Shivom Parihar: I was homeless in Salt Lake City. I don’t know if I would make it out alive today.

I fail to see compassion towards our most vulnerable reflected in Salt Lake City’s treatment of the unhoused.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sugar House Park on Monday, July 19, 2021.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sugar House Park on Monday, July 19, 2021.

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