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		namesbc on May 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Governor Brown's housing proposal could mean sweep... 71% of the homeless population in SF (who are now living in tent cities) used to live in a home in SF: http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/What-San-Francisc...

Kalium on May 18, 2016 [–]

Please bear in mind that the wording on the question means that someone in a homeless shelter or city-funded SRO for a month "used to live in a home in SF". Which is to say that the number is meaningful, but needs to be taken with a substantial grain of salt.

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