Homelessness
SFGOP wants to turn Pier 80 into a ‘large scale treatment center’ for addicts
Contacting the district’s supervisor might be a good first step in making the plan a reality
Footage from a Tenderloin nonprofit shows potential abuse of an unhoused person
CCTV footage shows a worker at a GLIDE facility harassing a sleeping figure in 2024, and the organization won’t answer our questions about what happened
Will Mayor-elect Lurie find real solutions to homelessness — or more ways to hide the problem?
A troubling encounter on 6th Street, the newest hotspot in the encampment shuffle
SF’s Board of Supervisors has overturned Mayor Breed’s ban on RV dwelling
Advocates argued the policy would cause significant harm to the city’s most vulnerable residents
Matt Dorsey’s crusade against drug use in city-funded housing is a well-intentioned mistake
This week, the District 6 Supervisor announced a plan to legislate the phrase ‘drug-tolerant housing’ into city policy. Here’s why language matters — and how it fuels a backlash
In SF, renewed sweeps are sending unhoused people back to square one
Gazetteer SF visited two sweeps of encampments — and witnessed a revolving door of punishment
Making SF’s Cash Not Drugs program work will be a lot harder than its proponents want to admit
Last month, SF announced a plan to offer county welfare recipients $400 a month to stay off drugs. The city’s most vulnerable residents wonder if it’s really meant for them
As Winston Drive deadline looms, cops force dozens of families living in RVs to move to Zoo Road
RV residents, many of them families with children, face an uncertain future as the city seeks to clear the streets
We asked SF unhoused people about Supreme Court ruling that legalizes sweeps without offering shelter
‘It's displacement. It's harassment. It's degrading. It's dehumanizing.’
City officials push back enforcement date for clearing RVs along Winston Drive
RV owners have until August 1 to move out or risk being ticketed and towed — but many still have nowhere to go