- London Breed, the Democrat mayor San Francisco Mayor, which has a homeless crisis, is blaming a coalition of liberal activists for the problem, saying they have held the city “hostage for decades.”
- Breed made those comment Wednesday while joining a crowd of more than 200 people who had gathered outside the federal courthouse to urge the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to cancel a court order banning the city from clearing tent encampments until there are more shelter beds than homeless individuals.
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“The homeless coalition has held San Francisco hostage for decades. It is time for their reign to end,” said Breed, a moderate in a progressive city whose facing a tough 2024 reelection bid amid the homelessness, crime and a downtown on the decline as a result of the problems.
