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How many homeless people really live in San Francisco? Well, read what Joe Eskenazi has to say about the anachronism of the city’s point-in-time count, which results in a number nobody takes seriously. You could multiply it by three to get a more accurate count.
And even then, you’d be missing the details needed to make effective policy. For back story, see Joe’s 2019 piece on the point-in-time homeless count, and the failure of statistics to show what really matters for different groups of people without homes.
Bรฉatrice Valliรจres talks with GLIDE ambassadors in the Tenderloin about their work cleaning the streets, and looking out for people in trouble.
And maybe you missed it, but a street ambassador with Ahsing Solutions in the Mission suffered a battered hand after a Zoox robotaxi allegedly struck his parked car, denting his door and smashing his windows.
More soon,
Sara
Latest News
Is San Franciscoโs homeless point-in-time count pointless?
“It was thought to be methodologically desirable to keep making the same mistakes for consistencyโs sake.”
Zoox robotaxi strikes parked car, injuring S.F. street ambassador
“The robotaxi identified the opening door and tried to avoid it but contact was unavoidable.”
People We Meet: They clean up trashโand look for people in trouble
“I live on this alley. We appreciate it.”
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