Past Events
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Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Executive Director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative discuss Proposition C
Speaker Series: Jennifer Friedenbach & Cynthia Nagendra, "Proposition C"
November 19, 2020
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Supervisor Hillary Ronen, a co-author of Mental Health SF, and Dr. Hali Hammer, from the Department of Public Health, discuss the City’s new approach to mental health care for the unhoused
Speaker Series: Supervisor Hillary Ronen & Dr. Hali Hammer, "Mental Health SF"
October 22, 2020
Webinar
CEO of Destination: Home, a public-private partnership serving as the backbone organization for collective impact strategies to end homelessness in Santa Clara County
Speaker Series: Jennifer Loving, Destination: Home
September 30, 2020
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CEO of the largest homeless housing and services provider in the Bay Area discusses the success of “Housing First” approaches to ending homelessness
Speaker Series: Louis Chicoine, Abode Services
July 23, 2020
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Senior representative of San Francisco city government explains the city’s response to the homelessness crisis
Speaker Series: Emily Cohen, Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing
July 15, 2020
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Downtown Streets Team is ending homelessness by restoring the dignity and rebuilding the lives of unhoused men and women
Speaker Series: Eileen Richardson and Romie Nottage, Downtown Streets Team
July 8, 2020
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Hastings Dean discusses Hastings’s lawsuit to force the city of San Francisco to clean the streets and house the homeless in the Tenderloin
Speaker Series: David Faigman, UC Hastings
July 1, 2020
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After covering homelessness for many years, seasoned Chronicle reporter shares his insights on potential solutions for San Francisco
Speaker Series: Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle
June 24, 2020
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Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations and renowned authority on homelessness
Speaker Series: Dr. Margot Kushel, UCSF
June 18, 2020
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