Service with slices: SF priest preaches against death penalty

Before sharing pizza at a special Mass celebrated on San Francisco's Civic Center plaza, a flock of some 20 parishoners were reminded that Jesus suffered the death penalty. Ten pizza pies were divided among the congregants, including homeless...

A mad, mock dash for shelter: Racing The Amazing Runaround

originally published in Street Sheet, Feb. 15-28, 2010 About 40 people ran an obstacle course through Tenderloin streets on Jan. 29 to illustrate the runaround homeless people in San Francisco experience when looking for space in a homeless shelter. "I've seen people go...

Safe Havens abound in Tenderloin

originally published in Street Sheet, Feb. 1 - 15, 2010 People who escape dangerous situations by walking into a Safe Haven in the Tenderloin or South of Market have neighborhood residents to thank for it. Safe Havens include 52 businesses, nonprofits and residential...

Are cases closed for S.F. shelter inspections?

originally published in Street Sheet, Oct. 1-14, 2009 Minutes before the Coalition on Homelessness presented “The Runaround” to the Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee, the Shelter Monitoring Committee (SMC) presented its quarterly report. Street Sheet reported last...

Shelter residents pass baton, ask Supervisors to end runaround

originally published in Street Sheet, Oct. 1-14, 2009 The baton has been passed to the Board of Supervisors — in alleviating the shelter access problems of San Francisco ’s homeless residents.   Over 30 representatives from the Coalition on Homelessness...

Not up to standards?

originally published in Street Sheet, Sept. 15-30, 2009Michael Decarlo Wright has been threatened by another homeless client, seen staff openly steal food and break into storage lockers, and been ordered by custodians to perform their janitorial tasks at the Next Door...

The Runaround: Report on Hurdles to Shelter Access

Anybody who is homeless in San Francisco and trying to reserve a bed in city-funded shelters is likely to be turned away an average of six times within a month. Chances are they’re just as likely to wait one day as well as over a week to get a bed. And they also believe the...

Indefensible: How SF DA wastes tax money trampling rights of poor

On May 27, Joseph Smith, his wife Terrie Anderson and about a dozen other homeless San Francisco residents were awakened at 5 a.m. by police officers who ticketed them for sleeping on Hippie Hill at Golden Gate Park. Joe and his companions have pockets full of citations. When...

Shelter system crash fails homeless clients

The CHANGES shelter reservation system failed no fewer than four times in the last two weeks, the Coalition on Homelessness has learned. Confusion reigned when the computerized intake for homeless people seeking beds in the city's public shelters first went offline the...

Surviving homeless hate crimes: Human faces behind the statistics

Since 1999, when the National Coalition on the Homeless started releasing yearly figures on attacks against people without housing, they claim to have tracked 774 violent acts against homeless men, women and children in 235 cities throughout 45 states and Puerto Rico. Of...

Hated on for homelessness: Youth adds injury to insult

Ricky Green of Bolinas, Calif., and Anthony Waters of Cleveland, Ohio, don't know each other, but they have this much in common: both are homeless and both were brutalized by packs of teenagers in June. But their outcomes differed. Green survived. Waters did not. Advocates...

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