San Francisco’s Local Homeless Coordinating Board, an advisory group lacking enforcement power, meets once a month. At a recent meeting, the top brass of all the departments that deal with homelessness — as well as others — appeared to talk about the Healthy Streets Operations Center, which responds to calls to 311 about homelessness. Here’s what they had to say about issues like police-homeless interaction and clearing out encampments.
“So what I’m asking for is that we have to work on this together. I’m not your enemy. This department is not your enemy. We want things to be right.” — William Scott, S.F. chief of police
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