It was Jan. 16, 2004, and Gavin Newsom was the new mayor of San Francisco. His signature homelessness initiatives — including a 10-year plan to end it — wouldn’t come until later that year, but on this day he was already laying down an audacious marker.
Lauren Hepler,
Raheem Hosseini,
Kevin Fagan
SF Chronicle
Sep. 7, 2022