Thread by @CMLGonzalez

1/#BudgetingWithLorena 2019: today @SeattleCouncil is voting on the City's 2020 Budget. The budget puts our progressive values into action. It's an investment in the future that we want and that we can believe in.

2/ Through this budget, TeamLorena has:

▪️ fully funded our civilian-led police oversight agencies: the @SeattleOPA, @SeaOIG, and @SeaCPC

▪️ expanded the Regional Domestic Violence Firearm Enforcement Unit to get guns off our streets

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▪️ implemented Re-Entry Workgroup recs to support formerly incarcerated individuals re-entering the economy

▪️ direct City Deptarments to examine the impact of our investments in the criminal legal system on communities of color and other vulnerable populations

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▪️ funded additional "Hub-in-a-Box" emergency management communications stations across the City

▪️ funded a public life study for the Capitol Hill Ecodistrict to activate public spaces for climate resiliency and stronger community connections

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▪️ allocated $ for the Diaper Gap for families relying on shelters, tiny villages, food banks, and childcare facilities

▪️ expanded birth-three childcare options and invested in strategies to expand access/affordability for Seattle families

▪️ increased infant CCAP slots

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▪️ Ensured ADU/DADU financing is within reach for low- to middle-income families, with a racial equity lens applied to the future pilot

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▪️ Created a pilot program to provide rental assistance as a homelessness solution/prevention tool for households who are dependent on federal disability benefits (shout out to @KromanDavid for his excellent reporting on this!)

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▪️ A Resiliency Fund to support our immigrant and refugee neighbors from ongoing and emerging threats from the Trump Administration in partnership with @iandraffairs and community leaders

It's an honor to come to work everyday and fight for these priorities and more. Thanks for following along this budget season!

#BudgetingWithLorena