Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan. 2, 2015

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City, county report property crime dip Law enforcement credit agency efforts for fewer incidents By Uriel J. Garcia The New Mexican

City police are predicting that the burglary rate in Santa Fe for 2014 will be the lowest since the department switched to a new record-keeping system in 2003. Santa Fe police said this week that there were 1,082 property crimes reported in the city, an average of 99 a month, during the first 11 months of the year. Data are not yet available for December. But this year’s number is down 26 percent from the same period in 2013, when

there were 1,589 property crimes reported. Property crime includes residential, commercial and auto burglaries, as well as attempted burglary and unlawful entry. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is also reporting a dip in property crime. As of Dec. 30, there were a total of 474 property crime reports in the county for 2014, a 12-percent drop from 2013. The downward trend started in 2010, when there were 849 reports of property crime in the county. Law enforcement authorities attribute the improvement to personnel and staffing changes in their departments, which they say have made the community safer.

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GUBERNATORIAL INAUGURATION

Martinez vows to put service, children first

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N.M. tent city offers hope for homeless By Rick Rojas The New York Times

LAS CRUCES — On a dusty lot in a rough stretch of this city, homeless people have pitched dozens of tents, some nearly empty and others so packed with possessions that their residents are practically entombed inside. There is no electricity, and the unrelenting winds batter the tents so badly that duct tape, used for repairs, is coveted like gold. In other places, makeshift shelters like this one have been discouraged, if not destroyed. In December, a large encampment in San Jose, Calif., known as the Jungle was cleared because of health and safety concerns. In Detroit, officials were keeping cautious watch on a camp that had recently sprung up near downtown. But the nearly 50 homeless people living in the tent city here are welcome to stay. Local officials allowed the camp to be set up on city-owned property, making an exception to zoning rules that ban sleeping overnight. With a $45,000 earmark

from the state Legislature, the camp is adding landscaping and a new fence. City officials say the camp has been a transformative force, bringing the homeless closer to social services and the prospect of permanent homes, while helping to clean up an area that had been plagued by drugs and violence. “We were able to look beyond what the codes and ordinances say to see what needs to happen here,” said Gill Sorg, a city councilor. The camp started as a temporary shelter in 2011, meant to last through the winter. It now has elevated plots for 50 tents and a guard house, surrounded by a wire fence. Called Camp Hope, the tent city has a few portable toilets — not nearly enough, residents say — but restrooms and showers are just a stroll away, to where several charities have set up a strip mall of social services, including a medical clinic and soup kitchen. There, social workers try to connect camp residents

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New Mexico Court of Appeals Judge Miles Hanisee swears in Gov. Susana Martinez as the first gentleman, Chuck Franco, looks on during Thursday’s inauguration ceremony at the State Capitol. PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

Gov. begins second term with promises for improvement By Steve Terrell The New Mexican

Martinez hugs Marianne Ortega. 6, of Questa while greeting supporters Thursday at the Capitol.

Promising to work in a bipartisan manner and “put service above party” — but vowing to “never compromise on lowering standards for our children” — Gov. Susana Martinez took the oath of office for her second term on Thursday. New Mexico Court of Appeals Judge Miles Hanisee administered the oath at a public ceremony in the chambers of the state House of Representatives. A National Guard band followed with a rendition of the state song, “O Fair New Mexico.” Martinez then delivered a 20-minute speech laying a foundation for the Republican gover-

By Dionne Searcey

Today

Isaudro Manuel Roybal, 93, Pojoaque, Dec. 22 Paul A. Montoya, 56, Santa Fe, Dec. 27

Up to 3 inches of snow possible. High 32, low 14.

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Government spending on rebound, has impact After years of cuts, sector contributing more to economy

Obituaries

nor’s next four years in office, in which she promised to work closely with Democrats to improve a state that is often ranked near the bottom nationally in critical measures such as job creation and education. “History is littered with failed politicians who believed that voters wanted one party over the other, when instead, it’s clear they wanted leaders who would put progress over politics,” Martinez said in her speech. She used some of the same conciliatory rhetoric she used in her victory speech in November after defeating Democrat Gary King in the general election: “… our children aren’t Republicans or Democrats,” Martinez said.

The New York Times

NAPLES, Fla. — For a long stretch, government spending cutbacks at all levels were a substantial drag on economic growth. Now, finally, relief is in sight.

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For the first time since 2011, local, state and federal governments are providing a small but significant increase to prosperity. “There’s not a lot of positive contribution coming from the government sector, but when you’re talking about economic growth, less of a negative is a positive,”

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said Chris Varvares, senior managing director and co-founder of economic consulting firm Macroeconomic Advisers. And so on a recent windswept afternoon, John Lynch, armed with a police radio and a giant net, stood along a fishing pier here, on guard for pelicans that might

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