Mayor London Breed: Homeless Coalition Has Held San Francisco ‘Hostage for Decades’

San Francisco Mayor London Breed made comments while joining a crowd of people who had gathered outside the federal courthouse to urge the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to cancel a federal judge’s order banning the city from clearing tent encampments until there are more shelter beds than homeless individuals.

WATCH: "The homeless coalition has held San Francisco hostage for decades."

SF Mayor @LondonBreed spoke to a crowd gathered outside an SF court on Wednesday as the city tried to get a hotly debated injunction restricting the city from clearing homeless encampments tossed. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/NQvvqX5cIj

— The San Francisco Standard (@sfstandard) August 23, 2023

City leaders including Mayor London Breed say San Francisco has enough beds to send the homeless to and clearing encampments will make streets more safe.  

Homeless advocates believe the city has largely mischaracterized how many beds they actually have for the homeless population.  

Hundreds of people rallied on both sides of the issue outside the courthouse Wednesday.  It’s unclear when the judges might rule on the matter.