Pandemic shelters may set path for SF homeless response
“Starting in April 2020, The City leveraged funding from California’s Project Roomkey — launched by Gov. Gavin Newsom in March 2020 to help cities to open non-congregate shelter options during the pandemic — to secure hotel rooms and offer them as shelter to people experiencing homelessness. The program rapidly expanded to more than 20 sites, amounting to an unprecedented expansion of The City’s shelter network.”