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Homeless camp cleared in Lakewood after years of complaints and media pressure

kdvr.com, Approved, Local / April 17, 2025 / CDOT, Homeless encampment, Lakewood, Local Government, Media pressure

After nearly two weeks of pushing for answers and two years of neighbors dealing with a growing homeless encampment at the 6th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard interchange in Lakewood, crews cleared the site Wednesday.

Mounting trash, fires being started, needles found in neighbors’ backyards, and contamination in a waterway that feeds into the Platte River were all big concerns.

Cleanup started around 9 a.m. on Wednesday and lasted about 8 hours.

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Lakewood sued by developer, as expected, over controversial new open space law

Approved, Local, Westword / January 13, 2025 / Lakewood

As members of Lakewood City Council predicted when they passed a controversial new open-space law last November, the City of Lakewood has been named in a suit claiming that the law is illegal and being applied unfairly to a planned development next to Belmar Park.

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Some concerned spring Lakewood election could have low voter turnout

Approved, CBS Colorado, Local / January 6, 2025 / Elections, Lakewood

Some residents of the municipality of Lakewood are concerned about the possibility of low turnout in an upcoming special election. There are two city council seats, Ward 3 and Ward 4 — two of the largest wards in Lakewood — that are up for grabs this year.

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Lakewood looking to expand co-responder teams to handle crisis situations in Colorado

Approved, CBS Colorado, Local / October 11, 2024 / CO-responder, Crime and safety, Lakewood, Mental health

In Lakewood, there is a push to get more co-responders on the streets. They are trained mental health professionals who go with police officers to calls offering their expertise when someone in Colorado is in crisis.

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Lakewood voters to decide on eliminating taxpayer protections in November

Approved, completecolorado.com, Local / September 12, 2024 / Elections, Lakewood, TABOR

The Lakewood City Council in August referred a measure to the November 5 ballot asking voters to permanently eliminate revenue limitations in place under the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR). Despite some complicated ballot wording, a yes vote on the measure boils down to an end to refunds of taxes over-collected by the city for good starting in 2026.

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Lakewood City Council approves ballot measure to permanently lift Colorado’s TABOR limits

Approved, CBS Colorado, Local / August 21, 2024 / Elections, Lakewood

The City of Lakewood wants to extend a measure lifting TABOR limits for the city. The city council approved putting the question on the ballot which will ask voters to not only extend the measure that expires next year but make that move permanent.

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