From the article: "The council also passed a high-level spending plan Monday. The money from the new tax will be allocated to coronavirus economic relief this y

From the article: "The council also passed a high-level spending plan Monday. The money from the new tax will be allocated to coronavirus economic relief this year and preserving city services next year, the plan says. Starting in 2022, the revenue will fund affordable housing, community-led development, local business assistance and Green New Deal investments." About 800 businesses will be affected. The tax rates are far from exorbitant. The businesses can certainly afford to pay them, and the need is self-evident. Seattle has certainly done poorly for homeless people. Under the old guard it has spent a lot to have police push them around the city, and done very little else. Nothing visible except tent cities. Anything beats nothing.