"San Francisco's work to bring people indoors and improve street conditions is ongoing every day - regardless of whether a major event is happening in the Bay Area,"
"Neighborhood Street Teams are extending hours and proactively encouraging people to accept services, as they do every day. The message is simple: help is available, and today is a good day to come inside."
"These efforts are part of San José's ongoing, year-round strategy to reduce homelessness with compassion, dignity and long-term solutions - not a one-time response tied to any single event,"
"There's certainly been an uptick in operations for months now," said John Do, an ACLU attorney who worked on a lawsuit against San Francisco over how it conducted homeless sweeps. The $2.8 million settlement for the case was officially finalized in September 2025. "The city wants to hide their homelessness crisis by displacing people ... But those are temporary measures, which don't, of course, address the under"
Downtown blocks around the Moscone Center are closed for NFL events while city crews continue regular encampment responses and outreach. The Department of Emergency Management is maintaining its routine schedule; Neighborhood Street Teams have extended hours and are encouraging people to accept services. Nearby cities, including San José, are conducting encampment clearings as part of year-round homelessness-reduction strategies rather than event-specific measures. Tent clearings and citations in San Francisco have increased since the 2024 Grants Pass Supreme Court ruling that eased removal from public spaces. Critics say increased operations displace people and do not address underlying problems; a $2.8 million settlement tied to sweeps was finalized in September 2025.
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