'I'm not being dramatic when I say women on the streets will die.' A San Francisco nonprofit is making a call to help women experiencing homelessness move off the streets and into safe shelter.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed delivered her State of the City address as the city gets ready to ramp up the return of workers to many offices.
"There's about 2,700 women who experience homeless in a given year in the city," said Rayner. "And there's only 99 shelter beds and there's only 157 housing units that are gender specific, so we really have a problem we need to address." And those working closely with these women point out that oftentimes they're choosing to live on the streets over-staying in shelters because they don't feel safe. Rayner says that's because the vast majority of women facing homelessness are also experiencing trauma.
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