The candidates
A lifelong Seattleite, Woo helped found the Chinatown-International District Community Watch during the pandemic to conduct safety patrols and do outreach to people experiencing homelessness. In 2022, she helped lead successful protests in Chinatown against the proposed expansion of a large homeless shelter. Woo and her family also own the historic Louisa Hotel, which was redeveloped into middle-income apartments after a 2013 fire.
Woo said she’s running to continue the work she’s started in her first year on the Council. So far she has not been the lead sponsor on any substantive legislation that has passed but said she’s proud of the collaborative work the Council has done,
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