COUNSEL TODAY IS JUNE 22nd,
2021 AND IT IS 2:01 P.M.
CHAIRMAN SAWANT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SELL MICK
PRESENT COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THREE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FOR BEING HERE.
IN THIS MEETING WE WILL DISCUSS
WITH THE MEDIA INTRODUCE TO
STOP HAVING FOSSIL FUELS LIKE
THE PIPELINE.
AFTER YEARS OF ORGANIZING
DIRECT ACTION AND VOTING THE
CLIMATE MOVEMENT THE KEYSTONE
EXCEL PIPELINE IS DEFEATED
WHICH IS A MAJOR VICTORY FOR
THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT.
THE FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATION
ABANDONED THIS PROJECT BECAUSE
ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS WERE
FORCED TO ABANDON THIS BECAUSE
ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS MADE
THE COMPLETION SO DIFFICULT
FROM EVERY ANGLE THAT BIG
BUSINESS DECIDED TO CUT THEIR
LOSTS.
WE WANT TO USE THIS STRATEGY OF
BLOCKING THE CORPORATE PROFIT
BY APPLYING TO EVERY PROPOSED
EXPANSION OF FOSSIL FUEL
INFRASTRUCTURE FROM KEYSTONE
EXCEL TO THE SUPPORT ACCESS BY
GOING TO LINE THREE.
WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR THAT WHILE
THE BILLIONAIRE COSTS WILL BE
FORCED TO TAKE MEASURES AND WE
WILL SEE THAT IN THE COMING
YEARS BOTH FOR THEIR OWN PROFIT
UNDER PRESSURE FROM MASS
RESISTANCE IT HAS BEEN AND WILL
BE A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR
SHORT.
TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF DOING THIS
FOR THE PLANET WE ARE PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE DATA FROM
SCIENTISTS WE NEED THE WORKING
CLASS TO TAKE THE FOSSIL FUELS
AND OTHER SECTORS TO DEMOCRATIC
OWNERSHIP AND SHIFT INTO A
GLOBAL SOCIALIST ECONOMY
POWERED BY CLEAN, RENEWABLE
ENERGY.
ORGANIZING SUCH AS TO END THE
EXCEL PIPELINE AND TO STOP THE
PIPELINE CAMPAIGN ARE CRUCIAL
FOR STEPS BEING TAKEN BY
DETERMINED ACTIVISTS AND MY
COUNCIL OFFICE IS PROUD TO BE
ORGANIZING WITH THEM AND I AM
HAPPY TO BE TALKING TO THEM AND
THIS WILL BE AMONG THE UNION
AND THE FOSSIL FUEL SECTOR WITH
THE WHOLE LABOR MOVEMENT IN
SOLIDARITY TO DEMAND TRANSITION
AND RETRAINING FOR ALL OF THE
WORKERS IN THE FOSSIL FUEL
ECONOMY INTO THE CLEAN
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
LAST FRIDAY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS FROM MY OFFICE
JOINED ACTIVISTS PRESENTING
TODAY THAT ORGANIZED A PROTEST
PAINTING A MURAL OUTSIDE OF
LIBERTY MUTUAL IN RESISTANCE TO
THE PIPELINE.
THE BEAUTIFUL MURAL SAID ENSURE
OUR FUTURE, NOT OUR CENTS.
THIS DEMONSTRATION IN SEATTLE
WAS PART OF OUR DAY OF ACT.
ALL AROUND THE WORLD IN
SOLIDARITY WITH LAND DEFENDERS
FIGHTING THIS PIPELINE.
WITH THE HELP OF CITY COUNCIL
STAFF MY OFFICE IN DEVELOPING
LEGISLATION TO GIVE THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT THE LEGAL
AUTHORITY TO RATE INSURANCE
COMPANIES AND OTHER FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS WHO BID ON CITY
CONTRACTS TO ENABLE THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL
MOVEMENT PLEDGING NOT TO DO
BUSINESS WITH FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS BACKING THE FOSSIL
FUEL CORPORATION THAT ARE
ENDANGERING ALL OF HUMANITY.
THE COMMITTEE WILL NEXT DISCUSS
AND VOTE ON SEVEN EXECUTIVE
MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE NEW
OVERSIGHT BOARD AFTER TODAY THE
MAJORITY OF THE VOTE WILL HAVE
BEEN APPOINTED AND WE WILL
STILL HAVE ONE MORE MAIL-IN
APPOINTMENT AND A COUPLE OF
COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE IT
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
AFTER THE APPOINTMENTS THE
COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS SEVERAL
REPRESENTER RIGHTS BILLS FROM
MY OFFICE FOCUSED ON RENT
INCREASES SO WE HAVE JUST VOTED
ON THE COUNCIL AND BILLS FOR
EVICTION PROTECTIONS AND WE
NEED THAT BILLS THAT PROTECT
PEOPLE FROM RESIDENT INCREASES
AND WE NEED STRONG RENT
CONTROLS AND CORPORATE
LANDLORDS HAVE RAISE THE RENTS
13% IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS AND
WE WILL DISCUSS NOT DISCUSS IN
DETAIL BUT JUST HAVE AN
OVERVIEW OF FREQUENCY AND ASK
QUESTIONS AND OUR FAQ THAT WE
HAVE PREPARED FROM MY OFFICE TO
THE HARMFUL LOOP HOLES IN RENT
CONTROLS FROM OTHER CITIES.
FINALLY TODAY'S COMMITTEE WILL
HAVE A BRIEFING FROM OUR CITY
COUNCIL STAFF ABOUT LEGISLATION
FROM MY OFFICE TO REQUIRE
LANDLORDS TO REQUIRE SIX MONTHS
NOTICE FOR RENT INCREASES AND
TO REQUIRE LANDLORDS TO PROVIDE
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WHEN THEY
DISPLACE THE TENANTS WITH
OUTRAGEOUS INCREASES THAT IS
KNOWN AS ECONOMIC EVICTIONS IN
OTHER WORDS THIS BILL IS
ECONOMIC EVICTION ASSISTANCE TO
BE PAID BY LANDLORDS THAT
ECONOMICALLY EVICT THEIR
TENANTS.
SO TODAY'S DISCUSSION OF BOTH
OF THOSE BILLS WILL BE AN
INITIAL ONE SO MEMBERS CAN ASK
QUESTIONS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
BEING PROPOSED AND IT IS THE
INTENTION OF MY OFFICE TO THEN
BRING THOSE BILLS FOR A VOTE IN
THE COMMITTEE IN THE
SUBSEQUENT TO MEETINGS IN JULY.
BECAUSE IT IS THE LAST TUESDAY
OF EACH MONTH IT WILL FOLLOW
THE MEETING IN AUGUST WILL FALL
DURING THE CITY COUNCIL RECESS
AND AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER IT WILL
FALL DURING THE BUDGET STARTING
AROUND MID SEPTEMBER.
SO ESSENTIALLY IF WE DO NOT
SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING TIME
THE JULY MEETING WILL BE THE
LAST COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE
YEAR THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT
BE SUFFICIENT TO DISCUSS AND
VOTE ON THE LEGISLATION.
THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS TO ADDRESS
THIS HERE AND SO MY OFFICE WILL
REACH OUT TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS
TO SCHEDULE SOME SPECIAL
MEETING TIMES.
I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE A
SPECIAL MEETING IN JULY AND
ALSO FIND A SPECIAL MEETING
TIME IN SEPTEMBER BEFORE THE
BUDGET PROCESS BEGINS.
FOR TODAY'S MEETING I
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ CAN'T STAY
PAST 2:30 AND I APPRECIATE THAT
AND I HAVE MY TIME CONSTRAINTS
BECAUSE OF MANY OTHER COUNCIL
OFFICE OBLIGATIONS.
SO I WILL REQUEST PRESENTERS IN
TODAY'S MEETING TO BE CONCISE
AND WE WILL OF COURSE COME BACK
TO A DISCUSSION AND THE
LEGISLATION WILL BE DISCUSSED.
ALL OF THE LEGISLATION WILL BE
DISCUSSED FURTHER BEFORE BEING
VOTED ON.
BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR AGENDA
ITEMS WE OF COURSE HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
I WILL MAKE SURE MY OFFICE HAS
BEEN READY TO START PUBLIC
COMMENTS AND DO YOU HAVE THE
úLIST OF NAMES FOR THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS SIGN UP?
>>> THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
BUT ONLY ONE IS LISTED AS
PRESENT RIGHT NOW WHICH IS CORY
BREWER.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD CORY BREWER
IF YOU ARE MUTED GO AHEAD AND
SPEAK.
>> GETTING TO THE UNMUTE
BUTTON.
OKAY HIT STAR 6 AND YOU CAN
BEGIN.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> GREAT.
JUST HERE TO LISTEN TODAY.
>> THAT'S ALL.
JUST LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ARE
COOKING UP NEXT.
>> TO JUST CONFIRM THE OTHER
PEOPLE WERE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOWING PEOPLE
PRESENT?
>> NO.
THERE ARE NO OTHER PEOPLE THAT
ARE SHOWING UP AS PRESENT WHO
ARE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO SEEING THAT NONE OF THE
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP,
ARE SHOWING UP AS PRESENT I
WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND
NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
HAS JOINED THE COMMITTEE, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
>> WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR
FIRST AGENDA ITEM AS I
MENTIONED IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE MOVEMENT DEMANDING THAT
INSURANCE COMPANIES AND OTHER
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS END
THEIR BACKING OF NEW FOSSIL
FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE AND
DESTROYING THE CLIMATE AND
ENDANGERING ALL OF HUMANITY.
IN 2017 MANY WILL REMEMBER MY
OFFICE DEMANDED THE CITY STOP
BANKING WITH WELLS FARGO
BECAUSE OF THEIR INVESTMENT IN
FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE AND
ULTIMATELY WE PASSED AN
ORDINANCE CALLED THE SOCIALLY
ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES A
FIASCO TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT
ARRANGES THEM WITH BANKS AND
INSURANCE COMPANIES TO CONSIDER
THE BANK IT DOES BUSINESS WITH.
UNFORTUNATELY AT THAT TIME WE
DID NOT HAVE A CITY BODY
CAPABLE OF RENEWING THE FOSSIL
FUEL INVESTMENTS OF FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS AND NOW THAT THE
CITY IS FORMING THE GREEN NEW
OVERSIGHT AND PROPOSING
LEGISLATION TO EMPOWER THIS
OVERSIGHT BOARD TO RAISE
INSURANCE COMPANIES AND OTHER
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO BID
ON CITY OF SEATTLE CONTRACT AND
REQUIRE FAS TO FACTOR IN THAT
RANKING.
OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A
STRUCTURE WHERE SEATTLE CAN
JOIN STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE
MOVEMENT IN A REAL WAY.
TO PUT PRESSURE ON INSURANCE
COMPANIES LIKE LIBERTY MUTUAL
TO STOP ENSURING PIPE LINES.
THE BUSINESS THEY WILL LOSE
FROM SEATTLE IF THEY REFUSE TO
STOP THEIR TIES WITH FOSSIL
FUELS IS PART OF THE PRESSURE
THAT MOVEMENT CAN PUT BUT IF WE
HAVE A MOMENT BUILDING APPROACH
THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT
IS NOT OM THE CITY OF SEATTLE
BUT INSPIRE OTHER CITIES AND
STATES AND UNIVERSITIES TO JOIN
THE MOVEMENT LIKE WE DID AFTER
THE SOCIALLY BANKING
RESPONSIBLE ORDINANCE.
FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WE ARE
JOINED BY RACHEL HEATON AND THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSITE BOARD
AND SELECTIONS FROM THE
RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK.
SPEAKERS PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND BEGIN YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS MATT R EMLY
AND I AM THE COMMITTEE OF STOP
THE MONEY PIPELINE AND I THANK
THE COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY PRESENT HERE TODAY
RACHEL.
>> I'M RACHEL HEATON.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE MUCK TRIBE
AND A DESCEND END OF THE
SNOHOMISH PEOPLE AND WORKING ON
STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE AND AN
HONOR TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
>> MY NAME IS FLESHA AN
ORGANIZER AT GO 50 SEATTLE AND
SIT ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE
ON THE STOP THE CITY PIPELINE
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
TED, IF YOU HAVE THE SLIDE
SHOW.
YES, WE ARE EXCITED TO TALK AND
PRESENT ABOUT -- TO PRESENT
TODAY ON THE INSURANCE COMPANY
ANGLE TO FIGHTING THE CLIMB
CRISIS.
WE ARE AT ALL HANDS ON DECK AT
SEEKING OUT ANY ANGLE WE CAN TO
FIGHT THIS CLIMATE CRISIS.
WE DID INTRODUCTIONS, TED, SO
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SKIP THAT.
CHRIS COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
CHRIS WAS ALSO PART IN HELPING
TO DEVELOP SOME OF THIS
PROPOSED LEGISLATION BUT HE IS
TAKING SOME TIME WITH HIS
FAMILY AND COULD NOT BE HERE
TODAY.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE
GETS IN THE RECORD.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET
STARTED WITH RACHEL.
SHE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN TO GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
>> SO OUR PURPOSE IS GLOBAL
LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED TO
ACCELERATE A JUST TRANSITION
FROM FOSSIL FUELS SYSTEM TO
CLEAN ECONOMY TO RESPECT CLEAN
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE CLIMATE
CRISIS IS INTENSIFYING AND WE
ARE NOT MOVING QUICKLY ENOUGH
TO PREVENT THE WORSE IMPACTS.
WE HAVE SEEN UNPRECEDENTED
DROUGHTS.
WE HAVE SEEN TEMPERATURES
RISING UPWARDS.
WE KEEP SEEING OF 120 DEGREES.
FAIREN HEIGHT AND WE ARE SEEING
THAT IS GOING TO BE A POTENTIAL
THIS YEAR AND INTENSIFYING
SUPER STORMS AND SEA LEVEL RISE
AND WILDFIRE DESTRUCTION.
OCEAN ACID FICTION AND
ENDANGERED NORTHWEST SALMON AND
ORCA.
GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT
ONE.
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE
ISSUES WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE IMPACTS HAPPENING TO THE
PEOPLE THAT LIVE OFF OF THESE
LANDS AND UTILIZE THE LANDS
WHICH IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE INDIGENOUS VOICES IN
THIS AND YOU WILL ALSO HEAR A
LITTLE BIT FROM MATT TALKING
MORE ABOUT FREE INFORMED
CONSENT AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN
THE SOLUTION OF REMOVING
OURSELVES FROM THESE COMPANIES
SUCH AS LIBERTY MUTUAL.
THE CLIMATE CLIMATE IS
INTENSIFYING.
CANADA AND THE U.S. IS THE
LEADER EXPORTERS OF FOSSIL
FUELS AND NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
PROPOSED TO EXPANDS GLOBAL OIL
AND GAS PRODUCTION.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND FRONT
LINE COMMUNITIES PAY THE
HIGHEST PRICE AND THE LOSING
OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD CLIMATE
CHANGES TO 1.5 DEGREES CELIUS
ACCORDING TO THE PARIS ACCORD.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT THESE IMPACTS
ALSO IS THERE IS OTHER ISSUES
THAT COME ALONG THIS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
VIOLATION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS,
IT IS NOT JUST THE ISSUES FROM
THE CLIMATE BUT IT IS ALSO THE
RESULT OF THESE COMPANIES THAT
ARE COMING THROUGH TRIBAL LANDS
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
WOMEN AND HOW THAT IS TIED TO
THE FOSSIL FUELS INDUSTRY.
IN THE PAST WE WERE WORKING
WITH THE DIVESTMENT SOLUTION
THIS IS KIND OF THE NEXT STEP
BECAUSE AS LONG AS THESE PIPE
LINES ARE ENSURED WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SUFFER THESE
IMPACTS THAT ARE ULTIMATELY
LEADING TO -- ULTIMATELY THE
DESTRUCTION OF MOTHER EARTH.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOCAL
CONNECTIONS THE TRANSMOUNTAIN
PIPELINE EXPANSION IS A MAJOR
ONE.
IT IS LARGER THAN THE KEYSTONE
PIPELINE.
IT IS ALSO TAR SANDS THAT IS
THE DIRTIEST OIL ON EARTH.
NO CLEAN-UP TECHNOLOGY FROM
MARINE SPILLS.
700% INCREASE IN OIL TANKERS
THROUGH THE SALE U.S. SEA AND
THE PUGET SOUND REFINERY.
AS NATIVE PERSON FROM HERE ON
THESE LANDS ON THE SALEOU SEAS
THAT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT TO OUR
CULTURAL PRACTICES.
OUR CANOES GO OUT ON THE WATERS
AND WE ARE NOT ABLE AT CERTAIN
TIMES OF THE YEAR WHERE WE ARE
NOT ABLE TO PUT OUR CANOES IN
THE WATER AND THAT IS DUE TO
SPILLAGE AND THINGS THAT ARE
ALREADY GOING INTO THE PUGET
SOUND.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
INCREASE, 700% THAT IS BIGGER
IMPACT ON OUR FISHING AND
HARVESTING THAT TAKES PLACE ON
THESE WATERS.
SO IT IS NOT JUST A CLIMATE
IMPACT, IT IS ALSO AN IMPACT TO
THE FIRST TWO NATIVE PEOPLE OF
THESE LANDS AS WE DO LIVE
DIRECTLY.
WE HARVEST OFF OF THESE LANDS.
AND SO THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL
PIECES THAT FALL IN TO THAT.
ALSO ANOTHER LOCAL IMPACT OF
THESE PIPE LINES TO THE CLIMATE
CHANGES AND THE DESTRUCTION OF
UNSEATED FIRST NATION'S
TERRITORY IN D.C. AGAIN, TREATY
FISHING RIGHTS AT RISK.
ORCA AND SALMON RECOVERY
EFFORTS ARE A QUESTION.
LOCAL SHELLFISH INDUSTRY
THREATENED BY OCEAN
ACIDIFICATION AND DESTRUCTION
OF SEA LEVEL STRUCTURES.
AND OVER HERE WE HAVE A QUOTE
FROM FAWN SHARK THAT IS ALSO ON
TRIBAL COUNCIL.
THEY HAVE HAD TO EVACUATE TWO
BLOCKS OF TRIBAL CITIZENS FROM
THEIR HOMES AND JAIL AND
COURTHOUSES AND COMMUNITY AND
THE ONLY STORE IN TOWN AND THIS
IS DUE TO RISING OCEAN WATERS.
SO THESE ISSUES THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT AND THAT WE ARE
DISCUSSING IS IMPORTANT IN THE
WAY THAT -- THEY ARE ALREADY
IMPACTING COMMUNITIES.
NOT A MATTER IF WE DON'T DO
THIS THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT IS ALREADY HAPPENING.
SO MORE THAN EVER BY US
PRESENTING TO YOU AND HERE IN
THIS CITY OF SEATTLE, WE ARE
LEADER IN THIS WAR AND PEOPLE
DO LOOK TO WHAT WE ARE DOING
AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE
LEADERS IN THAT AND SO WITH
THAT, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND PASS IT ON TO MATT TO GO
AHEAD TO THE NEXT PART OF THE
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, RACHEL.
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
SEATTLE IS LOOKED TO BY MANY
COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND IN SOME CASES AROUND THE
WORLD FOR OUR KIND OF CUTTING
EDGE LEADING STRATEGIES TO
ADDRESSING ISSUES SUCH AS
COUNCIL CRISIS AND AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT BROUGHT UP
IN THE OPENING WE HAVE EXCITING
NEW OPPORTUNITY TO WITH THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT WE
CAN GO INTO LATER.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CLIMB
LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY.
WE KNOW JUST LIKE THE BANKS,
THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS THE
KEY LYNCHPIN IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST FOSSIL FUELS AND COAL
MINES, ET CETERA NEED INSURANCE
TO BUILD AND OPERATE THE
PROJECTS.
AND INSURANCE COMPANIES IT
SHOULD BE POINTED OUT BOTH
PROVIDE DIRECT INVESTMENT AND
UNDERWRITING OF THESE PROJECTS
SO DIVESTMENT FROM CLIMATE
DAMAGING PROJECTS IS THE BEST
WAY TO STOP THIS.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS IN EXAMPLES
AROUND THE GLOBE.
THERE IS A GLOBAL COALITION
UNDER THE BANNER OF INSURE OUR
FUTURE, IT IS NOT JUST FOLKS
HERE IN SEATTLE, NORTHWEST OR
EVEN NORTH AMERICA BUT FOLK
FROM LITERALLY AROUND THE WORLD
THAT ARE TARGETING INSURANCE
COMPANIES FOR THEIR ROLE IN
CLIMB CRISIS SO THE ROUGH BREAK
DOWN THERE IS 26 COMPANIES WITH
COAL POLICIES.
13 COMPANIES WITH OTHER
POLICIES AND IN MAJOR RISK TO
TAR AND COAL, SAND INDUSTRIES.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A HANDFUL
OF LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TAKE
LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING PARIS,
SAN FRANCISCO, BOULDER COUNTY.
LOS ANGELES, SUMMERVILLE AND
CAMBRIDGE AND IN A LITTLE BIT
WE CAN DIVE INTO WHAT THEY
ACCOMPLISH THERE.
WE CAN GO AHEAD.
NEXT SLIDE.
ONE OF THE KEY DEMANDS TO
INSURERS AND COMING FROM A
GLOBAL COALITION TRIBES.
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND
GRASSROOTS AND FRONT LINE FOLKS
TO INSURE PROJECTS, FOR THOSE
THAT ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH F PICK
AS IT IS MENTIONED AND IT IS A
SPECIFIC RIGHT THAT PERTAINS TO
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT IS
RECOGNIZED IN THE UNITED
NATIONS DECLARATION RIGHTS OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
IT YOU ALLOWS THEM TO WITHHOLD
CONSENT TO A PROJECT THAT MAY
AFFECT THEIR TERRITORIES.
AS OBVIOUSLY MEMBERS KNOW BUT I
LIKE TO ENGAGE IN ANY PROJECT I
LIKE TO GO TO LOCAL TRIBES OR
TRIBAL LEADERSHIPS TO SEE IF
THEY HAVE INTEREST OR SUPPORT
PARTICULAR LEGISLATION AND
BEFORE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL I
FIRST WENT DOWN TO THE CALLA
TRIBE AND WORKED WITH
COUNCILMEMBER ANNA BEAM DOWN
THERE AND DRAFTED UP A
RESOLUTION TO BRING TO THE
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
INDIANS THAT IS A BODY
COMPRISED OF SEVERAL HUNDRED
TRIBAL NATION GOVERNMENTS THAT
ADVOCATE FOR TRIBAL NATION
INTEREST.
RESOLUTION 2036 THAT WAS PASSED
LAST FALL AND I CAN PROVIDE A
LINK TO THAT RESOLUTION BUT IT
ESSENTIALLY CALLS ON THE U.S.
INSURANCE INDUSTRIES TO ADOPT
POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT
PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE INSURED
HAVE OBTAINED CONSENT OF TRIBAL
NATIONS AND THAT PASSED LAST
FALL.
THAT WAS FOLLOWED UP WITH A
CONVERSATION WITH THE
WASHINGTON STATE OFFICE OF
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, WITH
THE THREE OF US HERE AND THE
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL
CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS
FAWN SHARK AND THE SNOQUALMIE
TRIBE AND HE MET WITH THEM AND
THEY CAME OUT WITH A STATEMENT
TO CALL ON INSURANCE COMPANIES
TO DEVELOP EPIC POLICIES WITH
TRIBAL NATIONS AND HE SUPPORTS
FUTURE STATE LEGISLATION TO
ENFORCE, TO DETERMINE WHAT
RISKS AND INSURER MAY
UNDERRIGHT AS IT RELATES TO F
PICK.
NOT ONLY IS IT GLOBAL COALITION
FOR ACTIVIST FOLKS BUT LED BY
TRIBAL NATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, TED.
WE HAVE SEEN UP TO THE UNITED
NATIONS THEY HAVE PROVIDED
LEADERSHIP IN CALLING FOR
DIVESTMENT AND YOU CAN READ THE
STATEMENT FROM THE SECRETARY
GENERAL.
AT THIS POINT WE WILL GO TO
MORE SPECIFIC LEGISLATION AND
WHAT THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION
WILL DO.
>> THANK YOU MATT AND THANK YOU
RACHEL.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT SPOKE TO
US ALREADY BUT JUST TO SHARE
PHOTOS.
THIS IS ACT IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
OUTSIDE OF LIBERTY OFFICE ON
FRIDAY.
PART OF THIS GLOBAL WEEK OF
ACTION AS THE PIPELINE ATTEMPTS
TO INSURE INSURANCE COVERAGE
FOR THE COMING HERE.
ALL OVER THE WORLD INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES AND
CLIMATE ACTIVISTS CALLED ON
REMAINING INSURERS, 14
COMPANIES HAVE RULED IT OUT AND
A NUMBER OF BIG U.S. COMPANIES
REMAIN.
THERE WERE ACTIONS IN
VANCOUVER, SEATTLE, LONDON, NEW
YORK.
U GANDA AND BERLIN AND HERE IN
SEATTLE THERE WERE RAINFOREST
ACTION NETWORK AND SUNRISE
SEATTLE AND THE FUTURE
COALITION CAME TOGETHER TO
PAINT THIS GIANT MURAL URGING
LIBERTY MUTUAL TO TAKE ACTION.
THIS IS ONE STRATEGY THAT WE
ARE GETTING OUT IN THE STREETS
AND CALLING FOR ACTION AND
COMING TOGETHER.
AS CITIZENS URGING INSURERS TO
ADDRESS THIS AND ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS.
WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY IS TO
THINK ABOUT THE INSTITUTION OF
THESE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND
LOOK AT THE LEVERAGE THEY HAVE.
CITIES ARE ADDING THEIR VOICE
TO THE GROWING CALL TO TAKE
ACTION.
GO AHEAD, TED.
SOUNDS GOOD.
OPERATING FOR INSURANCE
COMPANIES THAT HAVE RESTRICTED
FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS AND
INSURANCE BUSINESS IS A LOGICAL
STEP FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
ALIGN THE PROCUREMENT OF
FINANCIAL SERVICES WITH ITS
CARBON EMISSIONS GOAL EXCEPT
ALL SECTIONS OF GOVERNMENT.
SO THIS LIST HERE IS SOME OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THOSE
BIG PLAYERS INSURING MANY
FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS
TRANSMOUNTAIN AND OTHERS, CHUBB
AND A I GAND LIBERTY AND ALL
BIG INSURERS OF OIL AND GAS
MORE BROADLY.
SO AS SIGNIFICANT PURCHASERS OF
COM COMMERCIAL INSURANCE THERE
CAN BE A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO
THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY TO
DEMAND THAT INSURERS STOP THIS
AND FOSSIL FUELS PROJECTS AND
LOCAL COMPANIES HAVE LEVERAGE.
ANNUAL CONTRACT RENEWALS AND
THAT IS THE MOMENT WHERE THEY
-- THE CITY DECIDES WHO THEY
WILL GO WITH AND THIS HAPPENS
ONCE A YEAR FOR MOST POLICIES.
AND THEY PRESENT REGULAR
OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING DEMANDS
TO INSURERS AND PROVIDE
DEADLINES.
THERE IS INCREASING INSURANCE
COMPANIES THAT HAVE MADE
COMMITMENTS AND ADOPTED
POLICIES AROUND FOSSIL FUELS
AND CARBON REDUCTION TARGETS AS
MATT SHOWED EARLIER.
AND SO CITIES HAVE CHOICES
SAFER FOR THE CLIMATE AND
CHOICES THAT ARE RESPECTING
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE I CAN SEE
KIND OF THE POLICY LEGISLATION
THAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
SO BASICALLY THE GOAL IS FOR
THE CITY TO FORMALIZE RACINING
PROCESS FOR INSURANCE PROVIDERS
BASED ON THEIR FOSSIL FUEL AND
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS POLICIES THAT
GIVE PRESENCE WHEREVER POSSIBLE
FOR INSURERS THAT HAVE
COMMITTED TO STOP ENSURING
UNDERINVESTING IN FOSSIL FOOLS
AND TOUGH POLICIES IN PLACE.
PASSING A POLICY LIKE THIS
WOULD SEND AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE
TO THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE NEED
TO SHIFT AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS
TO A ZERO CARBON ECONOMY.
AND THE MORE THAT INSURANCE
COMPANIES HEAR FROM CUSTOMERS
AND THEIR BIG CUSTOMERS LIKE
THE CITY OF SEATTLE WHICH BUYS
ALL TYPES OF INSURANCE, FROM
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE TO GENERAL
LIABILITY TO FLOOD INSURANCE.
ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO THE
COMPANIES AND CALLS ON THEM TO
ACT.
SO AS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT SAYS
THE LEGISLATION IS BEING
DEVELOPED BUT HERE IS A LITTLE
BIT KIND OF MORE TO EXPLAIN THE
IDEA WOULD BE TO KIND OF PUT IN
THIS KIND OF SCREENING FOR
INSURANCE COMPANIES AND HAVE
DUE DILIGENT COMMITTEES TO
EVALUATE INSURERS AND RIGHTS
POLICIES AND THAT IS A PLACE
WHERE THE GREEN NEW OVERSIGHT
BOARD CAN COME IN AND SUPPORT
ON THE DUE DILIGENCE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPPORT
IMPLEMENTATION AND ALLOW FOR
FLEXIBILITY WHEN THERE IS NO
OTHER OPTIONS WHEN THE CITY
SEATTLE HAS TO GO AND HAS TO
PRIORITIZE CONTRACTS WITH THOSE
INSURERS THAT ARE ADOPTING
STRONGER POLICIES.
AND FOLLOWS FUEL AND INDIGENOUS
RIGHTS.
I THINK ONE MORE SLIDE.
I THINK OTHERS HAVE TOUCHED ON
THIS ALREADY AND JUST TO SAY
AGAIN THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
OF CITY OF SEATTLE SPENDS A LOT
OF MONEY EACH YEAR ON INSURANCE
POLICIES AND WE CAN, VOTE WITH
OUR DOLLARS AND ELECT TO
SUPPORT THOSE COMPANIES THAT
ARE TAKING STRONGER ACTION BUT
IT BUILDS ON THE MOMENTUM FROM
THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE SEEN
FROM OTHER CITIES AND WOULD SET
A MODEL AND STANDARD FOR OTHER
CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES AND
BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO
FILE SUIT ON AND DEMONSTRATE
YOU CAN HAVE A INSURANCE POLICY
TO CLIMB ACTION AND MANAGS
RISKS IN THE WAYS THAT THE CITY
NEEDS TO.
IT IS COMPLEX AND STANDS IN
SOLIDARITY WITH FIRST NATION'S
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT AND FRONT
LINE COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU AND I THINK THAT IS
ALL AND I WILL HAND IT BACK
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THANK YOU MATT AND RACHEL
AND SULAKSHANA.
WE WILL HAVE MORE SPECIFICS TO
SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS ONCE STAFF HAS MADE THE
PROGRESS.
JUST WANT TO NOTE VERY QUICKLY
JUST FROM YOUR PRESENTATION AND
AS YOU SAID WHEN THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES AND MAJOR FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS HAVE LARGE
CUSTOMERS AND PUTS THEIR
COMPANIES AT STAKE THERE IS AN
IMPORTANT POINT AT WHICH THE
MOVEMENT NEEDS TO STRIKE AND I
WANTED TO DRAW OUT THE CONTRAST
WITH THAT AND COMPLETEDLY
DIFFERENT IDEA OF LIFE TILE FOR
NEARLY 15 OR 20 YEARS.
ESPECIALLY MORE WELL OFF PEOPLE
IN THE WEST STARTING TO THINK
AND THIS WAS A POINT THAT WAS
EXPLOITED BY CORPORATIONS AND
INSTEAD OF THE GREEN WASHING
LIKE YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
AN ORDINARY PERSON AND WELL OFF
PERSON IN THE WEST CHANGES THE
WAY YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE AND
RECYCLE AND COMPOST MORE.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE
IMPRESSION THAT WAS MORE
IMPORTANT BUT IF A SMALL
SEGMENT OF HUMANITY DID THAT,
WE KNOW IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AND
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THE
PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD WAS SIGNED
IN 2015 THAT IS QUITE GOOD BUT
JUST SINCE THEN THAT THERE WAS
EXPANDING OF FOSSIL FUELS BY
FOUR TRILLION DOLLARS AND
WITHOUT HAVING A STRATEGY TO
BLOCK THE CORPORATE PROFITS IN
THE FOSSIL FUELS STRUCTURE
THERE IS NO REAL SOLUTION TO
THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND I WANT
TO DRAW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
THAT THE PIPELINE IS TARGETING
THE QUESTION OF MAJOR
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FINANCIAL
SECTOR SO IT IS NOT ONLY THE
CITY OF SEATTLE BUT OTHER
INSTITUTIONS LIKE BIG
UNIVERSITIES.
IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT, MAYBE YOU
CAN HIGHLIGHT WHAT UNIVERSITIES
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, MAYBE THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
OTHER BIG INSTITUTIONS AS WELL.
IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AND
I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
THAT HAS RAISED HER HAND SO GO
AHEAD.
>> THIS MOVEMENT AND
PROCUREMENT, WE HAVE SLOWLY
TALKED TO UNIVERSITIES.
THERE IS NO COMMITMENT BUT A
BROADER FOSSIL FUELS DIVEST
MANY HAS SWEPT ACROSS THE U.S.
AND THE GLOBE MOVING BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS OUT OF FOSSIL FUELS
INVESTMENTS AND INTO KIND OF
GETTING MORE SUSTAINABLE CLEAN
ENERGY ECONOMY SOLUTIONS.
ONE THING TO SAY HERE ON THAT
POINT IS GOING -- UNIVERSITY
ENDOWMENT BY ENDOWMENT IS
CERTAINLY POWERFUL AND HAS
BUILT A REALLY STRONG MOVEMENT
AND I'M A CLIMATE ACTIVIST THAT
CAME OUT OF THAT MOVEMENT AND
LOTS OF US OUT THERE.
BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WE NEED TO
TAKE ON THE BIGGER CORPORATE
PILLARS LIKE WALL STREET AND
INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT HAVE
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THESE
INDUSTRIES BEYOND THE SMALLER
POOLS OF UNIVERSITY MONEY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT HAS TO BE ON THE SKILL OF
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANKS EVERYONE FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK A
LITTLE BIT.
THERE IS SEVERAL CITIES THAT
YOU HIGHLIGHT AS IMPLEMENTING
THEIR OWN PROCUREMENT POLICIES
AND I'M SURE THAT WE CAN GET
COPIES THAT WE MAY TRY TO MODEL
OUR OWN ON.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT
OF THOSE CHANGES AND WHETHER IT
RESULTED IN THEM FINDING NEW
INSURANCE COMPANIES IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES OR IF THE ONES THAT
THEY WERE WORKING WITH ACTUALLY
MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE WAY
THAT THEY OPERATED.
>> I CAN TAKE THAT AND RACHEL
FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN.
IT IS A RELATIVELY NEW
MOVEMENT.
THE LOS ANGELES RESOLUTION THAT
I MENTIONED WAS PASSED TWO
MONTHS AGO.
BOTH OF THE COUNTIES WAS LAST
YEAR.
SAN FRANCISCO, I BELIEVE, YEAH,
A BIT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES AND
SEEING HOW THEY ARE PLAYING
OUT.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
ENGAGE THE IN PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATION WITH LEGISLATION
AND WHY HAVE WE ADOPTED IT AND
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FROM YOU?
AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE
IS STARTING TO BE SHIFTING AND
PRIORITIZATION THAT HAS MOVED
SOME OF THEIR CONTRACTS IN
LIGHT OF THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS NOW
BUT DEFINITELY FOLK WE CAN
CONNECT TO AND GET ANSWERS FROM
AND I WILL PASS IT OVER TO
MATT.
>> I WAS GOING TO ADD THAT
SINCE SOME OF THEM ARE SO
RECENT THAT MANY OF THE
CONTRACTS HAVEN'T COMING UP YET
FOR RENEWAL SO BEYOND THOSE
INITIAL CONVERSATIONS THAT
SELECTION WAS TALKING ABOUT WE
WILL KIND OF SEE HERE IN THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS OR SO WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR
RESPONDING TO THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS?
I DON'T SEE ANY.
MATT, RACHEL AND SULAKSHANA WE
WILL HAVE YOU BACK TO DISCUSS
THE LEGISLATION AND TALK WITH
YOU MUCH MORE BUT IN CLOSING
DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
>> JUST THANK ALL OF YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR LISTENING TO
US AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
COMING BACK AND HAVING
ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH
YOU ALL.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD
IS MAKE SEATTLE EVEN
POTENTIALLY MORE EXCITING IN
TERMS OF POSSIBILITIES WHERE WE
CAN GO FOR THE LEGISLATION WITH
THE GREEN NEW OVERSIGHT BOARD.
I BELIEVE WE WOULD BE THE FIRST
TO HAVE THAT SORT OF POWER, I
GUESS, LACK OF BETTER WORD IN
ENGAGING WITH THE CONTRACT.
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
PERSONALLY I WANT TO THROW OUT
A QUICK THANK YOU TO THE
COUNCILMEMBERS HERE A TOTALLY
SEPARATE PIECE OF LEGISLATION
FOR THE BUDGET FOR THE LICKEN
SPRINGS CULTURAL PROJECT
GETTING INSTALL IN A COUPLE OF
WEEK.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING FUNDS
INTO THAT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MATT AND I WILL
THANK THE ACTIVISTS THAT PUSHED
FOR THE LICKEN SPRINGS SIGNAGE
AND THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS LAST
YEAR AND THANK YOU, MATT,
RACHEL AND SULAKSHANA AND
CONGRATULATIONS LIBERTY MUTUAL
ACTION AND THE MURAL IS
BEAUTIFUL.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE MAYOR
APPOINTMENTS TO THE GREEN
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND THIS FLOWS
AS THE SPEAKER SAYS, WE WILL
HEAR FROM OUR PREVIOUS AGENDA
ITEM.
WE ARE JOINED BY THE APPOINTEES
AND BY JOSE VAZQUEZ.
I WILL READ ALL OF THE SEVEN
APPOINTMENTS IN THE RECORD.
POINT 1957 OF KATIE GARROW AS
THE TERM TO APRIL 30th, 2022
AND G0159 STEVE GEIB AS
RENEWABLE BOARD TO APRIL 30th.
2022.
APPOINTMENT 01959 KEITH WEIR
FOR A TERM TO APRIL 30th,
20221960.
APPOINTMENT OF MARIA BATAYOLA
TO APRIL 30th, 2023 AND
APPOINTMENT 01961 DENNIS COMER
TO APRIL 30th, 2023 ALLEGE
APPOINTMENT 019623 APPOINTMENT
OF THOMAS MADRIGAL TO APRIL
30th, 2023 AND APPOINTMENT TO
TYLER VALENTINE TO APRIL 30th,
2023.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF FIRST?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
IT IS AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
TO PRESENT THE NEW BOARD
MEMBERS OR APPOINTMENTS TO THE
GREEN OVERSITE BOARD.
IT IS AN HONOR HEARING FROM OUR
TWO EXISTING MEMBERS.
MATT REMLE AND RICHARD AND IT
IS EXCITING THAT THEY HAVE
ADVISED US ACROSS THE CITY TO
HIGHLY SOME KEY EXAMPLES OF THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WORK THAT
HAS LED US HERE IN 2016 OF THE
ENVIRONMENT JEAN THAT LED TO
ESTABLISHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMITTEE IN THE
SNOHOMISH ACTION PLAN THAT LED
US TO WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY IN
BUILDING THIS NEW BODY, THE
GREEN NEW OVERSIGHT BOARD AND
MAKING SURE THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY
IMPACTED THE MOST AND THE WORSE
BY CLIMATE CHANGE ARE AT THE
FOREFRONT OF HELPING TO MAKE --
HELPING US MAKE OUR DECISIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THAT IS AS WE ADVANCE THE GREEN
NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE TO ACHIEVE
THAT.
VERY AMBITIOUS TO BE CLIMATE
FREE BY 2030 AND ALONG THAT
ADVANCING EQUITABLE TRANSITION
TO A GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE
ECONOMY THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND
BENEFITS THE COMMUNITIES
TOGETHER.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE SEVEN
AMAZING COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATIVES AND
STAKEHOLDERS HERE THAT WE WANT
TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF YOU
TODAY TO RECOMMEND THEM TO BE
APPOINTED TO THE GREEN NEW
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND WITH THESE
NEW APPOINTMENTS WE WILL BE
ABLE TO OFFICIALLY START TO
MEET US AND START MOVING
FORWARD AND THIS COLLECTIVE
WORK THAT IS LED BY THE
COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS AND WE
ARE EXCITED TO BE BUILDING IT
AND TURN IT TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE STARTING PRETTY SOON.
FIRST ON THE DOCKET WE HAVE
KATIE GARROW.
SHE WILL BE ONE OF OUR LABOR
UNION REPRESENTATIVES.
KATIE GARROW IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE M L DECEMBER
LABOR COUNCIL WHERE SHE
REPRESENTS THE COUNCIL PUBLICLY
AT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PRESS
CONFERENCES.
AND ET CETERA.
THROUGH HER ROLE AT ML DECEMBER
LABOR SHE WORKERS WITH UNIONS
AND ALL TRADES SUCH AS FOSSIL
FUELS AND OIL REFINERIES AND
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND
ELECTRICIANS WORKING WITH HYDRO
ELECTRICITY.
I WANTED TO OPEN UP A QUICK
MOMENT TO SEE IF KATIE WANTED
TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND WHY SHE
MAY BE EXCITED TO BE HERE.
>> YOU HAVE SOME RISED IT SO
WELL JOSE.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS KATIE AND I USE SHE
AND HER PRONOUNCES AND WORK IN
AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZE FOR UNIONS
IN KING COUNTY AND I THINK
JOSE'S LAST STATEMENT SUMMED IT
UP IT IS OUR JOB AS LABOR
MOVEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE
TRANSITION TO A GREEN NEW
ECONOMY BUT THAT IS DOESN'T
HAPPEN AT THE EXPENSE OF
WORKERS PARTICULARLY WORKERS
THAT ARE THE FURTHEST FROM
OPPORTUNITIES.
SO EXCITED TO GET TO WORK
TOGETHER.
I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK AND
ACKNOWLEDGE MATT AND RACHEL AND
SULAKSHANA ON YOUR WORK.
AND JUST EXCITED TO GET TO
WORK.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> THANK YOU, KATIE.
WE HAVE STEVE GELB.
THE MANAGER FOR ML CITIES
COLLABORATIVE AND PROMOTES THE
CARBONIZATION PROJECT AND
POLICIES AND BRINGING BETTER
BENEFITS TO UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES AND RESPONSIBLE FOR
FUNDRAISING AND PROGRAM DESIGNS
AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS.
STEVE HELPED TO LAUNCH THE
CLEAN OPPORTUNITY THAT BRINGS
HVAC TRAINING TO COMMUNITIES
AND IMPLEMENTED THE RENEW
PROGRAM.
COMPREHENSIVE WATER EFFICIENCY
PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE
AND FINANCING AND PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT.
STEVE, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE A
FEW WORDS ABOUT WHY YOU WERE
INTERESTED IN JOINING THE GREEN
OVERSIGHT BOARD?
>> YES.
THANK SO MUCH JOSE.
TWO THINGS WE NEED A NEW DEAL
THAT IS GREEN AND TO HELP
WORKERS INJURED SERVED
COMMUNITIES AND BY POCK
COMMUNITIES TO SOLVE THE
DIOCESES AND INCONSISTENT
WEALTH AND WE CAN DO THAT
THROUGH THE CLIMATE POLICIES
AND I AM EXCITED TO WORK ON
THAT WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ON A
GREEN NEW DEAL ADVISORY BOARD
AND I WILL JUST SAY ALSO
IMPORTANT THAT THE BENEFITS OF
THE WORK WE DO WITH THE GREEN
NEW DEAL GO TO HISTORICALLY
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE BEEN UNDER REPRESENTED IN
SOME OF THE JOB CREATION AND
BUSINESS CREATION IN THE PAST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> THANKS STEVE.
UP NEXT IS KEITH WEI R. THE
BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE AND
POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR LOCAL
46.
COVERING ALL PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENTS AND COMMUNITY WORK
FORCE AGREEMENTS IN SEATTLE AND
IN KING COUNTY.
HE IS A PAST CHAIRMAN AND
CURRENT BOARD MEMBER FOR THE
LONG HE FELT RUNNING AND
PREAPPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN
THE NATION.
KEITH IS A NATIVE SATELLITE.
HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING
CAREERS AND NOT JUST JOBS AND
WANTS TO ENSURE THAT PROJECTS
COMING OUT OF SEATTLE'S GREEN
NEW DEAL ARE GOOD FRIENDLY JOBS
TO ENSURE A BETTER FUTURE FOR
OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS.
KEITH, A FEW WORDS YOU WANT TO
SHARE?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M KEITH WEIR ELECTRICIAN AS I
HAVE STATED.
WE GET CLASSIFIED AS BLUE-
COLLAR WORKERS BUT THE INSIDES
OF OUR COLLARS ARE GREEN.
SINCE INCEPTION OF ELECTRICITY
EVERYTHING IS ABOUT EFFICIENCY.
RIGHT?
TRYING TO GET THE MOST BANG FOR
THE BUCK.
HAVING BEEN BORN AND BRED IN
SEATTLE, I REMEMBER WHEN WE
CALLED IT THE EMERALD CITY AND
IN THE LAST COUPLE DECADES IT
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE ARE LIVING
UP TO THAT GOAL SO I AM EXCITED
THAT WE CAN PUSH FORWARD WITH
SOME THINGS THAT WILL TAKE US
ALONG THE RIGHT PATHWAY AND
HELP ME TO GET FOLKS
OPPORTUNITIES AT CAREER
PATHWAYS THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP
SETTINGS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS
ARE TO REMEMBER US WITH
GRATITUDE RATHER THAN CONTEMPT,
WE MUST LEAVE THEM SOMETHING
MORE THAN MIRACLES OF
TECHNOLOGY.
WE MUST LEAVE THEM A GLIMPSE OF
THE WORLD AS IT WAS IN THE
BEGINNING AND NOT JUST AFTER WE
GOT THROUGH IT.
FROM LYNNDON JOHNSON.
>>> UP NEXT WE HAVE MARIA
BATTAYOLA AND A COMMUNITY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND WITH
OTHER 40 COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS
AND THEY INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT
OF SEATTLE ABOUT HARM TO BY
POCK AND CCEG CAMPAIGNS
STOPPING VETERANS TO BURNING
TISSUES AND EDUCATING WORKERS.
SINCE 2015 MARIA HAS
VOLUNTEERED AS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COORDINATOR BUILDING ON A
MOMENT AND CATTING COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ON THE EFFECTS OF
CODEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY
ACTION PLAN.
MARIA IS CHAIR OF THE BEACON
HILL COUNCIL WELCOMING DIVERSE
AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SHE LEADS TWO MAJOR ONGOING
CAMPAIGNS AND AIR AND NOISE
POLLUTION.
MARIA WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A
FEW WORDS?
>> FIRST OFF THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR BEING
THE PERSON TO PUT IN THE
AMENDMENT THAT SET ASIDE GREEN
NEW DOLLARS TO DO THIS WORK ON
THE GROUND.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN MORALES
AND COUNCILWOMAN JUAREZ.
I AM GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH THE
REST OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TO LEARN COMPREHENSIVELY AS WE
FIT TOGETHER.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL CONCEPT IS
GREAT BUT I THINK IT IS ON THE
GROUND ON HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE NET
GAINS.
AT BEACON HILL WE ARE WORRIED
AND CONCERNED THAT NOT ONLY ARE
WE SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF AIR
POLLUTION AND NOISE POLLUTION
FROM LAND AND AIRCRAFT BUT IT
IS ALSO THE UPCOMING 40%
INCREASE IN AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS
THAT SEA-TAC AIRPORT THAT IS
RULED BY COMMISSIONER THAT HAVE
BEEN PROPOSED SO WE ARE IN A
VERY SMALL TIME FRAME.
OUR WORK AT EL CENTRAL AND
BEACON HILL COUNCIL STARTED
WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,
TRANSFORMED QUICKLY TO HELP
JUSTICE AND NOW CLIMATE JUSTICE
AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIMELINE
THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO BE
POLLUTION FREE BY 2030.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY AND WE WILL ALL
SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES VERY
FULLY AND WELL.
>> INDEED.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE DENNIS CORNER A
COMMUNITY LEADER IN
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ARE
NOT OVERLOOKED IN POLICIES.
AS A RESEARCH ANALYST AT THE
CROSSROADS OF SCIENCE AND TO
TRANSLATE THAT TO LAYPEOPLE
TERMS IN WAYS THAT ARE MEANFUL
AND IMPACTFUL.
AS A PROGRAM MANAGER DENNIS HAS
STEERED THE ORGANIZATION
TOWARDS AN ECO DISTRICT MODEL
AND SUPPORTING APPROACH TO
MANAGING CROSS COMMUNITY
SOLIDARITY.
NOT OM HAS DENNIS CRAFTED AND
DESIGNED GUIDELINES LANGUAGE
FOR THE CENTRAL AREA BUT ALSO
ENABLED THE FORMATION OF THE
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
ENABLING THE COMMUNITY TO
CHALLENGE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS
DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR EXISTENCE.
HE HAS SERVED AS ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMITTEE AND ADVOCATE
FOR EQUITY AND POLICIES.
, DENNIS WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SHARE A FEW WORDS?
>> THANKS, JOSE.
AS JOSE STATED FIRST OF ALL
HAPPY TO BE HERE.
TO ME THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF
THE -- OF MY VOLUNTEERISM IN
THE ENVIRONMENT AS HE STATED
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEES WHERE
I STARTED AND I AM ALSO THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CENTRAL AREA COLLABORATIVE AND
WITH THE DESIGN REVIEW
GUIDELINES AND DESIRING REVIEW
BOARD WE HAVE PUSHED BACK ON
PROJECTS WITH THE HELP OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR THE
CHATEAU PROPERTY BUT WHAT I'M
LOOKING TO DO HERE IS SUPPORT
THE NEUTRAL 3rd PARTY
TRANSPARENCY PIECE THAT BONDS
THE POLICY AND THE POLICYMAKERS
WITH THE COMMUNITY ITSELF TO
LET FOLKS KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN
PAPER AND HOW IT MAKES IMPACT
OR CAUSES ISSUES ON THE GROUND
WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL AREA
WITH HIGH RISK DISPLACE MANY.
I GRACIOUSLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
>> THANK YOU, DENNIS.
WE HAVE THOMAS ALBERTO
MADRIGAL.
HE HAD SETTLED IN THE
DAWAUNUSUAL COALITION.
A CHILD OF A MIGRANT FARMER
FAMILY THAT SETTLED IN
WASHINGTON IMPACTED BY
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES.
HIS WORLD VIEW IS GROWING UP IN
A COMMUNITY OF MEXICAN SPEAKING
FARMERS AND THOUGH THEY WERE
EXPOSED TO PESTICIDES USED TO
GROW CROPS HE RECALLS HIS
PARENTS HAD ELABORATION FOR
DECONTAMINATION.
HE HAS APPOINTED ON FOOD
SYSTEMS AND WORKING ON
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AND
COMPLETED A RESEARCH DOCUMENTED
FOR FRONT AND CENTER ON
POLLUTION AND RECOVERING PUGET
SOUND.
IT HAS HELPED THE ORGANIZATION
SET LONG TERM GOALS.
AMONG THEM WAS ADVOCATING FOR
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SEATTLE'S
GREEN NEW DEAL.
WELCOME, THOMAS AND WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SHARE A FEW NEW WORDS?
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS THOMAS MADRIGAL AND
I GUESS AS A FRONT LINE
COMMUNITY MEMBER IT IS WITH MY
AFFILIATION AS FOOD SYSTEMS FOR
COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
I AM HAPPY TO SERVE HERE.
I THINK THE CONTEXT IN WHICH I
SEE MY SERVICE IN THIS
PARTICULAR EFFORT IS THAT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL REPRESENTS WHAT
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE
FUTURE AND PRESENT AND THE WORK
FOR THAT IS TO DEFEND IT AND
NURTURE IT FOR ANY MEANS
POSSIBLE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND WE HAVE TYLER
VALENTINE AND JOINING US AS
YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE.
CYPRUS VALENTINE IS THE REAL
ESTATE PROJECT MANAGER FOR
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND HE
OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
DISTRICT ASSOCIATED SUSTAINABLE
PLAN FOR THE EQUAL DISTRICT AND
SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF
COMMUNITY ORIENTED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND MIXED USED PROJECTS
THAT BENEFIT THE BLACK
COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE.
HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL
SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMMING THAT
DECREASES CARBON EMISSIONS AND
INCREASES RESILIENCY IN
COMMUNITIES THAT LAT RECEIVES.
WITH HIS WORK FOR THE
INNOVATION AND THE OLD FIRE
STATION NUMBER SIX HE IS
WORKING TO BRING TOGETHER THE
COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW
INNOVATION ORIENTED COMMUNITY
CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITIES.
HE IS INVOLVED IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUTH
ACHIEVEMENT CENTER WORKING IN
THE COALITION WITH COMMUNITIES
TO DEVELOP REAL ESTATE PROJECT
AIMED AT PROVIDING HOUSING TO
BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH WITH
LOCATED SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES.
CYPRUS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE
A FEW WORDS?
>> YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBERS IN PARTICULAR
FOR ALLOWING THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO SERVE ON THIS NEW GREEN
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
WHEN KEITH WAS SHARING HIS
THOUGHTS IT INSPIRED ME.
I PUT THIS IN MY MILK FOR THE
GREEN NEW OVERNIGHT BOARD.
EACH GENERATION MUST DEVELOP
ITS MISSION.
I WANTED TO SHARE AS YOUTH
REPRESENTATIVE I THINK FOR THE
FIRST TIME FOR MY GENERATING
AND FOR OUR GENERATION IT IS
QUITE CLEAR WITH THE MISSION IS
TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS
AND DE CARBONIZE OUR SOCIETY
AND ADVANCE THE GOALS AS
QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT UP QUITE
CLEARLY IN THE PRESENTATION
TODAY HOW SIMULTANEOUSLY THE
PARIS ACCORD IS INSUFFICIENT TO
ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE
TO ADDRESS AROUND DE
CARBONIZATION AND NOT ONLY
INSUFFICIENT WE ARE FAILING TO
MEET THE GOALS SET OUT THERE IN
2015 AND THINGS LIKE THIS
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND THE WORK
THAT MYSELF AND DENNIS ARE
DOING LIKE THE ECO DISTRICT IS
IMPORTANT TO GALVANIZES THE
COMMUNITY AND EXCITED TO HOW WE
USE THE OVERSIGHT BOARD AT THE
CITY LEVEL AND INVENT NEW
PROGRAMS AND TO PROVIDE EXTRA
IMPETUS BEHIND THE COMMUNITY
PROJECT AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE
HAPPENING TO ADVANCE THE GOALS.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK, YOU CYPRUS.
AND WITH THAT, IT IS AN HONOR
TO PREPARE THESE CANDIDATES TO
BE APPOINTED TO THE OVERSIGHT
BOARD.
WE HEAR AT THE OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENT ARE EXCITED TO BE
OFFICIALLY STARTING THIS WORK
INTERNALLY AND BUILD ON THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WORK THAT
HAS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL OR
IF THERE IS ANY OTHER COMMENTS
THAT NEW MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE.
>> I HAD SOME COMMENTS BUT I
WANTED TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY
TO ASK THE APPOINTEES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING
TO WHAT JOSE HAS SAID ALREADY?
>> THANK YOU.
ALL FOR AGREEING TO SERVE ON
THIS BOARD AS CYPRUS HAS SAID,
SORT OF TOWARDS THE END.
THE QUESTION OF CLIMB CRISIS
AND THE FACT THAT YOUR
APPOINTMENT OR POTENTIAL
APPOINTMENT ARE FOLLOWING FROM
THE VERY IMPORTANT PRESENTATION
THAT WE JUST HAD RELATED TO HOW
ACTUALLY FIGHTING TO ADDRESS
THE CLIMB CRISIS THAT COULD BE
FULL BLOWN CATASTROPHE.
IT WILL NOT BE DONE BY ONE
CITY, IT HAS TO BE ALL OUT
INTERNATIONAL EFFORT AND IT
WILL NOT BE DIVERTED UNLESS THE
UNION MOVEMENT AND THE
BATTALION TO THE WORKING CLASS
ARE GETTING ORGANIZED AND THAT
IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT, THE
PROFILE OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD
AS WE ARE SEEING FROM VARIOUS
ASPECTS INCLUDING LABOR AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
I THINK SO MUCH OF THIS IS
IMPORTANT IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO BILL THAT SOLIDARITY
AND SO MUCH IS AT STAKE AND
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I AM
GRATEFUL YOU HAVE SERVED TO
AGREE AND NO QUESTION THAT YOU
WILL TAKE YOUR ROLE SERIOUSLY
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL I
KNOW MANY OF YOU IN TERMS OF
HAVING WORKED ALONG YOU ALL ON
VARIOUS EFFORTS FOR OUR CITY.
MARIA THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
EFFORTS AND KEITH I WELCOME YOU
TO THE OVERSIGHT BOARD AND WANT
TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
CONGRATULATE YOU AND A PLEASURE
TO SIGN THE LETTER THAT SOME OF
THE COUNCILMEMBERS SENT IN
SOLIDARITY AND REALLY
APPRECIATE THE COURAGE YOUR
MEMBERS HAVE SHOWN IN STANDING
UP BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS PART
AND PARCEL FOR WORKS RIGHTS AS
A WHOLE AND THAT GOES HAND IN
HAND WITH CLIMB JUSTICE.
WE CAN'T WIN ONE WITHOUT THE
OTHER AND WE NEED UNION JOBS
FOR EVERYBODY AND WE NEED GOOD
STANDARD OF LIVING IN A SUCCESS
SUSTAINEDDABLE MANNER AND YOUR
PRESENCE HERE WILL ENSURE THAT
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
AND DENNIS I APPRECIATE YOU
MENTIONING THE STRUGGLE AND
RENTER RIGHTS GO A LONG WAY FOR
CLIMATE JUSTICE BECAUSE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IS SO
ACUTE.
PEOPLE ARE BEING PUSHED TO THE
FAR REACHES OF THE CITY AND
OUTSIDE THE CITY.
IN FACT SO MUCH OF THE TRADE
WORKERS HAVE TOLD ME THEY BUILD
THE BUILDINGS IN THE CITY AND
THEY ELECTRIFY THEM AND MANY
CAN'T AFFORD IT AND THIS IS
PART OF CLIMATE JUSTICE AS
WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE
PORTION OF RENTERS.
IT IS INSPIRING EXAMPLE OF HOW
WORKING CLASS EXAMPLES CAN GET
PUSH BACK AND AS WE KNOW MANY
HAVE FOUGHT THAT BATTLE WERE
ACTUALLY TENANTS OF COLOR IN
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
I WANT TO OPEN THIS UP FOR THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS IF YOU WANTED
TO ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE
COMMENTS AND ALSO THE
APPOINTEES WANT TO MAKE
COMMENTS YOU ARE MOST WELCOME
TO.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON, GO
AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK CHAIR
SAWANT AND HER OFFICE FOR
ASSEMBLING A GREAT GROUP.
IT IS IMPRESSIVE AROUND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
SERVE AND BRINGING GREAT
PERSPECTIVE AND IT IS HELPFUL
FOR US TO IMPLEMENT THE GREEN
NEW DEAL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND FOR
BRINGING TOGETHER THIS GROUP.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS SO WHEN -- SO GIVEN
THAT, I WILL UNLESS THERE IS
ANY OBJECTIONS I WILL MOVE ALL
SEVEN APPOINTMENTS AS WELL.
>> SECOND.
>> NO OBJECTIONS I MOVE THE
CONFIRMATIONS OF APPOINTMENT
01597, 98, 99, 60, 61 AND 62
AND 63.
DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TED, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE VOTE IF.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU, TED AND THANK YOU
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR ENGAGING
ON THIS ITEM AND THANK YOU ALL
APPOINTEES.
THE APPOINTMENTS WILL MOVE TO
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FINAL
VOTE AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT
IT WILL GO THROUGH AND BE SURE
TO TELL YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW
CONTRACT.
AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND
LOOKING TO THE WORK OF THE
GREEN DEAL OVERSIGHT WORK.
THIS WILL BE OF TREMENDOUS
CONSEQUENCE.
APPRECIATE IT.
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS A SHORT
POINT THAT I WANTED TO USE FOR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE
PUBLIC ACCESS TO AS I SAID
QUESTIONS, FAQ ABOUT RENT
CONTROL THAT MY OFFICE HAS
DEVELOPED THAT HOPEFULLY WILL
BE OF USE IN ORDER TO CLARIFY A
LOT OF THE FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS ABOUT RENT CONTROL
AND OBVIOUSLY WE WON'T HAVE
TIME TO FULLY GO OVER THIS.
WE WILL BRING THIS UP IN
UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS BUT
I WANTED TO HAVE A QUICK
OVERVIEW.
BEFORE THAT.
I'M SORRY.
I WANTED TO GO OVER THE RENTER
BILLS OF RIGHTS THAT GIVES A
GOOD OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE
AND WHERE WE ARE HOPING TO GO.
I KNOW THAT IS HARD TO READ BUT
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO
SEE WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR
AND WHAT IS COMING UP IN TERMS
OF OUR RENTERS BILLS OF RIGHTS.
AS THE BILL OF RIGHTS SHOWS.
AND AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT MY OFFICE PREPARED AND
SHARED A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT
WE DID IN MAY WHEN WE REVEALED
OUR BILL.
AS YOU CAN SEE RENT CONTROL IS
JUST BASED ON STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS.
WE KNOW IT WILL BE A FLAGSHIP
DEMAND THAT RENTERS NEED TO WIN
TO BRING IT ABOUT AND GIVEN
THAT SKYROCKETING RENT IS THE
MAJOR PROBLEM THAT WE FACE IN
ADDRESSING THE LACK OF HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY AND AS IT STATES
WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL RENT
CONTROL AND WITHOUT THE
LOOPHOLE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
EMPHASIZE AND I WILL COME TO
THAT IN A SECOND AND COMMERCIAL
REN CONTROL WITHOUT CORPORATE
LOOP HOLES TO HELP STRUGGLING
BUSINESSES.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT
NOT ONLY IN GENERALLY BUT
ALWAYS A NECESSITY BUT WE CAN
SEE UNPRECEDENTED BATTERING
THAT SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE
TAKEN IN THE WAKE OF THE
PANDEMIC AND THE RECESSION
PERIOD THAT WE SAW IN THE
PRECEDING YEAR.
WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE PASS
RENT CONTROL FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES IS CRUCIAL AS WELL.
AND, OF COURSE, OVERARCHING
QUESTION IS THE QUESTION OF
DEBT.
ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF DEBT HAS
BEEN ACCUMULATED BY RENTERS
BECAUSE OF THE PREEXISTING AND
THIS IS BUSINESS AS USUAL UNDER
CAPITALISM THAT PEOPLE THAT YET
THE PROFITS FOR THE BILLIONAIRE
AS MULTI MILLIONAIRE DON'T HAVE
A SMALL CUSHION THAT WAS
BROUGHT FORWARD MORE
DRAMATICALLY BECAUSE OF THE
COVID CRISIS AND WE -- THERE IS
NO REAL SOLUTION FOR THE DEBT
ACCUMULATED UNLESS A STATE-WIDE
AND NATIONWIDE REBUILD MASS
MOVEMENT TO CANCEL THE DEBT
BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATIONS AND
ALL THOSE THAT HAVE MADE IT
DESPITE THE PANDEMIC.
BILLIONAIRES BECAME A TRILLION
DOLLARS MORE RICHER DURING THE
CRISIS AND THIS INCLUDES MORE
RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS AND
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE
STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE.
AS THIS BILL INDICATES THE NEXT
TWO THINGS, THE SIX MONTH IN
THIS AND REQUIRING LANDLORDS
FOR ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE IS
SOMETHING THEY WILL DISCUSS AND
WE WILL COME BACK TO IT IN THE
NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING AND THE
NEXT TWO THAT YOU SEE THE JUST
CAUSE IN THE LOOPHOLE THE CITY
COUNCIL PASSED THESE BILLS AND
THEY ARE STRONG BILLS WITHOUT
THE LOOP HOLES THAT COULD HAVE
GONE THROUGH AND THANKS TO THE
RENTERS THEMSELVES THAT GOT
ORGANIZED SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO
DO THAT.
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR WORKING WITH THE
OFFICE ON THE JUST CAUSE BILL
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS TO COSPONSOR THAT AND
THANK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A
WHOLE FOR PASSING THAT AND WHEN
WE WON THE RIGHTS TO COUNCIL
AND THE RIGHTS FOR ALL RENTERS
TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO A LAWYER,
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE
ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW THE
EVICTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
AND WE NEED LEGISLATION FOR
THAT AND IN THE LAST THREE
ITEMS ARE ITEMS THAT HAVE ALSO
BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY THE CITY OF
SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION IN
MAKING SURE THAT WAY RENTERS
ARE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH
LANDLORDS SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER
SO BANNING THE USE OF CREDIT
CHECKS THAT IS A NEW FORM OR
MODERN FORM OF RED LINING WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE HISTORIES ARE
TRANSFERABLE AND THAT WE HAVE
STANDARDS THAT LANDLORDS WILL
SET UP AND THAT ARE FOR WORKING
CLASS RENTERS.
WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN
OVERVIEW OF THAT AND VERY
QUICKLY GO OVER THE RENT
CONTROL THAT YOU CAN SHARE THAT
SCREEN WITH ALL OF US ON THE
ZOOM.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC
ACCESS IT AND I WOULD WELCOME
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LET ME
KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PROPOSE ANY THING TO IT AND
THERE ARE UPDATES.
WE ARE UPDATING AS WE GO.
JUST TODAY MY STAFF UPDATED IT
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE NEW
STATISTICS FROM APRIL AND MAY
THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SITUATION
FACED BY RENTERS AND PROFITS
THAT CORPORATE LANDLORDS HAVE
MADE AND I WANT TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE
ASPECTS WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO
GO OVER ALL OF IT BUT I WANTED
TO TALK ABOUT THE QUESTION THAT
WE OFTEN ENCOUNTER BECAUSE THIS
IS WHAT CORPORATE MEDIA AND
CORPORATE LANDLORDS RAISE.
ISN'T IT ALL ABOUT SUPPLY AND
DEMAND WHEN RENTS COME DOWN BY
BUILDING MORE UNITS AND WE HAVE
A POLITICAL AND MORAL
OBLIGATION TO CLARIFY AND I
SPEAK AS ECONOMIST MYSELF THERE
IS ZERO DATA TO SHOW THAT
SIMPLY INCREASING SUPPLY
WITHOUT PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO
WHETHER THE UNITS ARE ACTUALLY
AFFORDABLE TO THE PEOPLE ARE
NOT IS NO SOLUTION FOR THE
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND NO
MAGICAL AMOUNT OF SUPPLY THAT
WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST
TEN YEARS THAT SEATTLE IS IN
FACT THE CONSTRUCTION CAPITAL
FOR THREE YEARS RUNNING IN VERY
RECENT PERIOD AND DURING THAT
TIME THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION
BOOM AND YET HOUSING WAS LESS
AFFORDABLE AND NOT MORE
AFFORDABLE AND THAT IS WHY
FIGHTING FOR RENTER RIGHTS IS
CRUCIAL AND RENT CONTROL IS
GOING TO BE THE STANDARD BEARER
OF RENTER RIGHTS.
WE KNOW WE NEED TO PUSH BACK
AND THIS TALKS ABOUT WHY THE
LANDLORD LOBBY OPPOSES IT
BECAUSE IT WORKS.
THE REN CONTROL BILL WE ARE
BRINGING FORWARD SAYS THAT
RENTS CAN INCREASE.
THEY WON'T BE FROZEN BUT THEY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO INCREASE AS
FOR THE INFLATION RENT AND NOT
ABSORB RENT INCREASES LIKE MOST
ARE EXPERIENCING.
SO MANY RENTERS THAT HAVE
INFORMED THE OFFICE THAT THEY
HAVE GONE UP 80% AND MORE THAN
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
JUST INCREDIBLE AND OBVIOUSLY
WAGES ARE NOT GOING UP AND THEY
SHOULD BE TIED TO THE INFLATION
RATES.
THAT IS ONLY FAIR AND WHAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF
WORKING FOR RENTERS WE KNOW
THAT THE CORPORATE LANDLORDS
WILL OPPOSE THAT BECAUSE IT
EATS TO THEIR PROFITS.
WE SHOULD MAKE A POINT THAT FOR
SMALL LANDLORDS THAT DON'T
PRIZE GOUGE THEIR RENTERS THEY
HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM RENT
CONTROLS.
MANY SMALL LANDLORDS HAVE SAID
THEY DON'T INCREASE THEIR
REPRESENT BY 10 OR 15%.
AS LONG AS RENTERS ARE NOW
GAUGING RENTERS THAT RENT
CONTROL WOULD NOT MATTER TO
THEM.
SOME LANDLORDS HAVE SAID THIS
WON HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW THEY
CARRY OUT THEIR WORK WITH
TENANTS BECAUSE THEY CHARGE
LESS THAN INFLATION RATES.
SO I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THE PIPELINE IS WELL REFUTED
WEBSITE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE
HOUSING QUESTION AND TALK ABOUT
HOW THE RULE IS SIMPLE AND IT
PAYS FOR EVERYTHING AS FAR AS
LANDLORDS ARE CONCERNED AND IT
FOLLOWS THAT LAND LORES WILL BE
EXTREMELY THEY WILL BE FIGHTING
US TOOTH AFTERNOON NAIL AND ALL
OF HISTORY SHOWS THAT RENTERS
WILL GET ORGANIZED AND FIGHT
THAT.
ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO GO
OVER BEFORE WE GO ON TO OUR TWO
LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE GOING
OVER THAT IS THE -- TWO POINTS.
ONE IS RENT CONTROL IS BANNED
BY WASHINGTON STATE
LEGISLATION.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING
IS LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE
GOING TO AFFECT AS SOON AS THE
BAN IS LIFTED SO NOTHING
ILLEGAL ABOUT THE BILL THAT WE
HAVE WITH THE COMMITTEE WILL
HAVE IN FRONT OF IT AND BEEN
REVIEWED BY THE OFFICE AND WE
SHOULD NOTE THAT THE RENT
CONTROL BAN WAS ITSELF PUT IN
PLACE AND NOW THIS IS NOW 0
YEARS AGO AND PUT IN PLACE
BECAUSE IT WAS A VICIOUS
RESPONSE TO RENT CONTROL
MOVEMENT AT THAT TIME.
THE RENT CONTROL BAN WAS NOT AN
ACT OF GOD BUT A RETALIATION
FOR MOVEMENT AND IT WILL TAKE A
MOVEMENT TO OVERTURN IT AND
PASSING A RENT CONTROL BILL IN
SEATTLE WILL BE A MAJOR
COMPONENT BECAUSE WINNING THE
BILL WILL TAKE A MAJOR FIGHT
BACK AND THIS IS THE LAST
POINT.
HOW DID REN CONTROL CAUSE RENTS
TO SKY ROCKETS IN CITIES LIKE
SAN FRANCISCO AND WE SEE
SIMILAR CLAIMS ABOUT RENT
CONTROL IN NEW YORK AND A LOT
MORE TO DISCUSS BUT WE SHOULD
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DATA SHOWS.
EVERYTHING THAT I AM SHARING
HERE IS BACKED UP BY THIS
PARTICULAR ANALYSIS BY
ECONOMISTS THAT SHOW WITH THE
CORPORATE LOOP HOLES AND WE
WANT TO AVOID THEM BUT EVEN
WITH THOSE CORPORATE LOOP HOLES
RENT CONTROL HAS BEEN A
LIFELONG FOR WORKING CLASS
REPRESENTERS WHATEVER HAS BEEN
PASSED AND IN ARE IT CAN BE
MADE STRONGER WITHOUT THE LOOP
HOLES AND THEY WERE NOT PUT IN
PLACE BY RENTERS OR PEOPLE THAT
DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
DOING BUT PUT IN PLACE, THOSE
WERE PUT IN PLACE BY
POLITICIANS DOING THE BIDDING
THAT WANTED THE LOOP HOLES TO
BE WEAKER AND ONE IS CAUSED FOR
VACANCY CONTROL THAT ALLOWS
LANDLORDS TO RAISE THE RENTS IN
RENTAL UNITS ONCE IT IS VACATED
BY THE PREVIOUS TENANT AND
PROBLEMATIC AND UNDERMINDS THE
RENT CONTROL AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT RENT CONTROL IS
PASSED AND THIS CITY DOES NOT
HAVE LOOP HOLES LIKE THAT.
I WANT TO GO OVER THE REST OF
THE LOOP HOLES AND MANY THAT WE
NEED TO AVOID.
APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE ON
THIS AND NOW IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME, WE SHOULD MOVE TO OUR
LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSION ON THE
TWO BILLS THAT ARE COMING UP
SOONER THAN RENT CONTROL THAT
IS THE ECONOMICS EVICTION AND
THE SIX MONTH NOTICE FOR RENT
INCREASES.
NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM CITY
COUNCIL STAFF ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION TO PAY RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE WHEN LANDLORDS HAVE
OUTRAGEOUS INCREASES AND
SIMILAR ONES HAVE BEEN PASSED
SUCH AS IN THE STATE OF OREGON.
IN SEATTLE LANDLORDS NEED TO
PAY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO
THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WHEN
THEY EVICT THE TENANTS TO
DEMOLISH OR REDEVELOP THE
PROPERTY BUT THERE ARE NO
PROGRAMS TO HELP RENTERS
BECAUSE OF RENT INCREASES.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR
FORMER LANDLORD WANTS TO DO
WITH THE PROPERTY.
IF YOU ARE FORCED TO LEAVE YOUR
RELOCATION COSTS ARE THE SAME
WHETHER THE LANDLORD IS
DEMOLISHING THE BUILDING OR
RENTING IT OUT.
THAT'S WHY THIS BILL MAKES
SENSE AND THE DRAFT BILL THAT
WE ARE PROPOSING IS NOT SUCH AN
EXPANSION OF THIS AND DEFINED
UNDER STATE LAW.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT REQUIRES PEOPLE
TO MAKE LESS THAN 50% OF THE
MEDIAN INCOME AND CALCULATES
THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OF
EVERYONE LIVING IN THE
APARTMENT TOGETHER.
IF YOU HAVE A ROOM MADE WITH A
BETTER SALARY IT BECOMES
IMPORTANT.
SO MANY INCREASINGLY YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO RENT IN
GROUP HOUSES AND SO IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE WE ADDRESS THAT.
THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESSING
ECONOMIC EVICTIONS AND THE AND
THE DISPLACEMENT OF RENT
INCREASES.
WE WILL HAVE THE DETAILS OF THE
BILL AND THERE WILL BE HOW
THERE IS DIVIDED UP AND ALL OF
THAT IS IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE GENERAL
POINT OF WHAT THIS RELOCATION
DOES.
RENTERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IF THE
RENT IS INCREASED BY 10% IN A
YEAR.
IF THE LANDLORD DOES NOT RAISE
IT SO DRAMATICALLY THAT THIS
LAW DOES NOT APPLY.
IF THE RENTER CAN AFFORD THE
NEW REN AND DOES NOT MOVE THIS
LAW DOES NOT APPLY.
IT APPLIES WHEN THE LANDLORD
RAISES THE RENT BY 10% PERCENT
OR MORE AND THE RENTER HAS BEEN
FORCED TO MOVE BECAUSE OF THAT
REN INCREASE.
WHEN THE RENTER IS ECONOMICALLY
EVICTED THE LANDLORD MUST PAY
THEM THROUGH THE INSPECTION FOR
THREE MONTH RENT TO HELP THE
RENTTER COSTS AND SECURITY
DEPOSIT AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ASHA
VENKATARAMAN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
ASHA VENKATARAMAN WITH CENTRAL
STAFF.
I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN TO A
PRESENTATION ON THE AGENDA.
JUST A MOMENT.
OKAY.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A DRAFT OF
THE ASSISTANCE BILL.
WHAT I WILL DO IS TALK ABOUT
THE IN TENT AND THE PROJECTED
TIME LINE AND DIABETES INTO THE
DETAILS OF THE BILL AND THE
POTENTIAL STAFFING IMPACT.
THE IN TENT IS TO HELP THE
TENANT THAT CAN'T AFFORD AN
INCREASE OF 10% OR MORE
RELOCATE.
SO IF THEY CAN PAY THE RENT AND
HAVE TO MOVE OUT GIVING THEM
MON NA TEAR ASSISTANCE TO
SUPPORT THE FIRST MONTH RENT
AND THE COSTS THAT COME WITH
TRYING TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO
LIVE.
IN TERMS OF TIME LINE, WE ARE
WORKING WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AT THE MOMENT
TO GET TO A DRAFT READY FOR
INTRODUCTION IN JULY SO THE IN
TENT IS TO TALK ABOUT THE
INTRODUCED BILL AT THE
COMMITTEE'S NEXT MEETING.
AT THE END OF JULY.
THERE ARE -- PAUSE WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS BILL FOR
SEVERAL YEARS IN DRAFT FORM AND
A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT NEED
TO BE UPDATED OR CORRECTED AND
SO THE INTRODUCED DRAFT WILL
TAKE CARE OF THEM AND I WILL
MENTION THEM SUBSTANTIVELY AS I
GO TO THE BILL.
THE DETAILS THIS IS FOR TENANTS
TO RELOCATE BECAUSE THEY CAN
AFFORD TO PRAY THE REN INCREASE
OVER 10% OR MORE.
IN THE BILL ITSELF THERE IS
SEVERAL DEFINITIONS OF WHO IT
IS, NOT DEFINITIONS BUT WHO IS
ELIGIBLE FOR RECEIVING
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.
THERE IS TWO MAJOR ELEMENTS.
THE FIRST THAT IS THEY HAVE TO
RECEIVE 60 DAY NOTICE OF REST
INCREASE AND THAT IS FOR 10% OR
MORE AND PLAN TO VACATED THE
PROPERTY OR HAVE ALREADY
VACATED THE PROPERTY.
TENANTS HAVE TO PROVIDE NOTICE
TO THE OWNER IF THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO CONTINUE THE TEN NANCY
AND PLAN ON MOVING AND AND IF
THEY ISSUE THAT NOTICE THAT
MAKES THEM ELIGIBLE FOR THIS
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.
ONE THING THAT I WILL MENTION
IS THAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE
DRAFT IN THE DEFINITION SECTION
THE DEFINITION OF THE REQUIRED
RENT INCREASE NOTICE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DRAFTING
THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS THAT
DOESN'T TAKE IN TO ACCOUNT THE
CHANGE IN LAW THAT HAPPENED IN
2019 AND SO THAT -- BACK IN IN
19 IT WAS 30 DAYS NOTICE.
THE LAWS CHANGED SINCE THAT
TIME AND SO NOW THE REQUIRED
NOTICE FOR ANY RENT INCREASE
AND IT IS TO 60 DAYS AND THAT
CORRECTION WILL BE MADE.
AS PART OF THE ABILITY TO APPLY
FOR RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ONE
OF THE CHALLENGES IS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHO IT IS THAT IS
ELIGIBLE RECEIVE ASSISTANCE.
THE HOUSEHOLD CAN BE LARGE AND
WE WILL GET TO THE DETAILS OF
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
HOUSEHOLDS AND THE PROPOSAL IS
HOUSEHOLD REPRESENTATIVE THAT
WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING
THE APPLICATION AND LEGALLY
ENTITLED TO RECEIVING THE
ASSISTANCE AND THE HOUSEDS
COULD GO FROM THERE IN THEIR
INTERACT WITH THE HOUSEHOLD
REPRESENTATIVE IN TERMS OF WHO
GETS HOW MUCH FUNDING.
TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THE HOUSEHOLDS CAN REPRESENT
ONE HOUSEHOLD AT A TIME.
>> MOVING TO THE DEFINITION
PIECE.
A HOUSEHOLD DEFINED AS -- ANY
FAMILY HOUSEHOLD OR NONFAMILY
HOUSEHOLD THAT IS OCCUPYING A
HOUSING UNIT.
THIS IS TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF
THE DYNAMICS OF COMBINATIONS OF
PEOPLE THAT LIVE TOGETHER.
SO SOME CIRCUMSTANCES IN ONE
HOUSING UNIT YOU COULD HAVE A
FAMILY SO FAMILY HOUSEHOLD ON
THE NEXT SLIDE IS DEFINED AS
ALL OCCUPANTS MEMBERS OF THE
SAME FAMILY UNIT AND THAT
FAMILY UNIT IS DESCRIBED AS I
HAVE LAID OUT HERE, PARENTS AND
SPOUSES AND GRANDPARENTS AND
ALL OF THE VARIETY OF
RELATIONSHIPS.
BUT THERE IS ALSO CIRCUMSTANCES
IN WHICH IT IS NOT JUST A
FAMILY.
SO THEY ARE LIVING WITH ANOTHER
ROOMMATE OR ANOTHER COUPLE THAT
DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE
DEFINITION OF FAMILY,
HOUSEHOLD, THOSE PERSONS ARE
DEFINED AS NOT A FAMILY
HOUSEHOLD.
AN OCCUPANT THAT IS NOT PART OF
THAT.
THE FIRST FAMILY HOUSE HOLD.
WHEN YOU GET INTO A SITUATION
WHERE A FAMILY HOUSEHOLD IS
MOVING OUT BUT A NONFAMILY
HOUSEHOLD DECIDES TO STAY AFTER
RECEIVING A RENT INCREASE IT
ALLOWS FOR SPLITTING OF WHO IS
EP TITLED TO RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE AND MAKES IT MORE
EASY TO CALCULATE WHAT THE
AMOUNT OF THE RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE WILL BE.
IN TERMS OF TIMING THE
APPLICANT MUST APPLY TO
DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTION WITHIN
180 DAYS OF RECEIVING A NOTICE.
I WANT TO NO ONE OTHER THING.
I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT NOW
THE NOTICE FOR RECEIVING THE
RENT INCREASE IS 6 0-DAYS.
WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE
DISCUSSING IN THE NEXT AGENDA
TO INCREASE THE NOTICE PERIOD
TO 180 DAYS THAT WAS PARALLEL
TO WHAT THIS BILL PROPOSES IN
TERMS OF APPLICATION PERIOD.
THAT DOES CHANGE THE DYNAMICS
AND A POLICY CHOICE THAT YOU
ALL WILL HAVE TO MAKE IN TERMS
OF WHAT YOU WANT TO IMPACT TO
BE.
AND AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS.
BECAUSE THERE IS 60 DAYS OF
RENT INCREASE NOTICE THAT MEANS
A TENANT CAN APPLY ANYTIME
AFTER THAT 60 DAY IN THIS IS
ISSUED.
AND THE RENT INCREASE TO GO IN
EFFECT AND 60 DAYS AFTER THAT.
THE TENANT WOULD HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THE
RENT INCREASE AS WELL AS AFTER
IT WEAPON TO EFFECT THE OUTCOME
IS THAT IF IT TURNS OUT FOR
WHATEVER REASON THAT TENANT
THINKS THEY CAN AFFORD THE
INCREASE AND REALIZES THAT THEY
CAN.
YOU COULD STILL TELL THE OWNER
OF THE UNIT THEY WERE PLANNING
ON VACATING AND BE ABLE TO
APPLY FOR RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE.
18185 THAT WOULD INCREASE THE
PERIOD FROM 60 TO 180 DAYS THAT
WOULD LIMIT THE PERIOD IN WHICH
THE TEN AND THE COULD APPLY FOR
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO FULLY
BEFORE THE REST INCREASE GOES
INTO EFFECT.
AND SO IF THAT IS THE CASE THE
POLICY IS AROUND WHETHER WE
WANT TO LIMIT THE PERIOD IN
WHICH THAT MILK CAN OCCUR
BEFORE RENT INCREASE GOES INTO
EFFECT OR CHANGE THE PERIOD OF
TIME IN WHICH THE TEN TENANT
CAN APPLY SO THEY CAN AFFORD
THE INCREASE IN RENT AND CAN'T
THEY MAY BE ABLE TO APPLY AFTER
THE RENT INCREASE GOES INTO
EFFECT.
SO IF THERE IS NO QUESTIONS ON
THAT PARTICULAR PIECE, I CAN
GET TO THE SURROUNDING
EXTENSION.
>> VERY QUICKLY.
FOR THIS TIME OF ISSUE ANOTHER
CONSIDERATION IS THAT WE
DISCUSSED WAS THAT THE OFTEN
TIMES PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE.
THEY MAY NOT KNOW THEY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THIS
DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION
WHERE PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE AND
THEY HAVE THIS RIGHT AND THE
TIME LIMIT IS EXPIRED THEY
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE
RELOCATION MONEY THAT THEY
NEEDED.
MAYBE THEY WENT TO DEBT TO MOVE
AND THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT.
THANKS, TED.
SO ASSUMING THERE IS THIS 190
DAY WOULDN'T IN WHICH A TENANT
CAN APPLY IT IS POSSIBLE DURING
THAT TIME THE HOUSEHOLD NEEDS
TIME TO GATHER INFORMATION AND
GATHER THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED
FOR THE APPLICATION AND MIGHT
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TIME TO
SUBMIT APPLICATION AND SO
HOUSEHOLD REPRESENTATIVES CAN
APPLY -- CAN ASK SDI FOR
APPLICATION EXTENSION AS LONG
AS THEY DO SO AT THE END OF THE
180 WINDOW AND SDI CAN GRANT
THAT EXTENSION UPON FIND THAT
THERE WAS GOOD CAUSE FOR THE
NEED FOR THE EXTENSION.
THE CITY APPLICATION IS
INCOMPLETE.
SDI CAN ASK FOR MORE
INFORMATION AND IF THEY DO SO
THE HOUSEHOLD REPRESENTATIVE
PROVIDES THAT INFORMATION
WITHIN 30 DAYS.
AS WITH THE ORIGINAL SUBMISSION
THE HOUSEHOLD CAN REQUEST AN
EXTENSION AND AS IT IS
CURRENTLY DRAFTED THE BILL DOES
ALLOW SDI TO GRAND THAT
EXTENSION UPON FINDING OF A
GOOD CAUSE.
IT DOES NOT SAY HOW LONG THE
EXTENSION WOULD BE BUT THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER THAT SHOULD
BE IN THE SDI DIRECTOR'S
DISCRETION OR IT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE WANT TO LEGISLATE.
IF THE TEN AND THE RESCINDS A
NOTICE THEY MUST WITHDRAW THE
APPLICATION AND PAY BACK ANY
FUNDS RECEIVED.
I WILL GET TO THE REFUNDS LATER
IN THE PRESENTATION.
BUT THIS IS A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT
THE TENANT HAS FOR RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE AND PLANS TO MOVE
OUT AND HAS ISSUED THAT NOTICE
BUT DECIDES FOR WHATEVER REASON
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO STAY IN
THE UNIT AND NOT MOVE OUT AND
THEY DON'T NEED RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE.
THAT IS WHEN THEY ARE REQUIRED
TO RESCIND THE APPLICATION AND
IF THEY DECIDE NOT TO MOVE OUT
AFTER THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO REFUND THAT MONEY
BACK TO SDI.
IN TERMS OF NOTICE SDI DOES
HAVE TO PROVIDE AS DRAFTED A
COUPLE DIFFERENT NOTICES TO
SEVERAL PARTIES.
THE FIRST IS IT'S UPON
RECEIVING THE APPLICATION FROM
THE HOUSEHOLD REPRESENTATIVE.
THE SDI MUST NOTIFY THE OWNER
WITHIN FIRE DAYS OF RECEIVING
IT THAT THIS APPLICATION IS
RECEIVED AND THEN SDI IS
SUPPOSED TO MAKE A DECISION
WITHIN TEN DAYS OF RECEIVING
THE NOTICE AND THEY WILL HAVE
TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE OWNER
AS WELL AS THE HOUSEHOLD
REPRESENTATIVE AS TO WHETHER
THE HOUSEHOLD IS GOING TO
RECEIVE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
OR NOT.
SO THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
WITHIN TEN DAYS OF RECEIVING
THE COMPLETED APPLICATION.
THE APPLICATION ITSELF SHOULD
CONTAIN A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE ACTUAL NOTICE OF IN TENT TO
VACATE OR THE TALL PROOF THAT
THE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE VACATED IT
ALREADY.
THAT STATES AS MUCH AND CURRENT
AGREEMENT AND IF IT IS A VERBAL
OR RENTAL AGREEMENT APPROVAL OF
HOUSING COSTS WHICH SDI CAN DO
THE LOCATION ASSISTANCE THAT
THE HOUSE HOLD IS ENTITLED TO
AND COPY OF THE RENT INCREASE
NOTICE SO IT HAS TO BE ISSUED
60 DAYS BEFORE AND THE NAMES OF
EVERYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS AND
THE HOUSEHOLDS IN THE UNIT AND
MOST OF THAT INFORMATION IS SO
THAT IT CAN BE APPROPRIATELY
CALCULATED THAT EACH HOUSEHOLDS
ARE VACATING ARE ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE.
>> IN TERMS OF THE PAYMENT ONE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TENANT
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WHICH IS
AS IS MENTIONED A DIFFERENT
REGULATORY SCHEME.
IN TREO THE OWNER PAYS HALF AND
THE CITY PAYS THE OTHER HALF.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL THE
OWNER IS PAYING ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT OF THE RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE.
WHILE THERE IS -- IT COULD HAVE
BEEN POSSIBLE TO LEAVE THE CITY
OUT ALL TOGETHER HAVING THE
LANDLORD RELOCATE AND HAVING
THE LANDLORD GET THE FUNDS TO
THE TENANT AND IF THEY DID NOT
GET THEM THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO
A VIOLATION.
THE WAY THE BILL IS STRUCTURED
FOR THE OWNER TO GIVE THE
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO SDCI
AND TO GIVE THOSE FUNDS TO THE
TENANTS.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
REASONING IS TO CORRECT FOR THE
IMBALANCE THAT EXISTS.
BETWEEN A LANDLORD AND TENANT.
BY GETTING THE CITY INVOLVED IN
THE TRANSACTION IT MEANS THAT
TENANT DOES NOT HAVE TO RELY ON
A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACT OR THE
BURDEN ITSELF IS NOT ON THE
TENANT TO GO FORWARD IN TERMS
OF GETTING THE MONEY THAT THEY
ARE OWED FROM THE LANDLORD.
IF THE LANDLORD THINKS THAT THE
TENANT OWES THEM FOR SOMETHING
THEY COULD TAKE THEM OUT OF THE
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE THAT
TENANT IS OWED.
NONE OF THOSE ARE PRACTICAL
OPTIONS IF SDCI IS INVOLVED.
WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF RECEIVING
THE NOTICE THAT A HOUSEHOLD IS
ELIGIBLE, THE OWNER HAS TO PAY
THE DESIGNATED AM TO SDCI AND
VERY SPECIFICALLY THE
LEGISLATION STATES THAT THEY
CAN HOLD BACK ANY THING THAT
THEY THINK THEY ARE OWED
OUTSIDE OF RELOCATION STABS
FROM THAT AM.
WITHIN FIVE DAYS WHENTH PAYMENT
IS DUE IS THE DCI MUST FORWARD
IT TO THE TENANT.
YOU WILL SEE THE WAY THE BILL
IS STRUCTURED IS NOT CONTINGENT
ON WHETHER THE OWNER HAS PAID
BECAUSE THE IN TENT TO GET THE
ASSISTANCE TO THE TENANTS AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THEY
MUST MAKE THAT PAYMENT
REGARDLESS WHETHER THE TENANT
HAS PAID OR NOT.
THEY CAN PROCEED THE OWNER
THERE ARE OBJECTIONS PAYMENT
THEY CAN GO AFTER THE OWNER TO
GET THE ASSISTANCE THAT IS OWED
BUT SDCI WILL HAVE TO HAVE
MONEY ON HAND TO BE ABLE TO
GIVE THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
TO THE TENANT WITHIN THAT FIVE-
DAY PERIOD.
I WILL GET TO THAT MORE AS WE
GET TO THE REFUND PIECE AS
WELL.
SO THE AMOUNT OF RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE IS BASED ON A COUPLE
OF CALCULATIONS.
SO AS I MENTIONED THE MILK
REQUIRES THAT THERE IS PROOF OF
HOUSING COSTS FROM THE PAST 12
MONTANA.
SDCI WILL CALCULATE THE AVERAGE
MONTHING COSTS.
IF THE PAST 12 MONTHS THE
RENTAL AMOUNT HAS GONE UP AND
DOWN THEY WILL COME TO AN
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
AND AT THAT POINT AGAIN WITH
THE INFORMATION IN THE
APPLICATION THAT TELLS YOU HOW
MANY HOUSEHOLDS ARE OCCUPYING
THE UNIT YOU END UP TAKING THE
AMOUNT OF AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT
AND DIVIDING IT BY THE
HOUSEHOLD AND THAT GIVES SDCI
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY HOUSING
COSTS FOR EACH HOUSE HOL AND
YOU MULTIPLE BY THREE AND THAT
IS THE AM THAT OWNER OWES TO
THE TENANT.
IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND
ABSTRACTLY BUT I WILL GO
THROUGH AN EXAMPLE TO
DEMONSTRATE.
IN A HOUSING UNIT THAT HAS TWO
HOUSEHOLDS AND THE RENT FOR THE
ENTIRE UNIT IS $3600, YOU WOULD
DIVIDE THAT 3600 BY TWO.
SO THE AVERAGE MONTHLY COST IS
$1800 FOR EACH HOUSEHOLD.
YOU MULTIPLE MULTIPLY IT BY
THREE AND EACH HOUSEHOLD WOULD
BE $5400.
IF BOTH HOUSE HOLDS LEAVING
EACH ONE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO
THAT $5400 AMOUNT.
THAT IS 10,000, $600 FOR THE
LANDLORD.
THIS IS SIMPLE AND STRAIGHT
FORWARD.
THIS CAN GET COMPLICATED
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF
HOUSEHOLDS AND DEPENDING ON IF
ALL HOUSEHOLDS OR NO HOUSEHOLDS
ARE VACATING AND THE IDEAS FOR
THE CALCULATION TO BE AS
STRAIGHT FORWARD AS POSSIBLE
WHEN CALCULATING HOUSING COSTS
AND CALCULATING WHO IS MADE UP
OF WHICH HOUSEHOLDS ARE MADE OF
EACH MEMBER.
THAT IS NOT TOO MUCH
OPPORTUNITY FOR THINGS TO GET
VERY CONFUSING.
THIS IS HOW IT WOULD WORK IN A
RELATIVELY STRAIGHT FORWARD
SITUATION.
I WILL PAUSE QUICK FOR
QUESTIONS BUT OTHERWISE I CAN
GO TO THE NEXT PIECE ON
REFUNDS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ASHA FOR
YOUR TOTAL PRESENTATION SO FAR.
I DON'T SEE -- I HAVE BEEN
SCANNING THE ZOOM TO SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY ZOOM RAISED HANDS
I DON'T SEE ANY SO WE CAN GO
ON.
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF THE
HOUSEHOLD DOES NOT VACATE THE
UNIT ON THE DAY THAT THEY SAY
THEY ARE PLANNING TO LEAVE.
IF THAT HAPPENS HAS I MENTIONED
THE HOUSEHOLD REPRESENTATIVE
MUST RETURN ANY ASSISTANCE TO
THE CITY WITHIN TEN DAYS OF
THAT DATE ON THE NOTICE TO
VACATED.
ON THE IN THIS OF IN TENT TO
VACATE.
IN TURN SDCI HAS TO REFUND THE
PAYMENT TO THE OWNER WITHIN TEN
DAYS OF RECEIVING THE HOUSE HOL
REPRESENTATIVE REFUND.
TO REFUND OR PAY THE RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE AS I MENTIONED IS
NOT DEPENDENT ON WHEN THE
REFUND COMES IN IF THE
HOUSEHOLD REPRESENTATIVE DOES
NOT PAY SDCI HAS TO REFUND THE
AMOUNT WITHIN TEN DAYS AND WE
GET INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S
ABILITY TO PURSUE SOMEBODY FOR
A REFUND.
>> NEXT PIECE IS AROUND APPEALS
ENFORCEMENT AND SO THE
LEGISLATION WOULD GIVE EITHER
THE OWNER OR THE HOUSE HOLD
REPRESENTATIVE THE ABILITY TO
APPEAL TO THE EXAMINER WITHIN
TEN DAYS OF THE DECISION OF
EITHER THE APPROVAL OR DENIAL
OF THE APPLICATION FOR
ASSISTANCE OR THE AMOUNT THAT
SDCI HAS CALCULATED.
AND SO THAT APPEALS PROCESS
WILL GO THROUGH THE HEARING
EXAMINER'S OFFICE AND ALL OF
THE ATTENDANT RULES AND
REGULATIONS THAT GO WITH GOING
THROUGH THE HEARING EXAMINER.
BUT SDCI WILL ENFORCE ANY
VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE.
IF AN OWNER DOES NOT END UP
PAYING AND IF A HOUSEHOLD
REPRESENTATIVE DOES NOT ISSUE A
REFUND, IF THERE'S INTENTIONAL
MISREPRESENTATION, ANY OF THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS THAT WOULD
QUALIFY AS VIOLATION OF THE
LEGISLATION SDCI WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING.
>> THE LAST PIECE IS FISCAL AND
STAFFING IMPACT.
AS I MENTIONED BECAUSE WE HAVE
BEEN DEVELOPING THE LEGISLATION
FOR A WHILE, WE ENGAGED WITH
SDCI AND THE HEARING EXAMINER
AWHILE BACK AND WE WILL NEED TO
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THEM TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS
GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO
SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
WILL NEED TO SUPPORT THIS
ORDNANCE.
AT A BASIC LEVEL ANYTIME THAT
THERE IS NEW LANDLORD TENANT
LEGISLATION THERE IS AN
INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME FROM
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THEIR RIGHTS AND HOW
TO ASSERT THEM.
AT A MINIMUM THERE IS THAT
INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME AND WE
WILL HAVE TO TALK TO SDCI ABOUT
WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND
WHERE THEY ARE NOW IN TERMS OF
CALL VOLUME AND THE LANDLORD
LEGISLATION THAT HAS PASSED
RECENTLY.
SO THERE WILL BE IN A NEW
FUNCTION RA EF SUING THE
APPLICATIONS ABOUT WHO IS
ELIGIBLE AND WHO IS NOT.
THERE WILL NEED TO BE STAFF TO
DO THAT TO DO THAT ENTIRE
PROCESS.
VERY LIKELY THEY WILL HAVE TO
BE SOME LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT
FROM I.T.
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RECEIVE
PAYMENTS AND HOW TO REFUND
PAYMENTS AND HOW TO TRACK THE
TIMING OF THOSE.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN
TERMS OF THE SPON OF SDCI TO
GIVE REFUNDS AND PAY RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE REGARDLESS OF
PAYMENTS THAT MEANS THAT THEY
HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER FUNDING ON
HAND TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS
KNOWING THAT IT MAY TAKE AWHILE
BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO PURSUE
SOMEBODY TO GET THE PAYMENTS
THAT THE CITY IS OWED.
AND SO THAT DIFFERENCE IN
TIMING MAY MEAN THEY MAY HAVE
TO BE FUNDED AND FRONT LOAD
FUNDING THAT IS DESIGNATED AS
TEMPORARY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
UNTIL -- SO THEY CAN COVER THE
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT
COME IN.
FOR PURPOSES OF THE HEARING
EXAMINER A WHOLE NEW CASE LOAD
FOR APPEALS AND WE WILL HAVE TO
ENGAGE WITH THEM TO DETERMINE
HOW MANY CASES ARE GOING TO BE
EXPECTED AND HOW LONG A CASE
LIKE THIS MAY TAKE.
WHAT THE RESOURCES THAT THEY
WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAFF
ANY KIND OF APPEALS COMING IN
WILL BE.
AND SO THAT CONVERSATION WE CAN
START TO HAVE BEFORE THE BILL
GETS INTRODUCED AND AS THE
COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO DISCUSS
IT.
WITH THAT I WILL STOP SHARING
MY SCREEN UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS
ME TO GO BACK TO A SLIDE AND I
CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AS THEY
COMING UP.
>> THANK YOU THIS IS IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION TO HAVE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE ARE
PRETTY HAM STRUNG IN TERMS OF
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHAT
ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN
BEFORE SOMETHING LIKE THIS
COULD TAKE EFFECT?
>> SO AT SOME POINT MAYBE A
LEGAL ANALYSIS ON THAT BUT I
DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE, BUT MY
SENSE IS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
INTENDED TO BE TENANT
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE THAT IS
SUBSTANTIAL TO RELOCATION OR
DEMOLITION IT IS ABOUT AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF
REASONING HIND WHY WE WOULD
PROVIDE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.
MY SENSE THERE IS A DISTINCTION
BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS.
THE OTHER DISTINCTION IT IS NOT
BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE CITY
GIVING OUT MONEY BUT THE OPENER
THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE. % OF
THERE MAY NOT BE ISSUES WITH
THE CITY HAVING TO PROVIDE IT
IN ITS OWN FUNDING TO TENANTS
THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.
IF AND WHEN THERE IS ANY LEGAL
ANALYSIS ABOUT ISSUES WITH THE
STATE I WILL BE HAPPY TO
PROVIDE THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, ASHA.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON
THAT?
>> YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WITHOUT
-- IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
NOTHING NEEDS TO CHANGE AT THE
STATE LEVEL AND WE DO ACTUALLY
HAVE AN ANALYSIS TO THAT EFFECT
ALTHOUGH FROM SOMEBODY IN THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT IS
NOW RETIRED.
BUT CAN DEFINITELY SHARE THAT
WITH YOU.
BUT IT IS THEIR ANALYSIS THAT
NO CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL
ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN FOR THE REASON THAT
ASHA SAID THAT THIS IS -- THAT
THIS IS -- IF THIS BILL WAS
GOING TO BE CHANGING TRIO THEN
CHANGES WOULD NEED TO BE MADE
AT THE STATE LEVEL BUT BECAUSE
THIS IS ADDRESSING A WHOLE NEW
AREA IT IS NOT.
>> THANK YOU TED AND ASHA FOR A
VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
AND SINCE WE ARE ALMOST AT
3:15, I WILL -- IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS GO TO A BRIEFING ON
THE LEGISLATION THAT IS
DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO A
REQUEST FROM THE SEATTLE
RENTERS COMMISSION FOR RENT
INCREASE.
WE HAVE LEGISLATION BEFORE THE
COVID EMERGENCY MADE OTHER
ISSUES BIGGER PRIORITIES AND WE
HAVE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT
PREPARED TO UPDATE THE BILL TO
ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE THAT IT
MODIFIES.
YOU LOOK AT THE SUBSTITUTE
AMENDMENT IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT
OF CHANGES BUT IN REALITY ALL
THAT IS CHANGING IS THE
SUBSTITUTE AND DOES THE
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS THAT NEED
TO BE MADE, MAKES NO
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE FROM THE
BILL THAT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED.
THE BILL ITSELF DOES ONE THING
IT INCREASES THE NOTICE THAT
LANDLORDS ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE
THE TENANTS FROM REN INCREASES
FROM TWO MONTHS AS THE LAW
REQUIRES TO SIX MONTHS.
ASHA WILL OF COURSE BE WALKING
US THROUGH THIS BILL AND WE
WILL SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS
THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
THIS IS THE INITIAL DISCUSSION.
WE ARE NOT VOTING BUT GIVEN THE
TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE
LEGISLATION, I SUDDENLY WOULD
URGE AND WELCOME COUNCILMEMBERS
TO VOICE ANY POLICY SUPPORT
THAT THEY MAY HAVE FOR THIS ONE
OR CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY HAVE
THAT WE CAN HELP ADDRESS.
ASHA.
I WILL SEND IT TO YOU.
>> AS CHAIR SAWANT MENTIONED
THIS BILL IS RELATIVELY
STRAIGHT FORWARD EVEN THOUGH
THERE IS A LOT OF RED LINING IN
THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE.
THE STATE LAW REQUIRES A
MINIMUM OF 60 DAYS SO THE
LANDLORD TENANT REGULATION
REQUIRES A LANDLORD TO PROVIDE
NOTICE OF ANY REN INCREASE AT
LEAST 60 DAYS BEFORE THE RENT
INCREASE GOES INTO EFFECT.
AND OUR CURRENT CITY LAW DOES
THE SAME.
IT SAYS YOU HAVE TO ADHERE TO
THAT 60 DAY, MINIMUM 60 DAY
PERIOD.
WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS DOUBLE
THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.
INSTEAD OF 60 DAYS NOTICE
BEFORE A RENTAL INCREASE GOES
INTO EFFECT IT WOULD REQUIRE
LANDLORDS TO GIVE TENANTS 180
DAYS NOTICE BEFORE ANY KIND OF
RENT INCREASE CAN GO INTO
EFFECT.
AS CHAIR SAWANT MENTIONED THE
ORIGINAL BILL HAS A VARIETY OF
EDITS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF
THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
AS THE LEGISLATION 2019 SINCE
THAT TIME THERE IS TENANT
LEGISLATION AND CLEANUP
LEGISLATION THAT IS TAKING CARE
OF ALL OF THE TECHNICAL CHANGES
THAT WERE PROPOSED IN THE
ORIGINAL BILL.
AND SO THE AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT
ONE ADDS RESITALS TO THE BILL
AND THEN IT DOES TWO OTHER
THINGS AZTEC CAL AMENDMENTS.
IT REMOVES ANY OF THE LANGUAGE
THAT WAS INTENDED TO CORRECT
THE ORIGINAL TEXT BECAUSE
THINGS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.
AND IT UPDATES THE BASE
LANGUAGE UPON WHICH THE
AMENDMENTS WERE PROPOSED SINCE
THAT AMENDMENT OR LANGUAGE HAS
CHANGED SINCE 2019 AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF SUBSTANTIVE
PURPOSES IS LEAVE THAT CHANGE
FROM 60 TO 180 DAYS AS THE
AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT DOES PASS, THE ONLY
CHANGE THAT YOU WILL SEE AT
FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT
CHANGE FROM 60 TO 180 DAYS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU ASHA.
THAT WAS GREAT.
IT IS OPEN TO QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS BUT I DON'T SEE
ANY SO FAR.
YOU LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS BUT AS ASHA EXPLAINED
THE INTENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
IS VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THERE
IS DEFINITELY A RECOMMENDATION
FROM THE RENT, COMMISSION TO
SEATTLE.
ASHA OR TED, DID EITHER OF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
>> NOTHING FROM ME, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU BOTH AND IN THE
ABSENCE OF ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, DID YOU WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING?
I DON'T SEE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS SO I WILL GO AHEAD
AND -- I WAS GOING TO ADJOURN
THE MEETING BUT SAY
COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU FOR
PARTICIPATING IN THE DISCUSSION
TODAY AND I CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBERS
PATIENCE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE
HAD SOMEWHAT LONG COMMITTEE
MEETINGS RECENTLY BECAUSE WE
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CATCH UP ON
A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE --
THAT WERE PUT ASIDE BECAUSE THE
CITY HAD TO DEAL WITH COVID
EMERGENCIES AND WE ARE CATCHING
UP ON THAT AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR PATIENCE AND ENGAGEMENT
AND HAVING SAID THAT AND HAVING
FINISHED ALL OF OUR AGENDA
ITEMS FOR TODAY I WILL ADJOURN
THE MEETING AND MAKE SURE THAT
ALL COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL
OFFICES ARE CONTACTED BY MY
STAFF IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING
THIS SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR JULY
AND SEPTEMBER.
THANK YOU AND MEETING
ADJOURNED.