Spokane’s most eclectic polycule just had a baby.

The Safe and Healthy Task Force shared the results of their 9-month labor: goals for a safer, healthier Spokane — but they’re fuzzier on what exactly their baby’s going to do and how much it’ll cost

By: Erin Sellers

Outlets: RANGE Media

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 1,859

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Last year, regional leaders from across the political spectrum, with different hopes, dreams and lived experiences, shacked up and decided to make a baby.

They called this situationship “The Safe and Healthy Task Force,” formed with the goal of creating a set of recommendations that would ultimately guide our region’s elected officials in how to spend finite behavioral health and criminal justice dollars.

During the gestation, there were plenty of arguments about vision and goals, …

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