Housing, Arts, and Civil Rights Committee
TL;DR
The Housing, Arts, and Civil Rights Committee held a meeting to consider the appointment of a new Director of the Office of Housing and to review proposed changes to Seattle's civil rights protections. The committee addressed updates to sexual orientation protections in city code and related fair housing and employment provisions.
Key Decisions
- Appointment of Kelli Larsen as Director of the Office of Housing Considered
- Ordinance amending civil rights protections for sexual orientation and relationship structures Considered
Agenda
- This meeting also constitutes a meeting of the City Council, provided that the meeting shall be conducted as a committee meeting under the Council Rules and Procedures, and Council action shall be limited to committee business.
- Please Note: Times listed are estimated
- Call To Order
- Approval of the Agenda
- Public Comment
- Items of Business
- 1. Appointment of Kelli Larsen as Director of the Office of Housing.Appointment (Appt)
- 2. An ordinance relating to civil rights protections for diverse sexual orientations and relationship structures; amending the definition of the sexual orientation protected class to recognize gender identities outside the gender binary, recognize pansexuality and asexuality as orientations, and include consensual relationships with multiple partners as an element of attitudes, preferences, and practices pertaining to sexual orientation; and amending Sections 3.14.910, 3.14.931, 4.80.020, 6.02.270, 6.202.230, 14.04.030, 14.06.020, 14.08.020, 14.11.020, and 18.12.280 of the Seattle Municipal Code.Council Bill (CB)
- Adjournment