San Francisco to Evict Residents of Mental Health Facility to Make Space for Homeless

San Francisco to evict residents of mental health facility to make space for homeless

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s latest solution to the city’s homelessness and drug crisis involves displacing 82 residents from a behavioral health hospital to make space for a crisis psychiatric ward serving those on the streets. Soon, patients at the…

San Francisco to evict hospital residents to make space for homeless

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s latest solution to the city’s homelessness and drug crisis involves displacing 82 residents from a behavioral health hospital to make space for a crisis psychiatric ward serving those on the streets. Soon, patients at the Behavioral Health Center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, such as Donna Mateer, who have complicated histories with mental illness, will have to leave a place she calls home, acco…

Paradise lost: Patients told to leave hospital haven

The city plans to convert SF General’s Behavioral Health Center into a locked psychiatric facility, forcing out its 82 current residents.

Mayor Lurie wants to cut 1,400 positions. Only 1/3 will save S.F. money.

A closer look at budget documents reveals that the true number of consequential eliminated positions is much lower: some 470 positions. Mayor Lurie wants to cut 1,400 positions. Only 1/3 will save S.F. money.