Complex sentence: In the final report by the bipartisan redistricting commission issued in January 2012 shifts District 9 to the north to encompass Bellevue, southeast Seattle, and Mercer Island but only goes as far south as the southern tip of Commencement Bay in Tacoma.
Split into simpler sentences: In the final report by the bipartisan redistricting commission issued in January 2012 shifted District 9 to the north. It now covered Bellevue, southeast Seattle, and Mercer Island, but only goes as far south as the southern tip of Commencement Bay in Tacoma.