King County Elections, Olga Sagan

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Olga has lived in the U.S. for 24 years. She attended North Seattle Community College, Bellevue Community College, and the University of Washington. She lives in downtown Seattle with her two children.

Olga owns Piroshky Piroshky Bakery. She is also the founder of catch22delivery.com, which offers e-commerce tools for the food industry.

Olga Sagan's campaign for city council is her first entry into politics.

Supports "maintain[ing] critical infrastructure."

Wants more safe, reliable, ADA accessible, and affordable public transportation as an alternative to driving.

- Supports "maintain[ing] critical infrastructure." 
- Wants more safe, reliable, ADA accessible, and affordable public transportation as an alternative to driving.

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Supports addressing homelessness through police enforcement, by hiring more police officers and adding new crisis responders for non-violent calls.

Wants more affordable housing options, and more mental health, addiction services, job training, and employment opportunities for people experiencing homelessness.

Supports "protecting small landlords from burdensome bureaucracies," and wants to establish a security deposit process and incentivize on-time rent payments with early payment discounts instead of late fees.

Plans to make downtown more dense by using more than 20,000 currently vacant homes, rezoning single family areas to allow denser housing options, and speed up the construction of affordable housing.

Wants "to create diverse housing options where people of all income levels can find housing that meets their needs."

- Supports addressing homelessness through police enforcement, by hiring more police officers and adding new crisis responders for non-violent calls. 
- Wants more affordable housing options, and more mental health, addiction services, job training, and employment opportunities for people experiencing homelessness. 
- Supports "protecting small landlords from burdensome bureaucracies," and wants to establish a security deposit process and incentivize on-time rent payments with early payment discounts instead of late fees. 
- Plans to make downtown more dense by using more than 20,000 currently vacant homes, rezoning single family areas to allow denser housing options, and speed up the construction of affordable housing. 
- Wants "to create diverse housing options where people of all income levels can find housing that meets their needs."

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to "meet environmental commitments."

Supports sustainable development practices, renewable energy sources, and green infrastructure.

Promises to protect waterways and green spaces.

- Wants to "meet environmental commitments." 
- Supports sustainable development practices, renewable energy sources, and green infrastructure. 
- Promises to protect waterways and green spaces.

Environment

Wants to bring more small and minority owned businesses and community events to downtown Seattle.

Supports getting rid of government regulations on businesses and giving downtown businesses tax breaks.

Wants to do an audit in order to reduce spending on government services, and opposes the city looking for new sources of funding to address budgetary shortfalls.

Said she "is dedicated to protecting workers' rights and ensuring they are given the respect they deserve."

Supports more affordable, accessible, and comprehensive childcare.

- Wants to bring more small and minority owned businesses and community events to downtown Seattle. 
- Supports getting rid of government regulations on businesses and giving downtown businesses tax breaks. 
- Wants to do an audit in order to reduce spending on government services, and opposes the city looking for new sources of funding to address budgetary shortfalls. 
- Said she "is dedicated to protecting workers' rights and ensuring they are given the respect they deserve." 
- Supports more affordable, accessible, and comprehensive childcare. 
- Plans to promote and fund the arts.

Public Services

Opposes reducing the police department's budget, wants more funding for the police, and supports increasing the department to 1,400 police officers.

Promises to "address the rampant crime and unchecked drug use currently plaguing downtown."

Supports universal background checks on gun sales, more storage requirements for guns, and strict penalties for people who manufacture and sell "ghost guns," which are unregistered and untraceable homemade firearms.

Believes that people who use drugs in public should be criminally prosecuted.

- Opposes reducing the police department's budget, wants more funding for the police, and supports increasing the department to 1,400 police officers. 
- Promises to "address the rampant crime and unchecked drug use currently plaguing downtown." 
- Supports universal background checks on gun sales, more storage requirements for guns, and strict penalties for people who manufacture and sell "ghost guns," which are unregistered and untraceable homemade firearms.
- Believes that people who use drugs in public should be criminally prosecuted.

Public Safety

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- 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. 