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. Breed said the fu...
San Francisco has long struggled with problems of human waste and needles on the streets in the Tenderloin district, where many addicts and homeless people are found. The city set up public toilets and last year announced formation of a special six-person "poop patrol" team to clean up the ...
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 ...
particularly San Francisco,[174]while others have argued that these concerns are restricted to the downtown core.[175]Many retailers in Downtown San Francisco and Downtown Oakland have closed since 2020,[176]with some citing complex challenges with visible homelessness and crime in the area.[177...
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) ...
San Francisco's homeless count, conducted on January 25, 2005, consisted of a point-in-time census of the street population and homeless persons residing in shelters, resource centers, transitional housing, mental health and substance abuse treatment beds, San Francisco General Hospital and the Coun...
San Francisco,unofficially regarded as one of the homeless capitals of the US,counts nearly 6,500 homeless people, with 4,300 living on the street. Among the many problems that the homeless face is little or no access to showers.San Francisco only has about 16 to 20 shower stations to ac...
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...
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...
Summarizes the results from a review of records of homeless decedents from the San Francisco medical examiners (ME) office, which was conducted in order to characterize causes of death among homeless persons in San Francisco during 1985-1990. Thestudy was conducted by the Health Care for the ...