Lorena González, the civil rights attorney who won a landslide victory for citywide Position 9 on the Seattle City Council, will officially take her new post tonight at 5 p.m.
González is being sworn into office sooner than the other soon-to-be council members because she’s replacing temporary Council Member John Okamoto. (Okamoto replaced Sally Clark, who resigned earlier this year to take a new job at the University of Washington. City rules stated that his term would last until the November 2015 election results were certified, which happens today.) Three more new council members will be sworn in in January.
González is a former civil rights attorney who also briefly worked as legal counsel to Mayor Ed Murray. During the campaign, she won support ranging from establishment business interests to labor unions and The Stranger. She will be the first Latina on the city council. She’s hired former District 1 city council candidate and political organizer Brianna Thomas to work in her council office.
The swearing in is at 5 p.m. today at City Hall and González will host an open house in her new office tomorrow morning. The public is welcome at both.
Join me for a #Community Open House on my first day in office at #Seattle #CityCouncil! #seaelex pic.twitter.com/P8St8oIqcI
— M. Lorena Gonzalez (@MLorenaGonzalez) November 23, 2015
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