>>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU
FOR COMING TO THE MAY
5, 2026 MEETING OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE COUNCIL.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL.
[ ROLL CALL TAKEN ]
>> GIVE HER ONE SECOND.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED
TODAY.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO
OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD, LIMITED TO ITEMS ON
TODAY'S
AGENDA, THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR AND
THE COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM.
THE COUNCIL CANNOT
ACCEPT COMMENTS ON CAMPAIGN
RELATED
MATTERS. CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS DO WE
HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY?
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FOUR ONLINE
VIRTUALLY.
>> 16.
>> 16?
16 IN PERSON PLUS FOUR ONLINE
IS 20.
SO EVERY SPEAKER IS GOING TO
GET TWO MINUTES.
CLERK, I WILL NOW HAND IT
OVER TO YOU TO READ THE
DIRECTIONS.
>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED
IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT
OF THEIR
TIME.
SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED
IF THEY DO NOT END WITHIN
THE ALLOTTED TIME TO
ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
>> AWESOME.
I WILL CALL OUT THE FIRST
FIVE, SO FIRST FIVE PEOPLE CAN
START COMING UP.
WE HAVE RUTH, FOLLOWED BY JOE
COX, MR. CAROLINE
MALONE, WE HAVE TAYLOR AND THEY
HAVE
MICKEY.
SO WE HAVE RUTH IS UP
FIRST, FOLLOWED BY JOE, THEN
CAROLYN, TAYLOR AND MICKEY.
IS
RUTH HERE?
OH, HELLO. WELCOME.
RUTH FOLLOWED BY JOE, CAR LYNN,
MICKEY AND TAYLOR.
>> I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS
POLICY.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ZONING, OF
COURSE.
SO I'M NOT ALLOWED?
>> YES, YOU CAN.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> OKAY.
WE FIND THAT THE ZONING IS
APPEALABLE TO THE
GROWTH MANAGEMENT HERE UNDER THE
GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT RULES THAT
PLANS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT,
ZONING SHOULD BE CONSISTENT
WITH PLANNED POLICIES.
WE FIND THAT THE ZONING IS
NOT CONSISTENT WITH PLANNED
POLICIES.
THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THE
PLAN ABOUT IN A GROWING CITY,
URBAN
DESIGN CAN HELP
SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE THE NEW
WITH THE OLD.
THERE IS LANGUAGE ABOUT
MAKING GRADUAL TRANSITIONS, AND
THERE IS LANGUAGE ABOUT ZONING
BEING
COMPATIBLE WITH THE
PREDOMINANT HEIGHT AND SCALE OF
EXISTING
DEVELOPMENT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING
ON THE GROUND, AND ESPECIALLY
IN OUR URBAN CENTERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, QUEEN ANN,
WHICH I'M FAMILIAR WITH.
32 BLOCKS BEING ZONED OVERNIGHT,
FIVE ACRES TO FIVE STORIES.
THIS IS NOT TRANSITIONING.
WE HAVE A PROPOSAL WHICH WE
WILL BE SENDING YOU FOR A
DIFFERENT
APPROACH.
ONE THAT WE BELIEVE WILL ALSO
PRESERVE THE FEASIBILITY
OF AFFORDABLE AND SOCIAL
HOUSING.
THAT IS PHASED DEVELOPMENT
GRADUATED, IT REVIEWS
EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS, WITH
THE ALLOWANCE OF SINGLE FAMILY
--
EXCUSE ME, SOCIAL AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THOSE
AREAS
ANYWHERE, UP TO FIVE STORIES
DURING
THE PERIOD OF THIS TRANSITION.
WE BELIEVE THIS WILL MAKE
SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
MORE
FEASIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF
HIGH AMENITY, BECAUSE WITH
UPZONING, YOU ARE GOING TO
SEE LAND VALUE INCREASES THAT
WILL MAKE THOSE KINDS OF
DEVELOPMENTS
LESS FEASIBLE.
WE WILL BE FORWARDING THIS
PROPOSAL TO YOU
SOON. WE HOPE YOU WILL
SERIOUSLY CONSIDER IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, RUTH.
NEXT IS JOE BOX, FOLLOWED BY
CAROLYN, TAYLOR AND MICKEY.
>> THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT
PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AT T- MOBILE
PARK THAT IS CRYING OUT TO BE
ADDRESSED, THE USE OF
AMPLIFIED SOUND SYSTEMS BEFORE
AND
AFTER BASEBALL GAMES.
THEY OFTEN ARRIVE IN THREE
TO FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND CAN
BE HEARD FROM A BLOCK AWAY.
THEY TAKE UP POSITIONS
AROUND THE BALLPARK, CRANK THE
SOUND LEVELS UP ON THEIR MEGA
PHONES BETWEEN 105 AND 120
DECIBELS
AND BLAST AWAY AT ANYONE
WALKING PAST THEM DOWN THE
SIDEWALK.
THESE READINGS WERE
TAKEN BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN FEET
FROM
THE SPEAKER.
THE SAME DISTANCES WE'RE BEING
SUBJECTED TO THESE NOISE
LEVELS. AND NO, THIS IS NOT A
FREEDOM
OF SPEECH ISSUE.
BLASTING PEOPLE WITH THIS
LEVEL OF SOUND IS ASSAULT.
ACCORDING TO OSHA,
JACKHAMMER PRODUCES SOUND LEVELS
AT
95 DECIBELS THAT CAN PRODUCE --
OR RESULT IN PERMANENT HEARING
LOSS THAT CANNOT BE CORRECTED.
MARINER FANS ARE BEING
SUBJECTED TO SOUND LEVELS AT
OVER
20 DECIBELS HIGHER THAN THAT
WHILE WALKING ON PUBLIC
SIDEWALKS
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
OVER 539,000 FANS HAVE
ATTENDED MARINER GAMES SO FAR
THIS YEAR.
AT THAT RATE, OVER 2. 5 MILLION
FANS WILL GO TO TEN GAMES THIS
YEAR. HOW MANY KIDS ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO SUFFER HEARING LOSS
BECAUSE THE CITY OF SEATTLE
REFUSES TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION?
THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME IN
OVER TWO YEARS THAT I'VE MADE
A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY
COUNCIL.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
TWO CAPTAINS IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT
SEVERAL TIMES.
I MET WITH COUNCILMEMBER
ROB SAKA LAST YEAR IN
PERSON. SO FAR NO CHANGE.
IF ANYTHING, THE
VOLUME LEVELS HAVE GONE UP THIS
YEAR.
PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO
RIGHT THIS WRONG.
THE EMPEROR, IN FACT,
DOES NOT
HAVE ANY CLOTHES ON. THANK YOU.
>> THANK
YOU, JOE. NEXT IS CAROLYN MALONE
FOLLOWED BY TAYLOR AND MICKEY.
>> I COMMEND ALL OF YOU COUNCIL
PEOPLE FOR THE PROCLAMATION TO
RESTORE UPON THE WELL
DESERVING PEOPLE THE UNHEARD,
THE
UNREPRESENTED, AND THETHE
ASIANS WHO WERE
REALLY DISTRAUGHT ABOUT NOT
BEING
RECOGNIZED.
I COMMEND YOU, BUT THERE
ARE ALSO SOME HARD ISSUES YOU
NEED TO DEAL WITH, AND THE FACT
THAT
YOU WON'T MEET WITH ME WITH
MY HOUSING ISSUES, POLICE,
ORCHESTRATED PROBLEMS TELLS ME A
LOT ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES.
I JUST CAME FROM THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS, AND IT'S ALWAYS
CLOSED.
THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
THE DIRECTOR IS TROUBLING TO ME,
AND OTHERS.
SO I'M WONDERING WHAT ARE
YOU DOING ABOUT IT?
ARE YOU LOOKING INTO IT,
OR ARE YOU JUST WORKING ON
THE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASANT FOR
YOU AND
EASY TO DO?
AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO
ADDRESS YOUR PRESENTATION A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT RESPECT,
GIVING RESPECT.
IF YOU WANT RESPECT, YOU HAVE
TO GIVE IT.
EACH TIME I COME INTO THE
BUILDING, SECURITY PEOPLE
TREAT ME LIKE A SUSPICIOUS
PERSON,
AND I TALKED TO SOMEONE ABOUT
IT.
THEY TELL ME WHAT I CAN
AND CANNOT DO.
YOU HAVE STAFF PEOPLE
WHO SURVEIL ME, KEEP EYES ON ME
EACH TIME I COME IN I SEE THE
SAME
PEOPLE. SO IF YOU WANT RESPECT,
OR
YOU WANT ME TO BE RESPECTFUL,
PLEASE
TALK TO EMPLOYEES
AND SECURITY, NOT ALL SECURITY,
BUT TOO MANY
TREAT ME LESSER THAN, AND
I DON'T LIKE IT.
BUT THE FACT THAT I CANNOT GET
YOUR ATTENTION ABOUT THE
POLICE INVOLVED ISSUES, POLICE
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OCCUPY
SPACE IN MY
BUILDING. IT'S FOR --
[ MIC CUT OFF ]
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> NEXT, WE HAVE TAYLOR FOLLOWED
BY MICKEY. WELCOME, TAYLOR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS TAYLOR, I'M
AN ELECTED LEADER IN THE
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA
IN
SEATTLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
WHAT WE ARE DOING TO PROTECT
OURSELVES.
DOZENS OF RAPID
RESPONSE FORMATIONS HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED
ACROSS THE CITY TO
DEPLOY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
AREAS
OF I.C.E. ACTIVITY.
CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS
ARE PROVIDING ACCOMPANIMENT TO
ENSURE THOSE TO REPORT
TO IMMIGRATION HEARINGS CANNOT
BE
DISAPPEARED.
EDUCATORS HAVE LAUNCHED
DOOR KNOCKING AND CANVASSING IN
WEST SEATTLE WHERE I LIVE,
THE NATIONAL DAY LABORER
ORGANIZING NETWORK PARTNERED
WITH
ONE HIGH SCHOOL TO PROVIDE
EDUCATION FOR
PARENTS AND TEACHERS,
AND ORGANIZES COMMUNITY
OBSERVERS PROTECTING MIGRANTS
SEEKING
WORK. HEALTH CARE WORKERS
FOR PALESTINE OFFERS STOP THE
BLEED
EDUCATION, AND WE OFFER
COMMUNITY EDUCATION RELATED TO
PROTESTS, DEESCALATION AND
UNARMED COMMUNITY DEFENSE.
I MENTION THIS THAT WE
ARE DEDICATING COUNTLESS
HOURS ORGANIZING AND WIELDING
OUR COLLECTIVE POWER TO
STRENGTHEN
AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY
FROM AN INCREASING VIOLENT
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
SO WHAT PRECISELY ARE YOU
DOING TO WIELD YOUR
INSTITUTIONAL
POWER TO PROTECT US?
THE TERM DETENTION
CENTER OBSCURES THE REALITY OF
OUR --
WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING
TO PEOPLE OF COLOR.
IF WE CALL THESE FACILITIES
WHAT THEY ARE, CONCENTRATION
CAMPS,
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT
NIGHT, KNOWING THAT THE
ONLY STEPS YOU HAVE TAKEN
AGAINST THEIR CONSTRUCTION WAS
TEMPORARY?
WOULD YOU REMAIN
COMFORTABLE WITH THE PLANNED
SURVEILLANCE
EXTENSION, KNOWING IT IS USED
BY A ROGUE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND
SECURITY TO HUNT MEMBERS OF
OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE PURPOSE
OF WAREHOUSING THEM IN FOR
PROFIT
LABOR COUNTS WHERE THEY WORK FOR
AS LITTLE AS $1 A DAY.
THIS IS THE REALITY, AND
YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO STOP
IT.
I URGE YOU TO MAKE THE
MORATORIUM ON
CONCENTRATION CAMPS PERMANENTLY.
>> THANK YOU, TAYLOR.
NEXT WE HAVE MICKEY, FOLLOWED
BY SIDDEEQ, THEN JIM, KEN,
BENNETT,
ALICE.
>> HI AGAIN, EVERYONE.
I'M HERE -- I'VE BEEN VERY
FIND AND POLITE IN THE PAST, BUT
I'M FEELING A LITTLE FRUSTRATED
LOOKING AT YOU ALL TODAY.
IT SORT OF IS STARTING TO
FEELFEEL LIKE THESE CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS AND THIS PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS A JOKE OR PERFORMTIVE
ART
PIECE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I HAVE HEARD ROOMS FULL OF
PEOPLE EDUCATE YOU ALL ON HOW
HARMFUL THESE CAMERAS ARE,
HOW THEY ARE BEING USED BY DHS
AND I.C.E. TO TARGET OUR
NEIGHBORS, OUR MIGRANT NEIGHBORS
ON
THEIR WAY TO DROP THEIR CHILDREN
OFF AT SCHOOL, SEPARATING
FAMILIES.
WHILE WE'RE IN THEIR COURT
APPOINTMENTS AND HEARINGS,
TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS
THE PROPER WAY, THEY ARE BEING
ED BECAUSE OF THESE
CAMERAS.
I HEARD PEOPLE EDUCATE YOU
ON THE NEED FOR RESOURCES
OF VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE,
AND THE ONLY THING THAT I SAW
SOME OF YOU ALL ON THIS
COMMITTEE
DO WAS NOD AND SAY OH, WELL,
IT'S
A COMPLICATED ISSUE.
WE SEE ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES.
THERE'S NO ARGUMENT
AGAINST PROVIDING RESOURCES,
SUCH
AS LEGAL COUNSEL OR HELP OR
THERAPY TO VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE.
THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION.
WE'RE READING RIGHT NOW ABOUT
THE HELICOPTERS NOT BEING
ALLOWED TO LAND AT SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BECAUSE
THE WEALTHY PEOPLE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T LIKE
THE NOISE OF THE
HELICOPTERS COMING EVERY ONCE IN
A WHILE.
I'M VERY -- AND WE JUST
HEARD ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT SEATTLE -- THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS GOING TO EXPAND ITS
USE OF
AI.
I'M CONFUSED, WHAT HAVE YOU
DONE?
THERE ARE ONLY DEMOCRATS ON
HERE.
YOU HAVE NO ONE TO
ARGUMENT ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
SO AT THIS POINT, IT FEELS
LIKE ALL OF YOU ARE JOINING THE
CITY
COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU WANT TO
MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER AND
MAKE
CHANGE, IT'S FEELING MORE TO
ME LIKE YOU ALL JUST WANT TO
FEEL IMPORTANT
WEARING -- [ MIC MUTED ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SIDDEEQ, WELCOME.
NEXT WE HAVE JIM AFTER SIDDEEQ.
JIM, KIM, BEN IT AND ALICE.
WELCOME.
>> OUR MAYOR RAN ON GETTING
RID OF OUR I.C.E. CAMERAS,
AND THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE.
THE PEOPLE ARE ANGRY ACROSS
THE CITY ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN SOLVE TODAY TOMORROW,
WE COULD HAVE SOLVED IT LAST
WEEK.
THOSE CAMERAS SHOULD BE GONE
AND YOU SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF
THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S BEEN A
ONE-YEAR BAN ON I.C.E.
DETENTION CENTERS IN THIS CITY.
THIS SHOULD BE PERMANENT.
NO ONE IN THIS CITY WANTS I.C.E.
DETENTION CENTERS EVER.
IF IN A YEAR THOSE
DETENTION CENTERS GET BUILT AND
MEMBERS OF
OUR COMMUNITY ARE THERE, DO
YOU THINK ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS
WOULD
BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT?
NO ONE IS.
WE NEED TO GET RID OF BOTH
OF THESE AND PUT A PERMANENT BAN
ON THESE I.C.E. DETENTION
CENTERS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIDDEEQ.
JIM BAINES, FOLLOW ED BY KIM.
WELCOME, JIM.
>> MY NAME IS JIM BLANS, AINES,
A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PARTY
OF
LABOR.
YESTERDAY IN A BLOG POST,
THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE
EXPANSION AND USE OF AI
ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN
THE CITY.
THIS WILL INCLUDE OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE HAVE
ESTABLISHED, DOES NOT USE AI
IN ANY ETHICAL WAY.
IN FACT, THE KING COUNTY D.A.
HAS REPRIMANDED SPD FOR
THEIR USE OF AI IN WRITING
POLICE
REPORTS, CRIMINAL
INDICTMENTS, AND OTHER COURT
PROCEEDINGS.
AI IS NOT RELIABLE, IT CAN
LEAD TO MISIDENTIFICATION
WHEN EMPLOYED THROUGH THE USE OF
CAMERAS, IT CAN LEAD TO
WRONGFUL ARRESTS AND LEAD TO
DATA LEAKS.
AI ALSO HAS A DIRECT NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S
CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, SHOWN
IN MULTIPLE STUDIES OVER THE
LAST
18 MONTHS.
OUR POLICE ALREADY STRUGGLE
WITH CRITICAL THINKING AND THEIR
JUDGMENT IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS.
FAILURES IN THEIR JUDGMENT
LEAD TO WRONGFUL ARRESTS, KNEES
ON THE NECK OF PROTESTORS
AND MURDERS IN THE STREET, ALL
OF WHICH HAS HAPPENED SINCE
SEATTLE
HAS LET S CONCEPT DECREE.
TWO MURDERS, KNEES ON THE
NECKS OF PROTESTORS, ALL
CONSENTED
BY THIS CITY COUNCIL,
ESPECIALLY MEMBER KETTLE.
GIVEN POLICE ACCESS WILL BE
DUMBING DOWN AN ALREADY
INCOMPETENT POLICE FORCE.
SECOND, MICROSOFT AZURE IS NOT
SECURE, IT IS VULNERABLE.
OUR DATA -- MICROSOFT AZURE DOES
NOT HAVE DATA CENTERS
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
SO OUR DATA AND ALL OF
OUR PRIVATE INFORMATION WILL
BE STORED OFF CITY, WHICH IS THE
SAME ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR
CAMERAS.
WE'RE CEDING CONTROL AND WE
NEED
TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF OUR
CITY.
>> THANK YOU, JIM.
NEXT WE HAVE KEN, BENNETT,
ALICE, FOLLOWED BY ED.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL.
I'M A CANDIDATE MEMBER OF
THE AMERICAN PARTY OF LABOR, AND
I'M ALSO A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF
FEMA.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THE EXPANSION OF AI WITHIN THE
CITY.
DURING MY FEMA SERVICE,
MY KNOWLEDGE OF INTERNAL
SYSTEMS AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS WAS CRITICAL. DRAWING
FROM THAT EXPERIENCE,
I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT AI
HAS ZERO PLACE IN ANY GOVERNMENT
TASKS.
IT IS UNRELIABLE, IT IS INRACK
AT, AND USING IT IN ANY
CAPACITY IS INCREDIBLY
DANGEROUS.
AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, YOU
KNOW SWELSZ I DO THAT THERE
IS INFORMATION THAT SHOULD NOT
BE MADE PUBLIC FOR THE SAFETY
OF THE CITY.
OPERATIONAL SECURITY IS ONE
OF THE CORE PRINCIPLES
OF GOVERNMENT WORK AT ANY LEVEL
OF
GOVERNMENT.
FEEDING ANY INFORMATION INTO
A CHAT BOT IS A BLATANT
DISREGARD FOR THESE PRACTICES.
THE POSSIBILITY OF A DATA
BREACH, NO MATTER HOW --
NO MATTER THE SENSITIVITY, IS
UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY
WITH THE WORLD CUP GAME SET
HERE.
THE MAYOR EVEN JUSTIFIED
INSTALLING MORE
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS DUE TO THE
CURRENT GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION.
SO WHY WOULD THE DATA OF
THE CITY BE TREATED WITH ANY
LESS WEIGHT?
AS A REMINDER, LAST JULY, JULY
19, I BELIEVE, MICROSOFT, THIS
AI'S HOST EXPERIENCED A DATA
BREACH, AFFECTING FEDERAL
AND STATE AGENCIES.
ACKNOWLEDGING THE DANGER OF
THIS EXPANSION IS NOT "BURYING
OUR HANDS IN THE SAND," IT IS
THE BEAR MINIMUM TO ENSURE
THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF
SEATTLE AND ITS RESIDENTS WHO
ELECTED YOU TO REPRESENT THEM.
THIS DECISION IS NOTHING
SHORT OF A HEINOUS
MISREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE AND
OUR
PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY ALICE.
BENNETT AND ALICE, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
FORMER PRESIDENT
COUNCIL SARA NELSON JUST SAID
HANNA
KREEG COSPLAYS AS A NORMY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS A NEW RULE AFTER
LEAVING
OFFICE, YOU HAVE TO
START TALKING AND TWEETING LIKE
GEN- Z
ACTIVISTS, SO I HAVE PREPARED A
USAGE GUIDE FOR THE TRANSITION.
I AM SOLIDLY MID, BUT I MAKE UP
FOR IT BY MY RIZZ.
ALSO, REQUIRING SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO LAND
THEIR HELICOPTERS A MILE
AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL AND HAVE
AN AMBULANCE DRIVE THE PATIENT
THE LAST MILE TO AVOID BOTHERING
THE RICH PEOPLE WITH
HELICOPTER NOISE IS CRINGE.
ALLOWING THE HELICOPTER TO
FLY DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITAL,
THAT WOULD BE BASED.
ALTERNATIVELY, REQUIRING
THE HELICOPTER TO LAND A MILE
AWAY,
WIRED. I HOPE YOU ALL FEEL YOU
HAVE BEEN ONE SHOTTED AND VIN
PILLED
BY THIS PRESENTATION, SO
AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU
CAN ALL RESUME --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
THIS CONCLUDING THE
PRESENTATION.
HAPPY CINCO de MAYO, EVERYBODY.
MAYBE I'LL SEE YOU CELEBRATING
EVERYBODY.
I KNOW ROB SAKA'S LEAST
FAVORITE DRINK, THE MAI THAI.
YOU'VE
HEARD MUCH WORSE THAN THAT, COME
ON.
>> VERY CREATIVE.
THANK YOU, BENNETT.
NEXT WE HAVE ALICE.
SO WE HAVE ALICE, FOLLOWED BY --
THAT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD.
ALICE FOLLOWED BY ED, AND
THEN SIT -- IS IT
ZANIB? WELCOME, ALICE.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO SAY ANYMORE THAN WHAT HAS
BEEN SAID ABOUT I.C.E. ALREADY,
OTHER
THAN CONTINUE THE
MORATORIUM, THE PEOPLE RUNNING
I.C.E.
ALSO WERE HEAVILY TIED TO HUMAN
TRAFFICKING, DISAPPEARANCE OF
CHILDREN, AND NOW ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY THEY'RE LOOKING
AT MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATORS TO
ATTACH TO THESE I.C.E.
BUILDINGS.
YOU GUYS CONNECT THE DOTS.
I'M GOING TO CONGRATULATE
LILLIANA AS DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT, AND WHAT I WANT
TO SAY SPECIFICALLY TO HER IS
THAT
YOU WILL BE GETTING PRESSURE
FROM COMPANIES LIKE
MICROSOFT, GOOGLE AND PALIN TIER
THAT
ARE RIGHT HERE ABOUT AI.
AI DOES NOT SERVE US.
IT IS HIGHER ENERGY COSTS,
MORE WATER CONSUMPTION, MORE
POLLUTION, TALKING ABOUT NOISE
POLLUTION, THE HIGH PITCH OF THE
EMF SOUNDS THAT ARE EMITTED
ARE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH.
HIGH POLLUTION,
AND RIGHT NOW THE PETROL DOLLAR
GOING DOWN IS
GOING TO MAKE ENERGY COSTS
HIGH. AT THE POINT OF USE,
NUCLEAR ENERGY MAY BE CLEAN, BUT
THERE'S A POINT OF MINING,
TRANSPORTING, OF STORAGE, OF
WASTE, AND OF --
YEAH.
IT'S NOT CLEAN.
AND WE DON'T WANT NUCLEAR
REACTORS IN OUR
CITY, NO MATTER HOW CUTE AND
SMALL THEY ARE.
THIS BENEFITS BILLIONAIRES AND
CUTS JOBS AND
AIDS OUR MASSIVE SURVEILLANCE
STATE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, ALICE.
NEXT WE HAVE ED FOLLOWED BY
ZANIB --
[ CROWD CHANTING ]
>> WELCOME, ED.
THEN WE HAVE ZANIB, FOLLOWED BY
JONATHAN.
WELCOME, ED.
>> AS PEOPLE HAVE NOTED --
>> SPEAK INTO THE MIC.
LET'S RESTART THE TIME.
GO AHEAD, ED.
>> AS OTHER PEOPLE NOTED,
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE
LAWS TO -- IN COOPERATION WITH
I.C.E. , BUT THERE'S JUST ONE
MORE SYMPTOM OF THEIR PROBLEM
WITH THE POLICING CULTURE IN
SEATTLE.
WHAT YOU NEED IS A MORE
COMPREHENSIVE,
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE THAT
INCLUDES NOT JUST
RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS OF
UNWARRANTED POLICE VIOLENCE,
BUT ALSO POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
BY OPENING THE ARCHIVES SO
THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THE
PEOPLE ASKED TO ENFORCE THE LAW
IN THEIR COMMUNITIES HAVE
BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS.
THERE'S A CULTURAL PROBLEM.
THIS IS SEATTLE'S VERSION OF A
NATIONWIDE PHENOMENON GOING
ON FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW.
LOCAL POLICE ACTING,
WELL, SOMETIMES LOCAL POLICE,
OTHER TIMES SHERIFF DEPUTIES,
ACTING
MORE LIKE OCCUPYING
MILITARY
THAN NEIGHBORHOOD LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
YOU HAVE A CULTURE IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE THAT'S
PUSHED OUT OFFICERS THAT ARE
SUPPORTED BY THEIR COMMUNITY,
AND
THERE'S A NEW SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICER
THAT LOOKS LIKE A PR MOVE
THAT'S
JUST LESS SCANDALIZING THAN THE
PREVIOUS ONE.
I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE,
SO
I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.
THIS STRATEGY DOES NOT WORK,
AND APPLYING THOSE STRATEGIES TO
ORGANIZED CRIME CAN -- YOU CAN
EXPECT THE SAME RESULTS, MORE
VIOLENCE.
MORE CRIMINALS TAKING HOLD.
MORE BUDGETARY FLOW FOR
POLICING.
THEY DON'T NEED MORE NOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, ED.
NEXT WE HAVE ZANIB,
AND I'M SORRY IF I'M NOT
SAYING THAT
CORRECTLY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT, AND
I'M
HERE TO DEMAND ACTION.
I CALL FOR AN END TO I.C.E.
SURVEILLANCE.
THE DEFUNDING OF I.C.E. ,
AND PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION
CENTERS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE
SEEING CONCERNS THAT I.C.E. IS
BEING USED AS A POLITICAL
SILENCINGSILENCING
TOOL. IN 2025, WE SAW THE CASE
OF
MAHMOUD HABIB, WHERE I.C.E.
ACTIONS RAISED
SERIOUS CONCERNS
ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS AND DUE
PROCESS.
TODAY, WE ARE SEEING ANOTHER
CONCERNING CASE INVOLVING --
[
INDISCERNIBLE ] WE ARE SEEING
THE CASE OF
A MOTHER AND A DAUGHTER
DETAINED BY I.C.E. , ACCUSED OF
BEING RELATED TO A GENERAL OF
A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
OR THE CASE OF -- WHO USED
HIS VOICE TO ADVOCATE FOR
OTHERS.
THESE CASES RAISE
SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW
I.C.E. POWERS
ARE BEING
USED. THERE IS GROWING CONCERN
THAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT CAN
BE USED IN WAYS THAT
IMPACT INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR
SPEECH
OR POLITICAL VIEWS.
THIS IS DANGEROUS.
I'M ASKING FOR CLEAR
RESTRICTIONS ON HOW I.C.E.
OPERATES ON LEGAL RESIDENTS.
I'M ASKING FOR OVERSIGHT
HEARINGS ON POTENTIAL MISUSE OF
POWER, I'M ASKING
FOR ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN
AUTHORITIES
ABUSE HUMAN RIGHTS.
CIVIL RIGHTS MUST BE
PROTECTED FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS.
LEGAL RESIDENTS MUST
BE PROTECTED
FROM RETALIATION AND
TARGETING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS LON HERE?
>> SHUT DOWN I.C.E.!
SHUT DOWN I.C.E.!
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS LON, I'M A
MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANTS.
OUR DEMANDS ARE A PERMANENT
BAN ON I.C.E. DETENTION
CENTERS, MUNICIPAL I.D. s FOR
UNDOCUMENT
IMMIGRANTS, COMMUNITY CONTROL
OF THE POLICE, CUTTING THE
SEATTLE BUDGET BY AT LEAST $123
MILLION TO FUND FREE HEALTH
CARE.
YEAH, THIS IS ALL DEMANDS
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE
UP. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT CURRENTLY
WITH THE DETENTION CENTERS,
IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE
RENEE
GOODE WAS KILLED.
WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION.
THE SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS GUILD HAS SAID THAT THE
CITY POLICE WON'T OBEY THE
KRIFT
ORDERS AGAINST COLLABORATING
WITH I.C.E. AND A POLICE OFFICER
WILL NOT LISTEN TO HIS MAYOR.
WE NEED COMMUNITY CONTROL OF
THE POLICE.
IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
LISTEN TO US, WE SHOULD HAVE A
BOARD THAT CAN BE ELECTED BY OUR
COMMUNITY THAT HAS THE POWER TO
HIRE AND FIRE POLICE, AND
ALSO TO TAKE AWAY THE BUDGET
FROM
THE POLICE AND PUT IT
INTO ACTUAL RESOURCES THAT WE
CARE ABOUT.
THERE HAVE BEEN VICTIMS
OF POLICE VIOLENCE THAT HAVE
COME HERE MULTIPLE TIMES,
DEMANDING SUCH A COMMITTEE THAT
WOULD PUT
RESOURCES TOWARDS VICTIMS
OF POLICE VIOLENCE, AND THEY
HAVE GIVEN UP ON -- SOME OF
THEM HAVE -- CANNOT MAKE IT
HERE TODAY BECAUSE IT'S -- A
MEETING ON A TUESDAY, AND WE
TRIED SO
HARD TO GET PEOPLE OUT HERE
TO APPEAL TO YOU PEOPLE, AND
IT'S
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT,
BECAUSE NOBODY BELIEVES YOU GUYS
CAN DO
ANYTHING.
AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU
SHOULD PUT $5 MILLION TOWARDS
THE VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE.
YOU SHOULD PUT -- BE
FIGHTING FOR THESE DEMANDS.
I WOULD APPEAL FOR YOU TO
FIGHT FOR THESE DEMANDS AND RUN
AS INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST
CANDIDATES AND WE WOULD SUPPORT
YOU.
BUT
WE -- [ MIC MUTED ]
>> THANK YOU, LON.
[ APPLAUSE ]
KEANDRE.
>> I DID IT ONCE AND I WILL
DO IT AGAIN, WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
WE ARE A MONTH OUT FROM
THE WORLD CUP, AND ALL OF
THE WORLD'S EYES WILL BE ON
SEATTLE.
WHAT WILL THEY SEE?
THEY WILL SEE PROTESTS, AND
THEY WILL SEE, JUST LIKE LAST
YEAR,
T THE CAPITOL HILL RIOTS, WHERE
SPD BRUTALIZED PROTESTORS AND
MADE 23 UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ARRESTS.
THEY WILL DO THE
EXACT SAME THING WITH THE WORLD
CUP.
IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS SINCE
KATIE WILSON SAID THAT
SPD NEEDS TO FOLLOW ORDERS WHEN
INVESTIGATING I.C.E. , WHICH
SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE
SAID
THERE'S NO WAY TO ENFORCE.
AND JUST LIKE HIS
PREDECESSOR, THEY HAVE NO
INTENTION
OF COMPLYING WITH THESE ORDERS.
SPD IS OUT OF CONTROL.
THEY
CLEARLY DO NOT SHARE THE VALUES
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL CLAIMS TO UPHOLD IN
THEIR PROCLAMATIONS THAT THEY
BRING
ABOUT EVERY HOLIDAY.
FAMILIES ARE AFFECTED BY
POLICE VIOLENCE AND THEY DESERVE
MORE THAN TWO MINUTES THAN WE
GIVEGIVE
HERE AT
THE CITY COUNCIL ART SHOW.
AMR, YOU HAVE DONE SO
MUCH ALREADY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS,
AND
TODAY WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO
SOMETHING ELSE.
WE ASK THAT YOU PUT ON A
TOWN HALL ADDRESSING WHY SPD
KILLS SO
MANY PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS, SO WE CAN ADDRESS THIS
NEED FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE GENOVERE,
FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN AN SONIA.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS GENOVERE, I LIVE IN
D-5.
WE DEMAND THAT YOU BAN I.C.E.
FACILITIES PERMANENTLY FROM
SEATTLE.
THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION
IS BREAKING THE LAW, WHILE
SAYING THEY'RE NOT BREAKING IT,
FOR
EXAMPLE, YOU'RE PLAYING CHESS
WITH SOMEONE AND THEY
START TAKING PIECES OFF THE
TABLE
AND SAY I DIDN'T TAKE A PIECE
OFF THE TABLE, YOU'RE NO
LONGER PLAYING CHESS.
IF YOU CONTINUE TO PRETEND
THAT YOU ARE, YOU ARE GOING TO
LOSE.
WE NEED A RADICAL PUSHBACK.
I WANT YOU ALL TO
INTERPRET EVERY STATUTE IN FAVOR
OF
THE CITY AND THE STATE, AND WE
CAN LITIGATE IT IN COURT
LATER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING
AND WORSE.
IT'S A JOKE TO SAY THAT THE
U.S.
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT TAKE
THE FOOTAGE FROM THE CAMERAS IN
THE
CITY.
DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT THE
CIA, NSA, DIA, FBI CANNOT EASILY
HACK THOSE SERVERS THAT
THESE TAPES ARE ON.
DO YOU THINK
THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL OBEY
THE LAW NOW?
IN FACT, AS WAS DOCUMENTED
IN EDWARD SNOWDEN'S NS, LEAKS,
ALL GOOGLE LEAKS GO STRAIGHT TO
THE
NSA YESTERDAY.
IT WAS REPORTED ON
WIRE.COM. SEATTLE IS ALSO HOME
TO ONE
OF EIGHT INTERNET
BACKBONE LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
ALL INTERNET
INFRASTRUCTURE STILL RUNS ON THE
AT&T BACKBONE,
RELATIVE TO WHEN AT&T OWNED ALL
PHONE LINES.
THE NSA, AS WAS REPORTED
BY SNOWDEN IN WIRED, HAS A
MACHINE
AND EACH ONE OF THOSE
THAT COPIES EVERY BIT OF DATA
SENT
ACROSS THE
INTERNET. THERE IS NO DATA
PRIVACY.
THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT OUR
DATA FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS TO NOT RECORD IT IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
JONATHAN, FOLLOWED BY SONIA,
AND SILAS AND SUMMER.
JONATHAN, SONIA, AND SILAS
SUMMER. WELCOME.
>> IT'S BEEN A WHILE, MAYBE
A COUPLE MONTHS OR TWO.
I'M PRETTY EXCITED TO BE BACK
HERE.
YOU KNOW,
AS YOU KNOW -- [ INAUDIBLE ]
WE HAD TO CAMPAIGN TO
FIGHT AGAINST I.C.E. AND THROUGH
THAT PROCESS WE LEARNED THAT THE
POLICE OFFICERS UNION WAS
SUCH AN -- TO GET THESE CAMERAS
TAKEN DOWN, THAT WE SAID WE NEED
TO
TAKE THIS CAMPAIGN AND FOCUS
ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE
POLICE, WHICH IS OUR JUSTICE FOR
CHRIS
NELSON CAMPAIGN.
CHRIS NELSON, TO REMIND YOU, I
CAN STILL SEE HIS BODY ON THE
FLOOR.
HE WAS LEFT LAYING THERE FOR 12
HOURS.
AND JACK WAS MURDERED IN
A SIMILAR FASHION, WHEN THEY
WERE IN THEIR GREATEST TIME OF
NEED, THE WORST OF THE WORST
CAME
AND DID WHAT THEY DO
BEST, WHICH IS TO MURDER PEOPLE.
AND SO IT'S WITH THIS THAT I
AM VERY EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW,
TAKE UP THIS CAMPAIGN AGAIN,
BECAUSE
WE STILL DEMAND JUSTICE
FOR THESE VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE.
WE'RE STILL CALLING FOR THESE
OFFICERS TO BE IDENTIFIED,
NOT BY A FOYA REQUEST,
BUT INTERNALLY FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, SO WE CAN FIRE THEM,
CONVICT THEM.
AND WE WANT THIS FOOTAGE TO BE
RELEASED.
NOT AS IF IT'S SOME SORT OF
ED IT TO MAKE THESE MEN LOOK
LIKE THEY DESERVED TO DIE, BUT
TO SHOW THE REALITY OF WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU LET
RABID DOGS WHO ARE POLICE RUN ON
OUR
STREETS.
SO ON THE 25th OF THIS
MONTH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
MARCH TO THE PRECINCT.
SO THE SOUTH SEATTLE
PRECINCT WILL BE THERE TO PUT
PRESSURE PRESSURE
THEM.
THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN COME
IN AND OCCUPY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
AND
MURDER PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE
JUST WAITING TO STRING THEM UP
AND PUT THEM IN JAIL.
>> THANK YOU, JONATHAN.
NEXT, WE HAVE SONIA.
>> HI, MY NAME IS SONIA, CHAIR
OF THE SEATTLE PARTY AGAINST
POLITICAL REPRESSION.
WE ARE HERE DEMANDING POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND HOPING FOR
JUSTICE FOR THESE TWO MEN WHO
WERE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH
CRISES, AND SPD RESPONDED
TO THOSE CALLS, AND INSTEAD
OF RESPONDING WITH EMPATHY
AND CARE AND DEESCALATION, THEY
WERE
SHOT DEAD WITHIN SECONDS OF
ARRIVAL.
CHRISTIAN NELSON'S BODY WAS
LEFT THERE ON THE CONCRETE IN
FRONT OF
THESE APARTMENT BUILDINGS FOR 12
HOURS.
THE POLICE SHOT DIRECTLY INTO
THE APARTMENT BUILDING,
THERE'S STILL A BULLET HOLE IN
THE RECEPTION DESK
OF ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
IT SHOOK THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
THESE MURDERS HAPPENED IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT.
IN THE CASE OF CHRISTIAN
NELSON, HE WAS MURDERED BETWEEN
THE
HOURS OF 1:00 P.M. AND 2:00 P.M.
THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC AT
THAT INTERSECTION THAT PEOPLE
ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT STATION,
AND SO FOR HIM TO BE SHOT DEAD
WAS NOT ONLY A SAFETY CONCERN
FOR HIM WHO HE HAS NOW LOST HIS
LIFE AND IS NO LONGER WITH US,
BUT A
SAFETY CONCERN OF EVERYBODY WHO
LIVED IN THAT AREA AND ALL
OF THOSE PEOPLE COMMUTING BACK
AND
FORTH. SO WE DEMAND SPD
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THESE CASES.
WE DEMAND FULL TRANSPARENCY
AND FOR THE NAMES OF ALL
OFFICERS INVOLVED TO BE
RELEASED, AND
FOR THOSE KILLER COPS TO BE
FIRED.
THE COMMUNITY CONTROL OF
THE POLICE IS A LONG STANDING
DEMAND OF THE ALLIANCE.
THROUGH AN ELECTED BOARD OF
CIVILIANS, THE PUBLIC
SAFETY SHOULD BE PUT INTO THE
HANDS
OF THE PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO PUT CONTROL BACK
INTO THE PEOPLE'S HANDS.
THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO YOU WITH
CONCERNS, WE KNOW YOU CAN'T
FIX EVERY PROBLEM, BUT YOU DO
HAVE
THE POWER AND ABILITY TO
PRESSURE THOSE WHO DO.
YOU MIGHT THINK OH, SOME OF
THESE PROBLEMS ARE WELL BEYOND
US, BUT YOU HAVE
THE
CONNECTIONS -- [ MIC MUTED ]
>> THANK YOU, SONIA. [ APPLAUSE
]
NEXT, WE HAVE EM, FOLLOWED BY
SILAS, THEN SUMMER.
AND IF YOU ARE ONLINE, WE STILL
HAVE ABOUT SIX MORE
SPEAKERS AFTER THAT.
WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS M SMITH, I'M A
MEMBER OF SEATTLE DSA.
IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS SINCE
ALEX PRETTY AND RENEE GOODE WERE
KILLED. I.C.E. REPORTED THE 18th
DEATH
IN I.C.E. CUSTODY SO FAR
THIS YEAR IN 2026.
WHAT HAVE THE DEMOCRATS DONE
ON THIS COUNCIL?
THE ONLY THING
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE IS PASS
A ONE- YEAR
BAN ON I.C.E. DETENTION CENTERS.
DOES ANYONE HERE REALLY
THINK THAT IS
SUFFICIENT, GIVEN THE ATTACKS
THAT WORKING
CLASS PEOPLE
ARE FACING IN THIS COUNTRY?
ON TOP OF THAT, THE DEMOCRATS
ARE NOW THREATENING CUTS
TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS ON THE
TRANSIT BOARD PUSHING THOSE
CUTS.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE
THREATENING CUTS TO PUBLIC
SERVICES,
REFUSING TO TAX THE RICH.
COUNCILMEMBER RINK IS THE ONLY
DEMOCRAT ON THIS COUNCIL WHO HAS
PLEDGED TO SUPPORT A
PERMANENT BAN ON I.C.E.
DETENTIONS.
THAT'S LESS THAN THE BARE
MINIMUM.
BUT WE SHOULDN'T EVEN GIVE HIM
THAT MUCH CREDIT, BECAUSE
COUNCILMEMBER, YOU COULD
BE INTRODUCING LEGISLATION ON
ANY
ONE OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
MUNICIPAL I.D. s, TAKING DOWN
THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS,
COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE POLICE,
GIVING FULL COMPENSATION TO
VICTIMS
OF POLICE BRUTALITY, AN EVICTION
MORATORIUM.
WE SHOULD BE TAKING BAD LAND
LORDS, WE SHOULD TAKE
THEIR BUILDINGS AND RUN
PUBLICLY
THROUGH THE SEATTLE SOCIAL
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
WE SHOULD LET RENTERS GOVERN
THEM.
WE COULD BE INTRODUCING ANY
ONE OF THESE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION, BUT THE DEMOCRATS
AREN'T DOING
IT. THIS IS WHY TRUMP IS
EMBOLDENED
AND WHY WE HAVE A WAR IN IRAN
RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE FAILED TO
FIGHT
BACK AGAINST I.C.E. , THE
ATTACKS IN
VENEZUELA, AGAINST THE ATTACKS
ON IRAN.
INDIANA JUST LAUNCHED A
NEW SOCIALIST
PARTY -- [ MIC MUTED ]
>> IS SILAS HERE? YEP, THERE'S
SILAS.
AWESOME.
YOU CAN TAKE THIS MIDDLE
MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE, SILAS.
WELCOME.
YEAH, HOPEFULLY THAT'S EASIER
FOR YOU. AWESOME.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO, MY NAME IS SILAS, I'M
A FAMILY ORGANIZER,
ADVOCATE FOR -- AND A CANDIDATE
FOR
DISTRICT FIVE.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO CANCEL
SEATTLE'S CONTRACTS WITH THE
COMPANY THAT PROVIDES
SEATTLE WITH TV CAMERAS --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
WE SPEND
MILLIONS A YEAR -- [ INAUDIBLE ]
THE SURVEILLANCE IS JUST FINE
ON THE CLAIM, AND IT PREVENTS
CRIME, HOWEVER, THERE'S NO NO
RESEARCH THAT FINDS THERE IS AN
INCREASE IN CRIME.
IT'S JUST NOT TRUE. WHAT WE DO
KNOW IS THAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORKS
CLOSELY
WITH THESE COMPANIES, TO
EXECUTE THEIR ILLEGAL WARRANTS
ON OUR
NEIGHBORS. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO
LIVE IN
SEATTLE, A LOVELY CITY, BUT
-- [ INAUDIBLE ]
PROVIDED THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY CAN
BE EASILY USED -- [ INAUDIBLE ]
I IMPLORE YOU TO CANCEL THE
CONTRACTS WITH AXON AND PUT
OUR
NEIGHBORS AT RISK -- THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU, SILAS.
NEXT, WE HAVE SUMMER.
WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS SUMMER MILLER,
A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT.
DEMOCRATS ARE THREATENING TO
CANCEL LIGHT RAIL.
THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD IS
MED UP OF DEMOCRATS THAT INCLUDE
THE NEW MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER
DAN
STRAUSS.
WHY ISN'T HE CALLING TO
FUND THESE EXPANSIONS AND FREE
MASS
TRANSIT? THE SEATTLE DEMOCRATS
ARE PREPARING ADDITION AL KUTES
TO HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION,
OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES.
SENSE GEORGE FLOYD, THE
POLICE BUDGET HAS BEEN INCREASED
BY
$123 MILLION AND THROWN HALF
A BALL AT SPD, CLAIM THING'S NO
MONEY FOR HEALTH CARE, HOUSING.
THIS $123 MILLION COULD
SERVE FREE GENDER AFFIRMING CARE
AND
MAKING CLINICS FREE AGAIN,
LIKE IT WAS WHEN THE BLACK
PANTHERS BUILT IT IN THE '70s.
SENSE WORKING PEOPLE --
AMAZON'S PROFITS HAVE MORE THAN
TRIPLED FROM $21 BILLION TO $77
BILLION LAST YEAR.
THE DEMOCRATS COULD TAX THE
RICH TO FIND EVERY PUBLIC
SERVICE THAT WORKING PEOPLE
NEED, AND
INSTEAD, THEY'RE PROTECTING
AMAZON, MICROSOFT, THE
CORPORATE LAND LORDS AND THE
POLICE
BUDGET. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
FAILED
TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST I.C.E. ,
A
ONE- YEAR DETENTION BAN IS
LESS THAN THE BARE MINIMUM.
WE NEED A PERMANENT BAN, AND
I WANTED TO ASK ALL OF YOU RIGHT
NOW, WHO CAN PROMISE THAT YOU
WILL VOTE YES ON A PERMANENT
BAN
ON DETENTION CENTERS?
>> PUT YOUR HANDS UP!
>> THERE'S NO REASON THAT
THEY CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON ALL
OF THESE ISSUES,
EXCEPT THEY DON'T WANT TO,
BECAUSE THEY
REPRESENT BIG BUSINESS AND THE
CORPORATE
LAND LORDS. DEMOCRATS WON'T
FIGHT FOR US.
WE NEED A SOCIALIST PARTY --
[ MIC MUTED ]
>> THANK YOU, SUMMER.
NEXT, WE HAVE JASON.
>> SHUT DOWN I.C.E.!
SHUT DOWN I.C.E.!
>> SO NEXT WE HAVE
JASON, FOLLOWED BY HOWARD,
STEVE,
ALLEN, JUSTICE
AND NATHAN. WELCOME, JASON.
>> MY NAME IS JASON DIEHL, I'M
A RENTER IN DISTRICT FIVE AND
A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT.
IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT ONLY
ONE MEMBER OF THIS
COUNCIL COMMITTED TO PASSING A
PERMANENT BAN
ON DETENTION CENTERS, AND THAT
IS
SHAMEFUL.
I ASKED THIS
LAST WEEK, AND NOBODY BESIDES
RINK SUPPORTED
A
PERMANENT BAN. BUT THAT'S BELOW
THE BARE
MINIMUM.
ALL NINE OF THE COUNSELORS HERE
ARE DEMOCRATS.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
NATIONALLY IS RAMPING UP THE
DRUMBEAT
OF LESSER EVILISM, SAYING IF WE
BRING THEM BACK TO THE
HOUSE, THEY'LL FIGHT AGAINST
HOUSE.
THE STATE IS RUN BY
DEMOCRATS, AND THEY CAN'T EVEN
PASS
A PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION
CENTERS?
NOT A SINGLE MENTION, EACH FROM
RINK, ABOUT MU MINCE PAL I.D. s.
INSTEAD, THEY'RE CUTTING PUBLIC
SERVICES, THEY SAY THERE'S
NO MONEY FOR HEALTH CARE AND
CHILD
CARE. THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY FOR
COPS.
$500 MILLION EVERY YEAR IN
THE CITY GOES TO POLICE, AND
THAT HAS GONE UP $123 MILLION
MORE
SINCE GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED.
SOUND TRANSIT BOARD IS MADE
UP OF DEMOCRATS AROUND THE
DOWNY, INCLUDING THE SOCIALIST
MAYOR KATIE WILSON.
THEY COULD TAX THE RICH TO
FUND THE TRAINS AND MAKE THEM
FREE AND BUILD THEM BEFORE WE'RE
DEAD.
INSTEAD, THEY'RE RAMPING UP
FARE ENFORCEMENT.
WE NEED A SOCIALIST PARTY IN
SEATTLE.
WE NEED TO UNITE TO THROW OUT
EVERY ONE OF THESE DEMOCRATS
ON THIS CITY COUNCIL.
JOY HOLLINGSWORTH IS BOUGHT
AND PAID FOR BY CORPORATE
LANDLORDS, CEOs AND EXECUTIVES.
SHE ATTACKED THE MINIMUM
WAGE, TRYING TO CREATE A
SUBMINIMUM WAGE FOR THE LOWEST
PAID
200,000 WORKERS IN THE CITY.
UNITED FRONT FOR WORKERS
PARTY HAS OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS
ON
THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EVERY
MONTH.
THE NEXT ONE IS THIS SATURDAY
AT THE GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER
AT
2:00 P.M. [ MIC MUTED ]
>> THANK YOU, JASON.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
SEATTLE OFFICE INSPECTOR
GENERAL, WHAT WENT WRONG WEN
OFFICERS BEAT
PROTESTORS, RESULTING IN MANY
INJURIES, 23
ARRESTS, CONCLUDES THAT "THERE
IS IMPORTANT CULTURAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CAPITAL
HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LACK
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
UNDERSTANDING
OF THIS CONTEXT BY SPD
CONTRIBUTED TO THE
TENSIONS AMONG POLICE AND
DEMONSTRATORS.
" BUT THE WORDS OF
SPD OFFICER MATTHEW DIDIER MADE
CLEAR
THIS WAS NO CULTURAL
MISUNDERSTANDING. BODY WARN
VIDEO SHOWS HE SAID
TO OFFICERS, WE ARE GOING IN
THIS TIME WITH GUNS BLAZING,
WITH ALL OUR PIECES IN PLACE.
WE ARE PAST TALKING TO PEOPLE.
WE ARE HERE TO MESS
PEOPLE UP
NOW. WE'RE DONE WITH THESE
GUYS.
THEY HAVE PUSHED THE
ENVELOPE AND NOW THEY'RE GOING
TO GET
THE FULL SOMETHING OR OTHER.
THIS IS NOT A CULTURAL
MISUNDERSTANDING, THIS IS
NOT ABOUT ONE BAD OFFICER,
BECAUSE
NOT ONE SINGLE OFFICER
OBJECTED TO THAT.
THE OIG HAS ASSERTED THIS
EVENT WAS A ONE OFF, AN
ABERRATION.
THREE DAYS LATER, OFFICERS
ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATED BIASED
POLICING, UNLEASHING
MORE VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, RIGHT
IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.
LAST WEEK, AND THE NEXT
TWO WEEKS ARE THE ANNIVERSARIES
OF THREE UNNECESSARY KILLINGS
BY SEATTLE POLICE
OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN SEVERE
CRISIS,
ALL THREE REMAINING IGNORED AND
UNREMEMBERED BY THOSE IN POWER.
ALL THESE CASES HAVE ONE THING
IN COMMON, AND THEY WILL HAVE
INQUEST HEARINGS OVER THE NEXT
FEW HONLT MONTHS.
WHETHER IT'S
PROTESTORS, FOLKS IN CRISIS
MURDERED BY POLICE OR
FAMILIES BEGGING FOR LEGAL
RESOURCES TO AMELIORATE
THE HARMS OF YOUR POLICIES,
YOUR RESPONSE
IS ALWAYS -- [ MIC MUTED ]
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE WENDLYN.
THANK YOU, MR. GILL.
THANK
YOU, MR. GILL. [ APPLAUSE ]
GWENDLYN, FOLLOWED BY STEVE AND
ALLEN.
IF YOU ARE LISTENING
ONLINE, WE
ARE COMING TO YOU NEXT. WELCOME.
>> I'M A MEMBER OF
LABOR MILITANT AND DSA.
WE NEED TO MAKE THIS BAN
ON I.C.E. PERMANENT, BUT
CRITICALLY, THERE ARE
NO EXISTING I.C.E.
DETENTION CENTERS IN SEATTLE
TODAY.
WE HAVE TO PUSH A BAN IN
SEATTLE FIRST AND EXPAND IT
ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
DEMOCRATS, IF THEY WERE
SERIOUS ABOUT FIGHTING AGAINST
I.C.E.
, IT COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN
FOUR
MONTHS TO GET A TEMPORARY BAN
TODAY.
IF THEY WERE SERIOUS, WE WOULD
BE SEEING DEMOCRATS IN A
MASSIVE LEGAL FIGHT TO PUSH
THIS LEGISLATION FIGHT AND BAN
THE EXISTING DETENTION CENTERS,
WE WOULD BE SEEING BANS
AGAINST I.C.E. ARE POSED ON
EVERY DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE IN
THE
COUNTRY, MARCHES, WALKOUTS OF
WORKPLACES, ESPECIALLY WITH
IMMIGRANTS.
BUT DEMOCRATS ARE NOT LEADING
THESE INITIATIVES.
INSTEAD, I.C.E. ARE GRINDING
FORWARD AGAINST THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICAL
MACHINE.
THAT'S BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ARE
A PARTY OF THE BILLIONAIRES,
THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE
PART OF THE SAME POLITICAL
MACHINE
AS THE DEMOCRATS SITTING ON CITY
COUNCILS.
THEY'RE NOT HERE TO FIGHT THE
SYSTEM, BUT HERE TO RUN IT,
INCLUDING I.C.E.
WE NEED A NEW WORKING CLASS
TO FIGHT AGAINST THE SYSTEM FOR
OUR
INTERESTS. LAST WEEK WAS A
HEARING ABOUT
MAKING THE BAN ON I.C.E.
CENTERS PERMANENT, BUT ONLY
MERCEDES RINK SPOKE OUT IN
FAVOR.
THESE HAVE A TENDENCY TO DIE IN
THE DARKNESS, SO YOU HAVE A VERY
EASY OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE I'M
WRONG RIGHT NOW.
WILL YOU SUPPORT ACTUALLY --
WILL YOU SAY RIGHT NOW YES OR
NO, WILL YOU SUPPORT
THIS PERMANENT BAN, STARTING
WITH MADAME COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
YES OR
NO.
>> THIS IS YOUR TIME FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> THAT'S A LOT
MORE SYLLABLES THAN YES OR NO.
ANYONE WHO DOESN'T SAY YES,
VOTE
THEM OUT AND REPLACE THEM WITH A
SOCIALIST NEXT YEAR.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE STEVE, AND
THEN ALLEN.
STEVE, IS STEVE HERE?
WELCOME, STEVE.
THEN WE HAVE ALLEN, JUSTICE,
NATHAN.
WELCOME.
>> HI, MY NAME IS STEVE LEE,
I'M A MEMBER OF
SEATTLE REVOLUTIONARY
SOCIALISTS, AND
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
WE NEED A REVOLUTION,
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
RUNNING
THIS CITY ARE FOLLOWING THE
INTERESTS
OF THE BILLIONAIRES.
THEY'RE
EXPANDING AI, REFUSING TO BAN
I.C.E. PERMANENTLY,
AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN
SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS.
ALL OF THESE THINGS NEED TO BE
CHANGED.
WE NEED TO HAVE A SOCIETY
WHERE PEOPLE ARE ORGANIZED TO
MEET THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE, AND THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE ARE NOT
FOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
THAT MONEY SHOULD BE GOING
TO HEALTH CARE, HOUSING,
EDUCATION, CHILD CARE, ET
CETERA.
THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE REALLY
NEED.
SO QUIT FOLLOWING THE
DICTATESDICTATES OF
BILLIONAIRES, AND
FIGHT FOR THE INTEREST OF
ORDINARY
PEOPLE. GIVE UP YOUR
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP AND JOIN
THE PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU, STEVE.
NEXT WE HAVE ALLEN, FOLLOWED BY
JUSTICE, NATHAN. WELCOME, ALLEN.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ALLEN, A MEMBER OF
THE SEATTLE REVOLUTIONARY
SOCIALISTS.
I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF
COUNCIL
MEETINGS.
I APPRECIATE THE RHETORIC
ABOUT HOW THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S
STAS.
IT'S IN LINE OF THE RHETORIC I
HEARD FROM LOTS OF
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY ABOUT
HOW
PROUD WE ARE TO BE A SANCTUARY
CITY, ABOUT HOW COMMUNITY
IS EVERYTHING HERE.
ABOUT HOW EVERYBODY IS WELCOME.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE
CONSIDERING EXTENDING
YOUR MORATORIUM ON I.C.E.
DETENTION FACILITIES TO AN
INDEFINITE
MORATORIUM.
I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY
ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT.
BUT I WONDER, I WONDER IF IT'S
WORTH IT.
BUT I KIND OF FIGURE,
SINCE YOU'RE UP HERE PRETENDING
THAT THIS IS A DEMOCRACY, AND
THAT
YOU WILL LISTEN TO US, AND THAT
WORLD, EVICTIONS KILL
PEOPLE. THAT'S PEOPLE OUT ON
THE
STREETS WITHOUT RESOURCES, THEY
DIE.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE TAKEN BY I.C.E.
, THEY'RE UNABLE TO AFFORD
BILLS, SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.
THOSE FAMILIES ARE GOING TO
BE PERMANENTLY DAMAGED.
THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR
WELL-BEING.
AND THAT WILL HAVE
RAMIFICATIONS.
THE POLICE CANNOT BE
CONTROLLED, THE POLICE CANNOT BE
--
AND I.C.E. AS WELL,
OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES,
BY THIS
BODY.
THEY ARE BEHOLDEN TO
THE BILLIONAIRES BECAUSE AT THE
END OF THE DAY, THEY HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO DETERMINE
THEIR SIDE ON THE WAR.
AND YOU ALL ARE IN THE MIDDLE
HERE.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT
GOING ON IN YOUR MINDS, THINKING
ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND
DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL
HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AFTER
THIS MEETING.
BUT I WANT YOU
TO REMEMBER THAT
WE ARE LIVING IN THE HEART OF AN
UMPIRE IN
COLLAPSE, OKAY? WE ARE STANDING
AT THE PRECIPICE
OF AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE.
THESE ARE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE
LED TO GENOCIDES IN
COUNTLESS EMPIRES THROUGHOUT
HISTORY.
WHEN WE CONSIDER WHETHER OR
NOT YOU ALL CAN PROTECT US, WE
HAVE
TO BE RECOGNIZING THAT THE
ACTUAL MOVEMENT THAT PROTECTS
US HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
WHAT YOU ALL SAY.
SO YOUR DECISIONS HERE ARE
JUST DETERMINING WHICH SIDE YOU
WILL
BE ON WHEN THE BULLETS START
FLYING.
THIS CLASS WAR WILL NOT
END UNTIL ONE SIDE WINS.
IT IS US, THE WORKERS, OR THE
BILLIONAIRES, AND IT'S TIME,
AND NOW I'M ADDRESSING YOU IN
THE ROOM AND WATCHING THIS, IT
IS TIME TO GET ORGANIZED.
WE CANNOT DO THIS
WITHOUT COLLECTIVE ACTION,
COMMUNITY
SUPPORT.
WE NEED TO BE TALKING WITH ONE
ANOTHER.
WE NEED TO BE PUTTING
OUR GREATEST WEAPON HERE WHICH
IS THE STRIKE.
SO 2028, GENERAL STRIKE, MAY 1.
LET'S GET ORGANIZED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.
>> NATHAN, AND THEN MISSY.
>> HI, SO I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR
THAT COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING
A BAN ON AI OR A MORATORIUM ON
AI.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT
BECOME A BAN AND SEE THAT PASS.
I WOULD DISAPPOINTED TO
HEAR THAT MAYOR WILSON
WALLS ENCOURAGING OR PUSHING FOR
LIKE
MICROSOFT AI USE IN CITY
GOVERNMENT.
WE NEED TO BE RESISTING AI AT
ALL
COSTS. IT'S NOT GOOD
FOR OUR BRAINS OR OUR SOCIETY.
AND AI DATA CENTERS ARE -- WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S
NEVER ONE IN THIS CITY.
WHEN IT COMES TO -- I APPRECIATE
THAT YOU GUYS ARE
PASSING LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT
SO
THAT I.C.E. CAN'T COME INTO
THESE COMMUNITIES AND SEATTLE
POLICE CAN'T CORPORATE.
BUT A LOT OF THESE COPS
DON'T CARE WHAT
YOU GUYS SAY. I'M GOING TO PLAY
YOU A
VIDEO, I'M GOING TO COPY
BENNETT
A
LITTLE BIT. THIS IS A VIDEO OF
AN
NYPD OFFICER TALKING ABOUT THE
MAYOR
OF NEW YORK. IT'S PRETTY SHORT.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> THEY CALLED HIM AN
EMBARRASSMENT AND TEMPORARY.
HE SAID HE'S NOT MY MAYOR.
AND FINALLY, HE SAYS,
ALL DEMOCRATS ARE A WASTE OF
THE HUMAN RACE.
AND THIS IS A POLICE OFFICER IN
NEW YORK CITY.
I GET THAT YOU GUYS DON'T
WANT TO LIKE HAVE THIS BE A
DIALOGUE,
BUT
I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU GUYS FEEL
ABOUT THAT?
I'M CURIOUS HOW
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FEELS ABOUT
THIS,
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF
CONFIDENCES ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS.
I KNOW WE DISAGREE A LOT ABOUT
SPD. HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL
WHEN YOU HEARD SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
THAT'S HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT
YOU AND MAJOR WILSON, TOO.
>> THANK YOU, NATHAN.
NEXT WE HAVE MISS EVETTE.
I KNOW WE
HAVE ANOTHER PERSON WHO SIGNED
UP, AS WELL.
AND THEN WE'LL SWITCH ONLINE.
HELLO, MS. EVETTE.
>> EVERY DAY, KNOWING
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER
CRIME IN GENERAL, MURDERS,
ASSAULTS, AND PEOPLE IN HEALTH
CRISES.
SO WE NEED LAW AND ORDER.
JUST FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH,
WHEN I'M OUT AND ABOUT IN MY
COMMUNITY, EVERY TIME I
ENCOUNTER POLICE OFFICERS, I
SHAKE THEIR HAND AND THANK
THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
THIS IS FROM A WOMAN WHO GREW
UP IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,
SO I KNOW HOW IT USED TO BE, AND
IT'S COME A LONG WAY.
AND ALSO, ANY OF YOU WHO WANT
TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE
DO.
YOU'LL SEE HOW HARD IT IS.
AND REGARDING THE I.C.E.
SITUATION, IF YOU ALL WANT
I.C.E. TO BE GONE, I GET THAT.
BUT ORGANIZE YOURSELVES AND
SHOW UP IN PLACES WHERE YOU
THINK I.C.E. WILL SHOW UP TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S THE LEAST YOU CAN DO.
SO INSTEAD OF RUNNING YOUR
MOUTH, RUNNING OUT IN THE
STREETS, PROTECT THE COMMUNITY
YOUR OWN SELF.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE AARON ARE.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS AARON, THE
LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR LOCAL
STRATEGIES.
I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THIS --
EVERYONE HERE.
I DON'T THINK DISRESPECT
IS GOING TO GET YOU FAR IF YOU
WANT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT.
YOU CAN BOO ALL YOU WANT, BUT
DISRESPECT IS NOT GOING TO
GET YOU FAR.
I DON'T CARE HOW IT FEELS.
I DON'T CARE HOW YOU FEEL,
BUT YOU SHOULD REPRESENT
YOURSELF
WITH DECORUM, BECAUSE THIS IS --
THEY'RE DOING STUFF FOR YOU.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I
WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT
I'M HERE FOR YOU GUYS, AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, AARON.
NEXT, WE HAVE -- WE'RE GOING
TO GO TO -- GO ONLINE.
JUST ASKING THAT PEOPLE BE
DISRESPECTFUL WHILE PEOPLE
ARE TALKS AND NOT TO INTERRUPT
THEM.
THAT'S
ALL. WE WILL GO ONLINE.
THANK YOU.
ONLINE, WE HAVE ROSE.
YOU'RE GOING TO PRESS
STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, ROSE.
WE STILL SEE YOU ON MUTE, ROSE.
MAYBE YOUR PHONE IS ON MUTE.
STAR SIX. THERE YOU GO.
>> THERE WE GO, SORRY.
LAST WEEK, THE DOJ FILED SUIT
IN TEXAS TO TRY AND GET HAITIAN
DATE OF RECORDS IN RHODE ISLAND
TO TRY AND BE ABLE TO STOP TRANS
PEOPLE FROM INCREASING THEIR
STATE. WE ARE SEEING
INCREASING CRACKDOWNS HAPPENING
ON
A FEDERAL LEVEL ON TRANS
PEOPLE, WE NEED SEATTLE AND THE
STATE
OF WASHINGTON TO BE LOOKING
INTO WHAT ARE THE BEST WAYS
TO PROTECT PEOPLE HERE.
I HAD A FRIEND LAST WEEK
THAT WENT TO HER DOCTOR'S
APPOINTMENT AND ASKED HER DOCTOR
IF THE
DOJDOJ COMES FOR YOU AND YOUR
CLINIC, WHICH WAS UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, WHAT WOULD YOU DO
TO MAKE SURE I HAVE HORMONAL
CARE?
THE DOCTOR HAD NOTHING TO SAY.
THIS IS A HUGE RISK FOR
OUR COMMUNITY AS PEOPLE ARE
FLEEING
HERE.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS
EXTENSIVELY.
WE HAD THE PROCLAMATION
THAT EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL
SIGNED, BUT THOSE WORDS DON'T
MEAN ANYTHING IF WE DON'T
HAVE ACTIONS TO BACK THEM UP.
WE ARE HAVING INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE FLEEING TO CAL ANDERSON
EVERY DAY, NEEDING RESOURCES,
FOOD, BASIC THINGS.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THINGS
ARE RIGHT NOW, AND WE NEED
RESOURCES
FOR THEM WHEN THEY LAND.
THE IDAHO BATHROOM BAN HAS
ALREADY BASSED, AND WE'LL SEE
AN
INFLUX OF REFUGEES HERE IN
SEATTLE.
WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT THE
COUNCIL AND MAYOR ARE GOING TO
DO
TO PREPARE FOR THIS IMPENDING
CRISIS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE
BAD ENOUGH AS IS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE IN CAL
ANDERSON THAT ARE WRITING NAMES
OF MISSING PEOPLE, PEOPLE SHOW
UP WITH NO IDENTIFICATION
OR NO CONNECTION WITH ANYONE,
AND THEY
DISAPPEAR AND NOBODY SEES THEM
AGAIN, AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THESE
PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL
BE THERE FOR US AS RESOURCES
AND ALSO TO HELP US AS
INDIVIDUALS.
WE EVEN HAVE ORGANIZERS WHO ARE
STRUGGLING AGAINST ME.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE YOUR HELP.
>> THANK YOU, ROSE.
NEXT WE HAVE JOE FOLLOWED BY
DAVID, THEN MELISSA AND CASTILE.
JOE, STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING
ABLE TO CALL IN THIS MORNING TO
TALK
ABOUT DRONES AND THE NEED
FOR TIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND
DRONES, BUT I'M CALLING
YOU TODAY WITH SOME SAD NEWS,
WHICH IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT
MAYOR
WILSON, A SUPPOSED DEMOCRAT,
IF YOU BELIEVE THESE
PUBLIC COMMENTERS YOU HEARD
TODAY, YOU
KNOW, SHE HAS NOT CONDEMNED
ANTI- SEMITISM, AND WE JUST HAD
A VIOLENT RIOT OUTSIDE
A GATHERING TO HONOR A MEDIC WHO
TREATED, GUESS WHAT?
DOZENS, NOT JUST ISRAELIS.
SO I WANT TO READ YOU THE
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ABOUT IT,
THAT FREE SPEECH,
INCLUDING CRITICIZING THE
POLICIES OF
OUR OWN GOVERNMENT AND FOR
GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING ISRAEL,
IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IN OUR
COUNTRY, BUT WHEN
PROTESTORS SCREAM PROFANITIES
AND BANG ON
THEIR CARS, THIS CROSSES A
LINE. WHEN PROTESTORS ATTACK
ATTENDEES AND POLICE, THIS
CROSSES THE
LINE.
WHEN PROTESTORS FOLLOW
ATTENDEES AND THEY'RE SCARED
FOR THEIR
SAFETY, THIS CROSSES A LINE.
WE CANNOT HAVE A THRIVING JEWISH
COMMUNITY WITHOUT BASIC SAFETY.
I AGREE
WITH PRESIDENT CAIN AND THE
JEWISH FEDERATION.
I DON'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT
IT'S
GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR ME
TO SUPPORT LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS
IN SEATTLE WHEN WE HAVE
THESE ANTI-SEMITISM PROBLEMS.
WE NEED TO HEAR ELECTED
LEADERS CONDEMN IT AND MAKE
CLEAR IT'S
ONE THING TO SHOW UP,
BUT ANOTHER THING TO HAVE
VIOLENCE
TOWARDS YOUR POLITICAL ON POE
SENTS. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU
PUT
A STATION IN A COMMUNITY, YOU
ARE SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO
BUILD
A COMMUNITY AROUND HERE, WITH
INCLUSION, COURAGE, AND SCIENCE
AND INTEGRITY.
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE, AND FOR ALL
YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU, JOE.
NEXT IS DAVID, FOLLOWED BY
MELISSA.
DAVID HANES, STAR 6, UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
>> THIS IS DAVID HANES.
THERE'S NOT MUCH ON THE
AGENDA FOR ALL THE DRAMA.
REMEMBER, NO KINGS, NO DRAMA
QUEENS. I WANT TO ADDRESS
ORDINANCE
12123, BUT $19 MILLION BEING
PAID TO SOFTBANK IN DELOITTE.
WHY IS IT THAT AN EXTRA
$18 MILLION HAS TO BE PAID, THAT
WE SEEM TO KEEP PLAYING FOR AND
OTHER POLICY CONCERNS?
IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR THAT
THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY $18
MILLION
EXTRA, AND THEN ALMOST
GUARANTEE AN OVERALL AMOUNT OF
$50
MILLION.
WHY CAN'T YOU NEGOTIATE?
BECAUSE THERE WAS 18
COLLECTIONS ON THE ACCOUNTING
PROCESS, LIKE SOMEBODY DIDN'T
PUT IN AN
ACCOUNTING CATEGORY FOR
VACATION, SO $1. 1 MILLION, AND
THEY HIRE SOME DUDE ON A
SHORT TERM CONTRACT, MAKING
CHUMP
CHANGE, AND WE MIXES IT.
THESE PEOPLE ARE MAKING UP TO
50% PROFITS, AND I DON'T
HEAR CITY COUNCIL MAKE ANY
RENEGOTIATION ON THAT.
I THINK THAT MAY 4, I TOUCHED
UP ON AI. A 34-YEAR- OLD
WAS LEFT IN CRITICAL CONDITION
YESTERDAY,
AND ON NORTH GATE, AN
ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING WHEN --
I THINK SOME GIRL WAS RAPED BY
THE BUS STOP
IN DISTRICT 5.
AND THEN ON MAY 5, A 35-YEAR-
OLD WAS STABBED IN THE BACK
DURING
AN ALTERCATION.
DOWNTOWN 3rd AVENUE, IT'S LIKE
NORTH BEACON HILL, SOME MAN WAS
STABBED TWICE.
SOUTH SEATTLE, 18-YEAR- OLD WAS
GRAZED BY A GUNFIRE WOUND.
ARMED ROBBERY YESTERDAY.
YOU ALL ARE STILL ACTING
LIKE THE FEDS ARE THE BIGGEST
CONCERN. BUT IF YOU CAN FILE THE
EVIL
DRUG PUSHERS THAT YOU
KEEP EXEMPTING --
>> THANK
YOU, DAVID. NEXT WE HAVE MELISSA
HOWARD.
STAR 6
TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, MELISSA.
>> MY NAME IS MELISSA
HOWARD, AND I'M A MEMBER OF
DISTRICT
6, AND I'VE BEEN ORGANIZING
WITH A
GRASSROOTS GROUP COMMITTED
TO HOLDING THE MAYOR ACCOUNTABLE
FOR HER PROMISES.
I WANT TO COMBAT THE NARRATIVE
I'M SEEING BEING SHAPED OVER
THE PAST FEW DAYS FOLLOWING
EVENTS THAT THE MAYOR WAS AT
WHEN A SHOOTING OCCURRED NEARBY.
FOLLOWING THIS EVENT, MULTIPLE
STORIES WERE
AIRED SUGGESTING THAT THE PUBLIC
IS CALLING FOR
INCREASED SURVEILLANCE.
LAST NIGHT, KOMO NEWS AIRED A
STORY CLAIMING CAMERAS HELPED
ARREST A SUSPECT IN THE
BEATING OF A 77-YEAR- OLD
DOWNTOWN.
BUT THAT STORY ENDS WITH SPD'S
BODY CAM FOOTAGE, ASKING IF
AN OFFICER KNEW KATIE WILSON.
IT ALMOST SEEMS PLANTED.
I THINK ANYONE WHO WATCHES WILL
AGREE.
AXON IS THE COMPANY
SELLING US THESE CAMERAS AND THE
REALTIME CRIME CENTER, IN
ADDITION TO
THEIR LUCRATIVE
EXISTING CONTRACTS FOR SPD BODY
CAMERAS AND TASERS.
KOMO USED THIS BODY CAM FOOTAGE
TO PUSH A FALSE NARRATIVE
THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS THE
COUNCIL AND
MAYOR TO BUY MORE CAMERAS
TO POLICE OUR CITY.
THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
SO PEOPLE WANT REAL
INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE WANT INVESTING IN EMPLOYMENT
AND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS,
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, STREET
OUTREACH, UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE, EXPANDED HEALTH CARE
BENEFITS. THE LIST GOES ON AND
ON.
BUT NOWHERE IN THAT LIST
IS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS OR
INCREASED POLICE FUNDING.
WE WANT INVESTMENT IN
COMMUNITY, NOT CAMERAS.
TURN OFF THE CAMERAS AND
SHUT DOWN THE REALTIME CRIME
CENTER. CANCEL THE CONTRACT WITH
AXON.
>> CASTILE HIGHTOWER.
STAR 6 TO UP MUTE YOURSELF.
GO RIGHT AHEAD FOR YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> MY NAME IS CASTILE
HIGHTOWER -- THE SISTER OF A
MAN MURDERED BY THE SEATTLE
POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE WERE TOLD HE HAD A
KNIFE, ONLY TO FIND OUT IT WAS A
BULTER -- BUTTER KNIFE.
OUR FAMILY HAS CONTINUED TO BE
HARMED IN MULTIPLE WAYS, ONE
OF WHICH IS LACK OF
ACCESS TO
RESOURCES. [ INAUDIBLE ]
I ASK THAT YOU HOLD A TOWN HALL
TO TALK ABOUT FOLKS BEING
KILLED BY SPD OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
SINCE YOU MADE THAT COMMENT
PUBLICLY, NOTHING HAS COME OF
THAT.
13 MONTHS AGO, COUNCILMEMBER
RINK, YOU PROMISED ME
THAT YOU WOULD WORK WITH US TO
CREATE
RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU
DID THE SAME EXACT THING.
I SPOKE TO YOU AND SAT ACROSS
THE TABLE FROM YOU, AND YOU
SAID
YOU WOULD NOT GHOST US IN
REGARDS TO CREATIVE
RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE.
YOU HAVE SINCE DONE
THAT. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, AT THE
LAST MEETING I ASKED YOU IF YOU
WOULD PASS A
RESOLUTION, AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO SAY.
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, I TEXTED YOU A
COUPLE DAYS
AGO ASKING IF YOU COULD SIT DOWN
AND
TALK ABOUT VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE.
I HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM YOU.
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SAY,
WE'RE BEGGING FOR THESE
RESOURCES, BECAUSE
WE KNOW HOW -- [ INAUDIBLE ]
YOU ARE TURNING YOUR BACKS ON
US.
WE ARE ASKING YOU -- CAN
YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBERS?
CAN YOU PASS A RESOLUTION AND --
]
[ MIC MUTED ]
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC
COMMENTS?
AWESOME.
SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT -- I
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
COMING.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW CLOSED.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT
TODAY FROM ONLINE AND ON THE
PHONE, AND THROUGH EMAIL.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK OUT
THEIR TIME OF THEIR DAY TO
COME TO CITY
HALL, AS WELL. WE REALLY ARE
GRATEFUL
AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
PRESENCE AND
YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE JUST AT EASE SO WE CAN
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFELY
OUTSIDE.
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THEN I WILL
BEGIN.
SHOULD YOU SHUT DOES DOORS FOR
US?
OH, THEY'RE SHUT.
AWESOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE -- I
WILL SAY, I KNOW YOU GOT ABOUT
50 THAT LIVE IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, SO I DON'T WANT
TO MESS WITH MS. EVETTE.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW.
SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION, THE
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
IF THERE'S NO OPTION N,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER
THE PROPOSED CONSENT
CALENDAR, INCLUDING THE MINUTES
OF
APRIL 28th AND COUNCIL BILL
121203, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS.
ARE THERE ANY
ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE
TO
REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT
CALENDAR?
HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO
ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
CAN THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
[ ROLL CALL TAKEN ]
>> THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES
AND LEGISLATION ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY
BEHALF.
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE
INTO THE
RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
THAT THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO GIVE THE
REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THIS
HON THE AGENDA TODAY.
WE HAD A COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK, AND JUST OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT
FROM COMMUNITY.
I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT DIRECTOR
LILLIANA WILL, YOU KNOW,
MOST IMPORTANTLY ENGAGE WITH
THE COMMUNITY THAT SHE'S GOING
TO
UPLIFT THE VOICES OF COMMUNITIES
MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY HIGHER
LEVELS OF POLLUTION, IMPACTED
BY CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THAT
SHE HAS THE SKILLS AND
EXPERIENCE
AND PERSONALITY TO BRING OUR
COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO WORK
WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, TO
WORK WITH DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES. AND EAH, I ENCOURAGE
YOU TO
VOTE YES ON HER
APPOINTMENT.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY
COMMENTS REGARDING
THE CONFIRMATION TODAY?
ANY COMMENTS?
AWESOME.
I KNOW THAT WE SPOKE HIGHLY OF
THE DIRECTOR IN COMMITTEE AND
ANSWERED ALL OUR GREAT
QUESTIONS.
SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND THE
OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY,
ENVIRONMENT, AND ALL THE GREAT
WORK THAT YOU
DO.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
GREAT PRESENTATION THAT YOU DID,
AS
WELL.
OH, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> I'M SORRY, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
JUST TO REALLY -- I DON'T SIT
ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT I KNOW THE
ACTING DIRECTOR FROM HER
MANY YEARS OF SERVICE, ACTUALLY
TO THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT, AND I'M SO
HONORED TO BE VOTING ON HER
APPOINTMENT
TODAY.
SHE DOES GREAT WORK
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HER GREAT
TEAM AT OSC.
THERE'S SO MUCH I CAN SAY ABOUT
THE DIRECTOR, BUT JUST TO SAY
I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HER
CONFIRMATION TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE
DOING.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> AWESOME.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL FOR THE PASS AGE OF THE
CONFIRMATION.
[ ROLL CALL TAKEN ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
CONGRATULATIONS, DIRECTOR.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO GIVE SOME
COMMENTS.
>> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY
GRATITUDE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ESTEEMED
COUNCIL, FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO WORK
WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
OF
MY TENURE HERE AS DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT. APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
>>
AWESOME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
WELL DESERVED.
COLLEAGUES, THERE WERE NO ITEMS
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR AND THERE'S NOT
A RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION
FOUR, I WOULD SAY
FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION
TODAY.
THERE IS SOME BUSINESS FROM
YESTERDAY.
I KNOW THAT SOME
COLLEAGUES ASKED REGARDING
SIGNING ONTO OUR
LET THEY ARE THE COUNCIL
WILL SEND TO KING COUNTY
REGARDING
RATES, THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN
AND I ARE PART OF.
SO I THINK WE HAD PASSED
THAT AROUND TO THE OFFICES.
SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE HAD TIME
TO REVIEW THE LETTERS.
SO COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND I
SIT ON THE REGIONAL WATER
QUALITY AND WE'RE URGING KING
COUNTY
TO CONSIDER AFFORDABILITY AS
THEY RAISE THE RATES TO 12. 75
AND URGE THEM TO DO A MEASURED
APPROACH.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR
A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF HERE AT
10.75 INCREASE.
YESTERDAY, THERE WAS INTEREST IN
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS SIGNING
ON, SO I WANTED TO GIVE
MY COLLEAGUES A CHANCE TO AFFIX
THEIR SIGNATURE TO THE LETTER.
COUNCILMEMBER, DID YOU HAVE
ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I JUST APPRECIATE
YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE AND WORKING
ON
THIS, EVEN AT 10. 75, IT IS
STILL A HUGE ISSUE AROUND
AFFORDABILITY. AND SO, YOU KNOW,
I THINK
WE NEED TO PUSH FOR THEM TO TAKE
A HARD LOOK AT THESE COSTS AND
DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO
MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS AROUND
AFFORDABILITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
I WOULD HAVE PUT ZERO, BUT YOU
KNOW.
SO COLLEAGUES, IF THERE'S
NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON
THE LETTER -- OH, THERE IS
ANOTHER
ONE.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND FORMER COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
FOR TWO YEARS I SERVED ON
THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY
COMMITTEE.
AND I SEEN FIRST HAND SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE
FACING.
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE
LETTER'S POINT ABOUT THE
CHAIR'S OF THAT COMMITTEE,
WHICH HAS BEEN A GREAT --
AND TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE
CHALLENGES THAT EXIST.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THOSE
CHALLENGES. YOU KNOW, ONE OF
THE CHALLENGES THAT EXIST, AND I
JUST WANT
TO FOOT STOP, IS HOW THE
WASTE WATER TREATMENT DIVISION
IN KING COUNTY DOES ITS
BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING
BEING IN THESE MEETINGS AND
SEEING THE
PLANNING PROCESS AND I
WAS REALLY SURPRISED AND
OBVIOUSLY
RAISED MY VOICE TO MAKE SOME
POINTS ABOUT IT, WHICH
WAS ECHOED OR SUPPORTED BY
MEMBERS OF MUPAC, BUT THE MAIN
PIECE WAS
IN TERMS OF BEST
PRACTICES, DOING WHAT WE'RE
DOING.
YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF
HAVING SOME UNDERSTANDING AND
PLANNING, IS HAVING A SIX- YEAR
SYSTEM WHERE THE THREE YEARS
WERE
LOCKED, AND THE NEXT THREE
YEARS ARE ESSENTIALLY GUIDES IN
WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND
ANTICIPATING WHAT CHALLENGES MAY
BE THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN, IS THAT THEY NEED
TO ADOPT BEST PRACTICES
THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED HERE IN
SEATTLE WITH SPU.
OTHERWISE, THESE KINDS OF
THING ALSO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
AND IT GOES TO THE
PLANNING PROCESS THAT EXISTS.
COLLEAGUES AND I'M
GLAD COUNCILMEMBER LIN HAS TAKEN
MY
SPOT SINCE I COULDN'T SIT ON IT
ANYMORE. BUT THESE ARE THE
THINGS
THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
BEST PRACTICE.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SPU DOES
IT FOR SEATTLE.
AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S GOING
TO
BE A HIT HERE TOO.
BECAUSE THAT THREE- YEAR LOCK
ON THE RATES IS GOING TO BE
IMPACTED.
WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED
WITH THIS MASSIVE
INCREASE FROM THE COUNTY SIDE.
OR FROM THE REGIONAL SIDE.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT
AND FOOT STOP THAT, AND ALSO,
COLLEAGUES, LONG AGO AT THE
BEGINNING, I SAID I DON'T DO
SIGN- ON LETTERS.
SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T
SUPPORT.
IT'S A VERY WELL WRITTEN
LETTER, CATCHING ALL THE POINTS.
AGAIN, I WANTED TO NOTE
THAT ABOUT KING COUNTY MEMBER
BALDUCHI, AND HIGHLIGHT THE
PLANNING PERIOD.
THAT'S SO
IMPORTANT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS HAS BEEN
PHENOMENAL DURING THIS PROCESS.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S
ALSO ASKING A FUTURE PLANNING
SO WE CAN LOCK IN RATES.
I KNOW THAT I SPOKE TO
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE AT KING
COUNTY, AND THEIR INTENTIONS ARE
GO GET
IT UNDER SINGLE DIGIT AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL TO DETERMINE
WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE
THEIR SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO THE
SEWER RATE AND FUTURE
PROJECTIONS
LETTER.
[ ROLL CALL TAKEN ]
>> SEVEN SIGNATURE ALSO BE AFAX
-- AFFIXED.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
I CLEAVE COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA HAS SOMEONE FOR THE BODY,
AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
TODAY IS MY -- I WANTED
TO RECOGNIZE OUR MEXICAN-
AMERICAN
RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY AND
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND
FOR THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
OUR CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I WANTED TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT.
ALSO, ON A MORE SOMBER NOTE,
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO OUR
COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, WHO I KNOW IS EXCUSED
FROM COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
BUT SHE DID REMIND ME THAT
TODAY IS RED DRESS DAY IN
RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL
AWARENESS
FOR MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
AND
GIRLS AND
MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS.
AND FOLKS WEAR RED IN HONOR
OF THE VICTIMS.
WE KNOW THAT IN THIS
COUNTRY, INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS FACE
A HIGH RISK OF VIOLENT
CRIME, THEY'RE MURDERED AT A
RATE
TEN TIMES MORE THAN THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE.
AND SO I REALLY WANTED TO THANK
OUR COLLEAGUE,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR
BRINGING THAT
REMINDER AND WANTED TO JUST US
HAVE THAT RECOGNITION
AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TODAY.
THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND
IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THIS
COUNTRY, AND ONE THAT WE HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO KEEP AT THE
FOREFRONT.
SO THANK YOU FORGIVING ME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOUT THAT
OUT IN
RECOGNITION OF OUR
COLLEAGUE AND JUST MORE
IMPORTANTLY,
IN RECOGNITION AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF THIS CONTINUED ISSUE IN OUR
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY, WOMEN
AND GIRLS TODAY.
SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> AWESOME.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS TO
COME BEFORE THE BODY BEFORE WE
END
REAL QUICK?
BECAUSE THIS HAS
GOTTEN BURIED IN THE NEWS BUT I
THINK
IT'S
VERY RELEVANT. WHAT NEEDS TO BE
HIGHLIGHTED
IS A LOT IS THAT THE SUPREME
COURT HAS KNOCKED OUT A LOT OF
VOTING
RIGHTS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS,
WHICH AFFECTS A LOT OF THE
SOUTHERN
STATES, AND THAT IT AFFECTS THE
DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE
SEE REFLECTED IN OUR BODY AT
THE SENATE AND THE CONGRESS IN
THE
UNITED STATES THAT AFFECTS
LOCAL ELECTIONS.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT
HAS GOTTEN REALLY BURIED IN THE
NEWS BECAUSE OTHER THINGS THAT
ARE REALLY RELEVANT, BUT IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED
TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT, THE
SUPREME COURT, THE HIGHEST
COURT, KNOCKING OUT A LOT OF
THE LEGS OF THAT VOTING RIGHTS
ACT TABLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE
UNITED
STATES. SO JUST ENCOURAGING
EVERYONE
TO CONTINUE TO VOTE, AS WELL.
SO ANYWAYS, THAT IS IT FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE
HAS ANYTHING TO
SAY. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
TODAY'S MEETING.
THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL
MEETING WILL BE MAY 12th AT 2:00
P.M.
, AND HEAR NOTHING FURTHER
BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.