Overview

This research project was a collaboration between the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness and academic allies from local universities. It was a Participant Action Research (PAR) project that documented the impacts of a criminalization policy as a response to homelessness in San Francisco. Together we carried out a citywide survey of 351 homeless individuals and 43 in-depth interviews. We also collected and analyzed data obtained from public record requests on policy protocols, citations, and sanitation sweeps from various city departments. In addition to a city-wide survey, the project also produced a short documentary that spotlights individual stories showing patterns of abuse and unending cycles of poverty. Here you can find the report itself as well as additional articles I helped author highlighting our findings/impact as well as our PAR research methods.