They listed several ancillary factors that could lead to homelessness, and yet the article fails to mention the very largest reason for homelessness in SF: an e

They listed several ancillary factors that could lead to homelessness, and yet the article fails to mention the very largest reason for homelessness in SF: an egregiously stubborn refusal to increase the supply of housing, for the last 30 years! This problem wasn't created overnight. CA environmentalists, lobbyist, NIMBYs and other progressives(actually highly conservative), have been working hard to create laws that prevent the increased supply of housing. It's just so sad that so many people don't understand the truth and the real reason behind these things. Lack of housing supply affects everyone: the spillover effects are massive: putting a strain on public transportation, the roads, the surrounding housing areas, etc. SF alone, spends 240 million dollars a year, just on combating homelessness, and yet, it's not going to go very far, as long as housing costs are sky high and the supply is way too low. the solution: We really need a drastic increase in supply of housing. They need to get rid of all height restrictions and work with developers to eliminate every last law that prevents more supply. Then, provide legal protection against NIMBYs. Then, 1 line item at a time, they need to look at the cost of housing to find out why it's so high and start making cuts, eliminating all the laws that result in such high housing costs. I know it sounds drastic, but, we're in a state of emergency here. No one wants to acknowledge that.