Seattle City Council Videos
Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), chair of the Council's Sustainability and Renters Rights Committee, unveils renters' rights legislation. Sawant and community members describe plans to push the City Council to enact residential and commercial rent control, currently banned by state legislation. Sawant also unveils companion legislation to address the growing rent crisis for tenants and struggling small businesses, including requiring landlords to provide 180 days' notice for any rent increases and providing for landlord-paid economic eviction assistance for any tenant who is forced out of their home due to rent increases.
Speakers include:
Councilmember Kshama Sawant, City of Seattle
Shirley Henderson, small business owner
Reverend Dr. Robert Jeffrey, Sr., New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Jordan Van Voast, homeowner, nonprofit leader, parent, climate justice activist
Amzi Jeffs, union activist, renter
Joe Sugrue, union activist, renter
Castill Hightower, Black Lives Matter activist
Matt Maley, educator, union member, renter
Deyo Esquivel, indigenous community activist, renter
Renée Holmes, Central District renter
Raghav Kaushik, tech worker, homeowner, immigrant community activist
Star Willey. Starbucks worker, trans community activist, renter
Karla Esquivel, business owner
Kailyn Nicholson, Socialist Alternative member, parent, renter
