Call or email the mayor and your district supervisor: Help SF’s 3,000 unhoused children
Call your Mayor.
The Ask
Call or email the mayor and your district supervisor to:
Thank them for securing housing for Samara and her family
Urge them to keep working and find full funding to end child homelessness in San Francisco
See call script and email template below.
Call Script
Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME]. I live in District # and am a member of Indivisible SF. I’m calling to thank (the Mayor or the Supervisor) for helping Samara, a 7-year-old with serious medical needs, finally get a safe, stable home after two years in shelters.
Please keep making progress for the more than 3,000 children in San Francisco who are still homeless. We need continued action and funding to ensure every child has a home.
Email Template
Subject: Thank You for Housing Samara—Please Finish the Job!
Dear Mayor Lurie / Supervisor [Last Name],
My name is YOUR NAME, and I am a resident of District # and member of Indivisible SF. I want to thank you for ensuring that Samara, a 7-year-old girl with complex medical needs, and her family finally have a safe home after years in shelters.
Samara has overcome major surgeries this year and needed stable housing to recover safely. I am grateful for your leadership in making this happen.
However, more than 3,000 children in our city still lack stable homes. I urge you to continue investing in solutions to end child homelessness, honoring the dignity of every family in San Francisco.
Thank you for your commitment.
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME
Your Contact Information
Background
Samara has a home! Now let’s help SF’s other 3,000 unhoused children
Samara is a 7-year-old girl with complex medical conditions that required multiple surgeries this summer. Samara and her family spent two years living in shelters and were told they did not qualify for any housing assistance under the City’s “coordinated entry” system, where a computer allocates points to determine who deserves aid. (See also this video featuring Samara and her mom.) But after months of community organizing by homeless families, the City offered Samara’s family placement in affordable housing. The family recently moved in, and now Samara has a safe, dignified home!
Samara’s parents and other homeless families, along with public school educators, thanked the City leaders for the progress they have made and encouraged them to keep up the good work to finish the job of ending child homelessness in San Francisco; over 3,000 children and their families remain unhoused.
Earlier this year, the homeless families published a report, “Ending Child Homelessness in San Francisco: A Budget Proposal from Homeless Families,”outlining a proposal to end homelessness among children with $66 million in targeted investments. In July, the Mayor and Board of Supervisors agreed to invest $30 million in new funds for family homelessness and to end an experimental policy of evicting homeless families from shelters.
Faith In Action Bay Area leaders thank Indivisible SF for their continued allyship. Your calls and emails make a difference!