San Francisco Mayor London Breed Has Abandoned the Homeless During the Pandemic
The national press has fawned over Mayor London Breed’s coronavirus response. But after being unanimously instructed by San Francisco’s city council to move the homeless into the city’s empty hotel rooms, she has inexcusably dragged her feet — putting the homeless and all San Franciscans at serious risk.
Protestors gathered outside San Francisco mayor London Breed’s home on April 30, 2020. Meagan Day
Last Thursday evening, Olivia Park pointed a bullhorn at the facade of Mayor London Breed’s San Francisco residence. Dressed in a white lab coat, Park introduced herself as a San Francisco native on the verge of graduating from medical school.
“I’m just about to embark into the workforce as a doctor for the first time,” Park said. “I cannot stand by as our city leaders blatantly ignore legislation that is essential to preserving public health.”
Park was referring to an ordinance passed unanimously by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 14. The ordinance stipulated that the city would procure 8,250 empty hotel rooms and use most of them to shelter the city’s unhoused residents. It would acquire the hotel rooms either by negotiating with revenue-strapped hotel owners up front, or by commandeering them and figuring out reimbursement later.
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