60% of homeless people offered shelter last month refused, according to blue-city mayor

(KRON 4) – Sixty percent of the homeless people offered shelter in November refused it, according to San Francisco Mayor London Breed. In November, the city’s Street Outreach encampment workers offered shelter to 350 people, Breed said. Of those, 213 people refused shelter and 117 accepted it.

November was actually an improvement over the previous month, according to Mayor Breed. In a thread posted to X, formerly Twitter, Breed said that in October, 65% of those contacted at encampments refused shelter. In September, 60% refused.

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“This is why enforcing our laws is important,” said Mayor Breed. “Our laws are for the health and safety of everyone. There are public safety challenges around encampments. There are threats of fire. We lead with compassion, but when we have resources — and we do — we need people to accept help.”

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