Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Civic Assets, Public Development and Native Communities Committee, and her Seattle City Council colleagues proclaim May 5 as the Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native American Women and Girls in the City of Seattle. The council recognized the National Day of Awareness...
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April 27, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases
Councilmember Juarez’s Statement on Trump Administration’s Medicaid Work Rules for Native Americans
‘Morally appalling, deliberately misleading’ Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Civic Assets, Public Development and Native Communities Committee, issued the following statement after a story published by Politico April 22 said the Trump administration contends tribes are a “…race rather than separate governments,” and exempting them from Medicaid work...
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April 4, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez, Gonzalez, News Releases
Councilmember González, Search Committee Nominate Seattle’s First Inspector General for Public Safety
Councilmember M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide), along with members of the Office of Inspector General Search Committee, announced the nomination of Lisa A. Judge to be the City of Seattle’s first Inspector General for Public Safety (IG). The Office of the Inspector General for Public Safety (OIG) was created by the full Council in...
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January 22, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez
Seattle Asian Art Museum Expansion is approved
I am pleased to announce that today, January 22nd, the Seattle City Council passed Council Bill 119150 and Council Bill 119146 to authorize the expansion of the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park. The beautifully designed Art Deco building in which the SAAM is housed has been a fixture of Volunteer Park and the SAM for […]
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December 4, 2017January 6, 2023Bagshaw, Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Juarez, Harrell, Juarez, News Releases
Council Approves Unprecedented Agreement to Redevelop KeyArena
SEATTLE – Council today authorized Mayor Jenny A. Durkan to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Oak View Group (OVG) to redevelop KeyArena into a world-class multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena. The legally binding agreement commits OVG to project costs, including all project overruns, $40 million in neighborhood transportation improvements, and a bevy of...
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November 22, 2017January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez
FINAL 2018 Budget Wins for D5
Hello District 5 Community, Monday, November 20th, the City Council voted to approve the 2018 City budget. I am excited to report the final 2018 City Budget and what it means for D5! Working with my colleagues, I was able to secure funding for District 5 priorities and citywide priorities. I have included a selection […]
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November 1, 2017January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez
Round 1 in the 2018 Budget!
Thank you to those that have been writing in, calling our office and coming out to the budget public hearings. We have had great success in the first round of the budget review and I could not have done it without you! I have put together a list of all the budget actions that have been included […]
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October 3, 2017January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases
Council Votes Encourages Housing, Pedestrian-Friendly Development in North Seattle
Limits New Heavy Development in Urban Villages SEATTLE – Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle) and her colleagues voted unanimously in favor of passing Council Bill 119093, effectively placing a temporary limit on new heavy commercial development to encourage more housing and pedestrian friendly commercial development in the Aurora Licton Springs Urban Village. “I...
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September 29, 2017January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez
Aurora Licton Urban Village Legislation
Council Bill 119093 is scheduled for a Full Council vote on Monday Oct. 3rd at 2pm in Council Chambers at City Hall. The purpose of this legislation is to encourage more housing and pedestrian friendly development in the C1, C2 and NC3 designations within the boundaries of the Aurora Licton Urban Village (ALUV). The goals […]
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September 6, 2017January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez
Vacant Building Legislation
Yesterday the Seattle City Council voted unanimously in favor of Council Bill 118971, legislation I was proud to co-sponsor in response to community requests to reform our city’s vacant building regulations. Seattle has seen a significant uptick in hazardous vacant buildings, which can pose serious risks to neighbors, transient occupants, and the first responders who […]