Committee seeks to end homelessness in county

“They are criminalized because of their poverty status, so they don’t have the best relationship with police,” Friedenbach said. No nimrod, they're criminalized because they urinate and defecate in the street, guzzle booze, shoot up and snort drugs, break into vehicles to steal items left visible by careless motorists, engage in alcohol and meth-fueled screaming arguments, fist fights and stabbings in the middle of the street, rob people, pollute our air with their stench and commit other various and sundry other crimes. The homeless criminalize themselves, and you and your comrades in the COH exploit them for your own sinister purposes (i.e., a misguided sense of fighting "the man" while in reality you're just maintaining a status quo of misery and poverty. You're a very big part of the problem.

Persons on verge of homelessness need bridge loans tied to job referrals. Are there other programs in other neighborhoods of San Francisco, or do only North Beach residents have compassion and generosity?

Why would one move from Modesto (relatively inexpensive to linve) to SF and be homeless?