{"id":575511,"date":"2021-06-28T13:51:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T17:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575511"},"modified":"2021-06-28T13:51:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T17:51:07","slug":"san-francisco-officials-discuss-expensive-homeless-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-officials-discuss-expensive-homeless-program\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco officials discuss expensive homeless program"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fsan-francisco-officials-discuss-expensive-homeless-program%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=575511&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--><div id=\"attachment_2438952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2438952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rectangles designed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus by encouraging social distancing line a city-sanctioned homeless encampment at San Francisco\u2019s Civic Center on Thursday, May 21, 2020. (AP Photo\/Noah Berger) The Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:36 AM PT \u2013 Monday, June 28, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>San Francisco\u2019s \u201csafe sleeping\u201d tent encampments appear to have a steep price tag with critics questioning the program\u2019s expensive costs. The program costs more than $60,000 per tent each year.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent meeting, San Francisco city staff requested $20 million over the next two fiscal years in order to continue operating six \u201csafe sleeping\u201d tent encampments that were initially created during the coronavirus pandemic. The program provided a place for homeless people to social distance.<\/p>\n<p>In its first year, it cost around $18.2 million for around 260 tents. A staffer said of the $18 million the city has spent on \u201csafe sleeping\u201d sites, around $1.2 million was going towards showers, $3 million was going towards providing onsite meals and $13 million was going towards staffing and security. Supervisor Hillary Ronen said she was confused as to why the city was paying such a high cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a big deal to have showers and bathrooms and I don\u2019t dispute that, in any way shape or form, but the cost just doesn\u2019t\u2026it just doesn\u2019t make any sense,\u201d she expressed.<\/p>\n<p>The safe sleeping sites are said to be needed to keep homeless out of hotels, where they were originally relocated early on in the pandemic. One of the reasons the \u201csafe sleeping\u201d sites are expensive is due to needing to rent the extra amenities, which is something that the city could look into purchasing instead of renting in hopes of bringing down costs.<\/p>\n<p>The department is now asking for $15 million for a similar number of tents this next fiscal year, which would still see a high price tag for the city even though it reflected cost reductions. Some of the sites are said to be operated by non-profits while the tent program is financed through a business tax measure that was passed by voters in 2018. Supervisor Ahsha Safai asked if there was a way to reduce the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas there been any attempt to reduce the cost per tent for services per individual to bring that number down?\u201d he questioned. \u201cIt still calculates out, when you factor in all the services at the site, it\u2019s $57,000 an individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/hsh.sfgov.org\/\">Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing<\/a> believes the city should maintain the tent program due to shelter limitations and the upcoming closure of some hotels. Supervisor Safai believes the committee is going to take a \u201cstrong look\u201d at safe sleeping with hopes of potentially shifting into other areas of shelter-related work.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/democrats-refusal-to-maintain-calif-water-infrastructure-leaving-residents-high-and-dry\/\">Democrats\u2019 Refusal To Maintain Calif. Water, Infrastructure Leaving Residents High And Dry<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rectangles designed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus by encouraging social distancing line a city-sanctioned homeless encampment at San Francisco\u2019s Civic Center on Thursday, May 21, 2020. 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