‘People are losing digits and feet’: Why Utah set the temp for expanding homeless shelters at 15 degrees
Activists and service providers say that threshold is too cold, but the state’s homelessness czar says he has no plans to ask lawmakers to change the Code Blue measure.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man seeks shelter from the snow under a tree on North Temple on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. When temperatures fall to 15 degrees or below, a Code Blue law allows winter shelters to expand their allowable capacity.