Person tests positive for COVID-19 at 186-bed Navigation Center in the Mission District
A person staying at the Navigation Center on 13th Street has tested positive for COVID-19, the...
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COVID-19: San Francisco to prioritize placing some homeless street-dwellers in hotels — after much coaxing
Reports of other cities obtaining hotel rooms at bargain rates Mayor London Breed on Wednesday...
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Shelter evictions persist, putting homeless residents and staff in danger, advocates say
Although the city has stopped allowing shelters to take in new clients to reduce the spread of...
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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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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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On eve of vote, Mission residents sound off on proposed Hummingbird homeless respite site on Valencia
More than 100 people packed a community meeting at the Salvation Army site at 22nd and Valencia...
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For this ex-cop, the drive to get homeless, addicts, and mentally ill out of the criminal justice system is personal
Al Casciato ought to have been thrilled. He ought to have been validated. But when the San...
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With yet another board-and-care facility facing imminent closure, rooms sit unused while homeless crisis rages
“That’s my husband there,” says Dellie Punla, with a subtle nod of her head. Eyes turn toward the...
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With soup kitchen shutting down for winter break, homeless residents say they’ll make do
On a dreary Christmas Eve morning, hundreds of hungry men and women arrived at Martin de...
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During ongoing downpour, half of rainy day emergency homeless shelter spaces are going unused
Though just 26, R.K. Johnson has seen a lot. When we queried what “R.K.” stands for, she...
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More than a dozen chronic mentally ill residents in limbo, as South Van Ness Manor facility set to close Nov. 30
A 21-room board-and-care facility housed in a gargantuan Victorian home on South Van Ness Avenue...
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Focusing on prevention: Zak Williams talks about supes’ mental health overhaul
At first glance, it’s hard to imagine what would bring two San Francisco supervisors and the son of the late Robin Williams onto the same stage on a chilly Wednesday night. But Supervisor Hillary Ronen, Supervisor Matt Haney, and Zak Williams stopped by Manny’s on 16th and Valencia to talk about something that touches many of our lives, and theirs more than most: mental health.
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Dueling mental health reform plans emerge, as workers and patients claim victory at Behavioral Health Center
Political brawl between mayor’s ‘UrgentCareSF’ ballot measure and Supervisors Hillary...
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Compromise reached to save Adult Residential Facility, which mayor and Health Department had moved to gut
The 55-bed Adult Residential Facility — which had been willfully kept largely empty for months,...
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Discord in SF City Hall over ambitious mental health system overhaul
Like the boulders of Clinton Park being rolled off the sidewalk, put back on, taken off again — and now perhaps replaced with bigger boulders — the political tug-of-war between a faction of the Board of Supervisors and Mayor London Breed over reforming San Francisco’s mental health system draws on, as people continue to suffer on the street.
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Dysfunctional, failing Behavioral Health Center feels like a microcosm of all San Francisco
Barring unforeseen lunacy, Tuesday’s Health Commission meeting will feature a discussion of the...
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Sep
17
Gray Area Grand Theater: Negativland with Live Cinema by SUE-C
September 17 @ 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm
