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Supervisors introduce local emergency, push for multiple navigation centers as homelessness crisis intensifies
Summary
Multiple supervisors introduced emergency declarations and legislative proposals to speed shelter and navigation center construction amid rising public complaints and Mayor Lee’s update on city homelessness efforts.
Supervisors on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors used the March meeting to press the city to speed construction of shelters and navigation centers and to introduce a local emergency declaration aimed at cutting red tape.
Supervisor David Campos introduced a resolution declaring a local shelter emergency and asked the board to waive the usual 30‑day rule so the city could take expedited action to build additional navigation centers on city property. Campos said the city needs an "additional 6 navigation centers in the next year," and that "3 of those centers must be built within the next 4 months," although he said the exact number and timeline remained open to discussion.
The declaration is intended to activate a provision of state law the supervisor described as normally used for disasters to "expedite the red…
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