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.
Nonprofits that provide everything from shelter beds, to counseling for homeless residents, to affordable housing, say they regularly are kept waiting weeks, if not months, for the city, county and state funding they rely on.