>>> GOOD MORNING.
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 10,
2019, AND IT IS 9:30 A.M.
THIS IS OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE GENDER EQUITY
SAFE COMMUNITIES, NEW
AMERICANS, AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE.
I'M COUNCIL MEMBER LORENA
GONZALEZ, CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
JOINING ME AT THE TABLE IS MY
COLLEAGUE AND VICE CHAIR
COUNCIL MEMBER TERESA MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING WILL
BE ADOPTED.
SEEING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
FIRST WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A
PRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
REGARDING CHALLENGES TO
CITIZENSHIP PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES TO HOW THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS UNDERMINING THE
CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION
PROCESS.
THEN WE WILL RECEIVE AN UPDATE
ON THE EMPHASIS PATROL PROGRAM
FROM VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS
INCLUDING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, THE SEATTLE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
AND SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION.
SO BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND BEGIN
THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON OUR
AGENDA, WE WILL HOLD OUR
REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD,
SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO JOIN
US IN COMMITTEE TO GIVE US
PUBLIC TESTIMONY FOR UP TO TWO
MINUTES ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
FOR TODAY'S COMMITTEE.
NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENTS TODAY.
SO WE WILL NOT HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM FOLKS.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE
WHO WANTED TO SIGN UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT DIDN'T HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO?
OKAY SEEING NO ONE.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT
PUBLIC COMMENT.
JUST FOR PURPOSES OF FOLKS IN
ATTENDANCE HERE AT THE
COMMITTEE TABLE AND FOR THOSE
IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING,
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT FOLKS
SPEAK SLOWLY AT THE COMMITTEE
TABLE BECAUSE WE HAVE VISITORS
FROM BELARUS IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU FOR
JOINING US TODAY.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND WE DO HAVE LIVE TRANSLATION
HAPPENING IN THE AUDIENCE, AND
SO TO ALLOW THAT SPONTANEOUS
INTERPRETATION TO OCCUR LIVE
I'M JUST GOING TO ASK US ALL TO
SLOW OUR SPEECH DOWN.
I THINK THAT'LL BE PARTICULARLY
DIFFICULT FOR YOU AND I.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, WE ARE
FAST TALKERS.
BUT I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
ALL JOIN US TO TAKE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW HERE AT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, AT THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL WE
ENGAGE IN DEMOCRACY AND DO THE
PEOPLES' BUSINESS IN A VERY
OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WAY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL MEDIA
OUTLETS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU ARE
JOURNALISTS FROM BELARUS.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
ALL JOIN US AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO HAVING YOU OBSERVE OUR
BUSINESS TODAY.
WE HAVE A REALLY EXCITING
AGENDA, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO DIGGING INTO IT, AND
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A
PRODUCTIVE SESSION FOR ALL OF
US.
GREAT.
OKAY.
ROXANNA WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD
AND READ THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD, AND WHILE YOU
DO THAT I WOULD INVITE
PRESENTERS FOR AGENDA ITEM ONE
TO JOIN US AT THE TABLE.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, CHALLENGES
TO CITIZENSHIP PRESENTATION FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
SO YOU WERE ALL IN THE AUDIENCE
WHEN I WAS ASKING FOLKS SLOW
THEIR SPEECH DOWN A LITTLE BIT
TO ALLOW THE TRANSLATOR SOME
GRACE TO CATCH UP WITH
TRANSLATING WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE HEAVE
THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU ARE ALSO
FAST TALKERS, PLEASE.
AND SO LET'S DO A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS, THEN I'LL GO
AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO YOU
FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> I'M CUC VU.
I'M CUC VU, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
>> HELLO, I'M CHRISTINA GUROS,
I'M A CITIZENSHIP POLICY
PROGRAM SPECIALIST.
>> MEGHAN KELLY-STALLINGS,
CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM AND POLICY
SPECIALIST.
>> GREAT.
SO WE THOUGHT A GOOD PLACE TO
START WAS JUST TO DESCRIBE WHY
WE DO NATURALIZATION IN THE
CITY.
IT'S BEEN A LONG PROGRAM.
WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR FOLKS
IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE LESS
CONTEXT AND FAMILIARITY WITH
THE ISSUES, NATURALIZATION IS
ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
HAPPENS IN AN IMMIGRANT'S LIFE
THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER FOREVER.
AND FOR ME I REMEMBER WHEN I
APPLIED TO BECOME A CITIZEN,
THIS WAS BACK IN THE 90s WHEN
IT WAS ONLY $90 TO APPLY.
I WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN NEW
YORK CITY AND FLEW HOME TO
SEATTLE.
ON THE DAY OF MY SWEARING IN
CEREMONY, AT THAT TIME IT WAS
STILL INS, IMMIGRATION
NATURALIZATION SERVICE.
I WROTE THEM A LETTER WITH MY
APPLICATION AND SAID PLEASE CAN
YOU SCHEDULE THIS DURING MY
WINTER BREAK BECAUSE I CAN'T
AFFORD TO TRAVEL BACK AS A
GRADUATE STUDENT AND THEY DID.
AND IT FELT LIKE WOW.
SOMEBODY IS REALLY LISTENING TO
ME.
THAT'S FEELING LESS AND LESS
THE CASE THESE DAYS.
THE NATURALIZATION CEREMONY WAS
HAPPENING TO BE THE SAME DAY
THE GOVERNMENT CLOSED IN HONOR
OF RICHARD NIXON'S DEATH.
I THOUGHT HOW IRONIC.
I'M ACTUALLY HERE IN THIS
COUNTRY PARTLY BECAUSE OF HIM.
AND IT WOULD BE TRAGIC IF I
COULD NOT TAKE MY OATH CEREMONY
ALSO TODAY BECAUSE OF HIM.
BUT IT TURNED OUT THE
GOVERNMENT WAS CLOSED, BUT THE
OATH CEREMONY APPOINTMENTS WERE
THE ONLY THINGS THAT WERE
HAPPENING THAT DAY.
WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE A VERY
LONG DAY I WAS IN AND OUT IN 20
MINUTES.
THANKS TO RICHARD NIXON IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
I'M HERE AND IT WAS A VERY
EFFICIENT PROCESS.
SO A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE
THEN.
WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE
CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
NOT ONLY FROM THE TIME THAT I
DID IT, WHICH WAS PREDATED THE
CREATION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP
AND INFORMATION SERVICE.
AS YOU RECALL THERE WERE THREE
NEW AGENCIES CREATED UNDER
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
AS A RESULT OF THE HOMELAND
SECURITY ACT IN 2003.
AND THAT WAS A REACTION TO
THETRAGEDIES OF 9/11.
SO THE FUNCTIONS OF WITH A WAS
INS NOW GOT TRANSFERRED TO
UCIS.
SINCE THAT TIME THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF -- THE MISSION STATEMENT
WAS LARGELY SEEN.
WHO MADE THOSE CHANGES.
BUT TODAY UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP
USCIS MISSION HAS CHANGED.
SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A
GOOD PLACE TO START TO GIVE YOU
A SENSE OF WHAT USCIS WAS
CREATED TO DO IN ITS MISSION
STATEMENT AND NOW WHAT IT HAS
PIVOTED TOWARDS.
SO PRIOR TO TRUMP USCIS FOCUSED
ON SERVICES AND BENEFITS.
FROM ITS MISSION STATEMENT AS
YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE TEXT
THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, IT'S
TO SECURE AMERICA'S PROMISE AS
A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS, SO
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR HISTORY
AND THE FUNCTION OF GRANTING
IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP
BENEFITS, PROMOTING AWARENESS
AND UNDERSTANDING OF
CITIZENSHIP.
AND TODAY AMONG THE MANY THINGS
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE
INCLUDING THOSE EARLY EXECUTIVE
ORDERS IN 2017, VERY EARLY ON
CAST, HIS INTENTION TO BEEF UP
ENFORCEMENT, SOME OF THAT THEN
CASCADED NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF
MORE BORDER SECURITY AGENTS, A
HEIGHTENED FOCUS NOW ON
INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT.
BUT ALSO SHIFTING USCIS.
AND SO YOU SEE SOMETHING ABOUT
LANGUAGE REFLECTED.
THEY TOOK OUT THAT MENTION OF
THE U.S. AS A NATION OF
IMMIGRANTS.
IT NO LONGER EXISTS AT USCIS,
THE MISSION STATEMENT.
AND RATHER MOST OF THE LANGUAGE
NOW HAS BEEN CHANGED AND IT
TALKS ABOUT ADJUDICATING
REQUESTS WHILE PROTECTING
AMERICANS, SECURING THE
HOMELAND.
SO VERY MUCH TOWARDS AN
ENFORCEMENT FRAMEWORK.
THAT'S WHERE OUR STORY BEGINS.
WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
MEGHAN AND CHRISTINA TO GIVE
YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAS
HAPPENED BOTH IN POLICY AND IN
PRACTICE OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS.
>> SO FIRST OF ALL JUST A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR OFFICE
DOES AS IT RELATES TO
CITIZENSHIP.
THE NEW CITIZEN CAMPAIGN WAS
LAUNCHED IN 2016 AS AN EFFORT
TO REALLY INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF SEATTLE AREA LAWFUL
PERMANENT RESIDENTS WHO SEEK
NATURALIZATION.
THE CAMPAIGN SURROUNDS OUTREACH
AND EDUCATION, BUT ALSO A LOT
OF THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON GROUP
PROCESSING EVENTS WHERE
VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS ASSIST
APPLICANTS IN APPLYING FOR THE
CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION.
SO AS YOU MAY RECALL WE HAD A
SERIES OF VERY LARGE EVENTS,
OUR WORKSHOPS WHERE WE ASSISTED
ANYWHERE FROM 200 PEOPLE IN ONE
DAY ALL THE WAY UP TO A
THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS IN ONE
DAY.
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A BIT OF A
SHIFT IN 2019.
WE'VE ONLY DONE CITIZENSHIP
CLINICS AS WE CALL THEM.
AND THESE ARE SMALLER EVENTS
THAT ARE FOCUSED ON SERVING
ONLY 25 TO 50 APPLICANTS IN A
DAY.
WE OFFER THESE MONTHLY DURING
NON-PROFIT PARTNERS.
IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A SHIFT ON
OUR END IN TERMS OF LARGE
FLASHY EVENTS, NOW FOCUSING IF
ON SMALLER SETTINGS, WHERE
PEOPLE COULD GET A LOT OF ONE-
ON-ONE ATTENTION AND THROUGH A
COLLABORATION OF NON-PROFIT
PARTNERS.
>> OUR OTHER CITIZENSHIP
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS THE NEW
CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM.
AND NEW CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM HAS
BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
IT WAS FORMALLY HOUSED IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND
CAME OVER TO 2015.
IT'S 12 LOCAL PARTNER AGENCIES
WHO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES FROM CLIENTS FROM, YOU
KNOW, INTAKE SCREENING, UNTIL
USUALLY THE DAY THEY TAKE THE
OATH CEREMONY.
>> CAN YOU GET THE MICROPHONE
CLOSER TO YOU?
YOU CAN PULL IT CLOSER TO YOU,
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO STRETCH
MUCH.
>> KITES RECEIVED LEGAL
REPRESENTATION IN CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES INCLUDING
PREPARATION FOR THE CITIZENSHIP
TEST AND IN MANY CASES THE
REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDS THE
CITIZENSHIP INTERVIEW WITH
THEM.
MANY CLIENTS HAVE DISABILITIES
THAT PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING
ENGLISH PERSISTENT AND PASSING
THE ENGLISH PROGRAM.
THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BECOME
CITIZENS.
SEATTLE INVESTS MORE THAN $1
MILLION A YEAR IN CITIZENSHIP.
AND THAT REPRESENTS ONE OF THE
LARGEST MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS
IN CITIZENSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE
NATION.
>> WE WORK BOTH WITH THE
CITIZENSHIP CAMPAIGN AND THE
NEW CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM.
WE WORK WITH 20 LOCAL PARTNER
AGENCIES.
MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN OUR
PARTNERS FOR WELL OVER A
DECADE.
SOME SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
NEW CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM IN
1998.
OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THE
CHANGES THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE
CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION PROCESS
SINCE TRUMP CAME IN TO OFFICE.
A FEW OF THEM ARE CHANGES THAT
HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED FROM THE
POLICY LEVELS, SO COMING DOWN
FROM USCIS LEADERSHIP.
THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN
IMPLEMENTED.
THESE CHANGES TO KIND OF SUM
THEM UP, THEY GREATLY INCREASED
THE RISK OF APPLYING FOR
CITIZENSHIP.
PREVIOUSLY IF SOMEONE APPLIED
FOR CITIZENSHIP, DIDN'T MEET,
YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENT OR
MAYBE DIDN'T PASS THE EXAM
DURING THEIR INTERVIEW, THEY
COULD BE REJECTED OR MAYBE THEY
WOULD APPLY AGAIN A FEW YEARS
LATER.
BUT THE ACTUAL RISK OF THEM
APPLYING WAS FAIRLY MINIMAL.
ACCORDING TO OFFICIALLY USCIS
POLICY, NOW IF THE DENIAL OF
THEIR CASE REVEALS ANY
POTENTIAL GROUNDS OF REMOVAL,
THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOW ISSUE
WHAT'S CALLED A NOTICE TO
APPEAR THAT BASICALLY ENTERS
THEM INTO REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.
THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY A
POLICY.
THAT RAISES THE STAKES A LOT
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING
BECAUSE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THERE
WAS SOME RISK TO NOT SUCCEEDING
YOU COULD SAY, BUT THE RISKS
WEREN'T NEARLY AS SIGNIFICANT
IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL REMOVAL.
THERE ARE SEVERAL POTENTIAL
CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE
THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE
REALM.
CHRISTINA WILL SPEAK MORE ABOUT
THIS IN A LITTLE WHILE, BUT TO
DATE OUR OFFICE HAS SUBMITTED
EIGHT PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED
TO ADMINISTRATIVE, PROPOSED
ADMINISTRATIVE RULE CHANGES
THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT
IMMIGRANTS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THESE ARE, YOU
KNOW, APPEAR TO BE CHANGES TO
FORMS RELATED TO THE
CITIZENSHIP PROCESS.
BUT THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE
CHANGES THAT HAVE A MAJOR
AFFECT.
THESE CHANGES MAKE THE FORMS
MORE COMPLEX, THEY MAKE THE
PROCESS HARDER FOR BOTH
APPLICANTS AND THEIR LEGAL
REPRESENTATIVES.
SOME OF THESE CHANGES,
ESPECIALLY THOSE RELATED TO
PUBLIC CHARGE AND AGAIN PUBLIC
CHARGE IS A DESIGNATION THAT
IMMIGRATION MAKES THAT WILL
DETERMINE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO
RECEIVE BENEFITS.
THEY ARE DEPENDENT ON THOSE
BENEFITS AND THEREFORE MAY NOT
BE ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN TYPES
OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.
THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES HAVE HAD
A REAL CHILLING EFFECT.
THEY'VE AFFECTED IMMIGRANTS
ABILITY TO MOVE HEALTHY LIVES
BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO
DISENROLL FROM BENEFITS THAT
THEY MAY NEED AND, YOU KNOW,
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR.
OUR PARTNERS, OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS HAVE ASKED US TO BE
INVOLVED IN PUSHING BACK ON THE
RULE CHANGES TO ADVOCATE FOR
THESE CHANGES THAT WILL MAKE
THEIR WORK HARDER AND THEY ARE
ALREADY SEEING IF MAKING THINGS
MORE, YOU KNOW, MAKING THEIR
CLIENTS MORE FEARFUL AND
NERVOUS ABOUT ENTERING THE
CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION
PROCESS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HELPING US UNDERSTAND THE WAY
THAT THESE POLICY CHANGES, EVEN
THE PROPOSED ONCE, HAVE HAD A
REAL IMPACT ON WHETHER OR NOT
PEOPLE ARE APPLYING FOR
SERVICES THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE
FOR.
WE HEAR ABOUT THAT HAPPENING
HERE AS IT RELATES TO
ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE,
EVEN HEALTH CARE THAT
UNDOCUMENTED KIDDOS ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR.
OBVIOUSLY LAWFULLY PERMANENT
RESIDENTS AS WELL ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION.
WONDERING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU SAY THE ADVOCATES HAVE
ASKED YOU TO WEIGH IN.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS.
HOW CAN WE HELP?
ARE THERE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE
ALSO HELPING WITH AT THE STATE
LEVEL TO TRY TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE DO KNOW THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHTS TO APPLY
FOR STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS AS
WELL.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY,
BUT I KNOW DSHS, THEIR OFFICE
OF REFUGEE IMMIGRATION
ASSISTANCE WHO WE PARTNER WITH
ON THE NEW CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM.
THAT THEY REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR
BENEFITS.
THAT CHANGES HAVE NOT TAKEN
EFFECT YET.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED.
THERE IS SO MUCH CONCERN AND SO
MUCH FEAR AROUND IT.
THEY TRY TO SHARE INFORMATION
THAT'S ACCURATE AND DISPELLED
RUMORS FOR THAT.
FROM OUR PROVIDERS, WE HEAR
THAT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO BE ON
PUBLIC BENEFITS.
THEY ARE NERVOUS THAT BEING ON
PUBLIC BENEFITS WILL PREVENT
THEM FROM BECOMING A CITIZEN,
WHICH IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL.
BUT IN A POSITION WHERE THEY
MAKE REALLY HARD CHOICES ABOUT
WHETHER THEY STAY ON PUBLIC
BENEFITS VERSES PURSUE
IMMIGRATION BENEFITS AND THAT
IS SO UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT IS
OUT THERE.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT IT IS
A BIT DIFFICULT IN OUR OFFICE
TO CREATE SOME KIND OF A
CAMPAIGN OR PUBLIC EDUCATION OR
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN SURROUNDING
PUBLIC CHARGE SPECIFICALLY.
AND PEOPLE APPLYING FOR U.S.
CITIZENSHIP, THERE ARE
POTENTIAL RISKS TO RECEIVING
PUBLIC BENEFITS.
IF THEY'RE APPLYING FOR A
FAMILY MEMBER ABROAD, THEY'RE
PUBLIC BENEFITS ARE BEING
CONSIDERED CURRENTLY.
A VERY COMPLEX ISSUES IN TERMS
OF SPREADING AWARENESS BECAUSE
IT'S REALLY AN INDIVIDUAL
CONSULTATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
HAD WITH A LEGAL PROFESSIONAL
TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT
PERSON REALLY SHOULD BE
RECEIVING PUBLIC BENEFITS.
EVEN NOW THE PUBLIC CHARGE
THAT'S LISTED ON THE PREVIOUS
CHART, THAT POLICY HAS NOT
TAKEN EFFECT.
THERE IS A FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MANUAL POLICY THAT'S ALREADY IN
PLACE.
SO SOME OF THESE THINGS, THE
REASON WHY WE LISTED REALLY
LONG LISTS OF THE THINGS THAT
HAVE CHANGES, IT'S VERY COMPLEX
TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THESE
THINGS.
AND THERE IS NO EASY ANSWER.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO DO A PUBLIC
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND LET
PEOPLE KNOW IT IS OKAY TO STAY
ENROLLED IN BENEFITS.
FOR SOME PEOPLE IT'S NOT GREAT
RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT HOW WE SPREAD THE MESSAGE
THAT YES IT IS OKAY FOR THE
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE APPLYING FOR
CITIZENSHIP.
BUT THERE'S A SMALL CAVEAT.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
>> AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS, IN
ADDITION TO THE NATIONAL POLICY
CHANGES, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF
CHANGES THAT ARE LOCAL OFFICES
IN TERMS OF HOW USCIS OFFICERS
ARE ADJUDICATING PIECES.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST LOCAL
IMPACTS THAT WE SEE IS ALSO A
NATIONAL ISSUE AND SOMETHING
THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN ACTION
ON, SOMETHING WE CALL THE
SECOND WALL.
LAST SUMMER YOU ALL PASSED A
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE
EFFORT TO BRING DOWN THE SECOND
WALL AS WE CALL IT, WHICH IS A
BACKLOG OF CASES.
SPECIFICALLY FOR CITIZENSHIP,
BUT REALLY FOR ALL TYPES OF
IMMIGRATION BENEFITS.
THIS BACKLOG CURRENTLY IN
SEATTLE IS OVER 16 MONTHS, SO
THAT MEANS IN THE PAST SOMEBODY
MIGHT APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP AND
RECEIVE THEIR INTERVIEW WITHIN
THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
NOW THE MINIMUM IS 16 MONTHS.
SO THIS IS A REAL DETERRENT FOR
PEOPLE AS THEY ARE DECIDING ON
WHETHER TO APPLY FOR
CITIZENSHIP.
I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE ITEMS
LISTED THERE, BUT SUFFICE TO
SAY THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE
OFFICERS ARE HANDLING CASES IN
THE OFFICE HAS ALSO EXTENDED
THE TIME NECESSARY TO GO
THROUGH THE INTERVIEW, ASKING
EVERY SINGLE QUESTION ON THE 20-
PAGE FORM, WHICH USED TO NOT BE
THE CASE.
THEY ARE INTERVIEWING CASES
THEY NEVER INTERVIEWED FOR,
TAKING AWAY THE TIME THEY
SHOULD BE INTERVIEWING FOR
CITIZENSHIP APPLICATIONS.
ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN JUST
RECENTLY AND WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED NEXT WEEK IS THAT
THE SEATTLE OFFICE IS NOW
SENDING CASES FROM THE SEATTLE
AREA TO PORTLAND AND YAKIMA FOR
THEIR INTERVIEWS.
SO OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS
RIGHT NOW ARE BASICALLY IN A
PANIC TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO GET THEIR CLIENTS WHO ARE
ELDERLY, WHO ARE OFTENTIMES
DISABLED, WHO DON'T OWN A CAR,
HOW WILL THEY GET TO PORTLAND
FOR A 7:30 A.M.
INTERVIEW?
AND HOW WILL THEY ACCOMPANY
THEM FOR THAT INTERVIEW WHEN
THEY HAVE 12 OTHER CASES THAT
ARE HAVING INTERVIEWS THAT SAME
DAY?
BOTH IN SEATTLE AND PORTLAND.
SO THIS IS A BIG CHANGE WE'VE
SEEN RECENTLY AND ARE TRYING TO
SCRAMBLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO
DO ABOUT IT, BUT THIS IS THE
TYPE OF EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE
SEEING PRETTY MUCH ON A REGULAR
BASIS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
>> AND THESE ARE PROCEDURE AND
POLICY CHANGES THAT ARE
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO CREATE
A DISINCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO
WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROCESS.
>> I WOULD SAY DISINCENTIVE OR
HARDSHIP.
>> IF IT'S A HARDSHIP, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
INCENTIVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROCESS.
>> USCIS MESSAGING AROUND THE
CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THE
INTERVIEWS, THEY'RE TRYING TO
LOWER THE BACKLOG BECAUSE THERE
IS LESS OF A BACKLOG IN YAKIMA
AND PORTLAND, BUT WE DON'T SEE
IT THAT WAY.
WE SEE IT AS THE POTENTIAL THAT
YEAH IT MIGHT DECREASE THE
BACKLOG BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE
WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND AND
THEY WILL BE DENIED.
THEY ARE UNABLE TO GIVE US ANY
SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO THESE DIFFERENT
OFFICES, HOW LONG THIS POLICY
WILL BE IN PLACE, ETC.
>> SO HAVE YOU ALL GIVEN ANY
THOUGHT TO HOW THE CITY OF
SEATTLE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT AN EFFORT TO MITIGATE
SOME OF THESE HARDSHIPS?
>> CHRISTINE, DO YOU WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE FLYER WE JUST
CREATED IN THIS RIDE SHARE?
>> WE'VE BEEN SCRAMBLING TO TRY
TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT RIDE
SHARE APPLICATIONS OR CAR
POOLING APPLICATIONS THAT
PEOPLE MIGHT USE TO KIND OF
CONNECT.
WE HAVE A LARGE POOL OF
VOLUNTEERS, FOR INSTANCE, WHO
WOULD REALLY POTENTIALLY WANT
TO HELP WITH THIS CAR POOLING
PEOPLE TO PORTLAND OR YAKIMA.
SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT, BUT
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT
DIFFICULT TO COORDINATE IN
TERMS OF INSURANCE.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NON-PROFIT
PARTNER THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO
TAKE THAT ON.
ONE OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS,
ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL
SERVICES IS LOOKING INTO
WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD USE
THEIR VANS TO TAKE PEOPLE BACK
AND FORTH, WHICH COULD BE
SUSTAINABLE IF THIS WAS A MONTH-
LONG POLICY, BUT WE'RE PRETTY
SURE IT'LL BE A YEAR OR MORE,
SO WE'RE TRYING RIGHT NOW,
ACTUALLY REACHING OUT TO TECH
COMPANIES TO SEE IF THEY COULD
HELP TO CREATE KIND OF A
MATCHING TYPE OF RIDE SHARE
APPLICATION FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS
AND OUR CLIENTS AND
PARTICIPANTS.
SO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS
RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO
SO THAT WILL NOT PLACE ANY
LIABILITY ISSUES.
CURRENTLY THE FOLKS THAT ARE
BEING SENT TO PORTLAND AND
YAKIMA ARE MOSTLY SURROUNDING
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, FURTHER
NORTH THAN US.
BUT IT COULD BE THAT SEATTLE
RESIDENTS ARE SENT TO PORTLAND
AND YAKIMA SOON AS WELL.
SO WE'RE TRYING AND WE'RE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
BEST ROLE IN THE CITY IS.
AND GREYHOUND AND AMTRAK
TRAINS, AND THE CHEAPEST HOTELS
IN THOSE AREAS.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF
DISAPPOINTING TO DISCUSS
BECAUSE I WISH WE COULD BE
DOING MORE RIGHT NOW AND
WELCOME ANY IDEAS FOR HOW WE
COULD BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR
PARTICIPANTS AND OUR PARTNERS.
>> HAS THERE BEEN ANY OUTREACH
TO ANY OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS IN PORTLAND?
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW IN THE
PORTLAND AREA THAT WORK IN THE
SPACE.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE
IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE COULD
CREATE A CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND THOSE THAT ARE IN PORTLAND
WHO HELPED SUPPORT REFUGEES?
>> THIS HAS BEEN IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION AND
WE WILL TAKE THAT ACTION.
>> GREAT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AND SO I APPRECIATE THE
CONNECTIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING,
AND THE OUTREACH THAT YOU'RE
DOING FOR POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO CAR POOL.
BUT WHAT IS THE LEGAL
REQUIREMENT OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A HEARING
ACCESSIBLE?
IS THERE NOT A LEGAL CHALLENGE
THAT COULD BE BROUGHT?
>> I THINK THE ATTORNEYS, THEY
ARE LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT NOW.
AS FAR AS WE KNOW BASED ON
PRECEDENT, THERE IS NO
REQUIREMENT.
DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT POINT
OF VIEW?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU
KNOW, OTHER COMMUNITY BASING
ADVOCATES WOULD HAVE BEEN
ASKING FOR ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE
MADE TO ASSIST IN WHETHER IT'S
ATTORNEYS.
THEY'RE WILLING TO MAKE AN
ACCOMMODATION.
>> JUST A FOLLOW UP.
BUT THERE IS NO CLEAR GUIDANCE
THAT WE COULD POINT TO ON THE
FEDERAL POLICIES, STATUTES,
THAT SAY HERE IS YOUR
REQUIREMENT AS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT?
>> UNFORTUNATELY THIS TYPE OF
POLICY IN TERMS OF RELOCATING
INTERVIEWS HAVE HAPPENED.
I'M NOT SAYING THERE IS A LEGAL
BASIS TO FIGHT IT, BUT THERE IS
A LONG HISTORY OF THIS HAD
HAPPENING.
NOT IN SEATTLE PREVIOUSLY, BUT
I MEAN CHRISTINA COULD SPEAK TO
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW YORK
AND I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW,
THE RIGHT LEGAL MINDS COULD
COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF
GOVERNMENT THAT ISN'T
FULFILLING AT THIS POINT.
>> IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WHERE
PEOPLE WERE FAR AWAY FROM USCIS
ORIGINAL OFFICES THAT WOULD PUT
THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE
APPLICANT TO GET HIM OR HERSELF
TO AN INTERVIEW IN THE OATH
CEREMONY.
SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE A FEW
HOURS DRIVE.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT NOW, WE
ACTUALLY HAVE A REGIONAL OFFICE
IN SEATTLE IN THIS AREA AND
PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TO GO
HOURS OUTSIDE WHERE AN OFFICE
ALREADY EXISTS.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE,
TRANSPORTATION PUTS THE
RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PERSON TO
PAY OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET
AND WITH YOUR UNION BACKGROUND,
THAT'S LOST WAGES FOR MANY
FOLKS AND THEN YOU KIND OF
COMBINE THAT WITH WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE
BIT IS A THREAT OF ILLUMINATION
OF THE WAIVER AND ANOTHER MEANS
TESTED METHODS TO MAKE
NATURALIZATION MORE AFFORDABLE.
SO IT'S BECOMING WITH ALL THESE
BARRIERS, MORE AND MORE LIKE A
PAY TO PLAY SYSTEM THAT
PUNISHES POOR PEOPLE.
>> SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, A
STORY WE WANTED TO TELL ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF KIND OF THE SHIFT
WITHIN USCIS POLICY IS
SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED A FEW
MONTHS AGO.
CHINESE INFORMATION SERVICE
CENTER IS BOTH ON NCC, NEW
CITIZEN CAMPAIGN AND NEW
CITIZEN CAMPAIGN PARTNER.
THEY HAD A CLIENT WHO THEY
REPRESENTED FROM START TO
FINISH AS A PARTICIPANT IN NEW
CITIZEN PROGRAM.
THIS CLIENT HAD PASSED HER
CITIZENSHIP INTERVIEW INCLUDING
THE CIVICS AND ENGLISH EXAM,
AND INVITED TO ATTEND AN OATH
CEREMONY A FEW DAYS LATER.
SHE WAS CHECKING IN FOR THE
OATH CEREMONY AND THE OFFICER
SHE SPOKE TO, JUST WHEN TURNING
IN A FORM, DEEMED THAT HER
ENGLISH WAS NOT, IN FACT, GOOD
ENOUGH, AND TURNED HER AWAY.
THANKFULLY SHE HAD AN
ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVE AND
TOLD HIM RIGHT AWAY AND HE TOOK
ACTION RIGHT AWAY.
OTHER ADVOCATES WITHIN THAT
CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM AND BROADER
IMMIGRATION, NO ONE HAD EVER
HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS
EVER HAPPENING.
>> IT WAS SOME INTERACTION IN
AN ELEVATOR OR SOMETHING?
>> KIND OF A CHECKING IN DESK.
YOU SUBMIT A FORM THAT YOU
CHECK ALL THESE BOXES, NO ISSUE
WITH HOW SHE HAD FILLED OUT THE
FORM, BUT THERE WAS SOME SORT
OF A MISCOMMUNICATION,
BACKGROUND NOISE, AND SHE,
ACCORDING TO THE OFFICER, DID
NOT APPEAR TO UNDERSTAND OR
RESPOND IN PROFICIENT ENGLISH,
DESPITE THE FACT THAT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT SHE
HAD BEEN APPROVED.
AND INITIALLY THE LOCAL USCIS
OFFICIAL STOOD BEHIND WHAT THE
OFFICER HAD DONE AND WHAT HAD
HAPPENED, AND ISSUED A LETTER
STATING THE CASE HAD BEEN
REOPENED FOR REEVALUATION AND
RE-EXAMINATION.
BUT AFTER THIS CLIENT'S
ADVOCATE, RESPONDING WITH LEGAL
ARGUMENTS.
OUR OFFICE FACILITATED SOME
INTERVENTION FROM SENATOR
MURRAY'S OFFICE.
THAT MOTION TO REOPEN WAS
RESCINDED AND THE CLIENT WAS
RESCHEDULED FOR AN OATH
CEREMONY.
SHE SUCCESSFULLY TOOK THE OATH.
BUT SHE WAS TRAUMATIZED.
AND WHAT IF SHE HADN'T HAD A
LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE?
THIS IS INDICATIVE OF THE
CULTURAL SHIFT WITHIN, ALLOWING
OFFICERS TO GO BEYOND THE
RULES, GO BEYOND THEIR RULES IN
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO MAKE
IT THAT MUCH HARDER TO GET YOUR
U.S. CITIZENSHIP EVEN IN THIS
CASE FOR SOMEONE WHO MET EVERY
SINGLE REQUIREMENT.
>> SO HE IS A PARTNER OF OURS
THROUGH THE NEW CITIZENSHIP
CAMPAIGN AND NEW CITIZENSHIP
PROGRAM.
THEY'RE A PARTNER OF OUR LARGER
WORKSHOPS AND HAVE CO-LED SIX
CLINICS IN THE LAST THREE
YEARS.
THEY HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN
THE DIFFICULTY OF THE KIND OF
CASES THAT ARE WALKING THROUGH
THE DOORS AT THE CLINICS.
THIS HAS BEEN A TREND NOT ONLY
FOR CLINIC PARTICIPANTS, BUT
NCP CLIENTS THAT PEOPLE, THE
AMOUNT OF NEGATIVE RHETORIC
SURROUNDING IMMIGRATION IN
GENERAL IN THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE ARE NOW TURNING OUT TO
NATURALIZE WHO HAVE BEEN
PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR 25
YEARS OR MORE.
IN 2018 OUR CLINIC SAW AN
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF YEARS
THAT OUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE
BEEN.
SO WHAT THIS MEANS ALONG WITH
THE INCREASED DIFFICULTY OF THE
CASES, THE INCREASED
QUESTIONING AND INTERROGATIONS
AT THE INTERVIEWS, THIS MEANS
WE NEED TO BE A LOT MORE
CAREFUL WITH THE TYPES OF CASES
THAT WE LET THROUGH.
A LOT OF OUR CLINIC CLIENTS END
UP HAVING TO GO THROUGH A
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OR
REQUEST TO SEE A COPY OF THEIR
FILES, SO WE CAN FEEL SAFER
ABOUT ACTUALLY SENDING IN THEIR
APPLICATIONS.
SO THIS MEANS THE WORK FOR OUR
PARTNERS BOTH IN THE CLINIC
SETTING AND THE ONE-ON-ONE CASE
MANAGEMENT SETTING HAS
INCREASED.
IT'S GOTTEN MORE DIFFICULT.
IN THE CLINIC SETTING WE'VE
RESPONDED BY WORKING ON A MUCH
LONGER SCREENING FORM.
ONE OF THE FORMS USED BY ONE OF
OUR PARTNERS IS 17 PAGES LONG.
SO THIS MEANS A LOT MORE TIME
FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS SPENT IN
THE CLINIC SETTINGS, BUT IT IS
SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO
IMPLEMENT TO MAKE PEOPLE SAFER
OR FEEL SAFER GOING THROUGH
THIS PROCESS.
WE CAN FEEL CONFIDENT THAT
THEY'RE OKAY.
I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING I
WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THAT, A LOT
MORE OF THE CASES ARE ALSO NOT
BEING PUSHED THROUGH IN THE
CLINICS, BUT BEING REFERRED
BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
FOR ONE-ON-ONE SERVICES OR ALSO
TO PRIVATE ATTORNEYS AS
NECESSARY.
>> I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK
TIME CHECK.
WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES
LEFT.
>> OKAY.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THE
END HERE.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT.
I WILL TRY NOT TO SPEED UP MY
SPEECH, BUT CHANGES TO THE FEE
WAIVE FORM HAS BEEN SOMETHING
ON OUR RADAR SINCE LAST YEAR,
SEPTEMBER, WHILE WE WERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PUBLIC CHARGE
DEWAIT AND PUBLIC COMMENTING
SESSION.
PRODUCING A CHANGE FORM I-912
THAT WENT UNDER THE RADAR.
ESSENTIALLY WHEN SOMEONE IS
APPLYING FOR U.S. CITIZENSHIP,
THE FEE IS CURRENTLY $725.
PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A FEE
WAIVER IF THEY ARE LOW INCOME
OR RECEIVE MEANS TESTED
BENEFITS.
GENERALLY IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE UNDER 150% OF THE FEDERAL
POVERTY LINE.
THE CHANGE TO THE FORM IS
INTENDED TO ELIMINATE THE PROOF
THAT SOMEBODY IS LOW INCOME.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CASES
THAT WE SEE FOR FOLKS APPLYING
FOR A FEE WAIVER DO USE THAT
PUBLIC BENEFITS FORM BECAUSE
IT'S THE EASIEST PROOF OF LOW
INCOME STATUS.
SO THIS ELIMINATION IS PRETTY
MUCH IMMINENT.
WE JUST SUBMITTED OUR THIRD
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE
LAST WEEK, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT
CHANGE TO THE FORM COULD HAPPEN
AT ANY TIME, WHICH WILL VERY
MUCH AFFECT THEIR SERVICES.
SO IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE
DEVASTATING TO THE NCP PROGRAM
AND VERY MUCH HINDER THE NEW
WHAT'S EVEN MORE WORRISOME, WE
HAVE HEARD THROUGH OUR NATIONAL
PARTNERS AND ADVOCATES THAT
THERE ARE CHANGES COMING TO THE
FEE SCHEDULE AND ALSO THE
POTENTIAL ELIMINATION OF THE
FEE WAIVER ALTOGETHER.
THE USCIS IS GOING THROUGH A
FEE SCHEDULE REVIEW CURRENTLY,
WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY SET TO BE
RELEASED IN AUGUST.
WHAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE
ANNOUNCED IS THE FEE FOR
CITIZENSHIP WILL INCREASE BY
83%, WHICH WOULD PUT US AT OVER
$1,250 FOR CITIZENSHIP, AND
SIMULTANEOUSLY THEY'LL ANNOUNCE
THE ELIMINATION OF THE FEE
WAIVER.
SO THIS MEANS ANYONE WHO IS A
MIDDLE INCOME WOULD BE UNABLE
TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP.
SO WE WANTED TO PUT THAT ON
YOUR RADAR BECAUSE THIS IS
SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY NERVOUS
ABOUT.
THIS WOULD DEVASTATE OUR
PROGRAMS IF THERE WAS AN
ELIMINATION OF THE FEE WAIVER
AND THE FEE WENT UP AT THE SAME
TIME.
JUST THE CHANGES TO THE FEE
WAIVER FORM, WHICH WE MENTIONED
ARE PRETTY IMMINENT.
THAT'S GOING TO VERY MUCH
HINDER OUR ABILITY TO DO OUR
WORK AND OUR PARTNER'S ABILITY
TO DO THE WORK.
BUT THE ELIMINATION OF THE FEE
WAIVER ALTOGETHER IS GOING TO
BE DEVASTATING.
SO WE ARE WORKING TO FIGHT
AGAINST THESE CHANGES, BUT WE
WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR
RADAR THAT OUR PARTNERS ARE
DOING A LOT MORE WORK
CURRENTLY, AND THE SETTING THAT
WE'RE SEEING IN FRONT OF US
MEANS THEY WILL HAVE TO RESPOND
YET AGAIN AND REALLY ADAPT TO
THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY
ACTUALLY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
ADAPT TO.
>> I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO
THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF
SLIDES.
THIS HERE IS NUMBERS BASED ON
RESEARCH FROM OUR NATIONAL
PARTNER, NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
FOR NEW AMERICANS.
IT HAS DATA FOR WASHINGTON AND
THE U.S. THAT THIS SO-CALLED
SECOND WALL, THERE'S ABOUT
28,000 PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON WHO ARE WAITING FOR
ADJUDICATION OF THEIR
APPLICATION AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, ALMOST THREE QUARTERS
OF A MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE
WAITING.
WE BELIEVE A HALF OR TWO-THIRDS
ARE IN THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY
AREA.
>> AND JUST TO PUT THAT 753,000
NUMBER INTO PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S
APPROXIMATELY THE POPULATION OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
YEP.
THE IMPACT ON SERVICE
PROVIDERS, THE MAIN THING
CHRISTINA TALKED ABOUT HERE,
THE CASES ARE HARDER.
IT TAKES LONGER TO SERVE EACH
CLIENT.
IT TAKES MORE LEGAL EXPERTISE
FOR INDIVIDUAL CASES.
THE THREAT TO THE PROGRAMS THAT
WE PROVIDE IS VERY REAL.
AND THEN I THINK FOR ME
THERE'S -- WHAT IS THE END
IMPACT?
I THINK AT AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
IT IS A PERSON'S DREAM.
IT WAS ALWAYS MY DREAM TO
BECOME NATURALIZED.
AND THERE ARE ALSO ECONOMIC
BENEFITS.
AS YOU RECALL PEOPLE WHO ARE
NATURALIZED EARN MORE THAN
THEIR NON-NATURALIZED
COUNTERPART V A SENSE OF
BELONGING.
WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE THINGS
AWAY, IT'S REALLY TAKING AWAY
THEIR ABILITY TO ENVISION A
BETTER FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, THE IMPACT
IS OUR COUNTRY.
IT GETS TO THE SOUL OF WHO WE
ARE.
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN A COUNTRY
BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN
AFFORD NATURALIZATION BECAUSE
YOU'RE A HIGH EARNER.
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THE CASE
FOR US.
BUT NOW THAT'S BECOMING A
REALITY.
THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE.
WE'RE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IN
THE OUTREACH TO YAKIMA AND
PORTLAND, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO
YOU WITH MORE DETAILS.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO PULL THIS
PRESENTATION TOGETHER WITH A
LOT OF RICH INFORMATION.
I SEE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES
HERE FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
ENHANCE THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING IN THIS SPACE AND LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS
WITH YOU DURING OUR REGULAR
CHECK-IN, WHICH I THINK IS
HAPPENING NEXT WEEK ABOUT HOW
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADVANCE
SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU'RE DOING.
I THINK YOU ARTICULATED IT VERY
WELL THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
HOW THIS PRESIDENT HAS UTILIZED
HIS EXECUTIVE POWER AND
AUTHORITY TO UNDERMINE ONE OF
THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES OF
AMERICA, WHICH IS TO WELCOME
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES INTO A
PLACE OF SANCTUARY FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE MAKING VERY DIFFICULT
DECISIONS TO LEAVE THEIR HOME
COUNTRY FOR VERY LEGITIMATE
REASONABLE REASONS.
I THINK THAT CITIES LIKE
SEATTLE PLAY A REALLY IMPORTANT
ROLE IN CREATING SYSTEMS OF
RESILIENCE THAT WILL ALLOW
REFUGEES AND THEIR FAMILIES TO
FULLY INTEGRATE INTO OUR
SOCIETY AND OUR COMMUNITIES
HERE AND HAVE BEEN REALLY PROUD
OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
DO TOGETHER TO INVEST IN THOSE
RESILIENCY PROGRAMS.
EVERYTHING FROM THE NEW
CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM TO OUR
LEGAL DEFENSE FUNDS THAT
PROVIDE FREE LAWYERS TO
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES WHO ARE
AT RISK OF DEPORTATION.
AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT
WE DO THAT YOU ALL DO EVERY DAY
IN YOUR OFFICE.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN A
SPACE THAT IS CONSTANTLY
EVOLVING AND NOT IN A WAY THAT
MAKES US PROUD AS AMERICANS.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON
TIME.
JUST VERY BRIEFLY, THERE WAS AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO CAME TWO WEEKS
AGO IN OUR FULL COMMITTEE AND
THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
NEW AMERICANS AND GENERICALLY
WAS NOT THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
AND I THINK IF SHE WAS, SHE
WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DIRECTLY SPEAK TO WHAT THE CITY
HAS DONE.
I WAS HOPING YOU COULD ALSO
COMMENT IN.
I BELIEVE IN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE SEE KIDS AND
FAMILIES GETTING LOCKED IN
CAGES AND CAMPS BEING DIRECTED
THAT ARE UNLIVABLE AND
UNHEALTHY SITUATIONS FOR OUR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEES THAT ARE
TRYING TO COME TO THE UNITED
STATES.
BUT THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING WAS
TRYING TO DEMAND THE CITY THAT
WE DO MORE TO PREVENT I.C.E.
FROM ARRESTING PEOPLE, FOR
EXAMPLE, AT PUBLIC PLACES LIKE
COURT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE
A DIALOGUE ON THAT
CONVERSATION, BUT DO YOU MIND
JUST FOR THE RECORD TALKING
ABOUT WHAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
CURRENTLY HAS IN PLACE TO
PROTECT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
ESPECIALLY GOING IN FOR THEIR
COURT HEARINGS FOR CITIZENSHIP
ISSUES FROM BEING DETAINED BY
I.C.E.
SO THAT IT'S CLEAR AND WE CLEAR
THAT FOR THE RECORD.
>> I KNOW YOUR STAFF REACHED
OUT TO OUR OFFICE AND WE HAD
RESPONDED.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS.
ONE IS THERE WAS A MAYORAL
DIRECTIVE THAT WENT OUT IN
EARLY 2017 INSTRUCTING CITY
DEPARTMENTS NOT TO SHARE
INFORMATION, PERSONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT CITY
RESIDENTS UNLESS THERE WAS A
WARRANT FOR THAT INFORMATION.
SO THAT HAS CASCADED DOWN TO
THE STAFF LEVEL.
THE OTHER IS WE PARTNER WITH
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THE
WASHINGTON IMMIGRATION, FOR
EXAMPLE, FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT
WHERE I.C.E.
DID ARREST SOMEBODY WHO HAD
SHOWN UP AT THE COURTHOUSE FOR
A HEARING AND ARRESTED HIM
OUTSIDE IN THE PUBLIC AREA, THE
SIDEWALKS.
WE CAN'T REGULATE THAT AREA
BECAUSE THOSE ARE PUBLIC
SPACES, BUT WE DID REACH OUT TO
THE COURT, THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT.
THEY HAVE SINCE PUT UP KNOW
YOUR RIGHTS FLYERS WITH A TOLL-
FREE NUMBER, AN INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT TO DO IF SUCH AN
INCIDENT SHOULD HAPPEN TO THEM.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST HEARD OR SAW
A RECENT REPORT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL RED THE
REPORTS THIS MORNING OR
YESTERDAY THAT KING COUNTY HAS
SHARED INFORMATION.
KING COUNTY IN PARTICULAR HAS
SHARED INFORMATION WITH I.C.E.
RELATED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
IN DETENTION WHO HAVE
IMMIGRATION STATUS
COMPLICATIONS OR ISSUES THAT IS
IN RELATED TO HOW THAT
INFORMATION SHARING OCCURRED
AND WHY OFFICERS, CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS WERE CAPTURING THE
INFORMATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND SO I THINK THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US BECAUSE WE
RECOGNIZE THERE ARE SEATTLE
RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN DETENTION
AT KING COUNTY.
I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO ENGAGE THE COUNTY AND
GETTING A BETTER UPSING AND
SENSE OF HOW THE LAW THAT WAS
PASSED, I BELIEVE IN 2017, WAS
IT?
2016?
>> I THINK IT WAS JUST LAST
YEAR.
>> 2018, HOW THAT LAW IS
ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED AND
HOW THE TRAINING IS OCCURRING
WITH OFFICERS TO ENSURE THIS
TYPE OF INFORMATION SHARING
ISN'T OCCURRING.
SO THIS IS ON THE TAIL OF ALSO
THE NEWS THAT I.C.E.
WAS UTILIZING KING COUNTY.
FAIR TO DO TO TRANSPORT
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES WHO
WERE BEING DEPORTED.
SO AGAIN A PART OF THE REASON
WHY I REALLY PUSHED THE PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION, THE MAYORAL
ADMINISTRATION AROUND CREATING
THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS
PRECISELY BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED
IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR LAWS THAT
PROVIDE SANCTUARY TO
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES WERE NOT BEING
APPROPRIATELY OR FULLY
IMPLEMENTED.
AND THAT OUR OWN STAFF, OUR OWN
HOUSE WASN'T AWARE OF HOW TO
ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND
LAWS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED AND
PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL AND
SUPPORTED BY MAYORS YEAR AFTER
YEAR.
SO I THINK THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
WENT A LONG WAY.
I DO THINK GIVEN THE RECENT
EXAMPLES, IT WOULD BE A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE MAYOR
SEND A REFRESHER TO STAFF AND
TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS
WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE TO ONCE
AGAIN REAFFIRM THIS IS THE
POLICY, THIS IS HOW YOU DEAL
WITH IT.
BUT TO YOUR POINT AROUND WHAT
CAN WE DO TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO
ARE COMING INTO PUBLIC SPACES
TO RECEIVE PUBLIC BENEFITS.
AND THEY WILL ENGAGE AN
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, WHICH IS
WHY I HAVE BEEN REALLY CLEAR IN
MY MESSAGING AS SOMEBODY WHO
CAME UP IN THE IMMIGRANT
JUSTICE RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO MAKE
IT CLEAR TO FOLKS EVEN THOUGH
WE'RE A SANCTUARY CITY, IT DOES
NOT MEAN I.C.E.
DOES NOT EXIST IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THERE ARE STILL
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING
ABOUT EVEN IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE COUNTY AND KING
COUNTY AND THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
THERE ARE RISKS MOVING AROUND
IN PUBLIC SPACES SO AS LONG AS
I.C.E.
EXISTS.
AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE THAT
WE COULD DO TO PREVENT THAT
OTHER THAN EDUCATE FOLKS ABOUT
WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE IF THEY
DO HAVE CONTACT WITH AN I.C.E.
OFFICER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO?
>> SORRY FOR MISSING YOUR
PRESENTATION.
JUST TO ECHO AND SUPPORT THE
COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE AND IF I
COULD EVER BE OF SERVICE DURING
MY TIME, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION AND YOUR TIME
HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR
SECOND AGENDA ITEM.
I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A LITTLE
LATE TO OUR SECOND PANEL.
SO ROXANA, WHY DON'T YOU GO
AHEAD AND READ AGENDA TWO INTO
THE RECORD.
IF YOU'RE HERE, I INVITE YOU TO
MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE TABLE AS
THIS ITEM IS BEING READ.
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPHASIS
PATROLS, UPDATE AND EVALUATION
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> AND IF THE MEMBERS OF THE
MEDIA WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THEIR
CAMERAS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO
SO.
OKAY, WELL IT IS A FULL PANEL
THIS MORNING.
WE MANAGED TO WRAP AROUND THE
TABLE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO JOIN US AGAIN FOR WHAT IS A
THIRD CONVERSATION AROUND OR A
SECOND CONVERSATION AROUND
EMPHASIS AREA AND PATROLS AND
TO PROVIDE US AN UPDATE ON THE
PROGRESS OF THIS WORK.
OF COURSE, THIS WAS AN
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY THE
EXECUTIVE IN MAY IF I RECALL
CORRECTLY THAT THERE WERE THE
ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PLUS
RESOURCES PUSHED OUT INTO
SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AT THE
TIME FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 30
DAYS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOME
CRIME AND DISORDER LIVABILITY
CONCERNS IN THOSE SPECIFIC
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AFTER OUR LAST COMMITTEE
HEARING, WE LEARNED IN OUR
OFFICE THE TIMELINE OF HOW LONG
THE EMPHASIS PATROLS WOULD
EXIST WOULD BE EXTENDED FOR A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO THAT BRINGS US TO TODAY,
WHICH GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY
TO AS COUNCIL MEMBER HERE
DIRECTLY FROM THE VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE BEEN
ENGAGED IN THIS WORK TO PROVIDE
US WITH AN UPDATE AND I KNOW
YOU ALL HAVE A VERY IN DEPTH
DATA RICH, DETAILED
PRESENTATION.
AND NONETHELESS I HAVE SEVERAL
QUESTIONS THAT I FEEL HAVE
STILL BEEN UNANSWERED FROM THE
INITIAL LETTER THAT I SENT TO
THE EXECUTIVE AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN MAY.
SO I WILL BE PRESSING FOR
ANSWERS IN THOSE SPACES AND I'M
NOT GOING TO LET YOU GO UNTIL I
HEAR WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.
I JUST WANT OPAQUE THAT REALLY
CLEAR.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S DO INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN
I'LL HAND IT OVER FOR
PRESENTATION.
>> GREG DOSS, CENTRAL STAFF.
>> DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> THE GREEN LIGHT HAS TO BE ON
USUALLY.
>> OKAY.
JULIE KLEIN FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
>> SDOT.
>> CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS,
SEATTLE PARKS.
>> CHRIS FISHER, SEATTLE
POLICE.
>> ERIC GREEN, SEATTLE POLICE.
>> BOBBY LEE, OED.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU ALL.
WHO WANTS TO KICK US OFF?
>> I'LL GET US STARED HERE.
I THINK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT
THE TABLE IS A GOOD
DEMONSTRATION OF THE NUMBER OF
DEPARTMENTS AND THE COOPERATION
INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT THIS
SUMMER.
AND THE MAYOR'S DEPARTMENT AS
WE KIND OF GET STARTED ON THE
REPORT OUT UP TO DATE ANY WAY.
WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
THANKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR
HEARTS, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS FOR
THE EXTRAORDINARILY HARD WORK
AND COOPERATION DURING THIS
ENTIRE PROJECT.
THE NUMBER OF HOURS AND THE
EFFORTS WAS REALLY ABOVE AND
BEYOND FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT
CITY DEPARTMENTS IN THIS HAD
CASE, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THE COUNCIL KNOWS HOW
MUCHCOOPERATION OCCURRED DURING
THIS EMPHASIS PROJECT.
AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS
FAMILIAR WITH THE SORT OF, HOW
THIS GOT STARTED AND WHY IT GOT
STARTED.
BUT MONTILLA IS HERE AND HE
WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN
OVERVIEW BEFORE WE GO INTO SORT
OF THE OVERALL SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TRENDS AND THEN INTO
SPECIFICS AND INDIVIDUAL
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND AS IT MAKES SENSE IF
COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO RAISE
QUESTIONS, THAT'S GREAT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, JULIE.
SO I WILL BE KIND OF WALKING
THROUGH VARIOUS, MANY OF THESE
SLIDES AND THEN TURNING TO MY
COLLEAGUES WHEN THERE NEEDS TO
BE MORE SPECIFICS WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF BOBBY LEE.
BUT I WANT TO ECHO QUICKLY THE
STAFF RECOGNITION.
NOT JUST OFFICERS, BUT MANY OF
THE STAFF FROM ALL ACROSS THE
PEOPLE AT THIS TABLE AND MANY
OTHERS REALLY COMING TOGETHER
IN A WAY THAT REALLY SHOWED A
NEW LEVEL OF COLLABORATION TO
HAVE SERVICE DELIVERY.
SO AS YOU ALL KNOW THIS WAS AN
EMPHASIS PATROL PROGRAM.
WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
IT BEYOND JUST TYPICAL, THE
TYPICAL SPD-LED EFFORTS.
WE SAW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS
TO THE TABLE TO REALLY CENTER
ON HOW DO WE IMPROVE THAT
COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP AND THAT
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AROUND WHAT
THE COMMUNITY, WHAT BUSINESS
OWNERS WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
DISTRICT AND ALONG THE STREETS.
WE'RE USING THIS FRAMEWORK AND
THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IF YOU WILL
TO START TO EXPAND THAT INTO
KIND OF FUTURE WALKS OR FUTURE
ATTEMPTS, AND WE'LL GO INTO
THAT TOWARDS THE PRESENTATION
ONCE WE GO OVER SOME OF THE
BASICS.
BUT IT REALLY SHOWED US THIS
MODEL CAN BE EFFECTIVE AND IT
IS EFFECTIVE WHEN WE'RE
BREAKING DOWN THE SILOS OF
GOVERNMENT AND SAYING OKAY,
WHAT ARE WE HEARING DIRECTLY
FROM THE COMMUNITY AND HOW DO
WE ADDRESS THAT IN A TIMELY
MANNER?
>> I AGREE WITH THAT.
IF I MAY.
>> DIRECTOR LEE, IF YOU CAN
PULL THE MICROPHONE.
IT HAS TO BE AWKWARDLY CLOSE TO
YOUR FACE IN ORDER FOR IT TO
ACTUALLY PICK UP YOUR VOICE.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS SPENT AN
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME
COORDINATING THE EFFORT.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, OF COURSE,
THE MAYOR, AND THE SENIOR
DEPUTY MAYOR FONG, JULIE KLEIN,
CHRISTIAN GROVE, KYL ABLE THESE
FOLKS HAVE REALLY WORKED
EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE A WRAP-AROUND APPROACH TO
SOLVING PROBLEMS AROUND THE
STREET LEVEL AND HAVE RAPID
RESPONSE BACK AT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL WITH REAL
PROBLEM SOLVING.
SO WITH THAT I DO WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THEM.
THE ROLE IN THIS IS
SPECIFICALLY TO RAISE THE VOICE
OF MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
SMALL BUSINESSES.
MANY ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE OF
COLOR IN THE IMMIGRANT
POPULATION, INTEGRAL PART OF
OUR ECONOMY, COLLECTIVELY THERE
ARE THE CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR
LOCAL ECONOMY, BUT ALSO BACK AS
A REAL-TIME FEEDBACK TO OUR
CITY DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE
HEALTH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO TAY ARE A GREAT PARTNER TO
OUR COMMUNITY POLICING,
NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNS,
STREETSCAPES, PROVIDING A GREAT
FEEDBACK.
SO THEY'RE GREAT PARTNERS.
NOT ONLY COLLECTIVELY ARE THEY
THE DRIVER IN OUR ECONOMY, BUT
THE BACKBONE OF OUR CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT AND A GREAT PARTNER
IN THAT FIELD.
AND SO MY ROLE IN THIS IS TO
MAKE SURE THEIR VOICES, AGAIN,
MANY OWNED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR,
IMMIGRANT POPULATION, HAVE A
SAY IN HOW WE SOLVE REAL-TIME
PROBLEMS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
LEVEL.
>> WE'LL GET INTO IT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 45 TO GET
THROUGH.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BE
INTENTIONAL WITH OUR TIME HERE.
>> OKAY, JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS A
QUESTION.
>> SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOUR
FACES.
I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED
THOUGH ABOUT WHY THIS IS
GETTING SO MUCH ATTENTION FOR
BEING A UNIQUE AND I THINK YOU
SAID BODY THAT HAS GONE ABOVE
AND BEYOND.
IS THIS NOT THE TYPE OF GROUP
THAT YOU HAVE PULLED TOGETHER
TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
OVERALL?
I KNOW WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE
CONVERSATIONS AT THE SELECT
COMMITTEE.
TALKING ABOUT WHAT OTHER CITIES
HAVE DONE.
NOTABLY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
HAS A TASK FORCE THAT GETS
TOGETHER I BELIEVE IF NOT
DAILY, AT LEAST WEEKLY.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SIT IN ON
ONE OF THOSE BRIEFINGS.
I KNOW MANY FOLKS FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ALSO WENT DOWN
TO LOS ANGELES CITY AND HAD THE
CHANCE TO TALK TO FOLKS THERE
ABOUT THE COORDINATED EFFORT.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT A BODY LIKE
THIS COMES TOGETHER TO TALK
ABOUT NOT JUST HOW TO OFFER
CITATIONS AND INFRACTIONS AND
BOOK FOLKS IN JAIL, BUT ALSO
TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU CAN
COORDINATE EFFORTS TO GET FOLKS
INSIDE.
NOW I THINK THAT'S CHALLENGING
GIVEN THAT ON AN AVERAGE NIGHT
RECENTLY THE NUMBERS SHOWED
THERE'S ONLY SIX ENHANCED
SHELTER BEDS OPEN PER NIGHT, SO
I CAN SEE WHERE THERE IS A
CHALLENGE IN OFFERING PEOPLE A
PLACE TO STAY IF WE'RE NOT
BUILDING HOUSING AND OPENING
MORE SHELTERS.
BUT DOES A BODY LIKE THIS EXIST
FOR HELPING PEOPLE GET INSIDE
VERSES CITATIONS AND SWEEPING
FOLKS?
>> SO THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT.
I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF
THINGS YOU HIGHLIGHTED THERE
SPECIFIC TO HOUSING THE
UNSETTERRED, WORKING WITH OUR
SHELTER SYSTEM, WHICH IS
DEFINITELY A PART OF THIS.
BUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN
TERMS OF COLLABORATION, EVEN IF
THAT TASK FORCE EXISTED, THIS
IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIND OF
ALMOST EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT
COMING TOGETHER AND MEETING THE
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WHETHER
IT BE AROUND HOUSING ON
SHELTER, WHETHER IT BE BUSINESS
SUPPORT, WHETHER IT BE A NEEDED
LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE,
WHETHER IT BE SOMETHING ALONG
THOSE LINES.
WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE
DETAILS AROUND THAT.
SO THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD
THIS OUT, SPD WILL STILL BE AT
THE TABLE, BUT A BROADER
COLLABORATION OF THE PARTNERS
INCLUDING FAS THAT ARE PITCHING
IN TO THE SOLUTIONS.
>> SO YOU SAID EVEN IF IT
EXISTED, DOES THAT MEAN IT DOES
NOT EXIST?
>> I THINK THE HSD AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IS CONSTANTLY
CONVENING AROUND HOMELESS
COORDINATION FOR SURE, YEAH.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I THINK
TO PUT A FINE POINT ON THE LINE
OF QUESTIONING BEING POSED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, IT
REALLY DOES COME BACK TO THE
THE INITIAL QUESTION THAT I
ASKED BACK IN MAY, WHICH IS
WHAT IS THE THEORY OF CHANGE.
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
AND WHY ARE WE DOING IT?
AND THAT IS STILL VERY MUCH
UNCLEAR AND IN MY MIND HAS NOT
YET BEEN ANSWERED BY THE
EXECUTIVE IN TERMS OF WHY ARE
WE DOING THIS IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
SO I GET IT.
EMPHASIS PATROLS ARE NOT A NEW
TOOL.
IT'S SOMETHING SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS USED FOR A LONG
TIME AND IT IS JUST FANCY TALK
FOR WE'RE GOING TO PUT MORE
COPS IN A PARTICULAR AREA TO DO
PROACTIVE POLICING, TO PREVENT
CRIME AND DISORDER FROM
OCCURRING, RIGHT?
BUT I DO NOT HAVE A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING YET OF WHAT IS
IT, WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES?
WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE
THROUGH THIS EFFORT THAT IS
BEING REFERRED TO AS EMPHASIS
AREAS?
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH
THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION, BUT I WILL SAY
THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN
EMPHASIS PATROL REPORT AND
EMPHASIS AREAS, WHAT I'M TRYING
TO TELL YOU AND KIND OF
ARTICULATE HERE IS THAT IT IS A
BROADER EFFORT TO BRING THE
CITY DEPARTMENTS OUTSIDE CITY
HALL AND MEET COMMUNITY WHERE
THEY'RE AT AND ADDRESS THEIR
NEEDS.
SOME OF THOSE NEEDS ARE SPD
RELATED.
A LOT OF THEM AS WE GO THROUGH
IT AS WE GO THROUGH SOME OF
THESE WALKS HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH SPD.
AS IT RELATES TO SIDEWALKS.
AS IT RELATES TO THE
CROSSWALKS.
PARKS IS HERE.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAPPENED IN
SOUTH PARK THAT WERE PARK
RELATED.
YOU KNOW, ACTIVATION, CLEANUPS,
IN TERMS OF THE PARK CLEANUP.
AND THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY AS
WE SEE IT, IS CITY HALL GETTING
OUT OF CITY HALL, GOING INTO
THE COMMUNITY ON THE REGULAR
BASIS, SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE RELATIONSHIP?
AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S EXCITING
TO ME THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE ARE
BUILDING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT WE COULD REALLY ADD ON TO
AS WE ARE SEEING WHAT SOME OF
THE CONCERNS ARE FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
>> BUT THAT'S NOT THE THEORY OF
CHANGE?
OTHERWISE THE THEORY OF CHANGE
WOULD BE TO GET BUREAUCRATS OUT
OF CITY HALL.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE
THEORY OF CHANGE IS HERE.
>> WE COULD GO THROUGH THE
POWER POINT AND GET A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
>> I'M GOING TO PUSH YOU ON
THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW AT
THE END OF THE DAY, WHY ARE WE
DOING THIS?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES AND THE
DELIVERABLES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
EXPECTING TO SEE SUSTAINED LONG-
TERM CHANGE AS A RESULT OF
ADDITIONAL TAXPAYER DOLLAR
INVESTMENTS IN THIS SPACE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
GET QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ARE WE
DOING THIS WHILE WE ARE ALSO
NOT FEELING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AS A RESULT OF
THESE INVESTMENTS.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT IS REALLY ARE
IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT
QUESTION POSED AND TO HAVE THAT
QUESTION ANSWERED DIRECTLY.
>> IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
THERE IS AN ELEMENT HERE THAT
WE COULD START GETTING INTO
THAT.
SO MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL
MEMBER, HOW THE CITY IS LOOKING
YEAR TO DATE ON CRIME.
THE CITY BY CRIME YEAR TO DATE
IS DOWN 13%.
THAT WAS MEANT TO BE IN JUNE,
IT WAS DOWN 13%.
YEAR TO DATE THROUGH JULY 9
WHEN WE PULLED THIS DATA AS YOU
CAN SEE ON THE TABLE WAS DOWN
11%.
IN MAY AS ITS OWN MONTH, MAY
2019 COMPARED TO MAY 2018 WAS
DOWN 10%.
JUNE 2019 COMPARED TO JUNE 2018
WAS DOWN 13%.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LINE
CHART AT THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE
EXCEPT FOR JANUARY WHERE THE
NUMBERS WERE CLOSE, SO FAR
EVERY MONTH THIS YEAR REPORTED
MAJOR CRIME HAS BEEN DOWN EVERY
MONTH.
WE'RE THE ONLY MAJOR CATEGORIES
WHERE THERE IS AN INCREASE.
AND WHILE SMALL, EVERY INCREASE
IS ACCEPTABLE.
WE HAVE AN UPTICK IN THE
DEPARTMENT AND OTHER SEXUAL
ASSAULTS THE DEPARTMENT IS
TRACKING AND CONSTANTLY
DISCUSSING AT OUR MEETING.
OUR SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT HAS
ASSESSED ALL OF THAT AND NO
PATTERN.
THERE ARE SOME KNOWN
RELATIONSHIP ISSUES THAT ARE
AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
USUALLY OCCURRING AROUND NIGHT
LIFE AND AROUND SOME
INDIVIDUALS AND EITHER DRUG OR
MENTAL HEALTH INDUCED MOMENTS
WHERE WE SEE A LARGE PART OF
THOSE SCALE WISE.
13 AND 14 INCREASES PERCENT
WISE, 9% INCREASE IN SEXUAL
ASSAULT RAPES AND AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT.
ALL OTHER CATEGORIES BEING
DOWN.
THAT'S SETTING THE CONTEXT CITY
WIDE.
OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT SEVEN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT I RECOGNIZE THE NUANCE
HERE BECAUSE THE CHART SHOWS A
CITY WIDE DATA, WHICH MEANS
IT'S AVERAGE IF YOU WILL FOR
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS U ALL
PRECINCTS, ALL CRIME DATA.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN PRIOR
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THESE NUMBERS DON'T
ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN SPECIFIC PRECINCTS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN YOU
REALLY DRILL INTO THE DATA.
YOU KNOW THESE NUMBERS CHANGE
PRETTY DRASTICALLY WHEN YOU
START DIGGING INTO MICRO
COMMUNITIES AND REALLY LOOK AT
THAT CRIME DATA.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HERE IT
SHOWS AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ARE
UP 1% YEAR TO DATE AND THAT
RATES ARE UP 9% YEAR TO DATE.
THAT AGAIN THOSE NUMBERS MAY BE
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN
SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS BASED ON
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IF COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
WAS HERE, SHE WOULD SAY THAT IS
A REFLECTION OF WHAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM PEOPLE IN
NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY OCCURRING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IS OF A
VIOLENT NATURE.
NOT PETTY PROPERTY THEFT OR
PROPERTY CRIMES, BUT SERIOUS
HIGH-LEVEL VIOLENT OFFENSES
THAT NEED TO BE IMMEDIATELY
ADDRESSED IN ORDER TO KEEP
VICTIMS AND POTENTIAL VICTIMS
SAFE.
>> YES, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT
FOR THESE SPECIFIC
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE A PART
OF THIS INITIATIVE AT THE
MOMENT, BUT WE ALSO ROUTINELY,
úI'M OFTEN WHEN I EXPLAIN TO
FOLKS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS HOW
WE USE OUR POLICING PLANS, I
REALLY STRESS THAT I THINK MORE
SO WHEN I SEE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
CRIME AND TRENDS, WE'RE NOT
TALKING, MOST OF OUR
CONVERSATIONS ARE AROUND
NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL CRIMES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS, WHO IS UP AND
WHO IS DOWN, SO I DO THINK THE
DEPARTMENT TRIES TO ADDRESS
THAT.
WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE
BIT HERE, BUT THIS IS TO SET
THE BROADER CONTEXT ON HOW THE
CITY IS DOING IN THE MIDST OF
THIS.
TO SPEAK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT
THEORY OF CHANGE ABOUT WHAT WE
WERE LOOKING TO DO HERE.
SO I CAN -- WE'RE HAPPY TO
PROVIDE TO COUNCIL ROBUST LISTS
OF THE RESEARCH WE'VE CONSULTED
IN TERMS OF HOW WE DESIGN THIS.
BUT WHERE I'M GOING TO ZERO IN
IS ON DR. DAVID WISEBURG OF
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY WHO IS
FOR A LACK OF A BETTER PHRASE
THE FATHER OF PLACE BASE
POLICING AND UNDERSTANDING HOW
CRIME CONCENTRATES IN
NEIGHBORHOODS, LOCATIONS,
STREET BLOCKS, AND WHY.
HE MOSTLY DID A LOT OF HIS
INITIAL RESEARCH HERE IN
SEATTLE.
ONE OF HIS BIG INITIAL
FINDINGS, SEATTLE HAS AROUND
23,000 OR 24,000 BLOCKS, STREET
FACES.
ABOUT 1% OF THOSE BLOCKS
ACCOUNT FOR 23% OF THE CRIMES
THAT HAPPENS IN SEATTLE.
I WOULD SAY SUPER CONCENTRATED
THAN IN OTHER CITIES.
WHAT HE FURTHER FOUND AND DROVE
THE DESIGN OF THIS WORK IS WHEN
YOU LAY ON TOP OF THE STREET
BLOCKS, THE SOCIAL FACTORS IN
TERMS OF MEASURES ABOUT
COMPLAINTS AROUND WEEDS,
GARBAGE, LITTER, GRAFFITI,
BLOCK TO BLOCK THE CRIME AND
THOSE FACTORS, VOTING
PARTICIPATION, ALL SORTS OF
THINGS YOU COULD GET FROM
CENSUS.
WHEN HIS TEAM DID THIS WORK AS
MUCH AS CRIME VARIES FROM BLOCK
TO BLOCK, THOSE ISSUES, THE
SCALE VARIES FROM BLOCK TO
BLOCK.
BUT WHAT THEY FOUND AN INCREASE
IN THOSE MEASURES LED TO AN
INCREASE IN CRIME AND AN
INCREASE IN LACK OF FEELING OF
SAFETY.
SO THE THEORY OF CHANGE HERE
WAS IF YOU COULD ADDRESS NOT
JUST PEOPLE WANTING TO SEE
OFFICERS ON THE STREETS, BUT
GET RID OF THE FACTOR THAT
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THOSE
FEELINGS AND SUPPORT CRIME,
RESEARCH DONE HERE IN SEATTLE,
THAT'S WHY ALL THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS ARE THERE TO
ADDRESS THE GRAFFITI, ADDRESS
THE OVERGROWN BUSHES, IMPROVE
THE LIGHTING, AND MAKE EVERYONE
FEEL THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SOME
SENSE OF SOCIAL COHESION AND
THE CITY HAS A GRIP ON WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
RESEARCH SHOWS TO THE DECREASE
OF LOW-LEVEL CRIMES.
THIS SORT OF SOFT ENFORCEMENT
WHERE THE FOCUS WAS NOT FOR THE
OFFICERS TO MAKE ARRESTS.
THE FOCUS WAS TO BE OUT THERE
TO MAKE REFERRALS, TO GIVE
WARNINGS IF THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANT CRIME HAPPENING.
THEY DID THE ARREST, THEY USED
THEIR DISCRETION AS THEY ALWAYS
DO, BUT THE RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS
FOR THIS SORT OF LOW-LEVEL
FEELINGS OF UNSAFETY THAT THIS
APPROACH JOINED WITH PROBLEM
SOLVING FROM THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, THAT'S THE BEST
WAY TO GET THERE WITHOUT THE
CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD COME
FROM RAMPING UP FORMAL USES OF
SANCTIONS.
SO THAT IS HOW WE SORT OF SET
THIS UP.
I THINK IN TWO MONTHS WE'VE
SEEN SOME GOOD RESULTS.
I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THIS AND
HOW IT PLAYS OUT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MONITORING
IT, EVERY TWO WEEKS OFF OF OUR
DASH BOARD AND THE TEAM IS
LOOKING AT IT PRETTY ROUTINELY.
BUT THAT'S SORT OF HOW WE GOT
THERE AND WHERE THE DESIGN WAS.
>> IN TERMS OF THIS, REMIND ME,
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PERSON
HERE?
>> DAVID WISEBURG.
>> W-I-S-E-B-U-R-G.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH
THIS PARTICULAR RESEARCH.
CAN YOU TELL ME MORE WHO HE IS?
>> IN TERMS OF CREDENTIALS.
└> HE'S A Ph.D., TEACHES AT
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, TEL
AVIV UNIVERSITY, AND I MEAN I
THINK I COULD PRODUCE THREE TO
FOUR PAGES OF HIS RESEARCH
CITINGS ON HOW HE DOES POLICING
BY POLICE AND HOW DO CRIMES AND
OTHER BEHAVIOR CONCENTRATE AND
HOW YOU DO IT IN A WAY A LOT OF
THE RECENT RESEARCH HAS BEEN.
IN A WAY THAT INCREASES
LEGITIMACY.
HE HAS DONE HIS WORK RECENTLY
IN TUCSON AND SOME OTHER
CITIES.
WE WERE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
HIM TO DO IT HERE BECAUSE OF
THE BUILT NATURE OF OUR URBAN
ENVIRONMENT.
A LOT REQUIRED HAVING TO DO
SURVEYS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
HOT SPOTS, WHERE A LOT OF OUR
FORTUNATELY THE FUND SEEKERS IN
SEATTLE.
WHILE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOR US
HOT SPOTS, COMPARED TO A LOT OF
CITIES, OUR BLOCKS THAT HAVE A
LOT OF CRIMES DO NOT COMPARE TO
BLOCKS AND HAVE A LOT OF CRIME
IN OTHER CITIES.
THE PLACES THAT HAD -- COULDN'T
GET INTO THE APARTMENT
BUILDINGS TO DO THE SURVEYS.
THEY DECIDED NOT TO DO THE
RESEARCH HERE, BUT WE WERE
INTERESTED IN LEARNING THAT
SAME THING SPECIFICALLY TO
SEATTLE.
IF YOU TALK TO RESEARCHERS
AROUND THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF
THE CERTAIN NETWORK OF THOSE
WHO WERE EXPERTS ON HOW YOU
THINK ABOUT CRIME AND PLACE,
MOST OF THEM STUDIED UNDER HIS
INITIAL, YOU KNOW, Ph.D.s THAT
HE INTRODUCED.
SO HE REALLY IS, I THINK THE
GOLD, ONE OF THE GOLD STANDARDS
OF HOW YOU DO PLACE-BASED
RESEARCH ON WHAT AND HOW
ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS CRIME AND
HOW POLICE AND OTHER PROBLEM
SOLVING EFFORTS CAN ADDRESS
THOSE ISSUES.
>>> TO ME WHAT YOU JUST
DESCRIBED SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR
TO BROKEN WINDOWS KIND OF
APPROACHES.
HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT OR
SIMILAR TO THAT THEORY?
AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE
THE THEORY SO FOLKS WHO ARE
WATCHING KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT.
>> WELL MADAM CHAIR, DIFFERENT
PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONS OF BROKEN
WINDOWS.
I THINK THE ORIGINAL THEORY
INVOLVED WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS THOSE
BROKEN WINDOWS.
SOME DEPARTMENTS, I THINK SOME
OTHER RESEARCHERS OR
PRACTITIONERS SAY ZERO
TOLERANCE.
THAT IS NOT HOW GEORGE KELLY
COINED IT, BUT HE DID THE
RESEARCH OF FOCUSING ON THOSE
PLACES WORK.
THE THEORY WAS WHEN A
NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE NO ONE
IS IN CONTROL, IT FACILITATES
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
THAT WAS THE BROKE IN WINDOWS
THEORY.
AND WHAT YOU COULD DO FROM A
POLICING PERSPECTIVE IN THOSE
LOCATIONS THAT REDUCES CRIME.
DOES FOCUSING POLICE RESOURCES
ON A HOT SPOT OF CRIME, DOES IT
REDUCE CRIME?
DO YOU HAVE DIFFUSION OF
BENEFITS, DO YOU DISPLAY THE
CRIME?
THAT IS SORT OF THE WORK HE
DID.
BROKEN WINDOWS WASN'T A
STRATEGY, BUT A THEORY ABOUT
GENERAL ORDER SENDS A MESSAGE
THAT ANY BEHAVIOR IS SORT OF
TOLERATED.
AND PEOPLE RAN WITH THAT AND
ALSO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
ALSO WHEN YOU DO A RESPONSE TO
THAT.
THE ORIGINAL THOUGHTS WERE YOU
INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN'T FIX THESE PROBLEMS.
SOME CASES DIDN'T INVOLVE THE
COMMUNITY AND THEY JUST DECIDED
THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO
ARREST EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING.
THAT WASN'T THE INTENTION OF
BROKEN WINDOWS RECENTLY PASSED
IF YOU TALK TO DR. KELLY.
HIS INTENT WAS TO INVOLVE THE
COMMUNITY IN FIXING THE
PROBLEMS.
>> SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE
QUESTION.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 THE CITY
AUDITORS IN THE OFFICE
DELIVERED A REPORT TO COUNCIL
ABOUT THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED ON
THIS VERY TOPIC.
SO ON OUR CITY WEBSITE RIGHT
NOW, THAT CAN PROVIDE YOU SOME
BACKGROUND.
AND TO SPEAK TO WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING ABOUT BROKEN WINDOWS
FROM A COP'S POINT OF VIEW ON
THE STREETS, YOU CITE SOMEONE
FOR LITTERING, WALKING AGAINST
THE LIGHT, EVERY SINGLE THING
YOU ADDRESS.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE,
YOU PUT AN OFFICER IN A HOT
SPOT OR THAT BLOCK AS PRESENCE.
JUST THE PRESENCE ALONE AND HOW
IT AFFECTS ON CALLS FOR
SERVICE, FEELING DISORDER.
SO IT'S MORE OF BEING THERE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO STOP EVERY
SINGLE PERSON FOR EVERY SINGLE
THING, YOU JUST NEED TO BE
THERE AND THAT WILL HAVE AN
AFFECT.
>> BUT IN THIS CASE THERE HAVE
BEEN CITATIONS AND AN ARREST
MADE?
AS A RESULT OF THAT?
>> WE SEE THINGS THAT NEED TO
BE ADDRESSED.
WE GIVE NO SPECIFIC ORDER THAT
OFFICERS NEED TO HAVE ON ANY
TYPE OF NUMBERS.
THAT WAS THEIR DISCRETION ON
WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE ACTIONS
ON CERTAIN ISSUES.
>> RIGHT, I THINK WE'LL GET
INTO THIS A LITTLE FURTHER INTO
THE PRESENTATION, SO I DON'T
WANT TO TAKE US DOWN THAT SO
QUICKLY.
BUT I WANT TO BE CONSIDERATE
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONSEQUENCES AS A
RESULT OF THE PRESENCE OF SOME
OF THESE HOT SPOTS AND TO HAVE
A CLEAR SENSE OF WHAT THE
CITATIONS ARE FOR, WHAT
WARNINGS WERE FOR.
I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS ON
EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES.
>> IT'S BEEN TO ME AND WE'VE
BEEN KEEPING THAT DATA AND WE
HAVE BEEN ARCHIVING IT.
I'M SURE WE COULD SUPPLY IT TO
YOU AFTER THIS.
>> ALONG WITH THAT WE'VE BEEN
TRACKING OVER 300 MAINTENANCE-
RELATED ISSUES AS A RESULT OF
THIS.
A PART OF WHAT WE DESCRIBED
EARLIER, CONTINUING TO UPDATE.
SO OVERALL IT'S POSITIVE
OVERALL AS YOU TALKED ABOUT IN
JUNE ACROSS THE CITY, NOT JUST
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, OFFICER
PRODUCTIVITY WAS UP, 911 CALLS
WERE DOWN AND MAJOR CRIME WAS
DOWN.
THEY HAD OVER 8,800 IN MAY AND
JUNE COMPARED TO ABOUT 6,600 IN
2018.
SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF
OFFICERS, PROACTIVELY
ADDRESSING AN ISSUE, LOGGING
THAT THEY GOT OUT AND TALKED TO
SOMEBODY, 33%.
THIS WORK HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE
BOTH BY STRAIGHT TIME OF
OFFICERS ON PATROL WHERE THE
ASSISTANT CHIEF AND THE
CAPTAINS HAVE DIRECTED THEM TO
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN THEY
ARE NOT RESPONDING TO CALLS AND
THE OVERTIME EMPHASIS HOURS OF
ABOUT 3,800 EMPHASIS HOURS
ACROSS THE SEVEN NEIGHBORHOODS
FOR THESE TWO MONTHS.
ALL THE STUFF THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO IN DETAIL
BY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT JUST SOME
OF THE SIGNIFICANT MAINTENANCE
AND CITY DEPARTMENT WORKS IN
BALLARD A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND A
LOT OF LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS
THAT CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS WILL
TALK ABOUT IN A BIT.
AND FROM FREMONT SOME
IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BIKE WALKS
AND THE KIOSK STAFFING DOWNTOWN
AND PIONEER SQUARE OF KING
STREET LANDSCAPING.
AND A LOT OF SIGNAGE AND
ILLEGAL DUMPING ATTENTION,
SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTH PARK,
SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SKATE
PARK, WE ALSO SAW A LOT OF
COMMUNITY CONCERNS WITH SOME
PROPERTIES, SO ESPECIALLY AS IT
RELATES TO TRASH AND DEBRIS
THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THOSE VACANT PROPERTIES.
THAT WAS AN ISSUE FOR HER AS
WELL AND THEN IN GEORGETOWN
SOME ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHT
AND SCIENCE REPAIRS IN TOTAL
THESE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS, BUT
IN TOTAL AS I MENTIONED AROUND
300 IMPROVEMENTS.
>> OKAY.
>> AND NOW WE'LL START GOING
INTO THE INDIVIDUAL
NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
ADDRESSING WHAT THEY HAVE DONE
IN EACH NEIGHBORHOODS.
MR. FISH FISHER IF YOU WANT TO
GO OVER HOT SPOTS IN BALLARD.
>> BEFORE WE GO INTO EACH
SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE LAST TIME WE WOULD HAVE A
CHANCE TO DISCUSS THIS IN
COMMITTEE, I ASKED I DON'T KNOW
WHY I KEEP DIRECTING THIS TO
YOU AND TO EVERYBODY, BUT THE
LAST TIME WE WOULD HAVE THE
CHANCES TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION, I ASKED FOR DATA.
I BELIEVE THE ANSWER I GOT FROM
YOU WAS BOTH THE COMBINATION OF
DATA ON POTENTIAL CRIME AND
CONCERNS AND CALLS AND
COMPLAINTS THAT WERE GENERATED
FROM NEIGHBORS.
TO ME THAT'S NOT A QUANTITATIVE
WAY TO DEFINE WHY WE'RE GOING
INTO SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHEN I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH FOLKS IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, THEY'VE REALLY TALKED
ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE
LIGHTING.
YOU KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE
STATE OF GOALS YOU JUST
MENTIONED A SECOND AGO.
A DESIRE TO SEE MORE CURB CUTS.
I LOOK AT YOU FOR LIGHTING, BUT
THEY WANTED TO SHOWDOWN TRAFFIC
IN CERTAIN AREAS AND WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THERE WAS SOME CLEAR
SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING AVAILABLE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL
WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR US TO
RESPOND TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS,
BUT I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THE
DATA.
I'M WONDERING HAS THE DATA BEEN
PRODUCED TO SPECIFICALLY SHOW
US AS COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ
MENTIONED THE SLIDE THREE DATA
SHOWS THE CUMULATIVE DECREASES
IN CRIME.
IF YOU'RE USING THIS DATA TO
DICTATE WHERE THESE EMPHASIS
PATROLS ARE OCCURRING, HAVE YOU
GIVEN US THE DATA SPECIFICS TO
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE I
DON'T SEE IT IN THIS SPECIFIC
PRESENTATION.
>> I'LL LET SPD TALK ABOUT THE
DATA SPECIFICS.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE CENTRAL
AIR, WE DID GO AND DO SIMILAR
APPROACHES IN THE CENTRAL AREA.
IN FACT THANK YOU TO COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ AROUND THE
PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS HELD TO
KIND OF REPORT OUT ON SOME OF
THE IMPROVEMENTS AROUND
LIGHTING SPECIFICALLY OR
TRAFFIC COMBING.
BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE
WANT TO ALSO BALANCE THE
TACTICAL KIND OF SPECIFIC
IMPROVEMENTS WITH ALSO
PROBLEMATIC APPROACHES.
THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE
CENTRAL AIR CONVERSATION WAS
ABOUT THAT WE KNOW IT'S NOT
JUST FIXING THE LIGHTING OR
TRIMMING THE TREES.
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT AND ALSO
INVESTMENT AND STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT IN YOUTH-BASED
PROGRAMS AND STABILIZATION
PROGRAMS.
THAT'S AS WE KIND OF GO INTO
THE NEXT STEPS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO
MERGE THIS INTO AND I'LL TURN
IT OVER TO SPD AROUND THE DATA
QUESTIONS.
>> YES, SO IN THE PRESENTATION
WE HAD PRIOR, I THINK WE TRIED
MAYBE WE NEEDED TO PROVIDE IT
IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
WE TRIED TO PRESENT THAT SOME
OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS
ESPECIALLY LIKE FREMONT WAS ONE
OF THEM, OUR HOTTEST
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT THE END OF 2018 AND THE
BEGINNING OF 2019 IN TERMS OF
INCREASE IN OUR REPORTED CRIME
AND CALLS FOR SERVICE, SORT OF
THE CLEAR WINNER IF WE WERE
GOING TO DO THIS ANYWHERE,
WHERE DO WE DO IT?
THEN WE TRIED TO ASSESS BOTH
PRECINCT CAPACITY.
IF A LOT OF THIS WORK IS BEING
DONE BY ON-DUTY OFFICERS WHEN
THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING TO
CALLS, WE COULDN'T DO SO MUCH
IN EACH INDIVIDUAL PRECINCT.
BUT WE ALSO HAD TO LOOK AT WITH
WHAT WE WERE ASKING THEM TO DO
AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO JOIN
UP WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
WHERE WERE THERE OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE SAW
CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WERE UP,
WHERE WE SAW CRIME THAT WAS UP
UNUSUALLY.
YOU KNOW DESPITE WHAT WE WERE
ADDRESSING.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE THOUGHT
WAS IN SOME OF THESE WE WERE
GOING TO BE SOLVING LONG-TERM
PROBLEMS.
JUST THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE WERE
INVESTING.
ADDRESSING WHY WAS THERE ALL OF
A SUDDEN AN INCREASE IN CALLS
AND CRIMES AND COMPLAINTS AND
WHAT COULD WE DO TO ADDRESS
SOMETHING BEFORE IT SORT OF GOT
TO BE A MUCH LARGER ISSUE.
AND THERE WERE SOME
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT WAS,
THEY WERE NOT IN THE TOP SEVEN,
BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT CAME UP
FROM COMMUNITY MEETINGS, FROM
MEETINGS THAT MANY MEMBERS
AROUND THIS TABLE WENT TO WITH
BIAs AND OTHER SORT OF
GATHERINGS WE'RE HEARING ABOUT
REAL SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT ALSO
FACTORED INTO THE BROADER, YOU
KNOW, WHERE DO WE START THIS?
THE IDEA WAS DONE AND WE ARE
NEVER GOING TO ADDRESS ANY
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE.
WHERE WERE THE PLACES THAT HAVE
SEEN THE MOST HOT OR THE MOST
IN NEED OF AN IMMEDIATE THING
THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH
OFFICER DEPLOYMENT ON EMPHASIS
TIME AND THROUGH THE
COLLABORATION WITH THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN SEE HOW THIS WORKED.
IT IS A THEORY.
IT HAS WORKED IF OTHER PLACES,
BUT WE NEED TO SEE HOW THIS
WORKS HERE, WHAT OUTCOMES WE
GET HERE BEFORE WE ALSO ASSESS
HOW DO WE, DOES THIS WORK IN
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THEIR
PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
ADDRESS?
AND SO WE COULD PRESENT THAT
DATA IN A DIFFERENT WAY IF IT
MAKES IT A LITTLE CLEARER ABOUT
WHAT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD HAD.
BUT WE WOULD TRY TO DO THAT IN
THE LAST PRESENTATION.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW
TODAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> A QUICK FOLLOW UP.
YOU SAID IT HAS WORKED IN OTHER
PLACES.
YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT NEW
YORK OR NEW JERSEY, ARE YOU?
>> I MEAN WE MAY HAVE WORKED IN
PLACES IN NEW JERSEY.
BUT I'M NOT REFERENCING NEW
YORK CITY.
THERE ARE CITIES AROUND THE
COUNTRY THAT HAVE DONE THIS
SORT OF COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM
SOLVING INCREASED OFFICER
PRESENCE WITH ADDRESSING SORT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO
DRIVE DOWN FEELINGS OF UNSAFE.
>> I'M JUST ASKING FOR A FEW
EXAMPLES.
WHAT CITY WOULD YOU CITE?
>> I COULD GET THEM TO YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> I KNOW LOOKING THROUGH THIS
STUFF THERE ARE PLACES WHERE
THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND IT
WAS FOUND EFFECTIVE.
RIGHT NOW I CAN'T RECALL THE
NAMES.
>> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WHEN I REFERENCED IN JERSEY, IN
REFERENCE TO THE DOCUMENTARY
THAT PBS DID ON THE BROKEN
WINDOWS STRATEGY IN NEWARK.
AND SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE
WE'RE NOT REFERENCING NEWARK
BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PLACE WE
WANT TO MODEL.
>> QUICKLY I'LL ADD THIS ALSO
HELPED US BUILD OFF OF TO
COUNCIL-FUNDED INITIATIVES
AROUND THE SOUTH PARK SAFETY
TASK FORCE FROM THE GEORGETOWN
PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE AND
ALLOWED US TO KIND OF BRING
SOME LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION TO
SOME OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND AS YOU WELL KNOW THOSE WERE
COUNCIL FUNDED.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO
NEIGHBORHOODS WAS PARTIALLY
ALSO BASED ON COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK THAT WE WERE HEARING
CONSISTENTLY THROUGH OUR
INVESTMENTS AT THAT LEVEL.
SO REAL QUICKLY WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP GOING.
SO IN BALLARD WE, SOME OF THE
COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS ALONG
THE WALK JUST QUICKLY WERE
THROUGH THE NORDIC MUSEUM, ST.
LUKES WAS ALSO TALKING ABOUT
THE IMPACTS OF THEIR PRESENCE
ALONG BALLARD COMMENTS AND SOME
OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY WERE
HAVING BOTH WITH THE BALLARD
LINES AS IT RELATES TO REACH
AND ACTUALLY PROVIDING
SERVICES.
I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL AS YOU
CAN SEE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
SOME OF THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS
THAT WE HEARD, NEXT SLIDE, WERE
AROUND BALLARD COMMONS PARK,
BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT
AROUND REPLACING SIGNAGE,
ADDING BATHROOM CAPACITY.
I'LL TURN IT OVER QUICKLY TO
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS TO TALK AT
THAT POINT.
>> GREAT, I'D LIKE TO START OUT
BY THANKING TECHNOLOGY AND
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
LAST YEAR YOU PUT $130,000 IN
THE PARK DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR
ENHANCED PROGRAMMING AND
ACTIVATION OF BALLARD COMMONS
PARK.
THIS REALLY HELPED US A LOT.
OUR THEORY OF CHANGE APPROACH
TO REALLY ANY PARK, WE KNOW
THAT INCREASED ACTIVATION AND
ENHANCED MAINTENANCE WILL MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IN THE PARK.
THE THIRD ROW OF THAT STOOL IS
SAFETY AND SECURITY.
SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH SPD
WHEN WE NEED TO DO THAT.
BUT BY FAR ACTIVATION AND JUST
TAKING CARE OF THE WAY THE PARK
LOOKS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
>> CHRISTOPHER, I KNOW YOU ALL
ARE TAKING SOME CUES FROM SOME
PROGRAMMING AND SOME MODELS
THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN SAN
FRANCISCO SPECIFICALLY AS IT
RELATES TO ONE ASPECT OF
ACTIVATION OF THE PARK, WHICH
IS A SAFE AND HEALTHY RESTROOM
THAT IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE
WORK OF YOUR STAFF IN LOOKING
AT THOSE MODELS IN SAN
FRANCISCO THAT I THINK HAVE
BEEN REALLY EFFECTIVE AND WELL
RECEIVED.
AND ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW
THEY COULD MEET THE NEEDS OF
EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR
HOUSED STATUS.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE STARTED GROUND, OR RATHER WE
HAVE BROKEN GROUND ON THE
INSULATION OF THE PORTLAND
LOOP.
AND THAT HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE
MAKING.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE A PORTLAND
LOOP UP AND RUNG.
WE HAVE INSTALLED A
TEMPORARYCAN.
WE HAVE ALSO LEVERAGED AROUND
THE PROGRAMMING AND ACTIVATION
HAPPENING IN THE PARK.
WE WILL RAMP UP TO SEVEN DAY A
WEEK PROGRAMMING AND ACTIVATION
ON AUGUST 1. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
OUR GOAL FOR THE GREEN SHEET
WAS TO HAVE THAT DONE BY JULY
1, BUT WE HAD A STAFFING AND
RAMP UP ISSUES, SO WE ARE DOING
FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
PROGRAMMING AND ACTIVATION.
THIS WEEKEND THERE'S A KIDS'
CARNIVAL IN THE PARK.
AND WE ARE ALSO INCREASING OUR
LEVEL OF PARK CLEANING TO THREE
CLEANINGS PER DAY.
AND THIS INCLUDES THINGS LIKE
PAYING ATTENTION TO BENCHES,
REMOVING GRAFFITI IN 24 HOURS.
WE TREAT SINGLE TENTS AND
ENCAMPMENTS LIKE STANDALONE
OBSTRUCTIONS AND WE'LL HAVE
THOSE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY FOR
THE MOST PART.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE BALLARD
ALLIANCE TO REDEVELOP THE PLAY
AREA AND IN BALLARD COMMONS
PARK.
A LOT HAPPENING.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS
ONE?
>> OKAY.
>> SOME OF THE OTHER
IMPROVEMENTS REALLY CAME AT THE
HANDS OF SDOT, SO I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO SAM OR TALK ABOUT
THE CROSSWALK AND THE
VEGETATION MAINTENANCE.
>> SURE.
I THINK THAT'S AN SDOT CREW OUT
THERE IN THAT PICTURE.
YOU KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO
ADDRESS A LOT OF THE BASIC
MAINTENANCE ISSUES OUT THERE IN
THE STREETS.
I THINK IN TERMS OF HOW THIS
WAS HELPFUL FOR US AS WELSHING
WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME
THINGS THAT ARE OUR OWN
INSPECTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT
HAVE MISSED LIKE THE POTHOLE
THAT WAS LEADING TO TRASH, YOU
KNOW, TRASH AND DEBRIS
COLLECTING IN THE ALLEY THAT WE
MIGHT HAVE FOUND AND ADDRESSED,
BUT GETTING THE INFORMATION
DIRECTLY ON HOW THEY AFFECTED
MULTIPLE THINGS FROM THE TRASH
COLLECTION TO JUST PERCEPTIONS
OF ORDER IN THE ALLEY, WE WERE
ABLE TO FILL THAT POTHOLE THE
DAY OF THE WALK.
SO ABLE TO GET OUT VERY QUICKLY
AND DEAL WITH THINGS THAT WERE
COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY
CONCERNS.
>> JUST QUICKLY SOME OF THE
PHOTOS.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE RESULTS OF
THE EMPHASIS, WE'LL TURN IT
BACK OVER TO SPD.
>> THANK YOU.
IN SOUTH BALLARD, OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD NAMED SOUTH
BALLARD, BOTH MONTHS, THEY SAW
AN INCREASE IN THEIR SIMILAR
MONTH FROM 2018.
AND SO IN MAY THERE WAS A 40%
INCREASE AND IN JUNE A 58%
INCREASE.
CALLING FOR SERVICES FROM THE
COMMUNITY WHERE THEY WERE FLAT
ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAJOR
CRIME, ACTUALLY IN 2019 WE HAD
THREE ADDITIONAL THAN WE HAD IN
THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN 2018
AND SO JUST STATISTICALLY FLAT
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THE
GRAPH, SORRY, IT'S HARD TO TURN
AND LOOK.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IN 2019, WHICH
ARE THE GREEN LINE HAVE BEEN
GOING UP SINCE FEBRUARY.
WE WERE ALREADY WORKING THERE
AND THEY REALLY RAMP UP IN MAY
AND JUNE WHEN THIS STARTED AND
THEN JULY THE REASON WHY
THERE'S NO LINE TO IT FOR
FUTURE SLIDES, THAT'S THE
PARTIAL MONTH COMPARED TO THE
FULL MONTH OF 2018.
THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST A DOT.
AND SO WE'VE USED, SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF MAY THROUGH JUNE
OVER 675 EMPHASIS HOURS ACROSS
BALLARD AND FREMONT TRACKING
THOSE, THEY'RE COMBINED IN THE
BUDGET CODE, AND THEN OUR TEAM
HAS MADE OVER 180 CONTACTS IF
SOUTH BALLARD INCLUDING 24
BOOKINGS INTO JAIL.
96 WARNINGS, WHICH ARE BOTH
ORAL AND WRITTEN.
WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN WHAT THE
WARNING WAS IN REFERENCE TO,
BUT SOME OF THEM MAY NOT BE THE
WHOLE POINT OF THAT WARNING
BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A
BENEFICIAL RECORD.
AND INCLUDING 13 REFERRALS TO
LEAD.
>> AND SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
ABOUT THESE REFERRALS, SO THERE
ISN'T A LOT OF TEXTURE FOR WHO
OR WHAT.
ARE THEY FOR HOMELESS SERVICES
OR WHAT ARE THEY REFERRING
PEOPLE TO?
>> FROM THE DATA, THAT OFFICERS
WERE TRACKING FOR THIS, YOU
KNOW, CRISIS REFERRALS, THOSE
ARE REFERRALS TO GET THEM
CONNECTED TO OTHER SERVICES
THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.
WE COULD TRY TO DIG INTO THAT
MORE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS
THE PROBLEM THAT LED TO IT, BUT
ALSO WHILE THEY WERE DOING
THIS, THEY WERE NOT TRYING TO
HAVE THEM OVERLY DOCUMENTED,
WHAT THEY ARE DOING WHILE THEY
ARE OUT THERE AND NOT
DIAGNOSING WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.
AND SO IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY
TRACKED.
BUT WE COULD SHOW YOU A LITTLE
BIT MORE AS YOU USE THE WORD
TEXTURE.
I THINK WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF
SPACE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US TO HAVE THIS
INFORMATION.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE DON'T WANT
TO CREATE SORT OF A BURDENSOME
STRUCTURE FOR OUR OFFICERS IN
THE NEED TO DOCUMENT THESE
ITEMS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US TO HAVE A GENERAL SENSE AND
AN IDEA, WHAT THE REFERRALS ARE
TO AND WHO ARE RECEIVING THOSE
REFERRALS.
IN OTHER ROOMS WE'RE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REPEAT
OFFENDERS AND HIGH BARRIER
INDIVIDUALS, AND ACTIVELY
EVALUATING WHAT KIND OF
STRATEGIES THE CITY COULD
UTILIZE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION.
WE WERE VERY GOOD AT REFERRING
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WERE GOOD AT
FOLLOWING UP ON THE REFERRALS,
BUT THE QUALITY IS AN OPEN
QUESTION, AND SO I THINK THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF DATA
FOR US TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT,
PROVIDING US WITH A LOT OF RICH
DATA TO GIVE THE ELECTED PARTS
OF THE WORK GROUP TO DIG IN AND
GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
WHO THIS POPULATION IS, WHO ARE
THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND WHAT
THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS MIGHT BE.
I DON'T WANT TO MISS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT DATA
THAT COULD FURTHER OUR EFFORTS
TO REALLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO
MAY NEED SOMETHING OTHER THAN
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY
AND INTERVENTION TO PREVENT
NEGATIVE ACTIVITY AND
COMMUNITIES.
I WOULD FIND IT REALLY HELPFUL
TO HAVE THOSE REFERRALS.
ALSO I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, YOU
KNOW, SETTING ASIDE WHO THEY
ARE REFERRED TO.
YOU KNOW ARE THESE FOLKS WHO
ARE LIVING IN CARS OR FOLKS
LIVING IN RVs.
ARE THEY FOLKS LIVING IN TENTS
AND IT IS ALSO LITTLE UNCLEAR
TO ME WHETHER THESE ARE JUST,
THESE REFERRALS ARE BEING MADE
FROM CONTEXT AS PART OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM THAT ARE
GETTING LUMPED INTO THIS OR IF
THESE ARE INDEPENDENT FROM
NAVIGATION TEAM CONTEXT.
>> SO THIS IS MOST PATROL.
THE OFFICERS COULD HAVE MADE A
REFERRAL OVER TO THE HSD SIDE
OF SPD COLLABORATION WITH HSD.
REFERRING PEOPLE FOR SERVICES
TO THOSE OFFICERS THAT ARE A
PART OF THE HSD TEAM.
ALSO WE COULD HAVE REFERRED
CITIZENS JUST TO OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS, WHICH I SPOKE TO
BEFORE WHEN I WAS FIRST HERE ON
TRYING TO DO AN EDUCATION PIECE
TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE
OFFICERS ON HOW TO PROMOTE CITY
SERVICES AND DIRECT PEOPLE TO
THE EXACT DEPARTMENT THAT
THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO GO TO TO ASK
THE PROPER QUESTIONS.
SO WE CAN DIG THAT OUT.
I'VE BEEN ON MY CACTUS NOW ON
DOCUMENTING LOTS OF
INFORMATION.
WE CAN PULL THAT OUT.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR
COMMENTS AT OUR LAST COMMITTEE
HEARING ON THIS TOPIC, WHICH
CLEARLY INDICATED IN SOME
INSTANCES MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY WANT OFFICERS TO
ARREST PEOPLE FOR THINGS THAT
ARE JUST NOT ARRESTABLE
OFFENSES.
AND THERE IS, I THINK, A
GREATER IMPORTANT EFFORT BY THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE
THAT OFFICERS WHO ARE DOING
PATROL UNDERSTAND HOW TO
ARTICULATE THAT NUANCE IN THEIR
CONTACTS WITH INDIVIDUAL WHO
WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IN SOME
INSTANCES INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED
FOR REASONS THAT DON'T MERIT AN
ARREST.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE THE INQUIRY FROM
OUR CHAIR AND WOULD ALSO ADD TO
THAT.
IN ADDITION TO UNDERSTANDING
WHERE THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE
COMING FROM, WHETHER THEY ARE
INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN RVs,
INFORMATION ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS
IN TERMS OF RACE, ETHNICITY,
GENDER, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU
COLLECT INCOME DATA, BUT I
ASSUME IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
CROSSING THE STREET AND NOT AT
A CROSSWALK IF WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT LITTERING AS THE TWO
EXAMPLES THAT WERE GIVEN.
THESE ARE GOING TO FALL INTO
POTENTIAL AREAS WHERE PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE GETTING US THE
CITATION OR AN INFRACTION
POTENTIALLY JUST BY THE FACT
THEY'RE OUTSIDE MORE OFTEN.
YOU COULD AGREE TO HAVE SOME OF
THE GRAPHIC DATA ON THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
POTENTIALLY GETTING BOTH
REFERRALS.
I WOULD ALSO EXTEND THAT
REQUEST TO THE JAIL BOOKINGS
INFRACTIONS, CITATIONS,
WARNINGS.
I DON'T SEE A TON OF
INFORMATION IN HERE ABOUT THE
TYPE OF INFRACTIONS AND
CITATIONS, AND SPECIFICALLY THE
JAIL BOOKING CONTENT THAT LED
THEM TO THAT SITUATION.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE.
>> IT'S PRETTY LAYERED.
WE HAVE BEEN MANUALLY RECORDING
THIS INFORMATION AS YOU KNOW,
ROBUST ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IN
THE PRO WILL COLLECT THE
INFORMATION.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT WAYS TO DISTRACT THAT
INFORMATION TO GET IT TO YOU.
>> ONE LAST THING ON THIS THAT
I HAVE NOTICED.
SO THERE IS A REFERENCE TO THE
FACT THAT THERE WERE 180
CONTACTS IN BALLARD IN
PARTICULAR AND OF THOSE 180
CONTACTS, THERE WERE 13
REFERRALS TO LEAD, WHICH SEEMS
LOW TO ME.
JUST WANTED TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF AN EXPLANATION
OF WHY THERE WERE ONLY 13 AND
MAYBE IT'S NOT LOW, SO YOU
KNOW, HELP ME UNDERSTAND.
>> UNLESS I LOOK AT THE EXACT
REFERRAL COVER SHEETS.
SO THE NORTH PRECINCT IS SECOND
HIGHEST IN REFERRALS TO LEAD.
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST
ONE MICRO COMMUNITY AND CERTAIN
CRITERIA ON WHY THAT PERSON
MUST FIT TO BE REFERRED.
AND SO WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE
EXACT REFERRAL SHEETS, I
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO
WHY THEY WERE REFERRED OR IF
THEY WERE A SOCIAL CONTACT
REFERRAL OR AN ARREST REFERRAL.
SO WE ALSO HAVE THAT
INFORMATION WE COULD PULL OUT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> AND SO NEXT WE'RE TRY TO
TURN IT OVER TO BOBBY.
>> JUST A TIME OUT TO GO
THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
THE ENDING IS AT 11:30, IS THAT
RIGHT?
>> WAS THERE A QUESTION?
>> THE END TIME IS 11:30, IS
THAT CORRECT?
>> WE STARTED AT 10:20.
AND WE ALLOTTED 60 MINUTES, BUT
OUR COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED TO
END AT 11:30, SO WE TECHNICALLY
HAVE UNTIL 11:30.
>> I'LL GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY.
>> THANK YOU.
FREMONT HAS SIMILAR
CHARACTERISTICS.
>> AND DIRECTOR LEE IF YOU
COULD PULL THAT MICROPHONE
CLOSER TO YOU.
>> I HAVE EXTENSIVE NOTES FROM
WHAT WE COLLECTED FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE DON'T
HAVE TIME TO GO OVER ALL OF
THEM.
BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO TURN THEM
OVER.
BUT THE THEME IS PAVEMENT
PARKING 35th AVENUE, WHICH HAS
BEEN RESOLVED.
VEGETATION ISSUES, AND, OF
COURSE, THERE'S SOME, THERE IS
THIS ONE STREET, FINNEY STREET
AVENUE THAT HAS BEEN THE POINT
OF DISCUSSION EXTENSIVELY WITH
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT'S
KIND OF NARROW, THERE'S A BIKE
LANE, FREIGHT ACCESS IS AN
ISSUE FOR THE RESTAURANTS WITH
SOME PROBLEM SOLVING THERE.
AND THEN CURB CUTS AND
PASSENGER LOADING ZONES.
MOSTLY IT WAS RELATED TO
TRANSPORTATION DESIGN-RELATED
ISSUES.
SO TO SPEAK TO THE WORK IN
FREMONT, WE DID SEE IN MAY 161%
INCREASE COMPARED TO 2018 IN
PROACTIVE POLICING AND 118% IN
JUNE.
OVERALL FOR THOSE TWO MONTHS IN
FREMONT, 911 CALLS WERE
ACTUALLY DOWN 8%.
THE TEAMS MADE 35 CONTACTS
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
AND THEY MADE SEVEN BOOKINGS IN
FOUR SERVICE REFERRALS.
MAJOR CRIME WAS DOWN 42% WITH
PROPERTY CRIME DOWN 58
INCIDENTS.
I THINK WE WILL SEE A LOT OF
THIS IN THE END OF LAST YEAR, A
LARGE INFLUX THAT WAS
ADDRESSED.
I THINK OVERALL WITH THE WORK
WE SAW FURTHER DECREASES IN
ACTIVITY IN FREMONT THAT HAS
BEEN A VERY BUSY NEIGHBORHOOD
IN THE BEGINNING OF 2019.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO?
>> BEFORE I BEGIN, MY
QUESTIONS, YESTERDAY WE HAD AN
INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE U
DISTRICT.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
PERSON WHO LOST THEIR LIFE
YESTERDAY.
IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION IN
FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S POINT ON HOW THE
NEIGHBORHOODS WERE SELECTED,
WHY IT'S AMONG THE HIGHEST IN
NORTH SEATTLE.
THE POINTS MADE, YOU KNOW, THIS
MORNING HAS BEEN WHERE DO WE
START?
NORTH PRECINCT HAS THE SECOND
HIGHEST LEAD EXPANDED INTO THE
U DISTRICT, WHICH I APPRECIATE.
THERE IS ALSO A NUMBER OF
CONCERNS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM
OEDs POINT AND BUSINESSES
THERE.
I'VE MADE OVERTURES TO YOUR
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE
NEED AND ASSUMING THIS IS DONE
TO FOCUS ON OUR INVESTMENTS
STRATEGICALLY AND THE CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ'S POINT OF IT BEING,
GETTING BUREAUCRATS OUT OF CITY
HALL.
THE U.S. DISTRICT CONTINUES TO
BE IGNORED.
AND THAT TO ME IS VERY ALARMING
BECAUSE THE INVESTMENT AND THE
VISION ISN'T VERY FORWARD
THINKING.
THE FRONT LINE OF DEFENSE FOR
MY DISTRICT.
SO I HEAR THAT TIME AND TIME
AND TIME AGAIN.
I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING VERY,
VERY CLEAR.
WHILE I'M HERE IN TRUMP BASIS,
I'M NOT HERE TO BE AN INTERIM
PUNCHING BAG FOR YOUR
DEPARTMENT.
IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING.
AND SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT
ARE YOU ALL GOING TO DO
COLLABORATIVELY TO FOCUS ON THE
U DISTRICT BECAUSE THOSE ARE
VERY MUCH VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES.
TO SPD'S POINT, HATE CRIME DATA
ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE U
DISTRICT.
WE CONTINUE TO NEGLECT THAT
AREA OF SEATTLE.
WE HAVE, WE'VE MADE MULTI-
BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENTS IN
LIGHT RAIL.
WHERE SHE A LIGHT RAIL STATION
THAT OPENED UP.
SO THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES ARE
MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED
BUSINESSES.
WHAT PRIORITY IS THIS
ADMINISTRATION GOING TO FOCUS
ON BECAUSE I HAVE BROUGHT IT UP
IN CONVERSATIONS.
I'M KIND OF ASKING COLLECTIVELY
WHAT THIS BODY IS GOING TO DO.
>> IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
>> AND SO A COUPLE OF THINGS
FROM THE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT
AND TO THE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T
IGNORE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE
CITY OF SEE YACHT.
SO WE TALK ABOUT EMPHASIS, WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT PLACE-BASED
DIRECTIVE PATROLS FOR RESOURCES
AND WE WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR ON-
DUTY RESOURCES.
I THINK MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE
REFERRING TO FOR US, WITH
OVERTIME OFFICERS IN THAT AREA,
NOT AT THIS TIME.
WHAT'S HAPPENED IS WE MEET
EVERY TWO WEEKS AND WE ARE
ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS
AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO
READJUST.
AND THE NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE
TO PLUMMET IN FREMONT.
IT'S VERY CLEAR, I THINK TO
ANYONE THAT NOW WE HAVE AREAS
THAT ARE WARMING UP.
ONE OF THOSE AREAS IS THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
AND THE AURORA CORRIDOR, WHICH
HISTORICALLY EVERY SUMMER
STARTS TO WARM UP.
WE'RE CURRENTFULLY THE PROCESS
OF READJUSTING.
WE HAVE TAKEN OUR SQUAD OUT OF
THIS ROTATION MOVING THEM TO
UNIVERSITY WAY.
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN DIRECT TODAY
GO THAT WAY.
WE ARE COORDINATING, WE ARE
GOING TO FOLLOW THE LEADS ON
THE HOMICIDES AS YOU KNOW WE
HAD A HOMICIDE LAST FIGHT ON
THE AURORA CORRIDOR AND FOUR
THIS YEAR IN THAT WAY AND IT IS
CONCERNING TO ME.
I LIVE IN THE NORTH END.
I SEE THINGS AS I'M COMING AND
GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM WORK,
SO IT'S HARD.
WE WILL ADJUST LIKE WE ALWAYS
DO.
AND GOING FORWARD, WE WILL
READJUST RESOURCES AND LEVEL
THINGS OUT WHERE THEY TELL US
TO GO.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> I WANT ATTORNEY SIZE THAT
EARLIER POINT AND THEY WOULD
NOT HAVE PREVENTED THE INCIDENT
THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN THE
U DISTRICT.
AND WHAT I'M STILL CONCERNED
ABOUT, WE WANT TO DO THE
PATROLS IN NORTH SEATTLE IN THE
AREAS WHERE WE SAID EARLIER AND
IN THAT PRIOR COMMITTEE, WHERE
THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE NUMBER
OF COMPLAINTS FROM FIXING IT.
WELL AGAIN, IF WE'RE FOLLOWING
THE LOGICS AND USE DATA WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS THE
EMPHASIS IN REGARDS TO POLICE,
DATA OF PERCEIVED CRIME AND
REAL CRME IS HIGHEST IN THE U
DISTRICT IN NORTH SEATTLE, WE
IGNORED IT.
ASSUMING EVERYONE COLLECTIVELY
WITH THE BEST OF THE INTENTIONS
ARE COORDINATING NOT JUST WITH
POLICE, BUT CITY SERVICES.
AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHY
ARE WE NOT TO DIRECTOR'S POINT
FOCUSING MORE ON WHERE WE ARE
FOCUSING AS A COMMUNITY
COLLECTIVELY?
OUR INVESTMENTS IN LIGHT RAIL,
OUR INVESTMENTS ON NEW GROWTH
IN TERMS OF POPULATION AND
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE U
DISTRICT.
AND SO THAT TO ME IS FOCUSING
FORWARD-THINKING COLLECTIVELY
OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
DOING.
BUT WE'VE MISSED THE MARK ON
THIS.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT.
AS WE THROW THIS, IT EQUIPMENT
THE COLLABORATION OF THE
STRUCTURE AMONGST THE
DEPARTMENTS TO DO THIS TYPE OF
EFFORT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CITY
SERVICE COORDINATION.
CERTAINLY AS WE LOOK INTO THE U
DISTRICT, AS WE LOOK UP IN LAKE
CITY AND BEACON HILL AND OTHER
AREAS DOWN SOUTH, WE ARE GOING
TO TRY TO TAKE THIS MODEL TO
SCALE AND SO THAT'S AT THE END
OF THE PRESENTATION AS WE
TALKED ABOUT NEXT STEPS, AND
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
KIND OF AS OEDs AND THE COCHAIR
IN THIS EFFORT TO TRY TO DO
EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
TO GO INTO THE U DISTRICT AS WE
HAVE DONE WITH SOME OF THESE
AREAS AS WELL.
FROM THE CITY SERVICE
COORDINATION SIDE, THAT'S
ABSOLUTELY THE CASE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER PACHECO FOR HIS ADVOCACY
FOR THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
I AGREE.
I'VE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF
TIME THERE NOT JUST AS AN
ELECTED, BUT PREVIOUS TO BEING
IN THE ELECTED OFFICE AS YOU'LL
CERTAINLY SEE THE COMPLEX OF
PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE
ISSUES THAT WILL EXIST WITHIN
THE U DISTRICT THAT HAVE BEEN
ONGOING FOR A LONG TIME AND I
THINK THE POPULATION AND THE
PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIVE IN THE U
DISTRICT ARE UNIQUE IN TERMS OF
THE ENTIRE CITY AND WE HAVE A
MIX OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS,
MAJOR INSTITUTIONS, STUDENTS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND THEN
JUST, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND
WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE
UNSHELTERED POPULATION
PRIMARILY YOUTH POPULATION IN
THAT PART OF TOWN AND THAT DOES
INCLUDE UNFORTUNATELY SOME
STUDENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WHO
WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE
HOUSING INSTITUTIONS AS WELL,
SO I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO HAS POSED THAT ARE
HOLISTIC AND GIVE US AS THE
COUNCIL ON HIM AS A DISTRICT 4
REPRESENTATIVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE CITY
IS MEETING THOSE UNIQUE NEEDS
OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN
DISTRICT FOUR.
SO I APPRECIATE THE LINE OF
QUESTIONING AND THE ADVOCACY
THERE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, MADAM
CHAIR.
AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE
VERSION OF THIS, WE WOULD LOVE
TO WORK WITH YOU TO IDENTIFY
THE SPECIFICS.
LARGER NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE U
DISTRICT.
>> YEAH.
>> AND WE ARE JUST GOING TO
MOVE.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
WE HAVE EIGHT MINUTES.
>> OKAY.
>> I'M GOING TO GO QUICKLY
THROUGH PIONEER SQUARE, BUT
SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE SAW
THERE AROUND THE CLEAN UP OF
BENCHES, PAINTED BENCHES, AND
RESTRETCHED CROSSWALKS.
A LOT OF THE DISTRICT OF THE
SHARP CONTAINERS ARE SOMETHING
THAT THEY ASKED US.
AND A BIG CONCERN WAS AROUND
THE PHONE BOOTH THAT WAS THERE
AND WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT
AND THEN ALSO IMPROVE THE
BENCHES AT PIONEER SQUARE AND
WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THERE
AT SPU.
SPD.
>> EMPIRE SQUARE THERE WAS
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, 78% IN
MAY, 31% IN JUNE.
OVERALL 911 CALLS WERE DOWN
15%.
WE MADE OVER 100 CONTACTS SINCE
BEING THERE FOR JAIL BOOKINGS
AND 22 CITATIONS AND MULTIPLE
ORAL WARNINGS AND PARK
WARNINGS.
IN MAY CRIME WAS DOWN EIGHT
INCIDENTS IN JUNE UP NINE
INCIDENTS, SO WE'RE MONITORING
THAT.
THERE WAS SOME AS CHIEF
MENTIONED IN JUNE, WE WOULD
START TO SHIFT MORE FROM
PIONEER SQUARE TO PIKE PINE.
WE'RE ASSESSING HOW THAT
WORKED.
WE TOOK NARCOTICS AND FIREWORKS
AS A RESULT OF PIONEER SQUARE
WITH 700 HOURS SPENT AT PIONEER
SQUARE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
MAY.
BOBBY?
>> DOWNTOWN, STREET LIGHT, WE
HAVE A STREET LIGHT ISSUE
DOWNTOWN.
I THINK THAT'S BEEN FIXED
ALREADY.
THE SEAT, THE STREET OF
SIDEWALK WASHING AND I LEARNED
EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE
CONTINUOUS WASHING THAT GOES ON
DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND ACTUALLY DISTRICTTHAT DOES
WEEKLY WASHING ON THE WEEKENDS,
THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, THE
NEWSPAPER BOXES, WHICH IS AN
INTERESTING ISSUE DOWNTOWN.
IT'S ATTRACTING NUANCE, THESE
EMPTY BOXES.
AND THEN DEALING WITH THIRD
AVENUE KIOSK.
I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW.
I HAVE EXTENSIVE NOTES IF YOU
WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TURN IT
OVER.
AND THEN DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS A
LITTLE MORE FOR US TO DESIGN IN
TERMS OF PULLING DATA TO THE
REPORTING AREA TO GET NO
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S EXCLUSIVELY
THE PIKE PINE CORRIDOR AND HOW
WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THE DATA.
WE DID SEE THE OFFICER'S
INTERVIEWS WERE DOWN IN MAY AND
JUNE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF
WORK GOING ON THERE.
BUT WE MENTIONED IN JUNE, WE
DID START TO SHIFT SOME OF THE
WORK THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON AT
PIONEER SQUARE AND UP TO PIKE
PINE.
DESPITE BEING DOWN COMPARED TO
18, THEY MADE OVER 100 CONTACTS
INCLUDING EIGHT BOOKINGS, 45
INFRACTIONS, 11 ORAL AND PARK
WARNINGS AND ONE SERVICE
REFERRAL.
CRIME WAS DOWN 61% IN MAY.
AND IN JUNE IT WAS DOWN THREE
INCIDENTS.
OVER 700 EMPHASIS AT THIS HOUR
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
>> OKAY, WE'LL GO INTO SODO, A
PRETTY DYNAMIC PLACE.
I WANT TO SAY THEY HAVE MADE
CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENTS IN
THEIR BUSINESSES, INCLUDING
HOMELESS OUTREACH AND ENHANCED
SERVICES.
MAJOR ISSUES ARE PARKING SIGNS,
VEGETATION MAINTENANCE.
RV TRASH REMOVAL AND RV ISSUES
IN GENERAL INCLUDING DURING
SPORTS EVENTS AND THE PUBLIC
HEALTH CONSIDERATION FOR,
AGAIN, RV-RELATED ISSUES.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THERE.
I HAVE EXTENSIVE NOTES IF YOU
NEED THEM.
>> YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
>> AND FOR BOTH MONTHS IF
OVERALL 911 CALLS WERE DOWN IN
SODO.
OFFICERS MADE OVER 120 CONTACTS
IN MAY, 26 BOOKINGS, TWO
SERVICE REFERRALS AND ONE
INCLUDING, SORRY, INCLUDING ONE
REFERRAL TO LEAD PROPERTY
CRIME, WHICH WAS THE MAJOR
CONCERN.
IT WAS DOWN 9% IN THE PAST 28
DAYS.
OVER 1,5 HUSHES EMPHASIS AT
THIS HOUR SPLIT BETWEEN SODO
AND GEORGETOWN JUST BECAUSE OF
THE BUDGETING CODE, BUT A LOT
OF WORK BEING DONE IN SODO.
>> JUST ONE MORE THING.
BECAUSE IT INCLUDES INDUSTRIAL
AREA, THE WORKERS AND THE BUS
SERVICES WERE ALSO AN ISSUE.
>> SO QUICKLY THROUGH
GEORGETOWN, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO
THE GEORGETOWN ASSOCIATION OF
PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE FOR
CORD FATING THIS TOUR.
IN THERE WE SAW A LOT OF
REQUESTS FOR VEGETATION
MAINTENANCE.
YOU SEE AN EXAMPLE HERE AS WELL
AS PAVEMENT MARKINGS THAT WE
ATTENDED TO.
>> SO AGAIN IN BOTH MONTHS,
THEY WERE UP 116%.
SPD TEAMS IN GEORGETOWN MADE 15
CONTACTS INCLUDING SEVERAL ORAL
WARNINGS, TWO CITATIONS, AND
ONE JAIL BOOKINGS.
OVERALL CRIME WAS DOWN.
UP THREE INCIDENTS IN JUNE.
BUT SIX FEWER PROPERTY CRIMES
IN JUNE.
A LOT OF WORK AROUND RVs IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE HAVE
A LOT OF CALLS, NOT CALLS FOR
HELP, BUT CALLS TO ASK FOR
HELP, NOT 911 CALLS, PEOPLE
ASKING TO ADDRESS RVs IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT SPLIT THE
1,500 HOURS, NOT AS MUCH WORK
IN GEORGETOWN AS SODO, BUT A
SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD AND A LOT
OF EFFORT GOING ON THERE.
>> AND SO IN SOUTH PARK I JUST
WANT TO THANK THE YOUTH CORE
MARTINEZ PULLING A LOPEZ AND
CLEAN UP COALITION THAT IS
REALLY HELPING US PUT THAT
TOGETHER AS WELL AS THE
MERCHANTS.
IN SOUTH PARK THERE IS A LOT OF
WORK DONE BY PARKS IN SDOT, SO
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
CHRISTOPHER AND SAM.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, ANDREAS.
WE WERE CURRENTLY WORKING TO
DEVELOP AN MOU THAT WOULD ALLOW
US TO ENGAGE IN CONTINUING
MAINTENANCE OF THE SKATE PARK.
A FEW IMAGES THAT WILL SHOW THE
BEFORES AND AFTERS AS THEY
WOULD DO THE ENHANCED CLEANING
UP OF THE BRANCHES TO CREATE
FROM THE PARK TO THE STREETS.
SO THEY COULD SEE INTO THE
PARK, REMOVING A LOT OF
VEGETATION, LITTER, GARBAGE
WASTE, AND CONTINUE TO PARTNER
WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TO
DO GRAFFITI REMOVE AND TO
REALLY TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS
THAT EMPHASIS THE BROKEN WINDOW
THEORY AND THE MORE THAT WILL
GIVE THE MESSAGE TO THE
COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE CARED
FOR AND THAT LOVE SPACE IN THAT
COMMUNITY SINCE THEY TREATED IT
THAT WAY.
>> AND ANOTHER AREA EMPHASIS AS
YOU KNOW WERE CONCORD
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WAS
PLACED IN A LOT OF OUR SOUTH
PARK FAMILIES, USING TRAILS AND
THE BRIDGE AND ACCESS TO THAT
IN LIGHTING AROUND THAT HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN.
SO A LOT OF HOURS, PAID
ATTENTION TO THAT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE YOUTH AND KIDDOS WERE
SAFE IN USING THAT.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SAM.
>> AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LOT
OF THE SAME THINGS THAT PARKS
AND REC WERE ABLE TO DO.
AND SOME OF THIS, IT'S SOME OF
THE BENEFITS OF COORDINATING
THESE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE BOTH
DOING THOSE THINGS AT THE SAME
TIME, SO IT'S NOT SD ORBS T
GOING OUT IN ONE WEEK AND GOING
OUT THE NEXT WEEK TO DO SIMILAR
OR SIX MONTHS LATER TO DO
SIMILAR THINGS, SORT OF
CONCENTRATING AND FOCUSING ON
THE SAME THINGS.
>> AND JUST COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD WAS NOT HERE, BUT IF
SHE WAS THE ISSUES AROUND THE
VACANT PROPERTIES, AND WAS ALL
SOMETHING WE HEARD VERY
CONSISTENTLY, NOT JUST IN TERMS
OF ONE THAT WAS PARTICULARLY OF
A CONCERN THAT BURNED DOWN A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WORKING
WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO DO
SOME CLEANUP.
BUT ALONG 14th SPECIFICALLY AND
CLOVER DALE AND SOME PROPERTIES
THAT HAD BEEN BOUGHT UP BY WHAT
WILL INITIALLY BECOME A PRODUCT
IN THE MEANTIME AND ARE FAIRLY
ACCUMULATING LITTER, TRASH, AND
SO THEY DID GO AND WORK WITH
THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND CLEANED
UP THE AREAS.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT THERE,
SIMILARLY IT'S VERY USEFUL
TRAIL ON THE OTHER RALLY, I
GUESS ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT
WOULD HAVE ACCESS INTO THE
BUSINESS CORRIDOR.
SO A LOT OF THE SOUTH PARK
RETAIL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION WAS
VERY CONCERNING WITH THAT AS
WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THAT REMINDS ME OF WHAT WAS
ALLEGEDLY PUBLISHED, AND GIVEN
THAT MUCH OF THE DUMPING
ILLEGAL DUMPING THAT WAS
OCCURRING APPEARS TO BE
GENERATED FROM THOSE WHO WERE
HOUSED.
NOT JUST THOSE WHO WERE HOUSE
LIST, AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT AND
WHO IS BEING SORT OF TARGETED,
THE WRONG WORD, WHO IS BEING
POINTED TO THE GARBAGE.
AND I APOLOGIZE COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ, MADAM CHAIR.
I DO HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE
EARLY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE
THE INFORMATION AND TO THE
POINTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER
BY SPD, I DID LOOK BACK AT THE
MAY PRESENTATION AND DO SEE THE
DATA.
I'M SORRY FOR THAT.
I OVERLOOKED SOME OF THE DATA
POINTS IN THE PAST.
COUNCIL MEMBER'S PACHECO POINT
IS VERY WELL TAKEN, HOW DOES
THAT DATA COMPARE TO OTHER
AREAS IN THE CITY.
I ALSO CONTINUE TO BE
INTERESTED IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AND
OVERALL I THINK THAT'LL HELP
INFORM OUR FUTURE ANALYSIS OF
THIS.
HOW DOES THIS WORK WITH OUR
CITY'S COMMITMENT TO OUR
EFFORTS, AND I BELIEVE TO
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ'S POINT
TO OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSION
WORK AND GETTING MORE FOLKS TO
LEAD.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIG
QUESTIONS THAT I STILL HAVE AND
I'M CONCERNED THAT THE HOT
SPOTS FOCUS GETS US AWAY FROM
SOME OF THOSE DIVERSION
PRINCIPLES WITHOUT TOTAL
ANALYSIS OF HOW WE'RE GETTING
FOLKS INTO SERVICES VERSES
CITATIONS AND JAIL.
SO I APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION, AND I DO
APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING TO GO
EARLY.
>> THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY.
>> WE HAVE A FEW MORE, SO REAL
QUICK.
>> AND IN SOUTH PARK, ALL THE
VIEWS WERE UP BOTH MONTHS BY A
LOT, AND 911 CALLS WERE DOWN
ALMOST 14% IN SOUTH PARK.
THEY MADE 15 JAIL BOOKINGS
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
IN JUNE REPORTED CRIME WAS DOWN
11%, WHICH IS FOUR INCIDENTS,
AGAIN NOT A HUGE NUMBER, BUT
STILL EVERY DECREASE AND OVER
285 EMPHASIS HOURS HAVE BEEN
USED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
MAY.
>> THIS IS SORT OF AN OVERVIEW
OF THE TAKEAWAYS, WHICH I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND ON
THAT AT ALL OR IF YOU WANT TO
MOVE INTO THE FEEDBACK LOOP.
>> OKAY.
>> AND SO I HAD MENTIONED
ACTUALLY AS SOON AS WE WOULD
ANNOUNCE THIS APPROACH, WE DID
HEAR FROM A LOT OF COMMUNITIES,
ASKING WHY AREN'T YOU HERE?
WE WANT THIS TYPE OF
COORDINATION INCLUDING THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AND ALSO
CHINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AND BEACON HILL AND IN
OTHELL ORBS.
WE'RE SEEING THE VERSION OF
THIS MODEL WORKING IN TERMS OF
TALKING ABOUT KIND OF THE CITY
DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION AND
DELIVERY OF SERVICE.
AT THE VERY BASIC LEVEL, IT'S
JUST COMMUNITIES ACCESS TO
DEPARTMENT LEADERS AND DECISION
MAKERS, SO THEY FEEL THEY HAVE
THAT CONNECTION TO THE CITY
GOVERNMENT.
IT'S A CORE PART OF OUR MISSION
TO LOWER THE BARRIERS TO THE
PARTICIPATION AND CITY
GOVERNMENTS.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CONTINUE
THIS COLLABORATION NOW THAT WE
HAVE BUILT UP THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE IF YOU WILL AND
JUST VERY QUICKLY, WE THROUGH
THIS PROCESS FILLED 305
MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE ISSUES.
WE ARE DOING REGULAR UPDATES TO
THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE
SCREEN SHOT HERE.
BUT COMMUNITY WALK UPDATES.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN IT
WENT TO SODO, SHOWING SOME OF
THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE
PEAKED AND A LIVE LINK TO
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION FOR
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
SO WHETHER IT BE THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICERS, WHETHER IT
WILL BE A CHANCE TO UPDATE WITH
SOME REGULARITY AND THE NEXT
SLIDE, HOW DO WE TAKE THIS MORE
TO A SCALE?
I MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY WALK
UPDATES.
AND WE ARE FORMING UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF SENIOR DEPUTY
MAYOR FONG AND DIRECTOR LEE AND
MYSELF.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY
SOLUTIONS TEAM, WHICH IS
ESSENTIALLY HOW WE TAKE THIS
INTO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, I'M
TALKING ABOUT THE COORDINATION
OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AS WE LOOK AT THAT AND AS WE
LOOK AT POTENTIALLY MONTHLY
DIRECTOR LEVELS OR KEY STAFF
TOURS, SIMILAR TO THAT PERIOD
AND THEN WITH THE COMMUNITY
ROUND TABLE, SO WE WILL
CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH THIS
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK LOOP.
TOO OFTEN WHAT WE'RE SEEING,
FOLKS DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS
INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED OR
ACCESS IT IN A TIMELY MATTER.
WE SEE THE MODEL IS WORKING AND
THERE IS A COMMAND FOR IT, SO
WE ARE MOVING TO FILL THAT
DEMAND.
BUT WE KNOW IT CAN'T BE JUST
THE WALKS, IT HAS TO BE PAIRED
WITH PROBLEMATIC INVESTMENTS AS
WELL.
IN CENTRAL AREAS, COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ, THROUGH THE
PUBLIC HEARINGS, SOME OF THE
INTERESTS WE'RE WORKING ON IS
REALLY PAIRING THIS WITH AN
AFFORDABILITY THAT WILL TALK
ABOUT ALL THE INVESTMENTS THAT
ARE HAPPENING AROUND
AFFORDABILITY, WHETHER IT WILL
BE THROUGH THE INITIATIVE OR
THE VARIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS
THAT THE MAYOR HAS DONE AND HAS
SIGNED AS IT RELATES TO THE
CHOICES, OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND
HOW DO WE BRING THAT ALL
TOGETHER IF A RELATIVE WAY THAT
WILL TALK TO THE COMMUNITY
VALUES.
AND INFORMED BY COMMUNITY
VALUES.
SO WE WILL SEE THIS AS KIND OF
A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH MOVING
FORWARD.
CENTRAL TO THAT THOUGH IS
BETTER TO FIND IT AND FIX IT
AND THERE IS A TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTION THAT WE NEED TO
INTEGRATE.
IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO US
BEING SUCCESSFUL.
SO THIS IS KIND OF HOW WE MOVE
INTO THE NEXT STEPS.
AND QUICKLY ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS
TEAM AS I MENTIONED, IT WILL BE
TO CONTINUE RELATIONSHIP
BUILDING WITH COMMUNITY AS I
MENTIONED AGAIN, BRINGING CITY
HALL OUT TO THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH WALKS AND COMMUNITY
ROUND TABLES.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY
THE CHALLENGES AND THE
IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHERS AND TO
SAY TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY
CONCERN BY SAYING HEY, WE HEAR
YOU, WE CAN'T DO THIS FOR
WHATEVER REASON RIGHT NOW, BUT
WE'RE PROVIDING THAT DIALOGUE
AND THEN THIS EXISTING BEYOND
THE AREAS THAT WE ARE ALREADY
DOING IT, SO DIVERSIFYING AREAS
BEYOND THOSE WALKS.
AND THAT'S THE PRESENTATION.
>> ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO, ANY QUESTIONS OR
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
NONE?
SO I APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.
IT WAS VERY DETAILED, AND I
APPRECIATE THAT.
AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I
REALLY WANTED TO SORT OF
EMPHASIS AROUND THE THEORY OF
CHANGE THAT MY QUESTIONS ARE
NOT DESIGNED TO, YOU KNOW, SEND
THE SIGNAL THAT I'M TRYING TO
UNDERMINE THIS EFFORT.
IT REALLY IS ROOTED IN A
SINCERE DESIRE TO HAVE A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE ARE
EXPECTING TO SEE AS RESULTS.
I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY WITH
OVERSIGHT ABILITY, VERY
SERIOUSLY.
AND SO FOR ME WHEN I ASK THOSE
QUESTIONS, I DON'T ASK THEM
CASUALLY AND I'M NOT TRYING TO
BE FLIPPANT, I'M VERY SINCERE
AS THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND
UNDERSTANDING WHY WE ARE
ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN A
PARTICULAR WAY AND FOR WHAT
PURPOSE AND WHAT WILL THE
OUTCOMES BE THAT OUR
CONSTITUENTS CAN EXPECT TO SEE.
AND THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART
OF THE TRANSPARENCY, AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND AN IMPORTANT
PART OF JUST GETTING BACK TO
BASICS, DELIVERING CITY
SERVICES IN AN EQUITABLE FAIR
MANNER TO COMMUNITIES WHO FEEL
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN NOT SEEING
THESE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS
OCCURRING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO THE LIVABILITY
ISSUES THAT WILL ULTIMATELY
EXACERBATE AND COMPROMISE SOME
OF THE GOOD WORKS THAT WE'RE
DOING IN THE OTHER SPACES AND
IN OTHER AREAS OF PROBLEMATIC
WORK FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE GETTING A
LITTLE BIT MORE TEXTURE AROUND
WHAT THE THEORY OF CHANGE IS
HERE AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME
CLEAR FOLLOW UPS IN TERMS OF
THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA POSED AND THE
LINE OF QUESTIONING THAT HE
MADE AROUND THE U DISTRICT IN
PARTICULAR AND ALSO SOME OF THE
DETAILS AROUND THE REFERRALS
AND INCLUDING TO LEAD AND IN
SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS AROUND
WHAT KIND OF CITATIONS ARE
BEING GIVEN AND WHAT KIND OF
SOCIAL CONTEXT DO WE HAVE WITH
INDIVIDUALS.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME
INSTANCES IN WHICH PEOPLE WILL
BEHAVE IN A CERTAIN MANNER THAT
IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND WILL
REQUIRE CONSEQUENCE APPROACH.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND
RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS
SOMETIMES THE REALITY.
I ALSO AT THE SAME TIME
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE LAW
ENFORCEMENT MAY NOT BE THE
APPROPRIATE TOOL TO INTERVENE
AND TO PREVENT THAT BEHAVIOR
FROM OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE
AND THAT IS WHEN WE REALLY WANT
TO FOCUS ON THE DIVERSION
ASPECTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT
TAKING A BROKEN WINDOWS
APPROACH THAT IS FOCUSED ON
ZERO TOLERANCE AND FUNNELING
PEOPLE INTO PUNITIVE JAIL
SYSTEMS THAT ARE EXTREMELY
EXPENSIVE AND ULTIMATELY NOT
GOING TO YIELD THE BEHAVIORAL
CHANGE THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE
SEEKING TO ACHIEVE.
AND I APPRECIATE AGAIN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR MORE
DIRECTLY FROM YOU ALL ABOUT
WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH AND THAT IS YOUR
POINT AROUND MAKING SURE THAT
AS A FOLLOW UP AND A FEEDBACK
LOOP WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON
THE UPSTREAM HOLISTIC
APPROACHES THAT WILL ULTIMATELY
ALSO CREATE A HUGE IMPACT,
MIGHT NOT BE IMMEDIATE, BUT
JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT IMMEDIATE
DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T DO
IT.
WE SHOULDN'T BE SO TEMPTED BY
THE QUICK FIX TO JUST ABANDON
SOME OF THE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS
THAT WE KNOW WILL WORK TO
ADDRESS MANY OF THE LIVABILITY
ISSUES THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE
EXPRESSING CONCERNS WITH TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S
ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE.
>> YES.
IT WILL CONTINUE, I ASSURE YOU.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT
IS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA,
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE WITH US.