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   SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Mayor London Breed issued a “Journey Home”   
   executive directive on Thursday vowing to prioritize “relocation support”   
   that will move more people experiencing homelessness, or suffering from   
   drug addiction, out of San Francisco.   
      
   The directive requires all city departments and staff to offer relocation   
   services before providing any other city services, including housing and   
   shelter.   
      
   Journey Home offers travel assistance and temporary shelter for people   
   experiencing homelessness and people with substance use disorders.   
      
   The City’s 2024 Point-in-Time homeless census found that San Francisco is   
   experiencing an influx of people who are moving into the city with nowhere   
   to live.   
      
   Of the unsheltered people surveyed as part of the 2024 PIT Count in San   
   Francisco:   
      
   40% responded that they arrived from another California county, or out of   
   state — up from 28% in 2019.   
      
   37% said they had been living in San Francisco for less than a year when   
   they became homeless, up from just 15% in 2019.   
      
   People who had lived in SF for 10 or more years before becoming homeless   
   dropped to 14% of the homeless population — down from 43% in 2019.   
      
   The mayor said, “While we will always lead with compassion and we have   
   made significant expansions in housing and shelter, we cannot solve   
   everyone’s individual housing and behavioral health needs. We’ve made   
   significant progress in housing many long-time San Franciscans who became   
   homeless, but we are seeing an increase in people in our data who are   
   coming from elsewhere. Today’s order will ensure that all our city   
   departments are leveraging our relocation programs to address this growing   
   trend.”   
      
   Breed said her directive provides clear guidance to all staff members of   
   the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH), Human   
   Services Agency (HSA), and Department   
   of Public Health (DPH).   
      
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   “Relocation and reunification services are a critical component of our   
   Homelessness Response   
      
   System,” HSH executive director Shireen McSpadden said. “This   
   compassionate and effective resource in our system has reconnected   
   thousands of people experiencing homelessness with their stabilizing   
   networks of family and friends.”   
      
   Since 2005, the city has provided relocation services through a program,   
   previously known as Homeward Bound, giving bus tickets for individuals in   
   need.   
      
   Journey Home expands on Homeward Bound with more relocation and   
   reunification services   
      
   https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/influx-of-non-san-franciscans-living-   
   on-sf-streets-data-shows/   
      
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