Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee

The Council's Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee considers and makes recommendations on policies relating to:

• public safety, including adult detention, juvenile justice and youth services, Superior and District Courts, judicial administration, prosecuting attorney, public defense, emergency medical services;
  
• emergency management, including disaster response, emergency preparedness, and emergency planning;
  
• public health, including those related to the protection, promotion and provision functions of Public Health - Seattle & King County, and the structure of public health centers; and
  
• human services, including implementation of the Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Action Plan and the Veterans and Human Services Levy, therapeutic and low-income housing, and civil rights and social justice.

Meeting Times: Second and fourth Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m.
Council Chambers, King County Courthouse, 10th floor

Primary Chair: Kathy Lambert
Secondary Chair: Julia Patterson
Members: Reagan Dunn , Larry Gossett, Bob Ferguson