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1 00:00:19,819 --> 00:00:25,925 >> GOOD MORNING. IT IS 9:36 2 00:00:25,925 --> 00:00:28,261 A.M., FRIDAY APRIL 3rd, 2026. I 3 00:00:28,261 --> 00:00:30,497 AM COUNCILMEMBER ALEXIS MERCEDES 4 00:00:30,497 --> 00:00:32,565 RINCK CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 5 00:00:32,565 --> 00:00:36,136 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 6 00:00:36,136 --> 00:00:36,336 ROLEX 7 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:40,740 >> CHAIR RINCK. JOYCE VICE CHAIR 8 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:42,542 FOSTER. COUNCILMEMBER 9 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:45,178 HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER 10 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:51,418 SAKA. CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR 11 00:00:51,418 --> 00:00:52,786 MEMBERS PRESENT. 12 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:53,953 >> THANK YOU. PLEASE LET THE 13 00:00:53,953 --> 00:00:54,521 RECORD REFLECT THAT 14 00:00:54,521 --> 00:00:55,355 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED. 15 00:00:55,355 --> 00:00:56,956 WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO APPROVAL 16 00:00:56,956 --> 00:00:58,291 OF TODAY'S AGENDA. IF THERE IS 17 00:00:58,291 --> 00:01:03,263 NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE 18 00:01:03,263 --> 00:01:04,164 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 19 00:01:04,164 --> 00:01:07,534 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WELCOME 20 00:01:07,534 --> 00:01:08,368 COLLEAGUES. TO THE COMMITTEE 21 00:01:08,368 --> 00:01:15,241 MEETING THIS MORNING. TODAY, WE 22 00:01:15,241 --> 00:01:16,176 WILL HAVE A BRIEFING AND 23 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:17,110 DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON SEVERAL 24 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:17,944 REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE EQUITABLE 25 00:01:17,944 --> 00:01:19,145 DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD AND 26 00:01:19,145 --> 00:01:20,580 FOLLOWED BY THAT WE WILL HAVE A 27 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:21,614 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION BY OUR 28 00:01:21,614 --> 00:01:26,152 DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS 29 00:01:26,152 --> 00:01:29,756 BOARD. GIVEN TODAY'S TOPIC. 30 00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:32,125 DOMESTIC WORKERS CLEAN HOMES, 31 00:01:32,125 --> 00:01:34,727 LANDSCAPE TO SUPPORT ELDERS, 32 00:01:34,727 --> 00:01:36,296 WORK THAT QUITE LITERALLY MAKES 33 00:01:36,296 --> 00:01:42,836 ALL OTHER WORK POSSIBLE. ALL OF 34 00:01:42,836 --> 00:01:44,037 THAT WHILE BEING WRITTEN OUT OF 35 00:01:44,037 --> 00:01:45,338 THE VERY LABOR LAWS THAT WERE 36 00:01:45,338 --> 00:01:46,306 SUPPOSED TO PROTECT WORKERS. AND 37 00:01:46,306 --> 00:01:47,474 THAT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT. WHEN 38 00:01:47,474 --> 00:01:48,741 THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT 39 00:01:48,741 --> 00:01:52,512 PASSED IN 1938 DOMESTIC WORKERS, 40 00:01:52,512 --> 00:01:53,813 FARMWORKERS AND HOME HEALTHCARE 41 00:01:53,813 --> 00:01:58,318 WORKERS WERE DELIBERATELY 42 00:01:58,318 --> 00:01:59,118 EXCLUDED. A CONCESSION TO 43 00:01:59,118 --> 00:02:00,987 SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS 44 00:02:00,987 --> 00:02:03,990 CARVING OUT THE JOBS DONE ALMOST 45 00:02:03,990 --> 00:02:04,591 EXCLUSIVELY ENTIRELY BY BLACK 46 00:02:04,591 --> 00:02:07,927 AND LATINO WORKERS AND THAT 47 00:02:07,927 --> 00:02:10,129 SHAPED LABOR LAW IN THIS COUNTRY 48 00:02:10,129 --> 00:02:11,231 FOR DECADES. BUT SEATTLE DECIDED 49 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:14,567 TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND IN 50 00:02:14,567 --> 00:02:15,602 JULY 2018 SEATTLE BECAME THE 51 00:02:15,602 --> 00:02:17,604 FIRST CITY IN THE COUNTRY TO 52 00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:19,939 PASS A DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF 53 00:02:19,939 --> 00:02:21,074 RIGHTS. AND THANK YOU TO COUNSEL 54 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:26,813 MEMBER JUAREZ FOR HER WORK ON 55 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:27,514 THAT LEGISLATION. THIS 56 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:28,448 LEGISLATION WAS NOT JUST MINIMUM 57 00:02:28,448 --> 00:02:31,684 WAGE PROTECTIONS BUT SOMETHING 58 00:02:31,684 --> 00:02:33,019 MORE AMBITIOUS. A DOMESTIC 59 00:02:33,019 --> 00:02:37,190 WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD. 60 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:38,391 WORKERS, EMPLOYERS AND COMMUNITY 61 00:02:38,391 --> 00:02:39,692 REPRESENTATIVES AT A TABLE 62 00:02:39,692 --> 00:02:40,860 TOGETHER WITH THE POWER TO 63 00:02:40,860 --> 00:02:46,232 EFFECTIVELY ADVISE ON INDUSTRY 64 00:02:46,232 --> 00:02:49,369 STANDARDS. THAT IS A NEW IDEA. 65 00:02:49,369 --> 00:02:50,470 SEATTLE SAID THE PEOPLE THAT DO 66 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:52,005 THIS WORK SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN 67 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:52,906 SHAPING THE CONDITIONS OF THAT 68 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:53,973 WORK. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT 69 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:55,341 BOARD IS. I MET SOME OF OUR 70 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:56,576 PANELISTS THAT WE WILL HEAR FROM 71 00:02:56,576 --> 00:02:57,610 TODAY AT THE ANNIVERSARY 72 00:02:57,610 --> 00:02:58,478 CELEBRATION FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS 73 00:02:58,478 --> 00:03:05,485 BILL OF RIGHTS JUST ABOUT TWO 74 00:03:05,485 --> 00:03:11,224 YEARS AGO. REPRESENTATIVE 75 00:03:11,224 --> 00:03:12,926 BREANNA THOMAS FROM THE 34th 76 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:13,560 LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT HEALING 77 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,696 FROM WEST SEATTLE WHO HELPED 78 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:19,465 WRITE THE WORKER PROTECTIONS IN 79 00:03:19,465 --> 00:03:22,735 THE CITY MODELED THE STATE 80 00:03:22,735 --> 00:03:25,305 LEGISLATION AND HER WORK 81 00:03:25,305 --> 00:03:25,972 ALONGSIDE SENATOR HAILING FROM 82 00:03:25,972 --> 00:03:27,774 THE 37th DISTRICT WHO INTRODUCED 83 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:30,843 THE BILL LAST YEAR, THESE TWO 84 00:03:30,843 --> 00:03:32,245 WORKED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS 85 00:03:32,245 --> 00:03:34,147 TO GET IT DONE AND JUST LAST 86 00:03:34,147 --> 00:03:36,149 MONTH GOVERNOR FERGUSON SIGNED 87 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:40,353 HOUSE BILL 2355 INTO LAW 88 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:40,887 ENSURING THAT NANNIES, 89 00:03:40,887 --> 00:03:42,555 HOUSEKEEPERS, HOMECARE PROVIDERS 90 00:03:42,555 --> 00:03:43,456 AND OTHER DOMESTIC WORKERS 91 00:03:43,456 --> 00:03:46,359 ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE RECEIVE 92 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:47,227 FAIR PAY, WRITTEN AGREEMENTS, 93 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:50,964 PRIVACY PROTECTION, LEGAL 94 00:03:50,964 --> 00:03:51,698 RESOURCES, RIGHTS, THEY HAVE 95 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:54,200 BEEN DENIED FOR DECADES. IT IS 96 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:55,969 THE 16th DOMESTIC WORKER 97 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:59,239 STANDARDS BILL OF RIGHTS PASSED 98 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:01,307 IN THE UNITED STATES. SO THIS 99 00:04:01,307 --> 00:04:02,909 WORK THAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR 100 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:06,212 FROM CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. EVERY 101 00:04:06,212 --> 00:04:08,481 RECOMMENDATION THEY HAVE MADE, 102 00:04:08,481 --> 00:04:09,282 EVERY CONVERSATION THAT 103 00:04:09,282 --> 00:04:12,552 HAPPENED, THAT IS A PART OF WHAT 104 00:04:12,552 --> 00:04:13,519 MADE THIS STATEWIDE BUILD NOT 105 00:04:13,519 --> 00:04:18,458 JUST POSSIBLE BUT NECESSARY. NOW 106 00:04:18,458 --> 00:04:21,995 FOR THE FIRST TIME HUNDREDS OF 107 00:04:21,995 --> 00:04:22,695 THOUSANDS OF BOOKS ACROSS 108 00:04:22,695 --> 00:04:26,466 WASHINGTON STATE HAVING STATE 109 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:27,734 LEVEL PROTECTIONS BUT A LOT IS 110 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:28,635 ONLY AS STRONG AS IMPLEMENTATION 111 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:33,072 AND THAT IS STILL IN THE WORK. 112 00:04:33,072 --> 00:04:36,876 SO FOR AWARENESS FOR ALSO MY 113 00:04:36,876 --> 00:04:38,611 COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC, 114 00:04:38,611 --> 00:04:39,612 DURING THE DOMESTIC WORKERS 115 00:04:39,612 --> 00:04:41,047 BRIEFING PORTION FOR TODAY WE 116 00:04:41,047 --> 00:04:46,753 WILL BE UTILIZING SPANISH 117 00:04:46,753 --> 00:04:47,820 TRANSLATION SERVICES FROM ONE OF 118 00:04:47,820 --> 00:04:49,022 OUR PANELISTS SO WE CAN FULLY 119 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:50,490 HAVE HER VOICE A PART OF THE 120 00:04:50,490 --> 00:04:51,491 CONVERSATION. I ALSO WANT TO 121 00:04:51,491 --> 00:04:54,360 NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC MY OFFICE 122 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:55,295 HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE 123 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:56,562 CITY OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS 124 00:04:56,562 --> 00:04:57,797 WITH THE INTENT TO UPDATE OUR 125 00:04:57,797 --> 00:04:59,999 LOCAL DOMESTIC WORKER STANDARD 126 00:04:59,999 --> 00:05:01,000 ORDINANCE LEGISLATION AND TO 127 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,869 SUPPORT THIS NEXT WEEK I OFFICE 128 00:05:02,869 --> 00:05:04,103 ALONGSIDE THE OFFICE OF LABOR 129 00:05:04,103 --> 00:05:07,607 STANDARDS ARE COSPONSORING TWO 130 00:05:07,607 --> 00:05:08,408 POLICY DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS TO 131 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:10,543 HEAR DIRECTLY FROM AFFECTED 132 00:05:10,543 --> 00:05:11,944 DOMESTIC WORKERS ON WHAT THEIR 133 00:05:11,944 --> 00:05:13,413 NEEDS ARE. THE FIRST IS ON 134 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:15,915 MONDAY APRIL 6th AND THE SECOND 135 00:05:15,915 --> 00:05:20,720 IS ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 8th. BOTH 136 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,356 MEETINGS WILL BE 5:30 TO 7:30 137 00:05:23,356 --> 00:05:24,691 AND TO SIGN UP PLEASE EMAIL 138 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:29,262 LABOR STANDARDS AT SEATTLE.GOV. 139 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:30,563 I AM NOW GOING TO OPEN THE 140 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:32,131 HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 141 00:05:32,131 --> 00:05:32,999 PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO 142 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:34,000 ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR 143 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,469 WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS 144 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:37,537 COMMITTEE. HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 145 00:05:37,537 --> 00:05:39,205 SIGNED UP FOR TODAY? 146 00:05:39,205 --> 00:05:41,641 >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE IN 147 00:05:41,641 --> 00:05:43,876 PERSON SPEAKER AND ZERO ONLINE. 148 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:47,246 >> THANK YOU. OUR ONE SPEAKER 149 00:05:47,246 --> 00:05:49,315 WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND WE 150 00:05:49,315 --> 00:05:53,286 WILL HAVE START WITH OUR IN 151 00:05:53,286 --> 00:05:54,487 PERSON SPEAKER. WILL YOU PLEASE 152 00:05:54,487 --> 00:05:58,024 READ THE PUBLIC ALMOND 153 00:05:58,024 --> 00:05:58,358 INSTRUCTIONS? 154 00:05:58,358 --> 00:05:59,258 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 155 00:05:59,258 --> 00:06:00,860 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 156 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:02,929 FOLLOWING MANNER. UP TO 60 157 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:03,863 MINUTES, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 158 00:06:03,863 --> 00:06:09,802 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 159 00:06:09,802 --> 00:06:10,436 REGISTERED. PLEASE BEGIN 160 00:06:10,436 --> 00:06:12,238 SPEAKING BY STATING YOUR NAME 161 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:15,708 AND ITEM YOU ARE ADDRESSING. YOU 162 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:21,547 WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 163 00:06:21,547 --> 00:06:22,482 SECONDS LEFT. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 164 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:24,917 PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL 165 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:27,387 BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 166 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:27,887 THE LIST. 167 00:06:27,887 --> 00:06:30,022 >> THANK YOU CREEK. OUR FIRST 168 00:06:30,022 --> 00:06:36,963 SPEAKER ON THE LIST IS ALEX 169 00:06:36,963 --> 00:06:47,173 ZIMMERMAN. 170 00:06:52,912 --> 00:07:00,153 >> 15 TIMES CANDIDATE FOR 171 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:10,696 ELECTION. THE PRESIDENT. AND I 172 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:21,974 HAVE 7000 DAY OF. NOBODY IN 173 00:07:21,974 --> 00:07:25,344 AMERICA HAVE 7000 DAY OF 174 00:07:25,344 --> 00:07:26,612 TRESPASS. I WANT TO SPEAK TO 175 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:37,156 PEOPLE WHO GIVE ME TRESPASS.. WE 176 00:07:39,659 --> 00:07:42,762 ARE TALKING ABOUT HUMAN. 177 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:45,131 >> MR. ZIMMERMAN CAN I PAUSE 178 00:07:45,131 --> 00:07:46,766 TIME. CAN I ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR 179 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:47,834 REMARKS RELATED TO THE PURVIEW 180 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:55,141 OF THE COMMITTEE. 181 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:57,009 >> MY QUESTION TO HER IS VERY 182 00:07:57,009 --> 00:08:02,815 SIMPLE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS. HUMAN 183 00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:09,722 RIGHT. BECAUSE HE HAVE DIFFERENT 184 00:08:09,722 --> 00:08:11,824 OPINION IN FIGHTING FOR HUMAN 185 00:08:11,824 --> 00:08:13,025 RIGHT. SO MY QUESTION RIGHT NOW 186 00:08:13,025 --> 00:08:14,160 TO PEOPLE IN SEATTLE TO COUNCIL 187 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:24,704 IN SEATTLE. GIVE ME 22 TRAFFIC 188 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:29,175 TICKETS. SO YOU CHAIR UNDERSTAND 189 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:30,977 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALEX 190 00:08:30,977 --> 00:08:41,487 ZIMMERMAN. YOU DON'T KNOW. 191 00:08:54,667 --> 00:08:56,035 >> I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO 192 00:08:56,035 --> 00:08:56,903 REFLECT THAT THOSE FINAL 193 00:08:56,903 --> 00:08:57,570 COMMENTS THERE WERE 194 00:08:57,570 --> 00:09:01,007 DISCRIMINATORY IN NATURE. AND 195 00:09:01,007 --> 00:09:02,074 OUT OF ACCORDANCE WITH OUR 196 00:09:02,074 --> 00:09:03,709 COUNCIL RULES. PARTICULARLY 197 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:06,979 BEHAVIOR SUCH AS THREATS TO 198 00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:07,980 PERSONAL ATTACKS OR USE OF 199 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:12,518 RACHEL MY MISOGYNISTIC OR SLURS 200 00:09:12,518 --> 00:09:13,319 OR LANGUAGE ARE CONSIDERED 201 00:09:13,319 --> 00:09:14,387 DISORDERLY CONDUCT. I WOULD LIKE 202 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:17,857 THAT TO BE REFLECTED. AND WITH 203 00:09:17,857 --> 00:09:19,058 THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL 204 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:21,494 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? 205 00:09:21,494 --> 00:09:24,130 >> WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL 206 00:09:24,130 --> 00:09:24,397 SPEAKERS. 207 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:26,966 >> WITH THAT, I WILL BE CLOSING 208 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:31,270 THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT. AND 209 00:09:31,270 --> 00:09:34,373 WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST 210 00:09:34,373 --> 00:09:37,209 ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK 211 00:09:37,209 --> 00:09:41,380 PLEASE READ ITEMS INTO THE 212 00:09:41,380 --> 00:09:41,614 RECORD. 213 00:09:41,614 --> 00:09:42,548 >> ITEM ONE EQUITABLE 214 00:09:42,548 --> 00:09:44,984 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE OVERVIEW 215 00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:47,753 READING AND DISCUSSION, 216 00:09:47,753 --> 00:09:50,189 APPOINTMENT 03457 APPOINTMENT OF 217 00:09:50,189 --> 00:09:52,591 JUAN RODRIGUEZ AS MEMBER OF THE 218 00:09:52,591 --> 00:09:54,393 EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 219 00:09:54,393 --> 00:09:59,665 ADVISORY BOARD TO A TERM FOR 220 00:09:59,665 --> 00:10:00,967 FEBRUARY 29th 2028. ITEM THREE 221 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:02,335 APPOINTMENT 03458 REAPPOINTMENT 222 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:06,839 OF FYNNIECKO GLOVER TO A TERM OF 223 00:10:06,839 --> 00:10:09,542 FEBRUARY 28th 2029 BRIEFING 224 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:15,247 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 225 00:10:15,247 --> 00:10:16,315 APPOINTMENT 03459 REAPPOINTMENT 226 00:10:16,315 --> 00:10:19,986 OF ELIANA HORN A MEMBER OF 227 00:10:19,986 --> 00:10:22,688 EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 228 00:10:22,688 --> 00:10:23,756 ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM TO 229 00:10:23,756 --> 00:10:26,192 FEBRUARY 28th 2029. BRIEFING, 230 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:29,128 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE 231 00:10:29,128 --> 00:10:31,297 ITEM FIVE APPOINTMENT 03460 AS 232 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:36,302 MEMBER OF THE EQUITABLE 233 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:36,969 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ADVISORY 234 00:10:36,969 --> 00:10:38,437 BOARD FOR A TERM TO FEBRUARY 235 00:10:38,437 --> 00:10:40,940 28th 2029. ITEM SIX APPOINTMENT 236 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:45,845 03461 REAPPOINTMENT OF STEPHANIE 237 00:10:45,845 --> 00:10:47,013 LACHMAN AS A MEMBER OF THE 238 00:10:47,013 --> 00:10:47,713 EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 239 00:10:47,713 --> 00:10:49,749 ADVISORY BOARD BRIEFING 240 00:10:49,749 --> 00:10:54,253 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 241 00:10:54,253 --> 00:10:56,822 >> WONDERFUL. AT THIS TIME, I 242 00:10:56,822 --> 00:11:03,062 BELIEVE OUR FOLKS ARE JOINING US 243 00:11:03,062 --> 00:11:09,969 VIRTUALLY. 244 00:11:09,969 --> 00:11:12,338 >> GOOD MORNING. 245 00:11:12,338 --> 00:11:15,941 >> GOOD MORNING. WE ARE JUST 246 00:11:15,941 --> 00:11:24,350 GETTING READY TO BE ABLE TO SEE. 247 00:11:24,350 --> 00:11:32,858 GIVE US ONE MOMENT. WE WILL BE 248 00:11:32,858 --> 00:11:43,269 AT EASE FOR ONE MOMENT. 249 00:12:06,358 --> 00:12:11,263 >> SO I CAN, I AM HERE TO 250 00:12:11,263 --> 00:12:12,898 PRESENT ON FIVE BOARD MEMBERS 251 00:12:12,898 --> 00:12:15,601 WHO ARE LOOKING FOR 252 00:12:15,601 --> 00:12:19,839 REAPPOINTMENT FOR THE EBI 253 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:22,541 ADVISORY BOARD. JUST A QUICK 254 00:12:22,541 --> 00:12:26,312 OVERVIEW THE EDI ADVISORY IN 255 00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:27,480 TERMS OF THE PURPOSE OF ADVISORY 256 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:32,518 BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED TO REALLY 257 00:12:32,518 --> 00:12:33,519 HELP RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY 258 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:35,421 AROUND CONNECTING WITH EQUITABLE 259 00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:35,988 DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIES AND 260 00:12:35,988 --> 00:12:41,694 GOALS AND TO SUPPORT GUIDANCE, 261 00:12:41,694 --> 00:12:45,464 RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUNDS TO THE 262 00:12:45,464 --> 00:12:49,802 PUBLIC. AND REALLY THIS ADVISORY 263 00:12:49,802 --> 00:12:50,736 BOARD IS FOR HISTORICALLY 264 00:12:50,736 --> 00:12:57,543 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY GROUPS, 265 00:12:57,543 --> 00:12:58,210 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND THE 266 00:12:58,210 --> 00:13:00,579 LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITIES AND 267 00:13:00,579 --> 00:13:04,116 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE 268 00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:04,917 SEATTLE AREA. PROVIDING SUPPORT 269 00:13:04,917 --> 00:13:10,456 TO THE BOARD AND PARTICULARLY MY 270 00:13:10,456 --> 00:13:13,325 POSITION. FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD 271 00:13:13,325 --> 00:13:17,730 WE HAVE OUR TEAM BOARD MEMBERS 272 00:13:17,730 --> 00:13:19,031 ALL DUE TO OUR ORDINANCE SUBJECT 273 00:13:19,031 --> 00:13:20,633 TO CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION AND 274 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:24,470 ALL BOARD MEMBERS TERMS ARE UP 275 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:26,505 TO THREE YEARS. WE CAN'T DO 276 00:13:26,505 --> 00:13:30,609 MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS. 277 00:13:30,609 --> 00:13:31,844 AND THREE OF THEM ARE CITY 278 00:13:31,844 --> 00:13:33,078 COUNCIL APPOINTED, THREE ARE 279 00:13:33,078 --> 00:13:35,948 MAYOR APPOINTED AND SEVEN OUR 280 00:13:35,948 --> 00:13:41,921 ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTED. AND WE 281 00:13:41,921 --> 00:13:47,193 HAVE SIDE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS 282 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:51,263 JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT 283 00:13:51,263 --> 00:13:53,499 POSITION IS A BOARD MEMBER WHO 284 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:55,501 WAS FILLING A VACANT SEAT FROM A 285 00:13:55,501 --> 00:14:02,174 PREVIOUS PROGRAM AND LEFT THERE 286 00:14:02,174 --> 00:14:03,509 TERM EARLY SO THEY WERE FEELING 287 00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:13,986 IN A WEIRD GAP AND FOR POSITION 288 00:14:13,986 --> 00:14:15,120 THREE, 59 AND 11 ARE SEEKING 289 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,056 THEIR SECOND TERM WITH US. 290 00:14:17,056 --> 00:14:20,826 WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD 291 00:14:20,826 --> 00:14:22,228 LOVE TO MOVE ON TO TALK ABOUT 292 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:24,663 OUR AMAZING BOARD MEMBERS. NOT 293 00:14:24,663 --> 00:14:25,998 QUITE SURE IF THIS IS FOLLOWING 294 00:14:25,998 --> 00:14:27,399 IN YOUR PACKET BUT I WILL START 295 00:14:27,399 --> 00:14:29,768 WITH POSITION TO WHICH IS A 296 00:14:29,768 --> 00:14:32,037 MAYOR APPOINTED POSITION. 297 00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:36,742 STEPHANIE IS A SENIOR BUSINESS 298 00:14:36,742 --> 00:14:39,078 FINANCE OFFICER WHO USED TO WORK 299 00:14:39,078 --> 00:14:40,913 WITH THE PEOPLE SOLAR ENERGY 300 00:14:40,913 --> 00:14:43,716 FUND AS A LOAN OFFICER WHICH IS 301 00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:46,752 A MEMBER DRIVEN NONPROFIT 302 00:14:46,752 --> 00:14:48,387 ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS 303 00:14:48,387 --> 00:14:51,857 COMMUNITY GROUPS AROUND 304 00:14:51,857 --> 00:14:53,592 AFFORDABLE FINANCING, TECHNICAL 305 00:14:53,592 --> 00:14:55,961 ASSISTANCE TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY 306 00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:59,431 AND CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS. AND 307 00:14:59,431 --> 00:15:02,768 PRIOR TO ALL THAT STEPHANIE HAS 308 00:15:02,768 --> 00:15:05,304 EXPERIENCED AS A BUSINESS LENDER 309 00:15:05,304 --> 00:15:15,848 SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND 310 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:18,317 MISSION-BASED NONPROFITS. 311 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:25,924 STEPHANIE HAS SUPPORTED OWNED 312 00:15:25,924 --> 00:15:27,126 BUSINESSES AND STARTUP EXPANSION 313 00:15:27,126 --> 00:15:27,793 LOANS, SOCIAL IMPACT AND CLIMATE 314 00:15:27,793 --> 00:15:29,094 LENS TO HER WORK AND HAS WORKED 315 00:15:29,094 --> 00:15:31,997 IN SENEGAL IN BOTH SERVICES IN 316 00:15:31,997 --> 00:15:34,900 THE PEACE CORPS WHERE SHE ALSO 317 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:36,502 WORKED WITH YOUNG FOLKS AROUND 318 00:15:36,502 --> 00:15:40,973 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND HAS DIVIDED 319 00:15:40,973 --> 00:15:41,774 INCOME ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN 320 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:44,209 GROUPS AND AT THE SAME TIME 321 00:15:44,209 --> 00:15:48,347 ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP FOR 322 00:15:48,347 --> 00:15:49,348 BUSINESS OWNERS. SHE HOLDS AN 323 00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:50,950 MBA FROM COLORADO STATE AND HAS 324 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:58,557 REALLY FOCUSED ON AND SHE HAS A 325 00:15:58,557 --> 00:15:59,358 BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FINANCE 326 00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:05,130 AND MINOR IN FRENCH FROM 327 00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:06,832 WASHINGTON STATE. JUAN RODRIGUEZ 328 00:16:06,832 --> 00:16:09,969 FOR POSITION THREE WHICH IS A 329 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:11,437 MAYOR APPOINTED POSITION. 330 00:16:11,437 --> 00:16:14,273 ORIGINALLY FROM THE DOMINICAN 331 00:16:14,273 --> 00:16:15,240 REPUBLIC, RAISED IN NEW YORK 332 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,077 CITY AS WELL AND RECENTLY HAS 333 00:16:18,077 --> 00:16:19,511 CALLED SEATTLE HOME FOR THE LAST 334 00:16:19,511 --> 00:16:22,414 FEW YEARS. WITH THAT, HAS MORE 335 00:16:22,414 --> 00:16:29,521 THAN 15 YEARS AS BEING A HUMAN 336 00:16:29,521 --> 00:16:30,289 RIGHTS ADVOCATE PARTICULARLY 337 00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:31,156 WITH THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY 338 00:16:31,156 --> 00:16:36,929 AND HAS WORN MANY DIFFERENT 339 00:16:36,929 --> 00:16:38,897 HATS. HIS PROFESSIONAL 340 00:16:38,897 --> 00:16:41,367 BACKGROUND REALLY RANGES FROM 341 00:16:41,367 --> 00:16:43,001 BUSINESS CONSULTANT AND 342 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:49,408 NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT, 343 00:16:49,408 --> 00:16:54,413 COMMUNICATIONS, MISMANAGEMENT, 344 00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:58,450 HE HAS BEEN PART OF A DIFFERENT 345 00:16:58,450 --> 00:17:01,887 ADVISORY BOARDS AND AN INVOLVED 346 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:03,122 PARTICULARLY WITH THE DOMINICAN 347 00:17:03,122 --> 00:17:05,791 ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON STATE, 348 00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:09,228 AN ORGANIZATION HE FOUNDED IN 349 00:17:09,228 --> 00:17:11,463 SEATTLE. SUPPORT THE NETWORK, 350 00:17:11,463 --> 00:17:16,235 AGAIN REALLY CONNECTING WITH THE 351 00:17:16,235 --> 00:17:18,637 LGBTQ COMMUNITY. ALSO SERVED AS 352 00:17:18,637 --> 00:17:21,507 THE COCHAIR FOR SEATTLE LGBTQ 353 00:17:21,507 --> 00:17:23,041 COMMISSION FROM 2019 TO 2020. 354 00:17:23,041 --> 00:17:25,677 AND HAS SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE 355 00:17:25,677 --> 00:17:30,015 DIRECTOR FROM THE SEATTLE 356 00:17:30,015 --> 00:17:34,953 CHAPTER OF LGBTQ MORMONS 357 00:17:34,953 --> 00:17:35,721 FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. AN 358 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,157 ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS LGBTQ 359 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:44,296 MEMBERS AND EX-MEMBERS OF THE 360 00:17:44,296 --> 00:17:45,597 LDS CHURCH AND FAITH AND FOUND 361 00:17:45,597 --> 00:17:46,398 FOUNDED THE DOMINICAN CHAPTER 362 00:17:46,398 --> 00:17:48,267 FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. AND HE 363 00:17:48,267 --> 00:17:49,802 WAS ALSO A HUMAN RIGHTS 364 00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:51,103 AMBASSADOR WITH UNITED NATIONS 365 00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:56,075 IN THE CARIBBEAN. IF HE DIDN'T 366 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:59,244 ALREADY HAVE SO MANY HATS ON HE 367 00:17:59,244 --> 00:17:59,978 CURRENTLY SERVES AS EXECUTIVE 368 00:17:59,978 --> 00:18:01,280 DIRECTOR FOR THE IT GETS THAT 369 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,483 HER PROJECT AFFILIATED WITH THE 370 00:18:04,483 --> 00:18:05,317 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND COCHAIRS 371 00:18:05,317 --> 00:18:07,019 ADVISORY COMMITTEES AROUND 372 00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:09,188 PROVIDERS FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL 373 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:12,658 HEALTH PROGRAM SERVING SNOHOMISH 374 00:18:12,658 --> 00:18:15,227 AND THE ISLAND COUNTIES. AND HE 375 00:18:15,227 --> 00:18:18,697 FOCUSES ON SUPPORTING PEER 376 00:18:18,697 --> 00:18:19,398 SUPPORT GROUPS AROUND SPIRITUAL 377 00:18:19,398 --> 00:18:22,034 AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AROUND 378 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:24,169 SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR THE LGBTQ 379 00:18:24,169 --> 00:18:26,138 YOUTH IN SEATTLE AND IS FLUENT 380 00:18:26,138 --> 00:18:31,210 IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 381 00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:33,946 FYNNIECKO GLOVER FOR POSITION 382 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:36,915 NUMBER FIVE AND THAT ONE IS A 383 00:18:36,915 --> 00:18:39,918 CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED POSITION 384 00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:41,720 IS A LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER WITH 385 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,990 MORE THAN A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE 386 00:18:44,990 --> 00:18:49,962 AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 387 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:50,562 FOCUSING ON INCLUSIVE 388 00:18:50,562 --> 00:18:53,198 INITIATIVES THAT UPLIFT 389 00:18:53,198 --> 00:18:59,271 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. HE HAS 390 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:00,973 HE WAS A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE AS 391 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:01,974 AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 392 00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:07,980 AND DID A LOT OF WORK IN THE 393 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,482 AREA. HE DID A LOT OF WORK ON 394 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:13,185 THE AREA THROUGH JOB CREATION, 395 00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:15,654 PLANNING, BUILDING KEY COMMUNITY 396 00:19:15,654 --> 00:19:18,257 PARTNERSHIPS AND IN THAT PROCESS 397 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:20,592 HE HAS WORKED WITH A LOT OF 398 00:19:20,592 --> 00:19:23,762 LOCAL KING COUNTY SOCIAL 399 00:19:23,762 --> 00:19:24,429 SERVICES AROUND BUDGETING 400 00:19:24,429 --> 00:19:28,133 EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE LOCAL 401 00:19:28,133 --> 00:19:33,071 RESIDENTS HAD A DIRECT VOICE IN 402 00:19:33,071 --> 00:19:36,508 PUBLIC INVESTMENT. HE IS A LOCAL 403 00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:37,476 COMMUNITY LEADER MEAN HE ALSO 404 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:43,582 HAS DEEP ROOTS IN SOUTH SEATTLE 405 00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:49,454 YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND EXPANDING 406 00:19:49,454 --> 00:19:51,990 ANY SORT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO 407 00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:56,028 REALLY UPLIFT THE COMMUNITIES IN 408 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:57,396 THE AREA. HE HAS COFOUNDED A LOT 409 00:19:57,396 --> 00:19:58,030 OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION 410 00:19:58,030 --> 00:20:03,235 REALLY FOCUSING ON COMMUNITY 411 00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:04,136 SPACES AND INVOLVED IN LOCAL 412 00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:05,037 COMMUNITY GROUPS REALLY FOCUSING 413 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:08,040 ON LAND STEWARDSHIP AND ECONOMIC 414 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,910 DEVELOPMENT. HE HOLDS A DEGREE 415 00:20:11,910 --> 00:20:14,947 FROM AN URBAN AND REGIONAL 416 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:16,248 PLANNING FROM ALABAMA 417 00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:18,850 AGRICULTURE AS WELL AS ARIZONA 418 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:24,623 STATE UNIVERSITY. SO BEING LOCAL 419 00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:25,757 WITH HIS BACKGROUND HE IS REALLY 420 00:20:25,757 --> 00:20:26,758 EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO BRING 421 00:20:26,758 --> 00:20:27,993 THOSE SCHOOLS TO THE ADVISORY 422 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:31,697 BOARD. TIFFANY KELLY-GRAY FOR 423 00:20:31,697 --> 00:20:32,931 POSITION NINE AND THIS IS A 424 00:20:32,931 --> 00:20:34,733 BOARD APPOINTED POSITION. 425 00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:35,567 TIFFANY IS CONSIDERED A 426 00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:37,836 COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND COMMUNITY 427 00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:39,471 LEADER WITH VAST EXPERIENCE 428 00:20:39,471 --> 00:20:45,978 AROUND ADVOCATING FOR EQUITY 429 00:20:45,978 --> 00:20:49,047 COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. CURRENTLY 430 00:20:49,047 --> 00:20:50,749 SHE IS IMPACT AND STRATEGIC 431 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:56,588 INITIATIVE DIRECTOR AND THIS IS 432 00:20:56,588 --> 00:20:58,223 A NONPROFIT IN A ESSENTIAL 433 00:20:58,223 --> 00:20:59,057 DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES SAFETY 434 00:20:59,057 --> 00:20:59,925 NET SERVICES TO SEATTLE 435 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:00,926 RESIDENTS OR ANYONE WHO WALKS 436 00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:02,094 THROUGH THEIR DOORS IN NEED OF 437 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:06,665 SERVICES WITHOUT THE STIGMA. SHE 438 00:21:06,665 --> 00:21:09,701 LEADS THE FUND DEVELOPMENT 439 00:21:09,701 --> 00:21:10,302 PARTNERSHIP STRATEGIES THAT 440 00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:11,136 COMBAT DISPLACEMENT AND REALLY 441 00:21:11,136 --> 00:21:14,206 ADDRESS THE SYSTEM INEQUALITIES 442 00:21:14,206 --> 00:21:17,876 WELL STAYING IN THE CENTRAL 443 00:21:17,876 --> 00:21:20,712 DISTRICT. PART OF HER EXPERTISE 444 00:21:20,712 --> 00:21:21,880 AND EXPERIENCE, SHE USED TO WORK 445 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,583 FOR MERRILL LYNCH AS A COMMUNITY 446 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:28,620 LENDER AT THE FIFTH AND THIRD 447 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:34,026 BANK AND REALLY ALIGNED WITH 448 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:36,695 GOALS. WITH ALL OF THAT SHE 449 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:37,896 STILL SERVES AS A BOARD OF 450 00:21:37,896 --> 00:21:40,666 TRUSTEE AT THE THE LOCAL SCHOOL 451 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:45,537 WHERE SHE ALSO SHARES DIVERSITY 452 00:21:45,537 --> 00:21:49,041 AND A: EQUITY COMMUNITY. SHE 453 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:51,677 ALSO IS A LONG-TERM RESIDENT AND 454 00:21:51,677 --> 00:21:55,380 SHE IS REALLY DEEPLY COMMITTED 455 00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:57,215 TO EXPANDING ANYTHING AROUND 456 00:21:57,215 --> 00:22:01,186 BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 457 00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:03,355 COMMUNITY FOR MARGINALIZED 458 00:22:03,355 --> 00:22:07,859 COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ANY SORT OF 459 00:22:07,859 --> 00:22:08,493 DISPLACEMENT AND ADVANCING 460 00:22:08,493 --> 00:22:09,061 EQUITABLE AND COMMUNITY 461 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:11,530 DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. LAST 462 00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:15,400 BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE ELIANA 463 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:20,839 HORN FOR POSITION 11 . A 464 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:24,076 ATTORNEY, COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND 465 00:22:24,076 --> 00:22:33,385 POLICY ANALYSIS WITH ANOTHER 466 00:22:33,385 --> 00:22:39,124 EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND. AND ELIANA 467 00:22:39,124 --> 00:22:40,892 HAS OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE 468 00:22:40,892 --> 00:22:42,461 SUPPORTING COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP 469 00:22:42,461 --> 00:22:48,734 OF LAND, PATHWAY TOWARDS RACIAL, 470 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:54,373 ECONOMIC AND GENDER AND CLIMATE 471 00:22:54,373 --> 00:23:00,946 JUSTICE. AND CURRENTLY AROUND 472 00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:03,915 CLOSELY WORKING WITH LOCAL 473 00:23:03,915 --> 00:23:09,221 GROUPS TO ADVANCE DEMOCRATIC 474 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:11,923 CONTROL THEY ARE CURRENTLY THE 475 00:23:11,923 --> 00:23:15,293 POLICY ANALYSIS AND NOT ONLY 476 00:23:15,293 --> 00:23:22,100 THAT THEY HAVE FOUNDED A 477 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:24,102 INTERDEPENDENT LAW OF POLICY 478 00:23:24,102 --> 00:23:27,672 RESEARCH ADVANCING CAMPAIGNS AND 479 00:23:27,672 --> 00:23:28,240 LEGAL COUNCIL FOR 480 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:38,784 COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS. AND SO 481 00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:45,490 THEY LET DISPLACEMENT EFFORTS 482 00:23:45,490 --> 00:23:48,593 AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY 483 00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:54,666 GROUPS. TO ADVANCE EQUITABLE 484 00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:59,171 DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY 485 00:23:59,171 --> 00:24:00,238 LEADERSHIP. THOSE WERE THE BOARD 486 00:24:00,238 --> 00:24:01,306 MEMBERS WE ARE SEEKING FOR 487 00:24:01,306 --> 00:24:01,840 REAPPOINTMENT THROUGH THE 488 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:07,712 ADVISORY BOARD. THAT WAS A CLICK 489 00:24:07,712 --> 00:24:18,256 SNAPSHOT WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING 490 00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:28,366 TO TAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS UP AS 491 00:24:28,366 --> 00:24:34,306 A PACKAGE TO MOVE THEM FORWARD. 492 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:37,742 SO I MOVED THAT THE COMMITTEE 493 00:24:37,742 --> 00:24:40,278 RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT FOR 494 00:24:40,278 --> 00:24:43,882 CONFIRMATION. IS THERE A SECOND? 495 00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:45,851 IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 496 00:24:45,851 --> 00:24:52,157 ANY FINAL COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. 497 00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:53,592 WILL THE COMMITTEE CLICK PLEASE 498 00:24:53,592 --> 00:24:54,092 CALL THE ROLL ON THE 499 00:24:54,092 --> 00:24:54,893 RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THE 500 00:24:54,893 --> 00:24:55,227 APPOINTMENTS? 501 00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:58,530 >> CHAIR RINCK. VICE CHAIR 502 00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:00,799 FOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 503 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:03,635 HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER 504 00:25:03,635 --> 00:25:05,170 SAKA. THERE ARE FOUR IN FAVOR 505 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:10,775 AND ZERO POST AND ZERO 506 00:25:10,775 --> 00:25:15,213 ABSTENTIONS. 507 00:25:15,213 --> 00:25:16,381 >> THE MOTION CARRIES AN 508 00:25:16,381 --> 00:25:17,015 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT 509 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:17,716 THE APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED 510 00:25:17,716 --> 00:25:19,150 WILL BE SENT TO THE APRIL 14th 511 00:25:19,150 --> 00:25:20,352 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND NOW WE 512 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:21,853 ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR NEXT 513 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:22,787 ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE 514 00:25:22,787 --> 00:25:23,788 COMMITTEE CLICK EASE READ ITEM 515 00:25:23,788 --> 00:25:25,257 SEVEN INTO THE RECORD? 516 00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:26,658 >> ITEM SEVEN. DOMESTIC WORKERS 517 00:25:26,658 --> 00:25:27,225 STANDARDS BOARD OVERVIEW 518 00:25:27,225 --> 00:25:32,697 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 519 00:25:32,697 --> 00:25:34,232 >> AS OUR GUESTS COME UP TO THE 520 00:25:34,232 --> 00:25:35,400 TABLE AGAIN WANT TO TAKE A 521 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,103 MOMENT TO JUST CELEBRATE THE 522 00:25:38,103 --> 00:25:41,139 WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 523 00:25:41,139 --> 00:25:41,973 YEARS FROM DOMESTIC WORKERS 524 00:25:41,973 --> 00:25:43,541 STANDARDS BOARD BUT ALSO MANY 525 00:25:43,541 --> 00:25:46,444 ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE 526 00:25:46,444 --> 00:25:48,880 WORKCENTER TO HAVE BEEN PART OF 527 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,081 THESE EFFORTS. WE ARE GOING TO 528 00:25:50,081 --> 00:25:51,683 BE HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THEM 529 00:25:51,683 --> 00:25:53,985 TODAY ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THEIR 530 00:25:53,985 --> 00:25:55,220 WORK, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY 531 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:56,388 AND WHERE WE ARE GOING NEXT. 532 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:59,457 REALLY EXCITED TO BE HAVE THEM 533 00:25:59,457 --> 00:26:01,293 ALL IN COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. 534 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:02,527 WHEN FOLKS GET SETTLED AND IF 535 00:26:02,527 --> 00:26:04,162 YOU CAN TAKE A MOMENT AND 536 00:26:04,162 --> 00:26:05,230 INTRODUCE YOURSELF BY STATING 537 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:10,468 YOUR NAME AND ORGANIZATION INTO 538 00:26:10,468 --> 00:26:21,012 THE MICROPHONE. WELCOME AGAIN. 539 00:26:54,145 --> 00:27:04,623 >> THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION 540 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:07,525 FOR US TO PRESENT TO THE 541 00:27:07,525 --> 00:27:11,296 DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD 542 00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:21,706 IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 543 00:27:27,178 --> 00:27:30,148 >> MY NAME IS SILVIA GONZALEZ. I 544 00:27:30,148 --> 00:27:34,219 AM ONE OF THE CHAIRS OF DWSB . 545 00:27:34,219 --> 00:27:37,822 MANAGER OF THE ORGANIZATION. I 546 00:27:37,822 --> 00:27:39,290 AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF DOMESTIC 547 00:27:39,290 --> 00:27:44,462 WORKERS OF CASA LATINA. THESE 548 00:27:44,462 --> 00:27:48,867 ARE MY COLLEAGUES. 549 00:27:48,867 --> 00:27:50,635 >> HI EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS 550 00:27:50,635 --> 00:27:54,406 JORDAN GOLDWARG , I USE HE HIM 551 00:27:54,406 --> 00:27:55,707 PRONOUNS AND I HAVE BEEN A 552 00:27:55,707 --> 00:27:59,577 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4 FOR 16 553 00:27:59,577 --> 00:28:00,779 YEARS. I ALSO SERVE ON THE 554 00:28:00,779 --> 00:28:01,546 DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD 555 00:28:01,546 --> 00:28:04,649 AND ONE OF THE EMPLOYER SEATS. I 556 00:28:04,649 --> 00:28:07,552 EMPLOYEE A HOUSECLEANER IN MY 557 00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:09,988 HOME AND I GOT CONNECTED TO 558 00:28:09,988 --> 00:28:12,223 DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD 559 00:28:12,223 --> 00:28:15,260 THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION 560 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:16,327 HAND-IN-HAND WHICH IS A NATIONAL 561 00:28:16,327 --> 00:28:17,695 ORGANIZATION THAT ORGANIZES 562 00:28:17,695 --> 00:28:18,496 EMPLOYERS AND DOMESTIC WORKERS 563 00:28:18,496 --> 00:28:25,303 TO BE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE 564 00:28:25,303 --> 00:28:31,776 DOMESTIC WORKERS MOVEMENT. 565 00:28:31,776 --> 00:28:38,216 >> BOARD LIAISON BETWEEN THE 566 00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:40,618 DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD 567 00:28:40,618 --> 00:28:51,096 AND HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. 568 00:28:58,336 --> 00:28:59,971 >> I LIKE TO KICK US OFF BY 569 00:28:59,971 --> 00:29:01,172 SHARING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE 570 00:29:01,172 --> 00:29:02,006 PURPOSE OF OUR PRESENTATION 571 00:29:02,006 --> 00:29:03,208 TODAY. WE WILL START OFF BY 572 00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:05,043 GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE 573 00:29:05,043 --> 00:29:09,280 DETAIL INTO THE ROLE OF THE 574 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:14,419 STANDARDS BOARD. WE WILL PROVIDE 575 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:15,687 A HISTORY AND OVERVIEW AND MAKE 576 00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:17,155 SURE WE SHARE SOME OF THE 577 00:29:17,155 --> 00:29:18,056 ONGOING WORK THAT IS HAPPENING 578 00:29:18,056 --> 00:29:19,491 AND SOME OF THE FUTURE WORK THAT 579 00:29:19,491 --> 00:29:24,963 WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS. WE WANT 580 00:29:24,963 --> 00:29:28,867 TO THE RECENT STATE LAW WHEN 581 00:29:28,867 --> 00:29:30,268 EMMA AND THEN OF COURSE WE WANT 582 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:31,903 TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME FOR 583 00:29:31,903 --> 00:29:36,241 QUESTIONS AS WELL. SO JUST TO 584 00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:39,277 START OFF WITH SOME BACKGROUND, 585 00:29:39,277 --> 00:29:43,148 THIS IS A TIMELINE GOING BACK TO 586 00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:45,817 WHEN THE CITY PASSED THE 587 00:29:45,817 --> 00:29:56,361 ORDINANCE IN 2018. WE ARE STILL 588 00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:00,231 THE ONLY JURISDICTION TO HAVE 589 00:30:00,231 --> 00:30:01,432 PASSED THE BILL OF RIGHTS THAT 590 00:30:01,432 --> 00:30:03,568 ALSO INCLUDES AN OVERSIGHT BOARD 591 00:30:03,568 --> 00:30:08,139 TO DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS 592 00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:09,407 BOARD. AND ALSO JUST WANT TO 593 00:30:09,407 --> 00:30:10,775 HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS HERE 594 00:30:10,775 --> 00:30:13,878 IN TERMS OF SUPPORT THAT COUNCIL 595 00:30:13,878 --> 00:30:15,280 HAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD IN THE 596 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:19,217 PAST TWO CONTINUE FURTHERING OUR 597 00:30:19,217 --> 00:30:20,752 WORK. AND SO BOTH IN THE FALL OF 598 00:30:20,752 --> 00:30:26,658 2021 AND ALSO AGAIN IN 2023. TO 599 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:30,862 SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE BOARD IN 600 00:30:30,862 --> 00:30:32,430 2021 THAT WAS TO SUPPORT 601 00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:33,431 SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT 602 00:30:33,431 --> 00:30:35,400 THE BOARD MADE TO COUNCIL AND 603 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,001 THAT WAS PART OF THE INITIAL 604 00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:41,706 CHARTER OF THE BOARD. WE WERE 605 00:30:41,706 --> 00:30:43,308 GRATEFUL TO COUNCIL FOR THE 606 00:30:43,308 --> 00:30:48,112 FINANCIAL SUPPORT THEY GAVE 607 00:30:48,112 --> 00:30:49,047 INCLUDING GRANTS TO COMMUNITY 608 00:30:49,047 --> 00:30:50,515 ORGANIZATIONS FOR FURTHER 609 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:55,486 ORGANIZED WORKERS IN THE SPACE. 610 00:30:55,486 --> 00:30:58,089 AND THEN AGAIN IN FALL 2023 611 00:30:58,089 --> 00:31:00,725 COUNCIL ALLOCATED FUNDING TO 612 00:31:00,725 --> 00:31:03,361 SUPPORT A REPORT, THE CREATION 613 00:31:03,361 --> 00:31:06,631 OF A REPORT ON EXPANDING PAID 614 00:31:06,631 --> 00:31:10,902 TIME OFF BENEFITS TO WORKERS AND 615 00:31:10,902 --> 00:31:12,871 ALSO SUPPORTED A GRANT TO AN 616 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:17,942 ORGANIZATION TO DO AWARENESS OF 617 00:31:17,942 --> 00:31:20,712 EMPLOYERS OF DOMESTIC WORKERS. 618 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:23,748 AND WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT TO 619 00:31:23,748 --> 00:31:26,251 DIANA TO TALK ABOUT OUR 620 00:31:26,251 --> 00:31:29,887 RELATIONSHIP WITH OLS. 621 00:31:29,887 --> 00:31:32,323 >> WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU 622 00:31:32,323 --> 00:31:33,157 TODAY IS OUR STANDARD 623 00:31:33,157 --> 00:31:35,560 ENFORCEMENT MODEL OR PROCESS FOR 624 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,463 OUR LABOR STANDARDS THAT WE 625 00:31:38,463 --> 00:31:39,264 ENFORCE. IT TYPICALLY STARTS 626 00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:41,132 WITH A WORKER COMING TO US TO 627 00:31:41,132 --> 00:31:45,403 MAKE A COMPLAINT AND 628 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:46,137 INVESTIGATOR FROM OUR 629 00:31:46,137 --> 00:31:47,138 ENFORCEMENT TEAM WILL THEN MEET 630 00:31:47,138 --> 00:31:48,306 WITH THAT WORKER, REVIEW ANY 631 00:31:48,306 --> 00:31:50,942 DOCUMENTS IF THEY BROUGHT ANY 632 00:31:50,942 --> 00:31:55,179 DOCUMENTS LIKE A PAYSTUB AND IF 633 00:31:55,179 --> 00:31:56,614 THE NEXT STEP IS TO OPEN 634 00:31:56,614 --> 00:31:57,815 INVESTIGATION WE WILL PROVIDE A 635 00:31:57,815 --> 00:32:04,856 NOTICE TO THE HIRING ENTITY OF 636 00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:05,923 THAT INVESTIGATION AND REQUEST 637 00:32:05,923 --> 00:32:06,724 ANY RECORDS SO THAT THE 638 00:32:06,724 --> 00:32:12,263 INVESTIGATOR CAN CONDUCT A 639 00:32:12,263 --> 00:32:13,298 PROPER INVESTIGATION. WHERE OUR 640 00:32:13,298 --> 00:32:14,098 OFFICE IS ABLE TO ASSESS 641 00:32:14,098 --> 00:32:16,801 PENALTIES AND FINES FOR THE 642 00:32:16,801 --> 00:32:20,071 ORDINANCE WHERE WE ALSO ANNOUNCE 643 00:32:20,071 --> 00:32:23,107 THE RESOLUTION PUBLICLY. IT'S 644 00:32:23,107 --> 00:32:25,543 ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. 645 00:32:25,543 --> 00:32:28,546 AS STANDARD, WE NEVER ASK ABOUT 646 00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:30,615 IMMIGRATION STATUS, WE ARE ABLE 647 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:33,284 TO PROVIDE INTERPRETATION AND 648 00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:37,955 TRANSLATION IN ALL OF OUR 649 00:32:37,955 --> 00:32:39,223 SERVICES. IN THE CLOSE TO SEVEN 650 00:32:39,223 --> 00:32:40,558 YEARS OF ENFORCING THIS LAW WE 651 00:32:40,558 --> 00:32:44,829 HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT IT 652 00:32:44,829 --> 00:32:45,797 MEANS TO ENFORCE A DOMESTIC 653 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:47,965 WORKERS ORDINANCE AND FOR THE 654 00:32:47,965 --> 00:32:48,766 MANY REASONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER 655 00:32:48,766 --> 00:32:50,668 MERCEDES RINCK ALREADY MENTIONED 656 00:32:50,668 --> 00:32:52,036 WHY DOMESTIC WORKERS HAVE A HARD 657 00:32:52,036 --> 00:32:54,172 TIME COMING FORWARD TO US. IT'S 658 00:32:54,172 --> 00:32:55,973 INCREDIBLY HARD FOR ALL WORKERS 659 00:32:55,973 --> 00:32:58,409 TO FILE A COMPLAINT ESPECIALLY 660 00:32:58,409 --> 00:32:59,177 RIGHT NOW GIVEN EVERYTHING 661 00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:01,813 THAT'S GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL 662 00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:02,613 LEVEL. BUT IT'S ALSO 663 00:33:02,613 --> 00:33:03,681 EXCEPTIONALLY HARD FOR DOMESTIC 664 00:33:03,681 --> 00:33:05,516 WORKERS AGAIN FOR THE REASONS 665 00:33:05,516 --> 00:33:10,188 THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN 666 00:33:10,188 --> 00:33:13,024 MENTIONED. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 667 00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:19,630 A WORKFORCE THAT HAS BEEN 668 00:33:19,630 --> 00:33:20,465 HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED AT THE 669 00:33:20,465 --> 00:33:21,265 NATIONAL LEVEL. PROTECTION SET 670 00:33:21,265 --> 00:33:22,333 ALL OTHER WORKERS ALREADY HAVE 671 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:24,168 AND HAVE HAD FOR CLOSE TO 100 672 00:33:24,168 --> 00:33:27,772 YEARS. AND THIS AGAIN IS ROOTED 673 00:33:27,772 --> 00:33:31,642 IN MISOGYNY, SEXISM AND RACISM 674 00:33:31,642 --> 00:33:34,912 AND ALSO ANTI-IMMIGRANT. WE ARE 675 00:33:34,912 --> 00:33:38,683 ALSO TALKING ABOUT A WORKPLACE 676 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,251 THAT IS PEOPLE'S HOMES. 677 00:33:40,251 --> 00:33:41,686 TYPICALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 678 00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:46,224 WORKPLACES WE THINK OF 679 00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:50,261 RESTAURANTS OR HOTELS OR 680 00:33:50,261 --> 00:33:51,062 BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN WE OFTEN 681 00:33:51,062 --> 00:33:52,163 TIMES DON'T THINK ABOUT OUR 682 00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:54,499 HOME BEING A WORKPLACE. AND THAT 683 00:33:54,499 --> 00:33:58,036 IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO 684 00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:08,513 A CULTURAL SHIFT. AND THEN 685 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:15,887 LASTLY I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE 686 00:34:15,887 --> 00:34:16,788 REFERRAL ECONOMY THAT HAPPENS IN 687 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:17,855 THE DOMESTIC WORKER SPACE. MOST 688 00:34:17,855 --> 00:34:18,990 OF THE WORKERS GET JOBS THROUGH 689 00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:20,625 FACEBOOK GROUPS, THROUGH 690 00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:23,661 WORD-OF-MOUTH THROUGH PARENT 691 00:34:23,661 --> 00:34:24,962 GROUPS, IN PARTICULAR NANNIES. 692 00:34:24,962 --> 00:34:29,067 THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS LIKE 693 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:29,901 SOMEBODY REALLY ENJOYED THEIR 694 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:36,007 LANDSCAPER THAN THEY WILL TELL 695 00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:41,179 THEIR NEIGHBOR. AND HAVE LED 696 00:34:41,179 --> 00:34:44,782 INTO LOW COMPLAINT RATES IN OUR 697 00:34:44,782 --> 00:34:46,083 OFFICE. AND THAT IS CONSISTENT 698 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:49,921 WITH WHAT THE STATE WE HAVE SEEN 699 00:34:49,921 --> 00:35:00,465 AT THE STATE LEVEL. TWO REMEDY 700 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:34,799 THEIR SITUATION. SO WHAT WE DID 701 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:35,800 IS THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE 702 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,435 DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD 703 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:40,071 IS WE REALLY WANTED TO ASK 704 00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:42,540 OURSELVES WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK 705 00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:43,975 LIKE OR HOW CAN WE MEASURE OUR 706 00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:54,352 IMPACT BEYOND CASES. BEYOND HOW 707 00:35:54,352 --> 00:35:55,620 MANY FOLKS COME FORWARD AND WE 708 00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:56,287 REALLY WANTED TO THINK 709 00:35:56,287 --> 00:35:56,888 CREATIVELY AND STRATEGICALLY 710 00:35:56,888 --> 00:36:00,591 ABOUT HOW WE ENFORCE THIS LAW. 711 00:36:00,591 --> 00:36:01,759 THE FIRST WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN 712 00:36:01,759 --> 00:36:03,027 OUR BEST PRACTICE IS INVEST IN 713 00:36:03,027 --> 00:36:03,628 COMMUNITY EXPERTISE. TALKING 714 00:36:03,628 --> 00:36:10,034 ABOUT WORKERS THAT OFTEN ARE DUE 715 00:36:10,034 --> 00:36:13,671 INVISIBLE WORK ARE OFTEN 716 00:36:13,671 --> 00:36:18,409 IMMIGRANT BLACK WOMEN, PEOPLE OF 717 00:36:18,409 --> 00:36:19,544 COLOR WHERE ENGLISH MAY NOT BE 718 00:36:19,544 --> 00:36:20,545 THEIR MAIN LANGUAGE OR THE 719 00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:21,345 LANGUAGE THEY FEEL MOST 720 00:36:21,345 --> 00:36:22,647 COMFORTABLE IN SO IN ORDER TO 721 00:36:22,647 --> 00:36:26,217 CAN DO THAT WELL WE NEED TO 722 00:36:26,217 --> 00:36:29,587 CENTER LANGUAGE ACCESS AND 723 00:36:29,587 --> 00:36:30,354 LANGUAGE JUSTICE. AND THAT 724 00:36:30,354 --> 00:36:33,424 INCLUDES TRANSLATING ALL OF OUR 725 00:36:33,424 --> 00:36:34,659 MATERIALS, ALL OF OUR RESOURCES 726 00:36:34,659 --> 00:36:36,460 INTO VARIOUS LINKAGES. I BELIEVE 727 00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:44,936 WE HAVE 20+ AVAILABLE INCLUDING 728 00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:45,770 MY PARENTS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE 729 00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:50,541 WHICH I WAS VERY SURPRISED. WE 730 00:36:50,541 --> 00:36:55,213 ARE MOSTLY IN CALIFORNIA. BUT 731 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:57,515 THAT JUST SHOWS THE INTENTIONAL 732 00:36:57,515 --> 00:36:59,584 AND COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE TWO 733 00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:02,420 REALLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR 734 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:03,387 RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO 735 00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:09,093 EVERYBODY IN THE CITY. OUTREACH 736 00:37:09,093 --> 00:37:10,962 AND EDUCATION HAS BEEN CRITICAL. 737 00:37:10,962 --> 00:37:14,465 IN GETTING THE WORD OUT. AGAIN 738 00:37:14,465 --> 00:37:18,069 TALKING ABOUT A WORKPLACE THAT 739 00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:19,303 THEY PERFORM WORK IN PEOPLE'S 740 00:37:19,303 --> 00:37:20,938 HOMES AND SO WE HAD TO DO A LOT 741 00:37:20,938 --> 00:37:23,240 OF EDUCATION TO CAN AND YOU TO 742 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:24,242 DO EDUCATION FOR HIGHER ENTITIES 743 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:25,710 TO THINK ABOUT THEIR HOME AS A 744 00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:30,715 WORKPLACE. WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT 745 00:37:30,715 --> 00:37:31,849 HIGHER ENTITIES WANT TO COMPLY. 746 00:37:31,849 --> 00:37:37,888 THAT THEY WANT TO DO THE RIGHT 747 00:37:37,888 --> 00:37:40,424 THING. I WILL LET THE BOARD 748 00:37:40,424 --> 00:37:41,125 DISCUSSED MORE ABOUT THE 749 00:37:41,125 --> 00:37:42,159 CAMPAIGN THAT THEY'VE DONE AND 750 00:37:42,159 --> 00:37:43,160 REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT HIGHER 751 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,428 ENTITIES ACROSS THE CITY. BUT WE 752 00:37:44,428 --> 00:37:46,597 DO SEE THAT TRANSLATE INTO 753 00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:47,398 SEEKING RESOURCES. AND ACCESSING 754 00:37:47,398 --> 00:37:50,735 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER 755 00:37:50,735 --> 00:37:53,604 LAWS THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED 756 00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:54,872 TO COMPLY. FOR EXAMPLE THE PAID 757 00:37:54,872 --> 00:37:59,043 SICK AND SAFE TIME LAW. SO WE 758 00:37:59,043 --> 00:38:00,378 ARE HOPING TO LEAD INTO A 759 00:38:00,378 --> 00:38:04,282 SOCIETAL SHIFT AND PERCEPTION OF 760 00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:05,449 WHO IS WHO ARE DOMESTIC WORKERS, 761 00:38:05,449 --> 00:38:10,621 WHERE DO THEY WORK AND AS 762 00:38:10,621 --> 00:38:13,090 COUNCILMEMBER MERCEDES RINCK 763 00:38:13,090 --> 00:38:14,291 SAID DOMESTIC WORKERS MAKE ALL 764 00:38:14,291 --> 00:38:16,093 OTHER WORK POSSIBLE. ALL OF THIS 765 00:38:16,093 --> 00:38:17,261 WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE 766 00:38:17,261 --> 00:38:21,599 WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS 767 00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:23,034 THE BOARD. SO I WILL PASS IT 768 00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:26,103 BACK TO THE BOARD. 769 00:38:26,103 --> 00:38:27,538 >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING 770 00:38:27,538 --> 00:38:33,744 THAT OVERVIEW. BEFORE I PASS IT 771 00:38:33,744 --> 00:38:35,246 OVER TO SYLVIA TO GO INTO A LOT 772 00:38:35,246 --> 00:38:36,447 MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE WORK OF 773 00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:37,915 THE BOARD, I DID JUST WANT TO 774 00:38:37,915 --> 00:38:38,916 HIGHLIGHT ONE THING FROM THE 775 00:38:38,916 --> 00:38:40,551 MUNICIPAL CODE AND LIQUIDS THAT 776 00:38:40,551 --> 00:38:41,552 AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF THE 777 00:38:41,552 --> 00:38:44,221 BOARD WHICH IS THAT WHEN IT 778 00:38:44,221 --> 00:38:44,955 TALKS ABOUT MAKING 779 00:38:44,955 --> 00:38:45,856 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY THE 780 00:38:45,856 --> 00:38:48,693 CITY HAS BEEN INTERPRETED VERY 781 00:38:48,693 --> 00:38:51,562 BROADLY TO INCLUDE ALL PARTS OF 782 00:38:51,562 --> 00:38:55,766 THE CITY AND SO THE BOARD HAS 783 00:38:55,766 --> 00:38:56,801 WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR'S 784 00:38:56,801 --> 00:38:57,935 OFFICE AND CITY COUNCIL OVER THE 785 00:38:57,935 --> 00:39:07,712 YEARS TO TRY TO ADVANCE OUR 786 00:39:07,712 --> 00:39:07,912 WORK. 787 00:39:07,912 --> 00:39:16,120 >> THANK YOU, JORDAN. I AM GOING 788 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,623 TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 789 00:39:19,623 --> 00:39:30,134 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOARD. 790 00:39:52,857 --> 00:39:57,595 >> THIS HAS A MEMBERSHIP AND THE 791 00:39:57,595 --> 00:39:59,196 MEMBERSHIP IS REPRESENTED FOR 792 00:39:59,196 --> 00:40:01,532 DOMESTIC WORKERS IN EVERY SECTOR 793 00:40:01,532 --> 00:40:05,469 SUCH AS NANNIES, HOUSECLEANERS, 794 00:40:05,469 --> 00:40:08,139 CARETAKERS FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND 795 00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:14,779 ALSO THAT HAVE HIRING ENTITIES 796 00:40:14,779 --> 00:40:20,384 AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE 797 00:40:20,384 --> 00:40:30,895 COMMUNITY. THIS BOARD OF THE 798 00:40:46,877 --> 00:40:49,413 LABOR STANDARDS HAS BEEN ONE OF 799 00:40:49,413 --> 00:40:51,415 THE PIONEERS IN LANGUAGE JUSTICE 800 00:40:51,415 --> 00:40:55,352 GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THE 801 00:40:55,352 --> 00:40:56,554 WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS 802 00:40:56,554 --> 00:40:58,989 THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN 803 00:40:58,989 --> 00:40:59,990 LANGUAGE. AT THE BEGINNING, IT 804 00:40:59,990 --> 00:41:01,892 WAS ONLY TWO LANGUAGES. ENGLISH 805 00:41:01,892 --> 00:41:06,697 AND SPANISH. BUT NOW THE 806 00:41:06,697 --> 00:41:07,598 MEETINGS ARE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH 807 00:41:07,598 --> 00:41:14,271 AND UKRAINIAN. THIS IS VERY 808 00:41:14,271 --> 00:41:14,538 POWERFUL. 809 00:41:14,538 --> 00:41:25,082 >> THE BOARD IS THE MAIN ACTOR. 810 00:41:44,869 --> 00:41:46,036 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MADE THE 811 00:41:46,036 --> 00:41:49,673 RECOMMENDATIONS TO OLS AND AT 812 00:41:49,673 --> 00:41:51,108 THE SAME TIME THEY DO ALL THE 813 00:41:51,108 --> 00:41:54,178 PRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNCIL AND 814 00:41:54,178 --> 00:41:55,579 ALSO TO THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. 815 00:41:55,579 --> 00:42:06,123 IN OTHER WORDS WE ARE WORKING. 816 00:42:52,603 --> 00:42:53,337 ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF THE 817 00:42:53,337 --> 00:42:56,240 BOARD IS THAT WE ARE THE UNIQUE 818 00:42:56,240 --> 00:43:00,344 MODEL AND THE WHOLE NATION. 819 00:43:00,344 --> 00:43:03,080 WE'VE BEEN CONTACTED FROM OTHER 820 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,649 STATES LIKE THE WORKERS 821 00:43:05,649 --> 00:43:06,317 COALITION, DOMESTIC WORKERS 822 00:43:06,317 --> 00:43:13,257 COALITION OF NEW YORK, ALSO 823 00:43:13,257 --> 00:43:16,927 UNIONS FOR NAIL SALONS AND ALSO 824 00:43:16,927 --> 00:43:20,264 MASSAGE PARLORS. THEY WANT US TO 825 00:43:20,264 --> 00:43:23,968 SHARE STRATEGIES, IMPROVEMENTS 826 00:43:23,968 --> 00:43:28,939 AND CHALLENGES. AND HOW CAN THEY 827 00:43:28,939 --> 00:43:33,210 CREATE A STANDARD BOARD LIKE FOR 828 00:43:33,210 --> 00:43:37,014 A MECHANISM TO IMPROVE AND 829 00:43:37,014 --> 00:43:38,115 ENFORCE ALL THE RIGHTS OF 830 00:43:38,115 --> 00:43:43,020 DOMESTIC WORKERS AND OTHER LABOR 831 00:43:43,020 --> 00:43:44,188 SECTORS. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF 832 00:43:44,188 --> 00:43:46,924 EVERYTHING THAT WE DID IN THIS 833 00:43:46,924 --> 00:43:57,267 BOARD AND OF THE RESULTS THAT WE 834 00:43:57,267 --> 00:43:57,534 ACHIEVED. 835 00:43:57,534 --> 00:44:08,078 >> RECENTLY WE WERE INVITED BY 836 00:44:30,134 --> 00:44:33,237 UCLA LABOR CENTER. THEY WANTED 837 00:44:33,237 --> 00:44:34,838 TO KNOW WHAT IS IT WE ARE DOING 838 00:44:34,838 --> 00:44:37,708 HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAT 839 00:44:37,708 --> 00:44:39,977 IS HAVING SUCH A BIG IMPACT. NOT 840 00:44:39,977 --> 00:44:43,647 ONLY THE STATE LEVEL BUT THE 841 00:44:43,647 --> 00:44:50,054 WHOLE NATION WE ARE IMPACTING. 842 00:44:50,054 --> 00:44:52,322 SO WE HAVE A BIG IMPACT 843 00:44:52,322 --> 00:44:53,424 NATIONALLY BUT IT'S ALSO 844 00:44:53,424 --> 00:45:03,967 BECAUSE OF THE BOARD. A FORMAL 845 00:45:51,748 --> 00:45:54,351 MECHANISM FOR A UNIQUE AND 846 00:45:54,351 --> 00:45:57,087 CONTINUOUS ADVOCACY. IT'S 847 00:45:57,087 --> 00:45:59,423 IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS THE 848 00:45:59,423 --> 00:46:08,465 ONLY WAY TO GET BETTER RESULTS. 849 00:46:08,465 --> 00:46:11,935 IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS 850 00:46:11,935 --> 00:46:13,470 THE VOICE OF THE DOMESTIC 851 00:46:13,470 --> 00:46:15,105 WORKERS. THIS IS A PLACE WHERE 852 00:46:15,105 --> 00:46:18,442 THEY HAVE THEY CAN BE HEARD AND 853 00:46:18,442 --> 00:46:28,986 THIS IS A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM. 854 00:46:31,188 --> 00:46:35,092 THIS ALSO INFORMS AND EDUCATES 855 00:46:35,092 --> 00:46:36,160 HIRING ENTITIES FOR THEM TO KNOW 856 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:42,199 THAT THEIR HOME IS A PLACE OF 857 00:46:42,199 --> 00:46:52,743 WORK. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE 858 00:46:56,013 --> 00:46:59,750 IT CREATES A STRUCTURE FOR 859 00:46:59,750 --> 00:47:01,185 GOVERNING IN A WAY THAT IS MUCH 860 00:47:01,185 --> 00:47:09,626 MORE INCLUSIVE BECAUSE LANGUAGE 861 00:47:09,626 --> 00:47:17,501 JUSTICE. AND ALSO GRANTS FOR THE 862 00:47:17,501 --> 00:47:22,973 REPRESENTING ALL THE DOMESTIC 863 00:47:22,973 --> 00:47:33,517 WORKERS. JORDAN SPOKE A LITTLE 864 00:47:35,285 --> 00:47:44,862 BIT ABOUT TIMELINE. I'M GOING 865 00:47:44,862 --> 00:47:47,097 TO STOP A LITTLE BIT AND TALK 866 00:47:47,097 --> 00:47:52,903 ABOUT 2021. IN 2021 THE BOARD 867 00:47:52,903 --> 00:47:53,770 HAD THREE VERY IMPORTANT 868 00:47:53,770 --> 00:48:04,314 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL. 869 00:48:15,626 --> 00:48:18,862 THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WAS TO 870 00:48:18,862 --> 00:48:20,564 INVEST MORE IN THE COMMUNITY 871 00:48:20,564 --> 00:48:24,968 EXPERIENCE. THE COUNCIL THEY 872 00:48:24,968 --> 00:48:29,139 GAVE MORE GRANTS FOR THESE 873 00:48:29,139 --> 00:48:29,773 ORGANIZATIONS FOR DOMESTIC 874 00:48:29,773 --> 00:48:33,243 WORKERS SO THEY COULD GET MORE 875 00:48:33,243 --> 00:48:34,111 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION FOR MORE 876 00:48:34,111 --> 00:48:36,280 OF THE DOMESTIC WORKERS AND ALSO 877 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:46,657 THE HIRING ENTITIES. 878 00:49:01,138 --> 00:49:05,008 >> THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS 879 00:49:05,008 --> 00:49:07,744 TO PROVIDE MORE MATERIALS AND 880 00:49:07,744 --> 00:49:10,681 RESOURCES FOR THE ORDINANCE OF 881 00:49:10,681 --> 00:49:11,682 DOMESTIC WORKERS FOR THEM TO 882 00:49:11,682 --> 00:49:17,621 CONTINUE DOING MORE OUTREACH AND 883 00:49:17,621 --> 00:49:22,292 EDUCATION. ALSO WE GOT MORE 884 00:49:22,292 --> 00:49:23,927 FLYERS, INFORMATION, VIDEOS, 885 00:49:23,927 --> 00:49:32,302 MORE PROMOTIONAL STUFF WITH THE 886 00:49:32,302 --> 00:49:34,204 GRANT ABOUT THE DOMESTIC WORKERS 887 00:49:34,204 --> 00:49:36,640 ORDINANCE AND ALSO ON THE RADIO. 888 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:42,813 WE HAVE A LOT OF ADS ON THE 889 00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:53,290 RADIO. THE THIRD ONE WAS TO 890 00:50:14,010 --> 00:50:17,881 ESTABLISH BENEFITS FOR ALL THE 891 00:50:17,881 --> 00:50:20,350 DOMESTIC WORKERS. THE OFFICE OF 892 00:50:20,350 --> 00:50:24,054 LABOR STANDARDS OLS IN A 893 00:50:24,054 --> 00:50:25,122 PARTNERSHIP WITH MEMBERS OF THE 894 00:50:25,122 --> 00:50:29,426 COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC GOOD. 895 00:50:29,426 --> 00:50:37,067 THEY PUBLISH AND RESULTS IN 896 00:50:37,067 --> 00:50:38,368 2025. IN THIS STUDY THERE WAS A 897 00:50:38,368 --> 00:50:39,169 LOT OF PARTICIPATION OF 898 00:50:39,169 --> 00:50:43,273 DIFFERENT GROUPS. FOCUS GROUPS, 899 00:50:43,273 --> 00:50:43,807 HOUSECLEANERS, NANNIES, 900 00:50:43,807 --> 00:50:54,351 CARETAKERS AND ALSO GARDENERS. 901 00:50:59,389 --> 00:51:01,358 WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? WHAT 902 00:51:01,358 --> 00:51:02,759 OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE ARE DOING 903 00:51:02,759 --> 00:51:13,270 AND THEY ARE ONGOING. AT THE 904 00:51:22,112 --> 00:51:24,114 MOMENT THE ONGOING PROJECTS OF 905 00:51:24,114 --> 00:51:26,716 THE BOARD ARC TO CONTINUE 906 00:51:26,716 --> 00:51:30,587 WORKING WITH TWO COMMITTEES. ONE 907 00:51:30,587 --> 00:51:31,822 IS THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND THE 908 00:51:31,822 --> 00:51:32,856 OTHER IS THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE 909 00:51:32,856 --> 00:51:36,927 SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR 910 00:51:36,927 --> 00:51:40,964 WORKPLAN. WE ARE ALSO ENGAGED 911 00:51:40,964 --> 00:51:42,199 AND WE WANT TO KNOW MORE 912 00:51:42,199 --> 00:51:49,005 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BUDGET. 913 00:51:49,005 --> 00:51:56,446 >> THANKS SILVIA. AS SILVIA WAS 914 00:51:56,446 --> 00:51:57,681 SPEAKING I WAS REMINDED THAT 915 00:51:57,681 --> 00:51:58,815 OFTEN TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME 916 00:51:58,815 --> 00:52:00,250 ABOUT THE STANDARDS BOARD I TOLD 917 00:52:00,250 --> 00:52:02,919 HIM THAT IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE 918 00:52:02,919 --> 00:52:03,787 MOST MEANINGFUL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 919 00:52:03,787 --> 00:52:06,189 EXPERIENCES I'VE EVER HAD AND 920 00:52:06,189 --> 00:52:07,224 ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL 921 00:52:07,224 --> 00:52:09,626 VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES. MAC. AND 922 00:52:09,626 --> 00:52:13,430 I THINK THAT IS COMING THROUGH 923 00:52:13,430 --> 00:52:14,931 IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU SEE AROUND 924 00:52:14,931 --> 00:52:17,000 THINGS LIKE LANGUAGE JUSTICE, 925 00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:17,634 ACCESSIBILITY, INCLUSIVITY AND 926 00:52:17,634 --> 00:52:21,838 THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY ATTACK 927 00:52:21,838 --> 00:52:23,106 AFFECT CHANGE. PARTICULARLY OVER 928 00:52:23,106 --> 00:52:27,611 THE LAST FEW YEARS ANY SORT OF 929 00:52:27,611 --> 00:52:29,045 WORK AROUND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND 930 00:52:29,045 --> 00:52:30,313 WORKER RIGHTS AT THE NATIONAL 931 00:52:30,313 --> 00:52:33,016 LEVEL HAS BEEN SO DIFFICULT. THE 932 00:52:33,016 --> 00:52:34,351 WORK WE ARE DOING IN THE CITY 933 00:52:34,351 --> 00:52:37,220 HAS A TANGIBLE, REAL IMPACT ON 934 00:52:37,220 --> 00:52:38,421 PEOPLE'S LIVES AND NOT ONLY FOR 935 00:52:38,421 --> 00:52:39,923 WORKERS BUT I THINK THE DOMESTIC 936 00:52:39,923 --> 00:52:42,559 WORKER MOVEMENT IS ONE OF THE 937 00:52:42,559 --> 00:52:47,497 FEW TRULY CROSS CLASS CROSS 938 00:52:47,497 --> 00:52:48,098 RACIAL ORGANIZING SPACES OF 939 00:52:48,098 --> 00:52:49,366 SOLIDARITY THAT WE SEE IN THE 940 00:52:49,366 --> 00:52:50,333 COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S 941 00:52:50,333 --> 00:52:52,302 BEEN REALLY POWERFUL IN TERMS OF 942 00:52:52,302 --> 00:52:53,103 BRINGING EMPLOYERS INTO THE 943 00:52:53,103 --> 00:52:57,107 MOVEMENT AS WELL AND RECOGNIZING 944 00:52:57,107 --> 00:52:58,141 THAT JUSTICE IS NECESSARY FOR 945 00:52:58,141 --> 00:53:01,378 ALL OF US TO HAVE TOGETHER. SO I 946 00:53:01,378 --> 00:53:04,347 WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 947 00:53:04,347 --> 00:53:05,482 FUTURE WORK THAT IS COMING UP 948 00:53:05,482 --> 00:53:07,951 FOR THE BOARD. AND WE'VE SHARED 949 00:53:07,951 --> 00:53:12,122 SOME OF THIS INFORMATION WITH 950 00:53:12,122 --> 00:53:12,856 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WE'VE HAD 951 00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:14,157 THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH IN 952 00:53:14,157 --> 00:53:16,526 THE LAST FEW MONTHS BUT THE BIG 953 00:53:16,526 --> 00:53:19,996 THING COMING UP IS BACK IN 954 00:53:19,996 --> 00:53:24,668 NOVEMBER THE BOARD VOTED TO 955 00:53:24,668 --> 00:53:25,435 RECOMMEND THREE PROPOSED 956 00:53:25,435 --> 00:53:27,771 AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE. AND 957 00:53:27,771 --> 00:53:29,406 OLS IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON 958 00:53:29,406 --> 00:53:31,374 DRAFTING THOSE AMENDMENTS AND 959 00:53:31,374 --> 00:53:32,709 OUR HOPE IS THAT THOSE 960 00:53:32,709 --> 00:53:35,779 AMENDMENTS WILL BE APPROVED BY 961 00:53:35,779 --> 00:53:39,883 COUNCIL AT SOME POINT IN 2026. 962 00:53:39,883 --> 00:53:41,117 SO THE FIRST OF THOSE AMENDMENTS 963 00:53:41,117 --> 00:53:42,219 IS TO MANDATE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS 964 00:53:42,219 --> 00:53:44,521 BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS. 965 00:53:44,521 --> 00:53:48,058 AND THIS REFLECTS A REAL SHIFT 966 00:53:48,058 --> 00:53:49,292 IN WHAT WORKERS WANT AND WHAT 967 00:53:49,292 --> 00:53:50,293 HAS BEEN CONSIDERED BEST 968 00:53:50,293 --> 00:53:51,094 PRACTICE SINCE THE ORIGINAL 969 00:53:51,094 --> 00:53:54,397 ORDINANCE WAS DRAFTED. AT THAT 970 00:53:54,397 --> 00:53:56,666 TIME A LOT OF WORKERS 971 00:53:56,666 --> 00:53:57,534 PARTICULARLY ONES WHO WERE 972 00:53:57,534 --> 00:53:58,235 FEARFUL ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS 973 00:53:58,235 --> 00:54:01,605 WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING A 974 00:54:01,605 --> 00:54:02,672 REQUIREMENT FOR PARTICULARLY 975 00:54:02,672 --> 00:54:06,943 WRITTEN CONTRACT AND THAT COULD 976 00:54:06,943 --> 00:54:09,746 INVOKE FEAR FOR PEOPLE. BUT OVER 977 00:54:09,746 --> 00:54:11,147 THE YEARS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS 978 00:54:11,147 --> 00:54:12,916 THAT WORKERS REALLY HAVE COME TO 979 00:54:12,916 --> 00:54:14,050 BELIEVE THAT THE BENEFITS OF 980 00:54:14,050 --> 00:54:16,286 HAVING WRITTEN AGREEMENTS AND 981 00:54:16,286 --> 00:54:18,722 THE TERMS OF THEIR WORK 982 00:54:18,722 --> 00:54:20,957 FORMALIZED WITH THEIR EMPLOYER 983 00:54:20,957 --> 00:54:22,792 OUTWEIGH ANY ANY POTENTIAL RISK 984 00:54:22,792 --> 00:54:26,296 THAT COMES FROM THAT 985 00:54:26,296 --> 00:54:27,230 DOCUMENTATION. AND SO THERE IS 986 00:54:27,230 --> 00:54:30,033 STRONG AGREEMENT NOW AMONG 987 00:54:30,033 --> 00:54:30,800 WORKERS THAT THE ORDINANCE 988 00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:31,701 SHOULD BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE 989 00:54:31,701 --> 00:54:37,207 WRITTEN AGREEMENTS. IT THE 990 00:54:37,207 --> 00:54:38,074 SECOND AMENDMENT WHICH REALLY 991 00:54:38,074 --> 00:54:41,544 COMES OUT OF SOME OF THE 992 00:54:41,544 --> 00:54:42,779 EXPERIENCE THAT OLS HAS HAD ON 993 00:54:42,779 --> 00:54:43,613 THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE WOULD 994 00:54:43,613 --> 00:54:45,615 REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO MAINTAIN 995 00:54:45,615 --> 00:54:50,920 RECORDS OF HOURS WORKED. AND 996 00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:51,988 OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 997 00:54:51,988 --> 00:54:53,023 MOST WORKERS AND MOST SECTORS 998 00:54:53,023 --> 00:54:55,091 TAKE FOR GRANTED. THAT THERE IS 999 00:54:55,091 --> 00:54:56,559 GOING TO BE A RECORD OF TIME 1000 00:54:56,559 --> 00:54:57,494 SHEETS AND HOURS THAT PEOPLE 1001 00:54:57,494 --> 00:54:58,795 HAVE WORKED. BUT THAT IS NOT 1002 00:54:58,795 --> 00:55:00,930 CURRENTLY REQUIRED IN THE 1003 00:55:00,930 --> 00:55:01,998 ORDINANCE. AND WHAT THAT HAS 1004 00:55:01,998 --> 00:55:03,199 MEANT IS THAT WHEN THERE ARE 1005 00:55:03,199 --> 00:55:03,833 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS PARTICULARLY 1006 00:55:03,833 --> 00:55:07,937 AROUND WAGE THEFT EMPLOYERS CAN 1007 00:55:07,937 --> 00:55:09,105 JUST DENY THAT THERE IS NO 1008 00:55:09,105 --> 00:55:11,274 RECORD OF THIS AND SO THE WORKER 1009 00:55:11,274 --> 00:55:16,046 HAS NO PROOF THAT THEY ARE OWED 1010 00:55:16,046 --> 00:55:17,347 THESE HOURS. AND SO THE SECOND 1011 00:55:17,347 --> 00:55:18,214 AMENDMENT IS TO REQUIRE 1012 00:55:18,214 --> 00:55:19,749 EMPLOYERS TO MAINTAIN RECORDS OF 1013 00:55:19,749 --> 00:55:22,585 HOURS WORKED. AND THEN THE THIRD 1014 00:55:22,585 --> 00:55:23,820 AMENDMENT RELATES TO THE 1015 00:55:23,820 --> 00:55:24,854 QUESTION OF PAID TIME OFF WHICH 1016 00:55:24,854 --> 00:55:26,656 IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL KEEP 1017 00:55:26,656 --> 00:55:30,327 GOING BACK TO. BUT THIS 1018 00:55:30,327 --> 00:55:34,230 AMENDMENT WOULD INCLUDE 1019 00:55:34,230 --> 00:55:34,898 ANTI-RETALIATION PROTECTION FOR 1020 00:55:34,898 --> 00:55:37,167 WORKERS WHO USE TIME OFF. MANY 1021 00:55:37,167 --> 00:55:38,068 WORKERS DON'T EVEN HAVE ACCESS 1022 00:55:38,068 --> 00:55:40,403 TO TIME OFF FOR PAID TIME OFF 1023 00:55:40,403 --> 00:55:43,206 BUT WHEN THEY DO OR EVEN IF 1024 00:55:43,206 --> 00:55:44,441 WORKERS WANT TO TAKE UNPAID TIME 1025 00:55:44,441 --> 00:55:46,476 OFF FEAR OF RETALIATION IS ONE 1026 00:55:46,476 --> 00:55:48,545 OF THE THINGS THAT STOPS WORKERS 1027 00:55:48,545 --> 00:55:52,882 FROM DOING THAT. AND SO WE WANT 1028 00:55:52,882 --> 00:55:56,019 TO INCLUDE ANTI-RETALIATION 1029 00:55:56,019 --> 00:55:56,619 PROTECTION. THOSE THREE 1030 00:55:56,619 --> 00:55:58,788 AMENDMENTS ARE IN PROCESS AS 1031 00:55:58,788 --> 00:56:01,291 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK MENTIONED. 1032 00:56:01,291 --> 00:56:02,192 THERE ARE TWO LISTENING SESSIONS 1033 00:56:02,192 --> 00:56:06,730 HAPPENING TO GET PUBLIC FEED 1034 00:56:06,730 --> 00:56:07,897 BOOK FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON THOSE 1035 00:56:07,897 --> 00:56:09,132 AND WE HOPE THAT COUNCIL WILL 1036 00:56:09,132 --> 00:56:10,567 TAKE THOSE UP AND PASS THEM 1037 00:56:10,567 --> 00:56:14,938 BEFORE THE END OF 2026. OUTSIDE 1038 00:56:14,938 --> 00:56:16,272 OF THOSE AMENDMENTS, I WANT TO 1039 00:56:16,272 --> 00:56:17,307 SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE 1040 00:56:17,307 --> 00:56:18,541 BROADLY ABOUT PAID TIME OFF. SO 1041 00:56:18,541 --> 00:56:23,313 THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR FOCUS OF 1042 00:56:23,313 --> 00:56:24,247 WORK BECAUSE SO MANY WORKERS DO 1043 00:56:24,247 --> 00:56:26,950 NOT HAVE ACCESS TO PAID TIME 1044 00:56:26,950 --> 00:56:31,020 OFF. IN SOME CASES THERE ARE 1045 00:56:31,020 --> 00:56:32,422 WORKERS, CLASSIFIED AS W-2 1046 00:56:32,422 --> 00:56:37,393 EMPLOYEES NANNIES WHO WORK MANY 1047 00:56:37,393 --> 00:56:38,695 HOURS FOR A SINGLE EMPLOYER AND 1048 00:56:38,695 --> 00:56:39,596 THOSE WORKERS ARE COVERED UNDER 1049 00:56:39,596 --> 00:56:41,197 THE CITY EXISTING ORDINANCE. BUT 1050 00:56:41,197 --> 00:56:42,198 AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE INFORMAL 1051 00:56:42,198 --> 00:56:43,500 NATURE OF THE WORK, BECAUSE 1052 00:56:43,500 --> 00:56:47,904 EMPLOYERS DON'T OFTEN RECOGNIZE 1053 00:56:47,904 --> 00:56:48,972 THAT THEY ARE EMPLOYERS IN THE 1054 00:56:48,972 --> 00:56:51,207 WAY WE TYPICALLY THINK OF IT 1055 00:56:51,207 --> 00:56:52,242 WORKERS ARE NOT ACCESSING THAT 1056 00:56:52,242 --> 00:56:53,676 BENEFIT AND SO THERE IS A NEED 1057 00:56:53,676 --> 00:56:54,878 TO DO CONTINUED OUTREACH AND 1058 00:56:54,878 --> 00:56:58,314 EDUCATION ALONG THOSE LINES. BUT 1059 00:56:58,314 --> 00:56:59,382 THEN THERE ARE SO MANY DOMESTIC 1060 00:56:59,382 --> 00:57:03,086 WORKERS PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO 1061 00:57:03,086 --> 00:57:04,454 WORK A FEW NUMBER OF HOURS FOR 1062 00:57:04,454 --> 00:57:05,588 MANY EMPLOYERS OVER THE COURSE 1063 00:57:05,588 --> 00:57:07,123 OF THE MONTH LIKE HOUSECLEANERS 1064 00:57:07,123 --> 00:57:09,959 AND THOSE EMPLOYERS CURRENTLY 1065 00:57:09,959 --> 00:57:11,027 GENERALLY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO 1066 00:57:11,027 --> 00:57:12,328 ANY KIND OF PAID TIME OFF 1067 00:57:12,328 --> 00:57:13,863 BENEFIT AND THAT IS GOING TO 1068 00:57:13,863 --> 00:57:18,735 REQUIRE CREATIVITY AND 1069 00:57:18,735 --> 00:57:19,569 INNOVATION, LOOKING AT THINGS 1070 00:57:19,569 --> 00:57:20,737 LIKE A PUBLICLY MANAGED FUND TO 1071 00:57:20,737 --> 00:57:23,206 PROVIDE PAID TIME OFF BENEFIT. 1072 00:57:23,206 --> 00:57:28,178 AND OLS PUBLISHED TWO REPORTS AT 1073 00:57:28,178 --> 00:57:29,445 THE END OF LAST YEAR THAT GO 1074 00:57:29,445 --> 00:57:30,814 INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL ABOUT 1075 00:57:30,814 --> 00:57:31,514 PASSABLE PATH FORWARD FOR 1076 00:57:31,514 --> 00:57:36,419 EXPANDING PTO ACCESS TO DOMESTIC 1077 00:57:36,419 --> 00:57:37,720 WORKERS. NEXT, THERE NEEDS TO BE 1078 00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:40,290 CONTINUED CREATIVITY AND 1079 00:57:40,290 --> 00:57:41,291 INNOVATION FOR ALL THE REASONS 1080 00:57:41,291 --> 00:57:51,835 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. HAS USED 1081 00:57:54,471 --> 00:57:55,572 SO MANY STRATEGIES TO TRY TO 1082 00:57:55,572 --> 00:57:57,941 REACH EMPLOYERS AND HAS 1083 00:57:57,941 --> 00:58:06,916 EVERYTHING FROM PRESENTATIONS 1084 00:58:06,916 --> 00:58:09,853 AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO SHARE 1085 00:58:09,853 --> 00:58:15,492 INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORDINANCE 1086 00:58:15,492 --> 00:58:26,035 WITH EMPLOYERS. BEST PRACTICES 1087 00:58:42,986 --> 00:58:44,187 CHANGE AND WHAT WORKERS WANT CAN 1088 00:58:44,187 --> 00:58:45,388 CHANGE OVER TIME AND SO HAVING 1089 00:58:45,388 --> 00:58:48,424 THIS FORMAL STRUCTURE OF THE 1090 00:58:48,424 --> 00:58:49,459 BOARD AND OUTREACH THAT THE 1091 00:58:49,459 --> 00:58:50,693 BOARD HELPS TO FACILITATE IS ONE 1092 00:58:50,693 --> 00:58:51,694 OF THOSE THINGS THAT REALLY 1093 00:58:51,694 --> 00:58:57,700 HELPS TO INFORM THE WORK MOVING 1094 00:58:57,700 --> 00:58:59,302 FORWARD. SYLVIA TALKED A LITTLE 1095 00:58:59,302 --> 00:59:00,536 BIT ALREADY ABOUT THE MANY WAYS 1096 00:59:00,536 --> 00:59:04,107 IN WHICH THE BOARD HAS BEEN A 1097 00:59:04,107 --> 00:59:05,408 NATIONAL LEADER. THERE IS A FEW 1098 00:59:05,408 --> 00:59:06,442 MORE BULLET POINTS THAT SHARE 1099 00:59:06,442 --> 00:59:07,577 THAT. I CAN ALSO INCLUDE THAT 1100 00:59:07,577 --> 00:59:08,845 LAST YEAR SYLVIA AND I WERE 1101 00:59:08,845 --> 00:59:12,048 INVITED TO PRESENT TO THE NEW 1102 00:59:12,048 --> 00:59:12,882 YORK DOMESTIC WORKER COALITION 1103 00:59:12,882 --> 00:59:14,951 ABOUT THE WORK OF THE STANDARDS 1104 00:59:14,951 --> 00:59:16,319 BOARD AS THEY TRY TO BRING A 1105 00:59:16,319 --> 00:59:21,824 SIMILAR BOARD INTO THAT 1106 00:59:21,824 --> 00:59:24,827 JURISDICTION. AND THINGS THAT WE 1107 00:59:24,827 --> 00:59:30,033 CAN BE DOING BETTER. ONE 1108 00:59:30,033 --> 00:59:30,934 CONTINUAL AREA FOR IMPROVEMENT 1109 00:59:30,934 --> 00:59:33,269 IS CONTINUING TO EXPAND FOR 1110 00:59:33,269 --> 00:59:36,306 REPRESENTATION AND THE VOICES OF 1111 00:59:36,306 --> 00:59:37,140 THE WORKERS FROM COMMUNITIES 1112 00:59:37,140 --> 00:59:38,374 THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON THE 1113 00:59:38,374 --> 00:59:42,145 BOARD. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE GOOD 1114 00:59:42,145 --> 00:59:42,612 REPRESENTATION FROM 1115 00:59:42,612 --> 00:59:47,750 SPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES AND 1116 00:59:47,750 --> 00:59:49,018 AS SILVIA MENTIONED WE NOW HAVE 1117 00:59:49,018 --> 00:59:50,386 A UKRAINIAN BOARD MEMBER AND WE 1118 00:59:50,386 --> 00:59:53,089 ARE DOING INTERPRETATION. BUT 1119 00:59:53,089 --> 00:59:56,159 JUST AS ONE EXAMPLE WE HAVE NO 1120 00:59:56,159 --> 00:59:56,960 ASIAN AMERICAN REPRESENTATION ON 1121 00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:58,795 THE BOARD CURRENTLY. AND WE KNOW 1122 00:59:58,795 --> 01:00:00,430 THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER 1123 01:00:00,430 --> 01:00:04,100 COMMUNITIES WHOSE MEMBERS ARE 1124 01:00:04,100 --> 01:00:05,234 ENGAGED IN DOMESTIC WORK SO 1125 01:00:05,234 --> 01:00:06,536 THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO 1126 01:00:06,536 --> 01:00:07,337 CONTINUE DOING OUTREACH TO 1127 01:00:07,337 --> 01:00:08,171 ENSURE THAT MORE COMMUNITY 1128 01:00:08,171 --> 01:00:14,811 VOICES ARE INCLUDED. ANOTHER 1129 01:00:14,811 --> 01:00:16,112 THING WE WANT TO KEEP WORKING ON 1130 01:00:16,112 --> 01:00:17,146 IS CONTINUING TO SORT OF 1131 01:00:17,146 --> 01:00:17,880 DEMYSTIFY CITY GOVERNANCE 1132 01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:21,517 PROCESSES TO INCLUDE 1133 01:00:21,517 --> 01:00:22,518 ACCESSIBILITY AND MAKE IT EASIER 1134 01:00:22,518 --> 01:00:23,820 FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1135 01:00:23,820 --> 01:00:26,322 WORK WE KNOW THAT COMING TO A 1136 01:00:26,322 --> 01:00:29,792 PUBLIC MEETING FOR A BOARD OR 1137 01:00:29,792 --> 01:00:30,960 COMMISSION WHEN YOU ARE NOT 1138 01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:32,328 FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS CAN BE 1139 01:00:32,328 --> 01:00:33,062 VERY INTIMIDATING. THERE'S LOTS 1140 01:00:33,062 --> 01:00:34,297 OF ACRONYMS, LOTS OF LANGUAGE 1141 01:00:34,297 --> 01:00:36,933 THAT IS USED AND IT TAKES A LOT 1142 01:00:36,933 --> 01:00:40,703 OF WORK TO BUILD TRUST AND 1143 01:00:40,703 --> 01:00:41,904 SAFETY AND TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL 1144 01:00:41,904 --> 01:00:43,539 WELCOME AND INCLUDED IN THAT. 1145 01:00:43,539 --> 01:00:45,942 THAT EXTENDS ALSO TO SOME CITY 1146 01:00:45,942 --> 01:00:49,746 PROCESSES. AS ONE EXAMPLE THE 1147 01:00:49,746 --> 01:00:50,480 REQUIRED TRAINING THAT BOARD 1148 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:52,048 COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED 1149 01:00:52,048 --> 01:00:56,352 TO ATTEND WERE OFFERED IN 1150 01:00:56,352 --> 01:00:57,754 ENGLISH UNTIL JUST RECENTLY WHEN 1151 01:00:57,754 --> 01:01:00,423 THANKS TO THE EFFORTS WE WERE 1152 01:01:00,423 --> 01:01:07,964 ABLE TO HOST A TRAINING FOR ALL 1153 01:01:07,964 --> 01:01:14,170 MEMBERS. INTERPRETATION INTO 1154 01:01:14,170 --> 01:01:15,004 SPANISH. WE RECORDED THAT 1155 01:01:15,004 --> 01:01:16,205 MEETING AND I BELIEVE THE CITY 1156 01:01:16,205 --> 01:01:17,240 CLERK IS NOW USING THAT 1157 01:01:17,240 --> 01:01:20,309 RECORDING TO TRAIN OTHER BOARDS 1158 01:01:20,309 --> 01:01:22,712 AND COMMISSIONS AS NEW MEMBERS 1159 01:01:22,712 --> 01:01:23,713 JOIN. THAT'S GREAT THAT WE'VE 1160 01:01:23,713 --> 01:01:25,782 GOT SPANISH BUT WE KNOW THERE 1161 01:01:25,782 --> 01:01:26,783 ARE SO MANY OTHER LANGUAGES 1162 01:01:26,783 --> 01:01:29,752 PEOPLE SPEAK AND SO CONTINUING 1163 01:01:29,752 --> 01:01:31,421 TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY AND 1164 01:01:31,421 --> 01:01:32,722 INCLUSION AND DEMYSTIFYING THE 1165 01:01:32,722 --> 01:01:37,894 PROCESS IS IMPORTANT. I WILL 1166 01:01:37,894 --> 01:01:45,334 TURN IT BACK TO SYLVIA. 1167 01:01:45,334 --> 01:01:55,878 >> THANK YOU JORDAN. NOW I'M 1168 01:02:33,082 --> 01:02:35,017 GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING 1169 01:02:35,017 --> 01:02:38,287 THAT I'M STILL CELEBRATING AND 1170 01:02:38,287 --> 01:02:43,259 I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. THAT IS 1171 01:02:43,259 --> 01:02:46,229 THE VICTORY OF THE STATE LAW FOR 1172 01:02:46,229 --> 01:02:48,664 ALL THE DOMESTIC WORKERS. FOR 1173 01:02:48,664 --> 01:02:54,537 THE RISE OF THE DOMESTIC 1174 01:02:54,537 --> 01:02:57,507 WORKERS. VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL 1175 01:02:57,507 --> 01:03:00,510 THE VOICES, FOR ALL THE DOMESTIC 1176 01:03:00,510 --> 01:03:02,145 WORKERS AND IN COLLABORATION 1177 01:03:02,145 --> 01:03:04,780 WITH THE COALITION OF THE MYSTIC 1178 01:03:04,780 --> 01:03:06,649 WORKERS OF THE STATE OF 1179 01:03:06,649 --> 01:03:17,193 WASHINGTON THAT CONSISTS OF FAIR 1180 01:03:18,728 --> 01:03:19,662 WORK CENTER. NATIONAL DOMESTIC 1181 01:03:19,662 --> 01:03:30,206 WORKERS ALLIANCE AND 775. BUT I 1182 01:04:01,971 --> 01:04:04,540 WANT TO EMPHASIZE ALSO THE ROLE 1183 01:04:04,540 --> 01:04:08,144 THAT THE BOARD, VARIOUS MEMBERS 1184 01:04:08,144 --> 01:04:14,016 OF THE BOARD THAT REPRESENTS 1185 01:04:14,016 --> 01:04:14,851 DOMESTIC WORKERS AND THERE WERE 1186 01:04:14,851 --> 01:04:17,920 ALSO SOME KEY ORGANIZERS AND 1187 01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:20,756 ALSO THE SUPPORT OF SEATTLE THAT 1188 01:04:20,756 --> 01:04:25,294 WAS VERY IMPORTANT POINT FOUR 1189 01:04:25,294 --> 01:04:28,664 THE STATE BILL. AND ALSO THE 1190 01:04:28,664 --> 01:04:34,270 TESTIMONY THAT WAS SHARED WAS 1191 01:04:34,270 --> 01:04:36,239 VERY IMPACTFUL IN THE EXPERIENCE 1192 01:04:36,239 --> 01:04:46,782 FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WE ARE 1193 01:04:48,517 --> 01:04:51,954 THE 13th STATE TO HAVE A BILL OF 1194 01:04:51,954 --> 01:05:02,465 RIGHTS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS. 1195 01:05:50,913 --> 01:05:51,480 COUNCILMEMBER ALEXIS ALREADY 1196 01:05:51,480 --> 01:05:54,050 MENTIONED IT BUT WHAT DID WE 1197 01:05:54,050 --> 01:05:56,819 WIN? DOMESTIC WORKERS THAT WORK 1198 01:05:56,819 --> 01:05:59,088 WITH A HYBRID ENTITY FOR MORE 1199 01:05:59,088 --> 01:06:01,090 THAN FOUR HOURS PER MONTH THEY 1200 01:06:01,090 --> 01:06:05,594 HAVE THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS. 1201 01:06:05,594 --> 01:06:07,296 MINIMUM WAGE. THE STATE MINIMUM 1202 01:06:07,296 --> 01:06:09,465 WAGE. THEY ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT 1203 01:06:09,465 --> 01:06:11,000 TO HAVE A FORMAL CONTRACT WITH 1204 01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:13,035 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR 1205 01:06:13,035 --> 01:06:18,507 RIGHTS. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED. IT 1206 01:06:18,507 --> 01:06:19,642 IS FORBIDDEN FOR THE ENTITY TO 1207 01:06:19,642 --> 01:06:20,643 TAKE THE PERSONAL DOCUMENTS AND 1208 01:06:20,643 --> 01:06:23,079 CONFISCATE THEM. THEY HAVE 1209 01:06:23,079 --> 01:06:26,649 PROTECTIONS AGAINST RETALIATION. 1210 01:06:26,649 --> 01:06:28,217 IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE FIRED IF 1211 01:06:28,217 --> 01:06:33,522 THEY NEED TO HAVE RIGHTS FOR 1212 01:06:33,522 --> 01:06:38,928 DIRECT ACTION AND ENFORCEMENT BY 1213 01:06:38,928 --> 01:06:43,165 THE WASHINGTON LABOR AND 1214 01:06:43,165 --> 01:06:46,769 INDUSTRIES. THIS NEW STATE LAW 1215 01:06:46,769 --> 01:06:57,313 WILL START ON JULY 1st OF 2027. 1216 01:07:04,787 --> 01:07:07,323 WE HAVE HERE ARE TWO PICTURES 1217 01:07:07,323 --> 01:07:13,195 THAT THEY SHOW A VERY IMMENSE 1218 01:07:13,195 --> 01:07:19,235 ENERGY. ALL THOSE WERE TAKEN ON 1219 01:07:19,235 --> 01:07:20,536 MARCH 9th AND THERE WAS NOT 1220 01:07:20,536 --> 01:07:30,413 ENOUGH SPACE FOR ALL OF THEM. 1221 01:07:30,413 --> 01:07:32,148 BEFORE THE SIGNING OF THIS WILL 1222 01:07:32,148 --> 01:07:39,655 THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE. A 1223 01:07:39,655 --> 01:07:50,199 PREVIOUS ONE. I WAS PRESENT AT 1224 01:07:56,105 --> 01:07:59,742 THE SIGNING OF THE PREVIOUS 1225 01:07:59,742 --> 01:08:02,511 BILL. THERE WAS ALMOST NOBODY 1226 01:08:02,511 --> 01:08:03,746 THERE. THERE WAS SO MUCH EMPTY 1227 01:08:03,746 --> 01:08:05,781 SPACE BUT THIS SHOWS SO MUCH 1228 01:08:05,781 --> 01:08:16,091 ENERGY. SO MUCH POWER. 1229 01:08:16,091 --> 01:08:18,094 REPRESENTATIVE BREANNA THOMAS 1230 01:08:18,094 --> 01:08:20,262 SHE SAYS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO 1231 01:08:20,262 --> 01:08:29,839 KNOW ABOUT IN THAT PICTURE. BUT 1232 01:08:29,839 --> 01:08:31,474 WE HAVE THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE 1233 01:08:31,474 --> 01:08:42,017 A LOT OF WORK. WE NEED TO CREATE 1234 01:08:44,854 --> 01:08:48,591 MORE FOCUS GROUPS AND OUTREACH 1235 01:08:48,591 --> 01:08:52,027 EVERY SINGLE COUNTY IN THE STATE 1236 01:08:52,027 --> 01:09:02,571 OF WASHINGTON THANK YOU. I LOVE 1237 01:09:05,407 --> 01:09:10,412 THESE PICTURES. THANK YOU DIANA. 1238 01:09:10,412 --> 01:09:11,447 THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE PLACES 1239 01:09:11,447 --> 01:09:17,786 WE WORK TOGETHER. WITH THE 1240 01:09:17,786 --> 01:09:28,297 BOARD. QUESTIONS? RECOGNIZING 1241 01:09:32,167 --> 01:09:36,138 VICE CHAIR FOSTER. 1242 01:09:36,138 --> 01:09:37,439 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR, AND 1243 01:09:37,439 --> 01:09:38,641 THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING TO US 1244 01:09:38,641 --> 01:09:39,708 TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATED THE 1245 01:09:39,708 --> 01:09:41,343 BRIEFING THAT WE HAD A FEW WEEKS 1246 01:09:41,343 --> 01:09:46,916 AGO TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR WORK. AND 1247 01:09:46,916 --> 01:09:48,150 I JUST APPRECIATE THE ENERGY, 1248 01:09:48,150 --> 01:09:51,186 HARD WORK AND FOR JOY ESPECIALLY 1249 01:09:51,186 --> 01:09:52,488 IN THE PICTURES THAT YOU SHARED 1250 01:09:52,488 --> 01:09:55,791 IN THE PRESENTATION. MY QUESTION 1251 01:09:55,791 --> 01:09:57,059 IS, I KNOW YOU WALKED THROUGH 1252 01:09:57,059 --> 01:10:00,963 THOSE THREE POTENTIAL UPDATES TO 1253 01:10:00,963 --> 01:10:03,132 THE ORDINANCE. ONE OF THEM BEING 1254 01:10:03,132 --> 01:10:06,635 AROUND REQUIRING A WRITTEN 1255 01:10:06,635 --> 01:10:07,903 CONTRACT. AND I WANTED TO HEAR 1256 01:10:07,903 --> 01:10:11,307 MORE ABOUT HOW YOU ARE THINKING 1257 01:10:11,307 --> 01:10:14,210 ABOUT WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A 1258 01:10:14,210 --> 01:10:14,810 CONTRACT. ESPECIALLY KNOWING 1259 01:10:14,810 --> 01:10:16,612 THIS WORK AS YOU DESCRIBED IT IS 1260 01:10:16,612 --> 01:10:19,715 SOMETIMES FORMAL AND SOMETIMES 1261 01:10:19,715 --> 01:10:22,451 INFORMAL. AND SO FOR EXAMPLE A 1262 01:10:22,451 --> 01:10:23,419 TEXT MESSAGE CONFIRMING WE WILL 1263 01:10:23,419 --> 01:10:26,121 SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY OR ET 1264 01:10:26,121 --> 01:10:27,690 CETERA. JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S 1265 01:10:27,690 --> 01:10:31,627 MORE THAT YOU CAN SHARE. I KNOW 1266 01:10:31,627 --> 01:10:32,695 IN OTHER COURT CASES THAT'S 1267 01:10:32,695 --> 01:10:37,366 BEEN ENOUGH FOR A CONTRACT. 1268 01:10:37,366 --> 01:10:38,634 THERE WAS A CASE ON A PODCAST 1269 01:10:38,634 --> 01:10:40,502 WHERE THERE WAS THAT THUMBS-UP 1270 01:10:40,502 --> 01:10:46,075 EMOTING THAT CONSTITUTED A 1271 01:10:46,075 --> 01:10:47,409 CONTRACT. SO I WOULD LOVE TO 1272 01:10:47,409 --> 01:10:53,449 HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW THAT IS 1273 01:10:53,449 --> 01:10:59,288 BEING CONCEPTUALIZED. 1274 01:10:59,288 --> 01:11:02,257 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1275 01:11:02,257 --> 01:11:06,295 THAT IS ONE OF THE POINTS OF THE 1276 01:11:06,295 --> 01:11:07,429 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS NEXT WEEK 1277 01:11:07,429 --> 01:11:10,833 IS TO HEAR FROM WORKERS. FOR 1278 01:11:10,833 --> 01:11:13,135 EXAMPLE, AS JORDAN MENTIONED WE 1279 01:11:13,135 --> 01:11:14,103 ARE CALLING IT WRITTEN 1280 01:11:14,103 --> 01:11:17,940 AGREEMENTS BECAUSE CONTRACT DOES 1281 01:11:17,940 --> 01:11:18,907 HAVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE 1282 01:11:18,907 --> 01:11:19,775 TRANSLATE DOES HAVE A DIFFERENT 1283 01:11:19,775 --> 01:11:24,913 TONE. AND FOR THAT ONE OF THE 1284 01:11:24,913 --> 01:11:26,282 QUESTIONS IS HOW DO YOU 1285 01:11:26,282 --> 01:11:26,882 TYPICALLY REACH AN AGREEMENT 1286 01:11:26,882 --> 01:11:30,686 CURRENTLY. IS IT TEXT MESSAGE, 1287 01:11:30,686 --> 01:11:31,820 EMAIL, ULTIMATELY WE JUST WANT 1288 01:11:31,820 --> 01:11:34,323 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HIGHER 1289 01:11:34,323 --> 01:11:35,157 ENTITIES AND DOMESTIC WORKERS 1290 01:11:35,157 --> 01:11:39,828 ARE AWARE OF WHAT THEIR 1291 01:11:39,828 --> 01:11:40,629 RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. WHAT IS 1292 01:11:40,629 --> 01:11:41,797 EXPECTED WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO 1293 01:11:41,797 --> 01:11:46,769 PERFORM THEIR WORK AND THEIR 1294 01:11:46,769 --> 01:11:49,405 PAY. AS SILVIA MENTIONED THE 1295 01:11:49,405 --> 01:11:50,906 STATE RECENTLY DID ADD A 1296 01:11:50,906 --> 01:11:51,440 REQUIREMENT FOR WRITTEN 1297 01:11:51,440 --> 01:11:53,275 AGREEMENTS WITH THE STATE SO 1298 01:11:53,275 --> 01:11:54,777 THERE IS LANGUAGE WE CAN LOOK AT 1299 01:11:54,777 --> 01:12:01,450 AS WELL FOR SOME GUIDANCE. 1300 01:12:01,450 --> 01:12:02,217 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I 1301 01:12:02,217 --> 01:12:04,086 APPRECIATE THE CORRECTION TO 1302 01:12:04,086 --> 01:12:05,120 WRITTEN AGREEMENTS. I WILL USE 1303 01:12:05,120 --> 01:12:06,322 THAT LANGUAGE MOVING FORWARD AND 1304 01:12:06,322 --> 01:12:15,998 LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE. 1305 01:12:15,998 --> 01:12:18,634 >> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR FOSTER. 1306 01:12:18,634 --> 01:12:21,970 RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1307 01:12:21,970 --> 01:12:23,739 >> I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK A 1308 01:12:23,739 --> 01:12:27,309 QUESTION ABOUT A CONTRACT. AND 1309 01:12:27,309 --> 01:12:29,912 AS A NONPRACTICING LAWYER 1310 01:12:29,912 --> 01:12:33,916 COMMERCIAL LAWYER WHO HAS 1311 01:12:33,916 --> 01:12:34,383 NEGOTIATED COUNTLESS 1312 01:12:34,383 --> 01:12:34,983 MULTIMILLION DOLLAR COMPLEX 1313 01:12:34,983 --> 01:12:39,655 LICENSING DEALS AND ALSO 1314 01:12:39,655 --> 01:12:41,990 REPRESENTED INDIVIDUALS AND 1315 01:12:41,990 --> 01:12:43,726 COMMUNITIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES 1316 01:12:43,726 --> 01:12:46,261 PRO BONO HELPING THEM ESTABLISH 1317 01:12:46,261 --> 01:12:49,765 AND GROW THEIR BUSINESSES, I 1318 01:12:49,765 --> 01:12:52,835 HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL INSIGHT 1319 01:12:52,835 --> 01:12:55,738 AND EXPERTISE WITH CONTRACTS IN 1320 01:12:55,738 --> 01:12:56,472 PARTICULAR AND SO WHEN 1321 01:12:56,472 --> 01:12:58,707 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WAS TALKING 1322 01:12:58,707 --> 01:13:05,280 ABOUT CONTRACTS EARLIER I WAS 1323 01:13:05,280 --> 01:13:10,386 TRAUMATIZED A LITTLE BIT OF MY 1324 01:13:10,386 --> 01:13:11,620 THROWBACK TO MY FIRST YEAR OF 1325 01:13:11,620 --> 01:13:12,721 LAW SCHOOL AND MY CONTRACT 1326 01:13:12,721 --> 01:13:14,890 CLASS. GENERALLY REQUIRE OFFER 1327 01:13:14,890 --> 01:13:17,793 ACCEPTANCE AND CONSIDERATION. GO 1328 01:13:17,793 --> 01:13:20,596 DEEP ON WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT IT 1329 01:13:20,596 --> 01:13:28,837 IS A GREAT AND VALID POINT ABOUT 1330 01:13:28,837 --> 01:13:33,142 CONTRACTING . I WOULD BE CURIOUS 1331 01:13:33,142 --> 01:13:34,143 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE 1332 01:13:34,143 --> 01:13:35,677 AND GOAL OF THAT BEYOND 1333 01:13:35,677 --> 01:13:40,416 PROTECTION OF THE WORKERS DID 1334 01:13:40,416 --> 01:13:41,850 BECAUSE I SOMEONE WHO HAS 1335 01:13:41,850 --> 01:13:44,653 DRAFTED, STRUCTURED, NEGOTIATED, 1336 01:13:44,653 --> 01:13:45,654 HELPED INTERPRET AND ADVISE ON 1337 01:13:45,654 --> 01:13:51,827 CONTRACTS FOR PEOPLE THESE 1338 01:13:51,827 --> 01:13:55,964 CONTRACTS CAN BE VERY COMPLEX. 1339 01:13:55,964 --> 01:13:58,967 AND IT CAN BE IN THE FORM OF A 1340 01:13:58,967 --> 01:14:01,703 TEXT MESSAGE, WRITING ON A 1341 01:14:01,703 --> 01:14:02,638 NAPKIN OR A FORMAL LEGAL 1342 01:14:02,638 --> 01:14:08,076 DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT. BUT WHEN 1343 01:14:08,076 --> 01:14:08,977 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE 1344 01:14:08,977 --> 01:14:13,482 GENERALLY HIRING A WORKER 1345 01:14:13,482 --> 01:14:16,018 ESPECIALLY ONE FROM IMMIGRANT 1346 01:14:16,018 --> 01:14:18,821 AND REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS AND 1347 01:14:18,821 --> 01:14:20,088 COMMUNITIES MANY OF WHICH I HAVE 1348 01:14:20,088 --> 01:14:21,457 REPRESENTED IN MY PREVIOUS WORK. 1349 01:14:21,457 --> 01:14:24,993 THESE ARE NOT WHAT'S KNOWN AS 1350 01:14:24,993 --> 01:14:29,598 AN ARM LENGTH TRANSACTION. 1351 01:14:29,598 --> 01:14:30,399 MEANING IN AN ARMS LENGTH 1352 01:14:30,399 --> 01:14:32,434 TRANSACTION IT ASSUMES MULTIPLE 1353 01:14:32,434 --> 01:14:36,405 THINGS INCLUDING THAT EACH PARTY 1354 01:14:36,405 --> 01:14:37,339 HAS EQUAL BARGAINING POWER. 1355 01:14:37,339 --> 01:14:40,509 EQUAL BARGAINING POSITION. 1356 01:14:40,509 --> 01:14:42,277 THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN THESE 1357 01:14:42,277 --> 01:14:44,713 SITUATIONS GENERALLY. WHAT DOES 1358 01:14:44,713 --> 01:14:46,148 THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THERE IS A 1359 01:14:46,148 --> 01:14:48,450 LOT OF ASYMMETRY. IN THE 1360 01:14:48,450 --> 01:14:49,818 BARGAINING POWER AND POSITION OF 1361 01:14:49,818 --> 01:14:52,688 THE RESPECTIVE PARTIES. THE 1362 01:14:52,688 --> 01:14:58,861 ULTIMATE RESULT OF WHICH CAN 1363 01:14:58,861 --> 01:15:00,162 LEAD TO VERY UNFAVORABLE AND 1364 01:15:00,162 --> 01:15:05,567 VERY CONFUSING TERMS FOR 1365 01:15:05,567 --> 01:15:06,869 WORKERS. AND IF THOSE TERMS IN 1366 01:15:06,869 --> 01:15:11,506 THE CONTRACT ARE IN COURT CAN 1367 01:15:11,506 --> 01:15:16,278 LEAD TO FINDINGS OF 1368 01:15:16,278 --> 01:15:17,112 UNCONSCIONABILITY OR THE NOTION 1369 01:15:17,112 --> 01:15:18,013 THAT THE CONTRACT IS NOT 1370 01:15:18,013 --> 01:15:18,814 ENFORCEABLE BECAUSE THE TERMS 1371 01:15:18,814 --> 01:15:20,883 ARE JUST SO UNFAIR AND 1372 01:15:20,883 --> 01:15:22,718 ONE-SIDED. WHICH MANY OF THEM 1373 01:15:22,718 --> 01:15:28,857 ARE. SO BEYOND THE REQUIREMENT 1374 01:15:28,857 --> 01:15:29,691 OF HAVING A CONTRACT OR WRITTEN 1375 01:15:29,691 --> 01:15:34,563 AGREEMENT OF SOME SORT IN 1376 01:15:34,563 --> 01:15:35,530 WHATEVER FORM. WOULD JUST LOVE 1377 01:15:35,530 --> 01:15:36,431 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE 1378 01:15:36,431 --> 01:15:39,334 AND GOAL HERE AND AS A LAWYER 1379 01:15:39,334 --> 01:15:40,335 JUST TRAINED TO THINK AROUND 1380 01:15:40,335 --> 01:15:46,141 CORNERS AND ANTICIPATE ISSUES. 1381 01:15:46,141 --> 01:15:48,377 ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT FOR 1382 01:15:48,377 --> 01:15:50,746 EXAMPLE AS PART OF THIS NEW 1383 01:15:50,746 --> 01:15:54,316 LEGISLATION ADDING A MODEL 1384 01:15:54,316 --> 01:15:56,151 CONTRACT, MODEL PROVISIONS OF 1385 01:15:56,151 --> 01:15:59,922 SOME SORT INCLUDING MINIMUM. 1386 01:15:59,922 --> 01:16:02,958 THESE ARE JUST ILLUSTRATIVE 1387 01:16:02,958 --> 01:16:03,625 EXAMPLES. MINIMUM REQUIRED TERMS 1388 01:16:03,625 --> 01:16:05,227 THAT WORKERS NEED AND WANT LIKE 1389 01:16:05,227 --> 01:16:06,628 THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT WHEN IT 1390 01:16:06,628 --> 01:16:10,599 STARTS WHEN IT ENDS, THE PAY. 1391 01:16:10,599 --> 01:16:14,036 HOW IT CAN BE TERMINATED OR 1392 01:16:14,036 --> 01:16:15,470 ENDED. THOSE STRIKE ME AS KEY 1393 01:16:15,470 --> 01:16:17,506 TERMS THAT ARE MORE FAVORABLE 1394 01:16:17,506 --> 01:16:19,241 AND WORKERS WOULD WANT MORE 1395 01:16:19,241 --> 01:16:23,111 CERTAINTY AROUND AND CLARITY 1396 01:16:23,111 --> 01:16:24,046 UP-FRONT. HOW ARE WE THINKING 1397 01:16:24,046 --> 01:16:29,117 ABOUT PURPOSE AND GOAL. AND 1398 01:16:29,117 --> 01:16:32,321 POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENTING THIS. 1399 01:16:32,321 --> 01:16:33,622 IT'S A GREAT IDEA BY THE WAY 1400 01:16:33,622 --> 01:16:37,059 BUT I JUST WANT TO HELP US THINK 1401 01:16:37,059 --> 01:16:40,462 AROUND SOME CORNERS HERE. A LOT 1402 01:16:40,462 --> 01:16:49,404 OF ISSUES LURKING THERE. 1403 01:16:49,404 --> 01:16:51,006 >> MAYBE I CAN START AND THEN I 1404 01:16:51,006 --> 01:16:52,441 WOULD LOVE BOTH OF YOU TO JUMP 1405 01:16:52,441 --> 01:16:53,475 IN ALSO. THOSE ARE GREAT 1406 01:16:53,475 --> 01:16:58,914 QUESTIONS AND ON A PRACTICAL 1407 01:16:58,914 --> 01:17:00,582 LEVEL YES TO MODEL AGREEMENTS 1408 01:17:00,582 --> 01:17:03,852 AND OLS ALREADY PUBLISHES A 1409 01:17:03,852 --> 01:17:05,787 MODEL AGREEMENT THAT IS 1410 01:17:05,787 --> 01:17:10,959 CURRENTLY ENTIRELY OPTIONAL. 1411 01:17:10,959 --> 01:17:13,462 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD 1412 01:17:13,462 --> 01:17:16,565 MAKE THAT REQUIREMENT. MAYBE 1413 01:17:16,565 --> 01:17:17,766 JUST SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE HEAR 1414 01:17:17,766 --> 01:17:22,270 ABOUT ON THE BOARD FROM AN 1415 01:17:22,270 --> 01:17:23,138 EMPLOYER PERSPECTIVE. I THINK 1416 01:17:23,138 --> 01:17:27,409 THAT OFTEN TIMES THE VALUE OF A 1417 01:17:27,409 --> 01:17:28,343 WRITTEN AGREEMENT JUST REALLY 1418 01:17:28,343 --> 01:17:34,249 HELPS TO BRING CLARITY AND 1419 01:17:34,249 --> 01:17:35,017 TRANSPARENCY TO WHAT THE 1420 01:17:35,017 --> 01:17:36,985 EXPECTATIONS ARE EVEN FOR LIKE A 1421 01:17:36,985 --> 01:17:41,590 ONE TIME HOUSECLEANING. AND SOME 1422 01:17:41,590 --> 01:17:47,929 WORKERS PREFER TO WORK BY CHARGE 1423 01:17:47,929 --> 01:17:49,231 A SPECIFIC AMOUNT FOR A JOB AND 1424 01:17:49,231 --> 01:17:50,666 SAY I WILL CHARGE X DOLLARS TO 1425 01:17:50,666 --> 01:17:51,700 CLEAN YOUR HOME. SOME PEOPLE 1426 01:17:51,700 --> 01:17:52,901 HAVE AN HOURLY RATE. AND YOU 1427 01:17:52,901 --> 01:17:55,370 KNOW, THAT CAN LEAD TO A LOT OF 1428 01:17:55,370 --> 01:18:01,209 CONFUSION IN TERMS OF IF WE ARE 1429 01:18:01,209 --> 01:18:02,344 DOING THE HOURLY RATE BUT YOU 1430 01:18:02,344 --> 01:18:03,378 HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT I'M 1431 01:18:03,378 --> 01:18:04,546 GOING TO BE CLEANING THE INSIDE 1432 01:18:04,546 --> 01:18:06,748 OF YOUR REFRIGERATOR AND I 1433 01:18:06,748 --> 01:18:07,883 DIDN'T KNOW THAT WITH THE 1434 01:18:07,883 --> 01:18:08,684 EXPECTATION. THAT'S GOING TO 1435 01:18:08,684 --> 01:18:11,186 TAKE MORE TIME. AND SO WE NEED 1436 01:18:11,186 --> 01:18:12,587 TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT ARE 1437 01:18:12,587 --> 01:18:15,624 THE SPECIFIC TERMS OF WHAT'S 1438 01:18:15,624 --> 01:18:18,460 GOING TO BE DONE DURING THE JOB. 1439 01:18:18,460 --> 01:18:20,962 AND I THINK WHAT I HEAR ON THE 1440 01:18:20,962 --> 01:18:25,067 BOARD AS WELL IS THAT CONTRACTS 1441 01:18:25,067 --> 01:18:28,170 BECOME A TOOL OF EDUCATION AND 1442 01:18:28,170 --> 01:18:31,006 EMPOWERMENT FOR WORKERS AS WELL 1443 01:18:31,006 --> 01:18:32,441 AND KNOWING THAT THIS IS AN 1444 01:18:32,441 --> 01:18:34,076 EXPECTATION MANY WORKERS FEEL 1445 01:18:34,076 --> 01:18:37,079 MORE EMPOWERED TO HAVE THAT 1446 01:18:37,079 --> 01:18:38,313 CONVERSATION UP FRONT BEFORE 1447 01:18:38,313 --> 01:18:42,250 ACCEPTING A JOB TO KNOW WHAT 1448 01:18:42,250 --> 01:18:44,319 SPECIFICALLY IS BEING EXPECTED 1449 01:18:44,319 --> 01:18:45,687 OF THEM. AND SO IT BECOMES A 1450 01:18:45,687 --> 01:18:48,290 TOOL FOR EMPOWERMENT, FOR 1451 01:18:48,290 --> 01:18:50,492 TRANSPARENCY, FOR EDUCATION ON 1452 01:18:50,492 --> 01:18:53,061 BOTH SIDES. JUST THE LAST THING 1453 01:18:53,061 --> 01:18:55,831 I WILL ADD BEFORE I PASS IT OVER 1454 01:18:55,831 --> 01:18:59,134 IS WE ARE IN THE FORTUNATE 1455 01:18:59,134 --> 01:19:00,502 POSITION OF EVEN THOUGH WE WERE 1456 01:19:00,502 --> 01:19:01,970 THE FIRST CITY TO PASS A BILL OF 1457 01:19:01,970 --> 01:19:02,804 RIGHTS MAINLY SUBSEQUENT BILLS 1458 01:19:02,804 --> 01:19:05,240 OF RIGHTS HAVE ASKED IN OTHER 1459 01:19:05,240 --> 01:19:07,109 JURISDICTIONS AND REQUIRED 1460 01:19:07,109 --> 01:19:08,210 WRITTEN AGREEMENTS. SO WE HAVE 1461 01:19:08,210 --> 01:19:11,546 OTHER EXAMPLES TO LEARN FROM AND 1462 01:19:11,546 --> 01:19:13,849 TO MY KNOWLEDGE I DON'T KNOW OF 1463 01:19:13,849 --> 01:19:15,016 ANY LEGAL CASES THAT HAVE BEEN 1464 01:19:15,016 --> 01:19:18,120 BROUGHT RELATED TO WRITTEN 1465 01:19:18,120 --> 01:19:26,862 AGREEMENTS FOR DOMESTIC WORK. 1466 01:19:26,862 --> 01:19:36,938 >> 1467 01:20:14,476 --> 01:20:17,179 >> PART OF OUR THINKING AND 1468 01:20:17,179 --> 01:20:21,616 AGAIN THE BOARD VOTED ON THIS, 1469 01:20:21,616 --> 01:20:25,086 DOING OUR POLICY ANALYSIS TO 1470 01:20:25,086 --> 01:20:27,322 PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE AND HEAR 1471 01:20:27,322 --> 01:20:28,356 FROM STAKEHOLDERS SO THERE IS 1472 01:20:28,356 --> 01:20:34,196 DEFINITELY A LOT OF IDEAS AND 1473 01:20:34,196 --> 01:20:38,500 EXPERIENCE AND IDEAS. BUT WE 1474 01:20:38,500 --> 01:20:41,436 WOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THE WRITTEN 1475 01:20:41,436 --> 01:20:44,005 AGREEMENT FOR THE DOMESTIC 1476 01:20:44,005 --> 01:20:44,873 WORKER A CONSISTENT PRACTICE 1477 01:20:44,873 --> 01:20:49,211 WITH THE OTHER ALSO WHAT THE 1478 01:20:49,211 --> 01:20:53,315 STATE HAS PROVIDED TO BOTH 1479 01:20:53,315 --> 01:20:55,850 PARTIES ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT 1480 01:20:55,850 --> 01:21:03,124 WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY ARE. 1481 01:21:03,124 --> 01:21:04,426 WE CURRENTLY ENFORCE ANOTHER LAW 1482 01:21:04,426 --> 01:21:05,627 THAT HAS TO DO WITH INDEPENDENT 1483 01:21:05,627 --> 01:21:11,099 CONTRACTORS WITH CONTRACT 1484 01:21:11,099 --> 01:21:13,168 REQUIREMENTS AND WE CAN ALSO 1485 01:21:13,168 --> 01:21:14,302 LEAN ON OUR EXPERIENCE IN 1486 01:21:14,302 --> 01:21:19,441 ENFORCING THAT LAW FOR WRITTEN 1487 01:21:19,441 --> 01:21:24,779 AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS IN THE 1488 01:21:24,779 --> 01:21:25,580 WORKPLACE. 1489 01:21:25,580 --> 01:21:31,086 >> I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S 1490 01:21:31,086 --> 01:21:37,792 PERSPECTIVE. TAKING A STEP BACK 1491 01:21:37,792 --> 01:21:39,561 FROM A MORE STRATEGIC 1492 01:21:39,561 --> 01:21:40,128 PERSPECTIVE THE OVERARCHING 1493 01:21:40,128 --> 01:21:43,965 CONCERN THAT I HAVE AND AM 1494 01:21:43,965 --> 01:21:46,868 ELEVATING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS 1495 01:21:46,868 --> 01:21:51,439 CONTRACTS ARE TERRIFIC. THEY 1496 01:21:51,439 --> 01:21:52,073 BRING CLARITY, PREDICTABILITY 1497 01:21:52,073 --> 01:22:00,315 BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE INCREDIBLY 1498 01:22:00,315 --> 01:22:02,584 CONFUSING. EVEN FOR 1499 01:22:02,584 --> 01:22:04,386 SOPHISTICATED PARTIES THEY ARE 1500 01:22:04,386 --> 01:22:10,759 OFTEN LADEN WITH LEGALESE. A 1501 01:22:10,759 --> 01:22:11,726 MULTIPAGE DOCUMENT WITH ALL OF 1502 01:22:11,726 --> 01:22:14,629 THIS LEGALESE THAT CAN BE VERY 1503 01:22:14,629 --> 01:22:16,231 CONFUSING. AND SO AS A STARTING 1504 01:22:16,231 --> 01:22:19,801 POINT PUTTING THEM IN THE 1505 01:22:19,801 --> 01:22:25,807 PREFERRED LANGUAGE IS A STARTING 1506 01:22:25,807 --> 01:22:30,912 POINT. A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND 1507 01:22:30,912 --> 01:22:35,784 LEGAL ADVICE. HIGH-LEVEL 1508 01:22:35,784 --> 01:22:36,551 CONCERN. HOW WE IMPLEMENT THIS 1509 01:22:36,551 --> 01:22:38,820 IN A MANNER THAT STILL PROTECTS 1510 01:22:38,820 --> 01:22:42,624 WORKERS AND THEIR INTERESTS. AT 1511 01:22:42,624 --> 01:22:44,826 ARMS LENGTH TRANSACTIONS THERE 1512 01:22:44,826 --> 01:22:51,700 IS NO SYMMETRICAL BARGAINING 1513 01:22:51,700 --> 01:22:52,634 POSITIONS. THEY PROBABLY CARE A 1514 01:22:52,634 --> 01:22:53,601 LOT ABOUT THINGS LIKE 1515 01:22:53,601 --> 01:22:57,572 LIMITATIONS AND LIABILITY AND 1516 01:22:57,572 --> 01:23:00,809 THINGS THAT ARE HIGHLY COMPLEX 1517 01:23:00,809 --> 01:23:02,310 AND THAT THE WORKER IS GOING TO 1518 01:23:02,310 --> 01:23:05,213 CARE LESS ABOUT. WHAT ARE THE 1519 01:23:05,213 --> 01:23:06,448 MINIMUM THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO 1520 01:23:06,448 --> 01:23:08,950 INCLUDE TO PROTECT THE WORKERS? 1521 01:23:08,950 --> 01:23:10,151 SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE THROUGH 1522 01:23:10,151 --> 01:23:13,621 ALL THE PROCESSES AND FIRST-HAND 1523 01:23:13,621 --> 01:23:14,222 EXPERIENCES ALREADY THINKING 1524 01:23:14,222 --> 01:23:15,423 ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS BUT I 1525 01:23:15,423 --> 01:23:16,491 JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE 1526 01:23:16,491 --> 01:23:19,127 TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU CAN 1527 01:23:19,127 --> 01:23:24,199 ADDRESS THE HIGHER-LEVEL CONCERN 1528 01:23:24,199 --> 01:23:28,937 AROUND MAKING SURE WE MINIMIZE 1529 01:23:28,937 --> 01:23:31,973 CONFUSION. AND AVOID 1530 01:23:31,973 --> 01:23:32,707 UNCONSCIONABLE SITUATIONS AND 1531 01:23:32,707 --> 01:23:42,283 DEALS FOR OUR WORKERS. 1532 01:23:42,283 --> 01:23:43,818 >> YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO ANY OF 1533 01:23:43,818 --> 01:23:49,424 THOSE POINTS RAISED AROUND 1534 01:23:49,424 --> 01:23:59,601 CONTRACT. 1535 01:24:10,311 --> 01:24:14,582 >> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR 1536 01:24:14,582 --> 01:24:15,150 RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE AS 1537 01:24:15,150 --> 01:24:16,284 WORKERS WE CAN ALWAYS ASK AND 1538 01:24:16,284 --> 01:24:26,828 ASK AND ASK. BECAUSE WE NEED TO 1539 01:24:37,605 --> 01:24:42,177 SEE HOW IS THE PROCESS THAT 1540 01:24:42,177 --> 01:24:43,445 GUIDE US. MAYBE NOT THE EASIEST 1541 01:24:43,445 --> 01:24:46,981 WAY TO DO IT THAT SOMETHING THAT 1542 01:24:46,981 --> 01:24:55,890 IS EASY ACCESS OR BETTER ACCESS. 1543 01:24:55,890 --> 01:25:05,934 THIS IS THINKING A LOT ABOUT 1544 01:25:05,934 --> 01:25:07,735 THIS. BUT I KNOW THAT WORKING 1545 01:25:07,735 --> 01:25:14,275 TOGETHER WE CAN FIND SOLUTIONS. 1546 01:25:14,275 --> 01:25:16,311 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME 1547 01:25:16,311 --> 01:25:17,312 FOLLOW-UP WORK TO DO AROUND SOME 1548 01:25:17,312 --> 01:25:21,916 OF THE EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT 1549 01:25:21,916 --> 01:25:24,819 EXIST. AND WE CAN DO SOME 1550 01:25:24,819 --> 01:25:31,826 FOLLOW-UP WORK TO SORT THIS OUT. 1551 01:25:31,826 --> 01:25:33,194 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSES 1552 01:25:33,194 --> 01:25:39,634 TO THAT. RECOGNIZING VICE CHAIR 1553 01:25:39,634 --> 01:25:50,178 FOSTER. REMOVING CONTRACT FROM 1554 01:25:57,852 --> 01:26:01,956 MY LANGUAGE. SO I'M LOOKING 1555 01:26:01,956 --> 01:26:03,291 FORWARD TO HEARING THE 1556 01:26:03,291 --> 01:26:06,194 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FROM 1557 01:26:06,194 --> 01:26:13,801 THE ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE DOES 1558 01:26:13,801 --> 01:26:14,602 THAT COUNT AS A WRITTEN 1559 01:26:14,602 --> 01:26:15,570 AGREEMENT, I AM HERE THINKING 1560 01:26:15,570 --> 01:26:17,639 ABOUT THAT AND I REALLY 1561 01:26:17,639 --> 01:26:20,675 APPRECIATE YOUR CLARITY AS WELL 1562 01:26:20,675 --> 01:26:21,509 AROUND THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE 1563 01:26:21,509 --> 01:26:26,381 BEING A KEY PORTION AS WELL AS 1564 01:26:26,381 --> 01:26:27,282 JUST HAVING SOMETHING WRITTEN 1565 01:26:27,282 --> 01:26:28,616 DOWN THAT FOLKS CAN GO BACK AND 1566 01:26:28,616 --> 01:26:30,118 REFER TO SO THAT THEY HAVE 1567 01:26:30,118 --> 01:26:32,387 SOMETHING IF THERE IS A DISPUTE 1568 01:26:32,387 --> 01:26:33,988 BETWEEN THE EMPLOYER AND 1569 01:26:33,988 --> 01:26:36,591 EMPLOYEE FEELS REALLY IMPORTANT. 1570 01:26:36,591 --> 01:26:38,826 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO ENGAGE ON 1571 01:26:38,826 --> 01:26:40,061 THIS. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY 1572 01:26:40,061 --> 01:26:45,900 THE INTENT OF MY PREVIOUS 1573 01:26:45,900 --> 01:26:48,570 QUESTION. 1574 01:26:48,570 --> 01:26:50,471 >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS 1575 01:26:50,471 --> 01:26:52,040 AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME EXTRA 1576 01:26:52,040 --> 01:26:54,809 TIME SO I INVITE YOU TO CHIME IN 1577 01:26:54,809 --> 01:27:00,448 IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL 1578 01:27:00,448 --> 01:27:08,089 QUESTIONS. UNDERSTANDING THAT 1579 01:27:08,089 --> 01:27:13,595 NOW THE STATE LEGISLATION HOW 1580 01:27:13,595 --> 01:27:14,829 ARE WE GOING TO BE DELINEATING 1581 01:27:14,829 --> 01:27:22,503 AND DIRECTING PEOPLE. ARE WE 1582 01:27:22,503 --> 01:27:25,907 HAVING FOLKS NOW GO UP TO THE 1583 01:27:25,907 --> 01:27:31,679 STATE LEVEL ONCE THIS GOES INTO 1584 01:27:31,679 --> 01:27:33,815 EFFECT. 1585 01:27:33,815 --> 01:27:35,717 >> WE ARE IN CONSTANT 1586 01:27:35,717 --> 01:27:40,054 COMMUNICATION ON OTHER SIMILAR 1587 01:27:40,054 --> 01:27:46,060 LABOR STANDARDS THAT WE MAY BE 1588 01:27:46,060 --> 01:27:53,101 ALIGNED IN. ONE POTENTIAL 1589 01:27:53,101 --> 01:27:54,535 OUTCOME IS IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO 1590 01:27:54,535 --> 01:27:57,905 AMEND THE DW OH IT WOULD BE 1591 01:27:57,905 --> 01:27:59,307 CONSISTENT IF NOT MORE 1592 01:27:59,307 --> 01:28:02,677 PROTECTIVE THAN THE STATE DID 1593 01:28:02,677 --> 01:28:04,979 FOR EXAMPLE IN SEATTLE WE DON'T 1594 01:28:04,979 --> 01:28:07,515 HAVE THRESHOLD FOR COVERAGE. 1595 01:28:07,515 --> 01:28:11,419 HOWEVER THE STATE DOES SO AGAIN 1596 01:28:11,419 --> 01:28:12,420 WE WOULD WANT TO ENSURE THAT 1597 01:28:12,420 --> 01:28:14,689 WHATEVER IS THE MOST PROTECTIVE 1598 01:28:14,689 --> 01:28:20,895 LAW IS WHAT WE CAN ENFORCE HERE 1599 01:28:20,895 --> 01:28:24,265 IN SEATTLE. ALSO SIMILAR TO WHAT 1600 01:28:24,265 --> 01:28:25,433 WE ARE THINKING ABOUT IF THE 1601 01:28:25,433 --> 01:28:26,434 AMENDMENT GO THROUGH WE WOULD 1602 01:28:26,434 --> 01:28:28,503 REALLY LIKE TO PARTNER WITH 1603 01:28:28,503 --> 01:28:30,938 RULEMAKING SO WE CAN HAVE 1604 01:28:30,938 --> 01:28:33,074 CONSISTENT RULES FOR BOTH THE 1605 01:28:33,074 --> 01:28:36,010 CITY AND THE STATE AND HAVE BOTH 1606 01:28:36,010 --> 01:28:38,446 THE STATE LAW AND AMENDED 1607 01:28:38,446 --> 01:28:46,487 VERSION GO INTO EFFECT AT THE 1608 01:28:46,487 --> 01:28:51,726 SAME TIME. IF WE NEED TO THEN 1609 01:28:51,726 --> 01:28:52,727 DIRECT FOLKS ELSEWHERE WE WANT 1610 01:28:52,727 --> 01:28:57,865 TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE 1611 01:28:57,865 --> 01:29:03,137 CONSISTENT REINFORCEMENT 1612 01:29:03,137 --> 01:29:11,479 PROTECTIONS. 1613 01:29:11,479 --> 01:29:13,147 >> THE LEGISLATION GOES INTO 1614 01:29:13,147 --> 01:29:15,149 EFFECT JULY NEXT YEAR. BEYOND 1615 01:29:15,149 --> 01:29:17,785 THE THREE AMENDMENTS WHAT 1616 01:29:17,785 --> 01:29:25,626 FURTHER PREPARATION WORK IS 1617 01:29:25,626 --> 01:29:26,561 THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED SUPPORT 1618 01:29:26,561 --> 01:29:37,105 FROM COUNCIL ON. FOR WORKERS AND 1619 01:30:13,541 --> 01:30:23,985 ALSO 40 HIRING ENTITIES. AND 1620 01:30:28,022 --> 01:30:29,123 WHEN I MENTIONED BUDGET ALSO TO 1621 01:30:29,123 --> 01:30:31,325 BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS 1622 01:30:31,325 --> 01:30:41,869 AT WORK WITH DOMESTIC WORKERS. 1623 01:30:49,844 --> 01:30:50,778 THE MAJORITY OF WORKERS FEEL 1624 01:30:50,778 --> 01:30:56,217 MORE COMFORTABLE APPROACHING 1625 01:30:56,217 --> 01:31:00,955 COMMUNITIES CENTERS. THAT'S 1626 01:31:00,955 --> 01:31:03,257 WHAT I THINK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT 1627 01:31:03,257 --> 01:31:13,367 ELSE TO ADD. AS FAR AS OLS I 1628 01:31:13,367 --> 01:31:15,703 HAVE OUR OUTREACH SPECIALIST WHO 1629 01:31:15,703 --> 01:31:20,641 IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON 1630 01:31:20,641 --> 01:31:21,342 PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC 1631 01:31:21,342 --> 01:31:22,076 FACING MATERIALS ON THE 1632 01:31:22,076 --> 01:31:22,844 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DOMESTIC 1633 01:31:22,844 --> 01:31:28,449 WORKERS ORDINANCE AND STATE LAW 1634 01:31:28,449 --> 01:31:33,120 AND HIGHLIGHTING THE 1635 01:31:33,120 --> 01:31:33,788 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES TO 1636 01:31:33,788 --> 01:31:36,524 MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF 1637 01:31:36,524 --> 01:31:37,492 THE DISTINCTION AND WHERE THEY 1638 01:31:37,492 --> 01:31:44,932 CAN GO FOR SUPPORT. 1639 01:31:44,932 --> 01:31:48,636 >> ONE MORE DETAIL TO WHAT SHE 1640 01:31:48,636 --> 01:31:51,873 SHARED WEIRD WHEN IT COMES TO 1641 01:31:51,873 --> 01:31:56,511 BUDGET THERE ARE SOME FORMAL 1642 01:31:56,511 --> 01:31:57,311 STRUCTURES TO DO THAT 1643 01:31:57,311 --> 01:31:58,613 COMMUNITY-BASED OUTREACH AND 1644 01:31:58,613 --> 01:32:01,015 EDUCATION. THERE ARE TWO FUNDS 1645 01:32:01,015 --> 01:32:11,459 THAT OLS ADMINISTERS. TWO 1646 01:32:18,099 --> 01:32:25,373 PROVIDE THAT OUTREACH TO 1647 01:32:25,373 --> 01:32:26,340 BUSINESSES. WE ARE REALLY 1648 01:32:26,340 --> 01:32:26,974 GRATEFUL FOR THE FUNDING 1649 01:32:26,974 --> 01:32:29,010 ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET FOR 1650 01:32:29,010 --> 01:32:30,211 THOSE AND I JUST WANTED TO 1651 01:32:30,211 --> 01:32:31,045 EMPHASIZE HOW ESSENTIAL THOSE 1652 01:32:31,045 --> 01:32:33,281 FUNDS ARE BECAUSE AS AMAZING AS 1653 01:32:33,281 --> 01:32:42,456 OLS IS AND ALL THE WORK THEY DO 1654 01:32:42,456 --> 01:32:44,625 AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS 1655 01:32:44,625 --> 01:32:44,892 MESSAGE. 1656 01:32:44,892 --> 01:32:46,427 >> THAT IS A PERFECT DOVETAIL 1657 01:32:46,427 --> 01:32:49,463 FOR MY NEXT QUESTION. BECAUSE OF 1658 01:32:49,463 --> 01:32:53,301 THE INFORMAL NATURE OF THIS WORK 1659 01:32:53,301 --> 01:32:55,736 I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED THAT WE 1660 01:32:55,736 --> 01:32:56,737 ARE NOT REACHING THE WORKERS 1661 01:32:56,737 --> 01:33:00,908 THAT WE NEED TO BE AND SO WE 1662 01:33:00,908 --> 01:33:01,642 TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 1663 01:33:01,642 --> 01:33:04,445 LANGUAGE ACCESS. PREVIOUS 1664 01:33:04,445 --> 01:33:09,583 COUNCIL FUNDING. ARE THERE NEW 1665 01:33:09,583 --> 01:33:10,384 STRATEGIES WITH THINKING ABOUT 1666 01:33:10,384 --> 01:33:20,928 IN TERMS OF EXPANDED OUTREACH. 1667 01:33:30,671 --> 01:33:32,073 WHILE I'M ON THIS POINT I WOULD 1668 01:33:32,073 --> 01:33:35,443 BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE 1669 01:33:35,443 --> 01:33:36,243 THE MOMENT OF EXTREME 1670 01:33:36,243 --> 01:33:37,178 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT THAT WE 1671 01:33:37,178 --> 01:33:40,014 ARE IN AND HOW THAT IS 1672 01:33:40,014 --> 01:33:42,016 EXPECTING-- AFFECTING EVERYBODY. 1673 01:33:42,016 --> 01:33:52,560 SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL. WE GOT A 1674 01:33:56,397 --> 01:33:59,133 GREAT PRESENTATION FROM JENNIFER 1675 01:33:59,133 --> 01:34:01,435 AND SHE WAS SOLICITING FEEDBACK 1676 01:34:01,435 --> 01:34:04,739 FROM BOARD MEMBERS AROUND WHAT 1677 01:34:04,739 --> 01:34:06,507 ARE ADDITIONAL CREATIVE WAYS TO 1678 01:34:06,507 --> 01:34:08,776 DO OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT. SO 1679 01:34:08,776 --> 01:34:13,848 ONE EXAMPLE WAS TALKING ABOUT 1680 01:34:13,848 --> 01:34:14,515 SCHOOL, EDUCATION THROUGH 1681 01:34:14,515 --> 01:34:19,887 SCHOOLS AND PARTNERING WITH SPS 1682 01:34:19,887 --> 01:34:20,888 KNOWING THAT OBVIOUSLY SO MUCH 1683 01:34:20,888 --> 01:34:21,889 DOMESTIC WORK HAPPENS IN A 1684 01:34:21,889 --> 01:34:23,858 FAMILY SETTING AND THAT SCHOOLS 1685 01:34:23,858 --> 01:34:26,927 ARE A WAY THAT WE CAN REACH A 1686 01:34:26,927 --> 01:34:29,163 LOT OF FAMILIES IN THE CITY. 1687 01:34:29,163 --> 01:34:33,100 BOTH EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS. SO 1688 01:34:33,100 --> 01:34:36,604 THAT CAN BE ONE POSSIBILITY. WE 1689 01:34:36,604 --> 01:34:37,338 TALKED ABOUT PARTNERING MORE 1690 01:34:37,338 --> 01:34:38,506 WITH THE LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY 1691 01:34:38,506 --> 01:34:42,009 CENTERS TO DO OUTREACH IN THOSE 1692 01:34:42,009 --> 01:34:43,611 SETTINGS. ONE THING THAT OLS HAS 1693 01:34:43,611 --> 01:34:46,914 ALREADY BEEN DOING WHICH IT CAME 1694 01:34:46,914 --> 01:34:48,149 FROM THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE BUT I 1695 01:34:48,149 --> 01:34:49,250 THINK ALSO IS APPLICABLE TO 1696 01:34:49,250 --> 01:34:54,488 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION IS OLS 1697 01:34:54,488 --> 01:34:55,322 HAS STARTED BUILDING 1698 01:34:55,322 --> 01:34:56,123 RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF 1699 01:34:56,123 --> 01:34:56,957 LOCAL CONSULATES KNOWING THAT 1700 01:34:56,957 --> 01:35:01,295 NATIONALS OF THOSE COUNTRIES 1701 01:35:01,295 --> 01:35:02,029 OFTEN SEEK SERVICES FROM THE 1702 01:35:02,029 --> 01:35:03,064 CONSULATE IF THEIR RIGHTS HAVE 1703 01:35:03,064 --> 01:35:04,365 BEEN VIOLATED. AND SO BY 1704 01:35:04,365 --> 01:35:06,400 BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS 1705 01:35:06,400 --> 01:35:09,236 LETTING CONSULATES KNOW WHAT 1706 01:35:09,236 --> 01:35:12,106 RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH 1707 01:35:12,106 --> 01:35:13,274 OLS THAT HOPEFULLY BECOMES A WAY 1708 01:35:13,274 --> 01:35:16,744 TO REACH MORE PEOPLE AS WELL. 1709 01:35:16,744 --> 01:35:17,945 THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY 1710 01:35:17,945 --> 01:35:19,146 CHALLENGES OF THIS WORK IS HOW 1711 01:35:19,146 --> 01:35:24,719 DO YOU REACH PEOPLE, HARD TO 1712 01:35:24,719 --> 01:35:25,653 REACH POPULATIONS. SO IT 1713 01:35:25,653 --> 01:35:30,791 REQUIRES JUST CONTINUAL CREATIVE 1714 01:35:30,791 --> 01:35:31,992 THINKING AND IDEAS FROM AS MANY 1715 01:35:31,992 --> 01:35:42,536 STAKEHOLDERS AS WE CAN. I THINK 1716 01:35:56,083 --> 01:35:59,186 ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES 1717 01:35:59,186 --> 01:36:00,921 FOR OUTREACH FOR DOMESTIC 1718 01:36:00,921 --> 01:36:05,526 WORKERS IS CLIMATE JUSTICE. 1719 01:36:05,526 --> 01:36:11,632 THAT'S ALWAYS ONE OF THE MOST 1720 01:36:11,632 --> 01:36:22,143 DIFFICULT THINGS. BECAUSE WE 1721 01:36:26,380 --> 01:36:31,552 KNOW THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO 1722 01:36:31,552 --> 01:36:33,320 REACH THE ASIAN COMMUNITY OR 1723 01:36:33,320 --> 01:36:34,555 SOMALI COMMUNITY AND THEY WORK A 1724 01:36:34,555 --> 01:36:36,690 LOT AS CAREGIVERS SO WE KNOW 1725 01:36:36,690 --> 01:36:42,663 THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT THAT WE 1726 01:36:42,663 --> 01:36:45,599 CAN STILL INFORM. 1727 01:36:45,599 --> 01:36:47,968 >> I WILL JUST ADD THAT OUR 1728 01:36:47,968 --> 01:36:50,437 OFFICE IS IN CLOSE COLLABORATION 1729 01:36:50,437 --> 01:36:53,774 COMMUNICATION WITH THE OFFICE OF 1730 01:36:53,774 --> 01:36:56,377 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS. 1731 01:36:56,377 --> 01:36:57,478 WE ARE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT 1732 01:36:57,478 --> 01:37:00,281 HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE OVERLAP 1733 01:37:00,281 --> 01:37:02,316 OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND REFUGEE 1734 01:37:02,316 --> 01:37:04,285 WORKERS BUT IN GENERAL WHAT ARE 1735 01:37:04,285 --> 01:37:06,153 BEST PRACTICES, WHAT ARE YOUR 1736 01:37:06,153 --> 01:37:07,188 OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN 1737 01:37:07,188 --> 01:37:11,192 SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER OR WHAT ARE 1738 01:37:11,192 --> 01:37:13,961 SOME POLICY CHANGES THAT WE WANT 1739 01:37:13,961 --> 01:37:15,196 TO DISCUSS OR WHAT ARE YOU 1740 01:37:15,196 --> 01:37:17,565 HEARING AS WELL AS OTHER 1741 01:37:17,565 --> 01:37:18,399 DEPARTMENTS. HAPPY TO CONTINUE 1742 01:37:18,399 --> 01:37:20,134 THAT CONVERSATION BUT AS THE 1743 01:37:20,134 --> 01:37:22,903 COLLEAGUES FROM THE BOARD SAID 1744 01:37:22,903 --> 01:37:24,138 THIS CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY 1745 01:37:24,138 --> 01:37:28,842 AND AN ISSUE THAT IS ONGOING. 1746 01:37:28,842 --> 01:37:33,347 >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ANY 1747 01:37:33,347 --> 01:37:34,381 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR OUR 1748 01:37:34,381 --> 01:37:39,987 PANEL TODAY BEFORE I CLOSE THIS 1749 01:37:39,987 --> 01:37:42,356 OUT? AGAIN, I WILL VOICE MY 1750 01:37:42,356 --> 01:37:43,390 APPRECIATION TO THE PANEL AND 1751 01:37:43,390 --> 01:37:53,868 CLOSE WITH THIS. THANK YOU 1752 01:38:21,762 --> 01:38:22,730 COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR TIME AND 1753 01:38:22,730 --> 01:38:27,301 ENGAGEMENT ON THIS. IT'S 1754 01:38:27,301 --> 01:38:28,002 TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATED. AND 1755 01:38:28,002 --> 01:38:29,136 WITH THAT, I WILL THINK OUR 1756 01:38:29,136 --> 01:38:35,409 PANEL AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A 1757 01:38:35,409 --> 01:38:40,214 WONDERFUL WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT 1758 01:38:40,214 --> 01:38:41,081 COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE REACHED THE 1759 01:38:41,081 --> 01:38:42,216 END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. IS THERE 1760 01:38:42,216 --> 01:38:43,284 ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME 1761 01:38:43,284 --> 01:38:48,822 BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE 1762 01:38:48,822 --> 01:38:51,091 ADJOURN? HEARING AND SEEING 1763 01:38:51,091 --> 01:38:52,026 NONE. THE NEXT HUMAN SERVICES, 1764 01:38:52,026 --> 01:38:52,826 LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1765 01:38:52,826 --> 01:38:53,627 COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED FOR 1766 01:38:53,627 --> 01:38:54,862 FRIDAY, APRIL 17th. IT IS 11:14 1767 01:38:54,862 --> 01:38:56,497 A.M. HEARING NO FURTHER 1768 01:38:56,497 --> 01:38:58,365 BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 1769 01:39:02,069 --> 01:39:06,874 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR.