5 issues to help south Spokane voters pick between Dillon and Treloar
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What steps do you think the City Council should take to address homelessness?
- Paul Dillon Supports more investment in social services and encouraging the development of more housing, particularly along transit corridors and areas with robust infrastructure.
- Katey Treloar Supports more housing, a regional homeless authority, and also tougher laws to prevent homeless people from impacting the quality of life for residents.
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What steps do you think the City Council should take to improve public safety in your community?
- Paul Dillon Supports staffing neighborhood resource officer positions and creating a nonemergency crisis response team modeled after Eugene’s CAHOOTS program.
- Katey Treloar Supports hiring more officers and showing more respect for the police.
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Do you support a moratorium on development in the Latah Valley?
- Paul Dillon Yes. Says a pause is needed until a plan for improving infrastructure is firmly in place.
- Katey Treloar No. Says infrastructure improvements are needed, but another moratorium is just a Band-Aid. Believes development in the area is also needed, given the city’s housing crunch.
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How would you incentivize the development of affordable housing?
- Paul Dillon Supports further incentivizing infill development and finding ways to disincentivize property owners sitting on undeveloped or vacant land. Also supports rent control to prevent housing from becoming unaffordable.
- Katey Treloar Supports more incentives and fewer regulatory burdens for developers.
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Do you support Measure 1, a 0.2% sales tax on the November ballot that would raise an estimated $1.7 billion
- Paul Dillon Strongly opposed. Believes the measure is $1.7 billion blank check that overemphasizes jail as a solution and that other promises aren't well detailed.
- Katey Treloar Believes that a new jail is needed, but questions if this is the right time to ask voters to raise taxes and doesn't believe that the plan being presented is detailed enough. Wants officials to go back to the drawing board and try again with a more detailed plan.