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Homelessness

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Why Parking Spots Make Great Beds for the Homeless

    L​ast week we regaled readers with stories of residents converting highly coveted parking spots into parks, offices, and even nudist camps. Perhaps that's where Bennett Austin, a local advertising student, got the idea to turn metered spots in the Haight District into beds for the homeless. All we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Homeless Veterans' Housing Grant Isn't Enough

    What would a voucher get you in San Francisco?​There are more than 136,000 homeless veterans in the U.S., and California has more than a quarter of them. So while the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is patting itself on the back for handing over more than $4 million in grant money to the Bay A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    S.F. Homeless People: How Many Are There Really?

    Does this count?​Earlier this year, we told you about a survey that said tourists feel the worst thing about visiting San Francisco is the incessant panhandling -- they hate it even more than fog at the beach. But here's some news that's sure not to help reform our gritty image: There are now only ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 20, 2011

    Street Life

    Does this count?​Earlier this year, we told you about a survey that said tourists feel the worst thing about visiting San Francisco is the incessant panhandling -- they hate it even more than fog at the beach. But here's some news that's sure not to help reform our gritty image: There are now only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Homeless Who Won't Leave The Street -- No Matter What

    Not just a number ​The Bay Citizen wrote today that San Francisco's homeless czar, Dariush Kayhan, has been overstating the number of homeless people who lived at the Transbay Terminal before it was closed last August for demolition. The article states he'd told two news outlets -- the Chronicle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    City Finds Homeless Woman Housing -- One Down, Thousands More to Go

    Needs a lot more than just a bed for the night ​We already know it's wishful thinking that the city will reach former Mayor Gavin Newsom's pie-in-the-sky idea to end chronic homelessness by 2014 -- for plenty of reasons. But Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius points out that city leaders are trying, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Homelessness, Weather: The Things Tourists Hate Most about S.F.

    Homeless are also victims of the crappy weather in San Francisco ​Two things in San Francisco any tourist will almost certainly encounter -- foggy weather and panhandlers. That also happens to be the two issues that irritate visitors the very most about our fair city, as confirmed by a recent San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    San Francisco Wants Homeless People to Shower and Groom

    A shower will get you farther in life than a college degree​Most people who live on the streets or in Portland, Ore., don't take showers -- and it's unsavory. But how can anyone expect a homeless person to find a job that pays them enough to live in an apartment if they don't lather up routinely?S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Marty and Kelli Christensen Reunite - Marty Opts To Stay Homeless (VIDEO)

    Found at last.​Kelli Christensen's long hunt to reconnect with her homeless father ended at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday when she walked up to a Muni bus shelter in front of a Market Street 7-Eleven store downtown. There, sat a man in an orange baseball cap with his head down. Her cousin, Caine, who drove ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    Terminal People

    The closure of the Transbay Terminal was a chance to help some of the city’s most hardcore homeless. But many didn’t want help, and others couldn’t be helped.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    City Reverses Course, Promises No Reduction in Homeless Beds in 2010

    Jacob Riis​San Francisco officials are expected to file documents in federal court this week stating they have reached an agreement with anti-poverty activists on a pledge to not reduce the number of shelter beds available to homeless people this year.This represents an about-face from city policy ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2010

    While our hypocritical mayor vows to reduce homeless population, city eyes cutting shelter beds

    Jacob Riis​San Francisco officials are expected to file documents in federal court this week stating they have reached an agreement with anti-poverty activists on a pledge to not reduce the number of shelter beds available to homeless people this year.This represents an about-face from city policy ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    Lives in the Gulch

    Jacob Riis​San Francisco officials are expected to file documents in federal court this week stating they have reached an agreement with anti-poverty activists on a pledge to not reduce the number of shelter beds available to homeless people this year.This represents an about-face from city policy ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2009

    Gimme Shelter

    Musician once played for the homeless as charity. Now he is homeless.

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Look San Francisco! Somebody Knows a Better Way To Count the Homeless

    A couple of weeks ago, I went on the homeless count and came to the conclusion that it was a total sham. People posted comments on the blog, asking how the count could be improved, and here's the ticket, folks: instead of trying to figure out if a person is homeless by care-bear stare ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 2009

    A Numbers Game

    S.F.'s flawed system for counting the homeless.

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    S.F. Homeless Count Is a Farce -- And I Know This Because I Volunteered

    Declan McCullaghWho has one? I have one. One homeless manWhen I arrived last night at the Centra Latino de San Francisco -- my home base for the biannual homeless count -- the packed room was already abuzz with nonprofiteers trading acronyms and sweaty handshakes. ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Declan McCullaghWho has one? I have one. One homeless manWhen I arrived last night at the Centra Latino de San Francisco -- my home base for the biannual homeless count -- the packed room was already abuzz with nonprofiteers trading acronyms and sweaty handshakes. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    "What We Ultimately Can Do Is Get It to a Whole 'Nuther Level by Automating All of Our Programs." - Gavin Newsom's Plan for Homeless Robots

    By Benjamin Wachs This is part of our continuing effort to see if we can watch Gavin Newsom's entire State of the City address before it kills us. Click here for all the Newsom-isodes. Today Gavin is talking about the issue of homelessness, except when he's talking about panhandling. Homeles ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2008

    RAT Entrap

    Police are luring the homeless into crime. Is this time well spent?

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    SF Government InAction: If Anyone at City Hall was Paying Attention to the Civil Grand Jury Report, They'd be Furious. Fortunately, That Never Happens!

    Police are luring the homeless into crime. Is this time well spent?

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    So the Audit says the Care Not Cash Program Works, Right?…Right?

    Police are luring the homeless into crime. Is this time well spent?

  • News

    April 2, 2008

    Free Parking for Sale

    Many say homeless guys who help commuters find street parking provide a valuable service. But others complain that they cause trouble.

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2008

    Google To Give San Francisco's Homeless Free Phone Numbers, Voicemail

    Many say homeless guys who help commuters find street parking provide a valuable service. But others complain that they cause trouble.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    The Chronicle Mashup: An Amalgamation of All the Stories Our Local Paper Has Covered to Death

    Many say homeless guys who help commuters find street parking provide a valuable service. But others complain that they cause trouble.

  • News

    January 23, 2008

    Care Not Cash Volunteer Recommends Work, Ass-Kicking to Homeless in SF Weekly Letters

    Many say homeless guys who help commuters find street parking provide a valuable service. But others complain that they cause trouble.

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    Doh! Mathematically Clueless City Causes Homeless Attacks

    Many say homeless guys who help commuters find street parking provide a valuable service. But others complain that they cause trouble.

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2007

    Drugs, Booze Cause Homelessness, Says America

    Many say homeless guys who help commuters find street parking provide a valuable service. But others complain that they cause trouble.

  • News

    September 19, 2007

    Week of September 19-25, 2007

    Many say homeless guys who help commuters find street parking provide a valuable service. But others complain that they cause trouble.

  • News

    December 27, 2006

    Don't Book 'Em

    A new library program tries to gently ease the homeless problem out the door

  • News

    December 13, 2006

    Love Thy Neighbor

    Unless your neighbor tries to build a homeless shelter in Noe Valley

  • News

    September 20, 2006

    Whose Haight?

    Street kids expect the neighborhood to welcome them as it did their forebears in the '60s, but residents, merchants, and cops are planning a different future

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    The Missing Man

    Fliers plastered everywhere. Friends scouring the city. High-tech search logistics. And psychics. Why can't San Francisco find Jerry Tang?

  • News

    October 12, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, October 12, 2005

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    Street Shuffle

    Gavin Newsom's push to move the "chronic" homeless into supportive housing has made him the darling of the Bush administration's homelessness czar. But is there enough money to make it work?

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    Rich Conspiracy

    Unless there's been a Newsom/Getty/bin Laden/Bush plot of some kind, how could voters support Care Not Cash?

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best Restaurant Policy

    Portico

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    Dog Bites

    What's $100 Million When You're Homeless?; We Feel Safer Already

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    On the Homeless Front

    Providing comprehensive services for street people is morally uplifting -- and, as shown in New York, good policy

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Unanswered Questions; Let Your Comics Be Your Guide; The Homeless Problem;

  • News

    September 22, 1999

    The Tenderloin's Burden

    New homeless shelter proposal splits neighborhood

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Tender Box

    Inflamed by crime, drugs, and rising rents, Tenderloin residents are now launching lawsuits to clean up the city's dumping ground

  • News

    June 9, 1999

    Hunting in the Shadows

    A unique Oakland program coaxes homeless from the streets

  • News

    July 24, 1996

    Weak Foundation

    The post of homeless coordinator may be so much window dressing

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    Dog Bites

    The post of homeless coordinator may be so much window dressing

  • News

    October 11, 1995

    Letters

    The post of homeless coordinator may be so much window dressing

  • News

    September 27, 1995

    Letters

    The post of homeless coordinator may be so much window dressing

  • News

    September 13, 1995

    The Last Homeless Story

    Are there long-term solutions to this problem?

  • Calendar

    June 21, 1995

    Paper Trails

    Are there long-term solutions to this problem?

  • News

    March 22, 1995

    Matrix's Happy Face

    New statistics contradict Jordan's spin on homeless crackdown

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