Highline Forum 210127 Combined 2021 State Legislative Agenda

▶ Provide funding for critical local infrastructure, including the Allentown Bridge, which is structurally deficient and functionally obsolete. ▶ Create stable, reliable infrastructure assistance funding for cities, to assist in repairing roads, bridges and other public infrastructure that support economic development. ▶ Address the housing stability crisis by providing additional tools for rental assistance, foreclosure/eviction prevention, and capital construction of affordable housing. ▶ We strongly encourage the State to adequately fund human services programs – based on need – for the health of the safety net. ▶ Develop and implement a racial equity toolkit for legislation, policies and programs to advance racial equity in Washington. ▶ Ensure affordable, high-quality broadband internet access is available to all households and businesses to provide educational, entrepreneurial, business and accessibility equity for all Washingtonians to access the internet. ▶ Enact a financial inclusion law that will address the public safety and equal access issues caused by bank de-risking. ▶ Include local governments in any new statewide revenues to ensure the long-term health of municipalities. ▶ The State must continue its role as a partner with cities, including reinstating funding for the Public Works Assistance Account and Community Economic Revitalization Board. ▶ Ensure funding for Streamlined Sales Tax Mitigation payments brought back in the 2019 session remain funded, and identify a longer-term funding strategy beyond the 2020/2021 biennium. Housing and Housing and Human ServicesHuman Services Advancing EquityAdvancing Equity Shared RevenueShared Revenue City of Tukwila, Washington City of Tukwila Justice Center City of Tukwila, Washington 2021…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]