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Seattle Council adopts 'welcoming city' resolution after Cal Anderson Park clashes; public demands SPD review
Summary
The Seattle City Council unanimously adopted Resolution 32168 reaffirming the city's support for immigrants and LGBTQ+ residents after clashes at Cal Anderson Park. Public commenters pressed the council to hold the Seattle Police Department accountable and to change permitting and crowd-management practices to avoid future violence.
Seattle City Council on May 27 adopted Resolution 32168, reaffirming Seattle as a welcoming city and committing the city to policies that protect immigrants, LGBTQ+ residents and other historically marginalized groups.
The measure, introduced by Council Member Andrew Rink and passed by a 9-0 roll-call vote, follows clashes at Cal Anderson Park after a May 24 event by an anti-LGBT group. Supporters of the resolution and numerous public commenters said the city's permitting decisions and recent crowd-management policy contributed to the injuries and arrests at the demonstration.
The resolution matters because it is a formal, unanimous statement from the council in the wake of an event that many speakers said caused physical harm and lasting trauma to Capitol Hill's LGBTQ+ community. The measure asks the city attorney to continue compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act and requests consideration of a midyear budget amendment to add $300,000 to emerging needs aimed at supporting impacted populations.
Council Member Joy Hollingsworth, who described herself as "a daughter of the district"…
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