{"id":280,"date":"2020-02-28T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5458.temp.domains\/~brianhp3\/?p=280"},"modified":"2022-01-18T18:15:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:15:17","slug":"s-f-shifts-strategy-on-homeless-encampments-moving-away-from-complaint-driven-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianhowey.com\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"S.F. Shifts Strategy on Homeless Encampments, Moving Away From Complaint-Driven System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">City officials Thursday pledged to abandon the current complaint-driven approach to addressing homeless encampments, saying it has been ineffective in moving large numbers of people from the streets into services and stable housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeff Kositsky, director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, said that beginning in mid-March, the Healthy Streets initiative \u2014 the multi-agency coalition tasked with abating homelessness \u2014 would stop relying mostly on calls from neighbors through the city\u2019s 311 hotline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview, Kositsky said the city would shift its focus away from using police as first responders and toward social workers and specially trained paramedics who can connect homeless people with supportive services. He said that responding to every complaint \u2014 the way the system has worked for nearly two years \u2014 has been a drain on resources: \u201cWhen they\u2019re rushing around to close those calls, they\u2019re not engaging people in an effective way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfpublicpress.org\/s-f-shifts-strategy-on-homeless-encampments-moving-away-from-complaint-driven-system\/\" 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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