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Vol. 49 • No. 42 • October 17-23, 2019
Adults have tepid response to Host Homes by John Ferrannini
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acing a tepid response from adults willing to open their homes to a homeless young person, the San Francisco LGBT Community Center will hold a recruiting event this Saturday for its Host Homes program. So far, center officials said, no adults have signed up. The informational session will be for people to learn how to host a youth in need of housing as part of the program. As the Bay Area Reporter noted in an August article, unsheltered transitional age youth from 18-24 can apply at the community center for the program, which includes wraparound services – housing, casework, mental health services, and ultimately a plan toward a more permanent housing solution. The program accepts all TAY homeless youth, but the center’s language highlights the fact that nearly half of that demographic is LGBTQ, and have specific housing needs that the program can help with. Karessa Irvin, the program manager of Host Homes for the LGBT center, said that “about 10 young people” facing housing instability are interested in being hosted.
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The San Francisco LGBT Community Center is having trouble recruiting adults to host homeless young people in their homes.
“That’s without us recruiting them,” Irvin said. “They’ve been getting word and reaching out to us.” The center said that it did not have any people awaiting services who were available to speak to the media. The center said that hosts have to be in San Francisco. Christine Keeves, a queer woman who is
the director of communications for the center, said that the program is intended to help the young people get on their feet. “In addition to their housing placement, youth in the program will work with case managers to develop educational, vocational, and housing plans to help them secure housing post-Host Homes,” Keeves wrote in an email to the B.A.R. See page 15 >>
2 SF district attorney candidates spar over appointment
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overnor Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law on Saturday that will provide teacher and school staff training to combat bullying and have hospitals disclose how many of their contracts are awarded to LGBT-owned businesses and those operated by other minority groups. Assembly Bill 493, the Safe and Supportive Schools Act of 2019, will require annual training for teachers and certificated staff, such as guidance counselors and librarians, with the goal of creating a safer and more supportive school environment. See page 14 >>
B.A.R. MUNICIPAL ELECTION
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debate among the four candidates for San Francisco district attorney was civil for the most part, but near the end the two leading contenders squabbled over the mayor’s recent action appointing candidate Suzy Loftus interim DA. Loftus will replace George Gascón later this week. He resigned two weeks ago to move to Southern California reportedly to explore a run for DA there. The October 14 forum was held at CPMC Davies Hospital conference center in the Castro and was sponsored by the Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association. “The mayor tried to throw her weight into this race,” progressive candidate Chesa Boudin said. “She said something really telling when she appointed Suzy. She said ‘I need a district attorney I can work with.’ The voters want and deserve a district attorney that they trust, that works for them.” Loftus shot back that she has the confidence of more than just the mayor. “I’m proud that so many people across San Francisco have selected me as their choice to be the next district attorney because I’m someone that they trust. I started running against the status quo over a year ago,” Loftus said. “It has been that approach that has earned me the support of eight members of the Board of Supervisors.”
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San Francisco district attorney candidates Leif Dautch, left, Suzy Loftus, Chesa Boudin, and Nancy Tung met for a candidate forum Monday.
Loftus announced she was running for DA before Gascón said he would not seek re-election. Boudin said that voters should take advantage of a time when the law and order approach to crime is being replaced by more rehabilitative strategies. “It’s the first time in our lifetimes that a lot of people are thinking that the status quo in criminal justice isn’t working,” Boudin said. “We need to seize this moment.”
Loftus, currently counsel for the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, is the preferred candidate of many in the city’s Democratic political establishment, including Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, herself a former San Francisco DA and whom Loftus worked for when she was state attorney general. Boudin, a deputy public defender, has racked up endorsements See page 6 >>
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