San Francisco has been stepping up efforts to put its best face forward for APEC, including the clearing out of homeless encampments in the neighborhoods surrounding the conference.
SAN FRANCISCO -- That activity has raised questions about where the unhoused are going and what's being done to get them the help they need.Michael Hudson has been living near Market Street for the past few months. He says he just found out about the APEC conference.ALSO READ: More stories on the APEC Summit'This the third time they kicked us out. And this time they wouldn't let us put our tents back up,' said Hudson.
'What we have seen is that the main shelter that people can just walk up and go -- at Dolores Street -- they are not letting people sleep there. They are only letting folks referred out of the APEC zone to sleep there.'SFMTA APEC INFO: APEC Travel and Transit Info | Interactive Map | Nob Hill Impacts | SoMa ImpactsFriedenbach said her organization got word about the Dolores shelter plan on Wednesday.
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