Safe Streets, Stronger Community Connections
A safe community isn’t just about policing—it’s about smart investments that prevent crime, support people in crisis, and ensure everyone feels secure in their neighborhood and place of work.
Key initiatives and ongoing efforts:
Prioritizing pedestrian safety: including replacing old sidewalks, adding new sidewalks, adding trails, and creating safer walking routes to schools.
Investing in the right responders for the right situation: funding CORE Connect, which provides crisis intervention for community members in crisis, including mental health, housing insecurity, and substance abuse.
Expanding alternatives to traditional prosecution: restorative justice is a proven, non-traditional approach that works to provide practical, targeted solutions for non-violent crimes. Michelle advocated for Woodinville to join the Kirkland Community Court program, which focuses on rehabilitation over punishment for low-level offenses.
Strengthening partnerships with law enforcement: investing in the Therapeutic Response Unit (TRU), funding mental health professionals to ride along and partner with our police force to deliver crisis care and resources.
Fighting for safer streets: currently advocating for school zone speed cameras, pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, and crime prevention strategies that actually work.
Gun Responsibility & Safer Communities
Everyone deserves to feel safe—whether at school, at work, or walking through our neighborhoods. As a leader, I believe in commonsense gun laws and community-centered solutions to reduce gun violence and keep our residents safe.
Here in Woodinville, I’ve consistently supported the Gun Sense Proclamation—even in the face of political pushback—because public safety shouldn’t be partisan. I’ve worked with our police department to understand their approach to community safety and advocate for investments that go beyond policing, like mental health response teams, restorative justice, and trauma-informed crisis care.
I support:
Safe storage laws and public education
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) to prevent tragedies before they occur
Non-police alternatives like CORE Connect and the Therapeutic Response Unit
Investments in upstream services that break cycles of violence before they begin
As threats of violence grow across the country, I remain committed to policies that protect lives—not score political points. My campaign, and my leadership, will always stand for gun responsibility and a safer future for all.
