During Shireen McSpadden's tenure, San Francisco's homeless population grew to about 8,300 people, according to the most recent count in 2024, a 7% jump over 2022.

Wednesday, the San Francisco Mayor’s Office released new data on the effort to address the homelessness crisis, and the data suggests the city is on the right track. Over the years homelessness has ...

Shireen McSpadden, executive director of the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, will retire effective June 30, 2026. Her departure will leave one of the city’s most ...

San Francisco may also see an influx of cash to help solve the crisis, after a controversial ballot measure passed in November. Known as “Prop C,” the measure is viewed as a “homeless tax” — it aims ...

SAN FRANCISCOSAN FRANCISCO — Some lawmakers and mayors expressed skepticism Thursday over California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to give $750 million to state-selected regional administrators rather ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The former CEO of a San Francisco homeless services charity will be arraigned Tuesday on nine felony charges after prosecutors said she stole more than $1.2 million in public ...

San Francisco Homelessness Oversight Commission member Sharky Laguana launched an interactive website on homelessness policy trade-offs. “I am the elected data officer for the San Francisco Homeless ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks onstage at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 29, 2025.

San Francisco is set to enact a homelessness solution it once thought unthinkable: city-sanctioned open-air encampments. For years, San Francisco police have ordered tents removed from city streets, ...

San Francisco's first sober homeless shelter is open. It's part of the city's new push to provide more beds and mandate stricter adherence to a no-tolerance policy for drugs and alcohol. One of the ...