May 2020 - Street Spirit

Month: May 2020

Unsheltered leaders of 37 MLK demand to be housed in hotels

By Alastair Boone on May 22, 2020

Some 30 people gathered outside Oakland’s Palms Motel on Friday to demand that the City of Oakland take immediate action to move more unsheltered people into hotel rooms.

In Dialogue with Matthew Desmond

By Anna Pedersen on May 22, 2020

Features In Dialogue

It’s time to rethink eviction policies in light of the coronavirus crisis, says author Matthew Desmond, who has been tracking eviction moratoriums, utility cutoff bans and other renter protections during the pandemic.

Everyone deserves to shelter in place, including homeless people

By TJ Johnston on May 22, 2020

First-person Opinion YSA youth contributions

“Sheltering in place” is a privilege that over 9,000 unhoused San Franciscans do not enjoy. Yet, shelters are congregate environments where people sleep barely more than two feet away from one another, head to foot or top to bottom in bunks.

Lost mothers

By Mavin Carter-Griffin on May 12, 2020

First-person Opinion

An ode to those celebrating Mother's Day on the street.

How has COVID-19 impacted homeless advocates and service providers?

By Daniel Lempres on May 12, 2020

Features News

For advocates and those in the nonprofit sector racing to meet these needs, the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the extent to which unhoused people rely on an informal safety net of nonprofits, advocates, and volunteers to survive.

Protestors hold die-in at SF Mayor London Breed’s house

By Alastair Boone on May 1, 2020

News

On Thursday evening, protestors staged a die-in outside San Francisco Mayor London Breed's Lower Haight home. Organizers say the action was in protest of Breed's slow action to move unsheltered people into hotels.

In Dialogue with Dr. Jason Reinking—aka “Dr. Jay”—of LifeLong Medical Care

By Ricky Rodas on May 1, 2020