97.8% passage rate
District 7
Robert Kettle
Member · 2024–2027
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Overview and record
Activity at a glance
2015–2026 official records
Robert Kettle received credit for 45 passed matters in 2015–2026, earning 116.4 points—in the middle of the current council. The largest single contribution is CB 121164 (2026), worth 6.0 points: Prohibits civil immigration enforcement agencies from staging operations on city-owned and controlled property. The credited record is concentrated in Public Safety & Justice, especially police.
2015–2026 LegisRate points
116.4In the middle of the current council
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.
4 opposed · 0 abstained
126 of 130 records
Sponsorship record27 prime · 6 co-sponsor · 12 unranked · 45 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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Public Safety & Justice
89.7 points · 77.1%Transportation & Infrastructure
11.7 points · 10.1%Civil Rights & Democracy
6.0 points · 5.2%Labor & City Workforce
2.8 points · 2.4%Government Operations & Finance
2.4 points · 2.1%Housing & Homelessness
1.7 points · 1.4%Health & Human Services
1.5 points · 1.3%Other smaller areas
0.6 points · 0.5%Individual areas below 1% are grouped here only so the chart stays readable.
- Arts, Culture & Community0.6 points · 0.5%
By year
Annual work
| Year | Points | Passed | Pass rate | Original | Co-sponsored | Opposed | Abstained | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18.0 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 90.6 |
| 2025 | 63.5 | 27 | 100.0 | 27 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 98.0 |
| 2024 | 34.9 | 13 | 92.9 | 13 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| Career total | 116.4 | 45 | 97.8 | 45 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 96.9 |
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
- Vice ChairParks and City Light Committee
- ChairPublic Safety Committee
- MemberFinance, Native Communities, and Tribal Governments Committee
- MemberGovernance and Utilities Committee
- MemberTransportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center Committee
- Vice ChairSelect Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes
- MemberSelect Budget Committee
- MemberSelect Committee on Labor
- MemberSelect Committee on Seattle Transportation Benefit District
- MemberSelect Committee on the Comprehensive Plan
- MemberSelect Committee on the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy 6-Yr. Implementation and Evaluation Plan
- MemberSelect Committee on the Library Levy
Point-by-point audit
Contributing bills
Prohibits civil immigration enforcement agencies from staging operations on city-owned and controlled property.CB 121164 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Civil Rights & Democracy +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to civil immigration enforcement; prohibiting civil immigration enforcement staging on all real property that is City owned and controlled; and adding a new Chapter 14.125 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 2: the rule or service directly applies citywide or through a citywide system. 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 [2, 0, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves Seattle’s participation in a six-year countywide emergency-medical-services levy.CB 120996 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to emergency medical services; authorizing execution, pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, of an agreement with King County regarding the imposition and allocation of property tax revenues generated by a six-year, voter-approved King County-wide tax levy for emergency medical services; approving the submittal by King County of a proposition to the voters seeking authority to levy those additional taxes; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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 $80,880,898. 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, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes an agreement with South Correctional Entity for jail services.CB 120825 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to jail services; authorizing the Mayor to execute an Interlocal Agreement with South Correctional Entity for the provision of jail services; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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 $22,400,000. 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, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates drug-exclusion zones, related court orders, and penalties for violations.CB 120835 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to Stay Out of Drug Area (SODA) zones; creating the ability to issue written orders to criminal defendants describing conditions of their pre-trial release or post-conviction conditions of sentence; creating SODA 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 SODA order; and adding a new Chapter 12A.21 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
Defines the duties of Seattle's Community Crisis Responder team within the CARE Department.CB 121232 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAn ordinance relating to the operations of the Community Assisted Response and Engagement Department; describing the duties of the Community Crisis Responder team; amending Section 3.15.060 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding a new Section 3.15.064 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
Updates Seattle's policy for enforcing laws against knowing possession and public use of controlled substances.CB 121248 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAn ordinance relating to controlled substances; updating City policy for the enforcement of the crimes of knowing possession and use of controlled substances; amending Section 3.28.141 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and repealing Section 4 of Ordinance 126896.
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
Limits police use of less-lethal tools for crowd management to imminent safety threats.CB 120916 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Police Department; mandating that the Police Department adopt and maintain crowd management policies that prohibit the use of less lethal tools in crowd management settings unless specific facts and circumstances are occurring or about to occur that create an imminent risk of physical injury to any person or significant property damage; and repealing Section 3.28.146 of the Seattle Municipal Code and Ordinance 126422.
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
Revises how complaints against Seattle’s Chief of Police are investigated and overseen.CB 120977 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to oversight of the police; revising the process for investigating complaints naming the Chief of Police; adding new Sections 3.29.515 and 3.29.590 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Sections 3.29.510, 3.29.520, 3.29.530, 3.29.560, and 3.29.570 of 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
Approves updated surveillance reports and uses for police camera systems.CB 121052 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2025 updated surveillance impact report and 2025 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department's use of Closed-Circuit Television Camera Systems.
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 $1,700,000. 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, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves updated surveillance reports and uses for police real-time crime-center software.CB 121053 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2025 updated surveillance impact report and 2025 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department's use of Real-Time Crime Center software.
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 $3,700,000. 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, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Clarifies Seattle Fire Code rules for preventable alarms and unsecured premises.CB 121071 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Fire Code; clarifying provisions relating to preventable alarms and securing of premises, and amending Sections 112, 202, 311, and 901 of the 2021 Seattle Fire Code as adopted by Section 22.600.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code and as regulated and allowed by the State Building Code Act, chapter 19.27 of the Revised Code of Washington.
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
Removes Seattle’s residency requirement for temporary municipal court judges.CB 121064 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to removing the City residency requirement for judges pro tempore in Seattle; amending Section 3.33.140 of 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
Updates Seattle civil-infraction laws to match state law and makes technical corrections.CB 121079 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City’s civil infraction code; conforming the Seattle Municipal Code with changes in state law and making technical corrections; and amending Sections 16.64.040 and 21.36.922 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $125. 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
Updates Seattle criminal laws to match state law and makes technical corrections.CB 121080 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City’s criminal code; conforming the Seattle Municipal Code with changes in state law and making technical corrections; adding a new Section 12A.06.095 to the Seattle Municipal Code; amending Sections 3.33.020, 12A.06.187, 12A.06.195, 12A.09.020, 12A.12.040, 12A.14.075, and 12A.14.170 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and repealing Sections 12A.06.045, 12A.08.120, and 12A.08.130 of 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
Updates Seattle traffic laws to match state law and makes technical corrections.CB 121081 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Transportation & Infrastructure +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City’s traffic code; conforming the Seattle Municipal Code with changes in state law and making technical corrections; and amending Sections 11.22.080, 11.31.050, and 11.58.005 of 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
Adopts and updates the 2021 Seattle Fire Code and related rules.CB 120839 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle’s technical codes; adopting the Seattle Fire Code by adopting chapters of the 2021 International Fire Code by reference, amending certain chapters of the Code, and adopting new chapters for the Code; amending Sections 3.02.125 and 22.600.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code; repealing Section 1 of Ordinance 126283 and Sections 2 and 3 of Ordinance 127037; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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
Approves Seattle Police use of closed-circuit television cameras and lifts related funding limits.CB 120844 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2024 surveillance impact report and 2024 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Closed-Circuit Television Camera Systems; amending Ordinance 126955, which adopted the 2024 budget; and lifting a proviso.
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 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, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates operating, safety, and enforcement requirements for after-hours nightlife lounges.CB 120956 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of after-hours nightlife lounges; defining after-hours nightlife lounges; establishing operational and safety requirements for such businesses; describing enforcement mechanisms; and adding a new Chapter 10.10 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $100,000. 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, 0, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves updated surveillance reports and uses for police tracking devices.CB 120994 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2025 updated surveillance impact report and 2025 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Tracking Devices; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $250,000. 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
Approves Seattle Police use of automated license plate reader technology.CB 120778 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2023 updated surveillance impact report and 2023 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Automated License Plate Reader technology.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $280,000. 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
Approves Seattle Police use of real-time crime center software.CB 120845 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; and authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2024 surveillance impact report and 2024 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Real-Time Crime Center software.
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 a civil action and restitution requirement for illegal graffiti.CB 120995 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +2.4 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to a new civil cause of action against graffiti taggers for illegal graffiti on public and private property and requiring restitution; adding a new Section 10.07.055 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Section 10.07.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $1,000. 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, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Expands chronic-nuisance property rules, penalties, and available City remedies.CB 121006 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +2.4 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to chronic nuisance properties; allowing, under certain circumstances, an off-property nuisance activity to count toward determining that a property is a chronic nuisance; increasing penalties; clarifying the City’s remedies relating to chronic nuisance properties; amending Sections 10.09.010, 10.09.030, 10.09.050, 10.09.060, and 10.09.080 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
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 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
Approves a 2021–2023 Seattle Police Officers Guild labor agreement and related memorandum.CB 120783 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +2.4 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild for the period from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2023; authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $172,105,000. 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
Updates Fire Code authority for emergency abatement of unsafe buildings.CB 120777 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Government Operations & Finance +2.4 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to unsafe building abatement; amending Section 111 and Section 202 of the 2018 Seattle Fire Code as adopted by Section 22.600.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code and as regulated and allowed by the State Building Code Act, Chapter 19.27 of the Revised Code of Washington; declaring an emergency; and establishing an immediate effective date; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $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, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates criminal, traffic, and civil penalties for unlawful street racing events.CB 120806 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Transportation & Infrastructure +2.4 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to street racing; adding the crime of racing; adding the traffic infraction of vehicle participation in unlawful racing; adding the civil infraction of attendance at an unlawful race event; adding a new Section 11.58.440 to the Seattle Municipal Code; adding a new Section 12A.12.050 to, and amending Sections 11.20.230, 11.31.020, 11.31.121, 11.56.120, and 12A.09.020 of, the Seattle Municipal Code; declaring an emergency; and establishing an immediate effective date; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
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
Sets a vision and design principles for a regional transportation hub beside Westlake Park.Res 32191 · Resolution (Res) · 2026 · Transportation & Infrastructure +2.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION identifying the opportunity to develop a regional transportation hub adjacent to Westlake Park; creating a vision for how this hub will integrate with the surrounding neighborhoods; and setting forth directions for functionality, safety, and urban compatibility, along with guiding principles for the public projects planned for the area adjacent to Westlake Park.
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 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Sets expectations for professional law-enforcement conduct and directs Seattle police to document violations.Res 32193 · Resolution (Res) · 2026 · Public Safety & Justice +2.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to law enforcement officer professionalism and standards; reaffirming Seattle values related to professional law enforcement conduct; condemning recent actions of federal law enforcement agents; articulating expectations for law enforcement conduct within Seattle; and directing Seattle Police Department officers to document and report violations of law enforcement professionalism standards.
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 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a report on citywide emergency-preparedness training and agency coordination.SLI OEM-102S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +2.0 pts
Official titleRequest that OEM report on city-wide emergency preparedness training, and recognize OEM's key role among Seattle's public safety departments
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
Creates a permanent police recruitment and retention program and transfers supporting positions.CB 120766 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +2.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to recruitment and retention of police officers in the Seattle Police Department (SPD); transferring positions from Seattle Department of Human Resources (SDHR) to SPD; creating in SPD a recruitment and retention program; amending Ordinance 126955, which adopted the 2024 Budget; changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; amending Section 4.08.070 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $465,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a joint report on the City’s use of Good Neighbor Agreements.SLI HSD-007S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Health & Human Services +1.5 pts
Official titleRequest that HSD and OH provide a report on Good Neighbor Agreements
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
Affirms support for first responders, diversified public safety, and completing police reforms.Res 32167 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +1.2 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION acknowledging that Seattle residents, workers, students, and visitors deserve to be safe and feel safe; recognizing and appreciating first responders from the Seattle Police Department, Seattle Fire Department, and the Community Assisted Response and Engagement Department; affirming the City’s obligations to fully support, train, and equip first responders; committing to a diversified public safety response system; acknowledging the City’s actions to reform the Police Department under the federal Consent Decree; committing to resolve the remaining issues of the Consent Decree; and affirming the essential services provided by the Police Department.
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
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
Requests a report on transit-security improvements, services, and policy.SLI SDOT-107S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Transportation & Infrastructure +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that SDOT provide a report on implementing transit security improvements, services, and policy
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 recommendations for updating Seattle’s honorary street-naming policies.SLI SDOT-106S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Transportation & Infrastructure +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that SDOT provide recommendations on honorary street naming policies
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 pothole repairs and roadway-condition performance measures.SLI SDOT-105S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Transportation & Infrastructure +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that SDOT provide a report on the pothole repair program and performance indicators for potholes and roadway conditions
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 measures used to evaluate potential bus-only lanes.SLI SDOT-104S-B · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Transportation & Infrastructure +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that SDOT provide a report on the performance measures and evaluation criteria used for consideration of bus-only lanes
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 report on officer recruitment and retention.SLI SPD-110S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that SPD report on officer recruitment and retention
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 report proposing a comprehensive strategy for recreational vehicles.SLI MO-003S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Transportation & Infrastructure +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest a report from MO on a comprehensive Recreational Vehicle strategy
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 crisis-response dashboard and reporting on the Seattle Restoration Program.SLI CARE-101S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest CARE create Community Crisis Responder public data dashboard and request reporting on Seattle Restoration 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
Commits to ongoing Seattle Channel funding and requests an executive funding plan.CB 120911 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Arts, Culture & Community +0.6 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Channel; stating the City Council’s intent to establish dedicated and ongoing funding sources for the operating and capital costs of the Seattle Channel; and requesting that the Executive submit a funding plan by September 3, 2025.
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal plan, study, request, or policy statement. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,700,000. 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 [0, 1, 0, 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