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SF Die-in Calls Attention to Lack of Hotel Rooms for Unhoused

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Clad in black and holding red flowers, about 10 people laid on the street in front of San Francisco Mayor London Breed's home Thursday evening to call attention to the potential fate of the city's unhoused amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The die-in began at about 6:30 p.m. in the Hayes Valley neighborhood.

The mayor so far has stopped short of implementing an emergency ordinance passed April 14 by the city's supervisors to acquire more than 8,000 hotel rooms for unhoused residents to keep them and others safe from the virus.

San Francisco resident Olivia Park, a member of the Do No Harm Coalition, said they have had virtual campaigns, and they have called the mayor. Park said the mayor has been shifting her reasons for failing to follow the supervisors lead.

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"We just frankly, we're at wits end," Park said.

Park argued that the city doesn't need to handle all of the operations for housing the unhoused.

"We are a very well-resourced city with organizations that know what to do and that have the training and capacity to deliver those services," she said.

Park said the die-in represents the death of the souls of San Francisco. An email to the mayor requesting her reaction was not immediately returned.

Bay City News

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