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>>> GOOD MORNING.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 9:34 A.M.
APRIL 24, 2026.
I'M BOB KETTLE.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>>
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>>
HERE.
>> CHAIR
KETTLE.
>>
HERE.
>> THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THIS MORNING, WE'LL START WITH
A CHAIR COMMENT AND THE
CHAIR COMMENT WILL BE FOCUSED ON
A --
TO START WITH A RECENT
ARTICLE IN THE SEATTLE
"TIMES" TALKING ABOUT LITTLE
SAIGON.
THE TITLE AMID SEATTLE'S NE
GET.
THE RECENT ARTICLE WITH THE
TITLE THAT GETS TO THE
POINT IMMEDIATELY, IS FOCUSED
ON NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE THERE.
AND BUSINESS TRYING TO SURVIVE
THERE.
STARTING WITH THE STAT OF 518
DRUG-RELATED INCIDENTS
ACROSS THE CITY OVER THE PAST
MONTH
AT THAT POINT IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT THIS NUMBER COULD
BE REACHED IN A SINGLE
NIGHT, DEFINITELY OVER A
WEEKEND,
AND MOST OF THE
IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE 12th
JACKSON AND KING, THIRD PIKE AND
PINE, THIRD AND BLANCHARD,
SECOND AND
LENORA AND OTHERS.
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
IMPACTED ALL ACROSS SEVEN
DISTRICTS
AND THEY'RE ALL WELL KNOWN
AND, IN FACT, THE DATA THAT'S
BEHIND
THAT, HAS BEEN USED AS THE
BASIS OF LEGISLATION AND SO IS
THE POINT ONCE YOU HAVE THE
DRUG MARKET YOU HAVE A STOLEN
GOODS
MARKET AND MORE.
IN THE ARTICLE, IN THE
SEATTLE "TIMES" IT WAS NOTED
IT'S BECOMING AN EM BASEMENT
FOR THE
CITY, AND IT IS.
AND SO ARE OUR EFFORTS OVER
THE PAST DECADE TO TACKLE THIS
CHALLENGE.
THE OBSERVATION MADE IN THE
ARTICLE TALKING ABOUT
KING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
AND
SPD OFFICERS ON THE SCENE IS A
PROBLEM IN AND OF ITSELF.
IT ALSO HAS MAJOR AND
SECOND, THIRD ORDER RIPPLE
EFFECTS THAT
IMPACT OTHER PIECES AS WELL AND
IT'S A PROBLEM.
IT'S A PROBLEM HAVING
OFFICERS THERE WITH PEOPLE
NOTICING THESE
RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS
OFFICER WHEN
THIS ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING, BUT
NOTHING IS BEING DONE. WE SHOULD
BE MINDFUL OF
THAT. TO MR. GARY LEE'S
OBSERVATION,
IT IS SPOT- ON WHEN HE
SPEAKS TO THE PSYCHE OF SEATTLE
AND
THE POINT THAT WE'RE TOO
LENIENT.
THE ISSUE HERE IS REALLY
HITTING THE IDEA OF
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS IS IN COMPANION WITH
COMPASSION.
FURTHER, TO MR. DENNIS CHIN'S
POINT, WE NEED TO GIVE VOICE
TO LITTLE SAIGON.
I INVITE EVERYBODY TO GO DOWN
THERE.
I'VE BEEN THERE MANY TIMES.
MOST RECENTLY ON A WALK
WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHIN --
LIN, ECHOING MR. CHIN'S
COMMENTS,
THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO
GIVE VOICE TO LITTLE SAIGON,
THE CID NEIGHBORHOODS, DOWNTOWN,
BELLTOWN, CENTRAL DISTRICT, LAKE
CITY, ALL ACROSS OUR CITY.
TO MS. WYNN'S COMMENT WE'RE
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LOSING
INTEREST, I WOULD SAY
THAT WE ARE NOT LOSING INTEREST
IN
YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS GOES TO SOME OF THE
WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE
TODAY
AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS
AND BUILDS ON THE WORK I'VE
BEEN DOING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES
TO
INCLUDE COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND TO
THE POINT THAT THE CITY HAS NOT
DONE ANYTHING, IN ONE SENSE
SHE'S CORRECT.
LITTLE SAIGON HAS NOT IMPROVED.
WHY IS THAT?
WE DO HAVE EFFORTS ONGOING AND
TO CLOSE ON THE
ARTICLE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
ONE
SENTENCE TOWARDS THE END, BUT IT
IS
ALARMING HOW LITTLE EFFECT
IT SEEMS TO HAVE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
AS AND CITY TO REFLECT ON
THAT ONE SENTENCE.
BUT IT IS ALARMING HOW
LITTLE EFFECT IT SEEMS TO HAVE.
BECAUSE AGAIN,
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TO INCLUDE
LITTLE
SAIGON ARE SUFFERING.
I POINT TO THE
IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, AS A
CITY, WE AS A
CITY GOVERNMENT DEFINITELY,
ARE OF TWO MINDS.
AND THIS IS A PROBLEM.
A LACK OF BALANCE ON
OUR NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS
AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT FOCUS
AND LEAD
WITH THAT FOCUS WITH
COMPASSION, BUT THERE'S NOT A
COMPANION
FOCUSED ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT ARE IN CRISIS.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN CREW I
SIS AS NOTED IN THE ARTICLE
WITH LITTLE SAIGON.
THERE IS A LACK OF LEADERSHIP
THAT IS SUSTAINED WITH
AN ELEMENT OF FOLLOW- UP AND
FOLLOW
THROUGH.
THIS IS A PROBLEM.
THERE'S A LACK OF
IMPLEMENTATION AT TIMES BY THE
EXECUTIVE AND
SOMETIMES BY THE JUDICIAL
BRANCH, OF ORDINANCES PASSED
INTO LAW.
IT KIND OF GOES OF THE TWO MINDS
POINT AGAIN.
WE'RE SENDING MIXED SIGNALS.
WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH,
NOT FOLLOWING UP.
NOTED THAT THERE'S A LACK
OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO MATCH THE
COMPASSION IN OUR EFFORTS THAT
IS SO IMPORTANT.
I'VE SAID WE NEED TO LEAD WITH
COMPASSION FOR THOSE
OUR NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, BUT WE
ALSO
HAVE THE WISDOM TO LOOK OUT
FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS,
COMMUNITIES, ALL THE TYPES OF
COMMUNITIES.
IT COULD BE A NEIGHBORHOOD
BUT ALSO LBGTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
WHICH IS ALSO SUFFERING.
THERE'S A LACK OF INTEGRATION
ON ONE HAND OF PUBLIC SAFETY,
THE
TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY
PIECES, WITH ON THE OTHER
HAND PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING,
AND HUMAN SERVICES.
THAT SCENE IS SO IMPORTANT
TO UNDERSTAND AND THE CHOKE
POINTS
AND THE HICCUPS THAT OCCUR THERE
WHICH THEN LEADS TO NO SUCCESS.
AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T
GET ANY CHANGES.
SO OF THE TWO MINDS, BASICALLY
THE IDEA OF BEING OF TWO MINDS
LEADS TO A CERTAIN PARALYSIS
OR INFERENCE THAT ESSENTIALLY
CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT.
AND SO WE DON'T MAKE THETHE
PROGRESS. AND THEN WE ARE WHERE
WE ARE
AS NOTED WITH HOW LITTLE
EFFECT IT SEEMS TO HAVE.
MOVING FORWARD IS --
I'M REMINDED OF A GENERAL I
WORKED
FOR ONCE SAID THAT DON'T
BRING ME PROBLEMS.
BRING ME SOLUTIONS.
WORKING THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SET WE'VE CREATED A PLAN
BY EXTENSION THE COUNCIL AND
MADE STRONG PROGRESS IN THE LAST
TERM
ON MANY FRONTS, BUT NOT
ENOUGH FOR OUR IMPACTED
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT LACK OF PROGRESS MEANS THAT
WE NEED TO DO FURTHER, WE
NEED TO LOOK
AT WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT CAN
WE DO DIFFERENTLY?
WE'VE UPDATED THE PLAN FOR
A SAFER SEATTLE WITH ONE
PILLAR UPDATED TO REFLECT THE
NEED
TO WORK ON CREATING A
FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
THERE'S SO MANY AREAS HERE
THAT IT IS NOT WORKING.
AND THIS INCLUDES DIVERSION.
BUT THEN THERE'S TWO NEW
PILLARS.
ONE IS GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND REDUCTION AND
COMMUNITY
VIOLENCE MORE
BROADLY, BUT SECONDLY, AS I
NOTED
SOMEWHAT, ADDRESSING THE SCENE
BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC
HEALTH, HOUSING AND HUMAN
SERVICES.
THESE PILLARS ARE KEY IN
TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD.
TODAY WE'RE HAVING A HEARING
ABOUT COMMUNITY
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GOING TO
THE
FIRST PILLAR MENTIONED
BUT MOVING FORWARD WE NEED TO
WORK
THE SECOND NEW PILLAR AND
ADDRESS
THE SEAM THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER
TO REALLY MAKE
MEANINGFUL SUCCESS IN AREAS LIKE
LITTLE
SAIGON.
FIRST ADDRESSING THE SCENE MEANS
ADDRESSING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE.
THIS IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED BUT
NOT SOLELY ON CARE AND ENABLING
AN ORDINANCE SOMETHING
WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH
STAKEHOLDERS.
WE NEED TO IMPROVE
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE
TO GET BETTER OUTCOMES FOR
PLACES LIKE LITTLE SAIGON.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE
DRUG MARKETS WHICH MEANS MANY
ACTIONS
NEED TO BE TAKEN TO
INCLUDE LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC
DRUG
USE AND POSSESSION ORDINANCE.
THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN A
FAILURE IN ITSELF AND IN ITS
IMPLEMENTATION. WE MUST BRING
CLARITY.
CLARITY IS KEY.
THIS GOES BACK TO KING COUNTY
AND THE SPD OFFICERS AND THE
FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM AND ADDRESSES OF THE
TWO MINDS PROBLEM MINDSET THAT
WE
HAVE IN OUR CITY.
WE ALSO NEED TO WORK FORWARD
ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT
AND MITIGATION PLAN.
I SPOKE WITH A STAFF
DIRECTOR YESTERDAY ON THIS.
THIS IS A KEY POINT TO CREATE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
CITY, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE
NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE
MUST TAKE ACTION WORKING WITH
STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS
THE POINT OF IT'S ALARMING TO
THE --
HOW LITTLE EFFECT IT SEEMS TO
HAVE.
WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
WE NEED TO HAVE ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS TO HIT THAT LAST
SENTENCE. I WANTED TO CLOSE BY
SAYING,
TO MS. NGUYEN, OF [ INAUDIBLE ]
TOFU, I HAVEN'T BEEN BUT
WOULD LOVE TO GO, COUNCILMEMBER
LIN,
TO SAY I'M SORRY AND GOING TO
WORK HERE AT THE
COMMITTEE, ON THE COUNCIL WITH
THE EXECUTIVE
AND CITY ATTORNEY TO SEE HOW WE
CAN BETTER AFFECT AND CREATE A
SAFER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR LITTLE
SAIGON.
THAT'S MY CHAIR COMMENT FOR
TODAY.
NORMALLY I GO RIGHT INTO
THE NEXT PIECE OF OUR AGENDA,
BUT
I -- GIVEN THE FACTS OF THIS
ARTICLE AND THE ISSUE
AND RELATED TO LITTLE
SAIGON, COUNCILMEMBER LIN I
WANTED
TO OFFER A POINT,
AN ADDENDUM TO THE CHAIR
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
KETTLE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
AND THANK YOU FOR GOING ON
THE PUBLIC SAFETY WALK.
WE DID START ON NORTH BEACON
HILL.
A STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN
LITTLE SAIGON AND NORTH BEACON
HILL.
UNFORTUNATELY KIND OF
ECOSYSTEM OF WHERE WE SEE A LOT
OF DRUG
USE AND THE BLACK MARKET
AND LITTLE SAIGON AND WE HAVE
SOME
NEIGHBORS HERE WE'LL HEAR
FROM NORTH BEACON HILL AND TOWN
HALL
THIS WEEK WITH HUNDREDS
OF NEIGHBORS SPEAKING ABOUT THE
REAL IMPACTS TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS A
FAILURE OF OUR MULTIPLE
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
THE CRISIS ALONG WITH THE
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND
HOMELESSNESS AND I'VE HEARD THE
MAYOR'S
OFFICE SPEAK A LOT ABOUT HOW OUR
UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS WHO ALSO
ARE SUFFERING MENTAL HEALTH,
ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE AND WE
SEE HOW THEY ARE BEING TARGETED
BY DRUG DEALERS AND OTHER
CRIMINAL ELEMENTS AND THAT IS
NOT
ACCEPTABLE.
WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE LOSE
HUNDREDS OF LIVES TO OVERDOSE,
THOUSANDS OF LIVES ARE BEING
DESTROYED, YOU KNOW,
THOSE FAMILIES ARE BEING
DESTROYED,
AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT GUN
VIOLENCE AND THERE IS A
RELATIONSHIP TO OUR GUN
VIOLENCE WITH THE DRUG DEALING
AND CRIMINAL ELEMENTS THAT GO
ALONG
THERE, AND I'M EXCITED
FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD
THAT MANY PEOPLE DYING FROM GUN
VIOLENCE, THAT MANY PEOPLE DYING
FROM CAR VIOLENCE, I
THINK WE WOULD BE ACTING MUCH
MORE
QUICKLY.
I'M NOT SURE WHY, YOU KNOW,
FOR SOME REASON, OVERDOSE
DEATHS DON'T EVEN THOUGH THEY
ARE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE
LARGER, AREN'T GETTING THE SAME
ATTENTION AND THERE ARE CLEARLY
NOT ONLY IMPACTS TO THOSE
WHO ARE SUFFERING IN THE STREETS
AND DEALING WITH ADDICTION, BUT
TO
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS,
BUSINESSES, AND WE ABSOLUTELY
NEED TO
ACT WITH URGENCY, I LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL
AND
WITH OUR PARTNERS AND JUST WANT
TO
MAKE SURE THAT AS WE DO SO,
THAT WE ALSO FOCUS ON NORTH
BEACON
HILL, WHICH AGAIN IS PART OF THE
ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM THERE
WITH LITTLE
SAIGON. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
OKAY.
END OF CHAIR COMMENT.
THANK YOU.
MOVING TO THE AGENDA, I AM
REMOVING SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT FRAMEWORK
PRESENTATION, IT WILL BE
FEATURED IN THE
JUNE COMMITTEE MEETING.
FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS
TO INCLUDE WE'RE GOING TOTO
SOME QUORUM CHALLENGES SOON.
SO WITH THAT CHANGE, IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
WILL BE
ADOPTED HEARING AND
SEEING NONE THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
OKAY.
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
SHOULD RELATE TO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. CLERK,
HOW MANY SPEAKERS
ARE SIGNED UP FOR TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE 13
PUBLIC COMMENTERS SIGNED UP.
TEN IN PERSON, THREE REMOTE.
>> OKAY.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE
TWO MINUTES AND WE'LL START
WITH
THE IN-PERSON.
CAN YOU READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED,
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP
TO 60
MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME
WHEN TEN SECONDS IS LEFT OF
THEIR
TEAM.
SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE MUTED IF
THEY DO NOT END WITHIN
THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US
TO CALL ON THE NEXT PERIOD.
WE BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST THE FIRST IS
JEFF
SILVERMAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY
KASTILL HIGHTOWER.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS JEFF
SILVERMAN, AND I'M HERE TO TALK
WITH YOU
ABOUT A LARGE- SCALE DISASTER
DRILL.
I HAVE AN IMPORTANT STORY TO
TELL YOU. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE
THAT ALTHOUGH I AM THE CAPTAIN
OF
THE HIGHWAY EMERGENCY HUB I
AM SPEAKING SOLELY FOR
MYSELF AND NOT FOR THE HUBS OR
SEATTLE ACS.
A REQUIREMENT FOR
MEMBERSHIP IN THE ACS IS TO TAKE
SOME
FEMA CLASSES AND IN THE PROCESS
OF GOING THROUGH ICS 200 C ON
PAGE
33 THERE IS AN INTERESTING
STORY.
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AT
THE PENTAGON SITE PROVE
CHALLENGING
ON SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001.
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BECAME
OVERLOADED AND THOSE PROBLEMS
PERSISTED THROUGHOUT RESCUE
OPERATIONS AND THERE WAS A
NEED TO RECORD THE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND
LOCATION OF
EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON THE
GROUNDS.
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS COULD
NOT BE EMPLOYED TO PERFORM THIS
TASK.
ARLINGTON COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN JEFF LIBEL
USED
FOOT MESSENGERS TO INVENTORY ON-
SITE UNITS AND SENT TWO
FIREFIGHTERS
ON FOOT TO RECORD
THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
AND LOCATION OF EACH PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT ON THE
PENTAGON GROUNDS BECAUSE
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS COULD NOT
BE EMPLOYED TO PERFORM THIS
TASK.
FOOT MESSENGERS PROVE TO BE
THE MOST RELIABLE MEANS
OF COMMUNICATION DURING THE
RESCUE
EFFORTS.
THEY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE.
ACCORDING TO THE
ARTICLETON AFTER ACTION REPORT
FIRE
AND RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS
SHOULD ESTABLISH PLANS FOR
ALTERNATE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
DURING MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS A
NUMBER OF METHODS CAN BE
EMPLOYED INCLUDING FOOT
MESSENGERS.
WHAT IS THE LESSON FOR US HERE
IN SEATTLE 25 YEARS LATER?
SCALE MATTERS.
WE HAVE A CITY OF THREE
QUARTERS OF A MILLION PEOPLE.
I HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF DRILLS.
I ANTICIPATE THAT BY
THEIR NATURES THE HUBS ARE GOING
TO
PERFORM ADMIRABLE
BECAUSE THEY ARE SMALL AND
OPERATE AUTONOMOUSLY BUT THE
EOC NEED TO GATHER THE CENTRAL
ELEMENTS OF
INFORMATION THE EEIs CALLS
OUT FOR AT SCALE.
I'VE HAD SOME E- MAIL
MESSAGE WITH REBECCA DUNN, BUT
NOTHING
SUBSTANTIAL HAS EXAMINE BACK TO
ME.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE KASTILL
HIGHTOWER.
>> MY NAME IS KASTILL
HIGHTOWER AND MY BROTHER WAS
MURDERED BY SEATTLE POLICE WHILE
INTERNSING A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS.
I HAVE FOUGHT FOR RESOURCES
FOR FAMILIES IMPACTED BY
POLICE VIOLENCE SINCE 2020,
BECAUSE
I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
TO STRUGGLE FOR SUPPORT
ON NAVIGATING ONE OF THE
MOST TRAUMATIC TIMES OF YOUR
LIFE.
SINCE MY BROTHER'S
KILLING POLICE BRUTALITY HAS
CONTINUED TO RISE.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE VICTIMS?
THEY ARE LEFT TO PICK UP THE
PIECES WITH ZERO GOVERNMENT
SUPPORT WHILE THE OFFICERS
ARE PLACED ON PAID
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH OUR
TAX DOLLARS
AND OFTEN GIVEN SLAPS ON THE
WRIST BY THE OPA.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
SEATTLE POLICE NEEDS TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND RESOURCES
FOR
VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE
NEED TO BE CREATED.
IT IS MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE
TO REFUSE TO PROVIDE ANY SUPPORT
TO PEOPLE HARMED BY CITY
EMPLOYEES WELL BEFORE ANY
INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONCLUDED AND
SOME
CASES BEFORE THEY EVEN HAVE
BEGUN.
IT TREATS VICTIMS AN FAMILIES AS
IF THEY ARE GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN
INNOCENT WHILE THE OFFICER
WHO CAUSED THE HARM IS TREATED
AS
IF THEY ARE INNOCENT UNTIL
PROVEN
GUILTY. WE'VE PRESENTED OUR
DEMANDS IN
A TIMELINE TO CREATE DIRECT
SUPPORT THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF
VICTIM VOICES AND PROVIDES
TRANSPARENCY, BUT CONTINUES TO
BE STONEWALLED.
IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO COMMIT
TO THESE DEMANDS, ARE YOU AT
THE VERY LEAST WILLING TO PASS
A RESOLUTION TO COMMIT TO
CREATING A PERMANENT,
INDEPENDENT
OFFICE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING
RESOURCES
TO VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE AND THEIR FAMILIES?
COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
IS THAT A YES OR A NO.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
YES OR NO.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT IS --
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YES OR
NO?
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE LUCKY
JORDAN TO BE CALLED BY
SCOTT.
>> THE U.S. POLICING
AND JUDICIAL SYSTEMS ARE
PUPPET SHOWS WHERE RICH PEOPLE
PULL
THE STRINGS AND HIRE POLICE.
THEY ARE SOLD AS JUSTICE
SYSTEMS THAT DOLL OUT
PUNISHMENT.
EVEN IF THEY WERE A PUNITIVE
JUSTICE SYSTEM PUNITIVE
JUSTICE IS NOT JUSTICE.
PRISONS MANUFACTURE CRIME.
IT IS TIME TO MOVE
BEYOND PUNITIVE JUSTICE AND LET
US
SKIP OVER RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
WHICH ONLY RESTORES AN
ALREADY INEQUITABLE
SYSTEM. WHAT IS RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE FOR
SOMEONE KILLED BY THE POLICE.
NO WAY TO RESTORE A LIFE.
TIME FOR TRANSFORMATIVE
JUSTICE WHICH CAN ONLY COME BY
CENTERING
VICTIMS AND GIVING THEM POWER.
YOU ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO
THAT BY SUPPORTING THE
EFFECTIVE PERSONS PROGRAM.
CITY COUNCIL HAS A DUTY TO HONOR
THE BUDGET ACTIONS PASSED IN
2023 AND 2024 WHICH
EXPLICITLY COMMITTED $100,000
FROM
THE GENERAL FUND TO AND I QUOTE
FROM THE CBAs CONVENE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY SURVIVORS OF
POLICE VIOLENCE IN SEATTLE
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF
INDIVIDUALS KILLED BY POLICE IN
SEATTLE
TO CREATE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT
HOW
THE CITY CAN SUPPORT THEM.
AND THAT CREATION AND
CONTENT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
LED AND
FINALIZED BY THESE
MEMBERS INDEPENDENT OF CITY
EMPLOYEES. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE
THAT
AFTER SURVIVORS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE HAVE FOUGHT FOR YEARS
TO GET
THE CBAs PAST THE FORMER MAYOR
AND
OPA BLOCKED FUNDS FROM
BEING USED AS INTENDED AND NO
WORK GROUP COMPRISED OF
SURVIVORS
OF POLICE VIOLENCE WAS CONVENED.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE SCOTT
BUZZER.
>> I'M SCOTT BUZZER WITH THE
AMERICAN PARTY OF LABOR.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DEMAND
THAT CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY
OF SEATTLE AS A WHOLE TO USE THE
CITY'S BUDGET NOT FOR
INCREASING SURVEILLANCE AND
MILITARIZATION
AGAINST WORKING-CLASS
COMMUNITIES BUT TO USE
THIS MONEY FOR HELPING THE
PEOPLE AFFECTED BY POLICE
VIOLENCE
THAT YOU PLAY A ROLE IN.
THROUGH THE CONTINUED
EXCHANGE OF TACTICS WITH THE IDF
THAT
YOU VOTED TO CONTINUE IN 2021
THE LENIENCY SHOWN TO CRIMINALS
THAT OPERATE OUR POLICE FORCE
AND LACK OF COMMITMENT
AGAINST WORKING CLASS
POOR COMMUNITIES YOU WILL TAKE
THE SIDE OF CHILD
BEATING POLICE OFFICERS OVER
YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, LARRY LONGLY,
YOUR POET CHIEF BEAT A 12-YEAR-
OLD GIRL IN 2013.
YOUR PUBLIC LIAISON SHOULD BE
A SAFE AND APPROACHABLE
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IS A
CHILD BEATER.
WHAT RESTITUTION DID THIS GIRL
GET?
A CHECK AND LIFETIME TRAUMA.
LARRY POSTED ON INSTAGRAM
AND LAUDED ON YOUR PR, VICTIMS
HAVE TO
LIVE IN SILENCE. THEY HAVE TO
LIVE
KNOWING THE STATE WILL DO
ANYTHING
TO SUBJUGATE THE ITS CITIZENS.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE SUNDAY SPD DOG
PILED A MAN NEXT TO ME AND
KNELT ON HIS NECK AS THREE
OFFICERS
PEPPER SPRAYED HIM IN THE FACE.
WHAT WAS HIS CRIME?
PROTESTING THE SAME
VIOLENCE THAT IS USED AGAINST
PALESTINIAN
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOR 80
YEARS THE IS, PD IS MOLDED BY.
THIS PATTERN OF VIOLENCE
WILL CREATE MORE VICTIMS IF LEFT
UNCHECKED AS YOU CITY
COUNCIL HAVE CHOSEN TO DO SO.
YOU MUST CREATE RESOURCES
FOR THOSE LIKE THE 12-YEAR- OLD
GIRL
YOUR PUBLIC OFFICER CHOSE TO
VIOLENTLY ATTACK.
YOU MUST CREATE
RESOURCES AGAINST INJUSTICE.
SPD HAS GIVEN
THEMSELVES AUTHORITY TO BEAT
WHOEVER CRITICIZES THEM AS WELL
AS
THEY DID WITH A TEENAGER WHILE
THEY
THREATEN TO TEAR GAS.
IT'S TIME TO REIGN THE
STATE APPROVED CRIMINALS IN
WITH CHANGEABLE RESOURCES AND
A TIMELINE FOR THOSE
RESOURCES BECOMING AVAILABLE TO
THE
PUBLIC FOR VICTIMS OF YOUR
CHOICE OF CITY COUNCIL.
HOW MANY MORE NEED TO
BE BRUTALIZED BY YOUR
OFFICERS BEFORE TOO MUCH?
HOW MANY MORE CHILDREN MUST
BE BLOODIED BY CHOSEN APATHY
CITY
COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO HELP YOUR
CITIZENS, BUT SPD RECEIVES
THE LARGEST BUDGET YET.
CAMERAS WATCH POOR PEOPLE AND
PROTESTERS ARE [ INAUDIBLE
].
>> NEXT UP CRAIG THOMPSON
FOLLOWED BY GENEVIEVE COURTNEY.
>> I'M CRAIG THOMPSON.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR WORKING
SO HARD TO PUT TOGETHER A PUBLIC
SAFETY HEARING ON
BEACON HILL TWO NIGHTS AGO.
THAT DREW BETWEEN 250 AND
300 PEOPLE MAKING IT ONE OF
THE LARGEST COMMUNITY MEETINGS
IN
SEATTLE'S RECENT HISTORY.
I'M HERE TO OFFER A
SOLUTION THAT TOUCHES ON MUCH OF
WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM
OTHER PEOPLE SO FAR AS WELL.
AND THAT IS, WE NEED TO HAVEHAVE
MORE ACCOUNTABLE CITY GOVERNMENT
THAT ADDRESSES MANY, MANY
PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES IN THE
CITY.
FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, THE
CITY HAS PURSUED POLICIES
THAT HAVEN'T REALLY WORKED VERY
WELL.
I KNOW FROM WORKING WITH
THE NICKELS AND
McGINN ADMINISTRATIONS THAT WHAT
IS
NEEDED IN WHAT IS CALLED THE --
NORTH BEACON HILL, SAIGON,
AN INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE
THAT INCLUDES
CITY OF SEATTLE, KING COUNTY,
AND STATE RESOURCES.
IT'S NOT ONLY LAW
ENFORCEMENT, BUT ALSO OUTREACH
AND PUBLIC
SERVICE.
THAT MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE TO
THE COMMUNITY AND IT MUST
INVOLVE
THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
NOW, THERE'S A TENDENCY
OF SAYING WE CAN'T DO THIS NOW,
WE
HAVE TO STUDY THIS PROBLEM.
I THINK WE'VE STUDIED THESE
PROBLEMS FOR LONG ENOUGH.
AND THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY
THINGS THAT CAN -- THAT WE
CAN DO TODAY THAT WILL
HELP MOVE THIS FORWARD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO
NEED, HOWEVER, IS A SINGLE
POINT OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT THAT
IS
RESPONSIBLE NOT ONLY TO
THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE, AND THAT
MY COMMUNITY HAS, BUT ALSO
THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE JUST
HEARD DESCRIBED BY OTHER PEOPLE
WHO ARE SO CONCERNED WITH POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED TO
MOVE FORWARD IN A POSITIVE
AND CONSTRUCTIVE WAY THAT WILL
MAKE DIFFERENCE FOR ALL OF
US FOR THE CITY.
FOR EVERY FAMILY.
EVERY PERSON WHO NEEDS POLICE
HELP AND THAT THAT HELP IS
AS RESPONSIVE AS PUBLIC
SERVICES TO HELP THE LEAST TO
FORTUNATE
AMONG US.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> NEXT UP GENEVIEVE
COURTNEY.
>> HI.
I'M HERE FROM NORTH BEACON
HILL.
WE HAD A PUBLIC SAFETY
MEETING WITH ABOUT 200
ATTENDANTS.
ALTHOUGH THE -- THERE WERE A
FEW ACTIVISTS WITH PACIFIC
AGENDA
ITEMS, THE FAR MAJORITY
ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN
1,000 FEET OF THE LOCATIONS OF
THE
CONCERNS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
HAS DETERIORATED OVER THE LAST
NINE MONTHS AS THE CITY HAS
DECIDED TO POWER WASH LITTLE
SAIGON
TWICE A DAY AND PUSHED
THE NARCOTICS USE UP INTO OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
YET, SOMEHOW HAVE NOT
FIXED LITTLE SAIGON AT ALL.
I ASK THE CITY TO PLEASE
STOP POWER WASHING LITTLE
SAIGON.
THIS IS NOT WORKING.
YOU HAVE ONLY MOVED THE
SPREAD OUT THE PROBLEM INTO
OUR NEIGHBOR AND RIGHT ONTO
THE FRONT DOOR OF A CHILD
CARE CENTER THAT IS PUBLICLY
FUNDED
AND SENIOR HOUSING
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
COMMUNITY.
I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE SMOKING
FENTANYL RIGHT ON THE AIR
INTAKE OF THE CHILD CARE CENTER
WHERE MY DAUGHTER GOES TO
SCHOOL.
I HAVE WATCHED A MAN
JUST LAST WEEK WITH GUN DEALING
DRUGS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE
CHILD
CARE CENTER.
I HAVE MY HUSBAND HAS
BEEN ASSAULTED ON OUR STREET
JUST IN THE LAST WEEK.
I HAVE -- MY HUSBAND
HAS DELIVERED NARCAN TO A WOMAN
ON OUR STREET WITHIN THE LAST
THREE WEEKS.
THIS IS URGENT.
WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW.
ON WEDNESDAY MULTIPLE
NEIGHBORS TOLD POWERFUL
FIRSTHAND
ACCOUNTS ABOUT HOW THEY WERE
HELPED BY
BEING ARRESTED AND PUT
INTO FORCED PROGRAMS THAT
HELPED THEM WITH THEIR NARCOTICS
USAGE.
I HEAR THAT PEOPLE SAY
POLICE DON'T WORK,
BUT WE HAVE HEARD FROM FIRSTHAND
ACCOUNTS
FROM NEIGHBORS THEY DID HELP
THEM AND
THEY DID WORK.
I ASK JUST LIKE CRAIG THOMPSON
HERE, PLEASE CREATE AN
INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO
HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE FIRST TINY HOMES GO
TO PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JULIE ROLLS
MD TO BE FOLLOWED BY HOWARD
GAYLE.
>>
HI. I'M JULIE ROLLS FROM THE
CID
AND I SEE OR TALK TO GARY LEE
PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH AT
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FORUM AND I
CAME
TODAY IN PARTICULAR TO
APOLOGIZE.
I READ THE SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE
WHAT GARY SAID BECAUSE HE'S
KIND OF IMPLYING THAT 12th
AND JACKSON STAYS A PROBLEM
BECAUSE SPD JUST ISN'T
ENFORCING THE
LAW. SO Y'ALL GOT A LETTER FROM
ME,
AND I GOT A LETTER BACK FROM
GARY SAYING HE WAS MISQUOTED
AND WE'RE KIND OF ON THE SAME
PAGE
SPD ISN'T THE LIMITING FACTOR.
IT'S MORE COUNTY.
AND PEOPLE THINK OH, JUST
PICK THEM UP, TAKE THEM TO JAIL,
END OF STORY.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT JAIL?
THEY GET BOOKED AND THEN
RELEASED AND WE REALLY WANT
OUR OFFICERS WHO HAVE A HUGE
OTHER
CALLS TO HANDLE TO TAKE HOURS
TO BOOK ONE PERSON SO JUST WANT
TO
SHARE THAT FOR ONE.
THAT WHOLE PROBLEM AS A
GROUP FROM THE CID, I DON'T
THINK ENOUGH OF US ARE REALLY
GOING TO
COUNTY BECAUSE I THINK
THAT'S WHERE WE MIGHT FIND
SOLUTIONS,
PARTICULARLY THE PUBLIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN ON
THIS.
THEY JUST -- IT'S ALMOST
LIKE THERE IS NO PUBLIC
HEALTH PRESENCE PERIOD IN THIS
CASE
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HELP WORK
ON THAT.
SORRY. IT'S FUNNY NOT FUNNY BUT
ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND IT WAS
SO GREAT TO FINALLY SEE
THE SIDEWALKS BEING POWER WASHED
AND THINGS CLEARED OUT OF AT
THIRD
STREET AND THEN THEY CLEARED OUT
IN LITTLE SAIGON AND NOW I
FIND OUT THEY JUST WENT TO
ANOTHER
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NONE OF US HAVE THE SOLUTION
BUT HAVING THE INTERAGENCY
TASK FORCE IS A FANTASTIC IDEA
AND UNDERSTAND THIS IS CITY,
COUNTY, STATE, FEDERAL, ALL HAVE
TO
WORK TOGETHER AND I HAVE MORE TO
SAY BUT MY TIME IS UP.
I WILL BE
BACK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HOWARD GAYLE FOLLOWED BY J.C.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOWARD GAYLE.
THE MARCH 17th MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE CHAIR
KETTLE
STATED THAT SPD POLICY AND
GUIDANCE
REQUIRES, QUOTE, CONFIRMING
THAT IT IS A FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND AGAIN
QUOTING AS
PART OF THAT PROCESS
ESSENTIALLY GET A BASIC
UNDERSTANDING OF
THE PROBABLE CAUSE THAT WAS
BEHIND
THE ARREST THIS IS WHAT THEY
ARE DOING AND THE DIRECTIVE
SAYS THAT UNQUOTE.
THE ACTUAL POLICY IS OPPOSED
TO WEIGHT POSSIBLY
ASPIRATIONAL STATEMENTS THAT ARE
MORE IN
LINE WITH WHAT THE 36th
DISTRICT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN
CALLING
FOR IS EXPLAINED AND DOCUMENTED
BY CHIEF BARNES ON MARCH 5th
WHERE SAYS, AN OFFICER WILL
ATTEMPT, ATTEMPT TO VALIDATE THE
STATUS OF INDIVIDUALS
THAT APPEAR TO BE OFFICERS WHEN
SAFE AND FEASIBLE.
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM
MANDATING THAT THEY CONFIRM
NUMBER ONE
AND NUMBER TWO, THERE IS NOTHING
IN ANY POLICY OR STATEMENT FROM
THE POLICE ABOUT
ASCERTAINING PROBABLE CAUSE.
THIS IS AN EXTREME
CONCERN BECAUSE JUST TWO DAYS
AGO,
THE NEW PRESIDENT KENT LU VERY
MUCH SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
SPD OFFICERS AND CLAIMING THAT
CHIEF BARNES' STATEMENTS ARE
ONLY POLITICAL AND DISREGARDED,
SAID SO YOU REMEMBER YEARS AGO
YOU REMEMBER THE INCIDENT.
THAT PROTEST,
RIOT, DEMONSTRATION CAME TO
SEATTLE
SO WE HAD A GROUP THAT
STARTED I THINK IN WESTLAKE IT
WAS OUR
JOB TO POLICE AND NOT TAKE A
SIDE.
WHY?
BECAUSE THERE'S A FLASH POINT
GOING TO GET AT IT PHYSICALLY.
THAT'S NOT SAFE FOR EITHER
SIDE.
HOW IS THIS I.C.E.
CONTROVERSY
ANY DIFFERENT? COMPARING I.C.E.
AND
WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO THE -- TO
THE RACIST VIOLENCE
IN CHARLOTTESVILLE IS JUST
BIZARRE.
THIS SITUATION WE FACE
NOW, THIS IS A FAILURE OF THE
CITY TO
CLEARLY REQUIRE SEATTLE
MISTAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN
PROTECTING
PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
AND PROTECTIONS AND HAS LEFT
US IN A SITUATION WHERE
SEATTLE'S LEADERS OVER PROMISE,
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN,
SEATTLE'S POLICE PROMISE
SOMETHING VERY, VERY DIFFERENT.
AGAIN, WHAT 36th DISTRICT
DEMS HAVE CALL FOR IS THIS
COUNCIL AND CITY TO PROTECT
PEOPLE'S FOURTH AMENDMENT
RIGHTS.
>> J.C., THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
BOOT LICKING PED DO PROTECTOR
WHITE MAN ON THIS COMMITTEE,
EVERYONE ELSE ON IT HAS
ANCESTORS WHO
STRUGGLED AGAINST
GENOCIDE, LABOR EXPLOITATION,
OPPRESSION, LYNCHINGS AND OTHER
FORMS OF SANCTIONED VIOLENCE.
ON SUNDAY WE SAW
STATE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE YET
AGAIN.
ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS
EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS TO
SPEAK.
SPEAK OUT AGAINST AN ACTIVE
GENOCIDE THAT HAS
SLAUGHTERED OVER 100,000 PEOPLE
INCLUDING MORE THAN 25,000 KIDS.
WE DEMAND JUSTICE
AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE
VIOLENTLY
BRUTALIZED BY SPD OFFICERS WHO
KNEELED ON THEIR NECKS
AND PEPPER SPRAYED IN THE FACE
A PERSON WHO WAS ALREADY PINNED
DOWN.
ALREADY PINNED DOWN.
HERE, MR. KETTLE, CAN YOU
LOOK AT THE PICTURES HERE AND
SEE
THE STATE VIOLENCE.
JUSTICE BEGINS WITH AMENDS
AND AMENDS INCLUDES RESOURCES
FOR
VICTIMS.
HONOR YOUR ANCESTORS
WHO STRUGGLED TO FIGHT FOR
THE RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
THAT WE HAVE -- THAT WE ENJOY
TODAY AND CREATE AN EFFECTIVE
PERSON'S PROGRAM.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE YVETTE
DENISH FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER
BOQU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M BACK.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH IT
STANDS ONE NATION UNDER
GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTIES
AND JUSTICE
FOR ALL. I CAME IN RESPONSE TO
THE ARTICLE IN THE SEATTLE TIMES
YESTERDAY, AND I'M ALSO SAYING
THAT WHAT DANNY WEST SAID IN
HIS COLUMN IS THAT WHAT'S
BEEN HAPPENING FOR FIVE YEARS
IN LITTLE SAIGON WILL NOT BE
ALLOWED FOR FIVE HOURS IN --
WHICH IS -- THAT'S ANOTHER
CONVERSATION.
I'M DISAPPOINTED IN MAYOR
WILSON IN THE SAME NEWSPAPER
EDITION
YESTERDAY THAT SHE WAS ABLE
TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE
NUMBER 8 ON CAPITOL HILL
WITHIN THREE HOURS OF BEING --
THREE MONTHS OF BEING IN OFFICE
BUT COULD NOT COME UP WITH ANY
VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE
CHAOS OVER AT 12th AND JACKSON.
I TAKE THAT ROUTE THE NUMBER
7 EVERY WEEK TO COME DOWN
TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND
THAT CORNER
IS A HOT MESS.
FOR REAL FOR REAL.
IT MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL.
ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE
MEANTIME WE'VE GOT FUNDS TO DO
THIS.
PAY SECURITY 24/7 AT 12th AND
JACKSON, AT THIRD AND JAMES.
AS A TEMPORARY STAGING AREA TO
GIVE THEM SOME PLACE ELSE TO GO.
I'M ALSO -- LET'S SEE HERE.
80% OF THOSE IN ENCAMPMENTS
REFUSE SHELTER.
SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT IT IS THEY WANT TO GET
THEM TO GET OUT OF THE
ENCAMPMENTS INTO A SAFER PLACE.
AND ALSO PROBLEMS LIKE THAT
OR HELPING -- IS TO AUDIT
THIS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
GETTING FUNDING TO HELP THE
HOMES AND
SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE
DOING WHAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID
TO DO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
JENNIFER.
YOU'RE UP.
AND
THEN LAST IN PERSON WILL BE
GABRIELLE DIAZ.
GABRIEL DIAZ.
>> HELLO.
OKAY.
MY THING IS THAT AMERICAN
INDIAN, BORN AND RAISED ON THE
INDIAN RESERVATION.
MY PEOPLE COME UP MISSING
AND MURDERED MORE THAN ANY --
THAN
EVERY OTHER RACE ON THE
PLANET AT THE HIGHEST RATES.
I MOVED TO SEATTLE IN 1999 AND I
HAVE BEEN -- I WAS KILLED --
ALMOST MURDERED BY BLACK
WHITES AND HIS PANICS AND NONE
OF THESE
PEOPLE WERE HELD
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST
ME OR MY PEOPLE.
I WAS RAPED AT THE AGE OF 15 BY
ILLEGAL MEXICAN AND MY COUSIN --
THAT'S MY COUSIN'S BABY
DAD, AND HE WAS NOT HELD
ACCOUNTABLE AND I BELIEVE A LOT
OF ILLEGALS
THAT CROSS THE MEXICAN BORDER
ARE, IN FACT, COME HERE TO
COMMIT MORE
CRIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE
ALREADY COMMITTING A CRIME AS
THEY
CROSS THE BORDER.
I LIVED IN MEXICO AS AN ILLEGAL
AND THEY DON'T WANT
AMERICAN INDIANS IN MEXICO.
SO MY THING IS, WHY ARE
THEY ALLOWED TO BE HERE WHEN
US NATIVE AMERICANS ARE NOT
ALLOWED
TO LIVE AS ILLEGALS IN THEIR
LAND? BUT ON THE -- ON THE
GREATEST POINT OF THE REASON
I'M HERE
IS BECAUSE OF MY PEOPLE.
MY PEOPLE ARE BEING MURDERED
AT THE HIGHEST RATE AND
MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS HALF -- AND
HALF NATIVE HER FATHER RAPED
ME AND NOTHING HAPPENED TO HIM.
JUST BECAUSE HE IS -- A
COUPLE DAYS AGO I GOT ATTACKED
ON THE
BUS BY AFRICAN AMERICANS.
NONE ARE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE
BLACK, AND
I'M NATIVE.
COPS WHEN IT COMES TO ME
THEY DON'T HOLD ANYBODY
ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY WANT TO PUT ME IN JAIL
EVEN IF I DEFEND MYSELF.
I BELIEVE THAT SEATTLE HAS
A PROBLEM WITH AMERICAN INDIAN
PEOPLE. I SEE HISPANICS AND
AFRICAN AMERICANS GOING UP IN
CLUB
SELLING DOPE ON
12th AND JACKSON
AND NOBODY DOING NOTHING ABOUT
IT.
>> GABRIEL
DIAZ.
>> MY NAME IS GABRIEL DIAZ I'M
A SURVIVOR OF POLICE VIOLENCE.
I DON'T TALK ABOUT IT VERY
MUCH.
IT'S HARD.
THAT GETS MISSED A LOT IS WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER.
I WOKE UP WITH ABOUT FOUR
HOURS OF SLEEP AT 9:00 A.M.
BECAUSE
I HAD TO SPEND MOST OF MY NIGHT
IN
THE HOSPITAL AND FEELS LIKE
I GOT HIT BY A TRUCK.
THE SUN IS BRUSSELS
BRIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE A
CONCUSSION
AND SHIELD MY EYES FROM THE SUN
I'M
REMINDED OF THE PAIN IN MY RIBS.
NOT ONLY MULTIPLE SHOTS TO
THE HEAD WHILE RESTRAINED I TOOK
RIB
SHOTS
HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE BREATHING
MAYBE LABOR RUSS.
I HAVE A DOCTOR'S NOTE SO
I DON'T HAVE TO WORK BUT
EVERY -- SO I HAVE TO QUESTION
HOW
LONG I CAN ACTUALLY BE OUT OF
WORK, HOW LONG CAN I TAKE TIME
TO MAKE
SURE I GET THE HEALING I
NEED BEFORE I AM UNABLE TO
AFFORD MY
RENT?
I FINALLY HEARD BACK ABOUT
MY FRIENDS WHO WERE MISSING
THAT DAY AND DID GET ARRESTED.
WE DIDN'T -- THEY DIDN'T
KNOW THEIR
BIRTH NAMES. ON CHARGES THAT
WERE FALSIFIED.
AS MUCH AS I'M HURTING BONE
DEEP
THOSE PEOPLE DID NOT GET
THE CARE THEY NEED, TREATMENT
OR HELP THEY NEED WHILE THEY'RE
IN
THERE, SO I -- MYSELF OUT OF
BED.
AS I DRIVE I SAW A SPD
CAR BEHIND ME AND START TO PULL
OVER
AND STARTED UNCONTROLLABLY
SAABING.
I SAT ON THE SIGHT OF THE ROAD
SOBBING. MY FRIENDS WERE
RELEASED
BECAUSE THEY HAD NO PROBABLE
CAUSE
TO ARREST 95% OF THE PEOPLE THAT
GOT GRABBED.
MY FRIENDS -- TO GO CAL
ANDERSON BY MY BODY IS LIKE
LET'S JUMP IN
A VOLCANO TO CELEBRATE.
I WAS
SCARED. IF I'M OUT MORE THAN A
COUPLE DAYS I WON'T BE ABLE TO
PAY
MY RENT THIS MONTH.
I DON'T HAVE A THERAPIST
AND I CAN BARELY FUNCTION AND I
HAVE NO IDEA -- I BARELY HAVE
ANY
IDEA HOW TO REPORT WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME BUT I AM THE SOLE
PROVIDER.
I WANT NOBODY TO EXPERIENCE
WHAT I HAD TO EXPERIENCE AGAIN.
I'M WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE
TO FIGHT FOR AN OFFICE FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HURT OR
DAMAGED
BY THE PEOPLE SWORN TO PROTECT
THEM. WE NEED AN
OFFICE OF VICTIMS OF
POLICE VIOLENCE TODAY. THANK
YOU.
>> NEXT UP BENNETT HAZELTON.
>> GOOD MORNING.
COUNCIL. I HADN'T PLANNED TO
SIGN UP
TO SPEAK BUT SOMEBODY
SHOULD RESPOND TO THE REMARKS
GIVEN
BY THE SPEAKER BEFORE THE
PREVIOUS SPEAKER.
JUST REGARDLESS OF
THE VICTIMIZATION THAT ANYBODY
HAS EXPERIENCED THEMSELVES I DO
NOT FEEL IT'S RIGHT FOR ANYBODY
TO COME UP HERE TO GO OFF
ON SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS.
IN PARTICULAR
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS COMMIT
FEWER
CRIMES PER CAPITA THAN PEOPLE
BORN
HERE BUT APART FROM THAT, APART
FROM
THE PER CAPITA
STATISTICS I DON'T THINK IT'S
OKAY
FOR ANYBODY TO TALK ABOUT THE
GROUP OF BLACK THAT ATTACKED ME
ON
THE BUS OR WHATEVER SHE WAS
SAYING.
SORRY.
THAT'S WRONG.
I MEAN, REGARDLESS OF THE
PERSON'S OWN RACIAL IDENTITY
AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY MAY
HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT'S WRONG
AND SOMEBODY -- AND I PROBABLY
A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WERE
APPALLED
AND WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING
BUT UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENT
RULES
THEY CAN'T COME UP AND TALK
AGAIN.
BUT -- AND I BELIEVE
HER ABSOLUTELY AS FAR AS
THE, YOU KNOW, THE VICTIMIZATION
THAT
SHE'S BEEN SUBJECTED TO
HERSELF AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT
MAKES IT
OKAY WHAT SHE SAID BUT A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
JUSTIFICATION AND CAUSE AND
EFFECT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MAKES IT
OKAY BUT I'M SURE THAT HAD
SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER
ENDING UP IN THE PLACE SHE IS AT
NOW.
PEOPLE AT RISK GOING DOWN THAT
PATH IN THE FUTURE WE NEED
MORE CARE
AND INTERVENTION TO SAVE PEOPLE
FROM ENDING UP IN
A PLACE PLACE OF HATE LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
LAST IN PERSON SPEAKER IS M.
SMITH.
>> MY NAME IS M. SMITH.
I'M A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR
OF THE AFFECTED PERSONS PROGRAM.
WE NEED AN OFFICE TO PROVIDE
RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES
OF VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY
AND WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER
COMMITTEE, WE DON'T NEED
ANOTHER STUDY.
IT'S BEEN YEARS THAT THIS
HAS BEEN GOING ON.
WE NEED THIS NOW.
FUNERAL COSTS AVERAGE
FUNERAL COST IN THIS COUNTRY ARE
$8500.
THE AVERAGE MEDICAL COST
FOR SOMEONE AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE
IS
$45,000 FOR HOSPITALIZATION OR
$5,000 FOR AN
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT.
VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES,
THIS SHOULDN'T JUST BE
ABOUT PROVIDING RESOURCES.
THIS SHOULD BE FULL
COMPENSATION FOR MEDICAL BILLS,
TRAVEL, BURIAL AND FUNERAL
EXPENSES, MENTAL HEALTH CARE,
CHILD
CARE, ATTORNEY AND INVESTIGATOR
FEES.
IT IS EXPENSIVE WHEN
BRUTALIZED BY THE POLICE A
VICTIM
OF VIOLENCE OR A FAMILY MEMBER
OF SOMEONE AFFECTED BY THIS.
RIGHT NOW, MAYOR WILSON, AND
THE DEMOCRATS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL, ARE THREATENING TO CUT
PUBLIC
SERVICES.
BUT THE DEMOCRATS ON
THIS COUNCIL HAVE INCREASED
THE SEATTLE POLICE BUDGET BY
$123
MILLION JUST OVER THE PAST FIVE
YEARS.
THIS FUND AND ALL OF
THESE THESE CUTS BEING PLANNED
TO
PUBLIC SERVICES SHOULD BE PAID
OUT OF
A CUT OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE SHOULD TAKE THAT $123 MILLION
AND PUT IT TOWARDS HEALTH CARE,
HOUSING, EDUCATION AND THIS
OFFICE NEEDED TO PROVIDE THIS
COMPENSATION FOR FAMILIES
OF VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE.
THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS
COUNCIL HAVE DONE NOTHING.
IT'S NOT JUST THIS ISSUE.
THEY'VE DONE NOTHING TO STOP
I.C.E. , NOTHING TO SOLVE
THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
THEY'VE DONE NOTHING TO
ADDRESS POLICE VIOLENCE IN THIS
CITY.
WE NEED TO BRING THESE
ISSUES TOGETHER AND TO EVERYONE
IN
THIS ROOM I URGE EVERYONE TO
COME
OUT ON MAY 5th AT 2:00 P.M. FOR
THE FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON
THAT DAY TO PACK THE CITY HALL
ROOM AND DEMAND ACTION FROM
THE DEMOCRATS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL.
THANK
YOU.
>> WE'LL BE TRANSITIONING TO
THE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
FIRST UP IS GOING TO
BE AMARE DAVIS.
REMINDER TO PRESS STAR 6.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
YEAH.
THANKS.
MY NAME IS AMARE, MY
PRONOUNS ARE THEY THEM.
I'M HERE FOR THE AFFECTED
PEOPLE
BY POLICE VIOLENCE.
AS WE EXIT MATERNALMATERNAL
WEEK, BURIED IN THE GROUND WITH
BULLET HOLES IN THEIR CHEST PUT
THERE
BY THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DOES YOUR IMAGINATION FOR
BLACK MOTHERHOOD EXTEND BEYOND
YOUR POLICE FORCE?
IN 2024 SPD SAW A
16% INCREASE IN BUDGET CUTTING
FUNDING
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
SERVICES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. DOES YOUR
IMAGINATION FOR
BLACK LIFE EXTEND BEYOND THE
THUGS THAT TAKE IT FROM THEM?
SPD SAW AN OVERSPENDING
IN BUDGET BY 96%
WITH NO DEMANDS FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
PUSHES FOR MORE BUDGETING.
DOES YOUR IMAGINATION
EXTEND BEYOND THE CARELESSNESS
OF
YOUR SPENDING HABITS.
WE HAVE NOTED THE CRIME COMING
FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AS
AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE CITY.
THE REAL EMBARRASSMENT IS
THE DEATH RATES OF BLACK
FAMILIES
IN THIS CITY BY THE HANDS OF
THE STATE EMBARRASSED BY THE
CRIME IT CREATES.
WITH NO SUPPORT
FOR FAMILIES THEY ARE LEFT TO
SURVIVE IN
A CITY THAT GIVES THEM NOTHING
BUT
GRIEF.
YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN
CRISIS BECAUSE THE SEATTLE
POLICE --
UNACCOUNTABLE AND ABLE TO CARRY
OUT ANY LEVEL OF VIOLENCE
THAT FEELS GOOD TO THEM HAVE
BECOME THE ROOT OF THE CRIME
PROBLEM IN
SEATTLE. BLACK FAMILIES HAVE
IMPLORED
DEMANDED AND BEGGED FOR FUNDS,
SUPPORT AND COMPASSION QUOTE
UNQUOTE YOU WILLINGLY GIVE
AND SPEAK TO OTHERS TO THEM
YET NOTHING THEIR WAY HAS COME.
IT IS PAST TIME YOU TAKE
THE MONEY FROM THE HANDS OF --
ASPIRE TO MURDER US AND INTO
THE COMMUNITIES THAT IS
SUFFERING
AT YOUR HANDS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
THE FOLKS WHO HAVE SPOKEN, THAT
HAVE
BEEN AFFECTED AND VIOLATED BY
THE POLICE AND THANK THE
WHITE WOMAN AND DEMOCRATS IN THE
ROOM THAT PROVE THEY WILL ALWAYS
SIDE WITH STATE AND POLICE
VIOLENCE AND PROTECT THEIR
IDENTITY
THEIR WHITENESS AND THEIR MONEY.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> NEXT UP WENDY YIM.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS WENDY YIM.
THANKS FOR LISTENING.
I LIVE TWO BLOCKS FROM
VIRGINIA MASON SHELTER, OPERATED
BY VIRGINIA MASON.
I HAD TO LAUGH WHEN I HEARD YOUR
OUTRAGE AT $13 MILLION
UNACCOUNTED BY KCHR BECAUSE
YOU ACT AS THOUGH THIS -- IS ALL
THAT HAS BEEN WASTED WHEN
THE REAL LOSS ARE THE
DOLLARS ACCOUNTED FOR BY ALL
CITY AND COUNTY HOUSING AGENCIES
WHO
ROUTINELY FAIL TO
PROVIDE MEANINGFUL TREATMENT
AND SERVICES THAT INCLUDES NOT
ONLY
KCHRA BUT SEATTLE HUMAN
SERVICES, DCHS THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING AND PROBABLY OTHERS.
ALONE IS RECEIVING AROUND
$10 MILLION JUST THIS YEAR AND
IT'S CLEAR THAT -- AGENCIES
FUNDING THEM ARE REVIEWING THEIR
CONTRACTS AND SHOTTY PERFORMANCE
REPORTING.
NOT ONLY DOES -- BREAK THEIR
CONTRACTS BUT GOOD
NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT IS USELESS.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE YOUR NEMP,
NOT LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE, WILL
SUFFER THE SAME FATE.
YOU PLAN YET ANOTHER FLAVOR
OF HOUSING AUTHORITY RUN
THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHEN
HOUSING ENTITIES ARE WASTING AND
--
MISAPPROPRIATING NOT 13 MILLION
BUT BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS SUPPOSEDLY ACCOUNTED
FOR.
THIS SHOWS YOU DO NOT
UNDERSTAND DAY-TO- DAY
OPERATIONS
OF SHELTERS AND THEIR CONTRACTS.
THE EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH
ALL AGENCIES ARE WEAK, LUCRATIVE
AND
INCENTIVIZE FRAUD AND UNDER
PERFORMANCE BY SHELTER OPERATES.
I'VE READ THEM.
THEY ARE STRUCTURED TO
INDEMNIFY THOSE PROFITING
FROM HOMELESSNESS LIKE LEHIGH
AND
VIRGINIA MASON, CONTRACTS ENSURE
CITY AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES
ARE REWARDED FOR OVERLOOKING
THEM AND -- NO PROTECTIONS FOR
THE COMMUNITIES THAT HOST
SHELTERS.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, PLEASE
START BY FIXING THE
CONTRACTS FOR EXISTING SHELTERS
AND CHANGE
THE FUNDAMENTAL
CONTRACT STRUCTURE BEFORE
IMPLEMENTING ANOTHER ILL
CONCEIVED AND
MECHANISM AND THE
ACCOMPANYING [ INAUDIBLE ].
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LAST UP WE HAVE DAVID HAINES.
>> HI.
DAVID HAINES.
DESPITE ALL THE AUDIT
VERIFICATIONS FOR
FELONS, THE SIX FIGURE SALARIES
FOR COMMUNITY PASSAGE WAYS AND
OTHER GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTIONS CONTINUE TO GET PAID
YET MOST
OF THEM SHOOK DOWN CITY
HALL DURING THE GEORGE FLOYD
PROTEST
AND MAYOR DURKIN SHIFTED
$120 MILLION AWAY FROM THE
POLICE
AND GAVE IT TO A WHOLE BUNCH
OF PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED EXPERT AT
ALTERNATIVE POLICING, COMMUNITY
SAFETY, STREET SAFETY AND ALL
THIS.
YET, SEATTLE IS REPEATING
THE FAILED POLICIES OF
EXEMPTING DRUG PUSHERS FROM JAIL
AND TAINTING THE RACIST LENS
WILL
OF GOVERNMENT THAT LOOKS
THROUGH AND IT'S BECAUSE THE
CITY ATTORNEY IS THE ONE
WHO'S TEMPTING FATE.
SHE HAS INFORMED THE
POLICE CHIEF THAT SHE'S
REPEATING
THE SAME BAD POLICIES OF PETE --
THAT SHE USED TO WORK FOR,
LOBBIED WITH ANDREW LEWIS
TO CONVINCE HIM TO NOT PUNISH OR
PROSECUTE ANY DRUG CRIMES
THAT ARE IN THE MISDEMEANOR
CATEGORY AND YET WE KNOW FOR A
FACT
THAT YOU CAN DESTROY PEOPLE'S
LIVES DAILY AND RUIN THE
PURSUITS OF
HAPPINESS AND IMPLODE SOCIETY
UNDER 3. 5 GRAMS AND NEVER
BE SCRUTINIZED BY THE COPS.
NEVER BE QUESTIONED BY THE COPS.
AND YET WE KNOW THAT
BRUCE HARRELL WAS, IN FACT,
THE ORIGINAL COUNCILMEMBER WHO
VOTED TO EXEMPT DRUG PUSHERS
FROM
JAIL AND SHIFT THE PARADIGM AWAY
FROM IMPROVING THE WAR ON DRUGS
AND
WE HAVE
ALL THESE PEOPLE GETTING RICH
RUNNING INTERFERENCE
FOR CRIMINALS AND PAYING
GANGSTERS
TO RELOCATE IF THEY
DON'T RETALIATE AND NOT ROB
PEOPLE AND
SEE CORRUPT NONPROFITS MAKING
$380,000 A YEAR ACTING LIKE
AN EXPERT IN GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION OR $260,000
AND
NO SCRUTINY OTHER THAN A HALF-
ASS AUDIT YET STILL NO ACTION
TAKEN
ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER
STILL GETTING AROUND TO THINKING
ABOUT
DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE AND
THEN TALKING ABOUT TAKING THE
MONEY AWAY BUT YET WHEN IT COMES
TO THE EFFECTIVE POLICIES
YOU ALL ARE FAILING AT PUBLIC
SAFETY.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS
EXPIRED.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
COMING OUT AND FOR THOSE THAT
ARE HERE RELATED TO
MR. HIGHTOWER, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
I DO HAVE A PICTURE
OF MR. HIGHTOWER --
>> [ INAUDIBLE
].
>> THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED
IS WHAT I MEAN.
MS. HIGHTOWER, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
FAMILY.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE YOU
WILL HAVE ON MAY 12th THE
COMMITTEE MEETING WITH OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS TWO
AGENDA ITEMS.
ONE RELATED TO THE CAL ANDERSON
PROTESTS HERE, THE REPORT,
THE REVIEW ON THAT, WHICH
GOES
SOMEWHAT TO SOME OF THESE PIECES
THAT WERE DISCUSS AND THEN
THE GENERAL HAVING THE
THREE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
HERE
TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUES.
ON THE COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON
THAT BUT
WE CAN CHECK INTO THAT
ISSUE BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE
ANY INSIGHT ON THERE.
SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES
THAT WERE BROUGHT UP REALLY GO
TO THE
SEAM. I APPRECIATE THE POINT
THAT WE CAN DO ALL WE CAN DO
ON PUBLIC SAFETY BUT IF THE
COUNTY IS
NOT DOING ITS PART ON PUBLIC
HEALTH WE'RE RUNNING TO
STANDSTILL.
FOR THOSE RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION WE ARE BRINGING ON
--
WE DIDN'T LOWER THE
STANDARDS FOR OUR TESTING FOR
INCOMING
TO SPD AS THOUGH SOME CALLED FOR
THAT, WE'VE MAINTAINED
THE HIGHER STANDARD TEST AND
WE'RE
WORKING TO BRING ON
GREAT REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE
OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE
MEMBERS
OF LITTLE SAIGON THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
I AGREE WE DON'T NEED A STUDY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING THIS, WE
CAN MOVE FORWARD.
THE CHALLENGES EVEN WITH A TASK
FORCE WE HAVE THE OF TWO
MINDS PROBLEM WHERE WE HAVE
DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS THAT LEAD TO PARALYSIS
OR ACTIONS THAT CANCEL
EACH OTHER OUT BUT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK THOSE ISSUES.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING.
WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO OUR
ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE
ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT WRITTEN
PUBLIC COMMENT ON SIGN-
UP ACCOUNTS OR E- MAIL THE
COUNCIL AT SEATTLE.GOV.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR
FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS.
CLERK READ AGENDA ITEM ONE --
TWO BUT NOT THE FIRST INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM
TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN
SEATTLE'S COMMUNITY VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION
ECOSYSTEM.
>> THANK YOU.
MISS RISCO,
WILL YOU JOIN US AT THE TABLE,
POLICE.
>> COLLEAGUES FOR THE INTEREST
OF TIME, AND I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE
SOME QUORUM
CHALLENGES, WE'LL
RUN THROUGH THE BRIEFING AND
LEAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE END.
SO GOOD MORNING, MS. BRISCOE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WILL YOU PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE
RECORD.
>> DEVITTA BRISCOE.
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
START YOUR PRESENTATION.
OUR CLERK WILL ENSURE THAT THE
SLIDES ARE COMING UP FOR YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> SO I'M JUST GOING TO --
I'M DEVITTA BRISCOE.
I PREVIOUSLY SERVED UNDER MAYOR
HARRELL AS THE GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION LIAISON.
SOME OF MY WORK IS GROUNDED IN
LIVED EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN
SERVING SEVERAL CAPACITIES IN
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, PUBLIC
SAFETY
CAPACITIES AND ALSO POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
I'M HERE TO SERVE IN THE ROLE
AS GIVING SOME GUIDANCE TO
THE COUNCIL AS FAR AS
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
AND AS A
STRATEGIC GUIDANCE ON WHAT
THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IN
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO TODAY'S BRIEFING IS
WE'RE GOING TO JUST KIND OF
GUIDE
THIS TODAY ON A SHARED
UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT CBI IS AND
GOING TO
WALK THROUGH WHAT CURRENT
LANDSCAPE IS IN SEATTLE, AND
I'M ALSO GOING TO KIND OF
IDENTIFY WHAT
THE GAPS ARE HERE IN OUR
CITY AND ALSO KIND OF LOOK
AT WHAT THE -- WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE OR
WE'RE GOING TO GROUND IT IN
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE
NATION.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
SERIOUS VIOLENCE IN CITIES IT'S
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IT'S
NOT
RANDOM. IT'S VERY CONCENTRATED.
EVEN -- IT'S
CONCENTRATED AMONGST A SMALL
NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND IN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT'S AND AMONGST SOCIAL
NETWORKS.
AND CYCLES OF RETALIATION.
WE ALSO SEE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAS A ROLE, BUT THEIR --
THE ROLE OF OUR COMMUNITY
VIOLENCE
INTERVENTIONISTS ARE WHEN
IT'S TRAUMA RELATED AND WHEN
IT'S ALSO DRIVEN BY THESE
SOCIAL
NETWORKS THAT'S THE ROLE
THAT WHERE OUR COMMUNITY
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
SPECIALISTS PLAY A
ROLE.
IT'S COMPLIMENTARY TO POLICE
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S --
IT'S CLUSTERED IN SOME OF
THESE SMALLER NEIGHBORHOODS SO
IT'S NOT SO MUCH TO
REPLACE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT TO
SERVE AS A
COMPLEMENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
NEXT SLIDE.
PUBLIC SAFETY APPROACH AS WELL.
PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL.
BECAUSE THIS VIOLENCE IS SO
CONCENTRATED, IT'S ALSO
PREDICTABLE, SO YOU'LL SEE
WHERE IT SAYS 60RS OF GUN
VIOLENCE
IS PREDICTED THROUGH A
SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND
THEN WE HAVE 40% OF THOSE WHO
ARE
SHOT OR KILLED OR INJURED
AGAIN WITHIN FIVE YEARS, THESE
ARE
REAL STATISTICS AND YOU
HAVE LIKE LESS THAN 2 OR 3% IN
EVERY
CITY RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 80%.
AND SO BECAUSE IT'S
SO PREDICTABLE THAT MEANS IT'S
ALSO THE MOST PREVENTABLE FORM
OF
VIOLENCE OR GUN VIOLENCE
I SHOULD SAY.
THAT'S WHY THIS FORM OF
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION HAS TO BE TARGETED
TO THIS GROUP
BECAUSE WE CAN PREDICT WHO
MOST LIKELY WILL BE SHOT OR WHO
WILL
BECOME A VICTIM AND SO THIS
STRATEGY OR THESE EVIDENCE-
BASED STRATEGIES
AROUND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION IS
THE MOST PREVENTABLE AND SOME
OF THESE APPROACHES ARE JUST
THE BEST SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE
SEEING ACROSS THE NATION WHAT
MOST
CITIES ARE USING.
WE KIND OF -- IT'S BEEN AROUND
FOREVER.
RECENTLY IN THE LAST I WOULD
SAY TWO TO THREE YEARS HAVE BEEN
REALLY STARTING TO PERFECT MORE
OF APPROACHES ACROSS THE CITY OR
ACROSS THE NATION WHERE
WE'RE SEEING MORE CITIES ADOPT
SOME
OF THESE BEST PRACTICES AND
REALLY
STARTING TO PUT MORE OF A
BUDGET TOWARDS EVIDENCE- BASED
STRATEGIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A
DEFINITION.
IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF
STRATEGIES, PUBLIC
HEALTH APPROACH THAT ADDRESSES
THE
ROOT
CAUSES. I SAY PROXIMATE CAUSES
AS
WELL AS ROOT CAUSES AND
PROXIMATE
CAUSES ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS
THAT DRIVE SO IT
COULD [ INAUDIBLE ] IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AN ARGUMENT WITH ANOTHER PERSON.
GANG RIVALRY.
DRUG RELATED RESPONSE.
SOMETIMES WE'RE LOOKING AT ROOT
CAUSES AND OFTEN SAYING
THOSE ARE UNDERLYING CAUSES.
THAT'S YOUR LONG- TERM
STRATEGY.
YOUR IMMEDIATE STRATEGY IS
YOUR PROXIMATE CAUSES.
SO YOUR CVIs ARE ADDRESSING
THE PROXIMATE CAUSES THAT GOING
TO TRY TO PREVENT SOME OF THOSE
RETALIATORY RESPONSES EITHER
WAY.
THAT'S THE IMMEDIATE.
SO I SAY PROXIMATE
CAUSES AS WELL AS THE LONG- TERM
RESPONSES WHICH ARE THE ROOT
CAUSES.
SO IT'S PROXIMATE AND ROOT
CAUSES OF VIOLENCE AND FOCUS
ON INTERRUPTING CYCLES OF
VIOLENCE, PREVENTING RETALIATORY
ACTS AND
PROMOTING POSITIVE COMMUNITY
CHANGE USING A NETWORK
OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
SO I WOULD SAY COORDINATING
AMONGST AND ALSO SAY AT A CITY
LED
APPROACH AS WELL AND
YOU'RE COORDINATING WITH
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THE
CITY, THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE,
AND IT'S A CVI ECOSYSTEM.
IT'S NOT INDIVIDUAL
PROGRAMSPROGRAMS WHICH IS WHERE
I'M FINDING
THE GAPS IS THAT WE'RE
FUNDING INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS AND
BUY-
IN PROGRAMS BUT THIS IS A CVI
ECOSYSTEM TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE
FUNDING.
YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT
SUSTAINABLE.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN THE ECOSYSTEM, CITY
LED STRATEGIES AND YOU HAVE
THESE
WRAP- AROUND SERVICES AND YOU
WANT TO FOCUS ON THE HIGHEST
RISK, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR STREET
OUTREACH, YOUR STREET
OUTREACH INTERVENTION IS
GOING TO BE YOUR CORE SERVICES
OF YOUR ECOSYSTEM
AND YOUR ADDRESSING VIOLENCE IN
REALTIME.
YOU'RE ALSO DOING MEDIATION
AND YOUR
PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH WITH YOUR
PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATION
AND DATA TARGETED RESPONSE.
YOU'RE PROVIDING STRUCTURE
FOR THIS ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM
AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO
SUSTAIN VIOLENCE OVER TIME ON A
CITYWIDE LEVEL.
NEXT SLIDE.
SORRY.
SO IN SEATTLE WE'RE DOING
THE RIGHT THINGS.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT PARTNERS
WHO ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THIS
WORK.
WE HAVE -- I GUESS WHAT
WE'RE LACKING WOULD BE THE
GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE, BUT ALSO BE
THE OVERSIGHT AND WE HAVE
ORGANIZATIONS AND
PARTNERS OPERATING IN SILOS AND
LACKING THE DATA IN INTEGRATION
AND THE
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
AND COORDINATING ACROSS
AGENCIES.
SO THAT IS THE PART THAT
WE'RE -- THAT'S WHERE
THE LARGEST GAPS ARE.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT
WHERE
WE'LL HAVE MORE SUSTAINED --
WHERE WE'RE ABLE
TO HAVE SYSTEMS LEVEL INCREASES
IN WHERE WE WANT TO SEE THAT
SUSTAINED, MORE SUSTAINED
OUTCOMES.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF
STRENGTHS WHERE WE CAN BUILD
FROM.
WE'VE SEEN SOME
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN 2024
AND IN
2025 WHERE WE SAW FIRST HALF OF
2025
DECLINED 41%.
AND FIREARM HOMICIDES
DECLINED BY 29% AND THEN WE ALSO
--
THERE WAS A TOP TEN CITY -- WE
WERE IN THE TOP TEN ON THE
NATIONAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION
INDEX IN
2023.
THAT DID NOT MEASURE INDIVIDUAL
PROGRAMS.
THAT MEASURED
SEATTLE'S READINESS FOR CVI
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT -- AND THEY
ACTUALLY MEASURED ALL, THE WHOLE
COUNTRY, THE WHOLE NATION, WE
WERE IN
THE TOP TEN FOR THAT.
THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD MEASURE
THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR
EXISTING HOSPITAL BASED
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION THAT IS
VERY
COMMITTED TO THIS WORK AS
WELL THAT WE HAVE SEATTLE HAS IS
VERY
INVESTED IN THAT.
AND THEN THE OUTCOMES
THAT WE HAVE FROM SYVPI IN THE
EARLY
2010s.
WE HAVE THAT TO BUILD FROM.
WE HAVE GOOD PARTNERSHIPS ON A
INITIAL LEVEL FOR
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH CITIES
UNITED, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, EVERY
TOWN
FOR GUN SAFETY.
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS AVAILABLE AND
READY TO MAKE A COMMITMENT
TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND
SUPPORT TO OUR PROVIDERS AND TO
HELP BUILD THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CVI
GOVERNANCE AND
TO SUPPORT OUR PARTNERSHIPS
THAT ARE ON THE GROUND.
AND ALSO ACROSS AGENCY
COORDINATION.
OKAY.
GO AHEAD.
AND THEN ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, WE
LOOK TO -- I LOOK
TO NEW YORK CITY AS A KIND OF
WHAT
THEY'VE DONE
THERE.
THEY'VE -- THEY'VE -- THEY'VE AT
THE INTEGRATED ACROSS
NEIGHBORHOODS
RESPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
A NEIGHBORHOOD PRESENCE AND
VISIBILITY.
AND THAT'S -- THEY ACTUALLY
HAVE
THE BEST MODEL WE'VE SEEN,
WHICH YOU'VE ALSO SEEN IT IN
NEWARK AND WISCONSIN AND
OAKLAND.
A FEW OTHER CITIES THAT KIND OF
HAVE THE
GOVERNANCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
DATA
MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
AND SOME OF THESE
OTHER EFFORTS WHERE YOU'RE
SEEING
SUSTAINABLE THAT'S BEEN
EFFECTIVE BUT THE
CRISIS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
IN NEW YORK IS PROBABLY THE
MOST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BIGGER
SYSTEM, AND AGAIN IT'S NOT
TO LOOK TO THEM AS FAR AS LIKE
A PROGRAM OR A MODEL TO TAKE
FROM THE TO IMPLEMENT HERE, BUT
IT'S TO SEE HOW THEY BUILT THE
SYSTEM AND TO -- NOT TO TAKE IT
FROM THERE BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT
LIKELIKE TAKING MODELS AND
BUILDING THEM.
THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT
WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE AND
THEN
THEY'RE TAKING SOME OF
THOSE PIECES AND CUSTOMIZING IT
TO THEIR CITY.
THEN ALSO WHAT WE'VE SEEN
IN CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFULSUCCESSFUL THE
CAPACITY.
THEY'RE BUILDING THESE SPECIFIC
CAPACITIES AND THAT'S
LEADERSHIP.
THE LEADERSHIP CAPACITY,
DATA INFORMED APPROACHES, AND
THEN ALSO YOU HAVE ABILITY TO
COLLABORATE ACROSS AGENCIES
AND THEN BUILDING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE AND TO
SUSTAIN THE --
OVER TIME.
AND PROFESSIONAL --
TO PROFESSIONALIZE THE WORK
FORCE, THIS IS THE KEY PART, I
THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT AS
WELL,
IS SOMETIMES OUR WORKFORCE ON
THE
GROUND, THEY'RE DOING THE
WORK AND THEIR CREDIBILITY IS
GREAT, BUT THEIR CREDIBILITY
ALSO NEEDS
STRUCTURE.
SO THAT MEANS THEIR
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
THAT MEANS
THEIR TRAINING, THAT MEANS THE
WORKFORCE IS BUILDING
THEIR LEGITIMACY NOT JUST WITH
THEIR RAPPORT
WITH THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO
MEANS THEY'RE FOLLOWING
PROTOCOLS.
IT MEANS -- AND THAT'S WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT LOOKS THE SAME WAY IN WEST
SEATTLE THAT IT LOOKS IN
RAINIER BEACH THAT THEY'RE ALL
FOLLOWING THE SAME PROTOCOLS,
SAME TRAINING AND WE'RE LOOKING
AT THAT TRAINING OVER TIME
AND WE'RE ASSESSING THAT
TRAINING
ALL THE TIME JUST SAME WAY
YOU LOOK AT THE FIRE, YOU LOOK
AT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE
FIRST RESPONDERS AND WE'RE --
HOLDING THEM TO THE STANDARDS OF
REGULAR FIRST RESPONDERS LIKE
ANYONE
ELSE.
SO THIS IS I THINK --
I'M THINKING TO PROFESSIONALIZE
THAT WORKFORCE IN A WAY THAT WE
--
THEY'RE TREATED AS
FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE SAME WAY
AS ANY OTHER FIRST RESPONDER.
THIS IS THE COORDINATED
ECOSYSTEM AND WHERE YOU
HAVE YOUR PREVENTION,
INTERVENTION,
STABILIZATION, AND,
AGAIN, INTERVENTION WOULD BE,
YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE GOING TO INTERRUPT
THE CYCLES OF
VIOLENCE, STABILIZATION IS YOUR
VICTIM
AND FAMILY SUPPORT, AND YOUR --
FIRST YOUR PREVENTION, YOUR --
I'M SORRY
INTERVENTION, YOUR STREET
OUTREACH, YOUR MEDIATION,
YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOUR
OUTREACH WORKERS ARE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO
PROVIDE THAT, YOUR
INTERVENTION, VICTORY SUPPORT IS
MAYBE WOULD
BE RECOVERY, WOULD BE --
YOUR VICTIMS TO SUPPORT SERVICES
WHICH I FEEL LIKE WE NEED A LOT
OF SUPPORT HERE IN SEATTLE TO
BE IMPROVED TREMENDOUSLY.
PREVENTION WOULD BE, OF
COURSE, DOING MORE MENTORING AND
SUPPORT.
AGAIN, I WOULD SAY MORE
OF ANYTHING THAT'S
RELATED TO GUN VIOLENCE
SPECIFICALLY AND
TO THIS SMALL POPULATION.
SO NOT JUST YOUR BROAD
PROGRAMMING.
NOT BROAD VIOLENCE PREVENTION
PROGRAMMING, BUT WHAT IS RELATED
SPECIFICALLY TO THIS POPULATION.
THEN YOUR RE- ENTRY
OPPORTUNITY PATHWAYS ARE GOING
TO BE
AGAIN FOR YOUR MORE HIGH RISK SO
THAT WOULD BE YOUR LEGAL
SUPPORT, THAT WOULD BE LIFE
COACHING, THAT WOULD BE
TRANSITIONAL
EMPLOYMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOUR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
THAT WOULD BE THE OVERSIGHT SO
AN OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE OFFICE
OF
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND THEN
ALSO YOUR DATA SUPPORT.
SO DATA DASHBOARDS.
ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN TRACK AND
SUSTAIN YOUR
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES OVER
TIME AND HOW YOU
WOULD TRACK YOUR OUTCOMES.
AND SO THAT KIND OF COMES IN
THAT BRACKET THERE.
AND YOUR WORKFORCE AND YOUR
INFRASTRUCTURE.
COMMUNITY TRUST IS ALSO YOUR
BRANDING AND YOUR VISIBILITY.
HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY IS
RECOGNIZING YOUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS. AND THE RAPPORT THAT
THEY'RE
BUILDING IN THOSE HOT SPOT
AREAS. HOW MUCH ARE THEY
RECOGNIZED
BY THE PARTNERSHIPS?
ARE THEY WALKING THE STREETS AND
ARE THEY RECOGNIZED BY THE
COMMUNITY? ARE THEY TRUSTED IN
THOSE
AREAS BY THE COMMUNITY?
ARE THE NEIGHBORS IN THE
POST- SHOOTING ARE THEY
CHECKING IN WITH THE NEIGHBORS,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION.
NEXT SLIDE.
WHERE SEATTLE ALLIANCE.
SO, AGAIN, WE ARE ALIGNED
AROUND THE PUBLIC HEALTH
FRAMING.
WE ALL GET IT WHEN WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE APPROACH
WE WANT TO MAKE.
OUR PARTNERSHIPS, AS FAR AS
THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS,
WE'RE ALIGNED THERE.
AND THEN THE HOSPITAL BASED
INTERVENTION.
WE ARE STRONG IN OUR
APPROACH WITH HARBORVIEW.
WHERE WE'RE LAGGING IS IN THE
OVERSIGHT IN THE GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE.
AND THEN OUR
INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN
PROVIDING
THE COORDINATION AND THE
OVERSIGHT AND HOW WE'RE GOING
TO APPROACH
THAT COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
PARTNERSHIPS AND MAKING THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN
THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT,
TO
GIVE IT THE SUPPORT AROUND ALL
OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS
AND OVER THE -- THE OVERSIGHT.
AND NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN AGAIN THIS WAS
A NEW YORK EXAMPLE I WAS
EXPLAINING AND WHAT THEY'VE
DONE ACROSS
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY
HAVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE
VISIBILITY.
AND THEN HOW THEY ARE -- THEY
GO BEYOND JUST COUNTING
INCIDENTS AND SHOOTINGS.
AGAIN IT'S LIKE THE DOSAGE
OF THEIR PRESENCE.
THEY'RE DOING MORE THAN JUST
A NUMBER -- NUMBERS OF SHOOTINGS
THEY'RE DECREASING.
THEIR APPROACH IS MORE
OF PRESENCE AND THEY'RE
COUNTING MORE THAN JUST OTHER --
THEIR
APPROACHES THE WAY
THEY'RE CAPTURING THEIR DATA
THEY'VE APPROACHED IT DIFFERENT
WAYS.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS BRANDED
VEHICLES, THEIR
UNIFORMS, AND THEY HAVE
NEIGHBORHOOD PUBS.
IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IS
A PHYSICAL SPACE WHERE THE
CITY INVESTS IN LIKE LET'S SAY
AN
OLD FIREHOUSE AND REVAMP THAT
FIREHOUSE TO HAVE A
PHYSICAL LOCATION WHERE THE
PEOPLE IN
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CAN GO IN.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT I
NOTICE WHEN I WAS ABLE TO DO A
SITE
VISIT THERE IS EVERY BOROUGH
IN NEW YORK HAS A PHYSICAL SPACE
IN
EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
THEY'RE ABLE TO GO IN AND HAVE
PROGRAMMING, MEET WITH A CASE
MANAGER, YOU KNOW, JOB PROSPECT,
SEARCH FOR A JOB OR DO A HEALING
CIRCLE, WHAT NOT.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND THERE'S
DEFINITELY INVESTMENT ON THE
FEDERAL,
STATE, AND LOCAL LEVEL.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH IF THE FUNDING
EXISTS, IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE FUNDING IS ALINED SO THAT
IT'S SUPPORTING THE WORK AND
TO ENSURE
IT'S NOT -- SO THERE'S NOT
FRAGMENTED ON THE GROUND
SO THAT IT'S ALL ALIGNED.
AGAIN, I THINK EARLY IN THE YEAR
THE FUNDING WAS CUT ON
THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE STILL TRYING
TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET
THAT MONEY BACK.
STILL IN THE WORKS.
THIS -- EVERY CITY DOESN'T DO
THIS ALL IN ONE PHASE.
THEY KIND OF THEY DO THIS IN
PHASES.
THEY KIND OF DO THE PLANNING AND
THEY TO IT -- PLANNING,
INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILD OUT THE
SYSTEM, AND THEN THEY DO A
PILOT.
THEY EVALUATE THAT PILOT.
THE LAST PART IS THEY SCALE
WHAT WORKS AND THEN THEY SCALE
IT FROM THERE.
>> PHASE ONE WOULD BE
WHAT COUNCIL WOULD BE FUNDING
AND THAT WOULD BE THIS
BRIEFING WOULD BE WHAT'S
HAPPENING ON
A NATIONAL SCALE.
SEATTLE WILL BE AN ASSESSMENT OF
WHAT SEATTLE CVI ECOSYSTEM
IS AND THEN NUMBER THREE THE
OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION,
THE
FRAMEWORK OR THE GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE OF WHAT THAT
IS AND THEN ALSO A BUDGET AND
THE
IMPLEMENTATION.
NEXT SLIDE.
I THINK THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU, MS. -- THANK YOU,
MS. BRISCOE.
THERE YOU GO.
SO THANKS VERY MUCH. I THINK
THIS BRIEFING IS
IMPORTANT.
IN THE SENSE OF WHAT WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT DIFFERENT PIECES,
SO THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO KICK
OFF
AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY
IDENTIFY SOME OF THE ISSUES WE
HAVE.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE.
NORMALLY I WOULD GO TO MY VICE
CHAIR, BUT COUNCILMEMBER
LIN, MAYBE GOING REMOTE OR WE
MAY
BE DONE AT THAT POINT, BUT I
JUST WANTED TO SKIP NORMAL
PROTOCOL,
SORRY, VICE CHAIR, AND GO
TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN IF YOU HAD
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU VICE CHAIR,
SAKA.
MORE OF A STATEMENT
OBSERVATION AND THEN I'M
GOING TO TRANSITION TO REMOTE
AND LISTENING IN
HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION, SUPER HELPFUL.
YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR
DISTRICT 2, RAY NEAR BEACH,
NOT JUST RAYNEAR BEACH, BUT RANA
VISTA, IT'S AN URGENT PRIORITY.
YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT --
I HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS DOWN AT
RAINER BEACH WITH THE
PRINCIPALS AND COMMUNITY PASSAGE
WAYS
AND SPD AND, YOU KNOW,
OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
IT'S A
REALLY, YOU KNOW,
HELPFUL MEETING AND I THINK --
DO THINK WE'RE DOING A LOT OF
GOOD WORK
AND DOING A LOT OF -- AND I
DO THINK YOU TALK ABOUT THE
SEAMS, ABOUT THE NEED FOR
COLLABORATION AND WHAT I SAW ON
YOUR
SLIDES LINES UP WITH WHAT I'M
OBSERVING A LOT IN TERMS OF WHAT
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK,
BUT THE SILOS, LACK OF
COLLABORATION, THE LACK OF
THE CITY SORT OF STEPPING INTO
THIS
BEING MORE PROACTIVE, IS WHAT
I WITNESSED AND PART OF THIS
GETS BACK TO WHAT I THINK THE
DIFFICULT DISCUSSION
WE'RE HAVING IN THE CITY AROUND
POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND SORT OF
THE ROLE OF POLICE AND I THINK,
YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE THIS SORT
OF BINARY DISCUSSION AROUND
POLICING, RIGHT.
IT'S EITHER YES POLICING OR
NO POLICING AND I THINK WHAT WE
ALL WANT IS POLICING WITH
ACCOUNTABILITY.
YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN WORK ON
THAT, BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S
HARM IN THE COMMUNITY THAT GOES
UNADDRESSED WHETHER IT'S FROM
VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY OR
WHETHER IT'S FROM POLICE
VIOLENCE, WHEN IT GOES
UNADDRESSED IT FESTERS,
RIGHT, AND CENTRAL TO THIS WORK,
WHAT I THINK HAS BEEN MISSING IS
THE
COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THE
CITY AND SPD AND PART OF THAT
IS BECAUSE OF THIS
DIFFICULT SORT OF COMMUNITY
CONVERSATION WE'RE
HAVING AND SO HOW DO WE BUILD
THAT TRUST?
HOW DO WE BUILD THAT
RELATIONSHIP?
I SEE IT BECAUSE I'M ON
THE WEEKLY CALLS BETWEEN
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND CVD.
I DON'T HAVE THE SAME
HISTORY THAT YOU DO IN THIS WORK
BUT WE
ARE DOING GOOD WORK AND I FEEL
LIKE THE, YOU KNOW,
2020 RECONCILING WE HAD, THE
HARD CONVERSATIONS WE HAD, YOU
KNOW, THE DEFUND MOVEMENT SORT
OF, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE'RE
LIKE
WE'RE GOING TO HAND OFF OUR
FUNDING TO
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
BE HANDS OFF AND
THAT CAN BE. WE HAVE TO WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP IS WHAT I'M HEARING
AND WHAT I
SEE.
I THINK WE'RE STARTING ON
THAT PATH AGAIN BUT WE HAVE A
LOT OF
PROGRESS.
THAT'S -- HAPPY TO HEAR
YOUR REACTION TO THAT BUT WANT
TO KIND OF SHARE THOSE
OBSERVATIONS.
>> YEAH.
EVEN IN THIS WORK, LEGITIMACY,
THAT DRIVES HOMICIDES WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE LEGITIMACY.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT.
IT'S CONNECTED.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE
IS NOT SO MUCH A PARTNERSHIP BUT
A HEALTHY COEXISTENCE.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE
OFTEN THOUGHT THAT THEY CAN
SOLVE GUN
VIOLENCE WITHOUT THE POLICE.
AND I KEEP SAYING THAT'S
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHO IS GOING TO GET YOUR
GUNS OFF THE STREET?
WHO IS GOING TO DO YOUR
INVESTIGATIONS? AND WHO'S GOING
TO CLEAR YOUR
HOMICIDES?
IF YOU DON'T CLEAR
HOMICIDES PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
CONSTANTLY TRY TO SOLVE GUN
VIOLENCE ON
THEIR
OWN. SO -- AND SO YOU WANT
PEOPLE
TO AT LEAST BE ABLE THINK THEY
CAN TRUST IF THEY DON'T WANT TO
SOLVE IT ON THEIR OWN.
AT SOME POINT, I WOULDN'T --
I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A
PARTNERSHIP.
I WANT TO SAY A HEALTHY
COEXISTENCE SO THAT IF WE
HAVE OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION
TEAMS SHOWING UP AT THOSE
HOMICIDE
SCENES, THEY KNOW WHO THEY
ARE AND THEY KNOW HOW THEY'RE
TRAINED.
WHAT THEIR ROLE IS AND WHAT THE
OFFICER'S ROLE IS.
IF THEY'RE THERE THEY'RE
GOING TO SAY WHO ARE THESE GUYS
AND
WHY ARE THEY AT MY CRIME SCENE.
THEY HAVE TO BE CO- TRAINED
SO THAT THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM.
IF THEY'RE THERE TO ASSES
THAT SITUATION AND STOP A
RETALIATION THEY WILL BE
DEPLOYED TO THOSE
THINGS, TO THE HOSPITAL.
EVERYBODY HAS TO BE
FAMILIAR WITH WHO'S DOING WHAT.
AND WHY THEY'RE THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR GUN
VIOLENCE REDUCTION UNIT TO KNOW
WHO
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE,
WHO'S DOING THAT WORK AND FOR
THEM
TO BE -- HAVE SOME FORM
OF COMMUNICATION ON A WEEKLY
BASIS NOT
THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE
GIVING THEM INFORMATION BUT
THEY COULD BE SAYING THESE
ARE THE GUYS ON OUR RADAR.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO BE MAKING ANY ARRESTS
ON
THESE GUYS, BUT MAYBE
THEY'RE CAUSING A LOT OF
PROBLEMS YOU
GUYS CAN TALK TO THESE GUYS OR
WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT AT SOME
POINT
THERE HAS TO BE LIKE I SAID
A HEALTHY COEXISTENCE, TO HELP
MY THING IS GETTING AHEAD OF
THE SHOOTING NOT RESPONDING TO
THEM.
THAT'S THE ROLE. IS THAT THEY
GET AHEAD OF IT.
>> CAN I SAY ONE MORE
THING.
>> OF
COURSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
A COUPLE MORE POINTS.
REALLY APPRECIATED
THE DISCUSSION AROUND
HAVING PROFESSIONALIZATION AND
STANDARDIZATION.
I DO THINK THIS WORK HAS
BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH, THERE
ARE
BEST PRACTICES AND HAVING THAT,
YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY WE ALL NEED
ACCOUNTABILITY, FROM OUR
PARTNERS, POLICE, OURSELVES,
BUT A COUPLE OTHER POINTS, JUST
THE NEED TO SOLVE CRIMES AND
MURDERS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, NOT
ONLY FOR THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES
TO HAVE
THAT, IT'S, OBVIOUSLY, DOES
NOT BRING THE LOVED ONE BACK
BUT IT IS A CRITICAL PIECE.
WHEN THEY GO UNSOLVED, THIS
HARM GOES UNADDRESSED, THAT
DOES, YOU KNOW, RESULT IN
INCREASED
LIKELIHOOD OF
FURTHER GUN VIOLENCE IF WE
DON'T HAVE A
RESOLUTION.
SO I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW,
OVERLOOK THE IMPORTANCE OF --
AND, OF COURSE, WE
ABSOLUTELY WANT TO PREVENT IT IN
THE FIRST
PLACE, INCLUDING PREVENTING ANY
RETALIATION.
THANK YOU, AGAIN.
AND THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LIN AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING A
BIT LONGER APPRECIATE IT.
PLEASE GO ON YOUR PHONE AT
LEAST FOR A BIT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS I
WANTED
TO NOTE IS POLICE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY IS IMPORTANT
AND THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE.
I SEE IT WITH TWO PIECES.
ONE WITH THE GOVERNMENT
CITY GOVERNMENT PIECE OF
ALTERNATE RESPONSE AND THEN THE
COMMUNITY
PIECE.
WE HAVE TWO LAYERS OF
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR ALL THREE ELEMENTS TO HAVE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND I
KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
MENTIONING
YOU MENTIONED SPD MULTIPLE TIMES
BUT
AS YOU LOOK AT
DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS PART OF MY
QUESTION,
LIKE WHERE IS CARE?
AND -- BECAUSE AGAIN, WE
CANNOT BE SOLELY FOCUSED ALL THE
TIME
ON SPD.
I THINK FOR SUCCESS, IT IS
TO RIGHT SIZE THAT ROLE AND THEN
IN THE CONTEXT OF OVERALL
ARCHITECTURE, SOMETHING
I'VE BEEN DOING SINCE 2020
FIRST IN THE COMMUNITY ROLE AND
NOW IN THIS ROLE, TOO.
ALL RIGHT.
SORRY VICE CHAIR.
I NORMALLY GO TO YOU
FIRST, BUT COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S
SHIFTING
TO HIS PHONE AND THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN AWKWARD.
OVER TO YOU, VICE CHAIR.
>> NO WORRIES.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK MS.
BRISCOE FOR JOINING US
TODAY, SHARING HER INSIGHTS,
REALLY APPRECIATE THIS WORK AND
CLEARLY SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR
OUR
CITY AND FRANKLY OUR
BROADER REGION. THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY.
THANKS, VICE
CHAIR.
>> I WILL BASICALLY BE
MAKING OBSERVATION FROM YOUR
SLIDES.
YOU KNOW, ON SLIDE 6, YOU
NOTE IN A BULLET MULTIPLE
CVI INVESTMENTS OPERATING
WITHOUT
SHARED GOVERNANCE OR EXECUTIVE
OWNERSHIP, GOES TO
THE FRAGMENTED CVI LANDSCAPE.
GO THROUGH THE SLIDES WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT NATIONAL TRENDS
MAIN BULLET FOCUS ON GOVERNANCE
AND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
NEXT SLIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT
SUCCESSFUL CITIES BUILD IS
POLITICAL GOVERNANCE AND
PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERSHIP.
THERE'S A TREND COMING HERE.
THE NEXT SLIDE ON SLIDE TEN,
YOU KNOW, CREDIBLE MESSENGERS
ARE MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN
SUPPORTED BY
CLEAR PRACTICE GOVERNANCE.
THEN IN THE ECOSYSTEM ON PAGE
11, AGAIN, MAIN PIECE IS
GOVERNANCE DATA.
AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
KEY WORD.
AND THEN WHERE SEATTLE ALIGNS
LAGGING, EXECUTIVE OWNERSHIP,
PRACTICE GOVERNANCE, SLIDE
12 AND THEN WALK THROUGH
THE BRIEFING AND YOU HIT
THESE POINTS AND HERE'S THE
THING,
SOMETHING
THAT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING TO ME
FOR A WHILE SO
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE WILL HAVE OTHER TYPES
OF BRIEFINGS AND MEETINGS ON
THIS TOPIC BECAUSE IT'S
IMPORTANT.
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. AND THE
DIFFERENT
LAYERS OF ALTERNATE RESPONSE.
THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO
THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN.
WITH YOU HAD A BULLET THAT
SAIDSAID COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND
THAT'S PART
REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE
HAVE SOME OF THE PIECES HERE BUT
IT'S ABOUT MAKING IT HAPPEN.
AND I HAVE THE CARE
ENABLING ORDINANCE IN MY HAND
RIGHT
NOW AND IT SAYS, YOU KNOW,
NUMBER
SIX, CREATE A NEW INITIATIVE
TO INTEGRATE CITY'S
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
USING
RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE
BASED STRATEGIES TO REDUCE
VIOLENCE INCLUDING I DENT FIG
SPECIFIC AND MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
THIS INITIATIVE WILL FOCUS
INITIALLY ON GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTIONS, COMMUNITY BASED
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS INCLUDING
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS,
YOUTH FOCUSED PROGRAMS,
SOMETHING COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN
PUSHING, EVIDENCE BASED PUBLIC
SAFETY STRATEGIES TO
MEASURE PROGRAMS SUCCESS AND
DEVELOP FUTURE SOLUTIONS.
>> THAT MOVE FROM
FRAGMENTATION TO BUILDING THE
SYSTEM AND
OVERSIGHT.
>> HERE WE ARE IN
2026.
>> THAT'S WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE
DOING.
>> BUT IN -- AND IT'S HERE
AND HERE WE ARE IN '26, A YEAR
AGO, WASN'T IN MY COMMITTEE,
THE
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, I WAS
VICE CHAIRING AT THE TIME, THE
CITY
AUDITOR'S REPORT WITH THE
FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
BETTER
UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS CURRENT
GUN VIOLENCE PATTERNS IN
SEATTLE.
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE
AND, TWO, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS,
THE RECOMMENDATION ONE WAS ABOUT
REPORTING, GETTING THE DATA
PIECES WHICH WAS SO IMPORTANT.
BUT TWO, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE SHOULD PROVIDE AN UPDATE
TO SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
AND COMMUNITY ASSISTED BASICALLY
THE
CARE DEPARTMENT'S
ORDINANCE MANDATED NEW
INITIATIVE.
HERE WE ARE.
11 MONTHS LATER.
AND SO COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC, THE PIECES ARE
THERE.
>> RIGHT.
>> IT'S ABOUT EXECUTING,
LEADERSHIP.
IN MY ROLE I
HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES HERE
BUT THIS IS THE MEETING WE'RE
HAVING
THE MEETING AND GOING TO
HAVE FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS
THERE'S DIFFERENT PIECES TO
THIS,
BUT CLEARLY THERE'S ONE
AREA WE COULD DO A LOT OF WORK
PRETTY QUICK AND SO FOR THOSE
THAT
KNOW MY COMMITTEE I USE
THESE BRIEFINGS FOR THREE
THINGS.
INFORM, WORK
SPECIFIC LEGISLATION AND WORK
THE BUDGET.
AND SO AGAIN WE ALREADY HAVE AN
ORDINANCE, A CITY AUDITOR'S
REPORT ON IT SO IT'S PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD. THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO
WORK WITH THE
MAYOR'S PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISER
LEAD ON AND HER
WHOLE TEAM AND IN ADDITION,
WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND THE VERY
STAKEHOLDERS OF WHICH
YOU'RE ONE AND OTHERS AS WELL,
TO
WORK THESE PIECES.
AND THEN IT CAN HELP, YOU
KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE
LITTLE SAIGON AND NORTH BEACON
HILL.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING
RECENTLY IN BELLTOWN, DRUG DEAL
WENT
BAD, TALK ABOUT DRUG THE PERSON
DIED.
WE HAVE THESE GUN
VIOLENCE ISSUES IN DOWNTOWN,
THIRD
PIKE AND PINE, BELLTOWN,
DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS, OBVIOUSLY,
IN PINEHURST SQUARE, SOME OF
THIS GOES TO OVERNIGHT
ESTABLISHMENTS BUT -- AND WE'VE
WORKS
THAT PIECE BUT THIS IS ANOTHER
AREA WE NEED TO WORK AND I
THINK WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES HERE
AND
SO YOUR BRIEFING, I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY SLIDES I NOTED, FIVE OR
SIX, IT'S QUITE CLEAR WHAT WE
NEED TO DO, COLLEAGUES
AND THERE'S OTHER WORK TO BE
DONE
TOO. I'M TALKING ABOUT SOME OF
THE SPECIFIC PIECES THAT WE
CAN DO AND I THINK WE CAN DO
RELATIVELY QUICKLY IN
ADDITION TO SOME OF THE MORE
BROADER PIECES WHICH
GOES TO THE OF TWO MINDS
ISSUE IN OUR CITY WHERE WE'RE
KIND
OF STUCK BETWEEN THESE
COMPETING THOUGHTS AND, YOU
KNOW,
EMPHASIS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I
THINK IF
WE TALK LIKE YOU CAN
HEAR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND I WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT THERE'S
A WHOLE LOT OF OVERLAP.
AND THAT OVERLAP IS WHERE WE CAN
GET WORK DONE.
AND SO, COLLEAGUES, WITH
THAT KIND OF CONCLUDING
STATEMENT, I
JUST WANTED --
>> SPEAKING OF DATA, AS YOU
WERE SAYING, IS WHAT I
JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT EVEN [
INAUDIBLE ]
APPROACH HELPS YOU FIGURE OUT
WHAT YOUR PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS
ARE AND ACTUALLY I JUST
LEARNED BEACON HILL, WHICH I'M
SURPRISED
COME UP ON THE LIST.
I'M REALLY SURPRISED
ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT'S WHAT
I'VE LEARNED.
>> IF YOU DO A PUBLIC SAFETY
WALK ABLE WITH THE
TWO COUNCILMEMBERS YOU'RE
NOT SURPRISED PARTICULARLY
WHEN BACKED UP BY PUBLIC
COMMENTERS.
>> THE DATA PIECES ARE THERE.
LIKE I MENTIONED ON THE
CHAIR'S COMMENTS TALKING ABOUT
THE ARTICLE FROM SEATTLE TIMES
WE WORKED IT WITH OTHER PIECES
OF LEGISLATION AND WORKED WITH
THE
DATA SCIENCES IN SPD AND THE
CITY ATTORNEY EAVES.
WE WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE PREVIOUS OR THE SPD, THE
CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OUR OFFICE.
THESE THINGS ARE KNOWN.
IT'S ABOUT EXECUTING.
>>
RIGHT.
>> IT'S ABOUT IMPLEMENTING.
>> YES.
>> JUST FOOT STOMP
MY CHAIR
COMMENT. WITH THAT WE HAVE
REACHED THE
END OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA.
IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN
EXCEPT TO
WISH COUNCILMEMBER SAFE TRAVELS
TO THE UNIVERSITY -- THE U
DISTRICT HAVING AND SEEING NO
FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE WE ARE ADJOURNED.