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HELP NAME THE CRANE

Submissions, vote will add a name for the large machine

Staff report

Residents have regularly paused along the fence next to the former Safeway site in upper Queen Anne to watch the progress of construction, in particular the enormous crane being used to do the heavy lifting.

Now, people can help name the crane, which towers over the hill and can be seen from Interstate 5 and the ferries crossing Puget Sound. The Queen Anne & Magnolia News, Queen Anne Farmers Market and developer BarrientosRyan have partnered together to invite residents to choose a name for the yellow crane in a twopart process that will end with the release of the crane’s new name on Nov. 23.

In phase one, people can submit name suggestions in a number of ways — by emailing Queen Anne & Magnolia News editor Jessica Keller (qamagnews@pacificpublishingcompany.com; subject Queen Anne Crane) or posting to the crane threads on the newspaper’s Facebook and Twitter pages (facebook.com/QueenAnneMagnoliaNews and twitter.com/qamagnews).

People can also leave their suggestions in person at the main Farmers Market booth at the Queen Anne Harvest Market, which will take

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The crane at the 21Boston construction site along Queen Anne Avenue North has garnered attention from passers-by on Upper Queen Anne and can be seen from Interstate 5 and ferries crossing Puget Sound. Residents are invited to name the piece of machinery by submitting suggestions and then voting on the top four selected.

Forum: District 36 state rep candidates share views on homelessness, criminal justice and education

By Jessica Keller

Queen Anne & Mag News editor

With ballots for the Nov. 8 general election mailed to voters, Julia Reed and Jeff Manson, the candidates running for the open District 36 state representative position 1 seat, spoke with locals about housing, police and social services at a candidate forum Oct. 19 hosted by the Queen Anne and Magnolia community councils.

Manson Reed

Reed and Manson are vying for the seat currently filled by Rep. Noel Frame, who opted to run for state Sen. Reuven Carlyle’s seat after he announced he

ABOUT THE CANDIDATES

Jeff Manson Manson has a law degree with an emphasis in poverty and inequality law from Seattle University. He is currently an administrative law judge in Washington and “sees how state laws and budgets affect the most vulnerable people in Washington State on a daily basis,” according to his website. To learn more, visit votejeffmanson.com or email info@votejeffmanson. com.

Julia Reed Reed is a lifelong Democrat who served in the Obama administration at the State Department and in the Political Military Affairs Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget. After returning to Seattle in 2017, she worked in the mayor’s office as a senior policy adviser. In 2020, she left city government to join social impact consulting firm Kinetic West. To learn more about Reed, visit votejuliareed.com or email Julia@votejuliareed.com.

would not seek reelection. Frame is running against Sara Martin in the general election on Nov. 8.

State Rep. Liz Berry is running unopposed for District 36 position 2.

At the candidate forum, Manson and Reed answered a number of questions, some which they both answered and some just directed to

them.

Q: You have now spent the last several months meeting individuals from all walks of life and hearing their concerns and ideas. Based on any of the feedback you have received, have you changed or revised any of your positions?

Reed: She said after speaking with people in the 36th District,

she has not changed or revised her positions, but has “doubled down” on some things she’s focused on. She has heard many concerns about rising housing costs and reducing homelessness and the connection between homelessness and lack of affordable housing. She said she has also heard a lot about climate change, which was especially relevant given the poor air quality caused by smoke from wildfires in the state.

“As the only person in the race who has worked on wildfire smoke preparedness at the city level, I think that’s experience I can really bring. People really want to see more investments in our public education and especially our responding to the message that I am focused on and the work I’m hoping to do around building our workforce around creating more pathways to apprenticeships to better-paying jobs and

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Detectives are investigating whether a babysitter and former lifeguard, charged last week for taking sexually explicit photos of a child in his care, might have victimized other children in the Seattle area.

On Oct. 10, King County prosecutors charged Antonio Diego Brugnoli-Baskin, 23, with sexual exploitation of a minor, as well as dealing and possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually

photos

explicit conduct.

While SPD does not typically name suspects on the Blotter, detectives have learned Brugnoli-Baskin has worked around children for several years, and police are now investigating to determine whether he might have victimized other children and families.

Detectives began investigating Brugnoli-Baskin after receiving a series of tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about photos and videos of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) uploaded to the internet from a Seattle address. When SPD detectives — aided by the FBI and Homeland Security — arrested Brugnoli-Baskin, police recovered CSAM material, some of which

involved at least one child who had been in his care.

Most recently, Brugnoli-Baskin advertised as childcare provider through the Care.com website for families in Magnolia and Wallingford. Between 2018 and 2020, he was employed as a lifeguard and swim instructor at public pools in Magnolia and Queen Anne, as a ski instructor at Snoqualmie Pass, and at the Wallingford Farmer’s Market.

Police continue to investigate Brugnoli-Baskin and search for any evidence involving other children and families in Seattle.

Any families whose children may have been left in Brugnoli-Baskin’s care can contact SPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children detective at christine.nichols@seattle.gov.

Seattle Public Library hosting November, December events and dialogues

The Seattle Public Library’s author programs, book discussions and community dialogues in November and December feature Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman; Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ada Ferrer; cartoonist Megan Kelso; and poet and retired professional cagefighter Jenny Liou.

Most of these events require registration. Find information and registration at event links or spl.org/Calendar. All Library events are free and open to the public.

EVENTS SCHEDULE

Chef Sean Sherman: “The Revolution of Indigenous Foods of North America.” From 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4. Central Library (Level 1 Microsoft Auditorium) and online.

Oglala Lakota Chef Sean Sherman, author of “The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen,” will share his journey of discovering, reviving and reimagining Native cuisine.

Born in Pine Ridge, S.D., Sherman’s main culinary focus has been on the revitalization and awareness of indigenous foods systems in a modern culinary context, opening The Sioux Chef in 2014. This is the second event in the fall public engagement series guest-curated by Seattle poet Shin Yu Pai.

Make The Pancakes”?, her public art piece now installed at Climate Pledge Arena, and her early beginnings. This event is in partnership with Short Run Comix & Arts Festival.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ada Ferrer on “Cuba.” From 7 to 8 p.m., Monday, Nov 7. Online.

For the Bullitt Lecture in American History, historian Ada Ferrer will discuss her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Cuba: An American History.” Spanning more than five centuries, this book provides us with a front-row seat of the evolution of the modern nation, with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Born in Cuba and raised in the United States, Ferrer has been conducting research on the island since 1990.

This virtual event is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation.

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Kwame Alexander discusses “The Door of no Return.” From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4. At Hugo House (1634 11th Ave., Seattle).

Join us to celebrate Caldecott and Newbery Awardwinning author Kwame Alexander’s (“The Crossover”) powerful new book for youth. “The Door of No Return” is about an 11-year-old in 19th century Ghana named Kofi Offin, who dreams of water and ends up in a fight for his life.

Presented with Elliott Bay Books and the Hugo House, and supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation.

Ladies Musical Club Concert. From noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 9. Central Library (Level 1 Microsoft Auditorium). After a pandemic hiatus, the Ladies Musical Concerts returns. From October 2022 to May 2023, the Ladies Musical Club offers free classical music concerts on the second Wednesday of the month at noon. Enjoy local musicians performing vocal and instrumental pieces in diverse musical styles and periods. Registration not required.

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Jack Straw Writers Showcase. From 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5. Central Library (Level 1 Microsoft Auditorium). Members of the 2022 Jack Straw Writers program, selected by curator Michael Schmeltzer, share their work.

Now in its 26th year, the Jack Straw Writers Program has included more than 250 Pacific Northwest writers who represent a diverse range of literary genres.

Supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation.

Cartoonist Megan Kelso in conversation with Phyllis Fletcher. From 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 6, Central Library (Level 1 Microsoft Auditorium) and online.

Phyllis Fletcher, a highly decorated editor, mentor and comics fan, interviews local cartoonist Megan Kelso about her new book of graphic short stories, “Who Will

Jenny Liou and Shin Yu Pai Discuss “Muscle Memory.” From 7 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7. Central Library (Level 1 Microsoft Auditorium) and online. Join us for a reading and conversation with poet, science writer, and retired professional cage fighter Jenny Liou, the final event in the public engagement series guestcurated by Seattle poet Shin Yu Pai.

In “Muscle Memory,” Washington-based poet Liou grapples with violence and identity, beginning with the chain-link enclosure of the prizefighter’s cage and radiating outward into the diasporic sweep of Chinese American history.

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Contact the Library’s “Ask Us” service by phone at 206-386-4636 or by email or chat at spl.org/Ask. Staff are ready to answer questions and direct you to helpful resources and information.

Police seek additional victims of babysitter charged with taking explicit

Suspect previously worked in Magnolia and Queen Anne

By SPD Public Affairs

THE HEALING POWER OF GARDENS

Being immersed in the garden does something special to you.

I think most gardeners have an instinctive understanding of this, the invisible connection with the land nourished by love and observation. One day years ago, I was wound up over something, and my husband called my attention to the brand-new “11” lines between my eyes. I then spent a couple of hours cleaning up in the garden. I don’t remember what specifically I was doing, but I remember washing my hands after finishing and looking in the mirror to find my forehead transformed back to a magically smooth landscape. Since then, I head to the garden as often as possible, but especially if there’s some tension to release.

This column has discussed before the healing benefits of nurturing someone else — be they animal or plant. Nothing propels you out your personal worry-sphere more than helping others. There is something about giving that replenishes us, that feels innately right.

Horticultural therapy programs, popular in assisted living and correctional facilities, nurture the tenders along with the tended.

There are also the mood-lifting effects of exercise and movement, whether that’s weeding or hauling boulders for a new rock wall.

Ironically, as science advances, it is confirming this ancient, hiddenin-plain-sight truth that man is part of nature, not separate or above it, as humans sometimes like to think.

Influencers of the external kind

For instance, the term “epigenetics,” which has exploded as a study in recent years, means “above the genes,” describing how the external environ-

CRANE,

ment can influence our internal gene expression. Humans evolved to wake, sleep and eat in sync with our bodies’ circadian rhythms, and our bodies notice when we fall out of sync.

Some inputs of epigenetics are tangible, such as fresh air or smoke, healthy vs. unhealthy bacteria. Others might be invisible or unconscious to us but send clear messages to our body and mind. Our microbiome and our exquisitely sensitive nerve system continuously scan the environment for signs of safety or danger, sending signals and creating a feedback loop of emotional and

place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 on Crockett Street and Queen Anne Avenue North. The last day to submit suggestions is Nov. 4.

In the second phase, the four best names will be selected and then published in the Nov. 9 Queen Anne & Magnolia News. People can then vote on their favorite name in a poll on the Queen Anne & Magnolia News website, through email, social media or at a Queen

physical chain reactions perpetuating the body’s interpretation of that input.

The power of dirt

Soil contains a bacterium that can raise serotonin levels like an antidepressant would. The bacterium (Mycobacterium vaccae) when inhaled, absorbed through hands in the dirt or through abrasions, has been shown to improve moods of human cancer patients, and in rat studies to raise serotonin for up to three weeks. Serotonin deficiencies are linked to depression, anxiety, digestive issues, fibromyalgia, attention deficit

CRANE FUN FACTS

What kind of crane? Liebherr 630EC-H Litronic

How tall? 157 feet

How long is the jib? 267 feet

and hyperactivity and more.

A 2021 study on mice indicates this bacterium, which has anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory properties, can both promote stress resilience and mitigate physical effects of stress from factors such as lack of sleep or anxiety. Dirt not only boosts your spirits, but it also strengthens your immune system.

In “the farm effect,” children living on farms have on average 50 percent less asthma, allergies and gut-related disorders compared to those in more sterile, urban environments, a 2012 study reported.

How much can it lift? Up to 80,000 pounds, decreasing to 12,000 pounds at maximum radius of 262 feet

How much can be lifted at this site? Never more than 44,000 pounds

How long will the crane stay up? Until late 2023

Anne Harvest Market booth, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 19.

The last day to vote will be Nov. 19. After the votes are tallied, the name selected by the community

Vitamin D

Sunlight is another multivitamin for the immune system and mood. Being outdoors, especially early in the day, sets your circadian rhythms correctly as your retina takes in the sun’s signals, reminding the body to get going and up-regulating production of serotonin, the same way that darkness at night triggers melatonin for sleep. Sunshine also boosts vitamin D, which helps promote bone health and may forestall conditions like osteoporosis, can help heal eczema and acne and may prevent certain cancers.

Beyond one garden

Even more important than all

these — though these are significant — is the effect gardens can have on your block, your state and the planet. Regenerative agriculture and pollinator-friendly practices can help heal the earth one garden at a time, and ensure we have food and water for the years ahead. Each decision you make to swap your lawn out for a pollinator garden or permeable paving, to use physical or organic pest controls, to buy organic produce and plants, to feed wildlife and clean waterways, to grow the soil as well as the tomatoes, is one that helps every being on the planet.

And to loop back to the emotional benefits, there are happy gardeners who want to share their bounty of seeds, plants and produce with their friends, and teach kids the joys of growing bean tunnels, which make that planet one worth living in, as a quote I heard recently reminded me.

“ … If you plant those bachelor buttons and they’re great for the pollinators, then you find solace in the garden and you’re nicer to your kids, then the effect that has on the planet, it makes all those late nights and early mornings worth it. It feels like what we’re supposed to do.” — Jill Jorgensen, creative director at Floret Flowers, “Growing Floret” miniseries.

will be announced in the Nov. 23 Queen Anne & Magnolia News and on a banner that will be installed at the construction site along Queen Anne Avenue North.

Photo by Erica Browne Grivas Studies show growing things and being in the garden have many benefits beyond beauty.

Erica Browne Grivas Get Growing

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Who says salads are just for summertime?

Now that hot and humid days have given way to the crisp evenings of fall, it’s

Transform salads for fall dining

time to tweak lunch and dinner menus accordingly.

Even though soups and stews are the norm this time of year, salads can have their menu moments, as well. What better way to usher in fall than with a seasonal staple like apples?

Juicy and tart apples add crunch to this spinach-based salad. The addition of nuts and cheese also enhances the sweetsalty appeal of “Double-Apple Spinach Salad,” while also offering up plenty of fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.

Try this easy recipe, courtesy of “The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook” (Rockridge Press) from the editors of Rockridge

HALLOWEEN EVENTS

Fall celebration at UpGarden coming up

The UpGarden, atop the Mercer Street garage (300 Mercer St. in Uptown), is having a fall celebration from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. There will be face painting, mini-pumpkin decorating, a bake sale, live music, hot cider and a raffle with prizes.

Dirty Couch Brewing hosting a Halloween costume party

Dirty Couch Brewing is hosting a Halloween costume party from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday

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at the brewery (2715 W. Fort St., Seattle). There will be live music from Toby Brady from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and food from Alaskan Dumplings food truck and a vote for best costume at 7 p.m.

Q ueen Anne, Magnolia offering trick-or-treating events this Halloween

Local children and their families have safe options for celebrating Halloween in the Queen Anne and Magnolia neighborhoods.

The Magnolia Chamber of Commerce is hosting a trickor-treating event through the heart of the village from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 31. Two blocks of West McGraw will be car-free as merchants hand out candy to children.

In Queen Anne, the Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Trick or Treat on the Ave event from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 31. During the event, merchants along Queen Anne Avenue North, between Galer and McGraw, will pass out treats during the event. Volunteers are needed. Contact chamber Executive Director Charley Shore, info@queenannechamber.com, for more information.

S eattle dancers performing to worldwide ‘Thriller’ in Magnolia

The Seattle Thrillers dance group is organizing its 16th annual worldwide simultaneous dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on Oct. 29. This event is free to the public and will take place precisely at 3 p.m. at the Magnolia Community Center parking lot (2550 34th Ave. W).

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Double-Apple Spinach Salad

Serves 4

• 8 cups baby spinach

• 1 medium Granny Smith apple, diced

• 1 medium red apple, diced

• ½ cup toasted walnuts

• 2 ounces low-fat, sharp white cheddar cheese, cubed

• 3 tablespoons olive oil

• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar

Toss the spinach, apples, walnuts and cubed cheese together. Lightly drizzle olive oil and vinegar over the top and serve.

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There will also be a performance by the youths following the worldwide dance, as well as a costume contest for all.

Every year on the Saturday before Halloween, Thrill The World hosts a global event inviting Thriller groups in cities around the world to perform at the same time and to raise money for the charity of their choice. The dance time is synchronized for all dancers to know when to perform in their time zone. Thrill The World has been represented in

32 countries on six continents by more than 23,000 dancers.

This year the Seattle Thrillers’ charity is World Central Kitchen,

wck.org. The local dance troupe is also in the process of becoming a nonprofit organization.

For more information on the

Seattle Thrillers, visit seattlethrillers.com. To learn more about Thrill The World, visit thrilltheworld.com.

Photo by Karen Clark

Queen Anne resident Karen Clark has been documenting her neighbors’ skeleton decorations this fall next to their house on 11th Avenue West in Queen Anne. The skeleton has also done yoga and toasted marshmallows this fall.

Seattle mayor, county exec announce agreement on City Hall Park

Courtesy City of Seattle

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and King County Executive

Dow Constantine announced a new agreement regarding the future of City Hall Park that will result in the city retaining ownership and developing a plan to safely activate the park and fountain area in Prefontaine Park.

The new agreement will include the City of Seattle increasing activation, security, and a visible presence in the park following an expected vote by the City Council to pass the mayor’s proposed budget, which includes $2.8 million dedicated to the park. The City and County previously agreed to a land swap for 13 county-owned parcels in exchange for City Hall Park, and that agreement will now be cancelled.

“After months of continued engagement on this potential land swap, we believe City Hall Park should remain with the City of Seattle,” Harrell said. “My budget proposal includes a $2.8 million investment to activate this area and ensure it is a well-maintained and welcoming space in the heart of downtown. As we partner with King County and Executive Constantine to continue revitalizing this neighborhood and reviving

our Civic Center campus with employees and activity, City Hall Park will play a key role.

We look forward to working with Councilmember Andrew Lewis and the City Council as they consider our proposed budget and as we move forward together.”

“I’m looking forward to the City of Seattle making investments and improvements to this cornerstone of downtown Seattle,” Constantine said.

“Making this long-neglected space a safe and enjoyable park for thousands of King County staff, jurors, customers, visitors and residents will help restore and revitalize downtown Seattle.

King County appreciates Mayor Harrell’s proposal to create a safe and welcoming front yard for our historic courthouse.”

The $2.8 million proposed investment will serve as the first step in Harrell’s plan, supporting activation, capital improvement and further design and planning. Under that plan, capital investments will be made to activate and revitalize the park through a permanent structure to serve as a public gathering place and information hub, as well as a space for concerts and other events to attract visitors.

The city will also clean and activate the historic fountain at Prefontaine Place and explore options to install public rest-

rooms in the park.

“City Hall Park is an irreplaceable neighborhood and historic asset,” said Lisa Howard, executive director of the Alliance for Pioneer Square. “The Alliance and surrounding community look forward to working with the City of Seattle, King County and other partners to help create a more welcoming, vibrant urban environment, serving both residents and visitors of south downtown.”

The city will continue to work with King County Metro Police and Sound Transit Police to provide a visible safety presence at transit stations and stops, as well as partner with local building owners and tenants to ensure appropriate building security measure are in place.

Other reactivation efforts include allowing food trucks to stage in the park during weekdays and partnering with local businesses to fill currently vacant storefront spaces nearby, boosting foot traffic and commercial activity. New moveable and fixed seating areas will be added so residents and workers can enjoy lunch. Multi-generational recreational areas and wayfinding kiosks also will be installed, helping visitors to navigate the downtown core and Pioneer Square.

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to workforce opportunities for young people and adults in our state.”

Manson: He said he has been campaigning since February and has knocked on more than 18,000 doors. Like Reed, he said he has not changed or revised any opinions. He said one of the things that has been “revelatory” to him is hearing people’s concerns about public safety. He said he and his wife work downtown and live in Greenwood and share many of the same concerns. Hearing stories from people who have experienced break-ins or felt uncomfortable walking down the street or have been assaulted makes it that much more real to him.

He said it is a “complicated issue to solve,” and the Legislature is more removed on the decision-making at the city level, “but really hearing that has opened my eyes to sort of the discomfort and concern about where Seattle is, versus was a few years ago, and what direction we’re heading in.”

He said the state is one of the primary funders of both services and enforcement and low-income housing through the Housing Trust Fund and mental health services and more.

“And I think the state has not been meeting its duty to fund a lot of those areas, and I think the pandemic has really shown that under-investment in recent decades,” Manson said.

Q. for Manson: On your website you say that you support “smart-density” to address housing affordability issues. What does this mean, and is this an area that the state can and should legislate?

Manson: Housing and density is an area where his view is “nuanced” and doesn’t think “absolutist responses” are

the appropriate policy response.

“I think we all see the housing affordability problem. You know, prices are going up. People are moving out of our city or onto our streets as a result. I do believe that one of the main reasons we have an affordability problem is housing supply. People are moving here faster than we are building. So just with supply and demand, the price is going up. So, I do believe we need more housing units. I don’t think we need to say ban single-family home zoning statewide. I don’t believe that’s an appropriate policy response, but I do think we need more density. I think we get the most bang for our buck in high-capacity transit corridors. We have a real opportunity with the armory, the land that’s there, once the National Guard moves out, to build a lot of housing right next to a light rail stop. I do think that leaving it to the cities has not worked, so I do think it is appropriate for the state to step in to help increase density in the state.”

He said while Seattle has done a lot to add density, many other mediumsized cities have not, and Seattle is in a regional housing market.

“So, I do think it’s appropriate for the state to step in. I don’t think the state is in the best position to be mandating changes parcel by parcel, but whether it’s amending the growth management act or in some other way setting density minimums or maximums of types of zoning, I do think would be appropriate.”

Q. for Reed: Inclusionary zoning is a priority of yours. Please give us some specifics of the role Olympia and the state can and should play with regard

to zoning, an area that has traditionally been handled locally?

Reed: She said one of the reasons she got into this race was from being a teacher’s child who grew up in Seattle. She knows that if her family were trying to move to the city today, they would not be able to afford to live here.

“I know because I live it every day with people my age, people in my generation, how much the lack of housing affordability is choking our state,” she said, adding companies are choosing not to move here, children can’t live by their parents and elders can’t retire in place. “And a lot of that is because of exclusionary zoning practices that have been tied to systemic racism and ways to keep people out of communities, and I really want to think about creating a state where we’re bringing people into communities.”

Reed said she doesn’t think cities need “ugly, horrible communities with massive high rises on every block,” but they do need more zoning.

She said the state is facing a “really large emergency crisis scale situation” that is choking our city and state.

“For me, inclusionary zoning means the ability to create more types of housing in our neighborhoods and in our city,” she said.

Reed said that means children should be able to live by their parents, elders can choose to divide their parcels into multi-unit lots and have more family members living there, and the state should allow all types of housing that once were common.

Q: Washington’s tax code is one of most regressive in the state. What’s a realistic tax reform proposal, and how would you go about garnering support from your constituents here?

Reed: Reed said she ultimately would like to see a progressive state income tax that means that working families are not paying the bill for schools, hospitals and parks while the ultra-rich are paying nothing toward community spaces … but that is going to take a constitutional amendment. She said some things the state can do now is increasing the estate tax on large estates, while lowering it on smaller estates so more working families can pass on intergenerational wealth.

“I don’t think that waiting for our parents or our grandparents to die is a really great social housing program, but I want to ensure that people can pass on what they worked really hard to earn and that we’re also ensuring that the ultrawealthy aren’t hoarding resources that our state really needs and are really needed to make everything we want to do in this state thrive.

Manson: Manson said he agrees Washington has the most regressive tax structure, with lower-income residents bearing the burden of funding government. He said he was in favor of a capital gains tax and is cautiously optimistic that it will be upheld in the courts. If so, he believes it could be expanded beyond just the top families in the state. He also supports a progressive income tax and a wealth tax.

“We have the resources to fund the things that we say that we want,

we just need to make sure that our tax structure is utilizing those resources, and it’s not about demonizing any particular individual or demonizing someone who’s become successful. It’s just that people should be paying their fair share if people are driving the same roads or their company is benefiting from our education system and the other investments that we’re making as a state, people should be giving back in that process.”

Q. COVID, which is expected to surge this winter, along with the impacts of long COVID, is unfortunately here to stay. What will you do to address this continuing public health challenge and longer-term challenges of disability?

Manson: Manson said people have to recognize that COVID is here to stay.

“It’s here. It’s endemic, and we need to make sure that we are managing it so that we can continue with our lives while doing so in a healthy way,” he said.

He said he is disappointed how few people have gotten the recent bivalent booster, whether that was a failure of messaging or if the state just isn’t approaching it correctly. The state needs to make sure if it has vaccines or other treatments or less-invasive ways to avoid infections, and it needs to follow where science directs.

He said he has been a disability community advocate for a long time, working with people with disabilities and public assistance, so he thinks what long COVID looks like and how that affects people is something the state still needs to figure out.

“But we need to make sure that our government services, including our education system and our places of employment are accommodating people who are affected by disabilities whether it’s COVID-related or something else,” he said.

Reed: Responding to long-term COVID is going to be a massive public health challenge. She said many of the solutions that she really wants to see the state implement to address wildfire smoke also apply to other public health challenges like long-term COVID.

She said she wants the state to use some of its cap and invest funding to create grant programs for cities to build infrastructure that’s resilient against climate change that includes high levels of filtration in buildings, especially schools.

“So many of our students are going to school this week in terrible conditions, and those same kind of air-filtration (systems) that would protect them against wildfire smoke can also protect them against COVID-19 and make our public spaces safer so we can continue to use our grocery stores, our art spaces, our schools, our community centers, even during times of public health emergency because the resiliency against that public-heath need is built into the building and into the infrastructure,” she said.

Q. for Reed only: With regard to crime and safety, you have suggested that the state invest and scale preventative solutions, such as the work of community passageways and Choose 180. What would this entail?

She said, in respect of crime and

safety, everyone deserves to feel safe in their communities and homes. Business owners should not have to deal with the demoralizing effects of rocks through their windows or other challenges, she said.

“I think what we see in our streets every day is that our current approaches to public safety aren’t working,” she said. “Cycling people in and out of jail, pushing people into the next neighborhood, relying on solutions that sound good but have no data behind them that they’re really effective isn’t working. It’s not keeping us safer, and we’re experiencing that every day.”

She said things like the YMCA’s “Alive and Free” program, which works with young people transitioning out of gangs are proven programs in the local area that actually reduce crime at the root, and while government should respond to crime, she said the state can be most effective in trying to prevent crime by supporting these programs that have proven successful.

“I don’t want to run around and implement policy that just sounds good or looks good on a press release,” she said. “I want to be invested in programs that work and scale them.”

Q. for Manson only: What are your thoughts on community-based rehabilitation programs, and should funding these be a priority?

Manson said he does believe that the state should be funding them, and that cities need a carrot-andstick approach to a functioning criminal justice system. He said he believes in the last couple of decades, government’s approach to criminal justice became far too “draconian,” especially in respect to the war on drugs and treating drug abuse as a criminal issue instead of a public health issue. Now the focus is changing to rehabilitation and alternatives to incarceration, which he supports.

“Now if somebody commits a violent, heinous crime, we’ve got prison for that, and I’m not suggesting that we change the result for some of these traditional violent crimes, but for somebody who is addicted and has a low-level offense, I do believe getting at some of these root causes and getting into restorative justice is the right approach,” Manson said.

The problem, he said, is a lack of resources for some of those programs, such as drug court.

Q: What role should the state play in dealing with substance abuse, and do you see this as a policy priority?

Manson said he believes substance abuse is a public health problem and not a criminal problem and supports a “harm-reduction approach.”

“Mental health, behavioral health, addiction support, this is an area that is primarily funded by the state, and the city and the county often will make decisions about what organizations get which grants that the state is the primary funder, and it’s become more and more of an issue, especially with cheaper hard drugs on the street,” he said. “We’re all seeing the problems around substance abuse here in Seattle.”

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play, and funding is a big part of that. Housing is another problem, adding it is difficult for people to solve their addiction problems without suitable housing.

Reed said it should be a priority, but another thing the state could do in addition to funding treatment facilities is to look at ways that regulations get in the way or prevent common sense responses. For example, under state law, firefighters are only allowed to take people suffering from a mental health crisis to an emergency room, where they too often get “warehoused and become huge burdens on the hospital and workers there and aren’t able to leave sometimes for many months,” Reed said, adding she supports being able to take people to behavioral health treatment centers once they are built. The state, however, needs to address regulations to make sure they don’t get in the way of doing things that make sense and invest in these programs because it is a responsibility to care for the mostvulnerable residents. She also thinks the state should do everything that it can to ensure that guns are being taken off the streets and people in mental health crisis don’t have access to firearms.

Q: What further gun safety or other measures can the state Legislature take to prevent mass shootings in Washington state?

Reed said she think this is an important

challenge for the Legislature to take on, referencing last week’s shooting and death of a business owner in the Central District, which is one of many.

“I know I’m running to represent the 36th, but as a Black person living in the city, I can’t help but be struck by the differing levels of responses to this gun violence where it occurs,” Reed said. “I think, as a state, we need to be doing more to be taking weapons of war off of our streets. We have to be investing more in our communities in education in healthcare programs, including mental wellness programs and belonging programs that prevent people from becoming so disconnected that they think their only answer is to pick up a gun.”

Manson said he agreed with Reed’s comments, adding things appear to be getting worse post-COVID.

“We’re at the point now where gun violence is the leading cause of death for children and young adults in Washington state, kills more people than cars every year and there’s a lot we can do,” Manson said, adding the state can ban assault weapons.

“We should do that Day 1 in January when the Legislature reconvenes.”

He also suggested rolling back immunity for the gun industry and adopting a “full licensing scheme” for guns. Manson said cities should also have the ability to impose stricter regulations than the state on such matters, which it currently can’t do.

“You know, Seattle may have different needs than Yelm or Yakima,” Manson said.

Q.: What steps will you take to strengthen our public schools?

Manson said he didn’t agree with the state Supreme Court that the state met its obligation for funding education a few years ago, and that he doesn’t think the state should be “patting ourselves on the back” for meeting a constitutional minimum. He said Washington is still well below adequate funding. He also said the state has an issue with how schools are funded when parents aren’t sending children back to school for whatever reason.

“We’re really setting ourselves up for a downward spiral where enrollment drops, funding drops even more and some more people pull their kids out of school,” Manson said.

Reed said one of the things she’s proudest of is that she is a “teacher’s kid.” Her dad was a teacher in Seattle for many years, and her mother an occupational therapist and special education administrator in Shoreline and Edmonds.

She said one of the issues schools are facing is children not wanting to go back to school post-COVID and dropping out of the system.

“And that’s really concerning because we need 70 percent of our high school graduates to be earning a post-secondary credential by the time we hit 2035, and we are at less than

half right now, so we don’t have a lot of time to waste if we’re having people drop out of the system,” she said. “We’re just not going to have the skilled talent to meet our needs and people aren’t going to be able to get the jobs of the future and the jobs that are going to enable them to thrive here.”

One of her top campaign focuses, based on her work building youth apprenticeship and work-based learning programs across the state, is increasing investments in the career and technical education and work-based learning programs. She said one of the things she hears a lot from students is they want to work on problems that are real, and it is hard for them to understand why they have to learn certain things when they have just gone through massive trauma together.

“Macbeth can feel very distant from the lives that they’re leading,” Reed said. “They want to work on real problems. They want to be learning real skills that they feel like are going to equip them well for a future that can feel quite chaotic to people.”

The community councils will host another forum for the candidates running for King County prosecutor, Leesa Manion and Jim Ferrell, from 6 to 7 p.m. today via Zoom. Those interested have until 4 p.m. to register to attend at signup.com/go/CYUDnAQ.

Residents who missed the forum between Reed and Manson can watch it on YouTube. Search “36th Dist Candidates Forum 2022 10 20.”