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Democrats' excuse #1 why they can't Defund SPD by anything close to 50%: There’s not the $ left in SPD. SPD has ~ $170M left for 2020. SPD spends ~ $34M/month, FAR MORE than human services, libraries, the fire dept, housing, immigrant services, labor standards, civil rights.

CM Sawant contends police layoffs could start very soon, but

@CMTMosqueda

@Lisa_Herbold

say, whether they like it or not, layoffs will take a few months to happen due to labor rules, citing Council Central Staff assessment. That ties up budget, they say. #DefundSPD

"Whether or not layoff notices go out is out of purview,"

@Lisa_Herbold

said. "We don't control that machine." #DefundSPD #SeattleProtests

CM Herbold: It makes it important to identify dollars council does have full control of fund the community-led public safety research project so that it is funded on time. #DefundSPD

"Our labor laws are real. Whether we like the fact or not, it is a reality..." Could be a slippery slope with other unions worry their contracts would not be honored by City, she argued. #DefundSPD #DefundThePolice

MLK Labor Cuts Ties with SPOG

MLK Labor Council ejected Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) in June, but the vote was relatively close and some public sector unions sided with SPOG. #DefundSPD

mlklabor.org

MLK Labor Delegates have voted to cut ties with the Seattle Police Officers Guild.

CM Sawant said if

drivers can be laid off in 15 days as they recently were, same should be true of SPD Officers. CMs Mosqueda and Gonzalez say that it's a different contract and a different bargaining unit meaning it's a false equivalency. #DefundSPD