Councilmember M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide), Chair of the Council’s Gender Equity, Safe Communities, New Americans & Education Committee, issued the following statement after Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened to subpoena King County’s records relating to immigration status: “As the Chair of the Seattle City Council’s committee responsible for public safety and immigration policy,...
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January 22, 2018January 6, 2023Bagshaw, News Releases
Mayor, City Attorney & Council: We Call on Legislature to End Death Penalty in WA State
All nine Seattle City Councilmembers, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes sent a LETTER to Seattle’s legislative delegation today, calling for an end to the death penalty in Washington State. Washington Senate Bill 6052 and House Bill 1935 would eliminate the death penalty and instead require life imprisonment without possibility of release...
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January 16, 2018January 6, 2023Bagshaw, Gonzalez, Harrell, Herbold, Johnson, Juarez, Mosqueda, Obrien, Sawant
City Council’s Statement on ICE Targeting Immigrant Rights Activist Maru Mora-Villalpando
New Americans Committee Chair M. Lorena Gonzalez and Vice Chair Teresa Mosqueda issued the following statement jointly with all nine members of the Seattle City Council in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s initiation of deportation proceedings against immigrant rights activist, Maru Mora-Villalpando: “We, members of the Seattle City Council, are angered that Seattle’s office of Immigration...
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January 10, 2018January 6, 2023Gonzalez
Councilmember González’s Statement on ICE Raids at 7-Elevens in L.A., Wash.: Deportation can mean a death sentence
Councilmember M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide) issued the following statement in response to reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) have raided various 7-Eleven retail stores targeting undocumented immigrants and checking employees’ immigration status: “It is incredibly frustrating our federal Administration chooses to create political theater through enforcement actions of I.C.E. that threaten the...
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January 4, 2018January 6, 2023Herbold
Councilmember Herbold Response to AG Sessions’ Marijuana Decision
Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1, West Seattle & South Park), as chair of the Council’s committee on issues related to economic development, issued the following statement after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced his intent to change the federal government’s approach to legalized marijuana: “Seattle, with critical vision and leadership from the cannabis industry, has...
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Councilmembers González, Mosqueda Respond to AG’s Motel 6 Suit
Councilmembers M. Lorena González (Citywide, Pos. 9) and Teresa Mosqueda (Citywide, Pos. 8) issued the following joint-statement in response to Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court suing Motel 6 for sharing guest information with the federal government’s Department of Homeland Security for over 9,000 Motel 6 guests. As a result...
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December 11, 2017January 6, 2023Bagshaw, Gonzalez, Harrell, Herbold, Johnson, Juarez, Mosqueda, News Releases, Obrien, Sawant
Council Sets 2018-19 Committee Assignments
The Seattle City Council today adopted Resolution 31789 establishing committee assignments for 2018 and 2019. Each Councilmember is responsible for chairing a Council committee and managing legislation related to the committee’s respective subjects. In addition, each Councilmember serves as vice chair, member and alternate on three additional committees. Councilmembers elected Council President Harrell to continue...
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September 18, 2017January 6, 2023Burgess, News Releases
Burgess Nominated as Mayor of Seattle
The Seattle City Council elected Councilmember Tim Burgess (Position 8, Citywide) as the 55th Mayor of Seattle today. Burgess will take the oath of office today at 5:00 p.m., which will be administered by City Clerk Monica Martinez Simmons. Burgess will serve as Mayor until King County certifies election results on November 28, 2018. Click...
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September 15, 2017January 6, 2023Gonzalez, News Releases
Council President Pro Tem González’s Statement on Council Vacancy, Mayoral Selection Process
Councilmember and President Pro Tem M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide) issued the following statement after the announcement of Mayor Bruce A. Harrell, who stated earlier today that he is declining the role of Mayor of Seattle: “Following the resignation of our City’s Mayor this week, then-Council President Bruce A. Harrell received the Oath of...
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September 13, 2017January 6, 2023Harrell, News Releases
Council President Harrell’s Statement on Mayor’s Resignation
Council President Bruce Harrell (District 2, South Seattle), issued the following statement after Ed Murray’s announcement that he will resign as Mayor effective Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 5 p.m.: “First and foremost, my heart goes out to survivors and their families who have been affected by sexual abuse and the re-traumatization these allegations have caused....