The Navigation Center: A Look at San Francisco’s Radical Attempt to End Homelessness

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At the Navigation Center, people can claim their own space and come and go as they please; the center is also dog friendly. Photo courtesy of KALW Crosscurrents

By Liz Pfeffer, KALW Crosscurrents

March 29 was the last night Delilah Soto slept on the street. She is a recovering heroin addict who has been living in a tent in San Francisco’s Mission District with her girlfriend Rocky Anderson and their dog Sparta. That night, she learned they had another choice.

Nearby, 1950 Mission St. was dead space. A closed-down school site sitting on premium San Francisco real estate, begging to be repurposed. On March 30, the gates opened on a new pilot program called the “Navigation Center.” 

Read the complete story at KALW Crosscurrents. 

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