'When you get cold and wet, with nowhere to get out of that, you stay cold and wet, and it has a huge impact on people and their health,' said Kelley Cutler of the Coalition on Homelessness in San Francisco. (KQED)
“Even though we haven't met the cold snap protocol, it's been cold, it's been wet. And just walking down the street, you can see folks that are alone in a doorway,” said Kelley Cutler of the
“Even though we haven't met the cold snap protocol, it's been cold, it's been wet. And just walking down the street, you can see folks that are alone in a doorway.”Still, the thresholds for the current policy are too high, said Kositsky, and the city will look at lowering the requirements — such as the amount of rainfall — to activate its response. It also will take single- and multiple-day rain accumulations into account and might increase shelter expansion to around 200 mats.
The policy needs to be rewritten, in part “because it’s both unclear for people experiencing homelessness as well as our staff,” said Kositsky.
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