Homelessness
Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers strike for 24 hours as Randy Shaw and city representatives shift blame for low pay.
The program mitigated homelessness and sheltered thousands during the pandemic, but also comes with complications.
A strike could lead to a serious disruption in services, with appointments canceled, maintenance requests unfulfilled and nobody at front desks monitoring who enters buildings.
Feelings about the Tenderloin Center’s looming closure are mixed between clients and other locals, with unhoused clients uncertain of where they’ll turn for services after its December closure.
The Tenderloin Center, which opened as part of Mayor London Breed’s emergency declaration to address drug-related deaths, is set to close at the end of the year.
This wasn’t the first time a passing request from London Breed led to police rousting unhoused people from the sidewalk.
It all starts with a survey that determines what services each client needs—and whether they end up in short-term shelter or stable housing.
Over a month after workers protested outside the opening of a new supportive housing building, SF’s mayor is proposing more resources for the sites.
The owners of Good Hotel, Hotel Vertigo and others are among those that may be asking the city for compensation, according to a filing.
Mandelman says amendments will undermine his effort to get the city to stick to an important deadline.