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"content": "\u003cp>It has vexed San Francisco’s leaders for more than three decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last seven mayors — from Dianne Feinstein to London Breed — have all tried to tackle the city’s persistent homelessness, introducing scores of different plans and task forces, each of which has ultimately failed to markedly reduce the sheer number of people living on the streets. Consistently ranked among the most pressing concerns for San Francisco’s residents, homelessness has proved to be a political lightning rod in a city known for its progressive views, innovative spirit and enormous income gaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have, of course, been some successes along the way, though progress has often been hard to notice. Over the last 15 years, the city estimates that it has housed more than \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/2018-state-of-homelessness/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">26,000 homeless people\u003c/a>. But that’s come at tremendous cost: The city spent more than $300 million on homeless prevention services in 2018, and yet the day-to-day population didn’t dip. It actually grew, to more than 8,000, \u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless-point-in-time-count-reports/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to city’s latest point-in-time count\u003c/a> (and that didn’t include the nearly 1,800 additional homeless people who were counted in jails, hospitals and rehabilitation facilities).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following timeline describes the various ways each of the city’s last seven mayors has tried to tackle this intractable issue. View it interactively or in text format below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Photos used with permission from the \u003ca href=\"http://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1LbAvhax2McC2llFgIX7zWBHbX2rVDBhPITnNCUhuSBQ&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=750\" width=\"1300\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1975-1982: A Perfect Storm\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s long-term homeless population remained relatively small through the 1970s. “We didn’t even call them homeless people,” recalls journalist Steve Talbot, a longtime city resident. In the early 1980s, though, homelessness became a full-blown crisis throughout the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crisis was a decade in the making — the result of a combination of massive state and federal cuts to mental health services and public housing, a wave of Vietnam veterans in need of help, skyrocketing home prices and a spike in unemployment caused by the national recession. San Francisco was hit particularly hard, especially in the Tenderloin and other downtown neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1982-1988: Feinstein’s Muni Bus Shelters\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765203\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2-800x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2-800x561.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2-1020x715.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Dianne Feinstein and members of her administration walk through a shantytown slated to be dismantled, near Seventh and Berry streets, on Jan. 28, 1986. \u003ccite>(Steve Ringman/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mayor Dianne Feinstein approached the homeless issue as a passing phenomenon. Rather than creating permanent housing and long-term services, her administration relied primarily on church-based emergency shelters, soup kitchens and city-funded overnight stays in cheap, private hotels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strategy proved costly and ultimately unsuccessful. Many of the shelters were poorly managed and underfunded, and fell quickly into disrepair. In one notorious instance, the city converted a set of old Muni buses into temporary shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after the city failed to provide adequate supervision, the facilities were vandalized and Feinstein ordered them evacuated and towed away. Contrary to the predictions of officials, the city’s homeless population continued to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1988-1992: ‘Camp Agnos’\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765137\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/agnos2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765137\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/agnos2-800x586.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/agnos2-800x586.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/agnos2-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/agnos2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Art Agnos fields questions during a news conference in 1989 announcing the city’s master plan on homelessness. \u003ccite>(Sam Forencich/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During his first year in office, Mayor Art Agnos, a social worker, unveiled his “beyond shelter” strategy, a sweeping initiative to provide services to the city’s homeless that he claimed would be a model for the nation. The plan called for building two centers — the first city-owned shelters — where homeless clients could be assessed and receive health and counseling services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agnos’s reputation, though, took a hit that summer when hundreds of homeless people set up camp in Civic Center Plaza. The press dubbed it “Camp Agnos.” For months, he allowed the camp and its residents to remain, but under mounting pressure, eventually ordered police to dismantle it. His string of shelters opened hastily in 1990 to accommodate victims of the October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, but lacking adequate resources, they soon became overcrowded and understaffed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year, Agnos was unseated by Frank Jordan, his former police chief, who pledged to dramatically change tack and deal with homelessness through a law-and-order approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1992-1996: Jordan’s ‘Matrix’\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765136\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/jordan1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765136\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/jordan1-800x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/jordan1-800x623.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/jordan1-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/jordan1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Jordan, who was San Francisco’s police chief before becoming mayor, tells a homeless man where he can find shelter for the night. \u003ccite>(Brant Ward/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Soon after taking office, Mayor Frank Jordan instituted his Matrix program, an enforcement-based strategy using police to forcibly clear homeless people from the streets and steer them into health and housing services. During the first six months of the program, police issued 6,000 citations for quality-of-life misdemeanors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics said the approach criminalized the poor and merely managed homelessness rather than doing anything to prevent it. But many residents and businesses, weary of deteriorating street conditions, supported the plan. In 1994, voters approved Jordan’s measures to ban loitering near ATMs and to replace part of city welfare checks with housing vouchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without enough services in place to handle the uptick in numbers, though, little progress was made in preventing the homeless from returning to the streets. Similar to the fate of his predecessor, Jordan’s poorly performing homeless policies — used as ammunition by his challenger, Willie Brown — contributed to his failed re-election bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1996-2004: Brown’s Grand Vision\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765135\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/brown3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765135\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/brown3-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/brown3-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/brown3-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/brown3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Willie Brown wields a broom as part of his litter-removal program, while neighborhood youth look on. Brown says his “only option was to manage” homelessness. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mayor Willie Brown pledged to bring in outside government funding to expand social services and develop a regional plan with other Bay Area cities. But during the subsequent period of economic expansion and gentrification, fueled by the late 1990s dot-com boom, those plans fell short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown did lead a successful increase in the city’s affordable housing stock, creating thousands of new units and beds by leasing and renovating cheap residential hotels and heavily subsidizing the rent. But he also took a number of controversial pro-development actions, such as increasing quality-of-life citations and closing the Mission Rock homeless shelter to build a parking lot adjacent to Oracle Park (then called SBC Park).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his second term, Brown took little leadership on the issue, famously declaring homelessness a problem “that may not be solvable.” In 2002, the San Francisco’s homeless population spiked at more than 8,600, as the city became gripped by a housing shortage and skyrocketing costs amid the economic boom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2004-2010: Newsom’s Supportive Housing\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765134\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/newsom1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765134\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/newsom1-800x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/newsom1-800x520.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/newsom1-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/newsom1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Gavin Newsom at the McAllister Hotel on April 30, 2004, where rooms were being made available to the homeless. \u003ccite>(Brant Ward/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a city supervisor, Gavin Newsom championed the controversial “Care Not Cash” measure, slashing cash payments to the homeless and redirecting funds toward housing. In his first year as mayor, he introduced an ambitious 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness by creating 3,000 housing units with supportive services and replacing emergency shelter beds with 24-hour clinics. Although the plan fell short of its goal, it did move thousands of homeless people off the streets over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the program’s first year, homelessness in the city dropped by nearly 30% from its 2002 high. But then the numbers froze — at over 6,000 people — through the remainder of his tenure. As mayor, Newsom also sponsored a measure approved by voters in 2010 that restricted sitting or lying on sidewalks. Homelessness, he later claimed, is the “manifestation of complete, abject failure as a society. We’ll never solve this at City Hall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2011-2017: Lee’s Department of Homelessness\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/lee.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765133 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/lee-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/lee-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/lee-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/lee.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Ed Lee stops to talk with residents of the Raman Hotel on Howard Street, a supportive housing facility. \u003ccite>(Brant Ward/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mayor Ed Lee, who was appointed after Newsom became lieutenant governor, initially devoted significantly less attention than his predecessor to homelessness. In an effort to woo major tech companies, Lee cleared areas in the Mid-Market district and nearby neighborhoods, and ordered large homeless camps dismantled. Criticized for avoiding the issue, Lee opened the city’s first navigation center in 2015, a 24-hour multiservice homeless shelter providing housing assistance and drug abuse rehabilitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month into his second full term, Lee announced a new citywide homeless department, an effort to group all services under one roof and spend at least $1 billion over the following four years to help thousands of people find supportive housing. The department launched in July 2016. A year later, it reported a double-digit decrease in family and youth homelessness, but a slight rise in the number of single homeless adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee then launched a “coordinated entry” initiative to consolidate the dozens of city-funded homeless service groups under one system and have a shared database. Meanwhile, public complaints about encampments, human waste and needles increased sharply, from about 6,300 in 2011 to more than 44,000 in 2016, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Despite-money-and-work-homelessness-in-SF-as-bad-11242946.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2018-Today: Breed’s ‘Housing First’ Push\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765218\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765218 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-800x551.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-800x551.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-160x110.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-1020x703.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-1200x827.jpeg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-1920x1323.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173.jpeg 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed, flanked by city officials, at the official groundbreaking on July 9, 2019, of a new Broadway development, which is expected to provide 178 new units of affordable housing for families, seniors and formerly homeless seniors. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LondonBreed/status/1148710274699948032\">Courtesy of Mayor Breed's office (via Twitter)\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed entered office pledging to further the reach of programs established by her predecessor. Early on, she committed to adding at least 1,000 new shelter beds by 2020 and upheld Lee’s promise of building 5,000 units of housing annually, significantly expanding the city’s affordable housing stock and protecting existing affordable units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed has also proposed expanding the number of navigation centers throughout the city — including a recent proposal to open a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-proposes-first-safe-parking-lot-for-homeless-14096895.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safe parking site\u003c/a> for people living in their vehicles — and strongly \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Breed-says-fight-for-safe-injection-sites-in-SF-13273455.php\">supports safe injection sites \u003c/a>for drug users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since October 2018, her administration has added nearly 300 shelter beds, with proposals for about 500 more, and helped move \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Mayor-angered-it-takes-so-damn-long-to-14097717.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some 1,500 people off the streets\u003c/a> since she took office, with drops in veteran and youth homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, a one-night homeless count in January identified nearly 9,800 homeless people in San Francisco (including those in jails, hospitals and rehabilitation facilities) — \u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Report-2019-San-Francisco.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than half of them unsheltered \u003c/a>— a 30% increase since 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, some of Breed’s efforts to build new shelters have hit major roadblocks. Most notably, her plan to build a 200-bed navigation center on the Embarcadero this summer is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11760996/opponents-of-navigation-center-say-city-taking-big-risk-in-starting-to-prep-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now tied up in litigation \u003c/a>after a neighborhood group sued to halt construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And despite Breed’s ongoing efforts to expedite the construction of affordable housing, the city \u003ca href=\"http://commissions.sfplanning.org/cpcpackets/1996.0013CWP_2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">netted just over 2,500 new units\u003c/a> in 2018, a 42% decrease since 2017, marking the lowest gain in five years. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It has vexed San Francisco’s leaders for more than three decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last seven mayors — from Dianne Feinstein to London Breed — have all tried to tackle the city’s persistent homelessness, introducing scores of different plans and task forces, each of which has ultimately failed to markedly reduce the sheer number of people living on the streets. Consistently ranked among the most pressing concerns for San Francisco’s residents, homelessness has proved to be a political lightning rod in a city known for its progressive views, innovative spirit and enormous income gaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have, of course, been some successes along the way, though progress has often been hard to notice. Over the last 15 years, the city estimates that it has housed more than \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/2018-state-of-homelessness/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">26,000 homeless people\u003c/a>. But that’s come at tremendous cost: The city spent more than $300 million on homeless prevention services in 2018, and yet the day-to-day population didn’t dip. It actually grew, to more than 8,000, \u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless-point-in-time-count-reports/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to city’s latest point-in-time count\u003c/a> (and that didn’t include the nearly 1,800 additional homeless people who were counted in jails, hospitals and rehabilitation facilities).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following timeline describes the various ways each of the city’s last seven mayors has tried to tackle this intractable issue. View it interactively or in text format below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Photos used with permission from the \u003ca href=\"http://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1LbAvhax2McC2llFgIX7zWBHbX2rVDBhPITnNCUhuSBQ&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=750\" width=\"1300\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1975-1982: A Perfect Storm\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s long-term homeless population remained relatively small through the 1970s. “We didn’t even call them homeless people,” recalls journalist Steve Talbot, a longtime city resident. In the early 1980s, though, homelessness became a full-blown crisis throughout the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crisis was a decade in the making — the result of a combination of massive state and federal cuts to mental health services and public housing, a wave of Vietnam veterans in need of help, skyrocketing home prices and a spike in unemployment caused by the national recession. San Francisco was hit particularly hard, especially in the Tenderloin and other downtown neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1982-1988: Feinstein’s Muni Bus Shelters\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765203\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2-800x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2-800x561.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2-1020x715.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fidi-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Dianne Feinstein and members of her administration walk through a shantytown slated to be dismantled, near Seventh and Berry streets, on Jan. 28, 1986. \u003ccite>(Steve Ringman/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mayor Dianne Feinstein approached the homeless issue as a passing phenomenon. Rather than creating permanent housing and long-term services, her administration relied primarily on church-based emergency shelters, soup kitchens and city-funded overnight stays in cheap, private hotels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strategy proved costly and ultimately unsuccessful. Many of the shelters were poorly managed and underfunded, and fell quickly into disrepair. In one notorious instance, the city converted a set of old Muni buses into temporary shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after the city failed to provide adequate supervision, the facilities were vandalized and Feinstein ordered them evacuated and towed away. Contrary to the predictions of officials, the city’s homeless population continued to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1988-1992: ‘Camp Agnos’\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765137\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/agnos2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765137\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/agnos2-800x586.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/agnos2-800x586.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/agnos2-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/agnos2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Art Agnos fields questions during a news conference in 1989 announcing the city’s master plan on homelessness. \u003ccite>(Sam Forencich/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During his first year in office, Mayor Art Agnos, a social worker, unveiled his “beyond shelter” strategy, a sweeping initiative to provide services to the city’s homeless that he claimed would be a model for the nation. The plan called for building two centers — the first city-owned shelters — where homeless clients could be assessed and receive health and counseling services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agnos’s reputation, though, took a hit that summer when hundreds of homeless people set up camp in Civic Center Plaza. The press dubbed it “Camp Agnos.” For months, he allowed the camp and its residents to remain, but under mounting pressure, eventually ordered police to dismantle it. His string of shelters opened hastily in 1990 to accommodate victims of the October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, but lacking adequate resources, they soon became overcrowded and understaffed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year, Agnos was unseated by Frank Jordan, his former police chief, who pledged to dramatically change tack and deal with homelessness through a law-and-order approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1992-1996: Jordan’s ‘Matrix’\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765136\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/jordan1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765136\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/jordan1-800x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/jordan1-800x623.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/jordan1-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/jordan1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Jordan, who was San Francisco’s police chief before becoming mayor, tells a homeless man where he can find shelter for the night. \u003ccite>(Brant Ward/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Soon after taking office, Mayor Frank Jordan instituted his Matrix program, an enforcement-based strategy using police to forcibly clear homeless people from the streets and steer them into health and housing services. During the first six months of the program, police issued 6,000 citations for quality-of-life misdemeanors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics said the approach criminalized the poor and merely managed homelessness rather than doing anything to prevent it. But many residents and businesses, weary of deteriorating street conditions, supported the plan. In 1994, voters approved Jordan’s measures to ban loitering near ATMs and to replace part of city welfare checks with housing vouchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without enough services in place to handle the uptick in numbers, though, little progress was made in preventing the homeless from returning to the streets. Similar to the fate of his predecessor, Jordan’s poorly performing homeless policies — used as ammunition by his challenger, Willie Brown — contributed to his failed re-election bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1996-2004: Brown’s Grand Vision\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765135\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/brown3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765135\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/brown3-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/brown3-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/brown3-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/brown3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Willie Brown wields a broom as part of his litter-removal program, while neighborhood youth look on. Brown says his “only option was to manage” homelessness. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mayor Willie Brown pledged to bring in outside government funding to expand social services and develop a regional plan with other Bay Area cities. But during the subsequent period of economic expansion and gentrification, fueled by the late 1990s dot-com boom, those plans fell short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown did lead a successful increase in the city’s affordable housing stock, creating thousands of new units and beds by leasing and renovating cheap residential hotels and heavily subsidizing the rent. But he also took a number of controversial pro-development actions, such as increasing quality-of-life citations and closing the Mission Rock homeless shelter to build a parking lot adjacent to Oracle Park (then called SBC Park).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his second term, Brown took little leadership on the issue, famously declaring homelessness a problem “that may not be solvable.” In 2002, the San Francisco’s homeless population spiked at more than 8,600, as the city became gripped by a housing shortage and skyrocketing costs amid the economic boom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2004-2010: Newsom’s Supportive Housing\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765134\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/newsom1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765134\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/newsom1-800x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/newsom1-800x520.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/newsom1-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/newsom1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Gavin Newsom at the McAllister Hotel on April 30, 2004, where rooms were being made available to the homeless. \u003ccite>(Brant Ward/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a city supervisor, Gavin Newsom championed the controversial “Care Not Cash” measure, slashing cash payments to the homeless and redirecting funds toward housing. In his first year as mayor, he introduced an ambitious 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness by creating 3,000 housing units with supportive services and replacing emergency shelter beds with 24-hour clinics. Although the plan fell short of its goal, it did move thousands of homeless people off the streets over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the program’s first year, homelessness in the city dropped by nearly 30% from its 2002 high. But then the numbers froze — at over 6,000 people — through the remainder of his tenure. As mayor, Newsom also sponsored a measure approved by voters in 2010 that restricted sitting or lying on sidewalks. Homelessness, he later claimed, is the “manifestation of complete, abject failure as a society. We’ll never solve this at City Hall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2011-2017: Lee’s Department of Homelessness\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/lee.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765133 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/lee-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/lee-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/lee-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/lee.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Ed Lee stops to talk with residents of the Raman Hotel on Howard Street, a supportive housing facility. \u003ccite>(Brant Ward/SF Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mayor Ed Lee, who was appointed after Newsom became lieutenant governor, initially devoted significantly less attention than his predecessor to homelessness. In an effort to woo major tech companies, Lee cleared areas in the Mid-Market district and nearby neighborhoods, and ordered large homeless camps dismantled. Criticized for avoiding the issue, Lee opened the city’s first navigation center in 2015, a 24-hour multiservice homeless shelter providing housing assistance and drug abuse rehabilitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month into his second full term, Lee announced a new citywide homeless department, an effort to group all services under one roof and spend at least $1 billion over the following four years to help thousands of people find supportive housing. The department launched in July 2016. A year later, it reported a double-digit decrease in family and youth homelessness, but a slight rise in the number of single homeless adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee then launched a “coordinated entry” initiative to consolidate the dozens of city-funded homeless service groups under one system and have a shared database. Meanwhile, public complaints about encampments, human waste and needles increased sharply, from about 6,300 in 2011 to more than 44,000 in 2016, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Despite-money-and-work-homelessness-in-SF-as-bad-11242946.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2018-Today: Breed’s ‘Housing First’ Push\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765218\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765218 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-800x551.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-800x551.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-160x110.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-1020x703.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-1200x827.jpeg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173-1920x1323.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/breed-e1564774445173.jpeg 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed, flanked by city officials, at the official groundbreaking on July 9, 2019, of a new Broadway development, which is expected to provide 178 new units of affordable housing for families, seniors and formerly homeless seniors. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LondonBreed/status/1148710274699948032\">Courtesy of Mayor Breed's office (via Twitter)\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed entered office pledging to further the reach of programs established by her predecessor. Early on, she committed to adding at least 1,000 new shelter beds by 2020 and upheld Lee’s promise of building 5,000 units of housing annually, significantly expanding the city’s affordable housing stock and protecting existing affordable units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed has also proposed expanding the number of navigation centers throughout the city — including a recent proposal to open a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-proposes-first-safe-parking-lot-for-homeless-14096895.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safe parking site\u003c/a> for people living in their vehicles — and strongly \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Breed-says-fight-for-safe-injection-sites-in-SF-13273455.php\">supports safe injection sites \u003c/a>for drug users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since October 2018, her administration has added nearly 300 shelter beds, with proposals for about 500 more, and helped move \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Mayor-angered-it-takes-so-damn-long-to-14097717.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some 1,500 people off the streets\u003c/a> since she took office, with drops in veteran and youth homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, a one-night homeless count in January identified nearly 9,800 homeless people in San Francisco (including those in jails, hospitals and rehabilitation facilities) — \u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Report-2019-San-Francisco.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than half of them unsheltered \u003c/a>— a 30% increase since 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, some of Breed’s efforts to build new shelters have hit major roadblocks. Most notably, her plan to build a 200-bed navigation center on the Embarcadero this summer is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11760996/opponents-of-navigation-center-say-city-taking-big-risk-in-starting-to-prep-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now tied up in litigation \u003c/a>after a neighborhood group sued to halt construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And despite Breed’s ongoing efforts to expedite the construction of affordable housing, the city \u003ca href=\"http://commissions.sfplanning.org/cpcpackets/1996.0013CWP_2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">netted just over 2,500 new units\u003c/a> in 2018, a 42% decrease since 2017, marking the lowest gain in five years. Breed is now pushing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Largest-affordable-housing-bond-in-SF-s-history-14083614.php?psid=6rEnl\">biggest affordable housing bond in San Francisco’s history,\u003c/a> which would yield $600 million and up to 2,800 units if approved by voters in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed also angered key homeless advocates when she opposed Proposition C, which she said lacked proper accountability provisions. The measure, which voters decisively approved in November 2018, creates a new tax on large corporations, and is expected to bring in as much as $300 million annually for homeless services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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From a design standpoint, it’s fair to say few people give it a second look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Charlie Faas, SJSU senior vice president of administration and finance']‘If we don’t solve the faculty staff housing issue, it’s going to be really hard to have classes and educate students.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This building is ugly,” said Charlie Faas, SJSU’s senior vice president of administration and finance. “This building is a three-story concrete pillar-type building that has a lot of open spaces inside, a lot of less-than-good utilization of the space, and it’s short.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state agrees. In fact, California’s real estate division recommended that current tenants — like the Department of Public Health — move elsewhere so that the Alquist Building can be transferred to another state agency free of charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose State wants to be that agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Housing Help for Faculty Feeling the Squeeze\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Faas has big plans: parking, retail and several new residential towers, with up to 1,000 below-market-rate apartments for faculty and graduate students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"William Armaline, professor of sociology at SJSU\"]‘You work very hard on a professional degree … I’m a tenured professor. 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So why is Project We Hope only hosting 16 of them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, safe parking is not cheap. East Palo Alto is a modest city, especially compared to its phenomenally wealthy neighbors, like Palo Alto and Menlo Park. But East Palo Alto is picking up the $300,00 annual tab for this pilot program and providing the property it sits on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia argues A) there will never be a 100% adoption rate on the part of RV dwellers for any safe parking program, and B) transition to permanent housing is built into the safe parking concept, so new spots should open up on a regular basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764751\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11764751\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/RS38289_Photo-Jun-15-6-18-42-PM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Project We Hope runs a number of official services for the homeless residents of East Palo Alto, including a homeless shelter, a mobile shower and laundry service, and safe parking. 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The non-profit also hosts occasional dinners for clients, featuring free food and entertainment. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As with most safe parking programs in California, case managers in East Palo Alto help program participants get a stationary roof over their heads. “We’ve already gotten two families into housing. And we’ve gotten several other families on housing lists, because that’s part of the secret, the secret sauce, right? Is to get people on as many housing lists as possible,” said Garcia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People commonly ask whether the RV dwellers are local and, if so, whether they’re willing to relocate to cheaper parts of the world. Garcia explains that those who sign up for safe parking agree to aim for housing outside of their vehicles, but typically their jobs are nearby and their children, if they have them, attend local schools. Senior citizens may not be constrained in the same way, but they often feel compelled to stay close to their social support networks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randolph Allen Parker, 74, was one of the first to sign up for the We Hope safe parking program. He takes great pride in his ’89 Ford Econoline. “Custom classic! That thing has a sit-down toilet in it, a shower that you get in, two closets for clothes and a microwave oven, built in from the factory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pride aside, Parker said life on the streets is dangerous for him and his camper van. It’s been hit twice when he was parked. He’s happy for the help getting a real roof over his head, as well as the other services that are standard for safe parking programs in California, like free security, restrooms and showers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We Hope is like a warm light in dark and stormy times. 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"content": "\u003cp>For the \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/landing/#\">SF Homeless Project\u003c/a>, Bay Curious collaborated with the San Francisco Chronicle and their podcast \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/tools/podcasts/?show=fifth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fifth & Mission\u003c/a> to answer a handful of questions from the audience about homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How many people are homeless in the Bay Area?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Since Bay Curious first answered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11001829/homelessness-youve-got-questions-weve-got-answers\">your questions on homelessness in 2017\u003c/a>, the cost of living has continued to rise in the Bay Area and with it, the number of people living without a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the nine-county Bay Area, just over 34,000 people are experiencing homelessness, according to point-in-time counts conducted in January 2019 by most counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In at least five of the nine counties, the recent count revealed an increase in the number of homeless people from the last time the count was done in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bay Area Point-in-Time Homelessness Counts\" aria-label=\"Grouped Column Chart\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/bV3MN/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"800\" height=\"266\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How is the homeless population counted?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, about 600 volunteers and staff canvassed the entire county between 8 p.m. and midnight on Jan. 24, 2019. The city is broken up into a grid, and counters walk down every street within their sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You look at people and you assume that they are homeless or not homeless,” says San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan, who has covered homelessness for more than two decades. “It’s kind of a judgment, which by definition makes [the count] imprecise, and the people you can’t see make it imprecise, but it’s a good benchmark that you can use year to year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A version of this process is repeated in most of the Bay Area’s counties. Sometimes homeless people are paid to help counters find less visible areas where people may have set up camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A tally of the people living in emergency shelters, transitional housing facilities and domestic violence shelters is added to the street count to calculate a total homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counts are typically done every two years, and are required for counties to be eligible for federal funding for homeless services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What are the primary causes of homelessness?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I think people ask this question because they want a single answer that we can easily solve,” says Audrey Cooper, editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle. “The problem is this population has multiple diagnoses and multiple problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with the point-in-time homeless count, counties administer a survey to homeless people that collects demographic and historical information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11764747\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-735x1200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-735x1200.png 735w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-160x261.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-800x1306.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Year to year, the self-reported primary causes of homelessness have remained the same: job loss, alcohol or drug use, eviction, arguments with friends or family who asked them to leave, mental health issues and a divorce/separation/breakup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Because many are struggling with multiple challenges, it can be hard for survey respondents to pinpoint a primary cause. You can get a glimpse at the range of challenges people face when you see how the group responded to a question about health conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seventy-four percent say they are living with one or more health conditions, up from 68 percent in 2017. The most often cited condition was alcohol or drug use, followed by psychiatric or emotional conditions. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had the highest percentage point increase between 2017 and 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">“That adds up to more than 100 percent, so there are many, many problems, not just one thing that is keeping people on the street,” says Cooper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11764744\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-631x1200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-631x1200.png 631w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-160x304.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-800x1522.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cbr>\nYou can read the summary of the report for your county below. Napa County has some figures published from 2018 in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/DocumentCenter/View/10118/Napa-Homeless-Plan-Update---Final-Draft-for-Community-Review---October-2018?bidId=\">Update of the Napa Plan to End Homelessness\u003c/a>. Those with an asterisk have yet to publish 2019 figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ExecutiveSummary_Alameda2019-1.pdf\">Alameda County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/h3/coc/pdf/PIT-report-2019.pdf\">Contra Costa County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/sites/default/files/files/servicepages/2017_07/marin_pit_executive_summary_2017.pdf\">Marin County 2017\u003c/a>*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Executive-Summary-2019-San-Francisco.pdf\">San Francisco County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://hsa.smcgov.org/sites/hsa.smcgov.org/files/Executive%20Summary-%202019%20One%20Day%20Homeless%20Count%20report.pdf\">San Mateo County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/ContinuumofCare/ReportsandPublications/Documents/2015%20Santa%20Clara%20County%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey/2019%20SCC%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey%20Exec%20Summary.pdf\">Santa Clara County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://nebula.wsimg.com/3ce3e2ff360a4965f8ad2823a2609907?AccessKeyId=B6ADA8353DCF8737BDC0&disposition=0&alloworigin=1\">Solano County 2017\u003c/a>*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147575307\">Sonoma County 2019 (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>What is San Francisco doing to help the homeless?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“The city really does follow what is termed ‘best practices’ around the country. And the city models best practices,” says Fagan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 9,500 people are living in supportive housing units in San Francisco. Among them are six Navigation Centers, which offer intensive housing and counseling services to residents. Case managers work to connect Navigation Center residents to income, public benefits, health services and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city also has an outreach team that helps get people into stable housing or a medical care facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Outreach counselors are some of the most dedicated, sincere people you’d want to meet,” says Fagan. “They don’t have enough resources to put people into. But if they weren’t doing what they’re doing, we would not have 8,000 people [living homeless in San Francisco] — we’d have 30,000. It would be mind-blowing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fagan also cautions that sometimes appearances can be deceiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At least some of those people you think are homeless are not,” Fagan says. “They’re just dirt-poor, living inside. And that’s better than sleeping outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764776 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under the Interstate 80 overpass over Gilman Street in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Is there anything on the horizon that will make a difference in helping homeless people?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>City officials are ramping up\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-rolls-out-long-awaited-system-to-13197944.php\"> a tracking system\u003c/a> they hope will help them serve people and save money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ll say, ‘This is what kind of shelter you’ve tried. This is what kind of drug rehab you’ve tried. These are the mental services you tried.’ So they don’t repeat the same things that didn’t work,” says Fagan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tracking systems have worked well in Houston, New York and Los Angeles, Fagan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are most of the homeless people coming to the Bay Area from other areas to take advantage of services?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An oft-cited statistic from homeless advocates: About 70 percent of people who are homeless \u003cem>became\u003c/em> \u003cem>homeless\u003c/em> while living in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That means 30 percent … are ‘coming here to be homeless,’ ” says Cooper. “That’s still a ton of people. I think until we start to talk about those numbers, we’re not really addressing people’s concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we deny that San Francisco is — as Fox News would say, ‘a magnet for homelessness’ — if we don’t talk about the actual facts, we really lose an opportunity to deal with this population.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764770 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless man pushes a cart with his belongings on May 17, 2019. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What do I do if I think someone needs help?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has a 311 number to call if outreach or other resources are needed. In Alameda County and Contra Costa County, you can call 211.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also outreach groups that aid homeless people, such as the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (415-734-4233) or the San Francisco Mobile Crisis Treatment Team (415-970-4000).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information, check out the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness’ \u003ca href=\"http://www.cohsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/WHAT-TO-DO.pdf\">10 Things To Do When You See Homeless People\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What about those who live in vehicles like RVs or camper vans full time?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While the majority of San Francisco’s unsheltered homeless population is living outdoors, \u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Report-2019-San-Francisco.pdf\">35 percent are living in vehicles\u003c/a>. That’s compared to 13 percent in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To address this rise in vehicle living, the city is testing a program to provide safe overnight parking, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/homeless/san-francisco-supervisor-unveils-plans-for-triage-center-for-people-living-in-vehicles\">plans to open a Vehicle Triage Center\u003c/a> across from the Balboa Park BART Station. This center would provide bathrooms, sanitation services, 24-hour security and connections to social services, among other resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of people living in vehicles in Oakland is \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019_HIRDReport_Alameda_FinalDraft_7.23.19.pdf\">on the rise, too.\u003c/a> It has increased 124 percent since 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, cities all over the Bay Area are starting to reconsider their laws and resources for RV full-timers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, Oakland opened the Bay Area’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-opens-Bay-Area-s-first-24-7-safe-14029362.php\">first 24-hour safe overnight parking\u003c/a> area near the Coliseum BART Station. Residents can park there for up to six months. Last March the Berkeley City Council voted to ban overnight RV parking, but has since \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-considering-sites-for-safe-RV-parking-14123317.php?psid=cIUVH\">delayed the ban\u003c/a> until a safe overnight parking area is built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While for many homeless people, full-time RV living is a step toward permanent housing, it’s also a solution some low-wage workers are using to stay in the Bay Area. Some live in vehicles \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11751183/what-its-like-to-live-in-an-rv-and-work-in-silicon-valley-but-call-fresno-home\">part time to be closer to work,\u003c/a> while having a permanent address outside the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cities build safe overnight parking areas, they are also planning tighter restrictions or bans on overnight RV parking everywhere else. Take Mountain View, for example. In May, 212 Mountain View residents were living in an RV or vehicle. By November 2019 the city plans to open \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/12/despite-aclu-challenge-mountain-view-will-ban-overnight-rv-dwellers/\"> safe overnight RV parking\u003c/a>, but only with an estimated 60 spots. Once the parking area is up and running, Mountain View plans to restrict or ban overnight oversized vehicle parking by January 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764761\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764761 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218.jpg\" alt=\"Woman and her dog.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-1020x692.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">April Campbell and her dog, Rocky ,wait for assistance from passers-by on Tuesday, June, 28, 2016. Campbell lives behind a nearby Neiman Marcus store. \u003ccite>(JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>How do homeless people get pets? Are they allowed in shelters?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>According to Renee Lowry, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.petsofthehomeless.org/\">Pets of the Homeless\u003c/a>, there are three common ways homeless owners get their pets: They owned the pet before they became homeless, they found a stray pet while living on the street, or the pet was given to them by another homeless person. Pets of the Homeless is a national organization that focuses on feeding and caring for pets of homeless owners. Its website also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.petsofthehomeless.org/get-help/find-locations/#latitude=39.163798&longitude=-119.767403&zoom=12&types%255B%255D=food-supplies&types%255B%255D=shelters&types%255B%255D=resources\">a tool for finding local resources and pet-friendly homeless shelters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless pet owners may have to pass up housing opportunities because the majority of homeless shelters do not allow pets. According to Pets of the Homeless, in San Francisco only the Navigation Centers accept residents with pets. In the greater Bay Area the only pet-friendly shelters are PATH San Jose and HomeFirst in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are several organizations in San Francisco that provide free or reduced pet food and veterinary care, such as Veterinary Street Outreach Services (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfccc.org/veterinary-street-outreach\">Vet SOS\u003c/a>) run by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfccc.org/\">San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium\u003c/a>. The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspca.org/\">SF SPCA\u003c/a>) provides free spaying and neutering to homeless owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr_Y3ZGSwfE\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Who are the people creating and selling the S.F. newspaper Street Sheet?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Street Sheet is a twice-monthly publication run by the Coalition on Homelessness. Many of the publication’s contributors have personal experience with homelessness and pursue stories sourced from the community, such as the rise of fentanyl in the Tenderloin and pest infestations in single-room-occupancy (SRO) hotels. After the stories are written, editor Quiver Watts and assistant-editor TJ Johnston edit them and get them ready to print.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Street Sheet is a way … to demonstrate that people who have lived experience of homelessness are the experts on their own lives, and therefore, as experts on what they most need and what policies [are] going to be most effective,” says Watts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up to 100 copies are given to vendors each day, and each copy can be sold for $2. Vendors keep all of the proceeds, and many use their earnings from Street Sheet to pay for necessities like housing, food and medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With about 230 homeless or low-income vendors, Street Sheet reaches about 16,000 readers each issue. Watts says it provides the vendors a way to ask for money while maintaining their dignity, and provides readers a unique perspective on homelessness and an opportunity to engage face-to-face with vendors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For the \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/landing/#\">SF Homeless Project\u003c/a>, Bay Curious collaborated with the San Francisco Chronicle and their podcast \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/tools/podcasts/?show=fifth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fifth & Mission\u003c/a> to answer a handful of questions from the audience about homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How many people are homeless in the Bay Area?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Since Bay Curious first answered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11001829/homelessness-youve-got-questions-weve-got-answers\">your questions on homelessness in 2017\u003c/a>, the cost of living has continued to rise in the Bay Area and with it, the number of people living without a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the nine-county Bay Area, just over 34,000 people are experiencing homelessness, according to point-in-time counts conducted in January 2019 by most counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In at least five of the nine counties, the recent count revealed an increase in the number of homeless people from the last time the count was done in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bay Area Point-in-Time Homelessness Counts\" aria-label=\"Grouped Column Chart\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/bV3MN/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"800\" height=\"266\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How is the homeless population counted?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, about 600 volunteers and staff canvassed the entire county between 8 p.m. and midnight on Jan. 24, 2019. The city is broken up into a grid, and counters walk down every street within their sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You look at people and you assume that they are homeless or not homeless,” says San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan, who has covered homelessness for more than two decades. “It’s kind of a judgment, which by definition makes [the count] imprecise, and the people you can’t see make it imprecise, but it’s a good benchmark that you can use year to year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A version of this process is repeated in most of the Bay Area’s counties. Sometimes homeless people are paid to help counters find less visible areas where people may have set up camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A tally of the people living in emergency shelters, transitional housing facilities and domestic violence shelters is added to the street count to calculate a total homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counts are typically done every two years, and are required for counties to be eligible for federal funding for homeless services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What are the primary causes of homelessness?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I think people ask this question because they want a single answer that we can easily solve,” says Audrey Cooper, editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle. “The problem is this population has multiple diagnoses and multiple problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with the point-in-time homeless count, counties administer a survey to homeless people that collects demographic and historical information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11764747\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-735x1200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-735x1200.png 735w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-160x261.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-800x1306.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Year to year, the self-reported primary causes of homelessness have remained the same: job loss, alcohol or drug use, eviction, arguments with friends or family who asked them to leave, mental health issues and a divorce/separation/breakup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Because many are struggling with multiple challenges, it can be hard for survey respondents to pinpoint a primary cause. You can get a glimpse at the range of challenges people face when you see how the group responded to a question about health conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seventy-four percent say they are living with one or more health conditions, up from 68 percent in 2017. The most often cited condition was alcohol or drug use, followed by psychiatric or emotional conditions. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had the highest percentage point increase between 2017 and 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">“That adds up to more than 100 percent, so there are many, many problems, not just one thing that is keeping people on the street,” says Cooper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11764744\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-631x1200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-631x1200.png 631w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-160x304.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-800x1522.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cbr>\nYou can read the summary of the report for your county below. Napa County has some figures published from 2018 in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/DocumentCenter/View/10118/Napa-Homeless-Plan-Update---Final-Draft-for-Community-Review---October-2018?bidId=\">Update of the Napa Plan to End Homelessness\u003c/a>. Those with an asterisk have yet to publish 2019 figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ExecutiveSummary_Alameda2019-1.pdf\">Alameda County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/h3/coc/pdf/PIT-report-2019.pdf\">Contra Costa County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/sites/default/files/files/servicepages/2017_07/marin_pit_executive_summary_2017.pdf\">Marin County 2017\u003c/a>*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Executive-Summary-2019-San-Francisco.pdf\">San Francisco County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://hsa.smcgov.org/sites/hsa.smcgov.org/files/Executive%20Summary-%202019%20One%20Day%20Homeless%20Count%20report.pdf\">San Mateo County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/ContinuumofCare/ReportsandPublications/Documents/2015%20Santa%20Clara%20County%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey/2019%20SCC%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey%20Exec%20Summary.pdf\">Santa Clara County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://nebula.wsimg.com/3ce3e2ff360a4965f8ad2823a2609907?AccessKeyId=B6ADA8353DCF8737BDC0&disposition=0&alloworigin=1\">Solano County 2017\u003c/a>*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147575307\">Sonoma County 2019 (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>What is San Francisco doing to help the homeless?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“The city really does follow what is termed ‘best practices’ around the country. And the city models best practices,” says Fagan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 9,500 people are living in supportive housing units in San Francisco. Among them are six Navigation Centers, which offer intensive housing and counseling services to residents. Case managers work to connect Navigation Center residents to income, public benefits, health services and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city also has an outreach team that helps get people into stable housing or a medical care facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Outreach counselors are some of the most dedicated, sincere people you’d want to meet,” says Fagan. “They don’t have enough resources to put people into. But if they weren’t doing what they’re doing, we would not have 8,000 people [living homeless in San Francisco] — we’d have 30,000. It would be mind-blowing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fagan also cautions that sometimes appearances can be deceiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At least some of those people you think are homeless are not,” Fagan says. “They’re just dirt-poor, living inside. And that’s better than sleeping outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764776 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under the Interstate 80 overpass over Gilman Street in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Is there anything on the horizon that will make a difference in helping homeless people?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>City officials are ramping up\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-rolls-out-long-awaited-system-to-13197944.php\"> a tracking system\u003c/a> they hope will help them serve people and save money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ll say, ‘This is what kind of shelter you’ve tried. This is what kind of drug rehab you’ve tried. These are the mental services you tried.’ So they don’t repeat the same things that didn’t work,” says Fagan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tracking systems have worked well in Houston, New York and Los Angeles, Fagan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are most of the homeless people coming to the Bay Area from other areas to take advantage of services?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An oft-cited statistic from homeless advocates: About 70 percent of people who are homeless \u003cem>became\u003c/em> \u003cem>homeless\u003c/em> while living in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That means 30 percent … are ‘coming here to be homeless,’ ” says Cooper. “That’s still a ton of people. I think until we start to talk about those numbers, we’re not really addressing people’s concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we deny that San Francisco is — as Fox News would say, ‘a magnet for homelessness’ — if we don’t talk about the actual facts, we really lose an opportunity to deal with this population.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764770 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless man pushes a cart with his belongings on May 17, 2019. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What do I do if I think someone needs help?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has a 311 number to call if outreach or other resources are needed. In Alameda County and Contra Costa County, you can call 211.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also outreach groups that aid homeless people, such as the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (415-734-4233) or the San Francisco Mobile Crisis Treatment Team (415-970-4000).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information, check out the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness’ \u003ca href=\"http://www.cohsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/WHAT-TO-DO.pdf\">10 Things To Do When You See Homeless People\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What about those who live in vehicles like RVs or camper vans full time?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While the majority of San Francisco’s unsheltered homeless population is living outdoors, \u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Report-2019-San-Francisco.pdf\">35 percent are living in vehicles\u003c/a>. That’s compared to 13 percent in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To address this rise in vehicle living, the city is testing a program to provide safe overnight parking, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/homeless/san-francisco-supervisor-unveils-plans-for-triage-center-for-people-living-in-vehicles\">plans to open a Vehicle Triage Center\u003c/a> across from the Balboa Park BART Station. This center would provide bathrooms, sanitation services, 24-hour security and connections to social services, among other resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of people living in vehicles in Oakland is \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019_HIRDReport_Alameda_FinalDraft_7.23.19.pdf\">on the rise, too.\u003c/a> It has increased 124 percent since 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, cities all over the Bay Area are starting to reconsider their laws and resources for RV full-timers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, Oakland opened the Bay Area’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-opens-Bay-Area-s-first-24-7-safe-14029362.php\">first 24-hour safe overnight parking\u003c/a> area near the Coliseum BART Station. Residents can park there for up to six months. Last March the Berkeley City Council voted to ban overnight RV parking, but has since \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-considering-sites-for-safe-RV-parking-14123317.php?psid=cIUVH\">delayed the ban\u003c/a> until a safe overnight parking area is built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While for many homeless people, full-time RV living is a step toward permanent housing, it’s also a solution some low-wage workers are using to stay in the Bay Area. Some live in vehicles \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11751183/what-its-like-to-live-in-an-rv-and-work-in-silicon-valley-but-call-fresno-home\">part time to be closer to work,\u003c/a> while having a permanent address outside the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cities build safe overnight parking areas, they are also planning tighter restrictions or bans on overnight RV parking everywhere else. Take Mountain View, for example. In May, 212 Mountain View residents were living in an RV or vehicle. By November 2019 the city plans to open \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/12/despite-aclu-challenge-mountain-view-will-ban-overnight-rv-dwellers/\"> safe overnight RV parking\u003c/a>, but only with an estimated 60 spots. Once the parking area is up and running, Mountain View plans to restrict or ban overnight oversized vehicle parking by January 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764761\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764761 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218.jpg\" alt=\"Woman and her dog.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-1020x692.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">April Campbell and her dog, Rocky ,wait for assistance from passers-by on Tuesday, June, 28, 2016. Campbell lives behind a nearby Neiman Marcus store. \u003ccite>(JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>How do homeless people get pets? Are they allowed in shelters?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>According to Renee Lowry, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.petsofthehomeless.org/\">Pets of the Homeless\u003c/a>, there are three common ways homeless owners get their pets: They owned the pet before they became homeless, they found a stray pet while living on the street, or the pet was given to them by another homeless person. Pets of the Homeless is a national organization that focuses on feeding and caring for pets of homeless owners. Its website also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.petsofthehomeless.org/get-help/find-locations/#latitude=39.163798&longitude=-119.767403&zoom=12&types%255B%255D=food-supplies&types%255B%255D=shelters&types%255B%255D=resources\">a tool for finding local resources and pet-friendly homeless shelters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless pet owners may have to pass up housing opportunities because the majority of homeless shelters do not allow pets. According to Pets of the Homeless, in San Francisco only the Navigation Centers accept residents with pets. In the greater Bay Area the only pet-friendly shelters are PATH San Jose and HomeFirst in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are several organizations in San Francisco that provide free or reduced pet food and veterinary care, such as Veterinary Street Outreach Services (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfccc.org/veterinary-street-outreach\">Vet SOS\u003c/a>) run by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfccc.org/\">San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium\u003c/a>. The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspca.org/\">SF SPCA\u003c/a>) provides free spaying and neutering to homeless owners.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Cr_Y3ZGSwfE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Cr_Y3ZGSwfE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch3>Who are the people creating and selling the S.F. newspaper Street Sheet?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Street Sheet is a twice-monthly publication run by the Coalition on Homelessness. Many of the publication’s contributors have personal experience with homelessness and pursue stories sourced from the community, such as the rise of fentanyl in the Tenderloin and pest infestations in single-room-occupancy (SRO) hotels. After the stories are written, editor Quiver Watts and assistant-editor TJ Johnston edit them and get them ready to print.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Street Sheet is a way … to demonstrate that people who have lived experience of homelessness are the experts on their own lives, and therefore, as experts on what they most need and what policies [are] going to be most effective,” says Watts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up to 100 copies are given to vendors each day, and each copy can be sold for $2. Vendors keep all of the proceeds, and many use their earnings from Street Sheet to pay for necessities like housing, food and medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With about 230 homeless or low-income vendors, Street Sheet reaches about 16,000 readers each issue. 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Carter initially prevented the county from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11650308/homeless-at-orange-county-riverbed-camp-prepare-to-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clearing the roughly 400-person encampment\u003c/a>, saying he would \"not allow haphazard, hurried enforcement action in an effort to clear the population,\" but later sanctioned the action on the condition that food and motel vouchers be provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of the long settlement process, many of the hearings grew contentious, with Carter consistently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659893/federal-judge-holds-orange-county-cities-feet-to-the-fire-over-homeless-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pressing the county\u003c/a> and cities on why they had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11658250/orange-county-bows-to-pressure-abandons-plans-to-house-homeless\">reversed course\u003c/a> on plans to create more shelters and fund diversion programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"orange-county\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’ve got five of the wealthiest 20 cities in America,” said Carter during a particularly heated hearing in April 2018. “This is not about money. We are better than this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another homeless civil rights lawsuit, filed in February against the cities of Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano, is still pending in federal court under the supervision of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2019/06/21/with-judge-carter-out-how-will-homeless-lawsuits-work-in-orange-county/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">different federal judge\u003c/a>, who replaced Carter after defendants pushed to have him recused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county and cities have since made progress on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11656882/in-reversal-orange-county-supervisors-vote-for-more-homeless-shelters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">construction of new shelters\u003c/a> in \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-cm-shelter-opening-20190405-story.html\">Costa Mesa\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofoc.org/2019/03/north-county-cities-move-ahead-on-homeless-shelters/\">Buena Park\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofoc.org/2018/11/santa-ana-opens-new-interim-200-bed-homeless-shelter/\">Santa Ana\u003c/a>, among other locales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new settlement establishes rules across local government agencies for addressing homelessness. It comes just a few months after \u003ca href=\"https://www.unitedtoendhomelessness.org/2019-point-in-time-count\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the preliminary results of the latest county point-in-time homeless count\u003c/a> found that the number of homeless people had ballooned to nearly 7,000 — more than a 40% increase since 2017 — with over half living in unsheltered conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This settlement is really about what the big picture is going to look like,\" said Brooke Weitzman, an attorney with the Elder Law and Disability Rights Center, who helped file the original suit. \"What are the consistent policies going to look like? How is the county going to implement best practices? What is the sheriff going to do in terms of enforcement?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement sanctions the Orange County Sheriff's Department to create \"policies and procedures\" for enforcing anti-camping and anti-loitering ordinances. But it emphasizes that law enforcement officials must comply with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/09/04/15-35845.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin v. Boise\u003c/a> ruling, which determined that homeless people can't be cited for camping unless they've been offered somewhere else to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff's deputies will be required to work with specially trained service workers to schedule screenings with individual homeless people in order to determine proper local placement. The settlement also prevents officials from picking up homeless people in one city and taking them to another for services, a practice known as \"dumping.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement also includes establishing standards of care for county-funded shelters and service programs; clinical assessments; developing a plan to better accommodate people with disabilities and guaranteeing due process protections for those who have been denied services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement comes just months after the American Civil Liberties Union issued a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11733516/aclu-issues-damning-report-on-orange-county-shelters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">damning report\u003c/a> on three county-run shelters, describing unsafe and unsanitary living conditions, a culture of discrimination and abuse, violation of rights without due process and an overall lack of accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court will continue to have jurisdiction over the two lawsuits for the next three years to oversee the implementation of the settlement and address any disputes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This [settlement] signifies that to the federal court's satisfaction we have built out an adequate number of shelter beds that would allow the jurisdictions the ability to enforce their anti-camping and nuisance law,\" said Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do, who called it an \"exemplary\" agreement. \"The north and central regions constitute about 80% of the number of homeless we have in the county. 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We are better than this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another homeless civil rights lawsuit, filed in February against the cities of Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano, is still pending in federal court under the supervision of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2019/06/21/with-judge-carter-out-how-will-homeless-lawsuits-work-in-orange-county/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">different federal judge\u003c/a>, who replaced Carter after defendants pushed to have him recused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county and cities have since made progress on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11656882/in-reversal-orange-county-supervisors-vote-for-more-homeless-shelters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">construction of new shelters\u003c/a> in \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-cm-shelter-opening-20190405-story.html\">Costa Mesa\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofoc.org/2019/03/north-county-cities-move-ahead-on-homeless-shelters/\">Buena Park\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofoc.org/2018/11/santa-ana-opens-new-interim-200-bed-homeless-shelter/\">Santa Ana\u003c/a>, among other locales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new settlement establishes rules across local government agencies for addressing homelessness. It comes just a few months after \u003ca href=\"https://www.unitedtoendhomelessness.org/2019-point-in-time-count\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the preliminary results of the latest county point-in-time homeless count\u003c/a> found that the number of homeless people had ballooned to nearly 7,000 — more than a 40% increase since 2017 — with over half living in unsheltered conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This settlement is really about what the big picture is going to look like,\" said Brooke Weitzman, an attorney with the Elder Law and Disability Rights Center, who helped file the original suit. \"What are the consistent policies going to look like? How is the county going to implement best practices? What is the sheriff going to do in terms of enforcement?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement sanctions the Orange County Sheriff's Department to create \"policies and procedures\" for enforcing anti-camping and anti-loitering ordinances. But it emphasizes that law enforcement officials must comply with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/09/04/15-35845.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin v. Boise\u003c/a> ruling, which determined that homeless people can't be cited for camping unless they've been offered somewhere else to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff's deputies will be required to work with specially trained service workers to schedule screenings with individual homeless people in order to determine proper local placement. The settlement also prevents officials from picking up homeless people in one city and taking them to another for services, a practice known as \"dumping.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement also includes establishing standards of care for county-funded shelters and service programs; clinical assessments; developing a plan to better accommodate people with disabilities and guaranteeing due process protections for those who have been denied services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement comes just months after the American Civil Liberties Union issued a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11733516/aclu-issues-damning-report-on-orange-county-shelters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">damning report\u003c/a> on three county-run shelters, describing unsafe and unsanitary living conditions, a culture of discrimination and abuse, violation of rights without due process and an overall lack of accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court will continue to have jurisdiction over the two lawsuits for the next three years to oversee the implementation of the settlement and address any disputes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This [settlement] signifies that to the federal court's satisfaction we have built out an adequate number of shelter beds that would allow the jurisdictions the ability to enforce their anti-camping and nuisance law,\" said Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do, who called it an \"exemplary\" agreement. \"The north and central regions constitute about 80% of the number of homeless we have in the county. 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"content": "\u003cp>In the midst of a heated debate over a homeless navigation center on the Embarcadero, San Francisco leaders are moving forward with a plan to create a safe parking lot where people living in their vehicles can park legally and access services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='David Hooper, president of the New Mission Terrace Improvement Association']‘I am supportive of the concept, but I have questions.’[/pullquote] \u003c/span>Supervisors Vallie Brown and Ahsha Safaí on Monday announced that a spot opposite the Balboa Park BART Station, at Geneva and San Jose avenues, could work as a site for their proposal. The space has the capacity for 30 vehicles, bathrooms and a resource center. It would also have 24-hour security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, it is illegal to sleep overnight in your car in San Francisco. The city prohibits people from inhabiting cars from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.. and offenders can face a $1,000 fine or six months in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safaí, who represents the district, said the yearlong pilot program would aim to help people move out of their cars and into long-term housing. He said people would need to be referred by the Homeless Outreach Team to get a spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can screen residents. We can see people who are living in their cars and divert them to a safe place for a temporary period of time, and then transition them to a more stable housing situation,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s homeless point-in-time count, conducted in May of this year, found that 35% of unsheltered homeless people lived in vehicles, compared to 28% in 2017 and 13% in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although the City has significantly reduced large, long-term tent encampments, the 2019 Point-in-Time Count shows an increase in the number of people sleeping unsheltered, with two-thirds of this growth attributable to people sleeping in vehicles,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11761812\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11761812\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"An RV is parked in Balboa Park up the street from San Francisco's first proposed safe parking lot where people living in their vehicles will be able to park legally and access services. A sign on the RV warns its occupant that they need to move the vehicle. July 16, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_balboa-park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_RV-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An RV is parked in Balboa Park up the street from San Francisco’s first proposed safe parking lot, where people living in their vehicles would be able to park legally and access services. A sign on the RV warns its occupant that they need to move the vehicle. July 16, 2019. \u003ccite>(Kate Wolffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To fund the project, Mayor London Breed allocated $1 million for it, and the supervisors contributed $200,000, too. It will cost the city an estimated $500,000 to get the site ready for use by year’s end, and monthly operating fees will run up to $50,000, Jeff Kositsky, director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, told the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-proposes-first-safe-parking-lot-for-homeless-14096895.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside tag='homelessness' label='Coverage of Homelessness in the Bay Area']\u003c/span>The parking lot would be a key first step to addressing the worsening homeless problem, said Kelley Cutler, human rights organizer for the Coalition on Homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people experiencing homelessness, their “first need is a place where they can park and not have to worry about being targeted by police, or harassed when they’re just trying to rest,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Communities around the state are experimenting with safe parking lots, \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/02/homeless-safe-parking-lots-sleeping-in-cars-city-programs/581128/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Lab\u003c/a> reported in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan comes as a bitter dispute has unfolded over the past few months between the city and residents living near the proposed site of a 200-bed facility — the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center — that would provide a range of round-the-clock supportive housing and rehabilitative services to the homeless. Opponents \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11757452/opponents-of-s-f-navigation-center-to-sue-city-over-controversial-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have sued\u003c/a> the city over the project and have asked a judge for a temporary restraining order to halt construction until the case has been resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11761822\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11761822\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A sign posted on the inside of a parking lot near the Balboa Park BART in San Francisco. Two city supervisors have proposed using this site for a safe parking lot where people living in their vehicles can park legally and access services. It would be the city's first safe parking lot. July 16, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign posted on the inside of a parking lot near the Balboa Park BART Station in San Francisco. Two city supervisors have proposed using the site for a safe parking lot where people living in their vehicles can park legally and access services. It would be the city’s first safe parking lot. \u003ccite>(Kate Wolffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Safai said people in the Balboa Park neighborhood have been willing, even eager, to work with the city on the parking lot plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='City Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, who represents the district']‘We can see people who are living in their cars and divert them to a safe place for a temporary period of time, and then transition them to a more stable housing situation.’[/pullquote]\u003c/span>But residents still have questions about how the plan would be implemented, said David Hooper, president of the New Mission Terrace Improvement Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am supportive of the concept, but I have questions. And I would say I would have conditions,” he said, referencing security concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sydney Waters, who has lived in the neighborhood for about five years, said she regularly sees RVs on the street by her house and thinks the lot is a good solution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of my friends are struggling to find housing so … that would be really helpful,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public comment for the plan will be heard on Saturday, July 20, at Balboa Park High School.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>The parking lot would be a key first step to addressing the worsening homeless problem, said Kelley Cutler, human rights organizer for the Coalition on Homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people experiencing homelessness, their “first need is a place where they can park and not have to worry about being targeted by police, or harassed when they’re just trying to rest,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Communities around the state are experimenting with safe parking lots, \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/02/homeless-safe-parking-lots-sleeping-in-cars-city-programs/581128/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Lab\u003c/a> reported in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan comes as a bitter dispute has unfolded over the past few months between the city and residents living near the proposed site of a 200-bed facility — the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center — that would provide a range of round-the-clock supportive housing and rehabilitative services to the homeless. Opponents \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11757452/opponents-of-s-f-navigation-center-to-sue-city-over-controversial-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have sued\u003c/a> the city over the project and have asked a judge for a temporary restraining order to halt construction until the case has been resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11761822\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11761822\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A sign posted on the inside of a parking lot near the Balboa Park BART in San Francisco. Two city supervisors have proposed using this site for a safe parking lot where people living in their vehicles can park legally and access services. It would be the city's first safe parking lot. July 16, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/07162019_Balboa-Park_safe-parking_RV-parking_homeless_San-Francisco_sign-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign posted on the inside of a parking lot near the Balboa Park BART Station in San Francisco. Two city supervisors have proposed using the site for a safe parking lot where people living in their vehicles can park legally and access services. It would be the city’s first safe parking lot. \u003ccite>(Kate Wolffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Safai said people in the Balboa Park neighborhood have been willing, even eager, to work with the city on the parking lot plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A lawyer for opponents of a planned multiservice homeless shelter on San Francisco’s Embarcadero said Friday the city was “taking a big risk” by beginning to prepare the site for construction before a judge has ruled on a temporary restraining order that would halt the navigation center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='John Coté, a spokesman for the office of the city attorney']‘Others are filing baseless lawsuits to keep people out in the cold. Rather than trying to shift the problem to someone else’s backyard, everyone needs to do their part.’[/pullquote]\u003c/span>San Francisco Public Works put up fencing around the site on July 1, said spokeswoman Rachel Gordon. A contractor has surveyed the property and brought in construction equipment, trailers and portable toilets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are moving forward with the project,” she said, noting that San Francisco Public Works is the project manager and a contractor has been hired to do the work. “At this time, the contractor is still working on site preparation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, a group of residents who live near the proposed site filed a lawsuit \u003ca href=\"https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A65a2ec50-497d-4279-bbce-3deb3451f7a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleging\u003c/a> that the city of San Francisco violated California law by not seeking permission from the State Lands Commission before deciding to develop the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next Thursday, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge James P. Arguelles will \u003ca href=\"https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Ab50861a9-433a-447c-87aa-f985104e73cb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hear arguments\u003c/a> over the \u003ca href=\"https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A8e4ddbb8-ae61-4e3d-b2b7-fa55b14b9d2c\">temporary restraining order\u003c/a>, as well as consider a request by the city to have the lawsuit heard in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they’re taking a big risk,” said Peter Prows, an attorney for the neighborhood group, Safe Embarcadero for All. “The judge could shut them down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Port Commission in late April \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11741972/s-f-port-commission-approves-lease-for-controversial-embarcadero-navigation-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved\u003c/a> leasing the 2.3-acre lot to the city to build the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center, a 200-bed facility that would provide a range of round-the-clock supportive housing and rehabilitative services to the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.safeembarcaderoforall.org\">Safe Embarcadero for All\u003c/a> then appealed to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), objecting to an \u003ca href=\"https://sfport.com/sites/default/files/Documents/Item%208A%20SWL%20330%204-18_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exemption from environmental review\u003c/a> issued by the \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/bag062519_190611_notice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city’s Planning Department\u003c/a>. The board, however, rejected that appeal in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wallace Lee, a member of the group and stay-at-home dad who lives two blocks from the proposed site, said he saw the fencing go up on July 1. That’s when he realized, “It’s coming … It seemed more realistic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole process has been discouraging,” he said. “It feels like the city didn’t address our concerns or seriously listen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed navigation center, which would be located at the end of Bryant Street, is a critical part of Mayor London Breed’s campaign pledge to open 1,000 new shelter beds by the end of 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office said it was reviewing the lawsuit and would address the allegations in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11736635\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 796px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Embarcadero-SAFE-Navigation-Center.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11736635\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Embarcadero-SAFE-Navigation-Center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Embarcadero-SAFE-Navigation-Center.jpg 796w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Embarcadero-SAFE-Navigation-Center-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proposed site for the city’s controversial new navigation center for the homeless, on San Francisco’s Embarcadero. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of SFGov)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Prows said a key legal argument will center on the land, which was state property \u003ca href=\"https://www.slc.ca.gov/granted-public-trust-lands/grantees/san-francisco-port-commission/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">until the late 1960s\u003c/a> — when the state granted it to the city in trust for public use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As one of the grant conditions, Prows said, the state told the city that if it wanted to “lease this property for non-trust uses — which is what housing is — it’s got to be for a maximum profit that would then get reinvested into harbor works or fisheries or other sorts of traditional public trust uses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city would also have to get approval from the State Lands Commission, which has ultimate responsibility for public trust property in the state, and would have to prove it was getting fair market value for the site, Prows added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I think the city probably realized it couldn’t get the commission’s approval,” he said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Lands Commission declined to comment, citing the pending litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='Wallace Lee, Safe Embarcadero for All']‘The whole process has been discouraging. It feels like the city didn’t address our concerns or seriously listen.’[/pullquote]John Coté, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office, said the project had undergone all of the required environmental reviews, and appropriate land use laws were followed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco has a homeless crisis on its hands. The City is ready to put roofs over people’s heads and get them indoors,” he said Thursday in an email. “Others are filing baseless lawsuits to keep people out in the cold. Rather than trying to shift the problem to someone else’s backyard, everyone needs to do their part.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the board’s vote in June to move forward with the project, Breed, who proposed the center in March, said the city planned to break ground later this summer — with hopes of opening it by year’s end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco opened its first navigation center in 2015 and currently operates six throughout the city. Unlike traditional shelters, the centers allow occupants to bring their pets and don’t require them to leave in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='navigation-center' label='Navigation Centers in San Francisco']The Embarcadero navigation center, which would be the city’s largest, elicited a succession of heated and sometimes vitriolic community meetings about the project, attended by staunch advocates for and against the plan. The strongest pushback comes from residents of the South Beach, Rincon Hill and Mission Bay neighborhoods, amid concerns that the facility would transform the tourist-heavy neighborhood into a dirty, crime-ridden area and reduce property values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is leasing the port-owned land for two years for nearly $37,000 a month, and will have the option of renewing for an additional two years if it can show the center has helped reduce homelessness. The port said it still plans to later develop the prime piece of real estate — Seawall Lot 330 — for longer-term, more profitable use.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Opponents of a planned multiservice homeless shelter on San Francisco’s Embarcadero filed a lawsuit against the city and state on Wednesday in a bid to stop the development from moving forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Filed in Sacramento County Superior Court by a group of residents who live near the proposed site, the \u003ca href=\"https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A65a2ec50-497d-4279-bbce-3deb3451f7a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lawsuit\u003c/a> alleges that the city of San Francisco violated California law by not seeking permission from the State Lands Commission before deciding to develop the property. They have asked the court for a \u003ca href=\"https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A8e4ddbb8-ae61-4e3d-b2b7-fa55b14b9d2c\">temporary restraining order\u003c/a> against the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='John Cote, S.F. City Attorney's Office']‘Rather than trying to shift the problem to someone else’s backyard, everyone needs to do their part.’[/pullquote]\u003c/span>The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office said it was reviewing the lawsuit and would address the allegations in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Port Commission in late April \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11741972/s-f-port-commission-approves-lease-for-controversial-embarcadero-navigation-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">approved\u003c/a> leasing the 2.3-acre lot to the city to build the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center, a 200-bed facility that would provide a range of round-the-clock supportive housing and rehabilitative services to the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.safeembarcaderoforall.org\">Safe Embarcadero for All,\u003c/a> the neighborhood group, then appealed to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), objecting to an \u003ca href=\"https://sfport.com/sites/default/files/Documents/Item%208A%20SWL%20330%204-18_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exemption from environmental review\u003c/a> issued by the \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/bag062519_190611_notice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">city’s Planning Department\u003c/a>. The board, however, rejected that appeal in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to block the current proposed project and we intend to take it as far as we can in the courts — as far as necessary,” Wallace Lee, a member of the group who lives two blocks from the proposed site, said in June after the board’s vote. “The way that the city runs navigation centers now in other parts of the city doesn’t make us feel confident that they’ll be able to run an even larger navigation center here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Prows, the group’s attorney, said he hopes to get the case before a judge by next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11736635\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 796px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Embarcadero-SAFE-Navigation-Center.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11736635\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Embarcadero-SAFE-Navigation-Center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Embarcadero-SAFE-Navigation-Center.jpg 796w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Embarcadero-SAFE-Navigation-Center-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proposed site for the city’s controversial new navigation center for the homeless, on San Francisco’s Embarcadero. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of SFGov)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A key legal argument, he said, will center on the land, which was state property \u003ca href=\"https://www.slc.ca.gov/granted-public-trust-lands/grantees/san-francisco-port-commission/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">until the late 1960s\u003c/a> — when the state granted it to the city in trust for public use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As one of the grant conditions, Prows said, the state told the city that if it wanted to “lease this property for non-trust uses — which is what housing is — it’s got to be for a maximum profit that would then get reinvested into harbor works or fisheries or other sorts of traditional public trust uses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city would also have to get approval from the State Lands Commission, which has ultimate responsibility for public trust property in the state, and would have to prove it was getting fair market value for the site, Prows added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the city probably realized it couldn’t get the commission’s approval,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Lands Commission declined to comment, citing the pending litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='Wallace Lee, of the neighborhood group opposing the project']‘The way that the city runs navigation centers now in other parts of the city doesn’t make us feel confident that they’ll be able to run an even larger navigation center here.’[/pullquote]John Coté, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office, said the project had undergone all of the required environmental reviews and appropriate land use laws were followed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco has a homeless crisis on its hands. The City is ready to put roofs over people’s heads and get them indoors,” he said Thursday in an email. “Others are filing baseless lawsuits to keep people out in the cold. Rather than trying to shift the problem to someone else’s backyard, everyone needs to do their part.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the board’s vote in June to move forward with the project, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, who first proposed the center in March, said the city planned to break ground later this summer, with hopes of opening it by year’s end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for Breed, Jeff Cretan, didn’t respond to KQED questions about when construction would begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a homelessness crisis in our city and the entire Bay Area, and we need to move forward with more housing, more shelter beds, and more solutions for people suffering on our streets,” he said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco opened its first navigation center in 2015 and currently operates six throughout the city. Unlike traditional shelters, the centers allow occupants to bring their pets and don’t require them to leave in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='navigation-center' label='Navigation Centers in San Francisco']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed navigation center, which would be located at the end of Bryant Street, is a critical part of Breed’s campaign pledge to open 1,000 new shelter beds by the end of 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Creating new shelter beds is critical to the City’s response to homelessness,” Jeff Kositsky, director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, said in a statement after the board’s vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The navigation center, which would be the city’s largest, elicited a succession of heated and sometimes vitriolic community meetings about the project, attended by staunch advocates for and against the plan. The strongest pushback comes from residents of the South Beach, Rincon Hill and Mission Bay neighborhoods, amid concerns that the facility would transform the tourist-heavy neighborhood into a dirty, crime-ridden area and reduce property values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is leasing the port-owned land for two years for nearly $37,000 a month, and will have the option of renewing for an additional two years if it can show the center has helped reduce homelessness. The port said it still plans to later develop the prime piece of real estate — Seawall Lot 330 — for longer-term, more profitable use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News’ Kate Wolffe contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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