to drugs. they won t charge people with less than a gram so no fear of jail time and you won t get hauled into court not paying a bus fare and not paying the fine. king county metro no longer treats that as a misdemeanor and minorities and poor people were affected the most. the foundation of how we look at all of our policies has a very strong equity and social justice perspective. the seattle school district said black and latino kids were getting suspended at higher rates than white students. this year did away with suspensions in elementary school and could extend to higher grades next year. in the fall residents will be asked to pass a $213 million property tax levy to allow the libraries to eliminate fines for late book returns. a study found minorities and poor people got locked out of their accounts more frequently than others. critics are starting to fight back.