“With government, the private sector and our predominant faith all pulling together, Utah can be much more than the ‘weird’ place Gov. Spencer Cox envisions,” writes the editorial board. “It can become a light onto the nation.”
Tribune editorial: Utah Legislature realizes the need for more homeless services, including a new shelter
Add to that the serious underfunding of the centers’ operations and the lack of new affordable and supportive housing for their clients, and the evidence of homelessness on the streets of the Capital City just kept getting worse., faced the facts and came up with money and means to better shelter our homeless neighbors, cleaning up our streets and parks in the process.
Lawmakers also approved a new streamlined management structure for homeless services, made it easier to commit the mentally ill for treatment without their consent and provide other services to those struggling with mental illness. The shift was pushed by the downtown Salt Lake City business community, the Salt Lake Chamber and a group of private sector leaders calling themselves the
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