SF Homeless Project

Michael Francis packs up his belongings as Department of Public Works employees sweep a homeless encampment along Division Street in San Francisco on March 1. (Jessica Christian/ S.F. Examiner)

Homelessness and the way forward

Last month’s media blitz about San Francisco’s homeless problem presents a great…

 

TJ Johnston reports at the most recent Project Homeless Connect gathering. (Courtesy photo)

Amplifying the voices of homeless people

Recently, I was at City Hall to cover a media briefing for…

 

GLIDE opens a free pop-up convenience store in the Memorial Church's Freedom Hall in San Francisco, Calif on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. The shop offers basic necessities including shampoo and socks to low-income and homeless community members. (Rachael Garner/Special to S.F. Examiner)

GLIDE Goods provides pricey hygiene products for free

Go to a corner store and try to stock a bathroom with…

 

Joining with SF Homeless Project

Joining with SF Homeless Project

Homelessness is not a uniquely San Francisco problem. Other cities — New…

Joining with SF Homeless Project
Jackie Juarez gets her hair cut by volunteers during a Project Homeless Connect event providing homeless residents with necessary medical, legal and personal services at Bayview YMCA in San Francisco, Calif. Friday, June 10, 2016. (Jessica Christian/S.F. Examiner)

Searching for solutions at Project Homeless Connect

People at a recent gathering in San Francisco’s Bayview District bandied about…

Jackie Juarez gets her hair cut by volunteers during a Project Homeless Connect event providing homeless residents with necessary medical, legal and personal services at Bayview YMCA in San Francisco, Calif. Friday, June 10, 2016. (Jessica Christian/S.F. Examiner)
Items belonging to the homeless are bagged and tagged by San Francisco Department of Public Works clean-up teams and stored in this unit near Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco, Calif. Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (Jessica Christian/S.F. Examiner)

Taking a tour of SF’s storage yard for homeless people’s stuff

San Francisco Public Works employees are The City’s front line for clean…

Items belonging to the homeless are bagged and tagged by San Francisco Department of Public Works clean-up teams and stored in this unit near Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco, Calif. Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (Jessica Christian/S.F. Examiner)
Neil Taylor, a homeless San Francisco resident, stands at the corner of Brannan and Division streets. (Jessica Christian/S.F. Examiner)

What happens when SF takes homeless people’s ‘stuff’

Super Bowl 50 was supposed be Mayor Ed Lee’s touchdown. The crass,…

Neil Taylor, a homeless San Francisco resident, stands at the corner of Brannan and Division streets. (Jessica Christian/S.F. Examiner)