{"id":2008032,"date":"2023-08-22T12:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bay-area-county-meeting-descends-into-chaos-as-residents-protest-hotel-housing-nearly-100-homeless\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T12:09:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:09:38","slug":"bay-area-county-meeting-descends-into-chaos-as-residents-protest-hotel-housing-nearly-100-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bay-area-county-meeting-descends-into-chaos-as-residents-protest-hotel-housing-nearly-100-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area county meeting turns chaotic as residents protest hotel housing 100 homeless."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbay-area-county-meeting-descends-into-chaos-as-residents-protest-hotel-housing-nearly-100-homeless%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2008032&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A San\u200c Francisco Area Council Meeting Erupts in Protest Over Homeless Housing Plan<\/h2>\n<p>A San Francisco area council meeting descended into \u2063chaos on \u2064Friday when residents \u2063showed up to protest a plan \u200dto house nearly 100 homeless people in a nearby hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of angry \u2064residents in the affluent neighborhood of Millbrae near the San\u200b Francisco airport packed into \u200ca community meeting\u200b to loudly express their concerns to San Mateo County leaders.<\/p>\n<p>San Mateo County has \u200dapplied for \u201cProject Homekey\u201d funds through California, which would turn \u200da\u2064 local 99-unit La Quinta hotel into \u2063housing for homeless people.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re concerned. We\u2019re concerned about\u200d this project. The reason why is because it\u2019s right in\u200c the heart of Millbrae,\u201d \u2062resident Patricia Lam told \u200dNBC Bay Area.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s \u200dvery close to children.\u2064 It\u2019s a block from three\u2064 schools. So we don\u2019t\u2064 want to see that,\u201d \u200dsaid another resident, Ho Yeung.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Footage of the meeting shows residents roaring with disapproval and angrily gesticulating at county leaders as\u200b they outlined the proposal, \u200dresidents shaking their heads and giving thumbs\u2062 downs.<\/p>\n<p>Some residents brought signs expressing their\u200d disapproval.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1692802184128000&#038;usg=AOvVaw07VPFqZ2fMsTCvAF0-SU1W\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t Bully \u2062Millbrae,\u201d \u2064read one\u2064 person\u2019s \u200bsign. \u201cNo Homekey! Safety For Millbrae!\u201d read another. \u201cKeep Our \u200cChildren And Seniors Safe,\u201d\u2064 read yet another.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd \u2062spilled out of the community center room despite its \u2064more than 300-person\u200d capacity, and a huge overflow of residents tried to listen from outside.<\/p>\n<p>If the county is approved for the homeless project funding, Episcopal\u2064 Community Services will be operating the\u200b hotel. An\u200c Episcopal Community Services spokesperson said they will have 24\/7\u2063 staffing as well as case management staffing for the homeless residents.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019ve got to give\u2063 this a chance,\u201d San Mateo County Executive Mike Callagy said. \u201cLook,\u200b we\u2019ve \u200bgot these facilities\u200d all over the county. They\u2019re worried about crime, they\u2019re worried about\u200d assaults, they\u2019re\u200b worried \u200babout drugs and mental\u200d health impacting the\u2063 neighborhoods. That has just not been our experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Homelessness Crisis in the Bay Area<\/h3>\n<p>Just north of Millbrae in San Francisco, homelessness has only gotten worse since before the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>About 38,000 people are homeless in the Bay Area on a given night. That\u2019s up 35% since 2019. More than 7,000 people are homeless in San Francisco itself.<\/p>\n<p>Crime and \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-now-almost-impossible-to-get-arrested-for-drugs-in-washington-state\/\" title=\"It\u2019s Now Almost Impossible To Get Arrested For Drugs In Washington State\">open-air drug<\/a> use often accompany the homeless issue, causing businesses to flee San Francisco\u2019s downtown, where foot traffic has thinned. Many workers have started \u2064working remotely\u200c due to\u2063 the city\u2019s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bay-area-county-meeting-descends-into-chaos-as-residents-protest-hotel-housing-nearly-100-homeless\/\" title=\"Bay Area county meeting turns chaotic as residents protest hotel housing 100 homeless.\">dangerous open-air drug markets downtown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco Mayor London Breed has \u2064come up with a $692.6 million plan to\u200c tackle the homeless crisis by \u200cfunding more shelter beds, but that plan \u200dhas yet to bear fruit.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Breed even\u2062 pleaded for federal assistance to handle the crime and homelessness problems. Other parts of the Bay Area have serious homelessness and crime \u200bissues.<\/p>\n<p>In Oakland, just\u200b east across the bay from San \u2062Francisco, about 500 angry residents showed \u2062up to a May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-equality-act-is-the-greatest-threat-to-religious-freedom-in-our-lifetime-we-must-stand-against-it\/\" title=\"The \u2018Equality Act\u2019 Is The Greatest Threat To Religious Freedom In Our Lifetime. We Must Stand Against It.\">town hall meeting<\/a> \u2063on rampant violent crime and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-hate-crime-victim-slams-manhattan-das-plea-deal-for-attacker-who-said-hed-do-it-again\/\" title=\"Jewish victim criticizes Manhattan DA's plea deal for attacker who threatened to repeat the crime.\">demanded city leaders<\/a> take action to curb it.\u2064 Oakland residents described getting violently \u200cassaulted in supposedly safe \u2063areas. Footage from the town hall went viral online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A San Francisco council meeting turned chaotic as residents protested a plan to house almost 100 homeless individuals in a nearby hotel. Angry residents from the affluent Millbrae neighborhood near the airport filled a community meeting, voicing their concerns loudly. Hundreds gathered to express their discontent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2008033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}