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Between 2023 and 2024, King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) distributed over $1.5 billion. To put this into perspective, that amount represents a 6,700% increase compared to the combined $22 million spent in 2019-2020. This astronomical surge isn't merely inflation—it's a sign of reckless fiscal expansion, driven perhaps by political pressures and a lack of stringency.
What's more alarming is that this massive influx of funds does not even account for additional programs managed by regional entities like the King County Regional Housing Authority, which in recent years has requested billions for homelessness initiatives, nearly enough to house every homeless individual in the county multiple times over.