Angry residents have packed public meetings, jeering at city officials and even shouting down Mayor London Breed over the proposal.
The waterfront uproar is among recent examples of strife in an expensive city that is both overwhelmed by tech wealth and passionate about social justice.
City Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer fought tears at a testy hearing over a housing density development bill, inviting her critics to visit poor seniors in her district who eat cat food for dinner.
A March New York Times story about the upcoming IPOs set off frenzied activity among potential homebuyers and a call from City Hall for a hearing on how all that new wealth will affect gentrification and city revenue.
The city of 885,000 also has about 4,400 people sleeping unsheltered, in alleys and doorways and tucked away in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco opened its first homeless "Navigation center" in 2015 and currently operates six throughout the city.
Commissioners are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to lease the land to the city.
https://www.apnews.com/3a5aaa8ed10d46ba9fd84fe8242ada49
The waterfront uproar is among recent examples of strife in an expensive city that is both overwhelmed by tech wealth and passionate about social justice.
City Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer fought tears at a testy hearing over a housing density development bill, inviting her critics to visit poor seniors in her district who eat cat food for dinner.
A March New York Times story about the upcoming IPOs set off frenzied activity among potential homebuyers and a call from City Hall for a hearing on how all that new wealth will affect gentrification and city revenue.
The city of 885,000 also has about 4,400 people sleeping unsheltered, in alleys and doorways and tucked away in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco opened its first homeless "Navigation center" in 2015 and currently operates six throughout the city.
Commissioners are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to lease the land to the city.
https://www.apnews.com/3a5aaa8ed10d46ba9fd84fe8242ada49
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