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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Initiatives in local government -- Washington (State) -- Seattle

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Comptroller Subject Files

 Series — Box 10
Identifier: 1800-07
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, committee records, and studies related to the administration of City finances. Includes materials of the Debt Management Policy Advisory Committee, Investment Committee, data processing planning, financial systems planning, and audits. Also includes records related to the City Clerk's functions including election administration and processing of initiative petitions.

Dates: 1912-1991

Initiatives

 Series
Identifier: 1802-B8
Scope and Contents note

Petitions and reports on sufficiency of petition signatures on initiatives brought by the citizens of Seattle. Included is the 1908 Charter Amendment petition for direct legislation by initiative and referendum. An initiative is the citizens' right to initiate legislation or other measures to be voted on by the people.

Dates: 1906-1994

Mark Sidran Subject Files

 Series — Box 34
Identifier: 4400-02
Abstract

Records from Mark Sidran's tenure as Seattle's city attorney.

Dates: 1990-2002