Council legislates the comprehensive plan, zoning, design review, land-use regulations, and housing policy, with administrative and quasi-judicial roles kept separate.
Seattle public integrity deskOfficial sources · no unverified allegations
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USA PUBLIC INTEGRITY LEDGERFind the public record behind local power.
One search across 41 city desks, council systems, official-source topics, and the first reviewed federal influence sample.
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POPULAR ≠ TRENDING
Starting points are editorially curated. The ledger does not yet collect or rank people by user search activity.
WASHINGTON / ACCOUNTABILITY SOURCE DESK
Seattle
Direct final-action index
Seattle’s official action archive includes decisions, dismissals, settlements, and appeals—essential for a balanced accountability ledger.
Oversight model
Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission with campaign, disclosure, ethics, settlement, dismissal, and appeal records.
Available source lenses4 / 7
Official starting points2
Ingestion cohortPILOT
POWER & OVERSIGHT MAP / STRUCTURE FIRST
Understand the system before the cases.
This first model shows the relationships the ledger will document. It does not imply that an oversight body controls the officials or institutions it reviews.
01Residents & votersElections, public comment, complaints, records requests
→02Elected governmentMayor, council, and independently elected offices where applicable
→03AdministrationAppointed leadership, agencies, boards, commissions, procurement
WATCHOversight & disclosureSeattle Ethics and Elections Commission with campaign, disclosure, ethics, settlement, dismissal, and appeal records.
↔REVIEWCourts & prosecutorsCriminal and civil matters follow their own jurisdiction and burden of proof
→RECORDPublic evidenceOrders, dismissals, filings, audits, appeals, corrections
CITY COUNCIL & HOUSING DECISION FILE
Where housing power becomes a record.
This maps formal authority and public access. It does not assign the council sole responsibility for housing supply or infer motive from a vote, meeting, contribution, or lobbying registration.
Advisory and binding stages must remain labeled separately.
Seattle publishes direct and grassroots lobbying registrations and reports. Reported lobbying identifies an effort to influence—not the cause of a legislative outcome.
01 / CouncilSeattle City CouncilCouncilmembers, committees, legislation, and public participation.OPEN OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗02 / Legislation / meetingsSeattle legislative recordsCouncil bills, ordinances, actions, votes, and meeting files.OPEN OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗03 / Planning / zoningLand Use and Sustainability CommitteeCouncil scope, meetings, hearings, agendas, and legislation.OPEN OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗04 / Lobbying / disclosureSeattle lobbyist disclosureSearchable lobbyists, employers, compensation, activity, and reports.OPEN OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
THE LEDGER TESTAUTHORITY → PROPOSAL → STAFF RECORD → HEARING → AMENDMENT → VOTE → APPEAL → IMPLEMENTATIONCOMPARE ALL 41 CITY SYSTEMS →
SOURCE READINESS
What this city can support.
An unavailable lens remains visibly unavailable. It never becomes a zero, an exoneration, or proof that no matter exists.
OFFICIAL STARTING POINTS
The evidence shelf.
These links define the first ingestion boundary. They do not yet represent a complete historical case count.
Ethics
OPEN OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗Seattle Commission actions
Decisions, dismissals, settlements, and appeals.
Campaign finance
OPEN OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗Seattle law and filer information
Historical opinions, settlements, and filer resources.
STATUS IS THE HEADLINE
One matter. Every procedural turn.
A person can be connected to multiple matters. Each matter keeps its own forum, case number, allegations, findings, outcome, and appeal history.
01Public filingComplaint, audit, referral, or charging document
→02ReviewJurisdiction, legal sufficiency, probable cause, or investigation
→03DecisionDismissal, no violation, settlement, plea, verdict, or final order
→04AftermathSanction, sentence, appeal, reversal, corrective action, or closure
A complaint is an allegation. A charge is an allegation in court. An audit finding is an oversight conclusion. An ethics violation is an administrative outcome. Only a guilty plea or conviction is labeled as a criminal finding—and appeals or vacatur remain visible.