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Mayor Mike Johnston says he’s trying to keep Denver from becoming San Francisco: “The stakes feel so high”

After a year in office, he talks about housing costs, homelessness and a potential second Trump term

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, left, shakes hands with neighborhood resident Doug Danger, right, after a press conference at the new Overland Park micro-community to temporarily house homeless people in Denver on March 11, 2024. Danger has lived in the neighborhood for 34 years and was critical of the micro-community site. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, left, shakes hands with neighborhood resident Doug Danger, right, after a press conference at the new Overland Park micro-community to temporarily house homeless people in Denver on March 11, 2024. Danger has lived in the neighborhood for 34 years and was critical of the micro-community site. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Joe Rubino - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | jrubino@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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The Denver Post sat down with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston to talk about homelessness, affordable housing. the possibility of a second Trump presidency and what keeps him up at night — turns out, there's several things.
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