San Francisco Public Works Annual Report Fiscal Year 2016-17 | Page 25

a stretch of the public right of way
into a safe and welcoming village
where people who have been living
on the streets in often dangerous
situations can sleep, eat, shower,
avail themselves to services and get
back on more solid ground.
The Navigation Center model
allows people to bring their
pets and belongings with them,
and they can move in with
others from their encampments.
Once in the Navigation Center,
they are offered intensive case
management and connections to
health care, drug treatment and
government benefits programs.
The first residents started to
move in on May 30. This is
the City’s third Navigation Center
since the first one opened in the
Mission, at 1950 Mission St.;
the other Navigation Center
is in the Mid-Market area,
at Market and 12th streets.
will continue to do until the need
no longer exists.
Meanwhile, the Navigation Centers
offer a life-changing alternative for
individuals living on the streets and
into a more tenable environment.
Public Works is proud to be part of
the Navigation Center team.
Public Works spends a lot of time
and resources cleaning up around
tent encampments, which are often
dirty, unhealthy and unsafe for
the people who live in them and
those who live and work nearby.
Encampment cleaning is a job we
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