More citations are given out for sleeping and camping in parks, drinking in public, obstructing the sidewalk, and sleeping in doorways, in the first month of Matrix than in the five previous years combined. Hundreds of people's property are thrown away by the cops. StreetWatch is formed to document police abuses and the CRWG does a massive public education effort to stop Matrix, including the first Sleep-Out at Mayor Jordan's house. Transbay Terminal is closed down by Caltrans, and the Coalition joins in a lawsuit to stop the shut down. Jordan tries to pass a law making sitting on the sidewalk illegal.
Coalition helps defeat it.
Coalition helps individuals successfully sue City in Small Claims for stealing their shopping carts. The Board of Supervisors passes a resolution condemning Matrix, through the work of the COH and Religious Witness with Homeless People. Coalition organizes hundreds of people to oppose a curfew of Golden Gate Park, but loses to the lone testimony of the police. COH documents abuses in the park 24-hrs. Jordan loses the election to Mayor Brown.