Anchorage, Alaska, considers paying homeless people to clean up their own camps

Local officials in Anchorage, Alaska, will consider a proposal Tuesday evening to pay homeless residents to clean up their own encampments. Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s administration has introduced an initiative that would provide Alaska WorkSource, a local nonprofit group, with $75,000 toward efforts directed at the city’s homeless population, Alaska Dispatch News reported Monday. If approved, Alaska…