To constantly refer to this problem, as *'Homelessness,'* implies that putting a roof over the heads of these people will solve the problem. Call it what it is: an invasion of criminal street rats, drug addicts, and the mentally ill. Some need to go to jail. Some need to go to rehab. Some need to be cared for in institutions. Unless you see it for what it is, you'll never fix it.

You cant help drug addicts who don't want to help themselves.

Drug addicts roaming the streets is a public health hazard

Why don’t these activists take these people home with them

This is step in right direction. Needs to be illegal to set up camps on the street.

You can’t double park in San Francisco without getting a ticket but they allow people to live on the street it’s absolutely ridiculous

If homeless refuse shelter let them stay at the homeless advocates’ home or leave SF. They are certainly not welcome sleep lie or sit on the streets! Whomever opposes the encampment sweep take them to your city or home!

If these homeless people are refusing shelter, the mayor of SF should ask the question: Why?

The activists, judges and politicians need to help with the clean up.

Civil rights??? What about my civil rights to be able to walk down the street without stepping in poop and used needles?

If people are sleeping on the sidewalk take them to the tent community until housing opens up. But they can't stay on the sidewalks. Sidewalks are for walking from one place to another.

By "clearing," they actually mean shuffling them from one location to another. They don't have the balls to actually tackle this issue in an effective and permanent way.

Sigh. Even if shelter or permanent housings are given to them, they will still find a way to mess it up with out perm rehabilitation. Doing drug, commit violence, go cra cra in housing

I only lived in SF for 1 year, I lived close to 20 years in NYC prior to that experience, all boroughs except for staten island so I thought I had seen a thing or two. Until the very last day before I left SF, I was shocked how things are so contrast. On one hand, techies making 500k wearing all those expensive space-suit material backpack drinking $15 boba, on the other hands, some Mad max scenes are happening everyday in front of my eyes. What a place.

That dude picking imaginary things off the floor at the end folded like a chair while moving like a zombie is peak SF

This problem (as with all government managed social issues) doesn't go away because there are too many people making loads of money...especially the so-called advocates!!!

They have to make the shelters SAFE because people do get RAPED others have very bad MENTAL PROBLEMS and they also need SHOWERS in the shelters because some homeless people carry BODY LICE. Not all homeless people are on drugs some have bad mental problems and homelessness problems got worse when they closed the Mental Hospitals and opend the doors and they literally put the mental patients out. The way the system is fixed if you ask a mental person if they feel like harming themselves or other and if they if they answer no to both questions even if no is the only word they can say they DON'T get help. The SYSTEM needs to be fixed before the PROBLEM can be fixed.

Good luck! The homeless problem will never go away cause nothing is ever really done.

I was at 13th and Harrison Street yesterday where a "Homeless" encampment caught fire (once again) burned thru the fence and burned multiple BMW employee cars. Actual the guy who started the fire was a drugged out idiot that made poor decisions in his life and did drugs so now we all have to pay for his mistakes. It is so stupid. He should go to jail. His camp shouldn't have been on a city public sidewalk. This needs to end. Oh and the guys working told me it's the 3rd time in 2 years this happened.

Finally please keep the city clean and safe 🙏

A warden in Arizona has said many times he has thousands of acres of fenced accommodations for any city that wants to send them in for a welcome.

Assuming we had a functioning legislature, the California legislature could draft a bill outlawing encampments on all public property based on the presentation of community health risk (hepatitis, bacterial infection from public excrement, typhus, etc). The governor could sign this into law. And at the same time, for those taking illicit drugs, they could be given two choices, rehabilitation to help them overcome addiction or jail time if they refuse. Instead of paying exorbitant amounts on supporting their addiction, which for some of these drugs cruelly leads to them becoming brain dead, reallocate this money which at this stage is substantial to rehabilitation programs. Why are we making this so complicated?

Unless the mayor forces the homeless into drug and mental health treatment, then the problem will continue. We need folks clean and sober so they can become productive members of society and be reunited with their families. Also, the mayor didn't address those who are coming from other states to SF just to get free services without no intention of wanting to do better for themselves but leech off the hardworking taxpayers.

Leave it to the government for things to get extremely out of control before they start enacting laws. It should have never gotten to this condition of homelessness and lawlessness. Absolutely no respect for politicians in this country. 😮

The best way for SF leaders to tackle their crime epidemic is to resign for de-funding the police back in 2021

SF is marching toward Haiti.

95% of these people are junkies who have stopped caring out themselves. Is it society’s job to care for those who prefer to die or don’t care about themselves when there are hard working struggling Americans who need support?

It won’t work. Before you can clear the homeless camps you need to clear the City/County supervisors camp.

Incentivized homelessness and criminality

More and more homeless coming from the border y’all need to close the border

And they'll just move down a couple of more blocks and do the same thing until they're cleared out and move again this is not an answer it is the definition of repetition without point or Reason

We Americans sure love our human rights, even for criminals and these voluntary "unhoused" folks. Why do we allow them to lower the quality of life for honest hardworking tax payers??

As long as the advocates keep suing, me and mine will continue taking our business South of SF....anywhere where it;s cleaner and safer. Not hard to figure that one out....

As an officer in Palm Beach County Florida, we experienced a similar problem after offering shelter through a program that would find them jobs, most refused because they don't want to be responsible for their lives, so after collecting I.D. data we methodically began removing them out of the county due to health risks to public safety & their refusal for assistance.

the city should build a massive homeless shelter in Alcatraz and hopefully keep them there forever.

“This means that we will see fewer encampments over time and cleaner streets”. Mr. Chiu has found the magic formula! He’s like sort of a….Batman

San Francisco lived there for 40 years. This is the macro affect of sanctuary. Not saying the homeless are not deserving of their rights to safety and shelter. This dynamic is in part due to the failure of one education system. It is also a manifestation of the concentration of wealth in America. The rich see all none wealthy as expendable. The numbers are scary and look at the resulting chaos. Feces, syringes, tents, crime against property and businesses. Out of control. Ambushes and the sense of desperation on both sides. A sad result of citizens outside the system being socially irrelevant. Sad and dangerous as it was in this case

what if they refuse shelter but come back the next day? you can't chase them forever, right? It gotta be consequences for violating the law.

The homeless advocates need to be denied any city funds. End of problem,

it really takes a billionaire threatening for them to enact

Want no help? Time to go. Time for reason. Or we can wait for federal intervention, just like with corruption with Building and Permits.

Such a disgrace!

I've been house shopping and I'm so disgusted with prices that I'm going to throw trash in the street, go #2 on the sidewalk, then smoke some crack.

Homeless people were living in my former county seat of Wellington Kansas population 8000 living inside of the cemetery They were asked to leave

I’m already seeing a lot of cleaner sidewalks in San Francisco. It should not be optional to turn down housing

Its time to force these folks off the streets. You should not be allowed to stay on the streets. Get rid of these stupid judges.

Its about dang time... start with that mess on Van Ness Avenue

I don't think I'll ever go back to SF =(

Please post the critics and advocates addresses so the bums know their sanctuaries

Just like doing yard work, it needs regular attention

What kind of dream world is the mayor leaving. If you make laws then it will over fill the jails.

they clean up and homeless come back the next day... well, where do you want them to go? please get them another place where they can go! Imagine yourself living on the street and have no place to sleep, only thing you afford is a tent and you got no where to put it because its illegal. so question is ,where should they go? here in my country there is no space for everyone in shelter, it also requiers being sober and citizen in the city, there is also a waiting list for homeless shelter because they are overly packed. so where should people go? they cannot just walking all day and night in the city, they also need sleep. but they cannot even do it in a tent. I understand that city is good to keep clean but you cannot expect these people just dissapire.

I hope they clear the camp at North Point and Van Ness. Crazy, aggressive people living there.

About time!

If it's illegal, then it shouldn't be allowed. Doing drugs on streets? There needs to be a punishment. Selling drugs in private or public? There needs to be a punishment. Shitting on the sidewalk or threatening people? Needs a punishment and some mental help.

What a hell hole...the attitude of "give them a hug" has worn thin, after so many car break ins, the mess, hundreds of millions of tax payers spent on the "unhoused", the erosion of the community...but this should have been done like years ago..let's see in a couple of months

It is their Right to be an absolute complete Burden on society in every way possible

It’s been like that for years.

They don’t want to go to shelters

San Francisco need to clean up its Recreation and Parks Department first. The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department is the biggest drive of San Francisco to doom. San Francisco is going to get worst because of the increasing number of unwelcoming and aggressive "public" park security guards who are more concerned with trying to ask for identification to issue citations than dealing with the rampant vehicle burglaries. These ridiculous clowns in green uniforms with batons try to act like cops when they are Not cops. Sooner or later, these wannabe cops is going to cause injuries and fatalies to innocent people.They are managing the "public" parks like private property. On public streets, they try to chase down people for parking violations. Critical reform is needed to make these less like cops in terms of their vehicles, equipment, badges, uniform colors, so the public and cops can distinguish them as civilian employees. Amend their job tile to one that is appropriate for their job duties like park monitor or park service ambassador. Change their uniform color from the full olive green color to the light blue shirt color like the parking enforcement personnel. Also switch their star shaped bage to the more circular shaped or oval shaped like the parking enforcement personnel. Currently, they have police scanners inside their vehicles, so they go show up to the police calls and interfere with the first responders on scene. So take out the police scanners from their vehicles. Modify their emblem on their vehicle doors to the city seal like all other city vehicles. Modify their lightbar case to the amber color matching amber lights instead of the clear case. All these suggestions are to discourage or deminish the consequences of risky conduct by some "public" park security staff. They need to remind of that they are Not cops.

They turn help down because they can’t continue their dirt (drugs)while they’re getting assistance

Hurts to see such amazing souls lost😞 no judgement

So if the city just keeps picking up after the homeless and not charging them, why can't taxpaying homeowners just throw their trash in the street and have the city take care of it?

Nothing will change

No use putting a bandage on the problem. They will just go back putting up encampments or just spreading the encampments outside of downtown. You need to fix the root problem.

Love this, get them out of here!

I want those activists who think keep them off the streets are violating civil rights to live with them for a month. See what it feels like to pay 4k a month rent and having people pee at your front door everyday.

LA has a city budget of $12.8 billion under Mayor Karena Bass, with a population of almost 4 million people. Personally, I think SF needs to seriously slash the budget back to $5-7 billion. There are too many City employees, too many City departments, too many bloated budgets, and too many nonprofits with questionable bookkeeping and program outcomes. There is no logical reason for a city of 900,000 people to have a budget of $14-15 billion.

This was all allowed to happen on purpose in order to severely drop the property value - that’s is why buildings prices in the area are down 60-70% and are now being bought for Pennie’s on the dollar. We’re basically living in Robocop.

Such an eyesore. Get these people off the streets; people love boasting about capitalism like there’s all pros and no cons, well this is an example of one of its cons.

Deal with the pharmaceuticals and mentally ill…the trash will evaporate.

Are they sure that’s San Francisco. It looks like Calcutta ?

Being HOMELESS is a living nightmare whether your fault or not ......

Make homeless pick up their own trash 🗑️ you have to address mental illness first, have that treated; then make sure homeless are healthy! Get all homeless people in addiction programs, stay clean and sober! Keep all communities safe!

A lot of these people need rehab, and some mental health care.

Turn on the fire hoses...They'll move!

I am so happy all these drug addled criminals are moving to california. Keep it up. I also love how you move the homeless camps around to make it look 'better'. You will not see less. At least you gave one reporter a living just reporting on 'willow street' for last two years, her future is assured.

drugs is the biggest threat, if most weren't on drungs most would not be homeless

Way too long for not doing anything to stop this problem......is election time coming close ?

All I know is that if nothing is done about the encampments. More and more residents with children are going to leave the city for a better location and some of those families have the financial means to look elsewhere. Also who's going to buy their properties. Foreign Chinese markets.

Where do they think the problem is going? Nowhere!!! They’re just shuffling the hobos around.

They spend millions to clean up and 30 minutes later they come right back. How is that going to solve anything?

In the good old days they were not allowed inside the city walls. That's why they had guards walking the roads, well they do in The Wheel of Time. 🤣

This is a joke. Usually they aren't offered a shelter bed because they don't have a shelter bed available. Shelter isn't permanent housing.

Ban tents

Its called, "Thinning the Herd," of our present day government💯🎯🔥☘️👍

the only way it would change is if the homeless camps and garbage were around the courthouses, then the judges would not permit it.

Look around there it's any garbage cans 🗑️

How about them violating obeying citizens their rights on safety and happiness too

they dont want shelter..... they want drugs.. they will not seek help..... simple poblem.... jail the hell out of them..... keep them their. word on the street will spread.

If the homeless were given the opportunity to clean themselves and their lives up, if they were given nice private accommodations, meals, appropriate medicine, transportation to appointments ect then I imagine they'd jump at the opportunity if they had any marbles left but we don't do that kind of thing for Americans who are down and out, we force them into over crowded shelters that offer no help or privacy and make them go to charities for as many meals as they can get. We also expect them to have the wits about them and the means to get to all the appropriate appmts. It's way better to be a poor immigrant in this country than to be a poor American. The double standard is atrocious and truly sad.

Wont get any better, it will get much much worse...good luck everyone.

Symbolic gestures have unintended yet predictable consequences…..imagine that.

The SF local government figured out how to create a third world.

If nothing changes, nothing is apt to change.

Lots of vacant buildings that just need someone to open a business in and start making money.......oh wait ! Look at the filth ! How can this continue to happen ?

Bums shouldn't get to throw trash everywhere. These aren't people who fell on hard times. These are pro homeless. What kind of people pile up garbage and live in piles of trash? Maybe those homeless advocates should get out there and pick up garbage!

I can't wait to take a trip to San Franciso to see all the sights, not. What a cesspool! They will never get the streets cleaned up once they let crazy people live on them.

I want the bigger tent they are more comfortable❤

Maybe the city can have a tent community if they run out of housing for the home less. Have some security watch over the grounds.