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-Every September,
I have the responsibility

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to propose a budget for Seattle
for the upcoming year.

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Every year, I spend a lot
of time outside City Hall

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in the community
to hear your priorities

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and what you want your city
budget and investments to do.

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And each year, the budget
is based, in large part,

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on what I hear from people

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outside City Hall
throughout Seattle,

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because I believe strongly
that your mayor

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and elected representatives
work for you

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and we need
to listen to you.

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This time last year, our budget
reflected our city --

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vibrant, rooted in equity,
and focused on the future.

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Everything seemed possible.

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But 2020 had other plans.

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According to
the World Health Organization,

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we are now
in a global pandemic.

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This has been a brutal year
for everyone in Seattle.

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We're still in the grips
of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Our national public health
crisis

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is fueling an economic downturn
with historic unemployment,

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and our President
and the federal government

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continue to fail us
with their lack of leadership.

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Many of us have lost loved ones.

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Others have lost jobs, income,

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or businesses
we put our hopes and dreams in.

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We have been isolated
from the people we love.

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As parents, we're managing kids
at home from school.

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It's been the challenge
of our lifetimes.

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In just a few months,
Seattle went from enjoying

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one of the strongest economies
in our country

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to record numbers of Seattleites
out of work,

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worried about paying rent
or putting food on the table.

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This crisis and this summer

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have also magnified
racial disparities

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that exist across our nation
and here at home.

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Since George Floyd
was murdered by police officers,

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we have seen protests that have
challenged us to do better,

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that have challenged us to fix
the disparities in healthcare,

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education, housing, policing,
and the criminal legal system,

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that have demanded solutions
to the systemic discrimination

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that undermines the safety,
health, and economic strength

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of our BIPOC communities.

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We are living through one of
the most consequential years

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of our lives.

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It has impacted every one of us
and every American.

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It has touched
our city government, too.

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Many of our workers
remained on the front lines,

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providing the city services
that you needed.

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Our work and community needs
have grown,

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but our revenue is shrinking.

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This year, we saw
hundreds of millions of dollars

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in lost revenues to the city,

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and we face similar losses
next year.

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The revenue that funds things
like shelters, transportation,

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and food banks was decimated,

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and we have no promise
of additional federal support.

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Early in this crisis,
I knew it could be bad,

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and I took immediate steps
to cut costs

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and protect vital city services.

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I froze hiring and cut
tens of millions in spending

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across city departments.

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With a pandemic
and unexpected new emergencies

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like the West Seattle Bridge,

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wildfire smoke,
and collapsing piers,

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we can't avoid hard choices
in this budget.

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But even in a time
of tough decisions,

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history demands that we meet
the challenges of this moment

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and strive for the kind of city
we want to be

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when we come out
of these crises --

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stronger, more just,
and more equitable,

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not just in policing
and the criminal legal system,

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but in every institution.

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So amid historic challenges,
our task with this budget

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is to preserve
critical city services

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while doing four key things --

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continuing to invest
in our response

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to the COVID-19 pandemic,

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making the city's
largest ever investment

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in racial equity and justice,

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addressing our homelessness
and housing crisis,

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and building
true community safety

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while also reimagining policing.

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Together, we can
face these challenges

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and show the nation

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what progressive leadership
can accomplish.

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The global pandemic is
a once-in-a-lifetime challenge.

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Seattle leads the nation
in our COVID-19 response

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and recovery strategy,

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and we cannot let up.

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We have one of
the lowest number of cases

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and the highest levels
of testing

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in any major American city.

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Our Seattle fire department

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pioneered nationally-recognized
testing programs.

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Our free,
accessible citywide testing

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has facilitated 200,000 tests
at our city sites,

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and we collected and distributed

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more than a million face masks
and PPE

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to first responders
and our community.

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We provided monthly grocery
vouchers and food assistance

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to tens of thousands of families
that needed it

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so they can have healthy meals.

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I signed one of the nation's
first eviction moratoriums

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for residents, small businesses,
and nonprofits.

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But we know
the rent is still due,

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so we're also helping
struggling Seattle households

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with rent payments.

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-We are hurting so much.

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-We created a first
in the nation

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small business support program

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to provide $10,000

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to hundreds of
struggling small businesses,

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including many right here
at the Pike Place Market.

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Emergency childcare
for frontline workers,

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discount on household
utility bills,

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immigrant and refugee
cash assistance --

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These programs
were the right response

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to an emergency
that is not over.

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And this budget invests
in continuing to lead the nation

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in a just and compassionate
COVID response.

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How are you holding up?

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The communities hardest hit
during this pandemic

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have been our BIPOC communities.

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For too long,
we've allowed our systems

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to perpetuate inequity,

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particularly against
our black neighbors.

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That is why this budget
also begins to address

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the historic disparities
brought forward

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by the COVID-19 pandemic

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and since the murder of
George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

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I signed my first
executive order

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the day I was sworn into office,

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focusing our efforts
around race and social justice.

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Since then, as a city,
we have made record investments

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to advance equity and justice,

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things like $1.5 billion
in new affordable housing

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to build thousands of new units,

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nearly $100 million on quality
preschool and childcare,

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more than $30 million in our
Equitable Development Initiative

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to invest in
community-based organizations

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that are working to
combat displacement,

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like Africatown,
Ethiopian Village,

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the Filipino Community Center,
Chief Seattle Club,

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and Byrd Barr.

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We've spent $40 million
for youth safety

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and a seven-year commitment
for free college

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and a program to get
those students jobs

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so they can be part
of our innovative economy.

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Our budget makes
a lot of hard decisions,

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but if we want
a more equitable city

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when we recover
from this crisis,

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we must make real our promises
to our BIPOC communities.

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We need deep
and lasting investments,

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and we must empower community
to guide those investments.

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That is why my budget commits

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an additional $100 million
in new spending

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for black communities,
indigenous communities,

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and communities of color.

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It will invest in
building opportunity

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and an inclusive economy,

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community wealth building
and preserving cultural spaces,

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community wellness and safety,
environmental justice,

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and a Green New Deal.

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Building on our current
investments and equity,

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this $100 million investment

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allows us to invest
in more young people,

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community safety programs,

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and the next generation
of affordable housing

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in our community.

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We need to do more of what we've
done in the past three years.

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But these decisions
must be driven

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by community needs
and priorities

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and community voices,

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not by City Hall.

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It must be community itself
that crafts an investment plan

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to build
on the health of community.

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Community members will guide us

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to direct these resources
where they're needed the most.

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Investing in community wealth,
wellness, and strength

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is also the path
to true community safety.

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By investing in equitable,

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healthy,
and resilient communities,

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we reduce the need for
emergency 911 responses.

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Here in Seattle
and in cities across the nation,

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people have spoken out
and demanded

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that we reimagine policing.

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As U.S. Attorney,
I led the investigation

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of the Seattle Police Department

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that resulted
in the consent decree.

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That work created
some of the nation's

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leading policies on policing.

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It also allowed
the Seattle Police Department

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to hire the best officers
and train them

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in crisis intervention
and de-escalation.

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And it created

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robust civilian-led
accountability systems

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so we can
hold officers accountable.

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But reimagining policing is more
than just training and policies.

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We need to rethink how

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the Seattle Police Department
serves our city

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and address the continued
racial disparities in policing.

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And we need to
make further changes

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to our criminal legal system,

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like reforming probation

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and breaking the cycles
of incarceration.

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We need more programs
to prevent violence,

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alternatives to incarceration,
and a community court.

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We also need to shift many
of the 800,000 calls for help

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from armed police officers to
other community-based programs.

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Too often, our officers are
responding to other failures --

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the failures in
the foster care system,

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our behavioral health system,
our homelessness system,

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and our education system.

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Those aren't problems
officers should have to address.

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[ Siren wails ]

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Often, 911 calls
require a fast police response,

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and Seattle needs a strong,
well-trained,

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and community-based department
for those calls.

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There is a need
and strong support

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for our officers in this city.

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But nonviolent calls
don't always need

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an officer with a gun.

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Someone in crisis may need
a social worker,

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a nurse, a crisis counselor,

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or an unarmed
community service officer.

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So reimagining policing
will mean fundamentally changing

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the role of traditional police
in our community

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and their interactions
with our community,

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especially communities of color.

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It will mean
growing existing programs

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like nurses in our schools
and in our homeless shelters,

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mental health professionals
at our police precincts,

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trusted messengers
for our youth and communities,

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and our successful
Health One program,

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where we respond
to non-emergency calls

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for people in crisis

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with specially-trained
social workers and firefighters.

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We're already doing it
here downtown,

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and in this budget,
we'll expand it

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to both South Seattle and
communities in North Seattle,

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including Ballard
and the University District.

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These programs ultimately
must be part of a new model

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for community safety
throughout Seattle.

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And if we get this right,

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we will not only
reduce 911 calls

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that require an armed
Seattle police officer,

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we can increase health
and reduce harm.

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But these decisions
can't be decided

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by bumper stickers and slogans
or arbitrary numbers.

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They must be founded on facts
and a real plan.

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They must parallel

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building better
community wellness and health.

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They must parallel
the investments we need

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to make in community.

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We need more affordable

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low-income and middle-income
housing

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because our region's
skyrocketing costs and rents

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have displaced far too many
individuals and families.

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Our communities of color
have particularly been impacted

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by these challenges.

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We must continue to act urgently

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to address our homelessness
and housing crisis.

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This crisis is decades
in the making,

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but we had begun to see progress
on key fronts --

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housing, shelter, and services.

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We invested
more than $1.5 billion

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to create nearly 4,500 units
of affordable housing,

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including permanent
supportive housing.

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We nearly doubled 24/7 shelter,
including tiny home villages,

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to move people
out of homelessness

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and into permanent places.

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We created a new
Regional Homelessness Authority

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to break down silos
in our response.

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We need to tackle this together.

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But the pandemic
has created new challenges

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for our homelessness response.

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There are more individuals

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without access to
hygiene services

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with libraries
and businesses closed.

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Many vulnerable individuals
at the highest risk for COVID-19

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live at our shelters,
permanent supportive housing,

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or living unsheltered.

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There are more tents
and encampments across our city.

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There are more people at risk
for going hungry.

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In the initial weeks
of the pandemic,

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we worked quickly to bring
new shelter capacity online.

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We created hygiene resources,

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converted crowded overnight
shelters to 24/7 shelters

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with social distancing measures
to slow the spread of COVID-19,

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and we expanded
COVID-19 testing.

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Our actions
have limited outbreaks

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among individuals
experiencing homelessness

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compared to other major cities.

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My budget continues
to increase our shelter capacity

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to bring more of our neighbors
out of encampments

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and into permanent housing.

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It supports more than
2,300 shelter units

00:14:28.767 --> 00:14:32.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
and adds another 300 units
of short-term shelter.

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In addition, more than 1,000

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permanent supportive housing
units coming online

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and thousands
of affordable homes.

00:14:39.868 --> 00:14:42.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
We are also increasing
investments and strategies

00:14:42.467 --> 00:14:44.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90%
we know work --

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diversion and rapid rehousing.

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Seattle cannot
and will never solve

00:14:49.133 --> 00:14:52.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
our affordability,
homelessness, and housing crisis

00:14:52.601 --> 00:14:55.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90%
if we continue to act alone.

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These challenges do not know
any city boundaries.

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If we want to truly address
housing and homelessness,

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we must act as a region.

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♪♪

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So, what's next for Seattle
and our budget?

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As happens every year,
the members of the city council

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will consider my plan.

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In recent months, we have had
policy disagreements

00:15:18.601 --> 00:15:21.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
about their pledge
to cut the police by 50%,

00:15:21.834 --> 00:15:24.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
the best approach
to address encampments,

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spending of the city's
emergency funds,

00:15:27.234 --> 00:15:31.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
and raising taxes
only on Seattle businesses.

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We may still have policy
disagreements in the future,

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but you expect and deserve

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your government to work together
on the toughest challenges.

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In this unprecedented moment,

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you deserve leaders that will
work hard to bridge our divides.

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Listen, there's no greater city.
Look around us.

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This is a time to come together

00:15:54.901 --> 00:15:57.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
and ensure our city rebuilds
from this pandemic

00:15:57.968 --> 00:16:01.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
a better
and more equitable city.

00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:05.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
We can make big,
bold changes together

00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90%
and get through this moment,

00:16:07.133 --> 00:16:09.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
because over the last
three years,

00:16:09.067 --> 00:16:12.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
our city has led
on progressive change --

00:16:12.234 --> 00:16:14.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
a Domestic Workers'
Bill of Rights

00:16:14.167 --> 00:16:17.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90%
for 30,000 domestic workers,

00:16:17.167 --> 00:16:19.634 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90%
vacating marijuana convictions,

00:16:19.634 --> 00:16:22.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
a minimum wage for
ride-share drivers,

00:16:22.334 --> 00:16:26.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
sending thousands
of Seattle kids to free college,

00:16:26.968 --> 00:16:29.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
eliminating late fines
for libraries,

00:16:29.868 --> 00:16:34.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
a safe storage law
to keep firearms off the street,

00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:39.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
a new arena, the Seattle Kraken,
and no public funds used.

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Seattle should be proud
of our accomplishments

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and our determination.

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We are compassionate.
We are resilient.

00:16:47.901 --> 00:16:51.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
And despite a year
of challenges and setbacks,

00:16:51.801 --> 00:16:55.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
we will do big things
and lead the nation.

00:16:55.400 --> 00:16:58.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
We will get through this
together.

00:16:58.033 --> 00:17:00.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
And I have no doubt
that we can meet

00:17:00.434 --> 00:17:03.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
this unprecedented moment
for our city.

00:17:03.734 --> 00:17:06.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90%
We will make
generational change.

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♪♪