“I support Rocky Anderson for mayor of Salt Lake City due to his track record of housing the unsheltered,” writes Wendy Garvin.
Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson speaks during a debate with Mayor Erin Mendenhall and Michael Valentine on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.I support Rocky Anderson for mayor of Salt Lake City due to his track record of housing the unsheltered. In his previous two terms as mayor, Salt Lake City had success withWe’re in desperate need of that type of strategic thinking and strength of will as we move forward.
Over the last four years, we’ve faced a pandemic, a serious economic downturn, a badly inflated housing market and a four-fold increase in need for overflow beds. The mayor I wished for would aggressively be funding housing, reducing permit waiting times, opening a sanctioned camp and providing extended services to the unsheltered already on the streets. These services would include case management, food, clothing, showers, trash service and health care.
Private nonprofits have provided food and healthcare, and the city has turned a blind eye to the great need for desperately needed shelter. This means our unsheltered population has grown to include families with children, people with pets, seniors with respiratory issues that couldn’t stay in congregate settings and people with mental health issues that didn’t do well in the crowded shelters, all of whom have been living on the street and in ongoing conflict with the police.
Rocky helped feed and house those who couldn’t fit in the existing shelters on the coldest nights and worked with local service providers to get at least eight people into housing this spring. In four years, the current mayor has yet to accept an invitation to join me for street outreach. I believe in a leader who will put his money, his service hours, his reputation and his passion where his mouth is.
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