Homeless Shelter Proposals Across California Taking Flak, Advocates Call for More ‘Gap Housing' Like Tiny Houses

Supervisor Rafeal Mandelman's 'A Place for All' legislation is just one of many California proposals being criticized for rounding people up into s...

September 8, 2022
6:38 AM

Supervisor Rafeal Mandelman's 'A Place for All' legislation is just one of many California proposals being criticized for rounding people up into shelters instead of setting people up for permanent housing.The Chronicle has a new lengthy analysis today of how COVID-19 has changed California homeless shelters, and the assessment is generally not good. San Francisco has made some decent progress over the last two and a half years with programs like homeless hotels, but those gains may yet vanish as COVID assistance programs wind down.

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