13,189 --> 00:58:16,159 IN OUR CITY. I AM AN EMPLOYER OR 1864 00:58:16,159 --> 00:58:17,894 HAVE BEEN AN EMPLOYER OF NANNIES 1865 00:58:17,894 --> 00:58:18,962 AND HOUSE CLEANERS IN THE PAST, 1866 00:58:18,962 --> 00:58:21,931 AND I'M PLANNING TO DO SO AGAIN 1867 00:58:21,931 --> 00:58:23,466 ONCE THIS ORDINANCE HAS PASSED, 1868 00:58:23,466 --> 00:58:25,101 BECAUSE I TRY TO BE A GOOD 1869 00:58:25,101 --> 00:58:26,803 EMPLOYER AND I APPRECIATE 1870 00:58:26,803 --> 00:58:30,306 GUIDELINES TO HELP ME BE A GOOD 1871 00:58:30,306 --> 00:58:32,008 EMPLOYER. AND SO THE INITIAL 1872 00:58:32,008 --> 00:58:32,542 ORDINANCE AROUND DOMESTIC 1873 00:58:32,542 --> 00:58:33,209 WORKERS DID A LOT OF THIS. BUT I 1874 00:58:33,209 --> 00:58:35,712 THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 1875 00:58:35,712 --> 00:58:37,280 ABOUT THIS NEW ORDINANCE IS THAT 1876 00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:42,085 IT GIVES CLARITY TO ME AS MY 1877 00:58:42,085 --> 00:58:43,953 AROUND MY RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN 1878 00:58:43,953 --> 00:58:45,054 EMPLOYER, AS AN EMPLOYER, I 1879 00:58:45,054 --> 00:58:47,790 BELIEVE IN TREATING WORKERS WITH 1880 00:58:47,790 --> 00:58:49,459 DIGNITY AND FAIRNESS. I WANT 1881 00:58:49,459 --> 00:58:52,195 PEOPLE TO CARE, WHO CARE FOR MY 1882 00:58:52,195 --> 00:58:54,430 FAMILY TO HAVE THE SAME. THESE 1883 00:58:54,430 --> 00:58:55,732 SORT OF ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS 1884 00:58:55,732 --> 00:58:58,301 THAT IS LAID OUT IN THIS 1885 00:58:58,301 --> 00:58:58,601 ORDINANCE. 1886 00:58:58,601 --> 00:59:00,136 -- THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY 1887 00:59:00,136 --> 00:59:01,671 COMMENTS. 1888 00:59:01,671 --> 00:59:03,139 -- THANK YOU KIM. THANK YOU SO 1889 00:59:03,139 --> 00:59:04,774 MUCH. ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC 1890 00:59:04,774 --> 00:59:06,609 COMMENT PERIOD? PEOPLE IN 1891 00:59:06,609 --> 00:59:08,578 PERSON? NO. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING 1892 00:59:08,578 --> 00:59:10,713 TO JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR AGENDA. I 1893 00:59:10,713 --> 00:59:12,415 ACTUALLY DIDN'T OPEN THE MEETING 1894 00:59:12,415 --> 00:59:13,516 UP LIKE THIS AND I FORGOT, BUT 1895 00:59:13,516 --> 00:59:14,584 COULD WE HAVE A MOMENT OF 1896 00:59:14,584 --> 00:59:15,785 SILENCE? WE LOST A COMMUNITY 1897 00:59:15,785 --> 00:59:17,820 MEMBER, CL SHANNON, LAST WEEK 1898 00:59:17,820 --> 00:59:19,122 AND SHE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON. I 1899 00:59:19,122 --> 00:59:21,324 KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE. SHE WOULD 1900 00:59:21,324 --> 00:59:22,492 COME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND SO 1901 00:59:22,492 --> 00:59:23,559 IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A MOMENT 1902 00:59:23,559 --> 00:59:28,231 OF SILENCE TO HONOR CARL'S LIFE 1903 00:59:28,231 --> 00:59:29,866 AND HER IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. 1904 00:59:29,866 --> 00:59:37,574 THANK YOU 1905 00:59:37,707 --> 00:59:48,184 THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, AND THANK 1906 00:59:51,921 --> 00:59:54,691 YOU. CL HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, 1907 00:59:54,691 --> 00:59:56,192 WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO 1908 00:59:56,192 --> 00:59:57,393 OUR MEETING HEARING NO 1909 00:59:57,393 --> 00:59:57,961 OBJECTION. THE INTRODUCTION 1910 00:59:57,961 --> 01:00:00,196 REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE 1911 01:00:00,196 --> 01:00:01,965 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION. 1912 01:00:01,965 --> 01:00:03,499 THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 1913 01:00:03,499 --> 01:00:05,969 CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. WE'RE 1914 01:00:05,969 --> 01:00:07,704 ALSO NOW GOING TO CONSIDER THE 1915 01:00:07,704 --> 01:00:09,238 PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 1916 01:00:09,238 --> 01:00:11,474 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. INCLUDE 1917 01:00:11,474 --> 01:00:13,943 THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 18th, 1918 01:00:13,943 --> 01:00:17,914 2026, COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 128 1919 01:00:17,914 --> 01:00:19,248 7 TO 1 21290 PAYMENT OF THE 1920 01:00:19,248 --> 01:00:21,584 BILLS. WE ALSO HAVE TWO BILLS 1921 01:00:21,584 --> 01:00:23,753 FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES, LABOR 1922 01:00:23,753 --> 01:00:24,287 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1923 01:00:24,287 --> 01:00:27,056 COMMITTEE. WE ALSO HAVE ONE 1924 01:00:27,056 --> 01:00:27,490 RESOLUTION FROM THE 1925 01:00:27,490 --> 01:00:28,891 TRANSPORTATION WATERFRONT AND 1926 01:00:28,891 --> 01:00:30,259 SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE. AND WE 1927 01:00:30,259 --> 01:00:32,328 ALSO HAVE 22 GET ENGAGED 1928 01:00:32,328 --> 01:00:33,796 APPOINTMENTS FROM THE CITY 1929 01:00:33,796 --> 01:00:35,798 COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS 1930 01:00:35,798 --> 01:00:37,233 COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO 1931 01:00:37,233 --> 01:00:37,834 REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT 1932 01:00:37,834 --> 01:00:39,902 CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, I MOVE 1933 01:00:39,902 --> 01:00:41,237 TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 1934 01:00:41,237 --> 01:00:42,839 IS THERE A SECOND? 1935 01:00:42,839 --> 01:00:44,173 -- SECOND. 1936 01:00:44,173 --> 01:00:46,309 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 1937 01:00:46,309 --> 01:00:47,343 FOR US TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 1938 01:00:47,343 --> 01:00:49,612 CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1939 01:00:49,612 --> 01:00:52,782 CALL THE ROLL? 1940 01:00:52,782 --> 01:00:53,249 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1941 01:00:53,249 --> 01:00:55,051 -- YES. 1942 01:00:55,051 --> 01:00:57,653 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1943 01:00:57,653 --> 01:00:57,887 -- YES. 1944 01:00:57,887 --> 01:01:01,591 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 1945 01:01:01,591 --> 01:01:04,961 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 1946 01:01:04,961 --> 01:01:06,729 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I 1947 01:01:06,729 --> 01:01:07,196 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1948 01:01:07,196 --> 01:01:09,632 -- YES. 1949 01:01:09,632 --> 01:01:13,269 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 1950 01:01:13,269 --> 01:01:15,271 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I COUNCIL 1951 01:01:15,271 --> 01:01:15,805 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 1952 01:01:15,805 --> 01:01:16,906 -- YES. 1953 01:01:16,906 --> 01:01:18,174 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 1954 01:01:18,174 --> 01:01:19,208 -- AWESOME. CONSENT CALENDARS 1955 01:01:19,208 --> 01:01:20,643 ARE ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK 1956 01:01:20,643 --> 01:01:22,145 PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 1957 01:01:22,145 --> 01:01:23,913 MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE 1958 01:01:23,913 --> 01:01:25,014 CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? 1959 01:01:25,014 --> 01:01:27,016 WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO 1960 01:01:27,016 --> 01:01:27,583 COMMITTEE REPORTS. WILL THE 1961 01:01:27,583 --> 01:01:28,985 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 1962 01:01:28,985 --> 01:01:31,254 ONE INTO THE RECORD.? 1963 01:01:31,254 --> 01:01:33,890 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE. APPOINTMENT 1964 01:01:33,890 --> 01:01:35,391 3569. APPOINTMENT OF KELLY 1965 01:01:35,391 --> 01:01:36,492 LARSEN AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 1966 01:01:36,492 --> 01:01:37,927 OF HOUSING. THE COMMITTEE 1967 01:01:37,927 --> 01:01:38,928 RECOMMENDS THE APPOINTMENT BE 1968 01:01:38,928 --> 01:01:40,129 CONFIRMED. 1969 01:01:40,129 --> 01:01:40,730 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AS 1970 01:01:40,730 --> 01:01:42,298 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU'RE 1971 01:01:42,298 --> 01:01:42,832 RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE THE 1972 01:01:42,832 --> 01:01:44,033 COMMITTEE REPORT. 1973 01:01:44,033 --> 01:01:45,601 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL 1974 01:01:45,601 --> 01:01:46,969 PRESIDENT, AND I BELIEVE I SEE 1975 01:01:46,969 --> 01:01:49,272 DIRECTOR LARSEN COMING UP FROM 1976 01:01:49,272 --> 01:01:50,673 THE BACK. COLLEAGUES, I'M SO 1977 01:01:50,673 --> 01:01:53,076 EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THE 1978 01:01:53,076 --> 01:01:54,777 APPOINTMENT OF SOON TO BE 1979 01:01:54,777 --> 01:01:56,079 DIRECTOR LARSEN FOR THE OFFICE 1980 01:01:56,079 --> 01:01:57,847 OF HOUSING. ONE OF THE THINGS 1981 01:01:57,847 --> 01:02:00,650 THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WHEN WE HAD 1982 01:02:00,650 --> 01:02:01,284 DIRECTOR LARSEN'S APPOINTMENT 1983 01:02:01,284 --> 01:02:04,120 AND COMMITTEE WAS THE BROAD, 1984 01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:05,121 BROAD SUPPORT THAT SHE ENJOYS 1985 01:02:05,121 --> 01:02:05,988 FROM COMMUNITY. WE HEARD A 1986 01:02:05,988 --> 01:02:07,256 LITTLE BIT OF THAT TODAY FROM 1987 01:02:07,256 --> 01:02:09,158 SOME OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS, 1988 01:02:09,158 --> 01:02:10,093 BUT FROM THE YEARS OF 1989 01:02:10,093 --> 01:02:10,860 EXPERIENCE, I FEEL LIKE I'VE 1990 01:02:10,860 --> 01:02:12,528 GOTTEN TO KNOW HER RESUME QUITE 1991 01:02:12,528 --> 01:02:13,996 WELL. YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT WAS 1992 01:02:13,996 --> 01:02:15,364 BEFORE COMING TO THE CITY, 1993 01:02:15,364 --> 01:02:16,966 WORKING DIRECTLY AND DIRECT 1994 01:02:16,966 --> 01:02:19,235 SERVICE AT PLYMOUTH HOUSING AND 1995 01:02:19,235 --> 01:02:20,770 DOING HOUSING PROVISION AND 1996 01:02:20,770 --> 01:02:21,437 WORKING WITH CLIENTS AND WORKING 1997 01:02:21,437 --> 01:02:23,139 ON THE STRATEGY SIDE, WHETHER 1998 01:02:23,139 --> 01:02:26,476 THAT IS HERE AT OU, BEING 1999 01:02:26,476 --> 01:02:27,110 DIRECTING AND LEADING SO MUCH OF 2000 01:02:27,110 --> 01:02:29,212 OUR STRATEGY WORK. YOU KNOW, AM 2001 01:02:29,212 --> 01:02:30,279 I MY FIRST FEW MONTHS HERE, I 2002 01:02:30,279 --> 01:02:32,715 SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH KELLY, 2003 01:02:32,715 --> 01:02:33,850 AND IT'S JUST BEEN CLEAR TO ME 2004 01:02:33,850 --> 01:02:36,018 THAT SHE'S SO COMMITTED TO NOT 2005 01:02:36,018 --> 01:02:38,654 JUST HOUSING, BUT TO THE PEOPLE 2006 01:02:38,654 --> 01:02:39,822 WHO WE ARE, WHO WE ARE SEEKING 2007 01:02:39,822 --> 01:02:43,159 TO HOUSE. AND I, I'LL SAY, AS 2008 01:02:43,159 --> 01:02:43,726 SOMEBODY ELSE SAID EARLIER 2009 01:02:43,726 --> 01:02:44,861 TODAY, I COULDN'T THINK OF A 2010 01:02:44,861 --> 01:02:46,562 BETTER PERSON TO STEP FORWARD 2011 01:02:46,562 --> 01:02:49,665 AND TO LEAD OUR CITY AND OUR 2012 01:02:49,665 --> 01:02:52,535 WORK IN HOUSING. THEN INTERIM 2013 01:02:52,535 --> 01:02:53,703 DIRECTOR LARSEN. SO, COLLEAGUES, 2014 01:02:53,703 --> 01:02:56,038 I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS 2015 01:02:56,038 --> 01:02:56,372 APPOINTMENT. 2016 01:02:56,372 --> 01:02:57,573 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2017 01:02:57,573 --> 01:02:58,875 COUNCILMEMBER, FOSTER 2018 01:02:58,875 --> 01:03:01,577 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY 2019 01:03:01,577 --> 01:03:02,078 COMMENTS REGARDING THIS 2020 01:03:02,078 --> 01:03:04,113 APPOINTMENT COUNCILMEMBER 2021 01:03:04,113 --> 01:03:05,181 STRAUSS. 2022 01:03:05,181 --> 01:03:06,516 -- THANK YOU. I'M VERY EXCITED 2023 01:03:06,516 --> 01:03:07,583 TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF KELLY TODAY. 2024 01:03:07,583 --> 01:03:11,788 WHAT A PERFECT CHOICE. KELLY HAS 2025 01:03:11,788 --> 01:03:13,689 REALLY KEPT SO MANY PEOPLE. 2026 01:03:13,689 --> 01:03:15,525 OFFICE OF HOUSING HAVE KEPT THAT 2027 01:03:15,525 --> 01:03:17,393 ORGANIZATION, THAT DEPARTMENT 2028 01:03:17,393 --> 01:03:19,395 RUNNING. AND I CAN SAY WITHOUT 2029 01:03:19,395 --> 01:03:20,363 HESITATION THAT KELLY IS THE 2030 01:03:20,363 --> 01:03:22,265 PERSON THAT I ALWAYS CALL, 2031 01:03:22,265 --> 01:03:24,834 ALWAYS HAS THE ANSWER, ALWAYS 2032 01:03:24,834 --> 01:03:27,937 KNOWS. OFTENTIMES THE MOST, 2033 01:03:27,937 --> 01:03:28,938 PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE TEAM YOU 2034 01:03:28,938 --> 01:03:31,007 WORK WITH, BUT ALSO PARTLY 2035 01:03:31,007 --> 01:03:31,841 BECAUSE OF HOW JUST GOSH DARN 2036 01:03:31,841 --> 01:03:34,377 SMART YOU ARE. AND SO I WILL 2037 01:03:34,377 --> 01:03:36,312 SHARE MY ONLY CONCERN. I WILL 2038 01:03:36,312 --> 01:03:38,347 TELL YOU THAT WHEN I SHARED THIS 2039 01:03:38,347 --> 01:03:40,917 CONCERN WITH A FRIEND, I WAS 2040 01:03:40,917 --> 01:03:42,151 HUSHED. MY ONLY CONCERN IS 2041 01:03:42,151 --> 01:03:43,586 WHO'S GOING TO DO KELLY'S JOB 2042 01:03:43,586 --> 01:03:49,659 NOW. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 2043 01:03:49,659 --> 01:03:50,293 THE CONTINUED CONVERSATION ABOUT 2044 01:03:50,293 --> 01:03:51,661 WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THAT MANTLE 2045 01:03:51,661 --> 01:03:53,930 UP, BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE A NAME 2046 01:03:53,930 --> 01:03:55,798 FOR YOURSELF. YOU HAVE MADE A 2047 01:03:55,798 --> 01:03:57,266 NAME FOR THE OFFICE OF HOUSING. 2048 01:03:57,266 --> 01:03:58,835 YOU'VE MADE A NAME FOR THE CITY 2049 01:03:58,835 --> 01:03:59,869 OF SEATTLE AND HOW YOU DO YOUR 2050 01:03:59,869 --> 01:04:02,438 WORK. I'M JUST EXCITED TO GET 2051 01:04:02,438 --> 01:04:05,107 TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF YOUR 2052 01:04:05,107 --> 01:04:05,541 CONFIRMATION TODAY. 2053 01:04:05,541 --> 01:04:07,376 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2054 01:04:07,376 --> 01:04:10,146 STRAUSS COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE 2055 01:04:10,146 --> 01:04:12,248 ANY MORE COMMENTS REGARDING 2056 01:04:12,248 --> 01:04:14,784 ALMOST CALLED YOU, DR. LARSEN, 2057 01:04:14,784 --> 01:04:15,284 BUT DIRECTOR LARSEN'S 2058 01:04:15,284 --> 01:04:16,652 APPOINTMENT FOR HOUSING. I'M 2059 01:04:16,652 --> 01:04:17,787 GRATEFUL. I CAN'T WAIT TO VOTE 2060 01:04:17,787 --> 01:04:19,689 FOR THIS. I THINK YOU'VE BEEN 2061 01:04:19,689 --> 01:04:20,556 PHENOMENAL IN A LOT OF THE 2062 01:04:20,556 --> 01:04:22,191 EFFORTS THAT WE'VE ELEVATED TO 2063 01:04:22,191 --> 01:04:23,726 YOUR OFFICE, AND LOOKING FORWARD 2064 01:04:23,726 --> 01:04:25,428 TO THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AS 2065 01:04:25,428 --> 01:04:26,929 WELL WITH OFFICE OF HOUSING. SO 2066 01:04:26,929 --> 01:04:28,564 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. DIRECTOR 2067 01:04:28,564 --> 01:04:30,967 LARSEN, VERY EXCITED. OKAY. 2068 01:04:30,967 --> 01:04:32,768 WELL, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 2069 01:04:32,768 --> 01:04:34,003 THE ROLL ON? WILL THE CLERK 2070 01:04:34,003 --> 01:04:35,238 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 2071 01:04:35,238 --> 01:04:38,741 CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT OF 2072 01:04:38,741 --> 01:04:40,309 DIRECTOR LARSEN. 2073 01:04:40,309 --> 01:04:40,810 -- COUNCILMEMBER LYNN? 2074 01:04:40,810 --> 01:04:42,845 -- YES. 2075 01:04:42,845 --> 01:04:45,081 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 2076 01:04:45,081 --> 01:04:45,548 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2077 01:04:45,548 --> 01:04:46,782 -- AYE. 2078 01:04:46,782 --> 01:04:49,151 -- COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA. 2079 01:04:49,151 --> 01:04:49,385 -- AYE. 2080 01:04:49,385 --> 01:04:51,554 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2081 01:04:51,554 --> 01:04:51,787 -- AYE. 2082 01:04:51,787 --> 01:04:54,156 -- COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. 2083 01:04:54,156 --> 01:04:54,390 -- YES. 2084 01:04:54,390 --> 01:04:54,790 -- COUNCILMEMBER. 2085 01:04:54,790 --> 01:04:56,626 -- JUAREZ AYE. 2086 01:04:56,626 --> 01:04:59,195 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2087 01:04:59,195 --> 01:04:59,428 -- AYE. 2088 01:04:59,428 --> 01:04:59,896 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2089 01:04:59,896 --> 01:05:01,264 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2090 01:05:01,264 --> 01:05:01,497 -- YES. 2091 01:05:01,497 --> 01:05:03,699 -- NINE IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. 2092 01:05:03,699 --> 01:05:04,200 -- AYES HAVE IT AND THE 2093 01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:05,668 APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. 2094 01:05:05,668 --> 01:05:07,870 CONGRATULATIONS. DIRECTOR 2095 01:05:07,870 --> 01:05:09,005 LARSEN, YOU WELL DESERVED. 2096 01:05:09,005 --> 01:05:10,406 YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME 2097 01:05:10,406 --> 01:05:14,110 TO SAY A FEW WORDS. SO 2098 01:05:14,110 --> 01:05:14,510 CONGRATULATIONS. 2099 01:05:14,510 --> 01:05:18,114 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 2100 01:05:18,114 --> 01:05:21,751 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL 2101 01:05:21,751 --> 01:05:22,251 PRESIDENT CHAIR FOSTER 2102 01:05:22,251 --> 01:05:24,020 COUNCILMEMBERS, I REALLY 2103 01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:25,821 APPRECIATE THIS APPOINTMENT. 2104 01:05:25,821 --> 01:05:26,489 I'VE BEEN SERVING THIS ROLE FOR 2105 01:05:26,489 --> 01:05:27,990 ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF. I'VE 2106 01:05:27,990 --> 01:05:29,892 BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, 2107 01:05:29,892 --> 01:05:32,695 SORTING THROUGH MANY IDEAS AND 2108 01:05:32,695 --> 01:05:34,430 REQUESTS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF 2109 01:05:34,430 --> 01:05:37,199 CHALLENGES BEFORE US. BUT I KNOW 2110 01:05:37,199 --> 01:05:40,403 ONE THING, NO ONE DOES THIS 2111 01:05:40,403 --> 01:05:43,172 ALONE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR 2112 01:05:43,172 --> 01:05:45,308 PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER TO ADDRESS 2113 01:05:45,308 --> 01:05:46,909 OUR COLLECTIVE NEEDS FOR 2114 01:05:46,909 --> 01:05:47,543 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY 2115 01:05:47,543 --> 01:05:48,277 FOR THOSE WITH THE LOWEST 2116 01:05:48,277 --> 01:05:50,346 INCOMES IN THE CITY AND WITH THE 2117 01:05:50,346 --> 01:05:51,514 GREATEST NEEDS. I KNOW WE'RE 2118 01:05:51,514 --> 01:05:52,782 GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS 2119 01:05:52,782 --> 01:05:54,317 TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2120 01:05:54,317 --> 01:05:57,687 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR 2121 01:05:57,687 --> 01:05:58,220 -- [APPLAUSE]. [APPLAUSE] 2122 01:05:58,220 --> 01:06:01,457 -- CONGRATULATIONS NEXT, WILL 2123 01:06:01,457 --> 01:06:02,958 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL OR CALL 2124 01:06:02,958 --> 01:06:03,726 THE ROLE? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2125 01:06:03,726 --> 01:06:05,261 READ ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO THE 2126 01:06:05,261 --> 01:06:10,433 RECORD 2127 01:06:10,433 --> 01:06:12,568 -- AGENDA ITEM TWO COUNCIL BILL 2128 01:06:12,568 --> 01:06:15,504 121278 RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS 2129 01:06:15,504 --> 01:06:16,138 PROTECTIONS FOR DIVERSE SEXUAL 2130 01:06:16,138 --> 01:06:17,440 ORIENTATION AND RELATIONSHIP 2131 01:06:17,440 --> 01:06:18,240 STRUCTURES. AMENDING THE 2132 01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:18,774 DEFINITION OF THE SEXUAL 2133 01:06:18,774 --> 01:06:21,377 ORIENTATION PROTECTED CLASS TO 2134 01:06:21,377 --> 01:06:23,779 RECOGNIZE GENDER IDENTITIES 2135 01:06:23,779 --> 01:06:26,515 OUTSIDE THE GENDER BINARY. 2136 01:06:26,515 --> 01:06:27,016 RECOGNIZING PANSEXUAL, 2137 01:06:27,016 --> 01:06:28,951 PANSEXUALITY AND ASEXUALITY AS 2138 01:06:28,951 --> 01:06:31,320 ORIENTATIONS AND INCLUDE 2139 01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:31,921 CONSENSUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH 2140 01:06:31,921 --> 01:06:33,456 MULTIPLE PARTNERS AS AN ELEMENT 2141 01:06:33,456 --> 01:06:36,692 OF ATTITUDES, PREFERENCE, AND 2142 01:06:36,692 --> 01:06:37,326 PRACTICES PERTAINING TO SEXUAL 2143 01:06:37,326 --> 01:06:38,027 ORIENTATION, THE COMMITTEE 2144 01:06:38,027 --> 01:06:40,396 RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS. 2145 01:06:40,396 --> 01:06:42,031 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2146 01:06:42,031 --> 01:06:42,965 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AS CHAIR 2147 01:06:42,965 --> 01:06:44,533 OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU'RE 2148 01:06:44,533 --> 01:06:45,601 RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT IT. I KNOW 2149 01:06:45,601 --> 01:06:46,235 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IS SPONSOR, 2150 01:06:46,235 --> 01:06:47,937 SO I'LL LET YOU ALL HANDLE 2151 01:06:47,937 --> 01:06:48,170 THAT. 2152 01:06:48,170 --> 01:06:49,405 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER THANK 2153 01:06:49,405 --> 01:06:50,773 YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK 2154 01:06:50,773 --> 01:06:51,774 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 2155 01:06:51,774 --> 01:06:52,775 SPONSORING IT AND PASS TO HER TO 2156 01:06:52,775 --> 01:06:53,642 SPEAK TO THIS AS A SPONSOR OF 2157 01:06:53,642 --> 01:06:55,778 THE BILL. 2158 01:06:55,778 --> 01:06:58,247 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. EVERY 2159 01:06:58,247 --> 01:07:00,549 FAMILY IS DIFFERENT, BUT EVERY 2160 01:07:00,549 --> 01:07:02,385 SINGLE ONE DESERVES EQUAL 2161 01:07:02,385 --> 01:07:03,319 PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW. THIS 2162 01:07:03,319 --> 01:07:05,488 BILL WOULD UPDATE THE EXISTING 2163 01:07:05,488 --> 01:07:07,890 PROTECTED CLASS OF SEXUAL 2164 01:07:07,890 --> 01:07:09,658 ORIENTATION TO DO THREE THINGS. 2165 01:07:09,658 --> 01:07:12,261 FIRST, REMOVE REFERENCE TO THE 2166 01:07:12,261 --> 01:07:14,296 MALE AND FEMALE GENDER BINARY. 2167 01:07:14,296 --> 01:07:16,265 THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH PAST 2168 01:07:16,265 --> 01:07:18,801 CITY IN WASHINGTON STATE POLICY 2169 01:07:18,801 --> 01:07:20,503 CHOICES, AND THAT IS TO 2170 01:07:20,503 --> 01:07:23,372 RECOGNIZE NON-BINARY GENDER 2171 01:07:23,372 --> 01:07:26,475 IDENTITY. SECOND, WE'RE 2172 01:07:26,475 --> 01:07:27,076 RECOGNIZING PANSEXUALITY AND 2173 01:07:27,076 --> 01:07:28,477 ASEXUALITY AS SEXUAL ORIENTATION 2174 01:07:28,477 --> 01:07:30,513 SUBJECT TO CIVIL RIGHTS 2175 01:07:30,513 --> 01:07:31,981 PROTECTIONS. AND THIRD, TO 2176 01:07:31,981 --> 01:07:33,783 CLARIFY THAT A PERSON'S 2177 01:07:33,783 --> 01:07:35,050 PROTECTED ATTITUDES, 2178 01:07:35,050 --> 01:07:36,786 PREFERENCES, BELIEFS, AND 2179 01:07:36,786 --> 01:07:37,386 PRACTICES PERTAINING TO THEIR 2180 01:07:37,386 --> 01:07:39,522 SEXUAL ORIENTATION ALSO EXTEND 2181 01:07:39,522 --> 01:07:41,524 TO CONSENSUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH 2182 01:07:41,524 --> 01:07:43,959 MULTIPLE PARTNERS, SUCH AS 2183 01:07:43,959 --> 01:07:45,361 NON-MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIPS. 2184 01:07:45,361 --> 01:07:46,762 AND THESE EXPANDED CIVIL RIGHTS 2185 01:07:46,762 --> 01:07:48,764 PROTECTIONS WOULD BE APPLIED TO 2186 01:07:48,764 --> 01:07:50,433 AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, 2187 01:07:50,433 --> 01:07:52,768 BUSINESS, LICENSURE, PLACES OF 2188 01:07:52,768 --> 01:07:54,036 PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION, PARK 2189 01:07:54,036 --> 01:07:55,504 USAGE, BIAS, FREE POLICING, THE 2190 01:07:55,504 --> 01:07:57,873 CITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN AND 2191 01:07:57,873 --> 01:07:58,808 ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES FOR THE 2192 01:07:58,808 --> 01:08:00,476 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE 2193 01:08:00,476 --> 01:08:02,278 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND TO 2194 01:08:02,278 --> 01:08:04,046 NOTE THAT THESE NEW 2195 01:08:04,046 --> 01:08:06,315 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS 2196 01:08:06,315 --> 01:08:07,817 WOULD TAKE EFFECT JUNE 1st, 2197 01:08:07,817 --> 01:08:09,985 2027, TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME 2198 01:08:09,985 --> 01:08:10,553 FOR CITY IMPLEMENTATION AND 2199 01:08:10,553 --> 01:08:12,822 OUTREACH. NOW, AS A SPONSOR OF 2200 01:08:12,822 --> 01:08:14,290 THIS BILL, MY INTENTION IS TO 2201 01:08:14,290 --> 01:08:17,393 ENSURE THAT OUR LAWS CONTINUE TO 2202 01:08:17,393 --> 01:08:18,994 PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON 2203 01:08:18,994 --> 01:08:21,831 FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIP 2204 01:08:21,831 --> 01:08:24,667 STRUCTURE AS FULLY AS POSSIBLE. 2205 01:08:24,667 --> 01:08:25,267 THIS 2026 UPDATE REFLECTS HOW 2206 01:08:25,267 --> 01:08:27,636 PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE AND SEEKS 2207 01:08:27,636 --> 01:08:31,240 TO ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS CAN 2208 01:08:31,240 --> 01:08:32,608 PARTICIPATE FULLY IN CIVIC, 2209 01:08:32,608 --> 01:08:34,877 ECONOMIC, AND COMMUNITY LIFE 2210 01:08:34,877 --> 01:08:37,313 WITHOUT FEAR OF DISCRIMINATION. 2211 01:08:37,313 --> 01:08:39,014 CHOSEN FAMILY IS FAMILY, AND AS 2212 01:08:39,014 --> 01:08:42,051 WE RECOGNIZE IN RECOGNIZING 2213 01:08:42,051 --> 01:08:44,887 DIVERSE RELATIONSHIP STRUCTURES, 2214 01:08:44,887 --> 01:08:45,454 THIS INCLUDES MULTI-PARTNER 2215 01:08:45,454 --> 01:08:47,590 MULTI PARENT FAMILIES AND 2216 01:08:47,590 --> 01:08:48,824 RELATIONSHIPS. STEPFAMILIES 2217 01:08:48,824 --> 01:08:50,259 SINGLE PARENTS, CO-PARENTS, 2218 01:08:50,259 --> 01:08:52,928 MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS, 2219 01:08:52,928 --> 01:08:55,231 CONSENSUAL NON-MONOGAMOUS 2220 01:08:55,231 --> 01:08:55,831 RELATIONSHIPS, AND CONSENSUAL 2221 01:08:55,831 --> 01:08:58,167 AND OR INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, 2222 01:08:58,167 --> 01:09:00,369 INCLUDING ASEXUAL AND AROMANTIC 2223 01:09:00,369 --> 01:09:02,004 RELATIONSHIPS. I WANT TO THANK 2224 01:09:02,004 --> 01:09:03,239 EVERY PERSON WHO CAME OUT TODAY, 2225 01:09:03,239 --> 01:09:04,907 BOTH TODAY AND ALSO DURING THE 2226 01:09:04,907 --> 01:09:06,575 COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON THIS TO 2227 01:09:06,575 --> 01:09:09,278 SHARE THEIR STORIES OF LOVE AND 2228 01:09:09,278 --> 01:09:11,947 KINSHIP. I ALSO WANT TO THANK 2229 01:09:11,947 --> 01:09:13,048 JESSIE DAVIS, FOUNDER OF CFRE 2230 01:09:13,048 --> 01:09:16,785 AND ONE OF OUR LGBTQ COMMISSION 2231 01:09:16,785 --> 01:09:18,254 CO-CHAIRS, FOR HER HARD WORK ON 2232 01:09:18,254 --> 01:09:20,556 THIS. I WANT TO THANK THOMAS 2233 01:09:20,556 --> 01:09:21,223 JOHNSON ON CENTRAL STAFF FOR HIS 2234 01:09:21,223 --> 01:09:23,492 WORK ON THIS. AND I ALSO WANT TO 2235 01:09:23,492 --> 01:09:25,661 THANK MY CHIEF OF STAFF, TIM 2236 01:09:25,661 --> 01:09:27,229 LENNON, FOR HIS WORK AND TO GET 2237 01:09:27,229 --> 01:09:30,266 THIS BILL WHERE IT IS TODAY. 2238 01:09:30,266 --> 01:09:33,569 THIS PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSING, 2239 01:09:33,569 --> 01:09:34,203 ARTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE 2240 01:09:34,203 --> 01:09:37,072 ON SEPTEMBER 9th, UNANIMOUSLY. 2241 01:09:37,072 --> 01:09:39,608 AND I'LL NOTE IN CLOSING THAT 2242 01:09:39,608 --> 01:09:40,109 EXPANDING CIVIL RIGHTS 2243 01:09:40,109 --> 01:09:41,710 PROTECTIONS BENEFITS ALL OF US. 2244 01:09:41,710 --> 01:09:43,946 SO, COLLEAGUES, I ASK YOU FOR A 2245 01:09:43,946 --> 01:09:45,214 YES VOTE TODAY. THANK YOU. 2246 01:09:45,214 --> 01:09:48,083 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2247 01:09:48,083 --> 01:09:49,885 RINCK, ARE THERE ANY. ARE THERE 2248 01:09:49,885 --> 01:09:52,655 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS REGARDING 2249 01:09:52,655 --> 01:09:54,456 THIS BILL BEFORE WE CALL THE 2250 01:09:54,456 --> 01:09:55,324 ROLL? OH, I'M SORRY, I'M 2251 01:09:55,324 --> 01:09:58,627 SUPPOSED TO PASS IT OVER TO YOU. 2252 01:09:58,627 --> 01:09:59,094 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2253 01:09:59,094 --> 01:10:01,697 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2254 01:10:01,697 --> 01:10:02,298 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WANT TO 2255 01:10:02,298 --> 01:10:03,999 AGAIN EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO 2256 01:10:03,999 --> 01:10:04,500 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 2257 01:10:04,500 --> 01:10:06,435 SPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION. AND 2258 01:10:06,435 --> 01:10:08,504 JUST TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER 2259 01:10:08,504 --> 01:10:09,438 RINCK ALREADY SAID ABOUT WHAT WE 2260 01:10:09,438 --> 01:10:11,040 HEARD IN COMMITTEE, THAT WAS, I 2261 01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:16,712 THINK, ONE OF THE MOST MOVING 2262 01:10:16,712 --> 01:10:18,647 AND COMMUNITY SPIRITED COMMITTEE 2263 01:10:18,647 --> 01:10:19,348 MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE 2264 01:10:19,348 --> 01:10:20,883 HOUSING, ARTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2265 01:10:20,883 --> 01:10:21,717 COMMITTEE. I KNOW A LOT OF THE 2266 01:10:21,717 --> 01:10:22,918 FOLKS WHO CAME TO COMMITTEE ARE 2267 01:10:22,918 --> 01:10:24,119 HERE TODAY, SO I JUST WANT TO 2268 01:10:24,119 --> 01:10:25,688 TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO 2269 01:10:25,688 --> 01:10:27,022 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORGANIZING, 2270 01:10:27,022 --> 01:10:30,059 FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, AND FOR YOUR 2271 01:10:30,059 --> 01:10:31,193 VULNERABILITY. IT TRULY IS 2272 01:10:31,193 --> 01:10:32,161 MAKING A DIFFERENCE. I KNOW 2273 01:10:32,161 --> 01:10:33,662 PEOPLE I LOVE AND CARE DEEPLY 2274 01:10:33,662 --> 01:10:35,431 ABOUT WILL BE SAFER BECAUSE OF 2275 01:10:35,431 --> 01:10:37,333 THIS LEGISLATION AND BECAUSE OF 2276 01:10:37,333 --> 01:10:39,001 YOUR ORGANIZING AND BECAUSE OF 2277 01:10:39,001 --> 01:10:39,635 YOUR LEADERSHIP. COUNCILMEMBER 2278 01:10:39,635 --> 01:10:41,570 RINCK. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2279 01:10:41,570 --> 01:10:43,505 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2280 01:10:43,505 --> 01:10:44,073 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER REALLY 2281 01:10:44,073 --> 01:10:45,107 GRATEFUL FOR YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2282 01:10:45,107 --> 01:10:46,408 RINCK BRINGING THIS AND LOOKING 2283 01:10:46,408 --> 01:10:47,876 FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS AS 2284 01:10:47,876 --> 01:10:49,445 WELL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. 2285 01:10:49,445 --> 01:10:51,180 ALL RIGHT. WELL, WILL THE CLERK 2286 01:10:51,180 --> 01:10:52,581 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 2287 01:10:52,581 --> 01:10:55,584 PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 2288 01:10:55,584 --> 01:10:56,185 -- COUNCILMEMBER RING? EXCUSE 2289 01:10:56,185 --> 01:10:57,286 ME. COUNCILMEMBER LINN. 2290 01:10:57,286 --> 01:10:58,354 -- YES. 2291 01:10:58,354 --> 01:11:00,022 -- COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 2292 01:11:00,022 --> 01:11:02,725 -- YES. 2293 01:11:02,725 --> 01:11:03,259 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2294 01:11:03,259 --> 01:11:05,294 -- AYE. 2295 01:11:05,294 --> 01:11:05,794 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2296 01:11:05,794 --> 01:11:08,230 -- AYE. 2297 01:11:08,230 --> 01:11:08,764 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2298 01:11:08,764 --> 01:11:11,333 -- AYE. 2299 01:11:11,333 --> 01:11:11,867 -- COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. 2300 01:11:11,867 --> 01:11:13,669 -- YES 2301 01:11:13,669 --> 01:11:16,438 -- COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ. 2302 01:11:16,438 --> 01:11:17,106 -- AYE. 2303 01:11:17,106 --> 01:11:17,640 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2304 01:11:17,640 --> 01:11:19,274 -- AYE. 2305 01:11:19,274 --> 01:11:19,742 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2306 01:11:19,742 --> 01:11:21,810 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2307 01:11:21,810 --> 01:11:22,044 -- YES. 2308 01:11:22,044 --> 01:11:23,412 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 2309 01:11:23,412 --> 01:11:26,749 -- BILL PASSES. CHAIR WILL SIGN 2310 01:11:26,749 --> 01:11:26,915 IT. 2311 01:11:26,915 --> 01:11:33,656 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 2312 01:11:33,656 --> 01:11:36,025 -- AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2313 01:11:36,025 --> 01:11:36,558 AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 2314 01:11:36,558 --> 01:11:37,526 LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 2315 01:11:37,526 --> 01:11:39,995 CONGRATULATIONS. COUNCILMEMBER 2316 01:11:39,995 --> 01:11:41,597 RINCK. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2317 01:11:41,597 --> 01:11:45,567 READ ITEM NUMBER THREE INTO THE 2318 01:11:45,567 --> 01:11:45,801 RECORD? 2319 01:11:45,801 --> 01:11:47,002 -- THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC 2320 01:11:47,002 --> 01:11:50,339 SAFETY AGENDA. ITEM THREE, 2321 01:11:50,339 --> 01:11:52,141 RESOLUTION 32217. DECLARING THE 2322 01:11:52,141 --> 01:11:52,808 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL'S INTENT 2323 01:11:52,808 --> 01:11:54,743 FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO 2324 01:11:54,743 --> 01:11:57,780 IMPLEMENT AN EVIDENCE BASED 2325 01:11:57,780 --> 01:11:58,347 COMPREHENSIVE GUN VIOLENCE 2326 01:11:58,347 --> 01:12:00,249 REDUCTION STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES 2327 01:12:00,249 --> 01:12:00,883 PARTNERING WITH NATIONAL EXPERTS 2328 01:12:00,883 --> 01:12:03,819 WHO HAVE HELPED OTHER CITIES 2329 01:12:03,819 --> 01:12:04,687 SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GUN 2330 01:12:04,687 --> 01:12:06,855 VIOLENCE, SUCH AS THE NATIONAL 2331 01:12:06,855 --> 01:12:08,390 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES. AT 2332 01:12:08,390 --> 01:12:09,825 JOHN JAY COLLEGE, THE COMMITTEE 2333 01:12:09,825 --> 01:12:10,392 RECOMMENDS A RESOLUTION BE 2334 01:12:10,392 --> 01:12:12,161 ADOPTED WITH COUNCILMEMBERS 2335 01:12:12,161 --> 01:12:13,829 KETTLE SAKA RIVERA IN FAVOR, 2336 01:12:13,829 --> 01:12:15,964 NONE OPPOSED, AND COUNCILMEMBER 2337 01:12:15,964 --> 01:12:16,565 LIN ABSTAINING. 2338 01:12:16,565 --> 01:12:17,266 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AS 2339 01:12:17,266 --> 01:12:19,101 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE 2340 01:12:19,101 --> 01:12:20,035 RECOGNIZED TO GIVE THE SUPPORT. 2341 01:12:20,035 --> 01:12:21,603 I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 2342 01:12:21,603 --> 01:12:22,271 YOU'RE THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL. 2343 01:12:22,271 --> 01:12:24,139 I'LL LET COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 2344 01:12:24,139 --> 01:12:24,873 DO HIS THING. 2345 01:12:24,873 --> 01:12:26,175 -- WELL, YES. AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC 2346 01:12:26,175 --> 01:12:28,110 SAFETY, I WILL ASK COUNCILMEMBER 2347 01:12:28,110 --> 01:12:28,377 RIVERA TO 2348 01:12:28,377 --> 01:12:28,711 -- [LAUGHTER] 2349 01:12:28,711 --> 01:12:30,646 -- START US OFF. 2350 01:12:30,646 --> 01:12:35,217 -- ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, AS YOU 2351 01:12:35,217 --> 01:12:37,753 HEARD ME SAY, I'M TRYING TO 2352 01:12:37,753 --> 01:12:39,488 FIND REAL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS 2353 01:12:39,488 --> 01:12:41,824 GUN VIOLENCE IN SEATTLE. THAT IS 2354 01:12:41,824 --> 01:12:43,192 WHY THIS RESOLUTION IS BEFORE US 2355 01:12:43,192 --> 01:12:45,694 TODAY CONCERNED RESIDENTS HAVE 2356 01:12:45,694 --> 01:12:47,496 COME TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND 2357 01:12:47,496 --> 01:12:49,932 WRITTEN LETTERS ASKING FOR 2358 01:12:49,932 --> 01:12:52,201 CONCRETE ACTION AND REAL 2359 01:12:52,201 --> 01:12:54,536 SOLUTIONS FROM OUR STUDENTS 2360 01:12:54,536 --> 01:12:56,305 BEING KILLED, YOUNG GIRLS BEING 2361 01:12:56,305 --> 01:12:58,240 SEX TRAFFICKED ON AURORA TO THE 2362 01:12:58,240 --> 01:13:00,376 CONDITIONS IN THE CITY, THE MASS 2363 01:13:00,376 --> 01:13:01,877 SHOOTING AT THE BATTLE OF 2364 01:13:01,877 --> 01:13:03,645 SEATTLE, THE KILLINGS IN 2365 01:13:03,645 --> 01:13:05,848 BELLTOWN AND OTHER SHOOTINGS 2366 01:13:05,848 --> 01:13:07,983 ACROSS OUR CITY. OUR RESIDENTS 2367 01:13:07,983 --> 01:13:09,952 HAVE HAD ENOUGH WITH THIS 2368 01:13:09,952 --> 01:13:11,487 LEGISLATION. WE'RE ASKING THE 2369 01:13:11,487 --> 01:13:12,988 MAYOR TO IMPLEMENT THE NATIONAL 2370 01:13:12,988 --> 01:13:16,425 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES 2371 01:13:16,425 --> 01:13:17,059 STRATEGY FOR FOCUSED DETERRENCE 2372 01:13:17,059 --> 01:13:21,263 AND EVIDENCE BASED, SUCCESSFUL 2373 01:13:21,263 --> 01:13:23,499 PROVEN STRATEGY FROM ONE OF THE 2374 01:13:23,499 --> 01:13:24,032 LEADING CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2375 01:13:24,032 --> 01:13:25,667 COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH 2376 01:13:25,667 --> 01:13:28,303 HAS HAD SUCCESS IN CITIES LIKE 2377 01:13:28,303 --> 01:13:31,473 BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA AND 2378 01:13:31,473 --> 01:13:33,142 BALTIMORE. DECADES OF RESEARCH 2379 01:13:33,142 --> 01:13:34,643 HAVE SHOWN THAT MOST GUN 2380 01:13:34,643 --> 01:13:36,578 VIOLENCE IS DRIVEN BY A 2381 01:13:36,578 --> 01:13:39,548 REMARKABLY SMALL NUMBER OF 2382 01:13:39,548 --> 01:13:41,150 PEOPLE LESS THAN 1%, WHO ARE 2383 01:13:41,150 --> 01:13:41,784 RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN HALF 2384 01:13:41,784 --> 01:13:44,353 OF THE SHOOTINGS. CITIES CAN 2385 01:13:44,353 --> 01:13:46,989 DRAMATICALLY REDUCE VIOLENCE BY 2386 01:13:46,989 --> 01:13:48,123 USING THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR 2387 01:13:48,123 --> 01:13:50,626 SAFE, COMMUNITIES FOCUSED 2388 01:13:50,626 --> 01:13:52,995 DETERRENCE STRATEGY TO BUILD 2389 01:13:52,995 --> 01:13:55,931 STRONG PARTNERSHIPS AMONG 2390 01:13:55,931 --> 01:13:56,532 COMMITTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 2391 01:13:56,532 --> 01:13:59,168 SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND LAW 2392 01:13:59,168 --> 01:14:03,272 AGENCIES. TOGETHER, THESE 2393 01:14:03,272 --> 01:14:05,474 PARTNERS ENGAGE IN A COMPELLING 2394 01:14:05,474 --> 01:14:06,108 MORAL MESSAGE AGAINST VIOLENCE 2395 01:14:06,108 --> 01:14:08,577 FROM TRUSTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS 2396 01:14:08,577 --> 01:14:11,079 OR LEADERS. A CREDIBLE LEGAL 2397 01:14:11,079 --> 01:14:13,448 MESSAGE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT 2398 01:14:13,448 --> 01:14:15,851 ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF 2399 01:14:15,851 --> 01:14:17,986 FURTHER VIOLENCE, AND A GENUINE, 2400 01:14:17,986 --> 01:14:20,389 UNCONDITIONAL OFFER OF HELP AND 2401 01:14:20,389 --> 01:14:20,989 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. THIS IS 2402 01:14:20,989 --> 01:14:22,858 WHAT THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR 2403 01:14:22,858 --> 01:14:24,526 SAFE COMMUNITY CALLS THE THREE 2404 01:14:24,526 --> 01:14:28,063 LEGGED STOOL. IF AN INDIVIDUAL 2405 01:14:28,063 --> 01:14:30,566 CHOOSES NOT TO ACCEPT THESE 2406 01:14:30,566 --> 01:14:32,434 SERVICES AND CONTINUES TO ENGAGE 2407 01:14:32,434 --> 01:14:34,236 IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, WHICH 2408 01:14:34,236 --> 01:14:36,104 RESULTS INTO HUGE HARM TO 2409 01:14:36,104 --> 01:14:38,240 COMMUNITIES, THERE WILL BE SWIFT 2410 01:14:38,240 --> 01:14:41,310 AND CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES. WHY 2411 01:14:41,310 --> 01:14:44,346 THIS ORGANIZATION, COLLEAGUES? 2412 01:14:44,346 --> 01:14:44,980 BECAUSE THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR 2413 01:14:44,980 --> 01:14:47,416 SAFE COMMUNITIES AT JOHN JAY 2414 01:14:47,416 --> 01:14:49,985 COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED BY THE 2415 01:14:49,985 --> 01:14:52,821 ARCHITECT OF FOCUSED DETERRENCE 2416 01:14:52,821 --> 01:14:53,455 AND THE ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED 2417 01:14:53,455 --> 01:14:55,691 TO HELP CITIES IMPLEMENT THIS 2418 01:14:55,691 --> 01:14:58,126 STRATEGY. THE NATIONAL NETWORK 2419 01:14:58,126 --> 01:15:00,362 FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES DOES NOT 2420 01:15:00,362 --> 01:15:01,597 SWOOP INTO TOWN AND DO THIS WORK 2421 01:15:01,597 --> 01:15:04,733 FOR US. AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY, 2422 01:15:04,733 --> 01:15:06,668 WE HAVE TO DO THE WORK, BUT THEY 2423 01:15:06,668 --> 01:15:08,871 WILL HELP US ANALYZE LOCAL 2424 01:15:08,871 --> 01:15:11,039 VIOLENCE DYNAMICS, BRING 2425 01:15:11,039 --> 01:15:12,741 TOGETHER LAW ENFORCEMENT, CITY 2426 01:15:12,741 --> 01:15:15,944 AND COUNTY AGENCIES AND 2427 01:15:15,944 --> 01:15:16,511 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO 2428 01:15:16,511 --> 01:15:18,347 PROVIDE ONGOING. THEY PROVIDE 2429 01:15:18,347 --> 01:15:20,682 ONGOING STRATEGIC GUIDANCE AND 2430 01:15:20,682 --> 01:15:22,684 EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS. THIS 2431 01:15:22,684 --> 01:15:26,855 IS A PROGRESSIVE POLICY. IT HAS 2432 01:15:26,855 --> 01:15:28,624 EVERYONE ON DECK WORKING 2433 01:15:28,624 --> 01:15:30,192 TOGETHER TO GET THE SMALL NUMBER 2434 01:15:30,192 --> 01:15:31,159 OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE 2435 01:15:31,159 --> 01:15:33,228 FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE 2436 01:15:33,228 --> 01:15:35,330 SHOOTINGS, TO STOP ENGAGING IN 2437 01:15:35,330 --> 01:15:38,867 GUN VIOLENCE. AS YOU KNOW, I 2438 01:15:38,867 --> 01:15:41,203 HOSTED THE GUN VIOLENCE 2439 01:15:41,203 --> 01:15:41,837 SYMPOSIUM AND BROUGHT TOGETHER 2440 01:15:41,837 --> 01:15:43,705 ALL THE FOLKS THAT WOULD BE 2441 01:15:43,705 --> 01:15:45,207 INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT. I WANT 2442 01:15:45,207 --> 01:15:46,408 TO PUBLICLY THANK THOSE WHO 2443 01:15:46,408 --> 01:15:48,644 ATTENDED, INCLUDING DEPUTY MAYOR 2444 01:15:48,644 --> 01:15:50,712 SURRATT, PROSECUTOR LEESA 2445 01:15:50,712 --> 01:15:52,581 MANION, CITY ATTORNEY ERICA 2446 01:15:52,581 --> 01:15:55,951 DAVIS. EXCUSE ME, ERICA EVANS, 2447 01:15:55,951 --> 01:15:58,420 OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR, 2448 01:15:58,420 --> 01:15:59,855 SANDRA VALENCIANO, FORMER CHIEF 2449 01:15:59,855 --> 01:16:01,390 BARNES AND ALL HIS PRECINCT 2450 01:16:01,390 --> 01:16:02,457 CAPTAINS, SEATTLE FIRE 2451 01:16:02,457 --> 01:16:05,427 DEPARTMENT, THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S 2452 01:16:05,427 --> 01:16:07,062 OFFICE DIRECTOR, TANYA KIM WITH 2453 01:16:07,062 --> 01:16:08,931 THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 2454 01:16:08,931 --> 01:16:10,465 THE CITY AND MANY, MANY OF THE 2455 01:16:10,465 --> 01:16:12,534 COMMUNITY GROUPS AND SERVICE 2456 01:16:12,534 --> 01:16:14,603 PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES 2457 01:16:14,603 --> 01:16:16,371 IN OUR CITY. I'M SURE I LEFT 2458 01:16:16,371 --> 01:16:18,941 SOME PEOPLE OUT. APOLOGIES IF I 2459 01:16:18,941 --> 01:16:20,842 DID, BUT EVERYONE WHO WAS THERE 2460 01:16:20,842 --> 01:16:22,010 WAS IMPORTANT WELCOME AND I WAS 2461 01:16:22,010 --> 01:16:25,414 SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE. 2462 01:16:25,414 --> 01:16:27,950 AND OF COURSE, MY GRATITUDE TO 2463 01:16:27,950 --> 01:16:28,583 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 2464 01:16:28,583 --> 01:16:32,521 AND PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR KETTLE 2465 01:16:32,521 --> 01:16:35,023 FOR ATTENDING AND FOR THEIR 2466 01:16:35,023 --> 01:16:36,525 PARTNERSHIP AND FOR ALL OF YOU 2467 01:16:36,525 --> 01:16:38,293 COLLEAGUES WHO SENT STAFFERS, 2468 01:16:38,293 --> 01:16:39,628 BECAUSE I KNOW WE COULD NOT 2469 01:16:39,628 --> 01:16:41,530 ALTOGETHER BE THERE BECAUSE OF 2470 01:16:41,530 --> 01:16:45,634 OEM AYE RULES. THIS WAS SO 2471 01:16:45,634 --> 01:16:47,736 EVERYONE COULD COME TOGETHER AT 2472 01:16:47,736 --> 01:16:50,505 THIS SYMPOSIUM TO HEAR ABOUT THE 2473 01:16:50,505 --> 01:16:51,106 FOCUSED DETERRENCE MODEL FROM 2474 01:16:51,106 --> 01:16:53,275 THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 2475 01:16:53,275 --> 01:16:54,743 COMMUNITY FOLKS, AND HEAR FROM 2476 01:16:54,743 --> 01:16:57,245 FOLKS FROM PHILADELPHIA, 2477 01:16:57,245 --> 01:16:59,281 BALTIMORE AND SOUTH BEND, 2478 01:16:59,281 --> 01:17:01,049 INDIANA THEMSELVES ABOUT HOW 2479 01:17:01,049 --> 01:17:02,784 THEY WORKED WITH THE NATIONAL 2480 01:17:02,784 --> 01:17:05,520 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES TO 2481 01:17:05,520 --> 01:17:06,154 IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY, WHICH 2482 01:17:06,154 --> 01:17:07,622 LED TO A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION 2483 01:17:07,622 --> 01:17:11,059 OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR CITIES. 2484 01:17:11,059 --> 01:17:12,494 AS YOU CAN SEE, COLLEAGUES, THIS 2485 01:17:12,494 --> 01:17:15,097 IS NOT A PREMATURE EFFORT ON MY 2486 01:17:15,097 --> 01:17:18,000 PART. IN FACT, I WAS 2487 01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:18,500 IMPLEMENTING A FOCUSED 2488 01:17:18,500 --> 01:17:20,702 DETERRENCE STRATEGY AS 2489 01:17:20,702 --> 01:17:23,505 RECOMMENDED BY OUR CITY AUDITOR 2490 01:17:23,505 --> 01:17:26,775 IN 2015 AND THEN AGAIN IN 2025, 2491 01:17:26,775 --> 01:17:30,512 TEN YEARS OF INACTION ON A 2492 01:17:30,512 --> 01:17:32,814 RECOMMENDATION AFTER THE 2493 01:17:32,814 --> 01:17:34,950 AUDITOR'S DUE DILIGENCE. AT A 2494 01:17:34,950 --> 01:17:36,385 CERTAIN POINT, COLLEAGUES, WE 2495 01:17:36,385 --> 01:17:38,754 NEED TO ACT. THERE IS NO 2496 01:17:38,754 --> 01:17:40,122 DOWNSIDE TO BRINGING THE 2497 01:17:40,122 --> 01:17:41,690 NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 2498 01:17:41,690 --> 01:17:44,693 COMMUNITIES HERE AND TO 2499 01:17:44,693 --> 01:17:45,293 IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY WITH 2500 01:17:45,293 --> 01:17:47,629 FIDELITY, IN THE HOPES THAT WE, 2501 01:17:47,629 --> 01:17:49,398 TOO, WILL SEE THE SAME RESULTS 2502 01:17:49,398 --> 01:17:51,700 IN GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTIONS THAT 2503 01:17:51,700 --> 01:17:53,802 THESE OTHER CITIES HAVE SEEN. 2504 01:17:53,802 --> 01:17:58,707 THE ONLY DOWNSIDE IS NOT ACTING. 2505 01:17:58,707 --> 01:18:00,842 THIS IS QUITE LITERALLY ABOUT 2506 01:18:00,842 --> 01:18:03,812 SAVING LIVES, AND I HOPE YOU 2507 01:18:03,812 --> 01:18:04,613 WILL SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND 2508 01:18:04,613 --> 01:18:08,617 JOIN ME IN CALLING FOR THESE 2509 01:18:08,617 --> 01:18:11,420 TYPES OF GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION 2510 01:18:11,420 --> 01:18:13,121 NUMBERS IN SEATTLE. THANK YOU. 2511 01:18:13,121 --> 01:18:13,722 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2512 01:18:13,722 --> 01:18:16,958 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2513 01:18:16,958 --> 01:18:18,493 RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2514 01:18:18,493 --> 01:18:19,528 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 2515 01:18:19,528 --> 01:18:22,297 DO WE MOVE THIS RESOLUTION? 2516 01:18:22,297 --> 01:18:23,532 -- NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO. 2517 01:18:23,532 --> 01:18:25,333 -- OKAY. YEAH. 2518 01:18:25,333 --> 01:18:26,001 -- BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY ON THE 2519 01:18:26,001 --> 01:18:27,235 AGENDA. 2520 01:18:27,235 --> 01:18:27,636 -- WE'RE OKAY. 2521 01:18:27,636 --> 01:18:29,304 -- IT'S A COMMITTEE 2522 01:18:29,304 --> 01:18:29,938 RECOMMENDATION. SO COUNCILMEMBER 2523 01:18:29,938 --> 01:18:30,605 KETTLE FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2524 01:18:30,605 --> 01:18:30,806 LIN. 2525 01:18:30,806 --> 01:18:32,874 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL 2526 01:18:32,874 --> 01:18:35,444 PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO START BY 2527 01:18:35,444 --> 01:18:36,478 SAYING, YOU KNOW, GUN VIOLENCE 2528 01:18:36,478 --> 01:18:39,047 AND YOUNG ADULTS CAME TO MY 2529 01:18:39,047 --> 01:18:41,216 ATTENTION FULLY AND IN A DIRECT 2530 01:18:41,216 --> 01:18:42,784 WAY ON THE DAY THAT AMARI MURPHY 2531 01:18:42,784 --> 01:18:45,120 PAYNE DIED, I WAS INVITED TO 2532 01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:46,888 JOIN COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2533 01:18:46,888 --> 01:18:48,156 HOLLINGSWORTH AND THEN MAYOR 2534 01:18:48,156 --> 01:18:50,525 HARRELL TO THE MOUNT CALVARY 2535 01:18:50,525 --> 01:18:52,728 CHURCH. AND I REMEMBER LISTENING 2536 01:18:52,728 --> 01:18:53,829 TO BISHOP WITHERSPOON'S WORDS 2537 01:18:53,829 --> 01:18:55,330 AND MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME. 2538 01:18:55,330 --> 01:18:56,531 THE COMMUNITY SAFETY TEAMS, THE 2539 01:18:56,531 --> 01:18:57,566 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE KNOW, LIKE 2540 01:18:57,566 --> 01:18:59,568 URBAN FAMILY AND COMMUNITY 2541 01:18:59,568 --> 01:19:03,572 PASSAGEWAYS AND OTHERS, MADE A 2542 01:19:03,572 --> 01:19:04,439 STRONG IMPACT. AND IT TALKED, 2543 01:19:04,439 --> 01:19:05,340 YOU KNOW, BROUGHT ME TO 2544 01:19:05,340 --> 01:19:06,808 COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY THAT 2545 01:19:06,808 --> 01:19:09,511 WAS GRIEVING. THEN LATER, LATE 2546 01:19:09,511 --> 01:19:11,313 NIGHT GUN VIOLENCE WAS CENTER 2547 01:19:11,313 --> 01:19:12,481 STAGE. AND IN WORKING WITH 2548 01:19:12,481 --> 01:19:15,183 COMMUNITY AND THE CITY AND SOTO, 2549 01:19:15,183 --> 01:19:17,119 WE INTRODUCED AND PASSED AN 2550 01:19:17,119 --> 01:19:17,752 OVERNIGHT ESTABLISHMENTS BILL A 2551 01:19:17,752 --> 01:19:19,254 DECADE IN THE MAKING. WE PAIRED 2552 01:19:19,254 --> 01:19:20,522 THIS EFFORT WITH A CHRONIC 2553 01:19:20,522 --> 01:19:22,757 NUISANCE PROPERTY BILL. THIS WAS 2554 01:19:22,757 --> 01:19:24,526 IMPLEMENTED TO GREAT EFFECT BY 2555 01:19:24,526 --> 01:19:26,828 THEN CHIEF BARNES. THE PRE AND 2556 01:19:26,828 --> 01:19:29,197 POST BILL. OVERNIGHT GUN 2557 01:19:29,197 --> 01:19:30,799 VIOLENCE NUMBERS WERE AND ARE 2558 01:19:30,799 --> 01:19:31,900 STARK WHEN LOOKING AT THESE 2559 01:19:31,900 --> 01:19:33,301 YEARS NUMBERS AS IT RELATES TO 2560 01:19:33,301 --> 01:19:35,170 GUN VIOLENCE AND VIOLENT CRIME. 2561 01:19:35,170 --> 01:19:38,140 THESE BILLS ARE MAJOR FACTOR. 2562 01:19:38,140 --> 01:19:39,274 AND I WILL ADD JUST BRIEFLY THAT 2563 01:19:39,274 --> 01:19:41,276 THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER AND 2564 01:19:41,276 --> 01:19:42,310 THE CCTV PROGRAM HAVE A ROLE 2565 01:19:42,310 --> 01:19:46,114 HERE TOO, AS DOES SPD STAFFING. 2566 01:19:46,114 --> 01:19:47,182 BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE ON YOUTH 2567 01:19:47,182 --> 01:19:49,651 AND YOUNG ADULT GUN VIOLENCE. SO 2568 01:19:49,651 --> 01:19:51,787 WE TOOK SOME STEPS. AS NOTED, 2569 01:19:51,787 --> 01:19:53,622 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WORKED HER 2570 01:19:53,622 --> 01:19:56,825 SYMPOSIUM PREPS AND BUDGET. WE 2571 01:19:56,825 --> 01:19:57,459 ADDED GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 2572 01:19:57,459 --> 01:19:59,728 AND REDUCTION AND COMMUNITY 2573 01:19:59,728 --> 01:20:00,629 SAFETY EXPLICITLY TO AS AN 2574 01:20:00,629 --> 01:20:02,597 ELEMENT OF OUR STRATEGIC 2575 01:20:02,597 --> 01:20:04,599 FRAMEWORK PLAN FOR A SAFER 2576 01:20:04,599 --> 01:20:05,500 SEATTLE. WE HELD A COMMUNITY 2577 01:20:05,500 --> 01:20:08,703 MEETING ON COMMUNITY VIOLENCE 2578 01:20:08,703 --> 01:20:10,338 INTERVENTION WITH DAVIDA BRISCO 2579 01:20:10,338 --> 01:20:12,741 AS A CONSULTANT TO THE COUNCIL. 2580 01:20:12,741 --> 01:20:15,076 AND AGAIN, AS NOTED. THEN WE HAD 2581 01:20:15,076 --> 01:20:16,511 THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE NATIONAL 2582 01:20:16,511 --> 01:20:18,647 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES. I 2583 01:20:18,647 --> 01:20:20,248 REMEMBER BEING THERE, LISTENED 2584 01:20:20,248 --> 01:20:22,217 TO THE TESTIMONY FOR ALL THE 2585 01:20:22,217 --> 01:20:22,818 GROUPS. I REMEMBER THE GROUP 2586 01:20:22,818 --> 01:20:24,753 FROM PHILADELPHIA PARTICULARLY, 2587 01:20:24,753 --> 01:20:26,488 AND SPEAKING WITH THEM AS A 2588 01:20:26,488 --> 01:20:28,723 SIDEBAR AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR 2589 01:20:28,723 --> 01:20:30,892 EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PROGRAM. 2590 01:20:30,892 --> 01:20:33,061 AND I WOULD NOTE, TOO, THAT WE 2591 01:20:33,061 --> 01:20:35,897 HAD OUR CARE BILL, ALTERNATIVE 2592 01:20:35,897 --> 01:20:37,232 RESPONSE BILL THIS SUMMER, WHICH 2593 01:20:37,232 --> 01:20:39,568 MADE TO A GREAT EFFECT WHAT WE 2594 01:20:39,568 --> 01:20:42,871 CAN DO WITH THE CARE DEPARTMENT. 2595 01:20:42,871 --> 01:20:45,106 AND I SHOULD NOTE, IN THE CARE 2596 01:20:45,106 --> 01:20:46,675 ORDINANCE, THERE ALREADY IS GUN 2597 01:20:46,675 --> 01:20:48,009 VIOLENCE. IT WAS ALREADY THERE. 2598 01:20:48,009 --> 01:20:49,377 I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE AN 2599 01:20:49,377 --> 01:20:50,745 ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, BUT THIS 2600 01:20:50,745 --> 01:20:52,747 PIECE WAS ALREADY SET AT CARE, 2601 01:20:52,747 --> 01:20:54,482 AND WE PURPOSELY DID NOT TOUCH 2602 01:20:54,482 --> 01:20:55,884 IT AS PART OF THE WORK WE WERE 2603 01:20:55,884 --> 01:20:57,719 DOING, BECAUSE THAT WAS RELATED 2604 01:20:57,719 --> 01:20:59,087 TO GIVING CARE, OTHER 2605 01:20:59,087 --> 01:20:59,688 OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK, PUBLIC 2606 01:20:59,688 --> 01:21:00,355 HEALTH WITH THE COUNTY AND SO 2607 01:21:00,355 --> 01:21:01,423 FORTH, AND DEALING WITH THE 2608 01:21:01,423 --> 01:21:03,892 ISSUES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE 2609 01:21:03,892 --> 01:21:05,193 AGREEMENT. BUT WE DID NOT TOUCH 2610 01:21:05,193 --> 01:21:09,798 THAT PIECE BECAUSE THIS WAS A A. 2611 01:21:09,798 --> 01:21:12,400 BASICALLY A KEYSTONE TO THE NEXT 2612 01:21:12,400 --> 01:21:16,071 STEP, AS WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK 2613 01:21:16,071 --> 01:21:16,705 ON VIOLENCE INTERVENTION. AND I 2614 01:21:16,705 --> 01:21:17,906 WOULD ADD, IT ALSO BUILDS ON THE 2615 01:21:17,906 --> 01:21:21,042 WORK THAT WE DID IN TERMS OF 2616 01:21:21,042 --> 01:21:22,544 PULLING PDA OUT OF HSD INTO THE 2617 01:21:22,544 --> 01:21:23,712 CARE DEPARTMENT. THESE WORK ALL 2618 01:21:23,712 --> 01:21:25,747 THESE THINGS WERE DONE 2619 01:21:25,747 --> 01:21:28,316 DELIBERATELY AND FOR A REASON. 2620 01:21:28,316 --> 01:21:29,818 AND THEN WE HAD DISCUSSIONS. I 2621 01:21:29,818 --> 01:21:31,186 HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 2622 01:21:31,186 --> 01:21:33,889 MAYOR'S OFFICE ON GUN VIOLENCE 2623 01:21:33,889 --> 01:21:36,491 INTERVENTION OVER THE SUMMER TO 2624 01:21:36,491 --> 01:21:37,893 INCLUDE, JUST BEFORE RECESS. AND 2625 01:21:37,893 --> 01:21:39,694 NOW WE HAVE RESOLUTION THREE, 2626 01:21:39,694 --> 01:21:41,696 TWO, TWO, ONE SEVEN. LAST 2627 01:21:41,696 --> 01:21:43,598 WEDNESDAY, I MET WITH THE 2628 01:21:43,598 --> 01:21:45,600 BELLTOWN COMMUNITY BELLTOWN 2629 01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:46,935 UNITED. SPECIFICALLY, WE HAD 2630 01:21:46,935 --> 01:21:48,837 MAYOR WILSON THERE, DEPUTY MAYOR 2631 01:21:48,837 --> 01:21:49,938 SURRATT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF 2632 01:21:49,938 --> 01:21:52,807 PUBLIC SAFETY. HOLCOMB, INTERIM 2633 01:21:52,807 --> 01:21:54,943 CHIEF SALES, WEST PRECINCT 2634 01:21:54,943 --> 01:21:57,045 CAPTAIN GARTH GREEN, WEST 2635 01:21:57,045 --> 01:21:57,579 PRECINCT CRIME PREVENTION 2636 01:21:57,579 --> 01:21:58,213 COORDINATOR. BARB BIONDO, CITY 2637 01:21:58,213 --> 01:21:59,381 ATTORNEY. EVANS WAS THERE, AS 2638 01:21:59,381 --> 01:22:02,651 WAS HER CRIM CHIEF, HER CRIMINAL 2639 01:22:02,651 --> 01:22:04,619 CHIEF, JENNA ROBERT KING COUNTY 2640 01:22:04,619 --> 01:22:05,287 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 2641 01:22:05,287 --> 01:22:07,856 WAS REPRESENTED, AND WE WERE 2642 01:22:07,856 --> 01:22:08,490 SPEAKING TO THE BELLTOWN LABOR 2643 01:22:08,490 --> 01:22:10,191 DAY SHOOTINGS AGAIN, WHICH 2644 01:22:10,191 --> 01:22:12,394 INCLUDED YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THE 2645 01:22:12,394 --> 01:22:13,728 IDEA THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A 2646 01:22:13,728 --> 01:22:15,463 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO 2647 01:22:15,463 --> 01:22:16,931 INCLUDE THE LEGISLATIVE AND 2648 01:22:16,931 --> 01:22:18,066 EXECUTIVE BRANCHES. AND I SAID 2649 01:22:18,066 --> 01:22:19,534 THIS SPECIFICALLY TO MAYOR 2650 01:22:19,534 --> 01:22:21,036 WILSON DURING THE COURSE OF THIS 2651 01:22:21,036 --> 01:22:23,638 MEETING, THAT WE HAVE TO DO 2652 01:22:23,638 --> 01:22:25,473 THIS. AND AS A SIDE NOTE, AGAIN, 2653 01:22:25,473 --> 01:22:27,475 I WOULD NOTE THE BELLTOWN LABOR 2654 01:22:27,475 --> 01:22:29,177 DAY SHOOTINGS RESPONSE WAS 2655 01:22:29,177 --> 01:22:30,979 HELPED BY REAL TIME CRIME CENTER 2656 01:22:30,979 --> 01:22:33,748 AND CCTV. AS NOTED TODAY IN THE 2657 01:22:33,748 --> 01:22:37,252 NEWS TO THIS RESOLUTION, THIS IS 2658 01:22:37,252 --> 01:22:39,120 A TWO YEAR PARTNERSHIP. THINK OF 2659 01:22:39,120 --> 01:22:41,856 IT AS A PILOT FOCUSED DETERRENCE 2660 01:22:41,856 --> 01:22:43,758 IS A NEW BUZZWORD, BUT THIS IS 2661 01:22:43,758 --> 01:22:44,926 AGAIN, ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE. WE 2662 01:22:44,926 --> 01:22:47,262 NEED TO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT 2663 01:22:47,262 --> 01:22:48,663 PIECE AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, 2664 01:22:48,663 --> 01:22:50,765 THE HUMAN SERVICES PIECES. BUT 2665 01:22:50,765 --> 01:22:52,967 IMPORTANTLY AND VERY 2666 01:22:52,967 --> 01:22:57,005 IMPORTANTLY, THE COMMUNITY, ALL 2667 01:22:57,005 --> 01:22:57,906 THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS. THAT'S 2668 01:22:57,906 --> 01:22:59,007 GOT TO BE FRONT AND CENTER. BUT 2669 01:22:59,007 --> 01:23:00,842 AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN'T HOLD 2670 01:23:00,842 --> 01:23:03,645 SPD AT ARMS LENGTH. I WILL NOTE 2671 01:23:03,645 --> 01:23:06,114 THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 2672 01:23:06,114 --> 01:23:06,648 NEGATIVITY BEING DIRECTED 2673 01:23:06,648 --> 01:23:09,351 AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION AGAINST 2674 01:23:09,351 --> 01:23:10,919 SPD PARTICIPATION, BUT THEY ARE 2675 01:23:10,919 --> 01:23:13,288 NEEDED. THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT 2676 01:23:13,288 --> 01:23:15,790 THIS BEING AN OUTSIDE GROUP. 2677 01:23:15,790 --> 01:23:17,225 THIS OUTSIDE GROUP IS NOT GOING 2678 01:23:17,225 --> 01:23:19,894 TO BE DOING THE WORK THEY'RE 2679 01:23:19,894 --> 01:23:22,297 BASICALLY GIVING A PLAYBOOK 2680 01:23:22,297 --> 01:23:24,065 ADVISOR. YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THE 2681 01:23:24,065 --> 01:23:24,899 SEAHAWKS HAVE COME ON BOARD, YOU 2682 01:23:24,899 --> 01:23:28,837 KNOW, THE NEW SEASON, THE TEAM 2683 01:23:28,837 --> 01:23:30,405 IS LOCAL. THE TEAM WILL HAVE A 2684 01:23:30,405 --> 01:23:32,774 LOCAL SAM DARNOLD. AND UP THERE 2685 01:23:32,774 --> 01:23:35,143 ON THE LINE, A LOCAL GRAY ZABEL. 2686 01:23:35,143 --> 01:23:37,212 THE TEAM FROM JOHN JAY COLLEGE 2687 01:23:37,212 --> 01:23:38,446 IS NOT GOING TO BE DOING THIS. 2688 01:23:38,446 --> 01:23:40,048 WE NEED TO DO THE WORK. WE NEED 2689 01:23:40,048 --> 01:23:41,683 THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL 2690 01:23:41,683 --> 01:23:42,283 STAKEHOLDERS TO INCLUDE THOSE 2691 01:23:42,283 --> 01:23:43,485 COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT I TALKED 2692 01:23:43,485 --> 01:23:47,389 ABOUT. IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND 2693 01:23:47,389 --> 01:23:50,325 THEN THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION 2694 01:23:50,325 --> 01:23:52,961 ABOUT THE COSTS, THE 418 K. I 2695 01:23:52,961 --> 01:23:55,063 KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN 2696 01:23:55,063 --> 01:23:57,599 TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE GREAT 2697 01:23:57,599 --> 01:23:58,767 COSTS, THE GREAT COSTS AGAIN AND 2698 01:23:58,767 --> 01:24:01,970 AGAIN. ON THE ONE HAND, I COULD 2699 01:24:01,970 --> 01:24:03,438 HIGHLIGHT A COSTLY DECISION BY 2700 01:24:03,438 --> 01:24:05,340 THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE 418 000 2701 01:24:05,340 --> 01:24:08,610 IS JUST BUT A FRACTION BUT ON 2702 01:24:08,610 --> 01:24:10,478 THE BASIS OF COUNSEL OF MY 2703 01:24:10,478 --> 01:24:11,746 COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS, I'M NOT 2704 01:24:11,746 --> 01:24:14,215 GOING TO GO TO THE SPECIFICS OF 2705 01:24:14,215 --> 01:24:15,817 THAT. BUT INSTEAD I WANT TO 2706 01:24:15,817 --> 01:24:18,253 FOCUS INSTEAD ON THE COST OF 2707 01:24:18,253 --> 01:24:22,457 LOSING A LOVED ONE, OF LOSING A 2708 01:24:22,457 --> 01:24:23,992 SON. JUST RECENTLY, I HAD A 2709 01:24:23,992 --> 01:24:25,560 MEETING WITH AN ARTS COMMUNITY 2710 01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:31,065 GROUP, A LOCAL GROUP, AND AFTER 2711 01:24:31,065 --> 01:24:33,601 THE SHOOTING ON SEVEN JUNE 19th, 2712 01:24:33,601 --> 01:24:35,770 2024, THEY REACHED OUT TO THE 2713 01:24:35,770 --> 01:24:36,838 CITY TO OFFER SUPPORT. LIKE, 2714 01:24:36,838 --> 01:24:37,972 WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THE 2715 01:24:37,972 --> 01:24:39,774 COMMUNITY? WE WANT TO HELP? AND 2716 01:24:39,774 --> 01:24:40,975 THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY, THE 2717 01:24:40,975 --> 01:24:44,846 CITY HALL BASICALLY DID NOTHING. 2718 01:24:44,846 --> 01:24:46,214 BUT YOU KNOW WHO REACHED OUT TO 2719 01:24:46,214 --> 01:24:49,417 THAT GROUP? THIS ARTS GROUP, 2720 01:24:49,417 --> 01:24:53,421 THERAPEUTIC ARTS, IF YOU WILL A 2721 01:24:53,421 --> 01:24:55,757 MOM'S GROUP, THE MOMS GROUP 2722 01:24:55,757 --> 01:24:57,592 REACHED OUT TO THIS GROUP AND 2723 01:24:57,592 --> 01:25:00,128 TO, YOU KNOW, TO CONNECT, TO 2724 01:25:00,128 --> 01:25:03,231 OFFER SUPPORT FOR THE YOUNG 2725 01:25:03,231 --> 01:25:05,300 PEOPLE. I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR 2726 01:25:05,300 --> 01:25:06,334 FOCUS SHOULD BE. I THINK OUR 2727 01:25:06,334 --> 01:25:07,969 FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE MOMS WHO 2728 01:25:07,969 --> 01:25:11,039 HAVE LOST THESE LOVED ONES. 2729 01:25:11,039 --> 01:25:15,577 BECAUSE HOW DO YOU CHARACTERIZE 2730 01:25:15,577 --> 01:25:16,311 THAT COST? AND SO, COLLEAGUES, I 2731 01:25:16,311 --> 01:25:18,646 ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 2732 01:25:18,646 --> 01:25:20,882 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2733 01:25:20,882 --> 01:25:23,685 KETTLE. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 2734 01:25:23,685 --> 01:25:24,285 LIN FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2735 01:25:24,285 --> 01:25:26,421 RINCK. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER 2736 01:25:26,421 --> 01:25:29,657 SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2737 01:25:29,657 --> 01:25:33,361 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2738 01:25:33,361 --> 01:25:33,995 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 2739 01:25:33,995 --> 01:25:37,699 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 2740 01:25:37,699 --> 01:25:38,833 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I WILL BE 2741 01:25:38,833 --> 01:25:40,201 SUPPORTING THIS TODAY, BUT I 2742 01:25:40,201 --> 01:25:42,337 ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO WHY I 2743 01:25:42,337 --> 01:25:44,372 ABSTAINED AND SORT OF WHY I'M 2744 01:25:44,372 --> 01:25:49,244 SUPPORTING AND WHAT I THINK THIS 2745 01:25:49,244 --> 01:25:49,944 MEANS GOING FORWARD. FIRST, I 2746 01:25:49,944 --> 01:25:53,148 WISH I COULD HAVE ATTENDED THIS 2747 01:25:53,148 --> 01:25:54,883 SYMPOSIUM. OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE 2748 01:25:54,883 --> 01:25:57,952 CLOSED DOOR SESSION AND FOR GOOD 2749 01:25:57,952 --> 01:26:00,855 REASON. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE 2750 01:26:00,855 --> 01:26:02,557 SENSITIVE DISCUSSIONS AND BUT I, 2751 01:26:02,557 --> 01:26:04,759 YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING THE THE 2752 01:26:04,759 --> 01:26:06,427 DISTRICT THAT IS MOST IMPACTED 2753 01:26:06,427 --> 01:26:07,495 BY GUN VIOLENCE. I MEAN, WE'VE 2754 01:26:07,495 --> 01:26:09,898 ALL HAD TRAGEDIES IN OUR IN IN 2755 01:26:09,898 --> 01:26:16,271 ONE TRAGEDY IS TOO MANY. BUT I 2756 01:26:16,271 --> 01:26:18,106 FEEL A PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITY 2757 01:26:18,106 --> 01:26:18,740 REPRESENTING SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, 2758 01:26:18,740 --> 01:26:20,175 WHICH HAS JUST BEEN DEVASTATED 2759 01:26:20,175 --> 01:26:27,148 BY GUN VIOLENCE. AND FOR ME, I 2760 01:26:27,148 --> 01:26:28,349 WAS WELL AWARE OF THE SYMPOSIUM. 2761 01:26:28,349 --> 01:26:29,284 YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 2762 01:26:29,284 --> 01:26:34,622 TALK ABOUT FOCUSED DETERRENCE, 2763 01:26:34,622 --> 01:26:35,256 INCLUDING WITH SPD LEE HUNT AND 2764 01:26:35,256 --> 01:26:35,890 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AND, YOU 2765 01:26:35,890 --> 01:26:37,559 KNOW, I KNOW THINGS PROBABLY 2766 01:26:37,559 --> 01:26:39,060 WERE NOT MOVING AS QUICKLY AS I 2767 01:26:39,060 --> 01:26:40,528 THINK WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO SEE. 2768 01:26:40,528 --> 01:26:43,298 I WAS I WAS HEARING, YOU KNOW, 2769 01:26:43,298 --> 01:26:45,366 SUPPORT FOR FOCUSED DETERRENCE. 2770 01:26:45,366 --> 01:26:47,502 AND I THINK FROM THE MAYOR'S 2771 01:26:47,502 --> 01:26:49,170 STATEMENT, THEY STILL I'M 2772 01:26:49,170 --> 01:26:52,740 HEARING SUPPORT FOR FOCUSED 2773 01:26:52,740 --> 01:26:54,609 DETERRENCE. AND I, I THINK I 2774 01:26:54,609 --> 01:26:58,613 WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE 2775 01:26:58,613 --> 01:27:00,582 FORWARD. PART PART OF MY 2776 01:27:00,582 --> 01:27:02,050 RELUCTANCE THE OTHER DAY WAS 2777 01:27:02,050 --> 01:27:04,285 JUST BECAUSE IT WAS PUT ON THE 2778 01:27:04,285 --> 01:27:05,320 AGENDA AFTER RECESS. I WOULD 2779 01:27:05,320 --> 01:27:08,022 LOVE TO HAVE HAD MORE OF A 2780 01:27:08,022 --> 01:27:11,059 BRIEFING FROM STAFF OR TO HAVE 2781 01:27:11,059 --> 01:27:11,759 MORE OF A PRESENTATION AGAIN, 2782 01:27:11,759 --> 01:27:14,862 BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND 2783 01:27:14,862 --> 01:27:17,131 THAT SYMPOSIUM. AND ALSO I THINK 2784 01:27:17,131 --> 01:27:17,865 IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR OUR 2785 01:27:17,865 --> 01:27:19,000 COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS 2786 01:27:19,000 --> 01:27:20,068 GOING TO BE COMMUNITY LED WORK 2787 01:27:20,068 --> 01:27:20,969 IF WE DO THIS, AND WE NEED TO 2788 01:27:20,969 --> 01:27:23,771 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING 2789 01:27:23,771 --> 01:27:25,840 THAT BUY IN FROM THE COMMUNITY. 2790 01:27:25,840 --> 01:27:26,874 AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 2791 01:27:26,874 --> 01:27:28,576 A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 2792 01:27:28,576 --> 01:27:30,144 NONPROFIT GROUPS, BUT ALSO WE 2793 01:27:30,144 --> 01:27:31,212 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 2794 01:27:31,212 --> 01:27:33,815 DOING THAT DEEP COMMUNITY 2795 01:27:33,815 --> 01:27:35,817 ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DIFFERENT 2796 01:27:35,817 --> 01:27:36,351 IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. AND 2797 01:27:36,351 --> 01:27:37,619 THAT'S THROUGHOUT SEATTLE, BUT 2798 01:27:37,619 --> 01:27:40,355 IN PARTICULAR, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, 2799 01:27:40,355 --> 01:27:42,156 RAINIER BEACH, NEWHOLLY, RAINIER 2800 01:27:42,156 --> 01:27:46,527 VISTA, AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN MOST 2801 01:27:46,527 --> 01:27:50,164 IMPACTED. I ALSO JUST WANT TO 2802 01:27:50,164 --> 01:27:53,501 SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OF, OF 2803 01:27:53,501 --> 01:27:54,736 WORKING. I FULLY AGREE THAT IT 2804 01:27:54,736 --> 01:27:58,072 NEEDS TO BE AN ALL HANDS ON DECK 2805 01:27:58,072 --> 01:27:58,706 APPROACH AND THAT THAT INCLUDES 2806 01:27:58,706 --> 01:28:00,942 IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR 2807 01:28:00,942 --> 01:28:02,377 PUBLIC SAFETY. IT INCLUDES THE 2808 01:28:02,377 --> 01:28:03,811 OPEN AIR DRUG, DRUG MARKETS. 2809 01:28:03,811 --> 01:28:06,214 WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT. 2810 01:28:06,214 --> 01:28:08,082 THERE'S A HUMAN SERVICES 2811 01:28:08,082 --> 01:28:10,118 COMPONENT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A 2812 01:28:10,118 --> 01:28:11,486 COMPLETE POLICE COMPONENT. AND 2813 01:28:11,486 --> 01:28:13,988 CERTAINLY WHEN IT COMES TO GUN 2814 01:28:13,988 --> 01:28:18,359 VIOLENCE AS WELL, AS YOU HEARD, 2815 01:28:18,359 --> 01:28:20,161 THERE'S A SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR 2816 01:28:20,161 --> 01:28:21,162 WHO WHO TESTIFIED EARLIER TODAY, 2817 01:28:21,162 --> 01:28:23,131 JEN LAVALLEY, REPRESENTING 2818 01:28:23,131 --> 01:28:24,766 SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, WHO HAS BEEN 2819 01:28:24,766 --> 01:28:26,267 IN WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH ME AND 2820 01:28:26,267 --> 01:28:28,202 MY TEAM WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC 2821 01:28:28,202 --> 01:28:30,638 SCHOOLS, PRINCIPALS, SEATTLE 2822 01:28:30,638 --> 01:28:33,174 PUBLIC SCHOOLS SECURITY STAFF, 2823 01:28:33,174 --> 01:28:34,442 CAPTAIN TUTTLE, THE KING COUNTY 2824 01:28:34,442 --> 01:28:36,744 OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE 2825 01:28:36,744 --> 01:28:37,845 PREVENTION, NONPROFIT PARTNERS. 2826 01:28:37,845 --> 01:28:39,147 WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT 2827 01:28:39,147 --> 01:28:43,084 COLLABORATION, AND IT HAS BEEN 2828 01:28:43,084 --> 01:28:46,788 MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SHOTS 2829 01:28:46,788 --> 01:28:50,324 FIRED. ACCORDING TO SPD'S 2830 01:28:50,324 --> 01:28:51,526 DASHBOARD, DOWN 70% IN SOUTH 2831 01:28:51,526 --> 01:28:53,161 SEATTLE AND THE SOUTH PRECINCT. 2832 01:28:53,161 --> 01:28:55,797 EXCUSE ME. THAT INCLUDES SOME 2833 01:28:55,797 --> 01:28:58,533 PARTS OF D1 SOTO BECAUSE THOSE 2834 01:28:58,533 --> 01:29:00,902 PRECINCTS DON'T NECESSARILY 2835 01:29:00,902 --> 01:29:01,969 MATCH OUR DISTRICTS. BUT THAT'S 2836 01:29:01,969 --> 01:29:04,839 GREAT. THAT'S GREAT NEWS. DOWN 2837 01:29:04,839 --> 01:29:06,774 70%. AND AND YET SOUTH SEATTLE 2838 01:29:06,774 --> 01:29:09,043 STILL HAS MORE GUNSHOTS FIRED 2839 01:29:09,043 --> 01:29:10,411 THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT. SO 2840 01:29:10,411 --> 01:29:12,447 PROGRESS IS GOOD. WE HAVE SO 2841 01:29:12,447 --> 01:29:18,152 MUCH MORE WORK TO DO. BUT AS YOU 2842 01:29:18,152 --> 01:29:18,786 MENTIONED, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 2843 01:29:18,786 --> 01:29:20,955 THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE ALL OF 2844 01:29:20,955 --> 01:29:22,990 US. THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE BUY 2845 01:29:22,990 --> 01:29:25,727 IN. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK ABOUT, 2846 01:29:25,727 --> 01:29:28,796 YOU KNOW, THE POSITIVE SUPPORTS 2847 01:29:28,796 --> 01:29:30,164 PIECE OF THIS, WHICH IS 2848 01:29:30,164 --> 01:29:33,201 CRITICAL. I WAS ON A CALL ON 2849 01:29:33,201 --> 01:29:34,469 MONDAY THAT SAME CALL WITH ALL 2850 01:29:34,469 --> 01:29:35,636 THESE DIFFERENT PARTNERS. AND 2851 01:29:35,636 --> 01:29:36,904 WHAT I KEEP HEARING IS WE NEED 2852 01:29:36,904 --> 01:29:38,673 JOBS. WE NEED JOBS FOR, FOR 2853 01:29:38,673 --> 01:29:41,642 THESE YOUNG FOLKS. AND WE DO 2854 01:29:41,642 --> 01:29:43,845 HAVE JOB PROGRAMS. WE HAVE THE 2855 01:29:43,845 --> 01:29:44,378 SEATTLE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 2856 01:29:44,378 --> 01:29:45,980 PROGRAM, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WE 2857 01:29:45,980 --> 01:29:47,415 ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT 2858 01:29:47,415 --> 01:29:48,082 THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 2859 01:29:48,082 --> 01:29:49,817 SOME WE IN MY OPINION, WE 2860 01:29:49,817 --> 01:29:52,453 PROBABLY NEED TO DEDICATE SOME 2861 01:29:52,453 --> 01:29:55,156 SLOTS FOR THESE MOST IMPACTED 2862 01:29:55,156 --> 01:29:56,958 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO. SO THAT WE CAN 2863 01:29:56,958 --> 01:29:58,960 GUARANTEE THEM THE JOB, NOT JUST 2864 01:29:58,960 --> 01:30:00,428 SAY, GO APPLY, YOU KNOW, OR HELP 2865 01:30:00,428 --> 01:30:03,398 THEM APPLY, BUT ASSURE THEM THAT 2866 01:30:03,398 --> 01:30:04,766 IF THEY'RE READY TO TAKE THAT 2867 01:30:04,766 --> 01:30:06,100 NEXT STEP, THERE'S A GUARANTEE 2868 01:30:06,100 --> 01:30:07,568 OF A JOB. THERE'S A GUARANTEE OF 2869 01:30:07,568 --> 01:30:09,470 MENTORING AND SUPPORT. AND SO 2870 01:30:09,470 --> 01:30:11,339 THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO WORK 2871 01:30:11,339 --> 01:30:13,241 TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WITH THE 2872 01:30:13,241 --> 01:30:14,275 HSD, WHO'S GOING TO DO THE 2873 01:30:14,275 --> 01:30:15,977 SEATTLE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OR 2874 01:30:15,977 --> 01:30:16,644 WHOEVER, THE EMPLOYERS ARE GOING 2875 01:30:16,644 --> 01:30:18,946 TO BE, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE WE 2876 01:30:18,946 --> 01:30:22,417 NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. ONE OTHER 2877 01:30:22,417 --> 01:30:24,418 PART FOR ME WAS JUST AND, YOU 2878 01:30:24,418 --> 01:30:26,387 KNOW, WE HEARD FROM OUR 2879 01:30:26,387 --> 01:30:28,289 CONSULTANT, DAVIDA BRISCO. IT 2880 01:30:28,289 --> 01:30:30,458 TOOK SEVERAL TRIES FOR FOR 2881 01:30:30,458 --> 01:30:32,160 BALTIMORE TO GET IT QUITE RIGHT. 2882 01:30:32,160 --> 01:30:33,694 AND I BELIEVE ON THE THIRD TRY 2883 01:30:33,694 --> 01:30:36,497 THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD MULTIPLE 2884 01:30:36,497 --> 01:30:39,066 CONSULTANTS. AND SO FOR ME, 2885 01:30:39,066 --> 01:30:41,402 IT'S LESS ABOUT A PARTICULAR 2886 01:30:41,402 --> 01:30:44,138 CONSULTANT, ALTHOUGH I'M VERY 2887 01:30:44,138 --> 01:30:46,174 NO PROBLEMS WITH THE NATIONAL 2888 01:30:46,174 --> 01:30:47,108 NETWORK, BUT I KNOW THAT THE 2889 01:30:47,108 --> 01:30:49,610 MAYOR HAD PUT OUT HER PROPOSAL 2890 01:30:49,610 --> 01:30:51,445 TODAY, OR HER PLAN, WHICH 2891 01:30:51,445 --> 01:30:53,247 INCLUDED SOME OTHER PARTNERS, 2892 01:30:53,247 --> 01:30:58,219 AND I WOULD HOPE THAT CHOOSING 2893 01:30:58,219 --> 01:30:58,786 THE NATIONAL NETWORK OR THE 2894 01:30:58,786 --> 01:31:00,655 SCOPE OF WORK DOES NOT PRECLUDE 2895 01:31:00,655 --> 01:31:03,157 WORKING WITH OTHERS, DOES NOT 2896 01:31:03,157 --> 01:31:09,497 PRECLUDE COLLABORATION AND 2897 01:31:09,497 --> 01:31:12,400 PARTNERSHIP. AND I'LL JUST END 2898 01:31:12,400 --> 01:31:15,369 ON ONE POINT, YOU KNOW, I THINK 2899 01:31:15,369 --> 01:31:17,205 THIS IS A AGAIN, GOING TO 2900 01:31:17,205 --> 01:31:18,372 REQUIRE ALL OF US WORKING 2901 01:31:18,372 --> 01:31:24,078 TOGETHER OBVIOUSLY, THERE HAS 2902 01:31:24,078 --> 01:31:24,612 BEEN SOME TENSION BETWEEN 2903 01:31:24,612 --> 01:31:27,248 COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 2904 01:31:27,248 --> 01:31:31,219 IF HIRING THIS CONSULTANT, IF IF 2905 01:31:31,219 --> 01:31:32,487 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN 2906 01:31:32,487 --> 01:31:36,090 DO IS HELP US, YOU KNOW, WORK 2907 01:31:36,090 --> 01:31:37,558 BETTER TOGETHER, THAT WILL BE 2908 01:31:37,558 --> 01:31:39,727 WORTH EVERY PENNY I WAS ALSO 2909 01:31:39,727 --> 01:31:41,295 JUST SAY WE'VE HAD TENSION 2910 01:31:41,295 --> 01:31:43,130 BETWEEN THE CITY HALL AND SOME 2911 01:31:43,130 --> 01:31:44,966 OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS. WE'VE 2912 01:31:44,966 --> 01:31:47,835 HAD ISSUES WITH CONTRACTING WITH 2913 01:31:47,835 --> 01:31:50,171 PAYMENTS AND I THINK THAT THOSE 2914 01:31:50,171 --> 01:31:52,540 CAN BE IMPROVED UPON. I THINK 2915 01:31:52,540 --> 01:31:53,608 THEY'LL NEED TO BE AMENDED TO 2916 01:31:53,608 --> 01:31:55,109 TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S 2917 01:31:55,109 --> 01:31:57,478 FOCUSED DETERRENCE AS PART OF 2918 01:31:57,478 --> 01:31:58,679 THOSE CONTRACTS. SO, YOU KNOW, I 2919 01:31:58,679 --> 01:32:01,115 THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF GOOD 2920 01:32:01,115 --> 01:32:03,885 WORK THAT CAN HAPPEN. AND 2921 01:32:03,885 --> 01:32:05,853 CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO, TO 2922 01:32:05,853 --> 01:32:09,390 ANY SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GET. I 2923 01:32:09,390 --> 01:32:12,760 DO THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF STRONG 2924 01:32:12,760 --> 01:32:14,629 PARTNERS THAT ARE DOING GOOD 2925 01:32:14,629 --> 01:32:16,731 WORK NOW. IT CAN BE IMPROVED 2926 01:32:16,731 --> 01:32:18,199 UPON. WE ALSO HAVE THE KING 2927 01:32:18,199 --> 01:32:20,034 COUNTY OFFICE OF REGIONAL GUN 2928 01:32:20,034 --> 01:32:22,103 VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT HAS 2929 01:32:22,103 --> 01:32:25,940 DEEP EXPERTISE. YOU KNOW, I SEE 2930 01:32:25,940 --> 01:32:27,542 DEONTE AT EVERY SINGLE EVENT I 2931 01:32:27,542 --> 01:32:29,176 GO TO FROM THAT OFFICE. LUTHRA, 2932 01:32:29,176 --> 01:32:31,846 WHO LEADS THAT OFFICE, WHO HAS 2933 01:32:31,846 --> 01:32:33,581 BEEN WORKING IN THIS SPACE FOR 2934 01:32:33,581 --> 01:32:35,917 FOR DECADES, AND WHO REMINDS ME 2935 01:32:35,917 --> 01:32:38,953 THAT IN 2012, 2013, 2014, WE GOT 2936 01:32:38,953 --> 01:32:40,588 TO ZERO DEATHS FOR, FOR YOUTH 2937 01:32:40,588 --> 01:32:45,059 UNDER 18. AND IT'S THAT'S BOTH 2938 01:32:45,059 --> 01:32:47,695 INSPIRING. IT'S ALSO DEVASTATING 2939 01:32:47,695 --> 01:32:49,530 THAT OBVIOUSLY WE WENT 2940 01:32:49,530 --> 01:32:50,698 BACKWARDS. AND I THINK THERE'S 2941 01:32:50,698 --> 01:32:53,034 REASONS FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, 2942 01:32:53,034 --> 01:32:55,102 AFTER COVID, AFTER THE MASSIVE 2943 01:32:55,102 --> 01:32:59,874 LOSS OF OFFICERS AND, YOU KNOW, 2944 01:32:59,874 --> 01:33:00,474 THIS TAKES ONGOING DEDICATED 2945 01:33:00,474 --> 01:33:04,145 COMMITMENT AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, 2946 01:33:04,145 --> 01:33:06,113 SAD THAT WE SORT OF WENT 2947 01:33:06,113 --> 01:33:08,950 BACKWARDS. BUT I DO THINK WE 2948 01:33:08,950 --> 01:33:11,085 BOTH HAVE THE, THE PIECES THAT 2949 01:33:11,085 --> 01:33:13,521 WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS. IT IS 2950 01:33:13,521 --> 01:33:14,956 GOING TO REQUIRE COLLABORATION, 2951 01:33:14,956 --> 01:33:17,158 BUT ALSO HAPPY TO HAVE ALL THE 2952 01:33:17,158 --> 01:33:19,694 SUPPORT WE CAN GET FROM, FROM 2953 01:33:19,694 --> 01:33:23,230 FEDERAL OR NATIONWIDE EXPERTS. I 2954 01:33:23,230 --> 01:33:25,466 WILL END IT THERE. THANK YOU. 2955 01:33:25,466 --> 01:33:26,634 LET'S LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO 2956 01:33:26,634 --> 01:33:27,902 GET THIS DONE. 2957 01:33:27,902 --> 01:33:29,937 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2958 01:33:29,937 --> 01:33:33,274 WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 2959 01:33:33,274 --> 01:33:33,975 FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2960 01:33:33,975 --> 01:33:34,442 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 2961 01:33:34,442 --> 01:33:36,844 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2962 01:33:36,844 --> 01:33:37,378 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 2963 01:33:37,378 --> 01:33:39,180 UNDERSTAND THAT THE NATIONAL 2964 01:33:39,180 --> 01:33:40,982 NETWORK OF SAFE COMMUNITIES WAS 2965 01:33:40,982 --> 01:33:43,484 REFERENCED IN THE 2015 AND 2025 2966 01:33:43,484 --> 01:33:44,618 AUDITOR'S REPORT. I WANTED TO 2967 01:33:44,618 --> 01:33:45,720 DO SOME OF MY OWN DUE DILIGENCE 2968 01:33:45,720 --> 01:33:47,488 ON THIS MATTER AS WELL. SO I DO 2969 01:33:47,488 --> 01:33:48,856 HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR 2970 01:33:48,856 --> 01:33:50,191 YOU AS SPONSOR OF THIS 2971 01:33:50,191 --> 01:33:51,292 RESOLUTION. BEFORE WE VOTED ON 2972 01:33:51,292 --> 01:33:54,428 THIS ITEM, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE 2973 01:33:54,428 --> 01:33:55,529 THERE'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET 2974 01:33:55,529 --> 01:33:57,131 SOME OF THIS INFORMATION ON THE 2975 01:33:57,131 --> 01:33:58,799 RECORD BEFORE TAKING OUR FULL 2976 01:33:58,799 --> 01:34:02,470 VOTE. SO WE KNOW THAT ANY 2977 01:34:02,470 --> 01:34:03,104 UNIFIED APPROACH TO ADDRESSING 2978 01:34:03,104 --> 01:34:04,705 GUN VIOLENCE IS GOING TO 2979 01:34:04,705 --> 01:34:07,074 REQUIRE, AS COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2980 01:34:07,074 --> 01:34:09,977 NOTED, CLOSE COORDINATION, 2981 01:34:09,977 --> 01:34:10,411 COLLABORATION, AND 2982 01:34:10,411 --> 01:34:11,412 ACCOUNTABILITY FROM LAW 2983 01:34:11,412 --> 01:34:13,514 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, CITY 2984 01:34:13,514 --> 01:34:14,115 DEPARTMENTS, OTHER GOVERNMENT 2985 01:34:14,115 --> 01:34:16,550 ENTITIES, AND COMMUNITY 2986 01:34:16,550 --> 01:34:18,352 ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE 2987 01:34:18,352 --> 01:34:19,553 CONSULTANT HIRED BY THIS BODY, 2988 01:34:19,553 --> 01:34:20,955 WHO WAS ALSO REFERENCED, DAVID 2989 01:34:20,955 --> 01:34:23,691 BRISCO, HAS RECOMMENDED A AN 2990 01:34:23,691 --> 01:34:25,459 OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION OR 2991 01:34:25,459 --> 01:34:27,261 A SIMILAR DESIGNATED CENTRAL 2992 01:34:27,261 --> 01:34:28,562 AUTHORITY TO DRIVE THIS WORK. 2993 01:34:28,562 --> 01:34:30,498 AND AS WAS ALSO MENTIONED, THE 2994 01:34:30,498 --> 01:34:32,433 MAYOR JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW 2995 01:34:32,433 --> 01:34:35,302 STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES A NEW 2996 01:34:35,302 --> 01:34:36,137 DIRECTOR OF GUN VIOLENCE 2997 01:34:36,137 --> 01:34:37,138 REDUCTION TO BE SEATED WITHIN 2998 01:34:37,138 --> 01:34:39,540 THE CARE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL 2999 01:34:39,540 --> 01:34:40,875 SERVE AS THE CITY'S COMMAND 3000 01:34:40,875 --> 01:34:42,877 CENTER FOR GUN VIOLENCE 3001 01:34:42,877 --> 01:34:44,245 REDUCTION STRATEGIES. AND SO 3002 01:34:44,245 --> 01:34:46,113 I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN UNPACK 3003 01:34:46,113 --> 01:34:48,716 A LITTLE BIT HOW YOU SEE THIS 3004 01:34:48,716 --> 01:34:51,519 CONTRACTOR SPECIFICALLY, HOW 3005 01:34:51,519 --> 01:34:52,820 THIS CONTRACTOR WOULD BE 3006 01:34:52,820 --> 01:34:54,889 SUPPORTING OR POTENTIALLY 3007 01:34:54,889 --> 01:34:56,223 DIVERGE FROM THE STRATEGY THAT 3008 01:34:56,223 --> 01:34:57,525 HAS NOW BEEN SET IN MOTION AND 3009 01:34:57,525 --> 01:34:59,193 HOW WE ARE GOING TO KEEP 3010 01:34:59,193 --> 01:35:01,395 EVERYONE ALIGNED, WORKING UNDER 3011 01:35:01,395 --> 01:35:03,731 A UNIFIED STRATEGY. 3012 01:35:03,731 --> 01:35:05,566 -- AND I WILL PASS IT TO YOU. 3013 01:35:05,566 --> 01:35:06,634 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, TO ANSWER 3014 01:35:06,634 --> 01:35:08,736 THAT QUESTION. 3015 01:35:08,736 --> 01:35:09,370 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3016 01:35:09,370 --> 01:35:11,338 AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3017 01:35:11,338 --> 01:35:15,276 RINCK, FOR THE QUESTION. ONE OF 3018 01:35:15,276 --> 01:35:15,810 THE FIRST THINGS THAT THE 3019 01:35:15,810 --> 01:35:16,877 NETWORK DOES, THE NATIONAL 3020 01:35:16,877 --> 01:35:18,746 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES IS 3021 01:35:18,746 --> 01:35:20,881 DO A TYPE OF LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS, 3022 01:35:20,881 --> 01:35:24,285 BECAUSE THIS THIS FOCUSED 3023 01:35:24,285 --> 01:35:25,753 DETERRENCE APPROACH WILL HAVE TO 3024 01:35:25,753 --> 01:35:27,688 WORK FOR SEATTLE. NOT EVERY CITY 3025 01:35:27,688 --> 01:35:29,457 IS THE SAME. SO THEY WORK WITH 3026 01:35:29,457 --> 01:35:31,959 US COLLECTIVELY TO MAKE SURE 3027 01:35:31,959 --> 01:35:34,161 THAT THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGY IS 3028 01:35:34,161 --> 01:35:39,300 GOING TO WORK IN SEATTLE. AND SO 3029 01:35:39,300 --> 01:35:42,770 THE IN TERMS OF WHERE THE WORK 3030 01:35:42,770 --> 01:35:44,572 SITS AND SOME OF THESE OTHER 3031 01:35:44,572 --> 01:35:45,973 CITIES, THE WORK SITS IN AN 3032 01:35:45,973 --> 01:35:48,943 OFFICE THAT HAS BEEN CREATED 3033 01:35:48,943 --> 01:35:50,544 WITHIN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I 3034 01:35:50,544 --> 01:35:51,679 UNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS CASE, 3035 01:35:51,679 --> 01:35:53,714 THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING 3036 01:35:53,714 --> 01:35:56,250 SHE WANTS TO MOVE ALL OUR 3037 01:35:56,250 --> 01:35:58,018 COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENTS, I 3038 01:35:58,018 --> 01:36:00,554 BELIEVE, TO THE CARE DEPARTMENT. 3039 01:36:00,554 --> 01:36:02,089 THAT'S ONE STRATEGY. I DON'T 3040 01:36:02,089 --> 01:36:04,625 HAVE A FEELING ABOUT WHETHER IT 3041 01:36:04,625 --> 01:36:06,260 SHOULD SIT IN CARE OR IN THE 3042 01:36:06,260 --> 01:36:07,661 MAYOR'S OFFICE. THAT IS 3043 01:36:07,661 --> 01:36:09,130 SOMETHING TO BE DETERMINED AS WE 3044 01:36:09,130 --> 01:36:10,631 WORK WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK 3045 01:36:10,631 --> 01:36:15,703 FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES. THE THING 3046 01:36:15,703 --> 01:36:17,505 THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT 3047 01:36:17,505 --> 01:36:19,607 WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER, 3048 01:36:19,607 --> 01:36:21,642 ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, 3049 01:36:21,642 --> 01:36:22,743 AND THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS 3050 01:36:22,743 --> 01:36:26,947 TO BE A PART OF THIS EFFORT. 3051 01:36:26,947 --> 01:36:28,115 FOCUS DETERRENCE WITHOUT LAW. 3052 01:36:28,115 --> 01:36:30,417 AND I WILL SAY THE THING ABOUT 3053 01:36:30,417 --> 01:36:32,653 THIS EFFORT AND COUNCILMEMBER 3054 01:36:32,653 --> 01:36:34,054 LIN, YOU DIDN'T ASK ME THIS 3055 01:36:34,054 --> 01:36:35,222 QUESTION, BUT SINCE YOU RAISED 3056 01:36:35,222 --> 01:36:37,458 IT, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS 3057 01:36:37,458 --> 01:36:40,227 BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT. IS 3058 01:36:40,227 --> 01:36:42,263 THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS PART OF 3059 01:36:42,263 --> 01:36:43,397 WHY BALTIMORE TRIED THIS A 3060 01:36:43,397 --> 01:36:45,566 COUPLE TIMES AND IT DIDN'T QUITE 3061 01:36:45,566 --> 01:36:47,134 WORK. PART OF IT WAS BECAUSE 3062 01:36:47,134 --> 01:36:49,804 THEY DIDN'T DO IT TO FIDELITY. 3063 01:36:49,804 --> 01:36:51,205 SOMETIMES FOLKS WANT TO USE BITS 3064 01:36:51,205 --> 01:36:54,942 AND PIECES OF SOMETHING, AND 3065 01:36:54,942 --> 01:36:56,610 IT'S IT HAD TO WORK. IT HAS TO 3066 01:36:56,610 --> 01:36:58,345 BE DONE WITH FIDELITY. SO YOU 3067 01:36:58,345 --> 01:37:01,549 NEED ALL THE PIECES. YOU NEED 3068 01:37:01,549 --> 01:37:03,317 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THAT THREE 3069 01:37:03,317 --> 01:37:06,120 LEGGED STOOL BEING THE LAW 3070 01:37:06,120 --> 01:37:07,855 ENFORCEMENT, THE SERVICE 3071 01:37:07,855 --> 01:37:08,389 PROVIDERS, INCLUDING THE 3072 01:37:08,389 --> 01:37:11,792 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 3073 01:37:11,792 --> 01:37:12,927 AND THEN YOU NEED THE MORAL 3074 01:37:12,927 --> 01:37:14,762 VOICES, WHICH ARE THOSE VOICES 3075 01:37:14,762 --> 01:37:16,363 IN COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE 3076 01:37:16,363 --> 01:37:18,332 RESPECT. OUR FAITH LEADERS, OUR 3077 01:37:18,332 --> 01:37:20,568 ELDERS, YOU KNOW, OTHER GROWN 3078 01:37:20,568 --> 01:37:24,471 UPS, PARENTS, A BEVY OF FOLKS IN 3079 01:37:24,471 --> 01:37:27,374 MENTORS AND COMMUNITY THAT ARE 3080 01:37:27,374 --> 01:37:28,742 THAT REALLY HOLD THE RESPECT OF 3081 01:37:28,742 --> 01:37:30,211 THE COMMUNITY. ALL THOSE THREE 3082 01:37:30,211 --> 01:37:32,346 PIECES HAVE TO BE IN PLACE, 3083 01:37:32,346 --> 01:37:33,781 WORKING TOGETHER AND IN TANDEM. 3084 01:37:33,781 --> 01:37:35,449 AND OF COURSE, IT HAS TO BE THE 3085 01:37:35,449 --> 01:37:37,218 CITY WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY 3086 01:37:37,218 --> 01:37:39,520 PARTNERS. ACTUALLY, OUR COUNTY 3087 01:37:39,520 --> 01:37:40,654 PARTNERS WERE ALSO I LEFT THEM 3088 01:37:40,654 --> 01:37:41,922 OUT OF MY LIST, BUT THEY WERE 3089 01:37:41,922 --> 01:37:46,093 ALSO AT THE SYMPOSIUM. THE KING 3090 01:37:46,093 --> 01:37:48,195 COUNTY OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE 3091 01:37:48,195 --> 01:37:48,762 PREVENTION WAS ALSO AT THE 3092 01:37:48,762 --> 01:37:51,232 SYMPOSIUM. SO IT'S EVERYBODY 3093 01:37:51,232 --> 01:37:52,800 WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS 3094 01:37:52,800 --> 01:37:54,735 HAPPEN. WHERE IT SITS CAN BE OUT 3095 01:37:54,735 --> 01:37:57,071 OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, OR I 3096 01:37:57,071 --> 01:38:00,808 SUPPOSE IT COULD BE IN CARE 3097 01:38:00,808 --> 01:38:01,375 OTHER OTHER CITIES DON'T 3098 01:38:01,375 --> 01:38:02,610 NECESSARILY HAVE A CARE 3099 01:38:02,610 --> 01:38:04,678 DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT'S TO BE 3100 01:38:04,678 --> 01:38:07,081 DETERMINED AS WE DO THE WORK. 3101 01:38:07,081 --> 01:38:09,083 DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? 3102 01:38:09,083 --> 01:38:10,618 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 3103 01:38:10,618 --> 01:38:11,652 COUNCILMEMBER. SO I KNOW THAT 3104 01:38:11,652 --> 01:38:15,389 THERE'S GOING TO BE QUESTIONS 3105 01:38:15,389 --> 01:38:17,091 BETWEEN COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND 3106 01:38:17,091 --> 01:38:17,691 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. YOU ALL 3107 01:38:17,691 --> 01:38:19,026 DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME IF 3108 01:38:19,026 --> 01:38:20,060 I CAN BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, NOT 3109 01:38:20,060 --> 01:38:21,929 HAVE TO DO THAT. SO I'LL LET YOU 3110 01:38:21,929 --> 01:38:23,063 ALL HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS BACK 3111 01:38:23,063 --> 01:38:24,164 AND FORTH, IF THAT'S OKAY. ALL 3112 01:38:24,164 --> 01:38:25,666 RIGHT. I WON'T GO BACK AND 3113 01:38:25,666 --> 01:38:28,102 FORTH. SO. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3114 01:38:28,102 --> 01:38:30,104 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3115 01:38:30,104 --> 01:38:30,704 AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND 3116 01:38:30,704 --> 01:38:32,940 THANKS FOR HANGING WITH US. JUST 3117 01:38:32,940 --> 01:38:34,808 ON THE PARLIAMENTARIAN PART, 3118 01:38:34,808 --> 01:38:36,043 I'M SEEING THAT COUNCILMEMBER 3119 01:38:36,043 --> 01:38:36,911 KETTLE WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN. 3120 01:38:36,911 --> 01:38:41,248 -- YES. I JUST WANTED TO ADD 3121 01:38:41,248 --> 01:38:43,050 THAT. THIS PROGRAM, AS 3122 01:38:43,050 --> 01:38:46,921 MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM IS 3123 01:38:46,921 --> 01:38:48,422 LOCAL. AND SO PLACING THAT 3124 01:38:48,422 --> 01:38:50,391 COORDINATOR IN CARE, THAT IS THE 3125 01:38:50,391 --> 01:38:51,458 ONE REALLY INTERESTING PIECE. 3126 01:38:51,458 --> 01:38:53,661 AND YOU KNOW, THAT PERSON MAY BE 3127 01:38:53,661 --> 01:38:54,862 SAM DARNOLD OR DUE TO INJURY 3128 01:38:54,862 --> 01:38:57,564 DREW LOCK. BUT THAT IS THE THAT 3129 01:38:57,564 --> 01:38:58,999 IS THE AREA OF INTEREST BECAUSE 3130 01:38:58,999 --> 01:39:01,035 A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF 3131 01:39:01,035 --> 01:39:02,102 THE MAYOR'S PLAN HAVE ALREADY 3132 01:39:02,102 --> 01:39:04,338 BEEN THERE. LIKE I SAID, THIS 3133 01:39:04,338 --> 01:39:06,740 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PIECE WAS 3134 01:39:06,740 --> 01:39:10,311 ALREADY IN THE CARE DEPARTMENT. 3135 01:39:10,311 --> 01:39:13,180 BUT PLACING THAT DISPOSITION AND 3136 01:39:13,180 --> 01:39:14,782 I TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR 3137 01:39:14,782 --> 01:39:16,250 KIM ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF 3138 01:39:16,250 --> 01:39:17,251 PASSING FROM, YOU KNOW, BUDGET, 3139 01:39:17,251 --> 01:39:19,320 FROM HSD TO CARE AND SO FORTH. 3140 01:39:19,320 --> 01:39:20,821 WE DID IT BEFORE WITH PDA THAT 3141 01:39:20,821 --> 01:39:23,657 WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO 3142 01:39:23,657 --> 01:39:24,992 IT. AND THE, THE REALLY THE ONE 3143 01:39:24,992 --> 01:39:27,895 PIECE OF THE MAYOR'S PLAN THAT 3144 01:39:27,895 --> 01:39:30,064 REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS 3145 01:39:30,064 --> 01:39:30,531 LOOKING TO DEVELOP A 3146 01:39:30,531 --> 01:39:32,399 RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE 3147 01:39:32,399 --> 01:39:33,734 COMMUNITY SAFETY GROUPS, MUCH 3148 01:39:33,734 --> 01:39:35,936 LIKE, YOU KNOW, PDA DOES, YOU 3149 01:39:35,936 --> 01:39:37,571 KNOW, WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE 3150 01:39:37,571 --> 01:39:40,574 LEAD PROGRAM AND SO FORTH. AND 3151 01:39:40,574 --> 01:39:41,175 THEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE 3152 01:39:41,175 --> 01:39:42,710 AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT 3153 01:39:42,710 --> 01:39:43,877 PAIRING, YOU KNOW, TO WORK WITH, 3154 01:39:43,877 --> 01:39:45,612 YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF PDA IN THIS 3155 01:39:45,612 --> 01:39:46,880 CASE, IN TERMS OF DIVERSION, IT 3156 01:39:46,880 --> 01:39:49,149 WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY SAFETY 3157 01:39:49,149 --> 01:39:50,284 ORGANIZATIONS FROM THIS POSITION 3158 01:39:50,284 --> 01:39:52,086 AS, AS, AS, AS ANNOUNCED IN THE 3159 01:39:52,086 --> 01:39:53,320 MAYOR'S PLAN. AND IT IS THE ONE 3160 01:39:53,320 --> 01:39:55,422 PIECE THAT'S OF GREAT INTEREST 3161 01:39:55,422 --> 01:39:56,490 TO ME. 3162 01:39:56,490 --> 01:39:58,359 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3163 01:39:58,359 --> 01:39:58,993 KETTLE. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. SO 3164 01:39:58,993 --> 01:40:00,594 THE FLOOR IS STILL YOURS. 3165 01:40:00,594 --> 01:40:02,796 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3166 01:40:02,796 --> 01:40:04,631 AND THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. 3167 01:40:04,631 --> 01:40:06,867 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I, I 3168 01:40:06,867 --> 01:40:07,868 APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE BECAUSE 3169 01:40:07,868 --> 01:40:08,469 IT ALSO SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF 3170 01:40:08,469 --> 01:40:12,272 OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, 3171 01:40:12,272 --> 01:40:12,906 PARTICULARLY AROUND WHERE YOUR 3172 01:40:12,906 --> 01:40:14,875 INTENTION FOR THIS CONTRACT TO 3173 01:40:14,875 --> 01:40:15,576 BE HOUSED, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH 3174 01:40:15,576 --> 01:40:16,910 THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 3175 01:40:16,910 --> 01:40:20,180 WHICH I OVERSEE AS CHAIR OR 3176 01:40:20,180 --> 01:40:21,181 WITHIN THE CARE DEPARTMENT, I'M 3177 01:40:21,181 --> 01:40:22,683 HEARING FROM YOU THAT THAT IS TO 3178 01:40:22,683 --> 01:40:23,283 BE DETERMINED AND JUST WOULD 3179 01:40:23,283 --> 01:40:26,186 LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT POINT. I DO 3180 01:40:26,186 --> 01:40:28,222 BELIEVE THAT HSD IS THE ONLY 3181 01:40:28,222 --> 01:40:29,623 DEPARTMENT THAT HAS THE 3182 01:40:29,623 --> 01:40:31,725 AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SOLE SOURCE 3183 01:40:31,725 --> 01:40:33,927 CONTRACTS. SO WITH THE EXECUTIVE 3184 01:40:33,927 --> 01:40:35,295 UNIFYING GUN VIOLENCE UNDER 3185 01:40:35,295 --> 01:40:36,797 CARE, I'M WONDERING ABOUT HOW 3186 01:40:36,797 --> 01:40:37,598 THAT KIND OF INTERPLAY MAY BE. 3187 01:40:37,598 --> 01:40:40,334 AND I HOPE FOLKS HEAR THAT MY 3188 01:40:40,334 --> 01:40:41,435 QUESTIONS FOR TODAY ARE MORE 3189 01:40:41,435 --> 01:40:42,703 ABOUT HOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD 3190 01:40:42,703 --> 01:40:43,771 AND HOW ALL THESE PIECES COME 3191 01:40:43,771 --> 01:40:44,505 TOGETHER, AND HOW WE'RE DOING 3192 01:40:44,505 --> 01:40:46,874 THIS WORK TOGETHER AS A CITY. 3193 01:40:46,874 --> 01:40:48,409 -- SO I WILL SAY, COUNCILMEMBER 3194 01:40:48,409 --> 01:40:49,777 RINCK, I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASKING 3195 01:40:49,777 --> 01:40:52,179 ME ABOUT IF WE ENTER INTO THE 3196 01:40:52,179 --> 01:40:54,381 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL 3197 01:40:54,381 --> 01:40:57,351 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITY 3198 01:40:57,351 --> 01:40:58,752 COMMUNITIES, WHERE THAT WORK 3199 01:40:58,752 --> 01:41:02,289 WOULD BE HOUSED TYPICALLY THIS 3200 01:41:02,289 --> 01:41:04,191 CONTRACT WOULD SIT WITHIN A 3201 01:41:04,191 --> 01:41:05,426 MAYOR'S OFFICE. THAT IS WHAT 3202 01:41:05,426 --> 01:41:07,895 THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 3203 01:41:07,895 --> 01:41:08,896 COMMUNITY SAYS WORKS BEST. AND 3204 01:41:08,896 --> 01:41:11,198 IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IT IS A 3205 01:41:11,198 --> 01:41:14,268 MAYOR WHO NEEDS TO BE VERY 3206 01:41:14,268 --> 01:41:17,204 ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN BRINGING 3207 01:41:17,204 --> 01:41:17,838 ALL THE PARTNERS TOGETHER. SO I 3208 01:41:17,838 --> 01:41:19,540 WILL SAY, IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL 3209 01:41:19,540 --> 01:41:20,874 CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL 3210 01:41:20,874 --> 01:41:22,676 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES, 3211 01:41:22,676 --> 01:41:23,477 THE VISION WOULD BE IS THAT IT 3212 01:41:23,477 --> 01:41:24,945 WOULD SIT WITHIN THE MAYOR'S 3213 01:41:24,945 --> 01:41:26,079 OFFICE, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES 3214 01:41:26,079 --> 01:41:28,682 THAT WOULD BE OVERSEEING THIS 3215 01:41:28,682 --> 01:41:31,585 CONTRACT WITH THIS PARTICULAR 3216 01:41:31,585 --> 01:41:33,854 AGENCY. AND MY UNDERSTANDING 3217 01:41:33,854 --> 01:41:35,189 FROM MY PAST WORKING IN THE 3218 01:41:35,189 --> 01:41:36,990 MAYOR'S OFFICE IS THAT THE 3219 01:41:36,990 --> 01:41:38,225 MAYOR'S OFFICE IS, AND I 3220 01:41:38,225 --> 01:41:40,761 BELIEVE THEY ALREADY HAVE 3221 01:41:40,761 --> 01:41:43,130 ALLOWED TO CONTRACT DIRECTLY 3222 01:41:43,130 --> 01:41:44,698 WITH HAVE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS. 3223 01:41:44,698 --> 01:41:47,301 AND THAT IS THIS AMOUNT IS BELOW 3224 01:41:47,301 --> 01:41:49,336 THE AMOUNT OF WHAT IS ALLOWABLE 3225 01:41:49,336 --> 01:41:51,472 FOR A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH 3226 01:41:51,472 --> 01:41:57,377 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WITH A WITH 3227 01:41:57,377 --> 01:41:57,711 A CONTRACTOR. 3228 01:41:57,711 --> 01:42:00,280 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. I MY 3229 01:42:00,280 --> 01:42:02,182 INITIAL QUESTION WAS JUST 3230 01:42:02,182 --> 01:42:03,383 RELATED TO THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN 3231 01:42:03,383 --> 01:42:05,152 WHAT THE MAYOR HAD LAID OUT 3232 01:42:05,152 --> 01:42:06,553 EARLIER TODAY. AND THEN THE 3233 01:42:06,553 --> 01:42:07,821 SECOND QUESTION, JUST THE 3234 01:42:07,821 --> 01:42:08,455 SPECIFICS AROUND THE CONTRACT. 3235 01:42:08,455 --> 01:42:09,723 SO I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING 3236 01:42:09,723 --> 01:42:12,025 THAT POINT. AND THEN YOU SPOKE 3237 01:42:12,025 --> 01:42:13,460 TO AS WELL, JUST OUR 3238 01:42:13,460 --> 01:42:14,094 COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY. 3239 01:42:14,094 --> 01:42:16,997 AND I'M WONDERING HOW YOU'RE 3240 01:42:16,997 --> 01:42:19,032 THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW 3241 01:42:19,032 --> 01:42:19,633 COORDINATING EFFORTS BETWEEN 3242 01:42:19,633 --> 01:42:20,434 CITY AND COUNTY, BECAUSE WE KNOW 3243 01:42:20,434 --> 01:42:22,536 GUN VIOLENCE DOESN'T END AT CITY 3244 01:42:22,536 --> 01:42:24,304 LINE, AND THE FELONY 3245 01:42:24,304 --> 01:42:24,872 PROSECUTIONS ARE WITHIN THE 3246 01:42:24,872 --> 01:42:25,806 PURVIEW OF THE COUNTY, NOT THE 3247 01:42:25,806 --> 01:42:29,109 CITY. AND SO I'M WONDERING ABOUT 3248 01:42:29,109 --> 01:42:30,377 YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND WORK AND 3249 01:42:30,377 --> 01:42:31,945 HOW WE'RE MAPPING AND WORKING 3250 01:42:31,945 --> 01:42:32,546 WITH KING COUNTY SHERIFF'S 3251 01:42:32,546 --> 01:42:33,580 OFFICE AND THE KING COUNTY 3252 01:42:33,580 --> 01:42:35,415 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OFFICE 3253 01:42:35,415 --> 01:42:37,050 AROUND THIS PROPOSAL. AND IF THE 3254 01:42:37,050 --> 01:42:40,554 COUNTY IS CONSIDERING 3255 01:42:40,554 --> 01:42:41,121 COMMITMENTS AND DEDICATING 3256 01:42:41,121 --> 01:42:42,356 RESOURCES TO HELP IMPLEMENT THIS 3257 01:42:42,356 --> 01:42:43,023 STRATEGY. 3258 01:42:43,023 --> 01:42:44,124 -- THANK YOU FOR THE FURTHER 3259 01:42:44,124 --> 01:42:45,526 QUESTIONS. THAT IS TO BE 3260 01:42:45,526 --> 01:42:47,528 DETERMINED WITH THE NATIONAL 3261 01:42:47,528 --> 01:42:48,128 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES. 3262 01:42:48,128 --> 01:42:50,898 THEY COME HERE AND THEY HELP 3263 01:42:50,898 --> 01:42:51,532 IDENTIFY ALL THE PARTNERS THAT 3264 01:42:51,532 --> 01:42:52,666 WOULD BE INVOLVED, AND THEN WE 3265 01:42:52,666 --> 01:42:55,235 WOULD BE IDENTIFYING ALL THESE 3266 01:42:55,235 --> 01:42:57,905 PIECES. SO THAT IS PART OF THE 3267 01:42:57,905 --> 01:42:59,373 WORK THAT THEY DO. AND THAT'S 3268 01:42:59,373 --> 01:43:01,175 WHY I WANT TO PARTNER WITH THEM 3269 01:43:01,175 --> 01:43:03,110 TO COME HERE AND HELP US 3270 01:43:03,110 --> 01:43:05,913 ORGANIZE AND FIGURE OUT, 3271 01:43:05,913 --> 01:43:07,915 DETERMINE ALL THESE PIECES THAT 3272 01:43:07,915 --> 01:43:09,750 YOU HAVE JUST MENTIONED. THAT'S 3273 01:43:09,750 --> 01:43:10,717 PART OF WHAT THEY DO. AND I 3274 01:43:10,717 --> 01:43:12,953 ACTUALLY WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER 3275 01:43:12,953 --> 01:43:14,321 THING, BECAUSE IN EVERY CITY 3276 01:43:14,321 --> 01:43:16,623 THAT THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR 3277 01:43:16,623 --> 01:43:19,593 SAFE COMMUNITIES HAS GONE INTO, 3278 01:43:19,593 --> 01:43:23,096 FOLKS HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS AND 3279 01:43:23,096 --> 01:43:23,697 COMMUNITY GROUPS HAVE SIMILAR 3280 01:43:23,697 --> 01:43:25,032 CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS, AND THEY 3281 01:43:25,032 --> 01:43:26,800 HELP WORK WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY 3282 01:43:26,800 --> 01:43:31,338 GROUPS AND ALL THE CITY AND 3283 01:43:31,338 --> 01:43:34,174 AGENCY PARTNERS TO DETERMINE HOW 3284 01:43:34,174 --> 01:43:34,808 TO IMPLEMENT THEIR STRATEGY IN 3285 01:43:34,808 --> 01:43:36,310 THOSE CITIES. SO THEY'VE BEEN 3286 01:43:36,310 --> 01:43:41,081 DOING THIS SINCE THE 1990s. THIS 3287 01:43:41,081 --> 01:43:41,715 FOCUSED DETERRENCE STRATEGY WAS 3288 01:43:41,715 --> 01:43:43,383 CREATED BY THE FOUNDER OF THE 3289 01:43:43,383 --> 01:43:45,285 NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 3290 01:43:45,285 --> 01:43:47,321 COMMUNITIES IN THE 1990s. AND 3291 01:43:47,321 --> 01:43:51,558 THEN IN 2009, THEY FOUNDED THE 3292 01:43:51,558 --> 01:43:53,226 NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 3293 01:43:53,226 --> 01:43:56,163 COMMUNITIES TO HELP CITIES 3294 01:43:56,163 --> 01:43:56,797 IMPLEMENT THE FOCUSED DETERRENCE 3295 01:43:56,797 --> 01:43:59,466 STRATEGY. AND I'LL ALSO SAY WHAT 3296 01:43:59,466 --> 01:44:01,101 THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED TODAY IS NOT 3297 01:44:01,101 --> 01:44:03,036 FOCUSED DETERRENCE. SHE HAS SOME 3298 01:44:03,036 --> 01:44:04,037 STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS ON 3299 01:44:04,037 --> 01:44:06,039 HOW SHE'S GOING TO HANDLE GUN 3300 01:44:06,039 --> 01:44:08,342 VIOLENCE, BUT IT ISN'T ACTUALLY 3301 01:44:08,342 --> 01:44:10,677 A FOCUS DETERRENCE STRATEGY. 3302 01:44:10,677 --> 01:44:13,347 THIS IS THE THE FOCUSED 3303 01:44:13,347 --> 01:44:15,882 DETERRENCE STRATEGY. THERE ARE 3304 01:44:15,882 --> 01:44:16,416 OTHER FOCUSED DETERRENCE 3305 01:44:16,416 --> 01:44:18,852 STRATEGIES OUT THERE WITH OTHER 3306 01:44:18,852 --> 01:44:20,921 ORGANIZATIONS. THEY DON'T ALL 3307 01:44:20,921 --> 01:44:22,789 INCLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 3308 01:44:22,789 --> 01:44:23,290 DON'T ALL INCLUDE LAW 3309 01:44:23,290 --> 01:44:27,594 ENFORCEMENT IN THE SAME WAY. SO 3310 01:44:27,594 --> 01:44:30,097 THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION AS 3311 01:44:30,097 --> 01:44:32,966 THE ARCHITECT OF THIS FOCUSED 3312 01:44:32,966 --> 01:44:35,869 DETERRENCE, I BELIEVE, HAS THE 3313 01:44:35,869 --> 01:44:36,937 BEST STRATEGY BECAUSE THEY'VE 3314 01:44:36,937 --> 01:44:38,071 BEEN DOING THIS FOR SO LONG. 3315 01:44:38,071 --> 01:44:39,239 THEY CREATED IT. THEY'VE BEEN 3316 01:44:39,239 --> 01:44:40,307 DOING IT SINCE THE 90s, AND 3317 01:44:40,307 --> 01:44:43,076 IT'S HAD A LOT OF GREAT SUCCESS 3318 01:44:43,076 --> 01:44:46,279 IN OTHER CITIES. THANK YOU. 3319 01:44:46,279 --> 01:44:48,448 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3320 01:44:48,448 --> 01:44:50,183 RIVERA, I APPRECIATE YOU 3321 01:44:50,183 --> 01:44:52,319 ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS. AND 3322 01:44:52,319 --> 01:44:54,488 IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL 3323 01:44:54,488 --> 01:44:56,156 JUST ADD MY CLOSING REMARKS ON 3324 01:44:56,156 --> 01:44:57,424 THIS POINT HERE, AS I THINK THE 3325 01:44:57,424 --> 01:44:58,091 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I HAVE. IT 3326 01:44:58,091 --> 01:45:00,260 SOUNDS LIKE JUST IN THE VEIN OF 3327 01:45:00,260 --> 01:45:02,062 SOME OF YOUR RESPONSES, THE A 3328 01:45:02,062 --> 01:45:04,231 LOT OF DETAILS NEED TO BE 3329 01:45:04,231 --> 01:45:06,099 DETERMINED JUST GIVEN THE 3330 01:45:06,099 --> 01:45:08,268 PROCESS THAT THIS ORGANIZATION 3331 01:45:08,268 --> 01:45:09,069 ENGAGES WITH CITIES IN 3332 01:45:09,069 --> 01:45:10,370 DEVELOPING THEIR PLANS. AND SO I 3333 01:45:10,370 --> 01:45:13,340 DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 3334 01:45:13,340 --> 01:45:15,175 ATTENTION TO GUN VIOLENCE 3335 01:45:15,175 --> 01:45:16,610 PREVENTION IN OUR CITY. I 3336 01:45:16,610 --> 01:45:17,778 BELIEVE WE ALL AGREE THAT THE 3337 01:45:17,778 --> 01:45:21,214 CITY NEEDS TO DO MORE, MOVE WITH 3338 01:45:21,214 --> 01:45:23,150 URGENCY AND A COHESIVE PLAN. AND 3339 01:45:23,150 --> 01:45:26,219 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT 3340 01:45:26,219 --> 01:45:26,820 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIR 3341 01:45:26,820 --> 01:45:28,355 KETTLE HAS DONE AND AND HAS BEEN 3342 01:45:28,355 --> 01:45:31,291 DOING ON THIS FRONT, 3343 01:45:31,291 --> 01:45:31,925 PARTICULARLY BRINGING ON BOARD A 3344 01:45:31,925 --> 01:45:34,494 CONTRACTOR DAVITA BRISCO, FOR 3345 01:45:34,494 --> 01:45:36,129 HER WORK. ALSO IN DEVELOPING 3346 01:45:36,129 --> 01:45:38,098 THOSE DELIVERABLES THAT I'VE 3347 01:45:38,098 --> 01:45:39,533 REFERENCED TODAY. I'M ALSO 3348 01:45:39,533 --> 01:45:41,234 PROUD TO HAVE SPONSORED AN 3349 01:45:41,234 --> 01:45:41,702 AMENDMENT DURING THE 3350 01:45:41,702 --> 01:45:43,570 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND A VALUE 3351 01:45:43,570 --> 01:45:45,072 EVALUATION PROCESS TO COMPILE A 3352 01:45:45,072 --> 01:45:47,607 REPORT ON HOW ALL OF OUR 3353 01:45:47,607 --> 01:45:49,109 DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON YOUTH 3354 01:45:49,109 --> 01:45:50,143 VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION, AND HOW 3355 01:45:50,143 --> 01:45:51,478 WE CAN ACTUALLY COORDINATE OUR 3356 01:45:51,478 --> 01:45:52,579 INVESTMENTS. SO WE HAVE A 3357 01:45:52,579 --> 01:45:55,349 UNIFIED APPROACH AS A CITY. I 3358 01:45:55,349 --> 01:45:57,184 WILL NOTE THAT I WILL BE 3359 01:45:57,184 --> 01:45:58,585 ABSTAINING ON THIS NONBINDING 3360 01:45:58,585 --> 01:46:01,088 RESOLUTION TODAY. HOWEVER, I 3361 01:46:01,088 --> 01:46:02,556 APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT. HOWEVER, 3362 01:46:02,556 --> 01:46:05,192 I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM UNABLE 3363 01:46:05,192 --> 01:46:07,294 TO COMMIT TO THE FUNDING ASPECTS 3364 01:46:07,294 --> 01:46:08,095 OF THIS RESOLUTION RESOLUTION. 3365 01:46:08,095 --> 01:46:10,964 GIVEN THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE 3366 01:46:10,964 --> 01:46:11,998 EXECUTIVE'S BUDGET AND WE 3367 01:46:11,998 --> 01:46:14,468 DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CONTAINED 3368 01:46:14,468 --> 01:46:16,036 THEREIN. BUT AS HAS BEEN 3369 01:46:16,036 --> 01:46:17,170 DISCUSSED AND WE ARE AWARE, 3370 01:46:17,170 --> 01:46:18,338 THERE IS A BUDGET DEFICIT AND 3371 01:46:18,338 --> 01:46:20,607 WE'LL NEED TO SEE HOW THAT GETS 3372 01:46:20,607 --> 01:46:22,309 ADDRESSED IN THE BUDGET BEFORE 3373 01:46:22,309 --> 01:46:23,577 COMMITTING TO SPECIFIC REQUESTS. 3374 01:46:23,577 --> 01:46:25,579 SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE 3375 01:46:25,579 --> 01:46:26,980 RESPECTFULLY ABSTAINING TODAY. 3376 01:46:26,980 --> 01:46:27,581 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3377 01:46:27,581 --> 01:46:28,849 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3378 01:46:28,849 --> 01:46:31,952 RINCK. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 3379 01:46:31,952 --> 01:46:32,586 SAKA FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER 3380 01:46:32,586 --> 01:46:33,520 LIN. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3381 01:46:33,520 --> 01:46:34,855 -- THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 3382 01:46:34,855 --> 01:46:36,356 FIRST, I WANT TO THANK 3383 01:46:36,356 --> 01:46:36,890 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR 3384 01:46:36,890 --> 01:46:37,791 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU 3385 01:46:37,791 --> 01:46:39,626 FOR YOUR WORK AND LEADERSHIP AND 3386 01:46:39,626 --> 01:46:41,094 TAKING SPECIFIC ACTION. TO YOUR 3387 01:46:41,094 --> 01:46:43,864 POINT, THIS IS A TODAY'S 3388 01:46:43,864 --> 01:46:47,934 MILESTONE REFLECTS EXACTLY THAT. 3389 01:46:47,934 --> 01:46:49,569 IT'S A MILESTONE AND A BROADER 3390 01:46:49,569 --> 01:46:52,873 JOURNEY OF AN BROADER SET OF 3391 01:46:52,873 --> 01:46:55,308 EFFORTS TO TO BETTER POSITION 3392 01:46:55,308 --> 01:46:57,944 OUR CITY TO ADDRESS GUN 3393 01:46:57,944 --> 01:47:00,747 VIOLENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 3394 01:47:00,747 --> 01:47:01,982 LEADERSHIP AND PLENTY MORE WORK 3395 01:47:01,982 --> 01:47:05,118 TO DO. THE FOCUS DETERRENCE 3396 01:47:05,118 --> 01:47:06,553 APPROACH IS SOMETHING THAT IS 3397 01:47:06,553 --> 01:47:07,521 CRITICALLY NEEDED NOW MORE THAN 3398 01:47:07,521 --> 01:47:12,826 EVER. YOU KNOW, UNDERSCORE THAT 3399 01:47:12,826 --> 01:47:15,362 THE THIS, THIS SPECIFIC APPROACH 3400 01:47:15,362 --> 01:47:17,430 AND ADOPTING THIS SPECIFIC 3401 01:47:17,430 --> 01:47:18,064 APPROACH WOULD BETTER POSITION 3402 01:47:18,064 --> 01:47:21,034 OUR CITY TO, TO COMPLY AND LIVE 3403 01:47:21,034 --> 01:47:24,471 UP TO AND IMPLEMENT 3404 01:47:24,471 --> 01:47:25,071 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR CITY 3405 01:47:25,071 --> 01:47:27,007 AUDITOR'S OFFICE ON PRECISELY 3406 01:47:27,007 --> 01:47:31,344 THE SAME TOPIC. AND ONE THING I 3407 01:47:31,344 --> 01:47:33,780 LIKE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR 3408 01:47:33,780 --> 01:47:36,583 PROPOSAL IS THAT IT'S NOT 3409 01:47:36,583 --> 01:47:38,485 MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WITH OTHER 3410 01:47:38,485 --> 01:47:40,453 EFFORTS. THIS DOES NOT AT ALL 3411 01:47:40,453 --> 01:47:43,056 HINDER OR IMPEDE OR TAKE AWAY 3412 01:47:43,056 --> 01:47:45,992 FROM OUR ABILITY TO PURSUE OTHER 3413 01:47:45,992 --> 01:47:47,727 EFFORTS TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE 3414 01:47:47,727 --> 01:47:50,363 AND PARALLEL UP TO AND INCLUDING 3415 01:47:50,363 --> 01:47:54,134 ADDITIONAL FOCUSED DETERRENCE 3416 01:47:54,134 --> 01:47:56,036 STRATEGIES. AND SO THERE'S THIS 3417 01:47:56,036 --> 01:47:57,871 SORT OF NON-EXCLUSIVITY WITH 3418 01:47:57,871 --> 01:47:59,840 WITH THIS, WITH THIS INVESTMENT 3419 01:47:59,840 --> 01:48:03,243 THAT THAT I REALLY LIKE. IT'S 3420 01:48:03,243 --> 01:48:05,245 418 000, I GUESS WOULD BE THE 3421 01:48:05,245 --> 01:48:07,480 EXACT ESTIMATE. YEAH. OVER OVER 3422 01:48:07,480 --> 01:48:10,817 TWO YEARS, WHICH IN THE CONTEXT 3423 01:48:10,817 --> 01:48:12,219 OF AN $8.9 BILLION ADOPTED 3424 01:48:12,219 --> 01:48:13,653 BUDGET LAST YEAR, NETTED OUT 3425 01:48:13,653 --> 01:48:18,358 OVER TWO YEARS THAT 400 PLUS 3426 01:48:18,358 --> 01:48:20,026 THOUSAND DOLLARS REFLECTS A DROP 3427 01:48:20,026 --> 01:48:23,663 IN THE BUCKET AND A WORTHWHILE 3428 01:48:23,663 --> 01:48:25,465 INVESTMENT THAT DOESN'T BIND US 3429 01:48:25,465 --> 01:48:30,337 TO ANYTHING. AND I AND IF IT 3430 01:48:30,337 --> 01:48:33,106 DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE PIVOT. 3431 01:48:33,106 --> 01:48:34,674 IT'S STILL FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO 3432 01:48:34,674 --> 01:48:36,243 ALLOW US TO TO PIVOT TO OTHER 3433 01:48:36,243 --> 01:48:37,177 THINGS AND DEFINITELY MINDFUL 3434 01:48:37,177 --> 01:48:39,446 OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE 3435 01:48:39,446 --> 01:48:41,448 ANNOUNCEMENTS EARLIER TODAY. AND 3436 01:48:41,448 --> 01:48:44,317 I THINK IF WE, IF WE IMPLEMENT 3437 01:48:44,317 --> 01:48:45,619 THIS, WE COULD STILL PURSUE 3438 01:48:45,619 --> 01:48:46,853 THOSE OTHER THINGS AND OTHER 3439 01:48:46,853 --> 01:48:51,391 STUFF IN PARALLEL. AND, AND, AND 3440 01:48:51,391 --> 01:48:54,861 IT'S WORTH A SHOT EXCITED TO 3441 01:48:54,861 --> 01:48:57,764 SUPPORT IT. I ALSO APPRECIATE 3442 01:48:57,764 --> 01:49:00,200 THE COMMENTS FROM THE THOUGHTFUL 3443 01:49:00,200 --> 01:49:03,036 QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBER 3444 01:49:03,036 --> 01:49:04,537 RINCK AND, AND TRYING TO MAKE 3445 01:49:04,537 --> 01:49:06,406 SURE WE HAVE THE MOST 3446 01:49:06,406 --> 01:49:08,074 TRANSPARENCY SET OF TRANSPARENCY 3447 01:49:08,074 --> 01:49:11,645 AROUND THIS EFFORT. AND COMMENTS 3448 01:49:11,645 --> 01:49:13,446 FROM COUNCILMEMBER LIN TRYING TO 3449 01:49:13,446 --> 01:49:15,382 TRYING TO BRING US TOGETHER. AND 3450 01:49:15,382 --> 01:49:17,651 YOUR YOU CORRECTLY NOTED THE 3451 01:49:17,651 --> 01:49:21,588 OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS COULD HAVE 3452 01:49:21,588 --> 01:49:24,291 TO HELP IMPROVE RELATIONS 3453 01:49:24,291 --> 01:49:26,293 BETWEEN THE SECOND AND SEVENTH 3454 01:49:26,293 --> 01:49:28,428 FLOOR, PARTICULARLY ON AN 3455 01:49:28,428 --> 01:49:29,596 IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE ALL CARE 3456 01:49:29,596 --> 01:49:31,765 ABOUT. WE HAVE A SHARED GOAL 3457 01:49:31,765 --> 01:49:32,866 TOWARDS OF ADDRESSING PUBLIC 3458 01:49:32,866 --> 01:49:34,267 SAFETY BROADLY. AND THEN MORE 3459 01:49:34,267 --> 01:49:36,036 SPECIFICALLY, PREVENTING GUN 3460 01:49:36,036 --> 01:49:36,870 VIOLENCE. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, 3461 01:49:36,870 --> 01:49:38,238 I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. 3462 01:49:38,238 --> 01:49:39,439 AND THANK YOU. 3463 01:49:39,439 --> 01:49:42,642 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3464 01:49:42,642 --> 01:49:44,010 WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER LIN. CAN 3465 01:49:44,010 --> 01:49:45,245 WE HAVE. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3466 01:49:45,245 --> 01:49:46,212 THE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T SPOKEN 3467 01:49:46,212 --> 01:49:46,913 FIRST AND THEN. COUNCILMEMBER 3468 01:49:46,913 --> 01:49:49,015 LIN. IS THAT OKAY? ALL RIGHT. 3469 01:49:49,015 --> 01:49:51,151 AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3470 01:49:51,151 --> 01:49:52,619 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 3471 01:49:52,619 --> 01:49:53,820 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, 3472 01:49:53,820 --> 01:49:56,089 COLLEAGUES. I'LL START WITH 3473 01:49:56,089 --> 01:49:57,757 SAYING THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3474 01:49:57,757 --> 01:49:59,192 RIVERA, FOR THE CONVENING THAT 3475 01:49:59,192 --> 01:49:59,826 YOU PULLED TOGETHER EARLIER THIS 3476 01:49:59,826 --> 01:50:01,695 YEAR. I KNOW MY STAFF WAS ABLE 3477 01:50:01,695 --> 01:50:04,331 TO PARTICIPATE IN PART OF THAT, 3478 01:50:04,331 --> 01:50:05,765 AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR ME 3479 01:50:05,765 --> 01:50:09,169 COMING INTO THIS CONVERSATION 3480 01:50:09,169 --> 01:50:10,303 TODAY, I HAVE BEEN THINKING A 3481 01:50:10,303 --> 01:50:11,204 LOT ABOUT ACTUALLY SOME OF THE 3482 01:50:11,204 --> 01:50:11,871 SAME THINGS THAT COUNCILMEMBER 3483 01:50:11,871 --> 01:50:15,275 LIN SAID IN TERMS OF GUN 3484 01:50:15,275 --> 01:50:16,710 VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND 3485 01:50:16,710 --> 01:50:17,344 THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT THAT 3486 01:50:17,344 --> 01:50:20,113 IT HAS, THE GUN VIOLENCE, 3487 01:50:20,113 --> 01:50:21,881 WHETHER IT'S IN SOUTH SEATTLE, 3488 01:50:21,881 --> 01:50:23,249 WHETHER IT'S AT SEATTLE CENTER, 3489 01:50:23,249 --> 01:50:23,883 WHETHER IT'S IN BELLTOWN OR 3490 01:50:23,883 --> 01:50:24,951 BALLARD OR ANYWHERE. IT'S 3491 01:50:24,951 --> 01:50:28,622 SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT AS A 3492 01:50:28,622 --> 01:50:29,789 COUNCIL AND WE ALIGN WITH THE 3493 01:50:29,789 --> 01:50:31,057 NEED TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE IN 3494 01:50:31,057 --> 01:50:32,592 OUR CITY. AND I BELIEVE WE ALIGN 3495 01:50:32,592 --> 01:50:35,195 WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THAT 3496 01:50:35,195 --> 01:50:36,429 GOAL. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE GUN 3497 01:50:36,429 --> 01:50:38,264 VIOLENCE IN SEATTLE. I ALSO 3498 01:50:38,264 --> 01:50:39,766 THINK, AS WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE SEEN 3499 01:50:39,766 --> 01:50:42,002 SOME DIPS IN VIOLENT CRIME AND 3500 01:50:42,002 --> 01:50:44,437 SHOTS FIRED. BUT ANY AMOUNT OF 3501 01:50:44,437 --> 01:50:46,339 VIOLENCE IS TOO MUCH. YOU KNOW, 3502 01:50:46,339 --> 01:50:48,274 LAST FALL, I ACTUALLY REACHED 3503 01:50:48,274 --> 01:50:50,510 OUT TO DAVID KENNEDY, ONE OF THE 3504 01:50:50,510 --> 01:50:52,879 FOLKS AT THE NATIONAL NETWORK, 3505 01:50:52,879 --> 01:50:53,546 AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM. 3506 01:50:53,546 --> 01:50:55,148 THIS WAS ACTUALLY BEFORE I GOT 3507 01:50:55,148 --> 01:50:57,350 ELECTED, BECAUSE I WAS STARTING 3508 01:50:57,350 --> 01:50:58,818 TO HEAR DISCUSSION OF THIS 3509 01:50:58,818 --> 01:50:59,419 FOCUSED DETERRENCE MODEL AND 3510 01:50:59,419 --> 01:51:02,055 THIS NETWORK. AND, AND I WAS 3511 01:51:02,055 --> 01:51:04,691 PRETTY CURIOUS. AND WE HAD A 3512 01:51:04,691 --> 01:51:06,159 CONVERSATION AROUND DRUG MARKETS 3513 01:51:06,159 --> 01:51:07,494 AND GUN VIOLENCE AND WHAT'S 3514 01:51:07,494 --> 01:51:08,995 NEEDED TO, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR 3515 01:51:08,995 --> 01:51:10,830 MODEL, HOW THEIR MODEL SORT OF 3516 01:51:10,830 --> 01:51:12,599 TAKES THIS APPROACH INTO 3517 01:51:12,599 --> 01:51:13,933 ACCOUNT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 3518 01:51:13,933 --> 01:51:15,635 STUCK WITH ME FROM THAT 3519 01:51:15,635 --> 01:51:16,503 CONVERSATION AND FROM THIS 3520 01:51:16,503 --> 01:51:17,537 CONVERSATION TODAY, IS HOW 3521 01:51:17,537 --> 01:51:18,772 IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE 3522 01:51:18,772 --> 01:51:20,240 ALIGNMENT. I HEARD SOMEBODY ELSE 3523 01:51:20,240 --> 01:51:21,641 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PREVIOUS 3524 01:51:21,641 --> 01:51:22,676 EFFORTS WHERE THEY HAVE FAILED. 3525 01:51:22,676 --> 01:51:23,810 IT'S BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE 3526 01:51:23,810 --> 01:51:24,377 ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE 3527 01:51:24,377 --> 01:51:26,012 TABLE, OR THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL 3528 01:51:26,012 --> 01:51:27,313 THE PLAYERS PUSHING IN THE SAME 3529 01:51:27,313 --> 01:51:30,250 DIRECTION. AND I THINK IF WE ARE 3530 01:51:30,250 --> 01:51:30,850 CONSIDERING THIS APPROACH, WE 3531 01:51:30,850 --> 01:51:31,484 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE 3532 01:51:31,484 --> 01:51:33,853 ALL OF THE PIECES IN PLACE FOR 3533 01:51:33,853 --> 01:51:35,422 THIS APPROACH TO HAVE THE IMPACT 3534 01:51:35,422 --> 01:51:38,425 THAT IT'S INTENDED TO HAVE, YOU 3535 01:51:38,425 --> 01:51:41,594 KNOW, I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS 3536 01:51:41,594 --> 01:51:42,128 AROUND ENSURING THAT THE 3537 01:51:42,128 --> 01:51:42,962 PARTNERS WHO WOULD BE NECESSARY 3538 01:51:42,962 --> 01:51:44,531 FOR THIS KIND OF AN APPROACH ARE 3539 01:51:44,531 --> 01:51:46,933 ON BOARD AND WILL BE 3540 01:51:46,933 --> 01:51:49,169 PARTICIPATING BECAUSE WITHOUT 3541 01:51:49,169 --> 01:51:50,270 OUR COMMUNITY BASED PARTNERS, MY 3542 01:51:50,270 --> 01:51:51,838 BELIEF IS WE WON'T BE ABLE TO 3543 01:51:51,838 --> 01:51:53,006 BE SUCCESSFUL NO MATTER WHAT AN 3544 01:51:53,006 --> 01:51:55,241 OPINION IS ABOUT THE UNDERLYING 3545 01:51:55,241 --> 01:51:56,743 MODEL. I ALSO THINK IT'S 3546 01:51:56,743 --> 01:51:58,178 IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A LITTLE 3547 01:51:58,178 --> 01:51:59,813 BIT MORE CLARITY ON SOME OF THE 3548 01:51:59,813 --> 01:52:00,547 PIECES AROUND HOW THIS WOULD 3549 01:52:00,547 --> 01:52:02,949 INTERACT WITH THE CARE TEAM, HOW 3550 01:52:02,949 --> 01:52:05,018 THIS INTERACTS WITH THE REPORT 3551 01:52:05,018 --> 01:52:06,252 THAT COUNCIL HAS COMMISSIONED. I 3552 01:52:06,252 --> 01:52:06,853 BELIEVE ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER 3553 01:52:06,853 --> 01:52:07,987 ALREADY SPOKE TO THAT BEFORE 3554 01:52:07,987 --> 01:52:09,656 WITH A CONSULTANT WHO'S BEEN 3555 01:52:09,656 --> 01:52:10,423 WORKING WITH COUNCIL ON A 3556 01:52:10,423 --> 01:52:12,759 SIMILAR QUESTION. AND SIMPLY 3557 01:52:12,759 --> 01:52:14,127 PUT, I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 3558 01:52:14,127 --> 01:52:15,462 THE LITERATURE, THE 3559 01:52:15,462 --> 01:52:16,496 RECOMMENDATIONS, WHAT WE WHAT 3560 01:52:16,496 --> 01:52:18,665 WE'VE SEEN IN THE AUDITOR'S 3561 01:52:18,665 --> 01:52:19,632 APPROACH, WE NEED TO BE 3562 01:52:19,632 --> 01:52:21,468 COORDINATED IF WE ARE GOING TO 3563 01:52:21,468 --> 01:52:23,236 SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESS GUN 3564 01:52:23,236 --> 01:52:23,870 VIOLENCE PREVENTION. ALSO, FOR 3565 01:52:23,870 --> 01:52:25,138 ME, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT THIS 3566 01:52:25,138 --> 01:52:26,873 IS A RESOLUTION THAT IS 3567 01:52:26,873 --> 01:52:28,441 NON-BINDING, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT 3568 01:52:28,441 --> 01:52:29,509 ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. IF, YOU 3569 01:52:29,509 --> 01:52:31,144 KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT AN 3570 01:52:31,144 --> 01:52:31,811 APPROACH THAT WE KNOW IS GOING 3571 01:52:31,811 --> 01:52:34,013 TO WORK, THE QUESTION ISN'T THE 3572 01:52:34,013 --> 01:52:36,216 DOLLAR AMOUNT. THAT'S THAT'S 3573 01:52:36,216 --> 01:52:36,816 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAVING 3574 01:52:36,816 --> 01:52:37,450 LIVES. HOWEVER, I WANT TO MAKE 3575 01:52:37,450 --> 01:52:39,986 SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT. AND 3576 01:52:39,986 --> 01:52:40,920 THAT MEANS TALKING ABOUT THIS IN 3577 01:52:40,920 --> 01:52:42,555 THE CONTEXT OF THE GREATER 3578 01:52:42,555 --> 01:52:43,857 BUDGET, TALKING ABOUT THIS IN 3579 01:52:43,857 --> 01:52:45,325 THE CONTEXT OF ALL OF OUR GUN 3580 01:52:45,325 --> 01:52:46,326 VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS THAT WE ARE 3581 01:52:46,326 --> 01:52:47,560 WORKING ON AS A CITY. SO FOR 3582 01:52:47,560 --> 01:52:50,263 THAT REASON, TODAY I WILL BE 3583 01:52:50,263 --> 01:52:52,599 ABSTAINING ON THIS VOTE. I LOOK 3584 01:52:52,599 --> 01:52:53,199 FORWARD TO CONTINUING ENGAGE 3585 01:52:53,199 --> 01:52:54,134 WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE BUDGET 3586 01:52:54,134 --> 01:52:56,336 PROCESS. THANK YOU. 3587 01:52:56,336 --> 01:52:56,903 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3588 01:52:56,903 --> 01:52:59,038 FOSTER. AND NOW WE HAVE 3589 01:52:59,038 --> 01:52:59,973 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. AND THEN 3590 01:52:59,973 --> 01:53:01,574 I'LL DOUBLE BACK TO PEOPLE THAT 3591 01:53:01,574 --> 01:53:03,476 HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN. SO NO, NO 3592 01:53:03,476 --> 01:53:06,479 DISRESPECT. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3593 01:53:06,479 --> 01:53:06,946 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3594 01:53:06,946 --> 01:53:12,619 -- THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR OR 3595 01:53:12,619 --> 01:53:15,188 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WASN'T 3596 01:53:15,188 --> 01:53:17,624 GOING TO SPEAK BECAUSE I'VE 3597 01:53:17,624 --> 01:53:18,191 BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF ANYTHING 3598 01:53:18,191 --> 01:53:19,726 REGARDING GUN VIOLENCE AND WHAT 3599 01:53:19,726 --> 01:53:22,695 WE'VE DEALT WITH IN THIS CITY, 3600 01:53:22,695 --> 01:53:25,865 PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF NORTH 3601 01:53:25,865 --> 01:53:27,367 AURORA AND SEATTLE CENTER. AND I 3602 01:53:27,367 --> 01:53:30,336 DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THIS 3603 01:53:30,336 --> 01:53:31,171 POLITICAL, BUT I JUST FEEL IN 3604 01:53:31,171 --> 01:53:34,207 GOOD CONSCIENCE I'VE NEVER 3605 01:53:34,207 --> 01:53:36,042 ABSTAINED. I'VE ALWAYS HAD AN 3606 01:53:36,042 --> 01:53:36,976 OPINION, AND Y'ALL HAD TO HEAR 3607 01:53:36,976 --> 01:53:41,814 IT. SOMETIMES I AM SUPPORTIVE OF 3608 01:53:41,814 --> 01:53:42,415 WHAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS 3609 01:53:42,415 --> 01:53:43,783 DOING, AND I THINK THE QUESTIONS 3610 01:53:43,783 --> 01:53:45,752 THAT WE PUT TO HER IS WHY WE 3611 01:53:45,752 --> 01:53:47,987 WOULD HIRE OR PUT OUT THERE. THE 3612 01:53:47,987 --> 01:53:50,356 NATIONAL NETWORK OF SAFE 3613 01:53:50,356 --> 01:53:51,624 COMMUNITIES TO COME IN AND 3614 01:53:51,624 --> 01:53:53,626 ASSIST US, BECAUSE APPARENTLY 3615 01:53:53,626 --> 01:53:56,462 WHAT WE'RE DOING ISN'T WORKING. 3616 01:53:56,462 --> 01:53:57,897 SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, AS I 3617 01:53:57,897 --> 01:54:00,099 SHARED WITH YOU, COUNCIL 3618 01:54:00,099 --> 01:54:03,002 PRESIDENT, TO GO THROUGH THE 3619 01:54:03,002 --> 01:54:06,639 MAYOR'S PLAN THAT GOT THAT WE 3620 01:54:06,639 --> 01:54:08,875 RECEIVED TODAY. MAYOR WILSON'S 3621 01:54:08,875 --> 01:54:12,212 GUN VIOLENCE PLAN AND SUMMARY OF 3622 01:54:12,212 --> 01:54:14,113 KEY STRATEGIES AND I'M GOING TO 3623 01:54:14,113 --> 01:54:15,815 GO OUT ON A LIMB HERE AND SAY 3624 01:54:15,815 --> 01:54:18,685 NOT NOT ON A LIMB. THIS IS NOT A 3625 01:54:18,685 --> 01:54:23,790 PLAN. IT'S A PICTURE, A WINDOW, 3626 01:54:23,790 --> 01:54:26,492 IF YOU WILL, A REAR VIEW WINDOW 3627 01:54:26,492 --> 01:54:29,596 IS NOT FORWARD LOOKING. THERE'S 3628 01:54:29,596 --> 01:54:34,267 NO VISION. AND WE'RE ALREADY 3629 01:54:34,267 --> 01:54:35,501 DOING THESE THINGS. SO WHEN YOU 3630 01:54:35,501 --> 01:54:37,971 LOOK AT STRENGTHENING OUR POLICE 3631 01:54:37,971 --> 01:54:40,006 AND CRISIS RESPONSE AND 3632 01:54:40,006 --> 01:54:41,841 SHOOTINGS, THERE'S SEVEN KEY 3633 01:54:41,841 --> 01:54:44,110 ACTIONS. WE'RE ALREADY DOING 3634 01:54:44,110 --> 01:54:45,011 THIS. AND THE ADMINISTRATION 3635 01:54:45,011 --> 01:54:46,246 BEFORE THAT WAS DOING THIS, AND 3636 01:54:46,246 --> 01:54:47,513 THE ONE BEFORE THAT AND THE ONE 3637 01:54:47,513 --> 01:54:48,481 BEFORE THAT. AND I KNOW THAT 3638 01:54:48,481 --> 01:54:54,153 BECAUSE I WAS HERE. EXPAND BY 3639 01:54:54,153 --> 01:54:55,321 CONTROL BIKE PATROLS. CAN I JUST 3640 01:54:55,321 --> 01:54:57,957 BE FRANK HERE? EXPAND BIKE 3641 01:54:57,957 --> 01:55:01,694 PATROLS. SO ON A SATURDAY NIGHT 3642 01:55:01,694 --> 01:55:03,496 ON AURORA OR LITTLE SAIGON OR 3643 01:55:03,496 --> 01:55:06,566 BELLTOWN, OR WHEN THERE'S CAR 3644 01:55:06,566 --> 01:55:07,100 RACING SATURDAY NIGHT AT 3645 01:55:07,100 --> 01:55:07,767 MIDNIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 3646 01:55:07,767 --> 01:55:09,502 EXTRA PEOPLE ON BIKES OUT THERE. 3647 01:55:09,502 --> 01:55:13,306 AND THAT'S GOING TO STOP CRIME. 3648 01:55:13,306 --> 01:55:14,807 OKAY. WE ARE ALREADY DOING THE 3649 01:55:14,807 --> 01:55:16,376 EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS. 3650 01:55:16,376 --> 01:55:17,543 WE ARE WORKING THAT WITH THAT. 3651 01:55:17,543 --> 01:55:20,613 ON THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION AND 3652 01:55:20,613 --> 01:55:21,481 CERTAINLY WITH THE CITY 3653 01:55:21,481 --> 01:55:23,016 ATTORNEY, ERICA EVANS. NOW, I 3654 01:55:23,016 --> 01:55:24,384 WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3655 01:55:24,384 --> 01:55:26,452 KETTLE FOR WORKING WITH ME TO 3656 01:55:26,452 --> 01:55:27,921 CO-SPONSOR THE POSITION TO STOP 3657 01:55:27,921 --> 01:55:29,522 SEX TRAFFICKING. ADDITIONAL 3658 01:55:29,522 --> 01:55:31,190 PROSECUTOR WOULD BE CROSS 3659 01:55:31,190 --> 01:55:31,791 DEPUTIZED BETWEEN SEATTLE AND 3660 01:55:31,791 --> 01:55:33,092 KING COUNTY. THAT'S ACTUALLY 3661 01:55:33,092 --> 01:55:36,896 DOING SOMETHING, NOT 3662 01:55:36,896 --> 01:55:37,430 GRANDSTANDING, NOT BEING 3663 01:55:37,430 --> 01:55:39,065 PERFORMATIVE, NOT SPEAKING TO 3664 01:55:39,065 --> 01:55:41,401 YOUR BASE, BUT FOR THE WHOLE 3665 01:55:41,401 --> 01:55:44,504 CITY. AND WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO 3666 01:55:44,504 --> 01:55:45,672 DO THAT. SO I'M GOING THROUGH 3667 01:55:45,672 --> 01:55:47,473 THIS WHOLE THING WITH A CRITICAL 3668 01:55:47,473 --> 01:55:49,342 EYE HIGHLIGHTER AT HAND. SO WE 3669 01:55:49,342 --> 01:55:52,211 GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. KEY 3670 01:55:52,211 --> 01:55:55,214 INVESTMENTS AGAIN, SEVEN OF 3671 01:55:55,214 --> 01:55:58,184 THEM. AND GUESS WHAT, FOLKS, 3672 01:55:58,184 --> 01:55:58,885 WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT. SO YOU 3673 01:55:58,885 --> 01:56:06,426 LOOK AT PAGE THREE. MORE UNION 3674 01:56:06,426 --> 01:56:07,894 AND FAMILY WAGE JOB 3675 01:56:07,894 --> 01:56:10,196 OPPORTUNITIES. HOW ABOUT WE JUST 3676 01:56:10,196 --> 01:56:12,231 HAVE MORE JOBS. IT'S NOT 3677 01:56:12,231 --> 01:56:13,966 ANTI-UNION. YOU GOT TO 3678 01:56:13,966 --> 01:56:15,168 POLITICIZE IT. WE JUST NEED MORE 3679 01:56:15,168 --> 01:56:16,302 JOBS BECAUSE WHEREVER YOU HAVE 3680 01:56:16,302 --> 01:56:18,271 POVERTY, YOU HAVE CRIME. OKAY, I 3681 01:56:18,271 --> 01:56:21,507 KNOW THIS. WE'RE PUTTING 3682 01:56:21,507 --> 01:56:22,775 TOGETHER ECONOMIC VITALITY IN 3683 01:56:22,775 --> 01:56:23,876 INDIAN COUNTRY, RURAL 3684 01:56:23,876 --> 01:56:25,278 COMMUNITIES AND CITIES. AND I 3685 01:56:25,278 --> 01:56:26,579 THINK I'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT IN 3686 01:56:26,579 --> 01:56:28,114 NINE YEARS ON COUNCIL WITH 3687 01:56:28,114 --> 01:56:29,582 CLIMATE PLEDGE, THE KING COUNTY, 3688 01:56:29,582 --> 01:56:30,984 EVERYTHING THAT I'VE WORKED ON, 3689 01:56:30,984 --> 01:56:32,852 BRICK AND MORTAR, CREATING JOBS, 3690 01:56:32,852 --> 01:56:34,520 UNION OR NON UNION PEOPLE NEED 3691 01:56:34,520 --> 01:56:36,089 JOBS. YOU HAVE JOBS, YOU HAVE 3692 01:56:36,089 --> 01:56:36,723 DIGNITY, YOU HAVE DIGNITY, YOU 3693 01:56:36,723 --> 01:56:37,557 HAVE MONEY. YOU CAN PUT YOUR 3694 01:56:37,557 --> 01:56:38,324 KIDS IN SCHOOL. YOU HAVE TO BE 3695 01:56:38,324 --> 01:56:39,525 CAREFUL. YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO 3696 01:56:39,525 --> 01:56:42,161 BE SAFE. WHY IS THAT SO HARD? I 3697 01:56:42,161 --> 01:56:43,896 DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WE 3698 01:56:43,896 --> 01:56:47,066 POLITICIZE IT. FINE. CAO PROMISE 3699 01:56:47,066 --> 01:56:49,936 PROGRAM. WE DID THAT. WE DID 3700 01:56:49,936 --> 01:56:53,006 THAT SEVEN YEARS AGO. WE FUNDED 3701 01:56:53,006 --> 01:56:55,174 THAT. DONE EXPANDED IT, STARTED 3702 01:56:55,174 --> 01:56:55,742 IT. THREE HIGH SCHOOLS. NOW 3703 01:56:55,742 --> 01:56:58,277 IT'S CITYWIDE. IT'S SUCCESSFUL. 3704 01:56:58,277 --> 01:57:01,414 WORKING WITH DR. CHAPELLE, DONE 3705 01:57:01,414 --> 01:57:03,683 BACK IN 18. OKAY. MY FAVORITE 3706 01:57:03,683 --> 01:57:05,084 ONE. PAGE FOUR. WORKING WITH 3707 01:57:05,084 --> 01:57:06,686 STATE LEGISLATURE TO ADVANCE GUN 3708 01:57:06,686 --> 01:57:08,454 VIOLENCE PREVENTION LEGISLATION. 3709 01:57:08,454 --> 01:57:09,422 SO THOSE OF YOU WATCHING, IF 3710 01:57:09,422 --> 01:57:11,257 ANYONE'S WATCHING, WHAT'S 3711 01:57:11,257 --> 01:57:12,625 REALLY NICE IS PAGE FIVE OF 3712 01:57:12,625 --> 01:57:14,460 FIVE. THE LAST TWO BULLET 3713 01:57:14,460 --> 01:57:17,730 POINTS, THE LAST TWO REGULATING 3714 01:57:17,730 --> 01:57:20,299 FIREARMS AT SEATTLE CENTER. 3715 01:57:20,299 --> 01:57:23,202 OKAY, NO CAMERAS THERE. BUT HEY, 3716 01:57:23,202 --> 01:57:24,704 LET'S DO THAT. LET'S START 3717 01:57:24,704 --> 01:57:26,572 TALKING ABOUT THAT. ALSO, THE 3718 01:57:26,572 --> 01:57:29,442 LAST BULLET POINT ON PAGE FIVE, 3719 01:57:29,442 --> 01:57:31,511 PUBLIC SAFETY ON AURORA. OKAY. 3720 01:57:31,511 --> 01:57:34,714 SEX TRAFFICKING, MURDER, DRUGS, 3721 01:57:34,714 --> 01:57:36,149 SHOOTOUTS, BULLETS FLYING. NOW 3722 01:57:36,149 --> 01:57:37,617 WE GOT BARRIERS UP ON THREE 3723 01:57:37,617 --> 01:57:38,785 STREETS. S DOT STILL CAN'T TELL 3724 01:57:38,785 --> 01:57:41,287 US WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING 3725 01:57:41,287 --> 01:57:42,321 TO BE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT. IS 3726 01:57:42,321 --> 01:57:43,423 THERE A PLAN? THERE'S NO PLAN. 3727 01:57:43,423 --> 01:57:46,092 OKAY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. 3728 01:57:46,092 --> 01:57:47,660 AND THEN WE HERE. NO CAMERAS. 3729 01:57:47,660 --> 01:57:48,728 OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE 3730 01:57:48,728 --> 01:57:49,996 DON'T USE FLOCK, SO I WISH 3731 01:57:49,996 --> 01:57:51,364 PEOPLE WOULD QUIT COMING TO 3732 01:57:51,364 --> 01:57:52,932 PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S NOT 3733 01:57:52,932 --> 01:57:55,301 TESTIMONY, FOLKS. IT'S COMMENT. 3734 01:57:55,301 --> 01:57:55,968 IT'S NOT TESTIMONY TESTIMONIES. 3735 01:57:55,968 --> 01:57:56,702 YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, 3736 01:57:56,702 --> 01:57:58,838 THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT IS. IT'S 3737 01:57:58,838 --> 01:58:02,508 PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S YOUR 3738 01:58:02,508 --> 01:58:07,947 OPINION. SO CAMERAS OKAY, I 3739 01:58:07,947 --> 01:58:09,148 VOTED BECAUSE OF THE PILOT 3740 01:58:09,148 --> 01:58:10,750 PROGRAM. IT WASN'T FLOCK WENT 3741 01:58:10,750 --> 01:58:13,252 THROUGH THE SYSTEM, DID THIS 3742 01:58:13,252 --> 01:58:15,154 BEFORE WHEN WE WERE DOING CAMERA 3743 01:58:15,154 --> 01:58:16,355 VESTS WITH THE ACLU. SO WE HAD A 3744 01:58:16,355 --> 01:58:20,126 LOT OF TALKS WITH THEM HOW TO DO 3745 01:58:20,126 --> 01:58:23,062 THIS RIGHT. AGAIN, DON'T 3746 01:58:23,062 --> 01:58:25,264 PUBLICIZE IT, POLITICIZING IT. 3747 01:58:25,264 --> 01:58:28,201 POLITICAL SIZING IT. IT'S A 3748 01:58:28,201 --> 01:58:29,435 FORENSIC TOOL. OKAY. NOBODY EVER 3749 01:58:29,435 --> 01:58:30,369 SAID THAT IF YOU PUT A CAMERA ON 3750 01:58:30,369 --> 01:58:33,639 THAT, THAT DETERS CRIME, OKAY? 3751 01:58:33,639 --> 01:58:34,273 BECAUSE IF THAT WERE TRUE, WE 3752 01:58:34,273 --> 01:58:35,575 WOULDN'T NEED THE DEATH 3753 01:58:35,575 --> 01:58:37,076 PENALTY. THE DEATH PENALTY DOES 3754 01:58:37,076 --> 01:58:38,945 NOT STOP PEOPLE FROM KILLING 3755 01:58:38,945 --> 01:58:40,480 PEOPLE. BUT IT'S A TOOL. WHAT 3756 01:58:40,480 --> 01:58:42,448 IS IT A TOOL FOR? WHAT IS A 3757 01:58:42,448 --> 01:58:44,383 CAMERA FOR? FOR EVIDENTIARY? IT 3758 01:58:44,383 --> 01:58:46,319 HELPS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE 3759 01:58:46,319 --> 01:58:48,054 COURTS SOLVE CRIMES AND HOLD 3760 01:58:48,054 --> 01:58:49,188 THOSE ACCOUNTABLE. THAT WE'RE 3761 01:58:49,188 --> 01:58:51,691 SEEING RIGHT NOW IN OUR 3762 01:58:51,691 --> 01:58:52,225 COMMUNITIES. YOUNG PEOPLE 3763 01:58:52,225 --> 01:58:53,626 SHOOTING AT OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE 3764 01:58:53,626 --> 01:58:57,897 AND KILLING THEM LIKE WE SAW AT 3765 01:58:57,897 --> 01:59:01,334 SEATTLE CENTER. SO THAT'S WHAT 3766 01:59:01,334 --> 01:59:02,101 IT IS. IT'S A TOOL THAT YOU 3767 01:59:02,101 --> 01:59:03,736 PICK UP AND YOU USE, AND IT'S A 3768 01:59:03,736 --> 01:59:04,871 TOOL THAT YOU CAN PICK UP AND 3769 01:59:04,871 --> 01:59:06,939 PUT DOWN. IT'S JUST COMMON 3770 01:59:06,939 --> 01:59:08,241 SENSE. I KNOW COMMON SENSE 3771 01:59:08,241 --> 01:59:09,976 ISN'T IN FASHION THESE DAYS. 3772 01:59:09,976 --> 01:59:13,679 I'M NOT ONE TO DO PERFORMATIVE 3773 01:59:13,679 --> 01:59:14,847 POLITICS AND, BUT I JUST I JUST 3774 01:59:14,847 --> 01:59:18,217 CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE ABOUT 3775 01:59:18,217 --> 01:59:20,019 POLITICIZING, ONLY TALKING TO 3776 01:59:20,019 --> 01:59:22,388 YOUR BASE, NOT RECOGNIZING THAT 3777 01:59:22,388 --> 01:59:23,456 THERE'S A WHOLE CITY, 3778 01:59:23,456 --> 01:59:25,358 PARTICULARLY POST 2020 AFTER 3779 01:59:25,358 --> 01:59:28,361 DEFUND THE POLICE. WHAT WE SAW 3780 01:59:28,361 --> 01:59:30,196 NOT A COINCIDENCE. AND WE ALL 3781 01:59:30,196 --> 01:59:32,331 SIT HERE, WANT TO SIT HERE AND 3782 01:59:32,331 --> 01:59:34,000 NITPICK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE 3783 01:59:34,000 --> 01:59:36,736 HIRE THIS GROUP. AND I LIKE WHAT 3784 01:59:36,736 --> 01:59:37,303 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SAID AND 3785 01:59:37,303 --> 01:59:39,272 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S TRY 3786 01:59:39,272 --> 01:59:40,406 THIS. LET'S TALK TO THESE FOLKS 3787 01:59:40,406 --> 01:59:41,240 THAT ARE DOING THIS IN THESE 3788 01:59:41,240 --> 01:59:45,545 CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS 3789 01:59:45,545 --> 01:59:47,747 EVIDENTIARY BASED, YES, LET'S 3790 01:59:47,747 --> 01:59:49,348 TRY THIS. WE WORK WITH THESE 3791 01:59:49,348 --> 01:59:51,050 LOCAL FOLKS IN UNIVERSITY OF 3792 01:59:51,050 --> 01:59:52,118 WASHINGTON. BUT SOMETIMES I 3793 01:59:52,118 --> 01:59:55,321 THINK WHEN PEOPLE ARE TOO LOCAL, 3794 01:59:55,321 --> 01:59:55,922 THEY'RE TOO POLITICAL, AND 3795 01:59:55,922 --> 01:59:56,556 THEY'RE TOO CLOSE TO IT TO 3796 01:59:56,556 --> 01:59:59,792 ACTUALLY GIVE US A SOLID AND 3797 01:59:59,792 --> 02:00:00,393 SOMBER ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WE 3798 02:00:00,393 --> 02:00:04,697 NEED TO DO. I, FOR ONE, BELIEVE 3799 02:00:04,697 --> 02:00:08,935 THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF THE 3800 02:00:08,935 --> 02:00:11,304 TOP TIER RESPONSIBILITIES WE 3801 02:00:11,304 --> 02:00:12,905 HAVE WHEN WE BECAME ELECTED 3802 02:00:12,905 --> 02:00:13,606 OFFICIALS. AND IT'S IN THE 3803 02:00:13,606 --> 02:00:14,407 CHARTER, OF COURSE, BUT WE KNOW 3804 02:00:14,407 --> 02:00:15,107 THAT FROM COMMON SENSE THAT WE 3805 02:00:15,107 --> 02:00:18,911 SHOULD BE DOING THAT. SO THAT 3806 02:00:18,911 --> 02:00:21,180 BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO BE 3807 02:00:21,180 --> 02:00:21,747 SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCILMEMBER 3808 02:00:21,747 --> 02:00:23,649 RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AND 3809 02:00:23,649 --> 02:00:26,352 I LIKE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3810 02:00:26,352 --> 02:00:27,787 SAID, BECAUSE I'VE LIVED I'VE 3811 02:00:27,787 --> 02:00:31,824 LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW. AND I 3812 02:00:31,824 --> 02:00:33,826 HAVE MET WITH THESE FAMILIES 3813 02:00:33,826 --> 02:00:35,228 THAT HAVE LOST CHILDREN AND 3814 02:00:35,228 --> 02:00:37,663 FAMILY MEMBERS. WE'VE MET 3815 02:00:37,663 --> 02:00:38,464 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND I WITH 3816 02:00:38,464 --> 02:00:39,999 PEOPLE THAT WHOSE CHILDREN ARE 3817 02:00:39,999 --> 02:00:40,666 BEING TRAFFICKED, WHERE THEY HAD 3818 02:00:40,666 --> 02:00:42,768 TO GET THEIR DAUGHTERS BACK. I 3819 02:00:42,768 --> 02:00:45,771 HAVE WORKED ON MISSING MURDERED 3820 02:00:45,771 --> 02:00:46,405 INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS, AND 3821 02:00:46,405 --> 02:00:49,275 I'M TIRED OF THE TALK AND THE 3822 02:00:49,275 --> 02:00:50,376 PERFORMATIVE POLITICS. THE CITY 3823 02:00:50,376 --> 02:00:52,144 OF SEATTLE. IF YOU CAN'T HEAR 3824 02:00:52,144 --> 02:00:54,180 US, NOT JUST YOUR DISTRICT 3825 02:00:54,180 --> 02:00:55,881 AGAIN, NOT JUST YOUR BASE, BUT 3826 02:00:55,881 --> 02:00:57,216 IF YOU CAN'T HEAR THAT THIS 3827 02:00:57,216 --> 02:00:59,819 WHOLE CITY IS SAYING, DO 3828 02:00:59,819 --> 02:01:00,920 SOMETHING, THEN I'M JUST GOING 3829 02:01:00,920 --> 02:01:02,188 TO SAY THIS. YOU HAVE NO 3830 02:01:02,188 --> 02:01:06,459 BUSINESS BEING A LEADER. SO THAT 3831 02:01:06,459 --> 02:01:07,126 BEING SAID, SORRY I HAD TO HAVE 3832 02:01:07,126 --> 02:01:09,762 THIS MOMENT, THIS AUNTIE MOMENT, 3833 02:01:09,762 --> 02:01:11,964 BUT I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING 3834 02:01:11,964 --> 02:01:13,332 THIS. I CANNOT SUPPORT WHAT THE 3835 02:01:13,332 --> 02:01:14,734 MAYOR PUT OUT. MAYOR'S OFFICE. 3836 02:01:14,734 --> 02:01:16,569 I'M SORRY. NOT I DON'T KNOW IF 3837 02:01:16,569 --> 02:01:19,405 IT'S SHE ACTUALLY, BUT NOT A 3838 02:01:19,405 --> 02:01:21,207 PLAN 3839 02:01:21,207 --> 02:01:21,774 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. 3840 02:01:21,774 --> 02:01:24,477 -- COUNCIL THAT I'M SORRY. I'M 3841 02:01:24,477 --> 02:01:27,013 SORRY WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR 3842 02:01:27,013 --> 02:01:29,015 GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY AND 3843 02:01:29,015 --> 02:01:30,983 THE HONOR TO SPEAK MY MIND AND 3844 02:01:30,983 --> 02:01:31,951 BE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND JUST ASK 3845 02:01:31,951 --> 02:01:33,986 THAT WE HAVE COMMON SENSE WHEN 3846 02:01:33,986 --> 02:01:36,155 IT COMES TO PEOPLE PICKING UP 3847 02:01:36,155 --> 02:01:37,089 GUNS, PARTICULARLY OUR BABIES, 3848 02:01:37,089 --> 02:01:39,258 AND SHOOTING OUR OTHER BABIES. 3849 02:01:39,258 --> 02:01:39,992 THANK YOU. 3850 02:01:39,992 --> 02:01:41,661 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3851 02:01:41,661 --> 02:01:43,362 JUAREZ. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3852 02:01:43,362 --> 02:01:44,397 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS THAT AN 3853 02:01:44,397 --> 02:01:44,664 OLD HAND? 3854 02:01:44,664 --> 02:01:45,798 -- OH YEAH. 3855 02:01:45,798 --> 02:01:49,268 -- OKAY. THANK YOU, 3856 02:01:49,268 --> 02:01:49,702 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3857 02:01:49,702 --> 02:01:51,370 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3858 02:01:51,370 --> 02:01:54,373 I DO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A 3859 02:01:54,373 --> 02:01:55,408 LITTLE BIT IN I THINK, AS OTHERS 3860 02:01:55,408 --> 02:01:56,976 HAVE SAID, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE 3861 02:01:56,976 --> 02:01:59,378 COST OF THIS CONTRACT, BUT IT'S 3862 02:01:59,378 --> 02:02:01,247 REALLY ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS OF 3863 02:02:01,247 --> 02:02:03,482 WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN. AND IT'S A 3864 02:02:03,482 --> 02:02:04,350 LITTLE BIT AWKWARD TO DO IT 3865 02:02:04,350 --> 02:02:05,384 THROUGH A RESOLUTION. I KNOW 3866 02:02:05,384 --> 02:02:07,453 IT'S NONBINDING, BUT WHAT I SEE 3867 02:02:07,453 --> 02:02:11,290 IN THIS SORT OF CONTRACT IN THIS 3868 02:02:11,290 --> 02:02:13,893 MODEL IS, YOU KNOW, FIRST, THE 3869 02:02:13,893 --> 02:02:15,861 LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS, BUT THEN 3870 02:02:15,861 --> 02:02:16,328 THERE'S GOING TO BE 3871 02:02:16,328 --> 02:02:16,962 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF 3872 02:02:16,962 --> 02:02:19,265 THAT ANALYSIS, AND THERE'S GOING 3873 02:02:19,265 --> 02:02:19,899 TO BE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW 3874 02:02:19,899 --> 02:02:21,934 TO DO THE POSITIVE SUPPORTS. 3875 02:02:21,934 --> 02:02:23,836 AGAIN, THE MENTORING, THE JOBS, 3876 02:02:23,836 --> 02:02:26,472 THE AND THOSE WILL ALL COME WITH 3877 02:02:26,472 --> 02:02:28,374 BUDGET, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS OR 3878 02:02:28,374 --> 02:02:30,042 MAYBE JUST REDEPLOYMENT OF 3879 02:02:30,042 --> 02:02:31,844 EXISTING RESOURCES. AND SO I 3880 02:02:31,844 --> 02:02:33,279 MENTIONED THAT JUST KIND OF FOR, 3881 02:02:33,279 --> 02:02:34,880 FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE, BUT TO 3882 02:02:34,880 --> 02:02:37,249 REALIZE THAT THIS IS JUST THE 3883 02:02:37,249 --> 02:02:38,350 FIRST STEP, THERE'S GOING TO BE 3884 02:02:38,350 --> 02:02:39,885 A LOT OF TOUCH POINTS. AND SO 3885 02:02:39,885 --> 02:02:41,087 I'M HOPING, AND I'M NOT SURE 3886 02:02:41,087 --> 02:02:43,355 WHAT COMMITTEES THOSE WILL COME 3887 02:02:43,355 --> 02:02:46,192 TO ASSUMING WE WE GO DOWN THIS 3888 02:02:46,192 --> 02:02:47,493 PATH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK 3889 02:02:47,493 --> 02:02:49,495 THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF 3890 02:02:49,495 --> 02:02:51,297 WORK AND MAYBE IT'S DIFFERENT 3891 02:02:51,297 --> 02:02:53,499 COMMITTEES, BUT I JUST WANT TO 3892 02:02:53,499 --> 02:02:55,301 RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT 3893 02:02:55,301 --> 02:02:57,570 MORE TO UNPACK WITH THIS MODEL 3894 02:02:57,570 --> 02:02:59,405 THAT WE WILL NEED TO WORK ON 3895 02:02:59,405 --> 02:03:02,875 TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, I DO 3896 02:03:02,875 --> 02:03:04,677 THINK WE HAVE WE ARE DOING A LOT 3897 02:03:04,677 --> 02:03:06,278 OF IT. THERE ARE FROM WHAT I'VE 3898 02:03:06,278 --> 02:03:08,381 HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE 3899 02:03:08,381 --> 02:03:09,415 HEARD FROM POLICE CAPTAINS WHO 3900 02:03:09,415 --> 02:03:10,883 HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, THAT WE 3901 02:03:10,883 --> 02:03:11,984 HAVE A LOT OF THE PIECES IN 3902 02:03:11,984 --> 02:03:14,720 PLACE. AND SO, WITH ALL DUE 3903 02:03:14,720 --> 02:03:17,156 RESPECT TO TO MY COLLEAGUE 3904 02:03:17,156 --> 02:03:18,290 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I DO THINK 3905 02:03:18,290 --> 02:03:20,893 THERE'S A LOT THAT WE ARE DOING 3906 02:03:20,893 --> 02:03:22,294 THAT IS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING AND 3907 02:03:22,294 --> 02:03:24,396 CELEBRATING. AND THAT'S HOW I 3908 02:03:24,396 --> 02:03:25,631 READ THE MAYOR'S PLAN, TO THE 3909 02:03:25,631 --> 02:03:26,465 EXTENT IT WAS REPEATING THINGS 3910 02:03:26,465 --> 02:03:27,399 THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING THAT 3911 02:03:27,399 --> 02:03:28,534 WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING, 3912 02:03:28,534 --> 02:03:30,436 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE 3913 02:03:30,436 --> 02:03:32,271 PICTURE TO THE PUBLIC THAT IT IS 3914 02:03:32,271 --> 02:03:33,439 ALL DOOM AND GLOOM. WE ALL WE DO 3915 02:03:33,439 --> 02:03:36,208 NEED TO DO MORE, BUT THERE IS A 3916 02:03:36,208 --> 02:03:37,676 LOT OF HARD WORK, INCLUDING FROM 3917 02:03:37,676 --> 02:03:40,412 THIS COUNCIL, THAT NEEDS TO BE 3918 02:03:40,412 --> 02:03:43,215 RECOGNIZED BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE 3919 02:03:43,215 --> 02:03:44,717 MAKING PROGRESS AGAIN, THINGS 3920 02:03:44,717 --> 02:03:47,653 LIKE SHOTS FIRED, GOING DOWN, 3921 02:03:47,653 --> 02:03:49,155 WHEN WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON 3922 02:03:49,155 --> 02:03:51,423 ON CRIME, GOING DOWN, THAT 3923 02:03:51,423 --> 02:03:53,025 SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED, THAT WE 3924 02:03:53,025 --> 02:03:54,026 SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK 3925 02:03:54,026 --> 02:03:54,660 OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE 3926 02:03:54,660 --> 02:03:56,929 HARD WORK OF OUR POLICE 3927 02:03:56,929 --> 02:03:58,297 DEPARTMENT IN MAKING PROGRESS. 3928 02:03:58,297 --> 02:04:00,099 BUT I JUST I DO WANT TO 3929 02:04:00,099 --> 02:04:01,567 RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE MANY, 3930 02:04:01,567 --> 02:04:03,169 MANY THIS IS JUST THE FIRST 3931 02:04:03,169 --> 02:04:05,538 STEP. I'M EXCITED TO TAKE THIS 3932 02:04:05,538 --> 02:04:07,473 FIRST STEP WITH WITH YOU 3933 02:04:07,473 --> 02:04:10,109 COLLEAGUES. AND I'M COMMITTED TO 3934 02:04:10,109 --> 02:04:11,877 TAKING THOSE MANY ADDITIONAL 3935 02:04:11,877 --> 02:04:14,747 STEPS. I SEE THIS AS A DOWN 3936 02:04:14,747 --> 02:04:15,915 PAYMENT TO FOCUSING ON GUN 3937 02:04:15,915 --> 02:04:17,049 VIOLENCE. AND FOR THAT REASON, 3938 02:04:17,049 --> 02:04:18,684 I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT. 3939 02:04:18,684 --> 02:04:21,120 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3940 02:04:21,120 --> 02:04:22,087 AND COLLEAGUES. WE'VE SPENT A 3941 02:04:22,087 --> 02:04:23,989 NUMBER OF TIME. WE'VE SPENT A 3942 02:04:23,989 --> 02:04:25,624 LOT OF TIME ON THIS ON ITEM 3943 02:04:25,624 --> 02:04:26,625 NUMBER THREE. I'M NOT TRYING TO 3944 02:04:26,625 --> 02:04:28,093 RUSH US, BUT I DO WANT TO KIND 3945 02:04:28,093 --> 02:04:31,764 OF CLOSE US OUT. SO 3946 02:04:31,764 --> 02:04:33,632 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, THE FLOOR 3947 02:04:33,632 --> 02:04:35,267 IS YOURS AND THEN I WILL HAVE 3948 02:04:35,267 --> 02:04:37,436 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR CLOSING 3949 02:04:37,436 --> 02:04:37,703 REMARKS. 3950 02:04:37,703 --> 02:04:38,804 -- YES. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY 3951 02:04:38,804 --> 02:04:40,372 ADD TO COUNCILMEMBER LYNN'S 3952 02:04:40,372 --> 02:04:41,807 POINT AND SPEAK TO MY 3953 02:04:41,807 --> 02:04:43,008 COLLEAGUES. THIS IS WHAT WE 3954 02:04:43,008 --> 02:04:44,810 SPOKE TO LAST WEDNESDAY IN THE 3955 02:04:44,810 --> 02:04:46,312 MEETING I HAD WITH THE MAYOR AND 3956 02:04:46,312 --> 02:04:47,813 THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL TAKE 3957 02:04:47,813 --> 02:04:49,148 THE ACTION. IT WILL BE 3958 02:04:49,148 --> 02:04:50,583 COMPREHENSIVE. IT WILL BE IN A 3959 02:04:50,583 --> 02:04:51,951 TIMELINE, AND I OFFERED TO DO IT 3960 02:04:51,951 --> 02:04:53,786 IN COLLABORATION WITH HER 3961 02:04:53,786 --> 02:04:54,420 BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, 3962 02:04:54,420 --> 02:04:57,223 IT DOES HAVE TO BE A LEGISLATIVE 3963 02:04:57,223 --> 02:04:57,823 EXECUTIVE BECAUSE WE CAN PASS 3964 02:04:57,823 --> 02:04:58,624 LAWS. BUT IF THEY'RE NOT 3965 02:04:58,624 --> 02:04:59,892 IMPLEMENTED, THEN IT'S LIKE 3966 02:04:59,892 --> 02:05:02,027 DOING NOTHING. AND SO I'M 3967 02:05:02,027 --> 02:05:02,695 COMMITTED TO THAT. THAT'S THE 3968 02:05:02,695 --> 02:05:03,896 POINT THAT I MADE TO THE MAYOR 3969 02:05:03,896 --> 02:05:06,498 ON WEDNESDAY LAST WEEK AND WITH 3970 02:05:06,498 --> 02:05:08,234 THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S MY 3971 02:05:08,234 --> 02:05:09,735 COMMITMENT TO WORK THESE PIECES 3972 02:05:09,735 --> 02:05:11,470 THROUGH, BECAUSE THIS IS BUT A 3973 02:05:11,470 --> 02:05:13,873 THE NEXT STEP, AS I NOTED, WHAT 3974 02:05:13,873 --> 02:05:15,708 WE'VE BEEN DOING SO FAR IN 26, 3975 02:05:15,708 --> 02:05:17,776 STARTING IN 25, WE'LL CONTINUE 3976 02:05:17,776 --> 02:05:20,179 TO DO IN. 27. THANK YOU. 3977 02:05:20,179 --> 02:05:22,615 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3978 02:05:22,615 --> 02:05:23,949 KETTLE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3979 02:05:23,949 --> 02:05:25,251 -- THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, 3980 02:05:25,251 --> 02:05:27,119 COLLEAGUES, FOR THE LIVELY 3981 02:05:27,119 --> 02:05:28,220 DISCUSSION AROUND THIS. AT THE 3982 02:05:28,220 --> 02:05:32,324 END OF THE DAY WE NEED TO SAVE 3983 02:05:32,324 --> 02:05:34,927 LIVES. I MEAN, TO ME, THIS PLAN 3984 02:05:34,927 --> 02:05:37,229 WAS A NO BRAINER. I'VE BEEN 3985 02:05:37,229 --> 02:05:39,131 GIVING MY RIVERA DUE DILIGENCE 3986 02:05:39,131 --> 02:05:41,467 TO THIS FOR ALMOST A YEAR. AND 3987 02:05:41,467 --> 02:05:42,735 AT A CERTAIN POINT, LIKE I SAID, 3988 02:05:42,735 --> 02:05:45,504 WE JUST NEED TO ACT AND I DON'T 3989 02:05:45,504 --> 02:05:46,705 WANT TO LEAVE IT ON. SAID THAT I 3990 02:05:46,705 --> 02:05:48,507 HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING WITH THE 3991 02:05:48,507 --> 02:05:49,575 MAYOR'S OFFICE SINCE THEY GOT 3992 02:05:49,575 --> 02:05:53,045 HERE, BECAUSE THEY DID. I PUT 3993 02:05:53,045 --> 02:05:54,980 THIS IN LAST BUDGET. I'VE BEEN 3994 02:05:54,980 --> 02:05:57,182 WORKING ON THIS SINCE BEFORE 3995 02:05:57,182 --> 02:05:59,084 THIS MAYOR CAME INTO OFFICE, AND 3996 02:05:59,084 --> 02:06:02,021 AS SOON AS THEY CAME INTO OFFICE 3997 02:06:02,021 --> 02:06:03,489 SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I WAS 3998 02:06:03,489 --> 02:06:06,725 TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THIS 3999 02:06:06,725 --> 02:06:08,294 EFFORT. IT WAS MY INTEREST AND I 4000 02:06:08,294 --> 02:06:10,029 WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HAD 4001 02:06:10,029 --> 02:06:12,298 CONCURRENCE. THEY DECLINED. SHE 4002 02:06:12,298 --> 02:06:14,934 DECLINED. THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED 4003 02:06:14,934 --> 02:06:18,237 IN DOING ACTUAL FOCUSED 4004 02:06:18,237 --> 02:06:19,638 DETERRENCE BECAUSE IT INVOLVES 4005 02:06:19,638 --> 02:06:21,373 POLICE. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE 4006 02:06:21,373 --> 02:06:24,276 BOTTOM LINE. BUT THE THING IS, 4007 02:06:24,276 --> 02:06:27,246 WE CANNOT DO PUBLIC SAFETY 4008 02:06:27,246 --> 02:06:27,813 WITHOUT PARTNERING WITH LAW 4009 02:06:27,813 --> 02:06:29,348 ENFORCEMENT. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 4010 02:06:29,348 --> 02:06:31,483 IS NOT JUST POLICE, IT'S THE 4011 02:06:31,483 --> 02:06:34,353 PROSECUTOR, THE CITY ATTORNEY, 4012 02:06:34,353 --> 02:06:36,588 ALL THE PARTNERS, ALL THE 4013 02:06:36,588 --> 02:06:38,657 PARTNERS. AND WHAT I REALLY 4014 02:06:38,657 --> 02:06:42,895 APPRECIATED ABOUT THIS 4015 02:06:42,895 --> 02:06:43,529 PARTICULAR EFFORT IS THAT IT WAS 4016 02:06:43,529 --> 02:06:45,564 CONCRETE. IT WAS ACTION. IT'S 4017 02:06:45,564 --> 02:06:48,634 EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER, EVEN 4018 02:06:48,634 --> 02:06:50,536 FOLKS THAT MAY DISAGREE, 4019 02:06:50,536 --> 02:06:51,070 ESPECIALLY FOLKS THAT MAY 4020 02:06:51,070 --> 02:06:53,472 DISAGREE BECAUSE WE ALL ARE 4021 02:06:53,472 --> 02:06:55,307 SEPARATELY ELECTED AND WE ALL 4022 02:06:55,307 --> 02:06:57,876 HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE 4023 02:06:57,876 --> 02:07:00,012 THIS GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM. THIS 4024 02:07:00,012 --> 02:07:02,214 IS ONE PROBLEM PLAGUING OUR 4025 02:07:02,214 --> 02:07:05,551 CITY. THERE ARE MANY, BUT THIS 4026 02:07:05,551 --> 02:07:08,587 WAS REALLY ABOUT ONE. A SPECIFIC 4027 02:07:08,587 --> 02:07:10,289 PROBLEM, BECAUSE I CANNOT STAND, 4028 02:07:10,289 --> 02:07:12,691 AS YOU ALL KNOW, A CHILD WAS 4029 02:07:12,691 --> 02:07:14,560 KILLED IN MY KID'S SCHOOL WHILE 4030 02:07:14,560 --> 02:07:16,929 MY KIDS WERE AT SCHOOL, AND WE 4031 02:07:16,929 --> 02:07:18,731 DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A MASS 4032 02:07:18,731 --> 02:07:22,735 SHOOTING OR WHAT IT WAS. AND SO 4033 02:07:22,735 --> 02:07:24,603 THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT 4034 02:07:24,603 --> 02:07:26,171 THIS IS WHY I'M SITTING HERE 4035 02:07:26,171 --> 02:07:28,173 TODAY, BECAUSE OF THIS GUN 4036 02:07:28,173 --> 02:07:31,343 VIOLENCE ISSUE IN OUR CITY. SO I 4037 02:07:31,343 --> 02:07:32,544 LIKE TO PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY 4038 02:07:32,544 --> 02:07:36,348 MOUTH IS. I FOUND A STRATEGY 4039 02:07:36,348 --> 02:07:38,217 THAT WAS ACTION THAT WE COULD 4040 02:07:38,217 --> 02:07:40,185 ALL WORK ON TOGETHER. AND 4041 02:07:40,185 --> 02:07:40,819 DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR 4042 02:07:40,819 --> 02:07:43,455 DID NOT WANT TO CONCUR ON THIS 4043 02:07:43,455 --> 02:07:45,090 RESOLUTION, I WANT TO WORK WITH 4044 02:07:45,090 --> 02:07:47,126 THEM. THIS WILL NOT WORK IF THE 4045 02:07:47,126 --> 02:07:51,163 MAYOR IS NOT ON BOARD. THAT IS 4046 02:07:51,163 --> 02:07:54,199 JUST THE BOTTOM LINE. I CANNOT 4047 02:07:54,199 --> 02:07:56,602 UNDERSCORE THIS ENOUGH, AND 4048 02:07:56,602 --> 02:07:58,370 THAT'S WHY IT'S A RESOLUTION, 4049 02:07:58,370 --> 02:08:00,506 BECAUSE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS 4050 02:08:00,506 --> 02:08:02,307 SEPARATELY ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE 4051 02:08:02,307 --> 02:08:05,611 CAN SAY WE ANSWER TO ALL THE 4052 02:08:05,611 --> 02:08:08,113 SAME CONSTITUENTS, AND OUR 4053 02:08:08,113 --> 02:08:10,182 CONSTITUENTS WANT ACTION. AS HAS 4054 02:08:10,182 --> 02:08:13,485 BEEN SAID BY ME AND 4055 02:08:13,485 --> 02:08:13,952 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 4056 02:08:13,952 --> 02:08:14,420 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 4057 02:08:14,420 --> 02:08:15,888 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 4058 02:08:15,888 --> 02:08:17,856 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, MOST FOLKS 4059 02:08:17,856 --> 02:08:19,792 AND YOU KNOW, THIS WILL NOT WORK 4060 02:08:19,792 --> 02:08:23,429 IF THE MAYOR DOESN'T CONCUR. SO 4061 02:08:23,429 --> 02:08:25,397 MY HOPE IS THAT WE'RE SENDING A 4062 02:08:25,397 --> 02:08:27,266 STRONG MESSAGE TODAY TO THE 4063 02:08:27,266 --> 02:08:29,068 MAYOR THAT WE WANT THIS, THAT WE 4064 02:08:29,068 --> 02:08:32,838 WANT TRUE FOCUSED DETERRENCE 4065 02:08:32,838 --> 02:08:36,442 WITH THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY 4066 02:08:36,442 --> 02:08:37,710 CREATED FOCUSED DETERRENCE, 4067 02:08:37,710 --> 02:08:38,644 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IS THE 4068 02:08:38,644 --> 02:08:39,812 WAY THAT THIS WILL WORK THE 4069 02:08:39,812 --> 02:08:41,847 BEST. AND AS WE'VE SAID EARLIER, 4070 02:08:41,847 --> 02:08:45,484 YOU CAN USE THE BUZZWORD FOCUSED 4071 02:08:45,484 --> 02:08:47,252 DETERRENCE. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A 4072 02:08:47,252 --> 02:08:48,287 BUZZWORD. IT'S BECOME A 4073 02:08:48,287 --> 02:08:51,290 BUZZWORD, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A 4074 02:08:51,290 --> 02:08:53,358 STRATEGY. AND IT IS THIS A 4075 02:08:53,358 --> 02:08:55,527 NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 4076 02:08:55,527 --> 02:08:57,329 COMMUNITIES THAT STARTED IT. AND 4077 02:08:57,329 --> 02:09:00,566 SO WE NEED TO DO ACTUAL FOCUS 4078 02:09:00,566 --> 02:09:02,835 DETERRENCE, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, 4079 02:09:02,835 --> 02:09:05,504 IF WE START DOING OTHER THINGS 4080 02:09:05,504 --> 02:09:07,306 THAT WE'RE CALLING IT FOCUSED 4081 02:09:07,306 --> 02:09:09,174 DETERRENCE, BECAUSE WE DON'T 4082 02:09:09,174 --> 02:09:10,609 ACTUALLY WANT TO BUY INTO THE 4083 02:09:10,609 --> 02:09:11,777 FULL STRATEGY, IT'S NOT GOING 4084 02:09:11,777 --> 02:09:13,512 TO WORK. AND THEN PEOPLE WILL 4085 02:09:13,512 --> 02:09:16,381 SAY, YOU SEE THAT FOCUS, 4086 02:09:16,381 --> 02:09:18,784 DETERRENCE DIDN'T WORK. AND THEN 4087 02:09:18,784 --> 02:09:21,453 PEOPLE WILL LOSE CONFIDENCE IN 4088 02:09:21,453 --> 02:09:25,390 THEIR GOVERNMENT. SO IF YOU WANT 4089 02:09:25,390 --> 02:09:27,559 TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN 4090 02:09:27,559 --> 02:09:28,994 FOCUSED DETERRENCE, YOU JUST 4091 02:09:28,994 --> 02:09:30,129 NEED TO BE HONEST ABOUT IT. I 4092 02:09:30,129 --> 02:09:31,764 DON'T WANT TO DO FOCUS 4093 02:09:31,764 --> 02:09:32,865 DETERRENCE. I'M GOING TO DO 4094 02:09:32,865 --> 02:09:35,267 SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT IF 4095 02:09:35,267 --> 02:09:37,402 WE'RE GOING TO TRULY DO FOCUS 4096 02:09:37,402 --> 02:09:39,238 DETERRENCE, THEN WE HAVE TO DO 4097 02:09:39,238 --> 02:09:41,440 THE ACTUAL FOCUSED DETERRENCE 4098 02:09:41,440 --> 02:09:42,574 BECAUSE THEN IF IT DOESN'T WORK, 4099 02:09:42,574 --> 02:09:44,977 WE CAN TRULY SAY WE WORKED WITH 4100 02:09:44,977 --> 02:09:47,412 THAT ORGANIZATION. WE DID 4101 02:09:47,412 --> 02:09:48,780 EVERYTHING THEY SAID, AND THAT 4102 02:09:48,780 --> 02:09:50,149 DIDN'T WORK. AND SO WE HAVE TO 4103 02:09:50,149 --> 02:09:54,620 PIVOT TO SOMETHING ELSE. SO THIS 4104 02:09:54,620 --> 02:09:56,088 IS WHY THIS EFFORT IS SO 4105 02:09:56,088 --> 02:09:57,689 IMPORTANT TO ME. AND FOR EVERY 4106 02:09:57,689 --> 02:09:59,224 PERSON OUT THERE THAT FEELS LIKE 4107 02:09:59,224 --> 02:10:02,895 WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, I'M 4108 02:10:02,895 --> 02:10:04,396 BRINGING SOMETHING THAT WE CAN 4109 02:10:04,396 --> 02:10:07,499 DO TOGETHER. PEOPLE DON'T WANT 4110 02:10:07,499 --> 02:10:09,034 US FIGHTING. I DON'T WANT US 4111 02:10:09,034 --> 02:10:11,904 FIGHTING. SO IF THIS RESOLUTION 4112 02:10:11,904 --> 02:10:14,773 PASSES TODAY, COLLEAGUES, YOU 4113 02:10:14,773 --> 02:10:16,842 HAVE MY COMMITMENT AND THE MAYOR 4114 02:10:16,842 --> 02:10:18,744 HAS MY COMMITMENT THAT I WILL 4115 02:10:18,744 --> 02:10:20,045 KEEP WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS TO 4116 02:10:20,045 --> 02:10:21,847 IMPLEMENT THIS IN SEATTLE SO WE 4117 02:10:21,847 --> 02:10:24,550 CAN HAVE THE SAME SUCCESSFUL 4118 02:10:24,550 --> 02:10:27,653 RESULTS OTHER CITIES HAVE HAD, 4119 02:10:27,653 --> 02:10:29,555 BECAUSE WE CANNOT WAIT ANY 4120 02:10:29,555 --> 02:10:30,989 LONGER. THANK YOU. 4121 02:10:30,989 --> 02:10:32,424 COUNCILMEMBER. OH, ONE LAST 4122 02:10:32,424 --> 02:10:35,093 THING. I MEANT TO ADDRESS THIS 4123 02:10:35,093 --> 02:10:38,430 EARLIER. I IN TERMS OF THE 4124 02:10:38,430 --> 02:10:41,400 SHOOTING STATISTICS, I 4125 02:10:41,400 --> 02:10:42,801 INADVERTENTLY CALLED IT FATAL 4126 02:10:42,801 --> 02:10:45,070 SHOOTINGS WHEN I MEANT SHOTS 4127 02:10:45,070 --> 02:10:47,272 FIRED. THAT WAS A COMPLETE 4128 02:10:47,272 --> 02:10:49,341 ACCIDENT. IT WAS NOT 4129 02:10:49,341 --> 02:10:50,075 INTENTIONAL. I APOLOGIZE FOR 4130 02:10:50,075 --> 02:10:51,376 THAT. BUT WHAT I WAS TRYING TO 4131 02:10:51,376 --> 02:10:56,915 GET AT TO BETWEEN 2012 AND 2024, 4132 02:10:56,915 --> 02:10:59,451 THE SHOTS FIRED WERE VERY 4133 02:10:59,451 --> 02:11:01,353 INCREASED. AND SO THAT DATA 4134 02:11:01,353 --> 02:11:03,222 BARED OUT WITH WHAT WE WERE 4135 02:11:03,222 --> 02:11:04,556 HEARING ANECDOTALLY ON THE 4136 02:11:04,556 --> 02:11:05,424 STREET. BUT AS WITH EVERYTHING 4137 02:11:05,424 --> 02:11:07,392 ELSE, IT'S BECOME THIS SOUND 4138 02:11:07,392 --> 02:11:09,661 BITE. AND I JUST I THE VERY NEXT 4139 02:11:09,661 --> 02:11:11,163 DAY, I CLEARED IT UP IN MY 4140 02:11:11,163 --> 02:11:13,465 NEWSLETTER, BUT I DID WANT TO 4141 02:11:13,465 --> 02:11:14,700 PUBLICLY, FOR THE RECORD STATE, 4142 02:11:14,700 --> 02:11:16,668 THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT. THAT WAS 4143 02:11:16,668 --> 02:11:18,237 INADVERTENT. AND IT DOESN'T TAKE 4144 02:11:18,237 --> 02:11:21,139 AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT THE 4145 02:11:21,139 --> 02:11:22,975 SHOOTINGS IN THOSE YEARS JUST 4146 02:11:22,975 --> 02:11:26,011 WENT UP. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 4147 02:11:26,011 --> 02:11:27,980 AND AGAIN, I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR 4148 02:11:27,980 --> 02:11:31,149 SUPPORT BECAUSE I WANT ALL OF US 4149 02:11:31,149 --> 02:11:32,885 WORKING TOGETHER TO HAVE THIS 4150 02:11:32,885 --> 02:11:33,652 APPROACH, WORKING IN SEATTLE. WE 4151 02:11:33,652 --> 02:11:36,021 CANNOT WAIT ANYMORE. WE'VE GOT 4152 02:11:36,021 --> 02:11:38,824 TO DO SOMETHING NOW. THANK YOU. 4153 02:11:38,824 --> 02:11:41,360 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4154 02:11:41,360 --> 02:11:43,061 RIVERA ARE THERE ANY THERE'S NO 4155 02:11:43,061 --> 02:11:44,930 OTHER FINAL COMMENTS. THAT WAS 4156 02:11:44,930 --> 02:11:46,531 OUR FINAL COMMENTS. I'M HAPPY 4157 02:11:46,531 --> 02:11:48,200 TO SUPPORT THIS. COUNCILMEMBER 4158 02:11:48,200 --> 02:11:48,934 RIVERA I KNOW YOU WORKED HARD ON 4159 02:11:48,934 --> 02:11:53,071 THIS AND I WILL SUPPORT ANYTHING 4160 02:11:53,071 --> 02:11:54,172 THAT HELPS DETER GUN VIOLENCE IN 4161 02:11:54,172 --> 02:11:56,408 OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY. EVERYONE 4162 02:11:56,408 --> 02:11:57,409 KNOWS MY STORY ABOUT GUN 4163 02:11:57,409 --> 02:11:58,443 VIOLENCE, AND I DON'T HAVE TO 4164 02:11:58,443 --> 02:12:00,479 TALK ABOUT IT. NOTHING'S 4165 02:12:00,479 --> 02:12:04,082 PERFORMATIVE OR POLITICKING. I 4166 02:12:04,082 --> 02:12:04,616 THINK WE ALL WANT TO SEE 4167 02:12:04,616 --> 02:12:06,318 SOLUTIONS AND ACTIONS. OKAY, SO 4168 02:12:06,318 --> 02:12:07,586 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 4169 02:12:07,586 --> 02:12:11,156 ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 4170 02:12:11,156 --> 02:12:12,557 RESOLUTION? 4171 02:12:12,557 --> 02:12:13,025 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4172 02:12:13,025 --> 02:12:15,527 -- YES. 4173 02:12:15,527 --> 02:12:16,028 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4174 02:12:16,028 --> 02:12:21,233 -- ABSTAIN. 4175 02:12:21,233 --> 02:12:21,800 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 4176 02:12:21,800 --> 02:12:23,702 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. I 4177 02:12:23,702 --> 02:12:26,605 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 4178 02:12:26,605 --> 02:12:26,838 -- AYE. 4179 02:12:26,838 --> 02:12:29,207 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4180 02:12:29,207 --> 02:12:30,909 -- ABSTAIN. 4181 02:12:30,909 --> 02:12:31,443 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4182 02:12:31,443 --> 02:12:34,880 -- YES. 4183 02:12:34,880 --> 02:12:36,381 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 4184 02:12:36,381 --> 02:12:37,015 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 4185 02:12:37,015 --> 02:12:39,518 -- YES 4186 02:12:39,518 --> 02:12:39,985 -- SEVEN IN FAVOR TWO 4187 02:12:39,985 --> 02:12:40,319 ABSTENTIONS. 4188 02:12:40,319 --> 02:12:40,986 -- THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. 4189 02:12:40,986 --> 02:12:43,221 THE CHAIR WILL SIGN. WILL THE 4190 02:12:43,221 --> 02:12:43,855 CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE 4191 02:12:43,855 --> 02:12:45,891 TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 4192 02:12:45,891 --> 02:12:47,592 ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE 4193 02:12:47,592 --> 02:12:48,427 TWO MORE ITEMS. ONE OR EXCUSE 4194 02:12:48,427 --> 02:12:49,628 ME, TWO MORE ITEMS ON THE 4195 02:12:49,628 --> 02:12:51,196 AGENDA. WE'LL DO ITEM NUMBER 4196 02:12:51,196 --> 02:12:53,532 FOUR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ 4197 02:12:53,532 --> 02:12:54,466 ITEM NUMBER FOUR INTO THE 4198 02:12:54,466 --> 02:12:57,169 RECORD? 4199 02:12:57,169 --> 02:12:57,769 -- AGENDA ITEM FOUR. COUNCIL 4200 02:12:57,769 --> 02:12:59,371 121266. RELATING TO DOMESTIC 4201 02:12:59,371 --> 02:13:00,706 WORKER LABOR STANDARDS IN 4202 02:13:00,706 --> 02:13:03,875 SEATTLE. AMENDING SECTIONS 4203 02:13:03,875 --> 02:13:06,244 14.23.0, 10.0, 20 AND 0.095 OF 4204 02:13:06,244 --> 02:13:08,880 CODE. ADDING NEW SECTIONS 4205 02:13:08,880 --> 02:13:12,284 14.23.0, 25.1, 27 AND .128 TO 4206 02:13:12,284 --> 02:13:14,086 THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO 4207 02:13:14,086 --> 02:13:14,653 ESTABLISH WRITTEN AGREEMENT 4208 02:13:14,653 --> 02:13:15,754 REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH 4209 02:13:15,754 --> 02:13:17,255 PROTECTIONS FOR ENTITLED, PAID 4210 02:13:17,255 --> 02:13:19,558 AND UNPAID LEAVE, INCLUDING 4211 02:13:19,558 --> 02:13:20,125 RETALIATION PROTECTIONS FOR 4212 02:13:20,125 --> 02:13:21,226 TAKING PERMISSIBLE TIME OFF, 4213 02:13:21,226 --> 02:13:23,362 REQUIRING HIRING ENTITLEMENTS TO 4214 02:13:23,362 --> 02:13:25,230 CREATE AND RETAIN RECORDS, AND 4215 02:13:25,230 --> 02:13:27,366 ADVANCE NOTICE OF TERMINATION 4216 02:13:27,366 --> 02:13:29,067 REQUIREMENT, UPDATE REMEDIES 4217 02:13:29,067 --> 02:13:30,535 PROVISIONS AND CONFORM TO 4218 02:13:30,535 --> 02:13:32,070 CERTAIN CHANGES IN STATE LAW AND 4219 02:13:32,070 --> 02:13:33,338 WITH CITY LABOR STANDARDS. THE 4220 02:13:33,338 --> 02:13:34,473 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS. THE BILL 4221 02:13:34,473 --> 02:13:36,308 PASSES. EXCUSE ME, JUST PASS. 4222 02:13:36,308 --> 02:13:36,942 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AS CHAIR 4223 02:13:36,942 --> 02:13:37,776 OF THE COMMITTEE YOU RECOGNIZE 4224 02:13:37,776 --> 02:13:39,511 TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. 4225 02:13:39,511 --> 02:13:41,380 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4226 02:13:41,380 --> 02:13:42,714 I'LL SPEAK TO THIS JUST AS 4227 02:13:42,714 --> 02:13:44,649 SPONSOR OF THE BILL. AND BY WAY 4228 02:13:44,649 --> 02:13:47,285 OF BACKGROUND, COLLEAGUES IN 4229 02:13:47,285 --> 02:13:48,520 2018, SEATTLE BECAME THE FIRST 4230 02:13:48,520 --> 02:13:51,056 CITY IN THE NATION TO PASS A 4231 02:13:51,056 --> 02:13:52,791 DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS, 4232 02:13:52,791 --> 02:13:54,426 WHICH, IN ADDITION TO 4233 02:13:54,426 --> 02:13:55,927 ESTABLISHING THE DOMESTIC WORKER 4234 02:13:55,927 --> 02:13:58,096 STANDARDS BOARD COURT. THIS BILL 4235 02:13:58,096 --> 02:14:00,532 CODIFIED FUNDAMENTAL LABOR 4236 02:14:00,532 --> 02:14:02,734 RIGHTS, INCLUDING MINIMUM WAGE, 4237 02:14:02,734 --> 02:14:03,402 MEAL AND REST BREAKS AND 4238 02:14:03,402 --> 02:14:05,237 PROTECTION AGAINST RETALIATION 4239 02:14:05,237 --> 02:14:06,605 AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF 4240 02:14:06,605 --> 02:14:08,707 DOMESTIC WORKERS. NOW, EARLIER 4241 02:14:08,707 --> 02:14:11,176 THIS YEAR, THE STATE LEGISLATURE 4242 02:14:11,176 --> 02:14:12,911 PASSED A STATEWIDE DOMESTIC 4243 02:14:12,911 --> 02:14:14,646 WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS SPONSORED 4244 02:14:14,646 --> 02:14:16,748 BY OUR VERY OWN 34th LEGISLATIVE 4245 02:14:16,748 --> 02:14:17,883 DISTRICT, STATE REPRESENTATIVE 4246 02:14:17,883 --> 02:14:19,151 BRIANNA THOMAS, AND THAT 4247 02:14:19,151 --> 02:14:20,786 INCLUDED ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS, 4248 02:14:20,786 --> 02:14:22,888 INCLUDING NEW REQUIREMENTS 4249 02:14:22,888 --> 02:14:23,422 AROUND WRITTEN AGREEMENTS 4250 02:14:23,422 --> 02:14:25,323 BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND ADVANCED 4251 02:14:25,323 --> 02:14:28,326 TERMINATION NOTICES. SO THIS 4252 02:14:28,326 --> 02:14:30,829 MEANS WE'RE IN A GREAT POSITION 4253 02:14:30,829 --> 02:14:32,364 BECAUSE THE CITY WE DO NEED TO 4254 02:14:32,364 --> 02:14:34,032 UPDATE OUR OWN DOMESTIC WORKERS 4255 02:14:34,032 --> 02:14:36,201 ORDINANCE BY JULY 30th. PARDON 4256 02:14:36,201 --> 02:14:38,837 ME? JULY 1st, 2027, IN ORDER TO 4257 02:14:38,837 --> 02:14:41,039 BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE NEW 4258 02:14:41,039 --> 02:14:44,242 STATE LAW. BUT THIS UPDATE 4259 02:14:44,242 --> 02:14:44,876 PROVIDES US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY 4260 02:14:44,876 --> 02:14:46,678 TO REVISIT OUR OWN ORDINANCE IN 4261 02:14:46,678 --> 02:14:48,380 MY OFFICE. WORKED ALONGSIDE THE 4262 02:14:48,380 --> 02:14:49,214 OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS AND 4263 02:14:49,214 --> 02:14:51,316 CASA LATINA, REPRESENTED HERE 4264 02:14:51,316 --> 02:14:53,218 TODAY. BIENVENIDOS, AL. THANK 4265 02:14:53,218 --> 02:14:55,587 YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND WE HAVE 4266 02:14:55,587 --> 02:14:57,589 AN AMENDMENT OR AMENDED 4267 02:14:57,589 --> 02:15:00,459 ORDINANCE BEFORE US. AND THIS 4268 02:15:00,459 --> 02:15:02,727 INCLUDES REQUIRING A WRITTEN 4269 02:15:02,727 --> 02:15:03,328 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HIRING 4270 02:15:03,328 --> 02:15:04,930 ENTITY AND DOMESTIC WORKER, 4271 02:15:04,930 --> 02:15:06,798 REQUIRING HIRING ENTITIES TO 4272 02:15:06,798 --> 02:15:09,167 CREATE AND RETAIN PAY IN OUR 4273 02:15:09,167 --> 02:15:12,070 RECORDS, ADDING RETALIATION 4274 02:15:12,070 --> 02:15:13,772 PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC 4275 02:15:13,772 --> 02:15:15,273 WORKERS, TAKING PAID SICK AND 4276 02:15:15,273 --> 02:15:17,809 SAFE LEAVE OR AND OR OTHER 4277 02:15:17,809 --> 02:15:19,845 AGREED UPON TIME OFF AND 4278 02:15:19,845 --> 02:15:21,947 REQUIRING ADVANCE NOTICE OF 4279 02:15:21,947 --> 02:15:23,281 TERMINATION. SO HUGE THANK YOU 4280 02:15:23,281 --> 02:15:25,884 TO THE TEAM AT THE OFFICE OF 4281 02:15:25,884 --> 02:15:26,485 LABOR STANDARDS, PARTICULARLY 4282 02:15:26,485 --> 02:15:29,588 DIANA SALAZAR, AS WELL AS KARINA 4283 02:15:29,588 --> 02:15:30,956 BULL FROM CENTRAL STAFF. FOR ALL 4284 02:15:30,956 --> 02:15:33,725 OF YOUR HARD WORK AND UPDATING 4285 02:15:33,725 --> 02:15:34,626 THIS LANDMARK ORDINANCE, AND 4286 02:15:34,626 --> 02:15:35,927 THIS PASSED OUT OF THE HUMAN 4287 02:15:35,927 --> 02:15:36,995 SERVICES, LABOR AND ECONOMIC 4288 02:15:36,995 --> 02:15:38,363 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AUGUST 4289 02:15:38,363 --> 02:15:40,298 21st, UNANIMOUSLY. AND I 4290 02:15:40,298 --> 02:15:42,701 ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE 4291 02:15:42,701 --> 02:15:44,336 YES TODAY. THANK YOU. GRACIAS. 4292 02:15:44,336 --> 02:15:45,737 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 4293 02:15:45,737 --> 02:15:47,639 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, ARE THERE 4294 02:15:47,639 --> 02:15:50,575 ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE BILL 4295 02:15:50,575 --> 02:15:51,710 BEFORE US? OKAY, AWESOME. SO WE 4296 02:15:51,710 --> 02:15:56,381 ARE GOING. ANY CLOSING REMARKS? 4297 02:15:56,381 --> 02:15:56,848 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4298 02:15:56,848 --> 02:15:57,549 -- NO. 4299 02:15:57,549 --> 02:15:58,416 -- ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. THANK YOU 4300 02:15:58,416 --> 02:16:00,285 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. 4301 02:16:00,285 --> 02:16:01,653 VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS BILL 4302 02:16:01,653 --> 02:16:02,654 AT FULL COUNCIL. SO WE'RE GOING 4303 02:16:02,654 --> 02:16:03,955 TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT STARTED, 4304 02:16:03,955 --> 02:16:04,890 BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN 4305 02:16:04,890 --> 02:16:06,591 SITTING HERE FOR TWO HOURS AND 4306 02:16:06,591 --> 02:16:08,493 20 MINUTES. MY FAVORITE TIME FOR 4307 02:16:08,493 --> 02:16:09,761 20. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 4308 02:16:09,761 --> 02:16:12,464 THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE 4309 02:16:12,464 --> 02:16:12,664 BILL? 4310 02:16:12,664 --> 02:16:16,701 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN 4311 02:16:16,701 --> 02:16:24,609 -- ONE SECOND. JODY READIES 4312 02:16:24,843 --> 02:16:33,318 -- THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU. YEAH 4313 02:16:33,318 --> 02:16:33,685 -- OKAY. OKAY. 4314 02:16:33,685 --> 02:16:35,287 -- AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE. 4315 02:16:35,287 --> 02:16:36,521 WE GOT CLARIFICATION. WILL THE 4316 02:16:36,521 --> 02:16:37,455 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 4317 02:16:37,455 --> 02:16:41,159 THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 4318 02:16:41,159 --> 02:16:41,626 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4319 02:16:41,626 --> 02:16:43,628 -- YES. 4320 02:16:43,628 --> 02:16:44,129 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4321 02:16:44,129 --> 02:16:45,864 -- YES. 4322 02:16:45,864 --> 02:16:46,398 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 4323 02:16:46,398 --> 02:16:48,266 -- AYE. 4324 02:16:48,266 --> 02:16:50,735 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 4325 02:16:50,735 --> 02:16:53,104 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I 4326 02:16:53,104 --> 02:16:53,572 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4327 02:16:53,572 --> 02:16:55,974 -- YES. 4328 02:16:55,974 --> 02:16:56,508 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4329 02:16:56,508 --> 02:16:59,311 -- AYE. 4330 02:16:59,311 --> 02:17:00,312 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 4331 02:17:00,312 --> 02:17:00,745 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4332 02:17:00,745 --> 02:17:02,847 HOLLINGSWORTH. 4333 02:17:02,847 --> 02:17:03,081 -- YES. 4334 02:17:03,081 --> 02:17:04,449 -- NINE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 4335 02:17:04,449 --> 02:17:05,183 -- BILL PASSES. CHAIR WILL SIGN 4336 02:17:05,183 --> 02:17:07,218 IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE MY 4337 02:17:07,218 --> 02:17:08,820 AFFECTION, PLEASE AFFIX MY 4338 02:17:08,820 --> 02:17:10,355 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 4339 02:17:10,355 --> 02:17:10,522 MY 4340 02:17:10,522 --> 02:17:10,855 -- [APPLAUSE] 4341 02:17:10,855 --> 02:17:11,156 -- BEHALF. 4342 02:17:11,156 --> 02:17:11,489 -- [APPLAUSE] 4343 02:17:11,489 --> 02:17:14,559 -- CONGRATULATIONS AWESOME. 4344 02:17:14,559 --> 02:17:16,728 THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE 4345 02:17:16,728 --> 02:17:19,764 HAVE THE ADOPTION OF OTHER 4346 02:17:19,764 --> 02:17:20,665 RESOLUTIONS. SO WILL THE CLERK 4347 02:17:20,665 --> 02:17:22,634 PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FIVE 4348 02:17:22,634 --> 02:17:24,869 INTO THE RECORD? 4349 02:17:24,869 --> 02:17:27,672 -- AGENDA ITEM FIVE, RESOLUTION 4350 02:17:27,672 --> 02:17:28,273 32218. RESOLUTION EXPRESSING 4351 02:17:28,273 --> 02:17:29,774 OPPOSITION TO THE PASSAGE OF 4352 02:17:29,774 --> 02:17:32,477 INITIATIVE. MEASURE NUMBER 4353 02:17:32,477 --> 02:17:34,779 IL26-001. CONCERNING PARENTAL 4354 02:17:34,779 --> 02:17:36,381 RIGHTS RELATING TO THEIR 4355 02:17:36,381 --> 02:17:36,948 CHILDREN AND PUBLIC SCHOOL 4356 02:17:36,948 --> 02:17:39,751 INITIATIVE. MEASURE NUMBER 4357 02:17:39,751 --> 02:17:42,387 IL26-638 CONCERNING 4358 02:17:42,387 --> 02:17:44,055 PARTICIPATION IN ATHLETICS AT K 4359 02:17:44,055 --> 02:17:44,589 THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS ON THE 4360 02:17:44,589 --> 02:17:46,391 NOVEMBER 3rd, 2026 GENERAL 4361 02:17:46,391 --> 02:17:49,728 ELECTION BALLOT. 4362 02:17:49,728 --> 02:17:50,262 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I 4363 02:17:50,262 --> 02:17:50,929 RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK TO 4364 02:17:50,929 --> 02:17:53,131 MOVE FOR RESOLUTION. 4365 02:17:53,131 --> 02:17:55,433 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4366 02:17:55,433 --> 02:17:58,270 I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 4367 02:17:58,270 --> 02:17:58,503 32218. 4368 02:17:58,503 --> 02:18:00,405 -- SECOND. 4369 02:18:00,405 --> 02:18:01,606 -- IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, 4370 02:18:01,606 --> 02:18:03,675 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 4371 02:18:03,675 --> 02:18:04,309 COUNCILMEMBERS. THIS RESOLUTION 4372 02:18:04,309 --> 02:18:06,544 ADDRESSES TWO WASHINGTON STATE 4373 02:18:06,544 --> 02:18:10,615 INITIATIVE MEASURES ON THE 4374 02:18:10,615 --> 02:18:11,249 NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT 4375 02:18:11,249 --> 02:18:15,487 TO THE REVISED CODE OF 4376 02:18:15,487 --> 02:18:16,121 WASHINGTON AND SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 4377 02:18:16,121 --> 02:18:17,222 CODE. THE COUNCIL MUST ALSO 4378 02:18:17,222 --> 02:18:18,723 PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 4379 02:18:18,723 --> 02:18:21,960 PUBLIC. TO ADDRESS THE TWO 4380 02:18:21,960 --> 02:18:22,894 INITIATIVE MEASURES TO MEET 4381 02:18:22,894 --> 02:18:25,730 THIS. WE WILL DISCUSS EACH 4382 02:18:25,730 --> 02:18:27,265 INITIATIVE MEASURE SEPARATELY, 4383 02:18:27,265 --> 02:18:28,933 WHICH WILL PROVIDE AN 4384 02:18:28,933 --> 02:18:29,567 OPPORTUNITY TO. COUNCILMEMBERS 4385 02:18:29,567 --> 02:18:30,402 AND THE PUBLIC TO DETERMINE 4386 02:18:30,402 --> 02:18:32,404 WHICH INITIATIVE MEASURES TO 4387 02:18:32,404 --> 02:18:33,605 ADDRESS AND COMMENTS WILL BE 4388 02:18:33,605 --> 02:18:35,507 ACCEPTED IN SUPPORT OR IN 4389 02:18:35,507 --> 02:18:37,242 OPPOSITION TO THE INITIATIVE. 4390 02:18:37,242 --> 02:18:40,478 JUST AT SEPARATE TIMES. SO THERE 4391 02:18:40,478 --> 02:18:42,180 ARE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS, 4392 02:18:42,180 --> 02:18:44,115 ONE FOR EACH INITIATIVE MEASURE 4393 02:18:44,115 --> 02:18:46,184 FOR THE PUBLIC TO REGISTER, 4394 02:18:46,184 --> 02:18:48,787 EITHER IN CHAMBERS OR AT THE 4395 02:18:48,787 --> 02:18:49,688 PODIUM OR ONLINE. THERE ARE SOME 4396 02:18:49,688 --> 02:18:51,656 PEOPLE THAT HAVE REGISTERED 4397 02:18:51,656 --> 02:18:52,524 ONLINE AS WELL, AND THERE ARE 4398 02:18:52,524 --> 02:18:55,493 TWO PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS AT THE 4399 02:18:55,493 --> 02:18:57,729 FRONT HERE. FOR EACH INITIATIVE 4400 02:18:57,729 --> 02:18:58,797 MEASURE, THE FORMS ALLOW MEMBERS 4401 02:18:58,797 --> 02:19:00,265 OF THE PUBLIC TO INDICATE 4402 02:19:00,265 --> 02:19:01,933 WHETHER THEY ARE SPEAKING IN 4403 02:19:01,933 --> 02:19:03,902 SUPPORT OF THE OPPOSITION. 4404 02:19:03,902 --> 02:19:06,638 EXCUSE ME IN SPEAKING IN SUPPORT 4405 02:19:06,638 --> 02:19:07,105 OR OPPOSITION TO THE 4406 02:19:07,105 --> 02:19:10,742 INITIATIVES, WE WILL BEGIN OUR 4407 02:19:10,742 --> 02:19:11,343 CONVERSATION WITH INITIATIVE 4408 02:19:11,343 --> 02:19:16,281 MEASURES. NUMBER IL26-001. AT 4409 02:19:16,281 --> 02:19:17,916 THE CONCLUSION OF COMMENTS FROM 4410 02:19:17,916 --> 02:19:18,516 COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE PUBLIC 4411 02:19:18,516 --> 02:19:21,986 INITIATIVE MEASURE. WE WILL THEN 4412 02:19:21,986 --> 02:19:26,424 OPEN UP COMMENTS ON INITIATIVE, 4413 02:19:26,424 --> 02:19:28,193 MEASURE IL263638. SO WE'RE GOING 4414 02:19:28,193 --> 02:19:31,329 TO DO THE FIRST INITIATIVE 4415 02:19:31,329 --> 02:19:34,766 IL26001. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO 4416 02:19:34,766 --> 02:19:37,469 DO IL26638 AFTER DISCUSSION. AND 4417 02:19:37,469 --> 02:19:37,969 PUBLIC COMMENT ON BOTH 4418 02:19:37,969 --> 02:19:39,204 INITIATIVES. WE'RE GOING TO 4419 02:19:39,204 --> 02:19:41,039 VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. ANY 4420 02:19:41,039 --> 02:19:41,740 QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS BEFORE 4421 02:19:41,740 --> 02:19:47,779 WE BEGIN DISCUSSION ON THE FIRST 4422 02:19:47,779 --> 02:19:48,947 INITIATIVE MEASURE. AWESOME. 4423 02:19:48,947 --> 02:19:50,448 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD 4424 02:19:50,448 --> 02:19:52,050 HAVE ANSWERED AFTER READING ALL 4425 02:19:52,050 --> 02:19:53,952 THAT. NOW IT MAKES SENSE. OKAY, 4426 02:19:53,952 --> 02:19:55,120 WE'RE GOING TO WE WILL NOW OPEN 4427 02:19:55,120 --> 02:19:57,322 THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS FROM 4428 02:19:57,322 --> 02:19:59,724 COUNCILMEMBERS ON INITIATIVE 4429 02:19:59,724 --> 02:20:01,726 MEASURE IL26001 CONCERNING 4430 02:20:01,726 --> 02:20:03,862 PARENTAL RIGHTS RELATING TO 4431 02:20:03,862 --> 02:20:05,830 THEIR CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. 4432 02:20:05,830 --> 02:20:06,464 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AS SPONSORED 4433 02:20:06,464 --> 02:20:07,332 THE RESOLUTION. YOU ARE 4434 02:20:07,332 --> 02:20:08,399 RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS 4435 02:20:08,399 --> 02:20:08,566 IT. 4436 02:20:08,566 --> 02:20:09,701 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4437 02:20:09,701 --> 02:20:11,102 I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO REFER TO 4438 02:20:11,102 --> 02:20:14,005 THE OTHER SPONSOR ON THIS 4439 02:20:14,005 --> 02:20:15,607 RESOLUTION TO GET US STARTED. 4440 02:20:15,607 --> 02:20:16,341 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4441 02:20:16,341 --> 02:20:17,408 -- I APOLOGIZE, YOU'RE BOTH 4442 02:20:17,408 --> 02:20:18,009 SPONSORS, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 4443 02:20:18,009 --> 02:20:19,144 AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4444 02:20:19,144 --> 02:20:20,712 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4445 02:20:20,712 --> 02:20:22,213 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 4446 02:20:22,213 --> 02:20:24,315 PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU, 4447 02:20:24,315 --> 02:20:26,818 COLLEAGUES, FOR ENGAGING IN THIS 4448 02:20:26,818 --> 02:20:27,552 CONVERSATION AROUND THESE BALLOT 4449 02:20:27,552 --> 02:20:29,554 INITIATIVES THAT I BELIEVE ARE 4450 02:20:29,554 --> 02:20:32,056 DANGEROUS FOR CHILDREN AND 4451 02:20:32,056 --> 02:20:32,624 FAMILIES AROUND WASHINGTON 4452 02:20:32,624 --> 02:20:33,925 STATE. ONE THING THAT IS 4453 02:20:33,925 --> 02:20:36,194 IMPORTANT TO ME, YOU KNOW, AS A 4454 02:20:36,194 --> 02:20:37,729 PARENT OF A SCHOOL AGE CHILD, IS 4455 02:20:37,729 --> 02:20:41,399 KNOWING THAT MY KID HAS ACCESS 4456 02:20:41,399 --> 02:20:42,267 TO SAFE ADULTS. I AM I COUNT 4457 02:20:42,267 --> 02:20:43,468 MYSELF AS A SAFE ADULT, AS A 4458 02:20:43,468 --> 02:20:46,471 PARENT. BUT FOR ALL KIDS, THAT 4459 02:20:46,471 --> 02:20:47,906 MIGHT NOT BE THE CASE. IT MIGHT 4460 02:20:47,906 --> 02:20:49,741 BE A SCHOOL COUNSELOR. IT MIGHT 4461 02:20:49,741 --> 02:20:52,010 BE ANOTHER TRUSTED PERSON AT 4462 02:20:52,010 --> 02:20:54,979 SCHOOL. AND THIS INITIATIVE 4463 02:20:54,979 --> 02:20:56,347 REMOVES PROTECTIONS THAT COULD 4464 02:20:56,347 --> 02:20:57,182 RESULT IN OUR KIDS NOT FEELING 4465 02:20:57,182 --> 02:20:58,817 SAFE, TALKING ABOUT THEIR MENTAL 4466 02:20:58,817 --> 02:21:00,652 HEALTH CHALLENGES, TALKING ABOUT 4467 02:21:00,652 --> 02:21:02,086 ISSUES THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING 4468 02:21:02,086 --> 02:21:04,055 IN THEIR LIVES, FREELY 4469 02:21:04,055 --> 02:21:04,989 EXPRESSING THEIR GENDER IDENTITY 4470 02:21:04,989 --> 02:21:06,191 AT A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE 4471 02:21:06,191 --> 02:21:09,194 TO DO SO. EXPERTS ALSO WARN THAT 4472 02:21:09,194 --> 02:21:11,396 THIS INITIATIVE COULD RESULT IN 4473 02:21:11,396 --> 02:21:14,265 IT BEING HARDER TO ACCESS 4474 02:21:14,265 --> 02:21:14,899 SERVICES OR INFORMATION AROUND 4475 02:21:14,899 --> 02:21:16,067 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THIS DOESN'T 4476 02:21:16,067 --> 02:21:17,869 MAKE US SAFER. THIS PUTS US MORE 4477 02:21:17,869 --> 02:21:19,604 AT RISK. I THINK IT'S REALLY 4478 02:21:19,604 --> 02:21:20,538 IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE CLEAR 4479 02:21:20,538 --> 02:21:23,308 ABOUT OUR VALUES AND WHO WE ARE 4480 02:21:23,308 --> 02:21:25,043 HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE, AND 4481 02:21:25,043 --> 02:21:26,511 THIS INITIATIVE DOES NOT REFLECT 4482 02:21:26,511 --> 02:21:28,446 THAT. IN FACT, IT REFLECTS 4483 02:21:28,446 --> 02:21:30,048 TAKING US BACKWARDS AND MAKING 4484 02:21:30,048 --> 02:21:32,283 OUR CHILDREN IN COMMUNITIES LESS 4485 02:21:32,283 --> 02:21:33,184 SAFE IN THEIR HOMES AND LESS 4486 02:21:33,184 --> 02:21:34,819 SAFE IN THEIR SCHOOLS. I THINK 4487 02:21:34,819 --> 02:21:36,321 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 4488 02:21:36,321 --> 02:21:37,956 WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT THAT RISK 4489 02:21:37,956 --> 02:21:38,623 WITH THE PUBLIC. I THINK IT'S 4490 02:21:38,623 --> 02:21:39,691 REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE 4491 02:21:39,691 --> 02:21:42,794 CLEAR ABOUT PROTECTING GENDER 4492 02:21:42,794 --> 02:21:43,628 IDENTITY, SEXUAL IDENTITY. WE 4493 02:21:43,628 --> 02:21:44,996 OBVIOUSLY HAD A LOT OF 4494 02:21:44,996 --> 02:21:46,764 CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT TODAY, 4495 02:21:46,764 --> 02:21:47,832 AND I THINK THESE INITIATIVES 4496 02:21:47,832 --> 02:21:49,267 TAKE US IN THE WRONG. THIS 4497 02:21:49,267 --> 02:21:49,901 INITIATIVE IN PARTICULAR, EXCUSE 4498 02:21:49,901 --> 02:21:51,903 ME, STICKING TO SPEAKING TO THIS 4499 02:21:51,903 --> 02:21:53,371 ONE, THREATENS TO TAKE US IN THE 4500 02:21:53,371 --> 02:21:54,572 WRONG DIRECTION. SO, COLLEAGUES, 4501 02:21:54,572 --> 02:21:56,574 I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 4502 02:21:56,574 --> 02:21:58,476 JOINING US TO STAND UP AGAINST 4503 02:21:58,476 --> 02:21:59,477 THIS INITIATIVE THAT DOES NOT 4504 02:21:59,477 --> 02:22:00,178 ALIGN WITH DOES NOT ALIGN WITH 4505 02:22:00,178 --> 02:22:02,914 WHAT I BELIEVE ARE OUR VALUES 4506 02:22:02,914 --> 02:22:03,114 HERE. 4507 02:22:03,114 --> 02:22:05,049 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 4508 02:22:05,049 --> 02:22:05,683 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER ARE THERE 4509 02:22:05,683 --> 02:22:06,417 ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS 4510 02:22:06,417 --> 02:22:10,955 ON INITIATIVE NUMBER IL26001 4511 02:22:10,955 --> 02:22:11,522 CONCERNING PARENTAL RIGHTS 4512 02:22:11,522 --> 02:22:12,523 RELATING TO CHILDREN IN PUBLIC 4513 02:22:12,523 --> 02:22:14,058 SCHOOL? 4514 02:22:14,058 --> 02:22:14,659 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK THANK 4515 02:22:14,659 --> 02:22:16,494 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND WELL 4516 02:22:16,494 --> 02:22:18,196 STATED FROM COUNCILMEMBER 4517 02:22:18,196 --> 02:22:20,398 FOSTER. AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT 4518 02:22:20,398 --> 02:22:21,766 FROM TIME TO TIME, THIS BODY HAS 4519 02:22:21,766 --> 02:22:23,368 RAISED ITS VOICE VIA A 4520 02:22:23,368 --> 02:22:25,103 RESOLUTION TO WEIGH IN ON BALLOT 4521 02:22:25,103 --> 02:22:26,638 MEASURES AND EXPRESS OUR STAND 4522 02:22:26,638 --> 02:22:29,574 AS AN ELECTED BODY ON MEASURES 4523 02:22:29,574 --> 02:22:31,409 TO OUR PEERS IN OLYMPIA. THESE 4524 02:22:31,409 --> 02:22:32,777 ACTIONS ARE NOT PLAYING 4525 02:22:32,777 --> 02:22:34,512 POLITICS. I BELIEVE THEY'RE AN 4526 02:22:34,512 --> 02:22:36,714 EXTENSION OF OUR CHARTER DUTIES 4527 02:22:36,714 --> 02:22:38,416 IN PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE 4528 02:22:38,416 --> 02:22:41,019 HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT AND 4529 02:22:41,019 --> 02:22:42,887 GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE TO 4530 02:22:42,887 --> 02:22:45,456 ALLOW FAIR AND EQUITABLE 4531 02:22:45,456 --> 02:22:46,090 PARTICIPATION OF ALL PERSONS AND 4532 02:22:46,090 --> 02:22:48,626 TO MEET THE BROAD NEEDS FOR A 4533 02:22:48,626 --> 02:22:51,729 HEALTHY, GROWING CITY. THERE ARE 4534 02:22:51,729 --> 02:22:52,263 THREE INITIATIVES TO THE 4535 02:22:52,263 --> 02:22:53,464 LEGISLATURE THAT ARE ON THE 4536 02:22:53,464 --> 02:22:55,700 BALLOT THIS FALL, AND INITIATIVE 4537 02:22:55,700 --> 02:22:59,170 001, IN MY OPINION, DOES NOT 4538 02:22:59,170 --> 02:22:59,737 PROTECT OUR CONSTITUENTS OR 4539 02:22:59,737 --> 02:23:01,906 ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY OR 4540 02:23:01,906 --> 02:23:03,775 GENERAL WELFARE. IN FACT, TO MY 4541 02:23:03,775 --> 02:23:06,778 MIND, IF PASSED, IT WOULD PUT 4542 02:23:06,778 --> 02:23:07,378 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS AT 4543 02:23:07,378 --> 02:23:11,282 RISK OF REAL HARM. THE SEATTLE 4544 02:23:11,282 --> 02:23:12,417 TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD CAME OUT 4545 02:23:12,417 --> 02:23:16,054 STRONG AGAINST BOTH OF THESE 4546 02:23:16,054 --> 02:23:18,656 INITIATIVES, SAYING THAT I 001 4547 02:23:18,656 --> 02:23:21,125 SAYING THAT IT WOULD THAT THIS 4548 02:23:21,125 --> 02:23:22,927 INITIATIVE OFFERS NO CLARITY. IT 4549 02:23:22,927 --> 02:23:25,063 IS POORLY WRITTEN, NOT TAILORED 4550 02:23:25,063 --> 02:23:27,131 FOR WASHINGTON, AND COULD EXPOSE 4551 02:23:27,131 --> 02:23:28,566 ALREADY VULNERABLE KIDS TO HARM. 4552 02:23:28,566 --> 02:23:30,401 IN INSTANCES WHERE THEY ARE 4553 02:23:30,401 --> 02:23:33,338 VICTIMS OF ABUSE AT HOME, END 4554 02:23:33,338 --> 02:23:35,807 QUOTE. THIS INITIATIVE REMOVES 4555 02:23:35,807 --> 02:23:38,176 COMMON SENSE SCHOOL RECORD 4556 02:23:38,176 --> 02:23:40,011 PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD 4557 02:23:40,011 --> 02:23:40,611 ABUSE AND ENDS WASHINGTON'S 4558 02:23:40,611 --> 02:23:42,680 LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT SCHOOLS 4559 02:23:42,680 --> 02:23:43,915 IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY PARENTS WHEN 4560 02:23:43,915 --> 02:23:45,416 A CRIME AGAINST THEIR CHILD IS 4561 02:23:45,416 --> 02:23:47,251 REPORTED. IF PASSED, KIDS WILL 4562 02:23:47,251 --> 02:23:49,821 BE LESS LIKELY TO TALK TO 4563 02:23:49,821 --> 02:23:50,388 TRUSTED ADULTS ABOUT MENTAL 4564 02:23:50,388 --> 02:23:51,622 HEALTH ISSUES, DOMESTIC 4565 02:23:51,622 --> 02:23:53,091 VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ABUSE OR 4566 02:23:53,091 --> 02:23:56,260 BULLYING. SO THIS INITIATIVE 4567 02:23:56,260 --> 02:23:57,929 DOES NOT MAKE OUR FAMILIES ANY 4568 02:23:57,929 --> 02:24:00,031 SAFER, AND I HOPE WE CAN ALL 4569 02:24:00,031 --> 02:24:02,266 CLEARLY ENCOURAGE OUR CITY TO 4570 02:24:02,266 --> 02:24:03,468 SAY, NO, THANK YOU. 4571 02:24:03,468 --> 02:24:06,137 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 4572 02:24:06,137 --> 02:24:08,439 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK COLLEAGUES, 4573 02:24:08,439 --> 02:24:09,040 ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS 4574 02:24:09,040 --> 02:24:11,442 FROM COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE WE 4575 02:24:11,442 --> 02:24:13,578 TRANSITION INTO PUBLIC COMMENT? 4576 02:24:13,578 --> 02:24:15,213 OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING 4577 02:24:15,213 --> 02:24:17,749 TO TRANSITION TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 4578 02:24:17,749 --> 02:24:18,716 THIS CONCLUDES COMMENTS FROM 4579 02:24:18,716 --> 02:24:20,451 COUNCILMEMBERS. WE'RE NOW 4580 02:24:20,451 --> 02:24:22,153 PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO 4581 02:24:22,153 --> 02:24:23,087 HEAR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF 4582 02:24:23,087 --> 02:24:24,889 THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN 4583 02:24:24,889 --> 02:24:26,624 SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO 4584 02:24:26,624 --> 02:24:29,193 INITIATIVE. MEASURE I L 26001. 4585 02:24:29,193 --> 02:24:31,295 THE REGISTRATION FORM IS IN 4586 02:24:31,295 --> 02:24:33,731 FRONT OF HERE ON THE FRONT, AND 4587 02:24:33,731 --> 02:24:34,732 WE WILL DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE HOW 4588 02:24:34,732 --> 02:24:36,801 MANY SPEAKERS ARE IN PERSON AND 4589 02:24:36,801 --> 02:24:38,703 THEN ONLINE. MR. NATHAN WALL 4590 02:24:38,703 --> 02:24:39,604 WILL START WITH YOU FIRST 4591 02:24:39,604 --> 02:24:40,938 BECAUSE YOU DID SIGN UP ONLINE, 4592 02:24:40,938 --> 02:24:42,740 BUT YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON. GIVE 4593 02:24:42,740 --> 02:24:43,908 US ONE SECOND SO WE CAN FIGURE 4594 02:24:43,908 --> 02:24:47,745 OUT HOW MUCH TIME EVERYONE IS 4595 02:24:47,745 --> 02:24:54,585 GETTING. SO FIVE IN PERSON. I 4596 02:24:54,585 --> 02:24:56,087 WAS GOING TO GET TWO MINUTES AND 4597 02:24:56,087 --> 02:24:58,956 I SEE ONE, TWO, THREE. I SEE 4598 02:24:58,956 --> 02:25:01,659 THREE PEOPLE ONLINE. SO WE HAVE 4599 02:25:01,659 --> 02:25:02,427 EIGHT TOTAL. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. 4600 02:25:02,427 --> 02:25:06,164 SO WE GET TWO MINUTES. MR. 4601 02:25:06,164 --> 02:25:07,699 NATHAN WALL WILL SPEAK. FIRST. 4602 02:25:07,699 --> 02:25:08,900 GIVE US ONE SECOND WHILE WE GET 4603 02:25:08,900 --> 02:25:11,502 THE TIME READY. AND THEN AFTER 4604 02:25:11,502 --> 02:25:12,770 NATHAN WALL, WE'RE GOING TO 4605 02:25:12,770 --> 02:25:14,238 HAVE ASHLEY FORD, MADISON JONES, 4606 02:25:14,238 --> 02:25:16,274 AND THEN ED COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4607 02:25:16,274 --> 02:25:17,809 -- I DID ALSO SIGN UP FOR 4608 02:25:17,809 --> 02:25:19,377 GENERAL COMMENT EARLIER. I THINK 4609 02:25:19,377 --> 02:25:20,478 IT'S PROBABLY IT'S LIKE, I 4610 02:25:20,478 --> 02:25:22,647 THINK IT'S TOO LATE TO DO 4611 02:25:22,647 --> 02:25:24,515 ANYTHING ABOUT THAT NOW. BUT I 4612 02:25:24,515 --> 02:25:26,117 DID SIGN UP FOR IT EARLIER. 4613 02:25:26,117 --> 02:25:28,352 -- SO IT IS AN I APOLOGIZE. 4614 02:25:28,352 --> 02:25:30,088 THAT'S OKAY. I JUST HAD IT. 4615 02:25:30,088 --> 02:25:30,888 -- IT'S OKAY. OKAY. IT'S NOT A 4616 02:25:30,888 --> 02:25:32,056 BIG DEAL. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU 4617 02:25:32,056 --> 02:25:32,256 KNOW. 4618 02:25:32,256 --> 02:25:32,990 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. 4619 02:25:32,990 --> 02:25:33,691 -- IT'S FINE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT 4620 02:25:33,691 --> 02:25:38,096 IT. GO AHEAD. YEAH. OKAY. SO I 4621 02:25:38,096 --> 02:25:40,398 JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, 4622 02:25:40,398 --> 02:25:42,800 LIKE, SEX EDUCATION IS 4623 02:25:42,800 --> 02:25:43,868 NECESSARY. IT'S IT'S AN 4624 02:25:43,868 --> 02:25:45,069 AWKWARD THING TO TALK ABOUT OR 4625 02:25:45,069 --> 02:25:47,004 TO TEACH IN, BUT IT'S NECESSARY. 4626 02:25:47,004 --> 02:25:49,607 LIKE I DIDN'T, I WASN'T 4627 02:25:49,607 --> 02:25:50,441 PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO TAKE 4628 02:25:50,441 --> 02:25:51,275 FLESH WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE 4629 02:25:51,275 --> 02:25:52,577 SCHOOL. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY 4630 02:25:52,577 --> 02:25:55,813 REALLY WAS. BUT, YOU KNOW, SEX 4631 02:25:55,813 --> 02:25:58,049 EDUCATION KEEPS KIDS SAFE FROM 4632 02:25:58,049 --> 02:25:59,984 SEXUAL ABUSE. WE LEARNED ABOUT 4633 02:25:59,984 --> 02:26:01,352 WHAT IS NOT OKAY FOR ADULTS TO 4634 02:26:01,352 --> 02:26:03,321 DO TO KIDS. WHEN I WAS IN TAKING 4635 02:26:03,321 --> 02:26:04,755 SEX ED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE 4636 02:26:04,755 --> 02:26:06,491 TEACHERS TAUGHT US THAT ADULTS 4637 02:26:06,491 --> 02:26:08,626 DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE 4638 02:26:08,626 --> 02:26:10,094 IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH MINORS. 4639 02:26:10,094 --> 02:26:11,329 THEY TAUGHT US THAT WE HAVE THE 4640 02:26:11,329 --> 02:26:12,497 RIGHT TO SAY NO. THEY TAUGHT US 4641 02:26:12,497 --> 02:26:13,931 IN AN AGE APPROPRIATE WAY ABOUT 4642 02:26:13,931 --> 02:26:15,633 WHAT CONSENT WAS, AND THAT 4643 02:26:15,633 --> 02:26:18,569 HELPED TO KEEP US SAFE FROM 4644 02:26:18,569 --> 02:26:19,437 HARM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT 4645 02:26:19,437 --> 02:26:22,840 OF KIDS DON'T. FRANKLY, A LOT 4646 02:26:22,840 --> 02:26:24,308 OF PARENTS DON'T TEACH KIDS 4647 02:26:24,308 --> 02:26:25,476 ABOUT CONSENT. AND YOU CAN'T 4648 02:26:25,476 --> 02:26:26,677 RELY ON EVERY PARENT IN THIS 4649 02:26:26,677 --> 02:26:27,478 COUNTRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 4650 02:26:27,478 --> 02:26:28,746 AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF 4651 02:26:28,746 --> 02:26:31,816 STANDARDIZED WAY TO TEACH KIDS 4652 02:26:31,816 --> 02:26:32,717 ABOUT SEX EDUCATION IN AN 4653 02:26:32,717 --> 02:26:33,851 APPROPRIATE WAY SO THAT THEY'RE 4654 02:26:33,851 --> 02:26:36,687 NOT GETTING SEXUALLY ABUSED. NO 4655 02:26:36,687 --> 02:26:38,623 SCHOOL IS TEACHING KIDS HOW TO 4656 02:26:38,623 --> 02:26:40,191 BE GAY OR TRANS. THAT'S NOT 4657 02:26:40,191 --> 02:26:41,025 SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. AND I AM 4658 02:26:41,025 --> 02:26:43,294 NOT TRYING TO GET ANYBODY TO BE 4659 02:26:43,294 --> 02:26:45,596 SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT. I DON'T 4660 02:26:45,596 --> 02:26:46,864 WANT ANYONE WHO'S STRAIGHT TO 4661 02:26:46,864 --> 02:26:47,765 BE FORCED TO BE GAY. I JUST WANT 4662 02:26:47,765 --> 02:26:50,268 PEOPLE TO GROW UP AND NOT KILL 4663 02:26:50,268 --> 02:26:51,636 THEMSELVES. I THINK THAT'S A 4664 02:26:51,636 --> 02:26:54,572 REASONABLE THING TO WANT YOU 4665 02:26:54,572 --> 02:26:57,074 KNOW, NOBODY THESE CLASSES 4666 02:26:57,074 --> 02:26:58,709 AREN'T TEACHING KIDS HOW TO 4667 02:26:58,709 --> 02:27:00,611 HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS. THAT'S 4668 02:27:00,611 --> 02:27:01,279 NOT SOMETHING THAT THESE CLASSES 4669 02:27:01,279 --> 02:27:02,880 ARE DOING. THEY'RE ALSO NOT 4670 02:27:02,880 --> 02:27:05,216 TEACHING KIDS OVERLY COMPLICATED 4671 02:27:05,216 --> 02:27:05,883 POLITICAL THEORY THAT THEY'RE 4672 02:27:05,883 --> 02:27:08,519 NOT PREPARED FOR. THESE ARE AGE 4673 02:27:08,519 --> 02:27:11,355 APPROPRIATE CLASSES. AND I THINK 4674 02:27:11,355 --> 02:27:13,758 THAT ALLOWING PARENTS TO OBJECT 4675 02:27:13,758 --> 02:27:16,727 TO THESE ON BASIS ON A RELIGIOUS 4676 02:27:16,727 --> 02:27:19,130 BASIS, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S JUST 4677 02:27:19,130 --> 02:27:21,933 NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALLOW 4678 02:27:21,933 --> 02:27:23,267 BECAUSE THE RIGHTS OF EVERYBODY 4679 02:27:23,267 --> 02:27:24,835 ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN, YOU 4680 02:27:24,835 --> 02:27:26,604 KNOW, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE 4681 02:27:26,604 --> 02:27:28,840 YOUR CHILDREN LEARN SEX ED, 4682 02:27:28,840 --> 02:27:31,609 HOMESCHOOL THEM I MEAN, YOU HAVE 4683 02:27:31,609 --> 02:27:33,978 THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. SO THANK 4684 02:27:33,978 --> 02:27:34,178 YOU. 4685 02:27:34,178 --> 02:27:36,047 -- THANK YOU, NATHAN. AND MAKE 4686 02:27:36,047 --> 02:27:37,315 SURE WHEN YOU COME UP TO WHEN 4687 02:27:37,315 --> 02:27:39,684 YOU'RE SPEAKING TO LET US KNOW 4688 02:27:39,684 --> 02:27:41,419 IF YOU'RE OPPOSED OR SUPPORTIVE 4689 02:27:41,419 --> 02:27:42,753 OF THE INITIATIVE. JUST SO WE 4690 02:27:42,753 --> 02:27:44,255 HAVE IT FOR THE RECORD. THANK 4691 02:27:44,255 --> 02:27:46,891 YOU. GO AHEAD. ASHLEY. 4692 02:27:46,891 --> 02:27:47,191 -- AWESOME. 4693 02:27:47,191 --> 02:27:49,393 -- AYE. THIS IS ASHLEY PRONOUNCE 4694 02:27:49,393 --> 02:27:52,263 SHE AND THEY IN OPPOSITION OF 4695 02:27:52,263 --> 02:27:55,466 THESE INITIATIVES, THE SPECIFIC 4696 02:27:55,466 --> 02:27:57,101 INITIATIVE 001 RESTRICTS STUDENT 4697 02:27:57,101 --> 02:27:59,103 ACCESS TO HELP FOR CHALLENGES 4698 02:27:59,103 --> 02:28:01,005 LIKE DEPRESSION, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 4699 02:28:01,005 --> 02:28:04,242 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BULLYING, 4700 02:28:04,242 --> 02:28:04,876 ANXIETY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE KNOW 4701 02:28:04,876 --> 02:28:07,945 THAT NOT ALL PARENTS ARE 4702 02:28:07,945 --> 02:28:09,580 SUPPORTIVE AND THIS IS REALLY 4703 02:28:09,580 --> 02:28:11,882 OPENS A LOT OF CHILDREN UP FOR 4704 02:28:11,882 --> 02:28:13,584 REALLY HIGH RISKS IN THEIR THEIR 4705 02:28:13,584 --> 02:28:15,620 HOMES AND PLACES WHERE THERE 4706 02:28:15,620 --> 02:28:16,654 ISN'T OTHER ADULTS WHO DO TO 4707 02:28:16,654 --> 02:28:18,723 HELP THEM. YOU ALL HAVE HEARD 4708 02:28:18,723 --> 02:28:20,725 FROM MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE 4709 02:28:20,725 --> 02:28:23,527 SUMMER ABOUT WHY THEY MOVED TO 4710 02:28:23,527 --> 02:28:25,863 SEATTLE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE 4711 02:28:25,863 --> 02:28:27,164 PROTECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN 4712 02:28:27,164 --> 02:28:28,332 SCHOOLS ARE ONE OF THOSE REALLY 4713 02:28:28,332 --> 02:28:29,367 BIG THINGS. THEY DON'T EXIST IN 4714 02:28:29,367 --> 02:28:30,968 A LOT OF OTHER PLACES AROUND THE 4715 02:28:30,968 --> 02:28:34,438 COUNTRY. AND SO THIS IS ONE BIG 4716 02:28:34,438 --> 02:28:35,239 REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO 4717 02:28:35,239 --> 02:28:37,708 OUR STATE, TO OUR CITY. SO JUST 4718 02:28:37,708 --> 02:28:38,676 ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO, TO STAND 4719 02:28:38,676 --> 02:28:41,612 IN OPPOSITION TO THESE POORLY 4720 02:28:41,612 --> 02:28:42,813 WRITTEN INITIATIVES. THANK YOU. 4721 02:28:42,813 --> 02:28:44,015 -- THANK YOU. ASHLEY. NEXT, WE 4722 02:28:44,015 --> 02:28:45,283 HAVE MADISON, FOLLOWED BY ED, 4723 02:28:45,283 --> 02:28:47,952 AND THEN WE WILL GO ONLINE TO 4724 02:28:47,952 --> 02:28:50,121 DR. JANICE CLARK. WELCOME. 4725 02:28:50,121 --> 02:28:51,589 -- HELLO AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL. 4726 02:28:51,589 --> 02:28:52,223 MADISON JONES, MANAGING EDITOR 4727 02:28:52,223 --> 02:28:53,658 OF THE SEATTLE GAY NEWS. COMING 4728 02:28:53,658 --> 02:28:57,595 UP TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF IL 4729 02:28:57,595 --> 02:29:00,097 26001. THIS ONE HAS BEEN FLYING 4730 02:29:00,097 --> 02:29:01,365 UNDER THE RADAR A LITTLE BIT 4731 02:29:01,365 --> 02:29:05,369 MORE THAN THE OTHER ONE THAT 4732 02:29:05,369 --> 02:29:05,936 DIRECTLY FOCUSES ON SPORTS 4733 02:29:05,936 --> 02:29:06,570 PARTICIPATION. BUT I FEEL LIKE 4734 02:29:06,570 --> 02:29:12,543 THIS ONE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT 4735 02:29:12,543 --> 02:29:15,446 THE FOLKS THAT ARE ADVOCATING 4736 02:29:15,446 --> 02:29:17,982 FOR THIS MEASURE ARE FRAMING IT 4737 02:29:17,982 --> 02:29:19,317 AS GIVING PARENTAL RIGHTS BACK 4738 02:29:19,317 --> 02:29:22,119 TO PARENTS. BUT IF YOU WERE IF 4739 02:29:22,119 --> 02:29:25,122 FOLKS WERE TO GO THROUGH THE 4740 02:29:25,122 --> 02:29:26,424 ACTUAL FINE PRINT OF THE 4741 02:29:26,424 --> 02:29:29,527 MEASURE, THEY WOULD SEE THAT 4742 02:29:29,527 --> 02:29:31,329 THIS WOULD PUT CHILDREN AT 4743 02:29:31,329 --> 02:29:33,464 GREATER RISK. I THINK IT'S HARD 4744 02:29:33,464 --> 02:29:37,702 FOR FOLKS WHO ARE NOT PART OF 4745 02:29:37,702 --> 02:29:39,737 THE LGBT COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND 4746 02:29:39,737 --> 02:29:40,438 WHY YOU WOULD WANT A CHILD TO 4747 02:29:40,438 --> 02:29:43,708 HAVE PROTECTION FROM NOT SHARING 4748 02:29:43,708 --> 02:29:44,775 THEIR MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION 4749 02:29:44,775 --> 02:29:46,844 WITH THEIR PARENTS. I NOTICE A 4750 02:29:46,844 --> 02:29:50,281 LOT OF TIMES PARENTS OF CHILDREN 4751 02:29:50,281 --> 02:29:51,983 THAT THAT'S THEIR MAIN 4752 02:29:51,983 --> 02:29:53,217 FRUSTRATION, IS THAT THEY CAN'T 4753 02:29:53,217 --> 02:29:55,553 ACCESS THAT INFORMATION. BUT THE 4754 02:29:55,553 --> 02:29:57,455 REASON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS 4755 02:29:57,455 --> 02:30:01,993 BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IF 4756 02:30:01,993 --> 02:30:04,495 THERE IS A CHILD WHO IS 4757 02:30:04,495 --> 02:30:06,030 QUESTIONING THEIR ORIENTATION OR 4758 02:30:06,030 --> 02:30:07,832 IDENTITY AND THEIR PARENTS ARE 4759 02:30:07,832 --> 02:30:10,801 NOT SO SYMPATHETIC TO THAT, IF 4760 02:30:10,801 --> 02:30:13,037 THE SCHOOL IS GIVING THAT 4761 02:30:13,037 --> 02:30:14,905 INFORMATION OVER TO THEM, IT CAN 4762 02:30:14,905 --> 02:30:21,846 PUT THEM SIGNIFICANTLY AT RISK. 4763 02:30:21,846 --> 02:30:22,913 I DON'T WANT TO. PREDICT LIKE 4764 02:30:22,913 --> 02:30:24,548 THERE'S A LOT OF RISK THERE. 4765 02:30:24,548 --> 02:30:28,886 YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT A 4766 02:30:28,886 --> 02:30:30,554 CHILD WHO THEIR PARENTS GET THAT 4767 02:30:30,554 --> 02:30:31,922 INFORMATION WOULDN'T CAUSE ANY 4768 02:30:31,922 --> 02:30:33,758 HARM TO THEIR CHILD. BUT IT IS A 4769 02:30:33,758 --> 02:30:38,129 REAL RISK. AND THE WORLD IS NOT. 4770 02:30:38,129 --> 02:30:41,265 ALWAYS A SAFE PLACE FOR CHILDREN 4771 02:30:41,265 --> 02:30:42,833 OF PARENTS. SO THIS IS WHY THIS 4772 02:30:42,833 --> 02:30:46,570 MEASURE IS SO DANGEROUS FOR OUR 4773 02:30:46,570 --> 02:30:47,905 CHILDREN. THANKS. 4774 02:30:47,905 --> 02:30:49,040 -- THANK YOU. MADISON. NEXT WE 4775 02:30:49,040 --> 02:30:54,812 HAVE ED. WELCOME, ED, COME ON 4776 02:30:54,812 --> 02:30:57,415 UP. 4777 02:30:57,415 --> 02:30:59,216 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. I DON'T HAVE 4778 02:30:59,216 --> 02:31:00,818 A WHOLE LOT TO SAY ON THIS 4779 02:31:00,818 --> 02:31:02,787 PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION. 4780 02:31:02,787 --> 02:31:04,488 SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, DO 4781 02:31:04,488 --> 02:31:05,623 YOU MIND IF I JUST CONDENSE MY 4782 02:31:05,623 --> 02:31:08,626 COMMENTS ON BOTH PIECES OF THE 4783 02:31:08,626 --> 02:31:09,393 PROPOSED LEGISLATION. 4784 02:31:09,393 --> 02:31:10,561 -- AND GO AHEAD AND PAUSE THE 4785 02:31:10,561 --> 02:31:11,729 TIME REAL QUICK, ED, JUST SO I 4786 02:31:11,729 --> 02:31:14,799 CAN DOUBLE CHECK. IS THAT OKAY? 4787 02:31:14,799 --> 02:31:15,866 -- CLERK COMMENTS AT THIS POINT 4788 02:31:15,866 --> 02:31:17,701 SHOULD BE RELATING TO THE 4789 02:31:17,701 --> 02:31:21,172 INITIATIVE MEASURE ITSELF. THAT 4790 02:31:21,172 --> 02:31:22,006 IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC 4791 02:31:22,006 --> 02:31:24,175 COMMENT 4792 02:31:24,175 --> 02:31:25,476 -- DO WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. 4793 02:31:25,476 --> 02:31:27,344 ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND 4794 02:31:27,344 --> 02:31:28,846 LET'S RESTART YOUR TIME ALL 4795 02:31:28,846 --> 02:31:30,481 RIGHT. GO RIGHT AHEAD. 4796 02:31:30,481 --> 02:31:32,049 -- ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO 4797 02:31:32,049 --> 02:31:37,254 ADD THAT THE PARENTAL RIGHTS 4798 02:31:37,254 --> 02:31:39,657 WORDING AND FRAMING IS HIGHLY 4799 02:31:39,657 --> 02:31:40,191 DISINGENUOUS, ESPECIALLY 4800 02:31:40,191 --> 02:31:43,327 CONSIDERING THE ORGANIZATION 4801 02:31:43,327 --> 02:31:45,763 BACKING BOTH THESE. WELL, THIS 4802 02:31:45,763 --> 02:31:47,565 LEGISLATION HAPPENS TO BE LET'S 4803 02:31:47,565 --> 02:31:50,301 GO. WASHINGTON. YOU KNOW, AND I 4804 02:31:50,301 --> 02:31:53,838 ALSO WANTED TO ADD ON TO THAT. 4805 02:31:53,838 --> 02:31:56,373 PARENTS HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS 4806 02:31:56,373 --> 02:31:58,075 ABOUT WHAT THEIR WHAT WHAT THEIR 4807 02:31:58,075 --> 02:31:59,643 CHILDREN ARE GOING THROUGH, WHAT 4808 02:31:59,643 --> 02:32:01,111 THEIR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING IN 4809 02:32:01,111 --> 02:32:03,881 SCHOOLS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, 4810 02:32:03,881 --> 02:32:05,883 I, I WAS PERSONALLY FORTUNATE 4811 02:32:05,883 --> 02:32:07,785 ENOUGH NOT TO EXPERIENCE THIS, 4812 02:32:07,785 --> 02:32:11,622 BUT I KNOW THE SAME IS NOT A 4813 02:32:11,622 --> 02:32:13,491 UNIVERSAL NORM. LET'S HOPE 4814 02:32:13,491 --> 02:32:16,293 IT'S A MINORITY. BUT SOMETIMES 4815 02:32:16,293 --> 02:32:18,129 THE SOURCE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH 4816 02:32:18,129 --> 02:32:21,499 CONCERNS IS IN THE HOME AND NOT 4817 02:32:21,499 --> 02:32:24,001 IN WHERE THE SCHOOL OFFERS 4818 02:32:24,001 --> 02:32:24,568 RELATIVE SAFE SPACE TO THE 4819 02:32:24,568 --> 02:32:26,036 CHILDREN, WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE, 4820 02:32:26,036 --> 02:32:28,672 THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND 4821 02:32:28,672 --> 02:32:30,374 PASSING. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD 4822 02:32:30,374 --> 02:32:31,542 TAKE THAT AWAY. THANK YOU FOR 4823 02:32:31,542 --> 02:32:32,910 YOUR TIME. 4824 02:32:32,910 --> 02:32:37,414 -- THANK YOU, ED. OKAY. ARE 4825 02:32:37,414 --> 02:32:39,550 THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS PEOPLE 4826 02:32:39,550 --> 02:32:42,419 SIGNED UP? OKAY, AWESOME. WE'LL 4827 02:32:42,419 --> 02:32:43,687 GO ONLINE. DR. JANICE CLERK STAR 4828 02:32:43,687 --> 02:32:46,023 SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND THEN 4829 02:32:46,023 --> 02:32:47,525 AFTER WE DO DAN. DR. CLARK, 4830 02:32:47,525 --> 02:32:49,960 WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND SEE 4831 02:32:49,960 --> 02:32:53,164 IF FROM THE BILL SPONSORS FOR IL 4832 02:32:53,164 --> 02:32:56,934 26638. DR. CLARK. 4833 02:32:56,934 --> 02:32:58,936 -- GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL 4834 02:32:58,936 --> 02:33:00,804 PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF SEATTLE 4835 02:33:00,804 --> 02:33:03,340 CITY COUNCIL. I AM DR. JANICE 4836 02:33:03,340 --> 02:33:06,644 CLARK, FOUNDER, VISIONARY. AND 4837 02:33:06,644 --> 02:33:08,812 NOT ONLY AM I THE PRESIDENT OF 4838 02:33:08,812 --> 02:33:10,414 SAFE HOMES BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I 4839 02:33:10,414 --> 02:33:12,416 AM ALSO A CLIENT. I AM A 4840 02:33:12,416 --> 02:33:14,518 DISABLED SERVICE CONNECTED WOMAN 4841 02:33:14,518 --> 02:33:18,122 VETERAN THAT WORK, PLAY GO HAWKS 4842 02:33:18,122 --> 02:33:21,058 AND WORSHIP IN SEATTLE. I RISE 4843 02:33:21,058 --> 02:33:24,862 AGAIN TO BRING AWARENESS NOT 4844 02:33:24,862 --> 02:33:26,597 ONLY ABOUT THE WOMEN VETERANS 4845 02:33:26,597 --> 02:33:28,866 THAT LIVE, WORK AND PLAY AND 4846 02:33:28,866 --> 02:33:32,136 WORSHIP IN SEATTLE, BUT HOW THE 4847 02:33:32,136 --> 02:33:35,539 GUN VIOLENCE CONNECTED TO. AND 4848 02:33:35,539 --> 02:33:38,442 MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M NOT 4849 02:33:38,442 --> 02:33:40,711 SURE WHAT PRONOUNS ARE. I'M 4850 02:33:40,711 --> 02:33:43,280 TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL. SO 4851 02:33:43,280 --> 02:33:45,015 FORGIVE ME IF I MISSTATE 4852 02:33:45,015 --> 02:33:46,250 SOMETHING, BUT I DID ALSO SIGN 4853 02:33:46,250 --> 02:33:50,921 UP FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMENT 4854 02:33:50,921 --> 02:33:52,957 BECAUSE I WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON 4855 02:33:52,957 --> 02:33:54,592 THE GUN VIOLENCE AND STRATEGIC 4856 02:33:54,592 --> 02:33:57,595 PLAN, AND I DO SUPPORT. AND YES, 4857 02:33:57,595 --> 02:33:59,196 THE RESOLUTION DID PASS AND I'M 4858 02:33:59,196 --> 02:34:00,798 GRATEFUL THAT IT DID. BUT THIS 4859 02:34:00,798 --> 02:34:02,900 IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT HOW 4860 02:34:02,900 --> 02:34:07,705 GUN VIOLENCE MATTERS AND HOW IT 4861 02:34:07,705 --> 02:34:10,274 SPECIFICALLY AFFECT WOMEN 4862 02:34:10,274 --> 02:34:10,808 VETERANS WITH SCHOOL AGE 4863 02:34:10,808 --> 02:34:12,910 CHILDREN IN SEATTLE, WOMEN 4864 02:34:12,910 --> 02:34:15,512 VETERANS ARE ALREADY CARRY 4865 02:34:15,512 --> 02:34:18,182 ELEVATED RATES OF MILITARY 4866 02:34:18,182 --> 02:34:20,351 SEXUAL TRAUMA, POST-TRAUMATIC 4867 02:34:20,351 --> 02:34:22,453 STRESS DISORDER, AND CHRONIC 4868 02:34:22,453 --> 02:34:24,054 STRESS. WHEN THEY LIVE IN THE 4869 02:34:24,054 --> 02:34:26,323 SEATTLE AREAS. EXPERIENCING GUN 4870 02:34:26,323 --> 02:34:27,858 VIOLENCE. Y'ALL KNOW TOO WELL 4871 02:34:27,858 --> 02:34:29,693 YOU REPRESENT ALL OF THOSE 4872 02:34:29,693 --> 02:34:33,731 NEIGHBORHOODS. IT DOES INCREASE 4873 02:34:33,731 --> 02:34:36,100 THE CRISIS RESPONSE NEEDS. IT 4874 02:34:36,100 --> 02:34:38,535 DOES ELEVATE MENTAL HEALTH 4875 02:34:38,535 --> 02:34:41,905 SYMPTOMS AND INCREASE DEMAND FOR 4876 02:34:41,905 --> 02:34:44,408 YOUTH SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS. SO 4877 02:34:44,408 --> 02:34:45,376 I WANT TO SAY AS ONE OF THOSE, 4878 02:34:45,376 --> 02:34:46,777 AND I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT 4879 02:34:46,777 --> 02:34:48,178 IT, THIS IS MY WORK. I'M THE 4880 02:34:48,178 --> 02:34:51,782 FOUNDER OF SAFE HOMES IN 1995, 4881 02:34:51,782 --> 02:34:55,986 IS AT 10 SECONDS LEFT. SO I WILL 4882 02:34:55,986 --> 02:34:57,254 VOTE ACCORDING TO WHAT IS RIGHT. 4883 02:34:57,254 --> 02:34:59,990 BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT 4884 02:34:59,990 --> 02:35:00,724 UNTIL WASHINGTON STATE CHANGES 4885 02:35:00,724 --> 02:35:03,794 LAWS ABOUT 4886 02:35:03,794 --> 02:35:04,695 -- THANK YOU, DOCTOR CLARK AND I 4887 02:35:04,695 --> 02:35:06,930 DO HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU AND 4888 02:35:06,930 --> 02:35:09,333 NATHAN WITH SOME OF THE MIX UP 4889 02:35:09,333 --> 02:35:10,901 REGARDING THE PUBLIC COMMENT AS 4890 02:35:10,901 --> 02:35:11,502 WE'RE MANAGING. I DIDN'T 4891 02:35:11,502 --> 02:35:12,670 REALIZE THAT YOU ALL HAD SIGNED 4892 02:35:12,670 --> 02:35:13,937 UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 4893 02:35:13,937 --> 02:35:14,638 SO THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY MY 4894 02:35:14,638 --> 02:35:16,273 BAD AND MY MISTAKE. SO THANK 4895 02:35:16,273 --> 02:35:19,910 YOU, DR. CLARK, FOR THOSE WORDS. 4896 02:35:19,910 --> 02:35:21,512 COLLEAGUES. THERE'S NO MORE 4897 02:35:21,512 --> 02:35:23,714 PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS 4898 02:35:23,714 --> 02:35:24,682 SPECIFIC MEASURE. SO NOW WE'RE 4899 02:35:24,682 --> 02:35:26,250 GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER 4900 02:35:26,250 --> 02:35:28,385 ONE. SO THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN 4901 02:35:28,385 --> 02:35:28,819 FROM COMMENTS FROM 4902 02:35:28,819 --> 02:35:31,789 COUNCILMEMBERS ON INITIATIVE 4903 02:35:31,789 --> 02:35:35,092 NUMBER IL26638. CONCERNING PART 4904 02:35:35,092 --> 02:35:36,193 PARTICIPATION IN ATHLETICS AT K 4905 02:35:36,193 --> 02:35:38,962 THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS. I KNOW THAT 4906 02:35:38,962 --> 02:35:40,264 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK OR FOSTER 4907 02:35:40,264 --> 02:35:42,032 YOU BOTH ARE THE SPONSORS, SO 4908 02:35:42,032 --> 02:35:42,733 WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 4909 02:35:42,733 --> 02:35:43,500 TO OPEN US UP AND THEN 4910 02:35:43,500 --> 02:35:44,268 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WILL GO TO 4911 02:35:44,268 --> 02:35:46,270 YOU AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP TO 4912 02:35:46,270 --> 02:35:47,671 COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THEN WE'LL 4913 02:35:47,671 --> 02:35:48,706 HAVE THE PUBLIC HAVE YOUR 4914 02:35:48,706 --> 02:35:52,142 COMMENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU. 4915 02:35:52,142 --> 02:35:54,445 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 4916 02:35:54,445 --> 02:35:56,447 PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, 4917 02:35:56,447 --> 02:35:57,181 COLLEAGUES. SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE 4918 02:35:57,181 --> 02:35:59,583 MOVE ON TO THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT 4919 02:35:59,583 --> 02:36:02,152 THE OTHER THE OTHER INITIATIVE 4920 02:36:02,152 --> 02:36:03,654 THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE 4921 02:36:03,654 --> 02:36:06,857 BALLOT, I WILL SHARE. FIRST. YOU 4922 02:36:06,857 --> 02:36:08,459 KNOW, I AM SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT 4923 02:36:08,459 --> 02:36:11,895 VERY GOOD AT SPORTS. YOU KNOW, 4924 02:36:11,895 --> 02:36:14,531 WHEN I WAS A KID, I, I WAS I WAS 4925 02:36:14,531 --> 02:36:16,433 MADE TO PLAY BASKETBALL FOR A 4926 02:36:16,433 --> 02:36:20,370 SEASON. AND WE WON EXACTLY ONE 4927 02:36:20,370 --> 02:36:21,305 GAME. AND I LEARNED A LOT DURING 4928 02:36:21,305 --> 02:36:23,140 THAT SEASON, BUILT A LOT OF 4929 02:36:23,140 --> 02:36:27,144 CHARACTER. AS MY MOM TOLD ME. 4930 02:36:27,144 --> 02:36:27,845 AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY 4931 02:36:27,845 --> 02:36:29,713 CARRY WITH ME SOME LESSONS FROM 4932 02:36:29,713 --> 02:36:31,915 THAT, THAT I, THAT I HAVE TODAY. 4933 02:36:31,915 --> 02:36:33,250 AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT 4934 02:36:33,250 --> 02:36:34,885 EXPERIENCE, I THINK EVERY KID 4935 02:36:34,885 --> 02:36:37,521 DESERVES THE RIGHT TO PLAY. 4936 02:36:37,521 --> 02:36:39,623 EVERY KID DESERVES THE RIGHT TO 4937 02:36:39,623 --> 02:36:41,425 HAVE ACCESS TO SPORTS. EVERY KID 4938 02:36:41,425 --> 02:36:43,594 DESERVES THE RIGHT TO LEARN THE 4939 02:36:43,594 --> 02:36:45,195 LESSONS THAT YOU LEARN WHEN YOU 4940 02:36:45,195 --> 02:36:47,898 WIN ONE GAME IN A SEASON. AND 4941 02:36:47,898 --> 02:36:50,167 AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO 4942 02:36:50,167 --> 02:36:50,734 ACCESS THAT WITHOUT FEAR OF 4943 02:36:50,734 --> 02:36:52,469 THEIR PRIVACY BEING VIOLATED. 4944 02:36:52,469 --> 02:36:53,871 THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCESS 4945 02:36:53,871 --> 02:36:57,975 THAT WITHOUT INVASIVE 4946 02:36:57,975 --> 02:36:59,209 PROCEDURES. AND THEY HAVE THE 4947 02:36:59,209 --> 02:37:01,912 RIGHT TO HAVE JOY IN THEIR YOUNG 4948 02:37:01,912 --> 02:37:03,781 LIVES. I THINK THAT'S REALLY 4949 02:37:03,781 --> 02:37:04,815 IMPORTANT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 4950 02:37:04,815 --> 02:37:07,217 WHAT THIS INITIATIVE THREATENS 4951 02:37:07,217 --> 02:37:08,952 TO TAKE AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND 4952 02:37:08,952 --> 02:37:10,754 FAMILIES IN OUR STATE, IT 4953 02:37:10,754 --> 02:37:12,089 THREATENS TO TAKE AWAY THAT 4954 02:37:12,089 --> 02:37:12,723 SAFETY, THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN 4955 02:37:12,723 --> 02:37:16,059 LEARN, I THINK ONLY IN A TEAM 4956 02:37:16,059 --> 02:37:18,595 SETTING, THE JOY THAT YOU GET 4957 02:37:18,595 --> 02:37:20,431 FROM PARTICIPATION, AND IT 4958 02:37:20,431 --> 02:37:21,698 THREATENS TO TARGET, YOU KNOW, 4959 02:37:21,698 --> 02:37:23,233 SOME OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR 4960 02:37:23,233 --> 02:37:25,202 GIRLS. I THINK IT'S REALLY 4961 02:37:25,202 --> 02:37:27,070 IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE THAT 4962 02:37:27,070 --> 02:37:27,838 THOSE THOSE RIGHTS ARE 4963 02:37:27,838 --> 02:37:29,606 PROTECTED. AND THE WAY THAT WE 4964 02:37:29,606 --> 02:37:33,410 DO THAT IS THROUGH STANDING UP 4965 02:37:33,410 --> 02:37:34,711 AGAINST THIS HARMFUL INITIATIVE. 4966 02:37:34,711 --> 02:37:36,980 SO, COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 4967 02:37:36,980 --> 02:37:39,450 SUPPORT OF THE THIS RESOLUTION 4968 02:37:39,450 --> 02:37:41,418 TO STAND UP AGAINST TAKING BACK 4969 02:37:41,418 --> 02:37:42,085 THE RIGHT TO PLAY AND THE RIGHT 4970 02:37:42,085 --> 02:37:46,890 TO JOY FROM OUR YOUTH 4971 02:37:46,890 --> 02:37:47,991 -- THANK YOU. AND JUST REALLY 4972 02:37:47,991 --> 02:37:49,226 QUICK, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 4973 02:37:49,226 --> 02:37:51,195 I HAVE TWO COUNCILMEMBERS THAT I 4974 02:37:51,195 --> 02:37:53,263 HAVE TO EXCUSE. COUNCILMEMBER 4975 02:37:53,263 --> 02:37:55,566 JUAREZ AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 4976 02:37:55,566 --> 02:37:57,501 FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S 4977 02:37:57,501 --> 02:37:58,569 MEETINGS. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION 4978 02:37:58,569 --> 02:38:01,972 TO THAT? OKAY. HEARING NO 4979 02:38:01,972 --> 02:38:02,606 OBJECTION. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 4980 02:38:02,606 --> 02:38:05,042 AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ARE 4981 02:38:05,042 --> 02:38:06,443 EXCUSED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 4982 02:38:06,443 --> 02:38:10,514 MEETING. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 4983 02:38:10,514 --> 02:38:10,981 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4984 02:38:10,981 --> 02:38:13,083 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4985 02:38:13,083 --> 02:38:16,854 SO THIS BILL VERY CLEARLY 4986 02:38:16,854 --> 02:38:20,657 DISCRIMINATES AGAINST ALL GIRLS 4987 02:38:20,657 --> 02:38:22,960 IN WASHINGTON, CRUELLY, 4988 02:38:22,960 --> 02:38:23,560 SPECIFICALLY TARGETING JUST A 4989 02:38:23,560 --> 02:38:25,596 HANDFUL OF KIDS, CREATING 4990 02:38:25,596 --> 02:38:28,498 BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN 4991 02:38:28,498 --> 02:38:30,167 SPORTS AND ALL THINGS THAT BRING 4992 02:38:30,167 --> 02:38:31,602 ALL THE BENEFITS THAT THAT 4993 02:38:31,602 --> 02:38:32,669 BRINGS TO KIDS AND THEIR 4994 02:38:32,669 --> 02:38:34,605 FAMILIES AND OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR 4995 02:38:34,605 --> 02:38:37,507 COMMUNITIES. AND FOR WHAT? ALL 4996 02:38:37,507 --> 02:38:42,279 OF THIS IS IN SERVICE TO WELL, 4997 02:38:42,279 --> 02:38:44,147 IT'S NOT IN SERVICE OF THE 4998 02:38:44,147 --> 02:38:46,450 NEEDS OF WASHINGTON FAMILIES, 4999 02:38:46,450 --> 02:38:50,554 BUT RATHER TO THE DESIRES OF ONE 5000 02:38:50,554 --> 02:38:52,689 WEALTHY MAGA MEGADONOR AFTER 5001 02:38:52,689 --> 02:38:54,558 FAILING TO CONVINCE LAWMAKERS OF 5002 02:38:54,558 --> 02:38:55,525 BOTH PARTIES IN OLYMPIA TO GET 5003 02:38:55,525 --> 02:38:57,494 ON BOARD WITH HIS RADICAL 5004 02:38:57,494 --> 02:38:59,096 POLITICS OF EXCLUSION AND 5005 02:38:59,096 --> 02:39:01,031 DISCRIMINATION, THIS MILLIONAIRE 5006 02:39:01,031 --> 02:39:03,233 DECIDED TO PERSONALLY BANKROLL A 5007 02:39:03,233 --> 02:39:05,102 DECEPTIVE CAMPAIGN TO SIDESTEP 5008 02:39:05,102 --> 02:39:07,170 THE PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVES AND 5009 02:39:07,170 --> 02:39:09,273 DIRECTLY FORCE HIS POLITICS ONTO 5010 02:39:09,273 --> 02:39:10,340 OUR KIDS. IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE. 5011 02:39:10,340 --> 02:39:12,342 I WON'T STAND BY IT AND REMAIN 5012 02:39:12,342 --> 02:39:13,710 SILENT WHEN TRANS PEOPLE ARE 5013 02:39:13,710 --> 02:39:16,013 UNDER ATTACK OR KIDS PRIVACY, 5014 02:39:16,013 --> 02:39:17,614 DIGNITY AND SAFETY IS AT RISK. 5015 02:39:17,614 --> 02:39:19,883 WE CAN AND WE MUST STAND UP AND 5016 02:39:19,883 --> 02:39:21,018 SAY NO. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL 5017 02:39:21,018 --> 02:39:22,586 TO STAND WITH US HERE TODAY. 5018 02:39:22,586 --> 02:39:24,588 THANK YOU. 5019 02:39:24,588 --> 02:39:25,155 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5020 02:39:25,155 --> 02:39:26,557 RINCK. SO IF ARE THERE ANY OTHER 5021 02:39:26,557 --> 02:39:30,160 COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS ON 5022 02:39:30,160 --> 02:39:31,361 INITIATIVE AISLE 26638 BEFORE WE 5023 02:39:31,361 --> 02:39:33,664 GO TO THE PUBLIC? OH, SORRY. 5024 02:39:33,664 --> 02:39:35,198 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YEAH, THANK. 5025 02:39:35,198 --> 02:39:36,800 -- YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL 5026 02:39:36,800 --> 02:39:38,802 PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO MY 5027 02:39:38,802 --> 02:39:40,938 COLLEAGUES FOR FOR BRINGING THIS 5028 02:39:40,938 --> 02:39:45,108 FORWARD AND IT'S REALLY 5029 02:39:45,108 --> 02:39:46,743 POWERFUL LISTENING TO YOU, 5030 02:39:46,743 --> 02:39:49,646 LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS 5031 02:39:49,646 --> 02:39:52,683 YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT OUR 5032 02:39:52,683 --> 02:39:55,018 YOUTH WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN MANY 5033 02:39:55,018 --> 02:39:56,453 WAYS WITH, YOU KNOW, ISSUES 5034 02:39:56,453 --> 02:40:01,358 AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND, YOU 5035 02:40:01,358 --> 02:40:02,759 KNOW, KIDS, AS COUNCILMEMBER 5036 02:40:02,759 --> 02:40:05,529 FOSTER MENTIONED, KIDS SHOULD 5037 02:40:05,529 --> 02:40:06,630 JUST HAVE A RIGHT TO BE KIDS. 5038 02:40:06,630 --> 02:40:09,600 THEY SHOULD JUST HAVE A RIGHT TO 5039 02:40:09,600 --> 02:40:12,636 PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL AND SPORTS 5040 02:40:12,636 --> 02:40:13,904 AND OTHER PROGRAMING. AND, YOU 5041 02:40:13,904 --> 02:40:15,872 KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, 5042 02:40:15,872 --> 02:40:21,278 TOO OFTEN SOME OF OUR KIDS ARE 5043 02:40:21,278 --> 02:40:21,812 BULLIED OR DISCRIMINATED 5044 02:40:21,812 --> 02:40:27,284 AGAINST. AND IT'S, IT'S GROSS 5045 02:40:27,284 --> 02:40:28,885 THAT THIS INITIATIVE WOULD 5046 02:40:28,885 --> 02:40:30,487 DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT HATE, THAT 5047 02:40:30,487 --> 02:40:33,790 IT WOULD DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT 5048 02:40:33,790 --> 02:40:36,760 DISCRIMINATION. IF WE ARE A 5049 02:40:36,760 --> 02:40:40,697 REGION THAT IS WELCOMING, WE ARE 5050 02:40:40,697 --> 02:40:43,634 SEEING LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOLKS 5051 02:40:43,634 --> 02:40:46,269 COMING HERE BECAUSE IT IS A SAFE 5052 02:40:46,269 --> 02:40:47,371 AND WELCOMING PLACE, AND I'M 5053 02:40:47,371 --> 02:40:55,112 PROUD OF THAT. AND. I JUST HATE 5054 02:40:55,112 --> 02:40:56,480 HAS NO PLACE HERE IN IN SEATTLE. 5055 02:40:56,480 --> 02:40:59,449 IT HAS NO PLACE IN IN WASHINGTON 5056 02:40:59,449 --> 02:41:01,885 STATE. AND OUR KIDS DESERVE TO 5057 02:41:01,885 --> 02:41:07,057 BE LOVED AND SUPPORTED NO MATTER 5058 02:41:07,057 --> 02:41:10,260 WHO THEY ARE, WHATEVER THEIR 5059 02:41:10,260 --> 02:41:11,995 GENDER IDENTITY, ANY ASPECT OF 5060 02:41:11,995 --> 02:41:13,196 THEM, THEY DESERVE TO GROW UP 5061 02:41:13,196 --> 02:41:16,933 AND BE LOVED AND BE THEIR FULL 5062 02:41:16,933 --> 02:41:17,167 SELVES. 5063 02:41:17,167 --> 02:41:19,803 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 5064 02:41:19,803 --> 02:41:21,238 THAT WAS OUR LAST COMMENT FROM 5065 02:41:21,238 --> 02:41:22,973 COUNCILMEMBERS. AND SO NOW WE'LL 5066 02:41:22,973 --> 02:41:24,408 GO TO THE PUBLIC. I WILL LIKE TO 5067 02:41:24,408 --> 02:41:25,642 START WITH THE PERSON ONLINE 5068 02:41:25,642 --> 02:41:27,711 WITH DR. CLARK, BECAUSE SHE'S 5069 02:41:27,711 --> 02:41:28,845 BEEN ON FOR A LONG PERIOD OF 5070 02:41:28,845 --> 02:41:30,514 TIME. AND THEN WE'LL COME TO THE 5071 02:41:30,514 --> 02:41:33,650 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN PERSON. SO 5072 02:41:33,650 --> 02:41:34,551 AND IT'S ONLY ONE PERSON 5073 02:41:34,551 --> 02:41:36,319 ONLINE. SO WE'LL START WITH 5074 02:41:36,319 --> 02:41:37,721 ONLINE FIRST REALLY QUICK. AND 5075 02:41:37,721 --> 02:41:39,189 THEN WE'LL MOVE TO ASHLEY FORD. 5076 02:41:39,189 --> 02:41:40,824 MADISON JONES, NATHAN WALL, 5077 02:41:40,824 --> 02:41:49,166 EDSON AND GUINEVERE. DR. CLARK. 5078 02:41:49,166 --> 02:41:50,233 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? 5079 02:41:50,233 --> 02:41:50,634 -- YES, MA'AM. 5080 02:41:50,634 --> 02:41:51,535 -- OH, GREAT. 5081 02:41:51,535 --> 02:41:57,374 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5082 02:41:57,374 --> 02:41:59,309 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AGAIN. I'M 5083 02:41:59,309 --> 02:42:01,978 STILL RISING FOR THE AWARENESS 5084 02:42:01,978 --> 02:42:04,848 OF HOW NOT ONLY GUN VIOLENCE 5085 02:42:04,848 --> 02:42:06,650 AFFECT WOMEN VETERANS, AND 5086 02:42:06,650 --> 02:42:08,752 ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE 5087 02:42:08,752 --> 02:42:10,520 CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, 5088 02:42:10,520 --> 02:42:12,089 BUT ALSO AS A WOMAN VETERAN 5089 02:42:12,089 --> 02:42:14,291 WHO'S BEEN IN THE GREAT STATE 5090 02:42:14,291 --> 02:42:16,259 OF WASHINGTON FOR 46 YEARS BY 5091 02:42:16,259 --> 02:42:17,160 WAY OF THE MILITARY, BECAUSE 5092 02:42:17,160 --> 02:42:20,230 I'M MARRIED, A WASHINGTONIAN. 5093 02:42:20,230 --> 02:42:22,466 SO I DIDN'T HAVE CHILDREN GROW 5094 02:42:22,466 --> 02:42:24,000 UP IN THE SEATTLE SCHOOL 5095 02:42:24,000 --> 02:42:25,869 DISTRICT, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE 5096 02:42:25,869 --> 02:42:27,571 CHILDREN IN THE TACOMA PUBLIC 5097 02:42:27,571 --> 02:42:29,773 SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WHEN WE 5098 02:42:29,773 --> 02:42:30,140 TALK ABOUT THE 5099 02:42:30,140 --> 02:42:32,142 DISPROPORTIONALITY OF THE GUN 5100 02:42:32,142 --> 02:42:33,844 VIOLENCE AND AND THE NUMBERS, WE 5101 02:42:33,844 --> 02:42:37,514 KNOW THEM ALL TOO WELL. AND SO 5102 02:42:37,514 --> 02:42:40,050 OUR PROGRAM SAFE HOMES, OUR 5103 02:42:40,050 --> 02:42:45,088 YOUTH CAPS, WE WILL BE 5104 02:42:45,088 --> 02:42:45,722 SUBMITTING THINGS IN WRITING TO 5105 02:42:45,722 --> 02:42:46,256 YOU TO HELP SUPPORT THIS 5106 02:42:46,256 --> 02:42:46,857 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO GUN 5107 02:42:46,857 --> 02:42:49,860 VIOLENCE, BECAUSE IT HAS TO 5108 02:42:49,860 --> 02:42:51,795 START IN THE HOMES FIRST. AND WE 5109 02:42:51,795 --> 02:42:54,464 BELIEVE THAT. AND IF THERE'S 5110 02:42:54,464 --> 02:42:57,300 SOME PARENTS THAT IS NOT 5111 02:42:57,300 --> 02:42:58,401 TRUSTWORTHY, IT DISCOURAGES MY 5112 02:42:58,401 --> 02:43:00,871 HEART BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE 5113 02:43:00,871 --> 02:43:02,873 DON'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THE 5114 02:43:02,873 --> 02:43:04,307 PARENTS CONSENT. THESE ARE 5115 02:43:04,307 --> 02:43:05,509 MINORS, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY, 5116 02:43:05,509 --> 02:43:08,211 VERY SUCCESSFUL IN INTERVENTION 5117 02:43:08,211 --> 02:43:11,715 AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR 5118 02:43:11,715 --> 02:43:13,116 YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF 5119 02:43:13,116 --> 02:43:14,684 WASHINGTON. CAN SO WE WANT TO 5120 02:43:14,684 --> 02:43:16,153 LEND THAT TO THE. 5121 02:43:16,153 --> 02:43:16,553 -- COUNTER CLERK. 5122 02:43:16,553 --> 02:43:16,787 -- DR.. 5123 02:43:16,787 --> 02:43:17,254 -- I'M SORRY. 5124 02:43:17,254 --> 02:43:19,055 -- NO, NO. YOU'RE GOOD. DR. 5125 02:43:19,055 --> 02:43:21,625 CLARK, WE'RE WE'RE ACCEPTING 5126 02:43:21,625 --> 02:43:22,125 COMMENTS REGARDING THE 5127 02:43:22,125 --> 02:43:27,697 INITIATIVES. IL26638. IF YOU'RE 5128 02:43:27,697 --> 02:43:28,865 OPPOSED OR IN FAVOR YOU HAVE. 5129 02:43:28,865 --> 02:43:30,367 -- AND I DID SIGN UP SAYING. 5130 02:43:30,367 --> 02:43:31,535 -- THAT GO AHEAD GO AHEAD. 5131 02:43:31,535 --> 02:43:32,469 PLEASE CONTINUE. 5132 02:43:32,469 --> 02:43:32,802 -- GO AHEAD. 5133 02:43:32,802 --> 02:43:37,107 -- I APOLOGIZE YES, BECAUSE I'M 5134 02:43:37,107 --> 02:43:39,576 ABSOLUTELY QUITE AWARE. YES. SO 5135 02:43:39,576 --> 02:43:41,211 I DID LIST DOWN WHEN THEY ASKED 5136 02:43:41,211 --> 02:43:42,646 WHEN I SIGNED UP AND LET ME GO 5137 02:43:42,646 --> 02:43:48,685 TO THAT PAGE THAT I STAND, I 5138 02:43:48,685 --> 02:43:52,189 STAND IN OPPOSITION TO THE THE 5139 02:43:52,189 --> 02:43:54,324 RESOLUTION. I RESERVE MY RIGHT 5140 02:43:54,324 --> 02:43:57,827 FOR VOTING ONCE IT GET MY BALLOT 5141 02:43:57,827 --> 02:43:59,329 AND WHEN IT HITS THE MAIL, THE 5142 02:43:59,329 --> 02:44:01,998 JURIES ARE STILL OUT. BUT AYE. 5143 02:44:01,998 --> 02:44:04,334 TO HEAR PARENTS. PARENTS ARE 5144 02:44:04,334 --> 02:44:06,736 INFLUENTIAL. THEIR CHILDREN ARE 5145 02:44:06,736 --> 02:44:09,739 A VERY INTEGRAL PART OF THAT. SO 5146 02:44:09,739 --> 02:44:11,208 I APOLOGIZE THAT I WASN'T CLEAR 5147 02:44:11,208 --> 02:44:13,476 ABOUT WHAT I STAND IN OPPOSITION 5148 02:44:13,476 --> 02:44:13,643 TO. 5149 02:44:13,643 --> 02:44:14,311 -- NO WORRIES. YOU'RE GOOD. 5150 02:44:14,311 --> 02:44:16,213 THANK YOU, DOCTOR CLARK. NEXT 5151 02:44:16,213 --> 02:44:18,381 WE'LL GO BACK IN PERSON. WE 5152 02:44:18,381 --> 02:44:19,482 HAVE ASHLEY, MADISON, NATHAN 5153 02:44:19,482 --> 02:44:21,351 WALL, EDITOR AND GUINEVERE. 5154 02:44:21,351 --> 02:44:24,020 WELCOME BACK. ASHLEY. 5155 02:44:24,020 --> 02:44:25,555 -- HELLO. HELLO. 5156 02:44:25,555 --> 02:44:27,691 -- ASHLEY SHEEN. THE PRONOUNS 5157 02:44:27,691 --> 02:44:30,760 STILL. I AM IN OPPOSITION TO 5158 02:44:30,760 --> 02:44:33,997 THIS OTHER INITIATIVE AS WELL. 5159 02:44:33,997 --> 02:44:35,165 OUT OF 1.2 MILLION STUDENTS, 5160 02:44:35,165 --> 02:44:36,967 THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 5 TO 10 5161 02:44:36,967 --> 02:44:38,635 TRANS CHILDREN THAT PLAY SCHOOL 5162 02:44:38,635 --> 02:44:39,936 SPORTS IN OUR STATE, ACCORDING 5163 02:44:39,936 --> 02:44:42,005 TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR PUBLIC 5164 02:44:42,005 --> 02:44:46,576 INSTRUCTION 5 TO 10 TRANS KIDS 5165 02:44:46,576 --> 02:44:48,078 OUT OF 1.2 MILLION STUDENTS. AND 5166 02:44:48,078 --> 02:44:51,948 SO THIS INITIATIVE IS 5167 02:44:51,948 --> 02:44:54,117 UNNECESSARY, UNFAIRLY TARGETS A 5168 02:44:54,117 --> 02:44:57,320 SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN THERE 5169 02:44:57,320 --> 02:45:00,056 ARE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF OF, 5170 02:45:00,056 --> 02:45:03,059 EXCUSE ME, YOUTH PLAYING SPORTS 5171 02:45:03,059 --> 02:45:03,727 IN OUR STATE. AS IT WAS 5172 02:45:03,727 --> 02:45:05,629 MENTIONED, THIS IS ONLY 5173 02:45:05,629 --> 02:45:08,164 TARGETING GIRLS. IT'S NOT 5174 02:45:08,164 --> 02:45:10,600 TARGETING BOYS. SHE'S WHOLLY 5175 02:45:10,600 --> 02:45:12,903 UNNECESSARY IN OUR STATE. SO I 5176 02:45:12,903 --> 02:45:14,704 AM ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO TO 5177 02:45:14,704 --> 02:45:17,741 VOTE NO ON THESE THESE 5178 02:45:17,741 --> 02:45:18,575 RESOLUTIONS OR VOTE NO ON THIS 5179 02:45:18,575 --> 02:45:19,909 INITIATIVE. YES ON THE 5180 02:45:19,909 --> 02:45:20,944 RESOLUTION. YES. 5181 02:45:20,944 --> 02:45:22,812 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ASHLEY. 5182 02:45:22,812 --> 02:45:24,347 NEXT WE HAVE MADISON, FOLLOWED 5183 02:45:24,347 --> 02:45:28,885 BY NATHAN, THEN ED AND 5184 02:45:28,885 --> 02:45:29,419 GUINEVERE. WELCOME AGAIN. 5185 02:45:29,419 --> 02:45:30,053 -- HELLO AGAIN. WELL, THIS TIME 5186 02:45:30,053 --> 02:45:31,187 I'M GOING TO START BY SAYING 5187 02:45:31,187 --> 02:45:34,557 THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR 5188 02:45:34,557 --> 02:45:36,626 BRINGING THIS FORTH AND TO VOTE 5189 02:45:36,626 --> 02:45:38,228 ON CONDEMNING THESE INITIATIVES, 5190 02:45:38,228 --> 02:45:39,829 BECAUSE I'M PRETTY MUCH JUST 5191 02:45:39,829 --> 02:45:43,066 GOING TO ECHO A LOT OF WHAT 5192 02:45:43,066 --> 02:45:46,369 ASHLEY JUST SAID. WE HAVE SO FEW 5193 02:45:46,369 --> 02:45:51,775 TRANS YOUTH ATHLETES TO BEGIN 5194 02:45:51,775 --> 02:45:52,442 WITH. IT'S REALLY APPARENT THE 5195 02:45:52,442 --> 02:45:53,176 WAY THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS 5196 02:45:53,176 --> 02:45:55,945 WRITTEN, THAT IT'S BEING USED TO 5197 02:45:55,945 --> 02:46:00,617 TARGET A VERY SMALL MINORITY TO 5198 02:46:00,617 --> 02:46:02,352 RILE UP PEOPLE'S FEARS. AS A 5199 02:46:02,352 --> 02:46:03,787 TRANSGENDER WOMAN MYSELF, I FEEL 5200 02:46:03,787 --> 02:46:07,924 LIKE A LOT OF THIS LEGISLATION, 5201 02:46:07,924 --> 02:46:08,425 INCLUDING WHAT HAS BEEN 5202 02:46:08,425 --> 02:46:09,192 HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL 5203 02:46:09,192 --> 02:46:10,960 WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, 5204 02:46:10,960 --> 02:46:14,397 IS TO CAPITALIZE ON PEOPLE'S 5205 02:46:14,397 --> 02:46:16,466 LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF WHO TRANS 5206 02:46:16,466 --> 02:46:19,836 PEOPLE ARE AND HOW THEY LIVE. 5207 02:46:19,836 --> 02:46:22,505 AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY 5208 02:46:22,505 --> 02:46:24,741 APPARENT TO ANYONE WHO ACTUALLY 5209 02:46:24,741 --> 02:46:26,710 KNOWS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OR HAVE 5210 02:46:26,710 --> 02:46:27,310 TRANSGENDER CHILDREN IN THEIR 5211 02:46:27,310 --> 02:46:29,212 LIFE, THAT THIS ISSUE THAT IS 5212 02:46:29,212 --> 02:46:34,150 BEING DRUMMED UP BY CERTAIN 5213 02:46:34,150 --> 02:46:37,320 FOLKS IS SUCH A ENORMOUS 5214 02:46:37,320 --> 02:46:38,722 CARICATURE OF THE ACTUAL ISSUE, 5215 02:46:38,722 --> 02:46:42,926 AND SO MUCH OF IT HAS ALREADY 5216 02:46:42,926 --> 02:46:45,395 BEEN ADDRESSED BY SPORTS BODIES, 5217 02:46:45,395 --> 02:46:46,629 BOTH LIKE AT THE K THROUGH 12 5218 02:46:46,629 --> 02:46:49,099 LEVEL, AS WELL AS LIKE 5219 02:46:49,099 --> 02:46:50,467 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BODIES OF 5220 02:46:50,467 --> 02:46:52,335 LIKE, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU 5221 02:46:52,335 --> 02:46:56,239 HAVE A TRANSGENDER PERSON AND A 5222 02:46:56,239 --> 02:46:57,273 CERTAIN CATEGORY, THEIR HORMONE 5223 02:46:57,273 --> 02:46:58,274 LEVELS, STUFF LIKE THAT. A LOT 5224 02:46:58,274 --> 02:47:00,176 OF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN HASHED 5225 02:47:00,176 --> 02:47:03,646 OUT. AND I THINK NOT TO LIKE 5226 02:47:03,646 --> 02:47:05,348 SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL 5227 02:47:05,348 --> 02:47:05,982 TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, BUT I FEEL 5228 02:47:05,982 --> 02:47:08,818 LIKE MOST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE 5229 02:47:08,818 --> 02:47:10,687 VERY REASONABLE WHEN IT COMES TO 5230 02:47:10,687 --> 02:47:13,757 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. SO 5231 02:47:13,757 --> 02:47:15,525 OVERALL, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT 5232 02:47:15,525 --> 02:47:16,793 THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING TO 5233 02:47:16,793 --> 02:47:18,328 CONDEMN THIS, BECAUSE HATE HAS 5234 02:47:18,328 --> 02:47:20,397 NO PLACE IN WASHINGTON STATE. 5235 02:47:20,397 --> 02:47:21,297 THANK YOU. 5236 02:47:21,297 --> 02:47:22,399 -- THANK YOU. MADISON. NEXT WE 5237 02:47:22,399 --> 02:47:23,099 HAVE NATHAN WALL, FOLLOWED BY ED 5238 02:47:23,099 --> 02:47:25,769 AND THEN GUINEVERE. WELCOME, 5239 02:47:25,769 --> 02:47:27,337 NATHAN. NEXT WE HAVE ED AFTER 5240 02:47:27,337 --> 02:47:29,139 NATHAN AND GUINEVERE. 5241 02:47:29,139 --> 02:47:30,940 -- OKAY, SO I ALSO DON'T SUPPORT 5242 02:47:30,940 --> 02:47:34,310 THIS INITIATIVE. THERE'S MAYBE 5243 02:47:34,310 --> 02:47:36,880 LIKE THE AMOUNT OF TRANS KIDS 5244 02:47:36,880 --> 02:47:40,049 PLAYING IN SPORTS ACROSS THE 5245 02:47:40,049 --> 02:47:40,683 COUNTRY IS NEGLIGIBLE. IN TERMS 5246 02:47:40,683 --> 02:47:42,919 OF THE NUMBERS, THIS IS NOT A 5247 02:47:42,919 --> 02:47:47,991 WIDESPREAD ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, 5248 02:47:47,991 --> 02:47:48,625 WE'RE ESSENTIALLY PROPOSING 5249 02:47:48,625 --> 02:47:51,127 BULLYING LIKE 16 KIDS TO MAKE A 5250 02:47:51,127 --> 02:47:54,798 POINT AND, YOU KNOW, THOUGH, I, 5251 02:47:54,798 --> 02:47:55,532 I, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S 5252 02:47:55,532 --> 02:47:57,167 ONE KID OR IF IT'S 200 KIDS, 5253 02:47:57,167 --> 02:47:58,802 LIKE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T BE 5254 02:47:58,802 --> 02:48:00,203 BULLYING CHILDREN AS AN OFFICIAL 5255 02:48:00,203 --> 02:48:01,204 POLICY. I THINK THAT'S 5256 02:48:01,204 --> 02:48:03,940 RIDICULOUS. SO, YOU KNOW, I 5257 02:48:03,940 --> 02:48:05,275 WOULD JUST SHARE WITH YOU 5258 02:48:05,275 --> 02:48:07,777 SOMETHING THAT MY GRANDMOTHER 5259 02:48:07,777 --> 02:48:09,512 SAID, WHICH IS THAT, YOU KNOW, 5260 02:48:09,512 --> 02:48:11,514 SHE TOLD ME SHE DOESN'T REALLY 5261 02:48:11,514 --> 02:48:12,182 UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY, LIKE ALL 5262 02:48:12,182 --> 02:48:13,383 OF THE NEW STUFF THAT SHE'S BEEN 5263 02:48:13,383 --> 02:48:14,451 LEARNING ABOUT. BUT AT THE END 5264 02:48:14,451 --> 02:48:15,585 OF THE DAY, SHE DOESN'T NEED TO 5265 02:48:15,585 --> 02:48:17,520 UNDERSTAND IT AS LONG AS OTHER 5266 02:48:17,520 --> 02:48:19,589 PEOPLE ARE FINE, THEN IT'S FINE. 5267 02:48:19,589 --> 02:48:21,591 AND, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A CITY 5268 02:48:21,591 --> 02:48:23,059 WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT 5269 02:48:23,059 --> 02:48:23,793 PEOPLE IN THE CITY. AND I DON'T 5270 02:48:23,793 --> 02:48:26,162 UNDERSTAND THE WAY EVERYBODY IN 5271 02:48:26,162 --> 02:48:26,996 THE CITY PERSONALLY CHOOSES TO 5272 02:48:26,996 --> 02:48:27,964 LIVE THEIR LIVES. BUT IT 5273 02:48:27,964 --> 02:48:29,532 DOESN'T MATTER, LIKE MY 5274 02:48:29,532 --> 02:48:31,167 PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT HOW YOU 5275 02:48:31,167 --> 02:48:34,404 PERSONALLY CHOOSE TO LIVE YOUR 5276 02:48:34,404 --> 02:48:36,172 LIFE IS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT, 5277 02:48:36,172 --> 02:48:36,806 JUST AS EVERYBODY ELSE. I MEAN, 5278 02:48:36,806 --> 02:48:38,541 IT DOESN'T MATTER AS LONG AS 5279 02:48:38,541 --> 02:48:42,612 EVERYBODY IS SAFE. THAT IS THE 5280 02:48:42,612 --> 02:48:43,313 ONLY THING THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD 5281 02:48:43,313 --> 02:48:45,882 BE CONCERNED ABOUT. SO I JUST 5282 02:48:45,882 --> 02:48:48,551 ONE OTHER QUICK POINT OF ORDER. 5283 02:48:48,551 --> 02:48:50,720 I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE 5284 02:48:50,720 --> 02:48:54,224 REMOTE SPEAKER KIND OF TOOK FOUR 5285 02:48:54,224 --> 02:48:55,725 MINUTES A SPEAKING UNRELATED ON 5286 02:48:55,725 --> 02:48:57,360 BOTH OF THESE ITEMS AND 5287 02:48:57,360 --> 02:48:58,795 ESSENTIALLY KIND OF GAVE 5288 02:48:58,795 --> 02:49:00,063 THEMSELVES FOUR MINUTES OF 5289 02:49:00,063 --> 02:49:02,365 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT IS 5290 02:49:02,365 --> 02:49:04,901 NOT REALLY OKAY. YOU KNOW, I WAS 5291 02:49:04,901 --> 02:49:06,436 LATE TODAY. I DIDN'T SIGN UP 5292 02:49:06,436 --> 02:49:07,871 PROPERLY. THE IT THING MESSED 5293 02:49:07,871 --> 02:49:12,108 UP. YOU KNOW, IT'S SO I DIDN'T 5294 02:49:12,108 --> 02:49:13,877 TAKE MY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY 5295 02:49:13,877 --> 02:49:15,378 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST 5296 02:49:15,378 --> 02:49:17,046 KIND OF HOW IT GOES. AND I 5297 02:49:17,046 --> 02:49:17,914 DIDN'T REALLY THINK IT WAS FAIR 5298 02:49:17,914 --> 02:49:19,849 FOR THAT. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE 5299 02:49:19,849 --> 02:49:22,485 TO ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 5300 02:49:22,485 --> 02:49:24,454 RESPECT THE RULES OF PUBLIC 5301 02:49:24,454 --> 02:49:25,622 COMMENT AND NOT PRETEND THEY 5302 02:49:25,622 --> 02:49:26,422 DON'T UNDERSTAND, SO THEY CAN 5303 02:49:26,422 --> 02:49:28,157 GET AWAY WITH VIOLATING THEM. 5304 02:49:28,157 --> 02:49:29,359 BECAUSE I THINK TO BE A DOCTOR, 5305 02:49:29,359 --> 02:49:31,995 YOU KNOW BETTER. THANK YOU. 5306 02:49:31,995 --> 02:49:35,398 -- THANK YOU NATHAN. I WILL TAKE 5307 02:49:35,398 --> 02:49:36,032 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT BECAUSE 5308 02:49:36,032 --> 02:49:37,333 I DIDN'T CUT HER OFF SO THAT 5309 02:49:37,333 --> 02:49:38,868 NO, THAT WAS MY IT WAS MY 5310 02:49:38,868 --> 02:49:41,371 DECISION. THANK YOU. NATHAN, YOU 5311 02:49:41,371 --> 02:49:42,805 ALL KNOW HOW I RUN MEETINGS. 5312 02:49:42,805 --> 02:49:44,274 VERY LAX. PEOPLE TALK OVER ME 5313 02:49:44,274 --> 02:49:46,743 ALL THE TIME. PEOPLE CONTINUE 5314 02:49:46,743 --> 02:49:48,745 TO. WHEN THEIR TIME IS UP. AND 5315 02:49:48,745 --> 02:49:50,647 SO WE JUST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5316 02:49:50,647 --> 02:49:52,282 BUT I APPRECIATE YOU SO I'LL 5317 02:49:52,282 --> 02:49:52,882 TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR 5318 02:49:52,882 --> 02:49:53,850 THAT, NOT THE. SPEAKER THANK 5319 02:49:53,850 --> 02:49:59,522 YOU. SO WE HAVE ED, FOLLOWED BY 5320 02:49:59,522 --> 02:49:59,822 GUINEVERE. 5321 02:49:59,822 --> 02:50:03,226 -- OKAY 5322 02:50:03,226 --> 02:50:05,828 -- EDSON, I'M SPEAKING IN 5323 02:50:05,828 --> 02:50:06,396 OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED 5324 02:50:06,396 --> 02:50:09,499 LEGISLATION. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE 5325 02:50:09,499 --> 02:50:11,234 TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER 5326 02:50:11,234 --> 02:50:13,603 FOSTER SAID IN REGARDS TO THE 5327 02:50:13,603 --> 02:50:16,272 VALUE OF PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS 5328 02:50:16,272 --> 02:50:17,807 AND ATHLETICS. WHEN I WAS IN 5329 02:50:17,807 --> 02:50:19,776 HIGH SCHOOL IN WELL, ACROSS THE 5330 02:50:19,776 --> 02:50:22,745 LAKE, I WRESTLED FOR THREE YEARS 5331 02:50:22,745 --> 02:50:28,618 AND WE HAD TO DO PRE PRE MATCH 5332 02:50:28,618 --> 02:50:30,320 INSPECTIONS FOR BASICALLY SKIN 5333 02:50:30,320 --> 02:50:32,855 INFECTIONS, PRIMARILY RINGWORM, 5334 02:50:32,855 --> 02:50:33,489 WHICH THAT ACTUALLY HAS VALUE. 5335 02:50:33,489 --> 02:50:35,725 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ALSO 5336 02:50:35,725 --> 02:50:37,527 HAD THE OPTION TO DO THE CUT 5337 02:50:37,527 --> 02:50:39,963 YOUR PRIVATES OR BE INSPECTED 5338 02:50:39,963 --> 02:50:42,865 WHILE WEARING A JOCK STRAP. THIS 5339 02:50:42,865 --> 02:50:45,868 APPEARS TO BE A SLIGHTLY AMENDED 5340 02:50:45,868 --> 02:50:49,339 VERSION OF THE STATEWIDE 5341 02:50:49,339 --> 02:50:49,906 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD DO A 5342 02:50:49,906 --> 02:50:52,976 SIMILAR PROCESS OF GENITAL 5343 02:50:52,976 --> 02:50:53,810 INSPECTIONS AS A PRECONDITION 5344 02:50:53,810 --> 02:51:01,384 FOR PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS, AND 5345 02:51:01,384 --> 02:51:02,719 IT APPARENTLY IT'S. THE 5346 02:51:02,719 --> 02:51:04,420 INSPECTION IS DONE BY THE HEALTH 5347 02:51:04,420 --> 02:51:06,022 CARE, BY A PERSONAL HEALTH CARE 5348 02:51:06,022 --> 02:51:07,957 PROVIDER. BUT THAT DOESN'T 5349 02:51:07,957 --> 02:51:11,694 CHANGE THE FACT THAT THIS IS 5350 02:51:11,694 --> 02:51:12,161 BASICALLY CULTURE WAR 5351 02:51:12,161 --> 02:51:13,696 LEGISLATION TO TARGET A SMALL 5352 02:51:13,696 --> 02:51:16,666 AND ALREADY MARGINALIZED 5353 02:51:16,666 --> 02:51:18,001 MINORITY OF PEOPLE. AND I WOULD 5354 02:51:18,001 --> 02:51:20,403 URGE YOU ALL TO VOTE AGAINST IT. 5355 02:51:20,403 --> 02:51:21,871 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 5356 02:51:21,871 --> 02:51:23,373 -- THANK YOU. EDITOR. NEXT, WE 5357 02:51:23,373 --> 02:51:25,908 HAVE GUINEVERE. THAT'S OUR 5358 02:51:25,908 --> 02:51:29,345 FINAL IN-PERSON. SPEAKER. THANK 5359 02:51:29,345 --> 02:51:29,545 YOU. 5360 02:51:29,545 --> 02:51:31,414 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I'M HERE 5361 02:51:31,414 --> 02:51:36,719 TO OPPOSE INITIATIVE. IL26638. 5362 02:51:36,719 --> 02:51:38,454 AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 5363 02:51:38,454 --> 02:51:40,056 RESOLUTION FORWARD, OPPOSING IT. 5364 02:51:40,056 --> 02:51:43,192 I ALSO SPOKE AT THE PUBLIC 5365 02:51:43,192 --> 02:51:43,726 COMMENT AT THE SHORELINE 5366 02:51:43,726 --> 02:51:44,761 MEETING, WHERE THEY PASSED A 5367 02:51:44,761 --> 02:51:46,429 SIMILAR RESOLUTION. SO THEY BEAT 5368 02:51:46,429 --> 02:51:48,398 YOU ALL TO THE PUNCH. I NEED YOU 5369 02:51:48,398 --> 02:51:53,136 ALL TO KEEP UP. BUT YEAH, I 5370 02:51:53,136 --> 02:51:54,937 ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS 5371 02:51:54,937 --> 02:51:57,640 HAPPENING TODAY. I'M RISKING 5372 02:51:57,640 --> 02:51:58,441 MISSING MY HRT PICKUP AT MY 5373 02:51:58,441 --> 02:52:01,911 PHARMACY, WHICH I NEED TO DO 5374 02:52:01,911 --> 02:52:04,614 TODAY, BUT YEAH, THIS IS JUST A 5375 02:52:04,614 --> 02:52:07,583 IT'S AN EVIL MEASURE THAT BRIAN 5376 02:52:07,583 --> 02:52:10,053 HAYWOOD HAS BROUGHT FORTH. YOU 5377 02:52:10,053 --> 02:52:16,325 KNOW, IT WOULD OPEN UP EVERY 5378 02:52:16,325 --> 02:52:17,560 GIRL IN WASHINGTON STATE TO 5379 02:52:17,560 --> 02:52:20,396 GENITAL EXAMS, AS EVERYONE HAS 5380 02:52:20,396 --> 02:52:22,365 SAID, THAT IS GUARANTEED TO 5381 02:52:22,365 --> 02:52:24,934 INCREASE CHILD ABUSE IN THE 5382 02:52:24,934 --> 02:52:26,502 STATE. AS PEOPLE HAVE SAID, 5383 02:52:26,502 --> 02:52:28,104 THEY'RE LIKE LESS THAN TEN 5384 02:52:28,104 --> 02:52:32,175 TRANS ATHLETES IN THE ENTIRE 5385 02:52:32,175 --> 02:52:33,776 STATE. AND WHAT THIS RESOLUTION 5386 02:52:33,776 --> 02:52:35,545 WOULD ALSO DO IS IT WOULD 5387 02:52:35,545 --> 02:52:37,246 BASICALLY DESTROY BOYS SPORTS. 5388 02:52:37,246 --> 02:52:38,815 PEOPLE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT 5389 02:52:38,815 --> 02:52:40,383 THAT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE GIRLS 5390 02:52:40,383 --> 02:52:41,884 SPORTS WHERE THERE'S THIS VERY 5391 02:52:41,884 --> 02:52:44,387 HIGH BAR TO GET IN, AND THEN 5392 02:52:44,387 --> 02:52:46,622 THERE'S JUST EVERYONE ELSE. AND 5393 02:52:46,622 --> 02:52:48,424 SO THERE'S JUST SO MANY 5394 02:52:48,424 --> 02:52:50,193 DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS OF THIS, BUT 5395 02:52:50,193 --> 02:52:53,296 MOSTLY IT'S GOING TO FURTHER 5396 02:52:53,296 --> 02:52:59,602 STIGMATIZE TRANS PEOPLE. AND I 5397 02:52:59,602 --> 02:53:02,105 HAVE BEEN CLIPPED BY RIGHT WING 5398 02:53:02,105 --> 02:53:04,474 STREAMERS FROM DOING MY COMMENT 5399 02:53:04,474 --> 02:53:06,576 HERE. AND MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN 5400 02:53:06,576 --> 02:53:07,944 CLIPPED DOING PUBLIC COMMENT 5401 02:53:07,944 --> 02:53:11,380 HERE. AND IT'S SHORELINE PEOPLE 5402 02:53:11,380 --> 02:53:13,282 LIKE ARI HOFFMAN AND BRANDY 5403 02:53:13,282 --> 02:53:15,251 CRUZ, WHO HAVE BEEN IN THESE 5404 02:53:15,251 --> 02:53:17,487 CHAMBERS, THEY STALK US FOR 5405 02:53:17,487 --> 02:53:19,889 SPORT ON THEIR STREAMS AND SO WE 5406 02:53:19,889 --> 02:53:21,791 ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING OURSELVES 5407 02:53:21,791 --> 02:53:25,762 AT A LITTLE BIT OF RISK, EVEN 5408 02:53:25,762 --> 02:53:26,396 TALKING HERE. AND AN INITIATIVE 5409 02:53:26,396 --> 02:53:26,963 LIKE THIS IS JUST GOING TO 5410 02:53:26,963 --> 02:53:28,564 INCREASE DANGER FOR ALL TRANS 5411 02:53:28,564 --> 02:53:29,832 PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY TRANS 5412 02:53:29,832 --> 02:53:30,833 CHILDREN. THANK YOU. 5413 02:53:30,833 --> 02:53:33,169 -- THANK YOU. GWEN, OVER. AND 5414 02:53:33,169 --> 02:53:34,937 THERE'S NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT 5415 02:53:34,937 --> 02:53:36,806 PERIOD. THERE'S NO MORE PUBLIC 5416 02:53:36,806 --> 02:53:37,607 COMMENTERS. WE'LL JUST DO A 5417 02:53:37,607 --> 02:53:40,543 QUICK CHECK FOR IN PERSON. NOPE. 5418 02:53:40,543 --> 02:53:42,145 OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL FOR 5419 02:53:42,145 --> 02:53:44,046 STAYING AND COMMENTING. I KNOW 5420 02:53:44,046 --> 02:53:47,183 WE'RE THREE HOURS IN AND REALLY 5421 02:53:47,183 --> 02:53:47,750 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME BEING 5422 02:53:47,750 --> 02:53:48,317 ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. SO 5423 02:53:48,317 --> 02:53:50,420 SEEING NO FURTHER SPEAKERS 5424 02:53:50,420 --> 02:53:52,688 SIGNED UP IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION 5425 02:53:52,688 --> 02:53:55,258 OF INITIATIVE MEASURE IL26638. 5426 02:53:55,258 --> 02:53:58,628 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 5427 02:53:58,628 --> 02:54:00,463 CLOSED. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO 5428 02:54:00,463 --> 02:54:02,832 TRANSITION INTO VOTING, WHICH WE 5429 02:54:02,832 --> 02:54:04,600 CAN VOTE ON BOTH BECAUSE IT'S 5430 02:54:04,600 --> 02:54:05,301 ONE. 5431 02:54:05,301 --> 02:54:05,935 -- IT'S ONLY ONE RESOLUTION. 5432 02:54:05,935 --> 02:54:06,669 -- IT'S ONE RESOLUTION. THANK 5433 02:54:06,669 --> 02:54:08,971 YOU. I WILL GO BACK TO THE 5434 02:54:08,971 --> 02:54:10,406 SPONSORS IF THEY HAVE ANY 5435 02:54:10,406 --> 02:54:12,475 CLOSING REMARKS. NO. OKAY. 5436 02:54:12,475 --> 02:54:13,109 AWESOME. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 5437 02:54:13,109 --> 02:54:16,179 CALL? OH, I CAN'T GO BACK. 5438 02:54:16,179 --> 02:54:17,280 OKAY. THE CLERK SAID NO. OKAY. 5439 02:54:17,280 --> 02:54:18,848 SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 5440 02:54:18,848 --> 02:54:20,316 THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 5441 02:54:20,316 --> 02:54:22,985 RESOLUTION 5442 02:54:22,985 --> 02:54:23,452 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 5443 02:54:23,452 --> 02:54:25,621 -- YES. 5444 02:54:25,621 --> 02:54:26,122 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINK. 5445 02:54:26,122 --> 02:54:27,924 -- YES. 5446 02:54:27,924 --> 02:54:28,424 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5447 02:54:28,424 --> 02:54:30,126 -- AYE. 5448 02:54:30,126 --> 02:54:30,660 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5449 02:54:30,660 --> 02:54:33,062 -- RIGHT. 5450 02:54:33,062 --> 02:54:33,596 -- COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. 5451 02:54:33,596 --> 02:54:35,698 -- YES. 5452 02:54:35,698 --> 02:54:36,232 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5453 02:54:36,232 --> 02:54:38,000 -- AYE. 5454 02:54:38,000 --> 02:54:38,468 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5455 02:54:38,468 --> 02:54:40,503 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5456 02:54:40,503 --> 02:54:40,736 -- YES. 5457 02:54:40,736 --> 02:54:42,138 -- SEVEN IN FAVOR. NONE. 5458 02:54:42,138 --> 02:54:42,405 OPPOSED. 5459 02:54:42,405 --> 02:54:44,073 -- MOTION CARRIES. RESOLUTION IS 5460 02:54:44,073 --> 02:54:44,740 ADOPTED. THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT 5461 02:54:44,740 --> 02:54:46,676 WITH THE CLERK. PLEASE AFFIX MY 5462 02:54:46,676 --> 02:54:48,544 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 5463 02:54:48,544 --> 02:54:49,679 MY BEHALF. COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE 5464 02:54:49,679 --> 02:54:51,147 REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA. 5465 02:54:51,147 --> 02:54:53,816 ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT 5466 02:54:53,816 --> 02:54:55,151 COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO BRING FOR 5467 02:54:55,151 --> 02:54:58,888 THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? OKAY, 5468 02:54:58,888 --> 02:55:00,756 AWESOME. SO WE'VE REACHED 5469 02:55:00,756 --> 02:55:02,291 TODAY'S AGENDA, THE END OF 5470 02:55:02,291 --> 02:55:03,693 TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM, THE NEXT 5471 02:55:03,693 --> 02:55:05,194 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND THIS 5472 02:55:05,194 --> 02:55:06,429 ONE IS IMPORTANT. SO I'LL MAKE 5473 02:55:06,429 --> 02:55:08,998 SURE I, I ARTICULATE ARTICULATE 5474 02:55:08,998 --> 02:55:11,501 THIS CORRECTLY. SEPTEMBER 22nd 5475 02:55:11,501 --> 02:55:14,871 AT 2 P.M. WILL BE OUR LAST CITY 5476 02:55:14,871 --> 02:55:17,874 COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE WE START 5477 02:55:17,874 --> 02:55:19,342 BUDGET DELIBERATIONS. AND SO 5478 02:55:19,342 --> 02:55:20,409 WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'LL BE ABLE 5479 02:55:20,409 --> 02:55:22,645 TO. THE COUNCIL ALWAYS 5480 02:55:22,645 --> 02:55:24,447 PARTICIPATES IN BUDGET 5481 02:55:24,447 --> 02:55:26,449 DELIBERATIONS FOR THE BUDGET 5482 02:55:26,449 --> 02:55:27,583 FROM OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE AND FOR 5483 02:55:27,583 --> 02:55:29,752 THE CITY WITH OUR BUDGET CHAIR 5484 02:55:29,752 --> 02:55:31,020 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AND SO 5485 02:55:31,020 --> 02:55:33,189 NEXT TUESDAY WILL BE OUR LAST 5486 02:55:33,189 --> 02:55:35,191 MEETING. SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2 P.M. 5487 02:55:35,191 --> 02:55:36,392 BEFORE WE JUMP INTO 5488 02:55:36,392 --> 02:55:39,028 DELIBERATIONS, WE DO HAVE SOME 5489 02:55:39,028 --> 02:55:39,695 POTENTIAL SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL 5490 02:55:39,695 --> 02:55:44,233 MEETINGS IN BETWEEN THEN, BUT 5491 02:55:44,233 --> 02:55:46,302 OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING 5492 02:55:46,302 --> 02:55:48,337 FOR THIS TIME BEFORE BUDGET IS 5493 02:55:48,337 --> 02:55:50,139 SEPTEMBER 22nd AT 2 P.M.. ALL 5494 02:55:50,139 --> 02:55:52,008 RIGHT. THANK YOU. HEARING NO 5495 02:55:52,008 --> 02:55:54,076 FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE 5496 02:55:54,076 --> 02:55:55,344 ADJOURNED AT 5 P.M.. THANK YOU, 5497 02:55:55,344 --> 02:55:59,882 COLLEAGUES 5498 02:55:59,882 --> 02:56:00,349 -- THANKS, EVERYONE. 5499 02:56:00,349 --> 02:56:05,555 -- [MUSIC]