Not only is the inaction by the Assembly puzzling, but it’s also dangerous.
Updated: 1 minute agoMayor Dave Bronson talks with a reporter at a sprawling homeless camp on 3rd Avenue on Oct. 5, 2023 in downtown Anchorage.
The Anchorage Assembly has voted against every one of my proposals to address homelessness, while at the same time publicly denouncing that I have not proposed any solutions. At a recent special assembly meeting devoted to the topic, all my solutions were voted down, with members asking for more time to consider them and others outright opposing my efforts. The political reality is they are more interested in opposing me than solving the problem.
The next proposal shot down or delayed indefinitely by the Assembly would have given the city the ability to clean up homeless camps. It placed new size limits on homeless encampments to 25 tents and put distance requirements between homeless encampments and shelters, driving down the ability for access to drugs and alcohol, and limiting predatory behavior.
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