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Rachael Savage
Seattle City Council - Position 8 (At Large)
About the Office
The City Legislature is the municipality's governing body, responsible for voting on ordinances and policies, and often is in charge of hiring a city manager.
Term Length
4 years
Election Date
Nov 4, 2025
About Me
Party
Nonpartisan
Occupation
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My Top Issues
Healthcare
As the council person for the entire city, I will implement all necessary changes to the way we look at and deal with addiction and mental illness in the city of Seattle.
Housing
As your At Large City Council person I will work to close these programs as soon as possible and offer limited time leases to people who have completed multi year city treatment programs and who have proven a commitment to rejoining society.
Drug Policy
We can save Downtown, the International District, Capitol Hill, First Hill, Queen Anne, Pioneer Square and Ballard if we dramatically change the way that we have tried to help the addicted and the mentally ill. We can have a city free from the death, dereliction and cruelty that current policy is creating.
Infrastructure / Transportation
All buses and trains being operated by Sound Transit in the city will have SPD Transportation Security officers on board to ensure our citizens and visitors safety.
Healthcare
The mentally ill wether housed or living on the streets of Seattle must be evaluated for their own safety and protection. Those who are a danger to themselves or others or who have become gravely disabled need to be prepared to transfer to long term residential care facilities.
Housing
We can immediately stop using the streets and buildings of our city to run experimental addiction and housing models.
Healthcare
We can create a new, state of the art system of care, away from our city neighborhoods that will change the outcome for the citizens and businesses and for those who are suffering from addiction and mental illness.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
Ending Seattle’s fifteen year policy of not charging and convicting people of crimes as espoused and implemented by LEAD and REACH. Ending this policy will allow for diversion to treatment programs with real consequences for failure.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
I will back our police by writing ordinances and voting for measures that give our law enforcement agencies the scope of authority they need to arrest criminals.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
I will sponsor first responder games to encourage recruitment and to teach our children that our police and first responders are our cities heroes.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
Every person convicted of any crime and specifically the crime of possessing drugs or using drugs in public or committing crimes associated with addiction must be assessed for level of addiction and history of violence.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
We want our police officers to live and work in our city. I will legislation to create first responder housing in the city. I will honor our first responders publicly in awards ceremonies and parades.
Housing
Keep the successful MFTE program. Eliminate proposed increased fees, reduced AMI thresholds, and burdensome operational requirements.
Infrastructure / Transportation
No one will be allowed to use drugs on our public transport.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
I will lead the effort to build our own city jail that will allow our police department to do the job of taking the bad guys off our streets.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
Arrest, charge and convict every person committing crimes on the streets of Seattle no matter how small those crimes are.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
The city of Seattle has no jail of its own. The city must build temporary secure facilities away from the city neighborhoods to handle the influx of people into the jail and the new treatment system. We can do this in months not years.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
Ending Seattle’s “We Can’t” policies of no jail, no cops, no long term residential treatment for the addicted and the mentally ill and no respect for the businesses and the emergency service workers who hold it all together can save our city.
Infrastructure / Transportation
Hold King County accountable to provide inviting, safe and friendly platforms at all stations in the city.
Housing
I will also offer leases to our first responders especially those who have recently joined Seattle PD and Seattle Fire.
Infrastructure / Transportation
I will ensure that Sound Transit installs manned fare gates and stations at all light rail platforms.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
I will thank our first responders by continuing to budget for the highest pay in the state and celebrate their dedication to our city with signing bonuses and quality pensions.
Infrastructure / Transportation
No one will ride our public transport for free without a city issued disability pass.
Criminal Justice / Public Safety
We can return the police and the courts to their proper role of firmly moving the addicted towards change and rejoining society.
Infrastructure / Transportation
No one will be allowed to sleep on our public transport.
Infrastructure / Transportation
I will work with the City Council to use state grant funding to create a dedicated SPD Transportation Security force.
Housing
Continue to work with all parties on the best method of governance for the Seattle Social Housing Developer.
Housing
Lead an effort to make maximum zoning and permitting changes to promote apartment and condo building in the Downtown, Capitol Hill, First Hill, Belltown, South Queen Anne and the International District.
Housing
The goal of permanent safe housing for the mentally ill and the severely addicted is a noble goal. A goal that needs to be achieved now, but not at the expense of the citizens and the business establishments in our city and not at the expense of the addicted and mentally ill who are harmed by living in environments with easy access to drugs.
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