The new ordinance goes into effect on March 6 and the Community Development Agency is required to report back to the board on its implementation in February 2026.
65-and-over population will nearly double in size in the coming decades, and by 2034 older adults are projected to outnumber children for the first time in US history.
Providing free bus tickets to unhoused people is nothing new in SF, which has been offering some form of this program for about two decades but usage declined during the pandemic.