Mayor Wilson’s $9.1B Seattle Budget Spares Employers a JumpStart Hike, Tightens the Screws on Apartment Fees

Mayor Katie B. Wilson's first proposed budget closes an inherited $175 million General Fund gap through spending cuts rather than a JumpStart payroll tax increase, a reprieve for Seattle's embattled office market that arrives alongside $140.2 million for affordable housing, 66 new police positions and fresh enforcement money aimed at apartment operators' fee income.