Electeds, tribes, unions, organizations and individuals ask WA Leg to Fix HB1099
HB 1099 is built on consensus supported by housing advocates, environmental justice groups, unions, local governments, state agencies, tribes, and more.
We have collaborated for a year and a half on this legislation for a shared vision of responsible, just, and sustainable climate planning in Washington.
Now it’s time to make that vision a reality before some of our largest and fastest-growing communities undergo their 2024 comprehensive plan updates.
Below is our Fix HB1099 Coalition Support letter, calling on the Washington Legislature to reincorporate critical VMT and GHG emissions reduction requirements in HB1099, which were removed by an amendment passed in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. We have until Thursday, March 10th to #FixHB1099.
To date, the letter has been signed by:
33 local elected officials
2 tribal governments
3 cities
7 labor unions
70 organizations/groups
122 individuals
To add your name, group, or organization to the letter, click here.
March 4, 2022
Dear members of the WA Legislature,
We the undersigned ask you to pass HB 1099 with GHG and VMT reductions.
HB 1099 is a bill built on consensus supported by housing advocates, developers, environmental justice groups, labor unions, local governments, state agencies, tribal governments, and climate resiliency advocates. We have collaborated for a year and a half on this legislation for a shared vision of responsible, just, and sustainable climate planning in Washington. Now it’s time to make that vision a reality before some of our largest and fastest-growing communities undergo their 2024 comprehensive plan updates
HB 1099 is a climate bill, a housing bill, a transportation bill, and an environmental justice bill. As originally written, HB 1099 would ensure that Washington’s largest counties are planning to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, which will be achieved, in part, through promoting new housing development in our communities served by transit. HB 1099 also ensures that all Washington communities are planning for climate hazards (like wildfires, drought, and sea-level rise) and ensuring community resiliency.
Unfortunately, an amendment adopted in the Senate Ways and Means committee cuts this bill in half, eliminating the requirements for greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled reductions.
The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns that the “magnitude and rate of climate change and associated risks depend strongly on near-term mitigation and adaptation actions.” The report goes on to say that “climate-resilient development prospects are increasingly limited if current greenhouse gas emissions do not rapidly decline.”
The science is clear: we have no time to waste in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. What’s more — our ability to plan for climate resiliency hinges on our current efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. HB 1099 provides a clear path forward for Washington communities to reduce emissions and plan for a climate-resilient future. However, the bill as adopted by the Ways and Means Committee only addresses half of the crisis.
As individuals, organizations, and governments committed to transit-oriented communities, housing affordability, climate resilience, and environmental justice, we call upon you to please pass HB 1099 with full funding for implementation on the local level and restore the GHG and VMT reduction provisions in conference.
Signed
Local Elected Officials:
Mayor Angela Birney, City of Redmond
Mayor Cheryl Selby, City of Olympia
Mayor Mason Thompson, City of Bothell
Mayor Nigel Herbig, City of Kenmore
Mayor Pro Tem Ty Stober, City of Vancouver
Executive Dow Constantine, King County
Deputy Mayor Jay Arnold, City of Kirkland
Deputy Mayor Rami Al-Kabra, City of Bothell
Council President Breean Beggs, Spokane City Council
Council President Jessica Forsythe, Redmond City Council
Council Vice President Vanessa Kritzer, Redmond City Council
Council Chair Claudia Balducci, King County Council
Council Chair Derek Young, Pierce County Council
Councilmember Amy Falcone, Kirkland City Council
Councilmember Chris Roberts, Shoreline City Council
Councilmember Dan Strauss, Seattle City Council
Councilmember Dani Madrone, Olympia City Council
Councilmember Dontae Payne, Olympia City Council
Councilmember Janice Zahn, Bellevue City Council
Councilmember Jenne Alderks, Bothell City Council
Councilmember Kaylee Galloway, Whatcom County Council
Councilmember Kim Harless, Vancouver City Council
Councilmember Kristiana de Leon, Black Diamond City Council
Councilmember Kristina Walker, Tacoma City Council
Councilmember Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin , Port Angeles City Council
Councilmember Lisa Parshley, Olympia City Council, and Chair of the Thurston County Climate Action Steering Committee
Councilmember Megan Dunn, Snohomish County Council
Councilmember Ryan Mello, Pierce County Council
Councilmember Ryan Walters, Anacortes City Council
Councilmember Sarah Perry, King County Council
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, Seattle City Council
Councilmember Yen Huynh, Olympia City Council
Commissioner Don Orange, Port of Vancouver
Tribes:
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Tulalip Tribes
Local Jurisdictions:
Association of Washington Cities
City of Issaquah
City of Redmond
City of Tacoma
Labor:
IUPAT, DC 5
SEIU 775
SEIU 925
SEIU Healthcare 1199 NW
Teamsters 117
UAW Local 4121
UNITE HERE Local 8
Organizations:
| 350 Eastside |
| 350 Seattle |
| 350 Spokane |
| 350 Tacoma |
| 350 West Sound Climate Action |
| 350 Yakima |
| 36th LD Environmental Caucus |
| 37th LD Environment and Climate Caucus |
| 43rd District Democrats |
| Alliance for Community Engagement SWWA (ACE) |
| American Farmland Trust |
| American Institute of Architects Washington Council |
| APIC Spokane |
| Atlas Action Alliance |
| Audubon Washington |
| BE: Seattle |
| Black Hills Audubon Society |
| Blue Mountain Audubon Society |
| Bothellites for People Oriented Places |
| Climate Solutions |
| Earth and Climate Action Ministry of East Shore Unitarian Church |
| Eastside Audubon |
| Eastside For All |
| Forterra NW |
| Friends of Clark County |
| Friends of Pierce County |
| Friends of Sammamish Valley |
| Friends of the Columbia Gorge |
| Friends of the San Juans |
| Front and Centered |
| Fuse Washington |
| Futurewise |
| Greater Spokane Progress |
| Housing Development Consortium |
| League of Women Voters of Washington |
| LGBTQ Allyship |
| Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society |
| Move Redmond |
| Our Climate |
| Pilchuck Audubon Society |
| Puget Sound Partnership |
| RE Sources |
| Salmon Creek Farmers Market |
| Sammamish Valley Alliance |
| Sammamish Valley Grange #286 |
| Seattle 500 Women Scientists |
| Seattle Parks Foundation |
| Share The Cities Action Fund |
| Sierra Club Washington State Chapter |
| Sightline Institute |
| South Seattle Climate Action Network |
| Spokane Community Against Racism (SCAR) |
| Surfrider Foundation |
| Tacoma Ministerial Alliance |
| The Climate Reality Project’s King County WA Chapter |
| The Lands Council |
| The Nature Conservancy in Washington |
| The Tacoma Ministerial Alliance |
| The Urbanist |
| The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center |
| Transportation Choices Coalition |
| Vancouver Audubon Society |
| WA Community Alliance |
| Washington Bikes |
| Washington Conservation Voters |
| Washington Environmental Council |
| Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility |
| Washington State Public Health Association |
| Welcoming Wallingford |
Businesses:
PCC Community Markets
Individuals:
| Alex Berger |
| Alexander Val |
| Allen Gibbs, Pilchuck Audubon Society President |
| Alona Steinke |
| Amy Madden, State Committee Member, 43rd LD Democrats |
| Amy Theobald |
| Amy Wheeless, LD 36 PCO |
| Andres Hiltbrunner |
| Andrew Buchanan |
| Andrew Katz, LD 43 |
| Ann Foster, Salmon Creek Farmers Market |
| Anna Berman, LD 36 |
| Aparna Varadharajan, Redmond resident and sustainability professional |
| Arlette Lopez |
| Autumn Salamack |
| Ben Backstrom |
| Ben Jensen |
| Beverly Parsons |
| Brett Folkins |
| Brian Wilcock |
| Cam Solomon |
| Cara Cruickshank, LD 23- with Kitsap Environmental Coalition & the WA Community Rights Network |
| Carol Killingsworth |
| Carol Price |
| Cathryn Chudy |
| Cindy Rose |
| Claire Martini |
| Coleen Anderson |
| D Darnell |
| Dan Streiffert, Conservation Chair: Rainier Audubon Society |
| Darrell Johnson |
| Debbie Stempf |
| Deborah Beckwin |
| Diane Dempster |
| Doris Brevoort, PhD, LD 10 |
| Dr. David Jones |
| Dr. Kristina Soman-Faulkner /Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility |
| Dr. Philippa Webster |
| Eliza Kronenberger |
| Elizabeth Backstrom, MPA |
| Elizabeth Probus, LD 37 |
| Eric Fjellanger |
| Ericson Maxwell |
| Erin Albanese |
| Frances Merenda, LD 36 PCO |
| Ginna Correa |
| Greg Quetin, Olympia, Climate Scientist |
| Harish Kulkarni, Redmond resident |
| Heidi Cody |
| Henry Roller |
| Hester Serebrin |
| Hilary Seidel |
| Holly Gadbaw, Former Mayor of Olympia |
| Ian Crozier, AICP |
| Ingrid Anderson |
| Ingrid Elliott |
| Jacob Lee |
| James Apa |
| James Little |
| Janae Huber, Co-founder of Olympians for People-Oriented Places |
| Jared Howe |
| Jaye Stover, Futurewise |
| Jeff Budrys RN |
| Jesse Swingle |
| Jim Street |
| Joe A. Kunzler |
| John Rose |
| Jonathan Lawson |
| Joshua Rubenstein, LD 46 |
| Julia Buck, LD 36 PCO |
| Julie Martinson |
| Kaitlyn Domenech, San Juan County |
| Katherine Woolverton |
| Kathleen Heiman, LD 5 |
| Kathleen Heiman, Mother, Voter and Constituent in LD5 |
| Kathy Dawson, The Climate Reality Project’s King County WA Chapter |
| Kathy McCormick, retired WA citizen |
| Kayla Bonn-Andres |
| Kelsey Wylie |
| Kimberly Linden, MS CRC Rehabilitation Counselor/Mental Health Therapist |
| Kriss Kevorkian, PhD, MSW Legal Rights for the Salish Sea |
| Larry Leveen |
| Larry Leveen |
| Laura Ackerman |
| Lauren Sommer |
| Lily Aguilar, LD 5 PCO |
| Linda Hoffman, former Thurston County Administrator and Department of Ecology Director |
| Lisa Hurt |
| Lusa Steele |
| Margaret Tufft |
| Marian Magai, 37th District Environmental and Climate Caucus |
| Marilyn Boyd |
| Mark Brunson |
| Mark Foutch, Former Mayor, City of Olympia |
| Martin Gibbins, LD 5 |
| Mary Connolly, LD 27 |
| Matthew Trecha |
| Melissa Ivy |
| Melissa Roberts |
| Meralina Morales |
| Meridian Green |
| Mike McCormick, FAICP; first director of the WA Growth Management Program |
| Mike Petersen |
| Miranda Marti, LD 36 |
| Monica Zazueta |
| Natalie Bicknell, The Urbanist |
| Nelson White |
| Nina Carter, Former Growth Management Hearings Board Member |
| Pam Borso |
| Pam Pritzl |
| Patti Kilpatrick |
| Peter Fels |
| Peter Mumford |
| Phil Ritter |
| Phillip G Linwick |
| R. Brent Lyles, Executive Director, Friends of the San Juans |
| Ray Dubicki |
| Rebecca VanHorne |
| Rian Watt, Elections Committee Chair, The Urbanist |
| Roan Ontjes-DeGroot; Orcas Island High School Student |
| Rob Fusco, LD 43 |
| Robert Eiffert |
| Robin Gitelman, LD 41 |
| Rosann Wuebbels |
| Ryan Lorey |
| Ryan Meiers |
| Ryan Wilson, LD 43 |
| Samuel Trahan |
| Sarah L Richards |
| Sarah Reyneveld, Attorney & Vice Chair, WCV |
| Sarah Udelhofen, Program Manager at Commute Seattle and Co-Chair of the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board |
| Serene Chen, LD 37 |
| Sheri Feld, LD 36 |
| Stefanie Schweer |
| Susannah Spock, Clallam County resident |
| Tamar Shuhendler |
| Trina Davis, MD |
| Veronika Coleman |
| Virginia L Linwick |
| Xen Eldridge, LD 3 |
| Zachary Smith-Evans |
