Today the Full Council voted to pass a bill that places new regulations on emerging app-based transportation network companies (TNCs) like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar. The legislation places important and necessary safety regulations around these new services, including insurance requirements...
Month: March 2014
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Seattle Women and Food Access: Learning from Women in Delridge
This is a guest post by our research aide, Giulia Pasciuto, who has been leading a research project I am collaborating on with the Seattle Women’s Commission to better understand the barriers and solutions to healthy food access for women in Seattle. We finally have the results from our four-month qualitative research project to prioritize […]
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City Council to begin meeting on minimum wage
The City Council has formed a special committee to consider increasing the minimum wage in Seattle. It’s called the Select Committee on Minimum Wage and Income Inequality, and it will begin meeting next week. The first meeting will be on Friday, March 21 in the City Council Chambers at 9:30 a.m.; the full meeting schedule […]
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Our City, Our Schools
The Seattle Channel created a series of videos about the City's Families and Education Levy titled "Our City, Our Schools." The series includes five half-hour segments about levy-funded programs in the areas of Preschool, Health, Elementary School, Middle School and...
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Submit Your Questions for Council Edition!
This Friday, March 14, I will sit on the panel for City Inside/Out: Council Edition, hosted by Brian Callanan. I will be joined by Councilmembers Tom Rasmussen and Bruce Harrell for this segment. Submit your questions by this Thursday, and you may hear...
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Email Us Your Questions for City Inside/Out!
Hello, Councilmembers Bruce Harrell, Sally Bagshaw and I will be a guests on the March Edition of City Inside/Out. Email us your questions for by Thursday, March 13th. I look forward to hearing from you! Tom
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Preschool for All Study Mission
Last week, over 40 government, education, non-profit, business and community leaders traveled to Boston, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. to study high quality preschool programs in other cities. It was an inspiring and productive trip! I’ll have a more detailed...
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Thank You, Parks Legacy Citizens Advisory Committee!
In June, 2013 fifteen citizen volunteers began the critical process of discussing long-range planning for Seattle’s parks. These committee members gave countless hours of their time to study the current state of parks, as well as seeking citizen input and involvement. During this process, committee members discussed the crucial areas of project priorities, the size […]
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Council Briefed by Community Police Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 3/10/2014
Councilmember Bruce A. Harrell
Council Briefed by Community Police Commission
Seattle - Councilmember Bruce Harrell, chair of the Council's Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee, hosted the Community Police Commission (CPC) at Council Briefing on Monday. The CPC highlighted work from 2013 and discussed the 2014 work plan.
"The 15 commissioners have done tremendous work representing the diversity of Seattle and advancing reform," said Harrell. "The CPC has been a critical resource in helping us develop community dialogue and facilitating community relationships to enhance public safety for all," Harrell added.
Link to the briefing documents are available online:
- Community Police Commission Update Presentation
- Community Outreach Report
- Community Police Commission Summary Report
The CPC was established in 2012 as part of the Department of Justice Settlement Agreement. The 15 community representatives are responsible for making recommendations to the City on any changes to Seattle Police Department (SPD) policies, practice, training regarding stops and detentions, bias-free policing, transparency and public reporting, and Office of Professional Accountability.
The Commission has accomplished extensive community outreach. In total, the Commission has conducted over 150 outreach events and has received input from over 3,400 community members. Those communities include but are not limited to communities of color, homeless, immigrants and refugees, youth, people with disabilities, individuals with substance abuse problems, and members of the LGBT community.
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Report on Cultural Development Certification
A consultant has been selected to recommend how to establish the nation's first cultural development certification program.