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Local ordinance draws substantial crowd at Mayor and Commission meeting

WUGA | By Havivah Saltz
Published August 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM EDT
A woman speaks at a podium during a public government meeting.
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Arlisha Trotter sits at the podium.

Last Tuesday, there was a lot of buzz at the regular Mayor and Commission meeting about an ordinance which would make it illegal to sleep on sidewalks. WUGA’s Havivah Saltz went to find out more about the controversy.
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Havivah Saltz
Havivah Saltz has been with WUGA since 2023 as an on-air host and the producer for African Perspectives. She got her start in radio on WOBC FM at Oberlin College (class of ‘23), and she’s also worked as an on-air host on Athens' Power 100.1 and Magic 102.1. She is currently the interim producer of Athens News Matters. Outside of work, you can find Havivah making art, writing fiction, practicing Japanese, petting her very round cat, and watching concerning amounts of TV.
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