Kathleen McLaughlin
45:35 - 46:08
“we also are seeing people congregating in certain areas of downtown and who are not really wanting to be in shelter but they are needing to be in shelter and we need to figure out how to more aggressively engage in that population because I think they are at higher risk.”
- Speaker
- Kathleen McLaughlin
- Timestamp
- 45:35 – 46:08
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
On the flip side, we also are seeing people congregating in certain areas of downtown and who are not really wanting to be in shelter but they are needing to be in shelter and we need to figure out how to more aggressively engage in that population because I think they are at higher risk. And there are people that we know, Emily Cho was supposed to be giving this presentation but somebody that's an assembly person that I won't name needed some assistance and so that's where she's at right now.
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