Wilson came into office facing a $175 million projected General Fund deficit. Her answer is a budget with nearly $50 million in General Fund cuts each year, no new taxes and a promise to balance the books through 2030.
But some councilmembers are pushing back. They want things like more surveillance cameras, more cops and different public-safety priorities. Some are questioning Wilson's cuts to fire department overtime, and Councilmember Bob Kettle has even floated cutting affordable-housing funding to free up money for other priorities.
So who's got Seattle's priorities right? And if the city spends more on public safety or other priorities, what should the council cut to pay for it? Or should the city raise progressive taxes?
Co-hosts David Hyde, Erica C. Barnett and Sandeep Kaushik also ask Wilson why she decided not to raise the JumpStart tax, whether she thinks Seattle will eventually need 1,400 cops, why she's still clearing homeless encampments, and why she's scaled back her goal of adding 1,000 new shelter units this year.