San Francisco approves tent cities for the homeless
Jazz ShawPosted at 7:06 pm on May 23, 2020
When we previously discussed California’s program intended to move homeless people off the streets and into hotels, we learned that while they had indeed moved an impressive number of people indoors, it was still barely a drop in the bucket of the total homeless population. Some areas were failing to fill even half of the rooms that had been paid for. And even in the areas where the rooms were filling up quickly, there were still far too many homeless on the streets to accommodate them all.
With that in mind, San Francisco has been forced to look at other options. Mayor London Breed finally authorized the establishment of tent cities to accommodate some of the homeless population while dealing with the pandemic. She’s resisted such an idea ever since taking office, but at this point she apparently saw no other viable options. One of the new tent encampments is located right outside of City Hall on a street that’s been blocked off for this purpose. (Associated Press)
https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/05/23/san-francisco-approves-tent-cities-homeless/
