Shannon and Nick Harper, Senior Director of Strategy & Policy, discuss the MBA's legislative priorities for the 2017 legislative session.

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By Noah Haglund, The Everett Herald

Everett, Wash.—A united Snohomish County Council passed a budget Monday that staves off most public safety cuts with help from a modest property tax increase.

The spending plan for 2017 followed the contours that council Chairman Terry Ryan had recommended a week earlier. Ryan's budget, in turn, hewed closely to a $238 million plan that Executive Dave Somers unveiled in September, though the council softened cuts to key sheriff's office programs.

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The latest data for permit amounts in King, Snohomish, and Pierce County for the month of January has been released, and it reveals a significant decline in multifamily permit activity in King County. In January 2022, there were 1,544 multifamily permits taken out, whereas this January, only 293 were recorded, resulting in an 81% drop year-on-year. Pierce County is also trending downwards; however, Snohomish County has recorded similar numbers to the previous year.

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