The mayor is including about $129 million in spending cuts in her budget proposal but city officials declined to specify them before the budget’s release. “We are very focused on housing,” Bowser told the council during a budget presentation. Her budget also declines to implement a $25 million commercial property tax cut authorized last year by the D.C. Council. Bowser is also calling for funding to hire more law enforcement as the city grapples with a spike in homicides. The budget also includes $13 million to expand the Circulator bus into Ward 7 in Southeast Washington for the first time.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2019 13:24 UTC