[TRU Research] Discrepencies between Budget Archives and Open Data

Jim Walseth jim.walseth at gmail.com
Sat Jun 13 16:31:31 PDT 2020 

OK this is more what you requested. Years 2012 forward, with per capita as
well. I put in current population for 2020 in the spreadsheet.

https://public.tableau.com/profile/katie.wilson8886#!/vizhome/SPDBudget2012-2020/Dashboard5?publish=yes

On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 4:01 PM Jim Walseth <jim.walseth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh thank god something to do! I'm going crazy here reading social media.
>
> Well, is this too simple?
>
> https://public.tableau.com/profile/katie.wilson8886#!/vizhome/SPDBudget2008-2020_15920891310250/Dashboard5?publish=yes
>
> A benefit is that it will work well on phone screen I think.
>
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 3:09 PM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Jim, those are good points.
>>
>> On the second point, though, I think even if the actual trend line ends
>> up looking similar, there is a good story to be told:
>>
>>    - City human services spending has risen in the context of cuts to
>>    human services spending at other levels of gov’t (per McGinn’s email), so
>>    cities like Seattle are shouldering more of that role.
>>    - Because of rising rents and income inequality over the past decade,
>>    there is way more work to be done in this area, and the spending hasn’t
>>    nearly kept up.
>>    - By contrast, crime has not been increasing appreciably. In fact,
>>    there’s a decades-long trend of falling crime.
>>    - Because we’re not funding appropriate responses to poverty and
>>    homelessness, we end up funding more police to deal with the social
>>    disorder that results from this failure. In other words, we criminalize
>>    poverty.
>>
>>
>> But clearly this story is a little complicated, and you can’t tell it in
>> a single graph.
>>
>> I am working on writing something about the police budget and I would
>> also like to start sharing some of our work with the defund SPD folks.
>> Because we haven’t yet figured out the best way to present HSD numbers, *Jim,
>> could you make a page just containing the SPD graph starting in 2012 (in
>> whatever type of visual you think is most compelling)*, so I can link to
>> it from my article and also share it with our allies? I think we should use
>> 2012 as the starting point rather than 2008 or 2012 because it’s a low
>> point for the inflation-adjusted and per capita numbers, and also 8 years
>> is a nice round number in political terms. Spearking of per capita numbers, *could
>> you also make a graph (maybe a bar graph?) showing the per capita figures
>> from 2012 to 2020?* That could go on the same page I think.
>>
>> - Katie
>>
>> On Jun 11, 2020, at 5:49 PM, Jim Walseth <jim.walseth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Regarding the pass through line item, here are two considerations:
>> 1. RIght now the data attribution is simply
>> "From the CIty of Seattle budget archives
>> https://www.seattle.gov/city-budget-office/budget-archives, adjusted for
>> inflation."
>> If we start tinkering with the numbers the attribution should explain
>> what we did it and might appear to the casual reader that we are "juking
>> the stats".
>> But in reality...
>> 2. If removing the pass through has the effect of removing the 'bump'  in
>> early years, the Human Services* trend line *will look a lot more like
>> the SPD one.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 5:16 PM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> One more thought on the human services data, remembering what I found
>>> out before about the $26 million dip from 2011 to 2012, as explained
>>> here
>>> <https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/FinanceDepartment/12adoptedbudget/HealthHumanServices_2012AdoptedBudget_000.pdf>
>>> :
>>>
>>> "While the 2012 Adopted Budget preserves and increases General Fund
>>> support for HSD, the Department is experiencing reductions in State and
>>> Federal funding. The 2012 Adopted Budget recognizes impacts from changes in
>>> State funding in the Aging and Disability Services Division. Beginning
>>> in October 2011, *pass-through funding for home care program health
>>> plan reimbursements is redirected to home care agencies and is no longer
>>> administered by HSD, resulting in a significant budget reduction to HSD but
>>> no impact on direct services, as it was a change to the method of payment.*
>>>
>>>
>>> Given that this is an accounting thing, it seems like maybe we should
>>> try adjusting the 2008-2011 numbers so that they don’t include this line
>>> item, which (it sounds like) doesn’t appear in the later years (unless it
>>> was added back in at some point)?
>>>
>>> On Jun 11, 2020, at 2:07 PM, Jim Walseth <jim.walseth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Tip: you can go to
>>> https://public.tableau.com/profile/katie.wilson8886#!/ to browse all
>>> the samples.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 1:51 PM Jim Walseth <jim.walseth at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's another version. Personally I find the filled overlay a bit
>>>> misleading in the sense that the Human Services polygon covers part of the
>>>> SPD spend, making it visually smaller.
>>>> Here is the same viz just using lines.
>>>>
>>>> https://public.tableau.com/profile/katie.wilson8886#!/vizhome/SPDBudgetsample6/Dashboard3?publish=yes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 1:03 PM Jim Walseth <jim.walseth at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Katie, Taking a stab at your request:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://public.tableau.com/profile/katie.wilson8886#!/vizhome/SPDBudgetsample5/Dashboard3?publish=yes
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:43 AM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Looking good Jim! Visually I think I like the first graph better than
>>>>>> the bar graph— is there a way to overlay the human services budget on that
>>>>>> one in the same manner?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 11, 2020, at 10:38 AM, Jim Walseth <jim.walseth at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I fussed with both of those some more. I'm going back to my day job
>>>>>> now and will check in later for feedback.
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:25 AM Jim Walseth <jim.walseth at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fantastic work on the spreadsheet. Here are updates to the two
>>>>>>> vizzes I made yesterday, using inflation-based numbers.
>>>>>>> I also added data attribution, fixed up labels and things like that.
>>>>>>> Happy to make any changes that I am able to make!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://public.tableau.com/profile/katie.wilson8886#!/vizhome/SPDBudgetsample3/Dashboard1?publish=yes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://public.tableau.com/profile/katie.wilson8886#!/vizhome/SPDBudgetsample4/SeattleCumulativeSpending?publish=yes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 7:30 AM Katie Wilson <
>>>>>>> katie at transitriders.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Re what police do with their time… This guy Bryan Kirschner who’s a
>>>>>>>> tech employee (he’s the one organizing the Tech4Recovery group) used to do
>>>>>>>> community policing work & he’s writing a series about policing/public
>>>>>>>> safety. He sent me a link to this piece
>>>>>>>> <https://medium.com/@contact_28544/everything-you-know-about-policing-is-wrong-part-1-2639186e101e> which
>>>>>>>> I found enlightening.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jun 11, 2020, at 1:02 AM, Douglas Sexton <
>>>>>>>> sextondouglas at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jumping off of Harry's last contribution.I tied to get homeless
>>>>>>>> data for Seattle from 2008-2019 using the point in time count but there are
>>>>>>>> years that only have data for King County and not specifically Seattle.
>>>>>>>> Additionally as the years go on more areas are searched resulting in more
>>>>>>>> thorough higher counts but I think the methodology in the last 3 years is
>>>>>>>> relatively consistent. I added a column for King County # unsheltered
>>>>>>>> homeless which was the only consistent measure I could find (though early
>>>>>>>> years look very undercounted). A rough rule of thumb is ~60% of the count
>>>>>>>> is Seattle. It's definitely unclear on if investment in housing helped with
>>>>>>>> the deceleration of homelessness in the latest years but it sure is clear
>>>>>>>> that police aren't helping.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The salary per cop stat is super compelling to me. Maybe a
>>>>>>>> breakdown of what a cop gets paid as a percentage of how their time is
>>>>>>>> actually spent would be interesting.Thinking about that confessions of a
>>>>>>>> bastard cop post that has been going around recently (
>>>>>>>> https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759).
>>>>>>>> My understanding is a lot of the time these cops might be responding to
>>>>>>>> crimes after they happen and not catching anyone and possibly creating
>>>>>>>> unnecessary citations.You have to click the "all other crime" stats on the
>>>>>>>> dashboard here (
>>>>>>>> http://www.seattle.gov/police/information-and-data/crime-dashboard)
>>>>>>>> and one thing that jumps out is there are as almost as many trespassing
>>>>>>>> crimes as violent crimes so far in 2020. That seems... odd (unless you
>>>>>>>> already know cops exist to protect property interests). Maybe I can dig
>>>>>>>> into that more later.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Doug
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On June 10, 2020 at 10:38 PM Harry Maher <harryb.maher at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cool graphs, thanks, Jim! And yep, you're right re: inflation,
>>>>>>>> Katie. I added that and the rest of the annual budgets.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I also looked at inflation adjusted $/population in another set of
>>>>>>>> columns. I was thinking that, in addition to inflation, it might make sense
>>>>>>>> to normalize things by population growth as well. To Jim's point, they are
>>>>>>>> all experiencing the same population growth, but to Katie's point, the
>>>>>>>> narrative can change/get a sense of clarity when you normalize the #s. (Or,
>>>>>>>> at the very least, we can just report the amount that population has
>>>>>>>> increased over the same period b/c there remains the open question if
>>>>>>>> normalizing budget by population makes as much sense for all of these
>>>>>>>> programs--if the cops are smart, they may argue that they "need to patrol"
>>>>>>>> both ppl who live here as well as those visiting from surrounding areas for
>>>>>>>> work/tourism/crime/etc., while housing and human services would mostly only
>>>>>>>> serve Seattle residents.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyway, when we look at inflation adjusted $ spent per resident, it
>>>>>>>> looks like we were defunding human services for a while there and
>>>>>>>> essentially barely changing funding for housing over the years while
>>>>>>>> substantially increasing funding for the police. We can look at the # of
>>>>>>>> folks experiencing homelessness in Seattle over the same period and the #
>>>>>>>> of Seattlites estimated to be rent burdened or severely rent burdened (both
>>>>>>>> I assume have increased substantially more than population growth) to add
>>>>>>>> to a compelling story. That said, it's also a little misleading when we
>>>>>>>> can't use 2020 numbers due to a lack of 2020 population estimates from the
>>>>>>>> Census thus far (and 2020 is the year they increased funding for human
>>>>>>>> services and housing).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Another thought on the fact that salaries make up ~80% of the
>>>>>>>> budget and will need to get cut, or personnel will need to get laid off: we
>>>>>>>> can likely get some good traction if we compare what cops earn to what
>>>>>>>> human services and housing employees earn. Something like, "for each cop
>>>>>>>> that we have to lay off, we can hire 2 essential housing employees" or
>>>>>>>> whatever the actual number is.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 9:16 PM Katie Wilson <
>>>>>>>> katie at transitriders.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One reason I’m interested is that I’m pretty sure once you adjust
>>>>>>>> for inflation, human services spending is more or less flat between 2010
>>>>>>>> and 2018 (taking into account the 2011-2012 dip which is an accounting
>>>>>>>> thing), and I think that’s a good story to tell.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jun 10, 2020, at 7:46 PM, Jim Walseth < jim.walseth at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes I filtered the data to start at 2013 because only the spd data
>>>>>>>> exists from years before that in the spreadsheet. Once we have housing and
>>>>>>>> services data for all years I can open it up.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I question whether inflation is needed when doing comparison since
>>>>>>>> all would be affected. But yeah I always appreciate that effort.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 7:19 PM Katie Wilson <
>>>>>>>> katie at transitriders.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cool!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jim, on the bar graph in the first link, is there a reason you
>>>>>>>> started with 2013 instead of 2008 or 2010?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think we should play around with adjusting for inflation, too,
>>>>>>>> perhaps using this:  https://www.usinflationcalculator.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would be interested in seeing that bar graph starting in 2008 and
>>>>>>>> adjusting for inflation (to 2020 dollars, I guess).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jun 10, 2020, at 7:10 PM, Jim Walseth < jim.walseth at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ooh I'm liking this
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sample 2
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://public.tableau.com/profile/katie.wilson8886#!/vizhome/SPDBudgetsample2/SeattleCumulativeSpending?publish=yes
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:55 PM Jim Walseth < jim.walseth at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I made it "tall" so scroll down to see part 2. This seems to be the
>>>>>>>> fashion with web stuff now, rather than tabs, for instance.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:53 PM Jim Walseth < jim.walseth at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> First sample viz
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://public.tableau.com/profile/katie.wilson8886#!/vizhome/SPDBudgetsample1/Dashboard1?publish=yes
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:52 PM Harry Maher <
>>>>>>>> harryb.maher at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Omg Ben. WHAT?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And ok, I've been lazily plugging in numbers while listening to the
>>>>>>>> radio and now preparing dinner, hope to be done at some point, but feel
>>>>>>>> free to jump in anyone who wants this done more quickly...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And that's great, Jim!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Some notes:
>>>>>>>> - These pdfs are still v. opaque and we may have to wait until we
>>>>>>>> get more specific details from the city council. Definitely no line item
>>>>>>>> for "military weapons" or other definite cuts...
>>>>>>>> - Personnel was 80% of the $398,561,697 budget in 2019 (I can't
>>>>>>>> quickly find the % for 2020) and they report 2,172.35 FTE (with an asterisk
>>>>>>>> that it's approximated, but...). That puts the average salary at $146,776
>>>>>>>> if I'm not mistaken. That's insane. I get that it's a hard job, but yeesh,
>>>>>>>> also supposedly one of public service. Since they are city employees, I bet
>>>>>>>> we'd be able to look at individual salaries and look at how overtime pay is
>>>>>>>> allocated b/c I know that they get a huge chunk of their pay from overtime.
>>>>>>>> I'm sure getting rid of overtime pay will go a very long way towards
>>>>>>>> reducing the budget, but have no numbers to back that right now.
>>>>>>>> - Slightly in jest, but... maybe we can completely slash the budget
>>>>>>>> for East Precinct in addition to overtime cuts and see where that gets us.
>>>>>>>> Keep on the facilities/maintenance/custodial staff, see what the Black
>>>>>>>> community wants to do with the building, and reallocate those workers to
>>>>>>>> the appropriate division(s).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:30 PM Jim Walseth < jim.walseth at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am throwing this into Tableau Public and will make a few basic
>>>>>>>> samples. I removed the first row which just said "adopted budget numbers"
>>>>>>>> because it was confusing Tableau.
>>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 3:53 PM Katie Wilson <
>>>>>>>> katie at transitriders.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey folks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Since the Open Data site is unreliable, it looks like our best bet
>>>>>>>> for accurate budget data is the PDFs archived here:
>>>>>>>> https://www.seattle.gov/city-budget-office/budget-archives
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is a mini-project if anyone has time for it.  I created a
>>>>>>>> spreadsheet here
>>>>>>>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uDjqVID4gkBFfatMTM-hUbO-OAzR70Zc1-3GJEFZask/edit?usp=sharing>,
>>>>>>>> where we can compile data from the *adopted budgets *(not proposed
>>>>>>>> or endorsed) for SPD, human services, housing, and any other areas of
>>>>>>>> interest. I think the years 2010-2020 are key, but I’ve started the
>>>>>>>> spreadsheet in 2008 just to match with the recession, in case that shows us
>>>>>>>> anything interesting. Filling out this spreadsheet will enable us to make a
>>>>>>>> graph like the ones we were making from the Open Data site, only correct
>>>>>>>> this time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am in touch with some of the folks leading the Defund SPD effort
>>>>>>>> and they would love our help digging up data and making graphs etc. that
>>>>>>>> tell a good story to boost the case. So, rest assured our work on this will
>>>>>>>> be useful and appreciated! For example, I was able to send along this bit
>>>>>>>> earlier today, which I believe was then passed along to a councilmember via
>>>>>>>> a council aide to be shared aloud during the council meeting this
>>>>>>>> afternoon:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The SPD budget has *increased by * *43% since 2010*,  *after* you
>>>>>>>> account for inflation. (Not accounting for inflation, it’s a 68% increase.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here’s the math and sources:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2020 SPD adopted budget:  *$409 million* -
>>>>>>>> https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/FinanceDepartment/20adoptedbudget/SPD.pdf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2010 SPD adopted budget:  *$243 million* -
>>>>>>>> https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/FinanceDepartment/10adoptedbudget/PUBLIC_SAFETY.pdf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2010 SPD adopted budget, injusted for inflation to 2020 dollars: * $286
>>>>>>>> million* -  https://www.usinflationcalculator.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Increase from 2010 to 2020, i.e. 286 to 409, is (409 - 286)/286 x
>>>>>>>> 100 =  *43%*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - Katie
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jun 9, 2020, at 5:34 PM, Katie Wilson < katie at transitriders.org>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Budget office director to the rescue, kind of...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *From: * "Noble, Ben" <Ben.Noble at seattle.gov>
>>>>>>>> *Subject: * *RE: Discrepencies between Budget Archives and Open
>>>>>>>> Data*
>>>>>>>> *Date: * June 9, 2020 at 5:31:02 PM PDT
>>>>>>>> *To: * Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Katie – long and painful story here, but the Open Data site is not
>>>>>>>> accurate.  I am frankly embarrassed by that reality.  Short-term we may
>>>>>>>> take down the site, but obviously that is not a positive step in terms of
>>>>>>>> transparency.  It was something that got set up in a rush a few years back
>>>>>>>> and has been neglected since (and frankly has not been a priority in the
>>>>>>>> last few months).  I say that by way of explanation not excuse.  In the
>>>>>>>> term, the Budget Archives, while clunky, are the right source.  Based on
>>>>>>>> your flagging of the issue, I have just asked the team whether we can get
>>>>>>>> something else up in the near-term.  I will keep you posted.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -ben.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *From:*  Katie Wilson < katie at transitriders.org>
>>>>>>>> *Sent:*  Tuesday, June 9, 2020 4:29 PM
>>>>>>>> *To:*  Noble, Ben < Ben.Noble at seattle.gov>
>>>>>>>> *Subject:*  Discrepencies between Budget Archives and Open Data
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *CAUTION: External Email*
>>>>>>>> Hi Ben,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sorry to bother you with this, but I emailed the Open Data people
>>>>>>>> first and they told me to ask the City Budget Office. I’m wondering why
>>>>>>>> there are significant discrepencies between the  Budget Archives
>>>>>>>> <https://www.seattle.gov/city-budget-office/budget-archives> and
>>>>>>>> the budget numbers on the  Open Data site
>>>>>>>> <https://openbudget.seattle.gov/#!/year/default>.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To give one timely example,  this Open Data page
>>>>>>>> <https://openbudget.seattle.gov/#!/year/2020/operating/0/department/Police/0/service?vis=barChart> puts
>>>>>>>> the 2020 SPD budget at ~$357m, whereas the number in the  2020
>>>>>>>> adopted budget
>>>>>>>> <https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/FinanceDepartment/20adoptedbudget/SPD.pdf> and
>>>>>>>> reported in  various news articles
>>>>>>>> <https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/after-days-of-seattle-protests-city-will-withdraw-request-to-remove-police-force-from-federal-oversight/> is
>>>>>>>> $400m+. I have been digging around and making graphs and there are a lot of
>>>>>>>> discrepencies like this. I understand that proposed and adopted and actual
>>>>>>>> budgets are all different, but that doesn’t seem to account for it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please feel free to direct me elsewhere if there’s someone else I
>>>>>>>> should be asking about this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>> Katie
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Katie Wilson
>>>>>>>> General Secretary
>>>>>>>> Transit Riders Union
>>>>>>>> https://transitriders.org
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>>>>>>>> 206-781-7204
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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