>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE FEBRUARY 22nd, 2022 MEETING
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WILL COME TO ORDER.
I AM PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
AND WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> HERBOLD ?
>> PRESENT.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT .
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> PRESENT .
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> PRESENT . THANK YOU, MADAM
CLERK COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS
EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING TODAY.
PRESENTATIONS, COUNCILMEMBERS,
I HAVE A PROCLAMATION
RECOMMENDING FEBRUARY AND
BEFORE I PRESENT, SIGNATURES
WILL NEED TO BE AFFIXED TO IT,
EITHER QUESTIONS ON THE
PROCLAMATION LANGUAGE FROM THE
CLERK BEFORE THE COURT DOES THE
ROLL CALL?
SEEING OR HEARING NONE, WILL BE
CLICK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE TO
FIND OUT WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> HOUSEMAN PEDERSEN?
>> AYE .
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT BACK
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ?
>> AYE .
>> IN FAVOR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN BEFORE
FOR COMMENTS COME AFTER THAT,
WE WILL SUSPEND THE RULES TO
ALLOW GUESTS TO ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE
COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
NOT HEARING OR SEEING ANY, I
WILL SUSPEND THE RULES, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, AND I
WILL ALLOW OUR GUESTS TO EJECT
THE FRAGMENTATION AND PROVIDE
REMARKS.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE RULES
ARE SUSPENDED AND COLLEAGUES,
FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
AND THIS YEAR MY OFFICE WORK
WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE OF THE
METROPOLITAN OF SEATTLE TO
DRAFT THIS PROCLAMATION WHICH
MY OFFICE CIRCULATED LAST WEEK.
THIS YEAR, WE SOUGHT TO HONOR
THE LIFE OF REPRESENTATIVE JOHN
LEWIS BY ISSUING A PROCLAMATION
THAT BREAKS BRINGS ATTENTION TO
THE EFFORT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TO DENY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR,
SPECIFICALLY BLACK COMMUNITIES,
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO
VOTE AS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE
URBAN LEAGUE, WHICH MAKE A
CONCERTED EFFORT TO INCREASE
THE VOTER TURNOUT OF BLACK
COMMUNITIES, ARE VITAL TO OUR
DEMOCRACY.
MICHELLE MERIWETHER IS THE CEO
OF THE URBAN LEAGUE OF THE
METROPOLITAN SEATTLE, WELCOME
TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING,
YOU'LL RECOGNIZE FOR YOUR MERCK
TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
VIEWING PUBLIC.
>> HELLO.
SO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TODAY,
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND FOR
THE PROCLAMATION I AM NOT ONLY
RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THE
URBAN LEAGUE LOCALLY BUT
NATIONALLY.
AS WELL AS THE LABOR SACRIFICE
AND RESILIENT OF THOSE WHO
SHOULDERS I STAND ON AND SIDE-
BY-SIDE WITH IN THE FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC PARITY.
AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE NO OTHER
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD TO HAVE A
LAW PASSED GIVE THEM A RIGHT TO
VOTE.
NO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
STOLEN FROM THEIR HOMELAND AND
FORCED INTO LABOR, SEPARATED
FROM THEIR FAMILY, AND A FEW
OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR
CULTURE COPIED, MONETIZED, AND
SOLD WITH LITTLE OR NO PROFIT
TO THEIR OWN.
I KNOW OF NO OTHER PEOPLE WITH
THE BEAUTY, RESILIENCE, AND
RESILIENCE OF BLACK PEOPLE.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
MADE TOOLS OUT OF TRASH AND ART
OF THE BEAT OF A DRAMA.
HAVE ASCENDED FROM SLAVES TO
SURVIVE AND SERVE AS LEADERS IN
THIS GREAT CITY AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WE EVEN LEAD, AS TIRED AS WE
ARE, THE FIGHT FOR OUR BROTHERS
AND SISTERS WHO ARE BEING
INCARCERATED TO HAVE THE RIGHTS
RESTORED.
EVEN WHILE THOSE THAT ARE BEING
STILL INCARCERATED, HUNTED, AND
IN MANY CITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, DENIED THE RIGHT TO
VOTE, WE STILL PERSIST UNTIL WE
HAVE PARITY.
I THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR AND
THIS RECOGNITION AND FOR
STANDING WITH US IN THIS FIGHT.
AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID
NOT MENTION THE NAMES OF WHOM
IN THIS RAY CITY HAVE LED THIS
WORK, AND I GIVE HONOR TO BOTH
LIVING AND GONE TO BE WITH THE
ANCESTORS, THOUGH I SHARE THEIR
NAMES HERE, JUST AS HONOR AND
RECOGNITION, AS WITH COUNCILMAN
JOHN LEWIS, EDWIN PRATT, SAM
SMITH, DR. MONA HUMPHREYS
BAILEY, ELMER DIXON, DOROTHY
HOLLANDSWORTH, AND MAYOR BRUCE
HARRELL.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
PROCLAMATION AND YOUR WORK AND
I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THE
WORK YET TO BE DONE TO ENSURE
THAT WE DO NOT FORGET OUR NOT
SO DISTANT PAST AND WORK
TOGETHER TO BUILD OUR BELOVED
CITY WHERE BLACK PEOPLE FROM
ALL WALKS OF LIFE HAVE ACCESS
TO A PATHWAY OF HEALTH, WEALTH,
AND WELL-BEING.
THANK YOU.
>> MICHELLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER IN THE
PAST AND IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
CERTAINLY ON THE JOHN LEWIS
BRIDGE WHICH WE ARE PROUD OF IN
THE MIGHTY D5.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND
HOPEFULLY WE WILL NAME
WORKPLACES NORTH OF THE SHIP
CANAL TO NOT ONLY HONOR OUR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN BROTHERS AND
SISTERS BUT OUR INDIGENOUS
FOLKS AS WELL AND OUR ASIAN
COMMUNITY AS WELL.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE -- ONE
PERSON YOU DID NOT SAY IS
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM.
MY HERO WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT
AND WHO ALSO STRUGGLED WITH MS,
LIKE MYSELF.
WHAT ANYONE LIKE TO ASK
MICHELLE A QUESTION OR MAKE ANY
COMMENTS BEFORE I CLOSE IT OUT?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> I AM SAYING THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
FOR YOUR WORDS THAT YOU SHARE
WITH US.
I STILL HAVE A PICTURE OF SAM
SMITH WHICH I'M LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR SAYING THEIR
NAMES.
I THINK PEOPLE FORGET,
ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, ABOUT
HOW WE ALL GOT HERE.
>> EXACTLY.
>> WITH THAT, I DO NOT SEE ANY
HANDS.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU WE WILL
MOVE ON.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIVE, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED WE WILL MOVE
ON TO THE APPROVAL OF A CONSENT
CALENDAR.
WITH THE CLICK PLEASE READ THE
ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR?
NOT IN CLERK?
>> ITEMS, MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 8
AND FEBRUARY 15th, 2022, AND
THE INSTRUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
>> THANK YOU ARE THERE ANY
ITEMS, ANY COUNCILMEMBER WOULD
LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR?
NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANY
COMMENTS, I MOVED TO ADOPT THE
CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED, WILL THE
CLICK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> COUNCILMEMBER VERBAL?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE . THE CONSENT CALENDAR
IS ADOPTED.
>> MY APOLOGIES, WOULD YOU ALSO
DIRECT US TO PLEASE ADD YOUR
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES THAT
WE JUST ADOPTED, PLEASE?
>> YES, I AM NOT DIRECTING THE
CLERK TO PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE -- WAS AT THE
CONSENT CALENDAR OR WHAT WAS
THE OTHER ONE?
>> THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 8th
AND FEBRUARY 15th.
>> THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY --
EIGHTH AND 15th, I APOLOGIZE.
I DID NOT SEE THAT IN MY
SCRIPT.
OKAY.
WITH THAT, MADAME CLERK, CAN I
GO FORWARD?
>> PLEASE DO.
>> WE WILL MOVE INTO PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
MY UNDERSTANDING, BEFORE I READ
THE SCRIPT ON THE DIRECTIONS,
MADAME CLERK, WE HAVE 84 PEOPLE
SIGNED UP?
MADAME CLERK?
>> YES, WE DO.
>> WHAT I AM GOING TO DO, I
WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE
SCRIPT AND, WHAT I AM
ANTICIPATING IS THAT WE WILL GO
FOR ONE HOUR FROM THE TIME THAT
I FINISH READING THIS PART AND
THEN THE CLERK READS THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
COLLEAGUES, WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME FOR
THE ITEMS ON THE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR AND THE COUNCIL WORK
PROGRAM.
IT REMAINS A STRONG INTENT OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY ON
MEETING AGENDAS.
HOWEVER, AS A REMINDER, THE
CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO END OR ELIMINATE THESE
PUBLIC COMMENTS AT ANY POINT IF
WE DEEM THAT THE SYSTEM IS
BEING ABUSED OR IS NO LONGER
SUITABLE FOR ALLOWING OUR
MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
CURRENTLY, AS I SHARED, WE HAVE
84 SPEAKERS.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
PUBLIC COMMENT TIME WILL BE
EXTENDED TO -- WHATEVER IS ONE
HOUR FROM NOW, WHAT IS THAT?
3:18.
IT WILL BE EXTENDED TO 2:18 TO
ALLOW FOR THE SPEAKERS, IF
THERE ARE MORE SPEAKERS, WE
WANT EXTENDED, PROBABLY NOT
INCLINED BUT WE WILL SEE.
THE CITY CLERK WILL MODERATE
THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND
I WILL HAND IT OFF TO MADAME
CLERK.
>> THIS IS ONE HOUR AND EACH
SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN ONE
MINUTE TO SPEAK, SPEAKERS ARE
CALLED UPON IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE
WEBSITE OF THE COUNCIL, EACH
SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM THE
PHONE NUMBER USED FOR THIS
REGISTRATION AND USING THE
MEETING PHONE NUMBER I.D.
AND PASSCODE THAT WAS EMAILED
TO THEM UPON CONFIRMATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
GENERAL MEETING LISTS CALL-IN
INFORMATION.
AGAIN, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE
CALLED UPON BY NAME AND THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE WEBSITE OF THE COUNCIL.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK TO WOULD LIKE TO, YOU
CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF
THE PERIODPUBLIC COMMENT BY
GOING TO THE WEBSITE OF THE
COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC WHICH IS
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
ONCE A SPEAKER' HIS NAME IS
CALLED, STAFF UNMUTEWILL THE
MICROPHONE AND A PROMPT WILL BE
YOUR Q FOR -- AND YOU MUST
PRESS á6, PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING
BY STATING YOUR NAME AND THE
OBJECT YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR, OR THE COUNCIL WORK
PROGRAM MUST BE DISCUSSED AS
PEERS WILL HEAR A CHIME IN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME AND ONCE YOU HIT
THE CHIME, WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT STOP THERE
COMMENTS AT THE FINISH OF THE
TIME, THEIR MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND,
IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THE
MEETING, PLEASE DO SO VIA
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE
LISTENING OPTION LISTED ON THE
AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN
AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST,
PLEASE REMEMBER TO HIT STAR 6.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MARGO
STEWART AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
KATE REUBEN.
MARGO?
>> I AM A RENTER AND WORKER ON
FOREST AND I WAS HOMELESS FOR
WORKING FULL-TIME AND IF WE ARE
SERIOUSLY LOOKING TO ADJUST THE
ISSUES OF HOUSING,
HOMELESSNESS, CRIME THAT
WORKING PEOPLE FIND THE WORST
THING WE CAN DO WOULD BE TO THE
THOUSANDS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
ONTO THE STREET BECAUSE THEY
CANNOT AFFORD RENT DURING A
CRISIS AND ARE GOING TO RENTAL
DEBT.
THERE ARE 132,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN
THE SEATTLE AREA BEHIND ON RENT
AND 90% OF THOSE EVICTED WOULD
BECOME HOMELESS.
THE COUNCIL MUST VOTE YES ON
COUNCILMEMBER -- SERVANT -- THE
MORATORIUM IS THE ONLY THING
KEEPING THOUSANDS OF RENTERS
HOUSED AND I THINK THE QUESTION
FOR THEM IS REALLY SIMPLE, WILL
YOU STAND BY WHILE THOUSANDS OF
OUR NEIGHBORS ARE PUT OUT ON
THE STREETS AND FACE
HOMELESSNESS DURING THE
PANDEMIC OR WILL YOU SIDE WITH
RENTERS FIGHTING TO SURVIVE,
WILL YOU PROTECT THE PROFITS OF
BIG BUSINESS AND DEVELOPERS?
BECAUSE I CAN PROMISE YOU I
WANT SOMEBODY TO COME HOME WITH
AN EXPONENTIALLY HARDER TO FIND
FOOTING AGAIN.
FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
--
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KATE
RUBIN FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL
MALLINI.
KATE?
>> HELLO?
MY NAME IS KATE RUBIN AND I'M
THE ORGANIZING DIRECTOR AND A
RENTER LIVING IN DISTRICT 2,
I'M CALLING YOU TO URGE
SUPPORTING EXTENDING THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
I KNOW THAT LANDLORDS HAVE BEEN
MOBILIZING TO FIGHT THIS AND
THAT THE COMMITTEE MEETING ON
FRIDAY THREE PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT
THIS, THERE IS A REASON THEY
ALL KEEP HEARING THE SAME
COUPLE OF STORIES, TRY TO
CREATE A FALSE NARRATIVE ABOUT
WHO IS AFFECTED AS A VAST
MAJORITY OF RENTERS WHO ARE
BEHIND ON RENT ARE BEHIND
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT RECOVERED
FROM THIS MASSIVE CRISIS AND NO
ONE WANTS TO FALL INTO DEBT
THAT WE LIVE PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK WITH THE ESSENTIAL
WORKERS OF THE CITY CAN BE
DEVASTATING.
PUBLIC HEALTH IS CURRENTLY
LIFTING THE TRANSMISSION.
I PERSONALLY CAUGHT COVID-19
LAST MONTH AND WILL AND NOT
RECOVERED, I AM WILDLY LUCKY.
I HEAR PEOPLE EVERYDAY WHO ARE
WORKING WHILE SICK AND FALLING
BEHIND GOVERNMENT RENTER SHOULD
NOT HAVE THE SHOULDER THE
BURDEN OF THIS LOCAL PANDEMIC
AND PLEASE PRIVATIZE THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES
OVER LANDLORD PROFITS.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL
MALLINI.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3
AND CALLING THE COUNCIL TO VOTE
YES ON THE RENTAL RESOLUTION TO
EXTEND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM.
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS NOT
OVER, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE FACING EVICTION WHO WERE
NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND EVICTING
THEM WILL EXACERBATE THE
HOUSING CRISIS OUR CITY ALREADY
FACES.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL
CAVANAUGH.
>> HELLO, I AM A RENTER AND
FOREST HILL AND AN ORGANIZER
WITH SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE AND
HERE IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
PROPOSAL, CENSUS DATA SHOWS
OVER 130,000 SEATTLE-AREA
RENTERS ARE BEHIND ON RENT AND
IF THE MORATORIUM LASTED
THOUSANDS OF RENTERS WOULD FACE
EVICTION AND THE THREAT OF
HOMELESSNESS AND BACK IN
DECEMBER, ALL EIGHT DEMOCRATS
ON THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO
REPEAL HAZARDS FOR ESSENTIAL
WORKERS AS OMICRON WAS TAKING
OFFICE AND COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DID NOT
VOTE TO REPEAL IT AND THIS HAS
NOT AGED WELL AND IT IS
UNPOPULAR AND NOW
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE TWISTING
THEMSELVES INTO KNOTS TRYING TO
EXPLAIN THEIR VOTES, BUT THE
TRUTH IS PLAYED, THE COUNCIL
DEMOCRATS STRIP WORKERS OF
THEIR PAY AS OMICRON WAS
SURGING AND MY MESSAGE TODAY TO
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS WORKING
PEOPLE WILL SEE THROUGH YOUR
EXCUSES AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS
WILL REMEMBER YOUR VOTE TODAY.
EXPAND THE MORATORIUM.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRETT
FRANK LOONEY.
>> THIRD-GENERATION MINORITY
HOUSING PROVIDER, HOW PATHETIC
THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AS
MIKE GRANDFATHER WAS A BLACK
MAN FOR DETROIT WITH NOTHING IN
HIS NAME, THAT MY GRANDMOTHER,
MY MOTHER AND I WERE TO
PRESERVE THE I AM PLEADING WITH
YOU TO NOT EXTEND THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM, THE TENANT
ADVOCATES WHO WE HEAR FROM
TODAY WILL ONCE AGAIN TRY TO
PUSH A WAVE OF EVICTIONS, THIS
IS NOT THE CASE, OUR GOAL IS TO
PROTECT THOSE RENTERS WHO HAVE
BEEN PAYING -- TO TAKE
OWNERSHIP ON THE BAD ACTORS WHO
CHOOSE NOT TO PAY AND THE
VIOLENT PEOPLE WHO HARM OUR
COMMUNITIES ON THIS MORTAL AND
ALLOW THOSE WHO HAVE RECOVERED
WERE NEVER FACED FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP TO REFUSE TO PAY RENT
OR EVEN COMMUNICATE.
THIS IS THEFT LOOK AT THE DATA,
NOT ANECDOTES, 10% OF RENTAL
HOUSING REGISTRATIONS HAVE BEEN
LOST IN THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS.
YOUR DECISION WILL IMPACT THIS
MOVING FORWARD AND EXTENDING
THE MORATORIUM WILL ONLY
FURTHER DECREASE RENTAL STOCK
AND HURT THOSE WHO NEED HOUSING
THE MOST.
PLEASE STOP THE MORATORIUM AND
DISTRIBUTE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SASHA
SUMMER.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS SASHA, I AM A RENTER
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND A
SEATTLE CENTRAL STUDENT.
I'M CALLING IN TODAY TO SAY
THAT EVERY CITY COUNCILMEMBER
SHOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE
RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM TO THE END
OF THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY
132,000 SEATTLE-AREA RESIDENTS
ARE BEHIND ON RENT.
TO ALLOW THE EVICTION OF
THOUSANDS IS INHUMANE AND
UNACCEPTABLE.
RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS NOT ENOUGH
TO ADDRESS THIS.
IN 2021, 46,000 HOUSEHOLDS
APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE AND ONLY
17,000 RECEIVED ANY.
THIS VOTE COMES DOWN TO, SHOULD
THOUSANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE
LOSE THEIR HOME AND MANY BECOME
HOMELESS SO THE LANDLORD CAN
PROFIT?
THIS WILL SHOW WHO SIDE YOU ARE
ON.
I AM DISAPPOINTED IN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR NOT
SHOWING UP.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT
WE NEED AND WE NEED TO FIGHT
FOR REN CONTROL AND TO BUILD
SOCIAL HOUSING BY EXPANDING
AMAZON TAX.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CAMILLE
GIGGS.
>> HELLO, I AM A RESIDENT OF
CAPITOL HILL AND A NUMBER OF
THE REAL CHANGE OF A TEAM AND
I'M URGING COUNCILMEMBERS TO
SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION TO
EXTEND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM.
I SPENT A LARGE PORTION OF MY
SUNDAY ACROSS CITY HALL
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR
NEIGHBORS WHO, EVEN IN THE
FREEZING WEATHER, ARE BEING
RELOCATED WITH ALMOST NOWHERE
TO GO.
THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT,
WHILE THE CITY CONDUCTS HARMFUL
SWEEPS, IT IS PROPOSING TO STOP
THIS MORATORIUM.
THIS ACTION WOULD LEAD TO
COUNTLESS OTHER THINGS WORSE
THAN LIVING OUTSIDE.
IF THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL TRULY BELIEVED IN THE
VARIOUS CAMPAIGN PROMISES OF
HOUSING FIRST AND ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS, YOU WOULD DO
EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO
PREVENT FURTHERING OF THIS
CRISIS.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THIS
BY VOTING YES TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BURNS.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 4
AND I WANT TO SPEAK THE TO
EXTEND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM
AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBERS JUST UNANIMOUSLY
VOTED IN SUPPORT OF A
PROCLAMATION THAT THIS MONTH IS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND I WANT
TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT
71% OF HOUSEHOLDS WHO APPLY FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN KING
COUNTY ARE BLACK AND STUDIES
UNIVERSALLY AGREED THAT
EVICTIONS AFFECT BLACK PEOPLE
AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR
ENORMOUSLY DISPROPORTIONALLY
COMPARED TO WHITE PEOPLE.
FOR THE COUNCIL NUMBERS DO NOT
EXTEND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM,
THEREBY EFFECTIVELY ENCODING
GET ANOTHER FACET OF STRUCTURAL
RACISM INTO LAW WOULD BE JUST
DESPICABLE.
WHO WOULD STOP THIS?
ONLY THE MOST EVICTING
LANDLORDS WHAT THIS BASELESS
PREDATORY CORPORATE LANDLORDS.
ARE YOU GOING TO SIDE WITH THE
RENTERS OF COLOR WHOSE HISTORY
YOU JUST BOOSTED, OR WILL YOU
SACRIFICE THEM FOR CORPORATE
PROFITS?
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS
CHARLOTTE THISTLE.
PLEASE HIT á6.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES.
>> I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND
HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT NUMBER
TWO, THERE ARE SMALL PROPERTY
OWNERS IN SEATTLE WHO HAVE BEEN
PROVIDING FREE HOUSING TO
OTHERS FOR TWO YEARS WHILE
STILL PAYING THE MORTGAGE,
TAXES, UTILITIES, AND
INSURANCE, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE
ARE ELDERS LIVING ON JUST
SOCIAL SECURITY OR MEAGER
PENSIONS, THIS CANNOT CONTINUE.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT BANKS,
THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND IF
THE CITY WANTS TO GUARANTEE
HOUSING TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HARDSHIP, THE COST MUST BE
BORNE BY SOCIETY, A SMALL
HANDFUL OF MOM-AND-POP PROPERTY
OWNERS CANNOT CARRY THIS WAVE
ALONE.
FURTHERMORE, THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM IS SO CARELESSLY
WRITTEN IT HAS ALLOWED
OPPORTUNISTS TO UPEND THE LIVES
OF ORDINARY HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE
NOT EVEN LANDLORDS.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO
THEIR DAY IN COURT BUT THE
MORATORIUM DENIES PEOPLE ACCESS
TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THAT
IS A DENIAL OF JUSTICE ITSELF.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HANNAH.
PLEASE SELECT STAR 6. WE WILL
COME BACK TO HANNAH.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARILYN.
HELLO.
I AM NOT A CORPORATE LANDLORD.
RENTERS HAVE SIGNIFICANT
PROTECTIONS INCLUDING THE
WINTER EVICTION THEN AS WE ARE
MISSION BAY, A SIX MONTH
EVICTION PROTECTION EXTENDED BY
CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT TO FREE
ATTORNEYS, PAYMENT PLANS
REQUIRED BY THE CITY, RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY EVERY
LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT AND MANY
PERMANENT CHANGES IN LAW,
NEITHER THE CITY OR STATE HAS
EVER RENTER TO CLAIM A HARDSHIP
ALONE ESTABLISH OR PROVE ONE,
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM FROM
THE SELLERS OR OWNERS FROM
GETTING OCCUPANCY IN THEIR OWN
HOME OR MAKING OTHER MENTORS
FEELING UNSAFE.
IT DENIES JUSTICE AND DUE
PROCESS, PUNISHING GOOD TENANTS
IN FAVOR OF MALICIOUS ONES,
THERE HAS BEEN NO AFFECTION
TSUNAMI, EVICTIONS AND
WASHINGTON STATE ARE 40% LOWER
THAN THEY WERE IN THE PRE-
PANDEMIC AND THE MORATORIUM
COMES AT THE GREAT COST OF
PUSHING SMALL HOUSING PROVIDERS
OUT OF THE RENTAL MARKET WHICH
IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED BY THE
DATA.
WE NEED TO TRANSITION BACK TO
NORMAL AND ADD PROTECTION FOR
TENANTS AND STOP THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM IS ONE HUGE STEP
TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING US AND
VOTE NO ON THE RESOLUTION BY
SAWANT .
>> HANNAH IS AVAILABLE, OUR
NEXT SPEAKER.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3.
THE COVID-19 CRISIS IS FAR FROM
OVER , OMICRON BROUGHT US THE
HIGHEST SURGEON COVID-19 CASES
WE HAVE SEEN IN THE U.S. IT IS
COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE TO STOP
THE MORATORIUM NOW WHEN IT
WOULD SPELL A WAVE OF THOUSANDS
OF EVICTIONS.
THAT IS WHY I'M CALLING ON THE
CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON THE
RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
THIS IS THE ONLY THING KEEPING
SO MANY STRUGGLING MENTORS IN
THEIR HOLMES AS RENTAL PRICES
SKYROCKET IN THE CITY.
RENTS WERE ALREADY TOO HIGH AND
LAST YEAR THE PRICE OF THE
AVERAGE TWO-BEDROOM IN SEATTLE
WENT UP BY 27%.
THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN
SEATTLE IS ALREADY AMONG THE
WORST IN THE COUNTRY AND
EVICTING MORE PEOPLE NOW IS GAS
ON THE FIRE WE HAVE TO REJECT
THIS FALSE NARRATIVE BEING
PEDDLED BY CORPORATE LANDLORDS
MASQUERADING AS SMALL MOM-AND-
POP LANDLORDS, RENTERS ARE NOT
USING THIS MORATORIUM TO ABUSE
THE SYSTEM AND MORE POINTS
REQUIRES THE RENTERS PAY ALL OF
THE BACK RENT THINKING LATE AND
THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PAY AND
THAT CAN QUICKLY AMOUNT TO TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
RENTAL DEBT CITY COUNCIL --
>> COREY BREWER IS THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
IF YOU HAVE NOTICED, YOU ARE
NOT HEARING FROM CORPORATE
INTERESTS, YOU ARE HEARING FROM
LOCAL SMALL MOM-AND-POP, THESE
ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MULTIPLE
OTHER LAYERS OF NONPAYMENT
PROTECTION ALREADY EXTEND WELL
BEYOND THE END OF THIS
MORATORIUM WHICH AT THIS POINT
ON ITS OWN DOES LITTLE MORE
THAN PROTECT THAT BEHAVIOR.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANY
STATISTICS ABOUT OTHER CITIES
AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE THE
EXPIRATION OF A MORATORIUM LED
TO A WAVE OF EVICTIONS.
LAST WEEK WE SAW A PANEL OF
SPEAKERS WHO, MANY OF THEM
LAMENTED, THE US VERSUS THEM
NATURE OF THE LANDLORD-TENANT
RELATIONSHIP AND I
WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE.
THE IRONY IS THAT IT CAN LOOK
SQUARELY AT THE RINGLEADER AS
THE PERSON ENCOURAGING THAT
ENVIRONMENT AS SHE HAS ZERO
INTEREST IN COLLABORATION.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT APOSTATE STAFFER
EXPLAINED HOW THE SELLOFF OF
RENTAL HOUSES IS A GOOD THING
BECAUSE IT INCREASES
HOMEOWNERSHIP BUT YOU MUST NOT
REALIZE THAT THE AVERAGE HOME
IN SEATTLE SELLS FOR MORE THAN
$1 MILLION.
THIS IS HARDLY THE ONE FOR ONE
TRADE-OFF PICTURE HE TRIES TO
PAINT WITH THE LOSS OF --
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SONJA.
>> I AM A WORKING MOTHER AND A
SMALL LANDLORD AND WE SHOULD
EXTEND THIS BAN ON EVICTIONS,
THEY ARE BAD FOR EVERYONE.
WE JUST VOTED TO RAISE PROPERTY
TAXES IN THIS AREA BY QUITE A
BIT AND LANDLORDS WILL PASS ON
THOSE TO MENTORS.
THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, COREY
BREWER, IS A VICE PRESIDENT FOR
WINDEMERE, A HUGE LOCAL REAL
ESTATE CORPORATION IN THE
WESTERN U.S..
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR LISTENERS
TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PLENTY
OF RESOURCES FOR LANDLORDS
THERE ARE NOT FOR MENTORS, THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM DOES NOT
PREVENT EVICTIONS IN THE CASE
OF LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS
AND THE RENTERS WILL STILL HAVE
TO GET THE MONEY BACK TO SMALL
LANDLORDS HAVING PROBLEMS, I
UNDERSTAND, BUT STOPPING THIS
BAN OR EVICTING YOUR TENANTS
WILL NOT STOP THE SOCIAL
PROBLEMS.
INSTEAD, JOIN US IN THE FIGHT
FOR CONTROL, AS FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES, WE MUST INCREASE
THE AMAZON TAX.
BY THE WAY, THE AMAZON TAX IS
WORKING BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT
AND BUSINESSES ARE NOT LEAVING
SEATTLE.
LET'S RAISE IT TO FUND BIGGER
EXPANSIONS AND NOT RAISE
PROPERTY --
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MATTHEW.
>> I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT
RENTER IN DISTRICT 4 AND I WANT
TO SAY THAT, AS A STUDENT WHO
IS LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK,
I URGE YOU TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MY
HOUSEMATE AND I HAD TO
PRACTICALLY BEG OUR LANDLORD TO
LET US PAY RENT TWO WEEKS LATE.
HAVING THE EVICTION MORATORIUM
IN PLACE TO PROTECT US WAS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT TEACHING
ASSISTANTS -- AS A TEACHING
ASSISTANT, THIS MORATORIUM IS
THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR
SOME OF MY STUDENTS FROM NOT
EVEN HAVING A PLACE TO GO HOME
AT NIGHT.
PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS TO US
STUDENTS BEFORE FINALS, IN THE
MIDDLE OF WINTER.
I URGE YOU TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EVA
METZ.
>> I AM A HOME HEALTHCARE
WORKER AND A MEMBER OF SCIU
775, AND A RENTER SAYING EVERY
COUNCILMEMBER SHOULD VOTE
YESTERDAY RESOLUTION TO EXTEND
THE ADDICTION MORATORIUM.
I WANT TO STRESS THE IMPACTS OF
THE PANDEMIC WHICH ARE FAR FROM
OVER.
AS A HOME HEALTHCARE WORKER,
HAZARD PAY WILL EXPIRE NEXT
MONTH.
IT WOULD MAKE OUR REAL WAGES
SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.
GIVING COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES
AND RENTS HAVE INCREASED BY
DOUBLE DIGITS IN THE PAST YEAR,
EVEN WITH HAZARD PAY WE MAKE
DAILY OVER MINIMUM WAGE.
I WORK A SECOND JOB, A
RESTAURANT WORKER, AND OUR
MANAGER SAID TO BE PRUDENT WITH
OUR FINANCES AS THEY CUT SHIFTS.
SOMEBODY MENTIONED STATISTICS,
DATA FROM THE EVICTION LAB AT
QUINCY UNIVERSITY SHOWS THAT
EVICTIONS ARE RISING IN THOSE
CITIES AND STATES WHERE
MORATORIUMS HAVE BEEN LIFTED
AND THIS WOULD NOT BE A RETURN
TO NORMAL, IT WOULD BE
THOUSANDS PUSHED OUT OF THEIR
HOLMES , WORKING PEOPLE
BECOMING HOMELESS.
EXTEND THE MORATORIUM.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS IDA.
>> HELLO.
I OWN ONE HOME IN DISTRICT 5
AND I AM A WOMAN OF COLOR I AM
NOT A FACELESS CORPORATION AND
I AM DISGUSTED BY THE ATTEMPTS
TO ATTACK MY EXPERIENCE I HAVE
ONE TENANT WHO REFUSES TO MOVE
OUT, COMMUNICATE, OR PAVEMENT,
EVEN IF THEY DID PAY RENT, I DO
NOT MAKE A PROFIT AND BETWEEN
MORTGAGE AND PROPERTY TAXES,
REGARDLESS, MY TENANT HAS NOT
PAID RENT OR UTILITY SINCE
OCTOBER 2020 AND HAS A $50,000
BALANCE AND IS NOT SEEKING
ASSISTANCE.
HE IS HOSTILE AND ABUSING THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
I AM DISGUSTED AT THE ATTEMPTS
TO RATIONALIZE THIS ISSUE.
I HAVE SURMOUNTED MANY
OBSTACLES TO PURCHASE MY HOME
AND IT IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY
A WHITE MALE TENANT.
BECAUSE I CANNOT LIVE IN MY
HOME I HAVE BEEN COUCH SURFING
FOR A ROOF OVER MY HEAD.
THERE IS NO EVICTION TIDAL
WAVE, THIS IS FALSE, THE
COUNCIL PASSED SIX MONTHS OF
EVICTION PRODUCTION FOR THOSE
WHO FACE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC .
THERE IS A WINTER EVICTION BAN
AND SCHOL YEAR EVICTION BAND,
SEATTLE HAS STRONG PROTECTIONS
AND IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE TO
ALLOW BAD ACTORS --
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS REVEREND
ROBERT JEFFREY.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
TOLSTOY WROTE LONG DOES NOT --
ENDING THE MORATORIUM WHILE
MANY ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM
THE EFFECTS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL PANDEMIC IS
SIMPLY WRONG.
DR. KING PUT IT THIS WAY,
INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT
TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.
THOSE HOME-BASED RENTERS MUST
BE PROTECTED.
THERE SHOULD BE PROTECTIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE CANNOT DO THIS BY
SACRIFICING WOMEN AND CHILDREN
WHO WILL BE COMPROMISED BY THIS
ACT.
IT IS THE DUTY OF ANY CIVILIZED
COMMUNITY TO ATTEND TO THE
NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE
AFFECTED.
BY NO MEANS OF THEMSELVES.
CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR
CONTROL.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MADELINE
OLSON.
>> I AM A GROCERY WORKER AND A
MEMBER OF THE LOCAL 21 AND A
RENTER CALLING TO URGE THE
EXTENDED MORATORIUM TO BE
PASSED.
A STUDY CAME OUT THAT SHOWED
THREE OF FOUR WORKERS, 36%
COULD NOT AFFORD RENT AND ONE
OUT OF SEVEN WERE HOMELESS THE
PAST YEAR.
THESE ISSUES OF HOUSING -- THIS
IS AN INDUSTRYWIDE PROBLEM AND
NOT HELPED BY MASS EVICTIONS.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD DOWN A
JOB WITHOUT STABLE HOUSING.
WE NEED RENTAL, MORTGAGE --
THIS INCLUDES HOMEOWNERS, MOM-
AND-POP LANDLORDS, SMALL
BUSINESSES.
WE NEED TO TAX BUSINESSES TO
PAY.
NOT FORCING RENTERS, OUR
NEIGHBORS COME ONTO THE STREET.
ANY COUNCILMEMBER THAT DOES NOT
VOTE YES TO EXTEND THE
MORATORIUM IS CLEAR THAT THEY
JUST PROFIT --
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL
SWANSON.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 4.
I THINK IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT
NONE OF THE SO-CALLED
PROGRESSIVE COUNCILMEMBERS,
EXCEPT FOR SOME ODD, WANTS TO
DO THIS BUT THE PANDEMIC IS
RAGING AT RECORD LEVELS OF
INFLATION AND RISING RENTS
EXTENDING HOMELESSNESS FOR
THOUSANDS OF MENTORS AND FAMILY
STILL STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS
MEET.
THE COUNCILMEMBERS ALL TALKING
IN CIRCLES WHEN THEY MAKE
PROMISES TO FIX HOMELESSNESS
AND STAY QUIET WHEN THEY HAVE A
CHANCE TO SAVE THOUSANDS FROM
BECOMING HOMELESS.
CORPORATE LANDLORDS ARE TRYING
TO PUT THE BLAME ON RENTERS WHO
THEY SAY ARE ABUSING THE SYSTEM
WHEN IT SAYS ALL BACK PAID RENT
WILL BE COLLECTED.
RENTERS WHO DO NOT PAY BUT ARE
DOING SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO
OTHER OPTIONS.
CORPORATE LANDLORDS WANT
STRUGGLING RENTERS OUT SO THEY
CAN CONTINUE TO TURN OUT
PROFITS.
BEYOND EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A
MOVEMENT FOR CONTROL AND HIGH
QUALITY PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
ALL COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD
SUPPORT THESE PROPOSALS AND BOW
TO INCREASE THE AMAZON TAX TO
FUND IT.
THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO TO
PREVENT RENTERS FROM LOOKING
DOWN THE BARREL OF EVICTION IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JACOB
SCHEER.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM WITH REAL CHANGE THAT I
WANT TO URGE THEM TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM THIS CANNOT
BE OBSCURED BY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, THAT WILL NOT MEET
THE SCALE OF NEED.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING
PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AND
MANY VENDORS ARE BEHIND ON RENT
AND CAN LOSE THEIR SHELTER.
IT'S COUNCILMEMBER HAS A SIMPLE
CHOICE BETWEEN VOTING TO KEEP
PEOPLE HOUSED OR FORCING PEOPLE
INTO HOMELESSNESS.
THAT IS THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT
IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THEY WANT TO FORCE OUR
PRECARIOUS NEIGHBORS OUT INTO
THE STREET OR TO AN OVERLOADED
SHELTER SYSTEM PUSHED BEYOND
CAPACITY AND OPERATED UNDER
COVID-19 EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS
WE CANNOT ACCEPT THIS ALTERNATE
REALITY PUSHED BY MAYOR
HARRELL.
COVID-19 IS AN EMERGENCY AND
STILL THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIE
EVERY DAY . WILL YOU BE
COMPLICIT OR WILL YOU STAND
WITH TENANTS AND THOSE ON THE
BRINK OF HOMELESSNESS AND
EXTEND THE MORATORIUM THROUGH
THE END OF THE COVID-19
EMERGENCY ?
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NAOMI
KIM.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> I AM CALLING TO GET THE
MORATORIUM TO STOP, PROTECTIONS
FOR TENANTS DO NOT GO AWAY, FOR
SIX MONTHS AFTER THE MORATORIUM
STOPS, TENANT STILL CANNOT BE
EVICTED FOR FAILURE TO PAY
RENT.
OVER THE PAST YEARS, THE
COUNCIL HAS PASSED AMAZING
LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS
TENANTS, THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL
, A WINTER EVICTION BAND, A
SCHOOL YEAR EVICTION BAND,
CLOSING THE FIXED TERM
LOOPHOLE, AND MORE.
I AM A FAN OF PROTECTING
TENANTS, BUT THE COVID-19
MORATORIUM IS OVERBOARD AND
CREATE TOO MUCH COLLATERAL
DAMAGE AND HURTS REAL FAMILIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PRESTON.
>> I AM A RANK-AND-FILE MEMBER
OF UAW REPRESENTING 6000
ACADEMIC WORKERS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, THE
VAST MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERS
ARE RENTERS AND THE VAST
MAJORITY ARE RENT BURDENED AND,
THAT WAS BEFORE COVID-19 , IT
HAS BECOME MORE ACUTE DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
ESPECIALLY AMONG THE WOMEN
MEMBERS OF OUR UNION AND THE
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR MEMBERS OF OUR UNION
ARE ESPECIALLY AFFECTED BY
THIS.
THIS MONTH, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NEXT MONTH
IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, EVERY
DEMOCRATIC PARTY COUNCILMEMBER
IS TO STOP TALKING OUT OF BOTH
SIDES OF THE MOUTH AND
RECOGNIZE THE PANDEMIC IS NOT
OVER, THIS MEETING IS HAPPENING
ON THE PHONE, AND FOR A START,
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO EXTEND THE
ADMISSION MORATORIUM.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING UAW
IS FIGHTING FOR HOUSING JUSTICE
UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST
WHICH WILL INCLUDE A CAMPAIGN
FOR CONTROL IN SEATTLE AND
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
A SOLIDARITY.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ALAN
ANDERSON.
PRESS START 6. WE WILL MOVE ON
TO SAM SING.
>> MY FAMILY QUARTER LIFE
SAVINGS INTO OUR FIRST AND ONLY
HOME AT THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC.
WE ALLOWED THE SELLER A RENT
BACK TO YOU CAN HAVE SOMETIMES
GIVEN HOW CRAZY THE WORD WAS,
ALMOST 2 YEARS LATER, HE, A
WELL-OFF BUSINESSMAN, IS STILL
IN THE HOME.
MY FAMILY OF FOUR HAS A LIFE
SAVINGS IN THE HOME AND HAS TO
PAY THE MORTGAGE WHILE WE LIVE
WITH RELATIVES.
AND OUR TENANT HAS GONE AS FAR
AS TO THREATEN TO CHOP MY
FAMILY INTO PIECES IF WE
ATTEMPT TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE.
THERE IS LITERALLY NOTHING WE
CAN DO WHAT I ASKED THE COUNCIL
TO CONSIDER MY FAMILY AND
OTHERS IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEVIN.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS KEVIN AND I'M AN
EDUCATION AND RENTER INDUSTRY 6
AND I'M URGING THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO VOTE YES ON THE
RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM THROUGH THE
END OF THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY .
HOUSING HAS BECOME MORE
EXPENSIVE AND LESS SUCCESSFUL
DUE TO THE FOR-PROFIT RENTAL
MARKET RISING MORE THAN 25%
LAST YEAR.
THESE WERE PARTIES TO THE NAILS
BY CORPORATE LANDLORDS AND THE
TALK OF BAD ACTORS,
OPPORTUNITIES, VIOLENT PEOPLE,
THIS IS YOUR MONGERING USED BY
PEOPLE PRIORITIZING PROFITS
OVER KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED.
TRANSMISSION RATES ARE STILL
EXTREMELY HIGH, THERE IS NO END
IN SIGHT TO THIS PANDEMIC SO WE
ABSOLUTELY NEED TO FIGHT TO
EXPAND THE AMAZON TAX TO BUILD
QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND WE SHOULD FIGHT TO BRING
STABILITY TO WORKING PEOPLE BY
KEEPING HAZARD PAY AND RALLYING
BEHIND UNIONIZING STARBUCKS
WORKERS.
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON, WORKING
PEOPLE OR THE CORPORATE
LANDLORDS?
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA.
>> MY NAME IS BARBARA AND I AM
A RETIRED REGISTERED NURSE AND
HOMEOWNER INDUSTRY 5. I AM
ASKING YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE
RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
WE ARE IN TWO EMERGENCIES,
EMERGENCIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD DOING EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO PREVENT EVICTIONS
AND NOT STOPPING THIS
MORATORIUM.
THE HUMAN COST OF EVICTION IN
SEATTLE FINDS THAT NINE OUT OF
10 EVICTIONS RESULT IN
HOMELESSNESS.
THIS REPORT IS ON THE
SEATTLE.GOV WEBSITE.
EXTENDING EVICTION MORATORIUM
AND EXPANDING THE AMAZON TAX
FOR DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND JOINING THE FIGHT TO WIN
RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
RIGHT NOW, STARTING 132,000
HOUSEHOLDS IN THE SEATTLE METRO
AREA ARE BEHIND ON RENT AND NOT
CONFIDENT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
PAY RENT NEXT MONTH ACCORDING
--
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTA
IRWAN.
>> I AM A SMALL LANDLORD IN
SEATTLE AND I AM IN DISTRICT 3
AND OWN 1.5 RENTAL UNITS IN
DISTRICT 3 OF SEATTLE.
ONE IS A SMALL THREE BEDROOM
HOME I HAVE RENTED OUT TO 15 OF
30 YEARS AND I'M CURRENTLY
LOSING A LOT OF MONEY AND
UNABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH TO MY
HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE CITY
MORATORIUM.
I LEFT MY JOB AND RETIRED FROM
FULL-TIME WORK WITH THE
INTENTION OF TURNING MY RENTAL
UNIT INTO SHORT-TERM HOUSING
FOR INCOME TO SUPPORT
RETIREMENT.
MY LAST CONTRACT WITH MENTORS
WAS FOR ONE YEAR, WHEN IT
ENDED, TWO OF THE RENTERS LEFT
BUT ONE STATE AND HAS NOT BEEN
PAYING RENT.
THAT MENTOR ASKED ME IF THEY
COULD CONTINUE PROPOSING RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, THEY DID NOT HAVE
COVID-19, DID NOT LOSE THEIR
JOB OR SUFFER ANY LOSS OF
INCOME, YET THEY WANTED TO GET
RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO COVER RENT
FOR THREE PEOPLE BY CONTINUING
THE MORATORIUM YOU HAVE
BASICALLY BEEN, DURING THE USE
OF MY PROPERTY AND STEALING A
PORTION OF MIKE --
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KYLE
GRAHAM.
>> I AM IN UBER DRIVER IN
DISTRICT 7 BOATER AND I WANT TO
COMMENT ON HOW THIS NEEDS TO BE
EXTENDED, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE
CITY IS WORKING UNDER TWO SETS
OF RULES FOR COVID-19 A THREAT
FOR OFFICIALS DOING MEETINGS
OVER RESUME WHILE THE WORKING
PEOPLE RISK OUR LIVES WITH
LESS AND LESS CONSIDERATION
FROM THOSE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO
REPRESENT US.
THE MONEY I MAKE HAS NOT
RETURNED TO WHAT WAS BEFORE
COVID-19 BUT I AM SUPPOSED TO
COME UP WITH BACK RENT IN ONE
WEEK, COVID-19 IS THE REASON
THEY SAID I HAD A NOTE JUST NO
GUESTS ALLOWED RULE I WANT TO
SPEAK TO ANDREW LEWIS, THERE
ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE IN
PIONEER SQUARE THAT DESPERATELY
NEED THIS EXTENSION, SPECIALLY
UNTIL ASSISTANCE GETS THE
PEOPLE.
AFTER A VOTE TO REMOVE HAZARD
PAY FOR WORKERS, DO YOU STAND
WITH THE WORKING CLASS IN YOUR
DISTRICT OR WITH CORPORATE
INTEREST AND BIG LANDLORDS?
IF YOU DO NOT VOTE TO EXTEND
THE MORATORIUM, WE WILL KNOW
WHERE YOU STAND, VOTE YES ON
THE LEGISLATION BY
COUNCILPERSON SAWANT .
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JASMINE
SMITH.
>> MY NAME IS JASMINE SMITH AND
I READ A SINGLE ROOM IN
DISTRICT 6. MY LANDLORD IS A
YOUNG BLACK WOMAN WHO WAS A
SINGLE THREE-BEDROOM HOME AND
RENTS OUT TWO OF THE ROOMS.
SHE IS KIND AND ONLY CHARGE IS
WHAT SHE NEEDS TO TO REPORT HER
MORTGAGE BUT THE MAN RENTING
THE OTHER ROOM HAD THE LEASE
EXPIRED LONG AGO AND LIVES IN
THE HOUSE AND DOES NOT PAY ANY
RENT DESPITE HAVING THE EXACT
SAME JOB HE HAD BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC.
HE IS RECKLESS AND CARELESS AND
HE HAS DONE A LOT OF DAMAGE.
HE MAKES HARASSING AND
INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS TOWARDS
THE HOMEOWNER CONSTANTLY, SHE
IS TRAPPED IN A NIGHTMARE.
I AM WORRIED THE STRESS SHE IS
FEELING WILL BREAK HER.
TO EXTEND THE MORATORIUM AS IS
WITHOUT EXCEPTION IS INHUMANE.
PLEASE VOTE NO.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS REVEREND
ANDREW CONNELLY HOLCOMB.
>> I A PASTOR IN DISTRICT 1 AND
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALKING AND,
THIS IS NOT NORMAL, WE CANNOT
GET BACK TO NORMAL, I
UNDERSTAND WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT
WILL HAPPEN, PERHAPS THERE WILL
BE A WAVE OF EVICTIONS AND
PERHAPS THERE WILL NOT BE.
BUT WHAT IS THE MOST
COMPASSIONATE CHOICE TO MAKE IN
THIS MOMENT?
WE KNOW THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LET ALONE
ENOUGH SHELTER SPACE IN THE
CITY AND WITH 46,000 PEOPLE
REQUESTING ASSISTANCE AND ONLY
ONE THIRD OF THEM RECEIVING IT,
I DO SEE THE PLIGHT OF SMALL
MOM-AND-POP OWNED RENTAL
SPACES, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE
CAN FUNNEL MORE RESOURCES TO
SUPPORT THEM.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD
PUT ON THE BACK OF RENTERS WHO
BUY A LARGE WILL FIND
THEMSELVES WITHOUT HOUSING,
STILL ONLY THIS BACK RENT, BUT
NOW OUT ON THE STREET.
WE KNOW THERE IS NOT A SPACE OR
PLACE FOR THEM AND WE DO NOT
HAVE HOUSING AVAILABLE TO THEM.
PLEASE EXTEND THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM AND INVEST MORE
RESOURCES AND TIME IN
DISTRIBUTED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
TO PEOPLE --
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ADDY
SMITH.
GO AHEAD.
WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIA.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 6.
I AM URGING ALL COUNCILMEMBERS
TO VOTE YES TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM BECAUSE THE
PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER.
WORKING PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING
SQUEEZED BY SKYROCKETING RENTS,
INFLATION, LOCAL WAGES, AND THE
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
THE SAME CUES LANDLORDS AND
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS THAT PUT
MAYOR HARRELL IN OFFICE ARE
PUSHING TO STOP THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM SO THEY CAN CONTINUE
TO PROFIT RENTERS SUFFER.
LETTING THE MORATORIUM STOP IS
THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THE
HOUSING FIRST APPROACH TO THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS THAT
PROGRESSIVES ON THE COUNCIL
CLAIMED TO SUPPORT . ANYTHING
OTHER THAN VOTING YES ON THE
RESOLUTION MAJOR ARE CLEARLY
SIDING WITH THE CORPORATE
LANDLORDS AND NOT STANDING WITH
RENTERS AND WORKING PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO EXTEND THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM, NO EXCUSES.
BEYOND THAT, WE NEED TO
INCREASE THE AMAZON TAX TO THE
MORE PORTABLE TAXING AND PASS
WRONG UNIVERSALLY CONTROL TO
SEATTLE LIVABLE FOR EVERYONE,
NOT JUST THE RICH.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRENT
McFARLANE.
>> HELLO.
SEATTLE DISTRICT 5, HOMEOWNER,
RENTER, IN SUPPORT OF EXTENDING
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM WE ARE
ONCE AGAIN HEADED FOR RECORD
COLD TEMPERATURES.
IT IS THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND
WE ARE NOT THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC.
IN DISTRICT 5, MORE THAN HALF
OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE RENTING.
BASED ON THE KING COUNTY LATEST
REPORT OF THE 46,000 HOUSEHOLDS
WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, 29,000 HAVE NOT
RECEIVED ANY.
SEATTLE STILL DOES NOT HAVE
ANYWHERE NEAR PROPORTIONATE
HOUSING AND SHELTER FOR OUR
CURRENT NON-HOUSED PEOPLE AND
SHOULD TAKE SERIOUSLY HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE LIVING PRECARIOUSLY
THIS WINTER.
WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE MORE
PEOPLE DISPLACED.
WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE MORE
PEOPLE PUT IN HARMS WAY.
STOPPING EVICTION MORATORIUM AT
THIS TIME WOULD BE CRUEL AND
INHUMANE.
AND WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO A
DISASTROUS RISE IN OUR NON-
HOUSED POPULATION VOTE YES ON
THE RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICIA
GOMEZ.
>> MY NAME IS ALICIA GOMEZ.
I AM A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 6.
I AM A WOMAN OF COLOR WHO OWNS
ONLY ONE HOME, I RENTED THIS
HOME OUT TEMPORARILY AT THE
START OF THE PANDEMIC AS I
WANTED TO HELP BY DOING MEDICAL
MISSION WORK.
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY AND THE
RENTER IS STILL IN MY HOME
WHILE I DOUBT AND EFFECTIVELY
HOMELESS.
I CANNOT AFFORD THE RENT TO
RENT AN APARTMENT AS I STILL
HAVE TO PAY MY MORTGAGE,
PROPERTY TAXES, AND INSURANCE.
TO EXTEND THE MORATORIUM AS IS
IS RECKLESS.
I BEGGED MY COUNCILMEMBERS,
STRAUSS, WITHOUT LARGE
COUNCILMEMBERS MOSQUEDA AND
NELSON TO VOTE NO .
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3
AND A HEALTHCARE WORKER FOR SEI
YOU.
I WANT TO EXTEND THE
MORATORIUM, THE PANDEMIC IS NOT
OVER.
JUST BECAUSE WE ARE AT THE
BOTTOM OF ANOTHER WAVE DOES NOT
NEED A BIG ONE WILL NOT COME.
THE MORATORIUM NEEDS TO BE KEPT
DURING THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC
WHICH IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
WE ARE AT RISK FOR HAVING
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THOUSANDS
OF SEATTLEITES CURRENTLY BEHIND
ON RENT AND TO STOP THE
MORATORIUM WOULD MAKE THEM AT
RISK FOR HOMELESSNESS.
FOR EVERY SINGLE COUNCILMEMBERS
THAT VOTES AGAINST THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM, IT IS YOUR FAULT IF
MORE PEOPLE GO HOMELESS.
IT IS DIRECTLY YOUR FAULT.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BEN.
>> YES, I AM A CITY OF SEATTLE
RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 1 AND A
FORMER HOUSING PROVIDER IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
PREVIOUSLY I RENTED OUT A
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME
THAT WAS MY PREVIOUS PRIMARY
RESIDENCE AND AFTER GOING TO
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND
LOSING $50,000, BECAUSE OF IT,
I WILL NO LONGER PROVIDING
HOUSES IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
I UNDERSTAND THE PREMISE AND
VALUE OF THE MORATORIUM DURING
THE PANDEMIC, IT IS CLEAR THAT
IT IS A FAILED POLICY AND NOT
ABOUT PROTECTING A MINORITY OF
RESIDENTS ON THE DIRECT OR
INDIRECT IMPACT OF COVID-19 .
IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO MACKINAC IS THAT PRE-
EXISTING LEGAL CONTRACTS THAT
HAVE BEEN NULLIFIED BY THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM ESSENTIALLY
AMOUNTS TO THE GOVERNMENT
TAKING OF PRIVATE PROPERTY
WITHOUT PROPER COMPENSATION.
IT IS TIME THE CITY OF SEATTLE
STOP THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AS
FAST I WAS STATED AND PROVIDE A
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR TENANTS
AND HOUSING PROVIDERS TO
OPERATE UNDER.
THEY GOES TOO FAR TO TENANTS
RIGHTS WHICH IS HAVING THE
REVERSE EFFECT FOR REMOVING
MUCH-NEEDED SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING FROM THE
MARKET.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA.
>> MY NAME IS JESSICA AND I AM
LIVING IN WEST SEATTLE,
DISTRICT 1. I AM SPEAKING TODAY
BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM SHOULD NOT
EXPIRE BEFORE THE CIVIL
EMERGENCY WE ARE IN IS OVER.
I DO HERE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SPOKEN AND THEIR EXPERIENCES,
HOWEVER, I AM AFRAID THAT, IF
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM STOPS,
MANY MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WILL
BE AT RISK OF BECOMING
HOMELESS.
I AM ASKING YOU TO OPEN YOUR
HEARTS TO THOSE THAT ARE IN
NEED AND VOTE TO EXTEND THE
MORATORIUM.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS --
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> I AM A MEMBER OF THE
COALITION OF SEATTLE, A
LANDLORD.
I URGE YOU TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM UNTIL THE
END OF THE PANDEMIC.
HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
EVICTIONS RESULT IN
HOMELESSNESS.
EVICTIONS DURING THE PENDANT IS
A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
70% OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT APPLY
FOR REGULAR ASSISTANCE IN KING
COUNTY WERE BLACK.
A PROCLAMATION BY A
COUNCILMEMBER IS -- UNDER
CURRENT LAWS, THERE ARE
PROTECTIONS FOR LANDLORDS FOR
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, OR IF THEY
WISH TO SELL OR OCCUPY THE
PROPERTY.
WE HEARD OF LANDLORDS LAST WEEK
PROVIDING COMMENT, THIS IS A
DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO
FEARMONGER AND BRAND RENTERS AS
CRIMINALS.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CARL.
>> MY NAME IS CARL.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL
WING.
DANIEL, HIT STAR 6.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 4
AND CALLING IN TO THEM AT ALL
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO BOTHER
SHOWING UP TO THIS CRUCIAL VOTE
, WHICH AFFECTS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF RENTERS, EXTEND
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM.
THE HOUSING PROVIDERS ARE MUDDY
THE WATERS THE HORROR STORIES
BEING BROUGHT IN ABOUT HOW THE
MORATORIUM STOPS THEM FROM
DEALING WITH DANGEROUS TENANTS,
THIS JUST IS FOR NONPAYMENT OF
RENT AND LANDLORDS HAVE LEGAL
TOOLS TO DEAL WITH THESE
TROUBLING TENANTS.
30% OF THE EVICTIONS -- THE
ONLY REASON TO STOP THE
MORATORIUM IS TO MAKE CORPORATE
LANDLORDS AND REAL ESTATE
SPECULATION HAPPY.
THEY CANNOT MAKE THEIR CONCERNS
PLAIN, THAT THIS INFRINGES ON
THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS,
IF WE WANT TO FIGHT BACK
AGAINST THE HOUSING CRISIS IN
SEATTLE, WE NEED TO A POST
CORPORATE REAL ESTATE INTERESTS
AND FIGHT FOR CONTROL TO EXPAND
THE AMAZON TAX TO FUND HIGH-
QUALITY SOCIAL HOUSING FOR ALL.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SHIRLEY
HENDERSON.
>> I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
AND RENTER IN SEATTLE AND I'M
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S BILL TO
CONTINUE THE MORATORIUM THIS IS
DIRECTLY ALIGNED TO OUR
EMPLOYEES AND TENANTS, NOT WITH
THE CORPORATIONS.
LET'S BE CLEAR, THE SAME
CORPORATE LIMITS WHO DRIVE UP
THE COST OF LIVING AND
SUBSEQUENTLY THE ECONOMIC
DISPLACEMENT OF WORKING PEOPLE
AND SMALL LANDLORDS, THEY ARE
ALSO THE DOMINANT OFFENDERS OF
EVICTIONS.
OF THESE EVICTIONS REPORTS,
THEY SHOW THAT BLACK RENTERS
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE VASTLY
MORE LIKELY TO BE EVICTED
COMPARED TO WHITE RENTERS.
PEOPLE NOT PAYING RENT ARE NOT
PAYING BECAUSE OF THE SHEER
INABILITY TO PAY BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE
IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET OF WHAT
IS A MASSIVE MULTILAYERED
CRISIS.
THE RENTERS AND SMALL BUSINESS
AND SMALL LANDLORDS WHO ARE
GENERALLY SEEKING RELIEF NEED
TO FIGHT TO EXPAND THE AMAZON
TAX.
THE PROGRESSIVES OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON,
WILL YOU STAND WITH RENTERS AND
VOTE YES, OR WITH THE CORPORATE
--
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DINAH.
>> WE HAVE A HOME IN NORTHEAST
SEATTLE.
I AM A UNION MEMBER AND A
MINORITY IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
úWE HAVE A RENTAL HOME THAT WE
PROVIDE TO THE CITY.
THE CHARACTERS LISTEN THAT ALL
LANDLORDS OR OUR CORPORATE
LANDLORDS IS IN THIS OWNER --
THE CHARACTERISTIC THAT ALL
LANDLORDS ARE CORPORATE
LANDLORDS IS A MISNOMER.
SMALL OWNERS WE ARE RENTING OUT
AT A REASONABLE RATE TO PAY OUR
MORTGAGE, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
WHY THE CITY, STATE, FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT --
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK
TAYLOR-CANFIELD.
>> I AM A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE
DISTRICT 7. AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL
NONPROFIT NEWS ORGANIZATION,
DEMOCRACY WATCH NEWS, A MAJOR
CONCERN IS INCREASED ECONOMIC
DISPLACEMENT IN HOMELESSNESS
AND TO SUSTAIN A HEALTHY
DEMOCRACY PEOPLE MUST HAVE
THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET,
OTHERWISE THE RESULT IS APATHY
AND A LACK OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
AND NONPARTICIPATION IN
GOVERNMENT.
IF THE LARGE NUMBERS OF
HOUSEHOLDS WERE LOCATED ON
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS, THEY
WOULD BE CALLED ECONOMIC
REFUGEE CAMPS AND WILL QUALIFY
FROM EIGHT FROM ORGANIZATIONS
SUCH AS THE U.N. AND RED CROSS.
BECAUSE THERE WITHIN U.S. CITY
IN VACANT LOTS UNDER BRIDGES,
THEY ARE TREATED AS ILLEGAL
SETTLEMENTS SUBJECT TO POLICE
RAIDS AND CONFISCATION OF
PUBLIC PROPERTY, THEREBY
CRIMINALIZING PROFIT.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH
PROGRESS IN PROVIDING ADEQUATE
HOUSING IN THE CITY AND I URGE
THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE
THE MORATORIUM UNTIL HOUSING IS
AVAILABLE OR THE PANDEMIC IS
OVER AND ADOPT A BASIC
GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM TO
HELP ALLEVIATE THE CURRENT
INCREASE IN POVERTY.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JACK
FRANCIS.
>> MY NAME IS JACK FRANCIS, I
AM A LANSURVEYOR AND RENTER AND
I DEMAND THAT MY COUNCIL PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS
PROPOSED, CUTE THAT YOU ARE
MAKING A PROCLAMATION TO VIEW
THE DURESS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
BUT PUERILE WHEN YOU HAVE
ABILITIES TO PASS SUBSTANTIAL
CONCRETE BILLS THAT KEEP PEOPLE
IN THEIR HOLMES . IF YOU CARE
ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE, YOU SHOULD
KEEP THEIR BLACK BUTTS IN THEIR
HOME AND OFF THE STREET.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JUDITH
WALLACK.
>> THANK YOU.
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM HAS
MADE ME HOMELESS.
I OWN A HOUSE IN DISTRICT 8,
THE ONLY HOME I HAVE.
IN 2019, I RENTED IT OUT ON A
ONE-YEAR LEASE, WHEN IT EXPIRED
IN 2020, THE MORATORIUM WAS IN
PLACE.
THE TENANTS ARE STILL THERE I
GAVE THEM DATES WHEN I WANTED
MY HOUSE BACK TO BUT THEY HAVE
GIVEN NO INDICATION THEY WILL
LEAVE.
THEY ARE HIGH INCOME EARNERS,
THEIR JOBS WERE NEVER IMPACTED.
THEY HAVE NEVER MISSED A
MONTH'S RENT, THEY NEVER NEEDED
PROTECTION OF THE MORATORIUM,
THEY APPEAR TO BE TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF THE MORATORIUM
THAT WAS NOT INTENDED FOR THEM.
THE MORATORIUM HAS PAID ZERO
HE'D TO A MULTITUDE OF
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, MANY
OF WHICH HAS CAUSED DEVASTATING
LOSSES FOR HARDSHIP.
IT IS FLAT OUT UNETHICAL TO
PRIVILEGE THE NEEDS OF ONE AT
THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER.
STOP BY HOMELESSNESS, BUT NO.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE
HOOPER.
>> PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU
TODAY.
I█ AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
SEATTLE RESTAURANT ALLIANCE
REPRESENTING OVER 2500 SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE CITY.
I WANT TO THANK THE
TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION FOR THE
SUPPORT OF THE CURRENT
EXTENSION OF THE PROGRAM FOR
OUTDOOR DINING.
THE OPERATORS THAT HAVE FAILED
THEMSELVES OF WHICH THERE ARE
SEVERAL HUNDRED, THIS HAS BEEN
A CRITICAL LIFELINE THROUGHOUT
THE PANDEMIC.
THE STREET USE PERMITS HAVE
BEEN CRITICAL IN ALLOWING A
DIVERSE SET OF RESTAURANTS
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY
ALTERNATIVES DURING DANGEROUS
TIMES WITH RESPECT TO COVID-19
AS SAFE SPACES FOR CUSTOMERS
AND ACTIVATED OUTDOOR SPACES .
EXTENDING THE PROGRAM WILL
PROVIDE BUSINESSES WITH
PREDICTABILITY AS WE CONTINUE
TO WORK TOWARDS PAYING OFF THE
DEBTS WE HAVE HAD TO INCUR
STAYING IN BUSINESS.
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE
PROPOSAL AND THE SEATTLE
RESTAURANT LIFE LOOKS FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO
CONTINUE TO CARVE A PATHWAY
TOWARDS PERMANENCY FOR OUTDOOR
STRUCTURES.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS REVEREND
ANGELA YING.
>> I AM THE REVEREND ANGELA
YING, AND WITH THE CHURCH
COUNCIL OF GREATER SEATTLE, WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT EXTENDING THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
VOTE YES ON THE RESOLUTION PUT
FORTH BY COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
TO EXTEND THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM.
WE MUST PROTECT THE MOST
VULNERABLE AND KEEP THEM FROM
BEING HOMELESS.
SEATTLE ALREADY HAS A HOMELESS
CRISIS, AND SEATTLE IS
STAGGERING 132,000 HOUSEHOLDS
ARE GENERALLY STRUGGLING TO PAY
RENT ON THE BRINK OF
HOMELESSNESS.
IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE TO LET
BRUCE HARRELL AND THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM, ADDING HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF HUMAN BEINGS IN
THE STREETS.
BLACK HISTORY, BLACK FUTURES
MUST, AND YOUR PROCLAMATION
WILL MEAN NOTHING IF YOU DO NOT
PASS THIS RESOLUTION TO EXTEND
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM IN
SEATTLE.
I URGE YOU, ALONG WITH MANY
OTHERS, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
EXTEND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM
FOR OUR PEOPLE NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRUCE
BECKER.
>> MY NAME IS BRUCE AND I AM A
SMALL LANDLORDS IN NORTH
SEATTLE.
DISTRICT 4 I AM CONCERNED ABOUT
THIS AND URGE YOU TO VOTE
AGAINST THE RESOLUTION TO
EXTEND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM.
IT IS TOO BROAD IN SCOPE AND
DOES NOT ADDRESS PEOPLE IN
NEED, OR DANGEROUS WITH
THREADING TENANTS.
IF MORE HELP IS NEEDED, IT
SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE BUT IT
PUTS -- YOU HAVE PEOPLE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM.
IT PREVENTS TENANTS FROM
SEEKING ASSISTANCE THAT ARE
ALREADY IN PLACE TO PAY BACK
RENT AND GET ON A PAYMENT
PROGRAM.
THESE ARE VERY GOOD REASONS TO
END THE EVICTION BAN AND DEAL
WITH THE HOUSING PROBLEM GOING
FORWARD.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JAKE
LINDSAY.
JAKE, PRESS STAR 6, PLEASE.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT I AM A
RENTER AND A GOOD WORKER PART
OF TEAMSTERS 117, I ASKED YOU
TO EXTEND THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM AND CONSIDER PEOPLE
LIKE MY FATHER WHO IS ELDERLY,
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, AND IN A
BIPOLAR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
THAT HAS HIM PARANOID ABOUT
GETTING VACCINATED, BURNING
BRIDGES OF HIS FAMILY AND
FRIENDS, BURNING HIS SOCIAL
SAFETY NET, AND IS SLEEPING AT
HIS PART-TIME JOB.
WE NEED TO PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE
MY FATHER WHO WE CANNOT PROTECT
AS WE ARE A DANGER TO EACH
OTHER AS THE PANDEMIC KILLS
2000 PEOPLE PER DAY, MOST
ELDERLY LIKE HIM AND
UNVACCINATED.
PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE.
WEALTH OF LANDOWNERS HAS
SKYROCKETED WHILE THEIR TENANTS
PAY HIGHER AND HIGHER RENT.
THE MORAL THING TO DO IS
SUPPORT PEOPLE IN A
SOCIOECONOMIC CRISIS, LIKE MY
FATHER AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
OTHERS IN SEATTLE, EXTEND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AMER.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. WE WILL
COME BACK.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRANDON.
>> MY NAME IS BRANDON AND I'M A
UNION MEMBER OF LOCAL 21 AND
I'M CALLING TO VOTE YES ON THE
RESOLUTION.
I RECENTLY FACED EVICTION
BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF THE
PANDEMIC AND THE MORATORIUM AND
THE SUBSEQUENT RENTAL
ASSISTANCE SAVE MY FAMILY AND I
THROUGH EVICTION AS A GROCERY
WORKER THAT WAS CONSIDERED
ESSENTIAL AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE PANDEMIC, I HAVE WATCHED AS
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS
COLLECTIVELY VOTED AGAINST THE
INTEREST OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS
AND PUT THEM INTO POWER.
WITH THE MORATORIUM ENDING,
COUNCIL OF SEATTLE CAN BE
EVICTED RESULTING IN
HOMELESSNESS AND OVER 11,000
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SEATTLE AND
THERE WILL BE MORE WITH THE
STOPPING OF THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM.
HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND
THIS WILL BE THOROUGHLY EQUAL
-- STAND WITH GROCERY WORKERS
LIKE ME OR WILL YOU VOTE LIKE
YOU DID IN DECEMBER TO STOP
HAZARD PAY?
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TRAM
LARSON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AGAINST -- SUPPORTING THE
RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE
MORATORIUM UNTIL THE END OF THE
STATE OF EMERGENCY, A FALSE
NARRATIVE IS THAT LANDLORDS
CANNOT EVICT FOR NUISANCE OR
THREATS TO SAFETY BUT THIS IS
NOT TRUE AS THE MORATORIUM HAS
ALLOWED LANDLORDS TO CONVICT
UNDER THE BASIS.
23% OF THE EVICTIONS IN SEATTLE
DURING THE MORATORIUM HAVE BEEN
FROM INDIVIDUALS, LIKE SMALL
LANDLORDS, WE HEARD THAT THERE
HAS NOT BEEN ANY DATA TO SHOW
THE CITIES WITHOUT A MORATORIUM
HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN
EVICTIONS, HERE ARE SOME LOCAL
DATA, AUBURN FEDERAL -- YOU CAN
VIEW THIS INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE, THE PROTECTIONS THAT
WEREMENTIONED BY PREVIOUS
SPEAKER ARE PART OF COURT
HEARINGS THAT EXERT THE
DEFENSES.
ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS,
46.8% OF THE TENANTS ARE PEOPLE
WHO NEVER MAKE IT TO COURT,
PLEASE PASS THE RESOLUTION.
>> WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
OUR ALLOTTED TIME.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING OUT ALL
OF THE NAMES.
FOLKS, WE ENDED RIGHT ON TIME.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
CLOSED AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE
WHO CALLED IN TO GIVE YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT MATTERS ON
THE AGENDA.
MOVING ON TO THE GENDER,
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS, MADAME
CLERK, PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> BILL CB 120274 ANNOYANCE
APPROPRIATE MONEY TO BASE ARE
NOT OF THE CLAIMS FOR THE WEEK
OF EMERSON, 22 THREE THROUGH
DOOR TRYING TO -- IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ANY COMMENTS, THE BILL IS
PASSED.
>> SEEING ON AND HEARING NONE,
MOUNTAIN PARK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE BOWL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> HOUSE MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> YES . THE BILL PASSES PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE BILL.
MOVING ON, WE WILL GO TO
COMMITTEE REPORTS, AT THIS
TIME, COUNCILMEMBERS, I WILL
READ A PREPARED STATEMENT I
HAVE PUT TOGETHER.
I WILL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
AN EMAIL I SENT OUT LAST FRIDAY
AT 4:30, IN THE EMAIL I
HIGHLIGHTED THE NEW ADDITION TO
OUR COUNCIL RULES OF DEBATE.
WHEN WE -- WHICH WE APPROVED IN
DECEMBER OF 2021.
IN OUR PROCEDURES, IT IS STATED
THAT NO COUNCILMEMBER HAVING
OBTAINED THE FOUR WHILE A
DEBATABLE MOTION IS IMMEDIATELY
PENDING IN A MEETING OF THE
COUNCIL SHALL SPEAK FOR NO
LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES UNLESS
ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT
AGREED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
EXTEND THE LIMITS OF THE DEBATE
OR TWO THIRDS OF COUNCILMEMBERS
PRESENT IN VOTING PASS A MOTION
TO EXTEND THE LIMITS OF THE
DEBATE.
I SHARE THAT WITH YOU TODAY,
PROBABLY WILL NOT DO THAT EVERY
TIME WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING,
BUT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A
LENGTHY AGENDA TODAY, WE HAVE
13 MATTERS ON THE AGENDA, AND I
UNDERSTAND WE JUST RECEIVED AN
AMENDMENT TO ONE OF THE MATTERS
ON THE AGENDA.
I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE
WILL BE A ROBUST DEBATE AND I'M
ASKING YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT IN
MIND THAT WE DO HAVE 10
MINUTES.
I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO RUN A
TIMER.
I AM HOPING THAT I CAN GIVE A
GENTLE REMINDER AND ALSO ASK
YOU ALL TO BE COURTEOUS AND
MINDFUL OF THE TIME SO SOME OF
YOUR COLLEAGUES CAN SPEAK AS
WELL.
WITH THAT, I WILL GO TO ITEM
NUMBER 1, AND CLARK, CAN YOU
PLEASE READ THAT INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1,!
2097, A POINT DOUGLAS MIGDEN AS
A MEMBER , SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD, FOR A TIME TO
AUGUST 31st, 2023.
>> I MOVE, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> DR. DOUGLAS MIGDEN IS FROM
DISTRICT 7 WHICH IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY
REPRESENTATION ON THE BICYCLE
BOARD FROM THE DISTRICT AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENTS ARE
IN DISTRICT 7 AND RESOLUTION
30995 STATES THAT BOARD MEMBERS
SHOULD BE REPRESENTATIVES OF
DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
AROUND THE CITY.
DR. DOUGLAS MIGDEN IS A LONG-
DISTANCE CYCLIST WHO COMMUTES
AROUND THE CITY BY BICYCLE, A
SMALL AMOUNT OF THE TRAINING HE
COMPLETES FOR THE 5000+
KILOMETER TRANSCONTINENTAL
BICYCLE RACES HE HAS BEEN DOING
SINCE 2010.
HE IS AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY
MEMBER ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS
AND PROJECTS.
DR. DOUGLAS MIGDEN JOINED US
AT OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK AND AM PLEASED WE CAN
ADD HIS QUALIFICATIONS AND
PASSION TO THE BICYCLE BOARD.
THANK YOU
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, ARE YOU
WANTING TO ADDRESS THIS NOW?
>> YES, WHENEVER APPROPRIATE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO DR.
DOUGLAS MIGDEN'S PARTICIPATION
IN THE COMMUNITY . HE WAS VERY
MUCH INVOLVED IN EFFORTS TO
ASSIST WITH THE ORGANIZING
AROUND THE REDESIGNATION,
TURNING IT INTO A RESIDENTIAL
STREET INSTEAD OF AN ARTERIAL,
AND HE IS A RESIDENT OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAS BEEN A BIG PROPONENT OF
MAKING THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH
OF QUEEN AND WERE ACCESSIBLE TO
BICYCLIST AND PEDESTRIANS.
VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO
HIS SERVICE IN THIS CAPACITY
GIVEN THE IMPACT I HAVE SEEN
HIM MAKE INDUSTRY 7 AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO VOTING TO CONFIRM
HIM TODAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE?
SEEING NONE, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
WILL THE COURT PLEASE CALL THE
WILL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> TELLS MEMORABLE?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> YES TO THAT THE MOTION
CARRIES AN APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ ITEM 2 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENT 2098,
APPOINTMENT OF XANDER BARBAR
AS MEMBER, SEATTLE TRANSIT
ADVISORY BOARD, FOR THE TERM TO
AUGUST 2nd, 2023.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN , YOU
AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
ONE OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THE
SEATTLE TRANSIT BOARD IS THAT
IT HAS AN OFFICIAL ROLE IN
TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND
FUNDING BECAUSE BY ORDINANCE IT
SERVES AS THE OVERSIGHT BOARD
FOR THE SADDLE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE SEATTLE
COUNCIL CRAFTED A THOUGHTFUL
PROPOSAL TO RENEW THE EXPIRING
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT IN THE
MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC AND
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
SEATTLE VOTERS GAVE AN
OVERWHELMING YES, LIKELY THE
HIGHEST APPROVAL RATING OF ANY
CITY GOVERNMENT BALLOT MEASURE
WITH A WHOPPING 80% VOTING YES
FOR ONE IN THE 2020.
OUR LATEST DEPARTMENT, XANDER
BARBAR, WAS BORN IN RAISED IN
SEATTLE WITH A LENGTHY HISTORY
OF NAVIGATING THE TRANSIT
SYSTEM AND HAS ENGAGED IN
HELPING TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO
TRANSIT FOR UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING
VOLUNTEERING WITH THE WOODLAND
PARK ZOO TO HELP IMPROVE THE
SENSIBILITY OPTIONS FOR YOU
NEWS WITHOUT OTHER MEANS TO
VISIT THE REGIONAL ASSET.
HE SHOWED A STRONG AWARENESS OF
THE BROADER SYSTEMS LEADING TO
INEQUITY WITHIN SEATTLE AND A
CLEAR SENSE ABOUT THE TRANSIT
ADVISORY BOARD COULD BE AN
AGENT TO ADDRESS.
HE SPOKE WITH OUR SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION -- HE SPOKE TO
HOW OUR SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
DISTRICT CAN PLAY A POSITIVE
ROLE IN THAT EFFORT,
DEMONSTRATING AN UNDERSTANDING
OF THE NEED FOR BOTH SERVICE
INVESTMENTS AND FAIR REDUCTION
PROGRAMS.
HE JOINED US AT OUR
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK AND AM PLEASED WE CAN ADD
HIS QUALIFICATIONS AND PASSION
TO THE TRANSIT BOARD WITH HIS
MEMBERSHIP TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> SORRY, I WAS ON MUTE.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
NOT SEEING ANY, ALL RIGHT, WILL
THE COURT PLEASE CALL THE ROLE
ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF XANDER BARBAR?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> HOUSE MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> YES . THE MOTION CARRIES AND
THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 3, CAN
YOU READ THAT INTO THE RECORD
AND WE WILL HEAD OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, 2105,
APPOINTMENT OF JULIE AS
DIRECTOR OF THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE FOR A TERM OF DECEMBER
31st, 2025 THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRM THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> I APOLOGIZE, I AM TRYING TO
DO A FEW THINGS AT ONCE.
OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ?
>> COLLEAGUES, LAST WEDNESDAY
IN THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO
RECOMMEND THE CONFIRMATION OF
JULIE A. DINGLEY.
THE COMMITTEE AND THE OFFICE
OF THE MAYOR HAD NOTHING BUT
GLOWING THINGS TO SAY ABOUT
ACTING DIRECTOR JULIE A.
DINGLEY.
THIS IS FROM HER COLLABORATIVE
APPROACH TO WORKING WITH THE
COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE, MOST
NOTABLY IN THE WORK THAT WE
HAVE ALL DONE TOGETHERON THE
SEATTLE RESIDENCY PLAN
THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS.
FOLKS COMMENTED ON HER
LEADERSHIP STYLE WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT AND ACROSS BRANCHES
OF GOVERNMENT AND THE
RELATIONSHIPS A COMMITMENT TO
MAKING SURE WE ADDRESS THE
PRESSING ISSUES WITHIN OUR CITY
TOGETHER.
MY OFFICE HAD THE LEISURE
WORKING WITH HER LAST YEAR
EXTENSIVELY DURING THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN DELIBERATIONS AND I
WANT TO THANK THE WORK DONE
WITH JULIE DINGLEY AT THE TIME
. THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT
EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF
PARTNERSHIP WE HOPE TO HAVE
WITH THIS NEW APPOINTMENT AND I
KNOW THAT THE PAST IS A GOOD
SIGNAL OF THE FUTURE WORK TO
COME.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THE PROCESS WE HAVE SET
UP THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL
ESTABLISHING A CONFIRMATION
PROCESS FOR ALL DIRECTORS AND
THIS IS EMBEDDED IN RESOLUTION
31686 THAT MY OFFICE PAST IN
2019.
I MIGHT WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK
THE NUMBER IN 2019, WE PASSED
THIS RESOLUTION MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR PROCESS
LOOKING AT A QUESTIONNAIRE,
WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS,
UNDERSTANDING THE OUTREACH
AMBER KRYCKA STRATEGIES, AND
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE
THAT DIRECTORS HAVE THE CHANCE
TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO ALL OF
THE QUESTIONS.
CALLINGS PROVIDED INPUT ON THE
QUESTIONS WE SUBMIT TO ACTING
DIRECTOR DINGLEY AND THE
COMPROMISE 22 QUESTIONS ,
ROBUST ANSWERS WERE PROVIDED.
ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, I
AM DELIGHTED TO ADVOCATE ANCHOR
AND ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO VOTE
FOR ACTING DIRECTOR JULIE
DINGLEY TO CONFIRM HER FOR
THIS POSITION AS THE DIRECTOR
OF THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
I AM GLAD TO SEE SHE IS WITH US
YOU TODAY.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA MIGHT
NOT SEEING ANY, WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE WALL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF JULIE DINGLEY?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
TO AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WORK
MIKE
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HORACE?
>> YES.
THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED,
CONGRATULATIONS.
IS JULIE HERE TO PROVIDE ANY
WORDS?
>> YES.
THERE SHE IS.
I WANT TO CORRECT THE
RESOLUTION NUMBER, 31868.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
INTEREST IN SERVING IN THIS
POSITION, DIRECTOR DINGLEY .
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA, YOU AND
YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE
TO WORK WITH OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS . THANK YOU, A
BIG THANK YOU FROM ME TO THE
ENTIRE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE FOR YOUR REPORT AND
THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE
IN ME TODAY AND THANK MAYOR
HARRELL FOR THIS NOMINATION.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK MY FAMILY AND I WOULD NOT
BE HERE TODAY IF NOT FOR THE
UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF MY
HUSBAND, SAM, AND MY TWO
AMAZING AND ENERGETIC KIDS.
AS I SHARED WITH THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK, I BELIEVE WE ARE AT OUR
BEST WITH HONEST CONVERSATION
AND TRUST EACH OTHER.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE BEGUN THAT
WORK ALREADY AND WORKED CLOSELY
TOGETHER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP INTO
THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR VOTE
TODAY, I AM TRULY HUMBLED BY
YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING IN THE
FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTLY DINGLEY.
AND THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE
QUESTIONS . THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA . THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
CAN WE PLEASE MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER 4. WE HAVE A LOT OF
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA . CAN WE
READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> 2096, APPOINTMENT OF KRISTIN
LITTLE SUKYS FOR THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX COMMUNITY ADVISORY
BOARD FOR A TERM TO AUGUST
31st, 2025 THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRM THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> THERE IS UNANIMOUS
RECOGNITION FROM THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR THIS
APPOINTMENT, SHE IS AN
EXPERIENCED PUBLIC HEALTH
PRACTITIONER WITH A MISSION TO
ERADICATE POVERTY, PROMOTE
HEALTH, AND COMBAT CLIMATE
CHANGE THROUGH FOOD RELATED
POLICY AND PROGRAM.
SHE IS CURRENTLY A POLICY
ANALYST AT THE CENTER FOR
HEALTH, LAW, AND POLICY
DIVISION AT THE HARVARD SCHOOL
OF LAW WHICH SEEKS TO IMPROVE
CARE FOR UNDERSERVED
INDIVIDUALS AT EVERY POINT OF
INTERACTION WITH THE HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM.
FOR THREE YEARS SHE HAS LED THE
PROGRAMS APPROACH TO REDUCING
CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR INITIATIVE
THAT PROVIDES TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL AND STATE
CLIENTS AND IMPLEMENTS SUGAR
REDUCTION POLICIES SIMILAR TO
THE SEATTLE SUGAR BEVERAGE TAX
AND SHE HAS LOCATED TO SEATTLE
AND IS CONTINUING TO DO HER
WORK THROUGH THE HARVARD SCHOOL
OF LAW WELL IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND IS SEEKING THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ENGAGED WITH
LOCAL FOOD POLICY, GREAT
QUALIFICATIONS, AND I WANT TO
THANK MY OFFICE WHO SAT IN ON
THE INTERVIEWS AND THE
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO THE
EXECUTIVE IN REVIEWING THE
CANDIDATES IN FRONT OF US,
EXCITED TO BRING THE CANDIDATE
FORWARD AND THE COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED
APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS?
>> WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE WALL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF
THIS APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> YES . THE MOTION CARRIES ANY
POINTMAN IS CONFIRMED.
IF WE GO ON TO ITEM 5 AND 6,
CAN YOU, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE
READ THE SHORT TITLE OF THE
ITEMS 5 AND 6 INTO THE RECORD
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WILL
ADDRESS ITEMS 5 AND 6.
>> RELATING TO THE RESPONSE TO
THE COVID-19 CRISIS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126490 WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2022 BUDGET, ACCEPTING THIS
EXCEPTING A GIFT OF GOOGLE AD
GRANT CREDITS IT RECOMMENDS
BOTH BILLS PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ?
>> AS YOU WILL RECALL, LAST
YEAR, WE PASSED THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN 1, 2, 3 THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR AND WE HEARD IN
JANUARY O THIS YEAR A REPORT
IN MY COMMITTEE ON THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN FUNDING AND
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.
WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US TODAY IN
THE SET OF TWO BILLS IN SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN 4 WHICH CONTAINS
ALMOST $2 MILLION IN FUNDING
FOR -- A, FUNDING AND AN IN-
KIND ACCEPTANCE, AND OTHER
TECHNICAL CHANGES TO MONEY
ALREADY ALLOCATED.
THOSE DETAILS WERE RUN IN
DETAIL THROUGH THE COMMITTEE BY
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
THE TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT WE
ARE MAKING MAKEUP -- MAKE THE
FUNDING EASIER TO TRACK AND
REPORT.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO
ALLOCATION FROM ONE-TIME TO
ONGOING OR VICE VERSA AND HAPPY
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS
BUT I THINK CENTRAL STUFF FOR
THE ROBUST WORK ON THIS.
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN NUMBER 4
AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO TRACK THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION AND ANY FUTURE ACTIONS
FROM CONGRESS TO CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE NEEDED ASSISTANCE.
ú>> ARE YOU GOING -- THAT WAS
ITEM 5?
>> NOT A PRESIDENT, I AM HOPING
THAT ADDRESSED BOTH BILLS
TOGETHER, ACCEPTING THE GIFT OF
FUNDS.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS
REGARDING ITEMS 5 OR 6? WITH
NONE WE WILL VOTE ON EACH OTHER
SEPARATELY, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON PASSAGE
OF ITEM 5, COUNCIL BILL 120267?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES .
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> YES, THE BILL PASSES , WILL
BE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE ON THE BILL ON MY
BEHALF.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
RGARDING ITEM 6 BEFORE WE GO
TO A VOTE?
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> YES?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ? YES.>>
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ?
>> YES, THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, WOULD BE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY
BEHALF?
NOW WE GO TO NEIGHBORHOODS
EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS,
CULTURE COMMITTEE,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE ALICE, WILL
YOU PLEASE READ ITEMS SEVEN AND
EIGHT INTO THE RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENTS 2094 AND 2095,
WE APPOINTMENT ALLAN NYARIBO
AND JULIA A. ISMAEL..
>> THE COMMITTEE VOTED TO
APPROVE THEM BOTH.
FOR THE SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
NOT SEEING ANY, WILL BE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE WILL FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF BOTH
APPOINTMENTS, 29 FOUR AND 29
FIVE?>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES .
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE .
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE POINTS ARE CONFIRMED.
LET'S MOVE TO ITEMS NINE TO 11,
THE PUBLIC ASSETS AND HOMELESS
COMMITTEE, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
ALL THREE INTO THE RECORD?
>> THE PUBLIC ASSETS AND
HOMELESS COMMITTEE AGENDA
ITEMS, APPOINT THE YVONNE
THOMAS FOR TERM MARCH 31st,
2023, AND TO MARCH 31st, 2024,
AND STAFFORD MAYS TO MARSEILLE
FIRST, 2025.
>> ALL WERE RECOMMENDED
UNANIMOUSLY BY THE COMMITTEE
FOR RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE AN
INTERVIEW STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL
OF PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, THROUGH HIS LIVE
EXPERIENCE, HE REALIZED THE
IMPORTANT ROLES OF PARKS AND
RECREATION AND THEY HAD A
COMMUNITY WHICH TAUGHT SENIORS
LAPTOPS, AND HE HAS WORKED TO
PROVIDE REENTRY WORKSHOPS FOR
FORMER FELONS AND MANY MORE
INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES.
HE KNOWS THAT THESE
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES SERVE
AS THE BEDROCK IN COMMUNITIES
NO MATTER THE AGE, ETHNICITY,
OR BACKGROUND AND IS A FORMER
STUDENT LEADER AT CITY
COMMISSIONER, HE BRINGS
EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC POLICY,
YOUTH ENRICHMENT, AND WORKING
TO ENSURE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
HELPS THE COMMUNITIES THEY
SERVE.
JUSTIN IS A LIFELONG
PARTICIPANT ADVOCATE OF THE
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
PROGRAM, PUTTING NUMEROUS YEARS
COACHING AND SERVES ON THE
BOARD OF THE ASSOCIATED
RECREATION COUNCIL BOARD.
HE WORKED FOR SOUND TRANSIT,
MAKING LOCAL TRANSIT DREAMS A
REALITY IN KING COUNTY AND A
LIGHT PASSION FOR PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE EXPERIENCE AND A DESIRE
TO MAKE THE WORLD A MORE
EQUITABLE AND JUST PLACE.
STAFFORD MAYS WORKED AT
MICROSOFT FOR 20 PLUS YEARS
AND MINUTES PR EFFORTS FOR MIKE
THEIR GLOBAL DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION TEAM AND WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTERNAL PR IN
THE MEDIA, AND SOME OF HIS
ADDITIONAL DUTIES IN MICROSOFT
AND THEY FOCUSED ON EXTERNAL
RELATIONS, CIVIL RIGHTS AND
HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AS
SOME OF THEIR DUTIES.
THEY IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT
PROVIDED EQUAL ASSETS TO
TECHNOLOGY TO UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES AND DELIVERED ON
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLEDGES AND
TEACH PREPAREDNESS TRAINING
ACCESS PROGRAMS.
PRIOR TO JOINING MICROSOFT, HE
EARNED A SCHOLARSHIP AND PLAY
FOOTBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
DRAFTED AS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN
FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS,
MINNESOTA VIKINGS BETWEEN 1980
AND 1989.
STAFFORD MAYS SERVED ON THE
BOARDS OF LOCAL NONPROFITS AND
SPEAKS WITH ABOUT ACADEMICS AND
TECHNOLOGY ON SCHOOLS.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ALL OF
THESE NOMINEES WERE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDED FOR CONFIRMATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
AS CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
NOT SEEING ANY, WILL BE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
2101 THROUGH 2103?>>
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
POINTS ARE CONFIRMED.
CONGRATULATIONS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
12, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT
INTO THE RECORD?
>> THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES COMMITTEE, EXCUSE ME,
TRANSPORTATION, SALE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMITTEE, RELATED TO
STREET AND SIDEWALK USE AND THE
NEW ORDINANCE WENT, THE STREET
USE PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE, THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THEY
PASS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
IT IS ALL YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND CALLINGS,
BRINGING FORWARD A BILL I HAVE
BROUGHT YOU BEFORE.
WHICH IS EXTENDING THE SIDEWALK
AND OUTDOOR DINING PERMITS.
WE ARE EXTENDING THE FREE
OUTDOOR DINING PERMITS -- MY
APOLOGIES, I THOUGHT WE WERE
INTO ZOOM AND I DID NOT HAVE MY
VIDEO ON.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
HERE I AM SPEAKING INTO A BLACK
BOX.
MOVING FORWARD, AS I BROUGHT
THIS LEGISLATION TO YOU IN THE
PAST, I BRING IT TO YOU AGAIN
TODAY AND MAY BRING IT TO YOU
ONCE MORE BEFORE WE FINALIZE
THESE OUTDOOR DINING PERMITS.
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO GIVE
S.BUSINESSES IN ALL OF SEATTLE,
THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND
CREATE THE RIGHT SIZED
REGULATIONS FOR OUR OUTDOOR
DINING.
OUTDOOR DINING HAS BEEN
SOMETHING SOME HAVE BEEN
INTERESTED IN FOR MANY YEARS IN
SEATTLE AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT
IT HAS BEEN WIDELY ACCEPTED AND
CELEBRATED.
THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO
CHANGE HOW OUR GUIDELINES,
ORDINANCES, AND PARAMETERS ARE
SET SO WE CAN BEST SET UP OUR
BUSINESSES.
IN THE PAST, WE HAVE CHARGED
FEES ASSOCIATED WITH PARKING
COSTS FOR THE PARKING STALL, IT
IS A BLUNT TOOL THAT IS NOT
RIGHT SIZED.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING
OUR FINAL REGULATIONS FROM SDOT
AND THIS LEGISLATION WILL
EXTEND FREE PERMITS SO THAT
BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE THE
CONSISTENCY THAT THEY NEED TO
KNOW HOW TO PLAN FOR THE YEAR
AND THESE OUTDOOR DINING
PERMITS WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL
JANUARY 31st 2023.
LAST YEAR, WE PASSED
LEGISLATION TO EXTEND THE
PERMITS TO MAKE OF 2022 AND
THESE EXTENSIONS WILL ALLOW
SDOT AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO
WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO
DEVELOP A PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE
RESTAURANTS THE PREDICTABILITY
AND STABILITY THEY NEED TO
MAINTAIN THE OUTDOOR DINING
STRUCTURES.
WITH THIS EXTENSION, IT IS ONE
PART AND THE PATHWAY TO
PERMANENT I HAVE LAID OUT.
MY INTENTION, IF WE ARE ABLE TO
CREATE THOSE BY THE END OF THE
EXTENSION, WE DO THIS ONE MORE
TIME, I LIKE TO DO THAT IN TIME
DURATION SEGMENTS RATHER THAN
EXTENDING THEM FOR A VERY LONG
TIME.
I URGE A YES VOTE ON THIS
POPULAR OUTDOOR DINING BILL.
>> THANK YOU MEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS WE WANT TO ASK OF
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
WALL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
BILL?>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE .>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT AND WILL BE
CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE
TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF?
ITEM NUMBER 13, WILL BE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 13 INTO
THE RECORD?
>> A RESOLUTION MODIFYING
RESOLUTION 31938 AND MARCH
14th, 2020 EMERGENCY ORDER
BLEEDING TO PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTIONS.
>> AS SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER
SAMAD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO
MOVE THIS ITEM.
>> DO I HAVE TO MOVE IT?
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AND YOU
MOVE IT, SOMEBODY WILL SECOND
IT FOR YOU.
>> I MOVE THE RESOLUTION TO
EXTEND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM.
>> THAT IS RESOLUTION 32044.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THIS
RESOLUTION.
>> THIS EXTENDS THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM IN SEATTLE THROUGH
THE END OF OUR COVID-19
EMERGENCY, THE LOSING REPORT
COMMISSIONED BY THE SEATTLE
WOMEN'S COMMISSION IN 2017
FOUND THAT THOSE FACING
EVICTION ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
BLACK WORKING-CLASS RENTERS AND
OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, THE
REPORT ALSO FOUND THAT NEARLY 9
OUT OF 10 PEOPLE WHO ARE
EVICTED BECOME HOMELESS.
AS WE KNOW, HOMELESSNESS IS A
DEVASTATING AND ALIENATING AND
DANGEROUS EXPERIENCE.
WHEN YOU ARE HOMELESS, YOUR
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
SUFFERS AND YOUR VULNERABLE TO
PILOTS AND THE WOMEN IN BLACK
HELD A VIGIL EARLIER THIS MONTH
AND REPORTED THAT THE FIRST
KING COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER
LIST OF PRESUMED HOMELESS
TEMPORARILY HOUSED DEATHS OF
2022 ARRIVED THIS WEEK AND IT
WAS HORRIBLE.
AT LEAST 21 HOMELESS,
TEMPORARILY HOUSED MEN DIED
OUTSIDE OR IN PUBLIC IN KING
COUNTY JUST IN JANUARY.
THERE HAS BEEN VITALLY
IMPORTANT PROGRESS WITH COVID-
19 VACCINATIONS AND, AS A
RESULT, CASES ARE DECLINING BUT
THE REALITY IS THAT THE
FATALITY RATE FROM COVID-19 IS
STILL FRIGHTENINGLY HIGH.
THE DAILY FATALITY RATE IS
STILL NEARLY AS HIGH AS DURING
THE PEAKS OF EARLIER WAVES OF
THE PANDEMIC.
STOPPING EVICTION MORATORIUM
THAT WOULD LEAD TO A DEADLY
WAVE OF EVICTIONS AND INCREASED
HOMELESSNESS IN THE MIDST OF
THIS CRISIS AND, WHEN SOMEONE
IS EVICTED, THEY CANNOT SELF
QUARANTINE, PLACING THEMSELVES
AND OTHERS AT LARGE IN DANGER.
THE DECISION BY MAYOR HARRELL
TO STOP THE EVICTION MORATORIUM
IS A PLAN TO ALLOW THE
EVICTION OF THOUSANDS OF
WORKING-CLASS RENTERS IN
SEATTLE.
THIS IS INHUMANE AND
UNACCEPTABLE.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS
BUREAU HOUSEHOLD SURVEY THIS
MONTH AN ESTIMATED 133,000
SEATTLE METRO AREA RENTERS ARE
BEHIND ON RENT.
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC,
THINGS HAD BECOME INTOLERABLE
FOR RENTERS, SKYROCKETING RENTS
DRIVEN BY PREDATORY REAL ESTATE
SPECULATION FORCED MANY WORKING-
CLASS RENTERS OUT OF THEIR
HOLMES , OUT OF THE CITY, OR
INTO HOMELESSNESS AND THE
ECONOMIC DEVASTATION TRIGGERED
BY THE PANDEMIC MASSIVELY
EXASPERATED THE CRISIS THE
REALISTIC LOBBYIST CLAIM THAT
RENTERS RIGHTS ARE SOMEHOW
BECAUSE OF INCREASED RENT BUT
THAT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF
WHAT THE DATA SHOW.
MET STARTED SKYROCKETING IN
SEATTLE LONG BEFORE ANY NEW
RENTERS RIGHTS LAWS WERE
PASSED.
RENTS HAVE BEEN SPIKING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND IN CITIES
AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE REAL
ESTATE SPECULATION IS A
NATIONWIDE AND A GLOBAL
ECONOMIC TREND.
WHAT THE RISING RENTS SHOW IS
THAT WE MUST FIGHT FOR AND DID
VICTORY OVER RENT CONTROL AND
MAJOR EXPANSION OF SOCIAL
HOUSING, WITHOUT THAT, EVERY
RENTER RIGHT WE WENT IS ONLY
BUYING TIME UNTIL THE NEXT RENT
HIKE THAT I AM COMMITTED TO
RINGING COMPREHENSIVE RENT
CONTROL LEGISLATION THIS YEAR
THE LANDLORD LOBBY SAYS RENTERS
RIGHTS ARE CAUSING LANDLORDS TO
SELL THE PROPERTY, BUT LET'S BE
REAL, LANDLORDS ARE SELLING
SINGLE-FAMILY HOLMES BECAUSE
THEY CAN SELL THEM AT A HIGH
RATE, NOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO
GIVE MORE NOTICE FOR RENT
INCREASES.
OF COURSE I CAN SEE WHY GIVING
RIGHTS TO RENTERS IS A CONCERN
FOR THE WINDERMERE PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT AND REAL ESTATE
BILLIONAIRES LIKE THE CEO OF
GOODMAN REAL ESTATE, THE MOST
ADDICTING LANDLORD IN 2020 IN
SEATTLE.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ARE CONCERNED IN SEATTLE, THESE
ARE ONLY BASIC PROTECTIONS THEY
NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME
PLACE TO LIVE I WANT TO RESPOND
TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SO-
CALLED BAD TENANTS.
EVICTION IS NOT THE ONLY
RECOURSE THAT LANDLORDS HAVE.
THAT IS THE ONLY THING THIS
MORATORIUM PREVENTS, VIOLENCE
IS ILLEGAL REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER SOMEONE IS A RENTER,
HOMEOWNER, OR LANDLORD AS
LANDLORDS HAVE MANY LEGAL
OPTIONS TO COLLECT RENTAL
DEBTS, NOT JUST EVICTION AND WE
LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT IS
UNFORTUNATELY FULL OF
PUNISHMENTS FOR THE POOR AND
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM SIMPLY
PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM BEING
THROWN OUT ON THE STREETS
DURING A PANDEMIC AND I'M
GENERALLY STRUCK BY THE FEAR
MONGERING ABOUT WORKING-CLASS
RENTERS BEING DONE BY
LANDLORDS, IT IS NOT UNLIKE THE
DONALD TRUMP ATTACKS ON
IMMIGRANTS AS VIOLENT
ANTIRACIST AND ANTI-POOR
WELFARE QUEEN ARGUMENTS THAT
WERE USED TO EVISCERATE SOCIAL
SERVICES IN THE 1980s AND
1990s.
THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT IS
MOVING TO OPEN THE EVICTION
FLOODGATES IS SCANDALOUS AS THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IS STILL IN A
STATE OF CIVIL EMERGENCY.
THIS COUNCIL MEETING IS BEING
HELD REMOTELY TO PROTECT THE
HEALTH OF COUNCILMEMBERS.
WORKING-CLASS RENTERS AND THE
POOR DESERVE AT LEAST THE SAME
CONSIDERATION.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BIG
BUSINESSES EAGER TO STOP ANY
PANDEMIC RESTRICTION THAT
LIMITS THE PROFITS.
IN THIS CASE, THOSE PROFITS ARE
COUNTER POST TO THE HEALTH AND
VERY LIES OF RENTERS AND I
URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO DECIDE
WHAT SIDE THEY ARE ON MAYOR
HARRELL AND OTHER DEMOCRATIC
PARTY POLITICIANS HAVE
ATTEMPTED TO JUSTIFY STOPPING
EVICTION MORATORIUM BY
REFERENCING PAST VICTORIES BY
RENTER MOVEMENT SUCH AS RENTAL
ASSISTANCE MONEY AND DEFENSE
AGAINST EVICTION IN CERTAIN
SITUATIONS.
THOSE VICTORIES ARE IMPORTANT
AND MY OFFICE HAS SPONSORED AND
COSPONSORED MANY AND FOUGHT FOR
ALL OF THEM, BUT THEY ARE NO
SUBSTITUTE FOR EXTENDING THE
LIFE OF THE EVICTION MORATORIUM
AS LONG AS THE PANDEMIC PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY REMAINS.
A MORATORIUM MEANS THAT RENTERS
CANNOT BE SENT AN EVICTION
CODE, FAR STRONGER THAN THE
DEFENSE TO A MATURE WHICH ONLY
MEANS THAT RENTERS CAN DEFEND
THEMSELVES IN EVICTION CODE TO
AVOID EVICTION THAT IS A
MONUMENTAL DIFFERENCE BECAUSE,
STATISTICALLY, HALF OF RENTERS
WERE SERVED EVICTION PAPERWORK
ARE NOT ABLE TO CHALLENGE THE
EVICTION IN COURT AND
CONSEQUENTLY ARE EVICTED BY
DEFAULT.
IF THAT HAPPENS, EVEN A
WATERTIGHT EVICTION DEFENSE
OPPORTUNITY DOES NOT KEEP A
ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD BECAUSE YOU
NEVER HAD YOUR DAY IN COURT AND
AS WE ALL KNOW VERY WELL, THIS
DISTAL PORTION ONLY HAPPENS TO
BE MOST VULNERABLE RENTERS.
I WANT TO STOP MY OPENING
REMARKS BY PUTTING LANDLORDS
WHO WROTE TO THE CITY COUNCIL
SAYING, "PLEASE HELP RELIEVE
SUFFERING AND KEEP THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM UNTIL THE EMERGENCY
IS OVER."
I WILL COME BACK AND TO CLOSE
THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE THE
COUNCIL RULES CLEARLY STATE
THAT THE SPONSOR OF THE
LEGISLATION SPEAKS FIRST AND
LAST BEFORE THE VOTING I URGE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO VOTE YES.
>> THANK YOU MEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WITH
THAT, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> I WOULD REQUEST THE RULES BE
SUSPENDED TO CONSIDER AN
AMENDMENT NOT COMPLETED BY
12:00 NOON TODAY
>> IF THERE IS NO INJECTION THE
COUNCIL RELATED TO CIRCULATION
OF EVENT THAT IS TWO HOURS
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
WILL BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW
CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO AMEND RESOLUTION
32044 AND EXHIBIT E OF THE
RESOLUTION.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED THAT THE COUNCIL WILL
BE SUSPENDED SO WE WILL PROCEED
WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
MOTION TO AMEND.
GO AHEAD.
>> THIS AMENDMENT EXTENDS THE
MORATORIUM TO APRIL 30th TO
ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
ALTERNATIVE MEASURES ABOUT
TENANTS UNABLE TO PAY THEIR
RENT DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
I DO NOT DISPUTE WE HAVE HEARD
FROM SMALL LANDLORDS ABOUT
LOSING MONEY DECIDING TO STOP
OPERATING HOUSING OR SUFFERING
OTHER HARM ASSOCIATED WITH THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
OFTEN THE WORK THAT WE, AS
POLICYMAKERS, DO IS WHO HAS
GREATER HARM OVER LESSER HARM.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES.
NEARLY 46,000 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE
APPLIED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AGAIN, THESE ARE PRIMARILY
COUNTING NUMBERS BUT YOU CAN
EXTRAPOLATE ABOUT SEATTLE.
SO FAR, ABOUT 17,400 HOUSEHOLDS
HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE DURING
THE SECOND ROUND OF THE
PROGRAM.
ALL THE APPLICATIONS CLOSED AND
THE MONEY IS SPENT, AFTER THAT,
THE COUNTY EXPECTS 7800 TENANTS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WILL BE
LEFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE WE KNOW
THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE IN FINDING FOR KING
COUNTY THAT WILL HELP SOME BUT
NOT ALL.
ABOUT $66 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.
ACROSS THE SEATTLE AREA, WE
KNOW THAT 13% OF RENTERS ARE
STILL BEHIND ON RENT, ACCORDING
TO AN EARLY JANUARY SINCE THE
SURVEY, THAT IS 1000 24,000
RENTERS.
THE EFFECTS ARE
DISPROPORTIONATE AND WE KNOW
THAT RENTERS OF COLOR ARE MORE
LIKELY TO REPORT BEING BEHIND
ON RENT.
I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT MY
OFFERING OF ALTERNATIVE
AMENDMENTS, PAUL STILL
EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM, IT
DDRESSES ONE OF THE CONCERNS
WITH THE MORATORIUM AS
CURRENTLY PROPOSED.
ON TOP OF THE PROTECTIONS WE
HAVE ALREADY ENACTED AS
DESCRIBED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT . FOR OUR CONCERNS,
INDEFINITELY EXTENDED
MORATORIUM COULD INVITE MORE
LAWSUITS.
THOSE LAWSUITS MAY NOT BE
LIMITED TO THE MORATORIUM.
THEY IMPACT OTHER PANDEMIC
RELATED PROTECTIONS WE HAVE
ENACTED.
THEY COULD CHALLENGE THE JUST
CAUSE EVICTION ORDINANCE
ITSELF, A LAW THAT HAS HELPED
SEATTLE TENANTS FOR DECADES.
UNLESS AND UNTIL THE EXISTING
LAWSUITS ARE RESOLVED AND WE
CAN GET MORE CLARITY ON THE
LEGAL LANDSCAPE, I AM OFFERING
THIS ALTERNATIVE, RATHER THAN
AN INDEFINITE EXTENSION OF THE
MORATORIUM THAT COULD INVITE
MORE LITIGATION THAT COULD
THREATEN OTHER AN OLDER MORE
VALUABLE PROTECTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA , DO
YOU WANT TO HAVE COMMENTS TO
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT?
>> YES, THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT I DID WANT TO OFFER
MY SUPPORT AND I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD BRINGING
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 FORWARD AND
I WILL SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT
AND AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE
UNDERLYING LEGISLATION AS
DESCRIBED BY THE SPONSOR THE
AMENDMENT ADDRESSES THE
CONCERNS AS ARTICULATED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND THE
SPONSOR TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
PROTECTING LEGISLATION ALLOWING
FOR THE CITY TO DISTRIBUTE THE
RENTAL ASSISTANCE DOLLARS WE
HAVE IN HAND.
I WILL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AND
WILL NOT SPEAK AGAIN ABOUT THE
UNDERLYING BILL SINCE I HAVE
THE MICROPHONE BRIEFLY I WANT
TO RECOGNIZE THERE IS A LOT OF
FACTORS THAT WENT INTO PLAY
WITH HIS DECISION TO BOTH BRING
THE EVICTION MORATORIUM TO A
SENSE I KNOW IT IS PROBABLY A
TOUGH DECISION BUT A TOUGH
DECISION FOR US TO CONTINUE TO
LOOK AT THE NEED OUT THERE AND
THE DESIRE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS.
BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE
CURRENT EVICTION MORATORIUM I
UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN URGENCY
TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION IN
FRONT OF US TODAY.
BUT I KNOW THIS CAME TOGETHER
QUICKLY FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND
I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME
POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSED
>> MAKE SURE WE LOOK FOR
SOLUTIONS FOR RUNNABLE TENANTS.
THE REALIZATION TODAY IS ONE OF
THOSE.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS I KNOW
FOLKS ARE INTERESTED LOOKING AT
A CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS FOR
SMALL LANDLORDS, OWNER MOVE IN
CONVERSATIONS, RAMP DOWNED
OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE OPTIONS IN
PLACE TO EXPECT THE MORATORIUM
GOING AWAY IN THE FUTURE.
I HAVE A LOT OF SYMPATHY FOR
THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME
I'M LOOKING AT THE AMENDMENT IN
FRONT OF US, THE UNDERLYING
BILL IS MAKING SURE WE GET ALL
OF THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE
DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR.
THERE IS STILL $25 MILLION TO
BE SPENT FROM THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AMOUNT, 59 MILLION
OUTDATED THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR.
IMPORTANT FOR ANY SMALL
LANDLORDS OUT THERE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE ABILITY TO PAY THEIR
BILLS, 96% OF THOSE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE DOLLARS HAVE GONE
DIRECTLY TO LANDLORDS.
I HOPE THAT DISPELS
MISINFORMATION ABOUT LANDLORDS
NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS IT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF
THOSE DOLLARS GET INTO THE
HANDS OF THE SMALLEST LANDLORDS.
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, I WANT
TO NOTE I HAVE REACHED OUT TO
STATE LEGISLATOR IS ASKING FOR
MORE RENTAL ASSISTANCE DOLLARS
FOR SEATTLE AND HOPING THE
STATE BUDGET AND CHAMPIONS IN
THE STATE LEGISLATURE WILL HELP
PROVIDE DOLLARS TO KING COUNTY
THAT GET PAST TO THE CITY.
WE ARE ALSO COMMUNICATION WITH
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO GET
REMAINING RENTAL ASSISTANCE OUT
THE DOOR AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
$25 MILLION THE COUNCIL
AUTHORIZED IN THE 2022 BUDGET
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SPENT ASAP
AND KNOW WE NEED MUCH MORE THAN
THAT, ESPECIALLY IF THE
MORATORIUM IS TO GO AWAY.
I WANT TO THANK FOLKS LIKE
UNITED WAY KING COUNTY TO GET
THE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR.
UNTIL FOLKS HAVE THE DOLLARS IN
HAND, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM DURING
WEIGHT AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT AND
IT WOULD BE A YES ON THE BILL
GIVEN THE VARIOUS REASONS THAT
I NOTED ABOVE.
AND ALSO NOTE THIS IS PART OF
THE SOLUTION WE LOOK FORWARD TO
GETTING $194 MILLION FROM
COUNCIL'S BUDGET OUT THE DOOR
FOR HOUSING TO MAKE SURE THERE
ARE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
OPTIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
UNDER 10 MINUTES.
KSHAMA SAWANT HAS HER HAND UP
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> SPEAKING IN RESPONSE TO THE
AMENDMENT, I WILL BE VOTING IN
NO ON THE AMENDMENT.
RENTERS HAVE LIVED WITH THREE-
MONTH EXTENSIONS OF THE
MORATORIUM AND ONE MONTH AND
TWO WEEKS, EITHER THERE IS A
EMERGENCY OR THERE ISN'T.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, IF
THIS RESOLUTION PASSES WITH TWO
MONTH EXTENSION, THAT WILL BE
VASTLY BETTER THAN THE
RESOLUTION NOT PASSING AT ALL,
BETTER FOR THE RENTERS MOST
VULNERABLE AND SUFFERING.
IT WILL GIVE RENTERS TWO MORE
MONTHS TO GET ON THEIR FEET AND
ALSO GIVE RENTERS ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT TO EXTEND
THE MORATORIUM IN TWO MONTHS
TIME WITH THE PANDEMIC IF THE
EMERGENCY HAS NOT ENDED BY
THEN.
I WILL VOTE NO ON THIS A
MOMENT, OR THIS WEATHER PASSES
OR FAILS, I URGE COUNCILMEMBERS
TO VOTE YES ON THE RESOLUTION
AS A WHOLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, FIRST WE
HAVE TO VOTE ON SUSPENDING THE
RULES.
>> WE ALREADY DID THAT.
WE SUSPENDED THE RULES TO ALLOW
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TO BRING
FORWARD HER AMENDMENTS.
I THOUGHT WE DID, DID WE NOT?
YEAH, WE DID.
>> OKAY.
I'M JUST NOT SEEING THE
AMENDMENT, LOOKS LIKE IT WAS
CIRCULATED WHILE THE COUNCIL
MEETING WAS GOING ON, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, IT WOULD AMEND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
RESOLUTION TO APRIL 30.
I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, SEEMS
TO BE ABOUT 9 1/2 WEEKS FROM
NOW, IS THERE A RATIONAL BASIS
FOR THAT PARTICULAR DATE OF
APRIL 30?
>> ARE YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION
OF COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES, I THINK SO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD GAVE
AN INTRODUCTION TO WHY SHE WAS
DOING WHAT SHE IS DOING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A
RESPONSE?
>> YES.
IN ADDITION AS TO WHAT I TRIED
TO START THE DESCRIPTION OF THE
AMENDMENT, IT WILL ALLOW THE
COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE
MEASURES FOR TENANTS THAT HAD
BEEN UNABLE TO PAY RENT DUE TO
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
SOME OF THE IDEAS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA DESCRIBED IN HER
SPEAKING REMARKS.
IN ADDITION, IT IS AS WE
DISCUSSED EARLIER TODAY, THE
DATE IS MORE CLOSELY TIED, SOME
UPDATED LANGUAGE IN THE
RECITALS, MORE CLOSELY TIED TO
THE HEALTH IMPACT OF THE
PANDEMIC.
YES, I'M SORRY FOR GETTING THE
AMENDMENT LATE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD SESSION AT
1:00 THAT RAN UP TO THE 2:00
DEADLINE.
I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE BENEFIT
OF THE ADVICE WE HAD GOTTEN IN
THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION TO PUT
UP THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
GREAT.
WITH THAT, NOT SEEING ANYMORE
HANDS RAISED, WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE
RESOLUTION AND EXHIBIT C?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> YES .
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, FIVE
OPPOSED.
>> WITH THAT, THE MOTION FAILS.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
WITH THAT, WE WILL GO ON TO THE
BASE LEGISLATION.
THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY COUNCILMEMBERS, AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT POINTED
OUT, SHE WILL CLOSE US ON THIS
LAST PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS
THAT WANT TO ADDRESS THE BASE
LEGISLATION AS IT IS BEFORE US?
FOR THE FINAL VOTE.
NOPE, NO HANDS.
WITH THAT, I HAVE SOMETHING TO
SAY AND AFTER THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WILL
CLOSE US OUT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR
HAND IS UP.
NO?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
I ASSUMED EVERYBODY WOULD BE
CHOMPING AT THE LINE, I WAS
HOLDING MY HAND FOR A MOMENT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS OTHERS
HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, NUMBER
OF OTHER DEFENSES WE HAVE PUT
FORWARD SIX MONTHS DEFENSE WITH
THE FAILURE TO PAY RENT. I
THINK WHAT IS VERY CLEAR FOR ME
IN THIS CONVERSATION IS WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND WE DON'T HAVE A
GOOD STEP DOWN PROCESS FROM THE
CLOSE THE MORATORIUM IS
CREATING.
MORATORIUM IS NOT A GOOD LONG-
TERM SOLUTION.
WELL I COULD SUPPORT A
MORATORIUM CONNECTED WITH
CERTAIN, I DO HAVE TROUBLE
SUPPORTING VOTING FOR MORATORIUM
THAT IS VAGUE WITH ITS IN DATE,
I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE CLIFF WE ARE FACING IS
AND ADDRESSING THE RESOURCES
NEEDED.
I NOTE THIS LEGISLATION WAS
CRAFTED IN SHORT ORDER OVER
HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND WE RECEIVED
AN AMENDMENT DURING THE MEETING
AND THAT SHORT TIME FRAME
DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO BE FULLY
VETTED.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES,
I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE
RESOLUTION TODAY.
I WILL BE BRINGING FORTH MORE
PROTECTIONS AND RESOURCES AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT BEING SAID IN ANTICIPATION
AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
POINTED OUT, WE HAD A THREE DAY
WEEKEND AND RECEIVED A LEGAL
MEMO LAST WEEK, ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO YOUR
OFFICE FOR GETTING US THE
INFORMATION.
WAIT, I'M GOING TO SPEAK AND
WHEN I'M DONE, THEN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WILL SPEAK
AND THEN WE VOTE.
OKAY, GOOD.
WHEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIT,
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR
AND LEADERS PAST PROTECTIONS,
PASSING PROTECTIONS OF RENTERS.
WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE
COUNTRY TO UNDERSTAND THE
GRAVITY OF THE ECONOMIC
RECESSION, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW
INCOME RENTERS.
13 DAYS AFTER MAYOR DURKAN
PASSED PROCLAMATION OF CIVIL
EMERGENCY, SHE ISSUED EMERGENCY
ORDER PLACING TEMPORARY
MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL
EVICTIONS.
THE KEYWORD IS TEMPORARY.
WE KNEW THE MORATORIUM WOULD
NOT LAST FOREVER.
WE CANNOT HAVE A HEALTHY
ECONOMY IF NOBODY PAYS RENT.
WITH THAT IN MIND, IN THE
INTERIM, THE CITY COUNCIL FOCUS
HAS BEEN TO CREATE AS MANY
PROTECTIONS AS POSSIBLE,
CERTAINLY HARKING BACK TO WHAT
COUNCILLOR MOSQUEDA SHARED WITH
US IN HER COMMENTS.
PITKIN COUNTY ALLOCATED $340
MILLION IN FUNDING FOR
STRUGGLING RENTERS.
ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
IMMUNITY AND HUMAN SERVICES,
KING COUNTY PROCESSED NEARLY
40,000 APPLICATIONS SINCE THE
PROGRAM BEGAN EARLY IN THE
PANDEMIC AND HANDED OUT MORE
THAN 244 MILLION TO HELP KEEP
RENTERS HOUSED AND LANDLORDS
PAID.
ACCORDING TO SDCI, THE CITY
ALLOCATED $59 MILLION FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE DURING THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU TO DIRECTOR TORKELSON
FOR THE DEPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION
AND INSPECTIONS FOR SHARING ALL
THE WAYS IN WHICH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE SUPPORTS RENTERS
INCLUDING FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE
FROM THE HOUSING JUSTICE
PROJECT AND ASSISTANCE FOR RENT
AND UTILITY PAYMENTS DUE TO
COVID HARDSHIPS.
MOST ALL OF YOU RECEIVED I
BELIEVE FRIDAY, A MEMO FROM
DIRECTOR TORKELSON ON THE
ISSUES OF WHAT RENTERS RIGHTS
ARE AND WHAT PROGRAMS ARE
AVAILABLE, I DON'T HAVE THAT AT
MY FINGERTIPS RIGHT NOW.
HERE IS A NONEXHAUSTIVE LIST OF
SOME OF THE PROTECTIONS WE HAVE
ASKED THE LAST TWO YEARS, I HAD
MY STAFF BRIEFLY GO OVER THE
WORK THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
FORMER MAYOR'S OFFICE HAD DONE
JUST WITHIN THE COVID PERIOD.
BEGINNING FEBRUARY 2020, THE
CITY COUNCIL PAST COUNCIL BILL
119 726 HAVING EVICTIONS IN
WINTER MONTHS.
IN MARCH 2020, EMERGENCY ORDER
WENT INTO EFFECT PLACED
IMMEDIATE AND TEMPORARY
MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL
EVICTIONS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
IN MAY 2020, COUNCIL PAST
ORDINANCE 126075 PROVIDING
DEFENSE TO EVICTIONS OCCURRING
WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE
TERMINATION OF THE MAYORS
RESIDENTIAL EVICTION
MORATORIUM.
MAY 2020, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED
REPAYMENT PLAN REQUIREMENT VIA
ORDINANCE 126081. IN MARCH 2021,
THAT COUNCIL PAST COUNCIL BILL
12007 PROVIDING A RIGHT TO
COUNSEL.
JUNE 2021, COUNCIL PAST 120046
PROVIDING DEFENSE TO CERTAIN
EVICTIONS OF CHILDREN, THEIR
FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS DURING
THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR BRINGING THAT
FORWARD.
JUNE 2021, COUNCIL TRADED
DEFENSE OF EVICTION ACTION IF
TENANT FAILS TO PAY RENT
DURING THE PROCLAMATION OF
CIVIL EMERGENCY ORDER VIA
ORDINANCE 126368 IN NOVEMBER
2021, THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
AGAIN ALLOCATED MONEY FOR TWO
ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS, THAT IS FOR
SDCI THE ADDED STUFF AND
POSITION ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT
DISLOCATION ASSISTANCE
ORDINANCE AND 001 THAT ADDED
400,000 TENANTS CONTRACTS LIKE
DEFENSE.
400,000 ADDED TO BASELINE
INVESTMENTS OF 615,000 FOR IT
TENANT SERVICE GRANTS INCLUDING
EVICTION LEGAL DEFENSE.
THOSE WERE BUDGET ACTIONS PASSED
NOVEMBER 22, 2021 UNDER
LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
ADDITIONALLY AND THIS IS A
HISTORY HERE, THE JUST CAUSE
EVICTION ORDINANCE PASSED IN
1980 AT THE SEATTLE LANDLORDS
MUST HAVE ONE OF 16 JUST CAUSE
REASONS TO TERMINATE. AND WE
HAVE THAT, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN THAT AREA.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE ARE
PREPARED FOR THIS A LONG TIME.
SEATTLE IS ONE OF TWO
MUNICIPALITIES WITH EXISTING
BAN ON EVICTIONS.
MAYOR DURKAN AND MAYOR HARRELL
EXTENDED THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM TOGETHER A TOTAL OF
NINE TIMES.
GOVERNOR INSLEE PROTECTIONS
LAST OCTOBER 31, 2021 AND GIVEN
COVID CASES CONTINUE TO
DECLINE, IT IS PROBABLY TIME
FOR SEATTLE TO DO THE SAME.
HOWEVER, WHILE EVICTION
PROCEEDINGS WILL START, FOLKS
HAVE ANOTHER SIX MONTHS TO PAY
BACK OUTSTANDING RENT PAYMENTS
SO PEOPLE CAN PAY BACK RENT
OVER TIME.
I'M HOPING AND I BELIEVE IN THE
VOTERS AND RESIDENTS OF THIS
CITY, WE WILL MAKE THE
TRANSITION AS HUMANE AS
POSSIBLE WITHOUT EXACERBATING
THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND
BALANCING THE NEEDS OF
RECOVERING ECONOMY.
WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THIS
MATTER.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO WRAP UP THE DEBATE?
>> YES, PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
I WANT TO CLARIFY FOR RENTERS
AND WORKING PEOPLE WATCHING, I
DO NOT THINK MANY OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO VOTED NO ON
THE AMENDMENT THAT JUST GOT
VOTED ON SHARE MY POSITION OF
WHY I VOTED NO ON THAT AND ARE
VERY LIKELY TO BE VOTING NO ON
THIS RESOLUTION, THE RESOLUTION
TO LEAVE THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM IN PLACE UNTIL THE
END OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY.
THIS IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.
I FIND IT QUITE UNFORTUNATE AND
PRETTY STUNNING THERE ARE
COUNCIL MEMBERS COMPLAINING
ABOUT THE SHORT TIME FRAME WHEN
WE HAVE HAD RENTERS WHO HAVE
DEALT WITH ENORMOUS UNCERTAINTY
DURING UNPRECEDENTED CRISIS
EVERY TIME EVICTION MORATORIUM
WAS UP FOR EITHER EXPIRING OR
RENEWAL, THE HAD TO DEAL WITH
TREMENDOUS UNCERTAINTY AND
DIFFICULTIES SINCE BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC.
ADDING $25 MILLION RENTAL
ASSISTANCE WHICH MAKES IT
SOUNDS LIKE $25 MILLION BEEN
ADDED TO THE FUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, MAKE A
NOTE THERE'S $25.6 MILLION IN
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE MONEY, SOME
OF THAT WENT TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON STATE, THAT
MONEY PERIODICALLY AVAILABLE
FOR RENTERS AND LANDLORDS TO
PAY DON'T RENTAL THAT.
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEP RENTERS
FROM BECOMING TOTALLY
BANKRUPTED BY THE CRISIS THAT
HOWEVER, THE IMPACT OF THE
PANDEMIC HAS BEEN MONUMENTAL
AND THAT MONEY IS RUNNING OUT,
IT WAS NEVER ADEQUATE IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
WE SAW KING COUNTY IS GOING TO
STOP TAKING NEW APPLICATIONS
FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE STARTING
FEBRUARY 28.
WHEN THE EVICTION MORATORIUM IS
ABOUT TO EXPIRE, THAT IS WHEN
NEW APPLICATIONS ALSO WILL NOT
BE ACCEPTED.
WHEN MAYOR HARRELL SAYS HE
IDENTIFIED $25 MILLION, WHAT IT
ACTUALLY MEANS THERE'S ONLY $25
MILLION LEFT, NOT THAT THERE
ARE ADDITIONAL $25 MILLION
BEING ADDED.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL OF
GREATER SALAD THAT SUPPORTED
THE EXTENSION OF THE
MORATORIUM.
THEY SAID WE CAME INTO BEING ON
THE HEELS OF THE INFLUENCE OF
PANDEMIC OF 1819, LIKE 100
YEARS AGO, FACE THE PANDEMIC
THAT DISRUPTED AND ENDED LIVES
OF LOVED ONES AND COMMUNITIES.
MOST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK
ALL OF THE RENTERS AND HOUSING
ADVOCATES, PROGRESSIVE LABOR
UNIONS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE SPOKEN
UP IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
RENTERS, WORKING PEOPLE, UNIT
MEMBERS, SOCIALIST, WE SEE
AGAIN AND AGAIN WE CANNOT RELY
ON THE ESTABLISHMENT SEVERAL OF
WHAT PRESIDENT JUAREZ RIDE OUT,
WHAT OUR OFFICE LIGHT ON, EVERY
SINGLE ONE THAT HAD DIFFERENT
COUNCILMEMBER SPONSORING THEM
WAS WON, FIGHTING BACK
INCLUDING THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM IN THE FIRST PLACE
AND THE FEDERAL GAINS PUT IN
PLACE TEMPORARILY AND ABLE TO
MAKE THEM BECAUSE PEOPLE SPOKE
UP NATIONALLY.
IT IS CLEAR FROM TODAY, IT IS
CLEAR WORKING PEOPLE CANNOT REST
AND PEOPLE NEED TO FIGHT BACK
AND WE CANNOT RELY ON THE
ESTABLISHMENT.
FURTHERMORE, IT IS NOT ENOUGH
TO AGITATE AROUND THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM QUESTION, WE NEED
STRONGER AND PERMANENT
PROTECTIONS LIKE STRONG RENT
CONTROL POLICY.
WE NEED TO INCREASE THE FIGHT
TO RENT AND INCREASE OF AMAZON
TAX TO HAVE MASSIVE EXPANSION OF
PUBLICLY HIGH QUALITY UNION
BUILT SOCIAL HOUSING, ALL OF
THIS WILL BE NECESSARY, I WILL
END BY NOTING HOW STUNNING IT IS
ONLY AN HOUR AGO, THE SAME
COUNCILMEMBERS WERE ABOUT TO
VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION
SIGNED PROCLAMATION ON BLACK
HISTORY MONTH GETTING READY TO
ESSENTIALLY PAVE THE WAY FOR
RUNNABLE BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBERS
TO BE EVICTED IN BIG NUMBERS,
TO THE POINT BEING BROUGHT UP
BY SEVERAL LANDLORDS AND
COUNCILMEMBERS EARLIER, NO,
EVICTIONS DON'T START SHOWING
UP ON THEY WANT BUT THEY ARE
GOING TO HAPPEN, WE ARE ALREADY
SEEING DATA FROM PRINCETON
UNIVERSITY EVICTION LAB THAT IS
MONITORING EVICTIONS IN 31
DIFFERENT CITIES, EVICTIONS
HAVE SPIKED AS SOON AS EVICTION
MORATORIUMS ENDED, TAKE A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME SHOWING UP
ON THE POLLS, THE MOST
UNFRIENDLY WAY FOR ORDINARY
PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN
GET THEIR DAY IN COURT IN THE
FIRST PLACE, MOST OF THEM.
EVICTIONS RESTART IN SEVEN
DAYS.
MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO
BUILD THE MOVEMENT FOR RENT
CONTROL AND EXPANDING SOCIAL
HOUSING.
I URGE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE
FIGHTING BACK AND ALSO REMEMBER
NOT TO RELY ON THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT THE
STATE LEVEL HAS SAT ON
STATEWIDE" RENT CONTROL
INCLUDING DURING THIS
LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHEN NOT
ONE STATE LEGISLATURE PROPOSED
LIFTING THE BAN ON RENT CONTROL
DESPITE THE DEMOCRATS
CONTROLLING ALL THREE HOUSES IN
THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
WE CANNOT DO THAT BUT ON THE
OTHER HAND, IF WE BUILD STRONG
MOVEMENT, WE CAN WIN, WE HAVE
SEEN THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WE IN 2018 TRIED TO ASK
LEGISLATION TO TAX CORPORATIONS
LIKE AMAZON, OUR MOVEMENT WAS
NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO WIN THEN
BUT WE GOT THE APPEAL, TWO
YEARS LATER IN THE MIDST OF THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST, THE
TAX AMAZON MOVEMENT GATHERED
30,000 SIGNATURES ON A BALLOT
INITIATIVE AND WE SUCCEEDED
PASSING THAT MEASURE FOUR TIMES
THE SIZE OF THE FIRST ONE
PROPOSED IN 2018.
WE WILL LOSE THE VOTE TODAY BUT
I URGE EVERYONE FIGHTING FOR
RENTERS RIGHTS TO MOVE THE
MOVEMENT ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE
AND PROGRESSIVE LABOR UNITS
BECAUSE WHEN WE FIGHT, WE CAN
WIN.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, SAWANT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAD FINISHED DEBATE,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S
RESOLUTION.
CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> NO.
>> THREE IN FAVOR, FIVE
OPPOSED.
>> WITH THAT , THE MOTION FAILS
AND THE RESOLUTION IS NOT
ADOPTED.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, EVERYONE CAN
GO TO OTHER BUSINESS, IS THERE
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COUNCIL TODAY?
NOT SEEN ANY HANDS, BEFORE WE
ADJOURN, COLLEAGUES, THIS DOES
CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF IS IS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
COUNCIL MEETING IS MARCH 1 AT
2:00.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.