Seattle City Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth recently sat down with the Seattle Medium to reflect on her first year in office and share her insight on her goals, aspirations, and priorities for the year ahead. As she enters her second year, Hollingsworth, who represents council district 3, remains focused on the foundational issues that matter most to Seattle residents—affordable housing, public safety, economic mobility, and access to essential city services.
Hollingsworth recalled the extensive work it took for her and her staff to understand how to effectively navigate city and county services—a process that highlighted just how complicated the system can be.
That experience led to one of Hollingsworth’s top priorities: making city services more accessible and easier for residents to navigate. In her view, local government should work for the people, not against them…