New map would redraw Seattle’s City Council districts, with changes for Georgetown, Magnolia
“Looking at this map, I can tell right away that communities of color were not discarded for other special interests. This is key to an inclusive redistricting process,” Joseph Lachman, policy analyst at Asian Counseling and Referral Services, said in a news release issued Wednesday by the coalition.
…“Young people and renters in the downtown corridor have represented the bulk of growth in Seattle and especially District 7,” and shouldn’t have their voting power weakened by district lines, Jazmine Smith, political manager at The Washington Bus, said in the coalition’s news release.
According to the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce, some community members have raised concerns about the neighborhood being split, with part separated from Queen Anne. The Chamber suggested this week that residents request district boundary adjustments in Seattle’s “diverse and ever-changing downtown residential areas,” rather than the “long-established neighborhood communities of Magnolia and Queen Anne.”…
