ROLL?
>> PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> 8 PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM NOT AWARE OF PRESENTATIONS
WE WILL
MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES.
MINUTES OF JUNE 28th, 2021 HAVE
BEEN
REVIEWED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES WILL
BE SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE
BEING ASSIGNED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
REFERRAL,
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDER IS NOW ADOPTED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS NOW
ADOPTED.
>>> INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
COUNTY AND THE
WORK PROGRAM.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
THEIR
PATIENCE AND COOPERATION AS WE
CONTINUE TO OPERATE
THIS REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
SYSTEM.
IT REMAINS OUR STRONG INTENT.
CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO END
PUBLIC HEARING IF THE SYSTEM IS
BEING ABUSED OR NO
LONGER SUITABLE FOR ALLOWING
OUR MEETINGS TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY.
I WILL MODERATE IT IN THE
FOLLOWING
MANNER.
IT IS 20 MINUTES.
TODAY, WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS
SIGNED UP
TO SPEAK.
INSTEAD OF A LOTTING 2 MINUTES
WE WILL
GIVE 1 MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS, I
THINK IT WILL ALLOW
US TO GET THROUGH EVERYBODY WHO
IS PREREGISTERED
TODAY F. WE RUN SHORT ON TIMES
IN THE 20 MINUTES I
WILL EXTEND IT TO ALLOW ALL OF
THOSE WHO SIGNED UP
TO SPEAK.
AGAIN, WE HAVE ENOUGH SPEAKERS
PREREGISTERED TO MERIT A
REDUCTION OF TIME FROM 2
MINUTES TO 1 MINUTE AND 30
SECONDS.
BUT I THINK WE CAN GET THROUGH
THAT IN THE
ALLOTTED 20 MINUTES AS OPPOSED
TO EXTENDING IT AT
THE TOP.
>>> OKAY, ONCE SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED ON.
AGAIN IN THE ORDER OF WHICH
THEY
PREREGISTERED TO PROVIDE
COMMENT.
EACH SPEAKER IS REQUIRED TO
CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER THAT THEY USE
FOR THIS
REGISTRATION.
AND USING THE MEETING PHONE
NUMBER, ID AND
PASS CODE E-MAILED TO THE
SPEAKER UPON CONFIRMATION
OF THAT REGISTRATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
GENERAL
MEETINGLISTEN LINE CALL IN
INFORMATION.
AGAIN, IF YOU ARE LISTENING,
DOUBLE-CHECK
THAT YOU ARE CALLING INTO THE
MEETING NUMBER WITH
THE ID AND PASS CODE PROVIDED
VIA E-MAIL UPON
CONFIRMATION AND NEED TO CALL
IN WITH THE PHONE
NUMBER THAT YOU USED TO
PREREGISTER.
IF YOU DID NOT FOLLOW THOSE
INSTRUCTIONS
YOU ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AS NOT
PRESENT ON MY END ON
THE PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN UP
SHEET.
IF YOU DO SHOW UP AS NOT
PRESENT ON MY END
I WILL CALL OUT YOUR NAME AND
LET YOU KNOW YOU ARE
SHOWING UP AS NOT PRESENT SO
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR
REGISTRATION AND MAKE
SURE THAT YOU ARE CALLING IN
WITH THE NUMBER THAT
YOU REGISTERED WITH.
WE DO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF
THERE ARE
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES THAT ARE OUT
OF OUR CONTROL.
WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE
SURE WE CAN
PRESENT. OU ONCE YOU SHOW UP AS
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND IN
THE ORDER THEY REGISTERED.
IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED YOU
CAN DO SO
BEFORE THE END OF PUBLIC
COMMENT BY GOING TO
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS
LISTED ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME STAFF
WILL UNMUTE
YOUR MICROPHONE AND YOU WILL
HEAR THE PROMPT, YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
IT IS YOUR QUEUE IT IS YOUR
TIME TO SPEAK.
YOU NEED TO PRESS STAR 6 BEFORE
WE CAN
HEAR YOU.
SAY YOUR NAME, ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING AND
AS A REMINDER IT SHOULD RELATE
TO AN ITEM ON THE
AGENDA, CALENDER OR WORK
PROGRAM.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10 SECONDS
ARE LEFT OF YOUR ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME WE ASK
YOU WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT.
YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED
IF YOU DO
NOT WRAP UP.
ONCE YOU COMPLETED YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE
AND FOLLOW TODAY'S
MEETING BY WATCHING SEATTLE
CHANNEL OR DIALING INTO
ONE OF THE LISTENING OPTIONS
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON
THE LIST.
AGAIN, REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
AFTER YOU
HEAR THE PROMPT OF, YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED.
FIRST UP HOWARD, FOLLOWED BY
THOMAS AND
THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM MARGO.
HOWARD, WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
DISTRICT 7.
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT
JUSTICE OR
REFORM OR REFUNDING,
ACCOUNTABILITY CAN BE A PART OF
THOSE EFFORTS BUT IT IS ITS OWN
NECESSARY GOAL,
FOUNDATIONAL TO ANY OTHER
CHANGES.
UNTIL THE 1980s THERE WAS TOO
LITTLE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DRUNK
DRIVING.
WHAT CHANGED WAS HOLDING PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE.
SETTING UP SYSTEMS GUARANTEES
FUNDABILITIES FOR SOCIETY
VALUES AND A PROS THAES
CAN THEN HELP SHAPE THOSE
VALUES, CHANGING POLICIES
NEXT TO PATIENTS.
THE SAME HOLDS PER WOMEN'S
RIGHTS, SEXUAL
ASSAULT, WORKERS MISTREATMENT
AND MORE.
IT IS BY MAKING SOCIETY AWARE
OF THE
UNJUSTICES AND INDICATING
SOCIETY'S CONDEMNATION.
LAST NOVEMBER, OTHER CITIES
VOTED THROUGH
THE ELECTION PROCESS.
80% OF THE POPULATION IN OREGON
WILL HAVE
FULL CIVIL CONTROL OF THE
POLICE SETTING COMPLAINTS
AND IMPOSING DISCIPLINE
DIRECTLY.
A YEAR AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S
MURDER THE
COUNCIL HAS DONE NOTHING TO
FACE THE ACCOUNTABILITY
IN SEATTLE.
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WITH
HERBOLD,
GONZALEZ, AND SAWANT HAVE BEEN
WORSE.
MAINTAINING THE FICTION THAT
SEATTLE HAS
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT IS THOMAS HUDSON FOLLOWED
BY MARGO
STEWART AND THEN JORDAN QUINN.
THOMAS, WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS THOMAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW
WE SHOULD
NOT ALLOW OUR POLICE TO BE
TRAINED BY PEOPLE WHO
VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE POLICE HAVE BEEN FOUNDED,
FROM THE
BEGINNING, ON VIOLATING HUMAN
RIGHTS.
THEY WERE SLAVE PATROL AND TO
THIS DAY
THEY STILL ARE.
OUR 13th AMENDMENT ALLOWS
SLAVERY FOR
PRISONERS AND THEY HAVE CREATED
WITH THE HELP OF THE
COURT SYSTEM THE WORLD'S
LARGEST PRISONER
POPULATION.
THAT, TO ME, SAYS IT IS CLEAR
THAT OUR
POLICE KNOW HOW TO VIOLATE
HUMAN RIGHTS.
THEY DO NOT NEED ANYMORE
TRAINING FROM
ANYONE ON HOW TO DO IT.
AND ANYMORE TRAINING THEY
RECEIVE FROM
PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS
ARE ONLY GOING TO
HELP THEM VIOLATE MORE HUMAN
RIGHTS.
THAT IS WHAT WE DO NOT NEED.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW
OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO BE TRAINED FROM
ANYONE THAT VIOLATES
HUMAN RIGHT RIGHTS AND THAT
INCLUDES ISRAEL.
WE NEED TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY
WITH ANYONE
WHO IS HAVING THEIR HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATED.
WE CAN DO THAT BY STANDING
AGAINST ANYONE
WHO VIOLATES OUR RIGHTS IN
EVERY WAY WE CAN.
AND SINCE WE HAVE A LARGE
ISSUE, WITH
RECENT VIOLENCE --
[ BROKEN AUDIO ]
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
THOMAS.
YOU BROKE UP ON US A LITTLE BIT
THERE
TOWARDS THE END BUT WE GOT THE
GIST OF WHAT YOU WERE
CALLING ON.
NEXT UP, MARGO STEWART.
>> WELCOME.
>> HI, MY NAME IS MARGO, I AM
CALLING TO
END DEADLY EXCHANGE FOR RENTERS
THAT HAVE BEEN
CHAMPIONED BY SAWANT IN A
MOVEMENT FOR UNIONS,
WORKING PEOPLE AND RENTERS.
ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEST OF
POLICE
BRUTALITY, ORDINARY PEOPLE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THE
POLICE HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED TO
MAKE THEM A PART OF
NOT BEING SAFE.
EVEN AFTER THE CEASE-FIRE IS A
VIOLATION OF COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND NEEDS TO STOP.
THIS IS TRUE GIVEN THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN
PICTURES OF OFFICERS HAVING THE
KNEE ON THE NECK
CHOCK HOLD THAT MURDERED GEORGE
FLOYD.
WE NEED TO END THIS.
IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT HEAT
WAVE AND THE
COVID-19 CRISIS, PUBLIC SAFETY
IS MORE THAN JUST
THAT.
INVESTING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND
BECAUSE OF THIS, STRONGLY IN
FAVOR OF INITIATIVES BY
SAWANT'S OFFICE TO USE LAND
FROM A BAPTIST CHURCH
THAT THE CITY FORCED THE BLACK
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY
TO SELL 50 YEARS AGO TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS FOR 87 HOUSEHOLDS AND TO
INVEST IN RENOVATIONS
TO THE GARFIELD COMMUNITY
CENTER AND HIGH SCHOOL.
IT SHOULD BE FUNDED BY THE
MONEY DIVERTED
THROUGH THE AMAZON PACK AND
EXPAND BIG BUSINESS
TAXES TO FURTHER INVEST IN
SOCIAL HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
úNEXT UP IS JORDAN QUINN.
>> JORDAN, WELCOME.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> GREAT.
HI I AM JORDAN.
I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 2 AND
MEMBER OF
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE.
I AM CALLING BECAUSE SEATTLE
POLICE SHOULD
BE BANNED FROM TRAINING OR
HAVING ANY EXCHANGE WITH
THE MILITARY OR THE POLICE OF
ANY NATION THAT
VIOLATES THE GENEVA
CONVENTIONS.
THESE ARE STANDARDS THAT MOST
COUNTRIES
AGREED TO INTERNATIONALLY FOR
THE LAST 70 YEARS.
THERE IS NO REASON THE POLICE
HERE IN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SHOULD HAVE ANY BUSINESS
BRINGING BACK, YOU KNOW,
TACTICS OF WAR, OCCUPATION
TO OUR STREETS.
LAST SUMMER WE SAW 19,000
COMPLAINTS.
ABUSE OF FORCE AGAINST THE
SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR ATTACKING BLACK
LIVES MATTER
PROTESTERS AND THE SAME
DEPARTMENT ADMITTED IN THE
LAST EIGHT YEARS THEY SENT TOP
OFFICERS INCLUDING
THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF TO
TRAIN WITH THE ISRAELI
POLICE AND MILITARY FORCES.
THE SAME FORCES THAT ARE
CARRYING OUT A
BRUTAL OCCUPATION AGAINST
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
CONDEMNED WORLDWIDE BY UNIONS
AND FAITH
AND COMMUNITY GROUPS FOR THEIR
BRUTAL MILITARY
ASSAULT ON GAZA EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AN
OBLIGATION TO
SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION THAT
SAWANT'S OFFICE WILL
BRING FORWARD.
AND BRINGING IT FORWARD IN
SOLIDARITY WITH
THE LABOR TO END THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS MATTHEW FOLLOWED BY
GUY AND
THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM EVETTE.
MATTHEW, WELCOME.
>> HI, MY NAME IS MATT, I AM
CALLING ABOUT
POLICE VIOLATION OF THE GENEVA
CONVENTIONS.
LAST YEAR THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT
PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THE ROLL
THAT POLICE PLAY IN
SOCIETY AND ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THE POLICE IN DEMOCRATIC-PARTY
CITIES USE
OF RUBBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS.
I REMEMBER IT GETTING INTO
PEOPLE'S
APARTMENTS BECAUSE THERE WAS
JUST SO MUCH BEING
FIRED.
I THINK IT IS SUPE IMPORTANT
ESPECIALLY
HERE IN A CITY WITH THE LARGEST
KNOWN POLICE
OFFICERS ATTENDING THE JANUARY
6th RIOT.
IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT THAT
RIGHT WE ARE
NOT HAVING OUR POLICE OFFICERS,
HAVING THE POLICE
OFFICERS IN THIS CITY TRAINED
WITH MILITARIES AND
POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE
VIOLATED THE GENEVA
CONVENTIONS AND THEN ULTIMATELY
WE NEED A DEMOCRATIC
POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD TO PUT
REAL POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR HANDS,
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS GUY.
>> GUY, WELCOME.
>> HELLO, THERE, MY NAME IS
GUY, I AM A
LOCAL DISTRICT 5 RESIDENT AND
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
LEGISLATION TO END THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
ANY MILITARY OR POLICE
FORCE AROUND THE WORLD THAT
VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
ISRAEL AS PREVIOUS
COMMENTERS HAVE MENTIONED WE
SHOULD HOLD OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO A HIGH STANDARD
INCLUDING
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS,
HUMANITARIAN LAW AND NOT
TRAIN WITH ANY COUNTRY THAT
VIOLATES THOSE BASIC
RULES.
THIS IS ABOUT DEMATERIALIZING
THE POLICE
AND BRINGING SAFETY BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY.
LETTING COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY
BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY
TAKE CHARGE OF WHAT
SAFETY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
LOOKS LIKE.
PLEASE SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO
BAN THE
DEADLY EXCHANGE, WE WANT ALL OF
THE CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS TO JOIN.
WE APPRECIATE KSHAMA BUT WE
NEED ALL OF
THEM.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
>> WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I HAVE
BEEN TO A
COUNCIL MEETING.
PRIOR TO THIS IT WAS ABOUT
HOMELESS
SITUATION.
WHAT I AM REQUESTING NOW IS HOW
DO WE
FIND, WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A
HUGE POLITIC WORK TO
-- WORK ON HOMELESSNESS,
HOUSING AND WHAT SERVICES
ARE PROVIDED.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY
ACCOUNTABILITY FROM
THE HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS
AS FAR AS WHERE DOES
THE MONEY GO.
HOW DO WE DO THAT?
I APPRECIATE THE TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS BLYTHE.
>> BLYTHE, WELCOME.
>>
>> AND BLYTHE REMEMBER TO PRESS
STAR 6 SO
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW,.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I GUESS IT DID NOT GO THROUGH.
ANY WAY, MY NAME IS BLYTHE.
I WORK IN THE DISTRICT.
OUR RESEARCH HAS SHOWN MANY
PSYCHEDELIC
DRUGS CAN BE EFFECTIVE IN THE
TREATMENT OF PTSD,
DEPRESSION AND ADDICTION, AS
SOMEONE WHO SUFFERS
FROM PTSD I FIND IT FRUSTRATING
THAT FULL RANGE OF
TREATMENT OPTIONS ARE NOT
AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE CITY
WANT TOSSUP HOLD CRIMINAL DRUG
WARS.
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC
SAFETY
COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD DELAYED
IT FROM MOVING FORWARD FOR TWO
WEEKS NOW.
I URGE COUNCIL TO STOP THE
DELAYS AND
SUPPORT IT, IT IS SUPPORTED BY
STRONG SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH AND END THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE AND BAN THE
POLICE TO TRAIN WITH ISRAEL.
SPD ADMITTED THEY SENT TOP
OFFICES TO
TRAIN WITH ISRAELI POLICE AND
MILITARY.
IT IS EXTREMELY TROUBLING,
THESE ARE THE
SAME FORCES THAT ARE REPRESSED
WITH THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE.
WE SAW THE IMPACTS OF THIS
TRAINING WHEN
THEY USED RUBBLE BULLETS AND
TEAR GAS TO BRUTALIZE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
IT AND STOP
DELAYING SAWANTS LEGISLATION TO
CRIMINALIZE
PSYCHEDELICS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
GRAYSON, WELCOME.
>> HI, I AM GRAYSON.
I WORK AND RENT IN CENTRAL
DISTRICT AND
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
LEGISLATION BROUGHT
FORWARD BY SAWANT BANNING
POLICE TRAINING WITH
ANYWHERE THAT VIOLATES GENEVA
CONVENTION.
MANY POLICE FORCES OF DEMOCRAT-
CONTROLLED
CITIES LAUNCHED OFFENSES
AGAINST PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS, WE NEED TO HOLD THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABLE
AND WE NEED AN ELECTED
COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT BOARD
WITH FULL POWERS OVER THE
POLICE.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO
LEGISLATE AFTER
THE FACT THAT THE POLICE IS
TRAINING.
I AM GLAD THIS LEGISLATION IS
BROUGHT
FORWARD NOW.
THERE IS NO REASON TO DELAY ON
PASSING
THIS LEGISLATION.
IT SEEMS LIKE A BEAR MINIMUM,
THAT THE
SEATTLE POLICE ARE NOT BE
FORCED.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
GARFIELD SUPER
BLOCK PROJECT WHICH I AM SUPER
EXCITED ABOUT.
USE $500,00 OF THE MONEY THAT
COUNCIL
VOTED TO TAKE OUT OF POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO INVEST IN
THE GARFIELD BLOCK PROJECT.
SHIFTING FUNDS FROM THE POLICE
AND
URGENTLY HELP COMMUNITY
PRODUCTS WE NEED TO URGENTLY
DEFUND THE POLICE BY 50%, THIS
IS PRECISELY THE KIND
OF PUBLIC PROJECT THAT SHOULD
BE FUNDED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP, MADELINE.
>> WELCOME
>> HI, THERE, CAN YOU HEAR ME
OKAY?
>> WE CAN, GO AHEAD.
>> GREAT, I AM A RENTER IN
GREEN LAKE.
I AM CALLING TO URGE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT
THE BAN OF STOPPING SPD FROM
TRAINING WITH HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATORS.
THEY COMMIT WAR CRIMES AGAINST
THEM.
OUR POLICE SHOULD NOT TAKE ANY
LESSONS
FROM THE NATION THAT VIOLATES
THE GENEVA CONVENTION.
DETERMINE HUMANITARIAN
STANDARDS THE
BASICS OF WHAT TO CONSIDER, YOU
KNOW, WHAT SHOULD BE
ALLOWED.
THE COUNCIL HAS AN OBLIGATION
TO STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE
PALESTINIANS.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
BEYOND THAT WE NEED CONTROL AND
ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE POLICE.
THAT IS EVIDENT BY THE BRUTAL
ATTACKS
DURING THE UPRISING LAST YEAR.
AS SOMEONE SAID BEFORE,
TRAINING UNDER
THESE HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATORS IS
TIED TO THE VIOLENCE
WE SEE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
URGING YOU TO SUPPORT BANNING
SPD FROM
TRAINING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATORS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS LOGAN SWAN.
LOGAN, WELCOME
>> HI, MY NAME IS LOGAN SWAN.
I AM A DISTRICT 2 RENTER.
UNION IRONWORKER.
I JUST WANT TO URGE ALL OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS
UPCOMING RENTER RIGHT
BILLS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ONE OF THE BILLS REQUIRING
LANDLORDS TO
PROVIDE SIX MONTH NOTICE FOR
RENT INCREASES AND THE
OTHER BILL MANDATING RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE WHEN THEY
RAISE THE RENT, DISPLAY THEIR
TENANTS WITH
OUTRAGEOUS RENT INCREASE THAT
IS A PROCESS OF
ECONOMIC ADDICTION.
I JUST, I THINK, ESPECIALLY
COMING OUT
AFTER LAST YEAR DURING SO MANY
OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS
AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION AMONG
PEOPLE AROUND
ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM, YOU
KNOW, WITH SEATTLE
HAVING BEEN AMONG THE FASTEST
RISING RENT FOR THE
PAST DECADE, WE HAVE SEEN SOUTH
SEATTLE, YOU KNOW,
DISTRICT 2 IS IN BECOMING MORE
AND MORE WHITE.
BECAUSING THE DOMINANT
DEMOGRAPHIC, YOU
KNOW, AND -- IT IS FROM THE
KING COUNTY WEBSITE.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER FIVE
TIMES BLACK
FAMILIES -- BLACK FAMILIES ARE
FIVE TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO BE ADDICTED.
THESE PROTECTIONS ARE
ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC
RACISM IN THE CITY IN A WAY
THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT
PREDOMINANTLY WORKING-CLASS
FAMILIES WITHIN THAT --
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
LOGAN.
NEXT UP IS DANIEL
DANIEL, WELCOME.
>> HEY, MY NAME IS DAN, I AM A
MEMBER OF
SOCIAL ALTERNATIVE AND RENTER
IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT AND I WANT TO SUPPORT
THE LEGISLATION TO
BAN THE DEADLY EXCHANGE.
THE SAME NEON NECK CHOKE HOLD
THAT KILLED
GEORGE FLOYD HAS BEEN PRACTICED
FOR YEARS BY THE
ISRAELI ARMY.
IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT THAT A
SEATTLE
POLICE OFFICER LAST YEAR USED
THE SAME KNEE ON NECK
CHOKE HOLD TO DETAIN SOMEBODY
AT A PROTEST JUST DAYS
AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.
AND THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
SO-CALLED -- DID NOT TAKE
ACTION.
I THINK WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO
STOP, YOU
KNOW, SEATTLE POLICE TRAINING
WITH COUNTRIES THAT
HAVE A HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS.
AND I ALSO URGE COUNCILMEMBERS
TO SUPPORT
THE TWO UP COMING RENTER RIGHTS
BILLS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
18.7% RENT INCREASE BETWEEN
JANUARY AND
JUNE THIS YEAR.
AND AS KAWAN SHOWED THESE RENT
HIKES WILL
COST A RENTER AN ADDITIONAL
$3300 A YEAR IN
INCREASED RENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PASS
THESE BILLS
AND WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR RENT
CONTROL WITHOUT
CORPORATE LOOPHOLES.
I WANT TO URGE ALL OF THE
RENTERS TO JOIN
US SEPTEMBER 18th AT 4:00 P.M.
AT CAL ANDERSON
PARK FOR RENT CONTROL NOW RALLY
SO WE CAN BUILD THIS
MOVEMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS JACK FRANCIS
FOLLOWED BY AIDAN
CARROLL.
AND I HAVE A JIM SIGNED UP BUT
SHOWING UP
AS NOT PRESENT.
JIM IF YOU CAN HEAR ME DOUBLE-
CHECK THAT
INFORMATION THAT I MENTIONED AT
THE TOP OF PUBLIC
COMMENT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE
ABLE TO CALL IN IF YOU
DO WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET
YOUR 90 SECONDS.
NEXT UP IS JACK, WELCOME
JACK JUST
PRESS STAR 6 SO WE CAN HEAR
YOU.
>> ONE MORE TIME.
WE HAD YOU FOR A SECOND AND
THEN YOU WENT
AWAY.
TRY ONE MORE TIME.
WE WERE SO CLOSE.
ONCE AGAIN, TRY ONE MORE TIME.
STAR 6.
>> IS THIS ANY BETTER.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY.
JUST REALLY QUICK I AM CALLING
IN TO
REITERATE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE
HAS BEEN SAYING, PASS A
LEGISLATION TO BAN POLICE
TRAINING WITH THOSE THAT
VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS AND PASS
LEGISLATION THAT
INCREASES RENT INCREASES.
DEFUND THE POLICE MORE.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME,
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS AIDAN CARROLL.
AGAIN, JIM, YOU ARE SHOWING UP
AS NOT
PRESENT.
WE WILL THEN HEAR --
>> HI, AIDAN.
I AGREE WITH PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
THAT
SEATTLE SHOULD HAVE AN
OVERSIGHT.
I AM CALLING TO END THE DEADLY
EXCHANGE AS
JEWISH VOICE OF PEACE TERMED
WITH NATIONS THAT
VIOLATE GENEVA CONVENTION.
-- ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
PLACES WHERE
U.S. AND REPBLG AOEPBLGS ARE IN
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
THAT BRING TOGETHER POLICE, ICE
AND MORE.
WORSE PRACTICES ARE SHARED TO
PROMOTE AND
EXCONTINUED DISCRIMTORY
PRACTICES THAT EXIST IN BOTH
COUNTRIES.
DEPORTATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
OFFENDERS.
THOUSANDS OF THE OFFICIALS HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN THESE EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS, PRIMARILY
BUILDINGABILITY FOR THE POLICE
TO LEARN
COUNTERTERRORISM TACTICS.
WE KNOW ENDING THESE EXCHANGES
WILL NOT
END POLICE VIOLENCE OR
TERMINATION ALL BETWEEN THE
U.S. AND ISRAEL WE MUST START
SOMEWHERE.
WE NEED TO BOYCOTT.
SIX MONTHS AGO TO THE DAY WAS
THE
INSURRECTION OF THE U.S.
CAPITOL TO OVERTHROW U.S.
DEMOCRACY --
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
>> NEXT UP.
WELCOME.
>> HI, THERE, I WANTED TO SPEAK
IN SUPPORT
OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
TO CRIMINALIZE PSYCHEDELICS.
IT IS A FAILURE ON THE WAR OF
DRUGS WITH A
NATIONAL ATTEMPT TO CRIMINALIZE
AND TARGET BLACK
COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA AND THE
POLITICAL MEMBERS OF
NIXON.
THESE DRUGS, BASED ON RESEARCH,
INCLUDING
FROM U-DUB FOR TREATMENT IN
MENTAL ILLNESSES THAT
ARE SERIOUS BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE RESEARCH, WHILE STRONG SO
FAR, IS
LIMITED AND DIFFICULT TO CARRY
OUT BECAUSE OF
PSYCHEDELIC'S HIGHLY ILLEGAL
STATUS.
I FEEL FOR ONE OF THE EARLIER
MEMBER WHO'S
MENTIONED THEY HAVE PTSD.
IT IS CRUCIAL TO HELP PEOPLE
RECOVER FROM
DEPRESSION AND OTHER THINGS
THAT EFFECT OUR
COMMUNITIES.
WITH THE RECENT ATTEMPTS BY
REPUBLICANS TO
CRIMINALLIZE THIS CLASS OF
DRUGS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
SEATTLE TO PUSH BACK AGAINST
THE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH
BY RECOGNIZING THE DAMAGE THAT
CRIMINALIZATION CAN
DO TO THE MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES
WE HAVE SEEN IT WITH MARIJUANA.
IT IS COMMON SENSE TO GO THE
SAME WAY WITH
USEFUL SUBSTANCES.
ALONG THOSE LINES I HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING IT
FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND EACH
TIME I HEAR ABOUT IT,
THE COUNCIL HAS DELAYED IT:
HERBOLD WAS DOING THE
SAME THING.
IT IS DISAPPOINTED.
I WANT TO URGE COUNCIL TO TAKE
UP THAT
LEGISLATION
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
>> OKAY.
THAT IS THE LAST PUBLIC
COMMENTER I HAVE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY.
JUST LOOKING TO OUR INFORMATION
AND
TECHNOLOGY TO CONFIRM THAT
THERE ARE NO OTHER
SPEAKERS WAITING IN THE WAITING
ROOM.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
SO, WITH THAT WE WILL CONCLUDE
PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AND MOVE TO
OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS
ON OUR A TKPWEPBZA.
>> PAYMENT OF BILLS, COUNCIL
BILL 10116.
ORDINANCE A APPROPRIATING
MONEY.
AND ORDERING THE PAYMENT THERE
OF.
>> THANK YOU, I MOVE TO PASS
THE COUNCIL
BILL.
IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED AND THE
BILL PASSED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, THE WILL CLERK
CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> AND PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL
SIGN.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY
BEHALF.
COMMITTEE REPORTS COLLEAGUES
THERE ARE NO
REPORTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE ARE QUICKLY MOVING TO OTHER
BUSINESS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE
SOME OTHER
BUSINESS TODAY.
I AM GOING TO CALL ON
COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FIRST.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO BE
EXCUSED ON
MONDAY JULY 26th AND MONDAY
AUGUST 16th.
>> OKAY.
COLLEAGUES IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WILL BE
EXCUSED ON THE DATES
INDICATED.
>> OKAY, I DON'T HEAR ANY
OBJECTION.
OKAY, MORALES YOU ARE EXCUSED
AND THEN ONE
OTHER ITEM OF BUSINESS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
YOU DID MISS, YOU WERE EXCUSED
FROM THE
BRIEFING PROCEEDINGS.
THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SIGN ON TO A
LETTER CIRCULATED BY PEDERSEN
RELATED TO EAST
MARGINAL WAY AND A RAISE GRANT
REQUEST FOR
IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT PARTICULAR
CORRIDOR.
DID WANT TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ADD
YOUR SIGNATURE IF YOU WISH TO
DO SO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY
TO INDICATE BY INTEREST IN
SIGNING THE LETTER THAT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN BROUGHT
FORWARD.
>> GREAT.
WE WILL ADD YOUR SIGNATURE.
THAT IS AN 8 COUNCILMEMBERS
ADDING THEIR
SIGNATURE TO THE LETTER BROUGHT
FORWARD BY PEDERSEN.
>> COLLEAGUES IS THERE ANY
OTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED.
THAT IS THE LAST ITEM OF
BUSINESS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I SUSPECT THAT WILL NOT BE THE
CASE IN
OTHER COUNCIL MEETINGS MOVING
FORWARD.
OUR NEXT CITY MEETING IS ON
JULY 12th.
2021 AT 2:00 P.M.
THAT IS IT FOR US.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BYE-BYE