>>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
WELCOME TO THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
IT IS 2:01.
MY NAME IS DEBRA JUAREZ.
MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO OUR AGENDA,
PRESENTATIONS I'M AWARE OF NO
PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING MADAME CLERK,
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG
WE HAVE 34 REMOTE CALLERS.
AND 10 INDIVIDUALS IN CHAMBERS,
CORRECT?
>> I BELIEVE THE IN-PERSON HAS
INCREASED TO 12.
I WILL CONFIRM WHEN WE GET TO
THAT POINT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, THAT BEING
SAID, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE
ONE MINUTE.
AND WE WILL ALLOCATE 45 MINUTES
TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
COLLEAGUES, WE WILL OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
FOR THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD THE REMOTE SPEAKERS WILL
BE HEARD FIRST AND FOLLOWED BY
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS ATTENDING IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND WITH THAT, MADAME CLERK,
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
YOU FOR THE RECORDING AND
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> HELLO, SEATTLE.
WE ARE THE CITY OF FLOWERS AND
THE CITY OF GOODWILL.
BUILT ON
INDIGENOUS LAND.
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND IS EAGER TO HEAR FROM
RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A
SPEAKER AND PROVIDE A VERBAL
PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY
REGISTER TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE
MEETING VIA THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WEBSITE.
HERE'S SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEEDINGS.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED WHEN
THEY REGISTERED ONLINE AND USED
THE MEETING ID AND PASS CODE
THAT WAS EMAILED UPON
CONFIRMATION.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION, PLEASE CHECK YOUR
SPAM OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS.
A REMINDER, THE SPEAKER MEETING
ID IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
GENERAL LISTEN LINE MEETING ID
PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA.
ONCE THE SPEAKER'S NAME IS
CALLED, THE SPEAKER'S
MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED AND
AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL SAY
THE HOST WOULD LIKE YOU TO
UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.
THAT IS YOUR CUE THAT IT'S YOUR
TURN TO SPEAK.
AT THAT TIME, YOU MUST PRESS
STAR 6. YOU WILL THEN HEAR A
PROMPT OF YOU ARE UNMUTED.
BE SURE YOUR PHONE IS UNMUTED
ON YOUR END SO THAT YOU WILL BE
HEARD.
AS A SPEAKER, YOU SHOULD BEGIN
BY STATING YOUR NAME AND THE
ITEM THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING, A
CHIME WILL SOUND WHEN TEN
SECONDS ARE LEFT IN YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME.
AS A GENTLE REMINDER TO WRAP UP
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED
TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED AND THE NEXT SPEAKER
REGISTERED WILL BE CALLED.
ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE COMPLETED
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT,
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE
PUBLIC COMMENT LINE AND JOIN US
BY FOLLOWING THE MEETING VIA
SEATTLE CHANNEL BROADCAST OR
THROUGH THE LISTENING LINE
OPTION LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO ELIMINATE PUBLIC COMMENT IF
THE SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR
IF THE PROCESS IMPEDES THE
COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT
ITS BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF
RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
ANY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS
DISRUPTIVE TO THESE PROCEEDINGS
OR THAT IS NOT FOCUSED ON AN
APPROPRIATE TOPIC AS SPECIFIED
IN COUNCIL RULES MAY LEAD TO
THE SPEAKER BEING MUTED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER.
OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL ASSIST
OUR ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF
ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT OF
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> SIGN UP FOR THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD HAS CONCLUDED.
PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE PUBLIC
SIGN UP SHEET NEAR THE PODIUM
IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS THE FIRST
PUBLIC COMMENTER FROM THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT LINE IS
HOWARD GAIL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOWARD GAIL
COMMENTING ON POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
TODAY IS THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE
INQUEST INTO THE SPD MURDER OF
CHARLEENA LYLES.
WE HEARD FROM ONE OF THE TWO
OFFICERS THAT SHOT HER THAT A
FIREARM WAS THE ONLY TOOL TO
USE.
AND A POLICE BATON WOULD NOT BE
APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THAT'S ONLY
TO BE USED FOR PAIN COMPLIANCE
AND HITTING HER IN THE HEAD
WITH IT MIGHT PROVE FATAL.
THIS IS SPD TRAINING.
PART OF A HORRIFYING CIRCULAR
ARGUMENT.
YOU CAN'T USE FORCE THAT MIGHT
BE DEADLY UNTIL YOU NEED TO USE
FORCE WHICH THEN MUST BE DEADLY
TO IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE THE
THREAT.
THIS LEFT SIX MORE PEOPLE
KILLED AND FAMILIES SHATTERED
IN CIRCUMSTANCES SIMILAR TO
CHARLEENA'S.
IN THE END, WE WILL REMEMBER
NOT THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMIES
BUT THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS.
THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN LOUDLY
SILENT.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA
SCALZO.
>> HI, MY NAME IS JESSICA.
I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT
THREE.
AND I'M CALLING IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF SAWANT'S LEGISLATION
TO MAKE SEATTLE AN ABORTION
RIGHT SANCTUARY CITY WHERE
THERE ARE FREE ABORTIONS AND
WHERE SEATTLE POLICE REFUSE TO
ARREST PEOPLE FOR ABORTION
RELATED OFFENSES.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WE NEED TO PROTECT THE
LIVES OF PREGNANT PEOPLE WHO
ARE MORE THAN 14 TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO DIE IN CHILDBIRTH
THAN FROM AN ABORTION.
AND RECENTLY ON DEMOCRACY NOW
THERE WAS A DOCTOR WHO WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE
ABORTION PILL.
WHICH IS USED IN ONE HALF OF
ALL ABORTION CASES.
THAT IS SAFER THAN VIAGRA.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM
SELLING AND DISTRIBUTING
VIAGRA.
AND LASTLY BECAUSE OUR
COMMUNITY AND ALL COMMUNITIES
BENEFIT WHEN WOMEN AND PREGNANT
PEOPLE HAVE AGENCY AND CHOICE
OVER THEIR BODIES.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION.
AND THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARGOT
STUART.
MARGOT STUART.
>> DO YOU WANT TO -- DO YOU
WANT TO CALL THE NAME AGAIN,
AND IF NOT WE'LL JUST GO TO THE
NEXT SPEAKER.
>> SURE, IT'S MARGOT STUART.
>> MARGOT, ARE YOU THERE?
WHY DON'T WE GO FORWARD AND
WE'LL COME BACK TO MARGOT.
>>
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN.
IS THAT YOU MARGOT?
>> SORRY.
YEAH.
MY NAME IS MARGOT.
I RENT AND WORK ON FIRST HILL.
AND I'M CALLING TO DEMAND THE
CITY COUNCIL PASS COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE AN ABORTION RIGHT
SANCTUARY CITY.
NO DELAYS.
NO WATERING DOWN, AS WELL AS
EXPAND THE AMAZON TAX TO MAKE
ABORTION ACCESS FREE AND
AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE SEEKING
IT.
THESE MEASURES ARE INCREDIBLY
POPULAR.
IN JUST OVER A WEEK SINCE ROE
WAS OVERTURNED 4500 PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE HAVE SIGNED IN FAVOR OF
BOTH OF THEM.
AND WE REALLY CAN'T WAIT FOR
THE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE HAD 50
YEARS TO DEFEND ROE BUT WHO
HAVE SHAMEFULLY NOT MOBILIZED
WOMEN, QUEER PEOPLE, UNION
WORKERS.
WORKING PEOPLE NEED TO START
FIGHTING BACK NOW.
AND I THINK THIS LEGISLATION
CAN CAN SERVE AS A KEY EXAMPLE
OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR CITIES
WITH A MOVEMENT BUILDING
APPROACH.
I'M SURE THERE WILL BE
DEMOCRATS ON THE COUNCIL THAT
MAKE PROTESTS THAT THESE
MEASURES ARE REDUNDANT.
THIS COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM
THE TRUTH.
THE DIRECTIVES BY GOVERNOR
INSLEY AND MAYOR HARRELL WHICH
WERE PUT FORWARD BY GRASS ROOTS
MEASURES WERE POSITIVE.
BUT CAN BE QUICKLY OVERTURNED.
AND WE NEED TO CODIFY THIS INTO
LAW AND WE NEED A MOVEMENT TO
DO IT.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PRESTON.
SAHOBA.
>> YES, HI, MY NAME IS PRESTON.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
FOUR.
AND RANK AND FILE MEMBER OF THE
ALPHABET WORKERS UNION WHICH IS
A NEW LOCAL IN THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING COUNTY LABOR
COUNCIL.
AND I'M CALLING IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S BILL FOR A -- TO MAKE
SEATTLE AN ABORTION RIGHTS
SANCTUARY CITY.
I WORK AT GOOGLE AND YOU KNOW,
THEY JUST DECIDED TO -- THEY
SENT THESE FLOWERY EMAILS ABOUT
YOUR RIGHT TO AN ABORTION IS
PROTECTED.
WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU CAN FLY TO
A STATE WHERE YOU CAN GET ONE.
AND BEHIND THEIR BACK THE
EXECUTIVES ARE DONATING TO
REPUBLICANS TO MAKE SURE -- TO
PROTECT THEIR OWN BUSINESS
INTERESTS.
AND I THINK THAT CORPORATE
HYPOCRISY NEEDS TO BE CALLED
OUT WHEREVER IT IS.
INCLUDING HERE IN SEATTLE WHERE
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE TRYING TO
STAND IN THE WAY OF PROTECTING
THE RIGHT TO ABORTION.
BOTH AT AN ACCESS LEVEL TO
PREVENT ENFORCEMENT, AND BY
EXPANDING THE AMAZON TAX.
I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE
COUNCIL TO STAND WITH WORKERS
AND NOT WITH TWO-FACED
CORPORATIONS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACOB
SHEER.
>> HI.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
JACOB SHEER.
I'M SPEAK ON BEHALF OF REAL
STRANGE.
FULLY SUPPORTING COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE A SANCTUARY CITY FOR
ABORTION AND BODILY AUTONOMY
AND TO FUND ABORTION AND
ABORTION CARE FOR ALL WHO NEED
IT.
REPEALING ROE.
WE URGENTLY AND DESPERATELY
NEED CODIFIED LEGISLATION IN
SEATTLE THAT GOES BEYOND WORDS
AND GESTURES THE RIGHT TO
ABORTION FOR ALL WHO WANT AND
NEED IT AND PROTECTS THOSE WHO
SEEK AND PROVIDE ABORTION CARE
THE PERSECUTION OF THOSE
SEEKING ABORTION CARE IS
HAPPENING.
1300 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
OR CHARGED IN THE US FROM 2006
TO 2020 FOR THEIR ACTIONS
DURING PREGNANCY.
AND WITH OVER A DOZEN STATES
SET TO OUTLAW ABORTION AND
STRIP AWAY REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
OF MILLIONS, YOU KNOW, IN A
REACTIONARY RIGHT WING SUPREME
COURT AND THE VERY REAL
POSSIBILITY OF A NATIONWIDE
ABORTION BAN CANNOT BE HIGHER.
WE NEED CODIFIED ABORTION
SANCTUARY STATES THROUGH
LEGISLATION AND WE WILL DO SO.
TANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEVIN
FITZWOONG.
>> I'M AN EDUCATOR AND RENTER
IN DISTRICT THREE.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE AN ABORTION RIGHT
SANCTUARY CITY.
PROTECTING PREGNANT PEOPLE AND
DOCTORS FROM ARREST WARRANTS
THAT MIGHT BE PROCESSED BY THE
POLICE YOU KNOW IN RELATION TO
ANTI-ABORTION LAWS AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
AND WE ALSO NEED TO EXPAND
EXTREMELY POPULAR TAX TO MAKE
ABORTIONS HERE FREE AND ON
DEMAND.
DEMOCRAT HAVES PROVIDED VERY,
VERY WEAK STANCE IN THIS FIGHT,
AND SO WORKING PEOPLE NEED TO
ORGANIZE AND, YOU KNOW, PUT
PRESSURE ON DEMOCRATS AND
LEGISLATORS TO MAKE THIS LAW IN
SEATTLE AND STATEWIDE.
AND SO PLEASE PASS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION WITHOUT DELAYS OR
WATERING DOWN.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARA
JAMES.
>> HI, MY NAME IS SARA.
I SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
--
>> HELLO?
>> HI MY NAME IS SARA.
I SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION I WAS
HAPPY TO HEAR HARRELL INSLEY
SUPPORT MAKING SEATTLE
WASHINGTON AN ABORTION
SANCTUARY BUT WE NEED THE FULL
PROTECTION THIS LEGISLATION
OFFERS N. THE WAKE OF THE
FAILURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
TO CODIFY ROE WE NEED TO TAKE
THE LEGISLATIVE STEPS NECESSARY
TO MAKE SURE THESE RIGHTS
CANNOT BE ROLLED BACK AND CAN
WITHSTAND RIGHT WING ATTACKS.
THE PUBLIC POSITION FOR THIS
LEGISLATION HAS OVER 4000
SIGNATURES.
THERE'S IMMENSE PUBLIC SUPPORT
FOR MAKING SURE SEATTLE BECOMES
AND STAYS AN ABORTION
SANCTUARY.
THERE'S ALSO SO MUCH PUBLIC
ANGER, FEAR, AND DISAPPOINTMENT
WITH THE DEMOCRATS REFUSAL TO
BUILD THE MOVEMENT WE NEED TO
GAME BACK OUR RIGHTS.
PEOPLE WANT A FIGHTING MOVEMENT
AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT SUPREME
COURT.
TRAVELING TO SEATTLE AND
FINDING SOMEWHERE TO STAY IS
EXPENSIVE ENOUGH.
WE NEED TO EXPAND THE CITY
ABORTION FUND TO INCLUDE
NONRESIDENTS BY INCREASING THE
AMAZON TAX.
ABORTION SHOULDN'T BE ONLY
ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WHO CAN
AFFORD IT.
I URGE --
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA
PHINNEY.
>> HI MY NAME IS BARBARA
PHINNEY.
I'M A DELEGATE TO THE MLK LABOR
COUNCIL FOR ASGE LOCAL 3197
REPRESENTING THE BARGAINING
UNIT INCLUDING THE PHYSICIANS
OF THE SEATTLE VIA MEDICAL
CENTER.
BOTH LOCAL AND COUNTY LABOR
FEDERATION HAVE PASSED
RESOLUTIONS TO DEFEND ABORTION
AND LGBTQ RIGHTS IN SUPPORT
EFFORTS TO GET IT CODIFIED
BECAUSE THESE ARE WORKERS
ISSUES.
SO I URGE ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TO
PUBLICLY SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S UPCOMING LEGISLATION
TO MAKE SEATTLE AN ABORTION
RIGHTS SANCTUARY CITY.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD PREVENT
SEATTLE POLICE FROM PROCESSING
ARREST WARRANTS RELATED TO ANTI-
ABORTION LAWS AROUND THE
COUNTRY PROVIDING SANCTUARY FOR
PATIENTS, THEIR MDs AND OTHER
CARE PROVIDERS, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS BY THE GOVERNOR AND
MAYOR ARE GOOD BUT WORKERS HAVE
BEEN WAITING 50 YEARS FOR
DEMOCRATS TO CODIFY THE RIGHT
TO ABORTION CARE AND BODILY
AUTONOMY.
AND NOW IT'S LAW.
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION WOULD
ENSURE ABORTION --
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS SASHA
SUMMER.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS SARA WOOD.
I RENT IN DISTRICT THREE.
AND I'M CALLING IN TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER IS A JUAN'S --
>> SARA, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
JUST A SECOND, SARA, SASHA WAS
NEXT.
>> OH.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK.
>> SASHA SOMER.
>> IS HER NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.
>> SHE'S PRESENT BUT CURRENTLY
MUTED.
>> SASHA STAR 6.
OKAY.
SO LET'S LOOP BACK TO SASHA
SINCE WE HAVE THE OTHER
INDIVIDUAL HERE.
WHO STARTED TO SPEAK.
CAN WE DO THAT?
YES.
NEXT PERSON IS CHELSEA
DEPASQUALI HUNTEN.
>> CHELSEA?
>> HELLO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> UH-HUH.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
HELLO.
>> HI MY NAME CHELSEA FOR THE
PAST SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN A
PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATOR AND
ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT TO LEND MY VOICE IN
SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE AN ABORTION RIGHT
SANCTUARY CITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO URGE ALL OF YOU
ESPECIALLY ALL OF THE DEMOCRATS
TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION PUBLICLY
AND LOUDLY.
IT'S TIME TO EARN OUR
REPUTATION THAT WE HAVE IN
SEATTLE BEING A PROGRESSIVE
CITY.
I REALIZE BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND
THE MAYOR HAVE ANNOUNCED
EXECUTIVE ACTION.
BUT AS WE SAW WITH ROE V WADE,
EXECUTIVE ACTION AND A LOT OF
TALKING DON'T KEEP US SAFE.
AND DON'T KEEP WOMEN'S BODIES
SAFE.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS SARA LLOYD.
>> HELLO.
>> SASHA?
IS THAT YOU?
>> YEAH.
I TRIED TO UNMUTE BEFORE BUT IT
WASN'T WORKING.
SORRY.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
>> SASHA.
>> OKAY.
I'LL GO NOW THEN.
OKAY.
HI MY NAME IS SASHA.
I'M A STUDENT AT SEATTLE
CENTRAL COLLEGE.
I URGE ALL DEMOCRATS ON THE
CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AN
ABORTION RIGHTS SANCTUARY CITY.
WHILE GOVERNOR INSLEY AND MAYOR
HARRELL ANNOUNCED EXECUTIVE
ACTION ALONG SIMILAR LINES AS
THIS LEGISLATION, THESE
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ARE NOT
ENOUGH.
THE REPEAL OF ROE V WADE SHOWS
THAT WE MUST BE VIGILANT AND
PROTECT THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE
WON THROUGH MASS STRUGGLE AND
WE NEED EVERY EXTRA SECURITY TO
KEEP THEM IN PLACE.
THE DEMOCRATS ON A NATIONAL
LEVEL HAVE HAD 50 YEARS AND
THREE DIFFERENT VETOS TO
MAJORITIES TO CODIFY ROE V WADE
INTO LAW.
AND THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW.
WE NEED MORE THAN WORDS FROM
DEMOCRATS.
WE NEED ACTION.
70% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT
ABORTION RIGHTS.
TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE
PROTESTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT
ITS REPEAL AND THOUSANDS HAVE
SIGNED A LOCAL PETITION IN
SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION.
I URGE ALL DEMOCRATS TO
PUBLICLY SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE AN ABORTION RIGHTS
SANCTUARY CITY.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARA
LLOYD.
>> SARA?
>> HI.
YES.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS SARA LLOYD.
I'M HERE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
SUPPORT FOR COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S INITIATIVE TO MAKE
SEATTLE AN ABORTION HAVEN AND
TO PROVIDE FREE ABORTION CARE.
ABORTION IS HEALTH CARE.
BUT IT'S ALSO SOCIAL, ECONOMIC,
GENDER, AND RACIAL JUSTICE.
IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE NEED IT.
WE NEED TO HELP DEFRAY THE COST
FOR WORKING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
AND PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO GET THE CARE THEY
NEED.
IT'S A TANGIBLE WAY FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO SHOW THAT
WOMEN EMBRACING PEOPLE WHO LIVE
AND WORK IN SEATTLE ARE
SUPPORTED BY THEIR CITY AND
THAT BODILY AUTONOMY IS
SOMETHING THEY RESPECT.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLEN
ANDERSON.
>> CAN YOU SAY THE NAME AGAIN,
MADAME CLERK?
>> ELLEN ANDERSON?
>> ELLEN?
>> SHE IS UNMUTED.
BUT MAYBE MUTED ON HER PHONE.
>> ELLEN YOU NEED TO PUSH STAR
6.
>> OKAY.
CAN FOLKS HEAR ME IN
>> YES.
WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
>> COOL.
HI, I'M ELLEN.
I LIVE IN BEACON HILL.
I'M A STUDENT AT SEATTLE
CENTRAL.
I URGE ALL DEMOCRATS ON THE
CITY COUNCIL TO LOUDLY AND
PROUDLY PUBLICLY SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S UPCOMING
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AN
ABORTION RIGHT SANCTUARY CITY.
YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
HAVE PROTESTED AGAINST THIS
ATTACK, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE
PUBLIC INTEREST MASSIVELY
SUPPORTS DEFENDING REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS.
UNDER THE PRESSURE OF THESE
MASS PROTESTS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL
THAT GOVERNOR INSLEY AND MAYOR
HARRELL HAVE ANNOUNCED
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ALONG THE
LINES OF THE BILL FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
PROGRESSIVE LABOR UNIONS AND
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVES.
BUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS DON'T
CARRY THE WEIGHT OF THE LAW.
AND IT CAN BE UNDONE ON A WHIM
JUST LIKE ROE WAS STRUCK DOWN
DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE
DEPUTIES WHO HAD 50 YEARS TO
CODIFY LEGAL ABORTION AND
FAILED TO DO SO.
SO I WANT TO BE FULLY CLEAR
THAT THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO
NOT GIVE AN EXCUSE TO CITY
COUNCIL DEMOCRATS TO NOT
SUPPORT SAWANT'S BILL.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NYREE
COCURIAN.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> I SEE HER.
NYRIE, GO AHEAD.
>> SHE MIGHT HAVE MUTED HERSELF
BY PRESSED STAR 6. NYRIE YOU
WANT TO PRESS STAR 6 AND START
OVER.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW I?
>> YES.
I HOPE YOU START MY CLOCK OVER.
MY NAME IS NYRIE I'M A MEMBER
OF SBIU 775.
I SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE AN ABORTION RIGHTS
SANCTUARY.
WE HAVE 50 YEARS AS A NATION TO
CODIFY ROE.
WE'VE HAD THREE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTS WITH VETO PROOF
MAJORITY.
IN ACTION BY THE DEMOCRATS
BROUGHT US TO WHERE WE ARE
TODAY.
OUR MOSTLY DEMOCRATIC CITY
COUNCIL SHOULD NOT FOLLOW THAT
TRADITION.
IN OKAY OF 1999 I MADE A HEART
BREAKING CHOICE TO TERMINATE A
VERY MUCH WANTED PREGNANCY DUE
TO FETAL DEFECT.
THE ONLY DOCTORATE MY LOCAL
CLINIC WHO COULD PROVIDE THIS
SERVICE REFUSED TO DO SO
BECAUSE OF HIS RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
I HAD TO TRAVEL 90 MINUTES EACH
WAY TO SEATTLE FOR THREE DAYS.
LUCKILY I COULD GO HOME EACH
DAY.
IT WASN'T CONVENIENT.
BUT IT WAS DOABLE.
I CAN IMAGINE WOMEN COMING FROM
OUT OF STATE WILL HAVE TO GO
THROUGH WITH THE ADDED BURDEN
OF FINDING AND PAYING FOR A
PLACE TO STAY.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN BE A PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND SAFE,
LEGAL ABORTIONS WHETHER IT'S
FOR UNWANTED OR WANTED
PREGNANCIES.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SONJA.
>> SONJA?
>> HI.
ACTUALLY IT'S SONYA.
I'M A WORKING MOM.
AND I URGE ALL THE DEMOCRATS ON
THE CITY COUNCIL TO PUBLICLY
SUPPORT THIS UP COMING
LEGISLATION.
PUT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
WE'VE SEEN THOUSANDS PROTEST
AGAINST THIS ATTACK.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE
PRESSURE OF THESE KIND OF
MOVEMENTS THAT MAKE GOVERNOR
INSLEY AND HARRELL PUT FORWARD
THOSE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS.
AND THE PRESSURE OF THIS BILL.
WE'VE SEEN THE DEMOCRATS DO
BASICALLY NOTHING TO FIG BACK.
AND I'M SEEING A LOT OF
COMPLACENT THINKING THAT
EXECUTIVE ORDERS WILL JUST
SOLVE THIS.
THEY WON'T AS PEOPLE HAVE SAID.
THEY DON'T CARRY THE WEIGH OF
LAW.
YOU KNOW WE COULD GET MORE
REPUBLICANS IN STATE
LEGISLATURE, THEY WILL OVERTURN
IT AS SOON AS THEY CAN,
ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ALL READY HAVE SIGNED THE
PETITION IN SUPPORT OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
OKAY THAT'S MY TIME.
AND I'M SUPPORTING IT.
ASKING YOU TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT
IT AND VOTE YES TO MAKE
LANDLORDS DISCLOSE THE RENTS
THEY CHARGE.
IF THEY'RE NOT GOUGING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EVE METS.
>> HI NAME IS EVA METS.
I'M A CAREGIVER AND MEMBER OF
SCIU 775 AND I'M CALLING TO
URGE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
UPCOMING LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE AN ABORTION RIGHT
SANCTUARY CITY.
WITHOUT IT PROTESTS FOLLOWING
THE ROE V WADE REPEAL HERE IN
SEATTLE AND AT PRIDE.
AND THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH
OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION.
IT WAS SO EASY TO COLLECT
PETITION SIGNATURES.
AND I THINK THE 4600 SIGNATURES
IN JUST OVER A WEEK REALLY
SPEAKS TO THIS SUPPORT.
EVEN IF THE LION SHARE OF THE
BLAME FOR OVERTURNING ROE LIES
WITH THE FAR RIGHT AND THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BEEN
COMPLICIT AND HAS REALLY FAILED
TO FIGHT OVER DECADES.
THEY HAVEN'T RALLIED WOMEN.
LGBTQ PEOPLE, UNION MEMBERS,
WORKERS, SINCE ROE WAS
OVERTURNED AND REALLY MUCH LESS
PREPARED THEM FOR AN ACTUAL
FIGHT TO REGAIN THE LEFT GROUND
AND DEFEND AGAINST MORE FAR
REACHING LOSSES IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'S A HUNGER AMONGST TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR A
CONCRETE RESPONSE TO THE
SUPREME COURT'S DECISION.
AND ALL COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE
SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF ABORTION
HEALTH CARE HAVE AN OBLIGATION.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATTHEW.
>> HI.
I'M MATTHEW.
A PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
AND I WANT TO URGE CITY COUNCIL
TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S UPCOMING LEGISLATION
TO MAKE SEATTLE AN ABORTION
RIGHT SANCTUARY CITY.
PEOPLE HAVE NOTED THOUSANDS IN
OUR AREA HAVE PROTESTED THE
SUPREME COURT'S ATTACK.
AN ATTACK IN CONTRA TICKS TO
THE 70% OF AMERICANS WHO
SUPPORT LEGAL ABORTION.
THIS LEGISLATION LEAVES THE
SAME APPROACH USED BY SEATTLE
VOTERS IN THE 2003 INITIATIVE
TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
MARIJUANA RELATED PROSECUTIONS
AND PREVENT SEATTLE POLICE FROM
PROCESSING ARREST WARRANTS
RELATED TO ANTI-ABORTION LAWS
AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR PATIENTS
AND PROVIDERS.
FURTHER MORE WE NEED TO SUPPORT
AND RALLY LGBTQ PEOPLE IN THIS
FIGHT AS WELL PUSHING BACK
AGAINST THE GROWING
CRIMINALIZATION OF TRANS
PEOPLE.
AND REMOVE OBSTACLES TO GENDER
AFFIRMING CARE.
THANKS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANITA
SHOEMAKER.
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS ANITA.
SHOEMAKER.
AND I'M A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND
MOM OF WEST SEATTLE.
I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE SUPPORT
OF COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY
LEGISLATION.
I'M CONCERNED THAT SINCE ROE
HAS BEEN OVERTURNED, OPPRESSIVE
LEGISLATIONS HAVE SURFACED FAR
AND WIDE.
SOME GO SO FAR AS TO THREATEN
PROSECUTION FOR EVENTS OUTSIDE
OF THEIR JURISDICTION.
WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN STAND
AGAINST THE OPPRESSION AND OVER
ARCHING REACH BY PROTECTING
THOSE THAT SEEK ABORTION CARE
IN OUR CITY.
WHETHER THEY LIVE HERE OR NOT.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SALLY
SORIANO.
>> HI.
I'M SALLY SORIANO.
EDUCATOR IN THE 32nd
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.
I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WHO IS
PROPOSING LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE A SANCTUARY CITY FOR
ABORTION CARE AND FOR THOUGH
VICTIMIZED AND INTIMIDATED BY
OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FOR
ABORTION RELATED OFFENSES.
SO WANT'S LEGISLATION WOULD
MEAN THAT SEATTLE POLICE WOULD
REFUSE TO ASSIST OUT OF STATE
POLICE SEARCHING FOR WOMEN WHO
TRAVELED HERE SEEKING ABORTION
SERVICES OR REFUGE.
THIS LEGISLATION IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY AND HAS THE POWER TO
CHANGE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
JUST AS THE FIGHT FOR $15 AN
HOUR DID.
I WILL ADVOCATE FOR OTHER
CITIES AND STATES TO ALSO PASS
SIMILAR LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
OUTLAW POLICE COOPERATION AND
PROVIDE THIS LEGAL REFUGE FOR
WOMEN.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION, THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS SKIP KNOX.
HE'S NOT PRESENT.
I'M MOVING FORWARD WITH
MADELEINE OLSON.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> HI THERE.
MY NAME IS MADELEINE.
I'M A RENTER IN GREEN LAKE AND
A MEMBER OF UFCW 3000 TODAY I'M
CALLING ON THE DEMOCRATS ON THE
COUNCIL TO SIGN COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEAL AN ABORTION SANCTUARY
CITY.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO WAIT FOR A
DIRECT ATTACK ON REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS HERE.
WE NEED THESE PROTECTIONS NOW
TO BE IN PLACE.
I'VE HEARD FOLKS TALKING ABOUT
THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE
GOVERNOR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE --
THIS IS PREVENTING THE STATE
PATROL FROM PROSECUTING
ABORTION PROVIDERS FLEEING FROM
OTHER STATES.
IT'S NOT APPLYING TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE BILL IN
SEATTLE AS WHELM AS OTHERS HAVE
SAID HARRELL'S EXECUTIVE ORDER
IS NO GUARANTEED PROTECTIONS
THAT WE NEED.
ON TOP OF PASSING THE
LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE
PROTECTIONS WE NEED TO PASS THE
FUNDING TO HAVE THE ABORTIONS
IN THE BUDGET.
SO THOSE FLEEING IN NEED OF THE
ABORTIONS CAN GET THEM, RIGHT?
THIS IS WHAT STANDING UP FOR
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS LOOKS LIKE.
NOT JUST SAYING YOUR DEVASTATED
AND NOT SUPPORTING US
MATERIALLY.
YOU NEED TO HAVE THE MATERIAL
SUPPORT FOR YOUR WORES.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SHIRLEY
HENDERSON.
>> HI.
I'M SHIRLEY HENDERSON.
I'M HERE AND I'M A QUEER SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
I URGE ALL DEMOCRATS TO
PUBLICLY SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S UPCOMING LEGISLATION
TO MAKE SEATTLE AN ABORTION
RIGHTS SANCTUARY CITY.
WITHOUT DELAYS AND WITHOUT
WATERING DOWN.
AND ALSO TO EXPAND THE AMAZON
TAX TO FUND ABORTIONS ON
DEMAND.
THIS HISTORIC LOSS OF ROE
EXPOSE ONCE AGAIN THE COMPLETE
FAILURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
TO SHOW POLITICAL WILL WHEN IT
COMES TO DEFENDING ATTACKS ON
WORKING PEOPLE.
THE FAR RIGHT MINORITY THAT
EXPLOITED THE DEMOCRATS IN
THEIR LACK OF A MOVEMENT
BUILDING APPROACH TO DEFEND ROE
IS DETERMINED TO PASS NATIONAL
ABORTION BANS AND A HARD WON
LGBTQ RIGHTS AS WELL.
GIVEN THE DEMOCRAT'S TRACK
RECORD, WORKING PEOPLE CAN HAVE
NO FAITH AT ALL THAT DEMOCRATS
WILL FIGHT EFFECTIVELY.
IF THIS BODY FAILS TO POINT TO
THE LEGISLATION.
AND POINTS TO THE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS OF HARRELL AND INSLEY
WHICH CAN EASILY BE OVERTURNED.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHLEEN
RAIN.
>> THIS IS KATHLEEN.
I LIVE AND WORK IN THE FIFTH
DISTRICT.
HAVE I KNOW THE FEAR AND
HARDSHIPS WOMEN FACE.
I CALL ON THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL TO EXPAND SOCIAL
SUPPORTS TO COVER DAYCARE SO
PEOPLE MAY BE GIVEN THE REAL
CHOICE THAT'S BEEN DENIED WHICH
IS TO GROW A FAMILY.
I'M DISAPPOINTED TO SEE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ALIGN
HERSELF WITH CORPORATE
INTEREST.
THAT WOMEN ARE FEARFUL OF
LOSING JOBS DUE TO PREGNANCY AS
A SYMPTOM OF CORPORATE CULTURE
THAT DEPENDS ON CHEAP LABOR NOT
ON WORKERS EARNING E TO SUP
POFORT A FAMILY INSTEAD OF
TAXING AMAZON TO PAY FOR
ABORTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
SHOULD BE CALLING ON TAX
COLLECTIONS TO PROVIDE FREE,
SAFE, EFFECTIVE AND REVERSIBLE
CONTRACEPTION, AND FOR
EMPLOYEES WANTING A FAMILY,
PRENATAL CARE AND MATERNITY
LEAVE AND LIVING WAGES IF WE
WANT TO MAINTAIN AN EXPANDED
LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYERS SHOULD
OFFER SUBSIDIES TO PAY FOR
DAYCARE, I ASK COUNCIL DO NOT
MAKE SEATTLE A SANCTUARY CITY
WHERE OUR CITIZENS PAY FOR THE
DECISIONS OF OTHER STATES.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTEN
MONAHAN.
>> HELLO.
I'M KRISTEN MONAHAN SPEAKING
AGAINST THE ABORTION
LEGISLATION.
I'M A LEFTIST FEMINIST AND
ATHEIST.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR
OF PROGRESSIVE UP RIGHTS
ABORTION.
EMBRYOS AND FETUSES ARE HUMAN
BEINGS.
NO DENIAL WILL TAKE AWAY FROM
THIS SCIENTIFIC FACT ABORTION
IS THE BIGGEST HUMAN GENOCIDE
THAT'S EVER EXISTED BEFORE
BIGGER THAN ALL OTHER WARS AND
GENOCIDES COMBINED BECAUSE
PREBORN HUMANS ARE KILLED
THROUGH ABORTION EACH YEAR
WORLDWIDE.
IF ALL HUMANS DENY THIS BASIC
RIGHT, THEY ARE JUST HUMAN
BEINGS JUST LIKE US, IT WOULD
NOT CHANGE THIS FACT.
ABORTION DESTROYS AND KILLS THE
BODIES AND LIVES OF HUMANS.
THEIR BODIES OFTEN GET TORN
APART IN THE PROCESS.
AND THE MOST VULNERABLE HUMANS
AT THAT.
IT DEALS WITH THE SYSTEMIC
EXPLOITATION OF THEIR MOTHERS.
PREGNANT PEOPLE GET TOLD THEIR
CHILDREN ARE NOT
CHILDREN, ABORTIONS DON'T KILL
ANYONE, AND THEY CAN'T BE
PARENTS IN WHATEVER SITUATIONS
THEY'RE IN BECAUSE THE ABORTION
INDUSTRY WANTS TO MAKE MONEY BY
KILLING THEIR CHILDREN FOR A
PROFIT.
IT'S INHERENTLY CAPITALIST IN
NATURE.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OLIVIA.
HELLO MY NAME IS OLIVIA.
I LIVE AND WORK IN LAKE CITY.
AND I'M CALLING TO PLEAD AND
URGE THE DEMOCRATS AND THE CITY
COUNCIL TO PUBLICLY AND PROUDLY
SUPPORT SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO
MAKE SEATTLE A AN ABORTION
RIGHTS SANCTUARY CITY.
THIS WILL PROTECT PEOPLE AND
THEIR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS WHO
ARE IN AND OUT OF STATE
RESIDENTS AND PREVENT POLICE PR
PROCESSING ABORTION LAW ARREST
WARNS PROTECTING DOCTORS AND
CARE PROVIDERS MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS ARE FURIOUS AND
STUNNED AT THE DISMANTLING OF
ROE V WADE BY THE RIGHT WING.
WE KNOW THE SUPREME COURT
DECISION IS IN CONTRADICTION TO
THE MAJORITY OF WORKING
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT
LEGAL ABORTION.
THOUSANDS OF US HAVE PROTESTED
AGAINST THIS ATTACK.
ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR
ANNOUNCED EXECUTIVE ACTION
ALONG THE LINES OF THE BILL,
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE NOT LAW
AND CAN BE UNDONE.
IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THERE'S NO
EXCUSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL
DEMOCRATS TO NOT SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL.
THEY'VE OBTAINED 4600
SIGNATURES FROM SEATTLE'S
WORKING PEOPLE AND I EXPECT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY COUNCILMEMBERS
UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH SUPPORT
THERE IS FOR SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
MADELEINE DINKS.
>> I DON'T SEE HER TILE UP
HERE.
OKAY.
SHE'S PRESENT.
THERE WE GO.
SHE'S GETTING THAT.
MADELEINE DINKS.
>> HI CAN YOU HEAR ME?
I'M MADDIE.
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT THREE.
I'M CALLING TO URGE THE
DEMOCRATS TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AN
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY.
AND TO URGE MEMBERS OF CITY
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL
AS IT STANDS BEN IT COMES TO
THE VOTE.
THE PUBLIC PETITION GARNERED
OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT
WITH THE INFORMATION THAT
INCLUDES THE AMAZON TAX TO FUND
ABORTION IN SEATTLE.
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE ARE
FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND PEERS IN
OTHER STATES NEED TO KNOW
THERE'S A LAW IN PLACE THAT
PROVIDES HEALTH CARE WE RELY
ON.
ESPECIALLY WHEN AN INFLUX OF
PATIENTS WILL PUT A STRAIN ON
AN UNDER RESOURCED SERVICE.
I URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO MAKE
LANDLORDS DISCLOSE THE RENT
THEY CHARGE.
IF THEY'RE NOT GOUGING
REPRESENTERS, RENTERS WHO DO
THEY HAVE TO HAD?
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HANNAH
>> MY NAME IS HANNAH LINDELL
SMITH.
I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND A
RISING JUNIOR AT SUMMIT ATLAS
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENTING ON
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION.
A FEW DAYS AFTER THE SUPREME
COURT'S DRAFT OPINION
OVERTURNING ROE V WADE WAS
LEAKED.
STUDENTS WALKED OUT.
WE LEFT CLASS.
CHANTING AND HOLDING SIGNS.
LATER THAT DAY I TOOK THE BUS
DOWNTOWN TO ANOTHER MARCH AND
RALLY ORGANIZED BY FRIENDS FROM
OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS.
I LEFT ENERGIZED.
A BREAK FROM THE FEAR AND FURY
I HAD BEEN FEELING FOR THE LAST
FEW DAYS.
I DIDN'T THINK I'D EVER HAVE TO
STAND AT A HEARING LEADER TO
MAKE SEATTLE A SANCTUARY CITY.
WE NEED TO DO MORE.
FUND ABORTION CARE FOR SEATTLE
RESIDENTS AND ANYONE FLEEING
ABORTION CHARGES BY INCREASING
THE AMAZON TAX.
THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL CHOICE TO
MAKE AND NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED
TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN
TAYLOR.
>> HI THERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME IN
>> YEP.
>> I'M JUST CALLING TO SUPPORT
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO MAKE
THIS A SANCTUARY CITY SO FOLKS
CAN GET ABORTIONS HERE.
PEOPLE MADE GOOD POINTS BEFORE
ME.
THE MAIN THING I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE IS YEAH, WE CAN'T
LEAN INTO STUFF LIKE EXECUTIVE
ORDER.
WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
SORT OF THIS DUAL.
I THINK WE NEED A LAW TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS STAYS A
SANCTUARY CITY.
YOU KNOW.
THINGS SHIFT SO QUICKLY.
WE JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST PRESENT REMOTE
SPEAKER IS JOHN MONTGOMERY.
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS JOHN MOBT
GOM RI.
I WORK IN THE SERVICE SECTOR.
AND I AM CALLING TO OBJECT TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
RESOLUTION, HER LEGISLATION.
I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO
REJECT IT.
I OBJECT TO THE APPEAL TO THE
IMPACT ON MINORITY POPULATIONS.
ABORTION HAS BEEN USED TO
DECREASE THE MINORITY
POPULATION OF WHICH I AM ONE.
MARGARET SANGER WAS EXPLICIT IN
THIS IDEA IN 1939.
SHE SAID WE DO NOT WANT WORD TO
GO OUT THAT WE WANT TO
EXTERMINATE THE NEGRO
POPULATION.
IF SHE'S TRULY INTERESTED IN
MINORITY WORKERS WE CALL TO
DEVOID THE LANGUAGE.
REPORT CHILDREN ARE NOT WORTH
LIVING.
WE CALL TO FOSTER AN
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH SUCH LIVES
MAY FLOURISH.
>> THAT CONCLUDED OUR REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE IN-PERSON PUBLIC
COMMENTERS.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE
STEP UP.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> WHEN YOU'RE DONE, I WANT TO
SAY SOMETHING WHEN YOU'RE DONE,
MADAME CLERK.
SPHEEK ONCE YOUR NAME IS
CALLED.
PLEASE STEP TO ONE OF THE
EITHER MICROPHONES BEFORE YOU.
IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP.
YOU CAN SIGN UP BY SIGNING ON
THE PUBLIC SIGN UP SHEET.
>> PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT IT'S
EXACTLY ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> OUR FIRST SIGN UP SPEAKER IS
NANCY.
NANCY STEEL CLINE.
YES.
MY APOLOGIES IF I'M NOT READING
YOUR HANDWRITING DIRECTLY.
-- CORRECTLY.
OKAY, LAST NAME IS CLINE?
>> THIS IS A TERMINATION CITY.
IT'S NOT A SANCTUARY.
THE ONLY SANCTUARY IS IN THIS
CASE A SACRIFICIAL STONE, WHICH
IS SEATTLE, TO SACRIFICE
BABIES.
NOW, INSLEY AND COMPANY, ALL
THE OTHERS ALL THE WAY DOWN,
SHOULD BE RECALLED.
THEY SHOULD BE AWARE THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY IN
THIS CASE PERSONAL LIABILITY,
COSTS, AND IN THIS CASE,
CRIMINAL COSTS FOR BRINGING,
ENCOURAGING, AND ABETTING
FUNDING, TRANSPORT OF MINORS IN
THE STATE.
IT'S A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN
ACT AS CLEAR AS CAN BE.
AND THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED
IMMEDIATELY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALISON
VERONIKA PETERSON.
>> HI.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE
CREATING -- MAKING SEATTLE AN
ABORTION SAFE HAVEN.
I'M FROM DISTRICT THREE.
MY NAME IS VERONIKA PATTERSON.
I'VE BEEN A PART OF ACTIVIST
SINCE I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SPOKEN
SINCE BEING IN THE BACKGROUND.
I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I FEEL
LIKE I HAVE TO BE.
BECAUSE ROE V WADE WAS NOT THE
FIRST ATTACK ON OUR CIVIL
LIBERTIES.
AND SITTING JUDGES HAVE MADE IT
CLEAR THAT IT WILL NOT BE THE
LAST.
I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY
COUNCIL TO URGE THEIR TITLE AS
REPRESENTATIVE, HEAR THE VOICES
OF EVERYONE HERE TODAY.
HEAR THE VOICES OF THE ONES WHO
COULD NOT BE HERE.
AND KEEP US SAFE.
FROM A GROSS OVER STEPPING OF
AN UNELECTED BODY, OR SOMEONE
ELSE WILL.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LANAUS
LAPART.
>> HI.
I'M A RESIDENT IN BELL TOWN.
WHEN I GOT AN ABORTION IN TEXAS
IN 2016, I WAS MARRIED.
WE WERE BOTH WORKING FULL-TIME.
AND WE COULD STILL BARELY
AFFORD THE $500 FOR THE
PROCEDURE.
MUCH LESS THE THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO
TRAVEL HAD ABORTION BEEN BANNED
BACK THEN.
I'M PROUD THAT I MADE THE RIGHT
DECISION FOR MY LIFE.
AND THAT I'M NOW WHERE I AM
TODAY BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO PAY
THAT $500 AND GET AN ABORTION.
AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE IT'S
IMPERATIVE TO NOT ONLY SEATTLE
A SANCTUARY CITY BUT PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR PATIENTS WHO WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEIR OWN
ABORTION HEALTH CARE IN THE
STATES THEY'RE CURRENTLY
LIVING.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARA
SCOLT.
>> HI, MY NAME IS SARA SCOTT.
AND I'M A MEMBER OF RADICAL
WOMEN.
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
RESOLUTION TO MAKE SEATTLE A
SANCTUARY CITY FOR ABORTION
RIGHTS.
FURTHER MORE, I CALL FOR ALL
ABORTION SERVICES IN SEATTLE
AND WASHINGTON TO BE PROVIDED
FOR FREE AS A STATE SERVICE
BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE AT-RISK
ARE POOR, WOMEN OF COLOR, AND
LGBTQ PEOPLE.
AND AS A LESBIAN, I KNOW THAT
QUEER PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED
DISCRIMINATION AT THE SAME
HANDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
PASSING THESE DRACONIAN LAWS
AGAINST ABORTION.
ABORTION IS ONLY REAL IF IT'S
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
SO LET'S SEND A MESSAGE TO THE
SUPREME COURT THAT THEIR
DECISION HAS ONLY EMBOLDENED US
TO FIGHT BACK, THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GINA
PETRI.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS GINA I'M WITH THE
PUGET SOUND GLOBALIZATION FOR
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND
ORGANIZER FOR SEATTLE CHAPTER
OF RADICAL WOMEN.
AND I'M ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
RESOLUTION TO MAKE SEATTLE A
SANCTUARY CITY FOR ABORTION.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP
IN TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION TO
SECURE ABORTION RIGHTS FOR
WOMEN AND ALL PREGNANT PEOPLE.
I ALSO SUPPORT THE CALL FOR
FUNDING AS IT'S CRITICAL TO
EXPAND ABORTION ACCESS IN
SEATTLE.
WE ONLY HAVE 19 CLINICS
STATEWIDE.
AND THAT'S DOWN FROM 33 IN
2014.
SO THIS IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL
FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN
WASHINGTON AS WELL.
AND IT WILL BECOME EVEN MORE
STRAINED WITH NOSE SEEKING
ABORTION COMING IN FROM OTHER
STATES.
SO I ALSO URGE THE COUNCIL TO
USE YOUR POWER TO CALL ON
GOVERNOR INSLEY AND THE STATE
LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE MORE
FUNDING, GOVERNOR INSLEY
PLEDGED A MILLION DOLLARS BUT
MUCH MORE IS NEEDED.
SO I URGE YOU TO LOOK -- TO
HELP ALSO STATEWIDE.
AND ALSO TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE
TRYING --
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS MEGAN MURPHY.
>> HI MY NAME IS MEGAN MURPHY.
I'M A MEMBER OF RADICAL WOMEN.
AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF MAKING
SEATTLE A SANCTUARY CITY.
I LITERALLY FLED SIOUX CITY
IOWA WHERE ABORTION RIGHTS ARE
GREATLY RESTRICTED AND IT HAS A
FAR RIGHT CLIMATE.
I WENT TO THE POLICE THINKING I
WAS BEING STALKED AND I WAS
LABELED AS A SCHIZOPHRENIC AND
90 DAYS LATER MY PARENTAL
RIGHTS WERE TERMINATED
COMPLETELY.
SO WOMEN NEED TO BE IN PLACE
WHERE IS THEIR HEALTH CARE AND
CONCERNS ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
IF THEY COMPLAIN OF ANY KIND OF
ASSAULT OR OF WANTING TO BE RID
OF A PREGNANCY THEY DON'T WANT
IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
THAT OUR NO MEANS NO.
AND I MISS MY SON HORRIBLY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM FOR ELEVEN
YEARS.
AND IT'S BECAUSE THE STATE
INTERFERED IN A WAY THAT WAS SO
PUNITIVE.
AND THE STATE NEEDS TO BE
SUPPORTIVE OF WOMEN'S FEELINGS
AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND ALL
RIGHTS.
PEOPLE THAT ARE LGBTQ ALL OF
THEM.
WE NEED 24/7 CHILD CARE.
AND IN ADDITION, WE NEED TO END
KIDS IN CAGES, THANKS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
MARGARITE RICHARD
>> YES.
MY NAME IS MARGARITE RISHARD.
BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT I STILL
HAVE ISSUES THAT JUST GO BEYOND
THE SCOPE OF WHATEVER IS BEING
SAID UP IN HERE.
OKAY.
AND I DON'T GET, HOW ARE YOU
GOING TO -- OH, A SANCTUARY
CITY, AND I THINK OF A
SANCTUARY AS A CHURCH
SANCTUARY, AND THANK GOD WE CAN
GO UP IN THERE AND PRAY AT ANY
TIME.
BECAUSE I'M REALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT, OKAY.
YOU WANT TO MAKE PROVISIONS FOR
EVERYTHING.
I THINK YOU MADE IT A SANCTUARY
CITY FOR IMMIGRANTS.
BUT YOU AIN'T DEALING WITH THAT
JIM CROW SIGN DOWN THERE THAT
SAYS BLACK LIVES MATTER.
LET THERE BE NO QUESTIONS.
HOW IS IT SO SIMPLIFIED TO SIT
UP THERE AND PUT SOMETHING ON
THE AGENDA FOR OTHER PEOPLE BUT
OUR LIVES ARE NOT SACRED?
HEY.
YOU KNOW, YEAH.
LIKE THAT SONG SAID BACK THAT
UP.
BACK THAT THING UP.
YOU BETTER BACK IT UP.
BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO PUSH IT
ALL THE WAY FORWARD DEBRA
JUAREZ.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>> MY DIRTY NAZI PSYCHOPATH.
ABORTION ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
BUT POLICE IS ON AGENDA TODAY.
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT EVERYONE
SPEAKS.
THIS POLITICAL MISSION I KNOW
FOR MANY YEAR.
IT'S NEVER WORKING ZERO
REACTION.
IF YOU CAN NOT SPEAK.
IT'S PURE FASCIST.
YOU'RE A PSYCHOPATH NO
QUESTION.
BUT WHEN YOU ESTABLISH A PUBLIC
VOLUNTEER -- COVER BRANCH
NUMBER THREE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN.
PROSECUTOR JUDGES PUBLIC
DEFENDER, POLICEMEN, SHOULD BE
IN JAIL.
WE CANNOT SPOKE ABOUT THIS.
I CAN TELL YOU YOU ARE
PSYCHOPATH.
YOU ARE A PSYCHOPATH.
BUT I CAN NOT TALK TO BRANCH
NUMBER THREE.
SO THEY ARE PSYCHOPATH.
WHY WE HAVE EXCEPTION.
IS THIS AMERICA?
PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
CONTROL EVERY
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LOGAN
BOWERS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS
LOGAN BOWERS.
I'M HERE AS A VOLUNTEER COCHAIR
OF SEATTLE APPROVES.
THE VOLUNTEER GROUP BEHIND
INITIATIVE 134.
A NONPARTISAN
IDEOLOGICALLY NEUTRAL VOTING
REFORM THAT WILL MAKE SEATTLE'S
ELECTIONS MOST REPRESENTATIVE
IN THE NATION.
THIS IS A VOTING REFORM THAT'S
ON YOUR CALENDAR AGAIN THIS
WEEK.
AND IS A REFORM SUPPORTED BY
SEVEN OUT OF TEN SEATTLE --
FELLOW SEATTLITES.
AND I'M HONORED TO BE
STEWARDING THROUGH THIS
INITIATIVE.
WE BELIEVE THAT VOTERS SHOULD
BE THE ONES TO DETERMINE HOW
OUR ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED AND
THAT THE HIGH TURN OUT ELECTION
IN NOVEMBER IS THE MOST
APPROPRIATE VENUE FOR THIS
INITIATIVE.
SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND PLACE
THAT ON THE BALLOT, THANK Y'ALL
SO MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID
HAYNES.
>> THANK YOU.
DAVID HAYNES.
NEVER TRUST FOREIGN BORN SCORN
TELLING YOU YOU HAVE TO KILL
OFF YOUR UNBORN CHILD'S
FUTURES.
AND MAYBE WE NEED A CLASS
ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY
COUNCIL AND THE CITY, SEATTLE
CHANNEL, CONFLICT OF INTEREST,
FIGHTING THE FACT COUNCIL MIGHT
NOT BE PAYING ATTENTION.
THEY DO MOST OF THEIR BUSINESS
UGH LINE.
CENSORING AND TAKING OUR
DEMOCRACY BACKWARDS.
DO YOU WANT THAT IT'S NOT RIGHT
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WANTS
DOUBLE.
PARKS DEPARTMENT WANTS TO TURN
OVER A MONOPOLIZATION OF ALL
BEVERAGE AND FOOD SALES TO A
CONGLOMERATE FROM THE UNITED
KINGDOM WITH A SUBSIDIARY BACK
EAST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
CONTRACT TO SHELL CHEAP BEER
FOR -- AND SODA WATER WHILE
PARK RANGERS ARE PURPOSEFULLY
NOT DEALING WITH THE CRIMINAL
CRACK, METH, AND HEROIN.
IT'S $20,000 TO PUT A CRIMINAL
IN JAIL.
YOU PUT CRIMINALS IN A MOTEL
FOR $120,000 AND REFUSE TO HELP
INNOCENT HOMELESS PEOPLE.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY
FOX.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS IS GEARED PRIMARILY
TOWARDS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
SINCE I'M A CONSTITUENCY.
THIS IS MY SECOND MEETING THAT
I'VE ATTENDED.
I HAVE -- MY HOUSE HAS BEEN
BURGLARIZED REPEATEDLY FOR A
YEAR.
NOW THAT HAVE ACCESSED MY
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX.
MY FINANCES TO THE TUNE OF OVER
$200,000.
I HAVE CONTACTED THE POLICE
MULTIPLE TIMES.
30 TIMES PROBABLY.
THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING.
THEY'VE COME INTO MY HOME ONE
TIME FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION TO
THE CONTINUING DRAINING OF MY
ACCOUNTS AND THE LACK OF
RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I AM STILL HAVING ENTRIES INTO
MY HOME.
MY HOME HAS BEEN VANDALIZED.
BADLY VANDALIZED.
AND I'M AFRAID FOR MY LIFE.
I REALLY NEED SOME SUPPORT FROM
THE COUNCIL.
I NEED SUPPORT TO PUT PRESSURE
ON THE POLICE.
AND I NEED LEGAL HELP, WHICH
I'VE TRIED EVERY AVENUE TO
FIND.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL
FULLER.
>>
>> YES.
I'M THE HONORABLE MICHAEL
FULLER.
DEBRA JUAREZ, YOU'RE IN BREECH
OF CONTRACT.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY
ONE MINUTE TO WE THE PEOPLE.
AND WE PAYING YOU.
AND BRUCE HARRELL, HE'S A SELL
OUT.
HE'S INCREASED THE HOMELESSNESS
AND CRIME.
I'M DEVASTATED.
BRUCE HARRELL, NOW HE'S THE
MAYOR BECAUSE HE SAID AT THE
TIME, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001,
ASIANS NEED A CHANCE.
ASIANS ARE SMART, THEY CAN
LEARN.
THAT'S WHEN PAT CAN'T DO SO
WELL.
THEY HAD THEIR DUTIES REMOVED
FOR CEASE AND DESIST.
I'M LOOKING AT ORGANIZED CRIME
WITH ALL NINE OF Y'ALL.
I HOPE Y'ALL READING WHAT I
WROTE TODAY.
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO PUT YOU
IN PRISON.
BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE DON'T EVEN
KNOW.
MY BIBLE --
>> MADAME CLERK, IS THAT THE
LAST OF OUR IN-CHAMBERS ?
>> CORRECT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR BOTH THE
REMOTE AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS
THAT SHOWED UP IF CHAMBERS,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THOSE OF
YOU WHO CALLED IN AND THOSE OF
YOU WHO CAME TO CHAMBERS TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MOVING ON OUR AGENDA TO THE
ADOPTION OF THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CALENDAR, IF THERE'S
NO OBJECTION, THE CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED.
NOT HEARING OR SEEING
OBJECTION, THE CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR THIS
WEEK INCLUDES AND IT'S ON THE
OFFICIAL AGENDA AND THE ONE
ONLINE AND THE ONE OBVIOUSLY
THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
RECEIVED.
THE MINUTES, THE PAYROLL BILL,
TWO CITY COUNCIL BILLS
REGARDING PLAT APPROVALS AND
TWO CLERK FILES, WHICH ARE
RELATED SUBDIVISIONS.
ON CENTRAL STAFF HAS ADVISED
THESE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY
SDOT AND SDCI WHICH APPROVED
THEM AS BEING CONSISTENT WITH
THE PRELIMINARY PLANS APPROVED
BY THE HEARING EXAMINER.
THEREFORE THEY COMPLY WITH
STATE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER
STATE LAW COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY
IS LIMITED TO ENSURING THIS
COMPLIANCE.
YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A
MEMO FROM LISH LAST WEEK IN
ADDITION THE CALLEN TAR
INCLUDES NINE APPOINTMENTS.
INCLUDING ONE SENT DIRECTLY TO
FULL COUNCIL.
ONE RECOMMENDED BY THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE.
THAT WOULD BE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
AND SEVEN RECOMMENDED BY THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTER'S
RIGHT COMMITTEE.
WHICH WOULD BE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS.
THAT ANY COUNCILMEMBER WOULD
LIKE TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S
CONSENT CALENDAR?
OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY.
I MOVE TO ADOPT A CONSENT
CALENDAR, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT A CONSENT CALENDAR.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE MINUTES IN LEGISLATION FROM
THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY
BEHALF.
MOVING ON ON OUR AGENDA TO THE
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA, IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION OR SEEING
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
INTEED ADOPTED.
MOVING ON IN OUR AGENDA TO
RECONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL BILL
VETOED BY MAYOR HARRELL.
THIS IS RECONSIDERATION OF
COUNCIL BILL 120325.
>> RELATING TO HOUSING AND
DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION
EXPANDING INFORMATION REQUIRED
FOR SUBMISSION UNDER THE RENTAL
REGISTRATION INSPECTION
ORDINANCE FOR RENTAL HOUSING
RENTAL HOUSING RELATED
INFORMATION AND AMENDING
CHAPTER OF THE CODE.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM CALLING UP THE
RECONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL BILL
120325 TO CONSIDER PASSAGE OF
THE BILL AND THE MAYOR'S VETO.
MAY 31st 2022 THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED 120325 MAYOR HARRELL
SUBSEQUENTLY VETOED IT JUNE
10th 2022.
TODAY WE'LL VOTE ON WHETHER TO
PASS THE BILL AGAIN TO OVER
RIDE THE VETO.
IT TAKES SIX VOTES TO PASS THE
BILL AND OVER RIDE THE MAYOR'S
VETO.
COUNCILMEMBERS RECEIVED A MEMO
FROM CENTRAL STAFF, I THINK YOU
RECEIVED A COUPLE OF THEM LAST
WEDNESDAY OUTLINING THE
PROCEDURE TS I'LL
REMIND COUNCILMEMBERS OF THIS
PROCEDURE.
THE RECONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL
BILL 120325 IS NOW PENDING
BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I APPRECIATE THAT A
COSPONSORSHIP OF THIS BILL WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND AS
YOU MENTIONED, A MAJORITY OF
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED
COUNCIL BILL 120325 TO COLLECT
BASIC RENTAL DATA.
CITY HALL HAS BEEN LACKING FOR
YEARS.
DATA WE NEED URGENTLY NOW ON
THE EVE OF CONSIDERING MASSIVE
LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGES
THROUGH A REQUIRED
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AS ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE
BILL I OUTLINED SEVERAL REASONS
TO SUPPORT THE BILL ORIGINALLY.
WE NEED THE DATA TO PREVENT
DISPLACEMENT OF VULNERABLE
RESIDENTS.
THE DATA IS VITAL BEFORE WE
MAKE CHANGES TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO IMPACTS
ZONING AND HOUSING POLICIES,
THE CURRENT CENSUS TRACK DATA
AND RENTALLER IS VAIOS ON
VACANT UNITS LACK THE VITAL
DETAILS ON EXISTING RENTS AT
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
AND WE ALL READY CONSIDERED
ALTERNATIVES TO THIS BILL.
BUT THOSE ALTERNATIVES ARE
INADEQUATE.
THE DATA CAN VALIDATE
AFFORDABLE BENEFITS OF SMALLER
MOM AND POP LANDLORDS.
ALSO, INDEFERENCE TO ACTIVE
LANDLORDS WHICH EXPRESS
CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONCEPT, THE
BILL ALL READY INCLUDED
IMPORTANT ACCOMMODATIONS.
A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY WOULD
RECEIVE THE RAW RENTAL DATA
INSTEAD OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT
DIRECTLY.
THE REQUIREMENT WOULD SUNSET IN
THREE YEARS.
SO IT WAS JUST A TEMPORARY BILL
NEEDED AT A CRUCIAL TIME IN OUR
DECISION MAKING.
OPPONENTS OF THE BILL THEN
RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT TIMING
AND COST.
THE BILL WAS AMENDED FURTHER
WHICH ENDED UP ADDRESSING THOSE
CONCERNS.
THE CITY'S EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE IN THE
DRIVER'S SEAT.
NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN UNTIL THE
EXECUTIVE EXECUTES A CONTRACT
WITH THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
AFTER A EXRE CONSERVATIVE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND THE
RFP COULD MANAGE THE COST.
SPECIFICALLY THE COUNCIL BILL
ADOPTED WAS AMENDED TO STATE
THAT EFFECTIVE THREE MONTHS OF
THE DATE -- EXCUSE ME EFFECTIVE
THREE MONTHS FROM THE DATE
CONTRACT DESCRIBED IF THE
SUBSECTION IS EXECUTED.
THE INFORMATION THAT WAS
REQUESTED WILL BE SUBMITTED
LATER.
TWICE ANNUALLY.
SO THE TIMING ISSUE WU SOLVED
WITH THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
WHEN THE BILL WAS VETOED, I
OFFERED ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS FOR
THE BILL.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS I URNLED
AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOUR
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO VOTED
AGAINST IT TO JOIN THE MAJORITY
SO THIS BILL BECOMES LAW.
THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS ARE
THAT RENTAL REGISTRIES LIKE
THIS ARE INCREASINGLY COMMON IN
THE UNITED STATES.
SEATTLE IS BEHIND.
WE ARE NOT PROGRESSIVE ON THIS
ISSUE.
LONG STANDING LAWS REQUIRING
RENT ROLES WITH RENTAL DATA
INFORMATION ALL READY EXISTS IN
OTHER CITIES SUCH AS NEW YORK
CITY.
MORE OVER, MANY CALIFORNIA
CITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED THESE
PROGRAMS OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS.
A 2019 REPORT EXAMINED EIGHT
RENTAL HOUSING REGISTRY
PROGRAMS INCLUDING THREE THAT
ALL READY REQUIRE THE RENT
AMOUNT BE PROVIDED.
A MORE RECENT FEBRUARY 2022
NEWS ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTED THAT
16 DIFFERENT CITIES IN
CALIFORNIA ARE MOVING AHEAD
WITH THIS.
NOT WAITING FOR THE STATE
LEGISLATURE TO ACT.
COSTS ARE DRAMATICALLY LOWER
THAN WHAT OPPONENTS CLAIMED.
BASED ON THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCES
OF THESE OTHER CITIES, THE FACT
THAT WE'RE SIMPLY ADDING ON TO
AN EXISTING HOUSING REGISTRY,
SEATTLE'S RENTAL REGISTRATION
AND INSPECTION ORDINANCE, THAT
ALL READY ENFORCES THE
COLLECTION OF DATA, AND WE
WOULD BE USING COMPETITIVE
REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, THE
COST ADD, THE COLLECTION OF
RESEARCH COMPONENTS AT CB
120325 COULD BE $125,000 A
YEAR.
THE TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT SHOULD
WANT THIS DATA AND JUAN US TO
HAVE THIS DATA, THEY RECEIVED
BUDGET INCREASES LAST YEAR.
AND THE EXECUTIVES REQUIRED TO
HAVE THIS INFORMATION IN DOING
THE COMPETENT HEN ASSISTIVE
PLAN PROPOSALS.
TO THIS BILL WOULD HAVE ENABLED
THEM TO GET THE DATA THEY NEED.
AND THE UNIVERSITY THAT WOULD
BE CHOSEN VIA A COMPETITIVE RFP
WOULD BE DOING THE BULK OF THE
WORK, DATA ENTRY, SORTING, THE
MAPPING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS, TO MAKE WELL INFORMED
DECISIONS.
THERE WAS A 2 MILLION-DOLLAR
ESTIMATE.
BUT THAT WAS OVER THE THREE-
YEAR PERIOD.
AND IT WAS BASED ON ASKING ONE
REALESTATE CENTER HOW MUCH
MONEY WOULD THEY WANT TO DO
THIS?
AND THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE
BEST WAY TO GET AN AFFORDABLE
RESULT.
THE COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS
WOULD GET THAT RESULT.
THERE WAS ALSO A 5 MILLION-
DOLLAR ESTIMATE THAT WAS
MENTIONED.
BUT THAT WAS IF WE WERE TO SET
UP THE RRIO PROGRAM FROM
SCRATCH.
SO THAT WAS NOT A RELIABLE
ESTIMATE.
ALSO, THIS BILL I HAD THE NOT
CHARGE LANDLORDS THE COST TO
RUN THIS SYSTEM.
LANDLORDS DO PAY FOR THE RRIO
ALL READY.
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPTION
TO INCREASE THAT BY $4 A UNIT.
THAT WOULD HAVE YIELDED LENITY
OF FUNDS TO RUN THIS PROGRAM.
BUT WE DIDN'T CHOOSE TO DO IT
THAT WAY.
BUT WE COULD HAVE.
IN OTHER WORDS, COST IS REALLY
NOT AN APPROPRIATE RATIONAL TO
VOTE AGAINST THE BILL IN MY
OPINION.
SO BOTTOM LINE IS THERE ARE
PLENTY OF REASONS TO SUPPORT
COUNCIL BILL 120325 AS THE
MAJORITY OF OUR LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH ALL READY DID.
SO I URGE A YES VOTE AGAIN
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
BEFORE I GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES WHO IS A COSPONSOR.
THEN COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
I WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC
WHEN WE VOTED ON MAY 31st THE
VOTE WAS 5-4. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> YEAH.
HERE WE GO.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, AND
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I'M PROUD TO HAVE COSPONSORED
THIS LEGISLATION.
AND I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE
MAYOR DECIDED TO VETO A BILL
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO
COLLECT REAL INFORMATION ON
RENT TRENDS FOR THE FIRST TIME
EVER.
AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO BECOME
MORE AFFORDABLE, WE AS
POLICYMAKERS NEED DATA ABOUT
OUR RENTAL MARKET THAT TELL US
THE RATE AT WHICH RENT IS
INCREASING IN OUR CITY, AND WE
SHOULDN'T BE RELIANT ON PRIVATE
FOR PROFIT CORPORATIONS TO DO
THAT WORK FOR US.
WE KNOW THAT SEATTLE ISN'T
AFFORDABLE.
BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE
RATE AT WHICH RENTS ARE
SKYROCKETING RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T KNOW WHICH UNITS ARE
SEEING THE BIGGEST INCREASES.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A
CEILING TO THE KIND OF RENT
INCREASES WE'RE SEEING NOW.
MY OFFICE WORKED WITH
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ON THIS
LEGISLATION.
WE BELIEVE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO PROVIDE US WITH DATA THAT
WE'RE CURRENTLY LACKING AND IT
HAS THE POTENTIAL [ COUGHING ]
EXCUSE ME.
PARDON ME.
IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PUT A
TREMENDOUS AM OF POWER INTO THE
HANDS OF TENANTS.
SHIFTING THE SCALE TOWARDS
SOMETHING MORE BALANCED BETWEEN
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT
TENANTS IN CITIES WITH RENT
ROLLS LIKE CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
ALL READY HAVE.
THIS COULD MEAN FOR TENANTS
THAT THEY FINALLY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO MAKE AN INFORMED
DECISION AND TO MAKE A CHOICE
BETWEEN UNITS WHEN THEY'RE
SEARCHING FOR A NEW HOME.
SOMETHING THAT LANDLORDS HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH BACKGROUND
CHECKS ON TENANTS FOR DECADES.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR TENANTS IS
THEY'LL KNOW WHO IS HIDING
BEHIND LLCs THAT OWN THE LLC.
THAT OWN THEIR BUILDING.
AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY CAN GO
DIRECTLY TO THE PERSON OR
PERSONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
KEEPING THEIR UNIT HABITABLE IF
REPAIR REQUESTS ARE NOT BEING
FULFILLED.
DATA THAT SHOWS THE NEED FOR US
TO JOIN THE REST OF THE WEST
COAST AND PASS RENT CONTROL AT
THE STATE AND CITY LEVEL.
AND FINALLY THIS MEAN FOR
TENANTS THAT WE WOULD FINALLY
HAVE CONCRETE DATA THAT DISPELS
THE ILLUSION THAT PRIVATE
MARKET TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS
IS THE SOLUTION TO OUR
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
DATA THAT COULD GIVE US THE
EXTRA PUSH TO INVEST IN HIGH
QUALITY ABUNDANT PUBLICLY OWNED
SOCIAL HOUSING.
SO FOR ME, THIS LEGISLATION
ISN'T NECESSARILY ABOUT LAND
USE DECISION IT IS A MAY OR MAY
NOT HAPPEN IN THE NEXT TWO
YEARS.
IT'S ABOUT NOTHING SHORT OF
GIVING TENANTS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO STAY IN SEATTLE.
SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW MANY OF
THEM ARE LOOING QUICKLY.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE
YES TO OVER RIDE THIS
SHORTSIGHTED VETO AND TO GIVE
TENANTS THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT
THEY DESERVE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
AS I SAID WHEN THIS BILL FIRST
CAME FOR VOTE TO THE CITY
COUNCIL, THIS BILL REQUIRES
LANDLORDS DISCLOSE THE RENT
THEY CHARGE TO SO POLICYMAKERS
CAN HAVE ACCURATE OBJECTIVE
DATA.
TO BE CLEAR, THIS BILL GOING
INTO EFFECT WILL NOT MAKE
RENTAL HOMES MORE AFFORDABLE,
IT WILL SIMPLY COLLECT DATA.
BUT IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT THE
LANDLORD LOBBY WHO CLAIMED THE
CHARGE AFFORDABLE RENTS HAVE
CALLED REPEATEDLY INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT IN THE PAST, OPPOSITION
TO THE CITY HAVING OBJECTIVE
DATA.
IT WILL BE GOOD TO HAVE MORE
DATA ABOUT THE RENT LANDLORDS
CHARGE.
AND IT'S IRONIC LANDLORDS HAVE
SIMULTANEOUSLY CLAIMED THEY
CHARGE LOW RENT.
IT'S EXTREMELY TELLING THAT THE
LANDLORD LOBBY HAS TURNED OUT
IN OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL.
AS SEVERAL SPEAKERS BEFORE AND
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY
SAID IF LANDLORDS ARE NOT
GOUGING THEIR TENANTS, WHY ARE
THEY SO AFRAID TO TELL THE
TRUTH ABOUT THEIR RENTS.
AND THE SCANDAL MAYOR HARRELL
CHOSE TO USE A RARE VETO O TO
SO BRAZENLY DO THE BIDDING OF
THE LANDLORD LOBBY.
MORE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE DATA
WILL HELP FURTHER CONFIRM WHAT
EVERY RENTER IN SEATTLE ALL
READY KNOWS.
BIG LANDLORDS AND THE PREDATORY
REALESTATE MARKETS ARE GOWNING
RENTERS WITH TOTALLY
UNCONSCIONABLE RENT HIKES.
THE COST OF HOUSING HAS BEEN
SET BY PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS AND
MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONS RATHER
THAN WHAT IT COSTS TO HOUSE
PEOPLE.
WHILE THE REALESTATE BALANCE
MAKE MILLIONS, WORKING PEOPLE
AND THE POOR ARE INCREASING
WILLLY PRICE GOUGED TO HAVE A
ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS OR
THEY'RE BEING PUSHED INTO
HOMELESSNESS.
WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN ALL
ASPECTS OF RENTER'S RIGHTS,
INCLUDING STRONG CITY WIDE RENT
CONTROL AND A BIG INCREASE IN
THE AMAZON TAX TO FUND AN
INCREASE EXPANSION OF PUBLICLY
OWNED SOCIAL HOUSING.
THIS BILL WILL ONLY PROVIDE
MORE ACCURATE AND OBJECTIVE
DATA SO IF COUNCILMEMBERS DO
NOT SUPPORT IT, IT WOULD NOT
STOP RENTERS FROM FIGHTING FOR
RENT CONTROL.
ANY COUNCILMEMBER WHO CLAIMS TO
BE DATA DRIVEN, HAS NO EXCUSE
TO OPPOSE THIS BILL.
I VOTE YES TO MAKE LANDLORDS
DISCLOSE THE RENT THEY CHARGE,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
AND FINALLY, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M TRYING TO ADJUST MY --
THERE WE GO -- TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE NEED
FOR THIS
SENSIBLE DATA COLLECTION.
I'M STRETCHING MY HEAD OVER HOW
THE POWERFUL MAYORAL VETO WOULD
BE USED FOR A BILL THAT'S
REALLY AGAIN, IT'S MERELY A
DATA COLLECTION TOOL THAT'S
REALLY HELPFUL TO US AS
POLICYMAKER, WHETHER OR NOT
IT'S ON THE COUNCIL SIDE OF THE
AISLE OR ON THE EXECUTIVE SIDE.
I WANT TO JUST UPLIFT HOW WE
HAVE USED DATA IN THE PAST.
DATA SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
DISPLACEMENT TO GUIDE OUR
DECISIONS.
BACK IN 2015, THAT WAS THE
FIRST MAJOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
UPDATE THAT ACTUALLY INCLUDED,
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A
DISPLACEMENT RISK ANALYSIS.
THIS DISPLACEMENT RISK ANALYSIS
WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO COUNCIL'S
DELIBERATIONS ON THE MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY REZONES
AND IT HELPED GUIDE US ON HOW
TO -- HOW TO USE THE -- THE UP
ZONING TOOL TO ADD MORE HOUSING
AND COLLECT FUNDS TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND IT WAS REALLY AGAIN A TOOL
THAT USED DATA TO HELP DRIVE
OUR DECISIONS.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT ON APRIL
5th THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED
I THINK A REALLY IMPORTANT BIT
OF GUIDANCE FROM THE SEATTLE
COMMISSION RELATED SPECIFICALLY
TO OUR NEXT MAJOR DATE.
AND IN THAT MOE MEMO THEY
WROTE THEY BELIEVE THEY SHOULD
MAKE ANTI DISPLACEMENT POLICIES
THE FOCUS OF THE NEXT IMRE HEN
ASSISTIVE PLAN.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
TO DROP THE DECADES OF THE
INEQUITABLE GROWTH PATTERNS
THAT LED TO DISPLACEMENT OF
BIPOC AND LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES.
THE PLAN EXPECTED IN 2024 NEEDS
TO INCLUDE ANTI DISPLACEMENT
POLICIES AS A CENTRAL FOCUS OF
THE PLAN.
THE CITY SHOULD SUPPLEMENT
KNOWLEDGE SHARED BY COMMUNITIES
AFFECTED BY DISPLACEMENT WITH
IMPROVED DATA TRACKING OF HIGH
DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS AND THE
OUTCOMES OF POLICY ACTIONS.
I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN OVER
RIDE THE VETO WITH A MAJORITY
PLUS ONE.
SIX COUNCILMEMBERS VOTING IN
FAVOR TODAY.
AND I JUST WANT TO CLOSE OUT
REMARKS WITH SAYING JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF THE CALL TO
ACTION FROM SHARE THE CITIES
THIS WEEKEND.
THEY ENCOURAGED US BY SAYING
LET'S CATCH UP WITH OTHER
PROGRESSIVE CITIES AND BETTER
UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IS LOCATED IN SEATTLE
SO WE CAN FINALLY HAVE THE
DETAIL DATA WE NEED TO PREVENT
ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT AS WE
UPDATE OUR CITY'S POLICIES FOR
A BETTER FUTURE THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, IS
THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY
BEFORE I MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ?
ARE YOU GOOD?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
SO LET ME READ AGAIN THE
INSTRUCTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GO
TO A VOTE.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW VOTE
TO RECONSIDER PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120325.
AND TO EITHER OVER RIDE OR
SUSTAIN THE MAYORAL VETO.
DURING ROLE CALL,
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL VOTE AYE OR
YES TO PASS THE BILL AND OVER
RIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO.
OR VOTE NO NOT TO PASS THE BILL
AND SUSTAIN THE VETO.
IF THE VOTE ON THE MOTION DOES
NOT RECEIVE SIX VOTES, THE BILL
FAILS AND THE VETO IS
SUSTAINED.
IF THE VOTE ON THE MOTION IS
SIX OR MORE IN FAVOR, THE BILL
PASSES, THE VETO IS OVER
RIDDEN, AND ALL-PRO VISIONS
WITHIN THE BILL GO INTO EFFECT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS
ON THE VOTE BEFORE WE GO?
SO AS A REMINDER,
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL EITHER VOTE
AYE TO PASS THE BILL AND OVER
RIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO OR NO TO
NOT PASS THE BILL AND SUSTAIN
THE VETO.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120325 IN CONSIDERATION OF
THE MAYORAL VETO.
MADAME LURK?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
THREE OPPOSED.
SO THE MOTION FAILS ? MADAME
CLERK?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
SO I'M SORRY.
I WAS WAITING FOR THE -- OKAY.
SO THE MOTION FAILS.
THE BILL DOES NOT PASS AND THE
VETO IS SUSTAINED.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
ITEM NUMBER TWO.
THIS MATTER IS MINE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
TWO INTO THE RECORD?
AGENDA ITEM TWO.
REPORT TO THE CITY CLERK ON THE
CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY
CONCERNING APPROVAL VOTING FOR
MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, AND
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
>> CLERK FILE 314495 NOTICE
THAT INITIATIVE 134 HAS
SUFFICIENT SIGNATURES TO GO TO
THE BALLOT.
THE CITY CLERK HAS 20 DAYS FOR
RECEIPT OF NOTICE TO FILE THE
NOTICE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY CLERK FILED HER REPORT
AND THE CERTIFICATE OF
SUFFICIENCY WITH THE COUNCIL
VIA THIS CLERK FILE ON JUNE
28th.
THIS ACTION STARTED THE 45 DAY
CLOCK FOR COUNCIL ACTION ON THE
INITIATIVE.
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MY
COLLEAGUES WITH ADDITIONAL TIME
TO CONSIDER THIS INITIATIVE, I
AM RECOMMENDING HOLDING THIS
CLERK FILE FOR ANOTHER WEEK.
THIS CLERK FILE WILL APPEAR ON
EVERY AGENDA UNTIL THE CITY
COUNCIL DETERMINES WHAT ACTION
WILL BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO
INITIATIVE NUMBER 134.
AS A REMINDER.
THE CITY'S ELECTION CODE,
2.04300 PROHIBITS ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND CITY EMPLOYEES
FROM USING THEIR OFFICE FOR THE
PROMOTION AND OPPOSITION OF ANY
BALLOT MEASURE.
ACCORDING TO THE CODE, WE
SHOULD REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSING
THE MERITS OF THE INITIATIVE
UNTIL WE'RE VOTING ON
LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT OR
OPPOSE THE BALLOT PROPOSITION.
THAT WIL OCCUR AT A FUTURE
MEETING.
ASK WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THIS
CLERK FILE.
BEING FILED WITH THE COUNCIL.
I RECOMMEND THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSING THIS
INITIATIVE TODAY AND UNTIL THE
COUNCIL CONSIDERS LEGISLATION
SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING THIS
BALLOT PROPOSITION.
I MOVE TO POSTPONE CLERK FILE
314495 TO JULY 12th.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
POSTPONE THE CLERK FILE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON POSTPONING OF CLERK
FILE 314495 UNTIL JULY 12th.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE CLERK FILE IS POSTPONED
UNTIL JULY 12th.
THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR ON EVERY
AGENT QUA UNTIL CITY COUNCIL
DETERMINES WHAT ACTION WILL BE
TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO INITIATIVE
134.
MADAME CLERK, ITEM NUMBER
THREE.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120 RELATED TO
CITY EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZES
EXECUTION OF A MAYOR
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
ELECTRON TRAIL WORKERS TO BE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1st 2021 TO
DECEMBER 21st 2022.
CONFIRMING SEARCH AND PRIOR
ACTS.
>> I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120357.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
PASS THE BILL.
AS SPONSOR OF THIS BILL I WILL
ADDRESS IT.
AS SPONSOR OF COUNCIL BILL
120357 I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE
COMMENTS.
WE HAVE BEFORE US A MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE
CITY AND THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS LOCAL 77 FOR THE POWER
MARKETERS UNIT AT SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT.
THE MLU WOULD INSPIRE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
THROUGH DECEMBER 31st 2022.
THE MLU MAKES WAGE ADJUSTMENTS,
CHANGES -- AND CHANGES
REGARDING BEREAVEMENT LEAVE AND
THE ESTABLISHMENT -- IT
ESTABLISHES A JOINT LABOR
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS
PAY EQUITY, JOB PROGRESSION,
AND OTHER PERSONNEL ISSUES.
THE EXECUTIVE ESTIMATES THAT
COSTS TO IMPLEMENT THIS MOU
WOULD BE ABOUT $127,000 ABOVE
THE BASELINE CONTRACT.
THE EXECUTIVE STATES THAT
THERE'S SUFFICIENT FUNDS HELD
IN RESERVE TO COVER THESE
COSTS.
QUA REENA BULL PROVIDED
ANALYSIS IN A MEMO SENT TO
COUNCILMEMBERS ON WEDNESDAY
JUNE 29th.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ? OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT.
AND MADAME CLERK, CAN YOU
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S LEGISLATION, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER FOUR INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR, 120354
AUTHORIZING GENERAL MANAGERS
CEO OF SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED WATER
QUALITY COMBINED FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY.
COSTS RELATED TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OF WATER QUALITY
PROJECT.
RATIFYING PRIOR ACTS.
>> I MOVE TO PASS 120354.
IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED.
AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
COLLEAGUES, AS WE KNOW, SHIP
CANAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL
PROJECT IS A VERY LARGE CAPITAL
PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IT WILL REDUCE POLLUTED STORM
WATER IMPACTING LAKE WASHINGTON
SHIP CANAL.
THE PROJECT WAS AGREED TO IN
COMPLIANCE WITH A CLEAN WATER
ACT CONSENT DECREE.
INVOLVING THE WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY.
AND THIS RESULTS -- THIS BILL
RESULTS IN FINANCING COSTS
BEING REDUCED.
WE WELCOME THIS BILL.
IT WILL ENABLE US TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF 59 MILLION AND
VERY LOW INTEREST FUNDS THROUGH
A FEDERAL PROGRAM THANKS TO THE
BELOW MARKET INTEREST RATE THE
LOAN WILL SAVE TAXPAYERS 15
MILLION.
BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION WILL
SAVE MONEY, AND THERE'S TIME
SENSITIVITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF IT.
WE SENT THIS STRAIGHT TO THE
CITY COUNCIL.
OUR CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
HAS NO CONCERNS WITH IT.
AND I ALONG WITH THE EXECUTIVE
URGE ITS PASSAGE TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
PER MY SCRIPT, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, ARE THERE ANY CLOSING
COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE?
>> NO.
>> THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND MADAME
CLERK AGAIN, PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMITTEE
REPORTS.
MOVING ON TO OUR AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, SO
WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THAT.
THERE ARE NO RESOLUTIONS FOR
INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION
TODAY.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THAT.
OTHER BUSINESS, IS THERE ANY
OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE COUNCIL?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CAN YOU
HEAR ME NOW?
>> YEAH.
>> THANK YOU, I MOVE THAT MY
EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR TODAY'S
MEETING BE RESCINDED.
I'VE GOTTEN IN THE HABIT OF
TRYING TO TAKE VACATION AND IT
NOT WORKING.
>> THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> GO FOR IT.
>> IF THERE'S OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS' EXCUSED
ABSENCE FOR TODAY'S CITY
COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE
RESCINDED HEARING NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS' EXCUSED
ABSENCE FOR TODAY'S CITY
COUNCIL MEETING IS RESCINDED.
GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
I AM GOING TO REQUEST TO BE
EXCUSED FROM THE AUGUST 8th --
AUGUST 9th COUNCIL MEETING AND
AUGUST 8th COUNCIL BRIEFING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS
EXCUSED FROM AUGUST 8th AND
AUGUST 9th.
SO ONE IS A CITY COUNCIL
BRIEFING AND THE OTHER IS A
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
HEARING AND SEEING NO
OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS IS INBOUND DEED
EXCUSED.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE THE
MOST -- THE MAJORITY OF THE
PUBLIC COMMENTERS TALKED ABOUT
LEGISLATION, IS THERE
LEGISLATION ABOUT AN ABORTION
RIGHTS SANCTUARY CITY OUT THERE
THAT THE PUBLIC IS SEEING THAT
WE HAVE NOT?
>> NO.
NO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, DO
YOU KNOW WHEN WE WILL SEE IT?
BECAUSE -- GO ON.
>> CAN I RESPOND?
>> YES, YOU MAY.
>> THANK YOU.
MY OFFICE WILL BE INFORMING YOU
ALL, ALL COUNCIL OFFICES AND
THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VERY
SOON.
WE GOT A DRAFT FROM CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF THIS
AFTERNOON.
SO EXPECT TO HEAR FROM US VERY
SOON.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE ON.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
THIS REQUIRES USING A SEPARATE
ZOOM MEETING WHICH WILL BEGIN
AFTER I COMPLETE THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE
PURPOSE FOR THE SESSION.
AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I'M
ANNOUNCING THAT THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE PURPOSE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION IS TO DISCUSS PENDING
POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL LITIGATION.
THE COUNCIL'S EXECUTIVE SESSION
IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL
LEGAL MATTERS WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEYS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
A LEGAL MONITOR FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS
PRESENT TO ENSURE THE COUNCIL
RESERVES QUESTIONS OF POLICY
FOR OPEN SESSION.
I EXPECT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
TO LAST 30 MINUTES.
IF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO
BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT TIME, I
WILL ANNOUNCE THE EXTENSION AND
THE EXPECTED DURATION.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ADJOURNED.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS
SCHEDULED FOR JULY 12th AT
2:00.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION.