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Spokane resident urges county to adopt 0.1% sales tax under RCW 82.14.530 to fund housing, cites Miami‑Dade criminal‑mental‑health model
Summary
At the county’s open public forum, Becky Dickerhoof described a criminal‑mental‑health program pioneered by Judge Steven Leifman and urged commissioners to use RCW 82.14.530 to impose a one‑tenth‑percent sales and use tax to fund housing and services for people experiencing homelessness.
A Spokane resident urged the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners to enact a one‑tenth‑percent sales and use tax under state law to finance housing construction and related services for people experiencing homelessness, citing a criminal‑mental‑health diversion model used in Miami‑Dade County.
Becky Dickerhoof told the board during the open public forum that attendees of a presentation by Judge Steven Leifman learned there are “25 times as many people with mental illnesses in correctional facilities as there are in all civil state treatment facilities combined.” She described…
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