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Totally! SLC looks increasingly awesome! In Denver we have a hidden agenda ballot measure coming up that would allow residents to sue the city if they didn't c
by dillondoyle 5y ago
Totally! SLC looks increasingly awesome!
In Denver we have a hidden agenda ballot measure coming up that would allow residents to sue the city if they didn't clear out homeless camps in 72 hours, while also putting into law a maximum cap of only four outdoor homeless spaces (parking lots) - while allowing amenities like porta-potties!
Importantly the measure doesn't allocate money OR require these spaces. Just limits the max number the city can have ;(
funded by Republican PAC.
Oh and when a church tried to put one of the mini-camps in their parking lot in a nice neighborhood, the neighbors sued.
It would be so much cheaper just to continue buying old motels and building apartments. Give them the keys, try to help after that. Free & easy suboxone and immediate access to addiction/mental/health treatment if they want it. Naloxone on stand by with nurses in concentrated areas (e.g. an apartment block) would save a ton of money too, not to mention save lives...
https://www.denvervoice.org/archive/2021/7/14/dark-money-group-funding-denver-homeless-ballot-initiative https://www.denvervoice.org/archive/2021/7/14/dark-money-gro...
- Zanneth 5y agoHow would you feel as a working class citizen, when homeless drug addicts are given a place to live rent-free while you have to work hard every day just to stay afloat? How would you feel if you had children who lived in the same neighborhood as a drug motel? These problems are complex, and require solutions that are more thoughtful than "just give them a place to live and leave them alone."