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Lobbyists report state legislative wins that curtailed a proposed large homeless campus at Oxbow
Summary
City-hired lobbyists and legal counsel said the 2025 Utah legislative session produced several bills affecting homelessness policy and that coordinated local advocacy helped prevent a large centralized campus proposal for the Oxbow site in South Salt Lake.
Lobbyists Dave Spadafore, Dave Davis and Ashley Spadafore told the council they worked with Mayor Wood, city staff and local department heads during the 2025 legislative session on homelessness-related bills and that their coordinated presence in Salt Lake City helped prevent a proposal to site a large centralized homeless campus at the Oxbow location.
"As we walked into those meetings with legislators, it was so powerful to have [the mayor] there with us," Dave Davis said, recounting meetings with legislators and the governor’s office. He and the team said they successfully kept…
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