-Hi.
My name is Mia Jacobson, and I am running for
the Seattle City Council position for District 1,
which is basically West Seattle to White Center.
I am 35 years old,
a third-generation West Seattleite,
a third-generation union longshoreman,
and a single mother of three.
I went to Seattle Academy
and the University of Washington.
You could say I am Seattle through and through.
I was born in the house that I'm raising my kids in --
a house my parents could afford with a single income,
and one that I cannot afford
working the same job my father did.
This means I've watched District 1 change over my lifetime,
and I am very much personally invested in its future.
This is my community,
this is my children's community,
and I want this community to sustain.
My campaign is rooted in systemic change,
so that we can better address our current issues.
If elected, I will work to improve citizen access
to the legislative process, to introduce transparency
and accountability within our system of local governance,
and to celebrate community organization
and empowerment.
I believe that we have outgrown the system of representation.
Our current rate of technological advancement
has created a fundamentally different kind of citizen.
We now have access to the information needed
to become a valuable contributor to the conversation
which creates legislation.
we can coordinate within large numbers,
in a digital space,
to discuss our local policies 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
It is time to shift our focus from the powers that be
to the powers that we have become.
I believe that we are on the verge of a great
social transformation,
as we collectively step into a new era of being human.
The conversations which currently dictate our society
are held in rooms that private citizens
cannot meaningfully access,
contribute to, and hold accountable.
I intend to change that.
I humbly ask for your vote so that, together,
we can continue down the path of human evolution
towards a better, more functional way of doing things.