Seattle City Council election 2019: District 5 candidates on the issues

Taxing businesses / Homeless funding / Tolling streets / More duplexes / Backyard cottages / Police force / Downtown streetcar / Bike lanes / Consumption site / Rent control / Civil rights / Developer fees / Electric scooters / Rental applicants / Golf courses / Showbox demolition / District 5

Are Seattle’s largest businesses paying the city enough in taxes?

Ann Davison Sattler: No

Debora Juarez: No

Does Seattle have enough tax revenue to address homelessness?

Sattler: Yes

Juarez: No

Should Seattle toll downtown streets?

Sattler: No

Juarez: Maybe

Should Seattle allow duplexes and triplexes on more blocks?

Sattler: No

Juarez: Yes

Should owners of backyard cottages be required to live on-site?

Sattler: Yes

Juarez: No

Does Seattle need a larger police force?

Sattler: Yes

Juarez: Yes

Should Seattle be building a First Avenue streetcar line?

Sattler: No

Juarez: Maybe

Does Seattle need more bike lanes?

Sattler: No

Juarez: Yes

Would Seattle benefit from a safe drug-consumption site?

Sattler: No

Juarez: Yes

Could Seattle benefit from rent control?

Sattler: No

Juarez: Maybe

Should Seattle’s Office for Civil Rights be made independent from the mayor?

Sattler: No

Juarez: No

Should the city allow developers to pay fees in lieu of including affordable apartments in their projects?

Sattler: No

Juarez: Yes

Should Seattle allow shareable electric scooters?

Sattler: Yes

Juarez: Yes

Should landlords be required to accept applicants on a first come, first served basis?

Sattler: No

Juarez: Yes

Should Seattle build affordable housing on one or more of the city’s public golf courses?

Sattler: No

Juarez: Maybe

Should Seattle be trying to protect the Showbox music venue from demolition?

Sattler: Yes

Juarez: Maybe

District 5: What should be done about the police department’s crowded North Precinct?

Sattler: “There should be two precincts, one on each side of I-5.”

Juarez: “The North Precinct is a failing and derelict facility that must be replaced as soon as possible (with one or two new stations) because it is overcrowded, prone to flooding, and not serving the needs for residents or our police officers.”