Homelessness decreased in a pair of supervisorial districts where poverty and drug use are especially pervasive, rose in two others
The prevalence of homelessness changed dramatically in four San Francisco supervisorial districts over the last two years, according to new Point-In-Time Count data The City’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing provided to The Examiner on Wednesday.
The number of unsheltered homeless people in District 5 decreased from 1,225 in 2022 to 975 this year, about a 20% decline. The number of sheltered homeless people went up from 722 to 724, according to the data. District 5’s share of The City’s unhoused population fell from more than a quarter in 2022 to around 20% this year.
As for District 6, Cohen said the shifts in the population were also largely due to increases in shelter capacity, which led to a reduction in the number of unsheltered homeless people in the area from 993 in 2022 to 766 this year, about a 23% decline. Preston said the lack of shelter is still a concern, particularly as officials move ahead on a new policy to more aggressively clear encampments in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Johnson v Grants Pass.
“Rather than doubling down on those approaches that were working, we see more recent approach in an election year of a lot of very tough, heated rhetoric and aggressive sweeps,” he said. “I think that that threatens to undermine a lot of the progress that we’ve been making which is reflected in the PIT count numbers.”
Board of Supervisors President and mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin — who represents District 3, which includes the Financial District, Chinatown and North Beach — said this is a reflection of two major shelter additions in the last two years: 250 beds at 711 Post St. and 83 beds for homeless youth 888 Post St.
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