>>> THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ MAKING TROUBLE HERE.
THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING AT THE HUMAN SERVICES,
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND
RENTER RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
THE TIME IS TO:OH 3 PM ON JUNE
11, 2019 . WHERE IS MY PHONE?
I AM JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, THANK YOU.
WE WILL HAVE A SHORT MEETING
TODAY.
THE TWO ITEMS ARE BOTH
APPOINTMENTS.
THE SEATTLE RENTERS
COMMISSION.
WE WILL TAKE THEM UP TOGETHER.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME
APPOINTMENT TO THE SEATTLE
RENTERS
OF OUR NOMINEES, DINAH BRACCIO
AND MAC SCOTTY RAY McGREGOR.
ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD MENTION THAT
MAC SCOTTY RAY McGREGOR HAS
PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE
COCHAIR OF ANOTHER COMMISSION.
WE ARE EXTREMELY DELIGHTED TO
BE BACK IN THE SEATTLE CITY BOLD
IN THE SEATTLE RENTERS
COMMISSION.
I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
AS THE CHAIR OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES, EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT, AND RENTER RIGHTS
COMMITTEE TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR
SEATTLE NEEDS PETITION HAS
RECEIVED 525 SIGNATURES FROM
PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY.
THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF THE
SIGNATURES ARE FROM THE
VOLUNTEER PRIDE FESTIVAL.
CLEARLY THE QUESTION OF RENTS
BEING UNAFFORDABLE IS A VERY
MAJOR ONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING
SOMEBODY LIKE MATT CAN BRING IN
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM
YOU ABOUT THE QUESTION OF LGBT Q
RIGHTS AND RENTER RIGHTS.
THIS IS A REAL DEMONSTRATION I
THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
FOR BOLD POLICY SOLUTIONS ON THE
QUESTION OF SKYROCKETING RENT.
IF YOU WANT TO SEND US YOUR
STORY ABOUT HOW BRENT REISING
HAS AFFECTED YOUR LIFE AND WHAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO WRITE TO MY
OFFICE.
BEFORE WE BRING OUR PRESENTERS
TO THE TABLE WE DO HAVE A
COMMENT.
MR. JONES IS STEPPING THE
MEETING.
IF YOU CAN READ THE NAMES WHO
ARE SIGNED UP.
>> THERE IS CURRENTLY NOBODY
SIGNED UP FOR COMMENT.
>> IS ANYBODY HERE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> THE WHOLE MEETING IS PUBLIC
COMMENT AS FAR AS YOU ARE
CONCERNED.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK
ANYTIME.
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY
SIGNED UP WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC
COMMENT AND WE WILL INVITE OUR
PEOPLE TO THE TABLE.
PLEASE JOIN US.
DO WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS STAFF MEMBER?
YOU ARE BOTH HERE.
GOOD.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS DINAH SO I
WAS CHECKING.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE ONE MINUTE
FOR INTRODUCTIONS FOR EVERYBODY.
I KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE THE TOPIC BUT JUST
FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU CAN GO
AROUND.
>> MY NAME IS DINAH BRACCIO AND
AND I AND AND ADVOCATE FOR THE
TENANTS UNION.
>> MY NAME IS MAC SCOTTY RAY
McGREGOR AND I AM A LB GT YOU
ADVOCATE.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF?
>> I AM NEW TO EVERYTHING.
I WAS AT THE PRIDE FESTIVAL
YESTERDAY.
>> YOUR HONESTY IS APPRECIATED.
>> THESE ARE TWO APPOINTEES FOR
THE SEATTLE RENTERS
. THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
>> NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I THINK THAT AT THIS POINT WE
WOULD TURN IT OVER TO BOTH OF
YOU. I KNOW BOTH OF YOU
PERSONALLY AND WE HAVE WORKED
WITH YOU ON MANY ISSUES SO
MAYBE YOU CAN JUST TALK ABOUT
WHAT YOU WOULD BRING TO THE
RENTERS COMMISSION AND WHAT YOU
ARE WORKING ON AS FAR AS
RENTERS RIGHTS.
>> OKAY.
YES, I AM ON THE BOARD OF LGBTQ
ALLY.
WE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT FOCUS
ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND
HOUSING RIGHTS FOR LGBTQ
PEOPLE.
I DO THAT WORK AND I HAVE
WORKED WITH YOU ON MOVING FEES
WHEN I WAS A PART OF THAT
MOVEMENT.
THAT LEGISLATION.
AS WE KNOW THAT LGBTQ
COMMUNITY FACES SPECIFIC
OBSTACLES WHEN IT COMES TO THIS
BECAUSEOF THE OBSTACLES IN
DEPLOYMENT ESPECIALLY THE
TRANSGENDER AND NONCONFORMING
PART OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH HAS
GREAT DISPARITIES IN EMPLOYMENT.
SO MY WIFE AND I ARE RENTERS IN
THE AREA AND SO WE DEFINITELY
UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES AND
OUR RENT CONTINUES TO RISE
EVERY YEAR I WANT TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REPRESENT
THE COMMUNITY AND PUT FORTH
PROTECTIONS FOR RENTERS BECAUSE
ALMOST 76% OF THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE ARE
RENTERS.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK.
OF COURSE I WANT TO ALSO
REPRESENT OUR ALLIES WHO ARE
NOT THE 21 THEMSELVES.
>> BUT ALSO STRUGGLING WORK
>> YES.
>> MY DAY JOB, I WORK WITH THE
TENANTS UNION AND ONE OF MY
PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS IS I AM
ON THE RENTERS RIGHTS HOTLINE
SO I TALKED WITH FOLKS MOST
DAYS OF THE WEEK FROM SEATTLE,
ALSO OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE, ABOUT
WHAT ISSUES THEY ARE DEALING
WITH IN THEIR RENTAL HOUSING
AND TRYING TO HELP THEM
NAVIGATE THE SORT OF PATCHWORK
OF PROJECTIONS WE HAVE BETWEEN
THE CITY AND THE STATE LAWS AND
ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A
COMPETENCE OF TENANTS RIGHT
FRAMEWORK THAT PEOPLE ARE
INTERACTING WITH.
SO IT CAN BE CONFUSING.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK A
LOT ABOUT, WHERE OUR LAWS ARE
FALLING SHORT.
I THINK A LOT ABOUT IT SO I
HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT A LOT. I
THINK BRINGING THAT TO THE
RENTERS COMMISSION IS SOMETHING
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
THEN ALSO, I HAVE JUST GOT
THROUGH THAT WORK, I HAVE BEEN
SPENDING A LOT OF TIME THINKING
ABOUT WHAT ARE BETTER WAYS WE
CAN BE STRUCTURING OUR RENTAL
HOUSING SITUATION SO THAT
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THE
SAFETY AND SECURITY THEY ARE
ENTITLED TO.
>> MAY I ADD SOMETHING ELSE?
WHEN I WAS COCHAIR OF THE LGBTQ
COMMISSION, THERE WAS DURING
THAT TIME THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS WAS DOING SOME STUDIES ON
APARTMENT BUILDINGS HERE AND
FINDING OUT WHICH APARTMENT
BUILDINGS WERE DISCRIMINATING
AGAINST PEOPLE WHO WERE PEOPLE
OF COLOR, PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, AND THEY WERE
GOING TO THE SAME FOR LGBTQ
PEOPLE AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE
TO DO WITH THIS IS FOLLOW-UP ON
THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A WHILE
AGO AND SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
SINCE AND WHAT NEW STUDIES
MIGHT NEED TO BE DONE TO SEE
WHERE WE ARE ON THOSE ISSUES.
>> I AM GLAD YOU ALSO MENTIONED
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
BECAUSE IT IS, THE AND
AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING IS
AFFECTING THOSE WITH
DISABILITIES IN A PARTICULARLY
SHARP WAY.
I THINK THE RENTERS COMMISSION,
THE LGBTQ MISSION AND THE
COMMISSION ON PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES IN MANY WAYS OUR
WORKING TOGETHER ON THESE
THINGS.
DINAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE
A FEW THINGS ABOUT HOW THE
BOOT CAMPS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING
ARE GOING?
WE HAVE ORGANIZED A SERIES OF
RENTERS RIGHTS BOOT CAMPS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY ON
CAPITOL HILL AND CENTRAL
DISTRICT BUT ALSO ONE IN WEST
SEATTLE AND ONE OF THEM WAS AT
WILD ROSE AND YOU HELPED WITH
IT.
THERE HAS REALLY BEEN, HAS BEEN
TAKEN UP AND DONE BY THE UNION
AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
DINAH WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
FROM RENTERS AND ALSO IF MAC
YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT.
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO ORGANIZE A
BIT IN DISTRICT 5. CAN WE MAKE
THAT HAPPEN TOGETHER?
>> I UNDERSTAND.
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT
DISCUSSION.
>> DISTRICT 5 IS NOW 55%
RENTERS.
DISTRICT 5, THE NORTH AND.
>> THE TENANTS UNION ACTUALLY
HAS A WEEKLY CLINIC IN YOUR
DISTRICT.
WE OPERATE OUT OF THE NORTH
HELP LINE FOOD BANK.
WE ARE ACTUALLY IN YOUR
DISTRICT EVERY WEEK.
>> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO A
BOOT CAMP TOGETHER.
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE HAD,
I'M NOTHING OF ANY WORKSHOPS WE
HAVE HAD UP THERE IN THE RECENT
PAST.
WE DO HAVE A STANDING
APPOINTMENT.
>> I THINK THROUGH DOING THOSE
BOOT CAMPS AND OUR OTHER
RENTERS PRESENTATIONS, I THINK
THE PREDOMINANT THING I ALWAYS
TAKE AWAY FROM IT IS HOW PEOPLE
ARE ALWAYS SURPRISED.
SOMETIMES IT IS PLEASANT THEY
ARE SURPRISED THERE ARE THESE
PROTECTIONS THEY WERE NOT AWARE
OF.
SOMETIMES IT IS LESS THAN
PLEASANT WHEN THEY ARE
SURPRISED THAT THERE IS NOT
BETTER PROTECTIONS.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS CURIOUS TO
SEE WHICH WAY THE ROOM WILL GO
WITH THOSE.
BUT EVERYONE IS ALWAYS SUPER
EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND I
THINK PEOPLE IN SOME WAYS, IT'S
LIKE PEOPLE GO OUT TO THOSE
CAMPS AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING
MORE AND UNDERSTAND WHY THEY
WANT TO LEARN MORE.
BUT I THINK IT'S USUALLY PRETTY
POSITIVE RESPONSE SO THAT'S
NICE.
>> I THINK WE ADDRESSED A BIG
ISSUE THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO
TALKED TO ME ABOUT AND THAT MY
WIFE AND I DEALT WITH LIKE THE
MOVING FEES WHICH CAN BE
ASTRONOMICAL WHEN YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT ALL YOU HAVE TO
PAY AT THE BEGINNING.
I THINK WE ENDED UP HAVING TO
COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE
$7000 TO MOVE INTO OUR HOUSE.
>> I REMEMBER YOUR PUBLIC
TESTIMONY AT THAT TIME.
>> IT WAS CRAZY.
WE WERE TRYING TO STATE WITHIN
AN AREA WHERE OUR SON WOULD NOT
HAVE TO BUST MORE THAN AN HOUR
TO HIS SCHOOL.
THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING ELSE
AT THE TIME AND WE DIDN'T HAVE
THAT LEGISLATION AT THE TIME SO
WE HAD TO COME UP WITH IT.
WE HAD TO BORROW FROM THEM INTO
ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO COME UP
WITH THAT QUICKLY.
SO I AM GLAD WE HAVE DONE
SOMETHING TO HELP WITH THAT AND
NOW I THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON
EXTENDING WHICH PEOPLE ARE
ALREADY WORKING ON EXTENDING
THE NOTICE BEFORE RENT IS
RAISED BECAUSE 30 DAYS IS
DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH FOR
PEOPLE TO ARRANGE IN THEIR
LIVES.
AND ALSO I BELIEVE WE NEED RENT
CONTROL BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF
CONTROL RIGHT NOW.
SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I KNOW ARE
HAVING TO MOVE TO OUTLYING AREAS
AROUND THE CITY BECAUSE THEY
CANNOT AFFORD THE RENT WITHIN
THE CITY AND THAT THEY HAVE TO
DRIVE INTO WORK EVERY DAY.
A LOT OF THEM AS WE KNOW ARE
CENTRAL WORKERS LIKE TEACHERS
AND FIREMEN AND PEOPLE WE NEED
TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND ARE
NOT BEING FORCED TO WORK FOR
WORK ELSEWHERE.
IT'S TOO MUCH OF A STRUGGLE TO
DRIVE INTO WORK.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. I WAS
LOOKING AT YOUR RESUME AND IT
SEEMS LIKE YOU WORKED FOR 13
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS.
THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING STUFF.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT YOU ARE HERE FOR ON
THE RENTERS ISSUE BUT ONE OF
THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS
HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WEATHERIZING THE FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT AND PEOPLE'S
RIGHT TO RELIGION AND WE HAVE
BEEN FOLLOWING THE CASES WITH
THEM REFUSING TO PROVIDE
MEDICAL CARE BASED ON THEIR
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO
RELIGION.
WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT IS
BEEN HELD UP IN COURT CROSSES
COUNTRY AND THIS INITIATION HAS
ROLLED BACK A LOT OF THOSE
ISSUES.
ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING OF THAT
DOVETAILING ON RENTERS ISSUES
AS WELL AS OTHER MEDICAL
ISSUES?
I AM ASKING A BETTER QUESTION
THAN WHAT YOU ARE HERE FOR TODAY
BECAUSE OF YOUR RESUME AND YOUR
EXPERIENCE.
>> I AM SEEING THAT, NOT IN
SEATTLE EXACTLY BUT I AM SEEING
THAT IN OTHER AREAS.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A LOT OF
FEAR AND PANIC IN THE COMMUNITY
ESPECIALLY THE TRANS COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THIS INITIATION IS
TARGETING US.
I SEE PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT
WHETHER THEY WILL HAVE
HEALTHCARE, WHETHER THEY WILL
BE REDUCED HOUSING AND SERVICES
DUE TO THEIR IDENTITY.
WE DO HAVE PROTECTIONS IN OUR
STATE.
WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THAT.
I AM FROM THE SOUTH.
I WOULD NOT MOVE BACK FOR
ANYTHING.
I APPRECIATE THE PROTECTIONS
THAT WE HAVE HERE.
BUT THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE NEED
TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
LOCAL POLITICS.
WE JUST NEED TO KEEP WORKING TO
PROTECT THE MARGINALIZED PARTS
OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO BE
TARGETING OVER AND OVER WHETHER
IT IS THE BLOOD OF COLOR,
MUSLIMS, AND WE CAN GO ON AND ON
, THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
>> WE JUST HAD, AND I WAS
THERE, IN THE COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK, MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
THERE IS A HUGE PORTION
DEDICATED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF CHANCE FOLKS BEING KILLED.
THAT IS LIKE ANOTHER PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
THAT IS ANOTHER PIECE TO HAVE.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE
SPOT BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE HERE
ON RENTERS RIGHTS BUT YOU DO
EVERYTHING.
>> MAC IS AMAZING.
>> IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
ADDRESS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LARGE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY HERE THAT
WE NEED TO PROTECT.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY NEED OUR
PROTECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE
LIKE THAT TRANS, A SMALL PART
OF THE COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T
HAVE LOT OF MONEY TO FIGHT FOR
THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEM.
SO I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
HATE CRIMES ON TRANS PEOPLE HAS
BEEN RISING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HERE HATE CRIMES HAVE DOUBLED
RECENTLY BECAUSE OF THE
GENTRIFICATION THAT HAS BEEN
GOING ON.
IT HAS BEEN GROWING SO FAST.
I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN EDUCATION.
NOT MORE POLICING AROUND THAT
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO EDUCATE THE
POLICE AROUND THESE
MARGINALIZED PARTS OF THE
COMMUNITY WHICH I HAVE BEEN A
PART OF.
I HAVE HELPED EDUCATE THEM ON
HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY.
BUT WE NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE PROTECTION SO THAT THIS
STUFF CAN'T CONTINUE BECAUSE A
LOT OF TIMES THESE CRIMES GO
UNREPORTED BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY FEAR THE
AUTHORITIES TO REPORT THEM SO
MAYBE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT
OTHER WAYS THEY CAN REPORT
OTHER THAN DIRECTLY TO THE
POLICE BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID
OF THE POLICE.
THERE IS SOME WORK WE CAN DO
AROUND THAT.
>> CAN YOU DO A REPORT CAMP OR
A BOOT CAMP LIKE DINAH IS DOING
?
>> WE CAN HAVE A HOTLINE THEY
CAN CALL.
>> THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE WERE
DISCUSSING, THE MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS GIRLS
DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW
SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERREPORTED
THESE ISSUES ARE AND FOR ALL
THE ALARMING NUMBERS WE DO
ALREADY HAVE OF MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN,
ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT HAVE
GONE MISSING OR HAVE FACED
WORSE FATES.
>> THE ISSUE WHERE YOU HAVE THE
INTEREST EXTERNALITY OF RENTERS
WHERE LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE FACING
NATIONALLY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE
IS THE SAME THING FOR THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY AND THE DATA OUR CITY
DEPARTMENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN
IDENTIFY AS THAT AND THEN THEY
CAN BE REPORTED.
WITHOUT THAT AND WE HAVE
LEARNED THIS THE HARD WAY, IT'S
NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE THE WORD OF
THE POLICE OFFICER OR MAYBE THE
PERSON THAT IS PROVIDING MEDICAL
CARE IN THE HOSPITAL OR THE
LANDLORD.
IT'S ALSO FROM THAT COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY THE NUMBERS GOT UP
TO 1200 OR HIGHER IN THE
CANADIAN ONE BECAUSE FOR THE
FIRST TIME THEY START GOING TO
THOSE COMMUNITIES AND SAY YOU
TELL US WHO IS MISSING.
>> INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THEM
TO COME.
>> WE KNOW WHEN OUR DAUGHTERS
OR WIVES ARE MISSING BUT THEY
WERE NOT LISTENING.
I AM SEEING THE SAME PARALLELS
IN THE TRANS 21 COMMUNITY.
THAT THAT IS NOT BEING
COLLECTED OR THEY'RE NOT COMING
TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND ASKING
WHO IS BEING ASSAULTED.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF LGBTQ
PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.
THEY SAY40% ARE LGBTQ . THEY
ARE AT A LOT HIGHER RISK OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN COUNTED.
NOBODY HAS BEEN COMING TO THE
COMMUNITY AND ASKING THOSE
QUESTIONS.
MAYBE WE NEED TO DO THAT
OURSELVES.
IT'S JUST LIKE, THERE TRYING TO
ERASE US FROM THE CENSUS AS
WELL.
THEY DON'T WANT US TO BE
COUNTED.
WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO
OUR OWN HANDS.
>> THAT'S NOT A CENSUS
QUESTION.
>> BUT OVERALL, THAT IS WHAT
GETS COMMUNITIES HELP.
>> I LIKE HOW THEY ASKED THE
RACE QUESTION. I ALWAYS DONE
THAT INTERESTING THAT THEY WANT
TO KNOW YOUR RACE.
I ALWAYS SAY OTHER. ONE TIME
THE CENSUS I SAID I KNOW YOU
ARE NOT WHITE.
IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY.
I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST SHARE
THAT TIDBIT.
>> I THINK THE DISCUSSION HAS
COVERED HOW ALL THESE QUESTIONS
ARE INTERRELATED AND I AM GLAD
YOU ARE BOTH JOINING THE
SEATTLE RENTERS
YOU MENTIONED RENT CONTROL.
THE SEATTLE RENTERS
HAS ALREADY UNANIMOUSLY ALIGNED
HIMSELF WITH THE FACT THAT
SEATTLE DOES NEED RENT CONTROL.
THE THING WE HAVE BROUGHT
FORWARD FROM MY OFFICE IS
EXACTLY, COINCIDENTALLY,
CLEARLY WE WERE NOT THE ONLY
ONES THINKING ABOUT IT, EVEN
THOUGH THERE IS A STATE BAN,
AND THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS TO
REPEAL THIS BUT WE NEED TO
APPEAL IT HERE. WE ARE WORKING
ON AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS VERY
STRONG CITYWIDE RENT CONTROL
WILL GO INTO EFFECT AND IT WAS
REALLY GRATIFYING TO SEE THE
SEATTLE RENTERS
ALSO SAYING THAT AND TALKING
ABOUT 180 DAY NOTICE FOR
EVICTION. I'M SORRY, FOR RENT
INCREASE.
ALSO ASSISTANCE MEANING IF
PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO MOVE
BECAUSE THERE RENTS MOVED UP
DRAMATICALLY, THEY NEED SOME
SORT OF COVERAGE OR ASSISTANCE
FROM THE LANDLORD.
>> WASN'T THERE SOMETHING I
HEARD ABOUT $2000 TO HELP
PEOPLE RELOCATE?
>> THIS IS THE ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE WHICH WAS COVER THE
GROUND THAT HAS NOT BEEN
COVERED.
THERE ARE LOOPHOLES SO TO SAY.
THERE ARE LOOPHOLES IN THE LAW.
SO BASICALLY, THE LAW THAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT WOULD SAY
THAT IF YOU ARE A RENTER WITHIN
A CERTAIN INCOME LIMIT AND YOUR
RENT WENT UP BY MORE THAN 10%,
AND IF YOU ARE FORCED TO MOVE
BECAUSE OF THAT OR FOR PERSONAL
REASONS, YOUR LANDLORD WOULD
YOU THREE MONTHS RENT.
IT'S NOT RENT CONTROL BUT THAT
IS LEGAL EVEN WITH THE RENT
CONTROL BAND.
THE PURPOSE IS TO GO TO RENT
CONTROL BUT YOU BUILD MOMENTUM
TOWARDS THAT.
>> WILL YOU BE HAVING ANY MORE
DEBATES ON RENT CONTROL?
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
>> I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN
THE DISCUSSION.
WE WANT THE DEBATES BECAUSE WE
KNOW THERE ARE QUESTIONS OUT
THERE.
WE WANT OPPORTUNITIES TO
CLARIFY.
I AM DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR
DEBATES.
I AM HAPPY -- OR THE CEO, WE
ARE HAPPY TO ORGANIZE DEBATES.
IN FACT, WE GAVE THE QUESTION OF
RENT CONTROL A BIG BUMP WHEN A
FORMER COUNCILMEMBER AND I
DEBATED.
>> I SAW THAT, I WATCHED IT.
I WAS ON TV WITH MATT MILLER
ONE TIME.
>> I HAD HIM ON MY RADIO SHOW.
>> IT CAN BE QUITE CLARIFYING SO
WE WELCOME ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO
DEBATE.
>> ESPECIALLY NOW THAT YOU HAVE
81% RENTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
>> WE WILL THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT HAS SHIFTED BECAUSE IT WAS
51% HOMEOWNER AND NOW IS THE TO
1% RENTERS.
>> THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC
DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT.
>> MOST CITIES HAVE NOW BECOME
MAJORITY RENTERS.
>> THE HOME PRICES HERE, MOST
OF US CAN'T DO THE AMERICAN
DREAM HERE ANYMORE.
>> I DON'T THINK THIS
GENERATION SEES THE AMERICAN
DREAM THE SAME WAY MY
GENERATION DID.
>> IT'S TRUE.
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, IT'S
NOT ACCESSIBLE.
>> I HAVE A 28-YEAR-OLD AND A
25-YEAR-OLD THAT LIVE IN THE
CITY SO I UNDERSTAND.
>> I HAVE A SON GETTING READY
TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL
AND HE THINKS HE WILL BE ABLE
TO SAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MOVE
OUT WITH HIS FRIENDS THE SUMMER
AND MY WIFE AND I ARE SAYING,
WE WILL SEE.
WE HOPE SO.
>> THINGS ARE HARD.
>> THEY DON'T LEAVE, I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT.
THEY KEEP COMING BACK FOR STUFF
.
>> RIGHT NOW IS THE OLD JOKE
OF, PLEASE HURRY UP AND WITHOUT
WHILE YOU STILL KNOW
EVERYTHING.
HE IS AT THAT AGE.
>> AND THEN CALL JUST ONE OTHER
THING I WANTED TO MENTION
BEFORE I MOVE THE APPOINTMENT.
THE MOVE IN FEE PAYMENT PLAN
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, THAT YOU
WERE A PART OF, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, YOU WERE IN THE
COMMITTEE WHEN YOU WERE
DISCUSSING THAT . THE SEATTLE
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WAS ALSO
A BIG PART OF THAT.
I WANTED TO MENTION THAT IT WAS
UPHELD IN THE KING COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT LAST ITEM.
THIS IS REALLY QUITE HEARTENING.
IF YOU HAVE NO OBJECTIONS I
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPOINTMENT
-- APPOINTMENT 01368 PLEASE
ALL IN FAVOR?
AND ALSO MOVE APPOINTMENT 01369
. THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR?
THANK YOU.
SO BOTH APPOINTMENTS, DINAH AND
MAC ARE MOVING TO THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ATTEND BUT I
HAVE NO DOUBT IT WILL BE
APPROVED AND IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS LET ME KNOW.
>> WHAT TIME IS THAT?
>> 2:00.
THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE I'M SORRY I WILL NOT
BE THERE MONDAY.
HOPEFULLY I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A BOOT
CAMP UP IN DISTRICT 5. IT WAS
NICE MEETING YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
>> I'M GLAD YOU CAME.
WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN.
MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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