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City of Tukwila
201 9 Legislative Preview
Monday January 14, 201 9
City of Tukwila -Legislative Preview
► David Foster - Foster Government Relations
Contract Lobbyist since 2007
City of Seattle Lobbyist between 2002 - 2010
Staff to King County Councilmember 1996 - 2001
Western Washington University
Roosevelt High School
Helping to raise two teenage girls
City of Tukwila Legislative Preview
Clients include:
Government
• King County
• Intercity Transit
Non-profit
• FareStart
• Sound
• YMCA's
Business
• American Behavioral Health Systems
Kindercare
City of Tukwila Legislative Preview
201 9 Legislature
House
• Democrats - 57 seats (change of +7 from 201 8)
• Republicans - 41 seats (-7 from 2018)
• 22 new House members overall
• 12 new Democrats
• 10 new Republicans
Senate
• Democrats - 28 seats (+3 from 2018)
• Republicans - 21 seats (-3 from 2018)
• Six new Senate members overall
• 5 new Democrats
• 1 new Republican
City of Tukwila Legislative Preview
Legislative Session
• January 14 -Session begins
• April 28 -Session ends
• 105 day session
• Budget year -Biennium starting July 1, 2019
through June 30, 2021
✓Operating
✓Capital
✓Transportation
City of Tukwila -Legislative Preview
► Issues in addition to the budgets...
Mental and Behavioral Health
Housing and Homelessness
Culverts
0 McCleary - what's next?
Revenue increases - Governor proposed
• Capital Gains Tax
• Business & Occupation (B&O) tax increase on services
• Progressive Real Estate Excise Tax (REET)
City of Tukwila -Legislative Preview
► Tukwila's Legislative Priorities
Strander Blvd. extension funding
Housing Trust Fund and new/expanded local
options for housing and human services
Maintain the existing Streamlined Sales Tax
mitigation payments
0 Amend the limits on property tax growth to reflect
growth and need
Increase funding for law enforcement training
Preserve lodging tax flexibility
City of Tukwila -Legislative Preview
► 1 ]th Legislative District
Senator Bob Hasegawa
• Vice Caucus Chair
• Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade
Committee - (Vice Chair)
• State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections Committee
• Ways & Means Committee
Representative Zack Hudgins
• Innovation, Technology & Economic Development
Committee - (Chair)
• Appropriations Committee
• State Government & Tribal Relations Committee
City of Tukwila -Legislative Preview
► 1 1 th Legislative District (Continued)
Representative Steve Bergquist
• Appropriations Committee - (2nd Vice Chair)
• College & Workforce Development Committee
• Education Committee
• Rules Committee
Questions?