Salt Lake Cityâs Downtown Ambassador Program extends to North Temple
The team of ambassadors helps people experiencing homelessness find shelter and services, among other duties.
(Photo courtesy of Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announces that the Downtown Ambassador Program is expanding to the North Temple neighborhood, during a news conference on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.
  | April 7, 2021, 2:24 a.m.
A program that aims to improve public safety in downtown Salt Lake City without increasing law enforcement has been expanded into the North Temple area.
The representatives of the Downtown Ambassador Program arenât police officers. Instead, the âambassadorsâ provide a âfriendly, uniformed presenceâ in Salt Lake City and are available to assist residents, business and visitors, according to the Downtown Allianceâs website. They also help people experiencing homelessness get access to shelter and oth
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Although a new Utah law means mask mandates will end statewide this weekend, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said nothing will change in the capital.
HB294, which lifts mask requirements Saturday, allows counties to extend their own local mandates. The Salt Lake County Council opted Wednesday not to do so. But Mendenhall said the law does not apply to her own local authority and emergency powers. She issued a proclamation extending the current mask mandate, in line with her numerous other declared local emergencies since March 2020 that are related to the pandemic.
“This proclamation does not conflict with state’s so-called COVID ‘endgame’ bill,” Mendenhall said at a news conference. “As a city, we will be guided by public health data. Protecting the health of our residents will always be my highest priority.”
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