Just looked up some numbers to shed some light on the proportions of these problems:<p>- SF has had a homeless population of 6200~6500 over the last 15 years<p>- SF spends $~240M per year on homeless services, about $35k per person (excluding police, medical and other indirect services)<p>*   $112M of that on supportive housing, $40M on shelters&#x2F;transitional housing, $27M rental subsidies&#x2F;eviction prevention<p>- spending has increased by $84M since 2011 when Ed Lee took office<p>- NYC spends about $1B but seems to have a homeless populat of about 60,000 (~10x that of SF)<p>Pretty disheartening to see the amount of resources that have already poured into solving the problem without seeming very successful.