Bellevue, Renton, and Seattle weigh major budget, housing, and policy choices

Bellevue is considering a roughly $2.3 billion 2027–28 budget that could add car-tab and sales-tax costs of about $57 per household annually while funding transportation, parks, housing, and public safety. Renton is advancing trail, affordable-housing, stabilization-campus, and immigration-policy measures, while Seattle debates development fees and affordable-housing funding.