Amy J. Hawkins: Proposed overflow shelter not good for the homeless or the Ballpark neighborhood

Legislature should reject plan to turn detox center into a shelter without services.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A few of the remaining campers warm themselves by the fire under the freeway over pass, on the last night of Camp Last Hope, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.

Amy J. Hawkins: Proposed overflow shelter not good for the homeless or the Ballpark neighborhood

Legislature should reject plan to turn detox center into a shelter without services.

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