Helping the Homeless

As a strong supporter of Angela Alioto's and the Mayor's Ten-Year Plan to Abolish Chronic Homelessness, I will take the lead on introducing legislation to implement the key elements of this plan.

The most significant key to moving our homeless population off the streets is to provide transitional supportive housing. I support Proposition A--the Affoedable Housing Bond-- on the November ballot. A significant portion of these funds will go to create supportive housing in our city. If we are truly serious about reducing the number of people who are living--and dying--on the streets, we must provide funding for supportive housing--including the support services that will truly help homeless individuals and families improve their lives.

An urgent part of my plan is to create 24-hour access to psychiatric care and services for our homeless population in multiple locations. By most accounts, over one-third of the homeless population has some sort of mental illness. The more accessible psychiatric care is for these individuals, the more of them can be moved into voluntary on-going treatment.

DAN KALB
The Experienced Leader We Need to Make
City Government Work Better for
District 5 Residents and All San Franciscans

DAN KALB for Supervisor 5
912 Cole Street, #252, San Francisco, CA 94117
415/753-0137
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