New Seattle City Council sworn in, Sara Nelson elected president

A largely inexperienced crop of new councilmembers will fill out the remainder of the Council.

Rob Saka, an Air Force veteran and former lawyer for the tech giant Meta, is representing West Seattle’s District 1. He will lead the Transportation Committee. Saka said as a councilmember he wants to focus on public safety, homelessness and affordable housing as well as basics like filling potholes. “I want to become the king of potholes,” Saka said on Tuesday. 

Joy Hollingsworth, who previously worked on food insecurity for Northwest Harvest and helped run her family’s cannabis business, is representing District 3, which includes Capitol Hill and Madison Valley. She will run the Parks,

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