San Francisco's Tenderloin district has the highest concentration of homeless persons (44%), comprises the highest proportion of residents living in poverty (69.7%) with a per capita income of $14,556 compared to San Francisco's average of $73,802, and of the population 16 years and older, 47% are unemployed.
We have reached out to three of the new innovative businesses - Twitter, Zendesk, and Yammer - that are part of the Central Market CBA and who have voiced that they want to work with organizations in the community that are addressing the struggles of homelessness. We are working with three organizations - two in the Central Market/Tenderloin area - the Gubbio Project and Coalition On Homelessness, as well as At The Crossroads Street Youth Support that serves homeless youth throughout SF - to help raise awareness and educate around the realities of homelessness, while helping to raise money to support these critical organizations. So far we've heard nothing back ... we'll keep trying.