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Supervisors advance resolution declaring homelessness a shelter crisis, call for rapid use of city properties and expanded navigation centers
Summary
The committee forwarded Supervisor David Campos's resolution declaring a shelter crisis and authorizing expedited conversion of city properties for navigation centers and emergency housing. Supervisors adopted an amendment to preserve community notification and the measure advanced to the full Board with a positive recommendation after extensive public comment.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on March 24 advanced to the full Board a resolution authored by Supervisor David Campos declaring a shelter crisis in San Francisco under the California Government Code and urging expedited action to open navigation centers and emergency housing sites.
Campos said the declaration would allow the city to shorten processes and more quickly convert city‑owned properties into temporary housing or navigation centers. "We introduce our ordinance to declare a state of emergency so long as we have results," he said, urging follow‑through on outcomes rather than symbolic action. Campos said the city owns between…
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