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Downtown homelessness, fentanyl concerns raised in Spokane County public forum

2678606 · March 18, 2025
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Summary

Two residents used the county's open public forum March 18, 2025, to describe rising downtown homelessness, public drug use, and to thank commissioners for collaborative stabilization efforts; one speaker referenced a state bill he said could allow encampments on sidewalks.

At the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners meeting on March 18, 2025, two residents used the open public forum to urge action on downtown homelessness and express support for county collaboration on a stabilization program addressing fentanyl and related problems.

William (Will) Hewillings, who said he lives "a few…

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