A Publication of the Coalition on Homelessness
Coalition on Homelessness, March 2019
Severe weather in San Francisco, which will occur more frequently due to climate change, be that poor air quality from fires, wind and rain storms or severe heat, has a disparate impact on homeless people forced to live outdoors. So far this year, San Francisco has faced six consecutive rain and wind storms, with high winds in three and flooding in all six, that left homeless people cold and wet,
It is hard to believe a Hollywood elite got a movie about homelessness right. Not only that, he managed to create a realistic movie about homelessness and libraries that is spot on AND hilarious!
The line of people armed with umbrellas waiting to enter Glide Memorial Church stretched beyond Ellis Street and around the corner down Taylor last Sunday. This crowd of hundreds of folks who waited in the rain were not there for a church service or baptism,
By Shyhyene Brown
This is the second part of a series on the author’s life after domestic violence.
How is it that you can claim to love a person while at the same time inflict physical harm on them? For the life of me, I can’t understand that. But I can honestly say when that happened to me on September 4, 2018, it was a real eye-opener.
Everytime I go to sleep,
I just had to hand you these two tasers. Walking in SF with any type of armour has never been me. When I arrived back in San Francisco and got my certification as homeless on the 1st of January, 2019, I had one taser. Today I have acquired two. Four days ago it was disclosed to me that my domestic violator, who shoot himself, survived. For me, that confirmed that even with two tasers on the street and my three children behind me,
By Darnell Boyd
To The Women of Our Society,
As we celebrate Women’s Her-story Month this March, let us reflect and pay homage to the greatness of women. Let us thank them for their contribution. Let us thank women for birthing us into this world.
Let us thank all the female doctors, lawyers, police officers, firefighters, nurses, pilots, astronauts, CEOs, CFOs, mayors, representatives, senators, case managers,
Street Sheet responds to your questions about the San Francisco shelter system!
by Olivia Glowacki
Black people make up less than 6 percent of San Francisco’s general population and 34 percent of the city’s homeless population, according to the 2017 San Francisco Homeless Count & Survey. Other sources put the percentage of homeless families who are Black at 50 percent and this number has been on the rise since the 1980s. While gentrification and greed grow, San Franciscans who were born, raised, and now raise their children here,
by TJ Johnston
It’s 4 p.m. and I’ve been waiting two hours already to get a seat at the MSC South drop-in. I spent the last two hours outside waiting in line with about 10 or 12 other homeless people ahead of me — that is, if nobody cuts ahead.
I want to get a bed for the night, and the only things standing between me and that bed are the gate at the entrance,
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve a spending deal that will fund upwards of $200 million for salary raises for public school teachers and childcare providers as well as affordable housing and homeless services.
The funds originate from the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF). Established in 1992 by the state of California, the fund essentially takes away money from counties in the form of property taxes to be used for school districts,
by Brian Edwards
“During the first heavy storm of February, a really sweet older gentleman who sells the Street Sheet rang the bell to our office. When I opened the door, I could barely recognize him. He was shaking, soaking wet, and couldn’t even walk up the stairs without my help. His hands, bone white and shriveled from the rain, shook so badly that it was nearly impossible for him to drink the hot tea we’d given him.
