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Hundreds attend divided rally ahead of court battle over clearing SF encampments

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August 23, 2023

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Hundreds attend divided rally ahead of court battle over clearing SF encampments

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The issue of homelessness in San Francisco went before three federal judges on Wednesday morning.

City officials are appealing an order that temporarily blocks them from clearing homeless encampments.

However, before the city battled in court, hundreds showed up for a rally over removal efforts.

Federal judges to hear San Francisco’s appeal regarding encampment removal

The issue is certainly divisive. Even those who showed up at the early rally were split with an overwhelming majority of hundreds throwing their support behind the city. They want the injunction lifted, demanding safer streets.

Dozens of others want the injunction to stay in place.

As it stands, the order is currently keeping the city from clearing encampments as long as the number of people experiencing homelessness is greater than the number of available shelter beds.

Here’s where there’s disagreement- the city says those on the street won’t take the help and are refusing shelter.

VIDEO: SF crews making a difference cleaning homeless encampments, but here’s what’s slowing them down

However, the Coalition of Homelessness said that isn’t true. Instead, they claim the city only has enough shelter beds for half the unhoused population, and that the city is simply marking people down as “refusing” shelter.

“There’s a constitutional right to be on the streets if the city cannot provide housing, if the city cannot provide sufficient services,” Jeffrey Kwong, President of the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, told ABC7 News

The latest Point-in-Time Count from 2022 found that 7,754 people were experiencing homelessness in San Francisco.

According to the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, there are almost 3,100 beds across 46 shelter sites. City data shows the shelters are 92% full.

VIDEO: Former SF Mayor Frank Jordan criticizes London Breed’s approach to solving homeless crisis

“There’s so many homeless people on the street, it’s really affecting our city and business is going down. So it’s affecting everybody’s life,” Resident and volunteer Kathy Wu said.

It’s unlikely judges will make a decision on Wednesday. However, many in the community admit they are frustrated and angry over what they consider a lack of any action.

Mayor London Breed rallied among residents and other city leaders to reverse the injunction.

“It is not humane to let people live on our streets in tents, use drugs,” she exclaimed. “We have found dead bodies, we have found a dead baby in these tents. We have seen people in really awful conditions and we are not standing for it anymore!”

“We are compassionate, we are supportive, we continue to help people, but this is not the way,” she said in front of a crowd. “Anything goes in San Francisco is not the way!”

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Watch: Scaffolding damaged by high winds in San Francisco

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November 6, 2024

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Winds in the 30 mph range partially collapse scaffolding on a building in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood Wednesday morning.

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San Francisco 49ers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Predictions, picks and odds for NFL Week 10 game

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November 6, 2024

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San Francisco 49ers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Predictions, picks and odds for NFL Week 10 game

The San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers find themselves in very similar situations heading into Week 10. Both teams have four wins, are currently in second-place in their divisions, and have suffered tough losses to their divisional foes in first. They’ve also both suffered a myriad of injuries to their star skill position players and both teams have taken losses at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs.

There is one key difference between these teams though. The 49ers are coming off a bye, while the Buccaneers just played on Monday Night Football. The 49ers should be well-rested, while the Bucs might be more banged up than usual, getting one fewer day to recover.

With both teams missing key players, like Christian McCaffrey and Brandon Aiyuk on the 49ers’ side as well as Mike Evans and Chris Godwin on the Bucs’ side, you’d think both teams would be struggling on offense. However, both teams rank top-ten in points per play.

Here are our experts’ predictions for this Week 10 showdown.

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Spread: 49ers (-5.5)
Moneyline: 49ers (-250); Buccaneers (+200)
Over/under: 50.5

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NFL Week 10 odds, predictions and picks

Lorenzo Reyes: 49ers 28, Buccaneers 20

The Buccaneers play up to elite competition, with the top strength of victory (.647) — or the combined winning percentage of teams Tampa has defeated. The Bucs, in fact, are the only team above .600 in that stat. But the 49ers are coming off a bye week, and one they needed to heal up. Frankly, I can see this going both ways and would likely look elsewhere for a safer play, but given the extra rest — and the fact that Tampa has a slightly shorter week after playing Monday night — I’ll cautiously back the Niners.

Tyler Dragon: 49ers 25, Bucs 21

Will Christian McCaffrey make his season debut this week? San Francisco is coming off a Week 9 bye. While the Bucs are playing on a short week. The 49ers know they need to start performing better if they want to reclaim top status in the NFC West. San Francisco should win this game whether McCaffrey plays or not.

Richard Morin: 49ers 28, Buccaneers 27

San Francisco desperately needs to get going, but it won’t be an easy task on the road in Tampa Bay. I think the 49ers pull out the win, but the 5.5-point spread is a bit much for me.

Jordan Mendoza: 49ers 23, Buccaneers 16

Could Christian McCaffrey actually play? He’ll make an immediate difference and get San Francisco back to being solidified contenders.

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San Francisco County, California 2024 election results show live vote count

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November 5, 2024

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California voters in San Francisco County are deciding on a host of local races and measures.

The biggest race is for mayor, with incumbent London Breed trying to fend off a host of challengers in the ranked-choice race. They include former interim mayor Mark Farrell, Levi Strauss heir and city hall outsider Daniel Lurie, and two members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors — board president Aaron Peskin and former labor organizer Ahsha Safaí.

There are also six seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in play as well as the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, with recalled DA Chesa Boudin replacement Brooke Jenkins running to retain her job against Ryan Khojasteh, a prosecutor she fired.

Another race to watch is the highly-contested battle over the future of the Great Highway between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard. Proposition K would permanently ban automobile traffic along the two-mile stretch of the Upper Great Highway, creating a new park and opening the roadway to cyclists and joggers as is currently done on weekends.

Here are all the contests, with results updated in real time.

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