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A friend of ours was visiting San Francisco yesterday from AZ, and he said "San Francisco’s Homeless population is out-of-control. Not to be in-humane, but there are pan-handlers and drugged out homeless people everywhere in SF- you folks should do something." I told him about the progress being made with Homeless Connect.
Coincidently- we spent the later part of the day touring the USS Hornet in Alameda, and a we learned that the Hornet often still sleeps over 400 people on a "sleep over night," (Family nights, and Scout troups) and the Hornet can also host @300 people in another part of the ship for a wedding party at the same time. The CRAZY idea occurred to us, why not take a few of the the 74 ships of the mothball fleet in the East Bay, and berth them in some of the aging & unused SF piers. We as Volunteers could convert these into a Homeless Shelter(s), and maybe even a Youth Hostel. This type of thing is done with old WWII ships in Scandanavia- effectively these become "Peace Ships!" What a great, albeit unconventional way to solve multiple problems in one pass. Preserve History, and house homeless in a secure/safe/controlled environment.
Rob News
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