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Anchorage Mayor still hopes to get Assembly approval on controversial homeless shelters

PoliticsJuly 23, 2020

The Anchorage Assembly voted July 22 to indefinitely postpone a decision on Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s request to let him purchase four building to establish homeless shelters in various neighborhoods that are not zoned for that purpose. After five long days

Anchorage Assemblywoman: Mayor’s homeless plan is a misuse of taxpayer funds

OpinionJuly 22, 2020

Anchorage’s homeless problem has exploded in the last five years. Here are the numbers as compiled by the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness. 177 camps noticed in 2016 414 camps noticed in 2017 444 camps noticed in 2018 1,111 camps noticed in 2019

Unrelenting outcry against Anchorage mayor’s homeless shelter plan continues tonight

PoliticsJuly 21, 2020

The Anchorage Assembly weathered another long night of public outcry against Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s plan to set up government-run homeless shelters across several Anchorage neighborhoods. The fifth night of unrelenting public testimony ended at midnight on

4th day of public testimony set for Anchorage mayor’s hotly contested homeless project

CrimeJuly 17, 2020

Enormous public outcry over Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s plan to set up government-run homeless shelters in several Anchorage neighborhoods has spanned three days and will continue on Tuesday, July 21. Assembly members have already listened to scores of upset

Testimony spills into day 3 on plan to put homeless shelters in Anchorage neighborhoods

CultureJuly 16, 2020

Over the past two days, Anchorage residents have packed the Anchorage Assembly Chambers to protest a plan by Mayor Ethan Berkowitz to set up homeless shelters in local neighborhoods not zoned for this purpose. Day three of public testimony will resume tonight

Anchorage considers mandating that homeless seek shelter

CultureApril 13, 2020

The Anchorage Assembly will consider an emergency ordinance requiring all homeless residents to sleep in designated overnight shelters. The topic will be addressed at the April 14 Assembly meeting in response to community concerns that homeless camps may

Bill to outlaw abortion stuck in committee after failed vote

AbortionFebruary 3, 2020

A bill to establish that all Alaskans, from the moment of conception, have a natural and protected right to life remains stuck in the Health & Social Services Committee (HHS) after a failed vote to move it out last week. Rep. David Eastman’s House Bill

Anchorage should turn to faith-based outreaches to solve homelessness

CultureDecember 30, 2019

Members of the Anchorage Assembly just released their vision and goals for 2020, one of which is to end the decades-long plight of homelessness in Alaska’s largest city. The other three goals aim at addressing quality of life, public safety and economic

Faith-based Anchorage shelter heals souls by addressing ‘heart needs’

CultureDecember 13, 2019

A retired airline pilot, Sherrie Laurie, didn’t see this trip coming. She started volunteering at Anchorage’s Downtown Hope Center and then became director three years ago. Initially she just hoped to demystify the homeless and overcome her general

Rejecting state funds allows Anchorage homeless shelter to boldly share the Gospel

CultureSeptember 24, 2019

It was September, dark enough already for the northern lights to illuminate the tent where Daniel Bates was living in the margins of Fairbanks. The weather was bleak, his life was bleak, and no amount of alcohol was numbing the bitterness of either.

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