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4.
City of Yakima
2019
State Legislative Priorities
Actively Pursue
- Increased state funding to support local efforts to provide homeless services
and affordable housing, including incentives for private developers to invest in
low-to-moderate income housing
- Replacing the one percent property tax revenue limit with a limit tied to cost
drivers (SB 5772 — HB 1764)
- Legislation designed to address the high rate of domestic violence present in
Washington State (SHB 2820)
- Equitable distribution of marijuana excise tax revenue to local government (SB
6552 — HB 2124)
- Increased state funding to support local gang prevention, intervention, and
suppression programs based on data generated from Yakima's pilot program
Support
- Efforts to reform and enhance the state behavioral health system
- Increased state funding to assist cities in meeting indigent defense obligations (HB 2031 —
HB 2012)
- Full funding of the Washington State Basic Law Enforcement Academy
- Legislation allocating one percent (1%) of the airport fuel tax imposed by RCW 82.12.020 to
the aeronautics account to be used for airport capital projects (HB 2754)
- Removing the July 1st, 2019 sunset language from RCW 43.43.960, which would allow"all
risk resources" mobilizations to continue (HB 2508)
Monitor
- Legislation providing greater flexibility in the use of public funds for economic development
purposes
- Legislation allowing municipal fire departments and fire districts to obtain reimbursement
from parties found liable for causing an incident requiring a fire department and/or fire district
response (HB 2460)