Nowhere to Go
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At the outset of the pandemic, a number of politicians and media outlets praised San Francisco for “flattening the curve” of Covid-19, but all the while the City failed to protect SF’s 8,000+ homeless, some of the city’s most vulnerable residents who were already living in close proximity.
In May 2020, the University of California Hastings Law School filed suit against the City of San Francisco for the “dangerous and illegal conditions in the Tenderloin Neighborhood,” emphasizing the safety needs of businesses and housed residents.
It was only after reaching a settlement in June that the City began relocating select unhoused people from streets surrounding the law school and into Safe Sleeping Sites and hotels, while still requiring others to move to homeless encampments elsewhere int he city.
In May 2020, the University of California Hastings Law School filed suit against the City of San Francisco for the “dangerous and illegal conditions in the Tenderloin Neighborhood,” emphasizing the safety needs of businesses and housed residents.
It was only after reaching a settlement in June that the City began relocating select unhoused people from streets surrounding the law school and into Safe Sleeping Sites and hotels, while still requiring others to move to homeless encampments elsewhere int he city.
