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Supes approve navigation center lease, require victim data from police
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors took up two substantial issues at their Tuesday meeting: lease approval for a new navigation center and victim data reporting. Supervisors Tuesday approved...Read More
Navigation center bill goes back to committee vote with amended compromises
“I believe with my amendments we can pass legislation that is both bold and achievable.”Read More
Lease agreement for SF’s first transitional age navigation center moves to full vote
San Francisco took another step Wednesday toward opening The City’s first navigation center for homeless transitional age youth between the ages of 18 and 24. The Board of Supervisors Budget...Read More
Breed announces new navigation center to exceed 2020 shelter bed goal
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is well on her way to reaching her goal of creating 1,000 new shelter beds by the end of 2020. By the end of...Read More
On heels of Embarcadero SAFE opening, Haney renews call for more navigation centers
Supervisor Matt Haney has reintroduced a proposal that would require navigation centers in every San Francisco district. Haney advanced the legislation at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting that would require...Read More
Mayor’s Bayview Navigation Center plan gets mixed response
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Monday announced plans to build the city’s latest Navigation Center in the Bayview District, providing up to 200 beds for the neighborhood’s homeless....Read More
Santa Rosa City Council weighs relocation of homeless shelter
The Santa Rosa City Council on Tuesday will discuss using the former Bennett Valley Senior Center as a safe haven and a short-term Navigation Center with shelter beds and...Read More
Parking lot transforms into homeless navigation center
San Francisco opened a brand new homeless navigation center on Friday near U.S. Highway 101 that was previously used as parking lot.Read More
San Francisco adds 75 new shelter beds
San Francisco officials Wednesday announced the opening of 75 new homeless shelter beds at The City's largest shelters.Read More
Mayor seeks Vis Valley navigation center
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee today introduced legislation seeking to create three new Navigation Centers, or homeless shelters, on the edge of Visitacion Valley and in the city’s South...Read More
Overnight mental health shelter opens
Homeless people experiencing mental health and substance abuse issues will have access to 24-hour care at a newly expanded program.Read More
Argument swirls as supes approve Mission homeless center
A Board of Supervisors vote on a temporary homeless shelter in San Francisco's Mission District Tuesday triggered an uncomfortable conversation among board members.Read More
Neighbors oppose plans for soup kitchen in SF
Plans for a soup kitchen in San Francisco's Mission District are meeting with opposition from neighbors worried that it will bring more homeless people into the area.Read More
Code change opens door for Dogpatch homeless center
The center will be a temporary facility comprised of 16 trailers providing beds for 68 people in four dormitories as well as a community room.Read More
SF opens second homeless navigation center
More than a year after San Francisco opened its first Navigation Center to help homeless residents transition to permanent housing, city officials opened a second one Tuesday.Read More
Bevan Dufty steps aside as homeless czar
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee appointed Sam Dodge interim director of the Mayor's Office of Housing Opportunity, Partnerships and Engagement.Read More