San Francisco Enters $2.8 Million Settlement Over Homeless Encampment Sweeps
On July 23, 2025, the City and County Of San Francisco entered a $2.8 million settlement to a lawsuit filed by the Coalition on Homelessness over the destruction of personal property during the clearing of homeless encampments, according to local news reports. The Coalition on Homelessness has not commented on the settlement.
The city agreed to ensure that the Department of Public Works will follow procedures for collecting, labeling, and storing the belongings of unhoused people when homeless encampments are cleared from streets. Requirements include granting owners access to where the collected belongings are stored.
The complaint, Coalition On . . .