‘I got like 30 cents in my pocket’: Homeless and broke in San Francisco during the COVID-19 pandemic
“Hey man, can I have a dollar?” Keith Williams was sympathetic to the request, but wasn’t in a...
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Housing
COVID-19: City instructs homeless providers to keep hotel rooms empty — while families live in cars or on the street
There are no villains here. Nobody wants things to be this way. No one is sitting behind a desk,...
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Breaking: San Francisco now planning to obtain 7K hotel rooms for COVID-19 crisis
San Francisco’s policy on where to house vulnerable homeless residents during the COVID-19 crisis...
Read MorePeople We Meet: Alberto and Jaime
Jaime Castillo is 53 years old. He is from La Libertad in El Salvador. Jaime came to the United...
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Exodus: Hospitality House residents relocate to hotel, as COVID-19 cases crop up in other shelters — and plan to move homeless to Moscone West comes under fire
En español Homeless man asked to relocate to Moscone describes it as ‘The blank template of a...
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SF Department of Public Health curbs construction and prohibits the use of recreation areas
On Tuesday, San Francisco County Health Director Dr. Tomás Aragón and six of his regional...
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Domestic violence cases escalating quicker in time of COVID-19
For victims of domestic violence, sheltering in place can mean more abuse Nonprofits that work...
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COVID-19: Homeless shelters may start testing residents for symptoms — by middle of next week
Shelters urged to sleep residents head-to-toe, not head-to-head San Francisco homeless shelters...
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COVID-19: San Francisco homeless shelter operators, not yet systematically checking residents for symptoms, say they lack guidance and equipment
Homeless shelter operators plead with city for expanded screening — and provide protocol regarding...
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BREAKING: San Francisco homeless shelters closed to new residents during COVID-19 crisis— shelters urged to *not* employ social distancing until further notice
More hotels express interest in working with the city, even as access to homeless shelters is...
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Breaking: Hotels have offered San Francisco some 8,500 rooms for the COVID-19 crisis — and supes want way more
Over the weekend, hotels answered San Francisco’s call for rooms in the COVID-19 crisis —...
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COVID-19: What happens when a homeless shelter resident tests positive?
Nestled among other street detritus on Florida Street sits a dry and seemingly abandoned...
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COVID-19: Hotels bidding against one another to provide shelter space to San Francisco
A Request for Proposals is live, and hotels are, in essence, bidding against one another in order...
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COVID-19: San Francisco may have 4K hotel rooms by next week — but how much can one county do to fight a global pandemic?
En Español Think of it as a chocolate and peanut butter situation — but that’s not chocolate. We...
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New developer takes on 17th and Mission development — says it may be company’s ‘last market-rate project’
A 27-unit housing development at 17th and Mission streets may finally break ground more than a...
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Appropriate fear: A 13,000-unit housing development — yes, 13,000 — is on the verge of imploding
Concord, for many San Franciscans, is an abstract concept. It’s a name on a map or a BART marquee...
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Tue
11
GLBT History Museum: No More Silence: Digital Community Histories of HIV / AIDS
August 11 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
