Overview
- Mayor Jan van Zanen postponed the budget vote after a 22–22 deadlock, with ballots taken the next day.
- The ChristenUnie/SGP plan to boost homelessness funding was adjusted and then secured majority backing after initial resistance.
- Wethouder Saskia Bruines had called tapping the co-financing fund unwise, later apologized for the delay, and signaled openness following deliberations.
- Assurances to retain parking at the Daal en Bergselaan site helped sink a bid to delay that project, which still faces a residents’ court challenge.
- The budget passed with a broad majority; Hart voor Den Haag, PVV, and Forum voor Democratie voted against as the one-seat minority coalition continues to rely on opposition support.