Salt Lake City has not had leadership that “intentionally cares about the west side," state Sen. Luz Escamilla argued during a mayoral debate Monday.
But if elected mayor next month, the Rose Park resident says she would make west-side equity a hallmark of her administration and would seek to acknowledge inequities and boost property values there by promoting a mix of housing types and bringing “good investment to the area.”
“We have to be intentional in addressing disparities in the west side in everything we’re doing,” she said. “That has never been addressed and it’s been under the current leadership.