Justice
A Summer of Anti-Homeless Rhetoric
In the midst of a heated presidential campaign, society’s most vulnerable people have become the latest punching bag.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has announced plans to sweep homeless people from city streets before the Super Bowl arrives in February, "because it is dangerous for them" otherwise.
“They are going to have to leave,” Lee recently told the city's CBS affiliate. “We’ll give you an alternative. We are always going to be supportive. But you are going to have to leave the streets.”