The coalition has requested the city offer shelter before removing individuals from the streets. Unhoused woman Julie Sue Jones sleeps in a hearse with a casket on top as she works part-time in the Bay Area. There has to be accountability,' said Mayor Breed.ĮXCLUSIVE: Unhoused Bay Area woman sleeps in hearse with casket on top 'The fact that the courts have crippled our ability to do our job to help get people into shelter is criminal. The debate has polarized the city, even leading Mayor London Breed to rally outside the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This has blocked the city from enforcing certain laws, such as sleeping on public property. They alleged encampment sweeps violated the rights of the unhoused.
San Francisco faced another setback in clearing homeless encampments in the last year an injunction that was brought forth after the Coalition on Homelessness filed a lawsuit against the city. 'If someone has a long-term chronic illness, they're going to have a higher prioritization than someone who is able-bodied and healthy,' said Cohen. The city prioritizes who gets into a shelter. ABC7's Dan Noyes spoke to an unhoused man with an elaborate encampment along the Embarcadero - complete with couches, an Oriental rug and power.Īs of November 27, 2023, there were close to 500 pending shelter waitlist applications.
