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-I have professional experience that separates me.
-It's really about your commitment and your passion.
-First-time candidates Chipalo Street and Emijah Smith
are in a tight race
to represent the 37th Legislative District in Olympia.
-We connect on our values.
-Our friends and young folks couldn't buy houses.
-Both say the state needs to increase help
for historically underserved areas
in South Seattle and Renton
by improving education and economic opportunity,
adding transit options, and more.
-We need a police force to partner with.
-Whom should voters send to Olympia?
-We want to change status quo.
-The race to become the 37th Legislative District's
next state Representative, next on "City Inside Out."
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-Welcome to this edition of "City Inside Out."
I'm your host, Brian Callanan.
Earlier this year, 37th District Representative
Kirsten Harris-Talley made the unexpected decision
not to run again after just one term.
And now two political newcomers are vying for her seat --
Chipalo Street, a tech adviser and small business owner,
and Emijah Smith, a community organizer and PTSA president.
Street won the August primary in a four-candidate field,
but Smith is counting on her deep community ties
to come back in November.
This week, we're previewing the race to represent
one of the most diverse areas of our state,
the 37th District, featuring two candidates
with diverse backgrounds eager for your vote.
-I'm Chipalo. -Hi.
-I'm running for state legislature here in the 37th.
-Chipalo Street is on the street
looking for votes after Kirsten Harris-Talley's
surprising decision not to run again,
a state representative of the 37th District
in southeast Seattle and Renton.
-This is the race that, frankly, no one expected to have happen.
-Street touts his professional experience as a union member,
and especially as a Microsoft senior advisor
to the chief technology officer, providing a tech savvy
he wants to apply to many top issues,
including the battle over reproductive rights.
-We have instances where people are using other people's data
to go after people getting abortions
or providing abortions.
And so understanding how we can limit and control our data
to be used in ways that we want and protect it from being used
in ways that we don't want is really important.
-Street was the front runner in the August primary,
earning 41.5% of the vote.
He's raised more than $106,000 for his campaign
as of mid-September,
and is endorsed by The Stranger newspaper, The Seattle Times,
Former 37th District rep Eric Pettigrew,
and the Service Employees Union, SEIU 775.
-Hopefully, I can earn your vote.
-Yeah!
-As a small business owner and landlord,
Street says his top issues include
building more affordable housing for the 37th District,
providing rental assistance, and adding density around transit.
-The CD and the 37th used to be the most diverse district
in the country.
However, as housing prices have risen,
people have been pushed out farther and farther.
We need to make sure that stops.
-In a district where gun violence
is a continuing problem, Street supports
restricting access to firearms
and adding mental health resources
for emergency service calls.
-We just need to think more comprehensively
about public safety and what that means
as more than just police officers,
and how do we really get the best outcomes for the community?
And I think if we do that, we'll also have
a better relationship with the police force.
-For Emijah Smith, it's all about community
and the power of her voice as an advocate.
-I'm locking arms with folks to go to Olympia.
-Smith, who has worked in health care and homeless advocacy,
is currently president
of the Mercer International Middle School PTSA
and is a member of a half dozen local boards and committees.
-My name is Emijah Smith. I'm a community queen.
-Smith says she spent the last 15 years advocating in Olympia
for racial justice and economic development in her neighborhood,
and now it's time for her to take a leadership role.
-I'm everyday people, and I want anybody to know
that our voice is powerful.
We can testify, we can call our elected officials,
but we could also do the job, so I'm here representing that.
I have the lived experience, the actual advocacy,
and legislative experience.
-Smith earned more than 35% of the vote in the August primary,
and has raised more than $84,000 for her campaign.
She's endorsed by Pro-Choice Washington,
the Washington State Labor Council, One America Votes,
and the Alliance for Gun Responsibility.
-I have nothing but great energy right now.
-Smith says her priorities include
providing equitable access to health care
as we come out of the pandemic,
getting more resources to people with low incomes,
and supporting early learning up through higher learning.
-You know, I have children myself, I have a grandchild,
so those things are very important to me.
Stability for our families, stable housing, good education,
food security, health.
Those will be our top priorities for me.
-She's also advocating for improvements
in mental health services
and increased protections against domestic violence.
And as someone who grew up in the 37th District,
she says it's her time.
-It's really about your commitment and your passion
and what you really want to bring back to our community
so that we leave it better than the way we found it.
-And now it's time for that community to vote
for a new 37th District representative in Position 2.
And we have with us the two candidates
for the 37th District state representative Position 2.
That's Emijah Smith and Chipalo Street.
Thank you very much for joining me.
Had a coin flip before the show.
Chipalo, you'll be speaking first here.
Why are you running for this job?
Please keep it to about a minute, please.
-Sounds great. So I'm an innovative problem solver
who's been giving back to the community for over 15 years.
Like, there's just so many large issues
that are affecting our communities today,
from housing and homelessness to education funding
to environmental and social justice,
that we really need to find ways to move our community forward.
And so I've been doing that for 15 years.
I worked at a school down in South Seattle
and volunteer taught computer science there
to close the digital divide.
I've worked at United Way of King County
advocating for policy to make sure
that the most underserved communities are well-served.
I fight for equity in all spaces I go to.
That includes the team I hired at Microsoft
to even my campaign team here in this race.
So I think it's really important that we have people
who can move our community forward,
and I also bring some unique experience to this race.
I work at Microsoft.
I think it's really important that we have
people who understand technology
in the legislature, especially given Roe,
because we don't want people using our data,
going after people seeking abortions
or providing abortions.
So I'm excited to be here today.
I'd love to talk about some of these really big issues
and how we move our community forward.
-We'll pull apart some of those in just a minute.
But Emijah, you're next.
An opening statement of why you're running.
Keep it to about a minute, please.
-Thank you. I'm a mother and a grandmother.
I've been raised and rooted in the 37th for my lifetime.
Basically, I've been doing legislative advocacy
and community organizing pretty much since I was a teen.
I've been locked arms with families
and youth going to Olympia,
really using the power of our voice
to bring meaningful change.
And so when I realized how powerful we are
and the things that we have,
you know, the wins that we've brought,
the wins such as community developments,
Africatown Plaza, Ethiopian Village,
Elizabeth Thomas Homes, as well as the PNA Village,
really bringing in real housing, bringing in revenue dollars
from the marijuana tax dollars, justice reform.
I mean, we as families and community members
have been doing it for some time,
so I've stepped into the race because I understand
we need a both-and approach.
We need the power of our voice,
and we also need the power of that vote as a representative.
And so I know that I'm credible,
I'm vetted in community, I'm a bridge builder,
and I'll definitely bring voice
to those who feel like they're voiceless.
But also just really understanding from the canvassing
that I've been doing,
that we want to change status quo in Olympia.
And so that's why I'm here,
and that's why I'm the deserving candidate.
-Got it. Thank you for breaking that down.
You're going down a path that I'd like for you
to continue, and Emijah, I'll start with you here.
Both of you are new to politics,
and so I want to make sure voters
get the story straight from you.
You talk a lot about your community connections.
I'm trying to figure out
what is it exactly about that background and experience
that differentiates you from your opponent here?
-You know, I don't know about how new I am to politics.
I think when we think about our country,
that it's all about policy.
There's rules, there's laws.
I am a descendant of stolen ones from the United States,
and so I have my whole life been understanding the difference,
what politics, meaning the right to vote,
where you go to school, red-lining.
What differentiates us, though, at the end of the day
is really demonstrated experience.
I have the experience being in Olympia,
providing the workshops to the families,
really bringing in real change, sitting on current coalitions
currently around housing equity, around justice reform.
So I think that's what separates us,
and also the fact that I am a parent and a grandparent.
So I really have been navigating those systems
and really been on the front line with families
with regard to our Seattle public schools,
with regard of making sure
that we're getting fully funded education.
You know, being on the front line
with union workers who are striking.
So I've been doing the work,
demonstrating the work and currently do the work.
So I'm not new to this. -Okay.
-It's truly hard work for me.
-Alright. Chipalo, same question to you about your background,
your life experience, and you've touched on this,
how it differs from your opponents here
and how does that separate you, I guess,
as the better person for the job?
-First, for sure, I'd say I have comprehensive experience.
So Emijah talked about some great work in the community.
I've also done very good work on advocating for policy
as part of the United Way Public Policy Impact Council.
I have unique professional experience,
as I mentioned earlier.
There is a lack of technology expertise
in the legislature.
There's a lack of technology expertise
in our country in this area.
Not only do we need to bring it to the legislature,
we need to bring it to our education system
so that our kids can have a chance
to take part in the industry that's changing our community.
I also have given back to the community
in sort of grassroots ways.
I was a professional soccer referee.
I worked with organizations to try and increase diversity
within the refereeing community.
For example, going to El Centro de La Raza
and trying to bring in more diverse voices
into the referee community.
I've been a member of a union.
I'm the only candidate who's been a member of a union.
I stood with that union during a work stoppage,
so that provides evidence that I would stand with other unions
as they try and improve benefits,
compensation, and working conditions.
-One of you is going to replace Kirsten Harris-Talley,
who had a lot of supporters in the 37th District,
decided not to run again after just one term.
She actually talked to me about it
after she stepped down there,
said she felt really frustrated with her efforts
towards race and social justice,
specifically to police reform getting thwarted there.
And Chipalo, maybe I can start with you.
How do you see the legacy of Representative Harris-Talley's
work and where might you succeed in these efforts
where she was working on, where she might have fell short?
-Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't say that she fell short.
I'd say that she just got worn down,
and I really appreciate the adult decision that she made.
Like, I think she realized,
"Wow, I have a lot to give the community.
However, this may not be the best place for me
to do it right now, and I'm going to step back."
I can imagine many people -- like, the amount of work
we're putting into this is a ton.
Once you get a little bit of power
and once you get a little bit of status,
I can imagine so many people hanging on to that,
so the fact that she realized that this may not be
the best place for her right now,
I deeply respect that.
And for me, it's where do you see that
she pushed the envelope, and then following behind her.
We all have different qualities and experiences
and understanding the legacy of those who came before us
and then making it better,
I think is something very important to understand.
And so I'm very appreciative of the work
that she did to advance social equity and racial justice,
and so I would love to pick that up and take it from there.
One of the things you mentioned was police reform.
I was beaten by the police in college.
That was a really crappy experience.
So that makes being able
to hold our police accountable near and dear to my heart.
I think just like any other professional job,
we should have a level of professional accountability.
However, we need a police force to partner with
that we can trust.
And so I think if we thought about public safety
a little bit more comprehensively,
then we'd get better outcomes.
We need counselors in schools, not cops.
We need mental health professionals
responding to mental health crises.
-Emijah, same question to you.
This legacy of Representative Harris-Talley,
are you going to be a different leader, a similar leader?
Do you think you can make progress
where she might not have been able to as much?
What do you think?
-You know, I appreciate
Representative Kirsten Harris-Talley.
I respect her decision.
I'm going to be the leader that I've consistently always been,
one with integrity and authenticity.
Definitely grassroots leader, frontline leader.
So a lot of these wins or a lot of policies
that Chipalo and I share, I've been out there.
When the Black Lives Matter activism was happening,
I was out there demanding we have counselors in schools,
demanding that we had education
that was reflective of our children.
And the wins that --
I would love for us to define what grassroots actually is.
But Kirsten Harris-Talley --
who was also known as KHT in community --
the things that I would want to build on,
because KHT was definitely working with
a base of community members
around our doulas and our health care.
And so health care and health equity
is a strong priority for me.
And with Roe v. Wade, that being pulled back
and understanding that there are deaths,
and particularly for Black women and our indigenous communities,
just having birth, that our doulas are really vital.
So Kirsten Harris-Talley led to make sure
that the doulas are recognized as a health profession,
but we need to continue that work
to make sure that they can be reimbursed
for the services that they're providing.
My granddaughter was born in Colgate.
My daughter was actually at risk
of losing her life for that birth,
so that is really near and dear to my heart.
-Let me stick with you, Emijah.
I need to bring up a sensitive topic here.
Your campaign -- I've seen this online --
has raised some concerns about your opponent's fundraising
in this campaign, where the money's coming from.
I want to make sure that we can lay out those concerns
and let us know about that, please.
-Well, I will say from the fundraising in the campaign
and the strategies that I'm using within my candidacy
is really people power, it's a people's campaign, right?
So a lot of -- we have a strong strategy around the canvassing
and doing the things that we can do.
There's a lot of low income
and working class families in the 37th,
but the way that they have been pouring into me
and supporting me has really been the canvassing
and putting forth their dollars.
I will say that there's been more dollars
that are coming out of district on the other side.
So it looks as though -- I'm not, you know,
Chipalo can speak to himself about his own campaign,
but it looks like the comparison between the two
is like, who's rooted in how people can give
and how they support versus corporations
or big money donors, in a sense.
-Okay -The community in the 37th
at least is not looking for more status quo.
They don't want that.
They don't want corporations
really connected into our policies and to our laws
and making decisions for everyday people like myself.
-Chipalo, some thoughts about fundraising
and what's going on with your campaign?
-Yeah, I'm glad we're talking about this.
I grew up in DC and I've been here for 15 years,
so I think it makes sense that I would have
some out-of-state contributions.
Like, I have a strong family.
I have a strong friend base that believes deeply in me
and has seen everything that I've done,
so I am very grateful that folks from D.C.
and from other parts of the country have donated
to my campaign.
Same with folks from Microsoft.
I have a 15-year career at Microsoft,
and so if I couldn't get my coworkers
who have worked with me for almost two decades
not to donate to my campaign,
like, I think that would say something
if I didn't have those type of contributions.
So in the primary, I raised, I think it was like $91,000.
That was all from individuals.
That wasn't from corporations
or like, dark money or PACs or anything like that.
That's from people who have worked with me,
who have seen the type of leadership
that I bring to the table and have confidence
that they'll give their hard-earned money.
And so when a Microsoftee gives me money, it's great.
But when people from the community
who may not have as much money give money to me,
that is even more meaningful,
because it's likely a larger portion of their budget
and it means even more.
I am honored to have money from everyone,
and I would like to serve everyone
if I'm elected to this role.
-Thank you for engaging with that.
I want to move on to affordable housing
with you and Chipalo.
I'll start with you.
What's your approach to this crisis
going to look like if you're elected,
and what in your own personal background impacts your views?
I believe you have some properties
that you rent out yourself, is that right?
-Yeah, I do have a few rental properties,
and I'd like to be seen as a example
of how you can live progressive values
and still take care of tenants and renters.
So when I look at the housing issues,
I see three buckets.
One is, how do we stop harm now?
The second is, how do we get more units on the market?
And then the third is, how do we tie ourselves there?
So stopping harm now is anti-displacement.
We can't stop people from moving here,
and as people move here, our property values are going up,
but we got to make sure that the people who are here
can take part in the evolution of our community.
We also need to increase tenant protections.
As a small landlord, I've seen some pretty crazy things
that landlords can do.
So for example, we shouldn't use felonies
as a means to disqualify folks.
I have a tenant who's a felon. He's one of my best tenants.
I would like to be able to speak against that false narrative.
Landlords can charge exorbitant fees that are predatory.
We should stop that. We have a statewide ban on rent control.
We should lift that ban and let municipalities choose the tools
that are appropriate for their places
to fight this housing crisis.
In terms of getting units on the market in the long term,
we need state investment in low-income housing.
The private market doesn't build it,
because they won't make money at it.
We need workforce housing as well.
As we've seen just recently, we underpay our teachers,
but even two teachers living together
can't afford housing in Seattle.
And then we need to invest in mass transit
that gets us closer to a greener climate future.
But we can also increase density around
that housing so we have more units.
And then finally, to tide us there,
we need housing vouchers
so that working people can live in existing market rate units
while we're getting those other units online.
And then we also need temporary rental assistance
so short term hardship doesn't
snowball into someone losing a house,
because then it's really hard for them to work.
It's hard for their kids to go to school.
It just makes it worse.
-Thank you for breaking that down.
I wanted to make sure I talk to you about this, Emijah,
because you have a different background.
You've pointed to your experience with
the Africatown Community Land Trust.
What's your approach to affordable housing for D-37
going to be if you're elected?
-What I shared was my experience as a community advocate
when I was chief of staff of King County Equity Now,
using the advocacy of our community voice
to go directly to
the Washington State Housing and Finance Commission
to talk about equity and racial equity
and why it was important to make sure
that funding was funneled down to communities,
particularly in the 37th,
to make sure that low income housing was provided.
And because of that advocacy
and because of the power of our voice,
we were able to get funding for the properties
that I had just shared with you --
Africatown Plaza, Ethiopian Village,
Elizabeth Thomas Homes and PNA Village.
So I'm sharing around the advocacy pieces of that.
In addition, I've worked with Children's Alliance
of Washington Solid Ground, Odessa Brown Children's Clinic,
really talking about the basic needs that our families need,
and housing is one of those things,
in order for us to be healthy, in order for us to be stable.
I would also want to just add there
that there are housing vouchers.
We just need more.
The housing vouchers aren't enough.
We need to expand and make those more accessible for families.
We do have temporary assistance
for emergency housing, but we just need more.
We need to open that up to other folks
who are not extremely low income,
but to others who also are being very much challenged.
I mean, single people all the time,
people who've just come here recently to Seattle
and just feel like they have to move out, they cannot stay here.
The housing is just too inaccessible.
Also, talking with our seniors
and knowing firsthand is, property taxes are huge,
and they are making folks have to leave and sell their homes
because they can't afford it.
We need more tax exemptions.
There is a tax exemption in King County,
but it's too low for two seniors
to live off of their Social Security
in order to not have to pay such high taxes,
which then goes, falls onto renters, right?
And the rents keeps going up.
So we have shared values here,
but when it comes to the policy and changing the policy,
it's the status quo piece that's a little bit different.
-Okay. -Right?
And it's about who's on the front line
and really pushing for change,
and I have that demonstrated experience again,
locked arm with community
to make sure that we're really pushing for change.
-Excuse me. -No, no.
Thank you very much for breaking those pieces down,
but I wanted to make sure we covered another piece here
with public safety.
Emijah, I'll start with you.
What do you do in a district that's seen a huge jump
in shots fired over the past few years,
concerns about criminal activity,
but also overpolicing?
I want to talk about this.
Maybe some specific policies you might be pushing for
when it comes to public safety?
-You know, as a teenager growing up here
in the historic Central District,
really seeing firsthand that War on Drugs,
really knowing firsthand what it's like to be overpoliced,
as a student, just trying to get to class at the bus stop
where you're getting pulled over and they're taking your name
and they're trying to put you in a database
and call you -- say you're in a gang.
That was me just trying to get to high school,
to get pulled over and always being targeted,
to have my relatives pulled over.
If they say, "Where are you going?"
and then just put you in some database.
So I know what it means in real life to be overpoliced
and watch my peers be overpoliced,
be brutalized, and all the things.
I don't think so much of that has changed.
I'm concerned about the Terry stops
that are now coming forward from our past legislative session,
and I'm concerned about my two Black sons
every time they go to school just to get on the bus,
because I know what it's like to be harassed by the police.
I also understand, though,
that our police are necessary to keep us safe, right?
But we need accountability.
So Representative Jesse Johnson,
who has led on some accountability
he's a sole endorser for me,
and I've watched, that with regard to the legislation
around the guns, right?
I'm also a sole endorser, been solely endorsed
by Alliance for Gun Responsibility,
to make sure that we are locking up these weapons.
Don't want to take people's right away
to their sense of safety.
I know what it feels like to be unsafe,
and I want to be protected, but it needs to come down
to community prevention and community safety.
I'm really looking forward, and with regard to the 37,
working with the mayor, Bruce Harrell,
around the community policing policy.
They just hired, insight of who the new police chief was,
and they're talking about bringing in more diversity
so that we can have more relationship.
People can be seen in their humanity,
not always as being criminalized.
Again, needs to be accountability,
but what I've learned from being on
the King County Violence Prevention Coalition
is that our basic needs, people are asking for
basic needs to be resourced,
and that will support around our safety.
-Okay. -Thank you so much.
-I appreciate that.
Chipalo, I want to make sure that we
expand on this a little bit.
Thank you for all those thoughts,
but some ideas about policy with public safety here.
-What do you got? -Public safety, it's like,
we all deserve to feel safe in our neighborhoods,
and so this is exactly a conversation
that needs to take the majority of the time.
When I was growing up, gun violence
was a major part of my life.
I lost my first friend
to gun violence in the 7th grade,
then lost more in 10th, 11th and 12th.
So making sure that we have these common sense gun reforms,
I think everyone agrees on this.
I think it's like 70%, 80% popularity.
But then we have the federal legislators
sort of stymied in Congress.
We can make change here in the state
and make sure that we get these guns off the street.
I'm a big fan of proactive measures,
so limiting the guns that are on the street,
making sure that they're locked up,
doing violence interrupters, having 988,
so that we have a mental health professional
responding to mental health crises with a police officer.
Instead of having three police officers,
we've now reduced
the number of police officers going to an incident
so that they can actually go fight crime.
And then we have a mental health person leading the interactions
so that the person receiving services
receives better services
and you unintentionally train that police officer
as they watch the mental health service professional
provide those services.
So I think if we think more comprehensively
about public safety, we get better results.
And then we also have to think about the folks
who are already involved in the criminal justice system.
So we impose a ton of fees on juveniles and their families.
We should make sure that that's not the case.
We should take away that.
We also need to make sure that felons can get housing
when they come out of prison,
because these folks need a second chance.
If we can't allow them to get housing,
what do we think is going to happen?
So I think we need to think proactively about
how do we stop violence?
How do we stop people going into the criminal justice system?
How do we have counselors in schools instead of police?
And then when someone is involved
in the criminal justice system, how do we rehabilitate them
instead of just being strictly punitive?
And then how do we make sure that they have a second chance
when they're coming out?
-Thank you very much for that.
We need to wrap up the show here.
This has been a great discussion back and forth.
It's time for a closing statement.
Keep it brief, if you can.
Chipalo, under a minute. You're first.
-Sure. So I'm very thankful.
I think both of our hearts are in the right place.
You're going to get a good Democrat out of this race.
But my question to folks is, who's going to be
the most effective legislator?
I have proven success in the private sector.
I have proven success in small business.
I have proven success doing community organizing,
and I have proven success with policy advocacy.
So I bring a whole host of skills to the table.
I work very collaboratively,
so I have a set of relationships that I can rely on in Olympia.
I also establish relationships very quickly,
which is needed in the legislature.
I don't care if there's someone I only agree with
10% of the issues on.
Let's work with those people so we can get 10% moving forwards,
and then we can go argue about the other 90% after that.
So I have unique professional experience
with Microsoft in technology legislation,
and I would love to earn everyone's vote.
41% of the voters provided my candidacy a primary victory.
Both The Stranger and The Times, two organizations
who don't agree on much have decided
I'm the best candidate for this job,
and so I would love for everyone to come join me on this journey
as we need to move our 37th District forward.
-Emijah, you get the last word. Keep it to a minute, please.
-Thank you. I would just want to again say
that my campaign is a people's campaign,
and the policies that are driven are people-powered policies.
And I have the demonstrated experience.
I've been here the whole district.
And I don't know what "proven" means for Chipalo,
but I don't know what Chipalo has done.
I think that that's been proven and that's been demonstrated,
with regard to our legislative advocacy,
I'm not taking anything away from the great accomplishments
of Chipalo, but when you're in the community
and you're on the front line
and you're working with the people at all times,
then you know what those aspects are.
I'm looking forward to learning more about
what those demonstrated and proven policy wins have been.
I want to say that I do have relationships
across the district,
within Seattle public schools, at the state level.
Again, I have Representative Jesse Johnson,
Tarra Simmons, Senator Mona Das,
and other elected officials that I've had
working relationships for a number of years
because we've been doing the work.
I also want to say when it comes to justice reform,
I've been a key catalyst and powerful in Olympia
regarding to justice reform issues
that are impacting successful re-entry
for our community members and our neighbors,
particularly in housing.
I want to increase that the housing
can be more stable for a year.
It was just increased from three months to six months.
With regard to our education,
making sure that's fully funded special education.
I've been on the Special Education Task Force
with Seattle Public Schools,
helped bring forward those recommendations
that the SCA was fighting for for our children.
So again -- endorsed by One America,
Alliance for Gun Responsibility,
Washington State Labor Council, SAGE leaders.
I mean, you check my website out,
you'll see the community members who understand
that I'm the person that you want to invest in
if you really want to make sure there's true representation
of us who have the lived lives and lived experience in the 37.
Thank you so much.
-Alright, I appreciate the input from both of you,
and we will be right back.
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healthy families and communities."
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Coming up next week -- another close race to watch
as affordable housing advocate Emily Alvarado
and librarian Leah Griffin face off in the race
to represent the 34th Legislative District.
Meet the candidates on the next "City Inside Out."
I hope you join us.
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