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Supervisors and Mayor Clash Over Reversal of Promised homeless-youth services at 730 Stanyan
Summary
Supervisor Dean Preston pressed Mayor London Breed on why the city withdrew support for a planned drop-in center and pop-up services for transitional-age homeless youth at 730 Stanyan, after the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing selected a provider and set an October opening date.
Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Dean Preston traded sharply worded exchanges at the Nov. 9 San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting after Preston asked why the city reversed course on promised homeless youth services at 730 Stanyan.
Preston said the site, which hosted a safe sleeping village in 2020 and was planned as an interim location for a “pop‑up” drop-in center offering bathrooms, showers and referrals, had been promised by the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) and the mayor's office. He said HSH issued a solicitation on Sept. 7, selected Homeless Youth Alliance as the provider and that the program was to open in October, but “less than two weeks before the site was to…
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