COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER, IT IS 2:02 P.M., WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ? >> COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE , COUNCILMEMBER RINCK , COUNCILMEMBER SAKA , COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS , COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? >> HERE. >> EIGHT PRESENT AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT, LET'S EXCUSE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK UNTIL SHE GETS HERE, THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY AND AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT, LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? >> WE HAVE 23 IN PERSON AND TWO REMOTE. >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET TWO MINUTES TODAY, CLERK I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO PRESENT THE INSTRUCTIONS AND I WILL CALL ON THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS. >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED, WE WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN IN-PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS, SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10-SECOND'S IS LEFT, THEIR MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT AND WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME, WE WILL CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR IN PERSON COMMENTERS. >> AND IT IS A TRADITION OF THIS BODY TO CALL ON EITHER CURRENT OF ACTIVE SPEAKERS OR FORMER, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT IS HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE WILL CALL UP SPEAKERS ONE BY ONE. FIRST PERSON AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE ARE JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FIRST UP WE HAVE KURAN, FOLLOWED BY YVETTE, AND THEN JUSTIN BAYER. >> HI, DOES THIS WORK? >> OKAY, YOU ARE GOOD. >> OKAY, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS IN PARTICULAR EDDIE LIN, OUR LOCAL COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO . WE, CLIFF AND I ARE SEATTLE RESIDENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE MASTER PLAN IS FOR WHEN ICE MOBILIZES TO OCCUPY OUR CITY, PLEASE BE PROACTIVE IN COORDINATING A UNIFIED AND POWERFUL COALITION TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS. WE WANT YOU TO BE IN A ROOM OR ZOOM CALL WITH OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR WILSON, CITY ATTORNEY EVANS, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIR KETTLE, POLICE CHIEF BARNES, GOVERNOR FERGUSON , AS WELL AS SENATORS MURRAY AND CANTWELL AND REPRESENTATIVE SMITH. DO NOT WAIT, DO NOT WAIT, DO IT THIS WEEK AS WE HAVE SEEN IN MINNEAPOLIS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS MOVING AT LIGHTNING SPEED. I.C.E. IS EXECUTING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS , VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR TO HUNT IMMIGRANTS. THEY ARE ESTABLISHING FASCIST RULE BEFORE OUR EYES. WE ARE IN THE NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES, WHEN HITLER CONSOLIDATED POWER BY ELIMINATING RESISTANCE TO HIS REGIME. TRUMP IS DOING THE SAME UNDER I.C.E. AND THEY WILL KILL US AND STRIP US OF OUR RIGHTS. IF WE DON'T ACT NOW, THIS MAY BE THE INFLECTION POINT OF NO RETURN. WHERE WE AS AMERICANS LOSE THE CHOICE TO FURTHER RESIST AND DEFEAT THIS REPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT. DO NOT WAIT. ACT NOW. >> THANK YOU, KAREN. MISS YVETTE, FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER DEAN. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CONGRATULATIONS, KUDOS TO DAN STRAUSS , WHO IS ALSO ON THE BOARD OF TRANSIT, SO YOU ARE A VERY BUSY GUY. [INDISCERNIBLE] SHE SAID SHE HAD NOTHING BUT HIGH REGARD FOR YOU, CONGRATULATIONS, I ALSO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. REGARDING, I SAW AN ARTICLE RECENTLY FROM THE SEATTLE CITY TIMES THAT IN 2024, THE PARK, THE STRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED BY HEAVY WIND AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT NOT GETTING IT REPAIRED UNTIL [INDISCERNIBLE] QUITE FRANKLY, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY MANY THINGS GOING ON, WE NEED TO GET THIS MOVING ALONG TO GET THE PROPER FUNDING, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ALSO, SINCE 2021, A COUNTY PURCHASE PROPERTY, WHICH IS SHOCKING PEOPLE, WAS PURCHASED [INDISCERNIBLE] SO WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT AS FAR AS GETTING THIS PAID FOR, LET'S GET THIS MOVING. AND ALSO, A SEAHAWKS FAN, HE HAS DONATED HIS ENTIRE 5 MILLION AND IS BUILDING A SERIES OF HOMELESS SUPPORT CENTERS, SURELY WE CAN MATCH WHAT HE IS DOING. AND I THINK LASTLY, I HAVE OTHER IDEAS [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU, FOLLOWING WE HAVE ALEXANDER DEAN, THEN JUSTIN FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW. >> HI ROB, HI ALEXIS, I HAD SOME PREPARED THING BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN ARE THE POLICE GOING TO DO THEIR JOB AND STOP ARRESTING MOTHER FUCKERS, CAN I GET A SHOW OF HANDS IN THE ROOMS, WHO HERE ACTUALLY LIKES THIS, I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS, WHO WOULD LIKE SOME BASIC ACCOUNTABILITY TO BE TAKEN ABOUT A VERY ACTIVE LARGE-SCALE VIOLENCE TARGETED SPECIFICALLY TO MINORITY COMMUNITIES, LIKE, ANYBODY WANT THAT? ANYBODY? YES, LIKE WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON, LIKE THEY NEED WARRANTS, THEY NEED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, THAT IS BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES, LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL, I KNOW I'M SWEARING A LOT BUT THIS IS REAL BULLSHIT, WE HAVE ARMED THUGS GRABBING PEOPLE OUT THE STREET, Y'ALL CAN TELL THE POLICE TO ENFORCE THE LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS, RIGHT, THAT IS ACTUALLY YOUR JOB AND THEIRS. LIKE, I DON'T GET IT, MAN, I AM GENUINELY VERY CONFUSED WHY NO ONE IS DOING THIS. HAS ANYBODY BEEN ON A CALL WITH THE SPD AND BEEN LIKE HEY, MAYBE CHECK THAT THEY HAVE A WARRANT AND IT'S NOT JUST SOME GUY IN A MASK, A WOMAN GOT ARRESTED, ABDUCTED IN NEW YORK BY SOME GUYS TENDING TO BE I.C.E. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING, THEY NEED TO BE CONFIRMING THIS STUFF AND THE ONLY WAY TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS ACTUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A BADGE AND WARRANTS, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE THERE FOR. IF THEY DON'T HAVE A BADGE OR WARRANT, IS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT? I'M SERIOUS, THIS IS A REAL QUESTION, CAN SOMEBODY ANSWER IT? IS IT STILL LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THEY VIOLATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE? >> THANK YOU MR. DEAN. NEXT WE HAVE JUSTIN FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW AND FOLLOWED BY SONIA. HELLO, JUSTIN. >> I'M JUSTIN, RESIDENT OF QUEEN ANNE AND A MEMBER OF RESIDENTS STRIKE BACK AND ALSO THE ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, TRUMPS I.C.E. AGENTS ARE MURDERING PEOPLE, MAYOR WILSON AND THE CITY COUNCIL COULD DECLARE TODAY THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS STOPPING ALL COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. , PERIOD. THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CREATE MUNICIPAL IDEAS TO HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESS SERVICES WITHOUT TRIGGERING I.C.E. BUT ALSO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS FROM ROUTINE STOPS ACCORDING TO THE IMMIGRATION CENTER, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CREATED AND FUNDED AND EXPANDED I.C.E. LIKE ADAM SMITH , HE ALSO SENT TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WEAPONS FROM THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA . IN SEATTLE, DEMOCRATS EXPANDED THE BUDGET AND ADDED THIS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SHUT THAT DOWN. WE NEED INDEPENDENT WORKING-CLASS LEADERS LIKE KSHAMA SAWANT WHO LED THE MOVEMENT TO LIMIT A BAN ON POLICE TO USE CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS IN 2020, THAT WAS LATER OVERTURNED BY DEMOCRATS ON THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, SHE HAS CALLED FOR SHUTTING DOWN I.C.E., THAT'S WHY I ELECTED HER . WE NEED MASS PROTEST AND STRIKE ACTIONS NATIONALLY, WE NEED STRIKES LIKE THE ONE JUST ANNOUNCED BY THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN MINNESOTA FOR JANUARY 3rd, I URGE THE LABOR COUNCIL TO ALSO CALL A STRIKE AND SHUT DOWN JANUARY 3rd AND MOBILIZE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF UNION MEMBERS, IF YOU ARE A UNION MEMBER AND EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT, MEMBERS CAN STRIKE BACK AND HELP US ORGANIZE. SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E., SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. >> THANK YOU, JUSTIN. NEXT WE HAVE MATTHEW FOLLOWED BY SONIA AND WILLOW. HELLO MATTHEW, WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. >> MY NAME IS MATTHEW, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK, AS JUSTIN SAID, I.C.E. AGENTS ARE TERRORIZING THE CITIES, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING GRABBED OFF THE STREET AND RIGHT NOW A PEACEFUL ACTIVIST WAS JUST MURDERED BY AGENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS, WE URGENTLY NEED MASS PROTESTS AND STRIKE ACTION NATIONALLY, WE NEED THE STRIKES LIKE THE ONE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN MINNESOTA FOR JANUARY 23rd. IF YOU ARE A RANK-AND-FILE UNION MEMBER AND EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT, JOIN US AND HELP US TO GET ORGANIZED. AS JUSTIN SAID THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL IS ALL DEMOCRATS, KATIE WILSON IS ALSO A DEMOCRAT, I SEE MULTIPLE ARTICLES ABOUT HOW THE NEW MAYOR AND THE CITY ARE PROGRESSING. IF THAT IS TRUE, YOU NEED TO SHOW THAT AN ACTION, NOT ABSTRACT PURPORTED POSTURING. MAYOR WILSON AND THE CITY COUNCIL COULD DO A LOT RIGHT NOW AND I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT JUSTIN JUST SAID, THE CITY COUNCIL COULD DECLARE TODAY THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS STOPPING ALL COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. , PERIOD. MAYOR WILSON AND THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CREATE MUNICIPAL I.D.S WHICH ARE LOCAL CARDS TO HELP IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESS SERVICES WITHOUT I.C.E., IT CAN HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS FROM ROUTINE STOPS, AS JUSTIN SAID ACCORDING TO THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. I.C.E. ROUTINELY USES DRIVER LOCATION DATA AND CAMERAS TO TRACK PEOPLE WITH THE HELP OF LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS. SEATTLE IS HUGE ON POLICE SURVEILLANCE WITH NEW CAMERAS AND A REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER RECENTLY BEING APPROVED BY THE FORMER MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL DESPITE OPPOSITION AND SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRIVACY AND MISUSE OF DATA. EVEN THOUGH THE KEEP WASHINGTON WORKING ACT PROHIBITS SHARING SURVEILLANCE DATA WITH I.C.E., THEY HAVE A SYSTEMATIC HISTORY OF GIVING DATA TO I.C.E. AND USING IT TO SPY ON POLITICAL GROUPS, THIS IS WHY I'M FIGHTING FOR CATHY MOORE INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN WHICH IS CALLING FOR SHUTTING DOWN I.C.E. >> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. >> NEXT WE HAVE SONIA FOLLOWED BY WILLOW, SAM WHITE AND MAGDALINA. >> HI, I'M SONIA, I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK, I'M TALKING TO ALL THE PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME. WE KNOW THIS CITY COUNCIL IS ALL DEMOCRATS AND THE MAYOR, KATIE WILSON IS A DEMOCRAT AND I KEEP SEEING HOW IN THE PAPERS HOW YOU ARE VERY PROGRESSIVE AND I WANT TO KNOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE PROGRESSIVE? ARE YOU GOING TO DO ACTION OR JUST YOU KNOW, SAY THINGS THAT SOUND GOOD? FOR EXAMPLE, AS HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, YOU CAN TAKE ACTION, YOU CAN DECLARE THE CITY IS STOPPING ALL COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. RIGHT NOW, PERIOD. AND TO MAYOR WILSON, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS TO YOU DIRECTLY, YOU CAN PUBLICLY PROHIBIT THE POLICE OR ANY CITY DEPARTMENT FROM SHARING ANY OF THE DATA YOU ARE GATHERING WITH I.C.E. THE THING IS, WORKING PEOPLE REALLY NEED THE LEADERSHIP AND THE FIGHT BACK THAT WE HAD WHEN KSHAMA SAWANT WAS IN OFFICE, FOR A DECADE SHE WON THE NATION'S HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGE AND TAX ON AMAZON, THE WEALTHIEST CORPORATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. HER OFFICE LED THE MOVEMENT TO WIN A HISTORIC FIRST EVER FAN OF POLICE, USE OF CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS IN 2020, UNFORTUNATELY A BAN THAT WAS OVERTURNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS HAVE FAILED TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST TRUMP , IN FACT SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL ATTEMPTED TO UNDERMINE OUR WORKERS MINIMUM WAGE VICTORY BACK IN 2024, AND TO UNDERMINE OTHER RIGHTS BY WORKING-CLASS RENTERS IN KSHAMA SAWANT'S OFFICE. WHAT WE NEED IS A NEW PARTY , THAT'S WHY I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE REPUBLICANS OR THE DEMOCRATS -- >> NO WORRIES, THANK YOU, SONIA. NEXT WE HAVE WILLOW, SAM WHITE AND MAGDALENA. >> WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS WILLOW, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK AND I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND WATCHING ONLINE ABOUT WHAT REALLY IS NEEDED TO FIGHT I.C.E. IN OUR COMMUNITIES, I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED, SOMEBODY ALREADY ASKED US TO DO A SHOW OF HANDS, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW IS HAPPY WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING AND EVERYONE IS HERE BECAUSE THEY SHARE THIS CONCERN AND I THINK IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST SAY THAT WE STAND WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY HAVE THESE BIG GESTURES OF SUPPORT. THERE IS CONCRETE ACTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR KATIE WILSON HAVE THE POWER TO DO AND TO ACT ON TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW AND I THINK ANYTHING SHORT OF THE KINDS OF ACTION THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN LISTED IS ABSOLUTELY AN ABDICATION OF DUTY AND FAILURE TO TAKE THAT STAND AND REALLY JUST PLAYS INTO THE HANDS OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE RIGHT WING IN THIS COUNTRY. SO, I THINK WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE JOINING WITH KSHAMA SAWANT , CALLING FOR GETTING ICE OUT OF THE COMMUNITIES, ABOLISHING I.C.E., SHUTTING DOWN THE DETENTION CENTERS AND I THINK THAT CONCRETELY, FIGHTING FOR YOU KNOW, PROHIBITING THE POLICE IN THE CITY FROM SHARING ANY DATA WITH I.C.E. FROM STOPPING THE USE OF THIS SURVEILLANCE DATA AND CAPTURING THIS INFORMATION ON CITIZENS, TO BE USED AGAINST PEOPLE. SO, IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO SAY WHEN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK. >> THANK YOU, WILLOW. NEXT WE HAVE SAM FOLLOWED BY MAGDALENA. HELLO, SAM, WELCOME. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> MY NAME IS SAM, I'M A RESIDENT IN SEATTLE AND I HAVE VOLUNTEERED WITH KSHAMA SAWANT'S CAMPAIGN, AND I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT IT IS NOT EMPTY TALK, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WHO ARE LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE VARIOUS CITIES, MANY OF WHOM ARE LED BY DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS TO SHOW IT'S NOT JUST TALK WHEN THEY SAY SHUT DOWN I.C.E. WHEN YOU HAVE JACOB FREI OF MINNEAPOLIS TELLING I.C.E. TO GET THE FUCK OUT, PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS CITY COUNCIL CAN BE DOING, I THINK THAT IS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT WORKING PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AND THE LEGACY OF KSHAMA SAWANT'S COUNSEL OFFICE, THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A WAVE OF THESE PROTESTS AND IT'S NOT JUST SAYING THE SLOGANS BUT MOBILIZING WORKING PEOPLE, I THINK EVERYBODY WHO IS COMING OUT TODAY AND PARTICIPATING, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, WORKING PEOPLE TO ORGANIZE AND FIGHT FOR THINGS LIKE THE BAN ON CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS, IF YOU ARE PROGRESSIVE, YOU NEED TO SHOW IN ACTION YOU ARE FIGHTING TO STOP THE COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. , IT IS ONE THING TO SAY IT AND ANOTHER THING TO SHOW RESISTANCE. SO I ECHO THE CALL THAT MAYOR WILSON AND THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY SHOULD DECLARE TODAY THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS STOPPING ALL COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. , PERIOD, TO STOP USING THESE LOCAL SURVEILLANCE DATABASES, TO STOP ANY SORT OF ILLUSION THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE'S WELL INTENTIONED PROGRESSIVES IN THE CITY COUNCIL, THERE SHOULD BE NO TRACKING OF DRIVER LOCATION DATA, OF USING THESE CAMERAS TO TRACK PEOPLE, TO HAND THAT INFORMATION OVER TO THE SAME POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE HAD PROTEST MOVEMENTS TIME AND TIME AGAIN SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT NOW. >> THANK YOU, SAM. I UNDERSTAND, AND WE ALL AGREE AS WELL. THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON THAT DISAGREES, NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AFTER THE STATEMENTS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, SO I HEAR YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MAGDALENA. YOU ARE GOOD, THANK YOU MR. DEAN, MAGDALENA, WELCOME. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS MAGDALENA, I'M FROM CAPITOL HILL AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD. REGARDING I.C.E., I REMIND THIS BODY THAT HELL IS HOT, ICE MELTS, ALL COPS ARE FESTERS AND NO ONE IS ILLEGAL ON STOLEN LAND, YOU HAVE A DUTY TO RETURN AS MUCH OF THIS LAND TO THE NATION AS POSSIBLE AND HISTORY WILL JUDGE YOU ON YOUR CAPACITY TO DO SO AND TO BE GOOD ALLIES AND NEIGHBORS TO THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE BECAUSE AFTER AMERICA IS LONG GONE, THE NATION WILL STILL BE HERE. REGARDING VETERANS IN THE CITY, WE ARE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND A NATIONAL VA AND ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES HAVE ABANDONED US AND ARE RUN BY FASCISTS. OUR DOCTORS AND VETERANS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED, YOU MUST ADVOCATE FOR MORE MENTAL RESOURCES, MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR SEATTLE'S VETERANS. THIS COMMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LEFT WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, UNFORTUNATELY I RECEIVED A TRANSFER PICK HATE SPEECH FROM AN EMPLOYEE NAMED SHELLEY. THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE AND MUST BE DEALT WITH. I WALKED HERE ALONE, NEXT TIME I WILL WALK HERE WITH 20 TRANS WOMEN, TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT I WILL WALK HERE WITH 100 TRANS WOMEN, TRANSPHOBIA WILL NOT BE TOLERATED FROM ANY OF YOU OR SOCIALIST FEMINIZATION, WE BROUGHT YOU HERE AND WE WILL PUT YOU BACK INTO PRIVATE LIFE. PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS DO NOT HAVE THE CONVENIENCE OF ASTRO TURF INC. OR LARGE DOLLAR DONATIONS AND THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR COMMENTARY AND TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE LIKE ME IS UNCONSCIONABLE AND IS A BETRAYAL OF THE CLASS INTEREST OF PEOPLE WHO ELECTED KATIE WILSON. SO I EXPECT KATIE WILSON TO DO WHAT SHE CAN TO OPEN UP THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND I EXPECT THE REST OF YOU TO FIGHT FOR VETERANS AND TRANS PEOPLE IN THE CITY OR ELSE. >> THANK YOU MAGDALENA, NEXT WE HAVE LONG FOLLOWED BY JASON. AND JUST ONE SECOND, YOUR TIME WON'T START UNTIL I SAY OTHER PEOPLE'S NAMES, JASON, GWENDOLYN. WELCOME. >> I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK, DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED TO FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP. IN FACT, DEMOCRATS HAVE AIDED AND VETTED TRUMP 115 DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S. HOUSE INCLUDING WARMONGERING AND GENOCIDAL DEMOCRAT ADAM SMITH JUST VOTED TO AUTHORIZE OVER $900 BILLION IN U.S. SPENDING ON WEAPONS AND WAR. ADAM SMITH, MARIA CANTWELL, PATTY MURRAY ALL VOTED TO CREATE I.C.E. AND REPEATEDLY VOTED TO FUND I.C.E., ALSO VOTING FOR TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA, ADAM SMITH HAS BANKROLLED THE DYSTOPIAN CORPORATION THAT CONTRACTS WITH I.C.E. , SMITH AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR TRUMP'S ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS AND WORKING PEOPLE. THIS IS WHY I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH KSHAMA SAWANT'S INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST WAR CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS AGAINST ADAM SMITH, SHE IS CAMPAIGNING TO STOP ALL DEPORTATIONS AND SHUT DOWN I.C.E. , INCLUDING THE U.S. ATTACKS ON VENEZUELA, TO END ALL U.S. MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL, SHE IS FIGHTING FOR FREE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL BY TAXING THE RICH AND CANCELING STUDENT MEDICAL DEBT, WE NEED TO SEND THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST TO CONGRESS AND TURN POLITICS ON HIS HEAD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ELECT KSHAMA SAWANT FOR U.S. CONGRESS. ALL OF THIS RIGHT NOW IN MINNESOTA, LEADERS FROM UNIONS, FAITH GROUPS, COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE LEADING THE FIGHT FOR A MASSIVE STRIKE ACTION IN MINNESOTA AND I THINK THAT LEADERS IN THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD FOLLOW IN THAT LEAD AS WELL. WE NEED TO SHUT THINGS DOWN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BILLIONAIRES ARE TERRIFIED OF US WORKING PEOPLE, WE NEED TO CALL ON STRIKE ACTION AND ORGANIZE FOR A MASS WORKING-CLASS PARTY. AND THAT IS WHY I'M WITH KSHAMA SAWANT'S CAMPAIGN, STOP THE DEPORTATION, SHUT DOWN I.C.E., STOP THE DEPORTATION, SHUT DOWN I.C.E. , STOP THE DEPORTATION, SHUT DOWN I.C.E. >> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE JASON FOLLOWED BY GWENDOLYN AND ROBERT. WELCOME, JASON. >> MY NAME IS JASON AND I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK AND A VOLUNTEER FOR THE INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. CONGRESS, I.C.E. IS TERRORIZING OUR CITIES, THEY ARE KIDNAPPING OUR FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY BRUTALLY MURDERED RENE GOOD, A PEACEFUL MOTHER JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO, THE MAYOR OF SEATTLE, KATIE WILSON AS OTHER PEOPLE UPSET IS ALSO DEMOCRAT AND CALLS HERSELF A PROGRESSIVE. MANY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CALL THEMSELVES PROGRESSIVE BUT WHAT THE FUCK IS PROGRESSIVE ABOUT HELPING I.C.E., YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNSEL AGREES WITH THAT BUT IF YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAID, THIS TRANSIT WOULD HAVE CUT I.C.E. OUT OF THIS CITY. LAST YEAR WHEN THE RAIDS STARTED, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE DEPORTATIONS AND YET INSTEAD OF THAT, IN 2024, JULIE HOLLINGSWORTH IS THE ONE WHO PUT THE ATTACK ON MINIMUM WAGE, THERE WAS ONE ON WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, THEY TRIED TO CREATE A SUB MINIMUM WAGE FOR 2000 WORKERS IN THIS CITY, AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, WILSON AND THE CITY COUNCIL CAN IMMEDIATELY STOP COOPERATION WITH I.C.E. AGENTS, THEY CAN HAUL ANY USE OF SPD RESOURCES, SURVEILLANCE, ET CETERA FOR I.C.E. RATES, SO IMMIGRANTS CAN ACCESS CITY RESOURCES, MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY CAN BE USING THEIR OFFICES AND PLATFORMS TO START TO BUILD THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT THAT IS NEEDED TO SHUT DOWN I.C.E. AND THE DETENTION CENTERS, THEY SHOULD BE CALLING FOR MASS STRIKE ACTION IN THE CITY AND NATIONALLY, WE URGENTLY NEED STRIKE ACTION, WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED. THE CITY COUNCILMEMBER SHOULD BE CALLING FOR THE SAME THING IN SEATTLE, WE SHOULD BE SHUTTING THE CITY DOWN AND MAKING SEATTLE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO NATIONALLY AND WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE DOING. STOP DEPORTATIONS, SHUT DOWN I.C.E., STOP THE DEPORTATIONS, SHUT DOWN I.C.E. WHEN IMMIGRANTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND-UP, FIGHT BACK. >> THANK YOU, JASON. NEXT WE HAVE GWENDOLYN FOLLOWED BY ROBERT AND OLIVE LACEY. >> I'M GWENDOLYN, I ALREADY HEARD PEOPLE TALK TODAY ABOUT WHAT STEPS CITY AND COUNSEL MAYOR SHOULD BE TAKEN, SO WHAT SHOULD WORKING PEOPLE DO ABOUT THIS OURSELVES? IN MINNESOTA, RENE GOOD WAS KILLED, WE NEED MORE OF THIS TYPE OF ACTION AND WE NEED MASS PROTEST AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE DEPORTATION MACHINE AND SHUT DOWN I.C.E. , I CALL ON MLK LABOR COUNSEL TO TURN OUT THOUSANDS OF UNION MEMBERS ON THE 23rd AS WELL AND LABOR LEADERS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING THIS BACK WHEN A UNION MEMBER WAS ABDUCTED BY I.C.E. AND WORKING PEOPLE, WE CARE FOR OURSELVES IN THE MERCY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THAT IS WHY I'M ON KSHAMA SAWANT'S CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS, YEAR AFTER YEAR, TO CREATED AND EXPAND IT, 1500 HOUSE DEMOCRATS JUST VOTED TO APPROVE A $900 BILLION WAR BUDGET INCLUDING OUR OPPONENT, ADAM SMITH, THAT FUNDED THE COUP IN VENEZUELA, I'M GLAD THE CITY COUNCIL SAYS THEY AGREED THAT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL ATTACKED MINIMUM WAGE AND ATTACKED OUR RENTERS RIGHTS AND FAILED , WORKING PEOPLE REMEMBER THOSE ATTACKS, REMEMBER WHO WAS BEHIND THEM, WILL REMEMBER WHAT YOU DO OR DON'T DO TODAY. WHEN WORKING PEOPLE ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND-UP, FIGHT BACK. >> WHEN IMMIGRANTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND-UP, FIGHT BACK. >> I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT NOW . I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT NOW. >> SOLIDARITY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GWENDOLYN, NEXT WE HAVE ROBERT, THEN FOLLOWED BY OLIVE, AND JONATHAN. HELLO ROBERT. >> I'M ROBERT ENGEL, I'M A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE ALLIANCE AGAINST RACISM AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, I WAS BORN IN THE CITY AND RAISED IN THE CITY, I LOVE THIS CITY AND I LOVE THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED TO SEE A NEW MORE PROGRESSIVE COUNSEL. WE WANT TO THANK THE COUNCILMEMBER, ALEXIS RINCK'S OFFICE FOR OPEN OPPOSITION TO THESE TERRORIST I.C.E. ATTACKS ON OUR PEOPLE . WE THINK OUR OPEN LETTER IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL, WE ARE ASKING THAT ALL COUNCILMEMBERS SIGN ONTO THE LETTER IMMEDIATELY AND WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION LAST MAY, WE ARE REAFFIRMING THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR STATUS AS A WELCOMING CITY. I THINK THAT COULD BE STRONGER. I THINK WE COULD REAFFIRM THAT POSITION AT THE VERY LEAST AND WE CERTAINLY NEED VOCAL SUPPORT TO THESE DEMANDS, IF WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT HERE, WE FIND OUR DEMANDS PRETTY UNCONTROVERSIAL, AND WE THINK WE ARE PAST TIME FOR A WELCOMING CITY, WE DON'T WELCOME I.C.E. AGENTS IN OUR CITY, WE WANT SAFETY FOR OUR PEOPLE, WE WANT JUSTICE FOR RENE NICOLE GOOD AND IT LOOKS LIKE I.C.E. OUT OF THE CITY FOR GOOD. I.C.E. OUT NOW , I.C.E. OUT NOW, I.C.E. OUT NOW , I.C.E. OUT NOW THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ROBERT. NEXT WE HAVE OLIVE FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN AND CLEO, HOPEFULLY I SAID YOUR NAME CORRECTLY, NO DISRESPECT. I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT BAD AT READING HANDWRITING. OLIVE, JONATHAN, CLEO, FOLLOWED BY KEVIN AND FORMER COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT AND BRETT. ANY MICROPHONE IS GOOD, WELCOME. >> MY NAME IS OLIVE AND I'M AN ORGANIZER IN SEATTLE, LAST TIME I WAS HERE I WAS WITH MY ORGANIZATION, THE SEATTLE ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, I'M HERE AGAIN WITH THE SEATTLE ALLIANCE, THIS TIME DEMANDING I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE , I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE . THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A WELCOMING CITY, THERE IS NOTHING LESS WELCOMING THAN HAVING THEM HITTING UP YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, YOUR FRIENDS, UNDER THE GUISE OF KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE FROM CRIMINALS, THE REAL CRIMINALS ARE THE ONES ABDUCTING, ASSAULTING AND MURDERING OUR NEIGHBORS, WE JUST WANT TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN PEACE. THIS IS SO WRONG. WE NEED I.C.E. OUT OF OUR CITY. I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE . >> I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE . >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, OLIVE. NEXT WE HAVE JONATHAN FOLLOWED BY CLEO AND KEVIN. JONATHAN, CLEO, KEVIN. WELCOME, JONATHAN. >> EITHER MICROPHONE WORKS, WHATEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. >> MY NAME IS JONATHAN. I'M THE BRANCH CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, AND LAST NIGHT WE SENT AN EMAIL, IT LAID OUT A NUMBER OF THINGS AND THEY WERE ALL CENTERED AROUND ONE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT, HOW WE KEEP THE STREETS OF SEATTLE SAFE FROM I.C.E. WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE START BUT WHAT I HAD EXPECTED WAS TO SEE THAT ALL OF THESE COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD HAVE REPLIED TO THIS EMAIL, IT IS YOUR JOB, IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE ASK OF YOU. AND TO MY SURPRISE, THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD REPLIED WAS ALEXIS MERCEDES RINCK, SO TO HER UNTHANKFUL AND TO THE OTHERS I SAY WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHILE OUR STREETS ARE BEING TERRORIZED, YOU ARE HERE IN CITY COUNCIL AND WE HEAR NOTHING FROM YOU, I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW OF THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE AND I SAID AS WELL THAT THEY NEED TO GO VISIT THE VIGIL OF CHRISTIAN NELSON BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM THERE. THEY STAND HERE AND THEY DO NOT INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THE COMMUNITY. AND IN THAT EMAIL WE DEMANDED THAT YOU DEFEND SANCTUARY CITIES AND YOU AND ICE RAIDS IN THE CITY AND HE STOPPED I.C.E. AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES AND WE WANT I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE AND FOR THAT WE WANT YOU TO SIGN ONTO THIS LETTER THAT WE SENT FOR YOU TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND WE DEMAND TO HAVE A MEETING ABOUT WHAT STEPS WE WILL BE TAKING RIGHT AWAY TO KEEP I.C.E. OFF THE STREETS OF THE CITY. AND THE NEXT WORDS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT ARE NOT, WHAT ARE YOUR AVAILABILITY FOR MEETING TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE . >> THANK YOU, JONATHAN, NEXT WE HAVE CLEO FOLLOWED BY KEVIN AND FORMER COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS CLEO, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, LIKE OTHERS WE HAVE SENT AN EMAIL LAST NIGHT TO EVERY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL ASKING YOU ALL TO IMMEDIATELY SIGN ON TO OUR DEMANDS TO STOP I.C.E. AND AND ALL COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. INCLUDING IMMEDIATELY REMOVING THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT WERE INSTALLED SO THAT FEDERAL AGENTS CANNOT USE THEM AND I.C.E. AGENTS CANNOT USE THEM BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT I.C.E. DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE LAW , SO ANY SURVEILLANCE THAT IS BEING USED AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE, WE HAVE TO ASSUME I.C.E. WILL BE USING AGAINST OUR IMMIGRANT FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND COWORKERS AND THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL CAN DO MORE AND MUST DO MORE AND YOU HAVE SEEN THAT YOUR CITY WANTS YOU TO DO MORE, MASS MOBILIZATIONS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AROUND SEATTLE SINCE RENE GOOD WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN COLD BLOOD ON JANUARY 7th AND SHE IS ONE OF MANY, MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN SEATTLE AND TACOMA AT THE NORTHWEST DETENTION CENTER WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED AND HAVE DIED IN CUSTODY AT THE HANDS OF I.C.E. , ICE IS ESCALATING THEIR ATTACKS AND THAT MEANS WE MUST ESCALATE THE FIGHT BACK AND WE ARE LOOKING TO YOU ALL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE TO HELP US LEAD THAT CHARGE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE LEADING THAT CHARGE AND YOU ALL NEED TO MEET US WHERE WE ARE AND TO DEMAND THAT I.C.E. STOPS KILLING US, KILLING OUR NEIGHBORS . YOU CAN DO THAT, WE NEED YOU TO SIGN ONTO THAT LETTER NOW, DO ACTIONABLE THINGS RIGHT NOW AND STOP COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE, I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE , I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE KEVIN, FOLLOWED BY FORMER COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT . HELLO, YOU ARE GOOD. ANYTIME YOU START, THE TIME WILL START, TAKE YOUR TIME. GO AHEAD. >> HELLO, OKAY, HELLO MY NAME IS KEVIN ROSEWOOD AND I'M A TEACHER AND ALREADY AT MY JOB IT IS MY MAIN CONCERN TO KEEP THE CHILDREN THAT I TEACH SAFE AND I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO KEEP THEM SAFE FROM LOCKDOWNS IN THE PAST YEARS THAT I'VE HAD TO WORK, AT THE PLACE I WORK WITH, AND WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW WITH I.C.E. COMING INTO OUR CITY AND TERRORIZING US , THAT'S JUST MORE ON MY PLATE AND WITH YOU CLAIMING THAT WE ARE A SANCTUARY CITY, I FIND THAT'S JUST LIP SERVICE WITH I.C.E. COMING IN AND TAKING PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY, DESPITE YOU SAYING WE ARE A SANCTUARY CITY. I WORK WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL SORTS OF BACKGROUNDS AND I HAVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FROM ALL SORTS OF BACKGROUNDS AND I'M TIRED OF LIVING IN FEAR THAT ONE DAY MY CLASSROOM IS JUST GOING TO BE RATED AND I'M TIRED OF LIVING IN FEAR AND I'M WAITING FOR YOU GUYS TO LIVE UP TO YOUR PROMISE THAT WE ARE A SANCTUARY CITY. SO, WE WANT SAFETY, WE'LL TELL YOU HOW, DEFEND OUR SANCTUARY CITY NOW, WE WANT SAFETY, WE WILL TELL YOU HOW, DEFEND OUR SANCTUARY CITY NOW. WE WANT SAFETY, WE WILL TELL YOU HOW. THANK YOU. >> WELCOME. >> TRUMPS I.C.E. AGENTS ARE TERRORIZING OUR CITIES, THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE BEING GRABBED OFF THE STREETS AND NOW PEACEFUL ACTIVIST AND MOTHER RENE GOOD WAS JUST MURDERED IN MINNEAPOLIS, A VIOLENT COUP HAS HAPPENED AGAINST VENEZUELA AND GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, WE NEED MASS PROTEST AND STRIKE ACTION URGENTLY, I URGE THE LABOR COUNCIL LEADERSHIP TO CALL A PROTEST JOINTLY WITH THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN MINNEAPOLIS WHO HAVE ORGANIZED A STRIKE ACTION, STATEWIDE STRIKE ON JANUARY 23rd. THE BITTER TRUTH HOWEVER IS THAT THE LABOR LEADERSHIP HAS MOSTLY UTTERLY FAILED TO LEAD ANY STRUGGLE, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS MASSIVE HUNGER AMONG MILLIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE, TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST TRUMP AND THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS, WHETHER IT IS SHUTTING DOWN I.C.E., STOPPING THE ATTACKS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS , TO END THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA, TO TAX BILLIONAIRES, TO BRING ABOUT UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORKING CLASS IS STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THESE ISSUES YET NO LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN PROVIDED, WHY? IT'S BECAUSE THE LABOR LEADERSHIP IN AMERICA IS TIED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS NOT A FOREGONE LESSER EVIL, IT IS ALONG WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ONE OF THE TWO MOST POWERFUL PARTIES OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM. AND THE REASON THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED TO FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP IS BECAUSE THEY ALSO REPRESENT THE AGENDA OF WALL STREET AND WAR, AND DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THINKING LOCAL DEMOCRATS ARE ANY DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME PARTY IN THE SAME AGENDA, THAT IS WHY I'M RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT ANTIWAR WORKING-CLASS SOCIALIST FOR U.S. CONGRESS, MY OPPONENT ADAM SMITH IS BACKED BY PEOPLE LIKE ALEXANDER -- THESE ARE THE WONDERFUL GUYS THAT ADAM SMITH IS BANKROLLED BY, I HAVE PLEDGED, IF I'M ELECTED -- [INDISCERNIBLE] AND IMMEDIATELY LAUNCH A MASSIVE CAMPAIGN AND MOVEMENT TO SHUT DOWN I.C.E. AND WORK FOR FREE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL [INDISCERNIBLE] DOWN WITH THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, WE NEED A PARTY FOR THE WORKING CLASS. >> WE NEED A PARTY FOR THE WORKING CLASS. >> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE MR. HOWARD GILL FOLLOWED BY M. SMITH, GOOD TO SEE YOU, HELLO MR. HOWARD GILL. I'M SERIOUS, IT IS GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE. >> I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH FOR BEING GRACIOUS WITH THE TIME AND ALSO BEING GRACIOUS WITH RESPECTING THE PEOPLE, SO THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH, I MADE A LOT OF COMMENTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY THIS MORNING AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, I DO WANT TO REITERATE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID. WHAT IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT ONLY ASK SPD OFFICERS [INDISCERNIBLE] AFFIRMATIVELY HELP PEOPLE FACING FIRST AND FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS, IF NOT EVEN A QUESTION OF IMMIGRANTS, IT'S A QUESTION OF ANYONE AT THIS POINT. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SEATTLEITES ARE UNDER THREAT AND ATTACK. I WANT TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO. IN THE SOUTH, A RIGHT-WING YOUTUBER WENT KNOCKING ON DOORS OF SOMALI DAY CARES PANICKING AND THREATENING PEOPLE. HERE'S THE POINT, WHEN THE POLICE SHOWED UP, THEY ACTUALLY SAID HEY DUDE, REALLY LIKE YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, WHEN A SOMALI MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TOLD THE POLICE THAT A GUN WAS SHOWN IN DISPLAY AS AN ACT OF INTIMIDATION AND THE POLICE ASKED THE RIGHT WING PROVOCATEUR ABOUT THAT, HE CLAIMED HE SIMPLY LEANED BACK REVEALING HIS GUN. AND THE POLICE EXCEPTED THAT THAT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO . IN SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE A LOT OF VIDEOS ONLINE, WHEN THE SAME PROVOCATEUR WAS IN SEATTLE AND PEOPLE WERE FEARFUL THAT HE WAS AN I.C.E. AGENT, WHAT WAS THE POLICE RESPONSE ? TO SIMPLY SAY I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT, THESE ARE ON YOUTUBE RIGHT NOW. SO FOR MY 60 SECONDS LEFT, THE DEMOCRATS OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED A RESOLUTION TO DEMAND POLICE TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM FIRST AND FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS, EVERY ONE OF YOU GOT THAT RESOLUTION FOUR MONTHS AGO. IT NEEDS TO BE ACTED UPON AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU MR. GILL. THANK YOU, MR. GILL. BEFORE, I ACTUALLY SKIPPED OVER BARRETT, I APOLOGIZE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T CALL YOUR NAME. BENNETT, I'M SORRY, BENNETT. YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M STUPID, AND I AM STUPID BECAUSE I CALLED YOU THE WRONG NAME. I'M SORRY. I KNEW YOU NAME WAS BENNETT, WELCOME. >> I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS, IS THAT ME? OKAY, HERE WE ARE. SO IN ADDITION TO REITERATING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID ABOUT GETTING I.C.E. THE HELL OUT OF SEATTLE, ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE A NUMBER OF EXTREME RIGHT WING ANTI-LGBT GROUPS APPLYING FOR PERMITS TO HOLD CONCERTS AND RALLIES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. TO BE CLEAR, THEY DO HAVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO RESERVE A SPOT TO HAVE THEIR VIEWS EXPRESSED, I FIND THEIR VIEWS IMPORTANT AND TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE NOT FRIENDLY PEOPLE DUCHESSES HAPPEN TO HAVE MILD LGBT VIEWS, THE RALLY WAS CALLED HANDS OFF OUR KIDS, ACCUSING TRANS PEOPLE OF BEING CHILD MOLESTERS, WHAT THEY STAND FOR IS APPALLING, THEY DO HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO BOOK PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR EVENTS HOWEVER, THE ARRESTS AND THE CLASHES THAT WERE CAUSED LAST YEAR WERE BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY DID NOT WANT PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ALIGNED WITH THEIR BELIEFS TO COME TO THE EVENT AND DOCUMENT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. SEVERAL OF THEM WERE, I THOUGHT, I'M NOT GOING TO START FIGHTS WITH THEM BUT I WANT IT ON PUBLIC RECORD WHAT THEY ARE SAYING AT THESE RALLIES, I WANT TO GO RECORD AND THEY WERE SAYING NO. AND THE SPD OFFICERS ON HAND SAID WE ARE JUST GOING TO DO WHAT THE PEOPLE ORGANIZING THIS GATHERING TELL US. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE, THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID IF IT IS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, ANYBODY THAT IS NOT STARTING VIOLENCE IS ALLOWED TO GO AND RECORD WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. AND THE ONE EVENT THAT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH, THE THIRD ONE, THEY FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT, THEY SAID OKAY, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN AREA RIGHT HERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN PROTEST, IF YOU ALSO WANT TO GO TO THE EVENT AND RECORD, YOU COULD DO THAT, THAT WAS THE EVENT THAT WENT OFF WITHOUT ANY ARRESTS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO DO PROTEST AND REPORT WHAT WAS GOING ON. I THINK THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE AS FAR AS CONSIDERING WHAT THEY STAND FOR, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROCESS IT BECAUSE IF THEY WANT TO REGULATE WHAT WE DO IN THE SACK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> STAND-UP, FIGHT BACK. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> NEXT WE HAVE M, THEN M MURPHY, THEN SUMMER. WELCOME. >> I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK IN SEATTLE, WE NEED TO DRIVE I.C.E. OUT OF OUR CITIES AND STOP THESE DEPORTATIONS, WE URGENTLY NEED STRIKE ACTION TO SHUT DOWN I.C.E. AND STOP THE DEPORTATIONS, DRIVE THEM OUT OF SEATTLE, KSHAMA SAWANT HAS BEEN CALLING FOR THIS, WHICH DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL ARE USING THEIR OFFICES TO CALL FOR PROTESTS WHICH ON THIS TREND ZERO ARE CALLING -- TREND ZERO WHICH ONE OF YOU HAVE ENDORSED THE CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS, IF YOU AREN'T WILLING TO FIGHT AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IF YOU AREN'T WILLING TO FIGHT AGAINST PRO-GENOCIDE DEMOCRATS LIKE ADAM SMITH WHO VOTED TO CREATE I.C.E. , WE ARE NEVER GOING TO STOP THESE DEPORTATIONS AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, WE NEED WORKING PEOPLE HERE TO GET ORGANIZED TOGETHER TO DO THIS TO PUT MASS PRESSURE ON THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO FORCE THEM TO CHANGE BECAUSE THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO DO THIS ON THEIR OWN. WE SHOULD HAVE STRIKE ACTION MONTHS AGO WHEN THE GENOCIDE ACTIVISTS WERE ABDUCTED BY I.C.E. , WE NEED STRIKES LIKE THE ONE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN MINNESOTA FOR JANUARY 23rd AND WE NEED TO GET ORGANIZED. IF YOU ARE A RANK-AND-FILE UNION MEMBER, OR EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT, JOIN WORKERS STRIKE BACK AND HELP US GET ORGANIZED. WE ARE SEEING A TAX ON ALL OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES AND THE SOMALI COMMUNITY HAS FACED VICIOUS ATTACKS FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE RIGHT WING, KSHAMA SAWANT'S CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS ARE HOLDING A MEETING IN SOLIDARITY THIS SUNDAY AT 7:00 P.M., GET IN TOUCH WITH US, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT MEETING TO GET ORGANIZED URGENTLY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THIS. BUT WE HAVE TO GET ORGANIZED INDEPENDENTLY OF THESE TWO CORPORATE PARTIES OF WHICH HAVE BUILT THIS DEPORTATION MACHINE, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BUILT THIS WAR MACHINE AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT BACK AND BUILD A MOVEMENT TO WIN THESE DEMANDS WE ARE FIGHTING FOR. IT IS THE BARE MINIMUM THAT THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM INTERRUPTING. WELCOME. >> I'M MURPHY AND I THINK ALL FUNDING FOR I.C.E. NEEDS TO BE ENDED, I REMEMBER LEARNING ABOUT I.C.E. IN THE EARLY 2000'S, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 06 , I WAS WONDERING WHY AREN'T PEOPLE ORGANIZING NOW BECAUSE OF THE DEGREE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE INHUMANITY OF SNATCHING CHILDREN UP FROM THEIR PARENTS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO SCHOOL, THEY WERE BEING DROPPED OFF. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT CRIMINALS, THE CRIMINALS ARE I.C.E., THE WAY THEY THINK , THE WAY THE U.S. MILITARY THINKS IS CRIMINAL AND ALL THAT MONEY AND RESOURCES COULD GO TO FUNDING EDUCATION, COULD GO TO BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIETIES SO PEOPLE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER IN A HUMANE WAY AND NOW THIS IS BRUTAL, IT IS PSYCHO, I'M READING ABOUT THEY ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE WHO ARE CITIZENS. THEY ARE KILLING PEOPLE NOW, THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. AND THERE IS SUCH A LONG RECORD OF THE SEVERITY OF I.C.E. , THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT. AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF PLACING SOMEBODY IN A TINY CELL , AT A DETENTION CENTER AND SHIPPING THEM OFF AND THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE, THEY ARE TRYING TO GO TO WORK, HAVE A FAMILY, THEY ARE WORKING FOR LOWER WAGES AND THEY ARE EXPLOITED FOR THAT REASON, FOR THEIR VULNERABLE POSITION AND THAT IS THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE CAPITALIST SOCIETY, EASILY EXPLOITING WORKERS. IF THEY ARE MORE LABOR UNITED WITH EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE THE MORE HUMANE VISION, I'M READING ABOUT VENEZUELA AND ACTUALLY THEY HAVE A SERIES OF COMMUNES, 1400 TO 4500 COMMUNES AND THEY GET TO CONTROL THE OIL RESOURCES, AND CENTRALIZE THE MONEY FROM THE OIL, DECIDED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S NOT HOW AMERICA IS RUN AND IT COULD BE, AND OIL IS EVEN SO OUTDATED, IT IS SO DISGUSTING TO KEEP PUTTING OIL IN THE ATMOSPHERE. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE SUMMER MILLER AND FOLLOWED BY MR. ALEX TSIMERMAN, GO AHEAD SUMMER. >> MY NAME IS SUMMER MILLER, I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK IN SEATTLE, THERE IS ZERO REASON WHY THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL CAN'T ACT TODAY TO END ALL COOPERATION WITH I.C.E. TO CREATE MUNICIPAL I.D. CARDS FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REPEALING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND TAKING REAL ACTION TO DRIVE I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE. THAT IS THE BARE MINIMUM YOU SHOULD DO AND YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY VOTE ON THOSE THINGS TODAY. DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED TO FIGHT AGAINST TRUMPED AND IN FACT, DEMOCRATS HAVE AIDED AND VETTED TRUMP, ADAM SMITH IN WASHINGTON, WHO KSHAMA SAWANT IS RUNNING TO DEFEAT IS BANKROLLED BY PELLETIER, A DYSTOPIAN CORPORATION THAT RECEIVES TENS OF MILLIONS IN CONTRACTS WITH I.C.E. BARACK OBAMA STILL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE LARGEST NUMBER OF DEPORTATIONS , SMITH AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR TRUMP'S ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS AND WORKING PEOPLE, THIS IS WHY AM A VOLUNTEER WITH KSHAMA SAWANT'S INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST ANTIWAR CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS TO DEFEAT ADAM SMITH AND TAKE ON BILLIONAIRE BACKED PARTIES WHO HAVE BUILT TRUMP'S DEPORTATION MACHINE, WORKING PEOPLE NEED TO BE THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP AND FIGHT BACK, WHICH KSHAMA SAWANT BROUGHT IN HER DECADE. WE NEED LEADERS THAT WILL CALL FOR MASS PROTESTS AND MASS STRIKE ACTION TO STOP THESE ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS AND WORKING PEOPLE. WE NEED LEADERS TO BUILD MOVEMENTS TO WIN THE THINGS WORKING PEOPLE NEED, NOT JUST SHUTTING DOWN I.C.E. BUT FIGHTING FOR FREE HEALTHCARE, TAXING THE RICH, AND ENDING ALL U.S. MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL, WE NEED TO SEND THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST TO CONGRESS AND TURN POLITICS ON ITS HEAD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. COME TO THE MEETING TOMORROW IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF SEATTLE AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH TO STOP DEPORTATIONS AND DISCUSSED THE MASS STRIKE ACTION DESPERATELY NEEDED TO STOP THESE ATTACKS. AND AS I SAID, THIS SUNDAY AT 7:00 P.M. WE ARE HAVING A MEETING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE SOMALI COMMUNITY THAT IS UNDER ATTACK BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU SUMMER, MR. ALEX TSIMERMAN . >> HAPPY NEW YEAR MY LOVELY, I COME TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, THE LAST TIME YOU TALK ABOUT RESPECT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS, THE WORD RESPECT. [INDISCERNIBLE] THIS IS A PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING FOR 30+ YEARS, WE DON'T HAVE LAW IN SEATTLE, WE HAVE FASCIST , WHY WE NEED I.C.E., WHY IS IT WE NEED DEMOCRATIC MAFIA? WHY, WE HAVE A LAW, CONSTITUTION, THAT HAS EXISTED FOR 250 YEARS AND I TALK TO YOU ABOUT 30 YEARS, GUYS, USE SOMETHING, WHAT EVERYBODY IS SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE LAW WORKING, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS BY THIS LAW, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS. THERE IS ONE MAN WHO COMES AND IS TALKING AND WANTS TO BRING AMERICA BACK, I REMEMBER THIS AMERICA, I REMEMBER EVERYBODY DOING BY THE LAW AND CONSTITUTION. YOU ARE NOT, WHY? IT IS A PROBLEM, ALL PROBLEM COME FROM YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE A CROOK AND I HAVE SEEN THIS FOR 30 YEARS AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE, YOU ARE ALL IDENTICAL, YEAR BY YEAR. YEAR-BY-YEAR, SAME CROOK, SAME CLOWN, SAME CRIMINAL. YOU UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE WHO DO NOT RESPECT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAW, YOU ARE REAL [INDISCERNIBLE] SO THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THE LAW AND CONSTITUTION. WE NEED AN AMERICAN RESOLUTION, STAND UP. >> NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO ONLINE SPEAKERS. WE ARE JUST GOING TO GO TO ONLINE SPEAKERS. WE STILL HAVE ONLINE SPEAKERS, JUST REAL QUICK, WE HAVE ROSE FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES, PRESS *6 , ROSE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS ROSE, I'M SOMEONE THAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHER, I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT I.C.E., LAST JUNE I TALKED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING ATTACKED IN THE FEDERAL BUILDING AND AT THE TIME THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WAS VERY KIND TO SHOW UP ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE BUT CITY COUNCIL DID NOT DO ANYTHING TO MAKE SURE THESE DIDN'T CONTINUE. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY, YOU WILL HAVE A UNIQUE DECISION TODAY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO COWER IN FEAR OR WHETHER WE HAVE ACTUAL CHANGE THAT HAPPENS. IT IS NOT A PIE IN THE SKY THINK TASK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO BAN THINGS LIKE THE CAMERAS, EVERYONE IN WASHINGTON, THIS IS NOT SOLELY JUST A PROBLEM, NOT AS IF I SHOULD SAY THAT BY ITSELF, BUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON FINDS IT UNDESIRABLE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT BE TRACKED BY I.C.E. RIGHT NOW, THAT IS EVERYONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, THAT IS ALL OF US . THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN USING LOCATION DATA FROM OUR PHONES, WE SHOULD BAN THESE THIRD-PARTY SALES OF LOCATION DATA, THERE'S NO REASON WHY THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. THERE SHOULD BE NO COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND I.C.E., IN FACT I.C.E. NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED BY SPD WHEN THEY BREAK THE LAW. THE MAYOR HAS SAID, THE POLICE CHIEF SAID THEY WILL ARREST PEOPLE IF THEY BREAK THE LAW IN PHILADELPHIA. WHY ARE WE NOT EXPECTING THE SAME HERE? IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LAW OR HOW IMPORTANT THINGS ARE THAT WE ARE HAVING TO [INDISCERNIBLE] MAKE THEM MATTER. >> THANK YOU, ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE MR. DAVID HAYNES. >> THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES, AN INNOCENT MIGRANT HAS A RIGHT TO LIVE IN PEACE AND PRE--- BE PROVIDED SANCTUARY AND THE SAME GOES FOR AN INNOCENT HOMELESS, YET SOMEHOW WE HAVE A MISCONSTRUED OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL AND CUSTOMS VIOLATOR THAT MAKES IT UNSAFE FOR AN INNOCENT MIGRANT IN A CERTAIN REGION, AND WE SAY THAT SAME VIOLATIONS ARE GOING ON IN OUR STREETS, WHETHER IT IS FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC. AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A PRIORITY THAT BRUCE HARRELL LEFT BECAUSE HE CAME TO THE INTEGRITY OF POLICE REFORM AND SHIFTED THE PARADIGM AWAY FROM IMPROVING THE WAR ON THE DRUG PUSHERS AND NOW THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS ARE USING ALL THESE DRUG ADDICTS AND REPEAT OFFENDERS TO BE PRIORITIZED FOR HOUSING, TAKING ALL THE CAPACITY OF HOMES THAT INNOCENT MIGRANTS NEED. AND THERE SEEMS TO BE ALL THESE EMPTY LIVES, MISERABLE, SAD PEOPLE IN SEATTLE LIVING VICARIOUSLY, THAT TAKES OVER THE AGENDA AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT DON'T HAVE MUCH ON THEIR AGENDA TO IMPROVE THE POLICIES THAT BRUCE HARRELL LEFT OVER, TO KEEP EXACERBATING THE PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS IN THIS INNOCENT COMMUNITY AND I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT THE DRUG PUSHERS, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, WHETHER THEY ARE FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC, THEY NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN. IF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY POLICING WANTS TO HELP SAVE THE COMMUNITY FROM CONTINUOUSLY IMPLODING INSTEAD OF DISPERSING PEOPLE AROUND THE CORNER AND MANIPULATING THE CRIME HOTSPOTS, WHILE USING THE EXCUSE OF STAFFING AS THEY HAVE PLENTY OF COPS WHO WORK OVERTIME BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO SHUT DOWN THE PREDATORY DRUG PUSHERS -- >> THANK YOU, ANYMORE REGISTERED SPEAKERS? >> WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. JONATHAN, THE FIRST THING YOU SAID , IT IS JONATHAN, RIGHT? YOU SAID THE FIRST THING YOU WANTED TO KNOW IS OUR AVAILABILITY TO MEET SO WE ARE HERE EVERY TUESDAY, YOU KNOW THAT BUT I HAVE ALEX WHO IS MY OFFICE STAFF IN THE BACK WHO WILL GIVE YOU MY SCHEDULE SO WE CAN SIT AND CONNECT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEAR ME AT ALL, I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN BUT I'M LOOKING AT YOU, MY FRIEND. AND I WILL CONNECT WITH YOU ONE-ON-ONE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH WHOEVER YOU WANT TO BRING AND WE WILL MEET IN PERSON AND WHEREVER YOU WANT TO IN SEATTLE SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE LETTER THAT YOU SENT WHICH I READ AND I ALSO READ ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POST AS WELL AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AS WELL. BECAUSE I HAVE READ THE BOOK, I HAVE READ THE BOOK BY FRANK CHAPMAN JUNIOR FROM ST. LOUIS AND HIS BOOK THAT HE HAD AND TALKED ABOUT A REVOLUTION FOR COMMUNITIES AND I ALSO SAW THE VALUES THAT ARE ONLINE AS WELL AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE FIGHTING FOR. THANK YOU, I WALKED IT BACK, AND IT WAS A MISTAKE. AND I KNOW YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO REMIND ME AND I GET IT AND I HEAR YOU AND I WILL LISTEN AND I WILL STAND SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH YOU AND HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING EVERY SINGLE TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, THE NEXT PIECE HERE . >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> I WILL WORK AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE, JONATHAN. 11:00 A.M., PUT IT IN YOUR CALENDAR, I'M UP EVERY DAY AT 5:00 A.M. AND I LEAVE THIS OFFICE AT 9:00, PUT IT IN YOUR CALENDAR. NO, IT IS NOT ON THE CALENDAR FOR US BUT I'M WILLING TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO, NEXT, SO NEXT, AND I HEAR YOU. THERE IS NO I.C.E. COLLABORATION, LET ME SPEAK COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT , CAN I SPEAK? >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> HOLD ON, I'M GOING TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, CAN I SPEAK REAL QUICK? >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> I CAN'T BRING IT UP RIGHT NOW. CAN I SPEAK? JONATHAN, CAN YOU BE RESPECTFUL AND LET ME SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES QUESTION MARK YOU HAD TWO PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL WHO ARE INDIGENOUS FOLKS WHOSE LAND WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM, LET ME FINISH, LET ME FINISH, LET ME FINISH. THIS ISN'T TOKENISM, THIS IS REAL, LET ME TELL YOU, I HAVE PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL, MY LAST NAME IS THE NAME OF PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL. I LET YOU ALL SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES SO WE COULD HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, LET ME SPEAK, WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THIS CITY COUNCIL WHO HAVE FAMILY THAT WERE IN THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST -- KNOW WE ARE NOT, EVERYONE -- MY ACTION RIGHT NOW IS TO TELL YOU ALL WHAT WE ARE DOING, OKAY? OKAY, THANK YOU, I'M TRYING TO CONNECT WITH YOU HUMAN ONE-ON-ONE AND I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM AN HOUR PERSPECTIVE AS A HUMAN AND AS A CITY COUNCIL. SO THE SECOND PIECE -- OKAY, THANK YOU. I HEAR YOU. THANK YOU MR. DEAN, I HEAR YOU, SECURITY WE ARE GOOD, STAND BACK, WE DO NOT NEED IT, WE ARE JUST HAVING CONVERSATION, WE ARE GOING TO ADD TO THE DIALOGUE AND NOT THE DYSFUNCTION OR THE DIVIDE AT ALL. SO GO AHEAD AND STEP ASIDE, IF YOU JUST STEP ASIDE, ALL THE WAY BACK, NO AGGRESSION AT ALL. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> I UNDERSTAND. SO WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE TO CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS, IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LET US CONTINUE OUR COUNCIL BUSINESS, I HAVE TO STEP AWAY SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AFTER COUNCIL, SO WILL YOU LET US CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS ? WILL YOU LET US CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS? WILL YOU LET US CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS AS A COUNCIL ? AND I WILL TELL YOU OUR PLAN AFTER THE MEETING, WILL YOU LET US CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS? OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, SO RIGHT NOW, MR. DEAN, MR. DEAN, RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING INTO RECESS, WE ARE GOING INTO A 10 MINUTE RECESS TO COOL IT OUT AND I WILL SEE IF WE CAN COME BACK. IF NOT, WE WILL FINISH THE COUNCIL BUSINESS IN MY OFFICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH . >> THANK YOU, WE ARE GOING TO RETURN BACK AND WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ? >> COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ , COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE , COUNCILMEMBER LIN , COUNCILMEMBER RINCK , COUNCILMEMBER SAKA , COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS , COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? >> YES, HERE. >> SIX PRESENT. >> THANK YOU COME COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE MIGHT HAVE STARTED A LITTLE BIT EARLY FROM RECESS, THEY ARE EXCUSED UNTIL THEY RETURN AND JUST A BRIEF PIECE AFTER THIS MEETING FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO, WE CAN MEET IN THE SAM ROOM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE AND WE CAN GET TO A COMMON GROUND, OKAY? MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONNECT AND MEET WITH YOU, SO I WILL WAIT THERE FOR 15 MINUTES TO SEE IF YOU COME AND MEET WITH ME, AS LONG AS YOU ARE RESPECTFUL AND WE CAN HAVE A DIALOGUE AND THAT IS ALL I WANT, A DIALOGUE I DON'T WANT TO ADD TO THE DISCONNECT. OKAY. DOWN HERE, WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND GO TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND THE SAM SMITH OFFICE IS RIGHT THERE, SO THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED, HEARING NO OBJECTION, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE ARE JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, OH MY BAD, AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, MY BAD. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, ALL NINE OF US, SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION , THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. WE ARE GOING TO NOW CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEMS OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 6, 2028, 121148, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS, ANY ITEMS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ? >> COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS , COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? >> YES. >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE FIX THE MINUTES AND CONSENT ON MY BEHALF, AND PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. >> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO FLOODPLAINS, 10th EXTENSION OF INTERIM REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE 126113, AND AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 126536, FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS, TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO RELY ON UPDATED NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS TO OBTAIN FLOOD INSURANCE THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY'S FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. >> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE THE REPORT. >> THANK YOU, THIS IS THE 10th EXTENSION OF OUR INTERIM FLOODPLAINS REGULATIONS , AND MANY OF YOU HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THESE THAN I DO BECAUSE OF THE MANY EXTENSIONS GOING BACK TO 2020, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THESE ARE REQUIRED, SO THAT FOLKS CAN CONTINUE TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE INCLUDING HOMEOWNERS AND MY COMMITMENT AS LAND-USE CHAIR IS THIS WILL BE THE LAST EXTENSION BEFORE WE DEVELOP FINAL REGULATIONS THAT WILL BRING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN STOP WITH THESE INTERIM EXTENSIONS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OTHERS? ABSOLUTELY, I UNDERSTAND. >> USING ENERGY FOR THE FLOODPLAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER LIN, ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO ADD TO THIS ? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL ? >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ , COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE , COUNCILMEMBER LIN , COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA , COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS , COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND NOT A RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION OR ADOPTION TODAY, ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME TO THE COUNCIL ? >> YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, I WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE BE EXCUSED FROM NEXT WEEK'S COMMITTEE BECAUSE I HAVE AN ASSOCIATION MEETING THAT I WILL BE ATTENDING. >> THANK YOU, ANY OBJECTIONS? YOU ARE EXCUSED, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ? >> THANK YOU, SAME REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED NEXT WEEK AND I HAVE ANOTHER TOPIC IN JUST A SECOND. >> ANY OBJECTIONS? YOU ARE EXCUSED COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS , YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR SECOND TOPIC. >> WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WE WILL HAVE CITY ACTION DAYS, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY IS ABLE TO ATTEND, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN, NOW MY SECOND TOPIC, DURING YESTERDAY'S BRIEFING, I DISCUSSED THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE HOUSING DEVELOPER, WE ARE STILL ON TRACK TO HAVE THAT NEXT TUESDAY, HEARD IN THE FINANCE AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE, I HAVE REQUESTED TO HAVE TWO BRIEFINGS ON IT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A CONFIRM AND RATIFY CLAUSE IN THE LEGISLATION, WHEN WE SPOKE YESTERDAY I WAS STILL OPERATING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE NEEDED 30 DAYS PASSAGE AHEAD OF TIME SO I WAS OPERATING ON A TIGHTER TIMELINE THAN WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND I THINK IT'S BETTER TO HAVE EVERYONE COME UP TO SPEED THAN TO JUST RUSH THROUGH IT. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ? THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THIS IS JUST A REMINDER, ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK DURING THIS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS FOR COMING DOWN, IT IS THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST EVERY SINGLE TIME, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING DOWN, THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT AT THIS COUNCIL, I ALSO ASK THAT YOU LET US DO THE BUSINESS OF THE BODY AS WELL. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYONE AT ANY TIME AS I TOLD JONATHAN BEFORE, I WAKE UP AT 5:00 AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TIME I LEAVE THE OFFICE, USUALLY AROUND 8:00 OR 9:00 P.M. EVERY DAY, THEY ALL WORK INCREDIBLY HARD EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT, BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH THE FOLKS IN THE SAM SMITH ROOM AFTER THIS TO DISCUSS WHAT THEIR DEMANDS ARE. I READ THE LETTER AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION. SO RIGHT NOW IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS? IT IS 3:33 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.