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San Francisco Mayor London Breed breaks funding promise for homeless shelter in Tenderloin district
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has pulled the plug on a homeless center in the heart of the city as part of sweeping midyear cutbacks.
The move isn’t sitting well with homeless advocates and community organizations that have spent years planning the new center where the city’s homeless would be able to get food, a hot shower, connect to social services, and spend the night.
The city had pledged to fund the Tenderloin Urban Rest and Sleep Center, but Breed, citing cutbacks across the board in anticipation of a steep budget shortfall, has reneged on the promise.
Breed announced the midcycle budget cuts as her administration attempts to pass its next budget in July. That has translated into hitting the pause button on programs like the homeless center which had been funded in the previous budget but have not yet launched.
“The reductions leave intact basic city services and priorities so we can continue making progress on hiring police officers, expanding shelter beds, advancing behavioral health initiatives, and cleaning up our streets,” Breed, who is up for reelection, wrote to department heads when announcing the cuts.
San Francisco has long struggled with homelessness. In the Tenderloin district, it is common to see piles of needles, waste, and human agony on the streets. Plans for the Turk Street center had been modeled after a program in Seattle that the nonprofit group leading the plans for the San Francisco project said was a success.
“It’s not just about giving them a bed,” Filipino Community Development Corporation founding director Lorenzo Listana told the San Francisco Examiner.
Listana said the ultimate goal would be to help people experiencing homelessness find stability and eventually permanent housing. The center, which had been in the works since 2019 and secured its financial commitment from the city in 2023, was on track to serve “dozens of people a day” and “help replace some of the services lost when The City closed the Tenderloin Center in late 2022.” The new center would have also operated 24 hours a day and accommodated about 20 people overnight.
Despite the setback, Listana has vowed to keep moving forward with the project.
“Whatever it takes, we will do it, with or without the city’s support,” Listana told the newspaper.
Earlier this week, outreach workers fanned out across the city to count the homeless as part of a federally mandated study. While the results of the tally won’t be released for another few months, it could have broad implications for Breed and her reelection campaign.
In November, she ruffled feathers when she claimed that 65% of San Francisco’s homeless population rejected shelter when it was offered to them by the city’s street outreach team in October. In September, 60% purportedly said no to shelter. Breed’s office received a lot of blowback on the statistics it cited and how it was collected.
Still, the city has seen some modest movement in decreasing homelessness.
Two years ago, the city was one of the few in the state to post a decline in its homeless population. The city counted 7,754 homeless people, a 3.5% overall drop from 2019 and a 15% drop in unsheltered homelessness, which means people living on the streets. Breed attributed the drop to her administration’s dedication to getting people off the streets.
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However, if the numbers show an increase this year, candidates jockeying for her job will almost assuredly ask why San Francisco’s persistent homelessness crisis and drug epidemic have gotten worse under her watch.
Breed’s office did not respond to an email seeking further comment.
Division-leading Dodgers aim to snap home losing trend as they open series against the Giants in a matchup of NL West foes
After dropping their second straight home series over the weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers head into Monday night’s series opener against the San Francisco Giants sitting atop the National League West Division standings, aiming to avenge a series loss to the Giants from two weeks ago. San Francisco has lost nine of its last 12 games overall and have dropped seven in a row on the road as they begin a 10-game road trip that will keep them away from home until Memorial Day Weekend. The Giants will start Trevor McDonald (1-0, 1.29 ERA) in his fourth start in the Majors while the Dodgers will counter with second-year Japanese import Roki Sasaki (1-3, 5.97 ERA) who has given up a home run in five consecutive outings.
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Date: May 11, 2026
Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: MLB Network
Location: Dodgers Stadium
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Dodger center fielder Andy Pages, who has helped Los Angeles claim World Series titles in each of his first two years in the Majors, leads the team this season hitting .333, ranking the 25-year-old Cuban third among all hitters in MLB. Pages is hitting .371 so far in May with five extra base hits and 10 RBIs and has successfully reached base in 13 of his last 14 games.
With nine hits in seven games so far this month, Giants second baseman Luis Arraez is hitting a team-leading .310 at the plate in 2026 and is on pace for his eighth career 100-hit campaign. Arraez is one of only two active players with a career batting average above .300, hitting .316 for his career and leads Houston’s Jose Altuve by 15 points.
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Coverage of the San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers starts Monday, May 11, at 10:00 p.m ET. Tune in to see if the Dodgers can beat the Giants for the fifth time in the last six games at Dodger Stadium or if San Francisco can beat LA for the fourth time in the last five head-to-head matchups.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the McCoven who hopefully have better things to do than watch this dreadful baseball team. But if this is your chosen way of spending the day, then welcome, and may the Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the series for you.
Right-hander Tyler Mahle takes the mound for the Giants, as the veteran makes his eighth start of the year. He’s 1-4 on the season, with a 5.00 ERA, a 4.91 FIP, and 34 strikeouts to 18 walks in 36 innings. He was very strong his last time out, pitching 5.1 shutout innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
For the Pirates, it’s right-hander Bubba Chandler, a 23-year old in his second season. In seven starts this year, Chandler is 1-4 with a 4.76 ERA, a 5.60 FIP, and 31 strikeouts to 26 walks in 34 innings. Chandler gave up two runs in five innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks in his last game. He has issued the most walks in the Major Leagues, so he’s probably foaming at the mouth to face the Giants, who apparently believe that drawing walks is a sin on par with murder.
Enjoy the game, everyone. Go Giants! Go moms!
Who: San Francisco Giants (15-24) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (22-18)
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM
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First pitch between the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, May 10.
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