I haven't been to Juneau in a while, but that doesn't matter.  The "death grip on land" has more to do with Tongass National Forest than anything else.  And city fathers being afraid of tourists seeing the homeless is hardly restricted to Juneau.  In Fairbanks, the city owns and operates a park right downtown, despite the borough having parks and recreation powers.  The key is that the borough doesn't have police powers.  I shouldn't have to explain the rest.