SOS! We needs Safe Organized Spaces.

SOS! There are thousands of people living in crisis conditions on the streets of San Francisco — and throughout California. Each of these individuals need a place to belong in community and have their essential needs met on their pathway to healing and stable housing.

SOS Villages are "safe organized spaces" of belonging, essential needs, shared agreements for health and safety, stewardship, and pathways to healing and housing. SOS villages provide a team-oriented environment to transition and stabilize from crisis conditions, and place an emphasis on community-integration, participatory management and operations, and skill-building to benefit a thriving humanity and planet.

Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge developed an open-source SOS Operations and Policy Toolkit with a variety of legislative, planning, operating, and evaluation documents to support the development of transitional villages. The SOS framework can be used to end crisis conditions in a way that:

➣ Meets California State codes for emergency shelter response;

➣ Operates in partnership with property owners, neighbors, village residents, & service providers in coordination with City services;

➣ Activates underutilized public/private land with site-specific shared agreements, insurance, baseline health and safety standards, a built-in process for multi-stakeholder input & evaluation, and stewardship projects to address existing needs of the neighborhood.

Since 2015, the SOS policy and operations framework has been developed and piloted by the Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge with participation and input from currently/formerly unsheltered residents, service providers, property owners, and impacted neighbors. Learn more at SaintFrancisChallenge.org.

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* 1. Add your name to build political will:
"I support Safe Organized Spaces to end crisis conditions for San Francisco’s unsheltered residents."

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* 2. Select your SF Supervisor District. (Don't know? Find out here.)

District 1: Supervisor Connie Chan

District 2: Supervisor Catherine Stefani

District 3: Supervisor Aaron Peskin

District 4: Supervisor Gordon Mar

District 5: Supervisor Dean Preston

District 6: Supervisor Matt Haney

District 7: Supervisor Myrna Melgar

District 8: Supervisor Rafael Mandelman

District 9: Supervisor Hillary Ronen

District 10: Supervisor Shamann Walton

District 11: Supervisor Ahsha Safaí

Don't live in San Francisco? Type your City here.

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* 3. E-mail address (easy opt-out for mailing list)

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* 4. Check all that apply:

I support an SOS Village and Stewardship Program in San Francisco (SFHC currently has proposals for specific sites in the Tenderloin at 180 Jones, and Gear Park at 23rd/Iowa in the Dogpatch as part of COVID-19 response)

I would like to volunteer for Safe Organized Spaces (e.g. signature gathering, outreach, research, and/or fundraising)

I will donate to support Safe Organized Spaces: Make a tax-deductible donation today.

I will share this petition with my network (e-mail/social media/Next Door, etc): SaintFrancisChallenge.org

I am currently/formerly homeless in San Francisco

I would like to live in a Safe Organized Space in San Francisco

I will send an e-mail to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors in support of SOS Villages (View SFHC's 4/2020 newsletter for sample content and e-mails)

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SOS! We needs Safe Organized Spaces.

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* 1. Add your name to build political will:
"I support Safe Organized Spaces to end crisis conditions for San Francisco’s unsheltered residents."

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* 2. Select your SF Supervisor District. (Don't know? Find out here.)

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* 3. E-mail address (easy opt-out for mailing list)

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* 4. Check all that apply:

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* 5. How did you hear about this petition?

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* 6. Add an optional personalized message to emphasize why San Francisco needs Safe Organized Spaces as alternatives to encampments.

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* 1. Add your name to build political will: "I support Safe Organized Spaces to end crisis conditions for San Francisco’s unsheltered residents."

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* 2. Select your SF Supervisor District. (Don't know? Find out here.)

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* 3. E-mail address (easy opt-out for mailing list)

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* 4. Check all that apply:

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* 5. How did you hear about this petition?

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* 6. Add an optional personalized message to emphasize why San Francisco needs Safe Organized Spaces as alternatives to encampments.

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* 1. Add your name to build political will:
"I support Safe Organized Spaces to end crisis conditions for San Francisco’s unsheltered residents."