Kathleen McLaughlin
44:16 - 44:51
“We targeted placement for surges ever since the— we started this about a month ago, and what I mean by that is we went to certain areas of the town that had the highest visible homelessness issues. So the first group, we had 40, we targeted Midtown, then we went to Mountain View. Last, this last surge of up to 20, we went directly to the Safety Center and we pulled people out of the Safety Center who were there to rest”
- Speaker
- Kathleen McLaughlin
- Timestamp
- 44:16 – 44:51
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
I'm Kathleen McLaughlin with RRS. Just wanted to make a couple comments on the surge. We targeted placement for surges ever since the— we started this about a month ago, and what I mean by that is we went to certain areas of the town that had the highest visible homelessness issues. So the first group, we had 40, we targeted Midtown, then we went to Mountain View. Last, this last surge of up to 20, we went directly to the Safety Center and we pulled people out of the Safety Center who were there to rest and who were not using the Safety Center for title.
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