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San Francisco is paying $60,000 PER TENT for a homeless encampment and now city officials want an additional $20 million to extend the program for two years Officials from the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing requested $20 million to keep six Safe Sleeping Village   encampments running The city s six encampment sites provide tents for the homeless as well as three meals a day, around-the-clock security and bathrooms and showers The program currently costs $18.2 million and funds 260 tents in six sites, totaling to just over $60,000 per tent per year The department is asking the city for $15 million in the upcoming fiscal year for a similar number of tents, which would amount to about $57,000 per tent per year

San franciscoUnited statesGigi whitleyAhsha safaiHillary ronenSan francisco department of homelessnessDepartment of homelessnessAppropriations committeeSupportive housingSupervisor budgetSafe sleeping villageSan francisco chronicleSupervisor hillary ronenSafe sleeping villagesJonathan streeterSan francisco examiner