Today he's using that experience to offer a helping hand to people experiencing homelessness. "I was a destroyer. I was destroying our community and now I have opportunity to build up our community," Franklin explained. He's doing that by serving on the city of San Francisco's Homeless ...
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 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 HomelessDaniel Zwerdling
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." ...
The number of people sleeping outdoors in San Francisco dropped to under 3,000 in January, the lowest the city has recorded in a decade, according to a federal count.
San Francisco can again enforce laws around the removal of homeless encampments following a recent clarification from a federal court that stems from a lawsuit over the treatment of unhoused residents on city streets.
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...
San Francisco, unofficially' regarded as2one of the homeless capitals of the US, has nearly 6,500 homeless people, with 4,300living 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 20shower stations to acco...
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...