The number of people sleeping outdoors in San Francisco dropped to under 3,000 in January, the lowest the city has recorded in a decade, according to a federal count.

The number of people sleeping outdoors dropped to under 3,000 in January, the lowest the city has recorded in a decade, according to a federal count.

And that figure has likely dropped even lower since Mayor London Breed — a Democrat in a difficult reelection fight this November — started ramping up enforcement of anti-camping laws in August following a U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Homelessness in no way has gone away, and in fact grew 7%, to 8,300 in January, according to the same federal count.

But the problem is now notably out of the public eye, raising the question of where people have gone and whether the change marks a turning point in a crisis long associated with San Francisco.

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
    1217·
    6 days ago

    I mean,

    How do you read the article, see that the number of people sleeping outside is as low as it’s been in a decade, dropped from a number that was increasing, and then say nothing is being done about it?

    Your gymnastics are of the type brought to the Olympics by the Russian team.

    • puppy@lemmy.world
      164·
      6 days ago

      Homelessness in no way has gone away, and in fact grew 7%, to 8,300 in January, according to the same federal count.

      Then YOUR gymnastics are at the Russian elite spy level in a Bond movie.