SF Homeless Groups Protest At City Hall Over Cuts

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― Homeless advocate groups marched on San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday to protest policies that are threatening to reduce funding to some homeless services programs. Tenderloin Health, a resource center for homeless services such as transitional housing, HIV medical care and mental health assessments, is one of the organizations losing part of its budget funding from the city. Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of the Coalition for Homelessness, stated at the rally Wednesday that Tenderloin Health will lose half of its $800,000 budget. "We're not going to be able to operate in the morning," Jeannie Little,... [read full story]