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-My name is Larry Gossett,
and I have the honor
of representing District 2
on the King County Council.
And with your support,
I will continue to be able
to focus on the key issues
facing our community --
affordable housing,
maintaining safe communities,
and ensuring that everyone
has equitable accessibility
to public transportation.
These are all areas that I know
you are concerned about,
and with your help,
together with me,
we can continue to make progress
for all the people
who reside here
in Martin Luther King Jr. County.
As a King County councilmember,
I am committed to implementing
my recommendations,
especially in two areas --
public housing
and criminal justice.
First, in public housing,
I recently recommended
44,000 units of housing
be built to the King County
Affordable Housing
Task Force.
It was adopted.
We plan to build this many units
over the next five years.
Again, with your support,
we will achieve this goal.
The second and final area
that I've been proud of
and want to continue
to make progress on
is the number of young people
that we have incarcerated
in our youth detention center.
About 15 years ago, in 2004,
we had an average daily population
of 224 youth.
Today, it's down to 41.
That's a 75% reduction.
I want to maintain that
kind of effectiveness
until we achieve our goal
of zero youth detention.
Thank you very much.