>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
IT IS 2:03 P.M.
ON MARCH 12, 2019.
THIS IS THE THIRD MEETING OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL SELECT
COMMITTEE ON HOMELESSNESS.
I AM JOINED TODAY BY
COUNCILMEMBER WAREZ.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
HOPEFULLY THE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE HERE
SOON.
IT IS CHAIRED IN A ROTATION BY
MYSELF, BACKSHAW AND MASKITA.
THE LAST TWO MEETINGS WERE
CHAIRED.
TODAY BY MY OFFICE.
WE WILL HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
TALK TO RESIDENTS OF THE
SHELTERS ABOUT THE 6-MONTH END
OF THE YEAR CONTRACT THEY WERE
GIVE TO KEEP THE SHELTER OPEN.
AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY
HAVE A NEW NOTIFICATION FOR
THIS MEANS.
WE ALSO HAVE STAFF HERE TO HELP
US DECIDE ON WHAT WE THINK THIS
MEANS AND WE JUST WANT TO GO
OVER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
HAVE COME UP BASED ON THIS NEW
ANNOUNCEMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS
FOR THE RESIDENTS.
WE WILL DELVE INTO THE CAUSES
OF HOMELESSNESS IN SPECIFICALLY
TO EVICTION.
THERE IS AN ONGOING AND REALLY
EXCITING NEW SERIES OF STUDIES
IN WASHINGTON IN COLLABORATION
WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS AND WE
ARE LUCKY TO HAVE DR. TIM
THOMAS HERE WHO IS LEADING THE
STUDY AND HELP US TELL US WHAT
THE STUDY TELLS US AND WHAT IT
MEANS FOR SEATTLE IN TERMS OF
POLICY MAKING.
BOTH OF THESE DISCUSSIONS TODAY
ARE RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING SECURITY.
THIS IS ASSISTED BY MICK JONES
FROM MY OFFICE.
-- NICK JONES FROM MY OFFICE.
NICK WILL BE READ MORE ON WHO
IS GOING TO SPEAK FROM THE
PUBLIC AND EACH OF YOU HAVE TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
OKAY, GO AHEAD.
>>> OKAY.
>>> FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT WE
HAVE DAVID HEINZ.
>> THE CHAIR NEEDS TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT CREATED
THIS COMMITTEE TO CREATE A
TRANSPARENT GROUP THAT DEVELOPS
TRANSPARENCY BUT THE THEY
BELIEVE IT IS VAGUE, AND
UNCLEAR.
ACCOUNTABILITY GOES TO THE
HEART OF SOLVING THE CRISIS AND
JUSTIFICATION OF FINANCING SELF-
-APPOINTED 6 FIGURE SALARIES
GETTING HELP NOT HELPING
INNOCENT POOR.
THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS
INVESTIGATIONS INTO SHARON LEE,
ROBIN GILBOY, SCOTT MORROW AND
MANY OF THE DO-NOTHING POWER
MONGERS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE A
20 YEAR WORKING CAREER AND PAY
PLAN AT THE EXPENSE OF INNOCENT
POOR.
>> THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO
KNOW WHY THE OFFICE ISOM OPEN
TO SCREEN HOMELESS 20 MINUTES A
DAY SIX DAYS A WEEK AND THAT
SCOTT MORROW REFUSES TO HELP AN
INNOCENT HOMELESS PERSON IN AN
EMERGENCY BY HELPING THEM GET
SHELTER IF THEY DON'T MEET THAT
REQUIREMENT OF SHOWING UP AT
THE OFFICE.
HE CLAIMS IT IS BECAUSE HE CAN
NOT USE THE CELL PHONE TO CALL
ANOTHER SHELTER BECAUSE IF THE
CITY COUNCIL FINDS OUT HE CAN
USE HIS CELL PHONE TO SCREEN
SOMEBODY IN HE CLAIMS CITY
COUNCIL WILL TAKEAWAY HIS
OFFICE.
HE ONLY HAS THIS OFFICE, THAT
HE IS NOT USUALLY OPEN FOR 20
MINUTES, SIX DAYS A WEEK.
HE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BY
THE LACK OF EFFORT.
HE WANTS TO KEEP THE HOMELESS
IN SUBHUMAN MISTREATMENT.
HAS HE EVER STEPPED UP HERE TO
TELL US WHY HE DOES WHAT HE
DOES AND KEEPS HIM THERE?
HE IS SUBHUMAN AND HE TELLS ME
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TELL
PEOPLE ABOUT DIFFERENT
NONPROFITS BECAUSE WE COMPETE
FOR THE SAME BUDGET MONEY.
HE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
WITH THE WHOLE SHARE BOARD AND
LOW INCOME HOUSING, MORTGAGING
THEIR FUTURE OFF OF URBAN REST
SHOPS, SHAKE DOWN OF THE SQUARE
FOOTAGE IN THAT DILAPIDATED
BUILDING.
>>> ALEX ZIMMERMAN AND THEN
ALEX FINCH.
>>> HI CRIMINAL AND KILLER.
I AM TALKING ABOUT HOMELESS.
EACH HOMELESS COST $30,000.
WE CAN DO THIS AN EASY WAY.
RENT APARTMENT COST $10,000 FOR
PERSON, SIMPLE.
YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF EMPTY
APARTMENTS.
SO, SPEND $120-$150 MILLION AND
YOU FIX IT ALL PROBLEM ONCE AND
FOREVER AND THIS CHAMBER IS
NEVER TALKING ABOUT THIS.
IT IS NUMBER ONE.
EASY FIX IT.
WE HAVE ENOUGH MOP PE.
NUMBER 2, ABOUT RENT.
I HAVE EVICTION 6 TIMES AND I
HAVE BEEN HERE 20 YEAR AGO
ABOUT EVICTION FOR 500 FAMILY
IN BELLEVUE.
VERY SIMPLE.
I KNOW FOR EVICTION.
WE NEED TO ESTABLISH OUR
GOVERNMENT FUND.
THIS FUND CAN OPERATE LIKE A
DEBT CARD OR A CREDIT CARD YOU
KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN IN WHEN
PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM GIVE THEM
MONEY, WHEN HE DON'T HAVE MONEY
HE CAN GIVE YOU PAYBACK.
PROBABLY BE 0 OR SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
SIMPLE, EASY.
YOU NEED A COUPLE MILLION ONLY?
WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS?
DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
BEFORE ME DOING WHAT I
RECOMMEND YOU BECAUSE I
PROBABLY SMARTER THAN YOU ALL
TOGETHER.
WHY YOU SERVE FOR 6 YEAR NEVER
TALKING ABOUT WHAT THIS I AM
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
VERY EASY, VERY SIMPLE.
BIG MONEY FOR FIXING THIS.
IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY IN THE
SYSTEM.
IT IS A PROBLEM.
WHY YOU CROOKS SIT IN THE
CHAMBER FOR MANY YEARS.
YOU DON'T DO NOTHING.
SO, I SPEAK RIGHT NOW TO
SEATTLE.
STAND UPSET SET.
CLEANSE THIS DIRTY CHAMBER FROM
THIS CROOK CRIMINAL AND KILLER.
200 PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR FROM
YOU, IDIOTS.
>> NEXT WE HAVE JIM MCMAHON.
AND THEN QUEEN BEE QUEEN RAILS.
>>> JIM MCMAHON.
WORKERS WORLD PARTY.
DON'T FUND THE SAFETY NET FOR
THE HOMELESS AND FULLY FUND
SHARE AND WHEEL.
THESE HOMELESS ORGANIZATIONS
MIGHT HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE
PROVIDING THE HOMELESS WITH
SHELTER THAN THE WHOLE CITY
COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S OFFICE PUT
TOGETHER.
THIS CITY IS NOT DEALING WITH
HOMELESS AS AN EMERGENCY AS
DECLARED.
INSTEAD, IT HAS BITED ITS TIME
AND USED SWEEPS TO DENY THOSE
LIVING OUTDOORS WITH EVEN A
PLACE TO LAY THEIR HEAD.
AND THE CITY HAS GREATLY
CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATHS OF
120 PEOPLE LIVING OUTDOORS IN
THE PAST YEAR.
DON'T PASS THE BUCK FOR
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COUNTY
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE RICHEST
CITIES IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
THE CITY STANDS EMBARRASSED IN
FRONT OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR
REFUSING TO TAX THE RICH
CORPORATIONS ESPECIALLY TO
PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THE
HOMELESS.
WE DEMAND A MORATORIUM ON
EVICTIONS.
HOUSING IS A RIGHT.
ELECT SUWANT AND TAX AMAZON TO
PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THE
HOMELESS.
>> CAN YOU HEAD THE NAME?
HANG ON.
>> AFTER QUEEN BEE WITH HAVE
ALEX FINCH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM QUEEN BEE RIOS.
I AM A LEADER OF WOMEN IN
BLACK.
I WAS FORMALLY HOMELESS.
IN 2018 WOMEN IN BLACK STOOD
SILENT VIGIL FOR 120 OUTDOOR BY
VIOLENCE DEATHS IN SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY.
THE SHARE WILL SHELTER NETWORK
PROVIDES A WARM, SAFE, LOVING,
CHURCH-BASED SHELTER NETWORK
FOR CLEAN AND SOBER HOMELESS
WOMEN AND MEN.
I THANK GOD FOR THE BARRIER
SHELTER THAT ACCEPTS ANY WOMAN
IN ANY CONDITION AT ANY TIME OF
NIGHT WITH THE NO TURN AWAY
POLICY AND IT IS THE ONLY ONE
OF ITS KIND IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
THE CITY ASKED THEM TO START IT
AS A WINTER SHELTER 20 YEARS
AGO THIS MAY AND IT IS NOW A
YEAR AROUND SHELTER.
IF IT WAS NEEDED 20 YEARS AGO,
WE CAN SURELY SEE IT IS NEEDED
MORE TODAY.
WOMEN ARE SCARED AND AFRAID.
OUR CITY IS IN MORE THAN A
CRISIS.
IT IS HUMAN HEALTH DISASTER.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THE WOMEN'S
SHELTER WHAT SHOULD I DO TO SAY
40 OR 50 WOMEN THAT DEPEND ON
THE SHELTER NIGHTLY?
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT SHELTER
IS SINCE WE HAVE 20 INCHES OF
SNOW LAST MONTH.
A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU CITY OF
SEATTLE FOR OPENING WARM SAFE
DOORS LAST MONTH FOR PEOPLE TO
GET OUT OF THE COLD.
IF WE REALLY WANT TO TALK
SERIOUSLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
OUR CITY WE NEED TO GET SERIOUS
ABOUT HOW WE HELP OUR LESS
FORTUNATE.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT SIMPLY
THROWING AWAY MONEY AT THE
PROBLEM.
I AM TALKING ABOUT PERMANENTLY
FUNDING SHELTERS LIKE SHARE
WHEEL AND PROGRAMS THAT HELP
CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THIS HELP INCLUDES FROM
TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
YOU CAN NOT EXPECT IT WHEN WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.
CITY COUNCIL WE NEED YOU TO NOT
LET THE MAYOR AND HUMAN SERVICE
DIRECTOR DEFUND THE SHARE WHEEL
SHELTERS.
200 MORE WOMEN AND MEN WILL BE
EFFECTED BY THIS DEFUNDING.
THE FUNDING IS NOT A WANT IT IS
A NEED FOR OUR PEOPLE AND OUR
CITY.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU.
FIRST SPEAKER?
>> IT IS ALEX FINCH AND THEN
YOU.
>> YOU ARE NEXT.
>> SORRY.
>> IT IS ALL RIGHT.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
I JUST MOVED TO 3814th
SOUTHEAST.
BEFORE THEN I STAYED AT THE
SHELTER.
ON FEBRUARY 26th THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND HUMAN SERVICES
INTERIM DIRECTOR TOLD US THAT
THEY PLAN TO CUT SHARES
CONTRACT FOR OUR IN DOOR
SHELTER NETWORK TO SIX MONTHS.
THE END OF JUNE, 2019.
WE BELIEVE THIS CUT IS IN
RETALIATION FOR OUR OUT SPOKEN
SUPPORT FOR REQUIRING GOING
THROUGH A RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE BASED OPEN TO EVERYONE
HIRING PROCESS.
>> CUTTING OUR SHELTERS
BYPASSED THIS COUNCIL'S
DECISION TO FUND THE BUILDING
AND COST-EFFECTIVE SHELTERS FOR
THE NEXT 2 YEARS.
IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
YOU HAD TO RESTORE FUNDING FOR
TWO SHARES IN DOOR SHELTERS
AFTER THE MAYOR AND HUMAN
SERVICES DIRECTOR CUT THEM.
THE IS MARCH, WE DON'T HAVE A
CONTRACT AND WE HAVE BEEN
PERFORMING SERVICES IN GOOD
FAITH SINCE JANUARY 1st.
WE ARE DOING WELL IN PLACING
PEOPLE IN STABLE HOUSING AND
THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES WORSE
THAN US IN PERFORMANCE.
HOWEVER, THE IMPORTANT REASON
FOR SHELTERS IS METRICS.
IT IS TO HELP HOMELESS PEOPLE
WHO WOULD OTHERWISE DIE IN THE
STREETS.
WITH LAST YEAR'S OUT SIDE
VIOLENT DEATH COULDN'T AT 120
AND THIS YEAR, 28, WHICH WAS
MORE THAN LAST YEAR AT THIS
TIME, HOW CAN HSD KEEP IGNORING
THIS?
HOW CAN WE KEEP BEING APTHETTIC
IN THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY?
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS ALWAYS
ROOM TO IMPROVE.
WE HAVE MADE MANY CHANGES OVER
THE BETTER OF THE LAST DECADE
AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
BUT THE APPROACH OF THE MAYOR,
MR. JOHNSON, AND HUMAN SERVICE
DEPARTMENT OF RETALIATING
AGAINST US FOR OUR VIEWS
INSTEAD OF WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY MAKES CHANGE
MORE DIFFICULT.
FOR A RECORD I DON'T GET A
PAYCHECK.
I DO IT OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF
MY HEART, BECAUSE I CARE.
[ AUDIENCE APPLAUDS ]
>> WILLIAMS.
>> THIS FUNDING CUT HAS ALREADY
BEEN RESTORED ONCE BY CITY
COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
SO THIS SHOULD NOT BE
HAPPENING.
THE FIRST SPEAKER TALKED ABOUT
PROBLEMS IN THE LEADERSHIP.
THAT IS SERIOUS.
THAT WOULD NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE CAN'T BE
CARELESS WITH THESE SPACES.
WE NEED EVERY SINGLE SPACE.
AND WE ARE GLAD SHARE AND WHEEL
IS PROVIDING THEM.
I GUESS CITY COUNCIL YOU JUST
GOT TO DO IT OVER AGAIN.
I ALWAYS PICKED UP CONFUSION
ABOUT WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THE
MAYOR WANTS.
I DID NOT PICK UP ANYTHING
ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP FROM
ANYBODY ELSE BUT FOR THE
SPEAKER TODAY.
WHAT IMPROVEMENTS SHE WANTS.
MOVE THESE CONTINENTAL
BREAKFAST, HOT SHOWERS, THERE
IS CONFUSION ON THAT.
SOCIETY COUNCIL I JUST GUESS
YOU GOT TO RESTORE THEM AGAIN.
I HOPE IT STICKS.
I THANK YOU.
>>> MY NAME IS TRACY, I WORK
FOR THE SHELTER AND AT THE END
OF LAST YEAR WE SPOKE TO Y'ALL
AND YOU VOTED TO GIVE US
FUNDING FOR TWO YEARS.
THIS IS GREAT.
WE WENT BACK TO THE WOMEN, THEY
ARE EXCITED.
THEY KNOW WE STRUGGLE ABOUT
FUNDING.
THEN THE NEWS ABOUT ONLY SIX
MONTHS AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED
ANY MONEY SO FAR THIS YEAR, NO
CONTRACT TO SIGN NO NOTHING.
IT IS LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE
TO THE WOMEN.
YOU Y'ALL NEED TO GET TO KNOW
THE WOMEN WE SERVE.
THE WOMEN COME TO OUR SHELTER,
YES THEY HAVE ADDICTION
PROBLEMS AND MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES BUT THERE ARE WOMEN WHO
GOT KICKED OUT, EVICTED, THEY
HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
THE WOMEN -- YOU CAN'T DO THIS
TO THE WOMEN.
THEY TRUST US.
I WAS ONE OF THE WOMEN THERE.
I SLEPT AT THE SHELTER FOR A
LONG TIME.
I HAD A WOMAN COME IN NOT LONG
AGO AND SHE HAD NEEDED TO TALK
TO ME.
SHE WAS RAPED AND DEALT WITH
THE PHYSICAL PAIN FOR THREE
DAYS BEFORE SHE CAME TO US
BECAUSE SHE WAS EMBARRASSED AND
DID NOT WANT TO BE EMBARRASSED.
SHE TRUSTED US ENOUGH TO CALL
THE POLICE AND SIT WITH HER
WHILE THEY TALK TO HER AND MADE
áR MAKE A REPORT ON IT.
LAST YEAR WE LOST TWO WOMEN AT
THE END OF THE YEAR.
ONE DIED AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE
AND ONE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL.
WE GRIEVE WITH THE WOMEN WHEN
THEY DIE, AND DIE SO YOUNG.
IF YOU DON'T RESTORE OUR
FUNDING YOU ARE CONDEMNING
THESE VULNERABLE CITIZENS.
THE ONES THAT NEED THE
PROTECTION THE MOST.
YOU ARE CONDEMNING THEM TO AN
EARLY DEATH AS WELL.
WE ASK YOU TO HONOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
Y'ALL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO GIVE
US THE FUNDING FOR TWO YEARS.
WHY CAN'T YOU DO THAT?
YOU HAVE TO.
IT IS RIGHT.
IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR
THESE WOMEN, FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, YOU KNOW.
THAT'S IT.
>>> AFTER REBECCA MORROW AND
THEN MURPHY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AS A NEW
HIRED EMPLOYEE TO THE SHELTER I
GET TO WORK FIRSTHAND WITH THE
WOMEN AND SEE THEIR STRUGGLES.
WE OPERATE AS AN EMERGENCY
WOMEN'S NIGHT SHELTER, WE
ACCEPT WOMEN DURING THE NIGHT
AND EARLY MORNING WHEN OTHER
PLACES ARE CLOSED.
WE RECEIVE PHONE CALLS AND
REQUESTS FROM SPACES FROM
HOSPITALS AND OTHER AGENCIES
WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF ROOM.
WE HAVE A HOUSING WORKER THAT
COMES IN AND MEETS WITH THE
WOMEN AND SCHEDULES
APPOINTMENTS, WE ALSO HEAR THE
TERM THAT "I CAN'T AFFORD THAT"
TOO OFTEN FROM THE LADIES.
WHEN WE SUGGEST PLACES.
THE WOMEN DEPEND ON US TO BE
OPEN.
LAST NIGHT WE HAD 64 WOMEN
SLEEPING IN THE SHELTER INSTEAD
OF ON THE STREET.
THE WOMEN DESERVE TO HAVE THE
FUNDING BACK FOR THEIR TWO
YEARS.
THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE EXTRA
STRESS TRYING TO FIND A NEW
SHELTER TO GO TO.
THANK YOU.
>>> HI, I THINK IT IS
DEPLORABLE IN THIS DAY IN AGE
THAT ORGANIZING ENOUGH TO
PROVIDE BASIC SHELTER FOR
VULNERABLE WOMEN IS AN ISSUE.
WE SHOULD BE WELL AHEAD THAT WE
KNOW THAT THIS IS MORALLY PART
OF THE FORMULA FOR HOW WE SPEND
MONEY.
I KNOW FIRSTHAND IF A WOMAN IS
DIAGNOSED MENTALLY ILL AND IF
THE DIAGNOSE IS NOT CORRECT OR
IS CORRECT OR WHATEVER SOME OF
THAT MEDICINE THE SIDE EFFECTS
ARE HORRIBLE AND CAN LEAVE HER
TOTALLY VULNERABLE TO THE
FORCES OF ADDICTION AND THEN
ONCE SHE IS EVICTED OR IF I
WERE EVICTED AND THEN HI TO
FIND SOME GUY THAT WOULD LET ME
COUCH SURF JUST TO STAY SAFE
AND IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE
AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP AND
THERE WILL BE PROBABLY DRUGS
INVOLVED BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE
FAST, FAST, FAST.
SO NOBODY IS SLEEPING ON THE
STREET AND LEFT OPEN TO
PREDATORS ON THE STREET.
I CAN NOT BELIEVE NONE OF THIS
IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO
-- YOU KNOW IT WOULD SAVE A LOT
OF MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.
I HEAD AN ARTICLE IN CNN WOMEN
WERE SPEND 6.4 MILLION TO GET
THEIR KID INTO AN IVY LEAGUE
SCHOOL.
THAT MONEY IS WASTED BY THAT
POLITICAL AGENDA WHEN IT SHOULD
BE PURE TALENT.
THAT DOES NOT COST ANY MONEY.
THE ONLY PEOPLE REALLY TALKING
ABOUT THIS ARE SOCIALISTS
BECAUSE PELOSI IS REALLY
DISAPPOINTING ME THAT QUOTE
UNQUOTE LIBERALS ARE NOT
ADDRESSING THIS UNFORTUNATELY.
THAT IS WHY I HAD TO TALK ABOUT
THIS.
DIRKEN SHOULD BE THE MOST
FEMINIST BECAUSE SHE IS MARRIED
TO A WOMAN AND LETTING IT
HAPPEN TO WOMEN AND JOHNSON
THAT THING IRRITATED HER ENOUGH
TO THREATEN FUNDING FOR WOMEN.
THAT MIGHT WIN HER POINTS TO
INFLICT PAIN ON WOMEN.
THAT DRIVES HER, WHAT THEY
DEFINE AS TESTOSTERONE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL IT
OR THEIR SENSE OF SUPERIORITY.
I KNOW A LOT OF GOOD MEN THAT
DISAGREE WITH THIS ALSO.
THANKS
>> THAT SHOULD BE THE LAST
SPEAKER.
>> ANYBODY WHO DID NOT SIGN UP
THAT WANTS TO SPEAK DURING
PUBLIC COMMENT?
>>> OKAY.
NO, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD AND YOU
SHOULD SIGN UP ON THIS SHEET AS
WELL AFTER YOU SPEAK.
>>> I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO
LOOK MORE DEEPLY INTO THE DATA
USED TO MAKE THIS DECISION.
I WENT OUT TO THE ALL HOME WEB
SITE THAT DATA IS OVER A YEAR
OLD.
HOW CAN ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC
KNOW WHAT THE PERFORMANCE IS ON
THESE SHELTERS.
THE MISSING DATA, THERE ARE A
LOT OF OTHER SHELTER PROVIDERS
WHO HAVE WORSE TRACK RECORD
THAN THEM.
LOOK INTO THE DATA.
I DON'T THINK IT IS CORRECT AND
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS USING TO
MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
I DON'T TRUST THEM.
>> THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT.
OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS
DISCUSSING THE CITY COUNCIL TO
PROVIDE BASIC HOMELESS SHELTER
SERVICE IN THE CITY.
COULD WE HAVE PRESENTERS AT THE
TABLE PLEASE
AND WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBLE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>>> MICHELLE MASHON.
I AM AN ORGANIZERS WITH SHARE
WHEEL.
>> FREEMAN, I AM FORMALLY
HOMELESS PARTICIPANT OF WHEEL
AND SHARE.
>> CHRISTOPHER HANDER SON,
PARTICIPANT AND SHARE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS.
>> AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF
THE SHARE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND OF ELDER OF WHEEL.
THEY CALL ME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THANK YOU, I WANT MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC TO KNOW MY OFFICE
DID INVITE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND HUMAN SERVICES LEADERSHIP
TO JOIN US FOR THIS MEETING.
WE REALLY WANTED TO HEAR FROM
THEM ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THE
REASONING BEHIND THE DECISION
THAT WAS TAKEN.
AND TO EXPLAIN THEIR THINKING.
THEIR RESPONSE WAS, IN RESPONSE
TO LETTER FROM MY TAF MEMBER TO
THE MAYOR'S STAFF, IT SAYS
THANKS FOR WRITING, NO HEARING
FOR JASON MEANS NO STAFF OR
MAYOR'S OFFICE STAFF COMING TO
COUNCIL.
AND IT IS -- IT IS UNFORTUNATE
IN MY VIEW THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE HAS TAKEN THIS POSITION
ON THIS.
DO NOT ENGAGE ON ANY ISSUE AT
ALL BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THE APPOINTMENT
TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
KNOW SINCE WE HAD THE
DISCUSSION ON THE JOHNSON
ISSUE, THEY RELEASED
INFORMATION ON THE SURVEY,
EMPLOYEE SURVEY THEY DID LAST
YEAR.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT HERE
BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE IT IS
SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
WE ARE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THAT
ISSUE BUT JUST SHARE WHEEL.
AT THE TABLE YOU WILL FIND, MY
LEFT MOST IS A PACKET.
IT IS A STATEMENT FROM SHARE
AND WHEEL.
IT IS AN E-MAIL AT THE TOP.
AN E-MAIL FROM HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT EXPLAINING THEIR
REASONING FOR THE NOTIFICATION
THAT THEY SENT TO SHARE WHEEL
AND THE LAST ONE IS THE
NOTIFICATION TO SHARE AND WHEEL
ITSELF.
THAT -- AND NOTIFICATION ITSELF
SAYS IT CHANGES THE CONTRACTING
PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1st YEAR TO
DECEMBER 31st THIS YEAR TO JUNE
30th THIS YEAR.
AND, AND THE MAYOR WISHES TO
CONVEY SHE IS HAPPY WITH
EXISTING HOUSING AND HOPES THAT
THE REVISED AWARD WILL PROVIDE
INCENTIVE FOR IMPROVED
UTILIZATION THAT COULD RESULT
IN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT.
NOW, WE, UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE
WE DON'T HAVE THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE OR HUMAN SERVICES STAFF
TO EXPLAIN THIS, WE WILL RELY
ON ALAN LEE AND THEY WILL NOT
SPEAKING ON THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
BEHALF BUT WILL GIVE US
WHATEVER INSIGHT HE CAN GIVE.
I WILL SAY, JUST FROM MY
STANDPOINT, IT IS ODD TO SAY
THE LEAST, TO SAY TO SERVICE
PROVIDER YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE
IMPROVED AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE
MAKING YOUR FUNDING MORE
CONTINGENT THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.
WE WILL SEE WHAT IT MEANS.
AND HOPEFULLY COMING OUT OF
THIS MEETING WE CAN HAVE A SET
OF QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN SEND
TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO
EXPLAIN CERTAIN THINGS.
HAVING SAID THAT, AND MAKING
SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS
INFORMATION THEY CAN GET WE
SHOULD GET INTO THE DISCUSSION.
MAYBE WE CAN START WITH SHARE
AND WHEEL REPRESENTATIVES TO
LET US KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU
FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, MY A
ASSUMPTION IS THAT YOU WERE
NOTIFIED ON THE 26th OF
FEBRUARY.
AND ALSO HAVE YOU HAD FURTHER
COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR OR
THE HUMAN SERVICES LEADERSHIP?
HAVE THEY TOLD YOU WHEN THEY
WILL DECIDE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
THE SHELTERS AFTER JUNE?
HAVE THEY SAID WHAT THE PROCESS
WILL BE AND SO ON.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE OPENING
REMARKS, THAT IS FINE, TOO AND
I INVITE ALAN TO MAKE ANY
OPENING STATEMENT YOU THINK
WOULD BE USEFUL TO US.
SORRY, ALAN DID YOU WANT TO
SPEAK FIRST?
IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU KNOW AND
THEN MAYBE WE CAN GO TO SHARE
WHEEL?
>> SO, I HAVE ACTUALLY NOTHING
TO ADD OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU
DESCRIBED COUNCILMEMBER.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> WE EACH HAVE OPENING REMARKS
AND THEY DIRECTED ME TO START
FOR SHARE WHEEL.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS YOU
TODAY.
I LIKE ALSO TO THANK MY
COMMUNITY SHARE AND WHEEL
MEMBERS AND LEADERSHIP FOR
RELEASING ME FROM OUR STANDARD
PROTOCOL HOMELESS PEOPLE
SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES IN
ORDER TO DISCUSS CONTRACT
MATTERS WITH YOU TODAY OUT OF
MY ROLE AS THE CONTRACT
SPECIALIST FOR OUR
ORGANIZATION'S NOW AND ALSO
FROM PAST WORK EXPERIENCE HERE
IN SEATTLE.
ON FEBRUARY 12th, 2018 I
ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL HOUSING
COMMITY AND OUT LINED THE ARC
OF MY WORK EXPERIENCE IN
SEATTLE.
THAT IS DOWNWARD MOBILITY,
SOLIDARITY, LOVE, AND HARD
WORK.
I CURRENTLY AM ONE OF THE LEAD
ORGANIZERS WITH WHEEL AND SHARE
AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS
COMMUNITY SINCE 1993.
I AND ALL OF MY ORGANIZING
COWORKERS MAKE MINIMUM WAGE.
THIS IS A MATTER OF SOLIDARITY
PHILOSOPHY AND ALSO A NECESSITY
BECAUSE OF OUR SHOESTRING
BUDGETS.
BEFORE I CAME TO WORK WITH
WHEEL AND SHERRI WAS A --
WHEEL AND SHARE I WORKED FOR
HOMELESS AND I HELPED OPEN A
WOMEN'S SNOW SHELTER JUST
BEFORE THE SNOW IN 1990.
THAT SHELTER WAS PROPOSED TO BE
A SHORT TERM PROJECT BUT NEED
DEMANDED OUR ADVOCACY AND
ASSOCIATION FOR ITS
CONTINUATION.
OUR WORKING TOGETHER WITH MAYOR
RICE'S ADMINISTRATION AND
OTHERS RESULTED IT N IT STAYING
OPEN AND GREW.
I WAS JUST 25 YEARS WHEN NOAH
HOUSE STARTED.
VERY GREEN AND NEW TO THE TASK
OF RUNNING A LARGE IMPORTANT
LIFE-SAVING SHELTER.
AT THE TIME THAT SHELTER WAS IN
THE SAME BUILDING AS THE
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
THE ALASKA BUILDING.
IN AN UNLEASED AND RAM
SACKELLED DELI SPACE ON THE
FIRST FLOOR.
WITH 10 DAYS NOTICE BEFORE THE
SHELTER OPENED HSD STAFF, THE
SEATTLE CONSERVATION CORE AND
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS HELPED
PREPARE THE SPACE, CLEAN IT UP
AND INSTALL HEATERS AND LAUNDRY
MACHINES.
HSD WORKERS ROUTINELY SPENT
TIME AT THE SHELTER HANGING OUT
WITH WOMAN, CONVERSING AND
ASKING WHAT WE NEEDED.
HSD CONTRACT MONITOR SAT DOWN
WITH ME AND TAUGHT ME HOW TO
PREPARE BUDGETS AND NAVIGATE
THE FORMS NEEDED TOIP VOICE THE
CITY FOR THE WORK WE DID.
THOSE WERE GLORIOUS DAYS BUT
THEY WERE NOT WITHOUT STRUGGLE,
PUBLIC CONFLICT AND CRITICISM.
EVEN THOUGH WE DISAGREED ON
MANY THINGS HSD AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WORKED WITH US IN ORDER
TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD
SAVE LIVES AND OFFER DIGNITY,
COMFORT AND COMMUNITY FOR
HOMELESS WOMAN THAT HAD NO
OTHER SHELTER BEFORE OURS
OPENED.
I LEFT THE JOB AFTER FOUR YEARS
HAVING LEARNED A LOT AND DONE
CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND
DISCERNMENT.
I DECIDED THAT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING WAS A BETTER FIT FOR
ME AND A MORE POWERFUL APPROACH
TO PEOPLE SURVIVING AND SOLVING
HOMELESSNESS.
WHAT RANGELLED ME AT MY TIME
THERE WAS THE DEMAND FOR ME TO
SPEAK FOR THE WOMEN RATHER THAN
ALLOWING THEM TO SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES AT THE SAME TABLE
WITH DECISION-MAKERS.
ALSO THE TENSION OF HAVING TO
SAY NO TO REASONABLE, HUMAN
REQUESTS FROM THE WOMAN BECAUSE
OF BUREAUCRATIC RULES OR FEAR
OF LIABILITY OR LACK OF
FUNDING.
I WANTED TO FIND A WAY FOR OUR
CITY TO SAY YES TO THIS
REASONABLE, HUMAN REQUEST.
SEEMED TO ME WE WOULD BE A
BETTER CITY IF YES WERE THE
ANSWER.
SINCE 1993 I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
MANY TIMES IN THE CAUSE OF
SEEKING SHELTER FOR OTHERS.
DURING MAYOR'S RICE, AND
NICHOLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS
FOUND WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER,
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AS FUNDING
AND PROVIDER PARTNERS.
IN THE YEAR 2000HSD STAFF
APPROACHED WHEEL AND ASKED US
TO HAVE A SHELTER FOR WOMEN.
PROVIDED SPACE AND SUPPORTED US
WHEN WE MOVED TO ANOTHER
LOCATION IN OUR SECOND YEAR.
SEVERAL YEARS LATER, HSD
INVITED WHEEL TO CONVERT THE
SHELTER TO AN ALL WINTER WOMEN
SHELTER AND USE THE BACK OF AN
ENVELOPE BUDGET WE BUILT
TOGETHER.
IN 2002, HSD SAT DOWN AT THE
SAME TABLE WITH US AND CRAFTED
A DECREE DECIDING 10 CITIES IN
SEATTLE THAT SINCE SERVED AS A
MODEL AND GUIDE FOR MANY OTHER
CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND
OUR OWN GROUND BREAKING AND
LIFE-SAVING SEATTLE ENCAMPMENT
ORDINANCE.
IN 2007HSD STAFF SAD DOWN AT
THE SAME TABLE WITH SHARE
LEADERS AT SAINT MARKS
CATHEDRAL AND CRAFTED A DEAL TO
ALLOW OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE
PROGRAM.
IT WAS DIFFERENT IN THE 20
TEENS AS THE CITY WAS GROWING
HEALTHIER AND HEALTHIER.
HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS ECONOMIC
INJUSTICE AND PAINFUL ACT OF
HOUSING GOT WORSE AND WORSE AND
HOMELESS PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS
STARTED GETTING BLAMED FOR THE
PROBLEM.
FAULT LINES KEPT CHANGES AND
NEW RFP CAME AND WENT IN 2015-
2017.
EACH TIME THE INITIATIVES OR
POLICIES WERE PROPOSED WE WERE
WORRIED BUT THE RHETORIC GAVE
US, WHEEL AND SHARE, GAVE US
HOPE THAT HOMELESS SHELTER
MODEL WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD AND
VALUE.
COST-EFFECTIVE WE ARE THE BEST.
THE SWEAT EQUITY PUT IN AND
MINIMUM WAGES OF HANDFUL OF
ORGANIZING STAFF MEAN WE REMAIN
THE VERY LEAST EXPENSIVE FOR
BED NIGHT SHELTER PROGRAM IN
THE CITY.
COMMUNITY BUILDING AND
PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE THE
BROODEST PARTNER OF ANY
PROVIDER IN SEATTLE.
10 LOCATIONS, CHURCHES, SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW CALLED IT
OUT DURING LAST AUTUN'S BUDGET
PROCESS.
I TALKED TO YOUR FAITH
COMMUNITY HOST, SHE SAID AND
UNDERSTAND YOU ALLOW THEM TO
LIVE OUT THEIR MINISTRIES IN
WAYS THEY COULD NOT DO ON THEIR
OWN.
EMPOWERING, PARTICIPATE
LEADERSHIP, DEEPLY LIVING OUT
THE CITY RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE VALUES AND FEW OTHER
PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE, IF ANY,
CLAIM THEY LIVE OUT THEIR
SHELTERS IN THIS WAY AS SHARE
AND WHEEL DO.
HOUSING OUT COMES, LAST YEAR,
DUE TO STRENGTHENING OUR
CIRCUIT WRITING CASE MANAGEMENT
AND PARTNERSHIP WITH CATHOLIC
SERVICES SHARE HAD AN EXIT RATE
OF HOUSING OF 19% TO PERMANENT
HOUSING AND 10% TO TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING.
THIS STRIPPED MOST OF THE
SHELTER PROGRAMS.
AS ONE OF OUR SHARE SHELTER
PARTICIPANTS SAID IN TESTIMONY
BEFORE THIS COUNCIL LAST FALL,
LOW-COST, HIGH PERFORMING, WHAT
IS NOT TO LIKE ABOUT SHARE?
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ASKED TO BE
CRITICAL IN YOUR THINKING AND
THOUGHTFUL IN YOUR
DELIBERATIONS.
LAST FALL YOU HEARD OUR
TESTIMONY, SAW THE EVIDENCE,
WEIGHED PUBLIC TESTIMONY FROM
US FROM OUR FAITH COMMUNITY
HOST AND THE CHURCH COUNCIL
FROM OUR PROVIDER PARTNERS AND
THE HUMAN SERVICE AND HOMELESS
COALITIONS.
YOU LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE LIVING AND DYING ON OUR
STREETS FOR LACK OF SHELTER AND
MADE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO
GUARANTEE OUR FUNDING FOR TWO
YEARS.
WE WERE SO GRATEFUL AND
RELIEVED.
SUCH STABILITY HAS NOT BEEN
OURS TO SHARE FOR MANY A YEAR
HERE.
YOUR DECISION WAS THE RIGHT
ONE.
AND CALLED US ALL TO THE COMMON
GOOD OF WORKING TOGETHER IN
GOOD FAITH ON OUR SHELTERING
EFFORTS.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW SHOCKING
IT WAS TO LEARN ON FEBRUARY
26th, NEARLY TWO MONTHS INTO
THE CONTRACT YEAR THAT THE
MAYOR CIRCUMVENTED YOUR
AUTHORITY AND INTENDS TO
CONTRACT WITH US ONLY SIX
MONTHS PENDING IMPROVEMENTS
THAT WERE NOT NAMED TO US.
WE WERE TOLD THE MAYOR HOPES
THAT THIS REDUCED CONTRACT AND
ITS RESULTING THREAT OF
DEFUNDING, AGAIN, WILL
INSENTIVISE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ARE HUMAN AND WE ARE
AMERICANS AND WE LOVE SEATTLE
TO CHALLENGE IT TO BE BETTER.
THINK ABOUT THIS IN HUMAN
TERMS, HUMANS DO NOT PERFORM
BEST UNDER THREAT OF HARM AND
EXTINCTION.
THINK OF THIS AS A CIVICS 101
LESSON.
DOES NOT INSPIRE FAITH IN
DEMOCRACY TO HAVE IT MADE BY
THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER A HUGE
AMOUNT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY,
REVERSED IN THIS WAY WITH NO
EXPLANATION OR REAL
JUSTIFICATION AND OUTSIDE THE
BOUNDARIES OF COUNCIL AUTHORITY
AND THE EXPECTATION OF ALL OF
US AND OUR PARTNERS AND
SUPPORTERS WHO WEIGHED IN
DURING YOUR DELIBERATIONS.
JUST LAST FRIDAY MARCH 8th AT
9:30 P.M.
WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST
COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT THIS
THREAT OF DEFUNDING, DESIGNED
TO INCENTIVISE US.
IT SAYS OCCUPANCY AND MISSING
DATA FIELDS.
HOLY MOLLY.
THIS IS HOW WE OPERATE IN A
STATE OF HOMELESS EMERGENCY?
ABOUT OUR OCCUPANCY.
IT IS TRUE SHARE SHELTERS WERE
A HAIR UNDER THE CONTRACT
CAPACITY PERCENTAGES LAST YEAR.
AT 82% CAPACITY YEAR LONG.
85 IS THE CONTRACT NORM.
OUR BEING UNDER CAPACITY
RELATED, IN PART, TO OUR HIGH
EXIT RATE TO HOUSING.
IN OTHER WORDS, OUR SHELTERS
DECREASED IN OCCUPANCY BECAUSE
WE WERE SO GOOD AT GETTING
PEOPLE INTO HOUSING.
WE ARE WORKING TO BUILD OUR
NUMBERS NOW.
WE STARTED THIS YEAR IN GOOD
FAITH AND GOOD SPIRITS AND WITH
A SERIOUS GAME PLAN WE ARE
LIVING OUT RIGHT NOW FOR OUT
REACH AND RECRUITMENT, IT WILL
BE MADE MORE DIFFICULT WITH
ANOTHER DEFUNDING THREAT
HANGING OVER US.
AND SHARE'S OCCUPANCY RATE IS
NOT THE ONLY LOWER THAN
CAPACITY RATE AMONG SHELTERS IN
SEATTLE.
NONE OF WHICH ARE GETTING
THREATENED WITH DEFUNDING.
WHEELS OCCUPANCY RATE AT OUR
LOW BARRIER WOMEN'S SHELTER WAS
138% LAST YEAR.
BECAUSE THE NEED FOR THE KIND
OF SHELTER AND NO TURN AWAY
POLICY.
ARE CONDEMNED OR PUT ON
PROBATION FOR THAT.
ABOUT THE HMIS DATA, AGAIN, WE
JUST LEARNED AT 9:35 LAST
FRIDAY WHAT THIS CONCERN
SPECIFICALLY REGARDS.
AT NO POINT LAST YEAR OR THIS
YEAR DID HSD FLAG CONCERNS TO
US OR SIT DOWN TO MEET WITH US
ABOUT THOSE ISSUES OR REQUESTS
OR SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
WE KNEW THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT
HOUSING OUT COMES AND WE WORKED
HARD ON THOSE LAST YEAR TO GOOD
EFFECT.
I MENTIONED THOSE SHARE HOUSING
OUT COMES BUT WHEELS WORKED ON
THIS, TOO.
PRESERVED FUNDING SECURITY LAST
AUGUST WE BEGAN AN OUT REACH
CASE MANAGEMENT THAT IS
DIFFERENT FROM SHARE'S BECAUSE
OUR CONSTITUENCY IS DIFFERENT.
THE WHEEL CASE MANAGEMENT OUT
REACH COMPONENT IS JUST
STARTING TO BEAR FRUIT.
WE HAD TWO EXITS IN JANUARY AND
FOUR IN FEBRUARY.
IN FEBRUARY, 15% OF OUR EXITS.
WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING THIS
PROGRESS BUT INSTEAD ARE
TERRIFIED FOR OUR FUTURE,
AGAIN.
THE OTHER HMIS DATA POINTS JUST
NAMED TO US LAST FRIDAY REGARD
DATA.
MANY OTHER VERY GOOD AND
IMPORTANT CITY-FUNDED SHELTERS
INCLUDING THE ONES THAT I
STARTED MY WORK WITH HERE IN
SEATTLE HAVE DATA COMPLETENESS
ISSUED.
SO, HOW CAN WE NOT ANALYZE THIS
DATA AND CONCLUDE THAT WE,
SHARE AND WHEEL, ARE BEING
PUNISHED FOR BEING PUBLICLY
CRITICAL?
I LOOKED UP THE MEANING OF THAT
WORD "CRITICAL" BEFORE I CAME
HERE TODAY.
IT HAS MANY MEANINGS,
IMPORTANT, ANALYTICAL AND
JUDGMENTAL AND SOMETIMES
CONDEMNTORY.
I LEARNED LONG AGO THAT MY
PERSONAL AND OUR COLLECTIVE
PROGRESS REQUIRE CRITICAL
ANALYSIS AND JUDGMENT, SHARE
TOLD US THAT AND WHEEL DOES
THAT AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT
EVEN THOUGH IT MAKES FOLKS UP
COMFORTABLE WHEN WE DISAGREE WE
ARE CALLED TO SPEAK UP AND
HONESTLY AND WE HAVE DONE IT
MANY TIMES BEFORE AND STILL
WORK TOGETHER.
A CRITICAL PROJECT OF WHEELS IS
WOMEN IN BLACK VIGILS TO
REMEMBER AND RECKON WITH THE
DEATHS OF HOMELESS IN KING
COUNTY.
WHEEL PARTNERSHIP RESULTED IN
THEIR PROVIDING DATA TO US.
AND MANY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS,
INCLUDING HSD ABOUT HOMELESS
DEATHS.
WOMEN IN BLACK ARE STANDING
VIGIL TOMORROW FOR 10 MORE
PEOPLE WHO DIED OUTSIDE OR BY
VIOLENCE IN KING COUNTY ALREADY
THIS YEAR.
BRINGING THE OUTDOOR VIOLENT
DEATH TOTAL TO A RECORD
BREAKING 28 OF 38 HOMELESS
DEATHS ALL TOGETHER.
THE AVERAGE AGE OF DEATH IS
SHOCKINGLY LOW.
JUST 47 YEARS OLD.
WITH TOMORROW'S VIGIL, WOMEN IN
BLACK WOULD OF STOOD FOR 1,006
HOMELESS WOMEN, MEN, CHILDREN
WHO DIED OUTSIDE OR BY
VIOLENCE.
SINCE THEIR FINDING 19 YEARS
AGO.
WITHOUT SHELTER, PEOPLE DIE.
IT IS A SIMPLE MISSION
STATEMENT BUT IT IS, IN FACT,
OUR MOTIVATION.
IT SHOULD MOTIVATE US, ALL OF
US, TOGETHER, TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO HELP PEOPLE AND
PROGRAMS LIKE SHARE AND WHEEL
INSTEAD OF THREATS.
THESE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN
FRACTURED AND PAINFUL.
TIME AND AGAIN THROUGH RECENT
CONFLICTS OUR COMMUNITIES
ALLIED RELATIONSHIPS LIKE
NICHOLSVILLE AND OTHERS ARE
CRYING OUT TO BE TREATED AS
EQUALS, PARTNERS, STAKEHOLDERS
AND COLLABORATORS WILL OUR
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US IS
WHAT WE REQUESTED.
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE SELDOM, IF EVER, ARE ALLOWED
TO MEET AT THE SAME TABLE WITH
DECISION-MAKERS UNTIL AFTER
DECISIONS ARE MADE, IF THAT.
THROUGH PUBLIC TESTIMONY OVER
THE PAST WEEKS HSD EMPLOYEES
THEMSELVES, MANY OF WHOM I
ADMIRE GREATLY HAVE BEEN SAYING
THE SAME THING REGARDING THE
HSD DIRECTOR NOMINATION
PROCESS.
I HAVE OLD FRIENDS WHO HAVE
REMAINED IN THE FIELD LIKE ME
AND THEY ARE STILL WORKING IN
TRADITIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS TODAY.
I RESPECT THEIR LONGEVITY AND
EXPERTISE.
MANY SHARE OUR ANALYSIS AND
CRITIQUE BUT ARE TOO AFRAID OF
RETALIATION OR DEFUNDING TO
SPEAK OUT PUBLICLY.
WHEEL AND SHARE NEED THE
SECURITY AND PROMISE OF A FULL
YEAR CONTRACT TO MOVE FORWARD
TOWARDS POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS
THIS YEAR.
BIGGER THAN THAT.
WE AND HSD EMPLOYEES AND HSD
BOSSES AND THE COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR NEED TO BE HONEST WITH
ONE ANOTHER AND BE AT THE SAME
TABLE TOGETHER AND WORK
TOGETHER AS PARTNERS FOR THE
SAKE OF HOMELESS PEOPLE'S
SURVIVAL AND STRENGTH.
AND ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT IN
GOOD FAITH AND DESPITE CRITIQUE
AND CRITICISM WILL TAKE THE
TRUE WEALTH OF THE CITY, IT IS
HUMANITY.
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER WE WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE BEEN
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
BACKSHAW, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> I STAYED IN A SHARE
SHELTER WHILE I WAS HOMELESS,
LATE '95 TO EARLY '96.
I REMAINED INVOLVED BECAUSE
THIS IS MY COMMUNITY.
AND THE PRESIDENT OF BOARD AND
DIRECTORS OF SHARE AN ELDER OF
WHEEL, A FOUNDER OF WHEEL WOMEN
IN BACK AND THE FOUNDER OF THE
WHEEL SHELTER.
IN 2000, THE CITY OF SEATTLE
ASKED WHEEL TO START A SEVERE
WEATHER SHELTER FOR ANY WOMAN
IN ANY CONDITION AT ANY TIME OF
NIGHT.
AND WE LOCATED A HOST, FIRST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WHICH,
AT THAT TIME, WAS AT 5th AND
COLUMBIA.
AND HIRED STAFF MEMBERS OUT OF
OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
I FILLED IN AS EXTRA STAFF FOR
THE FIRST FEW NIGHTS.
THE ATMOSPHERE THOSE FIRST
NIGHTS WAS RELIEF.
AT BEING INSIDE, DRY, WARM AND
SAFE.
COMBINED WITH ANXIETY ABOUT HOW
LONG THIS WOULD LAST.
THE SHELTER ONLY WITH SEVERE
WEATHER.
EVERYONE WAS GLAD WHEN THE CITY
ASKED US TO BE AN ALL WINTER
SHELTER.
DURING THE FIRST DAYS, PIONEER
SQUARE ART WALK AND AT IMPACT
HUB.
I WAS DESCRIBING OUR SHELTER
WHEN A WOMAN AT THE TABLE, BUST
OUT, I LOVE THE WHEEL SHELTER.
SHE TOLD EVERYBODY THAT IT WAS
HER FAVORITE SHELTER, THAT SHE
FELT TREATED BETTER THAN
ANYWHERE ELSE AND THAT YOU CAN
WALK IN LIE DOWN AND FEEL SAFE.
AND FELT AN ANXIETY AMONG THE
WOMEN OF THE SHELTER AGAIN.
EVERYONE WAS SO RELIEVED AND
HAPPY AND THEY WERE TALKING
ABOUT PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
NOW, SUDDENLY WE CAN NOT SAY
FOR CERTAIN IF WE WILL BE OPEN
PASSED JUNE 30th.
HOMELESS WOMAN ARE UNDER FEAR
AND STRESS ALL THE TIME.
I GOT INTO HOUSING IN FEBRUARY
OF 1996.
IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 2014
BEFORE MY GUTS UNKNOTTED.
IT DOES NOT HELP ANYONE TO ADD
MORE FEAR ON TOP OF THAT.
I AM QUITE SURE THAT WOMEN WILL
KEEP COMING TO OUR WHEEL
SHELTER.
WE AVERAGED 138% CAPACITY FOR A
YEAR.
I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SHARE
SHELTERS.
ONE OF THE APPEALS OF A SHARE
SHELTER IS THAT YOU SCREEN IN
ONCE THEN YOU KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE GOING EVERY NIGHT.
YOU CAN STOP WORRYING ABOUT
THAT PIECE OF THE SURVIVAL
PUZZLE.
MANY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE --
MAKING PEOPLE UNCERTAIN ABOUT
THE STABILITY OF OUR SHELTERS.
I TAKE PART IN HIRING
INTERVIEWS FOR THE SHELTER.
ALL OF OUR STAFF, ALL STAFF IN
SHARE AND WHEEL MAKE MINIMUM
WAGE.
$15 AN HOUR THIS YEAR, THANK
YOU.
LIVING ON MINIMUM WAGE YOU
DON'T HAVE A MARGIN.
OUR CASH FLOW IS ALREADY UNDER
STRAIN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A
CITY CONTRACT AND CAN'T BE
REIMBURSED FOR THE WORK THAT WE
HAVE DONE FOR TWO MONTHS.
THAT MAKES STAFF NERVOUS.
NOW WE CAN'T GUARANTEE
PAYCHECKS PASSED JUNE 30th.
THIS WOULD BE DEMORALIZING TO
ANY ORGANIZATION.
I AM VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF
FOR HOW WELL THEY ARE
PERFORMING UNDER THIS ANXIETY.
I AM WORRIED ABOUT GETTING ANY
NEW STAFF.
WE HAD PLANNED TO OPEN NEW
SHARE SHELTERS THIS YEAR.
NOW, PERSPECTIVE HOSTS ARE
BRINGING UP THE FUNDING CRISIS.
ASKING IF YOU WANT TO START
SOMETHING NEW RIGHT NOW.
MANY ARE BRINGING IT UP, ASK
FIGURE WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE.
WHEFPB WE GET OUR CONTRACT
BECAUSE HSD WOULD NOT OFFER
SHRAEUR AND WHEEL COST OF
LIVING ADJUSTMENT CITING A TECH
-- SHARE AND WHEEL COST OF
LIVING ADJUSTMENT CITING
TECHNICALITY.
HOW CAN WE FUND RAISE IF
FUNDERS ARE AFRAID WE ARE GOING
TO CLOSE IN MONTHS OR WEEKS OR
DAYS.
AND THE EFFECT THIS IS HAVING
ON THE WHEEL SHELTER.
120 HOMELESS PEOPLE DIED
OUTSIDE OR BY VIOLENCE LAST
YEAR.
WE STOOD VIGIL FOR THEM.
AS OF TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE
STOOD VIGIL FOR 28 ALREADY THIS
YEAR.
IT IS AN EVEN HIGHER RATE OF
DEATH THAN LAST YEAR.
I DON'T JUST FEEL GRIEVE FOR
OUR COMMUNITY AT THESE VIGILS.
I FEEL A PALPABLE FEAR.
NOW THAT FEAR HAS BEEN TURNED
ONE SCREW HIGHER.
THE REASON MY GUT STAYED
KNOTTED FOR 18 YEARS IS BECAUSE
WHILE I WAS HOMELESS I COULD
NEVER ADMIT I WAS SCARED.
I STUFFED IT.
MY GUTS AREN'T KNOTTED NOW
BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU I AM
SCARED.
BUT MY GUTS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
RUNNING IN AN ELECTRIC CURRENT.
THIS IDEA OF SIX MONTHS AT A
TIME FUNDING ISN'T HELPING.
WITHDRAWAL THAT.
GIVE US THE FULL YEAR FOR HSD
OFFERED IN THEIR JANUARY AWARD
LETTER.
THEN, SIT DOWN WITH US AND HELP
US CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR
SHELTERS.
FEAR ITSELF CAN KILL.
THANK YOU
>> MY NAME IS NICOLE GRAYSON.
I AM A STAFF MEMBER AT THE
WHEEL SHELTER DATA ENTERER.
I RECEIVED 600 FORMS FROM WOMEN
WHO STAYED WITH US SINCE WE
FIRST STARTED COLLECTING IN
DATA.
MOST REQUEST ANONYMITY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY CONTRACTED TO
ACCOMMODATE 40 WOMEN A NIGHT.
50 PLUS WOMEN A NIGHT.
WHEN WE GET UP TO 60 WOMEN WE
RUN OUT OF ROOM WE DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO STRETCH
OUR RESOURCES SO WE DON'T HAVE
TO TURN ANYONE AWAY.
WE LET WOMEN IN OUR SHELTER ALL
NIGHT.
IF A WOMAN IS GETTING OFF OF
WORK AT A LATE HOUR OR A WOMAN
NEEDS WARMTH OR SAFETY ANY TIME
OF NIGHT THEY KNOW WE WILL LET
THEM IN.
OUR SHELTER FUNCTIONS AS AN
EMERGENCY ROOM IN MANY WAYS AND
DATA NEVER TELLS WHAT WE
EXPERIENCE ON THE GROUND.
WE CAN NOT SHOW YOU THROUGH
DATA THE WOMAN WHO IS TERRIFIED
SITTING UP ON HER MAT IN A
CROWDED SHELTER BECAUSE SHE WAS
RECENTLY EVICTED FROM HER
APARTMENT, SHE IS AROUND 70
SOMETHING YEARS OLD AND NOW OUT
ON THE STREETS.
OKAY, THIS IS THE STUFF WE SEE
CONSTANTLY.
YOU CAN NOT SEE THE WOMEN WHO
ARE WORKING WHO GET IN LATE OR
WAKE UP EARLY, STRUGGLE TO HOLD
ON TO THEIR JOBS AND HOPE
SIMPLY JUST TO FIND A PLACE
THEY CAN AFFORD AT SOME POINT.
THE WOMEN WHO STAY WITH US
UTILIZE OTHER SERVICES DURING
THE DAY.
THEY ARE ON WAITING LIST AND
STAYING WITH US UNTIL SOMETHING
IS AVAILABLE.
SOME WOMEN STAY WITH US ONLY
FOR A FEW DAYS AND MANAGE TO
STABILIZE THEIR SITUATIONS AND
MOVE O. WE NEVER HEAR FROM THEM
AGAIN.
MANY WOMEN HAVE STAYED WITH US
REGULARLY OR ON AND OFF FOR
YEARS.
WE RECEIVE CALLS FROM SOCIAL
WORKERS AND HOSPITALS WHEN THEY
ARE DISCHARGING A HOMELESS
PERSON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT AND THEY NEED SOMEWHERE
TO GO.
I PERSONALLY STRUGGLED WITH
HOMELESSNESS SINCE TWENTY12 AND
SHARE WHEEL WAS THE FIRST
ORGANIZATION THAT I UTILIZED
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS THAT HELPED
ME STABILIZE MY SITUATION.
ALL I NEEDED WAS A PLACE TO
STAY AND COMMUNITY AND
MOBILITY.
SHARE AND WHEEL SHELTERS BEST.
I WISH I COULD SAY THERE WAS NO
NEED FOR WHAT PEOPLE CONSIDER
TO BE A EMERGENCY SHELTER.
I CAN NOT.
IN THE LAST MONTH ALONE WE
RECEIVED WOMEN WHO WERE
DISPLACED AND JUST BECAME
HOMELESS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IT IS STILL GOING ON.
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE
WOMEN STAYING WITH US ARE
ACTIVELY FLEEING A VIOLENT
DOMESTIC SITUATION AND WHEN LOW
INCOME OR NO INCOME WOMAN
ESCAPES A VIOLENT SITUATION SHE
LEAVES WITH NOTHING AND BECOMES
HOMELESS.
AS THE DATA ENTERER I WAS
INSTRUCTED TO DEIDENTIFY A
WOMAN WHO WAS FLYING TO ENSURE
HER SAFETY.
WOMEN OF ALL AGES UTILIZE OUR
SHELTER.
WE HAVE WOMEN, HIGH PERCENTAGE
ARE IN THEIR 50s, 60s, 70s AND
EVEN IN THEIR 80s.
THEY ARE BATTLING ILLNESS ON
TOP OF THAT.
I NEVER THOUGHT SENIOR CITIZENS
IN THE U.S. WOULD FIND
THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE ABILITY
TO ACCESS SHELTER.
NOW, WE HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS
DYING ON OUR STREETS.
MANY BECOME ILL AND ENCURE
MEDICAL DEBTS, LOST EVERYTHING
AND MUST STABILIZE WITH
NOTHING.
AGING ON TO THE STREET AND ALL
OF OUR POLICYMAKERS SHOULD PAY
ATTENTION.
I WITNESSED THIS FIRSTHAND
SINCE 2012 WHEN I FIRST
EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS.
THE IS GOING TO GET WORSE.
EVERYONE SHOULD BE LOOKING
AHEAD TO PROVIDE SHELTER TO
EQUIP AND ACCOMMODATE THE
GROWING NUMBER OF ELDERLY ON
OUR STREETS AND WE ARE
CURRENTLY SERVING THAT
FUNCTION?
WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY WOMEN.
THE SHELTER HAS BEEN A TRUSTED
AND RELIABLE FIXTURE FOR MANY
WOMEN OVER THE YEARS.
I CAN NOT UNDER STATE THE
VIOLENCE THAT COMES WITH EVERY
ASPECT OF LIFE FOR A WOMEN
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
I WISH I COULD SAY YOU CAN JUST
HOUSE EVERYONE CURRENTLY ON THE
STREETS AND JUST LIKE THAT
HOMELESSNESS WOULD BE A THINK
OF THE PAST.
IT IS NOT LIKE THAT.
THE NEED FOR EASY TO ACCESS
EMERGENCY SHELTER IS NOW
GREATER THAN EVER.
I CAN NOT THINK OF A WORST TIME
FOR THE FUNDING TO THE CUT.
>> THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS.
-- OH, YES.
WE HAVE OTHERSMENT OKAY.
THANK YOU.
-- WE HAVE OTHERS, OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I PRESIDE AT SHARE'S BUNKHOUSE
IN SEATTLE.
THAT IS ONE OF THEIR 11
PROGRAMS PROVIDING SHELTER TO
THE 170 MEN AND WOMEN EACH
NIGHT.
SO, OUR ORGANIZATION WAS
EXCITED AND ENCOURAGED BY YOUR
BUDGET WHEN WE LEARNED THAT HAD
CHANGED IT ALLOWED US TO GET
SET TO WORK THROUGH 2019 AND
2020 WE WERE VERY, VERY
ENCOURAGED BY THAT.
AFTER WORKING HARD IN 2018 WITH
GOOD RESULTS IN EXIT AND
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WE BEGAN
LOOKING AHEAD TO HELP MORE
FOLKS.
NEW COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO
WELCOME OUR SELF-MANAGEMENT
MODEL AND WE HOPE TO FULFILL
THE NEED BY ADDING TO OUR
SHELTER NETWORK.
WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT YOUR
HELP.
OUR SELF-MANAGED SHELTERS ARE
UNIQUE IN THE COUNTRY.
FOLKS IN OTHER CITIES DO WHAT
SOME OF US DO, NONE SUFFER THE
NUMBERS OF HOMELESS COUPLED
WITH ROLEY COASTER OF TREATMENT
AS HAS BEEN HANDED OUR
ORGANIZATION RECENTLY BY CITY
GOVERNMENT.
WE SEE THE REDUCTION IN OUR
CONTRACT AS A DIRECT ATTACK ON
THE NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS AND
OUR RIGHTS TO CONDUCT OURSELVES
AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES
YOU SERVE.
THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF OUR
MODEL THAT YOU WILL NEVER FIND
ON SHEET.
THIS IS NOT A GRADE SCHOOL
SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT.
IT IS REAL PEOPLE FORGING WITH
PURPOSE TOWARDS REAL-LIFE
SOLUTIONS AND WE HOPE IT IS
THAT COMMUNITY THAT WILL MAKE
THINGS HAPPEN.
THERE IS MANY INDIVIDUAL
EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS.
ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING JUST
SCRATCHES THE SURFACE,
CONTINUED SOBRIETY, ASSISTANCE
WITH CASE MANAGERS ON A NUMBER
OF FRONTS, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
HEALTH NEEDS TO NAME A FEW.
FROM TIME TO TIME I HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO RUN INTO FORMER
PARTICIPANTS OF OUR PROGRAM.
FOLKS LIKE JAMES B., MIKE,
THESE FOLKS THAT I HAVE RUN
INTO ATTRIBUTE THE STRUCTURE OF
OUR SHELTER PROGRAM AS A
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THEIR
CONTINUED SUCCESS AFTER GETTING
HOUSING.
SO THEY LEARN SOMETHING FROM
THEIR EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT IS
A SELF-MANAGED MODEL.
SEEING SUCCESSES IS ALWAYS,
ALWAYS VERY REWARDING.
WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE FUNCTION AND CONDITION
OF OUR SHELTERS.
AND THAT, THAT MOVES FORWARD
WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE.
OUR DATA IS SIMILAR TO OTHER
SHELTERS AND WE COST A LOT LESS
THAN THEY DO.
THEY ARE NOT THREATENED WITH
DEFUNDING AND NEITHER SHOULD
WE.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO DIM THE
LIGHTS DOWN A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE IT IS TOO BRIGHT.
>> OKAY.
WHILE THEY ARE DOING THAT,
WHERE IS -- WHERE IS ALAN FROM
CENTRAL STAFF SO WE CAN ASK
QUESTIONS?
>> HE SAID HE HAD TO RUN BUT HE
WOULD BE BACK.
>> OKAY.
SURE.
GO AHEAD.
>> AND THIS IS GOOD FOR THE
LIGHTS RIGHT HERE?
THE SETTING?
>> IT IS GOOD FOR ME.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>>> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR
SPEECHES TODAY.
MICHELLE I DID NOT CATCH YOUR
LAST NAME.
>> IT IS MARSHON.
>> I NOTICE ALL THREE OF YOU
HAD WRITTEN STATEMENTS.
IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE COPIES
OF THOSE FOR US?
>> LET'S DO THAT OFF LINE.
BY THE TIME WE LEAVE TODAY WE
HAVE YOUR STATEMENTS BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY WITH THE E-MAIL
EXCHANGES GOING BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN HSD AND EVERYBODY ALL
OF THESE THINGS BEING SAID IT
WAS GOOD FOR ME TO HEAR WHAT
YOU WERE SAYING, WHAT YOU WERE
SAYING, WHAT ALL OF YOU WERE
SAYING SO WE CAN DISTILL FACTS
AND DATA AND WHAT ALL THAT
MEANS SO I HAVE A BASELINE.
>> YOU BET.
>> IF WE CAN HAVE THAT BEFORE
WE LEAVE TODAY.
AND I AM SURE MY COLLEAGUES
WOULD LIKE COPIES AS WELL.
WE GET IT TO TED WE WILL GET IT
DISBUSHED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH NOTHANK
YOU.
>> YES.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU BEING
HERE.
WE MET BEFORE.
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH ONE OF
THE SUGGESTIONS, AND I
APPRECIATE WHAT WE ALWAYS SAY
HERE, NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT
US.
I WOULD LIKE TO COME AND MEET
WITH YOU OFF SITE IF WE CAN DO
THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS SO WE CAN SEE YOUR
FACILITIES AND TALK FURTHER
ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE THAT ARE
IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY THAT I
MET WITH YOU IN THE PAST.
LIKE YOU I AM SHOCKED THAT WHAT
WE HAD PUT FORWARD IN THE
BUDGET LAST YEAR WAS SUDDENLY
TAKEN AWAY.
WE WERE NOT TALKED TO, EITHER.
FRANKLY WE HAVE GOT SOME WORK
TO DO TO MEND SOME FENCES WITH
THOSE THAT MADE THE DECISION
WITHOUT TALKING TO US AFTER WE
PASSED A BUDGET ABOUT IT.
BEFORE WE LEAVE I WOULD LIKE
VERY MUCH TO GET YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION, MAYBE
COUNCILMEMBER SWANT HAS IT BUT
LET'S GET IT WRITTEN BEFORE YOU
WALK OUT THE DOOR AND I WILL
COME AND MEET IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> I, TOO, WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US TODAY.
AND SHARING BOTH THE SUCCESSES
OF YOUR WORK AND THE
FRUSTRATIONS AND DIFFICULTIES
AND UNCERTAINTY AND FEAR.
I WANTED TO SHARE THOSE
LEGITIMATE FEARS ABOUT THE
ENDING OF A CONTRACT.
I WANT TO SHARE CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE MAYOR AFTER SPEAKING
PERSONALLY WITH THE MAYOR LAST
WEEK ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
I MENTIONED EARLIER I WAS
WORKING TO FACILITATE A MEETING
BETWEEN SHARE WHEEL, CCS AND
HSD.
AND TODAY I WAS -- IT WAS
SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD FIRST
ALLOW SHARE WHEEL, CCS AND HSD
TO MEET WITHOUT MY
FACILITATION.
I GET THAT.
THAT IS OKAY.
I WANT TO SHARE ABOUT THE MAYOR
ABOUT THEIR HOPES.
I HAVE OPTIMISM IT CAN GET
RESOLVED AND SHARE WHEEL AND
CCS CONCERNs CAN BE ADDRESSED
BEFORE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
COUNCIL START ATTENDING
MEETINGS.
IF IT DOESN'T WE CAN EVALUATE
NEXT STEPS.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR HSD AND SHARE
WHEEL AND CCS TO MEET AND
RAISING THE ISSUE WITH THE
MAYOR.
IT HELPED ENSURE THE FIRST
MEETING HAPPENED PROMPTLY.
I WAS NOTIFIED TODAY THERE IS A
MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT
TUESDAY.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IT IS NEXT MONDAY AT 4:00
P.M.
>> THAT IS GOOD TO GET THAT
CONFIRMATION THAT IT IS
HAPPENING.
I ALSO WANT FOLKS TO KNOW, I
BELIEVE SIMILAR INFORMATION HAS
BEEN ASKED FOR THAT YOU HAVE
MADE US AWARE THAT AS IT
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE
DATA COMPLETENESS DATA SETS
THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE FALLING BELOW WHAT HSD
TELLS US IS AN 84% COMPLETENESS
RATE.
AND SO I ASKED THEM FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALSO FALL
BELOW THAT AVERAGE.
AND, HOW HSD IS WORKING WITH
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO SEEK
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ON THE
DATA COMPLETENESS DATA SET.
I AM DOING THAT BECAUSE I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT SHARE WHEEL
IS NOT HELD TO A DIFFERENT
STANDARD THAN OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND SO, ONCE WE GET THAT
INFORMATION I THINK WE WILL
KNOW MORE ABOUT SORT OF THE
IMPACT OF THIS -- OF THESE
TYPES OF WAYS TO INFLUENCE
PERFORMANCE OUT COMES AND IF
THEY ARE BEING ACROSS THE
PROVIDERS THAT THE CITY FUNDS.
AND I DO HAVE TO LEAVE I HAVE A
MEETING IN SOUTH PARK.
THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO GET ALL
OF THAT OUT.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> LET'S KEEP DISCUSSING THIS
OFF LINE AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS,
SOME OF THE DATA, I AM GLAD
ALAN IS BACK AT THE TABLE.
>> APOLOGIZE FOR SKIPPING OUT.
>> I AM JUST GIVING YOU A HARD
TIME.
BEFORE THAT I JUST WANTED TO
SAY -- IN MY VIEWPOINT WE -- WE
SHOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
AND MY OFFICE WILL DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
ASCERTAIN THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT
APPARENTLY THE MAYOR AND HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP
SEEMS TO BE SAYING?
I AM NOT CLEAR YET AND THAT IS
WHY I HAVE SOME SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS.
BUT, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR --
THIS IS ALONG THE LINES OF THE
STATEMENTS YOU ALREADY READ.
AND WHAT I SAY WILL NOT BE HALF
AS WHAT YOU SAID.
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT IT IS.
HOMELESSNESS IS A DEVASTATING
AND BRUTAL EXPERIENCE AND SHARE
AND WHEEL ARE THE LIMITED
PLACES TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR
WOMEN WHO ARE FLEEING VIOLENCE
FROM THEIR HOMES.
THE BOTTOM LINE THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE CLEAR, FROM MY OFFICE, IS
THAT ONLY HOMELESS PEOPLE AND
VULNERABLE ARE TREATED THIS
WAY.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
HEARD THE MAYOR SIGNING A
CONTRACT WITH BIG BUSINESS THAT
REQUIRES THEM TO APPLY EVERY 3-
1/2 MONTHSS?S -- MONTHS?
IT IS CLEARLY LINKED TO
HOMELESS MEMBERS AND THERE IS
NO CONCEPT OF THE MAYOR'S
EXECUTIVES BEING ASKED TO TAKE
-- HAVING TO APPLY FOR
EXTENSION.
FOR ME IT IS DOUBLE SPEAK TO
SAY WE ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR
PERFORMANCE THAT IS WHY WE ARE
REVOKING YOUR CONTRACT THAT WAS
ASSURED FOR THE REST OF THE
YEAR AND MAKE YOU APPLY EVERY
SIX MONTHS.
MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE THE
BOTTOM LINES VERY CLEAR WHILE
AT THE SAME TIME SEEKING AS
MUCH SPECIFIC INFORMATION AS
POSSIBLE.
LET'S NOT MINCE WORDS HERE.
I APPRECIATE NOT ONLY THE
PEOPLE FROM SHARE AND WHEEL WHO
HAVE COME HERE BUT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE COME IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THEM.
I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL
FOR BEING HERE.
IT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
ON THE DATA COMPLETENESS
QUESTION, ALAN?
I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON
THIS.
ONE IS, DIDN'T THE CITY COUNCIL
PASS AN ORDINANCE, REFERRING TO
COUNCIL BILL 11925, SORRY IN
WHICH -- I MEAN IT IS THESE ARE
RARE AS CLAUSES THAT I AM
LOOKING AT.
I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE IT.
I WANTED TO READ IT FOR THE
BENEFIT THE PUBLIC.
ONE EFFORT THINGSES THAT IT
SEEMS -- THINGS IS THAT IT IS
CONVEYED FROM THE MAYOR'S SIDE
IS THAT THERE IS A QUESTION OF
INCOMPLETE DATA COLLECTED IN
HMSI IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT,
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> HERE, THE RARE AS CLAUSES
SAYS USING THE SCAN CARD SHALL
BE VOLUNTARY FOR PROVIDERS AND
CLIENTS THEY SERVE AND HUMAN
SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT
COMPEL PROVIDERS AND CLIENTS TO
USE THE SCAN CARDS IN ANY
FASHION AND WHERE AS THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL REQUEST
THAT THE HUMAN SERVICE
DEPARTMENT ENSURE THEY MAKE
CLEAR TO THEIR CLIENTS THE
OPTION OF USING AN ANONYMOUS OR
DEIDENTIFIED PROFILE.
IT SEEMS TO ME, I WOULD LIKE
ALAN'S WORDS ON THIS, IT SEEMS
TO ME THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT WE
DON'T WANT THE FUNDING FOR THE
PROVIDERS OR PROVISION EVER THE
SERVICES CONTINGENT ON
PROVIDING DATA.
SO, I AM NOT SURE -- AND THEN A
FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON
SPECIFICALLY -- GO AHEAD.
>> HOPEFULLY I CAN BE OF
ASSISTANCE.
ACTUALLY FOR OUR -- FOR THE
MAJORITY OF OUR CITY'S HOMELESS
CONTRACTS.
THE CITY AND COUNTY.
SO THE RECITALS THAT YOU READ
THE FIRST ONE ACTUALLY REFERRED
TO NEW, PILOT -- WELL IT WAS
PILOTED LAST YEAR THE SCAN
CARDS, THAT IS A PHYSICAL CARD
THAT CONTAINS THAT LINKS TO
CERTAIN PROFILE THAT THAT GIVES
TO WILLING PARTICIPANTS.
AND GET DATA.
THAT IS WHAT THE FIRST RECITAL
REFERS TO.
NOT THE SYSTEM OVERALL.
THE SECOND RECITAL, YES, SO
THIS IS ACTUALLY A CHALLENGE
WITH DATA MANAGEMENT IS THAT
FOR THE REPORT THAT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDED
LAST YEAR AROUND PRIVACY THAT
ANYBODY WHO ENGAGES WITH HMIS
CAN CHOOSE TO HAVE A
DEIDENTIFIED PROFILE OR, OF
COURSE, NOT PARTICIPATE AT ALL.
AND, AND THAT IS A CHALLENGE OF
THE DATA.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THAT WOULD, I MEAN, IT
-- I THINK THE SPEAKERS EARLIER
MADE IT CLEAR WHY PARTICULARLY
FOR WOMEN WHO ARE ESCAPING FROM
VIOLENT SITUATIONS WHY PEOPLE
WOULD VERY MUCH WANT TO KEEP
THEIR OR HAVE CONCERNS THEY
WOULD WANT TO KEEP ELEMENTS OF
THEIR DATA PRIVATE AND H MIS
ASKED LOTS AND LOTS OF PERSONAL
INFORMATION AND PEOPLE HAVE A
RIGHT TO PRIVACY.
IT SEEMS LIKE, AND I KNOW IT IS
QUITE VAGUE WHAT THE LETTER
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
EXPLAINING THAT TALKS ABOUT THE
QUOTE UNQUOTE INCOMPLETE DATA.
IT SEEMS LIKE INCOMPLETE DATA,
WHAT IT IS TALKING BOUT IS
THAT SECOND WHERE AS CLAUSE.
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE NOT
FILLING IN ALL OF THE FORMS,
FORMS THEY MIGHT HAVE CHOSEN
FOR GOOD PRIVACY REASONS TO
KEEP BLANK.
>> YEAH, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION
FOR THE EXECUTIVE.
HOWEVER IF I HAD TO GUESS, I
WOULD GUESS NO IT WOULD NOT
INVOLVE PARTICIPANTS USING A
DEIDENTIFIED PROFILE OR
CHOOSING ANONYMITY.
BUT AGAIN -- I ACTUALLY DON'T
KNOW ANY OF THE DETAILS AROUND
THAT CLAIM.
>> THANK YOU.
AND LET'S FOLLOW UP ON THAT
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND, SECONDLY BUT ON THE
SAME POINT, THIS IS WHAT I WILL
BE READING FROM THE LETTER BY
MEG OLBERDING IN RESPONSE TO
THE QUARRIES OF LATER DATED
FEBRUARY 28.
AND THE FUNDING AND HOW IT WILL
NOT BE CONTINUED PASSED JUNE
30th CONTINGENT ON WHATEVER WE
STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AND ON THAT SHE CLARIFIES THAT
THE 2017RFP PERFORMANCE FOR
HOMELESSNESS.
I AM CONFUSED WHY, WHY WOULD
THEY CHANGE MIDSTREAM JUST TO
EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
FURTHER.
IT IS MISLEADING TO US.
IT FEELS MISLEADING FOR THE
LETTER THAT SHE CLARIFIES FOR
THIS AND THERE AND NONE OF THAT
INCLUDES DATA COMPLETENESS.
IT IS RELATED TO THE SHARE AND
WHEEL NEED TO CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE AS DATA COMPLETENESS
AND SO ON.
SO, I AM NOT SURE WHAT -- IT
SEEMS TO ME LIKE THEY ARE SORT
OF CHANGING MIDSTREAM AND
SAYING WELL NOW DATA
COMPLETENESS SHOULD BE A
CRITERIA AND JUDGED ON.
CERTAINLY WE WANT TO FIND OUT
IF SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE PLACED
-- BEING ASKED TO FULFILL THE
SAME CRITERIA ALSO.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, I WANTED TO
MAKE THE BOTTOM LINE CLEAR
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE DATA
COLLECTION IS, WE CAN NOT PUT
THIS ADDITIONAL FEAR IN THE
MINDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY
FACING VULNERABILITY.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD KEEP
FUNDING CONTINGENT ON THAT.
THAT IS ONE THING IF IT CAN
ASCERTAIN WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
CAN I ASK ANOTHER THING?
IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH IN MEG'S
LETTER IT SAYS SHARE WHEELS
COMPLETENESS RATE IS 59%
COMPARED TO THE BASIC SHELTER
AVERAGE OF 82%.
TWO QUESTIONS, ONE WHICH ARE
THE OTHER SHELTERS THEY ARE
BENCHMARKING AGAINST AND ALSO
FROM GENERAL STANDPOINT I FEEL
LIKE NEARLY 60% IS A PRETTY
GOOD COMPLETENESS.
NOT AS GOOD AS 84.
YES BUT IT IS -- IT IS NOT LIKE
SAYING THE DATA COMPLETENESS IS
16%, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THAT IS ONE THING THAT I WANTED
-- IS THERE A GENERAL IDEA AND
NOT JUST IN SEATTLE BUT OVERALL
THAT WE CAN GET A SENSE OF?
AND ALSO, MY PREVIOUS QUESTION
IT IS, WHAT OTHER SHELTERS ARE
THEY BENCHMARKING AGAINST AND
HOW DO THEY GET THE AVERAGE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND
LOOKING INTO THAT 84% AND LOOK
AT THE SHARE WHEEL RATES.
I WILL NOTE FOR THE FIRST SET
OF QUESTIONS.
THE LETTER DESCRIBING THE
PERFORMANCE ALONG THE VARIOUS
MEASURES.
SO, AGAIN, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE
EXECUTIVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS ARE
ON A TECHNICAL LEVEL TO THE
FINE DETAIL WE DO KNOW THAT
PARAGRAPH CONCERNS THE
APPLICATION FOR THE 2017RFP
THAT RELIED ON DATA.
THAT WAS ABOUT THEIR RFP
APPLICATION THEY SUBMITTED IN
2017.
AND THEN THIS APPARENT ISSUE
WITH DATA COMPLETENESS, AGAIN,
I DON'T KNOW WITHOUT HAVING
FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE
EXECUTIVE THAT IT SEEMS TO
CONCERN THE METHOD OF WHICH
INFORMATION IS CONTAINED TO
REPORT ON THOSE PERFORMANCE
MEASURES.
LIKE HOUSING, LENGTH OF STAY
AND SO FORTH.
BUT I WILL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP
WITH THAT AND GET THESE
DETAILS.
>> DID YOU WANT ANYTHING ON
THIS?
>> YES.
WE DON'T REALLY CONDUCT EXIT
INTERVIEWS.
WE HAVE BEEN EXITING THEM AFTER
THREE MONTHS OF NOT ATTENDING
OUR SHELTER.
THAT HAS BEEN MY -- >>
YOU SHOW IT AS AN EXIT WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE A PERSON FOR THREE
MONTHS.
>> WHEN I DON'T SEE THEM FOR
THAT LONG.
WOMEN HAVE GOTTEN HOUSING ON
THEIR OWN OR WITH THEIR OTHER
CASE MANAGERS WHILE THEY ARE
STAYING WITH US.
THE ONLY ONES THAT I EXITED TO
HOUSING ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE
BEEN CONFIRMED BY OUR CASE
MANAGER THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING
WITH THE HANDS ON.
BUT THE WOMAN ARE GETTING
HOUSING AND IT IS NOT SHOWING
AND REFLECTED IN THE DATA.
>> IT IS VERY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO
THAT.
COMMON FOR LARGE SHELTER
PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OTHER
EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAMS TO
NOT KNOW WHERE THE PEOPLE GO
THEY ARE PROVIDING A SAFE PLACE
FOR THE NIGHT AND WHEN PEOPLE
DON'T RETURN AFTER TIME THEY
EXIT.
PEOPLE LEAVE WITHOUT SAYING
WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
IT IS VERY COMMON.
WE ARE NOT THE ONLY SHELTER AND
PROGRAM THAT HAS THAT DATA
INCOMPLETENESS RECORD IN THAT
AREA.
>> WE ARE LUCKY WHEN WE DO GET
IT AND WHEN WE GET IT, IT IS
FILLED OUT BY THE PARTICIPANT
INDICATED IT IS SELF-EXIT BUT
MORE SELF-EXIT TO HOUSING SO WE
HAVE A DELINEATION THERE.
A LOT OF TIMES WE DO THAT WHEN
WE NEED THE BED AND CAN'T WAIT
THAT EXTRA DAY TO HOLD THAT BED
FOR THAT PERSON, THAT PERSON IS
RELEASING THAT BED SO WE CAN
FILL THAT BED.
AND SOMETIMES WE DO GET
INDICATIONS OF EXIT HOUSING AND
WE ASK FOR THAT DOCUMENTATION
WHEN WE EXPECT THEY ARE LEAVING
FOR HOUSING.
AGAIN WE DON'T ALWAYS EXPECT IT
OR GET THE HEAD'S UP.
>> ANOTHER AREA IS SORT OF
ENTRY INTO OUR SHELTERS FROM
WHAT HUDD SAYS IS HOMELESS,
THEY DON'T COUNT COUCH SURFING
OR YOU WERE IN AN APARTMENT OR
EVICTED.
SO, THE WHEEL SHELTER TAKES A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE -- THAT 70% OF
THE WOMAN ARE COMING FROM WHAT
NOW IS CONSIDERED TO BE TRUE
HOMELESSNESS, SHARE A LITTLE
LOWER THAN THAT.
THAT IS BECAUSE THE FEDS
CHANGED UP THE RULES ABOUT
DEFINING HOMELESSNESS.
>> OKAY.
AND WHEN THAT CHANGE HAPPENED.
IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST THREE
YEARS.
MY GUESS.
>> I AM JUST ARTICULATING TO
MYSELF I NEED THE ANSWER TO
THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ON
THE DATA QUESTION AND IT CAME
UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT THE NEED
FOR COUNCIL TO KIND OF
INDEPENDENTLY LOOK AT THIS
DATA.
THE RAW DATA.
THEY HAVE NOT AGREED TO SHARE
THAT INFORMATION.
WE ONLY HAVE THEIR CONCLUSIONS
TO GO BASED ON.
WHAT QUESTION YOU ASK CAN
REALLY CHANGE WHAT ANSWER YOU
GET.
SO --
>> AND THAT IS TRUE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY OF
VERIFYING THOSE RESPONSES AT
LEAST WE DON'T, MY OFFICE
DOESN'T.
>> SO, I AM GOING TO HELP YOUR
OFFICE CRAFT A REQUEST TO KING
COUNTY WHO ARE THE KEEPERS OF
THE HMIS DATA TO RECEIVE, IF
NOT THE RAW DATA WHICH I DOUBT
WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE FOR
PRIVACY CONCERNS, LEGITIMATE
PRIVACY CONCERNS BUT AT LEAST
THE DATA THAT IS MUCH FURTHER
UPSTREAM FROM WHAT WE ARE
GETTING FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
>> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, THANK
YOU, ALAN.
LET'S DO THAT.
>> IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, OUR
PRESENTERS FOR THE NEXT ITEM
ARE WAITING.
I WANTED TO LAY OUT NEXT STEPS
THAT I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW
UP ON.
FIRST OF ALL, ALAN AND TED WILL
BE HELPING US WITH FOLLOWING UP
ON ALL OF THE QUESTIONS,
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT CAME
UP.
THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE,
AS CLEAR ANSWERS AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THEN FROM MY OFFICE WE WILL
BE INITIATING A LETTER TO THE
MAYOR TO REENSTATE THE FUNDING
AND CLARIFYING REINSTATING THE
FUNDING WILL BE IN AGREEMENT
WITH THE DECISION OF THE
COUNCIL WHEN WE PASSED -- THE
OFFICE BROUGHT AN AMENDMENT
FORWARD TO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
ONLY NOVEMBER 2018.
FUND SHARING FOR THE TWO YEAR
BUDGET.
IT SHOULD GO ALL OF THE WAY TO
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
IN OTHER WORDS, ALL WE WOULD BE
ASKING THE MAYOR TO DO IS TO BE
IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THE
CITY COUNCIL DECIDED ALREADY,
RATHER THAN CHANGE IT AT THIS
STAGE.
I WILL BE INVITING OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS ALSO TO SIGN THE
LETTER AND I INVITE IT?
LOOSENING AROUND A DRAFT
VERSION OF THAT TO ALL OF THE
COUNCIL OFFICES AND WE WILL SEE
WHERE THAT GOES.
WE WILL BE IN COMMUNICATION
WITH THE SHARE AND WHEEL
ORGANIZERS AND I APPRECIATE YOU
ALL BEING HERE.
THOSE ARE MOVING STATEMENTS.
I APPRECIATE THE PREPARATION
THAT YOU DID IN ORDER TO DO
JUSTICE TO THIS COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANKS ALSO TO ALAN AND TED.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> SO, WILL THE PRESENTERS FOR
OUR NEXT ITEM COME UP.
ACTUALLY IF THE FOLKS THAT CAME
HERE FOR SHARE WHEEL IF YOU
HAVE TIME TO STAY PLEASE STAY
IT IS A GOOD STUDY ON
EVICTIONS.
>>> MY NAME IS DOCTOR TIM
THOMAS FROM WASHINGTON.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND WE HAVE A STUDY ON
EVICTIONS.
IN LIGHT OF HUMAN BEINGS GO
THROUGH.
I WANTED THE STORY SHARED OF
WHAT HAPPENED.
AND DESCRIBE WHAT YOU WENT
THROUGH AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS
TO PEOPLE.
>> YES.
>> THE LAST FEW YEARS I HAVE
BEEN HOMELESS.
-- >> IN THE LAST
POWER YEARS I HAVE BEEN
HOMELESS 3 TIMES.
>> IN OTHER WORDS YOU HAVE IT
BUT UNABLE TO FIND HOUSING THAT
WOULD ACCEPT IT, WITH THE
THREAT OF TERMINATING YOUR
HOUSING OR YOUR LEASE OR I
SREUBGZ.
THIS LAST TIME I WAS ALMOST
EVICTED FOR OWING $2 AND, AND
DESCRIBE YOUR STRUGGLE?
>> SO, IT -- IT IS JUST A
STRUGGLE.
IT IS A FIGHT IT IS A FIGHT
EVEN NOW THAT IT IS SETTLED.
I DON'T KNOW LOW TO DESCRIBE
IT.
IT LIKE -- ALMOST BEING EVICTED
FOR $2 AND THEN COMING TO AN
AGREEMENT THAT I WOULD LEAVE AT
THE END OF MY LEASE AND THEY
WOULD DROP ALL OF THEIR BOGUS
FEES OR WHATEVER.
NOW WE HAVE LESS THAN 30 DAYS
TO FIND A PLACE AND THAT IS --
IT IS JUST EXPENSIVE.
IT REALLY IS AND I AM A SINGLE
MOM AND IT IS -- IT IS -- IT IS
-- IT IS JUST A STRUGGLE.
>> IT IS TOUGH TO BE ABLE TO
AFFORD IT AND AFFORD ALL THE
COST OF EVICTIONS.
>> RIGHT.
>>
>> RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE
THINGS IN YOU WANT LATER.
FOR NOW.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE
PRESENTATION ITSELF.
DR. THOMAS, PLEASE, SHARE
EVERYTHING LIKE JUST THE BASIC
OF WHY THE STUDY CAME ABOUT AND
SO ON.
WE WILL LEAVE IT TO YOU.
>> SURE.
THANKS. >> THANK YOU
FOR INVITING ME HERE.
COUNCILMEMBERS.
APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK
ON BEHALF OF THE SITUATION.
I WROTE MY DISSERTATION ON
EVICTIONS A COUPLE YEARS BACK.
AND I WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE ACLU, NORTHWEST JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT AND IT WAS A SIMILAR
SITUATION.
BASICALLY IT WAS A CASE WHERE
SOMEONE WAS LOOKING FOR AN
APARTMENT, SHE HAD A VOUCHER
AND SHE WAS A PERSON OF COLOR.
SHE HAD CONCERN AND SHE
MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD AN
EVICTION AND BASICALLY, SHE WAS
DENIED EVEN THE CHANCE TO FILL
OUT THE APPLICATION.
>> AND SO THIS IS KIND OF
SHARING, YOU KNOW.
SHARING THE ISSUE OF WHAT THE
MARK OF AN EVICTION HAS ON
FUTURE CHANCES OF HOUSING.
SO, THE RESEARCH THAT I DID WAS
-- THAT I CONTINUE TO DO IS
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS
PHENOMENAL ESPECIALLY IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
TO KIND OF START FROM THE
BEGINNING, I KIND OF WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE THEORY BEHIND
WERE EVICTIONS START AND SET A
FRAMEWORK.
SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS GRAPH
RIGHT HERE, ALL OF IT IS
SHOWING ECONOMIC STATUS, THIS
SHOWS THE Y- ACCESS, HIGH AND
HIGH AND LOW IS LOW MOBILITY.
ON THE FAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE YOU
CAN SEE FOLKS WITH HIGHER
INCOMES MOVE BY CHOICE.
THAT IS BASICALLY UNFORCED
MOBILITY.
FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE
CLASS ARE LESS LIKELY TO MOVE.
LARGELY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
MOVING IS EXPEPSIVE.
AND ALSO MAYBE THEY JUST HAVE A
REASON NOT TO AND THEY ARE
TRYING TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING.
THEN THERE IS A GROUP ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE THAT IS USUALLY
LOW INCOME, THAT ARE FORCED TO
MOVE FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
THESE FOLKS ARE RENTERS, SINGLE
MOTHERS, FOLKS THAT ARE MAKING
LOW INCOMES, STUDENTS, MINIMUM
WAGEWORKERS AND WE KNOW A LOT
ABOUT, AS A SOCIOLOGIST WE KNOW
A LOT ABOUT THE MIDDLE AND FAR
RIGHT GROUP.
FOLKS THAT ARE MIDDLE CLASS AND
UPPER BUT WE KNOW LITTLE ABOUT
THIS LEFT THIRD PORTION OF
PEOPLE.
SO, WHAT THIS RESEARCH IS DOING
IS TRYING TO KIND OF REVEAL WHO
THESE PEOPLE ARE, WHERE THEY
ARE BEING EFFECTED AND ALL OF
THAT.
SO, PACIFICALLY WORK BY MATT
DEDSON HE WROTE THE BOOK AND
DID HIS STUDY IN MILWAUKEE
LOOKING AT EVICTIONS, HE LIVED
WITH FOLKS AND HE CAME WITH
THIS KIND OF TRIANGLE SHOWING
THAT EVICTIONS IS BASICALLY
FALLING AT THE INTERSECTION OF
INCREASING RENT THAT IS HOUSE
BURDEN AND INADEQUATE WELFARE.
INCOME WITH THE INABILITY TO
PAY FOR RENT THAT IS
INCREASING.
SO, FOR AN EXAMPLE, THE DOTTED
LINES ON THE LEFT ARE RENT
INCREASING AT THE BOTTOM 39 SAY
ONE BEDROOM IN MILWAUKEE BACK
IN 2007-2008.
IT IS INCREASING LIKE A TWO
BEDROOM.
IT IS INCREASING.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE BOTTOM
DARK LINE IT IS SHOWING
STAGNANT WAGES AT THAT TIME OF
MINIMAL -- I AM SORRY WELFARE
THAT HAS NOT INCREASED OVER
TIME DURING HIS STUDY.
AND IT IS LARGELY OVER 90% OF
THE INCOME GOES TOWARDS THE
RENT OR THE PEOPLE HE SURVEYED
WITH THE STUDY IN MILWAUKEE.
BLACK EVICTIONS WERE HIGH.
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, IN
FACT, HE WROTE A PAPER THAT
SAYS IF YOU HAVE A CHILD YOU
ARE LIKELY TO HAVE AN EVICTION
ABOVE ANYONE ELSE.
HE FOUND THAT THERE WERE SOME
-- THE POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS,
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH FOLKS OF
COLOR AND LATIN NEIGHBORHOODS
WERE SEEING HIGH RATES OF
EVICTION, EVEN IN WHITE
NEIGHBORHOODS LATIN X FOLKS
WERE SEEING HIGH RATES IN
THERE.
HE MEASURED THE OUT COMES OF
WORSE HEALTH, FUTURE LAYOFFS,
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND
HOMELESSNESS AND CRIME.
>> SORRY.
IF I CAN INTERRUPT YOU FOR A
QUESTION AND ACKNOWLEDGE WE
HAVE BEEN JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THE MILWAUKEE WAS IT BASED ON
COURT DATA FROM EVICTIONS OR
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT
BACKGROUND WAS?
>> YEAH.
DESMOND USED COURT DATA AND
OBSERVATIONS AND SURVEYS.
AND IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO
HAVE.
>> RIGHT.
>> THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
AS PART OF THE WASHINGTON STATE
EVICTIONS RESEARCH PROJECT IS
THAT WE ARE ADDING ON TOP OF
THAT THIS IDEA WHERE YOU LIVE
CAN REALLY IMPACT YOUR
OPPORTUNITIES OR IMPACT YOUR
EVICTIONS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT MARKET FORCES,
RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION,
NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE.
ON TOP OF WHAT WE CAN ABOUT
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
CHARACTERISTICS.
SO, THE WASHINGTON STATE
EVICTIONS PROJECT, WHAT WE DO
IS WE LOOK AT UNLAWFUL DETAINER
DATA.
>> SORRY.
I AM GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU
AGAIN.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
>> ON SLIDE 7 AND 8 IF YOU CAN
GO BACK -- FIRST OF ALL IF YOU
CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE 7.
IT -- I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT SOMETHING THAT
IS REALLY STARTLING, NOT
SURPRISING NECESSARILY BUT
STUNNING IS FOR THE EVICTIONS
THAT IN THE MILWAUKEE STUDY
THAT WERE STUDIED YOU SEE THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE -- THE DATA SAID
FOR WHOM 80%-90% OF THEIR
INCOME GOES TOWARDS RENT.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE
IN GENERAL FACING EVICTIONS BUT
TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED BY
RENT WHO ARE FACING EVICTION
AND THEN AM I INTERPRETING
SLIDE NUMBER 8 CORRECTLY TO SAY
THAT THE FIRST LEVEL OF
PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE FACE IS
OBVIOUSLY RELATED TO THEIR, YOU
KNOW, LACK OF INADEQUATE WAGE
OR INCOME COMBINED WITH
INCREASING RENT BUT ON TOP OF
THAT THEY FACE SORT OF RACIAL
SEGREGATION, WHERE THEY LIVE
AND IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YEAH.
THAT IS -- YOU KIND OF -- THAT
IS THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY IS
TO SEE HOW SEGREGATION PLAYS A
ROLE IN THIS.
WE KNOW THAT THE LEGACY OF
ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE THAT HAS
BEEN FORCED ON SEVERAL
POPULATIONS THAT HAS TO PLAY
OUT IN THE HOUSING RELM
EVENTUALLY AT SOME POINT.
BUT IT SALS -- IT IS NOT ONLY
THAT BUT A COMBINATION OF A LOT
OF THINGS, TOO.
UMBRELLA FOR MARKET FORCES,
MACROECONOMIC CONTACTS.
CITY CHANGES.
BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IN ONE
SPACE HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT AND
CAN ACTUALLY IMPACT OTHER
PEOPLE AS WELL.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO WITH THIS
RESEARCH IS TRY TO CAPTURE THAT
ECOLOGY OF EVICTIONS AS YOU
CALL IT.
>> TO CONTINUE ABOUT OUR
RESEARCH PROJECT BRIEFLY WHAT
WE DO, WHAT DATA WE USE,
BASICALLY WE ARE USING WHAT IS
CALLED UNLAWFUL DETAINER DATA.
UNLAWFUL DETAINER IS A LEGAL
EVICTION CASE THAT IS FILED BY
A LANDLORD AND IT IS HEARD IN
COURT AFTER THE THREE DAY PAYER
VACATE NOTICE.
BIT. CAN UNPACK THAT A LITTLE
BASICALLY IF THE LANDLORD WANTS
TO EVICT YOU FOR WHATEVER
REASON AND TO A LARGE MAJORITY
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE
GET EVICTED BASED ON THE
RESEARCH, 80%-90% OF THE
EVICTIONS ARE PEOPLE FALLING
OFF RENT.
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THEY ARE
AT A PECULIAR SITUATION.
YOU CAN HAVE 3 DAYS TO PAY OR
VACATE.
UNFORTUNATE IF YOU ARE GETTING
THAT NOTE ON A FRIDAY.
A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE NOT
OPEN ON SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS ARE
DIFFICULT, TOO.
IRREGARDLESS IF THE PERSON IS
STAYING PASSED THE THREE DAY
PERIOD THEN THEY ARE CONSIDERED
UNLAWFULLY DETAINING THE
PREMISES.
THAT IS WHEN THERE IS A COURT
ORDER FOR THEM TO GO TO A TRIAL
WITHIN ONE WEEK THE TRIAL IS
HEARD.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING HOW QUICKLY
THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
IF IT IS UNDECIDED OR IF THERE
SEEMS TO BE EVIDENCE IN FAVOR
OF THE TENANTS IT CAN GO TO
TRIAL.
THAT IS SET WITHIN 30 DAYS, NOT
MUCH TIME LEFT.
AND EVENTUALLY IF THE PERSON IS
STILL IN THE PREMISES AND
RESOLUTION HAS BEEN MET, SHARE
CAN FOLLOW-THROUGH WITH A RITE
OF AN EVICTION.
IT EFFECTS YOUR FUTURE HOUSING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FACING
HOMELESSNESS THEY ARE FACING IT
NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE
EVICTED BUY THEY CAN NOT FIND
ANOTHER PLACE, EITHER.
ON TOP OF THAT IT IMPACTS WHERE
YOU CAN GET A FUTURE APARTMENT.
NOT ALL TAKE VOUCHERS OR FOLKS
WITH AN EVICTION.
YOU HAVE THIS CASCADING STACK
OF THINGS THAT ARE COMPOUNDING
SOMEONE'S OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES
TO THAT.
SO, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS
WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE
TRENDS AND UNLAWFUL DETAINERS.
DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR PEOPLE WHO
WHERE RENT WENT UP AND THEY
DECIDED TO MOVE OR PEOPLE THAT
LEFT DURING THAT 3 DAY PERIOD.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A SMALL
FRACTION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THIS
PROCESS.
AND THESE UNLAWFUL DETAINERS DO
NOT MEAN THEY PHYSICALLY MOVED.
HOWEVER THE RECORD DOES STICK
ON THERE.
>> RIGHT.
>> ON THAT, I GUESS, AN
INTERESTING QUESTION TO ASK
ALSO IS, WHAT COMPELS THE DATA
SAID THEY ARE LOOKING AT WHAT
COMPELS THEM NOT TO MOVE.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS BETTER NOT TO
GET AN EVICTION ON YOUR RECORD.
THERE MUST BE FACTORS THAT YOU
UNCOVERED TO GIVE YOU INSIGHT
TO WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T
END UP MOVING AND GETTING AN
EVICTION ON THEIR RECORD.
AND THE LAWFUL DETAINER SEEMS
TO BE ANTIPOOR AND SORT OF PRO
LANDLORD EE-TERM?
>> YES.
WHEN I SAW THAT -- UNLAWFUL
DETAINER?
I LIVE HERE.
>> YES.
>> IT IMPLIES YOU ARE A
CRIMINAL.
AND I THINK DR. THOMAS YOU ARE
SAYING THERE ARE WORST TERMS,
NOT LIKE WASHINGTON IS AN
EXCEPTIONS.
ONE OF THE TERMS I FORGET THE
TERM BUT THERE ARE WORST TERMS
IN OTHER STATES.
OREGON HAS A PRETTY TOUGH ONE,
BUT GETTING A CHANCE THERE HAS
BEEN A MASSIVE SHIFT IN THE
COUNTY OR AROUND THE STATE SO
THERE IS THE COMPOUNDING FACT
THAT YOU HAVE AN EVICTION ON
THE SKPR-BGD -- YOU DON'T HAVE
ANYWHERE TO GO.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO
GO 3 DAYS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE
YOU GO NEXT -- I CAN NOT DO
THAT.
I HAVE A PHD AND I DON'T THINK
I CAN DO THAT.
AND, I ALSO, YOU KNOW, CAN NOT
AFFORD SEATTLE MYSELF.
I NEED A ROOMMATE EVEN THOUGH
ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS ARE
GOING ON.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
FACING THAT.
THERE IS DISPLACEMENT, SUPPLY
AND DEMAND IS IMPACTING WHERE
YOU COULD AND COULD NOT GO.
THAT IS A LOCALIZED EFFECT.
WE ARE SEEING THAT ACROSS THE
STATE.
THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS, HERE,
LOCALLY, SPECIFICALLY IN KING
COUNTY THERE ARE LIMITED SPACES
WE CAN GO.
SO, WE ARE TAKING ON A
HERCULIAN TASK FROM EVICTIONS
FROM 2004-2017.
THAT IS 271,000 CASES, 25 PAGES
FOR, THAT IS CLOSE TO FIVE
MILLION PAGES WE NEED TO EXAM.
AND IN KING COUNTY ALONE THERE
ARE 80,503 CASES FROM 2004-
2017.
THAT IS ABOUT 1.6 MILLION
PAGES.
IN EACH OF THESE DOCUMENTS THEY
ARE GATHERED AT THE COUNTY
CLERK LEVEL.
WE HAVE TO TALK TO EACH OF THE
COUNTY CLERKS TO TRY TO GET
ACCESS OR PURCHASE ACCESS.
IT IS HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
LOOK AT ALL OF THE NUMBERS.
WE USE MACHINE LEARNING TO
ANALYZE ALL OF THE COURT
RECORDS TO DIGITIZE THEM AND
SCRAPE THEM USING A TECHNIQUE
THAT LOOKS AT THE TEXT AND
IDENTIFIES IT IS AN ADDRESS,
THIS IS A CAUSE OF AN EVICTION,
THIS IS AN AMOUNT ALL OF THOSE
THINGS.
WE ARE DOING THAT.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE FOCUSING ON
ADDRESS.
WITH AN ADDRESS WE CAN PULL AND
ESTIMATE DEMOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUALS.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE
SUPREME COURT AT THE STATE
LEVEL DOES NOT COLLECT RACE
INFORMATION.
WE CAN COME UP WITH THE FIRST
NAME AND COME UP WITH A
LIKELIHOOD THAT IS NAMED,
ESTIMATE THE LIKELIHOOD THEY
ARE MALE OR FEMALE AND WITH THE
LAST NAME THE SIR NAME WE CAN
TAKE THAT AND MATE THE
LIKELIHOOD THEY ARE OF A
PARTICULAR RACE BASED ON WHERE
THEY ARE LIVING AT THE TIME OF
EVICTION.
FOR EXAMPLE IF YOUR LAST NAME
IS JACKSON.
HIGH LIKELY OF BEING AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN NAME F THE NAME IS
LOCATED INSIDE OF A WHITE
NEIGHBORHOOD THEN THAT
DECREASES YOUR LIKELIHOOD OF
BEING AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND
WHERE AS IF THAT NAME WAS
LOCATED IN A AFRICAN-AMERICAN
NEIGHBORHOOD IT INCREASES IT.
IT IS A PROCESS I WILL NOT GO
INTO THE DETAILS BECAUSE IT IS
DULL BUT BY DOING THAT WE
ACTUALLY COME UP WITH
PRELIMINARY RESULTS.
AND ONE EFFORT THINGS THAT WE
FOUND IS THERE A ABSOLUTELY
HIGH RATE OF EVICTIONS
PARTICULARLY AMONG AFRICAN-
AMERICANS IN KING COUNTY.
THAT IS REALLY TROUBLING.
KING COUNTY ONLY HAS ABOUT A 6%-
7% BLACK POPULATION AT ALL.
THE FACT THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS
ARE OVER REPRESENTED IS
ALARMING.
FAR EXAMPLE WE FIND THAT FEMALE
HEADED HOUSEHOLDS ARE EVICTED
2% MORE THAN MEN, AFRICAN-
AMERICAN HEADED HOUSEHOLDS ARE
4 TIMES MORE TO BE EVICTED THAN
WHITES AND 40% MORE LATIN X
HOUSEHOLDS ARE EVICTED OVER
WHITES.
COMBINE SEX AND RACE WE FIND
THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE EVICTED 7
TIMES MORE THAN WHITE WOMEN.
AND BLACK MALES ARE EVICTED 5.4
TIMES MORE THAN WHITE MALES.
I THINK THIS GRAPH RIGHT HERE
HELPS SETTLE THAT CASE THAT I
WAS HELPING OUT WITHOUT A
COURT.
IT IS ASTRONOMICAL WHAT THAT
EFFECT IS.
IN EARLIER RESEARCH I LOOKED AT
RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN
SEGREGATION IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE HAD ABOUT 27% OF THE
EVICTIONS WHERE AS THE REST OF
THE COUNTY HAD THE OTHERS.
BUT, SOUTH KING COUNTY HAD THE
MOST.
AND WE KNOW ANECDOTALLY THAT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE PUSHED
OUT.
THERE ARE HIGH RATES OF
EVICTIONS WITHIN SOME OF THE
DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, THE SOUTH IS REALLY
DOMINATED BY MINORITY AND
INGRATED NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE AS
THE EAST IS MOSTLY WHITE AND
ASIAN.
WE ARE SEEING HIGH RATE OF
EVICTIONS WITHIN THE MOST
DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, ON THE LEFT-HAND
SIDE ALL WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND ON THE RIGHT ARE THE MOST
DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND BASICALLY OVERALL THE MOST
DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE THE
HIGHEST RATES OF EVICTION.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD TO SEE
HOW HIGH THE RATE OF EVICTION
IS AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE.
BASICALLY WE COME TO THE
CONCLUSION WHEREVER THERE IS A
PRESENCE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS
IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THERE
IS AN EXTREMELY HIGH RATE OF
EVICTION AMONG THAT POPULATION.
LATIN X FALLS IN 2nd.
AND THE AREA WHERE WHITES ARE
EVICTED THE MOST ARE LOCATED IN
WHITE LATIN X NEIGHBORHOODS,
THERE IS ABOUT A LITTLE MORE
THAN 10-20% OF LATIN X
POPULATION IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THIS IS A VERY INTRIGUING
GRAPH.
THE EVICTION RATE FOR BLACK
HOUSEHOLDS IS ACTUALLY THE
HIGHEST IN INTEGRATED
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> YES.
>> THE CAN YOU SAY A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT INTERPRETATION IS?
>> WE USED TO HAVE A LOT OF
SEGREGATED NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT IS INTERESTING, WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT IT IS A REFERENCE TOWARDS
HOUSEHOLD OF COLOR,
SEGREGATION, WE NEVER TALK
ABOUT WHITE SEGREGATED.
IN FACT THEY HAVE A PROTECTIVE
EFFECT AGAINST EVICTIONS.
LARGELY BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT
OF INCOME THERE FOR SURE BUT
WHAT HAPPENS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
OF COLOR IS THAT YOU HAVE NOT
ONLY LOW INCOME BUT YOU HAVE
THE ADD EFFECT OF
DISCRIMINATION.
BOTH AT AN EMPLOYMENT LEVEL,
ALSO AT, HISTORICAL LEVEL.
BUT AT A CONTEMPORARY LEVEL,
TOO.
AND, SO, INTEGRATED
NEIGHBORHOODS IN PARTICULAR FOR
MY OBSERVATIONS AND THE OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS SEEING A LOT OF
THE GENTRIFICATION AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
ONE OF THE THING THAT IS
SHOCKING, TOO, IS THAT IT
OCCURS IN THE MOST AFFORDABLE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS A GRAPH SHOWING RENT.
RIGHT-HAND SIDE WE ARE SHOWING
THE LOWEST RENT IN THE COUNTY
COMPARED TO THE HIGHEST RENT IN
THE AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME
TRACKS THAT HAVE A MEDIUM RENT
OF $3,000-$5,000.
IT IS THE AREAS $1,000 TO $1400
THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF
CONVICTION.
AGAIN WE SEE AFRICAN-AMERICANS
ARE OVERLY REPRESENTED WITH
LATIN X FOLLOWED UP NEXT AND
WHITES THIRD.
SO THIS SLIDE GOT A LITTLE
JUMBLED IT LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT THIS SLIDE SHOWS IS THE
NEXT STAGE OF OUR RESEARCH
WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW.
LOOKING AT ALL EVICTIONS ACROSS
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
YOU CAN SEE, KING COUNTY HAS
THE HIGHEST RATE OF EVICTIONS
PEAKS AT 2005.
DECLINING AROUND 2017 TO 4,700.
NOW, THIS DECLINE IN MY, YOU
KNOW, IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IT IS
PROMISING BUT ACTUALLY I HAVE A
HYPOTHESIS THAT WE DISPLACED
EVERYONE WE CAN.
I HOPE I HAVE A CHANCE TO
EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE MORE.
PIERCE COUNTY COMES IN SECOND,
SNOHOMISH, THESE ARE BORDER
COUNTIES TO KING COUNTY.
SIMILAR EFFECTS GOING ON IN
PORTLAND.
RIPPLING INTO WASHINGTON
THROUGH CLARK COUNTY.
WHAT WE FOUND SO FAR IS THAT
WOMEN ARE EVICTED MORE THAN MEN
ACROSS THE STATE.
AND SNOHOMISH, I AM NOT REALLY
-- I THINK IT IS LARGELY
BECAUSE OF AN EVEN RATIO IN
THAT, SOME AREAS HAVE MORE AND
SLIDE 15 AND EVERY OTHER COUNTY
IS ANYWHERE FROM 6-10% MO, MORE
WOMEN THAN MEN ACROSS THE
STATE.
THESE RATES ARE DIFFERENT FOR
COUNTY.
SORRY, I MISSED YOUR -- WHAT
WAS YOUR EXPLANATION FOR WHAT
MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN KING AND
SNOHOMISH?
>> IT COULD BE THAT -- I AM
REALLY -- I AM NOT SURE.
THERE ARE MORE MEN IN THE AREA
AT THAT LEVEL.
THERE IS JUST A LOT OF HIT AND
MISS.
NOT SURE WHY THAT IS.
IT IS A LARGER POPULATION, YOU
KNOW.
I AM NOT SURE WHY.
>> OKAY.
>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
WE ARE TRYING TO EXPLORE THAT.
BY EXPANDING THE RESEARCH THAT
WE DID WE FOUND THAT ON SLIDE
16 THAT AGAIN AFRICAN-AMERICANS
WE -- SO THAT ONE SLIDE THAT I
SHOWED BEFORE WAS JUST FROM
2013, THIS SHOWS FROM 2013-
2017.
AND BASICALLY WHAT WE FOUND IS
IN THAT 5 YEAR PERIOD ONE IN 11
BLACK ADULTS GOT EVICTED.
THE NUMBER OF EVICTIONS IN KING
COUNTY EQUALS 8.8% OF THE BLACK
ADULT POPULATION.
THAT IS 6 TIMES HIGHER THAN
WHITES.
3% OF THE LATIN X. POPULATION
HAD THE NUMBER OF EVICTIONS FOR
LATIN X., IT WAS 3% OF THE
POPULATION.
THAT IS 2 TIMES HIGHER THAN
WHITES, TOO.
IN PIERCE COUNTY, IT IS WORSE.
THE NUMBER OF BLACK EVICTIONS
THAT WE SAW THERE OVER THAT 5
YEAR PERIOD EQUALS ONE IN 6
BLACK ADULTS.
WE ARE MEASURING ADULTS BECAUSE
THANKFULLY CHILDREN ARE NOT PUT
ON THE UNLAWFUL DETAINERS
BECAUSE IT WOULD FOLLOW THEM.
THIS IS A SEVERE UNDERCOUNT.
WE ARE NOT COLLECTING EVERYBODY
AS POSSIBLE BUT THIS IS THE
BEST ESTIMATE WE COME UP WITH.
PIERCE COUNTY THE NUMBER OF
BLACK EVICTIONS EQUALS 17.9% OF
THE BLACK POPULATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
IS THIS 1 OUT OF 11 BLACK
ADULTS WERE EVICTED ONCE OR ONE
OR MORE TIME?
ARE YOU FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS?
HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING
NUMBER.
1-11 IN THOSE FIVE YEARS
SNOHOMISH 1-6.
>> PIERCE COUNTY IS 1-6.
>> SO HAVE YOU FOLLOWED THE
INDIVIDUALS TO SEE IF IT IS
MORE THAN ONE TIME?
>> THE LEVEL OF DUPLICATE
EVICTIONS FOR PEOPLE FALLS WELL
UNDER 1% OF THE SAMPLE.
THIS IS LARGELY FIRST TIME
EVICTIONS.
AND -- >> CAN I ASK
YOU A QUESTION WHICH I FEEL I
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE ANSWER TO
ANY WAY BUT I WILL ASK IT.
WHEN THE COURT SIDES WITH THE
LANDLORD AND AN EVICTION
HAPPENS HOW DOES IT WORK?
DOES ONLY THE ADULT WHOSE NAME
ON THE LEASE GET THE EVICTION
OR ALL OF THE ADULTS IN THE
HOUSEHOLD?
YOU SAID THE CHILDREN DON'T GET
IT ON THEIR RECORD.
>> THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS.
THE REASON WHY IT IS UNDER
COUNTING SOMETIMES THEY SAY
MRS. JANE SMITH AND ALL
OCCUPANTS OF 1215 MAIN STREET.
OTHER TIMES, A LOT OF THE
TIMES, THEY ACTUALLY NAME OTHER
PEOPLE.
SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
CHILDREN ARE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS,
WE DON'T KNOW WHO ALL OF THE
OTHER OCCUPANTS ARE.
THIS IS 1 IN 11 I MEAN IN
REALITY IT IS PROBABLY 1-7 IN
KING COUNTY IF WE ACTUALLY HAD
EVERYBODY IN THERE.
INCLUDING CHILDREN.
AND ALSO A LOT OF LEGAL
PROFESSIONALS BELIEVE THAT THIS
SEVERELY UNDER REPRESENTS
ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO GOT EVICTED
PRIOR TO THE PAY OR VACATE.
THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE
ESTIMATE.
TO THE 3 DAY? GOT EVICTED PRIOR
>> IF SOMEONE GETS A 3 D█AY
NOTICE, THEY MAY OF LEFT.
>> OH, YES.
YEAH.
>> THEY GOT AN EVICTION NOTICE
AND LEFT BUT WE DON'T HAVE
DOCUMENTATION OF THAT.
>> IT IS NOT DOCUMENTED.
>> I AM SORRY?
>> DETERMINATION OF TENDANCEY
THAT THE LANDLORDS USE TO GET A
PERSON OUT OF THEIR UNIT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
OUT OF FEAR OF EVICTION.
>> RIGHT.
>> WE HAVE NO WAY OF COUNTING
THAT.
AT LEAST, SO FAR.
>> THE DATA IS OUT THERE.
IT IS HELD BY THOSE SERVING
THESE EVICTIONS.
BUT THAT DATA IS PRIVATE.
>> LANDLORD, PROPERTY MANAGERS
AND THEIR LAWYERS AND ALL OF
THAT STUFF.
>> RIGHT AND WHATEVER THEY ARE
APPLYING FOR NEXT.
>> RIGHT.
>> >> EXACTLY.
>> THE DATA THAT WE PULLED IS
PUBLIC.
IT IS HIGHLY, YOU KNOW, COST
PREVENTIVE.
EVERY COUNTY HAS A WAY OF
HOLDING THE DATA.
AND IN KING COUNTY FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT THE LAWS
ARE SET UP -- I FOUND THIS OUT,
APPARENTLY WASHINGTON STATE IS
THE SECOND LEAST FUNDED COURT
SYSTEM IN THE NATION.
AND, THAT TACKS ON A LOT OF
FEES FOR ACCESS TO THIS DATA.
THE REST OF THE STATE IS USING
A SYSTEM CALLED ODYSSEY.
IT IS ON-LINE, IT IS $500 TO
$1500 TO GET ACCESS TO THE
COURT RECORDS.
FOR KING COUNTY THEY CHARGE 25
CENTS A PAGE TO DOWNLOAD IT.
I ESTIMATED THE NUMBER OF PAGES
WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT AND IT
WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND $350,000
TO $500,000 TO GET ACCESS OF
THE DATA OF KING COUNTY.
RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE TWO
YEARS OF DATA AND IT IS ONLY
THE SUMMONS BECAUSE THAT IS THE
FRONT PAGE THAT HAS THE ADDRESS
AND THAT IS 2 PAGES AND SO IF
YOU LOOK BACK AT THAT GRAPH
THERE ARE SOME YEARS WITH
UPWARDS OF 7,000 COURT CASES
GOING ON.
THE NEXT STEP AFTER THIS WE
WANT TO LOOK AT THE COMPLAINTS
TO LOOK AT THE REASON FOR
EVICTION AND HOPEFULLY
DEMOGRAPHICS OR SOME OTHER
STORIES BEHIND THIS.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE FOCUSING ON
THE DEMOGRAPHIC ESTIMATION AND
USING THE NAMES PROVIDED BY THE
STATE TO THE DO THIS
ASSESSMENT.
SO FAR, YOU KNOW, WITH THE --
WE HAVE 0 BUDGET.
GORILLA RESEARCH AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE WORKING ON THE HEARTS OF
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
INTERESTED IN THIS.
IT IS HARD TO FUND THIS KIND OF
PROJECT.
BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS --
IT IS ON THE PRESIVICE TO
ANSWER NEW, NOVEL QUESTIONS,
AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW,
EVEN WITH -- EVEN WITH WHAT
LITTLE THAT WE HAVE DEFINED
THAT 9% OF THE BLACK POPULATION
IN KING COUNTY IS FACING
EVICTION AND AT THE SAME TIME
DISPLACED AND ALL OF THIS.
HIGHLY ALARMING.
THAT -- I HAVE BEEN DOWN TO
OLYMPIA AND TESTIFID BEFORE
THE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE
SENATE PACED ON THIS.
I THINK IT IS A CIVIL RIGHTS
ISSUE.
>>> HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO I
HAVE?
>> I HAVE A MEETING I HAVE TO
GET TO SET AT 4:30.
MAYBE 10, 15 MINUTES.
SORRY.
THE FIRST ONE RAN A LITTLE
LONGER.
>> THAT IS OKAY.
SO, I WILL CUT TO THE CHASE
WITH HOW WE GOT HERE.
BASICALLY, A LOT OF THE
RESEARCH THAT WE DO, I STUDY
SEGREGATION.
I WANT TO POINT OUT BY SHOWING
THIS IS A MAP IN 2010.
A BLOCK LEVEL RACE DYNAMICS.
EACH ONE OF THE POINTS EQUALS
ONE PERSON.
AND, THE COLOR CODES THEM BY
THE RACIAL CATEGORY THAT THEY
IDENTIFIED BY THROUGH THE
CENSUS.
NO LINES OF WHICH PEOPLE FALL
IN.
THE RED ARE WHITES, BLUE,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHICH LITTLE
BLUE YOU SEE.
THAT IS PART OF THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT KIND OF THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, YOU CAN
SEE MOST OF THEM DOWN IN WEST
SEATTLE.
NOW, THE WAY THAT THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS FORMED ARE NOT
RANDOM.
THEY ARE FORMED THROUGH
HISTORY.
FOR EXAMPLE, RED LINING IS ONE
THING, YOU CAN NOTICE WHERE THE
GROUPS FALL RIGHT NOW IT IS
EXACTLY WHERE THEY DESIGNED
HAZARDOUS AREAS, BACK IN THE
30s AND THE 40s.
WE HAVE RESTRICTIVE HOUSING
THAT WHERE OVER 400 RESTRICTIVE
COVENANTS THAT WE KNOW OF, 400
OF THEM ARE FOUND IN KING
COUNTY.
AND, THESE ARE SOME OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY FALL,
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM
BALLARD, CAPITOL HILL, CENTRAL
DISTRICT, ALL OF THE AREAS
HELPING TO FIND WHERE WHITES
CAN LIVE.
BUT, HOUSEHOLDS OF COLOR COULD
NOT.
SO, THESE RESTRICTIONS HELP
PUSH DURING THE GREAT MIGRATION
IN THE 1940s, 1920s IT PUSHED
MOST AFRICAN-AMERICANS INTO THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS MAP.
AND, ANOTHER FORM OF SHAPING
WAS JAPANESE INTOURNAMENT WHERE
FOLKS WERE TAKEN OUT AND COULD
NOT RETURN TO THE PLACES THEY
LIVED BEFORE.
THAT IS WHAT FORMED THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
NOW, WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS
HISTORY AND I KNOW THIS CITY IS
BIG ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THIS
HISTORY BUT I THINK WHAT IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING IS WE ARE IN
A NEW ERA OF A MIGRATION THAT I
ALMOST WANT TO CALL THE GREAT
DISPLACEMENT OR THE GREAT
INVERSION BECAUSE BASICALLY
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT EVERY
SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE
CONCENTRATED A LOT OF FOLKS
INTO THE URBAN CORE IS SHIFTING
TO FOLKS MOVING TO THE SUBURBS.
THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY -- IT
IS GOOD IN THE SENSE THAT IT
ALLOWS PEOPLE TO MOVE FREELY
BUT YOU SEE FROM THIS MAP, 1980
AND THOSE LAST DECADE THAT WE
HAD REALLY CONCENTRATED
SEGREGATION IT IS SHOWING THIS
IS ALL FOLKS THAT ARE NONWHITE
MOVING OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS,
MOVING INTO THE OUTSIDE OF THE
URBAN CORE.
BUT IF YOU KIND OF ISOLATED
THAT TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN
PARTICULAR THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN
ABLE TO LIVE IN CERTAIN PARTS
OF THE REGION.
AND, A LARGE PART, ONE OF THE
ISSUES WITH THIS IS POVERTY IS
INCREASING INTO THE SAME AREAS
WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.
IF YOU SEE THIS MAP ON THE LEFT-
HAND SIDE IT SHOWS THE BLUE IS
BELOW MEDIAN POVERTY, THE RED
IS ABOVE MEDIAN POVERTY FOR THE
COUNTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME AREAS HAVE
SEEN INCREASES IN POVERTY FROM
2000-2016 BY 12-35 PERCENTAGE
POINTS.
AT THE SAME TIME, RENT HAS
INCREASED IN SEATTLE AND RENT
INCREASED IN SOUTH SEATTLE BUT
BELOW THE MEDIAN OF THE COUNTY
AREAS OF RENT.
WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS
IS THAT WE FIND IS THAT THERE
IS A HUGE SHIFT THAT IS
HAPPENING RAPIDLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
REALLY INTERESTING, THIS MAP --
THIS PLOT SHOWS THE FAIR MARKET
RENT AND RENT BURDEN OR INCOME
NEEDED TO ACTUALLY AFFORD RENT.
FAIR MARKET RENT MEANS YOU --
IF YOU AND I WERE TO GO ON
CRAIGSLIST AND LOOK FOR AN
APARTMENT THAT IS FAIR MARKET
RENT.
HOW MUCH A UNIT SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE.
THE BOTTOM LINE, IF YOU LOOK AT
THIS.
THIS IS WASHINGTON STATE AND
THE TOP 5 MOST POPULOUS
COUNTIES IN THE STATE AND
WASHINGTON STATE, THE ORANGE
LINE, BACK IN 2003 WAS UNDER
$800 ON MEDIAN AND BY 2019 IT
INCREASED TO $1,000.
THAT IS THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IT SHOWS
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU NEED TO
MAKE TO AFFORD RENT.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU NEED TO
MAKE TO AVOID PAYING 30% OF
YOUR INCOME TO RENT, THAT IS
CALLED RENT BURDEN.
YOU NEEDED $40,000.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE AT
THE VERY TOP, 2003, WE SEE A
REALLY SHARP SPIKE THAT STARTED
AROUND 2012, 2013.
SO, THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT
IN ABOUT 2012 OR '13 RENT WAS
ABOUT $1400 A MONTH WHEREBY
2019 IT JUMPED UP TO $2200 A
MONTH.
THIS IS THE MEDIAN ACROSS ALL
BEDROOM TYPES, STUDIO, ONE
BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, THREE
BEDROOM, IT IS A MEDIAN ACROSS
ALL OF THOSE.
KING COUNTY, TO LIVE IN KING
COUNTY YOU NEED TO MAKE $90,000
TO AFFORD RENT.
IT IS DEFLATED BECAUSE IT
INCLUDES SNOHOMISH.
IF WE WERE TO ISOLATE SEATTLE
IT WOULD BE $100-$110,000 TO
AVOID RENT BURDEN.
>> THAT IS IMPORTANT.
WHAT YOU ARE MENTIONING WHAT
YOU CALL IN PREVIOUS
DISCUSSIONS.
INFLECTION POINT IN 2012.
IT IS HAPPENING.
BEFORE YOU GO ON.
I HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE JUST GOT YOUR REPORT AND
THEN I JUST GOT THE POWER
POINT.
I WANT TO GO QUICKLY BACK AND
IT IS JUST A QUESTION IF YOU
CAN NOT ANSWER IT, THAT IS
FINE.
PAGE 16 WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT
EVICTIONS BY RACE I THINK WHAT
IS A BIT GLARING FOR ME IT IS
THAT WE KNOW NATIVE AMERICANS
ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE HOMELESS
AND I AM WONDERING WHY -- WE
KNOW WORK OF -- -- AND OTHER
NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES THAT WE
WORK WITH, I WAS WONDERING WHY
THERE IS NOT ANY OF THAT
MATERIAL IN HERE?
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THAT UP.
ACTUALLY, HIGHLIGHTS THE FLAWS
THAT THE CENSUS AND DATA KIND
OF HAVE, TO SOME DEGREE.
IN OUR ESTIMATES.
BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A SMALL
POPULATION OF THE NATIVE
AMERICAN FOLKS AND SO THEY
EQUATE TO 1%-2% OF THE
POPULATION AND THE MEASURES
THAT WE USE CAN'T REALLY DECIDE
IF THEY ARE NATIVE AMERICAN OR
NOT F. THEY TOOK THE LAST NAME
THEY MAY CHANGE IT TO A NAME
THAT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS A
DIFFERENT GROUP VSES ANOTHER.
AND SO, THEY KIND OF GET THROWN
INTO WHAT IS -- IT IS HARD TO
DECIPHER.
THIS IS STATISTICAL ESTIMATE.
WE COMPARE TODAY TO OTHER
COUNTS AND WE WERE WITHIN 1-2%
POINT OF THE BLACK AND LATIN X
RATING, WE FEEL CONFIDENT.
WHEN IT COMES TO ANYONE ELSE.
PACIFIC ISLANDERS REPRESENTS A
DIFFERENT SPECTRUM OF FOLKS AND
IT IS -- UNFORTUNATE THAT WE
CAN'T PULL THEM OUT.
FIWAS TO MAKE A BEST GUESS,
THOUGH, I WOULD SAY THEIR RATES
WOULD BE HIGHER.
>> THAT IS OUR IS
UNDERSTANDING.
I HOPE IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE
BECAUSE THE DATA IS THERE.
WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THE CHIEF
IN THE STUDY THEY PUT OUT.
>> YEAH.
>> AND HOW WE FUND THEM.
WE KNOW WE MAKE WAY LESS THAN
2% OF THE POPULATION.
WE ARE DISPORTIONATE IN
HOMELESSNESS AND EVICTION.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH
THE HISTORY WITH THE RED LINING
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND
JAPANESE.
WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT
HISTORY BUT I THINK PEOPLE
DON'T REALIZE IS -- AND I WISH
I KNEW THE NUMBER OFF OF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD.
I KNOW JUST FROM MY OWN TRIBE,
THAT IS BLACK FEET, THERE ARE
5,000, 6,000 IN KING COUNTY
ALONE AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE FROM
MONTANA.
WE KNOW THE NATIVE AMERICAN
POPULATION JUST CITY PROPER IS
VERY HIGH AND THAT -- IT IS NOT
THAT HARD TO FIND THOSE NUMBERS
IF YOU ARE SELF-IDENTIFYING OR
THROUGH THE CENSUS.
I GUESS I AM SHARING WITH YOU
THAT THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS
OUT THERE THAT HAVE GOTTEN THE
MONEY AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET
IN AND GET THIS INFORMATION
PARTICULARLY IN A STUDY TO THE
PRESENTATION OF THE KING COUNTY
BOARD OF HEALTH.
I AM HOPING WE CAN TAKE A
DEEPER DIVE IN THAT AREA.
THERE WAS A TIME UPON UNTIL
1920 NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WERE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CITY
LIMITS.
SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
PICTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE
REFLECTED IN THIS.
I HOPE IF YOU COME BACK AGAIN
WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THAT UP.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG MISSING
PIECES THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
YOU IDENTIFIED EXACTLY HOW WE
COULD DO THAT IS THROUGH GROUPS
THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE
GROUP AND CAN ACTUALLY
RECOGNIZE THOSE LEVEL OF
EVICTIONS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO COLLABORATE
AND TRY TO IMPRVE THAT.
I THINK THAT YOU ARE RIGHT.
IT IS -- WHAT NATIVE AMERICAN
PEOPLES HAVE GONE THROUGH IS
ALMOST WORSE THAN ANY OTHER
GROUP THAT HAS GONE THROUGH
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
>>> I AM ALMOST DONE.
ONE THING THAT I -- A COUPLE
THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT
ABOUT THE SLIDE QUICKLY IS AS A
DEMOGRAPHER.
I STUDIED FOR OVER A DECADE NOW
THE POPULATION TRENDS.
THIS STRIKE THAT OCCURRED IN
2013.
THE BEGINNING OF THAT T IS
UNPRECEDENTED.
ONLY, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE SHOCK
EVENTS CAN IMPACT SOMETHING
THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HEAVILY.
AND IN 2008 WE HAD THE GREAT
RECESSION AND WE HAD LONG
PERIOD OF RECOVERY.
BUT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IT WAS
MOSTLY RECOVERY FOR INDUSTRY
AND FOLKS HIGHER INCOME.
LOWER INCOME AND MIDDLE CLASS
HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS.
AND THERE IS -- THIS IS JUST --
IT IS KIND OF SHOCKING WHAT IS
GOING ON.
DURING THE SAME TIME MOVING
FROM A SERVICE INDUSTRY TO A
TECH.
AMAZON SHOWING UP IN 2010.
THEY HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1995.
THEY STARTED TO OCCUPY
SOUTHLAKE UNION AROUND THAT
TIME.
THAT IS WHEN WE STARTED SEEING
THE PRICES GETTING IMPACTED.
AMONG THOSE THAT CAN AFFORD
THESE RENTS, YOU KNOW, ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE IS WASHINGTON
STATE.
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THE
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME BY RACE
FOR FOLKS IN THE KING COUNTY
AREA ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
AT THE TIME, THE ORANGE LINE IS
OVERALL MEDIAN -- SORRY, THE
GREEN LINE IS OVERALL.
ORANGE IS ASIAN, RED IS WHITE,
NONLATIN X., BLUE IS LATIN X
AND PURPLE IS BLACK.
RIGHT NOW THE OVERALL MEDIAN
INCOME IS $90,000 WITH WHITES
AT 97.
AND, THAT IS FAR ABOVE WHAT IS
CALLED THE AREA OF MEDIAN
INCOME.
80% AMI OR CONSIDERED LOW
INCOME.
50% IS VERY LOW INCOME.
AND 30% IS EXTREMELY LOW
INCOME.
AND, THOSE ARE DEFINITION BY
HUD.
MORE THAN HALF OF LATIN X. IS
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
AND THEN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
POPULATIONS FALLING AROUND THE
50% AMI.
THAT MEANS MORE -- ABOUT HALF
OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
POPULATION IS FALLING BELOW THE
LOW INCOME STATUS.
SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT RATES OF
90,000 NEEDED TO AFFORD OR
AVOID RENT BURDEN WE ARE
STARTING TO UNPACK WHY WE ARE
SEEING RACIAL DISPARITIES AND
CONVICTIONS, TOO.
>> ANOTHER STRIKING THING IS,
NOT IN ADDITION WHAT YOU SAID
ABOUT BLACK AND LATIN X. BEING
BELOW ALSO FOR OVERALL MEDIAN
AND WHITE MEDIAN IT IS
INCREASING.
YOU SEE -- AM I RIGHT?
THE BLACK MEDIAN INCOME IT IS
ACTUALLY DECREASED IN 2016
COMPARED TO 2000?
>> IT IS --
>> THE PURPLE LINE IS THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEDIAN
HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
AND, ALL THAT INCREASE, MY
THEORY IS THAT BASICALLY IT IS
NOT BECAUSE THE POPULATION
IMPROVED BUY IT IS BECAUSE THE
POPULATION HAS BEEN REPLACED.
ANY KIND OF INCREASE THAT YOU
SEE IN THAT AREA IS NOT
HAPPENING -- >>
EXACTLY.
>> TO ALL PEOPLE.
>> BUT, IT IS INCREASING AMONG
THE GROUPS, THEY MAY MEAN
BECAUSE WE ARE DISPLACING A LOT
OF INDIVIDUALS IN THAT PROCESS.
TO UNPACK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO NOT JUST
LOOK AT EVICTIONS, YOU KNOW, IT
IS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF BE
INTERSECTIONAL IN THIS AND LOOK
AT EVERYTHING.
IF WE LOOK AT THE HOUSING
CRISIS IN PARTICULAR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ACTUALLY IS DECLINED IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
WE LOST ABOUT 91,000 AFFORDABLE
HOMES AT $800 FOR MONTH WHICH
IS 2017 THERE ARES.
AND 85% OF THAT LOSS STARTED IN
2012.
IF WE LOOK AT THE HOMELESS AND
POINT AND TIME COUNT.
AGAIN, UNDER REPRESENTS
HOMELESS IT COUNTS FOR SHELTERS
AND UNSHELTERED FOLKS.
WE SEE THAT IN 2007 -- I AM
SORRY, THE YEAR AFTER
AFFORDABLE HOUSING STARTED TO
DECLINE WE STARTED TO SEE AN
INCREASE IN THE HOMELESS
POPULATION.
AND THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE SHELTERED FOR
UNSHELTERED IS SURPASSING THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
HOMELESS IN THE GREAT RECESSION
PERIOD.
AND IT WILL BE WORSE DURING THE
GREAT RECESSION.
AND FINALLY, THE EVICTIONS IT
HAS FED FOLKS INTO THE HOMELESS
POPULATION AND IT HAS BEEN
DECREASING.
THEN AGAIN WE ARE LOOKING AT
THIS IDEA THAT POTENTIALLY THAT
THE DECREASE COULD BE BECAUSE
WE ARE DISPLACING A LOT OF
FOLKS INTO THAT POPULATION.
FINALLY IN KING COUNTY WE SEE
SIMILAR ISSUES BUT WE ARE
SEEING MUCH DARKER INCREASE IN
HOMELESSNESS AND DECREASE IN
THE EVICTION RATE BUT THAT
DECREASE SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO
THE LOSS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
DISPLACEMENT OF FOLKS WHO ARE
LOW INCOME AND HIGHLY IMPACTING
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WHAT IS A PROBLEM ABOUT THAT IS
THAT THERE IS A MASSIVE EFFECT
OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
THIS IS A GRAPH THAT SHOWS A
TIER THEORY.
I AM GOING TO SKIP THIS RIGHT
NOW.
>> CAN WE GO BACK ONE SLIDE
JUST REAL QUICK?
THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE
AFFORDABLE IN KING COUNTY THAT
IS A NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN
DISCUSSED IN OTHER COMMITTEES
ON OTHER TOPICS WHERE DID YOU
GET THIS INFORMATION?
>> SO I CALCULATED THIS USING
HUD, FAIR MARKET RENT FOR KING
COUNTY.
THIS IS A NUMBER THAT I --
THERE IS A CALCULATION THEY
MAKE TO DETERMINE -- NO, THIS
IS PULLED FROM THE CENSUS.
I AM SORRY.
EACH OF THOSE POINTS YOU SEE
ARE A POINT IN TIME WHEN WE HAD
A COUNT OF HOMES THAT WERE AT
$800.
ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION FOR
2017.
SO EACH OF THOSE POINTS ARE
ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION.
IN 2017 THERE ARE LESS THAN
40,000 HOMES AT $800.
AND THEN, IN 2014, IN 2017
DOLLARS THERE WAS ABOUT 50,000
OR SO.
THEN ALL OF THE WAY UP TO 2012
THERE ARE 55,000 $800 UNITS.
THAT ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION
TRIES TO HELP STANDARDIZE THE
ISSUE.
>> THIS IS REALLY USEFUL
NUMBERS.
THERE ARE ANNOUNCEMENTS HOW
MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
BUILT IN SEATTLE BUT IT SHOWS
ON BALANCE THE AMOUNT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GOING WAY
DOWN.
>> YEAH.
IT IS SHOCKING TO THAT AND I
DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO
INCLUDE THE SLIDE IN THERE.
THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL UNITS
BEING BUILT IS LIKE SOMEWHERE
AROUND 50 OR 100,000 ACROSS THE
STATE.
HILE AT THE SAME TI
DECREASE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
TOO.
>> SO IN OTHER WORDS UNITS ARE
BEING BUILT BUT AFFORDABILITY
IS -- >> DECREASING.
>> AT THE SAME TIME.
>> IT IS BECAUSE THE AFFORDABLE
UNITS WERE DEMOLISHED OR
BECAUSE THE --
>> RENTS WENT UP.
>> IS IT CORRECT TO CONCLUDE
THAT IN THE PERIOD WHEN WE HAD
THE WORST OF THE GREAT
RECESSION, AFFORDABILITY WENT
UP BECAUSE RENT INCREASING
PLATEAUED?
>> I AM SORRY REPEAT THAT ONE
MORE TIME.
>> WHERE YOU SEE THE
AFFORDABILITY GOING UP IN THE
YEARS RIGHT AFTER THE GREAT
RECESSION HAPPENED.
>> 2009?
>> RIGHT.
THAT IS BECAUSE RENT INCREASES
PLATEAUED BECAUSE IT WAS THE
RECESSION PERIOD?
HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, WE NEED -- THE
PROBLEM WITH CENSUS DATA IS
THAT 2000-2009 IS NOT AS
DETAILED BECAUSE THEY CHANGED
THE WAY THEY COLLECTED DATA.
THAT IS ESTIMATE ACROSS FIVE
YEARS.
I THINK MY OPINION OF WHAT
HAPPENED WAS THAT YOU KNOW, THE
HOUSING INCREASES IMPACTED
RENTERS TO LARGE DEGREE.
BECAUSE HOMEOWNERS ARE LEAVING
OR THERE IS A LOSS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN GENERAL
THERE IS A LOSS OF UNITS
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT OUT
OF THE BUSINESS OR SOLD THEIR
PROPERTY OR SHUTDOWN THE
RENTING MARKET.
MAYBE THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO
WITH IT.
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.
IT WILL TAKE FURTHER
INVESTIGATION.
BUT THAT PERIOD IN TIME I THINK
THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENED
ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE, IT IS
-- IT TELLS ME THAT THERE IS
SOME SORT OF -- IT IS BASICALLY
SAYING PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS.
PEOPLE LOST THEIR RETIREMENTS,
THEY LOST THEIR HOMES.
BUT WE SAW LOSS IN THE STOCK,
THE RENTAL STOCK APPARENTLY.
TOO.
SEATTLE THOUGHT IN 2003-2004
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
RIGHT AFTER THE DOT-COM BUST
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
SAW SEATTLE WAS RESILIENT WHILE
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WAS
FACING A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
WHILE A LOT OF COMPANIES LOST A
LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE LOST MONEY, IT IS -- IT
IS UNDER STOOD THAT INVESTORS
SAW SEATTLE AS AN OPPORTUNITY
CITY.
THEY STARTED INVESTING.
THE CITY COUNCIL CAME UP WITH
THE STUDY THAT SAYS THE
POPULATION WAS GOING TO DOUBLE.
SO THEY STARTEDIP VESTING AND
DEVELOPERS STARTED BUILDING
BUILDINGS ON THIS WHIM THAT THE
POPULATION WAS GOING TO GROW.
>>> A LOT OF GOOD EVIDENCE
TOWARDS IT.
BY 2005 OR 2006 WE STARTED
SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THE
CANARY IN THE COAL MINE AND
THEY STOPPED BUILDING.
A LOT OF CRANES IN THE SKY.
NOT AS MANY AS NOW BUT THEY
WERE NOT WORKING FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME.
ONCE IT RECOVERED WAS A LOT OF
MIDDLE INCOME FOLKS KIND OF GOT
EFFECTED, LOST JOBS,
RETIREMENTS,ING WHERE THOSE
THAT WERE ABLE TO RIDE OUT
PICKED UP WITH THE BUILDING
WHERE THEY LEFT OFF.
I REMEMBER I LIVED ON CAPITOL
HILL AT THE TIME WHEN I THAT
WAS GOING ON AND THERE WAS AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT FINALLY
FINISHED AFTER THE RECESSION
AND THEY WERE LIKE WE ARE JUST
GOING TO AUCTION IT OFF.
WE WERE GOING TO ASK $500,000
FOR THIS FOR A TOWN HOME SO
THEY WERE LIKE WE WILL NEVER
GET THAT BACK.
SO THEY WENT TO SKPAUBGZ THEY
GOT MORE FOR WHAT THEY BUILT
THAN WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO
ASK FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>>> SOMETHING HAPPENED WHERE A
TREND GOT SET.
IT TRIGGERED DEVELOPERS TO BE
LIKE OH, WOW, THIS IS A HOT
MARKET.
MAYBE THAT IS WHY WE SEE THAT
SPIKE INCREASE IN 2012 ALONG
WITH, WE SAW MASSIVE INCREASE
IN THE POPULATION.
YOU KNOW, AMAZON BROUGHT WITH
IT 40,000-60,000 NEW PEOPLE, A
LOT OF THOSE FOLKS SIX FIGURE
INCOMES, LIMITED HOUSING,
SEATTLE IS NOT VERY
GEOGRAPHICALLY VAST.
THEY WENT SOUTH.
RELATED TO NETWORKS,
DISCRIMINATION, NEIGHBORHOOD
CHANGE, I AM HAPPY TO TALK
ABOUT THAT.
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT
THERE WAS A PASSIVE EFFECT.
A MACRO EFFECT ON THAT.
THAT STARTED BEFORE AMAZON
SHOWED UP IMPACTED LATIN-
AMERICANS AND LATIN X. AND LOW
INCOME WHITES AS WELL.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A LOT OF
FOLKS HAVE BEEN MOVING INTO
MARGINALIZED SPACES.
AT FIRST THEY WERE CHASING
CULTURE, YOU KNOW, COLUMBIA
CITY AND ALL OF THOSE AREAS BUT
THEN THAT WAS THE LAST
AFFORDABLE SPACE AND NOW
COLUMBIA CITY IS COMPLETELY,
TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND DECIMATED
FROM IT.
YOU KNOW YOU CAN GO TO BROADWAY
ON CAPITOL HILL AND A LOT OF
THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE NOT
DOING WELL, EITHER.
YOU KNOW, YOU NEED A NAME -- I
WILL NOT MENTION NAMES PUYOU
NEED A HIGHLY RECOGNIZABLE NAME
TO OPEN A RESTAURANT AND A LOT
OF CAPITOL IN THE BACK END --
IF YOU NEED A HIGHLY
RECOGNIZABLE NAME TO OPEN A
RESTAURANT AND A LOT OF CAPITAL
IN THE BACK END.
THEY ARE TIGHTENING THE BELT
RIGHT NOW.
SO, BUT, YES, THAT IS -- I
DON'T THINK I HAVE MUCH MORE
TIME AND I TOOK A LOT.
I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.
>> NO, NO, NO.
APOLOGIZES ARE FROM MY END.
WE DID GO LONGER ON THE FIRST
ITEM.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> YOU -- YOU REALLY PEEKED MY
CURIOSITY ON THIS.
WHEN YOU SAID THAT AND LOOKING
AT THAT TOP GRAPH WHERE THE
TRENDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ARE GOING DOWN ABRUPTLY
STARTING IN 2012.
I THINK YOU JUST SAID IT
STARTED BEFORE WE STARTED
SEEING 40, 50, 60,000 NEW
EMPLOYEES IN THE TECH INDUSTRY.
I LIKE WHAT TED SAID.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
INTERCEPTION OF -- WE ARE
BUILDING, WE KNOW IT, BUT WE
ARE NOT BUILDING ENOUGH.
THOSE ARE THE STUDIES WE HAVE
SEEN WE ARE 175,000 UNITS
SHORTS.
IT WILL TAKE MILLIONS IN
INVESTMENTS, I WOULD LOVE TO
SEE THOSE GRAPHS.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE REBUILDING
AND WE ARE REBUILDING AS FAST
AS WE CAN, WILL THEY INTERSECT
TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBERS EVEN
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
RAISING TAXES BUT ARE
RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR
HOUSING, WHERE DO THEY
INTERSECT?
MAYBE WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT
THIS WITH YOUR WEB SITE IN THE
POWER POINT.
I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE DO.
I HATE TO SAY IT BUT LOOKING AT
THE TRENDS AND AS AN ACADEMIC
AND SCHOLAR I SEE NO CHANGE.
UNLESS DRASTIC CHANGES ARE
MADE.
THIS IS KIND OF LIKE WHEN
CLIMATE CHANGE WAS DISCOVERED.
UNLESS WE MAKE REALLY MASSIVE
SHIFTS IN THE CITY, IN THE
STATE, IN THE COUNTRY THIS WILL
NOT -- IT IS NOT JUST A SEATTLE
PROBLEM.
IT IS IMPACTING PIERCE COUNTY
AS WELL.
WE NEED BOLD MOVEMENT.
I DON'T HAVE IDEAS OF WHAT TO
DO BUT BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO
INTERSECTED IT WILL TAKE A LOT
AND NEED TO TAKE A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS AN ISSUE.
YOU KNOW.
LOOK AT THE RED LINE IN
HOMELESSNESS.
HAS NOT DROPPED AT ALL.
THAT IS NOT EVEN THE VINNY
DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS.
THEREAT IS PEOPLE DOUBLING UP
AND SLEEPING ON COUCHES AND
STUFF LIKE THAT.
USING THEIR NETWORKS TO STAY
HOUSED.
WHEN THE NETWORKS DISSIPATE.
THAT WILL INCREASE HOMELESSNESS
MORE.
AND IT IS DIRE.
IT REALLY CONCERNS ME TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU.
I AM AFRAID I HAVE NOT SEEN
MUCH EVIDENCE THAT THE CITY IS
NOT DOING ENOUGH.
I WILL JUST BE HONEST.
. >> THANK YOU FOR
INJECTING THAT SOBER NOTE HERE.
THE NUMBERS ARE DEVASTATING.
I ALSO AGREE WITH YOUR, YOU
KNOW, YOUR CLIMATE CHANGE
QUESTION.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS DIFFERENT BUT
IT IS A SIMILAR SITUATION IN
THAT WITHOUT MASSIVE BOLD
SOLUTIONS IT WILL NOT GOING TO
BE FIXED.
AND TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING I WANTED TO SHARE AS A
CONCLUDING NOTE FOR THIS
MEETING, THIS REPORT FROM KING
COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK
FORCE WHICH FOUND THAT 244,000
ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE
NEEDED BY 2040 FOR KING COUNTY.
OBVIOUSLY IN TERMS OF WHAT IS
MASSIVE.
THAT IS HOW -- WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION
HOMES THAT WE NEED ON AN URGENT
BASIS TO START TO BE BUILT.
THE KEYWORD, AFFORDABLE.
>> WHAT IS REALLY AFFORDABLE.
>> EXACTLY.
>> AND IF I MAY SAY, TOO,
BASED ON A LOT OF THE RESEARCH
FOR SEGREGATION, SOCIALOLOGY,
SOCIAL IMPACTS, HEALTH,
EDUCATION, WE ARE NOT
SCRATCHING THAT YET.
WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ACCEPTING THE
FACT THAT IT IS -- IT IS A
CRISIS?
PEOPLE WANT TO PICK AT
EVICTIONS OR HOMELESSNESS IT IS
ON EVERYTHING, IT IS IMPACTED
ON THAT.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
HAVING THIS MEETING AND I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU OF ALL
PEOPLE HAVE SAID WE NEED
SOMETHING BOLD AND BIG.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING FACTS
AND FIGURES IN HERE TODAY.
AND I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU.
SO, JUST A COUPLE THINGS I KNOW
YOU ARE RUNNING OUT --
>> NO, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF
HOMES WE HAVE GOT TO GET
SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
NOT JUST SAY HEY, WE NEED THEM,
BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BIG
AND BOLD.
I NEED TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY
COME TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT THEY
HAVEN'T AND JUST TRY TO -- WE
NEED TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS
DRIVING SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER
FOR TRI-COUNTIES AND FOUR
COUNTIES IF WE ARE TALKING
KITSAP.
THE STATE, ALL OF US TO PUT OUR
BRAINS TOGETHER.
WHEN I LOOK AT WHEN I SEE THIS,
YOU KNOW, IT REMINDS ME THAT IT
IS GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING
MASSIVE TO CHANGE.
AND ONE THAT CAME UP THE OTHER
NIGHT WAS IN 1972 HALF OF THE
PEOPLE HERE WERE NOT BORN BUT
IN 1972 WE HAD THE DRAFT.
AND WHEN THE COLLEGE DEFERMENT
ENDED AND WHEN FAIRLY WELL TO
DO YOUNG WHITE MEN WERE ABOUT
TO GO TO VIETNAM THINGS
CHANGED.
AND IT CHANGED OVERNIGHT.
IT IS THAT KIND OF SHOCK AND
AWE THAT WE ARE REALLY GOING TO
HAVE TO LOOK AT.
WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENTLY
AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO
THAT.
AROUND THE EVICTIONS WHAT YOU
WERE SAYING AND WHAT YOU SHOWED
WITH THE IDEA THAT ONE IN 11
FAMILIES ARE EVICTED ONE OR
MORE TIMES.
I IDEA ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
HOMES, THE HUGE NUMBER THAT WE
ARE GOING THROUGH.
PICK YOUR NUMBER, PICK YOUR
FAVOR.
THEY ALL LEAD TO THE SAME
THING.
AND THEN EARLIER, THE SHELTERS
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SENIORS
AND THE NUMBER OF WOMEN AND THE
SENIOR WOMEN THAT ARE OUTSIDE
IN THE COLD THIS IS LIKE WAY
BEYOND ACCEPTABLE.
WAY BEYOND SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN TURN OUR BACKS ON.
I AM JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE
OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TODAY AND
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND
POINTING TO THE STUFF THAT WE
NEED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE FRANKLY, A
BUNCH OF WEALTHY YOUNG PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR
BACKSIDES ON THE LINE UNTIL WE
FINALLY STEP UP AND SAY WE ARE
GOING TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
>> THANK YOU BAGSHAW.
THAT IS A GOOD CONCLUDING NOTE.
>> POWERFUL.
>> I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU
TIM THOMAS FOR GIVING US
INSIGHT.
I AGREE WITH BAGSHAW.
WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP ON MANY OF
THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT
HAVE COME UP AND TOUCH POINT
ALSO THAT CONTINUING TO
UNFOLDING OF YOUR STUDY IS
CRUCIAL FOR US TO KEEP HAVING
SOLID BASIS OF DATA ANALYSIS TO
ADVISE US ON WHAT WE ARE DOING.
>> THANKS FOR THE INVITATION.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ADJOURNING THE MEETING.
WAITING FOR ME TO SAY THAT
OFFICIALLY