My neighborhood alley in SF, just the one block stretch, is seeing a dozen unhoused people, the most displaced in this tiny well trafficked in 10+ years. A bad situation for them and the alley.<p>Crowding in front of multi unit housing garage (has a brutal metal roller) door entrance risks accidents with cars from the garage on the people, with people and the door itself, and with cars moving through the alley encountering now-blind garage traffic. Also increased risk of illegal entry, for shelter and theft.<p>Located close to downtown. Clearly APEC coincidental. Fentanyl is a super common invader into these people's lives .. cheap escape, deadly, and the people are preyed upon by the many dealers .. if you did not know.<p>Agencies have swept people twice from the alley over a few days. Piles of disassembled bicycles. Automobile car seats. Luggage, tarps, bags. When the people are not there, it is left as a collection of 5 foot tall piles of odds and ends.<p>It is a sad and unfortunate situation.
I'm getting ready to fly home -- came in for GitHub Universe and was amazed how clean and refurbished things were. There was a distinct lack of homeless. They have been replacing pavers, hosing down sidewalks, and the area not how I remembered it in other years. Once I figured out APEC was here - all the dogs and police make perfect sense.<p>Definitely a different crowd doing breakfast this morning a the hotel.