Days to deadline, Salt Lake County faces pressure to halt homeless site recommendation
SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams has until Thursday to recommend a homeless shelter site to the state — but as that day draws nearer, he's facing increasing pressure to halt the process that has outraged South Salt Lake and West Valley City leaders.
During a fifth public forum held at the Salt Lake County Government Complex Monday, McAdams was again surrounded by residents telling him the seven sites he's named as options for a new homeless resource center won't work and will damage their communities.
South Salt Lake resident Travis Massey, father of a 2-year-old daughter and 4-year old son who's lived in South Salt Lake for more than six years, said it's "not possible" to find a fitting site by Thursday's deadline.
"This is a county problem that's being hoisted on the shoulders of South Salt Lake and West Valley," Massey said. "
The county) needs to go back to the drawing board with this. Let the 30th pass and come up with a better plan."
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