[SpicyLemonZest]

But the point is that you don't see this. SF has a $364 million dollar homeless budget, double what it was a decade ago, so the programs you volunteer for should be swimming in cash to provide their services and make sure the homeless have opportunities. If they're not, then where'd all the money go?

[dehrmann]

SF spends $45k per homeless person?!

[epistasis]

No, not quite. The 'point in time' count of 8,000-9,000 people is a measurement of flux; people enter homelessness and leave it all the time. A huge chunk (most?) of SF's spending goes to emergency assistance to prevent people from falling into homelessness when they have a financial emergency, which is by far the cheapest time to stop homelessness.