Street Sheet

What kind of city would be possible if unhoused people were treated as worthy of life and dignity rather than a nuisance or threat? A plan for an alternative response to homelessness shows how San Francisco could get there. New from Coalition on Homelessness intern Stella Kunkat.

Ramona Mayon lost her husband to COVID-19 while City workers and NIMBY neighbors continually harassed her. Two days before Christmas, she started to do something about it. Cover story in February's issue.

February issue of Street Sheet is out! Cover story is on a vehicularly housed COVID widow's hunger strike for housing rights. Also, notes from an especially cruel encampment sweep (but then again, they're all cruel), remembrances of a vendor/advocate passed, a plan to respond to homelessness without police, and much more! Buy one from your local vendor, $2 apiece in cash or by Venmo!

An SF Public Works supervisor threatens an unhoused woman to decamp hours after her boyfriend died, underscoring the ongoing violence of encampment sweeps. Exclusive in the upcoming February Street Sheet.

Oakland made its encampment removal policy official, but not before homeless advocates brought the noise to city council members' houses. Jiffy Phan reports.

Abolitionists rejoice in closing of County Jail 4 at 850 Bryant.

If you're going outside to vote, buy a copy of the latest issue, $2 in cash or by Venmo.

New on the Street Speak podcast: HOUSING IN THE TIME OF COVID-19, AND WHY IT MATTERS A panel discussion hosted by House the Bay with unhoused San Franciscans speaking about the urgent need for housing. This conversation happened August 13 and the full video can be viewed on House the Bay's Facebook or Instagram.

"That leads me to the beauty of the measure: The true experts on homelessness unhoused folk themselves were consulted in drafting the measure. About 300 people were hired in phone banks, calling some 90,000 voters. Allies from health networks, community-based organizations, service providers and faith communities also joined our successful campaign." http://www.streetsheet.org/proposition-c-carries-the-day-i/ '

BREAKING: PROP C IS OFFICIALLY THE LAW OF THE LAND!

Our own TJ Johnston is looking for a short to medium term sublet starting October 1st. He is an excellent housemate - tidy, quiet, considerate, solid with gender pronouns. Please contact us if you have a place he might be able to stay! In the meantime we're raising funds to make sure he doesn't end up back on the streets during the pandemic. Please help if you can by pitching in some money to support this amazing Street Sheet writer/editor during these apocalyptic times. https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-room-for-tj

"Let's be clear what is happening here: UC Hastings raised tens of millions of dollars to build a new building at 333 Golden gate Avenue, and to pay for it, They'd like to fill it with eager, white, young do-gooders like myself and they only way they'd recoup their investment would be by removing our unhoused neighbors." Ava Agree, UC Hastings student http://www.streetsheet.org/return-to-sender-house-the-bay-/

Housing subsidies, creating alternatives to police-centered approaches to homelessness, and more. These are our victories this budget season. http://www.streetsheet.org/re-fund-the-community-san-franc/

LIVE NOW! discussing our new report on SF Homelessness.

At 11 a.m. PDT, the Coalition on Homelessness will host a panel of currently and formerly unhoused people, as well as academics and advocates, who will release their findings and recommendations in new report on how San Francisco can address homelessness. Come hear from the true experts live on Facebook!

Already suffering disproportionately from the severity of homelessness, trans people are at further risk under a new proposal.