San Francisco to evict residents of mental health facility to make space for homeless

Published June 4, 2025 1:27pm ET



San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s latest solution to the city’s homelessness and drug crisis involves displacing 82 residents from a behavioral health hospital to make space for a crisis psychiatric ward serving those on the streets.

Soon, patients at the Behavioral Health Center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, such as Donna Mateer, who have complicated histories with mental illness, will have to leave a place she calls home, according to a report by the San Francisco Standard on Wednesday.

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