SPOKANE, Wash. — The former mayor of Boise visited Spokane to talk with business leaders about how to address homelessness, sharing strategies that worked during his four terms in office.
Dave Bieter was the mayor of Boise from 2004 to 2020. The Democrat oversaw decreases in homelessness toward the end of his terms. He says he was surprised by the amount of people he saw camping on the streets in Spokane.
The Democrat says preventing people from camping in public spaces was the first step he took toward getting people off the streets. He says the city saw success by enforcing camping bans on public property…