>>> THE MEETING OF THE SEATTLE
ITY COUNCIL COMES TO ORDER.
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT JUST ONE
MORE MINUTE.
MY COMPUTER SAYS -- THERE WE
GO.
BOTH CLOCKS A 2:00.
I AM COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO TEM.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> HERE.
>> SIX PRESENT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT BORIS IS
EXCUSED.
HERE NO OBJECTION
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS
EXCUSED.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ARE ALSO
EXCUSED.
MIKE AND PETER IS WAITING TO
GET INTO THE MEETING.
MOVING ON TO ITEM C,
PRESENTATIONS.
THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS ON
TODAY'S CALENDAR.
ITEM D, PUBLIC COMMENT.
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME WE
WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS WILL BE
HEARD FIRST FOLLOWED BY REMOTE
SPEAKERS ATTENDING.
MADAME CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS
ARE SIGNED UP?
>> APPROXIMATELY 60 REMOTE AND
THREE IN PERSON.
>> WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 63
SPEAKERS.
I'M GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT LAST ONE MINUTE PER
SPEAKER.
MADAME CLERK I WILL NOW HAVE
THIS OVER YOU TO PRESENT THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT
RECORDING.
>> THANK YOU.
>>
>> THE CITY OF FLOWERS AND
GOODWILL.
BUILT ON INDIGENOUS LAND, THE
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
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 USE
THE MEETING ID AND PASSCODE
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 LISTENING LINE MEETING
ID PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA.
ONCE A 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 SIX.
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 YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
A CHIME WILL SOUND WHEN 10
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
THE LISTENING LINE 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 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 IN
OUR ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF
ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR
SIX AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT,
"YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED."
THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> BEFORE WE BEGIN MAY WE HAVE
THE BACK DOORS OPEN.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN THE ORDER REGISTERED.
WE BEGIN TODAY WITH THE IN
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST
IS ALEX.
>> PSYCHOPATH TO SPEAK TO US
FROM THE HEAVEN.
ANOTHER MINUTE WHEN YOU STOP
ENACTING THIS.
I SEE YOU HERE MANY TIMES ONE
MINUTE FOR WHO, A COUPLE PEOPLE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW I CAN
EXPLAIN TO YOU A BUSINESS
PROPOSITION FOR ONE MINUTE, YOU
MAKE THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
I REPRESENT PEOPLE YOU
REPRESENT SOMEBODY DIFFERENT.
WHY ARE YOU DOING, WASTE ONE
MINUTE, ONE MINUTE, ONE MINUTE.
I WILL WAIT DESK FROM MY
UNDERSTANDING ONLY A COUPLE
PEOPLE TAKE IT AND YOU MAKE
THIS ABSOLUTELY -- WHY?
BECAUSE YOU CAN.
BECAUSE NOBODY CARE ABOUT WHAT
YOU'RE DOING HERE.
IT IS A PROBLEM.
STAND UP AMERICA.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE NEXT IN PERSON SPEAKER IS ?.
REX.
>> I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF OF TRADER JOE'S BALLARD.
IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS 30 OF
OUR 120 OF OUR COWORKERS HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
25% OF OUR WORKFORCE.
LOSS OF WAGE PULLING OVER
$24,000.
AVERAGE OF $800 PER PERSON.
THIS IS A LOSS OF 1200 LABOR
HOURS LEADING TO A HUGE
STAFFING SHORTAGE IN OUR STORE.
WE ARE TIRED.
THIS $4 IS NOT ONLY FOR THE
SICK IT'S A COMPENSATION FOR THE
OVERWORKED, OVERLOOKED AND
STILL UNDERPAID.
WE BRAVE THE RISKS AND DANGERS
OF COVID DAILY.
WE ARE EXPERIENCING BURNOUT ON
A MASS SCALE.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
THIS $4.00 WILL DO THREE
THINGS, IT WILL HELP COWORKERS
DEVELOP A FINANCIAL CUSHION FOR
WHEN THEY ARE UNABLE TO WORK.
IT ALLOWS OUR TEAM TO AFFORD
TIME OFF TO RECOVER AFTER LONG
AND BUSY DAYS OF BEING
OVERWORKED.
AND IT IS AN INCENTIVE OF
PERSPECTIVE NEW EMPLOYEES TO
FILL THE WORKER STORAGE
AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY AND
COUNTRY.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR IN PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PROMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER BEING BRIAN
CLARK.
REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR SIX.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS BRIAN CLARK AND A
MEMBER OF SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES
CALLING IN SUPPORT FOR -- IT
WILL PREVENT SEATTLE POLICE --
TO MAKE A PORTION FREE AND
AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO SEEKS
IN HERE.
OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY
YOUR CONSTITUENTS WITH 5000
SIGNATURES.
THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR'S
EXECUTIVE ORDERS -- WE KNOW HOW
EASILY EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE
IGNORED.
AM GLAD TO SEE THAT OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS INTRODUCED
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION FOR
PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS.
I WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL OF ITS
OBLIGATIONS IN THE SCALE AND
SCOPE OF THIS ATTACK ON
PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.
WATERED-DOWN FOR DELAYED
REGISTRATION WOULD BE A FAILURE.
ADDITIONALLY I AM DISAPPOINTED
AND ANGRY COUNCIL DIDN'T
INTRODUCE A BILL TO AND HAZARD
PAY FOR GROCERY WORKERS.
DURING THE ONGOING PANDEMIC.
DEMOCRATS CAN STAND WITH THE
WORKERS OR THE BOSSES WHO
PROFITED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SONIA.
>> I AM CALLING TO ASK YOU TO
VOTE NO ON ENDING HAZARD PAY
TODAY.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE PUT UP A
BILL LIKE THIS, COVID IS STILL
GOING ON.
PEOPLE ARE STILL STRUGGLING AS
HAS BEEN MENTIONED.
I'M ALSO URGING YOU TO VOTE YES
ON THE SANCTUARY CITY
LEGISLATION AND I BELIEVE ANY
ATTEMPT TO WEAKEN IT WILL BE
SHAMEFUL AND PATHETIC BECAUSE
THERE'S JUST BEEN AN HISTORIC
ATTACK OF THESE RIGHTS.
WE ARE HANGING ON BY A STRING
AND THE RIGHTS WE DO HAVE.
THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH
COMPLACENCY, WELL ABORTION IS
LEGAL HERE, WE WANT ACTION.
THIS IS ACTION.
AND ABORTION IS HEALTHCARE.
A FRIEND OF MINE NEEDED A DNC
FOR ABORTION AFTER LOSING HER
WANTED BABY FOR MISCARRIAGE AND
SHE HAD TO GO TO THREE
DIFFERENT HOSPITALS TO GET ONE
BECAUSE THE FIRST TWO ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH.
WE ALSO NEED TO INCREASE THE
AMAZON TAX TO FUND ABORTION.
THANK YOU.
VOTE YES.
>> NEXT SPEAKER.
>> MY NAME IS OLIVIA.
I URGE DEMOCRATS IN CITY
COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON ENDING
HAZARD PAY AND YES ON
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE
AND ABORTION SANCTUARY.
WORKERS BUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
AT RISK FOR PROVIDING FOOD IN
OUR COMMUNITY DURING A
PANDEMIC.
ENDING HAZARD PAY AT THIS TIME
IS INCREDIBLY HORRIFIC WHILE
COVID CASES ARE RISING.
FAMILIES WILL BE HEAVILY
AFFECTED BY THIS DECISION.
I HOPE YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE
WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS ABBY STEIN.
>> MY NAME IS AND I AM A
STEWARD OF -- AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON.
I AM COMMENTING TODAY TO
VERDICT YES ON COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S ABORTION SANCTUARY
LEGISLATION.
IT IS A MATTER FOR ALL OF US.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WHAT YOU
NEED ACCESS TO AS IT'S A RIGHT
TO BASIC BODILY AUTONOMY AND
RESTRICTING IT IS UNTHINKABLE.
WHILE IT IS STILL LEGAL HERE IN
WASHINGTON, WE NEED TO BE ABLE
TO STAND UP FOR THE PRINCIPLES
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS WHOLE
TIME AND SUPPORT HOW THE REPEAL
EFFORTS HAVE BEEN THROWN DOWN
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE
ABORTION SANCTUARY LEGISLATION
AND CONTINUE PROTECTING BODILY
AUTONOMY HERE IN WASHINGTON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES.
>> I NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH
JAMES.
>> I NAME IS SARAH JAMES.
I SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION.
WE NEED STRONG PROTECTION THIS
LEGISLATION OFFERS WITHOUT
WATERING DOWN THE WORDING.
SEATTLE SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE
OF HOW TO ENSURE THE
PROTECTION.
I URGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE
YES ON THIS LEGISLATION THAT IS
SUPPORTED BY OVER 6000
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND HAS GROWING UNION SUPPORT.
A SIMILAR APPROACH TO THE 2003
MARIJUANA BILL.
IF WE CAN DO IT FOR POT WE CAN
DO IT FOR BODILY AUTONOMY.
I ALSO URGE YOU TO MAINTAIN
HAZARD PAY.
WE CANNOT ABANDON FRONT-LINE
WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS ALLISON
BROWN.
>> IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ALLISON
IS ON THE LINE.
WE WILL GO ON TO ZACHARY.
GO AHEAD, ZACHARY.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE READY TO
SPEAK, ZACHARY.
YOU ARE NOT MUTED.
>> HELLO, I AM CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF THE ABORTION
SANCTUARY STATUS. I AM SCARED
YOU WILL PUT FORTH WATERED-DOWN
LEGISLATION.
WE CAN'T HAVE A WHOLE LABEL OF
ABORTION SANCTUARY AND LEAVE
THEM WITHOUT PROTECTION FROM
EXECUTION.
I CAN'T IMAGINE TAKING REFUGE
HERE AND THEN REALIZING THAT
THE CITY IS SIMPLY POLITELY
REQUESTING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
NOT ACT ON ABORTION -RELATED
WARRANTS RATHER THAN ARREST BY
LOT.
RESIST THE URGE TO WATER THIS
DOWN.
WE CAN'T TOLERATE MORE
MEANINGLESS DEMOCRATIC LEADERS.
I THINK AMAZON SHOULD HAVE
FUNDING CARE WITH THE EXCESS
WEALTH THE VARSITY.
IN ADDITION I WANTED TO VOICE
MY OPPOSITION TO ENDING HAZARD
PAY FOR GROCERY WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JORDAN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I SPEAK AS A HEALTHCARE
PRACTITIONER.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON
COUNCIL BILL 120375 WITHOUT
AMENDMENT MAKING SEATTLE AND
ABORTION RIGHTS SANCTUARY.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL
WOULD NOT MERELY REQUEST BUT
WOULD MANDATE THAT SEATTLE
POLICE NOT ENFORCE WARRANTS
RELATED TO ABORTION . FOR THIS
COUNCIL TO PROFESS WORDS OF
SUPPORT FOR ABORTION RIGHTS
WITHOUT ACTUALLY CODIFYING
THESE RIGHTS INTO LAW, LEAVING
LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOW FOR THE
WHIMS OF POLICE OR THE CITY
ATTORNEYS WOULD BE BETRAYING
THE TRUST OF THE MAJORITY OF
YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
ABORTION IS A COMPLEX PERSONAL
DECISION AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
THAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED
REGARDLESS OF THE RECENT
ETHICALLY COMPROMISED DECISION
BY THE SUPREME COURT.
ALSO PLEASE VOTE NO ON ENDING
HAZARD PAY FOR GROCERY WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTIN.
>> I AM THE EXECUTIVE
COORDINATOR OF PROGRESSIVE
ANTIABORTION UPRISING AND I AM
SPEAKING AGAINST THE ABORTION
SANCTUARY CITY LEGISLATION IS A
FEMINIST ATHEIST.
I URGE EVERYONE TO VOTE NO ON
THIS GENOCIDAL PATRIARCHAL
BILL.
ALL IT TAKES TO UNDERSTAND THAT
ABORTION IS A MASS KILLING OF
DEFENSELESS HUMAN BEINGS IS
TEXTBOOKS.
YOU CAN FIND THIS EASILY ONLINE
OR A LOCAL LIBRARY OR
BOOKSTORE.
NOT ONLY DO THE SCIENTISTS IN
THIS FIELD ESTATE WE HAVE
FERTILIZATION -- THE FIRST
ORDINANCE TO APPEAR AT 2.5
WEEKS AFTER FERTILIZATION
HEARTS START BIDDING AT THREE
WEEKS, THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE
AND CEREBELLUM ARE THERE AND
RAPID GROWTH BY 4.5 WEEKS.
MOVEMENTS START BY 5.5 WEEKS.
BRAIN WAVES ARE DETECTABLE --
AND SO FORTH.
ABORTION KILLS CHILDREN.
IT IS GENOCIDE AND ANTI-LEFT-
WING AND PATRIARCHAL.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS JOE
WELLCRAFT.
>> HELLO, HELLO, I AM ON THE
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON
CAMP.
WE SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S ABORTION RIGHTS
CENTURY CITY.
THESE ARE BASING CATHOLIC AND
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE WHICH GOES
AGAINST THE FIRST AMENDMENT
WHICH STATES NO LAW
ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION SHALL
BE CREATED.
WE WANT AND NEED TO SHOW OUR
STATE AND NATION THAT WE
SUPPORT HEALTHCARE FOR
EVERYONE.
AND THIS IS HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
SEVERAL MEDICAL UNIONS AND
OTHERS HAVE ENDORSED THIS AND
IN ANY OTHER CLIMATE THIS
WOULD'VE BEEN AN EASY VOTE FOR
ALL OF YOU.
THIS IS NOT THE YEAR 1845.
THIS IS 2022 AND WE NEED TO GET
BACK INTO IT.
VOTE YES WITHOUT AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER.
PRESTON.
>>
>> MY NAME IS PRESTON, RANK-AND-
FILE MEMBER OF THE WORKERS
UNION.
A NEW MEMBER OF THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING COUNTY LABOR
COUNCIL.
AND ONCE AGAIN COMING TO YOU TO
TALK ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCIES.
THE FIRST ONE, THE ONGOING
COVID PANDEMIC.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO
REMIND PEOPLE THIS IS GOING ON.
AND SECONDLY, THE RESTRICTION
OF ABORTION RIGHTS HERE IN THE
U.S. AS AN ORGANIZER IN THE
LABOR MOVEMENT I KNOW VERY WELL
DEMOCRATS ON THE COUNCIL KNOW
THAT THE BURDEN OF THESE TWO
HEALTH CRISES FALLS
PROPORTIONALLY ON WORKING
PEOPLE.
SO, THE VERY LEAST THAT THESE
COUNCIL DEMOCRATS CAN DO TO
SUPPORT WORKING PEOPLE IS TO
LEAVE HAZARD PAY IN PLACE BY
VOTING NO ON THAT BILL AND
VOTING YES ON COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S SANCTUARY CITY
LEGISLATION FOR ABORTION
RIGHTS.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA.
>> MY NAME IS BARBARA.
I'M A DELEGATE TO THE MLK LABOR
COUNCIL 3197 AND HEALTHCARE
WORKERS UNION COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION.
LISTEN TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
CRIMINALIZATION OF PREGNANT
PEOPLE OR DOCTORS AND PROVIDERS
ANYONE WHO AIDS IN THE BEDS AND
ABORTION IS COMING TO OUR STATE
TO ESCAPE PROSECUTION AND JAIL
TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION WILL STOP SPD FROM
PROCESSING ARREST WARRANTS
RELATED TO ABORTION FOR
PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS.
ANY CHANGE OF LANGUAGE IN THE
BILL TO REQUIRE SPD DOING THAT
IS UNACCEPTABLE.
ALSO VOTE NO ON ENDING HAZARD
PAY FOR SEATTLE GROCERY
WORKERS.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO AND
HAZARD PAY FOR GROCERY STORE
WORKERS.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS EMILY.
>> I AM EMILY, I URGE THE
COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AND
ABORTION RIGHTS SANCTUARY.
IT SHOULD NOT BE WATERED-DOWN.
DEFEND ABORTION RIGHTS.
FURTHERMORE I URGE THE COUNCIL
TO VOTE NO ON LEGISLATION TO
END HAZARD PAY FOR FRONT-LINE
WORKERS.
AS A FORMER FRONT-LINE WORKER
MYSELF AM APPALLED THAT
PROGRESSIVES WOULD EVEN
CONSIDER SUCH A THING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAUREN.
>>
>> MY NAME IS LAUREN, A FORMER
MEMBER OF THE 4121 I GRADUATED
RECENTLY.
THE EIGHT DEMOCRATS AND THE
COUNCIL MOST VOTE YES ON THE
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY
LEGISLATION AS IS WITHOUT
DELAY.
THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE
INSUFFICIENT TO COUNTER A
VIOLENT ATTACK ON BODILY
AUTONOMY CARRIED OUT BY THE
SUPREME COURT AND RIGHT-WING
LEGISLATION.
THESE ORDERS DON'T CODIFY
PROTECTION FROM ANTIABORTION
LEGISLATION AND CAN BE EASILY
UNDONE.
THIS FAILURE OF OUR CITIES AND
ACROSS IF THEY VOTE NO TO
PROTECT OUR RIGHTS WILL
PARALLEL THE FAILURES DEMOCRATS
IN NATIONAL OFFICE WHO PALED
LEAVING THE LAWN CODIFY FOR
DECADES.
IF THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE, A
REAL LAW, NOT JUST EMPTY WORDS
OF SUPPORT.
VOTE YES ON LEGISLATION WITHOUT
AMENDMENT.
FAILED TO SUPPORT VOTING NO ON
ENDING HAZARD PAY FOR GROCERY
WORKERS.
THESE PEOPLE KEEP ALL OF US FED
AND DESERVE PAY FOR WORKING IN
THOSE CONDITIONS..
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LYDIA
DUNCAN.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS LYDIA AND I AM
CALLING IN RESPONSE TO THE
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY
LEGISLATION PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
I AM WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN FAVOR OF
THIS LEGISLATION.
I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY LIKELY
THAT ARE LESS FORWARD THINKING
NEIGHBORS TO THE IMMEDIATE EAST
WILL PUT IN MORE AND MORE
DRACONIC LEGISLATION AND WE
SHOULD BE AS PREPARED AS WE CAN
BE FOR THE SORTS OF ATTACKS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO AS MUCH
AS WE CAN TO LOOK AFTER PEOPLE
AND TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABLE
TO HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE
ABORTIONS WHEN THEY FEEL THAT
THEY NEEDED.
IT'S VERY OBVIOUSLY UNHELPFUL
TO TRY AND MAKE A DECISION FOR
SOMEBODY ON THEIR BODY WITHOUT
FULLY KNOWING THEIR SITUATION.
WE SHOULD BE WORKING TO PROTECT
THIS RIGHT.
ALSO PLEASE MAINTAIN HAZARD PAY
FOR GROCERY WORKERS.
THEY WORK SO HARD FOR US.
THANK YOU.
GOODBYE.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROSE.
>> HI, MY NAME IS ROSE.
I AM CALLING INTO DEMAND
SUPPORT FOR COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION SINCE THE
OVERTURN OF ROE VERSUS WADE
ABORTION RIGHTS ACROSS THE U.S.
HAVE BEEN DRASTICALLY STRIPPED.
THIS IS AN OFFENSE ON BASIC
PRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT
AND PROTEST THE OVERTURN.
THIS LEGISLATION IS SOMETHING
WE CAN DO TO REACT.
THEIR PLACES RIGHT NOW WHERE IT
IS ILLEGAL TO GO TO ANOTHER
CITY TO GET AN IMPORTANT
MEDICAL PROCEDURE DONE.
THE NUMBER WILL ONLY GO UP.
THIS IS PROTECTIONS FOR BOTH
THE DOCTOR AND PATIENT AND IT'S
FULL UNAMENDED FORM IS WHAT IS
NEEDED. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL.
ALSO, WE CANNOT AND HAZARD PAY
FOR FRONT-LINE WORKERS.
THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER.
EMPLOYEES ARE STILL GETTING SICK
AND THERE IS A SUB VARIANT.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
ALEXANDRIA.
ALEXANDRIA, YOU MAY NEED TO
PRESS STAR SIX ONCE MORE.
>> I AM ALEXANDRIA, FAMILY
THERAPIST.
I SPEAK AS A MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL WHEN I URGE ALL
DEMOCRATS ON THE CITY COUNCIL
TO VOTE YESTERDAY ON
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AND
ABORTION RIGHTS SANCTUARY CITY.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAY
ABORTION IS LEGAL HERE IN
SEATTLE.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAY
ABORTION IS AVAILABLE FOR WOMEN
OR PREGNANT PEOPLE WHO CAN
AFFORD TO FLY HERE.
WE MUST DO EVERYTHING IN OUR
POWER TO MAKE SEATTLE A
SANCTUARY FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE
COUNTRY FACING ANTIABORTION
LAWS.
ARE LEGISLATION WILL DO JUST
THAT.
WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AND
ABORTION RIGHTS SANCTUARY.
ABORTION HAS A SEVERE IMPACT ON
PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH AND
PROVIDING A SANCTUARY CAN
MITIGATE THE HAZARD AND EFFECTS
OF THAT RESPONSE.
ALSO PLEASE CONTINUE TO PAY OUR
WORKERS HAZARD PAY.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAM
YOUNG.
>> SAM, YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS
STAR SIX.
>> MY NAME IS SAM YOUNG AND I'M
URGING THE COUNCIL TO VOTE YES
ON MAKING SEATTLE AND ABORTION
CENTURY CITY.
THIS PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF
THOSE LIVING IN WASHINGTON BUT
THOSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY
PROTECTING THE BODILY AUTONOMY
OF THOSE SEEKING TO GET AN
ABORTION AND PROTECTING CLINICS
FROM PROSECUTION.
ADDITIONALLY KEEPING ABORTIONS
WE WOULD PREVENT ECONOMIC
STATUS FROM HINDERING HUMAN
RIGHTS GIVING ACCESS TO
EVERYONE NO MATTER THEIR INCOME
OR STATUS.
ADDITIONALLY COVID IS STILL AN
ISSUE IN SEATTLE AND ENDING ARE
HAZARD PAY IS NOT FAIR TO HER
WORKERS PUTTING THEIR LIVES IN
MENTAL HEALTH AT RISK TO KEEP
THE CITY RUNNING AND WE NEED TO
HELP THEM OUT AS BEST WE CAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS JONATHAN.
>> MY NAME IS JONATHAN.
I'M SPEAKING ON HAZARD PAY.
SINCE THE LAST TIME THE VOTE
WAS MADE TO DECIDE, -- SENDING
ME AN ALERT EVERY TIME A
COWORKER TEST POSITIVE OF
COVID.
ON MAY 8 RECEIVED ONE SUCH
NOTIFICATION.
ON MAY 11, MAY 19, MAY 23, MAY
24, MAY 29, I RECEIVED
NOTIFICATION THAT A COWORKER
HAD COVID.
JUNE 1, JUNE 13, JUNE 14, JUNE
15, JUNE 16, JUNE 16 AGAIN,
JUNE 17, JUNE 18, JUNE 19, JUNE
19 THIRD TIME I RECEIVED ONE
SUCH NOTIFICATION.
JUNE 20, JUNE 20, JUNE 26, JUNE
28.
JULY 1, JULY 4, JULY 7, JULY 7,
14th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th,
20th, --
>> JUST UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF OUR ALLOTTED
TIME WITH 30 SPEAKERS LEFT.
I'M GOING TO EXTEND -- LET ME
GET THE PROPER SCRIPT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE
EXTENDED BY 32 MINUTES TO 3:00.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
COMMENT PERIOD IS EXTENDED TO
3:00.
32 MINUTES.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEVIN.
>> MY NAME IS KEVIN.
I'M AN EDUCATOR. AM CALLING TO
URGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE YES
FOR THE ABORTION RIGHTS CITY
LEGISLATION AS WRITTEN WITHOUT
DELAY.
KEEP THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE
LANGUAGE.
THIS IS THE STRONGEST FOR
MANDATING PROTECTION AND NOT
REQUESTING IT.
IT HAS OVER 6000 SIGNATURES
INDICATING STRONG SUPPORT.
WE ALSO NEED TO EXPAND TO FUND
HOUSING FOR THOSE FLEEING THAT
DEMOCRATS MOST VOTE NO ON
CUTTING HAZARD PAY.
THE PANDEMIC SHOWS NO SIGNS OF
ABATING.
UNTOLD VARIANTS TO COME.
AS THE FRONT-LINE WORKERS WHO
HAVE COMMENTED HERE, GETTING
COVID AT WORK IS NOT AND IF BUT
A WIN.
HAZARD PAY IS HAZARD PAY, IT
SHOULD NOT BE IN LIEU OF BUT ON
TOP OF ONE.
ARE YOU GOING TO STAND WITH
FRONT-LINE GROCERY WORKERS OR
YOU GOING TO HEED THE PRICE
GOUGING BOSSES?
VOTE YES TO ABORTION SANCTUARY
CITY LEGISLATION.
NOT WATER DOWN.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICK.
>> HONORABLE MEMBERS OF SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL NAME IS PATRICK.
I'M A RETIRED MEMBER OF LOCAL
30.
ORGANIZED WORKER SOLIDARITY
WHICH IS ENDORSED THE NATIONAL
MOBILIZATION EFFECTIVE RIGHTS.
THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS
RECOMMENDING THAT THE
MEMBERSHIP ENDORSE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE A
SANCTUARY CITY FOR ABORTION
RIGHTS.
SEATTLE POLICE SHOULD
ABSOLUTELY NOT, IN NO UNCERTAIN
TERMS BE ALLOWED BY THIS CITY
COUNCIL TO ARREST ANYONE WHO
HAS AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT IN
REGARDS TO THEIR RIGHT TO AN
ABORTION OR ANYONE WHO WOULD
ASSIST THEM IN GETTING AN
ABORTION.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT IF
CITY COUNCIL FAILS TO LAY DOWN
THIS LAW WITH SEATTLE POLICE,
INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL BE
UNNECESSARILY SUBJECTED TO CRUEL
-- PASS THIS LEGISLATION
UNANIMOUSLY.
VOTE NO ON HAZARD PAY FOR
GROCERY WORKERS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EMILY.
>> MY NAME IS EMILY.
I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT YES ON
THE SANCTUARY CITY LEGISLATION.
IN THE CONTEXT OF AND BOLDEN
ATTACKS WE NEED TO TURN THE
TIDE AND SHOW A FIGHTING SPIRIT
OF WHAT A PROACTIVE FIGHTING
DEFENSE LOOKS LIKE.
I HOPE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SO
MEMBERS UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH
SUPPORT THERE IS FOR THIS
LEGISLATION AND THE HUNGER
AMONG TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE FOR A CONCRETE RESPONSE
TO THE SUPREME COURT DECISION.
THE ABORTION SANCTUARY BILL
USES A SIMILAR APPROACH TO WHAT
SEATTLE VOTERS USED IN AN
INITIATIVE IN 2003.
WE USED THIS TO ESCALATE THE
WAR ON DRUGS AND NOW WE CAN
FIGHT SEXIST AND RACIST AGAINST
ABORTION.
IS ALSO STUNNING THAT DEMOCRAT
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE YET AGAIN,
THE THIRD TIME, PUT FORWARD A
BILL TO END HAZARD PAY FOR
GROCERY WORKERS WHO CONTINUE TO
TAKE A GREAT RISK TO PROVIDE
FOR OUR COMMUNITY EVEN AS THE
VARIANTS -- NO HANDWRINGING
CONTRACT WILL TAKE AWAY OR MAKE
A JUSTIFIABLE.
TRADER JOE'S AND OTHER NON-
UNIONIZED STORES KNOW THIS --
>> THANK YOU.
AN AXE SPEAKER. OUR NEXT
SPEAKER.
>> HELLO, I AM WITH SOCIAL
ALTERNATIVES.
I ENCOURAGE ALL DEMOCRATS ON
THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE YES
TODAY ON COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE AND ABORTION RIGHTS
CENTURY CITY.
WITH NO WATERING DOWN OR DELAY.
IT IS IMPERATIVE TO MAKE THIS
ACCEPTABLE TO ALL PEOPLE WHO
NEEDED AND AT THE SAME TIME
MAKING IT FREE IN ORDER TO
SUPPORT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN STATES
WHERE RESPECTIVE RIGHTS HAVE
BEEN STRIPPED AWAY.
WENEED TO MAINTAIN BODY
AUTONOMY FOR ALL.
SECONDLY I URGE THE CITY
COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN HAZARD PAY
FOR GROCERY WORKERS WHO
CONTINUE TO TAKE GREAT RISKS TO
PROVIDE FOOD TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
>> HELLO.
I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
MAKING SEATTLE AND ABORTION
RIGHTS -- I AM A MEMBER OF --
ORGANIZING EFFORT OF HOMELESS
AND FORMERLY HOMELESS WOMEN.
DIGNITY, TOMMY AND GENDER
EQUITY OF FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES.
MAKING ABORTION ILLEGAL ACROSS
THESE PRINCIPLES HAS SAVED THE
LIVES.
SEATTLE CANNOT CHANGE THE LAWS
OF OTHER STATES.
BUT WE CAN REFUSE TO ENFORCE
THEM HERE.
PASS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION WITHOUT COMPROMISE.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN
TAYLOR.
>> KAREN, YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS
STAR SIX.
>> MY NAME IS KAREN.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
CONTINUING THE HAZARD PAID FOR
GROCERY WORKERS.
I HAVE CHRONIC PAIN AND SO I
CAN STAY AT HOME AND HAVE AN
INSTACART SHOPPER DO MY GROCERY
SHOPPING AND THEN I AM NOT AT
RISK.
BUT THE GROCERY WORKERS AND
INSTACART WORKERS ARE AT RISK.
I REALLY, REALLY THINK YOU
SHOULD CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM
HAZARD PAY, IT'S JUST
PREPOSTEROUS WE WOULD ACT LIKE
THE HAZARD IS OVER.
I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO
AVOID IT.
BUT THOSE INCREDIBLE WORKING-
CLASS FOLKS CAN'T.
PLEASE DON'T END HAZARD PAY
WHATSOEVER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANITA.
>> HI.
I AM ANITA.
WEST SEATTLE.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
ABORTION RIGHTS CENTURY CITY
BILL.
I AM HORRIFIED AT THE
OPPRESSIVE LEGISLATION BEING
DRAFTED ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
DESPITE MINIMAL PUBLIC SUPPORT.
MY FAVORITE PART OF SEATTLE IS
OUR LONG-STANDING CULTURAL AND
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP.
NOW IS THE TIME TO SHOW THAT
THE CITY CAN IN FACT TREAT
PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT
WITH REGARD TO THEIR HEALTH.
THIS GOES A LONG WAY TO START
THIS.
LET'S AGAIN LEAD BY EXAMPLE
WITHOUT AMENDING OR DILUTING.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER.
>> I AM THE COMMUNICATIONS
CHAIR FOR ALPHABET WORKERS
UNION, COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF
AMERICA, LOCAL 1400 AND DELEGATE
TO THE LABOR COUNCIL.
AND CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
MAKING SEATTLE A SANCTUARY CITY
FOR ABORTION RIGHTS.
THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VERSUS
WADE IS ALREADY HAVING A
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PEOPLE WHO
CAN BECOME PREGNANT.
WERE ABORTION RIGHTS AND BODILY
AUTONOMY HAVE BEEN STRIPPED
AWAY.
WE HAVE SEEN HOW OTHER STATES
HAVE STARTED PROSECUTING PEOPLE
WHO HELP PEOPLE LEAVE THE STATE
TO SEEK ABORTION HEALTHCARE.
WE NEED TO ENSURE ABORTION
RIGHTS ARE POSSIBLE FOR
EVERYONE INCLUDING THOSE WHO
COME TO SEATTLE SEEKING MEDICAL
TREATMENT.
ABORTION RIGHTS NEED TO BE
CODIFIED INTO LAW BEFORE THE
SUPREME COURT FURTHER ERODES
OUR RIGHTS.
PLEASE MAKE SEATTLE AND
ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY BEFORE
MORE PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE
ABORTION RIGHTS ARE WORKERS
RIGHTS.
AND DON'T END HAZARD PAY FOR
GROCERY WORKERS DURING THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARL.
>> MY NAME IS CARL AND I'M HERE
TO A CITY COUNCIL TO STAND WITH
WORKERS AND AGAINST RIGHT WINGS
A TAX.
VOTE YES.
TO THE LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SEATTLE AND ABORTION RIGHTS
SANCTUARY CITY.
WITHOUT DELAY OR COMPROMISE.
IN THE FACE OF THESE ATTACKS
AND THE DANGEROUS SURGE OF COVID
THE COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING WITH
OR NOT TO END HAZARD PAY FOR
GROCERY WORKERS.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
WILL BE VOTING NO.
HOW WILL THE REST VOTE?
WILL THEY STAND WITH WORKERS OR
WILL THEY SIGN WITH BOSSES
WHO'VE PROFITED DURING THE
PANDEMIC?
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
>> I'M A MEMBER OF ALPHABET
WORKERS UNION.
I AM CALLING TO URGE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO VOTE YES ON
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL TO
MAKE SEATTLE AND ABORTION
RIGHTS SANCTUARY CITY.
I AM FROM TEXAS AND MANY
COWORKERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
STILL LIVE THERE AND I CAN
SAFELY SAY THAT I KNOW THE FEAR
THAT PEOPLE ARE FACING RIGHT
NOW AS CITIES IN TEXAS OR
BANNING ABORTION ONE BY ONE.
CITIES IN OTHER STATES PASSING
LAWS LIKE THIS, IT GIVES HOPE
TO PEOPLE LIVING IN STATES LIKE
TEXAS.
AUSTIN, TEXAS PAST THE POLICY
RECOMMENDATION TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO DE-PRIORITIZE
ABORTION CASES.
THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING STRONGER
BECAUSE THEY ARE IN TEXAS AND
THEREFORE HAVE TO FOLLOW STATE
LAWS.
BUT SEATTLE CAN AND THEREFORE
SHOULD THING IT CAN TO PROTECT
ABORTION.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SEAN.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS SEAN.
MA USC W 3000 MEMBER AT THE PCC
CENTRAL COMMUNITY MARKET IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
I'M CALLING CURRENTLY ON MY
SHIFT.
I'M STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S MOVE TO
STRENGTHEN THE ABORTION
SANCTUARY CITY MEASURE.
SECONDLY I STRONGLY URGE THE
CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAINST
RESCINDING HAZARD PAY.
PUTTING ASIDE ALL OF THE ISSUES
REGARDING THE CONTINUING COVID
CRISIS, THERE ARE COWORKERS OF
MINE, HERE AT THE STORE TODAY,
WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE
TO WORK IF THEY LOSE FOUR
DOLLARS PER HOUR.
DO NOT THINK THE COUNCIL OF
PEOPLE LISTENING WHO ARE
OPPOSED TO THIS UNDERSTAND THE
SEVERITY OF THE CRISIS THEY
FACE.
IT WILL BE NO ONE TO PACK YOUR
POTATO SALAD.
NO ONE TO STOCK YOU PRODUCE.
PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET
TO WORK.
LET ALONE WANT TO COME TO WORK.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CRAIG.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS CRAIG.
I WORK AT A GROCERY STORE IN
THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT OF
SEATTLE.
ONE THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
HIS REGARDS TO THE HAZARD PAY
PROPOSED CUT.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT
WHENEVER I AM LABELING ITEMS
ARE CHECKING OUT CUSTOMERS, I
CAN TELL OVER THE LAST YEAR SO
THAT THE PRICES ARE CONSTANTLY
INCREASING.
AND GIVEN THAT IT MAKES NO
SENSE TO CUT THE WAGES OF
WORKERS WHEN OUR MONEY IS WORTH
LESS THAN EVER BECAUSE THE
CORPORATIONS WHO DEPEND ON US
GROCERY WORKERS CAN AFFORD TO
PAY EXTRA BUT WORKERS CANNOT
AFFORD CUT WAGES AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> AT NEXT SPEAKER IS TRENT.
TRENT, -- YOU'VE GOT IT.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS TRENT.
I'M A GROCERY WORKER IN USC W
3000 MEMBER IN WEST SEATTLE.
I'M JUST CALLING IN TO PLEASE
ASKED THE COUNCIL TO NOT END
HAZARD PAY.
WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES WE
ARE LOSING WORKERS EVERY DAY,
EITHER THEY ARE GETTING SICK
WITH COVID, HURT OR QUITTING
BECAUSE WE DON'T GET PAID VERY
MUCH AS IT IS.
LOSING HAZARD PAY WOULD LEAD TO
US LOSING EVEN MORE WORKERS AND
WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO PUT FOOD
ON THE SHELF IN A WAY THAT THE
FOOD WILL BE BOTH FRESH AND
SAFE.
BECAUSE, WE ARE BASICALLY
HANGING A THREAD.
AND THAT THREAD CALLED HAZARD
PAY IF CUT, IT'S GOING TO BE
VERY DEVASTATING FOR THE
GROCERY WORKERS IN THE CITY.
ALSO I WANT TO CALL IN SUPPORT
FOR COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
BILL ON MAKING SEATTLE
SANCTUARY CITY FOR ABORTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL.
>> MY NAME IS DANIEL.
I AM CALLING IN FAVOR OF THE
SANCTUARY CITY LEGISLATION.
I BELIEVE OUR COUNTRY --.
I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO SEE
MY GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS TO
FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN
SEEKING ABORTION.
THE LEGISLATION IS THE
STRONGEST LEGAL ACTION THE CITY
CAN TAKE. I CALL UPON THE CITY
COUNCIL TO PASS IT QUICKLY
WITHOUT HESITATION.
I ALSO CALL UPON THE CITY TO
KEEP HAZARD PAY FOR GROCERY
WORKERS AS THE PANDEMIC
CONTINUES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JORDAN
ATWOOD.
>> I AM JORDAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU TO PASS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION ENTERING ACCESS TO
ABORTION IN SEATTLE.
THERE IS A NATIONWIDE ATTACK
ON THIS SERVICE AND IT IS
IMPORTANT MORE THAN EVER TO
ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF
PREGNANT PEOPLE FROM SEATTLE
AND THOSE WHO COME HERE.
IN ADDITION COVID CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE RISING
WITH THE LATEST VARIANT, IT'S
IMPORTANT WE COMPENSATE WORKERS
FOR PUTTING THEIR HEALTH AT
RISK.
I ASK YOU VOTE NO ON COUNCIL
BILL THAT WOULD END HAZARD PAY
FOR GROCERY WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACOB.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS JACOB, AND ORGANIZING
-- I'M CALLING IN FOR FULL
SUPPORT WITH COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S ABORTION SANCTUARY
LEGISLATION AS WELL AS TO
DEMAND CITY COUNCIL DROP ITS
SECRETIVE ATTEND ATTEMPT TO
END HAZARD PAY AT THE HEIGHT OF
A COVERT SURGE.
THE REPEAL OF ROE VERSUS WADE
IS HAVING AN EFFECT ON WORKING
POOR PEOPLE CROSSING STATE
LINES TO RECEIVE THE HEALTHCARE
THEY NEED.
IDAHO HAS AN ABORTION BAN THAT
WILL SHORTLY GO INTO EFFECT IN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS MADE
IT CLEAR THERE WILL BE NO
EXCEPTIONS.
THE URGENCY OF THIS, YOU NEED
TO RAPIDLY MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE,
LEGAL AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL IN
SEATTLE.
IT IS ALSO UNCONSCIONABLE AT
THIS TIME THAT CITY COUNCIL
WOULD EVEN CONSIDER TAKING
LEGISLATION TO STRIP AWAY
HAZARD PAY FOR GROCERY WORKERS.
YOU CANNOT BE PER WORKER OR
PROUNION WHILE UNDERMINING
PROVIDING FOR PEOPLE TO SURVIVE
IN THE CITY.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALISA.
>> I AM CALLING TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S BILL WITHOUT ANY
AMENDMENTS.
IT IS YOUR MORAL OBLIGATION TO
ENSURE THAT ABORTION ACCESS AND
PROTECTIONS. IT IS THE VERY
LEAST YOU CAN DO TO VOTE YES.
DO YOUR PART TO SUPPORT THE
LEGISLATION.
MOREOVER I AM ADVOCATING YOU
NOT REMOVE HAZARD PAY FOR FRONT-
LINE WORKERS.
THERE IS NO RATIONALE TO END
HAZARD PAY THAT IS ETHICAL OR
VEN LOGICAL.
VOTE NO UNENDING HAZARD PAY FOR
GROCERY WORKERS AND VOTE YES ON
SANCTUARY.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN.
>> MEGAN, YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS
STAR SIX.
WE WILL COME BACK TO MEGAN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HOPE.
>> WE JUST LOST YOU, HOPE.
WE MAY COME BACK TO HOPE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
>> I AM MOLLY, I AM CALLING
FROM DAYTON, OHIO REGARDING THE
NEED FOR CODIFIED SANCTUARY
CITY.
OVER 10 YEARS AGO I HAD AN
ABORTION AT 6.5 WEEKS AND I'VE
NEVER HAD A SINGLE REGRET ABOUT
IT.
I SAID AS MUCH WHEN I TESTIFIED
A FEW YEARS AGO IN PERSON
AGAINST THE HEARTBEAT BILL
WHICH IS NOW THE LEGAL SIX WEEK
BAN IN OHIO.
THE 10-YEAR-OLD VICTIM FORCED
TO TRAVEL TO INDIANA TO RECEIVE
TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE MEDICAL
CARE, THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO
LIFE COMMITTEE CURRENT ABORTION
BAN PROPOSAL TO THE STATE
LEGISLATURE INCLUDES LANGUAGE
THAT SEEKS TO CRIMINALLY
PENALIZE ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
THAT ABORTION.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE 10-YEAR-
OLD ADULT DRIVER.
IN THE BLM MOVEMENT EVERY MEDIC
FRIEND WAS TARGETED BY POLICE I
FAIL TO SEE HOW ANYTHING SHORT
OF LEGAL SANCTUARY AS IT IS
WRITTEN WITHOUT AMENDMENT CURB
POLICE ENTHUSIASM FOR ENFORCING
INTERSTATE LAWS.
THOSE OF US BEHIND THE IRON
CURTAIN NEED YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I SEE MEGAN IS PRESENT.
WE WILL TRY MEGAN AGAIN.
YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS STAR SIX.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
MALIKA.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX.
>> HELLO?
HELLO?
>> HELLO.
>> I WORK FOR AMAZON FRESH.
IN SEATTLE.
I SAY VOTE NO TO ENDING HAZARD
PAY FOR GROCERY EMPLOYEES.
AND VOTE YES TO MAKE SEATTLE AN
ABORTION RIGHTS SANCTUARY.
I SPEAK FOR AMAZON FRESH
GROCERY STORE IN SEATTLE. I SAY
NO TO ENDING HAZARD PAY. WE
CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVE MESSAGES
FROM THE APP WHICH IS THE
AMAZON EMPLOYEE APPLICATION, TO
GET NOTIFICATION, WE HAVE A NEW
COVID-19 EXPOSURE AND COVID-19
EXPOSURE.
MY WORKPLACE IS --
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAYLOR.
TAYLOR, YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS
STAR SIX.
>> NOW CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> S.
>> MY NAME IS TAYLOR I AM AN
ELECTRICIAN AND A SINGLE MOM
FOR MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE.
AM CALLING TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S ABORTION
SANCTUARY CITY LEGISLATION AND
I'M NOT CONCERNED IF IT WILL
BE PROCEDURALLY COMPLICATED TO
IMPLEMENT IT NEEDS TO PASS IN
FULL.
TODAY SEATTLE CAN BEGIN TO GO
BEYOND WHAT ANY OTHER CITY HAS
DONE AND STAND IN DEFIANCE OF
AN ILLEGITIMATE SUPREME COURT.
WE CAN PROTECT WOMEN AND TRANS
PEOPLE NOT ONLY FROM UNWANTED
PREGNANCY BUT FROM BEING
REPORTED FOR HAVING OR
PROVIDING AN ABORTION OR EVEN
MISCARRYING.
FOR BEING TRAPPED IN MARRIAGE
WITH AN ABUSIVE PARTNER.
THAT THEY CAN'T LEGALLY EXIT
WILL PREGNANT.
LOOKING AT MISSOURI.
AND FOR LITERALLY BEING
HANDCUFFED IN JAIL BY POLICE.
OR SEATTLE CAN WASTE TIME.
BUT UNDERSTAND EVEN IF AN
ACTION IS PASSED DOWN IT WILL
KILL PEOPLE.
EVEN WITH HAZARD PAY IT'S NOT
ENOUGH.
FORCING WORKERS IN CRISIS TO
STOP THE GAP WITH SHOW AN
EGREGIOUS LACK OF IMAGINATION.
OF COURSE KEEP HAZARD PAY.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARGO
STEWART.
>> I'M A RENTER AND I AM TAKING
TIME TO CALL IN FROM WORK TO
DEMAND CITY COUNCIL VOTE YES ON
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO MAKE
SEATTLE SANCTUARY CITY.
IN SOLIDARITY WITH MORE THAN
6000 WHO HAVE CITED SUPPORT AND
THE GROWING SUPPORT OF UNIONS
AND OTHERS IN THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES, AS YOU CAN SEE THIS
LEGISLATION IS IMMENSELY
POPULAR AMONG WORKING PEOPLE
AND CAN SERVE AS A REAL BEACON
TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ABOUT HOW WE CAN FIGHT BACK AND
WIN VICTORIES AGAINST THESE
RIGHT-WING ATTACKS ON OUR
RIGHTS.
IN THE WAKE OF HOW EASILY OUR
FEDERAL PRODUCTION PROTECTIONS
HAVE BEEN ROLLED BACK IT'S
CRITICAL THAT WE SIGN THESE
INTO LAW.
I ALSO WANT TO DEMAND THE
COUNCIL VOTE NO ON THE BUILDING
HAS BEEN SNUCK IN TO CUT HAZARD
PAY.
NOT ONLY ARE WE IN THE MIDST OF
TWO CONCURRENT HEALTH CRISES BUT
INFLATION IN SEATTLE IS AT 10%.
IN THIS CONTEXT WORKING PEOPLE
OF THE CITY REMEMBER WHEN ALL
THESE DEMOCRATS SHAMEFULLY NOTED
THAT
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
>> THIS IS RICHIE.
'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT AND
MEMBER OF THE ALPHABET WORKERS
UNION.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT
FOR THE SANCTUARY LEGISLATION.
AND ALSO URGE EVERY COUNCIL
MEMBER TO VOTE NO UNENDING
HAZARD PAY.
I URGE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
VOTE YES ON THE ABORTION RIGHTS
SANCTUARY LEGISLATION.
AND WITHOUT WATERING IT DOWN.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE FACING A
HEINOUSRIGHT-WING ATTACK ON A
RIGHTS.
THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNTRY
DOES NOT AGREE WITH THIS
ATTACK.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD GO
BEYOND THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS
FROM OUR MAYOR AND GOVERNOR.
AS WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE
SUPREME COURT RULING, THE
IMPORTANCE OF CODIFYING THESE
INTO ACTUAL LAW.
CENTURY CITY WOULD GIVE ACTUAL
MEANINGFUL ENFORCEMENT
MECHANISM.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE VULNERABLE
TO THE WHIMS OF THE EXECUTIVES.
IF THE MAYOR OR GOVERNOR CHANGE
THAT -- WE NEED LEGAL AND FREE
AND SAFE ABORTIONS IN SEATTLE.
NOT TO PROTECT JUST THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE HERE BUT THOSE WERE
FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOME
STATES SEEKING REPRODUCTION --
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN.
>> MY NAME IS JOHN.
I AM A WORKER AT METROPOLITAN
MARKET IN SEATTLE.
I AM CALLING TO URGE YOU TO
VOTE NO ON REPEALING HAZARD PAY
. IN THE LAST WEEK WE HAVE HAD
14 NEW COVID CASES AMONGST OUR
EMPLOYEES JUST AT OUR LOCATION
ALONE.
THE HIGHEST NUMBER WE HAVE EVER
HAD A LOCATION.
THE LATEST STRAIN OF COVID IS
VERY TRANSMISSIBLE AND
RESISTANT TO CURRENT VACCINES
AND BOOSTERS.
EVIDENCED BY HOSPITALS BEING
CAPACITY.
REPEALING HAZARD PAY NOW WOULD
LEAVE US MORE SHORTHANDED THAN
WE ARE
MANY EMPLOYEES HIRED OVER THE
LAST YEAR WILL BE QUITTING FOR
MORE LUCRATIVE AND LESS
HAZARDOUS WORK.
MEANWHILE OUR COMPANY CONTINUES
TO HIRE MORE CORPORATE
EMPLOYEES.
OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
THEY HAVE SHOWN TIME AND TIME
AGAIN THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO
MAKE IT FAIR ON THEIR OWN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUDITH.
>> HELLO.
I AM JUDY.'S I SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT 120375 IN SUPPORT OF
THE ABORTION SANCTUARY CITY.
I AM FROM -- I AM AN OLD TIMER.
SO I GREW UP WHEN ABORTION WAS
NOT LEGAL.
GROUP WHEN BIRTH-CONTROL WAS
NOT LEGAL.
AND I SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO
THIS COUNTRY IS DEVASTATING AND
ILLEGAL AND APPALLING.
I THINK THAT THE LEGISLATION AS
I UNDERSTAND IT SHOULD PASS IN
FULL.
THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY
WATERING DOWN.
I NOTE ONLINE IT SAYS THERE IS
AN AMENDMENT B THAT IS NOT
AVAILABLE.
I CAN'T EVEN READ IT.
IF IT'S IN ANY WAY LIMITS WHAT
IS ALREADY BEFORE US, IT SHOULD
BE REJECTED.
I HOPE YOU VOTE ON THAT TODAY
AND DO IT SOON.
LIKE THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIE.
JULIE, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE
THERE.
IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX IT SHOULD
UNMUTE.
>> MY NAME IS JULIE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
WE ARE CALLING IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AN
ABORTION RIGHTS SANCTUARY CITY.
DO NOT DELAY, DO NOT WATER DOWN.
ON A FINAL NOTE, THE THOUGHT
THAT SPD, OUR COURT SYSTEMS
WOULD IN ANY WAY BE INVOLVED IS
SO FRIGHTENING THAT IT IS
NAUSEATING.
ALSO, DO NOT AND HAZARD PAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AUGUST.
AUGUST?
>> HELLO?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THIS IS JOSH GREEN.
A RESIDENT OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD 'S DISTRICT.
AND CALLING IN SUPPORT
>> ARE YOU STILL THERE?
JOSH, GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
ON TO WILLIAM.
>> MY NAME IS WILLIAM, I URGE
ALL DEMOCRATS CITY COUNCIL TO
VOTE FOR THE LEGISLATION TO
MAKE SEATTLE SANCTUARY CITY.
YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH SUPPORT
THERE IS FOR THE LEGISLATION.
THE BILL IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT
RESPONSE.
I WOULD BE DEVASTATED IF MY
SIGNIFICANT OTHER WAS UNABLE TO
HAVE AN ABORTION DUE TO AN IN
TOPIC PREGNANCY.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSHUA
BROWN.
>> MY NAME IS JOSH BROWN.
I AM A HOMEOWNER IN SEATTLE
DISTRICT 6. A MEMBER OF THE
ALPHABET UNION.
I'M URGING THE COUNCIL TO VOTE
IN FAVOR WITHOUT DELAY TO MAKE
SEATTLE A CENTURY CITY.
THE RESOURCES ARE ALREADY GOING
UNDER TURMOIL.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AUGUST.
>> MY NAME IS AUGUST.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S CENTURY
LEGISLATION.
I GREW UP IN SEATTLE AND AM
CURRENTLY LIVING IN MADISON,
WISCONSIN WHERE ABORTION IS NOW
ILLEGAL.
LEGISLATION IS INSPIRING REAL
ORGANIZING. WE ARE BUILDING A
MOVEMENT AND CRAFTING
LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT ABORTION
RIGHTS SANCTUARY.
DEMANDING NO COOPERATION WITH
STATE AUTHORITIES OR FUNDING
FOR ACTIONS THAT COULD LEAD
SOME TO CRIMINALIZE FOR HAVING
AN ABORTION.
AND FORMALLY DECRIMINALIZE
ABORTION TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM
ANY CIVIL SUITS.
IT IS VERY TELLING THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WAS THE
ONLY ONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL
PUTTING FORWARD MENTAL ACTION
TO TAKE CREDIT CONTROL DURING
THE BLM UPRISING.
AND AGAIN PUTTING IT FORWARD
NOW.
TE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
SIMPLY ASK THE POLICE TO DO
WHAT WE SAY IS PARTICULARLY
EGREGIOUS AND EXEMPLARY OF THE
DEMOCRATS EMPTY RHETORIC IN THE
FACE OF THIS LITTLE RIGHT-WING
ATTACKS.
THE APPROACH DEMONSTRATES HOW
WE CAN BUILD BACK ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
SOMETHING THE DEMOCRATS --
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE REACHED THE CONCLUSION
OF THE TIME ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 10 PEOPLE LEFT.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> FIVE.
>> I'M GOING TO EXTEND THIS FOR
SEVEN MINUTES TO ALLOW A LITTLE
EXTRA TIME.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE
EXTENDED TO 3:07 WITH A HARD
STOP AT THREE -- 3:07.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
MADELEINE.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3.
I'M CALLING TO URGE ALL
DEMOCRATS ON THE CITY COUNCIL
TO SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION TO
MAKE SEATTLE A SANCTUARY CITY
AS WRITTEN.
THE PUBLIC HAS GARNERED OVER
6000 SIGNATURES AND UNIONS AND
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SHOWN
SUPPORT.
WE NEED STRONG LEGAL
PROTECTION, NOT USELESS WATER
DOWN LEGISLATION FOR AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT IS EASILY
OVERTURNED.
AND GREATLY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE
ANOTHER PROPOSAL TO END HAZARD
PAY FOR GROCERY WORKERS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC ON TOP
OF THE MONKEYPOX EMERGENCY.
SIDING WITH BOSSES AND
CORPORATIONS IS SHAMEFUL AND I
HOPE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
VOTE NO TO ENDING HAZARD PAY.
>> AMELIA.
>> HELLO.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE ALPHABET
WORKERS UNION.
I AM HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT WE
SHOULD VOTE FOR THE ABORTION
RIGHTS SANCTUARY.
AND ALSO DO NOT AND HAZARD PAY
FOR GROCERY STORE WORKERS AND
THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN A RAISE.
TO YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BAILEY.
>> MY NAME IS BAILEY.
I'M ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO KEEP
HAZARD PAY FOR FRONTLINE
GROCERY WORKERS AND VOTE YES
FOR COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SEATTLE AND
ABORTION RIGHTS SANCTUARY.
COVID IS STILL SURGING
THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY.
MONKEYPOX IS RISING AND GROCERY
WORKERS ARE CONTINUED TO BE
EXPOSED TO INFECTION,
REINFECTION, ALONG COVID AND
DEATH AT WORK.
OUR COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO
HAVING ACCESS TO GROCERIES,
IT'S A COLLECTIVE STRUGGLE WITH
BODILY ECONOMY.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT
CONSTITUENTS BY KEEPING HAZARD
PAY FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS AND
VOTING YES TO MAKE SEATTLE AND
ABORTION RIGHTS SANCTUARY CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN
MONTGOMERY.
>> I AM CALLING AGAINST
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S ABORTION
CENTURY CITY BILL.
I'M DISAPPOINTED TO SEE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ALIGNED
HERSELF WITH CORPORATE
INTEREST.
AMAZON AND OTHER CORPORATIONS
ARE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO PAY FOR
ABORTIONS IF IT INCREASES THE
SUPPLY OF CHEAP LABOR.
INSTEAD SHE SHOULD BE CALLING ON
AMAZON FOR PRENATAL CARE AND
MATERNITY LEAVE FOR EMPLOYEES.
IF CORPORATIONS WANT TO
MAINTAIN AN EXPANDED NEIGHBOR
FORCE THEY SHOULD OFFER
SUBSIDIES TO PAY FOR DAYCARE.
AS A MINORITY I -- MINORITY
POPULATION.
ABORTIONS HAVE HISTORICALLY
BEEN USED AS A TOOL TO DECREASE
MINORITY POPULATIONS.
THE FOUNDER OF PLANNED
PARENTHOOD WAS EXPLICIT IN THIS
IDEA.
SHE WROTE, WE WANT TO
EXTERMINATE -- PLEASE REJECT
THE PLAN TO MAKE SEATTLE AND
ABORTION CENTURY CITY.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS DAVID.
>> THANK YOU.
DISTRICT 7. THE ONLY THING
BARBARIC AN EXTREMIST IS
KILLING OFF UNBORN BABIES
BECAUSE A WOMAN IS WORRIED
ABOUT POVERTY ISSUES.
IF CITY COUNCIL ONLY WANTS
ABORTION ON DEMAND, LYING ABOUT
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, CREATING
EIGHT GENOCIDE AND STERILITY
POLICY SOCIETY ALL DEMOCRATS
PLAY SOCIAL POLICIES TO
DISTRACT FROM THE BIG BANG
DONORS AND A FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
THERE IS NOTHING LEGITIMATE
ABOUT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS WHO REFUSED TO OFFER
CARE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN WHO
WANT TO KEEP THEIR BABIES.
INSTEAD ONLY OFFERING DEATH TO
AN UNBORN CHILD AS REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTHCARE.
YET RENTERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE
NEVER CODIFIED LAWS FROM
LANDLORD ABUSE INSTEAD AN EVIL
LAW TO ANSWER DEATH TO AN
UNBORN CHILD'S FUTURE.
-- IRRESPONSIBLE TROUBLED WOMEN
WHO NEED BETTER GUIDANCE THAN
FROM SOMEONE KILLING OFF A
LIFE.
SEPARATELY GUN VIOLENCE IS
DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO DRUG
PUSHERS EXEMPTED FROM JAIL.
THERE ARE NO COOLING STATIONS
IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
THE LIBRARY CLOSES THE SAME
HOURS OF THE HOTTEST PART OF
THE DAY.
>> THAT FINISHES UP OUR
SPEAKERS PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR
LISTED REGISTERED SPEAKERS WITH
NO FURTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS
PRESENT.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
TODAY.
MOVING ON TO ITEM E, ADOPTION
OF INTRODUCTION CALENDAR.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION IT
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS IT IS NOW
ADOPTED.
LETTER F, ADOPTION OF THE
AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION IT
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO SECTION IT IS
ADOPTED.
G ADOPTION OF CONSENT CALENDAR.
WILL NOW CONSIDER PROPOSED
CONSENT CALENDAR.
OTHER ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBERS
WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM
TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR?
SEEING NONE, I MOVED TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> EXCUSE ME, I AM SORRY.
ADD MY AYE.
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND THEN
OPPOSED.
>> CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE
ADOPTED.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE MINUTES ON MY BEHALF.
ITEM LETTER H, COMMITTEE
REPORTS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLE, THE SHORT TITLE OF ITEM
NUMBER ONE.
AND ORDINANCE RELATING TO
EMPLOYMENT IN SEATTLE AMENDING
SECTIONS OF MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ESTABLISH A NEW DATE FOR ENDING
HAZARD PAY REQUIREMENTS AND
AUTOMATICALLY REPEALING THE
ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO POSTPONE
COUNCIL BILL 120-3722 AUGUST
2. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
SEEING NO COMMENTS WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE MOTION TO PROPOSE POSTPONE
COUNCIL BILL 120372.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
SIX IN FAVOR AND THEN OPPOSED.
>> TO BE PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER TWO INTO THE RECORD.
>>AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
SEATTLE CRIMINAL CODE, ADDING A
NEW CHAPTER 12A.32 TO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE; AND
AMENDING SECTION 12A.20.060 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120375.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, AS A
SPONSOR OF THIS BILL WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SHARE OPEN AND CLOSING
REMARKS WITH OTHERS JOINING IN
BETWEEN?
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS LEGISLATION FOR MY
OFFICE TO MAKE SEATTLE A
SANCTUARY FOR WOMEN AND
PREGNANT PEOPLE AND THEIR
DOCTORS AND OTHER CARE
PROVIDERS FACING PERSECUTION
FOR SEEKING AND PERFORMING AN
ABORTION.
LAWS VIOLATING BASIC BODILY
AUTONOMY AND CRIMINALIZING
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE ARE
FUNDAMENTALLY UNJUST AND WE
SHOULD NOT ALLOW SEATTLE TO BE
COMPLICIT.
THIS BILL PROHIBITS SEATTLE
POLICE FROM ARRESTING PEOPLE
EITHER PATIENTS OR PROVIDERS
BASED ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
OR OTHERWISE AIDING IN
INVESTIGATIONS RELATED TO
ANTIABORTION LAWS AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
LET ANYONE THREATENED BY TO AND
IN ANTIABORTION LAWS COME TO
SEATTLE WITHOUT FEAR OF
PROSECUTION.
THIS WILL UNFORTUNATELY NOT MAKE
UNJUST ARREST WARRANTS GO AWAY.
THAT WILL REQUIRE BUILDING A
POWERFUL WOMEN'S RIGHT AND
LGBTQ RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO BRING
BACK THE QUALITY RIGHT.
THE LEGISLATION WILL MEAN THAT
PEOPLE WITH UNJUST ARREST
WARRANTS CAN LIVE IN SEATTLE
WITHOUT BEING EXTRADITED TO
WHATEVER STATE IS ATTEMPTING TO
PROSECUTE THEM.
THIS IS DECISIVE BECAUSE THE
POLICE FROM OTHER STATES AND
CITIES DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO
ARREST OUTSIDE OF THEIR
JURISDICTION.
IF SEATTLE POLICE, THE COUNTY
SHERIFF REFUSED TO DO THOSE
ARREST BASED ON ANTIABORTION
LAWS, THERE IS NO LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY LEFT.
IF THIS LEGISLATION PASSES IN
SEATTLE ALONE, IT WILL HAVE A
VITAL IMPACT ON PROTECTING MANY
WOMEN AND LGBTQ PEOPLE.
HOWEVER, IT CAN SPREAD TO OTHER
CITIES AND STATES AND COULD BE
TRULY PROFOUND.
IF HALF THE STATES IN THE
NATION REFUSED TO EXTRADITE
PEOPLE UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR
BREAKING ANTIABORTION LAWS, AND
THE OTHER HALF OF THE STATES
THOSE LAWS WILL BECOME
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE.
MY OFFICE IS ALREADY BEING
CONTACTED BY REPRESENTATIVES IN
SEVERAL CITIES AND COUNTIES
INTERESTED IN SIMILAR
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU TO CHICAGO ALDERMAN
AND MINNEAPOLIS CITY
COUNCILMEMBER, BOTH MEMBERS WHO
PLAN TO PUSH FOR SIMILAR
LEGISLATION IN THE RESPECTIVE
CITIES.
THANK YOU ESPECIALLY TO HEIDI
DISTRICT TO SUPERVISOR IN
WISCONSIN WHO MET WITH ME AND
OTHER ACTIVISTS YESTERDAY AND
WHO RODE WITH US IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF HER LEGISLATION.
AS SHE SAID, THE IMMEDIATE
IMPACT IS SEVERE AND SICKENING
IN MY STATE WHERE WE HAVE AN
ABORTION BAN FROM 1849.
IT MAKES IT A FELONY CRIME TO
PROVIDE AN ABORTION UNLESS IT'S
NECESSARY TO SAVE THE LIFE OF
THE MOTHER.
THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS FOR
INCEST OR OTHER HEALTH ISSUES
OF THE PARENT.
FOR 50 YEARS THE 172-YEAR-OLD
LAW WAS NOT ENFORCED.
AFTER THE DECISION WAS
ANNOUNCED, ABORTION PROVIDERS
STOPPED SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS
IN WISCONSIN.
AND PREGNANT PERSONS IN
WISCONSIN NEED TO FIND A WAY TO
TO GET TO ESTATE TAXES AND
ABORTION LIKE ILLINOIS.
THEY HAVE TO LINE UP NOT JUST
FOR THE PROCEDURE OR PILLS BUT
ARRANGE TRANSPORTATION AND THEY
HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER TO GET
THE CARE THEY NEED.
TO HAVE TO WORRY THAT OUR STATE
LEGISLATURE WILL ENACT EVEN
MORE TO CRONIN RESTRICTIONS ON
THE RIGHT TO PURSUE THE
HEALTHCARE THEY NEED.
I PLAN TO PURSUE LEGISLATION TO
PREVENT COUNTY RESOURCES FROM
BEING USED TO INVESTIGATE OR
PROSECUTE ANY PERSON FOR
VIOLATING THE 1849 ABORTION BAN.
I WRITE TO LET YOU KNOW YOUR
COMMITMENT TO PROTECT THOSE
PROVIDING AND SEEKING ABORTION
CARE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO
ME.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME AS A
WOMAN WHO IS BEEN PREGNANT FOUR
TIMES BUT ONLY BURST ONE CHILD.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AS A
FELLOW LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL
WORKING WITH OTHER LEGISLATORS,
ACTIVISTS, PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS AND HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO
PUSH BACK AGAINST THE
HORRIFYING 1849 ABORTION BAN.
THAT NO LONGER RECOGNIZES THE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF AN
ABORTION.
PLEASE VOTE YES ON THIS BILL
AND REJECT ANY ATTEMPTS TO
WATER IT DOWN LIKE WHAT IS
FOUND IN AMENDMENT B. WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO USE OUR POWER
TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS.
WHEN WE CHOOSE TO CHANGE THE
WORDS IN THE POLICY AND REQUEST
INSTEAD OF REQUIRING THAT WE
ARE FAILING THE PEOPLE WHO
ELECTED US.
ANYONE CAN REQUEST SOMETHING OF
A GOVERNMENT BODY.
LEGISLATIVE BODIES CAN REQUIRE
IT.
WATERING DOWN THIS BILL WILL
RENDER IT MEANINGLESS.
PEOPLE WITH UTERUSES IN MY
STATE AND IN YOURS NEED MORE
THAN GRANDSTANDING.
THEY NEED LEGISLATION WHICH
WILL PROTECT THEM.
". I DO WANT TO SAY THIS
LEGISLATION IS VERY DIFFERENT
THAN CURRENT STATE LAWS HOUSE
BILL 1851 AND THE OPINIONS
WHICH PROTECT PEOPLE THAT HAVE
AN ABORTION IN SEATTLE
INCLUDING A PREGNANT PERSON
LVES IN ANOTHER STATE AND
COMES TO SEATTLE TO HAVE AN
ABORTION.
THOSE LAWS ARE GOOD TO HAVE,
BUT THEY DO NOT PROTECT PEOPLE
WHO PERFORM OR HAVE AN ABORTION
IN A STATE WHERE THERE BEING
BANNED.
WHICH REQUIRES BREAKING THOSE
LAWS AND CONSEQUENTLY -- THIS
IS WHAT THE LEGISLATION WILL
ADDRESS.
IF PEOPLE -- THEY CAN COME TO
SEATTLE AND BE PROTECTED FROM
PROSECUTION.
AFTER ANNOUNCED THIS
LEGISLATION AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE THE GOVERNOR ISSUED
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THE MAYOR
ADDRESSED A PRESS CONFERENCE TO
TEMPORARILY INSTRUCT STATE AND
CITY POLICE DO NOT AID IN THOSE
OUT-OF-STATE ABORTION RELATED
INVESTIGATIONS.
HOWEVER THOSE AFFECTED, THEY
MAKE NO MENTION OF OUT-OF-STATE
ARREST WARRANTS.
THERE ARE NO SUBSTITUTES FOR
ACTUALLY CODIFYING THESE INTO
LAW WHICH ARE LEGISLATION WILL
DO.
THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VERSUS
WADE SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF
CODIFYING HUMAN RIGHTS INTO
LAW.
I WANT TO THANK JASMINE FROM
CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF FOR
ALL THE HELP SHE PROVIDED IN
DRAFTING THIS BILL AND THANK
YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF MEMBER AND
FOR CONTINUING THE WORK ON THE
BILL.
THANK YOU TO THE OVER 5500
PEOPLE WHO SIGNED FOR MY OFFICE
IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION.
THANKS TO THE RANK-AND-FILE
UNION MEMBERS WHO HAVE
SUPPORTED THIS AND ENDORSED THE
LEGISLATION.
THE RESIDENT AND FELLOW
PHYSICIANS UNION WHO REPRESENT
PHYSICIANS AND RESIDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
HOSPITAL.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 3197
REPRESENTING THE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS WITH SEATTLE VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION.
THANK YOU TO REAL CHANGE, AND
THE PUGET SOUND MOBILIZATION
FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE WHO
SUPPORTED THIS LEGISLATION.
AND THE ORGANIZATION WHOSE
MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GATHERING THE
THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES.
FINALLY MY OFFICE HAS PREPARED
AN AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT LETTER
A TO THIS BILL WHICH I WILL MOVE
AFTER THE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS,
IT MAKES SOME SMALL TECHNICAL
EDITS AND REMOVES LINE IN ORDER
TO MAKE THE BILL BETTER REFLECT
ITS ORIGINAL INTENT.
LINE DELETED HAD SAID, "DIVIDED
BY A LICENSED HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER OPERATING WITHIN THE
SCOPE OF THEIR PRACTICE."
WHEN DESCRIBING THE ABORTION
LIDDED ARREST WARRANTS AND
INVESTIGATIONS THAT SEATTLE
POLICE WOULD NOT AID IN.
THE REALITY IS STATES THAT
SORRY, ANTIABORTION LAWS MAKE IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO BE LICENSED TO
PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
CARE AND AS A RESULT PEOPLE
FIND OTHER ILLEGAL WAYS TO DO
THE SAME THING.
THOUSANDS WILL FIND THEIR OWN
SOLUTION TO UNWANTED
PREGNANCIES BECAUSE THEY WILL
BE FORCED TO DO SO.
THEY WILL ORDER THE ABORTION
PILL ONLINE OR GET IT FROM A
FRIEND LIMITING THE PROTECTIONS
OF THIS BILL TO LICENSED
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS OPERATING
WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR
PRACTICE, IT WOULD HAVE
UNDERCUT THE BILL.
THIS AMENDMENT ? THAT.
AS I SAID IN THE COUNCIL
MEETING YESTERDAY, IT ALIGNS
THE BILL LANGUAGE TO ITS
ORIGINAL INTENT AND IS
CONSISTENT WITH DESCRIBING THE
BILL.
I FULLY AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE
WHO SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT
INCLUDING THE OPPOSITION TO ANY
AMENDMENTS. I WANT TO MAKE IT
CLEAR TO ALL WORKING PEOPLE
THAT THIS AMENDMENT I'M HOPING
TO MOVE SOON IS NOT AN
AMENDMENT THAT WILL WEAKEN THE
LEGISLATION BUT MAKE SURE THE
INTENT IS THERE.
I URGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION
INCLUDING AMENDMENT LETTER A.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR
AMENDMENT?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
I MOVE AMENDMENT LETTER A TO
COUNCIL BILL 120375.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120375.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, I KNOW
YOU HAVE ADDRESSED THE
AMENDMENT ALREADY.
ANY FURTHER REMARKS ON THE
AMENDMENT?
>> NOTHING FOR ME UNLESS THERE
ANY QUESTIONS.
>> FANTASTIC.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEING NO QUESTIONS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE AMENDMENT?
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, I KNOW
YOU SPOKE VERY WELL TO THE BILL
AND AMENDMENT.
LET ME: COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENT
ON THE BILL, COLLEAGUES?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> THANK YOU.
JUST A COUPLE OF VERY QUICK
WORDS.
I'M VERY PLEASED TO VOTE IN
SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION.
WHICH PROVIDES IMPORTANT
SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE PEOPLE
SEEKING ABORTION HERE ARE
PROTECTED FROM AN ATTEMPT TO
STOP OR PROSECUTE THEM.
I DID WANT TO SAY FOR THE
RECORD THAT I PUBLICL STATED
MY SUPPORT FOR THIS LEGISLATION
AT LAST WEEK'S FULL COUNCIL
MEETING.
AND I AM FRUSTRATED THAT AN
EMAIL WAS SENT OUT FROM THE
SPONSOR'S OFFICE INCORRECTLY
CLAIMING THAT NO COUNCILMEMBER
HAD DONE SO.
I HAVE SINCE RECEIVED A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADVOCACY.
I WELCOME THE EFFICACY.
URGING ME TO TAKE A VOTE I HAD
ALREADY COMMITTED TO TAKING.
MORE BROADLY, ON THE SUBSTANCE
OF THE ISSUE, ENSURING SAFETY
AND FULL ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH CARE IS AN URGENT AND
VERY IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR ME.
I HAVE CREATED SORT OF A TRACK
RECORD ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES
BY FIRST ADDING LANGUAGE TO THE
ORIGINAL RESOLUTION THAT THE
COUNCIL PASSED SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
BUT, FOCUSING ON THE IMMEDIATE
INVESTMENT THAT THE NORTHWEST
ABORTION ACCESS FUND WAS
NEEDING TO RECEIVE.
WHICH THE MAYOR HAS CALLED --
HAS ANSWERED THAT CALL.
AND THE COUNCIL IS NOW POISED
TO APPROVE $250,000 FOR THIS
PURPOSE THIS YEAR CONSISTENT
WITH THAT AMENDMENT.
I HAVE MET REGULARLY WITH
ADVOCATES AND PROVIDERS AT THE
FRONT LINES OF ABORTION ACCESS
TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ONGOING
NEEDS AND EMERGING PRIORITIES.
BRIEFLY THIS MORNING FROM
PUBLIC HEALTH, HOW THEY ARE
WORKING TO PROTECT ABORTION
ACCESS AND WHAT MORE WE CAN DO
HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL, I HAD
THAT BRIEFING IN MY PUBLIC
ENTITY THIS MORNING.
I'M ALSO COSPONSORING TWO BILLS
WITH COUNCILMEMBER MORALES TO
PROTECT PIGMENT PEOPLE SEEKING
ABORTION HERE.
WHICH THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER
AUGUST 9. I THINK THESE ARE
IMPORTANT. AGAIN, PIECES OF
LEGISLATION.
I DON'T THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE
TO MINIMIZE THEIR IMPORTANCE.
ONE BILL IS TO CREATE A
PROTECTED STATUS OF PEOPLE
SEEKING ABORTIONS.
THE OTHER RELATES SPECIFICALLY
TO THE ACTIONS THAT OTHERS MAY
TAKE TOWARDS PEOPLE SEEKING
COMPREHENSIVE REPRODUCTIVE
SERVICES.
I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
BRINGING THOSE BILLS BEFORE THE
FULL COUNCIL.
THEY HAVE ALREADY PASSED THE
COMMITTEE.
AND THEN, I AM REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING TO FIND WAYS
TO EXPAND ABORTION ACCESS AND
PROTECT WHAT CAN ONLY BE CALLED
MEDICAL REFUGEES.
PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE AND
CANNOT RECEIVE BASIC HEALTHCARE
IN THEIR HOME STATES.
SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PLACES
HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE WHERE
THEY CAN RECEIVE THOSE
SERVICES, BECAUSE IT'S VERY
CONFUSING RIGHT NOW WITH SOME
OF THE DECEPTIVE PRACTICES THAT
SOME CLINICS ARE ENGAGED IN.
AND THE FACT WE HAVE HOSPITAL
MERGERS WITH HOSPITALS THAT
SIMPLY DON'T PROVIDE THOSE
SERVICES.
AGAIN, MORE IMPORTANT WORK THAT
IS YET TO BE DONE. IN CLOSING,
AGAIN, I SUPPORT THIS BILL AND
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
OTHER COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, ANY FINAL
WORDS?
>> VERY QUICKLY, I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD 'S
SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL.
AND I HOPE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS
WILL VOTE YES.
THIS FALL THE BUDGET MOVEMENT
WILL ALSO BE BRINGING FORWARD A
BUDGET TO FUND FREE ABORTIONS
IN SEATTLE, THAT WOULD BE
ANOTHER WAY THAT SEATTLE CAN
HELP OTHER CITIES AND OTHER
STATES AS WELL TO WORK TO MAKE
THESE DEEPLY UNJUST LAWS.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
THE ROLE IN THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL AS AMENDED.
>> AYE
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> SIX IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
NUMBER THREE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM 3 INTO THE
RECORD, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS.
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE.
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS
RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT.
02268.
THE APPOINTMENT OF JESSYN
FARRELL IS DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> IT IS WITH MY GREAT PLEASURE
WE WELCOME INTERIM DIRECTOR
JESSYN FARRELL IS THE DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED WE
CONFIRM THIS APPOINTED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, AS CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
AND DIRECTOR JESSYN FARRELL, WE
ARE GOING TO DO THE VOTE AND
THEN OPEN IT UP FOR YOUR
COMMENTS.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS THE APPOINTMENT OF
JESSYN FARRELL TO BE THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
OF SEATTLE.
THE MAYOR APPOINTED HER TO BE
THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF OSCE AND
NOMINATED HER TO BE DIRECTOR.
THE RENTERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE
DISCUSSED THE APPOINTMENT AT
THE JULY 15 COMMITTEE MEETING
WHERE THE DIRECTOR EXPLAINED
HER VIEWS ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS
AND SEATTLE'S GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS.
I WANT TO THINK INTERIM
DIRECTOR FOR ALL THE RESPONSES
SHE SENT TO THE QUESTIONS FOR
MY OFFICE.
AT THE COMMITTEE INTERIM
DIRECTOR EXPRESSED THE POWER OF
THE GIANT FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES
IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN WHY THERE
CONTINUES TO BE NO MEANINGFUL
PROGRESS ON PRODUCING --
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES
NATIONALLY.
WHICH I SAID IN COMMITTEE I
VERY MUCH AGREE WITH.
AND THE DIRECTOR ALSO EXPRESSED
THE VIEW THAT SEATTLE AT THIS
MOMENT IS MAKING PROGRESS
REDUCING EMISSIONS WHICH I
DON'T AGREE WITH.
I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TALKING
TO THE INTERIM DIRECTOR AND
ANYONE IN ANY EFFORT TO TAKE
SEATTLE IN THE CORRECT
DIRECTION.
THE COMMITTEE URGED THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR AND EVERY ONE AT THE
OFFICE TO STRONGLY ADVOCATE FOR
MEANINGFUL POLICY, NOT SYMBOLIC
POLICY ON THIS ISSUE OF CLIMATE
CATASTROPHE.
AND SPECIFICALLY FOR SEATTLE TO
ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
AS I HAVE LET INTERIM DIRECTOR
25 NO, MY OFFICE IS ALWAYS
WILLING TO WORK WITH EVERYONE
HO WANTS TO FIGHT T
THIS CRISIS.
WE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
I WOULD SAY IT'S MY HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR
BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL.
HAVING WORKED WITH HER FOR MANY
YEARS.
AT THIS POINT I KNOW HOW YOU
PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND DO WORK.
HOW YOU FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION
AS A WAY TO MITIGATE THYMIC
CRISIS.
AND YOUR FORWARD THINKING IS
GOING TO BE AN ASSET TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
FOR THOSE THREE THINGS I KNOW
WE ARE IN REALLY GOOD HANDS.
COLLEAGUES, I WILL OPEN IT UP
TO YOU.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS
THE BILL, I GUESS THIS IS THE
APPOINTMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
PLEASE.
>> HELLO, INTERIM DIRECTOR, I
WAS SORRY NOT TO BE A COMMITTEE
TO VOTE FOR YOU BACK THEN.
BUT I AM THRILLED TO DO SO
RIGHT NOW.
FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE
READ ABOUT HER RESUME, SHE HAS
WORKED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND
YEARS, STARTING IN I THINK 2004
AS A TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATE.
THEN, AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES,
STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO THE CEO OF
PIERCE TRANSIT, AS
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 46
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.
AND THEN, AS A CANDIDATE.
AND THAT IS WHERE I REALLY GOT
TO KNOW I'M JUST GOING TO SAY
JESSYN FARRELL, HAVE TO SAY I
WOULD OFTEN TAKE NOTES TO THE
POINTS AND COMMENTS THAT JESSYN
FARRELL WAS MAKING BECAUSE SHE
HAS GOT A CLEAR MIND.
AND, SHE IS REALLY DETAIL
ORIENTED BUT A BIG PICTURE
THINKER.
AND SO, I JUST HAVE TO SAY I
CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY ELSE WHO
IS BETTER FOR THIS JOB AND WE
ARE LUCKY TO GET YOU.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING FOR
YOUR CONFIRMATION.
>> WELL SAID, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
I TOO ATTAIN NOTES AND I
APPRECIATE DIRECTOR JESSYN
FARRELL'S ABILITY TO SEE THE
FOREST AND THE TREES
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
OTHER COLLEAGUES?
ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE ON
THE APPOINTMENT?
SEEING NO OTHERS WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT FOR
DIRECTOR JESSYN FARRELL?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> SIX IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED.
CONGRATULATIONS DIRECTOR JESSYN
FARRELL.
YOU ARE NOW RECOGNIZED TO
PROVIDE BRIEF OR LONG REMARKS
TO THE COUNCIL AND VIEWING
PUBLIC.
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SO MUCH, TO EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR YOUR VOTES TODAY.
AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE
CITY.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
COMMITTEE.
I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , AM
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD.
IT IS GO TIME ON CLIMATE AND
WHILE THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE
ARE DOING WELL IN THE CITY,
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR AND ALL THE GREAT
PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE CITY AS
WELL IS A GREAT ADVOCATES, TO
ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GET THE
WORK DONE.
IT IS GO TIME AND IT'S TIME TO
SCALE OUR INVESTMENTS AND
EFFORTS TO THE SIZE OF THE
CRISIS.
IT IS TIME FOR ACTION.
WITH THAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO CONTINUING THIS WORK AND
REALLY GOING BIG OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL YEARS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO THIS ROLE.
>> WONDERFUL.
WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU IN
THIS ROLE.
IT IS, AS YOU SAY, TIME TO GO
BIG AND SCALE OUR SOLUTIONS TO
THE SIZE OF THE CRISIS AND IT
IS GO TIME.
I'M GLAD TO BE GOING WITH YOU.
WITH THAT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER FOUR.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY LAST
COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE.
WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE WORK.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR FROM THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.
PLEASE READ THE SHORT TITLE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120365 .AN
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING, IN 2022,
ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING FROM
MOUND CITY SOURCES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
INDICATED SHE WANTED TO HOLD
THESE BILLS, I THINK AT THIS
TIME I'M GOING TO MOVE TO HOLD
THEM.
I COULD EXPLAIN AFTER I MAKE
THE MOTION OR BEFORE.
>> THANK YOU.
I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE TWO OF
FOUR BILLS TO BE HELD.
DO YOU WANT TO HOLD ALL OF
THEM?
>> JUST THE TWO BUDGET BILLS.
WHICH REQUIRES SEVEN MEMBERS TO
PASS.
WITHOUT APPROPRIATE QUORUM.
OTHERWISE, AS YOU INDICATED THE
COMMITTEE REPORT DOES INCLUDE
THE GIFT -- I THINK THAT IS ONE
OF THE ONES WE NEED TO HOLD FOR
THE QUORUM.
>> SO MAYBE WE COULD HAVE
INTERIM CLERK ATKINSON JUMPING
ON THIS.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
GIFT OF --
>> AND LESS I HEARD SOMETHING
FROM EARLIER, IT DOES NOT NEED
THE THREE-QUARTER PHOT AND
COULD BE MOVED FORWARD.
IT'S NUMBER FIVE THAT TAKES
SEVEN COUNCIL HOLDS.
>> THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
BILL.
>> AND THE CIP.
THOSE ARE TWO OF THE REQUIRED
SEVEN VOTES.
>> ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WE CAN
HOLD EVERYTHING IF YOU WANT.
>> I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND
PROCEED WITH 120365. COUNCIL
BILL -- PER THE CLERK'S
REPRESENTATION COUNCIL BILL
120366.
>> WE ARE CURRENTLY ON 365.
IT HAS BEEN READ INTO THE
RECORD AT THIS TIME.
AND ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING FROM
MOUND CITY SOURCES.
YOU WANT A MOTION TO PASS OR A
MOTION TO POSTPONE?
>> DO YOU KNOW IF 120365 CAN BE
VOTED ON TODAY?
IS THAT ONE OF THE ONES THAT I
REMEMBER IN COMMITTEE WE
HANDLED THOSE 365 AND 366
TOGETHER.
>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT THEY
DON'T HAVE TO BE VOTED TOGETHER
AS LONG AS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
FOUR IS PASSED BEFORE AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
IF WE WANT TO PASS NUMBER FOUR
THEN NUMBER FIVE NEXT CITY
COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK WE
SHOULD BE FINE.
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFICATION.
>> NO NEED FOR LIZ WE HAVE THE
CLERK'S WIN AT THE HELM.
>> WITH THAT, PRESIDENT PRO
TEM, I WOULD MOVE WE PASS 120365
.
>> THANK YOU.
SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE
REPORT?
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON THIS
LEGISLATION IN COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK AND HE ULTIMATELY PASSED
WITH FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS
VOTING IN FAVOR AND
RECOMMENDING FULL PASSAGE.
THIS LEGISLATION ALLOWS THESE
DEPARTMENTS TO ACCEPT GRANTS
AND FUNDS FROM MOUND CITY
SOURCES. AND, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT WE PASS THE
LEGISLATION.
>> WONDERFUL.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS OR CONCERNS?
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK -- AND THE CHAIR
SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
THE SHORT TITLE OF ITEM NUMBER
FIVE INTO THE RECORD?
>> 120366.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
16490, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2022
BUDGET, INCLUDING THE 2022-2027
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
(CIP);
>> COUNCILMEMBER ALSO NOTED
BUDGET BILLS WE REQUIRED SEVEN
VOTES.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX COUNCIL
MEMBERS PRESENT.
SO WE WILL HOLD THE BILL FOR
NEXT WEEK.
I MOVED TO POSTPONE COUNCIL
BILL 120366 TO AUGUST 2, 2022.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
POSTPONE 120366 BY ONE WEEK?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> SIX IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
IS POSTPONED TO AUGUST 2. ITEM
NUMBER SIX.
PLEASE READ ITEM 6 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120367.
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE GIFT
OF A HARVARD GOVERNMENT
PERFORMANCE LAB FELLOW ,
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACT IS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER BILL COMING
OUT OF FINANCE AND HOUSING.
UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T SIT ON IT
THERE.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, ON BEHALF
OF COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA YOUR
AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE THE
REPORT.
>> WE HAD A GOOD PRESENTATION
ON THIS ITEM.
IT'S EXCITING TO BE ACCEPTING A
FELLOW FROM THE HARVARD
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE LAB.
AT THE CONCLUSION THE COUNCIL
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED PASSAGE
OF THIS ORDINANCE AT FULL
COUNCIL.
GIVEN THAT THERE IS NO
CONTROVERSY RAISED IN THAT
DISCUSSION, I MOVE THAT WE PASS
THE ORDINANCE.
>> DEPUTY CLERK, DO WE NEED TO
MOVE AND SECOND THIS BILL?
>> WE DO NOT.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS OR CONCERNS?
CHECKING THE ZOOM.
SEEING NONE.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE.
NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
120371.
AN ORDINANCE WRITING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
DECLARING A PORTION OF LOT 31,
BLOCK TWO, THAT IS NOT NEEDED
FOR STREET PURPOSES. THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, ON
BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
THAT IS BEING PURSUED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
ONE OF THE FAIRLY ROUTINE
DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS THAT HAVE
TO COME TO THE COUNCIL AS A
CITY BOARD OF DIRECTOR FINAL
APPROVAL INVOLVES THE SWAPPING
AROUND OF A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES
FOR THE USE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS SCRUTINIZED IN A
PRESENTATION FOR THE COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK AND RESULTED IN A
UNANIMOUS DECISION FROM THE
COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND FULL
PASSAGE TO THE COUNCIL.
I DO SO MOVE WE PASS COUNCIL
BILL 120 371.
>> THANK YOU.
COMMENTS QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
THERE WERE NONE.
ITEM J, ADOPTION OF OTHER
RESOLUTIONS.
THERE ARE NO RESOLUTIONS FOR
PRODUCTION OR ADOPTION.
OTHER BUSINESS.
COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY OTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL?
I AM SEEING NONE.
I BELIEVE I MADE THIS REQUEST
PREVIOUSLY, I WILL MAKE IT
AGAIN TODAY.
TO BE EXCUSED FROM COUNCIL
BRIEFING AUGUST 15.
THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION -- NO OBJECTIONS
NEEDED.
THIS CONCLUDES THE ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 AT 2:00.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.