Bay Area homelessness

The county has 35 homeless residents who have tested positive, according to the emergency operations center.

San Francisco is among the cities grappling with how to house and help the homeless to isolate in the middle of a pandemic. Some are calling for the city's homeless to all be moved into hotels, but Mayor London Breed is saying at this point that's an impractical solution.

For those who were once on the front lines of the AIDS crisis in San Francisco, what is happening now feels like a re-occurring nightmare.

The MSC-South homeless shelter, located at 525 5th Street, is currently housing 100 people. 

San Francisco Mayor London Breed appeared on The Nine Wednesday morning, to discuss the city's response to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders suspending his presidential campaign.

San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an emergency ordinance requiring paid sick leave for essential workers like grocery clerks, janitors, and delivery people working for large companies during the coronavirus public health crisis.

On Monday, San Francisco announced the opening of a COVID-19 testing facility dedicated to workers on the front lines of the pandemic. 

Those who run St. Anthony's Dining Room in San Francisco's Tenderloin say they've never had to serve this many meals each day to the homeless and those who are nearly homeless. And they've been around for almost 70 years.

Santa Clara County on Friday announced that it has provided housing to all homeless people confirmed with novel coronavirus.

Newsom said his team has secured 7,000 hotel rooms for the homeless, and is on the way to scoring 15,000 in what he is dubbing "Project Room Key." 

The City of San Francisco has reported its first case of the novel coronavirus at a homeless shelter, according to the city's Department of Emergency Management.

Two hotels in East Oakland have now opened their doors to house the homeless during the COVID-19 crisis. 

With 50 percent of the California homeless population over age 50, plans and precautions must be put in place now to prevent widespread illness and death.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said it’s possible 60,000 could contract the virus.

How do you shelter-in-place without a home? Santa Clara County officials confirm the first known death of a homeless resident attributed to COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.