Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Citywide, Position 8) issued the following statement regarding the Employee Hours Tax Repeal Proposal: “My office has heard a lot of concern regarding the Employee Hours Tax (EHT). I have concerns as well, but I cannot back a repeal without a replacement strategy to house and shelter our neighbors experiencing homelessness. “While...
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May 14, 2018January 6, 2023Bagshaw, Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Juarez, Councilmember Mosqueda, Harrell, Johnson, Juarez, Mosqueda, News Releases
Seattle Council Passes Tax on Business to Help Address Homelessness
Following more than five months of deliberation, the Seattle City Council passed an ordinance related to taxation, intended to help address homelessness. The amended proposal establishes an annual tax of $275 per full time employee on the City’s largest businesses, those with revenues of more than $20 million (about 3% of all businesses). The measure...
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May 2, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember González, Councilmember Herbold, Councilmember Mosqueda, Councilmember O'Brien, Gonzalez, Herbold, Mosqueda, News Releases, Obrien
Council Sponsors of Proposed Progressive Tax on Business Respond to Seattle “Construction Pause”
Councilmembers M. Lorena González, Lisa Herbold, Teresa Mosqueda and Mike O’Brien issued the following statement in response to the “construction pause” announced earlier today: “Collectively we – the primary sponsors of the business tax currently being discussed in Council – represent 750,000 people who call Seattle home. “Under our plan, called the Progressive Tax on...
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April 20, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember González, Councilmember Herbold, Councilmember Mosqueda, Councilmember O'Brien, Gonzalez, Herbold, Mosqueda, News Releases, Obrien
Seattle City Council Proposes a Progressive Tax on Business
Task Force Co-Chairs González, Herbold Explain Details of Legislation Intended to Help Seattle Structurally Address Homelessness Seattle, WA — Following more than four months of deliberation and stakeholder engagement, Council introduced legislation and a companion spending plan resolution today outlining the details of a progressive tax on business, which would generate additional revenue necessary...
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April 2, 2018January 6, 2023Mosqueda, News Releases
Council Votes to Eliminate Subminimum Wage
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda’s (Citywide – Pos. 8) first piece of labor policy passed with a vote of 8-0 by the Seattle City Council, codifying the City’s commitment to eliminate a subminimum wage for workers with disabilities. C.B. 119220 ends the archaic practice of allowing people with disabilities to be paid a subminimum wage, and codifies...
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March 27, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Mosqueda, Mosqueda, News Releases
Seattle City Council Opposes Federal Changes to 2020 Census
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) initiated a council letter signed by all members of Seattle City Council to Secretary Wilbur Ross at the U.S. Department of Commerce opposing the proposed changes to the 2020 census. “We have a duty to represent the over 700,000 people who live in Seattle, and without accurate data from...
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March 19, 2018January 6, 2023Mosqueda, News Releases
Council Halts Rent Bidding Apps, City to Evaluate Impacts to Housing Access
Council adopted Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda’s first piece of Council-developed legislation by a vote of 8-0 today, putting a moratorium on “rent bidding” platforms in Seattle. This burgeoning new technology allows landlords to competitively auction rental housing units to the highest bidder via applications. The “rent bidding” legislation gives Seattle the opportunity to understand the applications’...
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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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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...