Editing San Francisco (section)

=== Homelessness ===
{{See also|Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area}}
[[File:San Francisco Homeless Tents (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area|Homeless encampment]] under a freeway in San Francisco]]
[[Homelessness in San Francisco]] emerged as a major issue in the late 20th century and remains a growing problem in modern times.<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders |first=Debra |url=http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/saunders/article/San-Francisco-s-summer-of-urine-and-6430084.php |title=San Francisco's summer of urine and drug-addicted homeless |work=San Francisco Gate |access-date=March 17, 2017 |date=August 9, 2015}}</ref>

8,035 homeless people were counted in San Francisco's 2019 point-in-time street and shelter count. This was an increase of more than 17% over the 2017 count of 6,858 people. 5,180 of the people were living unsheltered on the streets and in parks.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=2019|title=2019 San Francisco Homeless Count Report|url=https://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019HIRDReport_SanFrancisco_FinalDraft-1.pdf|access-date=December 12, 2020|archive-date=September 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908180341/https://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019HIRDReport_SanFrancisco_FinalDraft-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> 26% of respondents in the 2019 count identified job loss as the primary cause of their homelessness, 18% cited alcohol or drug use, and 13% cited being evicted from their residence.<ref name=":6" /> 
The city of San Francisco has been dramatically increasing its spending to service the growing population homelessness crisis: spending jumped by $241 million in 2016–17 to total $275 million, compared to a budget of just $34 million the previous year. In 2017–18 the budget for combatting homelessness stood at $305 million.<ref name="Amy Graff">{{cite news|first1=Amy|last1=Graff|date=January 24, 2018|title=UN expert on San Francisco homelessness: 'I couldn't help but be completely shocked'|publisher=SFGATE|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Leilani-Farah-UN-rapporteur-homelessness-SF-CA-12519117.php|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> In the 2019–2020 budget year, the city budgeted $368 million for homelessness services. In the proposed 2020–2021 budget the city budgeted $850 million for homelessness services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City & County of San Francisco, California Mayor's 2020–2021 & 2021–2022 Proposed Budget |url=https://sfmayor.org/sites/default/files/CSF_Proposed_Budget_Book_July_2020_LR_Web_REV2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021082419/https://sfmayor.org/sites/default/files/CSF_Proposed_Budget_Book_July_2020_LR_Web_REV2.pdf |archive-date= October 21, 2023 }}</ref>

In January 2018 a United Nations special rapporteur on homelessness, Leilani Farha, stated that she was "completely shocked" by San Francisco's homelessness crisis during a visit to the city. She compared the "deplorable conditions" of the homeless camps she witnessed on San Francisco's streets to those she had seen in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="Amy Graff"/> In May 2020, San Francisco officially sanctioned [[Homelessness in the United States|homeless]] [[List of tent cities in the United States|encampments]].<ref>{{cite news |title=San Francisco sanctions once-shunned homeless encampments |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/san-francisco-sanctions-shunned-homeless-encampments-70825370 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522224051/https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/san-francisco-sanctions-shunned-homeless-encampments-70825370 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |work=ABC News |date=May 23, 2020|author-first1=Janie|author-last1=Har|author-first2=Terence|author-last2=Chea}}</ref>

According to San Francisco's Point-in-Time (PIT) count, the homeless population in 2024 was approximately 8,323 individuals. Additionally, over 20,000 people in the city were seeking homeless services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Point-in-Time Count |url=https://www.sf.gov/reports/september-2024/2024-point-time-count |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.sf.gov}}</ref>