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Socially Distanced Homeless Encampments, San Francisco City Hall

Title (Dublin Core)

Socially Distanced Homeless Encampments, San Francisco City Hall

Description (Dublin Core)

The San Francisco Chronicle profiled social distanced homeless encampments in front of the cities City Hall. These encampments were designed in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19 amongst San Francisco's vulnerable homeless population.

The caption for the photo on Instagram reads: "In May, a city-sanctioned homeless encampment was set up using social distancing rectangles at S.F.’s Civic Center. The Bay Area’s homeless crisis was severe before the coronavirus, and the pandemic seems certain to make things worse. Now the fight is urgent to keep those on the street from dying, and from seeing the homeless population proliferate to unimaginable numbers. But could there be a silver lining? Optimistic experts and program managers say a ravaged economy might actually be good for helping the homeless. A struggling real estate market could free up distressed properties that governments could buy or lease to use as homeless shelters and housing. The shock of millions of Americans losing jobs, homes and health insurance could trigger a wave of New Deal-style government programs to lift the poor."

Date (Dublin Core)

July 6, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

San Francisco Chronicle
@sfchronicle

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Shanna Gagnon

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

screenshot

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCT4QnaJ9ss/

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Instagram

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Social Distance
English Government Local
English Economy
English Emotion

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

homeless
encampment
New Deal
poor
optimism
opportunity

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

San Francisco Bay Area
homeless
social distance
local government

Collection (Dublin Core)

San Francisco Bay Area

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

San Ramon Valley Unified School District Coronavirus News, Pre-School Closure
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

07/10/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

07/25/2020
11/25/2020
08/02/2022
10/05/2024

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on July 10, 2020 by Shanna Gagnon using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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