Members of the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team, Dec. 13, 2022. Photo: Godofredo A. Vásquez/Associated PressMany advocates claim that providing a welcoming environment for camping and drugs doesn’t attract the homeless, and that only more subsidized housing can solve homelessness. San Francisco shows the folly of those arguments (“Why San Francisco Is a Homeless Mecca,” Review & Outlook, Aug. 7). According to the city’s own statistics, almost 30% of the homeless moved there after they had already lost housing. As Mayor London Breed admits, one reason people are coming is easy access to drugs.

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Persons: London Breed Organizations: San Francisco Homeless Outreach, Associated Press, San Francisco, ” Locations: San, Francisco