I intend to vote to override the Mayor's vetoes at tomorrow's special Full Council mtg.

This morning @ Council Briefing, I stated that I stand by what Council did this summer & I continue to believe these are the right policy choices. I will continue to support divestment. /1

b/c Council is required to follow the Open Public Meetings Act, I don't know the outcome of tomorrow's vote.

If vetoes are sustained, then the work we have collectively done is erased. This will mean zero dollars from 2020's budget for BIPOC-led community safety investments. /2

Today, I introduced an alternative bill that is a compromise between the Mayor and Council.

This bill will *ONLY* move forward if the vetoes are sustained by my colleagues.

Again, I plan to vote to override all the vetoes. /3

But *IF* vetoes are sustained, then Council can consider this revised package that will fund - in 2020 and in real dollars - a participatory budgeting process, and invest now in community safety programs that advance a roadmap for transforming the future of public safety. /4

In just 8 days, we will collectively turn our attention to the 2021-2022 budget to continue our deliberations on long-term strategies to creating community safety. /5

Effective governance requires the Council and the Mayor to have challenging conversations, collaborate on shared goals, and find common ground where we have differences in policy and approach to serve the residents of the City of Seattle. /6

We may not always agree or win every battle, but I believe many of us share the same vision of collective liberation that is (and will be) on the right side of history.

The work to divest from a broken model of policing will be a long road, and it will be full of challenges. /7

2020 has been incredibly hard for all of us.

It's important that we challenge each other with compassion, make room for multiple truths, and continue to hold each other in community as we work to dismantle systems built over centuries. This is a movement, not a moment. /END