Homeless families facing eviction from S.F. city-run shelters in February and March have received some assurance.
That reassurance did not come from Mayor Daniel Lurie, however, whom the families have been seeking to meet for months. Instead, it was Supervisor Connie Chan, who joined with a dozen families and some 15 teachers from Everett Middle School at the steps of the school on Wednesday, and promised to stave off the looming displacement. be evicted by February 10,” Chan said.
She said she is confident that the families have additional support from three other supervisors — Jackie Fielder, Myrna Melgar, and Chyanne Chen. Melgar, Chen, and Chan are all immigrants themselves. Pastor Victor Floyd from the Calvary Presbyterian Church again today asked Lurie — “a billionaire with a good heart and a good conscience” — to meet with the families.
Fielder, who represents District 9, said in a statement she believes that limits on shelter stays “do not solve the problems of family homelessness, and instead risk sending families back onto the streets.” “It makes us feel a little safer that we have people within City Hall to support us and we are not alone in this.” Bermudez, who used to live in a city shelter but got out since she got a stable job to support her family.
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