On May 18, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced “Breaking the Cycle,” a plan aimed at addressing “cycles of homelessness, addiction, and government failure.” The plan is one of several proposed solutions for managing the city’s homeless population, which increased by 51.3% between 2005 and 2024, according to the San Francisco city government.
Sophomore Gabe Nuñez, who lives in San Francisco’s Sunset District, said he has witnessed changes in his routine due to the high levels of homelessness in the city.
“I remember when I was a kid, you’d go to these field trips, and there weren’t as many, and we were less cautious,” Nuñez said. “But as I got older, it was always ‘stick to an adult’ or ‘stick to a teacher’ because there’s a lot more of them around.”…