Eddie Lin

District 2

Eddie Lin

Member · 2025–2027

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District 2
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Overview and record

Activity at a glance

2015–2026 official records

Eddie Lin received credit for 11 passed matters in 2015–2026, earning 41.8 points—toward the lower end of the current council. The largest single contribution is CB 121152 (2026), worth 6.0 points: Adopts permanent floodplain rules and updated maps so residents can remain eligible for federal flood insurance. The credited record is concentrated in Land Use & Development, especially zoning.

2015–2026 LegisRate points

41.8

Toward the lower end of the current council

0 credited measures originated in an executive department.

How scoring works

Outcome, voting, and attendance describe the record; they do not add to or subtract from the LegisRate score.

Sponsored outcomes 11 passed

100.0% passage rate

Final voting choices 116 in favor

2 opposed · 0 abstained

Full Council attendance 97.1% present or late

34 of 35 records

Sponsorship record11 prime · 0 co-sponsor · 11 early-recorded

Record details Outcome, voting, attendance, and sponsorship context
Sponsored outcomes0 unsuccessful · 4 pendingPending measures are not included in the passage rate.
Final voting choices118 recorded decisions1.7% opposed · 0.0% abstained · 1 not voting
Votes on contested matters4 recorded choices2 supported · 2 opposed
Attendance detail33 present · 1 late1 excused · 0 unexcused. Excused absences remain visible and are not treated as unexcused.
Sponsorship timing11 early · 0 after committee · 0 after passageFirst appearance in the official sponsor record.
Council-wide voting context93.4% without recorded opposition or abstention2904 of 3109 eligible final tallies; 205 contested.

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

Eddie Lin's policy-area mix Hover or focus a policy-area slice for its point total and share of scored work. 41.8 points

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Land Use & Development

23.4 points · 56.0%

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By year

Annual work

YearPointsPassedPass rateOriginalCo-sponsoredOpposedAbstainedAttendance
202641.811100.01100.00.096.9
20250.000013.30.0100.0
Career total41.811100.01101.70.097.1

Rates are shown only when the relevant official record exists. Vote and attendance measures describe participation; they do not affect points.

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Contributing bills

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Adopts permanent floodplain rules and updated maps so residents can remain eligible for federal flood insurance.CB 121152 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Environment, Climate & Parks +6.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to floodplains; adopting permanent regulations consistent with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regulations; adopting the February 2020 updated National Flood Insurance Rate Maps to allow individuals to continue to obtain flood insurance through FEMA’s Flood Insurance Program; repealing Ordinances 126113 and 126536; and amending Chapter 25.06 and Section 25.09.030 of 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

(5 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127410
Extends temporary floodplain rules for six months so residents can continue obtaining federal flood insurance.CB 121143 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Environment, Climate & Parks +5.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to floodplains; tenth extension of interim regulations established by Ordinance 126113, and as amended by Ordinance 126536, for an additional six months, to allow individuals to rely on updated National Flood Insurance Rate Maps to obtain flood insurance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Insurance Program.

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 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [2, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 127384
Aligns Seattle Police rules for asking about immigration status with Washington state law.CB 121180 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Civil Rights & DemocracyPolice +5.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to inquiries into immigration status; changing the requirements for circumstances where Seattle Police Department personnel may inquire into a person’s citizenship or immigration status to align the Seattle Municipal Code with state law; and amending Section 4.18.015 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Police

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 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [2, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 0 opposedcivil-rights or democratic-process actionSigned ordinance 127413
Revises environmental-review thresholds and transportation, archaeology, and cultural-resource requirements for development.CB 121093 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & DevelopmentZoningArts & Culture +4.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; revising environmental review thresholds and related provisions addressing transportation-related requirements, and archaeological, and cultural resource preservation requirements; amending the title of Chapter 23.52, the title of Subchapter I of Chapter 23.52, and Sections 22.170.050, 22.170.070, 22.170.190, 23.52.004, and 25.05.800 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

ZoningArts & Culture

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 $56,000. 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) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share7 in favor · 0 opposedland-use or development actionSigned ordinance 127391
Updates land-use requirements for transportation-impact studies and construction and transportation-management plans.CB 121135 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & DevelopmentZoningPermitting & Development +4.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; revising requirements for transportation impact analyses, transportation management plans, and construction management plans; adding new Sections 23.52.010 and 23.52.012 to the Seattle Municipal Code; amending the title of Chapter 23.52, Subchapter II, of the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Sections 15.04.035, 23.48.230, 23.48.290, 23.48.610, 23.48.710, 23.49.019, 23.50A.360, 23.52.008, 23.71.018, and 23.90.018 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

ZoningPermitting & Development

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 share7 in favor · 0 opposedland-use or development actionSigned ordinance 127392
Removes a temporary rule allowing residential use in the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District.CB 121171 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & DevelopmentZoning +4.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; repealing Ordinance 127191, which allowed residential use within the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District under Chapter 23.74 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Zoning

Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 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 opposedland-use or development actionSigned ordinance 127430
Clarifies the procedures City Council follows when making land-use decisions.CB 121215 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & Development +4.0 pts

Official titleAn ordinance relating to Council land use decisions; amending Sections 23.76.050, 23.76.062, 25.05.070, 25.05.340, 25.05.455, 25.05.460. 25.05.502, and 25.05.680 of the Seattle Municipal Code to clarify processes for Council land use decisions.

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 share5 in favor · 4 opposedland-use or development actionSigned ordinance 127477
Temporarily lets qualifying housing projects use a simpler design-review process or skip design review.CB 121243 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & DevelopmentZoningPermitting & Development +4.0 pts

Official titleAn ordinance relating to land use and zoning; adopting temporary regulations previously in Ordinance 127309 for six months to exempt housing projects that meet Mandatory Housing Affordability requirements using on-site performance units from Design Review, and allowing permit applicants for all housing subject to Full Design Review the option of complying with Design Review pursuant to Administrative Design review; temporarily suspending mandatory, and allowing voluntary, design review of proposed development in Titles 23 and 25 of the Seattle Municipal Code, consistent with Chapter 333, Laws of 2023 and previously in Ordinance 127309; and amending Sections 23.41.002 and 23.41.004 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

ZoningPermitting & Development

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 opposedland-use or development actionSigned ordinance 127487
Rezones several neighborhoods and changes development rules to expand housing and community-serving uses.CB 121196 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Housing & HomelessnessZoningPermitting & DevelopmentNeighborhoods +2.4 pts

Official titleAn ordinance relating to land use and zoning; rezoning certain land in the University District, the Fremont neighborhood, the Madison/Miller neighborhood, the Rainier Beach neighborhood, and the Downtown neighborhood; rezoning land and amending development standards to increase housing supply, support multi-purpose redevelopment on certain sites with community-based uses, remove code barriers to passive house, modular, and mass timber construction and to conversion from commercial space to housing in more zones, and incentivize community-serving uses along with the construction of more housing in certain areas; amending Sections 23.40.080, 23.47A.009, 23.49.008, 23.49.011, 23.49.036, 23.49.058, and 23.49.158 of the Seattle Municipal Code; adding a new Section 23.40.090 to the Seattle Municipal Code; adding a new Map 1L to Chapter 23.49 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at pages 60, 76, 109, 112, and 188 of the Official Land Use Map.

ZoningPermitting & DevelopmentNeighborhoods

Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $3,500. 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 opposedhousing-funded tax or conversion actionSigned ordinance 127445
Temporarily pauses new or expanded data centers while Seattle develops permanent land-use rules.CB 121214 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & DevelopmentZoningPermitting & Development +2.4 pts

Official titleAn ordinance relating to land use and zoning; introducing a new definition for data centers; adopting a moratorium on the filing, acceptance, processing, or approval of applications for the establishment or expansion of, or change of use to, data centers; amending Section 23.84A.008 of the Seattle Municipal Code; approving a work plan; declaring an emergency; and establishing an immediate effective date; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.

ZoningPermitting & Development

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 share9 in favor · 0 opposedland-use or development actionSigned ordinance 127447