Newsom Says We've Reached Halfway Mark On Homelessness

For the first time in 30 years, says Gavin, the chronically homeless population has decreased for the first time. Over 1,600 units of permanent housing for the chronically homeless have been created under his tenure, and we're now six years into a ten-year plan to create 3,000 units. This progress may not be very visible, though, and he admits as much. "Thousands in the Tenderloin are housed and still on the street panhandling," he said. "It's people with issues that need to be addressed consistently." Right, which is why we try to refer to the collapsed and sometimes panhandling in our 'Loin-adjacent 'hood as "crazy" or "drunk" rather than "homeless."