2022 Redistricting
Redrawn Seattle City Council Districts take effect on January 1, 2024. LEARN MORE.
Follow the Seattle 2022 Redistricting Process!
Official City of Seattle Redistricting Commission Website
VIEW: PROPOSED CHANGES to the FINAL DRAFT Redistricting Map | Submit YOUR Public Comment
VIEW: 4 pre-drawn redistricting maps (these do not reflect resident feedback)
VIEW: Redistricting Resources
VIEW: Population balanced redistricting map with ALL Downtown Seattle neighborhoods in District 7
VIEW: Map of Downtown Seattle, Page 258 of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan
WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
Redistricting could further divide Downtown Seattle's voice with the Seattle City Council, furthering circumstances that diminish and erode accountability for the the Downtown corridor.
Creating a significantly more compact District 7 that includes all of the Downtown Seattle Urban Center neighborhoods (Belltown, Chinatown International District (CID) Commercial Core, Denny Triangle, and Pioneer Square) benefits residents in multiple ways, but perhaps most notably by fostering the unified representation of similar urban and suburban living to the greatest extent possible. The residents of Seattle deserve District boundaries that meaningfully reflect our changing city.
Draw your own map!
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PARTICIPATE: Unite Downtown Seattle's Voice Redistricting Survey
NEWS
Magnolia, Fremont poised to swap Seattle council districts in redistricting - Seattle Times, September 29, 2022
Axios Seattle 1 Big Thing: Construction Boom - September 20, 2022
The Best of Times for Apartment Construction in Half a Century - Rent Cafe, September 8, 2022
New map would redraw Seattle’s City Council districts, with changes for Georgetown, Magnolia - Seattle Times, August 3, 2022
- Seattle Times, May 14, 2022
Seattle Municipal Code - Charter - Article IV - Legislative - Council Redistricting (LINK)
Subdivision D. COUNCIL REDISTRICTING:
(1) By October 31, 2022, and of each tenth year thereafter, a five-member Districting Commission shall be appointed. The Mayor shall appoint two members, and by a two-thirds vote the City Council shall appoint two members. The fifth member shall be appointed by majority vote of the first four members. The Commission shall elect a chair from among its members. No person may serve on the Commission who is an elected official (except precinct committee officer), a registered lobbyist, a candidate for elective office, or a City employee.
(2) The Districting Commission shall no later than two months after appointment, or November 30, whichever occurs first, appoint a districting master who shall be qualified by education, training and experience to draw a districting plan. If the Commission is unable to agree upon the appointment of a districting master by November 30, the Mayor shall appoint a districting master. All meetings of the Commission shall be open to the public, and the Commission shall conduct public forums around the City before adopting any plan. At least one public forum shall be held in each existing District.
(3) District boundaries shall be drawn to produce compact and contiguous districts that are not gerrymandered. The population of the largest district shall exceed the population of the smallest by no more than one percent. To the extent practical, district boundaries shall follow existing District boundaries, recognized waterways and geographic boundaries, and Seattle communities and neighborhoods. In drawing the plan, neither the Commission nor the districting master shall consider the residence of any person.
(4) The districting master shall draw a districting plan for the City, and submit it to the districting Commission by March 15 of the year following their appointment. The Commission shall develop, approve by majority vote, and make public a draft districts proposal and then after public comment, approve by majority vote a final districts plan; and shall have all powers reasonably necessary to carry out its purpose, may employ experts, consultants and attorneys not employed by the city, and shall prepare financial statements and compose and turn over to the City Clerk an official record of all relevant information used. Upon adoption, the districting plan shall be filed with the City Clerk. The plan shall become effective upon filing and cannot be amended by the City Council except to correct data errors upon request by the districting Commission.
(5) The City Council shall take all steps necessary to enable the Commission to function, including appropriations sufficient to provide a reasonable per diem for Commission members, compensation for staff and contractors, and reasonable expenses.
(Res. 31464, 2013.)
