In overriding several vetoes from Mayor Dave Bronson, the Anchorage Assembly restored federal relief funds for community projects and reinstated a task force to come up with an emergency winter shelter plan.
that prioritized long-term efforts to support housing, children and families, economic development and workforce development.
In an 8 to 3 vote, Assembly members reinstated the funding to Rasmuson and $400,000 to the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness for a housing transition coordinator and funding to provide logistical help for people needing housing, such as help with transportation, fees for ID cards, birth certificates and rental applications. The coalition is a nonprofit that coordinates Anchorage’s homelessness prevention and response system and leads the implementation of the community’s homelessness plan.
In a 10 to 2 vote, the Assembly also reinstated funds to eight other projects, including $1.2 million to the Alaska Black Caucus for renovations and the creation of an equity center and $300,000 to Identity Inc. to increase staffing and expand Identity Health Clinic, which serves LGBTQ residents. “This is probably the strangest veto that we’ve gotten so far,” said Assembly member Felix Rivera, who chairs the Committee on Housing and Homelessness.of that task force, argued that the Assembly had essentially created an official city advisory body while bypassing legally necessary procedures, and said that members of an advisory body must be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the Assembly, per city charter.
Members passed the resolution after Bronson officials did not show up to a committee meeting on homelessness, during which Assembly members had expected the administration to present its own plans for emergency shelter.
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