CIVICS | This week you’ll see a lot of routine reorganizing, but there are some bigger items, too, like allocating money to fund shelter beds for the unhoused, discussions about sexual education in schools and finalizing the process for leasing out the former East Central Library.
As officials on all sides of the homelessness debate express optimism about shelter and supportive housing capacity, new data showing hundreds of households skipping bills and groceries to cover rent costs suggests the crisis is far from over.
