On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the future of San Francisco with journalists from the city.
San Francisco has received endless national media coverage claiming crime is out of control and liberal policies are to blame.
A federal judge recently banned the city from clearing homeless encampments without offering viable housing opportunities. This week, Governor Newsom said he will intervene to allow the city to continue sweeps, remarking to Politico that he hopes the case makes it to the Supreme Court. A lawsuit last year by the Coalition on Homelessness claims the city routinely dismantles encampments when there is no available shelter space, confiscating and destroying the possessions of homeless people.
What are real solutions to the city's homelessness, addiction, and mental health crises?
Guests:
Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills and former executive editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian
Joe Eskenazi, managing editor and columnist for Mission Local
Web Resources:
AP: Newsom says California will intervene in court case blocking San Francisco from clearing encampments
Mission Local: Homeless sweeps injunction has disgraced San Francisco
Mission Local: Study: Tenderloin OD-prevention site saved lives — and got in its own way
Mission Local: War is peace. Ignorance is strength. SF’s mayor is weak.
Mission Local: Explore: See the 55 reports — so far — of robot cars interfering with SF fire dept.
Mission Local: Driverless cars won the day. What comes next? Plugging them in — and fighting.
48hills: The right-wing forces can’t blame their DA or their mayor, so they are attacking judges
48hills: Court won’t lift homeless sweeps injunction—but Chiu still declares victory
48hills: What the Yimbys keep getting wrong
48hills: How SF plans to justify continuing sweeps of homeless people
