The number of people sleeping outdoors in San Francisco dropped to under 3,000 in January, the lowest the city has recorded in a decade, according to a federal count.

The number of people sleeping outdoors dropped to under 3,000 in January, the lowest the city has recorded in a decade, according to a federal count.

And that figure has likely dropped even lower since Mayor London Breed — a Democrat in a difficult reelection fight this November — started ramping up enforcement of anti-camping laws in August following a U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Homelessness in no way has gone away, and in fact grew 7%, to 8,300 in January, according to the same federal count.

But the problem is now notably out of the public eye, raising the question of where people have gone and whether the change marks a turning point in a crisis long associated with San Francisco.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    7·
    2 months ago

    Despite your wacky description of how you imagine being unhoused…

    I’m pretty sure people want to stay where they’re living rather than being violently attacked, evicted, and disappeared.

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 months ago

        I am a Californian, and am not able to read your linked source because there is no option out of their cookie settings.

        Also those shelters have been closing during the middle of the day “because of high heat” for the last month here in San Diego. They also aren’t what I would consider to be remotely “clean.”

        Housing first is the way to go, we have 50 years of various studies that prove this. Shelters pretty much only help the people that own them.

        Edit: I also find your source to be suspect. It seems to be an AM radio broadcasts website. That pretty much narrows down what kind of political brain rot they have, and since conservatives historically don’t like facts and science, I can safely assume that your source is full of just as much shit as you are.

        • VirtualOdour
          1·
          2 months ago

          ‘I can ignore everything you say because broudcasting on AM means they’re ontological evil!’

          Do you not understand that you’re every bit as crazy as the maga loons when you speak like that?

      • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
        1·
        2 months ago

        Hey bro you should probably respond to that other guy, he’s making you look like an idiot who doesn’t know what hes talking about.