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City Council District 7
It's time for a more responsive and accountable city government.
This accountability starts with results on affordable housing and homelessness. As your Councilmember, I’ll fight to build 5,000 units of affordable housing in three years by working with State, County, and non-profit partners through the “Home and Hope” plan. This plan to create public, tax-exempt multifamily housing, along with other initiatives, will allow us to rapidly increase affordable housing and reduce homelessness. I’ll also advocate for increased mental health and substance abuse treatment to address the significant barriers to helping our neighbors transition out of homelessness.
Public safety: I’m proud of my work as a prosecutor obtaining justice for victims and the public. We need more police officers walking our neighborhoods and more prosecutors reviewing cases. We also need to increase successful criminal diversion programs like Choose 180, where only 8 of 245 participants have re-offended.
Performance auditing: I’ve proposed an annual performance auditing plan similar to King County, which saved $127 million in the last three years. This plan will free up significant resources for essential services that benefit Seattle residents and businesses.
Public transportation: I will partner with Sound Transit to expand light rail through Interbay, including a rail tunnel underneath the ship canal to ensure reliable service and prevent displacing our maritime community. I will also work with State, Port, and Federal stakeholders to secure a one-for-one Magnolia Bridge replacement.
Public education : I’ll partner with the School District to build the estimated 12 new schools needed to accommodate projected enrollment. I’ll ensure every neighborhood in District 7, including Downtown and South Lake Union, has access to public K-12 schools.
My experience as a City and County Prosecutor, a Seattle Human Rights Commissioner, and a Rental Housing Inspection Stakeholder Committee member ensure I will hit the ground running at City Hall. I’m a fifth-generation Washingtonian, and a graduate of the Center School and UW. After college, I attended the London School of Economics and UC Berkeley School of Law, where I served as a teaching assistant to Labor Secretary Robert Reich.
Endorsements: King County Democrats, The Stranger, MLK County Labor Council, 36th District Democrats, 37th District Democrats, fmr. Congressman Jim McDermott, fmr. U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, Rep. Gael Tarleton, fmr. County Councilmember Larry Phillips, fmr. City Councilmembers Martha Choe, Sue Donaldson, Nick Licata, and Peter Steinbrueck, School Board Director Eden Mack, and many more...
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