By james art 
Linda Perez, CEO of the Shade Tree Home Violence Shelter in North Las Vegas, said she was worried about what could happen to her organization if the federal funding of President Donald Trump was entered into force.
Trump’s Freeze, which would stop trillion dollars Federal grants in the name of viewing whether all programs receiving funds are compatible with a number S But if necessary, Perez said her shelter would have to work with minimal resources, potentially pushing many residents in violent and dangerous situations without where to stay in the long run.
“So what happens if the funding is taken away from me and my staff and my client is that we will return to an emergency shelter,” Perez said. “If we don’t really deal with the problem and what the problem is, then we will continue to see them back.”
Trump’s executive orders, as well as crime, homelessness and problems of the state budget, were just a few of the topics discussed during the fifth session to listen to the Community Democracy Community in Nevada, a partnership between Vegas PBS and Nevada independent This aims to encourage civil commitment, on Thursday at the Las Vegas Station studio.
The Assembly Sandra Jeregui (D-Las Vegas), State Senator Melanie Shale (D-Las Vegas) and the Daniel Galen (R-Las Vegas) Assembly This listening session to discuss the concerns of audience members.
Democratic MPs raised alarms for freezing funding. Jauregui said more than 30 percent of the state’s budget are supported by federal funds without including numerous non -profit organizations receiving federal dollars for social services.
Although the state has a $ 1.2 billion rainy day fund, they are not sure that it would be enough to compensate for the difference if this funding was canceled.
“I am afraid of what will happen to this federal administration because they took out the carpet from under us,” Scha was said.
Gallant stepped back and said the US public had asked the Trump administration to be more effective, save more money and reduce the federal deficit.
“So I think the Trump administration really looks at this, saying, ‘Where can we cut? How can we make sure that it will go to Nevadani? How can we make sure that we will keep our country safe, make sure that our children are educated and provide basic infrastructure services? “What is the meaning of the federal government,” she said.
The three legislators have found a common place in areas as a desire for more supervision of housing owners and legislation over the prevention of weapons violence.
Kirk, a resident of East Las Vegas, told the legislators that he had learned to “tell the difference between fireworks and rifles” while living in Nevada. His neighborhood, he said, was obsessed with crime, and he called on the legislators to turn to homelessness and insist on controlling the weapon.
Jauregui and Gallant have said they are planning to introduce this session for redemption programs that allow people to voluntarily hand over their firearms to local weapons stores, striving to reduce the number of firearms in circulation. Jauregui – survived from October 1, 2017, a mass shooting of a music concert in Las Vegas, which left 60 people killed and hundreds more professed – also advertised the passage of SB291 in 2019. The federal regulations were canceled.
“I want my heritage to be that I left the State of Nevada more fascinated than when I found it,” Jarringy said.
Watch the full listening session here: