Pardon my threadjacking, but I know a lot of people reading this are in the SF Bay Area and would like to do something to help with SF's homelessness problem (w

Pardon my threadjacking, but I know a lot of people reading this are in the SF Bay Area and would like to do something to help with SF's homelessness problem (which is similar in scale to Seattle's). Consider a donation to a local organization like Larkin Street Youth Services (http://larkinstreetyouth.org/ http://larkinstreetyouth.org/). It's not just a band-aid, these organizations can actually turn life around for a homeless person and help people get off the streets for good. There are ~10,000 homeless people in San Francisco. It's a huge number, but there is more than enough money in this city for private citizens to do something about it. You don't have to wait for politicians to think up a plan.