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Hello. My name is Andrew Lewis,
and I am running for Seattle City Council
because it's time for a more responsive
and accountable city government.
This accountability starts with results on
affordable housing and homelessness.
As your council member, I'll fight to build
5,000 units of affordable housing
in three years
by working with state, county,
and nonprofit partners
through the Home and Hope plan.
This plan to create public, tax-exempt,
multi-family housing
along with other initiatives
will allow us to rapidly increase affordable housing
and reduce homelessness.
I'll also advocate
for increased mental-health
and substance-abuse treatment
to address the significant barriers
to helping our neighbors
transition out of homelessness.
On public safety, I'm proud of my work
as a prosecutor obtaining justice
for victims in the public.
We need more police officers
walking our neighborhoods
and more prosecutors reviewing cases.
We also need to increase successful
criminal-diversion programs
like Choose 180,
where only 8 out of 245 participants
have re-offended.
Moreover, we need to make sure
the city is being accountable
with the resources it already has.
I propose an annual
performance auditing plan
similar to King County's,
which has saved $127 million
in the last three years.
This plan will free up
significant resources
for essential services that benefit
Seattle residents and businesses.
On public transportation,
I will partner with Sound Transit
to expand light rail through Interbay,
including a rail tunnel
underneath the ship canal
to ensure reliable service
and prevent displacing
our maritime community.
I will also work with state, port,
and federal stakeholders
to secure a one-for-one replacement
to the Magnolia Bridge.
My experience
as a city and county prosecutor,
a Seattle human rights commissioner,
and a rental-housing stakeholder
committee member
will ensure I hit the ground running
at City Hall.
I'm a fifth-generation Washingtonian
and a proud graduate
of Seattle public schools
and the University of Washington.
I've been endorsed by the
Martin Luther King County Labor Council,
the 36th District Democrats,
the 37th District Democrats,
and State Representative Gail Tarleton.
I ask for your vote,
and it'd be an honor to serve you.