87.0% passage rate
District 5
Cathy Moore
Former councilmember · 2024–2025
- Status
- Former councilmember
- Representation
- District 5
Overview and record
Activity at a glance
2015–2026 official records
Cathy Moore received credit for 20 passed matters in 2015–2026, earning 39.2 points—within the available comparison group. The largest single contribution is CB 120943 (2025), worth 6.0 points: Expands and extends property-tax exemptions for converting commercial buildings into housing. The credited record is concentrated in Housing & Homelessness, especially taxes, revenue & debt.
2015–2026 LegisRate points
39.2Within the available comparison group
0 credited measures originated in an executive department.
How scoring worksOutcome, voting, and attendance describe the record; they do not add to or subtract from the LegisRate score.
7 opposed · 0 abstained
65 of 76 records
Sponsorship record7 prime · 3 co-sponsor · 10 unranked · 19 early-recorded
Record details Outcome, voting, attendance, and sponsorship context
Only the latest recorded legislative vote per matter is used; a missing structured tally is not counted as an absence.
What the work concerns
Policy-area mix
Share of scored work
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Housing & Homelessness
30.7 points · 78.3%Public Safety & Justice
5.1 points · 12.9%Land Use & Development
1.7 points · 4.3%Health & Human Services
0.7 points · 1.8%Arts, Culture & Community
0.7 points · 1.7%Labor & City Workforce
0.4 points · 1.0%By year
Annual work
| Year | Points | Passed | Pass rate | Original | Co-sponsored | Opposed | Abstained | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.7 | 13 | 100.0 | 12 | 11 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 89.7 |
| 2024 | 19.5 | 7 | 77.8 | 7 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 83.0 |
| Career total | 39.2 | 20 | 87.0 | 19 | 13 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 85.5 |
Rates are shown only when the relevant official record exists. Vote and attendance measures describe participation; they do not affect points.
Council roles
Committees & positions
- ChairHousing and Human Services Committee
- Vice ChairSustainability, City Light, Arts and Culture Committee
- MemberLand Use Committee
- MemberLibraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee
- MemberPublic Safety Committee
- Vice ChairSelect Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes
- MemberSelect Budget Committee
- MemberSelect Committee on 2024 Transportation Levy
- MemberSelect Committee on Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy
- MemberSelect Committee on Labor
- MemberSelect Committee on the Comprehensive Plan
Point-by-point audit
Contributing bills
Expands and extends property-tax exemptions for converting commercial buildings into housing.CB 120943 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Housing & Homelessness +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program; allowing partial property tax exemptions for commercial to multifamily housing conversion projects; allowing the property tax exemption period to be extended to 24 years for properties with Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption expiring end of 2025; changing the MFTE Program’s sunset date to September 10, 2025; and amending Sections 5.73.010, 5.73.020, 5.73.040, 5.73.050, 5.73.070, 5.73.090, and 5.73.120 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
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 $330,300,000. 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 [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Extends Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemptions scheduled to expire in 2024.CB 120772 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Housing & Homelessness +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program; amending Section 5.73.090 and Section 5.73.120 of the Seattle Municipal Code to allow extension of tax exemptions scheduled to expire on December 31, 2024.
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 $439,500,000. 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 [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Extends the Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption program through March 2025.CB 120817 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Housing & Homelessness +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program; amending Section 5.73.120 of the Seattle Municipal Code to extend the program’s sunset date to March 31, 2025.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. 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 [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a joint report on using rental registration for proactive eviction prevention.SLI SDCI-003S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Housing & Homelessness +3.0 pts
Official titleRequest that SDCI, in consultation with HSD, report on utilization of RRIO for proactive eviction prevention
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 2: the requested work explicitly requires cross-department coordination.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Prohibits landlords from using shared algorithms to set residential rents in Seattle.CB 121000 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Housing & Homelessness +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing; and adding a new Chapter 7.34 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. 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, 0, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Adopts 2024–2026 Seattle Housing Levy plans, funding policies, and administrative authority.CB 120804 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Housing & Homelessness +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to housing for low-income households; adopting the 2023 Seattle Housing Levy Administrative and Financial Plan for program years 2024-2026; adopting Housing Funding Policies for the 2023 Seattle Housing Levy and other fund sources; authorizing actions by the Director of Housing regarding past and future housing loans and contracts; creating two funds for Housing Levy revenues; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Amends the City–County agreement establishing the King County Regional Homelessness Authority.CB 120858 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Housing & Homelessness +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to homelessness; authorizing the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee to execute an amendment of the interlocal agreement between The City of Seattle and King County establishing the King County Regional Homelessness Authority.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates prostitution-loitering crimes, exclusion zones, arrest policies, and violation penalties.CB 120836 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +2.4 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to prostitution; creating the crimes of prostitution loitering and promoting loitering for the purpose of prostitution; establishing policies governing arrests for prostitution and prostitution loitering; creating Stay Out of Area of Prostitution (SOAP) zones and providing for both the issuance of court orders relating to those zones and administration of those zones; creating the gross misdemeanor of violating a SOAP order; and adding new Sections 12A.10.010, 12A.10.030, and 12A.10.040 and a new Chapter 12A.11 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. 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 [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a plan supporting small businesses through the Equitable Development Initiative.SLI OPCD-005S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Land Use & Development +1.0 pt
Official titleRequest that OPCD develop a plan to support small business economic development through the Equitable Development Initiative
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests quarterly vacancy reports for City-funded rental housing projects.SLI OH-005S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Housing & Homelessness +1.0 pts
Official titleRequest OH to provide quarterly vacancy data reports on city-funded rental housing projects
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 1: the request creates a recurring reporting requirement. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests joint recommendations for distributing rental assistance to households at greatest housing risk.SLI HSD-040S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Housing & Homelessness +1.0 pts
Official titleRequest that HSD and SDCI report on how best to distribute rental assistance to ensure maximum distribution to households at risk of homelessness or eviction or currently homeless or in eviction proceedings
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 2: the requested work explicitly requires cross-department coordination.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Protects access to reproductive and gender-affirming care and limits City cooperation with outside investigations.CB 120950 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Health & Human Services +0.7 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to reaffirming The City of Seattle as a Welcoming City; supporting access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment in Seattle; extending the responsibility of City employees to protect the provision of reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment; and adding a new Chapter 14.115 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal plan, study, request, or policy statement. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. 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 [0, 0, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests analysis and an implementation plan addressing gun violence in Seattle schools.SLI HSD-038S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that the HSD report on a landscape analysis and an implementation plan for addressing gun violence in Seattle schools
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a Police Department report on automated sound-enforcement technology.SLI SPD-111S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that SPD report on automated sound enforcement technology
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a Police Department study of childcare options for sworn employees.SLI SPD-109S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that SPD study childcare options for sworn employees
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests reporting on CARE’s call-center staffing levels and operations.SLI CARE-001S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest reporting from CARE on Call Center staffing and operations
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a timeline for redeveloping the Lake City Community Center.SLI SPR-014S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Arts, Culture & Community +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that SPR report on the timeline for redeveloping the Lake City Community Center
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a report on tree data, enforcement, and payments made instead of planting.SLI SDCI-004S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Land Use & Development +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that SDCI provide a report on tree-related data, enforcement, and the payment-in-lieu program
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Sends voters a proposal to fund social housing through the payroll expense tax.CB 120864 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Housing & Homelessness +0.7 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to funding the Seattle Social Housing Developer; requesting that a special election be held on February 11, 2025 for submission to the qualified electors of the City of a proposition to fund the Seattle Social Housing Developer through the City’s existing Payroll Expense Tax; amending Section 5.38.055 of the Seattle Municipal Code; proposing a ballot title; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal plan, study, request, or policy statement. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $50,000,000. 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 [0, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Places Social Housing Initiative 137 and the Council's alternative on the February 2025 ballot.Res 32148 · Resolution (Res) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +0.4 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION regarding Initiative 137 concerning excess compensation payroll taxes to fund the Social Housing Developer (which the City Council determined not to enact on September 19, 2024); authorizing the City Clerk and the Executive Director of the Ethics and Elections Commission to take those actions necessary to enable proposed Initiative 137 to appear on the February 11, 2025 ballot and the local voters’ pamphlet in conjunction with the Payroll Expense Tax proposal (City Council Bill 120864), which is a proposed alternative measure dealing with the same subject matter in accordance with Charter Article IV; requesting the King County Elections Director to place the proposed Initiative 137 and its alternate on the February 11, 2025 election ballot in accordance with applicable law; and providing for the publication of such proposed Initiative Measure and its alternate.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the official summary reports no direct financial effect. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional