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South Side residents press Santa Fe leaders for more services; volunteers ask for visible city support for cleanups
Summary
Multiple South Side residents and volunteer groups told the governing body that crime, homelessness and litter are harming small businesses and neighborhoods and urged more visible city services and leadership for community cleanups.
Several residents and volunteer leaders used the petitions-from-the-floor portion of Tuesday’s meeting to urge the governing body to step up public safety, services, and visible support for neighborhood cleanups in parts of the South Side.
John Paul Granio, identifying himself as representing a governor’s-office citizens council cleanup crew, said a recent two-block cleanup collected about 37 bags of trash — roughly 730 pounds — including tires and large metal items that volunteers could not remove. He said response times and lack of services…
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