1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:03,803 C1 2 00:00:03,803 --> 00:00:07,006 >> GOING TO YOU THE WHOLE RUN OF 3 00:00:07,006 --> 00:00:08,875 SHOW. BUT I AM GOING TO HIT THE 4 00:00:08,875 --> 00:00:09,509 HIGHLIGHTS OF WHY WE ARE HERE. 5 00:00:09,509 --> 00:00:14,547 BUT I WANT TO START THIS THE WAY 6 00:00:14,547 --> 00:00:16,649 THAT I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO START 7 00:00:16,649 --> 00:00:18,518 A MEETING, BUT MY UNCLE BILLY 8 00:00:18,518 --> 00:00:20,987 FRANK JR. WANT TO START THIS IN 9 00:00:20,987 --> 00:00:25,925 A GOOD WAY. LET'S JUST TAKE A 10 00:00:25,925 --> 00:00:29,429 DEEP BREATH. WE'RE ALL HERE 11 00:00:29,429 --> 00:00:32,866 BECAUSE WE CARE. I WANT TO 12 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:34,300 DON'T "TRADISH." FOR THOSE OF 13 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:40,306 YOU WHO WATCHED REZ DOGS, YOU 14 00:00:40,306 --> 00:00:41,674 KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WE 15 00:00:41,674 --> 00:00:43,777 ARE HERE BECAUSE THERE GUNSHOTS 16 00:00:43,777 --> 00:00:45,045 AND VIOLENCE ON AURORA. WE CAN 17 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:47,480 PRETTY MUCH CLOCK IT FROM 85th 18 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:49,749 TO 130th ON THE EAST AND THE 19 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:51,818 WEST SIDE. AND WE KNOW THE ROOTS 20 00:00:51,818 --> 00:00:56,322 OF THIS VIOLENCE. WE'VE SEEN IT 21 00:00:56,322 --> 00:00:58,525 BUT IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. WE KNOW 22 00:00:58,525 --> 00:01:00,693 THAT IT'S THE PIMPS. WE KNOW 23 00:01:00,693 --> 00:01:02,328 THAT IT'S PROSTITUTION. WE KNOW 24 00:01:02,328 --> 00:01:08,802 THAT IT'S SEX TRAFFICKING, AND 25 00:01:08,802 --> 00:01:10,737 WE KNOW THAT IT'S DRUG 26 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:13,206 ACTIVITY. WE'VE ALL SEEN THE 27 00:01:13,206 --> 00:01:16,276 CLIPS OF THE SHOOTING. I SAT FOR 28 00:01:16,276 --> 00:01:18,912 TWO TERMS AND TRUST ME. WE SHUT 29 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:21,047 DOWN MOTELS AND I HAVE BEEN 30 00:01:21,047 --> 00:01:22,615 THROUGH TWO GOVERNORS AND TWO 31 00:01:22,615 --> 00:01:24,584 MAYORS AND FOUR CHIEFS OF 32 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:28,221 POLICE. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF 33 00:01:28,221 --> 00:01:30,790 AN IDEA HOW TO WORKS PUBLIC 34 00:01:30,790 --> 00:01:31,458 SAFETY AND SAFETY. THE FOUR 35 00:01:31,458 --> 00:01:33,460 THINGS I JUST LISTED ARE THE 36 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:35,361 ROOT CAUSE NOT JUST IN THE CITY 37 00:01:35,361 --> 00:01:36,663 BUT RIGHT NOW ON AURORA. I WANT 38 00:01:36,663 --> 00:01:41,668 TO THANK THE AURORA FOLKS HERE 39 00:01:41,668 --> 00:01:43,536 AND CAME OUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT 40 00:01:43,536 --> 00:01:44,804 TO WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT 41 00:01:44,804 --> 00:01:47,173 WE'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE WANT 42 00:01:47,173 --> 00:01:49,409 TO SEE A STREET CLOSURE. WE WANT 43 00:01:49,409 --> 00:01:51,411 TO SEE BARRIERS, AND I WANT TO 44 00:01:51,411 --> 00:01:55,448 GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE 45 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:56,749 EMERGENCY LEGISLATION WE ARE 46 00:01:56,749 --> 00:01:58,585 GOING TO BE PASSING. I WANT TO 47 00:01:58,585 --> 00:02:00,253 THANK COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR 48 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:02,055 THAT AND HE WILL SPEAK TO THAT. 49 00:02:02,055 --> 00:02:05,492 WHETHER HE STAYS TO HIS THREE 50 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:06,726 MINUTES IS ANOTHER ISSUE. WE 51 00:02:06,726 --> 00:02:08,461 KNOW CURRENT THE SDOT DIRECTOR 52 00:02:08,461 --> 00:02:11,131 HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CLOSE THE 53 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:13,366 STREET. WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH 54 00:02:13,366 --> 00:02:14,667 THE EMERGENCY LEGISLATION AND 55 00:02:14,667 --> 00:02:15,502 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S 56 00:02:15,502 --> 00:02:17,737 COMMITTEE IS EXPAND THE 57 00:02:17,737 --> 00:02:18,905 CONDITIONS AND THE SCENARIOS IN 58 00:02:18,905 --> 00:02:23,843 WHICH YOU CAN CLOSE A STREET, 59 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:28,014 AND THAT WOULD BE UPON THE 60 00:02:28,014 --> 00:02:28,915 RECOMMENDATION OF CHIEF BARNES 61 00:02:28,915 --> 00:02:29,616 THAT THERE'S CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, 62 00:02:29,616 --> 00:02:34,220 I.E. BULLETS, AND THE STREET 63 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:36,723 NEEDS TO BE CLOSED. I WANT TO 64 00:02:36,723 --> 00:02:37,357 APOLOGIZE THAT WE FAILED YOU, 65 00:02:37,357 --> 00:02:38,925 THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD TO GET 66 00:02:38,925 --> 00:02:41,294 OUT ON THEIR OWN AND PUT UP 67 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:44,564 BARRIERS AND PUT THEIR OWN LIVES 68 00:02:44,564 --> 00:02:46,199 AND FAMILY AT RISKS. I ASSURE 69 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:48,067 YOU MYSELF AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT 70 00:02:48,067 --> 00:02:49,569 HAVE BEEN UP THERE. YES, I WAS 71 00:02:49,569 --> 00:02:51,337 THERE. I DIDN'T COME UP WITH A 72 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:52,205 BULLHORN AND TELL EVERYBODY I'M 73 00:02:52,205 --> 00:02:58,311 HERE BUT I WAS THERE AND I TOOK 74 00:02:58,311 --> 00:03:00,280 PICTURES. I LIVED IN THAT 75 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,848 NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS 76 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:04,083 SO I KNOW AURORA. LET'S GET 77 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:05,218 BACK TO THE STREET CLOSURES. 78 00:03:05,218 --> 00:03:08,721 THERE ARE SO 19 SCENARIOS AND 79 00:03:08,721 --> 00:03:09,355 YOU HEARD THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 80 00:03:09,355 --> 00:03:12,025 SAY THIS IN WHICH SDOT HAS THE 81 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:13,826 AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW TO CLOSE THE 82 00:03:13,826 --> 00:03:15,595 STREAK. WE DO IT AT LAKE 83 00:03:15,595 --> 00:03:16,729 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. WE DO IT 84 00:03:16,729 --> 00:03:19,232 AT GARDENS. WE DO IT AT PIKE 85 00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:23,603 PLACE MARKET. WE DO IT WHEN WE 86 00:03:23,603 --> 00:03:25,205 WANT TO CLOSE DOWN STREET 87 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:26,606 RACING, SAFE STREETS, HEALTHY 88 00:03:26,606 --> 00:03:28,141 STREET, COVID AND WE DO IT FOR 89 00:03:28,141 --> 00:03:29,509 BARBECUES AND FOR 90 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:30,810 TRAFFIC-CALMING MEASURES AND WE 91 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:33,146 DO IT FOR SPEED LIMITS AND 92 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:34,080 PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES AND 93 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,014 FAMILIES. WE HAVE NEVER CLOSED 94 00:03:35,014 --> 00:03:36,683 DOWN STREETS AND I HAVE SAID IT 95 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:39,986 BEFORE AND I WILL SAY IT BEFORE 96 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:42,722 AND YOU KNOW HOW I SPEAK. IF WE 97 00:03:42,722 --> 00:03:45,525 CAN CLOSE DOWN STREETS FOR THOSE 98 00:03:45,525 --> 00:03:46,225 SITUATIONS WE CAN SURE AS HELL 99 00:03:46,225 --> 00:03:47,894 CLOSE DOWN THE STREETS FOR 100 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:48,795 BULLETS. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY 101 00:03:48,795 --> 00:03:50,797 POINT. I AM GOING TO BE SHORT 102 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:53,633 AND WRAP THINGS UP REAL QUICK 103 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:59,038 BECAUSE I WANT THE OTHER 104 00:03:59,038 --> 00:04:03,076 ELECTIVES TO SPEAK AS WELL. 105 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:06,179 THERE'S BEEN TALK WHO'S 106 00:04:06,179 --> 00:04:11,918 WORKING WITH WHOM. FIRST, I WANT 107 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:13,386 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER MOORE 108 00:04:13,386 --> 00:04:15,622 UNDER THE HARRIS ADMINISTRATION 109 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:16,689 AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN UNDER THE 110 00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:18,758 STREET AUTHORITY WITH SDOT AND I 111 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:21,861 WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 112 00:04:21,861 --> 00:04:22,862 HOLLINGSWORTH WHO WORKED WITH ME 113 00:04:22,862 --> 00:04:26,266 SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. I WANT TO 114 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:27,634 PARTICULARLY THANK ATTORNEY 115 00:04:27,634 --> 00:04:29,602 EVANS. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING 116 00:04:29,602 --> 00:04:30,937 SINCE JANUARY ABOUT STOP 117 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:31,804 TRAFFICKING. MET WITH THE KING 118 00:04:31,804 --> 00:04:32,772 COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. 119 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:38,211 WHAT DO WE DO GET IN THE BUDGET? 120 00:04:38,211 --> 00:04:39,979 WE HAVE TWO KING COUNTY 121 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:40,813 PROSECUTORS WHOSE JOBS ARE TO 122 00:04:40,813 --> 00:04:42,882 FILE CASES FOR ALL OF KING 123 00:04:42,882 --> 00:04:44,150 COUNTY, TWO FOR NORTH AND SOUTH. 124 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:49,689 AS YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE CRIMES 125 00:04:49,689 --> 00:04:52,291 ARE MISDEMEANORS. THEY WILL NOT 126 00:04:52,291 --> 00:04:56,929 BE IN KING COUNTY CITY COURT. 127 00:04:56,929 --> 00:04:58,698 THEY WILL BE IN MUNICIPAL COURT. 128 00:04:58,698 --> 00:05:01,300 WE WILL HAVE A RESPONSE MOVING 129 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:02,935 THE FILES AND HOPEFULLY MOVING 130 00:05:02,935 --> 00:05:05,938 SOME OF THE MISDEMEANORS INTO 131 00:05:05,938 --> 00:05:07,473 FELONIES. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK 132 00:05:07,473 --> 00:05:08,875 CHIEF BARNES. I SO APPRECIATE 133 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:12,078 WORKING WITH HIM AND HIS 134 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:14,981 LEADERSHIP. THIS IS THE CHIEF OF 135 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:18,017 POLICE CALLING ME AND SAID, HEY, 136 00:05:18,017 --> 00:05:19,585 DEBORA,, WE HAVE HAD ANOTHER 137 00:05:19,585 --> 00:05:22,021 SHOOTING. WE HAD A DEATH. THIS 138 00:05:22,021 --> 00:05:24,557 IS WHAT IS GOING ON. THAT SHARED 139 00:05:24,557 --> 00:05:26,025 LEADERSHIP AND HOW I WANT TO 140 00:05:26,025 --> 00:05:27,760 LEAD. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR 141 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,295 WILSON AND HER STAFF. NO, I HAVE 142 00:05:29,295 --> 00:05:31,931 NOT SAT DOWN AND HAD TEA WITH 143 00:05:31,931 --> 00:05:37,136 THE MAYOR BUT I WORK WITH THE 144 00:05:37,136 --> 00:05:37,804 MAYOR'S OFFICE. WHERE'S BRIAN? 145 00:05:37,804 --> 00:05:38,471 HE'S EVERYWHERE, DEPUTY MAYOR 146 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:40,039 AND THEIR TEAM. I KNOW A LOT OF 147 00:05:40,039 --> 00:05:41,574 PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THE MAYOR 148 00:05:41,574 --> 00:05:43,576 WHO HANDLE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE 149 00:05:43,576 --> 00:05:45,578 ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND IF WE 150 00:05:45,578 --> 00:05:47,613 FAILED YOU, THEN WE ALL FAILED 151 00:05:47,613 --> 00:05:49,248 YOU. I WANT TO THANK 152 00:05:49,248 --> 00:05:51,050 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WHO CHAIRS 153 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:52,218 THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHO WAS 154 00:05:52,218 --> 00:05:54,387 EARLY IN ON THE CONVERSATIONS IN 155 00:05:54,387 --> 00:05:56,956 JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ON THE SEX 156 00:05:56,956 --> 00:05:58,658 TRAFFICKING. I'M GOING TO LET 157 00:05:58,658 --> 00:05:59,659 COUNCIL PRESIDENT ADDRESS THAT A 158 00:05:59,659 --> 00:06:00,760 LITTLE BIT MORE. TH E SEX 159 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,096 TRAFFICKING ISSUE -- I WANT TO 160 00:06:03,096 --> 00:06:06,132 LEAVE BUT TWO NOTES AND THIS 161 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:08,301 COMES FROM MY WORK ON MISSING 162 00:06:08,301 --> 00:06:10,503 MURDER OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND 163 00:06:10,503 --> 00:06:11,604 GIRLS, THE LAWS WE PASSED. THE 164 00:06:11,604 --> 00:06:17,210 FTE'S WE GOT IN AND WHAT I HAVE 165 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:20,913 BEEN WORKING ON FOR WELL OVER A 166 00:06:20,913 --> 00:06:26,085 DECADE. THIS IS HOW I MET PROS 167 00:06:26,085 --> 00:06:27,820 COURT EVANS PROSECUTING A CASE 168 00:06:27,820 --> 00:06:29,856 ON THE LUMI TRIBE. THOSE ARE OUR 169 00:06:29,856 --> 00:06:32,024 SISTERS OUT THERE. THOSE ARE OUR 170 00:06:32,024 --> 00:06:33,292 CHILDREN OUT THERE. THOSE ARE 171 00:06:33,292 --> 00:06:35,762 OUR STUDENTS OUT THERE. THOSE 172 00:06:35,762 --> 00:06:37,797 ARE OUR FORMER NEIGHBORS OUT 173 00:06:37,797 --> 00:06:38,898 THERE. WE WORK SO CLOSELY WITH 174 00:06:38,898 --> 00:06:39,999 AURORA COMMONS. WE HAVE GOTTEN 175 00:06:39,999 --> 00:06:41,033 THEM IN THE BUDGET. THE EIGHT 176 00:06:41,033 --> 00:06:43,636 YEARS I WAS ON COUNCIL 9 WE GOT 177 00:06:43,636 --> 00:06:45,738 THEM IN THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR 178 00:06:45,738 --> 00:06:46,706 AND EXPAND THE RESOURCES. 179 00:06:46,706 --> 00:06:48,574 SOMETIMES, YOU DON'T SEE THE 180 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:50,042 WORK WE DO BEHIND THE SCENES. I 181 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:52,411 HOPE I HAVE SHARED THAT WITH YOU 182 00:06:52,411 --> 00:06:54,080 TODAY. I WANT TO END ON THIS 183 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,782 NOTE BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE AN 184 00:06:55,782 --> 00:06:56,916 OPPORTUNITY FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO 185 00:06:56,916 --> 00:06:59,585 SPEAK. I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE 186 00:06:59,585 --> 00:07:02,054 AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. YOU CAN 187 00:07:02,054 --> 00:07:04,590 ALWAYS JUDGE A SOCIETY BY HOW 188 00:07:04,590 --> 00:07:05,658 THEY TREAT THEIR WOMEN AND THEIR 189 00:07:05,658 --> 00:07:07,894 GIRLS. IF YOU CAN'T SAY ABOUT 190 00:07:07,894 --> 00:07:09,395 SEX TRAFFICKING AND WE ARE NOT 191 00:07:09,395 --> 00:07:10,863 TALKING ABOUT ONLYFANS AND 192 00:07:10,863 --> 00:07:14,066 PEOPLE WITH THE CAM GIRL. WE ARE 193 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:17,403 TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE KING 194 00:07:17,403 --> 00:07:18,805 COUNTY PROSECUTORS CAME WHEN 195 00:07:18,805 --> 00:07:21,040 THEY PRESENTED TO COUNCILMEMBER 196 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:25,778 KETTLE'S MEETING THAT SIT ON 197 00:07:25,778 --> 00:07:27,146 AND DID AN HOUR AND A HALF 198 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:29,215 POWERPOINT WITH PICTURES TO SHOW 199 00:07:29,215 --> 00:07:33,619 US WHAT IS GOING ON. AND I CAN 200 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:38,891 ASSUME IT WILL GET WORSE WITH 201 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:41,727 FIFA AND I WILL SAY SOMETHING 202 00:07:41,727 --> 00:07:43,563 THAT EVERYONE IS TO GLOB ON TO. 203 00:07:43,563 --> 00:07:46,566 I HAD ENDURE BLOCK THE BUNKER, 204 00:07:46,566 --> 00:07:50,269 DEFUND THE POLICE BUT AT THE END 205 00:07:50,269 --> 00:07:55,141 OF THE DAY, WE TOOK AN OATH TO 206 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:59,645 THIS CITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. I 207 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:03,749 HAVE A ASSOCIATE SOCIAL CONTRACT 208 00:08:03,749 --> 00:08:05,585 NOT JUST WITH YOU FOLKS. YES, I 209 00:08:05,585 --> 00:08:09,322 REPRESENT THE NEEDS OF D 5 BUT 210 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:11,557 MY VOTE WEIGHS JUST AS MUCH AS 211 00:08:11,557 --> 00:08:13,492 THE OTHER ELECTIVES. I ALSO TAKE 212 00:08:13,492 --> 00:08:17,463 THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AS 213 00:08:17,463 --> 00:08:21,367 WELL. THANK YOU AND I'LL LET 214 00:08:21,367 --> 00:08:24,837 YOU HEAR FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 215 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:30,543 >>> GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST OF 216 00:08:30,543 --> 00:08:34,180 ALL, WE ARE HERE UNITED ACROSS 217 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:35,081 MULTIPLE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. 218 00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:37,717 WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 219 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:40,620 AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, AND 220 00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:43,055 MAYOR WILSON AND THE CITY 221 00:08:43,055 --> 00:08:44,690 ATTORNEY AND OUR CITY PARTNERS 222 00:08:44,690 --> 00:08:47,793 AND THE KING COUNTY OFFICE OF 223 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:50,730 REGIONAL GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION 224 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:53,132 HERE AS WELL. WHAT IS HAPPENING 225 00:08:53,132 --> 00:08:54,233 ALONG AURORA VIOLENCE AGAINST 226 00:08:54,233 --> 00:08:55,534 YOUNG WOMEN AND AGAINST CHILDREN 227 00:08:55,534 --> 00:08:58,371 AND VIOLENCE AGAINST THE 228 00:08:58,371 --> 00:09:00,706 RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE 229 00:09:00,706 --> 00:09:01,240 NEIGHBORHOODS. TODAY'S 230 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:02,942 CONFERENCE IS FOCUSED ON AURORA 231 00:09:02,942 --> 00:09:06,178 AVENUE BUT THE SEX TRAFFICKING 232 00:09:06,178 --> 00:09:11,951 AND THE GUN VIOLENCE THAT 233 00:09:11,951 --> 00:09:13,052 ACCOMPANIES THESE THINGS DON'T 234 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:13,686 JUST HAPPEN ON AURORA. THEY 235 00:09:13,686 --> 00:09:16,989 HAPPEN IN RAINIER BEACH AND 236 00:09:16,989 --> 00:09:22,261 CAPITOL HILL AND ALL OVER OUR 237 00:09:22,261 --> 00:09:24,497 CITY. SO THIS VIOLENCE CAN'T BE 238 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:26,399 NORMALIZED. WE CANNOT LET IT 239 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:28,935 CONTINUE IN THE CITY. CONDITIONS 240 00:09:28,935 --> 00:09:29,568 ARE UNFORTUNATE FOR TRAFFICKERS 241 00:09:29,568 --> 00:09:30,903 TO OPENLY FLAUNT AND ADVERTISE 242 00:09:30,903 --> 00:09:33,105 ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THE MONEY 243 00:09:33,105 --> 00:09:35,107 THAT THEY CAN MAKE EXPLOITING 244 00:09:35,107 --> 00:09:40,146 WOMEN ON AURORA. WE HAVE CREATED 245 00:09:40,146 --> 00:09:41,480 AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE VULNERABLE 246 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,651 YOUNG GIRLS CAN BE ORDERED 247 00:09:45,651 --> 00:09:46,285 THROUGH APPS, THROUGH 248 00:09:46,285 --> 00:09:47,954 COMMODITIES RIGHT NOW. WE 249 00:09:47,954 --> 00:09:49,422 CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE 250 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,023 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WALKING 251 00:09:51,023 --> 00:09:52,625 TO AND FROM SCHOOL ARE SOLICITED 252 00:09:52,625 --> 00:09:54,126 FOR SEX. THE AVERAGE AGE OF 253 00:09:54,126 --> 00:09:55,194 THOSE ENTERING COMMERCIAL SEX 254 00:09:55,194 --> 00:09:57,196 ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND 255 00:09:57,196 --> 00:09:58,497 15 YEARS OLD. IF THAT DOES NOT 256 00:09:58,497 --> 00:10:02,201 UPSET YOU HEARING THIS RIGHT 257 00:10:02,201 --> 00:10:06,138 NOW, THIS IS A PROBLEM. AND THIS 258 00:10:06,138 --> 00:10:10,276 SHOULD OUTRAGE EVERYONE. WHAT 259 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:11,944 YOU WILL HEAR TODAY ARE 260 00:10:11,944 --> 00:10:13,479 FIRST-STEP SOLUTIONS AND 261 00:10:13,479 --> 00:10:14,513 COORDINATE THE STRATEGIES AMONG 262 00:10:14,513 --> 00:10:15,414 MULTIPLE AGENTS AND DEPARTMENTS. 263 00:10:15,414 --> 00:10:16,849 IT REQUIRES MORE THAN ONE 264 00:10:16,849 --> 00:10:18,584 DEPARTMENT AND MORE THAN ONE 265 00:10:18,584 --> 00:10:20,252 OFFICIAL AND MORE THAN ONE 266 00:10:20,252 --> 00:10:22,922 ORGANIZATION. IT REQUIRES ALL OF 267 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:25,024 US WORKING TOGETHER. I DO KNOW 268 00:10:25,024 --> 00:10:27,393 THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THE 269 00:10:27,393 --> 00:10:27,893 MAYOR'S OFFICE, CITY 270 00:10:27,893 --> 00:10:28,894 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OUR POLICE 271 00:10:28,894 --> 00:10:32,264 DEPARTMENT ARE ALL ALIGNED 272 00:10:32,264 --> 00:10:34,100 AROUND FOUR CORE OUT COMES. 273 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:41,774 NUMBER ONE, WE MUST PROVIDE 274 00:10:41,774 --> 00:10:43,309 PATHWAYS TO HEALING, TREATMENT, 275 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:45,411 HOUSING, HOPE, AND CULTURALLY 276 00:10:45,411 --> 00:10:46,345 EXPLICIT HELP FOR SURVIVORS. 277 00:10:46,345 --> 00:10:47,880 THEY ABSOLUTELY DESERVE OUR 278 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,949 SUPPORT. NUMBER TWO WE MUST 279 00:10:49,949 --> 00:10:52,084 PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS ALONG THE 280 00:10:52,084 --> 00:10:55,521 AURORA CORRIDOR AND THROUGHOUT 281 00:10:55,521 --> 00:10:59,158 THE CITY, FAMILIES WHO ENDURED 282 00:10:59,158 --> 00:11:03,796 GUN VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION IN 283 00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:04,797 THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD 284 00:11:04,797 --> 00:11:08,434 UNACCEPTABLE. WE MUST HOLD 285 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:09,468 ACCOUNTABLE THE PIMPS AND BUYERS 286 00:11:09,468 --> 00:11:10,102 AND EXPLOITERS. ACCOUNTABILITY 287 00:11:10,102 --> 00:11:11,003 MATTERS. FOURTH, WE HAVE TO 288 00:11:11,003 --> 00:11:13,339 EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS 289 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:18,444 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES 290 00:11:18,444 --> 00:11:21,547 HERE TO THE APPARENTS, TEACHERS, 291 00:11:21,547 --> 00:11:22,882 SCHOOLS, FAITH LEADERS, THE 292 00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:24,183 EBONY ALERTS. THAT'S REALLY 293 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:25,518 IMPORTANT. THESE ARE PROTECTIVE 294 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:27,620 FACTORS IN RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS 295 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:30,589 OF EXPLOITATION BEFORE IT 296 00:11:30,589 --> 00:11:34,727 OCCURS. SO THAT WORK BEGINS WITH 297 00:11:34,727 --> 00:11:35,995 AWARENESS AND STRENGTHENED BY 298 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:37,129 ADVOCATES AND YOUTH AMBASSADORS 299 00:11:37,129 --> 00:11:39,965 TO HELP EDUCATE THEIR PEERS, AND 300 00:11:39,965 --> 00:11:42,535 ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY 301 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:47,339 LEADING IN THIS SPACE. SO BEFORE 302 00:11:47,339 --> 00:11:51,744 I TURN OFF TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, 303 00:11:51,744 --> 00:11:53,379 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO 304 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:54,780 EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND WATCH THE 305 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:56,716 CONVERGED TASK FORCE OF THE 306 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:58,384 CURRENT STATE WHICH WE ARE IN 307 00:11:58,384 --> 00:12:00,252 RIGHT NOW. THE WORK WILL NOT BE 308 00:12:00,252 --> 00:12:01,487 SOLVED OVERNIGHT BUT WE WILL 309 00:12:01,487 --> 00:12:04,590 SEND A MESSAGE THAT SEATTLE WILL 310 00:12:04,590 --> 00:12:05,925 NO LONGER ACCEPT THIS AS NORMAL. 311 00:12:05,925 --> 00:12:09,762 I WANT TO THANK THE EXECUTIVE 312 00:12:09,762 --> 00:12:11,297 COUNCILMEMBER WHO LAST NIGHT 313 00:12:11,297 --> 00:12:14,867 TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING THE 314 00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:18,370 OFFICE OF REGIONAL GUN VIOLENCE 315 00:12:18,370 --> 00:12:19,004 PREVENTION WITH INVESTMENTS AND 316 00:12:19,004 --> 00:12:20,406 COORDINATED EFFORT AND BE 317 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:22,708 WORKING CLOSELY WITH KING COUNTY 318 00:12:22,708 --> 00:12:24,477 ABOUT THIS EFFORTS AS WELL. 319 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:30,316 WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL PASS 320 00:12:30,316 --> 00:12:33,486 THIS OFF TO MS. ERICA EVANS. 321 00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:33,786 THANK YOU. 322 00:12:33,786 --> 00:12:35,020 >>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL 323 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12:35,821 PRESIDENT. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME 324 00:12:35,821 --> 00:12:37,790 IS ERICA EVANS AND I'M YOUR 325 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:40,192 ELECTED SEATTLE CITY ATTORNEY. 326 00:12:40,192 --> 00:12:43,963 I'M HERE TO DELIVER TWO 327 00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:45,631 MESSAGES AND TO GIVE YOU SOME 328 00:12:45,631 --> 00:12:47,566 UPDATES. MESSAGE NUMBER ONE TO 329 00:12:47,566 --> 00:12:49,201 THE JOHNS OR BUYERS THAT ARE 330 00:12:49,201 --> 00:12:52,471 COMING TO AURORA OR ANY PART OF 331 00:12:52,471 --> 00:12:55,274 OUR CITY TO BUY CHILDREN OR 332 00:12:55,274 --> 00:13:00,579 PEOPLE, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED AND 333 00:13:00,579 --> 00:13:02,148 WE WILL PROSECUTE YOU. I WANT TO 334 00:13:02,148 --> 00:13:04,650 SAY THAT AGAIN. IF YOU'RE 335 00:13:04,650 --> 00:13:10,923 COMING HERE TO BUY CHILDREN OR 336 00:13:10,923 --> 00:13:12,792 PEOPLE, I WILL PROSECUTE YOU. 337 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,693 SECOND, TO THE MOTELS, BARS, OR 338 00:13:14,693 --> 00:13:16,128 BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALLOWING 339 00:13:16,128 --> 00:13:18,497 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO OCCUR OVER 340 00:13:18,497 --> 00:13:19,798 AND OVER AGAIN ON THEIR 341 00:13:19,798 --> 00:13:25,971 PREMISES, WE WILL USE THE CIVIL 342 00:13:25,971 --> 00:13:29,475 DIVISION OF MY OFFICE TO SHUT 343 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:31,076 YOU DOWN. NOW HERE ARE THE 344 00:13:31,076 --> 00:13:32,411 UPDATES. UPDATE NUMBER ONE. WE 345 00:13:32,411 --> 00:13:36,749 ASKED THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL 346 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:37,383 AND I'M LOOKING AT YOU 347 00:13:37,383 --> 00:13:40,052 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE 348 00:13:40,052 --> 00:13:44,323 BUDGET CHAIR, THE MONEY PLAN, TO 349 00:13:44,323 --> 00:13:50,696 GIVE US FUNDING FOR A DEDICATED 350 00:13:50,696 --> 00:13:51,330 EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER 351 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:52,298 PROSECUTOR. AN EXTREME RISK 352 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:55,501 ORDER OR ERO ALLOWS US TO GET 353 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:59,138 THE GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF 354 00:13:59,138 --> 00:14:01,207 VIOLENT PEOPLE. WE HAVE BEEN 355 00:14:01,207 --> 00:14:02,374 PARTNERING WITH KING COUNTY 356 00:14:02,374 --> 00:14:03,676 PROSECUTOR LEESA MANION TO 357 00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:05,544 REMOVE FIREARMS FROM PEOPLE WHO 358 00:14:05,544 --> 00:14:08,647 POSE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR 359 00:14:08,647 --> 00:14:11,483 OTHERS. AND WE HAD GREAT SUCCESS 360 00:14:11,483 --> 00:14:13,619 WITH THIS PROGRAM. SO THIS NEW 361 00:14:13,619 --> 00:14:18,257 ERPO POSITION FOR NON-DV CASES 362 00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:20,559 IS SOMETHING NEW, NEVER DONE 363 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:22,228 BEFORE IN MY OFFICE. IT'S A 364 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:26,865 STRATEGY TO GET GUNS OUT OF THE 365 00:14:26,865 --> 00:14:28,934 HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO POSE AN 366 00:14:28,934 --> 00:14:31,837 EXTREME RISK TO OUR COMMUNITY. 367 00:14:31,837 --> 00:14:33,973 WE WILL USE THIS ON TRAFFICKERS 368 00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:36,909 ON AURORA AND VIOLENT OFFENDERS 369 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:38,410 THAT THREATEN ANY PART OF OUR 370 00:14:38,410 --> 00:14:40,613 CITY. THIS WILL KEEP OUR 371 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:43,382 COMMUNITY SAFE FROM GUN 372 00:14:43,382 --> 00:14:53,359 VIOLENCE. IF YOU ARE OUT 373 00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:54,493 THREATENING VIOLENCE IN OUR 374 00:14:54,493 --> 00:14:58,197 COMMUNITY, WE WILL USE OUR ERPO 375 00:14:58,197 --> 00:14:59,632 PROSECUTOR TO TAKE YOUR GUN 376 00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:01,533 AWAY. WE WILL POSE PROPERTY THAT 377 00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:03,369 REPEATEDLY GENERATE CRIME ON 378 00:15:03,369 --> 00:15:06,805 AURORA. WHEN A BUSY OR A 379 00:15:06,805 --> 00:15:13,045 PROPERTY BECOMES A HUB FOR 380 00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:15,047 TRAFFICKING, SHOOTINGS, OR 381 00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:15,681 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THAT HARMS 382 00:15:15,681 --> 00:15:17,049 BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS NEARBY. 383 00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:18,417 EVEN RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PUT 384 00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:19,184 ANOTHER BUSINESS ON AURORA ON 385 00:15:19,184 --> 00:15:23,789 NOTICE THAT THEY ARE IN THE 386 00:15:23,789 --> 00:15:25,524 PROCESS OF BEING SHUTDOWN. IN 387 00:15:25,524 --> 00:15:30,296 THE LAST FIVE YEARS, FOUR MOTELS 388 00:15:30,296 --> 00:15:31,597 ON AURORA HAVE BEEN SHUTDOWN 389 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:34,800 UNDER THE CHRONIC NUISANCE UNIT 390 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:40,773 AND WE WILL PARTNER TO USE THIS 391 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:43,475 TOOL TO SHUT DOWN PROBLEMATIC 392 00:15:43,475 --> 00:15:44,877 BUSINESSES DOWN THAT EXPLOIT 393 00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:46,078 FROM THE CRIME IN THE 394 00:15:46,078 --> 00:15:48,047 NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ASK THE PUBLIC 395 00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:51,917 TO PLEASE CALL 911 WHEN YOU SEE 396 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:52,685 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HAPPENING AT 397 00:15:52,685 --> 00:15:55,120 BUSINESSES. WITH THREE 398 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,655 REPORTABLE POLICE INCIDENTS IN 399 00:15:56,655 --> 00:15:59,358 12 MONTHS, WE ARE ABLE TO SHUT 400 00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:01,527 BUSINESSES DOWN. THIS IS THE 401 00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:07,466 FINAL UPDATE. THIS IS SOMETHING 402 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:08,467 YOU JUST HEARD FROM 403 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:09,468 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THIS IS 404 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:15,107 SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING 405 00:16:15,107 --> 00:16:18,877 ON SINCE JANUARY, TO HAVE A 406 00:16:18,877 --> 00:16:20,045 DEDICATED, DULY DEPUTIZED 407 00:16:20,045 --> 00:16:23,282 PROSECUTOR THAT WILL WORK ON 408 00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:25,250 FELONY CASES ON AURORA IN 409 00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:27,486 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KING COUNTY 410 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:28,120 PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. AGAIN, 411 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:29,254 SOMETHING NEW NEVER DONE BEFORE. 412 00:16:29,254 --> 00:16:35,227 IT'S GOING TO HAVE A DIRECT 413 00:16:35,227 --> 00:16:36,295 IMPACT ON GETTING VIOLENT 414 00:16:36,295 --> 00:16:36,895 TRAFFICKERS OFF OUR STREETS. 415 00:16:36,895 --> 00:16:39,365 BOTH KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR 416 00:16:39,365 --> 00:16:41,867 LEESA MANION AND MY OFFICE, WE 417 00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:44,169 NEED MORE PROSECUTORS. WE NEED 418 00:16:44,169 --> 00:16:47,873 MORE OFFICERS. THIS IS GOING TO 419 00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:50,009 HELP. WE ARE HOPEFUL THIS 420 00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:51,243 POSITION WILL COME HOPEFULLY 421 00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:53,812 VERY SOON AND I WANT TO THANK 422 00:16:53,812 --> 00:16:59,952 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR YOUR 423 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:01,887 LEADERSHIP ON THESE EFFORTS. 424 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:05,958 THANK YOU. AS YOU ALL KNOW, 425 00:17:05,958 --> 00:17:07,760 LASTING IMPACT REQUIRES A 426 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:08,460 COORDINATED STRATEGY THAT 427 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:11,697 TARGETS TRAFFICKERS AND REMOVES 428 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:15,100 GUNS FROM DANGEROUS PEOPLE AND 429 00:17:15,100 --> 00:17:16,635 HOLDS PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. I WANT 430 00:17:16,635 --> 00:17:18,504 TO CLOSE AND PLAINLY ADDRESS 431 00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:20,272 SOMETHING. DO NOT BELIEVE ALL 432 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:23,175 THE HYPE YOU HERE. I AM PROUD TO 433 00:17:23,175 --> 00:17:28,113 BE THE FIRST CITY ATTORNEY IN 16 434 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:32,451 YEARS THAT HAS COME TO THIS ROLE 435 00:17:32,451 --> 00:17:33,552 WITH ACTUAL EXPERIENCE AS A 436 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:36,188 PROSECUTOR. I SPENT MY ENTIRE 437 00:17:36,188 --> 00:17:37,923 CAREER WORKING IN PUBLIC SAFETY 438 00:17:37,923 --> 00:17:40,225 FROM BEING A CITY PROSECUTOR, A 439 00:17:40,225 --> 00:17:43,395 DEFENSE LAWYER, BEING A PRO TEM 440 00:17:43,395 --> 00:17:44,396 JUDGE AND MOST RECENTLY HAVING 441 00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:48,500 THE HONOR TO SERVE AS AN 442 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:49,234 ASSISTANCE UNITED STATES 443 00:17:49,234 --> 00:17:53,205 ATTORNEY AS A FEDERAL 444 00:17:53,205 --> 00:17:54,173 PROSECUTOR. I HAVE PROSECUTED 445 00:17:54,173 --> 00:17:55,074 DRUG TRAFFICKERS. I HAVE 446 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:56,975 PROSECUTORS GUN TRAFFICKERS, 447 00:17:56,975 --> 00:17:57,810 PIMPS, PEOPLE WHO HURT OUR 448 00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:59,878 CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WHO STOLE 449 00:17:59,878 --> 00:18:01,213 FROM OUR WORKERS. I HAVE PUT 450 00:18:01,213 --> 00:18:02,881 THEM IN FEDERAL PRISON. I HAVE 451 00:18:02,881 --> 00:18:06,919 PROSECUTED JOHNS ON AURORA, AND 452 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:09,087 WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS 453 00:18:09,087 --> 00:18:11,190 WORK. KEEPING CITY SAVE AND 454 00:18:11,190 --> 00:18:12,825 SERVING THE CITY AS ITS TOP 455 00:18:12,825 --> 00:18:14,993 LAWYER IS MY RESPONSIBILITY, AND 456 00:18:14,993 --> 00:18:20,165 BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF OUR 457 00:18:20,165 --> 00:18:24,503 LIMITED RESOURCES. AND THIS IS A 458 00:18:24,503 --> 00:18:25,971 RESPONSIBILITY THAT I TAKE 459 00:18:25,971 --> 00:18:29,408 GREATLY AND ONE THAT IS GUIDED 460 00:18:29,408 --> 00:18:31,376 BY MY ACTUAL EXPERIENCE LEADING 461 00:18:31,376 --> 00:18:32,144 PROSECUTIONS. IT IS MY JOB TO 462 00:18:32,144 --> 00:18:34,746 SERVE YOU, TO SHOW UP FOR YOU, 463 00:18:34,746 --> 00:18:36,615 TO LISTEN TO YOU. I WILL COME TO 464 00:18:36,615 --> 00:18:41,019 YOUR EVENTS EVEN WHEN YOU'RE 465 00:18:41,019 --> 00:18:44,656 UPSET WITH ME BECAUSE THAT'S 466 00:18:44,656 --> 00:18:49,828 WHAT DESERVE. MY COMMITMENT TO 467 00:18:49,828 --> 00:18:52,064 YOU IS TO LEAD WITHOUT DRIVEN 468 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:53,699 PUBLIC SAFETY POLICIES. YOU 469 00:18:53,699 --> 00:18:55,801 DESERVE STRATEGIES THAT PRODUCE 470 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:56,401 MEASURABLE RESULTS AND MAKE 471 00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:59,571 NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER. MY GRANDMA 472 00:18:59,571 --> 00:19:01,507 MOVED HERE IN THE '70s, AND MY 473 00:19:01,507 --> 00:19:03,675 FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE PACIFIC 474 00:19:03,675 --> 00:19:06,645 NORTHWEST EVER SINCE. THIS IS MY 475 00:19:06,645 --> 00:19:08,547 HOME, AND KEEPING COMMUNITIES 476 00:19:08,547 --> 00:19:09,848 SAFE SO OUR FAMILIES CAN THRIVE 477 00:19:09,848 --> 00:19:10,516 WILL TAKE COLLABORATIVE 478 00:19:10,516 --> 00:19:18,290 LEADERSHIP, EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE 479 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:20,359 SEEING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH 480 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,194 THE PEOPLE HERE. THANK YOU, 481 00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:26,732 EVERYONE. I AM NOT GOING TO 482 00:19:26,732 --> 00:19:28,267 INTRODUCE OUR MAYOR. MAYOR 483 00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:29,067 WILSON, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 484 00:19:29,067 --> 00:19:32,004 >> THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY 485 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,405 EVANS AND THANK YOU 486 00:19:33,405 --> 00:19:34,306 COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOUR 487 00:19:34,306 --> 00:19:35,741 LEADERSHIP. AS HAS BEEN SIDE 488 00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:36,875 THIS AND THE PUBLICITY SAFETY 489 00:19:36,875 --> 00:19:39,444 ISSUES ACROSS OUR CITY ARE 490 00:19:39,444 --> 00:19:40,846 THINGS WE CAN ONLY TACKLE 491 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:44,550 TOGETHER. IT REQUIRES ALL OF OUR 492 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:46,118 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT WORKING 493 00:19:46,118 --> 00:19:47,986 TOGETHER IN CLOSE COORDINATION 494 00:19:47,986 --> 00:19:50,289 AND ALSO WITH OUR COUNTY AND 495 00:19:50,289 --> 00:19:53,992 OTHER PARTNERS. I WANT TO START 496 00:19:53,992 --> 00:20:00,165 BY THANKING THE RESIDENTS, 497 00:20:00,165 --> 00:20:01,833 FAMILIES, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND 498 00:20:01,833 --> 00:20:02,501 THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND COMMUNITY 499 00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:04,736 MEMBERS AND COUNCILMEMBERS 500 00:20:04,736 --> 00:20:08,974 JUAREZ AND HOLLINGSWORTH AND 501 00:20:08,974 --> 00:20:11,009 KETTLE AS WELL. AND WE ARE 502 00:20:11,009 --> 00:20:13,512 UNIFIED IN OUR COMMITMENT TO 503 00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:14,246 ADDRESS THE SERIOUS VIOLENCE 504 00:20:14,246 --> 00:20:16,181 THAT AURORA IS SEEING. PEOPLE 505 00:20:16,181 --> 00:20:19,084 ARE TIRED OF HEARING GUNFIRE IN 506 00:20:19,084 --> 00:20:21,753 THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THEY 507 00:20:21,753 --> 00:20:24,790 ARE TIRED OF BULLETS STRIKING 508 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:26,358 THEIR HOMES. THEY ARE TIRED OF 509 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:30,362 SEEING VIOLENCE ASSOCIATED WITH 510 00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:31,997 EXPLOITATION SPILL ON TO THE 511 00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:34,032 STREETS WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO 512 00:20:34,032 --> 00:20:35,500 RAISE CHILDREN AND LIVE THEIR 513 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,369 LIVES AND THEY ARE TIRED OF 514 00:20:37,369 --> 00:20:41,540 FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE TO SOLVE 515 00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:42,708 THIS PROBLEM BY THEMSELVES. WHEN 516 00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:43,542 NEIGHBORS BUILD THEIR OWN 517 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:44,142 MAKESHIFT BARRIERS THAT'S A 518 00:20:44,142 --> 00:20:46,011 SIGN THAT PEOPLE DON'T FEEL 519 00:20:46,011 --> 00:20:47,546 THAT THE SYSTEM IS WORKING FOR 520 00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:49,648 THEM. THAT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT 521 00:20:49,648 --> 00:20:51,516 TO BE. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO 522 00:20:51,516 --> 00:20:55,721 TRUST THAT THEIR CITY IS TAKING 523 00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:56,955 ACTION TO KEEP THEIR 524 00:20:56,955 --> 00:20:58,190 NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE. THE SITUATION 525 00:20:58,190 --> 00:21:00,626 ON AURORA IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR 526 00:21:00,626 --> 00:21:02,394 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. IT'S 527 00:21:02,394 --> 00:21:05,397 UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO 528 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:07,266 LIVE THERE AND IT'S 529 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,834 UNACCEPTABLE TO ME AS YOUR 530 00:21:08,834 --> 00:21:09,835 MAYOR. WHEN RESIDENTS TOOK 531 00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:10,836 ACTION AND INSTALLED BARRIERS ON 532 00:21:10,836 --> 00:21:12,437 THE STREETS THEMSELVES THEY WERE 533 00:21:12,437 --> 00:21:14,239 SENDING A MESSAGE TO US AT CITY 534 00:21:14,239 --> 00:21:17,009 HALL. THEY WERE TELLING US THAT 535 00:21:17,009 --> 00:21:18,377 THE STATUS QUO WAS NOT WORKING. 536 00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:20,712 THEY WERE DEMANDING IMMEDIATE 537 00:21:20,712 --> 00:21:23,048 ACTION AND WE HAVE HEARD THAT 538 00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:26,051 MESSAGE. WE MOVED QUICKLY TO 539 00:21:26,051 --> 00:21:28,020 IMPLEMENT NEAR TERM MEASURES. WE 540 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:29,488 IMMEDIATELY INSTALLED PARTIAL 541 00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:32,958 BARRIERS TO SLOW TRAFFIC ON TWO 542 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:35,327 BLOCKS. AND WE ALSO LOOKED 543 00:21:35,327 --> 00:21:38,096 CAREFULLY HOW TO SAFELY INSTALL 544 00:21:38,096 --> 00:21:42,567 STRONGER BARRIERS WHILE STILL 545 00:21:42,567 --> 00:21:44,269 ALLOW FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, 546 00:21:44,269 --> 00:21:45,704 GARBAGE COLLECTION, AND SCHOOL 547 00:21:45,704 --> 00:21:46,271 TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER 548 00:21:46,271 --> 00:21:47,773 ESSENTIAL SERVICES. AFTER 549 00:21:47,773 --> 00:21:49,541 ANALYSIS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 550 00:21:49,541 --> 00:21:50,175 TRANSPORTATION AND OUR POLICE 551 00:21:50,175 --> 00:21:54,713 AND FIRE AND UTILITIES 552 00:21:54,713 --> 00:21:56,715 DEPARTMENT WE ARE TAKING THE 553 00:21:56,715 --> 00:22:00,218 NEXT STEP. I HAVE DIRECTED SDOT 554 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:03,555 TO SYSTEMICALLY CLOSE STREETS AT 555 00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:08,193 NORTH 122nd, NORTH 100, NORTH 98 556 00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:10,629 AND NORTH 96th STREET WE WILL BE 557 00:22:10,629 --> 00:22:12,698 WORKING WITH SPU TO ENSURE TRASH 558 00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:16,568 PICK UP WILL CONTINUE IN A SAFE 559 00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:20,238 MANNER. SDOT WILL BE EXPLORING 560 00:22:20,238 --> 00:22:21,707 TRAFFIC-CALMING MEASURES IN THE 561 00:22:21,707 --> 00:22:22,474 SURROUNDING BLOCKS. THESE 562 00:22:22,474 --> 00:22:24,943 MEASURES MAKE IT HARDER FOR 563 00:22:24,943 --> 00:22:29,214 DRIVERS TO REPEATEDLY DRIVE 564 00:22:29,214 --> 00:22:30,816 THROUGH THE STREETS AND EVADE 565 00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:32,718 ENFORCEMENT. THESE BARRIERS WILL 566 00:22:32,718 --> 00:22:34,353 REMAIN DURING THE SUMMER. DURING 567 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:37,756 THAT TIME WE WILL BE LOOKING AT 568 00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:38,457 THE IMPACT AND LISTENING TO 569 00:22:38,457 --> 00:22:39,191 NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK. WE KNOW 570 00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:42,794 THE PROBLEMS DO NOT BEGIN AND 571 00:22:42,794 --> 00:22:50,569 END WITH TRAFFIC BARRIERS AND WE 572 00:22:50,569 --> 00:22:51,770 DEEPLY SHARE THEIR CONCERNS 573 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:53,038 ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, DRUG 574 00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:54,139 ACTIVITY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 575 00:22:54,139 --> 00:22:57,309 AS PART OF OUR STRATEGY IN THIS 576 00:22:57,309 --> 00:23:00,812 CORRIDOR, I AM DIRECTING THE 577 00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:05,951 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO 578 00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:06,852 INTENSIFY THE FOCUS FORMENT, 579 00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:08,120 INVESTIGATIVE WORK AND 580 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:09,387 COORDINATED OPERATIONS ALREADY 581 00:23:09,387 --> 00:23:10,722 UNDERWAY TO REMOVE ILLEGAL GUNS 582 00:23:10,722 --> 00:23:13,992 AND IDENTIFY REPEAT VIOLENCE 583 00:23:13,992 --> 00:23:14,960 OFFENDERS AND HOLD THOSE 584 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,194 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLENCE 585 00:23:16,194 --> 00:23:17,295 ACCOUNTABILITY. I'M DIRECTING 586 00:23:17,295 --> 00:23:23,268 SPD TO CONTINUE WORKING CLOSELY 587 00:23:23,268 --> 00:23:24,936 WITH THE TEA ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 588 00:23:24,936 --> 00:23:26,338 THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTING 589 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:28,273 OFFICE AND OUR LOCAL PARTNERS. 590 00:23:28,273 --> 00:23:30,308 I'M ALSO DIRECTING OUR HUMAN 591 00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:31,643 SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE 592 00:23:31,643 --> 00:23:33,078 THAT OUR COMMUNITY-BASED 593 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:35,714 PARTNERS HAVE THE TOOLS, THE 594 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:39,117 RESOURCES, AND THE SUPPORT THEY 595 00:23:39,117 --> 00:23:40,419 NEED TO SAFELY CONDUCT 596 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:42,654 TRAUMA-INFORMED OUTREACH, BUILD 597 00:23:42,654 --> 00:23:44,189 TRUST AND HELP SURVIVORS OUT OF 598 00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:44,890 COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. 599 00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:46,758 WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO STOP THE 600 00:23:46,758 --> 00:23:48,460 HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND WE ALSO 601 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:51,096 NEED TO TAKE CARE NOT TO PUSH 602 00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:52,564 WOMEN FURTHER INTO THE MARGIN, 603 00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:54,800 CREATE MORE DANGER FOR THEM OR 604 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:59,337 BLAME THEM FOR CAUSING THIS 605 00:23:59,337 --> 00:24:01,339 PROBLEM. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE 606 00:24:01,339 --> 00:24:02,707 FRUSTRATED AND FRANKLY THEY HAVE 607 00:24:02,707 --> 00:24:04,009 EVERY RIGHT TO BE. MY 608 00:24:04,009 --> 00:24:05,010 ADMINISTRATION IS COMMITTED TO 609 00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:06,344 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE ARE 610 00:24:06,344 --> 00:24:08,547 COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO SHOW 611 00:24:08,547 --> 00:24:09,614 UP FOR NORTH AURORA. I WANT TO 612 00:24:09,614 --> 00:24:11,316 ACKNOWLEDGE THE MANY MEMBERS OF 613 00:24:11,316 --> 00:24:13,885 MY TEAM WHO WERE UP IN NORTH 614 00:24:13,885 --> 00:24:15,487 AURORA OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS 615 00:24:15,487 --> 00:24:16,588 LEADING WALKS, TALKING TO 616 00:24:16,588 --> 00:24:17,756 NEIGHBORS, TALKING TO BUSINESS 617 00:24:17,756 --> 00:24:21,026 OWNERS AND IN THE COMING DAYS I 618 00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:23,094 WILL BE PLANNING A COMMUNITY 619 00:24:23,094 --> 00:24:24,162 MEETING ON AURORA DIRECTLY WITH 620 00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:24,963 NEIGHBORS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND 621 00:24:24,963 --> 00:24:26,531 COMMUNITY LEADERS ABOUT WHAT 622 00:24:26,531 --> 00:24:30,335 THEY ARE EXPERIENCING AND WHAT 623 00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:32,103 MORE THEY NEED FROM OUR CITY. 624 00:24:32,103 --> 00:24:34,105 I'LL ALSO BE ROLLING OUT IN THE 625 00:24:34,105 --> 00:24:36,341 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT PATROL 626 00:24:36,341 --> 00:24:38,743 CAR IN A RIDE ALONG ALONG THE 627 00:24:38,743 --> 00:24:40,612 CORRIDOR TO GET A FIRSTHAND VIEW 628 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:41,713 OF THE CONDITIONS THAT OUR 629 00:24:41,713 --> 00:24:42,547 OFFICERS ARE MEETING ON THE 630 00:24:42,547 --> 00:24:46,351 GROUND AND THE CHALLENGES THEY 631 00:24:46,351 --> 00:24:49,988 ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS EVERY 632 00:24:49,988 --> 00:24:51,957 DAY. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND 633 00:24:51,957 --> 00:24:53,091 WORK NEAR AURORA DESERVE LEADERS 634 00:24:53,091 --> 00:24:57,262 WHO SHOW UP AND SEE THE 635 00:24:57,262 --> 00:24:57,829 CHALLENGES FOR THEMSELVES. 636 00:24:57,829 --> 00:24:58,530 THAT'S WHAT I'M COMMITTED TO. 637 00:24:58,530 --> 00:24:59,531 WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE 638 00:24:59,531 --> 00:25:01,399 THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE 639 00:25:01,399 --> 00:25:03,068 NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL SAFE IN THEIR 640 00:25:03,068 --> 00:25:05,503 HOPES AND WALK STREETS OUT FEAR 641 00:25:05,503 --> 00:25:06,638 AND RAISE THEIR FAMILIES IN 642 00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:08,907 PEACE. WE WILL CONTINUE 643 00:25:08,907 --> 00:25:12,978 LISTENING AND WE WILL CONTINUE 644 00:25:12,978 --> 00:25:14,779 TAKING ACTION. THIS IS A 645 00:25:14,779 --> 00:25:17,048 COLLECTIVE RESPONSE. THANK YOU 646 00:25:17,048 --> 00:25:23,989 ALL. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING 647 00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:27,192 TO THAT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER 648 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:27,492 BOB KETTLE. 649 00:25:27,492 --> 00:25:32,631 >>> THANK YOU, MAYOR WILSON. I 650 00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:36,868 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL 651 00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:37,969 PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER DJD5 652 00:25:37,969 --> 00:25:39,271 WHO REPRESENTS NORTH AURORA AND 653 00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:42,941 THE DEPUTY MAYOR WHO I SEE OUT 654 00:25:42,941 --> 00:25:45,043 THERE AND OF COURSE, CITY 655 00:25:45,043 --> 00:25:47,012 ATTORNEY EVANS, CHIEF BARNES AND 656 00:25:47,012 --> 00:25:49,514 I SEE FORMER COUNCILMEMBER MOORE 657 00:25:49,514 --> 00:25:53,318 AND REPRESENTATIVE COLLETT FROM 658 00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:56,121 THE STATEHOUSE IS THERE. YES. 659 00:25:56,121 --> 00:25:58,523 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I 660 00:25:58,523 --> 00:26:00,025 APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 661 00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:03,261 SPEAK ON THE ISSUES ON NORTH 662 00:26:03,261 --> 00:26:06,731 AURORA, SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT 663 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:09,501 FROM THOSE SEEN IN RAINIER BEACH 664 00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:12,237 AND CID. ALSO THE FACTORS 665 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:13,605 IMPACTING AURORA LITTLE SAIGON, 666 00:26:13,605 --> 00:26:16,174 DOWNTOWN, THIRD PIKE ANDTINE, 667 00:26:16,174 --> 00:26:17,542 AND DOWNTOWN AND THIRD AND 668 00:26:17,542 --> 00:26:24,816 BLANCHARD, AND LAKE CITY AND 669 00:26:24,816 --> 00:26:27,919 OTHER AREAS IN OUR CITY. YOU 670 00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:30,588 KNOW, I'M NOT OVERLY CONFIDENT 671 00:26:30,588 --> 00:26:33,158 RIGHT NOW THAT THIS PRESS AND 672 00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:38,663 THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT I WAS 673 00:26:38,663 --> 00:26:41,499 AT ON SATURDAY NIGHT WILL 674 00:26:41,499 --> 00:26:42,267 ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS WITH PUBLIC 675 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:44,803 SAFETY. IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE OF 676 00:26:44,803 --> 00:26:47,839 TWO MINDS WITH THE CITY. OVER 677 00:26:47,839 --> 00:26:52,043 THE PAST DECADE PLUS, I'VE 678 00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:54,079 NOTED THAT THERE'S A LACK OF 679 00:26:54,079 --> 00:26:55,914 BALANCE AND A SINGULAR FOCUS 680 00:26:55,914 --> 00:26:57,082 OFTENTIMES IN OUR NEIGHBORS IN 681 00:26:57,082 --> 00:26:58,583 CRISIS. WE SHOULD ALWAYS START 682 00:26:58,583 --> 00:27:00,685 THERE AND HAVE COMPASSION AND 683 00:27:00,685 --> 00:27:03,221 NOT HAVING THE FOCUS, TOO, ON 684 00:27:03,221 --> 00:27:06,257 THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS LIKE 685 00:27:06,257 --> 00:27:07,258 NORTH AURORA. IT'S SO 686 00:27:07,258 --> 00:27:08,126 IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S 687 00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:12,130 BEEN A LACK OF LEADERSHIP THAT 688 00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:18,003 IS SUSTAINED WITH AN ELIMINATE 689 00:27:18,003 --> 00:27:20,138 OF FOLLOW UP AND FOLLOW THROUGH. 690 00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:22,140 THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF 691 00:27:22,140 --> 00:27:22,941 IMPLEMENTATION OF ORDINANCES 692 00:27:22,941 --> 00:27:26,611 PASSED INTO LAW. THERE WAS A 693 00:27:26,611 --> 00:27:28,513 LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO MATCH 694 00:27:28,513 --> 00:27:30,448 THE COMPASSION IN OUR EFFORTS. 695 00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:34,886 WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE PASSION 696 00:27:34,886 --> 00:27:37,355 BUT WE ALSO NEED THE 697 00:27:37,355 --> 00:27:39,224 ACCOUNTABILITY. ON ONE HAND, 698 00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:42,193 PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE OTHER 699 00:27:42,193 --> 00:27:43,995 HAND, THERE'S PUBLIC HEALTH, 700 00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:46,998 HOUSING, AND HUMAN SERVICES ON 701 00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:50,502 THE OTHER HAND. SO THE OF TWO 702 00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:52,971 MINDS ISSUE CHALLENGE THAT WE 703 00:27:52,971 --> 00:27:54,172 HAVE IS AN ELEMENT OF THE 704 00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:56,174 PARALYSIS. THE BLAME HAS BEEN 705 00:27:56,174 --> 00:28:01,012 THE BLAME FOR AS LONG AS IT'S 706 00:28:01,012 --> 00:28:02,113 BEEN. AND THERE'S BEEN 707 00:28:02,113 --> 00:28:05,517 DIFFERENT EFFORTS UNDER TAKING 708 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:08,053 THAT SOMETIMES CANCEL EACH OTHER 709 00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:09,521 OUT AND SOMETIMES LEADS TO THE 710 00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:12,257 PARALYSIS. TO MOVE FORWARD IN 711 00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:13,658 ADDRESSING THE CRISIS ON NORTH 712 00:28:13,658 --> 00:28:17,729 AURORA WE NEED TO PASS THAT 713 00:28:17,729 --> 00:28:20,398 EMERGENCY LEGISLATION, 714 00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:22,133 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND WE HAVE 715 00:28:22,133 --> 00:28:26,071 TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF 1258 716 00:28:26,071 --> 00:28:28,473 OFFICERS IN SPD. WHY IS THIS SO 717 00:28:28,473 --> 00:28:29,708 IMPORTANT? WE HAD TO TAKE 718 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:30,842 OFFICERS FROM DETECTIVE 719 00:28:30,842 --> 00:28:32,410 DIVISIONS AND PUT THEM IN PATROL 720 00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:36,081 AND THAT'S A MAJOR IMPACT ON 721 00:28:36,081 --> 00:28:38,216 WHAT IS SHOWING UP ON NORTH 722 00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:41,019 AURORA. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE 723 00:28:41,019 --> 00:28:44,322 REALTIME CRIME CENTER IN THE CPD 724 00:28:44,322 --> 00:28:45,857 PROGRAM AND IN THIS CASE THE 725 00:28:45,857 --> 00:28:47,992 AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER 726 00:28:47,992 --> 00:28:50,028 IN THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WHAT WE 727 00:28:50,028 --> 00:28:50,662 ARE SEEING. SDOT ACTION BECAUSE 728 00:28:50,662 --> 00:28:57,402 OF THE CARS, AND OTHER LEVELS OF 729 00:28:57,402 --> 00:29:03,741 GOVERNMENT ARE WORKING THIS. WE 730 00:29:03,741 --> 00:29:05,076 SHOULD BE AS WELL. IT'S 731 00:29:05,076 --> 00:29:07,579 IMPORTANT TO IMPLEMENT OUR 732 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:08,213 ORDINANCES, BUT AS I MENTIONED, 733 00:29:08,213 --> 00:29:12,283 AND I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH 734 00:29:12,283 --> 00:29:12,984 THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE MAYOR 735 00:29:12,984 --> 00:29:15,253 AND EVERYONE. IF WE NEED TO MAKE 736 00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:17,455 ADJUSTMENTS WE CAN OR WE CAN 737 00:29:17,455 --> 00:29:19,023 CREATE NEW ORDINANCES. I AM 738 00:29:19,023 --> 00:29:21,359 WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR 739 00:29:21,359 --> 00:29:23,228 COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE JUDICIAL 740 00:29:23,228 --> 00:29:24,929 BRANCHES TO BRING NEW ORDINANCES 741 00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:27,699 OR FIX UPDATES LIKE THE CASE MAY 742 00:29:27,699 --> 00:29:29,234 BE LIKE CHRONIC NUISANCE 743 00:29:29,234 --> 00:29:34,372 PROPERTIES TO MAKE THEM 744 00:29:34,372 --> 00:29:35,807 EFFECTIVE. BY THE WAY, THANK 745 00:29:35,807 --> 00:29:38,042 YOU, CITY ATTORNEY, FOR USING 746 00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:38,676 THE CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTY. 747 00:29:38,676 --> 00:29:43,648 THAT WAS NOT A CHARACTERISTIC OF 748 00:29:43,648 --> 00:29:48,319 CITY ATTORNEYS FROM THE PAST. I 749 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:51,389 AM THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE, 750 00:29:51,389 --> 00:29:52,824 REPRESENTATIVE COLLETT. THE TWO 751 00:29:52,824 --> 00:29:55,827 MINDS CHALLENGE AFFECTS OLYMPIA 752 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:57,562 AS MUCH AS IT DOES SEATTLE. 753 00:29:57,562 --> 00:30:04,803 IMAGINE IF THAT BILL HAS PASSED 754 00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:07,105 BUT IT DIDN'T. IF YOU WANT TO 755 00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:08,807 UNDERSTAND THE TWO MINDS ISSUE 756 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:10,575 LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 757 00:30:10,575 --> 00:30:13,044 BILL. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR 758 00:30:13,044 --> 00:30:15,747 AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED 759 00:30:15,747 --> 00:30:19,651 THE ELEMENT. AT THE END OF THE 760 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:21,352 DAY, THE YOUNG WOMEN, THE GIRLS, 761 00:30:21,352 --> 00:30:23,121 THE MINORS, MINORS THAT ARE ON 762 00:30:23,121 --> 00:30:24,522 AURORA. AND I SAID THE WORD 763 00:30:24,522 --> 00:30:28,326 MINOR AND I SHOULD ADD THAT SEX 764 00:30:28,326 --> 00:30:30,361 WITH A MINOR IS RAPE. AGAIN, GO 765 00:30:30,361 --> 00:30:32,530 BACK TO 1265 ON THAT POINT. BUT 766 00:30:32,530 --> 00:30:36,768 WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK PUBLIC 767 00:30:36,768 --> 00:30:42,574 SAFETY REALLY HARD. I'VE BEEN 768 00:30:42,574 --> 00:30:43,875 ADVOCATING FOR A DIRECTOR OF 769 00:30:43,875 --> 00:30:46,110 PUBLIC SAFETY FOR A LONG TIME, 770 00:30:46,110 --> 00:30:49,814 AND I WANT THANK THE MAYOR FOR A 771 00:30:49,814 --> 00:30:51,783 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND 772 00:30:51,783 --> 00:30:54,285 HER TEAM, SOMEONE THAT WE CAN 773 00:30:54,285 --> 00:30:56,087 WORK WITH AND HAVE BEEN WORKING 774 00:30:56,087 --> 00:30:59,123 WITH TO BRING THESE TEAMS 775 00:30:59,123 --> 00:31:04,729 TOGETHER AND I WANT TO THANK THE 776 00:31:04,729 --> 00:31:06,231 MAYOR AND DEPUTY MAYOR BECAUSE 777 00:31:06,231 --> 00:31:07,865 WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ALONG 778 00:31:07,865 --> 00:31:09,200 THAT FRONT. AND I CAN BE -- JUST 779 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,637 TO LIGHTEN THE MOOD A LITTLE 780 00:31:12,637 --> 00:31:13,338 BIT, A LITTLE FUNNY, AND IT'S A 781 00:31:13,338 --> 00:31:14,806 GREAT DECISION BUT NOT ONE THAT 782 00:31:14,806 --> 00:31:16,875 WE TURN ON OR OFF. SO HERE WE 783 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,243 ARE. I JUST WANT TO THANK 784 00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:20,778 EVERYONE FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND 785 00:31:20,778 --> 00:31:21,980 FOR LISTENING TO THIS. AND I 786 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:24,215 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO 787 00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:25,650 TAKE THIS ACTION TO MOVE FORWARD 788 00:31:25,650 --> 00:31:27,352 IN TERMS OF THE CHALLENGES THAT 789 00:31:27,352 --> 00:31:31,689 WE'RE FACING TODAY. WITH THAT, 790 00:31:31,689 --> 00:31:39,864 I WOULD LIKE TO TURN OVER THE 791 00:31:39,864 --> 00:31:40,331 MIC TO CHIEF BARNES. 792 00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:44,802 >> WHERE PROTOCOL HAVING BEEN 793 00:31:44,802 --> 00:31:46,904 ESTABLISHED BY PREVIOUS 794 00:31:46,904 --> 00:31:48,473 SPEAKERS, GOOD AFTERNOON, 795 00:31:48,473 --> 00:31:49,774 EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK 796 00:31:49,774 --> 00:31:51,342 YOU. MY NAME IS CHIEF SHON 797 00:31:51,342 --> 00:31:54,045 BARNES AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE 798 00:31:54,045 --> 00:31:58,549 OF BEING THE CHIEF FOR SEATTLE 799 00:31:58,549 --> 00:31:59,250 POLICE DEPARTMENT. GUN VIOLENCE 800 00:31:59,250 --> 00:31:59,817 AGAINST THE MOST VULNERABLE 801 00:31:59,817 --> 00:32:01,552 COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO 802 00:32:01,552 --> 00:32:03,254 HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED HAVE PLAGUED 803 00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:04,722 THIS AREA FOR TOO LONG. FOR 804 00:32:04,722 --> 00:32:08,493 PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN 805 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:10,395 NORTH SEATTLE, THEY HAVE ENDURED 806 00:32:10,395 --> 00:32:13,564 ENOUGH. LET ME BE CLEAR. THE 807 00:32:13,564 --> 00:32:17,669 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AN 808 00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:19,470 UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS 809 00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:20,838 COMMUNITIES UNACCEPTABLE PUBLIC 810 00:32:20,838 --> 00:32:23,308 SAFETY NIGHTMARE IN 811 00:32:23,308 --> 00:32:23,942 CORROBORATION WITH OUR PARTNERS 812 00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:26,110 TO PROTECT SURVIVORS OF SEX 813 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:28,680 TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION. WE 814 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,583 WILL NOT LET THIS COMMUNITY BE 815 00:32:32,583 --> 00:32:34,319 EXPLOITED AS A PLACE OF BUSINESS 816 00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:36,387 FOR CRIMINALS. TO IMMEDIATELY 817 00:32:36,387 --> 00:32:39,290 ADDRESS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, WE AT 818 00:32:39,290 --> 00:32:41,092 THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 819 00:32:41,092 --> 00:32:42,527 ARE TAKING A TWO-PRONGED 820 00:32:42,527 --> 00:32:45,330 APPROACH, ONE THAT FOCUSING ON A 821 00:32:45,330 --> 00:32:47,065 SHORT-TERM, DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSE 822 00:32:47,065 --> 00:32:50,401 AND ANOTHER ON A LONGER, COMPLEX 823 00:32:50,401 --> 00:32:52,270 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WITH OUR 824 00:32:52,270 --> 00:32:55,273 PARTNERS. AT THE END OF MAY, WE 825 00:32:55,273 --> 00:32:56,074 ASSIGNED TWO DEDICATED OFFICERS 826 00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:58,176 TO ACTIVELY PATROL THIS 827 00:32:58,176 --> 00:32:59,978 NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE DAY OF 828 00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:02,547 EVERY SHIFT WITH SPECIAL 829 00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:04,215 EMPHASIS ON THE NIGHT HOURS. 830 00:33:04,215 --> 00:33:06,384 THESE TWO OFFICERS ARE NOT ONLY 831 00:33:06,384 --> 00:33:09,020 SIMPLY DRIVING IN THEIR CARS BUT 832 00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:09,821 THEY'RE ALSO PROACTIVELY 833 00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:12,890 GETTING OUT OF THEIR CARS TO 834 00:33:12,890 --> 00:33:14,992 ADDRESS ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY 835 00:33:14,992 --> 00:33:17,261 THEY WITNESS AND HOPEFULLY TO 836 00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:18,096 PREVENT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY FROM 837 00:33:18,096 --> 00:33:19,364 HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. 838 00:33:19,364 --> 00:33:21,599 STARTING NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HAVE 839 00:33:21,599 --> 00:33:23,735 BICYCLE OFFICERS IN AND AROUND 840 00:33:23,735 --> 00:33:29,240 THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DETER CRIME 841 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,876 AND LOOK FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY 842 00:33:31,876 --> 00:33:32,810 AS OUR STAFFING ALLOWS. TO 843 00:33:32,810 --> 00:33:34,846 COMBAT FURTHER IN THE 844 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:37,582 NEIGHBORHOOD WE WILL DEPLOY 845 00:33:37,582 --> 00:33:39,350 OFFICERS FROM THE COMMUNITY 846 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:42,086 RESPONSE GROUP TO CONDUCT 847 00:33:42,086 --> 00:33:46,224 ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO HOLD 848 00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:46,858 CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE. THESE 849 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,427 OPERATIONS INCLUDE THE USE OF 850 00:33:49,427 --> 00:33:50,561 UNDERCOVER OFFICERS. THAT IS A 851 00:33:50,561 --> 00:33:52,163 NOTICE. WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR 852 00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:54,265 COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS 853 00:33:54,265 --> 00:34:00,671 WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 854 00:34:00,671 --> 00:34:03,307 DAILY, CONNECTING WITH BUSINESS 855 00:34:03,307 --> 00:34:09,414 OWNERS AND RESIDENTS AS WELL. 856 00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:10,581 SECONDLY, REGARDING OUR 857 00:34:10,581 --> 00:34:11,449 LONG-TERM STRATEGIES, OUR 858 00:34:11,449 --> 00:34:12,817 INVESTIGATION THEREOF IS 859 00:34:12,817 --> 00:34:15,019 ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING NUMEROUS, 860 00:34:15,019 --> 00:34:16,154 NUMEROUS CASES INVOLVING GUN 861 00:34:16,154 --> 00:34:17,388 VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 862 00:34:17,388 --> 00:34:24,529 CURRENTLY THE UNIT HAS 23 ACTIVE 863 00:34:24,529 --> 00:34:25,163 SHOOTING INVESTIGATIONS UNDERWAY 864 00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:28,566 FROM THAT AREA. TO FURTHER 865 00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:29,567 ENHANCE THE RESULT WE HAVE A 866 00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:31,536 DETECTIVE DEDICATED TO 867 00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:33,571 INVESTIGATING SHOOTINGS IN THE 868 00:34:33,571 --> 00:34:41,846 AREA AS WELL. I WANT TO BE 869 00:34:41,846 --> 00:34:43,381 CLEAR. OUR DETECTIVE WILL BE 870 00:34:43,381 --> 00:34:45,516 TAKING A SURVIVOR-CENTRIC 871 00:34:45,516 --> 00:34:46,617 APPROACH. THE FIRST PRIORITY IS 872 00:34:46,617 --> 00:34:48,019 SAFETY, STABILIZATION, AND 873 00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:50,154 CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS TO 874 00:34:50,154 --> 00:34:51,422 SERVICES SUCH AS ADVOCACY, 875 00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:53,357 MEDICAL CARE AND LONG-TERM 876 00:34:53,357 --> 00:34:56,794 SUPPORT. ARRESTING SEX WORKERS 877 00:34:56,794 --> 00:34:58,863 MAY PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK. WE 878 00:34:58,863 --> 00:35:07,171 NEED TO CALL IT WHAT IT IS. THIS 879 00:35:07,171 --> 00:35:07,972 IS MODERN-DAY SLAVERY. OUR 880 00:35:07,972 --> 00:35:10,508 COMMUNITY SERVES AS A MORAL 881 00:35:10,508 --> 00:35:12,777 COMPASS AND PLAYING A CRITICAL 882 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:15,880 ROLE. MANY CASES ARE SOLVED 883 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:17,315 BECAUSE SOMEONE STEPPED TOWARD 884 00:35:17,315 --> 00:35:19,016 AND PROVIDED US WITH INFORMATION 885 00:35:19,016 --> 00:35:20,718 WHEN NO OTHER LEADS EXISTED. THE 886 00:35:20,718 --> 00:35:23,888 CRIMES THEY ARE CONNECTED WITH 887 00:35:23,888 --> 00:35:27,758 ARE ALSO CONNECTED TO OTHER 888 00:35:27,758 --> 00:35:29,260 CRIMES AND ENTERPRISES LIKE 889 00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:29,961 MONEY LAUNDERING AND WIRE FRAUD. 890 00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:31,262 THESE CONNECTIONS COMPLICATE AND 891 00:35:31,262 --> 00:35:32,964 DO NOT DETER OUR EFFORTS. WE 892 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:40,371 WILL BE GOING AFTER THE MONEY AS 893 00:35:40,371 --> 00:35:41,739 WELL. WE ARE SEEING RESULTS. 894 00:35:41,739 --> 00:35:46,844 FOUR SHOOTINGS CASES WERE FILED 895 00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:49,046 JUST LAST WEEK AND OUR KING 896 00:35:49,046 --> 00:35:50,014 COUNTY PROSECUTOR IS HERE, AND 897 00:35:50,014 --> 00:35:52,517 THE TRAFFICKER IS HELD ON A $1 898 00:35:52,517 --> 00:35:54,752 MILLION BOND MUCH I WANT TO 899 00:35:54,752 --> 00:35:58,322 CLOSE BY EMPHASIZING THERE IS 900 00:35:58,322 --> 00:36:01,759 MUCH WORK TO BE DONE, AND THE 901 00:36:01,759 --> 00:36:05,163 OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES REFLECT 902 00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:06,397 AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO 903 00:36:06,397 --> 00:36:08,499 THOROUGH, DELIBERATE AND 904 00:36:08,499 --> 00:36:11,202 PROACTIVE PATROLS AND MEANINGFUL 905 00:36:11,202 --> 00:36:11,936 AND IMPACTFUL INVESTIGATIONS. 906 00:36:11,936 --> 00:36:16,374 UNFORTUNATELY, THESE ARE NOT 907 00:36:16,374 --> 00:36:18,342 QUICK, BUT THEY ARE MEANINGFUL 908 00:36:18,342 --> 00:36:19,610 CASES. THEY ARE ABOUT PROTECTING 909 00:36:19,610 --> 00:36:20,978 SURVIVORS, HOLDING OFFENDERS 910 00:36:20,978 --> 00:36:22,580 ACCOUNTABLE AND ELEVATING THE 911 00:36:22,580 --> 00:36:25,483 SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE 912 00:36:25,483 --> 00:36:26,751 COMMUNITY. OUR FOCUS IS CLEAR. 913 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:30,755 WE MUST DO MORE TO STRENGTHEN 914 00:36:30,755 --> 00:36:33,457 COMMUNITY SAFETY AND HOLD THOSE 915 00:36:33,457 --> 00:36:35,193 ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLENT ACTION 916 00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:36,193 IN OUR COMMUNITY. TO EFFECT THIS 917 00:36:36,193 --> 00:36:41,199 CHANGE WE ARE TAKING THE WHOLE 918 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:44,569 OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH. WE MUST 919 00:36:44,569 --> 00:36:46,771 COME TOGETHER WITH OTHER CITY 920 00:36:46,771 --> 00:36:47,872 DEPARTMENTS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, 921 00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:50,608 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ACT 922 00:36:50,608 --> 00:36:52,143 STRATEGICALLY WITH A RENEWED 923 00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,377 SENSE OF URGENCY. IT'S ONLY 924 00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:54,445 THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE, 925 00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:55,179 COLLABORATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE 926 00:36:55,179 --> 00:36:57,315 APPROACH THAT WE HAVE OUR BEST 927 00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:59,817 CHANCE TO FINALLY DELIVER THE 928 00:36:59,817 --> 00:37:04,488 RESULTS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS 929 00:37:04,488 --> 00:37:04,989 BEEN ASKING FOR. THANK YOU. 930 00:37:08,859 --> 00:37:11,629 >> SO NOW WE HAVE TWO MORE 931 00:37:11,629 --> 00:37:12,763 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WANT TO SAY 932 00:37:12,763 --> 00:37:13,497 BRIEF REMARKS, COUNCILMEMBER 933 00:37:13,497 --> 00:37:14,565 RIVERA AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 934 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:16,601 AND AFTER THAT WE WILL TAKE 935 00:37:16,601 --> 00:37:18,736 QUESTIONS AND I WILL CALL ON 936 00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:19,937 BRAD FROM OUR COMS PERSON TO 937 00:37:19,937 --> 00:37:21,372 HELP US NAVIGATE THE QUESTIONS 938 00:37:21,372 --> 00:37:28,746 THAT ALL OF US HERE WILL BE ABLE 939 00:37:28,746 --> 00:37:34,785 TO ANSWER. THANK YOU. I DON'T 940 00:37:34,785 --> 00:37:38,089 KNOW WHO'S FIRST. COUNCILMEMBER 941 00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:39,156 RIVERA AND COUNCILMEMBER 942 00:37:39,156 --> 00:37:39,423 STRAUSS. 943 00:37:39,423 --> 00:37:41,259 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 944 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:46,631 YOUNG GIRLS ARE BEING SOLD FOR 945 00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:48,633 SEX ON AURORA. IT'S BELIEVED TO 946 00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:49,533 BE THE SECOND-BUSIEST TRACT OF 947 00:37:49,533 --> 00:37:51,936 JUVENILE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN 948 00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:55,406 THE COUNTRY, NOT IN THE CITY, 949 00:37:55,406 --> 00:37:58,409 NOT IN THE STATE, IN THE COUNTRY 950 00:37:58,409 --> 00:38:03,881 AND THE GUN VIOLENCE THAT COMES 951 00:38:03,881 --> 00:38:05,883 WITH THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. SO I 952 00:38:05,883 --> 00:38:10,521 WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS. 953 00:38:10,521 --> 00:38:12,890 ONE IS FOLLOW THROUGH AND 954 00:38:12,890 --> 00:38:13,824 ADDITIONAL APPROACHES TO GUN 955 00:38:13,824 --> 00:38:17,461 VIOLENCE. ON THE FOLLOW THROUGH 956 00:38:17,461 --> 00:38:20,931 I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE 957 00:38:20,931 --> 00:38:23,401 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR HER 958 00:38:23,401 --> 00:38:25,336 LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING EMERGENCY 959 00:38:25,336 --> 00:38:26,270 LEGISLATION BUT LET'S BE 960 00:38:26,270 --> 00:38:28,139 HONEST. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE 961 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,740 EMERGENCY LEGISLATION TO DO 962 00:38:29,740 --> 00:38:32,043 SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE 963 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:33,344 AUTHORITY TO DO TODAY. 964 00:38:33,344 --> 00:38:36,047 NEVERTHELESS, I DO WANT TO THANK 965 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:38,783 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IF FOR HER 966 00:38:38,783 --> 00:38:40,418 LEADERSHIP NOT ONLY TO THE 967 00:38:40,418 --> 00:38:46,891 LEGISLATION BUT BEING WITH 968 00:38:46,891 --> 00:38:49,427 COMMUNITY AND HER COMMUNITY IN 969 00:38:49,427 --> 00:38:53,197 D5. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT 970 00:38:53,197 --> 00:38:54,665 SOMETHING PRIORITY TO 971 00:38:54,665 --> 00:38:58,636 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ APPOINTED 972 00:38:58,636 --> 00:38:59,570 RECENTLY WHEN COUNCILMEMBER 973 00:38:59,570 --> 00:39:01,205 MOORE WAS STILL HERE. WE 974 00:39:01,205 --> 00:39:04,408 CO-AUTHORED A BILL TO GIVE HSD 975 00:39:04,408 --> 00:39:07,645 OR REQUIRE HSD TO SUPPORT 976 00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:11,148 VICTIMS OF SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL 977 00:39:11,148 --> 00:39:12,249 TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION. 978 00:39:12,249 --> 00:39:14,485 THIS WAS FOR THE '25- '26 979 00:39:14,485 --> 00:39:17,488 FISCAL YEAR. HOW THAT FUNDING IS 980 00:39:17,488 --> 00:39:19,356 BEING USED TO GET THE VICTIMS 981 00:39:19,356 --> 00:39:22,960 AWAY FROM PIMPS AND GET THE 982 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,528 SERVICES OR TREATMENT THEY NEED, 983 00:39:24,528 --> 00:39:26,964 I DO NOT KNOW. I HAD A 984 00:39:26,964 --> 00:39:28,032 CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR 985 00:39:28,032 --> 00:39:31,235 OF HSD THIS MORNING TO ASK WHERE 986 00:39:31,235 --> 00:39:33,371 THE DEPARTMENT WAS IN HIRING THE 987 00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:35,306 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE TO SERVE AS A 988 00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:37,808 VICTIM ADVOCATE TO WORK WITH SPD 989 00:39:37,808 --> 00:39:44,115 ON THIS AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED 990 00:39:44,115 --> 00:39:46,517 AN ANSWER YET. AND I SAY THIS 991 00:39:46,517 --> 00:39:47,818 BECAUSE WE CAN PASS TO 992 00:39:47,818 --> 00:39:48,519 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S POINT 993 00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:49,420 ALL THE LEGISLATION AND 994 00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:51,021 ORDINANCES THAT WE WANT, BUT IF 995 00:39:51,021 --> 00:39:52,790 THE CITY DEPARTMENTS DO NOT 996 00:39:52,790 --> 00:39:54,158 FOLLOW THROUGH WE WILL NOT GET 997 00:39:54,158 --> 00:39:57,962 RESULTS. SO I AM CALLING TODAY 998 00:39:57,962 --> 00:39:59,697 AND I AM HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE 999 00:39:59,697 --> 00:40:01,966 MAYOR TO MAKE SURE THAT 1000 00:40:01,966 --> 00:40:03,768 DEPARTMENTS ARE HAVING FOLLOW 1001 00:40:03,768 --> 00:40:06,904 THROUGH ON THE THINGS THAT WE 1002 00:40:06,904 --> 00:40:09,407 PASS. THAT IS WHAT'S GONNA KEEP 1003 00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:13,043 OUR GIRLS ON AURORA SAVE. THE 1004 00:40:13,043 --> 00:40:14,578 OTHER THING I QUICKLY WANT TO 1005 00:40:14,578 --> 00:40:17,181 ADDRESS IS GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS 1006 00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:18,582 CITY WHICH WE HAVE SEEN INCREASE 1007 00:40:18,582 --> 00:40:20,184 AND YES, I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE 1008 00:40:20,184 --> 00:40:22,153 TO CHIEF BARNES AND HIS TEAM FOR 1009 00:40:22,153 --> 00:40:25,089 THE WORK THEY'VE DONE AND OUR 1010 00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:26,223 NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN. BUT THEY 1011 00:40:26,223 --> 00:40:28,692 ARE NOT DOWN TO THE LEVELS OF 1012 00:40:28,692 --> 00:40:30,828 2018. SO WE STILL NEED TO DO A 1013 00:40:30,828 --> 00:40:33,431 LOT OF WORK IN THIS REGARD. SO 1014 00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:37,368 WHAT I HAVE DONE IS ON MONDAY, I 1015 00:40:37,368 --> 00:40:39,804 HOSTED A GUN VIOLENCE SYMPOSIUM 1016 00:40:39,804 --> 00:40:42,440 AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT KING 1017 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,176 COUNT I PROSECUTOR LEESA MANION 1018 00:40:45,176 --> 00:40:47,711 WAS THERE ALL DAY WITH US, CITY 1019 00:40:47,711 --> 00:40:49,280 ATTORNEY ERIKA EVANS WAS THERE 1020 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,315 ARE ALL DAY WITH US AND DEPUTY 1021 00:40:51,315 --> 00:40:52,416 ATTORNEY BRIAN SURRATT WAS THERE 1022 00:40:52,416 --> 00:40:54,351 AND THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 1023 00:40:54,351 --> 00:41:00,057 AND CHIEF BARNES WAS THERE ALL 1024 00:41:00,057 --> 00:41:01,559 DAY WITH US AND MANY 1025 00:41:01,559 --> 00:41:02,159 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 1026 00:41:02,159 --> 00:41:03,828 WHO WORK IN THE PREVENTION AND 1027 00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:05,930 INTERVENTION SPACE AND IT WAS TO 1028 00:41:05,930 --> 00:41:07,465 LEARN ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL 1029 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:08,799 APPROACH. WE DO A LOT WITH THE 1030 00:41:08,799 --> 00:41:09,600 INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION 1031 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:16,340 STATE AND THERE IS MORE WE CAN 1032 00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:17,808 STILL DO, AND THAT EFFORT TALKS 1033 00:41:17,808 --> 00:41:19,276 ABOUT FOCUS DETERRENTS AND 1034 00:41:19,276 --> 00:41:21,445 MAKING SURE WE ARE IDENTIFYING 1035 00:41:21,445 --> 00:41:22,680 THE FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY 1036 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:23,914 CREATING THE MOST VIOLENCE 1037 00:41:23,914 --> 00:41:27,685 RELATED TO GUNS IN THE CITY, IN 1038 00:41:27,685 --> 00:41:30,187 ANY CITY AND LEARNING FROM OTHER 1039 00:41:30,187 --> 00:41:31,121 CITIES, WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES 1040 00:41:31,121 --> 00:41:32,189 FROM PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE 1041 00:41:32,189 --> 00:41:35,025 AND SOUTH BEND, INDIANA TO TALK 1042 00:41:35,025 --> 00:41:36,193 ABOUT THIS APPROACH. AND THE 1043 00:41:36,193 --> 00:41:37,761 APPROACH IS SIMPLE. IT'S A 1044 00:41:37,761 --> 00:41:39,930 CARROT AND STICK APPROACH. 1045 00:41:39,930 --> 00:41:43,667 IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE 1046 00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:45,569 CREATING THE MOST HARM, WE TELL 1047 00:41:45,569 --> 00:41:48,806 THEM WHAT WE NEED TO STOP, 1048 00:41:48,806 --> 00:41:49,540 RUNNING WITH GUNS AND 1049 00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:50,875 TERRORIZING OUR STREETS. WE 1050 00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:54,078 OFFER SERVICES WHICH ALREADY 1051 00:41:54,078 --> 00:41:56,213 THIS CITY DOES SO MUCH TO FUND 1052 00:41:56,213 --> 00:41:58,082 SERVICES FOR FOLKS AND IF THEY 1053 00:41:58,082 --> 00:42:00,584 DECLINE SERVICES WE ARE GOING TO 1054 00:42:00,584 --> 00:42:02,353 HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. AND THAT 1055 00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:03,854 IS IT. IT'S SIMPLE. AND I LOOK 1056 00:42:03,854 --> 00:42:06,690 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR CITY 1057 00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:08,025 LEADERS ON NEXT STEPS BECAUSE 1058 00:42:08,025 --> 00:42:09,793 THAT WAS NOT INTENDED FOR ME TO 1059 00:42:09,793 --> 00:42:11,295 BE SIMPLY A GATHERING OF PEOPLE. 1060 00:42:11,295 --> 00:42:13,931 THAT IS THE FIRST STEP AND I'M 1061 00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:15,900 SO GRATEFUL THAT EVEN WAS THERE 1062 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:17,334 TOGETHER ALL DAY BECAUSE I KNOW 1063 00:42:17,334 --> 00:42:18,335 EVERYBODY CARES. AND NOW WE NEED 1064 00:42:18,335 --> 00:42:20,170 TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP, AND 1065 00:42:20,170 --> 00:42:22,940 THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE TO 1066 00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:33,484 COME ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK 1067 00:42:34,351 --> 00:42:35,252 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1068 00:42:35,252 --> 00:42:37,855 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM 1069 00:42:37,855 --> 00:42:40,824 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, COLLECTED 1070 00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:42,126 BY MANY MICRONEIGHBORHOODS AND 1071 00:42:42,126 --> 00:42:44,628 IT'S AN HONOR AS A DISTRICT 1072 00:42:44,628 --> 00:42:47,431 REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF 1073 00:42:47,431 --> 00:42:48,132 SEATTLE. I DIDN'T EXPECT TO 1074 00:42:48,132 --> 00:42:53,470 SNEAK TODAY SO I WANT TO KEEP IT 1075 00:42:53,470 --> 00:42:54,605 QUICK. I WANT TO THANK 1076 00:42:54,605 --> 00:42:57,942 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR 1077 00:42:57,942 --> 00:42:59,777 BRINGING TOGETHER ALL THESE 1078 00:42:59,777 --> 00:43:00,911 LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. I FOUND 1079 00:43:00,911 --> 00:43:07,484 MOMENTUM IS EASY TO LOSE AND 1080 00:43:07,484 --> 00:43:09,253 HARD TO BUILD. I WATCHED 1081 00:43:09,253 --> 00:43:13,757 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND BACK TO 1082 00:43:13,757 --> 00:43:17,828 COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AND BACK TO 1083 00:43:17,828 --> 00:43:19,797 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND THEM 1084 00:43:19,797 --> 00:43:23,267 WORKING TOGETHER, THEY DID NOT 1085 00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:24,568 LOSE AN INCH OF MOMENTUM. THESE 1086 00:43:24,568 --> 00:43:25,869 ARE THE THINGS THAT 1087 00:43:25,869 --> 00:43:27,404 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAS BEEN 1088 00:43:27,404 --> 00:43:29,673 WORKING ON SINCE DAY ONE OF 1089 00:43:29,673 --> 00:43:32,843 BEING BACK HERE FOR NEARLY A 1090 00:43:32,843 --> 00:43:34,712 DECADE. WHAT WE ARE TALKING 1091 00:43:34,712 --> 00:43:36,146 ABOUT HERE IS COUNCILMEMBER 1092 00:43:36,146 --> 00:43:41,185 JUAREZ TOOK THE IDEA OF THE 1093 00:43:41,185 --> 00:43:42,619 AURORA COMMONS AND BUILT THAT 1094 00:43:42,619 --> 00:43:45,189 INTO NON-PROFIT TO SERVE AND 1095 00:43:45,189 --> 00:43:46,890 PROTECT THE MEMBERS OF THE 1096 00:43:46,890 --> 00:43:48,125 COMMUNITY. AND WHAT WE ALSO SEE 1097 00:43:48,125 --> 00:43:49,126 TODAY THROUGH HER WORK THAT DID 1098 00:43:49,126 --> 00:43:51,228 NOT HAPPEN JUST THIS WEEK AND 1099 00:43:51,228 --> 00:43:54,431 HAS BEEN GOING ON IS WORKING TO 1100 00:43:54,431 --> 00:43:56,300 BRING TOGETHER THE COUNTY AND 1101 00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:59,303 THE CITY PROSECUTORS TO ENSURE 1102 00:43:59,303 --> 00:44:03,941 THAT ANYONE WHO IS ENGAGING IN 1103 00:44:03,941 --> 00:44:07,745 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY UP THERE WILL 1104 00:44:07,745 --> 00:44:09,747 BE PROSECUTED. GUN VIOLENCE IS 1105 00:44:09,747 --> 00:44:10,314 PREVENTIBLE. THE BUYING OF 1106 00:44:10,314 --> 00:44:11,882 CHILDREN AND HUMANS IS 1107 00:44:11,882 --> 00:44:13,584 UNACCEPTABLE. WHAT YOU SEE TODAY 1108 00:44:13,584 --> 00:44:14,451 IS THIS GROUP TOGETHER THROUGH 1109 00:44:14,451 --> 00:44:16,854 MANY LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT COMING 1110 00:44:16,854 --> 00:44:19,289 AND SAYING WE ARE NOT GOING TO 1111 00:44:19,289 --> 00:44:24,862 LET THIS HAPPEN ANYMORE. IN MY 1112 00:44:24,862 --> 00:44:28,265 TIME GROWING UP HERE IN THE CITY 1113 00:44:28,265 --> 00:44:29,166 OF SEATTLE, AURORA HAS 1114 00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:31,335 CONSTANTLY BEEN AN UNDERLYING 1115 00:44:31,335 --> 00:44:32,002 ISSUE. THE ISSUES THAT WE SEE 1116 00:44:32,002 --> 00:44:35,172 TODAY ON NORTH AURORA USED TO 1117 00:44:35,172 --> 00:44:39,143 EXTEND DOWN TO THE AURORA BRIDGE 1118 00:44:39,143 --> 00:44:44,515 AND DID SO UNTIL MY 20s. I LIVED 1119 00:44:44,515 --> 00:44:47,918 ON MOTTO PLACE ON AURORA JUST 1120 00:44:47,918 --> 00:44:51,355 AFTER THE THUNDERBIRD HOTEL WAS 1121 00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:53,023 CLOSED DOWN UNDER THE CHRONIC 1122 00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:54,658 NUISANCE ORDER. I LIVED THERE 1123 00:44:54,658 --> 00:44:56,894 AFTER IT STARTED TO RE-THRIVE 1124 00:44:56,894 --> 00:44:58,829 AFTER MANY DECADES OF ACTIVITY 1125 00:44:58,829 --> 00:45:02,266 ON THE STREET. WHEN I TOOK 1126 00:45:02,266 --> 00:45:04,201 OFFICE. THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY 1127 00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:05,869 WAS OCCURRING DOWN TO 80th. THE 1128 00:45:05,869 --> 00:45:11,008 CHRONIC NUISANCE ORDER SHUT DOWN 1129 00:45:11,008 --> 00:45:12,710 MOTELS ON 83rd AND 87th AND WE 1130 00:45:12,710 --> 00:45:14,044 SEE THIS ISSUE CONTINUE MOVING 1131 00:45:14,044 --> 00:45:16,814 NORTH BUT NOT ADDRESSED AT THE 1132 00:45:16,814 --> 00:45:21,652 LEVEL YOU SEE TODAY AND THAT'S 1133 00:45:21,652 --> 00:45:24,088 WHAT BRINGS ME HOPE, IS THROUGH 1134 00:45:24,088 --> 00:45:25,022 THIS COORDINATED EFFORT, WE WILL 1135 00:45:25,022 --> 00:45:26,557 TAKE THIS MOMENT AGAIN TO 1136 00:45:26,557 --> 00:45:28,292 PROTECT THE SURVIVORS, PROTECT 1137 00:45:28,292 --> 00:45:36,934 THOSE THAT ARE NOT IN THEIR OWN 1138 00:45:36,934 --> 00:45:39,069 WAY THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT 1139 00:45:39,069 --> 00:45:44,775 ANYONE THAT IS ENGAGING IN THE 1140 00:45:44,775 --> 00:45:52,249 SELLING OF CHILDREN OR AS A 1141 00:45:52,249 --> 00:45:54,885 COMMODITY OR SHOOTING GUNS WILL 1142 00:45:54,885 --> 00:45:56,887 BE ARRESTS AND INVESTIGATED AND 1143 00:45:56,887 --> 00:45:57,788 PROSECUTED BY PROSECUTOR MANION 1144 00:45:57,788 --> 00:46:01,391 AND CITY PROSECUTOR EVANS AND 1145 00:46:01,391 --> 00:46:03,127 HELD TO ACCOUNT. THIS IS 1146 00:46:03,127 --> 00:46:04,762 UNACCEPTABLE AND AGAIN, I 1147 00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:05,896 APPRECIATE THE DECADES THAT 1148 00:46:05,896 --> 00:46:06,997 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ENGAGED IN 1149 00:46:06,997 --> 00:46:09,666 TO SET US UP IN A GOOD WAY TODAY 1150 00:46:09,666 --> 00:46:16,006 AND I THANK THE COUNCIL 1151 00:46:16,006 --> 00:46:17,574 PRESIDENT FOR BRINGING TOGETHER 1152 00:46:17,574 --> 00:46:18,709 THIS LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT. THANK 1153 00:46:18,709 --> 00:46:18,909 YOU. 1154 00:46:18,909 --> 00:46:19,543 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1155 00:46:19,543 --> 00:46:22,412 STRAUSS AND RIVERA. NOW WE'LL 1156 00:46:22,412 --> 00:46:24,681 TAKE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BUT 1157 00:46:24,681 --> 00:46:27,117 WOULD YOU CALL ON FOLKS, PLEASE? 1158 00:46:27,117 --> 00:46:34,258 AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHO JUMPS 1159 00:46:34,258 --> 00:46:42,466 IN TO TAKE THE QUESTION. [ 1160 00:46:42,466 --> 00:46:42,966 QUESTION BEING ASKED ] 1161 00:46:42,966 --> 00:46:46,103 >> IT WILL COME THROUGH SEATTLE 1162 00:46:46,103 --> 00:46:47,871 POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY WILL 1163 00:46:47,871 --> 00:46:51,909 HAVE TO BE THE ONES THAT TAKE 1164 00:46:51,909 --> 00:46:52,543 THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. CITIES 1165 00:46:52,543 --> 00:46:57,014 THE SIZE OF SEATTLE HAVE DOUBLE 1166 00:46:57,014 --> 00:46:57,648 THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE DO. 1167 00:46:57,648 --> 00:47:00,117 AND HOW DID THAT WORK WITH THE 1168 00:47:00,117 --> 00:47:01,718 PLAN WITH OFFICERS STRETCHED SO 1169 00:47:01,718 --> 00:47:07,624 THIN, AND THE GIRLS ALREADY KNOW 1170 00:47:07,624 --> 00:47:10,861 THIS. AND HOW REALISTIC ARE THE 1171 00:47:10,861 --> 00:47:11,428 PLANS WITH SUCH A SHORT STAFF? 1172 00:47:14,698 --> 00:47:17,434 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, 1173 00:47:17,434 --> 00:47:18,535 JEREMY. LET ME BE CLEAR. SINCE 1174 00:47:18,535 --> 00:47:20,504 MY ARRIVAL, I MADE ONE THING 1175 00:47:20,504 --> 00:47:21,371 CLEAR AND I'LL DO IT AGAIN. 1176 00:47:21,371 --> 00:47:25,175 I'M FOCUSING ON WHAT WE HAVE, 1177 00:47:25,175 --> 00:47:29,847 NOT WHAT WE DO NOT HAVE. WE'RE 1178 00:47:29,847 --> 00:47:32,149 BEING MORE STRATEGIC WITH OUR 1179 00:47:32,149 --> 00:47:33,450 RESOURCES. WE'RE MAKING SURE 1180 00:47:33,450 --> 00:47:35,152 THAT WE'RE CHIPPING IN. ONE OF 1181 00:47:35,152 --> 00:47:44,661 THE MODELS WHEN I GOT HERE IS 1182 00:47:44,661 --> 00:47:48,899 EMPOWERING THE PRECINCT CAPTAINS 1183 00:47:48,899 --> 00:47:50,334 TO WORK ACROSS BOROUGHS. 1184 00:47:50,334 --> 00:47:52,269 PRECINCT CAPTAINS ARE LIKE MINI 1185 00:47:52,269 --> 00:47:58,175 SHERIFFS. THEY CAN PULL IN THEIR 1186 00:47:58,175 --> 00:48:00,410 OWN RESOURCES AND WE ARE USING 1187 00:48:00,410 --> 00:48:01,812 RESOURCES LIKE CR G-TEAM UNDER 1188 00:48:01,812 --> 00:48:03,080 INVESTIGATIONS TO GO INTO 1189 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,148 PRECINCTS WHEN OFFICERS CAN'T 1190 00:48:05,148 --> 00:48:08,118 BE THERE. AND WE HAVE OFFICERS, 1191 00:48:08,118 --> 00:48:11,321 A 90 CAR SAYING YOU ARE NOT IN 1192 00:48:11,321 --> 00:48:17,160 DISPATCH FOR THIS AMOUNT OF 1193 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,229 TIME. OBVIOUSLY, IF WE ARE DOING 1194 00:48:19,229 --> 00:48:20,097 AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION WE 1195 00:48:20,097 --> 00:48:22,299 DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND IN 1196 00:48:22,299 --> 00:48:23,834 UNIFORM BUT THE TRUTH IS EVERY 1197 00:48:23,834 --> 00:48:27,371 IS CHIPPING IN, NOT JUST AURORA 1198 00:48:27,371 --> 00:48:31,708 BUT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS 1199 00:48:31,708 --> 00:48:32,342 WELL. THIS AFTERNOON 1200 00:48:32,342 --> 00:48:33,043 ALL-HANDS-ON-DECK APPROACH TO 1201 00:48:33,043 --> 00:48:35,545 THE PROBLEM. WE WANT TO MAKE 1202 00:48:35,545 --> 00:48:38,448 SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WHICH IS 1203 00:48:38,448 --> 00:48:42,819 WHY WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS TO 1204 00:48:42,819 --> 00:48:45,622 TEST THE EFFICIENCY OF WHERE WE 1205 00:48:45,622 --> 00:48:48,325 ARE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WE WANT 1206 00:48:48,325 --> 00:48:49,092 TO MEASURE COMMUNITY SENTIMENT. 1207 00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:51,261 THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS SEE US ALL 1208 00:48:51,261 --> 00:48:55,832 THE TIME. I CAN'T PROMISE IF 1209 00:48:55,832 --> 00:48:57,634 YOU SIT ON THE FRONT PORCH YOU 1210 00:48:57,634 --> 00:49:02,839 WILL SEE A POLICE CAR EVERY 10 1211 00:49:02,839 --> 00:49:06,910 MINUTE S BUT WE WILL BE HELD 1212 00:49:06,910 --> 00:49:10,514 ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE 1213 00:49:10,514 --> 00:49:12,049 WE ARE DEDICATED. 1214 00:49:12,049 --> 00:49:15,452 >> A RELATED QUESTION FOR THE 1215 00:49:15,452 --> 00:49:18,188 TEAM. IN A PRESENTATION TO 1216 00:49:18,188 --> 00:49:19,056 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S COMMITTEE 1217 00:49:19,056 --> 00:49:20,324 THAT DIDN'T END UP HAPPEN YOU 1218 00:49:20,324 --> 00:49:22,059 BUT THE PRESENTATION FROM THE 1219 00:49:22,059 --> 00:49:23,727 POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID YOU ARE 1220 00:49:23,727 --> 00:49:26,063 ALL GOING TO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN 1221 00:49:26,063 --> 00:49:27,497 HIRING AND SPECIFIC BUDGET 1222 00:49:27,497 --> 00:49:29,900 CONSTRAINTS AND I KNOW THAT THE 1223 00:49:29,900 --> 00:49:31,468 MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS ASKED FOR 1224 00:49:31,468 --> 00:49:32,869 CUTS. SO I'M CURIOUS, ARE YOU 1225 00:49:32,869 --> 00:49:35,305 GOING TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL 1226 00:49:35,305 --> 00:49:37,841 MONEY FOR HIRING THIS YEAR OR 1227 00:49:37,841 --> 00:49:38,709 WORK WITHIN THOSE LIMITATIONS? 1228 00:49:38,709 --> 00:49:39,943 >> YEAH. I HAVE NOT BEEN 1229 00:49:39,943 --> 00:49:40,744 NOTIFIED THAT THE POLICE 1230 00:49:40,744 --> 00:49:46,783 DEPARTMENT WILL SLOW DOWN ON THE 1231 00:49:46,783 --> 00:49:48,485 CURRENT HIRING PLAN FOR THIS 1232 00:49:48,485 --> 00:49:49,886 YEAR. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE 1233 00:49:49,886 --> 00:49:51,254 CURRENTLY HIRED 78 POLICE 1234 00:49:51,254 --> 00:49:53,490 OFFICERS AND WE LOST 38 IN LINE 1235 00:49:53,490 --> 00:49:55,158 WHAT WE LOST LAST YEAR. OFFICERS 1236 00:49:55,158 --> 00:49:56,860 ARE EXCITED ABOUT FIFA AND THEY 1237 00:49:56,860 --> 00:49:58,428 WANT TO STICK AROUND AND WORK 1238 00:49:58,428 --> 00:49:59,896 AND BE PART OF A GREAT EVENT. WE 1239 00:49:59,896 --> 00:50:02,766 WANT TO WORK WITH THE NUMBER AND 1240 00:50:02,766 --> 00:50:05,035 HIT THE NUMBER. AGAIN, IT'S A 1241 00:50:05,035 --> 00:50:08,071 ROLLING NUMBER. YOU KNOW, WE 1242 00:50:08,071 --> 00:50:09,373 COULD GET 10, FIVE RETIREMENTS 1243 00:50:09,373 --> 00:50:10,607 OR SEPARATIONS AFTER FIFA, AND 1244 00:50:10,607 --> 00:50:13,110 THEN WE WILL ADJUST. BUT I LIKE 1245 00:50:13,110 --> 00:50:18,782 WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PLAN RIGHT 1246 00:50:18,782 --> 00:50:19,983 NOW. NOTHING WAS COMMUNICATED 1247 00:50:19,983 --> 00:50:24,388 WITH ME ABOUT THAT. WE NEED MORE 1248 00:50:24,388 --> 00:50:27,858 OFFICERS AND WE RIGHT-HAND SIDE 1249 00:50:27,858 --> 00:50:29,192 THE CONSTRAINT OF A BUDGET. 1250 00:50:29,192 --> 00:50:31,661 UNTIL I HEAR DIFFERENTLY THAT'S 1251 00:50:31,661 --> 00:50:33,563 THE PLAN GOING FORWARD. 1252 00:50:33,563 --> 00:50:35,832 >> KING 5. AND YOU MENTIONED 1253 00:50:35,832 --> 00:50:38,335 MAYBE HALF A DOZEN STREET 1254 00:50:38,335 --> 00:50:38,969 CLOSURES FROM SDOT. ANY 1255 00:50:38,969 --> 00:50:39,836 TIMELINES FOR THE RESIDENTS? 1256 00:50:39,836 --> 00:50:43,774 LIKE ARE WE TALKING HOURS AWAY, 1257 00:50:43,774 --> 00:50:47,644 DAYS AWAY FROM THOSE KICKS IN? 1258 00:50:47,644 --> 00:50:49,279 >> I BELIEVE WE ARE DOING THAT 1259 00:50:49,279 --> 00:50:52,616 ASAP. I DON'T WANT TO PUT A 1260 00:50:52,616 --> 00:50:55,152 DATE ON IT AND BE WRONG BUT WE 1261 00:50:55,152 --> 00:51:01,324 ARE MOVING -- WE ARE MOVING 1262 00:51:01,324 --> 00:51:02,359 RAPIDLY TO DO THAT. OH, HI. THIS 1263 00:51:02,359 --> 00:51:02,826 IS ANGELA BRADY. 1264 00:51:02,826 --> 00:51:06,296 >> WE WILL BE MAKING THE 1265 00:51:06,296 --> 00:51:11,902 SITUATION HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW 1266 00:51:11,902 --> 00:51:15,972 WEEKS. I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT. 1267 00:51:15,972 --> 00:51:17,874 >> THANK YOU. 1268 00:51:17,874 --> 00:51:18,208 >> OKAY. 1269 00:51:18,208 --> 00:51:23,580 >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE 1270 00:51:23,580 --> 00:51:27,050 MAYOR. I AM PART OF A GROUP FROM 1271 00:51:27,050 --> 00:51:28,819 AURORA. 97th WAS NOT MENTIONED. 1272 00:51:28,819 --> 00:51:31,388 I WONDERED IF YOU CHECK YOUR 1273 00:51:31,388 --> 00:51:39,062 NOTES ON THAT. IT'S ONE OF THE 1274 00:51:39,062 --> 00:51:43,200 MOST VIOLENT STREETS. THE HOTELS 1275 00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:48,772 THERE KEEP PEOPLE THERE. AND IN 1276 00:51:48,772 --> 00:51:52,409 THEIR BUILDING AS WELL, AND MY 1277 00:51:52,409 --> 00:51:54,010 SECOND QUESTION WAS NORTH 103, 1278 00:51:54,010 --> 00:51:56,279 NORTH 104 AND NORTH 109 ARE ALSO 1279 00:51:56,279 --> 00:52:00,050 SOME OF THE MOST VIOLENT ONES 1280 00:52:00,050 --> 00:52:03,553 AND I WILL BE NEXT. AND THERE 1281 00:52:03,553 --> 00:52:07,757 HAS BEEN -- THERE WAS AN ELDERLY 1282 00:52:07,757 --> 00:52:12,128 COUPLE THAT WAS BEATEN AND PUT 1283 00:52:12,128 --> 00:52:15,699 IN ICU. THEY LIVE THERE ON THE 1284 00:52:15,699 --> 00:52:18,502 CORNER OF 109th. AND THAT'S 1285 00:52:18,502 --> 00:52:21,271 ALSO A BIG PRIORITY FOR US ON 1286 00:52:21,271 --> 00:52:22,706 SDOT'S PREVIOUS PLANS, 103, 104 1287 00:52:22,706 --> 00:52:24,174 AND 109 TO CLOSE THOSE STREETS. 1288 00:52:24,174 --> 00:52:27,911 I APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD TAKE A 1289 00:52:27,911 --> 00:52:28,912 LOOK AT THAT. 1290 00:52:28,912 --> 00:52:31,148 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I 1291 00:52:31,148 --> 00:52:33,950 WILL REITERATE OUR PLAN AS OF 1292 00:52:33,950 --> 00:52:36,786 TODAY TO MAKE IT SUPER CLEAR 1293 00:52:36,786 --> 00:52:40,490 WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE'VE 1294 00:52:40,490 --> 00:52:41,258 GOT-WE'RE CLOSING ACCESS AT 1295 00:52:41,258 --> 00:52:46,029 NORTH 96, NORTH 98th, NORTH 100, 1296 00:52:46,029 --> 00:52:52,068 AND NORTH 102 STREETS. THOSE ARE 1297 00:52:52,068 --> 00:52:54,671 NEW CLOSURES. THE TEMPORARY 1298 00:52:54,671 --> 00:52:56,973 CLOSURES IN PLACE TODAY AT NORTH 1299 00:52:56,973 --> 00:53:00,677 101 AND NORTH 107 STREETS WILL 1300 00:53:00,677 --> 00:53:02,345 REMAIN IN PLACE. THERE WERE 1301 00:53:02,345 --> 00:53:04,147 RECENT INSTALLED MEASURES AS YOU 1302 00:53:04,147 --> 00:53:06,783 NOTED ON NORTH 97. THOSE WILL 1303 00:53:06,783 --> 00:53:10,887 ALSO REMAIN IN PLACE. THOSE ARE 1304 00:53:10,887 --> 00:53:12,222 MEASURES THAT CALM SPEEDS. SO 1305 00:53:12,222 --> 00:53:14,291 THEY SLOW VEHICLES DOWN. THAT'S 1306 00:53:14,291 --> 00:53:16,226 AN IMPORTANT CIRCULATION ACCESS 1307 00:53:16,226 --> 00:53:18,161 STREET. SO WE NEED TO MAINTAIN 1308 00:53:18,161 --> 00:53:19,529 THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ROUTE AND 1309 00:53:19,529 --> 00:53:21,698 KEEP THAT AVAILABLE FOR POLICE 1310 00:53:21,698 --> 00:53:22,999 AND PARTICULARLY THE NORTH 1311 00:53:22,999 --> 00:53:26,570 PRECINCT. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH 1312 00:53:26,570 --> 00:53:27,837 THE ENVIRONMENT, WITH THE POLICE 1313 00:53:27,837 --> 00:53:29,773 DEPARTMENT ON ALL OF THESE 1314 00:53:29,773 --> 00:53:30,373 CLOSURES AND STREET-CALMING 1315 00:53:30,373 --> 00:53:33,577 MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE 1316 00:53:33,577 --> 00:53:36,580 NOT JUST CLOSING DOWN ALL THE 1317 00:53:36,580 --> 00:53:38,682 STREETS AND LIMITING THAT REALLY 1318 00:53:38,682 --> 00:53:40,584 IMPORTANT ACCESS TO POLICE, 1319 00:53:40,584 --> 00:53:46,990 FIRE, GARBAGE PICKUP, ALL OF 1320 00:53:46,990 --> 00:53:48,091 THOSE REALLY IMPORTANT ACCESS 1321 00:53:48,091 --> 00:53:49,859 NEEDS. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR 1322 00:53:49,859 --> 00:53:50,126 QUESTION. 1323 00:53:50,126 --> 00:53:52,729 >> WE HAVE TIME FOR A FEW MORE. 1324 00:53:52,729 --> 00:53:57,400 >> THIS IS A QUESTION FOR CITY 1325 00:53:57,400 --> 00:53:58,068 ATTORNEY EVANS. MS. EVANS, YOU 1326 00:53:58,068 --> 00:54:02,138 HEARD COUNCILMEMBER BOB KETTLE 1327 00:54:02,138 --> 00:54:04,107 OFFER AN OLIVE BRANCH IN SOME 1328 00:54:04,107 --> 00:54:05,208 WAYS. WHAT CONCESSIONS OR 1329 00:54:05,208 --> 00:54:05,709 CHANGES WOULD YOU NEED 1330 00:54:05,709 --> 00:54:07,043 PROSECUTING ON THE SODA 1331 00:54:07,043 --> 00:54:09,045 ORDINANCE THAT IS ALREADY ON THE 1332 00:54:09,045 --> 00:54:09,279 BOOKS? 1333 00:54:09,279 --> 00:54:10,847 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, 1334 00:54:10,847 --> 00:54:12,782 JONATHAN. I WILL START BY SAYING 1335 00:54:12,782 --> 00:54:14,484 THAT SOAP AND SODA HAVE BEEN IN 1336 00:54:14,484 --> 00:54:17,654 ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE 1337 00:54:17,654 --> 00:54:19,956 FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND IF THEY 1338 00:54:19,956 --> 00:54:21,591 WERE EFFECTIVE, AURORA AND OTHER 1339 00:54:21,591 --> 00:54:25,028 AREAS OF SEATTLE INCLUDING 1340 00:54:25,028 --> 00:54:27,864 LITTLE SAIGON WOULD BE SAFE, AND 1341 00:54:27,864 --> 00:54:30,433 THEY'RE NOT. WHAT WE ARE 1342 00:54:30,433 --> 00:54:33,370 FOCUSED ON ARE POLICIES AND DATA 1343 00:54:33,370 --> 00:54:34,471 THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE. SOAP 1344 00:54:34,471 --> 00:54:35,872 ORDERS DON'T WORK. GETTING GUNS 1345 00:54:35,872 --> 00:54:38,875 OUT OF THE HANDS OF FOLKS THAT 1346 00:54:38,875 --> 00:54:42,379 ARE COMMITTING VIOLENCE IN OUR 1347 00:54:42,379 --> 00:54:44,214 NEIGHBORHOOD IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY 1348 00:54:44,214 --> 00:54:46,616 TO STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE. THAT 1349 00:54:46,616 --> 00:54:50,286 IS WHAT OUR OFFICE IS BEING LED 1350 00:54:50,286 --> 00:54:51,388 BY, TWO EXPERIENCED PROSECUTORS 1351 00:54:51,388 --> 00:54:54,424 MYSELF AND JENNA ROBERTSS WHO IS 1352 00:54:54,424 --> 00:54:57,060 HERE, MY CRIMINAL DIVISION CHIEF 1353 00:54:57,060 --> 00:55:03,500 HAS A COMBINED 20 YEARS OF 1354 00:55:03,500 --> 00:55:04,134 EXPERIENCED PROSECUTORS. THOSE 1355 00:55:04,134 --> 00:55:07,637 ARE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 1356 00:55:07,637 --> 00:55:09,306 THAT WE ARE LEADING IN. THANK 1357 00:55:09,306 --> 00:55:09,506 YOU. 1358 00:55:09,506 --> 00:55:10,206 >> LET'S WRAP IT UP NOW. 1359 00:55:10,206 --> 00:55:13,910 >> FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO 1360 00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:15,311 SAY THANK YOU. THESE ARE OUR 1361 00:55:15,311 --> 00:55:16,546 DAUGHTERS, OUR NIECES, OUR 1362 00:55:16,546 --> 00:55:18,581 SISTERS, A LOT OF TIMES, THAT 1363 00:55:18,581 --> 00:55:24,087 END UP HERE IN NORTH SEATTLE. SO 1364 00:55:24,087 --> 00:55:27,324 THANK YOU FOR BEING LOUD. THANK 1365 00:55:27,324 --> 00:55:28,792 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, FOR 1366 00:55:28,792 --> 00:55:29,292 LEADING THE CHARGE. WE 1367 00:55:29,292 --> 00:55:36,633 APPRECIATE THAT. SORRY FOR WHAT 1368 00:55:36,633 --> 00:55:37,801 YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THERE, AND 1369 00:55:37,801 --> 00:55:40,303 I WANT TO SAY HERE IN ALL 1370 00:55:40,303 --> 00:55:42,739 SINCERITY I HAVE NEVER SEEN A 1371 00:55:42,739 --> 00:55:44,474 CITY PULL TOGETHER LIKE THIS. WE 1372 00:55:44,474 --> 00:55:45,575 HAVE ALL THE LEGISLATIVE 1373 00:55:45,575 --> 00:55:47,243 BRANCHES, ALL HANDS ON DECK, 1374 00:55:47,243 --> 00:55:49,779 EVERYTHING TOGETHER, AND I JUST 1375 00:55:49,779 --> 00:55:52,215 WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 1376 00:55:52,215 --> 00:55:53,483 TODAY, TOMORROW, YOU LET US 1377 00:55:53,483 --> 00:55:58,388 KNOW, WHEN CAN WE SEE THIS AS 1378 00:55:58,388 --> 00:56:03,893 WELL IN THE SOUTH END OF SEATTLE 1379 00:56:03,893 --> 00:56:07,364 WITH WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE 1380 00:56:07,364 --> 00:56:08,932 BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT TAKES 1381 00:56:08,932 --> 00:56:09,566 ALL-CITY APPROACH FOR THAT. YOU 1382 00:56:09,566 --> 00:56:12,369 GUYS ARE NOW PROOF TODAY -- 1383 00:56:12,369 --> 00:56:13,903 NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE AND YOU 1384 00:56:13,903 --> 00:56:18,475 ARE THE LOW GUY -- AND I HAVE 1385 00:56:18,475 --> 00:56:20,410 NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. THIS IS 1386 00:56:20,410 --> 00:56:22,412 NOW POSSIBLE AND TELL US IN THE 1387 00:56:22,412 --> 00:56:23,446 CENTRAL DISTRICT AND IN SOUTH 1388 00:56:23,446 --> 00:56:25,081 SEATTLE THAT YOU CAN WORK 1389 00:56:25,081 --> 00:56:27,450 TOGETHER AND SOLVE THE ISSUE. I 1390 00:56:27,450 --> 00:56:30,153 DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN 1391 00:56:30,153 --> 00:56:31,020 BUT I HOPE IT HAPPENS SOON. 1392 00:56:31,020 --> 00:56:32,856 >> OKAY. SO LET ME -- THANK YOU 1393 00:56:32,856 --> 00:56:33,990 FOR THAT QUESTION. LET ME TELL 1394 00:56:33,990 --> 00:56:35,825 YOU THE FIRST REASON WHY YOU 1395 00:56:35,825 --> 00:56:39,562 HEAR A LOT OF PASSION WITH SOME 1396 00:56:39,562 --> 00:56:40,730 OF THE WOMEN THAT HAVE PRESENTED 1397 00:56:40,730 --> 00:56:42,065 TODAY. AN ARTICLE CAME OUT 1398 00:56:42,065 --> 00:56:43,600 YESTERDAY ABOUT 40% OF THE 1399 00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:50,874 WOMEN, THE CHILDREN THAT ARE 1400 00:56:50,874 --> 00:56:53,409 BEING TRAFFICKED IN OUR CITY ARE 1401 00:56:53,409 --> 00:56:54,344 BLACK WOMEN, 70%. AND THESE 1402 00:56:54,344 --> 00:56:56,212 STATS ARE BRINGING PASSION FROM 1403 00:56:56,212 --> 00:56:58,114 FOLKS UP HERE THAT LOOK LIKE US 1404 00:56:58,114 --> 00:56:59,783 BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE 1405 00:56:59,783 --> 00:57:01,584 SEEING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE 1406 00:57:01,584 --> 00:57:02,685 GIRLS ARE BROUGHT TO RAINIER 1407 00:57:02,685 --> 00:57:06,022 BEACH AND THEY ARE BROUGHT TO 1408 00:57:06,022 --> 00:57:08,858 THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. THEY ARE 1409 00:57:08,858 --> 00:57:11,327 ALL OVER THE COUNTY BROUGHT ON 1410 00:57:11,327 --> 00:57:11,995 AURORA, SOUTH KING COUNTY, 1411 00:57:11,995 --> 00:57:13,229 AUBURN, KENT, FEDERAL WAY, 1412 00:57:13,229 --> 00:57:14,330 BROUGHT TO AURORA FOR THIS 1413 00:57:14,330 --> 00:57:15,665 ACTIVITY. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE 1414 00:57:15,665 --> 00:57:22,972 A LOT OF THE PASSION THAT IS 1415 00:57:22,972 --> 00:57:24,407 BEHIND ME, AND SO -- OKAY. 1416 00:57:24,407 --> 00:57:26,743 EXACTLY. AND THEN THE SECOND -- 1417 00:57:26,743 --> 00:57:28,978 YOU DID. AND THAT'S WHY I SAID 1418 00:57:28,978 --> 00:57:31,181 TO CONVERGE. THE SECOND THING, 1419 00:57:31,181 --> 00:57:36,553 OMARI, I ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS 1420 00:57:36,553 --> 00:57:37,420 NOT JUST AN AURORA ISSUE. THIS 1421 00:57:37,420 --> 00:57:39,556 IS CENTRAL BEACH AND THE CENTRAL 1422 00:57:39,556 --> 00:57:42,292 DISTRICT AND I AM GOING TO MAKE 1423 00:57:42,292 --> 00:57:50,600 SURE THAT I AM ELEVATING RAINIER 1424 00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:57,507 BEACH, CENTRAL DISTRICT, ALL 1425 00:57:57,507 --> 00:58:00,577 THESE FOLKS WHO A COORDINATED 1426 00:58:00,577 --> 00:58:02,946 EFFORT. YOU ALL ARE SEEING IT ON 1427 00:58:02,946 --> 00:58:04,113 YOUR FRONT PORCH RIGHT NOW AND 1428 00:58:04,113 --> 00:58:06,149 THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE 1429 00:58:06,149 --> 00:58:08,885 SOUTH DISTRICT FOR YEARS AND 1430 00:58:08,885 --> 00:58:17,794 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 1431 00:58:17,794 --> 00:58:19,863 THAT AND I WILL LET 1432 00:58:19,863 --> 00:58:22,098 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ COMMENT. 1433 00:58:22,098 --> 00:58:24,367 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1434 00:58:24,367 --> 00:58:26,135 AND MAYOR. THIS CITY IS 800,000 1435 00:58:26,135 --> 00:58:27,637 PEOPLE AND WE REPRESENT ALL OF 1436 00:58:27,637 --> 00:58:31,207 US, NORTH AND SOUTH, NOT JUST 1437 00:58:31,207 --> 00:58:36,980 FOR THE BASE AND THE PEOPLE WHO 1438 00:58:36,980 --> 00:58:41,317 VOTED FOR US BUT THE WHOLE CITY, 1439 00:58:41,317 --> 00:58:42,886 THE WHOLE DAMN CITY. AND IF WE 1440 00:58:42,886 --> 00:58:48,424 HAVE BULLETS AND WE SEE IT MORE 1441 00:58:48,424 --> 00:58:58,134 AND MORE, WE WE KNOW IT IS TRACK 1442 00:58:58,134 --> 00:58:58,668 STARTS FROM BELLINGHAM TO 1443 00:58:58,668 --> 00:58:59,502 PULLMAN. AND MY FRIEND ERIKA AND 1444 00:58:59,502 --> 00:59:00,837 THE CITY ATTORNEY EVANS I WILL 1445 00:59:00,837 --> 00:59:02,338 SAY THIS BECAUSE IT'S THE 1446 00:59:02,338 --> 00:59:04,173 TRUTH. AS WOMEN OF COLOR AND 1447 00:59:04,173 --> 00:59:05,909 WORKING ON THE ISSUES AND HAVING 1448 00:59:05,909 --> 00:59:08,845 OUR SISTERS AND OUR AUNTIES AND 1449 00:59:08,845 --> 00:59:10,980 COUSINS LOST AND NO ONE GOES 1450 00:59:10,980 --> 00:59:16,286 LOOKING FOR THEM, AND WE ARE NOT 1451 00:59:16,286 --> 00:59:19,255 TALKING ABOUT ONLYFANS. WE ARE 1452 00:59:19,255 --> 00:59:23,493 NOT TALKING ABOUT CAM GIRLS. 1453 00:59:23,493 --> 00:59:25,495 THIS ISN'T AN EPISODE OF PRETTY 1454 00:59:25,495 --> 00:59:27,430 WOMAN. THIS IS 14 AND 1455 00:59:27,430 --> 00:59:28,364 15-YEAR-OLD BLACK AND BROWN 1456 00:59:28,364 --> 00:59:29,799 GIRLS SOLD. THE ROOT OF THAT IS 1457 00:59:29,799 --> 00:59:32,101 THE CHILDREN ARE A PRODUCT AND 1458 00:59:32,101 --> 00:59:34,737 WE KNOW WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS 1459 00:59:34,737 --> 00:59:36,039 DONE. IT'S MADE IT EASIER. SO 1460 00:59:36,039 --> 00:59:38,174 WE ARE CALLING ON THIS CITY TO 1461 00:59:38,174 --> 00:59:41,411 NOT JUST MAKE THIS -- YOU KNOW 1462 00:59:41,411 --> 00:59:45,448 ME. I AM NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A 1463 00:59:45,448 --> 00:59:47,583 BUNCH OF GOVERNMENT WORD SALAD. 1464 00:59:47,583 --> 00:59:49,419 IT'S BULL [ Bleep ]. IT'S TIME 1465 00:59:49,419 --> 00:59:52,455 THAT WE SAY THAT WOMEN, GIRLS 1466 00:59:52,455 --> 00:59:54,490 ARE VALUABLE AND WE'RE GOING TO 1467 00:59:54,490 --> 00:59:55,959 TO DEDICATE RESOURCES. IF THAT 1468 00:59:55,959 --> 00:59:59,963 MEANS CLOSING DOWN STREETS, AND 1469 00:59:59,963 --> 01:00:02,231 I'VE SEEN THIS CITY CLOSE DOWN 1470 01:00:02,231 --> 01:00:03,399 STREETS FOR BIKES, FOR 1471 01:00:03,399 --> 01:00:04,801 PEDESTRIANS, FOR THE PARK. I'VE 1472 01:00:04,801 --> 01:00:06,636 SEEN IT. I'VE SEEN ACTUAL 1473 01:00:06,636 --> 01:00:08,371 STREETS CLOSED OFF WITH A METAL 1474 01:00:08,371 --> 01:00:09,606 BARRIER LIKE YOU CAN'T CUT 1475 01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:12,275 THROUGH ANYMORE. THE NEIGHBORS 1476 01:00:12,275 --> 01:00:14,544 WERE UPSET THAT PEOPLE WERE 1477 01:00:14,544 --> 01:00:17,180 CUTTING THROUGH THE 1478 01:00:17,180 --> 01:00:23,619 NEIGHBORHOOD. I WATCHED SDOT PUT 1479 01:00:23,619 --> 01:00:28,124 UP BIKE LANES AND CURVES AND 1480 01:00:28,124 --> 01:00:28,758 CHANGE THE PARKING SITUATION. 1481 01:00:28,758 --> 01:00:29,392 THAT MAKES SENSE. YOU DON'T 1482 01:00:29,392 --> 01:00:31,494 WANT 18 RVs IN THE HOUSE AND 1483 01:00:31,494 --> 01:00:32,862 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, 1484 01:00:32,862 --> 01:00:36,032 OMARI, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. 1485 01:00:36,032 --> 01:00:38,434 WE ALL CARE ABOUT OUR CITY, AND 1486 01:00:38,434 --> 01:00:40,169 THIS IS AN ISSUE YOU CAN SLOW 1487 01:00:40,169 --> 01:00:41,437 THAT YOU VALUE US AND THAT'S 1488 01:00:41,437 --> 01:00:44,907 IMPORTANT AND AGAIN, I WANT TO 1489 01:00:44,907 --> 01:00:47,710 SAY IT AGAIN AND I'VE SAID IT 1490 01:00:47,710 --> 01:00:49,045 MANY TIMES IN COUNCIL MEETING. 1491 01:00:49,045 --> 01:00:51,280 YOU CAN TELL AND YOU CAN VALUE A 1492 01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:52,648 CITY, A GOVERNMENT A PEOPLE 1493 01:00:52,648 --> 01:00:56,519 ABOUT HOW THEY TREATMENT THEIR 1494 01:00:56,519 --> 01:00:57,186 WOMEN AND GIRLS. THAT'S RIGHT. 1495 01:00:57,186 --> 01:00:57,587 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 1496 01:01:02,925 --> 01:01:04,093 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 1497 01:01:04,093 --> 01:01:10,733 OMARI, I WANT TO AFFIRM THAT 1498 01:01:10,733 --> 01:01:14,404 EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 1499 01:01:14,404 --> 01:01:15,405 CITY THAT IS EXPERIENCING 1500 01:01:15,405 --> 01:01:16,639 CONSISTENT PUBLIC SAFETY 1501 01:01:16,639 --> 01:01:18,875 PROBLEMS DESERVES THIS LEVEL OF 1502 01:01:18,875 --> 01:01:20,076 COLLABORATION WITH OUR LEVELS OF 1503 01:01:20,076 --> 01:01:20,610 GOVERNMENT. WE ARE HERE 1504 01:01:20,610 --> 01:01:24,647 COMMITTING TO THIS AND IT'S UP 1505 01:01:24,647 --> 01:01:28,151 TO US TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND WE 1506 01:01:28,151 --> 01:01:29,018 WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND 1507 01:01:29,018 --> 01:01:31,587 RAINIER BEACH AND THE CENTRAL 1508 01:01:31,587 --> 01:01:35,291 DISTRICT AND I ALL THE 1509 01:01:35,291 --> 01:01:36,826 NEIGHBORHOODS. I WILL SAY THE 1510 01:01:36,826 --> 01:01:38,728 WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING, WE ARE 1511 01:01:38,728 --> 01:01:42,632 WORKING WITH THE COUNCILMEMBERS. 1512 01:01:42,632 --> 01:01:47,103 WE ARE WORKING WITH THE POLICE 1513 01:01:47,103 --> 01:01:47,770 DEPARTMENT. AND WE ARE COMMITTED 1514 01:01:47,770 --> 01:01:48,871 TO DOING THAT BETTER BECAUSE I 1515 01:01:48,871 --> 01:01:53,843 KNOW WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO. WE 1516 01:01:53,843 --> 01:01:59,715 ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO DO 1517 01:01:59,715 --> 01:02:01,384 THAT WORK, AND EVERY 1518 01:02:01,384 --> 01:02:02,618 NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES IT. 1519 01:02:02,618 --> 01:02:05,922 >> SOME OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS 1520 01:02:05,922 --> 01:02:08,224 TALKED ABOUT FIFA AND SEX 1521 01:02:08,224 --> 01:02:10,593 TRAFFICKING DURING FIFA AND YOU 1522 01:02:10,593 --> 01:02:11,928 TALKED PASSIONATELY ABOUT 1523 01:02:11,928 --> 01:02:12,662 PREVENTING THE TRAFFICKING OF 1524 01:02:12,662 --> 01:02:14,497 WOMEN AND GIRLS. MY QUESTION IS, 1525 01:02:14,497 --> 01:02:16,899 IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC EVIDENCE 1526 01:02:16,899 --> 01:02:20,470 THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO TO 1527 01:02:20,470 --> 01:02:28,644 AURORA AS OPPOSED TO GOING 1528 01:02:28,644 --> 01:02:31,114 ONLINE DURING FIFA? THERE WILL 1529 01:02:31,114 --> 01:02:33,583 BE A SPIKE SEX TRAFFICKING AND 1530 01:02:33,583 --> 01:02:34,383 WHAT IS BEING BEEN ABOUT THAT? 1531 01:02:34,383 --> 01:02:39,355 >> THIS MIGHT BE BETTER FOR THE 1532 01:02:39,355 --> 01:02:40,757 POLICE DEPARTMENT. I AM NOT 1533 01:02:40,757 --> 01:02:43,926 AWARE OF IT. BUT DO YOU WANT TO 1534 01:02:43,926 --> 01:02:44,160 SPEAK? 1535 01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:47,797 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM NICOLE 1536 01:02:47,797 --> 01:02:49,766 POWELL, ASSISTANT CHIEF. AND AS 1537 01:02:49,766 --> 01:02:54,904 YOU WERE SAYING FIFA, AND WE ARE 1538 01:02:54,904 --> 01:02:56,038 DOING SEVERAL APPLICATIONS IN 1539 01:02:56,038 --> 01:02:58,441 AURORA AND ONLINE AND I CAN'T 1540 01:02:58,441 --> 01:02:59,642 GET SPECIFIC BUT WE ARE 1541 01:02:59,642 --> 01:03:00,176 ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. 1542 01:03:00,176 --> 01:03:01,777 >>> SO SAD WE