It's not ignored at all- AFAICT the biggest problem is that there's no critical mass of people who can agree on what to do about it. Furthermore I'm not sure t

It's not ignored at all- AFAICT the biggest problem is that there's no critical mass of people who can agree on what to do about it. Furthermore I'm not sure that there's even a critical mass of people in SF who think it's a problem. In any thread about homelessness in SF, you will see at least a few locals get very incensed that anyone is complaining about the sheer numbers of homeless on the streets, and accuse people who would like to move them off sidewalks and into shelters as being heartless monsters. I don't know how many SF locals are in the homelessness-as-a-human-right camp, but enough to be visible here and elsewhere, and probably enough to muddy the waters even further politically. I've lived in the Bay Area for 10+ years and it always seemed like no one could even agree on what the problem was, much less a solution.