BREAKING NEWS: We're suing @LondonBreed, @SFPD & the City of SF for their efforts to criminalize homelessness through an array of brutal policing practices that violate the constitutional rights of unhoused San Franciscans.
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More than 57% of SF’s homeless population is unsheltered because the City has never provided enough temporary shelter for the City’s residents. Yet the City coordinates multiple agencies to cite, fine & arrest unhoused people who have nowhere to turn.
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These policies to displace & criminalize unhoused people violate the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on cruel & unusual punishment. The City adds insult to injury by destroying homeless people’s personal property, such as tents & other survival gear.
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Homeless sweeps are cruel, inhumane & unconstitutional practices that only exacerbate homelessness.
“The City’s sweeps are a dehumanizing disruption to the small ounce of stability I was trying to build.” — Plaintiff Toro Castaño
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“The City’s sweeps are a dehumanizing disruption to the small ounce of stability I was trying to build.” — Plaintiff Toro Castaño
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Homeless sweeps are rooted in SF’s history of racism in housing & policing. While Black people make up just 6% of the homeless population, they comprise 37% of all unhoused people who are under constant threat of violence by SFPD, private security & vigilante surveillance.
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Permanent affordable housing is the only real proven solution to end homelessness. 100s of millions of dollars from Prop C money could be going straight to building affordable housing.
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We demand @LondonBreed, @SFPD, @SamuelDodge & the City immediately stop the sweeps, end the terrorization of unhoused people & invest in dignified, affordable housing for San Franciscans NOW.
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