#379 - Mayor and City Council President Collide Over Policing, With Focus on Crime in Chinatown

At a Wednesday press conference in Chinatown to discuss a series of disturbing robberies and assaults targeting Asian seniors and neighborhood shops, Mayor Libby Schaaf criticized City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas’s approach to public safety. With Bas standing behind her at the gathering, Schaaf said that a budget proposal drafted by Bas last summer—a plan that was voted down—would have cut police services and made crime in Chinatown even worse.

Bas, whose district includes Chinatown, responded to Schaaf in a Facebook livestream filmed with District 3 Councilmember Carroll Fife last night. Bas said she felt “attacked” by the mayor and added that what Schaaf said about her budget plan was “just not true.” Bas noted that recent cuts to OPD, which removed police officers from some parts of the city, including Chinatown and downtown, were made by Schaaf and City Administrator Ed Reiskin in December—not by her and the rest of the council.

Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic.

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