In September, Mayor Bruce Harrell released his proposed 2024 budget, which significantly increased money for affordable-housing construction and operations, directed more than $100 million to the King County Regional Homelessness Authority and provided funds to launch Seattle’s “dual dispatch” pilot program that will send mental health professionals out on certain 911 emergency calls, among other priorities.
The budget then headed to the City Council for amendments and balancing. It’s one of the final actions the current body will take, with six of its nine members departing office at the end of the year.
In the end, the Council adopted 120 amendments to the mayor’s proposal. They include one-off items like
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