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Housing & Affordability

Ending Street Homelessness

Reform of the Tri-City Animal Shelter
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Pasco City Councilman Leo Perales
Leo Perales is your District 3 Councilman for the great city of Pasco.
Its Your City. Expect More.
Opinions are my own and don’t represent my employer or the city of Pasco.
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TCAS UPDATE
See email below from my inquiry in relation to the access change for volunteers in the Behavioral and Isolation areas.
LP
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Wanting Trader Joe’s to come to Pasco is like me letting me ex girlfriend back into my life 😭😭😭
We will get a Trader JOSE before Trader Joe’s.
Are they the ones that climbed it? Lol
Get me one of those leo
They don't want my money! Lol
Love it Leo! 😁
With all these houses they insist on allowing where would TJ's be built? Oh, yeah, Richland just like Costco, which was supposed to be here in Pasco.
Yes!
See links below to review documents for tomorrow's meeting. Thank you to Andrea and Brian Moreno with Mikey's Chance Canine Rescue for the development of majority of these documents and recommended policies. Looking forward to tomorrow's discussion.
LP
2026 Proposed Animal Control Plan
docs.google.com/document/d/15zADe3PA4NszFm5Dx5fA7PK6qTMLdtdESO9hhlATZio/edit?usp=share_link
TCAS POLICY RATIONALE
docs.google.com/document/d/1l5ip3EHshyYTcaEYbnUe6643PoZ1QC65Wx0EgeRlCYU/edit?usp=share_link
TCAS POLICY RECOMMENDATION-NON STANDARD ADOPTION TRANSFER
docs.google.com/document/d/1XNIZT7nHwgCL4uv8o7i7-SDXZ_nfKr_i7nNy5_W25Jg/edit?usp=share_link
ADVISORY BOARD ROLE AND DUTIES
docs.google.com/document/d/1G_mGN2wODBoeg5Iz9LJKrbPRmRdK1qOLiLfPVqVb88k/edit?usp=share_link
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Your commitment to policy reform to protect those without a voice is admirable and much appreciated.
I support transparency and accountability, but I would like clarification on how the proposed oversight committee will be formed. What qualifications, experience, or expertise will be required for committee members? Will there be standards related to animal welfare, shelter operations, governance, veterinary knowledge, or community representation? I would also like to know who will select the committee members, what the selection process will be, and what measures will be in place to ensure the committee is independent, balanced, and accountable to the public.
It appears that the Advisory Board section is duplicated in parts 3&4; also, it appears that the Policy Rationale section is actually the Non-standard adoption section.
Id like to ask an honest question here. Why is the focus just on tcas? I know its because they had dogs up for euthanasia recently. What about other animal control agencies in the area? They also euthanize dogs? Is it maybe because a family member works there thats mentioned above? I would think said family member would be all over that shelter for euthanasia as well? Do those dogs lives not matter? Is it just tcas that is the villain here? Transparency was asked by the community for tcas. Why is the same not being held up for the other agency?
When is the new police chief going to be announced?
What about the city of Pasco actually taking charge and giving more information to the citizens on low cost and neuter, or putting some of our taxes towards giving vouchers for low-income families to get their animals fixed?So we don't have overpopulation of cats and dogs running the streets. Maybe the city of pasco can have more booths & at all of the public family functions, raising awareness of the important to get your pets fixed. And keeping them contained and safe. This puts a huge strain on rescues, when the City Of Pasco needs to start helping the citizens so rescues & the community arent overwhelmed.
Thank you for your work and advocacy on behalf of the animals in our community, it is SO needed!
Is this at the Pasco library?
Since the longstanding policy of VOLUNTARY compliance and community education in the BEST PRACTICE of spay / neuter / breeding ban to prevent unwanted animals, homeless animals, abused animals, chronic shelter capacity, and long term shelter confinement is an obvious FAIL, it is time to implement a policy and enforcement action towards MANDATORY spay / neuter across BOTH counties using the BFHS AND the TCAS. No amount of colorful posters or fairgrounds booth campaigns of pleading with the public is going to bring this serious problem under control. There isn't enough donor contributions to fund the spay / neuter voluntarily, and taxpayers are maxed out on taxes and aren't likely to vote in another tax. So ONLY when the Cities and Counties get serious on violations of animal welfare does change start to happen. For example, WHAT, if ANYTHING at all has been done to curb the deplorable practice of small animals being peddled at the local flea market?
Sent request to view docs!
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