Redistricting process continues with public hearing
While a current plan under consideration to update Seattle’s City Council districts includes splitting Magnolia into two districts, members of a racial equity coalition believe compromise is necessary to make redistricting fair…RJS did not deliberately target Magnolia in its recommendations.
“We were drawing a map that tried to do the most good for neighborhoods across Seattle at large,” Hong said. Unfortunately, that meant splitting up Magnolia in the process because District 7 has seen the largest population growth in the last 10 years, Hong said. He also said RSJ is sympathetic to concerns that splitting neighborhoods makes it harder for residents’ to advocate for themselves in city government…