New San Francisco Study Looks At Data About Homelessness With A Different Approach

CBS Bay Area

February 4, 2025

As new San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie begins to take on one of the city's oldest challenges, there is a new report measuring the SF's progress in the fight to reduce homelessness.

The good news outlined by the study is that thousands of people are being helped out of homelessness. The bad news is that, despite a growing effort, the city is still losing ground.

Over the past decade, the city has dramatically increased its spending on homelessness, by hundreds of millions of dollars, primarily for more housing units. But during that time, the city's homeless population has remained notoriously stable, climbing a bit last year to over 8,300 people. Those results have fueled a lot of frustration. Why doesn't all the added money and housing seem to be adding up to real progress?

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