THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE CITY WILL COME TO ORDER.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
WE HAVE NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE WILL OPEN THE REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA IN THE 2020 WORK
PROGRAM. I
APPRECIATE THE ONGOING PATIENCE
AS WE CONTINUE TO USE THIS
REMOTE SYSTEM AND NAVIGATE
THROUGH ALL THAT IS REQUIRED TO
MAKE THE REMOTE COMMENTS.
POSSIBLE. WE ARE ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FINE-TUNE
OUR PROCESS. IT DOES REMAIN
OUR STRONG INTENT TO HAVE
REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE
AGENDA.
IT ANY POINT IF IT IS DEEMED
THAT THE SYSTEM IS ABUSED, OR
NOT BEING MANAGED
SUFFICIENTLY, I WILL MODERATE
TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
PEER THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
FOR THIS MEETING
WILL BE A TOTAL OF 90 MINUTES
TODAY, FOR THE FIRST 60 MINUTES
SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. EACH
SPEAKER SIGNED UP WILL HAVE 45
SECONDS TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME IN THE ORDER WHICH THEY
REGISTERED.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO,
SIGN UP AT THE COUNCIL WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WHEN I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
THERE'LL BE AN AUTOMATIC
PROMPT, THAT IS IS THE SPEAKERS
TURN, THE SPEAKER MUST PRESS á-
ASTERISK 62 BEGIN SPEAKING.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC
COMMENT SHOULD REFER TO AN ITEM
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR ABOUT TEN
SECONDS IN, A TIME, YOU HAVE
TEN SECONDS TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOUR SPEAKER WILL BE
AUTOMATICALLY MUTED TO ALLOW US
TO CALL HIM SPEAKER.
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, PLEASE
DO SO BY THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
THE LISTENING OPTIONS. I'M
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP
THE PUBLIC COMMENT..
I WILL BEGIN
THE PROCESS OF CALLING FOLKS ON
THE LIST.
IT IS APPROXIMATELY 3:10 P.M.
WE WILL GO ONE MINUTE PER
SPEAKER, UNTIL 4:10 P.M.
AT THAT POINT WE WILL GO FOR AN
ADDITIONAL 30 MINUTES BEFORE WE
CONSIDER THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST IS
EVELYN, FOLLOWED BY MADISON.
>> I'M CALLING TODAY TO HOLD AN
OVERRIDE OF 119, 865 AT 863.
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW PURPOSES
TENDS THOUSANDS OF CONSTITUENTS.
DISMANTLING THE NAVIGATION
TEAM, WHICH GETS MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS PER YEAR TO EARLY
HOMELESS PEOPLE AND TREAT THEM
INTEGRATING AND DEHUMANIZING
WAYS. THE PEOPLE ARE ALL
WATCHING YOU GIVE INTO ME ORAL
PRESSURE.
WE NEED YOU TO SIDE WITH BLACK
LABS, IF YOU DO NOT VOTE TO
OVERRIDE THE VETO, YOU ARE
STANDING WITH THE MAYOR.
HOLD THE LINE, DO NOT GO BACK
ON YOUR WORD, PLEASE REJECT THE
SO-CALLED COMPROMISE BILL.
>> NEXT UP IS MEDICINE,
FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CLARK.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT
SEVEN.
IF THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT
BLACK LIVES MATTER, THEY NEED TO
PROVE IT BY OVERWRITING THE
MAYOR'S VETO.
WE HAVE SEEN THE CUT OF 15% TO
GET MOVED DOWN TO 2%, NOW A
COMPROMISE OF 0.2%?
LEWIS THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO
YOU, MY PARTNER AND I HAVE
TALKED TO YOU MANY TIMES OVER
THE COURSE OF TIME, INCLUDING
THE TREATMENT OF EDM AND WHAT
HAPPENED TO MYSELF WHEN I WAS
ARRESTED TRYING TO PROTECT THE
HOUSE LIST COMMUNITY AND
PROTESTERS FROM SPD. AND
ARRESTED AS WELL AS AT THE
LABOR DAY RALLY, SUFFERING A
LIFE-THREATENING TUITION DUE TO
INDISCRIMINATE USE OF FORCE,
LEWIS, DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK ON
US.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RYAN
CLARK, FOLLOWED BY REBECCA
THINKS.
>> MY NAME IS BRIAN CLARK, IME
HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT SIX.
THIS IS A VITAL FIRST STEP WITH
CRUCIAL INVESTMENT.
I'M ASKING TO HOLD THE LINE
DESPITE THE MAYORS ATTEMPTS TO
RESHAPE AT. THIS IS IN DEFENSE
OF BLACK LIVES. THE SO-CALLED
GOVERNMENTS ALSO
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS
PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ARE
VIOLENTLY HARASSED, AND HAVE
THEIR LUNGS DESTROYED. STRESS
HAS COMMITTED TO DEFUNDING.
IF YOU DO NOT VOTE TO OVERRIDE
THIS VETO, YOU ARE FAILING TO
UPHOLD A COMMITMENT.
WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?
>> REBECCA, FOLLOWED BY JOANNA.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I
ASK YOU EACH TO OVERRIDE THE
MAYOR'S VETO. I HOPE WE CAN
RELY ON YOU DIVESTING FROM THE
EXISTING SYSTEM THAT
PERPETUATES TRAUMA, RACISM,
POLICE BRUTALITY AND DEATH.
VOTED UN BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN
YOU, PLEASE DON'T LET US DOWN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING AND.
NEXT UP IS JOANNA, FOLLOWED BY
PETER.
>> I'M CALLING FOR OVERWRITING
THE MAYORS SHAMEFUL ANTI- BLACK
VETO. THE COMPROMISEPACKAGES
OUTRIGHT APPALLING.
YOU ARE STATING TO YOUR
CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU DO NOT
THINK LIKE LIVES MATTER AND YOU
DO NOT CARE FOR SEATTLE'S
GROWING HOUSE LIST COMMUNITY.
I'M ASKING YOU TO CALL ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND
OVERRIDE THE VETO.
IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO, ASK
YOURSELF WHY.
YOUR PARTNER IS A LAWYER FOR
THE EAST PRECINCT, A LATENT
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY.
I
YIELD MY TIME.
>> HELLO, THIS IS PETER, I LIVE
IN DISTRICT FOUR.
I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO OVERRIDE
THE MAYOR'S VETO, I WANT TO SEE
$14 SPENT ON SCALING UP OF
EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS, I WANT
TO SEE $3 MILLION ON RESEARCH
INTO PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS.
I WANT TO SEE THE VIOLENT
SEATTLE POLICE FORCE REALLY
REDUCED IN SIZE.
THEY'VE SHOWN AN ABILITY TO
PERFORM.
ONE MAN WAS PAID FOR MORE THAN
24 HOURS OF WORK SIX SEPARATE
OCCASIONS LAST YEAR. THERE IS
OVERTIME FRAUD GOING ON IN PLAIN
SIGHT.
YOU ARE ALL
OBLIGATED TO FIX THE SITUATION.
DEFUND THE POLICE, OVERRIDE THE
VETO. I
YIELD MY TIME.
>> JOE CANSLER, FOLLOWED BY
HAYDEN BASS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I CLEARLY TRYING TO PLAY BINGO
HERE. I
APPRECIATE YOU HAVING A
COMPROMISE ON THE CRISIS THAT
IS GOING ON.
I THINK HAVING SEATTLE POLICE,
THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
I THINK INSTEAD OF BEING
DEPLOYED TO GO AFTER PROTESTERS
WHO SIMPLY WANT MORE INVESTMENT
IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEY NEED
PROGRESSIVE OPTIONS TO DO THAT.
MAYBE WE SENT IF WE SENT THEM
AFTER THOSE EVILDOERS WHO ARE
NOT WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC
AND SPREADING COVID-19, THEY
DESERVE TO FACE TEAR GAS AND
FLASH BANGS, NOT PEOPLE WHO
STAND UP IN THE STREETS. I
SUPPORT THE COMPROMISE AND HOPE
YOU WILL GET ON WITH FIGHTING
COVID-19.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT ERIC YOU ARE
AWESOME.
>> NEXT UP IS HAYDEN BASS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
HAYDEN BASS. FIFTEEN YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A PUBLIC
SPACE, THE ONLY REAL OPTION
STAFF HAS IN THE LIBRARY WHEN
FACED WITH A CRISIS, IS TO CALL
THE POLICE.
IT'S WASTEFUL FOR TAXPAYERS TO
PAY FOR AN EXPENSIVE POLICE
RESPONSE THAT NEVER ADDRESSES
THE PROBLEM OR OFFERS LASTING
SOLUTIONS.
I NEED COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS THAT
ACTUALLY WORK.
INSTEAD OF CONTINUE TO OR FUND
POLICE, PUT FUNDING WHERE IT
BELONGS, IN BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES. THANK
YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NESS NEXT UP IS MATTHEW
PLANK, FOLLOWED BY EMILY
MERRILL.
IS MATTHEW WITH US?
>> YES.
>> YOU NEED TO HIT á-ASTERISK
SIX SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS MATTHEW, I
AM HERE PROUD OF THE MAJORITY OF
COUNSEL FOR PASSING A BUDGET,
THAT WAS A START, BUT REAL
BUILDING MUST BE DONE TO BRING
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, AND
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OUR UN-
HOUSED NEIGHBORS BY DEFUNDING
HARMFUL INSTITUTIONS LIKE SPD.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO ALL
COLLECTIVELY VOICE THAT WE WILL
NOT ALLOW WHITE'S PREMISES TO
STAND IN SEATTLE. I
WANT ACTIONS, NOT WORDS, I AM
ASKING YOU ALL TO OVERRIDE THIS
VETO.
>> NEXT IS EMILY, FOLLOWED BY
PAUL.
>> I'M THE DISTRICT FIVE VOTER
CALLING ON YOU TO OVERRIDE THE
MAYOR'S VETO.
IT SEEMS ABSURD WHEN VOTERS
HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR OF DEFENDING
THE POLICE AND AFTER MASSIVE
AMOUNTS OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND
REPEATEDLY, LACK PROTESTERS
HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT, IT SEEMS
RACIST THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD
BACK DOWN LESS THAN 10% OF THE
ORIGINAL PROTEST, IT SEEMS
UNDEMOCRATIC TO PASS THIS
COMPROMISE MEASURE.
I'M ASKING YOU TO OVERRIDE THIS
VETO STAND WITH THE RIGHT TO
PROTEST. WE'VE
PARTICULARLY SEEN VIOLENCE
TARGETED AGAINST BLACK
PROTESTERS. THANK YOU I YIELD
THE REST OF MY TIME.
>>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE
THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHO LIKE
ME, ARE WHITE MEN.
AND LIKE ME,
>> THIS IS A CAREER DEFINING
MOMENT.
WHERE YOU DEFINE YOUR POLITICAL
CRITICAL POLITICAL CAREER, BY
CAPITULATION TO WHITE MODERATES
MORE DEVOTED TO LAW AND ORDER
THAN THEY ARE TO JUSTICE WE
CANNOT WAIT FOR A MORE
CONVENIENT SEASON, THERE IS NO
MORE CONVENIENT SEASON TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
PLEASE OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S
VETO.
>> NEXT UP IS ALLISON, FOLLOWED
BY BRITTANY.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU, ALLISON, GO
AHEAD.
>> I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE KING COUNTY COALITION ON
HOMELESSNESS.
WE URGENTLY AND EARNESTLY CALL
ON YOU TO MAKE REAL AND DRASTIC
CHANGES, SHIFTING MONEY FROM
OVERFUNDED POLICING BY FUNDING
NEW APPROACHES TO MEETING THE
URGENT NEEDS OF OUR
COMMUNITIES.
I CALL ON YOU TO OVERTURN THE
VETO AND CHALLENGE ENDEMIC
CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS
AND ADVOCATE FOR A MORE JUST
BUDGET. THESE ARE EXTREMELY
CHARGED TIMES. TO STRIP OUT
THE IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES AND
PROVISIONS OF THE LEGISLATION
EFFECTIVELY ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE
CONVERSATION THAT HAS BEEN
LIFTED UP.
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND OTHER
PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE WIDELY AND
DISPROPORTIONATELY MADE
HOMELESS UNDERCURRENT
INSTITUTIONS.
DON'T USE THAT FAILED EXPERIMENT
.
>> NEXT UP IS BRITTANY,
FOLLOWED BY LYNN JUDGE.
BRITTANY, IF YOU ARE WITH US,
HIT á-ASTERISK SIX, SO WE CAN
HEAR YOU.
BRITTANY, WE STILL CANNOT HEAR
YOU.
HIT á-ASTERISK 61 MORE TIME.
ONE MORE TIME. I SEE THAT YOU
ARE ON THE LINE, BUT YOU ARE
MUTED.
THERE YOU GO. IT LOOKS LIKE
YOUR LINE IS ON MUTED.
ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE STILL UNABLE TO HEAR
BRITTANY. WE WILL MOVE TO THE
NEXT SPEAKER AND COME BACK TO
BRITTANY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET
THE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES RESOLVED.
BRITTANY, CAN YOU TRY ONE MORE
TIME?
LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM,
JUDGE, JACKSON, BEACH PIER
>> I'M HERE STANDING OUTSIDE OF
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS' HOUSE
WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS.
I'M CALLING ALL TO MAINTAIN
YOUR VOTE TO DEFUND SPD AND VOTE
TO OVERRIDE THE VETO.
IF BLACK LIVES MATTER, YOU NEED
TO PROVE IT. DON'T BACK FIVE,
OVERRIDE!
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JACKSON,
FOLLOWED BY AARON GOODMAN.
>> JACKSON PEACH, I AM A RENTER
IN DISTRICT FOUR, I CALL ON
MACON'S MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY MY
TENSE MEMBER PETERSON, TO
OVERRIDE VETO OF THE BALLOT
PACKAGE, SPD'S BUDGET HAS BEEN
RECENTLY BLOATED, AND THE SO-
CALLED COMPROMISE BILL SETS IT
BACK TO ALMOST NOTHING.
AND IT KEEPS FUNDS AWAY FROM
ACTUAL PUBLIC SAFETY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PREVENT
VIOLENCE. CONSUMER PETERSON
WE'VE HEARD YOU PROCLAIM OVER
AND OVER THAT BLACK LIVES
MATTER, BUT WE SEE YOU FAILED
TO DELIVER ON THAT IDEA.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO TAKE A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AARON
GOODMAN.
WE WILL TRY BRITTANY ONE MORE
TIME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
AARON GOODMAN. I'M HERE TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF THE OVERSIGHT 500
SIGNERS URGING THE COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER AND SUPPORT
THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS OF
SMALL BUSINESSES WHEN
CONSIDERING THE ISSUES THAT ARE
BEFORE YOU TODAY, MAINTAINING
PUBLIC SAFETY AND REIMAGINING
POLICING ARE NOT MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE. WE MUST COMMIT TO
KEEPING OUR CITY AND
NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT SAFE FOR
ALL.
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ESSENTIAL
FOR ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY, MOBILITY, AND
RECOVERY.
TODAY THEY ARE STRUGGLING.
IN ADDITION TO BEING
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
THE PANDEMIC, SMALL ILLNESSES,
EMPLOYEES AND VENDORS, AND
CUSTOMERS ARE CURRENTLY FACED
WITH PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> LET US TRY BRITTANY ONE MORE
TIME.
AND THEN WE WILL TRY SHANNON.
>> IS IT WORKING NOW?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
SEVEN CALLING THIS AFTERNOON
ASKING YOU TO OVERRIDE THE
VETO.
I AM CALLING
BECAUSE FOR ONE BRIEF MOMENT,
MY FRIENDS IN MY CITY HAVE SEEN
HOPE THAT THERE VERSUS ARE
FINALLY BEING HEARD, HOPE THAT
WE WERE ON THE PRECIPICE OF
REAL CHANGE.
I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES
THAT YOU FACE.
BUT WE NEED YOU AND ARE ASKING
YOU WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS TO
BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THAT
HOPE ALIVE AND MAKE THE VOTE
TODAY TO OVERRIDE THE VETO.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS SHANNON.
>> MY NAME IS SHANNON CHANG.
I AM PART OF A GRASSROOTS
PEOPLE POWER GROUP RESPONSIBLE
FOR ACCOUNT ABILITY.
I ASKED COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
OVERRIDE THE REBALANCED 2020
BUDGET.
THE COMMUNITY HAS STEPPED UP IN
MANY WAYS TO MAKE OUR VOICE
HEARD.
THIS BUDGET REPRESENT NOT JUST
A POLICE BUDGET, BUT A CITY
BUDGET.
MONEY THAT IS RETAINED FOR SPD
ARE BEING TAKEN FROM OTHER
SERVICES.
ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
TALKED ABOUT THEIR DRIVE TO
REIMAGINE THE POLICE AND THE
MAYOR'S VETO SHOWS US THAT HE
IS NOT CONSIDERING THE
COMMUNITY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE YOU
REALLY STAND.
I HOPE YOU TAKE A STRONG STAND
AND OVERRIDE THIS VETO.
>> >> ARE YOU
GUYS TIRED OF HEARING FROM ME
YET?
I TIRED OF CALLING YOU AND
TALKING TO YOU ALL.
I HOPE YOU'RE JUST AS TIRED OF
ME AS I AM OF YOU.
LET'S STOP BEING TIGHTER WITH
EACH OTHER, LET'S DO WHAT WE
CAME HERE TO DO.
TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND MAKE
SURE THAT BLACK, BROWN, AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY'S HAVE THE
SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT THESE
UPPER-CLASS WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS
HAVE LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD MR.
PETERSON THAT'S IN. WHY WOULD
YOU EVEN BE OKAY WITH A
COMPROMISE PROPOSAL FROM THE
MAYOR LIKE SHE HASN'T BEEN
AGAINST US THE WHOLE TIME, THE
PUPPET PULLING THE STRINGS THE
WHOLE TIME.
WHY ARE WE EVEN ENTERTAINING
THE IDEA OF GIVING THE MAYOR
WHAT SHE WANTS?
GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT.
GIVE YOUR CONSTIUENTS
WHAT THEY WANT.
GIVE US WHAT WE WANT.
WHO CARES WHAT THE MAYOR WANTS?
IF BLACK LIVES MATTER, PROVE IT.
>> I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT IN REGARDS TO FUNDING
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN THE ABSENCE OF MEANINGFUL
CHANGES, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN?
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THEY HAVE
NO SEMBLANCE OF UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT IT MEANS TO DE-ESCALATE.
I HAD TO SHELTER PEOPLE IN MY
APARTMENT OR CHOKING UP BLOOD
FROM TEAR GAS. AND I HEARD
ABOUT ARMED COWBOYS IN AN
ATTEMPT TO INCITE FEAR, I HEARD
THE POLICE SAY DON'T KILL THEM,
BUT HIT THEM HARD.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
ARE WE TO JUST SIT IN OUR HOMES
AND SAY OKAY?
OR DO WE GO TO OUR STREETS AND
LITERALLY RISK OUR LIVES, LET'S
BE CLEAR THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
DOING, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM
US WHEN YOU DO THE BEAR
MINIMUM?
PLEASE FOLLOW THE LEAD OF YOUR
AMAZING BLACK ORGANIZERS AND DO
WHAT IS RIGHT.
>> NEXT IS CHRISTINA, FOLLOWED
BY DUSTY BAKER.
>> I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO
OVERTURN THE VETO, DISCOVER MY
SEAS AND INSTILL IS AN INSULT.
PLEASE CONSIDER HOW MANY
WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WORKING FULL-TIME OR MORE
SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES AND
POLITICALLY ORGANIZING WITH A
PANDEMIC GOING ON, AND
ORGANIZING MUTUAL AID. IF NOT
NOW,WHEN? HOW
MUCH MORE LABOR IS IT GOING TO
TAKE TO MAKE YOU REALIZE THAT A
VOTE TO UPHOLD THIS VETO IS A
VOTE TO UPHOLD RIGHTS OF
PRIVACY IN OUR CITY?
ESPECIALLY YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
LOT OF WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE IN
YOUR DISTRICT, IT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOUR CITIZENS DON'T
DIRECTLY AFFECT THOUSANDS IN THE
CITY.
>> NEXT IS DUSTY BAKER,
FOLLOWED BY PAGE SPICER.
>> I'M CALLING TO REMIND YOU ALL
THAT YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO OVER
OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO. 115
DAYS STRAIGHT, WE FACED BRUTAL
VIOLENCE FROM OUR OWN POLICE
FORCE FOR YOU TO TURN FACE AND
CAPITULATE TO WHATEVER THE
MAYOR RECALLED.
SHE HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO RUN
AMOK AND TERRORIZE THE PUBLIC.
ANDREW, LISA, DAN, YOU WILL BE
PRIMARY TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS
RIGHT, 15% WAS A COMPROMISE,
HER PLAN GIVES A BIGGER
PERCENTAGE THAN WE DID BEFORE.
VOTE TO OVERRIDE THIS INSULT OF
A VETO.
PLEASE JUST END THE VIOLENCE.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS PAGE SPICER.
>> MENUS PAGE, DEMANDING THE
ENTIRE COUNSEL OVERRIDE THE
MITO.
YOU FAILED TO DEFUND SPD. DO
NOT FAIL US BY LETTING THIS
RACIST VETO STAND.
YOU HAVE CONSTITUENT VOTING AND
PROTESTING,IN THE STREETS EVERY
DAY.
THE PEOPLE ARE BEING BRUTALIZED
BY SPD OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
CAUSING LIFE-THREATENING AND
LETHAL INJURIES.
OVERWRITING THIS VETO WILL SAVE
LIVES TODAY.
WE CANNOT WAIT TO ALLOCATE THIS
FUNDING.
ESPECIALLY YOU, ANDREW LEWIS,
VOTE TO OVERRIDE TODAY AND
REJECT THIS INSULTING CALL
COMPROMISE BILL. I YIELD MY
TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS CARLY GREG,
FOLLOWED BY
DON BLAKENEY.
>> I'M A MEMBER OF UAW AND SOME
RECEIPT OF.
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND
OVERRIDE THE VETO.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, I WAS ONE
OF THE CONSTITUENT OUTSIDE YOUR
BUILDING WHEN YOU WAFTED AND
WAVERED OVER HOW YOU WOULD VOTE
TODAY.
THE COMMUNITY AS YOU CLAIM TO
SERVE HAVE SPOKEN.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO OVERRIDE
THIS VETO.
YOU NEED TO PAINT COMMUNITY
LEADERS FOR THEIR WORK AND GET
THE MONEY THAT WE NEED.
PLEASE RESPOND FIRMLY TO THE
ANTI- BLACK PROPOSAL AND
OVERRIDE THE VETO.
ANDREW LEWIS, IT'S REALLY NOT
THAT COMP CAN.
YOU WORK FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS,
NOT THE MAYOR.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME
>> NEXT UP IS DON, FOLLOWED BY
ROB.
DON, IF YOU ARE WITH US, YOU
NEED TO HIT á-ASTERISK SIX.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW, GO
AHEAD.
>> HELLO, I'M DON, WITH THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION.
I'M ASKING YOU TO COME TO THE
TABLE AND WORK WITH THE MAYOR
TO ALTERNATELY REIMAGINE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND POLICING IN SEATTLE.
OUR CITY IS AT A JUNCTURE WITH
THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES THAT
WE'VE EVER FACED IN NEARLY 100
YEARS.
FROM THE CONTINUED HEALTH RISKS
OF THIS PANDEMIC AND THAT
SAFETY ISSUES UNFOLDING, AND
THE HARSH REALITY OF SYSTEMIC
RACISM, WE NEED OUR LEADERS
WORKING TOGETHER AND WE NEED A
BROAD CENSUS TO RESTORE PUBLIC
CONFIDENCE. PUBLIC TRUST WAS
BROKEN IN EVERY CORNER OF OUR
CITY TO PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT YOU
MOVED TOO QUICKLY AND BROKE
YOUR PROMISE BY NOT RING
ENOUGH.
THE DECISION TODAY WILL IMPACT
OUR ABILITY TO ENHANCE
MEANINGFUL PUBLIC SAFETY.
PLEASE GO BACK TO THE TABLE
WITH THE MAYOR.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS ROB LESLIE.
FOLLOWED BY SARAH.
>> AFTERNOON, I AM THE DIRECTOR
OF OWNERSHIP IN SEATTLE IN
SUPPORT OF SUSTAINING THAT
VETO.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY
WHICH IN 2018 PROVIDED $8.1
BILLION TO ECONOMIC IMPACT IN
SEATTLE, 80,000 JOBS RELIED
DIRECTLY ON TRAVEL AND TOURS WE
WELCOME 42 MILLION VISITORS
WITH 20 MILLION STAY OVERNIGHT.
WE WERE
DECIMATED BY THE IMPACT, THE
ROAD TO RECOVERY FROM THE 19
REQUIRES THIS.
HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES ARE
SHUTTLING AND STRUGGLE.
WE WANT THEM TO COME BACK
STRONGER THAN EVER.
COLLABORATE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS
AND SMALL BUSINESS ON BUDGET AND
SAFETY.
PLEASE
SIGN THE SMALL BUSINESS PLEDGE
AND OVERRIDE AND SIGN THAT VETO.
>> MANY SARAH BIXLER, I'M A
CITIZEN OF DISTRICT FOR.
I'M ASKING YOU TO OVERRIDE THE
MAYOR'S VETO AND DEFUND THE SPD
NOW INSTEAD OFLATER.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING A
PROGRESSIVE CITY, BUT WE CANNOT
SAY THAT WHEN WE BACK DOWN FROM
TRULY PROGRESSIVE STEPS AND
CHANGES.
THE STATUS QUO IS NOT WORKING,
FOR THE WHOLE POPULATION.
AND PAUSING WILL NOT LEAD TO
CHANGE.
DIVEST FROM THE NAVIGATION TEAM
AND STOP HOMELESS SWEEPS, STEP
SENDING POLICE WITH GUNS TO DO
WELLNESS CHECKS.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES
OF THE SEATTLE COMMITTEE
COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THOSE
WORKABLE WITH THE WAY THINGS
ARE.
BE THE EXAMPLE WE ARE ALL
LOOKING FOR.
DON'T JUST ABOUT HOW MUCH THE
GUY IN THE WHITE HOUSE WILL
HATE IT.
I AND MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> I'M IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT
POLICE AND CALL ON EVERY ONE OF
YOU TO OVERRIDE THE VETO.
$3.1 MILLION ADDED TO SOCIAL
PROGRAMS AND REDUCE THE POLICE
BUDGET OF OVER $400 MILLION, A
OVER A THIRD OF THE CITY
BUDGET, THAT IS PATHETIC.
WE ALL HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES
THAT HAVE FAILED MISERABLY.
STAND UP TO THE MAYOR AND HOLD
YOUR POSITION AS A CHECK ON HER
POWER.
WE'VE SEEN THE POLICE FORCE
MORAL DEPRAVITY AND CORRUPTION.
THE POLICE ARE TEST WITH A
MULTITUDE OF RESPONSIBILITIES
THAT SHOULD BE OUTSIDE THEIR
PURVIEW.
ALL MANNER OF CIRCUMSTANCES
INVOLVING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
IT IS ONLY SENSIBLE THAT THE
RESERVES GO TO THE POLICE TO
HANDLE ALL OF THESE ILL
ASSIGNED RESPONSIBLY SHOULD BE
ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY
LEGISLATIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT IS LAUREL,
FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS LAUREL.
I AM A MEMBER OF GREENWOOD
DISTRICT SIX.
YOU VOTED TO APPROVE THE
REBALANCE BUDGET.
STAND WITH THE LEGISLATION YOU
ALREADY PASSED.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR ORIGINAL
OVERRIDE THE VETO, THANK YOU.
>> GABRIEL, FOLLOWED BY TERESA.
>> TODAY'S VOTE SHOULD BE OPEN
AND SHUT.
POLITICIANS WITHOUT A MOVEMENT
OR ORGANIZATION HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, SIDE WITH THE
MULTIRACIAL WORKING CLASS
MOVEMENT OR THE CAPITALIST
STATE THAT SUPPORTS
INSTITUTIONALIZED VIOLENCE. THE
CURRENT
ESTABLISHMENT HAS PUT FORTH A
NEW 2020 BUDGET AND ALL
IMPORTANT COMPROMISED BUDGET
FOR THE MAYOR.
THE
ONLY THING THE BUDGET COVER
MICE IS OUR MOVEMENT AND OUR
COMMUNITY. DEFUNDING SPD BY
50%, NOT ONLY THROUGH
INTENTIONS, BUT TODAY WE SEE
WHO THAT IS.
>> NEXT IS TERESA, FOLLOWED BY
MADISON SILVA.
>> HELLO.
WE URGE YOU TO VOTE TO OVERRIDE
THE MAYOR'S VETO TODAY AND
REDIRECT TEAM FUNDING TO REACH
ANOTHER LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
SUCH AS THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB,
THE SEATTLE INDIAN CENTER,
URBAN LEAGUE AND OTHERS WHO
HAVE LONG-STANDING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUALS
IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
WE THANK YOU FOR BEING SO
SUPPORTIVE OF THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, THE BEST FORM OF
SHELTER IN NORMAL TIMES, BUT
ESPECIALLY DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES PROTECT OUR
RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING NON-
CONGREGATE SEPARATE SPACES
WHERE THEY ARE NOT SHARING AIR
OR SPACE WITH OTHERS.
WE ARE IN URGENT NEED OF MORE.
>> NEXT UP IS MADISON.
>> IN JULY AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE CURRENT MOVEMENT FOR BLACK
LABS, 709 COUNCIL MEMBERS
PLEDGE TO DEFUND SPD BY 30% AT
LEAST.
TODAY IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO
THE BARE MINIMUM AND REALIZE
THAT DEFUNDING VISION.
SOME OF YOU SEEM TO HAVE
FORGOTTEN THAT THIS IS AN URGENT
MERITOR. OUR NEIGHBORS ARE IN
THE STREETS WITH TWO WEEKS OF
DANGEROUS AIR QUALITY IN
ADDITION TO THE RISK OF COVID-
19 THAT THEY FACE.
A GROUP OF US ARE CURRENTLY
OUTSIDE COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS',
WE EXPECT HIM TO VOTE TO
OVERRIDE THE VETO.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF
WHAT WE EXPECT HIM AND THE REST
OF THE COUNCIL TO DO TO FOLLOW
THROUGH.
IF WE YIELD OUR TIME. IF BLACK
LIVES MATTER, OVERRIDE.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> I RESIDE IN DISTRICT SIX.
I HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A ONE-ON-
ONE MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
STRESS. SUCH SHORT TERM CUTS
WILL NOT GIVE ENOUGH TIME. THE
COUNCIL'S GOAL OF PANDERING TO
THE ULTRA MAJORITY OF THE CITY,
DO NOT MISTAKE ME, WE AGREE
THAT THEY NEED A COMPLETE
OVERHAUL.
DEFUNDING THE POLICE CANNOT
COME BEFORE THE COMMUNITY
SERVICES. SUSTAINED THE VETO
AND
ADOPTED 1190.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
HIT á-ASTERISK SIX SO WE CAN
HEAR YOU. WE CAN HEAR YOU, GO
AHEAD.
>> I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
I AM ASKING YOU TO STAND UP FOR
THE PEOPLE NOT JUST YOUR WORDS,
BUT THROUGH ACTION. THE
COMPROMISE PACKAGE IS AN INSULT.
THE MAYOR HAS CONTINUOUSLY SHOWN
THAT SHE IS A LIAR, A VERY BAD
PERSON AND SHE SHOULD BE CALLED
OUT OF THE OFFICE.
YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SIDE WITH
THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
LESS POLICE VIOLENCE.
MORE HUMAN SERVICES.
THE POLICE NEED TO BE DEFUNDED.
STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
GOODBYE.
>> NEXT IS NATE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> I AM PART OF A CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY CALLED THE WELL. I
WANT TO ADDRESS ANDREW LEWIS
PARTICULARLY, MUCH OF WHAT I'VE
BEEN HEARING SO FAR IS THAT YOU
ARE BACK ON BACK AND FORTH ON
WHETHER OR NOT TO OVERRIDE THE
VETO ON PROPOSED CUTS TO THE SPD
. I JUST WANT TO NAME THE
ABSURDITY OF THAT.
AND THE ABSURDITY OF DECIDING
THAT A WEALTHY WHITE WOMAN CAN
BETTER REIMAGINE WHAT PUBLIC
SAFETY LOOKS LIKE IN BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES RATHER THAN
THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY AND MOST
IMPACTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE.
TO GO WITH THE MAYOR IS TO MAKE
AN ANTI- BLACK DECISION.
ANTIBLACK CREATIVITY,
INGENUITY, AND CAPABILITY.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>>
>> I AM FROM DISTRICT ONE.
I'M URGING YOU TO OVERRIDE THE
VETO.
YOU ARE ALL HIGHLY SKILLED
PROFESSIONALS WORKING OUR TAILS
OFF ON YOUR PLAN.
DIRECT MORE FUNDING.
THERE IS MORE LAND AVAILABLE
FOR STATE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE ARE IN URGENT NEED OF MORE.
PLEASE OVERRIDE THE VETO.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS THOMAS CAMPBELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.
I AM THOMAS CAMPBELL.
EXERCISING OVERSIGHT OVER THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
TO PRESERVE TRUST CITY COUNCIL,
I URGE YOU TO OVERRIDE THE
MAYOR'S VETO AND
PUSH THE CITY BUDGET TO HELP THE
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND HOUSE
LISTS WITH NEED.
>> DIRECTORY RESOURCES TO THOSE
IN OUR COMMUNITY, I'M ASKING
YOU TO STAND WITH YOUR PROMISE
AND USE YOUR VOTES TO PROTECT
BLACK LIVES AND OVERRIDE THE
MAYOR'S VETO. BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN GROSSLY
HARMED BY A PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM
THAT DOES NOT PROTECT THEM.
CONSTITUENTS OF EVERY RACE AND
EVERY DISTRICT ARE BEGGING YOU
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS JAMES.
>> YOU LISTEN TO US, YOU DO NOT
SERVE AND REPRESENT THE MAYOR.
I DEMAND THAT YOU REPRESENT
THOSE WHO HAVE CALLED, E-MAILED
AND MARCHED YOUR HOMES. BE THE
CHANGE FOR BLACK PEOPLE, BROWN
PEOPLE, FOR INDIGENOUS LIVES.
STOP ABIDING THE MAYOR AND HER
AGENDA.
THE AGENDA IS AT THE
PEOPLE AND YOU NEED TO SERVE
US.
TAKE RESPONSE ABILITY AND AGAIN
ABILITY FOR THE HARM THAT YOU
HAVECAUSED.
DO BETTER.
>> NEXT IS KATE SIMPSON
>> I AM IN SUPPORT OF DEFUNDING
THE NAVIGATION TEAM, INVESTING
IN COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
OVERWRITING THE VETO.
CRIMINALIZING THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, INSTEAD OF
ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSE OF
HOUSING INSECURITY, A NAVIGATION
TEAM PRIORITIZES THE PROPERTY
OWNER, THEY SWEEPING CAMS AND
DESTROY PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS AND
CONTRIBUTE FURTHER TO
DISPLACEMENT. DEFUND SPD AND
THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS KATE SIMPSON,
FOLLOWED BY PRINTER PATRICIA
ALLEN.
>> I'M GOING TO OVERTURN THE
MAYOR'S NEEDS VETO.
IT IS BETTER THAN THE SO-CALLED
COMPROMISE BILL.
IF YOU DO NOT GO TO OVERTURN
THE MAYOR'S VETO, IT WILL BE
SEEN AS NOTHING LESS THAN A
BETRAYAL OF THE COMMUNITY AND
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
I URGE YOU TO OVERTURN THE
MAYOR'S VETO AND DEFUND SPD BY
50%.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME CHECK
>> NEXT UP IS PATRICIA,
FOLLOWED BY JOSH CASTLE.
>> I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO
RESPECT THE WISHES AND EFFORTS
OF OUR HISTORICALLY OPPRESSED
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
. A TOTAL OF 5% GROWING
HOMELESSNESS POPULATION, IN A
WORLD HEALTH CRISIS, WE NEED
LONG-TERM HOUSING SOLUTIONS.
THESE CULTURALLY RESPONSIBLE
MODELS ACTUALLY CREATE HIGHER
IMPACT THAN RELYING ON THE CITY
AND COUNTY ALONE.
>> NEXT STEP IS JOSH CASTLE.
FOLLOWED BY ERIN.
>> WE STAND WITH THE MANY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
ORGANIZATIONS, TESTIFYING TODAY
TO URGE YOU TO OVERRIDE THE
VETO.
REDIRECT FUNDING AND REFERRAL
PROCESS. AND OTHER SERVICE
PROVIDERS, WHOSE RELATIONSHIPS
ARE NOT BASED ON TRAUMA AND
DISPLACEMENT. WE ARE GREATLY
IN NEED OF MORE HELP TO PROVIDE
CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.
THERE ARE PLANS AVAILABLE IN
EVERY DISTRICT TO DO THIS AND
COMMUNITY
PARTNERS ALL OVER SEATTLE.
TINY HOUSES ARE IDEAL THEY
CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR HIGHEST
RATES OF GETTING
PEOPLE INTO LONG-TERM HOUSING.
>> I'M A MEMBER OF DISTRICT
SIX, CALLING TO ASK YOU TO
OVERRIDE THE VETO OF THE 2020
BUDGET PACKAGE.
HONESTLY I DON'T THINK THERE
NEEDS TO BE A QUALIFIER FOR
WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
LOOK, PEOPLE ARE SUPER
DEPRESSED RIGHT NOW.
STOP INSIDE AND WE ARE
TERRIFIED ABOUT THE PITCHER.
AND THE ONE SMALL GLIMMER OF
HOPE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THE
ACTIONS OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON
THE STREETS WITH WHITE APRIL
WITH PEOPLE IN THE BY PARK OF
COMMUNITIES, LISTEN TO COUNSEL
SHOULD FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE
PEOPLE ENSURE THAT IT CARES
ABOUT THE LIVELIHOOD OF
SEATTLE.
MAINLY MAY BE DUE THAT PEER MAY
BE FOLLOW THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE THIS TIME.
>> HELLO.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
SEVEN.
I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OFF OF
THE PEOPLE'S PARTY.
I'M ASKING ANDREW LEWIS AND THE
OTHER SEQUENCE PEOPLE TO
OVERRIDE THE VETO, THEY ARE
EXTREMELY FUNDED AND DO NOT
HAVE POLICE FUNDED PRESENCE.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS SHOWN EXACTLY WHAT THEY
ARE, VINDICTIVE ABUSERS THAT
HOLD GRUDGES AND WANT TO
SUPPRESS PEOPLE'S VOICES. IT
HAS BEEN A HELL OF A SUMMER AND
A HELL OF 400 YEARS FOR THE
BLACK, BROWN, AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS ELIZA, FOLLOWED
BY CARRIE.
>> SOCIAL WORKER AND WORKING
COMMUNITY AND MENTAL HEALTH.
I CONTINUE TO SEE THE PROFOUND
AND DISTURBING EFFECTS OF OVER
POLICING.
SAY THEIR NAMES.
THERE ARE COUNTLESS OTHERS.
YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SHAPE
THE FUTURE OF SEATTLE.
YOU HAVE THE EXPLICIT
RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP OUR
CITIZENS.
LISTEN TO BLACK ORGANIZERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ADVOCATING
TIRELESSLY FOR YEARS. WE ARE
LISTENING, WE ARE WATCHING.
WE ARE CALLING ON YOU TO STAND
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
HOLD THE
LINE, OVERRIDE THIS VETO,
INVESTMENT IN BLACK COMMUNITIES
STARTS NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> CARRIE, AND KELSEY ARE NEXT.
>> DISTRICT FIVE, STANDING WITH
THE EVERYDAY MARCHED TO DEMAND
THAT YOU OVERRIDE THE ANTI-
BLACK RETAIL.
NO CONNOR MEYERS IS NOT THE
SOLUTION.
YOUR ONLY MOTIVATION IS TO
PROTECT FROM THE WHITES
PREMISES, VIOLENT NATURE OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU SEEM UNCONCERNED ABOUT A
CARTING VILLAIN OF A MAYOR HE'S
ABOUT TO BE RECALLED. [
INDISCERNIBLE ] WE WILL DO
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO
UNSEAT YOU FROM YOUR ASSISTANCE
ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
BLACK LIVES MATTER, YOU MUST
PREVENT.
OVER I YIELD MY TIME SO OTHERS
CAN FIGURE TO PROTECT YOUR
BLACK CONSTITUENTS.
>> KELSEY MCGRATH FOLLOWED BY
AUDREY
BROWER.
>> I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO
OVERRIDE THAT VETO, WE ARE LONG
PAST DUE TO TAKE REAL ACTION
FOR BLACK AND INDIGENOUS LIVES.
I URGE YOU TO REJECT THE
ANTIBLACK AND ANTI- INDIGENOUS
VETO. PLEASE ARE A RACIST AND
WHEN THE INSTITUTION GOT
PROTECT THE WEALTHY WHITE ELITE
. IF BLACK LIVES MATTER, IF IT
IS MORE THAN A 20 AND POLITICAL
PLATITUDE TO YOU, YOU WILL
OVERRIDE THE VETO,.
THERE
ARE NO EXCUSES.
IF REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS
OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS MEANS ICON
TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO
AND INVEST IN BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS TRINITIES AND DEFUND
SPD.
>> NEXT, WE WILL HEAR FROM
AUDREY, FOLLOWED BY LILA.
>> HELLO, I NAME IS AUDREY
BROWER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON
THE COUNCIL TO FULFILL THEIR
PROMISE TO PRIORITIZE BLACK
LIVES BY OVERWRITING THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET VETO AND BY
DEFUNDING SEATTLE PD BY AT
LEAST 50%.
NO COMPROMISE, NO SUBSTITUTIONS
.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT IS KELSEY NEWTON,
FOLLOWED BY LILA BURNS. YOU
MUST HOLD STRONG AND OVERRIDE
THE RACIST, ANTI- BLACK VETO
AND START INVESTING IN
COMMUNITIES.
PLEASE DON'T GO BACK ON YOUR
PROMISES, PLEASE REJECT THE
INSULTING, SO-CALLED COMPROMISE
BILL.
>> NEXT UP IS LILA.
>> OVERRIDE THE VETO.
HER ANTI- BLACK, PRO- POLICE
STANCE MUST BE CHALLENGED.
PLATITUDES WILL NOT PROTECT
AGAINST ASSISTANCE BRUTALITY.
THEY DECLARED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
THEY WOULD RATHER MITIGATE THE
OUTRAGE OF THE SYSTEM THAT
KILLED HER RATHER THAN
PROACTIVELY PREVENT A TRAGEDY
LIKE THIS FROM EVER HAPPENING
AGAIN.
OVERTURN THE RETAIL.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS MALLORY CHRIS.
>> I'M CALLING ON THE ENTIRE
CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD THE LINE.
ANDREW LEWIS I AM SPEAKING
SENSIBLY TO YOU AS YOUR
CONSTITUENT.
A
SPEEDY HAD MY 90-POUND SELF
PINNED TO THE GROUND,
SEVEN OFFICERS CHAPEL PAST ME
AS I WAS LAID ON THE SIDEWALK.
PLEASE, WE ARE YOUR
CONSTITUENTS, LIVES MATTER,
PREVENT.
AND'S, CAN I COUNT ON YOU?
WILL YOU CONTINUE TO BE BLESSED
IN THE ABUSE OF POWER AND
MURDER ON PART OF THE SPD?
WHAT SIDE OF HISTORY WILL YOU
TELL YOUR GRANDCHILDREN YOU
WERE ON?
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS MALLORY MALLORY
CHRIS, FOLLOWED BY MARK ROBERT
GARFF
>> YOU VOTED TO REBALANCE THE
BUDGET.
HOLD THE LINE AND OVERRIDE THE
VETO.
I'M ASKING YOU TO HOLD STRONG.
THERE HAVE BEEN PRO- COP DEALS.
IT DISHONORS THE BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS LIVES LOST TO POLICE
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING IN SEATTLE.
HELP SAVE BLACK LIVES. REINVEST
IN THE COMMUNITY.
OVERRIDE
THE VETO.
YOU WORK FOR US, PLEASE WAKE UP
AND OVERRIDE THE VETO.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT IS MARCO CRAWFORD.
>> PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY OF THE MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT.
WE HOPE FOR A
THOUGHTFUL PROCESS TO REIMAGINE
PUBLIC SAFETY.
I
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS
OWNERS, OPERATORS, EMPLOYEES
AND CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE ASKED
FOR A MORE CAREFUL PROCESS.
THE PLANS ARE CREATED.
RESOURCES ARE APPROPRIATELY
ALLOCATED. THIS IS CRITICAL TO
THE SCHOOL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
FOR BUSINESSES STRUGGLING TO
SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC, REOPENING
CAN ONLY HAPPEN IF THE VENDORS,
THE DELIVERY PEOPLE, EMPLOYEES
AND CUSTOMERS FEEL SAFE ENOUGH
TO RETURN.
IF NOT, THE JOBS ARE LOST.
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
WEATHER.
PLEASE SUSTAIN THE VETO AND WORK
TOGETHER FOR A MORE SUCCESSFUL
PATH MOVING FORWARD.
>> I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.
WE STAND BY THE RESIDENCE WE ASK
YOU TO STAND BY THE
CONSTITUENTS.
THE MAYOR'S VETO IS ENSURE THAT
IT IS CLEAR THAT SHE ONLY
SUPPORTS HER OUTDATED, VERY
WHITE COMMUNITY.
>> NEXT UP IS NATHANIEL,
FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE WEST.
>> NATHANIEL STEINER, CALLING
FROM KISS FROM DISTRICT FOUR.
SEEING COPS EIGHT DONATIONS
WHILE SEVEN TESTING MUTUAL AID
AND ATTEMPTING TO RUN OVER
PROTESTERS LIKE CORPORATE
COCKROACHES.
THERE ARE SOLUTIONS FOR
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION.
YOU DO NOT SPEAK FOR ALL OF THE
CITY.
HOLD THE LINE, COUNSEL, BLACK
LIVES MATTER GIMMICKRY OF IT.
IT IS NOT JUST A LIMITED SENT
I'M LOOKING AT YOU, LISA HOLD
HER BOLD.
PAY ATTENTION.
BLACK LIVES MATTER, BE ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, I YIELD
MY TIME, THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS CATHERINE,
FOLLOWED BY ANALYSTS.
CATHERINE, IF YOU ARE WITH US,
YOU NEED TO HIT á-ASTERISK SIX
SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO AHEAD, CATHERINE.
OKAY. WE CANNOT HEAR
CATHERINE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO
ALICE LOCKHART AND WE WILL TRY
COMING BACK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL.
WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE
RIGOROUS COMMUNITY PROCESS WITH
A MODERATE START AT DEFUNDING
SPD. I HAVE BEEN WITNESSED THE
NAVA TEAM DESTROYING
ENCAMPMENTS.
I ASKED THEM IF TENSOR WERE
MEANS WOULD BE HELD, I ASKED IF
HE WAS ASHAMED, HE SAID NO,
THEY FELT NO SHAME.
I DO. I KNOW YOU DO TOO, HAS
BEEN SO LONG AND SO HARD, FOR
SO MANY.
PLEASE OVERRIDE AND BEGIN TO END
THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND POLICE
ASSAULTS ON THE HOMELESS.
THANK YOU. WE WILL TRY
CATHERINE WEST AGAIN.
DO WE HAVE LAURA REDFORD ON THE
LINE?
REMEMBER TO HIT á-ASTERISK SIX.
>> LAURA IS ON THE LINE.
>> LAURA, DO YOU WANT TO HIT á-
ASTERISK SIX SO WE CAN HEAR
YOU?
OKAY.
WHEN WE TRY CATHERINE WEST ONE
MORE TIME
>> I'M HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER
MOVEMENT.
NOW IS THE TIME TO CENTER THE
EXPENSES OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS,
PEOPLE OF COLOR, LISTEN TO
THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REAL
CAL REALLOCATION OF MONEY TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT, FUNDING COMMUNITY
STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS. IT IS
TIME TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S
VETO AND REIMAGINE COMMUNITY
SAFETY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE GOING TO LAURA REDFORD
ONE MORE TIME.
FOR THOSE ON THE LINE, WE ARE
GOING TO .5 SECONDS. WE WILL
HEAR MORE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AN
ADDITIONAL 30 MINUTES.
WE
WILL GET LAURA ON THE LINE.
>> I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENTS REQUIRE
LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING.
SUSTAIN THE VETO AND WORK WITH
THE MAYOR TO MOVE SEATTLE
FORWARD.
SEATTLE SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE
EVERYONE THRIVES.
UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE SEEING
HUNDREDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES
SHUTTER THIS YEAR, MANY MORE ARE
STRUGGLING.
BECAUSE OF THE RECESSION AND
THE IMPACT OF REPEAT CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY. THIS IS DESTROYING
THE FABRIC OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE NEED THEM
TO COME BACK STRONGER THAN
EVER.
SEATTLE
SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
ARE PROUD TO OPERATE BUSINESS,
WORK AND LIVE.
LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
SMALL BUSINESSES, AND BUDGET
PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S GO 245 SECONDS HERE.
WE WILL GO FOR ANOTHER 40
MINUTES.
NEXT IS MICHAEL, FOLLOWED BY
CHRISTINA.
ALYSSA, IF YOU ARE WITH US, YOU
NEED TO HIT á-ASTERISK SIX.
>> HELLO, I AM A VOTING
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE, ALYSSA
MICHAELS.
I'M CALLING TO TELL THE CITY
COUNCIL TO HOLD THE LINE AND
OVERRIDE JUSTICE THEY HAVE
AGREED TO.
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL HAS
VOTED TO APPROVE THE
REBALANCING OF THE BUDGET.
I'M
ASKING YOU TO ENSURE THAT THERE
ARE CRUCIAL REINVESTMENT IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
HOLD STRONG IN THE
OBSTRUCTIONIST AND RACIST
ATTEMPT TO RESHAPE AT.
THIS DISHONORS THE BLACK LIVES
LOST TO POLICE
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING HERE IN
SEATTLE.
THAT IS ALL, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS CHRISTINA,
FOLLOWED BYKATIE.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
NOW WE LOST YOU.
HIT á-ASTERISK SIX.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> I'M CALLING ON THE COALITION
TO DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
I'M GOING TO REMIND YOU THAT
YOU ARE STANDING ON THE HISTORY
OF GENERATIONS OF ACTIVISTS AND
LEADERS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EATEN
AND MURDERED IN THIS FIGHT AND
YOU CAN EVEN GIVE 5% OF WHAT
THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY
ARE OWED.
YOUR
COMPROMISE AND YOUR ACTIONS WILL
BE REMEMBERED
THROUGH HISTORY AS A BETRAYAL
TO BLACK LIVES.
I
REMIND EVERY PERSON ON THIS
COUNCIL AND EVERYONE LISTENING
A 5% PROPOSED CUT TO THE BUDGET
THAT YOU INITIALLY PASSED WAS A
COVER MILES, AND IT WAS STILL A
SLAP IN THE FACE OF COMMUNITIES
DEMAND AFTER 115 DAYS OF BEING
OUT ON THE STREETS, YOU NEED TO
OVERRIDE THAT MAYOR'S VETO AND
OUTRIGHT REJECT THE COMPROMISE
PLAN, IN THE 20 OR 21 BUDGET.
YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS KATIE.
OR PATTY.
FOLLOWED BY PATSY SWAN CARE
>> I'M PATTY ROSE, COORDINATOR
FOR TINY HOUSE VILLAGE INDUSTRY
TO, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THE TINY HAS
VILLAGES, HAVING EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS MYSELF, THIS MODEL
IS BY FAR THE BEST RECEIVED
INSTABILITY AND IN THE
PANDEMIC, IT IS ALSO BEEN A
GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO
ISOLATE WITHOUT FEELING
ISOLATED.
EACH URBAN LEAGUE CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS
HAVE
LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THOSE THAT ARE STILL ON
HOUND ON HOUSE. PLEASE OVERRIDE
THE MAYOR'S VETO.
THANK YOU.
URGED
>> I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO
OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO LISA
HERBOLD, YOU ARE READY TO STAND
UP, BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE NEED THE REST OF THE CITY
COUNCIL TO STAND WITH ME, HOW
MUCH LONGER WILL YOU ALLOW THE
POLICE TO ABUSE US?
YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE CRIMES SPD
HAVE COMMITTED.
IT IS TIME TO DO YOUR JOB.
YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR
THE PEOPLE AND YOU'VE ALL TOLD
US THAT YOU ARE FOR US, YOU
NEED TO SHOW US THAT YOU ARE
FOR US.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS LEAH, FOLLOWED BY
MADELEINE. LEAH, IF YOU ARE
WITH US, HIT á-ASTERISK SIX.
>> I AM A HOMEOWNER IN STRICT
FOR.
WE ARE HERE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW
ASKING YOU TO SHOCK US ALL BY
VOTING TO OVERRIDE THE VETO.
WE ASKED THE
REST OF YOU TO HOLD THE LINE.
THIS IS A WHITE PRIVILEGE,
HISTORICALLY REDLINED DISTRICT.
AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT
COULD LOOK LIKE IF IT WAS FUNDED
INSTEAD OF THE OVERFUNDED SPD.
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR BASIC HUMAN
RIGHTS AND WE PUT OUR LIVES ON
THE LINE EVERY DAY. I YIELD
THE REST OF MY TIME, THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS MADELEINE,
FOLLOWED BY EVELYN.
>> I'M CALLING TO ASK ALL OF
THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO.
ANDREW LEWIS, AS A LIFELONG
DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT, I'M
ASKING YOU, LOOK AT HOW YORK
UNITIES OF COLOR ARE IMPACTED.
NO CITY RESIDENT SHOULD BE
MAKING THEIR HOME ON A TRAFFIC
ISLAND, UNDER TENTS AND TARPS,
SELLING THEIR OWN CLOTHING TO
SURVIVE, WE NEED COMMUNITY-BASED
SOLUTIONS WHERE WE CAN HAVE A
MORE VIBRANT AND ETHICAL CITY.
YOUR RIBS IN YOUR WHOLE
DISTRICT, DO YOUR JOB, THANK
YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
ALL.
>> NEXT UP IS EVELYN, FOLLOWED
BY JOSEPH.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS EVELYN
COLDWELL.
I'M CALLING TO ASK YOU TO
OVERRIDE THE VETO TO DEFUND SPD
AND THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
THIS VETO IS INSULTING IN THE
WAKE OF BRUTAL CONTACT AGAINST
PROTESTERS THE SUMMER.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM HAS FURTHER
MARGINALIZED HOMELESSNESS.
THESE CUTS ARE
LONG OVERDUE.
IF YOU ACCEPT THE COMPROMISE
BILL, YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE
REJECT ACCOUNT ABILITY AND
REFORM.
I YIELD MY TIME CHECK
>> THANK YOU, NEXT UP IS JOSEPH
SMITH, FOLLOWED BY SPENCER.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JOSEPH
SMITH.
I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU AND MY
COUNCIL MEMBER TO PLEASE
OVERRIDE THE VETO TODAY. I HAVE
NEVER SEEN SO MUCH UNIFIED
SUPPORT AS WITH THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER PURCHASED THIS YEAR.
THE POLICE RESPONSE HAS BEEN A
PART, AND SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT
FUNDING THE
POLICE IS.
LISTEN TO THE PROTESTERS AT
YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
CHANGE THIS CHANGE IS NOT
ENOUGH, BUT IT IS A START.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS SPENCER, FOLLOWED
BY STEPHEN.
>> HELLO, I'M A HOMEOWNER IN
GREENWOOD DISTRICT SIX.
WHEN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AND THE MAYOR TRIED TO BRIBE
YOU WITH PILES OF MONEY, WE
WERE OUT THERE TO SUPPORT YOU,
PLEASE OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S
VETO.
WE ARE ALL WORKING FOR THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
LAST TIME, YOU ALL REPEALED THE
HEAD TAX. YOU WORK FOR THE
PEOPLE, NOT THE CHAMBER.
THANK YOU, I YIELD THE REST OF
MY TIME.
>> I'M CALLING TO ASK MY
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW LEWIS AND
THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO
OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW
YOU HAVE HEARD THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, YOU'VE SEEN THE
VIOLENCE, YOU BELIEVE BLACK
LIVES MATTER.
SHOW WHERE YOUR PRIORITIES ARE.
TO CUT SERVICES AND MAINTAIN A
VIOLENT POLICE FORCE?
I ASK YOU TO HOLD THE LINE AT
OVERRIDE THE VETO, BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF DRASTICALLY REDUCING
THE SIZE OF SPD.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS FRANCESCA,
FOLLOWED BY KATIE ROBERTS.
>> MY NAME IS FRANCESCA.
I'M FROM WEST SEATTLE.
I'M CALLING TO REMIND LEASEHOLD
BOLD
AND ALSO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
THAT YOU ARE NOT ELECTED TO ACT
OUT OF FEAR, YOU ARE ELECTED TO
ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
YOU CAN CHOOSE FEAR, FEAR OF
BACKLASH, FEAR OF THE MAYOR,
FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN, SUSTAIN
THE VETO, OR CHOOSE THE WELL-
BEING OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
PRIORITIZE THE MARGINALIZED
OVER YOUR FEELINGS AND TAKE A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO
HONOR AND PROTECT THEM.
I
URGE YOU TO TAP INTO YOUR
STRENGTH AND TAP INTO WHILE YOU
PROBABLY GOT INVOLVED IN
POLITICS IN THE FIRST PLACE,
FOLLOW THROUGH WITH YOUR
COMMITMENTS AND PROMISES,
OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO, THANK
YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS KATIE, FOLLOWED
BY FRANKIE MAY.
>> THIS IS KATIE ROBERTS
CALLING FROM DISTRICT SIX.
WE MUST INVEST IN LAC AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
WE MUST INVEST IN RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE NOW.
BY 2021, WE NEED TO REACH 80%,
AT LEAST.
WE
CANNOT CONTINUE TO DEFUND
EDUCATION AND THEN COMPLAIN
ABOUT THE CRIME RATE.
WE MUST INVEST IN OUR YOUTH NOW
AND HAVE THE FUTURE THAT WE
DESIRE.
I URGE YOU TO HOLD THE MAYOR
ACCOUNTABLE BY OVERWRITING HER
VETO.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS FRANKIE, FOLLOWED
BY HEATHER BARNETT.
WE CAN HEAR YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS FRANKIE.
I'M CALLING REGARDING THE
OVERWRITING OF THE MAYORS
BECAUSE VETO.
THIS IS ABOUT THE REPUTATION OF
NOT JUST THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT
THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP THOUSANDS
OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND UNITY
LEADERS HAVE SPOKEN.
AFTER THE LACK OF ACTION LAST
WEEK, PARKS AND RECREATION
ALLOWING UNCHECKED OPERATIONS,
IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU ARE THE
LAST POLITICIANS THAT CAN BEGIN
WITH THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
PLEASE HOLD THE LINE AND INVEST
IN BLACK COMMUNITIES, AND NOT
JUST THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT.
THANK YOU AND I YIELD MY TIME
>> NEXT UP IS HEATHER, FOLLOWED
BY DAVID.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS HEATHER
BARNETT, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> I WANT TO ADDRESS THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME SPEAK AND
ADVOCATE FOR THIS BUDGET. I'M
CALLING TO ASK YOU TO OVERRIDE
THE MAYOR'S VETO, DEFUND SPD BY
15%. I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE
TRUE CHANGE IN OUR CITY. I
APPRECIATE ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE
WHO HAVE CALLED AND SHOWING
SUPPORT TO OVERRIDE THIS VETO.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY OWN TIME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO, I MAY LIFELONG
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE AND PART OF
DISTRICT SEVEN. THIS IS A TIME
WHEN WE NEED OUR LEADERSHIP TO
WORK TOGETHER TO
REIMAGINE AND RESTRUCTURE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO WORK WITH
THE MAYOR AND COME UP WITH A
PLAN FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF
OUR RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS MIA, FOLLOWED BY
FAITH.
>> HELLO, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> YOU ALREADY VOTED TO APPROVE
THE REBALANCED BUDGET. RACISM
AND MURDER AGAINST PEOPLE
OF COLOR HAS CONTINUED FOR TOO
LONG.
YOU HAVE PUT BUSINESSES AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT ABOVE ALL, BUSINESS
IS NOT EQUIVALENT TO LOST
LIVES.
I'M ASKING YOU TO HOLD THE LINE,
ALONGSIDE CRUCIAL REINVESTMENT
INTO THE BLACK UNITY.
THIS LEGISLATION HAS ALREADY
PASSED.
I'M ASKING YOU TO HOLD STRONG.
THE PRO COP
DEAL GETS THE ADVANCES MADE AS
A RESULT OF THE UPRISING THIS
SUMMER, IT DISHONORS THE BLACK
LIVES LOST TO POLICE VIOLENCE,
INCLUDING HERE IN SEATTLE.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS FAITH.
>> I AM FAITH GENDRON.
I AM A
CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN.
PAY ATTENTION, ANDREW, I'M
TALKING TO YOU.
YOU COMMITTED TO DEFUNDING SPD
BY 15%.
IF YOU ALLOW THE MAYOR TO
UNDO THAT CUT, YOU ARE A
WEAKLING OR A LIAR, YOUR
CHOICE, NO EXCUSES, NO
COMPROMISES, A COMPROMISE IS A
MIDDLE FINGER TO EVERY PERSON
IN SEATTLE WHO
SHOUTED BLACK LIVES MATTER.
A COVER LIES IS TRASH.
OVERRIDE THE VETO, ANDREW
PARROTT I'M DONE.
>> NEXT IS ELI, FOLLOWED BY
NADINE EVANS.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'M WITH ONE AMERICA, HERE TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR
LEADERSHIP, CUTS TO THE POLICE
TO PERMIT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
NOT MEETING THE PUBLIC SAFETY
NEEDS OF OUR CITIES, WE KNOW THE
DEVASTATING IMPACT AT THE HANDS
OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, POLICE
VIOLENCE AND THE TRAGIC
KILLINGS OF BLACK AND BROWN
RESIDENTS, THE STEREOTYPING OF
OUR BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORS.
REIMAGINE BUT SAFETY MEANS IN
OUR COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ELI.
NEXT UP IS NADINE, FOLLOWED BY
HANNAH HANNAH. NADINE, IF YOU
ARE WITH US, HIT á-ASTERISK SIX
SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
WE MUST AND ATTACKS ON THE
HOUSE WAS COMMUNITY. IT
MUST AND NOW.
WE NEED A COOPERATIVE AND
INFORMED HOUSING PLAN THAT
FOLLOWS THE NEEDS OF THE HOUSE
WAS COMMUNITY.
SEPARATE SPD FROM SCHOOLS,
PARKS, AND HOSPITALS.
LASTLY I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT
IT IS WELL PAST TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP
IS HANNAH, FOLLOWED BY KATIE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
HELLO?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> I'M A PROPERTY OWNER IN
DISTRICT SEVEN, CALLING AS ONE
OF THE SUPERVISORS FOR ANDREW
LEWIS. THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN MILITARIZED
EQUIPMENT AND TEAR GAS AND
PEPPER SPRAY IN THEIR BUDGET
WHILE PEOPLE ARE DYING BECAUSE
OF A LACK OF FUNDING FORCE
ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
WHEN YOU ARE HIRED, YOU ARE
ASKED TO DEFUND THE POLICE, I'M
GOING TO ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD
AND DO THAT.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME,
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS KATIE.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE BEEN VISITING EVERY
DAY FOR THE LAST 18 DAYS.
I'M TIRED OF IT, YOU ARE TIRED
OF
IT.
IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO PROVE
THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER.
DON'T BE THE POLITICIANS THAT
WE KNOW AND EXPECT, BE THE ONES
FOR CHANGE AND FOR THE SMOOTH
MOVEMENT.
IF YOU ARE WITH US, HIT á-
ASTERISK SIX SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO LILY.
IF YOU ARE WITH US, PRESS á6 SO
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> YOU MUST OVERRIDE THIS VETO.
THE COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE REAL CHANGE WITH THIS
VETO.
YOU NEED TO DO THAT NOW.
THAT IS ALL.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ROBERT.
>> I AM ROBERT CRUICKSHANK, A
HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT SIX.
KEEP YOUR PROMISES TO DEFUND
THE POLICE, INVEST IN THE
COMMUNITY, OVERRIDE THE VEIL
THE MAYOR VETO.
SEATTLE POLICE HAVE SPENT YEARS
SHOOTING, KILLING, WOUNDING
PEOPLE IN THE BLACK AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR COMMUNITY, THE COUNCIL
RESPONDED WITH DEFUNDING SPD,
THE MAYOR SUPPORTS THE STATUS
QUO AND DOES NOT WANT CHANGE.
THOSE WITH CONCERNS OVER
RESPONSE TIMES SHOULD BE
INSTEAD ASKING POLICE TO STOP
HARASSING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS
AND PROTESTERS.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE CATHERINE,
FOLLOWED BY JORDAN.
>> I AM URGING MY COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO HOLD THE LINE ON
OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO.
THERE ARE LONG CRUCIAL
REINVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL REMEMBER HOW YOU VOTE
TODAY.
AND WHETHER OR
NOT YOUR ACTIONS ACTUALLY AGREE
WITH YOUR WORDS.
DO
THE RIGHT THING AND SHOW US
THAT YOU TRULY STAND WITH BLACK
LIVES MATTER AND OVERRIDE THE
VETO.
>> NEXT UP IS JORDAN.
WE WILL TRY JORDAN ONE MORE
TIME.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JORDAN
ZANDER, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
THREE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM GOING ON
IN SEATTLE.
IT HAS GOTTEN REALLY BAD, TO BE
HONEST.
I USED TO LIVE HERE, I JUST
BACK ABOUT A YEAR AGO, IT IS
SICKENING TO SEE ALL OF THE
CAMERAS ON THE STREET, IT
REALLY IS.
IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A
LONG TIME.
SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE
DONE.
THE OTHER DAY I WAS HAVING A
HAMBURGER AND I GOT VIOLENTLY
ACCOSTED AND SPAT ON BY A
HOMELESS GUY. NOBODY WAS THERE
TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
NOT EVEN A POLICEMAN.
WHO'S
GOING TO COME THERE TO HELP ME?
BE WISE ABOUT THE BUDGET THIS
TIME, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING,
LOOK OUT FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF
SEATTLE, THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, I AM ASHLEY AND.
I'M CALLING TO CALL FOR AN
OVERRIDE OF THE VETO, THERE
HAVE BEEN SEVEN CALLING TO
SUSTAIN AND 70 PLUS CALLING INTO
OVERRIDE.
ALL OF THE SUSTAIN HAVE BEEN
PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE BUSINESS
OWNERS, SOUNDING LIKE THEY WERE
READING OFF A SCRIPT.
THEIR FEAR MONGERING,
PROTESTERS ARE NOT ATTACKING
CUSTOMERS OR
BUSINESS OWNERS.
OVER 90% OF THE PEOPLE CALLING
IN ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS ATTACKING.
WE WILL KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON
THE POLICE BRUTALITY THAT WE
HAVE ENDURED IF YOU DO NOT
CHOOSE TO OVERRIDE.
HE SAID THIS WAS A DOWN
PAYMENT.
I SPOKE WITH ANDREW, YOU ASKED
ME TO
CONNECT YOU TO MORE VICTIMS,
WHY SHOULD I TRAUMATIZE THEM
WHEN YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR WORD?
PLEASE OVERRIDE THIS VETO.
>> ELANA IS NEXT.
>> WHAT EXEC HAS CHANGED OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS?
WAS YOUR CUT BY 2% EVER
SUSPICION?
WHAT SORT OF COMPROMISE IS THIS
WHEN THE INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS
50%?
KEEP US SAFE.
YOU ARE MY COUNCIL MEMBER.
YOU STOOD BY.
FRANKLY WHAT GOOD IS A SEAT AT
THE TABLE IF POLICE ARE BEATING
UP EVIL AND ARRESTING THEM
BEFORE THEY CAN ARRIVE?
WHAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE SO
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN?
DEFUND SPD.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS ANITA, FOLLOWED
BY MAXWELL.
>> HELLO. I'M URGING YOU TO
OVERRIDE THE VETO WITHOUT COVER
MY SPIRIT CAN YOU HEAR ME?
ALL OKAY. YOU HAVE HEARD FROM
THE LIVED EXPANSE OF HOMELESS
PEOPLE, THE NAVIGATION TEAM
DOESN'T HELP.
YOU TOOK A COURAGEOUS AND HOPE
FOR ACTION TO MOVE FUNDING, AND
A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING FROM
SPD, AND PUT THEM TOWARD SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT DO WORK.
I AM HEARTBROKEN TO HEAR THAT
YOU MIGHT GO BACK ON THAT TINY
BIT OF PROGRESS.
STAND BY YOUR CONSCIENCE AND
YOUR COMMUNITY.
DO NOT
TRAY HOMELESS PEOPLE AGAIN
GEHRKE
>> NEXT UP IS MAXWELL GOODWIN
FOLLOWED BY DAVID HENSON.
>> I AM A SEATTLE BUTTER AND
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I DEMAND
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DO NOT
TURN THEIR BACK ON THE PEOPLE
OF THE CITY.
YOU WATER DOWN YOUR PROMISE.
NOW SOME OF YOU ARE CONSIDERING
CHANGING YOUR VOTES AND
UPHOLDING A VINDICTIVE VETO
WHICH WOULD PROVIDE SOME RELIEF
TO COUNTLESS SEATTLEITES.
STICK TO YOUR WORD AND VOTE TO
OVERRIDE THIS VETO. IT IS A
PATH AS IT IS A POP
- - SOME OF US HAVE LOST FAITH
IN YOU.
YOU MAY
THINK THAT WE ARE TIRED OR YOU
HAVE DEMORALIZED US, THAT IS A
DANGEROUS MISCONCEPTION. WE
WILL VOTE YOU OUT IN 2023.
>> NEXT UP IS DAVID HENSON
FOLLOWED BY STAR RILEY.
>> IME DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS TO
ANDREW LEWIS.
YOU ALREADY VOTED TO DEFUND THE
SPD.
THERE IS TRULY NO REASON FOR
YOU TO ADVANCE A COVER MICE
WITH A MAYOR WHO LIED TO US AND
COVERED FOR THE POLICE AS THEY
CAST NEIGHBORHOODS AND THROUGH
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AT CROWDS OF
PEACEFUL PROTESTS. WE ARE
ALREADY COMPROMISE A LOT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON
REPEALING LAWYERING LAWS
EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT YOU FEEL
TO OVERRIDE THIS VETO, YOU WILL
NEVER KNEW MY TRUST CHECK AND
YOU WILL NEVER RECEIVE MY VOTE.
THANK YOU.
>>> NEXT UP IS STAR, FOLLOWED
BY CHRIS.
IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, I NEED
YOU TO HIT á-ASTERISK SIX SO WE
CAN CONTINUE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE HAVING SOME
DIFFICULTY. LET'S GO TO CHRIS
MCDANIEL.
>> HELLO. HELLO?
MY NAME IS CHRIS AND DANIEL.
I LIVE
IN A TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IN
DISTRICT TWO, I WOULD LIKE TO
URGE YOU TO OVERTURN THE VETO
AND PLAN MORE TINY HOUSES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THINK NEXT UP IS JACOB.
>> CAN MEET CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I WANT TO URGE THE CITY
COUNCIL TO OVERRIDE THE VETO
AND THE BUDGET PUZZLE. AND TO
RENEW THE COMMITMENT THEY'VE
MADE TO THE COMMUNITY
TO END VIOLENCE.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
THAT
DOES BRING US TO THE CONCLUSION
OF 90 MINUTES OF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT
THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN ITEMS
OF THIS THIS ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF GOING
THROUGH THE ITEMS OF HIS AND IS
ON OUR AGENDA AS I JUST
MENTIONED.
THE FIRST ITEM IS THE
RECONSIDERATION OF THE COUNCIL
BILLS VETOED BY THE MAYOR.
I WILL ASK THAT THE CLERK
PLEASE READ THE RECONSIDERATION
AND COUNSEL BILL, PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> RELATING TO THE CITY
RESPONSE TO THE 2020 COVID-19
CRISIS. CHANGING PUSH CREATIONS
,
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLARK.
I AM CALLING UP THE
RECONSIDERATION OF PASSAGE OF
1198 25, THE RECONSIDERATION OF
COUNSEL BILL 119825 IS NOW
PENDING BEFORE THE CITY
COUNCIL.
WE KNOW THAT UNDER THE CITY
CHARTER, WE ARE REQUIRED,
MANDATED TO TAKE UP FOR
CONSIDERATION ANY BILLS THAT
HAVE BEEN VETOED BY THE MAYOR.
INCLUDING RECONSIDERATION OF
THREE BILLS THAT VETOED AND MADE
AUGUST, THIS IS THE
FIRST OF THOSE THREE BILLS FOR
US TO CONSIDER.
WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON
EACH OF THE THREE BILLS
INDEPENDENTLY.
I WILL WALK THROUGH BEFORE WE
CALL ROLL, WALK-THROUGH AS A
REMINDER TO EACH OF YOU AND THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HOW MANY
VOTES WILL BE NEEDED FOR EACH
ONE OF THOSE BILLS.
WE ARE CONSIDERING COUNSEL BILL
119825, WHICH IS NOW BEFORE US
FOR CONSIDERATION IN FRONT OF
THE COUNCIL.
I'M
GOING TO OPEN THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE
COMMENTS.
IF YOUR INTERESTED ON MAKING A
COMMENT, SEND ME A MESSAGE ON
MY PHONE OR E-MAIL, OR YOU CAN
RAISE YOUR HAND AND I WILL CALL
PEOPLE IN THE ORDER THAT I SEE
THEM RAISE THEIR HAND.
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON FIRST,
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING
COMMENTS, LET ME KNOW AND I
WILL CALL ON PEOPLE IN THE ORDER
THAT I SEE IT.
NEXT UP IS
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WILL SPEAK ONCE AND SPEAK TO
ALL OF THE BILLS BEFORE US IF
THAT IS ALL RIGHT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY SPEAK TO
ALL THE BILLS BEFORE US WITH
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY CONSIDERING 119825.
EACH BILL WILL BE TAKEN IN THE
ORDER THAT IT APPEARS ON THE
PUBLISHED AGENDA.
THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE COMMENTS ON EACH BILL, IF
YOU ONLY WANT TO ADDRESS ONE AT
A TIME, YOU WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ALL
THREE BILLS.
THANK YOU FOR THEQUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
COLLEAGUES.
WE ADAPTED TO HELP REBALANCE
THE 2020 BOOK BUDGET, WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON OUR PLACED PERMITS.
EVEN THE CRACKING OF HER
SEATTLE RIDGE, STRANDING
100,000 RESIDENTS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THESE CRISES. WE
ARE ALL SEIZING THIS HISTORIC
MOMENT IN THE WAKE OF THE
BRUTAL AND WRONGFUL KILLING OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND COUNTLESS
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF
COLOR. WE ARE REVAMPING OUR
POLICE DEFERMENT AND
REVITALIZING COMMITTEE HEALTH
AND SAFETY. I'M GETTING E-
MAILS AND PHONE CALLS FROM
CONSTITUENTS WHO TO OVERRIDE,
SUSTAIN OR SUPPORT.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
VOICES WHO CONTACTED ME BY E-
MAIL AND PHONE WHO HAD
VIEWPOINTS ABOUT SAFETY, NEW
LEADERS DEMONSTRATING HOLY IN
THE STREETS FOR THE LAST COUPLE
OF WEEKS, EVERY DAY. AND WE ARE
HEARING THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION AND MANY OTHERS.
WE WERE ELECTED TO SYNTHESIZE
THE VARIOUS VIEWPOINTS AND
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS. BUT ALSO TO CRAFT
THOUGHTFUL PLANS ON HOW WE WILL
DO THINGS BETTER.
SHARING DECISION-MAKING
AUTHORITY BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL.
FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, WE
GET DONE MORE IN A FASTER AND
MORE SUSTAINABLE THING TO MAKE.
HOW DO WE MAKE MEANINGFUL
CHANGE?
I WAS NOT PART OF THE
DISCUSSION TO CRAFT A POTENTIAL
REPLACEMENT LEGISLATION. I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR PUTTING THAT
LEGISLATION ON THE TABLE
YESTERDAY SO WE COULD ALL READ
IT AND HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION
TODAY. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A
KEY PORTION OF THAT ALTERNATIVE
BILL. THE REDUCTION OF MONEY
TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS RUN
BY BLACK, INDIGENOUS,
PEOPLE OF COLOR LEADERS, I
WOULD PREFER THE COUNCIL STICK
TO THE PROMISE RATHER THAN
REDUCING IT TO 2.5 MILLION.
I HEAR THE CONCERNS THAT IT
WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GET $14
MILLION OUT THE DOOR THE
REMAINING MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAYOR IS
LIKELY TO PROPOSE EVEN LARGER
INVESTMENTS WHEN SHE UNVEILS
HER BUDGET PROPOSAL
NEXT WEEK.
IT WILL IMPACT THE NEXT
CALENDAR YEAR OF 2021.
I BELIEVE IT IS IMPERATIVE TO
HONOR THE COMMITMENT THAT WE
MADE AS A CITY COUNCIL TO
PROVIDE MORE MONEY TO THE MANY
EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS RUN BY
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS COLORS OF
PEOPLE OF COLOR LEADERS,
REDUCING HARM, DELIVERING
JUSTICE, WHILE HE RESPECTS THE
MAYOR'S DECISION, I INTEND TO
VOTE TO OVERRIDE THE THIRD BILL
VETOED, 19119863, COUPLED WITH
MY OVERRIDE OF THAT BILL, I
CIRCULATED AN EMINENT TO THE
REPLACEMENT COUNSEL BILL, SO
THAT WE
COULD IMMEDIATELY REAUTHORIZE
THE FULL 14 MILLION TO THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS.
OTHERS MAY SHARE THAT VIEW AND
WE WILL SPEAK UP ABOUT THAT. IT
IS TIME TO SCALE UP THE SAFETY
PROGRAMS THAT ARE TO WORKIN
SEATTLE AND OTHER SIMILAR US
CITIES.
OVERWRITING THIS COUNSEL BILL
WOULD RESTORE A SOURCE OF
FUNDING.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT AND I
BELIEVE WE NEED TO HONOR THAT
PROMISE.
AT THE SAME TIME I'VE MADE
CLEAR THAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED
WITH THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST
COUNSEL BILL 119825.
THIS DELETED THE CITY GOVERNMENT
NASH GET NAVIGATION TEAM
FUNDING.
A HARD-WORKING TEAM MADE OF
VACATED CITY GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES WHO ENGAGED WITH
UNAUTHORIZED HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS TO OFFER HOUSING
AND SERVICES.
THAT DECISION ON WEATHER TO
KEEP OR DELETE THE TEAM SHOULD
NEVER HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT
COUNSEL BILL WHICH WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE ABOUT REBALANCING THE
BUDGET AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
AFTER WE ADOPTED
THAT BILL, IT BECAME PAINFULLY
CLEAR THAT WE DID NOT HAVE AN
ORGANIZED, CONFERENCE OF,
EFFECTIVE HER PLACEMENT.
I BELIEVE WE NEED A CITY RUN
TEAM THAT COORDINATES EFFORTS
TO DEAL WITH FIRE RISKS,
OBSTRUCTIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH
HAZARDS. WE NEED TO RESTORE
THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
THE REPLACEMENT BILL THAT IS
BEFORE US TODAY, 119100 CAN
IMPROVE THE SITUATION BY
AUTHORIZING $3 MILLION MORE FOR
SHELTER. IT NEARLY DOUBLES THE
AMOUNT WE WOULD ORIGINALLY BE
AUTHORIZED.
THE REPLACEMENT WILL WOULD ALSO
ADD $500,000 FOR BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SERVICES IMPERATIVE FOR
HELPING THOSE IN NEED. I
ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT
WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE PRESERVE
THE DATA ANALYST ADDITIONS ON
THE NAVIGATION TEAM, THOSE
POSITIONS WERE ADDED TO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM TO IMPROVE DATA
COLLECTION AND TRANSPARENCY.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO CONTINUE
TO GATHER DATA AND MEASURE
RESULTS WE HAVE GREATER
ACCOUNTABILITY AND FOCUS ON
POSITIVE OUTCOMES.
DATA ANALYST CAN ALSO DIVIDE
SUPPORT TO THEM SO THAT OIL
ORGANIZATIONS ARE CREATING THE
SAME TYPES OF DATA.
I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL MAKE
SURE THAT WE PRESERVE THE DATA
ANALYSIS ON THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
REMOVING
POSITIONS AND FINDING THAT MANY
BELIEVE ARE NECESSARY TO
ADHERE, WE MUST KEEP IN PLACE
TO SUSTAIN POLICE REFORMS.
THE FEDERAL JUDGE MADE IT CLEAR
THAT MAJOR CHANGES MUST BE
APPROVED MUST BE APPROVED BY
HIM, INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS
TRAINING,
DATA COLLECTION, CRISIS
RESPONSE.
WE WILL STILL HAVE A POLICE
FORCE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT RESORT REFORMS ARE
PRESERVED AND EXPANDED.
THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE OF
ATTRITION, THE RATE OF
ATTRITION,
DUE TO RETIREMENTS OR THEM
LEAVING FOR OTHER PUBLIC POLICE
DEPARTMENTS SEEMED TO
ACCELERATED.
IT MUST BE COMBINED, WE HAVE
THE FULL PICTURE AND UNDERSTAND
THE TRUE IMPACT ON RESPONSE
TIMES. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN
OFFICERS AWAY FROM COMMUNITY
DISTRICTS, NOW THEY ARE IN
CONTROL POSITIONS, INDICATING
THAT THERE IS A SHORTAGE THAT
WE MUST BE MINDFUL OF.
IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE MOST
IMPACTFUL CONSEQUENCE OF THE
COUNSEL BILL IS THAT IT WAS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE EARLY
RETIREMENT OF OUR CITIES FIRST
BLACK POLICE CHIEFS CHIEF.
THAT MAYOR HAS A RIGHT TO VETO,
WHICH SHE EXERCISED, I
APPRECIATE THE REASON SHE
OUTLINED IN HER VETO LETTER.
I PLAN TO VOTE TO SUSTAIN THE
MAYOR'S VETO.
THE FINAL BILL IS 119862, WHICH
WERE POLITE PROVIDE MONEY FOR A
NINE MONTH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS, AS WE DECIDE HOW BEST
TO INVEST IN THE BIPOC COMMUNITY
. THIS WILL STILL PROVIDE
COMMUNITY FUNDING IN THESE
UPCOMING YEARS.
I THINK
WE MEET WE NEED A MORE
THOUGHTFUL PROCESS WITH MORE
LEADERS AT THE TABLE.
WE ALSO NEED A COORDINATED
ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE
PROCESS THAT COMPETES AND
COMPLEX. I AM WILLING TO
OVERRIDE THE VETO TO HAVE A MORE
DETAILED DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS
IN THE 2021 BUDGET I PLAN TO
VOTE TO OVERRIDE TWO OF THE
BILL BILLS AND SUSTAIN ONE.
I WANT TO CLOSE MY REMARKS, MY
LONG REMARKS BY HIGHLIGHTING
FOR THOSE LISTENING TODAY THAT
THE MOST SUSTAINABLE AND
MEANINGFUL WAY TO REALLOCATE
DOLLARS TO BIPOC COMMUNITIES
AND ROOT OUT EXPERT
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IS TO FIX
THE DEFICIENT POLICING IN
CONTRACT, THE CHIEF ROADBLOCK,
IT LEGALLY GOVERNS AND
SUPERSEDES NEARLY ALL ASPECTS
OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE TO REVAMP THIS CONTRACT
AND SYSTEM, WE NEED TO MARSHAL
OUR RESOURCES TO ART REBUILDING
THE POLICE UNION CONTRACTS WE
HAVE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
HOBBLED BY THE LONG, UNCERTAIN
PROCESS DUE TO THE FLEXIBILITY
OF THE POLICE CONTRACT.
WE ARE BEING ASKED TO REBUILD A
HOUSE.
INSTEAD OF GETTING THE CONCRETE
FOR THE FOUNDATION, LUMBER FOR
THE FRAME, SHE GOES FOR THE
ROOF, WE ARE FIXATED ON THE
INTEREST RATE OF THE MORTGAGE.
WE NEED TO REBUILD THE
UNDERLYING FOUNDATION, THE
POLICE UNION CONTRACT.
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY IMPLORE MY
COLLEAGUES. MEETING EVERY WEEK
UNTIL THE POLICE CONTRACT IS
FIXED.
FIX THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, TO
REMOVE EXCESSIVE AND COSTLY OVER
TIME AND FIX THE POLICE
CONTRACT, CORRECT THE UNJUST
DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM, EXPAND THE
REFORMS, ENABLED THE CITY
COUNCIL TO REALLOCATE BUDGETS,
AND THE POLICE CHIEF TO
REDEPLOY POLICE OFFICERS IN WAYS
THAT REMOVE INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
AND DELIVER EFFECTIVE PUBLIC
SAFETY.
FINALLY WHILE WE WERE HERE
ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER, LET US
REMEMBER THAT THE REAL ENEMY TO
OUR CITY AND THE FUTURE IS THE
CURRENT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP,
CALLING SEATTLE AN ANARCHIST
CITY IS AS ABSURD AS CALLING
HIM A GOOD PRESIDENT.
HERE IN SEATTLE, LET'S LEAD BY
EXAMPLE BY DOING A MUCH BETTER
JOB WORKING TOGETHER AND GETTING
THINGS DONE FOR THE OVER
700,000 PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
COLLABORATION BETWEEN EXECUTIVE
AND LEGISLATIVE
BRANCHES CAN SHOW THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE THAT WE HAVE COMMON
GROUND, WE ARE COMMITTED TO
MOVING HEAD I HAD ON SHARED
POLICY GOALS AND COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT TO MAKE SEATTLE
BETTER DURING THIS HISTORIC
CIVIL RIGHTS MOMENT.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THANK YOU.
AS OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
COMMENTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
. YOU FOR YOUR REMARKS,
COUNSELOR PEARSON. I'M GOING TO
READ THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE KILLED BY THE SPD IN
THE LAST TEN YEARS.
JOHN T WILLIAMS.
ERIC EVANS.
HENRY LEE.
JAMES ANDERSON. JACKSON.
SMITH.
KURT THOMAS.
JOEL REUTER.
MARTIN BIRTH.
MANIC ASCENDANCY. DREW LOCK.
OSTER, AUSTIN.
STEPHEN JOHNSTON.
DANIEL SMITH. RAYMOND ACEVEDO.
CHARLIE LYLES.
JASON SIEVERS. RYAN SMITH.
SEAN. TERRY. HERE THE PEOPLE
WHOSE LIVES WERE TAKEN IN THE
LAST DECADE BY POLICE IN
SEATTLE.
THESE NAMES
ARE IMPORTANT.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT BREAKING
THE CYCLE OF POLICE VIOLENCE,
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT FIXING THE
BUDGET IT IS ABOUT GETTING A NEW
SYSTEM OF COMMUNITY SAFETY THAT
CENTERS MENTAL AWARENESS,
PROSPERITY AND SAFETY FOR ALL
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE
DISCUSSING TODAY SHOULD BE A
LIVING MORAL DOCUMENT THAT
ALLOWS THE MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES TO NOT MERELY LIVE
IN SEATTLE, BUT TO THRIVE. WE
GOT HERE AT THIS MOMENT, WITH
COVID-19 WHICH HAS TAKEN OVER
700 LIVES IN KING COUNTY, IT
HAS ENDED THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND
SMALL BUSINESSES AS WE'VE HEARD
TODAY.
HAS CREATED UNCERTAINTY IN
PRESENT AND FUTURE, IT HAS
WIDENED THE ALREADY LARGE GAP
BETWEEN WHITE COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
FOR THE RICH AND HEALTHY, THE
HOUSE AND THE HOUSE LISTS,
THOSE WITH WELL-FUNDED
EDUCATIONS, AND FAMILIES WHO ARE
DEALING WITH UNDERFUNDED
EDUCATION SYSTEMS.
AND THOSE CAPITALIZING ON
DISASTER GENTRIFICATION AND
THOSE WHO ARE BEING DISPLACED IN
DROVES.
COVID-19 HAS EXPOSED AN UPSIDE
DOWN ECONOMIC SYSTEM,
PUNISHMENT SYSTEM, AND THE DEEP
RACISM EMBEDDED IN THOSE
SYSTEMS AND MANY OTHERS.
WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS HERE
TODAY IN 2020.
DO WE INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY'S
LONG LEFT BEHIND FOR THE PAST
400 YEARS?
DO WE FIGHT WHITE SUPREMACY AND
WHAT WAS WOVEN INTO ALL OF OUR
DOCUMENTS AND SYSTEMS?
DO WE WALK BACK THE MONTHS OF
WORK THAT WE AND OUR STAFF HAVE
DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS?
WE ARE TRYING TO CARRY FORWARD
WHAT WAS BUILT BY YEARS OF WORK
BY THE BIPOC COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS IN OUR CITY.
THE CHOICE IS CLEAR.
WE OWE THEM ABOUT 400 YEARS
WORTH OF INVESTMENTS.
WE
HAVE TO PUT DOLLARS BEHIND OUR
WORDS TODAY.
IT IS
TIME TO LIFT UP THE SOLUTIONS
THAT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE
PROBLEM HAVE LONG KNOWN.
WE ARE OVERWRITING THE MAYOR'S
VETO, THIS IMMORAL DOCUMENT IS
NOT ENOUGH IT IS AN IMPORTANT
STEP THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN LONGING FOR.
DEMANDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
LISTEN TO THEIR CRIES AND CALLS
FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE, NOT
AN UNREASONABLE DEMAND.
LISTENING TO THEM DOES NOT MAKE
US AMATEURS, IT MAKES US
ACCOUNTABLE.
I DO
VOTE TO OVERRIDE THIS BILL AND
URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE
SAME.
>> NEXT IN THE QUEUE, COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID SO FAR.
WE ARE TRYING TO REACH AN
ACCORD ON SOME OF THESE REALLY
DIFFICULT ISSUES AND THE
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO WORK
TOGETHER, THE COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
WORKING TOGETHER REQUIRES
COMPROMISE AND THERE ARE THINGS
WE PASSED OVER THE SUMMER THAT
I STILL DISAGREE WITH NOW. SOME
OF THOSE ARE DEALT WITH IN THE
COMPROMISE BILL.
I SUPPORT A LOT OF WHAT IS IN
THAT REPLACEMENT BILL.
THIS MOMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY IS
WHERE WE ARE PIVOTING, TURNING
A BIG SHIP AROUND AND PIVOTING
TOWARD PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTMENTS
AND
LOW ACUITY SPUN IN SPIRIT WILL
ONLY WORK IF WE INVEST, PAY FOR
THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE
COMMUNITY.
I WAS PROUD TO VOTE FOR THE
FUNDING IN OUR ORIGINAL BILL.
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS CAN ONLY
DO THIS WORK WHEN WE INVEST IN
THEM.
I'VE SEEN THE WORK OF THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS UP CLOSE.
I'VE LISTENED TO SEATTLE'S
YOUNG PEOPLE SHARE WISDOM AND
BUILD STRENGTH. I HAVE
ATTENDED THE WORKSHOPS WITH
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND
NETWORKS OF MUTUAL CARE
AND SUPPORT THAT LEADERS IN THE
NEXT GENERATION OF SEATTLE HAVE
BEEN FORGING. I'VE SEEN THAT
POWER AND VISION THAT WILL
DEFINE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE
CITY.
WE NEED TO SAVE GUARD THOSE
INVESTMENTS. TODAY I AM VOTING
TO OVERRIDE ON ALL THREE OF THE
BILLS TO
PRESERVE THE ENTIRE
APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUMMER.
I REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING
OUT OUR DIFFERENCES.
I WILL CONSIDER LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES TO WORK THROUGH OUR
DIFFERENCES.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT
TODAY ABOUT A PATTERN THAT IS
POTENTIALLY EMERGING,
NEGOTIATING VIA VETO.
THIS PROCESS VETO, NEGOTIATE,
INSIST ON SUSTAINING COMMIT HAS
BEEN WEARING AND I'M PRODUCTIVE,
INTRUDING BETWEEN FRAYED
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE COUNCIL
AND THE MAYOR, THERE HAVE TO BE
BETTER WAYS TO US TO RESOLVE OUR
DIFFERENCES.
IN
THE SPIRIT OF VOTING TO OVERRIDE
TODAY, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME
OF THE SKILLS MAY NEED SOME
REVISIONS.
I'M COMMITTED TO PURSUING THOSE
LEGISLATIVELY.
I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH
THE COUNCIL AND FOLKS IN THE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
TO SAFEGUARD THE COMMUNITY
INVESTMENTS, TO REJECT
NEGOTIATION BY VETO, AND VOTING
TO OVERRIDE ALL THREE OF THOSE
BILLS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
COMMENTS.
I WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY, LIKE I
HAVE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON
AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHEREAS, IN
THE PAST I'VE SEEN YOU AND YOUR
PARTNER SUBJECTED TO
UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR ONLINE
AND IN PERSON I WANT TO SAY THAT
DO NOT SUPPORT THAT LANGUAGE
THAT WAS BEING USED TOWARD YOU
AND YOUR PARTNER.
I APPRECIATE YOUR REMARKS HERE
TODAY.
BUT REALLY I FEEL THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
BACK EACH OTHER UP IN TERMS OF
THE RESPECT THAT IS DUE TO OUR
FAMILIES AND PARTNERS, LOVED
ONES AND I WANT TO SAY I AM IS
APPOINTED THAT IT IS HAPPENING.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU
NEED FROM US, YOU MAKE SURE TO
LET US KNOW.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, I
APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS, SUCH
COMMENTS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY
A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE,
I DO APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
>> OF COURSE, SENDING YOU OUR
BEST.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN
THE QUEUE, I IMAGINE BECAUSE
YOU HAVE NOT SENT ME A MESSAGE
OR SHOW ME YOUR HAND.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE
A COMMENT ON THE COUNCIL BILL,
OR ABOUT THE LEGISLATION IN THE
PACKAGE? COUNCIL
MEMBER?
>> JUST GETTING TO MY NOTES
HERE, I APPRECIATE IT.
I APPRECIATE HEARING COMMENTS
FROM MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT EFFORT
OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
AND BEFORE THAT, EFFORTS
WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH
COMMUNITY LABOR LEADERS ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE
2020 REBALANCED BUDGET.
I DON'T TAKE THIS VOTE LIGHTLY.
I PARTICIPATED IN CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT AN ALTERNATIVE BILL.
IT WAS IN THE HOPES OF COMING
TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
EXECUTIVE.
I FEEL THAT THE ALTERNATIVE BILL
OFFERED FALLS SHORT OF THE
IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS AND
TARGETED STRATEGIC CHANGES TO
THE 2020 BUDGET. INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO A SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
I AM CONCERNED
THAT WHAT THE COUNCIL WAS
OFFERED BACKTRACKS ON THE
COUNCIL EXPRESSED POLICY
OBJECTIVE, BEGINNING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MAKING
REDUCTIONS TO THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, THE REDUCTIONS IN THE
2020 REBALANCED PACKAGE DO NOT
IN THEMSELVES RESULT IN THE
LAYOFFS TO OFFICERS.
INSTEAD IT RESULTS IN THE
BEGINNING OF A PROCESS AROUND
BARGAINING. THE REDUCTIONS
CONTINUE TO FUND SEVERAL OF THE
SPECIALTY UNITS WHILE MAKING
REDUCTIONS OF THE SPECIALTY
UNITS.
THEIR PROPOSAL OFFERED BY THE
MAYOR NEITHER SPOKE TO THE
COUNCIL'S REQUESTS TO MAKE
REDUCTIONS TO THE SPECIALTY
UNITS.
IT DID NOT OFFER ANY RESPONSE TO
THE POLICY DISCUSSIONS OF WHY
THESE FUNCTIONS SHOULD BE
CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED, AT THE
LEVEL THAT THEY ARE, WITHOUT THE
COUNCIL PREFERRED REDUCTIONS OR
ELIMINATIONS. JUST REMINDING
FOLKS WHAT THOSE REDUCTIONS
WERE, THOSE ARE 38 REDUCTIONS
SUGGESTED FROM SPECIFIC UNITS,
INCLUDING MOUNTAIN PATROL AND
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT
ARE NO LONGER WORKING IN THE
SCHOOLS, THAT NAVIGATION TEAMS,
A REDUCTION OF HARBOR PATROL, A
REDUCTION FROM THE PUBLIC
AFFAIRS UNIT AND A REDUCTION IN
THE SWAT UNIT.
OF THE 38 PROPOSED REDUCTIONS,
THERE WERE ONLY 11 VACANCIES.
AGAIN THAT MINIMIZES THE NUMBER
OF TRUE LAYOFFS, IF
SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED,
DOWN TO ONLY 27 REDUCTIONS IN
THOSE SPECIALTY UNITS.
WE ALSO HAD 30 FTES, OF COURSE
GIVEN THE HIRING FREEZE, WE MAY
SEE THOSE ELECTRICIANS
REALIZED.
I DON'T EXPECT TO SEE THOSE
POSITIONS HIRED AGAIN, GIVEN THE
MAYOR HIRING FREEZE.
AND WITH THEREDUCTIONS FROM
GENERAL SWORN OFFICERS, AGAIN
THE GOALS SET IN THIS BILL IS
FOR 32 GENERAL PATROL
REDUCTIONS.
MY QUESTION IS FOR WHY THERE
WAS NOT MORE COMPROMISE ON THIS
IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, GIVEN
THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
WERE 24 OFFICERS ON THE BRADY
LIST. I WOULD HOPE THAT THE
EXECUTIVE WOULD SUPPORT LETTING
GO OF THE OFFICERS WHO CLEARLY
CANNOT FULFILL OBLIGATIONS AS
POLICE OFFICERS.
THEY
CANNOT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE
SUSTAINED FINDINGS OF
DISHONESTY, EVIDENCE OF RACIAL
BIAS, CRIMINAL CHARGES OR
CONVICTIONS.
THIS LIMITS THEIR ABILITY TO
TESTIFY IN COURT AS A WITNESS.
IT LIMITS THEIR ABILITY TO
CARRY OUT THEIR WORK.
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS CAN IMPEACH
THESE TESTIMONY AND THIS LIMITS
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO FILE
CHARGES WHEN THE ONLY WITNESSES
AVAILABLE ARE THESE OFFICERS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE
OFFICERS ARE PATROL POSITIONS.
THIS IS PART OF THE REASON THE
COUNCIL CHOSE TO REQUEST THE
CHIEF
OF SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
PETITION TO AUTHORIZE OUT OF
ORDER LAYOFFS.
I DO HOPE THAT THE COMMITMENT
WILL HOLD.
IT IS CONTAINED IN THE AGENDA
ITEM FOR THE COMPROMISE BILL,
FOR THE CHIEF TO WORK WITH THE
CITY LABOR RELATIONS DIRECTOR
AND THE LABOR RELATIONS POLICY
COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL
FOR OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS IN THE
INTEREST OF MAINTAINING AS THE
RULE RETIRE IT REQUIRES A
SUFFICIENT OPERATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT TO WORK TOWARD A
SHARED INTEREST IN LAYOFFS, NOT
BEING THE NEWEST AND MOST
DIVERSE RECRUITS.
THE MAYOR'S VETO ALSO REMOVED
MODEST SALARY PRODUCTIONS FOR
THE REMAINDER OF 2020 FOUR
COMMAND STAFF OFFICERS.
I WOULD HAVE
DEFINITELY ENTERTAINED A
COMPROMISE ON THIS ITEM IN THE
COMPROMISE BILL.
I DO NOT FEEL THAT THE STUDY OF
EXECUTIVE SALARIES AS PROPOSED
ALLOWS THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE
WHAT I FEEL IS AN IMPORTANT
POSITION IN THIS MOMENT ON
LEADERSHIP THAT HAS NOT
ADEQUATELY CONTROLLED OVER
TIME, OFF-DUTY CONTROL COSTS,
SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE CITY
AUDITOR RECOMMENDATIONS IN 2015.
THE COMMAND STAFF LEADERSHIP
HAS NOT PUT AN END TO THE
SUSTAINED MILITARY RESPONSE TO
WHAT HAS BEEN PRIMARILY PEACEFUL
PROTESTS.
THE COMPROMISE BILL PROVIDES
JUST $2 MILLION AS OPPOSED TO
$14 MILLION FOR ESSENCE IN
COMMUNITY LED ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WILL PLAY A ROLE IN BUILDING
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THIS IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE TO
THE NEEDS GIVEN THE INCREASE IN
GUN VIOLENCE THAT SEATTLE HAS
BEEN EXPERIENCING.
I APPRECIATE SEEING THAT SHOULD
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION BE
SUSTAINED, SHOULD THE VETO BE
SUSTAINED, THAT WE DO HAVE AN
AMENDMENT TO SUSPEND THIS
INADEQUATE COMPROMISE. I HAVE
TWO OTHER POINTS.
THE COMPROMISE BILL PROVIDES
JUST $1 MILLION OF THE $3
MILLION REQUIRED FOR COMMUNITY
RESOURCE TO HELP BUILD A
COMMUNITY SAFETY RESPONSE, THAT
WILL RELY NOT RELY ON ARMED
OFFICERS, INSTEAD OF THE $3
MILLION REQUIRED FOR FULL
FUNDING.
THE DEAL STROVE TO BROKER A
PLACE AT THE TABLE.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING
FOR A TRUE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROCESS. THERE HAVE BEEN
REDUCED PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
TO ADVISORY GROUP WITHOUT REAL
COMMITTEE VOICE IN THE
DECISIONS, INSERTING ANOTHER
SET OF STAKEHOLDERS BETWEEN THE
RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY
BUDGETING PROCESS.
AND THE DECISION-MAKING AROUND
THOSE INVESTMENTS.
TRUEPARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
OFFERS A PLACE AT THE TABLE FOR
EVERYONE HAS A STAKE IN THE
OUTCOME, IT DOES NOT EXCLUDE
VOICES.
IS PHYSICALLY DESIGNED FOR
EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE.
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
DRIVING TO WORK ON UNITY
SAFETY, ON KIDS, UNDOCUMENTED
INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CITY.
FOLKS
EXPENSING HOMELESSNESS AND THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY, IT EXPANDS
THE TABLE OF VOICES WITH
DECISION-MAKING
AUTHORITY.
IT DOES NOT MAKE THEM ADVISORY
TO DO THE WORK OF OTHERS.
REGARDING THAT NAVIGATION TEAM
DISCUSSIONS, I WAS INVOLVED IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
EXECUTIVE ABOUT CHANGES TO THE
OPERATIONS OF THE NAVIGATION
TEAM, WITH A GOAL OF DELIVERING
AN AGREEMENT IN THE ALTERNATIVE
ADULATION THAT WOULD MORALIZE
THEIR COMMITMENT TO DOING WORK
DIFFERENT LEE.
THIS IS A GOAL THAT I'VE SOUGHT
FOR MANY YEARS, MOST RECENTLY
IN AN EXECUTIVE LETTER IN
APRIL, ENHANCING THIS CHANGE
COLLABORATIVELY, THIS LETTER
WAS ENTIRELY IGNORED.
THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD
OVER THE PAST WEEK POINT TOWARD
SIGNIFICANT AND WELCOME CHANGES
IN THE NAVIGATION TEAM THAT
WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN FEWER
VOLUNTARY RELOCATIONS, MORE
PARTNERSHIPS TO MITIGATE
HAZARDS AND OBSTACLES AND MORE
ROBUST SERVICES FOR PEOPLE STILL
LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS.
THE EXECUTIVE HAS INDICATED THAT
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET
EXPECTED IN JUST ONE WEEK WILL
INCLUDE SOME OF THESE CHANGES.
THEY VERBALLY AGREED TO
MEMORIALIZE THIS INTENT WE
PROPOSED LANGUAGE TO DO THAT
AND WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE A
NONSTARTER.
OUR CONVERSATION AND VERBAL
AGREEMENT SUFFICES. THE REALITY
IS THAT I REALLY NEEDED TO SEE
THIS COMMITMENT IN WRITING.
I HAVE NEXT WEEK, WE WILL SEE
THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, WHEN THE MAYOR
INTRODUCES A PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
I AM UNCERTAIN AS TO WHY, GIVEN
THE EXPRESSED INTENT OF
UNWILLINGNESS TO PUT IT IN
WRITING, IT IS IMPORTANT,
OVERWRITING THIS VETO WILL NOT
END OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO
PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
IT WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
FUNDING AVAILABLE TO EXTERNAL
PARTNERS TO DO THIS WORK, BY
PUTTING MORE FUNDING AND
CONTRACTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY DOING
OUTREACH.
MY EXPECTATION IS THAT THOSE
PROVIDERS WILL WORK WITH THE
CITY AND FOCUS ON ENCAMPMENTS
THE CITY IDENTIFIES AS HIGH
HAZARD LOCATIONS OR
OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE PUBLIC
RIGHT-OF-WAY, TO WORK TOWARD
VOLUNTARY RELOCATIONS, IN THOSE
INSTANCES.
I WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WAY THAT
THE CITY RESPONSE TO
ENCHANTMENTS.
IN CLOSING, AS I SAID, I DON'T
TAKE THIS BOAT LIGHTLY.
I HOPE THAT SIMILAR TO THE JUMP
START LEGISLATION, THE COUNCIL
MAYOR CAN FIND A COMPROMISE
THAT WOULD ENSURE RESOURCES AT
THE COUNCIL WOULD ACTUALLY BE
SPENT IN 2020.
IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE FUNDING,
STEPPING AWAY FROM THE ALTERNATE
BILL, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE
MAYOR WILL DECIDE NOT TO SPEND
FUNDING ON IMPORTANT FUNDING IN
2020, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO
STAND BEHIND THE VISION THAT
THE COUNTY AND COMMUNITY LAID
OUT IN THE INITIAL REBALANCING
PACKAGE.
THIS
OUTLINES THE VISION WITH
CHANGES TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND WORK SEAMLESSLY WITH THE
BUDGET BILL, THE COUNCIL IS
STARTING TO DEFINE OUR IDEAS,
INFORMED BY CONSTITUENTS AND
COMMUNITY, ADVOCATES AND
ACTIVISTS, IT GIVES COMMUNITY
MEMBERS A WAY TO HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE, IT INVITES THE
EXECUTIVE INTO A CONVERSATION
WITH COUNSEL ON THE BEST PATH
FORWARD TO REALIZE THIS VISION.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT WE CAN
REACH THIS PROMISE.
AND REALLY, I MAINTAIN MY
OPTIMISM THAT WE WILL TURN THE
PAGE ON THIS BOAT AND BEGIN A
NEW COLLABORATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS?
COLLEAGUES?
NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
>> THANK YU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES
FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I WILL BE VOTING TO OVERRIDE
THIS UNNECESSARY VETO TODAY.
THIS WORK IS TOO IMPORTANT TO
STOP AND PLAY POLITICAL GAMES.
I CAN'T DO MY INITIAL DECISION
BASED ON POLICY CHOICES.
I WOULD CHANGE MY VOTE ON
EXECUTIVE PAY, THERE ARE ASPECTS
OF THE COMPROMISE BILL THAT I
REALLY APPRECIATE.
THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE COMPROMISE BILL FALLS SHORT
OF WHAT IS RIGHTLY KNOWN AS A
SHARED OBJECTIVE OF THIS
COUNCIL.
I KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE THE MUCH
NEDED CHANGES. WHAT LET US TO
THE REBALANCING WAS EIGHT YEARS
OF POLICE REFORM THAT RESULTED
IN USE OF FORCE
AGAINST SEATTLEITES EXERCISING
FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS, WORSE THAN THAT WTO
DEMONSTRATIONS, IT WAS AS IF
EIGHT YEARS OF REFORM DIDN'T
OCCUR.
THE 45% BUDGET INCREASE IN THE
LAST EIGHT YEARS WENT
UNCHECKED.
THE CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE
BUDGET OR NOT MEDICAL OR EARTH
SHATTERING.
THEY ARE
REASONABLE, RESPONSIBLE FIRST
STEPS IN A LONG PROCESS TO RE-
ENVISIONING HOW WE HANDLE
PUBLIC SAFETY.
AFTER MONTHS OF DISCUSSION,
DETERMINING WHEN YOU CAN SHIFT
MORE RESOURCES, I LIKE THE
MAJORITY OF THIS COMPROMISE
BILL, BUT IT DID FALL SHORT BY
ELIMINATING NEARLY ALL OF THE
ADJUSTMENTS AS IF IT MOVE
FORWARD WITHOUT ATTENDING TO
THE PRODUCE DISCUSSED IN THE
REBALANCING PROCESS.
THESE ADJUSTMENTS WERE MOSTLY
PROVISIONS AS WELL. THE FINAL
DETERMINATION ON HOW FUNDING IS
USED OR NOT USED WOULD BE
DISTRIBUTED, TO BE MADE AT A
LATER DATE WHEN THE INFORMATION
REQUESTED WAS PROVIDED SO THAT
AS A COUNSEL WE COULD MAKE A
COMPLETELY INFORMED DECISION.
THIS IS A MULTISTEP PROCESS.
I VIEW THIS CONVERSATION AROUND
PUBLIC SAFETY AS A THREE-STEP
PROCESS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE NEXT YEAR.
THE 2020 REBALANCING WAS JUST A
PART OF THIS PROCESS BY
INVESTING IN IMPORTANT POGROMS.
ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
CHANGES ARE MADE IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND DELAYING THE
FIRST STEP HAS ALREADY PUT US
BEHIND IN ADDRESSING THE CRISIS
BEFORE US.
WE CANNOT DELAY THIS ANY
LONGER.
THE SECOND STEP IN THIS PROCESS
IS THIS INTERIM.
BETWEEN THE REBOUNDS AND THE
BUDGET TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON HOW WE ADJUST
CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE TO
RECEIVE SOME OF THAT
INFORMATION AND TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS THAT MANY OF US
HAVE HAD WITH THE POLICE IN THE
LAST MONTH.
THE THIRD STEP BEING THE 2021
BUDGET. THIS THIRD STEP WILL
BEGIN IN EIGHT DAYS.
THIS VETO HAS OCCUPIED THE TIME
WE COULD HAVE BEEN WORKING
TOGETHER TOWARD A BETTER
FUTURE.
THIS, THESE LAST STATEMENTS WERE
INTENDED FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC,
AS ALL OF YOU ARE MORE THAN
AWARE OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT
WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THE PACKAGE
BEFORE US TO OVERRIDE OR
SUSTAIN IS NOT PERFECT.
I VOTED TO KEEP THE NAVIGATION
TEAM IN PLACE WITHOUT SPD
INVOLVED.
I WOULD VOTE TO REVERSE THE PAY
CUTS TO THE COMMAND STAFF FOR
SPD.
BUT THOSE POLICIES OUTWEIGH THE
NEED TO GET MONEY OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY NOW AND TO MAKE THOSE
INVESTMENTS, SO WE CAN SCALE UP
THE PROGRAMS.
BY THE END OF THE BUDGET CYCLE,
WE WILL ACTUALLY KNOW WHICH
PROGRAMS WE CAN RELY ON TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
I HOPE AT THIS MOMENT TODAY, IN
A MOMENT OF SHIFTING POSTURE,
WE START TO MOVE FORWARD IN A
COLLABORATIVE MANNER.
I SPOKE TO THOSE ACHIEVED
DURING THE PROCESS AND OFFERED
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO
HAVE DISCUSSION.
WE WORKED WITH HER COMMAND
STAFF TO UNDERSTAND THE
INTRICACIES OF THE BUDGET.
I AM TRULY EXCITED TO WORK
TOGETHER.
STANDING BEHIND OURPAST
DECISIONS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE
ARE NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING TOGETHER.
WE ARE STILL WORKING TOGETHER
IN THE FUTURE.
I AM A PERSON WHO WORKS WITH
PEOPLE.
I WANT TO FIND A COMMON GROUND,
SHARE A VISION, AND TO PUT THAT
VISION INTO REALITY.
THERE ARE MORE DISCUSSIONS TO
BE HAD AND MORE BOATS TO BE
TAKEN.
IF EVERY BRANCH OF THE CITY IS
TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER, WE HAVE
MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE THE
RIGHT CHOICES.
WE HAVE LARGER CHOICES TO MAKE,
WITH LARGER STAKES AT HAND.
AND WITH LONGER-LASTING OUTCOMES
. COMPROMISE, CONSENSUS,
WORKING TOGETHER, IT DOES NOT
MEAN COMMUNITY VIA PRESS
RELEASES OR STANDING SENDING A
NOTICE MOMENTS BEFORE THE
CONSULATES.
IT MEANS WE ARE WALKING THAT
PATH TOGETHER AND FINDING
SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR ALL
SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING US
MAKING THESE IMPORTANT CHANGES
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH ANYONE IN THE EXECUTIVE
OFFICE WANTS TO WORK WITH ME,
ANYONE IN ANY DEPARTMENT THAT
WANTS TO WORK WITH ME, AND ALL
OF THE COLLEAGUES WHO I KNOW
SHARE A VISION OF WORKING
TOGETHER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL NUMBER,
FOR THOSE COMMENTS. NEXT
COUNSEL NEVER, PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU
ALL TODAY AS WELL. I
WANT TO REITERATE MY
APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF THE
WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AS WE
HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN A REALLY
TOUGH CONVERSATION IN THE MIDST
OF MULTIPLE CRISES, COVID-19, A
HOUSING AND ECONOMIC CRISIS,
AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS UPRISING
THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO
ATTEMPT TO SOLVE TOGETHER.
SEATTLE IS AT THE HEART OF A
NATIONAL MOVEMENT, TO REDUCE
INCIDENCES WHERE BLACK AND
BROWN LIVES ARE TAKEN ON
CAMERA, ON-THE-JOB, AND IN THE
NAME OF WHAT HAS BEEN
TRADITIONALLY KNOWN AS POLICING
IN OUR COUNTRY.
THAT IS WHAT THIS CONVERSATION
IS REALLY ABOUT.
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED
ACROSS THE NATION.
CITY AFTER CITY HAS RECOGNIZED
THAT IT IS AN IMPERATIVE
CONVERSATION TO HAVE ABOUT THE
RIGHT SIZE AND SCOPE OF POLICE.
ACCORDING TO FORBES MAGAZINE,
JUST LAST MONTH THERE WERE 13
CITIES SO FAR THAT ARE NOT JUST
IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REDUCING
THE SIZE AND SCOPE, THEY HAVE
ALREADY ACTED AND VOTED.
THEY VOTED TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC
SAFETY, BECAUSE IT IS PERSONAL
OR PUNITIVE, BUT BECAUSE IT IS
BEING CALLED FOR IN CITY AFTER
CITY, DEATH AFTER DEATH, YEAR
AFTER YEAR.
NEW YORK CITY DIVESTED 1
BILLION.
LOS ANGELES DAVIS $150 MILLION.
SAN FRANCISCO DEFICIT $120
MILLION.
WHAT THE COUNCIL DID THROUGH
THE LEGISLATIVE BLACK BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT, WE LEGISLATED IN A
MOMENT OF CRISIS TO CONTINUE TO
RESPOND TO THE FACT THAT THERE
IS AN ONGOING CALL FOR ACTION
ACROSS THIS NATION.
WE DO WE LEGISLATED IN A MOMENT
OF CRISIS AND DURING A MOVEMENT
THAT DEMANDS THIS TYPE OF
ACTION.
WE LEGISLATED KNOWING
THAT WE ARE BUILDING A PATH FOR
A LONGER-TERM SYSTEMIC CHANGE
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. AND
WE ARE TAKING SMALL STEPS.
BY TAKING SMALL STEPS THIS
SUMMER, WE SEND A SYMBOLIC
MESSAGE OF FUTURE BARGAINING,
THAT WE WERE BEGINNING EIGHT
DOWN PAYMENT ON THE INVESTMENTS
NEEDED TO BUILD COMMUNITY
CAPACITY TO BETTER RESPOND TO
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AND
CREATE MORE RESILIENT
COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS A DEPARTMENT IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE HAS GROWN BY
ALMOST HALF OVER THE LAST EIGHT
YEARS.
WE WORKED WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND
VARIOUS FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY
IMPACTED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS OF COVID-19, MAKING
INFORMED POLICY DECISIONS.
THIS MOMENT OF TIME DEMANDS
ACTION. I AGREE THAT THERE ARE
THINGS WE WILL CONTINUE TO
LEGISLATE AND IMPROVE UPON IN
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
I WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY WE
WILL DO A BETTER JOB MAKING
SURE THAT THOSE VOICES AND
CONCERNS A BROAD AGREEMENT IN
THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE IS AN
URGENT NEED TO ADDRESS THE
SYSTEMS THAT HAVE SYSTEMICALLY
DIVESTED FROM BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES, URGENTLY INVESTING
IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS
NATIONWIDE, AND AT THE STATE
LEVEL AS WELL, WE HAVE TO
COLLECTIVELY WORK WITH
JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE LIKE-
MINDED TO INVEST IN BLACK AND
BROWN IMMUNITIES.
INVEST, LISTEN, AND RESPOND.
PEOPLE HAVE PUT TERMINUS AMOUNT
OF TIME INTO WORKING ON THE
DETAILS OF THIS PROCESS.
BRINGING TOGETHER COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND ENGAGING IN THE
PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE
HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE
AND COLLABORATIVELY WORKING ON
POLICYMAKING, WE WERE INFORMED
BY HOURS OF TESTIMONY AND TRULY
WERE PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE'S VOICES TO BE
HEARD.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
FORWARD ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES.
THE SPECIAL SIMILAR BUDGET IS
NOT THE END ALL, BE ALL.
THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR US TO
MAKE THE LARGE SYSTEMIC
CHANGES.
BUT THE
PLACES WE MADE CHANGES WERE AN
IMPORTANT FIRST STEP.
MANY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO MOVE
FORWARD TO MAKE THIS DOWN
PAYMENT AT THIS CRITICAL TIME.
THE COUNCIL USES LEGISLATIVE
AUTHORITY TO PUT FORWARD MINOR
CHANGES.
TOTALING LESS THAN 1% OF THE
POLICE BUDGET. THAT IS WHAT
WE COULD DO, IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE YEAR.
WE DID THIS FIRST STEP IN THE
MIDDLE OF AN UPRISING AND A CALL
FOR THE DEFENSE OF LAW OF BLACK
LIVES, IN THE MIDST OF A
SHORTFALL, THE CHANGES WE PUT
FORWARD I THINK WERE
THOUGHTFUL, MEASURED, LEGALLY
DEFENSIBLE.
AS A COUNSELOR AND AS A BROADER
BODY, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS
MORE THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE PROCESS CONTINUES
TO BE MORE INPUT INCLUSIVE.
I WANT TO UPLIFT ALL OF THE
COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY
COUNSEL, AND ALSO PULL IN
DIVERSE VOICES TO CONTINUE TO BE
INFORMED BY THOSE WHO HAVE
LIVED EXPERIENCE AND HAVE THOSE
FOLKS AT THE TABLE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO MOVE FORWARD ON MAKING
CRITICAL CHANGES TO INVEST IN
THE COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE
VOTES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN. WE
LISTENED, WE ACTED.
WE KNEW THAT IT WAS AN
IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN A LONG-
TERM. I WANT TO BE
VERY CLEAR, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
THE PLAN, IT IS BEING INFORMED
BY THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE
MAKING INTO THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
BY HAVING A PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS, WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY COLLECTIVELY,
INCLUDING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND DIVERSE VOICES, OUR PLAN
WILL BE INFORMED BY THE PROCESS
THAT WE'VE CLEARLY OUTLINED IN
THE BUDGET
THAT IS INVENTIVE US.
WE ARE SETTING THE STAGE FOR A
MORE INCLUSIVE CONVERSATION TO
RESPOND TO THIS UPRISING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH
OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE LESSENING THE HARM DONE
BY THE CURRENT POLICE DRIVEN
APPROACH.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH
DIRECTING BARGAINING EFFORTS TO
PROMOTE MORE PUBLIC SAFETY
ORIENTED POLICING.
WE ARE COLLABORATIVELY
DEVELOPING A PLAN TO CENTER
THOSE WITH A LIVED EXPERIENCE
AND EXPERTISE OF DIVERSE
COMMUNITY VOICES AT THE TABLE
THERE I AM REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEXT
STEP.
THE DO NOW WHAT INFORMS WHAT WE
WILL DO IN 2021.
THE PROCESS OF INVESTING IS
IMPORTANT FOR THIS LONG-TERM
STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE TRULY PULLING PEOPLE TO THE
TABLE WHO HAVE THE LIFE
EXPERIENCE AND CAN TELL US HOW
TO CONTINUE TO INVEST.
THIS WAS TRULY INFORMED BY
DIVERSE CONVERSATIONS WITH
FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC.
THERE ARE FOUR HOURS OF
TESTIMONY SPECIFIC TO THE
INQUEST, THERE WERE FOUR HOURS
DEVOTED TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY
SPECIFIC TO THE BUDGET ON OTHER
ITEMS, THERE WERE EIGHT HOURS
OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY DEVOTED TO
BOTH TOPICS.
OVERALL, THAT IS A TOTAL OF 16
HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE
INCLUDED IN A VERY SHORT WINDOW
TO TRY TO PROVIDE AS MUCH
OPPORTUNITY AS WE COULD FOR
PEOPLE'S VOICES TO BE HEARD.
WE DID WHAT WE ASKED ALLEGEDLY
CERTAIN LEADERS TO DO, THOSE
SITTING IN POSITIONS OF POWER
AND THE HALLS OF POWER, TO
BRING LIVED EXPERIENCE AND MAKE
SURE THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE AT
THE TABLE.
WHEN WE SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER,
WE AIM TO DIRECT POLICY AT
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS AND MAJOR
INTEREST TO INSTITUTIONS THAT
HAVE DIVESTED OR CAUSE HARM
OVER THE DECADES AND CENTURIES,
WE ARE WORKING WHERE WE CAN
WITH URGENCY, NOT ON ISSUES
THAT ARE JUST POLITICAL
CONVENIENT, BUT ON ISSUES THAT
ARE TRULY UNCOMFORTABLE AND
SOMETIMES SHAKE US TO OUR CORE,
BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO, TO PUSH FOR CHANGE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CONTINUE IN THIS EFFORT,
BRINGING IN DIVERSE VOICES,
INCLUDING FOLKS WHO DON'T AGREE
WITH US, TO REALLY REIMAGINE
WHAT A PUBLIC SAFETY
INSTITUTION LOOKS LIKE.
I WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK TO
COMMUNITY VOICES AND
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, ERECTION FROM ALL OF
YOU, AND CONTINUE TO GET
FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS ON THE
FRONT LINE, WORKERS AND ONGOING
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROCESS IS
IMPROVED UPON. I CAN SURE WE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
FROM THE MAYOR. THE 1% CUT WAS
AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
MOVE FORWARD AND ACTED WITH
URGENCY IN HIS TIME.
WE SPENT OUR NIGHTS AND
WEEKENDS, WE SPENT OUR EVENINGS
AND DAYS DEDICATED TO MAKING
SURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
MOVE FORWARD ON A BUDGET PROCESS
. I MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO
TUCK MY KIDS IN, I MISSED
OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE MEALS
WITH MY FAMILY AND WITH MY
FRIENDS.
WE DID THIS KNOWING THAT SOME
WILL NEVER TUCK THE CHILDREN
AND AGAIN, SIMONA WILL NEVER
HAVE A CHANCE TO BE WITH HER
FAMILY AGAIN BECAUSE SHE WAS MET
WITH A PERSON WITH A GUN,
INSTEAD OF SOMEONE WHO COULD
HAVE SHOWN UP AS A MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELOR.
BLACK LIVES MATTER ACT WITH
URGENCY SO THAT FEWER FOLKS END
UP BEING SEEN ON CAMERA DYING.
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON
BEHALF OF OUR CITY CAN DO
BETTER, WE KNOW THAT WE MUST.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENDEAVOR TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE
TO TUCK THEIR LOVED ONES IN AT
NIGHT.
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MET LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN TRAFFIC
INCIDENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE IS
SAFE, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE,
NO MATTER THE COLOR OF THEIR
SKIN CARE I THINK IT IS
IMPERATIVE THAT WE
CENTER NEXT STEPS ON THE VOICES
OF THOSE WHO WE HAVE
BROUGHT IN AND CONTINUE TO
BRING IN MORE, INCLUDING
WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
I AM COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
AND COUNSEL NUMBERS HAVE
ALREADY NOTED, I AGREE WITH
WHAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
SAID ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS
NOT NECESSARILY BEING A PERFECT
DOCUMENT, THERE ARE KEY PIECES
THAT I WANT TO PROVIDE
VERIFICATION ON.
FIRST THIS BUDGET WAS NEVER
ASKING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
ELIMINATE 100 OF THE NEWEST
RECRUITS, WE MADE SURE TO
INCLUDE LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS IS ABOUT HIRINGS AND
FIRINGS ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED,
OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS WERE PART
OF THE COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING
BARGAIN, THERE ARE 90 POSITIONS
THAT HAVE ALREADY BECOME VACANT
. WE WANT
TO SEE IF THERE IS AN ABILITY
TO CODIFY THESE AND MOVE
FORWARD.
THE BUDGET NEVER ELIMINATED THE
ABILITY TO ADDRESS CRIME OR
HAZARDS.
LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER LISA WHOLE
BOLD SAID, I'M EAGER TO
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND
GET FEEDBACK, MORE ON HOW
EFFORTS CAN BE DONE BETTER, OR
COULD BE DONE BETTER.
AND UNEQUIVOCALLY, ELIMINATING
THE NAVIGATION TEAM AS IT WAS
CURRENTLY STRUCTURED ELIMINATE
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE ABILITY
FOR EXISTING CONTRACTS AT
COMMUNITIES, AND PARTNERS OF
COMMUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO HELP
TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO APPROPRIATE
HOUSING AND SHELTERS.
WHAT IT DID WAS CHANGE OUR
POLICE MODEL OF INTERACTING
WITH THOSE WHO ARE ON THE
OUTSIDE.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL FIND
STRATEGIES TO MOVE FORWARD.
VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO
TALK ABOUT THIS FOR 2021.
MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS
HOLISTIC, WELL-INFORMED AND
DATED DRIVEN. WE HAVE A CHANCE
TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS.
I WANT TO END BY ECHOING THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND HER
MESSAGE TODAY.
I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OVERRIDE
THE VETOES IN FRONT OF US.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, AND HER TEAM FOR
TAKING THE LEAD IN WORKING WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO TRY TO
NEGOTIATE A COMPROMISE STRATEGY
. I THINK THAT VERY IMPORTANT
PROGRESS WAS MADE, COMING VERY
CLOSE.
I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE
CONSUMER, COMMENTS, AND I AM
APPRECIATIVE OF THE EFFORTS
MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUTLINING
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BUDGET
IN THE STATUTE, AMENDING SMALL
PIECES IF NEEDED. THE EFFORT
IN FRONT OF US IS RESPONDING TO
THE CALLS FOR ACTION THAT WE
SEE.
ASKING US TO REMEMBER THAT
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO ASK US TO
ACT WITH URGENCY.
THEY ASKED US TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE STEPPING UP AND
PROTECTING THOSE WHO ARE
EXPRESSING LONG-STANDING CALL
FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE TO OUR
EXISTING PUBLIC SAFETY MODEL.
NOT JUST THE DIVESTMENTS, BUT
TO TRULY THINK ABOUT THE LONG-
TERM INVESTMENT SIDE AND PUBLIC
SERVICES, HOUSING AND
EDUCATION, TRUE SUSTAINABILITY,
ESPECIALLY FOR OUR BLACK AND
BROWN VOICES WHO WILL BE
COMPLETELY INCLUDED AT THE
TABLE, THAT WE WILL TRULY LIFT
UP, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED
EXPERIENCE LEADING OUREFFORTS.
LET US DECIDE TODAY, LET US
IMMEDIATELY GET TO WORK,
WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE
EXECUTIVES AND THE COMMUNITY AT
LARGE TO SHIFT THE WAY THAT WE
INVEST AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE LISTENING AND ACT
WITH URGENCY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
ON THE BILL?
KSHAMA SAWANT, PLEASE CHECK
>> UNTIL ABOUT 25 MINUTES AGO,
MAYBE AT THIS POINT AN HOUR AGO,
I DID NOT KNOW WHICH WAY THIS
BOAT WAS GOING TO VOTE BECAUSE
I WAS NOT PART OF BEHIND-THE-
SCENES DISCUSSIONS OR SO-CALLED
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MAYOR WHO
HAS ALREADY SHOWN AS NAKEDLY AS
POSSIBLE FOR A DEMOCRAT, THAT
SHE SERVES BIG BUSINESS, NOT
WORKING PEOPLE OR THE
MARGINALIZED.
OUR MOVEMENT SHOULD RECOGNIZE
THAT
THE BOAT WAS BARELY SUSTAINED,
BUT IS CLEARLY CREDIT TO THE
ABSOLUTION ABSOLUTELY FEROCIOUS
FIGHT BACK FROM ORDINARY
PEOPLE, SINCE YESTERDAY AND A
FEW DAYS BEFORE, FROM OUR BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, THAT
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN
FORCED TO SAY THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S
VETO.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE NOW SEVEN
VOTES TO OVERRIDE IF I'M
COUNTING QUICKLY.
IF OUR MOVEMENT DEFEATS VETO,
IT SHOULD BE A LESSON OF THE
POWER OF MOVEMENTS.
IT
WAS THE POWER OF THE MOVEMENT,
IT WAS THE POWER OF THE PUBLIC
VOICE, BY ORDINARY WORKING
PEOPLE, BY THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT THAT WILL HAVE
DEFEATED THE VETO.
RATHER THAN GET BACK INTO A
TRAP OF THINKING THAT IT WAS
THE LARGEST DEMOCRATIC PROBLEMS
POLITICIANS, WE SHOULD REMEMBER
IT WAS THE SERIOUS FIRE OF THE
MOVEMENT. A SO-CALLED
ALTERNATIVE BUDGET, WHICH CUTS
ALL OF THE MODEST PROGRESS
VOTED ON UNDER PRESSURE FROM
THE MOVEMENT, IT HAD ALREADY
BEEN PUT FORWARD. WHY?
THAT WORK WAS DONE IN
ANTICIPATION OF THE VETO BEING
SUSTAINED.
I HOPE MY FELLOW ACTIVISTS AND
WORKING PEOPLE, MEMBERS OF
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, REMEMBER
THE LESSON OF TODAY.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO OVERWRITE THE
VETO, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE
POWER OF THE MOVEMENT.
I SAID PUBLICLY YESTERDAY AND
SEPTEMBER 8TH THAT I WAS GOING
TO WORKING TODAY TO OVERTURN
THE MAYOR'S VETO, OF COURSE I
INTEND TO DO THAT.
MY VOTE TODAY WILL NOT BE AN
ENDORSEMENT OF THE AUGUST
BUDGET VOTE, BUT A VOTE TO
FULLY REJECT THE VETO AND THAT
REVISED BUDGET BUT FORWARD THAT
REPRESENTS A VICIOUS ATTACK ON
BLACK LIVES MATTER AND WORKING
PEOPLE AS A WHOLE, INCLUDING
OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HOMELESS,
THIS IS A SECOND SHAMEFUL
CAPITULATION, WHICH TOOK PLACE
IN AUGUST ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
DESPITE PROMISES BY SEVEN OF
NINE
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DEFUND THE
POLICE ESTIMATED BY THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, THE
BUDGET PASSED BY DEMOCRATS IN
AUGUST ONLY REDUCED POLICE
SPENDING
BY 3 MILLION, LESS THAN 1%.
THEN ACCEPTING3 MILLION,
EFFECTIVELY DEFENDING NOTHING.
AS ADMITTED BY A DEMOCRAT
COUNCIL MEMBER YSTERDAY, THE
REDUCTIONS OF THE POLICE BUDGET
ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY THE
MAJORITY IN AUGUST WERE
SYMBOLIC IN NATURE.
DEFENDING THE POLICE BY 50%
GIVES THE CONSUMER WAS EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW THROUGH
ON PROMISES, BUT NO OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORTED IT.
INSTEAD, THE PUPPET THE
BUDGET/MILLIONS FROM PARKS,
LIBRARIES, AND ROADS.
THAT IS WHAT WE MEAN BY
AUSTERITY BUDGET.
AS A SOBER REMINDER, IF THE
OVERRIDE WORKS, WHAT WE WILL
HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MAINTAINING IS
ITSELF AN AUSTERITY BUDGET
WHICH FUNDAMENTALLY IS A WAY TO
MAKE WORKING PEOPLE PAY FOR THE
CRISIS OF THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM
INSTEAD OF BIG BUSINESS AND THE
RICH.
BASED WITH THE PANDEMIC AND THE
SESSION, FACED WITH CLIMATE
EMERGENCY FILLING OUR SKIES
WITH SMOKE, FACED WITH
UNPRECEDENTED HOMELESSNESS AND
INEQUALITY, SEE 87 SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE INSTEAD
PASSED A MASSIVE BUDGET
EXPANSION, PAID FOR BY TAXES ON
BIG BUSINESS, AS OUR MOVEMENT
PROPOSE, TO FIND HOUSING AND
JOBS, SPENDING SOCIAL SERVICES,
WHAT BIG BUSINESS MAYOR
PROPOSED AND THE MAJORITY OF THE
COUNCIL HELPED HER TO DO WAS A
RAMP THROUGH BUDGET CUT IN THE
MIDST OF THE PROFOUND CRISIS
FACING WORKING PEOPLE.
FOR THOSE REASONS I VOTED
AGAINST THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE
IN AUGUST WHILE FIGHTING TO WIN
EVERY POSSIBLE AGGRESSIVE
AMENDMENT ALONGSIDE OUR
MOVEMENTS.
THE MAYOR VETOED THE SUMMER
BUDGET NOT BECAUSE SHE OPPOSES
AUSTERITY, BUT BECAUSE SHE
WOULD LIKE TO CARRY OUT EVEN
MORE WITHOUT DEFENDING THE
POLICE AT ALL, WITHOUT FUNDING
DEGREE NEW DEAL AT THIS MOMENT
WHEN THE WEST COAST IS ON FIRE,
AND WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC
OVERSIGHT.
SHE DID SO AT A MOMENT OF
PROFOUND CRISIS TO WORKING
PEOPLE, FROM POLICE KILLINGS TO
COVID-19, CLAIMANT TRIGGERED
WILDFIRES AND BAD AIR, WE CAN'T
READ, IN EVERY SENSE OF THOSE
WORDS.
THE VETO DID NOT PREVENT THE
BUDGET CUTS.
THE MAYOR ALWAYS HAS THE POWER
TO NOT SPEND BUDGETED FUNDS AS
INTENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
HER VETO WAS A BRAZEN ATTACK.
IN EFFECT, OUR VETO WOULD BE TO
MAINTAIN AUSTERITY AND ELIMINATE
ALL OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
THAT WE WON, TO THE NAVIGATION
CAME TEAM THAT CARRIES OUT CRUEL
AND EFFECTIVE ATTACKS ON OUR
HOMELESS. THE POLICE SPENT
$6.3 MILLION IN 12 DAYS
GUESSING THE EVIL OF SEATTLE,
BUT SOMEHOW CANNOT AFFORD $3
MILLION IN CUTS TO THEIR
DEPARTMENT. THE MAYOR'S BID TO
ELIMINATE FUNDING FOR THE DEGREE
NEW DEAL AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP
COMMUNITY SAFETY
FOR AGGRESSIVE POLICING
INSTEAD.
I WILL VOTE TO OVERTURN THE
VETO.
WE AGREE THAT THE AUGUST BUDGET
THAT WAS PASSED WAS INADEQUATE
AND ACCEPTABLE. WE STAND FOR
ANY VICIOUS ATTACK BY THE MAYOR
AND OTHER POLITICIANS ON THE
LIMITED PROGRESSIVE GAINS IN
THAT BUDGET. THE COUNCIL JUST
SPENT OVER ONE HOUR YESTERDAY
DISCUSSING THE DETAILS OF THE
SO-CALLED ALTERNATIVE BILL,
WITHOUT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER
PUBLICLY STATING THAT THEY
WOULD VOTE AGAINST THE
OVERRIDE.
THEY FELT WE WERE HAVING THE
DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE AFTER
THE OVERRIDE HAD ALREADY FAILED.
NOT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ADMITTED
THAT THEY WOULD VOTE TO SUSTAIN
THE VETO.
WHY DID THOSE DISCUSSIONS TAKE
PLACE?
BY LAW, THESE DELIBERATIONS NEED
TO HAPPEN IN PUBLIC.
IT IS ILLEGAL FOR FIVE OR MORE
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ENGAGE IN
BACKROOM CONVERSATIONS ON
POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING.
EVEN IF NO LAW WAS TECHNICALLY
BROKEN, PLANNING A SO-CALLED
ALTERNATIVE BILL THAT GETS WHAT
THE MOVEMENT HAD ONE BEFORE ANY
COUNCIL MEMBER HAS PUBLICLY SAID
THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY VOTE TO
SUSTAIN THE VETO FRO THE
MAYOR, IT DIFFERENTLY VIOLATES
THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW AND WOULD
HAVE BEEN ANOTHER SLAP IN THE
FACE FOR MANY PEOPLE.
TREMENDOUS CONGRATULATIONS GO
TO ALL OF MY FELLOW ACTIVISTS
WHO HAVE SPOKEN UP IN A WAY
THAT WE HAD ALWAYS SHOULD BE
SPEAKING UP.
IT WAS THE STRENGTH OF THE
MOVEMENT.
IF WE DO OVERRIDE THE VETO, IT
WILL BE THE STRENGTH OF THE
MOVEMENT THAT FORCED THE HAND OF
THE ESTABLISHMENT. I HOPE MANY
ACTIVISTS LEARN A LESSON FROM
THIS.
THE SERIOUS RESISTANCE OF
ORDINARY PEOPLE IN JUST A FEW
DAYS AND MAYBE JUST IN 24 HOURS
OVER WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DECIDED
TO DO, LET'S UNDERSTAND THAT'S
WHERE THE BARGAINING POWER LIES,
BY ORGANIZING AND MOBILIZING
INDEPENDENT OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND NOT BY
RELYING ON DEMOCRATS DOING THE
RIGHT THING TALKING BEHIND THE
SCENES.
LET US KEEP THIS IN MIND.
WE GO INTO THE BUDGET
DISCUSSIONS FOR THE BUDGET OF
THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
IF WE WANT TO WIN SERIES
VICTORIES, NOT A 1% REDUCTION
IN THE POLICE BUDGET BUT AN
ACTUAL DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS
ARE NOT HARASSED AND THAT WE
KEEP STOPPING THE SUITES AND WE
DON'T ALLOW ANY MORE SWEETS, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ACTUALLY HELPING OUR HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS.
WE NEED TO KEEP THESE LESSONS
IN MIND.
WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR AN
ELECTIVE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT
BOARD. WE
HAVE JUST SEEN MANY, MANY
EXAMPLES THAT THE EXISTING
ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURE DOES
NOT WORK.
THE OFFICE OF ACCOUNT ABILITY
JUST DELIVERED CONCLUSION THAT
THE PRIEST POLICE OFFICER THAT
PEPPER SPRAYED A 7-YEAR-OLD
CHILD WAS WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL
DUTIES. SO
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
LEARN FROM WHAT WE HAVE JUST
COMPASSED TODAY.
AND ALSO READ BETWEEN THE
LINES.
WE ARE HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS,
INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE GOING
TO OVERRIDE THE VETO, A GOOD
THING THAT SPREAD TO THE
MOVEMENT, ALREADY THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT COMPROMISE.
WE JUST HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER
SAINT TODAY WE DISSENT, TOMORROW
WE COVER MICE, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WE DO NOT COMPROMISE.
WE TAKE THE MOVEMENTS ON THE
STREETS TO CITY HALL AND WE
LEARN FROM THE FIGHT BACK, WE
HAVE SUCCEEDED TODAY AND WE
WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE
ORGANIZING AND MOBILIZING,
LEAVING ON OUR OWN STRENGTH AS
AN INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT AND
ALSO LEARN THAT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IS NOT OUR FRIEND, THAT
WORKING PEOPLE AND MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, BLACK AND BROWN WORKING-
CLASS PEOPLE, WE NEED A PARTY
OF OUR OWN THAT IS A COUNTABLE
TO US AND IS NOT PLAY GAMES
BEHIND OUR
BACKS.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I DO FEEL IT WAS PROJECTED UPON
ME, I MADE DECISIONS BASED ON
THE ACTIONS OF THE LAST 24
HOURS OR LONGER.
I WOULD CLARIFY I WAS NOT
INVOLVED IN ANY BACKROOM
CONVERSATIONS, NOR DID I MAKE
MY DECISION ON ANYTHING OTHER
THAN THE POLICY CHOICES BEFORE
US.
BECAUSE THESE CHOICES WERE THE
RIGHT THING TO DO.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE
BILL BEFORE US?
OKAY.
I WILL MAKE SOME HOPEFULLY
QUICK REMARKS HERE AND THEN WE
WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF
CALLING ROLE ON THE VARIOUS
BILLS BEFORE US.
MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
HAVE SPOKEN HAVE SPOKEN TO ALL
THREE BILLS. ARE THERE ANY
OTHER
COMMENTS ON THE OTHER BILLS?
I WOULD ASK YOU TO BE JUDICIOUS
ABOUT MAKING ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
IT IS NOW 6:00 P.M.
MANY LESS HAVE TO GET BACK TO
OTHER THINGS AND FAMILIES. IF
YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS, I
WOULD ASK THAT THEY BE MADE AT
THE TOP OF THE AGENDA SO WE CAN
QUICK THE, SWIFTLY MOVE THROUGH
ON THE ROLL CALL ON VARIOUS
VOTES.
I AM AGAIN CALLING THAT IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, IT
IS MY HOPE AND REQUEST THAT YOU
USE THIS TIME AT THE TOP OF THE
AGENDA TO MAKE THESE COMMENTS
SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE PACE
OF THE ROLL CALL AND INCLUDE A
CONCLUSION TO THIS ALREADY
THREE LET THREE HOUR LONG
HEARING.
>> I'M TRYING TO GET SOME
CLARITY.
I HURT CONFLICTING DIRECTION
FROM YOU. IF OUR COMMENTS ARE
BRIEF ON THE OTHER BILLS, CAN
WE HOLD THEM?
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE
UNTIL MIDNIGHT, BUT YES YOU CAN
MAKE COMMENTS.
I'M GOING TO MAKE MY REMARKS
AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN
THE PROCESS OF CALLING ROLE ON
THIS AND THEN ASKING FOR MORE
COMMENTS ON MORE ISSUES.
COLLEAGUES, AS I MENTIONED
YESTERDAY IN THE COUNCIL BRIEF
BRIEFING, I DO PLAN TO VOTE TO
OVERRIDE THE VETO OF THE BILLS
THAT WERE PASSED IN THE SUMMER
BUDGET PROCESS.
DIVESTMENT FROM A BROKEN
POLICING MODEL IS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO. HAVING SPENT OVER
TEN YEARS OF MY CAREER AS A
CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY
ADVOCATING FOR POLICE REFORM, I
BELIEVE IT IS THE NEEDED COURSE
OF ACTION.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW
PUBLIC SAFETY. WE NEED PUBLIC
SAFETY THAT IS CENTERED AND
INVESTS IN HARM REDUCTION, NOT
THE ONGOING STATUS QUO OF THE
POLICING MODEL AS WE KNOW IT IN
AMERICA.
BUDGET ACTIONS OVER THE SUMMER
BY THE CITY COUNCIL WAS A
STARTING PLACE TO GET TO PUBLIC
SAFETY THAT TRULY INCLUDES AND
SERVES EVERYONE, THE MODERNIST
ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL TAKEN
OVER THE SUMMER WERE NECESSARY,
THEY WERE NECESSARY TO BEGIN
THE PROCESS OF DIVESTING FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS AND
INCUR SEVERAL SYSTEMS TO BEGIN
INVESTING IN REAL COMMUNITY
SAFETY FOR ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS
. EVERYONE IN OUR
CITY DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THE COUNTLESS VIDEOS AND
NAMES OF BRACKET BLACK AND BROWN
LIVES LOST HERE IN SEATTLE AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE SHOWN US
THAT NOT EVERYONE FEELS SAFE IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND IN FACT,
NOT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY IS
SAFE. WE CANNOT LOOK AWAY FROM
THIS.
WE CAN NO LONGER ACCEPT THE
STATUS QUO IF WE TRULY BELIEVE
THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER.
WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THIS MOMENT
IN TIME, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO
TELL MY DAUGHTER WHO I AM
CURRENTLY HOLDING IN MY ARMS,
THAT I DID THE RIGHT THING.
AND THAT I VOTED ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF HISTORY.
NOT FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY,
NOT BECAUSE THERE WAS A
DISAGREEMENT ABOUT WHERE TO PUT
A DECIMAL POINT.
NOT BECAUSE OF CLINICAL
PRESSURE.
BUT BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO.
MY VOTE TODAY TO OVERRIDE THE
MAYOR'S VETO IS ONE ACTION TO
MOVE OUR CITY TOWARD A MORE
JUST SOCIETY.
AS A POLICYMAKER, I LOOKED AT
THE BUDGET THE SUMMER.
IT WAS IMPERATIVE TO DO A FEW
THINGS.
FIRST TO MAKE MEANINGFUL
COMMITTEE INVESTMENTS, BUILD
WEALTH AND SECURITY, AND
SECOND, TO FUND A ROBUST
COMMUNITY EFFORT BUDGET
PARTICIPATORY PROCESS THAT WILL
HELP TO INFORM AND INFLUENCE
LARGER INVESTMENTS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
AND
THIRD, TO TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS
TOWARD BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF
REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE POLICE
FORCE.
AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO SHIP
SOME RESOURCES AND OTHER
RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY
SUPPORTED PUBLIC SAFETY
PROGRAMS CENTERED ON HARM
REDUCTION AND BETTER RESPONSE
SYSTEMS.
AS A POLICYMAKER, PART OF MY
JOB IS TO HAVE CHALLENGING
CONVERSATIONS, TO WORK TO FIND
SOLUTIONS AND COLLABORATE WITH
OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY
GOVERNMENT, YES THAT INCLUDES
THE MAYOR.
IT INCLUDES OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, CITY HALL
MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE. FACING THE PROSPECT
OF A SUSTAINED VETO, ON THESE
BUDGET ACTIONS THAT WOULD
RESULT IN ZERO CHANGES TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET OR
OPERATIONS, AND ZERO
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY-BASED
ALTERNATIVES, I FELT IT WAS MY
RESPONSE ABILITY AS THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT TO ENSURE THAT CITY
HALL COULD STILL DELIVER ON
SOME INVESTMENTS FOR THESE
COMMUNITIES, THAT WE COULD FUND
SOME FORM OF PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROCESS STARTING NOW.
WE CAN WORK TO RIGHT SIZE OUR
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WORKING
WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND
THE MAYOR, AND SEE WHAT IT IS
AND SHALL COMPROMISE WOULD LOOK
LIKE.
THERE HAVE BEEN CLAIMS,
SPECIFICALLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER
SWAN THAT SOMEHOW SPEAKING TO
THE MAYOR IS A VIOLATION OF THE
PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT.
IT IS NOT.
IT IS PART OF OUR JOB TO SPEAK
TO PEOPLE THAT WE
AGREE TO, THAT WE DISAGREE
WITH, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE
WANT TO LEARN FROM.
IT IS OKAY FOR US TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER,
IN AN ATTEMPT TOIDENTIFY WHERE
THE GAPS ARE, AND HOW WE CAN
BRIDGE THOSE GAPS.
COUNSEL IS THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH OF CITY GOVERNMENT THAT
CAN PASS, WE CANNOT FORCE THE
MAYOR TO SPEND OR NOT TO SPEND
AS WE HAVE DIRECTED.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE COUNCIL,
INCLUDING MYSELF AND THE MAYOR,
WE DO HAVE STARK DIFFERENCES OF
OPINION, APPROACH, POLICY, AND
WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE THE
INVESTMENT LEVELS INTO OUR CITY,
AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE
BELIEVE AE NECESSARY TO LIFT
OUR COMMUNITIES UP.
CITY HALL CANNOT BE GRIDLOCKED
WHILE COMMUNITIES ARE HURTING
AND BEGGING FOR OUR HELP.
THIS IS WHY I GOT TO WORK WITH
THE MAYOR AND OTHERS TO DEVELOP
A POTENTIAL BACKUP PLAN.
I DID THIS IN GOOD FAITH AND
BELIEVE THAT THE MAYOR WAS ALSO
AT THE NEGOTIATION TABLE IN GOOD
FAITH.
IT IS
IN THIS GOOD FAITH THAT I
BELIEVE THAT WE FOUND SOME
COMMON GROUND TO BRING TOGETHER
DIVERGENT VISIONS FOR HOW TO
EFFECTUATE THE TRANSFORMATIVE
CHANGES TO
POLICING AND BUDGETING THAT
CHANGES OUR STATUS QUO FOR THE
BETTER.
IS IT PERFECT?
NO.
NEITHER ARE THE BILLS THAT WE
VOTED ON THE SUMMER.
THE COUNCIL BILL 119900 WAS THE
CULMINATION OF A MONTH OF
INTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS AND
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN MY OFFICE
AND THE MAYORS SENIOR-LEVEL
STAFF TO FIND A WAY FORWARD.
TO ALLOW US TO PUT THE SUMMER
BUDGET TO REST AND TO BEGIN TO
SHIFT OUR INTENTION TO THE
BIGGER, MORE IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION THAT IS THE FALL
BUDGET PROCESS. THAT PROCESS
BEGINS IN SEVEN DAYS.
THE POLICIES ADVANCED IN THE
ALTERNATIVE BILL I AGREE ARE A
FAR CRY FROM WHAT THE COUNCIL
PASSED IN AUGUST.
TO ME THIS EXERCISE HAS
ELIMINATED AND
QUANTIFIED HOW FAR APART WE ARE
ON THE VISION AND APPROACH FOR
THAT OF THE MAYOR.
TODAY I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
BUDGET PASSED BY THE COUNCIL,
THAT WAS PASSED IN AUGUST, AND
WHY IT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
THE PROC PROCESS AND THE
OUTCOME OF THE VOTES CONSIDERED
IN THE SUMMER.
I CANNOT SIT IDLY BY AND RUN
THE RISK OF NOTHING BEING
ACHIEVED AFTER THIS POLICY
FIGHT WITH THE MAYOR.
TURN THE PAGE, IDENTIFY
CONSENSUS WHERE WE CAN, MAKE
SURE THAT WE QUALIFY WHEN WE
ARE GOING TO DISAGREE, THIS IS
NOT ABOUT CAPITULATION. THIS
IS NOT GIVING IN TO SOME POWER,
THIS IS ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE USE THIS AS A SNOW
POWER FOR HOWEVER LONG IT IS
THAT WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE
IT, TO MAKE SOME CHANGE FOR THE
BETTER.
THAT IS WHAT THIS EXERCISE IS
ABOUT.
THE FOCUSED THE FOLKS ON THE
VETO AND WHO DOESN'T
DOES NOT HAVE POWER, IT IS TIME
FOR US TO MOVE PAST THIS BACK
AND FORTH AND GET TO WORK.
THAT IS WHAT WE WERE ELECTED TO
DO.
WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENCES ALONG
THE WAY.
THE HARDER WORK IS TO TRY TO SEE
HOW WE CAN GET ALONG FOR THE
SAKE OF RISING TO THE CHALLENGE
AND THE OCCASION OF THIS MEANT.
I THINK IT IS UNFAIR FOR OUR
SUPPORTERS AND DETRACTORS TO
DRAW LINES IN THE SAND, TO
PROCLAIM THAT IF WE SPEAK TO
ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T AGREE WITH
US, SOMEHOW WE HAVE LOST OUR
WAY.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
I SPEAK
TO PEOPLE THAT I AGREE WITH ALL
THE TIME.
I SPEAK TO PEOPLE THAT I
DISAGREE WITH ALL THE TIME.
I DO
THAT, BECAUSE IT IS PART OF MY
WORK TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE.
AND TO SHIFT THROUGH THAT
INFORMATION.
PLANS TO MAKE REALLY HARD
CHOICES.
THIS FALL IS GOING TO BE HARD.
WE ARE GOING TO BE FACED AS
LEADERS IN THIS CITY WITH SOME
OF THE HARDEST CHOICES WE WILL
EVER MAKE, FACING A MULTI-
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT
IN OUR BUDGET. WE WILL BE
ASKED TO MAKE DIFFICULT
DECISIONS.
WHAT ARE THE
PRINCIPLES WE FOLLOW?
WHAT IS OUR NORTHSTAR AND HOW
WILL WE WORK TOGETHER?
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE
TO ANSWER, AND QUICKLY, IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THREE
MONTHS FROM NOW, WE ARE NOT
SITTING HERE CONSIDERING AND
RECONSIDERING THE VETOED BUDGET
FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. THAT IS AN
UNTENABLE PLACE FOR US TO BE,
AND AN UNTENABLE PLACE FOR US
TO GO.
I AM HAPPY TO STAND WITH THE
CITY COUNCIL. I AM ALSO
HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL HAVE
OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY
MEANINGFULLY MOVE FORWARD AND
GET THE WORK DONE, TO DO IT AS
WEAKLY AND RESPONSIBLY AS WE
CAN, TO THE DEMAND WE ARE
HEARING FROM THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTACTING OUR
OFFICES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THAT BEING SAID, I WILL CLOSE
OUT DEBATE ON COUNCIL BILL
119825.
>> HUMAN PRESENTED MY POINT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, NO.
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> GIVE ME A MINUTE.
>> NO I WILL NOT.
>> YOU SAID.
>> I HAVE CLOSE OUT DEBATE.
I'M
GOING TO CALL FOR A POINT OF
ORDER.
I SPECIFICALLY CALLED FOR
COMMENTS BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS
PRIOR TO MY MAKING COMMENTS AND
I'M CLOSING OUT DEBATE ON THIS
SUBJECT.
>> YOU COMPLETELY MISREPRESENT
ME.
>> I AM NOT MR. SUPPORT
REPRESENTING ANYTHING, I'M NOT
GOING TO DEBATE OR ARGUE FOR YOU
.
WE ALL NEED TO MOVE ON.
I'M CALLING UP THE
RECONSIDERATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE TO
RECONSIDER PASSAGE OF THE
COUNCIL BILL AND OVERRIDE OR
SUSTAIN THEM A ORAL VETO,
DURING ROLL CALL, COUNCIL
MEMBERS WILL EITHER VOTE TO
PASS THE BILL AND OVERRIDE, OR
VOTE NO TO NOT PASS THE VEIL
AND SUSTAIN THE VETO. IF THE
VOTE ON THE MOTION IS TIED, OR
LESS THAN AT TWO THIRDS, THAT'S
SIX VOTES, THE BILL FAILS AND
THE VETO IS SUSTAINED.
IF THE
VOTE ON THE MOTION RECEIVES
EXACTLY SIX VOTES IN FAVOR, THE
BILL PASSES. THE VETO IS
OVERRIDDEN, BUT THE PROVISIONS
WITHIN THE BILL DO NOT GO INTO
EFFECT.
IF THE BOAT RECEIVES SEVEN OR
MORE VOTES IN FAVOR, THE BILL
PASSES.
VETO IS OVERRIDDEN.
AND ALL PROVISIONS WITHIN THE
BILL GO INTO EFFECT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
PROCEDURES RELATED TO THIS VOTE
? >> JUST TO
CONFIRM, MADAM PRESIDENT, IT IS
YES TO OVERRIDE, NO TO SUSTAIN?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
VOTE TO PASS THE BILL AND
OVERRIDE IS A YES. A NO IS A
VOTE TO SUSTAIN THE VETO.
OKAY. HEARING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS ON THE PROCEDURES
RELATED TO THE VOTE, AS A
REMINDER, COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL
EITHER VOTE YES TO OVERRIDE OR
VOTE NO TO NOT PASS THE BILL
AND SUSTAIN THE VETO.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE COUNCIL
BILL?
AND CONSIDERATION OF THE MAY
ORAL BEETLE VETO. COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS?
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON?
>> NO.
>> KSHAMA SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRESS?
>> YES.
>> LISA HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> BECAUSE MEMBER WHEREAS?
>> NO.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES?
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR AND TWO ARE
OPPOSED.
NEAR THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
MAYOR'S VETO IS OVERRIDDEN AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN A BILL
CERTIFYING THE PASSAGE OF
119825.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE BILL, THE
CHAIR RECOGNIZES ALL PROVISIONS
WITHIN THIS BILL ARE IN EFFECT.
THE COUNCIL WILL BE NOT
CONSIDERING ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON
THE AGENDA, COUNCIL BILL 119900.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, CAN
RECONSIDERATION OF THE COUNCIL
BILL 119862, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ THE ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS TO
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT AND
RATIFYING, CONFIRMING BY 343
QUARTER VOTE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
>> I'M CALLING UP THE
RECONSIDERATION OF THE PASSAGE
OF 119862, CONSIDER PASSAGE OF
THE BILL IN THE MAYOR'S VETO,
EVERY CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL
BILL 11 9862 IS NOW PENDING
BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
COUNCIL BILL?
HEARING NO COMMENTS, THE CITY
COUNCIL WILL NOW VOTE TO
RECONSIDER THAT PASSAGE OF THE
COUNCIL BILL. AND TO OVERRIDE
OR SUSTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL
EITHER VOTE YES TO PASS THE
BILL, AND OVERRIDE THE VETO OR
VOTE NO TO NOT PASS THE BILL
AND SUSTAIN THE VETO.
IF THE VOTE ON THE MOTION IS
TIED, OR LESS THAN A TWO
THIRDS, SIX VOTES, THE BILL
FAILS FAILS AND THE VETO IS
SUSTAINED. IF THE VOTE
IS EXACTLY SIX VOTES IN FAVOR,
THE BILL PASSES AND THE VETO IS
OVERRIDDEN, BUT THE PROVISIONS
IN THE BILL DO NOT GO INTO
EFFECT.
IF THE BOAT RECEIVES SEVEN OR
MORE VOTES IN FAVOR, THE BILL
PASSES AND THE VETO IS
OVERRIDDEN, ALL PROVISIONS
WITHIN THE BILL WILL GO INTO
EFFECT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
PROCEDURAL MATTERS RELATED TO
THIS BILL?
HEARING NONE, AS A REMINDER,
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL EITHER
VOTE YES OR NO TO PASS THE BILL
AND OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO,
OR VOTE NO TO NOT PASS THE BILL
AND SUSTAIN THE VETO.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF 119862, IN
CONSIDERATION OF THE MAYORAL
VETO.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> OR ALICE?
>> YES.
>> STRESS?
>> YES.
>> LISA HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHEREAS?
>> YES.
>> I'M SORRY.
THAT WAS A YES?
>> YES!
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES?
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
MAYOR'S VETO IS OVERRIDDEN AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN THE BILL
CERTIFYING PASSAGE OF 119862.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
BILL.
ALL PROVISIONS WITHIN THIS BILL
ARE IN EFFECT.
RECONSIDERATION OF 119863, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER THREE INTO THE RECORD?
>> 119863. THE CONSTRUCTION
AND ACCESSION FUND TO THE
GENERAL FUND.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
I'M CALLING UP THE
RECONSIDERATION OF 119-8632
CONSIDER PASSAGE OF THE BILL
AND THE MAYOR'S VETO.
THE RECONSIDERATION OF 119863
IS NOW PENDING BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER?
>> I APPRECIATE ADAM PRESIDENTS
INDULGENCE. I WANT TO SPEAK TO
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
INVESTMENT.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
AUTHORIZE $4 MILLION TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR
INVESTMENT AND EFFORTS, SUCH AS
THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INVESTS INVESTMENT INITIATIVE
THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR SCALING
UP IN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND
PREVENTION, IN TARGET
COMMUNITIES, FACILITATING
COMMUNITY SAFETY EFFORTS.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDING
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS, URBAN
FAMILY, THE SOUTHEAST SAFETY
NETWORK, THE BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUB, AND THE YMCA. AN
ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION WOULD GO
TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT FOR SCALING UP
COMMUNITY LED INCISIONS
INCLUDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND
CAPACITY TO INCREASE PUBLIC
SAFETY SO THEY WILL CONTRACT
WITH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO
SERVE AS A
CENTRAL HUB. THESE INVESTMENTS
WOULD INCLUDE GROWING THE
CAPACITY OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT
RESPOND TO 911 CALLS, PROVIDING
SUPPORT TO CRIMINALIZED
POPULATIONS AND INTERRUPT AND
PREVENT VIOLENCE AND HARM. I
ASK YOU TO SPEAK TO THE
IMPORTANCE AND USE OF THESE
INVESTMENTS IN RECOGNITION OF
THE POINT THAT YOU MADE EARLIER,
THAT WITH THE OVERRIDING OF THIS
VETO, WE CANNOT COMPEL THE
EXECUTIVE TO SPEND
THESE DOLLARS.
I HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THESE DOLLARS AND THEIR USE AND
PLEA WITH THE EXECUTIVE TO DO
SO.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LISA HERBOLD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, THE CITY COUNCIL
WILL NOW VOTE TO RECONSIDER
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 119863,
AND TO EITHER OVERRIDE OR
SUSTAIN THAT MAY ORAL VETO.
COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN VOTE YES OR
NO, TO PASS THE BILL, VOTE NO TO
PASS THE BILL AND SUSTAIN THE
VETO, IF THE BOAT IS TIED, OR
LESS THAN A TWO THIRDS, THAT IS
SIX VOTES, THAT BILL FAILS AND
THE VETO IS SUSTAINED.
IF THE VOTE ON THE MOTION IS
SIX OR MORE IN FAVOR, THE BILL
PASSES AND THE VETO IS
OVERRIDDEN, ALL PROVISIONS IN
THE BILL GO INTO EFFECT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCEDURAL
ASPECTS OF THE BOAT?
HEARING NONE, AS A REMINDER,
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL VOTE YES
TO PASS THE BILL, AND OVERRIDE
MAKERS VETO, OR VOTE NO TO NOT
PASS THE BILL AND SUSTAIN THE
VETO, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE COUNCIL BILL 119863 IN
CONSIDERATION OF THE MAYORAL
VETO?
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON?
>> YES.
>> STRESS?
>> YES.
>> LISA HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL NEVER WHEREAS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT DOLLARS.
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, THE MAYOR
'S VETO IS OVERRIDDEN AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN THE BILL
CERTIFYING PASSAGE OF 119863.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE BILL?
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZE THAT ALL
PROVISIONS IN THE BILL ARE IN
EFFECT.
COLLEAGUES, WE DO NOT NEED TO
CONSIDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
FOUR, IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE
NECESSARY IF THE VETOES WERE
SUSTAINED. THIS DOES CONCLUDE
ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL
MEETING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, AT
2:00 P.M.
IN OBSERVANCE OF YOM KIPPUR.
I DO HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE
A WONDERFUL EVENING.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR
ATTENTION.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
GOODBYE.