Councilmember Maritza Rivera (District 4), chair of the Select Committee on the Library Levy, will host a public hearing beginning at 5:30 p.m. this Thursday to hear from constituents about the 2026 Library Levy proposal. Members of the public can participate in two ways: The 2026 Library Levy proposes a $410 million investment in critical funding...
Following her comments at Monday’s Council Briefing, Councilmember Maritza Rivera (District 4) announced today she is calling for an audit into the City’s Human Services contracts after a recent King County audit found a lack of oversight and potential misuse of funds within the County’s own human services contracts. “The City works with many of...
Today, Councilmember Maritza Rivera (District 4) released the following statement on Mayor Katie Wilson’s announced audit of the City’s Real Time Crime Center CCTV camera program. The pilot program is a tool used by Seattle Police for evidence gathering in criminal investigations “I appreciate Mayor Wilson’s understanding of the value of the existing CCTV cameras,...
Levy proposal continues 2019 investments in open hours, books and materials, technology access, and children’s programming Councilmember Maritza Rivera (District 4) joined Mayor Katie Wilson, Seattle Public Library’s Chief Librarian Tom Fay, and Library Board of Trustees President Yazmin Mehdi to receive the transmittal of the Library Levy proposal to the City Council. The 2026...
Council approves bill 8-0 The City Council today voted 8-0 to approve a bill sponsored by Councilmember Maritza Rivera (District 4) that prohibits City employees from sharing non-publicly available personal information for use in the enforcement of civil immigration laws, unless required by law or court order. The legislation codifies the state’s Keep Washington Working...
Legislation to be heard in Public Safety Committee Tuesday Councilmember Maritza Rivera (District 4) has introduced a new bill (CB 121158) that amends Seattle’s Municipal Code to explicitly prohibit City employees from sharing non-public information for use in the enforcement of civil immigration laws, in the absence of a judicial warrant, and strikes old code...
Today, Councilmember Maritza Rivera (District 4), issued the following statement supporting Mayor Katie Wilson’s proactive measures to prepare the city for the possibility of increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity. “The Federal Administration is not only acting with brutality, but I believe it is also acting outside constitutional law. When our own government operates...
Today City Councilmember Maritza Rivera (District 4) released this statement on the recent directive from new City Attorney Erika Evans about public drug use cases. “I found yesterday’s news coming out of City Attorney Erica Evan’s office concerning. I am going to watch the impact of the City Attorney’s decision very closely. In the last two years, we...
Councilmember Maritza Rivera (District 4) released the following statement after the incidents at Brown University in Rhode Island and at Bondi Beach in Australia. The events at Brown University and Bondi Beach have left me, and I’m sure many of you, shaken, upset and unsettled, with the continued antisemitism and gun violence against our youth...
Councilmember Maritza Rivera (District 4) released the following statement after the head of the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) posted on social media about the new police contract. “I was disappointed to see the social media post from the president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild. The city’s negotiation of a new contract should not...