Homelessness
Even though San Francisco spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year to address homelessness, the crisis has intensified. The homeless population has grown from 5,703 in 2007 to 8,035 in 2019. (HUD)
SAN FRANCISCO
SF, Full Draft 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and Action Plan for Public Review, May 2020
Nathan Heller, A Window onto an American Nightmare, The New Yorker, May 25, 2020
SF Homeless Count and Survey, 2019
SF Homelessness Nonprofit Provider Conference Report, Feb. 2019
SF Homelessness Nonprofit Provider Conference Report, Feb. 2019
NATIONAL
HUD, 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, Jan. 2020
HUD, Market Predictors of Homelessness, 2019
HUD, Understanding Encampments of People Experiencing Homelessness, 2019
HUD, Addressing Housing Affordability in High Cost Metropolitan Areas, 2019
Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, 2018
Crime
In the first half of 2019, San Francisco had:
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7th worst rate for larceny-theft
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13th worst rate for all property crime
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13th worst rate for robbery (FBI UCR)