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SF claims homeless individuals decline shelter 60% of the time but some say that’s inaccurate
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco Mayor London Breed is reporting that in November 60 percent of the time when the city’s Street Outreach team offered shelter to homeless individuals they were rejected.
ABC7 News reporter Luz Pena went to the Tenderloin where some disagreed with the claim and wanted the city to do more.
In San Francisco’s Tenderloin, we met Jimmy Thomas. He’s been homeless for two years. Thomas and others have turned two tents on Turk Street into a shared home where at least 10 people sleep every week.
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“We all take turns sleeping in a tent. It’s a lot more of us too. We come and go,” said Thomas.
Mayor Breed said city data shows that in November, 60 percent of the time unhoused individuals were offered shelter they refused to accept help and move indoors.
Pena: “Have you been offered shelter out here?”
Thomas: “No, no. I’ve been looking for shelter and housing because I’ve been trying to find resources.”
The mayor went on to expand on city data saying, in October, shelter was refused in 65 percent of the encounters. In September, 60 percent.
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Sam Dodge, is the Director of SF Street Response team. They go out twice a day to the city’s homeless hot spots offering shelter and keep track of who rejects it.
“Right now we have more shelter available than ever in the history of San Francisco. We have over 3,000 shelter beds available every night,” said Dodge.
Pena: “If you have so much shelter why are people still out here?”
Dodge: “We have a lot of shelter but we have more people that are homeless than we have shelter beds. That is a reality. “
During our town hall ABC7 Take Action San Francisco, Mayor Breed blamed the homeless crisis in part on a lawsuit by the Coalition on Homeless.
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“After the Ninth Circuit court decision happened and there was clarity from that case, because we were not able to move people the way that we are able to move people now, so we offer someone shelter or any type of housing so they are no longer involuntarily homeless. What we are doing is being as aggressive as we can to get people off the streets and get them an ultimatum,” said Mayor Breed.
Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director for the Coalition on Homelessness disagrees with the latest numbers.
“The overwhelming majority of people that the mayor is saying are refusing shelter they actually did not have a shelter bed for them. The other folks is because it’s not accessible from a disability perspective. It is not the correct gender. Someone has a severe mental health illness,” said Friedenbach.
The city’s outreach team confirmed that when people are offered a type of shelter they don’t want they are counted as rejecting shelter that day.
“Every time we do an encampment abatement operation we bring more than enough shelter beds so that everyone has a shelter option. It’s legally and morally right that we have that when we are engaging people,” said Dodge.
Smiley has been homeless for six years and has refused shelter in the past.
“I don’t do shelters. I’ve heard too many horror stories of people going into shelters. So, I just choose not to go,” said Smiley.
Despite the city saying they have the highest number of shelter beds available, currently, there are 436 people on the shelter waitlist.
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San Francisco 49ers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Predictions, picks and odds for NFL Week 10 game
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Mackenzie Salmon breaks down the top storylines from Week 9 in the NFL.
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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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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
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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