Anchorage Assembly to vote on spending $2.5M to convert Solid Waste Services building into homeless shelter
Officials say the building could house up to 150 people and would provide food services, showers and case workers.
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Officials say the building could house up to 150 people and would provide food services, showers and case workers.
Vice Chair Meg Zaletel said her leave from the Assembly will run from May 24 to July 11.
The city-owned hotel has been at the center of local political fights for three years, and is now readying to take in dozens of people with nowhere else to go.
It’s common for some campaign signs to be vandalized. But campaigns say they’re experiencing a systematic destruction of large signs promoting center-to-left candidates across the Anchorage Bowl.
More than 300 people showed up to a town hall held by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, with most speaking against turning a recreation center into a homeless shelter.