[1] In 2021, Woo began volunteering for Chinatown International District Community Watch (CIDCW), which was created after anti-Asian crimes, such as robberies, assaults, and vandalism, occurred in the CID during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The proposed expansion included 150 additional shelter beds, tiny homes, expanded support services, a sobering center, and reserved spaces for RVs.

[5] In response, Woo wrote an op-ed in the local International Examiner newspaper stating that the proposed expansion "...follows a long history of policies that have been forced on the CID, starting with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

[11] After the primary, Woo held a press conference with councilmember Sara Nelson and community leaders who all criticized the city's and Morales' response to address the drug use and illegal market that had negatively impacted the Little Saigon neighborhood.

In June 2024, Woo announced that she would recuse herself from a controversial Gig Worker Wage Bill after recommendations by the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission which stated there were potential conflicts of interest due to her husband and father-in-law owning a BBQ restaurant that uses food delivery apps.

[25] In the August 2024 Primary Election, Woo came in second with 38.38% of the vote, and Alexis Mercedes Rinck, former assistant director of policy planning and state operations at the University of Washington, came in first with 50.18%.

Rinck defended the price tag, saying it was to build housing, and she criticized Woo and the city council for not funding key services with progressive taxes.