FOR
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR ARE WE GOOD
TO GO?
>> WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
IT IS JULY 13TH, 2021.
THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:32 A.M.
I'M LISA HERBOLD, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, FOR TODAY'S COMMITTEE AGENDA
WE WILL BE HEARING THE 2021
MIDYEAR ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
FROM THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE OFFICE
OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE WILL ALSO BE HEARING A
PRESENTATION ON THE DEVELOPMENTS
OR THE PROCESS FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT THUS FAR OF THE PAY
UP PROPOSAL FOR MINIMUM
COMPENSATION AND AN OVER VIEW OF
THOSE STAKE HOLDER
CONVERSATIONS.
WE WILL BE HEARING THE LESS
LETHAL WEAPONS BILL LISTED FOR
DISCRETION AND VOTE.
AMENDMENTS ARE LISTED ON THE
AGENDA REGARDING THE RIGHT OF
ACTION AND A CLARIFICATION
REGARDING THE USE OF PEPPER
BALLS.
WE WILL NOW APPROVE OUR AGENDA
FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEETING.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
TODAY ICE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TRANSITION
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN ONE
AND A HALF MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU
CAN STILL SIGN UP BEFORE THE END
OF THE PUBLIC HEARING BY GOING
TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THE LINK IS ALSO LISTED ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME YOU
WIL HEAR A PROMPT.
ONCE YOU HEAR THAT PROMPT YOU
WILL NEED TO PRESS STAR 6 TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
PLEASE BEGIN BY SPEAKING AND
STATING THE NAME AND THE ITEM
WHICH YOU ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN
TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT.
THAT TIME WILL INDICATE THAT
THERE IS TEN SECONDS LEFT IN THE
A LOTTED TIME.
ONCE SPEAKER HEARS THE CHIME WE
ASK YOU BE IN TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE
AND IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THE MEETING, WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO VIA THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL.
WE HAVE 24 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE TIME FOR
SPEAKING TO ONE AND A HALF
MINUTES.
I WILL ALSO ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF
TIME A LOTTED ON THE AGENDA TO
SPEAK TO ALLOW AS MANY SPEAKERS
AS POSSIBLE AND IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS I WILL SUSPEND THE
RULES TO ALLOW AN ADDITIONAL 25
MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR A TOTAL OF
45 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD HAS BEEN
EXTENDED.
SO, WITH THAT I WILL JUST MOVE
RIGHT INTO CALLING ON SPEAKERS.
I WILL CALL ON FOLKS AGAIN TWO
AT A TIME AND WE WILL START WITH
KIMBERLY WOLF FOLLOWED BY HOWARD
GAIL.
KIMBERLY.
>> REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> SORRY.
I HAD THE MUTE ON THE PHONE,
TOO.
>> OKAY.
MY NAME IS KIMBERLY WOLF.
I HAVE BEEN IN SINCE 2012 ON
DELIVERY AND RIDE SHARE APPS.
I WOULD LIKE THANK YOU IF
DISCUSSING THAT PAY UP POLICY
TODAY.
IT IS TIME FOR EVERY WORKER IN
THE CITY TO GET A FAIR SHAKE AND
A MINIMUM PAY SO WE CAN THRIVE
JUST STEAD OF JUST BARELY
SURVIVE.
I STARTED DOING GIG WORK BECAUSE
I HAVE A PHYSICAL CONDITION
WHERE I CAN ONLY WORK FOR A FEW
HOURS AT TIME BECAUSE I NEED
BREAK UP MY WORK HOURS OVER THE
DAY.
APPS ARE THE BEST WAY FOR KNOW
MAKE A DECENT INCOME WITHOUT THE
RIGID SCHEDULE OF 9:00 TO 5:00
WORK.
I WANT TO RUN MY OWN BUSINESS.
GIG WORK ALLOWS KNOW DO THAT.
IN THE NINE YEARS I'VE WORKED IN
THIS GIG ECONOMY I HAVE SEEN
THAT FLEXIBILITY UNDERMINE, THE
PAY GETS LOWER EVERY SINGLE YEAR
WHILE THE EXPENSES GET HIGHER.
THE RESULT FOR ME WAS A CAR THAT
HAD BEEN HIT HI TO GET RID OF
AND GET A NEW CAR IMMEDIATELY
AND ALL I COULD GET WAS THIS
BUICK THAT DID 18 MILE AS
GALLON.
I WENT FROM A FOCUS DOING 30
SOMETHING TO A BUICK DOING 18.
MY EXPENSES SKYROCKETED AND AT
THE SAME TIME THEY WERE LOWERING
THE PAY.
KIND OF BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD
SPOT THERE.
I COULDN'T AFFORD THE RENT.
WE HAD PAY UP POLICIES IN PLACE,
I WOULDN'T BE HOMELESS HAD TO
DAY.
WE WANT THE FLEXIBILITIES BEFORE
CONTRACTORS.
IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE REAL WE
NEED PAY THAT ACCOUNTS FOR OUR
OVER HEAD COSTS.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HOWARD GAIL
FOLLOWED BY CARMEN FIGUEROA.
HOWARD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOWARD GAIL DISTRICT 7.
OUR NINTH YEAR OF POLICE REFORM
HAS GIVEN US SUCH AS WHEN THE
OPA EXTENDS RESOURCES ON SERVICE
TO APPROVE THE MESSAGE --
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WE HAVE ALSO SEEN THE
INFURIATING --
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AT THE SAME TIME SHE
JUSTIFIES POLICE BEHAVIOR THAT
HAS QUASHED THOSE RIGHTS FOR
THOUSANDS OF SEATTLE IDENTITIES.
THEN THERE IS THE MORALLY
DIRECTOR WHO REFUSES TO
INVESTIGATE THE SPD MURDER LAST
YEAR UNTIL HE IS EMBARRASSED
INTO INITIATING AN INVESTIGATION
THREE MONTHS AFTER THE FACT AND
NOW 14 MONTHS LATER HAS STILL
NOT RELEASED HIS FINDINGS IN THE
HOPE WE WILL FORGET.
THEN IS THE FAILURE OF THE CPC
TO HOLD PUBLIC FORUM FOR OVER
SIX YEARS.
WHEN THEY DO IN FEBRUARY AND THE
COMMUNITY UNANIMOUSLY TELLS THEM
THEY DO NOT WANT POLICE
INVESTIGATING POLICE, THE CPC
PROMPTLY VOTES TO DO THE EXACT
OPPOSITE.
AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF FAILED
ACCOUNTABILITY IT IS TIME TO DO
WHAT NEWARK, NASHVILLE,
PORTLAND, OAKLAND AND SO MANY
OTHER U.S. CITIES ARE DOING.
DEVELOP POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM WITH ACTUAL COMMUNITY
CONTROL OVER POLICE POLICY,
POLICE MISCONDUCT,
INVESTIGATIONS AND POLICE
DISCIPLINE.
INSTEAD OF HAVING A COUNCIL
DEBATE WHEN, WHERE AND WITH WHAT
WEAPONS, WE NEED TAKE BACK
CONTROL OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
PLEASE VISIT SEATTLESTOP.ORG TO
FIND OUT HOW WE CAN HAVE A
INITIATIVE TO REGAIN --
>> THANK YOU, HOWARD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARMEN
FIGUEROA FOLLOWED BY PETER.
CARMEN.
>> HELLO.
HI.
MY NAME IS CARMEN FIGUEROA AND I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU TODAY
FOR ALLOWING ME TO EXPLAIN.
LARGE COMPANIES OFTEN TOUT
THE MERRICKS OF TRICKLE DOWN
ECONOMICS.
IF WORKERS WORK HARD AT MAKING
THE COMPANY SUCCESSFUL, THE
COMPANY WILL TRICKLE DOWN EXCESS
PROFFER ITS BACK DOWN TO THE
WORKER IN THE FORM OF PAY RAISES
AND BENEFITS.
THIS IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
THEY HAVE MADE MILLIONS OFF MY
LABOR AND HAVE NO INTENTION OF
INVESTING IN ME OR ANY OF THEIR
WORKERS.
THEY ARE ACTIVELY LOBBYING FOR
THE ABILITY TO FORCE WORKERS TO
WORK MORE WITH LESS PAY.
I WOULD LIKE US TO SWITCH TO THE
PHILOSOPHY OF DIGNITY OF WORK
WHERE ALL WORK IS RESPECTED
EQUALLY ASK ALL WORKERS ARE PAID
A FAIR CAN AND DECENT WAGE.
THE PAY UP PAY STANDARDS POLICY
TAKES THE FIRST FEW STEPS TO
RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT WORKER'S
HUMANITY BY DEMANDING WORKERS BE
PAID A LIVING WAGE.
LAWMAKERS NEED PASS THE PAY UP
PAY STANDARDS POLICY FOR GIG
WORKERS IN 2021 BECAUSE WE ARE
NOT DISPOSABLE AND WE SHOULD NOT
BE EXPLOITED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU, CARMEN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PETER
FOLLOWED BY.
PETER.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS PETER.
I AM AN ABOLITIONIST LIVING IN
DISTRICT 6.
I AM CALLING YOU REMOVE ALL
RESTRICTIONS ON THE RIGHT OF
ACTION AND TO STIPULATE ALL
SETTLEMENTS COME OUT OF SPD'S
BUDGET.
IT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED WITH
REAL FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES IF
SPD VIOLATES IT.
IT EXCLUDES EVERYONE UNABLE TO
PROVE THREE THINGS.
2001 PERSON'S INJURIES OCCURRED
IN THE GATHERING, TWO, THAT SPD
FALSELY DESIGNATED THE GATHERING
AS A VIOLENT PUBLIC DISTURBANCE
AND THREE THAT THE PERSON WAS
NOT COMMITTING A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
EVEN WITH THE TWO PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS T RIGHT OF ACTION IS
STILL SUBJECT TO SPD'S
EXPLANATION OF WHY THEY USED THE
WEAPONS.
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IT ALSO MEANS THAT THE
CHILD SPD PEPPER SPRAYED WOULD
BE EXCLUDED.
A BAR OF ACTION THAT BARS PEOPLE
BASED ON HOW SPD WRITES UP THEIR
REPORTS AFTER THE FACT IS
UNJUST.
PLEASE AMEND THE RIGHT OF ACTION
TO REMOVE ALL RESTRICTIONS AND
STIPULATE THAT PAYMENTS COME
DIRECTLY OUT OF SPD'S BUDGET.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
DEFUND SPD.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT GOOD MORNING CONSUL
-- NEXT SPEAKER
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBER.
MY NAME IS JEANY.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SEATTLE RESTAURANTS UNITED.
WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN
THE MOST MARGINALIZED IN OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE TRUE TROOULY
CARED FOR IT IS GOOD FOR OUR
BUSINESSES, OUR CUSTOMERS AND
FOR OUR CITY.
WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE SUPPORT
THE PRINCIPLE THAT EVERY WORKER
SHOULD BE PAID ENOUGH ENOUGH TO
PAY THEIR BILLS AND NOURISH
THEIR FAMILY.
ESPECIALLY HOSPITALITY WORKERS.
THIS IS TRUE WHETHER THEY WORK
FOR A SMALL RESTAURANT A BIG
CHAIN OR A DELIVERY DRIVER FOR
AN APP.
DELIVERY APPS HAVE BEEN AN
IMPORTANT PART OF KEEPING THE
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY ALIVE OVER
THE PAST YEAR.
THAT IS LARGELY DUE TO THE
LEGISLATION CREATED BY THIS
COUNCIL.
BECAUSE OF THAT CAP
RESTAURANT OWNERS WERE ABLE TO
AFFORD THESE SERVICES WHICH
HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN UP TO AN
ASTRONOMICAL 35%.
THE CEO WAS PAID $400 MILLION.
YET FRONT LINE DRIVERS DO NOT
SEE A FINANCIAL RETURN THAT
REFLECTED THEIR INCREASED
WORKLOAD AND RISK.
A RECENT SUR FACE FOUND HALF
WORKERS REPORTED THEY HAVE LESS
THAN $100 IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNT
AT SOME POINT DURING THE PAST
YEAR.
THIS WORK FORCE MADE UP OF
IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
SINGLE PARENTS HAVE HELPED
RESTAURANTS SURVIVE THEY JUST
WANT HAVE BROUGHT FOOD TO THE
COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO
ARE DOING DELIVERY FOR DELIVERY
APPS.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BJ LAST
FOLLOWED BY.
BJ.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS BJ.
I'M CALLING TO ASK COUNCIL TO TO
REMOVE ALL ACTIONS ON THE RIGHT
OF ACTION.
RIGHT OF ACTION IS A BILL THE
ACCOUNT ABILITY MECHANISM SO IT
MUST BE ACCOMPANIED WITH REAL
FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES WHEN SPD
VIOLATES IT.
THE RIGHT OF ACTION SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE INJURED BY
SPD.
AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN THE RIGHT
OF ACTION EXCLUDES EVERYONE
UNABLE TO PROVE IN PERSON
INJURIES OCCURRED IN A
GATHERING.
THEN SPD FALSELY DESIGNATED THE
GATHERING AS A PUBLIC -- VIOLENT
PUBLIC DISTURBANCE.
THIS WOULD EXCLUDE EVERYONE
INJURED IN THE INCIDENT UNLESS
THEY COULD PROVE THERE WEREN'T
12 PEOPLE ANYWHERE IN A CROWD OF
THOUSANDS THREATENING VIOLENCE.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT 1 TO A LESSER
EXTENT AMENDMENT 2 AND AS MANY
OF THESE ISSUES RESTRICT THE
RIGHT OF ACTION TO INJURIES
CAUSED BY USES OF LESS LETHAL
WAPONS THAT VIOLATE THE BILL.
SO PEOPLE WOULD STILL NEED TO
PROVE THAT SPD'S USE OF --
SPAYED TEAR GAS -- THEY WOULD
HAVE TO DISPROVE THE EXPLANATION
OF WHY THEY USED THOSE WEAPONS.
THIS WOULD EXCLUDE EVERYONE
INJURED IN THE PROTESTS.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 2
WOULD ALSO EXCLUDE ANYONE WHO
COULD NOT PROVE THAT THEY WERE
NOT COMMITTING A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
WHICH WOULD EXCLUDE ALL
PROTESTERS ARRESTED LAST YEAR
WHO HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED.
RIGHT OF ACTION THAT BARS PEOPLE
BASED ON HOW SPD WRITES UP ITS
REPORTS AFTER THE FACT IS
UNJUST.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS FOLLOWED BY
DEBORA.
>> GOOD MORNING I'M AN UBER
AND LYFT DRIVER.
I DO DELIVERY SOMETIMES.
THE PAY ON THE DELIVERY SIDE IS
REALLY POOR.
WE HAVE SEEN A POSITIVE CHANGE
ON DRIVING SITE.
WE HOPE TO GET SIMILAR
PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE ON THE
DELIVERY SIDES SO THAT DRIVERS
CAN GET ABLE TO FULLY CARE OF
THEIR FAMILIES AND I STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH WASHINGTON --
WORKING WASHINGTON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER DEBORA IS
SHOWING AS NOT PRESENT.
WE WILL MOVE DOWN TO JASON
AUSTIN FOLLOWED BY BEN.
JASON.
I SEE YOU ARE STILL ON MUTE.
CAN YOU HIT STAR 6 PLEASE?
TRY IT AGAIN.
STAR 6.
THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> CERTAINLY CAN.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL.
I'M A RENTER LIVING IN DISTRICT
2.
HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSIT WRITERS UNION I'M HERE
TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE
ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR GIG
DELIVERY WORKERS PROPOSED BY PAY
UP SEATTLE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON
THIS ISSUE AND ENCOURAGE THE
FULL COUNCIL TO EXTEND THE SAME
PROTECTIONS TO GIG DELIVERY
WORKERS THAT RIDE SHARE APP
WORKERS ENJOY THANKS TO YOUR
EFFORTS.
I USED TO WORK AS LIFT DRIVER
PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL EXTENDING
THESE PROTECTIONS.
I HAVE SOME IDEA WHAT MY
BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT GIG
DELIVERY COMPANIES HAVE
EPERIENCING.
I REMEMBER DAYS WHERE THE FAIR I
COLLECTED DIDN'T COVER THE GAS I
USED.
I WOULD WORK 80 PLUS HOUR WEEKS.
I KNOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
OTHERS IN THE CITY STRUGGLING
WITH THIS SAME NEED TO LIVE ON
LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE.
THE RECORD PROOF AND IT GROWTH
OF THESE DELIVERY COMPANIES
COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF
PROVIDING THEIR DRIVERS WITH
DECENT WAGES AND BENEFITS.
IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT DOORDASH, A
COMPANY THAT HAS ENJOYED
EXPLOSIVE DASH RANKS AMONG THE
50 COMPANIES WITH THE MOST
WORKERS IN WASHINGTON RECEIVING
FOOD STAMPS.
GIG DELIVERY WORKERS DESERVE THE
SAME PROTECTION YOU SOUGHT TO
EXTEND TO RIDE SHARE WORKERS.
I CONE -- ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE
THIS AS
AN OPPORTUNITY --
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BEN
FOLLOWED BY PAUL.
BEN.
THERE YOU GO.
>> HI.
HI CITY COUNCIL.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE MEDICINE ALLOW NODE
LOOK AT MY ISSUES THROUGH AN
OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE AND FIND A
WAY TO OVERCOME MY ILLNESS.
HE WAS ABLE TO FORGIVE MYSELF
AND OTHERS CAUSE I WAS GIVE THAN
PERSPECTIVE.
IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SECOND OF ALL IT HAS ALLOW NODE
THRIVE AND LOVE MYSELF.
DON'T YOU THINK OTHER FOLKS
SHOULD THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL?
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY
RELATIONSHIPS, MUSICS, COLORS
AND LIFE IN GENERAL.
IT HAS MADE ME BE A TRUE VERSION
OF MYSELF.
SEATTLE WE ARE BEHIND HERE.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA HAVE
ALREADY DECRIMINALIZED IT.
THE SCIENCE IS OUT THERE.
WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.
I URGE YOU TO PASS AN ORDINANCE
BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
LETS END THIS WAR ON DRUGS AND
BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
WE ARE MEETING TODAY IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, BEN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER PAUL IS NOT
LISTED -- OR IS LISTED AS NOT
PRESENT.
WE WILL MOVE DOWN TO TONY
FOLLOWED BY.
TONY.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS TONY.
I'M A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST WITH
A PRIVATE PRACTICE HERE IN
SEATTLE.
I'M ALSO A CLINICAL FACULTY AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE
RESOLUTION TO DECRIMINALIZE THE
MEDICINES.
I'M VERY AWARE THERE IS A GREAT
NEED FOR NEW TREATMENTS FOR MANY
PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS.
MANY CLIENTS SUFFER FROM THESE
DYING
THESE -- DIAGNOSIS FOR YEARS OR
DECADES.
RESEARCH SAYS PSYCHEDELIC
MEDICINES CAN BE USED SAFELY AND
ARE HIGH FENTHIVE FOR --
EFFECTIVE FOR SOME
OF THE HARDEST TO TREAT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
MANY CLIENTS IN THESE
STUDIES HAVE PREVIOUSLY TRIED
TRADITIONAL TALK THERAPIES
WITHOUT SUCCESS.
THEY SHOWED BENEFIT FROM
PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINES.
IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO
OUT LAW MEDICINES THAT HAVE SUCH
A STRONG RESEARCH SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TONY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHOWING AS
NOT PRESENT.
WE WILL MOVE DOWN TO RYAN BURT
FOLLOWED BY PAGE.
RYAN.
AND RYAN YOU ARE SHOWING AS ON
MUTE.
CAN YOU HIT STAR 6, PLEASE?
>> OKAY.
GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS RYAN BURT.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PAY
UP POLICY.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE
AND WHY THIS POLICY SHOULD GO
FORWARD.
I HAVE WORKED IN THE SERVICE
INDUSTRY AND HOSPITALITY
INDUSTRY IN SEATTLE FOR ABOUT
SIX YEARS NOW.
DURING THE PANDEMIC I WAS
SERVING A AT RESTAURANT AND THEN
I WAS UNEMPLOYED.
I RESORTED TO GIG WORK TO TRY TO
MAKE UP INCOME AND -- IT WASN'T
ENOUGH.
I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE ENOUGH
MONEY.
I WENT FROM AN INDUSTRY AS A
SERVER WHERE -- TRADITIONALLY
PEOPLE HAVE THIS IDEA ABOUT HOW
MOST OF MY WAGE WAS MADE UP BY
TIPS AND PEOPLE HAVE THIS IDEA
THAT A SERVER WILL MAKE 20% IF
THEY DO A GOOD JOB OR 18% OR 20
TO 18%.
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT IDEA WHEN
IT COMES TO GIG WORKERS.
IF YOU ARE DELIVERING FOOD TO
SOMEBODY, YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO
TIP BUT MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T.
THERE IS NO -- CULTURAL IMPEDIST
TO BE LIKE I SHOULD TIP THIS
PERSON FOR A GOOD JOB.
PEOPLE DON'T FEEL BAD.
THEY DON'T TIP.
I AM BACK TO SERVING NOW THANKS
TO COVID RESTRICTIONS BEING
LIFTED AND -- PEOPLE ARE VERY
GENEROUS RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE HAVE THAT
IDEA WHEN IT COMES TO GIG
WORKERS THAT THEY NEED TO HELP
PEOPLE AND SO -- I AM URGING THE
COUNCIL TO PUSH THIS POLICY
FORWARD SO PEOPLE CAN BE
SUPPORTED SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE THE
WAGE THEY NEED TO MAKE TO BE
ABLE TO --
>> THANK YOU, RYAN.
I NOTICED THAT PAUL WHO WE
CALLED EARLIER IS NOW PRESENT.
WE WILL GO BACK UP TO PAUL AND
THEN GO TO PAGE.
PAUL.
PAUL, IF YOU CAN HIT STAR 6,
PLEASE SO YOU CAN BE UNMUTED.
PAUL WE ARE STILL SEEING YOU
MUTED.
THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO, MY NAME IS PAUL.
I'M CALLING IN WITH THE PAY UP
CAMPAIGN FOR GIG WORKERS RIGHTS.
LAST YEAR I CALLED IN WITH A
NUMBER OF MY FRIENDS TO SECURE
SICK PAY AND THE SEATTLE PREMIUM
PAY AND I REALLY THANK THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE BOLD
ACTION FOR SIGNING THAT.
IT WASN'T ENOUGH.
I MEAN FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS I SAW
THAT MY PAY WAS BALLOONING ABOVE
OF WEEKS UBER STARTED SLASHING
BACK AT OUR MILEAGE, SLASHING
BACK AT THE PAY PER JOB FOR OUR
HOURS AND IT USED TO BE THAT I
WOULD BE ABLE TO GO INTO MY APP
AND SEE FORGIVEN JOBS THAT I
WORKED SAY 20 MINUTES DELIVERING
THAT JOB AND I GOT CERTAIN RATE
FOR THAT HOURLY TIME.
I WOULD ALSO GET TO SEE HOW MUCH
I GOT FOR MILEAGE.
NONE OF THOSE ARE VISIBLE
ANYMORE.
WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT ON ANY
GIVEN JOB UBER TAKES HOME
BETWEEN 30 AND 40% OF WHAT IS
BEING PAID.
IN THAT MEANTIME WHILE I'M
MAKING USUALLY AROUND $10 AN
HOUR BEFORE TIPS, UBER IS TAKING
HOME 30 TO 40% OF THAT PAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CITY COUNCIL
MOVE TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORMED
PAY FLOOR AND ESTABLISH THAT
TRANSPARENCY --
>> THANK YOU, PAUL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAGE
FOLLOWED BY SAGE WILSON.
PAGE.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS PAGE.
I WORK AT AN AMAZON FULFILLMENT
CENTER.
I CAME HERE FROM ATLANTA LAST
YEAR TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE AND I
DO BUT -- I WORKED AS A DELIVERY
DRIVER BEFORE AND -- THE PLACE I
WORKED AT NOBODY DOCTOR THERE
WITH NO SAFETY RULES IN PLACE
FOR DRIVERS AND I WAS TOLD WATCH
YOUR BACK WHEN YOU GO INTO --
THERE IS NO LIMIT NOW WITH
DOORDASH AND UBER AND THE OTHER
MONOPOLIES.
THERE IS NO LIMIT ON HOW LATE
DRIVERS CAN WORK IF THE
RESTAURANT IS OPEN 24 HOURS YOU
DRIVE 24 HOURS.
WHEN YOU GO INTO AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX, THEY ARE NEVER NUMBERED
IN A STANDARD WAY OF THE YOU
OFTEN CAN'T FIND WHERE YOU ARE
GOING.
IN ADDITION TO THINGS OTHER
PEOPLE HAVE SAID FROM A SAFETY
STANDPOINT, THESE POWERFUL
COMPANIES NEED DO BETTER FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE -- POTENTIALLY
PUTTING THEMSELVES IN DANGER TO
DELIVER FOOD.
OF COURSE AMAZON HAS BEEN
NOTORIOUS FOR USING AND UNDER
PAYING GIG LABOR AND COMPANIES
LIKE AMAZON NEED TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
I AM REPRESENTING PAY UP AND PAY
UP IS NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING
EXTRAORDINARY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAGE WILSON
AND SAGE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
DEZ.
SAGE.
>> HI.
I'M SAGE WILSON WITH THE WORKING
WASHINGTON HERE TO COMMENT IN
SUPPORT OF THE PAY UP POLICIES.
I WANTED TO UNDER SCORE THAT
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY
IS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WORKING HERE IN SEATTLE
DELIVERING FOOD, WALKING DOGS,
STOCKING SHELVES, WASHING DISHES
WHO DO NOT BENEFIT FROM OUR
BASIC LABOR STANDARDS.
THEY ARE BEING PAID FAR BELOW
MINIMUM WAGE.
IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT THESE
GIG WORKERS EXCLUDED FROM
SEATTLE'S BASIC PROTECTIONS ARE
LIKELY TO BE IMMIGRANTS, WORKERS
OF COLOR, LGBTQ WORKERS.
RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE ALLOWED
IS THE SYSTEM TO ARISE IN
SEATTLE WHERE IF YOU DELIVER
FOOD FOR A RESTAURANT, YOU COULD
BE PROTECTED AT MINIMUM WAGE.
THE SAME WORK FOR $1.45 AN HOUR
WITH THE SAME EXPENSES.
WE KNOW WHAT DIRECTION THIS
WILL GO IN IF WE DON'T ACT.
WE NEED RESET THESE INCENTIVES
BY MAKING THE GIG ECONOMY PAY
UP.
RAISE , PROTECT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU, SAGE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEZ FOLLOWED
BY VALERIE.
DEZ.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS DEZ FROM THE HILL TOP
DISTRICT.
MY PRONOUNS ARE HE, THEY AND I
AM A NONBINARY --
ú[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THIS WORLD CAN OFTEN BE HOSTILE
TOWARDS PEOPLE PART OF THE
LGBTQIA TO HEAR IT COMMUNITY.
THERE IS A HIGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH PTSD,
ANXIETY AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES CAUSED BY BULLYING AND
REJECTION FROM FAMILY, PEERS AND
RELATIVES.
IT HELPED CEMENT MYSELF ESTEEM
IN A WORLD THAT OFTEN MAKES ME
FEEL ANXIOUS BY BEING OUT PROUD.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IT IS ENGRAINED OFTEN IN A
WORLD THAT THE GENDER BINARY
MALE AND FEMALE ARE THE DEFAULT.
OUR WORLD IS MORE COMPLEX THAN.
GENDER I DENT AND I EXPRESSION
IS AS MUCH AS VARIANCE IN THE
HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF HEIGHT AND
HAIR COLOR.
WITH THE DECRIMINAL AIGS OF
PSYCHEDELIC SAFE SPACES IN WHICH
CLEAR PEOPLE CAN TAKE
PSYCHEDELICS IN OPENING DOORS TO
ONCE HOSTILE MEDICAL
INSTITUTIONS COULD HELP DE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I HAVE NO DOUBT WE COULD
HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE THIS WHICH
PSYCHEDELICS HELP US EXPLORE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VALERIE
FOLLOWED BY JARED.
VALERIE.
>> GOOD MORNING, VALERIE,
DISTRICT 2.
AN ARTICLE IN THE SOUTH SEATTLE
EMERALD ON JUNE 30TH RAN UNDER
THE HEADLINE OIG MEMO REVEALS AN
INVESTIGATION THAT CANNOT BE
REMEDIED.
THAT CORRUPTED INVESTIGATION WAS
OF A VIOLENT POLICE RESPONSE TO
PROTESTS IN SEPTEMBER 2020.
THE REPORTING FROM THE EMERALD
IS SIGNIFICANT.
ITS PROOF OF WHAT CITY RESIDENTS
HAVE SEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
THE OPA IS NOT RELIABLE BODY FOR
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
LAST WEEK OPA CONCLUDED THAT
SOME OF THE SPD OFFICERS WHO
ATTEND THE
INSURRECTION WERE PROTECTED BY
THEIR RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WE ARE IN A VICIOUS CIRCLE
WHERE WE DISCUSS HARMFUL POLICE
ACTIONS WHEN THEY HAPPEN, DO
NOTHING SUBSTANTIVE ABOUT THEM
AND THEN TURN AWAY AND LET THE
CYCLE REPEAT.
LET'S REPLACE THE OPA WITH 100%
CIVILIAN ACCOUNTABILITY, WITH
REAL POWER INCLUDING TO
DISCIPLINE OFFICERS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE
SEATTLESTOP.ORG.
>> THANK YOU, VALERIE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JARED PORTER
FOLLOWED BY TATIANA.
JARED.
>> GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS JARED PORTER.
I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN AND A
PART-TIME DRIVER WITH UBER AND
ALSO FOOD DELIVERY.
I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DRIVE
FORWARD ORGANIZATION AND MANY OF
THE MEMBERS FEEL LIKE OUR AGENDA
IS OFTEN NOT CONTEMPLATED
SERIOUSLY BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
OUR MANAGEMENT OR OUR LEADERS
TAKE LOT OF TIME TO PUT FORWARD
THINGS LIKE A VERY GOOD DRIVER'S
BILL OF RIGHTS AND A MODERATE
PROPOSALS IN GENERAL.
I QUESTION THE CITY TO NOT TAKE
TOO TOO DRASTIC ACTIONS THAT
WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE GIG
ECONOMY COMPANIES BECAUSE
ALREADY SEATTLE IS PROBABLY THE
HIGHEST COST IN THE CITY OF THE
NATION FOR THEM TO OPERATE UNDER
AND -- WE TAKE FOR GRANTED THEY
WILL ALWAYS BE HERE BUT IF
THINGS GET TOO TOUGH THEY MIGHT
LEAVE AND THAT WOULD LESSEN
COMPETITION AND IS DRIVE UP
PRICES.
THANK NOUK YOU FOR TAKING MY
CALL.
>> THANK YOU.
TATIANA.
>> HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> GREAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK.
A FEW QUESTIONS.
WHAT IF WE TOOK PUBLIC HEALTH
AND EVIDENCE BASED HARM
REDUCTION APPROACH TO DRUG
POLICY THAT IS CENTERED ON
HELPING OUR MOST MARGINALIZED,
TRAUMATIZES AND OPPRESSED
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY INSTEAD OF
MESH -- WHAT IF OUR POLICIES
WERE PROACTIVE?
WHAT IF WE FOCUS ON ADDRESSING
THE OFTEN UNMET NEEDS OF
HOUSING, INADEQUATE INCOME
AND --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
OUR CYST SXEMS POLICIES ARE
EXCRUCIATINGLY SLOW TO CHANGE.
I BELIEVE DECRIMINALIZING
PSYCHEDELICS IN THE WAY OUTLINED
IN OUR ORDINANCE IS A CRUCIAL
ALTERNATIVE THAT WILL HELP MANY
FALL BS ON THEIR HEALING
JOURNEYS SOONER THAN LATER.
THE EXPERIENCE HAS A WIDE
VARIETY OF BENEFITS INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO HELPING
PEOPLE HEAL, DEPRESSION, PTSD,
ANXIETY, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
AND MORE.
OUR PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOCUSES
ON EQUITABLE ACCESS AS A KEY
CORNER PHONE AND THERAPEUTIC
USES VIA PERSONAL AND GROUP
HALING AS AN ALTERNATIVE PATH
TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND
WELLNESS OF ALL RESIDENTS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE AIMING TO HAVE THIS
LEGISLATION PASSED THIS YEAR.
>> THANK YOU, TATIANA.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CODY
FOLLOWED BY MIRIAM.
>> HELLO SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS CODY, DISTRICT 4.
I'M PART OF DECRIMINALIZE NATURE
SEATTLE.
THERE IS NO REASON THE CITY
OF SEATTLE SHOULDN'T HAVE THESE
MEDICINES LISTED --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE RECENT INKRUGS ON THE AGENDA
OF THE OVERDOSE EMERGENCY IS A
WELCOMED STEP ON BEHALF OF THE
COUNCIL.
IT OFFERS PROMISING TREATMENT.
WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBERS
FOR THE WILLINGNESS TO PUT THIS
ISSUE ON THE REFERRAL CALENDAR
BEFORE A VOTE BEFORE A BUDGET
DELIBERATION.
OUR ORGANIZATION ALSO EXPRESSES
SOLIDARITY WITH THE GIG WORKERS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE
TIME TO CONSIDER THE ISSUE.
I SAVE THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU, CODY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIRIAM.
MIRIAM.
MIRIAM, IF YOU CAN HIT -- THERE
YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS MIRIAM.
I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST ADDRESS
THE CITY'S ABSOLUTE LACK OF
PREPAREDNESS FOR OUR RECENT HEAT
WAVE.
WHILE YOU PROVIDED A SINGLE
SHUTTLE DRIVER TO ACCOMMODATE
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS BOTH
HOUSED AND UNHOUSED AND A LAST
MINUTE AND UNADVERTISED
SHELTERS, WE WERE ABLE TO
COORDINATE A COMPLETE SHUTTLE
SYSTEM TO GET AT RISK PEOPLE
ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
YOU COULDN'T EVEN BE
BOTHERED TO TURN ON THE WATER
FOUNTAINS.
WHILE I'M PRUDE OF OUR COMMUNITY
FOR ONCE AGAIN PROVING WE ARE
THE ONES WHO TAKE CARE OF EACH
OTHER, I'M DISGUSTED YOU CAN
EVEN CALL THAT AN ATTEMPT TO
LOOK OUT FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
WE LOST OVER A HUNDRED LIVES
WITH COUNTLESS MORE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
YOU BETTER HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE
SOONER THAN YOU DID FOR THIS
HEAT WAVE.
NEXT WE KNOW ALL OF THE OFFICER
WERE IN D.C. ON JANUARY 6TH.
EVEN THE COUPLE WHO DECIDED TO
QUITE LITERALLY STORM THE
CAPITOL FOR THEIR HONEYMOON.
WE KNEW THESE NAMES FOR WEEK.
DO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THE OPA NEEDS TO BE CIVILIAN LED
AND FOCUSED.
POLICE CANNOT AND WILL NOT
POLICE THEMSELVES.
NEXT, THE RIGHT OF ACTION THAT
IS BARRING PEOPLE FROM TAKING
LEGAL ACTION WHEN THEIR RIGHTS
ARE VIOLATED UNETHICAL AND
UNJUST.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE ARE
LEADING THE USE OF FORCE UP TO
THE DISCUSSION OF OFFICERS WHEN
THEY LACK THE THINKING TO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
WE ARE ON STOLEN LAND.
>> THANK YOU, MIRIAM.
THAT IS OUR LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER
THAT WE HAVE SHOWING AS PRESENT.
WE DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE HERE WHO
DID NOT MAKE IT BACK IN ORDER TO
GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT BUT --
SEEING HOW THE OTHER SPEAKERS
HAVE SPOKEN, I AM GOING TO CLOSE
THE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW AND MOVE
ON TO THE ITEMS IN OUR AGENDA
FOR TODAY.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE FIRST
ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE FIRST THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER HAS JOINED US.
GOOD MORNING.
AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST GIVE A
QUICK UPDATE ABOUT THE RESULTS
OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
CAPACITY BUILDING REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS FROM HSD FUNDED BY $12
MILLION TO COUNCIL APPROPRIATED
TO BUILD --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE EAGER TO
HEAR THE OUTCOME.
WE NEED CRIME PREVENTION
AND VIOLENT DISRUPTION WORK
BEING DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF QUICK
BACKGROUND.
WE GAVE THE COUNCIL $10 MILLION
FOR WORK DURING LAST SUMMER'S
BUDGET REBALANCING PROCESS.
THEN ADDED ANOTHER $2 MILLION
BECAUSE HIT NOT -- THE $10
MILLION EVEN THOUGH WE APPROVED
IT IN -- IT -- THE DOLLARS DID
NOT GET OUT THE DOOR.
WE INCREASED IT, ADDED ANOTHER
$2 MILLION IN 2021.
THIS FUNDING WAS A REALLY HIGH
PRIORITY AND KEY REQUEST OF
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND THE
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW
COALITION.
SO FAR WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS
COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED A
BRIEFING FROM HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ON ERP PROCESS IN
JANUARY.
THE STATE DIRECTOR RESPONDED
MORE FULLY TO QUESTIONS AND A
MEMO DISTRIBUTED TO COME
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN JANUARY.
HSD RELEASED THE RFP ON MARCH
1ST WHICH WAS AVAILABLE ON HSD'S
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES PAGE AND
THEN IN MARCH MY OFFICE REACHED
OUT TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH A
NEW MEMO FROM DIRECTOR WITH MORE
DETAILS ABOUT THEIR WORK LEADING
UP TO CREATING THE RFP.
AT THE MARCH COMMITTEE MEETING
WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR
THE RFP.
THE LEARNINGS OF THAT PROCESS,
THEIR SPEND PLAN AND RFP ITSELF.
FOLLOWING THAT PRESENTATION
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND FULL
COUNCIL APPROVED LEGISLATION
THAT LIFTED THE -- ON THE FUND.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THEY HAVE DECLINED AND
INSTEAD PROVIDED A MEMO BACK ON
JUNE 16TH IN LIEU OF THEIR
PARTICIPATION TODAY.
MY OFFICE CIRCULATED THAT MEMO
TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS YESTERDAY.
BRIEFLY KEY POINTS CONTAINED ARE
THAT THE RFP HAD OVER 70
APPLICATIONS REQUESTING MORE
THAN THREE TIMES THE AVAILABLE
$10.4 MILLION IN FUNDING.
AT THE REQUEST OF APPLICANTS THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
PIVOTED FROM RECORDED INTERVIEWS
DURING THE -- APPLICATION
PROCESS TO LIVE INTERVIEWS TO
ALLOW APPLICANTS TO SHARE
THOUGHTS AND STRATEGIES MORE
FREELY.
SO WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE
BIT OF A DELAY FROM WHAT WHERE
WAS THE IMPENDED AWARD
NOTIFICATION PERIOD.
THE LARGE NUMBER -- PROVIDED
LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES, RELATING
IN RESULTING IN A DELAYED
CONTRACT START DATE OF JULY
15TH.
THE NOTIFICATIONS WERE EXPECTED
TO GO OUT YESTERDAY BUT THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT LET ME
KNOW IT IS TAKING LONGER THAN
EXPECTED.
SO AGAIN THE NEW TARGET DATE FOR
NOTIFICATION IS JULY 15TH.
NHSD HAS CONDITION FIRMED THEY
WILL ATTEND OUR AUGUST 10TH
MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE IN
ORDER TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE
UPDATE ON THIS REALLY IMPORTANT
INVESTMENT.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE FOLKS AN
UPDATE ON THAT BECAUSE I HAVE
BEEN REPORTING OUT ON THE
PROCESS NOT JUST IN THE
COMMITTEE BUT DOING A LITTLE BIT
IN FULL COUNCIL AS WELL.
SINCE WE HAD PLANNED TO HAVE
AWARDS ON ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY I
WANTED FOLKS TO KNOW THAT THEY
ARE STILL COMING.
>>> WITH THAT WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ IN THE FIRST AGENDA
ITEM.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1, 2021
MIDYEAR ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN WE START WITH A QUICK ROUND
OF INTRODUCTIONS BEFORE WE GET
STARTED.
GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE.
SHALL I HAND IT OFF TO SOMEONE
ELSE?
>> PLEASE.
>> MORNING.
BECCA, SPD LEGAL.
>> I WILL HAND IT OFF TO MARK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR SPD.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO ANGELA.
>> GOOD MORNING.
ANGELA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
BUDGET AND FINANCE FOR SPD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL PASS IT OVER THE
LAUREN.
>> HI.
LAUREN DATA AND POLICY ANALYST
OPA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IS THAT EVERYBODY?
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS A -- OH.
THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM THE THREE
ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES THAT IS
REQUIRED IN THE 2017
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE THAT
CALLS FOR SPD TO BE AT THE
PRESENTATION SO FOLKS FROM SPD I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US
TODAY AND NOT SURE WHO IS GOING
TO KICK US OFF BUT I OPEN THE
FLOOR FOR WHOMEVER WILL DO THAT.
>>THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WILL
START US OFF.
>> I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN START
THE PRESENTATION.
>> PERFECT.
THANK YOU.
>> I DEFINITELY AM.
JUST GIVE ME ONE MOMENT AND I
WILL MAKE THIS WORK AS IT DID
THIS MORNING.
.
>> THIS IS JUST THE WAY IT IS
ALWAYS IS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> PERFECT.
NOW YOU ARE ON MUTE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> SORRY.
OKAY.
NOW WE ARE GETTING STARTED.
UM, I WILL -- I HAVE -- ARE YOU
ON START?
I APOLOGIZE.
>> SURE.
JUST A -- JUST GENERAL CONTEXT
EVEN THOUGH CHAIR HERBOLD LAID
IT OUT NICELY.
THIS IS REQUIRED THE PURPOSE IS
TO CHECK IN MIDYEAR TON STATUS
OF ANY MOVING PARTS T -- THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE WORK IN
PROGRESS THIS YEAR.
SO WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT OFF
AND I WILL COVER OIG AND OPA
WILL ROUND IT OUT.
>> OKAY.
PERFECT.
THANK YOU, AMY.
THIS IS AN OVER VIEW OF MIDYEAR,
MORE OF AN UPDATE OF WHAT IS
GOING ON.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THIS MIDYEAR IN REVIEW WE TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TINY
RESULTS OF THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE
SESSION THAT IS A SMALL PORTION,
PRIMARILY SINCE EVERYONE WAS
FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL TALK
ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY WORK
AND PROGRESS FOR EACH AGENCY.
SO LIKE I SAID I WANT TO COVER
BRIEFLY WE HAD LARGELY
SUCCESSFUL LEGISLATIVE SESSION
AND I WILL LIST QUICKLY ALL THE
BILLS THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL
WITHIN THE POLICING LEGISLATION,
ALL OF THESE WERE PASSED AND
HAVE BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW.
THEN ALSO JUST A GOOD PLUG FOR
CPC WE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN
OLYMPIA THROUGH VARIOUS METHODS
ON 75% OF THESE BILLS CH .
I AM MOVING TON CPC WORK.
SOME OF THE PUBLICATIONS WE HAVE
ARE PUBLIC FACING WORK INCLUDED
ARE LETTER TO COMMUNITY ON THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
TRACKER.
THAT IS A FORWARD FACING PUBLIC
INTERACTIVE DASH BOARD THAT
ALLOWS FOLKS TO SEE ALL THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE
PARTNERS HAVE MADE.
IN THE LETTER THAT WE PUBLISHED
PUBLICLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
HOW DID THIS COME INTO
EXISTENCE?
HOW DID CPC STAFF CREATE THE
DASH BOARD?
WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP DID WE
HAVE WITH THE PARTNERS SO THAT
WAY PEOPLE CAN KIND OF WALK
THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH US AS
WE STARTED BUILDING THIS BACK IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2020.
WE ALSO HAD A LETTER TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE MONITOR TO
ADDRESS THEIR DRAFT ASSESSMENT
AND METHODOLOGY AND PLAN SO WE
HAD A HAND IN THAT AND A VOICE
AT THE TABLE ON THINGS WE THID
THEY COULD DO DIFFERENTLY OR
THINGS WE APPRECIATED.
WE ALSO SPOKE TO VIA LETTER TO
THE LABOR RELATIONS POLICY
COMMITTEE ABOUT COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING.
WE HOSTED A SERIES OF COMMUNITY
CONVERSATIONS THAT SOME OF YOU
ATTENDED.
THEN ALSO WE HOSTED A TOWN HALL
IN FEBRUARY AND PRODUCE ADLER
BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK ON THE
UPDATES AND CHANGES TO SPD'S
PROPOSED CHANGES TO USE OF FORCE
AND THEIR CROWD MANAGEMENT
POLICIES.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE HOUSED ON
OUR WEBSITE.
SO WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHALLENGE
AND OPPORTUNITIES WE HAD.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE
CONTINUE TO FACE IS COVID-19
RESTRICTIONS.
COVID IS AS WE KNOW NOT OVER.
SOME OF PLUS BE RETURNING TO
WORK IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT
AS EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY ONE
OF THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE
PERSISTED AND I THINK WE HAVE
DONE WELL IS HOW DO WE CONTINUE
TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY IN
A MEANINGFUL WAY TO RECEIVE
FEEDBACK, TO HEAR THEIR
CONCERNS, TO HEAR THEIR FEARS,
TO HEAR THE THINGS LIKE THIS
WENT REALLY WELL FOR US SO
CONTINUING TO HAVE OUR ZOOM
PLATFORM MEETINGS REACHING OUT
FOLKS IN A VIRTUAL WAY AND THEN
AS WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS
CHALLENGE ARISES OPPORTUNITIES
TO STILL MAINTAIN THOSE VIRTUAL
PLATFORMS.
WE NOTICED SOME ACCESSIBILITY
INCREASED AND ALSO EVENTUALLY
RETURNING FACE TO FACE.
SO IT WAS A CHALLENGE BUT ALSO
AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE LARGELY HAVE BRAND NEW STAFF.
WE HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND RECENTLY APPOINTED SEVEN NEW
COMMISSIONERS.
WITH THAT ALWAYS WITH -- WHEN
YOU HAVE NEW STAFF, NEW
COMMISSION, THERE IS ALWAYS A
CHALLENGE OF ON BOARDING FOLKS,
GETTING THEM UP TO SPEED AND
BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
I SAY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
BECAUSE IT ALSO PRESENTS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REFORM, REBRAND
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND TO HAVE
SOMETHING NEW IN TERMS OF A
REBIRTH AND HOW PARTNERSHIP AND
COLLABORATION CAN COME TOGETHER
TABLE.
SO IT WAS A CHALLENGE WE WERE
VERY EXCITED TO SEE THOSE
OPPORTUNITY VARY AND GROW.
WE ARE VERY PLEASED AND VERY
HAPPY TO HAVE HAD THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY RECOMMENDATION
TRACKER, PART.
THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN APRIL.
IT WENT LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT IS A BUT LICK FACING
INTERACTIVE DASH BOARD.
FOLKS CAN GO IN AND SEE WHAT
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE BY
WHOM, TO WHAT AGENCY, WHAT WAS
THE RESPONSE, WHAT WAS THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE,
WHAT DID IT SAY?
IT'S A LINKS TO THE ORIGINAL
REPORT ARE WEATHER THAT
RECOMMENDATION ORIGINATED --
WHERE THAT RECOMMENDATION
ORIGINATED.
WE ALSO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE FOR
FOLKS ON THE WEBSITE.
WE CAN BACK UP AND SHOW HEY,
THIS IS WHERE THIS CAME FROM.
WHAT THIS ALSO DOES IS ALLOWS
PEOPLE TO SEE THE STATUS OF THAT
RECOMMENDATION.
HAS IT BEEN IMPLEMENTED?
IS IT STILL IN PROGRESS?
SO THE NEXT STEPS WITH THIS
PROCESS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN
WITH OUR PARTNERS AND THE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ACCURACY
OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS
RECEIVED, THAT WE ARE UPDATING
THAT AND THAT OUR INTERNAL
REPORTING PROCESS IS TO EACH
OTHER THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME
PAGE, WE ARE DOING THIS IN A
CONSISTENT MANNER.
ONE THAT EVERYONE AGREES TO SO
WE AREN'T REPORTING OUT ANYTHING
THAT MISCHARACTERIZES A
RECOMMENDATION OR A STATUS
UPDATE, IMPLEMENTATION.
WE ARE GIVING EVERYONE THE MOST
UP TO DATE AND ACCURATE
INFORMATION.
SO, THAT WORK IS STILL ON GOING
BUT IT IS UP AND RUNNING AND WE
ARE VERY PLEASED.
OKAY.
ANOTHER PIECE THAT CPC HAS
ALWAYS HAD BUT RECENTLY WE HAVE
STARTED TO RELAUNCH ARE OUR CPC
WORK GROUPS.
THESE WORK GROUPS ARE HOUSED BY
CPC AND HOUSED BY COMMISSIONERS.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT STATE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
THAT IS ONE OF THE WORK GROUPS
THAT WILL BE COMING BACK ONLINE
NEXT MONTH AS A SENIOR POLICY
ADVISOR.
SO RIGHT NOW WHAT IS UP AND
RUNNING ARE OUR POLICE PRACTICES
WORK GROUP WHICH IS LARGELY
FOCUSED ON DEMONSTRATION
MANAGEMENT AND KIND OF REVIEWING
AND TRACKING SOME OF THAT WORK.
WE ARE COMING ONLINE WITH
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE TWO
PARTICULAR COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE
LEADING THE CHARGE IN THIS WORK
AND OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WILL
FOCUS ON SPD'S RESPONSES TO
CRISIS BUT ALSO OFFICER WELLNESS
SO A BALANCE THERE.
OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK
GROUP IS ON GOING CONTINUING.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME NEW
COMMISSIONERS LEAVE THAT CHARGE.
WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP ON
JULY 20TH AND WE WILL HAVE SOME
EXCITING INPUT FROM COMMUNITY AS
WE START TO BUILD AND CRAFT OUR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.
I ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE TO ATTEND.
LASTLY OUR COMPLAINT AT E --
COMPLAINANT
APPEALS PROCESS.
WE ARE WORKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN
START THAT WORK.
WE HAVE A NICE PICTURE HERE OF
ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.
SO, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
EVENT.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER OUR
TWO LARGEST EVENTS OF THIS YEAR
THAT HAPPENED EARLIER IN
FEBRUARY WE HAD A TOWN HALL TO
RECEIVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND
DO EDUCATION AROUND THE POLICIES
UPDATES FROM SPD ABOUT THE USE
OF FORCE AND CROWD MANAGEMENT SO
THAT WAS ONE HEAVILY ATTENDED.
LARGELY SUCCESSFUL THAT RESULTED
IN RECOMMENDATIONS.
SECONDLY WE HAD TWO SEPARATE
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS.
ONE WAS ALSO IN MOST OF OUR WORK
AS AN EDUCATION OFFER
INFORMATION AND ALSO RECEIVE
FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON
THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY FELT THAT
WE SHOULD MOVE RECOMMENDATIONS
WE SHOULD MAKE AND THEN WE ALSO
HAD RESULTS IN RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE HAD SOME
UPTICK IN THE COLLABORATION WITH
THE SEATTLE POLICE MONITOR.
SO NOW THE CPC HAS BEEN INCLUDED
WITHIN THE VMAP SESSIONS WHICH
IS VISION, MAPPING ANALYSIS AND
PLANNING.
IT IS A CONTINUED STRATEGY
AROUND POLICE OVER SIGHT REFORM
IN THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY DO
THEIR WORK IT ALIGNS WITH THE
CONSENT DECREE.
THE CPC ALSO HAS STANDING
MONTHLY MEETINGS OR MONITOR
CHECK-INS WITH OUR SENIOR
LEADERSHIP.
THEN ALSO WE HELPED ALONG WITH
THE OTHER PARTNERS TO CRAFT
INFORMATION FOR THEIR
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT THAT GOES TO
COURT.
JUST UPDATING THE WORK THAT WE
HAVE DONE THUS FAR AND WHERE THE
CPC INTENDS TO MOVE FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
LASTLY WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
SOME PRIORITIES AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS HOW WE
CAN BETTER ENGAGE WITH YOUTH AND
YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN SEATTLE.
I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LEADING THE
CHARGE WITHIN POLICE REFORM,
POLICE OVER SIGHT AND REALLY
SPEAKING UP WHICH IS AWESOME.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ENGAGING WITH THEM IN THE BEST
WAY FOR THEM AND IN PARTNERSHIP.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE VIRTUAL
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT
THE PANDEMIC.
SOME OF THAT IS WE HIRED A NEW
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DAY TREKKER
TO.
YOU MAY KNOW HER, SHE START ADD
-- STARTED
A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
SHE WILL BE A BIG PART OF THAT.
IN COLLABORATION EFFORTS WE NEED
TO TALK ABOUT THE POLICE
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
WE HAVE AN ADVISOR AT THE TABLE.
WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION
TRACKING DATA BASE PART AND THEN
THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SEAT
SEATTLE POLICE MONITOR.
SOME OF OUR INTERNAL BUSINESS WE
DID HAVE SUCCESSFUL AND
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT OF OUR NEW
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BRANDY GRANT,
SEVEN NEW COMMISSIONERS AND HAVE
CREATED A MORE ROBUST ON BOARD
PROTOCOLS AND PROCESS SO WE CAN
GET PEOPLE UP TO SPEED QUICK.
WE HAVE LAUNCHED OUR PLANNING
WITH CONNECTED REALITIES LLC, A
DYNAMIC GROUP OF FOLK THAT WILL
HELP US TO CRAFT THE NEW
STRATEGIC PLAN SO WE CAN BE
CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND
ENSURE WE ARE UPLIFTING THE
VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE
BEST MANNER.
WE HAVE NOW HAVE A CPC NEWS
LETTER THAT GOES OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY AND FOR THE COMMISSION
SO EVERYONE CAN KIND OF STAY IN
TUNE WITH WHAT THE COMMISSION IS
DOING, WHAT THE CITY IS DOING
BUT ALSO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THE NEWS AND WHAT IS GOING ON.
WE HAVE A PODCAST IN PRODUCTION.
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT WILL HAVE -- A SERIES OF
ABOUT SIX EPISODES THAT WILL
TALK ABOUT ISSUES FROM BROADLY
TO POLICING NATIONALLY TO
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS, MANAGEMENT AND IT
WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS
TO KIND OF TUNE IN AND HEAR FROM
EXPERTS AND FROM CPC OF WHAT IS
GOING ON.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME.
HAS HAPPENS WE WILL ABSOLUTELY
PUT THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
LASTLY WE ALSO HAVE A MONTHLY
NEWS LETTER THAT GOES OUT TO
COMMUNITY AND IT WILL BE VERY
ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH
COMMISSION, OUR EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND WHAT EVERYTHING IS
GOING ON SO THAT WAY THE
COMMUNITY HAS ALL THE
INFORMATION IN THEIR HANDS.
.
I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO AMY
FROM OIG.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
INCREDIBLE WORK THAT EVERYBODY
AT THE CPC HAS DONE TO GET THE
ORGANIZATION FULLY STAFFED AND
OPERATING.
AFTER THE A PERIOD OF
TRANSITION, BOTH IN LEADERSHIP
AND VERY TRAUMATIC TIME AFTER
THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD FOR
OUR COMMUNITY, THE WORKLOAD HAS
INCREASED.
YOU GUYS HAVE SHOWN YOURSELF TO
BE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.
APPRECIATE THE WORK GROUPS ARE
ALL OPERATING AND THAT THE
RECOMMENDATION TRACKER IS A TOOL
THAT IS UP AND RUNNING FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS AND JUST FINALLY
I WANT TO MAKE A POINT OF
APPRECIATING THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE TO IN ADVANCE OF THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO IDENTIFY
WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE ARE,
THAT HAS ALLOWED KNOW ADVOCATE
INCLUDING YOUR PRIORITIES IN THE
CITIES ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA.
REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE AMOUNT
OF WORK YOU HAVE DONE, STRENGTH
THAT HAS BEEN IN THE
ORGANIZATION AT A VERY, VERY
DIFFICULT TIME.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
THANK YOU.
>> WE WILL TAKE THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR STAFF IS -- I WILL SAY THEY
ARE JUST INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT
WE GET TO WORK WITH EVERYDAY
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE
COMMISSIONERS.
I AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE
WILL CONTINUE DO.
I THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
IN REGARDS TO OIG I THINK YOU
ARE ALL AWARE WE HAVE FOUR MAIN
AREAS OF FUNCTION.
I WILL RECAP BRIEFLY.
WE DO AUDITS OF SPD AND OPA AL.
WE HAVE A POLICY BEST PRACTICE,
A PRETTY DATA HEAVY FUNCTION TO
LOOK AT WAYS TO IMPROVE THE
SYSTEM BASED ON INNOVATIONS THAT
ARE OUT THERE NATIONWIDE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE FUNCTION TO
REVIEW OPA CASE WORK
SPECIFICALLY.
I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN MENTION OF
THAT IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
AND THEN THE OTHER CATEGORY I
JUST LUMP INTO STRATEGIC
LEADERSHIP AREAS WHERE THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL IS INVOLVED IN
BOTH THE CONSENT DECREE WORK AND
ALSO OTHER CITY EFFORTS TO
FURTHER ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE PRESENTATION TODAY TALKS
ABOUT THE WORK WE ARE DOING IN
THOSE FOUR GENERAL AREAS.
SO FOR 2021 I THINK FOR OIG IT
REALLY DOES FEEL LIKE 2020 PART
TWO.
THAT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE
SET IN MOTION LAST YEAR ARE
CONTINUING.
THE MASS DEMONSTRATION,
POLICE PROTEST RESTS ON AND
COMMUNITY TRUST AROUND ISSUES OF
USE OF FORCE.
THE MAIN PROJECT I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT TODAY IS THE SENTINEL
EVENT REVIEW.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS IN
TERMS OF THE MIDYEAR REPORT HAS
OCCUPIED Y 25% OF OUR STAFF HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
IT IS BIG BECAUSE EARLY ON
MIDYEAR LAST YEAR THE CITY WAS
INTERESTED IN HOW TO IMPROVE ITS
RESPONSE TO POLICE PROTEST AND
LOOKING AT THAT FROM A SENTINEL
EVENT REVIEW LENS HAS GIVEN OIT
ABILITY TO -- THIS ISN'T A
DISCIPLINARY LOOK.
THIS IS A SYSTEMIC LOOK THAT
BEING THE OIG CHARGE TO LOOK AT
WHAT IS -- WHAT HAS CAUSED THE
WAY POLICE HAS RESPONDED -- THE
WAY THE PUBLIC HAS REACTED AND
HOW TO HAVE A BETTER CITY
RESPONSE GOING FORWARD.
SO ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF
THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN THAT IT
HAS BEEN AS COMMUNITY CENTERED
AS WE CAN MAKE IT AND SO IT IS
THE SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW IS A
MODEL USED IN THE AIRLINE AND
MEDICAL FIELD FOR INSTANCE TO
LOOK AT TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE
HAPPENED TO FIND WAYS TO KEEP
THAT PLANE FROM GOING DOWN, TO
KEEP THE DEATH ON THE OPERATING
TABLE FROM HAPPENING.
SO IN THIS CASE WHAT IS NOVEL
ABOUT IT IS THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL WANTED TO APPLY THAT
MODEL TO POLICE PROTESTS WHICH
AREN'T A SINGLE TRAGEDY BUT A
LONG SERIES OF RECURRING EVENTS
OVER A LONG PERIOD OVER TIME AND
SHE BROUGHT COMMUNITY AND SPD TO
THE TABLE TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION.
SO IF YOU WANT TO ADVANCE THE
SLIDE.
PART OF BUILDING THE SENTINEL
EVENT REVIEW AND MAKING IT
COMMUNITY CENTERED IS THAT THERE
IS A PLANNING GROUP OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
OTHER STAKE HOLDERS TALKING
ABOUT WHAT SHOULD THE SENTAL
EVENT REVIEW LOOK AT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ARK OF USE
OF FORCE OVERTIME, THAT IS THIS
PARTICULAR GRAPH OR ANY OTHER
SOURCES OF DATA LOOKING IN --
THERE
WERE TRENDS AND PATTERNS OVER
THE PERIOD OF PROTESTS OF WHAT
WAS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND
HOW POLICE WERE RESPONDING.
SO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS JUST
TO ILLUSTRATE THAT OIG TOOK A
LOT OF DATA AND THAT IS WHERE
THE POLICY STAFF REALLY CAME I.
THEY DID A LOT OF DATA MINING TO
LOOK AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND
WHERE WERE THE LOGICAL PIECES OF
INFORMATION.
THESE WERE -- THESE ARE BROKEN
OUT INTO YOU CAN SEE VARIOUS
SPIKES.
SO THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON
RIGHT NOW IS TO HAVE THE PANEL
LOOK AT THOSE FIRST FEW DAYS
WHERE YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A
LOT OF HEAVY ACTIVITY.
SO THE PLANNING GROUP IS OUR WAY
OF HAVING COMMUNITY AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT VOICE COME TOGETHER
TO SAY WHAT SHOULD WE LOOK AT?
OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU LOOK AT CAN
REALLY SET THE TONE FOR WHAT YOU
CONCLUDE AND -- YOU KNOW, WHAT
ASPECTS ARE EXPLORED.
IT SETS THE TONE AND SO IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY
VOICE UP FRONT.
THEN THE PANELISTS THEMSELVES
SELECTED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
THE PLANNING GROUP IS ALSO A MIX
OF COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND I JUST REALLY CAN'T DO
JUSTICE IN THIS PRESENTATION
WITH LONE VOICE TO EXPRESS HOW
REMARKABLE THE CONVERSATIONS
HAVE BEEN.
JUST A HUGE COMMITMENT OF TIME
FROM THE VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY
PANELISTS AND ALSO FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT AT THE TABLE REALLY
TALKING THROUGH THESE ISSUES AND
THE HOPE IS THAT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY ARE --
OF WHAT THEY SAW AND WHAT WAS
IMPORTANT TO ALL OF THEM BASED
ON THE EXPERTISE THEY BROUGHT TO
THE TABLE, WE ARE HOPING THOSE
RECOMMENDATION WHICH ARE COMING
OUT SOON WILL RESONATE WITH BOTH
WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY
IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS AND WHAT
CAN IMPROVE.
TURNING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO THAT IS SENTINEL THAT HAS
REALLY -- THAT IS OUR MIDYEAR
REPORT.
IN ADDITION, THE OTHER ASPECTS
RECOGNIZING THE INTERSECTION OF
COMMUNITY PROTESTS AND POLICING
OIG ALSO HAS BEEN UNDER TAKING
EXAMINATIONS LOOKING
PARTICULARLY AT RESPONSE TO
PEOPLE IN CRISIS AND THIS IS
SOME WORK THAT IS BEING DONE IN
THIS CASE IN THIS PARTICULAR
BULLET POINT LOOKING AT THINGS
ACTUALLY THAT WENT WELL.
SO THE IDEA IS WE ARE BOTH
LOOKING AT WHERE -- WHEN THERE
IS A USE OF FORCE THAT MAYBE OUT
OF POLICY THEN THERE IS A WHOLE
MECHANISM THAT IS IN PLACE TO
LOOK AT THOSE AND THE IDEA HERE
WAS TO LOOK AT ARE THERE ALSO
LESSONS TO BE LEARNED WHERE
SOMETIMES THINGS GO WELL TO
BRING THOSE FORWARD AND
EMPHASIZE THOSE GOOD PRACTICES
IN ADDITION TO CALLING OUT WHERE
THINGS NEED TO CHANGE THAT ARE
NOT BEING DONE WELL.
PURSUE POLICIES THAT HAD SOME
COVERAGE IN THESE STATE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS WELL.
A PARTICULAR INTEREST FROM OIG
ON EXAMINING AND PROVIDING SOME
ASSISTANCE TO SPD AND LOOKING AT
THEIR PURSUIT POLICIES AND THE
IMPACT THAT HAS ON PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT WILL I
CALL OUT IN TERMS OF HOW
EVERYONE IS WITHIN OIG IS
LOOKING AT HOW THE SYSTEM IS
CHANGING, HOW POLICE ARE POSE
RESPONDING AND LOOKING AT MINOR
TRAFFIC OFFENSES.
SO THAT BODY OF WORK, THAT WILL
BE STAKE HOLDER LED WHERE THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL IS CONVENING
EXPERTS TO COME IN AND WEIGH IN
ON THE IMPACTS AND MOVE THAT
CONVERSATION FORWARD.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ON THE AUDIT FRONT YOU WILL SEE
THAT THEME OF THINGS THAT HAVE
COME UP IN 2020.
MASK WEARING REVIEW.
THERE WAS A MATTER BROUGHT TO
OUR ATTENTION ABOUT WHETHER SPD
OFFICERS WERE WEARING MASKS.
SO THAT IS REVIEW THAT IS IN
PROGRESS LOOKING AT COMPLIANCE
WITH MASK WEARING POLICIES AND
THAT REPORT SHOULD BE COMING OUT
IN THE FEAR FUTURE AS WELL.
MUTUALED AT IT -- MUTUAL AID HAS
BEEN ON
OUR WORK PLAN FOR SOME
TIME.
THE IDEA THERE IS TO LOOK AT HOW
OTHER AGENCIES RESPOND AND
ASSIST SPD AND THE POLICIES AND
PRACTICES AROUND THAT.
THERE HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY SOME
INTEREST IN IMMIGRATION ISSUES
AROUND MUTUAL AID AND OTHER SUCH
TOPICS OF INTEREST.
SO THE MUTUAL AID AUDIT LOOKS AT
THOSE KINDS OF COMPONENTS.
THE ONE MAJOR NEW AUDIT THAT HAS
REALLY TAKEN OFF THIS YEAR IS IN
THE AREA OF DISCIPLINE AND THIS
IS ONE THAT WILL ALSO BE
WRAPPING UP LATER THIS YEAR.
LOOKING AT THE DISCIPLINE
PROCESS IT HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF
COURT CONCERN.
IT HAS BAN TOPIC OF THE COUNCIL
AND THE CITY IN GENERAL HAS HAD
A LOT OF EYES ON THE DISCIPLINE
QUESTION AND SO LOOKING AT IT
FROM THE TIME THERE IS AN OPA
DETERMINATION THROUGH TO WHAT
HAPPENS AT THE DISCIPLINARY
HEARING AND THE APPEAL PROCESS
AND SO FORTH LOOKING AT THE
TIMELINESS T COMPLETENESS OF THE
RESPONSE, WHETHER IT IS FAIR,
TRANCE PARENT, LOOKING FROM AN
ACCOUNTABILITY PERSPECTIVE.
SO I THINK THAT WILL BE A VERY
INTERESTING ONE WHEN IT COMES
OUT.
I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO DETAIL
ABOUT ALL OF THESE.
THIS IS JUST A HIGHLIGHT.
THERE IS ON GOING BODIES OF WORK
GOING ON IN OUR AUDIT AND REVIEW
FOR THIS LIST IN PARTICULAR IS
FOCUSED ON SPD.
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
TON.
ON THE REVIEW FRONT --
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IT IS OVER SIGHT OF OVER
SIGHT IF YOU WILL.
CIVILIAN LED AND IN THIS CASE SO
I HAVE ON THE SLIDE -- ONE OF
THE CHARGES WE DO IS WE LOOK AT
WHETHER OPA IS CLASSIFYING CASES
CORRECTLY.
SO PART OF THAT IS IT IS NOT
JUST A MATTER OF IS AN
INVESTIGATION THOROUGH BUT THERE
IS A DECISION WHEN A COMPLAINT
COMES IN OF SHOULD IT BE
INVESTIGATED.
SO THERE IS A CHECK BUILT INTO
THAT SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT THAT
THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE
INVESTIGATED ARE BEING
INVESTIGATED.
THEN ONCE IT GETS TO AN
INVESTIGATION STAGE THEN OIG
WILL ISSUE CERTIFICATIONS AND
THOSE ARE CERTIFICATIONS ON
WHETHER IT IS TIMELY, THOROUGH
AND OBJECTIVE AND THERE WERE 142
AS OF MID JUNE BUT JUST TO GIVE
YOU A SENSE OF VOLUME AND
UPDATING THE SLIDE THERE HAVE
BEEN 208 AS OF TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE JUST IN THE SPAN OF
A MONTH THERE IS A LOT OF ON
GOING INVESTIGATIVE WORK THAT OP
ARK DOES AND THEN
CORRESPONDINGLY THAT IS A WAVE
THAT THEN COMES OVER AND HITS
OIG IN TERMS OF PERFORMING A
REVIEW OF THOSE.
I WOULD SAY FOR OPA REVIEW IN
TERMS OF A MIDYEAR STATUS, FAR
AND AWAY IT IS THE CERTIFICATION
PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN CONSUMING
THE RESOURCES.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WHEN THE
PROTESTS HAPPENED LAST YEAR,
THERE WERE OF COURSE IT GOES
THROUGH -- THERE IS A COMPLAINT
AND THEN THERE IS AN
INVESTIGATION WHICH CAN HAVE
USUALLY A 180 DAY CLOCK ON IT.
THEN OIT GETS A COMPLETED
INVESTIGATION TO LOOK AT.
WE ARE REALLY SEEING A HEAVY
VOLUME IN EARLY 2021 WITH JUST
THE CULMINATION OF REVIEWING
OPA'S WORK THAT OCCURRED IN
2020.
WITH THE PROTEST CASES IN
PARTICULAR, THEY TEND TO BE MORE
COMPLEX AND MORE COMPILATIONS
BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL, OPA GOT
19,000 COMPLAINTS.
WHEN WE ARE IN THE HUNDREDS OF
INVESTIGATIONS, ANYONE OF THOSE
INVESTIGATIONS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE
A LOT OF ISSUES OR CONCERNS
CONTAINED WITHIN IT.
SO THAT REALLY HAS BEEN THE
HEAVY LIFT FOR RESOURCES IN THIS
AREA.
SEPARATELY I THINK THESE ARE ON
THE SLIDE.
OTHER AREAS OF WORK THAT ARE
WITHIN OUR CHARGE LOOKING AT
OTHER METHODS BY WHICH CASES OR
ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED OR
RESOLVED.
BIAS REVIEWS, WE START ADD
PROJECT COULD BE SILL MEMBER
HERBOLD IN REGARDS TO ONE OF
YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW OUR
BIAS REVIEWS ARE CONDUCTED, HOW
ARE THEY DONE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY?
ARE THERE BETTER WAYS TO DO IT?
TAKING A CLOSER EXAMINATION OF
THAT.
SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON
THAT ONE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
--
>> I WANT TO PAUSE HERE, PLEASE
ON THIS SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
I SEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
HAS A QUESTION.
I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL.
AS IT RELATES TO THE
CERTIFICATION OF INVESTIGATIONS,
ARE YOU REPORTING HERE FULL
CERTIFICATIONS?
I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN RECENTLY A
LOT OF ATTENTION TO PARTIAL
CERTIFICATIONS AND I AM ALSO
CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
THERE IS A NUMBER OF
INVESTIGATIONS THAT WEREN'T
CERTIFIED AT ALL.
>> UM, VERY GOOD QUESTION,
COUNCIL MEMBER.
THE 208 IS OUR BODY OF WORK.
SO ANYTHING WE ISSUE A
CERTIFICATION REGARDLESS OF THE
INCOME IS 208 TOTAL.
SO THAT IS THE BODY OF WORK
DONE.
IN TERMS OF PARTIALS, I CAN GET
YOU THE SPECIFIC NUMBER AFTER
THIS.
THE FULL CERTIFICATION RATE OF
TIMELY OBJECTIVE THOROUGH IS
ABOUT 95%.
THEN SO IN ABOUT 5% OF THE CASES
THERE WOULD BE A PARTIAL
CERTIFICATION WHERE A CASE MIGHT
BE ON ANY OF THOSE CRITERIA
WOULD BE A PARTIAL.
TIMELINESS IS AROUND THE AREAS
OF F THERE IS A MISSED DEADLINE
OF SOME KIND, THAT WOULD BE THE
MOST LIKELY TRIGGER.
OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT A
PARTICULAR DEFICIENCY AND THEN
THOROUGHNESS, I THINK SOME OF
THOSE WOULD BE -- JUST FOR
EXAMPLE WHETHER THERE WAS A
CERTAIN LINE OF QUESTIONING
THAT -- OIT FELT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN PURSUED THAT WAS RELEVANT
TO THE CASE.
IT WOULD BE EXAMPLES LIKE THAT.
ONE THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IN
TERMS OF PARTIALS, UM -- SORRY,
IT ESCAPED ME.
>> THAT IS OKAY.
WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS' QUESTION.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THIS
SLIDE OR THE LAST ONE BUT MY
QUESTION IS ABOUT THE AUDITING
OF DISCIPLINE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS MIGHT BE -- THIS MIGHT BE
FEEDBACK FOR SCOPING QUESTIONS
AS WE UNDER TAKE THAT WORK IN
THE FUTURE WORK PLAN.
MADAM CHAIR TALKED ABOUT THIS A
LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY DURING
BRIEFING ABOUT EFFORTS IN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
RESPOND TO WHAT IS REALLY
BECOMING A NATIONAL PROBLEM
AROUND EXTREMISM IN THE RANKS OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
ANTI-DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT.
I MIGHT HAVE A FOLLOW UP
QUESTION.
I GUESS I WANTED TO THROW THAT
OUT THERE AS A SCOPING THING.
IT SEEMS RIGHT FOR A DISCIPLINE
AND ACCOUNTABILITY AUDIT.
I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT FIRST
AND I WILL -- I WILL ALMOST
CERTAINLY HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO
THIS.
I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT
THERE.
>> BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT, AMY, AS
IT RELATES TO THAT PARTICULAR
ISSUE AROUND EXTREMISM AND
IDENTIFYING IT WITHIN THE RANKS,
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PART
OF THE BIAS REVIEW WORK THAT YOU
ARE DOING IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS
THAT ISSUE BOTH HOW WE HANDLE
BIAS COMPLAINTS BUT ALSO I
BELIEVE HAVE A -- BODY CAMERA
PROJECT THAT YOU ARE INTENDING
ON WORKING ON TO LOOK AT BODY
CAMERA AND WORK WITH AN ACADEMIC
TO ANALYZE HOW OFFICERS --
SEASON IN CASES WHERE THERE IS
NOT AN ARREST BUT TO LOOK AT HOW
THEY ENGAGE DIFFERENTLY WITH
DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK THAT IS A GOOD HIGHLIGHT
IS MY LIST BY THE WAY IS NOT
EXHAUSTIVE.
THERE IS OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE
ON GOING SO THESE ARE SOME OF
THE HIGHLIGHTS.
DIRECTLY TO THE QUESTION
EXTREMISM WOULDN'T BE --
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IN PART IT IS BECAUSE I THINK
EXTREMISM IS COMING TO THE
FOREFRONT OF CONVERSATION RIGHT
NOW BUT THE AUD -- AUDIT IS
LOOKING
AT THE DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES OF
WHAT HAS BEEN IMPOSED.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD RAISES A GREAT POINT
THAT THERE ARE OTHER AREAS TO
TRY TO GET AT SOME OF THOSE
KINDS OF CONCEPTS YOU TALKING
ABOUT AND I THINK YOU YOURSELF
HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF
HIGHLIGHTING THERE IS ALSO A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN EXTREMISM
AND JUST BIAS INSTITUTIONAL BIAS
AND OTHER KINDS OF RELATED TYPES
OF ISSUES THAT COME TO MIND FOR
PEOPLE.
SO, I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF
WORK CERTAINLY IN THE PARTNER
ARENA BEING DONE ON DISPARITY
AND BIAS IN GENERAL.
THE -- WE HAVE A COUPLE.
MAKING SURE I'M TRACKING WHAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT
PROFESSIONALISM AND THAT IS
REALLY EARLY STAGES WITH JUST
PART OF THE REASON WHY IT HASN'T
MADE THIS HIGHLIGHTS LIST OF
JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
INTERACTIONS PEOPLE THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE ON A
DAY TO DAY BASIS HAS A
CUMULATIVE LARGE IMPACT ON
PUBLIC TRUST AND GETTING A
BETTER HANDLE AND REVIEW OF WHAT
ARE THOSE PROFESSIONALISM
INSTANCES AND HOW HAVE THEY BEEN
TREATED?
HOW HAVE THEY BEEN ADDRESSED?
ARE THERE SYSTEMIC ISSUES COMING
OUT FROM THAT?
WE ARE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH
OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO LOOK AT
DISPARITY THROUGH BODY WORN
VIDEO AND OR USE OF FORCE
REPORTS OR BIAS REVIEWS OR ANY
OF THOSE OTHER DOCUMENTS AND
PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS THE
CITY IS A VERY LARGE CITY AND
THERE IS A LOT OF INCIDENTS.
SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGE AROUND
THIS IS HOW DO YOU PULL UP BOWS
OF INTERACTIONS, RIGHT?
PARENT OF -- PART OF IT IS
LOOKING UP
THINGS LIKE NATURAL LANGUAGE
PROCESSING OR OTHER WAYS TO JUST
PULL THE MOST LIKELY CASES TO
LOOK AT.
I'M SORRY I'M VEERING OFF INTO
TECHNICAL TERRITORY LOSING THE
AUDIENCE PROBABLY.
BUT, SO, A LOT OF WORK.
I THINK IT IS WORTH FURTHER
CONVERSATIONS JUST IN TERMS OF
WHERE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT
AVENUES CAN GO.
THERE ARE DEFINITELY A LOT OF
INTERSECTIONS.
JUST -- EVEN SOME OF THESE
OTHERS JUST THE IMPACT ON RACIAL
DISPARITY IMPLICATIONS, PUBLIC
TRUST IMPLICATIONS, IN TERMS OF
INTERACTIONS, PROFESSIONALISM
PLAYS THAT ROLE THERE.
EVEN THE MASK WEARING, ANYTHING
THAT IS -- THE CULTURE OF SPD,
HOW IT PRESENTS TO THE PUBLIC I
THINK IS -- NOW I'M GETTING WAY
FAR FIELD FROM EXTREMISM THE
ORIGINAL QUESTION.
I DO THINK THAT THEY ALL TIE
INTO CULTURAL ASPECTS WITH
RACIAL ASPECTS OF THE PARTNERS
YOU ARE LOOKING AT.
>> AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO ALSO
HIGHLIGHT THAT I HAVE ASKED THAT
THE OIG CONSIDER THE USE OF
CLIMATE SURVEYS AS RECOMMENDED
BY SOME BEST PRACTICES TO
ACTUALLY HEAR FROM OFFICERS
ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES OF WHITE
SUPREMACY, RACISM AND EXTREMISM
IN THE WORKPLACE BECAUSE AS WE
HAVE HEARD WHITE SUPREMACY
AFFECTS OFFICERS OF COLOR.
TRYING TO GET AT THAT IN A MORE
SYSTEMATIC WAY WILL BE USEFUL TO
OUR EFFORTS.
>> READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE IF YOU ARE.
>> I DID HAVE SOME QUICK FOLLOW
UPS ON THE TOPIC.
I DO THINK -- I WAS -- I THINK
MORE BROADLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO
GET AT AND I APPRECIATE AN OVER
VIEW OF A LOT OF THE METHODS AND
SCOPING BUT I WANT TO BRING IT
BACK TO SOMETHING VERY TANGIBLE.
I THINK IT IS CLEAR THAT NOT
WEARING A MASK AND BEING --
ABOUT IT AS AN OFFICER AND GOSH
LIKE A CASE OF F AN OFFICER USED
A RACIAL SLUR AGAINST SOMEBODY
CLEARLY WOULD BE UNPROFESSIONAL.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANTI
DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT AS
EXPRESSED THAT IS CALLED STOP
THE STEAL IS NOT CONSIDERED IN
THOSE SAME CATEGORIES.
I THINK IT WOULD WARRANT AN
AUDIT TO GET AT SOME OF THE
FUNDAMENTAL UNDER PINNINGS OF
THE RECENT DETERMINATION BY THE
DAY
TREKKER TO THAT THERE ARE FREE
SPEECH --
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THAT ARE NOT TRIGGERED BY
SIMILAR FREE SPEECH RIGHTS
PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE TO NOT WEAR A
MASK OR TO SAY A RACIAL SLUR IN
PUBLIC.
AMERICANS HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY A
RACIAL SLUR IN PUBLIC.
YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO DO
THAT WHEN YOU ARE A POLICE
OFFICER BECAUSE IT IS
UNPROFESSIONAL.
YOU CAN'T ENGAGE FOR RACIST
ACTIVITY.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
IS NOT PROFESSIONAL IN THE SAME
WAY AS A LOT OF THESE OTHER
ACTIVITIES THAT COULD HAVE
SPEECH IMPLICATIONS BUT WE HAVE
DETERMINED THEY ARE NOT
PROFESSIONL AND PEOPLE COULD BE
DISCIPLINED FOR THEM.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD WARRANT
AS SCOPING AN ASSESSMENT.
I UNDRSTAND IT WAS TOUGH CALL
THE
DIRECTOR HAD TO MAKE.
I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN HAVE
FAITH IN THESE OFFICERS THAT
ATTENDED THE RALLY BUT DIDN'T
ENGAGE IN THE INSURRECTION
DIRECTLY.
I THINK THERE IS PROFESSIONALISM
CONCERNS.
I THINK THAT THERE THEY ARE VERY
CONCERNING.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN NORMALIZE
THE BIG LIE AND ACTIVITIES THAT
ARE RELATED TO THE BIG LIE UNDER
THE BANNER THAT THAT IS JUST
NORMAL POLITICAL BEHAVIOR, IT
ISN'T.
IT IS NOT THE SAME AS BELIEVING
IN TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS OR
BELIEVING IN -- LIKE HAVING
DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON IF THERE
SHOULD BE A CAPITAL GAINS TAX.
THIS IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE
SOCIAL CONTRACT AND THE MONOPOLY
OR FORCE THEY HOLD TO PROTECT.
I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE
AS I THINK I'M TALKING ABOUT
FUNDAMENTAL, AS PART OF THIS
PROFESSIONAL REVIEW REALLY
GRAMMING WITH THOSE QUESTIONS.
I DON'T THINK IT IS JUST THIS
SORT OF YOU KNOW -- JET SON
SHARKS DIVISION WE ARE IN
DIFFERENT SIDES.
IT IS MORE FUNDAMENTAL THAN
THAT.
IT IS SAY YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN
DEM A DEMOCRAT
A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT.
>> WITHOUT SPEAKING TO THE OPA
CASE IN PARTICULAR BUT IN
REGARDS TO MY COMMENTS EARLIER
JUST TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT I'M
EXPRESSING, PROFESSIONALISM FOR
ME WOULD BE AN OVERALL UMBRELLA
THAT ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF
THINGS.
MY POINT WOULD BE IT IS NOT
SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS EXTREMISM
FOR THE POINTS YOU RAISING THAT
THERE ARE UNIQUE ASPECTS TO
EXTREMISM THAT AREN'T
NECESSARILY PART OF THE BASE OF
PROFESSIONALISM.
OVER LAPPING CONCEPTS BUT THAT
IS TO STUDY IT AND DO -- FOR
INSTANCE FOR THE SURVEY, THE
CLIMATE SURVEY THAT THE CHAIR IS
TALKING ABOUT, A SURVEY ABOUT
PROFESSIONALISM IN GENERAL WON'T
GET US THERE.
IF THAT HELPS CLARIFY.
>> IT DOES.
WOULD THERE BE A WAY TO SCOPE AN
AUDIT ON THE QUESTION OF --
CERTIFICATIONS, PARTIAL
CERTIFICATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS
THAT OIG HAS NOT NOT APPROVED
AND LINK THAT TO THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER OR NOT AN INVESTIGATION
IS COMPLETE BECAUSE OF HOW IT
LOOKS AT THAT QUESTION OF
PROTECTED FREE SPEECH AND
PROFESSIONALISM BECAUSE COUNCIL
MEMBER LIEU BASIS CORRECT THAT
THE COURTS HAVE BEEN LATITUDE TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHEN IT
COMES TO RESTRICTING FREE SPEECH
OF OFFICERS IN THOSE INSTANCES
WHERE THERE IS A CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE CONDUCT AND THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES AND HAS ALLOWED
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO
RESTRICT SPEECH AND ASSOCIATION
FIGHTING SPECIFIC -- THE
HEIGHTENED NEED FOR ORDER,
LOYALTY, MORAL AND HARMONY.
I'M WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT
THERE IS A WAY TO USE THE
PROCESS THAT INCLUDES THE OIG
CERTIFICATION TO LOOK AT THIS
ISSUE AS WELL.
>> I THINK IT IS SOMETHING WE
CAN TALK WITH YOU FURTHER ABOUT.
I THINK YOU ALWAYS HAVE A REALLY
CREATIVE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE
WAYS IN WHICH ONE PIECE ENFORMS
THE OTHER.
HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONTINUED
CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
>> YEAH.
THIS QUESTION OF A COME -- THE
CONGRESSWOMAN PLEATNESS OF AN
INVESTIGATION.
THIS PARTICULAR INVESTIGATION
THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT
NOW HAS -- RAISED THE QUESTION
FOR MANY OF US OF WHETHER OR NOT
THAT WAS A COMPLETE
INVESTIGATION BECAUSE OF -- THIS
DETERMINATION THAT THE FREE
SPEECH RIGHTS OF THE OFFICERS
SORT OF TRUMP OUR PECKATIONS FOR
EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW
THEY DO THEIR JOB.
>> YEAH.
THEY DO TEND TO BE INDIVIDUAL
CASE SPECIFIC INVESTIGATOR
SPECIFIC DETERMINATION WHOOFS --
DETERMINATION
WHOOFS WORKED IN THAT PARTICULAR
SITUATION WITHOUT GOING TO SOME
OF THOSE LARGER PRINCIPLE USE
TALKING ABOUT.
THEY DO INFORM -- WE ARE LOOKING
FOR TRENDS OF HOW OPA IN GENERAL
APPROACHES CASES.
I THINK YOU ASKING A VERY
SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT
INVESTIGATIONS IN THIS
PARTICULAR.
DEFINITELY WORTH FURTHER
CONVERSATION WITH YOU TO THINK
THAT THROUGH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO IF WE ARE READY TO ADVANCE
TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THEN.
THIS IS JUST A HIGHLIGHT.
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THE PROCESS WILL BE CONTINUING
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
OIG IS PART OF THAT PROCESS AND
SO LOOKING AT USE OF FORCE CROWD
MANAGEMENT POLICY HAVING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PARTNERS
AND SOME OF THAT HAS COME UP IN
THE SENTINEL REVIEW AS WELL.
I THINK REALLY TRULY IT HAS BEEN
A COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION
AROUND WHAT ARE THOSE POLICIES,
HOW HAVE THEY MANIFESTED AND HOW
CAN THEY BE IMPROVED.
JUST QUICKLY ON THE LAST SLIDE
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR
CERTIFICATION OF OTHER PEOPLE'S
WORK.
WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS A LOT OF
WORK TO BE DONE INTERNALLY AS
WELL.
JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF ALWAYS
TRYING TO IMPROVE WHERE WE ARE
AT, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS IN
THE PROCESS OF SETTING ALL
COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP TO HELP
ENSURE HER THOUGHTS ARE
REFLECTING THE COMMUNITY'S
PRIORITIES AS WELL.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SO, WITH THAT THAT IS OUR
YEAR SO FAR.
IF YOU HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, I WOULD TURN IT OVER
TO OPA TO WRAP UP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS I SAID EARLIER MY NAME IS
LAUREN.
THYME DATA AND POLICY ANALYST
FOR OPA.
I WILL TALK ABOUT OUR POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH ARE CALLED
MANAGEMENT ACTION
RECOMMENDATIONS OR MARS.
MARS ARE A TOOL TO CLARIFY OR
CORRECT GAPS IN SPD POLICY AND
TRAINING.
THEY COME ABOUT.
WE ARE WILL TURN IT OVER TO SPD.
WE WILL ASK THEM TO FIX WHATEVER
IS MISSING IN SPD POLICY OR
TRAINING.
SPD IS NOT REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT
MARS BUT DO WORK WITH US TO FIND
THESE SOLUTIONS.
THERE IS NO REQUIRED TIMELINE
FOR SPD TO COMPLETE THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT OFTEN DEPENDS ON THE
COMPLEXITY OF THE RECOMMENDATION
OR SPD'S SCHEDULED POLICY REVIEW
CYCLES BUT IN GENERAL ABOUT FOUR
MONTHS TO A YEAR AND WE MEET
QUARTERLY WITH SPD TO DISCUSS
THE STATUS OF ACTIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS YEAR IN 2021 WE HAVE ISSUED
MARS ON 14 UNIQUE TOPICS AND AS
OF YESTERDAY NOW 15.
WE ISSUED ONE YESTERDAY.
12 OF THE 15 RESULTED FROM
PROTEST CASES.
THEY INCLUDE BLAST BALLS,
CHANGING THE BLAST BALL POLICY.
LONG RANGE ACOUSTIC DEVICE WHICH
IS LRAD, PROVIDING MEDICAL RAID
AND DEMONSTRATION SUCH AS WHEN
PROTESTERS ARE HIT WITH PEPPER
SPRAY.
SCREENING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS,
THINGS OF THAT SORT.
THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND
BOTH WERE FULLY IMPLEMENTED.
ENFORCEMENT TOWARDS MEDIA AND
COMPLEX INCIDENT COMMAND.
THAT ONE WAS STRENGTHENING
INCIDENT ACTION PLANS OR IAPS
AND JUST HAVING A STRONGER
COMMAND OVER OFFICERS WORKING
PROTESTS.
THEN 12 TOPICS ARE STILL ACTIVE
THIS YEAR.
SINCE MARS CARRY OVER OFTEN INTO
THE NEXT YEAR OUR NEXT SLIDE
WHICH WE CAN GO TO SUMMARIZES
OUR 2020 MARS WHICH SOME ARE
STILL OPEN.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
BODY WORN VIDEO RECORDING,
EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AND HANDLING
MONEY EVIDENCE AND RECORDING
THAT ON BODY WORN VIDEO.
ONE MAR WAS PARTIALLY
IMPLEMENTED WHICH WAS
STRENGTHENING SPECIAL COMMISSION
PERMITS AND RESTRICTIONS ON WHO
CAN HAVE A SPECIAL COMMISSION
PERMIT.
THEN TWO WERE DECLINED ACTIONS.
ONE THE LEADERSHIP EXPECTATIONS
ONE, SPD DID NOT HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THAT AND
THEN THE SOUND TRANSIT LET CE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THAT ONE WAS ALSO DECLINED
BY SPD.
THEN SIX MARS FROM 2020 ARE
STILL ACTIVE.
THAT IS ALL WE HAVE.
>> GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
CHECKING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT
WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
OPA ON THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE
WORK PLAN HERE TODAY.
JUST CHECKING MY NOTES.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
MANAGEMENT ACTION
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALSO LISTED
ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS
LISTING THE STATUS OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT IT GIVES
POLICY MAKERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
INQUIRE BUT WITH THE DEPARTMENT
ON A STATUS BUT ALSO GIVES THE
GENERAL PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED
AND WHAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ADDITION.
I WANT TO INVITE YOU LAUREN ON
BEHALF OF OPA TO OFFER ANY
COMMENTS YOU MIGHT AS IT RELATES
TO THE EARLIER DISCUSSION THAT
WE DIRECTED AROUND THE MEMOS T
INVESTIGATION CERTIFICATION
MEMOS OR THE CONVERSATION THAT
WE HAD AROUND INVESTIGATIONS
ALSO LOOKING BROADLY AT
ANTI-DEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOR ON THE
PART OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT CAN
HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT BOTH ON
POLICING AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS
BUT WHEN THE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC
BEHAVIOR IS EXAMPLES OF
EXTREMISM OR RACISM IT ALSO HAS
EFFECT ON OTHER OFFICERS WHO
WORK WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AS
WELL AND IF -- GIVING YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THAT
ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO OPA'S
INVESTIGATIONS.
>> ON THE TOPIC I WOULD HAVE TO
SEND THAT BACK TO THE DIRECTOR.
I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON
THAT.
I BELIEVE SOMEWHERE IN THE UPPER
90% OF OUR INVESTIGATIONS ARE
FULLY CERTIFIED BY OIG BUT
WITHOUT COMMENTING FURTHER ON
THAT SPECIFIC CASE OR ON THE
TOPIC OF EXTREMISM.
I WOULD -- PUSH THAT TO THE
DIRECTOR.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
THANK YOU.
THE OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBERS BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS
CONVERSATION OUT OR ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE OTHER
PANEL MEMBERS RECOGNIZING WE
ALSO HAVE SPD RECOGNIZE
PARTICIPATING HERE AS WELL?
AND I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR
PARTICIPATION HERE TODAY.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO ON
GOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT YOUR
WORK AND ABOUT HOW WE CAN
TOGETHER WORK THROUGH APPROVE
ACCOUNTABILITY OF OUR SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> ITEM NUMBER TWO, PAY OUT
POLICY PROPOSAL BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY
SINCE JUNE 9TH AND HAVE HAD
ROBUST STAKE HOLDER
CONVERSATIONS AND SHE IS GOING
TO -- SHE HAS PRESENTATION BUT
FIRST WE WILL -- BEFORE WE JUMP
INTO THE PRESENTATION WE WILL --
HEAR FROM -- A -- I BELIEVE WE
WILL FIRST HEAR -- TO HEAR A
COUPLE OF WORKERS TALK ABOUT
SORT OF THE NEED FOR THE --
FOR -- FOR THIS DISCUSSION.
WE WILL -- OVER THE POLICY
PROPOSAL FOR THE AREAS WE HAVE
DISCUSSED AND JUST KIND OF
BRIEFLY GO OVER THE HIGH LEVEL
AREAS OF DISCUSSION.
WE WILL NOT GO DEEP INTO THE
STAKE HOLDER FEEDBACK ON EACH OF
THOSE AREAS BUT THAT IS ALL
CAPTURED IN THE -- IN THE
PRESENTATION ITSELF.
SO AM I MISSING ANYTHING AS FAR
AS WHAT THE -- WHAT THE -- RUN
OF SHOW IS HERE TODAY?
>> I THINK THAT IS GREAT.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF
KARINA PRESENTED HER
FIRST SLEIGHT SLIDE AND THEN WE
WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> KARINA.
HANDING IT OVER TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM KARINA.
I WILL PULL UP THE SLIDE
PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO
HERE IS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE
STILL A VERY COMPREHENSIVE
PROPOSAL FOR A --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THESE PROTECTIONS WILL BE
SEPARATED INTO A NUMBER OF
ORDINANCES.
WE ARE FOCUSSING JUST ON THE
POLICIES RIGHT NOW.
THERE HAVE BEEN STAKE HOLDER
MEETINGS ON MINIMUM
COMPENSATION, TRANSPARENCY,
FLEXIBILITY, DEACTIVATION AND
THEN MOVING FORWARD THERE WILL
BE DISCUSSION OF OTHER TOPICS
INCLUDING BACKGROUND CHECKS,
ACCESS TO RESTROOM, CIVIL RIGHTS
PROTECTIONS SUCH AS PROTECTIONS
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND RIGHT
TO REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS AND
ALSO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN APP
BASED WORKERS ADVISORY BOARD.
HERE IS A PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR
THOSE REMAINING STAKE HOLDER
MEETINGS.
JUST A NOTE THAT I BELIEVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE MEETING FOR
SEPTEMBER 14TH IS STILL BEING
DETERMINED AS FAR AS THE SUBJECT
MATTER CONTENT FOR THAT MEETING.
SO WITH THAT I WILL STOP SHARING
MY SCREEN AND WE WILL HEAR FROM
STAKE HOLDER.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY THAT LAST
SCREEN, THAT DID NOT SHOW ALL OF
THE MEETINGS WE ALREADY HAD.
IT SHOWS THE MEETINGS WE HAVEN'T
YET HAD.
>> CORRECT.
AS YOU NOTED MEETING STARTED
JUNE 9 AND COVERED THOSE FIRST
FOUR TOPICS IN AN INTRODUCTION.
THAT IS THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MICHAEL.
GOT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR HERBOLD AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR
GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS YOU.
I'M MICHAEL WOLF.
THE ISSUE OF GIG WORKER PAY
STANDARDS PROTECTIONS IS AN
IMPORTANT ONE AND REQUIRES
SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
AS A GIG WORKER I VALUE THE
ABILITY TO USE THE PLATFORMS TO
TAILOR MY WORK TO MY NEEDS
WHETHER IT IS PAY AN UNEXPECTED
BILL, SAVE FOR MY SON'S COLLEGE
OR TAKE A VACATION.
THE BEAUTY IS I GET TO SET MY
OWN TERMS.
MY EXPERIENCE HAS ALLOW MED TO
GET A SENSE OF THE COME AND I
WHAT THEY VALUE.
MOVE OF WHAT WE HEAR STORIES OF
GIG WORKER EXPERIENCES OUT ON
THE JOB BOTH POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE.
DRIVE FORWARD CREATED A SURVEY
OF AT BASED DELIVERY WORKERS
WHICH WE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE
NARROW FOCUS OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
THE RESULTS CONFIRMED WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM OUR
MEMBERS ABOUT THE WORK THEY WERE
DOING.
GIG WORKERS ARE MOSTLY PART-TIME
WORK FORCE.
GIG WORKERS ARE NOT THEIR
PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME.
OUR SURVEY DATA ALSO CONFIRMED
AND REPORTED TO US ABOUT THEIR
EARNINGS.
PRE-TIP EARNINGS WOULD ALWAYS
HOVER AROUND 15 TO $25 PER HOUR
GROSS.
YOU -- AND REALLY MADE YOUR
PROFITS ON TIPS.
THESE REPORTS WERE ALWAYS
CONCERNING TO US AS WE FELT THEY
WERE NOT LIKELY MEET A
REASONABLE EARNINGS STANDARD SET
BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE OR THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
WITH THIS DATA WE CAN SAY WE
AGREE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
WORKING THAT GIG WORK PAY
STANDARD IS NEEDED.
HOWEVER THE DEVIL IN THE
DETAILS.
WHILE YOU WILL HEAR FROM KARINA
IN A MINUTE, I WANT TO BE CLEAR
THE MEMBERSOF THE DRIVE FORWARD
SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A PAY
STANDARD THAT RECOGNIZES WE ARE
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, SETS A
PAY FORWARD NO LIMIT ON HOW MUCH
WE CAN EARN, DOES NOT HAVE A
SEVERE IMPACT ON CONSUMER DEMAND
AND IS DRIVEN BY DATA.
OUR BIGGEST CONCERN ARE UNLIKE
THE FAIR SHARE PROCESS.
THERE HAS BEEN NO ATTEMPT TO
COLLECT ANY DATA TO SUPPORT SOME
OF THE NUMBERS BEING USED.
THE PROCESS FEELS VERY RUSHED
WITH INSUFFICIENT TIME FOR MANY
OF THE STAKE HOLDERS TO REVIEW
THE PROPOSALS BEING MADE.
IF THE GOAL IS TO HAVE FINAL
PASSAGE IN DECEMBER, THEN WHY
RUSH THE LEGISLATION IN AUGUST?
THIS PROCESS NEEDS TO BE FAIR,
OPEN AND LET ALL VOICES BE HEARD
AND CONSIDERED.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
LESSONS I'VE LEARNED INS LAST
SIX YEARS OF WORKING IN THE GIG
ECONOMY IS A GIG WORKER --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WE DO NOT ALL SEE THE WORK WE DO
THROUGH THE SAME LENS.
SO IT BECOMES PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT WHEN THE COMMUNITY
BROADLY AGREES TO SOMETHING
NEEDS TO BE DONE, IT IS BEST NOT
TO JUST DO WHAT ONE VOICE IS
SUGGESTING BEING DONE.
TAKE TIME TO COME TODAY SIX THAT
THE BROAD COMMUNITY CAN ALL
SUPPORT.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS DONE
THIS BEFORE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> JAMES, PLEASE.
YOU ARE MUTED, JAMES.
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK GOOD MORNING.
I HAVE DONE POST MATES, AMAZON,
DOORDASH, YOU NAME IT.
IN JANUARY 2017 POST MATES
PAID ME $4.50 MINIMUM, $1.17 A
MILE, 15 CENT WAIT TIME.
IT IS 0 MINIMUM, 72 CENTS A MILE
AND 7 CENTS A MINUTE WAIT TIME.
MADE A DELIVERY TO BOTHAL ONE
TIME AND MISSED A PERSON'S
HOUSE.
WHEN HE SAW ME THIS BLACK FACE
HE PUT HIS WALLET BACK IN HIS
POCKET.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THAT.
OKAY.
NOW STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED MY
1099 FOR POST MATES.
IS IT RATHER WRONG?
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
RIGHT NOW AS THE EARTH
TURNS THIS SHALL CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
A GOOD LIFE IS DESERVING TO ALL
THE BODIES WHO PARTICIPATE IN
THE MASSIVE GROWTH AND SUCCESS
OF THE GIG INDUSTRY.
WE INSIST DRIVERS PAY FROM THE
TOTAL PROFIT OF EACH AND EVERY
SINGLE TRIP.
WE WANT OUR FAIR EQUITABLE SHARE
OF EVERY NICKEL THAT IS BEING
CHARGED TO THE CUSTOMER.
PLUS UNTOUCHED.
PLEASE BE KIND OF HOW THE GIG
ECONOMY PROMOTES INEQUALITY.
THEN UNDERSTAND HOW THEY T
DRIVER IN CALIFORNIA WERE
BAMBOOZLED.
OKAY.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE
FROM DECENT LIVING WAGES IN
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
SEATTLE HAS THIS GREAT BIG USED
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE WORLD OF
ITS INTENTION TO BUN EQUIVOCALLY
THE INNOVATOR AND LEAD OR AFFAIR
AND EQUITABLE LIVING SOCIETY AND
SOME DAY RETURN TO ITS PRE-COVID
SUCCESS.
WE ARE SEEKING THE ABSOLUTE
TRUTH IN THE AMERICAN WAY.
WE CANNOT ALLOW BILLIONAIRES
SEEKING TO BECOME ZILLIONAIRES
AT THE COST OF PEOPLE OF COLOR
WHO ARE THE MAJORITY WORKERS
ACROSS THIS NATION IN THE GIG
INDUSTRY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, JAMES AND MICHAEL.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH
US HERE TODAY TO HELP SET THE
STAGE AND YOUR WEEKLY
PARTICIPATION IN THE STAKE
HOLDER MEETINGS.
WE WILL HAND IT OVER TO KARINA
NEXT.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME IF YOU
COULD FOCUS THE DISCUSSION ON
SORT OF A DESCRIPTION OF THE
HIGH LEVEL TOPICS WITH AN
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE DONE
A GREAT JOB ALONG WITH THE INPUT
PROVIDED FROM COLLECTING MINUTES
FROM EACH OF THE MEETINGS OF
CAPTURING THE STAKE HOLDER
FEEDBACK TO THE ISSUE AREAS AND
APPRECIATE THAT THAT IS CAPTURED
ON THE SLIDES.
IF WE COULD -- JUST FOCUS THE
PRESENTATION ON THE ISSUE AREAS
THEMSELVES WITH -- A HOPE THAT
COULD
THAT -- -- COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD
TAKE SOMETIME TO LOOK AT THE
FEEDBACK ON OUR RESPECTIVE OWN
TIMES.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL MOST CERTAINLY DO
THAT.
THANK YOU.
OKAY.
SO TO BEGIN ALL OF A THESE
PROTECTIONS WOULD APPLY TO AT
BASED WORKERS AND THAT INCLUDES
A RANGE OF WORKERS WHO WERE
BEING TREATED AS INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS AND WHO ARE
PROVIDING ON DEMAND OR
PRESCHEDULED PHYSICAL SERVICES
FOR A NETWORK COMPANY'S WORKER
PLATFORM.
AS EXAMPLES THOSE COULD BE
WORKERS WHO ARE DELIVERING
GROCERIES OR ITEMS FROM A STORE.
IT COULD BE ALCOHOL.
IT COULD BE THOSE WOULD BE
EXAMPLES OF THE ON DEMAND TYPE
OF WORK.
PRESCHEDULED COULD BE WORKERS
WHO ARE AGREEING TO PERFORM A
CERTAIN KIND OF SERVICE IN
SOMEONE'S HOME OR SOMEONE'S
BUSINESS WHETHER BIT MOVING,
CLEANING, FURNITURE ASSEMBLY, ET
CETERA.
SO THESE PROTECTIONS ARE FOR
THESE PHYSICAL KINDS OF
SERVICES.
WHAT WOULD NOT BE COVERED
WOULD -- IS WHAT THE LEGISLATION
WOULD TERM AS THOSE WORKERS WITH
SIGNIFICANT BARGAINING POWER AND
INFLUENCE OVER THE CONDITIONS OF
THEIR WORK AND THE PROPOSAL
WOULD ITEMIZE THESE TYPES OF
WORKERS AND ONLINE ORDERS THAT
WOULD NOT BE COVERED FOR
EXAMPLE -- WORK THAT REQUIRES A
PROFESSIONAL LICENSE TO PERFORM
AND THOSE TYPE OF WORKERS WOULD
BE IDENTIFIED BY RULE AND AS
WITH OTHER LABOR STANDARDS THIS
PROPOSAL IS THOUGHT TO BE
IMPLEMENTED BY THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS SO IT WOULD BE
RULES.
CREATIVE WORK, GRAPHIC DESIGN,
SALE OR RENT OFFAL -- RENTAL OF
GOODS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
ALSO ONLINE ORDERS
RESULTING IN PAYMENT OF $1,000
OR MORE.
THE NETWORK COMPANIES THAT WOULD
BE COVERED WOULD BE THOSE WITH
250 OR MORE AT BASED WORKERS
WORLDWIDE.
THAT THRESHOLD FOR COVERAGE
WOULD ALIGN WITH THE PAID SICK
AND SAVE TIME FOR GIG WORKERS
AND ALSO THE PREMIUM PAY FOR GIG
WORKERS LEGISLATION.
NOT COVERED WOULD BE PLATFORMS
THAT ARE NOT SERVING AS -- FOR
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKER
AND COMPANY.
THE FIRST PROTECTION THAT
WILL FOCUS ON IS MINIMUM
COMPENSATION AND THE POLICY GOAL
OF THIS WOULD BE TO SET A SINGLE
PAY STANDARD FOR ALL BUSINESSES
AND WORKERS AND TO ENSURE
PAYMENT OF A MINIMUM WAGE LESS
EXPENSES WITH A PERMANENT AND
PER MILE FLOOR FOR ALL ENGAGED
TIME AND ENGAGED MILES.
HERE IS A -- THE FORMULA
THIS WOULD BE USED TO DETERMINE
THE PAY FOR WORKERS AND THE NEXT
SLIDE WILL PLUG SOME NUMBERS IN
TO THIS FORMULA.
THE BASIC IDEA IS THAT THERE
WOULD BE A MINIMUM WAGE
EQUIVALENT WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO
WHATEVER THE MINIMUM WAGE IS FOR
THAT YEAR IN SEATTLE DIVIDED UP
INTO A PERMANENT AMOUNT AND THEN
WHAT IS CALLED AN ASSOCIATED
COST FACTOR AND TIME FACTOR TO
ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THE TIME THAT
WORKERS ARE SPENDING ENGAGED
WHICH IS -- IF A WORKER ACCEPTS
AN OFTEN TO DELIVER ITEMS FROM A
GROCERY STORE THEY WOULD BE
ENGAGED FROM THE MOMENT THE
WORKER ACCEPTS THE OFFER THROUGH
COMPLETION OF IT.
GOING TO BUY THE GROCERIES,
GOING TO DRIVE TO THE PERSON'S
HOME AND THEN DELIVERING IT.
THOSE WOULD BE ENGAGED TIME AND
ENGAGED MILES AS WELL.
HOWEVER, WHAT IS KNOWN IS THAT
THAT IS NOT THE ONLY TIME THAT
THE WORKER IS SPENDING TO
COMPLETE THAT WORK.
THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
WAITING TIME.
THERE IS THE COST OF DOING THE
WORK WITHOUT BENEFITS, TIME TO
REVIEW THE OFFER, ET CETERA.
IT IS THOSE AMOUNTS OF TIME AND
EXPENSES OF THE WORKER THAT ARE
SOUGHT TO BE COVERED BY AN
ASSOCIATED COST FACTOR.
SAME THING FOR THE MILEAGE AS
WELL.
FOR THOSE FAMILIAR WITH THE TNC
DRIVER MINIMUM COMPENSATION THAT
SAME IDEA IS HANDLED IN A
DIFFERENT WAY.
IT IS CALLED A UTILIZATION RATE
WHERE THERE WERE STUDIES THAT
WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH
TIME DRIVERS SPENT WAITING FOR A
RIDE FOR THIS PARTICULAR
PROPOSAL.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE ESTIMATES
AND WHAT IS KNOWN AS FAR AS THE
COST FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS.
IT WOULD BE THIS PER ENGAGED
MINUTE PAYMENT PLUS AN AMOUNT OF
COMPENSATION TO COMPENSATE THE
WORKER FOR THEIR ENGAGED
MILEAGE.
SO IT WOULD BE A STANDARD
MILEAGE RATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
MONEY PER MILE AND THEN
ASSOCIATED MILEAGE FACTOR TAKING
INTO ACCOUNT FOR WORKERS IT IS
NOT JUST THE TIME SPENT DRIVING
TO THE GROCERY STORE AND TO THE
PERSON'S HOME E, IT IS ALSO THE
AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET FROM -- TO
THE PLACE WHERE THEY ACCEPT THE
OFFER, IF THEY ARE DRIVING VERY
FAR AWAY THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO
A HUB OR BACK TO THE AREA WHERE
MOST OF THEIR SERVICES WILL
BEGIN.
SO PUTTING THIS GENERAL FORMULA,
ADDING SOME NUMBERS TO IT.
AN EXAMPLE FOR THE MINIMUM
COMPENSATION FOR ENGAGED MINUTE
WOULD BE 28 CENTS PER MINUTE.
THAT IS THIS YEAR'S MINIMUM WAGE
FOR EMPLOYEES IN SEATTLE.
$16.69 DIVIDED BY 60 OLYMPIAN IT
--
MINUTES --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE MILEAGE RATE WOULD
BASED ON THE IR S RATE WHICH IS
VERY WELL KNOWN TO A LOT OF
CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYEES.
THEN THAT MILEAGE FACTOR IS
1.25.
ADDING THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER
WOULD RESULT IN THE MINIMUM
COMPENSATION STANDARD FOR
WORKERS ENGAGED MINUTES AND
ENGAGED MILES.
NOW THE NEXT THREE SLIDES WILL
ADDRESS THE NUMBERS BEHIND EACH
OF THESE ASSOCIATED FACTORS.
THE COST, THE TIME AND THE
MILEAGE.
FOR THE COST FACTOR HERE ARE THE
ITEMS IT IS ADDRESSING.
PAYROLL TAX FOR EXAMPLE
CONTRACTORS ARE PAYING BOTH
THEIR OWN TACK AND WHAT THE
COMPANIES ARE PAYING.
IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE YOU ARE
ONLY PAYING 7.65.
CONTRACTORS HAVE TO PAY DOUBLE
THAT AMOUNT.
HERE THIS WOULD REIMBURSE THE
WORKERS FOR WHAT WOULD BE A
STANDARD EMPLOYEE AMOUNT.
ALL OF THAT WOULD EQUATE TO
MULTIPLYING FACTOR OF OF 1.13.
THE TIME FACTOR INCLUDES
ESTIMATES OF TIME TO REFLECT THE
NEED FOR WORKERS TO TAKE REST
BREAKS EVE HOUR.
-- EVERY HOUR.
AN ESTIMATE OF TIME TO REVIEW
OFFERS, TIME TO MAKE THEMSELVES
AVAILABLE AND THEN TIME TO
COMPLETE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS.
SO YOU WILL SEE THERE WHAT THAT
AVERAGES OUT TO AND THIS TIME
FACTOR IS 1.25.
THEN LASTLY ASSOCIATED MILEAGE
FACTOR.
SO WHAT THIS FACTOR IS TAKING
INTO ACCOUNT IS AN ESTIMATE OF
1.25 MILES TO TRAVEL TO
LOCATIONS WHERE THE OFFS WILL BE
AVAILABLE AND THEN 1.25 MILES TO
TRAVEL TO OCCASIONS FOR REST
BREAKS, NO BREAKS, RESTROOM
ACCESS, ET CETERA.
THESE ARE BASED ON ESTIMATES.
THE STAKE HOLDER SLIDES CAN
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
SOME MIGHT THINK THESE ARE HIGH.
SOME MIGHT THINK THESE ARE LOW.
AND THEN SIMILAR TO THE TNC
DRIVER MINIMUM COMPENSATION, ANY
OFFER WOULD BE COMPENSATED AS A
MINIMUM AMOUNT.
NO MATTER WHETHER IT IS --
CANCELLED OR IF IT WOULD RESULT
IN SOMETHING LESS.
IT IS ALWAYS A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF
AT LEAST $5 PER OFFER.
SO THAT IS THE SUMMERY OF THE
MINIMUM COMPENSATION STANDARD.
THESE ARE SLIDES ON STAKE HOLDER
FEEDBACK THUS FAR.
THEN NEXT IS TRANSPARENCY.
THESE TRANSPARENCY -- THIS
PROPOSAL IS ALIGNING WITH THE
IDEA
THAT WORKERS SHOULD HAVE
INFORMATION AND ALSO PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO CUSTOMERS AND
BUSINESSES ON THE NATURE OF
CHARGES AND THE PAYMENTS THAT
ARE GOING TO THESE WORKERS.
THESE TRANSPARENCY
PROPOSALS ARE ALIGNED WITH THAT
AND GO INTO MUCH MORE DETAIL
THAN NIND CONTRACTOR'S
LEGISLATION TO FOCUS ON THE
UNIQUE AS PECKS OF AT BASED
WORK.
SO TO BEGIN THERE WOULD BE
INFORMATION ABOUT EACH JOB
OFFER.
WORKERS WOULD HAVE AT LEAST
THREE MINUTES TO CONSIDER THIS
INFORMATION AND THAT WOULD ALLOW
TIME FOR WORKERS WHO ARE DRIVING
TO BE ABLE TO FIND A PLACE TO
SAFELY STOP AND REVIEW THIS
INFORMATION AND MAKE AN INFORMED
DECISION.
THERE WOULD BE A BEST ESTIMATE
OF ENGAGED TIME AND MILEAGE, THE
GUARANTEED AMOUNT OF PAYMENT,
LOCATIONS OF WORK, PHYSICAL
REQUIREMENTS OF WORK SUCH AS
FLIGHTS OF STAIRS AND CONTENTS
OF UNSEALED PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY
WHEN HANDLING THOSE TYPE OF
PROJECTS COULD POSE A HEALTH
RISK.
SO THIS WOULD BE ADVANCED
NOTICE OF THAT SITUATION.
WORKER MIGHT DECIDE TO DECLINE
THE KIND OF OFFER OH B MAYBE
ACCEPT IT IF THERE ARE SOME WAYS
TO ACCEPTABLY MITIGATE THAT
BRISK SUCH AS A SEALED
CONTAINER.
THE NEXT PART OF TRANSPARENCY IS
INFORMATION FOR THE WORKER AND
CUSTOMER AND PUBLIC AT LARGE.
ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS WITHIN 24
HOURS OF EACH COMPLETED OFFER OR
CANCELLED OFFER WITH CAUSE.
THIS PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT
ALIGNS WITH THE TNC DRIVER
MINIMUM COMPENSATION THAT HAS A
SIMILAR REQUIREMENT FOR ALL
WORKERS CUSTOMERS AND THIRD
PARTY BUSINESSES.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IN IS A RIGHT TO HAVE AN
ITEMED PAY STATEMENT AND A RIGHT
TO HAVE ADVANCED NOTICES BEFORE
CHANGES TO THEIR PAY.
THIS WOULD REPLICATE A LOT OF
THAT.
THEN LAST PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF
DATA ON WORKER EARNINGS AND WORK
PERFORM AND THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING THAT THE COMPANIES
WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PERFORM FOR
THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
ON THEIR OWN.
THE NEXT POLICY IS REGARDING
FLEXIBILITY AND WHAT A LOT OF --
WHAT WE HEAR FROM WORKERS IS
THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT AT
BASED WORK IS SO VALUED IS FOR
THE AMOUNT OF INDEPENDENCE THAT
IT CAN OFFER WORKERS AND SO THIS
NEXT PROPOSAL WOULD SEEK TO
LEGISLATE THE ABILITY TO
MAINTAIN THAT INDEPENDENCE AND
PERP FORM THE WORK AT THE SAME
TIME.
SO THERE WOULD BE A LIST OF
RIGHTS THAT WORKERS WOULD HAVE
TO MAINTAIN THE FLECK TO BELIEVE
THE LOG INTO THE PLATFORM ON
SPECIFIC DATES WITHOUT
RESTRICTION, NO RESTRICTION ON
THE AMOUNTS OF TIME TO BE LOGGED
IN, NO ADVERSE ACTION BASE ODD
ON AVAILABILITY, THE RIGHT TO
ACCEPT OR REJECT ANY INDIVIDUAL
OFFER WHICH IS A KEY RIGHT TO
GENERATED A FAIR AMOUNT OF STAKE
HOLDER DISCUSSION T RIGHT TO
CANCEL AN OFFER WITH CAUSE A
LEDGE ISOLATION WOULD ITEMIZE
WOULD RISE TO THE LEVEL OF
CAUSE.
NO RESTRICTION ON WORKING FOR
OTHER COMPANIES INCLUDING SELF
EMPLOYMENT AND THEN LIMITS ON
MONITORING IN THE INTEREST OF
THE COMPANY.
THAT IS A QUICK SUMMERY OF THE
FLEXIBILITY.
NEXT DEACTIVATION.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST TOPIC THAT
IS PART OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD SEEK TO
PROTECT A WORKER'S RIGHT TO
ACCESS WORK AND JOBS AND
PROHIBITING WORK TO DEACTIVATION
AND ALSO SETTING UP A PROCEDURE
FOR WORKERS TO CHALLENGE
DEACTIVATION IN A TIMELINE TO
GET THEM INFORMATION AND TO
CHALLENGE THAT.
TO BEGIN THE LEGISLATION WOULD
ESTABLISH A LIST OF UNWARRANTED
REASONS FOR DEACTIVATION.
COULD BE UP TO 14 OR SO REASONS
AND IT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED
IMMEDIATELY I BELIEVE FOR THE
TNC DRIVER DEACTIVATION THAT THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
ESTABLISHED THAT LIST.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD DO THAT
ON THE FRONT END.
COMPANIES WOULD BE EXPECTED TO
POST AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF THEIR
WARRANTED REASONS FOR
DEACTIVATION FOR THE PUBLIC AND
FOR WORKERS TO KNOW BEFORE THEY
TOOK A JOB, STARTED WORKING WITH
THE COMPANY AND FOR THAT TO BE
UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION
OF THEIR WORK.
FOR ANY DEACTIVATION A COMPANY
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 14
DAY ADVANCED NOTICE OF IMPENDING
DEACTIVATION INCLUDING THE
REASONS FOR THE DEACTIVATION,
SAME AS FOR THE TNC DRIVER DE
DEACTIVATION RIGHT.
THEN ONCE A WORKER RECEIVED
NOTICE OF AN IMPENDING
DEACTIVATION THE WORKER WOULD
HAVE A RIGHT TO REQUEST COMPANY
RECORDS THAT COULD -- THAT WERE
RELEVANT TO THAT DECISION AND
HAVE A RIGHT TO RECEIVE THOSE
RECORDS WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THE
REQUEST.
SO THEN PROPOSAL WOULD
ESTABLISH A TIMELINE FOR
CHALLENGING THE DEACTIVATION
ALONG WITH THE COMPANY'S
RESPONSE TO THAT CHALLENGE.
WORKERS COULD CHALLENGE THE
DEACTIVATION WITHIN 90 DAYS OF
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
DEACTIVATION OR 90 DAYS OF THE
LAST TIME THEY ATTEMPT TO USE
THE PLATFORM.
WITHIN 14 DAYS THE COMPANY WOULD
PROVIDE -- WHAT IS TERMED AS
SATISFACTORY JUSTIFICATION FOR
THAT DECISION AND SATISFACTORY
JUSTIFICATION WOULD BE EVIDENT
RARE SUB ASSISTANT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AND THEN RESPONSES TO ANY OF THE
WORKER'S QUESTIONS OR CLAIM
CHALLENGING THE DEACTIVATION.
THE COMPANY COULD PROVIDE A
STATEMENT OF REASONABLE CAUSE TO
EXTEND THAT TIMELINE BUT WOULD
ONLY GO SO FAR BECAUSE THE
WORKER WOULD HAVE A RIGHT IF THE
COMPANY DID NOT PROVIDE IT.
ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE THE
WORKER COULD RECEIVE THE
REENSTATEMENTMENT WOULD BE IF
THE COMPANY DID NOT COMPLY.
THIS TIMELINE WOULD BE ENFORCED
BY THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS.
COMPANY DID NOT COMPLY.
THIS TIMELINE WOULD BE ENFORCED
BY THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS.
THIS WAS VERY
DIFFERENT FROM THE DRIVER RIGHTS
AND IN THAT ITS THIS PROPOSAL
FOCUSES ON TIMELINE AND
PROCEDURE.
SO WHAT OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARD
BE ENFORCING IS WHETHER OR NOT
THE TIMELINE AND PROCEDURES WERE
FOLLOWED AND WHETHER OR NOT THE
COMPANY PROVIDED SATISFACTORY
JUSTIFICATION FOR THE
DEACTIVATION.
THEY WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO
ADJUDICATE THE SUBSTANCE OF
WORKER CLAIMS.
THERE WAS SOME STAKE HOLDER
FEEDBACK ON THIS PROPOSAL AS
WITH OTHERS.
THAT IS THE END OF THE OVER VIEW
OF THE POLICY PROPOSAL THUS FAR.
IN THE FUTURE BEGINNING THIS
AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE
DISCUSSION OF BACKGROUND CHECKS,
FAIR CHANCE TO ACCESS THE
PLATFORM AND THEN LATER ACCESS
TO RESTROOMS, CIVIL RIGHTS
PROTECTIONS, THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF AN ADVISORY BOARD AND THEN
LAST ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER
ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> REALLY APPRECIATE THE OVER
VIEW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR
PARTICIPATING IN THE STAKE
HOLDER MEETINGS EVERY WEEK AS
WELL AS STAFF FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS AND LEWIS'
OFFICE.
WE ARE -- TODAY'S OVER VIEW WAS
FOCUSSED ON A PARTICULAR
PROPOSAL.
MANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE
CONTAINED IN THE PRESENTATION
THAT SHE JUST WENT OVER REFLECT
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON
WORKING WASHINGTON'S PROPOSAL.
I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THOSE.
REALLY APPRECIATE -- ENGAGEMENT
BECAUSE HE HAS ACTUALLY PUT
IDEAS ON THE TABLE WHICH I THINK
IS REALLY USEFUL FOR THIS
DISCUSSION.
SO WE CAN REALLY PUSH UP OUR
SLEEVES AND LOOK AT THE
DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND THE
DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES UNDER
PINNING THOSE APPROACHES.
SO AGAIN I WILL UPDATE
EVERYBODY'S TIME.
THANK YOU.
ALEX, YOU WANT TO READ THE LAST
IT PLEASE?
>> COMMITTEE NUMBER 3.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU.
BEFORE I HAND IT OFF WANT TO
JUST -- LISA WILL BRIEFLY
SUMMARIZE THE LEGISLATION SHE
PRESENTED ON JANUARY 22ND AND
THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT BEFORE US.
JUST A QUICK RECAP, LEGISLATION
AND FOLLOW THE ENGAGEMENT WITH
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
AND THE MONITOR THAT ENGAGEMENT
HAS BEEN AN INFORMAL ENGAGEMENT
THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE
PROCESS THAT IS LAID OUT IN THE
CONSENT DECREE.
THE LEGISLATION BUILDS OFF OF
THE LEGISLATION ORIGINALLY
ENTERED THE SPIKE.
IT INCLUDES THE SUBSEQUENT
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES, THE OIG,
THE CPC AND THE OPA.
AGAIN IT INCORPORATES THE
FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED
INFORMALLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT
AND THE MONITOR.
SINCE FEBRUARY 9TH AND ACTED ON
BY COMMITTEE OR DESIGN TO
ADDRESS THE ISSUES, IDENTIFIED
BY BOTH DOJ AND VARIOUS CORE
DECISIONS.
JUST -- AGAIN FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC THE LAW THAT I REFERENCED
THAT WE PASS UNANIMOUSLY IN JUNE
THE DOJ SOUGHT A RESTRAINING
ORDER AGAINST THAT LEGISLATION.
THE JUDGE GRANTED THAT
RESTRAINING ORDER SO WE HAVE NO
REGULATION IN PLACE AT THIS
POINT.
BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR WE
RECEIVED RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
CPC, THE OIG AND THE OPA.
THEY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED IN
COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER.
IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY THE
COMMITTEE DISCUSSED A DRAFTED
BILL BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION
OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY BODIES AND
THEN SINCE THEN WE HAVE
INCORPORATED FEEDBACK FROM DOJ
AND THE MONITOR.
WITH THAT I -- I'M RECOGNIZING
THAT WE ARE COMING UP ON A YEAR
OF WORKING ON --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
OF THE BILL.
MY GOAL IS TO ADOPT THE
STRONGEST LEGISLATION POSSIBLE
WITH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
CONSENT DECREE.
WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT OFF TO
LISA.
I WILL HAVE SOME CLOSING REMARKS
ABOUT THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD
BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN
THAT THERE HAS BEEN INFORMATION
THAT HAS MUDDIED THE PROCESS
MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN AND
THEN WALK THROUGH A RECAP OF THE
BILL.
DOES THAT SHOW UP FOR YOU?
>> ARE YOU SEEING IT?
>> YES.
>> GREAT.
OKAY.
SO I WOULD DIRECT THEM IT IS ON
PAGE 76 OF THE AGENDA PACKET.
IT IS THE SAME STAFF MEMO AS
PRESENTED AT THE JUNE 21ST
COMMITTEE MEETING.
THE TABLE IS ATTACHED TO THE
STAFF MEMO.
IT IS ON PAGE 79 OF THE AGENDA
PACKET.
SO STARTING WITH THE SECOND LINE
OF THE TABLE COUNCIL BILL 120105
WHICH SON PAGE 66 WOULD BAN FIVE
TYPES OF LESS LETHAL WEAPONS.
SAME AS IN THE FEBRUARY DRAFT.
THOSE FIVE TYPES ARE ACOUSTIC
WEAPONS, DIRECTED ENERGY
WEAPONS, DISORIENTATION DEVICES
INCLUDING BLAST BALLS, ULTRA
SONIC CANNONS AND WATER CANNONS.
MOVING TO THE THIRD LINE,
SECTION 1D OF THE ORDINANCE
BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE PERTAINS TO
NOISE FLASH DIVERSION NARY
DEVICES.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THAT IS THE RISK OF HARM FROM
VIOLENT ACTIONS MUST OUT WEIGH
THE RISK TO BYSTANDERS.
MOVING TO THE FOURTH LINE.
SECTION 1E OF THE ORDINANCE
WOULD RESTRICT THE USE -- THEY
WOULD BE ALLOWED ONLY FOR USE BY
SWAT OFFICERS AND ONLY WHEN THE
RISK TEST IS MET.
SUBJECT TO THOSE TWO CONDITIONS
THE USE OF THOSE 40 MILLIMETER
LAUNCHERS WOULD BE ALLOWED
OUTSIDE DEMONSTRATION OR RALLY
OR IN A DEMOLITION OR RALLY FOR
PURPOSES OTHER THAN CROWD
CONTROL.
SO THOSE WOULD INCLUDE THINGS
SUCH AS INTERVENING WITH SMALL
GROUPS ENGAGED IN DANGEROUS OR
ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
>> I WANT TO ADD HERE AS IT
RELATES, THIS IS ONE OF THE
CHANGE THAT WAS MADE IN THE MOST
RECENT BILL AND IT WAS INTENDED
TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE LAUNCHERS
THAT LAUNCH PEPPER BALLS HAVE
JUST RECENTLY AS IN FEBRUARY
THEIR USE AND THE USE OF FORCE
POLICIES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
WERE JUST APPROVED BY THE
COURSE.
SO -- RECOGNIZING THAT THAT PUTS
THIS ATTENDED REGULATION IN -- A
POSITION WHERE WE WOULD BE
BASICALLY BE ASKING THE JUDGE TO
UNDO THE POLICY HE JUST
APPROVED.
IT SEEMED MORE APPROPRIATE TO
MAKE -- TO -- TAKE THAT ISSUE
OFF THE TABLE SINCE IT HAS
ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
>> IT IS FURTHER CLARIFIED BY
THE AMENDMENT YOU ARE BRINGING
FORWARD TODAY ALSO.
SO MOVING TO THE FIFTH LINE OF
THE TABLE BEFORE YOU, THE
SUMMARIZE OF SECTION 1F OF THE
COUNCIL BILL WHICH RESTRICTS THE
USE OF PEPPER SPRAY.
SO PEPPER SPRAY COULD BE USED IN
THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES OF
BUT ONLY WHEN THE RISK TEST IS
MET.
THAT IS THE RISK OF SERIOUS
BODILY INJURY MUST OUT WEIGH THE
RISK OF HARM TO BYSTANDERS.
THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES IN
WHICH IT WOULD BE ALLOWED AS
LONG AS THAT RISK CONDITION IS
MET ARE OUTSIDE OF A
DEMONSTRATION OR RALLY, DURING A
DEMONSTRATION OR RALLY BUT FOR
PURPOSES OTHER THAN CROWD
CONTROL OR FOR CROWD CONTROL
DURING A VIOLENT PUBLIC
DISTURBANCE AT A DEMONSTRATION
OR RALLY.
MOVING TO THE LAST LINE, THIS IS
TEAR GAS.
SWAT OFFICERS WOULD BE USED TO
USE IF TWO CONDITIONS ARE MET.
FIRST THE USE MUST BE REASONABLY
NECESSARY TO PREVENT THE THREAT
OF IMMINENT LOSS OF LIFE OR
SERIOUS INJURY AND THE RISK OF
SERIOUS BODILY INJURY FROM
VIOLENT OH ACTIONS MUST OUT
WEIGH THE RISK OF HARM TO
BYSTANDERS.
THE BILL ALSO AUTHORIZES THE USE
OF TEAR GAS AT A DEMONSTRATION
OR A RALLY BUT ONLY IF ALL FIVE
CONDITIONS ARE MET.
THE FIRST FOUR WERE INCLUDED IN
THE FEBRUARY DRAFT.
THE FIFTH ADDS A SECOND RISK
TEST.
SO THE FIVE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE
TO BE MET TO BE ABLE TO USE TEAR
GAS AT DEMONSTRATION OR RALLY
ARE FIRST IT MUST BE DURING A
VIOLENT PUBLIC DISTURBANCE.
IT MUST BE AT THE DIRECTION OF
AND BY RECENTLY TRAINED
OFFICERS.
SO BOTH THE PEOPLE -- THE
OFFICERS PROVIDING THE DIRECTION
AND THE OFFICERS DEPLOYING THE
TEAR GAS HAVE TO HAVE BEEN
RECENTLY TRAINED.
IT MUST BE DEPLOYED WITH A
DETAILED TACTICAL PLAN.
THEN IT HAS THESE TWO ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS THAT THE USE MUST BE
REASONABLY NECESSARY TO PREVENT
THE IMMINENT THREAT OF LOSS --
PARDON ME TO PREVENT THREAT OF
IMMINENT LOSS OF LIFE OR SERIOUS
INJURY.
THAT SUMMARIZES THE TABLE BEFORE
YOU.
I CAN SUMMARIZE THE REST OF THE
BILL IF YOU WISH, COUNCIL MEMBER
OR WE CAN MOVE TO THE
AMENDMENTS.
>> THIS IS A REFRESHER BUT --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS I THINK IT WOULD BE
GREAT IF WE COULD MOVE INTO THE
DISCUSSION OF THE AMENDMENTS.
WITH -- BEFORE WE GO INTO THE
DISCUSSION I THINK, SORRY, YOU
ARE PRESENTING WHAT THE CONTENTS
OF THE AMENDMENTS WOULD BE
GREAT.
>> OKAY.
I WILL WALK THROUGH THE THREE
AMENDMENTS BRIEFLY AND THEN I AM
ASSUMING EACH THE SPONSORS WOULD
SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
SO THE FIRST TWO AMENDMENTS
WOULD MODIFY SECTION 1H OF THE
COUNCIL BILL THAT ESTABLISH AS
PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION AND
BEFORE I -- SUMMARIZE THESE TWO
LET ME NOTE THAT QUESTIONS ABOUT
A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION THAT
HAVE BEEN RAISED DURING PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY AND PREVIOUSLY
RAISE COMPLEX LEGAL ISSUES AND I
WOULD SUGGEST THE CITY ATTORNEY
RESPOND TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ON
ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
THEY ARE NOT QUESTIONS I CAN
SPEAK TO.
I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.
THEY NEED TO BE DISCUSSED IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO THE AMENDMENT 1 THAT YOU SEE
BEFORE YOU IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
-- AND ALSO WOULD BE
AVAILABLE TO A PERSON WHO IN THE
JUDGMENT OF A REASONABLE PERSON
COMMIT ADD CRIMINAL OFFENSE AT
OR IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE USE
OF LESS LETHAL FORCE.
AMENDMENT 2 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL POLICEMEN BETTER
HERBOLD.
IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE PRIVATE
RIGHT OF ACTION.
I WOULD MAKE THE RIGHT OF
PRIVATE ACTION AVAILABLE TO
PERSONS IMPACTED BY THE POLICE
VIOLATING PROVISIONS OF THIS
COUNCIL BILL AT ANYTIME
INCLUDING DURING A VIOLENT
PUBLIC DISTURBANCE.
THIS AMENDMENT RETAINS THIS
RESTRICTION ON THE PERSON WHO
MAY HAVE COMMITTED A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
FINALLY THE THIRD AMENDMENT
BEFORE YOU TODAY IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
THIS CLARIFIES THE RESTRICTIONS
WOULD APPLY TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF
PEPPER BALLS REGARDLESS TO THE
CALIBER OF THE LAUNCHERS.
PREVIOUSLY THE LANGUAGE WAS
RESTRICTED TO ONLY 40 MILLIMETER
LAUNCHERS AND PEPPER BALLS MAY
BE DEPLOYED BY A DIFFERENT KIND
OF LAUNCHER.
THAT COMPLETES MY SUMMERY.
>> THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
AMENDMENTS I NEED TO GET THE --
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US.
THANK YOU.
I MOVE ADOPTION OF COUNCIL BILL
120105.
SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE NOW HAVE THE BILL IN FRONT OF
US.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO A DISCUSSION
AND VOTE ON EACH OF THE THREE
AMENDMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR LISA FOR YOUR --
YOUR DESCRIPTION OF THOSE
AMENDMENTS AND I THINK WHAT WE
WILL DO IS GET EACH OF THE
AMENDMENTS INDIVIDUALLY IN FRONT
OF US AND INVITE A DISCUSSION
AFTER THE FACT.
WITH THAT ENQUIRING WHETHER OR
NOT THERE IS A MOTION FOR
AMENDMENT 1?
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT 1.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> CAN I GET A SECOND TO DISCUSS
SNIT.
>> I WILL GIVE YOU A SECOND FOR
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL HERBOLD SAID WE WANT THE
STRONGEST POSSIBLE LEGISLATION
TO GO INTO EFFECT.
I COMPLETELY AGREE.
UNFORTUNATELY THE DRAFT BILL
THAT IS IN QUESTION TODAY AND I
WILL SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT IN A
SECOND ACTUALLY CREATES TWO
GLARING LOOPHOLES.
LETS REMEMBER THE BAN ON CROWD
CONTROL WEAPONS WAS LAST YEAR IN
THE MIDST OF THE HEIGHT OF THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS.
WITH -- REAL MASSIVE COORDINATED
ACTION BY BLACK LIVES MATTER
PROTESTERS AND OUR SOCIALIST
COUNCIL OFFICE AND THESE
LOOPHOLES GO BEYOND ALL THE
LOOPHOLES ALLOWING THE POLICE TO
USE MANY CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS.
IN OTHER WORDS THESE LOOPHOLES
MAKE SO IT IN MANY CASES
ENFORCEMENT IS NOT POSSIBLE EVEN
WHEN THE POLICE FLAGRANTLY BREAK
THE LAW.
SO OFTEN POLITICIANS RING THEIR
HANDS AND LAMENT HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS TO HOLD POLICE ACCOUNTABLE
WHEN THERE ARE OUTRAGEOUS EXAMS
OF POLICE BRUTALITY THAT MAKE
THE NEWS, LOOP HOELS LIKE THESE
ARE WHY THIS HAPPENS.
THIS SORT LOOPHOLE IS WHY IT IS
SO DIFFICULT TO HOLD THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABLE.
THE FIRST LOOPHOLE IS WHAT I
COULD CALL LABEL THE PROTEST
VIOLENT LOOPHOLE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS
TALK AT LENGTH ABOUT HOW MANY OF
THESE WEAPONS ARE STILL
RESTRICTED SUCH AS THE
UNDEFINEABLE RESTRICTION THAT
THERE HAS OH TO BE A GENUINE
THREAT TO PEOPLE'S SAFETY, THE
POLICE DO NOT USE THE WEAPON BUT
THAT IS MEANINGLESS BECAUSE NONE
OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE
INCLUDED IN THE ENFORCEMENT
SECTION.
THE SECOND LOOPHOLE IS THE
FRAME THE VICTIM LOOPHOLE.
IF THE POLICE FLAGRANTLY AND
ILLEGALLY USE EVERY BANNED
WEAPON FROM BLAST BALLS TO A
MICROWAVE GUN AGAINST A TOTALLY
PEACEFUL PROTEST, THEN ARREST
PEOPLE TO NOT ABIDING BY THE
CURFEW, THERE CAN BE NO EN
ENFORCEMENT.
ALMOST 100% OF THE PEOPLE
HAD COMMITTED THE CRIMINAL
OFFENSE OF VIOLATING CURFEW SO
THE ENFORCEMENT SECTION COULD
NEVER HAVE BEEN USED NO MATTER
HOW BRUTAL THE POLICE WERE IF
THIS LEGISLATION AND THE
LOOPHOLE WERE IN PLACE.
THIS LOOPHOLE WOULD CAUSE THE
POLICE TO ARREST MORE PEACE
PROFESSIONAL TESTERS FOR THESE
CALLED CRIMES THAT ARE REALLY A
CATCH ALL FOR ANY PROTEST.
FUL
PROTESTORS FOR THESE CALLED
CRIMES THAT ARE REALLY A CATCH
ALL FOR ANY PROTEST.
EITHER THE
USE OF THE CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS
IS LEGAL OR IT ISN'T AND IF IT
IS ILLEGAL, EXCESSIVE FORCE THEN
THE ENFORCEMENT SHOULD COUNT
REGARDLESS OF THE VICTIM.
AMENDMENT 1 WHICH I'M PROPOSING
MAKES THE ENFORCEMENT VERY
SIMPLE.
THE POLICE BREAK THE LAW THE
ENFORCEMENT APPLIES, IF THEY
DON'T, IT DOESN'T.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
HAS AN AMENDMENT THAT WILL COME
UP NEXT THAT WILL ONLY CLOSE ONE
OF THESE TWO LOOP LOOPHOLES.
IF THIS AMENDMENT CLOSING BOTH
THE LOOPHOLES FAILS, I WILL OF
COURSE BE VOTING FOR THAT OTHER
AMENDMENT AND THAT -- NOTE THAT
AMENDMENT EXISTS BECAUSE THIS
AMENDMENT EXISTS BECAUSE IT
LOOKS LIKE I'M PREDICTING MOST
COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS WILL BE VOTING NO ON AND
IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE MASS
PRESSURE THEY ARE UNDER BECAUSE
OF ALL THE PROMISES THAT THEY
MADE LAST YEAR IN THE THICK OF
THE PROTEST AND THEN ONE BY ONE
THOSE PROMISES WERE WALKED BACK.
IF THE SECOND AMENDMENT PASSES
AND THIS AMENDMENT FAILS, THAT
IS STILL A REALLY IMPORTANT
VARTAL VICTORY THAT WOULD BE AN
IMPORTANT VICTORY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
EXPLANATION OF YOUR AMENDMENT
INCLUDING THE PART OF THE
EXPLANATION THAT -- DOES A GOOD
JOB OF DESCRIBING MY AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> I HAVE TO BE ON THE
PHONE DAY SO -- IT IS ALWAYS
TRICKY.
I HAVE A -- SOME QUESTIONS BUT I
WANTED TO UNDERSTAND OUR PROCESS
HERE FIRST MADAM CHAIR.
ARE WE GOING TO BRING UP ALL
THREE AMENDMENTS OR ARE WE DOING
THIS ONE AT TIME?
>> WE ARE DOING ONE AT TIME.
>> OKAY.
SO, SO I WILL SAY IN GENERAL
THAT I -- AGREE WITH WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT IS SAYING
ABOUT WHAT THE TWO SEPARATE
ISSUES HERE.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT -- UM -- IF
THERE IS A USE OF FORCE
VIOLATION FROM AN OFFICER, IT
SHOULDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE
WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON IS
PERCEIVED TO HAVE COMMITTED A
CRIME FIRST.
I AM CERTAINLY NOT AN ATTORNEY
SO I AM JUST TRYING TO THINK
THIS THROUGH.
IT SEEMS THAT -- A -- SOMEONE
SHOULD NOT LOSE THEIR RIGHT TO
PRIVATE ACTION EVEN BEFORE THEY
HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME.
THIS -- THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN
NOW SEEMS TO ME TO INDICATE THAT
THE PERSON WOULD NOT HAVE
RECEIVED DUE PROCESS BEFORE
BEING DENIED THEIR RIGHT.
I DON'T SEE HOW AN OFFICER IS ON
SOLVED OF VIOLATING POLICY
BECAUSE SOMEBODY MAY HAVE
COMMITTED AN OFFENSE.
THOSE SEEM LIKE SEPARATE THINGS
TO ME SO -- SO, THAT IS ONE
ISSUE AND THEN MY SECOND
QUESTION IS I AM INTERESTED IN
HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE
DISCUSSION AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS
ABOUT THE ISSUE OF A PRIVATE
RIGHT OF ACTION ALL TOGETHER.
>> YOU KNOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT
COUNCILMAN MORALES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, GONZALEZ?
>> I WILL SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE,
NOT RELYING ON THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT ON MY
OWN EXPERIENCE, AS A CIVIL
RIGHTS ATTORNEY WHO SPENT YEARS
REPRESENTING PEOPLE IN THESE
TYPES OF CASES, AND THERE'S A
COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE, I
THINK IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP
IN MIND AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ONE IS THAT A PRIVATE CAUSE OF
ACTION FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED USE OF FORCE EXISTS
UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND
WASHINGTON STATE CONSTITUTION
REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS IN THIS
PARTICULAR BILL.
I'M HEARING A LOT OF
INSINUATION THAT A PRIVATE
CAUSE OF ACTION WILL NOT EXIST
UNLESS THIS BILL PASSES, AND
THAT'S JUST SIMPLY INACCURATE.
I HAVE FILED PLENTY OF USE OF
FORCE BILLS RELATED TO CROWD
CONTROL, WEAPONS, AND LASTLY
THE WEAPONS IN MY PRACTICE HERE
IN SEATTLE LONG BEFORE TODAY,
SO JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR, THE
RIGHT OF ACTION FOR MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC CONTINUES TO EXIST,
AND IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT IN MANY
OF THE CASES, IN WHICH I
REPRESENTED THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
WERE SUBJECTED TO EXCESSIVE
FORCE, THERE WERE ALLEGATIONS
AND INVESTIGATIONS OF POTENTIAL
CRIMINAL CONDUCT OF A VICTIM OF
EXCESSIVE FORCE IN THOSE CASES,
AND THERE IS A BODY OF LAW THAT
EXISTS UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE
LAW THAT IS REFERRED TO AS
COLLATERAL GASTOPALE THAT IF
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CONVICTED OF
THE CRIME IN THAT INCIDENT,
THERE WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT
BARRIER TO OVERCOME TO BE ABLE
TO SUCCESSFULLY FILE A PRIVATE
CAUSE OF ACTION IN A COURT OF
LAW, AND IN MOST INSTANCES
WOULD RESULT IN THE COMPLETE
DISMISSAL OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
CASE IF THE INDIVIDUAL WAS, IN
FACT, CONVICTED OF A CRIME.
THAT OCCURRED EITHER DURING OR
BEFORE THE USE OF FORCE
INCIDENT.
SO I OFFER THAT TO YOU ALL,
COLLEAGUES, AS WE ARE HAVING
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS
INCREDIBLY LEGAL COMPONENT OF
THE BILL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
VICTIMS OF FORCE DO FACE
BARRIERS IN THE COURTS OF LAW
IN INSTANCES WHEN THERE'S BEEN
A CONVICTION OF A CRIME OR IN
SOME INSTANCES, THE ALLEGATIONS
CAN COME IN, BUT I DON'T THINK
THAT THE MERE ALLEGATIONS OF
THE POTENTIAL CRIME AT THE
SCENE WOULD YOU KNOW,
DISQUALIFIEN IN FROM BRINGING
ACTION.
I'M STRUGGLING BECAUSE THERE
DOES NOT SEEM TO BE
ACKNOWLEDGING THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A CONVICTION OF A CRIME
OR MERE SUSPICION OR THOUGHT OF
A CRIME THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED
DURING THE SCENE.
I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT FOR
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT THAT
PROBABLY MUDDIES THE WATERS
MORE, BUT THE THINKING AROUND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'
THINKING.
AND THAT'S SORT OF MY FRAME OF
MIND ON EVALUATING PROPOSED
AMENDMENT ONE AND TWO.
>> THANK YOU.
TELLING US THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING
FROM YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
AND GIVING US THE BENEFIT OF
YOUR LEGAL WISDOM, OTHERWISE I
WOULD HAVE JUST SUGGESTED THAT
FOLKS REVIEW THE ATTORNEY-
CLIENT PRIVILEGE INFORMATION
SENT AT 8:30 THIS MORNING FOR
THE AMENDMENT.
ONE THING I WOULD ADD, NOT JUST
THAT PEOPLE CAN CURRENTLY
WITHOUT THE LAW FILE SUITS.
NOT ONLY CAN THEY, THEY ARE,
RIGHT NOW FOR THE EVENTS
ASSOCIATED, AND THE FACT THAT
THE LANGUAGE DOES NOT EXIST
DOES NOT IMPACT THEIR ABILITY
TO FILE THESE CAUSES OF ACTION
FOR NEGLIGENCE.
I DO WANT TO SHARE, JUST FOR
PEOPLE'S RECOLLECTIONS THE
LANGUAGE PROPOSED TO BE
INSERTED IS LANGUAGE WE
PREVIOUSLY STRUCK FROM THE
LEGISLATION BECAUSE OF OUR
REVIEW AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S ADVICE IN THIS
AREA, AND THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY
ADVISED US ON WHAT THE IMPACT
OF THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE, AND
WE HAD DECIDED TO STRIKE
LANGUAGE IN THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT, AND THEN DECIDED TO
REINSERT IT.
ACTUALLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
WE ADDED THE LANGUAGE IN THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT, SUGGESTING
THAT WE DELETE THE LANGUAGE
THAT WE HAD ALREADY DECIDED TO
ADD.
SO THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL AMENDMENT
FOUR FOR THE VOTE.
>> --
>> YOUR.
>> YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME A CHANCE
TO RESPOND TO THE POINTS.
>> I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND
RAISED.
>> I DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND
BECAUSE I ASSUMED YOU WOULD LET
ME CLOSE OUT.
>> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> I DON'T AGREE WITH THE
COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE,
YOU KNOW, YES, THAT IS A -- THE
STATE CONSTITUTION HAS THAT
RIGHT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN
ATTORNEY TO KNOW THAT.
YES, PEOPLE KNOW THAT, AND AS A
MATTER OF FACT, THE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE
AND ON THE BILL AS A WHOLE, ON
ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE THE
WEAPONS BAN THAT OUR MOVEMENT
WAS ABLE TO WIN LAST SUMMER,
AND AS YOU, YOURSELF, HAVE
REMINDED US CORRECTLY, CHAIR,
IT WAS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL,
BUT IT CLEARLY SHOWS WHAT A
MASS PRESSURE THE MOVEMENTS
PLAY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT LAST
SUMMER, EVERYONE WAS FORCED TO
VOTE YES.
THE MOVEMENT SUBSIDED, AND
THERE'S SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPTS TO
UNDERMINE THE VICTORIES THAT
PEOPLE HAVE WON.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT, YES, WE
ALL KNOW THAT IS THE RIGHT THAT
EXISTS ON THE BOOKS, AND THE
PEOPLE, AND AT THE SAME TIME,
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO SPOKE IN
PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR, STARTING IN JANUARY AND
EVEN BEFORE THAT, THEY ARE
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, TO BE
FIGHTING FOR THE PRIVATE RIGHT
OF ACTION IN THIS BILL, AS
WELL, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
SHOULD KNOW, MY OFFICE DID NOT
-- WE HAVE REALLY -- WE HAVE
REALLY HELPED PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS
UNDERMINING OF THE BILL REALLY
CONTRIBUTES, WHAT THE SPECIFIC
FEATURES ARE HAPPENING, AND WHY
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE PRIVATE
RIGHT OF ACTION.
THE FACT IS THAT HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE REACHED THIS
CONCLUSION ON THEIR OWN THAT WE
ABSOLUTELY NEED THIS IN THIS
BILL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
STATE CONSTITUTION SAYS BECAUSE
THEY UNDERSTAND, CORRECTLY, ON
THEIR OWN, NOT BECAUSE I
COACHED THEM.
THEY UNDERSTAND ON THEIR OWN
THAT AS CHAIR GONZALEZ
ACKNOWLEDGED, THERE'S
SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR
ORDINARY PEOPLE, MUCH LESS
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANT
PEOPLE AND POOR PEOPLE.
IT'S EXTREMELY HARD, IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE, TO GET JUSTICE IN
THE CRIMINAL WORLD.
IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND
THAT'S WHY HUNDREDS ARE FIGHT,
FOR THE PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION
IN THIS BILL, WHY WOULD YOU NOT
GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO REMOVE
THE BARRIERS.
WHY WOULD YOU PUT IN PLACE
BARRIERS WHEN YOU KNOW, AND BY
YOUR OWN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
THERE'S SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO
ETRY.
BASED ON WHAT YOU ARE ALL
SAYING, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE SHOULD BE PAYING FOR
WHAT THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT DID UNDER THE
MAYOR'S SUPERVISION LAST
SUMMER.
SHOW ME HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
GOTTEN ANY KIND OF ADDRESSMENT
FROM THE CODES.
IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT ANY ADDITIONAL LAW IS, BY
ITSELF, GOING TO BE
APPROPRIATE.
THAT'S NOT WHY WE ARE NOT
FIGHTING FOR THE PRIVATE RIGHT
OF ACTION IN THIS BILL.
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE PRIVATE
RIGHT OF ACTION IN THIS BILL
BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO
EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER, MY
OFFICE BELIEVES AS ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES, WE NEED TO
EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE
IT EASIER, NOT MORE DIFFICULT
FOR PEOPLE.
I ALSO BELIEVE, OF COURSE, THAT
AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS WE
HAVE SHOWN, AND FROM RECENT
HISTORY, THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR MASS MOVEMENTS AND
DEMOCRATICALLY ORGANIZED
MOVEMENTS BECAUSE NO SINGLE
LEGISLATION IS GOING TO DO
THAT, AND FURTHERMORE, TO WIN
THE VICTORIES, IT TAKES THAT
ACTION.
IF POLICE BREAK THE LAW,
ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE IN
ACTION, PERIOD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE AMENDMENT?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> NO.
>> LEWIS.
>> NO.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> SAWANT.
>> NO.
>> HERBOLT.
>> NO.
>> MOVE ON AMENDMENT TWO.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT DID A
GREAT JOB OF DESCRIBING
AMENDMENT TWO BECAUSE THIS DOES
ADDRESS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT
HER AMENDMENT INTENDED TO
ADDRESS, MAKING THE PRIVATE
RIGHT OF ACTION AVAILABLE TO
PERSONS IMPACTED BY POLICE
VIOLATING PROVISIONS IN THE
COUNCIL AT ANY TIME, INCLUDING
DURING VIOLENT PUBLIC
DISTURBANCE, AND THIS AMENDMENT
BRINGS THE PRIVATE RIGHT OF
ACTION PROVISION IN LINE WITH
THE REST OF THE REVISED BILL,
ACHIEVES CONSISTENCY, AND
AGAIN, FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC,
THE TERM OF VIOLENT PUBLIC
DISTURBANCE IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT OFFICERS CAN SAY EXISTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A DEFINITION FOR
WHAT A VIOLENT PUBLIC
DISTURBANCE IS.
IF AN OFFICER THINKS SOMETHING
IS A VIOLENT PUBLIC DISTURBANCE
FOR THE JUSTIFICATION FOR --
THAT IS A VIOLATION OF POLICY
THAT COULD BE A BASIS FOR
DISCIPLINE.
IS THERE -- ARE THERE ANY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> I SEE YOUR HAND.
>> THIS IS A FOLLOWUP TO THE
COMMENTS MADE DURING NUMBER
ONE.
I AM GOING TO -- I AM GENERALLY
SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TWO.
HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT THERE
IS SOME STRENGTHENING THAT
COULD HAPPEN IN THE LAST
SENTENCE, CONSISTENT WITH THE
STATEMENTS OF WHAT I MADE IN
CONTEXT OF AMENDMENT ONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN TODAY
WITH THE HOPE THAT I CAN WORK
WITH YOU, AS THE CHAIR TO MAKE
A SMALL MODIFICATION TO THE
SECOND SENTENCE THAT WOULD
CLARIFY THAT LAST INTENT TO
INDICATE THAT WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR IS SOMETHING THAT
IS A HIGHER STANDARD, IN OTHER
WORDS, IF A PERSON IS CONVICTED
OF A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, THAT
OCCURRED AT OR IMMEDIATELY
PRIOR TO THE USE OF LESS LETHAL
FORCE, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
EXPLORING IT THAT CHANGE WITH
YOU WITH THE ADVICE OF OUR LAW
DEPARTMENT AS WELL, BUT I AM A
LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT HOW TO
EVALUATE THE STANDARD AS IT
CURRENTLY EXISTS.
IN THE JUDGMENT OF A REASONABLE
PERSON COMMITS A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE AT OR IMMEDIATELY PRIOR
TO THE USE OF LESS LETHAL
FORCE.
I'M HOPING WE HAVE A
CONVERSATION IF IT WOULD MAKE
GREATER SENSE TO CHANGE TO A
PERSON WHO WAS CONVICTED BY A
LEGAL FACT FINDER OF ACTUALLY
HAVING COMMITTED A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE AT OR IMMEDIATELY PRIOR
TO THE USE OF LESS LETHAL
FORCE.
THAT WOULD MAKE, I THINK THAT
WOULD MAKE THIS PARTICULAR
AMENDMENT A LITTLE STRONGER IN
MY MIND, BUT AGAIN, I'M
GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
AMENDMENT, AND CERTAINY I
DON'T WANT TO HOLD IT UP IN
COMMITTEE TODAY BECAUSE I THINK
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT USE CAN I
CAN DISCUSS AND HOPEFULLY
THREAD THE NEEDLE ON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS FOR THE
END, BUT I THINK IT'S
APPROPRIATE TO SHARE NOW.
AS IT RELATES TO THE FULL
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THIS,
SINCE THERE IS AN ANNOUNCED
STATUS CONFERENCE TO THE
PARTIES OF THE DECENT DECREE ON
AUGUST 10th IN RECOGNITION OF
THIS, I'M PROPOSING THE FULL
COUNCIL NOT VOTE UNTIL AFTER
THAT DATE, WHICH WOULD BE
AUGUST 16th.
THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME MORE
TIME TO CREATE SOME ADDITIVE
LANGUAGE TO THE AMENDMENT.
>> PERFECT, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOUR
HAND IS RAISED.
>> I HAVE SPOKEN TO THIS.
I WANT TO INFORM THE PUBLIC I
WILL BE VOTING YES TO CLOSE ONE
OF THE TWO BLARING LOOPHOLES IN
THE LESSON.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE
CALL ROLE ON TWO.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> ABOUT STAIN.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MORALES.
>> YES.
>> SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, ONE ABSTAIN.
PASSES.
>> IS THERE A SECOND ON
AMENDMENT THREE?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
THE THIRD AMENDMENT AS CENTRAL
STAFF EXPLAINED, IT'S TO
CLARIFY THE RESTRICTIONS IN
SECTION 1E THAT IT APPLIES TO
THE DEPLOYMENT OF PEPPERBALLS
REGARDLESS OF THE CALIBER OF
THE LAUNCHER, 0.40-MILLIMETER
OR OTHERWISE.
IT'S LARGELY A TECHNICAL
CLARIFICATION, AND I ALSO WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU ALL
RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THEIR
LONG CONCERN AROUND LESS
LETHALS, AND THEY ARE
SUPPORTIVE AROUND THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION IN RECOGNITION THAT
IT DOES NOT INCORPORATE ALL OF
THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THAT
THEY RECOGNIZE IT DOES WORK
TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING SOME OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEY
ARE ENGAGED IN ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS AROUND POLICY
CHANGES IN THIS AREA.
SO, AGAIN, LOOKING TO SEE IF
THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ABOUT THIS BILL OR THIS
AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU.
AS FAR AS I KNOW THE CPC LETTER
DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
THIS AMENDMENT.
I DO THINK IT IS PROBLEMATIC TO
CITE THE CPC LETTER OVERALL AS
A REASON TO SUPPORT THE
LEGISLATION.
IT'S ACCURATE THEY ARE CALLING
FOR A YES VOTE, BUT THEY ARE
CLEARLY IN THEIR LETTER
SETTLING FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY
INADEQUATE SAYING, QUOTE, THIS
LEGISLATION DOES WORK TOWARDS
IMPLEMENTATION TO SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE CPC
LETTER LAST FALL, HOWEVER THEY
IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL CHANGES
NECESSARY TO BEST PROTECT THE
PUBLIC SAFETY FOR WHICH WE ASK
THE CITY COUNCIL TO NOT STOP
STRIVING.
END QUOTE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS MEANS IT'S
NOT ADEQUATE.
AS FAR AS THIS AMENDMENT GOES,
I DO NOT BELIEVE THE CPC LETTER
WEIGHED IN ON IT IN ANY WAY.
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON IT
BECAUSE IT INCREASES THE TYPE
OF GUNS SHOOTING CHEMICAL
WEAPONS THAT THE POLICE CAN USE
AGAINST PROTESTERS, WHICH I DO
NOT SUPPORT.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, I DID SAY
THAT MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAID,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT MYSELF.
I SAID THAT THE CPC LETTER
WHILE IT SUPPORTS THE
LEGISLATION, ACKNOWLEDGES IT
ONLY WORKS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING
SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS,
AND THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE
DONE.
THANK YOU FOR UNDERSCORING WHAT
I PREVIOUSLY SAID.
THE AMENDMENT RELATES TO A
REGULATION ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF
PEPPERBALLS, AND THERE HAS BEEN
A CONCERN THAT WITHOUT THE
AMENDMENT THAT WE WILL NOT
REGULATE THE USE OF PEPPERBALLS
IF IT IS IN SOMETHING OTHER
THAN A 0.45-MILLIMETER
LAUNCHER.
IF IT'S IN A DIFFERENT
LAUNCHER, IT'S UNREGULATED.
I WANT TO CLARIFY THE STATEMENT
THAT YOU DON'T SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT AND WHATNOT
SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT WOULD
MEAN.
IF YOU AND -- CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> THAT MEANS THAT IF THEY
ACQUIRED LAUNCHERS LARGER OR
SMALLER THAN 48 MILLIMETERS
WITHOUT THE AMENDMENT, THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THIS
AMMUNITION?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO
FURTHER --
>> QUESTION.
>> SORRY.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> I RAISED MY HAND AGAIN.
I WANTED TO CONFIRM WITH LISA
WHAT YOU JUST SAID BECAUSE THAT
WAS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.
MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S NOT
REGULATED OR COVERED BY THE
LOOPHOLE, BUT CAN LISA CLARIFY
THAT FROM WHAT YOU JUST SAID
BASICALLY?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
>> I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S INTERPRETATION IS
CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT.
SO LET'S CALL THE ROLE ON
AMENDMENT THREE.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
MORALES.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> ABSTAIN.
I'M NOT CLEAR MYSELF, AND I
WILL ABSTAIN.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> PASSES.
>> GREAT, RETURNING TO THE MAIN
MOTION, AND AGAIN I WANT TO
NOTE THAT MY INTENT IN MAKING
THE EMOTION TO VOTE ON THE
LEGISLATION IS IT WILL BE SENT
TO FULL COUNCIL, TO BE
SCHEDULED FOR VOTE AFTER THE
UPCOMING STATUS CONFERENCE
SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 10th.
THE FIRST POTENTIAL DATE WOULD
BE AUGUST 16th.
WE DO NOT KNOW FOR A FACT THAT
THIS LEGISLATION WILL BE
DISCUSSED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF
THE -- AS CONFERENCED, BUT IN
THE SPIRIT OF GETTING AS MUCH
INPUT INFORMALLY BEFORE THE
POLICIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
BILL ARE SENT FOR THE FORMAL
PROCESS, I WANT TO JUST GIVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO -- FOR THE
COUNCIL TO BENEFIT FROM ANY
DISCUSSION THAT MIGHT HAPPEN
ABOUT THE LEGISLATION WITH THE
CONFERENCE.
WITH THAT, WE WILL -- I SHOULD
PROBABLY WAIT AND SEE IF ANYONE
HAS ANY MORE COMMENTS BEFORE WE
CALL THE ROLE.
NOT SEEING ANY.
AGAIN, RECOGNIZING THAT WHEN WE
TAKE THIS UP WITH THE FULL
COUNCIL T WILL BE NEARLY A
YEAR'S WORK ON THE LATEST ON
THIS.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ENGAGEMENT.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD, I RAISED MY
HAND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> WITHIN STRUGGLES THERE ARE
ALWAYS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN TO
ACCEPT SOMETHING INSUFFICIENT
AND WHEN TO HOLD OUT TO WIN
MORE, AND IT'S INACCURATE TO
SUGGEST THAT THIS BILL
REPRESENTS WHAT THE MOVEMENT
HAS ADVOCATED FOR.
THE LEGISLATION MY OFFICE
PROPOSED THAT PASSED LAST FALL
REPRESENTS THAT, AND I BELIEVE
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD
HOLD OUT TO FIGHT FOR THE
LEGISLATION GOING INTO EFFECT
RATHER THAN PASSING THIS BILL
CREATING LOOPHOLES TO THE
EXTEND THAT THE CONVERSATION
HAS ADVANCED SO DRAMATICALLY
SINCE LAST YEAR, AND THE
PRESSURE THAT EXISTS ON THE
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENTS IN
CITY AFTER CITY, SHOWING
RESULTS FOR THE PROMISES THAT
WERE MADE LAST YEAR DURING THE
PROTESTS, AND I THINK ALL OF
THIS SHOWS THAT PROTESTS AND
MASS MOVEMENTS DO WORK.
THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THEY
SUBSIDE, YOU SEE ALL OF THE
REAL POSITIONS OF POLITICIANS
COMING OUT, AND THAT IS WHY I
WOULD WANT TO URGE ALL OF THE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, MAYBE EVEN
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE,
SPECIFICALLY, THIS YEAR,
FIGHTING TO HOLD ON TO MOST, IF
NOT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD WON
LAST YEAR, I WANTED TO THANK
THEM AND CONGRATULATE THEM FOR
THEIR PERSISTENCE AND COURAGE,
AND ALSO URGE THEM TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIGHT IS
FAR FROM DONE, AND WE HAVE TO
KEEP ORGANIZING AND KEEP
ORGANIZING.
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
BILL TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE THE
CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED,
BILL PASSES AS AMENDED.
>> PASSES, AND RECOMMENDATION
WILL BE SENT TO FULL COUNCIL.
AS NOTED, THE VOTE WILL TAKE
PLACE AFTER THE AUGUST 10th
CONFERENCE, LIKELY AUGUST 16th.
THANK YOU ALL, AGAIN, FOR
STICKING WITH US TODAY, AND
ANOTHER LONG MEETING, AND THE
NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED
FOR JULY 27th, AND UNLESS THERE
ARE OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES, IT IS 12:26, AND
SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE
ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.