What a deal! For $14 million, the city would get 30 shelter beds and some services.
That’s Albuquerque taxpayers’ return on investment under Albuquerque City Councilor Pat Davis’ proposal to impose a limit on overnight shelter beds at homeless facilities.
Davis’ proposal could totally undermine the city’s plans to convert the sprawling old Lovelace hospital into a robust, 24/7, low-barrier shelter with a wide array of services. And it’s unclear what it would do to provide our homeless population with medical respite care that’s sorely needed to alleviate pressures on local hospitals and emergency rooms.
Davis says he wants to prevent the city from “warehousing” a large number of people in the 572,000-square-foot former hospital or anywhere else. His proposal would impose restrictions for overnight shelter beds based on zoning, with an upper limit of 100 beds in manufacturing zones and business parks. The mixed-use zone where the old Lovelace hospital is located w
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Meeeeee March 10, 2021 (7:00 pm)
I can’t go into Verity (my bank) without an appointment, but they can host an artist and people can come in to see the art.Seems it might be time Verity can open for limited customer service without an appointment needed like other W. Seattle banks.BTW I love the WS Art Walk.
Buddy March 10, 2021 (8:01 pm)
Sounds like fun to see the art in West Seattle. Also some day you can also take a walk around White Center and see all the art painting on walls done by a local artist that lives in The White Center Community.
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Women in charge in the Keller administration include, from left: Carol Pierce, Family and Community Services; Shelle Sanchez, Cultural Services; Monica Mitchell, economic developer; Donna Sandoval, city controller; Emily Jaramillo, AFR EMS; Lisa Huval, Housing and Homelessness; Sarita Nair, CAO; Michelle Melendez, Equity and Inclusion; Justine Freeman, deputy chief of staff; Carolyn Ortega, Animal Welfare; Cecily Barker, APD; Nyika Allen, Aviation; Jeannette Chavez, risk manager; Anna Sanchez, Senior Affairs; Mariela Ruiz-Angel, Community Safety. (Courtesy of city of Albuquerque)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. In March 2018, in honor of Women’s History month, I wrote an UpFront column
on the fledgling Mayor Tim Keller administration ensuring close to half of his top administrators were women, and that many were women of color. The column reflected their hopes of bringing different voices to the table,