Spokane business and community leaders have announced a task force that will study the community’s public safety and health problems.
The Safe and Healthy Task Force will look at Spokane’s criminal justice and health systems with a goal of developing a unified plan that could include a new jail by mid-2026. That plan may ultimately be funded by a tax package to be submitted to voters.
In 2023, Spokane County voters said no to Measure 1, which would have increased the county sales tax by .2% to fund new jail facilities…