"The conditions of the people in the streets is hard to see but it's also sad that the city keeps doing things like this and not listening to the people."
"SoMa has only 11% of the city's unhoused, but we host 28% of the city beds and at the same time our police station is understaffed and we have less trash cans than other neighborhoods."
"The law is clear it is illegal for the west side to deny facilities and it's equally illegal to concentrate them all here and in the Tenderloin. Our goal is true geographical equity."
"I do think the city of San Francisco has failed this neighborhood."
Residents of the South of Market neighborhood are frustrated with the concentration of public health and unhoused services in their area. They have spent over $800,000 on private security due to the situation. The SoMa West Neighborhood Association has submitted a complaint to the California Department of Housing and Community Development, accusing the city of a containment strategy that violates state law. They argue that SoMa hosts a disproportionate number of city beds compared to its unhoused population, seeking geographical equity in service distribution.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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