1 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:53,286 . 2 00:00:53,286 --> 00:00:55,488 >>> I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING 3 00:00:55,488 --> 00:00:57,457 ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND LEADERS IN 4 00:00:57,457 --> 00:01:00,326 THE CITY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS 5 00:01:00,326 --> 00:01:04,831 AND ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE 6 00:01:04,831 --> 00:01:10,403 STANDING WITH ME AS FRIENDS AND 7 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:11,638 COLLEAGUES TO DISCUSS WHAT IS 8 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:16,142 THE MOST DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC 9 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:17,444 OF OUR CITY. 10 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:21,181 HOW WE DEAL WITH THOSE PEOPLE 11 00:01:21,181 --> 00:01:23,550 OPENLY USING ILLEGAL DRUGS, HOW 12 00:01:23,550 --> 00:01:24,751 WE ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY. 13 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:28,354 IT BEGS THE QUESTION IN SEATTLE 14 00:01:28,354 --> 00:01:30,523 OF WHO ARE WE AND WHO ARE WE TO 15 00:01:30,523 --> 00:01:30,857 BECOME. 16 00:01:30,857 --> 00:01:33,993 IF YOU DID NOT KNOW WHO I WAS, 17 00:01:33,993 --> 00:01:37,997 I'M MAYOR BRUCE HARRELL OF THE 18 00:01:37,997 --> 00:01:38,898 CITY OF SEATTLE. 19 00:01:38,898 --> 00:01:40,667 OUR PURPOSE HERE IS SIMPLE. 20 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:44,170 TO DEFINE WITH CLARITY AS A 21 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:45,338 WORKING GROUP WHAT WILL OCCUR 22 00:01:45,338 --> 00:01:48,141 WITHIN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS 23 00:01:48,141 --> 00:01:50,210 REGARDING THIS HOW AND HOW WE 24 00:01:50,210 --> 00:01:51,611 WILL DISCUSS AN ORDER TO ADDRESS 25 00:01:51,611 --> 00:01:55,849 THE ISSUES I JUST DISCUSSED. 26 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:57,217 BUT TODAY WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS 27 00:01:57,217 --> 00:01:58,351 THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT 28 00:01:58,351 --> 00:02:02,021 LED UP TO LAST TUESDAY'S 29 00:02:02,021 --> 00:02:04,057 JUNE 6TH CITY COUNCIL DECISION 30 00:02:04,057 --> 00:02:06,292 NOT TO ADOPT THE STATE LAW. 31 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:09,496 AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE ADOPTION 32 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:11,731 HAD IT PASSED WOULD HAVE 33 00:02:11,731 --> 00:02:13,566 ALLOWEDED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO 34 00:02:13,566 --> 00:02:15,368 PROSECUTE CRIMES FOR PUBLIC 35 00:02:15,368 --> 00:02:17,303 CONSUMPTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS. 36 00:02:17,303 --> 00:02:20,373 PUBLIC CONSUMPTION OF ILLEGAL 37 00:02:20,373 --> 00:02:21,941 DRUGS REMAINS ILLEGAL EITHER 38 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:23,109 WAY. 39 00:02:23,109 --> 00:02:24,511 PERHAPS THERE WAS A 40 00:02:24,511 --> 00:02:27,714 MISCONCEPTION ON THAT POINT. 41 00:02:27,714 --> 00:02:30,283 BUT IF WE'RE TO BE HONEST, THE 42 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:31,384 OUTCRY AND FRUSTRATION COMING 43 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:33,386 OUT OF LAST WEEK'S VOTE IS NOT 44 00:02:33,386 --> 00:02:35,822 REALLY ABOUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE 45 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:37,924 FOR PROSECUTION AND THOSE CASES. 46 00:02:37,924 --> 00:02:41,594 IT'S ABOUT THE CONDITIONS ON OUR 47 00:02:41,594 --> 00:02:42,462 STREET. 48 00:02:42,462 --> 00:02:43,963 IT'S ABOUT THE HEALTH CRISIS 49 00:02:43,963 --> 00:02:46,266 PLAYING OUT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES 50 00:02:46,266 --> 00:02:48,234 AND THE PEOPLE SUFFERING AND 51 00:02:48,234 --> 00:02:50,870 DYING FROM A NEW KIND OF POISON. 52 00:02:50,870 --> 00:02:53,840 AND HOW THOSE ELEMENTS COMBINED 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,942 ALL TOGETHER MAKE OUR NEIGHBORS 54 00:02:55,942 --> 00:03:00,280 FEEL UNSAFE AND UNWELCOME. 55 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,749 THAT'S OUR GREATEST FEAR. 56 00:03:02,749 --> 00:03:05,852 TO FEEL UNSAFE. 57 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:08,855 TO BELIEVE OUR LIVES ARE AT RISK 58 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:10,623 AND TO BELIEVE OUR CITY 59 00:03:10,623 --> 00:03:12,592 GOVERNMENT ALL FOUR CORNERS, 60 00:03:12,592 --> 00:03:14,827 EXECUTIVE, COUNCIL, MUNICIPAL 61 00:03:14,827 --> 00:03:19,165 COURT JUDGES AND THE CITY 62 00:03:19,165 --> 00:03:20,133 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHAT IS WORSE 63 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:21,901 IS TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE 64 00:03:21,901 --> 00:03:23,770 INCAPABLE OF UNWILLING TO 65 00:03:23,770 --> 00:03:25,438 ADDRESS IT. 66 00:03:25,438 --> 00:03:26,739 I BEG TO DIFFER. 67 00:03:26,739 --> 00:03:27,774 LES LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. 68 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:32,845 THIS YEAR IN OLYMPIA SENATE BILL 69 00:03:32,845 --> 00:03:35,515 5536 WAS INTRODEUCED TO FIX THE 70 00:03:35,515 --> 00:03:37,383 BLAKE DECISION BUT IN THREE DAYS 71 00:03:37,383 --> 00:03:39,018 IN APRIL FINAL LEGISLATION COULD 72 00:03:39,018 --> 00:03:42,222 NOT BE REACHED. 73 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:48,194 OUR TEAM, BRIM ANTLY LED BY A 74 00:03:48,194 --> 00:03:50,296 FORMALLY ELECTED OFFICIAL GAIL 75 00:03:50,296 --> 00:03:52,098 TARLETON AND HER TEAM ACTIVELY 76 00:03:52,098 --> 00:03:53,099 WORKED ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE 77 00:03:53,099 --> 00:03:54,901 THEY KNEW OUR DIRECTIVE. 78 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:58,538 OUR DIRECTIVE WAS NOT TO HAVE A 79 00:03:58,538 --> 00:04:00,673 PIECE MALE APPROACH ON THIS 80 00:04:00,673 --> 00:04:01,541 CRITICAL ISSUE. 81 00:04:01,541 --> 00:04:04,377 THIS IS BAD POLICY BY THE CITY 82 00:04:04,377 --> 00:04:06,045 OF SEATTLE AND THE STATE. 83 00:04:06,045 --> 00:04:09,415 WE'VE TALKED LOUDLY AND 84 00:04:09,415 --> 00:04:10,617 ARTICULATELY ABOUT A PIECEMEAL 85 00:04:10,617 --> 00:04:12,218 APPROACH AND WHY THAT COULD BE 86 00:04:12,218 --> 00:04:13,653 DEVASTATING FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. 87 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:17,857 AFTER THE SESSION ENDED ON 88 00:04:17,857 --> 00:04:21,294 APRIL 23RD, WE WENT INTO FULL 89 00:04:21,294 --> 00:04:22,528 BLOWN LOBBYING MODE AND NINE 90 00:04:22,528 --> 00:04:24,664 DAYS LATER THE GOVERNOR CALLED A 91 00:04:24,664 --> 00:04:25,932 SPECIAL SESSION THAT WOULD BE 92 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:28,201 CALLED TO FIX THE BLAKE 93 00:04:28,201 --> 00:04:28,468 DECISION. 94 00:04:28,468 --> 00:04:30,536 AND WITHIN THOSE NINE DAYS CITY 95 00:04:30,536 --> 00:04:33,439 ATTORNEY ANNE DAVIDSON AND 96 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:35,441 COUNCIL MEMBERS SARAH NELSON AND 97 00:04:35,441 --> 00:04:38,845 ALEX PETERSON HELD A PRESS 98 00:04:38,845 --> 00:04:41,247 CONFERENCE WITH A LOCAL FIX TO 99 00:04:41,247 --> 00:04:42,849 THE BLAKE DECISION RECOGNIZING 100 00:04:42,849 --> 00:04:44,217 THAT OLYMPIA HAD NOT PASSED 101 00:04:44,217 --> 00:04:46,552 LEGISLATION TO PROTECT SEATTLE. 102 00:04:46,552 --> 00:04:48,488 THEY RESUBMITTED THE LEGISLATION 103 00:04:48,488 --> 00:04:52,525 AFTER THE STATE ADDRESSED BLAKE. 104 00:04:52,525 --> 00:04:53,660 AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN 105 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:55,595 AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEY 106 00:04:55,595 --> 00:04:57,196 KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR THAT'S WHAT 107 00:04:57,196 --> 00:04:58,998 THE CITY ATTORNEY DOES. 108 00:04:58,998 --> 00:05:04,737 THEY LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN 109 00:05:04,737 --> 00:05:06,005 OLYMPIA AT THE LEGISLATIVE 110 00:05:06,005 --> 00:05:06,239 SESSION. 111 00:05:06,239 --> 00:05:08,307 THERE'S NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT 112 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:09,042 THAT PROCESS. 113 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:11,411 IN FACT THAT'S THEIR DUTY. 114 00:05:11,411 --> 00:05:13,746 BUT WHAT HAPPENED ON JUNE 6TH 115 00:05:13,746 --> 00:05:16,616 JUST FORGET ABOUT THE VOTE FOR 116 00:05:16,616 --> 00:05:17,183 ONE MINUTE. 117 00:05:17,183 --> 00:05:18,851 WAS THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS 118 00:05:18,851 --> 00:05:21,888 OF LIFE POURED THEIR HEART OUT 119 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:22,388 IN TESTIMONY. 120 00:05:22,388 --> 00:05:24,691 THIS SAY RESURRECTION ON THE WAR 121 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:25,725 AGAINST DRUGS. 122 00:05:25,725 --> 00:05:27,860 THIS WILL HAVE A DEADLY 123 00:05:27,860 --> 00:05:28,795 CONSEQUENCE FOR PEOPLE 124 00:05:28,795 --> 00:05:30,530 STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION AND 125 00:05:30,530 --> 00:05:32,265 WILL ONCE AGAIN 126 00:05:32,265 --> 00:05:33,466 DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT BLACK 127 00:05:33,466 --> 00:05:36,502 AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. 128 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:37,837 OTHERS WOULD DISAGREE. 129 00:05:37,837 --> 00:05:40,373 THEY SAY THIS IS A TOOL TO GET 130 00:05:40,373 --> 00:05:41,107 PEOPLE HELP. 131 00:05:41,107 --> 00:05:44,610 THE WAR ON DRUGS IS FEAR 132 00:05:44,610 --> 00:05:44,877 MONGERING. 133 00:05:44,877 --> 00:05:45,945 THE AVERAGE TIME FOR A 134 00:05:45,945 --> 00:05:48,414 MISDEMEANOR IS THREE DAYS IN THE 135 00:05:48,414 --> 00:05:49,182 LOCAL JAIL. 136 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:50,650 THIS IS AN ADOPTION OF STATE LAW 137 00:05:50,650 --> 00:05:56,022 AND ONE TOOL TO GET PEOPLE IN 138 00:05:56,022 --> 00:05:56,289 TREATMENT. 139 00:05:56,289 --> 00:05:58,358 THE FEAR NOW SOH THAT THE CITY 140 00:05:58,358 --> 00:06:02,028 COUNCIL HAD MADE A DECISION THAT 141 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:03,830 IS MISALIGNED WITH STATE LAW AND 142 00:06:03,830 --> 00:06:06,799 MISALIGNED WITH THE VAST 143 00:06:06,799 --> 00:06:08,901 MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHAT THE VAST 144 00:06:08,901 --> 00:06:11,871 MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WANT IN THIS 145 00:06:11,871 --> 00:06:12,271 CITY. 146 00:06:12,271 --> 00:06:14,807 THE MA I DON'T/OF WHICH ELECTED 147 00:06:14,807 --> 00:06:17,677 ME AS THEIR MAYOR. 148 00:06:17,677 --> 00:06:19,078 AND THEN THAT BEGS THE QUESTION 149 00:06:19,078 --> 00:06:20,680 AS TO WHAT MY ADMINISTRATION HAS 150 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,382 BEEN DOING DURING THE LAST 151 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:25,384 SEVERAL WEEKS DURING THIS 152 00:06:25,384 --> 00:06:25,818 DEBATE. 153 00:06:25,818 --> 00:06:27,620 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE BEEN 154 00:06:27,620 --> 00:06:27,854 DOING. 155 00:06:27,854 --> 00:06:31,791 WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN A LOT OF 156 00:06:31,791 --> 00:06:32,892 WORK. 157 00:06:32,892 --> 00:06:35,561 SPD HAS RECOVERED OVER 1 MILLION 158 00:06:35,561 --> 00:06:37,330 MILLS OF FENTANYL IN JUST THE 159 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:38,765 FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. 160 00:06:38,765 --> 00:06:42,802 THAT'S ENOUGH TO KILL EVERYONE 161 00:06:42,802 --> 00:06:43,803 IN SEATTLE. 162 00:06:43,803 --> 00:06:45,505 THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS IN SEATTLE 163 00:06:45,505 --> 00:06:48,775 REPORTED MAJOR VIOLENT CRIMES 164 00:06:48,775 --> 00:06:50,676 ARE DOWN 19% COMPARED TO THE 165 00:06:50,676 --> 00:06:52,478 SAME PERIOD IN 2022. 166 00:06:52,478 --> 00:06:58,351 FROM 1,837 INCIDENTS TO 1,473 167 00:06:58,351 --> 00:07:00,920 NOTABLY ROBBERIES ARE DOWN 30% 168 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,356 AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS DOWN 169 00:07:03,356 --> 00:07:03,656 37%. 170 00:07:03,656 --> 00:07:06,025 SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED EVENTS 171 00:07:06,025 --> 00:07:09,262 ARE DOWN 18.1%. 172 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:13,499 YEAR TO DATE, RIGHT NOW SPD HAS 173 00:07:13,499 --> 00:07:15,501 RECOVERED OVER 491 GUNS, THE 174 00:07:15,501 --> 00:07:16,569 SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL ON RECORD. 175 00:07:16,569 --> 00:07:21,941 ON TOP OF THE NEARLY 1350 GUNS 176 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:23,209 THEY RETRIEVED LAST YEAR. 177 00:07:23,209 --> 00:07:27,113 THE LAST QUARTERLY UPDATE TO THE 178 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:30,817 ONE SEATTLE HOMELESSNESS ACTION 179 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:34,253 PLAN WEBSITE SHOOTINGS AT 180 00:07:34,253 --> 00:07:36,255 ENCAMPMENTS ARE DOWN 181 00:07:36,255 --> 00:07:38,825 APPROXIMATELY 808% FROM THE 2022 182 00:07:38,825 --> 00:07:39,959 SECOND QUARTER PEAK. 183 00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:43,129 LET ME BE MORE SPECIFIC. 184 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:47,033 FROM 71 TO 13. 185 00:07:47,033 --> 00:07:48,534 REPORTED MAJOR PROPERTY CRIME 186 00:07:48,534 --> 00:07:50,937 HAS DECREASED 23.1% IN THE FIRST 187 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:52,371 FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR COMPARED 188 00:07:52,371 --> 00:07:55,408 TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2022. 189 00:07:55,408 --> 00:08:00,246 AGAIN, LET ME BE SPECIFIC. 190 00:08:00,246 --> 00:08:03,916 15,710 INCIDENTS DOWN TO 12,086. 191 00:08:03,916 --> 00:08:06,552 ALL REPORTED OTHER CRIMES 192 00:08:06,552 --> 00:08:07,920 INCLUDING MISDEMEANORS, DRUG, 193 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,522 LIQUOR, TRESPASS AND ALL OTHER 194 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:11,691 CRIMES NOT INCLUDED IN MAJOR 195 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:14,393 CRIMES DECLINED 67.8% IN -- 6.8% 196 00:08:14,393 --> 00:08:16,395 IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE 197 00:08:16,395 --> 00:08:19,699 YEAR COMPARED TO 2022. 198 00:08:19,699 --> 00:08:21,601 8,058 TO 7,507. 199 00:08:21,601 --> 00:08:23,536 OVERALL ALL REPORTED CRIME 200 00:08:23,536 --> 00:08:24,837 DECLINED 17.7% IN THE FIRST FOUR 201 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:26,939 MONTHS COMPARED TO THE SAME 202 00:08:26,939 --> 00:08:29,308 PERIOD IN 2022. 203 00:08:29,308 --> 00:08:30,977 THIS IS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF 204 00:08:30,977 --> 00:08:34,680 REPORTED CRIMES IN THE PREVIOUS 205 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:37,650 FOUR YEARS. 206 00:08:37,650 --> 00:08:41,621 SPD WE RECOGNIZED THAT IN 207 00:08:41,621 --> 00:08:44,323 PREVIOUS YEARS OUR SEXUAL 208 00:08:44,323 --> 00:08:46,192 ASSAULT UNIT PROVIDING LESS THAN 209 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:47,760 OPTIMAL RESULTS. 210 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,428 WE INCREASED DOUBLED FROM FOUR 211 00:08:49,428 --> 00:08:51,964 TO EIGHT THE NUMBER OF 212 00:08:51,964 --> 00:08:54,166 DETECTIVES IN THIS ARENA PER 213 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:56,168 SUNT TO MY EXECUTIVE ORDER AND 214 00:08:56,168 --> 00:08:57,970 THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS CAME FROM 215 00:08:57,970 --> 00:08:58,804 ADVOCATES AND SUBJECT MATTER 216 00:08:58,804 --> 00:09:01,474 EXPERTS WHO ARE PART OF THE 217 00:09:01,474 --> 00:09:02,008 ADVISORY PANEL ON SEXUAL 218 00:09:02,008 --> 00:09:02,241 ASSAULT. 219 00:09:02,241 --> 00:09:09,649 WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN THE WORK. 220 00:09:09,649 --> 00:09:11,284 I TALKED ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IN 221 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:13,286 THE REALM OF PUBLIC SAFETY 222 00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:14,820 BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE ISSUES 223 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:17,490 GET INTERMINGLED. 224 00:09:17,490 --> 00:09:20,593 I'LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT 225 00:09:20,593 --> 00:09:25,264 NOT ALL HOMELESSNESS SITUATIONS 226 00:09:25,264 --> 00:09:28,301 PRESENT -- BUT IF YOU LOOK AT. 227 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:31,504 VERIFIED PUBLIC SPACES AND TENT 228 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:37,510 COUNTS THEY'VE DECREASED BY 42%. 229 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:40,413 LAST YEAR WE MADE MORE THAN 230 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:41,380 1,800 REFERRALS. 231 00:09:41,380 --> 00:09:44,283 RESPONSE TIMES TO PRIORITY ONE 232 00:09:44,283 --> 00:09:47,353 CALLS, 911 CALLS, ARE JUST ABOVE 233 00:09:47,353 --> 00:09:49,789 THE SEVEN MINUTES WHICH IS THE 234 00:09:49,789 --> 00:09:54,460 GOAL WE SET TO DESIRED TIME FOR 235 00:09:54,460 --> 00:09:55,027 OUR DEPARTMENT. 236 00:09:55,027 --> 00:09:58,764 AND IN ALL THIS WORK, THE USE OF 237 00:09:58,764 --> 00:10:01,100 FORCE IS DOWN IN MOST BY LESS 238 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:02,268 THAN 1%. 239 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:05,871 THAT'S EFFECTIVE CONSTITUTIONAL 240 00:10:05,871 --> 00:10:06,672 POLICING. 241 00:10:06,672 --> 00:10:10,710 LET ME TELL YOU WHERE ELSE WE'VE 242 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:11,143 BEEN. 243 00:10:11,143 --> 00:10:16,315 WE'VE BEEN HOLDING THE HAND OF 244 00:10:16,315 --> 00:10:18,517 DEVON PICKET'S MOTHER AND WIFE 245 00:10:18,517 --> 00:10:21,253 WEEPING AT HIS FUNERAL SERVICE. 246 00:10:21,253 --> 00:10:23,122 BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN MURDERED AS 247 00:10:23,122 --> 00:10:30,796 A RESULT OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND 248 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:31,731 DISPAIR. 249 00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:34,200 THE PRESS WAS THERE. 250 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,035 WE SPENT HOURS AT THE FUNERAL 251 00:10:36,035 --> 00:10:37,970 SERVICE WITH THE BLACK ACTIVIST 252 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:40,039 COMMUNITY ATTENDING ELIJAH 253 00:10:40,039 --> 00:10:41,607 LEWIS'S SERVICE WHERE HE DIED 254 00:10:41,607 --> 00:10:44,410 PROTECTING THE LIFE OF HIS 255 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:48,414 9-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW. 256 00:10:48,414 --> 00:10:50,583 TO LISTEN TO HIS NEPHEW WHO WAS 257 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:54,553 SHOT IN THE LEG SEVERAL SAY TO 258 00:10:54,553 --> 00:10:56,756 US MY UNCLE DIED BECAUSE HE 259 00:10:56,756 --> 00:10:58,991 PROTECTED ME FREQUENT THE BAD 260 00:10:58,991 --> 00:10:59,291 THING. 261 00:10:59,291 --> 00:11:01,394 WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GROUPS 262 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:05,531 LIKE COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS. 263 00:11:05,531 --> 00:11:08,300 GOING DEEP IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH 264 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:09,969 PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED TRAUMA TO 265 00:11:09,969 --> 00:11:12,104 SAVE THEIR LIVES AND ALLOW THEM 266 00:11:12,104 --> 00:11:16,042 TO BE PROTECTED MEMBERS OF 267 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:17,043 SOCIETY. 268 00:11:17,043 --> 00:11:20,379 WE'VE BEEN LAUNCHING REACH OUT 269 00:11:20,379 --> 00:11:25,384 AT INGRAM HIGH SCHOOL WHERE 17 270 00:11:25,384 --> 00:11:30,823 YEAR OLD EBENEEZER HALE WAS 271 00:11:30,823 --> 00:11:34,393 KILLED WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING 272 00:11:34,393 --> 00:11:38,664 WITH OTHERS REDUCING VIOLENCE 273 00:11:38,664 --> 00:11:40,032 TENDENCIES AND TRAUMA UNTREATED 274 00:11:40,032 --> 00:11:41,901 REALIZING THAT IS THE UPSTREAM 275 00:11:41,901 --> 00:11:45,237 WORK WE HAVE TO DO. 276 00:11:45,237 --> 00:11:46,138 WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? 277 00:11:46,138 --> 00:11:50,576 YOU SEE I GET EMOTIONAL. 278 00:11:50,576 --> 00:11:51,844 BETTER LOOSEN UP THIS TIE. 279 00:11:51,844 --> 00:11:53,179 WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN THE HARD 280 00:11:53,179 --> 00:11:58,617 WORK TO SAVE THIS CITY. 281 00:11:58,617 --> 00:12:00,086 LET ME MAKE SOMETHING ELSE 282 00:12:00,086 --> 00:12:00,286 CLEAR. 283 00:12:00,286 --> 00:12:03,155 ON THIS WAR ON DRUGS. 284 00:12:03,155 --> 00:12:07,726 THE VOICE OF THE UNHEARD. 285 00:12:07,726 --> 00:12:11,931 I'M STANDING HERE WITH BROIL 286 00:12:11,931 --> 00:12:18,270 DARYL POWELL AND JIMMY BUCHA IN, 287 00:12:18,270 --> 00:12:20,272 NAN BECAUSE FOR SOME OF YOU THE 288 00:12:20,272 --> 00:12:22,007 WAR ON DRUGS WAS SOMETHING YOU 289 00:12:22,007 --> 00:12:23,876 READ ABOUT IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. 290 00:12:23,876 --> 00:12:33,619 WE LIVED THROUGH IT. 291 00:12:33,619 --> 00:12:43,963 WE CRIED THROUGH IT. 292 00:13:30,276 --> 00:13:31,811 >>> GOT MY GAME FACE BACK ON. 293 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:34,380 WATCH OUT FOR ME. 294 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:35,714 DO YOU THINK FOR A MOMENT I 295 00:13:35,714 --> 00:13:40,119 WOULD LEAD THIS CITY WITHOUT 296 00:13:40,119 --> 00:13:42,388 COMPASSION. 297 00:13:42,388 --> 00:13:45,891 WITHOUT TREATING PEOPLE WITH 298 00:13:45,891 --> 00:13:47,560 DRUG ADDICTION. 299 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:49,962 THESE BROTHERS NORMALLY SINCE I 300 00:13:49,962 --> 00:13:51,730 WAS 8 YEARS OLD, HIS FATHER AND 301 00:13:51,730 --> 00:13:53,365 HIS UNCLE WERE MY BASEBALL 302 00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:54,767 COACH. 303 00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:58,270 WE SURVIVED THE WAR ON DRUGS. 304 00:13:58,270 --> 00:14:00,272 THIS BROTHER WENT TO HARVARD. 305 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:01,407 GOT HIS MBA. 306 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:04,076 HE'S THE BISHOP OF A NATIONAL 307 00:14:04,076 --> 00:14:05,845 CHURCH AND SUCCESSFUL 308 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:06,178 ENTREPRENEUR. 309 00:14:06,178 --> 00:14:09,014 WE SURVIVED THE WAR ON DRUGS. 310 00:14:09,014 --> 00:14:10,382 SO WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS 311 00:14:10,382 --> 00:14:13,619 COULD BE A WAR ON DRUGS. 312 00:14:13,619 --> 00:14:15,421 DON'T DISMISS WHAT THEY ARE 313 00:14:15,421 --> 00:14:16,355 SAYING BECAUSE YOUR VOICE MAY 314 00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:18,824 NOT ALWAYS BE AT THE CENTER OF 315 00:14:18,824 --> 00:14:19,859 POLICY BECAUSE OUR VOICES WERE 316 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:23,329 NOT AT THE CENTER OF THAT 317 00:14:23,329 --> 00:14:23,562 POLICY. 318 00:14:23,562 --> 00:14:24,830 OUR VOICES WERE NOT AT THE 319 00:14:24,830 --> 00:14:26,398 CENTER OF THAT POLICY AND I NEED 320 00:14:26,398 --> 00:14:28,834 THIS ENTIRE CITY TO RECOGNIZE 321 00:14:28,834 --> 00:14:31,203 AND NOT BE DISMISSIVE WHEN 322 00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:31,904 PEOPLE LIVE WITH TRAUMA BECAUSE 323 00:14:31,904 --> 00:14:34,540 OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS 324 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:35,641 COUNTRY. 325 00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:37,276 ONE SEATTLE MEANS THAT WE LISTEN 326 00:14:37,276 --> 00:14:41,280 TO THE UNDERDOG ONCE IN A WHILE. 327 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,215 WE DON'T DISMISS ANYONE. 328 00:14:43,215 --> 00:14:45,217 I AM STANDING WITH LEADERS 329 00:14:45,217 --> 00:14:46,318 BEHIND ME COMMITTED TO DOING 330 00:14:46,318 --> 00:14:47,219 THIS KIND OF WORK. 331 00:14:47,219 --> 00:14:50,489 SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE 332 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:51,690 GOING TO DO. 333 00:14:51,690 --> 00:14:56,262 THIS WORKING GROUP, THIS WORK 334 00:14:56,262 --> 00:14:58,430 GROUP, WE WILL PASS A LAW THAT 335 00:14:58,430 --> 00:15:02,468 ALLOWS OUR DEPARTMENT TO MAKE 336 00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:02,801 ARRESTS. 337 00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:07,840 I'M UNAMBIGUOUS ON THAT BUT WE 338 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,541 WILL DO THAT WITH COMPASSION TO 339 00:15:09,541 --> 00:15:11,243 PROTECT PEOPLE WHEN WE HAVE TO. 340 00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:13,612 BUT OUR VALUES WILL ALWAYS BE TO 341 00:15:13,612 --> 00:15:14,380 LEAD WITH COMPASSION. 342 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:17,116 WITH HELP. 343 00:15:17,116 --> 00:15:27,293 WITH LOVE. 344 00:15:31,063 --> 00:15:34,667 ALWAYS. 345 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:41,907 THIS ORDINANCE TAKES IT ON A 346 00:15:41,907 --> 00:15:43,742 GRANULARE LEVEL ON WHAT THESE 347 00:15:43,742 --> 00:15:45,377 OFFICERS WILL DO WHEN THEY 348 00:15:45,377 --> 00:15:46,912 ENCOUNTER SOMEONE USING DRUGS. 349 00:15:46,912 --> 00:15:48,580 THEY WILL EVALUATE WHETHER 350 00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:49,481 THEY'RE A THREAT TO THEMSELVES 351 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:51,583 ONLY, A THREAT TO OTHERS, AND 352 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:54,453 LET ME BE CLEAR, PEOPLE SHOULD 353 00:15:54,453 --> 00:15:57,423 NOT BE DEMONIZE BECAUSE THEY 354 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:59,758 WANT TO WALK DOWN THE STREET. 355 00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:01,093 THEY WANT TO SHOP. 356 00:16:01,093 --> 00:16:03,762 STAND AT A BUS STOP AND NOT BE 357 00:16:03,762 --> 00:16:05,631 AROUND OPEN AIR DRUG DEALING. 358 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:09,101 OUR OFFICERS WANT CLARITY ON 359 00:16:09,101 --> 00:16:09,768 WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. 360 00:16:09,768 --> 00:16:11,770 SO LET ME BE CLEAR. 361 00:16:11,770 --> 00:16:13,072 THEY WILL HAVE THAT CLARITY IN 362 00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:14,373 THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO 363 00:16:14,373 --> 00:16:17,042 IN THE COMING WEEKS. 364 00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:18,644 THIS SYSTEM DESIGN GROUP WILL 365 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:23,716 WORK WITH THE PASSION THAT I 366 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:23,916 HAVE. 367 00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:25,751 THAT'S MY JOB. 368 00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:27,653 THE MUNICIPAL COURT, THE CITY 369 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:29,621 ATTORNEY WILL BE HARD AT WORK 370 00:16:29,621 --> 00:16:32,991 DESIGNING WHAT A NEW COMMUNITY 371 00:16:32,991 --> 00:16:37,229 COURT LOOKS LIKE. 372 00:16:37,229 --> 00:16:40,199 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR POLICE 373 00:16:40,199 --> 00:16:41,467 DEPARTMENT IN CLOSING. 374 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:43,602 BE PROUD OF THEM. 375 00:16:43,602 --> 00:16:44,403 I WILL SAY THAT. 376 00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:46,438 BECAUSE WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE 377 00:16:46,438 --> 00:16:49,708 WORK WE'RE DOING AND I'LL GO 378 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:54,813 BACK INTO THE PRECINCTS AND SAY 379 00:16:54,813 --> 00:16:56,382 I WILL UPHOLD YOU WHEN YOU LOOK 380 00:16:56,382 --> 00:16:57,783 AT OUR COMMUNITY AND SEE YOUR 381 00:16:57,783 --> 00:16:57,983 FACE. 382 00:16:57,983 --> 00:16:59,952 WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE STRUGGLING 383 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:01,887 OUT HERE WITH ADDICTION ISSUES, 384 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:03,889 I DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE A BAD 385 00:17:03,889 --> 00:17:04,289 HUMAN BEING. 386 00:17:04,289 --> 00:17:07,226 I WANT YOU TO SEE SOMEONE THAT 387 00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:07,559 NEEDS HELP. 388 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:08,861 AND IF YOU ARE PROTECTING 389 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:10,095 SOMEONE AND HAVE YOU TO MAKE 390 00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:11,730 ARRESTS, WE WILL HAVE YOUR BACK 391 00:17:11,730 --> 00:17:14,800 BECAUSE YOU'LL DO IT LAWFULLY 392 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,368 AND CONSTITUTIONALLY. 393 00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:18,404 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UNITY IN OUR 394 00:17:18,404 --> 00:17:19,705 COMMUNITY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 395 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:21,006 ONE SEATTLE. 396 00:17:21,006 --> 00:17:22,040 UNITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 397 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,778 THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DEDICATED OUR 398 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:26,712 LIVES TO. 399 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:28,280 YOU KNOW, THEY PROBABLY HEARD ME 400 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,115 GIVE A THOUSAND SPEECHES. 401 00:17:30,115 --> 00:17:33,085 THEY KNOW I WAKE UP, I GOT 402 00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:33,919 WHAT'S CALLED 4:00 IN THE 403 00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:34,286 MORNING COURAGE. 404 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:35,320 WE DOE THIS WORK. 405 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,356 DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THIS WORK. 406 00:17:37,356 --> 00:17:39,658 AND WHEN OUR COMMUNITY IMPLODES 407 00:17:39,658 --> 00:17:41,927 AND HAS PROBLEMS WITHIN OUR OWN 408 00:17:41,927 --> 00:17:44,396 COMMUNITY, WE DON'T SAY WE DON'T 409 00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:47,399 BELIEVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 410 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:48,033 THEY'RE RIGHT. 411 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:50,669 WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN OUR 412 00:17:50,669 --> 00:17:51,069 COMMUNITY. 413 00:17:51,069 --> 00:17:53,272 SO AFTER WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK 414 00:17:53,272 --> 00:17:56,041 WE DON'T ADVOCATE OUR 415 00:17:56,041 --> 00:17:57,276 RESPONSIBILITIES TO BUILD ONE 416 00:17:57,276 --> 00:17:57,576 SEATTLE. 417 00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:59,244 IT'S NOT A PERIOD OF 418 00:17:59,244 --> 00:17:59,578 FRAGMENTATION. 419 00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:03,949 IT'S A PERIOD OF RESILIENCE. 420 00:18:03,949 --> 00:18:09,288 ONE SEATTLE IS OUR NORTH STAR. 421 00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:16,228 YESTERDAY SUE BIRD -- SHE TALKED 422 00:18:16,228 --> 00:18:17,162 ABOUT DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP 423 00:18:17,162 --> 00:18:19,097 STYLES AND SAYS SOME PEOPLE CAN 424 00:18:19,097 --> 00:18:20,165 LEAD LIKE A SHEPARD. 425 00:18:20,165 --> 00:18:21,767 LEAD FROM BEHIND IN THE MIDDLE 426 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,969 BUT YOU ALWAYS KNOW THE FLOCK 427 00:18:23,969 --> 00:18:25,304 ALWAYS KNOWS THERE'S GREEN 428 00:18:25,304 --> 00:18:26,538 PASTURES. 429 00:18:26,538 --> 00:18:28,373 UNLIKE A COWBOY. 430 00:18:28,373 --> 00:18:31,944 COWBOYS SIT THERE AND PUT THAT 431 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:33,078 LASSO OUT AND PULL SOMEONE BACK 432 00:18:33,078 --> 00:18:34,947 IN LINE AND SHOW THAT CALF WHO'S 433 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:35,948 BOSS. 434 00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:38,684 WE'RE GOING TO BE SHEPARDS 435 00:18:38,684 --> 00:18:39,518 TOGETHER. 436 00:18:39,518 --> 00:18:40,486 I BELIEVE WE WON'T FAIL BECAUSE 437 00:18:40,486 --> 00:18:42,588 I KNOW THE TALENT WE HAVE BEHIND 438 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:42,788 US. 439 00:18:42,788 --> 00:18:47,426 I KNOW OUR NORTH STAR. 440 00:18:47,426 --> 00:18:51,263 OUR EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WILL 441 00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:52,998 ACCOMPANY THIS ORDINANCE IS 442 00:18:52,998 --> 00:18:53,866 GOING TO ACTUALLY COUNT HOW MANY 443 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:55,200 PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE ON OUR 444 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,636 STREETS USING DRUGS. 445 00:18:57,636 --> 00:18:59,071 WE ARE DATABASED IN OUR 446 00:18:59,071 --> 00:19:00,205 APPROACH. 447 00:19:00,205 --> 00:19:02,741 RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET 448 00:19:02,741 --> 00:19:04,710 THE BLOOMBURG FOUNDATION A GOLD 449 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:06,778 RATING ON HOW WE USE DATA. 450 00:19:06,778 --> 00:19:08,113 I OPEN UP DATA. 451 00:19:08,113 --> 00:19:09,314 I SAID IN OUR ADMINISTRATION 452 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:10,182 WE'LL LEAD WITH DATA. 453 00:19:10,182 --> 00:19:12,351 WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR YOU TO SEE. 454 00:19:12,351 --> 00:19:14,019 RIGHT NOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE 455 00:19:14,019 --> 00:19:15,120 OUT THERE USING IT. 456 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,155 AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR 457 00:19:17,155 --> 00:19:18,657 YOU'LL SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE 458 00:19:18,657 --> 00:19:21,093 ARRESTED, DIVERTED, TREATED. 459 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:24,796 YOU'LL GET AS MUCH DEMOGRAPHIC 460 00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:25,330 INFORMATION YOU CAN. 461 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:27,432 I BELIEVE IN THE GOODNESS OF THE 462 00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:28,333 PEOPLE AROUND ME. 463 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:31,069 NO TIME FOR GRANDSTANDING. 464 00:19:31,069 --> 00:19:33,172 NO TIME FOR PUNCHING DOWN AT 465 00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:33,405 ANYONE. 466 00:19:33,405 --> 00:19:35,374 BUT THE CITY COUNCIL TOOK A HIT 467 00:19:35,374 --> 00:19:37,643 LAST WEEK, I TOOK A HIT. 468 00:19:37,643 --> 00:19:41,380 IF I TOOK A HIT, MY COMMUNITY 469 00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:41,980 TAKES A HIT. 470 00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:43,782 IN A ONE SEATTLE APPROACH I 471 00:19:43,782 --> 00:19:45,817 DON'T START PUNCHING DOWN AT 472 00:19:45,817 --> 00:19:47,185 PEOPLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED LAST 473 00:19:47,185 --> 00:19:47,452 WEEK. 474 00:19:47,452 --> 00:19:49,655 THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 475 00:19:49,655 --> 00:19:49,821 DO. 476 00:19:49,821 --> 00:19:53,725 NOW I'M GOING TO LIGHTEN IT UP 477 00:19:53,725 --> 00:19:58,130 AND SAY TO ALL OF YOU THAT THIS 478 00:19:58,130 --> 00:20:00,599 IS WHERE WE SHINE. 479 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:01,767 WE DON'T HIDE. 480 00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:03,569 WE DON'T PUNCH AT EACH OTHER. 481 00:20:03,569 --> 00:20:06,038 WE GET THROUGH IT AND WE BECOME 482 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:06,505 RESILIENT. 483 00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:07,940 WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS 484 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:12,044 ORDINANCE ACROSS FINISH LINE. 485 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:13,879 WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR OFFICERS 486 00:20:13,879 --> 00:20:15,314 THE CLARITY THEY NEED. 487 00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:17,983 WE'RE GOING TO ALIGN OURSELF 488 00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:19,651 WITH WHAT THE CITY WANTS WHICH 489 00:20:19,651 --> 00:20:21,086 IS A SAFE AND HEALTHY SEATTLE. 490 00:20:21,086 --> 00:20:23,288 WITH THAT, I'LL PART BY SAYING 491 00:20:23,288 --> 00:20:23,589 ONE SEATTLE. 492 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:25,991 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 493 00:20:25,991 --> 00:20:26,558 NOW WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS I 494 00:20:26,558 --> 00:20:26,725 BELIEVE. 495 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:27,526 [APPLAUSE] 496 00:20:35,534 --> 00:20:36,969 >> SAW MY WIFE'S HAND GO UP BUT 497 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:39,638 YESTERDAY I SAID THIS AND I 498 00:20:39,638 --> 00:20:40,272 VOUCH FOR THIS. 499 00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:41,573 EVERYWHERE YOU GO IN THE CITY 500 00:20:41,573 --> 00:20:44,610 RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE SAYING 501 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:46,111 THIS: I LIKE WHERE WE'RE 502 00:20:46,111 --> 00:20:46,378 HEADING. 503 00:20:46,378 --> 00:20:49,248 I LIKE WHAT I'M SEEING. 504 00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:52,417 I WANT TO SEE ARE YOU ALL 505 00:20:52,417 --> 00:20:53,218 GETTING THAT AS WELL? 506 00:20:53,218 --> 00:20:53,952 >> YES. 507 00:20:53,952 --> 00:20:55,787 >> I LIKE THE TRAJECTORY THAT 508 00:20:55,787 --> 00:20:57,356 THE CITY IS GOING. 509 00:20:57,356 --> 00:21:00,892 WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME TOUGH 510 00:21:00,892 --> 00:21:04,329 TIMES, SEATTLE. 511 00:21:04,329 --> 00:21:07,232 I SAW THE MOST IMPORTANT HAND GO 512 00:21:07,232 --> 00:21:08,700 UP AND THAT IS MY WIFE. 513 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:14,272 FIRST LADY, YOU HAVE THE -- COME 514 00:21:14,272 --> 00:21:16,775 UP RIGHT HERE. 515 00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:19,244 >> YES, IT IS TRUE I'M THE FIRST 516 00:21:19,244 --> 00:21:22,014 LADY BUT I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF 517 00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:22,247 SEATTLE. 518 00:21:22,247 --> 00:21:25,250 AND I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND 519 00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:27,119 I WANT TO THANK NOT ONLY MY 520 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,755 HUSBAND, OUR MAYOR, BUT 521 00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:31,123 EVERYBODY WHO IS STANDING HERE. 522 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:33,725 TO ME, THIS IS LEADERSHIP. 523 00:21:33,725 --> 00:21:36,528 AND I'M THE LEADERSHIP CHAIR FOR 524 00:21:36,528 --> 00:21:38,664 THE FOSTER BUSINESS -- I KNOW 525 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:39,398 WHAT LEADERSHIP IS. 526 00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:40,399 THIS IS LEADERSHIP. 527 00:21:40,399 --> 00:21:41,767 THIS IS COMMITMENT. 528 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:42,734 THIS IS COMPASSION. 529 00:21:42,734 --> 00:21:45,671 AND THIS IS LOVE AND THIS IS 530 00:21:45,671 --> 00:21:49,107 SEATTLE AND I AM SO PROUD TO BE 531 00:21:49,107 --> 00:21:49,908 PART OF THIS TEAM. 532 00:21:49,908 --> 00:21:50,175 THANK YOU. 533 00:21:50,175 --> 00:21:50,375 [APPLAUSE] 534 00:21:58,417 --> 00:21:58,483 . 535 00:21:58,483 --> 00:22:02,054 >> OKAY. I SEE A HAND. 536 00:22:02,054 --> 00:22:04,189 >> YOU SAID WE WILL PASS A LAW 537 00:22:04,189 --> 00:22:05,824 THAT ALLOWS OUR DEPARTMENT TO 538 00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:06,191 MAKE ARRESTS. 539 00:22:06,191 --> 00:22:08,060 TO BE CLEAR, THE SEATTLE POLICE 540 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:09,127 DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED 541 00:22:09,127 --> 00:22:10,529 TO MAKE ARRESTS, RIGHT? 542 00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:11,096 >> CORRECT. 543 00:22:11,096 --> 00:22:13,398 >> AND THEN PREVIOUSLY YOU 544 00:22:13,398 --> 00:22:14,032 ENCOURAGED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 545 00:22:14,032 --> 00:22:16,968 TO FOCUS ON HIGH LEVEL 546 00:22:16,968 --> 00:22:17,636 DISTRIBUTORS. 547 00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:18,804 IS THERE SPECIFIC EDICT YOU'VE 548 00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:20,138 GIVEN TO NOT MAKE ARRESTS ON 549 00:22:20,138 --> 00:22:20,972 MISDEMEANOR DRUG CHARGES? 550 00:22:20,972 --> 00:22:21,473 >> NO. 551 00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:23,108 THERE IS NOT AN EDICT. 552 00:22:23,108 --> 00:22:26,511 I'VE SAID NOT TO MAKE ARRESTS ON 553 00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:27,579 DRUG CHARGES. 554 00:22:27,579 --> 00:22:29,181 >> WILL THIS BE DONE BY JULY 1ST 555 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:31,683 AND WHAT IS THE RISK TO THE CITY 556 00:22:31,683 --> 00:22:34,252 IF NOT? 557 00:22:34,252 --> 00:22:34,953 >> GOOD QUESTION. 558 00:22:34,953 --> 00:22:35,454 I DON'T KNOW. 559 00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:37,589 I'M USING THE TERM COMING WEEKS 560 00:22:37,589 --> 00:22:40,759 BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT RESTS WITH 561 00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:41,927 THE CITY COUNCIL. 562 00:22:41,927 --> 00:22:44,262 I HAVE IN MY MIND WHAT A GREAT 563 00:22:44,262 --> 00:22:45,030 ORDINANCE COULD LOOK LIKE. 564 00:22:45,030 --> 00:22:48,500 THE PARAMETERS ACCOMPANY WITH AN 565 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:51,036 EXECUTIVE ORDER BUT I WAS TOLD 566 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:53,271 DON'T USE A SPECIFIC DATE BUT TO 567 00:22:53,271 --> 00:22:55,807 BE A LITTLE MORE DIRECT, I KNOW 568 00:22:55,807 --> 00:23:00,946 THEY DO GO ON BREAK BY THE LAST 569 00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:02,714 WEEK OF AUGUST AND SO WE HOPE TO 570 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:04,683 GET IT ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE THEN 571 00:23:04,683 --> 00:23:06,284 BUT I WON'T COMMIT THE CITY 572 00:23:06,284 --> 00:23:06,752 COUNCIL. 573 00:23:06,752 --> 00:23:07,819 THAT MIGHT BE A MORE APPROPRIATE 574 00:23:07,819 --> 00:23:08,887 QUESTION FOR THEM. 575 00:23:08,887 --> 00:23:11,189 I'LL TELL WHAT YOU, THIS WORK 576 00:23:11,189 --> 00:23:12,824 GROUP WE'LL START WORKING 577 00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:13,792 IMMEDIATELY ON THIS ORDINANCE 578 00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:16,695 AND EXECUTIVE ORDER. 579 00:23:16,695 --> 00:23:18,830 >> YES. 580 00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:22,834 >> THE KEY VOTE IN THIS COUNCIL 581 00:23:22,834 --> 00:23:23,368 MEMBER LEWIS. 582 00:23:23,368 --> 00:23:26,438 HE'S INDICATED HE WANTS SOME 583 00:23:26,438 --> 00:23:29,441 SORT OF THERAPEUTIC COURT TO 584 00:23:29,441 --> 00:23:29,975 REPLACE COMMUNITY COURT. 585 00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:31,376 WHAT'S IN THE WORKS FOR THAT? 586 00:23:31,376 --> 00:23:32,077 >> VERY GOOD. 587 00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:33,645 AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WE HAD LIKE 588 00:23:33,645 --> 00:23:35,313 A PREGAME HUDDLE. 589 00:23:35,313 --> 00:23:36,448 I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I SAID -- 590 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:37,315 LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR. 591 00:23:37,315 --> 00:23:43,088 I'M GOING TO LEAD ON WE HAVE TWO 592 00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:45,757 VERY OUTSTANDING MUNICIPAL COURT 593 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:46,358 JUDGES HERE. 594 00:23:46,358 --> 00:23:47,793 WE HAVE ANNE DAVIDSON FROM THE 595 00:23:47,793 --> 00:23:49,594 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HERE. 596 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:50,796 I KNOW THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED 597 00:23:50,796 --> 00:23:52,697 TO FIGURING THAT OUT. 598 00:23:52,697 --> 00:23:54,733 WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY 599 00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:56,101 COUNCIL AND MY OFFICE WE LOOK AT 600 00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:57,569 THE BUDGET AND RESOURCES 601 00:23:57,569 --> 00:23:59,438 ALLOCATED SOD WE ARE THERE FOR 602 00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:01,239 WHAT I WILL ALL ANCILLARY 603 00:24:01,239 --> 00:24:01,807 SUPPORT. 604 00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:03,875 I'LL CALL IT ANCILLARY SUPPORT 605 00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:04,810 BECAUSE THAT'S A RELATIONSHIP 606 00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:08,313 BETWEEN THE PROSECUTORS AND 607 00:24:08,313 --> 00:24:09,815 DEFENSE BAR AND THE COURT SYSTEM 608 00:24:09,815 --> 00:24:12,184 THAT SHOULD BE WORKED OUT. 609 00:24:12,184 --> 00:24:13,518 SO I'M CONFIDENT AND BY ALL 610 00:24:13,518 --> 00:24:14,586 MEANS IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO 611 00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:16,488 SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE, YOU CAN. 612 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:18,223 I'M CONFIDENT THEY WILL COME UP 613 00:24:18,223 --> 00:24:19,291 WITH A SUBSTITUTION FOR 614 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:20,158 COMMUNITY COURT. 615 00:24:20,158 --> 00:24:21,493 AND LET ME SAY SOMETHING ELSE 616 00:24:21,493 --> 00:24:21,760 ABOUT IT. 617 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:27,966 I'LL GIVE MY OPINION ON THAT. 618 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:29,534 IF YOU ELIMINATE SOMETHING THAT 619 00:24:29,534 --> 00:24:31,703 PEOPLE PUT A LOT OF WORK IN, YOU 620 00:24:31,703 --> 00:24:33,972 HAVE TO BE QUICKER OR YOU HAVE 621 00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:37,442 TO QUICKLY FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE 622 00:24:37,442 --> 00:24:37,776 SUBSTITUTION. 623 00:24:37,776 --> 00:24:38,777 I KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING 624 00:24:38,777 --> 00:24:39,211 THESE CONVERSATIONS. 625 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:41,780 WE HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING 626 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:42,814 WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ANNE 627 00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:46,818 DAVIDSON AND HER TEAM AND THE 628 00:24:46,818 --> 00:24:47,619 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AND HER 629 00:24:47,619 --> 00:24:49,721 TEAM AND WE ALL MET THIS MORNING 630 00:24:49,721 --> 00:24:53,191 TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES. 631 00:24:53,191 --> 00:24:54,826 SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT AN 632 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:58,230 ALTERNATIVE PATH BASED ON 633 00:24:58,230 --> 00:24:59,564 TREATMENT, DIVERSION WILL 634 00:24:59,564 --> 00:24:59,798 EVOLVE. 635 00:24:59,798 --> 00:25:02,334 THAT WILL LIKELY NOT BE IN THE 636 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:03,301 ORDINANCE BECAUSE THAT'S A 637 00:25:03,301 --> 00:25:04,436 DIFFERENT ISSUE OUTSIDE THE 638 00:25:04,436 --> 00:25:07,639 SCOPE OF THE ORDINANCE. 639 00:25:07,639 --> 00:25:10,108 >> YOU SAID YOU HAVE IN YOUR 640 00:25:10,108 --> 00:25:12,744 MIND THE PERFECT ORDINANCE. 641 00:25:12,744 --> 00:25:13,545 CAN YOU EXPAND? 642 00:25:13,545 --> 00:25:14,179 >> SURE. 643 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:16,081 LET ME ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR BEFORE 644 00:25:16,081 --> 00:25:21,586 I EXPAND THAT THIS IS THE 645 00:25:21,586 --> 00:25:22,888 EXECUTIVE'S IDEA. 646 00:25:22,888 --> 00:25:26,358 WHAT I HOPE YOU HEARD IS WE 647 00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:27,392 CENTER THE VOICE OF THE 648 00:25:27,392 --> 00:25:28,994 COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT 649 00:25:28,994 --> 00:25:29,895 BEEN CENTERED. 650 00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:31,630 THAT'S THE TREATMENT COMMUNITY. 651 00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:32,731 THAT'S THE MOST IMPACTED 652 00:25:32,731 --> 00:25:32,998 COMMUNITY. 653 00:25:32,998 --> 00:25:36,067 THAT DID NOT OCCUR. 654 00:25:36,067 --> 00:25:40,472 SO THIS IS WHAT MY ORDINANCE 655 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:41,806 WANTS TO LOOK LIKE. 656 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:43,041 CLARITY FOR THE OFFICERS. 657 00:25:43,041 --> 00:25:46,177 IF YOU SEE A PERSON THAT IS 658 00:25:46,177 --> 00:25:48,179 THREATENING SOMEONE PERHAPS THEY 659 00:25:48,179 --> 00:25:49,781 HAVE -- THEY COULD HAVE WARRANTS 660 00:25:49,781 --> 00:25:50,982 OUT FOR THEIR ARREST, THEY COULD 661 00:25:50,982 --> 00:25:51,650 BE VIOLENT. 662 00:25:51,650 --> 00:25:52,851 WE DON'T KNOW. 663 00:25:52,851 --> 00:25:56,154 AND THERE COULD BE DRUG USE 664 00:25:56,154 --> 00:25:58,323 AROUND THE DOWNTOWN CORE AND 665 00:25:58,323 --> 00:25:59,524 REMEMBER I WAS THE FIRST 666 00:25:59,524 --> 00:26:02,294 PROPONENT OF BODY CAMERAS. 667 00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:04,195 SO MANY WHEN I OFFICERS ARREST 668 00:26:04,195 --> 00:26:06,231 YOU WILL SEE WHAT THEY DO. 669 00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:08,567 OKAY. SO IF THERE'S A LAWFUL 670 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:09,601 CONSTITUTIONAL ARREST MADE 671 00:26:09,601 --> 00:26:10,735 BECAUSE THIS PERSON POSES A 672 00:26:10,735 --> 00:26:14,439 THREAT, IT WILL BE MADE. 673 00:26:14,439 --> 00:26:15,807 ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE 674 00:26:15,807 --> 00:26:17,776 PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE DYING 675 00:26:17,776 --> 00:26:19,678 BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK AND 676 00:26:19,678 --> 00:26:19,945 UNHEALTHY. 677 00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:21,079 THEY'VE BEEN TRAUMATIZED. 678 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:22,814 THEY'RE LIVING WITH TRAUMA. 679 00:26:22,814 --> 00:26:24,249 AND I'M HERE WITH MY CHILDHOOD 680 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:27,552 FRIENDS BECAUSE THAT COULD HAVE 681 00:26:27,552 --> 00:26:28,386 BEEN US. 682 00:26:28,386 --> 00:26:30,121 WE CAN WALK THESE STREETS AND 683 00:26:30,121 --> 00:26:34,292 WILL SEE PEOPLE WE GREW UP WITH. 684 00:26:34,292 --> 00:26:37,629 THEY'RE KILLING THEMSELVES. 685 00:26:37,629 --> 00:26:40,065 THAT'S OUR TREATMENT BASED 686 00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:40,265 MODEL. 687 00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:42,701 SO IN OUR OTHER MODELS AND MR. 688 00:26:42,701 --> 00:26:44,636 DAVES HERE DOES A LOT OF WORK IN 689 00:26:44,636 --> 00:26:46,771 THIS REALM DEALING WITH PEOPLE 690 00:26:46,771 --> 00:26:48,073 EXPERIENCING TRAUMA. 691 00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:49,341 SO OUR ORDINANCE WILL TALK ABOUT 692 00:26:49,341 --> 00:26:50,875 HOW WE DEAL, WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED 693 00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:54,012 TO DO FOR THAT PERSON WHO JUST 694 00:26:54,012 --> 00:26:54,446 NEEDS HELP. 695 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:56,014 IT'S NOT A WAR ON DRUGS. 696 00:26:56,014 --> 00:26:57,716 IT'S A WAR ON HEALTH. 697 00:26:57,716 --> 00:27:02,754 WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE HEALTHY. 698 00:27:02,754 --> 00:27:04,556 >> YOU SAID THAT SOMEONE WHO 699 00:27:04,556 --> 00:27:05,890 GOES IN ARRESTED ON A 700 00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:06,791 MISDEMEANOR CHARGE WILL BE IN 701 00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:08,626 FOR THREE DAYS BUT IT TAKES 702 00:27:08,626 --> 00:27:11,029 SEVEN DAYS IN JAIL FOR YOU TO BE 703 00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:12,831 ON TREATMENT FOR DRUG ADDICTION. 704 00:27:12,831 --> 00:27:14,633 SO WHY ARE WE PUTTING PEOPLE IN 705 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:14,833 JAIL? 706 00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:16,434 >> WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL 707 00:27:16,434 --> 00:27:18,803 BECAUSE THEY ARE A THREAT OR 708 00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:20,538 HARM TO OTHERS IS WHY WE PUT 709 00:27:20,538 --> 00:27:22,007 PEOPLE IN JAIL. 710 00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:23,842 THEY ARE PUTTING PEOPLE'S SAFETY 711 00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:24,476 AT RISK. 712 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:27,379 THAT IS WHAT THE LAW IS THERE 713 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:27,579 FOR. 714 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:29,147 THAT'S WHY WE ARREST. 715 00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:33,018 >> WHAT ABOUT THEIR SAFETY? 716 00:27:33,018 --> 00:27:36,454 >> THE SAFETY THERE BEING WHAT? 717 00:27:36,454 --> 00:27:39,591 THE PERSON -- WHAT ABOUT THEIR 718 00:27:39,591 --> 00:27:40,091 SAFETY. 719 00:27:40,091 --> 00:27:42,093 OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M 720 00:27:42,093 --> 00:27:42,627 MAKING MYSELF CLEAR. 721 00:27:42,627 --> 00:27:46,798 WHAT I HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID IS 722 00:27:46,798 --> 00:27:50,735 IN OUR MODEL AND ORDINANCE, THE 723 00:27:50,735 --> 00:27:53,204 SAFETY OF EVERYONE MATTERS. 724 00:27:53,204 --> 00:27:54,339 THEIR HEALTH MATTERS. 725 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:56,307 SO WE WILL HAVE OTHER SKILL SETS 726 00:27:56,307 --> 00:27:58,810 DEALING WITH A PERSON THAT IS 727 00:27:58,810 --> 00:28:00,478 NOT SAFE BECAUSE OF THEIR DRUG 728 00:28:00,478 --> 00:28:02,414 USE. 729 00:28:02,414 --> 00:28:05,383 THEIR ILLEGAL USE. 730 00:28:05,383 --> 00:28:07,152 AGAIN, OUR OFFICERS WILL BE 731 00:28:07,152 --> 00:28:09,187 GIVEN THIS KIND OF CLARITY IN 732 00:28:09,187 --> 00:28:10,855 HOW THEY APPROACH THESE ISSUES 733 00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:11,856 BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WAS 734 00:28:11,856 --> 00:28:12,824 MISSING IN THE DISCUSSION AND 735 00:28:12,824 --> 00:28:14,826 REMEMBER THE BLAKE DECISION 736 00:28:14,826 --> 00:28:18,163 STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN 737 00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:18,430 2021. 738 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:20,799 IT TOOK THE LEGISLATURE A COUPLE 739 00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:22,400 OF YEARS TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 740 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:23,435 DO YOU THINK THE CITY COUNCIL 741 00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:26,838 CAN FIGURE THIS OUT IN A WEEK? 742 00:28:26,838 --> 00:28:29,340 WE CENTER THE VOICES OF MANY 743 00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:31,710 PEOPLE, THOSE WHO WANT TO FEEL 744 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:34,212 SAFE AND BE DOWNTOWN AND HAVE A 745 00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:37,215 GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE AND THOSE 746 00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:37,816 THAT ARE SICK. 747 00:28:37,816 --> 00:28:39,818 I THINK I'VE MADE THAT CLEAR BUT 748 00:28:39,818 --> 00:28:41,286 I'LL KEEP SAYING IT UNTIL IT IS 749 00:28:41,286 --> 00:28:41,519 CLEAR. 750 00:28:41,519 --> 00:28:42,987 >> IT SEEMS A BIG PART OF WHAT 751 00:28:42,987 --> 00:28:45,356 IS MISSING IS MORE AVAILABLE 752 00:28:45,356 --> 00:28:45,757 TREATMENT OPTIONS. 753 00:28:45,757 --> 00:28:47,959 CAN YOU SPEAK AT ALL TO WHAT YOU 754 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:51,029 MIGHT BE DOING OR CONSIDERING TO 755 00:28:51,029 --> 00:28:54,566 IMPROVE TREATMENT OPTIONS? 756 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:56,634 >> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT 757 00:28:56,634 --> 00:28:59,571 THE CITY HAS HISTORICALLY 758 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:01,005 STRUGGLED WITH AND EVEN NOW IS 759 00:29:01,005 --> 00:29:02,307 WHERE DO YOU TAKE A PERSON OTHER 760 00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:04,976 THAN TO JAIL FOR TREATMENT? 761 00:29:04,976 --> 00:29:07,746 THE CRISIS CARE CENTER THAT 762 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:09,280 PASSED NORTH OF $1 BILLION OVER 763 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:10,315 NINE YEARS WILL ESTABLISH THOSE. 764 00:29:10,315 --> 00:29:13,118 SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE 765 00:29:13,118 --> 00:29:14,686 NEXT MONTH OR SO, NEXT COMING 766 00:29:14,686 --> 00:29:18,389 WEEKS IS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR 767 00:29:18,389 --> 00:29:21,426 AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. 768 00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:22,660 WHERE CAN WE TAKE PEOPLE TO GET 769 00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:23,061 TREATMENT. 770 00:29:23,061 --> 00:29:24,996 WE'RE DOING AN ASSET REVIEW TO 771 00:29:24,996 --> 00:29:26,464 SEE WHERE IN THE MEANTIME BEFORE 772 00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:30,001 THESE FACILITIES ARE SITED WHERE 773 00:29:30,001 --> 00:29:34,539 WE CAN TAKE THEM AND THAT IS A 774 00:29:34,539 --> 00:29:37,609 TREATMENT BASED APPROACH. 775 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:39,844 WE ALSO REALIZED THAT CHIEF DIAZ 776 00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:42,180 TALKED THIS MORNING ABOUT OUR 777 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:43,047 CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT WHERE WE'RE 778 00:29:43,047 --> 00:29:45,083 TAKING PEOPLE AND WE KNOW THAT 779 00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:46,918 THE PROBLEM SOMETIMES TAKING 780 00:29:46,918 --> 00:29:49,020 PEOPLE TO HOSPITALS THEY ARE NOT 781 00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:51,923 FULLY STAFFED TO TAKE IN PEOPLE 782 00:29:51,923 --> 00:29:55,093 THAT NEED HELP SO THE SITING IS 783 00:29:55,093 --> 00:29:57,562 SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE GOING TO 784 00:29:57,562 --> 00:29:58,463 BE LOOKING INTO 785 00:29:58,463 --> 00:30:00,498 >> ARE YOU SAYING IF SOMEONE IS 786 00:30:00,498 --> 00:30:01,766 JUST USING DRUGS ON THE STREET 787 00:30:01,766 --> 00:30:03,968 OR IN POSSESSION OF DRUGS THE 788 00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:05,603 POLICE WILL NOT TAKE THEM TO 789 00:30:05,603 --> 00:30:06,538 JAIL AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT A 790 00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:07,806 THREAT OR PRESENTING A THREAT. 791 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,475 >> LET ME BE CLEAR. 792 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,944 WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THE 793 00:30:12,944 --> 00:30:13,178 WORK. 794 00:30:13,178 --> 00:30:15,914 YOU'RE ASKING FOR SPECIFICS ON 795 00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:17,315 THE ORDINANCE WE'RE GOING TO 796 00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:17,515 PASS. 797 00:30:17,515 --> 00:30:19,751 I WAS VERY INTENTIONAL IN MY 798 00:30:19,751 --> 00:30:21,553 TERMS. I SAID WE WILL RECONCILE 799 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:23,154 STATE AND CITY LAW, YES. 800 00:30:23,154 --> 00:30:24,455 AND THEN WE'LL COME UP WITH AN 801 00:30:24,455 --> 00:30:26,825 ORDINANCE ALLOWING US TO MAKE 802 00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:28,326 LAWFUL ARRESTS, YES. 803 00:30:28,326 --> 00:30:29,928 WE'LL COME UP WITH A STRATEGY TO 804 00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:32,430 GIVE OUR OFFICERS CLARITY AND 805 00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:33,631 HOW THEY'LL MAKE SURE THAT 806 00:30:33,631 --> 00:30:35,333 PEOPLE WHO NEED TREATMENT GET 807 00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:36,935 TREATMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO DO 808 00:30:36,935 --> 00:30:37,669 THIS COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER. 809 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:39,270 WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE 810 00:30:39,270 --> 00:30:42,407 COURT SYSTEM, THE CITY ATTORNEYS 811 00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:43,641 OFFICE. 812 00:30:43,641 --> 00:30:48,413 >> IN THE MEANTIME SOMEONE IS 813 00:30:48,413 --> 00:30:50,114 USING DRUGS BUT NOT NECESSARILY 814 00:30:50,114 --> 00:30:50,682 POSING A THREAT. 815 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:51,849 >> YOUR QUESTION IS IN THE 816 00:30:51,849 --> 00:30:54,819 MEANTIME WHICH IS THE NEXT 817 00:30:54,819 --> 00:30:57,355 COUPLE OF WEEKS. 818 00:30:57,355 --> 00:30:58,356 YOU WANT ME TO DESCRIBE THE NEXT 819 00:30:58,356 --> 00:30:59,557 COUPLE OF WEEKS? 820 00:30:59,557 --> 00:31:02,527 >> CLARIFY WHAT YOUR DIRECTIVE 821 00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:03,461 IS TO SPD. 822 00:31:03,461 --> 00:31:07,298 >> SO MY DIRECTIVE TO SPD WILL 823 00:31:07,298 --> 00:31:08,800 BE BASICALLY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN 824 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:09,100 DOING. 825 00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:11,569 THEY'VE BEEN DOING A PRETTY GOOD 826 00:31:11,569 --> 00:31:14,038 JOB ON OPEN AIR DRUG USE. 827 00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:15,340 I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE 828 00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:18,376 SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT. 829 00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:20,612 RIGHT NOW THE COUNTY -- KING 830 00:31:20,612 --> 00:31:21,479 COUNTY PROSECUTOR MADE IT CLEAR 831 00:31:21,479 --> 00:31:23,248 THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO 832 00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:23,514 PROSECUTE. 833 00:31:23,514 --> 00:31:26,117 THE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW SINCE 834 00:31:26,117 --> 00:31:27,719 2012 DOES NOT ALLOW THE CITY 835 00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:29,687 ATTORNEYS OFFICE THE ABILITY TO 836 00:31:29,687 --> 00:31:30,288 PROSECUTE. 837 00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:31,489 THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THAT URGENCY 838 00:31:31,489 --> 00:31:34,158 OF THE HOUR THAT WE'RE WORKING 839 00:31:34,158 --> 00:31:34,659 ON RIGHT NOW. 840 00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:36,494 SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, 841 00:31:36,494 --> 00:31:37,629 IT WILL BE STATUS QUO FOR THE 842 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:41,032 NEXT COUPLE OF WEAKS. 843 00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:44,035 BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HOPE 844 00:31:44,035 --> 00:31:46,471 I GAVE YOU ENOUGH DATA TO 845 00:31:46,471 --> 00:31:48,740 SUGGEST THAT IS NOT THE WILD 846 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:51,509 WEST OUT THERE. 847 00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:53,578 WE ARE WORKING HARD. 848 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:56,648 WE ARE WORKING HARD. 849 00:31:56,648 --> 00:31:58,783 AND THIS MISNOMER THAT SEATTLE 850 00:31:58,783 --> 00:32:03,021 IS DYING OR SUFFERING YOU 851 00:32:03,021 --> 00:32:04,622 WEREN'T WITH US YESTERDAY. 852 00:32:04,622 --> 00:32:06,224 RIGHT NOW IN THIS BEAUTIFUL JUNE 853 00:32:06,224 --> 00:32:09,694 12G9 DAY, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT 854 00:32:09,694 --> 00:32:11,162 CONTINUE TO LOVE THIS SEATTLE 855 00:32:11,162 --> 00:32:13,064 AND LIKE WHERE WE'RE HEADING. 856 00:32:13,064 --> 00:32:15,667 THESE PROBLEMS WERE NOT STARTED 857 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:16,367 JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. 858 00:32:16,367 --> 00:32:18,803 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED 859 00:32:18,803 --> 00:32:19,804 IN TWO WEEKS. 860 00:32:19,804 --> 00:32:22,040 I HOPE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS 861 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:22,240 THAT. 862 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,909 WE'RE DEALING WITH HUNDREDS OF 863 00:32:24,909 --> 00:32:26,778 YEARS OF INSTITUTIONAL 864 00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:27,145 DISCRIMINATION. 865 00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:28,546 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIVES THAT 866 00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:30,815 CONTINUE TO BE TRAUMATIZED IN 867 00:32:30,815 --> 00:32:32,817 THE CITY AND COUNTRY. 868 00:32:32,817 --> 00:32:34,452 SO IF YOU WANT SOMETHING IN THE 869 00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:36,120 NEXT TWO MONTHS, I DIDN'T SIGN 870 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,256 UP TO FIX NIT THE NEXT TWO 871 00:32:38,256 --> 00:32:38,690 WEEKS. 872 00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:40,892 I SIGNED UP TO FIND SUSTAINABLE 873 00:32:40,892 --> 00:32:42,193 SOLUTIONS TO CREATE A ONE 874 00:32:42,193 --> 00:32:43,461 SEATTLE MODEL WHERE EVERYONE IS 875 00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:45,163 SAFE AND EVERYONE IS HEALTHY AND 876 00:32:45,163 --> 00:32:47,398 THAT IS THE TRAJECTORY THAT 877 00:32:47,398 --> 00:32:47,832 WE'RE ON. 878 00:32:47,832 --> 00:32:51,669 WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT DOWN. 879 00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:54,939 >> TWO MORE QUESTIONS. 880 00:32:54,939 --> 00:32:55,807 >> YES, SIR. 881 00:32:55,807 --> 00:33:03,514 >> AS OF RIGHT NOW WHAT THIS NEW 882 00:33:03,514 --> 00:33:05,049 ORDINANCE WILL LOOK LIKE IS 883 00:33:05,049 --> 00:33:05,283 UNKNOWN. 884 00:33:05,283 --> 00:33:06,784 YOU CAN SAY POLICE WILL HAVE 885 00:33:06,784 --> 00:33:09,954 CLARITY WHEN EVERYONE TALKS OR 886 00:33:09,954 --> 00:33:11,756 WHEN WE ALL GO REPORT. 887 00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:12,390 IS THAT FAIR? 888 00:33:12,390 --> 00:33:14,492 >> ARE YOU SAYING WHAT THE 889 00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:16,227 ORDINANCE LOOKS LIKE OR OUR 890 00:33:16,227 --> 00:33:16,694 OFFICERS ARE DOING? 891 00:33:16,694 --> 00:33:18,696 WHAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING? 892 00:33:18,696 --> 00:33:22,000 >> WHEN THIS ORDINANCE PASSES 893 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,601 HOW DO YOU DEFINE WHEN SOMEONE 894 00:33:23,601 --> 00:33:25,670 MAKES AN ARREST IT WILL BE CLEAR 895 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:25,970 THEN. 896 00:33:25,970 --> 00:33:27,071 >> LET ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 897 00:33:27,071 --> 00:33:30,141 THE OFFICERS CAN MAKE AN ARREST 898 00:33:30,141 --> 00:33:31,609 FOR UNLAWFUL DRUG USE RIGHT NOW. 899 00:33:31,609 --> 00:33:33,711 THEY ARE AUTHORIZED. 900 00:33:33,711 --> 00:33:35,780 THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTORS 901 00:33:35,780 --> 00:33:36,581 OFFICE DECLINED -- THEY'RE 902 00:33:36,581 --> 00:33:38,449 SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE THE 903 00:33:38,449 --> 00:33:39,117 RESOURCES TO PROSECUTE. 904 00:33:39,117 --> 00:33:43,054 BUT LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR IF I 905 00:33:43,054 --> 00:33:45,423 HAVEN'T ALREADY, I BELIEVE IN MY 906 00:33:45,423 --> 00:33:47,925 HEART THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING 907 00:33:47,925 --> 00:33:49,694 DRUGS MANY OF THEM ARE SICK. 908 00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:53,564 THEY ARE UNHEALTHY. 909 00:33:53,564 --> 00:33:54,966 WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND 910 00:33:54,966 --> 00:33:58,870 FILL OUR JAILS WITH SICK PEOPLE. 911 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:00,438 SO WE ARE CONTINUING IN OUR 912 00:34:00,438 --> 00:34:01,639 INVESTMENT STRATEGY ON GROUPS 913 00:34:01,639 --> 00:34:03,241 LIKE YOU SEE STANDING WITH ME 914 00:34:03,241 --> 00:34:03,508 RIGHT NOW. 915 00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:05,643 WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR CRISIS 916 00:34:05,643 --> 00:34:05,910 UNIT. 917 00:34:05,910 --> 00:34:07,645 WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR MEDIC 918 00:34:07,645 --> 00:34:09,280 ONE AND TWO SYSTEM. 919 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,415 WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR REACH 920 00:34:10,415 --> 00:34:12,083 OUT SYSTEM WHICH IS BASED ON 921 00:34:12,083 --> 00:34:13,985 MODEL ONE AND TWO IN TERMS OF 922 00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:16,854 DEALING WITH OUR TRAUMATIZED 923 00:34:16,854 --> 00:34:17,755 YOUTH. 924 00:34:17,755 --> 00:34:20,024 ARE YIELDING RESULTS.EGY WHICH 925 00:34:20,024 --> 00:34:21,926 I WILL CONTINUE MEETING WITH OUR 926 00:34:21,926 --> 00:34:22,226 OFFICERS. 927 00:34:22,226 --> 00:34:23,361 OUR EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL COUNT 928 00:34:23,361 --> 00:34:25,096 TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. 929 00:34:25,096 --> 00:34:26,764 NONE OF YOU CAN TELL ME RIGHT 930 00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:28,166 NOW I THINK WITH A LEVEL OF 931 00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:29,700 ACCURACY ON EXACTLY WHAT THE 932 00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:30,001 PROBLEM IS. 933 00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:31,803 WE HAVE NOT QUANTITY IDENTIFIED 934 00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:32,537 IT. 935 00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:34,138 NO MAYOR HAS QUANTITY IDENTIFIED 936 00:34:34,138 --> 00:34:34,305 IT. 937 00:34:34,305 --> 00:34:36,541 WE WILL QUANTITY IDENTIFY IT SO 938 00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:38,810 IT'S NOT THIS NEBRASKA LOUSE 939 00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:40,478 CONCEPT TO -- NEBULOUS CONCEPT 940 00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:42,280 TO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING 941 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:42,547 DRUGS. 942 00:34:42,547 --> 00:34:44,081 ALL OUR SOLUTIONS UNDER MY 943 00:34:44,081 --> 00:34:44,949 ADMINISTRATION ARE SUSTAINABLE 944 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:51,255 SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SUSTAINABLE 945 00:34:51,255 --> 00:34:54,158 OUTCOMES. 946 00:34:54,158 --> 00:34:54,659 [INDISCERNIBLE AUDIO]. 947 00:34:54,659 --> 00:34:55,460 >> I SAID WHAT I SAID. 948 00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:56,594 THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. 949 00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:59,497 I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE SAYING IT 950 00:34:59,497 --> 00:34:59,697 RIGHT. 951 00:34:59,697 --> 00:35:01,132 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO -- I MEAN, 952 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:01,799 IT'S BEEN RECORDED. 953 00:35:01,799 --> 00:35:03,201 GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE RECORD. 954 00:35:03,201 --> 00:35:06,270 I'VE SAID A LOT THE LAST 45 955 00:35:06,270 --> 00:35:08,039 MINUTES SO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU 956 00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:09,373 HEARD, YOU DIDN'T SAY IT THE 957 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:10,341 RIGHT WAY OR SOMETHING. 958 00:35:10,341 --> 00:35:13,411 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS 959 00:35:13,411 --> 00:35:14,645 ABOUT. 960 00:35:14,645 --> 00:35:15,279 >> ALL RIGHT. 961 00:35:15,279 --> 00:35:17,381 >> LASTLY YOU GOT REALLY 962 00:35:17,381 --> 00:35:18,149 EMOTIONAL TALKING ABOUT LIVING 963 00:35:18,149 --> 00:35:20,084 THROUGH THE WAR ON DRUGS. 964 00:35:20,084 --> 00:35:23,721 THE ACTIVISTS ACCUSED ANNE 965 00:35:23,721 --> 00:35:26,123 DAVIDSON'S DRUG BILL OF 966 00:35:26,123 --> 00:35:27,358 PERPETUATING THE WAR ON DRUG AS, 967 00:35:27,358 --> 00:35:29,994 DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT 968 00:35:29,994 --> 00:35:30,528 ASSESSMENT? 969 00:35:30,528 --> 00:35:31,362 >> NO. 970 00:35:31,362 --> 00:35:32,430 I DON'T THINK THAT THE ATTEMPT 971 00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:33,664 THERE WAS TO PERPETUATE THE WAR 972 00:35:33,664 --> 00:35:34,398 ON DRUGS. 973 00:35:34,398 --> 00:35:38,202 I THINK THE ATTEMPT THERE WAS TO 974 00:35:38,202 --> 00:35:40,471 RECONCILE STATE LAW WITH CITY 975 00:35:40,471 --> 00:35:42,273 LAW TO GIVE HER OFFICE THE 976 00:35:42,273 --> 00:35:42,540 ABILITY TO USE 977 00:35:45,376 --> 00:35:50,515 THAT TOOL AS A MEANS TO GET 978 00:35:50,515 --> 00:35:53,818 PEOPLE HELP AND TREATMENT AND 979 00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:55,319 QUITE CANDIDLY, UNDER MY 980 00:35:55,319 --> 00:35:56,654 ADMINISTRATION IS THE EXECUTIVE 981 00:35:56,654 --> 00:35:58,523 OF THIS CITY WE'RE NOT GOING TO 982 00:35:58,523 --> 00:36:01,058 REINSTITUTE THE WAR ON DRUGS. 983 00:36:01,058 --> 00:36:01,726 SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS THE 984 00:36:01,726 --> 00:36:01,893 INTENT. 985 00:36:08,166 --> 00:36:08,366 ALL RIGHT. 986 00:36:08,366 --> 00:36:10,034 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 987 00:36:10,034 --> 00:36:13,738 I HOPE I AM QUOTED ACCURATELY 988 00:36:13,738 --> 00:36:15,339 AND LET'S MAKE IT A GREAT DAY 989 00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:16,340 BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO GET TO 990 00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:16,541 WORK. 991 00:36:16,541 --> 00:36:16,974 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 992 00:36:16,974 --> 00:36:17,175 [APPLAUSE]