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The San Francisco Bay Area is putting homeless people with COVID-19 in hotel rooms. Some are given alcohol to prevent withdrawal.

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Title (Dublin Core)

The San Francisco Bay Area is putting homeless people with COVID-19 in hotel rooms. Some are given alcohol to prevent withdrawal.

Description (Dublin Core)

This is a news article that details how San Francisco is managing their homeless population during the COVID-19 outbreak. Based on CDC recommendations, San Francisco secured hotel rooms to provide shelter to their homeless population. The project is called "Project Roomkey." Additionally, under a "harm reduction" strategy, the city is providing alcohol and access to purchase medical cannabis to prevent withdrawals for addicts who may otherwise leave the provide shelters to retrieve said substances. The article highlights similar measures across the Bay Area.

Date (Dublin Core)

May 21, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Aria Bendix

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Shanna Gagnon

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

article

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Source (Dublin Core)

https://www.businessinsider.com

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Business Insider

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Government State
English News coverage
English Cities & Suburbs

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

homeless
shelter
addiction
drugs
alcohol
#sanfranciscobayarea

Collection (Dublin Core)

San Francisco Bay Area

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

05/25/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/05/2020
06/06/2020
06/23/2020
08/02/2022
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Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/21/2020

Accrual Method (Dublin Core)

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