Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) asked state lawmakers to approve a budget proposal allocating nearly $50 million to a planned homeless shelter in Salt Lake City.
In the governor’s $30.7 billion proposed budget for the next fiscal year, at least $25 million would go toward building the shelter, and another $20 million would go toward operating the facility. It’s estimated to hold up to 1,300 beds, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
An additional $5 million in one-time funds would be used to expand the Other Side Village, a community made for the chronically homeless in Utah’s capital…