San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s latest solution to the city’s homelessness and drug crisis involves displacing 82 ...

No notice was given that the sweep was coming and advocates said it's a reflection of the public's changing attitudes about ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- City officials in San Francisco are preparing to resume sweeping homeless encampments after receiving the latest legal guidance amid a year-long battle over the issue playing out ...

Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Daniel Lurie are both pushing policies that criminalize homelessness, while the Chan ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The human misery and squalor on the streets of San Francisco has fed up residents taking to Twitter, posting grim and graphic images that spotlight problems they say are only ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A week into what Mayor London Breed has called a “very aggressive” effort to clear homeless encampments across San Francisco, a key question looms: Where will the people ...

A homeless encampment is seen along Leavenworth Street in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) To be sure, city officials did clear out many ...

According to the San Francisco 2024 Homelessness Point-in-Time Count, 41% of San Francisco’s homeless population were last housed somewhere else in California or in another state. That figure ...

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