Deadline Expires for Homeless at San Francisco Tent City

Deadline Expires for Homeless at San Francisco Tent City
A man stand outside his tent on Division Street in San Francisco on Feb. 23, 2016. Eric Risberg/AP Photo
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SAN FRANCISCO—A city deadline for homeless people to vacate a San Francisco tent city came and went with no action.

About 30 tents remained in place at the 5 p.m. Friday deadline city officials gave the homeless living there to clear out, Sam Dodge, the mayor’s point person on homelessness said.

City officials and the San Francisco Police have not said what they intend to do with the recalcitrant tent residents.

City officials on Tuesday evening gave the residents of the tent city 72 hours to move after declaring the area along a busy San Francisco street a health hazard. At its height, some 140 tents populated the area, drawing complaints residents and businesses.

San Francisco has long had a problem housing its homeless, but tensions have been exacerbated by a shortage of affordable housing amid a tech-based jobs boom.

A city worker tells a homeless man that the area next to him on is about to be power washed and points to an area he might want to move on Feb. 26, 2016, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
A city worker tells a homeless man that the area next to him on is about to be power washed and points to an area he might want to move on Feb. 26, 2016, in San Francisco. AP Photo/Eric Risberg