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Joy Hollingsworth
Joy Hollingsworth, 2024
Member of the Seattle City Council
from District 3
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2, 2024
Preceded byKshama Sawant
Personal details
Born (1984-03-15) March 15, 1984 (age 40)
Political partyDemocrat
SpouseIesha Gloria Valencia
ResidenceSeattle, Washington
OccupationBusiness owner

Jacqueline J. "Joy" Hollingsworth[1] (born March 15, 1984) is an American politician, businessperson, and former basketball player. She is a member of the Seattle City Council from the 3rd district, having been elected in 2023. She played basketball at the college level for the University of San Francisco and later the University of Arizona. She served as an assistant coach at Seattle University. Hollingsworth is now part of her family's local marijuana business, The Hollingsworth Cannabis Company (THC Co.), which is based in Washington.

Early life and basketball career

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Joy Hollingsworth was born in Seattle on March 15, 1984.[2] Hollingsworth's paternal grandmother, Dorothy Hollingsworth, was a prominent educator and civil rights activist in Seattle.[3] Her uncle is former Sonics player, Bruce Seals.[4] Hollingsworth's mother, Rhonda, moved from New Orleans to Seattle to be closer to her brother, Bruce.[4]

Hollingsworth played for Seattle Prep and led the basketball team to their first girl's state title in 2002.[4][5] She started playing college basketball at the University of San Francisco and then later transferred to the University of Arizona after two years.[6] She earned her Bachelor of Arts in 2007 from the University of Arizona and in 2009, earned a master's degree in Education in Intercollegiate Athletics Leadership from the University of Washington.[6]

Before the 2009–2010 basketball season, she was hired as the assistant women's basketball coach at Seattle University.[7] Hollingsworth also played basketball in Athens, and has written for ESPN The Magazine.[8]

San Francisco and Arizona statistics

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Source[9]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03 San Francisco 29 309 40.7% 36.1% 80.6% 5.0 1.6 1.8 0.0 10.7
2003–04 San Francisco 27 293 41.2% 25.8% 57.1% 5.9 1.9 1.1 0.0 10.9
2004–05 Did not play due to NCAA transfer rules
2005–06 Arizona 30 431 43.3% 33.3% 56.1% 6.0 2.3 1.3 0.2 14.4
2006–07 Arizona 32 518 39.5% 28.4% 74.8% 5.3 2.2 2.1 0.1 16.2
Career 118 1551 41.1% 11.1% 66.7% 10.3 2.0 1.6 0.1 13.1

Post-basketball

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Hollingsworth left coaching in 2012.[7] In 2013, Hollingsworth's brother, Raft, convinced the family to begin and invest in a marijuana business, growing plants for their own business.[10] They opened the Hollingsworth Cannabis Company (THC Co.), located in Shelton, with Hollingsworth overseeing processing.[11] Their marijuana farm has around 9,000 plants and appeared on an episode of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.[12][13]

Hollingsworth and her family were crucial in ensuring a law supporting more people of color entering the cannabis industry in Washington state passed.[13]

Seattle City Council

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2023 election

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In January 2023, Hollingsworth announced that she would be running to represent District 3 on the Seattle City Council.[14] In her announcement, Hollingsworth state she would "develop and promote progressive and practical strategies to address root causes..."[15] Later that week, incumbent Kshama Sawant, the council's only socialist member, announced that she would not run for reelection.[16]

In the primary, Mayor Bruce Harrell endorsed Hollingsworth of the eight challengers for the open seat.[17] She earned the most votes in the August election, with 36.87% of the vote, and advancing to the general election alongside transportation advocate Alex Hudson, who earned 36.53%.[18][19] Hollingsworth and Hudson agreed that homelessness, housing affordability, and public safety, but differed on approach, with Hollingsworth supporting moderate solutions and Hudson more progressive ones.[18] Hollingsworth advocated for increasing police staffing and supported the city council's bill to prosecute low-level drug offenses, while Hudson advocated for greater community investments and police alternatives.[20]

In the November general election Hollingsworth defeated Hudson, 52.94% to 46.71%.[21][22]

Tenure

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Hollingsworth took office on January 2, 2024.[23] She was sworn in with five other new council members who all ran on a moderate platform, representing the largest turnover in the city council since 1911.[24]

In July 2024, Hollingsworth proposed legislation that would continue exempting businesses with less than 500 employees from matching the minimum wage for companies with 500+ employees and increasing the minimum wage based on inflation.[25] The plan was meant to advert small businesses from wages increasing by $3 per hour.[25] After public backlash from citizens, workers, and labor organizers, Hollingsworth pulled the bill, though she vowed to continue the advance the bill in the future.[26]

Hollingsworth also voted in favor of the controversial exclusionary zones known as the Stay Out of Drug Areas (SODA) and Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution (SOAP).[27] She added amendments that would create a SODA zone in the Capital Hill neighborhood to disrupt drug trafficking in the area.[27][28]

References

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  1. ^ "Financial Affairs Disclosure". Washington State Public Disclosure Commission. Archived from the original on September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "Joy Hollingsworth Biography". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Yoon-Hendricks, Alexandra (July 22, 2022). "Dorothy Hollingsworth, trailblazer in Seattle's education, civil rights community, dies at 101". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Smith, Craig (March 13, 2002). "Joy Hollingsworth: Shooting, scoring is gift from family". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Raley, Dan (February 8, 2002). "Prep rules Metro". Seattle Post Intelligencer. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Joy Hollingsworth Biography". GoSeattleU.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "WBB Assistant Coach Joy Hollingsworth to Leave Seattle U". GoSeattleU.com. June 1, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  8. ^ Ringer, Sandy (October 6, 2010). "Joy Hollingsworth to be inducted into Seattle Prep Hall of Fame". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  9. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  10. ^ Luna, Ruby de (October 24, 2018). "Meet the Hollingsworths, a family pot business". KUOW. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  11. ^ Young, Bob (November 28, 2016). "Trailblazing Seattleites run a family farm on the pot frontier". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  12. ^ "420: Pot's own holiday". The Dispatch. Moline, Illinois. Associated Press. April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ a b Frizzelle, Christopher (April 12, 2020). "Olympia Just Passed the Most Progressive Cannabis Law in the Country". The Stranger. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  14. ^ Bellamy-Walker, Tat (January 16, 2023). "Hollingsworth to run for Seattle City Council seat held by Sawant". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  15. ^ Dyer, Oxley (January 17, 2023). "Hollingsworth aims for Sawant's District 3 in race for Seattle City Council". KUOW. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  16. ^ Staff (January 19, 2023). "Kshama Sawant will not seek re-election on Seattle City Council". KOMO. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  17. ^ Schumann, Timothy (July 8, 2023). "Joy Hollingsworth endorsed by Mayor Harrell in District 3 Seattle City Council Race". The Center Square. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  18. ^ a b Clarridge, Christine (October 24, 2023). "Seattle voters to pick Sawant's successor in District 3". Axios. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  19. ^ "King County Official Results August 2023 Primary" (PDF). King County Elections. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  20. ^ Cohen, Josh (October 3, 2023). "Seattle City Council District 3: Joy Hollingsworth vs. Alex Hudson". Cascade PBS. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  21. ^ "King County Official Results November 2023 Election" (PDF). King County Elections. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  22. ^ Taylor, Sarah Grace (November 10, 2023). "Joy Hollingsworth wins Seattle City Council District 3 race". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  23. ^ Beekman, Daniel (January 2, 2024). "Seattle politics shift as City Council gets new members, president". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  24. ^ Ng, Assunta (December 12, 2023). "2024 will transform Seattle's City Hall — Its diversity is incomplete". Northwest Asian Weekly. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  25. ^ a b Hocker, Cornelius (July 31, 2024). "Seattle City Council member proposes wage hike delay to save small businesses from 'financial cliff'". King5. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  26. ^ Kroman, David (August 2, 2024). "Council member withdraws bill to rewrite Seattle's minimum wage law". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  27. ^ a b Cohen, Josh (September 17, 2024). "Seattle enacts controversial drug, prostitution 'stay out' zones". Cascade PBS. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  28. ^ Carder, Justin (September 9, 2024). "Hollingsworth proposes new Capitol Hill 'Stay out of Drug Area' including Cal Anderson Park, light rail station, Broadway/Pike hot spots". Capital Hill Seattle Blog. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
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