More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents means fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco

San Francisco's sidewalks once notorious for sprawling tents belonging to homeless people are largely clear. There are still thousands of homeless people living in RVs and cars and in expanded shelter beds. But Mayor London Breed's office says the nearly 3,000 people counted sleeping outdoors in tents is the lowest figure in a decade. And even fewer people are likely living on sidewalks after Breed ramped up enforcement of anti-camping laws following a U.S. Supreme Court decision this summer. Part of the decrease in tents is also due to San Francisco adding thousands of new shelter beds and affordable housing units. Other California cities also are seeing fewer tents.