Those are not the people we are talking about, and they are not the people the article was talking about either. People who are homeless but living with friend

Those are not the people we are talking about, and they are not the people the article was talking about either. People who are homeless but living with friends or relatives or staying at a shelter are unlikely to be the people the SFFD is picking up off the sidewalks twice a day every day. And SF in particular has a very large population of people who are in fact sleeping in the rough, living on the streets, however you want to put it. I am well aware that this is not true everywhere, but it absolutely is true in SF, and it has zilch to do with housing prices.