Salt Lake City offers $500 and rent help to those struggling because of the pandemic
More than $1 million available as thousands of Utah residents face eviction.
(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall speaks at a news conference on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.