Today the City Council passed the 2015 City budget, and endorsed a 2016 budget. I’d like to thank members of the public for their involvement in helping the Council craft the 2015 City budget. Public involvement resulted in a more responsive city budget that emphasizes human services, social justice and labor standards. In an effort […]
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November 21, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Council Conversations at Hugo House
I appear in the November edition of Council Conversations, filmed at Hugo House.
Host Josephine Cheng and I discuss the City budget, creating the Office of Labor Standards, homelessness, medical marijuana, and Seattle governance once districts arrive i...
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November 21, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Motion to Consider Limited Fossil Fuel Divestment Passes
The intent is to do only what’s responsible to the pension-system and t0 those invested in it, using the most cost-efficient timing.
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November 20, 2014January 6, 2023News Releases
Budget 2015
We’re just about to end our work adopting a City budget for 2015. Each year we go through hours of review and discussion about available revenue, efficiency, effectiveness and values. This year’s review, wrapping with a Full Council vote Monday, Nov. 24, like most others I’ve had the privilege to be part of, has focused […]
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November 14, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Budget Committee Recommends City Budget with Emphasis on Human Services, Social Justice and Labor Standards
The City Council’s Budget Committee today recommended approval of the 2015 annual budget by a vote of 9-0 today, thereby enhancing the proposed budget Mayor Ed Murray delivered on September 22. In a letter to the Mayor in early August, the Council identified human services, public safety and transportation as the Council’s highest priorities for […]
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November 12, 2014January 6, 2023News Releases
Field trips during 2015 budget review
Councilmembers have been locked in 2015 city budget review for the past few weeks on our way to a final vote the Monday before Thanksgiving. It’s a little difficult to schedule other work during this time because we’re in three-hour sessions morning and afternoon, but breaks do come up to give staff time to research […]
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November 7, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
November Council Edition: City budget, homeless encampments and more
Check out the November episode of City Inside/Out: Council edition, where I appear with Councilmembers Time Burgess and Kshama Sawant. With host Brian Callanan we discuss the city budget, homeless encampments, and more.
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November 3, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
2015-2016 Budget Update
My colleagues on City Council and I are working together to review Mayor Murray’s budget for 2015-2016. We’ve heard from hundreds of people at the two Public Hearings and many more people have written to suggest investments in programs we want to support—thank you for your active participation in the process! My primary budget priorities for this year […]
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October 20, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Budget Update: Public Hearing Thursday @ 5:30 p.m., Issue ID
The City Council will hold its second budget public hearing on Thursday, October 23 at 5:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 4th and James. The sign-in sheet will be posted at 4:30 p.m. Additional details are listed on the official notice. The Council will begin Issue Identification […]
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October 6, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Seattle Arts Commission Budget Priorities
The Seattle Arts Commission has prioritized increasing racial equity in Seattle for 2015 and 2016.