100.0% passage rate
District 7
Robert Kettle
Member · 2024–2027
2026 so far LegisRate points
18.0Introduced Jan 1, 2026–Oct 8, 2026
5 sponsored measures adopted in this timeframe.
Largest policy area: Public Safety & Justice.
How scoring worksCurrent term · 2024–present LegisRate points
116.4Introduced Jan 1, 2024–Oct 8, 2026
45 sponsored measures adopted in this timeframe.
Largest policy area: Public Safety & Justice.
How scoring works2015–present LegisRate points
116.4Introduced Jan 1, 2015–Oct 8, 2026
45 sponsored measures adopted in this timeframe. In the middle of the current council.
Largest policy area: Public Safety & Justice.
How scoring worksTabs below show the full available 2015–2026 record. Longer service allows more time to accumulate points. Sources checked Oct 8, 2026.
Overview and record
Background and tenure
Serving now · recorded terms: 2024–2027. The legislative record shown here covers 2015–2026.
Robert Kettle is a Seattle politician and former U.S. Navy intelligence officer representing District 7. He moved to Seattle after his military career, became active in neighborhood civic affairs, and won election to the council in 2023. His committee leadership and legislative work have focused on public safety, police staffing, and the city’s stay-out-area ordinances.
Kettle has represented District 7 since 2024. As public-safety committee chair, he has worked on police staffing, drug-free areas, prostitution-related legislation, and less-lethal weapons policy.
Background summary adapted from Wikipedia; it is separate from the LegisRate record and score.
Full available record · 2015–2026
Activity record
45 sponsored measures adopted; present or late in 128 of 132 Full Council attendance records.
Outcome, voting, and attendance describe the record; they do not add to or subtract from the LegisRate score.
5 opposed · 0 abstained
128 of 132 records
Sponsorship record27 prime · 6 co-sponsor · 12 unranked · 45 early-recorded
Record details Outcome, voting, attendance, and sponsorship context
Sponsored outcomes0 unsuccessful · 0 pendingPending measures are not included in the passage rate.
Final voting choices412 recorded decisions1.2% opposed · 0.0% abstained · 25 not voting
Votes on contested matters37 recorded choices32 supported · 5 opposed
Attendance detail127 present · 1 late4 excused · 0 unexcused. Excused absences remain visible and are not treated as unexcused.
Sponsorship timing45 early · 0 after committee · 0 after passageFirst appearance in the official sponsor record.
Council-wide voting context93.4% without recorded opposition or abstention2912 of 3119 eligible final tallies; 207 contested.
Only the latest recorded legislative vote per matter is used; a missing structured tally is not counted as an absence.
Separate public records · non-scoring context
Financial information
Campaign contributions show money given to a campaign. Personal disclosure filings list reported income, investments and financial interests, often in broad ranges. These records do not estimate personal wealth or establish donor influence.
Campaign contributions
Reviewed2023 Council District 7
Selected campaign's reported and SEEC-coded contributions; amendments can change this snapshot.
Checked Oct 10, 2026
Donor list ranks reported donor names by direct private cash and in-kind contributions, net of audited corrections. Vouchers, candidate funding, loans and independent expenditures are separate.
Top 20 reported donor names · 25 names including ties
Equal amounts share a rank; names are alphabetical within a tie. The list includes ties at the cutoff.
- Rank 1 · Bob Kettle $1,374.32 total Cash $0.00 · in-kind $1,374.32 · audited corrections $0.00
- Rank 2 · Jeffrey Hawes $750.00 total Cash $750.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Bruce Blume $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Building Owners and Managers Assn PAC $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · carden johnston $600.00 total Cash $700.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections −$100.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Emelie East $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Gary Hunter $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Gerry Johnson $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Jeannie Nordstrom $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · jim margard $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Joe Quintana $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · JoEllen Loeb $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · John Byrum $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Kell Foley $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Kirk Robbins $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Lauren Burman $600.00 total Cash $800.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections −$200.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Lisa Brummel $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Mark Sidran $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Marty Goodman $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Maximilian Schmeiser $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
Show 5 more names, including every tie at the cutoff
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Pat Callahan $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Phil Brown $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Richard Loeb $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · SEIU Healthcare 1199 NW $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
- Tied rank 3 (23 names) · Steve Gordon $600.00 total Cash $600.00 · in-kind $0.00 · audited corrections $0.00
Names are grouped only by official contributor ID. Similar names, households and employers are not combined based on assumptions.
Campaign funding breakdown
- Candidate self-financing$4,455.04
- Candidate voucher contributions$100.00
- Ordinary Democracy Vouchers$88,425.00
- Miscellaneous receipts$0.07
- Direct private cash and in-kind, net of audited corrections$132,049.32
- Unitemized contributions$21,015.00
Reported loan-related records
- Bob Kettle · Form line L.1Reported amount $1,500.00Audited contribution effect $1,500.00; this is an accounting effect, not loan principal or an outstanding balance.
- Bob Kettle · Form line L.2Reported amount $1,500.00Audited contribution effect −$1,500.00; this is an accounting effect, not loan principal or an outstanding balance.
Sources and coverage
Selected campaign's reported and SEEC-coded contributions; amendments can change this snapshot.
One election cycle; primary and general are combined. This is not a lifetime total.
Contributor names follow public campaign filing IDs; reported names are not inferred identities.
Vouchers, candidate funding, loans and other receipts are separate from the donor ranking.
Independent expenditures are outside the candidate donor list.
This is a dated snapshot; later filings or amendments can change amounts.
Independent expenditures are not included in this donor list; this does not mean none were reported. Separate from direct candidate donors; deferred in this pilot. Check the separate SEEC record
Personal financial disclosure
ReviewedLatest received publicly indexed PDC personal filing as of the check date.
Checked Oct 10, 2026
Washington PDC Personal Financial Affairs (F-1) · official statement viewer
Coverage year 2025 · Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 · received Mar 26, 2026
View 11 disclosed entries
Disclosed income · 2
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City of Seattle
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Filer
- Reported income range$100,000.00 - $199,999.99
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Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS)
Retired Military Pay Filer
- Reported income range$60,000.00 - $99,999.99
Financial assets and investment income · 6
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United States Automobile Association (USAA)
Checking and savings Joint disclosure (whole source band; no inferred share)
- Reported value range$30,000.00 - $59,999.99
- Reported income rangeLess than $30,000.00
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United States Automobile Association (USAA)
Boeing Employee Credit Union (BECU) Joint disclosure (whole source band; no inferred share)
- Reported value range$30,000.00 - $59,999.99
- Reported income rangeLess than $30,000.00
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United States Automobile Association (USAA)
Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) Joint disclosure (whole source band; no inferred share)
- Reported value range$30,000.00 - $59,999.99
- Reported income rangeLess than $30,000.00
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Navy Mutual
Life Filer
- Reported value range$30,000.00 - $59,999.99
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Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Roth IRA Filer
- Reported value range$200,000.00 - $499,999.99
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TSP, ThriftLine Service Center
Government mutual fund Filer
- Reported value range$200,000.00 - $499,999.99
Business and organizational interests · 1
- Society of White House Military Aides Advisor Filer An organizational role does not imply ownership or personal income.
Washington real estate · 1
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Washington real estate
Reported property; location omitted Joint disclosure (whole source band; no inferred share)
- Reported value range$1,000,000.00 or more
Disclosed creditors · 1
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Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Real-estate creditor Joint disclosure (whole source band; no inferred share)
- Original debt range$500,000.00 - $749,999.99
- Current debt range$500,000.00 - $749,999.99
Sources and coverage
Latest received publicly indexed PDC personal filing as of the check date.
Self-reported personal disclosure, separate from campaign contributions, government finance and LegisRate scores. Bands are not exact income or net worth. Asset values describe the reporting period, not present holdings. An entry does not establish a conflict, misconduct or donor influence. Blank amount fields remain unspecified.
Includes filer and explicitly joint entries only. Family-only entries, all addresses, parcel identifiers, contacts, signatures, account identifiers, loan terms/security and unnecessary personal descriptions are omitted. Joint bands are not divided into a personal share.
Manual category/identity review of actual official source JSON; no net-worth calculation.
No included row is not evidence of no income, no assets, no liabilities or no business role.
Mortgages are drawn from the real-estate section as well as the separate debt section.
Repeated source rows are preserved; account labels or repeated bands are not deduplicated.
Source groups three bank descriptions within the USAA account entry; source hierarchy is preserved without reassigning institutions.
SEEC separate local F-1 statements · checked Oct 10, 2026: SEEC directs readers to contact its office for statement copies. No request made. Source
What the work concerns
Policy-area mix
Public Safety & Justice accounts for the largest share of points in the full 2015–2026 record: 89.7 points (77.1%).
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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
In 2026, 5 sponsored measures were adopted, contributing 18.0 points.
Full annual history · 2015–2026. Points use the measure’s introduction year.
| Year | Points | Sponsored measures adopted |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18.0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 63.5 | 27 |
| 2024 | 34.9 | 13 |
| Total in available record | 116.4 | 45 |
Year-by-year participation and sponsorship details
| Year | Points | Passed | Pass rate | Original | Co-sponsored | Opposed | Abstained | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18.0 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 91.2 |
| 2025 | 63.5 | 27 | 100.0 | 27 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 98.0 |
| 2024 | 34.9 | 13 | 100.0 | 13 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| Total in available record | 116.4 | 45 | 100.0 | 45 | 18 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 97.0 |
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
12 committee assignments available for current service.
- 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
45 adopted measures contribute to the full 2015–2026 total. Bills are listed by credited points.
Open filtered explorerProhibits 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.
City Property
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
(5 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 0 opposedcivil-rights or democratic-process actionSigned ordinance 127406
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.
Fire & EMSTaxes, Revenue & DebtProcurement & Contracts
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
(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedemergency medical services actionSigned ordinance 127235
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.
Procurement & Contracts
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
(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 1 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127065
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.
Courts & Legal Enforcement
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
(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 1 opposedaffected service identified in operative titleSigned ordinance 127085
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127466
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127485
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.
Police
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share6 in favor · 3 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127182
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.
PoliceGovernment Accountability
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127226
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.
PoliceTechnology & Broadband
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share7 in favor · 2 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127297
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.
PoliceTechnology & Broadband
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share7 in favor · 2 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127298
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127302
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127326
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127323
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127324
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127325
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service identified in operative titleSigned ordinance 127109
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.
PoliceTechnology & BroadbandBudget & 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 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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share7 in favor · 1 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127110
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
(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 60%Original sponsor · primary share6 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127202
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.
PoliceTechnology & Broadband
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
(2 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 1 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127236
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.
PoliceTechnology & Broadband
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
(2 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share6 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127044
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.
PoliceTechnology & Broadband
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
(2 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share7 in favor · 1 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127111
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.
Courts & Legal Enforcement
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 60%Original sponsor · primary share7 in favor · 1 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127250
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 60%Original sponsor · primary share7 in favor · 1 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127249
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.
PoliceCollective Bargaining
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
(5 factors + 1 sponsor) × 40%Original sponsor · co-sponsor share8 in favor · 1 opposedemployment or labor actionSigned ordinance 127019
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 60%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedinternal governance or general financial administrationSigned ordinance 127037
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
(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 60%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 1 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127056
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.
Parks & RecreationNeighborhoods
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned resolution 32191
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.
Police
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned resolution 32193
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 35
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.
PoliceBudget & Appropriations
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
(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 40%Original sponsor · co-sponsor share7 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127026
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
(2 factors + 1 sponsor) × 50%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 11
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.
PoliceFire & EMS
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
(2 factors + 1 sponsor) × 40%Original sponsor · co-sponsor share6 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service identified in operative titleSigned resolution 32167
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
Homelessness ServicesTenant Protections
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
(2 factors + 1 sponsor) × 33%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 17
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
Transit
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 33%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 45
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 33%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 44
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 33%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 43
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
Transit
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 33%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 42
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
PoliceTechnology & Broadband
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 33%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 40
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
Police
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 33%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 39
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 33%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 33
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 33%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 21
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
(1 factors + 1 sponsor) × 33%Original sponsor · unranked shareaffected service or requested subjectAdopted SLI page 34
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.
Affordable HousingTaxes, Revenue & DebtElections
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
(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 13%Original sponsor · co-sponsor share6 in favor · 1 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127101
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
(2 factors + 1 sponsor) × 20%Original sponsor · co-sponsor share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127157
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.
Affordable HousingCompensation & BenefitsTaxes, Revenue & Debt
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
(2 factors + 1 sponsor) × 13%Original sponsor · co-sponsor share7 in favor · 0 opposedemployment or labor actionSigned resolution 32148