The City of Seattle, as represented by its Arts Office and SDCI, commits to an anti-racist work practice to move toward systems that benefit us all. In alignment with the City's Race and Social Justice Initiative, we seek new solutions that use arts as a strategy to drive not only our offices, but the City as a whole, toward racial equity and social justice. The piloting of this Arts Permit Liaison position is an attempt to bring greater equity to the permitting process. By assisting projects representing cultural communities through the complicated world of permitting and code compliance, we seek to level the playing field and invest in traditionally under-invested communities