{"id":245,"date":"2020-05-28T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5458.temp.domains\/~brianhp3\/?p=245"},"modified":"2022-01-18T18:17:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:17:33","slug":"s-f-spent-estimated-500000-on-unused-rvs-meant-for-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianhowey.com\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"S.F. Spent Estimated $500,000 on Unused RVs Meant for Homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty-nine recreational vehicles leased by San Francisco to house homeless residents during the pandemic were never used for their intended purpose, an endeavor that may have cost the city as much as half a million dollars, a city official confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere isn\u2019t anyone in the RVs right now and we hadn\u2019t moved anybody in,\u201d said Human Services Agency spokeswoman Chandra Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city leased the RVs in early March to house people who were unable to shelter in place on their own, such as unhoused residents. In mid-April, the Public Press revealed that the RVs <a href=\"https:\/\/sfpublicpress.org\/news\/2020-04\/rvs-for-homeless-affected-by-coronavirus-pandemic-sitting-empty\">had been sitting empty<\/a> in a parking lot near Oracle Park for a month. At the time, Johnson said the delay was caused by bureaucratic hurdles, staffing issues and the challenge of finding an appropriate site for the camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfpublicpress.org\/s-f-spent-estimated-500000-on-unused-rvs-meant-for-homeless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfpublicpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brianhowey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SFPP-Logo.png?resize=819%2C78\" alt=\"San Francisco in grey letters. 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