Overview
- The council approved the municipal budget on a second day of deliberations after a procedural tie forced Mayor Jan van Zanen to defer votes.
- A ChristenUnie/SGP plan to allocate €2.5 million for homelessness from the co-financieringsfonds was revised after Wethouder Saskia Bruines called the original funding source extremely unwise.
- The adjusted homelessness proposal secured support as part of the final package.
- Only Hart voor Den Haag, PVV and Forum voor Democratie voted against the budget in the final tally.
- Local anger over the Daal en Bergselaan road conversion continues, with residents pursuing legal action and the city promising to retain parking for the Madurodam Manege.