Salt Lake mayor hears pros and cons of homeless shelter rules

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker isgetting an earful about new homeless shelter rules requiring singlemen to check in and out with their belongings each day. The SaltLake Tribune reports some people at a mayor’s forum Monday nightsaid the new rule will clog streets with homeless people luggingbags they won’t be able to leave at the shelter. But officials sayit’ll let the shelter accommodate more men.

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