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> There was a 3.5% decrease in the total homeless population from 2019 – 2022. https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population https://sfgov.org/sc
by culi 4y ago
> There was a 3.5% decrease in the total homeless population from 2019 – 2022.
https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population
> Compared with other major U.S. cities, S.F. boasts lower-than-average rates of violent crime
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2022/fixing-san-francisco-problems/crime https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2022/fixing-san-francis...
- strawhatguy 4y agoI think property prices actually dropped as more people left SF during the pandemic timeframe, so it doesn’t appear to contradict the point: cheaper housing leads to less homelessness, and sf gov is mostly still in the way from that happening.