100.0% passage rate
District 2
Eddie Lin
Member · 2025–2027
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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
41.8Toward the lower end 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.
2 opposed · 0 abstained
34 of 35 records
Sponsorship record11 prime · 0 co-sponsor · 11 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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Land Use & Development
23.4 points · 56.0%Environment, Climate & Parks
11.0 points · 26.3%Civil Rights & Democracy
5.0 points · 12.0%Housing & Homelessness
2.4 points · 5.7%By year
Annual work
| Year | Points | Passed | Pass rate | Original | Co-sponsored | Opposed | Abstained | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41.8 | 11 | 100.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 96.9 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| Career total | 41.8 | 11 | 100.0 | 11 | 0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 97.1 |
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Council roles
Committees & positions
- Vice ChairHousing, Arts, and Civil Rights Committee
- ChairLand Use Committee
- ChairLand Use and Sustainability Committee
- MemberGovernance, Accountability, and Economic Development Committee
- MemberHousing and Human Services Committee
- MemberLibraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee
- MemberPublic Safety Committee
- MemberSustainability, City Light, Arts and Culture Committee
- MemberTransportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center Committee
- ChairSelect Committee on the Comprehensive Plan
- MemberSelect Budget Committee
- MemberSelect Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes
Point-by-point audit
Contributing bills
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
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
Aligns Seattle Police rules for asking about immigration status with Washington state law.CB 121180 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Civil Rights & Democracy +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.
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
Revises environmental-review thresholds and transportation, archaeology, and cultural-resource requirements for development.CB 121093 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & Development +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.
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
Updates land-use requirements for transportation-impact studies and construction and transportation-management plans.CB 121135 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & 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.
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 a temporary rule allowing residential use in the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District.CB 121171 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & Development +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.
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
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
Temporarily lets qualifying housing projects use a simpler design-review process or skip design review.CB 121243 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & 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.
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
Rezones several neighborhoods and changes development rules to expand housing and community-serving uses.CB 121196 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Housing & Homelessness +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.
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
Temporarily pauses new or expanded data centers while Seattle develops permanent land-use rules.CB 121214 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & 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.
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
Extends the contract rezone and development agreement for a Rainier Avenue South property.CB 121220 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & Development +1.0 pt
Official titleAn ordinance relating to land use and zoning; approving the extension of a contract rezone approved by Ordinance 125632 and accepting an amended Property Use and Development Agreement for a property located at 5201 Rainier Avenue South (Application by Eagle Rock Ventures and 5201 Rainier, LLC, C.F. 314549, SDCI Project 3018378-LU).
Reach 0: the direct action concerns a specific property or facility. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 0: the required action is confined to one property, facility, or transaction.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 0]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional