Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tagged with: London Breed

Protest caravan demands hotel rooms for homeless

The streets around City Hall were filled with the sounds of cars honking, wooting, and chants of "housing is the cure!" on Friday evening...

Homeless advocates try to take over hotel room

When police arrived to the Marriott Grand Marquis hotel this morning, they issued an ultimatum to a group of activists there: Leave room 235...

The Agenda: Why isn’t the Police Commission meeting?

Two members of the SF Police Commission are asking Mayor London Breed to allow the panel to start meeting again – and it’s past...

Why turn affordable SROs into tourist hotel rooms?

While the supervisors and the mayor are engaged in a critical, and bitter, debate about moving homeless people into hotels, the Planning Department is...

Physicians, advocates stage die-in outside mayor’s house

"House us now! House us now!" A group of UCSF physicians associated with the Do No Harm Coalition, activists from the Coalition on Homelessness, the...

Supes have plan to staff hotel rooms — but mayor ignores it

Sup. Matt Haney, with the support of four of his colleagues, put forward a plan this week to address the staffing needs that the...

Supes denounce mayor’s failure to follow the law

Five members of the Board of Supes are furious that Mayor London Breed is refusing to follow the law and put most of the...

Mayor defies supes, says she won’t open hotel rooms for all homeless

Mayor London Breed announced this weekend that she is not going to sign – or apparently abide by – legislation requiring the city to...

Campaign seeks to close jail at Hall of Justice

On Wednesday, the NoNewSFJail Coalition and its member organizations asked San Franciscans via social media and on their website to participate in a “Digital...

Supes approve bill mandating hotel rooms, now

The Board of Supes directly defied Mayor London Breed today and passed unanimously an emergency bill that mandates the city immediately secure 8,250 hotel...