San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted to implement new legislation mandating a more equitable distribution of homeless shelters. The revised proposal will consider neighborhood needs rather than require shelters in every district. Shelters must be located at least 300 feet away from existing facilities. Critics argue that the approach lacks necessary community input and fails to address fundamental issues such as housing availability. There's also a call for an expansion of housing resources to accompany the increase in shelter capacity for the homeless.
"Placing a shelter in every neighborhood without intentional community input won't address root causes of housing and affordability, behavioral health issues and more," Chan said.
"Shelter should not be expanded unless housing is expanded along with it," Friedenbach said. "You want them to move out and into housing, and then that leaves the bed open for someone else."
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