Henry Santana

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Public Health, Homelessness and Recovery Hearing on Thurs, 10/10/24 at 2pm

As sponsor, our office will be participating in an in-person hearing at City Hall held by the Committee on Public Health, Homelessness and Recovery with Councilor Breadon and Councilor Coletta Zapata as co-sponsors on Thursday, Oct 10 at 2pm to discuss LGBTQ+ youth and young adult homelessness in the City of Boston.

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