Justice
San Franciscans Protest the Super Bowl With a Homeless-Themed Tent City
The activists want officials to spend football funds on poverty instead.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is making good on his promise that the homeless “have to leave the street” for Super Bowl 50. So-called “hot teams” have been prodding encampments to move, spurring activists to set up a GoFundMe page to buy the homeless more tents.
But last evening saw the birth of yet another tent city right in downtown, and a corresponding (and humongous) police response. The “occupants” were protesters demanding the local government funnel $5 million—roughly how much it’s paying to host the Super Bowl—toward help for the downtrodden. Here’s more from their Facebook page: