>California is a magnet for substance abuse casualties

The data[1] shows that over 70% of all of SF's unhoused people became homeless while living in San Francisco. What we're dealing with is a housing crisis.

Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate. [2]

[1] https://hsh.sfgov.org/get-involved/2022-pit-count/

[2] https://nlihc.org/resource/gao-report-congress-finds-increas...