I have witnessed first hand both the good and bad of police interactions within the urban Native homeless population while leading the Chief Seattle Club for the past 7 years. I am also the only candidate with actual experience inside the Community Police Commission (CPC), giving me an unparalleled perspective into the failures of the current system right here in Seattle. As Mayor, your safety is my top priority. The only way to do this is by bringing everybody from all across our City together to ensure that all residents and visitors - particularly Black, Indigenous, People of Color and LGBTQ+ communities - feel safe, comfortable, and welcome in our City.

• Zero tolerance for bad cops

• New Chief, new contract, new culture

• Empower the Community Police Commissioner to be a true stakeholder in accountability

• Seattle Ceasefire to help individuals at the highest risk of serious violence

• Crisis Response Teams to respond to mental health related calls for service

Over half a decade ago a state of emergency was declared by politicians over our homelessness crisis. But instead of treating this humanitarian crisis like the emergency it is, we saw blame shifting, excuse making, and inaction from City Hall. This is why I am running for Mayor. Addressing homelessness is about results and accountability - not about optics. At Chief Seattle Club, I have seen firsthand how housing can change lives, developing 487 units of affordable housing totaling $186 million. Chief Seattle Club’s first housing project, Eagle Village, has had zero relatives enter homelessness again after being housed. I will bring that same dedication and commitment to City Hall.

• Rapid Emergency Housing Headquarters run out of the Executive Offices at City Hall

• Citywide call for a Volunteer Corps to help plan, implement, and assemble mutual aid

• Run a capital campaign to build 4,000 units of temporary housing

• Temporarily activate Seattle’s Emergency Operations Center to coordinate response 

• Tiny homes, modular housing, safe lots, surplus City property, and hotels for emergency housing

In 1865, the first Seattle City Council passed Ordinance banning Native Americans from entering the City. This marked the beginning of a long legacy of racism and segregation in Seattle. Today, regressive zoning continues to impose de-facto redlining policies that exclude people of color from select Seattle neighborhoods. I will work with the City Council to repeal exclusionary zoning laws and allow for duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in every neighborhood.

• Repeal exclusionary zoning laws to allow “missing middle” housing in every neighborhood

• Expedite housing development by removing barriers in permitting and RFP processes

• Build generational ownership through long term land leases, land trusts, and a City land bank

• Protect tenants’ rights through rent abatement, eviction moratorium, and lease safeguards

• Holistic neighborhoods through workforce housing and transit-oriented communities

Since 2006, the City of Seattle has had climate plans in place, but despite these plans greenhouse gas emissions keep going up. I envision a Seattle that is healthy for the people that live here and a Puget Sound where orca are thriving and salmon are abundant. We have an opportunity to dream a vision for strong and healthy communities with a new generation of leadership. An Echohawk Administration will establish climate justice and climate preparedness as cornerstones of how the City operates. Rooted in racial justice and Indigenous methodologies, I will work with communities most impacted by the effects of climate change to action solutions that benefit the many over the few.

• Office of Indigenous Affairs to value the wisdom of Indigenous peoples & Native tribes

• Expand Environmental Justice Fund to invest in BIPOC led environmental justice solutions

• Community solar programs

• Increase multimodal transportation infrastructure

• Green jobs to build stormwater / clean energy infrastructure and protect critical shoreline

At Chief Seattle Club, free bus tickets are the second-most requested item from our homeless members (after meals), because transit is a lifeline. Everyone deserves to have safe and reliable transportation options to get to work, school, the grocery store, and other essential services. We all deserve to live in neighborhoods free from pollution, traffic, and preventable traffic deaths. I will make sure that Seattleites have abundant transportation options to get where they need to go and continue advocating for progressive funding so we can keep our communities moving.

• Connect sidewalks and bike networks while expanding walking and rolling connections

• Achieve Vision Zero goals to reach traffic related fatalities

• Reduce commute times to incentivize transit

• Ensure access to free or subsidized transit passes

• Expand very low-income fare program to cover people experiencing homelessness and with low incomes

• Transit-oriented communities

• Use an equity framework and People-First lens to identify greatest gaps