Seattle Councilmember Rinck and King County Councilmember Balducci are leading efforts to weather Trump-triggered storms on multiple fronts.
The City of Seattle and King County, like cities and counties across the nation, are reeling from both immediate and anticipated impacts from the second Trump administration. From precarious local budgets to the loss of civil rights of our most marginalized communities to the risk to basic services many people depend on, we are living in a vastly different landscape than we were a few short months ago.
But local elected officials are stepping up to try to chart a course forward.
Seattle’s new Committee on Federal Policy Changes
On January 31, less than two weeks after Donald Trump took office as President of the United States, Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck proposed creating a new Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes.
“Many organizations, programs and people within Seattle rely on federal funding to carry out their work and live healthy lives,” Rinck wrote at the time. “What is clear is that major changes are underway on the federal front, and local leaders must be tuned in.”
