Ed Murray

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Ed Murray

Jan 1, 2014–Sep 13, 2017

Status
Former mayor
Official record
Term record

Overview and record

Background and tenure

2015–2026 official records

The Ed Murray administration-period record includes 703 successful executive- or department-origin measures and 2005 legislative points. The largest share of those points falls in Utilities & Technology, with 117 measures in that policy area. The executive-order module separately records 16 counted orders and 60 document-only points.

Murray served as Seattle mayor from January 2014 until September 2017 after a long career in the Washington Legislature. His administration worked on transportation, housing, labor standards, and civil rights; he ended his 2017 reelection campaign and resigned after multiple sexual-abuse allegations, which he denied.

Tenure summary adapted from Wikipedia . It is historical context, separate from the LegisRate record and scores.

Legislative points

2005.0

703 successful executive- or department-origin measures.

2.9 points per measure on average.

How this score works

Executive-order points

60.0

16 counted numbered orders.

4 disclosed sensitivity flags.

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Legislation and executive orders are separate modules. Neither score establishes personal authorship, policy quality, implementation success, or responsibility for citywide outcomes.

Direct executive action

Executive orders

Complete numbered-order term roster from the City Clerk database.

13Reach
0Fiscal
15Durability
32Institutional

order points = reach + fiscal scale + legal durability + institutional scope. Reports, plans, later outcomes, and cited existing budgets do not inherit additional points.

SPD body-worn videoEO-2017-03 · 2017-07-17 · service or enforcement +5.0 pts

Direct actOrders phased deployment of body-worn video to all SPD patrol officers and continuing compliance with the approved recording policy and labor obligations.

The order deploys a continuing citywide patrol-accountability service through SPD with labor and human-resources coordination. It states no binding amount.

Factors 2/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

5 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 320342Official order · cited page
Performance Seattle data and analyticsEO-2017-02 · 2017-03-21 · administrative rule +3.0 pts

Direct actRequires all departments to work with Performance Seattle on measures, data inventories, dashboards, and continuing data-informed management.

The order establishes continuing internal performance-management requirements across all departments. It states no binding amount or direct public service.

Factors 0/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

3 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 320208Official order · cited page
Priority Hire expansionEO-2017-01 · 2017-02-08 · administrative rule +4.0 pts

Direct actRequires review of large City-supported private construction agreements for Priority Hire terms and directs labor-equity provisions for three named redevelopment projects.

The order creates continuing contract-review and labor-equity requirements benefiting a defined construction-workforce population across departments. The $5 million figure is a review threshold, not a new binding expenditure.

Factors 1/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

contract threshold not spending
4 points100% to the signing mayormedium confidenceClerk File 320135Official order · cited page
Drive Clean Seattle fleetEO-2016-09 · 2016-12-12 · administrative rule +3.0 pts

Direct actEstablishes continuing green-fleet purchasing, electrification, anti-idling, utilization, and reporting rules across City departments.

The direct effects are continuing internal fleet rules across departments. Public climate outcomes, annual fuel spending, and future purchases are not counted as direct reach or binding new spending.

Factors 0/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

3 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 320039Official order · cited page
Welcoming City protectionsEO-2016-08 · 2016-11-23 · administrative rule +5.0 pts

Direct actReaffirms citywide immigrant-service and non-inquiry rules, directs staff and contractor communications, and creates a multi-department Inclusive and Equitable City Cabinet.

The order reaffirms continuing citywide access rules and creates a multi-department cabinet serving immigrant and other protected communities. The referenced $250,000 was separately budgeted and is not a new binding amount in the order.

Factors 2/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

existing budget amount not scored
5 points100% to the signing mayormedium confidenceClerk File 320032Official order · cited page
Coordinated homelessness responseEO-2016-07 · 2016-08-23 · organization or coordination +4.0 pts

Direct actEstablishes a Director of Homelessness to coordinate policy, budgeting, delivery, and evaluation across the many departments involved in the City's homelessness response.

The order establishes continuing coordination for services to a defined population across many departments. It states no binding amount, and downstream service results are not counted.

Factors 1/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

4 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 319931Official order · cited page
Equitable public engagementEO-2016-06 · 2016-07-13 · administrative rule +5.0 pts

Direct actLaunches a citywide equitable public-engagement framework, reallocates neighborhood-outreach resources, and directs proposed legislation, digital tools, and departmental plans.

The order launches continuing citywide public-engagement rules and tools spanning all departments. It states no binding amount.

Factors 2/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

5 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 319870Official order · cited page
Navigation CenterEO-2016-05 · 2016-06-09 · service or enforcement +4.0 pts

Direct actDirects development, procurement, budgeting, and public-private coordination for a low-barrier Navigation Center serving people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

The order initiates a continuing shelter service for a defined unsheltered population through multiple offices. Funding recitals describe outside and existing resources rather than a new binding amount in the operative order.

Factors 1/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

mixed program procurement and planning terms
4 points100% to the signing mayormedium confidenceClerk File 319815Official order · cited page
Mississippi travel prohibitionEO-2016-04 · 2016-04-05 · temporary rule +3.0 pts

Direct actProhibits executive-department employees from using City funds for nonessential business travel to Mississippi until further notice.

The direct effect is a continuing internal travel restriction across executive departments. It states no binding expenditure amount or direct public service.

Factors 0/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

3 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 319643Official order · cited page
North Carolina travel prohibitionEO-2016-03 · 2016-03-28 · temporary rule +3.0 pts

Direct actProhibits executive-department employees from using City funds for business travel to North Carolina until further notice.

The direct effect is a continuing internal travel restriction across executive departments. It states no binding expenditure amount or direct public service.

Factors 0/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

3 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 319621Official order · cited page
Transgender inclusion and safetyEO-2016-02 · 2016-03-10 · service or enforcement +5.0 pts

Direct actDirects citywide transgender-inclusive facility procedures, frontline training, public-accommodation outreach, model employment policies, and regional information sharing.

The order directs continuing citywide public-facing procedures and workplace policies through several departments. It states no binding amount.

Factors 2/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

signed date unclear use clerk filed date
5 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 319611Official order · cited page
Open Data policyEO-2016-01 · 2016-02-26 · administrative rule +5.0 pts

Direct actRequires all departments to implement an open-data-by-preference policy, appoint accountable staff, institutionalize publication, operate the program, and engage public data users.

The order creates a continuing citywide public-data service and governance rule across all departments. It states no binding amount.

Factors 2/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

signed date unclear use clerk filed date
5 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 319605Official order · cited page
Planning and Community Development officeEO-2015-04 · 2015-06-23 · planning or reporting +3.0 pts

Direct actDirects four offices to develop the structure for a new planning and community-development office and prepare a restructuring proposal for the 2016 proposed budget.

The order directs a cross-department organizational design and budget proposal. The continuing assignment merits durability, but the future office and community outcomes are not counted as completed direct effects.

Factors 0/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

organizational proposal not later resultsigned date unclear use clerk filed date
3 points100% to the signing mayormedium confidenceClerk File 319392Official order · cited page
Indiana travel prohibition rescissionEO-2015-03 · 2015-04-07 · temporary rule +2.0 pts

Direct actRescinds Executive Order 2015-01 and immediately lifts the prohibition on City-funded travel to Indiana.

The order's sole direct act is a one-time rescission lifting an executive-branch travel restriction across departments. It states no binding amount.

Factors 0/0/0/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

2 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 319329Official order · cited page
Workforce Equity InitiativeEO-2015-02 · 2015-03-31 · administrative rule +3.0 pts

Direct actCreates a multi-department workforce-equity team and directs continuing Citywide analysis, policy alignment, training, leadership development, transparency, and gender-justice work.

The order creates continuing internal workforce-equity analysis, policy, training, and transparency duties across multiple departments. It states no binding amount or direct public service.

Factors 0/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

3 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 319318Official order · cited page
Indiana travel prohibitionEO-2015-01 · 2015-03-31 · temporary rule +3.0 pts

Direct actProhibits executive-department employees from using City funds for business travel to Indiana, requires a contract review, and directs an intergovernmental advocacy strategy.

The direct effect is a continuing internal travel restriction and review across executive departments. The order states no binding expenditure amount or direct public service.

Factors 0/0/1/2reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

3 points100% to the signing mayorhigh confidenceClerk File 319317Official order · cited page

Legislative module

Policy-area mix

Share of legislative points

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Utilities & Technology

343.0 points · 17.1%

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Legislative module · by year

Annual work

YearPointsSuccessful measuresAverage points
2017457.01602.9
2016804.02822.9
2015744.02612.9
Administration total2005.07032.9

Annual rows count successful executive- or department-origin measures by official outcome year. The figures describe the administration-period record; they do not measure personal authorship.

Legislative module · point-by-point audit

Contributing bills

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Imposes a tax on engaging in the business of distributing sweetened beverages.CB 118965 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2017 · Economy & Small BusinessTaxes, Revenue & Debt +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE imposing a tax on engaging in the business of distributing sweetened beverages; adding a new Chapter 5.53 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 5.30.010, 5.30.025.K, 5.30.060.C, 5.55.010, 5.55.040.A, 5.55.060.A, 5.55.150.E, 5.55.165, 5.55.220, and 5.55.230.A.

Taxes, Revenue & Debt

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $23,378,000. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 2, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

6 factor points100% administration-period record7 in favor · 1 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 125324
Imposes an income tax on high-income residents.CB 119002 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2017 · Transportation & InfrastructureTransitYouth & EducationBudget & Appropriations +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE imposing an income tax on high-income residents; providing solutions for lowering the property tax burden and the impact of other regressive taxes, replacing federal funding potentially lost through federal budget cuts, providing public services, including housing, education, and transit, and creating green jobs and meeting carbon reduction goals; and adding a new Chapter 5.65 to the Seattle Municipal Code.

TransitYouth & EducationBudget & Appropriations

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $125,000,000. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 2, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

6 factor points100% administration-period record9 in favor · 0 opposedprogram-specific budget action inherits affected serviceSigned ordinance 125339
Requiring periodic building energy tune-ups for certain nonresidential buildings.CB 118631 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2016 · Utilities & TechnologyElectricityBudget & Appropriations +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE requiring periodic building energy tune-ups for certain nonresidential buildings; adding a new Chapter 22.930 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Ordinance 124927, which adopted the 2016 Budget, changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.

ElectricityBudget & Appropriations

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,500,000. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.

Factors [1, 1, 2, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

6 factor points100% administration-period record7 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 125002
Adding a new Chapter 23.58C of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) to establish the framework for mandatory housing affordability for residential development.CB 118736 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2016 · Land Use & DevelopmentZoningPermitting & Development +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; adding a new Chapter 23.58C of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) to establish the framework for mandatory housing affordability for residential development; and amending Section 23.34.004, subsections 23.40.020.A, 23.76.006.B, and 23.76.032.B, Sections 23.90.002 and 23.90.015, and subsection 23.90.018.C of the SMC.

ZoningPermitting & Development

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $196,000,000. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 2, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

6 factor points100% administration-period record8 in favor · 0 opposedland-use or development actionSigned ordinance 125108
Authorizes the levy of regular property taxes by The City of Seattle for collection in 2017, representing an increase above the regular….CB 118851 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2016 · Government Operations & Finance +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE authorizing the levy of regular property taxes by The City of Seattle for collection in 2017, representing an increase above the regular property taxes levied for collection in 2016; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Reach 2: the rule or service directly applies citywide or through a citywide system. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $41,428,571. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.

Factors [2, 2, 0, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

6 factor points100% administration-period record9 in favor · 0 opposedinternal governance or general financial administrationSigned ordinance 125209
Provides for the submission to the qualified electors of the City at an election to be held on November 3, 2015, a….CB 118402 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Transportation & InfrastructureTaxes, Revenue & DebtGovernment AccountabilityElections +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to transportation; providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City at an election to be held on November 3, 2015, a proposition authorizing the City to levy regular property taxes for up to nine years in excess of the limitation on levies in Chapter 84.55 RCW for the purpose of providing City facilities and services, including transportation improvements, both capital and operating, with possible debt financing; creating a new oversight committee; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Taxes, Revenue & DebtGovernment AccountabilityElections

Reach 2: the rule or service directly applies citywide or through a citywide system. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $930,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.

Factors [2, 2, 0, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

6 factor points100% administration-period record8 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 124796
Related to imposing a tax on engaging in the business of making retail sales of firearms and ammunition.CB 118437 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Economy & Small BusinessTaxes, Revenue & Debt +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE related to imposing a tax on engaging in the business of making retail sales of firearms and ammunition; amending Sections 5.30.010, 5.30.060, 5.55.010, 5.55.040, 5.55.060, 5.55.150, 5.55.165, 5.55.220, and 5.55.230 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding a new Chapter 5.50 to the Seattle Municipal Code.

Taxes, Revenue & Debt

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $177,000,000. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 2, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

6 factor points100% administration-period record8 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 124833
Amending Chapters 22.800, 22.801, 22.802, 22.803, 22.805, 22.807, and 22.808 of the Seattle Municipal Code and adding a new Section 22.800.100.CB 118465 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Utilities & Technology +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Stormwater Code; amending Chapters 22.800, 22.801, 22.802, 22.803, 22.805, 22.807, and 22.808 of the Seattle Municipal Code and adding a new Section 22.800.100.

Reach 2: the rule or service directly applies citywide or through a citywide system. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $12,000,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [2, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

6 factor points100% administration-period record9 in favor · 0 opposedhistorical utility, communications, or electrical-system actionSigned ordinance 124872
Adding a new Chapter 23.58B of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) to establish the framework for an Affordable Housing Impact Mitigation Program….CB 118498 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Land Use & DevelopmentAffordable HousingZoningPermitting & Development +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; adding a new Chapter 23.58B of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) to establish the framework for an Affordable Housing Impact Mitigation Program for commercial development; and amending subsection 23.40.020.A, subsection 23.76.006.B, subsection 23.76.006.C, and subsection 25.05.675.I of the SMC.

Affordable HousingZoningPermitting & Development

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $195,000,000. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 2, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

6 factor points100% administration-period record9 in favor · 0 opposedland-use or development actionSigned ordinance 124895
Authorizes the levy of regular property taxes by The City of Seattle for collection in 2016, representing an increase above the regular….CB 118568 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Government Operations & Finance +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE authorizing the levy of regular property taxes by The City of Seattle for collection in 2016, representing an increase above the regular property taxes levied for collection in 2015; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts

Reach 2: the rule or service directly applies citywide or through a citywide system. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $95,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.

Factors [2, 2, 0, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

6 factor points100% administration-period record9 in favor · 0 opposedinternal governance or general financial administrationSigned ordinance 124930

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