SEATTLE – Council President Bruce Harrell (District 2, South Seattle) and Councilmember Mike O’Brien (District 6, Northwest Seattle) announced updated dates for the community forum as part of a process to fill the vacancy in Council Position 8. During today’s Full Council meeting, Council formally endorsed the 20-day vacancy process through Resolution 31778. At the...
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August 10, 2017January 6, 2023News Releases, Obrien
Councilmember O’Brien Unveils Proposal to Aid People Living in Vehicles
Councilmember Mike O’Brien (District 6, Northwest Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Sustainability and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement regarding his proposed legislation intended to help respond to the needs of people living in their vehicles: “In 2016, City of Seattle funding helped thousands of people exit homelessness and move into permanent housing, and I’m...
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June 12, 2017January 6, 2023News Releases, Obrien
Seattle Defies Trump, Maintains Commitment to Paris Climate Accord
Council unanimously approved a resolution today committing the City of Seattle to uphold its portion of the United States’ former commitment to the Paris Climate Accord, and reaffirming Seattle’s target to reduce City greenhouse gas emissions 58 percent below 2008 levels by 2030. After President Trump announced his intentions to withdraw from the Paris Accords...
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April 14, 2017January 6, 2023News Releases, Obrien
Councilmember O’Brien Responds to City Auditor’s Affordable Housing Program Review
Councilmember Mike O’Brien (District 6, Northwest Seattle) received findings today from the City Auditor regarding the City’s decades-old Incentive Zoning program. Since 1985, Incentive Zoning in Seattle has allowed developers to gain extra floor area in exchange for providing affordable housing units or paying into a fund for affordable housing production. O’Brien requested that the...
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March 13, 2017January 6, 2023Gonzalez, Harrell, Herbold, News Releases, Obrien
Council Urges Congress to Approve the ‘Equality Act’ for LGBTQ Rights
Seattle City Council unanimously approved a resolution today urging Congress to introduce and adopt “The Equality Act,” which would grant equal protection to LGBTQ residents across the United States. Currently, individual states are able to deny access to housing, employment, education, public accommodations, and more because of a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression....
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March 6, 2017January 6, 2023Bagshaw, Burgess, Gonzalez, Harrell, Herbold, Johnson, Juarez, News Releases, Obrien, Sawant
Councilmembers’ Statement Following Shooting of Deep Rai, Sikh Kent Resident
SEATTLE – All nine Seattle City Councilmembers issued the following statement after India-born Kent resident, Deep Rai, was attacked in his driveway in Kent on Friday, allegedly being told “go back to your own country” before being shot: “Seattle is home to thousands of South Asian community members. We began last week by condemning anti-Semitic...
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February 28, 2017January 6, 2023Bagshaw, Burgess, Gonzalez, Harrell, Herbold, Johnson, Juarez, News Releases, Obrien, Sawant
Councilmembers’ Statement of Support Following Threat to Jewish Community Center
All nine Seattle City Councilmembers issued the following statement after yesterday’s bomb threat to the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island: “We are horrified by yesterday’s bomb threat against the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island and the anti-Semitic and racist graffiti found in Ballard. As leaders of Seattle and neighbors to Mercer...
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February 24, 2017January 6, 2023Burgess, Herbold, News Releases, Obrien
Councilmembers’ Bill to Create a ‘Seattle Renters’ Commission’
Three City Council members—Tim Burgess, Lisa Herbold and Mike O’Brien—announced today they will introduce legislation creating the Seattle Renters’ Commission. The Commission is designed to give renters—approximately half of Seattle residents—a stronger voice at City Hall. If the proposed legislation is approved by the Council, the 15-person volunteer commission would address topics ranging from housing...
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January 25, 2017January 6, 2023Councilmember O'Brien, Obrien
Shattered Greenwood Businesses, Verging on Collapse Seek Support, Justice One Year Later from Puget Sound Energy (PSE)
“Negligence blew a hole in our home. But it doesn’t have to kill our dream.” Contact: Dana Robinson Slote, Council Communications, 206-615-0061 Seattle, WA – Councilmember Mike O’Brien (District 6, Northwest Seattle) joined Greenwood-area business owners nearly one year after the March 9 explosion which traumatized the neighborhood and decimated local businesses. While some attendees...
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December 22, 2016January 6, 2023News Releases, Obrien
Councilmember O’Brien’s Statement on Youth Jail Decision
SEATTLE – Councilmember Mike O’Brien (District 6, Northwest Seattle) issued the following statement following the Seattle Department of Construction & Inspection’s (SDCI) issuance of a land use decision relating to the King County Children and Family Justice Center: “Mounting evidence reinforces what communities of color have been telling us for years: jailing youth perpetuates a...