Seattle Municipal Archives
Bruce Harrell Subject Files
Harrell, Bruce
4632-02
2.6 cubic feet
7 boxes
25 digital image files
2006-2019
2008-2019
Records from Harrell's office during his
tenure on City Council. English .
Bruce Harrell grew up in Seattle, graduating from Garfield High School
and then attending the University of Washington, where he played football. He
graduated from UW's law school in 1984 and went on to work for entities
including US West, Rainier Valley Community Development Fund, and First A.M.E.
Housing Corporation.
Harrell was elected to City Council in 2007 and reelected in 2011. In
2015 Council was reorganized to be based on districts, and he was elected to
represent District 2. While in office, his committee and policy work often
focused on technology, public safety, and civil rights. He elected not to run
again in 2019.
Records from Harrell's office covering topics before the council during
his time in office. Public safety issues are strongly represented in the
records, including police accountability and reform, domestic violence,
aggressive panhandling, and use of police drones and body-mounted cameras. Also
covered are City Light topics such as management, streetlights, and expansion
in South Lake Union. Harrell's job assistance legislation to assist
ex-offenders is also documented, as well as SR 520, public schools, the youth
jail, and issues related to south Seattle.Digital images show Harrell at various official events.
Records are open to the public.
[Item and date], Bruce Harrell Subject Files, Record Series 4632-02. Box
[number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
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Seattle (Wash.). Police
Dept.
Public
Utilities--Washington (State)--Seattle
Police--Supervision
of--Washington (State)--Seattle
Police
shootings--Washington (State)--Seattle
Civil rights--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Homelessness--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Social justice--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Public safety--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Proclamations
2008-2012
1
1
Press Releases
2008-2012
1
2
Newsletter
2009-2011
1
3
Speeches
2010-2012
1
4
Seattle Public
Utilities
2010
1
5
Constituent
Correspondence
2008-2012
1
6
Streetlights
2009-2011
1
7
Local Jobs for America
Act
2010
1
8
Performance First
2009
1
9
Othello
2009
1
10
Commission for People with
Disabilities
2010
1
11
Bruce Lee Action
Museum
2011
1
12
Municipal Court
2010-2011
1
13
South Seattle
2008-2012
1
14
Jorge Carrasco
Reconfirmation
2008
1
15
Police Dept. - Dept. of
Justice
2010-2012
1
16
Seattle Public
Schools
2012
1
17
Ex-Offender
Legislation
2011-2012
1
18
Public Safety
2007-2012
1
19
Violence Against
Women
2012
1
20
Police Accountability
2009-2012
1
21
Youth Violence
2008-2012
1
22
City LIght Real Estate
Services
2010
1
23
Paid Sick Leave
2011
2
1
Police - Body Mounted
Cameras
2010-2012
2
2
Human Rights
Commission
2011
2
3
Immigrants and
Refugees
2011-2012
2
4
Public Health
2008
2
5
Get Off the Streets (GOTS) /
Communities United of Rainier Beach (CURB)
2008
2
6
Fair Housing Testing
2011
2
7
Lazarus Day Center
2009
2
8
City Light Rates Advisory
Committee
2009
2
9
Seattle Police Management
Association
2006
2
10
Aggressive
Panhandling
2010-2012
2
11
Marijuana
Dispensaries
2011
2
12
Rainier Corridor
2011
2
13
City Light
2008-2011
2
14
John T. Williams
2010
2
15
Cleveland High School Girls
Basketball
2010
2
16
Homeless Encampment
Removal
2008
2
17
City Light - South Lake
Union
2008
2
18
African American Legislative
Day
2008
2
19
King County Flood Control
District
2008
2
20
Women's Commission
2011-2012
2
21
Fire Levy
2008
2
22
Human Services
2008
2
23
FAS Warehouses
2012
2
24
Youth Violence
2012
2
25
Community Police
Commission
2012
2
26
Families and Education
Levy
2011-2012
2
27
Law Enforcement
Diversion
2008
2
28
City Light
2008-2010
2
29
Police Dept.
2008-2014
3
1
Police Chief Search
2010
3
2
Municipal Court - Judicial
Workload
2010
3
3
Richard McIver Roast
2009
3
4
Boy Scouts
2010
3
5
Public Defense
2013
3
6
Domestic VIolence
2012
3
7
LEAD
2012
3
8
CAMP / Centerstone
2010-2012
3
9
Affordable Housing
2007-2008
3
10
Broadband
ca. 2011
3
11
22nd Avenue Transitional
Housing
2010
3
12
Job Assistance
Legislation
2012-2013
3
13
Workforce and Contracting
Equity
2012
3
14
West Point Power
Purchase
2009
3
15
Mt. Zion Baptist
Church
2012
3
16
Center City
Initiative
2014
3
17
Rev. Samuel McKinney Street
Naming
2013-2014
3
18
Office of Professional
Accountability
2012-2013
3
19
Criminal Code
2013
3
20
Traffic Code
2013
3
21
Homelessness
2010-2012
3
22
Downtown Public
Safety
2010-2014
3
23
Rainier Valley Community
Development Fund
2008-2012
3
24
Risk Management
2009-2010
3
25
Campaign Finance
2012
3
26
Parking Scofflaw
2012
3
27
South Lake Union
ca. 2010
3
28
Police Dept.
2010-2013
3
29
Police Drones
2012
3
30
Budget Constituent
Correspondence
2008-2009
4
1
Budget Constituent
Correspondence
2010
4
2
Kurt Cobain
2010
4
3
SR 520
2010-2011
4
4
Police Defense
2010
4
5
SR 520 - Portage Bay
2015
4
6
Do Not Mail Registry
2009-2010
4
7
Miller et al v.
Sawant
2017
4
8
Police Chief Search
2014
4
9
May Day
2012-2014
4
10
Seattle Public
Utilities
2014
4
11
Police Dept.
2007-2014
4
12
Children and Family Justice
Center
2012
4
13
Seattle for Washington
Plan
2012
4
14
Initiative 107
2014
4
15
Snowstorm Response
2009
4
16
SDOT
2009
4
17
City Light - Mercer
Corridor
2009
4
18
Ex-Offender Legislation - Letters
Against
2012
5
1
Ex-Offender Legislation - Letters
in Favor
2012-2013
5
2
Police Dept.
2013-2018
5
3
Seattle Public
Schools
2017
5
4
Municipal Court
2014
5
5
Police Body Cameras
2017
5
6
Acoustic Gunshot Locator
System
2015
5
7
Motel Registration
2008
5
8
Office of Professional
Accountability
2007-2009
5
9
Jail Planning
2008
5
10
Jail Capacity Study
2008-2009
5
11
Domestic Violence Prevention
Council
2010-2012
5
12
Labor Relations
2008
5
13
WMBE Utilization
2019
5
14
Federal Stimulus
2009
5
15
Fire Station 6
2012
5
16
Legislative Dept. Climate
Survey
2008
6
1
Dept. of Information Technology
RSJI Report
2019
6
2
Police Monitor
Selection
2012
6
3
Families, Education, Pre-School,
and Promise (FEPP) Levy
2019
6
4
Police Intelligence
2019
6
5
City Light
2009-2011
6
6
City Light Customer
Surveys
2009
6
7
City Light Surplus
Property
2009
6
8
Jorge Carrasco
Reconfirmation
2008
6
9
Jorge Carrasco
Reconfirmation
2008
6
10
City Light Review
Panel
2010-2011
6
11
Showbox
2019
6
12
Neighborhood Plan
Updates
2010
6
13
South Lake Union Substation and
Network
2007-2011
6
14
Employee Head Tax
2018
6
15
Housing Levy
2009
7
1
Tree Protection
2016-2018
7
2
Children and Family Justice
Center
2014
7
3
Homelessness
2018-2019
7
4
44th and Holly
2009
7
5
Battery Street Tunnel
2018
7
6
Panhandling
2009
7
7
Waid's Nightclub
2012
7
8
Central Area Development
Association (CADA)
2012
7
9
Race and Social Justice
Initiative
2008-2012
7
10
Chrisceda Clemmons
2010
7
11