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Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), chair of the Council's Sustainability and Renters Rights Committee, eviction defense experts, and renter advocates share why the Seattle City Council should vote for Right to Counsel legislation without any means testing or other loopholes. The legislation would for the first time give Seattle tenants the right to legal aid when facing eviction.
Speakers include:
Councilmember Kshama Sawant, City of Seattle
Jacob Shear, Real Change Real Change Vendor
Sharon Crowley, UAW
Edmund Witter, Housing Justice Project
Violet Lavatai, Executive Director, Tenants Union of Washington State
Maya Garfinkel, Organizing Director, Be:Seattle and coalition member of Stay Housed Stay Healthy
Anastasia Schaadhardt, UAW 4121 member