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City Council passes new path forward for encampment outreach
The Council legislation came out of a collaborative drafting process with service providers and the Mayor’s office The Seattle City Council passed in a 7-1 vote Council Bill 119942, which will significantly change the way Seattle engages with people living unsheltered in unauthorized encampments for the last two months of the year. The bill, which […]
[Full Post]Posted: October 26th, 2020 under Councilmember Herbold, Councilmember Lewis, Herbold, Lewis, News Releases.
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Councilmembers Herbold, Morales Respond to Mayor’s Announcement Regarding Navigation Team
Call on the Mayor to ‘immediately move’ additional $1.4M Council provided for outreach, commit to ‘not destroying’ belongings Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1 – West Seattle and South Park) and Councilmember Tammy J. Morales (District 2 – Chinatown-International District and Southeast Seattle) responded to Wednesday’s announcement by Mayor Durkan regarding the Navigation Teams: “The Council […]
[Full Post]Posted: October 2nd, 2020 under Councilmember Herbold, Councilmember Morales, Herbold, Morales, News Releases.
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Councilmember Lisa Herbold Issues Statement Following Council’s Veto Override
Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1, West Seattle and South Park), issued the following statement after the City Council voted to overturn the Mayor’s veto of the 2020 budget rebalancing package: “My vote today to override the Mayor’s veto of the 2020 rebalancing budget was not taken lightly. I had conversations about an alternate bill, in […]
[Full Post]Posted: September 23rd, 2020 under Councilmember Herbold, Herbold, News Releases.
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Council’s Transportation Committee Votes to Loan $70M for West Seattle Bridge Repair
Seattle, WA — Councilmember Alex Pedersen (District 4 – Northeast Seattle) and Chair of the Transportation and Utilities committee, and Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1 – West Seattle and South Park), voted to pass an interfund loan for the West Seattle Bridge on Wednesday. Council Bill 119858 will authorize the loan of funds in the amount of $50,000,000 from the Construction and […]
[Full Post]Posted: August 19th, 2020 under Councilmember Herbold, Councilmember Pedersen, Herbold, News Releases, Pedersen.
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Council Passes MiChance Dunlap-Gittens’ Youth Rights Ordinance
Protects Children and Young People by Requiring Lawyer When Interacting with Law Enforcement Seattle, WA — Councilmember Tammy J. Morales (District 2, South Seattle and the CID) and Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1, West Seattle and South Park), alongside their Council colleagues, passed the MiChance Dunlap-Gittens’ Youth Rights Ordinance, which gives protections to children and young people by requiring […]
[Full Post]Posted: August 17th, 2020 under Councilmember Herbold, Councilmember Morales, Herbold, Morales, News Releases.
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Councilmember Herbold Responds to Chief Best Announcing Plans to Retire
Seattle, WA — Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1 – West Seattle), Chair of the Public Safety and Human Rights committee, issued the following statement in response to Chief Carmen Best’s announcement that she plans to retire next month: “As chair of the committee that oversees public safety in Seattle, I want to start by sincerely thanking Chief Best for […]
[Full Post]Posted: August 11th, 2020 under Councilmember Herbold, Herbold, News Releases.
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Council President González, Councilmember Herbold Say City of Seattle Stands United Against Occupation By DHS Federal Agents
Council President M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide) and the Council’s Public Safety Chair Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1, West Seattle & South Park) issued this statement following several reports that federal agents are on “stand-by” in Seattle monitoring potential protests around federal buildings: “Seattle leaders have made it abundantly clear that federal local law […]
[Full Post]Posted: July 24th, 2020 under Councilmember González, Councilmember Herbold, Gonzalez, Herbold, News Releases.
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Councilmembers Herbold & Pedersen Support Mayor’s Civil Emergency for West Seattle Bridge to Request More Federal, State Funding
Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1 – West Seattle/South Park) and Councilmember Alex Pedersen (District 4 – Northeast Seattle and Chair of Transportation & Utilities Committee) issued the following statement regarding the civil emergency proclamation and order issued by Mayor Durkan today for the West Seattle Bridge “to apply for any and all available and eligible […]
[Full Post]Posted: July 16th, 2020 under Councilmember Herbold, Councilmember Pedersen, Herbold, News Releases, Pedersen.
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Mosqueda Announces Council Support for JumpStart Seattle — González, Herbold, Strauss, Lewis Sign on as Co-Sponsors
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) described the JumpStart Seattle progressive revenue proposal during last week’s Wednesday’s budget committee and invited any of her colleagues to sign-on as co-sponsors. Council President M. Lorena González and Councilmember Lisa Herbold announced during the meeting that they would co-sponsor. Councilmembers Dan Strauss and Andrew J. Lewis have also […]
[Full Post]Posted: June 22nd, 2020 under Councilmember Herbold, Councilmember Lewis, Councilmember Mosqueda, Councilmember Strauss, Gonzalez, Herbold, Lewis, Mosqueda, News Releases, Strauss.
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Council Adopts Legislation to Require Officers to Display Badge Numbers
Allows for Officer Mourning Badges SEATTLE – Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1, West Seattle and South Park), and Chair of the Council’s Public Safety and Human Services Committee, released the following statement after the Council adopted legislation sponsored by Councilmember Herbold to require police officers to display the numbers on their badges. The legislation was drafted in response […]
[Full Post]Posted: June 15th, 2020 under Councilmember Herbold, Herbold, News Releases.
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