Oct 7, 2026 · 11 min · 8 segments
Plus, Spokane County residents still rank homelessness and public safety as central concerns. And a proposed Washington state bill would ban transgender athletes from girls’ high school sports. New…
Spokane County residents continue to see homelessness and public safety as their main issues of concern.
That's one of the takeaways from a new pulse survey commissioned by the Greater Spokane Economic Development Agency.
44% of voters mentioned homelessness as one of their top concerns, followed by 29% mentioning, uh, something related to public safety.
Uh, those are up respectively six points and five points since the spring.
Uh, and you can see mentions of taxes, mentions of inflation have actually decreased, uh, back towards the middle of the pack here.
Greater Spokane Chief Executive Alicia Benson says these findings are similar to concerns raised in the other four versions of the survey.
These are cross-jurisdictional, um, issues and opportunities and challenges.
They are gonna continue to require collaboration between the public sector, the private sector, business, government, our community partners, um, as we, uh, tackle these top priorities for our region.
Respondents cited stronger enforcement of anti-camping laws as one of the most positive steps in improving Spokane.
Still, two-thirds of the six hundred respondents believe Spokane's quality of life is getting worse.
Spokane County residents continue to see homelessness and public safety as their main issues of concern.
That's one of the takeaways from a new pulse survey commissioned by the Greater Spokane Economic Development Agency.
44% of voters mentioned homelessness as one of their top concerns, followed by 29% mentioning, uh, something related to public safety.
Uh, those are up respectively six points and five points since the spring.
Uh, and you can see mentions of taxes, mentions of inflation have actually decreased, uh, back towards the middle of the pack here.
Greater Spokane Chief Executive Alicia Benson says these findings are similar to concerns raised in the other four versions of the survey.
These are cross-jurisdictional, um, issues and opportunities and challenges.
They are gonna continue to require collaboration between the public sector, the private sector, business, government, our community partners, um, as we, uh, tackle these top priorities for our region.
Respondents cited stronger enforcement of anti-camping laws as one of the most positive steps in improving Spokane.
Still, two-thirds of the six hundred respondents believe Spokane's quality of life is getting worse.
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