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Health commission reviews Division Street public-health action; Pier 80 sheltering and outreach discussed

San Francisco Health Commission · March 1, 2016
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Department of Public Health told commissioners it posted notices Feb. 23 after outreach to encampments on Division Street and moved more than 90 people into Pier 80; commissioners pressed for written criteria for declaring environmental-health hazards and a timeline for the new homeless department.

The San Francisco Department of Public Health updated the Health Commission on its response to a large set of encampments on Division Street, telling commissioners the department posted public-health notices Feb. 23 after months of outreach and that the homeless outreach team relocated more than 90 people to temporary shelter at Pier 80.

Director Garcia said the camps included “several camps over almost over almost 200 people” without running water or bathroom access, which led staff to develop a process to ask people to vacate and to prioritize moving people into indoor shelter. “The homeless outreach team was able to get over…

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