Spokane County approves statement defending its caseload rules amid lawsuit
The board approved, by a 3–2 vote with two abstentions, a public statement defending the county's December 2025 public‑defense caseload framework and calling on the state legislature to address funding imbalance; the statement said Washington funds roughly 4% of public defense statewide and that Spokane County invests $13,000,000 annually.
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The Spokane County Board of Commissioners on May 12 approved a board‑issued statement defending the county's December 2025 caseload framework for public defenders and responding to a lawsuit filed by Spokane County Public Defender Colin Charbonneau and legal counsel for the county's defense director (the transcript uses both 'Victoria Bloomquist' and 'Victoria Blumhorst').
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