(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Daniel Castiano is forced to pack up his belonging as the Salt Lake County Health Department cleans up the homeless camp set up near Taufer Park in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Notified the day before, the health department, backed by police, cleaned up the camps as homeless advocates confronted the police abhorring their actions.
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.