King County Elections, Aaron Marshall

Aaron has lived in Seattle for more than 20 years. has an associate's degree from Seattle Central Community College.

Aaron is a police officer for the city of Seattle. He works on the community response group. He used to work in the restaurant industry as a bartender. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Aaron Marshall's campaign for city council member is his first entry into politics.

Wants to build more housing around transit and commercial areas.

- Wants to build more housing around transit and commercial areas.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Said "I believe in safe, clean shelters first, rehabilitation required, housing earned" for people experiencing homelessness.

Wants to create a new department of public safety to address addiction, mental health, and chronic homelessness.

Supports banning urban camping in the city and removing homeless encampments from sidewalks, parks, and public spaces.

Called homeless encampments "open air drug markets where drugs and crime rule."

Opposes rent control and multifamily zoning to increase density.

- Said "I believe in safe, clean shelters first, rehabilitation required, housing earned" for people experiencing homelessness. 
- Wants to create a new department of public safety to address addiction, mental health, and chronic homelessness. 
- Supports banning urban camping in the city and removing homeless encampments from sidewalks, parks, and public spaces.
- Called homeless encampments "open air drug markets where drugs and crime rule."
- Opposes rent control and multifamily zoning to increase density.

Housing & Urban Development

As of June 27, 2023, Aaron Marshall’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Environment

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Opposes safe injection sites and other harm reduction policies.

Wants more funding for treatment of mental illness and drug addiction.

Supports smalland medium-sized businesses, and wants to provide tax breaks to businesses located in downtown.

Opposes taxing big businesses for each high-income employee they have.

- Opposes safe injection sites and other harm reduction policies. 
- Wants more funding for treatment of mental illness and drug addiction. 
- Supports small- and medium-sized businesses, and wants to provide tax breaks to businesses located in downtown. 
- Opposes taxing big businesses for each high-income employee they have.

Public Services

Wants to "expand[] the legal authority to intervene in cases of the most addicted and the mentally ill who clearly can no longer safely care for themselves."

Supports having neutral agencies that oversee the police, and opposes creating a new department for non-police emergency response.

Plans to fully fund the police department and give police officers bonuses after three years and again after 20 years, with a requirement that they stay with the department for an additional five years. If they left the department before that time, they would be required to pay back the bonus.

Wants to bring back laws against loitering in the city.

Supports longer sentences for people commit second or third crimes, and supports cash bail.

Wants to increase the police department to 1,400 officers.

- Wants to "expand[] the legal authority to intervene in cases of the most addicted and the mentally ill who clearly can no longer safely care for themselves." 
- Supports having neutral agencies that oversee the police, and opposes creating a new department for non-police emergency response. 
- Plans to fully fund the police department and give police officers bonuses after three years and again after 20 years, with a requirement that they stay with the department for an additional five years. If they left the department before that time, they would be required to pay back the bonus. 
- Wants to bring back laws against loitering in the city. 
- Supports longer sentences for people commit second or third crimes, and supports cash bail.
- Wants to increase the police department to 1,400 officers.

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Aaron Marshall

As of June 27, 2023, Aaron Marshall’s website did not contain information on this issue and Aaron Marshall did not complete our questionnaire.

- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy, including passing legislation about the police, fire department, parks, libraries, electricity, water, solid waste, and drainage utilities. 
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department.
- City council members serve four year terms, and elections are nonpartisan. City council members are either elected to represent specific districts or are elected at-large, meaning that they represent the entire city. 