Updated at 3:10 p.m. Thursday
Homeless advocates gathered Thursday afternoon on the steps of San Francisco City Hall to issue Mayor London Breed a symbolic citation in protest of her crackdown on encampments.
“This is what should be the moral epicenter of the United States,” Coalition on Homelessness organizer River Beck told a small crowd. “This should be a safe place for everybody, on the sidewalks and off.”
Demonstrators held a banner designed like a ticket that cited Breed for “street sweeps that violate rights and perpetuate homelessness.” Near the bottom, it read, “Issued by the people.”
“I cannot stand to live in a society where treating human beings like literal pieces of garbage is acceptable,” said District 6 resident Lea M, who declined to give her last name. “I have only seen human misery get worse and worse and worse.”