More from the SF Homeless Project:
- A look at how the issue of homelessness has been addressed by the local business community, and how it impacts local business (especially tourism) via the [SF Business Times].
- A formerly homeless woman and columnist for [48 Hills] discusses how normal life can become "scary" after living on the streets, and how she's tired of hearing "the same media-makers, who as my mama Dee used to say 'have never missed a meal,'" reporting on the problem from the outside.
- Also, [NBC Bay Area] takes a broad look at the problem, and speaks to one homeless man in an encampment near some new, expensive condos, who says he's gotten accustomed to living a non-traditional live outdoors. "Sometimes I look at these people going in these condos, and say 'you're trapped and I'm not."
- The [Examiner] pays a visit to one of the bimonthly service fairs from Project Homeless Connect, which started under the Newsom administration, and which still provides personal as well as medical and legal services to the homeless.
- And [BuzzFeed] does its thing: Here's a choose-your-own-adventure style take on being homeless and finding a place to sleep in SF.
Also:
- There's been a sudden rash of vandalism at Stern Grove that's left picnic benches smashed and burnt. [Curbed]
- Uh, what the fuck is this Heterosexual Pride Day bullshit? Fuck that. [Google]
- Don't feel old enough? It was nine years ago today that the first iPhone went on sale. [CNet]
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These iconic Page Street mosaic murals may be destroyed. [Hoodline]
- An update from the PG&E San Bruno trial: A witness says it was "commonly" known around PG&E that it kept poor records on its gas pipelines. [SF Gate]
- Inspectors found 1,564 housing code violations in more than 150 residential buildings in San Francisco’s Mission District during the 2014-15 fiscal year. [KQED]
