Contents February 28 Public Safety and Human Services Committee Update Public Safety and Human Services Committee Work Plan Apply for Nutritious Food Funding from HSD – Due 4/11 Program Outcomes from CoLEAD/JustCARE Illegal Dumping Deterrent Camera Pilot Project Sound Transit Board Update February 28 Public Safety and Human Services Committee Update At Tuesday’s committee meeting, […]

Contents Public Safety and Human Services Committee: February 28 Before the Badge Community-Police Dialogues Seattle Parks & Recreation Needs Your Ideas! Vision Zero Top-to-Bottom Review and Survey Pothole Reporting Arts & Culture Recovery Grants Available – Apply by 2/27 Funds Available to Increase Safety for Immigrants and Refugees – Apply By 3/9 Public Safety and […]

Contents Council Vote on Police Chief Appointment South Park Flooding Update Spokane Street (low) Bridge Update Neighborhood Street Fund Awards: 26th Ave SW & SW Cambridge Gender-Based Violence Survivor Services The WRAP Act Council Vote on Police Chief Appointment At Council’s first meeting of the year, on behalf of the Public Safety and Human Services […]

West Seattle Bridge Concrete Update The work to attain the specialized concrete needed for the guiding and anchoring the steel cables for the West Seattle Bridge has continued this week. The most recent update is that, on Monday, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) Materials Laboratory approved the concrete mix design, a necessary step before concrete can […]

Public Safety and Human Services Committee Updates The Public Safety and Human Services Committee heard a number of updates earlier this week at the April 27 meeting. First of all, I invited the Executive to brief the committee about the progress of work to reimagine community safety, and the work of the Interdepartmental Team to […]

Giving My Thanks to You I look forward this time of year to the opportunity to reflect on all that I have for which to be thankful. On this Thanksgiving Day eve, there are individual people to be thankful for their contribution to making Seattle a better city.  If you are working for your community, […]

This Week in Council Budget Deliberations Last week the Council’s Budget Committee considered Council Budget Actions proposed by individual Councilmembers. The next step in the Council’s budget deliberations will be for Budget Committee Chair Sally Bagshaw to propose an initial Council Budget Proposal, adjusted from the Mayor’s proposed budget to include Councilmember priorities, at the […]

LGBTQ Inclusive Services in Homelessness Services & Ingersoll Report Last year I sponsored a Statement of Legislative Intent that requested Seattle’s Human Service Department  (HSD) to submit guidelines to make sure that the providers with whom the City contracts are offering services and have policies that are inclusive of LGBTQ recipients of those services.  The […]

Firefighters Propose Health Help Changes for Homeless People This week, in Councilmember González’s committee, the Council received a report and an update from the Seattle Fire Department on the Mobile Integrated Health Response Team pilot program. Under Councilmember Bagshaw’s leadership, the Council passed funding during the last budget to provide services to individuals, primarily homeless […]

Community Support for Family of South Park Shooting Victim Sadly, Dallas Esparza, the teenager who was shot in South Park on February 7, has passed away. Please consider donating to the gofundme page set up for Community Support for his family. The page notes, “This boy, who grew up in SP along with his brothers, […]