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12.San Francisco, Hostage to the Homeless
13.Stanford professor who changed America with just one study was also a liar
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17.ARSON, SOCIALISM, PRONOUNS AND A TENT = THE NEW(SOM) CALIFORNIA!
18.Jim Hartman: Tough love approach needed toward homelessness
19.Modern ‘Asylums’ Would Be a Compassionate Answer for Mentally Ill Homeless People
20.Sobriety first, housing plus (Marina Times)
21.'Housing First' approach won't solve homelessness crisis
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23.California can’t solve homelessness by ignoring mental health: Susan Shelley
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suicide at the Seneca
On February 20, 2019, a twitter user captured this in front of the Seneca SRO hotel at 34 6th street, which is a Tenderloin Housing Clinic supported housing for the homeless
Some research found that this person was Victor Humphries and he was being evicted by the San Francisco Sheriff and Tenderloin Housing Clinic that day and that he had barricaded himself inside his room and jumped when the sheriff finally gained entry. Victor Humphries owed $650. It was a default judgement and he never showed up for court. Questions remain whether Victor Humphries ever knew he had options, such as eviction prevention that is funded by the mayors office or whether Tenderloin Housing Clinic followed their own protocol or city or state protocol. Here is his eviction
Tenderloin Housing Clinic v... by on Scribd
there are also inconsistencies in evictions that Tenderloin Housing Clinic has done with the amount people can owe before they are evicted. For example this eviction was for $3000
THC BOS 2017 770 OFarrell W... by on Scribd
Housing First evictions
These eviction filings are all Tenderloin Housing Clinic, a non profit that is exclusively Housing First supportive housing for the chronically homeless in San Francisco
These records tell a very different story than what advocates have been telling the public for the last 15 years. It is also becoming clear that over the course of 15 years, Tenderloin Housing Clinic has evicted more people than they house
more evictions can be found here and here and here
One of the main problems with statistics the government officials keep repeating is that Housing First has an occupancy rate of 94%. What they don't mention is that this percentage is for a single point in time. Any landlord can fill a building to 94% for a single point in time, but if one looks at extended time periods, the story becomes very different (it is actually closer to 30% over 2 years - see NIH article below)
Many of the causes of this can be attributed to out of control drug abuse and sales in and around the buildings including getting new people addicted and making even more people homeless
further reading here and here and a good article critical of Housing First and a NiH article Housing First and the Risk of Failure
The National Institute of Health is a good resource that confirms much of this with articles such as this one which contains this choice quote
Of the people in supportive housing in San Francisco, 93% have a major mental illness that we can name. That is very, very high. 80% use cocaine, speed, or heroin every thirty days, or get drunk to the point of unconsciousness.
Tenderloin Housing Clinic specializes in this type of 'master lease' SRO which is described as being worse and more traumatic in this NIH research, as opposed to newly built supportive housing
More related issues surrounding this type of 'master leasing' of SRO's can be found in two separate San Francisco Civil Grand Jury reports, one on homelessness and one on non profits, both being still valid after 10 years since none of the recommendations were ever addressed. Two recent lawsuits are also related, one in state court and one in federal court. Both of these lawsuits level various charges related to fraudulent misrepresentation of 'housing first' and 'master leasing' SROs including failing to report evictions for a city mandated eviction database, constructive evictions, drug trafficking, criminal conduct by employees, etc
Tenderloin Housing Clinic 2014 tax form 990
Tenderloin Housing Clinic non profit tax form 990, the latest available from the California Attorney Generals office
Tenderloin.housing.clinic.990.2014 by Jeff Webb on Scribd
Mid Market assaults February-April 2017
Mid Market San Francisco area assaults from past three months to today. Embedded directly from DataSF Mid Market Assaults. Interesting that Mid Market assaults deserves it's own category
Interactive map. Click any dots to expand and go deeper
Randy Shaw accused of racism in lawsuit
This lawsuit dates back a few years to 2014 and the original complaint is
Case Number: CGC 12 526406
Title: ANTONIO AMADO VAZ VS. TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC, INC. et al
Cause of Action: WRONGFUL DISCHARGE
Randy Shaw is the head of Tenderloin Housing Clinic, the largest provider of supportive housing for the homeless in San Francisco. The organization receives more than 27 million dollars a year in local and federal funds which comprise nearly 100% of it's budget
The lawsuit was settled with Randy Shaw signing off on an undisclosed payment of taxpayer money to the plaintiff
NOV-15-2013 LAW AND MOTION, 302, DEFENDANT TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC, INC.'S DEMURRER TO 2ND AMENDED COMPLAINT IS OFF CALENDAR. NOTICE OF UNCONDITIONAL SETTLEMENT OF ENTIRE CASE FILED ON NOVEMBER 13, 2013. JUDGE: PETER J. BUSCH, CLERK: LESLEY FISCELLA, NOT REPORTED.
The racism allegation is one of many allegations in the lawsuit including threats, intimidation, harassment and retaliation of employees and tenants by the senior staff of Tenderloin Housing Clinic
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The initial compliant can be found in this answer by THC at the bottom in the exhibit attachment
Vaz.v.tenderloin.housing.clinic.pna.Mem.5.23.13 by Jeff Webb on Scribd
This lawsuit is related to another lawsuit where Antonio Vaz is a tenant at the Mission Hotel, one of Tenderloin Housing Clinics master leased buildings (the other lawsuit is as an employee)
Andales.v.mission.hotel by Jeff Webb on Scribd
Some of the earliest complaints date back to 2012, and are easier to read and help explain better how this whole mess started
vaz.v.shaw.7.9.12 by Jeff Webb on Scribd
This is also related and cross referenced in this wrongful eviction case filed by Antonio Vaz and shows some of the underhanded ways Tenderloin Housing Clinic gets rid of undesirable tenants. I've repeatedly seen anecdotal evidence that these illegal practices are far more widespread than people realize, especially with pre-existing tenants (which are undesirable - rent controlled)
Vaz V THC Wrongful Eviction by Jeff Webb on Scribd
Crackheads of the Day #133
All of these people are residents of nearby supportive housing SROs and specifically come here at night to smoke crack. This is where they buy the crack
Crackheads of the Day #132
This post shows drug dealers of Tenderloin Housing Clinic which receives city, state, and federal funds under the Housing First program. All of them live at the Seneca SRO, 34 6th Street
1035 Market recently installed a barrier. lets see if it did anything at all.
Jerome Arizona
Jerome Arizona is a famous former ghost town and now is an artist tourist place but back in the 1970's was a lot funkier. This post includes lots of shot inside the museum
Hooligans Pub, Prescott, AZ
Hooligans Pub in Prescott, Arizona
