Yeah the NPR weekend roundup talked about the city ending this program, and cited the costs as a reason for shutting it down- and strangely, there was zero mention of Seattle adding $20M to what it spends on police.
So, instead of dealing with homelessness by helping the homeless out of it, they’ve elected to re-org Seattle DOT back into SPD.
I was about shouting at the radio asking them when they’d consider funding homelessness outreach out of cuts to the police budget but noooo Seattle media people seem to think the answer to any problem is cops