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-I'm a small business owner,
community connector.

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-I'm a progressive leader
with a decade of proven results.

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-I'm born and raised from here.

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-Cannabis entrepreneur
Joy Hollingsworth

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and transportation activist
Alex Hudson...

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-Hi.

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-...are in the closest race
for the Seattle City Council

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this year,

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in a battle to replace council
member Kshama Sawant

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in District 3.

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D3 is diverse,
and both candidates agree

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its needs vary
by neighborhood,

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stretching from East Lake
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and Capitol Hill
to the Central District.

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Will voters in District 3
roll with Alex Hudson

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or get in step
with Joy Hollingsworth?

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-Public policy has really
impacted our community

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and a lot of the people that
have fallen through the gaps.

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-The candidates
debate the issues.

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-We need to have an economy

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that is working
for working people.

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-Electing a new
city council member

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to serve
Seattle's District 3,

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next on "City Inside/Out".

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Welcome to this edition of
"City Inside/Out".

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I'm your host, Brian Callanan.

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Kshama Sawant's decision
not to run for reelection

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in the Seattle City
Council District 3 race

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has opened
the door to new leadership,

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but there's no clear choice
on who will replace

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the city's currently longest
serving council member.

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Top candidates
Joy Hollingsworth,

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a cannabis business owner,

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and Alex Hudson,
a transportation advocate,

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were separated by less than
100 votes in the August primary.

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That's the closest result

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of any of the seven races
on the ballot,

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making the battle for
a politically active District 3

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a top race
to watch in 2023.

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-I'm Joy.

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-Candidates Joy Hollingsworth...

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-I'm Alex Hudson.

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-...and Alex Hudson

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both promise a new direction for
Seattle City Council District 3,

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from the Central District
to Eastlake

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and First Hill
to Madison Park.

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-I'm a small business owner,
community connector.

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-I'm a progressive leader
with a decade of proven results.

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-Thank you so much.
-Hollingsworth,

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who owns a cannabis business
with her family,

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came out on top in the
August primary by just 89 votes.

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-Do you care about, like,
affordability?

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-She's endorsed
by "The Seattle Times".

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-I'm running for us
to bring back --

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prioritize
essential government services

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that really affect
our day to day lives.

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-I want to build
a lot more housing.

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-Hudson, the former director

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of the Transportation
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an advocacy group...

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-Yeah, have a good one. Bye.
-You, too.

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-...was second in the primary,

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and is endorsed by
"The Stranger".

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-And I think we have
all the ingredients here

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that we need in order
to really help Seattle

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and the people in it
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-Hudson ran the First Hill
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for five years

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and says housing,
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and public safety

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are her top priorities.

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-I think running
a neighborhood organization

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is a real asset

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because I've worked
directly with people

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at a geographic level
to make things happen.

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-Bye, y'all.

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-Hollingsworth says she comes
from a long line

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of local civil rights leaders.

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Her top issues?
Public safety,

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homelessness,
and affordable housing.

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-We have built our priorities
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not my agenda, but what
our community is saying.

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-Hollingsworth,
a basketball star

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who's helped bring girls sports
to underserved areas,

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works with Northwest
Harvest Food Access Network.

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-I'm in the intersection of
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and commerce.

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-Hudson, whose family
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says her experience surviving
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has led to her life
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-It's a debt of gratitude

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that I have to good
government policies

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and the people
who fight to make it happen.

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-After nine years under
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D3 will soon have a new leader.

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-I think it's important
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really get it right this time,

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ensuring that we have someone
on council that will listen.

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-I'm excited about
bringing my experience

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and track record
of results to City Hall

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so that we can start delivering
some solutions for people.

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-And we are joined by the two
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Joy Hollingsworth
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Joy, very good to see you.

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-Likewise.
Thank you for having us.

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-And, Alex,
good to see you, too.

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-Yeah, good to see you.
-Here we go.

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Had a coin flip before the show,

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and Joy, you've got the first
run at the opening statement.

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If you could keep it
to a minute, please.

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-Oh, absolutely.
My name is Joy Hollingsworth,

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running for Seattle City
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Third generation Seattleite.
I was born and raised

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in the historic
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39 years, I've seen
how public policy

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has really impacted
our community

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and a lot of the people that
have fallen through the gaps.

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Small business owner,
nonprofit leader,

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community connector,
and also a problem solver.

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A lot of our priorities
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to homelessness,
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our housing affordability,
what's going on,

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our youth, our infrastructure
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how all of those play
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and I'm literally
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commerce, and culture,
all connected,

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and I can't wait
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and really happy to be here.

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-Okay, great.
Alex, you're up next.

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If you can keep it
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an opening statement.

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-I'm Alex Hudson.
I'm a public school mom,

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a renter, and a transit rider.

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I'm the first person
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to go to and graduate
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and when I was diagnosed
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at 24 years old,
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which is when I decided
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and my career
to serving the public,

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which is what I've done
for over a decade here

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in the city of Seattle.

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I ran a neighborhood
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where we helped
to site homeless shelters

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and build affordable housing

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and make our streets
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and I've helped
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for public transit riders
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So, I have a long history
of working within my community,

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building broad coalitions

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to deliver effective
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on the challenges that are most
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-Thank you both for that.

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Alex, let me go back to you
and talk about this issue.

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You are running to replace
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you both are -- who currently
is the longest serving member

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of the Seattle City Council,
perhaps the most controversial.

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She has her supporters and her
detractors in District 3.

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Tell us your thoughts, Alex,
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leadership
for the past nine years

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and where you want
to take D3.

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Are you seeking
her endorsement?

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-You know,
the thing that I will say

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about Councilmember Sawant

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is that everybody always
knew where she stood,

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and that is, I think,
something that people really

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want to see in their leaders,

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is a really clear vision

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and a really clear ability
to articulate

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whose side you're on
and what you're fighting for,

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and I wouldn't say
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to "replace" Councilmember
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but I, too, believe that
we need to have an economy

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that is working
for working people,

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a government that invests
in the needs of people

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so that they can remove barriers

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and allow families
and communities to thrive

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and be connected to opportunity
and to have a sustainable planet

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where every person
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to take responsibility
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and well-being of each other.

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-Got it.
Joy, same question to you.

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Are you seeking Councilmember
Sawant's endorsement?

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Your take on the leadership of
D3 over the past nine years?

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-Yeah, we're really focused
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every time I'm knocking on
people's door, I'm asking them,

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"Hey, what do you want
from City Hall?

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What do you want
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And I think the difference
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hyper-focused
on local issues per neighborhood

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because they're different
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to Capitol Hill
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And so, what's really important
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you know, they have
a council member who listens,

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who connects with them,
who's transparent,

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who picks up the phone,
who's in community,

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connecting with them,
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that they are the bridge
between literally neighborhoods

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to the 45 city departments
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and that's what
we're looking forward to.

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-Got it.
Joy, you've raised

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about $176,000 for your campaign
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Let's talk about maybe your top
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if you wouldn't mind breaking
some of those down with me,

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and what you think voters
should understand from that.

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-Yeah, we have
a broad coalition of people

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that have endorsed
our campaign,

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from our "Seattle Times"
to our mayor,

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all the way to MLK Labor,

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and then a lot of small business
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and so, it's this huge,
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and I think that's been
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and our democracy voucher

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and people wanting to invest
in our campaign,

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and we're really proud
about those endorsements

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and the support.

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-So, what does that say
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-Yeah, it just shows
that we're willing to work

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with anyone and everyone,
and I think it's important.

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I grew up in a Seattle where
you literally didn't matter,

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like, who you were
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who you were across
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what views -- political views,
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It was literally, "Hey,
can we find common ground?

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How do we move forward?"

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And I think that's the values

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that we're trying to bring back
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-Okay. Thanks. Alex,
you've raised about $126,000

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as of mid-September
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Tell us about your top
three endorsers, if you would,

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and what you think voters
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-Yeah, I'm proud to be
endorsed by "The Stranger".

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I'm proud to be endorsed

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by Planned Parenthood
advocacy organization,

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the Sierra Club,
the 911 Dispatchers' Guild,

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as well as, you know,
dozens of elected leaders,

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over 100 community members,

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over 20 individual
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and what that says is that
there are people

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who really see that I'm able
to be bringing together people

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from across the variety
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but stay really rooted
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and effective solutions

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that people in our district
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-Okay.
Let me throw something out here,

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because I've been looking with
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and elections over the past
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and I've noticed
that there are some

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independent expenditure groups
in this race

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and a lot of different
council races out there.

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How do you think
independent expenditures

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are going to impact
their campaigns?

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Do they have an impact
on your campaign?

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Can you talk about that, Joy?

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-Yeah. We haven't seen any
independent expenditures

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come just yet.

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We're a campaign that is
allowing,

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like, no corporate PACs.

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We made that clear
from the very start

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that this is
a grassroots project,

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like, this is a grassroots
movement that we are,

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you know, participating in
the democracy voucher program,

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but if they do come,
you know,

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you see a lot of
labor movements,

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you see a lot of different
organizations

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that are investing.

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This shows
how important this race is

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and all the different races
in city council

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for the city of Seattle.

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-Yeah. Any thoughts about these
independent expenditures?

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It's been growing
as a big part of this race

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over the past
several cycles here.

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-Yeah, absolutely.

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As Joy mentioned,

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we haven't seen any independent
expenditures in our race yet,

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although there was polling
that was done

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in our race
a couple of weeks ago

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that was testing
negative messages about me,

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and so, my hope is that
the independent expenditures,

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if they do come,

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we'll keep it
a positive message,

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which I think has been
really the commitment

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of all of the candidates
in this race,

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is to be talking
directly to voters

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about our positive vision
for the city of Seattle.

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-I would like to try to split
apart the connected topics

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of homelessness
and affordable housing,

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if I could,
with you, as we get into this

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For the sake of clarity,

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Alex, I'll start with you.

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Talk about your approach to the
visible homelessness crisis,

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if you could, what you're hoping
to do differently

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than what the city
is doing right now,

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and especially
in District 3.

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-Yeah, absolutely.
Visible homelessness

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is a moral failing
of our city,

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and it is unbelievably
heartbreaking

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to see so much misery,

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that people have fallen
so far through the cracks.

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When I ran the neighborhood
organization in First Hill,

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we helped to put two homeless
shelters in our neighborhood --

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one in the basement
of First Presbyterian

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and another
at Harbor View Hall.

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Those are still operating
and have now provided

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thousands of nights of shelter
for people that didn't exist.

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So, what I saw through that

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is that when you bring
people together

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and have a conversation,
that you can build momentum

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towards the solutions
to these big problems.

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But what we need
right now is shelter.

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I was talking to outreach
workers recently,

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and they let me know
that that day,

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which was Wednesday
of this week,

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that there are eight shelter
beds available in our city.

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That's for the tens
of thousands of people

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who are homeless in our region.

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That's totally unacceptable.

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There is no way that we're
going to provide people the care

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that they need when we
have such limited resources.

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So, building and placing
and siting shelter

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is critically important to be
able to get people connected

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and inside so that
no one sleeps in our streets.

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-And do you think that D3
is open to that?

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You mentioned the work you've
done to site places before.

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Are they open to actually siting

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some of these different shelters
in District 3?

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-District 3 leads with
very strong progressive values,

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and people want to see
effective solutions

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that are leading
with compassion.

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In my experience in running
a neighborhood organization,

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we brought people
together around the yes.

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"Yes, we want these things
in our neighborhood."

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"Yes, these are assets."

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So, I have seen it
happen before,

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and I know from talking
to, you know,

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thousands of people
on the doors

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that they want that, too.

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-Maybe I can get your thoughts
on this, Joy,

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your approach to homelessness
and what different approaches

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you'd like to take
to this crisis in D3?

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-Yeah, I've been working
in the food access space

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for the last four years.

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-With Northwest Harvest.
Right.

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-Correct,
and being on the front lines

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of food insecurity,
you are literally seeing people

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who are one check away --
paycheck away

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from experiencing
homelessness

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or people that are
experiencing it right now,

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people that are living
out of their cars,

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people that are in shelters,
shuffling out of shelters.

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It's for parts.
You have a housing problem

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that we have in our city,
affordable housing problem.

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You also have a mental health
issue that's going on.

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We also have people that are

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experiencing substance
disorders,

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and we have people preying
on vulnerable individuals

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that are in a lot
of these spaces,

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and so, idea around it

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is you have to figure out
different on-ramps

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to get people
into the type of services

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they need with being
very focused on

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when you are going into
encampments, understanding,

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"Hey, what is the best pathway
to get this person

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into permanent, supportive,
or transitional housing?"

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Some people just need a voucher.
They need a leg up.

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Some people need a certain
type of treatment,

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wraparound services.

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Other people need
certain different aspects

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to get them over that hump,

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and so we need more places
where --

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like, we want to get everybody
inside and off the street

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to where they can have
a day shelter,

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where they can get
connected to resources,

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a one-stop shop
where we can be able

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to have better accountability
and also transparency

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so we can measure progress

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into the people
experiencing homelessness,

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the issue that's
going on in our city.

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-And there's
a word out there

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that always gets
a different reaction

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from a lot of different people.

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It's called sweeps,

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and I just wanted to get
your thought on sweeps.

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What's your position on them?

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-Yeah, unfortunately, sweeps,
you know,

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it shuffles the problem around

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So, very against sweeps,

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but I also know that sometimes,
those encampments

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are next to our schools.

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We have to prioritize our kids,

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and so, in order to do that,

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we have to go and
hyper-focus into those areas

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where there are encampment
resolutions

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and we're connecting
those people to services

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to be able to clean out those
spaces to ensure that we have,

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you know, functionality
in some capacity.

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But definitely
against sweeps

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and would like to see more

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resource
encampment resolutions.

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-I want to make sure
I ask that question

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about sweeps to you, Alex.
Some thoughts on that?

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-Yeah. Sweeps hurt people.

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Sweeps disconnect people who are
living in community.

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Sweeps disconnect people from
the social service providers

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that they've been working with,

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and it does nothing except

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to exacerbate
a really cruel cycle of harm

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for the people who are
absolutely the most vulnerable

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in our society.

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So, yes, we need more outreach.

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Yes, we need more investments,
we need more things,

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but that can't be outreach
to nothing.

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That has to be outreach
to care, shelter, services,

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programs that are actually
deeply invested in

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at the scale of the enormity
of this crisis

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that is facing people
in our community,

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because there are, as Joy said,
way too many people in Seattle

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and across our region
who are one paycheck,

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you know, one illness away,
right?

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We know the number one reason

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that people get into
homelessness is medical debt,

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and that
the vast majority of people

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who are homeless
actually are employed,

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and so, getting people
connected to that next best step

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can only work

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if we have the investments
in those resources,

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which right now,
we just simply do not.

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-Got it.
Let me stick with you

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if I could, Alex,
and talk a little bit

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about affordable housing,
specifically in District 3.

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You got a lot of renters there,
as you know.

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The stats show
Seattle has the --

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or had
the largest rise in average rent

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between 2010 and 2020,
about 92%.

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Thinking back over the past
several years,

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Councilmember Sawant's tried
and failed

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to pass
a rent control measure there.

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Do you support rent control?

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What sort of measures
can you talk about in terms of

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trying to keep control of rent
in District 3?

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-Yeah, I'm a renter.
I'm a renter in the open market.

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I've been a renter
my entire life,

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and I'm a mom,
so I rent with a family.

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I'm also on the board
of the largest

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affordable housing provider
in King County,

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so I have spent years
working on this issue.

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When I ran the neighborhood
organization,

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we helped to site and build
hundreds of units

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of affordable housing
in our neighborhood,

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and so, I know that
the solution is more housing,

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that it's a supply
and demand thing.

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Seattle is the fastest
growing city in this country,

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and we need to be
able to catch up.

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And so, that starts
a couple of ways.

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We need to allow more housing
in more places.

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We need to make it faster,

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easier, and cheaper
to build housing.

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We need to streamline
our permitting

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and regulatory processes.

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We need to invest
in affordability.

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We need to protect communities

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so that we aren't seeing
the rapid displacement

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that we've been seeing
in our city.

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That 92% --
that hurts people.

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Your paycheck
hasn't gone up 92%, right?

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And so, that
has forced people out,

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and it is
harming our community.

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So, it's really
very clear

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that we need to have over
200,000 units of housing

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in our city
in order to catch up,

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and that 80% of those need to be

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some kind of regulated,
affordable housing.

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So, there's a variety of ways
that we can do that,

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but without a place
to live,

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communities
and people cannot succeed.

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-I wanted to pin
something down here --

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your thoughts on rent control
specifically.

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Does it work?
Is it something you support?

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-I believe in rent
stabilization, right?

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Like, you should be able
to have proper notice

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if your rent is going up.

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You should be able to have
some kind of protections

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if those rents are going up
pretty exorbitantly,

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and we have seen some
pretty innovative policies

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from the city of Seattle
that mean to address that.

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Some of those policies have
had unintended consequences,

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and we need, as a city, I think,
always, to be able to go back

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and take a look and measure
what our programs have done.

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So, I do believe
in rent stabilization

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that protects people
so that they can have

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stability and predictability
in their housing.

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-Okay. Joy, some thoughts
about rent control,

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dealing with renters?

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Any thoughts you want to share?

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-Yeah, absolutely.
So, back in 2000 --

498
00:18:45,634 --> 00:18:47,567
and I've shared
this story often -

499
00:18:47,567 --> 00:18:49,234
when we saw our neighborhood,

500
00:18:49,234 --> 00:18:51,868
you know, going up
with the pricing,

501
00:18:51,868 --> 00:18:54,701
we turned our grandmother's
house into a triplex,

502
00:18:54,701 --> 00:18:57,567
and that's where I currently
reside into that home.

503
00:18:57,567 --> 00:18:59,734
She purchased it in 1947,

504
00:18:59,734 --> 00:19:01,968
and it took us three months
to get a permit.

505
00:19:01,968 --> 00:19:04,667
Now, that's actually six
to eight months now in our city.

506
00:19:04,667 --> 00:19:07,100
Could be up to a year,
and then to be able --

507
00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:09,567
We turned that house around
within 15 months.

508
00:19:09,567 --> 00:19:11,868
In our city,
it takes about four years,

509
00:19:11,868 --> 00:19:15,033
three to four years to be able
to turn around your housing

510
00:19:15,033 --> 00:19:16,501
into a duplex, triplex,

511
00:19:16,501 --> 00:19:18,000
or to build a building.

512
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,434
That is a problem,

513
00:19:19,434 --> 00:19:21,200
and so, like Alex was saying

514
00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,033
about streamlining
our permitting process,

515
00:19:23,033 --> 00:19:24,968
we also need to work
with our utilities,

516
00:19:24,968 --> 00:19:28,467
our Seattle public utilities
and our our Seattle City Light

517
00:19:28,467 --> 00:19:29,901
to make it a little bit easier

518
00:19:29,901 --> 00:19:32,601
for people to be able to connect
their property

519
00:19:32,601 --> 00:19:35,367
to public utilities
to the street,

520
00:19:35,367 --> 00:19:37,200
whether it's water, sewer,
garbage, electricity.

521
00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,467
That will be huge.

522
00:19:38,467 --> 00:19:41,000
We also need to be a community

523
00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,267
that has more family housing,
right?

524
00:19:43,267 --> 00:19:44,701
Like, that's going
to be huge for people,

525
00:19:44,701 --> 00:19:46,400
because right now
in our city,

526
00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,367
you know,
we're suffering right now

527
00:19:48,367 --> 00:19:50,434
with the Seattle
public schools,

528
00:19:50,434 --> 00:19:52,934
and, you know, not a lot of kids
going to those schools.

529
00:19:52,934 --> 00:19:55,667
We have to do a better job
of being -- young families,

530
00:19:55,667 --> 00:19:58,033
and then workforce housing
is going to be huge.

531
00:19:58,033 --> 00:20:00,000
And then bringing people back
to the Central District

532
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,400
will be huge

533
00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,534
and being able to have down
payment assistance as well.

534
00:20:04,534 --> 00:20:06,434
-Can I get specific about
that rent control question?

535
00:20:06,434 --> 00:20:07,968
I just want to make sure
I cover that base with you.

536
00:20:07,968 --> 00:20:09,734
-Absolutely.
Rent stabilization.

537
00:20:09,734 --> 00:20:13,000
We've passed over 22 laws
for renter protections.

538
00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,300
All on board for that,

539
00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:17,100
but I also want to make sure
that we ensure

540
00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:20,033
that we have this lens
for small landlords.

541
00:20:20,033 --> 00:20:22,300
You know, we have a lot of
people that might own a house

542
00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:23,701
and they have a duplex
or a triplex

543
00:20:23,701 --> 00:20:25,534
and they want to be
able to rent as well.

544
00:20:25,534 --> 00:20:27,033
Those are the people
that are creating

545
00:20:27,033 --> 00:20:29,234
a lot of affordable housing
options in our community.

546
00:20:29,234 --> 00:20:31,133
-Okay, great.
Alex, let me jump over to you.

547
00:20:31,133 --> 00:20:33,334
Let's switch gears
to public safety, if we could.

548
00:20:33,334 --> 00:20:35,567
Your platform on this issue --
saw it on your website there.

549
00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:38,367
It speaks to the need
for alternative 911 responses,

550
00:20:38,367 --> 00:20:40,400
as well as more
social services,

551
00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,300
yet you have community leaders
in the Central District,

552
00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:44,801
for example, in D3, saying,
"We need more police."

553
00:20:44,801 --> 00:20:46,367
I realize this is
a nuanced question.

554
00:20:46,367 --> 00:20:47,934
That's why I want
to ask it here.

555
00:20:47,934 --> 00:20:49,601
Tell us about your approach
to public safety,

556
00:20:49,601 --> 00:20:51,767
what role social services
need to play,

557
00:20:51,767 --> 00:20:53,601
what role police need
to be playing, please?

558
00:20:53,601 --> 00:20:55,667
-Yeah. The city's
most core responsibility

559
00:20:55,667 --> 00:20:56,801
is right there
in the charter,

560
00:20:56,801 --> 00:20:59,767
is to create
safe conditions for people.

561
00:20:59,767 --> 00:21:00,934
Again, I'm a parent, right?

562
00:21:00,934 --> 00:21:04,133
So, this really hits home
for me.

563
00:21:04,133 --> 00:21:06,234
Right now, we have not been
able to recruit

564
00:21:06,234 --> 00:21:08,133
and retain the number
of police officers

565
00:21:08,133 --> 00:21:09,968
so that we can have
the proper response time

566
00:21:09,968 --> 00:21:12,501
so that if you need help
or you see somebody

567
00:21:12,501 --> 00:21:14,400
who needs help,
you can pick up the phone

568
00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,934
and somebody is
going to come and do that.

569
00:21:15,934 --> 00:21:19,634
And we ask our police officers
to do way too much, right?

570
00:21:19,634 --> 00:21:21,567
Police officers
cannot be housing connectors.

571
00:21:21,567 --> 00:21:23,300
They cannot be behavioral
health specialists.

572
00:21:23,300 --> 00:21:25,467
They are not social workers.

573
00:21:25,467 --> 00:21:28,400
When I did my observation
with 911 dispatch,

574
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,267
one of the things I learned
is that we have

575
00:21:30,267 --> 00:21:32,868
two crisis response teams
in the entire city,

576
00:21:32,868 --> 00:21:34,100
and they can't be dispatched.

577
00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:36,734
A police officer
has to go there first.

578
00:21:36,734 --> 00:21:39,934
So, if we don't have
enough police officers

579
00:21:39,934 --> 00:21:42,167
and we are asking them
to do too much,

580
00:21:42,167 --> 00:21:45,267
then it is perfectly logical
that we need other people

581
00:21:45,267 --> 00:21:47,968
who are better equipped
to do those jobs.

582
00:21:47,968 --> 00:21:49,734
I also believe we need
a reformed

583
00:21:49,734 --> 00:21:51,634
police department, right?

584
00:21:51,634 --> 00:21:56,667
We've seen some
pretty abhorrent things

585
00:21:56,667 --> 00:22:00,267
coming out of individuals
in our police department

586
00:22:00,267 --> 00:22:01,434
that I do not think

587
00:22:01,434 --> 00:22:03,567
reflect the values
of the city of Seattle,

588
00:22:03,567 --> 00:22:05,968
and that creates a serious
recruiting problem

589
00:22:05,968 --> 00:22:07,801
because not a whole lot of folks

590
00:22:07,801 --> 00:22:10,167
who would otherwise want
to be police officers

591
00:22:10,167 --> 00:22:11,934
are going to see that behavior
and want to sign up

592
00:22:11,934 --> 00:22:13,667
for those folks
to be their colleagues.

593
00:22:13,667 --> 00:22:15,267
So, we need accountability,

594
00:22:15,267 --> 00:22:17,801
but we need, obviously,
to have police officers

595
00:22:17,801 --> 00:22:19,133
who are responding to crime,

596
00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:21,467
who are there
to help you when you need it.

597
00:22:21,467 --> 00:22:23,167
That's a given,

598
00:22:23,167 --> 00:22:25,434
but what tasks
we ask them to do,

599
00:22:25,434 --> 00:22:26,868
what their culture looks like,

600
00:22:26,868 --> 00:22:29,634
and who takes care of the other
things is really critical.

601
00:22:29,634 --> 00:22:31,734
-Thank you. Joy,
let's talk about your platform.

602
00:22:31,734 --> 00:22:35,434
You've spoken about reducing
response times for 911 calls,

603
00:22:35,434 --> 00:22:37,501
filling staff shortages
in the SPD,

604
00:22:37,501 --> 00:22:39,868
and some of his co-responder
non-police alternative

605
00:22:39,868 --> 00:22:42,367
type of situation
for some incidents as well.

606
00:22:42,367 --> 00:22:43,934
How do you balance
this need for police

607
00:22:43,934 --> 00:22:46,968
with the need for different
responses to certain 911 calls?

608
00:22:46,968 --> 00:22:50,200
-Absolutely. It's the right
response to the right situation.

609
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,367
Public safety affects us in ways
that we don't even realize.

610
00:22:53,367 --> 00:22:55,100
What time are we going
to the grocery store?

611
00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:56,701
Are we taking transit?

612
00:22:56,701 --> 00:22:58,968
You know, where are you
kind of parking your car?

613
00:22:58,968 --> 00:23:00,667
Are you going out at night?

614
00:23:00,667 --> 00:23:02,234
Did you put a camera
on your house?

615
00:23:02,234 --> 00:23:04,901
These things have impacted
people subconsciously

616
00:23:04,901 --> 00:23:06,267
and consciously,

617
00:23:06,267 --> 00:23:09,200
and government
has a responsibility

618
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:10,434
to help protect people.

619
00:23:10,434 --> 00:23:11,834
That is huge.

620
00:23:11,834 --> 00:23:15,334
And so, when you're thinking
about our police department,

621
00:23:15,334 --> 00:23:17,234
of course, we want them
to be accountable.

622
00:23:17,234 --> 00:23:20,100
We need transparency as well.

623
00:23:20,100 --> 00:23:22,767
We also need
more social workers,

624
00:23:22,767 --> 00:23:24,634
and they should get paid
the same amount

625
00:23:24,634 --> 00:23:26,033
as our police officers.

626
00:23:26,033 --> 00:23:27,434
We were asking them to respond

627
00:23:27,434 --> 00:23:30,734
to a lot of the 911 calls,
to go into these crisis calls.

628
00:23:30,734 --> 00:23:32,601
They're the first
responders as well.

629
00:23:32,601 --> 00:23:35,200
And so, it's a balanced approach
with understanding

630
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,834
that, you know,
when we're saying,

631
00:23:36,834 --> 00:23:40,601
"Hey, there need to be
less response time.

632
00:23:40,601 --> 00:23:42,434
Do we want to increase police?",

633
00:23:42,434 --> 00:23:44,601
it's also about
the detectives, right,

634
00:23:44,601 --> 00:23:46,567
that are solving
a lot of the crimes

635
00:23:46,567 --> 00:23:48,200
that are going on in the back,

636
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,667
you know, behind the scenes
that we just don't know about,

637
00:23:50,667 --> 00:23:54,033
or also, a lot of the activity
going on in our city,

638
00:23:54,033 --> 00:23:56,000
we have to get better
engaged in youth.

639
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000
So, it's about
gun violence prevention.

640
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,734
It's about making sure
that our youth have stuff to do

641
00:24:00,734 --> 00:24:03,567
after school, in school,
that mentorship.

642
00:24:03,567 --> 00:24:05,067
It is this holistic approach,

643
00:24:05,067 --> 00:24:07,968
ensuring that we have all these
different safety nets as well.

644
00:24:07,968 --> 00:24:10,067
-Thank you. I'm going
to start wrapping up here.

645
00:24:10,067 --> 00:24:11,334
I would like to talk
about an issue

646
00:24:11,334 --> 00:24:12,801
that we haven't talked about.

647
00:24:12,801 --> 00:24:14,133
Everyone's talking
about public safety.

648
00:24:14,133 --> 00:24:16,100
Everyone's talking about
homelessness and housing.

649
00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:18,133
What's important to you
that you want to let voters know

650
00:24:18,133 --> 00:24:19,534
about you and your campaign?

651
00:24:19,534 --> 00:24:20,367
Another issue, maybe?

652
00:24:20,367 --> 00:24:21,801
-Yeah. You know,

653
00:24:21,801 --> 00:24:24,100
one of the biggest things we are
so passionate about is youth.

654
00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:25,634
My grandmother was
on the school board.

655
00:24:25,634 --> 00:24:28,601
She always talked about,
you know, youth development

656
00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:31,033
and youth priority
and education.

657
00:24:31,033 --> 00:24:33,133
We have to ensure
that our youth

658
00:24:33,133 --> 00:24:34,434
are taken care of.

659
00:24:34,434 --> 00:24:35,767
City council
is not the school board,

660
00:24:35,767 --> 00:24:37,634
so we don't do anything
with curriculum,

661
00:24:37,634 --> 00:24:40,067
but what we do have
a responsibility for

662
00:24:40,067 --> 00:24:42,367
is ensuring that our
after-school programing,

663
00:24:42,367 --> 00:24:44,801
our library,
our community centers,

664
00:24:44,801 --> 00:24:47,701
our parks,
all these different pieces

665
00:24:47,701 --> 00:24:49,667
are invested within our youth,

666
00:24:49,667 --> 00:24:51,367
and, you know,
looking forward

667
00:24:51,367 --> 00:24:54,467
to being able to hopefully
put our lens

668
00:24:54,467 --> 00:24:57,100
and our fingerprints
on the levy --

669
00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:59,133
the family levy that's coming
down the line.

670
00:24:59,133 --> 00:25:00,534
-That education promised.

671
00:25:00,534 --> 00:25:02,467
-That's going to be
huge for our kids and our city.

672
00:25:02,467 --> 00:25:03,734
And so, we have to ensure

673
00:25:03,734 --> 00:25:06,501
that we're prioritizing
our youth, our future,

674
00:25:06,501 --> 00:25:09,200
and then also the infrastructure
that's going on with our city.

675
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,734
-Thank you. Alex, another topic
that we haven't brought up yet.

676
00:25:11,734 --> 00:25:13,067
-Yeah, one thing we haven't
talked about

677
00:25:13,067 --> 00:25:15,534
that's critically important
is our streets

678
00:25:15,534 --> 00:25:16,934
and our transit system.

679
00:25:16,934 --> 00:25:19,501
District 3 has some of
the highest percentage of people

680
00:25:19,501 --> 00:25:21,601
like me,
who aren't drivers

681
00:25:21,601 --> 00:25:23,868
and who rely on
our public transit system,

682
00:25:23,868 --> 00:25:26,534
or we have some of the most
walkable communities, right?

683
00:25:26,534 --> 00:25:30,067
So, I think what is really
important is that we make sure,

684
00:25:30,067 --> 00:25:32,968
yes, that our streets and our
roads are in good condition,

685
00:25:32,968 --> 00:25:35,133
but that we are making sure
that we are building a city

686
00:25:35,133 --> 00:25:37,334
where you can get around
however you want.

687
00:25:37,334 --> 00:25:41,067
Our transit system
is struggling right now,

688
00:25:41,067 --> 00:25:42,567
and as our city is growing,

689
00:25:42,567 --> 00:25:46,434
it's going to be hard
to absorb these folks

690
00:25:46,434 --> 00:25:49,234
if we're asking everybody
to have a gallon of gas

691
00:25:49,234 --> 00:25:50,534
to get a gallon of milk.

692
00:25:50,534 --> 00:25:52,234
And so, we need for our streets

693
00:25:52,234 --> 00:25:54,133
to be able to be safe
for people to get around,

694
00:25:54,133 --> 00:25:56,901
for our kids to be able
to move around in them,

695
00:25:56,901 --> 00:25:58,634
and we need a transit system

696
00:25:58,634 --> 00:26:01,100
that creates an irresistibly
good alternative,

697
00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:03,901
or at least at the very least,
a good alternative

698
00:26:03,901 --> 00:26:07,200
to the single option
that most people have,

699
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,934
which is a vehicle.

700
00:26:08,934 --> 00:26:10,334
-Got it.
We need to wrap up here.

701
00:26:10,334 --> 00:26:11,834
If you can keep it
to a minute or less,

702
00:26:11,834 --> 00:26:14,167
I would love it. I'm trying
to get that closing statement.

703
00:26:14,167 --> 00:26:15,567
Joy, why don't you go ahead.

704
00:26:15,567 --> 00:26:17,767
-Yeah, absolutely.
Look, we're at a time

705
00:26:17,767 --> 00:26:24,000
where the product of community,
commerce, and culture, right?

706
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,534
This was the Seattle
that I know,

707
00:26:25,534 --> 00:26:27,400
the Seattle
that I grew up in,

708
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,234
the Seattle that I know
we can be,

709
00:26:29,234 --> 00:26:31,200
and it's important
that we have someone

710
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,734
that can connect
our community

711
00:26:32,734 --> 00:26:34,968
to the 45 different
city departments,

712
00:26:34,968 --> 00:26:37,501
someone who listens, who wants
to work with the mayor's office,

713
00:26:37,501 --> 00:26:40,300
who wants to work with community
about what their issues are

714
00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:42,434
and amplifying
their message.

715
00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:44,234
That's going to
be huge for folks,

716
00:26:44,234 --> 00:26:46,934
especially with our comp plan
coming down the line,

717
00:26:46,934 --> 00:26:49,200
our family levy
that's coming down the line,

718
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,000
all these different things
where it's going to plan

719
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,467
and shape our city.

720
00:26:52,467 --> 00:26:55,667
This is important that
we have community input input.

721
00:26:55,667 --> 00:26:58,934
District 3 is so vast,
from Madison Park to First Hill,

722
00:26:58,934 --> 00:27:01,701
Capitol Hill, all the way
north to Montlake

723
00:27:01,701 --> 00:27:04,067
and all the way south
to the Central District

724
00:27:04,067 --> 00:27:06,067
and a little bit
of Mount Baker.

725
00:27:06,067 --> 00:27:08,100
Those communities
are very, very diverse

726
00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:10,267
and so, looking forward
to having someone in there

727
00:27:10,267 --> 00:27:13,067
who's going to amplify
all those voices to City Hall.

728
00:27:13,067 --> 00:27:14,868
-You get the last word, Alex.
Go ahead.

729
00:27:14,868 --> 00:27:16,667
-Yeah, the thing
that I will say

730
00:27:16,667 --> 00:27:18,501
is that I love
the city of Seattle.

731
00:27:18,501 --> 00:27:22,033
I have lived in this county
and in this city my entire life,

732
00:27:22,033 --> 00:27:26,400
and I know from doing work
at the neighborhood level

733
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,167
and building coalitions
that have passed

734
00:27:28,167 --> 00:27:31,701
transformative investments
in people at the state level,

735
00:27:31,701 --> 00:27:33,801
and just being a member
of my community,

736
00:27:33,801 --> 00:27:36,601
being a mom,
being a volunteer,

737
00:27:36,601 --> 00:27:38,667
that things feel
really hard right now,

738
00:27:38,667 --> 00:27:41,968
that it really feels
like our city is on the ropes,

739
00:27:41,968 --> 00:27:45,667
and that can make us
feel like we don't know

740
00:27:45,667 --> 00:27:47,434
if this is our city anymore.

741
00:27:47,434 --> 00:27:49,834
But what I have seen over
and over and over again

742
00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:53,767
is that hard is not
the same thing as impossible,

743
00:27:53,767 --> 00:27:56,400
and that together,
we can come together

744
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in some of these incredible
opportunities that we have,

745
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as well as the ongoing
business of the city,

746
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to turn a new chapter,

747
00:28:03,033 --> 00:28:05,934
that our future can be better
than our present

748
00:28:05,934 --> 00:28:08,834
and that our best days
are still in front of us,

749
00:28:08,834 --> 00:28:12,300
and that is possible if we have
leadership that is courageous,

750
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that is effective,
and that is ready to deliver

751
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for the people of District 3
and the entire city of Seattle.

752
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,834
-Alright.
Thank you both very much,

753
00:28:18,834 --> 00:28:21,501
and we will be right back.

754
00:28:21,501 --> 00:28:24,300
What are people saying on social
media about the two candidates

755
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for Seattle City
Council District 3?

756
00:28:26,801 --> 00:28:28,133
One person writes...

757
00:28:37,834 --> 00:28:39,334
Another person comments...

758
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,434
-We'd like to know
what you think.

759
00:28:49,434 --> 00:28:53,133
Send us an e-mail at
contact@seattlechannel.org,

760
00:28:53,133 --> 00:28:56,434
or find us on social media.

761
00:28:56,434 --> 00:28:59,400
Coming up next week,
incumbent Tammy Morales

762
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,567
faces challenger,
community activist Tanya Woo

763
00:29:02,567 --> 00:29:05,100
in a fight to represent
South Seattle neighborhoods

764
00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:08,400
like the Chinatown International
District and Rainier Beach.

765
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,534
Don't miss our Seattle City
Council District 2 debate

766
00:29:11,534 --> 00:29:13,434
on the next
"City Inside/Out".

767
00:29:13,434 --> 00:29:14,501
I hope you join us.

768
00:29:14,501 --> 00:29:22,000
♪♪

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♪♪