The Governing Board of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority approved a resolution sending a proposed $227 million budget to the City of Seattle and King County. FOX13
lawmakers that the county’s 38 other cities are not contributing financially to the KCHRA’s budget.
The county’s 38 other cities have not contributed funds to the Authority’s operation, but are expected to benefit from its programs. The Board had just heard a presentation by Dones on what Harrell called a "wish list’ of $90 million in new expenditures. King County Executive Dow Constantine, who along with former Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan were the primary drivers in creating the Authority, said the current tax system doesn’t provide the equity for everyone to share equally the brunt of paying for fixing homelessness and housing.
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