>> GOOD MORNING. THE DECEMBER
12, 2023 MEETING OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
IS 9:31. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR LOUIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN IS
EXCUSED. FOUR PRESENT.
>> ON TODAY'S AGENDA WE WILL
HEAR TWO ITEMS. A 3rd QUARTER
UPDATE FROM THE LEAD PROGRAM.
AND SECONDLY WE WILL GET A
PRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ON
IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THEIR
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE. AND
POTENTIAL UPDATES TO THEIR
ANNUAL REVIEW. AT THE END OF
TODAY'S MEETING, THIS IS THE
LAST PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES MEETING OF THE YEAR.
AS WELL AS MY TIME HERE ON THE
COUNCIL. WE WILL HAVE A FEW
WORDS AT THE END OF TODAY'S
MEETING ON THIS. TO MARK THE
OCCASION. WITH THAT, WE WILL
NOW APPROVE OUR AGENDA. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. SEEING
AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS,
TODAY'S AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
NEXT WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL
MODERATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT .
EACH SPEAKER HAS TWO MINUTES TO
SPEAK. I WILL ALTERNATE
BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON
COMMENTERS. I WILL: EACH
SPEAKER BY NAME AND IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE WEBSITE. IF YOU HAVE
NOT YET REGISTERED TO SPEAK BUT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SO YOU CAN
SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF THE
PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION. AND I
CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME, IF YOU
ARE USING THE VIRTUAL OPTION WE
ASK THAT YOU, WHEN YOU HEAR THE
PROMPT, HIT STAR 62 UNMUTE. WE
ASK YOU BEGIN BY SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME. ONCE THE SPEAKER
HERE'S THE CHIME WE ASK THAT
YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP COMMENTS.
SPEAKERS DO NOT AND COMMENTS AT
THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME
PROVIDED, THE MICROPHONE WILL
BE MUTED AFTER 10 SECONDS TO
ALLOW US TO HEAR FROM THE NEXT
SPEAKER. ONCE YOU HAVE
COMPLETED YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT
WE ASK YOU PLEASE DISCONNECT
FROM THE LINE. IF YOU PLAN TO
CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE MEETING,
WE ASK THAT YOU DO SO VIA THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR LISTENING
OPTIONS LISTED ON TODAY'S
AGENDA. SO FAR WE HAVE GOT TWO
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. TWO VIRTUAL AND NONE
YET IN PERSON. SO, I'M GOING TO
START WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT
LIST. IF WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGN
UP IN PERSON WE WILL MOVE TO
THAT. FIRST STARTING WITH
HOWARD FOLLOWED BY DAVID. IF
YOU'RE WITH US, HIT STAR SIX
>> THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
>> WE HAVE MEANT , -- WE HAVE
SENT THE WRONG DIGITAL .
>> BOTH SPEAKERS SHOWN IS NOT
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME TO WORK THIS OUT.
>> WE ARE UPDATING THAT
INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> HOW IS IT LOOKING?
>> WE ARE UPDATING THE FORMS
NOW AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE
RECEIVING THEM AND WILL BE
RESPONDING SHORTLY.
>> COLORS ARE ON. STANDBY
PLEASE WILL IT UPDATE THE NAME.
COLORS -- CALLERS ARE ON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GET
TO IT. OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS WE
HAVE WITH US TODAY ARE DR.
HOWARD GAIL AND DAVID HAYNES.
DR. GAIL, YOU ARE FIRST.
>> GOOD MORNING. HOWARD GAIL,
SEATTLE STOP.ORG. AS 2023 COMES
TO AN END WE CAN LOOK BACK AND
SEE A PATTERN OF THE ENTRENCHED
FAILURES OF OUR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. DESPITE
THE MASSIVE PUBLIC IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THE SPD
KILLING OF JAAHNAVI KANDULA
THERE HAS BEEN NO
ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT FOR THE
OFFICER WHO RAN HER OVER OR THE
OFFICER AND VICE PRESIDENT WHO
MADE REMARKS DEMEANING AND
EVALUATING HER LIFE. WITH THE
KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR FURTHER
DELAYING CHARGING DECISIONS
INTO 2024. BUT AT LEAST WE DO
KNOW HER NAME AND HER
CIRCUMSTANCE. WEARS IN THE CASE
OF LAST YEAR'S SPD MURDER OF A
MAN IN SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH
DISTRESS, RUNNING NAKED AND
CHASED BY A POLICE DOG, SENT TO
ATTACK THE MAN'S WE STILL DO
NOT KNOW HIS NAME AND THIS
GROSS ABUSE HAS BEEN IGNORED.
SIMILARLY WE DISCOVER MUCH
MEDIA GIVEN TO THE
INAPPROPRIATE ITEMS IN A
POLICE STATION IN 2021 THAT
IGNORE THE HORRIFYING'S REPORT
OF GUNFIRE IN FEBRUARY ON
CAPITOL HILL RESULTING IN THE
SPD POINTING ASSAULT RIFLES AT
AND TERRORIZING AN INNOCENT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEEN WHO WAS
ONLY SAVED BY THE INTERVENTION
OF BYSTANDERS. THESE TWO
EXAMPLES LOCATE THE POLITICIANS
AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM ONLY
RESPOND, ALBEIT WITH
QUESTIONABLE CONSEQUENCE, ONLY
WITH CAUGHT IGNORING EGREGIOUS
POLICE ABUSE WHEN IT GOES
UNNOTICED. 2023 HAS ALSO SEEN
OUR SYSTEM CLOSE OUT A 70
WITHOUT THE FILLING COUNCIL
LEGISLATION TO FULFILL A
PROCESS FOR WHEN THE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FAILS
POLICE ABUSE. THIS CONTINUING
FAILURE IS PARTLY STRIPPED
HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS OF POLICE
ABUSE FROM 2020 OF ANY
POSSIBILITY OF SEEING JUSTICE
OR ACCOUNTABILITY. IS THIS
DENIAL OF RIGHTS STRETCHES INTO
AN EIGHT YEAR, FALSE CLAIMS
HAVE BEEN MADE AS TO HOW THE
FAILURE TO UPHOLD COUNCIL
RESOLUTION IS PROGRESSING WHEN
IT IS SIMPLY BEEN FARMED TO THE
FEDERAL COURT MONITOR ONCE MORE
DENYING VOICE TO THE COMMUNITY
AND THOSE HARMED BY POLICE.
DENYING THE VOICE OF THOSE
HARMED BY POLICE IS FURTHER
ENTRENCHED THIS YEAR BY SYSTEMS
UNDERLYING A PROGRAM AND THE
DENIAL OF PUBLIC COMMENT. IT
HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD YEAR.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS DAVID HAYNES.
>> DAVID, IF YOU ARE WITH US,
HIT STAR SIX.
>> IT APPEARS WE LOST THE
COLOR.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, THAT MEANS I
BELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF
PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T SEE ANY
OTHER FOLKS HAVING SIGNED UP.
WE WILL MOVE INTO THE BULK OF
OUR AGENDA. PLEASE READ IN THE
FIRST ITEM.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE LEAD
PROGRAM 3rd QUARTER UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS
FIRST ITEM RELATES TO THE LEAD
PROGRAM. AND FIRST WE'RE GOING
TO START WITH THE PRESENTERS
DOING A QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTION. YOUR NAME, TITLE.
AND WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF WORDS OF
INTRODUCTION. SO START WITH
THAT QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN I WILL
SAY A FEW WORDS AND HANDED BACK
TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
LISA DAUGAARD, COEXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF 'PURPOSE. DIGNITY.
ACTION.', THE PROJECT
MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION FOR
SEATTLE LEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, MY
NAME IS MICHELLE McCLENDON AND
I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR
THE 3rd AVENUE PROJECT AS WELL
AS EAST PRECINCT.
>> I AM SAM WOLFF, SENIOR
PROJECT MANAGER FOR LEAD, I
FOCUS ON THE WEST AND NORTHWEST
PRECINCTS.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
BRENTON ZACHRY, DIRECTOR OF
DATA AND QUALITY AT PD.
>> WE ARE NOT JOINED BY OUR
COLLEAGUE WHO IS THE MANAGER
FOR THE SOUTH PRECINCT, HE IS
ILL. BETWEEN US WE WILL COVER
WHAT RAMON WOULD HAVE
ADDRESSED.
>> THANK YOU'S MUCH.
>> THIS IS ON THE LEAD PROGRAM.
IS A 3rd QUARTER UPDATE.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SUPER TIMELY
AS AN UPDATE. GIVEN THE FACT
THAT THE COUNCIL RECENTLY
PASSED A PUBLIC USE POSSESSION
BUILT RELATED TO THE PUBLIC
USE AND POSSESSION OF DRUGS.
AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE BILL
ALLOWING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
PROSECUTE THOSE CASES, CASES
THAT STATE LAW PERMITS POLICE
TO DO ARRESTS FOR, BUT THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LEGISLATION
IS THAT IT IS A LEGISLATIVE
PATHWAY IN TRYING , ENSHRINED
IN THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
TO DIVERSION. INCLUDING EACH
PREARREST DIVERSION.
PRE-BOOKING DIVERSION. AND
PREFILING DIVERSION. THESE ARE
ALL DIFFERENT STAGES IN THE
PROSECUTION AND ARREST PROCESS
WHERE DIVERSION SERVICES CAN
AND ARE BEING APPLIED. THIS IS
A GREAT RESOURCE TO THE PEOPLE
WITH WHOM L.E.A.D. COMES INTO
CONTACT WITH, WITH WHOM THE
POLICE COME INTO CONTACT WITH.
AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO USE. THINK IT IS
REALLY INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
FOR POLICYMAKERS TO UNDERSTAND
THE TRANSFER DIVERSION
ESPECIALLY FOR THE COUNCIL
WITH OUR AUTHORITY OVER THE
BUDGETING PROCESS, GIVEN THE
FACT THAT L.E.A.D. IS
EXPERIENCING AND LIKELY TO
CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE
INCREASED REFERRALS TO THE
DIVERSIONARY SERVICES BECAUSE
OF THE PASSAGE OF THE
PRE-MENTIONED, AFOREMENTIONED
ORDINANCE. REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU BEING WITH US HERE TODAY.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BEFORE
A NEW COUNCIL TAKES OFFICE.
WITH THAT, I HANDED OVER TO YOU
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
WE WILL HAVE SOME REMARKS ABOUT
YOUR TENURE BEFORE WE FINISH
AS WELL. SO, I AM GOING TO
START WITH A QUICK OVERVIEW FOR
THOSE WERE NOT SUPER FAMILIAR
WITH THE L.E.A.D. MODEL. IS A
PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY THAT
USES HUMAN SERVICES TOOLS. IT
IS NOT A HUMAN SERVICES
INTERVENTION. IN A STANDALONE
SENSE. IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE
CRIME, THAT IS THE SINGLE
AGREED GOAL BY ALL L.E.A.D.
STAKEHOLDERS. IT USES
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO
IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS
SO THEY ARE NOT BEHAVING IN
WAYS THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC FOR
THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AND
CULMINATING IN THE REDUCTION
OF CRIME BY INDIVIDUALS. AT
SCALE, THAT MODEL HOLDS PROMISE
TO REDUCE INCIDENCE OF CRIME
COMMUNITYWIDE. BUT WITHOUT
BEING SCALED, WE ARE LIMITED IN
OUR ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH
OVERALL CRIME REDUCTION. THERE
ARE THREE WAYS INTO L.E.A.D.
SERVICES. THREE FRONT DOORS IF
YOU WILL. ONE IS THE CLASSIC
INITIAL , THIS IS SORT OF WHAT
L.E.A.D. WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN
FOR, THAT IS WHEN A POLICE
OFFICER HAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO
MAKE AN ARREST FOR A DIVERSION
ELIGIBLE CRIME, AND THOSE
CRIMES ARE SPECIFIED IN AN
AGREED PROTOCOL , THEY CAN CALL
A PHONE NUMBER AND GET AN
IMMEDIATE WARM HAND OFF
RESPONSE FROM A CASE MANAGER OR
OTHER STAFF MEMBER. AND THEY
CHOOSE TO RELEASE THE
INDIVIDUAL. THEY ARE
TECHNICALLY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TERMS, THE PERSON IS
INVESTIGATED AND RELEASED. IN A
WARM HAND OFF, THE RESPONDING
CASE MANAGER DOES SOME SORT OF
CRISIS SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT
OF IMMEDIATE NEEDS. BUT ALSO
MAKES A PLAN TO FOLLOW UP WITH
THE PERSON WITHIN 30 DAYS TO DO
A MORE IN-DEPTH, IT USUALLY
TAKES ABOUT TWO HOURS,
PSYCHOSOCIAL INTAKE SCREENING
AND THE INDIVIDUAL EITHER THEN
OR AT THE POINT OF THE INTAKE
SCREENING SIGNS A RELEASE OF
INFORMATION THAT ALLOWS THE
CASE MANAGER TO SHARE
INFORMATION WITH PARTNERS WHO
WOULD NOT NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS
TO CASE MANAGEMENT INSIGHTS
ABOUT SOMEONE'S RECOVERY
PROCESS, INCLUDING LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS,
BUT ALSO OTHER PARTNERS. THAT
IS AN ARREST DIVERSION. THAT
IS HOW WE STARTED IN 2011/2012.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM
IN SEATTLE, L.E.A.D. WAS
DOMINATED BY ARREST REFERRALS.
BUT PRETTY QUICKLY PLEASE
OFFICERS DECIDED TO BE MORE
PROACTIVE AND INSTEAD OF
WAITING TO THE POINT THAT THEY
HAD PROBABLE CAUSE OR
ENCOUNTERED SOMEBODY IN THE
MIDST OF COMMITTING A CRIME,
THEY KNEW WHO MANY OF THOSE
FOLKS WERE THAT WOULD
ULTIMATELY BE IN THAT
SITUATION, POLICE COULD GO
UPSTREAM, THEY PROPOSED AND
MAKE WHAT THEY CALL SOCIAL
CONTACT REFERRALS. IT IS A
NON-DETENTION BASED REFERRAL
WHERE THEY KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL
CHRONICALLY ENGAGES IN ILLEGAL
BEHAVIOR RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH OR POVERTY. AND THEY
WANT TO REDUCE THAT, SO THEY
CONNECT THE PERSON TO SERVICES
OUTSIDE OF THE CONTEXT OF AN
ENFORCEMENT ACTION. AND OVER
TIME , OVER THE FIRST 10 YEARS
OR SO OF L.E.A.D.'S OPERATION,
THE RATIO OF L.E.A.D. REFERRALS
SWITCHED. INSTEAD OF BEING LED
BY ARREST REFERRALS, POLICE
REFERRALS WERE DOMINATED BY
SOCIAL CONTACT PROACTIVE
REFERRALS. AND THE THIRD WAY
IN, STARTING IN 2020, WHEN THE
WERE SEVERE POLICE CAPACITY
CHALLENGES , INITIALLY BECAUSE
OF COVID, AND FOR POLICE
HEALTH AND JUST OVERALL
SYSTEM STRESSES, OFFICERS WERE
DIRECTED NOT TO SPEND TIME
TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTION
AROUND LOW-LEVEL OFFENSES. IT
BECAME CLEAR , A LOT OF PEOPLE
WERE COMMITTING LOW-LEVEL
OFFENSES RELATING TO DRUG USE,
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES,
MENTAL HEALTH AND POVERTY AND
EXTREME ECONOMIC INSTABILITY AT
THE TIME. IF L.E.A.D.
RESOURCES WERE GOING TO ADDRESS
THAT VERY REAL PUBLIC SAFETY
PUBLIC ORDER ISSUE, THE
L.E.A.D. TEAM IS GOING TO NEED
TO GET PEOPLE DIRECTLY WITHOUT
THE NECESSITY OF HAVING POLICE
INTERACTION. IT WAS NEVER A
CLOSED DOOR TO THOSE POLICE
CHANNELS, BUT THE THIRD DOOR OF
REFERRALS, DIRECT COMMUNITY
IDENTIFICATION OF AN ISSUE AND
CALLING FOR A RESPONSE WAS
CREATED AND THAT WAS BY
PROVISO OF THIS COUNCIL AS WELL
AS THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL THAT
RECOGNIZED THAT OTHERWISE WE
WOULD HAVE RESOURCES THAT WERE
APPROPRIATE TO THE SITUATION
KIND OF LOCKED UP AND UNABLE TO
RESPOND. SO YOU AND THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL OPENED THAT
CHANNEL . WHAT WE HAVE NEVER
DONE IS WIDELY ADVERTISE THAT
COMMUNITY REFERRAL OPPORTUNITY
BECAUSE WHENEVER WE HAVE COME
CLOSE TO DOING THAT THE PROGRAM
HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED BY TOTALLY
APPROPRIATE REQUEST FOR
RESPONSE. SO IT DOESN'T BUILD
CREDIBILITY OR CREATE A SYSTEM
FOR THE LONG-TERM TO PRETEND
TO PEOPLE THAT THERE IS AN
OPTION THAT ONCE THEY USE IT
IT DOESN'T COME. SO WE ARE
STILL HOVERING SEVERAL YEARS
LATER IN THIS SPACE WHERE WE DO
HAVE A COMMUNITY REFERRAL
CHANNEL, BUT MOST MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT WANT TO
USE IT DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. AND
DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS IT. SO
IT MAY BE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN
STEP PAST THAT BARRIER. IF WE
DID, WE IMAGINE WE WOULD BE IN
SORT OF AN UPWARD SPIRAL OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN MAKE
APPROPRIATE REFERRALS, THEY
RECOGNIZE CHRONIC LAW
VIOLATIONS ARE AN ISSUE BUT
THEY ALSO NOTE THE APPROPRIATE
RESPONSE IS XFINITY BASED CARE
ONE, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE
THOSE. THAT CAN LESSEN THE
BURDEN -- AND CALLS TO SERVICE
TO POLICE THEY STRUGGLE TO
RESPOND TO NOW. WE ARE NOT YET
IN THAT BENEFICIAL UPWARD
SPIRAL WHERE UNITY REFERRALS
ARE ABLE TO REDUCE THE BURDEN
ON LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A
SYSTEMATIC WAY. ONCE PEOPLE GET
IN, ANY OF THOSE THREE DOORS,
THE PROCESS IS EXACTLY THE
SAME. EVER WHEN SIGNS THE
RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO ALLOW
INFORMATION SHARING AND WE
EMBARK ON LONG-TERM CARE
COORDINATION AND SUSTAINED
CASE MANAGEMENT. I SHOULD POSIT
THE SAY EVERYONE AT THIS TABLE
IS PART OF THE PROJECT
MANAGEMENT TEAM. WE DON'T
PROVIDE DIRECT CARE. PDA, OUR
ORGANIZATION SUBCONTRACTS WITH
TWO CASE MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS
IN KING COUNTY FOR SEATTLE
THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE REACH
PROGRAM AT EVERGREEN TREATMENT
SERVICES. I WILL PAUSE AND SAY
ONE OF OUR UPDATES IS THAT THE
POLICY COURT KNITTING GROUP,
WHICH IS THE GOVERNING BODY
THAT THIS COUNCIL IS
REPRESENTED ON ANOTHER SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY OFFICIALS SIT
ON, THEY DIRECTED LAST YEAR,
AND WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD THIS
YEAR, WITH A PROCUREMENT
PROCESS TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL
PROVIDERS. ADDITIONAL CASE
MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS. EVEN
THOUGH REACH DID AN ABSOLUTELY
HEROIC JOB OF ESTABLISHING
THIS MODEL OF CASE MANAGEMENT
THAT HAS NOW BEEN REPLICATED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEY ARE
NOT THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT
CAN DO THIS WORK AND AT SOME
POINT, AS WE SCALE, IT IS NOT A
GOOD SYSTEM DESIGN TO DEPEND
ENTIRELY ON THE CAPACITY OF
ONE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND
SO THE IDEA OF MULTIPLYING
PROVIDERS IS JUST GOOD
PRACTICE. GOOD SUSTAINABILITY
PLANNING. AND SO, WE HAVE
CLOSED A PROCUREMENT AND A
PANEL OF PROPOSAL EVALUATORS
REPRESENTING THE GOVERNING BODY
, JUST FINISHED A PROCESS OF
SCREENING AND INTERVIEWING TWO
APPLICANTS AND FOUND BOTH OF
THEM QUALIFIED AND WE ARE
ABOUT TO ISSUED NOTICE OF
INTENT TO CONTRACT WITH BOTH.
ONE OF THEM IS THE OLDEST
BIPOC LEAD HARM REDUCTION
ORGANIZATION ON THE WEST COAST.
AND ONE OF THEM IS A
MEDICATION -ASSISTED TREATMENT
PROVIDER THAT WORKS VERY
CLOSELY WITH MARION COUNTY'S
L.E.A.D. PROGRAM IN OREGON.
AND DOES OUTREACH AND CASE
MANAGEMENT INDEPENDENT OF
THEIR PROVISION OF MAT. THESE
ARE VERY DIFFERENT,
ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME FROM
DIFFERENT TRADITION, CARE OF
SERVICES AND TREATMENT FOR
PEOPLE SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES BUT
HAVE DEEP EXPERIENCE. IT IS
EXCITING , IF YOU PUT THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER WITH
L.E.A.D. TO SEE THE UNITY , THE
AGREEMENTS AROUND WHAT PEOPLE
REALLY NEED. AND,
ORGANIZATIONS STEPPING FORWARD
TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR EXPERTISE
TO PROVIDE THAT. WILL BE
TRYING TO COME OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MONTHS, FIGURE OUT
THE RIGHT DIVISION OF LABOR SO
THE THREE ENTITIES ARE MATCHED
WITH THE RIGHT VOLUME OF
PARTICIPANTS TO CASE MANAGE AS
WELL AS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THEIR SPECIAL EXPERTISE AND
BACKGROUND. THE LEAD
INTERVENTION MODEL IS SORT OF
AN AGGREGATION OF DIFFERENT
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO
ACCOMPLISH BEHAVIOR CHANGE FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLEX
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS, VERY
OFTEN DEEP TRAUMA EXPERIENCE,
AND HAVE BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS
WITH STANDARDIZED SYSTEMS OF
CARE. I WILL JUST SAY THAT
THE KING COUNTY FAMILIAR FACES
PROJECT WHICH UNFOLDED FROM
2015 TO 2017, DID A VERY DEEP
DIVE IN DATA ON THE EXPERIENCE
OF PEOPLE WERE FREQUENTLY BEING
BOOKED INTO THE KING COUNTY
JAIL , IDENTIFIED THAT THE
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY HAVE BOTH
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH , SORRY, BOTH
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER RELATED
ISSUES AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES. AND, FOUND THAT THE
POPULATION WAS CHRONICALLY
UNSERVED BUT PRETTY MUCH ALL
STANDARDIZED CARE SYSTEMS. AND
SO, COMMENCED THE PROCESS OF
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD
BE THE BEST WAY TO CONNECT THAT
POPULATION TO CARE TO IMPROVE
HEALTH OUTCOMES BUT ALSO TO
REDUCE CRIME. AND, LIEN, I
DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE FANS
OF LIEN, IT WAS A LEAN
PROCESS, EXTENSIVE OF EXAMINING
ALL KINDS OF INTERVENTIONS AND
FAMILIAR FACES SETTLED ON
L.E.A.D. IS THE EXISTING MODEL
THE BEST MATCHED WHAT WOULD
WORK BEST FOR THIS POPULATION.
WE HAVE HELD TRUE TO THOSE
BEST PRACTICES BEFORE AND
SINCE. THE KEY POINT IS THAT
MOST PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS
PROBLEMATICALLY AND IN A WAY
THAT IMPACTS OTHERS , MOST OF
THOSE PEOPLE , THE ISSUE IS
NOT ONLY DRUG USE. DRUG USE IS
A RESPONSE TO AND SOMETIMES
FLOATING ON TOP OF DEEPER MORE
LONG-STANDING MALADAPTIVE
COPING STRATEGIES AND VERY
PROBLEMATIC SORT OF
SEPARATING FROM RELATIONSHIP
FROM CARE NETWORKS . IN ORDER
TO ADDRESS DRUG ISSUES, YOU
ALSO HAVE TO ADDRESS THE
UNDERLYING DYNAMICS THAT ARE
DRIVING THAT AND OTHER
PROBLEMATIC COPING MECHANISMS.
AND REALLY HELP THE PERSON MAKE
A PLAN TO LIVE A MEANINGFUL
LIFE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO FEEL
HOPE, TO FEEL THAT THERE IS A
PATH FOR STRENGTHENING AND
THEY CAN IMAGINE A STORY IN
WHICH THEY RELY LESS AND
ULTIMATELY NOT ON PROBLEMATIC
DRUG USE. SO, THAT IS THE
MODEL. OTHER CURRENT UPDATES,
BEFORE WE GET TO THE DATA
SLIDES, WE ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON
THE PERIOD, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY
GOING TO BE A Q3 REPORT BUT WE
KNEW THE COUNCILS PROBABLY MOST
INTERESTED IN Q4 WHICH IS THE
PERIOD OF THE MENTATION OF THE
ORDINANCE. THAT IS WHERE OUR
DATA FOCUSED. SOME OF THE
QUALITATIVE UPDATES BEFORE WE
GET THERE, WE HAVE JUST
CONCLUDED SOME REALLY
PROMISING CONVERSATIONS WITH --
SO SPD IS OBVIOUSLY PRIMARY
PARTNER IN L.E.A.D., SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT KING
COUNTY METRO IS ALSO
LONG-STANDING OPERATIONAL
PARTNER AND WE JUST FINISHED
TRANSIT ZONES IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, OBVIOUSLY METRO
POLICE EXTEND OUTSIDE THE CITY.
BUT HAVE A NUMBER OF TRANSIT
ZONES WHERE DYNAMICS OF
CONCERN ARE TAKING PLACE.
INVOLVING PEOPLE USING DRUGS.
SO WE JUST FINISHED A REALLY
PROMISING PLANNING SESSION
WITH METRO POLICE ABOUT
LAUNCHING FOCUSED EFFORTS IN
THE THIRD AVENUE TRANSIT ZONE.
LITTLE SAIGON TRANSIT ZONE
AND THE TRANSIT AREA AT 105th
AND AURORA. SO THEY PLAN TO
HAVE FOCUSED -- TO DO FOCUSED
ATTENTION IN THOSE AREAS AND
MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE
APPROPRIATE REFERRALS TO
L.E.A.D.. WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO AN EVEN GREATER
IMPACT IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE
HAVE HAD WITH A PARTNERSHIP
WITH SPD IN THE COMMUNITY
REFERRALS. THE OTHER IMPORTANT
QUALITY UPDATE IS THAT ONE OF
OUR FOCUS IMPACT AREAS IN 2023,
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO COVER THE CITY
BORDER TO BORDER AND ELIMINATE
THAT WAS SORT OF A SATURATION
LEVEL OF SERVICE, IN 2023 WE
IDENTIFIED NINE FOCUS IMPACT
AREAS AROUND THE CITY WHERE WE
WOULD CONCENTRATE COMMUNITY
REFERRALS. BASICALLY TURNED ON
COMMITTEE REFERRALS AT ANY
OTHER LOCATION. ONE OF THOSE IS
THE UPPER THIRD AVENUE AREA
WHERE THE THIRD AVENUE PROJECT
THAT MICHELLE IS THE PROJECT
MANAGER FOR AND SHE WILL TALK
MORE ABOUT, IS SET UP AND
ORGANIZED. THE THIRD AVENUE
PROJECT HAS ENCOUNTERED A VERY
HIGH VOLUME, KIND OF NO
SURPRISE, BUT A HOLLOW -- HIGH
VOLUME OF PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS
AND COMMIT RELATED DRUGS
CRIMES, RELATED TO BASIC NEEDS
AND ACQUISITION OF DRUGS . WE
HAVE FOUND THROUGH CREATION OF
A LIST WITH PARTNERS INCLUDING
WE DELIVER CLEAR CARE THAT AN
OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS ARE CURRENTLY
UNSHELTERED. WE HAVE COME TO
UNDERSTAND A HOUSING PLAN TO BE
REALLY FUNDAMENTAL TO
RECOVERING STRATEGY THAT IS
GOING TO WORK FOR THE GROUP OF
PEOPLE. AND, I'M REALLY HAPPY
TO SAY THAT THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
HAS PARTNERED WITH THE THIRD
AVENUE PROJECT ORIGINALLY AS
PART OF THEIR PARTNERSHIP FOR
ZERO UMBRELLA PROJECT FOCUSED
ON DOWNTOWN AND NOW STANDALONE
. SO THAT THERE IS A REALISTIC
POSSIBILITY THAT COHORTS OF
VERY HIGH IMPACT PEOPLE CAN BE
MATCHED WITH APPROPRIATE ,
USUALLY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. WE ARE STARTING TO
MAKE THOSE MATCHES IN FAIRLY
SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS. SO WE ARE
NOT WORKING WITH A GROUP OF
500 OR MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED ALL AT ONCE, WE
ARE IDENTIFYING HIGHEST IMPACT
COHORTS AND MAKING THOSE
PLACEMENTS. I REALLY WANT TO
CALL OUT CASEY ARCH FOR IMPACT
ORIENTED STRUCTURE OF ACCESS
TO SOME CRITICAL HOUSING
RESOURCES THERE. WE CAN GO
INTO OUR DATA SLIDES. BRENTON
ZACHRY IS GOING TO STEER US
THROUGH THESE , THERE ARE ONLY
A FEW SO IT WON'T TAKE VERY
LONG. THESE ARE YOUR
PRESENTERS. WE CAN MOVE TO THE
FIRST SLIDE. SO WE ARE GOING TO
SHOW THREE GREEN PIES ,
GREEN/BLUE PIES. COVERING EACH
OF THE THREE CHANNELS FOR
REFERRAL, ARREST REFERRALS,
PLEASE SOCIAL CONTACT REFERRALS
AND COMMUNITY REFERRALS. THIS
IS DESIGNED TO SHOW THE
PERCENTAGE OF ACCEPTANCE THAT
IS FLOWING FROM EACH OF THOSE
THREE CATEGORIES . THIS IS
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.
WE ARE COVERING THAT
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD OF THE
PUBLIC USE ORDINANCE. 45
ARREST REFERRALS SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF TOBER. WE HAVE
ACCEPTED ALL OF THEM. AS I
MENTIONED WHAT I MEAN IS
PEOPLE WILL START THE PROCESS ,
THEY WILL SIGN A RELEASE OF
INFORMATION AND THE CASE
MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL WORK TO
COMPLETE AN INTAKE PROCESS.
PEOPLE DO NOT COMPLETE THAT
INTAKE WITHIN 30 DAYS, UNLESS
SPD REQUESTS AN EXTENSION, AND
THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AGREES TO
THE EXTENSION, THE ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE WILL PRESENT OF LEAD
FILE THOSE CHARGES. BUT WE WILL
ACCEPT ANY OF THESE AND HAVE
ACCEPTED ANY OF THESE WHO
ACTUALLY COMPETE -- COMPLETE
THE PROCESS. NEXT FLIGHT. THIS
IS POLICE LED SOCIAL CONTACT
REFERRALS. AGAIN, PEOPLE WHO
ARE NOT UNDER ARREST, JUST
IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN NEED OF
SERVICES BY POLICE OFFICERS.
THE NUMBER HERE IS VIRTUALLY
IDENTICAL, IT IS 44 DURING THE
TWO MONTH OF TIME. THE HIGHEST
DIVIDED BETWEEN THE GREEN SLICE
WHICH IS OFFICERS MADE THE
REFERRAL AND A SERGEANT, THIS
IS SPD'S PROTOCOL IN MOST OF
THE PRECINCTS, THE SERGEANT HAS
TO APPROVE. THE SERGEANT DID
APPROVE AND 50% OF THE CASES.
IN 18% THE SERGEANT DENIED THE
REFERRAL FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
AND IN 32% OF THE CASES THEY
ARE STILL PENDING. SERGEANT
REVIEW. THAT IS REALLY BACKED
UP MORE THAN IT OTHERWISE MIGHT
BE BECAUSE OF SERGEANT
CAPACITY. OKAY, NEXT FLIGHT.
>> A QUICK QUESTION. COUNCIL
MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
FEEL FREE, AS LISA EXPLAINED,
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF SLIDES SO
AS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. THE
FIRST SLIDE WAS L.E.A.D.
ARREST REFERRALS. AND A SECOND
SLIDE IS SOCIAL CONTACT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> AND, THE FIRST SLIDE SHOWED
THE NUMBER OF ARREST REFERRALS
THAT YOU ACCEPTED, CORRECT?
NOT WHETHER OR NOT THE
INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT ARREST
ACCEPTED, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> EVERYONE SHOWN IN THAT PIE
CHART ACCEPTED THE INITIAL
REFERRAL. THE WERE A COUPLE OF
REFERRALS WERE PEOPLE DECLINED,
AND SO THEY WERE PROCESSED INTO
THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE NORMAL
COURSE OF BUSINESS. THIS
REFLECTS , THE POINT IS TO SHOW
WE ACCEPT 100% OF ARREST
REFERRALS. THERE IS NO
SCREENING WE DO. IF AN OFFICER
CHOOSES TO MAKE THAT REFERRAL
AND THE PERSON ACCEPTS, THEN
THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPTED
INTO THE PROGRAM.
>> SO WE DON'T HAVE, OR MAYBE
YOU HAVE, BUT THESE PARTICULAR
SLIDES DON'T SHOW, BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST
OBVIOUSLY, IN WHAT ARE THE
CONDITIONS THAT MAKE SOMEBODY
MORE LIKELY TO AGREE TO
PARTICIPATE IN DIVERSION. ARE
WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRACK
THAT ACROSS CONTACT REFERRALS,
COMMUNITY REFERRALS, AND ARREST
REFERRALS?
>> YES. I THINK WE CAN SHED
SOME LIGHT ON IT. BUT I WILL
SAY, THE ORDINANCE YOU ALL PAST
REQUIRED SPD TO REPORT ON THIS
AND SPD IS HOLDING REGULAR
CHECK-IN SESSIONS THAT INVOLVE
OTHER PARTIES INCLUDING US IN
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
WHERE WE ARE TRACKING THOSE
SORT OF TREND ON ACCEPTANCE. WE
HAVE NOT SEEN ANYONE ELSE
DECLINED A REFERRAL AFTER THAT
FIRST REALLY DAY OR WEEKEND OF
IMPLEMENTATION. I THINK THAT
SPEAKS TO , IN THAT FIRST WAVE
THERE WERE SOME OFFICERS WOULD
NEVER MADE A REFERRAL BEFORE
AND DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE OF PRESENTING THE
OPTION TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
OFFICERS HAVE GOTTEN MORE
SKILLFUL AND MORE COMFORTABLE
DOING THAT. IS ALSO THE CASE
THAT IN THAT VERY FIRST WAVE OF
REFERRALS, THE L.E.A.D. --
REACH CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM
THAT RESPONDED NOTED A HIGH
ACUITY OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN
THAT INITIAL COURT. THAT MAY
HAVE TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT
SPD DID A GOOD JOB OF WARNING
PEOPLE IN THE AREAS OF EMPHASIS
FIRST THAT THERE WAS GOING TO
BE ENFORCEMENT. SOME OF THE
PEOPLE WHO WERE ULTIMATELY
ARRESTED WERE PRETTY NOT
FUNCTIONING IN THE SAME REALITY
AS THE CASE MANAGERS ARE
POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. SO IT
MAY BE THAT FOLKS WERE
DECLINING JUST BECAUSE THEY
WERE NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING
THE SITUATION. BUT, WE HAVE
NOT SEEN THAT CONTINUE. IF
SOMEBODY COMES IN AND ACCEPTS ,
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE , WE
ARE TRACKING 45 PENDING
REFERRALS, MANY HAVE COMPLETED
INTAKE AT THIS POINT. AND
OTHERS, THE CASE MANAGEMENT
TEAM IS TRACKING DOWN OF THE
FOLKS TO DO THAT. SO SKIPPING
THROUGH TO THE THIRD SLIDE,
COMMUNITY REFERRALS,
INTERESTINGLY, ALMOST AGAIN AN
IDENTICAL NUMBER. WE ARE ALMOST
A PERFECTLY BALANCED TRIPOD. WE
HAVE SEEN 44 REFERRALS DURING
THIS PERIOD. WE HAVE APPROVED,
SO COMMUNITY REFERRALS, THE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM DECIDES
WHETHER TO ACCEPT THOSE AND WE
ARE PRESENTLY ONLY ACCEPTING
REFERRALS FROM THREE OF THE
NINE FOCUS IMPACT AREAS AROUND
THE CITY. RAINIER BEACH,
BECAUSE IT IS INDEPENDENTLY
FUNDED BY RECOVERY NAVIGATOR
PROGRAM FUNDS VIA KING COUNTY
THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNATED TO BRING L.E.A.D. TO
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE. BECAUSE
THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT DEPLETED WE
ARE CONTINUING TO ACCEPT
REFERRALS THAT THOSE FUNDS
SUPPORT. CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT HAS A
SMALL NUMBER OF REFERRALS WE
ARE ACCEPTING BECAUSE THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD IS OBVIOUSLY VERY
VULNERABLE AND IS IN THE MIDST
OF A PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM
FACILITATED SORT OF NEED
REDESIGN. SO WHEN A FEW
INDIVIDUALS COME IN, WE ARE
ACCEPTING THEM. WE EXPECT THE
SHAPE OF L.E.A.D. IN THE 2024
IN THE CID TO LOOK KIND OF
DIFFERENT. I THINK SAM CAN
SPEAK TO THAT. AND THEN UPPER
THIRD AVENUE, IS THE OTHER
AREA WHERE WE ARE TAKING
REFERRALS BECAUSE THOSE CASE
MANAGERS ARE DOING HOUSING
NAVIGATION FOR THAT PROCESS
WHERE RHA IS ALLOWING US TO
MAKE MATCHES WITH PERMANENT
HOUSING RESOURCES. IN ORDER TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE, SOMEONE HAS TO
IMMEDIATELY GO OUT AND DO VERY
INTENSIVE WORK DURING OBSTACLES
AND GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH THE
HOOPS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
ACCEPT AND TAKE THOSE
PLACEMENTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE PIE
CHART. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE FIRST ONE, WHICH I
UNDERSTAND, THOSE ARE REST FOR
PUBLIC USED TO GET REFERRED BY
A SERGEANT TO L.E.A.D.. BUT
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT , THE
SECOND SLIDE ON PAGE, I DON'T
KNOW, ALSO SERGEANT APPROVED,
ENDING REFERRAL WITH SERGEANT,
HOW ARE THOSE DIFFERENT? ARE
THEY DIFFERENT CRIMES OR
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT BRING THE
CASE TO THE ATTENTION OF SPD?
>> THE LATTER PRETTY MUCH.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRETTY
MUCH NOT IN CUSTODY AT THE
POINT OF REFERRAL. OFFICERS ARE
IDENTIFYING SOMEONE BECAUSE OF
THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CHRONIC
DYNAMICS. CHRONIC INSTANCES.
THESE ARE THOUGHT TO BE
GENERALLY THE SAME PEOPLE, THE
SAME SITUATION, IT'S JUST A
DIFFERENT POINT OF INTERCEPT.
IT'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
FACT THE POLICE ARE AWARE OF
CHRONIC CONDUCT AND THEY DON'T
HAVE TO WAIT TO RESPOND TO IT
UNTIL THEY HAPPEN TO INTERCEPT
WITH THAT PERSON UNDER
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD GIVE
PROBABLE CAUSE TO MAKE AN
ARREST. IT IS MORE PROACTIVE.
BUT IT IS THE SAME, IT'S
GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD TO BE THE
SAME CLIENT POOL OR PARTICIPANT
POOL.
>> WHY IS ONE OF THESE
CATEGORIES SERGEANT DENIED?
WHAT YOU JUST SAID MADE IT SEEM
AS THOUGH IT'S INITIATED BY THE
POLICE .
>> IT IS INITIATED BY LINE
OFFICERS. SPD LONG AGO CREATED
A BUSINESS FLOW PROCESS FLOW
WERE SERGEANTS APPROVED THESE.
WHETHER THAT MAKES SENSE IS
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE IN SPD
HAVE VARIOUS OPINIONS ABOUT IN
THE EAST PRECINCT. MICHELLE'S
FOLKS, HAS ALWAYS HANDLED IT
DIFFERENTLY. THEY JUST ALLOW
OFFICERS TO MAKE POINT OF
IDENTIFICATION REFERRALS AND
THE SERGEANT DOES NEVER BE TOLD
THOSE. THIS IS AN INTERNAL
OVERSIGHT DECISION BY SPD. THE
VALUE OF SERGEANT REFERRAL IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VOLUME
DOESN'T OVERWHELM. SO YOU CAN
TITRATE TO THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY REFERRALS IN THE
PRECINCT AND SAM IS GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THE SOUTH PRECINCT
STRATEGY THERE. THAT ISN'T
ALWAYS HOW IT HAS WORKED. A
SERGEANT MIGHT DENY BECAUSE
IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THEY
HAVE SEEN BEFORE. IT'S NOT
SOMEONE POSING A CHRONIC ISSUE
IN THEIR PRECINCT. SO IT'S NOT
A HIGH PRIORITY USE OF
RESOURCES. THEY ALSO COULD DENY
IT BECAUSE THE PERSON IN THEIR
SCREEN OF HISTORY PRESENTS SOME
SPECIFIC INDICATORS OF
POTENTIAL DANGER TO STAFF, TO
PROGRAM STAFF. THAT IS
PROBABLY THE SECOND MOST
FREQUENT REASON FOR A SERGEANT
DENIAL, CONCERN ABOUT
MANAGEMENT SAFETY. AND THERE
ARE SOME IDIOSYNCRATIC
REASONS.
>> ALL RIGHT, BEFORE YOU GO ON,
JUST FLAGGING I AM INTERESTED
IN KNOWING WHAT HAPPENS, NOW
THAT THE DRUG USE BILL'S PAST,
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO
COVER IT LATER ON , BUT, WHAT
ENDS UP HAPPENING ONCE THEY'RE
IN YOUR PROGRAM?
>> OKAY. I SHOULD SAY, I WILL
DO A LITTLE MORE, BUT WE ARE
RETURNING TO MY COLLEAGUES ARE
GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT, I SHOULD
SAY IN THE FIRST SLIDE ABOUT
THE ARREST REFERRALS, THAT
SHOWED 100% ACCEPTANCE, THOSE
ARE NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR
POSSESSION AND PUBLIC USE. I
KNOW IN THAT POOL THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF REFERRALS FOR EXAMPLE
OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS. THERE ARE
OTHER CRIMES LEASER AUTHORIZED
TO MAKE ARREST REFERRALS FOR.
UNDER THE L.E.A.D. PROTOCOL
AND WE HAVE SEEN A FEW OF
THOSE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
MONTHS. SPD IS REALLY
REBOOTING THIS WHOLE PROCESS. A
LOT OF OFFICERS HAVE NEVER DONE
THIS BEFORE AND THERE HAVE BEEN
GROWING PAINS AROUND THE
PROCESS. SPOILER ALERT, THE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN REMARKABLE
IN ITS DEDICATION TO GETTING
THIS RIGHT, MAKING PROCESS
IMPROVEMENTS, DOING AFTER
ACTION CHECK-IN , AND
IDENTIFYING GLITCHES THAT
NEEDED TO GET WORKED OUT ON
THERE AND AND IN TRAINING AND
IS CLEARLY COMMITTED TO
REACQUAINTING OFFICERS
THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT
ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS
CHANNEL. I CAN JUST REPORT
REALLY STRONG PARTNERSHIP AT
THE COMMAND LEVEL AND AT THE
PRECINCT LEVEL. IN THIS
REBOOT. OKAY. MOVING AWAY FROM
THE PIE CHARTS, THESE YELLOW
BLOTCHES REPRESENT HOW WE HAVE
RETRACTED THE ABILITY OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE
DIRECT REFERRALS. IN 2022,
UNITY REFERRALS COULD COME FROM
ANYWHERE IN THE CITY AND AS A
RESULT WE WERE TURNING DOWN
MANY OF THEM, MOST OF THEM, AND
THERE WAS NOT ANY REAL
COHERENT IMPACT OF TAKING THESE
REFERRALS BECAUSE IT'S JUST A
VAST NEED AND A VAST LANDSCAPE
AND OUR RESOURCES CAPACITY
DIDN'T ALLOW US TO HAVE A VERY
DISCERNIBLE IMPACT. IN 2023 IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHICH IS
ALSO BEEN A TREMENDOUS PARTNER
IN THINKING THROUGH HOW TO USE
THE L.E.A.D. TOOL, WE SETTLED
ON A STRATEGY OF FOCUS IMPACT
AREAS AND THEIR LAYOUT ON THE
MAP. THERE IS PERHAPS NOT
PLEA COINCIDENTALLY THERE IS
AT LEAST ONE PER COUNCIL
DISTRICT. AND WHERE WE ARE
TODAY, AS OF OCTOBER, OR
ACTUALLY A LITTLE EARLIER,
HAVING TO DIAL BACK ACCEPTANCE
OF COMMUNITY REFERRALS TO LIMIT
THEM ONLY TO THESE THREE
HIGHEST PRIORITY AREAS ,
RAINIER VALLEY NOT ONLY BEING A
HIGH PRIORITY BUT ALSO HAVING
AN INDEPENDENT FUNDING SOURCE.
WHAT THIS MEANS EFFECTIVELY IS
THAT IF YOU ARE COMMITTEE
PARTNER IN BALLARD, THE
U-DISTRICT, BALLARD, SOTO, THE
EAST PRECINCT OR SOUTHWEST
SEATTLE, AND YOU IDENTIFYING A
TOTALLY APPROPRIATE L.E.A.D.
CANDIDATE WHO COULD PROBABLY
HELP WITH, WE ARE SAYING NO.
AND WE ARE ROUTINELY BLANKET
DENYING THOSE. OF COURSE THAT
IS HAVING A DEPRESSING EFFECT
ON PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN MAKING
REFERRALS BECAUSE IT IS
POINTLESS IN THOSE AREAS.
WHETHER WE CAN RESTORE THAT
ABILITY TO TAKE REFERRALS IS AN
OPEN QUESTION FOR 2024 AS YOU
WILL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. NOT
QUITE THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS
SHOWING YOU WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE PERIOD RIGHT BEFORE AND
RIGHT AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE POSSESSION AND PUBLIC
USE ORDINANCE. THE REDLINE IS
ARREST REFERRALS. YOU CAN SEE
THAT AS ANTICIPATED THEY
REALLY SPIKED RIGHT AFTER THE
ORDINANCE WENT INTO EFFECT ON
OCTOBER 20. WE CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE REFERRALS EPISODIC
AND WE'RE GOING TO HIT A
NUMBER LIKE THAT , 15 IS WHAT
THAT SAYS, WHEN AND IF THERE IS
ANOTHER EMPHASIS. BUT WE STILL
HAVE RECEIVED MORE KIND OF
INDIVIDUAL REFERRALS TRICKLING
IN BECAUSE OF GREATER AWARENESS
AROUND THE DEPARTMENT. THE
GRAY LINE IS SOCIAL CONTACT
REFERRALS. FROM POLICE
OFFICERS , INDIVIDUALS NOT IN
CUSTODY. THAT IS PRETTY
ACTIVE. THE COMMUNITY REFERRAL
LINE AS NOTED IS BEING
DEPRESSED BY PEOPLE JUST
BASICALLY NOT MEETING WITH ANY
SUCCESS WHEN THEY ATTEMPT TO
MAKE REFERRALS. SO WE ARE
SEEING THAT NUMBER DWINDLE AND
THAT OVER THE YEARS IS WHAT WE
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] TURNDOWN
MOST OF THE REFERRALS THAT COME
IN.
>> IF YOU COULD GO BACK FOR
SECOND. THE CHART TYPES
CORRESPOND TO THE GRAPH, AND
YOU DID SAY THIS, LISA, BUT I
WANT TO STATE AGAIN, 80,
ARREST DIVERSION. CR IS
COMMITTEE REFERRAL, AND SC IS
SOCIAL CONTACT. AND JUST TO
EMPHASIZE THE POINT YOU MADE,
AS YOU ARE TAKING MORE ARREST
REFERRALS, ASSOCIATED WITH
THE PUBLIC USE AND POSSESSION
DRUG LAW, THE COMMUNITY
REFERRALS FOR REDUCING AND
WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU ARE LESS
OF A RESOURCE FOR MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC , BUSINESS
ASSOCIATIONS, UNITY
ORGANIZATIONS , WHO PREVIOUSLY
YOU ARE VERY ACTIVE IN TAKING
REFERRALS FROM.
>> YES. THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN
IN THOSE THREE AREAS, BUT FOR
THE REST OF THE CITY IT IS
SORT OF A HYPOTHETICAL CHANNEL
FOR RESPONSE THAT IS NOT
REALLY OPEN AT THIS TIME.
OKAY, SO DURING THE DEBATE
OVER THE POSITION OF PUBLIC USE
ORDINANCE, MANY PEOPLE
OBSERVED THAT IT WAS LIKELY
THAT THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE
IN ARREST DIVERSIONS AND
PLEASE REFERRALS OVERALL AND
THAT THE FUNDING FOR L.E.A.D.
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND
ADOPTED BUDGET DID NOT
INCREASE, IN FACT IT VERY
SLIGHTLY DECREASED. AND SO, ON
A COLLISION COURSE WITH THE
CAPACITY PROBLEM, AND SO WE
HAVE -- I REALLY WANT TO CALL
OUT OUR DATA TEAM FOR DOING
SOME PREDICTIVE WORK. WE SHOW
THAT IF THE VARIOUS REFERRAL
CATEGORIES AND ACCEPTANCE
CONTINUES, ON SORT OF CURRENT
RATIOS, AND AT CURRENT RATES,
WE WILL HIT AN ABSOLUTE
CAPACITY CEILING SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY. AND NOT
ONLY , RIGHT NOW WE ARE
CONTROLLING OUR CAPACITY ISSUE
BY DENYING COMMUNITY REFERRALS,
WE WILL NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO ACCEPT PLEASE
REFERRALS , EVEN ARREST
DIVERSIONS THAT ARE CALLED FOR
BY THE ORDINANCE AND CALLED FOR
BY THE SPD POLICY BY LATE
SPRING. SO THIS IS JUST --
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HST ,
THE LIKELIHOOD, AND WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR SOME
TIME NOW, THIS IS OUR BEST
GUESS ABOUT WHERE IT'S REALLY
GOING TO BECOME UNMANAGEABLE
IF NOTHING CHANGES. AND I
THINK THE RED BAR IS ARREST
REFERRALS. IT'S SO SMALL, AND
I AM SOLD. BRENTON ZACHRY, CAN
YOU READ THAT? WHAT COLOR IS
WHAT.
>> LEWIS COMMITTEE REFERRAL.
RED IS ARREST DIVERSION PD.
LATER RED IS -- DARK GRAY IS
SOCIAL CONTACT, AND LIGHT GRAY
IS SOCIAL CONTACT METRO.
>> SO THE GREENLINE IS THE
REFERRAL TRAJECTORY AND THE
REDLINE IS OUR MAXIMUM CAPACITY
AND THAT IS USING AN AVERAGE
CASELOAD PER FUNDED CASE
MANAGER OF 20. THAT IS VERY
HIGH FOR INTENSIVE CASE
MANAGEMENT. THAT IS ALREADY
STRETCHING THE MODEL. THIS IS
JUST ANOTHER WAY OF PORTRAYING
THE SAME SITUATION AND KIND OF
SMOKEY THE BEAR GRAPHICS.
>> AGAIN, HITTING CAPACITY IN
APRIL OF NEXT YEAR?
>> SOMETIME, LATE APRIL OR
EARLY MAY.
>> JUST TO SAY THE OBVIOUS. IF
NEXT YEAR CITY COUNCIL IS
INTERESTED IN YOU EXPANDING
YOUR CAPACITY, THERE WILL NEED
TO BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR
L.E.A.D. IN TIME FOR THE END
OF THE 1st QUARTER OF NEXT
YEAR.
>> THERE ARE OTHER POTENTIAL
SOURCES OF SUPPORT. ONE OF
THEM , YES, AND, THERE ARE A
VARIETY OF POTENTIAL STRATEGIES
FOR AUGMENTING CAPACITY.
REMEMBERING THIS WOULD BE --
THIS WOULD ALLOW NOT ONLY
REACH BUT OTHER IDENTIFIED
CASE MANAGEMENT PARTNERS TO
BUILD OUT THERE CADRE OF CASE
MANAGERS. IT IS NOT DIRECTED AT
A SINGLE PROVIDER. SITTING
ASIDE CITY GENERAL FUND OR
OTHER FUNDING STRATEGIES, THERE
IS ALSO, AND BOTH OF THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LOOKING AT
NOW HAVE HELPED TO IDENTIFY
THOSE POSSIBILITIES , THERE IS
A STATE NEED GRANT PROGRAM
THAT HAS NEVER FUNDED SEATTLE.
EVEN THOUGH SEATTLE, BY
FUNDING THE MODEL ITSELF, GAVE
RISE TO THAT MODEL FOR THE
WHOLE STATE. THAT GRANT PROGRAM
SO FAR HAS FUNDED SNOHOMISH
COUNTY, THURSTON AND MASON
COUNTY, BUT HAS NEVER FUNDED
SEATTLE. IT SEEMS FAIR IT
MIGHT BE A SOURCE OF SUPPORT
FOR THE JURISDICTION THAT
GENERATED THE MODEL THAT HAS
BEEN HELPFUL FOR THE WHOLE
STATE. AND, IT IS A SHORT
LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SO THE
ANSWER TO THAT COULD BE KNOWN
BY THE TIME WE HIT THE RED
ZONE.
>> THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
WE ARE VOTING ON TODAY HAS
FUNDING FOR SEATTLE IN THIS
GRANT AS AN OBJECTIVE. I THINK
BOTH OF OUR OFFICES MADE THAT
REQUEST.
>> THERE IS ALSO SOME
POSSIBILITY, SOME HOPE THE
WASHINGTON STATE CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION BEING INTERESTED IN
ORGANIZING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS
FOR A L.E.A.D. PROGRAM AND
OBVIOUSLY BEING ESPECIALLY
INTERESTED IN OUR WASHINGTON
STATE PROGRAMS , COULD BENEFIT
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY BUT IT
COULD BE A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF
SUPPORT FOR SEATTLE AS WELL.
JUST BECAUSE THE SEATTLE
STRATEGY NEEDING TO GROW
DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE
SOLE SOURCE OF SUPPORT NEEDS TO
BE THE SEATTLE GENERAL FUND.
>> AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
ALSO OR EXPAND THAT THE
PROBLEMS WE ARE DEALING WITH
HERE ARE NOT CONFINED TO THE
CITY LIMITS. IT IS INCUMBENT
UPON THE REGION AND STATE TO
STEP UP AS WELL.
>> WE DO HAVE SOME FAIRLY
SMALL FRACTION OF THE CURRENT
SEATTLE L.E.A.D. BUDGET COMES
FROM KING COUNTY AND THAT WILL
CONTINUE IN 2024 AND FOR THE
FIRST TIME THE COUNTY IS GOING
TO TRANSFER THAT FUND --
>> FROM KCRH KING COUNTY?
>> THOSE FUNDS WILL BE RUN
THROUGH HST IN A UNIFIED
CONTRACT. TO YOUR POINT, THAT
IS AN ADDITIONAL, THOUGH NOT
MAJORITY , SOURCE OF FUNDING.
IN CONCLUSION FOR MY PART, I
KNOW I HAVE GONE ON FOR QUITE A
WHILE, WE ARE, AND I THINK TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S .2,
WHAT WE DO, THE FACT IS THAT
THE INDIVIDUALS BEING REFERRED
TO L.E.A.D. NOW AND CERTAINLY
AFTER THE PUBLIC USE AND
POSSESSION ORDINANCE WAS
ADOPTED, BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT,
THE PEOPLE COMING IN ARE AT
THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CLINICAL
NEED THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN.
SO I CANNOT SAY CLEARLY ENOUGH
THAT CASE MANAGEMENT IS THE
BACKBONE, IF YOU THINK OF
SOMEONE'S NEEDS, LIKE A HUMAN
SKELETON OR BODY, THE
BACKBONE THAT HOLDS IT ALL
TOGETHER. BUT THAT DOESN'T IN
AND OF ITSELF ACCOMPLISH
EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE NEED.
BEING ABLE TO BROKER , CASE
MANAGERS ARE BROKERS. THEY ARE
GOING OUT AND FINDING WHAT
PEOPLE NEED, GOING OUT AND
ADVOCATING FOR WHAT PEOPLE
NEED, AND FIGURING OUT WHAT IS
GOING ON WAS SOMEONE OVER TIME,
WE DO NOT PERCEIVE THAT CASE
MANAGERS CAN GET, CAN ACCESS
THE CARE THAT WOULD REALLY WORK
FOR MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS
RAPIDLY OR AT ALL OR AT
SCALE. NAMING THOSE USING ,
MISSING PIECES OF THE CARE
PACKAGE IS SOMETHING THAT THE
EXPERTS, THE CASE MANAGERS,
ARE BRINGING FORWARD AND THE
MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON THE CARE
SYSTEM AND DIVERSION SYSTEM,
THOSE MEETINGS HAVE STARTED
AND ARE ONGOING. THE NEXT
MEETING WHICH I THINK IS GOING
TO BE IN JANUARY IS REALLY
FOCUSED ON GAPS IN THE CARE
SYSTEM. THIS IS NOT INTERIOR TO
L.E.A.D.. L.E.A.D. IS A CASE
MANAGER NAVIGATING THE
LANDSCAPE AT THE LANDSCAPE
ITSELF NEEDS TO HAVE BETTER AND
DIFFERENT OPTIONS. SOME COUNCIL
MEMBERS INCLUDING
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON HAVE
HELPED TO NAME SOME OF THOSE
OPTIONS THAT NEED TO BE BUILT
OUT TO BE EFFECTIVE, AND DRUG
USE PATTERNS ARE CONTINUING TO
CHANGE. I JUST WANT TO SAY,
THE CASE MANAGEMENT PIECE, THIS
IS WHAT FAMILIAR FACES
IDENTIFIED EIGHT YEARS AGO. IT
IS NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT
TO ENSURE THAT SOMEONE'S
RECOVERY JOURNEY GOES AS WELL
AND AS FAST AS IT COULD. AND
THE REST OF THE PIECE, IT IS
NOT FUNDING INTERIOR TO
L.E.A.D., IT IS BACKGROUND
SYSTEMS THAT NEED TO HAVE
BETTER AND MORE TOOLS FOR CASE
MANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE.
THE POSITION AND PUBLIC USE
ORDINANCE PUT IN PLACE A
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMITTEE
THAT I DON'T THINK IS
INFORMATION YET, BUT THAT TASK
FORCE, HOWEVER GOOD ITS WORK
IS, SHOULD CONTINUE ON WITH
THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMITTEE
AND WE REALLY SEE THAT IN 2024
AS BEING THE MAJOR AREA THAT
NEEDS WORK. UNDERSTANDING
WHERE PEOPLE ARE FALTERING . I
WILL GIVE JUST A CONCRETE
EXAMPLE, THE FOLKS WE ARE
ENCOUNTERING ON THIRD AVENUE,
SOME PEOPLE ARE EXPENSING [
INDISCERNIBLE ] LOSS, I THINK
WE MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS,
THE ONLY RESOURCES THAT EXIST
TO RESPOND TO THAT NEED
OUTSIDE OF AN EMERGENCY ROOM
ARE NOT MOBILE. YOU CAN GO TO
STATIONARY CLINICS OUTSIDE OF
THAT AREA BUT PEOPLE WON'T.
THEY WILL NOT GO FAR TO GET
THOSE NEEDS MET. AND SO WE
REALLY SEE, IT'S ONE OF
SEVERAL EXAMPLES, WE SEE THE
IMPORTANCE OF MOBILE MEDICAL
RESOURCES THAT DUE TO CAPACITY
AND WORKFORCE CHALLENGES, HAVE
REALLY DWINDLED AND DISAPPEARED
OVER THE LAST YEAR. SO THEY
NEED TO BE RESTORED, THAT IS
NOT INTERIOR TO L.E.A.D., THAT
IS SOMETHING CASE MANAGERS CAN
PLUG INTO. KCRH IS DOING A
GOOD JOB OF BEING ONE OF THOSE
, A ZONE OF URGENT PROBLEM
SOLVING. IN CONCLUSION , --
>> MAY I ON THE WOUND CARE
ISSUE?
>> I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS ALSO IDENTIFIED
WOUND CARE IS A NEED FOR THEIR
TEAM AND HAS BEGUN THE PROCESS
OF IDENTIFYING WHAT THE
CURRENT CAPACITY IS WHICH IS
SMALL, VERSUS WHERE THEY NEED
TO EXTEND. I CAN ASSURE YOU
THAT THAT IS A VERY ACTIVE
CONVERSATION IN THE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SECTION OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
>> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
HEALTH ONE IS AN INCREDIBLE HE
STRONG PARTNER FOR L.E.A.D..
WE DO A LOT OF CO-STRATEGIZING
ABOUT LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS. WE
VERY MUCH SHARE THEIR
PERCEPTION IN COMING YEARS. AS
YOU KNOW THE CRISIS CARE CENTER
LEVY IS GOING TO BUILD UP
STATIONARY LOCATIONS WERE A LOT
OF RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE.
MANY OF US ARE IDENTIFYING IT
WOULD BE GOOD IF THOSE
RESOURCES COULD BE MOBILE AND
COME OUT AND NOT JUST WAIT FOR
PEOPLE TO GO IN TO THOSE
LOCATIONS. PEOPLE MAY NOT GO IN
AND MAYBE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO
IN IN ORDER TO GET THAT CARE.
ANYWAY, IN CONCLUSION FOR ME,
BEFORE I TURN IT TO COLLEAGUES
TO TALK ABOUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND CHALLENGES IN THE SPECIFIC
AREAS OF THE CITY, L.E.A.D. IS
A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL AND
IT WOULD'VE BEEN DEAD IN THE
WATER LONG AGO WITHOUT
LEADERSHIP FROM A NUMBER OF
OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS. I
ESPECIALLY WANT TO OUT THIS
COUNCIL . NONE OF THIS WOULD BE
GOING ON , WE WOULDN'T BE
LEARNING THE LESSONS OR
UPDATING THE MODEL BUT FOR
LONG-STANDING SUPPORT FROM THIS
COUNCIL. SO, JUST OUR
APPRECIATION TO THOSE OF YOU
WHO ARE DEPARTING, EVERYONE ON
THE SCREEN WHO I'M LOOKING AT
WHO ARE DEPARTING AND TO THOSE
OF YOU WHO ARE REMAINING, THIS
COUNCIL , SOMETIMES THIS FIELD
OF WORK HAS BEEN ALMOST THE
ONLY THING THE ENTIRE COUNCIL
SEEMS TO AGREE ON AND WE DO NOT
TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED , AND WE
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR
COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION AND
PARTNERSHIP. IT HAS BEEN A
MODEL AND WE ARE VERY
GRATEFUL.
>> I TURN TO MICHELLE. CAN
MICHELLE TURN TO SAM?
>> I AM SAM. I AM AGAIN A
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE
L.E.A.D. PROGRAM. I FOCUS ON
THE WEST AND NORTH PRECINCTS.
THE THIRD AVENUE PROJECT IS
PROBABLY ARE BUSIEST FOCUS
IMPACT AREA. IT'S IN THE WEST
PRECINCT BUT MICHELLE PROJECT
MANAGERS THAT. BY WAY OF WEST I
WANT TO SAY IT'S KIND OF THE
CONTEXT IN WHICH ALL THE OTHER
FOCUS IMPACT AREAS ARE NOW
WITHIN BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS
AT THE 45 DAY MARK POST OCTOBER
20 ORDINANCE WE HAD GOTTEN UP
TO 92 LAW ENFORCEMENT
REFERRALS, WHICH IS A LOT . THE
LIONS SHARE OF THOSE ARE COMING
FROM EMPHASIS AREAS IN THE WEST
PRECINCT. A LOT OF ART FOCUS
HERE IS TRYING TO IRON OUT THE
PROCESSES. WE HAVE GOT A LOT
OF OFFICERS MAKING REFERRALS
FOR THE FIRST TIME. A LOT OF
CASE MANAGERS TAKING THE
REFERRALS AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE OUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
CAPACITY IS GOING WELL AND THAT
OFFICERS ARE DEALING WITH THE
RESPONSE AND WERE ABLE TO MAKE
CONTACTS WITH THOSE BEING
REFERRED TO US. WE HAVE HAD
VERY CLOSE COORDINATION WITH
OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PARTNER,
SPD, TO MAKE SURE THE
PAPERWORK PROCESSES ASSOCIATED
WITH THOSE ARE GOING SMOOTHLY.
IT HAS BEEN A TON OF WORK AND
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR
PARTNERS LEANING IN ON THIS TO
MAKE THIS SO FOR A BIG SUCCESS.
IN THE SAME WAY, SPEAKING FOR
SOUTH PRECINCT PROJECT MANAGER
WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, WE
ARE ALSO DOING, TAKING AN
INTENTIONAL APPROACH TO HER
SOUTH PRECINCT. JUST LAST WEEK
WE MET WITH THE SOUTH PRECINCT
LEADERSHIP KNOWING THAT IF WE
ARE RECEIVING 100 REFERRALS
EVERY MONTH FROM SOUTH
PRECINCT, THE APRIL AND MAY IS
A WE'RE GOING TO HIT CAPACITY
AND IT'S GOING TO COME SOONER
THAN LATER. REALLY MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE WORKING WITHIN THE
REALM OF WHAT IS FEASIBLE FOR
BOTH OUR PROGRAM AND SPD.
OBVIOUSLY MAKING A AGREEMENT
CALL TO HER CASE MANAGEMENT, WE
SHOW UP AND TAKE THE CLIENT,
THAT ALSO TAKES CAPACITY FOR
OFFICERS WERE WAITING WITH THE
CLIENT TO DO THE WARM HAND OFF.
REALLY WANTING TO BE PRUDENT
FOR BOTH SIDES. RIGHT NOW WE
ARE PLANNING ON SPD LEADERSHIP
CIRCLING UP AND FIGURING OUT
TOP PRIORITIES FOR THEIR
OFFICERS. WE ARE GOING TO COME
TOGETHER ON THAT LIST , DO THE
TRAINING ON HOW TO MAKE THE
GREEN LIGHT CALLS, TAKE THE
TRAINING ON MAKING THOSE ENOUGH
REFERRALS, AND MEET REGULARLY
THEREAFTER. APPARENTLY EVERY
FIVE OR SIX WEEKS, JUST TO
CHECK IN ON INDIVIDUAL CLIENT
PROGRESS, TO MAKE SURE WHERE
CASE MANAGEMENT IS SEEING IS
LINING UP WITH WHAT OFFICERS
ARE SEEING. OBVIOUSLY TAKING
ANY INPUT WE HAVE ABOUT
ONGOING BEHAVIOR SO WE CAN
RESPOND ON THE CASE MANAGEMENT
SIDE AND GIVE THOSE FOLKS THE
BEST SUPPORT AND RESOURCES.
>> CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT A [
INDISCERNIBLE ] IS?
>> IT IS OUR ACRONYM FOR FOCUS
IMPACT AREAS. THE NINE AREAS
WE MENTIONED IN 2023
GEOGRAPHICALLY DEFINED AREAS
WHERE WE ARE STILL TAKING
COMMITTEE REFERRALS. WHICH IS
A GOOD TRANSITION. EVERY FOCUS
IMPACT AREAS VERY DIFFERENT.
WE ARE TAKING COMMITTEE
REFERRALS FROM THEM BUT EACH OF
THEM WAS MADE WITH SORT OF A
DIFFERENT DESIGN AND INTENT IN
MIND. I ALSO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
IN THE PRECINCT FOR WE HAVE
THREE FIA. ONE IS NORTH
AURORA. WE MADE THIS INTO A
FOCUS IMPACT AREA IN PART
BECAUSE OF THE -- A LOT OF SEX
TRADE HAPPENS ON NORTH AURORA.
PART OF L.E.A.D. HAS WAYS BEEN
TO WORK WITH FOLKS ENGAGED IN
THE SEX TRADE. WE ALSO KNOW
THERE IS RELATIVE LACK OF
RESOURCES COMPARED TO OTHER
RESOURCE AREAS IN THE CITY. OUR
NORTH L.E.A.D. OFFICE IS
ALONGSIDE THE AURORA COMMONS,
FUNCTIONALLY THE ONLY DROP-IN
CENTER IN THAT REGION. IF WE
WERE NOT ABLE TO TAKE REFERRALS
FROM THAT AREA, A LOT OF FOLKS
WOULD OTHERWISE GO WITHOUT THE
SUPPORT THEY COULD OTHERWISE
HAVE. AS PART OF OUR FIELDWORK
IN NORTH AURORA WE HAVE WORKED
CLOSELY WITH AURORA COMMONS
KIND OF COMBINING OUR
KNOWLEDGE OF WHO'S OUT THERE,
ALSO COMBINING OUR COLLECTIVE
CASE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY. WE
HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF
REFERRALS FROM OUR COMMENTS
FOLKS THAT WE MIGHT NECESSARILY
BE SEEING. MEETING REGULARLY
TO COMFORTS ABOUT THEM SO
AURORA COMMENTS FOLKS AND OUR
LEAD REACH FOLKS CAN SHARE
INFORMATION AND NO AND GET A
FULL PICTURE OF WHAT IS GOING
ON IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. OUR LEAD
REACH TEAM IN THE NORTH
PRECINCT DID A LOT OF EVENING
TIME OUTREACH OVER THE SUMMER.
SPECIFICALLY TO FIND AN
WRAPAROUND AND MEET FOLKS WHO
MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE. AGAIN, THE
RELATIVELY SPARSE RESOURCES IN
THE AREA, WITH THE RELATIVELY
SPARSE RESOURCES IN THAT AREA
WE'VE ALSO DONE A CONCERTED
EFFORT, PART OF OUR CO-LEAD
PROGRAM, THE CONTINUATION OF
ARE JUST THE CARE PROGRAM WHICH
IS ESSENTIALLY L.E.A.D. WITH
HOTEL RESOURCES WHICH WE HAVE
LIMITED CAPACITY, WE'VE BEEN
TAKING CURRENT L.E.A.D. CLIENTS
WHO REACH L.E.A.D. COULD
PARTICULARLY BENEFIT FROM
HAVING LODGING TO PROGRESS
THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN, A
LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WE HAVE BEEN
TAKING ARE FROM THE NORTH
AURORA AREA. JUST TRYING TO GET
RESOURCES WHERE THERE ARE NO
RESOURCES. THE OTHER TWO FIA
ARE THE U-DISTRICT AND BALLARD
NEIGHBORHOODS. FORMAT OF THESE
FOCUS IMPACT AREAS HAS BEEN A
CASE CONFERENCE WHICH IS
BASICALLY AN ONGOING FRAMEWORK
WHERE WE MEET WITH OTHER
SERVICE PROVIDERS. DSC IS
PRESENT. YOU CT IS PRESENT.
ALSO WE ARE MEETING WITH UNITY
PARTNERS. U-DISTRICT
PARTNERSHIP AND BALLARD
ALLIANCE , REALLY WORKING
CLOSELY , SIMILAR TO WHAT OUR
TENT IS IN AURORA IS TO FIND
THE CLIENTS THAT WE ARE NOT
ALREADY WORKING WITH THAT WE
WANT TO BE WORKING WITH. AND
THEN AGAIN, THE ONGOING
COORDINATION LIKE WE ARE DOING
IN AURORA COMMENTS. WE WORK
CLOSELY FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE
U-DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP
AMBASSADOR TEAM. IT'S AN ON
THE GROUND TEAM THE EMPLOYEE,
THEY BASICALLY GO AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ASSIST WITH
CLEANUPS. THEY HAVE AN IN-DEPTH
KNOWLEDGE OF WHO IS ON THE
GROUND THERE. AS A RESULT OF
THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON THE GROUND,
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSELY
COURTNEY WITH CLIENTS WHEN WE
GET INFORMATION FROM THEIR
TEAM. OUR CASE MANAGER MIGHT
BE SEEN ONCE OR COUPLE TIMES
PER WEEK. WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY
INCORPORATE THAT KNOWLEDGE.
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE
INCIDENTS WERE WE HAVE HAD
SOME VERY VULNERABLE CLIENTS
WHO ARE LIVING UNHOUSED WITH
HIGH ACUITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS
AND BECAUSE OF THE AMBASSADOR
TEAM BEING ABLE TO OBSERVE
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THAT
INFORMATION AND COURTNEY WITH
THEM TO DO IN SOME CASES DCR
REFERRALS. REALLY DOING WHAT WE
CAN TO PREEMPT MORE SIGNIFICANT
CRISES AND GET THE CHARACTER
PEOPLE BEFORE WORST-CASE
SCENARIOS HAPPEN. FOR ALL
THREE OF THESE FOCUS IMPACT
AREAS IN THE NORTH PRECINCT,
THEY ARE AMONG MANY THAT ARE
NO LONGER ABLE TO RECEIVE
TRINITY REFERRALS. SINCE THE
PUBLIC USE ORDINANCE WENT INTO
EFFECT , WE HAVE RECEIVED
REFERRALS FROM ALL THREE AREAS
. HIGH-PRIORITY REFERRALS WE
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK
WITH. WE ARE STILL CONTINUING
TO COORDINATE AROUND ALL OF OUR
PEOPLE UP THERE. THERE IS STILL
A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE WORK
WE ARE DOING. BUT IN TERMS OF
TAKING ON NEW CLIENTS BEING
IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY,
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LOVE
TO FIGURE OUT TO CONTINUE TO DO
THIS WORK UP THERE. IN TERMS
OF MORE SPECIFIC STORIES, WE
WERE JUST CIRCLING WITH OUR
NORTH TEAM LAST WEEK, WE
RECENTLY HOUSED SEVEN
PARTICIPANTS, WHICH IS A BIG
DEAL. FOUR OF THESE CLIENTS I
THINK WERE CLASS MEMBERS WHICH
MEANS SOMEONE HAS HAD
COMPETENCY RAISED IN COURT DUE
TO MENTAL HEALTH. PARTICULARLY
MOBILE PEOPLE. FOUR OF THEM
HAVE ALSO COME FROM
HIGH-PRIORITY AREAS SUCH AS
U-DISTRICT AND BALLARD. I
JOTTED SOME NOTES FROM ONE
PARTICULAR STORY. ONE OF THEM,
WE FIRST ENGAGE WITH THEM IN
2020. THIS IS RIGHT AS THE
PANDEMIC WAS STARTING. RIGHT
AROUND THE TIME WE WERE
DIRECTED TO OPEN UP COMMITTEE
REFERRALS. I HAVE HERE IT TOOK
ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO BUILD
TRUST AND TO INTAKE. WHEN WE
ARE WORKING WITH FOLKS WHO BY
VIRTUE OF CYCLING IN AND OUT
OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
HAVE OFTEN BEEN LEFT OUT OF
OTHER SUPPORT SYSTEMS. A LOT
OF OUR CLIENTS HAVEN'T HAD A
CASE MANAGER OR SYSTEM OF
SUPPORT, WITH HER FAMILY OR
OTHERWISE IN YEARS. REALLY
BUILDING THE TRUST WITH NOT
ONLY ARE CASE MANAGERS THE CASE
MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL, CAN BE A
BIG TASK. ONCE IN THE PROGRAM,
THIS CLIENT HAD A LOT OF
OBSTACLES AS WELL. THIS IS
SOMEBODY WHO WOULD OFTEN LOSE
THEIR PHONE. STAYING IN CONTACT
WAS DIFFICULT THIS PERSON WAS
UNHOUSED. THIS PERSON HAD A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE CYCLING IN
AND OUT OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM INCLUDING OUR MENTAL
HEALTH COMPETENCY SYSTEM. GOING
FROM UNSHELTERED IN AN
ENCAMPMENT, BEING DISPLACED
FROM THE ENCAMPMENT, GOING TO
JAIL, BEING IN THE STATE
HOSPITAL, BEING RELEASED. OUR
CASE MANAGEMENT, ALTHOUGH WE
DON'T WANT ANY OF THOSE THINGS
TO HAPPEN, OUR CASE MANAGEMENT
WAS ABLE TO BE THERE THROUGH
THAT PROCESS AND BE THE GOLDEN
THREAD AT EVERY STEP ALONG THE
WAY TRYING TO PUT IT IN PLACE,
THE RESOURCES, IF THEY WERE
GOING TO BE RELEASED WE WOULD
TRY TO LINE UP SHELTER. IF
THEY ARE BEING RELEASED FROM
THE STATE HOSPITAL WE TRY TO
CONTINUE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
PLAN. BUT, AGAIN, 2020 IS WHEN
WE MET THEM, IT TOOK UNTIL
NOVEMBER 2023, WE FINALLY LINED
UP HOUSING APPLICATION FOR
SOME OF THE NEW CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY SERVICES HOUSING THAT
RECENTLY OPENED UP AT THE NORTH
END. THIS PERSON IS NOW HOUSED
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016.
SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS BEING
UNHOUSED, FOUR YEARS IN THE
PROGRAM. BUT I DO THINK THIS IS
A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF HOW
IMPORTANT THE COURT NATION IS
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE
U-DISTRICT, AURORA. AND THROUGH
ALL OF OUR OPERATING AREAS. WE
ARE WORKING WITH FOLKS LIKE
LISA SAID WERE SUFFERING FROM A
SEVERE LACK OF ROBUST
RESOURCES. BEING ABLE TO DO
WHAT IS BEST IN THESE
SITUATIONS WITH THE ENHANCED
INFORMATION WE GET FROM TRINITY
PARTNERS OR SPD IS HUGELY
HELPFUL FOR ACTUALLY GETTING
PROGRESS IN THESE SITUATIONS. I
WILL HAND IT OVER TO MICHELLE.
>> THANKS, SAM. AGAIN MY NAME
IS MICHELLE McCLENDON AND I AM
THE L.E.A.D. PROJECT MANAGER
FOR THE EAST PRECINCT AS WELL
AS THE 3rd AVENUE PROJECT. I
WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER IN THE
SOUTHWEST PRECINCT , COMING
FROM PREVIOUSLY ONE OF HER
FOCUS IMPACT AREAS, SINCE WE
WERE IN THE AREA , I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE SUCCESSES,
RIGHT NOW WE ARE CURRENTLY
LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT FIA,
FOCUS IMPACT AREA. THE REASON
BEING IS THAT THERE WAS SOME
PROBLEMATIC ACTIVITY ONCE UPON
A TIME THERE LIVED HEAVILY IN
THAT AREA WAS KNOWN AS THE
ROSELLA BUILDING. PARTNERING
WITH R.E.A.C.H. AND CO-LEAD
WE WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND
RELOCATE THE INDIVIDUALS AND
CLEAR OUT THE AREA. ADDRESS
ALL OF THE BARRIERS, NOT ONLY
THAT BUT ALL OF THE BUSINESSES
THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE
ROSELLA BUILDING AN ACTIVITY
THE BEHAVIOR GOING ON IN THAT
AREA. SINCE THEN, THERE HAS
BEEN NO REPORTS THAT WILL SAY
THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE A FOCUS
IMPACT AREA AT THIS TIME.
BECAUSE OF THE BARRIERS THAT
WERE HAPPENING, BECAUSE OF THE
ACTIVITY THAT WAS TAKING PLACE.
NOW WE WANT TO LOOK AT OTHER
AREAS. WHY WE WANT TO LOOK AT
THAT IS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT
THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR. WE
TALK ABOUT HIGHLAND PARK,
ACTION COMMITTEE, AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS IN THAT AREA THAT
I HAVE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH
AND SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING WE
WANT THE COMMITTEE, AND IT'S
THE COMMITTEES THEY LIVE IN AND
REPRESENT, THE COMMITTEES THEY
WERE, LEARN AND PLAY IN. THAT
FEEDBACK IS VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THEY ARE STAKEHOLDERS
IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. THAT IS
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
WHY WE CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT
THIS WORK IN THE FIELD, WHY WE
WANT TO RELOCATE THIS FIA. I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPATION
MANAGEMENT OF OUR TEAM THAT
THEY DO. I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT
AS, GOING BACK TO THE WELLNESS
RECOVERY ACTION PLAN, HAVING
THAT CONVERSATION WITH FOLKS,
GUESS WHAT, WHAT IS WELLNESS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?
WHAT WILL RECOVERY IF THAT IS
YOUR CHOICE THE CLICK VIEW,
WHAT ARE THE ACCESS STEPS TO
GET TO THIS PLAN? HAVING
THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR
CLIENTS SAYS THIS IS WHAT WE
NEED AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO
GET IT? EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A
BARRIER TODAY, WHAT DO WE NEED
TO DO TO FOCUS ON MOVING THE
BARRIERS? THIS IS A
COMPANIONSHIP AS WELL AS A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THESE
INDIVIDUALS. THAT IS SO
IMPORTANT. THAT IS THE
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND TRUST
BUILDING. LISA MENTIONED
EARLIER, WHEN OFFICER HAS A
PHONE THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE, THERE IS NOT A, GIVES
A CALL BACK DURING BUSINESS
HOURS. THERE IS A 24/7
RESPONSE. ONCE THE INDIVIDUAL
CONNECTS WITH THE CASE MANAGER,
AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO SPEND
TIME WITH THE RELATIONSHIP
BUILDING A TRUST BUILDING.
THESE ARE ALSO WHERE I SEE
WITH OUR PARTICIPANTS FOR
THOSE LEGALLY INVOLVED, I HAVE
SEEN IN CASES FTA ARE BEING
REDUCED --
>> FAILURE TO APPEAR .
>> THOSE ARE BEING REDUCED,
BECAUSE OF CASE MANAGEMENT. WE
HAVE COURT, THERE ARE VISUAL
REMINDERS, WE CAN MY CALENDAR
OR PHONE, AND PROGRAM THE COURT
DATES IN THOSE PHONES. SPEAKING
OF 3rd AVENUE PROJECT, WE
HAVE WDC PARTNERS. WE DELIVER
CARE. THAT GOES HAND-IN-HAND
WITH THE WORK OF THE INTENSIVE
CASE MANAGERS. BECAUSE OF
SOMEONE IS NOT SEEN, THEY CAN
CONNECT WITH THE BDC, WITH
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
BECAUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE
A LOT OF CONTACT WITH THESE
INDIVIDUALS ALREADY WERE
DOWNTOWN IN THE THIRD AVENUE
UPPER DOWNTOWN AREA. THAT MEANS
WE ARE ABLE TO CONNECT TO SOME
OF THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS WE HAVE
AND WHAT LIMITED ACCESS WE
HAVE. YES, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON?
>> THANK YOU, WHO DOES THE
INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, IS
THAT THE SUBCONTRACTORS YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT, WE DELIVER CARE,
AND R.E.A.C.H. AND THESE TWO
OTHER ONES AND I WANT TO KNOW
WHO THEY ARE, AND I ASK BECAUSE
IT REALLY DOES MATTER WHAT
THEIR PHILOSOPHY IS, WHAT THEIR
MANDATE IS, WHAT THEIR
SUBCONTRACT WITH PDA IS AND
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING, MR.
WOLFF, ARE YOU THE ONE GOING TO
ALL THOSE MEETINGS WITH
BALLARD ALLIANCE? I'D LIKE TO
UNDERSTAND THE DIVISION OF
LABOR BETTER BECAUSE YOU'RE
BETTER ABLE TO REPLICATE WHAT
IS WORKING.
>> ABSOLUTELY. R.E.A.C.H. IS
OUR SERVICE PROVIDER. THEY
PROVIDE THE INTENSIVE CASE
MANAGEMENT. WDC DELIVERED CARE
ARE DOWNTOWN, ARE SAFETY
AMBASSADORS. THEY ENCOUNTER
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNHOUSED,
UNSHELTERED, SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER, MENTAL HEALTH, THEY
DO OVERDOSE REVERSALS. THE
INTERACT WITH THE CARE TEAM.
BUT I AM ALSO IN THE SPACES. I
WOULD SAY SPEAKING TO THE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, MY
RELATIONSHIP WAS BUILDING
COMMUNITY. WITH BUSINESSES,
WHILE THE INTENSIVE CASE
MANAGEMENT IS DONE BY THE
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
>> DO YOU WORK WITH THEM?
OKAY, SO HERE'S A NEW TREATMENT
RESOURCE FOR EXAMPLE. IF THERE
ANY JOB PREPARATION OR ANY
OTHER SERVICES NECESSARY TO
KEEP PEOPLE MAYBE FROM NOT
PROGRESSING IN THE PLAN THEY
MAKE FOR THEMSELVES?
>> THERE IS A CLEAR DIVISION
OF LABOR BETWEEN THE PROJECT
MANAGEMENT TEAM WHICH MAY
EDIFY SYSTEM RESOURCES, FOR
EXAMPLE WE WERE VERY INVOLVED
IN WORKING ON THAT CASEY RHA
HOUSING RESOURCE
IDENTIFICATION HOUSING MATCH
FOR THE 3rd AVENUE PROJECT.
BUT, WE ARE NOT PARTICIPANT
FACING. PARTICIPANT FACING
STAFF ARE THE CASE MANAGEMENT
AGENCIES. THE MODEL, IT IS NOT
FREE TO CHOOSE, IF YOU WILL.
THE LEAD CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL
IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED DEFINED
MODEL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
INTERESTED IN MORE DETAIL ON
THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE
TOOLKIT AT L.E.A.D. BUREAU
.ORG. THERE IS A TOOLKIT THAT
DESCRIBES THE CASE MANAGEMENT
MODEL IN DETAIL. ANY APPLICANT
HAS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY
WILL FAITHFULLY AND WITH
FIDELITY IMPLEMENT THAT MODEL.
WE WERE SATISFIED , PDA
FACILITATED AND DIDN'T VOTE
BUT THE GOVERNING BODY
REPRESENTATIVES WHO SELECTED
OR WHO FOUND THESE TWO NEW CASE
MANAGEMENT APPLICANTS TO BE
QUALIFIED AND DIRECTED THAT WE
OFFER THEM A CHANCE TO
CONTRACT FOUND THAT THEY HAVE
EXPERIENCE AND DEMONSTRATED
COMMITMENT TO THAT MODEL OR IF
THEY HAVE TO MAKE ADAPTATIONS
TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THEY
CLEARLY UNDERSTAND IT AND ARE
COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
>> SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
>> GOOD QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. SO, THANK YOU
AGAIN, THE OTHER PIECE I WANT
TO SPEAK TO IS ONE OF THE
SUCCESS STORIES FROM THAT
INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT.
THERE HAD BEEN A COUPLE
UNHOUSED FOR FOUR YEARS AND
DEFINITELY DUE TO SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER, LACK OF EDUCATION,
LACK OF EMPLOYMENT, THIS COUPLE
, ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO SAY,
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE
COMMITTED TO DOING, WHICH THEY
WERE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT,
RIGHT, THEY WERE ABLE, ONCE THE
INDIVIDUAL WAS ABLE TO ENTER A
PROGRAM RUN THROUGH THE
PRISON SCHOLARS AND THAT THE
COMMITTEE -- EXCUSE ME, A
COMPUTER-BASED PROGRAM, HE WAS
ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT AND
GRADUATE, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT
PARTNERSHIP WITH KCRHA, NOT
ONLY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET
THEIR NAMES ON THAT LIST AND
WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION. THE CASE MANAGER
WAS ABLE TO SAY I THINK THESE
INDIVIDUALS HAVE GROWN AND WERE
ABLE TO PROVE THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO
CHANGE THEIR LIFE. WITH THAT
BEING SAID THEY ARE CURRENTLY
HOUSED. THEY'VE BEEN HOUSE FOR
THE LAST FIVE MONTHS. THE MAN
IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AND THE
FEMALE INDIVIDUAL IS CURRENTLY
DOING WORK AT A LAUNDRY
CLEANER PART-TIME AT THE AREA
THEY ARE IN IN THE SANDPOINT
AREA. AGAIN, JUST HIGHLIGHTING
THE FACT THAT THAT CASE
MANAGEMENT DOESN'T END THERE.
THERE IS CONTINUOUS FOLLOW-UP.
CHECKING IN. MAKING SURE
EVERYTHING IS OKAY. ARE YOU
ABLE TO PAY YOUR UTILITY BILL?
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED? DO
YOU HAVE AN OF PET FOOD?
KEEPING THAT RELATIONSHIP OPEN
AND FOLLOWING UP IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO THEIR STABILITY
AND HELPING THEM TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT SUCCESS IS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE FOR THEM TO STAY STABLE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. JUST BECAUSE
YOU'RE IN THE PROGRAM AND YOU
GET HOUSED DOESN'T MEAN THE
FOLLOW-UP DROPS OFF. THAT IS
CONTINUOUS. ALSO GOING BACK TO
SPEAK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
EAST PRECINCT AND WHAT I'M
SEEING. AS WE MENTIONED, WE
DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS, BUT WHAT I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS
IMPORTANT IS WE ARE PARTNERED
WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES
IN THE AREA AND HAVE GREAT
PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIES. I HEAR
FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT
SAY, THERE'S A WOMAN THAT HAS A
BUSINESS IN THE CAPITOL HILL
AREA, AN OLDER WOMAN, AND SHE
TRIES TO BE NICE AND SAY, COULD
YOU NOT HANG AROUND HERE. CAN
YOU NOT DO THIS? OF COURSE
THERE IS PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR
WHEN SHE ASKED HIM TO LEAVE.
WHAT YOU EXPECT FOR A LITTLE
OLD WOMAN WHO'S BEEN IN HER
SHOP AND SHE IS 76 TRYING TO
NAVIGATE A CONVERSATION WITH
SOMEONE WAS NOT REALLY TRYING
TO MOVE ALONG? SHE REACHED OUT
TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION SANG, I
HEARD ABOUT THAT L.E.A.D.
PROGRAM, HOW DO YOU MAKE A
REFERRAL? I DON'T TO SEE THEM
IN JAIL BUT HOW TO MAKE A
REFERRAL? THEY EXPLAINED, I'M
VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE L.E.A.D.
PROGRAM, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT
DOING THIS AT THIS TIME. SO I
WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE CONNECTION
AND THAT MEANS ACCEPTING THE
COMMUNITY REFERRALS FOR
BUSINESS OWNERS. WHAT I AM
ABLE TO DO WITH THAT
PARTNERSHIP IS I CAN GET THAT
INFORMATION FROM THE
INDIVIDUAL, TAKE IT TO SPD,
AGAIN, NO COMMITTEE REFERRALS,
AND LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION.
I MET WITH THE CAPTAIN AND
SERGEANT LIEUTENANT ONCE PER
MONTH AND IN THAT MEETING WE
DISCUSSED INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY
MAY BE COMING ACROSS THAT THEY
SAY, THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS
IMPACTING THIS AREA IN A
DETRIMENTAL WAY, HOW CAN WE
GET THEM CONNECTED? IT'S ALSO
A SPACE WHERE THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, IF THEY GET ANY
FEEDBACK, LIKE I GET FEEDBACK
FROM BUSINESSES BEING IMPACTED,
MICHELLE, CAN YOU PUT THIS ON
YOUR RADAR? THE SALVATION ARMY
IS DOING THIS AND THAT. WE ARE
ABLE TO HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS TO DISCUSS WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY
WITHOUT HAVING A COMMUNITY
REFERRAL RESOURCE IN THAT
COMMUNITY. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT
PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE AREA. WHAT
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, AGAIN,
WITHOUT HAVING L.E.A.D. TO LEAN
ON. THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE
MEETINGS, THE INDIVIDUALS WE
ARE DISCUSSING THAT ARE HIGH
IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS, AND THEIR
SOMETIMES ANOTHER PIECE THAT
GOES WITH THAT. IS THIS AN
INDIVIDUAL THAT WOULD BE GOOD
FOR THE L.E.A.D. PROGRAM?
THESE ART NAMES NOT JUST LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS COMING ACROSS
BUT NAMES UNITY MEMBERS ARE
BRINGING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SOMETIMES WE ARE NOT ABLE TO
TAKE THAT REFERRAL AND
SOMETIMES WE ARE. I JUST WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS HOW
THE COMMUNITY REFERRAL, ARREST
AVERSIONS AND SOCIAL CONTACTS
ARE SUPERSEDING WHAT WE ARE
ABLE TO DO AS FAR AS COMMUNITY
REFERRALS GO. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS
TIME. I KNOW IT'S A LOT.
>> LET ME TAKE A PAUSE TO SEE
IF THERE ANY QUESTIONS. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
TIMELINESS OF THIS
PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE ALL
THE WORK YOU ARE DOING IN
COLLABORATION WITH YOUR
CONTRACT PROVIDERS WHO ARE
GIVING LIFE-SAVING CARE TO
PEOPLE AS WELL AS YOUR
RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE
DEVELOPED IN COMMITTEE . I CAN
SAY THAT I HAVE WITNESSED
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BEING BUILT
IN DISTRICT 1 AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE CARE TO BOTH
OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS YOU
DEVELOPED AND ALSO THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE GREAT NEEDS. AND
REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN GET
BACK TO A MORE SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE CITY
GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED PROGRAM
THAT DOES ACCEPT COMMITTEE
REFERRALS. THE ABILITY TO DO SO
CREATES ADVOCATES , COMMUNITY
ADVOCATES, MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC ALL OVER THE CITY, AND
THAT IS I THINK A GREAT
STRENGTHS OF THE PROGRAM AND I
WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT BE
DIMINISHED IN ANY WAY. ARE WE
GOOD?
>> YOUR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP
HAS BEEN ALMOST UNIQUE IN THE
COUNTRY AND IMAGINING THAT
THIS MODEL COULD HAPPEN AND
SEEING THAT IT DID, AS THE
COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE
GOVERNING BOARD, AS YOUR
SERVICE COMES TO A CLOSE, WE
WILL SEE YOU ON THURSDAY FOR
THAT GOVERNING BOARD MEETING.
AND THANKS FROM ALL OF US.
>> THANK YOU FOR SAYING SO. I
ACTUALLY NEED TO TRACK DOWN
WHAT YEAR IT WAS, BUT I DO
REMEMBER HOW WE BEGAN , SO
THE PRECURSOR TO L.E.A.D. WAS
A PROGRAM WHICH WAS ONE OF
THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT
WAS SEEKING TO USE AN
ALTERNATIVE TO ENFORCEMENT.
WE CONCEIVED OF THIS EFFORT
WHEN COUNCILMEMBER WAS A
COUNCILMEMBER AND I WAS WORKING
FOR HIM, BUT IT WAS AFTER A
CITYWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY SUMMIT
WHERE WE BROUGHT TOGETHER A LOT
OF THE TRADITIONAL VOICES THAT
YOU HEAR SUPPORTING MORE
INVESTMENTS IN POLICE, THE
PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCILS, THE
DEMOGRAPHIC ADVISORY COUNCILS,
FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.
WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS SORT
OF A MARRIAGE OF ADDITIONAL ,
TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY
INVESTMENTS IN THE AGREEMENT
TO TRY THIS NEW APPROACH.
PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PILOT
THESE THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTS
. A LOT OF SIMILARITIES WITHIN
THE PROJECTS, FOCUSED IN
DIFFERENT AREAS. CLEAN DREAMS
FOCUSED AND SOUTHEAST. ONE
FOCUSED IN CENTRAL AND I'M NOT
REMEMBERING WITH THE THIRD ONE
WAS. COSTARS.
>> WORKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CORRECTION FACILITY.
>> I THINK IT IS WORTH TAKING
NOTE AND REMEMBERING SORT OF
THE ORIGINS OF THIS PROJECT,
IT'S REALLY NOT THAT DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT THIS COUNCIL AND
THE MOST RECENT PRIOR COUNCIL
HAS BEEN WORKING ON WHICH IS
AYES IN FOCUS INVESTMENTS
UPSTREAM TO MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS
OF MITIGATING COMMUNITY
IMPACTS. I AM REALLY GLAD TO
SORT OF HAVE, MAYBE NOT A
PERIOD ON THE WORK, BUT TO
KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR COLLECTIVE
EFFORTS AND SHEPHERDING OF
THAT WORK TO THIS POINT.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
APPRECIATE THE NOTES OF
APPRECIATION FOR CHAIR HERBOLD
REALLY LEADING ON THESE
EFFORTS AND TO EVERYBODY AT
PDA, THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR YOUR
COLLABORATION AND LEADERSHIP.
IT IS WORTH NOTING AGAIN THAT
IT'S A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
PROGRAM, AWARD-WINNING
LEADERSHIP OF THIS BODY, GIVES
OTHER JURISDICTIONS SOMETHING
TO LOOK TOWARDS AS WE TRY TO
SOLVE THESE CRISES. THERE IS NO
DOUBT. I WANT TO THANK FOLKS AS
I HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL, ON VARIOUS
TOURS AND WALK-THROUGHS WITH
MEMBERS OF R.E.A.C.H. AND
PDA, IT IS HEROIC WORK YOU DO
ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND IT
SAVES LIVES AND IT SAVES MONEY
FOR SYSTEMS AND IMPORTANTLY IT
REUNITES FAMILIES AND PROVIDES
HOPE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL
THAT YOU DO. I GUESS, I WANTED
TO JUST ASK, THOUGH, AS RELATES
TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE SAW
ON THE GRAPH, WHAT IS THE TAKE
AWAY? BECAUSE WE KNEW THIS
WOULD HAPPEN PRIOR TO THE
PASSAGE OF THE DRUG
ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE. WE KNEW
THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH CAPACITY
TO ABSORB BOTH POLICE REFERRALS
AS WELL AS MAINTAIN COMMUNITY
AND BUSINESS REFERRALS. YOU
WARNED THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
IF THE BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING. THAT WAS
KNOWN BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS
FINALIZED AND SENT TO COUNCIL.
AND THEN WHEN WE RECEIVED THE
BUDGET, I CONFIRMED MULTIPLE
WAYS THAT THE FUNDING WAS NOT
INCREASING BUT AT LEAST IT
SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS BEING
MAINTAINED AND ADJUSTED FOR
INFLATION. I GUESS I WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT DECREASE WAS MENTIONED
IN THE BUDGET IF ANY, AND,
JUST ASK AGAIN, THE ONLY
PERSON ON THIS BODY THAT WILL
BE HERE NEXT YEAR IS
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THERE
WILL NOT BE THE CRISIS CARE
CENTER STOOD UP AND WE WILL NOT
HAVE THE UNITS EXPANDED OR
BUILT OUT AS A RESULT OF THAT
CRISIS CARE LEVY AND IF WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT HAVING A CRISIS
WITHIN PDA EMERGE TO THE VERY
PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN ASKED MORE
OR LESS EVERY YEAR, WHAT IS THE
EFFICACY ASK OF COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON SPECIFICALLY IN THE
FUTURE COUNCIL, BECAUSE WE KNEW
THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND
YET THE COUNCIL STILL ASKED TO
PASS LEGISLATION. THERE IS NO
BUSINESS OR COMMUNITY REFERRALS
IN PLACE WHEN WE HAVE LEASE
REFERRALS COMING OVER. CAN YOU
PLEASE REMIND ME WHAT THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT REDUCTION WAS
AND, THIS IS NOT A QUESTION FOR
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE
COMMUNITY HERE WHO ARE TELLING
US THERE'S A CRISIS ON THE
HORIZON. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT
THE ASK IS PREEMPTIVELY FOR THE
SPRING WHEN YOU KNOW THERE'S
GOING TO BE A CLIP IN FUNDING
IF THIS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
DRUG ORDINANCE IS GOING TO
REMAIN IN PLACE AND THE
RESOURCES WILL BE STRETCHED
THIN BY MAY, WHAT IS THE ASK?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LUCIA. AND
NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT, I
JUST NEED TO KNOW THE HEART ASK
GIVEN THAT THERE IS A CRISIS
ON THE HORIZON THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN WARNING US ABOUT WHAT IS
THE ASK NOW THE COUNCIL?
>> I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I
THINK --
>> THAT WAS NOT A QUESTION FOR
YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE
PANEL.
>>
>> LET ME GO BACK TO TRYING TO
MODERATE THE CONVERSATION. I
THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO END ON
A HIGH NOTE. I UNDERSTAND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
QUESTION WAS DIRECTED TO OUR
GUESTS. I WILL GIVE YOU THE
FLOOR, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
AFTER THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FIRST, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, FOR
BEING ANOTHER OF THOSE KEY
LEADERS WHO HAVE VERY -- YOU
KNOW, USE A LOT OF UTILITY TO
TRY TO FIND AND KEEP THE WORK
ALIVE, INCLUDING BUT BRING IT
TO THE ATTENTION OF
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICIALS WHO
HAVE ENGINEERED SOME ONE TIME
GAP FILLING FUNDS. YOU HAVE
DONE MORE THAN JUST HELP FROM
YOUR CITY COUNCIL SEAT. YOU
ARE RIGHT, IF NOTHING CHANGES,
WE WILL HAVE A SYSTEM IMPASSE
OR COLLAPSE, EITHER WE WILL
HAVE TO TURN DOWN REFERRALS
FROM SPD, WHICH POSES
PROBLEMS, BECAUSE THE ABILITY
TO ACCEPT THOSE REFERRALS IS
THE PREMISE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S
OWN POLICY NOW, IMPLEMENTING
THE ORDINANCE. OR, SOME
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WILL HAVE
TO BE BUILT. AS I NOTED
EARLIER, WE ARE VERY OPEN TO
DOING SOME EXTRA LABOR,
ENTERING TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL
FUNDING SOURCES BESIDES JUST
THE SEATTLE GENERAL FUND.
THROUGH OUTREACH TO BOTH CHAIR
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, WE IDENTIFIED IN
ADVANCE OF THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEATTLE ADVOCATING FOR THE
GRANT FUND. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL
HAPPEN. THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY
OUR NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION
IS THAT THE CITY UNITE IN
ADVOCACY IN OLYMPIA TO MAKE
THAT GRANT FUND WORK FOR THE
CITY THAT CREATED THIS MODEL.
THE POSSIBILITY OF
CONGRESSIONALLY IDENTIFYING
FUNDING CHANNELS FOR L.E.A.D.
ALSO EXIST. BUT ALSO, WE HAVE
BEEN REALLY FRANK WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT THEY
CALLED FOR THIS MODEL TO PLAY
A CERTAIN ROLE AND IT HAS. AND
IT WILL NOT BE -- WE HAVE NOT
PULLED ANY PUNCHES ABOUT HOW
FAR THAT CAN GO. WE DO EXPECT
THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN VERY
STRONG AND REALITY-BASED. SO,
IF SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING IS
NEEDED IN 2024, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE IS ABLE TO PROPOSE THAT
AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO BE
FRANK WITH BOTH THE COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR ABOUT WHEN THE PINCH
WILL COME. IT IS NOT TODAY,
BUT IT IS IMMINENT.
>> THANK YOU, LISA.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. --
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> WE'RE STILL ENDING ON A HIGH
NOTE, I WANTED TO SPEAK BECAUSE
IT SEEMED BY BEING NAMED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, THAT
THERE MIGHT BE SOME REASON TO
BE CONCERNED. I JUST WANTED TO
REASSURE, NOT JUST HER, BUT
ALSO THE FOLKS AT OUR TABLE AND
THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMITTEE
THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE,
LISA AND I , AND I WANT TO SAY
THAT IN THE PROCESS OF ME
LEARNING WHAT DOES L.E.A.D. DO
ONCE THEY HAVE REFERRALS, TO ME
IT IS ABOUT, OKAY, L.E.A.D. IS
A MEANS TO AN END . AND SO HOW
DO WE WORK IN THE END? LISA
WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF MY
BUDGET ITEM TO ALLOW THEIR
CASE MANAGERS TO SEND PEOPLE
DIRECTLY TO INPATIENT OR
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT. AND
BROKERED SUPPORT AMONG MY
COLLEAGUES. SHE WAS ALSO A
PERSON WHO CAME OUT IN SUPPORT
OF THE PUBLIC USE BILL AND THE
PUBLIC USE AND POSSESSION BILL
THAT ENDED UP FINALLY GETTING
PAST. I THINK THAT THE TABLE
IS SET FOR CONTINUED
COLLABORATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
APPRECIATE YOUR PLEDGE AND THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TODAY. WE APPRECIATED. TALK TO
YOU SOON. CAN YOU PLEASE READ
IN ITEM NUMBER TWO TO THE
AGENDA?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IS
UPDATES TO THE ANNUAL USAGE
REVIEWS OF CITY SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGIES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
PATIENCE. I APPRECIATE YOU
JOINING US TODAY. AS WE ARE
JOINED AT THE TABLE, THE
COMMITTEE TABLE, WE HAVE
PRESENTERS FROM THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL. IF YOU COULD
DO SOME QUICK INTRODUCTIONS AND
THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF
SENTENCES TO GET US KICKED OFF.
>> JUST QUICK INTRODUCTIONS.
NAME AND TITLE.
>> MY NAME IS DAN PITTS, THE
AUDIT SUPERVISOR AT OIG.
>> I AM A EMILY MORLEY,
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ANALYST
AT THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL.
>> AS WE KNOW, THE CITIES
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE HAS
TAKEN A LOT OF TIME BEFORE
COMMITTEE IN RECENT YEARS. TO
BASICALLY, ON A ROUTINE BASIS,
REVIEW EXISTING SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL AS
REVIEWING AND AUDITING NEW
ONES. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
AND COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
HAVE CHAIRED COMMITTEES THAT
SOME OF THIS WORK HAS APPEARED
IN. AND ON OUR REQUEST, THE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS
BEGAN WORKING ON POTENTIAL
INNOVATIONS THAT COULD IMPROVE
THE PROCESS THAT IS REQUIRED
BOTH UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE
ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE 2017
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE. I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU REACHING OUT TO ME AND
OFFERING TO SHARE THIS PROPOSAL
WITH THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR
INVITING US TO BE HERE. SO,
OUR WORKLOAD , JUST TO RECAP
KIND OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN WITH
SURVEILLANCE, OIG PUBLISHED 10
REPORTS ON SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGIES LAST YEAR FOR 10
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES. THERE
WERE SIX TECHNOLOGIES APPROVED
IN THE LAST YEAR AND THOSE
WILL BE ADDED TO OUR PLATE IN
THE COMING YEAR. RAISING IT TO
16 TECHNOLOGIES WE NEED TO
REVIEW IN 2024. IN THE
POTENTIAL THAT MORE
TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE
POTENTIALLY APPROVED IN 2024,
MORE WILL BE ADDED IN 2025. YOU
CAN SEE HOW THE WORK IS RAPIDLY
STACKING ON TOP OF ITSELF. THAT
HAS REQUIRED US TO LOOK FOR HOW
TO ADAPT TO THAT WITHIN HOW
THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE
CURRENTLY REQUIRES US TO
CONDUCT THE REVIEWS. I WANT TO
NOTE THAT THE CITY AUDITOR HAS
BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN THIS.
THEY GOT THE BALL ROLLING.
WHILE THEY DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS
TECHNOLOGIES TO REVIEW HIS US,
THEY ALSO HAVE A SIMILAR
CHALLENGE TO FACE AND HOW TO
MANAGE RESOURCES IN CONDUCTING
THIS WORK AND WE ARE BOTH
SEEKING A WAY TO MANAGE
RESOURCES WHILE STILL
CONDUCTING MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT
AND HONORING THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS
CURRENTLY WRITTEN. WHAT THAT
MEANS IS A PRACTICAL LEVEL WE
HAVE AGREED ON A FRAMEWORK FOR
CONDUCTING A REVIEW OF ALL
TECHNOLOGIES EVERY YEAR AS
REQUIRED. APPLYING A RISK
ASSESSMENT TO THIS TECHNOLOGIES
TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHERE WE
ARE DOING DEEP DIVES AND FULL
COMPLIANCE REVIEWS AND DOING
TESTING AND ISSUING
RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE, NOT
ALL THE TECHNOLOGIES
NECESSARILY CARRY THE SAME RISK
IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. AND HAVE THE
SAME LEVEL OF COMMUNITY
CONCERN. EMILY IS HERE LEADING
OUR EFFORTS TO KIND OF FIGURE
OUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. I
WILL TURN OVER TO HER KIND OF
THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF IT. I
WANT TO EMPHASIZE OFF THE START
THAT THIS IS AN ITERATIVE
PROCESS WE SEE REVISITING AND
TWEAKING YEAR-OVER-YEAR AND
THAT ANY KIND OF NUMBERS OR
FIGURES WE HAVE IN HERE ARE
STILL KIND OF SUBJECT TO CHANGE
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE WANTED TO PROVIDE INSIGHT
INTO THE APPROACH WE ARE TAKING
AND LET YOU KNOW GENERALLY WHAT
YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US. I WILL
TURN OVER TO EMILY.
>> THANKS, DAN.
>> AS DAN INTRODUCED , MY
PRESENTATION WILL DESCRIBE THE
FEATURES OF THAT PROCESS. FOR
CONDUCTING THE ANNUAL USAGE
REVIEWS. AND ALSO EXPLAIN WHAT
THOSE MORECAMBE PRINCE OF
COMPLIANCE REVIEWS LOOK LIKE AS
WELL. AGAIN, THIS IS A JOINT
EFFORT BETWEEN THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE
OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR. SO, WE
ENVISIONED THIS PROCESS AS
BEING MULTISTEP FOR ALL THE
TECHNOLOGIES. ALL TECHNOLOGIES
WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE FIRST
THREE STEPS AND THEN A SELECT
NUMBER WILL BE PART OF THE
COMPLIANCE REVIEW, STEP FOUR.
THE FIRST BEING ANNUAL SURVEYS.
ANNUAL SURVEYS WILL CONSIST
OF APPROXIMATELY 27 QUESTIONS
THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR THE
OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR, BUT THE
QUESTIONS ARE BASED AROUND
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE.
SECTIONS A THROUGH F. SOME
COMPONENTS REQUIRE MORE DETAIL
AND HAVE MORE REQUIREMENTS. SO
WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ANSWERING
EACH OF THOSE AND THOSE ARE
GOING TO HELP ASSESS THE LEVEL
OF RISK FOR EACH TECHNOLOGY.
SOME TECHNOLOGIES ARE UNIQUE
FROM OTHERS. AND SO THERE MAY
BE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE
SURVEYS . BROADLY, THEY WILL
ALWAYS CONSIST OF AT LEAST 30
QUESTIONS AND THEN SOME
ADDITIONAL ONES THAT MAY BE
IDIOSYNCRATIC TO THOSE.
BETWEEN THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL AND OFFICE OF CITY
AUDITOR WE WILL ISSUE THE
SURVEYS TO OUR AUDIT TO USE
THAT WOULD BE THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS HE THAT HAVE
OR USE SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGIES WHICH THE OFFICE
OF CITY AUDITOR REVIEWS. SO,
SOME OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS,
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT
THOSE LOOK LIKE, MIGHT INCLUDE
IF THE TECHNOLOGY IS USED TO
RECORD AUDIO , UNDER WHAT
CIRCUMSTANCES IS IT LIKELY
RISK TO VIOLATING CIVIL
LIBERTIES EXIST , AND
APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY
INDIVIDUALS ARE SUBJECT TO
SURVEILLANCE ANNUALLY. THESE
ANSWERS ARE PROPOSED AND MAY
BE CHANGED BUT AS YOU CAN SEE
THE METRIC HERE WILL ALLOW US
TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS
TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESS A RISK
USING A STANDARD TOOL. IN
SUMMARY, ANNUAL SURVEYS ARE
TAILORED FOR EACH TECHNOLOGY.
A RISK SCORING WILL BE
COMPRISED OF MANY DIFFERENT
SOURCES INCLUDING THOSE ANNUAL
SURVEYS. THERE ARE OTHER
DOCUMENTS HOWEVER, THAT ARE
USEFUL IN ASSESSING THE LEVEL
OF RISK INCLUDING THE
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORT AS
DEFINED BY THE ORDINANCE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ISSUES A SEATTLE IMPACT REPORT
FOR EVERY NEW TECHNOLOGY AND
ANY SUBSTANTIATIVE CHANGES TO
EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES. THE
REVIEW OF THE SIR WILL BE
INTEGRAL TO ASSESSING THE LEVEL
OF RISK SINCE THOSE ARE
COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTS ISSUED
BY OUR AUDITING. RETURNING TO
THE SAMPLE SURVEY QUESTIONS,
IS THE TECHNOLOGY USED TO
RECORD AUDIO, ET CETERA, YOU
CAN SEE SOME OF THESE CAN BE
ANSWERED USING THOSE DOCUMENTS
WITHOUT HAVING TO ISSUE THOSE
NECESSARILY ASKED QUESTIONS TO
OUR AUDITING. THE FIRST FEW
QUESTIONS MIGHT BE ANSWERED BY
REVIEWING THE SURVEILLANCE
IMPACT REPORT PRIOR COMPLAINTS
REVIEWS. WHERE IS THE LAST ONE
MIGHT BE BETTER ANSWERED USING
THE SURVEY OR PRIOR COMPLAINTS
REVIEW. ADDITIONAL
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE SCORING
OF RISK WILL INCLUDE NOT JUST
THE SURVEY ANSWERS, BUT ALSO
PUBLIC CONCERN. OUR OFFICE IS
RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE
ENUMERATED IN THE SIR. WE ALSO
WANT TO BE CONSIDERATE AND
THOUGHTFUL OF GOVERNMENT
RESOURCES AND THE AMOUNT OF
TIME AND RESOURCES DEDICATED TO
COMPLETING THESE REVIEWS. THE
NUMBER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ,
WE SEE AT THE START OF 2024
THERE WERE SIX NEW TECHNOLOGIES
WE WILL BE ADDING TO OUR
WORKLOAD, AND AT LEAST SEVERAL
MORE THAT WILL LIKELY BE
COMPLETED IN THE SIR PROCESS
IN 2024. WE ALSO WANT TO BE
CONSIDERATE OF THE YEAR SINCE
COMPLAINTS REVIEW. NOT ALL
TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE SUBJECT TO
A COMPLAINTS REVIEW, THOUGH
THEY WILL BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY
PER THE ORDINANCE, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT ALL TECHNOLOGIES
ON A ROTATING BASIS ARE STILL
SUBJECT TO THE IN-DEPTH
ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY
CHANGES, ANY DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN YEARS , ARE RESPONSIBLY
FOUND. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF
OUR PROPOSED RISK ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT.
IT WILL LIKELY BE DIFFERENT
FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE
HERE IS THAT IT IS MAPPED ONTO
THE ORDINANCE, THE SECTIONS OF
THE SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE ARE
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. AND
THESE ARE THE EXAMPLE
QUESTIONS, YOU CAN SEE THAT
MANY OF THEM ARE SET UP FOR
CERTAIN CATEGORIES LIKE SECTION
A WHICH DEALS WITH THE
FREQUENCY OF USE, PURPOSE OF
USE, WHEREAS SECTION D IS THE
RISK TO SEVERAL LIBERTIES,
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS. SOME
SECTIONS HAVE MORE QUESTIONS
THAN OTHERS BASED ON THE
WORDING OF THE ORDINANCE. ON
THE SCREEN IS AN EXAMPLE OF TWO
TECHNOLOGIES AND WHAT THEIR
SCORES MIGHT LOOK LIKE. WE HAVE
NOT COMPLETED OUR INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT OF THIS SO THESE ARE
DRAFT NUMBERS. JUST AS AN
EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE 911
LOGGING TECHNOLOGY WHICH WAS
REVIEWED THIS PAST YEAR AS WELL
AS THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE
READER WHICH IS USED BY PATROL.
IN THIS EXAMPLE YOU CAN SEE
THAT THE RISK BETWEEN THESE
TECHNOLOGIES IS DIFFERENT. THE
LOGGING RECORDER HAPPENS TO BE
IN THIS EXERCISE ONE OF THE
LEAST SKI TECHNOLOGIES. THOUGH
IT STILL HAS A NUMBER OF RISKS
IDENTIFIED. WHEREAS THE
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY HAS
MORE RISKS IDENTIFIED. THE
BENEFIT OF HAVING THIS KIND OF
RISK ASSESSMENT IS NOT ONLY
THAT IT THOUGHTFULLY AND
CONSIDERATELY DIRECTS
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES, BUT ALSO
IT IS A DOCUMENT THAT GUIDES
THEIR EFFORTS. AS YOU CAN SEE
ON THE SCREEN AS WELL, THESE
TECHNOLOGIES MAYBE HAVE
SIMILAR SCORES IN SOME
CATEGORIES BUT DIFFERENT IN
OTHERS. THIS WILL HELP US
INTERNALLY AS WELL. IN
SUMMARY, THE RISK SCORING
COMPILES SURVEY RESPONSES AND
ALLOWS US TO AMORTIZE ALL OF
THOSE CONSIDERATIONS AND MAKE
A DETERMINATION ABOUT THE
TECHNOLOGIES SUBJECT TO THE
ANNUAL REVIEW VERSUS THOSE
SELECTED FOR COMPLIANCE REVIEW.
THE ANNUAL REVIEW, EACH
TECHNOLOGY RISK SCORE RANGE ,
WE WILL INTEGRATE THOSE
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
PREVIOUSLY NAMED. AND
ALTOGETHER THOSE WILL BE
PUBLISHED IN A CONSOLIDATED
RISK MEMO OR OTHER TITLED
DOCUMENT THAT WILL DESCRIBE
WHAT ARE THE INTERNAL CONTROLS
FOR THOSE STRATEGIES USED BY
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
OR OTHER ODDITIES TO MITIGATE
THOSE RISKS. THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS IS
THAT IT RESPONSE TO THE
ORDINANCE BUT ALSO IDENTIFIES
THE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE
CONSIDERATIONS. LASTLY THERE
IS A COMPLAINTS REVIEW. AS I
SAID, SOME TECHNOLOGIES WHICH
WE BASED ON FACTORS WILL BE
SUBJECT COMPLAINTS REVIEW. WE
WILL SELECT THESE INTERNALLY.
THEY WILL BE BASED ON RISK
SCORES. THERE WILL BE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANALYSIS, FOR
EXAMPLE, THERE ARE SOME
PROPOSED EXPANSIONS OF PRESENT
TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS A
CONSIDERATION FOR US IN THE
COMING YEAR TO EVALUATE THE
TECHNOLOGIES. JUST TO
REITERATE, THE CURRENT DESIGN
OF OUR SURVEY MAKES IT
IMPOSSIBLE THAT TECHNOLOGY NOT
BE REVIEWED ON A ROTATING
BASIS. JUST THE WAY IT IS
STRUCTURED WILL REQUIRE US TO
ON A SEMI-FREQUENT BASIS , HAVE
THE MORE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
COMPLIANCE REVIEW AND THE
ANNUAL USAGE REVIEW WILL BE
THAT THE COMPLAINTS REVIEW WILL
TEST THOSE STRATEGIES AS OTHER
DEPARTMENTS THAT USE
TECHNOLOGIES HAVE A PLACE
DESIGNED TO REDUCE RISKS AND
THE EXTENT TO WHICH, IF AT ALL,
THEY DO REDUCE RISKS. IN
SUMMARY, OUR PROCESS , AT LEAST
FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, AS DAN
SAID IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS,
WE EXPECT THERE WILL LIKELY BE
CHANGES IN FUTURE YEARS, BUT AS
FAR AS 2024 WE EXPECT TO SHARE
OUR ANNUAL SURVEYS WITH SPD AND
OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT USE
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES.
CONDUCT SOME INTERNAL
DISCUSSIONS EVALUATING THE
RESPONSES TO HER SURVEYS , AS
WELL AS PART MENTAL DOCUMENTS ,
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND
THEN MOVE FORWARD ON PUBLISHING
AND REVIEWS ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN
CONDUCTED, EITHER THE ANNUAL
REVIEW OF THE CONSOLIDATED RISK
MEMO, OR THE COMPLAINTS REVIEW.
THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS
REALLY HELPFUL. IT IS A GREAT
INNOVATION THAT CAN DEFINITELY
FOCUS YOUR WORK ON THE RISKS
AND HELP FOCUS THE CITY
STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSION ON THOSE
RISKS. I REALLY THINK THIS HAS
THE POTENTIAL OF MAKING THE
PROCESS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC AND, WE KNOW THESE
ANALYSES ARE PRETTY TECHNICAL
AND DETAILED AS WE HAVE JUST
HEARD. THERE IS DEFINITELY A
PLACE FOR THAT. BUT THE CONCEPT
YOU'RE PRESENTING TODAY I
THINK AND MAKE IT BOTH CLEAR
FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE
PUBLIC AS WELL . CHECKING TO
SEE IF THERE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS
THAT YOU WORK WITH THE
EXTERNAL TO THE CITY PRIVACY
STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE VERY
INTERESTED IN THIS WORK.
SHARING THE CONCEPT WITH BOTH
THE ACLU, IF YOU HAVEN'T
ALREADY, AS WELL AS THE CITY, I
CAN'T REMEMBER THE ADVISORY
GROUP,
>> THE WORKING GROUP.
>> THERE IS A SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP WHO
HAS AN OFFICIAL ROLE IN
COMMENTING DURING THE PROCESS
WHERE A COUNCIL IS APPROVING
THIS TECHNOLOGIES. I KNOW THEY
ARE KEENLY INTERESTED IN THIS
TOPIC.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THE WORKING
GROUP IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE
ENGAGED WITH BEYOND THEIR
COMMENTS, BUT WE ARE IN REGULAR
-- WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST
YEAR DOING OUR WORK AND GOING
FORWARD COMMUNICATION WITH THE
ACLU AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I ONE MORE THING. I'VE
MENTIONED SEVERAL TIME ON THE
RECORD THAT I RECOGNIZE THIS IS
A LARGE BODY OF WORK FOR OIG.
AND I HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT
FOR NOT DOING THESE EVERY
SINGLE YEAR. SPACING THEM OUT
PERHAPS FIVE YEARS. I
UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN ATTEMPT
TO ADDRESS THE WORKLOAD ISSUE
AND SEE HOW IT GOES. BUT DO
IT IN A SMART WAY SO
TECHNOLOGIES ARE IDENTIFIED THE
PERHAPS NEED MORE OR LESS
REVIEW THAN THE STRICT ANNUAL
REVIEW. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT THIS IS IN LINE WITH
WHAT I'VE SAID BEFORE. AND
HOPE TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. I
ENJOY WORKING WITH PEOPLE.
>> IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THIS MARKS THE FINAL MEETING
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE. THIS
COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED BY
COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2020 AND
2021 AND AGAIN FOR 2022 AND
2023. THE NEXT COUNCIL WILL
ESTABLISH , BY RESOLUTION,
COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND
STRUCTURES. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THE COLLABORATIVE AND
COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF THIS
COMMITTEE AND JUST WANT TO
TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK SOME
FOLKS. FIRST I WANT TO THANK
MY CO-COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS COCHAIR.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. I'M
SO, VICE CHAIR. COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. AND COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. I ALSO WANT TO BE SURE
TO RECOGNIZE THE CRITICAL WORK
OF OUR COMMITTEE CLERKS , PAST
COMMITTEE CLERKS AND CURRENT
COMMITTEE CLERK. I WANT TO
NAME AND RECOGNIZE THE CENTRAL
STAFF ASSIGNED TO THIS
COMMITTEE WORK. GREG AND
GORMAN, JEN, LISA, YOLANDA
AS WELL AS THE LEGISLATIVE
I.T. STAFF, ESPECIALLY ERIC ,
ANNA AND OUR SAME FRIENDS AT
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. THIS
COMMITTEE COVERS SEVERAL
DIFFERENT AREAS. SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. ACCOUNT
ABILITY STRUCTURE. HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
COMMITTEE SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATION CENTER. THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. AND THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT. SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. REAL
QUICKLY, SOME HIGH POINTS. FOR
SPD, WE PASSED LEGISLATION
SUPPORTING HIRING AND
RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES, AND I
THINK COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THAT. WE
SHEPHERDED THE CONFIRMATION OF
CHIEF DIAZ. AND WE PASSED LESS
LETHAL WEAPONS REGULATIONS.
FOR OPA, OIG AND CBC WE DID
DIRECTOR CONFIRMATION FOR THE
CPC AND THE OPA. DIRECTOR
BETTS AND DIRECTOR ELLIS. WE
PASSED LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH
A NEW PROCESS DO YOU SUBPOENA
AUTHORITY FOR THE OPA AND OIG.
WE PASSED ACCOUNTABILITY
LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN THE
OPERATION OF THE CPC. WE ALSO
PASSED LEGISLATION TO UPDATE
THE 2017 ACCOUNTABILITY
LEGISLATION TO INCLUDE A NEW
PROCESS FOR INVESTIGATION OF
OPA COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE
CHIEF OF POLICE. WITH HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT , WE HAD
THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IN HER
CAPACITY AS BUDGET CHAIR TO
DEVELOP SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE. IT IS
GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED, NONPOLICE
ORIENTED PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE
AND SUPPORTS. ALL THROUGHOUT
THREE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC
HUBS IN THE CITY. WE CONFIRMED
DIRECTOR KIM. WE PASSED
RESOLUTIONS TO CLOSE THE PAY
PENALTY GAP FOR HUMAN SERVICES
PROVIDERS AND ALSO A
RESOLUTION DEFINING THE
COUNCIL'S INTENTION TO BRING
LEAD FUNDING TO SCALE. THE
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
WE PASSED LEGISLATION
SUPPORTING MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES
BY EXPANDING THE WORK OF THE
HAZARD RISK MITIGATION PLAN TO
INCLUDE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.
WE PASSED A RESOLUTION ENDED
MONITORING EFFORTS IN THIS
COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THE
UNREINFORCED MASONRY WORK
BEING LED BY THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTION AND THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE ALSO
SHEPHERDED THE DIRECTORS
CONFIRMATION. THE PREVIOUS
WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, WE STOOD UP AN
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE PROGRAM.
IN THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
ALSO WORKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WE WORKED
ON LEGISLATION TO GIVE
FIREFIGHTERS ANOTHER TOOL TO
PROMOTE CRISIS SEEN SAFETY. TO
RENDER LIFE SAVING SERVICES TO
PEOPLE IN CRISIS. AND WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S HELP,
WE WORKED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE AREN'T UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES IN THE FORM OF
ARRESTS OR CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT OF
VULNERABLE PEOPLE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE LIMITATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE. AS IT RELATES TO
THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE PASSED A
RESOLUTION CALLING ON KING
COUNTY AND WASHINGTON STATE
GOVERNMENT TO FULLY FUND
HEALTHCARE AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTHCARE NEEDS. WE ALSO
SUPPORTED KING COUNTY
INVESTMENTS MADE WITH FUNDS
ALLOCATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
TO KING COUNTY IN LIFE SAVING
SERVICES FOR DRUG USERS. WE
ALSO SHEPHERDED THE
CONFIRMATION OF KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR . OTHER
PIECES OF LEGISLATION IN THIS
COMMITTEE INCLUDE, AS WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT TODAY, A PATHWAY
CREATING THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE A DIVERSION FOR
MISDEMEANOR PUBLIC USE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. I AM
CALLING THOSE TWO FOLKS OUT
BECAUSE I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND I STARTED OFF
SPONSORING THE BILL WE
EVENTUALLY VOTED ON.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
SPONSORED PRIOR VERSIONS BUT I
BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
JOINED US IN THE ONE THAT
EVENTUALLY PASSED. WE ALSO
PASSED A RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] AS A LOW
LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIORITY. AGAIN
WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. AND
WE CAN'T FORGET THE THREE
SEPARATE LABOR RIGHTS
ORDINANCES FOR PEOPLE NOT
CONSIDERED UNDER LAW TO BE
EMPLOYEES INSTEAD CONTRACTORS.
THESE THREE ORDINANCES, ONE
FOCUSED ON TRANSPARENCY IN
CONTRACTS, THE OTHER MINIMUM
PAYMENT FOR WORK DONE, AND THE
LAST, DEACTIVATION PROTECTION
SO PEOPLE AREN'T UNFAIRLY
DENIED ABILITY TO DO THEIR
WORK. ENCLOSING I ALSO WANT
TO THANK CHIEF DIAZ, HEATHER,
BRIAN, FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF,
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
DIRECTOR, CARE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF SMITH, PRIOR ACTING AND
INTERIM DIRECTORS BARD AND
SALUS. ALSO, PRIOR DIRECTOR
KIM AT HST. KEVIN. PUBLIC
HEALTH. I WANT TO GO BACK AND
RECOGNIZE PRIOR CSCC DIRECTORS
. I DON'T TO MS. THERE GOOD
HELP. PRIOR OPA DIRECTOR AND
INTERIM DIRECTOR PERKINS AND
NOW PERMANENT DIRECTOR BETTS.
FORMER CPC DIRECTOR SCOTT
GRANT. CURRENT CPC DIRECTOR
ELLIS AND COCHAIRS HUNTER,
WALTON AND MERKEL. PUBLIC
SAFETY DIRECTOR. AND THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ESPECIALLY
FOR THEIR LEGAL SERVICE AND
ADVICE ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES
AND FOLKS IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, ESPECIALLY DAN AND
ANDREW, FOR MERCY NEW -- SR.
DEPUTY I DEPUTY BURGESS. I
ALSO CAN'T FORGET THE OFFICE
OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, LISA
JUDGE , AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR
SCOTT AT THAT DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME A
QUICK NOTE NOT TO FORGET OIG.
FOR THESE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS, I AM ONLY NAMING
PREMATURELY LEADERSHIP AND
COUNCIL LIAISONS. BUT THERE ARE
SCORES OF STAFF IN EACH OF
THESE DEPARTMENTS THAT MADE
THIS WORK POSSIBLE. TOO MANY
TO NAME AND THANK. THANKS AS
WELL TO COMMITTEE PARTNERS WHO
HAVE TESTIFIED AND COLLABORATED
IN OUR EFFORTS TO PASS GOOD
POLICY THAT SUPPORTS OUR CITY.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES AT THE COUNCIL,
TOWNSELL MEMBERS ,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. I HAVE
APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU
OVER THE TIME I HAVE CHAIRED
THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE
ADJOURN, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CHAIR. I WANT TO STATE THANK
YOU FOR YOUR DECADES OF SERVICE
TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE. EVERY
TIME I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE OR WHAT WE
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TRACKING, I
OFTEN RELY ON YOU AND YOUR
MEMORY. HAVING SERVED BOTH AS
STAFF AND A COUNCILMEMBER,
THE CITY HAS BENEFITED FROM
YOUR INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE AND
ADVOCACY AND TENACITY WITH
ENSURING OUR MOST VULNERABLE
ARE INVESTED IN AND LIFTED UP
AND THAT WE CREATE SYSTEMS FOR
BETTER SELF DETERMINATION.
THAT WE GET AT THE ROOTS OF THE
PROBLEM. I THINK IS THE PUBLIC
KNOWS VERY WELL, WE AGREE THE
VAST MAJORITY OF TIMES AND IT
HAS BEEN REALLY A PLEASURE OF
MINE TO WORK WITH YOU AND LEARN
FROM YOU AND YOUR TEAM. I KNOW
MY TEAM HAS APPRECIATED WORKING
WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM DIRECTLY
AS WELL. IT IS A HUGE LOSS FOR
THE CITY TO NOT HAVE YOU IN
THIS POSITION. I WISH YOU THE
BEST OF LUCK BUT I KNOW THAT
THIS IS YOUR FINAL COUNCIL
COMMITTEE MEETING, YOU CAN
LEAVE KNOWING THAT THE CITY IS
HEALTHIER AND MORE LIKELY TO BE
HOUSED IN MORE LIKELY TO HAVE
ACCESS TO HUMAN SERVICES AND
GET STABLE ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE BECAUSE OF THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE. THAT IS ALL ON
THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
I. NOT TO MENTION YOUR
LEADERSHIP OVER THE DECADES ON
WORKER RIGHTS AND WORKER
PROTECTION. AND HELPING TO
MAKE SURE MORE FAMILIES CAN
HAVE A LIVING WAGE AND THAT
THOSE WHO'VE BEEN LEFT OUT BY
OUR FEDERAL AND STATE STANDARDS
ARE FOLDED IN IN THIS CITY. IS
A FOUNDING MEMBER AND LEADER
OF THE LOCAL PROGRESS, WE KNOW
THE NATION LOOKS TO SEATTLE
AND MANY TIMES OVER HISTORY,
YOU HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY AT THE
HELM, DESPITE YOU MIGHT BE
TAKING CREDIT OR PEOPLE
POUNDING THEIR FISTS AND
WANTING TO GRANDSTAND, YOU HAVE
BEEN DOING THE WORK. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE YOU ALSO GET THE
RECOGNITION FOR ALL OF THE
INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP YOU HAVE
DONE ON LABOR PROTECTIONS. AND
WITH THAT, OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
PUTS MORE MONEY IN PEOPLE'S
POCKETS AND THEY SPEND IT ON
SMALL BUSINESSES. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP NOT ONLY ON
THIS COMMITTEE BUT IS VICE
CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
AND ALSO FOR BEING A GOOD
FRIEND AND RELIABLE SOURCE OF
KNOWLEDGE, CITY COUNCIL
RELATED. I WISH YOU THE BEST OF
LUCK AND LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. I'M
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THERE A
MINIMUM NUMBER OF TEARS IN THE
NEXT FEW DAYS. I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I DON'T TO RUIN THE MOMENT,
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
YOU'VE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST
AND KNOW THE MOST ABOUT THE
PROCESS AND THE INNER WORKINGS
OF THE CITY. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK AS SOME MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC KNOW, WE BOTH WORK
TOGETHER IN A DISCIPLINED --
DIFFERENT CAPACITY. AS AIDES
TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT
IS FUN TO SEE YOU HERE IN THIS
ROLE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THE
TIME IS 11:40 A AND. AND WE
ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU,
EVERYBODY.