Erin Mendenhall will explore improvements for homeless services

When Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall takes office Monday, one of the “immediate issues” she’ll face is addressing homelessness and gaps in the new resource center system, which has been dogged by concerns over capacity constraints since its inception.While she’s not currently amenable to conversations about increasing the occupancy caps at the two shelters located in Salt Lake City, Mendenhall told The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday that she was interested in exploring