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The board voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill on Tuesday. Supervisors Connie Chan and Chyanne Chen voted against it, with Chan calling the bill \u201coverly prescriptive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPlacing a shelter in every neighborhood without intentional community input won\u2019t address root causes of housing and affordability, behavioral health issues and more,\u201d Chen said in the meeting.<\/p>\n
The Coalition on Homelessness\u2019s executive director, Jennifer Friedenbach, echoed Chen\u2019s concern over a lack of housing and the city\u2019s overreliance on emergency shelter.<\/p>\n
\u201cShelter should not be expanded unless housing is expanded along with it,\u201d Friedenbach said. \u201cYou want them to move out and into housing, and then that leaves the bed open for someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Friedenbach supports more geographic diversity within the city\u2019s shelter system, she also pushed back against the idea that unhoused residents are \u201ca burden.\u201d<\/p>\n
The legislation is slated for a final consent vote in September before it lands on Lurie\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n