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Councilmember Debora Juarez’s Statement on Lake City Business Center Fire
Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle) learned that Seattle Police with Seattle Fire responded on the evening of Dec. 28 to a possible burglary that turned into a large fire late Monday evening, destroying several businesses in the Lake City neighborhood. As a resident of the neighborhood, Councilmember Debora Juarez visited the site of […]
[Full Post]Posted: December 29th, 2020 under Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases.
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Councilmember Debora Juarez Celebrates Renaming of ‘Hayashi Avenue’ with Lake City Community
SEATTLE – Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Public Assets and Native Communities Committee, joined with constituents and community members on Friday at the Lake City Library to celebrate the renaming of 28th Avenue NE to ‘Hayashi Avenue’. The community-led street renaming was memorialized with Resolution 31967 and honors the Hayashi family. The Hayashi Family […]
[Full Post]Posted: October 9th, 2020 under Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases.
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Councilmember Juarez’s Statement Following Chief Best Retirement Announcement
Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Public Assets and Native Communities Committee, issued the following statement after Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announced she is retiring: “I was disheartened to hear of Chief Best’s resignation. She has dedicated nearly thirty years of service to the people of Seattle, and for […]
[Full Post]Posted: August 11th, 2020 under Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases.
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“Internet for All” Resolution Passage Renews Efforts to Expand Affordable Internet Access
COVID-19 crisis reinforces need for universal broadband access and adoption to address inequities Reinvigorating efforts to pursue universal access to the internet, the City Council approved today the “Internet for All” resolution introduced by Council President M. Lorena Gonzalez (Position 9, Citywide), Councilmember Alex Pedersen (District 4), and Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5). The COVID-19 […]
[Full Post]Posted: July 28th, 2020 under Councilmember González, Councilmember Juarez, Councilmember Pedersen, Gonzalez, Juarez, News Releases, Pedersen.
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Councilmember Juarez’s Statement on Proposed Cuts to SPD: “We Need a Plan Not A Percentage”
Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Public Assets and Native Communities Committee, issued the following statement in response to the community and Council’s ongoing conversations around defunding the Seattle Police Department by 50 percent: “We have this moment to harness real change, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rebuild our police department. […]
[Full Post]Posted: July 15th, 2020 under Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases.
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District 5 Budget Wins 2019
It is my pleasure to share our tremendous success as we worked to secure critical funding for both District 5 and citywide priorities. As your representative for District 5, I sponsored $3.1 million in priorities to be added to the budget. I am excited to share that I secured 89% of what I requested. We […]
[Full Post]Posted: November 25th, 2019 under Councilmember Juarez.
Juarez: ‘Obvious & Urgent Need’ To Close Gap on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Data Collection
Mayor, Chief herald UIHI Report findings as ‘stark’, ‘staggering’ SEATTLE – Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Civic Development, Public Assets, and Native Communities Committee, convened today’s briefing on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls (MMIWG) report today, which pointed to the ‘obvious and urgent need’ to close […]
[Full Post]Posted: June 5th, 2019 under Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases.
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Councilmember Juarez’s Committee Advances Library Levy
Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Select Committee on the Library Levy, passed the library levy out of committee yesterday with her Council colleagues in a 7-0 vote. The library levy will go before the Full Council on Monday, April 22 during its regularly-scheduled meeting. “Since 1890, the Seattle Public Library […]
[Full Post]Posted: April 18th, 2019 under Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases.
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Councilmember Juarez and Mayor Durkan Celebrate Formation of Waterfront LID
Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Civic Development, Public Assets and Native Communities Committee, and the Seattle City Council approved by a 8-0 vote a package of legislation establishing the Waterfront Local Improvement District (LID). The package of legislation included an ordinance establishing the formation of the Waterfront LID, an operations […]
[Full Post]Posted: January 28th, 2019 under Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases.
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Councilmember Juarez, President Harrell Celebrate Approval of NHL Expansion Team in Seattle
Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle) and Council President Bruce Harrell (District 2 South Seattle), Co-Chairs of the Select Committee on Civic Arenas, issued the following statements after the NHL Board of Governors approved an expansion in Seattle, which will bring a hockey team in 2021. The team will play in the soon-to-be renovated […]
[Full Post]Posted: December 4th, 2018 under Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Juarez, Harrell, Juarez, News Releases.
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