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Spokane Valley updates on Safe & Healthy Spokane task force; council presses for time and clarity
Summary
Deputy City Manager Eric Lam briefed the council on an asset assessment and engagement plan from the Safe & Healthy Spokane task force, highlighting housing scarcity, fragmented data systems, workforce shortages and an aggressive timeline that could produce recommendations by May 1.
Deputy City Manager Eric Lam told the council the Safe & Healthy Spokane task force has identified several systemwide problems — from limited crisis stabilization and inconsistent reentry services to workforce shortages and fragmented data systems — and proposed short‑, mid‑ and long‑term opportunities to strengthen crisis response and behavioral‑health supports.
Lam said the task force’s asset assessment emphasized housing scarcity as a…
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