Commission Nears Final Seattle City Council Map, Sticks with Magnolia Split, Fixes Fremont Folly
On Monday, the Seattle Redistricting Commission heeded the calls of city-wide community coalitions, moving on to the final phases of establishing the Seattle City Council district boundaries for the next decade. Despite some fierce local pushback from Magnolia residents who lobbied to be unified in District 6, the plan keeps many other neighborhoods whole by splitting Southeast Magnolia between District 6 and District 7. The advancing map hewed closely to the vision put forth by Redistricting Justice for Washington.
The Magnolia outcry prompted…