Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle) issued the following statement today in response to the State Court of Appeals ruling on Seattle’s Tax the Rich (income tax) legislation – Ordinance 125339 – sponsored by Councilmembers Sawant and Herbold, which passed unanimously by City Council in 2017: “Yesterday’s court ruling on our ‘Tax the Rich’...
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July 15, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Herbold, Herbold, News Releases
Herbold Response to Income Tax Ruling
Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1, West Seattle – South Park) issued the following statement today in response to the State Court of Appeals ruling on a municipal income tax on those with high incomes. “Two years ago my colleagues and I unanimously passed legislation to tax people with high incomes. In doing so we created...
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July 15, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Herbold
LGBTQ Inclusive Services in Homelessness Services & Ingersoll Report; Council Passes ADU Legislation; Wildfire/smoke preparation; DNDA Funding for Delridge Way SW Improvements; In-District Office Hours
LGBTQ Inclusive Services in Homelessness Services & Ingersoll Report Last year I sponsored a Statement of Legislative Intent that requested Seattle’s Human Service Department (HSD) to submit guidelines to make sure that the providers with whom the City contracts are offering services and have policies that are inclusive of LGBTQ recipients of those services. The […]
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July 15, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Mosqueda, Mosqueda, News Releases
Mosqueda: We’re investing in our frontline workers
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide), Chair of the Council’s Housing, Health, Energy and Workers’ Rights Committee, and her Council colleagues unanimously passed in an 8-0 vote an ordinance that would give annual inflation adjustments to providers contracted through the Human Services Department, after over a decade of this issue being raised by non-profit providers. ...
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July 11, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember González, Gonzalez, News Releases
Councilmember González Reacts to King County Auditor’s Report of Data Sharing with ICE; Reaffirms Seattle’s Commitment to Being Welcoming City
–Councilmember M. Lorena González, chair of the Gender Equity, Safe Communities, New Americans & Education Committee, joined community leaders and other elected officials today to reaffirm that Seattle is a Welcoming City, with protocols and policies in place to ensure city employees do not share sensitive personal data when interacting with U.S. Immigration and Customs...
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July 10, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
My letter standing with Crosscut and KTCS workers in their efforts to form a union
I sent the following letter on Tuesday July 9th, 2019 urging the CEO of Cascade Public media urging him to recognize the decision to form a union by the workers at Crosscut and KTCS. Dear Robert Dunlop, CEO Cascade Public Media: As a Seattle City Councilmember and an elected representative of the city’s working people, […]
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July 10, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant, News Releases, Sawant
Councilmember Sawant Urges Management to Recognize Crosscut Union
Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle) shared excerpts from an open letter addressed to the CEO of Cascade Public Media, underscoring her support of Crosscut and PBS KCTS 9 journalists and employees efforts to form a union, and urging management to voluntarily recognize the union. Sawant, after having successfully supported other unionization efforts...
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July 3, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
My letter to Cadence Real Estate, urging them to accept the demands of the tenants of the Chateau Apartments
To Cadence Real Estate, Chris Garvin, Barret Johnston, John Garvin: I am writing to again urge you to transfer the building-based section 8 subsidies to another building in the Central District, to allow your tenants to remain in their communities when you demolish their homes. My office has done outreach and found a not-for-profit affordable […]
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July 3, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Herbold
Fireworks; Lunch & Learn: The AIDS Memorial Pathway Project; June Constituent Email Report
Fireworks In Seattle, except for permitted fireworks displays, fireworks are illegal under the Seattle Fire Code. The Seattle Fire Blog and the SPD Blotter both published posts encouraging residents to leave the fireworks to professionals, and requesting that you call 911 only in the event of an emergency. After hearing a number of constituent complaints in […]
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July 1, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember O'Brien, News Releases, Obrien
Councilmember O’Brien Celebrates Council Vote to Ease Restrictions on Backyard Cottages
Councilmember Mike O’Brien (Dist. 6, Northwest Seattle), chair of the Sustainability & Transportation Committee, and his Council colleagues unanimously passed an ordinance today that reduces the barriers to building backyard cottages across the city in an 8-0 vote. “I am thrilled that after years of work and legal delays, Seattle residents will have an easier...