Seattle (May 11, 2018) – Mayor Jenny A. Durkan issued the following statement today responding to today’s City Council committee vote on a proposed tax on large businesses: “I spent the morning with hundreds of women attending a career fair for women in the building trades. These women are dynamic… [ Keep reading ]
The top challenge our City faces is the crisis of affordability and homelessness. It is a crisis that demands not just urgent action, but new approaches and new innovations. It is also a regional crisis that demands regional solutions because no problem stops at a city border. A key component… [ Keep reading ]
Today, we honored Mount Zion Baptist Church and its contributions to Seattle by transmitting legislation asking the City Council to formally recognize it as a protected landmark. Landmark status is reserved for locations in our City that have been of exceptional value to social, political, architectural or community causes –… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle (April 27) – Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced that Andrés Mantilla will serve as Interim Director of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, effective May 16, 2018. Mantilla currently serves in the Mayor’s Office as the Director of External Relations and Outreach. Kathy Nyland will continue working in the… [ Keep reading ]
I wanted you to know that our city is taking another important step to right the wrongs on the failed war on drugs and to help build economic opportunity for more of our neighbors: Today, our City filed a motion asking the Seattle Municipal Court to vacate all misdemeanor marijuana… [ Keep reading ]
Motion Includes Protection for Immigrants and Refugees SEATTLE (Apr 27) – Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes announced today that the City has filed a motion with Seattle Municipal Court asking the court to vacate convictions and dismiss charges for marijuana possession for people who were… [ Keep reading ]
For the First Time, Durkan Proposes an Exemption for Low Income Seniors, People with Disabilities, and Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities Renewing and Combining Expiring Levies Would Be $20.75 a Month for Homeowners Seattle (April 18) – Joined by education advocates, City Councilmembers, and community leaders, Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle (April 17) – Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced her nomination of Magistrate Judge Faye Chess as her appointee to the current vacant judicial position on the Seattle Municipal Court. Mayor Durkan’s selection follows the recommendations by the Seattle Municipal Court Selection Committee that included representatives from several local… [ Keep reading ]
On Friday, April 13, Mayor Durkan gave the keynote address at a naturalization ceremony at Seattle Central Public Library. Immediately prior to her keynote address, 62 people from 22 countries took the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance and became Americans. Mayor Durkan’s remarks as delivered: Good afternoon, my fellow Americans!… [ Keep reading ]
