Lorena Gonzalez to be first Latina on City Council

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Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h2><p>More than a month before the three other newly elected councilmembers take their places in City Hall, Lorena González will take office, becoming the first Latina elected to the Seattle City Council. González will take over this evening for Councilmember John Okamoto, who was finishing the term of departed Councilmember</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/ashli-blow/">Ashli Blow</a></p> 
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            <p>More than a month before the three other newly elected councilmembers take their places in City Hall, Lorena González will take office, becoming the first Latina elected to the Seattle City Council. González will take over this evening for Councilmember John Okamoto, who was finishing the term of departed Councilmember Sally Clark.</p><p>Most recently, González was the legal advisor to Mayor Ed Murray before leaving to run for council. As a private attorney, she won a civil rights lawsuit settlement from the city over the actions of the Seattle Police Officer who threatened to "kick the Mexican piss" out of a citizen.</p><p>González will be sworn in at 5 p.m. She is also hosting an open house Wednesday morning in her office on the second floor of City Hall.</p>
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More than a month before the three other newly elected councilmembers take their places in City Hall, Lorena González will take office, becoming the first Latina elected to the Seattle City Council. González will take over this evening for Councilmember John Okamoto, who was finishing the term of departed Councilmember Sally Clark.

Most recently, González was the legal advisor to Mayor Ed Murray before leaving to run for council. As a private attorney, she won a civil rights lawsuit settlement from the city over the actions of the Seattle Police Officer who threatened to "kick the Mexican piss" out of a citizen.

González will be sworn in at 5 p.m. She is also hosting an open house Wednesday morning in her office on the second floor of City Hall.

By Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal