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Supervisor Mandelmann urges mayor to fund 2,000 shelter placements; other supervisors press for coordinated response to encampment injunction
Summary
Supervisor Mandelmann introduced a resolution asking the mayor to fund 2,000 new shelter or temporary housing placements in addition to proposed budget expansions. Other supervisors sought a question time near encampments and requested reporting on vacant supportive housing units and the impact of a federal injunction.
Supervisor Mandelmann introduced a resolution on April 12 urging the mayor to fund 2,000 additional shelter or temporary housing placements beyond those proposed in the mayor’s budget.
Mandelmann said San Francisco’s rate of shelter availability lags other large cities and cited Place for All policy goals; he argued shelter-for-all approaches are the fastest, most cost-effective way to end unsheltered homelessness and to address persistent encampments. He listed a coalition of stakeholder groups supporting the approach, including Rescue SF,…
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