The Brief<\/p>\n
Supervisor Danny Sauter confirmed that the long-term shelter at the Ansonia Hotel at 711 Post will close in about a year.<\/p>\n
City leaders say sites including the Monarch Hotel and Adante Hotel are leftovers from the pandemic and there are new ways to offer help.<\/p>\n
Homeless advocates say overall there has been a 66% decrease in the number of shelters, the need is still there, but the beds aren’t.<\/p>\n
SAN FRANCISCO – Advocates for the unhoused in San Francisco<\/a> are worried about a round of closures of long-term shelters in the city’s Tenderloin<\/a> District. The city says they are working to put long-term fixes in place.<\/p>\n What we know<\/p>\n District 3 Supervisor Danny Sauter<\/a>, who represents neighborhoods, including Union Square, North Beach, Russian Hill, and Chinatown, officially confirmed the closure of the 280-bed facility at 711 Post by April of next year.<\/p>\n The city is saying those long-term solutions begin with facilities like the RESET Center<\/a>, where the city can offer services as a first step toward treatment and housing. The city’s de facto sobering center was slated to open at 444 6th Street this spring, but the city attorney has some concerns<\/a> about whether the center can be legally considered a jail or detention facility. The center is currently still under construction.<\/p>\n Spreading services around<\/p>\n