>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
TODAY IS OCTOBER 21, 2020 20.
I AM TERESA MOSQUEDA.
IT IS 9: 26 A.M.
PLEASE CALL ROLE.
>> PETERSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> WE WANT TO KNOW FOR THE
RECORD THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS
EXCUSED FOR TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE HER SENDING IN
HER NOTIFICATION AND WE
CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT SHE FEELS
WELL.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. I WANT TO
NOTE FOR THE RECORD FOR OUR
VIEWING PUBLIC, WE DO HAVE A
PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT YESTERDAY'S
SEATTLE PARK AND RECREATION
RELATED TO THE CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO HAS BEEN UPDATED ONLINE TO
CORRECT THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE.
THAT IS FROM THE OFFICE.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS
AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
YESTERDAY'S PARKS AND REC
RELATED TO THIS HAS BEEN
UPDATED ONLINE.
ALSO, I WANT TO REFLECT FOR THE
RECORD, THANKS TO PATTY, THEY
SENT OUT A POWERPOINT TODAY,
DELETING ONE DUPLICATED SLIDE
AND ADDING TO THE CONVERSATION
ONE INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF.
THIS IS A FORM LETTER A. THERE
IS NO CHANGE IN THE AGENDA BUT
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD
THE INFORMATION.
WE WILL SEE THE CHANGE IN THE
PRESENTATION AS SHARED WITH THE
PUBLIC. THANK YOU FOR DOING
THAT PATTY.
I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL BACK
TO THE FOURTH AND FINAL DAY OF
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE.
TODAY WE ARE HERE TO IDENTIFY
ISSUES IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
THAT HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED TO
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FROM THE
EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE.
WE WILL FOCUS ON THE PARKS AND
RECREATION.
I AM SORRY, THIS IS NOT TODAY'S
SCRIPT.
ONE SECOND.
WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON OUR
NOTES.
COUNSEL MEMBER LISA HERBOLD,
THIS STARTS IN YOUR AREA.
WE WILL START WITH AN OVERVIEW
OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE WILL GET INTO THE
CONVERSATION ON HUMAN SERVICES.
IN THE AFTERNOON WE HAVE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND COVID-
19 RESPONSE.
ALLEY, I SEE YOU ONLINE, IS
THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
OKAY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW
THE DEADLINE FOR FORM B IS
THURSDAY.
PLEASE TURN IN YOUR FORM B AND
YOUR CONVERSATION WITH CENTRAL
STAFF.
THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH
YOU WITH VARIOUS IDEAS.
THIS IS NOW THAT WE HAVE THE
CHANCE TO WALK THROUGH THE
VARIOUS ISSUES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SIMILAR
IDEAS.
MAYBE THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH COLLEAGUES TO COMBINE
ISSUES AND TO PUT FORWARD
ISSUES TOGETHER.
WE WILL STREAMLINE THE
CONVERSATION.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL COME
OUT IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE.
IF THERE IS NO QUESTIONS, SORRY
FOR MY CONFUSION, WHY DON'T WE
GO AHEAD AND GO INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT. WE OFFER FOLKS THE
CHANCE WE OFFER FOLKS THE
CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE AT EVERY
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING.
WE ARE OFFERING TIME FOR A
ROBUST DISCUSSION DURING OUR
LONGER PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THAT IS OCTOBER 27 STARTING AT
5:30 P.M.
WE WILL HAVE A SIGN UP
OPPORTUNITY STARTING AT 3:30
P.M.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS SIGNED
UP AND WE ARE GOING TO GET
THROUGH AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE.
WE ARE LIMITING TODAY'S
TESTIMONY TO 30 MINUTES.
THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE TO SPEAK
THAT ARE PRESENT ARE BILL,
CASTILLE, AND KELSEY.
I DO NOT SEE KELSEY SO WE WILL
GO TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
YOU WILL HAVE IN ONE MINUTE TO
TESTIFY AND WE WILL GET THERE
AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
GOOD MORNING BILL.
THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU PUT
YOURSELF ON MUTE.
>> HELLO.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> HELLO, GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS BILL.
I AM A SEATTLE RESIDENT AND I
AM IN DISTRICT 4. THANK YOU FOR
GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY
ON AN ISSUE IN THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
THERE IS AN ASKED TO EXPAND THE
DIRECT OFFENSE WHICH MEANS DO
NOT CONVICT A PERSON OF A CRIME
IF THEY ARE TRYING TO MEET A
BASIC NEED OR STRUGGLING WITH
MENTAL HEALTH OR DRUG USE AT
THE TIME OF THE OFFENSE.
I THINK THAT YOU KNOW ONE PART
OF THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IS TO
HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE
MEET BASIC NEEDS AND YOU KNOW,
THIS CANNOT HAPPEN ALL THE
TIME.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT IS
REASONABLE TO STOP CONVICT BEING
, STOP CRIMINALIZING MEETING
BASIC NEEDS AND THAT THIS IS
DOING SO.
IT IS INHUMANE.
THIS IS A WASTE OF RESOURCES AND
--
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> WHEN MY BROTHER WAS KILLED
BY THE SEATTLE POLICE IN 2004,
HE WAS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS WHERE HE SHOULD
HAVE RECEIVED THE HELP HE
NEEDED.
ALL TOO OFTEN, PEOPLE WITH
MENTAL ILLNESSES HAVE
ENCOUNTERS WITH POLICE.
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR PUBLIC
RECORDS.
ONE IN FOUR FATAL IT INCIDENTS
WITH THE POLICE INVOLVE A
MENTAL ILLNESS.
HONOR HIS LIFE.
D FUND BY 50%.
REDISTRIBUTE IT IN COMMUNITIES
THAT NEEDED INCLUDING HOUSING,
AND MENTAL-HEALTH.
MAKE THIS A PRIORITY.
RESPOND TO HOMELESSNESS AND
MENTAL ILLNESS.
DO NOT UNNECESSARILY ESCALATE
THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC THAT
DISPROPORTIONATELY PROSECUTES
BLACK PEOPLE THAT MAKES UP 27%
OF THE CASES PROSECUTED.
GIVE PEOPLE A FIGHTING CHANCE
TO LIFE AND LIBERTY, THANK YOU,
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
IF KELSEY IS NOT PRESENT, WE
WILL GO TO BARBARA, HOWARD AND
CHRISTOPHER.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS BARBARA.
I AM A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT 5.
I AM A UNION MEMBER AND
DELEGATE TO THE WASHINGTON
STATE LABOR COUNSEL.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE'S
BUDGET MOVEMENT.
I URGE YOU TO SIGN ON AND
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER'S
PROPOSAL TO CREATE A
DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED
OVERSIGHT BOARD WITH FULL
POWERS TO HOLD SPD ACCOUNTABLE.
THE SEATTLE POLICE HAVE KILLED
27 PEOPLE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS
INCLUDING VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS.
MASSES OF PEOPLE ARE PROTESTING
FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER.
MEDIA, MEDICS, LEGAL OBSERVERS
AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ABUSED,
INJURED AND THEIR RIGHTS HAVE
BEEN TRAMPLED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN THE LAST FOUR
MONTHS.
DESPITE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS,
THE CURRENT POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM DOES NOT
WORK.
OUR CITY NEEDS AN INDEPENDENT
DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED CIVILIAN
CONTROLLED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
SUPPORT KSHAMA SAWANT'S
PROPOSAL TO CREATE THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON'S HOWARD.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS HOWARD DALE FROM
DISTRICT 7 SPEAKING ON PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THIS MORNING WE WILL BE
CONSIDERING A PROPOSAL FROM
KSHAMA SAWANT TO ESTABLISH A
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE
OVERSIGHT ORGANIZATION.
THIS IS UNLIKE A SYSTEM THAT
EXISTS IN OTHER CITIES LIKE
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AND
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE MOMENT WE
ARE IN, IF YOU BELIEVE IN
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD, HOW
CAN YOU NOT BELIEVE IN JUSTICE
FOR VARIOUS OTHERS?
THEY WERE ALL KILLED BY THE
SEATTLE POLICE IN THE LAST
THREE YEARS SINCE THE COUNCIL
APPROVED THE ACCOUNTABILITY
LEGISLATION.
ALL OF THESE POLICE KILLINGS
WERE NEVER PROPERLY
INVESTIGATED.
I ASK THAT YOU BE ACCOUNTABLE
AND TRANSPARENT TO YOUR
CONSTITUENTS.
IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THE
PROPOSAL, YOU MUST EXPLAIN WHAT
MEASURE OF JUSTICE OR EXISTING
ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES WAS
BROUGHT TO THE FAMILY AND LOVED
ONES OF THE VICTIMS.
>> THANK YOU HOWARD.
CHRISTOPHER, GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS CHRIS CONLEY, I AM A
RENTER IN DISTRICT 7. I AM A
MEMBER OF SUNRISE SEATTLE.
I AM CALLING TO URGE YOU TO
DIVEST BY AT LEAST 50% AND
SUPPORT DISTRIBUTIONAL FUNDS
DIVESTED FROM SPD THROUGH A
PARTICIPATORY FUNDING PROCESS
THAT CREATES REAL PUBLIC SAFETY.
THIS INCLUDES INCREASED ACCESS
TO DIGNIFIED EMERGENCY SHELTERS
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ACCESS
TO HYGIENE AND DECRIMINALIZING
HOMELESSNESS.
THIS INCLUDES TAKING MEASURES
IN THE BASIC NEEDS AND THE
COMMUNITIES.
THIS DOES NOT PUNISH PEOPLE WHO
ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE.
PEOPLE MAKE UP 27% OF THE CASES
PROSECUTED IN 2017 AND 18.
THEY ONLY MAKE UP 7% OF THE
POPULATION.
WHEN WE SAY DEFUND THE POLICE,
WE MEAN UNDO A RACIST SYSTEM OF
OPPRESSION.
WE MEAN STOP WASTING MONEY AND
RESOURCES ON CRIMINALIZING
POVERTY AND MENTAL HEALTH
STRUGGLES.
WE CAN INVEST MONEY IN MEETING
PEOPLE'S BASIC NEEDS LIKE SAFE
AND DIGNIFIED HOUSING, ECONOMIC
STABILITY AND HEALTH CARE.
60 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
SIGNED ONTO A SOLIDARITY BUDGET
AND THEY ARE URGING THIS TO
PASS.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE JACKSON, KATE AND
DAN.
JACKSON, GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO, GOOD MORNING.
I AM JACKSON.
I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 4.
THANK YOU FOR OFFERING COMMENT
TODAY AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE GIVEN VERY POWERFUL
COMMENTS SO FAR, THANK YOU.
I MOVED TO SEATTLE IN FEBRUARY.
I HAVE BEEN VERY DISILLUSIONED
BY THIS CITY THAT CALLS ITSELF
FORWARD THINKING.
MY WHOLE TIME I SEEN PEOPLE ON
THE STREETS STRUGGLING AND A
LACK OF RESOURCES GOING TOWARD
DIGNIFIED HOUSING AND
SANITATION.
WE SEE THE POLICE SWEEPING TEMPS
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
THEY REFUSE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
KILLING PEOPLE.
THIS IS A GOVERNMENT THAT MAKES
MOODS YEARS TOO LATE AND TAKES
CREDIT FOR STEALING DOWN A
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT
HELPS DRIVE BLACK FOLKS INTO A
PERMANENT UNDERCLASS AND NOT
ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK OF
ACTIVISTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
HUMANE AND ECONOMICALLY
SENSIBLE MOVES THAT WOULD PUT
US AHEAD OF THE GAME.
WE CALL ALONG THE COUNCIL AND
ALEX PETERSON TO MAKE GOOD ON
COMMITMENTS AND FIGHT FOR THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY EXTENDING
THE --
>> THANK YOU, KATE, GOOD
MORNING.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, GOOD MORNING.
>> I AM SORRY ABOUT THAT.
GOOD MORNING.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND
A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2. I AM
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF DEFUNDING
BY 50% AND REINVESTING THE
MONEY INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE MADE
IT CLEAR THAT THE TAXPAYER
DOLLARS ARE BEING WASTED ON A
DEPARTMENT THAT IS PRIORITIZING
PROPERTY OVER PEOPLE.
WE HAVE SPENT MILLIONS OF
TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON
ENCAMPMENTS, MILITARIZED
WEAPONS, AND OVERTIME FOR
OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN BEHAVING
RECKLESSLY AND VIOLENTLY.
WE ARE EXPERIENCING A
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN THE CITY
WITH BLACK AND INDIGENOUS FOLKS
BEING DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTED.
WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE
COMMUNITY BY PRIORITIZING
FUNDING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR
HOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC.
WE NEED TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY
OF LIFE FOR MANY MARGINALIZED
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND
ULTIMAELY IT WILL REDUCE CRIME
HERE IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AND DAN, WE HAVE THE NEXT
QUESTION.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS DAN.
I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF
KING COUNTY.
I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO
ALLOCATE $100,000 IN YOUR
BUDGET TO FUND THE SOCIAL
SERVICE PROVIDER ACADEMY.
THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SEATTLE
CENTRAL COLLEGE AND LOCAL AREA
PROVIDERS, HOUSING, AND
HOMELESS SERVICES.
PROVIDERS SUCH AS PLYMOUTH
HOUSING, AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS ARE RELEVANT.
THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER
ACADEMY IS SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES
WHO FACE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO
DEAL WITH ADVANCEMENT.
THE PROGRAM RECRUITS PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LIVED THE EXPERIENCE OF
PROPERTY AND PEOPLE WHO
IDENTIFY AS VARIOUS IDENTITIES.
IT HELPS STUDENTS GO BACK AND
COMPLETE CERTIFICATES IN HUMAN
SERVICES TOWARDS AN ADVANCED
DEGREE IN ORDER TO FURTHER
THEIR CAREER ADVANCEMENT IN
SOCIAL SERVICES.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE
BUDGET REQUEST OF $100,000 IN
ADVANCE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CALLING IN.
THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE ARE BEN,
JIMMY AND SONJA.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO, YES I AM HERE TO
SPEAK ON BUDGET ITEM 12.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING
THE PROPOSAL TO HELP OUTREACH
WORKERS IN SEATTLE.
SOME OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING AS
SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR OVER A
YEAR.
WE ARE RUNNING A SENIOR CENTER
FOCUSED ON SERVING UNDERSERVED
ADULTS.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE PANDEMIC
HAS EXACERBATED MANY CHALLENGES
INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS AND
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES AS
WELL AS SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
AS A SERVICE PROVIDER, I HAVE
NOTICED A WORSENING SITUATION
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THIS HAS MADE OUR WORK AND
POSSIBLE.
IT IS CAUSING BURNOUT.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES.
AFTER A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT
WITHIN THE CITY, WE CAME UP
WITH A PROPOSAL TO CREATE TWO
JOB POSITIONS.
WE HAVE AN OUTREACH SPECIALIST
WHO WILL BUILD TRUST IN THE
COMMUNITY AND TRUSTING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL
COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING
FOLKS LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS.
WE WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT AND
ASSISTANCE.
THIS WOULD BE AN INNOVATIVE
APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE LIVES
OF ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
ARE HOUSE AND I HOUSED.
>> THANK YOU, PLEASE SEND THE
REST OF YOUR COMMENTS.
THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
JAMIE, GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> I AM JIMMY.
I AM ADDRESSING AGENDA ITEM 12
IN THE BEHAVIORAL OUTREACH
WORKERS IN SEATTLE.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5.
IN WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS, I
HAVE BEEN AMAZED AT THEIR
COMPASSION AND COLLABORATION
WHEN THEY SUPPORT FOLKS IN
CRISIS.
THEY REALIZE THAT NEGATIVE
IMPACTS CAN BE HAD ON NEIGHBORS
AND BUSINESSES ADJACENT TO
ENCAMPMENTS.
I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM
DAVIS PARK.
I AM A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM
ANOTHER PARK THAT HAS BEEN
CHALLENGING.
BOTH PARKS HAVE SUBSTANTIAL
ENCAMPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
ATTRACTING ILLICIT ACTIVITY AND
PUTTING ALREADY SUSCEPTIBLE
POULATIONS AT GREATER RISK.
WORKING WITH THE COLLABORATIVE
GROUP TO DESIGN THE PROGRAM, WE
SEE SUPPORT FOR THESE POSITIONS
THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THIS HAS GIVEN ME HOPE.
THESE TWO POSITIONS WILL OFFER
COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND
BENEFIT PACKAGES.
PROVIDING THIS IS CRITICAL TO
ATTRACTING GOOD CANDIDATES.
>> THANK YOU.
SONJA, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING.
I AM A HOMEOWNER AND A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER. I AM CALLING
TODAY TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL'S
BUDGET COMMITTEE TO STOP
INVESTING OUR TAX DOLLARS IN
THE PROSECUTION OF DRUG USE,
MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, AND
HOMELESSNESS.
INSTEAD, EXPAND THE ORDINANCE
AND SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
I FIRST VISITED SEATTLE'S JAIL
IN 1995.
THIS WAS WHEN A FELLOW STUDENT
AT MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS ARRESTED
FOR DEFENDING HER LIFE AGAINST
ABUSE AND VIOLENCE.
IN THE 25 YEARS SINCE THEN, I
HAVE VISITED LOVED ONES IN MANY
OF WASHINGTON'S PRISONS
INCLUDING MONROE, AND AIRWAY
HEIGHTS.
I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT
PRISONS AND JAILS DO NOT CREATE
SAFETY.
THEY DO NOT HEAL COMMUNITIES OR
OFFER SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS
THESE INSTITUTIONS CLAIM TO
ADDRESS AND RESOLVE.
WE HAVE TO STOP CONVICTING
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MEET
THEIR NEEDS.
90% OF COURT CASES QUALIFY FOR
PUBLIC DEFENDERS.
SEATTLE IS SPENDING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS PROSECUTING POOR PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PLEASE SEND IN YOUR REMAINING
COMMENTS.
THE NEXT THREE ARE TAMMY, JOSIE
AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO.
>> GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNSEL.
MY NAME IS TAMMY.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING AT 10 CITY
THREE CENTS MARCH.
PLEASE FIND A TENT CITY THREE.
WE NEED FOOD, WATER, TENTS,
CLOTHES, SHOES, AND SOCKS.
THESE ARE ITEMS WE NEED TO KEEP
SAFE AND WARM.
I LIKE 10 CITY 3 BECAUSE OF THE
SELF MANAGEMENT AND SELF
LOCATION.
THESE ARE THE REASONS THAT I
THINK TENT CITY SHOULD BE
FUNDED TODAY.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN CROWN HILL,
THE NAME OF THE CHURCH IS
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH.
THEY HAVE POSTED US TWICE
BEFORE AND HAVE HAD AN INDOOR
SHELTER AS WELL.
THIS IS IN THE PAST.
ON DECEMBER 19, WE ARE MOVING
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
THIS WILL BE THE SECOND VISIT.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN HOSTED THERE
THREE TIMES BY THE SEATTLE
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY.
WE WERE THERE ONCE WITH SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY.
IN 20 YEARS, NOBODY HAS HARMED
A NEIGHBOR WHILE LIVING
INTENSITY.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE LIVED
THERE AND GOT THEMSELVES BACK
TOGETHER AND MOVED ON.
IN FACT, THE TENT CITY THREE
CONTINUES.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
THIS MORNING.
PLEASE SEND THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS.
HELLO, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> HELLO.
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE
MY TIME WITH MARTINEZ.
THIS IS BECAUSE YOUR TIME IS
LIMITED THIS MORNING.
I THINK THAT SHE IS A RESIDENT
HERE AT THE WHEEL SHELTER.
I THINK IT IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAT YOU HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
HER.
IS THAT OKAY?
>> IS SHE WITH YOU THERE?
>> YES SHE IS, SHE IS RIGHT
HERE.
>> PASSED IT OVER, WE WILL
RESTART THE TIME.
>> OKAY.
THERE YOU GO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> MY REGARD AND CONDOLENCES TO
THOSE AFFECTED.
THEY HAVE LOST LOVED ONES.
I WANT TO ASK, HOMELESS, WHAT
IS THE DEFINITION OF HOMELESS?
PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS
MORE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM.
NO MATTER HOW FAST SEATTLE IS
MOVING, WE NEED A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE NEED BUILDINGS TO
ACCOMMODATE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
THEY NEED TO HAVE A BATHROOM.
HERE I AM, THERE IS NO
BATHROOM.
THIS BUILDING NEEDS TO BE
REBUILT FRESH AGAIN SO THAT
PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS.
PLEASE HELP.
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING.
I HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT.
I WAS ON THE STREET.
I WAS GOING ON THE STREET TWO
YEARS OR THREE YEARS.
>> THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR
CALLING IN.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE SEND IN THE
COMMENTS, WE WOULD REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
JOSIE?
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, CAN YOU GUYS
HEAR ME?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS JESSE, I AM
AN ADVOCATE AT THE NEW JUNCTION
POINT SHELTER AND I WORK WITH
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES.
I AM A CURRENT STUDENT AT THE
SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDER
ACADEMY.
THIS IS WHAT I AM HERE TO SPEAK
ABOUT.
I CAME INTO THIS LINE OF WORK
BECAUSE IT IS FROM SIMILAR LIFE
EXPERIENCES.
I WAS STOPPING THE CYCLE OF
POVERTY, ADDICTION, AND
INCARCERATION.
I DID NOT THINK HIGHER
EDUCATION WAS AVAILABLE.
I DECIDED TO BREAK THE CYCLE.
I FOUND HOUSING SERVICES TO
HELP ME BE SUCCESSFUL.
TODAY I'M SELF-RELIANT AND
WORKING TOWARDS ADDING FORMAL
EDUCATION TO MY LIFE
EXPERIENCE.
THIS WILL HELP COMMUNITIES
STUCK IN SIMILAR CYCLES.
BEING A STUDENT, IT HAS BEEN SO
REWARDING.
IT IS MORE THAN JUST A STUDENT
SITTING IN A CLASS.
I HAVE HAD A TEAM WORKING
TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
WE ARE NAVIGATING THIS TOGETHER
WHICH IS EXACTLY HOW THE SOCIAL
SERVICES TEAM SHOULD OPERATE.
I FEEL FORTUNATE TO BE GIVEN
THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THESE TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
FRONTLINE STAFF AND THE SOCIAL
SERVICES AREA.
>> THANK YOU.
CLARA?
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JENNY
PRICE.
IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANITA
SANDERS.
WE USUALLY STOP COMMON AT 10:00
A.M.
WE WERE 10 MINUTES LATE THIS
MORNING.
WE WILL GO FOR ANOTHER 10
MINUTES IN ORDER TO FULFILL OUR
30 MINUTES LOT.
OKAY, I DO NOT SEE ANY
OBJECTIONS.
CLARA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS CLARA.
I AM A RENTER AND A RESIDENT OF
THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
I AM A MEMBER OF SUNRISE
MOVEMENT SEATTLE.
I AM CALLING TO URGE THE
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT TRUE
COMMUNITY SAFETY BY DIVESTING
FROM THE SPD BY AT LEAST 50%.
IN ADDITION, I URGE THE COUNCIL
TO EXPAND THE DURESS EVENT SO
THAT A PERSON IS NOT CONVICTED
OF A CRIME IF THEY ARE TRYING
TO MEET BASIC NEEDS OR
STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
OR DRUG USE AT THE TIME OF THE
OFFENSE.
IN 2017, SEATTLE CAGED PEOPLE
FOR 63,000 NIGHTS IN JAIL
CELLS.
DURING THE CURRENT PANDEMIC, A
NIGHT IN THE JAIL CELL COULD
VERY WELL MEAN A DEATH SENTENCE.
WE ARE WATCHING HOW YOU CHOOSE
TO ACT OR NOT ACT NOW.
AS LONG AS YOU REFUSE TO
DISMANTLE THE SYSTEM OF WHITE
SUPREMACY AND STATE VIOLENCE
THAT IS KILLING OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN
THEIR DEBTS.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JENNY,
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JENNY PRICE.
I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 4. I
AM CALLING IN TODAY TO ASK THE
COUNCIL TO AMEND THE PROPOSED
DO MUCH IT TO REFLECT THE
DEMANDS OF THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
PRIOR TO DIVEST FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY AT
LEAST 50% AND SUPPORT THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE FUNDS
DIVESTED THROUGH A
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS.
THIS CREATES REAL, TRUE PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THIS MEANS THAT WE STOP WASTING
MONEY AND RESOURCES ON
CRIMINALIZING POVERTY AND
MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES.
INSTEAD, WE INVESTED THE MONEY
IN MEETING PEOPLE'S BASIC NEEDS
LIKE STATE HOUSING, ECONOMIC
STABILITY, AND HEALTH CARE.
I URGE YOU TO EXPAND THE DURESS
DEFENSE AND EXPAND THE
ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
ANITA SANDERS, GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO?
>> HELLO THERE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM ANITA SANDERS.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS
BY THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
ACADEMY.
I AM A CASE MANAGER.
LET ME SAY I NEVER THOUGHT I
WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE COLLEGE
COURSES, ESPECIALLY IN A FIELD
THAT I LOVE.
HERE I AM GETTING THE EDUCATION
I NEED TO ADVANCE
PROFESSIONALLY THROUGH THE
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER
ACADEMY.
I INITIALLY CAME TO SEATTLE AS
A HOMELESS SIGNAL MOTHER.
I WAS CONNECTED AS A CLIENT
ONLY.
I WAS ABLE TO GET TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING, A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA,
AND OTHER SUPPORT THROUGH THE
ORGANIZATION.
I GOT UNEMPLOYMENT AS WELL.
THERE WERE ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ME TO ENROLL IN TRAINING.
THEY HAVE ALLOWED ME TO LEARN
AND GROW.
THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE
OPPORTUNITY WITH 100% SUPPORT
FOR THE AGENCY.
THIS IS THE MAIN THING.
SEATTLE HAS BEEN VERY
ACCOMMODATING IN KEEPING US
REASSURED.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
IF YOU COULD SEND IN THE REST
OF YOUR COMMENTS, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING
THE FIRST NAME.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
LISA, JULIA, AND SERENA.
THAT BRINGS US UP TO CALLER
NUMBER 23.
LISA, GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO.
HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, GOOD MORNING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING EFFORTS TO
SHUT THE PARADIGM AWAY FROM
PUNISHMENT AND CRIMINALIZATION
AND TOWARD A PUBLIC HEALTH
MODEL FOR RESPONDING TO
BEHAVIORAL ISSUES THAT ARISE
FROM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS AND EXTREME POVERTY.
AS WE KNOW, THE PROGRAM LETS
EVERYONE ADVANCE WITH DIGNITY.
THIS WAS BORN ALMOST A DECADE
AGO OUT OF AN EFFORT TO CREATE
AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO
THOSE KINDS OF PROBLEMS.
WHEREVER IT HAS BEEN USED, IT
HAS BEEN STAFFED BY PEOPLE WITH
LIVED EXPERIENCE.
THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT
WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE
ALTERNATIVES FOR.
THIS IS IN A LOW BARRIER, NO
BARRIER MODEL.
IT HAS BEEN WIDELY RECEIVED,
WELL RECEIVED, WIDELY POPULAR.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN USED AT
SCALE.
THERE WAS A RESOLUTION LAST
YEAR TO MOVE TOWARDS SCALE.
I ASK THAT THAT BE --
>> I AM SORRY, WE MISSED YOU ON
THE LAST COMMENT.
JUST FOR THE I.T.
FOLKS, PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK WITH
THE TIME TO MAKE SURE IT IS
STILL WORKING.
LISA, SEND IN THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS.
JULIET, GOOD MORNING.
JULIA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CHRIS
AND VALERIE.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE
THAT SERENA AND CHRIS LILES
MILLER, WE HAVE YOU LISTED BUT
IT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE NOT
PRESENT.
TO BE HAVE JULIA WITH US?
HELLO JULIA, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
I THOUGHT I HEARD THE CHIME
FOUR-STAR 6. ONE MY SECOND.
OKAY.
LET'S KEEP JULIET THERE.
WE WILL GO TO CHRIS HATCH.
I DO NOT SEE JULIA POPPING UP.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS CHRIS
HATCH.
I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3. I
AM A MEMBER OF THE AFL-CIO.
I AM CALLING TO JOIN THE CHORUS
OF PEOPLE SAYING TO DIVEST FROM
SPD BY AT LEAST 50%.
STOP CRIMINALIZING
HOMELESSNESS, POVERTY, MENTAL
ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
TROUBLES.
EXPAND THE DURESS DEFENSE AND
THE ORDINANCE.
CONSIDERING 90% OF CASES
QUALIFY FOR A PUBLIC DEFENDER
AND WE ARE SPENDING MILLIONS ON
A RACIST POLICING SYSTEM, IT
POLICES THE POOR.
WE ARE PUTTING SO MUCH INTO
THESE AWFUL SWEEPS.
WE ARE INCREASING THE TRAUMA IN
OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE INCREASING THE
INSTABILITY.
PLENTY OF THE FUNDS SHOULD BE
ABLE TO BE REALLOCATED INTO
PROGRAMS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN
REAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOUSING.
THESE ARE WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE
GET OUT OF THE CYCLE.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
THIS MORNING.
I WANT TO JUST CHECK TO SEE IF
JULIA IS WITH US.
OKAY, I SEE VALERIE IS WITH US.
GOOD MORNING VALERIE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS VALERIE.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. I AM
SPEAKING TO THE PROPOSAL TO
BEGIN THE PROCESS TO ESTABLISH
AN ELECTED COMMUNITY OF THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
WE NEED AN ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND
INDEPENDENT.
WE NEED VOTERS WHO PAY FOR IT
AND ARE IMPACTED BY IT.
THIS IS ABOUT VALUE FOR MONEY.
IT IS MOSTLY ABOUT FAIRNESS AND
DEMOCRACY.
THE PRESENT OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY IS WITHIN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE MAJORITY OF ITS
INVESTIGATORS ARE PUBLIC
PROSECUTORS.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOES NOT
KNOW WHAT IT DOES BECAUSE IT'S
OPERATIONS AND OUTCOMES ARE NOT
OPAQUE.
CITY RESIDENTS PAY FOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE PAY
FOR THE CURRENT ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM.
IT IS NOT DELIVERING
CONSEQUENCES AND TRANSPARENCY.
IT IS NOT CREATING THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF POLICING THAT WE WANT
AND NEED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS THIS
MORNING ARE GOING TO BE LAURA,
TALIA, AND WE WILL GO BACK TO
JULIA BUCK.
I ALSO SEE GABBY WHO IS LISTED
AS NOT PRESENT.
HELLO LAURA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
SHARED CITIES.
WE HAVE 100 FOLKS IN OUR. WE DO
QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS AND HAVE
BEEN ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE 6000 FOLLOWERS ON
TWITTER.
MANY OF THE FOLKS ARE
INTIMIDATED BY TESTIFYING OR
THEY HAVE A LOT OF BARRIERS TO
TESTIFYING REGARDING CHILDCARE
AND CAREGIVING AND OTHER
RESPONSIBILITIES.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF ALL OF
THEM.
WE SIGN ON TO SUPPORT THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
WE FIGHT FOR FAIR HOUSING
CHOICES FOR EVERYONE.
WE NEED TO FIND OUR COMMUNITIES
BY DEFUNDING THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
TODAY, WE ARE ADDING TO OUR
REQUEST.
WE WANT YOU TO EXPAND THE
DURESS DEFENSE AS WELL AS
EXPAND THE ORDINANCE.
WE SHOULD NOT BE CRIMINALIZING
PEOPLE AND PUTTING THEM IN JAIL
FOR CRIMES OF SURVIVAL.
WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO RETHINK
THE WAY THAT WE TREAT OUR
NEIGHBORS AND THE WAY THAT WE
THINK OF SAFETY AND THE WAY
THAT WE HAVE PRIVILEGED PEOPLE
THAT ARE COMFORTABLE.
>> THANK YOU LAURA FOR BEING
HERE ON BEHALF OF SO MANY.
TAL YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JULIA AND SERENA.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HELLO, I AM A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 2. I STAND WITH THE
60+ ORGANIZATIONS TO SIGN ON TO
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY
COUNCIL TO DIVEST FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BY 50%.
STOP WASTING MONEY ON RESOURCES
AND STOP PROSECUTING PEOPLE WHO
ARE LIVING IN POVERTY AND
EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH
STRUGGLES AND DRUG USE.
EXPAND THE DURESS DEFENSE,
EXPAND THE ORDINANCE AND NONE
OF US SHOULD BE TAKING PRIDE IN
THIS CITY WITH SO MANY PEOPLE
LIVING IN INHUMANE CONDITIONS
DURING A PANDEMIC.
WE NEED TO GET IT TOGETHER.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S
SOLIDARITY IN RETHINKING HOW WE
DO THINGS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE LAST TWO PEOPLE TODAY ARE
JULIA AND SERENA.
I APOLOGIZE TO FOLKS WHO WERE
NOT ABLE TO HEAR FROM THIS
MORNING.
WE HAVE A REMINDER THAT WE WILL
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE
BEGINNING OF EVERY MEETING
MOVING FORWARD FOR 30 MINUTES.
WE WILL HAVE A LARGER PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE 27th AT 5:30
P.M.
SIGN UP STARTS AT 3:30 P.M.
WE GOT THROUGH 30 PEOPLE OUT OF
50 THIS MORNING.
JULIA, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
WE WILL GO TO OUR LAST SPEAKER
WHO IS SERENA.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US.
>> MY NAME IS SERENA. I
AM A LIFELONG SEATTLE RESIDENT.
I ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
WITH TAMMY J. MORALES.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I AM HERE TO ECHO A LOT OF THE
OTHER COMMENTS THAT I EVER HEARD
ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE CALL
TO EXTEND THE DURESS DEFENSE
AND EXPAND THE ORDINANCE.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT
THESE ARE ABOUT PRIORITIZING
HUMAN RIGHTS.
I HAD THE CHANCE TO SIT IN A
PUBLIC COURTHOUSE ONCE.
JUST SEEING HOW MANY
CONVICTIONS WERE REALLY ABOUT
NONVIOLENT AND PRETTY SMALL
THINGS, IT REALLY SHOOK ME.
IT MADE ME REALLY CARE ABOUT
JUST HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
RECOGNIZE IN A JUDICIAL WAY
THAT WE CAN JUST LET THESE
PETTY THINGS GO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO CALLED
IN TODAY.
ALSO FOR THOSE WHO BOTH GOT TO
SPEAK AND DID NOT GET TO SAY AS
MUCH AS THEY WANTED TO, FOR
THOSE WHO DID NOT GET A CHANCE
TO TALK, PLEASE EMAIL US AT
TRAN01@SEATTLE.GOV.
EMAIL IT TO ME AND I WILL SEND
IT OUT TO OUR COLLEAGUES.
THAT ENDS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THIS MORNING.
IT IS 10:13 A.M.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE READ ITEM ONE TO THE
RECORD.
>> COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
VIOLENCE PREVENTION FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM CLERK, WELCOME BACK.
I SEE ALLEY WITH US.
YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF TODAY?
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING.
I THINK YOU SUMMARIZED WHAT IS
COMING UP FOR THE REST OF THE
DAY TODAY.
YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE UPCOMING
DEADLINE.
I DO NOT THINK I NEED TO ADD TO
THAT.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ANOTHER
INDIVIDUAL TO KICK OFF THE
DISCUSSION ON COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND VIOLENCE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WELCOME
BACK.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
AS ALLIE MENTIONED, WE WILL
TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
VIOLENCE PREVENTION THIS
MORNING.
YOU WILL BE HEARING A LOT FROM
ME TODAY IN THIS PRESENTATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE
OTHER CENTRAL STAFFERS THAT
WERE PART OF THE TEAM ARE ALSO
ON THE CALL TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS AS NEEDED.
SO I WILL START WITH SETTING
OUT TO THE FRAME OF THE MEMO
AND HOW WE APPROACHED IT SO
THAT YOU HAVE CONTEXT FOR WHAT
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT.
WE USED AS OUR FOUNDATION, THE
RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNCIL
PASSED OVER THE SUMMER 31962.
THIS EVIDENCED AN ATTEMPT TO
CREATE A DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND VIOLENCE
PREVENTION.
úAND ONE OF THE THINGS IN THAT
RESOLUTION TO MOVE FORWARD, IN
A WORK PLAN IS TO RECOMMEND A
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION FOR THAT
DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS MEMO STARTS ALONG THIS
PATH.
THIS IS IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE PUBLIC
INTERFACES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN THE CONTEXT OF CALLS FOR
PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS 911
CALLS.
IT DEALS WITH HOW THE CITY AND
COUNTY RESPONSE TO THOSE CALLS.
SO, WE WILL GO THROUGH AND
INTERCEPT MODEL.
WE WILL GET INTO THIS IN A
LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS HOW WE FRAMED THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
AND, I WILL JUST NOTE THAT
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
IMPLICATED IN COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THIS PAPER DOES NOT GO INTO
THEM IN REAL DEPTH.
THE BUDGETS FOR EACH OF THE
DEPARTMENTS ARE ADDRESSED
EITHER IN THE MISCELLANEOUS
PAPER OR IN THE DEPARTMENT
SPECIFIC PAPERS THAT YOU HAVE
SEEN THUS FAR OR THEY ARE
COMING THE REST OF TODAY.
SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
YOU WILL SEE THIS HERE.
THIS WILL BE MORE USEFUL ONCE
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE MODEL
ITSELF AND HOW WE HAVE CHOSEN TO
CATEGORIZE SERVICES WITHIN EACH
OF THESE INTERCEPTS.
I WILL NOTE THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $8.3
MILLION OF SERVICES IN THE 2021
PROPOSED BUDGET.
IF WE COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
MY COLLEAGUE CARLOS TO TALK
ABOUT THE INTERCEPT MODEL
ITSELF.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING.
FOR THE RECORD, CARLOS WITH
YOUR CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
IS HERE.
IN THIS SLIDE, THE EXISTING
FUNCTIONS ARE NEW AND EXPANDED
FUNCTIONS IN THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
THEY ARE PRESENTED BY CHANGE.
THIS IS USING AND INTERCEPT
MODEL.
THIS MODEL WAS DEVELOPED TO
PROVIDE A CONCEPTUAL THE
CIVILIZATION TO USE WHEN
CONSIDERING THE INTERFACE
BETWEEN THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND
THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.
IT IS USEFUL BEYOND ITS
ORIGINAL INTENT AS IT PROVIDES
A FRAMEWORK FOR WHERE THE
CITY'S PROGRAM'S RESPONSES AND
INVESTMENTS FALL.
THE INTERCEPT MODEL MAPS OUT
THE LEGAL SYSTEM BY BREAKING IT
INTO SIX INTERCEPTS,
CORRESPONDING TO KEY DECISION
POINTS WHERE INTERVENTIONS
COULD PREVENT INDIVIDUALS FROM
ENTERING OR PENETRATING DEEPER
INTO THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
A VALUABLE TOOL IN MAPPING ON
HOW THE CITY IS INVESTING ITS
RESOURCES IS EITHER UPSTREAM OR
DOWNSTREAM.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
REALIGNMENT WORK GROUP, THAT
DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING THIS
AND THEY ARE USING THIS MODEL.
THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK WE ARE
ANALYZING AS WE GO THROUGH THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE
CITY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN
PUT TOGETHER RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS.
WITH THAT SAID, THIS SECTION
FOCUSES ON THE EXISTING
SERVICES WITHIN THE FIRST TWO
INTERCEPTS.
THIS WOULD BE 0 AND COMMUNITY
SERVICES.
IT COULD BE INTERCEPTED ONE
WHICH IS LAW-ENFORCEMENT.
THERE IS AN INTERCEPTS THAT IS
NOT REFLECTED IN THE MODEL
ABOVE.
IT IS A INTERMEDIATE STAGE IN
WHICH OTHER THAN LAW
ENFORCEMENT ANSWERS CALLS.
THIS IS CALLED 0.5.
WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL CALLS 911,
DISPATCHERS SEND OFFICERS OR
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LIFE-
SUPPORT DEPENDING ON THE NEED.
SERVICES OTHER THAN THOSE
RESPONSES AND FUNDING WHERE
APPROPRIATE IS DESCRIBED LATER
IN THIS PAPER.
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE.
>> WE COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
ON PAGE 3 OF THE MEMO, YOU WILL
SEE SOME MORE DETAIL HERE ABOUT
THE SERVICES THAT ARE DESCRIBED
IN INTERCEPT 0. AS CARLOS
MENTIONED, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS
UP UNTIL SOMEBODY CALLED 911.
>> I AM SORRY, BEFORE WE MOVE
ON, I AM SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> ON THIS PREVIOUS SLIDE, I
REALLY APPRECIATE HOW THIS IS
LAID OUT.
THIS IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
I AM WONDERING HOW A PROGRAM
LIKE LEAD TO FALLS INTO THIS
KIND OF VISUAL DEPICTION OF AN
INTERCEPT MODEL.
I BELIEVE THE POINT AT WHICH
LEAD IS INTERACTING WITH A
POTENTIAL CLIENT/POTENTIAL
OFFENDER WOULD BE BEFORE A
MODEL LIKE CHOOSE 180.
I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE DO
NOT HAVE IT REPRESENTED HERE
GIVEN WHERE THE LEAD PROGRAM
INTERACTS WITH POTENTIAL
OFFENDERS.
>> I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD.
THE LEAD PROGRAM WOULD BE
GENERALLY LOOKED AT AS AN
INTERCEPT 1. YOU KNOW, IT IS
THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM.
IT IS LAW-ENFORCEMENT.
AND GENERALLY, TRADITIONALLY IT
WOULD PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO
AN ARREST.
HOWEVER, AS LEAD MOVES BEYOND
INVOLVEMENT WITH POLICE
OFFICERS, WE COULD SAY THAT IT
IS MOVING FURTHER TOWARD
INTERCEPT 0 WHICH IS COMMUNITY
SERVICES.
THERE COULD BE A POINT OF
INTERCEPT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY WILL ACTIVELY TAKE
REFERRALS FROM LAW-ENFORCEMENT.
THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY INTENTION
OF ENDING THAT PRACTICE.
THEY DO NOT WANT THAT TO BE A
REQUIREMENT OF THE SURVEY.
SO IT WOULD BE KIND OF IN
BETWEEN ONE AND TWO ON THIS
MODEL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD.
I THOUGHT I SAW A REFERENCE TO
LEAD SOMEWHERE.
PERHAPS IT IS COMING UP LATER.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THIS IS A GOOD REMINDER FOR
WHERE IT FITS AND HOW IT IS
CONTINUING TO EVOLVE.
IT IS CONTINUING TO MEET OUR
COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
OPTIONS SLIDE 3 PLEASE.
>> AT INTERCEPTS 0, I AM ON
PAGE 3 OF THE MEMO.
THIS HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL ABOUT EACH OF THESE
SERVICES.
WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO IS LAY
OUT THE LANDSCAPE OF WHAT WE
ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF WHAT
HAPPENS BEFORE WE GET TO THE
POINT AND SOMEBODY HAS AN
INCIDENT AND NEEDS TO CALL 911.
WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING
FROM PREVENTION.
THESE ARE THINGS LIKE PRIME
PREVENTION COORDINATORS WITHIN
THE PRECINCTS.
THEY HELP TO HELP PEOPLE WITH
HOW TO GO ABOUT PREVENTING
CRIME WHEN IT COMES TO
INDIVIDUALS OR BUSINESSES.
IT DEALS WITH THINGS LIKE
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS.
THEY ARE HELPING TO IMPROVE
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLICE
AND COMMUNITIES.
IT DEALS WITH CRITICAL INCIDENT
RESPONDERS, COMMUNITY CRIME
PREVENTION, PLACE-BASED
STRATEGIES.
AND THEN, THESE LAST TWO DEAL
WITH A NURSE CALL LINE AND ON-
SITE NURSES.
THESE WERE ADDED TO THE BUDGET
IN PREVIOUS YEARS UNDER THIS.
THIS GOES FROM HOMELESS SERVICE
AGENCIES. INSTEAD OF CALLING
911, YOU CAN CALL A NURSE TO
GET MEDICAL ADVICE OR ON-SITE
NURSES THAT ARE PART OF THE
EMERGENCY SHELTERS.
EVERYTHING THAT LEADS UP TO THE
POINT WHICH SOMEBODY COULD
HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE TO CALL 911
BUT THEY CAN CALL OR ACCESS
OTHER RESOURCES.
>> I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT
ONE ON THE NURSE CALL LINE.
SO THIS IS AN INTERNAL NUMBER
FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
IT IS NOT A NUMBER FOR THE
GENERAL PUBLIC.
>> THIS IS AMY.
I APOLOGIZE, YES, THAT IS TRUE.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
I THINK THIS GOES TO ANOTHER
FORMAT THAT WE WILL SEE IN A
BIT.
I SEE THAT. HAVING 911, THEY
CAN HAVE A NURSE LINE INTERNAL.
THEY CAN DEAL WITH ISSUES ON-
SITE.
THIS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT
JUST FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
YES IT IS FOR SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
>> THANK YOU AMY.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, WE CAN MOVE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE INSERTED THIS INTO THE
TRADITIONAL MODEL.
WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS 911, YOU
EITHER GET A LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESPONSE OR YOU CAN GET A
NONLAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.
THIS IS STILL A GOVERNMENT
RESPONSE.
SOMEBODY IS RESPONDING FOR THE
CALL FOR SERVICE.
THIS IS THINGS LIKE HEALTH ONE
ARE RELEVANT.
SO INSTEAD OF AN OFFICER
SHOWING UP, YOU HAVE TWO
FIREFIGHTERS AND A MENTAL
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHOWING UP.
THIS SERVICES THE MOBILE CRISIS
TEAM.
THIS IS A COUNTY SERVICE IN
WHICH MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
PROFESSIONALS GO TO THE SCENE
TO SEE WHAT A CLIENT NEEDS.
IT IS THINGS LIKE ONE CALL.
THIS IS DONE BY CRISIS
CONNECTIONS.
EXCUSE ME, IT IS A SINGLE
DIVERSION PORTAL.
IT ALLOWS FIRST RESPONDERS TO
SHOW UP AND HELP INDIVIDUALS IN
A CRISIS.
THIS CATEGORY, YOU ARE LOOKING
AT THOSE THINGS IN WHICH
SOMEBODY HAS CALLED 911 BUT IT
IS NOT LAW-ENFORCEMENT THAT IS
SHOWING UP.
THEN IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU, ON THE CRISIS
CONNECTION ONE CALL, THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS
WHEN THEY ONLY KNOW TO CALL
911, THIS IS A CHANGE THAT
HAPPENS AFTER THEY MAKE THAT
911 CALL.
THIS IS WHAT THE DISPATCH DOES.
OR IS IT A DIFFERENT PHONE
NUMBER ALTOGETHER?
I THOUGHT 411 WAS DIFFERENT.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE'S
PEOPLE WHO KNOWS THAT 411 IS A
THING.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT
IS STAFFED BY THE SAME
ORGANIZATION.
ONE CALL IS SPECIFICALLY FOR
FIRST RESPONDERS TO AVOID
UNNECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL
RESPONSE.
THEY DIRECT ANY INDIVIDUALS IN
CRISIS TO CRISIS CONNECTIONS.
THEN CRISIS CONNECTIONS CAN
HAND THEM OFF TO A WIDE VARIETY
OF PROVIDERS.
>> THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL.
HAVE WE ASKED THE QUESTION OF
WHAT NUMBER, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
911 CALLS ARE ABLE TO BE
DIVERTED FROM THESE THREE
INTERCEPT .5, NONLAW
ENFORCEMENT OPTIONS HERE?
>> I CANNOT SPEAK TO THE OTHER
TWO.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE CRISIS
CONNECTIONS WAS TECHNICALLY A
PILOT PROGRAM.
THIS IS ACTUALLY AN EXTENSION
OF THE PILOT PROGRAM IN 2021.
BECAUSE OF HOW ODD 2020 HAS
BEEN IN GENERAL, THEY REALLY
WANTED AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF
DATA UNDER HOPEFULLY WHAT WILL
BE MORE NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
THIS IS TO GATHER THE DATA AND
LEARN WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CALLS
MIGHT BE DIVERTED THROUGH THIS
TYPE OF PROGRAM.
IT DEALS WITH HOW TO SCALE IT
UP.
I AM NOT SURE HOW TO ANSWER
THAT FOR THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM
OR HEALTH ONE.
>> THERE IS DATA FOR CRISIS
CONNECTIONS CALL.
YOU ARE SUGGESTING IT MAY NOT
BE USEFUL BECAUSE IT WAS A
STRANGE YEAR.
>> CORRECT IT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE
DATA AS WELL FOR THE OTHER TWO
WORK ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
HOW IT HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER
OF CALLS THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS
HAVE HAD TO RESPOND TO.
I BELIEVE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE
HEALTH ONE PROJECT IS STILL
TECH NECK LEE IN ITS PILOT
PHASE OR INCIDENT PHASE, WE
STILL HAVE DATA SHOWING THE
REDUCED NUMBERS OF CALLS.
LETTERS HAVE HAD TO BE SENT OUT
OR OTHER FIREFIGHTER PERSONNEL
WERE INVOLVED.
DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION?
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
I AM COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF.
WE HAD A CALL WITH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
I THINK ONE THING TO KNOW DO
WITH HOW THE ONE, AS YOU BRING
UP COUNCILMEMBER TERESA
MOSQUEDA, THE CALLS THAT IT
RESPONDS TO HAVE ALREADY BEEN
SCREENED BY CALL RESPONDERS.
THEY FALL INTO THE MEDICAL
CATEGORY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, WHEN SOMEBODY
CALLED 911, THE CALL IS
SCREENED TO FIGURE OUT IF IT IS
A MEDICAL CALL OR IF IT IS A
PUBLIC SAFETY CALL.
IF IT IS A MEDICAL CALL, THEN
THEY DISPATCH IT THROUGH TO THE
FIRE 911 ANSWERS.
AND THEY TAKE IT FROM THERE.
AND SO, IT IS NOT UNTIL THE
CALL GOES TO THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES
THAT HEALTH ONE MIGHT BE
DISPATCHED.
SO, I THINK AS YOU POINT OUT,
REALLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH
HEALTH ONE IS YOU ARE RELIEVING
DISPATCHES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE
GO TO ENGINE COMPANIES AND
PARAMEDICS.
I THINK THAT THE POLICY
QUESTION FROM THE COUNCIL IS
ARE THERE SITUATIONS WHERE
HEALTH ONE COULD BE DISPATCHED
TO CALLS THAT HAVE
TRADITIONALLY BEEN HANDLED BY
THE POLICE?
FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW, ALL
MENTAL HEALTH CALLS ARE SENT TO
THE POLICE OFFICERS.
AND THEY ARE NOT SENT TO HEALTH
ONE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN KINDS OF
WELLNESS CHECKS THAT WILL ONLY
GO TO THE POLICE.
THIS IS ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN
SCREENED.
ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN SCREENED AS
SOLELY MEDICAL, A WELLNESS
CHECK CAN GO TO FIRE.
I THINK THAT PART OF THE
QUESTION HERE IS NOT JUST WHAT
ARE THEY DOING NOW AND WHAT
KIND OF DATA IS THERE BUT MORE,
HOW COULD THINGS CHANGE SO THAT
HEALTH ONE COULD GO OUT ON
CALLS THAT RIGHT NOW ARE BEING
RESPONDED TO ONLY BY THE
POLICE.
IS THERE A WAY, FOR INSTANCE,
THAT DISPATCHERS COULD SCREEN A
CALL SO THAT MAYBE IT IS NOT
MEDICAL?
MAYBE THEY DO NOT NEED TO SEND
IN FIRE.
MAYBE THERE IS NO PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES THAT WOULD NEED A COPY
AND THEY COULD SEND HEALTH ONE.
I THINK THAT IS WHY WE HAVE,
THE TEAM HAS THIS BEFORE YOU
TODAY.
WE CAN RAISE THESE ISSUES AND
WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS
MIGHT CHANGE.
>> I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
I SEE A FEW HANDS.
JUST BEFORE I DO THAT, I
CLICKED PSA ASKING THE HEALTH
IN ONE TEAM.
WHEN YOU CALL 911, IF IT IS A
MEDICAL ISSUE, IT GETS TRIAGED.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL GET TO THEM
úIF THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY AS
GREG JUST SAID.
IF YOU ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND
YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO IS HAVING
A PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED ISSUE,
YOU CAN CALL 911.
YOU CAN SAY THIS IS A MEDICAL
RELATED ISSUE.
THAT HELPS THEM TRIAGE IN CASE
YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT CALLING
911.
NOTE FOR MEDICAL RELATED
ISSUES, THAT IS THE FIRST THING
YOU CAN SAY THAT HELPS TRIAGE
IT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH FIRST
RESPONDER TEAMS.
IS THAT APPROPRIATE, IS THAT AN
APPROPRIATE SUMMARY GREG?
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
IF YOU SPECIFY THAT THE
EMERGENCY THAT YOU HAVE GOT IS
MEDICAL, THEN IT CAN GO TO
HEALTH IN ONE.
OTHERWISE, THE DEFAULT IS
PROBABLY SPD.
>> PLEASE NOTE THAT IN CASE YOU
ARE SEEING ANYBODY INTEREST OR
OUR INTEREST YOURSELF.
AS WE HAVE ALL BEEN TRAINED,
CALL 911 IF THERE IS AN
EMERGENCY.
YOU CAN STILL CALL 91.
INDICATE THE TYPE OF EMERGENCY
THAT WILL HELP TO TRIAGE.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS THE
PROCESS ON THE BACK AND.
UNTIL WE MAKE OTHER CHANGES, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW
THAT INFORMATION.
COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY J. MORALES,
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK I HAVE A COUPLE OF
RELATED QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST IS THAT IF WE GO TO
THE FIRST SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE
CHART THAT YOU CREATED, THANK
YOU, THIS IS HELPFUL.
CAN WE SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENT
INTERCEPTS ARE AND WHAT THE
CATEGORIES ARE IN THERE.
DO WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL LAYER
ON THIS REGARDING HOW MUCH WE
ARE INVESTING IN EACH OF THESE
DIFFERENT INTERCEPTS?
I THINK THAT IS THE QUESTION
THAT WE ALSO NEED TO BE
ANSWERING HERE.
YOU KNOW, AS THE MATT MAURO,
FURTHER ON THE MEMO,
PARTICULARLY AS THE RS JI
QUESTION IS ADDRESSED, I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF FOR
THAT SECTION OF THE MEMO IN
PARTICULAR.
I THINK IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT
ELEMENT OF THE MEMO.
AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF
THESE PROCESSES AND ALL OF
THESE, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS
AND PROGRAMS AND PILOTS THAT WE
ARE DOING, I THINK THAT WE NEED
TO BE ASKING THE BIGGER
QUESTION OF WHAT OUTCOMES ARE
WE LOOKING FOR WITH ALL OF
THIS.
WHAT ARE WE DUPLICATING?
WHAT ADDITIONAL BURDEN ARE WE
PLACING ON COMMUNITIES BY RE-
CREATING SOMETHING THAT IS
ALREADY IN PLACE OR IS ALREADY
EXISTING WELL?
AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THE
SLIDE ABOUT IS THIS INTERCEPT
.5.
IF WE INVEST FURTHER UPSTREAM,
IF WE INVEST IN THE OUTREACH
WORKERS FOR HOMELESSNESS, THE
KIND OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO GET, THE FUNDING THAT
WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUT THE
DOOR FOR THIS YEAR, WHAT IMPACT
WILL THAT HAVE ON HEALTH IN ONE?
HOW WILL IT AFFECT DESC?
WILL THEY BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE
BURDEN ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
OF RESPONDING TO CALLS ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS?
THIS IS SO THEY CAN GET BACK TO
FIGHTING FIRES.
IF WE INVEST FURTHER UPSTREAM
IN THE HOMELESSNESS SERVICES,
THAT IS THE BASIC POINT THAT
I'M TRYING TO MAKE CARE.
AND THE QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE
AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
INVESTMENTS ARE AT EACH OF
THESE INTERCEPT LEVELS.
>> I THINK I WOULD SAY THAT THE
IDEA, THE FRAMING HERE IS THAT
THE MORE WE ARE INVESTING
UPSTREAM, THE MORE THAT WE ARE
DIVERTING AWAY FROM EVEN
TOUCHES WITH THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM.
AND SO, THAT IS IN PART WHY WE
USE THIS INTERCEPT MODEL.
IT INTERCEPTS IN WAYS WHERE
PEOPLE CAN EXIT FROM THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
TO YOUR POINT, I WANT TO GET TO
THE FIRST ISSUE ID.
THE FIRST ISSUE IS REALLY
AROUND WHAT TO INVEST IN IN
ORDER TO DOWNSTREAM DECREASE
THE INVOLVEMENT OF PEOPLE IN
THE SYSTEM.
THE FEWER PEOPLE WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN THE SYSTEM, THE
FEWER RESOURCES WILL NEED
GOVERNMENTALLY TO ADDRESS THE
SYSTEM AS PART OF THE
GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTION.
THIS GOES BACK TO WHY WE FRAMED
THE PAPER THIS WAY.
IT IS BECAUSE FOR THESE
REMAINING INTERCEPTS FOR THINGS
LIKE THE COURTS FOR THE JAILS,
I THINK THAT IT IS A LITTLE BIT
EASIER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
SPENDING IS THERE.
YOU HAVE, FOR THE COURTS FOR
EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT'S BUDGET.
THAT TAKES CARE OF AN ENTIRE
INTERCEPT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING
AT PROSECUTIONS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR EXAMPLE
THE CRIMINAL DIVISION OF THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE
EARLIER INTERCEPTS AND WE ARE
LOOKING MORE IN TERMS OF
COMMUNITY SERVICES, IT IS A
LITTLE BIT MORE AMORPHOUS.
THAT IS WHY WE DECIDED TO LOOK
AT THESE RANGE OF SERVICES
RATHER THAN ZOOMING IN ON THE
LATER INTERCEPTS.
THIS IS USING THE ASSUMPTION
THAT IF WE DO INVEST MORE
UPSTREAM, WE ARE FREEING UP
BOTH THE PROVIDERS IN THE SYSTEM
THAT DO NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO
BE USING THEIR RESOURCES TO
RESPOND TO 911 CALLS.
AS YOU SAID, THEY CAN GO FIGHT
FIRES INSTEAD OF RESPONDING TO
THESE CALLS.
A CRISIS LINE COULD NOT TAKE
CARE OF THAT MEDICAL ISSUE.
THAT LEADS TO LESS IN THE
SYSTEM ITSELF.
SO BY THE END OF THIS INTERCEPT,
YOU ARE IN SOMETHING LIKE THE
TRANSFORMED PROBATION.
WE VERY BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT
THIS EARLIER.
WE TALKED ABOUT CUTTING THE
FUNDS FOR PROBATION AND USING A
MODEL THAT IS VERY MUCH HUMAN
CENTERED.
THIS IS AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE IN
THE SYSTEM IN A TIME-BASED
VERSUS GOAL-BASED WAY.
DOES THAT HELP ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF THERE WERE NOT ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS, WE CAN MOVE INTO THE
SLIDE ON INTERCEPT ONE.
THIS IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESPONSE TO 911 CALLS.
SO, HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT A
POLICE OFFICER RESPONDING TO
THESE CALLS.
THIS IS NOT THE REGULAR
RESPONSE OF POLICE OFFICERS
WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
SPECIFICALLY, YOU HAVE THE
CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT IN SPD.
OFFICERS WHO ARE SHOWING UP
ALONG WITH A PROFESSIONAL FOR
SOMEBODY IN CRISIS IS
IRRELEVANT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CRISIS
INTERVENTION TRAINED OFFICERS.
ALL MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO GO
THROUGH CRISIS INTERVENTION
TRAINING.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE OFFICERS THAT
DEAL WITH ADDITIONAL CRISIS
INTERVENTION.
THIS PIECE IS PRIMARILY ABOUT
MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF HAVING
LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPOND TO A
CALL.
THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE
EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTROL.
YOU HAVE AN OUTREACH TEAM THAT
IS PRESENT TO ENGAGE PEOPLE.
THE IDEA OF THIS INTERCEPT IS
YES, YOU HAVE THE TRADITIONAL
RESPONSE OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUT THERE IS ALSO
RESPONSES THAT CAN MITIGATE THE
EFFECTS OF WHAT HAPPENS AND THE
POTENTIAL HARM IN TERMS OF WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHOWS UP TO SOMEBODY IN CRISIS.
>> IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, I
COULD ADD A BIT ON THIS IF THE
CHAIR DOES NOT MIND.
SO, THE THING THAT I WOULD ADD
ON THE CRISIS RESPONSE, JUST
YOUR DESCRIPTION WAS PERFECT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT
CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE
FIVE CRISIS RESPONSE UNITS IN
THE CITY.
THAT IS FIVE OFFICERS THAT ARE
PAIRED WITH FIVE MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDERS.
AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT
SAYS THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, IN MOST CASES, THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THE RESPONDERS
WHO ARE RESPONDING TO 911 CALLS
THAT ARE LABELED AS
DISTURBANCES, THOSE ARE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CREATING A
SITUATION WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS
CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR ACTIONS OR
BEHAVIORS.
REALLY, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO
ARE IN CRISIS.
AND SO, WHEN THE CRU RESPONSE
TO THOSE CALLS, THE ROLE OF THE
OFFICER IS TO INSURE SCENE
SAFETY.
IT IS THE MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDER THAT ENGAGES WITH THE
PERSON.
THIS IS INITIALLY.
AND THAT IS IMPORTANT.
IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT WAY OF
RESPONDING TO THE DISTURBANCE
CALLS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT.
AS PD HAS SAID THAT THEY ARE,
THEY DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO EXPAND THEIR CALL
RESPONSES IN THOSE AREAS.
AND SO, ONE POTENTIAL OPTION
THE COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER FOR
MITIGATING HARM IN THE SHORT
TERM IS TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF
CRISIS RESPONSE UNITS SO THAT
THERE IS A GREATER CAPACITY FOR
THE DEPARTMENT TO SEND OUT
TEAMS OF OFFICERS OR A TEAM OF
AN OFFICERAND A MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDER TO MORE CALLS.
THEY CAN PUT THE MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDER IN THE FRONT SO TO
SPEAK.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY
OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE SOME DATA ABOUT JUST
MENTAL HEALTH CALLS ALONE.
THIS WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU
COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN CRU TRAINED UNITS.
THERE WOULD BE DEMAND FOR IT.
WE CAN GET YOU THAT DATA.
SOME OF IT WAS IN MY PAPER
YESTERDAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW J. LEWIS.
>> I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO
KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE
ABOUT HOW TO INCENTIVIZE A
CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT THAT
RELIES LESS ON SPD OFFICERS FOR
BACKUP.
I OF COURSE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT IS
NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE FOR
ARMED POLICE TO BE AVAILABLE
AND OR PRESENT. DURING THE
SUMMER REBALANCING DISCUSSIONS,
MANY OF US ON THE COUNCIL HEARD
FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS
THAT WORK FOR THE CRISIS
RESPONSE UNIT.
THEY THEMSELVES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THEY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE LOOKING
AT MAKING SHIFTS TO THE MODEL.
IT DOES NOT ALWAYS ASSUME THAT
AN ARMED OFFICER NEEDS TO BE
THERE.
AND SO I THINK, AS I UNDERSTAND
IT AT LEAST, THE MODEL
CURRENTLY IS, THAT IS THE TEAM,
THAT IS WHO GOES.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ON THE
FRONT END OF WHETHER OR NOT THE
TEAM WITH THE OFFICER IS ALWAYS
NECESSARY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT THE CAHOOTS MODEL.
I THINK THIS IS A MODEL THAT
DOES RELY AT LEAST FROM THE
ANALYSIS THAT I HAVE HEARD, IT
DOES RELY MORE ON THE BACKUP
PROVIDED BY OFFICERS.
ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE
HEARD A LOT ABOUT RECENTLY, IT
IS THE STAR PROGRAM OUT OF
DENVER.
IT DOES NOT RELY ON OFFICERS TO
GO TO CALLS.
SO IF WE WERE INTERESTED IN A
MODEL THAT HAD LESS RELIANCE ON
OFFICERS TO ACCOMPANY OUR
CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT ON ALL
CALLS, HOW COULD WE BEGIN TO
MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CARLOS,
MY COLLEAGUE IS DOING A BIT OF
RESEARCH ON.
HE HAS LOOKED AT CAHOOTS.
THAT IS THE MODEL THAT HE IS A
LITTLE BIT MORE PREPARED TO
SPEAK TO YOU ON.
I WAS MERELY POINTING OUT THAT
ON THE CALLS, THE 911 CENTER
GETS THE CALLS.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL, A NEED
FOR AN OFFICER, IT COULD BE
SOMETHING SUCH AS A
DISTURBANCE.
THERE ARE MANY MORE CALLS AND
THEIR ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A
CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT TWO GO TO
THE CALLS.
AND SO, ON THOSE WHERE YOU
MIGHT NEED A POLICE OFFICER,
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CRISIS
RESPONSEUNITS TO GO TO.
I THINK YOUR POINT IS, CHANGING
YOUR PROCESSES SO THAT AS
DISPATCH IS TAKING THE CALLS,
THEY COULD DETERMINE IF IT WAS
A DISTURBANCE THAT REALLY
REQUIRED AN OFFICER.
IF NOT, THEN THAT IS WHERE THE
CAHOOTS TYPE MODEL WOULD COME
INTO PLAY.
CARLOS, CARLOS CAN SPEAK OR
ABOUT THAT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSCORE,
THINK THAT WHAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY IS NOT
THE CAHOOTS TYPE MODEL.
IT IS MORE LIKE THE STAR MODEL.
THE STAR MODEL HAS LESS
RELIANCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACCOMPANY IT.
>> GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
IT COULD DOVETAIL INTO THIS AND
CARLOS COULD ADDRESS BOTH OF
THEM.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS CAHOOTS
DOES NOT HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACCOMPANYING THEM.
THE STAR PROGRAM IS ESSENTIALLY
A CARBON COPY OF THE CAHOOTS
MODEL IN DENVER.
FROM MY CONVERSATION WITH THE
CAHOOTS PEOPLE AND THE STAR
PEOPLE AND THE TOWN HALL THAT I
HAD IN JULY, THE START PEOPLE
WERE PRETTY EMPHATIC THAT THERE
MODEL IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM
CAHOOTS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE
IS COMMUNITY CONCERN.
THIS IS FROM TALKING TO FOLKS
AT KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW ABOUT
CAHOOTS.
EUGENE HAS A DISPATCH THAT IS
SWORN.
THAT IS AN ISSUE.
SO THE EUGENE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
911 DISPATCHERS ARE UNIFORMED
OFFICERS.
THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE DO NOT
HAVE HERE.
THIS IS SINCE OUR DISPATCHERS
ARE CIVILIAN.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THEM AWAY
FROM SWORN OVERSIGHT AND
SUPERVISION.
THEY WILL BE A FULLY CIVILIAN
MODEL.
THE STATISTICS THAT I HAVE SEEN
FROM CAHOOTS AND MAYBE CARLOS
COULD JUMP INTO THIS IS THAT
IT'S WORKERS LIKE STAR WORKERS
IN DENVER, THEY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO CALL THE POLICE FOR
BACKUP IF THEY FEEL THAT IT IS
WARRANTED. BUT WITH THE DATA
THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED IN
2019, THEY ONLY ELECTED TO DO
THAT 150 TIMES OUT OF 24,000
CALLS.
THEY VERY VERY RARELY DO IT.
>> THAT IS SUPER HELPFUL, THANK
YOU.
>> IT IS AN ISSUE THAT EUGENE
HAS A MODEL WHERE SWORN
OFFICERS ARE THE GATEKEEPERS TO
WHAT GETS SENT WHERE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO
NOT HAVE QUITE AS BIG OF AN
ISSUE HERE SINCE WE HAVE A
CIVILIAN DISPATCHER COURSE.
THEY WILL BE REMOVED FROM SWORN
COMMAND AND CONTROL.
I WILL LET CARLOS JUMP IN ON
THAT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
ANDREW J. LEWIS.
I DO NOT KNOW THAT I COULD HAVE
PROVIDED A BETTER ANSWER THAN
WHAT YOU GAVE.
>> ANDREW J. LEWIS, DID YOU
HAVE MORE?
>> OKAY, I ALSO HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT CIT.
I CAN MOVE ONTO THAT NOW IF
THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BEFORE YOU DO, I HAVE SOME
ITEMS AND I WILL USE THOSE AS A
FOLLOW-UP TO WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT
TO SAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A PLUG IN.
I THINK THIS ENTIRE COUNSEL HAS
BEEN TREMENDOUSLY SUPPORTED.
COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW J. LEWIS
AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN
CONVERSATIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO CHIME IN.
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TALKING
TO THE FOLKS AT HEALTH ONE,
THEY REALLY FELT LIKE THIS WAS
OUR SEATTLE HOME GROWN CAHOOTS
STYLE MODEL.
IT WAS A MODEL THAT WAS IN THE
SIMILAR VEIN OF CAHOOTS.
IT WAS REALLY MORE
REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE SIZE
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE NEEDED.
AND SO WHILE THERE MIGHT BE
OTHER MODELS THAT WORK FOR
VARIOUS SIZE CITIES THAT ARE
RELATIVELY SMALLER, WE SHOULD,
WE CAN CONSIDER THE HEALTH ONE
MODEL THAT IS HERE.
WE CAN CONSIDER THAT VERY
SIMILAR IF NOT SEATTLE'S OWN
VERSION OF CAHOOTS.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM CENTRAL
STAFF AND THE OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS TAKE ON THAT AS WELL.
I WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK AND
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT CONVERSATION.
IF THAT IS TRUE AND OTHER FOLKS
FEEL THAT WAY, I THINK IT IS
REALLY A MATTER OF SAYING
GREAT, WHAT ARE THE CHANGES
THAT WE CAN MAKE TO GET MORE
SUPPORT FOR HEALTH ONE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
LESS INTERACTION WITH THOSE
SWORN OFFICERS MAKING SURE THAT
PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND HAVE THE
SAFETY THEY NEED.
I WANTED TO OFFER THAT AND SEE
IF THAT WAS THE SEATTLE
HOMEGROWN SCALABLE CAHOOTS
STYLE MODEL.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> I WILL TAKE A STAB AT IT AND
TURN IT OVER TO CARLOS WHO HAS
DONE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON
CAHOOTS.
I THINK THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT
APPROACH IS THAT I THINK THAT
CAHOOTS ALSO RESPONDS TO CALLS
WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT
PARTICULAR APPROACH IS THAT
RIGHT NOW, THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE
IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS ONLY
RECEIVES SPD RESPONSE.
THAT IS WHERE YOU WOULD AGAIN
NEED TO CHANGE YOUR POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES AT THE DISPATCH
CENTER AND 911 CALL CENTER SO
THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF
SCREENING THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR
THE DISPATCHER TO SEND HEALTH
ONE TO A MENTAL HEALTH CALL
WHERE THEY KNEW THAT THERE WAS
NOT GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF A
NEED FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICER TO PROVIDE PROTECTION
FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE
MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS.
SO I THINK YOU ABSOLUTELY COULD
SEE THAT HEALTH ONE COULD BE
USED LIKE CAHOOTS.
IT IS JUST A MATTER OF REVISING
SOME OF THE WAY THAT SEATTLE
HANDLES IT'S DID BATCHING.
CARLOS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD?
>> YES, I HAVE SOMETHING, THANK
YOU GREG.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU SAID
WHICH IS SPOT ON, THE OTHER
DIFFERENCE I HAVE SEEN WHEN
RESEARCHING HEALTH ONE OF THE
CAHOOTS MODEL IS THAT THE
CAHOOTS MODEL, BECAUSE IT IS A
NONPROFIT AND IT IS NOT USING
FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, THEY
HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WERE
FORMER CLIENTS OF THE CAHOOTS
MODEL THAT ARE NOW SHIFTING AND
WORKING IN IT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
CAHOOTS WOULD SAY IS THAT IT IS
ALSO A FORM OF COMMUNITY
SUPPORT IN MAKING SURE THAT THE
COMMUNITY IS MORE INVOLVED IN
THE TREATMENT AND REALLY
BUILDING ON THE COMMUNITY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THE FOLKS
WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
SYSTEM.
WITH HEALTH ONE, BECAUSE IT IS
INSTITUTIONALIZED, THAT IS ONE
OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WOULD BE
DIFFERENT.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER TERESA
MOSQUEDA, IF I CAN JUMP IN AND
ROLE-PLAY A CENTRAL STAFF AND
BUILD ON WHAT GREG AND CARLOS
HAVE SAID ON THIS AS WELL , I
WOULD LIKE TO.
I ASKED THIS EXACT QUESTION SO
THAT I COULD REPORT BACK ON MY
ANTIC TOTAL INFORMATION.
HOW DO YOU COMPARE YOURSELVES
TO CAHOOTS OR WHATEVER?
IN ONE OF THE RESPONSES THEY
GAVE IS THAT IT IS THEIR
UNDERSTANDING, AND THIS IS
SOMETHING I WANT TO FLAG FOR
CENTRAL STAFF TO LOOK INTO.
THEY THOUGHT ONE THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCES FROM THEIR
PERSPECTIVE IS THAT HEALTH ONE
ACTUALLY HAS MORE BACK AND WORK
THAN THE CAHOOTS MODEL DOES.
HEALTH ONE HAS A MORE
INTEGRATED, LIKE HALF OF THEIR
JOB IS GOING OUT IN THE FIELD
TO DO THE FIRST RESPONSE.
THE OTHER HALF IS THAT THEY
ACTUALLY DO ONGOING CASEWORK.
THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF WHETHER
CAHOOTS OR THE STAR PILOT IN
DENVER HAS SUCH A ROBUST BACK
ND CASEWORK SYSTEM.
SO IN SOME WAYS, HEALTH ONE
COULD BE DESCRIBED AS CAHOOTS
PLUS.
I WOULD WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AT
LEAST IN EUGENE, CAHOOTS IS
BASED OUT OF A DESC.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE
WOULD BE SOME KIND OF FOLLOW-UP
CASEWORK THAT WOULD BE PART OF
THAT.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO LOOK
INTO IF THAT IS A REAL
DIFFERENCE.
OBVIOUSLY THE DIFFERENCE IS
WHAT CARLOS LAID OUT IN TERMS
OF WHO WAS DOING IT.
THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT
INTEGRATED COMPONENT TO
CAHOOTS.
IT IS ALL PROVIDER TASTE.
SO IS STAR IN DENVER.
IT WOULD BE LIKE IF DESC HAD A
FIRST RESPONSE TEAM THAT WAS
INTEGRATED INTO 911 DISPATCH.
THERE IS DISADVANTAGES OF THAT.
THIS IS WHAT I CAN TELL FROM
TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD.
>> VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU.
YOU ALSO STILL HAVE THE FLOOR
FOR THE NEXT ISSUE ON CRISIS
INTERVENTION.
>> YES, I DID LIVE AND THE
MISSION OF THE UNIT.
THEY SIMILARLY MADE
REPRESENTATIONS TO ME THAT
THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT CALLS THAT THEY COULD
RESPOND TO WITHOUT THE SWORN
OFFICER PRESENT.
THIS IS DEPENDING ON THE NATURE
OF THE CALL, THE LOCATION OF
THE CALL.
WHEN I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
AND I AM JUST FLAGGING THIS.
I WOULD LIKE A VENN DIAGRAM OF
SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT
RESPONSE MODELS.
I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
OVERLAP BETWEEN HEALTH ONE'S
RESPONSE, THE CRISIS
INTERVENTION TEAM'S RESPONSE,
AND IF WE MOVE TO SOME OTHER
COMMUNITY-BASED CAHOOTS OR STAR
MODEL, THERE WOULD BE AN
OVERLAP IN THAT RESPONSE.
THINGS THAT DO HAVE A VERY
STRONG CRIMINAL NEXUS BUT ARE
ALSO MENTAL HEALTH RELATED,
THEY WOULD CERTAINLY BE A CIT
RESPONSE.
IF THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO POSES
A POTENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY RISK,
CIT WOULD GO TO THAT.
I FEEL LIKE AT THE CENTER OF
THE VENN DIAGRAM, THERE IS THE
CALL OF LIKE YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY
IS IN A DOORWAY, UNRESPONSIVE.
YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ALONE.
POSSIBLY THEY ARE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF A SUBSTANCE.
IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF THESE
THINGS COULD RESPOND TO THAT
RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS AS IT IS CURRENTLY
CONSTITUTED.
TO MAKE CIT'S MISSION MORE
IMPACTFUL, THIS IS JUST ME
FLAGGING MY PREFERRED APPROACH.
I WOULD ALMOST MAKE THEIR
RESPONSE PORTFOLIO MORE NICHE
AND MORE TOWARDS THINGS THAT
ARE EXIGENT PUBLIC SAFETY
CRIMINAL THREATS.
WE WOULD RELY ON THE OTHER LOW
ACUITY RESPONDERS TO DEAL WITH
THINGS THAT HAVE A VERY VERY
CLEAR NEXUS THAT IS EXCLUSIVELY
DEALING WITH BEHAVIORAL MENTAL
HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ADDICTION,
AND EVEN IN SOME CASES, IT
DEALS WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
IT COULD INVOLVE YOU KNOW,
SOMEBODY WHO IS LIKE
TRESPASSING.
CLEARLY, WHAT IS HAPPENING IS
THAT THEY ARE HAVING A
BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH
EPISODE.
THEY DO NOT REALLY KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE THEY ARE.
IT IS LIKE THEY ARE TRESPASSING
BUT THEY ARE NOT MALICIOUSLY OR
KNOWINGLY DOING IT. I THINK
THAT WOULD BE A HEALTH ONE OR A
CAHOOTS KIND OF INTERVENTION
INSTEAD OF LIKE CIT.
I THINK GREG, TO YOUR POINT
ABOUT REALLY, INTENTIONALLY
ENGAGING THE CIT, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS
CRITICAL.
IT HAS A REALLY IMPORTANT
PLACE.
WE NEED TO KEEP IT AND WORK
WITH CIT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE
ARE DOING THAT WORK, YOU KNOW,
WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT IN THE
VENN DIAGRAM WITH THESE OTHER
TYPES OF RESPONSES, WE ARE
MAYBE GIVING THEM THE MISSION
TO LEAN INTO THE THINGS THAT
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MOST PEOPLE
WHO AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE
A SWORN OFFICER PRESENT FOR THE
PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC AND
THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE
RESPONDING.
I THINK THAT IS A SMALLER
CATEGORY THAT MIGHT NOT
NECESSITATE EXPANSION OF CIT.
IT MAY JUSTIFY MAINTAINING ITS
CURRENT SIZE AS WE GIVE SOME OF
THE CURRENT DUTIES TO SOME OF
THE OTHER MODELS WE ARE
DISCUSSING.
>> YES, I TOTALLY APPRECIATE
THAT.
IF I COULD OFFER ONE SOUGHT ON
THAT, AS THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS
THE CHANGE IN PUBLIC SAFETY
SERVICES AND SORT OF RE-
ENVISIONS PUBLIC SAFETY, AS THE
CITY OF SEATTLE MOVES TOWARDS A
SYSTEM, DISPATCHING SYSTEM AND
A 911 CALL SYSTEM WHERE THEY
ARE BETTER ABLE TO DISCERN THE
CALLS THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE A
POLICE OFFICER, THE CIT IS
THERE IN BETWEEN THE TIME WHEN
WE GET TO THAT POINT AND WHERE
WE ARE NOW.
WE HANDLE THOSE DISTURBANCE
CALLS.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A VETTING OF
THE CALL TO DETERMINE THAT
THERE IS NO PUBLIC SAFETY
URGENCY THAT IS THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE POTENTIAL
OPTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER IS WHETHER THERE IS A
CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT TEMPORARY
OR SHORT-TERM EXPANSION AS THE
CITY MOVES INTO A SYSTEM WHERE
THEY CAN BETTER DISCERN CALLS
THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC
SAFETY NEXUS AND THEY COULD BE
HANDLED BY HEALTH ONE OR A
COMMUNITY PROVIDER.
UNTIL THAT POINT, IT IS GOING
TO BE THE CASE THAT AS
DISTURBANCES OR OTHER CALLS
THAT ARE MENTAL HEALTH, THAT
BODY OF WORK IS OWNED BY THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A
911 RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE
MORE CRISIS RESPONSE UNITS
AVAILABLE UNTIL THAT WE REACH
ANOTHER PLACE.
THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT.
>> I APPRECIATE THIS
CONVERSATION.
COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW J. LEWIS,
I DO NOT WHAT TO CUT YOU OFF.
>> PART OF THAT, THOSE ARE
REALLY REALLY GOOD POINTS, FROM
MY CONVERSATION WITH THE FOLKS
AT STAR, ABOUT THIS, AND THEY
ARE RELAYING HOW THEY TALK TO
úTHE CAHOOTS PROGRAM IN EUGENE
TO SET UP THEIR PILOTS, SOME OF
THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED THROUGH
911 DISPATCH SCREENING
PROCESSES.
AND, THEY CAN REALLY WORK WITH
THE DISPATCH ON HOW TO
DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE AN
APPROPRIATE THING TO SEND
WHERE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE PART OF
THE EQUATION AS WELL.
MAY BE IT WOULD DEAL WITH
LOOKING CRITICALLY AT THE
TRAINING AND SYSTEMS AND
PRACTICES IN THE DENVER AND
EUGENE DISPATCHES.
WE WOULD LOOK AT HOW THEY MAKE
THOSE DETERMINATIONS AT THAT
LEVEL AND WHAT TO SEND.
WHEN THEY EXCLUSIVELY SEND
SOMETHING LIKE STAR OR CAHOOTS,
I THINK THAT IS A FIRST LAYER
OF IT.
OF COURSE, I CAN TOTALLY SEE
SCENARIOS WHERE EVEN IF THE
SCREENING CRITERIA YOU KNOW,
DOES NOT CAPTURE EXACTLY WHAT
IS GOING ON, YOU COULD HAVE A
CIT RESPOND.
THEY COULD CLEAR THE CALL AND
MOVE ON.
THEY DETERMINED THAT IT IS A
LOWER, IT IS A LOWER PUBLIC
SAFETY THREATS.
THEY COULD FLAG IT FOR A
DIFFERENT TYPE OF RESPONDER.
I THINK THAT THERE IS REALLY
LEANING HAVE A INTO THE
PRACTICES, PROCEDURES, AND
TRAINING FOR DISPATCH.
I THINK THIS IS PART AND PARCEL
TO THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL.
>> EXCELLENT POINTS, THANK YOU
ALL VERY MUCH.
I KNOW WE HAVE A DENSE MEMO TO
GET THROUGH.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GIVE IT THE TIME IT NEEDS.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE HERE.
REMIND ME WHERE WE ARE AT.
WE ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 4.
I WILL ADD A FEW MORE THINGS
BEFORE YOU MOVE ON.
VERY BRIEFLY, IF WE CAN DOUBLE
CHECK WITH HEALTH ONE, I KNOW
THAT FROM MY CONVERSATION WITH
THEM, THEY ARE RESPONDING TO
MENTAL HEALTH CALLS.
I THINK THE NEXUS IS BECAUSE IT
IS CO-OCCURRING.
IT IS CO-OCCURRING WITH
SOMETHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE
HEALTH RELATED.
WE SHOULD DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE
HOW THOSE CO-OCCURRING
SITUATIONS ARE ADDRESSED.
THAT MIGHT HELP US WITH
CHANGING THE POLICIES THAT ARE
RELATED TO HOWELL 911 HANDLES
THOSE CALLS AND SEND THEM OFF TO
A DIFFERENT PERSON.
THAT POLICY CLARIFICATION WOULD
BE HELPFUL.
AND THEN, THERE IS THE SECOND
THING.
IF I MIGHT BE SO BOLD, CENTRAL
STAFF, CORRECT ME IF I AM
WRONG.
WHEN WE DID THE ROCK THROUGH OF
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S
PRIORITIES, ONE OF THE FORUMS
THAT I HAD WAS ON TRAINING.
WE DID LESSONS LEARNED ON
TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING.
I BELIEVE THAT TYPE OF TRAINING
FOR THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
COULD POTENTIALLY FIT INTO HERE
AS WELL.
IT COULD FIT INTO A SIMILAR
VEIN OF A CRISIS INTERVENTION
TRAINED OFFICERS.
IN SITUATIONS WHERE OUR
FIREFIGHTER PERSONNEL ARE OUT
EITHER DEALING WITH SOMEBODY
WHO HAS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
OR THEY HAVE FOUND SOMEBODY WHO
IS WEEPING IN THE STREETS AND
THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO THOSE
SITUATIONS, IF THERE IS A CASE
WHERE SOMEBODY WHO IS AGITATED
OR AGGRESSIVE WHO IS BY THEM.
FIREFIGHTERS FEEL THAT THEIR
SAFETY IS AT RISK, THEY ARE
ALSO LIKELY TO CALL 911.
MORE PERSONNEL TO SHOW UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTH THE
FIREFIGHTERS AND FOLKS WITHIN
THE HEALTH ONE MENTIONED TO ME
WAS THAT THE WAY IN WHICH THEY
HAD BEEN TRAINED TO DE-ESCALATE
THE SITUATION AND REALLY GET TO
KNOW THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY
ARE WORKING WITH AND CREATE
RELATIONSHIPS IS TO HELP THEM
TO FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO CALL
SPD LESS FREQUENTLY.
THIS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE
SKILLS TO HANDLE THE SITUATION.
WE ARE OFTEN DEALING WITH TENSE
SITUATIONS.
ONE FIREFIGHTER IS WATCHING OUT
FOR THE TEAM BECAUSE THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT DYNAMICS.
HAVING ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON
HOW TO HELP DE-ESCALATE
SITUATIONS CAN ALSO REDUCE THE
INCIDENCES WHERE SPD IS CALLED
FOR SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY A
HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE.
I WANTED TO FLAG THAT TO SEE IF
THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING, IF IT
WERE TO ADVANCE, IT COULD BE IN
A SIMILAR VEIN AS WHAT WE ARE
SEEING IN AN INTERVENTION.
WE CAN PREVENT FEWER INCIDENTS
WHEN SWORN AND ARMED OFFICERS
ARE CALLED TO A SCENE THAT IS
TRULY NOT NECESSARY.
WE CAN DE-ESCALATE THE
SITUATION WITH ADDITIONAL
TRAINING.
THOUGHTS ON THAT?
OKAY.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT?
OKAY.
I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU TO SEE IF THAT MAKES SENSE
AND IF IT IS PART OF THE
INTERVENTION.
>> WE CAN DEFINITELY DIG INTO
THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
>> OKAY, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
QUESTIONS, WE CAN MOVE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
IT TALKS ABOUT CHANGES IN THE
2021 PROPOSED BUDGET MORE
BROADLY.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I
BELIEVE THAT WE ALL HAVE TALKED
ABOUT MOVING THE SPD911 CENTER
INTO A NEW DEPARTMENT.
IN THE SPD USE PAPER YESTERDAY,
WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING THE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO SDOT
OFFICE AS WELL.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I
PROPOSE WE MOVE TO THE THIRD
CHANGE.
THIS IS THE SAFE AND THRIVING
COMMUNITY'S DIVISION.
>> I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION ON
THIS.
>> YES, GO AHEAD.
>> CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE?
I AM SORRY.
>> IT IS NOT THAT SLY, IT IS
THE ONE ABOUT TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT.
IT IS DEALING WITH PARKING
ENFORCEMENT.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> EXCELLENT, WE ARE THERE.
>> OKAY SO, I GUESS I JUST HAVE
A QUICK QUESTION FOR CENTRAL
STAFF.
I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER.
I JUST WANT TO SEE OR MAYBE
FLAG TO CENTRAL STAFF THAT I
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE BEST
WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
HAPPENS.
THIS IS REGARDLESS OF WHERE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT ULTIMATELY
LANDS.
THIS IS BASED ON OUR
DISCUSSIONS THIS FALL.
I AM MAKING SURE THAT WHEREVER
THEY GO, WE WANT AN ATTENDANT
POLICY TO GO WITH THEM TO
EXPAND THEIR DUTIES CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT THE ITEMIZED IN THEIR
LETTER TO US EARLIER THIS MONTH
OR LAST MONTH INDICATING
ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY
COULD TAKE ON.
I DO NOT THINK IT MATTERS WHAT
DEPARTMENT THEY ARE INTO HAVE
THE AUTHORITY TO DO THOSE
THINGS.
I THINK AS LONG AS THE
BARGAINING UNIT WANTS TO TAKE
ON THOSE DUTIES AND IT HAS DULY
BARGAINED WITH OTHER ONES, THEY
COULD DO THOSE THINGS EVEN IF
THEY WERE IN SDOT.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT
HERE AND FLAG MY INTEREST IN
PURSUING THAT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
>> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND
TO THAT FROM COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
THE LEGISLATION, THE BUDGET
LEGISLATION THAT WE DISCUSSED
YESTERDAY RELATED TO THE P
LETTER E LETTER OWES MOVING TO
STOT.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH
CENTRAL STAFF.
WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN AMENDING
THE BUDGET LEGISLATION TO
ADDRESS JUST THOSE ISSUES.
THIS IS GIVING P LETTER E
LETTER OWES THE AUTHORITY TO DO
WORK LIKE AUTOMATED TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT, RED LIGHT AND
SPEED LIGHT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
DUTIES.
THERE IS THE LIST OF THINGS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO AMEND THE
LEGISLATION TO INCLUDE THOSE
THINGS.
WE EVEN WANT AN UNDERSTANDING
THAT THE SHIFT OF SOME OF THOSE
RESPONSIBILITIES MIGHT REQUIRE
SOME BARGAINING.
>> IF I MIGHT ALSO RESPOND TO
THAT, THAT I THINK IS THE CASE
IN CERTAIN INSTANCES.
THIS IS WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS
DISCUSSED.
FOR INSTANCE, WHEN A TRAFFIC
LIGHT IS OUT OR IF THERE IS
EVENT DUTIES WHERE A TRAFFIC
LIGHT IS BEING ATTENDED TO BY A
POLICE OFFICER RATHER THAN A V
LETTER EO, THAT MAY BE A CASE
WHERE THAT CAN BE BARGAINED OR
INDIVIDUALS MIGHT HAVE THE
ABILITY TO DO THAT UNDER STATE
LAW.
THIS IS AS YOU ARE AWARE. STATE
LAW DOES REQUIRE I BELIEVE A
POLICE OFFICER TO ISSUE THE
CITATIONS ON AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING
THAT COULD BE PURSUED.
I BELIEVE A CHANGE TO STATE LAW
WOULD BE REQUIRED.
>> WE CHECKED WITH THE LAW
DEPARTMENT ON THAT.
THEY SEEMED TO THINK THAT EVEN
THOUGH STATE LAW DOES
SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DOING THE
BACK AND WRITING OF THE TICKETS,
THEY SEEMED TO SUGGEST, AND I
WILL SEND YOU THE EMAIL FROM
THE LAW DEPARTMENT THAT THERE
IS, I FORGET WHAT IT IS CALLED.
I THINK IT IS THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATION
PROCESS.
WE COULD DO IT FOR THAT
PARTICULAR FUNCTION.
THIS IS EVEN THOUGH THERE IS
LANGUAGE IN THE RCW.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING
THAT COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD.
THAT IS DEFINITELY A LOW
HANGING FRUIT IF WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND ADVANCE THAT EFFORT,
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> IT IS CALLED SPECIAL
COMMISSIONS.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SAY THAT
AGAIN?
>> IT IS THE, IT IS AN ABILITY
TO GRANT WHAT IS CALLED A
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER
COMMISSION.
BUT YES, I WILL DEFINITELY PASS
THIS ON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, I THINK WE ARE READY TO
MOVE FORWARD.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS AMY
FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
THE THIRD CHANGE IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET TO DISCUSS
TODAY IS THE CONSOLIDATION OF
SAFETY PROGRAMS INTO A NEW
DIVISION OF HDS CALLED SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITIES.
CURRENTLY THEY ADMINISTER
COMMUNITY SAFETY INTERVENTIONS
BOTH WITHIN THE SAFETY PROGRAM
WHICH IS HOUSED AT THE YOUTH
AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT
DIVISION.
IT IS FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
RESPONSE.
THIS IS HOUSED IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THE 2021 BUDGET WOULD COMBINE
THESE FUNCTIONS INTO A NEW
DIVISION CALLED SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITIES.
THIS DIVISION WOULD ALSO
INCLUDE THE VICTIM ADVOCACY
PROGRAM WHICH WAS TRANSFERRED
FROM SPD DURING THE 2020 BUDGET
REVISION THIS SUMMER.
IN 2020, THESE THREE FUNCTIONS
WERE FUNDED WITH 19 4 MILLION.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE NEW IS
21.4 MILLION.
WHILE THIS IS A NET INCREASE,
THERE ARE REDUCTIONS INCLUDED
SUCH AS THE RAMP DOWN.
THIS PROVIDED ONE TIME FUNDING
TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO WERE
PREVIOUSLY FUNDED THROUGH THE
SEATTLE YOUTH VIOLENCE
PREVENTION.
THEY WERE NO LONGER ALIGNED
WITH THE GOALS AFTER THE
COMMUNITY CODESIGNED PROCESS.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT RECALL THIS.
THIS NEW DIVISION INCLUDES 2
MILLION IN FUNDING FOR
INVESTMENTS.
THIS WILL BE INFORMED BY THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS.
IT WILL BE INFORMED BY THE
JOINT COMMUNITY
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
THIS WILL BE DISCUSSED SHORTLY
AS PART OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
THAT IS ALL THAT I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT AS PART OF THIS
CHANGE TO THE BUDGET. UNLESS
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO CARLOS TO TALK
ABOUT NUMBER FOUR.
>> YES.
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AMY.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNSEL.
THE FOURTH ITEM IS THE
EXPANSION OF HEALTH ONE.
THE 2021 BUDGET WOULD ADD
$571,000 TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO EXPAND THE HEALTH ONE
PROGRAM.
THOSE WOULD SUPPORT A SECOND
TEAM OF TWO FIREFIGHTERS AND
ONE CASE MANAGER.
THEY WOULD RESPOND TO MEDICAL
SYSTEM CALLS THAT DO NOT
REQUIRE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
TRANSPORTATION.
TO DIVERT PATIENTS TO
APPROPRIATE DESTINATIONS WOULD
BE INCLUDED.
A SECOND TEAM WOULD ENABLE THE
PROGRAM TO COVER CORE OPERATING
HOURS DURING WEEK DAYS WHEN
PARTNER SERVICES ARE OPEN.
IT WOULD EXPAND GEOGRAPHIC
COVERAGE TO A NUMBER OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO MY COLLEAGUE UNLESS THERE
ARE OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> I WILL NOTE WHAT I THINK
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AS
WELL.
WE ARE INTERESTED IN SCALING
THIS UP TO THE FIVE STATIONS,
THE FIVE DISTRICTS THAT THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ACROSS THE
CITY AT SOME POINT.
WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT
HOW WE SCALE THAT OUT.
I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT
THIS WAS IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
BUILDING ON THAT.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
EXPANSION AS PROPOSED BY THE
MAYOR'S 2021 BUDGET.
I THINK I HAVE A BUDGET
QUESTION ON THIS.
PERHAPS YOU ALREADY KNOW.
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT SERVICE TO
NORTH AND SOUTH, WHEN THEY TALK
ABOUT SOUTH SEATTLE, ARE THEY
TALKING ABOUT SOUTH SEATTLE?
>> I DO NOT KNOW BUT I WILL
FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KSHAMA
SAWANT, IS THERE A QUESTION FOR
YOU?
>> I APOLOGIZE, I SHOULD HAVE
ASKED THIS QUESTION EARLIER.
I HAD A GENERAL OVERARCHING
QUESTION.
THIS IS A QUESTION.
>> YOU CAN ASK IT.
>> OBVIOUSLY, NEEDLESS TO SAY,
MY OFFICE TOTALLY SUPPORTS ANY
MEASURES TO STOP DOING FURTHER
HARM WITH THE USE OF ARMED
OFFICERS BY NOT USING ARMED
OFFICERS.
I ALSO WONDERED IF THE STAFF HAD
ANY CONVERSATION AROUND ACTUAL
FUNDING FOR BACKING UP A NONLAW
ENFORCEMENT MODEL.
WITHOUT ACTUAL FUNDING FOR
SERVICES, REAL SERVICES AND
HOUSING, THIS MODEL CANNOT
ACTUALLY BE EFFECTIVE.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK, THEY
WILL NEED TO DEAL WITH THE
PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL
HEALTH ILLNESS.
THERE IS NOT FUNDING FOR THOSE.
THINGS HAVE BEEN GUTTED AT
VARIOUS LEVELS.
THAT IS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM
WHY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASPECT
HAS ENCROACHED UPON EVERY OTHER
THING THAT SHOULD BE SOCIALLY
ADDRESSED.
SO YOU KNOW, JUST ONE EXAMPLE
IS THAT IF YOU SEND MENTAL
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO PEOPLE
IN CRISIS, THEY WILL HAVE THE
úSKILLS.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE ARMED WITH
THE RESOURCES TO HAVE A
MATERIAL IMPACT ON THE ACTUAL
CRISIS.
LET'S GET YOU SOMEWHERE TO STAY
FOR A LITTLE WHILE IN ORDER TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO
GET OVER THIS.
LET'S MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A HOT
MEAL.
LET'S MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS
TO SHOWER AND BATHROOMS.
LET'S GO DO SOME COMMUNITY
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.
LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU NEED
AND THAT SORT OF THING.
HERE IS A COMFORTABLE SETTING
WHERE WE CAN TALK NOW AND IN
THE FUTURE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING
ON.
ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE
TREMENDOUS RESOURCES.
I WAS JUST HOPING AND I WAS
JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD SHED
SOME LIGHT ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED
ABOUT THAT ASPECT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KSHAMA
SAWANT, I ALSO THINK THAT
COUNCILMEMBER'S TAMMY J.
MORALES QUESTION WILL SHED
LIGHT ON THAT AS WELL.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO SEE AN
IMBALANCE IN FUNDING.
THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATING AS
WELL.
THE QUESTION I THINK WAS ABOUT
OVERALL FUNDING FOR A MORE
BALANCED MODEL.
IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT,
THEY ARE WELCOME.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
I THINK IT COMPLEMENTED WITH
THE COUNCILMEMBER BROUGHT UP.
>> YES.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE WILL GET TO IN
ISSUE ID AS WELL.
IN TALKING ABOUT THE FRAME OF
THIS PAPER, WE ZOOMED IN ON
THESE FIRST TWO INTERCEPTS.
THE INTENT WAS VERY MUCH
TALKING ABOUT IN THIS LITTLE
WORLD OF HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THERE IS A CRISIS, WHAT DO
YOU DO IN THAT CRISIS?
THE PAPER IS FRAMED ON OKAY,
HERE ARE THE RESPONSES THAT
CURRENTLY EXIST.
HERE ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
RESPONSES THAT CAN GO MOVING
FORWARD.
UNDERLYING ALL OF THAT AND
MAYBE THAT IS NOT CLEAR IN THIS
PAPER, IT DEALS WITH THE FACT
THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN
PHILOSOPHIES ABOUT HOW TO FUND
ALL OF THE NONLAW ENFORCEMENT
TYPE RESPONSES.
DOES THAT COME FROM DIVESTING
FROM THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM?
DOES IT COME FROM SOMEWHERE
ELSE?
AND THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF
IT, IN TERMS OF WHERE THE FUNDS
SHOULD COME FROM IS NOT SO MUCH
PART OF THIS PAPER.
THAT IS NOT BECAUSE IT IS NOT
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS
DISCUSSION BY ANY STRETCH OF
THE IMAGINATION.
IT IS BECAUSE THE FRAME HERE IS
PARTICULARLY ABOUT WHERE TO
INVEST INSTEAD.
AND I AM NOT SAYING THAT THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
INVESTMENT AND INVESTMENT
SHOULD BE FABRICATED IN ANY
WAY.
IT IS JUST THAT.
WHEN WE GET TO A CONVERSATION
ABOUT DIVESTING, IT IS ALSO A
BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE
IT IS THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT IS
HELPFUL.
IN TERMS OF FRAME, WE WERE
FOCUSING VERY MUCH ON THE
RESPONSE AS TO WHAT HAPPENS.
THIS IS AS OPPOSED TO BACKING
UP FROM HERE IS THE FUNDING
THAT IS AVAILABLE TO GO TO
THOSE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES.
IT IS MORE ABOUT WHICH OF THE
RESPONSES TO INVEST IN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VERY HELPFUL.
I THINK THIS HELPS MANY OF THE
DISCUSSIONS TO COME.
>> OKAY, LET'S KEEP GOING.
I WILL NOTE FOR FOLKS THAT WE
HAVE ABOUT ONE HOUR AND 45
MINUTES LEFT IN THIS MORNING'S
SESSION.
TO THE EXTENT THAT WE DO NOT
GET THROUGH EACH SD, WE CAN
ROLL THAT OVER INTO THE
AFTERNOON.
I WOULD ALSO WANT TO THANK
FOLKS FOR THE CONVERSATION THAT
WE HAD ON HOMELESSNESS AND
COVID-19 RESPONSE.
THE COVID-19 RESPONSE PAPER
úDOES NOT HAVE ANY COUNCILMEMBE
IDENTIFIED.
IF WE DO NOT GET TO COVID-19,
WE WILL DO THAT OFF-LINE.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT.
THIS IS JUST SO THAT FOLKS DID
NOT FEEL CRUNCHED ON OUR TIME
TODAY.
WE WERE GOING TO REALLY TRY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THROUGH
COMMUNITY SAFETY, HSD AND
HOMELESSNESS TODAY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
BIGGEST ISSUES TO ADDRESS IN
THE BUDGET IN THE NEXT MONTH.
PLEASE DO NOT FEEL PRESSURED
FOR TIME.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL
FREE TO KEEP RAISING YOUR
HANDS.
OKAY, WE TURN IT BACK OVER TO
CENTRAL STAFF, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY SO, THE FIFTH ITEM YOU
WILL NOTE IN CHANGES TO THE
PROPOSED BUDGET DEAL WITH THE
PROPOSED INVESTMENT TO
COMMUNITIES, RESEARCH AND
CAPACITY BUILDING, AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO, IN THIS SECTION, WE
WILL TALK THROUGH NOT ONLY THE
DIFFERENT WORK GROUPS AND IDT'S
THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, WE
WILL TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING
STREAMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH THOSE.
THE FIRST THING IS IN THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT CAME OUT
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE MAYOR'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2210, THERE
WERE A VARIETY OF WORKING
GROUPS AND IDT'S THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED.
THAT INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM A
COMMUNITY SAFETY WORKGROUP WITH
IS AN INTERNAL GROUP TO
INTEGRATE COMMUNITY INPUT.
IT DEALS WITH HOW WE SPEND THIS
$100 MILLION PROPOSED FOR AN ACT
AUDIBLE COMMUNITY'S INITIATIVE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES AN EQUITABLE
INVESTMENT TASK FORCE.
úTHIS IS PROPOSED TO BE
COMPRISED OF COMMUNITY LEADERS
FROM THE BLACK INDIGENOUS AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WE PLAN TO ENGAGE WITH
COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE $100
MILLION.
THERE IS A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
IDT.
IT IS INTENDED TO ADVISE
OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF SPD.
THERE IS A JOINT COMMUNITY
SAFETY IDT.
I AM NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR IF THAT
IS THE SAME THING AS ONE OF THE
IDT'S OR IF IT IS A COMBINATION
OR SOMETHING NEW.
THERE IS $2 MILLION PROPOSED IN
HSD FOR THAT JOINT COMMUNITY
SAFETY IDT TO ADVISE ON HOW TO
USE THE $100 MILLION.
THERE IS A FUNCTIONAL TRANSFER
IDT.
THAT IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS OUT OF
SPD.
YOU DISCUSSED THIS YESTERDAY.
IT DEALS WITH MOVING 911 AND
VICTIM ADVOCATES, ALL OF THOSE.
TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO
SEE WHERE ALL OF THOSE GROUPS
LAND, I AM ON PAGE 7 OF THE
MEMO.
THEY ARE ALL BROKEN OUT THAT
WAY.
IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
LOOK AT IT FROM THE LENS OF
AWARE FUNDING LANDS.
AND SO, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
STREAMS OF FUNDING HAVE BEEN
PROPOSED.
AS I MENTIONED, THE $100
MILLION OF THE EQUITABLE
INITIATIVE IS HERE.
THERE IS THE $2 MILLION I
MENTIONED IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS INTENDED TO GO TOWARDS
IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS COMES OUT OF JOINT
COMMUNITY SAFETY, IDT.
THERE IS $500,000 IN THE THIRD
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
IT IS INTENDED TO GO TO THE
DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMING FROM SPD.
THAT IS INTENDED TO GO TO
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RUN BY THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY WORKGROUP.
THERE IS $14 MILLION THAT THE
COUNCIL DISCUSSED OVER THE
SUMMER.
THAT IS INTENDED TO MOVE TOWARD
SERVICES AND CAPACITY BUILDING.
4 MILLION OF THAT IS READY TO
SCALE UP EXISTING SERVICES.
10 MILLION IS AWAITING
COMMUNITY PROCESS IN ORDER TO
DEVELOP A RFP. THERE IS $3
MILLION CURRENTLY WITHIN THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS INTENDED TO GO TOWARDS
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY RESEARCH.
THESE ARE ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT
PROPOSED IN THE 2021 BUDGET OR
THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN PLAY FOR
THIS GROUP OF DIFFERENT LETTER
I LITTERED DT'S OR WORKGROUPS
TO GET INTO.
I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT
WHEN WE GET TO ISSUE ID.
THE INTENT IS TO LAY OUT ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND
FUNDING STREAMS.
IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER
TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYTHING
LANDS.
I AM NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AT THIS
MOMENT.
I WILL GET INTO IT WHEN WE GET
INTO ISSUE ID AS WELL.
>> ARE THERE QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A FEW.
I AM GOING BACK ONE SLIDE.
I THANK YOU FOR THE CHART THAT
SHOWS WHERE FUNDING GOES.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM ON
NUMBER ONE, ON NUMBER THREE,
AND NUMBER FIVE, I DO NOT THE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED.
I SEE HALF 1 MILLION ASSOCIATED
WITH NUMBER TWO.
THIS IS THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
WORKGROUP.
YOU RAISED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW THAT FITS IN.
I SEE 2 MILLION ASSOCIATED WITH
THE JOINT COMMUNITY SAFETY TASK
FORCE.
IS THERE FUNDING ASSOCIATED
WITH ONE, THREE, AND FIVE?
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE
IS FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE
S LETTER THE D FUNCTIONAL
ANALYSIS LETTER I DT.
THOSE TWO ARE INTENDED TO BE,
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER, INTERNAL
TEAMS.
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
ADVISING ON THE TECHNICAL
ASPECTS OF THINGS.
THE FIRST PIECE, THE EQUITABLE
INVESTMENT TASK FORCE, AND THIS
IS WHERE THERE IS CONFUSION
ABOUT WHERE THIS IS THE TASK
FORCE, HOW THAT FITS INTO THE
JOINT COMMUNITY SAFETY IDT.
THAT $2 MILLION IS INTENDED TO
COME FROM THE PIECE AROUND,
EXCUSE ME, THE $2 MILLION IS
ALLOCATED TO THE JOINT
COMMUNITY SAFETY IDT.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR
IMPLEMENTED RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THAT GROUP . I BELIEVE THE
EQUITABLE INVESTMENT TASK FORCE
IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE
PROCESS THAT FIGURES OUT WHAT
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ABOUT
HOW THE $100 MILLION SHOULD BE
SPENT.
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF CLARITY
ABOUT WHAT THE $2 MILLION IS
INTENDED TO DO.
THIS IS CONSIDERING THE
EQUITABLE INVESTMENT TASK
FORCE.
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE $100
MILLION.
THAT DOES PROVIDE A LOT OF
CLARITY.
I THINK THAT THIS IS PART OF
THE ISSUE ID PEACE.
IT IS CONFUSING.
>> YES, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL.
IS THERE ANY MONEY ASSOCIATED
IN THIS BUDGET FOR THE
EQUITABLE INVESTMENT TASK FORCE
TO CONVENE, TO PAY PEOPLE, TO
DO THE RESEARCH?
IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE
$500,000 THAT IS IN THE THIRD
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL THAT THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY WORKGROUP WITH
USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT
TASK FORCE, THAT COULD BE WHAT
THE $500,000 IS FOUR.
IT COULD BE FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
AGAIN, I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE
ABOUT THE CONNECTION THERE.
IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE
FUNDING THAT GOES TOWARDS THAT,
I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE $500,000.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
AND THEN, ON THE NEXT SLIDE
FROM PAGE 8 IN THE MEMO, IT IS
EITHER FOR CENTRAL STAFF OR IT
IS FOR THE COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
CAN WE GET A QUICK STATUS UP
DATE ON THE TWO ITEMS IN THE
$14 MILLION BUCKET THERE?
IT DEALS WITH WHERE WE ARE AT
WITH THE $10 MILLION PROCESS.
WE CAN TRY TO GET THOSE DOLLARS
OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I BELIEVE THAT THE 4 MILLION IS
BEING PROCESSED AND GETTING OUT
THE DOOR.
IF THERE IS AN UPDATE, WE CAN
OFFER IT FOR THE PUBLIC AND
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
THAT 10 MILLION. AN UPDATE ON
THIS MEMO IS ESSENTIALLY DRAWN
FROM THE LETTER THAT CAME FROM
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT WHAT
THE STATUS OF THAT WAS.
IF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE MORE UP
TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT,
THAT WOULD BE WEAR THAT UPDATE
LANDS.
>> FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN.
>> I AM JUST JUMPING IN TO SAY
THAT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET
TIME WITH DIRECT OR JOHNSON FOR
A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IT WOULD BE TO DISCUSS JUST
THIS ISSUE.
MY MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT I HAVE
WITH DIRECTOR JOHNSON WERE
CANCELED BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS.
I WAS LIKE NO, WE CAN STILL
MEET.
WE JUST ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO
TALK ABOUT THE 2021 BUDGET
ISSUES.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE NON-2021
BUDGET ISSUES.
IT IS RELATED TO THE FUNDING
THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED AND 2020.
I AM WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET
CLARITY ON WHAT THE PROCESS IS
FOR GETTING THOSE DOLLARS OUT
THE DOOR.
IT DEALS WITH WHAT THE PROCESS
IS FOR DEVELOPING THE RP IT'S
SELF.
I HAVE BEEN SUGGESTING TO THE
COMMUNITY THAT THEY MIGHT WANT
TO CONSIDER CONVENING
THEMSELVES.
THIS WOULD BE RATHER THAN
WAITING TO BE CONVENED BY THE
CITY.
THEY COULD CONVENE THEMSELVES
AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR WHAT THEY LETTER RP LOOKS
LIKE.
I FEEL A LOT OF ANXIETY AROUND
GETTING THESE $10 MILLION OUT
THE DOOR.
WE ARE A A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM
THAT.
HSD IS MAKING A PROPOSAL.
I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO BRING
THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO
DEVELOP THE RP.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
AND THEN ON THE FIRST LINE,
COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY J. MORALES,
IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES, I AM
INTERESTED IN THE STATUS
UPDATES ON THE $3 MILLION THAT
THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON IT.
I BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL
TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON HOW THE
PROCESS IS GOING.
>> WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO GETTING
A SIGNED CONTRACT AND BEING
ABLE TO GET THAT OUT THE DOOR.
THERE IS A MEETING THIS
AFTERNOON.
IT IS TO GET FINAL APPROVAL
FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
MY DEEP HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GET
THAT ACCOMPLISHED THIS WEEK.
WE CAN GET THAT MONEY OUT THE
DOOR SOON.
>> EXCELLENT.
THAT IS VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT
EFFORT.
IT WOULD BE STILL HELPFUL FOR
ME IF WE HAD SOME FORM OF A
MATRIX LIKE A FLOWCHART.
THIS IS EVEN THOUGH WE DO NOT
FULLY UNDERSTAND WHERE EACH OF
THE ELEMENTS ON PAGE 7 OF THE
MEMO FLOW TOGETHER TO TRY OUR
BEST TO VISUALLY REPRESENT
THAT.
PERHAPS I AM JUMPING AHEAD.
I SEE ALLIE IS ON HERE.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN.
THIS IS VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TO HELP
DISSECT WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE
GOING AND WHAT THE PROPOSED
BODIES ARE.
I THINK VISUALLY, IT MIGHT BE
HELPFUL TO SEE WHERE THAT FLOWS
TOGETHER.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I JUST WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT FOR COUNCIL
MEMBERS THAT THE $14 MILLION,
10 MILLION IN PARTICULAR IS ONE
OF THE PIECES WHERE THE
EXECUTIVE IS MOVING FORWARD.
>> HOLD THAT MICROPHONE RIGHT
UP TO YOUR MOUTH IF YOU CAN.
THAT IS BETTER.
>> I AM HAVING ALL SORTS OF
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES TODAY.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT
I DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BEYOND WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD
DESCRIBED.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY ARE
WITH THE $10 MILLION.
THIS IS THE PIECE OF THE 2020
BUDGET REVISION ORDINANCE THAT
THE EXECUTIVE HAS SAID THEY ARE
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
SPENDING AUTHORIZED BY THE
COUNSEL.
THEY HAVE NOT EXECUTED THE LOAN
IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THOSE
INVESTMENTS.
THAT IS PART OF THE ISSUE WITH
THE STARTING BALLOT FOR THE
2021 PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE
THAT I UNDERSTAND AND I THINK
THE $2 MILLION LISTED HERE IS
PROBABLY NOT MOVING FORWARD.
THE $2 MILLION LISTED HERE IS A
RELIC OF THE COMPROMISE OR THE
ALTERNATIVE BUDGET REVISION
ORDINANCE THAT WAS BEING
CONTEMPLATED PRIOR TO THE
COUNSEL OVER WRITING THE VETO.
THAT $2 MILLION WAS GOING TO GO
TO HSD AND ONE WAS GOING TO GO
TO LEDGE FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MAY BE
A DUPLICATE COULD BE THERE FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD,
COMMENTS FROM YOU?
>> AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY
TO THIS ISSUE, THE FACT THAT
THE INTERFUND LOAN HAS NOT BEEN,
IT HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED PER
THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
WE HAVE GOT A $14 MILLION HOLE
IN THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET. I
AM ASSUMING THAT IS IDENTIFIED
IN THE ISSUE ID WITH SOME
SOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE JUST NOT
GOTTEN TO YET.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD,
THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE
INFORMATION ON THE GENERAL FUND
BALANCING PROCESS LAST WEEK.
THERE WERE SOME OPTIONS THAT
WERE IDENTIFIED.
WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE
BUDGET SHARE AND ALL OF YOU TO
HELP ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
ONE STRATEGY IS THAT THESE ARE
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY THAT
YOU COULD CONSIDER USING A
PORTION OF THE PROPOSED $100
MILLION, PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR
TO SUPPORT THE INVESTMENTS THAT
WERE ALREADY COMMITTED TO BY
THE COUNSEL.
THIS IS ONE STRATEGY.
WE CAN TALK OFF-LINE ABOUT
ADDITIONAL ONES.
>> THANK YOU, I AM REALLY
INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING THIS
ISSUE.
I AM STRUGGLING WITH THE
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ADDRESSING
IT.
AT FIRST, I WAS SORT OF LIKE
OKAY, WELL, IF THE MAYOR IS
SAYING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
GET THE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR,
THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE
NOT TAKEN ALONE.
I CAN IMAGINE A SITUATION WHERE
THEY COULD SAY, THEY COULD WORK
WITH COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY WHAT
THE CONTRACT SHOULD SAY. THIS
IS IN THE CASE OF ITEM 4. THERE
IS THE $4 MILLION ITEM.
THEY COULD WORK WITH COMMUNITY
TO DEVELOP THE RFP.
THEY COULD AT SOME POINT, WHEN
IT COMES TIME TO START FUNDING,
THEY COULD MAKE THE DOLLARS
FLOW.
I COULD SEE A SITUATION WHERE
THEY MIGHT SAY THAT THE COUNSEL
DID NOT MAKE THE DOLLARS
AVAILABLE.
I AM FEELING MUCH MORE
MOTIVATED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
AND, DO WE KNOW IF THERE HAS
EVER BEEN A SITUATION IN RECENT
HISTORY WHERE THE MAYOR HAS
PROPOSED AN UNBALANCED BUDGET?
>> I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT.
I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES HERE IS TO HAVE THE
COUNCIL TAKE UP THE VETO.
IT DEALS WITH WHEN THE BUDGET
OFFICE WAS SENDING THE BUDGET,
THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSMITTING THE
BUDGET TO THE COUNSEL.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT.
I SEE THAT THE DIRECTOR HAS
JOINED US.
HE MAY HAVE MORE TO ADD HERE.
>> EXCUSE ME, THANK YOU ALLIE.
THE IDEA THAT THE MONEY IS
GOING TO BEGIN TO FLOW, I THINK
THAT IS THE IMPORTANT ONE.
I DO NOT THINK IT IS LIKELY
THAT THE $10 MILLION IS GOING
TO BE SPENT BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR.
IT SEEMS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO ME
THAT THE RFP PROCESS WOULD TAKE
UP ENOUGH TIME THAT THERE WOULD
NOT BE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF
DAYS, WEEKS, AND MONTHS LEFT IN
2024 ALL OF THE MONEY TO BE
SPENT.
THERE COULD BE A COMMITMENT TO
SPEND THE FUNDS.
THAT COMMITMENT COULD HAVE, YOU
KNOW, IT COULD TAKE SHAPE AND
BE FORMED IN A BINDING
CONTRACT.
THAT WOULD TAKE SOME PORTION OF
2021.
THIS COULD ACTUALLY SPEND THE
DOLLARS.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS A
PROBLEM WITH BALANCING THE
BUDGET, THERE IS THE COMMITMENT
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN
2020.
THEN IN 2021, THERE IS THE
ACTUAL CASH PROBLEM.
ALLIE MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE
STRATEGIES THAT WAS IDENTIFIED
IN AN EARLIER ISSUE ID SESSION
WAS TO ESSENTIALLY ALLOCATE A
PORTION OF THE $100 MILLION
THAT THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED.
ANOTHER PROPOSED SOLUTION TO
THE PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED MIGHT BE TO
AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL
INTERFUND LOAN.
THIS WOULD CERTAINLY NEED TO BE
REPAID AT SOME POINT.
YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD HAVE TO
HAPPEN IN 2022.
THAT AND BEYOND WOULD BE THE
TIME TO REGAIN THE INTERFUND
LOAN.
THAT WOULD AT LEAST PROVIDE A
BUDGET THAT IS FULLY BALANCING
THE ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES
WITH REASONABLY ANTICIPATED
REVENUES.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE MAYOR
MAY CHOOSE NOT TO AGAIN, TAKE
THE INTERFUND LOAN THAT HAS
BEEN AUTHORIZED.
THAT IS MERELY PROVIDING AN
AUTHORIZATION.
SHE HAS TO CHOOSE WHAT TO DO
WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.
THE BUDGET WOULD BE BALANCED IN
ANY EVENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL. AMY, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE
QUICK THING RELATED TO THE $4
MILLION.
WE DID HEAR FROM HSD THIS
MORNING THAT RATHER THAN ISSUE
A RFP FOR THE $4 MILLION TO
EXPAND SERVICES, WHAT THEY
WOULD PREFER TO DO IS TO
CONTRACT WITH EXISTING
PROVIDERS.
THIS IS SO THAT THEY CAN GET
THOSE FUNDS OUT MORE QUICKLY.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT
ONE VERY SMALL POINT.
>> THANK YOU AMY FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS A HELPFUL POINT FOR US
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND
THAT AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE CHIME
IN.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS PART OF THE
INTENT AS WELL, THIS IS WITH
EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS WHO DO
GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION
STRATEGIES WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO
SCALE THAT UP.
IS THAT CORRECT COUNCIL
MEMBERS?
I CAN SEE COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD NODDING.
>> THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, IS
THAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR SOME
SORT OF CLARIFICATION FROM US.
THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE DOES
REFERRED TO AN ABBREVIATED RFP
PROCESS.
IT REFERS TO AN ABBREVIATED RFP
PROCESS THAT IS INTENDED TO
ONLY BE USED TO SCALE UP THE
FUNDING OF CURRENTLY CONTRACTED
ORGANIZATIONS.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THEY
NEED SOME SORT OF A GREEN LIGHT
FROM US BEFORE FINALIZING THESE
CONTRACTS?
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION FROM
TALKING TO FOLKS IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT THEY WERE AT THE
CONTRACT EXPANSION SIGNING
POINT.
>> YES, I THINK THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT
IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IS A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
IS REPRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE.
THIS IS SO THAT THERE IS NO
CONFUSION ABOUT THAT.
>> OKAY, THIS HAS BEEN VERY
HELPFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
PATIENCE OF CENTRAL STAR.
WE WALKED THROUGH THESE VARIOUS
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT
ON THIS BASE LEVEL
UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY MEMO.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE NOW INTO
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION.
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO
YOU.
>> I PRESENT TO YOU THE NEXT
SLIDE.
THE FIRST ISSUE WE ARE LOOKING
AT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
AS WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH
THE MEMO.
IT IS THE DECISION ABOUT WHAT
AND HOW TO FUND THESE DIFFERENT
INTERCEPTS.
WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL
AVAILABLE SERVICES.
IT CAME DOWN TO DIVIDING THIS
INTO THREE SEPARATE CATEGORIES.
FIRST, IT DEALS WITH WHAT IS
THE APPROPRIATE FUNCTION OF
GOVERNMENT COMPARED TO THE
FUNCTION OF COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES?
WITH IN THE APPROPRIATE SCOPE
YOU DECIDE THE GOVERNMENTAL
FUNCTION IS, WHAT IS THE
APPROPRIATE SCOPE OF WHAT
SHOULD BE HANDLED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT?
WHAT SHOULD BE HANDLED BY
NONLAW ENFORCEMENT?
WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHAT
SHOULD BE HANDLED BY SWORN
OFFICERS AND WHAT SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED BY NON-SWORN
OFFICERS?
AND SO, LAID OUT IN TABLE ONE,
A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES
EXIST.
YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING IN OTHER
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS,
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE SCOPE OF
THINGS LIKE THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
ALL OF THOSE REALLY ARE WHAT
THIS ISSUE ID IS REALLY ABOUT.
WE PLAYED OUT A COUPLE GENERAL
OPTIONS FOR WHAT YOU CAN DO.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE LIST.
THE FIRST OPTION WOULD BE TO
EXPAND INTERCEPTS ZERO
SERVICES, COMMUNITY SERVICES,
IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT THE
NEED FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY
NEED TO CALL 911.
THIS WOULD DECREASE THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVENTUAL
COLLISION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE SECOND OPTION B WOULD BE TO
EXPAND INTERCEPTS .5 SERVICES.
WE ARE INCREASING THE
GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSE TO 911.
THIS IS AGAIN WHERE HEALTH ONE
MIGHT FIT IN.
THIS WOULD EXPAND RESPONSES SO
THAT WE ARE AVOIDING THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.
AND THEN THERE IS OPTION C.
THIS WOULD BE TO EXPAND THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.
THIS IS WITH THOSE RESPONSES
THAT ARE PAIRED WITH CRISIS
RESPONSE.
IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY
DECREASE WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESPONDED TO A CALL BUT IT
COULD MITIGATE POTENTIAL HARM
FROM HAVING LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESPOND.
THE NEXT OPTION D WOULD BE TO
TAKE NO ACTION, IT WOULD BE TO
ADOPT THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED BY
THE MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, I
ALSO OFFER THE POTENTIAL OPTION
OF LETTER E. THIS IS SOME
COMBINATION OF A, B, C. THESE
ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE THAT ON THE RADAR AS WELL.
WE NEED VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
THIS COULD FIT IN WITH A, B, OR
C. WE CAN THINK ABOUT A
COMBINATION.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY
TO OPTION A, OR OPTION LETTER
E, SINCE IT WOULD INCLUDE A; I
WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THE
LEADER DEFINES ITSELF AS AN
INTERCEPTS 0 SERVICE.
THIS IS NOT THE SORT OF HYBRID
BETWEEN 0 AND 1. THEY ARE
TAKING REFERRALS FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
THAT IS THE WAY THE MODELS WORK.
THEY RECEIVE, THEY MIGHT,
HISTORICALLY, THEY MIGHT HAVE
HAD SPD APPROVE THE REFERRALS.
THEY ARE RECEIVING REFERRALS
BOTH FROM OFFICERS IN THE FIELD
AND FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REQUIRE,
THERE IS NOT A NECESSITY TO
CALL THE POLICE FOR A SERVICE
IN ORDER TO GET THE SERVICES,
THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES AND
INTERCEPT 0 SERVICE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, DID YOU HAVE
A COMMENT?
>> I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT, AS I
AM FORESHADOWING ISSUE NUMBER
THREE.
THIS IS WITH THE RSJI LENDS.
IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR
DECISIONS USING THE FRAMEWORK
AND FOCUSING ON ANTIRACIST
PRINCIPLES, THEN IN MY MIND, WE
NEED TO INVEST THE BULK OF THAT
TO GO TOWARD LETTER A OR B. WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
MOVING AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM
INCREASING INVESTMENT IN
SOMETHING THAT WOULD INVOLVE
ENGAGEMENT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, I SEE NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS.
LET'S DO ISSUE NUMBER TWO.
THIS IS ON PAGE 9 OF THE MEMO.
>> HELLO AGAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ISSUE NUMBER TWO IS HELP ONE
EXPANSION.
IN THE 2021 BUDGET, THERE WOULD
BE 571,000 ADDED TO THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THIS WOULD SUPPORT AN
ADDITIONAL TEAM AND EXPAND
OPERATING HOURS AND GEOGRAPHIC
COVERAGE.
ONE THING I WILL NOTE IS THAT
THIS 575,000 WOULD BE IN
ADDITION TO THE 400,000 THAT IS
ALREADY FUNDING THE UNIT.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD SAY THAT
THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL ISSUES
FOR CONSIDERATION.
FIRST, COUNSEL MAKE CONSIDER
REQUESTING THAT THE SCOPE OF
SKULLS BE EXPANDED.
CURRENTLY, THE DISPATCH
COMPLETES PRIMARY 911 SCREENING
AND THEY WERE ATTEND A MAJORITY
OF WELLNESS CHECKS AND
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS.
SPD HAS A LIMITED NUMBER OF
CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS TO
RESPOND TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CALLS.
HEALTH ONE PROVIDES AN
ADDITIONAL RESOURCE FOR
WELLNESS CHECKS AND BEHAVIORAL
CALLS THAT DO NOT INVOLVE SWORN
OFFICERS.
IN CONTRAST, OTHER CITIES LIKE
EUGENE OREGON DEAL WITH CRISIS
ASSISTANCE HELPING OUT ON THE
STREETS.
THEY ARE KNOWN AS CAHOOTS.
THEY DEAL WITH NONVIOLENT
SITUATIONS WITH A BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CLIENT.
THE PROPOSAL WILL EXPAND
NONPOLICE 911 ALTERNATIVES.
THIS OVERLAPS WITH WORK FUNDED
BY COUNCIL THAT DEALS WITH
BUDGET REBALANCING.
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
CAN EXPLORE HOW TO SCALE A
RESPONSE SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY
RESOURCES NECESSARY TO
ACCOMPLISH WORK.
IN SEVERAL OF THE CITY'S
PREVIOUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
SESSIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM, PARTICIPANTS
HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THE CITY
NEEDED TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY-
BASED SOLUTIONS.
ONE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE
CITY PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND CULTURAL
COMPETENCE IN BOTH PROGRAM
DESIGN AND OPERATION.
AS THE PROCESS IS ADOPTED IN
THE BEGINNING STAGES, IT IS
UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT WHETHER
OR TO WHAT EXPAND EXPANDING
HEALTH ONE WILL ALIGN WITH THE
PROPOSALS THAT WILL BE
GENERATED BY THE COMMUNITY
PROCESS.
ADDITIONALLY, IF THE
COUNCILMEMBER WANTS TO INITIATE
AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL BASED ON
RECOMMENDATIONS, DOING SO MAY
BE COME MORE CHALLENGES IF THE
CITY IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO
EXPANDING THE MODEL.
WITH THAT, WE PLAYED OUT THREE
OPTIONS.
OPTION LETTER A WOULD BE TO
APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO
EXPAND HEALTH ONE WHILE ADDING
AND RESTRICTING FUNDS UNTIL THE
EXECUTIVE REVAMPS THE PROTOCOL.
OPTION B WOULD BE TO SET ASIDE
THE PROPOSED FUNDING AND
GENERAL RESERVES UNTIL THE
COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS REPORT
ON RECOMMENDATIONS.
ACTION C WOULD BE NO ACTION AND
TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AS
IT WAS LAID OUT BY THE MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CARLOS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WALKING
THROUGH THE PROPOSALS IN FRONT
OF US AND ALSO I THINK THIS
COMPLEMENTS THE CONFIRMATION
THAT WE HAD ABOUT 45 MINUTES
AGO.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING
TO THIS.
I THINK THAT THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR AN US NOT TO SEE
THIS AS AN EITHER OR BUT AN
INTERIM AS WE RAMP UP SOME OF
THOSE MORE COMMUNITY DRIVEN
RESPONSE MODELS.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE RIGHT NOW
THAT IF WE DO NOT RAMP UP
HEALTH ONE, THIS IS A MODEL
THAT IS READY TO BE HELD BE
BROUGHT TO SCALE AT A QUICKER
PACE.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE
OUR PERSONNEL SHOW UP WHERE WE
COULD HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH
CASE MANAGER SHOWING UP WITH
THE PUBLIC HEALTH LENDS.
THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO DO THE
WORK NOW.
I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION
THAT WE JUST HAD AND I WOULD
LIKE TO ADD TO SOMETHING THAT I
THINK GREG AND CARLOS AND AMY,
YOU ALL WERE FLAGGING THIS.
THIS IS POTENTIALLY THAT WE
COULD CHANGE THE PROTOCOL
WITHIN 911 TO TRIGGER THE CALLS
TO HEALTH ONE TO BE MORE
RESPONSIVE TO CALLS THAT THEY
ARE NOT CURRENTLY GETTING
DISPATCHED TO.
INSTEAD OF IMPROVISING AS ONE
ARTICULATES, WE COULD
APPROPRIATE FUNDS AND AT
PROTOCOL OR POLICY TO BOTH
CREATE A MORE I DO NOT KNOW,
ACCURATE USE OF THE 911 SYSTEMS
FOR DEPLOYING HEALTH ONE AND
ALSO COUPLE THIS WITH ONE OF
THE FORMULAS THAT IS COMING UP
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS TO
INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AT
911 TO HELP TRIAGE CALLS.
I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THAT TO
FOLKS.
I WOULD NOT WANT US TO HAVE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALLS, I AM
SORRY.
ELDER NEGLECT CALLS, THINGS
LIKE THAT, THEY COULD HAVE
SWORN PERSONNEL, WE HAVE SUCH
AN INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT SHOWS
UP.
I THINK PERHAPS, A PROTOCOL FOR
A 911 DISPATCH MIGHT BE A NICE
ADDITION THEREFORE AN OPTION.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN AND
ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS ON THIS.
THIS IS BASED ON MY ENGAGEMENT
WITH HEALTH ONE. IT DEALS WITH
STUDYING SOME OF THESE OTHER
SYSTEMS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
RAISED TO ME WHICH WAS
INTERESTING IS THAT IT WOULD
NOT NECESSARILY BE MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY
ENVISIONING PROCESS TO SCALE UP
HEALTH ONE THEN TO ALSO DECIDE
THAT WE WANT TO INVEST IN
SIMILAR LOW ACUITY PROVIDER-
BASED RESPONSES.
HEALTH ONE CHICK FROM MY
CONVERSATION CAN BE DEALT WITH
A MODEL LIKE THAT.
HEALTH ONE COULD ARRIVE AND
FLAG A CALL AS BEING MORE
APPROPRIATE FOR LIKE A.D.
SC BASE.
THIS COULD BE A FIRST RESPONSE
OR EVEN VICE VERSA.
THERE COULD BE WAYS TO DEVELOP
THE SCOPE OF WORK.
THIS COULD ALSO INVEST IN A
SYSTEM LIKE THAT.
THEY ARE SUPER AVAILABLE TO IT.
I DO NOT THINK THAT IT WOULD
UNDULY COMMIT US TOO MUCH TO
INVEST NOW IN SCALING UP
SOMETHING THAT IS READY TO BE
SCALED UP AND CAN ALLEVIATE
REAL HARM IN THE COMMUNITY.
I DO NOT THINK IN THIS BUDGET
CYCLE, WE SHOULD TAKE A PASS ON
BEING ABLE TO EXPAND A SERVICE
THAT CAN ALLEVIATE VERY REAL
HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE CITY.
I THINK THAT IT COULD ALSO BE
HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY
VISIONING PROCESS TO PROVIDE
THIS AS A DATA POINT AT
SOMETHING THEY CAN LOOK AT ON
WHAT THE IMPACT AND EFFECT OF
THE SCALE OF THIS HAD AND
RECOMMENDING HOW TO IMPROVE IT.
I AGREE WITH ALL OF THE
SENTIMENT YOU JUST EXPRESSED
AND I WANTED TO ADD MY SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> THIS GETS BACK TO MY EARLIER
REQUEST OF THE CURRENT STAFFING
UNDER HEALTH ONE, DO WE HAVE AN
ESTIMATE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF
911 CALLS?
HOW MANY CAN BE DIVERTED?
DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW
MUCH THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
EXPANSION WOULD INCREASE THAT
PERCENTAGE OF DIVERSION FROM
TRADITIONAL 911 RESPONSE.
YOU KNOW, THIS BUDGET DOES
INCLUDE AN EXPANSION.
IT EXCLUDES AN EXPANSION OF
HEALTH ONE.
I GUESS BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
EXPANDING IT EVEN FURTHER BEYOND
WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET, I WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT
BETTER OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF
THE ABILITY OF ADDITIONAL
EXPANSIONS TO MEET OUR SHARED
GOALS HERE ON THE COUNSEL.
I AM ALSO WONDERING IF THERE
MIGHT BE OTHER DISCIPLINES,
CRISIS RESPONSE DISCIPLINES THAT
WE WANT TO FOCUS OUR RESOURCES
ON.
THIS IS BEYOND WHAT THE HEALTH
ONE RESPONSE CAN CURRENTLY
PROVIDE.
THIS IS AS IT RELATES TO A
HEALTH RESPONSE OR POTENTIALLY
IN THE FUTURE, MORE OF A MENTAL
HEALTH RESPONSE.
I THINK THERE ARE OTHER CRISIS
RESPONSE DISCIPLINES THAT MIGHT
BE MORE IMPORTANT TO WORK ON
INVESTING AND TRYING TO CONNECT
2911.
I WOULD BE REALLY, I WOULD
REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING A
LITTLE BIT MORE DATA ABOUT THE
CURRENT HEALTH ONE PROGRAM AND
THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT THEY
TAKE AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE
UNDER THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
EXPANSION.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO COMPILE
ALL OF THAT AND SEND THAT OUT
TO YOU ALL.
I DO NOT THINK WE HAVE IT IN AN
EASILY DIGESTIBLE FORMAT.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY J. MORALES,
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
>> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO
THE BRIDAL POINT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD IS
MAKING.
THERE IS A LOT ON THE TABLE
HERE.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE
CAUTIOUS OR JUST AWARE OF THE
FACT THAT YOU KNOW, THESE ALL
HAVE BROAD OUTCOMES AND THE
BIGGER GOAL OR THE LONGER-TERM
OUTCOME IS BETTER SAFETY, YOU
KNOW, VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND
THE POLICYMAKING THAT WE ARE
DOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
IT IS GOING TO HAVE SOME LONG-
TERM EFFECTS FOR FOLKS.
I JUST, I APPRECIATE WHAT THE
COUNCILMEMBER IS SAYING.
AS WE ARE MAKING THESE
DECISIONS, WE SHOULD NOT BE
MAKING THEM ON INDIVIDUAL
PROGRAMS NECESSARILY BUT ON
WHAT THEY MEAN FOR THE BIGGER
LONG-TERM OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR.
>> OKAY, EXCELLENT.
LET'S KEEP MOVING.
EXCUSE ME, WE ARE MOVING TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS ISSUE NUMBER THREE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE
POTENTIAL DUPLICATION OF
COMMUNITY EFFORTS AROUND
ENGAGEMENT AND RESEARCH.
AND SO AS I HAVE MENTIONED,
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
CHANGES TO THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF
WORKGROUPS, THERE ARE A VARIETY
OF IDT.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT APPROACHES
TO DISINVESTMENT IN THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
ALL OF THAT HAS MADE CLEAR THAT
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE
VALUES THAT ARE UNDERLYING WHAT
THE PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN.
IT IS NOT ONLY A DIFFERENCE IN
THE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE
GOVERNING THESE PROPOSALS BUT
ALSO, IT IS UNDERSTANDING AND
ANALYSIS OF DIVERSITY VERSUS
ANTIRACISM.
IT IS ABOUT THE ROLE OF
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN
ANALYSIS AND DECISION-MAKING.
AND SO, FOR CONTEXT, I WOULD
LIKE TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF
THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE COME UP
IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND HOW
COUNSEL HAS ATTEMPTED TO GET US
TO A PLACE OF MORE ALIGNED
VALUES AND PRINCIPLES AND HOW
THAT HAS GOTTEN US TO THE
ANALYSIS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
TODAY.
SO DELIBERATIONS REGARDING THE
2019 PROPOSED BUDGET, ONE OF
THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP WAS THAT
THERE WERE NOT ANY VALUES OR
PRINCIPLES THAT WERE HOLDING
TOGETHER ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
INITIATIVES, FUNDING, WORKGROUPS
THAT WERE FORMED ACROSS THE
CITY INTENDED TO ADDRESS EITHER
CRIME PREVENTION OR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE GENERALLY, THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM.
AND SO WHAT PROMPTED THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM ALIGNMENT
PROJECT THAT CARLOS AND ANOTHER
INDIVIDUAL ARE RUNNING IS THIS
CONCERN.
THE IDEA WAS TO LOOK AT ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE
ARE DOING AS A CITY AND COME
TOGETHER BY CENTERING THEM IN
ANTIRACIST PRINCIPLES SO THAT
WE CAN ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THIS IS WITHOUT LOOKING AT WE
ALREADY HAVE.
THIS SPRING FROM
RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT OF
THE 2018 REPORT FROM THE
REENTRY WORK GROUP.
THAT WORK GROUP WAS
COMMISSIONED TO PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT
INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE
REENTERING SOCIETY AFTER BEING
INCARCERATED.
ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS
WAS TO HAVE ALL OF THE
BRANCHES, ALL FOUR BRANCHES OF
THE CITY GOVERNMENT WORK
TOGETHER TO BUILD A STRATEGY.
THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS
ALIGNED AND WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
THAT WAS THE FORMATION OF THAT
PROJECT.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS
CURRENTLY UNDER WAY.
AND, THE OTHER THING THAT CAME
UP DURING THE 2019 PROPOSED
BUDGET WAS A CALL TO DEFEND
PROBATION.
AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT CALL,
THE CONSUL ADDED $1.8 MILLION
TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS TO SUPPORT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE
RESEARCHING AND STANDING UP
ALTERNATIVES TO THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM.
THE FUNDING WAS SPECIFIED BY
THE COUNCIL TO GO TO
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE FOCUSED
ON ACHIEVING HEALTH AND
RECONCILIATION.
THIS IS ADDRESSING THE HARM
DONE BY THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
I NOTE THAT THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET CUTS THESE FUNDS.
THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE
ONGOING FUNDS.
THIS WAS WHEN THEY WERE ADDED
TO THE BUDGET IN 2020.
I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE, THE 2020
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDED A
VARIETY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE HIGH BARRIER INDIVIDUALS
WORK GROUP.
THIS WAS A WORK GROUP INTENDED
TO COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS
ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS UTILIZES
OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
AND THOSE PROPOSALS WERE TO
FUND ENHANCED SHELTERS AT THE
KING COUNTY JAIL, PROVIDE A
COUNTY ATTORNEY TO THE
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AS
PLACE A RAPID REENTRY CONNECTOR
IN THE JAIL AND START A HIGH
BARRIER PROBATION PROGRAM.
DURING COUNSEL'S DISCUSSIONS,
THEY EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT
THE LATTER THREE PROPOSALS.
EVERYBODY WAS IN AGREEMENT THAT
THE SHELTER IS ALWAYS A GOOD
THING.
THE LATTER THREE PROPOSALS,
THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT TO
THESE.
THE CONCERNS WERE ESSENTIALLY
THAT THESE PROPOSALS CAME UP
THAT WERE FORMED BY THE WORKER.
THEY WERE NOT DONE IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE ALIGNMENT
WORK THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
THAT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN
COUNSEL AND THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS.
IT WAS NOT CLEAR HOW THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BASED ON
VALUES AND PRINCIPLES AS
BROUGHT UP BY THE RANCHER
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THE COUNCIL ENDED UP
CUTTING THE FUNDS FOR THE
PROBATION PROGRAM, MOVING THOSE
TO SUPPORT ALIGNMENT WORK, THE
ALIGNMENT PROJECT, THIS WAS AN
ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS TAKING
PLACE THERE.
THEY ALSO PUT RESTRICTIONS ON
THE VARIOUS AREAS.
THE FUNDS FOR THE RAPID REENTRY
CONNECTOR AND THE CASE
CONFERENCING ATORNEY WERE ON
IMPROVISED UNTIL THE EXECUTIVE
CAME BACK WITH AMONG OTHER
THINGS, A RACIAL INEQUITY
ANALYSIS.
THIS DEALT WITH HOW THE
PROPOSAL IS ALIGNED WITH THE
CITY'S PROPOSAL.
IN THIS YEAR'S OFFICE BUDGET,
THE THIRD ORDER SUPPLEMENTAL,
IT CUTS THE FUNDS FOR THE
REENTRY CONNECTOR AND THE CASE
CONFERENCING ATTORNEY.
THERE WAS NEVER ENDING ANALYSIS
THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE
COUNCIL ABOUT HOW THOSE
PROPOSALS MET WITH THE RACIAL
EQUITY PRINCIPLES.
THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING
TOWARDS TRYING TO GET ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE
SPREAD ACROSS DIFFERENT CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES OF
GOVERNMENT TO ALIGN.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE ROOTED IN EQUITY
PRINCIPLES.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT PAGE 11
OF YOUR MEMO, I HAVE LISTED OUT
THE WAYS IN WHICH THE
PRINCIPLES CAN BE APPLIED TO
CITY GOVERNMENTS.
I WILL NOT READ THEM ALL TO YOU.
THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY ABOUT
HONORING RACIAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZING AND THEY ARE ABOUT
RESPECTING AND VALUING
COMMUNITY, COMMUNITIES MOST
IMPACTED.
THEY ARE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
THE CITY UNDERSTANDS ITS ROLE
IN HOW IT AFFECTS COMMUNITIES
MOST IMPACTED THROUGH ITS
INSTITUTIONAL POWER.
IT DEALS WITH MAKING SURE THE
CITY IS ACCOUNTABLE TO ITSELF
WHEN PERPETUATING HARM.
ALL OF THIS HAS PROVIDED
INFORMATION.
IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT THE
PROPOSALS THAT ARE COMING OUT
ABOUT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS,
ABOUT THIS $100 MILLION EQUITY
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE, ABOUT
THE TASK FORCE THAT IS INTENDED
TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FUNDING
GOES, IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT ANY
OF THAT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY A
RACIAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS.
IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT THERE HAS
BEEN THE KIND OF SELF-
EXAMINATION ABOUT HOW THE CITY
AS AN INSTITUTION THAT IS
PERPETUATING STRUCTURAL RACISM
MAY BE DOING FURTHER HARM TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
SO AS AN EXAMPLE, I WILL TAKE
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020.
WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER.
THAT IS THE PIECE THAT LAID OUT
ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WORK
GROUPS AND IET'S.
WITHIN THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER
ITSELF, THERE ARE ALREADY SOME
DUPLICATION IN TERMS OF THE
TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE
DIFFERENT IDT'S, IN TERMS OF
THE QUESTIONS THEY ARE TRYING
TO ANSWER.
IT DEALS WITH THE ENGAGEMENT
THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN
COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE EIGHT AND ASSUMPTIONS
THAT DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
THE NEED TO LOOK FOUNDATIONAL
HE AT WHETHER THE THINGS THAT
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS ASKING
IS ROOTED IN RACIAL EQUITY
PRINCIPLES.
IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS AND WHAT
THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING
VERSUS WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED,
THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY
CONSISTENCY IN THE SENSE THAT
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS A
COMMUNITY PROCESS TO ALLOCATE
THE $10 MILLION THAT THE
COUNCIL WAS JUST DISCUSSING.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE $3
MILLION THAT IS INTENDED TO GO
TO A RESEARCH PROJECT, DEALING
WITH COUNTY EQUITY ANALYSIS,
THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS A SEPARATE POT OF FUNDING
THAT IS GOING THROUGH THIS
PARTICULAR PROCESS.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE
CUTTING $1.8 MILLION IN FUNDING
IN THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
THAT WAS INTENDED TO GO TOWARDS
RESEARCH.
THIS WAS THE SAME KINDS OF
RESEARCH THAT THE EXECUTIVES
WERE PROPOSING TO DO THROUGH
THIS TASK FORCE AND EXCUSE ME,
THE OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
ISSUES.
úTHERE IS NOT THE CONSISTENCY
THAT WE ARE CUTTING THESE FUNDS
FOR A PARTICULAR REASON.
THAT ONE POINT ZERO 8 MILLION
HAS BEEN SUPPORTING
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
DOING THE WORK.
IN ADDITION, THE SOURCE OF THE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IS NOT
ENTIRELY CLEAR.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT IT
COMES FROM THE JUMPSTART
FUNDING PLAN THAT IS INTENDED
TO GO TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THE MONEY WAS INTENDED TO GO
TOWARD COMMUNITIES AT RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
THESE ARE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THOSE CUTS ARE UNCLEAR ABOUT
HOW THEY BALANCE OUT WITH THE
$100 MILLION THAT ARE BEING
PROPOSED IN THIS YEAR'S OFFICE
BUDGET.
I USE THESE EXAMPLES TO POINT
OUT THE LACK OF COMPREHENSIVE
ANALYSIS.
THIS DEALS WITH WHAT THE
DIFFERENT PARTS OF FUNDING ARE
DOING.
ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS WITHIN
THE CITY AND THE ANSWERS THAT
WE HAVE FROM THE COMMUNITY ARE
RELEVANT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE
BEFORE MOVING FORWARD AND
LOOKING AT ANY NEW COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT THAT IS COMING FROM
THE EXECUTIVE PROPOSAL.
THIS LOOKS AT HOW USING THIS
$100 MILLION COULD BE A SOURCE
OF HARM FOR COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
THE SENSE OF URGENCY AROUND
ADDRESING THESE PROBLEMS IS A
GOOD THING.
IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR THAT
THE EVENTS OF 2020 HAVE LED TO
AN UNDERSTANDING OF A RSJI LENS
AND RACIAL EQUITY PRINCIPAL.
THIS MIGHT INFORM HOW ACTING ON
THE SENSE OF URGENCY WITHOUT A
FOR UNDERSTANDING OF CITY
GOVERNMENT PROCESS AWAITS
STRUCTURAL RACISM COULD FURTHER
HARM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND SO, I NOTE THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THE FOUNDATION OF THE
PRINCIPAL ABOUT RESPECTING AND
SHOWING UP FOR COMMUNITIES
ORGANIZING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE,
THAT WOULD MEAN LEARNING AND
TAKING THE LEAD FROM ANTIRACIST
COMMUNITIES.
THE CITY'S EFFORT IS BORN OF
THE WORK THAT ALL OF THESE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
ANTIRACIST COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
HAS BEEN DOING FOR ALL OF THESE
YEARS.
AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS
ALL OF THE WORK THAT PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN DOING OUTSIDE OF CITY
GOVERNMENT, IT IS ALL OF THE
WAYS THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN
CREATING SAFETY FOR THEMSELVES.
ALL OF THE WORK HAS BEEN
HAPPENING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE THE CITY
DECIDED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT
IS ALSO CAUSING HARM AND
DECIDED TO TAKE ACTION THIS
YEAR.
AND SO, SOMEBODY RECENTLY USED
THE TERM, THE COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN TALKING FOR A VERY LONG
TIME.
THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED
TO START LISTENING AND DOING
SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
AND SO, ONE, IT IS NOT CLEAR,
EXCUSE ME, THESE EFFORTS TO
ENGAGE COMMUNITY AND TO GET ALL
OF THESE INPUTS ARE NECESSARILY
COMPLEMENTARY, RATHER
DUPLICATIVE.
I WILL WRAP THIS UP BY SAYING
THAT IF WE DO NOT TO RACIAL
EQUITY ANALYSIS OR A RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT BEFORE MOVING
FORWARD WITH ALL OF THIS, WE
WILL NOT KNOW WHETHER THE
ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN
ARE HARMFUL TO COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PIT THESE
COMMUNITIES AGAINST EACH OTHER
IF WE ARE NOT ASKING QUESTIONS
TO DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO.
AND SO, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AT
THE END OF A RACIAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS, THE CITY WOULD CHOOSE
TO TAKE THE EXACT SAME ACTIONS
THAT IT IS PROPOSING RIGHT NOW.
WE WOULD BE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT
IT IS THAT THOSE ACTIONS ARE
DOING AND HOW RACIAL EQUITY AND
POWER IS PLAYING A ROLE IN THE
DECISIONS THAT THE CITY MAKES.
WITHOUT A RACIAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
WE ARE CONTINUING TO PERPETUATE
RACISM BUT JUST CLOAKED IN THE
LANGUAGE OF ANTIRACISM AND
EQUITY.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE LAID
OUT A COUPLE OPTIONS.
AS I MENTIONED, THESE ARE
NEITHER MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE OR A
COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL OF
THE THINGS THAT COUNSEL COULD
DO.
THE FIRST OPTION, OPTION A
WOULD BE TO PROVIDE SOME
FUNDING THAT I PREVIOUSLY
DISCUSSED.
IT WOULD BE THE 100 MILLION,
THE $500,000 FOR THE THREE
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL.
IT COULD BE THE $2 MILLION THAT
HSD.
THIS WILL BE UNTIL THE
COMMITTEE HAS COMPLETED A
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT OR
ANALYSIS, AT LEAST, ABOUT THE
SOURCE OF THE REVENUE USED FOR
THE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS THE
PROCESS OF ALLOCATION AND WHAT
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS.
SOMETIMES TOOLKITS CAN TAKE A
LONG TIME.
THEY CAN BE INTENSIVE
PROCESSES.
AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING SO MUCH IN
2020 ABOUT THE RACIAL EQUITY
OUTCOMES AND THE WAYS IN WHICH
THE CITY AS A GOVERNMENTAL
INSTITUTIONS PERPETUATES RACIAL
EQUITY, EXCUSE ME, RACISM, NOT
RACIAL EQUITY.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS
ANALYSIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE
AND IT HAS NOT BEEN SHARED.
OPTION B WOULD BE TO NOT
ALLOCATE THE FUNDING FOR THE
$100 MILLION, THE 500,000, OR
THE $2 MILLION.
IT WOULD DEAL WITH RE-
APPROPRIATE THEM IN A WAY THAT
REFLECTS PRIORITIES.
OPTION C WOULD BE TO RESTORE
THE $1.08 MILLION THAT WAS CUT
IN THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET
BACK TO THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES TO
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
OPTION D WOULD BE TO RESTORE
$30 MILLION FROM THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUNDS.
THAT IS ALSO CUT IN THIS
BUDGET.
OPTION D WOULD BE TO PROPOSE
THE MAJOR'S BUZZ IT AS LAID
OUT.
THIS WOULD BE FOR 2021.
THAT IS IT FOR THE OPTIONS.
DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS?
I AM HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY J. MORALES?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT MY
UNDERSTANDING.
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
WE ACTUALLY TOOK THE VOTE ON
THE FUNDING FOR FOC THAT ARE
HERE IT WAS TO DO THE $1.1
MILLION INVESTMENT. I BELIEVE
THAT WE TOOK THE VOTE FOR THAT
IN 2018.
IT WAS TO BE SPENT IN THE 2020
BUDGET OR, THE YEAR 2020.
AND SO, I JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE
VOTED IN NOVEMBER FOR THAT
MONEY.
THAT WAS A BIANNUAL BUDGET.
AND BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO DO
A FUNDING PROCESS THAT MODELS
THE, I BELIEVE IT IS THE SOCIAL
EQUITY FUNDS PROCESS. I BELIEVE
THE DECISION WAS NOT TO MAKE
THE DOLLARS AVAILABLE IN 2019
BUT TO HOLD ONTO THEM AND 2020.
THAT PROCESS TAKES LONGER.
I JUST, I RAISED THIS BECAUSE,
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING
FOR A LONG TIME FOR THESE
DOLLARS.
I JUST, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
I DID NOT HEAR WHETHER OR NOT
WE RECEIVED AN EXPLANATION FROM
THE EXECUTIVE FOR WHY THEY ARE
CUTTING THESE DOLLARS AFTER A
YEAR'S WORTH OF PROCESS
ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY ON
WHAT THE PRIORITIES WERE FOR
THESE DOLLARS.
OR IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS WORTH
OF PROCESS ENGAGEMENT.
I AM COMPLETELY BAFFLED AS THE
PERSON WHO USED TO HAVE THIS IN
THE COMMITTEE.
I HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE AFT FOR
TWO BOTH IDENTIFY WHAT THE
PRIORITIES ARE AND WORK WITH
THE COMMUNITY.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE
DOLLARS WOULD BE CUT AT THIS
JUNCTURE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING CLOSE
TO THE POINT THAT THEY WOULD BE
AWARDED AT THIS STAGE.
THIS IS AS FAR AS OPTIONS.
THE ISSUE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER, AND MAYBE IT JUST DOES
NOT ALIGN WITH THE CONCEPT OF A
LACK OF A RSJ I LENS AT
DUPLICATE IN COMMUNITY EFFORTS.
MAY BE ANOTHER OPTION COULD BE
TO RESTORE THE $14 MILLION THAT
WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER.
IT WAS INTENDED TO BE AN
INTERFUND LOAN TO PAY FOR CRIME
PREVENTION, COMMUNITY-BASED
CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS.
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL REPLACE
TRADITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
CRISIS RESPONSES.
>> THE SECOND QUESTION IS THE
SHORTER OPTION.
THIS COULD BE AN OPTION.
THIS LIST DOES NOT MEET THE
WHOLE LIST OF OPTIONS THAT YOU
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE.
AS FOR THE FIRST ISSUE, YOU ARE
CORRECT.
THE COUNCIL DID VOTE ON THOSE
FUNDS WHEN IT WAS A BIANNUAL
BUDGET. IT WAS THE VOTE FOR THE
2019 ADOPTED AND THE 2020
ENDORSED BUDGET.
THAT VOTE HAPPENED.
AND THEN, WHEN WE WENT INTO
DISCUSSING THE 2020 PROPOSED
BUDGET, THOSE FUNDS WERE
ASSUMED IN THE BASELINE BUDGET.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL
VOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
FUNDS WERE INCLUDED.
WHEN I TALKED TO THE EXECUTIVE
ABOUT THESE FUNDS, THE
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WHICH YOU
MENTIONED, THAT PROCESS HAS
BEEN ONGOING.
THE FUNDS FOR 2020, THEY SHOULD
BE GOING OUT THE DOOR.
THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE SIGNED
IN DECEMBER.
THE REASONING FOR CUTTING THE
FUNDING WAS BECAUSE THE FUNDING
TOOK THE YEAR, THE FUNDS WOULD
BE SPENT IN 2021.
THEN THEY WOULD RECONSIDER
ADDING FUNDS BACK INTO THE
BUDGET IN 2022.
THAT WOULD BE ONE THAT YEAR'S
WORTH OF FUNDING WAS SPENT.
I JUST ADD THAT IS AN ACCURATE
STATEMENT.
THE FUNDS WILL BE GOING OUT THE
DOOR IN DECEMBER.
$1.08 MILLION IN ONGOING FUNDING
, THEORETICALLY YOU COULD JUST
DOUBLE THE AMOUNT THAT WAS
GOING TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE DOING
THAT WORK.
YOU COULD AWARD THE 2021 FUNDS
IN THE SAME WAY WHILE NOT
RESTARTING AN ENTIRE PROCESS.
THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THAT IS
THE WAY TO GO BUT THERE IS NO
REASON WHY FUNDS STARTING IN
2021 COULD NOT JUST GO THROUGH
AND BE ADDED, IN THE SAME WAY
THAT FOR EXAMPLE HSD IS ADDING
$4 MILLION TO EXISTING
CONTRACTS.
THAT IS A POTENTIAL WAY.
INSTEAD, THEY CHOSE TO CUT THE
FUNDING FOR 2021.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I
UNDERSTAND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY J.
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST BEGIN BY
THANKING MY COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU FOR THE ENTIRE MEMO.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DEEP
FRUSTRATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I WILL SAY PERSONALLY THAT I
LITERALLY WEPT AFTER READING
SECTION 3. YOU KNOW, I
RECOMMEND THAT THE VIEWING
AUDIENCE FIND THIS MEMO ON THE
WEBSITE.
READ IT.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLETE
DISCONNECT BETWEEN ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN ASKING, NOT JUST FOR
FUNDING BUT RECOGNITION,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND AN
UNDERSTANDING OF POWER THAT
THIS INSTITUTION WIELDS.
AND THERE ARE DECISIONS THAT WE
MAKE ABOUT HOW TO WIELD IT AND
FOR WHOSE BENEFIT.
SO I AM REALLY THANKFUL THAT WE
HAVE THIS VERY NICELY LAID OUT
PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY HOPE IS THAT ALL BRANCHES OF
CITY GOVERNMENT WILL DO THE
WORK OF DIGGING DEEPER IN ORDER
TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND
ANTIRACISM.
THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN STOP
USING OUR INSTITUTIONAL POWER
TO DENY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
IMPACTS OF OUR DECISIONS.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
THE CONVERSATION WITH MY
COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHICH OF THESE
OPTIONS WE WILL CHOOSE.
AS THE PERSON WHO IS TRYING TO
GET THIS LETTER CR MONEY OUT
THE DOOR, TRYING TO GET
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN
PLACE, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE INVESTING IN COMMUNITY
IN A WAY THAT CENTERS THEIR
BRILLIANCE AND IDEAS AND THEIR
SOLUTIONS, I REALLY WANT TO
THANK CENTRAL STAFF FOR
BRINGING INTO RELIEF JUST HOW
MUCH OF A DISCONNECT THERE IS
AND HOW CRITICAL IT IS THAT WE
FIX IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY J. MORALES.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO MY
COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS ON THIS
ENTIRE PRESENTATION THUS FAR.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUMMARY
THAT IS HERE.
IT DEALS WITH ISSUE NUMBER
THREE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
WALKING US THROUGH THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE FOR
THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT WE
REMIND FOLKS THAT WE ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF DELIBERATIONS.
THE EXECUTIVE, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE HAS PROPOSED A BUDGET TO
THE CITY COUNSEL.
I DO NOT WANT TO CONFLATE THE
TERM CITY WITH WHAT HAS BEEN
PROPOSED.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
REMEMBER THAT THE PROPOSAL FROM
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS NOW UP
FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S
DELIBERATION.
ULTIMATELY, WHAT DOES PAST AND
GETS SIGNED WILL BE PERTINENT
FOR CONVERSATIONS.
HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL GET
IMPLEMENTED.
THAT IS A REFLECTION OF THE
CITY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
CONTINUING TO DISTINGUISH
ROUTINE WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE
CONVERSATION AND THE DOCUMENTS
THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO
SUMMARIZE SOMETHING THAT YOU
SAID AT THE VERY END AND I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT I ASK A
QUESTION DEALING WITH THE DATA
AND THE ANALYSIS.
IT DEALS WITH WHAT YOUR MEMO
CALLS FOR.
THE CENTRAL STAFF HAS
IDENTIFIED IT THROUGH THE YEARS
OF RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT THAT
WE AS A CITY HAVE INVESTED IN.
IT DEALS WITH THE CONCERN THAT
WE ARE NOT LISTENING TO AND
IGNORING AND DUPLICATING, THIS
IS IF WE GO DOWN CERTAIN PATHS.
THIS IS MY COMMENT.
FEEL FREE TO FILL IN THE DEEP
TALES.
THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 12 SAYS THAT
ALTHOUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE
CITY'S INSTITUTIONAL POWER AND
FOOTPRINT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES
MOST IMPACTED BY STRUCTURAL
RACISM AND HOW HER POWER PLAYS
IN THE CONTEXT OF RACIAL EQUITY
WOULD ALSO LEAD, I AM SORRY,
AND HOW POWER PLAYS OUT IN THE
CONTEXT OF RACIAL EQUITY, THIS
WOULD LEAD THE CITY TO HONOR
THE WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
DONE.
IT DEALS WITH HOW TO AVOID
DUPLICATING EFFORTS THAT ARE
UNDER WAY.
THIS IS RATHER THAN
CHARACTERIZING THEM AS
COMPLEMENTARY TO EACH OTHER.
IT WOULD STOP OVERBURDENING
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS WITH
THESE EFFORTS DEALS WITH A
RACIAL EQUITY LINES.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
RISKS PERPETUATING RACISM,
REPEATING PROBLEMS OF DEVALUING
COMMUNITY, PITTING COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR AGAINST EACH OTHER,
AND GOING TO LEARN FROM
COMMUNITIES.
THIS HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE
CITY.
AFTER SUCH AN ANALYSIS IS
COMPLETED, THE CITY COULD TAKE
THE SAME ACTIONS BUT WITHOUT A
RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS, IT IS
NOT CLEAR WHETHER THOSE ACTIONS
ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH RACIAL
EQUITIES PRINCIPLES OR WHETHER
THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS
CONTINUING TO PERPETUATE
RACISM, CLOAKED IN THE LANGUAGE
OF EQUITY.
WITH THAT, LET ME JUST ASK YOU,
HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY INDICATION
OF WHETHER SOCR, THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS WAS ABLE TO
PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS ON THE
CREATION OF THE TASK FORCE OR
THE WORK GROUPS AS I THINK WE
ALL WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT THEY
HAVE?
>> I HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION.
I REQUESTED THAT WE GET AN
ANALYSIS FROM THE TEAM
REGARDING WHAT EACH OF THESE
WOULD BE OR WHAT THE ANALYSIS
WOULD BE OF EACH OF THESE.
I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THE
RESPONSE THROUGH THE SHAREPOINT
PROCESS.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE
ANALYSIS THROUGH THAT RESPONSE.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT HAS
ALREADY BEEN DONE.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE TEAM
WAS NOT CONSULTED.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED INFORMATION
THROUGH THAT SHAREPOINT BACK
AND FORTH OF RSJI'S ANALYSIS.
>> WE DO NOT EVEN KNOW IF THE
RSJI TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO
CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS ON THE
VARIOUS TASK FORCE OR WORKGROUP
SUMMARIZED ON PAGE , WHAT WAS
IT?
IT WAS PAGE 3 OF THEM AT ALL.
>> YES.
>> I'M SORRY, IT IS PAGE 7 OF
THE MEMO.
>> FROM JUST BEING GENERALLY
INVOLVED IN THE WIDER STRUCTURE
AROUND RSJI AND MORE THAN JUST
THE RSJI TEAM THAT IS IN OCR,
MY GUESS WOULD BE THAT THERE
HAS BEEN SOME ANALYSIS.
WHETHER THAT HAS BEEN, WHETHER
THAT HAS BEEN USED BY THE
EXECUTIVE IN INFORMING THEIR
PROPOSALS, I AM NOT CLEAR.
I HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED THE
ANALYSIS ITSELF.
IT HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THROUGH
THE SHAREPOINT SITE.
>> THANK YOU FOR SUMMARIZING
THIS ISSUE AND FOR HELPING US
TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE
STRATEGIES TO GET THAT TYPE OF
INFORMATION ALREADY BAKED INTO
THE INTERNAL PROCESS, LET ALONE
MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOT
EXHORT THE EXTERNAL ADVICE THAT
WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM EXPERT
COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
GO AHEAD.
>> I MEANT TO MENTION ONE MORE
THING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME
UP IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND
SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING ON WAS THE PEACE AROUND
WHETHER RSJI AND THE OFFICE IN
GENERAL IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE
KIND OF ANALYSIS THAT THE
COUNCIL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
WHILE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE
EXECUTIVE.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THESE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT
INDEPENDENCE MIGHT POTENTIALLY
LOOK LIKE. THE REASON FOR THAT,
AND THIS IS QUOTED IN THE MEMO.
THE WORK IS ESSENTIALLY
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER AS IT
WERE.
IF THERE ARE ACTIONS THAT ARE
BEING TAKEN THAT ARE NOT
RACIALLY EQUITABLE OR ARE JUST
STATUS QUO AND THE GOVERNMENT
TENDS TO PERPETUATE STRUCTURAL
RACISM, AND RACIAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS, I AM SO SORRY.
>> THAT IS OKAY.
THIS IS A WORK FROM HOME
MEETING.
WE ALL GET IT.
>> I AM SO SORRY.
WE CAN STILL HEAR YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
WHAT WAS I SAYING?
TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE
ANALYSES THAT ARE HAPPENING OR
HAVE TAKEN PLACE, THE DUES
SHOWED THAT THERE ARE WAYS IN
WHICH THE ACTIONS ARE BEING
TAKEN ARE NOT RACIALLY
EQUITABLE, BECAUSE OF THE
NATURE OF THE FACT THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THE RSJI
ANALYSIS IS TRYING TO GET TO,
IS THE SAME PERSON WHO HOLDS
POWER OVER THE PEOPLE, OVER THE
EMPLOYEES, LET ME START OVER.
I AM SORRY.
THE PERSON TO WHOM RSJI IS
TRYING TO CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY
IS ALSO THE PERSON THAT HOLDS
POWER OVER THEIR JOBS.
AND SO, THERE IS AN INHERENT
CONFLICT IN TERMS OF DOING
ANTIRACISM WORK WITHIN A RACIST
INSTITUTION.
YOU CAN BE POINTING OUT THINGS
THAT ARE RACIST.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY, YOU CANNOT
NECESSARILY BE OPEN AND
TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.
THE PERSON YOU ARE CRITICIZING
IS THE PERSON THAT IS HOLDING
YOUR JOB IN THEIR HANDS.
SO, I JUST NOTE THAT TO THE
EXTENT THAT IF THERE HAS BEEN A
REQUEST FOR RSJI ANALYSIS, AND
IT HAS NOT BEEN ACTED ON, THERE
IS NOT NECESSARILY ANYTHING
THAT EMPLOYEES ARE DOING THE
WORK CAN DO IN ORDER TO GET THE
ANALYSIS OUT TO OTHERS.
THAT IS SOME OF THE REASON WHY
WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE
NEED FOR POTENTIAL
INDEPENDENCE.
THIS IS FOR RSJI AND THE
OFFICE.
I HOPE THAT WAS CLEAR.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> NO APOLOGIES NECESSARY.
TAMMY J. MORALES, ANYTHING TO
ADD?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT
THIS POINT AGAIN.
IT IS VERY HARD TO SPEAK TRUTH
TO POWER IN THE STRUCTURE, THE
HIERARCHY, YOU KNOW, THAT THE
CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE IN.
THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
FOR US TO INFUSE ALL OF OUR
CITY DEPARTMENT WITH THIS
CULTURE OF RACIAL EQUITY AND A
DEEP UNDERSTANDING.
THIS IS SO THAT IT IS NOT ONE
OR TWO PEOPLE IN ANY
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PUSHING
FOR THESE KINDS OF
CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN, IT IS
COMING FROM THE TOP DOWN.
EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS
IS A PRIORITY AND THIS IS HOW
WE DO OUR WORK IN THE CITY.
JUST HAVING ONE PERSON IN EVERY
DEPARTMENT WHOSE JOB IT IS TO
GO POKE ABOUT WHY WE ARE NOT
PAYING ATTENTION TO RACIAL
EQUITY PUTS THAT PERSON AT
RISK.
SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED
TO THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT HOW WE
DO THIS WORK WELL.
WE ARE GOING TO JEOPARDIZE
PEOPLE'S PROFESSIONAL LIVES AND
WE WILL NOT REALLY HAVE THE
KIND OF OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR FOR THE COMMUNITIES
THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SERVE
WITH THIS WORK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, WE
REALLY NEED THAT INFORMATION.
WE RELY ON THESE RSJI ANALYSES
TO DETERMINE NOT ONLY FUNDING
PRIORITIES AND POLICY
PRIORITIES, THANK YOU FOR
FLAGGING THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE DO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THIS
REQUEST, THE REQUEST THAT YOU
HAVE MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GET THE RSJI ANALYSIS OR TO GET
ENHANCEMENT ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT ONE IS BEING COMPLETED;
THIS IS NECESSARY FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO ANSWER HOW WE WOULD
ADDRESS THE OPTIONS LISTED ON
THE MEMO ON PAGE 13.
WITH THAT, LET US KNOW HOW WE
CAN HELP IF NEEDED.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
CONTINUING TO PUSH TO GET THAT
INFORMATION AND THAT ANALYSIS.
THAT BRINGS US UP TO THE BUDGET
ACTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE HAVE ABOUT NINE.
WE HAVE 30 MINUTES LEFT.
THAT LEAVES US WITH 30 MINUTES
FOR EACH ONE.
WE CAN GET THROUGH THESE.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR THE
ROBUST DISCUSSION.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE HST
AND HOMELES SERVICES
DISCUSSION THIS AFTERNOON IF WE
CAN GET THROUGH THESE BUDGET
ISSUES.
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO
CENTRAL STAFF TO WALK US
THROUGH THESE ITEMS.
>> AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS
PROPOSAL IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE DISMISSAL
OF CRIMES OF POVERTY.
IT WOULD DO SO BY REVISING THE
DEFINITION OF DURESS.
THIS WOULD BE A DEFENSE AGAINST
PROSECUTION.
I TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNSEL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE.
COMMUNITY IS ASKING THAT THE
COUNCIL CONSIDER THIS TO BE
BUDGET LEGISLATION. I
AM PUTTING IT FORWARD IN THAT
SPIRIT IN THE HOPES THAT MY
COLLEAGUES AGREE THAT BECAUSE
OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT
IT MIGHT HAVE, LEGISLATION LIKE
THIS TO THE BUDGET SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED BUDGET LEGISLATION.
90% OF CASES PROSECUTED BY THE
CITY, IN THOSE CASES, THE
INDIVIDUAL CHARGES REPRESENTED
BY A PUBLIC DEFENDER.
THE INDIVIDUAL IS INDIGENT AND
THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE
THEIR OWN LAWYER.
IF YOU RECALL IN 2015, THE
COUNCIL PASSED RESOLUTION
31637.
THIS CREATED THE SEATTLE
REENTRY WORK GROUP TO EXAMINE
HOW THE CITY COULD ASSIST
FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE.
IT HELPS THEM REENTER THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
THE WORK CREW'S FINAL REPORT
FOUND THAT POVERTY,
INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM AND
SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION ARE ROOT
CAUSES THAT LEAD TO MASS
INCARCERATION.
THEY FOUND THAT PUNISHMENT AND
INCARCERATION ARE HARMFUL.
THEY ARE INEFFECTIVE TOOLS TO
ADDRESS BEHAVIORS, TRIGGERED BY
POVERTY AND ILLNESS.
THE WORK GROUP RECOMMENDED THAT
THE CITY MOVE AWAY FROM THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM TO
ADDRESS BEHAVIORS RELATED TO
POVERTY, ILLNESS, AND
OPPRESSION.
THEY WANT TO REDUCE THE
CRIMINALIZATION OF POVERTY AND
THE DISPROPORTIONATE
REPRESENTATION OF BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS AND
OTHER TARGETED COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES WITH IN SEATTLE'S
DISABILITY SYSTEM.
WE RECOMMEND THAT RESPONSES ARE
DEVELOPED WHO ARE NOT BURDENED
WITH CRIMINAL HISTORY OR THE
TRAUMA OF INCARCERATION.
THE LINK TO THE BUDGET PROCESS
IS REALLY FOUND IN THE
NEGOTIATIONS THAT WILL BE GOING
ON OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS
INTO NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS AROUND GEL USAGE.
THIS IS YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN
UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW.
THE IDEA IS THAT BY PROVIDING
THIS DEFENSE FOR INDIVIDUALS, IT
MAY RESULT IN EVEN LESS RELIANCE
ON THE JAIL.
YOU MIGHT CONCEIVABLY HAVE SOME
IMPACT ON THE GEL CONTRACT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU FOR
FLAGGING THAT THIS IS THE TYPE
INTO THE BUDGETS.
THERE IS NO DOLLAR AMOUNT
ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTATION.
IN FACT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IF IT
WERE IMPLEMENTED, IT COULD
RESULT IN POTENTIAL SAVINGS AND
MAYBE THIS WOULD BE IN FUTURE
YEARS, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
THE MAC OKAY, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO.
>> THE SECOND COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSAL IS RELATED TO
DIVERSION PROGRAMS.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD REQUEST THAT
HST DELIVER A REPORT TO THE
COUNCIL CALCULATING THE FUNDING
NEEDED TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR
DIVERSION PROGRAMS.
THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE A
FORECAST OF THE NUMBER OF
PRIORITY QUALIFYING REFERRALS
AND ESTIMATES OF THE FUNDING
NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THESE
SERVICES CITYWIDE FROM 2021
UNTIL 2023.
THE PROPOSAL IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD.
>> GREAT, COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD.
>> I AM SORRY ABOUT THAT, THANK
YOU.
YES, SO THIS PROPOSAL IS
INTENDED TO UNDERSCORE SOME OF
THE POINTS RAISED IN RESOLUTION
31916.
WE PASSED IT IN NOVEMBER 2019.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE AS A CITY OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO REDUCE
UNNECESSARY JUSTICE SYSTEM
INVOLVEMENT.
THE PREARREST VERSION PROGRAMS
SUCH AS LEAD REPRESENTS A HARM
REDUCTION, EVIDENCE-BASED
APPROACH.
THIS REDUCES RECIDIVISM AND IT
PROVIDES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
IN THE RESOLUTION WE DECLARED
OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT
LAW IN SHERMAN PROGRAM SUCH AS
LEAD RECEIVE PUBLIC FUNDING
SUFFICIENT TO ACCEPT ALL
PRIORITY QUALIFYING REFERRALS
CITYWIDE.
WE EXPRESSED AN INTENT THAT
LEAD OPERATE AT SCALE BY 2023.
SCALE WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD TO
MEAN THAT THE PROGRAM WOULD
HAVE APPROPRIATE FUNDING TO
ACCEPT ALL PRIORITY QUALIFYING
ARREST AND SOCIAL CONTACT
REFERRALS CITYWIDE. THIS IS
INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT POSIT
DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE ARE
GUIDED BY WELL SUPPORTED
PROJECTIONS AS COUNSEL WORKS ON
TAKING LEAD TO SCALE OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
WE KNOW THAT LEAD HAS BUILT AND
ACTIVATED COMMUNITY REFERRAL
CHANNELS.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN DIRECTLY
REQUEST RESPONSES TO CHRONIC
LOVE VIOLATIONS THAT COULD BUT
DO NOT NEED TO BE RESPONDED TO
THROUGH AN ENFORCEMENT LENS.
MOST PEOPLE IN SEATTLE SUPPORT
PUBLIC RESPONSES RELATED TO
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND EXTREME
POVERTY.
GIVEN THAT WE ARE SPENDING SO
MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT
INVESTING IN THESE TYPES OF
PROGRAMS, WE CANNOT LOSE SIGHT
OF THE LEAD PROGRAM AND THE
COMMITMENT WE HAVE MADE TO
BRING THIS PROGRAM THAT HAS
BEEN GROWN IN OUR OWN BACKYARD
AND HAS NOW BEEN REPLICATED
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE HAVE A
COMMITMENT BOTH IN PRINCIPLE
AND IN POLICY TO MAKE THE BEST
USE OF THIS PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER, ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM
NUMBER TWO?
I THINK IT IS ALSO A GOOD
REMINDER THAT THIS IS NOT A
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES RESPONSE
PROGRAM.
THIS IS A CRIME, A WAY FOR US
TO ADDRESS CRIME BUT ALSO A
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE MODEL.
THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO
INCARCERATION.
THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THIS.
I WANT TO REITERATE OUR
APPRECIATION.
THE THIRD COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSAL IS $80,000 TO HST FOR
COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
SERVICES INCLUDING ADVOCACY,
CLIENT ASSISTANT, AND DROP IN
SERVICES TO THOSE FACING
HOMELESSNESS, THOSE EXCLUDED BY
SEX TRAFFICKING AND SEX
WORKERS.
THE PROPOSAL IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY J. MORALES.
>> YOU ARE UP.
>> THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR, AS YOU KNOW, THE
AURORA COMMONS WAS FOUNDED IN
2011.
IT PROVIDES SPECIALIZED
SERVICES EVERY DAY TO HELP
WOMEN IN THE SEX TRADE INDUSTRY
WHO ARE COMMERCIALLY, SEXUALLY
EXPLOITED ARE VICTIMS OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING.
OVER 500 WOMEN A YEAR ACCESS
SERVICES, THIS IS MORE THAN ANY
OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATION
COMBINED.
I AM VERY PROUD OF THEM AND THE
SERVICES THEY ARE PROVIDING.
MOST OF THE CLIENTS INCLUDE
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
MANY ARE FACING ADDICTION AND
MENTAL ILLNESS AS WELL.
PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING FROM
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
FROM THE STOREFRONT ON 89th
AVENUE IN ERROR, WE PROVIDE
BASIC SERVICES LIKE HOT MEALS,
LAUNDRY, HYGIENE, AND CLOTHING.
WE PROVIDE THE TRUSTED ADVOCACY
OF PEOPLE ALL WHO NEED TO
ACCESS HEALTH SERVICES,
HOUSING, AND STABILITY.
WE PARTNER WITH HARBORVIEW
HOSPITAL MEDICAL CLINIC TO
PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES ON
SITE.
THESE INCLUDE A CLINIC.
OTHER KEY PARTNERS INCLUDE
NEIGHBOR CARE WHICH HELPS
PROVIDE A MORPHINE CLINIC TO
CLIENTS AS WELL AS PUBLIC
HEALTH.
THE SUPPORTS TESTING FOR HIV.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS
INVESTED $80,000 IN THE COMMONS
EVERY YEAR SINCE 2017.
THIS REQUIRES CONTINUE FUNDING.
THESE ARE CRITICAL SERVICES
PARTICULARLY GIVEN TO
INCREASING NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE HOMELESS.
IT DEALS WITH THE SEVERITY OF
THE CONDITION AND THE IMPACT OF
THE PANDEMIC ON THIS POPULATION.
THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE
OVERLOOKED.
THIS IS A TIME TO SUPPORT THE
WORK OF AURORA COMMONS.
THEY PROVIDED A LIST OF THEIR
PROGRAMMING THROUGH OUR
REQUEST.
I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO HANG
WITH ME FOR A MOMENT.
NUMBER ONE, DEALS WITH OUTREACH
TO STREET BASE SEX WORKERS AND
VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
NUMBER TWO, DEALS WITH WEEKLY
DROPPINGS, BASIC NEEDS,
HYGIENE, CLOTHING, FOOD. NUMBER
THREE IS HARM REDUCTION.
NUMBER FOUR IS A CATEGORY OF
TRAUMA INFORMED CARE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT COMPREHENSIVE
WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE.
IT IS CALLED THE SHE CLINIC.
IT OFFERS STI AND HIV
PREVENTION AND CARE.
IT DEALS WITH MEDICATION AND
TREATMENT, PREVENTATIVE CARE
AND ACUTE CARE.
THAT IS JUST TO NAME A FEW OF
THE ITEMS.
THE CLINIC IS ALSO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH HOSPITAL
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY.
IT IS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AMONG OTHERS.
ADVOCACY AND ONE IN ONE SUPPORT
FOR NAVIGATION OF SERVICES TO
RESOURCES LIKE HOUSING, DETOX,
MEDICATION AND TREATMENT, THIS
IS ALL UNDER TRAUMA INFORMED
CARE; IT HELPS WOMEN WITH
EMERGENCY SUPPORT, RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, ID, TELEPHONE,
ADVOCACY, AND STABILITY.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
AURORA COMMONS SAYS PART OF THE
POWER IS PEOPLE WITNESSING
OTHERS MAKING THEIR LIVES
BETTER.
IF A ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL CAN DO
IT, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR ME, THIS
IS A QUOTE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PAST AND
CURRENT COUNCILS WHO HAVE
ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE AURORA
COMMONS AND THE WORK THAT THEY
HAVE DONE.
THEY HAVE HAD SUCCESSFUL GROWTH
WITHIN THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION
AND ALL OF THE OTHER GROUPS
THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH IN
ORDER TO CONNECT THEM WITH
OTHERS.
THIS INCLUDES LOOKING AT THE
HOUSING PEACE.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT THIS LATER
ON IN THE BUDGET.
THIS IS A REAL SUCCESS STORY.
THEY HAVE DELIVERED REAL
SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES TO
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OFTEN
OVERLOOKED AND STIGMATIZED.
I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I
APPRECIATE THE OVERVIEW, ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I AM NOT
HEARING ANY RIGHT NOW, LET'S GO
TO NUMBER FOUR.
>> THE FOURTH PROPOSAL WOULD
ADD $100,000 FOR DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
PROGRAMMING ADMINISTERED BY
NATIVE LED ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS FUNDING WOULD SUPPORT A
CASE MANAGER WHO WOULD CONDUCT
OUTREACH AND BE AN ADVOCATE FOR
ALASKAN WOMEN FACING DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE. THE PROPOSAL IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT MY
OFFICE CRAFTED IN CONVERSATION
WITH COLLEEN TO REALLY TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THEIR NEEDS AND
WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE PRIMARY
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
IT IS A REALLY CRITICAL AD.
I THINK ALL OF US ARE VERY
KEENLY AWARE OF THE MASSIVE
TOLD THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
SEXUAL ASSAULT HAVE IN THE
SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY.
WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING
FORWARD TO SUSTAINING THIS
PARTNERSHIP AND GETTING THESE
RESOURCES OUT.
WE HOPE THAT THIS IS AN AD THAT
WE CAN'T SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS ON NUMBER FOUR?
>> I AM NOT SEEING ANY
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU.
>> LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE, IT
IS NUMBER FIVE.
>> THE FIFTH PROPOSAL WOULD ADD
$50,000 IN ORDER TO INCREASE
FUNDING FOR A REENTRY PROGRAM
LED BY A NATIVE LED
ORGANIZATION.
CURRENTLY THIS PROGRAM IS
FUNDED THROUGH THE INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITY RFP.
THIS WAS AWARDED TO TWO
ORGANIZATIONS AND 2020 FOR
ORGANIZATIONS IN 2022.
THE PROPOSAL IS SPONSORED BY
THE COUNCILMEMBER.
COUNCILMEMBER?
>> THANK YOU, THIS IS A REALLY
CRITICAL INVESTMENT, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE DO TERRIBLY IN
THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM IS REENTRY.
THIS SERVICE AND PARTICULARLY
THROUGH CHIEF SEATTLE CAN BE
GAME CHANGING THEY ARE
EMPHASIZING COMMUNITY WELLNESS
AND THEY ARE SETTING FOLKS UP
FOR SUCCESS.
DEFINITELY, I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO TALKING MORE ABOUT
THIS AS WE GO THROUGH THE
BUDGET PROCESS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER, ANY QUESTIONS ON
THIS ITEM? I
AM NOT SEEING ANY, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
LET'S GO ON.
>> ITEM 6 WOULD ADD FUNDING TO
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A
NURSE.
THIS IS ALSO PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU CENTRAL STAFF.
SO, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME
CONVERSATION LATER ABOUT ADDING
A NURSING COMPONENT TO THE HELP
IN ONE PROGRAM.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY
DIFFERENT.
THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT I HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSING TO ADD A
CONSULTING TO THE 911 DISPATCH
FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY COULD WORK TO POTENTIALLY
RESOLVE CERTAIN CALLS THAT ARE
RELATED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THIS WOULD BE DONE OVER THE
PHONE WITH A CONSULTING OR
SERVICE.
THIS IS A SERVICE THAT I AM
FAMILIAR WITH ANTIC TOTALLY.
MY MOM WAS WORKING WITH A NURSE
GROWING UP. SHE SERVED AS A
CONSULTING NURSE.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT TO
BEING ABLE TO POTENTIALLY
RESOLVE SOMETHING BY CONSULTING
WITH A NURSE AT DISPATCH RATHER
THAN US HAVING TO SEND AND EMT
TEAM OR SOMETHING TO SOMEONE'S
HOUSE WHEN SIMPLY TALKING TO A
POTENTIAL OVER THE PHONE.
THIS COULD RESOLVE THE ISSUE
THROUGH SOME KIND OF OTHER
RESOLUTION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A
PRIORITY FOR THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT FROM TALKING TO THE
CHIEF ABOUT IT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THEY ARE
READILY CAPABLE TO ABSORB AND
INTEGRATE INTO THEIR DISPATCH.
THIS COULD HAVE A MASSIVE
IMPACT ON RESERVING WHEN WE DO
OR DO NOT HAVE TO DEPLOY
CRITICAL FIRST RESPONSE
RESOURCES OUT IN THE FIELD.
>> THANK YOU, JUST WALK ME
THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR
YOU.
SOMEBODY CALLED 911.
THEY FLAG THAT THIS IS A
MEDICAL RELATED ISSUE.
THAT GETS THEM TRANSFERRED OR A
WARM HAND OFF TWO FIRE FIGHTERS
SIDE OF 911'S DISPATCH.
IS THAT CORRECT?
THE MAC YES, SO MY
UNDERSTANDING AND CENTRAL STAFF
COULD JUMP IN ON THIS.
EVERYTHING INITIALLY GOES TO
THE DISPATCH CENTER THAT IS
DEPARTMENT. DER THE POLICE
IS SOMETHING IS FLAGGED AS LIKE
YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND IS HAVING
A HEART ATTACK.
THAT WILL GET SENT TO FIRE.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING
FIREWOOD RESPONDS TO.
AND THEN FIRE HAS A SEPARATE
DISPATCH THAT IS STAFFED BY
FIREFIGHTERS.
IT IS NOT JUST THE CIVILIAN
DISPATCHERS IN 911, IT IS
BROUGHT BY RANK AND FILE
FIREFIGHTERS.
THIS NURSE WOULD BE WITH THOSE
FIREFIGHTERS AT THE DISPATCH SO
THAT WHEN A GETS TO THE
FIREFIGHTERS AND IF IT IS
SOMETHING LIKE OH MY GOD, I
HAVE GOT A CARROT STUCK UP MY
NOSE, I AM WORRIED THAT I WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO BREATHE OUT OF
MY NOSE.
THE FIRE FIGHTER WE GO OH WELL,
MAYBE TALK TO OUR NURSE.
THE NURSE COULD BE LIKE OKAY,
CAN YOU JUST GRAB THAT CARROT
FIRMLY WITH BOTH HANDS AND PULL
IT OUT OF THERE?
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOOD, WE CAN
CLEAR THIS.
I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL.
I DO NOT KNOW.
IT WOULD BE TO BASICALLY
RESOLVE THINGS LIKE THAT.
HE WOULD NOT HAVE TO SEND AND
EMT TO ACTUALLY GO IN AND
ENGAGE IN A CALL THAT IS AT
THAT EXTREME LOW ACUITY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY
WILL BE RIGHT THERE.
IT MIGHT BE A CASE, TALKING TO
THE CHIEF, THE CONSULTING NURSE
MIGHT BE BASED AT A PARTNERING
HOSPITAL.
MAY BE THE CALL WOULD BE
TRANSFERRED FROM THE FIRE
DISPATCHERS TO THAT NURSE AND
THEN MAYBE IT WOULD COME BACK
IF THAT NURSE WAS ACTUALLY LIKE
WE NEED TO SEND A PERSON.
THOSE WOULD BE QUESTIONS FOR
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AS WE MOVE FURTHER.
YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO
BASICALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY
CAN REDUCE EVEN FURTHER THE
STRAIN ON FOLKS THAT HAVE TO GO
OUT IN THE FIELD ON A REALLY
REGULAR BASIS, THEY HAVE TO
RESPOND TO CALLS THAT COULD BE
RESOLVED FROM TALKING TO A
PROFESSIONAL AND TALKING
THROUGH IT.
THAT IS KIND OF WHERE THIS FITS
IN.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU FOR THE
SUMMARY AND THE EXAMPLE.
I THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT PIECE AS WELL.
THIS IS GIVEN THAT MANY OF THE
MODELS THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT, WHETHER IT IS HEALTH ONE
OR COMMUNITY DRIVEN MODELS,
THEY ARE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
MANY OF THOSE ARE ORGANIZATIONS
AND ENTITIES THAT ARE NOT
OPERATING 24 SEVEN.
WITH HEALTH IN ONE, WE DID HEAR
THAT THEIR 40 HOUR A WEEK MODEL
THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, EVEN
WITH ADDITIONAL STAFFING, THEY
WILL NOT BE A 24/7 ENTITY.
HAVING SOMEONE WHO IS ENTER THE
CALLS AS A CONSULTING NURSE OR
A NURSE TRIAGE LINE IS VERY
MUCH NEEDED.
THIS IS SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE
CALL 911, THEY CAN HAVE SOME OF
THOSE ACUTE NEEDS MET WHEN THEY
ARE ON THE TELEPHONE VERSUS
WHEN THEY ARE HAVING SOMEBODY
DEPLOYED.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT YOU
PUT THIS IN, THANK YOU FOR
FLAGGING IT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ON THIS?
OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD, WE HAVE
TWO MORE THAT ARE IN A VERY
SIMILAR VEIN.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CARLOS.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, THE NEXT TWO CONCERNING
EXPANDING HEALTH IN ONE.
THE FIRST PROPOSAL, I AM SORRY,
EXCUSE ME, I AM SORRY ABOUT
THAT.
THE FIRST PROPOSAL IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
AND, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD EXPAND
HEALTH IN ONE BEYOND WHAT WAS
PROPOSED IN THE 2021 BUDGET.
IT WOULD TAKE THE TEAM FROM ONE
THEY CURRENTLY EXIST TO THREE
TEAMS IN 2021.
>> EXCELLENT, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THIS FORM LETTER A WAS WRITTEN
BEFORE I WENT AND DID MY RIGHT
ALONG WITH HEALTH IN ONE. IT
WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE SIMILAR
IN STRUCTURE TO MADAM CHAIR'S
FORM LETTER A. I HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF DOING THAT RIDE
ALONG FOR WRITING IT.
SO, I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD BE A
FAIRLY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT
MADAM CHAIR WITH YOUR FORM
LETTER A. IT COULD BE MERGED
IN.
I WOULD STILL BE INTERESTED IN
SEEING IF THEY COULD ADD A THIRD
TEAM.
I WANT TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT
THIS.
IT JUST SEEMS IN MY DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT THE PHYSICAL AREA,
PROGRAMMATICALLY, THEY WANT TO
EXPAND.
I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT
VERSIONS OF THIS.
THEY ARE SAYING OH, YEAH, WITH
THE SECOND VEHICLE, WE ARE
GOING TO EXPAND SERVICE.
I ALSO HERE THAT THEY WILL GO
TO THE END OF THE VALLEY AND
WEST SEATTLE.
AT THAT POINT, THAT IS MOST OF
THE CITY.
I DO NOT KNOW IF WITH TWO
VEHICLES, I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT
IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING.
MAYBE ONE VEHICLE COULD BE
BASED IN THE SHIP CANAL OR IN
WEST SEATTLE.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY WILL
COVER THE SERVICE AREA.
I AM NOT A FIRST RESPONSE
DEPLOYMENT EXPERT.
I COULD BE TOTALLY WRONG ABOUT
THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE ULTIMATE GOAL
IS TO HAVE FIVE VEHICLES SPREAD
ACROSS THE FIVE COMPANIES, IT
WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IF WE
COULD GO TO AT LEAST THREE
TEAMS IN THE 2021 BUDGET.
THIS IS IF THERE IS THE
SCALABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE
THAT.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I AM GOING TO ASK CARLOS TO
SUMMARIZE.
NUMBER EIGHT, I DO THINK THAT
THERE IS A LOT OF SYNERGY
THERE.
AFTER WE SUMMARIZE THIS, I WILL
TALK ABOUT THE VEHICLES.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THE EIGHTH PROPOSAL IS
SPONSORED BY YOU.
IT WOULD AT FOUR FIREFIGHTERS
WITH TWO EMTS STARTING IN JULY
2021.
IT WOULD TRANSFER THREE SOCIAL
WORKERS WITH CASE MANAGEMENT TO
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT WOULD ADD TWO CASE MANAGER
STARTING IN JULY 2021 PROVIDING
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
IT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
PEOPLE.
>> GREAT.
SO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I
THINK WHAT WE HAD WRITTEN IN
WAS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE FLEET, I AM NOT SURE
WHAT THE TECHNICAL TERM IS.
IT IS THE FREEZING OF THE FLEET
OR THE FLEET REDUCTION.
IT WAS NOT APPLIED TO THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT WOULD ALLOW FOR FIREFIGHTERS
INCLUDING HEALTH IN ONE TO BE
ABLE TO REPURPOSE SOME OF THOSE
VEHICLES.
TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS JUST
BROUGHT UP, THIS WOULD INCLUDE
THE ADDITION OF ONE EXTRA
VEHICLE.
THIS COULD BE ACQUIRED THROUGH,
WHAT IS IT CALLED?
IT IS AN ALLOWANCE OF USING A
SURPLUS FEET.
IT COULD BE USED TO REPURPOSE
VEHICLES.
I THINK THE ONLY OTHER
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ITEM
LETTER A AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN
IS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
PHASING IN THE ADDITIONAL TEAM
IN JULY 2021, PER THE
CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH
HEALTH IN ONE ABOUT WHAT WAS
MORE LIKELY TO BE A SCALABLE
AND ACHIEVABLE IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, IT WOULD HAVE A SLIGHTLY
SMALLER PRICE TAG.
IT WOULD INCLUDE THE FLEET.
I AM SORRY, IT WOULD INCLUDE
THE CARS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ON HOW WE
CAN CONVERGE THESE TWO IDEAS AS
WE MOVE FORWARD.
QUESTIONS ON NUMBER SEVEN OR
EIGHT?
OKAY, THANK YOU.
AND, NUMBER NINE, THIS IS THE
LAST ONE.
IT DEALS WITH CENTRAL STAFF.
TAKE IT AWAY.
OKAY, THERE YOU ARE.
>> SO THIS LAST PROPOSAL IS FOR
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW
THE CITY TO ESTABLISH AN
ELECTED COMMUNITY'S OVERSIGHT
BOARD.
THERE WOULD BE ISSUES REGARDING
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
EXCUSE ME, IT WOULD INCLUDE THE
POWER TO INVESTIGATE REPORTS OF
EXCESSIVE FORCE AND BIAS
POLICING.
IT WOULD DEAL WITH FIRING OR
DISCIPLINING OFFICERS.
IT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA
SAWANT, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
SO JUST TO REDIRECT THE
SUMMARY, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
THE REQUEST OF THE CITY'S
ATTORNEY OFFICE.
IT WOULD PREPARE DRAFT
LEGISLATION TO ENABLE THE CITY
TO ESTABLISH AN ELECTED
COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT BOARD WITH
FULL POWERS FOR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY INCLUDING THE
POER TO INVESTIGATE EXCESSIVE
FORCE AND RACIALLY BIAS
POLICING.
WITH DEAL WITH DISCIPLINING
OFFICERS.
THE DRAFT SHOULD INCLUDE ANY
NECESSARY COUNSEL BILL, VOTER
REFERENDUM OR AMENDMENT.
IT WOULD DEAL WITH THE PROCESS
THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY.
I DO NOT THINK ANYBODY CAN
HONESTLY CLAIM THAT THE SEATTLE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURE
IS WORKING.
WE CAN SEE THAT THE POLICE ARE
NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
WAS THE POLICE OFFICER WHO
MACED A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN
THE FACE DURING THE JUSTICE FOR
GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST
DISCIPLINED?
NO.
HAVE ANY POLICE OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN KILLING EIGHT
PEOPLE JUST SINCE THE MAYOR
CAME INTO OFFICE FACED ANY
DISCIPLINE?
NO.
WE ARE TOLD THAT THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL ARE
INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT BODIES.
THIS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
LED BY SWORN OFFICERS.
THE REALITY IS THAT THEY ARE
EXTENSIVELY TIED TO THE
STRUCTURES OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
EVEN IF THAT WERE NOT TRUE,
THEY ARE NOT INDEPENDENT OF THE
MAYOR AND THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY.
WE NEED AN OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT
IS ELECTED AND EMPOWERED
DEMOCRATICALLY TO HOLD THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY NEED TO BE IN POWER TO
HAVE FULL OVERSIGHT FOR THE
POLICE TO INVESTIGATE,
SUBPOENA, TO DISCIPLINE AND
FIRE IF NECESSARY.
BEING IN ELECTED BOARD FOR THE
EXPLICIT PURPOSE AND MANDATE OF
BRINGING ABOUT POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY WILL MEAN THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO BE ANSWERABLE
THEMSELVES TO VOTERS.
THEY THEMSELVES WILL BE UNDER
PRESSURE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH A
MEANINGFUL OVERHAUL WOULD
ACQUIRE SEVERAL LEGAL STEPS TO
COME INTO EFFECT.
WE MAY EVEN NEED AN AMENDMENT.
THIS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT TO REQUEST THE OFFICE TO
REPAIR THE PART WAY TO
IMPLEMENT GENUINE COMMUNITY
OVERSIGHT OF THE POLICE.
I URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO
SUPPORT IT.
THIS WHOLE MORNING HAS BEEN AN
EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION BY
COUNCILMEMBERS, EXPRESSING
THEIR FRUSTRATION ABOUT VARIOUS
ASPECTS THAT ARE NOT WORKING.
I THINK THAT THIS IS NOT GOING
TO BE THE SOLUTION FOR
EVERYTHING.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A KEY PART
OF ADDRESSING THE BROKEN
STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW.
I WANTED TO ADD THAT MY OFFICE
AND THE MOVEMENT IS HARDLY THE
ONLY SECTION OF THE SOCIETY
NATIONWIDE THAT IS HAVING THE
DISCUSSION.
FIRST OF ALL, I MENTIONED THAT
THIS DEMAND CAME ABOUT AS A
COURSE OF THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT.
THIS HAS BEEN OVER SEVERAL
YEARS.
IT ESPECIALLY GOT AMPLIFIED IN
THE JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTEST OVER THE SUMMER.
THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS POLLS
DONE NATIONWIDE.
IN ONE OF THE POLLS THAT WAS
CONDUCTED IN JULY WAS BY THE
PEW RESEARCH CENTER.
THREE QUARTERS NATIONWIDE, AND
THIS INCLUDES THE MAJORITY OF
REPUBLICANS, 58% OF REPUBLICANS
SUPPORTED THIS.
THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT BUT BASICALLY,
THIS IS AN IDEA OF OVERSIGHT
HAVING ACTUAL POWER TO
INVESTIGATE AND DISCIPLINE
OFFICERS ACCUSED OF MISCONDUCT.
THAT IS HOW THE QUESTION WAS
PHRASED.
A MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS, 89%,
AND AS I SAID, 58% OF
REPUBLICANS SUPPORTED IT.
MORE URGENTLY, SAN DIEGO HAS A
VOTER INITIATIVE THAT IS GOING
TO BE ON THE BALLOT FOR
NOVEMBER.
THE HISTORY IS THAT THE
ACTIVISTS WANTED A STRONGER
COMMUNITY REVIEW BOARD FOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2016.
THEY DID NOT GET IT.
THEY GOT SOMETHING CALLED
MEASURE G. THIS WAS VOTED ON AT
THAT TIME.
IT MADE MINIMAL CHANGES.
THERE WAS A DEMAND TO HAVE SOME
MEANINGFUL SHIFTS AGAIN IN
2018.
THE CITY COUNCIL DID NOT ACT AT
THAT TIME.
IN 2020, SAN DIEGO VOTERS HAVE
A MEASURE B. THIS IS ASKING AND
CREATING A COMMISSION ON POLICE
PRACTICES.
THEY DO NOT SAY THIS IS
ELECTED.
I THINK AN ELECTED BOARD IS A
FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF MAKING
THIS WORK.
WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT MEASURE B IS
THAT IT SAYS THAT SUCH A
COMMISSION WILL BE ABLE TO
APPOINT THEIR OWN STAFF, THEIR
OWN INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY WILL
HAVE THE POWER TO SUBPOENA AND
CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS INTO
POLICE OFFICER MISCONDUCT.
IT WOULD ALSO HAVE THE POWER TO
REVIEW COMPLAINTS AGAINST
OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATE IN
CUSTODY DEATHS, SHOOTINGS BY
POLICE, AND OTHER ALLEGATIONS
OF MISCONDUCT.
ALSO, IN PORTLAND, THERE IS A
MEASURE 26 2017.
THERE IS A MANAGER ON THE
BALLOT.
THIS WOULD AMEND THE CITY'S
CHARTER TO ESTABLISH A NEW
OVERSIGHT BOARD, GIVING THE
BORE THE POWER TO SUBPOENA
WITNESSES AND REQUEST POLICE
DOCUMENTS AND EVIDENCE TO
INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS MADE
AGAINST THE PORTLAND POLICE
BUREAU.
THIS WOULD ALLOW THE BOARD TO
IMPOSE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS UP
TO TERMINATION OF LAW-
ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS.
IT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO
PUT FORWARD POLICING POLICIES.
THESE ARE BOTH VERY STRONG
MEASURES THAT ARE BEING PUT
FORWARD TO THE VOTERS.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, IN
CHICAGO, THIS VERY MONTH, THE
STRONGEST MEASURES HAVE COME
FORWARD.
THIS IS NOT A BALLOT MEASURE.
THIS HAS COME FROM THE BOARD OF
ALDERMAN OR THE CITY COUNCIL IN
CHICAGO.
AT THIS MOMENT, 30 OTHER MEN
ARE SUPPORTING, I THINK ABOUT
50 OR SO, 30 ALDERMAN ARE
SUPPORTING A MEASURE THAT HAS
AND PUT FORWARD BY ALDERMAN.
THIS HAS BEEN A COMBINATION OF
DISCUSSIONS IN THE COALITION OF
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS HAS BEEN UNDER THE
UMBRELLA OF GRASSROOTS
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL POLICE OF
LEGISLATION.
THIS WOULD CREATE AN ELECTED
COMMUNITY CONTROL BOARD OVER
THE POLICE AND PRODUCTIVELY THE
DEMOCRATIC MAYOR IS NOT
SUPPORTING THIS.
IT HAS A REALLY STRONG SUPPORT
AMONG THE ALDERMAN IN CHICAGO.
THIS SHOWS SEATTLE IS NOT THE
ONLY ONE CITY THAT IS GOING TO
BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION.
IN LIGHT OF ALL THE URGENCY
THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE
MOVEMENT, IN LIGHT OF ALL OF
THE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE, I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS SUPPORT THIS AND
ACTUALLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
THEY CREATE AN OVERSIGHT BOARD.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS HERE?
OKAY, I DID HEAR YOU SAY IT IS
A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT, CORRECT?
>> IT IS, IT IS,
>> IT IS OKAY, I CAN FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU AFTERWARDS.
>> YES, THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS
A DADDY THAT NEEDS TO BE
CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE TO HAVE
THE ACTUAL STEPS TO GO FORWARD.
IT INCLUDES ALSO FOR THE TWO MAY
A CONCRETE RECOMMENDATION AS TO
THE LEGAL PROCESS THAT WOULD BE
NECESSARY.
THERE SHOULD BE A CHARTER
AMENDMENT OR A CITY ORDINANCE.
IT IS VERY SPECIFIC.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.
THAT CONCLUDES US WALKING
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
MEMO.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
WHO AM I MISSING?
THANK YOU ALLIE.
THIS IS THE ENTIRE TEAM.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR
WORK.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SEE YOU
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:00
P.M.
WE WILL GO INTO HOMELESSNESS.
IF WE HAVE TIME, WE WILL DO THE
COVID-19 RESPONSE PAPER.
WE APPRECIATE THE MEMO ON THAT
AS WELL.
WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS
NOT ANY COUNCILMEMBER ISSUE
IDEAS SO IT COULD BE USED FOR
FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS IF WE
DO NOT GET TO IT.
IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, THE
MEETING IS IN RECESS.
THIS IS UNTIL CLUDE 2:00 P.M.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL
SEE YOU ALL AT 2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THIS MORNING, TAKE CARE.