A new bill would ensure camping bans are enforced and prompt more counties to prepare plans for assisting the unsheltered in winter.
Taylor Burke, a volunteer with the Nomad Alliance, walks out of the House Business and Labor Committee meeting at the Capitol carrying signs the nonprofit had made for HB499, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.
“It’s a crisis before it hits 15 degrees,” Garvin said. “It’s a crisis at least at 20 or 25 degrees.”in downtown Salt Lake City so those experiencing homelessness have a way to stay warm on frigid nights. Mayors in all of the Salt Lake County cities with homeless shelters voiced support for the legislation., whose city has a family shelter, said he supports the increase in state funding to create a better overflow process in the winter and the “code blue” provisions that automatically increase shelter capacity on the coldest nights.
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