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Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide), Chair of Council’s Budget Committee, issued the following statement after this evening’s local and federal election returns: “While many in Seattle spent the day checking the news, worried about the short- and long-term implications of federal races, and preparing for potential civil unrest, my team and I spent the...

Says additional revenue should be allocated to city reserves and balancing the City’s budget to weather future COVID downturn Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide), Chair of Council’s Budget Committee, issued the following statement after local and federal economic forecasts show improved revenue trajectories: “As the Seattle City Council gets ready to reveal its draft...

Substitute bill increases pay, adds rest breaks and consumer transparency and accountability SEATTLE – Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) and her Council Colleagues who sit on the Finance and Housing Committee passed a substitute version of Mayor Durkan’s “Fare Share” legislation, increasing the minimum compensation, adding rest breaks and allotted cleaning time for drivers, and increasing consumer transparency. ...

Council Leads with Anti-Austerity Measures and New Investments in Community, Participatory Budgeting Process Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide), Chair of the Council’s Select Budget Committee, released the below statement after the Council passed a mid-year 2020 budget addressing the fiscal impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, following a first-in-recent-history summer budget session: “This Council has...

Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) today introduced a resolution to protect journalists, legal observers, and medics from being harmed during protests. Mosqueda also requests the City Attorney’s Office withdraw support for enforcement of a Seattle Police Department subpoena that infringes on the freedom of press.   “Members of the press should never be seen as...

“Rent is due today. Federal cash assistance ends today. And today the Mayor vetoes COVID relief for small businesses and families.” Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) issued the following statement after Mayor Jenny Durkan issued a midnight veto of the Council’s unanimous JumpStart COVID Relief bill that provided $86 million to support Seattle small...

Plan prioritizes relief for small businesses, food security for families, affordable housing and essential city services Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) and her Council colleagues today voted unanimously on two pieces of legislation to pass the JumpStart Seattle spending plan, which includes immediate COVID relief for Seattle’s families and small businesses, and long-term economic...

Council shows leadership with much-needed COVID relief for families, small businesses, immigrants and refugees Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) celebrates the enactment of the JumpStart Seattle plan, which raises more than $200 million per year in progressive revenue to respond to the immediate COVID crisis and focus on Seattle’s long-term economic revitalization and resiliency...

Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda’s (Position 8, Citywide) JumpStart Seattle legislation received endorsements by nearly sixty organizations representing a broad coalition of labor, housing, faith, immigrant rights and community resiliency who are supportive of the progressive revenue proposal co-sponsored by Councilmembers González, Herbold, Strauss and Lewis. The letter of support stated, “We write to you today in...