When an encampment near 24th Street and South Van Ness Avenue was cleared out by the city, Pastine said, “we then put the barrels there in hopes that it would discourage another one from moving in.”īut the Inner Mission neighbors have also put out planters in more innocuous areas where unhoused people have been known to pitch their tents, including alongside AT&T’s Telco Building at 25th and Capp streets, or near the tennis courts at 21st and Shotwell streets. A tent is squeezed into the small remaining space. Planter boxes adjacent a house on Guerrero Street. Lerma said that both Ronen’s office and the city need to work on providing a “continuum of care,” starting with safe sites for unhoused residents to sleep, addiction and mental health treatment, with the ultimate goal of getting people housed.įrancesca Pastine, who heads the Inner Mission Neighborhood Association that has put out several dozen planters this year, said that her organization wants to beautify the neighborhood, discourage dumping and ensure accessibility to places like grocery stores.
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