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Council hears updates on encampment response, resource centers and outreach ahead of possible county code-blue
Summary
City staff told council resource centers are at high utilization, outreach teams are coordinating transport and storage assistance, and the city expects Salt Lake County to call a code-blue sheltering activation soon; council members asked for clearer sequences of assistance and storage plans.
Directors from the mayor\'s office and the city\'s homeless policy and outreach team briefed the council on Jan. 7 about shelter capacity, outreach operations and volunteer-run temporary shelter options as Salt Lake County prepared to call a code-blue activation.
Andrew Johnson, director of homeless policy and outreach, told the council the city\'s resource centers are at or near capacity and that the county had been expected to call a code-blue activation “in…
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