Giving Compass' Take:

· In this 10 Blocks Podcast, Seth Barron is joined by Heather Mac Donald to discuss San Francisco's homeless crisis and her extensive research on the topic.

· How are cities handling the growing homeless crisis? What programs does the city of San Francisco provide for the homeless population? How can donors help with this issue?

· Check out this article to learn more about homelessness in America and how you can help.

Heather Mac Donald joins Seth Barron to discuss homelessness on the streets of San Francisco and the city’s wrongheaded attempts to solve the problem.

“San Francisco has conducted a real-life experiment in what happens when a society stops enforcing bourgeois norms of behavior,” writes Mac Donald in City Journal. For nearly three decades, the Bay Area has been a magnet for the homeless. Now the situation is growing dire, as residents and visitors experience near-daily contact with mentally disturbed persons.

Mac Donald’s essay, “San Francisco, Hostage to the Homeless,” appears in City Journal’s Autumn 2019 issue; an adapted version was published in the Wall Street Journal.

Read the full article about San Francisco's homeless crisis by Seth Barron and Heather Mac Donald at City Journal.