A Publication of the Coalition on Homelessness
by Lupe Velez
On Tuesday, July 14, the Board of Supervisors voted 7–4 to pass Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s Drug-Free PSH legislation. The passage was expected because five supervisors joined Dorsey as co-sponsors.
First drafted in late 2025, the policy called for the creation of drug-free permanent supportive housing from which tenants with a history of substance use disorder would be evicted if they relapse twice. The controversial policy has concerned substance use experts,
by Jordan Wasilewski
From June 15 through June 18, I participated in Tenant Empowerment Week, which was one of the few opportunities for permanent supportive housing tenants to make their voices heard in City Hall. At first, I was a little nervous about it being organized by the Supportive Housing Providers Network, an organization that includes PSH landlords, as real tenant organizing should be independent of landlords.
by Nicole Sheree Rowland
Do you think the Department of Corrections even knows the trauma people have experienced at the hands of police? They have to. The real question is: Do they realize how experiencing this trauma, then living as an inmate under lock and key, can affect our people? Citizens of the USA!
It’s obviously all about our perception and how to do your time. I choose to acknowledge this trauma and begin to heal.
by Poor Magazine
Chocollo
I’ve been living on the streets for 15 years, suffering from unemployment and having no family. This is how I have met many people in the same or similar situations. I hope that one day I can resolve my situation and have peace in my life. I miss my family and my children very much, but I haven’t seen them since I’ve been on the verge of becoming homeless.
by Marisa Kendall/CalMatters
Bills moving through the Legislature this year address state-funded sober housing, RVs parked on city streets and homelessness prevention.
As this year’s legislative session speeds to a close, a handful of bills focused on the state’s homelessness crisis have made the cut so far.
Though homelessness improved slightly last year, there are still an estimated 182,000 Californians with nowhere to call home.
by Zach Bollinger
In the final two weeks of June, organizations, nonprofits, activists and concerned citizens assembled at City Hall, largely under the banner of The People’s Budget Coalition, to demand, well, a budget for the people, not a budget for the billionaires, speculators, and landlords. This coalition lobbied for a variety of interests, including funding for arts programs, women’s safety and rights organizations, maintaining Free City College,
by Apple Cronk
The following is a call to action the author gave in a speech in front of San Francisco City Hall on June 9, 2026. It was part of an action against the City’s practices of sweeping people who live on the streets or in vehicles because they have nowhere else to be. This piece had been edited as lightly as possible.
by Sabrina K. Hall
Sabrina Hall in front of San Francisco City Hall at a People’s Budget action on June 18, 2026. Funding for Free City College, the program that ensures residents free tuition, was endangered until supervisors restored funding in last-minute negotiations. Photo by Zach Bollinger.
They want to audit the ambition of the block,
Put a price tag on the pivot,
by Kenyota G.
Living on a fixed income in one of the many Single Room Occupancies (SROs), Senior Assisted Living Units, or in a navigation center can prove challenging. At no time has that challenge become more manifest than recently with passage of H.R. 1—Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Act.” That act contained wording that eliminated the federal government’s responsibility for providing 100% of the costs for CalFresh recipients. As of June 1,
by Malik Washington
How San Francisco reduced visible homelessness while more people are driven into a jail system in crisis
San Francisco wants credit for reducing visible homelessness.
Its own records suggest the city may also need blame for helping fill a jail system now described by a Civil Grand Jury as overcrowded, understaffed, deteriorating, and near a “breaking point.” That is the contradiction at the heart of the city’s current public-safety narrative.
