Candidate for King County Council - District 4 in 2023 Washington General Election.
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Get StartedEnsure that the arts, culture, and science thrive and are accessible to all in King County through increased investment in artists, arts organizations, and organizations such as 4Culture that support the arts. Learn more
Enhance public and community safety by reducing crime, and recidivism through investment in and continued expansion of behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services, effective diversion programs such as the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program, and alternatives to incarceration. Learn more
Help to end Gender-Based Violence through youth led education, effective prevention strategies, mobile advocacy, and behavioral health & housing investments to meet the complex needs of survivors. Learn more
Ing County Correctional Facilities must be adequately staffed and offer behavioral health, substance use disorder services, and restorative justice programs to vulnerable populations. King County should pilot a voluntary reentry program to reduce recidivism by ensuring that those who exit King County Correctional Facilities are connected with health, housing, skill development, and mentorship. Learn more
Re-imagine King County Correctional Facilities and create a King County reentry pilot program to help criminally legally involved individuals access services to reduce recidivism and address racial disparities. Learn more
Improve access to career and technical schools, apprenticeship programs, and pathways to family wage careers for all by prioritizing the pipeline of frontline workers in trades, child care, behavioral health and drug dependency, and Metro Transit. Learn more
Build on Best Starts for Kids, child care, and youth investments, including before and after the bell development programs to address educational inequities, interrupt the school to prison pipeline, and ensure that all children in King County can reach their full potential. Learn more
Establish equitable pathways to green apprenticeships and jobs to advance sustainability and ensure an equitable and just transition to a clean energy economy for all workers. Learn more
Urgently address the behavioral, public health and opioid crisis by working with the community to pass the King County behavioral health levy to build crisis care centers, increase treatment beds, substance use disorder treatment, and expand the workforce of behavioral health providers countywide. Learn more
Acquire, construct, preserve and subsidize affordable and social housing for renters and homeowners so that everyone has a place to live and no household is cost burdened. King County should secure a dedicated countywide funding source that ensures all cities are helping to create affordable housing to meet the goals of the Regional Affordable Housing Task Force. Learn more
Protect clean water and prevent pollution from our wastewater and stormwater to enhance health, protect tribal treaty rights, and further salmon and orca recovery. King County must upgrade and expand King County’s wastewater treatment systems to prevent future spills, and eliminate untreated discharges to protect clean water and the ecosystem that depends on it. Learn more
Build a coalition to pass a countywide dedicated transit revenue package to fund a King County Transportation Benefit District to restore and increase service, fully implement an updated Metro Connects, hire and retain operators, and transition to zero emission buses. This measure should deliver faster, more frequent, reliable, safe, and accessible bus service that connects every community member, protects pedestrian and bike safety, and offers incentives and supports to build the workforce of bus operators. Work with partners in the labor community to direct funding to hire and retain operators, mechanics, and the other staff who make Metro possible. Learn more
Restorative enforcement policies. King County has taken big steps to move away from punitive and towards restorative fare enforcement, but we must continue to work with Sound Transit and other agencies to move towards just and equitable fare enforcement. Learn more
Increase access to union and family wage jobs for workers to meet the growing demands for a trained workforce across our County through investments in apprenticeships, training, small businesses, and infrastructure. Learn more
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