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E Newsletter- Your Update on What's Happening at the King County Council
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 Dunn joins Seattle Sports Commission Executive Director Ralph Morton, Seattle Sounders General Counsel Maya Mendoza-Exstrom, and colleague Councilmember Claudia Balducci before Monday's motion passed.
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The King County Council unanimously supports the City of Seattle’s bid to be a host city of the 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup.
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King County is one of the regions in North America being considered by the United Bid Committee as a host for the 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup. This week the King County Council unanimously passed legislation I prime sponsored, supporting this exciting opportunity.
In October 2017, the United Bid Committee announced the full list of cities advancing to the next round of the bidding process. Seattle was one of 25 cities in the United States, out of 32 potential cities in North America, selected to advance. FIFA will narrow down the final host country or countries for 2026 in June.
If Seattle were chosen to be a host city for the World Cup, our region would also see incredible economic benefit. In 1994, the United States received an estimated four billion dollars in economic benefit from hosting the FIFA World Cup.
I look forward to lending additional support to this regional effort. 2026 here we come!
Newborn Safety Bill Passes State Legislature
On February 12, 2014, an infant, named Baby Kimball after the bridge near where she was found, died wrapped in a blanket in the woods less than a half a mile from a hospital near the city of North Bend.
Since that tragedy, I've worked with my colleagues on the county council to examine ways to prevent newborn abandonment in the future. My colleague Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles and I have been lobbying the State Legislature over the last two legislative sessions to get a bill passed that seeks to prevent newborn abandonment by improving reporting requirements.
On Monday, the measure passed the state senate and is now officially approved by the Washington State Legislature. Thanks to the bill sponsors, Senators Guy Palumbo, Joe Fain, and Sharon Nelson, the measure now goes to the Governor's desk for approval.
In Washington state, parents can leave newborns with qualified individuals at hospitals, fire stations or federally designated rural health clinics.
The Safety of Newborn Children Law allows parents to do this anonymously up to 72 hours after the birth of a child without fear of prosecution for abandonment. We want to spread the word about these protections under the law and hopefully prevent future tragedies in our region.
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