In recent weeks street crime, drugs and homelessness have prompted the City of Tucson to unveil its Safe City Initiative. Pima County Supervisors just passed what they call their One Pima Initiative to address many of the same problems.
Pima County Supervisors and the Tucson City Council have had some tense exchanges about whos doing what to solve the problems of homelessness and street crime but now theyve had a joint meeting and theyre coming together to try to solve those problems.
High profile incidents like the murder of a cyclist along the Loop have added urgency to the chronic problems of homelessness, drugs and street crime.
Before Tuesday's meeting Mayor Regina Romero and Supervisors Chair Rex Scott exchanged some tense statements about what the city and county are doing about

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