http://cohsf.org/streetsheet/2005/06/01/recommendations/ A Publication of the Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:06:19 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://cohsf.org/streetsheet/2005/06/01/recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-20 STREET SHEET » Blog Archive » The Forgotten Ones Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:14:41 +0000 http://cohsf.org/streetsheet/2005/06/01/recommendations/#comment-20 [...] Homeless people start without a home, unable to afford the basic necessities that others take for granted. Then, because they are homeless, they are treated as criminals for sleeping or sitting in public places. Their only and most meaningful possessions are taken and destroyed. They are vulnerable to abuse from police officers and other San Franciscans. These civil rights abuses can make daily existence as a homeless person intolerable. They also make it much more difficult for people to get housing, find work, and access services. Yet, these practices have been adopted and escalated during the first year of this City administration (Citations for camping nearly tripled in 2004). The City’s policies that punish homeless people for being homeless are completely contrary to any effort to end homelessness. (See the complete summary of recommendations!) [...] [...] Homeless people start without a home, unable to afford the basic necessities that others take for granted. Then, because they are homeless, they are treated as criminals for sleeping or sitting in public places. Their only and most meaningful possessions are taken and destroyed. They are vulnerable to abuse from police officers and other San Franciscans. These civil rights abuses can make daily existence as a homeless person intolerable. They also make it much more difficult for people to get housing, find work, and access services. Yet, these practices have been adopted and escalated during the first year of this City administration (Citations for camping nearly tripled in 2004). The City’s policies that punish homeless people for being homeless are completely contrary to any effort to end homelessness. (See the complete summary of recommendations!) [...]

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