Coalition on Homelessness Archives - Page 6 of 13

COVID

First COVID case in homeless shelter; supes demand hotel rooms

Tim Redmond - April 2, 2020

The first resident of a local homeless shelter tested positive for COVID today, and five supervisors upped their demand that the city move immediately...

Culture

With Black community hard-hit by COVID, Bayview groups demand aid

Marke B. - April 2, 2020

As tragic stories about COVID cluster deaths in Black communities begin to emerge from New York and Detroit to Georgia and beyond, many are...

Housing

Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

Sam Lew - April 1, 2020

UPDATE: The first case of COVID in a homeless shelter has been reported. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday to place sheltered...

Housing

SF cops keep telling homeless people to move

Garrett Leahy - March 26, 2020

At 10:11 pm on March 17, five SFPD officers approached a man sitting on the sidewalk at Stockton and Union Streets, according to a...

Housing

Five supes push to put homeless in vacant hotel rooms

Sam Lew - March 24, 2020

Five San Francisco supervisors announced plans yesterday to house thousands of homeless residents using some of the city's 33,000 vacant hotel rooms during the...

Housing

An emergency platform for protecting unhoused people

Tim Redmond - March 19, 2020

The Coalition on Homelessness just put out an emergency policy platform to protecting unhoused people from COVID-19. You can sign the petition to show...

News + Politics

City starts to plan for coronavirus in homeless and SRO communities

Sam Lew - March 10, 2020

San Francisco will provide temporary housing to quarantine unsheltered residents or for people who live in shelters, single room occupancy hotels, or permanent supportive...

News + Politics

Fighting homeless sweeps at City Hall

Sam Lew - February 28, 2020

Unhoused San Franciscans, service providers, and community members took over the steps of City Hall with bubbles, brooms, and tents to protest the city's...

News + Politics

FBI complaint alleges widespread corruption by DPW chief

Sam Lew and Tim Redmond - January 28, 2020

The criminal complaint against Mohammed Nuru and Nick Bovis, and information from an FBI press conference, allege that the director of the Department of...

News + Politics

Police Commission votes against using cops to address homelessness

Sam Lew - January 16, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Police commissioners unanimously voted to pass a resolution Wednesday to address homelessness through healthcare professionals and social workers rather than police. The resolution...

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First COVID case in homeless shelter; supes demand hotel rooms

With Black community hard-hit by COVID, Bayview groups demand aid

Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

SF cops keep telling homeless people to move

Five supes push to put homeless in vacant hotel rooms

An emergency platform for protecting unhoused people

City starts to plan for coronavirus in homeless and SRO communities

Fighting homeless sweeps at City Hall

FBI complaint alleges widespread corruption by DPW chief

Police Commission votes against using cops to address homelessness

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