Seattle Police budget vote 11/22/21
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This shouldn't be this difficult. Just put a freeze on the budget or allow a inflationary increase and put the rest of the money into other "non-police" departments.
Or in this case, give the department that 1500 officers it needs and do what I said above.
Or in this case, give the department that 1500 officers it needs and do what I said above.
Gonzalez propose to cut the police budget last week
She doesn't get it and most of the city council don't...voters in this city have made it clear they want law and order back.
But the courts have to do better. They let out a person who assaulted somebody and their dog...then a week later he kills someone.
They fukking let someone released from prison walk into the courthouse and attempt a rape.
She doesn't get it and most of the city council don't...voters in this city have made it clear they want law and order back.
But the courts have to do better. They let out a person who assaulted somebody and their dog...then a week later he kills someone.
They fukking let someone released from prison walk into the courthouse and attempt a rape.
get these nets
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Seattle City Council Finalizes 2022 Budget, Prioritizing Housing, Homeless Services, Healthy & Safe Communities
Invests an historic $194 million in affordable housing, $15.4 million in homelessness services, fully funds SPD hiring plans while investing $27.5 million in upstream public safety solutions
SEATTLE – Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide), Chair of the Budget Committee, issued the following statement following the final vote on the 2022 budget from the Select Budget Committee:
“The Council’s 2022 Budget responds to the most pressing crises facing our city in the wake of COVID and rising income inequality by creating affordable housing, sheltering more who are homelessness, ensuring equitable economic recovery, and investing in public safety. The Council’s budget rightly invests more in the emergency reserves while prioritizing spending limited public dollars to serve, care for and support working families and our local economy. Thanks to the foresight of the Council to pass JumpStart progressive revenue, we are able to lead with our progressive values, act with urgency to ward off deep cuts, and protect our most vulnerable in this time of compounding public health crises,” said Mosqueda.
“The JumpStart Seattle payroll tax was the reason, that unlike cities across the country, we have not had budgetary cuts to city services and layoffs,” Mosqueda continued. “After weeks of restoring the JumpStart Seattle spending plan to protect against future fiscal cliffs, we received a negative economic revenue forecast, putting the budget out of balance by $15 million, in addition to numerous budget corrections. Despite this economic volatility, working with Council Central Staff, I was able to maintain and add to the fiscal reserves proposed by the Mayor, protecting against future economic volatility, and I was able to invest tens of millions of dollars in Council priorities.”
The 2022 Budget as passed by Council includes, but is not limited to:
Unprecedented $194M Investments in Affordable Housing:
“One of the paramount requirements of the Legislative body is to present a balanced budget that meets the needs of Seattle-ites everywhere. In an effort to be responsive to the tremendous gamut of needs, we worked tirelessly – in the midst of this pandemic – to identify any dollar that could be used in 2022 that would otherwise go unused and redeployed those funds to help create stability, safety and care. We’ve adjusted for items that are essential, and made unprecedented investments in affordable housing, joint homelessness response, equitable community safety and a Seattle of the future through innovative economic resilience projects,” Mosqueda concluded
Invests an historic $194 million in affordable housing, $15.4 million in homelessness services, fully funds SPD hiring plans while investing $27.5 million in upstream public safety solutions
SEATTLE – Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide), Chair of the Budget Committee, issued the following statement following the final vote on the 2022 budget from the Select Budget Committee:
“The Council’s 2022 Budget responds to the most pressing crises facing our city in the wake of COVID and rising income inequality by creating affordable housing, sheltering more who are homelessness, ensuring equitable economic recovery, and investing in public safety. The Council’s budget rightly invests more in the emergency reserves while prioritizing spending limited public dollars to serve, care for and support working families and our local economy. Thanks to the foresight of the Council to pass JumpStart progressive revenue, we are able to lead with our progressive values, act with urgency to ward off deep cuts, and protect our most vulnerable in this time of compounding public health crises,” said Mosqueda.
“The JumpStart Seattle payroll tax was the reason, that unlike cities across the country, we have not had budgetary cuts to city services and layoffs,” Mosqueda continued. “After weeks of restoring the JumpStart Seattle spending plan to protect against future fiscal cliffs, we received a negative economic revenue forecast, putting the budget out of balance by $15 million, in addition to numerous budget corrections. Despite this economic volatility, working with Council Central Staff, I was able to maintain and add to the fiscal reserves proposed by the Mayor, protecting against future economic volatility, and I was able to invest tens of millions of dollars in Council priorities.”
The 2022 Budget as passed by Council includes, but is not limited to:
Unprecedented $194M Investments in Affordable Housing:
- $165M for the creation of new, affordable rental housing, nearly twice the amount invested in previous years – focusing on funding shovel-ready projects to leverage available state and federal dollars
- More than doubling the City’s investments in first-time home ownership development to build generational wealth in communities impacted by past discriminatory policy
- $97M for affordable housing coming directly from JumpStart progressive tax
- $15.4M in new investments in homelessness services that the new Regional Homelessness Authority will administer
- $1.5M in Vehicle Residency Outreach and Safe Lots
- $5M to leverage community & county partnerships to create a high acuity shelter
- Protecting over $10M for tiny house village short-term housing solutions
- $9.3M for cleaning up litter and garbage across the city
- $22.5M in economic recovery and resilience investments from the JumpStart progressive revenue tax rooted in creating equitable, creative, and culturally appropriate opportunities for entrepreneurship
- Authorizing up to $100M in bonding capacity to repair bridges around the city
- $16.4M for Green New Deal and climate resilience investments
- $14.4M in transportation projects focused on maintaining and enhancing our transportation infrastructure, safer streets for people walking and biking, expanding mobility access for all abilities, and activating our public spaces.
- There are no cuts to Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers or officer salaries
- Fully funds SPD’s hiring plan: 125 new officers in 2022
- 26 new positions to the Community Safety and Communications Center (CSCC) to address the existing 911 dispatch operational needs
- Expands the Community Safety Officers (CSO) program by 6 more officers bringing the total funded positions to 24
- $2.5M to expand mobile mental and behavioral health crisis services
- $3.9M increase for LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) which is a post-arrest/pre-booking diversion program
- $10.4M in funding for organizations working toward community-led solutions to end violence and increase safety in BIPOC communities
- $26.4M for overtime for officers
- Restores the $4M in the Community Safety Initiative cut by the Mayor’s proposed budget for gun violence and youth violence reduction programs
“One of the paramount requirements of the Legislative body is to present a balanced budget that meets the needs of Seattle-ites everywhere. In an effort to be responsive to the tremendous gamut of needs, we worked tirelessly – in the midst of this pandemic – to identify any dollar that could be used in 2022 that would otherwise go unused and redeployed those funds to help create stability, safety and care. We’ve adjusted for items that are essential, and made unprecedented investments in affordable housing, joint homelessness response, equitable community safety and a Seattle of the future through innovative economic resilience projects,” Mosqueda concluded