-I'm Joy Hollingsworth, running to represent you
for Seattle City Council District 3.
I'm a third-generation Seattleite,
small business owner, nonprofit leader,
community connector, and problem solver.
Over the last 39 years,
I've seen how public policy has impacted our community
and the neighborhoods that have fallen through those gaps.
We have built our priorities block by block,
shaped by you to serve each neighborhood
and reflect the community's unique needs.
Public safety has to work better.
Investing in the right response for the right situation,
increasing our police, fire,
EMT, and social worker staffing, lowering response times,
investing in gun violence prevention
and open access to mental health services.
The fentanyl crisis is heartbreaking
to watch people in distress.
Enforcing laws, connecting people to treatment,
and prioritizing their health will help save lives
and reconnect people to their families.
Our response to homelessness should be to get everybody
inside and off the street as quickly as possible.
We will rapidly expand emergency shelters,
transitional housing, permanent and supportive housing
and accountability and transparency
at every level to measure progress
and improve efficiencies.
Getting it right on our housing and affordability
is key to our city's success.
Whether you're a renter,
homeowner, or a senior aging in place,
we have to build and create more options.
Affordable housing, workforce housing,
family housing, land trusts, co-ops -- all types are needed.
We will invest in our basic infrastructure,
small businesses, and our future, the youth,
repairing roads, sidewalks, improving transportation,
clean parks, libraries, the arts,
tree canopy, after-school programing,
apprenticeships, and summer youth jobs.
On council, I will bring much needed listening
and teamwork, a fiscal responsibility lens,
and work with other councilmembers,
our mayor's office, community groups,
our 45 city departments and our neighborhoods
to implement proven solutions.
We have been hyper focused on building a city,
but our challenge today is building a home.
My name is Joy Hollingsworth,
and we are connecting communities.