An emergency measure just passed that will require San Francisco to rent 7,000 hotel rooms to house its entire homeless population during the COVID-19 public health crisis

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• An emergency measure just passed in San Francisco that will require the city to find and rent 7,000 hotel rooms to house and protect the city's homeless population during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
• The city's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to pass the ordinance, which gives San Francisco until April 26 to procure the rooms.
• Now, Mayor London Breed will decide whether to sign or veto the measure.
• The estimated cost to find and rent the 7,000 hotel rooms for unhoused residents for 90 days is $105 million.
• Doing so would give the city's homeless community space to shelter in place alongside the rest of the city.
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An emergency ordinance was just passed in San Francisco requiring the city to procure and rent 7,000 hotel rooms for its entire homeless population.

In a virtual meeting on Tuesday, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to pass the emergency proposal that gives the city until April 26 — the projected date for the number of confirmed cases to hit its peak in the state of California — to find the hotel rooms.

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