Take 2 Podcast

September 4, 2025

Hosts: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Maura Carabello (Exoro Group), Liddy Huntsman (Salt Lake City Council Candidate, District 3)

Episode Rundown:

• New 1,300-bed homeless services campus
• Opening in 2027 on a 16-acre parcel at 2520 North and 2200 West off I-215 in Salt Lake City
• Room to expand to 40 acres for a 50–100 year plan
• Core services: recovery, employment, housing and criminal justice assistance
• Annual operations expected to cost more than $30 million
• $75 million needed for infrastructure, excluding land purchase
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• Homelessness in Utah up 18%
• Children experiencing homelessness increased 12% (589 to 662)
• Seniors rose 42% (251 to 356)
• Veterans increased 36% (121 to 165)
• More than 10,000 Utahns experienced homelessness for the first time in 2024, a 5% rise
• Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall called the report a “battle cry” for the Legislature to provide more funding
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• Redistricting and the 2026 midterms
• Judge Dianna Gibson ruled current congressional maps unconstitutional and denied lawmakers’ request to pause her order
• Ruling restores the intent of Proposition 4, the independent redistricting commission voters approved in 2018
• Utah Republican Party Chairman Robert Axson called the decision “judicial activism”

• Congress back in session
• Epstein victims pressed lawmakers to release the full Justice Department investigation files
• Looming Sept. 30 deadline for government funding raises threat of a shutdown
• A stopgap bill is likely, but Republicans need Democratic votes and Democrats are expected to push for concessions

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