Spokane leaders discuss the future of homeless ordinances, [Video]

SPOKANE, Wash. — After extensive conversations with the community, Spokane City Council has decided to hold round table discussions about deferred homeless ordinances. 

“We have heard a lot of feedback and it is clear that the community is very divided on this,” says Kitty Klitzke, Spokane District 3 City Council member. 

The focus of the press conference on September 5 was shifted to an ordinance sponsored by Council members Navarrete and Klitzke from a 2023 Spokane Human Rights Commission resolution to add “housing status” to the city’s list of protected classes and strengthen protections against discrimination in hiring, employment, property rights and privacy rights of individuals experiencing homelessness. 

City Council President, Betsy Wilkerson, drove home the fact that we need to deal with these complex issues together …