Council President M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide) issued the following statement after meeting with FEMA administrators on potential reimbursement of standing up essential shelter services during COVID-19 pandemic: “I will not accept any more excuses. We must do everything in our power, and use every available tool, to address the dual emergencies of COVID-19...
Month: March 2021
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March 10, 2021January 6, 2023Councilmember González, Gonzalez, News Releases
Council President González’s Statement on Congress Passing the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Council President M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide) released the following statement after Congress passed the American Rescue Plan: “The final passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is tremendous news for the people of Seattle. This bold legislation will provide the City of Seattle with at least $239 million in robust local funding. ...
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March 9, 2021January 6, 2023Councilmember Herbold, Herbold, News Releases
Councilmember Herbold’s Committee Approves $10.4 Million for Community Safety Capacity Building
City Opens Applications for Community Safety RFPs Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1 – West Seattle and South Park), Chair of the Public Safety and Human Services Committee, alongside her Council colleagues serving on the committee, voted to approve and send to Full Council a $10.4 million spending plan for community safety investments, a continuation of...
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March 9, 2021January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
We Need Right to Counsel for Renters Facing Eviction : However Dems are Trying to Include These Sexist and Racist Loopholes
Loophole 1: Means Testing Some Councilmembers at the committee repeatedly argued that perhaps tenants who face evictions should first have to prove their low-income status before they can access the legal aid. This is so-called “means testing.” These politicians want to suggest that means testing will promote accountability in those who get the benefits – […]
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March 8, 2021January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
My Letter to SPS in Solidarity with Bargaining SEA Members – Demanding SPS Negotiate with the Union
March 8, 2021To: Board of Directors of Seattle Public SchoolsCC: Superintendent Denise Juneau Seattle City Council Seattle Education Association Dear School Board, As a rank and file member of American Federation of Teachers 1789, a socialist and a City Councilmember, I am writing in solidarity with the Seattle Education Association (SEA), and to express my […]
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March 5, 2021January 6, 2023Councilmember Herbold
Covid Vaccine News and One Year of Covid; West Seattle Bridge, March 5th ; First Avenue South Bridge Closures; Sound Transit Realignment; 2021 Property taxes; Seattle Children’s Investigators Invite Public Participation; King County Metro Survey; South Park Library Launches Curbside Service; Working with Seniors at Alaska House
Covid Vaccine News: Additional Vaccine Providers in West Seattle, Vaccines for Veterans; Mass Vaccine Site Opens in West Seattle; More Vaccine On the Way; School Staff, Teachers, and Childcare Workers Now Eligible; and One Year of Covid There were a lot of announcements about Covid vaccination this week. Here’s a rundown of the most important […]
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March 4, 2021January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
My Letter In Solidarity With Hunger Strikers In Chicago Protesting Environmental Racism
Thursday March 4, 2021 Dear Chicago activists fighting for environmental and public health justice, Solidarity with the Southeast Chicago community activists courageously fighting against corporations trying to inflict attacks on already-struggling working-class and poor immigrant communities by attempting to open a new metal shredding plant in your neighborhood. The new plant would be put in […]
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March 3, 2021January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant, News Releases, Sawant
Councilmember Sawant Hails Community Support for Tenant Right to Counsel Legislation, Calls for Swift Passage by City Council
‘It’s shameful that when defending the most basic human need in life – the right to have a safe home – tenants are completely outmatched by profit-seeking landlords. This legislation will give tenants a fighting chance.’ Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), chair of the Council’s Sustainability and Renters Rights Committee, today said there...
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March 1, 2021January 6, 2023Councilmember Herbold, Councilmember Morales, Councilmember Mosqueda, Herbold, Morales, Mosqueda, News Releases
Mosqueda, Council Mark 500,000 COVID Deaths Nationwide, Honor Community Members Who Have Passed from COVID-19
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) and her Council colleagues passed a proclamation honoring COVID Memorial Day, marking the 500,000-plus people nationwide lost to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and remembering the local community members who passed away from, or battled and suffered from, COVID-19. The Council recognized this grim milestone with a...
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March 1, 2021January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant, News Releases, Sawant
Councilmember Sawant Calls on State to Investigate For-Profit Gas Company, Assess Risk for Future Fires and Explosions in Wake of Near Disaster in Central District
‘The gas fire shows yet again the risks and damage that for-profit energy companies unilaterally impose on our communities, and the risks of continued reliance on climate-harming fossil fuels’ In the wake of last Wednesday’s near-disastrous underground gas fire in the Central District, Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), today called on the Washington...