Joshua Freed e-mail regarding supervised consumption sites

To Whom It May Concern:

## Background ##

On September 15, 2016, Seattle's, Auburn's, Renton's and King County's [Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force][1] issued a set of [recommendations][2] comprising a strategy for confronting the region's growing heroin and opioid epidemic. The recommendations focused on prevention, increasing access to treatment on demand, and reducing the number of fatal overdoses. Among those recommendations was that a pilot project be initiated with the establishment of two supervised consumption spaces--public health facilities also known by several other names, including community health engagement locations, in which people living with substance abuse disorder would be allowed to use otherwise-prohibited drugs in a clean environment that provides supervision, medical assistance, and connections to health care and long-term treatment. The task force recommended that for the pilot, one of these facilities be located in Seattle and the other be located elsewhere in King County. About four months later, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and King County Executive Dow Constantine formally [accepted all recommendations][3] issued by the task force.

[1]: <http://kingcounty.gov/depts/community-human-services/mental-health-substance-abuse/task-forces/heroin-opiates-task-force.aspx>
[2]: <http://kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/constantine/news/release/2016/September/15-heroin-opioid-task-force-report.aspx>
[3]: <http://seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/seattle-king-county-move-to-create-2-injection-sites-for-drug-users/>

On May 11, 2017, a public initiative to ban supervised consumption sites in King County was [announced][4]. Chief sponsor of the proposed initiative (I-27) is Bothell City Council member Joshua Freed. The campaign formed a political action committee called Impaction, and Freed was later [reported][5] as the top donor to the PAC, having contributed $40,000 to it. Freed also filed a campaign-violation complaint with Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, alleging that county officials improperly used public time and resources to oppose I-27.

[4]: <http://seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/initiative-proposed-to-ban-heroin-safe-injection-sites-in-king-county/>
[5]: <http://seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/injectionsites-signatures/>

## Request ##

Pursuant to RCW Ch. 42.56 (Public Records Act), I hereby request e-mail messages sent by or received by Bothell City Council member Joshua Freed since September 1, 2017, concerning or otherwise referencing any of the following:

- supervised consumption sites
- safe consumption sites
- SCSs
- supervised drug consumption sites
- safe drug consumption sites
- supervised injection sites
- safe injection sites
- supervised injection facilities
- safe injection facilities
- SIFs
- heroin injection sites
- community health engagement locations
- CHELs
- Initiative 27
- I-27
- Safe King County
- Impaction
- IMPAC Washington

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Phil Mocek

Dear Ms. Rosse,

Thank you for your attention to detail. As you noticed, the date range I provided was nonsensical. Apologies for the waste of time.

I will submit a new request with the date I intended to provide but mistakenly did not.

Cordially,
Phil Mocek