how much money does san francisco spend on homeless
Homelessness in San Francisco In 2014, the city of San Francisco spent $167 million annually on housing homeless residents.[5] In 2016, total spending (including housing and treatment) was believed to be $241 million annually.[8] However, much of this spending is focused on housing the formerly homeless, or those at risk, but not the currently homeless.[9][10] The city's shelter program has approximately 1,200 beds, and several hundred people on the waitlist.[11] Even with 1,200 shelter beds and several hundred on waiting list, most homeless avoid the shelter for various reasons such as: overcrowding, safety, and rules that amongst other things separate people experiencing homelessness from their possessions, pets, and loved ones. In 2015 a radical new shelter called the Navigation Center was created to addressed these issues. [12]
1906 San Francisco earthquake At the time, 375 deaths were reported;[14] however, hundreds of fatalities in Chinatown went ignored and unrecorded. The total number of deaths is still uncertain, but various reports presented a range of 700â€“3,000+.[15] Most of the deaths occurred in San Francisco itself, but 189 were reported elsewhere in the Bay Area; nearby cities, such as Santa Rosa and San Jose, also suffered severe damage. In Monterey County, the earthquake permanently shifted the course of the Salinas River near its mouth. Where previously the river emptied into Monterey Bay between Moss Landing and Watsonville, it was diverted 6 miles south to a new channel just north of Marina.