516 Third Avenue, Council  
Chambers, 10th Floor,  
Seattle, WA 98104  
King County  
Meeting Agenda  
Health, Housing, and Human Services  
Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Teresa Mosqueda, Chair;  
Rhonda Lewis, Vice Chair;  
Jorge L. Barón, Steffanie Fain  
Lead Staff: Olivia Brey (206-263-7913)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206-477-0874)  
9:30 AM  
Hybrid Meeting  
Tuesday, October 6, 2026  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Approval of Minutes  
Minutes of September 1, 2026 meeting.  
4.  
Public Comment  
Consent  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0063  
5.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Hari Chon, who resides in council district six, to  
the women's advisory board, as an executive at-large representative.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0088  
6.  
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A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Hanan Amer, who resides in council district  
seven, to the children and youth advisory board, representing the Sound Cities Association.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0105  
7.  
8.  
9.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Sarah McCauley, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County behavioral health advisory board.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0268  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Mariann Colonna, who resides in council district  
two, to the King County behavioral health advisory board.  
Lewis  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0190  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Jaime Fajardo, who resides in council district  
three, to the King County mental illness and drug dependency advisory committee, as a representative  
from the Puget Sound Educational Service District.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0191  
10.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Marc Oommen, who works in council district six,  
to the King County mental illness and drug dependency advisory committee, as a representative from  
the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0192  
11.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Claire Sumadiwirya, who resides in council  
district six, to the King County mental illness and drug dependency advisory committee, as a  
representative of the city of Bellevue.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
King County  
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Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0257  
12.  
13.  
14.  
15.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Xuan-Trang Tran-Thien, who resides in council  
district two, to the King County mental illness and drug dependency advisory committee, as a  
representative from labor representing a bona fide labor organization.  
Lewis  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0258  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Minu Ranna-Stewart, who resides in council  
district two, to the King County mental illness and drug dependency advisory committee, as a  
representative from a provider of sexual assault victim services in King County.  
Lewis  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0226  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Sili Savusa, who resides in council district eight,  
to the King County communities of opportunity-best starts for kids levy advisory board as a community  
member who reflects demographic characteristics of the communities that qualify for funding.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0227  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Yordanos Teferi, who resides in council district  
five, to the King County communities of opportunity-best starts for kids levy advisory board as a  
community member who reflects demographic characteristics of the communities that qualify for  
funding.  
Fain  
Sponsors:  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0228  
16.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Cat Martin, who resides in council district six, to  
the King County communities of opportunity-best starts for kids levy advisory board, as a community  
member who reflects demographic characteristics of the communities that qualify for funding in  
accordance with communities of opportunity funding guidelines and who are grassroots organizers or  
activists in those communities or who live in or have worked in those communities.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
King County  
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Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0229  
17.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Lydia Assefa-Dawson, who resides in council  
district seven, to the King County communities of opportunity-best starts for kids levy advisory board,  
as a member with system or sector knowledge of the communities of opportunity result area of civic  
engagement or community connections.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0230  
18.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of James W. Lovell, who resides in council district  
five, to the King County communities of opportunity-best starts for kids levy advisory board, as a  
representative from an Indigenous or Urban Native community-based organization or tribe.  
Fain  
Sponsors:  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
Proposed Motion No. 2026-0236  
19.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Najmah Messiah, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County communities of opportunity-best starts for kids levy advisory board, as a  
representative of place-based community partnerships.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
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Proposed Motion No. 2026-0231  
20.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Sabra Quraishi, who resides in council district  
seven, to the King County board for developmental disabilities.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
Discussion and Possible Action  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0174  
21.  
AN ORDINANCE renaming and revising the mental illness and drug dependency fund and the mental  
illness and drug dependency advisory committee; amending Ordinance 16077, Section 4, as amended,  
and K.C.C. 2.130.010, Ordinance 18217, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2A.300.510, Ordinance  
15955, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.430, and Ordinance 16693, Section 3, as  
amended, and K.C.C 24.22.020, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.200, and recodifying  
K.C.C. 4A.200.430.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0177  
22.  
AN ORDINANCE adopting the King County behavioral health bridge implementation plan, required by  
the 2026-2027 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 20023, Section 70, Proviso P1, to govern the  
expenditure of proceeds from 2028 through 2034 of the behavioral health sales and use tax authorized  
by RCW 82.14.460 and K.C.C. 4A.500.315.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0206  
23.  
A MOTION approving the 2025 annual mental illness and drug dependency annual summary report.  
Sam Porter, Council Staff  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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