King County Elections, Andrew J. Lewis

Seattle City Council, Andrew J. Lewis

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Supports building walkable 15-minute neighborhoods with more housing choices and amenities.

Wants to create more alternatives to driving by creating safe infrastructure to walk, while working to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries to zero by 2030.

As a city council member, he supported improving parks and open spaces.

- Supports building walkable 15-minute neighborhoods with more housing choices and amenities. 
- Wants to create more alternatives to driving by creating safe infrastructure to walk, while working to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries to zero by 2030. 
- As a city council member, he supported improving parks and open spaces.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports the JustCARE program, which provides outreach and transitional housing to people experiencing homelessness, and supports more housing with supportive services for addiction and behavioral mental health conditions.

Wants to provide more affordable housing, including housing that is decommodified, such as social housing, which is rental units owned by the government or a nonprofit.

Said, "[w]e need to get people out of encampments and into stable housing immediately," and supports alternatives like tiny houses.

As a city council member, he helped create the Unified Care team, which moved people out of encampments and into shelters, reducing encampments by 42%.

- Supports the JustCARE program, which provides outreach and transitional housing to people experiencing homelessness, and supports more housing with supportive services for addiction and behavioral mental health conditions. 
- Wants to provide more affordable housing, including housing that is decommodified, such as social housing, which is rental units owned by the government or a nonprofit. 
- Said, "[w]e need to get people out of encampments and into stable housing immediately," and supports alternatives like tiny houses. 
- As a city council member, he helped create the Unified Care team, which moved people out of encampments and into shelters, reducing encampments by 42%.

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and increase electrification of heating and appliances.

Said, "[w]e are running out of time to combat climate change. Seattle must confront the emergency with housing planning that emphasizes dense, walkable communities, electrification of buildings, and safe, reliable public transportation."

As a city council member, supported getting community centers to zero carbon emissions.

- Wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and increase electrification of heating and appliances. 
- Said, "[w]e are running out of time to combat climate change. Seattle must confront the emergency with housing planning that emphasizes dense, walkable communities, electrification of buildings, and safe, reliable public transportation." 
- As a city council member, supported getting community centers to zero carbon emissions.

Environment

As of October 17, 2023, Andrew J. Lewis’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Services

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Wants to address crime in high-crime areas of the district and, as a city council member, supported increasing the police presence in these areas.

Previously supported reducing the police department budget by 50%, but later said "50% was a mistake," and now supports fully funding the police department and jail.

Plans to create an alternative response system to 911 and supported creating a civilian behavioral health response to respond to mental health crises instead of the police.

As a city council member, supported hiring 28 park rangers to patrol city parks rather than regular police officers.

As a city council member, supported fully funding the police departments hiring budget each year.

- Wants to address crime in high-crime areas of the district and, as a city council member, supported increasing the police presence in these areas. 
- Previously supported reducing the police department budget by 50%, but later said "50% was a mistake," and now supports fully funding the police department and jail. 
- Plans to create an alternative response system to 911 and supported creating a civilian behavioral health response to respond to mental health crises instead of the police. 
- As a city council member, supported hiring 28 park rangers to patrol city parks rather than regular police officers. 
- As a city council member, supported fully funding the police departments hiring budget each year.

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King County Elections, Bob Kettle

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Opposes homeless encampments and said, "City Council has enabled open drug use and drug dealing in our neighborhoods including downtown."

Supports converting unused office space downtown into housing.

- Opposes homeless encampments and said, "City Council has enabled open drug use and drug dealing in our neighborhoods including downtown." 
- Opposes rent control. 
- Supports converting unused office space downtown into housing.

Supports more mental health hospital capacity and addiction treatment centers.

- Supports more mental health hospital capacity and addiction treatment centers.

Supports more funding for the police, including recruitment, training, and hiring non-police first responders.

Said, "[t]he Council's pledge to defund [the police department] by 50% was irresponsible and undercut our public safety and our ability to implement reform."

Supports efforts to remove graffiti downtown.

Wants to increase the police department's hiring to 1,400 officers.

Supports prosecuting individuals to public drug use.

- Supports more funding for the police, including recruitment, training, and hiring non-police first responders. 
- Said, "[t]he Council's pledge to defund [the police department] by 50% was irresponsible and undercut our public safety and our ability to implement reform." 
- Supports efforts to remove graffiti downtown. 
- Wants to increase the police department's hiring to 1,400 officers. 
- Supports prosecuting individuals to public drug use.

Bob Kettle

- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy, including passing legislation about the police, fire department, parks, libraries, electricity, water, solid waste, and drainage utilities. 
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department.
- City council members serve four year terms, and elections are nonpartisan. City council members are either elected to represent specific districts or are elected at-large, meaning that they represent the entire city. 