SF Chronicle: How 5 SF Mayors Tackled Homelessness

San Francisco has plans to do more

By Ed Lee

In San Francisco, we’ve moved 20,000 homeless individuals indoors over the last decade, and given them the social and emotional support they need in our city or back to their hometowns. But, clearly, we need to do more. Click here for the full article.

KQED: San Francisco Creates New Department to Address Homelessness

June 28, 2016. This Friday, the city of San Francisco will launch a new Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing with Jeff Kositsky at the helm. Kositsky, who has advocated for homeless rights for more than twenty years, most recently headed the Hamilton Family Center, an emergency shelter for homeless families. We’ll talk with Kositsky about his priorities as the department’s inaugural director, including the city’s goal of establishing six navigation centers to serve homeless around the city in the next two years. Click here for the full interview. 

SF’s Homeless Problem: How Did We Get Here?

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By Lizzie Johnson July 15, 2016 3:36pm

SF Chronicle: SF civil grand jury calls for homelessness reforms

The San Francisco civil grand jury handed the city’s new homelessness czar what amounts to a ringing endorsement for his key plans Tuesday when it called for more housing for street people, better routing into that housing from shelters and the creation of a system closely tracking homeless clients through aid agencies.

After studying the city’s homeless system from September 2015 to the end of May, the grand jury found that although low-income housing is crucial for preventing homelessness and helping the most able people move indoors, the most troubled, or chronically homeless, will need more supportive housing, which includes intensive counseling in the same building. Click here for the full article.