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- Wants to "conduct local transportation studies to find the most cost-effective ways to connect families to jobs and economic opportunities."
- Intends to develop media campaigns to inform about and prevent road rage.
- Plans to explore upzoning (zone for higher density housing), and develop access with mandatory affordability and social housing rules.
- Advocates for bicycles as a method of safe transportation and a way to create emotional and physical well-being.
- Prioritizes streets with safe walking, rolling, biking, and driving access in neighborhoods.

Transit & Infrastructure

- Advocates for and plans to implement policy that creates and establishes more affordable housing.
- Supports the creation of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Detached Accessory Dwelling Units (DADUs), like tiny homes.
- Intends to "build trust and ensure that housing resources are equitably distributed and decisions are made by the community itself, with council support."
- Plans to expand mental health support services in order to combat homelessness and joblessness.
- Supports wage increases built into worker contracts offered through the Seattle Human Resources Department to homelessness service providers.

Housing

- Prioritizes making Seattle a "15 minute city", meaning that all residents can gain access to their necessities within a 15 minute radius to their residence.
- Advocates for environmental justice.
- Intends to use bicycles as a mode of "augmenting the climate crisis" through clean air and reduction of transportation pollution.
- Supports moving away from fossil fuels and into clean energy.

Environment

- Plans to revitalize the downtown sector, specifically Pioneer Square.
- Promotes "'Reproductive Justice' – social activism that centers the complete physical, mental, spiritual, political, economic, and social well being of people who can become pregnant."
- Advocates for parental leave, childcare, and flexibility of work schedules in order to bring women's workforce levels back to pre-pandemic numbers.
- Intends to "seek action steps toward eliminating racism in our city." 
- Supports implementing programs that support youth through educational and entrepreneurial means.

Community Development

- Wants to grow the Seattle mental health network, including supporting training by the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
- Advocates for designated crisis responders (DCRs).

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- Wants longer tunnels instead of elevated concrete bridges.

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- Supports converting unused office space in downtown Seattle into housing. 
- Said she is "ready to engage with stakeholders to strategically seek and use allocated resources" for affordable housing. 
- Supports rent control. 
- Wants to address the root causes of homelessness and "invest in self-sustainable programs." 
- Supports "development without displacement."

- Wants to invest in public education, especially civics education, and education to normalize mental health therapy in order to reduce ableism and stigma. 
- Supports revitalizing downtown Seattle. 
- Said, "I intend to foster economic development and keep our taxes low to promote affordability."

- Wants to increase the number of police officers to 1,400 and opposes reducing or increasing the police department's budget. 
- Opposes creating a new department for non-police emergency response.

Lucy Barefoot

- Wants to expand accessible mobility and improve health through making streets safer.
- Intends to create good paying, green economy jobs through an offshore solar plan in conjunction with unions, businesses, and the Port of Seattle.
- Plans to partner with Seattle Public Schools to ensure that jobs are set aside for Seattle students in regards to public work in order to improve city infrastructure.

- Believes that "homelessness is a housing problem, and the “housing first” approach is the most cost-effective solution."
- Intends to relegalize middle housing in all neighborhoods.
- Plans to free up disused office and motel space by buying it in order to house the homeless and relieve space in homeless shelters.
- Wants to implement a vacancy tax of 1% of the property value on any residence left unoccupied for at least 6 months in a given year.
- Supports the recent "Social Housing" program.

- Wants to reduce port emissions by electrifying short haul trucking and port docks in the Duwamish Valley community.
- Supports Alternative 6 for the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan, which will implement middle housing and mixed use neighborhood centers to reduce carbon emissions.
- Will create a safe bike infrastructure network to reduce transportation pollution.
- Supports renewable power generation, offshore wind and solar, and urban green spaces.
- Plans to turn library and community centers into "resilience hubs" with clean air, heat-pump cooling, microgrid solar, and access to social services.

- Supports the creation of neighborhood safety alliances or community responder programs.
- Advocates for music and sports programs as well as familial counseling to create safer communities and reduce crime.
- Wants to re-implement the Community Court program, which had an 80% success rate at decreasing recidivism in 2 years.

- Advocates for investment in housing, mental health, and substance abuse care.
- Intends to improve training programs for unarmed responders, and utilize social workers to lead mental health crises.
- Plans to expand the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program.
- Opposes lesser restrictions on firearms, and "will support and partner with groups like Alliance for Gun Responsibility, Choose 180, and Community Pathways that provide support and resources to communities that are disproportionately affected by gun violence."
- Believes that Seattle needs more effective policing, and wants to reduce overwork and low morale for officers through mental health care, de-escalation training, and accountability processes.

Maren Costa

As of June 27, 2023, Mia Jacobson’s website did not contain information on this issue and Mia Jacobson did not complete our questionnaire.

- Wants to implement digital public comment on all city government meetings, proposals, policies, and agendas 24 hours a day.
- Intends to contribute to a public agenda by making an "open public comment."
- Advocates for public input on invited government speakers and wants to add a requirement that these speakers respond to public queries and input.
- Supports proxy voting over presentative voting.

Mia Jacobson

- Believes that "three of our urgent infrastructure needs are density and zoning, multimodal transit access, and developing holistic communities through human infrastructure."
- Plans to implement multimodal transportation, which allows citizens more options when it comes to transit.
- Wants to invest in essential programs and services by partnering with non-profits and small businesses.
- Intends to promote business grants and low- or no-interest loans "with emphasized distribution to BIPOC communities."
- Advocates for increasing service frequency and broadening service networks.

- Establishes a comprehensive approach including housing subsidies, gap financing for lower-income households, and production of middle-income housing among other things.
- Focuses on behavioral health support, housing & weatherization assistance, and building more emergency shelters and temporary housing.
- Intends to work with the King County  Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) to create a plan to lower or end homelessness in Seattle.

- Promotes beautification or neighborhoods through public spaces.
- Commits to keeping parks clean and safe.

- Wants to bring in community centers to neighborhoods without them.
- Plans to incorporate work of local artists into public projects.

- Believes that "drivers of crime should be resolved through intervention, diversion, and services - not incarceration," and plans to promote proactive service outreach and connections as well as diversion programs to eliminate the roots of crime.
- Plans to make crime prevention services such as counseling, mediation, and recovery programs accessible through provided transport and variable methods, such as by phone, app, in-person, or internet.
- Intends to "enhance police leadership and culture" through addressing police misconduct, implementing transparent data reporting, and increasing accountability.

Phil Tavel

- Intends to repair and maintain roads and bridges due to their essential nature in regards to the Seattle transportation system.
- Wants to upgrade Seattle's electrical grid to better accommodate electric transportation.
- Plans to "accelerate, where possible, the build-out of the Sound Transit Light Link."

- Plans to create more housing options for low-income, working-class, and middle-income residents.
- Intends to diversity housing and property ownership with land trusts and publicly funded home ownership options.
- Opposes restrictions preventing construction of family sized housing.
- Advocates for more permanent  and transition housing options for the homeless.

- Advocates for the "widespread adoption and expansion of clean energy solutions, like wind and solar farms, to further the green transition for Seattle-based industries."
- Wants to "aggressively expand the urban tree canopy with tree species that are drought resistant."
- Plans to preserve green spaces and habitats, and incorporate them into public education.
- Supports the incorporation and expansion of horticultural and forestry programs for Seattle public high schools.

- Supports investing in union jobs that provide a living wage, proper benefits, and safe working conditions.
- Wants to create apprenticeships across different trades and industries for increased quality of education and a diversified workforce.

- Plans to hire more police officers specifically from Seattle. 
- Aims to increase programs and outreach to youth and impacted communities in order to reduce gun violence and crimes. 
- Proposes greater utilization of Seattle's Community Court.

Preston Anderson

- Prioritizes road and bridge repair and maintenance.
- Wants to expand and improve Seattle's public transport options.

- Intends to "build more affordable housing at all income levels, particularly low-income housing and workforce housing for middle income residents."
- Looks to streamline the permitting process for greater efficiency and affordability.
- Wants to implement anti-displacement strategies.
- Supports encampment removal in order to connect the homeless with shelters and services, such as mental health treatment facilities.

- Looks to keep parks open, clean, safe and accommodating to all.

- Plans to expand access to affordable childcare.

- Hopes to invest in unarmed responders and responses, including behavioral health and social work.
- Aims to create better guidelines and training systems for police officers. 
- Wants to establish greater accountability for police and first responders.

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Rob Saka

- Said, "\[a\]s a council member, I would seek seats on the King County Regional Transit Committee as well on the Sound Transit board so I could advocate consistently for the transit needs of West Seattleites."
- Supports small businesses and wants to provide insight and formal training so they may compete properly with larger competitors.

- Believes that the city should act to eliminate widespread illegal encampments and public drug use and focus on introducing permanent housing and rehabilitation programs to the homeless.
- Wants to build more affordable housing for lower- and middle-income residents.

- Prioritizes moving the city from fossil fuels to renewable energy as a primary energy source.

- Wants to revitalize downtown urban areas.

- Supports "every reasonable measure to restrict access to hand guns and assault rifles."
- Wants to improve Seattle law enforcement by providing additional training, accountability and support resources.

Stephen Brown

- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy, including passing legislation about the police, fire department, parks, libraries, electricity, water, solid waste, and drainage utilities. 
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department.
- City council members serve four year terms, and elections are nonpartisan. City council members are either elected to represent specific districts or are elected at-large, meaning that they represent the entire city. 

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