Melissa Caen: SF Board of Supervisors dedicate $30 million to transform hotel into permanent supportive housing

Phil Matier

English - February 05, 2022 02:21 - 2 minutes - 2.55 MB - ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
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After immense public backlash to the City's attempts to turn a Japan-town hotel into homeless housing, the same plan was easily approved less than a mile away.

Now, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is dedicating over $30 million to turn the former Gotham Hotel on Turk street into permanent supportive housing.

For more, KCBS News Anchors Patti Reising and Jeff Bell spoke with Melissa Caen, lawyer and political analyst