I am hopeful you and your neighbors will get to decide whether to renew the Seattle Transportation Benefit District (STBD) at the November 2020 election. I’m honored to chair the City Council Committee on STBD that will be considering it this month. WHAT IS STBD? STBD is the Seattle Transportation Benefit District. It’s another way […]
Month: July 2020
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July 7, 2020January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
A Historic Victory of Our Tax Amazon Movement
“Seattle’s Amazon Tax is a historic victory for working people – hard fought and hard won by a movement that wouldn’t give up and that faced down a seemingly endless series of obstacles.” Press release July 6, 2020 SEATTLE – Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle) issued the following statement in celebration of the victory of the […]
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July 6, 2020January 6, 2023Councilmember Pedersen
Strong concerns about imposing new taxes on Seattle employers during recession
On Monday, July 6, 2020, your Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to approve a new tax on large Seattle employers (Council Bill 119810). This new tax will be in addition to the Business & Occupation (B&O) taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, and business license fees paid by Seattle employers. This new tax must be paid […]
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July 6, 2020January 6, 2023News Releases
Council Passes Mosqueda’s JumpStart Seattle Progressive Revenue Plan to Address COVID Response, Essential City Services, Affordable Housing
Plan supported by large community coalition, including labor, big and small business, housing and homeless advocates Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) and her Council colleagues passed in a 7-2 vote the JumpStart Seattle plan, which would raise over $214 million per year in progressive revenue to respond to the immediate COVID crisis and focus...
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July 6, 2020January 6, 2023Councilmember Lewis, Lewis, News Releases
Lewis Proposes New Public Health-Informed 911 Response Service
Based on a popular Eugene Oregon program, the service will dispatch medics and mental health professionals to help people in crisis Councilmember Andrew J. Lewis, Chair of the Council’s Select Committee on Homelessness Strategies and Investments, announced this morning he will introduce legislation to create and fully fund a new mental health and substance addiction...
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July 3, 2020January 6, 2023Councilmember Pedersen
It’s Time for a 3-1-1 Customer Care Center
A small, but concrete piece for re-imagining public safety that can respond effectively to true community needs Most of my June 2020 newsletter was dedicated to addressing police accountability issues in the wake of the protests following the police killings of George Floyd and the painfully long history of misconduct and institutional racism negatively impacting […]
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July 2, 2020January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant, News Releases, Sawant
Sawant Condemns Durkan’s Attack on Capitol Hill Organized Protest
July 2, 2020 “ It is stunning that Mayor Durkan has continued to use brutal police violence despite the widespread and decisive opposition from her constituents, and in the face of calls from over 47,000 people for her to resign.” SEATTLE – Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), chair of the Council’s Sustainability and […]
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July 2, 2020January 6, 2023Councilmember Pedersen
Take Survey on Taxes 💵
Newsletter: Special Edition on Taxes As the Councilmember representing our District 4, I typically enjoy organizing topics into groups of 4 to explore. But this group of 4 is more daunting. As we are painfully aware, our city is facing 4 epic challenges: COVID: The pandemic continues to take lives even though we moved into […]
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July 2, 2020January 6, 2023Councilmember Herbold
West Seattle Bridge Update, July 2; News from the Select Budget Committee; Seattle Municipal Court Vera Project Probation Report; Workers’ Rights Update; May Constituent Email Report;
West Seattle Bridge Update, July 2 Next week SDOT will be releasing a draft “Reconnect West Seattle Mobility Action Plan” on their website. This will include specific neighborhood plans for four areas: Highland Park/Riverview/South Delridge/Roxhill, South Park, Georgetown, and SODO; it will also include modal plans such as freight and bicycle. There will be a […]
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July 1, 2020January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant, News Releases, Sawant
Councilmember Sawant Celebrates Historic Victory of the Tax Amazon Movement
“Jeff Bezos, we are coming for you, for you and your billionaire friends, here and everywhere.” Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), chair of the Council’s Sustainability and Renters Rights Committee, today issued the following statement in celebration of the victory of the Tax Amazon movement, and her office, in their success in passing...