It's been just about a month since San Francisco began aggressively sweeping homeless encampments across the city. Jennifer Friedenbach, the executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness, said from her vantage point, the sweeps aren't helping anything. "It's really just moving people ...
San Francisco's continued homeless sweeps making things worse, advocate says Latest Local News Live Shows San Francisco & Peninsula News ByKelsi Thorud August 26, 2024 / 11:45 PM PDT/ CBS San Francisco
San Francisco is aggressively clearing its streets of homeless encampments after the Supreme Court empowered cities to enforce anti-camping laws. The city has increased shelter beds and supportive housing, but still has a shortage. (AP Video/Terry Chea) ...
LONDON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- A new study has found that deaths among homeless people in the U.S. city of San Francisco more than doubled during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, British paper Daily Mail has reported. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, ...
Homeless Deaths Are Rising in San FranciscoMore homeless people died in San Francisco in the last 12 months than in any year since tracking began in 1985, an increase that has alarmed and frustrated advocates ...
Marc Benioff, the billionaire CEO and co-founder of Salesforce, said Tuesdayto the San Francisco Chroniclethat the upcoming conference "may be the last" in the Bay Area city "if this Dreamforce is impacted by the current situation with homelessness and drug use." ...
A new study shows that homelessness is now the number one concern for people living in San Francisco. As recently as last year the number one issue was housing affordability. SAN FRANCISCO - A new study shows that homelessness is now the number one concern for people living in San Francisco...
More than twice as many people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco died during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years, with the leading cause of death being drug overdose. No deaths attributed to the virus itself.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- San Francisco Mayor London Breed Thursday pledged to spend 5 million U.S. dollars in addressing the city's homeless crisis as official statistics showed that the number of the homeless has increased by 17 percent over the past two years. ...
San Francisco’s drug and homeless crises can be solved, but that would mean changes to the mechanics of government and co-ordinated political will. Several European cities, including ultra-progressive Amsterdam, have paved the way. It requires the co-ordinated and persistent pursuit of harm-reduc...