(SEATTLE, Wash.) — In a speech at the city’s Charles Street SDOT maintenance and repair yard, Mayor Harrell outlined his priorities, which include spending significant amounts of money on homelessness, public safety, and transportation.
Among the proposals:
- Increasing SPD’s budget by $20 million and bringing parking enforcement back under the police department
- $2.2 million to hire 30 additional firefighter recruits
- $88 million sent to the King County Regional Homelessness Authority
- $2 million to ‘diversify’ 911 reposes
- Nearly $250 million to support affordable and supportive housing
His budget also uses payroll taxes to help fill a budget shortfall of more than $140 million.
The City Council will have the final say.
