1 00:00:01,067 --> 00:00:08,608 ♪♪ 2 00:00:10,810 --> 00:00:13,346 What's at stake this year is who runs Seattle, 3 00:00:13,446 --> 00:00:15,715 big business or working people? 4 00:00:15,815 --> 00:00:17,450 Last year, the corporate elite 5 00:00:17,550 --> 00:00:20,186 bullied our city to defeat the Amazon tax, 6 00:00:20,286 --> 00:00:23,356 which would have funded housing and services. 7 00:00:23,456 --> 00:00:25,725 Now they are trying to buy this election 8 00:00:25,825 --> 00:00:27,127 with an unprecedented 9 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:31,064 $1.5 million in three corporate PACs. 10 00:00:31,164 --> 00:00:32,899 15 Amazon executives, 11 00:00:32,999 --> 00:00:34,267 along with big developers 12 00:00:34,367 --> 00:00:35,869 and corporate lobbyists, 13 00:00:35,969 --> 00:00:37,871 have donated to my opponent. 14 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:40,573 This is a struggle for the soul of Seattle. 15 00:00:40,673 --> 00:00:42,242 The Chamber of Commerce has gotten 16 00:00:42,342 --> 00:00:45,011 its candidates into every city council race. 17 00:00:45,111 --> 00:00:47,180 Their mission -- take over City Hall 18 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,848 and flip it to the right. 19 00:00:48,948 --> 00:00:50,717 But we can fight back. 20 00:00:50,817 --> 00:00:52,252 I've used my two terms 21 00:00:52,352 --> 00:00:54,120 to help build powerful movements 22 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:57,323 and coalitions to win historic victories. 23 00:00:57,424 --> 00:01:00,360 I'm proud to have helped lead the way in making Seattle 24 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:04,097 the first major city to win the $15 minimum wage. 25 00:01:04,197 --> 00:01:05,665 Since then, we've won 26 00:01:05,765 --> 00:01:07,067 tens of millions of dollars 27 00:01:07,167 --> 00:01:08,568 for affordable housing 28 00:01:08,668 --> 00:01:10,804 and landmark renters' rights laws. 29 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:13,973 We won crucial funding for LGBTQ services. 30 00:01:14,074 --> 00:01:15,175 Now we are bringing back 31 00:01:15,275 --> 00:01:17,544 the Central District Post Office. 32 00:01:17,644 --> 00:01:19,579 Despite a major construction boom, 33 00:01:19,679 --> 00:01:21,414 Seattle's housing affordability 34 00:01:21,514 --> 00:01:22,849 and homelessness crisis remain 35 00:01:22,949 --> 00:01:24,584 among the nation's worst. 36 00:01:24,684 --> 00:01:26,386 The for-profit housing market 37 00:01:26,486 --> 00:01:28,855 and political establishment have failed us. 38 00:01:28,955 --> 00:01:30,557 We need rent control, 39 00:01:30,657 --> 00:01:32,192 free of corporate loopholes, 40 00:01:32,292 --> 00:01:34,394 and a massive expansion of social housing, 41 00:01:34,494 --> 00:01:37,530 paid for by taxing big business and the rich, 42 00:01:37,630 --> 00:01:38,998 not ordinary workers, 43 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:40,567 middle-class homeowners, 44 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:42,669 people of color, or small businesses, 45 00:01:42,769 --> 00:01:44,871 who are already overtaxed. 46 00:01:44,971 --> 00:01:46,940 Seattle needs a Green New Deal 47 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,009 to make our city 100 percent renewable 48 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:51,411 by 2030, 49 00:01:51,511 --> 00:01:53,680 creating thousands of union jobs. 50 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:55,482 As a socialist and union member, 51 00:01:55,582 --> 00:01:57,250 I'm proud to have the support of 52 00:01:57,350 --> 00:01:58,651 The Stranger, Sierra Club, 53 00:01:58,751 --> 00:02:00,453 Nick Licata, Cary Moon, 54 00:02:00,553 --> 00:02:02,555 Nikkita Oliver, Noam Chomsky, 55 00:02:02,655 --> 00:02:04,390 and 15 labor unions. 56 00:02:04,491 --> 00:02:06,926 Join me in fighting for a city we need, 57 00:02:07,026 --> 00:02:09,095 not a playground for the wealthy.