The park population was invited to meetings these last two afternoons to discuss strategy and ideas around this issue. 60 people attended Thursday and estimates of park population ran as high as 400. The hidden story of this tragic abuse of power are the higher instances of families than in other parts of the city. Women are for the first time in recent memory being turned away from all shelters in San Francisco. The three shelters in SF capable of handling families are always full and have months long waiting lists.
Many applicants seek shelter in the park.
Conventional wisdom has Jordan seeking press for his reelection campaign while not realizing the backlash in the community against draconian measures. Matrix has issued over 30,000 citations effectively placing the poor population in judicial duress through warrants for non-appearance and failure to pay excessive fines.