S.F. Supervisor Scott Wiener: Homeless Tent Camps ‘Need to Go Away’

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A homeless tent camp along Division Street between Bryant and Potrero at the northern end of the Mission District. Photo by Dan Brekke/KQED

By Ted Goldberg, KQED News Fix

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener says the city needs to find a prompt and “humane” way to eliminate tent encampments that house a growing number of homeless people.

The growing presence of tent camps in San Francisco “represents our city’s failure to provide adequate housing/shelter and assistance for those who want help, as well as a failure to make clear to those who refuse help that tents on our sidewalks and in our public spaces are unacceptable” Wiener wrote in a letter last week to the heads of six city agencies.

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