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October 13, 2021  

“It’s been wildly successful,” Lindsay said. “It provides income opportunities for folks who have been historically excluded from government work. It provides a critical service for the community.  And it has environmental benefits.”




Long focused on hygiene support for unhoused people...Lindsay brings that lineage of research to her work. She and other city staff studied maps of camps, and she went from camp to camp, interviewing people, her children in tow. Her oldest jotted notes. Her youngest tagged along in a red wagon.


“It felt just awful,” said Lindsay. “I feel a lot of sadness for a population of individuals who feel very unwanted by the community."









“It is important in recognizing the full picture of spending so that you can make better spending choices, or different spending choices,” said Lindsay.


Ultimately, they state in their report that they want to see the city shift its budgetary policy from being “reactionary, compliance-focused” to “intervention-based, harm-reduction strategies.”

“There’s this whole breadth of perspective that we’re not tapping into and that can be utilized to create change,” Lindsay said. “A lot of people care a lot.”