SF Chronicle: How 5 SF Mayors Tackled Homelessness
San Francisco has plans to do more
By Ed Lee
Our city is struggling with the humanitarian crisis of people experiencing homelessness on our streets. This challenge isn’t unique to San Francisco — cities up and down the West Coast, and in fact across the nation, are seeing spikes in their homeless populations.
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.