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