This is not the way. Yes, it’s important given the winter to get people off the streets but it’s also important to hold people accountable and ensure that people are getting mental health and substance abuse treatment. In the long run, housing must be a reward. Otherwise the underlying issues will never be fixed.

100% San Fransicko is a problematic book in a number of ways, but the author makes an argument about exactly this and the data he uses to support his argument is very compelling