result from homelessness.n you realize that, on a given night, over 700,000 individuals may be homeless, you understand that those individuals are often going through a great deal of stress. now, the stress may have been caused because the alcohol and drug use, you lose your family, you lose your job, you can't pay your rent or your mortgage, and as a result you find yourself out on the street. or if you are homeless due to the economy or due to some other reason, you resort to alcohol and drugs to self-medicate. from the perspective of the services needed by the individual, it's important for the provider to have a good understanding of both situations. and which are the groups that are mostly affected, shall we say? are there, for example, a lot of the homeless population, are they veterans, were they veterans, for example, dr. milby? there's, there's survey data to suggest somewhere around 20 to 25% of homeless people are veterans. that's a lot of veterans. and the va has special services designed for homel

am i homeless because of economics? am i homeless because of domestic violence? am i homeless because of a physical problem that needs to be addressed? am i a veteran who may have access to resources? will i benefit from peer support? these are all questions the case-, the person doing the assessment should be asking. so then you can move forward. if i'm addicted to opioids, might i benefit from an opioid treatment program, using something like methadone or buprenorphine? these are all things that need to be addressed, and if you, in your assessment, aren't addressing those, then in your treatment plan, you're not accommodating those needs. and so, again, there are many pathways in the treatment approach, but i, i think the hallmark is a very good assessment of where the individual is, what some of the causal factors are, and what the service needs should be. but the whole thrust is to support that person, to move that person into a permanent housing situation, but recognizing that everybody presents with their own unique set of issues, and those issues need to b

and of course, the federal homeless czar under george bush, who has now gotten project homeless connect in over 50 states, and i think it is over 230 cities in the united states along with the 10-year plan, was also a member of that original committee. we are here today -- and judith is going to help me -- this is one of the most incredible human beings, and she has been in charge for six years doing one hell of a job taking care of the four -- the poor. >> thank you. today, we are going to begin with a beginning and vacation. can i get an acknowledgment for the jewish relations community council and the consortium of jewish community groups that are here today? if you could please stand, let's give you a round of applause. >> good morning. are you all very comfortable? good, stand up. [laughter] now, i will make this very quick and very easy. the best way to understand what you are doing today is the word justice. the word charity means to care. god does not care if you care. even if -- even the guy you may not believe in does not care if you care, but justice is what we are committed

according to theresa, who released and ethnology on homeless recyclers, homeless recycle spend an average of 10 hours per day and earn less than $2 an hour. their sources are various. they tend to cross the city multiple times per day in 10 hours. they draw material -- >> we're getting a big sign. sorry. [tone] you may have to speak over the hiss. you are welcome to continue. >> as i was saying, according to theresa, who did an ethnography on recyclers that was released this summer, san francisco recyclers who are homeless spend on average 10 hours a day with the recycling work. across the city multiple times in 10 hours. they draw from various sources. they have regular customers and businesses. furthermore, the study found that proximity to a recycling center has no bearing on the location of the residents of the homeless person. what was the bearing on where homeless people reside is access to privacy. recycling is hard work. what it means for working recyclers is a kind of blue- collar resurrection. there are 12 times more unemployed people. this is the kind of economic activity we sh

and hanc is a place where the san francisco homeless outreach team has outreached to the homeless community to help place them in appropriate service. thank you. >> thank you. >> my name is wayne wily. i'm a hanc employee and i would like to oppose closing hanc for the reason that homelessness is not hanc's problem, it's like san francisco problem and not only san francisco but the world. and most of the people who come there are in fact intelligent and can hold a great conversation. all of them are willing to help each other and not only each other but anybody who comes there. have i never seen any violence there. have i worked at other recycling centers where it's been crazy and a wreck. that place is like harmonious. it's like the heaven of recycling. other than that, everybody is there who i work with is very nice. have i never seen anybody who opposes the place not even ever show up. some of stuff just comes like out of left field because i would like to invite everybody who opposes the place to come there and just see how it runs as a function and see how beautifully everything goes b

homeless people leaving hospitals, big issue. that is barbara garcia. [applause] speaking of barbara, you have to have people on the inside that have a strong principal and believe that we can get a job done. in the mayor's race of 2003, i would get up, and gatt and would be sitting next to me, and i would say, "mr. new some, you are going to go to hell if you do not take care of the four and the six -- i would get up, and gavin would be sitting next me, and i would say, "mr. newsom, you are going to go to hell if you do not take care of the poor and the sick." everything you are doing, every minute of what you are doing right now is what it is about in life, and that is giving back, especially to the sick and the four. this man got it. he got into office, and he worked day and night in an area that is extremely unpopular to the wealthy people that give you contributions. the bottom line is it is very difficult. you can admit it. you are lieutenant governor now. we are statewide. there's a bottom line. you run, and it is about the sick and the port, and

you know, i-we have a homeless ministry in my church that i go to, and i often see even family members trying to do outreach when we have special suppers, and they come in. if i had a person that had a homeless problem, what resources are available for me, or what should i do in that situation, dr. milby? i think the first thing is to, you know, if you discover someone is at risk for becoming homeless or they're initially homeless, to, if you don't know the resources yourself, get them to someone who does know, who can do the initial kind of assessment that dr. clark is talking about, and then get them connected with what they need. robert, final thoughts? the most important thing i can think of right now to think of is the fact that is that the oxford model, which is a self-supported, self-run recovery home for individuals, it's a marvelous tool. i think that one of the major issues in regards to homelessness is being able to fund, to subsidize, that initial 30 days of being in that type of an environment, to get your foot firmly set on the ground, to be able to go out and take advant

women included, in fact, women are becoming homeless faster than men. >> women are becoming homeless at twice the rate of men. they make up about 15% of the fighting force and that's something the va wasn't prepared for, nonprofits weren't prepared for. shelters weren't prepared for and that's why we're seeing them end up homeless at such a higher rate. >> reporter: sergeant katara henry is one of those women. a chemical weapons specialist with the 101st airborne, she served two deployments to iraq. her second tour came only four months after her son was born. while in iraq her husband filed for divorce and was granted custody of their two kids. >> whenever i thought about corps and everything else, i said, you know what, i got to get a lawyer, so i was trying to deal with those things while in iraq. so that's where my money was going. >> reporter: when she came back to the u.s., she slept on friends' couches and even in a car on the street. today she's at the borden avenue veterans residence in queens with 26 other veterans from iraq and afghanistan. >> this is my living room, you k

the needs of the homeless. the community homeless alliance ministry handed out free blankets and dozens lined up last night. some told us they are struggling to stay warm in the frigid temperatures and sometimes fear they won't survive. >> it's hard to get blankets and sleeping bags and everything else. >> why don't you go into a shelter or armory or as well as? >> i was supposed to go to the armory last night but i didn't want to go because my friends needed help out here. >> reporter: last year 44 people died on the trees of santa clara county. ktvu found fliers out here saying there would be some kind of city wide sweep in the area of the guadeloupe river. it's still unclear when that will get underway and where the homeless will be going if they will take them to shelters or make sure they move out of the area where the encampments are based. we'll keep you updated here on the channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:02 just just hourings a a deadly crash killed a pedestrian and a busy highway had to be closed down f

i'm angela alioto, the chair of the 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness. let me just say i think some of you might remember the mayor's race of 2003. i know gavin does. it was quite a race. at the end, gavin and i agreed that our goal was to do everything we could for the homeless and four of our great city. as a consequence, the new mayor in january 2004, appointed an incredible committee of about 30 people to create the 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness. gavin said that i would not be able to do it by june. for six months, 30 incredible people -- and i mean in credible people -- from every walk of life -- the funding was to have the hotel industry, the chamber of commerce along with the activists from the tenderloin all get along from six months and actually come through with one of the most incredible plans to end chronic homelessness and poverty in the city and county of san francisco. on june 29, 2004, mayor gavin newsom announced the plan, and we are standing here today still with that plan. one of the things that came out of the new administr

half the unit will go to homeless, half to low income workers. a pizza restaurant on the ground floor will ultimately provide many residents with jobs. so this is the new place? >> this is the new place. it's even equipped with a dishwasher. >> reporter: nancy shea has been homeless for the past eight years, but in a few weeks she'll be moving into this building. what do you think when you walk into a brand new place like this and think you're going to be here? >> it's unbelievable, unbelievable. it's breath taking. this is a beautiful, beautiful place, clean, warm, safe. >> reporter: you think you'll be happy here? >> oh, i know i'll be happy here i know i'll be happy. >> reporter: residents have been on a waiting list for two years, they pay rent on a sliding scale adjusted for income, most are provided job training unless physical or mental issues prevent them working and all are given access to medical care. he's the president of the coalition, which has been serving the needs of the homeless for 25 years. >> our success rate is about 90 to 9

the district is considering doing that just. >> i call myself a homeless, homeless advocate. >> reporter: eric sheprock is among the estimated 6500 homeless people in the district and for years he's been a voice and face for those invisible street people. >> the city has a moral obligation to care for anybody within the limits who is in need. >> reporter: the latest battle is being waged online through two of his blogs and social media. >> on twitter, i have 840 followers. facebook i had 4550 friends. >> reporter: and eric is enlisting all of them in an effort to stop the district from requiring proof of residency from anyone seeking access to a long-term homeless shelter. >> communities have tried to balance the budgets on the back of the homeless and been unsuccessful. >> reporter: and sometimes homeless people who cannot find shelter will camp out in the woods but when winter hits sometimes they are found frozen to death under bridges or rivers. >> a lot of tax dollars will get wasted on lawsuits if people freeze to death. >> reporter: d.c. council member tommy wells who introduced th

then we have our long term homeless issues in the park. i hope that is responsive. i am concerned that there are folks who are not able to reach out to appear before a lack of a better term, they are off the grid in terms of connectivity. supervisor chu: you have given us a breakdown of the part 1, part two crimes. 213, 279. obviously, we would love that to be zero. is there a certain level that we should be at, is this a high amount of part one that we should be expecting? how do we judge this number? >> we should have 0. supervisor chu: that is something that we all hope. but how do we put that in context? >> to say what number it should be would have tbe, i would haven time. part of it is, with the arrival of chief gascon, our i.t. support has grown tremendously, but we will be doing work to get you some numbers. let me say this. no one likes to hear of a single robbery. the question is, how safe do people feel? when a crime happened in golden gate park, it rattles people. the fact that our two -- three beds of roses were aggressively vandalized in july -- it was