Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Friday vetoed a City Council budget plan to slash funding to the police department and eliminate the city's homeless outreach team, among other programs. The nine-member council approved the rebalanced budget that would have reduced police funding by 14% for the remainder of 2020. The cuts would have totaled around $23 million of the remaining $127 million in the budget, KOMO News reported. “I do not believe the 2020 budget in its current form moves us closer to those shared goals. Durkan also announced she and the council agreed to provide $45 million in COVID-19 relief funds for 2020 and 2021.

Source: Fox News August 22, 2020 02:22 UTC