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Residents, providers urge more local services for people experiencing homelessness and offer pet-care solution for treatment access
Summary
Multiple speakers at council’s citizen comments described enforcement impacts on people living outdoors, barriers to treatment for those with pets, and a local nonprofit’s effort to house pets while owners enter recovery. Samaritan Healthcare clarified it does not charge for Narcan distribution.
Several Moses Lake residents and service providers told the city council on July 8 that people experiencing homelessness face enforcement and access barriers and described local efforts to help people enter treatment.
"It's been nothing but constant harassment with the new city ordinances," said Steven Glaesman, a resident who said he has been sleeping in vehicles since the closure of a sleep center and described difficulty accessing services and one recent ticketing incident he…
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