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Lurie’s Reform Push Runs Into the Math
Friday, May 22, 2026 · 10 min
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s public-safety and homelessness push is running into the math: RESET is averaging below capacity, shelter gains are netting far less than promised, and budget cuts now target low-income City College stipends.
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s public-safety and homelessness push is running into the math: RESET is averaging below capacity, shelter gains are netting far less than promised, and budget cuts now target low-income City College stipends.
In this episode
- How many people are actually being brought to the new RESET sobering center? — Gazetteer SF
How many people are actually being brought to the new RESET sobering center? # How many people are actually being brought to the new RESET sobering center? The mayor boasted of ‘dozens and dozens’ in the first 24 hours; the sheriff’s office cites 300 in three weeks. Yet many of the center’s chairs appear empty 3:01 PM PDT on May 21, 2026 - Share on Email - Share on Bluesky - Share on Reddit -…
- Step Back — Okay, so a sobering center sounds better than cycling people between the street, the ER, and jail — but what is it actually supposed to accomplish, and what numbers would tell us whether San Francisco’s RESET center is working rather than just moving the problem indoors?
Background sources
- Mayor Lurie Takes Major Step to Get Drug Users Off San Francisco ... — Sf
- S.F.’s new drug sobering center will get paid based on results — Lucy Hodgman
- San Francisco Moves Ahead With Sobering Center Despite Legal Risk Memo | KQED — KQED
- Not a Jail. Not an Emergency Room. What Is Daniel Lurie's New ... — Kqed
- Butte County’s sobering center sees use, but little by law enforcement | NSPR — NSPR
- Mayor Lurie has added hundreds of new S.F. shelter beds — but also closed hundreds — Mission Local
Mayor Lurie has added hundreds of new S.F. shelter beds — but also closed hundreds At the new RESET center at 444 Sixth St. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan. Mayor Daniel Lurie campaigned on a promise to open 1,500 shelter beds within six months of taking office and to address the homeless crisis in a systematic, efficient way. At the six-month mark, he abruptly changed course. That’s when Lurie’s…
- Lurie’s budget tradeoff plugs the deficit by taking cash from poor City College students — SF Standard
ADVERTISEMENT Skip to main content # Lurie’s budget tradeoff plugs the deficit by taking cash from poor City College students While tuition will remain free, the cuts could prevent low-income students from enrolling, faculty and students say. Tuition will stay free for San Franciscans, but losing the cash grant program could make it impractical for poor students to attend. | Juliana…
- Zum and SFUSD Announce Largest Electric School Bus Deployment in the Nation | The AI Journal — The AI Journal
Zum and SFUSD Announce Largest Electric School Bus Deployment in the Nation | The AI Journal Powered by Zum’s Connected Mobility Experience (CMX™) Platform, the Project Advances Grid Resilience and Modern Student Transportation REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today Zūm, the leader in modern student mobility, announced the deployment of an all-electric school bus fleet to San…