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-Hello, I'm Cathy Moore,
and I'm running for Seattle City Council
because District 5 deserves a proven, pragmatic leader
with experience in finding solutions
and making sound decisions.
As a twice-elected Superior Court judge,
former public defender, legal services program manager,
chair of the Seattle Human Rights Commission,
and interim Seattle City Clerk,
I have a 30-year track record of delivering results
that improve people's lives and the systems we operate in.
As a lifelong Seattleite,
mom of three 20-something Seattle Public School graduates,
longtime community volunteer, and small business owner,
I want a healthy, thriving, equitable city for all.
My top priorities are public safety,
homelessness, affordability, and climate.
We must retain and hire more police officers,
as well as firefighters.
We must adopt a police contract
with strong accountability provisions.
Equally important, we must implement
a robust civilian responder program
that includes behavioral health crisis workers
and violence interrupters.
For homelessness, we must create
neighborhood-based homelessness response teams
who engage in immediate outreach to tent and RV encampments.
Shelters must be accessible 24/7.
We must build more tiny-home villages
and permanent supportive housing.
And, critically, we must expand behavioral health
and substance use treatment programs citywide.
To address housing affordability,
we must build more affordable housing,
we must support social housing,
and keep people facing housing instability in homes.
We need a city department dedicated to climate resilience
that will protect the environment and trees.
The tasks ahead for our district and our city
are formidable, but doable.
That's why leaders such as Mayor Bruce Harrell,
Council President Debora Juarez,
King County Executive Dow Constantine,
and others have endorsed me.
They know I will show up, work hard,
and bring values-based results.
If elected, I will be accountable to you.
I thank you for your vote.
-I'm running to promote upstream solutions
that deliver effective, collective,
and sustainable results.
I'm determined to help make our policy systems
more interconnected.
If elected, I will ensure that city government centers
and amplifies the needs and voices of our community.
Together, we'll make Seattle function better
for all people in our city.
From direct social and housing service work
to social equity and policy advocacy consulting,
I've advocated alongside hundreds of community members,
and helped bring transformative change
to over 200 organizations and government agencies.
Additionally, I am the former co-chair
of the Seattle Disability Commission
and Renters Commission,
a board member of BASE and UW CREATE,
and a member of TRU and Green Party Washington.
To enact sustainable solutions to persistent problems,
we must start with the root causes of inequity
in our policies and systems.
We must implement pragmatic policies
in the following arenas --
sustainably establish accessible and affordable housing,
increase wage parity
and improve working conditions for everyone,
create diverse pathways toward shared goals
around community safety,
improve multi-modal transportation systems
focused on pedestrian safety,
support small businesses with economic recovery and growth,
fix infrastructure gaps throughout our city,
and intentionally focus on disability justice
and intersectional civic empowerment.
My policy change background includes
co-leading passage of one of the nation's
first bans of sub-minimum wage,
successfully advocating for the adoption
of disability justice principles
at the Seattle Office of Civil Rights,
co-organizing the fight for rent control,
resulting in the six-month advance-notice legislation
sponsored by Councilmember Sawant's office,
and endorsing the JumpStart Tax
as a small business owner.
We can find collective, effective,
and sustainable policy solutions
that get to the heart of the issues facing our district.
I humbly ask for your vote.
Thank you.
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