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San Francisco Providing Alcohol To Select Homeless Guests At Hotels So They Don’t Leave

Eric Quintanar
San Francisco Providing Alcohol To Select Homeless Guests At Hotels So They Don’t Leave
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The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced that it will provide free alcohol and tobacco through the Alternative Housing Program, a local initiative that temporarily houses people at-risk for coronavirus complications in vacant hotel rooms, trailers and recreational vehicles. 

According to SFGate, the health department has agreed to provide “limited quantities” of the substances, which were obtained through private donations and not with tax money, to some of the homeless people who participate in the program. 

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