Accomplishments - Teresa Mosqueda

Championed major housing investments in District 8, securing funding to stabilize rent for thousands of families, acceleratinge development of affordable and supportive housing, rezoning and allowing mulit-family housing units, and protecting communities facing rising housing costs.
Advanced first-time homeownership programs and prioritized community-driven development in neighborhoods at risk of displacement.
Drove policy and budget action to protect public land for public use, ensuring that growing revenues support housing rather than being sold off for highest profit.
Led efforts to strengthen the region’s permanent supportive housing system to meet the scale of the crisis, including acquiring millions for permanent supportive housing workers to keep people stably housed.

Secured critical resources for maternal and child health, youth behavioral health services, and overdose-prevention initiatives—recognizing the “shadow pandemic”.
Strengthened the behavioral-health continuum of care in King County and expanded culturally competent community health-worker programs to reach underserved and frontline populations.
Advocated for gun-violence prevention, increased access to behavioral-health supports in schools and communities, and partnered with public-health systems to protect immigrant and vulnerable residents.

Advanced environmental-justice investments in frontline communities—such as the Duwamish Valley and White Center—including enhanced air-quality monitoring, storm-water and flood-resilience infrastructure, and climate adaptation planning in response to heat, flooding and sea-level pressures.
Played a leadership role in updates to King County’s climate law and strategic climate action plan, tying job creation in the green economy to measurable climate-resilience outcomes.
Secured expanded funding for parks, aquatic-center refurbishments, outdoor recreation access, and degraded-land remediation in underserved neighborhoods.

Led passage of stronger labor standards for gig workers, hotel workers, caregivers, human-service workers and domestic workers—ensuring working families have fairness, dignity, and protections.
Delivered small-business grants, technical-assistance supports, and corridor-specific investments—especially directed at BIPOC-owned businesses—to stimulate recovery and growth.
Championed expanded child-care investments, youth-development and violence-prevention programs, and support for essential workers across District 8 and the broader county workforce.
Worked with labor and small diverse business owners/associations to ensure that county contracts over $100 thousand are awarded to companies with strong labor records and diverse small businesses, while ensuring that larger construction projects over $5 million on County property include a Community Workforce Agreement.

Secured funding and policy commitments to advance alignment and transit access in West Seattle, Vashon Island, SODO, White Center and ancillary transit corridors—increasing connectivity, mobility options and economic access for residents of District 8 by bus, rail and water taxi!
Worked to ensure that infrastructure investments—whether in transit, parks, or clean-energy systems—prioritize communities most impacted by historic under-investment, displacement pressures, or environmental burdens.

Guided the City and Council’s budget process – as City Budget Chair for 4 year and County Budget Committee member for 2 years – with urgency, aligning policy priorities with fiscal discipline to deliver targeted investments in health, housing and workforce.
Introduced mechanisms to ensure measurable outcomes, greater transparency and community accountability in King County’s legislative and budget-making processes.
Led the passage of the JumpStart Progressive Payroll tax – Seattle’s largest progressive revenue tax by bringing together a broad coalition of labor, business, housing, transportation, equity and environmental justice advocates. JumpStart Seattle revenue prevented devastating austerity, invested in COVID-era recovery, contributed to the Rainy Day Fund, and has invested hundreds of millions annually to affordable housing, equitable development and Green New Deal Priorities.