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Sponsor seeks to reinstate coordinator for SPD '30 by 30' initiative

Seattle Select Budget Committee · October 30, 2025
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Council member Rivera sponsored amendment SPD 106 on Oct. 30 to reinstate a coordinator position and funding for SPD's "30 by 30" initiative to increase women in the police force and address department culture.

Council member Rivera sponsored amendment SPD 106 on Oct. 30 to reinstate a coordinator position and related funding for SPD's "30 by 30" initiative, which seeks to increase the share of women in the police force and improve department culture. Central staff said the amendment would increase SPD appropriations by $50,000 and proviso $225,000 that the council had added in a prior budget; staff also said the position would become an ongoing FTE rather than sunsetting at year-end.

"This is not just the 30 by 30, but all community members," Council member Rivera said as she described conversations with Chief Barnes about the department's DEI position. Rivera thanked women within SPD who have been working on the effort and described the coordinator as necessary to provide dedicated, full-time leadership for a set of duties currently distributed among staff.

Council member Saka praised Rivera's leadership and described reports of an inhospitable culture for women in SPD as part of the rationale for the amendment. On the record, Council members Juarez, Solomon and Hollingsworth joined as cosponsors. The Oct. 30 transcript records the presentation, sponsor remarks and cosponsorships but does not record a final committee vote on SPD 106.

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