>>> HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON, APRIL 28th MEETING OF THE SEATTLE COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS TO: 02 P.M., I AM COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] SEVEN PRESENT POINT >> AWESOME, AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND COUNCILMEMBER STRASSER EXCUSED FOR TODAY'S MEETING. COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS FOR TODAY, STARTING WITH COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MAY 1st AS INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, OFF TO YOU FOR THE FIRST START POINT >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING COUNCILMEMBER CATTLE'S FIRST POINT WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FOR THAT ONE POINT BOB AND I WERE HAVING A JOKE. THANK YOU, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THIS PROCLAMATION FORTH, AND I'M REALLY THRILLED POINT EVERY YEAR ON MAY 1st, WE CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, AND I KNOW I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CHAMBERS TODAY WHO LAST YEAR, I GOT TO SEE OUT IN MARCHES, AND OFTEN I GET TO SEE AND ORGANIZING ROOMS, AND WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS A COUNCIL TO HONOR THE WORK OF OUR LABOR MOVEMENT, INCLUDING OUR UNION ORGANIZERS, INCLUDING ORGANIZERS WHO ARE ORGANIZING WITH WORKING PEOPLE EVERY DAY AND GET A CHANCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MADE A POINT SO, WITH THAT, I THINK MAYDAY IS NOT JUST A MOMENT ON A CALENDAR, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REFLECT ON THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY, FOR SAFETY, AND FAIR WAGES FOR WORKERS EVERYWHERE. WE KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS HARD, AND FOR SO MANY WORKERS, ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANT WORKERS, BLACK AND BROWN WORKERS, WORKERS IN LOW-WAGE SECTORS, IT IS NOT AN ABSTRACT IDEA, LABOR IS NOT AN ABSTRACT IDEA. IT IS EVERY DAY, IT IS PERSONAL, AND IT IS ABOUT WHAT MOVES US FORWARD. THIS PROCLAMATION MATTERS BECAUSE HE GETS TO NAME THAT HISTORY AND THAT STRUGGLE AND IT NAMES THE WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND WE ALSO BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY PROCLAMATION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE AND TAKE ACTION. SO, WE ARE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE MAYDAY, NOT JUST HERE IN CHAMBERS, BUT ON PICKET LINES, AND ORGANIZING SPACES, AND IN THE CONTINUED PUSH FOR BETTER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND BETTER LIVELIHOODS FOR ALL WORKERS. BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE LABOR ORGANIZERS IN COMMUNITY WITH US TODAY. IF YOU ARE A PROUD UNION MEMBER OR PART OF A WORKER ORGANIZATION, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND AS YOU ARE ABLE, SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, I HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE EACH OTHER AND FEEL YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR POWER IN CHAMBERS TODAY. WE ALSO WANT TO JUST QUICKLY CALL OUT SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT I KNOW ARE JOINING US TODAY, PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T HAVE YOU ALL ON MY LIST, THERE ARE A LOT OF FANTASTIC OAKS DOWN IN THE LOBBY, SO THANK YOU. ICM OKAY LABOR HERE WITH US, 350 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS ALLIANCE, SCIU 775, STARBUCKS WORKERS UNITED, SEATTLE ALLIANCE AGAINST RACISM AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, NORTH SEATTLE PROGRESSIVES, U.S. CW 3000, U.S. AW 4121, ONE AMERICA, RISE UP, [ INAUDIBLE ], WE'VE GOT SCIU, THE COALITION OF INTERNS AND RESIDENTS, SCIU 6, LOCAL 1495, AND MANY, MANY MORE WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR BEING HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE PROCLAMATION, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A WHOLE AGENDA TO GET TO TODAY, BUT LET ME JUST READ A QUICK EXCERPT FOR YOU, THEN WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOLKS TO COME UP AND SHARE A FEW WORDS POINT WHEREAS MAY 1st, INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, HONORS THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR WORKERS RIGHTS ROOTED IN THE MOVEMENT FOR THE EIGHT HOUR WORKDAY, AND CARRIED FORWARD BY GENERATIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE ORGANIZING FOR DIGNITY, SAFETY, AND FAIR WAGES. MAYDAY IS RECOGNIZED ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY CELEBRATED ACROSS CULTURES AS WORKERS COME TOGETHER TO UPLIFT THE STRUGGLES AND VICTORIES IN CREATING SYSTEMIC CHANGE, THE FIGHT THAT IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE U.S. HAVE REIGNITED. WHEREAS SEATTLE'S LABOR MOVEMENT REPRESENTS WORKERS ALL ACROSS OUR ECONOMY FROM PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS TO BUILDING TRADES UNION MEMBERS, SERVICE EMPLOYEES, MARITIME WORKERS, ORGANIZING FOR A MORE JUST AND FAIR, EQUITABLE WORKING CONDITIONS. WHEREAS SEATTLE WORKERS WHO ARE FROM HERE AND WHO COME HERE AS CAREGIVERS PARENTS NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND THE DEDICATION OF SERVICE WORKERS FROM ALL COUNTRIES POWERS EVERY SECTOR OF OUR ECONOMY IS A REMINDER TO KEEP INVESTING IN LIBRARIES, HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC SPACES, AND TRANSIT WHILE CONTINUING TO BUILD PATHWAYS OF OPPORTUNITY. NOW THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIMED MAY 1st, 2026 TO BE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. >> YAY. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO IS GOING TO FACILITATE INVITING PEOPLE TO SPEAK THAT'S AWESOME, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. COLLEAGUES, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE FLOOR ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION AT HAND? WELL, LET ME JUST TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE WERE ALL HAPPY TO SIGN ON TO THIS PROCLAMATION. WE KNOW WE HAVE A TON OF OUR LABOR UNION FRIENDS AND BROTHERS -- WE SAY BROTHER AND SISTERS, RIGHT? CAN I SAY IT BECAUSE I'M NOT -- AM I ALLOWED TO SAY? SIBLINGS, SIBLINGS, THANK YOU. OKAY, SIBLINGS IN THE ROOM TODAY AND WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT LABOR IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE JUST SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SIGN ONTO THIS PROCLAMATION, AND ALSO, WE HAVE SOME GUESTS WERE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT, AND SO, NOW, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? NO, SO, HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, RULES ARE GOING TO BE SUSPENDED FOR COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION AND FOR OUR GUESTS TO COME UP AND DO SOME COMMENT AS WELL. HEARING NO OBJECTION, ALL RIGHT, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, AND I BELIEVE TODAY, WE HAVE WORK IN WASHINGTON HERE, I HAVE CJ MAX AND EMMANUEL , ARE YOU ALL HERE? AWESOME. FOLLOWING THAT, WE HAVE AN OKAY LABOR, SO WE HAVE KATIE, PIA, KARINA, AND SHAWNEE WHO ARE HERE. YOU ALL ARE NEXT. AND THEN WE HAVE SHAMIKA CARTER FROM WASHINGTON STATE LABOR COUNCIL, AND THEN KAREN FROM PROTECT 17, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ALL SPEAKING, SO WORKING WASHINGTON, YOU ALL ARE FIRST, THANK YOU. YEAH, ANY MICROPHONE YOU WANT. >> YEAH, I GO FOR THE SHORTER ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS CJ GARCIA, I AM THE CODIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING WASHINGTON. IS STATEWIDE ORGANIZING HOME FOR MULTIRACIAL WORKERS , A MOVEMENT ACROSS DIFFERENT SECTORS ALL ACROSS THE STATE. WE KNOW THAT WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE ARE TAKING ACTION BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WORKER POWER CHANGES EVERYTHING. WE KNOW THAT WHEN WORKERS ORGANIZE, THEY CANNOT ONLY JUST SHIFT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE FACING, WE CAN SET AN AGENDA THAT CENTERS WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE. IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ARE FACING IMMEASURABLE ATTACKS RIGHT NOW. THE BUILDING CLASS AND THE CORPORATIONS HAVE BEEN RELENTLESS ABOUT SIPHONING OUR RESOURCES FOR THEIR BENEFIT, USING THEIR WEALTH TO BUY ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DO THEIR DEALINGS, AND STRIP US AWAY FROM PROTECTIONS FROM IMMIGRANT PEOPLE, TRANS PEOPLE, WORKERS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO A ROAD ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, AND LIVE SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES NEED TO SURVIVE. THEY DO THIS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WHEN THEY KEEP US IN A DEEP STATE OF SURVIVAL AND THEY PAID US AGAINST EACH OTHER, [ INAUDIBLE ]. AND WHILE THEY ARE BREAKING RECORD PROFITS, EVERY DAY WORKING PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO PAY RENT, PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE ARE TAKING ACTION AND STANDING TOGETHER TO PUT [ INAUDIBLE ] AND SAY WE ARE NOT POWERLESS. WE'RE SETTING A PRO-WORKER AGENDA THAT MEETS PEOPLE'S NEEDS, THAT GIVES A PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT, THAT MAKES OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENT OUR EVERYDAY PEOPLE'S NEEDS. AND THAT THOSE AGENDAS ARE GOING TO CHANGE FUNDAMENTALLY PEOPLE'S EVERYDAY LIFE. WORKER POWER MAKES EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. MAYDAY IS JUST ABOUT THAT, IT IS ABOUT WORKER POWER, SO I HOPE YOU JOIN US AND BUILD A POWER TOGETHER, THANK YOU. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> LABOR IS NEXT, AND THEN THE WASHINGTON STATE LABOR COUNCIL. AND PROTECT 17 POINT >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS KATIE AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-TREASURER FOR MLK LABOR. OUR ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1888 BY DOCKWORKERS, LOGGERS, AND FARMERS WHO KNEW FOR AS LONG AS THERE HAS BEEN INDUSTRY IN THIS REGION THAT WORKERS NEEDED TO BIND OURSELVES TOGETHER FOR OUR FAIR SHARE. I AM HERE AT THE MICROPHONE, BUT AM OKAY LABOR IS AN ORGANIZATION OF LEADERS , COMPOSED OF MANY LEADERS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST RECOGNIZE OUR PRESIDENT, DUSTIN, WHO IS HERE, OUR VICE PRESIDENT, STÉPHANE, AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS, [ INAUDIBLE ] WHO ARE ALSO HERE WITH US TODAY, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE MLK LABOR STAFF. I APPRECIATE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR LABOR MOVEMENT. UM, THE EIGHT HOUR WORKDAY, THE FIVE DAY, 40 HOUR WORKWEEK, MINIMUM-WAGE OSHA, [ INAUDIBLE ] INDUSTRY DID NOT JUST GIVE THESE THINGS TO WORKERS, THEY WERE ALL HARD-FOUGHT VICTORIES. AND WE HAVE THEM BECAUSE WE CAME TOGETHER AND FOUGHT FOR THEM. TODAY IS ALSO WORKER MEMORIAL DAY, WHICH IS THE DAY THAT WE HONOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED ON THE JOB. LAST YEAR, 115 PEOPLE DIED IN WASHINGTON STATE WHILE THEY WERE AT WORK. THIS IS A REMINDER TO ALL OF US THAT OUR WORK IS NOT YET COMPLETE. MAYDAY IS OUR DAY, AND THIS YEAR, WE ARE SHOWING UP TO SHUT IT DOWN, AS IS OUR TRADITION WITH THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT, WE ARE COMING TOGETHER THIS FRIDAY AT CAL ANDERSON PARK. ALL WORKERS ARE INVITED TO JOIN US. MAYDAY WAS THE VERY FIRST DEMONSTRATION I EVER PARTICIPATED IN. SIX -- WELL, ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO NOW, AND IT WAS THE THING THAT GAVE ME THE COURAGE TO STAND UP AND JOIN A PICKET LINE AT MY FIRST UNIONIZED WORKPLACE, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SO FOREIGN TO JOIN IN COLLECTIVE ACTION. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE PIERRE RIVERA JONES, AND MORENO, AND MARIE WHO ARE THE THREE COCHAIRS OF THIS YEAR'S MAYDAY MARCH, FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK STEWARDING OUR MULTIRACIAL, MULTI-UNION COALITION TOGETHER. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO FINALLY SAY THAT THE LABOR MOVEMENT IS ONE IN FIVE WORKERS IN AMERICA IS AN IMMIGRANT WORKER, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE UNDER THE GREATEST LEVEL OF ATTACK RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND OUR LABOR MOVEMENT, AND WE WILL STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THEM TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS AS A LABOR MOVEMENT. THANK YOU. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS SHERITA CARTER, SECRETARY-TREASU RER OF THE WASHINGTON STATE LABOR COUNCIL, REPRESENTING OVER HALF 1 MILLION WORKERS ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE. THE WS OC IS THE VOICE OF LABOR, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND FOR RECOGNIZING MAYDAY, NOT JUST AS A MOMENT, BUT AS A MOVEMENT. MAYDAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT WORKERS SHOWING UP FOR EACH OTHER, FOR JUSTICE, AND FOR A BETTER FUTURE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I VALUE MOST ABOUT THIS DAY IS THAT IT DOESN'T BELONG TO JUST ONE PLACE. IT LIVES IN CITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE WORLD. AND EVERY YEAR, WORKERS TAKE TO THE STREETS, AND THIS YEAR WILL BE NO DIFFERENT HERE IN WASHINGTON, WHETHER WE ARE IN SEATTLE, SPOKANE, TACOMA, OR MANY OTHER PLACES TO RAISE OUR VOICES TOGETHER. [ INAUDIBLE ] SOMETHING I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, I WILL GO MARCHING ALONGSIDE MY BROTHER, WHO IS A UNION ELECTRICIAN, A THIRD-YEAR APPRENTICE. AND THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME BECAUSE THIS MOVEMENT IS NOT ABSTRACT, IT IS PERSONAL. IT IS ABOUT FAMILY AND IT IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE LOVE HAVING ACCESS TO GOOD JOBS, JOBS THAT PROVIDE STABILITY, A VOICE, AND DIGNITY. UNIONS CHANGE LIVES. THEY MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR WORKING PEOPLE TO BUILD SOMETHING SOLID, TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES, TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, AND TO STAND UP ON THE JOB AND BE HEARD. THEY TURN JOBS INTO CAREERS. THE UNIONS TURNED STRUGGLE INTO POWER, THEY TURN ISOLATION INTO SOLIDARITY, AND THAT IS WORTH CELEBRATING. BUT TODAY ALSO HOLDS ANOTHER MEETING. TODAY'S RECORDS MEMORIAL DAY, A DAY WHERE WE PAUSE TO REMEMBER WORKERS WHO WENT TO WORK AND NEVER CAME HOME. A DAY THAT REMINDS US THAT DIGNITY AT WORK MUST INCLUDE SAFETY. THAT EVERY WORKER DESERVES AND NOT JUST A GOOD JOB, BUT A SAFE ONE. AND SO TODAY, WE HOLD THE LINE FOR SAINT PETE IN THEIR MEMORY. SO, AS WE CELEBRATE MAYDAY, WE ALSO CARRY THAT RESPONSIBILITY WITH US TO KEEP FIGHTING, TO KEEP ORGANIZING, TO KEEP BUILDING A WORLD WHERE NO ONE HAS TO RISK THEIR LIFE JUST TO MAKE A LIVING. THAT'S WHAT MAYDAY REPRESENTS, ELECTIVE POWER, SHARED PURPOSE, AND THE BELIEF THAT WHEN WORKERS STAND TOGETHER, WE CAN SHAPE THE FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH WORKERS AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE POWER AND PROMISE OF THIS DAY. I AM PROUD TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF WASHINGTON'S LABOR MOVEMENT THANK YOU. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, AND KAREN, WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS AND LABOR COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS KAREN AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROTECT 17 POINT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE INCREDIBLE NUMBERS AND LEADERS AND STAFF OF OUR UNION THAT ARE JOINING ME TODAY. PROTECT 17 REPRESENTS OVER 10,000 WORKING PEOPLE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH OVER 3000 WORKING FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. FROM ACCOUNTANTS TO ENGINEERS, TRANSIT PROFESSIONALS TO PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, CIVIL RIGHTS ANALYSTS AND URBAN PLANNERS, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND HONORED TO BE CELEBRATING THIS PROCLAMATION WITH YOU, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR INVITING US HERE AND BRINGING OUR LABOR COMMUNITY HERE IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. UNITY IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN OUR CURRENT TUMULTUOUS POLITICAL CLIMATE. OUR CITY, OUR COUNTRY, AND OUR WORLD MUST REMEMBER AND CHANNEL OUR PAST LABOR SOLIDARITY TO CREATE A BRIGHTER AND MORE HOPEFUL FUTURE . AND HERE LOCALLY, WE HAVE A RICH HISTORY TO DRAW FROM. IN THIS CITY, OVER 100 YEARS AGO, LOCAL LABOR UNIONS LED THE VERY FIRST CITYWIDE WORK STOPPAGE IN U.S. HISTORY. THE 1919 GENERAL STRIKE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR MANY THINGS. THE SHEER AMOUNT OF WORKERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN IT, OVER 65,000, THE FACT THAT IT REMAINED PEACEFUL, AND THE LOCAL LEGACY THAT SHAPES THE VERY FOUNDATION FOR ONE OF THE MOST UNION DENSE PLACES IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY. THE SUCCESS OF THE SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE WAS ROOTED IN ITS SOLIDARITY AS A LABOR MOVEMENT, WITH OVER 100 UNIONS COMING TOGETHER TO RESET THE SCALES OF POWER AND IGNITE CHANGE. THOSE OF US IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTAND THE WORK , THE COORDINATION, AND THE ORGANIZING THIS MUST HAVE TAKEN. THEY FACED OPPOSITION, DISAGREEMENT, AND SKEPTICISM, AND THE DEBT WITHOUT CELL PHONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA. DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, THEY HELD STRONG TO THEIR COMMON INTEREST OF STOPPING INJUSTICE AND BUILDING POWER FOR WORKERS. IT WAS ABOUT CLASS, IT WAS ABOUT SAFETY FOR ALL. IT WAS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE FACING TODAY. IT WAS ABOUT KNOWING [ INAUDIBLE ] WHICH SIDE YOU ARE ON, AND SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AS ONE OF THOSE THAT IS PRIVILEGED AND PROUD TO CARRY UNION [ INAUDIBLE ] AS MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE, IT IS OUR WORK TO LEAD THE WAY FOR STRONGER PROTECTIONS, INCREASE SAFETY, AND CREATE A DEEP SENSE OF VALUE AND PRIDE IN EACH OTHER'S WORK. COLLECTIVELY, THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS PROCLAMATION, WE WILL KEEP PUSHING BOLD, INCREDIBLE, AND HISTORICAL CHANGE TO ENSURE THAT SEATTLE REMAINS A VIBRANT WORLD-CLASS CITY. AND SO TODAY, WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE ALL WORKERS, RECOGNIZING THAT EVERY WORKING PERSON PROVIDES CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY . TOGETHER, WE WILL DRAW STRENGTH FROM OUR PAST AND WE WILL KNOW WHICH SIDE WE ARE ON AND WE WILL FIGHT AND CELEBRATE WITH JOY AND STRUGGLE. THE FUTURE OF SEATTLE'S LABOR MOVEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND SOLIDARITY FOREVER, AND HAPPY MAYDAY. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL, AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF THE SPEAKERS WHO ARE WITH US TODAY. BEFORE WE INVITE THE SPEAKERS UP TO TAKE A QUICK PHOTO, [ INAUDIBLE ], SO SHOUT OUT TO YOU ALL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND, I WANT TO APPRECIATE -- WE SIT HERE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY ALSO THE WORKERS WHO WORK FOR US TO DO A LOT, SO I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY WHOLE TEAM FOR THE WORK ON ORGANIZING THIS EVENT, BUT ESPECIALLY TO [ INAUDIBLE ] IN THE BACK FOR REACHING OUT, COORDINATING, AND HELPING MAKE SO MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP, AND HAVE SUCH A SEAMLESS MOMENT FOR US TO CELEBRATE MAYDAY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND [ INAUDIBLE ] . >> ONE MORE SPEAKER. ONE MORE SPEAKER. >> SURE, ARE YOU DOING PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE FOR THE PROCLAMATION? >> I'M HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> WE ARE DOING THE PROCLAMATION, AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENTERS WE GET TO AFTER THE PROCLAMATION. SO, THAT'S AFTER -- >> I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE WORKERS. MY ISSUE IS WITH THE WORKERS. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT. >> AND YOU CAN DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. CAN WE MAKE SURE SHE GETS SIGNED UP ON THE THING? MA'AM, WE WILL GET YOU SIGNED UP, SO YOU CAN COME AND SPEAK POINT OKAY, PERFECT, PERFECT, PERFECT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE ARE GOING TO INVITE THE SPEAKERS WHO CAME UP, IT IS A TRADITION THAT WE TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE COUNCIL, SO IF WE CAN INVITE THOSE SPEAKERS UP, WE WILL TAKE A PHOTO, AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE STUDENTS WHO WERE OUTSIDE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE US, WE JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE STUDENTS WHO ARE OUT THERE. YOU CAN HEAR US, THOUGH. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO COUNCIL, THE YOUNG KIDS, THE YOUNG BABIES, WE LOVE YOU ALL. SO, THE SPEAKERS, IF YOU WILL JUST COME UP RIGHT BEHIND AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO. AND IF WE CAN GET [ INAUDIBLE ] TO COME IN THE MIDDLE, WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THE PHOTO. AWESOME. AND YOU WILL JUST COME UP HERE ON THE STAIRS. WE ARE ALL FRIENDS. >> AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE. LET US KNOW WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD, DEANNA LEE. LET US KNOW WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANKS. >> IT'S A NICE COLOR ON YOU, BY THE WAY. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> WE HAVE OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION, AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE GO RIGHT INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, OKAY? SO, OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU HAVE PROCLAIMED IT TO BE NATIONAL THERAPY ANIMAL DAY. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, IT IS OFF TO YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. >> YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AS NOTED TO ME, NATIONAL THERAPY ANIMAL DAY IS NOT JUST ABOUT CELEBRATING CURRENT THERAPY, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE MORE PET OWNERS TO CONSIDER BECOMING VOLUNTEERS, CREATING A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER COMMUNITY THROUGH GREATER ACCESS TO SAFE AND MEANINGFUL THERAPY ANIMAL VISITS, WHICH IS ALSO VERY GOOD FOR OUR LABOR COMMUNITY, TOO. SO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT, AND ALSO THANK MR. GREG LEE OF PET PARTNERS. YOU KNOW, THIS GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS AT SEATTLE VA HOSPITAL, SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, PROVIDENCE, SWEDISH, UW, AND THEN GROUPS LIKE THE UNION GOSPEL MISSION, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT IS BEING DONE. AND WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I WILL LEAVE -- READ THE PROCLAMATION. SO, WHEREAS PET PARTNERS HAS DESIGNATED APRIL 30th AS NATIONAL THERAPY ANIMAL DAY, AND WHEREAS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SHOWS THAT INTERACTING WITH THERAPY ANIMALS CAN REDUCE STRESS, RELIEVE DEPRESSION, SLOW HEART RATE, LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, AND STRENGTHEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND WHEREAS THERAPY ANIMAL TEAMS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND, AND WHEREAS THERAPY ANIMAL TEAMS INTERACT WITH A VARIETY OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, PUTTING VETERANS, SENIORS PATIENTS STUDENTS AND THOSE APPROACHING END OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS THESE EXCEPTIONAL THERAPY ANIMALS WILL PARTNER WITH THEIR HUMAN COMPANIONS, BRING COMFORT AND HEALING TO THOSE IN NEED, AND WHEREAS WE ENCOURAGE MORE PET OWNERS TO CONSIDER BECOMING PET PARTNERS, VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY BY CREATING GREATER ACCESS TO MEANINGFUL THERAPY ANIMAL VISITS. SO NOW, THEREFORE, THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIMS APRIL 30th , 2026 TO BE NATIONAL THERAPY ANIMAL DAY. >> AWESOME. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU, MR. GREG LEE. >> ARE THERE ANY -- BEFORE WE ASK YOU TO COME UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? I KNOW WE HAVE THIS YESTERDAY IN OUR CANCEL BRIEFING, SO PEOPLE MAY COMMENT. MR. GREG LEE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS, AND YOUR DOG IS, TOO, IF THEY WANT TO TALK. >> [ LAUGHTER ] THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS GREG LEE, I AM [ INAUDIBLE ] . AND I'M SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN GIVING BACK AND VOLUNTEERING IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. A RESCUE DOG, I ADOPTED HIM FOUR YEARS AGO FOR THE WASHINGTON GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE, AND OUR JOURNEY STARTED AT PET PARTNERS TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVE VISITED OVER 2000 PEOPLE IF NOT MORE. AND IT STARTED IN CAPITOL HILL AT A RECOVERY PROGRAM. AND IT MOVED ON TO STUDENTS AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT UW, AND WE CURRENTLY VISIT THREE HOSPITALS, SWEDISH -- WE WILL BE VISITING SEATTLE CHILDREN'S TOMORROW, AND THE VA ON THURSDAY, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AND RECOGNIZING ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY AS WE ATTEST FIRSTHAND HOW COMFORTING AND HEALING A PET CAN BE TO PEOPLE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. >> [ APPLAUSE ] COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, THE RULES -- IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE RULES ARE GOING TO BE SUSPENDED, SO YOU CAN PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION TO GREG. DID YOU ALSO WANT A PICTURE WITH VLOGGER, TOO, AS WELL? OKAY, AWESOME, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE WITH LOGGER AND WE WILL JUMP INTO PUBLIC COMMENT BUT I WANT TO THANK OUR GUESTS FOR BEING PATIENT AS WE DO OUR -- COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE FRONT, SO WE HAVE A PICTURE WITH LOGGER, AND MR. GREG LEE. WE CAN TAKE IT RIGHT HERE. AWESOME, PERFECT, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO THE MEETING. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. GREG, HOW OLD -- NOT HOW OLD IS LOGGER, BUT HOW MUCH DOES HE WEIGH? 95 POUNDS, THAT'S A BIG BOY. ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO NOW OPEN THAT HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR, AND THE COUNCIL'S WORK PROGRAM. THE COUNCIL CANNOT ACCEPT COMMENTS ON QUASI JUDICIAL ITEMS WERE ON CAMPAIGN RELATED MATTERS. CLERK, MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED IN? >> SO, WE HAVE FOUR REMOTE . YES, THAT'S 4.4 REMOTE AND -- 14 IN PERSON. >> AWESOME, ALL RIGHT, SO THAT IS 18 SPEAKERS, EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET TWO MINUTES. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKER'S MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. SO, FIRST UP, WE MISS CAROLYN MALONE, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS HENDRICKSON, NATHAN WALL, CJ GARCIA, BENNETT, AND THEN WE HAVE DEREK, FOLLOWED BY BETTY, GABRIEL, MARIA, AND GWENDOLYN. THEN WE HAVE M. SMITH , JASON, SUMMER, AND EVEN THAT. AND THEN WE WILL SWITCH TO ONLINE. MISS CAROLYN MALONE. WELCOME. >> I AM CAROLYN MALONE. ON AUGUST 28th, I WENT TO THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT OF RACISM AND RETALIATION WHERE I LIVE. ON OCTOBER 30th, THE OFFICE SOC ARE WAS CLOSED FOR 2 1/2 MONTHS, A PAINT JOB. ON NOVEMBER 6, I FILED AND SIGNED MY FORMAL COMPLAINT, AND WAITED FOR AN INVESTIGATOR TO BE ASSIGNED TO ME. FINALLY, ONE WAS ASSIGNED. I REJECTED HIM BECAUSE I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITY TO ACT IMPARTIALLY ON MY BEHALF. AND FAST-FORWARD, I ASK ABOUT THE DIRECTOR , DEREK WHEELER SMITH, AND I WAS TOLD REPEATEDLY, HE IS ON LEAVE. AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT HE IS ON LEAVE FOR JUST BOMBSHELL REASON FOR HE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR UNION TAMPERING, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, JUST A LAUNDRY LIST. AND ALSO, HIS ASSISTANT , DIRECTOR FATIMA , AND THE OFFICE AS SO CR SEEMS TO BE IN CHAOS, SO MY POINT IS I'M CONCERNED THAT MY CASE WILL NOT BE INVESTIGATED, WILL JUST GO AWAY, OR SOC R WILL GO AWAY, SO I AM WONDERING WHAT THE COUNCIL IS DOING ABOUT IT. ARE YOU AWARE THAT MR. WHEELER SMITH IS ON LEAVE FOR REASONS THAT PUBLIC COLA PRINTED OUT. I HAVEN'T SEEN [ INAUDIBLE ] IN THE SEATTLE TIMES ABOUT ALL OF THESE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, SO, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON , THANK YOU. X THANK YOU, MISS CAROLYN. NEXT, WE HAVE CHRIS, WELCOME. FOLLOWED BY NATHAN, AND THEN CJ GARCIA, AND BENNETT. >> HELLO, COUNCIL. [ INAUDIBLE ], MY NAME IS CHRIS HENDRICKSON, I AM A D7 RESIDENT. BUT TODAY, I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MY FRIENDS AT BRIGHTON COMMUNITIES. I'M DOING A LITTLE BIT OF VOLUNTEERING FOR THEM THIS WEEKEND NEXT WEEK, AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE COUNCIL TO ATTEND THE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AT BRIGHTON COMMUNITIES. THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE MAY 7th, WHICH IS NEXT THURSDAY FROM 4:00 TO 6:00. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN ALL COME. MAYOR WILL BE THERE SPEAKING. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE BEEN BUSY HANGING THESE FLYERS UP EVERYWHERE, SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ A TINY LITTLE SEGMENT, SO YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. AT THE CENTER OF THE CELEBRATION IS A THREE POINT $5 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM AMAZON SUPPORTING THE RENOVATION OF A 124 UNIT BRIGHTON APARTMENTS, ONE OF THE LAST DEEPLY PORTABLE SENIOR PORTABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE. THIS PLACE IS PRECIOUS. IT REFLECTS THE GROWING MODEL WERE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY LED ORGANIZATIONS WORK TOGETHER TO PRESERVE AFFORDABILITY WHILE BUILDING LONG-TERM PATHWAYS TO OWNERSHIP AND GENERATIONAL WEALTH. SO, THEY ARE AWESOME. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. THANK YOU. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, CHRIS. NEXT, WE HAVE NATHAN WALL FOLLOWED BY CJ, THEN BENNETT, DEREK BETTY GABRIEL MARIA GWENDOLYN. >> SO, FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE VISION ZERO. I BELIEVE IT IS WELL-INTENTIONED, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THIS IS NECESSARY. I THINK WE KIND OF ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO REALIZE VISION ZERO IN THE CITY, AND THAT IS MAKE IT HARDER TO DRIVE TOO FAST AND SPEAK ILLEGALLY, AND I THINK LIKE WHAT WE SEE ON RAINIER, WHAT WE SEE ON MLK AND AURORA, WE NEED -- THESE DECISIONS AREN'T REALLY POLITICALLY POPULAR DECISIONS, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE THEM, BECAUSE SAFETY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CONVENIENCE. SO, I BELIEVE THE BUDGET DEFICIT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK IT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, WE ALREADY LARGELY DO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO, SO, I DON'T THINK THIS IS LIKE A BAD INTENTIONED IDEA, I JUST -- I ACTUALLY THINK IT IS WELL-INTENTIONED, I THINK YOU DO WANT TO SEE PEOPLE STOP DYING ON OUR STREETS, BUT I JUST THINK THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO DO IT. UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY, I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT ONE OF THE COMPANIES PULLED OUT OF BUILDING AN A.I. DATA CENTER IN OUR CITY. WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO RESIST USING AIA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND WE NEED TO HOLD CORPORATIONS LIKE [ INAUDIBLE ] ACCOUNTABLE FOR TRYING TO BUILD THESE DATA CENTERS, AS WELL AS TRYING TO BUILD AN ICE DETENTION CENTER. I WANT TO REITERATE MY CALL FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO HOLD MAYOR JOE [ INAUDIBLE ]'S POINT ACCOUNTABLE, BECAUSE HE IS -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS POSITION IS WITH THE COMPANY, BUT IT IS HIS FAMILY'S COMPANY. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF HUNT 'S POINT UNTIL THEY STOP DOING THIS, AND I THINK A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WOULD PROBABLY SUPPORT US IN THAT. FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY, I THINK THE CITY OF SEATTLE NEEDS TO JOIN CITY OF SEATTLE IN CALLING FOR [ INAUDIBLE ]. HIS CONDUCT OF STALKING HIS EX-FIANCE, AND THEN MOCKING HER ON FACEBOOK WITH POSTS ABOUT SOAKING IN A TUB AFTER NOT -- HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR BECAUSE HE IS LYMPHEDEMA, YOU SHOULDN'T BE MOCKING HER ON FACEBOOK ABOUT IT. WHILE THAT IS NOT CRITICAL, YOU SHOULDN'T BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, SO -- >> THANK YOU, NATHAN. NEXT, WE HAVE CJ GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY BENNETT DEREK BETTY GABRIEL MARIA, GWENDOLYN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS CJ GARCIA, AND THE CODIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING [ INAUDIBLE ] WASHINGTON. I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TODAY TO THANK YOU, THANK THE CITY, CITY COUNCIL, AND OFFICE OF STANDARDS FOR THEIR WORK IN ANALYZING THE DATA FROM FIVE BIG DELIVERY APPS AND PUBLISHING A REPORT ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GIG WORKER PROTECTIONS IN THE CITY. FOR A LONG TIME, WORKERS HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT GIG WORKER PROTECTIONS LIKE PAY [ INAUDIBLE ] ARE WORKING. AND TWO YEARS AGO, WORKERS HAD TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST AT COMPANIES IN THEIR BAD-FAITH ATTEMPT TO TEAR OUT THOSE PROTECTIONS BEFORE THE DATA WAS EVEN IN. NOW THAT WE HAVE THE APPS ON DATA BACKING UP WHAT WORKERS HAVE BEEN SAYING, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT RAISING LABOR STANDARDS AND IMPROVING WORKER PROTECTIONS HELPS EVERYONE. THE DATA SHOWS THAT DELIVERY DRIVERS PAY AND THE NUMBER OF DELIVERY ORDERS WENT UP AND CONTINUE TO GO UP EVEN AFTER THE PAYMENT ORDINANCE WENT INTO EFFECT. JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, PAY IS NOW EVEN MORE RELIABLE BECAUSE OF [ INAUDIBLE ] AND IT MAKES UP A LARGE PERCENTAGE INSTEAD OF CUSTOMER TIPS THAT COULD FLUCTUATE FROM ONE ORATOR TO ANOTHER. WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE COUNCIL BUILT THE STUDY IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DATA AND THE COUNCIL LISTENED TO WORKERS AND STAY COMMITTED TO MAKING DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS, DESPITE THE FIERCE PRESSURE FROM CORPORATIONS AND [ INAUDIBLE ]. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THAT IN SEATTLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, CJ. NEXT, WE HAVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY DEREK BETTY GABRIEL MARIA GWENDOLYN. >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR A DIFFERENT EMPHASIS IN MEASURING SUCCESS AND FIGHTING HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS TO MEASURE THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF NEW HOMELESSNESS RATHER THAN FOCUS ON [ INAUDIBLE ] TOTAL NUMBER, AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOMELESSNESS IS A DIFFICULT NUMBER TO MAKE A DENT IN, AND I HAVE BEEN WATCHING LOCAL POLITICS ENOUGH [ INAUDIBLE ]. THEY CAN'T FIX IT. [ INAUDIBLE ] BUT THE NUMBER OF NEW HOMELESS YEAR-OVER-YEAR, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT [ INAUDIBLE ]. MORE OF AN IMPACT ON. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, SO, IN THIS MODEL, PREVENTING NEW HOMELESSNESS IS RELATIVELY EASY, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS FOR A RENT RELATED EVICTION. IN THEORY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TIP AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE PERSON IS ABLE TO PAY AND WHAT THE RENT IS. ON THE OTHER HAND, GETTING SOMEBODY OUT OF AN EXISTING HOMELESSNESS SITUATION IS MUCH HARDER, YOU HAVE A GAP IN THEIR HOUSING HISTORY, A GAP IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT HISTORY, THEY MAY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH OR DRUG ABUSE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN AGGRAVATED BY THE PERIOD OF HOMELESSNESS, BUT THE THING IS, TO THE PUBLIC, THE EXISTING HOMELESSNESS IS A MUCH MORE VISIBLE PROBLEM. [ INAUDIBLE ] WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO ABOUT THE ENCAMPMENTS? THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE PIPELINE OR THEY ARE ABOUT TO BECOME HOMELESS ARE MUCH LESS VISIBLE, AND SO, THERE IS LESS PRESSURE ON THE GROUP, EVEN THOUGH IF THIS MODEL IS CORRECT, THAT'S WHERE YOUR DOLLARS WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE THE MOST DIFFERENCE. SO, I AM SAYING IF THAT IS A POLITICAL PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABOUT TO BECOME HOMELESS OR LESS VISIBLE, ESSENTIALLY I AM SAYING TO YOU, CHEAT AND TO MAKE THAT A MORE VISIBLE ISSUE [ INAUDIBLE ] A NUMBER YEAR-OVER-YEAR SHOWING A REDUCTION IN NEW HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE EVEN IF THE TOTAL NUMBER DOESN'T DO MUCH, AND THE BOTTOM GRAPH THAT WE SHOWED [ INAUDIBLE ] . >> THANK YOU, BENNETT. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> NEXT, WE HAVE DEREK, FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL, BETTY, MARIA, AND GWENDOLYN. DEREK? DEREK, FOLLOWED BY BETTY. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. >> LET'S RESTART YOUR TIME. DEREK, COULD YOU SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE? >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEING LABELED AS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST. BEING ON THE DOMESTIC TERRORIST WATCH LIST AND ALL THAT ENTAILS. IF YOU CAN REMEMBER [ INAUDIBLE ] RENEE GOOD AND ALEX PRETTI, THERE WAS A REASON WHY THEY [ INAUDIBLE ], BECAUSE ONCE YOU ARE ON THE DOMESTIC TERRORIST WATCH LISTS, IT DISRUPTS YOUR WHOLE LIFE. LIKE THE FIRST LADY THAT SPOKE ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION HERE, [ INAUDIBLE ] QUITE FRANKLY, IF YOU ARE ON THE DOMESTIC TERRORIST WATCH LIST, [ INAUDIBLE ]. THEY DON'T TAKE ANYTHING YOU SAY SERIOUSLY. I HAVE -- I'M NOT ABLE TO WORK ANYMORE . BELIEVE YOU ME WHEN I SAY MY EXPERIENCES LAST. [ INAUDIBLE ] ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES, I CAN'T GET A JOB [ INAUDIBLE ]. AND WHEN YOU COMPLAIN , THE POLICE ACTUALLY DEPICT YOU AS SOMEONE WHO IS MENTALLY UNSTABLE , PARANOID . AND YOU CAN LOOK ONLINE, DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, I'VE DONE RESEARCH, BECAUSE -- AND FINALLY, AFTER MAKING ABOUT SIX COMPLAINTS TO THE POLICE, I FINALLY LOOK AT THE REPORT THAT THEY WROTE, AND IT IS ALL TRUE. I WILL BRING HERE NEXT TUESDAY. MY CAR WAS VANDALIZED. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER OPENING A P.O. BOX HERE, MY PO BOX AT THE UNITED STATES POSTAL WAS VANDALIZED. AND FOR THE SIX MONTHS THAT I LEASED IT, THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR IT, DIDN'T ONCE IN THAT SIX MONTHS, THE LEASE WAS UP, IT WAS REPAIRED. AND SO, I JUST IMPLORE YOU TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. IT IS -- THE CORRUPTION RUNS DEEP BREAD AND IT IS NOT JUST SEATTLE, I LOVE SEATTLE EVEN THOUGH -- >> THANK YOU, DEREK. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> NEXT, WE HAVE BETTY, WELCOME. FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL, THEN WE HAVE MARIA, GWENDOLYN, WE WILL GO ON TO SHEET NUMBER TWO. WELCOME, BETTY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, SO I DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS. I HAVE TWO MINUTES. I AM HERE TO ADDRESS PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. I THINK -- IN MY OPINION, HOMELESSNESS , IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE WAY THEY MANAGE THINGS , AND THE SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS A BIG PROBLEM. IN PUBLIC HOUSING. THE WAY THEY DO THINGS IS POOR MANAGEMENT. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOISE FOR ONE YEAR . AND NOBODY HAS DONE NOTHING. YOU CAN DO NOTHING , NOTHING, NOTHING. SO, IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE LEGISLATURE [ INAUDIBLE ] THEY NEED TO WORK ON THAT. MY OTHER ISSUE IS I REALLY ASK YOU THAT -- TO GO PAPERLESS. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT ALL THE RESIDENTS , THEY RECEIVE A LETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOU OPEN THE DOOR, IT'S A SINGLE LETTER. AND I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORK. THEY HAVE SO MANY MANAGERS, MANAGER AFTER MANAGER AFTER MANAGER, THEY REALLY NEED TO SAVE MONEY ON MANAGERS, AND I BELIEVE THEY NEED NEW MANAGERS THAT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO, YES, THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BETTY. NEXT, WE HAVE GABRIEL, FOLLOWED BY MARIA, THEN GWENDOLYN. WE HAVE M . SMITH, SOMMER MILLER, JASON, AND THEN -- [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> A, FOLKS, MY NAME IS GABRIEL DIAZ AND I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT KYLE ANDERSON PROTESTS AND THE [ INAUDIBLE ] REVIEW. I KNOW SEATTLE HAS A DISCUSSION COMING UP ABOUT THIS, AND I WANT TO SHARE AN OPINION I HAVE, SEE YOU ALL CAN MULL IT OVER BEFORE THE REVIEW. [ INAUDIBLE ] ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I SAW THAT PEOPLE RECOMMENDED WAS DOING CULTURAL COMPETENCY REVIEWS AND TRAININGS. PERSONALLY, I AM NOT AS BIG A FAN OF THAT, I'M GOING TO SHARE WHY. MY FIRST THOUGHT IS LIKE PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT A LOT OF THE STUFF WE ARE SEEING, A CULTURE REVIEW IS GOING TO CHANGE POINT DON'T STOP PUNCHING PROTESTERS WHILE THEIR ARMS ARE RESTRAINED [ INAUDIBLE ]. LEARNING ABOUT STONEWALL IS IT GOING TO STOP OFFICERS FROM POTENTIALLY ESCALATING PROTESTERS AND CROSSING LINES. SECONDLY, IT IS JUST BECAUSE [ INAUDIBLE ] POINT 16% OF VETERAN OFFICERS AND 14% OF NEW OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN THE TRAINING THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BY LAW WITHIN THE TIMELINE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO. THIS TRAINING DOES [ INAUDIBLE ]. AND OFFICERS JUST AREN'T DOING IT BUT WITH MULTIPLE PAPERS AND MULTIPLE JOURNALIST REPORTING SOME OFFICERS ONTO DOING IT BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T DO "WELCOME." [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT IS NOT GOING TO STOP ANOTHER [ INAUDIBLE ] BUT WE NEED STRONGER ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OFFICERS. WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE HAVEN'T DROPPED OUR STANDARDS, BUT KEPT OUR STANDARDS HIGH, BUT WHAT ABOUT STANDARDS FOR OFFICERS WERE ON THE FORCE? FOR EXAMPLE, OFFICER KEN HOWARD, THE OFFICER WHO [ INAUDIBLE ]. BECAUSE HE BLACKED OUT WHILE THEY WERE PRACTICING MARTIAL ARTS TOGETHER. 70% OF THE DISCIPLINE THAT SHE [ INAUDIBLE ] HANDED DOWN ARE THE LOWEST LEVEL RECOMMENDED OR BELOW. THIS DOESN'T SAY TO ME OFFICERS WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND [ INAUDIBLE ], BUT NOT ADDRESS THE ACTUAL CHANGE. WE HAD A CHANCE TO GET SOME ACCOUNT ABILITY MEASURES TO SPD DURING THE LAST CONTRACT, WITH MULTIPLE [ INAUDIBLE ] SAYING THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH ACCOUNT ABILITY, AND YET WE GAVE IT TO THEM ANYWAY. THE BEST WAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WAS BACK THEN, THE SECOND BEST TIME IS NOW. WE NEED TO WORK CLOSELY [ INAUDIBLE ]. I WILL FIRST REITERATE THE DEMANDS OF THE VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY TO OPEN AN OFFICE OF PUBLIC -- AN OFFICE OF THE VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GABRIEL. NEXT, WE HAVE MARIA, FOLLOWED BY GWENDOLYN, THEN M, SOMMER, JASON, AND MISS E THAT. MARIA ? >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARIA, I AM A JUNIOR IN WEST SEATTLE. I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK MY TRUTH AND REPRESENT MINORITY YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TO INVEST MORE IN IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE -- REFUGEES OFFICE -- SORRY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. AND TO CREATE A REAL OPPORTUNITY THAT SUPPORTS AND UPLIFTS YOUNG PEOPLE SUCH AS MYSELF. TOO OFTEN, POLITICIANS AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS CLAIM THAT THEY ARE WORKING TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH. BUT THE REALITY TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY. OUR YOUTH ARE NOT BEING PROTECTED WHEN EDUCATION FUNDING IS CUT , WHEN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, AND WHEN IMMIGRANT CHILDREN ARE BEING PLACED IN DETENTION CENTERS. I RECOGNIZE THAT THE COUNCIL RECENTLY PASSED LEGISLATION TO PROTECT LOCAL COMMUNITIES, BILL 121180, AND I APPRECIATE THAT STEP, BUT I URGE YOU TO GO FURTHER. TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE LETTERS WRITTEN BY CHILDREN CURRENTLY IN ICE DETENTIONS OR IN ICE CUSTODY. THEIR WORDS ARE HEARTBREAKING AND REVEAL THE REAL CONDITIONS THEY ARE FACING. IF WE TRULY WANT TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH, WE MUST LISTEN TO THEM, INVEST IN THEM, AND ACT WITH URGENCY AND COMPASSION. PROTECTION SHOULD NOT JUST BE A STATEMENT, IT SHOULD REFLECT IN MEANINGFUL LEGISLATION AND IN THE CITY BUDGET. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, MARIA. NEXT, WE HAVE GWENDOLYN, FOLLOWED BY LETTER M, SOMMER, JASON, YVETTE, THEN WE WILL JUMP TO ONLINE. >> I'M GWENDOLYN, I AM HERE TO COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY FOR PERMANENT BAN ON ICE DETENTION CENTERS. WE NEED TO HAVE THIS BAN PASSED POINT >> ONE SECOND, GWENDOLYN. WE CAN DO -- SO, WE ARE PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE YOU CAN COMMENT ABOUT ANYTHING, AND THEN YOU CAN DO ANOTHER WITH YOUR PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL. DID YOU SIGN UP FOR BOTH? >> I ONLY SAW A SIGN UP FOR ONE. >> OKAY, SO IS GWENDOLYN ALLOWED TO DRESS LIKE THE COUNCIL ABOUT THAT, AND THEN ALSO DO A PUBLIC HEARING COMMENT? >> [ INAUDIBLE ] COMMENTS ON ITEMS RELATING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, AND [ INAUDIBLE ] ITEMS WITHIN THE COMMITTEE PURVIEW, AND ALSO THE COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM WITHOUT ANY COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL HAPPEN AS SOON AS WE LOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. >> SO, CAN GWENDOLYN TALK ABOUT ICE DETENTION CENTERS IN GENERAL ? AND THEN DO PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS CURRENT LEGISLATION? DID YOU SEE WHAT I JUST DID THERE? YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THEM IN GENERAL FOR YOUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THEN SIGN UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT LAW DIRECTLY. THAT IS WHAT I AM BEING TOLD. >> I SEE, I SEE. >> YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? >> I UNDERSTAND THAT >> OKAY, SO WE WILL RESTART YOUR TIMER. IT IS RIGHT AFTER COMMAS RIGHT AFTER WE GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN WE WILL DO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DETENTION POINT SO, YOU CAN COMMENT ABOUT ICE DETENTION CENTERS IN GENERAL, AND THEN SPECIFIC, THE LAW WE ARE DOING TODAY, SO YOU CAN DO BOTH. >> YEAH, SO IN GENERAL, WE NEED ICE OUT OF SEATTLE. YOU KNOW, LIKE BUT ICE IS NOT THE ONLY THREAT TO PEOPLE IN SEATTLE RIGHT NOW, IT IS A HUGE THREAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MANY DEVELOPERS MOVING IN TO SET UP THESE NEW A.I. DATA CENTERS. THESE DATA CENTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO COST AS MUCH ELECTRICITY AS IS CURRENTLY BEING USED BY ONE THIRD OF THE CITY TODAY, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THIS [ INAUDIBLE ] ACTUALLY BENEFIT WORKING PEOPLE. WE NEED THE POWER OF THE WORKING CLASS TO FIGHT AGAINST THESE THINGS, AGAINST ICE, AGAINST THE THING I'M NOT ALLOWED TO NAME RIGHT NOW, AGAINST DETENTION FACILITIES, AND SO FOR THAT REASON, EVERYONE HERE SHOULD COME OUT ON A DATE , THIS FRIDAY, THE MARCH, SHOW THE POWER OF THE WORKING CLASS AGAINST THESE BIG BUSINESS BILLIONAIRES. WE NEED TO COME BACK HERE ON TUESDAY, MAY 5th. WE HAVE MULTIPLE SOCIALIST AND ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS SINGLED OUT TO SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE ANGRY, PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS, YOU KNOW, BS GOING ON WITH ICE, EVERYTHING. AND [ INAUDIBLE ] SHOW THAT OUR CITY IS NOT COMING THIS, WE ARE ALL SICK OF IT. EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T ALL BE OUT HERE AT 2:00 P.M. ON A TUESDAY, BUT WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH, AND IF THE BUSINESS CLASS [ INAUDIBLE ] WILL FIGHT TO SEE THIS THROUGH. >> THANK YOU, GWENDOLYN, AND PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH THE PUBLIC HEARING IS RIGHT AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH YOU CAN COMMENT ABOUT THE DETENTION CENTER LEGISLATION THAT IS BEFORE US. NEXT, WE HAVE LETTER M. SMITH, [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> YEAH, I THINK IT IS VERY GOOD THAT , YOU KNOW, WE ARE HAVING THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON AN IMPORTANT BAN ON ICE DETENTION CENTERS, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD ALSO THAT THIS IS ONLY HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE OF THE MOVEMENT, BECAUSE OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WENT OUT ONTO THE STREETS IN MINNEAPOLIS, AROUND THE COUNTRY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THESE ATTACKS BY I SPRAYED ON THEIR OWN, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD NEVER PASS ANYTHING THAT ACTUALLY BENEFITS WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE. IT IS ONLY UNDER THE PRESSURE OF [ INAUDIBLE ] ANY OF THE GAMES IN SEATTLE THAT WE HAVE WON, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS, AND I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE ICE DETENTION CENTERS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IT HAS BEEN ALMOST FOUR MONTHS. I MEAN, IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT THIS IS ALL THAT WE HAVE DONE, IS PASS A ONE-YEAR BAN, AND NOW DISCUSSING THIS PERMANENT BAN ON ICE DETENTION CENTERS, WE HAVE BEEN OUT HERE FOR THREE MONTHS, MANY ORGANIZATIONS, CALLING FOR STRONGER ACTION. THERE ARE BASIC THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL COULD PASS, MUNICIPAL IDEAS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, WHICH MANY CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY PASSED POINT NEW YORK, BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, WHY DOES SEATTLE NOT HAVE THIS? IT PROVIDES BASIC PROTECTION FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. ON APRIL 8th, A UNION MEMBER WAS DEPORTED FROM SEATAC, KENNY, A MEMBER OF UAW 4121. THE DEMOCRATS AREN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, AND FRANKLY, THE UNION LEADERSHIP ISN'T, EITHER. I THINK IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING , WE JUST HAD A ROOM FULL OF UNION LEADERS WHO CAME IN FOR A PHOTO OP, BUT THAT MAKE A SINGLE DEMAND ON THIS COUNCIL, DIDN'T SAY A WORD ABOUT UNION MEMBERS WHO ARE BEING DEPARTED, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE TRUMP IN THE FIRST PLACE. I MADE THIS POINT BEFORE, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ACTION BY THE DEMOCRAT PARTY THAT THE RIGHT-WING IS TAKING POWER AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ENDING TRAFFIC DEBTS FOR VISION ZERO, BUT THE DEMOCRATS OF THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE SOUND TRANSIT ARE TALKING ABOUT CANCELING THE LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION. [ INAUDIBLE ] IT'S BY EXPANDING MASS TRANSIT, MAKING IT FREE, GETTING PEOPLE TO USE IT, AND THE WAY IS CLEAR, TAX THE RICH. AMAZON'S PROFITS HAVE GONE UP $21 BILLION IN 2020 WHEN THE PAST -- [ INAUDIBLE ] . >> THANK YOU, M . THANK YOU, M. NEXT, WE HAVE SOMMER MILLER, FOLLOWED BY JASON AND YVETTE AND WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING. >> I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING M JUST SAID. FOR PUBLIC HEARING, MAYBE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD LET PEOPLE KNOW PUBLICLY THAT THERE IS [ INAUDIBLE ]. OTHERWISE, THEY CAN COME IN AND BE PART OF IT, CAN THEY? BUT IT'S BEEN ALMOST FOUR MONTHS, AS M SAID, SINCE RENEE GOOD WAS KILLED, AND EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMMIT RIGHT NOW TO DOING WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT POINT, WHICH IS PASS A PERMANENT BAN. THAT IS THE LESS THAN BARE MINIMUM OF WHAT YOU CAN DO. THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE TAKING MUCH STRONGER ACTION. PEOPLE ARE BEING TERRORIZED NOT JUST BY ICE, BUT ALSO BY COPS AROUND THE COUNTRY. WHETHER IT IS FEDERAL OR STATE POLICE. THIS HAS MASSIVE ECONOMIC COSTS FOR THOSE PEOPLE. CASTEEL HIGHTOWER AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR A PROTECTED PERSONS PROGRAM IN SEATTLE FOR SIX YEARS, TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT THEY HAVE COME IN HERE FOR SIX YEARS AND ASKED FOR BASIC [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING. VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE , THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES, TRAVEL, LEGAL SUPPORT, LOST WAGES HOUSING CHILDCARE EVERY COST IS WORTH TIME TO FAMILIES WHEN [ INAUDIBLE ]. AND THAT MONEY SHOULD COME FROM TAKING MONEY FROM THE [ INAUDIBLE ], WHICH BY THE WAY, THE BUDGET HAS GONE UP $123 MILLION IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE DON'T NEED MORE POLICING, WE DON'T NEED SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, WE NEED YOU TO FIND THINGS WORKING PEOPLE NEED BY TAXING THE RICH. WE CAN PASS A KING COUNTY TAX, AMAZON TAX TO PASS FREE MASS TRANSIT TO PAY FOR FREE HEALTHCARE FOR , YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 100,000 PEOPLE IN SEATTLE. AND THEN WE HAVE A LIKE A DOG AND PONY SHOW RIGHT BEFORE WE COME IN EVERY WEEK NOW. YOU GUYS DO NOTHING. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTINUED TO [ INAUDIBLE ]. BUT WHEN WORKING PEOPLE NEED SUPPORT, SOME OF THESE DEMOCRATS [ INAUDIBLE ]. WE SHOULD HAVE NO ILLUSIONS WHY THIS IS. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY [ INAUDIBLE ] . >> THANK YOU, SUMMER. NEXT, WE HAVE JASON, FOLLOWED BY YVETTE. IS JASON HERE? THANK YOU, WELCOME, JASON. JASON IS NEXT. THANK YOU, SUMMER. FOLLOWED BY MISS YVETTE. >> YEAH, MY NAME IS JASON THEO, I AM A RENTER OF DISTRICT 5 POINT IT HAS BEEN A MOST A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE TRUMPED UP OFFICE AND ICE IS TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITIES, [ INAUDIBLE ] KICKED OFF OF THEIR ALREADY INADEQUATE HEALTH INSURANCE, AND WAR AND GENOCIDE CONTINUE UNDER IMPERIALISM. SEATTLE IS A CITY WITH A SUPPOSEDLY LIST MAYOR, [ INAUDIBLE ] IS SUPPOSEDLY THE PARTY THAT IS FIGHTING TRUMP. WHAT HAVE THEY ACTUALLY DONE? LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID, IT TOOK THIS LONG FOR A PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION CENTERS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA, AND ALSO LIKE EXACTLY WHAT SOMERSET, A PUBLIC HEARING IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC. IT TOOK AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO EVEN FIGURE OUT THIS WAS HAPPENING TODAY. AND ANY DEMOCRAT ON THE CITY COUNCIL THAT VOTES AGAINST THAT BARE, BARE, BARE MINIMUM, BELOW BARE MINIMUM, IS AN ENEMY OF WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE THROWN OUT OF OFFICE. YOU KNOW, THAT PERMANENT BAN IS FAR FROM ENOUGH. EMPTY PROCLAMATIONS ABOUT MAYDAY AND TRANS VISIBILITY ARE NOT ENOUGH. HOW CAN YOU PROCLAIM TO STAND FOR IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND CONTINUE TO BALLOON THE POLICE BUDGET AND DO NOTHING TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST ICE? THE CITY COUNCIL COULD SHUT DOWN THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT THEY VOTED TO EXPAND LAST YEAR THAT KATIE WILSON REFUSES TO SHUT DOWN, THEY COULD PASS AN EVICTION MORATORIUM UNTIL ICE IS OUT OF SEATTLE, THEY COULD BUILD A MUNICIPAL I.D. SYSTEM THAT M WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT INSTEAD, [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT WOULD USE A THIRD OF THE CITY'S POWER AND JACK UP OUR POWER BILLS. ONE OF THE COMPANIES TRYING TO BUILD THOSE DATA CENTERS IS [ INAUDIBLE ], WHICH IS BUILDING DATA CENTERS IN INDIANAPOLIS AND LEASING [ INAUDIBLE ]. THEY ALSO DONATED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO BRUCE HARRELL'S ELECTION LAST YEAR, AND YET KATIE WILSON IS ALSO DOING NOTHING TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THESE DATA CENTERS. THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT WORK, THEY WORK FOR THE BILLIONAIRES AND BIG BUSINESS, NOT WORKING PEOPLE. IF WE WANT TO WIN ANYTHING, WE NEED TO BREAK FROM THE DEMOCRATS AND BUILD A NEW PARTY, WE NEED TO [ INAUDIBLE ]. EVERY YEAR, THE ROTTING UNION LEADERSHIP DONATES TO [ INAUDIBLE ]. THE UNION LEADERSHIP SHOULD BE ORGANIZING MASS STRIKE ACTION AGAINST ICE AND CUTS TO LIGHT RAIL AND PUBLIC SERVICES IN SEATTLE, INSTEAD THEY'RE PRETENDING LIKE THEY HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO THE SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE OF 1919 -- [ INAUDIBLE ] . >> THANK YOU, JASON. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE TO MISS YVETTE. THANK YOU, JASON. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> COME ON, MISS YVETTE. [ INAUDIBLE ] . >> HI, GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY CLINIC. I WAS A VOLUNTEER THERE. IT WAS A HEARTWARMING EXPERIENCE. [ INAUDIBLE ] 3000 PEOPLE OVER THAT WEEKEND, PEOPLE LINING UP THE DAY BEFORE TO GET THEIR TICKET. AND SURPRISINGLY, AS I WAS LEAVING MY SHIFT, [ INAUDIBLE ] ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS THERE. OF COURSE, I HAD TO GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT. ALSO, [ INAUDIBLE ] 12th AND JACKSON. COME TO FIND OUT THAT [ INAUDIBLE ] THE NEW MAYOR TOOK A HARD APPROACH TO ENCAMPMENT. NO CODDLING, NO EXCUSES. [ INAUDIBLE ] I NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE. [ INAUDIBLE ] PRETTY MUCH BY AND LARGE, [ INAUDIBLE ] AROUND HERE. AND ALSO, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT [ INAUDIBLE ] ACROSS THE STREET HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE 2020 AND THE CITY OWNS THAT PROPERTY. CAN YOU FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THAT LOT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HOUSING SHORTAGE, AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS FOR [ INAUDIBLE ] AFFORDABLE AS IT CAN BE, BECAUSE LAND IS EXPENSIVE, SO LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT -- TURN THAT INTO BUILDING PLACES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. AND I THINK -- OH, ONE MORE THING, I THINK. [ INAUDIBLE ] OH, IN MY COMMUNITY, WE WANT AND APPRECIATE THE SECURITY CAMERAS. SO, KEEP THEM UP, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MISS YVETTE. NOW WE ARE GOING TO JUMP TO ONLINE. WE HAVE MR. HOWARD GILL. PLEASE PRESS*6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOWARD GILL. THIS MORNING, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HEARD HOW THE PUBLIC SPHERES AROUND THE PASSING OF 2023 DRUG USE AND POSSESSION [ INAUDIBLE ] CAME TRUE. DISPARATE ARRESTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, A LACK OF FUNDING FOR [ INAUDIBLE ], THE SIGNIFICANT FAILURES OF THE SPD PRIORITIZING ARRESTS AND JAILING OVER DIVERGENT FOR MINOR OFFENSES. THIS IS A PATTERN WE SEE REPEATED WITH OUR POLICE ACROSS SITUATIONS. WE PASS LAWS GIVING OFFICERS DISCRETION. A DISCUSSION WITH [ INAUDIBLE ], DISCUSSION WITH THE USE OF FORCE, DISCUSSION WITH ALLOWING THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE CARE TEAMS [ INAUDIBLE ]. DISCUSSION OF DE-ESCALATION WHEN FACING FOLKS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CRISES. DISCRETION ON HOW TO DEAL WITH [ INAUDIBLE ] VIOLATING CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS, AND FAR TOO OFTEN, THE POLICE ABUSE THAT DISCUSSION. AND WHEN WE TRUST OUR OFFICERS IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE TOXIC POLICE CULTURE WILL OFTEN DOMINATE, AND THEN PROVIDE NO REAL ACCOUNTABILITY POINT THIS COUNCIL PRIORITIZES PUNISHMENT OVERPROTECTION, THEN IGNORES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR UNJUST CRIMINALIZATION. YET YOU WILL REFLEXIVELY DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANYTHING [ INAUDIBLE ] SYSTEMIC DISPARITIES AND ARMS. [ INAUDIBLE ] THREE ANNIVERSARIES OF COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY KILLINGS BY SEATTLE POLICE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN SEVERE CRISIS. [ INAUDIBLE ] KILLED SIX YEARS AGO TOMORROW WITH NO WEAPON WHILE HOLDING HIS INFANT SON. TERRY, KILLED JUST SIX DAYS BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD. AT BRIAN SMITH, KILLED SEVEN YEARS AGO [ INAUDIBLE ] POLICE OFFICERS BROKE DOWN HIS APARTMENT DOOR. ALL OF THESE CASES HAVE HEARINGS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH INJURIES LIKELY TO FIND THAT WHAT SEATTLE HAS SEEN LAWFUL AND PROPER IS IN FACT UNJUST AND CRIMINAL. THRUSTING POLICE [ INAUDIBLE ] IN A TOXIC CULTURE WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY WILL ALWAYS BE A RECIPE FOR FAILURE, EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO ACCOMPLISHING [ INAUDIBLE ] GOALS OF PUNISHMENT. WE NEED COMMUNITY CONTROL OF POLICE, THANK YOU. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE NAME STARTS WITH A G, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THAT NAME, MY APOLOGIES,*6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. GUENEVERE? >> HI, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS GUENEVERE [ INAUDIBLE ], I'M A D5 RESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M GOING TO DEMAND THE CITY [ INAUDIBLE ] DENY ICE AND DHS THE USE OF ANY LAND OR BUILDING IN SEATTLE OR DETENTION CENTERS. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW ICE OR DHS TO SET UP OR OPERATE A DETENTION FACILITY IN THE CITY OR YOU WILL BE COMPLICIT IN THE CRIMES OF THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, GUENEVERE, NEXT WE HAVE CJ, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES, THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING. CJ,*6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. I DON'T SEE CJ ONLINE. OH, CJ WAS HERE? OKAY, SO NEXT, CAN WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES,*6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, DAVID HAYNES. >> HI, DAVID HAYNES, [ INAUDIBLE ] COUNCIL LEADERSHIP HAS NO URGENCY IN SOLVING THE PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS AND THE HOMELESS CRISIS, ESPECIALLY BEFORE [ INAUDIBLE ]. TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA FOR THE DAY OF THE COUNCIL, THERE IS NOTHING ON THERE EXCEPT UNDERMINING THE EFFORTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND APPOINT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, THAT IS ALL WE ARE DOING TODAY. [ INAUDIBLE ] TO PUSH YOUR POLITICAL SUPPORTERS, TAKING UP THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE'S TIME, WHILE THE WHOLE TIME, SOCIETY CONTINUES TO IMPLODE. AS WE WITNESSED THIS MORNING, [ INAUDIBLE ] INFILTRATED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DICTATED WHAT THE COP'S BEHAVIOR IS, MISLEADING [ INAUDIBLE ] INTERFERENCE FOR EVIL, REPEAT CRIMINAL OFFENDERS WHO ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BREAK THEIR ADDICTION, WHILE MAKING SHARON LEE AND ALL THESE SERVICE PROVIDERS WERE UNQUALIFIED RICH. AND JUST GO OUTSIDE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ENJOY YOURSELF BECAUSE THERE ARE ALL THESE SCREWED UP PEOPLE, AND YOU ALL ACT LIKE, HEY, WE DON'T WANT TO JUDGE, WE DON'T WANT TO PUNISH, WE JUST WANT TO USE THEM FOR A MORE PROFITABLE [ INAUDIBLE ] BECAUSE IT KICKS BACK A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY AND [ INAUDIBLE ] POWER MONGERING POSITIONS , THAT DON'T HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. BUT IN PUSHING WITH YOUR [ INAUDIBLE ] BS , AND IT HAS HAMPERED THE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND YET, YOU ALL STILL LIE TO US ABOUT HOW MUCH OF VIRTUE SIGNALING AND [ INAUDIBLE ] YOU ARE LITERALLY RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR BLACK DRUG PUSHERS. YOU ARE LITERALLY [ INAUDIBLE ] REPEAT OFFENDERS. AND THEN YOU SIT THERE AND LIE TO US ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU CARE, ABOUT HOW INCLUSIVE WE ARE. OH, [ INAUDIBLE ] INCLUDE THE DRUG PUSHERS AND THE [ INAUDIBLE ]. MAKING WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNDRESSED WHILE YOU ALL ARE VIRTUE SIGNALING ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU CARE, BUT YET IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE BLOG PUSHERS, THE BLACK AND BROWN DRUG PUSHERS, THE EVIL [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES. SO, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, SO WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE LIST OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN PERSON TODAY, AND ALSO FOR YOUR COMMENTS ONLINE. AND WHEN YOU SEE US EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE ARE NOW GOING TO TRANSITION INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO THE COUNCIL WILL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, ORDINANCE [ INAUDIBLE ]. THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED [ INAUDIBLE ] ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXPANSION, OR CONVERSION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES TO DETENTION CENTERS. TODAY, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ORDINANCE. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, SPONSOR OF THIS ORDINANCE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS WHO SHOWED UP AT [ INAUDIBLE ]. I PERSONALLY OWN THAT, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT [ INAUDIBLE ] MOVING FORWARD LIKE WE DID WITH THE ORIGINAL MORATORIUM, SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT [ INAUDIBLE ]. TO PROVIDE A BIT OF HISTORY HERE TO THE LISTENING PUBLIC, BECAUSE WHEN WE SAW THE SOLICITATION NOTICE POSTED ON [ INAUDIBLE ], THIS BODY MOVED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO INTRODUCE AND PASS EMERGENCY LEGISLATION FOR A 365 DAY MORATORIUM ON NEW AND EXPANDED DETENTION CENTERS, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT LEGISLATION. WHEN WE PASSED ABOUT EMERGENCE THE LEGISLATION, IT SERVED AS A DECLARATION OF PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND ESTABLISHED WORKPLAN TO CONSIDER PERMANENT REGULATIONS FOR 2027. THIS PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS A STEP TOWARDS CREATING THOSE PERMANENT REGULATIONS, THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH IN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT I WANT TO JUST GROUND US IN THE FACT THAT THE ACLU REPORTED TODAY THAT THE 17th PERSON HAS DIED IN CUSTODY IN ICE DETENTION. THAT IS THAT'S INSIDE OF DETENTION CENTERS OCCURRING AT A RATE OF ONE IN EVERY SIX DAYS. WE HEARD TODAY AND PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT KIDS IN DETENTION . WE KNOW THE HORRIFIC CONDITIONS WITHIN DETENTION CENTERS. AND BY ENABLING OR SUPPORTING MORE DETENTION CENTERS , IS JUST HELPING THIS REGIME RAMP UP THEIR INHUMANE ENFORCED ACTIONS AND INFLICT UNSPEAKABLE FORMS AGAINST OUR COMMUNITIES. THE DEMANDS TO THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ON THIS TOPIC, THEY WANT TO GET ICE OUT OF SEATTLE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT PREVENTING MORE DETENTION CENTERS FROM STANDING UP IN OUR CITY IS THE BARE MINIMUM. SO -- >> [ APPLAUSE ] WITH THAT SAID, [ INAUDIBLE ]. I ALSO WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT AND GRATITUDE FOR OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN SIMILAR ACTIONS, I KNOW A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES ARE CONSIDERING SOME MORATORIUMS AT THIS TIME. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ACROSS THE REGION TO SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT AND WORK ALONGSIDE OTHER JURISDICTIONS, BUT JUST WANTED TO OPEN UP WITH THOSE REMARKS, THANK YOU [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. SO, AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I KNOW OF IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 127401. I KNOW WE HAVE THREE SIGNED UP ONLINE. EVERYONE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. FIRST UP, WE HAVE JASON, FOLLOWED BY GWENDOLYN, SUMMER, AND THEN DEREK . OH, SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. DEREK, AND THEN WE WILL SWITCH TO ONLINE AS WELL, WHICH WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES, HOWARD GALE, AND GUENEVERE. SO, JASON? WELCOME. WITH YOUR [ INAUDIBLE ] BAG, ONE OF MY FAVORITES. >> THANKS. YEAH, I SAID A LOT OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IN THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT JUST TO SAY, LIKE I AGREE WITH -- I MEAN, I AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID IT, THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM, AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S LIKE -- THE FACT THAT IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG TO DO THIS WHEN OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS -- YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIES HAVE PASSED THIS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE -- WE NEED TO BE DEMANDING MORE FROM WORKING PEOPLE, WE NEED TO BE DEMANDING MORE FROM OTHER CITIES, AND I GUESS MOST OF WHAT I WANT TO USE MY COMMENT OR IS ALEXIS MERCEDES RINCK REALLY PUBLICLY SUPPORTS A PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION CENTERS. WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THIS CONSUL, WE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION, WE SUPPORT A PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION CENTERS ? AS RINCK POINTED OUT, THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING IN THESE DETENTION CENTERS, THERE ARE A LOT MORE DEBTS IN ICE CARE IN THE CITY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM WE CAN DO TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST TRUMP AND THE RIGHT-WING AND WE LISTED MANY, MANY OTHERS THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO -- ANSWER THAT QUESTION? I MEAN, DO YOU SUPPORT THE BAN -- THE PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION CENTERS IN THE CITY? >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS JUST FOR YOU. >> YEAH, THAT'S A NO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE GWENDOLYN, FOLLOWED BY SUMMER, AND THEN M AND DEREK, WELCOME. GWENDOLYN, WELCOME BACK. >> HOPEFULLY THIS IS MORE COMPLETE NOW. [ INAUDIBLE ] THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM, IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T COST AS MUCH OF ANYTHING, BECAUSE THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO ICE DETENTION FACILITIES IN SEATTLE, THEY'RE ALL SPREAD ACROSS KING COUNTY, BUT EVEN STILL, THE BALL IS IN MOTION, WE HAVE TO PUT ON MAXIMUM PRESSURE TO START A REAL FIGHT AGAINST ICE. AS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT FIGHTING ICE, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN FOUR MONTHS JUST TO GET TO A HEARING. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULDN'T BE DISCUSSING FEASIBILITY ONE MAN, ONE CITY, WE WOULD BE SEEING A MASSIVE LEGAL FIGHT ON THE KING COUNTY ALREADY [ INAUDIBLE ]. WE WOULD BE SEEING COUNTYWIDE, STATEWIDE BANDS AGAINST ICE POSTED EVERY LEGISLATURE DEMOCRATS CONTROL. WE SEE MARCHES EVERY WEEKEND, STREET DEMONSTRATIONS, STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS OF WORKING PLACES, INCLUDING ONES WITH IMMIGRANT WORKERS ESPECIALLY. DEMOCRATS AREN'T LEADING THESE THINGS BECAUSE INSTEAD, THIS DEMAND HAS BEEN GRINDING FORTH AGAINST MACHINERY OF THE PARTY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ARE A PARTY NOT OF WORKING PEOPLE, BUT OF THE BILLIONAIRES AND THEIR INTERESTS. DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS , YOU KNOW, AS OFTEN AS THEY ARE, ARE PART OF THE SAME CLINICAL MACHINE IS DEMOCRATS ON CITY COUNCILS. THEY'RE NOT HERE TO FIGHT THE SYSTEM, THEY'RE HERE TO RUN THE SYSTEM, AND THAT INCLUDES ICE, AND THAT'S WHY BIDEN ESCALATED AFTER TRUMP'S FIRST TERM. WE NEED A NEW [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THE SPAN IS ONLY BEING HER NOW BECAUSE OF THE REPEATED PRESSURE OF THE MOVEMENT [ INAUDIBLE ]. AND SO, WE WANT TO SEE THIS PAST AND [ INAUDIBLE ]. EVERYONE HERE SHOULD COME OUT AGAIN NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE MORE ORGANIZATIONS COMING. PROPOSALS LIKE THIS HAVE A TENDENCY TO DIE IN THE DARKNESS ONCE PUBLIC PRESSURE IS OFF. NOW THAT IT IS BEING PUT FORWARD, IT IS A TIME TO ESCALATE THE PRESSURE, NOT TAKEN OFF. AND I AGREE WITH JASON [ INAUDIBLE ] MAKE VERY CLEAR GUESS OR KNOW OF WHETHER THEY WANT TO SEE THIS PASS, REGARDLESS OF ANY ITS FANS OR BOTS. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, GWENDOLYN, NEXT WE HAVE SUMMER, FOLLOWED BY M, THEN DEREK, THEN WE WILL MOVE ONLINE, DAVID HOWARD. >> SO, JOY HOLLINGSWORTH IS USING YOUR EXCUSES [ INAUDIBLE ]. PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION CENTERS. THIS IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD [ INAUDIBLE ]. WHAT GOOD IS ONE YEAR IF [ INAUDIBLE ] POINT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO [ INAUDIBLE ]. IT'S FINE IF THAT USED TO HAPPEN. I WANTED TO ASK, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO CAN PUBLICLY COMMIT RIGHT NOW -- THERE IS NO REASON ALL OF YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW. IT IS EASY. YOU PUBLICLY COMMIT RIGHT NOW TO PASSING A PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION CENTERS IN SEATTLE, ANY OF YOU? VOTING YES ON THAT? >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR YOU ALL. I WILL CONTINUE [ INAUDIBLE ] POINT >> CAN ANYONE SAY THEY CAN PASS THAT, THEY CAN VOTE YES ON THAT ? RAISE YOUR HAND. ALEXIS, CAN YOU? YES? >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, SUMMER. NEXT WE HAVE M, FOLLOWED BY DEREK. WELCOME. >> YEAH, I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT HAS BEEN SAID, THERE IS JUST NO REASON NOT TO PASS THIS, AND YOU KNOW, YES, THERE IS A PROCESS. BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR NOT PUBLICLY PLEDGING RIGHT NOW TODAY TO SUPPORT A PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION CENTERS, AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR DOING THAT THESE BUREAUCRATIC EXCUSES OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR YOU, THIS IS -- YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE WHEN WE COME UP HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT THE ROLE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS PLAYED IN THE LONG HISTORY OF ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS AND IT GOES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR BLACK PEOPLE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, FOR WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE IN THE CRISIS THAT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. BARACK OBAMA STILL HAS A RECORD FOR DEPORTATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY. MASSIVE ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS. WE HAVE A CONGRESSMAN IN SEATTLE, ADAM SMITH, WHO VOTED TO CREATE ICE, VOTED REPEATEDLY TO FUND ICE, AND THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL AREN'T EVEN WILLING TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT YOU SUPPORT A PERMANENT BAN ON ICE DETENTION CENTERS IN SEATTLE? IF WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT THIS AS WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE, IF WE ARE GOING TO SOLVE ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS, WE HAVE TO RECKON, THIS IS WHY WE, PURE AND TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WE HAVE TO RECKON WITH THE BETRAYALS AND THE ATTACK BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OVER A SERIES OF DECADES THAT HAVE BROUGHT US TO THIS POSITION. AND WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THAT, WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE TIES TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE UNION MOVEMENT, IN THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT, WE HAVE TO BREAK THIS CYCLE OF EVERY TWO YEARS OR EVERY FOUR YEARS, VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS WHO BETRAY US, WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING, WHO FUND A GENOCIDE, WHO FUND ICE, WHO INCREASE THE SPD BUDGET $123 MILLION, AND THEY WON'T EVEN SAY THEY SUPPORT A PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION CENTERS AND THE RIGHT WING GETS SWEPT BACK INTO POWER. THIS IS A CYCLE WE ARE IN, WE HAVE TO BREAK IT, AND WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE HAVE TO GET ORGANIZED TO DO THAT, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO NOT HAVE ANY ILLUSIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL DO ANYTHING UNLESS AIR FORCE, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, I HOPE YOU [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> DEREK, YOUR NEXT, NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE NEXT. AND I DO KNOW SOME PEOPLE SIGNED UP ONLINE, WE ARE GOING TO GO ONLINE, THEN BACK TO IN PERSON FOR US TO FINISH. DEREK. >> BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART I LEFT OUT ABOUT BEING PUT ON THE DOMESTIC TERRORISM WATCH LIST IS THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A THREAT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE RADICAL VIEWS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE MOST RADICAL VIEW THAT I HAVE IS THAT THE LORD OFFERS SALVATION TO LGBTQ ENTRANCE PEOPLE AS WELL, BUT JUST AS THEY ARE, THAT IS THE MOST RADICAL VIEW I EVER HAD, AND I DIDN'T EVEN POST THAT ONLINE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO REITERATE IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A THREAT TO SOCIETY TO BE PUT ON THE DOMESTIC TERRORIST WATCH LIST, WE KNOW THAT FROM WHAT WE SAW IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA WITH RENEE GOOD AND ALEX PRETTI. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A THREAT. IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANY ONE OF US. I CAN'T REITERATE THAT ENOUGH. I HAVE WORKED IN CORPORATE AMERICA MOST OF MY LIFE. MY FACEBOOK PAGE WAS FOR KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH COLLEAGUES THAT I WANTED TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH. SO, BUT THE CORRUPTION RUNS DEEP HERE. WHAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT SPD UNFORTUNATELY IS TRUE. I FOUND THAT OUT THE HARD WAY. WHERE ARE YOU -- WHERE THEY'RE BEING CONDESCENDING AND DISMISSIVE. BUT THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART THAT I WANTED TO REITERATE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, DEREK. WE WILL SWITCH TO ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, NEXT WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES, HOWARD GILL, FOLLOWED BY GUENEVERE, THEN WE WILL SWITCH BACK IN PERSON WHERE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP. >> THERE IS A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INNOCENT MIGRANT AND SOME CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD CARTEL CHARACTER. AND YET, SEATTLE DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT TO DECIPHER THE DIFFERENCE, THEY WANT TO LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH WHATEVER THEY SEE IN THE NEWS THAT HAS BEEN EMBELLISHED AND PROPAGANDIZED WITH THE LIES, AND THIS IS WHY IT IS UNSAFE. [ INAUDIBLE ] AN INNOCENT THIS PERSON SHOULD BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE THERE IS A DRUG CLOSURE THAT NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED FOR HOUSING. BUT YET, IT COULD BE SAID THAT THIS IS BEING OFFERED BY THE OFFSPRING OF CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD GANGSTERS. MISCONSTRUING WHAT CONSTITUTES PROPER POLICY, AND IT'S BECOME A THREAT TO INNOCENT PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND AROUND THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE SEATTLE IS PROACTIVE IN UNDERMINING THE EFFORTS TO VENT INNOCENT PEOPLE, SO THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED, YET YOU ALL ARE PROTECTING EVIL CRIMINALS. EVIL, WICKED LATINOS THAT ARE CONDUCTING [ INAUDIBLE ] . DRUG PUSHERS FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THE BLACK AND BROWN RIVALS. AND YOU ALL JUST ACT LIKE THEY ARE PEOPLE, TOO, AND WE NEED TO BE ALL-INCLUSIVE. BUT THIS IS MORE OPEN BORDER SANCTUARIES, MORE TREASONOUS, UNCONSTITUTIONAL REGIONS THAT SEATTLE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE MOST BOTTOM DRILLING, A LOWLIFE PIECE OF [ INAUDIBLE ] TOWN IN AMERICA BECAUSE OF YOUR PROGRESSIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF POLICY, AND [ INAUDIBLE ] WEAPONIZE THE DAIS. AND UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF PROPER POLICY THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS A THREAT AND YOU ALL ARE A THREAT PRETTY WELL ARE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING, YOU ALL ARE LITERALLY LIKE [ INAUDIBLE ] INTERFERENCE FOR EVIL, GODFORSAKEN PEOPLE. [ INAUDIBLE ] WE DON'T WANT TO JUDGE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO JUDGE THE WHITE MAN AND HATE ON TRUMP AND DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO UNDERMINE THE EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE CRISIS OF PUBLIC SAFETY. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES, NEXT WE HAVE HOWARD GILL, FOLLOWED BY GUENEVERE. HOWARD GILL, FOLLOWED BY GUENEVERE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOWARD GILL FROM THE 36th [ INAUDIBLE ]. I FULLY SUPPORT TODAY'S LEGISLATION ON BANNING DETENTION CENTERS AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. HOWEVER, THIS IS FAR FROM SUFFICIENT TO PREVENTING THE FORMS [ INAUDIBLE ] WE CANNOT SIMPLY SAY WE WERE GOOD PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HELP TO SAVE PEOPLE. WE HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PREVENT [ INAUDIBLE ] AS PROPOSED OVER SEVEN MONTHS AGO BY [ INAUDIBLE ]. OTHER CITIES HAVE PUT IN PLACE SOME VERSION OF OUR PROPOSED MEASURES. [ INAUDIBLE ] RECENTLY STATING THAT CALLING 911 IS AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO WARRANTLESS ENTRY OF PRIVATE HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND THAT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL EMPLOY DE-ESCALATION TACTICS IN RESPONSE. AND THAT BOSTON WILL DENY ACCESS TO CITY BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN INTENDED. MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CHIEF BRIAN O'HARA HAS WARNED HIS RANK AND FILE OFFICERS THAT IF THEY WITNESS [ INAUDIBLE ] AND FAILED TO INTERVENE, THEY COULD BE FIRED. THIS COUNCIL MUST ADOPT AFFIRMATIVE POLICIES REQUIRING SEATTLE POLICE TO PROTECT EVERYONE'S FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, OR ELSE ADMIT THAT POLICE ARE DESIGNED TO ONLY PROTECT PROPERTY AND NOT PEOPLE. AND FINALLY, LET ME JUST SAY, DAVID HAYNES ' HATEFUL, RACIST COMMENTS ARE AN ABSOLUTE REASON FOR BANNING HIM. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR. THEY ARE OVERTLY RACIST AND HATEFUL COMMENTS. SO, PLEASE, BAN HIM. THANK YOU. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> NEXT, WE HAVE GUENEVERE , AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK IN PERSON, WHICH IS AVRIL JONES, MISS E THAT, NATHAN, AND BENNETT. >> HI, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M CALLING IN TO SUPPORT THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ON DETENTION CENTERS IN SEATTLE. I ONLY WISH, AS A FORMER CALLER SAID, THAT THE CITY [ INAUDIBLE ] AND CRIMINAL FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. [ INAUDIBLE ] THE MORAL BEAUTY OF ALL HUMANS [ INAUDIBLE ]. THERE IS RAMPANT ABUSE ACROSS ICE DETENTION FACILITIES, INCLUDING SEXUAL ABUSE, [ INAUDIBLE ], TORTURE, [ INAUDIBLE ], AND DEATH DUE TO NEGLECT OR ACTIVE ABUSE COMING FROM ICE AGENTS, WHICH HAVE NOW REACHED AN ALL-TIME HIGH. IF YOU DO NOT PASS THIS PERMANENT BAN, AGAIN, YOU WILL BE COMPLICIT IN CRIMES OF THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND WE THE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO IN PERSON, MR. GABRIEL JONES. SORRY, MISS YVETTE, [ INAUDIBLE ]. GABRIEL, WELCOME. NO, GABRIEL IS NEXT. YVETTE, NATHAN, BENNETT. >> HEY, FOLKS, GABRIEL DIAZ AGAIN, WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING THIS, BUT [ INAUDIBLE ]. VERY OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE SEEING DETENTION CENTERS GET WORSE. I LOOK AT [ INAUDIBLE ], AND SEATTLE AREA VETERAN WHO JOINED TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY [ INAUDIBLE ]. WHILE ATTENDING ONE OF HIS IMMIGRATION HEARINGS, HE WAS DETAINED [ INAUDIBLE ], DURING WHICH WE KNEW HE WAS NOT GETTING THE MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT HE NEEDED AS A DISABLED PERSON, AND YET ICE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUOUSLY ARGUED THAT HE WAS, THERE WAS NO ISSUE THERE, UNTIL THEY HAD TO ADMIT THAT HE WAS VERY CLEARLY NOT GETTING THE CARE HE NEEDED POINT HE WAS NOT SEEING THE DOCTORS HE NEEDED TO REMAIN WELL, AND WAS RELEASED BECAUSE [ INAUDIBLE ] THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS VERY, VERY AWARE THAT HE WAS NOT GETTING THE CARE HE NEEDED. I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK [ INAUDIBLE ]. WASHINGTON STATE OFFICIALS HAVE SINCE SUED [ INAUDIBLE ] AGAIN WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE DETENTION CENTER, BECAUSE EVEN AFTER BEING TOLD BY JUDGE AFTER JUDGE AFTER JUDGE THAT THEY HAVE TO ALLOW PEOPLE IN TO CHECK THE CONDITIONS OF THE FACILITY, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WATER TESTING AND IT IS SO WIDELY KNOWN THAT NOBODY WHO WORKS THERE EVER WILL DRINK THE WATER THERE, THE ONLY DRINK THEIR OWN WATER BOTTLES. THERE ARE 3500 ALLEGATIONS AGAINST GEO GROUP FOR THEIR FACILITIES AROUND SEXUAL ASSAULT, CONTAMINATED FOOD, RACISM, SEXISM, AND MORE. THIS IS WHAT WE RISK SETTING OUR CITIZENS UP FOR POINT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE RISKING BY HAVING A FACILITY LIKE THIS, PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT PROFIT OVER THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO HELP. THESE FACILITIES -- WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE FACILITIES LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY IN SEATTLE, WE DO NOT NEED NEW FACILITIES, AND THEY ALSO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO PERMANENTLY BAN THEM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, GABRIEL, NEXT WE HAVE MISS YVETTE, FOLLOWED BY NATHAN AND BENNETT. MISS YVETTE, WELCOME. >> HELLO AGAIN. REGARDING THE TALK ABOUT BANNING DETENTION CENTERS, WITHOUT CONSIDERING INSTEAD TURNING THEM INTO TRANSITION CENTERS FOR THE HOMELESS? THEREBY CREATING A STABLE ENVIRONMENT, SO THEY CAN GET THE HELP THEY NEED [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> THANK YOU, MISS . NEXT, WE HAVE NATHAN, FOLLOWED BY BENNETT. WELCOME. >> I SUPPORT THIS BAN ON ICE DETENTION CENTERS IN SEATTLE AND I AM GLAD THAT THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, IS EXPANDING EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT EMERGENCY LEGISLATION BY ITS NATURE HAS TO BE TEMPORARY, SO THIS IS WHAT I EXPECTED TO SEE FROM YOU AND I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING THIS TODAY. WE NEED TO STOP ICE FROM COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT IMMIGRANTS MAKE UP INTEGRAL PARTS OF EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT IN SEATTLE, AND WE CAN'T JUST LET FEDERAL MASS THUGS COME IN HERE AND KIDNAP PEOPLE WHETHER THEY ARE CITIZENS OR NOT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY, WHETHER YOU ARE A CITIZEN OR NOT, THAT'S WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS. AND THAT IS ONE WAY THAT WE ARE NOT LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES, AND I THINK THAT IS -- AS MUCH AS I DON'T REALLY LIKE THIS COUNTRY, I THINK THAT IS [ INAUDIBLE ]. UM, I'M NOT GOING TO PUBLICLY ADDRESS DAVID HAYNES EVER AGAIN, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE -- YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ASKED ALEX ZIMMERMAN TO NOT COME BACK FOR 30 DAYS BEFORE. I KNOW WE CAN'T PERMANENTLY BAN PEOPLE FROM A GOVERNMENT BUILDING, BUT I THINK THAT DAVID HAYNES NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS COMMENTS POINT NOT ONLY ARE THEY RACIST SEXIST HOMOPHOBIC TRANSPHOBIC, THEY ARE OFTEN -- I UNDERSTAND WE KIND OF GO OFF THE AGENDA SOMETIMES AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH ALLOWING US TO, BUT I THINK THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF RELEVANCY THAT WE CAN ENFORCE WITH HIM. HE TALKS ABOUT [ INAUDIBLE ] AT THE FARMERS MARKET, HE TALKS ABOUT CRIME IN BALTIMORE, HE TALKS ABOUT BRUCE HARRELL, WHO HASN'T BEEN MAYOR FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS NOW, AND HE TALKS ABOUT KROGER NOT HONORING HIS COUPONS, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO ABOUT ANY OF THAT STUFF, SO I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE COULD MAYBE GET IN LINE TO GET HIM TO LIKE STOP COMING HERE AND [ INAUDIBLE ] PARADING US ABOUT -- AND TEARING DOWN PIONEER SQUARE IS NONSENSE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS, SO -- [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, NATHAN. NEXT WE HAVE BENNETT, WELCOME, BENNETT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. I DO ALSO SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM ON NEW ICE FACILITIES. ONE OF THE REASONS , APART FROM THE ADMINISTRATION'S APPALLING IMMIGRATION POLICIES JUST THE TOTAL CULTURE OF LAWLESSNESS SURROUNDING ICE. THIS IS DOWN IN PORTLAND , OUTSIDE AN ICE FACILITY THERE, AND I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY LAPTOP [ INAUDIBLE ]. YOU CAN STILL KIND OF SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. THERE IS A WOMAN TALKING TO THE POLICE OFFICER, SHE'S JUST STANDING THERE, SHE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING, SHE'S JUST TALKING TO THEM, BECAUSE I KNOW IF I DIDN'T SHOW THE 10 SECONDS LEADING UP TO IT EVERYBODY WOULD SAY, OH, SHE MUST'VE DONE SOMETHING. THREE, TWO, ONE. SHE DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. AND AS FAR AS ANYBODY KNOWS, THE GUY WHO DID THAT TO HER HAS NEVER BEEN DISCIPLINED. FORGET BEING FIRED. THERE IS UTTERLY NO REASON -- IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER WHAT YOU THINK OF THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE, THAT GUY SHOULD BE IN JAIL. FORGET BEING FIRED, HE SHOULD BE IN PRISON. YOU CAN BE CHARGED AND ARRESTED FOR THINGS THAT YOU DO ON DUTY. I MEAN, THE OFFICER WHO KILLED GEORGE FLOYD, HE WAS TECHNICALLY ON DUTY WHEN HE COMMITTED THE MURDER. YOU CAN BE ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR THINGS YOU DO ON THE JOB, BUT NOTHING HAS EVER HAPPENED TO THAT GUY AS FAR AS WE KNOW. THIS IS LAWLESSNESS IN ADDITION TO THE APPALLING RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA BEHIND THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY, AND ONE MORE REASON THAT WE SHOULD DISTANCE OURSELVES FROM ICE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, INCLUDING THE MORATORIUM ON NEW FACILITIES. AND CAN I ADD, I FULLY SUPPORT [ INAUDIBLE ], GREAT FOR COUPONS, THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP ? NO? SO, THERE ARE NO MORE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING , PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMMENTING ON THIS LEGISLATION. WE ARE NOW GOING TO TRANSITION INTO OUR MEETING. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NONE. NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW GOING TO CONSIDER THE AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO, NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW GOING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR. ON THE CALENDAR ARE MINUTES OF APRIL 21st, 2026 POINT COUNCIL BILL 121200 PAYMENT OF THE BILLS, FOR THE HOUSING, ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE, AND WE HAVE SIX APPOINTMENTS FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES, LABOR, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, I MOVED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> CONSENT CALENDAR IS ADOPTED, WILL THE COURT IS A FIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF WAS TO MARK ANOTHER NOTE, COUNCILMEMBERS, THERE IS NO OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WILL BE EXCUSED FROM THE REST OF TODAY'S MEETING. HEARING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS EXCUSED. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 1 INTO THE RECORD QUESTION AGENDA ITEM 1, ADJUSTING THE PAY ZONES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL COMPENSATION PROGRAM [ INAUDIBLE ] . >> AWESOME, SO, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO PASS -- I HAVE TO MOVE IT, SO COUNCIL BILL 121 [ INAUDIBLE ]. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, A SPONSOR OF THE BILL, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS IT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES THIS LEGISLATION WOULD ADJUST THE PAY ZONE BETTER KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC [ INAUDIBLE ] OR ITP COMPENSATION PROGRAM. APPROVAL OF THIS LEGISLATION WOULD FOLLOW THE CITY'S HISTORICAL PRACTICE OF DIVIDING THE SAME BENEFITS AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR BOTH REPRESENTED AND NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES WITH THE SAME JOB TITLE. FOR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS, THE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH INCREASES FOR REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS WITHIN THE IPT UNIT AS REFLECTED IN THE CITY IS AND WILL YOU WITH LOCAL 77. THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER 2025 UNDER ORDINANCE 127 334. THE ITP COMPENSATION PROGRAM IS A DISCRETIONARY PAY PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES NEARLY 600 EMPLOYEES ACROSS EIGHT CITY DEPARTMENTS. THIS MEANS THAT THE APPOINTING AUTHORITIES SETS EMPLOYEE PAY WITHIN A BROAD SALARY RANGE RATHER THAN IN FIXED STEPS. WHILE THE PAY ZONE FOR NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AND ITP COMPENSATION PROGRAM WAS INCREASED IN THE 2026 PAY ORDINANCE BY 3.6%, THE MOU WITH 77 INCREASED THE PAY ZONE FOR REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES WAS HIGHER, AT 4.15%. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD PROVIDE PARITY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE BILL BEFORE US? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL? >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] SIX IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT AND BRINGING THAT POINT NEXT, WE HAVE OUR HOUSING, ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD? >> APPOINTMENT 03471, APPOINTMENT OF AMY NGUYEN AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMED. IT'S AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M SO EXCITED TO BE BRINGING FORWARD THE APPOINTMENT OF CURRENTLY INTERIM DIRECTOR AMY NGUYEN TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. I WILL REMIND US AS I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MOMENTS IN COMMITTEE, IF YOU DID NOT ATTEND THE FIRST HEARING ON INTERIM DIRECTOR NGUYEN'S CONFIRMATION, IT WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL MOMENT IN COUNCIL. IT WAS FILLED WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS FROM THE ARTS COMMUNITY TESTIFYING ABOUT INTERIM DIRECTOR NGUYEN'S BACKGROUND IN ARTS AND CULTURE , IN PLANNING, AND BRINGING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, BRINGING SKILLS, CREATIVITY, AND COMMITMENT, AND THEY ALSO BROUGHT A STICK FIGURE WITH HER PHOTO ON IT, WHICH WAS REALLY, AGAIN, FANTASTIC. THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS IT MANAGES THE CITY'S PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM, PROVIDES GRANTS TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AND ART ORGANIZATIONS, OPERATES AND REALLY HELPS MAKE SEATTLE A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN SMART, MEANINGFUL, AND DIVERSE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. AMY BRINGS OVER A DECADE OF PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERSHIP WITH EXPERIENCE ACROSS ARTS AND PLANNING, IMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND PUBLIC ART DIRECTOR AT THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND MOST RECENTLY, SHE LED A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION ADVANCING AFFORDABLE ARTIST WORKSPACE HOUSING AND CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING LARGE-SCALE MIXED-USE PRODUCTS. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE HER LEADING OUR OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE , AND COLLEAGUES, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR NGUYEN? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT POINT DIRECTOR NGUYEN, IT HAS BEEN AMAZING HEARING FROM YOU IN COMMITTEE. AND BEING ABLE TO SEE, AGAIN, THE INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY OF FOLKS WHO BELIEVE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP SHOW UP IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO JUST VOICE THEIR SUPPORT AND BRING THEIR ART AS WELL. YOUR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND EXPERTISE ARE EXACTLY WHAT OUR CITY AND OUR CULTURAL SECTOR NEED RIGHT NOW. I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU WILL BE SERVING THE CITY IN THIS WAY, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR VISION AND YOUR DRIVE FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. LET'S MAKE AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS? I DON'T SEE ANY. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT, THANK YOU, I KNOW YOU ARE THE ACTING DIRECTOR RIGHT NOW, AND THEN AFTER THIS VOTE, WITH A SIGNATURE AND BEING SWORN IN, THEN WILL BE THE DIRECTOR. THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY INTERIM, SO MANY THINGS, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO SEATTLE, TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY, WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION AND TALKED ABOUT HOW ART IS INTERWOVEN INTO OUR ENTIRE BEING OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY, AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE -- I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB AT THE ARTS DEPARTMENT, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND I KNOW WE ALL ARE. SO, COLLEAGUES, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON APPOINTMENT NUMBER 34714 FOR DIRECTOR AMY NGUYEN. >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] SIX IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED POINT >> AWESOME, MOTION CARRIES, APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED, CONGRATULATIONS, DIRECTOR NGUYEN. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> RECOGNIZED NOW IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE SOME BRIEF COMMENTS AT ALL TO THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN JUST COME TO THIS MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE. >> I WILL KEEP IT VERY BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE HAD A VERY LONG AFTERNOON AS WELL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOY HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO YOUR TRUST. I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHAIR FOSTER AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING , ARTS, CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE FOR THE THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION DURING MY CONFIRMATION HEARINGS. AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN THE CITY, THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO ME. I AM HONORED TO STEP INTO THIS ROLE AT A TIME WHEN SEATTLE'S ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO SHAPE HOW WE REFLECT, CONNECT, AND BUILD A SHARED FUTURE. I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT ARTS AND CULTURE ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE LIFE OF OUR CITY AND THAT OUR WORK MUST ENSURE ACCESS, EQUITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNCIL, WITH MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND WITH COMMUNITIES ACROSS SEATTLE TO ENSURE WE ARE STEWARDING PUBLIC RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY AND DELIVERING MEANINGFUL AND ACCOUNTABLE OUTCOMES. THANK YOU AGAIN, I AM HONORED TO SERVE YOU. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, CONGRATULATIONS. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COLLEAGUES, THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION OR INTRODUCTION FOR ADOPTION TODAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS ? I DO HAVE SOMETHING I DID WANT TO SAY. SO, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, THAT CITY HALL IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE. AND IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, WE HAVE RULES THAT WE FOLLOW, WE RESPECT OTHERS, WE TREAT OTHERS WITH RESPECT AND KINDNESS. EVERY DAY, OUR SECURITY GUARDS , THEY COME TO THIS BUILDING MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS PROTECTED, KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, EVERY DAY, I SEE THE VERBAL ABUSE AND DISRESPECT OF OUR SECURITY TEAM FROM THE PUBLIC. I SEE THE EMOTIONAL TOLL IT TAKES ON PEOPLE THAT ARE SIMPLY JUST DOING THEIR JOB, KEEPING THE PEACE. LAST WEEK, REMARKS WERE MADE THAT WERE REALLY RACIALLY CHARGED AND DISRESPECTFUL TO ONE OF OUR SECURITY GUARDS. NUMBER ONE, FULL STOP, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE IN THIS HOUSE. ESPECIALLY IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. NUMBER TWO, THE COMMENTS CALLING SOMEONE A BOY, A LITTLE BOY, A GROWN MAN , DISRESPECTFUL. LET'S DO A HISTORY LESSON. DURING SLAVERY AND AFTER SLAVERY , JIM CROW, NOW IN THE PROGRESSIVE SEATTLE , TO DEHUMANIZE BLACK PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY BLACK MEN, YOU EMASCULATED THEM, PEOPLE WOULD REFER TO BLACK MEN AS BOYS. THIS IS NOT A CASUAL AND AFFECTIONATE TERM, THIS IS DELIBERATE. IT IS A WAY TO DENY ADULTHOOD, THE MANHOOD IN WHICH SIGNALS A RACIAL HIERARCHY. THIS IS TO ENFORCE CONTROL AND SUBMISSION. EVEN AS AN ADULT, BLACK MEN, PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO USE IT TO PUT THEM IN THEIR PLACE. NOW, RACISM, ESPECIALLY IN SEATTLE, OFTEN COMES FROM OUR PROGRESSIVE FRIENDS. WE HAVE SEEN PERFORMATIVE ALLYSHIP. YOU SPEAK ON BLACK LIVES AND YOU MEET BLACK VOICE, AND ALL THE SUDDEN, THE MASK COMES OFF AND THE REAL YOU. WHAT WE AS A CITY AND A COMMUNITY NEED TO STOP DOING IS GIVE PEOPLE EXCUSES IN OUR CITY THAT SAY THEY ARE PROGRESSIVE . YOU CAN BE PROGRESSIVE AND RACIST, I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE LAST YEAR AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. ASK ANY PERSON OF COLOR IN THIS CITY AND THEY HAVE SEEN IT HEAD ON AND FACE ON. THIS IS YOUR FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WHETHER YOU ARE IN CHAMBERS, IN THE HALLWAY, THE STAIRS, FIRST FLOOR, AND THE ENTRYWAY, ANYWHERE IN THIS BUILDING, RACISM OF ANY FORM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN THIS CITY HALL. IT WILL BE CALLED OUT . I WILL CALL IT OUT EVERY SINGLE TIME. OUR SECURITY -- MOST OF THEM ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, THERE THE MOST KIND, PASSIONATE, A LOT OF THEM ARE IMMIGRANTS. THEY ARE HUMAN, TOO. THEY TAKE THE BUS HERE, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR MOMS, THEIR DADS, THEIR UNCLES . SO, THIS IS OUR FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WE ARE TO TREAT EVERYBODY WITH RESPECT. AND ANY TIME I HEAR ABOUT SOMEBODY BEING DISRESPECTED AT CITY HALL, OTHER THAN COUNCILMEMBERS, BECAUSE I AM THE PERSON THAT GETS PAID TO GET DISRESPECTED OR YELLED AT OR SCREAM THAT, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT NOT TO OUR SECURITY GUARDS, NOT TO THE STAFF, NOT TO THE PEOPLE WHO CLEAN THIS BUILDING, FULL STOP. SO, I WANTED TO SAY THAT ON CAMERA FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO THE MEETING. IS THERE ANY MORE FURTHER COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOU, AND I APPRECIATE HOLDING THE LINE AND DRAWING THE LINE THERE, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ON THE RECORD, I FULLY ENDORSE AND SUPPORT YOUR STATEMENTS AND YOUR COMMENT, AND MORE THAN THAT, I APPRECIATE THEM AND THE GRACE THAT YOU BRING TO THIS CONVERSATION. AND ESPECIALLY THAT YOU ARE HOLDING A LINE FOR THE FOLKS WHO WORK HERE, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I FULLY SUPPORT THAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER BEFORE WE END THE MEETING? AWESOME. C AND NON-. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO THIS MEETING, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO RESPECT EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE END OF OUR MEETING. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE