A $150 million budget deficit in the King County biennium general fund could mean drastic cuts to public safety-related departments and county legal services.
However, a new Senate bill could mitigate the cuts at the price of higher property taxes.
The $150 million deficit for the 2026-2027 biennium is about 17% of the county’s non-mandatory budget, said Dwight Dively, director of the King County Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget…