Our September cover
The artwork on our September cover is by ira clarke. You can find more of their art on their instagram
Month: September 2021
Opioid overdoses are at record highs. It doesn’t have to be this way
By Ariel Boone on As COVID intensifies the overdose crisis in Alameda County and elsewhere, harm reduction advocates step in where government lags.
COVID’s impact on people who live outside—a look back at the last 17 months
By Alastair Boone on Since March 2020, photographer Mark Leong has been documenting how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted people who live outside. These images bring us from the very early days of the pandemic into the present.
Money can be used as a weapon
By Jack Bragen on Money brings power. While it doesn’t give power over oneself, it gives power over external conditions, events, and people.
Vernon Dailey: former ‘canvass king,’ currently in search of housing
By Sasha Weilbaker on Street spirits is a monthly feature in which a Street Spirit vendor, or someone who lives on the street, tells us their story.
‘The only way the virus gets in here is through them’: San Quentin prisoners frustrated with latest COVID-19 outbreak
By Joe Garcia on The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has reported nearly 300 new cases in its facilities across California since the beginning of August.
Who holds the key to housing? CA’s project Homekey enters next phase
By Paolo Bicchieri on To learn more about Project Homekey, Street Spirit got on the phone with Ora Prochovnick and Tyler Rougeau of Eviction Defense Collaborative
On Cal’s development plans: Don’t let the UC call it housing
By Carol Denney on High-end, for-profit housing is no substitute for real housing and honest efforts to permanently address the housing crisis, Denney writes.
After SIP hotels get an extension, will unhoused residents get a new lease on life?
By TJ Johnston on As public health and homeless advocates urge San Francisco to keep the shelter-in-place (SIP) hotels open, the City announced that its plans to close two of the remaining 25 SIP hotels are put on hold through at least the end of the year, Street Sheet has learned.