'It's a snapshot of a single night. It doesn't capture a lot of people who experience homelessness for short periods of time that don't happen to be in the streets or in the shelter that given night.'
According to data, the number of people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco dropped from over 8,000 to about 7,750 - a 3.5 percent decrease.One of San Francisco's most pervasive and pressing problems might be getting a little better.
Much of that drop, experts say, can be attributed to the massive amount of resources the city received during the pandemic."Cities haven't gotten much help from the California government or the federal government until this just happened. So that obviously makes a difference," said Randy Shaw, of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic.
While the racial and ethnic makeup of those experiencing homelessness either declined or stayed relatively the same, Latinos were a noticeable exception.
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