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Perennial Issues of Housing Discrimination Ripe for Reform, Sound Transit...
Perennial Issues of Housing Discrimination and Fair Housing are Ripe for Reform Race and socio-economic factors must not be used to prevent people from securing safe, healthy affordable housing. Yet,...
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We Must Do More to Respond To the Rise in Hate Crime
On June 1st our City proclaimed June LGBTQ Pride Month. The Council and Mayor recognized that the fight for equality is not over and we must continue to lead the nation in establishing policies to...
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Observers’ Bill of Rights, Council Capital Project Oversight Committee...
Observers’ Bill of Rights Across the country, recordings of police activity by the public have increased the public’s ability to witness police behavior and hold police accountable. However, the act of...
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Anti-Hate Resolution, Fauntleroy Boulevard project update, LGBT Commission...
Anti-Hate Resolution As chair of the Committee that oversees Civil Rights, I am charged with providing policy direction and oversight, and making recommendations on legislative matters related to civil...
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Housing Bond Proposal, This week in the budget, Election Results Statement,...
Housing Bond Proposal Last Friday, Councilmembers Bagshaw, González, Johnson, O’Brien, Sawant, and I signed on to a proposal to fund additional affordable housing for Seattle residents. The proposal is...
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Regarding the Shooting on Alki; SOCR Commission Work Plan and Expansion;...
Regarding the Shooting on Alki Councilmember Gonzalez held her Gender Equity, Safe Communities, and New American’s committee this morning. On the agenda was a presentation about the Seattle Police...
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Comprehensive Plan 2035 Community Involvement, Next week in the budget,...
Comprehensive Plan 2035 Community Involvement On Monday the Council approved the 2035 Comprehensive Plan update. In committee, the Council approved amendments I sponsored relating to Seattle Public...
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This Week in the Budget; City Auditor Report on City Finances; Disability...
This Week in the Budget The City Council’s Budget Committee will hold a second public hearing on the 2018 budget on November 1 at City Hall. In addition, there will be hearings on the Seattle Asian...
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March 5 Deadline for ST3 Early Scoping Comments; Addressing Sexual...
Reminder: March 5 Deadline for ST3 Early Scoping Comments Monday, March 5 is the deadline for submitting comments to Sound Transit as part of the ST3 scoping process for light rail from Downtown to...
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Firefighters Propose Health Help Changes for Homeless People; Addressing Hate...
Firefighters Propose Health Help Changes for Homeless People This week, in Councilmember González’s committee, the Council received a report and an update from the Seattle Fire Department on the...
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