We Can Afford to Take Care of our Communities.

Washington state has one of the fastest growing economies and state GDP in the nation, but our investment in public goods do not reflect a deeper commitment to our progressive values. 

• We CAN pass a corporate income tax

• We CAN tax capital gains 

• We CAN pass the wealth tax and the high earner payroll tax 

• We CAN tax the billionaire class avoiding taxes  

• We CAN tax AI and advanced computing corporations and data centers 

• We CAN tax private prisons and close tax loopholes carved out for corporations that are costing our state billions of dollars in potential progressive revenue.

  
  

Decommodify housing. Land and housing belong in public, cooperative, and community-stewarded hands — not on the speculative private market in the hands of private equity.

• We CAN fight displacement and gentrification with community stewardship of the land. 

• We CAN limit how much your landlord can raise rent from 10% down to 5%. 

• We CAN reform the housing trust fund investment priorities

• We CAN open a public bank and decommodify housing, and reclaim the profits going to private equity 

• We CAN build more social housing and permanent supportive housing.

• We CAN build permanent supportive housing with public partnerships with communities. 

• We CAN ban junk fees and enforce tenants rights 

• We CAN give tenants the opportunity to purchase (TOPA/COPA) and give community first rights when residential and public land go up for sale before the private market. 

Community Safety and Prevention, Not Criminalization: Community-based crisis response, independent police oversight, and an end to mass surveillance and mass incarceration — not slogans, but a fully funded alternative system. 

• We CAN expand and align a statewide behavior health crisis response system 

• We CAN invest in prevention 

• We CAN end the surveillance state 

• We CAN hold police accountable and subjected to independent oversight 

• We CAN end qualified immunity 

• We CAN pass common sense gun responsibility legislation by investing in community-led solutions

Healthcare is a Human Right, that means universal coverage, no deductibles, no debt — and defending abortion and gender-affirming care from federal attack.

• We FIGHT because for universal healthcare coverage

• We FIGHT for care and reinvestment in our Washington Health Trust 

• We FIGHT for a Healthcare system, not a commodity 

• We FIGHT for trans protections

• We FIGHT to defend abortion and gender-affirming care from federal attacks by FIGHTING for expanded state programs and investments. 

Billionaires and corporate PACs have hijacked our "Democratic" legislature, our campaigns, and ballot initiative process. It's time to give power back to the people who show up to the doors, not the people who write the checks.

• We CAN win campaign finance reform to get big money out of politics. 

• We CAN tax the rich to pay for statewide democracy vouchers so all voters have spare money to spend on state races. 

• We CAN restore voting access to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. 

• We CAN expand voting rights and protect from federal attacks on our democracy

Rainier Ave S and MLK Way S are two of Seattle's most dangerous roads — in the most diverse district in the state. That is not a coincidence.

• We SHOULD invest in just transition for our workforce as we build new infrastructure

• We SHOULD keep air pollutants and toxic runoff out of our ecosystem

• We SHOULD use CCA funds for what they are intended 

• We SHOULD ensure community oversight without the delaying process

• We SHOULD ensure our world class public transportation serves the communities it passes through.

• We SHOULD hold big oil accountable to the harm we’ve done to our environment

• We SHOuLD regulate and tax data center centers energy, water, and utility use. 

• We SHOULD protect consumers and our climate and invest in our workers at the same time. 

Working people share more than we disagree about. Our communities are too often divided and siloed into fighting against one another, when in reality working people make Washington state run. 

• We FIGHT to protect labor standards and workplace conditions.  

• We FIGHT to end racism and do more than study reparations 

• We FIGHT for a real sanctuary for Washington state

• We FIGHT to build unity among working people through building collective identity, not siloing issues into individual identities 

• We FIGHT to end the school to prison pipeline by decriminalizing our students and meeting our paramount duty to fully fund our public schools.

• We FIGHT for universal childcare so working families can afford to have families in our increasingly expensive state.