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>>> SEPTEMBER 24, 2021, MEETING
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 9:36 A.M.
I'M LISA HERBOLD, CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> HERE.DENT GONZALEZ.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> WE HAVE FOUR PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO WE WILL BE HEARING FROM THE
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY TASK FORCE
AND THEY WILL BE MAKING A
PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED
REALIGNMENT OF THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM L.E.A.D.,
R.E.A.C.H., AND THE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS' ASSOCIATION AND THEIR
PRESENTATION ON THE L.E.A.D.
SCALE STUDY REPORT.
AS BACKGROUND, THIS REPORT IS IN
RESPONSE TO A STATEMENT OF
INTENT COUNCIL PASSED LAST FOUL
REQUESTED THAT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND L.E.A.D.
REPORT TO COUNCIL ON THE FUNDING
REQUIRED TO MEET THE CITY'S
COMMITMENT AND RESOLUTION 39916
TO SUPPORT PRE-ARREST DIVERSION
SERVICES FOR ALL PRIORITY
QUALIFYING REFERRALS AT SCALE BY
2023.
AND FINALLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A WORK SESSION ON A PROPOSED
RESOLUTION THAT AFFIRMS
SEATTLE'S COMMITMENT TO
DECRIMINALIZATION OF ENTHEOGENS.
WE'LL START WITH APPROVAL OF THE
AGENDA.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, IT WILL BE
ADOPTED.
WE'LL MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ON THE
LINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR YOUR
PATIENCE THIS MORNING AS WE ALL
WORK TOGETHER TO IRON OUT SOME
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ALL WITH US
TODAY.
I'LL MODERATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
THE SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
IF YOU'VE NOT YET REGISTERED TO
SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN
SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF THE
PUBLIC HEARING GOING TO THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THIS IS ALSO LISTED ON THE
AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL THE NAME, YOU WILL
HEAR A PROMPT AND ONCE YOU'VE
HEARD THAT PROMPT, PLEASE PRESS
6 -- I'M SORRY, STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT, IN
ORDER FOR US TO HEAR YOU
SPEAKING, YOU NEED TO HIT STAR 6
TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY STATING
YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM WHICH YOU
ARE ADDRESSING.
YOU WILL HEAR A TONE WHEN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE THE SPEAKER HEARS THAT
TIME, WE ASK YOU TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND SPEAKERS
WHO DO NOT END THEIR TIME AT THE
END OF THE TIME ALLOTTED WILL
HAVE THEIR SPEAKER MIKE MUTED
AFTER 10 SECONDS TO ALLOW US TO
HEAR FROM THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, DISCONNECT FROM
THE LINE AND YOU CAN KEEP
FOLLOWING THE MEETING VIA THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE LISTENING
OPTIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THERE ARE SEVEN PEOPLE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO NO NEED TO EXTEND THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
WE'LL HEAR FROM EVERYBODY AND
HAVE A FULL TWO MINUTES OF TIME
ALLOTTED FOR EACH SPEAKER.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL CALL THE
SPEAKERS IN ORDER THAT THEY'RE
LISTED HERE ON THE SIGNUP SHEET,
TWO AT A TIME.
FIRST WE HAVE HOWARD GAIL
FOLLOWED BY TREVONNA THOMPSON
RILEY.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE HOWARD IS
PRESENT YET.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HOWARD IS NOTED AS NOT PRESENT.
WE'LL MOVE DOWN --
>> STAND BY.
WE'VE GOT HOWARD.
HANG ON.
I'VE GOT TO LET HIM IN.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> OH, GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> HE'S COMING IN SHORTLY.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> OKAY.
HOWARD IS ON.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
HOWARD?
>> YEAH.
YOU GAVE EVERYBODY THE WRONG I.
D. SO THAT'S WHY NO ONE IS HERE.
>> YES.
WE UNDERSTAND.
>> GOOD MORNING.
LAST SATURDAY THE SEATTLE TIMES
COVERED THE STORY OF HOWARD
MCKAY, A RETIRED LONGSHOREMAN
WHO WAS BRUTALLY ASSAULTED IN
HIS OWN HOME BY SEATTLE POLICE
TWO YEARS AGO.
THE CITY HAS NOW
GIVEN MCKAY $250,000 OF OUR TAX
MONEY TO SETTLE THE LAWSUIT THAT
RESULTED FROM THIS ABUSE OF AN
ELDERLY WHITE SEATTLE HOMEOWNER,
BUT THE CITY HAS NOT GIVEN
MR. MCKAY ANY AMOUNT OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
IN FACT, WHEN
OPA DIRECTOR ANDREW MEYERBURG
INVESTIGATED, HE DEEMED IT,
QUOTE, LAWFUL AND PROPER AFTER
DOING AN OIG APPROVED EXPEDITED
INVESTIGATION WITHOUT EVEN
BOTHERING TO INTERVIEW THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED.
THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE SCANDAL BY
CAROLYN VICK IN SOUTH SEATTLE
LAST MONTH CONCERNING THE
WILLINGNESS OF OIG TO SUPPORT
THE FAILED INVESTIGATION THAT
DEEMED, QUOTE, LAWFUL AND PROPER
ALL MANNER OF SPD ABUSE AND
KILLING.
IF THAT E EXPOSE WAS NOT ENOUGH
TO MOVE YOU, THEY ALSO RULED
LAST YEAR IT WAS ALSO LAWFUL AND
PROPER.
IN THE COMING WEEKS, I PROMISE,
YOU WILL LEARN OF MORE SCANDALS
EMBROILING THE OIG.
THEY FALL IN SERVICE TO A
MYTHICAL BELIEF THAT SEATTLE HAS
A FUNCTIONING POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
MAYBE NOW YOU FEEL YOU'VE STRUCK
A BLOW FOR EQUITY WHEN YOU CAN
ALSO TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE
ABUSE OF A WHITE MIDDLE CLASS
SEATTLE HOMEOWNER OF 48 YEARS.
COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR GOD'S SAKE,
WHEN WILL YOU TAKE SERIOUSLY
YOUR OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES?
THIS SHOWS THE NEED TO HAVE FULL
CONTROL OVER MISCONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS.
GO TO SEATTLESTOP.ORG.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TREVONNA
THOMPSON RILEY, FOLLOWED BY REDD
REDD.
TREVONNA?
>> MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE IS
UNMUTED ITSELF, TOO.
>> HI.
>> GOTCHA.
THANK YOU.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS TREVONNA AND I'M A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATION.
THIS IS A REMINDER THAT THE CITY
NEEDS TO DIVEST THE LEGAL
SYSTEM.
90% GO THROUGH ARE INDIGENT AND
QUALIFY FOR PUBLIC DEFENDERS.
THERE ARE MANY MORE WAYS TO
ADDRESS POVERTY AND HOUSING
CRISIS BEYOND CRIMINALIZATION OF
POOR PEOPLE.
CRIMINALIZING POOR PEOPLE AIN'T
THE WAY.
THIS IS ANOTHER REMINDER THAT
THE COMMUNITIES ON ALL SIDES ARE
ASKING YOU TO DIVEST FROM THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND REALLY
CRITICALLY INVEST IN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
A BUDGET IS MORE THAN A DOCUMENT
OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
THIS REPORT ASKS FOR YOU ALL TO
CONSIDER THE WAYS IN WHICH
CURRENT LEGAL REFORMS CANNOT BE
SEPARATED FROM HEALTHCARE AND
OTHER POLICIES.
WE ASK YOU TO TAKE A HOLISTIC
APPROACH IN ADDRESSING HARM IN
THE CITY THAT IS REFLECTED IN
THE CITY'S BUDGET.
THIS COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR A
NEW NORMAL.
STOP THE CRIMINALIZATION OF POOR
FOLKS.
ACTUALLY SHOW COMPASSION AND
SUPPORT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
AND I RELINQUISH THE REST OF MY
TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS REDD REDD
FOLLOWED BY LISA TAYLOR.
.
>> HELLO.
AND GOOD MORNING.
I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE THE
ACCESSIBILITY CONCERNS THAT
HAPPENED THIS MORNING.
THERE WAS THE NEED TO ACTUALLY
REQUIRED TO GO AND RESPOND BACK
TO AND GET CORRECTED INFORMATION
WAS A HINDRANCE FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO BE THERE AND BE ON
TIME AND ACTUALLY BE IN THE
SPACE.
SO I WANTED TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT
THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S MY FIRST THING, BUT
HELLO AND GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL,
AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
I'M HERE TO TALK AND SAY TRUTH
TO POWER AND INSTITUTIONAL
POWER.
WHO IS LEADING THE TASK FORCE?
THE TASK FORCE WAS CONVENED FROM
SEPTEMBER 2020 TO MAY 2021 UNDER
THE AUSPICES OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
THE DIRECTOR IS MARICO LOCKHART.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING RFP.
IT IS 17 PAGES LONG WITH THE
FIRST TWO PAGES FILLED WITH
ACCOLADES ON HOW THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS IS ENGAGING THE
COMMUNITY FOR THIS GRANT AND IS
FUNDING HISTORY.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR FUNDING
RESOURCES FOR BLACK PEOPLE AND
BLACK TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
THE PACKET SHOWS A DUE DATE OF
OCTOBER 4, 2021, FOR THE RFP.
THE LANDING PAGE ISN'T EVEN
HIGHLIGHTED ON THE MAIN CIVIL
RIGHTS PAGE AT ALL.
YOU SCROLL DOWN, SEE FINE PRINT
UNDER A GRAPHIC THAT SAYS THIS
RFP IS ACTUALLY DUE SEPTEMBER
27.
HOW IS THIS ACCESSIBLE TO THE
COMMUNITIES WHO IT PROPOSES TO
HELP AND PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR?
HOW DO WE TRUST ANYTHING
PRESENTED AND PUT FORTH BY A
DEPARTMENT WHO CAN'T EVEN BE
RESPONSIVE FOR A COMMUNITY
RESOURCE, LET ALONE BE LED BY AN
ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNITY SAFETY?
ACTION SHOWS THAT THE WORDS ARE
HOLLOW AND THE STRATEGIC USE OF
POPULAR SOCIAL JUSTICE JARGON
LIKE HARM REDUCTION,
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
HOW IS THIS OFFICE BEING
ACCOUNTABLE?
I INVITE THE COUNCIL AND THE
PUBLIC TO HOLD INSTITUTIONS AND
THOSE WHO RUN THEM ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
INFORMATION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA TAYLOR.
LISA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY NIKITA
OLIVER.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS LISA TAYLOR AND I AM
ADDRESSING AGENDA ITEM CRIMINAL
SYSTEM TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WANT TO FIRST SAY THAT I
RESPECT THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE
TO SOVEREIGNTY AND SELF
DETERMINATION.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SECONDLY
AS A WHITE PERSON THAT THE
RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT MUST BE
LED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE.
THIRDLY, I AM SPEAKING HERE
BECAUSE I AM A DISABLED PERSON
FROM SEATTLE WHO HAS SUFFERED IN
HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS AND AT
THE HAND OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT I HAVE
EXPERIENCED OPPRESSION AS A
PERSON WITH DISABILITIES, I
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PRIVILEGE
BEGAT BY MY WHITENESS IS
ACTUALLY WHY I'M STILL HERE WITH
MY MEDICAL NEEDS MET AND MY
HEART STILL ALIVE AND POUNDING
IN MY HEAD.
I PARTICULARLY AGREE WITH
RECOMMENDATION NO.
6 AND THE
PRACTICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT AND ACCOMMODATION OF
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, THAT
HONORS THE YOUNG WOMAN THAT I
USED TO BE, A WOMAN WITH A
MENTAL ILLNESS REPEATEDLY
HARASSED BY THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, INJECTED WITH
UNWANTED MEDICATION WHEN NOT
PHYSICALLY COMPLIANT, A WOMAN
WHO AGAINST HER WILL WAS
REPEATEDLY HOSPITALIZED AS THE
UNDERLYING ISSUES COULD NEVER BE
REVOLVED BY THE STATUS QUO, A
WOMAN WHO SUCCUMBED TO SEX
TRAFFICKERS.
I WORKED AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE
SPECIALIST TO REACH THOSE BEHIND
BARS.
THOSE ENGAGED IN THE SEX TRADE,
THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE
EDUCATED.
I WANT TO
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] SAVED MY LIFE
AND MANY OTHERS IN THE SEX
TRADE.
WE ARE ALL LUCKY TO BENEFIT FROM
HER WORK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO A BETTER
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NIKITA
OLIVER.
NIKITA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
[ INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> GOOD MORNING, SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS NIKITA OLIVER.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE BUDGET
COALITION AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF CREATIVE JUSTICE.
I CALL THIS MORNING BECAUSE I
WANT TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND I DEEPLY
WANT TO THANK THOSE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE SOME
OF THE MOST IMPACTED AND OUR
MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
FOR THEIR TIME, ENERGY, AND
EFFORTS TO SHARE FROM THE FRONT
LINES OF THE CRISIS OF THE
CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT SYSTEM WHAT
THEY KNOW WILL CHANGE THE
MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF OUR
COMMUNITIES.
IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE
HAVE SEEN AN UPRISING AROUND THE
ISSUE AND ROLE OF POLICING IN
OUR CITY.
WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF IMPORTANT
DATA AROUND THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM, ONE OF WHICH IS THAT 90%
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PUSHED THROUGH
MUNICIPAL COURTS QUALIFY FOR A
PUBLIC DEFENDER, WHICH MEANS
THEY'RE FOUND INDIGENT WHICH
MEANS AS A CITY, WE ARE OFTEN
CRIMINALIZING AND PROSECUTING
PEOPLE FOR BEING POOR.
SO I ASK AS YOU HEAR FROM THIS
COMMUNITY LED TASK FORCE TODAY
THAT YOU TAKE SERIOUSLY THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS AS YOU MOVE
THROUGH THE 2022 BUDGET.
WE NEED TO MAKE SERIOUS CHANGES
TO THE WAY IN WHICH WE MEET
PEOPLE'S BASIC NEEDS,
UNDERSTANDING THAT HOUSING AND
HEALTHCARE ARE TWO MAJOR
DETERMINANTS TO WHETHER OR NOT
PEOPLE ARE PUSHED INTO THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND
CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO SHRINK A
FAILED SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SAFETY
THAT IS NOT ABLE TO DELIVER ON
ITS PROMISE AND ACTUALLY BUILD A
SYSTEM OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND
PUBLIC SAFETY THAT NOT ONLY
MEETS PEOPLE'S NEEDS BUT HELPS
US MOVE BEYOND POLICE AS OUR
PRIMARY METHOD OF ACHIEVING
COMMUNITY HEALTH BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T WORK.
IT DOES NOT DELIVER ON THAT
PROMISE.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE
SERIOUSLY THE EXPERIENCE THAT
WILL BE BROUGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
TODAY AS BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND
IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE FOR
DETERMINATION WHAT A THRIVING,
HEALTHY SEATTLE LOOKS LIKE,
ESPECIALLY FOR OUR BLACK,
NATIVE, AND BROWN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHOWING AS
NOT PRESENT.
WE'LL RETURN TO BILL JENKINS.
NEXT WE HAVE -- I SHOULD KNOW BY
NOW, ANHELICA CHIZARO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M A MEMBER OF DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE AND THE BUDGET
COALITION.
I'M CALLING THIS MORNING TO
VOICE MY FULL SUPPORT FOR THE
TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
AS YOU KNOW ARE PUT FORWARD BY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH DIRECT
EXPERIENCE IN OUR PUNISHMENT
SYSTEM.
IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF
WE'VE HAD A RECKONING WITH THE
ROLE OF POLICING IN OUR CITY AND
IT'S PAST TIME TO EXTEND THAT
RECKONING TO OTHER PARTS OF THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
AT THIS POINT OUR MISDEMEANOR
PUNISHMENT SYSTEM AS YOU'VE
ALREADY HEARD THIS MORNING, THE
MUNICIPAL COURT, IS PRIMARILY A
SYSTEM FOR PUNISHING POOR PEOPLE
WITH 90% OF THE PEOPLE CYCLING
THROUGH NEEDING PUBLIC DEFENDERS
BECAUSE THEY ARE POOR.
AS YOU CONSIDER THE 2022 BUDGET,
I ASK THAT YOU TAKE SERIOUSLY
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS
REPORT TO PRIORITIZE UNIVERSAL
NEEDS SUCH AS HOUSING AND
HEALTHCARE AND SHRINKING
POLICING AND CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT
IN SEATTLE.
WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO TRY TO
TWEAK WITH MORE REFORMS TO MAKE
IT FRIENDLIER FOR THE POOR
PEOPLE WHO IT TARGETS.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES
AND THE 2022 BUDGET NEEDS TO
DIVEST FROM POLICING AND FOCUS
ON BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES.
I THANK THE TASK FORCE FOR THEIR
WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
IMPLEMENTED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT IS
SHOWING UP AS PRESENT THIS
MORNING.
WE HAVE BILL JENKINS, WHO IS
STILL LISTED AS NOT PRESENT, AND
WE'LL FILIBUSTER HERE A LITTLE
BIT AND SEE IF THAT CHANGES.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CHANGING.
THAT BEING THE CASE, WE WILL END
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WE'LL MOVE INTO THE FIRST
ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ INTO
THE AGENDA THE FIRST ITEM.
>> AGENDA ITEM NO.
1, CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M WONDERING IF FIRST WE HAVE A
LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE JOINING US
TODAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PRESENTATION.
I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS, IF WE
COULD JUST DO A REALLY QUICK
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS JUST YOUR
NAME AND AFFILIATION, AND THEN
I'M GOING TO HAVE JUST A FEW
OPENING REMARKS JUST TO PROVIDE
SOME BACKGROUND TO THIS WORK,
AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO
YOU AND YOU WILL HAVE THE FLOOR
TO LEAD US THROUGH YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO WITH THAT, ASHA, DO YOU
MIND STARTING OFF INTRODUCTIONS?
>> NO PROBLEM.
I'M ASHA VEFRNG TARMAN.
I'LL PASS IT.
>> I DO MY COMMUNITY WORK
THROUGH THE FREEDOM PROJECTS.
EMI?
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
MY NAME IS EMI AND PEOPLE
USUALLY CALL ME SHE AND THE
PEOPLE MAY HAVE SEEN ME FROM MY
WORK WITH THE RIGHTS AND SAFETY
FOR PEOPLE IN THE SEX TRADE.
>> HELLO, SELA LAI MAFI, WITH
REENTRY
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND COMMUNITY
MEMBER.
AND I'LL SEND IT ON TO ANDY
PACIFICAR.
>> KL?
>> ANDY, YOU'RE MUTED.
>> AM I NEXT?
>> KL.
OKAY.
FINE.
>> NO WORRIES.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS KL SHANNON, AND I GO
BY SHE/HER AND I'M A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER.
I WILL PASS OFF TO ANDY.
>> GO AHEAD.
>>
[ INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> MY NAME IS ANDY PACIFICAR,
AND I ALSO REPRESENT THE FREEDOM
PROJECT BUT I'M ALSO AFFILIATED
WITH FIGHT THE FORMERLY
INCARCERATED GROUP GOING
TOGETHER.
I'M A FIERCE COMMUNITY ADVOCATE
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TODAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
DORIAN?
HOW YOU DOING?
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIAN
TAYLOR AND MY PRONOUNCE ARE THEY
AND HE AND I'M HERE TODAY AS A
COMMUNITY MEMBER AND AN
ADVOCATE.
>> MS. LILETHA?
I'LL PASS IT TO MS. LILETHA.
>> LILETHA, YOU'RE MUTED.
>> YOU'RE MUTED.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS LILETHA WILLIAMS,
THEY CALL ME MS. LITHA.
I DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY WORK BUT
TODAY I'M HERE AS A TASK FORCE
MEMBER AND I WILL PASS IT TO --
HAS EVERYBODY GONE?
>> I THINK SO.
>> YES, EVERYBODY --
>> WELL, EXCEPT FOR JARRAL ISN'T
HERE, BUT ELLE
ISN'T HERE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE
SPACE FOR HIS VOICE IN THIS
PRESENTATION, AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SPACE AND ACKNOWLEDGE ALL
THAT HE WAS ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE
AND ALL THE POWER IN THE ROOM.
I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL
THE FOLKS ABLE TO SHOW UP, THEIR
BRILLIANCE.
THANK YOU.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY
JOINING US TODAY.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND
AND LIKE I SAID, I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU.
THIS IS YOUR TIME TO PRESENT TO
US, AND THE LISTENING PUBLIC,
JUST THE BACKGROUND.
FOR THE PAST YEAR, INDIVIDUALS
IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM HAVE BEEN MEETING AS A
TASK FORCE CONVENED BY THE
SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
POLICY CHANGES TO THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM THAT WILL AS THEIR
GOAL, ONE, REDUCE AS MUCH HARM
AS POSSIBLE.
TWO, PREVENT PEOPLE FROM ENDING
UP IN THE SYSTEM TO BEGIN WITH.
THE RESULT IS A REPORT ENTITLED
"CENTERING IMPACTED VOICES,"
WITH A LINK ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THIS MORNING TASK FORCE MEMBERS
ARE HERE TO PRESENT THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AS A REMINDER, THIS TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATION IS PART OF A
BROADER WORK PLAN THAT THE
COUNCIL SOUGHT AND WE HEARD THE
FIRST PART OF THAT WORK PLAN OR
WORK PRODUCT IN JULY OF THIS
YEAR WHERE THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE
HEARD A PRESENTATION ON THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
REALIGNMENT STRATEGIC PLAN FROM
FORMER FEDERAL STAFF MEMBER
CARLOS LUGO.
THE PRESENTATION RESULTED FROM
FUNDING IN THE 2019 BUDGET WHEN
OUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
FUNDED A TERM LIMIT POSITION IN
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT TO
WRITE A STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE FUNDING ALSO PROVIDED
RESOURCES FOR A POSITION IN THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO
COORDINATE STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC
PLAN AND THE ROLES OF REALIGNING
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
THAT STRATEGIC PLAN WAS ENTITLED
REALIGNING SEATTLE'S CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM, THE INTERSECTION
BETWEEN COMMUNITY LEGAL SYSTEM
AND SAFE PRACTICES.
THAT WAS AN OUTCOME OF PREVIOUS
ROUNDS OF ENGAGEMENT IDENTIFYING
COMMUNITY GUIDING PRINCIPLES
WHICH SERVED AS A FOUNDATION FOR
RESEARCH ON CRIME.
AND AGAIN I WANT TO REALLY LIFT
UP THE ELEMENT THAT WE'RE HERE
TO HEAR ABOUT TODAY, WHICH WAS
ALSO A REQUIRED ELEMENT OF THIS
STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT WAS A SEPARATE, STAND-ALONE
REPORT FROM THE TASK FORCE ON
THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR
REALIGNMENT OF THE TRADITIONAL
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO
PAUSE REAL QUICKLY TO SEE IF
ASHA HAS ANY OPENING REMARKS TO
ADD TO THAT BACKGROUND.
WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO THE
PRESENTERS AFTER THAT.
TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I JUST
WANT TO MAKE A REQUEST THAT IF
WE COULD, WE'LL HOLD QUESTIONS
UNTIL THE END.
THEN WE'LL ARE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.
ASHA, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> YOU COVERED MOST OF WHAT I
WOULD HAVE SAID.
I'LL JUST ADD A COUPLE THINGS.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THIS
PROJECT STARTED BACK IN 2018
DURING DISCUSSIONS OF THE 2019
BUDGET, AND A LOT OF THE IMPETUS
FOR MOVING FORWARD FOR FIGURING
OUT HOW TO REALIGN THE SYSTEM IS
BECAUSE SO MANY ASKS ARE COMING
IN FROM THE EXECUTIVE,
COUNCILMEMBERS, FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND IT WASN'T REALLY
CLEAR THAT ALL OF THE ASKS WERE
GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTIONS.
SOME OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN
WORKING AT CROSS PURPOSES AND IT
WAS A MATTER OF GETTING
EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE AND
TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE
WERE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
SO OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS,
THE TASK FORCE HAS BEEN MEETING
AND BOTH BUILDING CAPACITY,
LEARNING ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONAL
SIDE OF THE SYSTEM, TO ADD TO
THEIR ALREADY LIVED EXPERIENCE
OF THE SYSTEM IN COMING UP WITH
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AS A WAY
TO MOVE FORWARD ON GETTING
EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE, SO I
JUST WOULD ADD THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
SO FROM THE TASK FORCE WOULD
LIKE TO BEGIN?
I THINK THAT --
>> EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME.
I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING,
BUT --
>> I WAS HANDING IT OVER TO YOU.
YOU'RE NOT INTERRUPTING.
GO FOR IT.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN JM INTRODUCE HERSELF?
SHE'S PART OF OUR TEAM AND WE
FORGOT TO INTRODUCE HER.
IF SHE CAN INTRODUCE HERSELF, WE
WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
>> LUTEALLY.
>> HI.
I'M JM WONG.
I'M HERE AS PART OF FOCR, POLICY
ANALYST AND HERE TO SUPPORT THE
TASK FORCE.
I'LL BE SHARING THE SLIDES, SO
I'LL DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JM.
>> OKAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO
BEGIN BY SAYING THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR CREATING
SPACE FOR THIS TASK FORCE
PRESENTATION.
MY NAME IS LILETHA WILLIAMS, AND
I'M A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE
AND WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR
NOW AND WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT
THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY.
THIS PRESENTATION IS ACCOMPANIED
BY A REPORT FROM IMPACTED VOICES
WHICH SUMMARIZES OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS AND
PERSPECTIVES.
WE HOPE YOU'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO
READ IT AND YOU CAN ALSO FIND
THIS REPORT ON THE SOCR WEBSITE.
THIS IS A ROAD MAP FOR OUR
PRESENTATION TODAY.
WE WILL START BY BEGINNING ABOUT
WHO WE ARE, OUR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS,
AND WHO WE ARE CALLING INTO THE
SPACE.
NEXT WE WILL SHARE THE
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY-LED
SOLUTIONS THAT GROUND OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT WE ASK
YOU TO CENTER IN ANY EFFORTS TO
REDUCE THE HARM OF THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM.
WE WILL THEN GIVE YOU AN
OVERVIEW OF EIGHT
RECOMMENDATIONS AND HIGHLIGHT A
FEW TO DISCUSS IN DEPTH.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF NOW TO
KL TO INTRODUCE THE TASK FORCE
AGAIN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
OUR WORK GROUP STARTED OFF WITH
NINE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE
VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM AND KING COUNTY.
WE HAVE EACH EXPERIENCED THE
TRAUMA OF INCARCERATION, EITHER
THROUGH CONFINEMENT OR THROUGH
THE EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL,
MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL TOLL IT
TAKES ON US AS WE JOURNEY WITH
OUR LOVED ONES WHO ARE LOCKED
UP, AND ALSO AS WE SUPPORT THEM
THROUGH THEIR REENTRY.
THE TRAUMA OF INCARCERATION AND
THE WAY IT IMPACTS OUR
COMMUNITIES IS OFTEN MINIMIZED.
WE COME TO THIS WORK WITH THE
URGENCY OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS,
PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND POOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.
OUR EXPERIENCES AND HISTORIES
INFORM OUR PRINCIPLES.
WE DO NOT SEPARATE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS AND
REFORMS FROM POLICIES AROUND
HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION,
AND DRUGS WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT
THE HOUSING CRISIS,
GENTRIFICATION, DISPLACEMENT, OF
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE ONE OF THE
MAJOR CAUSES OF INTERACTION WITH
THE POLICE IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM.
ACCOUNTABILITY MEANS WE DON'T
LEAVE EACH OTHER BEHIND.
OUR QUEER TRANSCOMMUNITIES, OUR
NATIVE COMMUNITIES, BLACK
COMMUNITIES, SURVIVAL IS
CRIMINALIZED.
WE CENTER ANTIRACISM, DISABILITY
JUSTICE, AND GENDER JUSTICES IN
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE SPEAK FROM THE COMMUNITIES WE
COME FROM.
THESE ARE OUR TASK FORCE
MEMBERS.
I'M NOW GOING TO PASS IT ON TO
SELA TO TALK ABOUT OUR LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND INTRODUCE OUR
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY LED
SOLUTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS SELA.
BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE CONTENT
OF OUR PRESENTATION, WE WOULD
LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE
ON THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE
FIRST PEOPLE OF SEATTLE,
DUWAMISH PEOPLE PAST AND
PRESENT.
WE HONOR THE PEOPLE AND THE
TRIBE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR
COLLECTIVE ADMINISTRATION
INCLUDING THE DISMANTLING OF THE
COMPLEX CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT
THE SOVEREIGNTY AND RESISTANCE
OF OUR INDIGENOUS RELATIVES.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUFFERING OF
THOSE CURRENTLY INCARCERATED,
THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE TRAUMA OF
INCARCERATION AND THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS, THOSE WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES TO STATE VIOLENCE.
WE COME TO THIS WORK WITH A LOT
OF PERSONAL INVESTMENT AND
EXPERIENCE AND WE OFFER THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS WITH A DEEP
SENSE OF URGENCY.
WE START OFF BY HIGHLIGHTING THE
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY-LED
SOLUTIONS TO GIVE COUNCILMEMBERS
GUIDANCE ON HOW TO GET THROUGH
THE BUDGET CYCLE.
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING BUDGET
DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE, WE ASK
YOU TO FOLLOW THESE PRINCIPLES.
ONE OF OUR PRINCIPLES IS TO
RECLAIM THE USE OF DEFINITIONS
OF KEY TERMS THAT ARE USED IN
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
SUPERFICIAL CHANGES AND ONGOING
HARM IN OUR COMMUNITIES, OTHER
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, IS
JUSTIFIED BY DISTORTION OF THESE
TERMINOLOGIES.
WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR
DEFINITIONS OF THESE TERMS.
PUBLIC SAFETY, HARM REDUCTION,
TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH,
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HARM.
I WILL PASS IT ON TO DORIAN TO
SHARE MORE.
>>
>> THANK YOU, SELA.
THIS IS OUR DEFINITION OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, A STATE OF PHYSICAL,
EMOTIONAL, ECONOMIC, AND MENTAL
WELL-BEING AND FREEDOM FROM
THREAT, COERCION, AND STATE
VIOLENCE.
A DEFINITION OF SAFETY
PRIORITIZES SAFETY.
OUR DEFINITION OF SAFETY
PRIORITIZES SAFETY OF PEOPLE
OVER PROPERTY.
WE ASK WHAT SAFETY MEANS FOR
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF
COLOR, AND POOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
OFTEN TARGETS OF VIOLENCE,
ESPECIALLY BY STATE
INSTITUTIONS.
WE EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR SAFETY
FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS.
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOUSELESS,
FOR PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS, FOR
PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN SEX WORK,
THE LACK OF A SENSE OF SAFETY
FOR THESE COMMUNITIES ARE
NORMALIZED.
AND SAFETY OF THESE COMMUNITIES
IS OFTEN AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
WE EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR SAFETY
FOR OUR YOUTH, ESPECIALLY YOUTH
OF COLOR, WHO ARE IMPACTED BY
THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, CPS,
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND
THE COURT SYSTEMS.
JAILS ARE INCREDIBLY UNSAFE
PLACES WHERE OUR COMMUNITIES
EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE AND
PREMATURE DEATH.
THE LEVEL OF POLICE KILLINGS
AGAINST BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE
AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS ARE KNOWN FACTS AT
THIS POINT.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE INSTITUTIONS
CAN PROTECT US.
I'LL PASS IT TO EMI.
.
>> THANK YOU, DORIAN.
ONE OF THE TERMS THAT WE SEE IS
THE
[ INDISCERNIBLE ].
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY
TALKED ABOUT, BUT WE NEED TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT IT ACTUALLY
MEANS AND HOW THAT NEEDS TO
FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY,
JUSTICE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
SO HARM REDUCTION IS A SET OF
PRACTICES AND POLICIES THAT
REDUCE NEGATIVE HEALTH AND
SOCIAL LEGAL IMPACT OF DRUG USE
AND OTHER STIGMATIZED BEHAVIORS
AND CRIMINALIZED BEHAVIORS.
MUST BE ROOTED IN AUTONOMY,
JUSTICE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
IT HAS TO FOCUS ON THE GOALS AND
PRIORITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE
IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS.
IF THE GOAL IS IMPOSED ON
INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS STOPPING
SUBSTANCE USE, SEX TRADE, AND
OTHER CRIMINALIZED BEHAVIOR AS
IN MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE
CITY HAS OFFERED, IT IS NOT HARM
REDUCTION.
IT NEEDS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE
WITHOUT JUDGMENT, COERCION,
DISCRIMINATION, STIGMA, OR THE
REQUIREMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS
COMMIT TO MAKING SPECIFIC
CHANGES AS A PRECONDITION FOR
SUPPORT.
HARM REDUCTION IS NOT SIMPLY
REPLACING INCARCERATION WITH
OTHER FORMS OF STATE CONTROL
OVER PEOPLE'S LIVES SUCH AS
INVOLUNTARY SERVICES UNDER THE
THREAT OF A CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT.
HARM REDUCTION ALSO IS
PRACTICALLY SUPPORTING AND
BUILDING UP COMMUNITY
INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON SAFETY,
RELATIONSHIP, AND TRUST AND MUST
BE GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES AND
STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE
COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> AND ANOTHER BUDGET
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] IS TRAUMA --
AGAIN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT
WITHOUT ADDRESSING HOW THAT
CRITICALLY IMPACTS THE GOING
ANALYSIS.
SO THE APPROACH ASSUMES THAT
NOBODY IS INHERENTLY VIOLENT AND
ABUSIVE.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY
OUR SURROUNDINGS, OUR COMMUNITY,
OUR SOCIETY, AND LEARN TO COPE
IN WHATEVER WAYS WE COULD.
SOME OF THESE TRAUMA RESPONSES
HAVE DEVELOPED INDEPENDENCE OR
BEHAVIOR THAT ARE NO LONGER
HELPFUL OR MAY CAUSE FURTHER
HARM TO OURSELVES AND OTHERS
AROUND US.
BUT BEING TRAUMA INFORMED MEANS
THAT WE LOOK AT EACH PERSON'S
STRUGGLES THROUGH A TRAUMA LENS
WHICH ASKS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO
YOU INSTEAD OF WHAT IS WRONG
WITH YOU?
IT IS CONTRASTED WITH A JUDGMENT
OR PUNITIVE MODEL THAT CONSIDERS
HARMFUL ACTIONS AS FAILURES OF
CHARACTER THAT NEED TO BE
CORRECTED AS PUNISHMENT.
NOW, UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER'S
TRAUMA DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL
ACTIONS ARE EXCUSED.
INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL
RESPONSIBLE FOR MENDING AND
REDRESSING ANY HARMS WE HAVE
CAUSED AND ADDRESSING THE HARMS.
BUT WE CAN DO SO WITHOUT
ASSIGNING JUDGMENT OR MORAL
BLAME AND ALSO WHILE RECOGNIZING
ROLES OUR SOCIETY HAS CREATED
AND PLAYED IN NOT PROTECTING AND
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PERSON
WHO WAS CAUSED HARM.
AND I'LL SEND IT OFF TO DAVID
NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, EMI.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THE NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IS
OFTEN USED TO JUSTIFY THE
EXISTENCE OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM.
WE DISCUSS ACCOUNTABILITY IN A
DIFFERENT WAY, THOUGH.
WE FEEL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
BEHAVIORS THAT CAUSE HARM FOR
THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS WITH ALL
OF THEM SHARING THE GOAL OF
HUMANIZING ALL PARTIES INVOLVED
AND ADDRESSING HARM.
WE SUPPORT ACCOUNTABILITY THAT
PROMOTE POSITIVE CHANGE AND
RESPONSIBILITY, NOT THOSE BASED
ON PUNISHMENT AND RETRIBUTION.
WE BELIEVE IN A NEED TO CREATE
SPACES AND CONDITIONS FOR
MEANINGFUL ACCOUNTABILITY TO
TAKE PLACE.
ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL WE
SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED
SOLUTIONS THAT DEVELOP AN
INDIVIDUAL'S CAPACITY TO
RECOGNIZE AND TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR HARM THEY
CAUSE.
ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL WE LOOK AT
THE ROLE THAT THE SURROUNDING
COMMUNITY MAY HAVE PLAYED TO
IGNORE, MINIMIZE, AND SOMETIMES
ENCOURAGE HARMFUL BEHAVIORS.
ON A SOCIETAL LEVEL, WE
RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO ADDRESS
ROOT CAUSES OF HARMFUL
BEHAVIORS, SYSTEMIC AND HARMFUL
TO SOCIETY.
ALSO ATTENDING TO THE WELL-BEING
AND SAFETY FOR SURVIVORS AND
PEOPLE ON THE RECEIVING END OF
HARM.
WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE
REALLY BELIEVE THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT
RELATIONSHIP FEELINGS LIKE ABUSE
AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH
RELATIONSHIP FEELS LIKE LOVE.
ANDY?
>> THANK YOU, DAVE.
APPRECIATE THAT.
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, ON
THE OTHER HAND, DOES NOT FOSTER
ACCOUNTABILITY BUT, IN FACT, IT
CREATES MORE HARMFUL CONDITIONS,
SCH AS THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM DISPROPORTIONATELY
TARGETS BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES AND POOR PEOPLE.
IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ROOT
CAUSES, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH
CRISES, UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR
PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS OR POVERTY
CRIMES.
INSTEAD PEOPLE ARE HOUSED IN
JAILS AND THEN RELEASED TO THEIR
PREVIOUS CONDITIONS.
IT RETRAUMATIZES AND CAUSES MORE
HARM TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY
IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES
THROUGH JAIL STAYS, LEGAL FINES,
AND FEES POLICE VIOLENCE AND
HARASSMENT AND CONVICTION
HISTORIES.
WITH THIS REFRAMING OF KEY
TERMS, WE IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING
PRINCIPLES FOR DEVELOPING
COMMUNITY-LED SOLUTIONS TO
INCREASE SAFETY AND REDUCE HARM.
NUMBER ONE, DIVEST THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM AND INVEST IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
NUMBER TWO, SUPPORT COMMUNITY
CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO HARMS,
INDEPENDENT OF THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM AND CITY ROLE.
NUMBER THREE, PROVIDE RESOURCES
AND FUNDING TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO DO PREVENTIVE
WORK.
FOUR, PRIORITIZE SURVIVOR
SUPPORT SERVICES AND RESOURCES.
I'M NOW GOING TO PASS IT BACK TO
MY GOOD FRIEND LILETHA, TO
INTRODUCE OUR POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS.
ARE YOU ON MUTE?
?
>> WHERE'S LILETHA?
>> YES.
I BELIEVE MS. LILETHA IS ON
MUTE.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> THERE ARE EIGHT
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE
DISCUSSED IN OUR REPORT.
IN IF RECOMMENDATIONS ONE AND
TWO, WE ARE CALLING ON CITY AND
INSTITUTIONAL PLAYERS TO TAKE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE WAYS THEY
CREATE THE CONDITIONS AND
CONTEXT WHERE HARM TAKES PLACE.
IN RECOMMENDATIONS THREE, FOUR,
AND EIGHT, WE ADDRESS SPECIFIC
TRENDS WITHIN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM WHICH ARE COUCHED AS
REFORMS SUCH AS THE USE OF
DIVERSION PROGRAMS, THE USE OF
ELECTRONIC HOME MONITORING, AND
THE USE OF RISK ASSESSMENTS.
WE POINT OUT THAT THEIR
LIMITATIONS SHOW HOW THESE
APPROACHES CONTINUE TO SURVEY,
PUNISH, AND CONTROL OUR
COMMUNITIES IN OTHER WAYS.
WE CONTINUE TO CALL FOR A
SHRINKING OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM AND BELIEVE THAT CARE,
SUPPORT, SHOULD REPLACE
INCARCERATION AND CONTROL.
BEAR WITH ME HERE.
IN RECOMMENDATIONS FIVE, SIX,
AND SEVEN, WE DISCUSS RESOURCES
THAT CAN ADDRESS ORGANIZATIONS
THAT FOSTER ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ARE LIFE-AFFIRMING.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO DISCUSS
RECOMMENDATIONS THREE AND SIX IN
MORE DETAIL, AND LET ME PASS IT
ON TO EMI TO SHARE MORE ABOUT
RECOMMENDATION THREE.
>> EMI.
>> THANK YOU, MS. LILETHA.
OKAY.
GREAT.
SO DIVERSION IS OFTEN TALKED
ABOUT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, AS
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] DID.
BUT DIVERSION IS A PART OF THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, NOT AN
ALTERNATIVE TO IT.
IT RELIES ON DISCRETIONARY POWER
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THREAT OF
PUNISHMENT.
THE GOAL OF DIVERSION IS
REDUCING CRIMES, WHICH IS FINE
ON ITS OWN RIGHT, BUT IT IS
INPATIBLE WITH REDUCTION
SUPPORT.
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM IS NOT A
GOOD WAY TO DELIVER SERVICES TO
OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HARMED BY THE
LARGE NUMBER OF SERVICE
PROVIDERS THAT AVAIL THEMSELVES
TO THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND
MONITORING PARTICIPATION AND,
QUOTE, PROGRESS, OF THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE CPS.
THAT SAID, AND WE KNOW THAT
DIVERGENCE STILL HAPPENS, SO WE
WANT TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE
IT BETTER OR LESS HARMFUL, AND
SO THE FUNDING FOR DIVERSION
PROGRAM SHOULD NOT BE NEW MONEY.
IT SHOULD BE REALLOCATED FROM
EXISTING MONEY TO DIVERSION SO
THAT WE'RE NOT GROWING THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM OR
WIDENING ITS NET, AND IT MUST
MINIMIZE COERCION TO KEEP IT
VOLUNTARY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
IT NEEDS TO REDUCE THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION AND
MONITOR THE USE OF THAT POWER.
IT MUST GUARANTEE THE
PARTICIPANTS TRIAL RIGHTS SO
WHETHER YOU SUCCEED OR NOT
SUCCEED IN THE DIVERSION PROGRAM
WOULD NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE
RIGHT TO RECEIVE FAIR TRIAL.
IT SHOULD TAKE PLACE EARLY IN
THE STAGE, IN THE PREFILING,
PREARREST, OR EARLIER.
DIVERGENCE SERVICE PROVIDERS
MUST HAVE A GENUINE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BE
CONTROLLED BY THE COMMUNITIES
THEY SERVE, AND IT SHOULD NEVER
BE A PRIMARY WAY TO DELIVER A
SERVICE AND SUPPORT THE PEOPLE
WHO NEED THEM.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO PASS ON TO
DORIAN TO TALK ABOUT
RECOMMENDATION NO.
6.
>> THANK YOU, EMI.
SO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE
CONSISTENTLY FOUGHT AGAINST THE
WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE, THE
MEDICAL SYSTEM IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
HAVE ERASED OUR BODILY AUTONOMY
AND SUBJECTED US TO MEDICAL,
PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, AND OTHER
FORMS OF VIOLENCE.
IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM,
THIS INCLUDES THE USE OF MEDICAL
TREATMENT AS A PREREQUISITE FOR
RELEASE OR CRITERIA TO MITIGATE
A SENTENCE.
WE CALL ON THE CITY TO LEARN
FROM THE DISABILITY JUSTICE
MOVEMENT, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS
ORGANIZING DEMAND.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS IN
WHICH THE CITY CAN SUPPORT THE
WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COERCIVE MENTAL
HEALTH TREATMENT THROUGH THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM CAUSES
STIGMA AND TRAUMATIZES PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES.
THIS MAKES SEEKING CARE FURTHER
DOWN THE ROAD, DOWN THE ROAD
FROM THE TRAUMATIZING AND
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] ADVOCATE FOR
RESOURCE AND COMMUNITY CARE
OPTIONS THAT UPHOLD THE AUTONOMY
OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
AND/OR HARM REDUCTIONS, WORK
WITH UNIONS AND/OR HEALTHCARE
WORKERS TO ENSURE GOOD WORKING
CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
FACILITIES IN PART BECAUSE THE
STAFFING RATIO OF THESE
FACILITIES HAVE IMPACT ON THE
QUALITY OF CARE THAT PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES EXPERIENCE.
I'LL PASS IT TO DAVID.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE ARE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
ARE DEEPLY ENGAGED IN ORGANIZING
FOR CHANGE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE COME TOGETHER HERE SO
INSTITUTIONAL STAKEHOLDERS CAN
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COMMON
KNOWLEDGE IN OUR SPACE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOCATING THE
RESOURCES.
YOU CAN ACCESS OUR FULL SUPPORT
WITH THE LINK.
WHILE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EFFORTS BY STAKEHOLDERS AND
POLICYMAKERS HAVE TRADITIONALLY
BEEN EVEN EXPLOITIVE, WE HOPE TO
SHIFT OUT OF THOSE HARMFUL
PATTERNS WITH THE WORK OF OUR
TASK FORCE AND WE HOPE YOU WILL
SUPPORT THIS.
WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER OUR
PRINCIPLES AND VALUES AS YOU
WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET SEASON
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS
WELL THAT SHARE THE SAME VISION
AND PRACTICE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR MAKING
SPACE FOR OUR VOICES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT WAS A VERY POWERFUL
PRESENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND
EFFORT AND ENERGY AND LOVE THAT
WENT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WANT TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY
HANDS RAISED FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS, EITHER VIRTUALLY
OR IN REAL LIFE.
I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
YES.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR HERBOLD.
FIRST I DO WANT TO GIVE ALL OF
YOU MY APPRECIATION FOR BEING
HERE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
WORK THAT YOU'RE ENGAGING IN.
IT'S CRUCIAL FOR US AS
POLICYMAKERS TO BE HEARING
DIRECTLY FROM FOLKS WHO ARE MOST
IMPACTED BY THE POLICIES THAT
WE'RE CONSIDERING, BY THE
BUDGETS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING,
AND SO I JUST WANT TO HONOR ALL
OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN
DOING AND HONESTLY, LIKE AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY THAT
HAS, YOU KNOW, FOR GENERATIONS
BEEN CAUSED THIS HARM IN OUR
CITY, I WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY
AND I'M EAGER TO WORK WITH YOU
TO MOVE US IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ONE
OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECOMMENDATION NO.
8 TALKS ABOUT
NOT RELYING ON DATA-DRIVEN
SOLUTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, NOT
KIND OF CENTERING THAT IN IF THE
WAYS THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS AND
I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
VERY OFTEN IN THIS INSTITUTION
ESPECIALLY, WE DO TALK ABOUT HOW
WE ARE GOING TO MEASURE THE
SUCCESS OF A PROGRAM, MEASURE
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DOLLARS
THAT WE SPEND, AND SO I WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM
YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK IS
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT AND WHAT
YOU THINK AN APPROPRIATE
ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE.
>> CAN I GO, DAVID?
SO I THINK, LIKE, IN THE REPORT
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS
MAINLY THE DATA THAT'S BEEN USED
TO ASSESS PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS IN
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
DATA FOR EVALUATING THE, LIKE,
OVERALL PROGRAM SUCCESS.
RIGHT?
WE ARE FOCUSING ON WAYS THAT I
THINK THE DATA IS BEING
INTRODUCED TO MAKE THINGS MORE
EFFICIENT AND ALSO MAKE IT MORE
FAIR BECAUSE, LIKE, INDIVIDUAL
POLICE, JUDGES, PROSECUTORS MAY
HAVE, LIKE, BIASES AND THEY USE
DATA TO DECIDE WHO DO YOU
PROSECUTE, WHO DO YOU OFFER
DIVERSION TO, WHO DO YOU RELEASE
TO THE PUBLIC, ET CETERA.
THE IDEA IS THAT IT WILL MAKE
THEM BETTER.
BUT IT'S BASED ON DATA THAT'S
ALREADY TAINTED BY THE BIASES.
SO IF YOU BASE THE POSSIBILITY
SOMEBODY MIGHT REOFFEND AS A
BASIS FOR DETERMINING PROBATION
CONDITIONS, WHO TO RELEASE OR
WHO TO GIVE LIGHTER SENTENCES TO
AND THAT DATA IS ALREADY TAINTED
BECAUSE THAT'S BASED ON WHO GOT
ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED IN THE
PAST, AND IT'S ALREADY
REFLECTIVE OF RACIAL AND OTHER
BIASES.
SO IN -- EVEN THOUGH WE'RE
TRYING TO REMOVE THE ELEMENT OF
BIAS, THE BIAS IS ACTUALLY BUILT
INTO THOSE ASSESSMENT TOOLS, AND
HOW THAT -- WE'RE JUST MAKING IT
MORE INVISIBLE.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE INDIVIDUALS CAN
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY DO
SOMETHING LIKE EGREGIOUS, AND
YET NOW IT'S LIKE IMPARTIAL THAT
HAS NOTHING -- OURS DOESN'T HAVE
BIAS BUT IT ACTUALLY DOES
BECAUSE OF THE DATA THAT GOES
INTO CREATING THOSE.
AT THE MINIMUM THERE HAS TO BE
TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT RULES
ARE BEING USED AND THAT RULES
OUT MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL AND
OUTWARD PROVIDERS BECAUSE THEIR
PROCESS IS NOT TRANSPARENT.
THEY DON'T TELL YOU.
THEY DON'T TELL OUR ELECTED
LEADERS WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY
DOING.
RIGHT?
AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A
TRANSPARENCY THAT WE NEED TO
MONITOR IT TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S NOT -- YOU KNOW,
REINTRODUCING BIAS INTO THE
EVALUATION.
SO THAT'S LARGELY -- LARGELY,
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND
NOT NECESSARILY, LIKE, LOOKING
AT THE DATA FOR OVERALL, YOU
KNOW, THE SYSTEMS.
RIGHT?
>> UH-HUH.
THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EMI.
THAT WAS VERY, I THINK,
ILLUMINATING OF SOME OF THE VERY
ROBUST DISCUSSION PRIOR TO
CARLOS'S REPORT FOCUSED ON THE
RELIANCE ON THE RISK MODEL, RRM,
I'M FORGETTING THE OTHER WORK.
RESPONSIVITY MODEL, RISK
RESPONSIVITY MODEL, THE RELIANCE
ON THAT TO IDENTIFY WHO SHOULD
HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES RATHER
THAN REALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT
PEOPLE'S STRENGTHS ARE AND HOW
TO SUPPORT FOLKS IN THEIR -- IN
ADDRESSING THREATS TO PEOPLE'S
STRENGTHS.
AND REALLY APPRECIATE LIFTING
THAT UP AS WE LOOK AT THE DESIGN
OF PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE CREATING
HARM.
APPRECIATE THE REMINDER OF THE
FACT THAT THAT IS A TERM THAT IS
SOMETIMES MISUSED, MISUSED AS
WELL AS PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY
TRULY ACCORDING TO THE ACTUAL
PRINCIPLES OF TRAUMA-INFORMED
CARE REALLY MEETING THOSE HIGH
STANDARDS OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO
IN OUR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
LOOKING TO SEE IF WE HAVE OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
AND NOT SEEING ANY OTHER
HANDS UP, THIS IS -- THERE'S NO
ACCIDENT THAT THIS IS A
PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE HEARING
BEFORE WE ENTER THE BUDGET
PROCESS, TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT
STEPS, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
REALLY IMPORTANT, COUNCIL, TO
CONSIDER AND APPLY THE TASK
FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
PROGRAMS THAT WE CONSIDER AS WE
WORK TO, AGAIN, REDUCE
ACT OFTEN THE STRENGTHS THEY
HAVE AND SUPPORT THEM IN DOING
SO.
I REALLY WANT TO HAVE SOME OF
THE WORDS OF THANKS AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE TASK
FORCE FULL REPORT AND THE WORK
NEW YOUTH JAIL MOVEMENT.
AND OTHERS THAT PROCEEDED WORK.
THOSE ARE -- WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND
HONOR THE INCREDIBLE COURAGE,
LABOR AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MOVEMENT BUILDERS TO PAVE THE
WAY.
THE PARTICULAR WORK WITH IN THE
TASK FORCE POSSIBLE THROUGH
VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS AND
INITIATIVE ITS OVER THE YEARS.
IN FACT IT IS WORK OF THOSE
GROUPS.
TO THIS PLACE WE ARE IN TODAY.
I KNOW THESE VOICES WILL
CONTINUE TO DRIVE US TO A
BETTER PLACE THAT MORE REFLECTS
THE KIND OF CITY THAT I KNOW I
WANT TO LIVE IN AND I KNOW
OTHERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO LIVE
IN SO, WITH THAT AGAIN, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US
HERE TODAY AND ALL OF YOUR
WORK.
WILL THE CLERK READ IN AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 2.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2. LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION,
SCALE STUDY FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S DO A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS JUST NAME AND
ASSOCIATION AND THEN I WILL --
SOME REAL QUICK BACKGROUND
POINTS AND WE WILL HAND IT OVER
TO YOU AFTER THAT.
>> LISA DUGARD.
I AM DIRECTOR AND INCOMING CO
DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
ASSOCIATION SINCE WE RENAMED
PURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION.
>> TARA MOSS.
KING COUNTY LEAD DIRECTOR PDA.
I WILL HAND IT OF TO TIERRA.
>> MY NAME IS TIERRA.
I'M SENIOR LEAD PROJECT
MANAGER.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS DEVON.
I USE HE SHE PRONOUNS AND I'M
THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE
LEAD PROGRAM, LET EVERYBODY
ADVANCE WITH DIGNITY.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
IS THAT EVERYBODY?
I TOUCHED ABOUT ON THIS AHEAD
OF THE AGENDA.
BACK IN 2019 THE COUNCIL PASSED
RESOLUTION 31916.
THAT RESOLUTION WE ACKNOWLEDGED
THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO
REDUCE UNNECESSARY AND
INVOLVEMENT AND DECLARED OUR
COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT PREARREST DIVERSION
PROGRAMS SUCH AS LEAD RECEIVE
FUNDING, SUFFICIENT TO ACCEPT
ALL PRIORITY REFERRALS BY 2023.
TODAY REPRESENTISTS FROM LEAD,
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND
CENTRAL STAFF ARE HERE TO
PRESENT ON THE NUMBER OF
REFERRALS THAT MAY BE EXPECTED
IN THE FUNDING THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO EXPAND PREARREST
VERSION EXCEPT THE REFERRALS.
THIS ANALYSIS WAS REQUIRED BY A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE EVENT
THAT I SPONSORED AND WAS
ADOPTED BY THE WATCH FALL.
>> RECORDING STOPPED.
>> BETTER PAUSE.
RECORDING IN PROGRESS.
>> THE ANALYSIS IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE
AS WE MOVE IN TO THE BUDGET
SEASON AND CONSIDER HOW BEST TO
ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO SECURE
OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY.
AGAIN THINK ONE IMPORTANT POINT
TO MAKE ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF
HEARING FROM OUR PREVIOUS
PRESENTERS IS THAT THERE WAS
CHANGE RECENTLY AS IT RELATES
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
INVOLVEMENT OR NECESSARY
INVOLVEMENT IN DOING COMMUNITY
REFERRALS.
THERE HAS BEEN A DELINKING OF
THAT AS BEING A PART OF THE
LEAD PROGRAM AND I'M SURE SOME
POINT WE DON'T NEED TO ADDRESS
THAT AT THE TOP BUT IT WOULD BE
GREAT IF THAT IS WOVEN IN TO
THE PRESENTATION.
I BELIEVE -- I SAW IT MENTIONED
IN THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO IT.
WOULD BE GOOD TO ADDRESS THAT A
LITTLE BIT AS WE GET IN TO THE
PRESENTATION.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OFF
TO THE PRESENT EARS.
I THINK YOU WILL START US OFF?
IF YOU ARE WITH US.
>> YES.
FANTASTIC.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBER.
>> I'M EATING POPCORN TOO
MANY.
>> DON'T WORRY.
I KNEW I WOULD GET A CHANCE TO
INTRODUCE MYSELF.
NO BIGGI.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE HERE AND GIVE ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
MY REMARKS WILL BE VERY BRIEF
BECAUSE THE PDA IS THE SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERT AT THE TABLE
TODAY.
AGAIN AS YOU SAID THE 2021
BUDGET INCLUDED THE STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND THAT
REQUESTED THE HSD PROVIDE A
REPORT TO COUNCIL TO DETERMINE
THE FUNDING TO ALLOW THE
PREARREST DIVERSION PROGRAMS TO
ACCEPT ALL QUALIFYING
REFERRALS.
HIS STAFF WORKED THE PDA AND
LEAD TO PREPARE THE REPORT THIS
SUMMER.
AS DIRECTED IN THE SLIDE.
HSD COORDINATED THAT WORK AND
THEN UPON RECEIPT OF THE REPORT
WE SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE AND THE CENTRAL STAFF
ON AUGUST 4th OF THIS YEAR.
THE SUBSTANCE AND THE ANALYSIS
INCLUDED IN THE SLIDE RESPONSE
REFLECTS THE WORK OF THE LEAD
POLICY COORDINATING GROUP.
JUST TOUCH ON THE CURRENT AND
PAST BUDGET FOR LEAD AND THE
PDA IN GENERAL FOR ITS
PROGRAMS, THE 2021 BUDGET
INVESTED $6.2 MILLION IN LEAD.
IN JUNE 2021, ORDINANCE 126, IT
98 LEAD THE -- BY THE COUNCIL
APPROPRIATED ANOTHER THREE
MILLION TO LEAD AND THEN
RECENTLY ALSO THROUGH THAT SAME
ORDINANCE COUNCIL ALSO
APPROPRIATED FUNDING FOR NONCON
GEGRATE SHELTER.
OF THOSE 5.5 MILLION IS BEING
FUNDED TO ANOTHER PDA PROGRAM
JUST CARE FOR 89 HOTEL BASED
SHELTER UNITS.
FINALLY I WANT TO NOTE THAT HSD
IS TRANSFERRING THE MANAGEMENT
OF THE LEAD CONTRACT FROM THE
HOMELESSNESS DIVISION WHICH WE
KNOW SUN SELLING AT THE END OF
2021.
ITS GOING TO THE NEW SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITY DIVISION.
IT'S A BETTER MATCH BECAUSE THE
MISSION OF LEAD IS A LINED THE
GOAL OF INCREASING COMMUNITY
SAFETY.
SO, ONE THING THAT WE WOULD
SUGGEST IS THAT DISCUSSIONS
RELATED TO EVALUATION AND --
COST ANALYSIS IMPACT ANALYSIS
OF LEAD BE CONDUCTED IN 2022
BECAUSE THAT WOULD THEN ALLOW
THE SAFE AND THRIVING DIVISION
TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT OF LEAD AND
OTHER RESPONSES TO CRIMINAL
JUSTICE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
SO WITH THAT AS I MENTIONED
VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, VERY
SPORT PRESENTATION AND THAT
CONCLUDES IT.
>> SO, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS
LEADING THE DISCUSSIONS SO I --
I JUST HAND IT OVER TO YOU AND
YOU CAN ORGANIZE YOURSELF TO
SPEAK UP ACCORDING TO WHO IS
GOING TO SPEAK FIRST.
>> YES.
AGAIN.
I JUST FIRST WANT TO REALLY
THANK THE CHAIR FOR THIS ENTIRE
SESSION TODAY.
AS ME AND ESPECIALLY MY FELLOW
THOUGHT PARTNER IN THIS WHO
COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
BRANDY FLOOD HAVE BEEN REALLY
CONCERNED AS THIS HAVE BEEN
CONVERSATIONS AROUND AND REALLY
IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AROUND
CRISIS ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES,
ALTERNATIVES TO 911,
NONCRIMINAL POLICE RESPONSES,
AND SOLUTIONS FOR THAT BLACK
AND BROWN FOLKS WOULD BE LEFT
OUT AS THE RESULT AND FURTHER
IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM THAT.
IS A RESULT THAT WE KNOW THAT
BLOCK AND BROWN FOLKS ARE GOING
TO BE SEEN AS COMMITTING
CRIMES, SEEN LESS AS IN CRISIS,
AND MORE AS A PUBLIC THREAT AND
A PUBLIC DANGER AND STILL
COMMITTING CRIMES OR ALLEGEDLY
SEEN AS COMMITTING CRIMES.
SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION THAT WAS SAID
BEFORE AS WE THINK ABOUT PEOPLE
PERCEIVED AS COMMITTING CRIMES
OR ACTUALLY COMMITTING CRIMES.
OUR GOAL IN THIS PROGRAM HAS
BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE
FOCUSING ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND
PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR MEMBERS
OF OUR COMMUNITY WHICH INCLUDES
OUR CLIENTS AND PEOPLE OWN
BUSINESSES AND ARE HOUSED.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS PANEL
AND THINKING ABOUT THIS SO
COMPLETE A WAS HE THINK ABOUT
BETTER WAYS TO DO THINGS MOVING
FORWARD AND TAKE LESSONS LEARN
FROM HOW WE HAVE DONE THINGS IN
THE PAST.
FROM THAT I WILL -- THROW OUT
THE SLY DECK HERE.
GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
SO THIS IS ME AND BRANDY FLOOD
WHO I SAID CANNOT BE HERE.
WE HAVE THE HONOR OF DEVON
JOINS AND WE WILL BE SPEAKING
ON BEHALF OF REACH.
SINCE ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE
LEAD HAS PRESENTED TO THAT
COUNCIL I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
GOOD TO ROUND AND TOUCH BASE,
LEAD HAS LET EVERYBODY ADVANCE
WITH DIGNITY IT.
PROVIDES COMMUNITY BASED CARE
FOR PEOPLE WHO COMMIT LAW
VIOLATIONS OR EXTREME POVERTY
AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
WHAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON
IS REDUCING THE POLICING OF
THESE INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE
ALWAYS HAD A CORE VALUE OF STOP
THE HARM THAT IS BEING CAUSED
BY THESE INDIVIDUALS AND TO
THESE INDIVIDUALS BUT WE DON'T
JUST LEAVE FOLKS OUT THERE.
WE WANT TO DO WRAP AROUND
SUPPORTIVE INDIVIDUAL BASED
CARE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
THE CASE MANAGEMENT FOLLOWS THE
HARM REDUCTION PRINCIPLE AS
WELL AND DEVON WILL TALK LATER
AROUND THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER YOU DID ASK AND
THIS I THINK BAR CHART REALLY
EXPLAINS THE EVOLUTION OF LEAD
AS WE HAVE REALLY MOVED FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT BASED DIVERSION
AND SOCIAL CONTEXT AND AS YOU
WILL SEE THROUGH THE PAST YEAR,
COMMUNITY REQUESTED AND COUNCIL
RESPONDED TO WHEN YOU ALLOWING
TO LIFT THE GATE KEEPING OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE COMMUNITY
BASED REFERRALS.
THOSE ARE REFERRALS WHERE WE
KNOW THERE'S CONCERN OR ACTUAL
PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY
CONCERNS WITH INDIVIDUALS AND
WE THROUGH PDA NOT THROUGH LAW
ENFORCEMENT ARE APPROVING THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WITH DEEP
CONSULTATION WITH REACH.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A
LITTLE LATER.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2019 THE RED
IS ARREST DIVERSIONS, REFERRALS
THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD TO
APPROVE AND STARTING IN JULY
THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2020,
COMMUNITY REFERRALS CAME ONLINE
AND AS YOU MOVE TO 2021, YOU
CAN REALLY SEE THAT IS THE
MAJORITY OF THE REFERRALS THAT
WE GET TO THIS DAY.
IT HAS IMPACTED OUR PROGRAM AS
A WHOLE AND HOW WE ENTER THE
WORK AND SUPPORTING THE
COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IN TERMS
OF THEIR CONCERNS OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
WITH THAT IN -- JUST REALLY
DETAILING HOW COMMAND REFERRALS
COME IN.
HOW CONVERSATIONS WITH IN
COMMUNITY AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY
AND LEADS ARE -- OCCUR I REALLY
WANT TO PASS IT OVER TO TIERRA
WHO HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF
GREAT WORK IN THIS PAST YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
SINCE THE COUNCIL PASSED THE
ABILITY TO RECEIVE THE
INTERNALLY THAT COMMUNITY BASED
REFERRALS WE HAVE SPENT TIME
ENGAGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
COME IN CONTACT WITH THE
INDIVIDUALS WE SERVE AND WHO
EXPERIENCE SITUATIONS FOR WHICH
LEAD IS AN APPROPRIATE
RESPONSE.
THIS HAS INCLUDED LOCAL
BUSINESSES, FIRST RESPONDERS,
COBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS BE
PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
THESE REFERRALS ARE VETTED
INTERNALLY IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
TEAM AND SERVICE PROVIDER.
INCLUDING BLACK, AND OTHER
PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE SIMILAR TO THAT OF
THOSE IN LEAD BOTTLE CARE.
MANY OF THOSE WHO ARE REFERRED
TO AS INDIVIDUALS ENGAGING IN
LOW LEVEL LAW VIOLATION THERE'S
ARE DRIVEN BY POVERTY,
SUBSTANCE USE AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH NEEDS.
WHEN VETTING INDIVIDUALS FOR
LEAD WE HAVE PRIORITIES USING A
RACIAL EQUITY LENS LOOKING FOR
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM, OFTEN TIMES LONG
HISTORY OF IMPACTED BY THE WAR
ON DRUGS, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
BEEN LEFT OUT OF OTHER SERVICES
AND WHO CONTINUE TO FACE HIGH
BARRIERS TO ACCESSING OTHER
SERVICES WITH IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO HAVE PRIORITIES FOR
THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED TO THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND IN
RISK OF COMING IN CONTACT WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF
SITUATIONS WE HAVE BEEN ASKED
TO RESPOND TO.
THERE IS A MAN OF COLOR LIVING
IN CHINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT WHO EXPERIENCES VERY
HIGH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS.
HE HAS A HISTORY OF BEING
ARRESTED AND JAILED ONLY TO
CONTINUE TO BE FOUND NOT
COMPETENT IN COURT.
THIS IS ALSO SOMEBODY WHO IS
DISRUPTING THOSE TRYING TO LIVE
IN CHINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
OUR TEAM IS ACTIVELY WORKING TO
ENGAGE WITH HIM.
ADDRESS HIS UNMET NEEDS AND
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES
THAT CAN REDUCE HIS IMPACT ON
THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICING
OF HIM.
JAIL HAS NOT WORKED TO ADDRESS
THIS NEED AND WILL NOT WORK.
WE RECEIVE THE CALL ABOUT A
WOMAN CONTINUING TO DISRUPT A
BUSINESS IN PIONEER SQUARE.
WE RESPONDED CONTINUED TO
ENGAGE WITH HER AND DEVELOPED A
PLAN TO ADDRESS HER UNMET NEED
AND RELIEVE THE IMPACT TO THE
BUSINESS, PATRONS AND THOSE
LIVING OUTSIDE NEAR THE
BUSINESS.
WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE REQUESTS
TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC SAFETY
NEEDS.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO RESPOND
TO QUEEN ANN, MOTEL AND HAVE
STARTD THAT OUTREACH.
WE HAVE BEEN IF LONG TIME
CONTACT WITH THE MOUNT BAKER
COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN UNMET
NEED FOR THESE SERVICES.
HOWEVER, WE ARE FACING SERIOUS
CAPACITY ISSUES AT THIS TIME
AND CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE
INCREASING REQUESTS.
I WANT TO PASS ALONG TO DEVON
FROM REACH WHO CAN TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE
DOING AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT
THEY HAVE RECENTLY DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
AS I SAID EARLIER MY NAME IS
DEVON.
I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE
LEAD PROGRAM AT REACH.
THE CLINICAL SERVICE ARM OF
LEAD.
I HAVE BEEN ON THIS TEAM AT
REACH FOR SEVEN YEARS AND I'M
REALLY PROUD TO SEE HOW THIS
PROGRAM HAS CHANGED.
OVERTIME TO CONTINUE TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE A
GRAPH AROUND THE APPROVED
COMMUNITY REFERRALS BY RACIAL
DEMOGRAPHICA.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
THE COMMUNITY REFERRAL PROCESS
HAS BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO HAVE PRIORITIES FOR
PEOPLE WHO WE SEE AT REALLY AT
THE MOST MARGINS OF WHAT IS
CONSIDERED LIKE SAFE AND UNSAFE
IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY.
WE HAVE PRIORITIES FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FAILED OUT
OF OUR TRADITIONAL BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SYSTEM, OUR TRADITIONAL
SUBSTANCE USE SYSTEM, WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT HARM
FROM YEARS OF INVOLVEMENT IN
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SITS
TEMPERATURE.
WE HAVE PRIORITIES FOR PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY
TRAUMA OF THE WAR ON DRUGS, WAR
ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THIS
CITY AND COUNTY AND ON
PROFUNDLY LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES.
LEAD HAS PRIORITIES FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO THE SYSTEM HAS
SEEN AS VIOLENT.
THIS IS OF PARTICULAR
IMPORTANCE WHEN WE LOOK AT JUST
THE EMBEDDED RAC ISP IN HISTORY
WITH IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM SO WHEN WE DO THE
COMMUNITY REFERRAL PROCESS ONE
OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT WE
HAVE PRIORITIES INDIVIDUALS
WITH EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL
HISTORIES INCLUDING VIOLENT
CRIMINAL HISTORIES THAT WOULD
PRECLUDE THEM FROM ACCESSING
OTHER PROGRAMS.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I
REALLY WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT
ABOUT IS LIKE THAT IS WHO WE
WANT TO SERVE IS FOLKS WHO HAVE
BEEN SEEN AS CRIMINAL, SEEN AS
VIOLENT BECAUSE OF THEIR UNMET
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEED AND THE
WAY THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED THEM.
OKAY.
GO FOR IT.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THANK
YOU DEVON.
BEFORE WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT
THAT JUST PAINTS A REALLY GOOD
PICTURE OF WHO THE CLIENTS ARE.
WHETHER WE DO THE COMMUNITY
REFERRAL PROCESS WE ARE
COMBINING PRIORITIES THAT DEVON
HAS NAME THERE'S WITH THE HIGH
IMPACT, HIGH PRIORITY
INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IN
TERMS OF THAT PUBLIC HEALTH,
PUBLIC SAFETY REALM.
THAT FEEDBACK THEY ARE GETTING.
WITH THAT DEVONLY HAND IT BACK
TO YOU SO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT
WHAT THESE CLIENTS KIND OF --
THE SERVICE LOOK LIKE.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE DO PROVIDE A LONG TERM
INTENSIVE INDIVIDUAL SERVICE
PACKAGE AT THE REACH PROGRAM.
OUR WORK IS ALL CLIENT
CENTERED.
THERE IS NO COMPLIANCE -- BASED
AND THE WORK IS DESIGNED
BETWEEN THE RELATIONSHIP OF A
CASE MANAGER AND NOT ASSIGNED
PARTICIPANT.
HERE WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF --
WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CASE
MANAGERS, KIMBERLY FEATURED IN
THIS IMAGE AND THEN THE
DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH FEATURED
IN THIS IMAGE THIS WAS TAKEN AT
THE EVER SPRING HOTEL.
WE WERE THE PRIMARY SERVICE
PROVIDER TO RESPOND TO THE EVER
SPRING HOTEL POPULATION AT THE
TIME OF CLOSURE LAST SUMMER AND
HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH
THAT COMMUNITY VERY CLOSELY FOR
THE LAST YEAR.
IT'S ONE THING, ONE EXAMPLE
THAT I WOULD SHARE OF KIND OF
WHO IS A LEAD CLIENT IS AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO CAME FROM
PROFOUND INTER GENERATIONAL
TRAUMA, GREW NEWSPAPER THE
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
BLACK WOMAN, 50 YEARS OLD.
GENDER NONCONFORMING ALWAYS
SEEN AS CAUSING A PROBLEM OR
CAUSING A RISK TO PUBLIC
SAFETY.
ALWAYS SEN AS CRIMINAL,
REALLY, REALLY LONG HISTORY
WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT
REFERRED TO LEAD UNTIL SHE WAS
IN HER 50'S MEANING SHE FACED
MANY, MANY PRISON SENTENCES FOR
NONVIOLENT CRIMES IN OUR STATE.
MANY JAIL AND WAS REFERRED
THROUGH THE DIRECT PROGRAM OVER
TEN TIMES AND WAS NOT
SUCCESSFUL SO THESE ARE THE
KIND OF FOLKS THAT LEAD IS
DESIGNED TO SERVE.
THIS IS THE KIND OF PERSON WE
SPECIALIZE IN.
PARTICULARLY REFLECTING ON MANY
OF THE INDIVIDUALS WE
ENCOUNTERED AT EVER SPRING
HOTEL.
I'M THINKING ABOUT LOTS AND
LOTS OF OLDER, SINGLE BLACK MEN
WHO HAVE SPENT MUCH OF THEIR
LIFE IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
THIS RESEEN AS PART OF CRIMINAL
INVOLVEMENT.
SEEN AS TOO HIGH FUNCTIONING TO
ACCESS OUR TRADITIONAL
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
SO HAVE NEVER BEEN OFFERED
ANYTHING BY OUR HOMELESS
SERVICE SYSTEM OUR BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SYSTEM AND ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING TO MEET UNMEET
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHNEEDS.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
EXAMPLES OF FOLK THAT WE ARE
CONE UTTERS THROUGH THE WORK.
HERE WE HAVE SOME IMAGES OF
SOME OF OUR CASE MANAGERS AND
SUPERVISORS WHO ARE REALLY THE
HEART OF OUR TEAM, WE ARE AN
OUTREACH BASED MODEL.
WE DO NOT SPEND OUR DAYS IN AN
OFFICE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF EVERYBODY
IN THIS IMAGE STILL WORKS AT
THE REACH PROGRAM AND I'M SO
PROUD TO HAVE THEM ON OUR TEAM
AND WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CAN YOU -- TOUCH UPON THE
INFORMATION IN THE BOX.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LIFT
UP.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF OUR MODEL
AT THE LEAD PROGRAM THAT WE
FEEL IS SUPER SPECIAL IS WE
KEEP CASE LOADS SMALL SO THAT
HE WITH CAN GET TO KNOW FOLKS
REALLY WELL AND BUILD AN
INDIVIDUAL SERVICE PLAN WITH
THEM.
WE DID IN 2019 WORK WITH THE
CITY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH A
REQUIREMENT THAT AVERAGE CASE
LOADS BE NO MORE THAN 20 CASE
WAS A MAXIMUM OF 25 ACTIVE
CLIENTS SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT
REALLY INTENSIVE CASE
MANAGEMENT.
THIS IS IN COMPARISON TO
THINKING ABOUT LIKE A
TRADITIONAL MEDICAID FUNDED
úBEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM.
CASE LOADS WOULD BE BETWEEN 100
AND 150 INDIVIDUALS PER
COUNSELOR.
JUST NOTING THIS IS PART OF OUR
SERVICE PACKAGE AND PART OF THE
REASON WHY WE ARE ABLE TO WORK
WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW FOR
UPWARDS OF 15, 20, 30 HOURS A
MONTH SOMETIMES FOR THOSE
CLIENTS THAT WERE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH.
IN THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD
IS THAT -- ONE THING ABOUT THE
REACH PROGRAM AND OUR HIRING
PRACTICES THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR
ME TO NOTE IS THAT WE HAVE
FOCUS ON HIRING INDIVIDUALS
WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND WE DO
NOT REQUIRE ADVANCED DEGREES IN
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SEVEN ON
OUR TEAM AT LEAD.
MANY OF OUR CASE MANAGEERNS
COME WITH PROFOUND LIVED
EXPERIENCE IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM,
LIVED EXPERIENCE IN THE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THE SEX
TRADE, OF PROFOUND GENERATIONAL
POVERTY AND IT'S PART OF WHAT
MOTIVATES THEM TO COME TO THIS
WORK.
IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO WORK
WITH THIS TEAM AND NOT SEE A
LOT OF THE TRADITIONAL
BARRIERS, IT'S REQUIRING A LOT
OF ADVANCED DEGREES TO WORK
WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WOULD ADD WHEN COUNSEL
IRHEARS US TALK ABOUT AT
CAPACITY WE ARE TALKING AT WE
AREN'T ABLE TO HONOR THE CASE
LOADS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
HAVE HERE.
OFTEN MOVING TO 30, 35 CASES.
S A RESULT EVEN IN THE
COMMUNITY REFERRALS ONE OF THE
AGREEMENTS IS WE WOULD DO THEM
AS CAPACITY ALLOWS AND RIGHT
NOW CAPACITY DOES NOT ALLOW
THAT.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR REFERRALS
EVEN IF IT MEETS ALL THE
CRITERIA THAT HE WITH HAVE
DESCRIBED AND FOCUSING ON HIGH
PRIORITY HIGH NEEDS, TRUEBLOOD
INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE STILL
DENYING THOSE BECAUSE OUR CASE
LOADS ARE TOO HIGH.
OUR CASE MACKERNS WE KNOW WON'T
BE ABLE TO GO OUTREACH
INDIVIDUALS UNTIL THEY FIND
THEM.
THEY WILL ONLY PICK UP THE
PHONE, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GO
AND WORK FOR DIFFERENT CRIMINAL
-- SYSTEM RESULTS FOR THAT
CLIENT GIVING THEM THE FULL
OPTIONS OF THAT SO, THERE IS
JUST SO MUCH THAT HARMS THE
CLIENT AND THE CASE MANAGERS
ABOUT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IF OUR
CASE LOADS GET TOO HIGH.
FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT WE
ALREADY HAVE TO THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMUNITY
AS A WHOLE WE STOPPED ACCEPTING
REFERRALS EVEN IF WE DO THINK
THAT THEY COULD BENEFIT FROM
OUR WORK.
WHEN WE SAY AT CAPACITY, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT OUR CASE LOADS
ARE BEING TOO HIGH.
THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY
I WANTED TO FOCUS ON OUR CASE
MANAGER STRUCTURE AND OUR
CLIENTS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BRINGING
LEAD TO SCALE ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT FURTHER FUNDING FOR CASE
MANAGERS TO KEEP APPROPRIATE
CASE LOADS AND FOR US TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO ALL THE HIGH
PRIORITY LEAD ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUT THERE
THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE TYPE
OF SUPPORT.
SO I WILL QUICKLY RUN DOWN THE
CURRENT NUMBERS OF OUR FUNDING
WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE WITH THE
CITY OF SEATTLE FUNDING, WENT
THROUGH THIS, HSD FUNDING, KING
COUNTY MIDOPPORTUNITYING AND
TRUEBLOOD FUNDING IT.
WILL BE NOTED THAT IT'S AT 3
MILLION -- WAS SET ASIDE FOR WE
HAVE YET TO RECEIVE THAT
FUNDING BUT NOPE THINK THAT'S
COMING THROUGH SOON.
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AS I
JUST SAID, FUNDING FOR LEAD AS
YOU WILL SEE THE TWO GREEN TIES
ARE THE DIRECT SERVICE
PROGRAMMING, AND ITS CLIENT
BASED COSTS.
THE OTHER THICKS REALLY PULLED
OUT HERE AS WELL.
MY TEAM AND THE LEAD PROJECT
TEAM IS THAT 4% RED SLICE YOU
THAT SEE RIGHT THERE TO DO THE
COMMUNITY COORDINATION AROUND
ALL THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDS
THAT WE ARE MANAGING.
>> WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT
BRINGING LEAD TO SCALE AND
SUPPORTING ANSWERING THAT
QUESTION WE WERE TRYING TO
DETERMINE HOW MANY LEAD
ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS ARE THERE
IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE KIND OF
WENT THROUGH THIS A FEW
DIFFERENT WAYS.
MY TEAM DID EXTENSIVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH I WOULD SAY
HIGH LEVEL REFERRALS FROM THE
COMMUNITY THEMSELVES.
IF YOU -- IF THE LEAD COULD
TAKE EVERYBODY THAT WAS A
PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY
CONCERN, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU
ESTIMATE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE,
WE DID THAT WITH THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM.
WE DID THAT IN A -- A FEW
DIFFERENT WAYS AND THEN WE
REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE WERE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR
ESTIMATES SO WE REDUCED NUMBERS
BASED ON DUPLICATION, NOT GOOD
MATCH.
PEOPLE WHO BY EXPERIENCE IN THE
PAST MAY NOT COMPLETE THEIR
INTAKE OR NOT -- ASSIGNED A
CASE MANAGER.
REALLY JUST TRYING TO BE AS
COMPLETE WITH THE PARTNERS
RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITIES
THAT WE COULD IN TERMS OF
DETERMINING HOW MANY PEOPLE
WOULD BE REFERRED TO LEAD
BECAUSE ONE THING THAT I DID
NOT POINT OUT A FEW SLIDES AGO
I WILL GO BACK QUICKLY IS WHEN
YOU LOOK AT OUR SLIDES IN
JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, THAT
NUMBER IS MUCH HIGHER AND THAT
WAS WHEN WE WERE APPROVING ALL
HIGH PRIORITY REFERRALS.
VERY EARLY ON THIS YEAR WE
REALIZED WE WOULD BE QUICKLY
OVER LOADING OUR CASE
MANAGEERNS AND STARTED
AGGRESSIVELY SAYING NO EVEN TO
ELIGIBLE PEOPLE.
SO WHEN YOU SEE APRIL AND JUNE
AND JULY AND AUGUST, THAT IS MY
ATTEMPT TO SAY NO TO
INDIVIDUALS WHICH I AM TRYING
TO GET A BET ARE BETTER JOB AT.
AS SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN DOING
HARM REDUCTION AND PUBLIC
SAFETY, HOMELESS SERVICES -- IT
BREAKS MY HEART TO NOT BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN DOING SO.
I WILL HAND THIS OVER TO LIST
A.
>> VERY QUICKLY, JUST TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LEAD WAS BORN
A DECADE AGO AND IN PLANNING
OVER A DECADE AGO OUT OF A
WIDELY FELT HOPE THAT A BELIEF
FELT BY MANY THAT COULD AND
SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO RESPOND
TO MANY IF NOT MOST COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND PUBLIC OFFERED
ISSUES THROUGH COMMUNITY BASED
CARE RATHER THAN THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM.
THAT WAS AN IDEA THAT HAD A LOT
-- HAD WIDE AUTHOR SHIP AND HAS
HAD A LOT OF PROPONENTS OVER
THE YEARS, SOME OF WHOM ARE
STILL ON THIS TEAM HERE WITH
YOU TODAY.
OTHERS WHO ARE DOING AMAZING
WORK ELSEWHERE.
THE THING IS THAT IDEA WORKED.
THAT IDEA PROVED TO BE TRUE.
THERE HAS BEEN THE COMMUNITY OF
SEATTLE FROM EARLY DAYS HAS
PROVEN THAT IT IS WILLING TO
SUPPORT AND ACCEPT THESE KIND
OF RESPONSES.
INSTEAD OF ARREST, JL
PROSECUTION.
THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THEM HAS
RARELY IF EVER KEPT UP WITH
DEMAND.
PRO-- REFLECTS JUST AND MANY
HAVE BEEN WITNESSES TO US OVER
THE YEARS.
AS REPEATED OF WHEN PEOPLE
WOULD -- WHO IN THE PAST MAY
HAVE THOUGHT THAT WHAT THEY
WANTED AS ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY
LEARNED THERE WAS THIS
ALTERNATIVE.
THEY ASKED FOR IT.
THAT AND THAT PUSHED EXPANSION
OR CALLS FOR EXPANSION BUT ALSO
JUST IN TERMS OF THE VOLUMES OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO WHEN PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY STARTED TO THINK
MAYBE A BETTER RESPONSE WOULD
BE LEAD AND THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THAT CASE
MANAGEMENT RESPONSE INSTEAD OF
PUNISHMENT HAVE NEVER KEPT ONE
THAT DEMAND.
THIS GROWTH SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE
RESPONDED TO REPEATED
ILLUSTRATION.
A FAIRLY STEADY GROWTH ARC.
AND YET, WE ARE CLEARLY NOT
UPSCALE AND THAT'S WHERE THE
2019 RESOLUTION CAME FROM WAS
SORT OF REALLY FIGHTING AT THE
LEVEL OF POLICY.
THE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS
IS POPULAR, WIDELY SUPPORTED IN
THE RIGHT THING TO DO,
ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS THE SCALE
OF RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE
NEEDED TO MEET THAT DEMAND IN
ALL PRIORITY CASES AND THIS LED
TO THIS SLIDE AND THIS CURRENT
CONVERSATION, WE HAVE PROJECTED
HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE
2022S2023, THIS IS AN EXERCISE
WE HAVE DONE BASE BASED ON A
NUMBER OF IDEAS AND I WILL --
THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY
THOUGHTFULLY I THINK ANALYZED
BY THE PREMIERE STAFF.
LY DEFER THIS DISCUSSION OF
THAT TO JEFF'S COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JUST THIS IS ANOTHER WAY OF
BREAKING DOWN AND LOOKING
BEHIND THAT A LITTLE BIT TO
KNOW, TO SEE WHAT I HAD STATED
BEFORE THAT WHEN IT'S
INCREASING COSTS ARE REALLY
FOCUSED ON DIRECT PROGRAMMING
AND CLIENT SERVICES WITH
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT AS WELL.
SO, WITH THAT I DO WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT JEFF HAS TIME SO IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS WE
CONTINUE NOW OR WE CAN WAIT
UNTIL AFTER JEFF'S
PRESENTATION.
WE CAN JUST CONTINUE TO HOLD
THE QUESTIONS.
GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JEFF, LET'S TURN IT OVER TO
YOU.
>> I THINK I HAVE ABILITY TO,
LET ME TRY THAT.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THE SLIDE
OKAY?
GREAT.
SO, OTHERS -- JUST NOTED I HAVE
PROBABLY SPENT -- HAD A LOT OF
COOPERATION WITH BOTH HER AND
-- AT PDA OVER THE LAST WEEK OR
TWO IN TRYING TO ANALYZE A LOT
OF THE ASSUMPTIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THEM AS TERRA
PRESENTED ON THAT GO INTO
ESTIMATES AND WHAT THE SLIDE
ASKED FOR.
WHAT THE CASE LOAD FOR LEAD
WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IF WERE TO
BE SERVING CITY WIDE ALL OF THE
QUALIFIED PRIORITY REFERRALS.
THEN THE ASSOCIATED COST WITH
THAT.
WHAT I HAVE FOR SURRENDER
BASICALLY A COUPLE DIFFERENT --
A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY OF
LOOKING AT WHAT IS -- IOWA IN
SOFT THE SLIDES.
THEL SIDE BLUE LINE THAT OFTEN
GETS COVERED UP BY A GREEN WITH
YOU IS WHAT IS PRESENTED IN THE
SLIDE RESPONSE.
IT'S FROM -- 2022, THE CASE
LOAD IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE
IF MORE FUNDING WERE PROVIDED
FOR LEAD TO MOVE TO SCALE CITY
WIDE.
WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH A SURVEY
WITH PARTNERS AS PDA ALREADY
MENTIONED.
THAT -- DISCUSS FIRE DEPARTMENT
YOU -- WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
SERVE YOUR CLIENTS HOW MANY
WOULD YOU SEND TO US?
SO YOU SEE THAT KIND OF RISES
UNTIL AT THE END OF DECEMBER
2022, THAT LEVEL IS BASICALLY
BEING MET AND ASSUME COMING IN.
AT THAT POINT THERE IS A COUPLE
OF THOUGHTS THAT -- ARE REALLY
DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE.
THERE'S NOT A GOOD DATA SOURCE.
WE DON'T HAVE HISTORICAL
EXPERIENCE THAT CAN WELL INFORM
THEM.
THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT SOME
FURTHER CONSIDERATION WOULD BE
BENEFICIAL AND I GRABBED ALL
THE CREDIT.
ROOK AT A VARIETY OF DATA
SOURCES.
I WANT IT HIGHLIGHT THAT SOLID
BLUE LINE YOU WILL SEE IT
STARTS TO LEVEL OUT.
THAT'S BASED ON TWO BIGGA SUMS.
ONE IS AN EXIT RATE THAT WE
REALLY HAVE TROUBLE ESTIMATES
WHAT IT WOULD BE.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHEN THAT MANY
CLIENTS ARE COMING IN, HOW MANY
SHOULD BECOMING IN AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, THE BELIEF THAT WE
AS A SYSTEM, AS A COMMUNITY WE
ARE INVESTING IN OTHER
PROGRAMS, THAT CAN BE
ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT LEGAL
SYSTEM AND PROVIDES SUPPORT
SUPPORT THAT PEOPLE NEED.
THERE'S A BELIEF THAT BY
JANUARY OF 2023, MANY OF THOSE
PROGRAMS WOULD BE ONLINE AND
INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY OTHERWISE
IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN REFERRED
TO LEAD WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS
MORE APPROPRIATELY REFERRED TO
SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS
THAT.
WOULD DAY WHAT YOU SEE AS THE
NUMBER OF REFERRALS COMING IN.
THERE'S A RISK THERE THOUGH.
IT'S POSSIBLE THOSE PROGRAMS
AREN'T UP AND RUNNING BY THAT
TIME AND A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS COULD HAVE.
IF THAT WASN'T TRUE, WHAT THE
CASE LOAD ARC MAY LOOK LIKE.
THEN THE GREEN LINE LIKE I SAID
WHEN I WORKED PDA TO DEVELOP
INSTEAD OF USING SOME OF THOSA
SUMS ABOUT WHAT MAY CHANGE IN
THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE THINK
MAY HAPPEN, LOOKING AT SOME
HISTORICAL DATA THAT WE HAVE ON
HAND IN TERMS OF HOW LONG
CLIENTS ARE IN THE THREE BROAD
STAGES YOU GO THROUGH.
OUTREACH PERIOD NOT EVERYBODY
GOES THROUGH.
MAYBE GOES LESS AROUND FOR A
CLIENT.
ACTIVE CASE.
AND THEN THE STAGE WHERE THE
INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE STABILIZES.
IT ISN'T NECESSARILY.
THERE COULD BE EMERGENCIES OR
CRISIS THAT COME UP THAT ARE
REQUIRED THAT KIND OF
ENGAGEMENT.
LOOKING AT THE RATE THAT PEOPLE
ON AVERAGE ARE IN THE VARIOUS
STAGE IS WHAT THE GREEN LINE
REPRESENTS.
KIND OF AN ESTIMATE BASED ON
THE PARTNER SURVEY WHAT MAY
HAPPEN IF THOSE LINKS CONTINUE.
THERE'S A FEW BIG THINGS TO
KNOW.
FIRST YOU WILL NOTICE -- WE
WILL NEVER GET TO A POINT WHERE
THE NUMBER OF EXIT FROM THE
PROGRAM WOULD SEEM TO MATCH THE
NUMBER OF REFERRALS.
MOOR IMPORTANTLY.
SECOND THERE IS A LOT OF POLICY
IMPLICATION THAT IF WE WERE AT
THAT POINT WE MAY NEED TO THINK
ABOUT.
HAVING MORE REFERRALS THAN IT'S
POSSIBLE TO SERVE WE COULD
RETURN TO A SITUATION IN A
PAUSE IN ACCEPTING THE NEW
REFERRALS THAT.
MAY WARRANT POLICY DECISIONS ON
WHO IS AN APPROPRIATE REFERRAL
TO THE LEAD PROGRAM OR WHAT ARE
SOME CHANGES IN HOW SERVICES
SHOULD BE DELIVERED TO CHANGE
THAT EXIT RATE.
LAST AND I THINK MOST
IMPORTANTLY IN THIS -- YOU
TALKED ABOUT THAT IN YOUR
REMARKS.
THERE'S A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS
NAH ARE UNDERLYING THESE.
I JUST SAID JUST IN DESCRIBING
HOW THEY WERE FORMULATED.
I THINK THAT MOST SIGNIFICANTLY
WE -- THIS KIND OF HIGHLIGHT
THAT WE NEED TO CAREFULLY
MONITOR VERSE METRICS IN AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE LEAD
PROGRAM IS BEING EXPANDED TO
SCALE OR IN ANY LEVEL OF
INCREASED FUNDING TO KNOW WHAT
IS HAPPENING WITH REFERRALS.
FOR EXAMPLE AS PERHAPS EXISTING
PARTNERS ARE ABLE TO REFER THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY EXPECT
WOULD WE SEE OTHER COMMUNITY
SOURCE THAT ARE HE IFERRING NEW
PEOPLE OR WOULD THERE BE A CLAY
IN AT TIDE ABOUTREFERRING
PEOPLE BASED OFF THE ABILITY TO
SERVE THEM.
THAT'S THINGS THAT AREN'T
KNOWABLE AT THIS POINT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF PRIOR
EXPERIENCE WITH HOW LONG AN
INDIVIDUAL SERVED WOULD HOLD UP
OVERTIME.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK THAT CAREFULLY
MONITORING ALL THESE AND WHAT
IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE
ENVIRONMENT WORE ANY ADDITIONAL
FUNDING WAS PROVIDED WOULD BE
IMPORTANT.
NEXTLY MOVE TO THE SECOND MAJOR
REQUEST IN THE SLIDE RESPONSE.
THE INFORMATION, THE COUNCIL
WAS SEEKING.
THIS IS WHAT IF YOU TAKE THE
CASE LINE AND I'M JUST ADDING
SOME NUMBER THAT YOU SAW IN THE
SLIDE CARE.
IN POSE BORE OUT AND USING THE
STAFFING SERVICE MODEL THAT
LEAD HAS PUT TOGETHER WHERE YOU
-- LIKE A SMALL PORTION LIKE
AROUND 15% MAY NEED HOTEL
SHELTER WHERE YOU MAY ASSUME A
1-20RATIO WHEN SOMEONE IS
ACTIVE CLIENTS.
THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES, IDEAL
PROGRAM SITUATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT APPROXIMATELY,
2021.
LET ME FIRST FOCUS YOU TO
WHAT'S ON THE BAR.
THAT IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED BY
LEAD AND IS WHAT IS IN THE
RESPONSE TO THE SLIDE THAT'S
BEEN SUBMITTED.
THE RED BAR MAY -- MAYBE I
SHOULD HAVE PICKED A DIFFERENT
COLOR.
IS KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS
DOTTED LINE THAT I SHOWED
EARLIER.
TURNS OUT THAT SOME THINGS WE
THINK LIKE OTHER PROGRAMS
COMING ONLINE DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WOULD WE POTENTIALLY IN 2023
SEE HIGHER FUNDING THAN BE ARE
PROJECTING.
THE GREEN BAR CORRESPONDED WITH
THE GREEN BARON THE OTHER SIDE.
IF WE TRY TO MAKE THAT.
I THINK THAT IT'S INTERESTING
THAT WE ARE IN 2022.
BASED OFF INFORMATION THAT PDA
GOT PARTNERED INSTITUTIONS
AROUND THE ESTIMATE.
ANY EXPANSION WOULD ME
IMPORTANT IT.
WOULD HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND
IF SOME KIND OF THING IS BEING
REACHED.
IF PROPER POLICIES HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED FOR WHO SHOULD BE
PUT INTO LEAD AND HOW LONG THEY
SHOULD BE SERVED FOR OR EVEN
THINGS LIKE WE SEE ASSUMPTIONS
THAT ARE MADE HERE ABOUT HOW
OFTEN A PERSON WOULD BE
RECOMMENDED BY THREE SOURCES,
DUPLICATION OF REFERRALS AND
THE RATE THAT MAY GO UP.
WHICH COULD AFFECT THESE COST
ESTIMATES AND MAY RESULT IN
THIS BEING AT A POINT THAT
WASN'T POSSIBLE TO PROJECT AT
THIS STAGE.
I HOPE THAT IS SOMEWHAT USEFUL
AND AS FURTHER DETAIL BEHIND
WHAT WAS ALREADY PRESENTED I
WILL TURN IT BACK OVER.
>> THIS IS WHAT THEY WAS
HOPING FOR WHEN WRITING AND
SPONSORING THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND JUST
REALLY APPRECIATING THE
GUIDANCE THAT THIS IS GOING TO,
I BELIEVE PROVIDE TO US AS WE
MOVE INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I WILL HOLD MINE AND HEAR FROM
MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
THE WORK YOU THAT HAVE DONE
WITH OUR CENTRAL STAFF, WORK
YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP US
UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER.
I THINK -- IT WAS TIARRA WHO
SAID JAIL HASN'T WORKED TO
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THIS
POPULATION OF THE FOLK WHO ARE
STRUGGLING.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW EVEN AT THE STATE
LEVEL, THE LEGISLATE OFFICER
PASSIONED THIS YEAR THE 988
HOTLINE FOR FOLK WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH
CHALLENGES AND I KNOW FOR ME
WHEN I GO OUT TO DIFFERENT
PARTS OF MY DISTRICT AND TALK
TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO THEY SEE
STRUGGLING ON THE STREET THE
THING I CONSISTENTLY HEAR IS
THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO
CALL FOR SOMEONE TO HELP BUT
THEY DON'T WANT TO CALL THE
POLICE.
SO, SO I THINK THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT PROGRAM.
THERE IS A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT
ARE WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE A
RESPONSE TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE LEAD PROGRAM SHIFTED.
IT'S FOCUS AWAY FROM WORKING
WITH THE POLICE BECAUSE AS THE
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION
ACKNOWLEDGED, YOU KNOW THAT
JUST ENDS UP CAUSING MORE HARM.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE SUPPORT THIS WORK IN
THE WAY WE SHOULD.
THAT WE SUPPORT THE VARIOUS
PROGRAMS.
I KNOW IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE AS
WELL BUT I THINK WE CAN MAKE A
REALLY IMPORTANT AND
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE FOLKS
WHO ARE EXPERIENCING BEHAVIOAL
HEALTH CHALLENGES, IF WE LISTEN
TO THE PREVIOUS PANEL AND
LISTEN TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE
ACTUALLY ON THE STREET HERE AND
WHO START TO THINK OF WAYS TO
INVEST IN COMMUNITY BASED
SOLUTION THAT DON'T INVOLVE THE
POLICE SO I JUST WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY FOR THIS WORK AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY
COLLEAGUES THROUGH THE BUDGET
PROCESS TO SEE THAT WE ARE
INVESTING IN A WAY THAT LEADS
TOWARD THE KIND OF OUTCOMES
THAT WE ARE HOPING FOR.
>> I TALK TO THIS GREAT PANEL
OF STAKE HOLDERS AND PROBABLY A
WEEKLY BASIS ABOUT VARIOUS
THING THAT ARE GOING ON IN
DISTRICT 7. AND I JUST WANT TO
TAKE A SECOND TO REALLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIFFICULT YEAR
AND A HALF WHERE DISTRICT 7 HAS
HAD A HUGE AMOUNT OF REALLY BIG
CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF HAVING A
HIGH CONCENTRATION OF
INDIVIDUALS WITH VERY
SIGNIFICANT UNMET PUBLIC HEALTH
NEEDS THAT IN SOME CASES ARE
LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC
SAFETY CHALLENGES THAT THE
PEOPLE AROUND THIS VIRTUAL ZOOM
TABLE HAVE REALLY BEEN ONE OF
THE BIGGEST SUCCESS STORIES IN
TERMS OF PROVIDING REAL HEALTH
DIGNITY SUPPORT, TO ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT STAKE HOLDERS IN THAT
PROCESS.
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING TRAUMA WHO
NEED SOME KIND OF ASSISTANCE IN
CASE MANAGEMENT.
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO FEEL LIKE
NOBODY IN THE CITY CARES OR IS
LISTENING TO THEM NEEDING TO
ASSUME A ROLE OF TRYING TO BE
AN EXPERT IN OUTREACH AND
DEESCALATION AND TRAUMA BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T GET ANY OTHER CITY
SERVICE TO COME AND ASSIST WITH
THAT CHALLENGE THAT THEY FACE.
I JUST WANT TO REALLY CENTER
THAT JUST THE VISION OF
EVERYBODY HERE IN SETTING THE
EXPECTATION THAT HE WITH
DEVELOP CITY SERVICES THAT
REALLY DO RESPOND AND CENTER
THAT RESPONSE.
YOU KNOW I TALK TO A LOT OF
BUSINESS OWNERS IN MY DISTRICT
WHO ALWAYS GET NERVOUS ABOUT A
LOT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AROUND
REFORM OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM.
REFORM OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY US
IS TEMPERATURE BECAUSE THEY
FEAR THAT IT'S JUST A PROCESS
OF GETTING RID OF EXISTING
SERVICES AND NOT SOMETHING
ABOUT ADDING SOME NEW
RESPONSIVE SYSTEM THAT WILL
SOLVE THEIR CORE PROBLEM.
THE ORK THAT LEAD AND JUST
CARE AND THE DEFENDER
ASSOCIATION HAS DONE IN REALLY
SHOWING PEOPLE HOW IT CAN WORK
HAS WON CONVERTING TO CHANGING
THE SYSTEM.
IT'S SHOWN BUSINESS OWNERS WHO
HAVE HAD LONG PROBLEMS OF
POLICE SHOWING UP, ARRESTING A
PERSON THAT'S CAUSING SOME
ISSUE IN THE BUSINESS, THAT
PERSON GOING TO JAIL FOR A FEW
MONTHS AND GOING BACK ON THE
STREET AND REPEAT THAT THING
FOR YEARS, THEN FINALLY HAVING
SOMEONE FROM LEAD COME BY, PUT
THAT PERSON ONTO THEIR CASE
WORK LOAD, DEVELOP A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT PERSON,
AND SOLVE THAT ISSUE FOR
EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
SOLVE THE UNDERLYING TRAUMA OF
THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN ON
THE STREET AND THE CYCLE OF
TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE FOR YEARS.
SOLVE THE ISSUE OF THE SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER WHO WANTS A
PROFESSIONAL TO DEAL WITH THIS
COMPETENTLY INSTEAD OF BE IN A
POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO TRY
TO ASSUME THAT THEMSELVES.
AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY BEEN
GREAT TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HERE
AS A RESOURCE TO DO THAT WORK.
SO, THIS IDEA THAT WE TAKE WHAT
HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE
COURSE OF THE LAST DECADE PLUS
AND TAKE IT CITY WIDE MAKES A
LOT OF SENSE TO ME.
I JUST WANT TO PUT MY STAKE IN
THE GROUND THAT I WOULD LOVE TO
LEAD ON THIS BUDGET CYCLE IN
TAKING THE NEXT STEP TO REALIZE
THE GOALS AND GOALS.
I THINK TESS IS STILL ON THE
PANEL.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE THREE MILLION DOLLARS
THAT'S COUNCIL AUTHORIZED TO
TRY TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE
SUPPORT AND RELIEF TO THE LEAD
PROGRAM DURING THIS YEAR SO
THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE
WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING IN
DISTRICT 7, CONTINUE TO DO THE
IMPACTFUL WORK THAT IS -- AND
OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE CITY
TOO.
THE WORK THAT IS LIFTING UP A
LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN
PIONEER SQUARE, THAT IS HELPING
ALL THE RESIDENTS OF PIONEER
SQUARE, HOUSED AND UNHOUSED.
AND THAT THREE MILLION DOLLARS,
MY UNDERSTANDING COULD BE TAKEN
IN BY THE PDA.
I MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO ACCEPT THAT
INVESTMENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S
CRITICAL FOR THE VIBE OF
RELATED PROGRAMS LIKE JUST
CARE.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
PUBLICLY ASK FOR A STATUS ON
THAT INVESTMENT.
GIVEN THE PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS
THAT WE FACE IN THE STREET
TODAY.
CAN WE MAYBE JUST HAVE A BRIEF
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE HURDLES
THERE.
HOW WE CAN TROUBLE SHOOT IT AND
WHAT YOU MAY NEED TEST FROM THE
COUNCIL TO REALIZE THAT
INVESTMENT AND GET IT OUT TO
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
>> BEFORE WE HAND IT OVER TO
TESS, THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION.
I DO -- I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE DON'T GET THE -- I
HAVE BEEN -- MAKING THIS
QUESTION AS WELL IN MY REGULAR
MEETING WAS HSD.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T
GET SORT OF THE SAME STATUSES I
RECEIVED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN
MY LAST MEETING.
WHAT I HEARD WAS I THINK MORE
THAN TWO WEEKS AGO NOW WAS THAT
THERE -- HSD IS LOOKING AT A
CONTRACT EXPANSION AND IT WAS
IN THE WORKS AND JUST IN LINE
WITH THE SPIRIT OF
COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS'S QUESTIONS
OF IF WE COULD GET A LITTLE
MORE GRANULAR ON WHAT THE
BARRIERS ARE AND IF THERE IS
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP.
THANK YOU.
>> HI.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
QUESTION.
UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T GET TOO
GRANULAR.
BOY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE
CONTRACTING TEAM THAT'S WORKING
ON THIS WITH LEAD.
AS I SAID THIS HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE HOMELESSNESS DIVISION.
I CAN'T REALLY SPOKE FOR
OTHERS.
I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT I KNOW
IT'S ACTIVELY BEING WORKED ON.
THERE IS ONGOING CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE PDA AND I BELIEVE THAT
THEY ARE CLOSE TO BEING AT THE
END STAGE OF THIS.
WE CAN SPECIAL GET BACK TO YOU
WITH A MORE CONCRETE ANSWER.
.
>> ARE YELL I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK
FIRST, I HAVE EVEN THOUGH SHE
ISN'T HERE WITH US TODAY.
I HAVE BRANDY'S VOICE IN MY
MADE FROM THE MANY WEEKS OF
PARTICIPATION THAT MANY OF US
DID IN THE SERIES CONVERSATION
ABOUT CREATING COMMUNITY
RESPONSE MODEL.
IN USING THE 911 RESPONSE
SYSTEM, EVEN IN CREATING A
COMMUNITY RESPONSE MODEL, THERE
IS A DANGER THAT TRADITIONAL --
GIVEN A MENU OF OPTIONS, THERE
IS THIS -- A DANGER THAT
TRADITIONAL POLICE RESPONSE
WILL BE THE OPTION CHOSEN WHEN
RESPONDING TO CALLS THAT ARE
STARTING WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT
INDIVIDUALS.
THAT -- THAT THERE IS A -- I
APPRECIATE THAT MUCH OF YOUR
WORK IS SORT OF TRIGGERED BY
THE COMMUNITY REFERRAL MODEL.
RELIES ON YOUR -- USING THE --
THE PRIORITY REFERRAL POLICY IN
ORDER TO IDENTITY WHO TO ASSIST
WITH YOUR SERVICES.
FOLKSWHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE GET
HELP IF IT WAS A RESULT OF A
911 CALL.
A RESULT OF A 911 CALL.
RESPONSE MAY OFTEN BE A POLICE
OFFICER.
WITH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
COUNCIL'S EFFORTS AROUND 911, I
WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW
BECAUSE YOU CURRENTLY -- I KNOW
LEAD DOES -- YOU DON'T
NECESSARILY GET DIRECT
REFERRALS 911 BUT YOU DO GET
CALLS FROM HELP ONE FOR
INSTANCE FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
STORK JUST WONDERING, IF THERE
IS -- IF YOU SEE A PLACE SORT
OF IN THAT 911 CRISIS SYSTEM
FOR LEAD TO RECEIVE REFERRALS
FROM THE 911 DISPATCH AS WE ARE
WORKING ON INCREASING THE
OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE HELP ONE.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT TRIAGE ONE.
WE ARE ALSO PUSHING 911 AND
THEY ARE HOPE TO IT TO ALSO
INCLUDING REREQUIRE PHYSICALSA
COMMUNITY BASED REFERRALS.
JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW YOU
SEE OR IF YOU SEE LEAD FITTING
IN TO THAT CRISIS RESPONSE, YOU
ARE ALREADY IN THE CRISIS
RESPONSE BUT THAT -- THE CRISIS
RESPONSE THAT IS TRIGGERED A
CALL TO 911.
>> I ALWAYS PIVOT ON THAT
QUESTION BECAUSE WHAT I'M
FOCUSES ON IS THE PERCEIVED OR
ACTUA, L CRIME AND THAT'S WHERE
LEAD DOES IT'S BEST WORK AND
WHERE DIVERSION COULD HAPPEN
MORE.
IF YOU REMEMBER ON MY 12 MONTHS
LOOKING BACK WE HAVE HAD MAYBE
ONE OR TWO ARREST DIVERSIONS.
BECAUSE MY BELIEF IS IF WILL BE
REALLY HARD TO DEDETERMINE IF
SOMETHING WHEN IT'S ON THAT
LINE, A CRIME, OR A CRISIS
SITUATION AND OFTEN THERE MAY
BE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT IS
ASSOCIATED WITH IT BUT AS YOUR
PROVE PANEL SAID PUTTING THIS
THEM THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
ISN'T THE BEST WAY TO GO.
I REALLY WOULD FOCUS ON FOR US,
HOW COULD WE DIVERT WHEN EVER
POSSIBLE AND KEEP MEMBERS IN
THE COMMUNITY, GIVE THEM
IMPORTANTS THAT ALLOW FOR
BEHAVIOR CHANGE AND ALSO HAS A
RESPONSE THAT IS BUILT FOR
COMMUNITIES AS A WHOLE WHO MAY
BE FELT THEY NEED TO CALL 9191
AND NEED A RESPONSE IN THIS
MOMENT.
>> I THINK THAT -- THE THING
THAT -- SORRY.
THE THING THAT HAS BEEN REALLY
CONCERNING FOR THOSE OF US WHO
WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALLEGED TO HAVE COMMITTED
CRIMES AND THAT'S THE SOURCE OF
THE CALL FOR A CITY RESPONSE.
IS THAT THE FOCUS ON
ALTERNATIVE 911 ALTERNATIVES IS
ALWAYS FRAMED IN TERMS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT COMMITTING
CRIMES.
THE IDEA IS THAT THE POLICE
WOULD COME WHEN PEOPLE ARE
SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING CRIMES
BUT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE FOR
WHOM THERE SHOULD BE
ALTERNATIVE.
THAT LINE IS BEING DRAWN IN THE
WRONG PLACE AND ITS BEING DRAWN
IN A WAY THAT'S LIKELY TO
GENERATE PRETTY PROFOUND RACIAL
INEQUALITIES.
THERE CAN BE ALTERNATIVES FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE BOTH SUSPECTED
AND ARE ACTUALLY COMMITTING
CRIMES.
THAT'S WHERE THIS -- THAT'S THE
POPULATION THAT WE FOCUS ON AT
THE POINT OF 911 CALL.
THERE SHOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE TO THOSE PEOPLE AND
YES, THIS -- YOU KNOW THIS
NETWORK COULD BE PART OF THAT.
ALSO, IMPORTANTLY, A GOAL
SHOULD BE TO REDUCE THE
INCIDENT OF 91 IS CALLS BECAUSE
COMMUNITY HAS ANOTHER WAY TO
REACH OUT FOR RESPONSE TO
CHRONIC SITUATIONS.
AND THAT IS ALREADY STARTING TO
COME INTO BEING AND IT COULD
REALLY ALREADY BE THERE IF WE
DIDN'T HAVE THESE CAPACITY
LIMITATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK ONE THING TO KEEP IN
OUR HEADS THOUGH, I TOTALLY
AGREE THAT WE WANT TO REDUCE
THE NUMBER OF CALL THAT ARE
COMING IN TO 911.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT IT IS
NOT TRUE THAT EVERY THE 911
CALL IS STARTED BECAUSE SOMEONE
THINKS THAT SOMEONE IS CREATING
A CRIME.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THROUGH THE
CALL ANALYSIS RELATIVELY SMALL
NUMBER OF 911 CALLS.
MY QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT 911
IS RECEIVING CALLS, THAT IT'S
NOT A CALL -- EITHER RIGHT --
IT'S IDENTIFIED RIGHT AT THE
BEGINNING AS A CALL THAT IS NOT
RELATED TO A CRIME OR THROUGH
THE DISPATCH PROTOCOL SCREENING
OF CALLS, IT IS DETERMINED THAT
IT'S NOT RELATED TO A CRIME.
THERE IS INTEREST THAT I THINK
THAT'S COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED IN
THE PAST AND I KNOW THAT THE
EXECUTIVE HAS AS WELL AS HAVING
A -- A PLACE TO SEND THOSE
CALLS THAT IS NOT PLACED POLICE
OR FIRE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD
TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THAT AND TO RECOGNIZE
THAT -- THERE'S ALWAYS THAT
RISK OF EVEN IF YOU HAVE A
COMMUNITY RESPONDER IN THAT 911
AREA, WHO IS GOING IT GET THAT
NONPOLICE RESPONSE.
THAT IS REALLY -- WHAT I WANT
TO MAKE SURE IF WE ADD A
COMMUNITY RESPOND AMERICA TO
THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE -- THIS WE ARE NOT
ADDING TO THE RACIAL DISPARITY
THAT ALREADY EXIST IN CRISIS
RESPONSE.
>> MAY I ADD THAT WE ARE
SPEAKING ALSO FROM EXPERIENCES
THAT ARE HAPPENING.
WE ARE GETTING HEALTH ONE
REFERRALS RIGHT NOW.
WITH REEVEN GETTING -- FROM THE
COMMUNITY PROCESS SPD REFERRALS
WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN CREDIT I
SESSIONS AND DON'T KNOW WHERE
TO REFER THEM TO.
WE ARE GETTING THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND I THINK THAT
PART OF WHAT LISA WAS SAYING
BEFORE IS THERE IS A --
[INAUDIBLE]
TO THE LONG TERM CASE
MANAGEMENT WHICH IS WHAT JEFF
WAS TALKING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT
WHAT IS THE RIGHT DOSE FOR LONG
TERM CASE MANAGEMENT TO
STABILIZE INDIVIDUALS AND
REALLY HELP THEM THR ISP NOT BE
CALLING ON CRISIS, NOT BE
CALLING DUE TO CRIME, NOT BE
CALLING FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
BEING CONCERNED IN GENERAL,
MAYBE NOT IN THOSE TWO
CATEGORIES.
WE ARE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE
COLLABORATIVE AND SMART ABOUT
HOW WE USE OUR PROGRAM AND
PARTNER WITH OTHERS AND EVEN
REFER OUT WHEN WE DEEM
INDIVIDUALS NOT A BEST FIT FOR
US.
>> AND THE OTHER QUESTION I
HAD, YOU KNOW AGAIN, AS WE --
AS WE GO INTO THE PROCESS, JUST
THINKING ABOUT HOW OUR ANALYSIS
DURING BUDGET MAY BE MORE
LIGHTING UP THAN THE FANTASTIC
WORK THAT WAS -- THAT IS
ALREADY BEEN DONE.
JUST WONDERING IS THERE
INFORMATION THAT YOU FEEL IS
POLICING THAT YOU WEREN'T ABLE
TO ACCESS OR THAT WOULD HELP
REFINE OR BRING MORE CERTAINTY
TO THE ACTIONS WE HAVE.
>> I GUESS THE ONLY THING I
WOULD SAY IS WE THINK THAT THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE
ESTIMATING ARE PRETTY CONSTANT
BUT WE HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT
THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE WORLD
THAT THEY ARE EXISTING IN COULD
GREATLY CHANGE IN THE NEXT YEAR
AND HOW WE RECEIVE THOSE
REFERRALS AND HOW WE RESPOND TO
THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON THAT FRONT
END MAY AND CAN SHIFT BASE ON
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE
PAST YEAR AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
IN THE PAST TEN YEARS.
I MEAN WE CAN'T -- WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE A NEW CITY PROSECUTOR.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL
LOOK LIKE FOR HOW THE CITY
RESPONDS TO MISDEMEANORS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NEW
MAYOR AND POTENTIALLY A NEW
POLICE CHIEF.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ARE
GOING TO LEAD THOSE DEPARTMENTS
IN TERMS OF HOW THEY RESPOND TO
PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH
CONCERNS.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
FALLEN THROUGH THE GAPS THAT
DEVON DESCRIBE REASONABLE DOUBT
SO WELL.
THERE'S A NEED.
THERE'S SUPPORT AND THERE'S A
WAY TO RESPOND AND ADDRESS THE
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS WHETHER
PEOPLE ARE NOT CALLING THE
POLICE OR ARE CALLING THE
POLICE THAT I THINK WE ARE
PRETTY WELL SET UP TO DO.
WE ALWAYS ARE OPEN TO AND HAVE
BEEN INVOLVING SINCE THE START
THAT HAVE PROGRAM AND
DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN INVOLVING
SINCE THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LESSONS TO
LEARN AND TO BE LEARNED MOVING
FORWARD.
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
LOUIS'S POINTS ABOUT WINNING
CONVERTS TO -- A WHAT FROM
TRADITIONAL CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT TO THESE
ALTERNATIVES.
LEAD HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS
OF CREATING CONVERTS AND BEFORE
LEAD EXISTED.
I REMEMBER PROBABLY 20 YEARS
AGO, WHEN THE PDA CONVENED A
MEETING OF RESIDENTS OF A
DOWNTOWN -- I THINK THE NEW
MARK MAYBE.
A DOWNTOWN CONDO WHO WAS VERY
UPSET ABOUT THE ONGOING CYCLE
THROUGH THE -- THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BY BUS OF FOLKS
WHO WERE DEALING OUTSIDE THAT
BUILDING.
LEAD AND EVEN MEMBERS OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME
WERE ARGUING THAT WAS CREATING
A SICKLE THAT DID NOT REALLY
MEET ANYONE'S NEEDS REGARDLESS
OF WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM IN
THIS -- ON THIS ISSUE FOR
ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF FOLKS
INVOLVED IN -- ON STREET
ACTIVITY THAT, YOU KNOW WHETHER
OR NOT YOU WANTED TO FOOUS ON
HELPING THE FOLKS AND
ADDRESSING THEIR UNDERLYING
CONDITIONS OR YOU WANTED TO
REDUCE THE IMPACTS ON THE
LIVING OF THE COMMUNITY THAT
APPROACH WAS NOT WORKING.
MUCH OF THOSE -- THOSE
DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE DOWNTOWN
RESIDENTS IS WHAT LED TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SOMETHING CALLED
CLEAN DREAMS, CLEAN DREAMS
CHANGED IN TO LEAD AND THIS IS,
YOU KNOW THIS IS -- THIS IS TWO
DECADES IN AND I'M JUST SO --
SO HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH
SOME OF YOU FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS AND JUST SO IN AWE OF THE
WORK YOU THAT DO AND BUILDING,
BUILDING BROAD BASED COMMUNITY
SUPPORT FOR THESE ALTERNATIVES
AND GETTING US TO CHANGE THE
WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
REALLY SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT
YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO, FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
CLERK PLEASE READ IN ITEM
NUMBER THREE.
>
>> COMMITTEE ITEM NUMBER 3
WORK SECTION ON RESOLUTION
AFFIRMING SEATTLE'S COMMITMENT
TO THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF
ENTHEOBGENS.
>> I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS SINCE THIS
IS -- DRAFT RESOLUTION THAT WE
ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY
IS THE PRODUCT OF HIS
LEADERSHIP AND HIS INGAUGEMENT.
I HAVE BEEN KIND OF ON THE
SIDELINES HERE OF -- GOING TO
HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR CARVING OUT A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE PRIOR
TO GOING INTO BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS TO TALK ABOUT
MOVES.
THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE.
THIS FALL IN ORDER TO REALLY
SET THE STAGE FOR ROADER POLICY
CONVERSATIONS THAT HOPEFULLY
WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.
SETTING THE TABLE FOR AN
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION MANY
MANY COMMUNITY AROUNDED COUNTRY
ARE HAVING AND INDEED MANY
POLICY THAT HAVE PASSED.
WHO HAVE BEEN ASSERTED AND
DEDICATED OVER THE COURSE OF
THE SPRING AND MOVING FORWARD
AND AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION
ABOUT HOW WE AS A SOCIETY TREAT
ENTHEOGENS AND PARTICULARLY THE
ONE THAT ARE MOSTLY BEEN IN THE
NEWS.
HA HAS BEEN AN INSTRUCTIVE
PROCESS FOR MY OWN EDUCATION.
I ADMIT BEFORE THIS PROCESS I
WAS NOT WELL VERSED IN THE
SCIENCE OR THE RESEARCH THAT
HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE
SUBSTANCES.
MY OFFICE WAS VERY PROUD TO
CONVENE A SYMPOSIUM WITH PEOPLE
WITH EXPERIENCE, ACADEMICS, AND
LEGAL EXPERTS A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO AND THAT CAN BE FOUND ON MY
WEBSITE, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THIS AREA THAT REALLY
DETAILED A LOT OF THE PUBLIC
POLICY BENEFITS TO PURSUING A
PROCESS THAT DECRIMINALIZES AND
INCREASES THE CLINICAL USE OF A
LOT OF THESE SUBSTANCES AS WELL
AS THE CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL,
USES OF THESE SUBSTANCES AND
HOW THEY HAVE BEEN LIMITED BY
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM IN
THE UNITED STATES.
SO, THE NEXT STEP I WANT TO
TAKE IS CONVENING THIS
CONVERSATION ON A RESOLUTION,
SOME VAIATION OF THIS
RESOLUTION WILL BE ON
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL TODAY
FOR CONSIDERATION, HOPEFULLY IN
OUR FULL COUNCIL SESSION OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
THEMES FOR THE SYMPOSIOM FOR
WHAT THIS RESOLUTION AIMS TO
SET UP.
WE ARE JOINED BY A DOCTOR FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
WHO IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THESE SUBSTANCES AND
ABOUT THIS MOVEMENT AROUND
DECRIMINALIZING AND THERAPY USE
OF THESE SUBSTANCES.
WE HAVE -- FROM DECRIMINALIZE
NATURE WHO HAS BEEN A GREAT
ADVOCATE THROUGHOUT THIS
PROCESS.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH
ANN.
SHE HAS BEEN HERE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
JUST TO SET UP THE GENERAL ADD
OF THE RESOLUTION.
IN RAIDS TO HOW THEY ARE
CONDUCTING ENFORCEMENT AROUND
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES.
A STANCE EVER NOT CRIMINALIZING
POSSESSION OF SMALL COUNTS OF
THAT SUBSTANCES.
A STRONG POSTURE ABOUT ACTION
FROM THE STATE WHICH IS THE
ONLY GROUP WITH THE POWER TO
UNTIL THE LEAD OF OUR NEIGHBOR
TO THE SOUTH OREGON TO
DECRIMINALIZE THESE SUBSTANCES
AND ALSO CREATE A GROUP WHERE
THEY CAN BE PRESCRIBED FOR
TO TREAT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
CONDITIONS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN
SHOWN BY STUDY TO BE PROMISING.
IT WERE BE BEST TO START WITH
ANN AND THEN OPEN IT UP TO
OTHERS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE
OF A STAKE HOLDER DISCUSSION.
ANN WHY DON'T YOU KICK IT OFF?
>
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS.
THIS DRAFT RESOLUTION CONCERNS
-- ANY [INAUDIBLE]
FRESH, DRIED OR PROCESSED
LENGTH OR FU FDA L MATERIAL
INCLUDING [INAUDIBLE]
THAT MAICON TAKEN ANAL OG
POLICY THAT WOULD PROTECT
PEOPLE WHO CULTIVATE, AND O
RAILROAD SHARE THEM FOR
RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL, HEALING
OR PERSONAL GROWTH PURPOSES.
THE RESOLUTION ASKS THEM TO
UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON THE STEPS
ITS TAKING TO DO THE BODIES OF
WORK ANDO TO PROVIDE A TIMELINE
FOR COMPLETION.
THE RESOLUTION ALSO STATES THE
INTENT AT A LATER DATE AND
FOLLOWING THE WORK EVENTS
LEGISLATION THAT CODIFIES THE
-- AND YOU WILLEST ENFORCEMENT
PRIORITY IN SEATTLE CODE.
AND FINALLY IT REQUESTS THAT
THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL
AFFAIRS ADD -- FOR THE 2022
LEGISLATIVE SESSION, FULL
SUPPORT AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR
DECRIMINALIZATION.
>> ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> IF THERE IS NO INITIAL
QUESTIONS FOR ANN WHY DON'T WE
GO HEAD AND PUT THE AGENDA
TOWARD THE PANEL PRESENTATION
AND THEN MAYBE THAT WILL SPUR A
FEW PROCESS RELATED LEGISLATIVE
QUESTIONS FOR ANN.
THEN WE CAN ALSO OPEN IT UP FOR
THE PANEL AND WHY TONIGHT WE
START WITH TITANIA AND THEN WE
WILL HEAR FROM DR.-- AND I --
OKAY.
AND YOU ARE ON THE PANEL NOW.
GREAT.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT AWAY.
>> ACTUALLY, SO, THE DOCTOR IS
ON A TIME CRUNCH SO IF HE COULD
PRESENT FIRST THAT WOULD BE
IDEAL.
>> PERFECT.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
HI EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS.
CHAIR HERBOLD AND THE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
TODAY.
I'M IN SEATTLE AND I JUST WANT
TO CLARIFY I'M CLINICAL FACULTY
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
WHICH MEANS I SUPERVISOR
RESIDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
I DON'T REPRESENT UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON IN SO I'M SPEAKING
SPEAKING TODAY FOR MY PERSONAL
CAPACITY.
THEY ARE LICENSED HEALTH CARE
HAVE SIGNED THIS LETTER AND SO
I WOULD LIKE TO START IDENTIFY
MAY JUST BY READING THE LETTER
ALOUD.
DEAR MEMBERS WE ARE HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS WHO URGE THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNSEL TOIL PASS
THE ORDINANCE TO DECRIMINALIZE
THE USE OF MEDICINES,
WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON STATE
IS IN A MENTAL HEALTH AND
ADDICTION CREDIT I SESSIONS.
IT'S THE 6th HIGHEST RATE OF
MENTAL ILLNESS IN AMERICA,
BASED ON CDC DATA.
CORONAVIRUS HAS INCREASED RATES
OF ADDITION, DEPRESSION,
ANXIETY AND OTHER ILLNESS WAS
AN ESTIMATED ONE IN THREE
PEOPLE NOW FACING MENTALITY
HEALTH CHALLENGES.
SUICIDE IS RISING SHARPLY.
AS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WE
ARE AWARE OF THE URGENT NEED
FOR MORE TREATMENT METHODS FOR
MENTAL ADDICTION.
IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE FOR
EVERYBODY.
LIKE WISE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN
THAT TREATMENTS.
A LARGE BODY OF PEER REVIEWED
RECERTIFY SUGGESTS THAT THE
MEDICINES CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE
AND SAFE.
BASED ON THE RESULTS OF CONTROL
TRIALS, THE FDA HAS SET IT AS
BRAKE THROUGH THERAPIES
INDICATING THAT THEY MAY HAVE
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVER
EXISTING THERAPIES.
IT MAY BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN
TREATING ADDICTIONS AND PTSD.
ACROSS STUDIES, ITS BEEN FOUND
TO INCREASE WELL BEING AND
STUDY PARTICIPANTS COMMONLY
RATE THE HEALING EXPERIENCES AS
SOME OF THE MOST PROFOUNDLY
IMPORTANT EXPERIENCES IN THEIR
LIVES.
WE URGENTLY WANT TO USE THE
MEDICINES IN OUR WORK WITH
WASHINGTON RESIDENTS.
MANY OF US HAVE LOST CLIENTS,
FRIENDS, OR FAMILY TO ADDITION
OR SERVICE.
THESE DEATHS MAY HAVE BEEN
PREVENTABLE.
IT IS HEARTBREAKING AND
FRUSTRATING TO NOT HAVE ACCESS
TO LIFE SAVING MEDICINES.
THEIR APPROXIMATE IS HE A LEGAL
TREATMENT AVAILABLE IN SEATTLE
WHILE MEDICINES ARE NOT.
WHILE A NETWORK OF DEDICATED
POPLE USE THEM TO TREAT THEIR
CLINES THE WAR ON DRUGS KEEPS
THEM IN THE SHADOWS AND OUT OF
REACH TO MOST WASHINGTON STATE
RESIDENTS.
COMMUNICATIONS HAVE PARTICULAR
CHALLENGES ACCESSING THE
TREATMENTS.
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
DECRIMINALIZES THE MEDICINES
IT'LL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENT IN THE ACCESS TO
THESE LIFE SAVING TREATMENTS.
CITY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
HAVE DECRIMINALIZED MEDICATIONS
INCLUDING OAKLAND, DENVER,
WASHINGTON DC, CAMBRIDGE AND
ANN ARBOR.
WE URGE THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNSEL TOIL TAKE A STAND FOR
THE HEALTH OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS
AND PASS THE ORDINANCE
DECRIMINALIZING THE MEDICINES.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT
LETTER JUST THREE POINTS FROM
RECENT RESEARCH HIGH LYING HOW
EFFECTIVE THESE MEDICINES CAN
BE.
FIRST, A RECENT CLINICAL TRIAL
FOUND TWO THIRDS OF PATIENTS
HEALING THEIR PTSD WHICH IS
TWICE THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF
TALK THERAPY.
SO DOUBLE.
THIS IS A RANDOM CONTROL TRIAL.
THESE ARE THE TRIAL THAT HAVE
MADE THE FDA -- [INAUDIBLE]
TO BE A BREAKTHROUGH MEDICINE.
IN A DIFFERENT RECENT STUDY
THEY FOUND THAT ADDING TWO
SESSIONS INTO ADDITION
TREATMENT REDUCED THE RATE FROM
80% TO 20%.
THEN THIRD A RECENT STUDY FOUND
THAT TWO THIRDS OF PARTICIPANTS
WERE -- WEREN'T SMOKE A YEAR
AFTER THE STUDY IN 86% RATED
THEIR EXPERIENCES AMONG THE
FIVE MOST PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL
THICKS THEY CAN EXPERIENCES OF
THEIR LIVES.
NOW, SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO
-- BRIEFLY IS THERE IS KIND OF
WIDESPREAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE
SAFETY OF THE MEDICINES AND
UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THAT IS
BASED ON MISINFORMATION OVER
THE DECADES OF THE WAR ON DRUGS
PROPAGANDA THAT'S BEEN GOING
ON.
DAVID A DOCTOR AT THE COLLEGE
OF LONDON WHO SERVED ON THE
BRITISH COMMITTEE ON SAFETY AND
MEDICINES DID A STUDY COMPARING
THE DANGERS OF BROAD RANGE OF
DRUGS AND FOUND THEM TO BE
AMONG THE SAFE TEST DRUG WE
KNOW OF WITH THE RISK OF
ADDITION AND OVERDOSE BEING
SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN
CAFFEINE, ALCOHOL AND
CIGARETTES.
THIS SPEAKS TO MY WORK AS AN
EXPERT.
A STUDY OF 10,000 THERAPY
PATIENTS FOUND THAT
COMPLICATIONS USING THEM IN
THERAPY HAS COMPARABLE TO THE
RATE OF COMPLICATIONS DURING
CONVENTIONAL THEIR TREATMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO WRAP UP THEIR
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME BUT I'M
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GIVEN YOUR TIME CRUNCH IF THERE
IS ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU WE
SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE THEM NOW.
DO ANY COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS FOR ITS DOCTOR?
SEEING NONE THANK YOU.
THAT -- AND THAT IS A TESTMENT
TO THE -- COMPLETE LESS OF YOUR
PRESENTATION THAT THERE IS NO
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING BY
AND APPRECIATE YOU WERE -- WE
WERE ABLE TO GET YOU FIT IN
GIVEN YOUR OTHER TIME
CONSTRAINTS AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
HERE TODAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
OUR FINAL PANELIST HERE IS
TITANIA.
LY TURN IT OVER TO HER.
GO HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MORE
INFORMATION AND TO WORK ON
BEHALF OF THIS IMPORTANT POLICY
REFORM.
SO, PLANT AND FUFGI MEDICINE
HAS BEEN USED FOR THOUSANDS OF
YEARS.
IN THE CONTEXT OF RITUAL AND
CEREMONY.
THEN ASTONY SHARED EARLIER
TODAY RESEARCH IS CONFIRM THAT
THE MEDICINES ARE AN EFFECTIVE
AND SAFE TREATMENT FOR MANY
ISSUES INCLUDING, YOU KNOW,
DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURIES AND PTSD.
THESE MEDICINES HAVE BEEN
UNJUSTLY AND WRONGLY LABELED AS
DANGEROUS AND WITHOUT ANY
EVIDENCE TO BACK THAT UP.
IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER I HAD MY
OWN EXPERIENCE WAS THESE KINS
OF PLANT MEDICINE THAT I BE KIM
SKEPTICAL OF MY IND OCTRINATION
AND REALIZED THESE -- ABOUT
DRUGS ARE ALMOST ALL COMPLETELY
FALSE.
I WAS GIFTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE MY FIRST EXPERIENCE A FEW
YEARS AGO.
I HAD NO IDEA HOW PROFOUNDLY
THIS WOULD IMPACT MY LIFE.
THE DEPTH OF EMOTIONS I WAS
ABLE TO ACCESS AND EMBODY ON
THAT DAY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND
THAT TRAUMA IS STORED IN OUR
BODIES.
THAT TRAUMA CAN LOOK A LOT LIKE
SOMEONE'S PERSONALITY.
THAT WAS TRUE FOR ME.
I WAS AWAKEN THEN TO HOW MUCH
POTENTIAL I HAVE AND THEN I WAS
BEING WEIGHED DOWN BY THE
UNRESOLVED ISSUES FROM MY PAST.
WITH THE HELP OF AN EXPERIENCED
THERAPIST I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
MOVE THROUGH A LOT OF MY TRAUMA
ON MY HEALING JOURNE WHY.
I BELIEVE THAT HEALING
RESTORATION OF THE MIND, BODY
AND SPIRIT IS BEST DONE IN THE
CONTEXT OF HEALTHY AND ROBUST
RELATIONSHIPS.
WHEN THOSE NEEDS ARE MET THEN
MEDICINE DEAR SIR BE A POWERFUL
ADJUNCT TO THAT BUT NOT
NECESSARILY A STAND ALONE
SOLUTION.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE
US TO DECRIMINALIZE ALTERNATIVE
MEDICINE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
USING FOR YEARS FOR HUMAN
HEALTH AND TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY
UNIT AND TO STRENGTHEN SOCIAL
BONDS.
ACCESS TO THESE MEDICINE IS BE
AS EQUAL AS POSSIBL AND NOT
ONLY BE BY HAPPEN STANCE ORS A
FACTOR OF YOUR PRIVILEGE.
FOR OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS ITS
BEEN WORKING FOR
DECRIMINALIZATION SO THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES OF HEALERS IN OUR
AREA CAN COME OUT OF THE UNDER
GROWN.
THE IMPLICATION OF THIS POLICY
WOULD BE MULTIFACETED AND IT'S
VERY MUCH FOLLOWING IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF CANNABIS
DECRIMINAL CONGRATULATIONS
CONVERSATION.
THERAPISTS, DOCTORS AND OTHER
HEALER WHO ARE ALREADY USING
THEM IN THE UNDERGROUND AT
GREAT RISK OF THEIR LIVELY
HOODS IN ADDITION TO THE PEOPLE
WHO SEEK OUT THESE TREATMENTS
WILL ALL BE MORE FREE TO OFFER
THEIR SERVICES AND BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS OPENLY IN OUR
COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE FEAR OF
PROSECUTION.
IT'LL ALSO PROMEET A SHIFT IN
THE PUBLIC, INCREASING EXPOSURE
TO CONVERSATIONS AND
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
AROUND THEM THE WORD IS
INTERCHANGEABLE.
HELPING BREAK DOWN STIGMAS AND
ALLOW TIME TO INTEGRATE THE
SUBSTANCES TO THE CULTURE AND
ALLOW SPACE FOR DIALOGUE TO
ESTABLISH BEST PRACTICES,
SAFETY STANDARDS, GUIDELINES
AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES LONG
BEFORE, YOU KNOW, NIP KIND OF
-- CAN TAKE HOLD.
MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ALREADY
STARTED THIS WORK OVER THE PAST
FEW YEARS TO MEET THESE NEEDS
AND THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF
THE CITY AFTER CITY BEFORE
USENACTING THIS SAME KIND OF
REFORM AS WE CONTINUE TO
DISMANN 'T THE SYSTEM.
SAFE ACCESS AND EQUALITY IN
ACCESS THROUGH THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION WHICH INCLUDES
COLLECT AND SHARE THE RESOURCE
WAS IN THE COMMUNITIES.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR JUROR SUPPORT AND
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ITS BEEN SO GREAT TO WORK WITH
YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT IS
OVER AT DECRIMINALIZATION
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
YOU KNOW ITS BEEN A LONG TRIP
FROM OUR INITIAL MEETINGS AND
THE SPRING AND THEN TO CRAFTING
THE LETTER.
AT FIRST FORMAL LEGISLATIVE
STEP.
YOU KNOW I POINT THAT OUT FOR
TWO REASONS, ONE TO SHOW THAT
THE STRENGTH AND POWER OF
CITIZEN ACTIVISTS, AND TWO TO
JUST SHOW FOR THE GENERAL
PUBLIC HOW MUCH PROCESS WE HAVE
HAD AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS WE
HAVE HAD AROUND THIS POLICY AND
IF THE CITY PURSUES THIS ROUTE.
IT'S REALLY BEEN A VERY --
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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS NOW
THAT WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE
PRESENTATIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS?
>> I WILL TAKE IT BACK OVER.
IF I COULD.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> BACK TO THE CHAIR.
THERE WE GO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN
THE RESOLUTION ABSOLUTELY
RECOGNIZES THIS.
I DID REACH OUT TO SPD TO ASK
WHAT THEIR CURRENT POLICY IS
AND I WAS REMINDED OF THE --
THE GUIDANCE.
A LEN.
OFFICERS WILL NOT NO LONGER
TAKE DRUGS FROM INDIVIDUALS THO
CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION
INVOLVING OTHER ILLEGAL DRUG
ACTIVITY FROM THE SIDE OF
POSSESSION.
THEY DO -- THE
STATEMENT THE POLICY DOES GO ON
TO SAY THAT OFFICERS MUST HAVE
PROBABLY CAUSE TO INVESTIGATE
THE OTHER CRIMES.
AND THE OTHER
CRIMES CANNOT RELY CANNOT RELY
OR BE BASED UPON 50413 AS THE
UNDERLINING CRIME.
WHEN I ASK
WHAT THIS ALL MEANS, THEY -- THE
RESPONSE WAS THAT SPD OFFICERS
IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD NOT
HAVE PROBABLY CAUSE TO DETAIN A
PERSON ON THE BELIEF THAT THEY
POSSESSED SUCH SUBSTANCES IN AN
AMOUNT FOR PERSONAL USE.
JUST
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT RECOGNIZE
THE RESOLUTION AND ASK FOR
FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH SPD ON
THIS DIRECTION, AND FURTHER SORT
OF IN THE POLICY AND IT'S POLICY
AND PROCEDURES AND AGAIN, THANK
YOU ALL FOR THE MANY MONTHS OF
ENGAGEMENT TO THE TASK FORCE ON
THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU FOR
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK AS THE STATE LEGISLATURE
SESSION OPENS UP TO ENSURE
STATEWIDE CONSISTENCY AROUND THE
GOALS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING
PUTTING IN TO THIS RESOLUTION
HOPEFULLY SOON.
JUST APPRECIATE
NOT ONLY THE EFFORTS OF THE TASK
FORCE MEMBERS BUT ALSO KINGS
MEMBERS LEWIS IN LEADING THE
WORK.
LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE
ARE ANY MEMBERS THAT HAVE OTHER
QUESTIONS?
TASK FORCE MEMBERS
THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
úAGAIN, AS COUNSEL MEMBER LEWIS
SAID, A TESTAMENT TO THE THEY
ARE ROWNESS OF THE PRESENTATION
HERE TODAY, AND LOOK FORWARD TO
BEING FORTH THIS POLICY TO THE
FULL COUNSEL.
I APPRECIATE
GETTING THIS ON MY AGENDA.
MY
LAST COMMITTEE AGENDA BEFORE WE
GO IN TO PRODUCT.
WITH THAT, IF
THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, I JUST WANT TO SAY
THAT THE NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITT TEE IS
SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 14TH.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE BUDGET.
THE TIME IS 11:59 A.M., AND WE
ARE ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.