Mark Sidran Subject Files,

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1 Overview of the Collection Creator Seattle (Wash.). Law Dept. Title Mark Sidran Subject Files Dates (inclusive) Quantity 13.4 cubic feet, (34 boxes) Collection Number Summary Records from Mark Sidran's tenure as Seattle's city attorney. Repository Seattle Municipal Archives Seattle Municipal Archives Office of the City Clerk City of Seattle PO Box Seattle, WA Telephone: Fax: Access Restrictions Records are open to the public. Languages Sponsor English Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Biographical Note Born in 1951, Mark Sidran grew up in Seattle's Seward Park neighborhood, attending Franklin High School and serving as president of his senior class. After earning a BA in government at Harvard, he received his law degree from the University of Washington in He worked for the King County Prosecutor's Office from 1975 to 1985, and was a partner in the law firm of McKay & Gaitain from 1986 to In 1990, he became Seattle's City Attorney, holding that office through During Sidran's tenure, one of his signature issues was the impoundment of cars of people caught driving with suspended licenses. He endorsed the law as promoting responsibility and increasing public safety, while his critics claimed the practice disproportionately affected the poor. Sidran's advocacy of "civility laws" - ordinances outlawing aggressive panhandling and sitting on sidewalks - caused a great deal of controversy, as did his crackdowns on problem nightclubs. In 2001, Sidran chose to run for mayor instead of seeking a fourth term as city attorney. After losing the mayoral race to Greg Nickels, Sidran practiced with McKay Chadwell and served as chair of the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission. He ran unsuccessfully for Washington State Attorney General in

2 Content Description Sidran's subject files cover the routine work of the City Attorney's Office as well as specific programs and priorities of the agency during his tenure. A program to impound the cars of persons caught driving with suspended licenses is documented extensively. His office's work on problem nightclubs is also covered, including both general policy initiatives and files on specific clubs. Materials on the street civility laws include a good deal of correspondence and feedback from citizens and businesses. Other topics covered in depth include parks exclusion, land use code enforcement, graffiti, and liquor issues. Use of the Collection Preferred Citation [Item and date], Mark Sidran Subject Files, Record Series Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives. Administrative Information Detailed Description of the Collection The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection : Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 1/1 Abandoned Cars 1/2 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) /3 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) /4 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) /5 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) 1/6 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) 1/7 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) - Background Material

3 1/8 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) - Coughenour Ruling 1/9 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) - Drafts /10 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) - Hearing 2/1 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) - News Articles /2 Added Activities Ordinance (Nightclubs) - Work Group /3 Administrative Warrants /4 Adult Entertainment /5 Adult Justice Operational Master Plan (AJOMP) /6 Affirmative Action /7 Animal Issues /8 Annual Report Drafts /9 Art Bar / Club Capo /10 Articles by Sidran /11 Audits /12 Audits - Misdemeanor Warrants /13 Ballard Construction and Tri-State Construction /14 Baseball Stadium /15 Lillie Bell /1 Lillie Bell /2 Bicycle Trails /3 Bond Counsel

4 3/4 Cable Television /5 Celebrity Italian Kitchen /6 Celebrity Italian Kitchen /7 Celebrity Italian Kitchen /8 Celebrity Italian Kitchen /9 Celebrity Italian Kitchen /1 Celebrity Italian Kitchen /2 Celebrity Italian Kitchen /3 Chronic Public Inebriates /4 Chronic Public Inebriates /5 Chronic Public Inebriates /6 City Council /7 Civic Center (City Hall) /8 Civil Division - 4/9 Civil Enforcement /10 Civil Enforcement /1 Civil Enforcement /2 Civil Rights Act of /3 Civil Rights, Office of /4 Claims 5/5 Claims

5 5/6 Comet Lodge Cemetery /7 Community Diversion Project /8 COMPASS /9 Conformity Legislation (DWI) /10 Congratulations /11 Contracts /12 Crime and Statistics /13 Crime and Statistics /14 Crime and Statistics 5/15 Crime and Statistics /16 Criminal Division (Jan-Feb) /1 Criminal Division (Mar-July) /2 Criminal Division (Aug) /3 Criminal Division (Sept) /4 Criminal Division (Oct-Dec) /5 Criminal Division 6/6 Criminal Division /7 Criminal Division - Statement of Legislative Intent /8 Curfews /9 Deebach v. City /10 Delegation of Authority 5

6 6/11 Directors Meetings /1 Dog Bites /2 Dog Bites - Citizen Letters 7/3 Domestic Violence /4 Domestic Violence /5 Domestic Violence 7/6 Domestic Violence /7 Domestic Violence /8 Domestic Violence - Awards /9 Domestic Violence Council 7/10 Drinking in Public /11 Drinking in Public /12 Drinking in Public - Parks Exclusion /13 Drinking in Public - Parks Exclusion /14 DWI / DUI /15 DWI / DUI /1 DWI / DUI /2 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /3 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /4 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /5 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law

7 8/6 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /7 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /1 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /2 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law 9/3 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /4 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /5 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /6 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /1 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law /2 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Accidents 10/3 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Car Recovery Clinic 10/4 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Car Recovery Study 10/5 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Citations and Forms 10/6 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - City Council 10/7 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Court Challenges 10/8 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Court Decisions 10/9 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Decriminalization

8 10/10 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Drive to Survive 11/1 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Driver Records 11/2 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Driver Records 11/3 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Forum 11/4 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Greer / Taylor 11/5 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Handouts 11/6 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Hearing 11/7 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Implementation 11/8 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Implementation 11/9 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Implementation 11/10 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Implementation 12/1 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Implementation 12/2 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - King County Diversion Project 12/3 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Municipal Court 12/4 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Parking Scofflaws

9 12/5 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Presentations 12/6 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Presentations 12/7 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Press 12/8 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Press 12/9 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Press Conference 12/10 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Public Defenders 12/11 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Public Information and Education Plan 12/12 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Relicensing Summit 12/13 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Repeal 12/14 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Requests for Information 13/1 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Statistics 13/2 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Statistics 13/3 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Statistics 13/4 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Statistics 13/5 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Studies

10 13/6 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Study Proposal 13/7 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Towing 13/8 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Towing 13/9 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Towing - Work Group 13/10 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Towing - Work Group 14/1 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Traffic Safety Conference 14/2 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Vehicle Forfeiture 14/3 Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) / Impound Law - Worksheets /4 Drugs /5 Drugs - Abatement /6 Drugs - Abatement /7 Drugs - Drug Testing /8 Drugs - Drug Traffic Loitering /9 Drugs - Nuisance Abatement - DOJ Investigation /10 Elevated Transportation Company / Monorail /11 Employment Section /12 Employment Section 14/13 Employment Section

11 15/1 Environmental Protection /2 Ethics and Elections /3 Ethics Complaint 15/4 Failure to Appear (FTA) /5 Failure to Appear (FTA) /6 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) /7 Filing and Disposition Standards /8 Filing and Disposition Standards /9 Fire Department /10 Firearms /11 Firearms /12 Firearms - Gun Manufacturers Lawsuit /13 Firearms - Trigger Locks /14 First Offender Prostitution Program /15 Fremont Fair Bicyclists /16 Graffiti /1 Graffiti /2 Graffiti /3 Graffiti - Criminal Cases /4 Graffiti - Ordinance /5 Graffiti - Ordinance Support

12 16/6 Graffiti - Other Cities /7 Graffiti - Press /8 Graffiti - Press Conference /9 Graffiti - Solid Waste Info /10 Grievances /11 Grievances /1 Grievances 17/2 Happy Valley Restaurant /3 Hearing Examiner /4 Victor Herman /5 Kurt Hettiger /6 Dan Van Ho /7 John Hoff /8 Homeless /9 Homeless /10 Idea Team /11 Iguana Cantina /12 Iguana Cantina /13 Iguana Cantina /1 Information Technology 18/2 Initiative 41 / Monorail

13 18/3 Initiative 45 / Libraries 18/4 Initiative 46 / Poster Ban 18/5 Initiatives 47 and 48 / Light Rail 18/6 Initiative 50 / Citizens Law Enforcement Review Board 18/7 Initiative 51 / Citizens Police Review Commission /8 Initiative 53 / Monorail /9 Initiative 200 / Affirmative Action /10 Initiative 695 / Car Tabs 18/11 Initiative 722 / Tax Limits /12 Inquests 18/13 International Municipal Lawyers Association /14 Involuntary Treatment Act (ITA) /15 Jail Costs and Transportation /16 Jaywalking /17 Jersey's Sports Bar /18 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) 18/19 Juvenile Justice /20 Key Arena /21 Key Tower /22 Lake Union Steam Plant /1 Land Use Code Enforcement

14 19/2 Land Use Code Enforcement /3 Land Use Code Enforcement /4 Land Use Code Enforcement /5 Land Use Code Enforcement 19/6 Land Use Code Enforcement 19/7 Land Use Code Enforcement /8 Land Use Code Enforcement - Nuisance Properties (Roosevelt) 19/9 Land Use Code Enforcement - Nuisance Properties (Roosevelt) 20/1 Landlord / Tenant Issues /2 Landslides /3 LEOFF II /4 Legislature /5 Legislature /6 Legislature /7 Legislature /8 Legislature /9 Legislature /10 Letters /11 Letters from Constituents /1 Letters from Constituents /2 Letters from Constituents

15 21/3 Lewd Conduct / Indecent Exposure /4 Liquor /5 Liquor /6 Liquor /7 Liquor /8 Liquor /9 Liquor /1 Liquor /2 Liquor /3 Liquor /4 Liquor 22/5 Liquor - Class "R" Liquor License (Sports / Entertainment Facilities) /6 Liquor Control Board /7 Lobbying /8 Lobbying /9 Michelle Malkin 22/10 Mayor's Office /11 Memos to Clients /1 Memos to Clients /2 Mental Health Court Work Group /3 Mentally Ill Offenders

16 23/4 Mentally Ill Offenders /5 Mentally Ill Offenders /6 Mentally Ill Offenders /7 Mentor Program /8 Metro /9 Mighty Movers (Postering Ban) 24/1 Misdemeanant Study /2 Misdemeanors Matter 24/3 Monastery /4 Monetech /5 Municipal Court /6 Municipal Law /7 Municipal Law 24/8 Municipal Law /9 Needle Exchange Program /10 Negligent Driving /11 Noise /12 Noise Ordinance 24/13 Noise Ordinance 24/14 Noise - Press 24/15 Noise - Studio

17 24/16 North Precinct Advisory Council /17 Nuts 'n Bolts Inc. 24/18 Office Issues /1 Office Policies /2 Oscar's II /3 Oscar's II /4 Oscar's II /5 Oscar's II - Legal Documents /6 Oscar's II - Legal Documents /7 Oscar's II - Legal Documents /8 Pacific Place Garage /9 Pang Fire /1 Panhandling /2 Panhandling /3 Parks /4 Parks - Enhanced Park Enforcement Ordinance / Parks Exclusion 26/5 Parks - Enhanced Park Enforcement Ordinance / Parks Exclusion 26/6 Parks - Enhanced Park Enforcement Ordinance / Parks Exclusion 26/7 Parks - Enhanced Park Enforcement Ordinance / Parks Exclusion

18 26/8 Parks - Enhanced Park Enforcement Ordinance / Parks Exclusion 26/9 Parks - Enhanced Park Enforcement Ordinance / Parks Exclusion 27/1 Parks - Enhanced Park Enforcement Ordinance / Parks Exclusion 27/2 Parks - Enhanced Park Enforcement Ordinance / Parks Exclusion 27/3 Parks - Enhanced Park Enforcement Ordinance / Parks Exclusion /4 Pine Street /5 Pioneer Square /6 Police Department /7 Police Department 27/8 Police Department /9 Police Officers' Guild /10 Police Pension Board /11 Pornography /12 Posters /1 Posters /2 Press Releases /3 Pro Bono Policy /4 Prostitution /5 Public Safety Civil Service Commission

19 28/6 Public Safety Cluster /7 Racial Disparity Issues 28/8 Reorganization /9 Reorganization /10 Reorganization /11 Reorganization /12 Reorganization - Preference Sheets /13 Retreats /14 Risk Management /1 Sand Point /2 Seattle Center /3 Security /4 Sexual Harassment /5 SODA (Stay Out of Drug Area) Statistics /6 Space Plans /7 Speeches /8 Staff Appreciation /9 Stevenson Lawsuit /10 Street Civility Laws /11 Street Civility Laws /12 Street Civility Laws

20 29/13 Street Civility Laws /14 Street Civility Laws /15 Street Civility Laws - Background /1 Street Civility Laws - Citations /2 Street Civility Laws - Downtown /3 Street Civility Laws - Downtown /4 Street Civility Laws - Downtown /5 Street Civility Laws - Downtown /6 Street Civility Laws - Downtown /7 Street Civility Laws - Downtown /8 Street Civility Laws - Letters /9 Street Civility Laws - Letters /1 Street Civility Laws - Letters /2 Street Civility Laws - Letters /3 Street Civility Laws - Press /4 Street Civility Laws - Press /5 Street Civility Laws - Press /6 Street Civility Laws - Roulette v. Seattle /7 Street Civility Laws - Roulette v. Seattle /8 Street Civility Laws - Roulette v. Seattle /9 Street Use

21 31/10 Support Letters /11 Makato Suzuki 32/1 Symphony Hall /2 Teen Dance Ordinance /3 Teen Dance Ordinance /4 Teen Dance Ordinance /5 Tent City (Homeless) /6 Tobacco /7 Douglas Tooley 32/8 Torts /9 Torts /10 Torts 32/11 Torts 33/1 Torts /2 Torts /3 Towing - Time Payments and Promissory Notes /4 Training /5 Training Materials /6 Utilities /7 Vehicle Prowl Task Force /8 Vending / Sidewalk Vendors

22 33/9 Vending / Sidewalk Vendors /10 Warrants /11 Washington Council on Crime and Delinquency 33/12 Wins /13 Women's and Minority Business Enterprise (WMBE) Ordinance /14 WTO Protests /15 Audio: KUOW interview re: Iguana Cantina 1998 Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Alcohol--Law and legislation--washington (State)--Seattle Begging--Washington (State)--Seattle Crime--Washington (State)--Seattle Criminal justice, Administration of--washington (State)--Seattle Criminal law--washington (State)--Seattle Drivers' licenses--washington (State)--Seattle Family violence--washington (State)--Seattle Homeless persons--washington (State)--Seattle Initiatives in local government--washington (State)--Seattle Land use--washington (State)--Seattle Noise control--law and legislation--washington (State)--Seattle Nuisances--Washington (State)--Seattle Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle Personal Names : Sidran, Mark Harris Corporate Names : Seattle (Wash.). Law Dept. Geographical Names : Seattle (Wash.) Finding aid prepared by Julie Kerssen