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King County won’t have the money to make big strides on homelessness in the next few years, according to the two people running to be county executive. So the goal is to squeeze the most out of existing resources.

They differ on the best way to do that.

County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay, who led the primary by 14 percentage points, emphasizes creating individualized plans to help people out of homelessness and protecting the funding streams King County currently has.

“There’s never been a more important time for every single tax dollar that we have to go further,” said Zahilay, who represents Kin

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