ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> COMSTRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
PRESENT.
>> THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS
TODAY, SO BEFORE WE BEGIN
OUR MEETING TODAY, I JUST FEEL
LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS
THE
EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED THIS PAST
SATURDAY AT CAL ANDERSON
PARK AND SAY HERE WE ARE ON THE
EVE OF PRIDE MONTH AND I WANT
OUR
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY TO KNOW
THAT, AGAIN, WE STAND IN
FULL SUPPORT OF YOU AND WE'RE
UNWAVERING IN OUR COMMITMENT
TO PROVIDING A SAFE AND
INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR
EVERYONE IN THE
CITY.
AT THIS POINT, COLLEAGUES, WE
WILL OPEN THE HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED
TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
SIGNED UP
TODAY, PLEASE?
>> SO FAR, WE HAVE ABOUT 40
IN PERSON AND 15 REMOTE.
>> OKAY.
WE WILL BE -- WE WILL
GIVE EVERYBODY ONE MINUTE.
WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE
OF LEGISLATION THAT WE MUST
PASS BY THE END OF MAY TO COMPLY
WITH STATE LAW HB-1110.
I WILL BE LIMITING
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AN HOUR.
SO WE WILL THE PHONE, ET CETER
AND SO IT IS NOW 2:07.
WE WILL GO -- WE WILL CONTINUE
WITH PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ONE HOUR
ENDING AT 3:08.
ONCE YOU READ THE
INSTRUCTIONS, THEN WE'LL COUNT
BACK AN HOUR.
>> THANK YOU.
IF YOU COULD READ THE
INSTRUCTIONS, THANK YOU.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN
THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN
THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY'RE
REGISTERED.
PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING
YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM YOU'RE
ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME
WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT IN
THEIR
TIME.
SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE MUTED
IF THEY DON'T CONCLUDE IN THAT
TIME.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
>> 2:08 P.M.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I JUST WILL
REMIND FOLKS TO PLEASE DO
NOT INTERRUPT THE ABILITY OF
PEOPLE TO BEGIN SPEAKING WHEN
YOUR TURN
IS OVER.
PLEASE USE JAZZ HANDS OR
SNAP FINGERS IN BETWEEN IF YOU
MUST SHOW
SUPPORT. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> FIGHT BACK!
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>>
SPEAKERS --
>> YOU ARE ENGAGING
IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
THAT IS AGAINST OUR COUNCIL
RULES.
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> SPEAKERS ONE THROUGH
TEN. PLEASE LINE UP.
THERE'S TWO MICROPHONES.
THANK YOU.
SPEAKER ONE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS TRAVIS PARTO.
I'M THE RESEARCH FELLOW WITH
THE FAMILY POLICY INSTITUTE OF
WASHINGTON.
THE LARGEST VOICE
FOR POLITICALLY ACTIVE
CHRISTIANS
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR STAYING
AGAINST DEFUND THE POLICE
EFFORTS.
AND WE GIVE THANKS TO
OUR SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR
THEIR COURAGE AND PROTECTION
AT CAL ANDERSON PARK.
WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF
THE PEACEFUL WORSHIPER WHO WISH
TO LIVE OUT THEIR FAITH WITHOUT
FEAR, WITHOUT INTIMIDATION,
AND WITHOUT VIOLENCE.
NOW, SUCH FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS NEED YOUR PROTECTION.
WE HAVE COMPASSION TOWARD ALL
PEOPLE.
AND WE DEFEND THE INNOCENCE OF
CHILDREN.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE
CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO
M THYOU VERY MUCH.
>> SPEAKER TWO.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS JARED HOUSTON.
I'M A MEMBER OF
FREEDOM SOCIALIST PARTY.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT AFTER SEATTLE
POLICE BRUTALLY ASSAULTED,
PEPPER SPRAYED AND ARRESTED
23 PEACEFUL PROTESTERS FROM
THE TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY ON
SATURDAY, IT WOULD BE
SIMPLY WRONG TO CALL THIS
CITY WELCOMING AS IT SAYS IN
YOUR
AGENDA.
I ATTENDED THIS DEMONSTRATION
AGAINST THE BIGOTED MAYDAY USA
AS A PROUD UNIONIST, FEMINIST,
AND SUPPORTER OF MY LGBTQIA
FRIENDS,
COWORKERS AND FAMILY
MEMBERS. AT NO POINT DID I SEE
ACTIONS
FROM OUR SIDE THAT WARRANTED
THE DISPROPORTIONATE RESPONSE
FROM SEATTLE PD WHO WERE EAGER
TO
DEPLOY THE ARSAL THAT
WAS RECENTLY RETURNED TO THEM
FROM THIS COUNCIL.
I SAW POLICE OFFICERS
CHARGING PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS,
SHOVING THEM OVER AND FIRING
PEPPER SPRAY AT WILL.
SOMETIMES WHILE PROTESTERS
LAY HELPLESS ON THE GROUND.
BRUCE WAS RIGHT WHEN HE
SAID VIOLENT INFILTRATORS
DISRUPTED THE PROTEST.
IT WAS SEATTLE PD.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU ALL SUPPORT
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, BUT WE
NEED ACTION, WE DON'T NEED
WORDS.
>> SPEAKER THREE.
>> RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK.
WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP FIGHT BACK.
>> SPEAKER NUMBER THREE, PLEASE.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS AMIA.
I'M A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.
SEATTLE CLAIMS TO BE A CITY
THAT ACCEPTS AND PROTECTS THE
TRANS AND GAY COMMUNITIES.
WHAT I SAW SATURDAY WAS
THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.
ON SATURDAY, WHEN A KNOWN
HATE GROUP KNOWN BY MAYDAY
USA, ORGANIZED WITH MATT SHEA,
WHO
PUBLISHED A MANIFESTO WHO
SAID IF PEOPLE DO NOT FOLLOW
BIBLICAL
LAW S THEY SHOULD BE KILLED,
THEY WERE ANYTHING BUT PEACEFUL.
THEY WERE A VIOLENT GROUP
THAT ADVOCATES VIOLENCE AGAINST
THE GAY AND TRANS COMMUNITY.
I SAW POLICE DRAG
NONVIOLENT PROTESTERS BY THEIR
ANKLES FACE
FIRST OVER METAL BARRIERS.
POLICE SPRAYED THEM IN THE FACE
WITH PEPPER SPRAY.
SEATTLE CLAIMS TO BE A
SAFE SPACE WHEN WE EXERCISE OUR
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, YOU BEAT
US
UP.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR
THIS POLICE BRUTALITY.
SHAME ON YOU.
>> SPEAKER FOUR.
>> WHEN TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> YOU ARE ENGAGING --
>> I'M A RENTER HERE IN
SEATTLE AND A MEMBER OF WORKERS
STRIKE
BACK.
A FEW YEARS
AGO WHEN MOVING OUT OF AN
APARTMENT KNOWN BY ONE OF
THE BIGGEST LANDLORDS, I HAD
MY SECURITY DEPOSIT ILLEGALLY
TAKEN FROM ME.
I TOOK THEM TO SMALL
CLAIMS COURT AND EVENTUALLY WON
ALL
OF THE MONEY BACK BUT IT TOOK
OVER TWO YEARS IN COURT TO GET
THAT
BACK.
THIS IS NOT A STORYIA NEEK TO
ME, AND IT'S CERTAINLY FAR
FROM THE MOST EGREGIOUS STORY OF
A CORPORATE LANDLORD
STEALING MONEY FROM TENANTS IN
THE
NAME OF PROFIT.
GRAY STAR IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST LANDLORDS IN A CITY
WHERE
LANDLORDS MAKE BILLIONS IN
PROFIT.
SARA NELSON HAS TAKEN MONEY
FROM GRAY STAR, AND IT'S ALSO
FACING CHARGES FROM THE FTC.
JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, BOB
KETTLE, AND MARITZA RIVERA HAVE
TAKEN OVER $50,000 FROM THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
WHICH REPRESENTS CORPORATE
LANDLORDS.
THE ROLL BACK OF THESE
ETHICS CODES REPRESENTS THE
PEOPLE IN
FRONT OF US.
THE DEMOCRAT, PARTY IS
BOUGHT AND PAID FOR NEW
PARTY
OF THEIR OWN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WHO DO THE LANDLORDS LOVE?
>> SARA NELSON.
>> WHO DO THE LANDLORDS PAY?
>> SARA NELSON.
>> THE BEHAVIOR IS DELAYING
THE PROGRESS AND IT'S NOT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH COUNCIL RULES.
>> SPEAKER FIVE.
>> MY NAME IS OSCAR.
I'M 19 YEARS OLD.
A STUDENT AND A WORKER HERE IN
SEATTLE.
I'M MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT ONCE
AGAIN TO RESTATE HOW ABSOLUTELY
DISGUSTING IT IS FOR ANY OF
THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
BE ATTEMPTING TO REPEAL THE
ETHICS
LAWS IN ORDER TO THEN ATTACK
RENTERS' RIGHTS.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE THIS
WHOLE CITY KNOWS WHO IS LEADING
THESE
ATTACKS AND VOTING TO REPEAL
THE ETHICS LAWS.
AND WE WILL DRAG YOU OUT
OF OFFICE IN YOUR NEXT
ELECTIONS.
THESE TYPES OF ATTACKS ARE
NOT AT ALL UNIQUE TO SEATTLE.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN
CARRYING OUT HISTORIC ATTACKS ON
WORKERS
AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE ALIKE.
WE NEED TO BREAK FROM THE
ROTTEN PARTY OF BILLIONAIRES.
WE NEED TO BUILD A MASS
MOVEMENT OF WORKING AND
OPPRESSED PEOPLE
IN ORDER TO FIGHT BACK
AGAINST THE BILLIONAIRES AND
FIGHT FOR
THINGS LIKE MEDICARE FOR ALL.
IF ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM
TODAY WANTS TO BUILD THIS FIGHT,
YOU SHOULD JOIN WORKERS STRIKE
BACK
TODAY.
THANK
YOU.
>> SPEAKER SIX.
>> WHO DO THE LANDLORDS PAY?
>> CATHY MOORE.
>> FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH
COUNCIL RULES IS DISRUPTIVE AND
DELAYING THE ORDERLY PROGRESS
OF THIS MEETING, AND YOUR
OUTBURSTS ARE INTERRUPTING THE
TEAM
OTHER PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO SPEAK
IN
OUR LIMITED HOUR.
>> SPEAKER SIX.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE
BACK.
I'M HERE AGAIN FOR THE
THIRD TIME IN THE LAST WEEK
TO SPEAK IN THE STRONGEST
POSSIBLE
TERMS AGAINST ANY REPEALING OF
RENTERS RIGHTS OR THE ETHICS
CODE.
TO EVEN CONSIDER AN ATTACK ON
RENTERS RIGHTS WHEN
SEATTLE FACES A GROWING HOUSING
AND
HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM IS
ABHORTABOUT.
NEARLY HALF OF ALL RENTERS
IN SEATTLE SPENT 30% OF THEIR
INCOME ON RENT, BUT THIS
COUNCIL ISN'T WORKING TO
RELIEVE
THIS BURDEN ON WORKING PEOPLE.
INSTEAD, THEY'RE WORKING TO
ENRICH THEMSELVES AND THEIR
BIG BUSINESS CRONIES.
THE FACT YOU NEED TO REPEAL
YOUR OWN ETHICS TO CARRY OUT
THIS
AGENDA
TELLS US EVERYTHING WE
KNOW. IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT
JUST
ABOUT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE
COME OUT TO COMMENT IN THE
PAST IN SUPPORT OF THIS IS
REPUBLICANS. TARGETING THE MOST
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS TO BENEFIT
CORPORATE
INTERESTS.
WHEN YOU'RE UP FOR RE-
ELECTION, THE WORKING CLASS OF
THE
CITY WILL NOT FORGET YOU CHOSE
TO
BETRAY US.
THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES,
THE IRK "W" IRKING FAMILIES WILL
NOT FORGET WHAT YOU DO HERE.
HANDS OFF RENTERS RIGHTS.
HANDS OFF THE ETHICS CODE.
DON'T LET LANDLORDS WRITE THE
LAW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP
FIGHT BACK.
>> PLEASE DO NOT INTERRUPT
THE ABILITY OF OTHER PEOPLE TO
SPEAK.
>> I'M HERE TO SPEAK OUT
AGAINST THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO
THE ETHICS CODE.
DISCLOSURE WITHOUT RECUSAL JUST
MAKES THE CORRUPTION MORE
BRAZEN AND OBVIOUS AND FURTHER
BETRAYS AND ERODES A DWINDLING
PUBLIC
TRUST. THIS BILL IS TO ALLOW
COUNCILMEMBERS TO
BETTER REPRESENT THEIR
CONSTITUENTS BUT THIS BILL
CONTINUES TO MOVE
FORWARD DESPITE
OVERWHELMING PUBLIC OUTCRY
AGAINST IT DOES
NOT SUGGEST MOST ON THIS
COUNCIL ARE INTERESTED
IN REPRESENTING THE WILL OF
THOSE IN THEIR DISTRICTS BUT OF
THE WEALTHY DONORS WHO LINE
THEIR
POCKETS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE
WORKING CLASS IN THIS CITY.
SARA NELSON TOOK MONEY FROM
GRAY STAR AS WELL AS CHARGES
FROM
THE FTC.
THIS BILL DOES NOTHING TO
ACCOMPLISH WHAT IS PURPORTED
TO DO AND OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE
BILLIONAIRE AND MILLIONAIRE
CLASS.
AND ANYONE VOTING IN FAVOR OF IT
SHOULD LOSE THEIR COUNCIL SEAT.
I WILL REMIND YOU YOU ARE
ELECTED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE
OF THE CITY, NOT TO SELL THEM
OUT.
WHEN RENTERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHEN RENTERS RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP FIGHT BACK.
>> STAND
UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> I'M GOING TO PUT IT IN THE
BOX.
I WAS AT A PROTEST ON SATURDAY.
WHEN I SHOW UP IN THIS
ROLE, IT'S MY JOB TO INSURE
EVERYONE GETS HOME SAFELY.
AT 1:30 P.M. , WE WERE ALERTED
THAT PEPPER SPRAY WAS
DEPLOYED ON PROTESTERS.
BECAUSE OF THE DENSE CROWD, WE
EXPECTED TO TREAT PEPPER SPRAY
INHUH HAITIAN.
AS I STEPPED INTO IT
COUNTERPROTEST AREA, I WAS
VERY ABRUPTLY TACKLED FROM
BEHIND.
THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO LAWFUL
ORDER.
I WAS -- THERE WAS NO WARNING,
NO LAWFUL ORDER, JUST ME BEING
TACKLED TO THE GROUND.
I WAS PUNCHED IN THE
FACE NUMEROUS TIMES.
AS I LAID ON THE GROUND, NOT
RESISTING, I SCREAMED
LOUDLY, I'M A MEDIC.
I'M A MEDIC.
I'M TRYING TO HELP.
LEFT HAND TRAPPED BEHIND
THE COMRADE SCREAMING IN PAIN
NEXT TO ME.
THE OFFICER TOLD ME, PUT YOUR
HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK.
HE SAID, DO YOU WANT ME TO FUCK
YOU UP?
I SAID MY HANDS ARE TRAPPED?
MY HAND WERE BEHIND MY
BACK, AFTER WHICH I STOOD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AFTER TEN MINUTES ON
THE
GROUND --
>> YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE.
>> I HAVE --
>> YOU HAVE NOW -- YOUR TURN IS
OVER.
>> ON THAT DAY, WE TREATED
30 PEOPLE FOR INJURIES AND
PEPPER
SPRAY.
>> PLEASE LET THE NEXT PERSON
SPEAK.
>> OUR MEDICS FIRST-
HAND WITNESSED PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND BEING PEPPER SPRAYED.
>> YOU'RE GOING OVER YOUR TIME.
IT HAS NOW BEEN ABOUT 23
SECONDS.
LET THE RECORD SHOW YOU ARE
DEPRIVING OTHER PEOPLE OF THEIR
TIME.
>> REPRIMAND THE OFFICERS FOR
THEIR VICIOUS ACTS AGAINST THE
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHEN OUR RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK.
>> YOU ARE ENGAGING
IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR
AND DISRUPTING THE PROGRESS OF
THIS
MEETING.
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> SPEAKER NINE.
>> SPEAKER NINE, PLEASE.
>> I'M JUSTIN.
I'M A RENTER IN QUEEN ANNE.
BOB KETTLE'S DISTRICT.
FIRST, I WANT TO SAY POLICE
BRUTALITY AGAINST TRANS
PEOPLE ON SATURDAY WAS
UNACCEPTABLE
AND THAT'S ON YOUR HANDS.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORS COMMITTEE
PAC
THAT SUPPORTED BOB GOT THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS FROM GROUPS LIKE
THE WASHINGTON MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING
ASSOCIATION.
THIS ASSOCIATION IS NOT
A DOWNTOWN NEIGHBOR.
IT'S A RUTHLESS LOBBY GROUP
THAT FIGHTS AGAINST RENTER
PROTECTION LAWS ACROSS THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON TO MAXIMIZE
THE PROFITS OF CORPORATE
LANDLORDS.
THESE DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS ARE
OPENLY TRYING TO ROLL BACK THE
ETHICS LAWS FOR PAVE TO WAY
FOR ROLLING BACK OUR RENTERS
RIGHTS
TO SERVE THE RICH AND BIG
BUSINESS AT THE EXPENSE
OF WORKING RENDERS.
THIS REMINDS ME OF NEWS I HEARD
TODAY WHERE TRUMP PARDONED A GUY
WHO DONATED TO HIS CAMPAIGN
WHO CHEATED ON HIS TAXES.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS THE SAME.
WE NEED THAT LEADERSHIP AGAIN
NOW. JOIN WORKERS STRIKE BACK
TO CONTINUE BUILDING THIS FIGHT.
WHEN RENTERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP FIGHT BACK.
>> TIME IS EXPIRED.
SPEAKER TEN.
YOU ARE INTERRUPTING.
YOU ARE BOTH ENGAGING IN
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
PLEASE BE QUIET SO SPEAKER
TEN CAN SPEAK.
>> YOUR MIC SHOULD BE --
>> I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT
OKAY.
MY NAME IS ROBIN.
I'M A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER,
AND I'M A WOMAN OF FAITH.
I'M NOT A FASCIST.
I'M NOT A BIGOT.
I'M NOT A HOME OPHOBE.
I'M NOT AN EXTREMIST.
I'M NOT HAVE NO HATE.
BUT I DO BELIEVE IN THE
FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
AND I BELIEVE IN THE FREEDOM TO
EXPRESS MY FAITH.
WITHOUT PERSECUTION OR WITHOUT
INTIMIDATION.
AND I BELIEVE IN
PROTECTING
CHILDREN. AND AS A MOM, I CAN
DEFINE WHAT
THAT IS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN I HATE ANYONE.
I BELIEVE ADULTS CAN DO
WHATEVER THEY WANT.
SO I JUST CAME TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR LETTING THERE BE FREEDOM
OF EXPRESSION.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN
INTIMIDATING AT TIMES CIRCUS.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER WILL BE
HOWARD, FOLLOWED BY KYLIE.
JUST A REMINDER, PLEASE
PRESS STAR 6 WHEN YOU HEAR THE
PROMPT
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
GO AHEAD, HOWARD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOWARD GALE.
THIS COUNCIL HAS SPENT THE LAST
17 MONTHS PRAISING SPD
WHILE VASTLY INCREASING THEIR
PAY,
INCREASING OFFICER QUANTITY,
IN DISREGARD TO QUALITY,
ABANDONING ANY ACTUAL POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY,
REMOVING PROHIBITIONS ON THE USE
OF WEAPONS AGAINST
DEMONSTRATORS AND SHOWING ZERO
CONCERN WHEN POLICE RECENTLY
KILLED A MAN IN
CRISIS.
IS ANYONE THEN SURPRISED BY THE
POLICE VIOLENCE ON CAPITOL
HILL THREE DAYS AGO.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO IGNORE A
BRUTAL POLICE KILLING OF A
MAN IN CRISIS TWO MONTHS AGO
AND THEN EXPECT POLICE TO BE
SHY ABOUT BEATING AND
FALSELY ARRESTING PROTESTERS?
THE VIDEOS FROM SATURDAY
COULD HAVE BEEN FILMED AT THE
WTO IN
1999 OR GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS
IN 2020.
YOU CANNOT CHANGE POLICE
CULTURE FOR THE BETTER WITH
JUST POLICIES AND WORDS, THOUGH
THE WRONG POLICIES AND WORDS
CAN ENCOURAGE THE WORST
IMPULSES.
THIS
YOU HAVE DONE. MY ADVICE TO ALL
THOSE HARMS
AND FALSELY ARRESTED ON SATURDAY
IS BE SURE TO INCLUDE IN YOUR
LAWSUITS AGAINST THE SPD ALL
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTED
IN FEBRUARY TO ALLOW
POLICE TO UNLEASH WEAPONS ON
PROTESTERS.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS KYLIE ALT.
AFTER THAT IS CATHERINE NELSON.
>> YOU'RE ENGAGING IN
DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR.
YOU'RE IMPEDING OUR ABILITY
TO HEAR THE PEOPLE SPEAKING ON
THE
PHONE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS KYLIE, AND I LIVE
IN CAPITOL HILL.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON TH
MISUSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
FUNDS AND LACK OF OVERSIGHT
OF OFFICERS THIS WEEKEND RELATED
TO RESOLUTION 32168.
HATE GROUP FROM ACROSS THE
STATE WAS GIVEN CARTE BLANCHE
TO PREACH THEIR ANTI- QUEER
MESSAGE IN A HISTORICALLY
QUEER NEIGHBORHOOD IN A PARK
NAME
FOR THE FIRST OPENLY GAY
WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATOR.
RIGHT WING GROUPS
HAVE HISTORICALLY ALWAYS ABUSED
THE FREEDOMS OF A LIBERAL
SOCIETY
IN ORDER TO SEIZE POWER AND ONCE
THEY HAVE IT, WILL IN
SHORT ORDER WORK TO DESTROY
THOSE
FREEDOMS. WE CAN SEE THIS
HAPPENING AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL AND I SEE
NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD BE
HELPING THEM HERE AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL.
THE SAME GROUP WILL BE ON THE
STEPS OF CITY HALL SHORTLY
AFTER THIS MEETING TO DEMAND
AN APOLOGY FROM THE CITY THAT
THEY DO NOT ADDI
HAS ISSUED R
HATE GROUP TO USE THE SAME PARK
ON AUGUST 30th.
THIS COUNCIL MUST PUT THE
VOTERS AND TAXPAYERS OF THIS
CITY BEFORE THE DEMANDS OF
HATE- FILLED EXTERNAL AGINATORS
WHO ONLY
WISH --
>> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS
CATHERINE DAWSON.
THEN JOHNNY TOWNSEND.
>> HI, I'M CATHERINE.
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT
THREE, AND I'M CALLING TO VOICE
MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE
CHANGES TO THE CITY COUNCIL
ETHICS
RULES.
AND LIKE OTHER SPEAKERS I'M
ALSO HORRIFIED BY THE ACTIONS OF
SPD THIS WEEKEND.
COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD NOT
BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON ISSUES
THAT BENEFIT THEM FINANCIALLY.
THIS AMENDMENT IS CONNECTED
TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S ATTEMPT
TO ROLL BACK RENTERS
PROTECTIONS, WE KNOW LANDLORDS
DO NOT HOLD OR
REPRESENT THE INTERESTS
OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
THE MAJORITY OF
SEATTLE RESIDENTS ARE RENTERS
LIKE ME.
THE MAJORITY ARE RENT BURDENED
ALREADY.
WE NEED TO PUSH FOR MORE
PROTECTIONS. CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS, YOU
SHOW YOURSELVES AS PROGRESSIVE,
BUT
THIS IS JUST TO MAXIMIZE YOUR
PROFITS. WE KNOW HOUSING IS A
HUMAN
RIGHT, NOT A COMMODITY.
DO NOT REPEAL THE ETHICS LAWS.
>> DEMOCRATS HAVE LANDLORDS'
BACKS. WHAT DO WE
DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP FIGHT BACK.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHNNY
TOWNSEND.
GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS JOHNNY TOWNSEND.
AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT
YOUR REPEAL OF ETHICS RULES
AND RENTERS RIGHTS.
I'M A CLIMATE CRISIS IMMIGRANT
MOVING TO SEATTLE
FROM NEW ORLEANS AFTER LOSING MY
JOB
AND MY HOME TO HURRICANE
KATRINA.
ONE OF THE MANY THINGS I DID IN
SETTING UP A NEW LIFE IS FIND
A DENTIST HERE.
DURING MY FIRST EXAM, HE
POINTED OUT THREE CAVITIES I
NEEDED TO
FILL AND SAID I NEEDED A ROOT
CANAL.
I GOT A SECOND OPINION.
TURNED OUT I DIDN'T
HAVE CAVITIES OR NEED A ROOT
CANAL.
THE DENTIST HAD A CONFLICT OF
PATIENT.
SERVE THE PATIENT OR HIMSELF.
WHEN YOU TRY TO REPEAL
THE ETHICS RULES TO ALLOW YOU
TO SERVE YOURSELF AND NOT
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY, TO
SERVE YOURSELVES AS LANDLORDS,
WE SEE
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
DON'T BE SELF-SERVING.
KEEP THE ETHICS RULES AND
PROTECT RENTERS RIGHTS.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER.
>> WHO DO THE LANDLORDS PAY?
>> MY NAME IS ELEANOR, I'M
A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK.
IF YOU REPEAL THE ETHICS -- YOUR
NEXT MOVE IS TO TOSS OUT THE
$10 CAP ON LATE FEES, AMONG
OTHER RENTERS RIGHTS WE WON
THROUGH
SOCIALIST CITY COUNCIL OFFICE.
PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN
WILL BE FORCED TO LIVE IN CARS
AND
RVs.
FAMILIES WILL BE BROKEN APART.
PEOPLE WILL BE FORCED TO
LIVE WITH THEIR ABUSERS, AND
SOME PEOPLE WILL DIE BECAUSE
EVICTIONS INCREASE MORTALITY BY
40%.
IF YOU VOTE YES, YOU DESERVE
TO BE THROWN OUT OF OFFICE.
IF YOU ABSTAIN, YOU ARE A
COWARD.
REFUSING TO STAND UP FOR
WORKERS WHEN WE'RE BEING
ATTACKED
BY BOTH DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS, AND YOU DESERVE TO
BE THROWN
OUT OF OFFICE.
REMEMBER THE STANCE YOU TOOK ON
THE BILL IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS.
TO THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP
TO FIGHT BACK, THANK YOU.
BECOME A MEMBER OF WORKERS
STRIKE BACK IF YOU'RE NOT
ALREADY. WE CAN SEE THE
DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IS ABSOLUTELY NO FRIEND OF
LABOR.
WORKING PEOPLE NEED A NEW PARTY.
>> NEXT SPEAKER.
>> VOTE NO ON ETHICS ROLL BACK.
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, THERE IS NO
MIDDLE GROUND
THE PROFITS OF THE
WEALTH
WEALTHIEST LANDLORD AT THE
COST OF PUTTING FAMILIES ON THE
STREETS.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
A BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE COULD
BRAINSTORM ETHICS RULES
BUT SUCH A SEISMIC CHANGE SHOULD
BE
PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR ALL OF
SEATTLE TO DECIDE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THE
CLICKBAIT ARTICLES YOU
MENTIONED IS REAL.
ONLY IT'S NOT SECRET OR
CLOAK AND DAGGER.
IT'S PUBLIC AND OBVIOUS.
AND SARA NELSON'S BILL THAT
ENDANGERED THE VIABILITY OF
OUR SHIPPING PORT ALL TO BENEFIT
ONE WEALTHY INVESTOR.
THIS LEGISLATION IS VILE AND
WILL UNLEASH LEVELS
OF CORRUPTION THAT WILL LAST
GENERATIONS.
VOTE NO ON ETHICS ROLLBACK.
SHOW REAL COURAGE AND DEFEND
THE STABILITY OF OVER
300,000 SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> WHEN RENTERS RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I'M A CONSTITUENT IN MADISON
PARK.
UNFORTUNATELY, REPRESENTED
BY SARA NELSON, AND I'M HERE
TO COMMENT ON THE ETHICS ROLL
BACK.
IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE FOR
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
TIE THEMSELVES TO THE WEALTHY
INTERESTS OF CONSTITUENTS.
WE HAVE THE BARE MINIMUM
ETHICS RULES ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS
OF
FAMILIES IN THE CITY.
ACCORDING TO FORBES IN
JANUARY THIS YEAR, SEATTLE
RANKED 25
WORST CITIES IN TERMS OF
COST RATIO AND HOUSING
AVAILABILITY.
IT SEEMS LIKE A CRUEL GAME TO
SEE HOW MUCH WORSE WE CAN
BE SQUEEZED AS RENTERS.
ANSWER, IT'S NOT MUCH MORE.
WE ARE WATCHING AND WE'RE
VOTING.
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO VOTE TO
DILUTE THEIR ETHICAL
OBLIGATIONS TO THE WORKERS WILL
FEEL IT
IN THE POLLS.
AND FEEL IT REPUTATIONALLY.
THE COUNCIL IS ALREADY
FAILING THE VULNERABLE OF THE
CITY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE LARGEST --
>> NEXT SPEAKER.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ENYE.
I'M A CENTRAL DISTRICT
RESIDENT, LEGACY BLACK
HOMEOWNER, ALSO
THE CO- DIRECTOR FOR WANNA
WORRY,
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL
TO SUPPORT THE INTERIM BILL,
HOUSE
1110 LEGISLATION.
AND COUNCILMEMBERS AMENDMENT
2 FOR ANTIDISPLACEMENT MEASURES.
PLEASE VOTE YET TODAY
TO IMPLEMENT AMENDMENT
2 IMMEDIATELY THROUGH THE
PILOT PROGRAMS THAT TREAT
HOUSING
AS OUR COMMUNITY'S CULTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
LIMITS PREVENT THE EXTENDED
FAMILY CONFIGURATIONS CENTRAL TO
BLACK COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
THIS WILL HELP
ESTABLISH POLICIES THAT EMPOWER
OUR COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR
OWN PROPERTIES, HOUSE MORE
EXTENDED
FAMILY, NURTURE OUR VITAL
COMMUNITY'S
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND
SUPPORT
THE GROWTH OF GENERATIONAL
WEALTH.
OUR COMMUNITY'S CULTURAL
SURVIVAL NEEDS TO ADAPT IN
PLACE.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER.
>> ELAINE WILY
HERE. AS YOU CONSIDER YOUR VOTE
TODAY
ON RESOLUTION 32168 IN SUPPORT
OF OUR COMMUNITY, MAYOR
HARRELL SIGNED LEGISLATION MARCH
31st FURTHER PROTECTING TRANS
PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
I'M HERE TO STATE TODAY THAT
THE CITY HAS MADE CLAIMS WITH
WORDS THAT ITS ACTIONS CANNOT
BACK UP. SEATTLE PARKS ALONG
WITH THE
CITY'S OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLOWING
A GROUP OF
DISCRIMINATORY AND
HATEFUL SPEECH TO BOOK AN EVENT
IN
A PARK DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF WASHINGTON STATE'S FIRST
OPENLY GAY LEGISLATOR.
THEIR STATED GOAL WAS TO
CREATE THE CONTROVERSY THAT
ERUPTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
THIS WAS REPRESENT HENSIBLE AND
PREDICTABLE.
STRIKES, INJURIES, AND
ARRESTS, AND AN OUTCOME THAT
WAS PREVENTABLE WITH A MORE
CONSCIENTIOUS ATTITUDE
TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY
YOU PURPORT TO PROTECT.
DON'T FOLLOW WHAT THEY SAID.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREW.
HE WILL BE THE LAST IN THESE
SPEAKERS.
>> YOUR FAILURE TO COMPLY
WITH THE COUNCIL RULES IS
DISRUPTIVE AND ALL YOU'RE DOING
IS TIME THAT
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SPEAK.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS ANDREW.
AND A COUPLE YEARS AGO
DURING THE LAST RECESSION, I
WAS HOMELESS BECAUSE I LOST MY
JOB.
AND THEN I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A
TERMINAL SICKNESS.
WE'RE APPROACHING ANOTHER
RECESSION.
FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS I HAVE
BEEN UNHOUSED BECAUSE I
COULD NOT AFFORD MY RENT AND DUE
TO THE CUTS IN FEDERAL FUNDING,
I'M LOSING MY JOB.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO WHAT I
GO THROUGH AND I WANT TO LOOK UP
TO MY CITY COUNCIL TO HELP ME
AND NOT LOOK OUT FOR SELFISH
INTERESTS.
WHAT DOES IT PROFIT IF IT
HURTS THE WHOLE WORLD.
PLEASE VOTE NO.
THANK YOU. DO DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> MOVE BACK INTO IN-
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SPEAKERS
11 THROUGH 20.
IF YOU COULD START LINING UP.
11 THROUGH 20.
GO AHEAD.
>> I'M A TEACHER, BORN AND
RAISED IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
TODAY'S PROPOSED ETHICS
REWRITE IS HORRIBLE.
IT WOULD ALLOW MEMBERS
WITH DIRECT FINANCIAL
INTERESTS FOR EXAMPLE OWNING
RENTAL
PROPERTIES TO VOTE ON
LEGISLATION
THAT COULD PERSONALLY BENEFIT
THEM.
SO LONG AS THEY DISCLOSE THE
CONFLICT.
AND THAT'S NOT ETHICS.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA RECEIVED
$284,000 AND ROB SAKA RECEIVED
$230,000 FROM REAL ESTATE
BACKED PACS.
THIS BODY VOTED 6- 2 LAST
YEAR AGAINST A RENT CONTROLLED
LAW, BUT IS ENTERTAINING ROLES
TO MAKE SUCH CONFLICT OF
INTEREST PERFECTLY LEGAL.
THIS IS A BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC
TRUST, AND WITH SEATTLE
FACING RECORD UNHOUSING, THEY
NEED PEOPLE TO REPRESENT
THEM, NOT THE DEVELOPERS.
ETHICS RULES ARE SUPPOSED TO
GUARD DEMOCRACY, NOT GREASE
THE WHEELS FOR SELF ENRICHMENT.
PROVE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT
PUBLIC SERVICE STILL
MEANS NOTHING --
OR MEANS SOMETHING AND YOU'RE
NOT MAGA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DUMP REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS.
WE NEED A PARTY OF THE WORKING
CLASS.
>> DUMPT PLEASE.
>> HI.
I'M PAUL.
I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, AND
I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE KING
COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I WANT TO SAY GOD BLESS
Y'ALL, ESPECIALLY ANARCHISTS
HERE, SOCIALISTS AS WELL.
I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
BE FIRM IN NOT BEING BULLIED.
THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE OWNED BY
THE NOT FOR PROFITS.
THEY ARE HERE -- THEY ARE HERE
TO INTIMIDATE THE NONFOR PROFITS
THAT OWN THEM HOUSING FIRST ONL
ADDICTION, FENTANYL DEATH.
AND SO FORTH. AND SO FORTH.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
ONLY TREATMENT FIRST WILL WORK.
I'M HOPING YOU WILL MOVE IN
THAT
DIRECTION.
>> 100 YEARS LATER, SURE.
>> YOU DO NOT
INTERRUPT.
>> SHUT UP, SARA.
>> PLEASE PROCEED.
>> STAND UM, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> ALL RIGHT, SPEAKER NUMBER
THREE.
>> ALL RIGHT, I JUST WANT
TO START OUT BY SAYING THAT I
HOPE TRANS FOLKS CONTINUE TO
FEEL
UNWELCOME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A
SAFE PLACE FOR GAY AND TRANS
PEOPLE.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO START
OUT BY SAYING CATHY, SARA, WOULD
YOU GIVE ME SOME EYE CONTACT
PLEASE?
YEAH, STILL REFUSING TO LOOK AT
ME.
I WANT TO SAY YOUR FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS BETRAY YOU, AND
IT'S CLEAR YOU DON'T GIVE A
SHIT ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU TALK ABOUT CARING AND
PROTECTING PUBLIC COMMENT,
RIGHT?
BUT WE HAVE SPENT MORE TIME
OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS
DISCUSSING
PUBLIC COMMENT IN THESE
INTERRUPTIONS AND THIS
EXPRESSION THAN WE HAVE
ACTUALLY DOING PUBLIC COMMENT.
I HAVE BEEN PREVENTED
FROM SPEAKING THE LAST TWO TIMES
I HAVE TAKEN TIME OUT OF MY
WORK DAY TO SPEAK UP.
NOW, I HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT TO
SAY THAT WE -- IT COMES DOWN
TO BASIC ETHICS.
RIGHT?
DON'T BE CORRUPT.
IT'S SIMPLE EXPECTATIONS.
I'M A DISTRICT THREE VOTER,
JOY, I'M WATCHING YOU VERY
CAREFULLY.
I'M A PROFESSIONAL CANVASSER
AND I WILL DEDICATE MY LIFE
TO MAKING SURE YOU DON'T
WIN ANOTHER ELECTION IF YOU --
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> REPUBLICANS AND THE
RIGHT WING SHAMELESSLY ARE
HOSTILE
TO LGBTQ PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, AND EVERY OPPRESSED
COMMUNITY, NOT TO
MENTION WORKING PEOPLE AS A
WHOLE.
DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO JUST AS
HOSTILE, BUT THEY HAVE
PERFORMATIVE GESTURES,
WHEN THEY'RE UNDER PRESSURE,
THEY'LL
UTTER PLATITUDES.
SARA NELSON SAID SHE'S
INTERESTED IN SAVING
INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES FOR TRANS
MEMBERS.
THIS IS COMPLETELY PERFORMATIVE.
DID THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS
DO ANYTHING AT ALL TO STOP
THE POLICE FROM
HORRIFICALLY ATTACKING THE
PEACEFUL PROTEST?
DID SARA NELSON SO MUCH AS
SEND OUT A TWEET CONDEMNING
THE VIOLENCE BY THE POLICE, AND
WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT TRANS
AND LGBTQ PEOPLE WILL BE SOME OF
THE MOST VULNERABLE TO EVICTIONS
IF
THESE RENTERS RIGHTS ARE
APPEALED.
SOLIDARITY WITH THE WORKERS WHO
ARE GOING TO BE VOTING TODAY ON
THE AUTHORIZATION, LET'S BE
CLEAR, THE LABOR
LEADERSHIP KEEPS ENDORSING
ENEMIES OF
LABOR LIKE
BOB
FERGUSON, LIKEMOORE.
WE NEED A NEW PARTY FOR THE
WORKING CLASS.
>> WE NEED A PARTY OF THE
WORKING CLASS.
>> WE NEED A PARTY OF
THE WORKING CLASS.
>> SO GO BACK TO 14.
>> MOST COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE
ARE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY THE
LANDLORDS.
CORPORATE PACS SPENT A
MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS IN
2023
TO STACK THIS COUNCIL.
THE BIGGEST DONORS WERE
DEVELOPERS, THE HOTEL
INDUSTRY, AND THE CORPORATE
LANDLORDS
THEMSELVES.
A NOTABLE INDIVIDUAL DONOR
WAS THE NOTORIOUS CARL HAGLAND,
WHO ONCE SUED THE CITY BECAUSE
WE CALLED HIM A SLUM LORD
AND APPROPRIATELY NAMED A
RENTERS RIGHTS LAW AFTER HIM.
LANDLORDS ARE INFURIATED BY
THE SOCIALIST CITY COUNCIL
OFFICE IN
OUR MOVEMENT WINNING ONE
RENTER'S RIGHTS LAW
AFTER ANOTHER AND THEY WANT THEM
GONE.
THIS IS ALSO WHY THEY'RE
TRYING TO REWRITE THE ETHICS
LAWS
TO ATTACK THOSE SAME RENTERS
RIGHTS.
JAMIE DURKAN ONCE
COMPLAINED ALL THE STATE
LOBBY'S MONEY WAS
BEING WASTED BECAUSE
DEMOCRATS SAID ALL THE RIGHT
THING
IN PRIVATE BUT IT FELL APART IN
CHAMBERS.
WE'RE BACK.
WE'RE BACK TO MAKE YOU AFRAID
AGAIN, AND WE'RE ALSO
FURIOUS BECAUSE THE ATTACKS ON
TRANS PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND HAD A
HUGE HELPING HAND FROM THIS
ROTTEN
COUNCIL.
INCLUDING WITH THEIR RECENT
REPEAL OF A LAW THAT THE BLM
MOVEMENT -- AND THE
EXACT WEAPONS BEING USED BY THE
COPS.
>> STAND UP FIGHT BACK.
>> WHEN TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> NUMBER 16.
NUMBER 16.
>> NUMBER 16 HERE.
>> I AM A LOW- INCOME RENTER,
TENTANT, INTERSEX DISABLED
RENTER.
I OPPOSE THE ROLL BACK OF
THE ETHICS RULES BECAUSE IT WILL
BE
BETRAYING US LGBTQ RENTERS
AND IT WILL CAUSE HARM TO US IF
WE ARE UNHOUSED ON THE STREET.
AND WHAT HAPPENED ON
SATURDAY WAS ABSOLUTELY
FEROCIOUS AND
WRONG. WE NEED TO NOT ALLOW
THIS.
WE NEED A PARTY FOR THE WORKING
CLASS.
>> SO I'M BRANDON.
A RENTER FROM DISTRICT TWO.
AND I WILL HAVE BE APPALLED
BY THE FACT THAT OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT
TIME HAS BEEN SHORTENED ON
NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.
WE NEED PUBLIC CONTROL
OVER DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES.
AND THAT INVOLVES THE
PUBLIC BEING INVOLVED IN
DISCUSSIONS, IN DEBATES OVER HOW
WE
SHOULD RUN OUR CITY.
AND BY ROLLING BACK YOUR ETHICS
GUIDELINES TO ENABLE
FURTHER REPEALING OF THE RENTERS
RIGHTS
THAT WERE WON THROUGH
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES THAT JUST
SHOWS
EVERYONE WHAT SIDE WE ALL STAND
ON.
IF YOU WANT TO ROLL BACK
THE ETHICS GUIDELINES, WE WILL
MAKE SURE YOU ARE VOTED OUT NEXT
TIME. THANK YOU.
>> 17.
>> WHAT DO WORKING PEOPLE SAY?
>> YOU ARE ENGAGED IN DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR.
YOU ARE INHIBITING
THE PROCEEDINGS SO PLEASE, GO
AHEAD.
>> NUMBER 17.
>> HELLO.
I'M A RENTER FROM DISTRICT
FIVE,
REPRESENTATIVE MOORE'S
DISTRICT.
FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY
IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED SATURDAY
WAS
OBVIOUSLY HORRIBLE AND COUNCIL
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPEALING
THE LAW THAT BANNED LESS
LETHAL WEAPONS AND IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
WE'RE WATCHING AND PAYING
ATTENTION.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK
TO YOU TO URGE YOU TO PRESERVE
EXISTING RENTER PROTECTIONS AND
KEEP
THE EXISTING ETHICS RULES IN
PLACE.
IT IS NEVER A GOOD TIME TO
ROLL BACK HARD FOUGHT
RENTER PROTECTIONS BUT IT'S
PARTICULARLY CRUEL TO DO
IT RIGHT NOW IN THIS TYPE OF
INSTABILITY.
FROM FEDERAL WORKER FIRINGS
AND TECH SECTOR LAYOFFS TO YET
UNCERTAIN IMPACT OF AN OFF AND
ON AGAIN FEDERAL TARIFF
POLICY, WE'RE FACING
UNPRECEDENTED
TIMES FOR THE WORKFORCE IN
SEATTLE.
RENTERS DESERVE STABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S WHY PROTECTIONS LIKE THE
SIX- MONTH NOTICE BEFORE RENT
INCREASE, CAP ON LATE FEES AND
EVECTION PROTECTIONS ARE
CENTRAL.
IF WE DON'T KEEP THOSE
RENTER PROTECTIONS WE'LL
SEE HOMELESSNESS INCREASE YEAR
OVER
YEAR AS WE HAVE BEEN IN THE
CITY.
I URGE YOU TO DO ALL YOU CAN
TO PRESERVE AND INCREASE --
>> NUMBER 18.
>> IN THE COURSE OF MULTIPLE
MEETINGS YOU CONTINUE TO INHIBIT
THE
PROCEEDINGS OF THESE MEETINGS.
>> 18.
>> I GOT 19.
>> 18?
>> THIS PERSON WAS 19.
SORRY, THIS LAST PERSON WAS 18.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
19.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS EVELYN.
JOY, I THINK YOU'RE MY
REPRESENTATIVE.
I'M FROM CAPITOL HILL.
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
HERE. I SHOULD STILL BE LIVING
IN
MISSOULA, MONTANA.
I'M FROM MONTANA.
THE REASON I DON'T LIVE
IN MONTANA ANYMORE IS BECAUSE WE
LACK PEOPLE LIKE THIS HAVE
THE MICROPHONE AND THEY CONTINUE
TO TAKE THAT MICROPHONE UNTIL
THEY WANTED TO SILENCE ALL THE
OTHER QUEER VOICES WE COULD
HAVE.
THE REASON THIS HAS CAUSED
SUCH A DISTURBANCE IN OUR
COMMUNITY, THE REASON YOU SAW
THE
RESPONSE THAT YOU DID ON
SATURDAY,
IS WHEN WE GIVE UP A LITTLE BIT
OF
GROUND, THEY CONTINUE TO TAKE
IT AND TAKE IT AND TAKE IT UNTIL
WE
DON'T HAVE SAFE SPACES.
I LOVE MONTANA.
YOU HAVE A PRETTY STATE,
NICE BIG MOUNTAINS, GOOD JOB.
WELL DONE.
THE WHALES ARE COOL, BUT I MISS
MY MOUNTAINS.
I MISS MY LAND.
AND I HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE
IT WAS UNSAFE.
AND SO I'M ASKING YOU,
YOU ARE -- EVERYBODY IN THE
JOB, PROTECT US, HELP
PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING
AGAIN.
>> STAND UP FIGHT BACK.
>> NUMBER 20, THEN WE'LL
MOVE BACK TO REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> MY NAME IS MARILYN FLYNN.
I HAVE BEEN A CITIZEN OF
SEATTLE FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I
HAVE
LIVED ON CAPITOL HILL SINCE
2019.
THIS PAST SATURDAY, I ATTENDED
A COUNTERPROTEST AT AN EVENT
PUT ON BY MAYDAY USA, A
KNOWN HOMOPHOBIC AND TRANS
PHOBIC RIGHT WING ORGANIZATION.
THIS EVENT WAS ALSO
RESPONSIBLE FOR PLATFORMING
FORMER
LAWMAKER TURNED RIGHT WING
EXTREMIST
MATT SHEA, WHO WAS ACCUSED
OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN 2014,
2015, AND 2016.
I FRANKLY FIND IT
REPREHENSIBLE THE CITY ALLOWED
THIS EVENT TO
TAKE PLACE AND ALLOWED THIS
EVENT TO TAKE PLACE IN
A HISTORICALLY QUEER
NEIGHBEN, AFTER ALLOWINGSPD THE
GREEN LIGHT TO VIOLENTLY ATTACK
AND QUITE LITERALLY BEAT
QUEER CITIZENS OF SEATTLE WHO
SHOWED
UP TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHT TO
FEEL SAFE IN THEIR OWN
COMMUNITIES.
I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO
TAKE ACTION TO INSURE AN EVENT
LIKE THIS IS NEVER ALLOWED TO
HAPPEN
AGAIN IN SEATTLE.
STOP ALLOWING SPD, THE MAYOR,
AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS
TO POINT THE FINGER AND SAY
THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW OR WHO
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR LETTING THIS
HAPPEN. THE PERSON WHO APPROVED
THIS
EVENT HAS A NAME AND JOB
TITLE AND WE DEMAND THEY BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS KATE REUBEN.
>> I CANNOT HEAR WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
>> WHAT DO WE
DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> MY NAME IS KATE
REUBEN. I'M THE CO- EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND A VOTER AND RENTER
IN DISTRICT TWO.
AT LAST WEEK'S COMMITTEE
MEETING, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
DEFENDED THE ETHICS ROLL BACK BY
LISTING 16 STATES WITH THE SAME
RULES.
MOST OF THEIR CITIES ARE SMALLER
THAN SEATTLE, MOST
SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER.
THE TWO THAT
AREN'T, PHILADELPHIA AND
JACKSONVILLE, DON'T SUPPORT HER
CASE.
PHILADELPHIA HAS STRICTER
RULES IN THE STATE, MORE LIKE
SEATTLE ALREADY HAS.
JACKSONVILLE IS A RED CITY IN
A RED STATE.
IN FACT, NINE OF THE STATES
SHE CITED VOTED FOR TRUMP.
THESE ARE NOT THE MODELS THAT WE
SHOULD BE FOLLOWING IN
SEATTLE. BE RUSHED, COUNCIL
MEMBERS
WERE CUT OFF FROM QUESTIONING
AND
THE FULL VOTE IS SCHEDULED
BEFORE THEY HAVE REVIEWED OR
TAKEN
AN OFFICIAL POSITION.
SEATTLE OFFICIALS SHOULD BE HELD
TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL
STANDARDS.
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE
ARE FACING INSTABILITY
AND CORRUPTION AT A FEDERAL
LEVEL.
VOTE NO ON THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
>> WHEN RENTERS
RIGHTS --
>> ALEXIS AND THEN KATIE.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> OKAY.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE BILLS
THAT
ARE PROTECTING RENTERS RIGHTS.
I AM SUCH A RENTER.
I VIEW MY HOME CITYCITY
SOMEWHERE I CAN FEEL SAFE AND I
JUST DON'T
FEEL SAFE IN THIS
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT ANYMORE.
PLEASE PROTECT US.
I'M SORRY I CAN'T GIVE YOU
LIKE A GROUNDED ARGUMENT ABOUT
THIS, BUT IT COMES DOWN TO THAT.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS KATIE.
>> WHEN TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> MY NAME IS KATIE.
THANK YOU FOR RESOLUTION
32168 AND FOR BEING THE ONLY
MORAL AND
PRINCIPLED COUNCILMEMBER
OPENLY CONDEMNING THE ANTI-
QUEER
HATE RALLY THAT OCCURRED THIS
PAST
WEEKEND.
WE NEED TO MOVE TO MOVE THE
NEXT HATE RALLY.
TRANS PHOBIC AND HATE
SPEECH IS NOT WELCOMED IN THIS
CITY, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES THAT
INSYMBOLIZE INCLUSIVITY.
I'M APPALLED AND ANGERED
THAT OUR CITY LEADERS AND PARKS
ALLOWED THIS HATE RALLY TO
BE HELD IN A HISTORICALLY
QUEER NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARK,
KNOWING THIS WOULD BRING CLASHES
AND
POTENTIAL VIOLENCE.
TO QUOTE ROBERT JONES JR.
WE CAN DISAGREE AND STILL
LOVE EACH OTHER UNLESS YOUR
DISAGREEMENT IS ROOTED IN
MY OPPRESSION AND DENIAL OF
MY HUMANITY AND RIGHT TO
EXIST. UNSHOCKINGLY, THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS THE
GREATEST
AGITATOR AT THIS RALLY
DISPLAYING A PREDICTABLE
OVERUSE OF FORCES AND EXPLICITLY
TARGETING OUR QUEER NEIGHBORS.
EACH OF
YOU --
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH MOORE.
GO AHEAD. ARE YOU THERE?
SARAH, YOUR PHONE MAY BE MUTED.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> I WAS ATTENDING SATURDAY'S
PROTEST AGAINST THE HATE
GROUP, AND THE BLAME IS AT THE
FEET OF
THE COUNCILMEMBERS HERE.
I TOLD YOU WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN, IT WAS GOING TO BE
USED AGAINST OUR TRANS
AND QUEER BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
I LOOK AT JOY HOLLINGSWORTH
WHO SAID THAT THE POLICE WOULD
HAVE TO -- GUESS WHAT, WE TOLD
YOU THEY WOULD BE FIRED AND THEY
GOT
FIRED AT CHESTS.
THIS IS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
YOUR FAULT, AND I URGE YOU
TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE WINDOW.
YOU SEE THE HATE GROUPS
STANDING UP TO SPEAK.
THEY DO NOT WANT THIS.
WHY ARE WE TRYING TO RESPECT
A SYSTEM THAT WANTS ME AND
MY COMRADES DEAD?
DO NOT RESPECT THIS COUNCIL.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO FIGHT FOR
US, NOT THEM.
WHEN RENTERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHAT DO WE ODO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> THAT WAS THE LAST
REGISTERED -- WE HAVE ONE MORE.
THANK YOU.
SORRY, DAVID.
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> HI, THANK YOU.
IT'S A TALE TELL SIGN WE NEED
A DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE INVESTIGATION INTO CITY
HALL'S WATERING DOWN OF THE
INTEGRITY OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A
CONFLICT OF INTEREST, ALSO KNOWN
AS AN
IMPAIRED GOVERNMENT.
THE GOVERNMENT'S
ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE
CONTINUED TO LOBBY AND BROWBEAT
THE ETHICS BOARD
DIRECTOR ON NOT ALLOWING AN
AT-LARGE COUNCILMEMBER TO
SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENTS UNTIL
AFTER THE VOTE WHILE ALLOWING
A LANDLORD NOT ON THE COMMITTEE
TO INTRODUCE AN AMENDMENT TO
ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER WHO HAS A
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
TOO AND PROBABLY SHOULD RECUSE
AS WELL.
WHILE THE NON- MEMBER
COUNCIL WITH A LANDLORD CONFLICT
GOT
TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM A MULTIPLE
OF TIMES USING ANOTHER
LANDLORD WITH A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST
TO INTRODUCE THE AMENDMENT.
AT LEAST SIX LANDLORDS
INVOLVED IN RUSHING CHANGES TO
WHAT
CONSTITUTES A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST BECAUSE WE HAVE
CONCERNED ABOUT MORTGAGED
DEBT ON A RENTAL HOME.
>> NO ADDITIONAL REMOTE
SPEAKERS PRESENT.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> YOU ARE ONLY TAKING TIME
AWAY FROM ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
PLEASE STOP.
>> WE'RE NOW AT NUMBERS 21
THROUGH 30.
21 THROUGH 30.
21.
>> MAYDAY USA EVENT UNDER THE
SLOGAN DON'T MESS WITH OUR
KIDS WAS LED BY A MAN MATT SHEA,
WHO
WAS FOUND BY AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OPENED
BY
THE WASHINGTON STATE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES TO HAVE
PLANNED
AND ENGAGED IN AND
PROMOTED THREE ARMED CONFLICTS
OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN 2014,
2015, AND 2016.
THE VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED
LAST SATURDAY WAS NOT JUST SOME
UNFORTUNATE BYPRODUCT, ANOTHER
INTENSILE INCITEMENT BY A
MAN WHO HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
DOING THIS IN THE PAST.
THIS IS AN INCIDENT THAT
DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN.
THOSE WHO ALLOW THIS HATE
SPACE TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES IN
SEATTLE SHARE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ANY VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED
AND ANY PHYSICAL AND MENTAL COST
TO THIS COMMUNITY AND ITS
PEOPLE.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE
WELLBEING OF THIS COMMUNITY AND
OF THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE AT
LARGE, YOU NEED TO
HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THOSE WHO
ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN AND HATE
GROUPS ARE NOT WELCOME AND GIVEN
SPACE TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES IN
THE
CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHEN TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> NO JUSTICE.
>> NO PEACE.
>> THIS BEHAVIOR IS DEFINED
AS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH
THE ALLOTTED TIME.
OUTBURSTS AND COMMENTS THAT
ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
>> NUMBER 22.
>> I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING
IN REGARDS TO RESOLUTION 32168.
ON SATURDAY, MAY 24th, A
FAR RIGHT FRINGE ANTI- LGBTQ
CHURCH LED BY MATT SHEA, A MAN
WHO WROTE A MANIFESTO TITLED
THE BIBLICAL BASIS FOR WAR AND
WHOM A REPORT COMMISSION BY THE
HOUSE IN 2019 FOUND INCITED
VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORITY GROUPS
ON AT
LEAST THREE
SEPARATE OCCASIONS WAS PERMITTED
TO HOLD A RALLY
IN CAL ANDERSON PARK WHICH LIES
IN THE HEART OF SEATTLE'S LGBTQ
COMMUNITY.
IN RESPONSE, THE COMMUNITY
CAME TOGETHER TO SHOW UP AND
INSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
REMAINS A
SAFE PLACE FOR THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY, AN EVENT OF WHICH
I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A
PART
OF.
THE VIOLENCE IN OUR
COMMUNITY SUFFERED ON SATURDAY
WAS
UNFORTUNATELY ALL TOO
PREDICTABLE. I WAS THERE ON
SATURDAY AND WAS
TERRIFIED AND
SADDENED. MY NEIGHBORS WERE
TERRIFIED
AND SADDENED AND SOME OF THE
SPD LOOKED SADDENED THEY WERE
DISPATCHED TO THIS EVENT IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
I AM NOT HERE TO BEMOAN THE
COUNCIL, I HOPE YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU KNOW NOW ABOUT THIS
GROUP,
REGRET IT TOOK PLACE IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
INSTEAD, I'M HERE TO SUGGEST A
SOLUTION.
ONE THAT WILL PROTECT
PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH
WHILE CENTERING THE SAFETY OF
SEATTLE
RESIDENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE SPOKEN BEYOND
YOUR ALLOTTED TIME.
PLEASE FINISH.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> STAND UM, FIGHT
BACK.
>> TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> 23.
>> I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF
MUSICIANS IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PIVOTAL
IN THE '80s AND '90s MUSIC
SDEEN.
I HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF PRIDE
IN SEATTLE LIFE.
AS A MUSICIAN, AS A TRANS WOMAN,
I HAVE ALWAYS FELT LIKE THIS IS
SOMEWHERE I CAN BE SAFE.
THAT BEING SAID, ON
SATURDAY, THAT PRIDE IN SEATTLE
HAS
BEEN TOTALLY SHATTERED.
BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE HERE
ANYMORE.
IF I AM KNOWING THAT PEOPLE
ARE COMING HERE DOING STUFF LIKE
THAT, I CAN'T FEEL SAFE HERE
ANYMORE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO
SAY.
>> 24.
>> WHEN TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> YOU ARE ENGAGING
IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
STOP.
YOU ARE INTERRUPTING SOMEONE
ELSE'S --
>> HELLO.
HELLO, I , A MEMBER OF THIVE BO
OF THE KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN
PARTY AND A SEATTLE RESIDENT IN
DISTRICT SIX.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST
MAYOR
HARRELL'S COMMENTS REGARDING
THE EVENTS SATURDAY
AT CAL ANDERSON PARK,
BLAMING THE CHRISTIAN GROUP
GATHERED
THERE FOR PRAYER INSTEAD OF
HOLDING ANTIFA AGGRESSORS
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR.
I AM A NON- CHRISTIAN, PRO-
CHOICE REPUBLICAN, BUT I AM AN
AMERICAN, AND I WILL FIGHT TO
UPHOLD --
>> DO NOT INTERRUPT.
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
>> YOU ARE ENGAGING -- YOU
ARE INTERRUPTING SOMEONE'S
RIGHT
TO FREE SPEECH.
YOU MUST STOP.
DO NOT SHOUT.
>> NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.
>> WE DEMAND TOLERANCE.
>> NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE NO
PEACE. NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE NO
PEACE.
>> YOU ARE ENGAGING
IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
PLEASE BE QUIET.
>> TIME'S UP.
TIME'S UP.
>> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> MY NAME IS GWENDOLYN,
A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK.
JUST LAST WEEK, THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED SOME TOOTLESS WORK,
ONLY FOR THE COUNCIL TO TURN
AROUND AND REPEAL THE BAN ON
CHEMICAL AND CROWD CONTROL
WEAPONS
THAT WE WON TO UNLEASH A POLICE
TO ATTACK TRANS AND QUEER PEOPLE
ON
THE STREETS AND THE CITY
COUNCIL IS TRYING TO REPEAL THE
RENTERS
RIGHTS PROTECTIONS WE WON TO
EMPOWER CORPORATE AND
GREEDY LANDLORDS TO TURN TRANS
AND
QUEER PEOPLE ON TO THE STREETS
ALONG WITH STRUGGLING WORKING
PEOPLE.
BIG BUSINESS SPENT $1. 4
MILLION IN THE LAST SEATTLE
ELECTION
TO BUY THE COUNCIL THEY WANTED
AND THE REAL ESTATE AND LANDLORD
LOBBY WERE THE BIGGEST DONORS.
SARA NELSON, BOB KETTLE,
ROB SAKA HAVE TAKEN MONEY FROM
A SLUM LORD SO NOTORIOUS WE GOT
A LAW NAMED AFTER THEM.
THIS IS WHO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WORKS FOR, NOT US.
IF WE WANT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, MEDICAL CARE FOR ALL,
AND
THE THINGS WE NEED TO LIVE,
WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT
OURSELVES
WITH AN INDEPENDENT WORKING
CLASS
MOVEMENT.
WE NEED A NEW PARTY FOR WORKING
PEOPLE.
IF YOU WANT TO WIN AND TAKE
THE FIGHT TO THE MILLIONAIRES
AND THE LANDLORDS.
>> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> STAND UP FIGHT BACK.
>> WHEN TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UM, FIGHT BACK.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR MORE
SPEAKERS.
>> 26.
>> HI, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS RICK HARRISON.
I'M A HEALTH CARE WORKER
AT VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL
CENTER DOWN THE ROAD.
I'M HERE ACCOMPANIED BY MY
NATHANIEL.
WE'RE REPRESENTING 2 OF
900 PEOPLE WHO VOTED TO FORM
THEIR UNION IN JANUARY 2024.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN
IN BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS WITH
OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM TO GAIN
OUR FIRST CONTRACT.
WE'RE FIGHTING FOR THINGS LIKE
REASONABLE WORK
CONDITIONS, ADEQUATE PAY, AND
OVERALL
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR
PATIENTS. SO FAR, IT'S BEEN
ABOUT
16 MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN IN
NEGOTIATIONS, AND MANAGEMENT
IS NOT COMING TO THE
BARGAINING TABLE PREPARED,
THEY'RE NOT
WE FILED AT LEAST SIX
UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES AGAINST
OUR
MANAGEMENT MORNING IOTA
AND POTENTIALLY GO ON
STRIKE IN
JUNE.
WE'RE HERE TO NOTIFY YOU OF
THAT, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR
YOUR SUPPORT THAT IF IT DOES
COME
TO A STRIKE, THAT YOU'LL COME
AND
SUPPORT US IN OUR MOVEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> WHEN WORKERS RIGHTS ARE
UNDER
ATTACK --
>> MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS
ARE ENGAGING IN BEHAVIOR --
>> MY NAME IS SUMMER.
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT
THREE. JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, HOW
DARE
YOU PRETEND TO REPRESENT RENTERS
IN
OUR DISTRICTS WHEN YOU SIT UP
THERE AND ATTACK THE
BASIC RIGHTS
THAT RENTERS HAVE WON WITH THE
LEADERSHIP OF
SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY REPRESENTS
US, THE PERSON WHO USED TO SIT
IN YOUR
SEAT.
YOU ARE BACKED BY MAJOR LABOR
UNIONS LIKE UFCW AND WHAT
DID YOU DO WITH THAT SUPPORT?
YOU TRIED TO ATTACK OUR
$15 MINIMUM WAGE VICTORY, YOU
TRIED TO DENY RAISES TO OVER
200,000 WORKERS AND RELEGATE
THEM TO A
SUB- MINIMUM WAGE.
WORKERS STRIKE BACK FOUGHT
BACK, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN
DRIVEN OUT OF OFFICE THEN.
IF YOU VOTE TO REPEAL
THIS ETHICS CODE, WORKING
PEOPLE SHOULD DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS
TO DRIVE YOU
OUT NOW. YOU INTRODUCE ARE SORTS
OF SUPPOSED AMENDMENTS.
ALL THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE
SMOKE AND MIRRORS.
THEY DON'T DO A THING TO STOP
THE ETHICS ROLL BACK AND WORKING
PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO OBE
FOOLED.
YOU CAN CARRY WATER,
YOU'RE CARRYING WATER FOR
CORPORATE LANDLORDS WHO MADE
BILLIONS
IN PROFITS LAST YEAR.
HOLLINGSWORTH DOESN'T REPRESENT
RENTERS. SHE REPRESENTS HER
CORPORATE
DONORS.
SHE TOOK OVER $54,000 FROM
ONE OF THE BIGGEST REAL ESTATE
LOBBIES.
>> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. PLEASE LET THE NEXT PERSON
SPEAK.
>> SHE'S NOT ON THE SIDE OF
RENTERS.
SHE'S BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY
THE
LANDLORD CLASS. WE WON'T ALLOW
ANYONE WHO TRIES
TO DISMANTLE OUR
VICTORIES --
>> YOU'RE SPEAKING LAST
YOUR ALLOTTED TIME.
THIS CONSTITUTES A DISRUPT.
IF ORDER CANNOT BE RESTORED
WE WILL HAVE TO MOVE TO ANOTHER
--
IF YOU DO
NOT --
>> WE WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL
TO THROW EVERY SINGLE LAST ONE
OF YOU OUT OF OFFICE.
>> WHO DO LANDLORDS LOVE?
>> JOY HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THIS IS THE LAST SPEAKER.
>> WHO NEEDS TO BE THROWN OUT?
>> JOY HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YOU ARE -- YOU
ARE INTERRUPTING THE ABILITY OF
OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK.
>> NUMBER 28.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JEFF.
I'M A RENTER HERE IN SEATTLE.
I'M ALSO AN ARTIST, ALSO A
DISABLED PERSON.
MY SSDI APPLICATION HAS BEEN
PUT ON HOLD FOR FOUR
YEARS. IT SAT IN THE SSDI OFFICE
HERE FOR SIX MONTHS BEFORE THEY
TOLD ME IT HADN'T BEEN REVIEWED
AT
ALL.
I WAS STRUGGLING WITH
LIVING EXPENSES DURING THAT
TIME.
I HAVE BEEN HERE SEVEN YEARS AND
HAVE MOVED EIGHT TIMES.
I HAVE NOT LIVED IN A
PLACE LONGER THAN A YEAR AND A
HALF
IN THIS CITY THAT IS SIMPLY DUE
TO THE LACK OF PROTECTIONS
THAT RENTERS HAVE HERE.
WE HAVE NO REAL RENT CONTROL.
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
MARKET STARTS AT $1200 FOR A 250
SQUARE FOOT STUDIO.
NEVER MIND THE FACT THAT
WHEN YOU BECOME HOMELESS,
RESOURCES
BECOME IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCESS.
JUST THE OTHER CHRISTMAS EVE
I HELPED A BLIND MAN OFF A BUS
INTO A GAS STATION BECAUSE
HE HAD BEEN BLIND AND HOMELESS
FOR
TEN YEARS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO
SUPPORT.
IF YOU ROLL BACK THIS ETHICS
LAW, PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY
AS GOOD AS DEAD.
AND I HATEHATE CUSS BUT
I ABSOLUTELY MEAN THAT.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WE HAVE REACHED THE END
OF OUR ALLOTTED TIME FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW CLOSED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS
TODAY.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU
DIDN'T GET
A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
>> LET US SPEAK!
LET US SPEAK!
>> WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO
THE NEXT PART OF THE AGENDA.
>> PLEASE SIT DOWN.
ORDER MUST BE STTHE PUBLIC
ARE ENGAGING IN BEHAVIOR THAT
THIS
MEETING CANNOT PROCEED.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> QUIET.
WE WILL
NOW --
>> COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> ORDER HAS NOT BEEN
RESTORED AND PURSUANT TO THE
ACT, RC 420,
THE COUNCIL
RECESS --
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY
CONTINUE TO
OBSERVE --
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> REJOIN THE MEETING REMOTELY.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> LET US SPEAK!
LET US SPEAK!
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> LET US SPEAK!
LET US SPEAK!
>> YOU CANNOT HEAR ME, AND
I CANNOT HEAR YOU BECAUSE YOU
ARE ENGAGING IN DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR.
IT IS 3:10 P.M.
WE WILL RECESS FOR TEN
MINUTES AND CONTINUE THIS
MEETING
REMOTELY FROM OUR OFFICE.
WE WILL RECONVENE BY 3:20.
>>> COUNCILMEMBER
--
>> CUME RINCK?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> PRESENT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SULLIVAN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE TIME IS NOW 3:23.
WE ARE CONVENING OUR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY
27th,
2025.
I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES
AND TO THE PUBLIC FOR
INTERRUPTING
THE MEETING TO, AGAIN, RECONVENE
REMOTELY.
I DON'T LIKE DOING THIS.
LET ME FINISH WHAT I AM
SAYING AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED.
I CERTAINLY DO NOT LIKE
HAVING TO DO THIS PROCEDURE.
BUT I ALSO DON'T LIKE HAVING
TO TRY TO CLEAR THE ROOM WHEN
PEOPLE ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE
INSTRUCTIONS AGAINST DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR.
I HAD TO SET A TIME LIMIT OF
PUBLIC COMMENT SO THAT WE
COULDCOULD WITH THE COUNCIL
MEETING IN A WAY THAT WAS
PREDICTABLE
FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
THAT IS WHY I
DID THAT. AND YES, I UNDERSTAND
THAT
THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE THAT
WERE
NOT ABLE TO SPEAK.
HOWEVER, I HAD TO STICK TO THE
TIMEFRAME THAT I HAD
ESTABLISHED. WE WILL NOW PROCEED
WITH THE
REST -- I AM SORRY.
I AM GOING -- NO.
>> POINT OF ORDER.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO
SUSPEND THE RULES TO OPEN
COMMENT.
THERE WERE 17 PEOPLE LEFT.
WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH
ALL THOSE COMMENTERS.
IT LOOKS LIKE TWO PEOPLE LEFT.
IS -- I UNDERSTAND THE
IMPULSE TO CONTINUE.
HOWEVER, WHEN I CLOSED PUBLIC
COMMENT, THAT MEANT THAT PEOPLE
WHO WERE LISTENING OR WHO WERE
PRESENT, WHO HAVE NOW LEFT THE
ROOM, NOW DO NOT HAVE
THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE.
AND THAT IS NOT A FAIR
SITUATION
EITHER.
>> THIS IS NOT AN IMPULSE.
THIS IS OUR
JOB.
>> YOU ARE INTERRUPTING.
PLEASE LET ME FINISH WHAT I WAS
SAYING.
THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THAT
IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE PEOPLE TO
REOPEN WHO HAVE LEFT.
I ASK THAT WE JUST CONTINUE
WITH THE PLAN, BUT I AM FINE
HAVING IT GO FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF PROCEEDING WITH
PUBLIC COMMENT SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> NAY.
THIS IS A VOTE.
SHALL I TAKE A VOICE VOTE?
>> PLEASE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> OKAY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
PROCEEDING WITH SAY THAT WE HAV
WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT VOTE TO
GET TO.
AND WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS
THAT HAVE HARD STOPS, AND
WE WILL EXTEND THE TWO- HOUR
TIME
PERIOD.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM
CONCERNED
WITH. SO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE
VOTE
ON EXTENDING PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> MEMBER KETTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I
COULDN'T HEAR THAT.
>> I THINK SOMETHING IS
WRONG WITH YOUR AUDIO.
WE CAN BARELY HEAR YOU.
NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>>
NO.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED.
>> MOTION FAILS.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH OUR
AGENDA.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
A TIE VOTE FAILS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL NOW PROCEED WITH
--
>> WHO NEEDS TO BE THROWN OUT?
>> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
I'M LOOKING AROUND TO SEE HANDS
RAISED.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED.
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE
PROPOSED CONSENT
CALENDAR. ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR
INCLUDE 120983 AND 120987 WHICH
IS THE PAYMENT OF THE BILLS.
>> WE'LL BE BACK.
WE'LL BE BACK.
>> ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS WISH TO REMOVE
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
WE CAN SEE HANDS RAISED.
I DON'T SEE ANY.
HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT A CONSENT CALENDAR.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SULLIVAN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE
ADOPTED.
[ CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING ]
>> IMPLEMENTING INTERIM CONTROLS
TO COMPLY WITH VARIOUS STATE
LAWS ESTABLISHING FINDINGS
LEGISLATION THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASSED AS
AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH .
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED AS CHAIR FOR THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK
CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL OUR STAFF,
YOUR STAFF, EVERYONE FOR YOUR
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TRAINED
THREE DURING THIS PROCESS, AND I
BELIEVE, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE
OUT OF ORDER OR OVERSTEP, BUT
COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA HAS HER
HAND UP, AND I THINK IT'S
BECAUSE WE HAVE A POTENTIAL
AMENDMENT TO THE WORK PLAN
BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON IT, SO
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ORDER THAT
IS, AMELIA, BUT--
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS
THE BILL , THEN THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WILL FACILITATE
DISCUSSION OF AMENDMENT.
>> I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT
CLARIFICATION. REFLECTS A
COUNSEL INCLUSIVE APPROACH
ROOTED IN LIVABILITY,
SUSTAINABILITY. IT IS A
COLLECTION OF ALL YOUR
PRIORITIES UM-- FROM START TO
FINISH UM-- EVEN EACH COUNCIL
MEMBER HAS THEIR OWN PRIORITIES
FOR THEIR DISTRICTS FROM
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO
STABILIZATION, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ,
WALK ABILITY, PRIORITIZING, WALK
ABILITY AND PRIORITIZING UM--
PEDESTRIANS AS WELL. THIS
COLLECTIVE WORK PLAN WILL
INCLUDE A ROBUST , HAS INCLUDED
A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN
ANALYZING ZONING AND
INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY UM--
COORDINATION WITH CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO UM-- FOR
COMMUNITIES MOST VULNERABLE TO
DISPLACEMENT AND EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO NEW HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES, SO I KNOW THAT
THIS IS ONLY THE INTERIM
LEGISLATION, AND IT TOOK A LONG
TIME FOR US TO GET HERE, AND
AFTER WE PASSED THIS IS A
COUNSEL WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
PERMANENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
THAT WE WILL BE TAKING ON AS A
COUNSEL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
SO, I WILL SAY THIS, AND I KNOW
THAT WE HAVE HAD LAST-MINUTE
AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE HAD
ADDITIONS, AND I THINK WE HAVE
BEEN GRACIOUS OF THE OFFICE OF
ALLOWING THAT AND MAKING SURE
THAT EVERYONE FEELS INCLUSIVE
UM-- HOWEVER, WHEN WE DO THE
PERMANENT LEGISLATION I TALKED
TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS
ABOUT THIS THAT OUR TIMELINE IS
GOING TO BE MORE STRICT, SO WE
WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GET THINGS ON TIME, AND THAT WE
ARE UM-- JUST CLEAN UP SOME
STUFF JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER,
SO WE ARE ON TIME AND THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE THE ADEQUATE
TIME AND ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE ON SOME AMENDMENTS OR
LAST-MINUTE ADDITIONS TO THINGS,
BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF
COLLABORATION THIS IS WHERE WE
ARE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH EVERY EACH AND ONE
OF YOU DURING THIS PROCESS, SO
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
INTRODUCTION. I WILL HAVE MORE
THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE
UNDERLYING LEGISLATION, BUT I
SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
HAS HER HAND UP. YES PLEASE, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I MOVED TO AMEND COUNSEL BILL
120969 AS PRESENTED ON THE
RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED AMENDMENT A
.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. UM--
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND
THE BILL AS PRESENTED--
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS IT.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I UM--
LAST WEEK MADE MENTION OF
RINGING IN AMENDMENT THIS WEEK
THAT I INTENTIONALLY --
FREESTANDING, BUT GIVEN MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH CENTRAL STAFF
THEY FELT IT PROBABLY MADE MORE
SENSE TO INCLUDED IN THE
CHAIR'S WORK PLAN. I REALLY
WANT TO THANK CHAIR
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO ADD THIS INTO THE
WORK PLAN, WHICH IS BASICALLY
UM-- WE WILL BE EXPLORING
NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT ARE
EXEMPT FROM SOME REGULATION
UNDER A RECENTLY PASSED HOUSE
BILL AT THE STATE I 571 RELATED
TO CLADDING, AND IT BEING
CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE
BUILDINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
UM-- THERE IS AN EXEMPTION UNDER
THE BILL FOR NATIONAL HISTORIC
DISTRICTS OR BASICALLY
NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORIC DISTRICTS
THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY ,
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. SO
CENTRAL STAFF IS GOING TO HELP
IN THE PERMANENT LEGISLATION
FIGURE OUT A PATH TO MAKE SURE
THAT EXEMPTION IS PRESERVED AS
PART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO .
SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS, BUT THAT IS WHAT THIS
ONE SENTENCE THAT GOT INCLUDED
IN THE WORK PLAN IS ABOUT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> FROM MY KNOWLEDGE COULD YOU
PLEASE READ THAT ONE SENTENCE?
>> CLEAR FIND THE SCOPE OF
PROVISIONS FOR AND OUR ZONES DO
NOT PRECLUDE GALATIAN OF
CLADDING MATERIALS AND LANDMARKS
PURSUANT TO HB 5571. AND THIS IS
BECAUSE I HAD SOME CONSTITUENTS
IN THE DISTRICT THAT THE
ORIGINAL HB 1110 HAD SOME
LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT THE--
HOUSING LOOKING LIKE OTHER
HOUSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD , OR
ON THE BLOCK, BASICALLY, BUT
THERE WAS A NEW SENATE BILL THAT
IS PRECLUDING US FROM
LEGISLATION REGARDING WITH SOME
EXEMPTIONS, AND ONE OF,
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HISTORIC
DISTRICTS. SO, I AM TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THAT LANGUAGE THAT IS
ALREADY IN THE STATE BILL ISN'T
INCLUDED IN THE PERMANENT
LEGISLATION AS HAS BEEN
REQUESTED BY CONSTITUENTS UM--
IN THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT.
THERE ARE TWO NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED HISTORIC DISTRICTS ,
THEN THERE IS ONE ACTUALLY IN
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON'S
DISTRICT AND MONTLAKE. AND FULL
DISCLOSURE, I LIVED -- THIS IS
NOT SOMETHING I AM BRINGING, I
DON'T GET ANY FINANCIAL BENEFIT
FROM LIVING IN THAT DISTRICT. I
JUST HAPPEN TO LIVE THERE, BUT
IT IS SOMETHING MY CONSTITUENTS
HAVE REQUESTED. BOTH ON
WALLINGFORD AND RUBIN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RINK
?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND IS A MEMBER RIVERA FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WANTED
TO OFFER A MINOR FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT TO YOU THIS AMENDMENT
UM-- JUST IN NOTING THAT WE
SEIZED THIS TODAY. AND IF WE HAD
A LITTLE MORE TIME I WOULD HAVE
RAISED THIS EARLIER, BUT I DO
WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT THIS
SHOULD BE NAMED AS A SENATE BILL
INSTEAD OF A HOUSE BILL, SO I
WANT TO PROPOSE A MINOR
CORRECTION JUST TO MAKE SURE WE
MAKE THAT CHANGE SO WE CAN
ACCURATELY REFLECT THE BILL WE
ARE MAKING REFERENCE TO.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINK
, I WILL LET CENTRAL STAFF KNOW
THAT THAT CHANGE NEEDS TO BE
MADE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON FOR
THAT CHANGE TO BE REFLECTED WE
WOULD NEED AN ORAL AMENDMENT TO
THE AMENDMENT EIGHT TO REFLECT
THE CHANGE ON ITEM NUMBER 10.
>> DOES THAT MEAN COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA NEEDS TO REREAD HER
AMENDMENT WITH THAT CHANGE ?
>> I THINK-- AMELIA, I MOVED TO
AMEND MY AMENDMENT TO SAY SB,
INSTEAD OF HB UM-- 5571.
>> SECOND.
>> AND NOW AMELIA WE BOTH-- BACK
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS
YOU CAN MOVE ON TO A VOTE, YES.
>> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS ON THIS AMENDMENT
ITSELF? I AM NOT SEEING ANY
HAYNES RAISED . WOULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT
LOOK , HAVE WE ALREADY YES WE
HAVE ARTY MOVED IT, CORRECT?
>> THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO
THE AMENDMENT. TO CHANGE HB TO
SB --
>> I THOUGHT ORAL AGREEMENT--
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW VOTE ON
AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT
CHANGING SB TO -- SB.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? COUNCIL
MEMBER RIVERA? COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA? COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
COUNCILMEMBER STROSS?
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ?
NELSON?
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, AMENDMENT
A HAS BEEN AMENDMENT -- AMENDED,
NOW WE WILL CALL THE LANGUAGE WE
ALREADY DISCUSSED ON THE FLOOR ,
I AM ASKING IF THERE ARE ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ABOUT AMENDMENT A BEFORE WE VOTE
ON IT. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS
THAT A NEW HAND?
>> NO, SORRY.
>> OKAY. I SEE NO OTHER HANDS,
SO COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON AMENDMENT DAY?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT NELSON? 9 IN FAVOR,
AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE
MOTION CARRIES AND AMENDMENT A
IS ADOPTED. OKAY, ARE THERE
OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE
BILL AS AMENDED? I ALWAYS HAD TO
MOVE MY SCRIPTS SO I CAN SEE THE
SCREEN IN CASE YOU WONDER WHY IT
ALWAYS TAKES ME A WHILE TO
CONTINUE. I AM NOT SEEING ANY
RAISED. I WOULD LIKE TO UM--
MAKE A COMMENT-- COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, I WILL SAY YOU
HAVE LED THIS PROCESS WITH
COLLABORATION AND GOOD SPIRIT IF
THAT IS POSSIBLE WITH PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT IS QUITE
COMPLICATED. I APPRECIATE HOW
WELL YOU HAVE LED THE PROCESS TO
THIS POINT. AND YOU KNOW THE
SCHEDULE HAS UM-- HAS CHANGED ,
AND YOU HAVE DEALT WITH --
UNCERTAINTY , AND ALSO IT OF
YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO ALL HAVE
DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE
SHOULD PROCEED, SO I WANTED TO
SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO. THANK YOU
CENTRAL STAFF FOR EVERYTHING TO
HELP THE HOLLINGSWORTH OFFICE
GET US TO THIS POINT RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT. I AM NOT SEEING ANY
HANDS RAISED. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS AMENDED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ?
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE ?
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? 9 IN
FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW, I JUST
FOR THE RECORD UM-- THAT VOTE
HAD TO HAPPEN BY THE END OF MAY,
AND SO WE JUST GOT IT DONE UNDER
THE WIRE SO THAT IT CAN GO INTO
EFFECT BY THE END OF JUNE. SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE FOR
MAKING THAT POSSIBLE AND GETTING
IT DONE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> 32168 RESOLUTION WE FIRMING
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS WELCOMING
CITY AND COMMITTING TO
MAINTAINING POLICIES THAT
SUPPORT ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS
REGARDLESS OF ANCESTRY, RACE,
ETHNICITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN,
COLOR, AGE, SEX , SEXUAL
ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY,
MARITAL STATUS, PHYSICAL OR
MENTAL DISABILITY, RELIGION, OR
IMMIGRATION STATUS.
>> COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FEEDBACK ON THIS RESOLUTION OVER
THE PAST FEW MONTHS. WE ARE SO
PROUD
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY
CHANGES BEFORE US TODAY. THIS
RESOLUTION AS PREVIOUSLY STATED
REAFFIRMS THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS
A WELCOMING ONE. WHEN COMMITTED
TO MAINTAINING POLICIES THAT
SUPPORT ALL RESIDENTS TO ENSURE
PROTECTIONS FOR ALL HISTORICALLY
MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.
COLLEAGUES -- OF THIS EVENT
TARGETED WITHIN THE HEART OF
SEATTLE'S CAPITAL HILL
NEIGHBORHOOD, THE "GAY
GHBORHOOD" -- DIRE NEED FOR THIS
RESOLUTION TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT
FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. THIS
RESOLUTION REQUESTS THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONTINUE
APPLY TO THE COURTS TO ALL ACT.
THIS RESOLUTION SEEKS TO
CONTINUE TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET
IN A WAY THAT MINIMIZES ADVERSE
IMPACTS TO CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT
SERVE IMPACTED POPULATIONS AND
TO COMMIT TO DRAFTING AND
CONSIDERING AN COMMITMENT TO THE
2025 ADOPTED BUDGET THAT WOULD
ADD $300,000 TO EMERGING NEEDS
AND SERVE AS A RESPONSE TO THE
INHUMANE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
WE CONTINUE TO SEE FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SEATTLE MUST
STAND AS A BEACON OF HOPE AND
RESILIENCE, AND IT IS INCUMBENT
UPON US TO STAND UP DURING THESE
TIMES, SO COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT TODAY AND VOTE YES
ON THIS RESOLUTION FOR A
WELCOMING CITY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE
THERE ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
FOR BRINGING THIS LEGISLATION
TOGETHER AND THE COLLEAGUES FOR
SIGNING IT. I JUST WANTED JUST
BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS LEGISLATION
IN FRONT OF US WANTED TO SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE ACTIONS THAT
HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND UM--
IN THE SPIRIT OF THIS BEING A
WELCOMING CITY , AND I WILL SAY
AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL I GET THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR DISTRICT,
AND I BELIEVE OUR FOREMOST
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE, AND I THINK THIS WEEKEND
WE FELL SHORT OF THAT BASIC
OBLIGATION. LOGISTICALLY WE DID
NOT MEET THE MOMENT. SEATTLE IS
A CITY THAT ASPIRES TO PROTECT
FREEDOM , FREEDOM OF SPEECH,
FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION, AND THE FREEDOM TO
WHOM YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE. THIS
WEEKEND WE REOPENED DEEP WOUNDS
IN OUR HISTORIC LGBTQIA
COMMUNITY . AND I'M GOING TO
SPEAK TO YOU AS A DAUGHTER OF
THE DISTRICT, NOT AS A
REPRESENTATIVE. THE
REPRESENTATIVE, BUT I'M A
DAUGHTER OF THE DISTRICT. A GAY
WOMAN AND LIFELONG MEMBER OF--
CHURCH MILES FROM MILES ANDERSON
I CARRY FAITH RATED IN -- ROOTED
IN PEACE AND I HOLD CLOSE TO THE
MEMO TO LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS
THYSELF. I WILL ONLY LEAD WITH
LOVE, AND THAT IS THE SEATTLE I
KNOW, THAT'S THE ONE I GREW UP
WITH, AND NO ONE AND OR
DISAGREEMENT WILL DIVIDE US, NOT
OUR COMMUNITIES, AND NOT
CERTAINLY OUR FAITH IN ONE
ANOTHER AS S.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT GOOD VERSUS
EVIL LIGHT VERSUS DARK GAY
COMMUNITY VERSUS ALL RELIGION.
THIS IS HOW WE AS ADULTS SET
ASIDE ONE ANOTHER, WORK
TOGETHER, LIVE TOGETHER, AND
LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND COEXIST IN
THE CITY WE ALL CALL HOME HATE
SPEECH IS NOT TOLERATED IN
SEATTLE. AND THE MAJORITY OF
SEATTLE WANTS PEACE, AND I WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK EVERY DAY TO
MOVE US FORWARD, BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT I WAS TAUGHT IN CHURCH FROM
DAY ONE IS, AND I BELIEVE THAT
WITH ALL MY HEART , SOUL, AND
MIND. AND SO AS A WORKING
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DISTRICT,
AND THEN ALSO A PROUD CHRISTIAN
WOMAN , MY INTERSECTION NULLITY
OF MY GAYNESS, MY RELIGION, MY
BLACKNESS, ALL THESE THINGS
INTERSECT, AND YOU CAN HAVE THEM
WORKING IN CONJUNCTION. AND I
WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE JUST BECAUSE YOU
CHOOSE TO LOVE WHO YOU DO DOES
NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE EVIL,
YOUR-- THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS
THAT WERE COMING OUT OF KELLY
ANDERSON, AND YOU ARE NOT THAT .
GOD LOVES ME AND LOVES YOU TOO
AND EVERYONE, SO I HAD TO STATE
THAT FOR THE RECORD AS A
REPRESENTATIVE, BUT ALSO A
PERSON OF FAITH, BECAUSE THAT IS
WHAT RIGHT NOW IS HAPPENING IN
OUR CITY, AND I WANT TO MAKE
SURE SEATTLE UPHOLDS THEIR
VALUES CAN WE UPHOLD OUR FREEDOM
OF SPEECH, AND WE HOLD OUR LOVE
FOR ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO SIGNING THIS
PROCLAMATION AND PROTECTING IT
AS WELL THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS
THEY SERVE AS UM-- A MORAL
REMINDER TO US ALL . THANK YOU
VERY MUCH . COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU , COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR
YOUR WORDS . THEY ARE VERY
MEANINGFUL TO ME. AND I STAND BY
YOU AND WITH YOU -- SO MUCH TO
SAY UM-- I WANT TO SAY THAT
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK THANK YOU
FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS
RESOLUTION. I SUPPORT THE
OVERALL SPIRIT OF THIS BILL, AND
BECAUSE OF THAT I WILL BE VOTING
FOR IT, HOWEVER I DO WANT TO SAY
I AM UNABLE TO COMMIT TO THE
FUNDING ASPECTS OF THIS
RESOLUTION, GIVEN WE HAVE NOT
SEEN THE EXECUTIVE'S 26 BUDGET,
AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A LARGE
BUDGET DEFICIT, AND WE WILL NEED
TO SEE HOW THAT GETS ADDRESSED
IN THE BUDGET BEFORE COMMITTING
TO A SPECIFIC REQUEST . OF
COURSE I AM SUPPORTIVE OF
IMMIGRANTS, A PORT -- OF COURSE
I SUPPORT LGBTQ+ RIGHTS,
WOMEN'S RIGHTS, I AM OUTRAGED
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PUT
US AND OTHER CITIES IN THIS
POSITION THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN
FUNDING AWAY FROM THE MOST
VULNERABLE FUNDING PROVIDED BY
TAXPAYERS INCLUDING SEATTLE
TAXPAYERS KNOWING THAT CITIES
CANNOT POSSIBLY BACKFILL ALL OF
THAT FEDERAL FUNDING ON THEIR
OWN. THAT IS NOT OKAY. I AM JUST
, I MEAN -- WE NEED TO GET MONEY
TO THE CONSTITUENTS WHERE IT
BELONGS TO FUND OUR POPULATIONS
AND OR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
THAT NEED IT. SO I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT IS A PART OF THIS
WORK , BECAUSE WE CANNOT LET
THEM GET AWAY WITH KEEPING OUR
SEATTLE CITY DOLLARS IN D.C. FOR
THEIR OWN PURPOSES AND NOT FOR
WHAT OUR TAXPAYERS NEED RIGHT
HERE IN SEATTLE I
SAID IN PARTICULAR OUR
VULNERABLE POSITIONS. I WILL
VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS. CANNOT
COMMIT TO THEY BUDGET-- THE
BUDGET PIECES UNTIL I SEE IN THE
FALL WITH THE BUDGET WILL LOOK
LIKE. BUT OF COURSE SUPPORT THE
OVERALL SPIRIT OF THE BILL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP
NEXT.
>> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UM-- JUST A
COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR YOUR
WORK ON THIS. I AM DEFINITELY
GOING TO BE SIGNING ON IN
SUPPORT. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO --
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY. OUR LGBTQ+
COMMUNITY, OUR IMMIGRANT REFUGEE
COMMUNITY. THOSE WHO ARE THE
MOST DISENFRANCHISED, ESPECIALLY
BY EFFORTS GOING OUT ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL. I ALSO WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH 'S WORDS, YOUR
WISDOM, YOUR SPIRIT, FOR HOW YOU
FRAMED THIS AND HOW IT IMPACTS
YOU DIRECTLY. AND-- FINALLY,
ABOUT WHAT -- THIS PAST WEEKEND,
WHAT I HEARD FROM THOSE WHO WERE
THERE UM-- WHAT OCCURRED WAS
UNACCEPTABLE . AND WE NEED TO
ENSURE AS WE HEARD IN COMMENTARY
TODAY, THAT , THAT THOSE KIND OF
EVENTS THAT IMPACT THOSE WHO ARE
PEACEFULLY PROTESTING DON'T
HAPPEN AGAIN . AGAIN I AM , WHAT
I AM THINKING ABOUT FROM FOLKS I
HAVE HEARD I'M NOT GOING OFF OF
HE SAID SHE SAID OR SOME SOCIAL
MEDIA POST, BUT FROM HEARING
FROM FOLKS WHO WERE THERE
DIRECTLY. AND I THINK THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. SO AGAIN
I WANT TO THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, AND
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH ,
AND AS COUNSEL, LET'S MOVE
FORWARD TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT
EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THEIR
EXPRESSION OF SPEECH, THEIR
EXPRESSION OF IDENTITY, AND
THEIR EXPRESSION ABOUT WHO THEY
CHOOSE TO LOVE. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE ?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK FOR THIS RESOLUTION. THANK
YOU FOR ADJUSTING THE EDITS THAT
WERE MADE, WITH MY STAFF AND
OTHER STUFF I APPRECIATE THAT.
PUBLIC SAFETY -- SEPARATELY, I
WANTED TO SAY, AND I HAVE SAID
THIS BEFORE, THE LGBTQIA PLUS
HAS A HOME HERE IN SEATTLE, AND
THAT IS IMPORTANT. THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM THOSE
LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR COMMENTS . IT'S SO
IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR THAT,
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THIS NOT BE
LIMITED TO SEATTLE. YOU HEARD
THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENT. THE
CHALLENGES THE LGBTQIA+
COMMUNITY FACES . WE SHOULD BE
HIGHLIGHTING THAT THIS SHOULD
NOT JUST BE IN SEATTLE. UM-- I
DO BELIEVE THAT WE AS A CITY CAN
BE A SAFE SPACE. CLEARLY WE NEED
TO LOOK AT EVENTS FROM THIS
WEEKEND ON THIS POINT. AND I
SPOKE TO THIS AND THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE THIS MORNING.
AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP FOR
EXAMPLE AFTER ACTION REPORTS,
AND BOTTOM-LINE IS THAT WE NEED
TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR NATION
SEPARATELY RELATED TO THIS
RESOLUTION I WANTED TO NOTE AS
THE SUN OF IMMIGRANTS I KNOW THE
IMPORTANCE OF OUR IMMIGRANT
KENNEDYS, AND ITS LABOR TO OUR
NATION, TO OUR STATE, AND TO OUR
CITY. AND I KNOW THE ACTIONS OF
SOME INDIVIDUALS ARE -- AS A
WHOLE. THIS IS WRONG. THIS IS
WRONG YES INDIVIDUAL CASES NEED
TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT THE
NARRATIVE THAT AMERICA IS MADE
BETTER BY IMMIGRATION AND THE
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY IMMIGRANTS
HELP FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION
NEEDS TO BE REAFFIRMED, AND I
WANT TO SAY THAT HERE TODAY. AND
THE OTHER DAY I THINK OF MY
FATHER WHO CAME TO AMERICA
OCTOBER 4th, 1964. MY MOTHER
CAME THREE MONTHS LATER EMBRACED
FOR THEY HELPED BUILD THE
AMERICAN DREAM, YOU KNOW. THEY
HELPED BUILD THE AMERICAN DREAM.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING
IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND NOT BE
FORGOTTEN . AS NOTED BY MIKE
COUNCILMEMBERS -- FOR THE
RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I TOO WANTED TO EXPRESS MY
GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS
RESOLUTION AND FOR WORKING WITH
COUNSEL OFFICES THAT PROVIDE
FEEDBACK . IT IS UNFORTUNATE
THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO BRING
FORTH SUCH RESOLUTION. IT SPEAKS
TO THE DIFFICULTY OF THE TIMES
IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES. AND
SO I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT ALL OF
US ARE SO FIRMLY COMMITTED TO
THE VALUES THAT ARE ESPOUSED BY
HERE AND HAVE BEEN BROUGHT
FORWARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
I APPRECIATE THE WORDS OF OUR
WORDS OF COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. NO ONE PERSON HAS
A MONOPOLY ON GOD'S LOVE, OR IF
YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, THE
UNIVERSE'S LOVE. SO I
APPRECIATE HEARING THAT
REMINDER. UM-- AND BRINGING IT
REALLY HOME PERSONALLY. SO THANK
YOU FOR THAT. I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT THE
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT CAL
ANDERSON NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
UM-- I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO
BE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PROVOCATION BOTH AROUND LGBTQ,
TRANS ISSUES, ALSO AROUND TRANS
ISSUES, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, ALL
THE SORT OF HOT BUTTON SOCIETAL
CULTURE WARS, AND IT'S GOING TO
BE IMPORTANT WE STAY THE COURSE,
AND I'M UTTERLY CONVINCED WE
WILL DO SO, AND THAT WE WILL
STAND STRONG AND UNIFIED IN OUR
SUPPORT FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL IN
THIS CITY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. I
WILL BE VOTING FOR THIS.
>> I AM LOOKING TO SEE OTHER
HANDS UP. I DON'T SEE OTHER
HANDS, SO I WILL SIMPLY SAY THAT
UM-- I THINK -- THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD, I AGREE WITH THE
SPIRIT OF THIS RESOLUTION, SO I
WILL BE VOTING YESTERDAY.
SEATTLE HAS BEEN AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A WELCOMING CITY,
AND I ECHO SOME OF THE THOUGHTS
OF COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA THAT IT
IS UM-- BEYOND UNFORTUNATE. IT
IS, IT SADDENED ME THAT WE HAVE
TO-- HAVE TO PASS A RESOLUTION
TO MAKE REAL THE VALUES THAT WE,
THAT SEATTLE STANDS FOR, AND
UM-- AND ALSO RESTATE OUR
COMMITMENT TO SOME OF THE
FUNDING COMMITMENTS LISTED IN
THIS RESOLUTION. THEY HAD THE
RIGHT THINGS TO DO, AND I ALSO
STAND BY THEM. I ALSO RECOGNIZE
THAT WE ARE FACING A BUDGET
DEFICIT. AND WE HAVE A MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET TO GET
THROUGH. AND THEN ALSO AN END OF
THE YEAR BUDGET TO GET THROUGH
THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND SO WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT KINDS OF
CHOICES WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE
WHEN THE MAYOR SENDS DOWN HIS
PROPOSED BUDGETS. AND SO I AM
SIMPLY SAYING THAT I , NORMALLY
THIS IS A RESOLUTION, AND AS
SUCH IT-- IT SERVES AS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT,
AND WE WILL UNFORTUNATELY HAVE
TO BE MAKING DIFFICULT CHOICES
IN RESPONSE TO THE BUDGETS THAT
ARE SENT DOWN BY THE EXECUTIVE.
BUT, IN THE MEANTIME I WANT TO
SAY THAT THE SPIRIT OF THIS
RESOLUTION STANDS IN MY HEART.
AND SO THAT IS WHY I WILL BE
VOTING YES. AND THANK YOU AGAIN
VERY MUCH FOR GOING THROUGH THE
WORK OF BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
LET'S SEE. I AM -- WOULD YOU
LIKE TO HAVE ANY-- LACOMMA
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
SIMPLY THAT TODAY'S RESOLUTION
IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP, AND
WE NEED TO ENSURE WE TAKE UP
ACTION ON BEHALF OF OUR
RESIDENTS FOLLOWING TODAY. WITH
THAT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE IN THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ?
>> AYE.
>> MOORE? RINCK MARK RIVERA?
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
COUNCILMEMBER SULLIVAN?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? 9 IN
FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE FIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? OKAY.
THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM
THE -- COUNCILMEMBER ALEXIS I
JUST SAW YOUR HAND.
>> YES, I WAS HOPING TO SHARE
SOMETHING AS APPROPRIATE,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> OKAY WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE
ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TO GET
THROUGH. DO YOU WANT--
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS MARK
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
WE REACHED THE CONCLUSION OF OUR
AGENDA OR YOU MENTIONED MORE
ITEMS BUT THEY ARE NOT ON THE
AGENDA?
>> NO BUT WE HAVE NOT REACHED
THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
>> I HAVE ITEMS FOR GOOD OF THE
ORDER SO WHEN WE GET THERE I
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT THERE WERE NO
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR, AND THERE'S NOT A
RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND
ADOPTION TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBER
SOLOMON HAS A PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING 2025 AS WING LUKE
YEAR FOR SIGNATURE TODAY. SO I
WILL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON
TO INTRODUCE THE PROCLAMATION
AND SEEK ANY FEEDBACK OR INPUT
ON THE PROCLAMATION BEFORE
REQUESTING A ROLL CALL FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO FIX THEIR
SIGNATURE TO THE PROCLAMATION.
SO COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THE PROCLAMATION. PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. AMENDMENT AND
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE AND THEY WILL
SEE THIS CLAIMING TODAY FOR
ASKING FOR SIGNATURES ON TO THIS
COMMISSION TO CLAIM 2025 AS WING
LUKE YEAR IN SEATTLE TO HONOR
THE FORMER SEATTLE CITY
COUNCILMEMBER AND HIS EXTENSIVE
LEGACY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
FEBRUARY 18th, 2025, WOULD HAVE
MARKED HIS 100th BIRTHDAY. SO
CLAIMING -- PROCLAIMING 2025
SEEMED FITTING THIS PROCLAMATION
WAS CIRCULATED MAY 16th TO EACH
COUNCILMEMBER'S OFFICE. WE
THANK EVERYONE FOR THE INPUT.
LASTLY WE WANT TO THANK THE TEAM
AT THE MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES FOR
THEIR INVALUABLE RESEARCH AND
ASSISTANCE. AND NOT ONLY, AND I
DO WANT TO POINT OUT IT'S NOT
ONLY HONORING WING LUKE, BUT
IT'S ALSO HONORING IN THE
RECITALS EVERY COUNCILMEMBER OF
ASIAN DESCENT THAT HAS SERVED ON
THIS COUNSEL FROM WING LUKE TO
BRUCE HARRELL, SO ALL OF THEM
ARE RECOGNIZED IN THE RECITALS
FOR THIS SUPPORT FOR THIS
PROCLAMATION WHICH WILL BE
PRESENTED LOCALLY AT THE
COUNCILMEMBER ON TUESDAY JUNE
3rd. SO AFTER YOUR SUPPORT AND
SIGNATURES.
>> OTHER ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? I WILL SIMPLY SAY
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON, AND FOR REPRESENTING
AND ADVOCATING FOR YOUR
DISTRICT, DISTRICT 2 IN WHICH
THE NEW ENGLAND MUSEUM EXISTS,
AND THAT WHERE WING LUKE'S
LEGACY IS ALIVE AND WELL AND
FELT AND LIVED EVERY DAY AS
STRONGLY IN THE CITY. SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. I AM NOT SEEING ANY
OTHER HANDS UP. SO WILL THE
CLERK >> SORRY -- WITH A MOMENT
SPEAK AT UNINTENTIONALLY RAISED
MY HAND, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON FOR THIS
PROCLAMATION. IT WAS VERY WELL
WRITTEN, VERY WELL RESEARCHED,
AND SHARES AN AMAZING CULTURAL
HISTORY OF SEATTLE. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AND I MEANT TO SAY WHEN I WAS
TALKING BEFORE THAT I AM PROUD
TO FIX MY SIGNATURE FOR THE WING
LUKE PROCLAMATION, AND I AM
HONORED TO HAVE WORKED TO SECURE
$50,000 GRANT TO DISTRIBUTE DUE
TO THE CRIMINAL HATE CRIME THAT
OCCURRED. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
AND I AM NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER
HANDS UP GOODWILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO RAISE THEIR
HAND THAT THEY WILL AFFIX THEIR
SIGNATURE TO THE PROCLAMATION?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE?
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? SOLOMON?
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON?
NINE NAMES WILL BE AFFIXED TO
THE SIGNATURE OF THE POPULATION.
>> THANK YOU MUCH. IS THERE
FURTHER BUSINESS? COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT .
COLLEAGUES, LAST WEEK IN THE
FINANCE GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE WE
WERE BRIEFED ON TWO BILLS. THESE
TWO BILLS WILL BE COMING TO THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE NEXT
WEEK. WE WILL BE VOTING ON THEM
NEXT WEEK. I ASK THAT YOU REVIEW
THE LEGISLATION AND ALSO BE
BRIEFED EITHER BY CENTRAL STAFF
OR BY THE APPROPRIATE
DEPARTMENT. ONE IS PAYING OFF A
LOAN EARLY, AND THE OTHER IS
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE ALLOWING
THE TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT
OVERSPENT THEIR BUDGETS
UNINTENTIONALLY LAST YEAR TO
HAVE THE BOOKS MADE CORRECT TO
REFLECT THESE OVER SPENDS.
RECEIVE THE BRIEFINGS ON THESE
TWO BILLS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THEM
NEXT WEEK. IF YOU ARE NOT A
MEMBER OF THE FINANCE AND TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE YOU ARE
THE ONES I'M TALKING TO. THANK
YOU ALL SO MUCH, AND I HOPE YOU
ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY.
>> THANK YOU. THAT TRANSLATES TO
BE PREPARED, SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THAT BUSINESS.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WANTED TO SAVE MY REMARKS IN
RESPONSE TO THE EVENTS THAT
HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND FOR
TODAY'S GOOD OF THE ORDER. THIS
WEEKEND I WAS AT CAL ANDERSON
THROUGHOUT THE EVENTS ON
SATURDAY IN OPPOSITION TO THE
FAR RIGHT ANTI-TRANS EXTREMISTS
WHO ATTEMPTED TO INTIMIDATE OUR
COMMUNITY. I PUT OUT A STATEMENT
THAT EVENING HIGHLIGHTED HOW THE
CITY'S PERMITTING PROCESS MAY
HAVE PLAYED A ROLL IN THIS
UNNECESSARY TRAUMA, AND THERE IS
REAL HARM CAUSED BY WHEN HATE
GROUPS ARE ABLE TO INVADE SPACES
MEANT TO CELEBRATE OUR
COMMUNITY'S LOANABLE
POPULATIONS AND LIFT UP THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CITY. CAL
ANDERSON PARK IS NAMED AFTER
GAYWASHINGTON'S FIRST OPENLY
COUNCILMEMBER-- SPIRIT ,
COMMUNITY FOR THE CITY AND FOR
OUR COUNTRY. TODAY I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT MY EXPERIENCE BEING ON
THE GROUND WITNESSING FIRSTHAND
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR NEW
CROWD MANAGEMENT POLICY, THE
COLISEUM-- POLICY APPROVED WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AGAINST
THEM. I WAS IN PROXIMITY WHEN I
INHALED PEPPER SPRAY. MY CHEST
HAS STOPPED HURTING FINALLY, AND
I WAS 15 FEET AWAY FROM THOSE
WHO ARE DIRECTLY SPRAYED WITH
PEPPER SPRAY. CHEMICAL WEAPONS
OR WEAPONS, THEY MAY BE LESS
LETHAL BUT OUR WEAPONS
NONETHELESS. THROUGHOUT THE
EVENT I WAS MONITORING THE
CROWDS ON WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND SPD IN EFFORTS TO
DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION. FROM
WHAT I PERSONALLY WITNESSED
THERE WERE MANY MISSED
OPPORTUNITIES TO DE-ESCALATE,
AND THERE ARE MANY VIDEOS AND
IMAGES SHOWING DISPROPORTIONATE
USE OF FORCE. WE NEED A FULL
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO
SPD'S USE OF FORCE AND
DECISION-MAKING AND AFTER ACTION
BY THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL. WE NEED CHANGE. WE NEED
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE NEED IT
NOW. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
OKAY. I AM LOOKING FOR OTHER
HANDS. I DON'T SEE ANY. I WILL
NOTE BEFORE CLOSING THAT TODAY
'S SCHEDULED EXECUTIVE SESSION
IS CANCELED IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER THAT
REQUESTED IT, AND IT WILL BE
RESCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER DATE
THAT WORKS BEFORE SUCH THAT IT
WILL BE SCHEDULED IN ADVANCE OF
A VOTE THAT CONCERNS . SO I
WANTED TO NOTE THAT IS WHY WE
ARE NOT GOING INTO EXECUTIVE
SESSION RIGHT NOW. AND , UNLESS
I SEE OTHER HANDS UP HERE, I AM
LOOKING, SEEING NONE. WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S
AGENDA. HER NEXT REGULARLY
SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
IS ON JUNE 3rd AT 2:00 P.M. IT
IS NOW 4:12 P.M. AND HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS WE ARE