CIVICS: As Spokane City prepares to pass protections for queer people, Mead wants to break state law and have “sex-segregated bathrooms” and Central Valley might file a Title IX complaint to the feds over Washington’s transgender-inclusive sports policies.
Dept. of Corrections says people who tested positive for illicit substances decades ago still require treatment if they want early release. Some of them don't even have a history of addiction, but the prison's behavioral health contractor places the inmates into their treatment program anyway.
The city is banning employment discrimination against homeless people and holding a first read on a policy to protect queer people, while the county preps to put aquifer protection before the voters.
Restricted turns on red, a traffic police unit (finally!) and a plan to get to the root causes of crash fatalities announced at Mayor Brown’s street safety press conference this week.
A new ordinance would include Two-Spirit people in the city’s human rights code, double up on state shield protections and ensure city employees’ insurance covers gender-affirming and reproductive healthcare.
CIVICS: Plus, potential new requirements for new shelters in Spokane, the city could ask voters to pay $15 to protect the aquifer and the county considers giving Sheriff Nowels a raise.
For some Spokanites, a 12% rent hike means forgoing medicine or turning the heat off. A rent stabilization law that would cap annual hikes at 5-to-7% is closer to passing than ever.
