San Francisco mayor directs staff to offer homeless bus tickets before housing

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SAN FRANCISCO'S UNHOUSED POPULATION OUT OF TOWN. MAYOR BREED PUTTING OUT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BUY A BUS TICKETS FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION AS THE CITY'S SHELTERS ARE NEAR FULL. GOOD EVENING. I'M AMA DAETZ AND I'M DAN ASHLEY. >> THANKS FOR JOINING US. THIS COMES AS MAYOR BREED SAYS THEY ARE SEEING SOME PROGRESS IN CREATING HOUSING FOR MANY LONGTIME SAN FRANCISCANS. BUT THIS DIRECTIVE ADDRESSES THE GROWING PORTION OF PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN. >> ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER TARA CAMPBELL HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS ISSUE. SHE IS IN THE STUDIO WITH MORE ON THIS NEW MANDATE. TARA. >> YEAH. DAN AND AMA. THE MAYOR'S MOVE COMES AS THE CITY RAMPS UP EFFORTS TO SWEEP ENCAMPMENTS. THIS FOLLOWING A RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING MAKING WAVES MAKING WAY FOR CITIES TO FORCE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. AND NOW THIS ATTEMPT TO SEND MORE PEOPLE BACK HOME. THE PUSH TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO IS INTENSIFYING. MAYOR LONDON BREED ISSUING A DIRECTIVE THURSDAY TO ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS WORKING WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE, ORDERING THEM TO OFFER RELOCATION ASSISTANCE BEFORE PROVIDING ANY OTHER SERVICES, INCLUDING HOUSING AND SHELTER. THE GOAL IS TO REUNITE PEOPLE WITH FAMILY AND SUPPORTS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. >> I SUPPORTED AS LONG AS WE VERIFY THAT THOSE PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A PLACE. >> DELL SEYMOUR IS THE FOUNDER OF CODE TENDERLOIN, A NONPROFIT WORKING WITH PEOPLE ON THE STREETS FOR DECADES. AND HE SAYS THE CITY'S RELOCATION EFFORTS OFTEN FALL SHORT. >> YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET ON THE PHONE VERY EMOTIONAL AND SAYS, YEAH, SEND THEM BACK. I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. BUT BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE, WE'RE NOT SURE IF THEY REALLY HAVE A PLACE. >> AS FOR THE REASONING BEHIND THE DIRECTIVE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE POINTS TO THE MOST RECENT POINT IN TIME COUNT THE LAST TALLY SHOWING 40% OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS CAME TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM ANOTHER COUNTY OR FROM OUT OF STATE. >> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME OUT HERE THINKING THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS GOING TO BE THIS WONDERFUL STATE FOR THEM TO LIVE AND THRIVE AND ACTUALLY, THEY'RE LEAVING HOME BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE HERE, DONNA HILLYARD SAYS. >> OFFERING PEOPLE A WAY HOME IS KEY. >> THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME. I THINK OFFERING THEM THAT CHANCE TO REUNITE WITH THEIR FAMILY, WITH THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEM IS EVERYTHING. >> WHILE OTHERS WARN THE JOURNEY HOME PROGRAM ONLY GOES SO FAR IN SOLVING THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, IT DOES SERVE A SMALL POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT THEY CAN RECONNECT WITH AND, BE HOUSED, BUT ANY ATTEMPTS IN THE PAST TO EXPAND IT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM. NOW, SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN OFFERING RELOCATION SERVICES SINCE 2005 THROUGH A PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS HOMEWARD BOUND. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IT STARTED REPLACING IT WITH MORE ROBUST PROGRAMS OFFERING SERVICES TO MORE PEOPLE. TODAY'S DIRECTIVE SIMPLY PRIORITIZES

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