At a packed forum, politicians hashed out where San Francisco will find the money to build housing for the city’s current homeless population.
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Posted inCity Hall, Housing, Social Justice
Supervisor to Consider Temporary Villages for S.F. Homeless
At tomorrow’s “Town Hall to End Homelessness” event, Supervisor Mark Farrell and homeless service providers will discuss potentially creating temporary villages where people could live while awaiting permanent housing.
Posted inCity Hall, Homelessness, Homelessness and Mental Health, Neighborhoods, Public Safety
As Neighbors Decry Spread of Homeless Encampments, One Mission Resident Opens Her Home Instead
Potrero Hill and Mission District residents complain about nearby homeless encampments, which have grown in sheltered areas as winter approaches. Police and city officials say the problem is too big to solve. One resident took matters into her own hands. Part of a special report on homelessness and mental health in San Francisco in the fall 2014 print edition.
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Dropped Domestic Violence Charge for 49er Ray McDonald Is Standard Fare in Bay Area
Football players have recently made the news for allegedly assaulting their romantic partners. But both inside and out of sports, this type of crime often goes unpunished because victims refuse to cooperate — a problem that San Francisco City Hall continues to grapple with.
Posted inCity Hall, Health, Homelessness, Homelessness and Mental Health
Schizophrenia Diagnosis Puts People First in Line for Benefits
Homeless people with schizophrenia face abnormally high hurdles to obtaining their Supplemental Security Income benefits. But one government program has sliced their wait times to mere days, rather than months. Part of a special report on homelessness and mental health in San Francisco, in the fall 2014 print edition. Stories rolling out online throughout the fall.
Posted inCity Hall, Health, Homelessness, Homelessness and Mental Health, Law & Justice, Public Safety
Q-and-A: Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi on San Francisco Jail System
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi says that the city’s jails are giving inmates the psychiatric services they cannot get at the major medical centers. Part of a special report on homelessness and mental health in San Francisco, in the fall 2014 print edition. Stories rolling out online throughout the fall.
Posted inCity Hall, Health, Homelessness, Homelessness and Mental Health, Housing
Formerly Homeless Residents May Face Higher Eviction Rate Than Other S.F. Tenants
Even after residents get in to supportive housing, they face many obstacles to keeping it, and make up a disproportionately large number the tenants threatened with eviction. Part of a special report on homelessness and mental health in San Francisco, in the fall 2014 print edition. Stories rolling out online throughout the fall.
Posted inCity Hall, Health, Homelessness, Homelessness and Mental Health, Housing
How San Francisco Places Homeless Into Supportive Housing
INFOGRAPHIC: Two city departments run similar programs focused on getting people off the streets and into housing. Audits of San Francisco’s homelessness programs say that the demand for permanent supportive housing far outstrips supply. More than 7,000 people are homeless today; only a few hundred spaces in housing become available each year. Part of a special report on homelessness and mental health in San Francisco, in the fall 2014 print edition. Stories rolling out online throughout the fall.
Posted inCity Hall, Health, Homelessness, Homelessness and Mental Health, Housing, News
Promise of Supportive Housing for Homeless Faces Reality of Short Supply
10 years ago, San Francisco’s politicians pledged to end chronic homelessness, getting the neediest people off the street through a “housing first” policy. Today that outcome is nowhere in sight. Few people are lucky enough to leave the streets through the city’s subsidized housing placement system, where some wait perpetually to receive a home. Part of a special report on homelessness and mental health in San Francisco, in the fall 2014 print edition. Stories rolling out online throughout the fall.
Posted inCity Hall, Elections, Housing, Housing Solutions, Land use, Neighborhoods
Housing Solution: Build Manhattan-Style Towers in Candlestick Park
Business journalist David Cay Johnston pitches the idea of building high-density apartment buildings at Candlestick Park instead of planned retail, offices and hotels. He says “Manhattanizing” the area could bring down housing prices across the city by adding 14,000 new units of housing.