SF says homeless population is at lowest level in years. So why are some costs going up?

San Francisco has been trying to revive its lackluster image. ABC7 News reporter Lyanne Melendez walked through the downtown area to see who and what is keeping San Francisco from falling into a slump and why the city is paying millions for these services. abc7ne.ws/3UVyXY7
#news #sanfrancisco #sf #homeless #nonprofit #abc7news

[@autumnanderson7757]

I call bullshit!

[@ButcherBird-FW190D]

Well, I'll say this. He referenced the Tenderloin as the "TL". In my hood, that stands for Turd Launcher.

[@MichaelEhline]

Democrats make up fake numbers

[@luxxlace6678]

I want to see the payroll books of all these 600 non profits, i guarantee you they are racking up the $$ there

[@tototita413]

yes you are correct !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if London Breed make $450 00 a year see other salarys

[@Invisableme39]

I have worked for a non profit and you are EXACTLY correct.

[@pumamanta1771]

Yup it’s not a “business” just a scam where the most money goes to the top few that are absent, out of touch, or busy buying property overseas. This is the corruption of the Nonprofit Industrial Complex. They wear capes but really just cashing big checks. Not to say the one guy w the heart of gold is the one scheming. It’s the ppl at the top with absolutely NO experience in their field that run it exactly like a business. I’m HIV positive and talked with Executives of a big HIV centered nonprofit that basically told me they had NO experience working with ppl living with HIV OR prevention programs. She gave me no referrals, no services, and really just gave fake empathy.

[@pumamanta1771]

And I guarantee the guy they showed working for UA is still struggling or considered living under poverty line, while the chiefs and executives make 6 figures. I can list what ppl make in Executive roles for basically just gossiping on Zoom calls the entire day.

[@kingstoncheung1046]

My friend works as one of the bart elevator operators. They are paid $19 an hour. 36x$19x8x52= $1422720. I have a hard time believing the benefits they get are worth 2.3 million dollars

[@user-wv8pw8pc2k]

SF City Management PROPAGANDA.

[@Westcoastguy]

Yeah as if people believe them 😂😂😂😂.

[@jessebfly]

Here's a fun game: Drive to downtown SF. Count all the tents/vangrants/zombies/etc.. betcha reach a number north of 100 in no time. Then try and park your car. Then try to shop at a drug store where, if it's even open, 100% of the products are locked up. Then, get back to your car and pray it hasn't been bipped.

[@bschmidt1]

Go to PNW it's even worse, Philly is bad too. SF is infinitely nicer than a Portland, OR etc. yet gets all the hate for some reason. It's actually pretty nice in most neighborhoods

[@0pTicaL]

100% FACTS

[@miche568]

Seems like PR for Mayor Breed's election campaign

[@paolo-n2000]

Vote Breed out!!! She's a garbage mayor!

[@pumamanta1771]

This segment was a big JO for neoliberal = YIMBYs

[@user-bf1li9wf9l]

Breed is proof DEI elects are dangerous.

[@bschmidt1]

@@paolo-n2000 Funny that people still think voting is a thing or that it ever was

[@paolo-n2000]

@@bschmidt1 - You're so optimistic...how wonderful...🤣

[@User-54631]

You mean the companies that partook in 24 billion lost in 5 years are now saying it’s improving…..

[@paolo-n2000]

24 billion tax payer dollars stolen by politicians, community leaders & non-profits....

[@pumamanta1771]

Yup very easy to google seafch Urban Alchemy and see their corruption.

[@tonictee]

liar! the numbers may be going down downtown but they're moving into other hoods. buying them cigarettes? wtf?

[@Christopher_K_Oei]

Enlisting the tobacco industry to fight the illicit drug industry? I guess it's the lesser of two evils, at least in the short-term. I wonder what happens if the tobacco industry wins and gets a monopoly on artificial mood modifiers. Sounds like a red queen problem if you take it to the logical extreme and don't change course.

[@cheesewithxbread]

Bro, WE'RE ALREADY SPENDING when fights break out, tourists are pushed out, and hospitalizations occur. This actually saves money when you spend on preventative measures.

[@tonictee]

@@cheesewithxbread you're delusional if you think this kind of spending works. all you're doing is incentivizing bad behaviors, bro.

[@Grayson27]

Which streets are you talking about? They migrate from different neighborhoods.

[@cspeak2me]

Yess

[@davidnicholas7516]

In America, we judge the level of our compassion by the amount of money we are willing to waste failing to solve a problem.

[@AbsentMinded619]

A big problem here in CA is that the State doesn’t let private citizens, churches or nonprofits help out. You generally need a government contract (which they give their friends) or else you can be shut down or fined for helping the homeless or cleaning up public areas, etc.

[@rsnc23]

They are in areas now they were not before like Nob Hill , Richmond District, Castro, etc. They have just spread out. The problem is worse than ever.

[@cspeak2me]

Yes thank you

[@pumamanta1771]

Actually a lot of ppl they just incarcerated also. The SF jails are overcapacity and warden are best overpowered and abused lol

[@pumamanta1771]

So they never solved anything or helped the issue to begin with. I think ppl have the idea that these nonprofits yes get the cash and blame it to the “blue” “left” ideology. This is in fact not critical enough to observe that these systems are meant to just be tax free and not do the mission they are funded to address.

[@rsnc23]

@pumamanta1771 Can't do the time. Don't do the crime. Ask me if I care if the thugs and thieves are packed in a deporable prison like in El Salvador. That people want to prioritize crimminals' comfort over the right of decent citizens to not be robbed and assaulted is pathetic.

[@bschmidt1]

They don't really climb hills, very few hilly neighborhoods are bad, maybe a straggler here and there - Pac Heights, Bernal Heights, even Diamond Heights which isn't even really bougie, just boring. Somewhere like Portland, OR will have vast swaths of tent cities and nobody ever talks about it, but SF is mostly a very nice city with a few bad spots and people can't stop talking about it

[@tierrabatido]

$43 million to hand out snacks! OMG this is a band aid. It doesn't solve the problems!

[@pumamanta1771]

Yup it’s something though, the model isn’t meant to address the problem. Just more scams for upper class messiahs.

[@fixpacifica]

I don't think "Building a Better Bay Area" is working.

[@pumamanta1771]

Bc ppl still want to profit off of nonprofit projects.

[@tierrabatido]

The numbers are always low when you don't report them! Drive around with a video camera and you'll see for your self.

[@Mike__B]

I mean if Narcan didn't exist, some of that drug infested problem would deal with itself.

[@joebidenisyourpresidentget2481]

“If we didn’t treat HIV , the problem would deal with itself.” Thats not what happens because the problem just spreads.

[@pumamanta1771]

you’re right it saves lives and isn’t even a human. But you? What’s the excuse

[@RK-fx4sv]

Of course, the bums moved to other cities in the East Bay, like East San Francisco.

[@0pTicaL]

What data? Give us a link to your source. Homelessness is at record highs, source: our own eyes.

[@jaad9848]

I added up all the costs and its still less than 10% of the budget of the police.

[@edlee9432]

Time to vote Breed out! All talk no action. Unless you want pandas

[@0pTicaL]

She's called Incompetent Breed now.

[@copyprint-fz2hb]

number going down , BULLSHIT !!!!!

[@twistedhillbilly6157]

Can't anyone do math?? How many dollars per person is being spent? it's more than most people earn working 5 days per week...

[@AbsentMinded619]

If you erased all entitlement programs nationwide you could give every household over 50,000 a year with the money saved.

[@lotanto6154]

This is not true, I work in SF specifically on Montgomery Street and I feel like the homelessness seemed to increase within the past month. I read on the subreddit for SF that some homeless man assaulted a delivery driver right where my train station. It seems to be getting more unsafe with these "crazy homeless" people roaming the safe street of Montgomery Street. I guess these weirdos are getting kicked out of other places that were dangerous.

[@AbsentMinded619]

There are a million ways that governments can fudge numbers. For example, 200 random people who are just temporarily down on their luck, living in their cars, etc. decide to move to Fresno or Reno where they can afford an apartment. Boom, homelessness just went down! Meanwhile the same number of addicts and mentally ill people are walking around.

[@aznxix]

I just went last weekend..whoever they send to count.. doesn't know how to count..just use your eyes and you can see it's not getting any better.. dude literally offered them cigarettes..how is that going to help..

[@AbsentMinded619]

As a security guard, a friend of mine used to bribe a homeless lady with cigarettes to stay out of the outdoor shopping district he was responsible for. Otherwise she would scream and pretend you were assaulting her if you asked her to leave. Calling the police because the most they can do is drop her off somewhere nearby (long after you first called them.)

[@AutumnRamsey-wu6dn]

They need to audit the shelter system. Those places are full of absolute criminals and thieves! 🤬 I’m talking about the ppl running them and working in them. Just to be clear.

[@rfmonster7690]

Mayor say crimes is going down too, after nothing is left in downtown.

[@dkh4487]

Almost all cities and counties would rather spend tens of millions to these so call ambassador then building more affordable housing!?

[@_ac_7649]

Rarely is bs so pure

[@lazerbubbles3630]

Damn who lied to them! 😂😂😂😂

[@AresWing314]

1:23 Kindness by buying them snacks. Cigarettes?

[@giftedgreen2152]

Better than paying old people to say “welcome to Union Square.”

[@2040wagon]

Both are ridiculous. She is probably down near the orphanage theater or whatever that is Funny Girl. They always try and make it look good during that time of day. It is the night that when the ratty and roachy own it.🐀🪳

[@user-pi2lq]

Yeah I notice 😅

[@cherylrichard3059]

600 nonprofits. There's your problem.

[@Thomas23-tu8gj]

Considering the incompetence of San Francisco's city government in all areas, why would we expect it to get this correct?

[@Dezil]

So enabling a drug addict as a friend/family member is bad but the Gov enabling drug addicts is good…got it, thanks

[@user-wt5ig6ff8e]

I need to start a nonprofit $_$$$$$$$

[@cutlassman1981]

Theft is also at an "all time low" 😅

[@TBM1121]

Keep voting for this! Hey at least there are no mean tweets!

[@user-nh5ew9ck4z]

where are they?

[@RichieRichx]

News mean the highest in years. No one watched TV/Media nowadays

[@bellabella9181]

why doesnt SF convert an empty offfice building into an assisted living drug/mental heath facility? clear people off the streets using drugs FORCE them to detox. assess them. Gather the non profits that provide services into the building to assist.

[@kommisar.]

You think the rehabs are full? You're deluded.

[@415_Stand-up]

Sounds like a non profit money funnel to me

[@Kanzaz]

Show me this report and their sources for data

[@jasonsmith1143]

they (homeless people) are at Sunset, Richmond, Marina district. still, I have NO reason to visit SF

[@warrenleezy]

Why you gotta be like that? The tweakers, bippers and mentally ill miss you😅😂😅

[@tonictee]

the numbers have increased in other neighborhoods. the Sunset dist. is getting a bunch of them.

[@pumamanta1771]

Every city has homeless

[@soulblack621]

They want you to believe that only tents on the street equal homelessness. Just another example of how ignorant they believe we are.

[@jendesimone9053]

I call bullshit.

[@CaliforniaDreamin.]

Same!

[@JMUK]

If I walked in an elevator and that guy was sitting there not wearing a uniform, I would quickly turn around and get the heck away.

[@onegreatstarfish]

urban alchemy is the problem

[@soulblack621]

They don't tell you that whole families are (renting out) living in car garages..sleeping on buses and trains. In the park at night. If they can't see you.. you're not homeless.

[@2040wagon]

Disappointed that Tipping Point held their gala at the Armory and for an entire day no one would disclose what they were doing, I repeat no one. The night of I walked right at it since I live in the area. Some things have not changed in this city for decades and that nonsense is one. Voted for Breed but she looks like she is either going to a exec consultant or an agency head of something. It be surprised she wasn't there. Probably in China trying to get Pandas for our minimalist zoo during the event. By the way parts of the city look better in the day but they are more alchemy and ambassador types than workers or visitors at times. They are not visible at the ferry bldg because they are not needed there.

[@pumamanta1771]

Bet, she’s planning her overseas home as we speak

[@Voicenreason247]

Nice to see they have millions for state jobs and not giving it to people who need it.

[@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD]

*DRUG-ADDICTS, not "homeless" ... cut the woke euphemisms... snacks, hamburgers, showers, houses ain't gonna replace Methadone and mental-health treatment*

[@sfrentals4769]

What happened when the city runs out of money for this?

[@moejoe1863]

Because they didn't care care where your money goes.

[@soulblack621]

They don't tell you how they make people who are homeless claim not to be in order to receive (welfare) state assistance.

[@finchman1]

In the meantime, it’s still Bipping in the Bay.

[@KluverBucy]

So the answer to homelessness is to have some loser going around asking How Are You? and giving away free snacks and cigarettes.

[@joonmoy3122]

We're too "compassionate" to these drug users, coddling them with free cigarettes and snacks. What about we the tax payers who pay for all these "compassionate" services and still have to deal with the crap (literally and figuratively) on the streets? Why are we as a whole so nice and humane to the dregs of society?

[@kommisar.]

Yep, the "compassion" nonsense is nothing but a giant scam. Imagine some dirty homeless person asking you for a cigarette and you saying no. Now imagine him pointing a gun at you for a cigarette. That's what the government basically does.

[@tj6193]

Lies...

[@jimzischka1249]

They're lying ...

[@boostindc2]

So still no real way to solve the problem

[@pumamanta1771]

Just shows the system wasn’t meant to fix the issue to begin with

[@boostindc2]

@@pumamanta1771 just keep throwing money and asking for money

[@EnlistedBombin]

Whoever is counting the homeless must have gotten one of them DEI degrees

[@amadeupaiva8184]

Ambassadors to buy snacks and cigarettes. Thats awsome keep paying your taxes..

[@jucutan]

Money went to the Mayor and Governor! Why do you think they have not really did anything to clean up our streets! The more Homelessness, the More money they could put in their pockets!! We need to use Tough Love, Do NOT offer anything else to the Homeless. No more Shelters, Needles, Snacks, Cigarettes etc. Dont make it comfortable for them to be an addict.

[@soulblack621]

They don't tell you how they determine who is and who is not homeless. If someone lets you stay with them..to them you're not homeless.

[@donalisasantos7610]

Thank you for professionalism speaking. Excellent work. Nice to know they have good programs.

[@beinquisitive]

This is such a joke.

[@tank4922]

Glad there are no more Homeless people. Good job.

[@kmlund42]

How about the grifting off this problem as well? Why not get a social worker, inpatient care, and sustained help rather than abandonment? Bring back mental health hospitals. Some people are too mentally ill to live alone or have gainful employment. Drug rehab should be mandatory and same with mental health treatments.

[@MightyMcLovin-xi8mx]

People are dying from overdosing.

[@estiennetaylor1260]

If these "programs" are working, the people that's employed will be out of a job real soon.

[@CaliforniaDreamin.]

They are FULL of it! Where is the MONEY GOING in our big cities and CA overall?

[@catmi3068]

Yep non profits are not talking to each other. At times people are getting double or triple benefit for the same thing!

[@user-qj4nq6ky9c]

Dan White would've cleaned up S.F. He started with the Mayor & Harvey.

[@Tahoe1969]

Laughable!! Ten year low from the highest homeless population in the country!

[@KB32000]

As a resident I’ve noticed an impressive decrease in human crap homeless and trash in general in the last few months..people hanging out in the streets is still an issue..and Open drug use ..but something is working

[@AbsentMinded619]

Shuffling them around.

[@pumamanta1771]

Look up Nonprofit Industrial Complex

[@mrsleep0000]

A lot of them probably moved to one of the Oakland shanty towns that are popping up.

[@jrule19991]

was in SF tonight. saw few bums until i got to Van ness and geary. at the library block and another block i counted 47 zombies, with more at civic center station as i went down. on the train a young white guy got on with a women and a dog, she immediately slumped her head on seat in front, dude nodded off and on, dog slept soundly on the seat in front. dude was very young but on a bad path...saw almost no bums on west side of van ness. they do go to trader joes and target at geary and masonic, a few tents.

[@jrule19991]

I walk all over SF every week. the numbers are lower, mainly because some areas basically have no bums. Pac Hts. Clement, etc., have very few bums. Now, the alleys off Van Ness are horrific, as is the tenderloin. basically, the bums are not downtown cuz no one is there to give them money. the areas like powell are dead. In SF, a lot of the bums are drug addicts, they probably get general assistance, so they just want to score and be zombies. go steal. little panhandling because people avoid them. the get high and ride trains. I walked from Mission district to pac hts and saw only two bums, in a bus stop area with cell phones, no less.but saw no other people on the walk. SF bums again are mainly junkies, get a small check, and don't mingle with business people, etc., downtown.

[@pumamanta1771]

There are a lot in custody/jail and the jails are overfilled. This is thanks to the “great work” by Mayor Breed so you don’t see the mentally ill and homeless just still taking your tax money tho

[@bschmidt1]

Truth, Upper Pac Heights has literally 0, it's too hard to push a cart up those hills, Lower Pac Heights will have maybe 1 who wandered too far from elsewhere. Not gonna lie though imagine how nice it would be if we could use the TL - that's a nice flat spot with hundreds of Victorian buildings that's just off-limits because we basically keep an outdoor asylum there

[@BrandonLetgo-qc3uh]

Jail is housing.

[@user-wu1ds2sz3w]

2,900 in one square MILE , Yep. 2,900 across the whole CITY???? In your DREAMS !!!!

[@porschefanatic1049]

why i feel like this is a PR move by the City of San Francisco? 🤥

[@nicholasthompson7690]

I will never visit sf again. Deal w the homeless issue and I may be back.

[@zmansushi]

Must be an election year.

[@rhp_6926]

If you look at the numbers, there are supposedly ~7700 'homeless' individuals in SF. The SF Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing has a budget of $690 million in fiscal 2023-24. Do the math. There are a lot of people screwing the system.

[@kommisar.]

And they are cooking the books too.

[@noahname6695]

It’s bullshit. I’ve been there for years in my rv. NEVER BEEN COUNTED

[@bidlymovies987]

Wow, SF sure can spent taxpayer dollars. I sure would like to pick up on some of that action. Feeling like I screwed up chasing a career in private industry!

[@rainbow1021]

Change all current politicians no matter what they say now. Everything is a little too late. Damage is already done.

[@username-hs3pc]

3:05 Imagine spending 8 hours a day inside a tight elevator

[@margo3367]

We used to have elevator operators. Not a new concept.

[@catmi3068]

The services for homeless needs to be similar to the legal immigrants. The homeless need to be in SF for more than 10 years to get it!

[@AbsentMinded619]

That wouldn’t be hard since most are from here. A study (I think it was USF) just confirmed this.

[@rickyrichy5496]

They need another 24 billion dollars

[@user-wj6il4hd9i]

Good im glad to hear

[@Christian-tk1dd]

"It has to be a continuous conversation" -- so he can continue to milk millions from the city, to continue his conversations....

[@GeneReynolds-xc6ws]

Seattle Washington is the Opposite feed homeless crisis and get grown up 😂lol 😆 😂 🤣

[@Whiskeytosparrow]

Just ignore what you see and believe what we tell you!!!

[@catmi3068]

How come public works do not clean up the streets in the Sunset. There are certain streets are so dirty! Especially at the busy bus stops, riders litter on the streets.

[@masonite1973]

"A special tax". That should be San Francisco's copyrighted trademark

[@amandamccoy1165]

Going down?? Really?

[@alexsandra6316]

They either died from fentanyl or moved to Oakland.

[@JMUK]

Is it really or are they just reclassifying what homeless means. There is no way these non profits will give up their cash cow. Now give that homeless alcoholic a drink or five and some clean needles and crack pipes. Have a heart!

[@TruthOpinion]

Not convinced

[@brianp5205]

We literally have to pay someone to watch and protect every corner from a homeless druggie!?!?!?

[@pumamanta1771]

Would you rather a family find them ODed?

[@wakeup3581]

The information is 100% false. I don’t know who y’all are trying to play but many of us live and work here and see this BS every single day. The homeless population in San Francisco feel like it is going down but when in fact, you are seeing homeless people now parking their tents in your neighborhoods and then another and another, until it becomes an encampment.