San Francisco has reached a $2.8 million settlement regarding a lawsuit filed by the Coalition on Homelessness and homeless individuals about the improper handling of belongings. The city failed to follow its bag-and-tag policy, which required keeping personal items of homeless individuals rather than discarding them. Two plaintiffs will receive $11,000 each, while the ACLU will receive the remaining funds for representation. Additionally, the city has agreed to implement new training requirements for public workers and policy changes to comply with addressing homelessness more effectively.
San Francisco has agreed to pay $2.8 million to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of homelessness policies, including the mishandling of unhoused individuals' personal belongings.
The lawsuit emphasized that the city failed to adhere to its own bag-and-tag policy which mandates storing belongings instead of discarding them.
The settlement will see $11,000 awarded to two individuals, with the remainder going to the ACLU for legal representation in the case.
The case originally claimed that the city violated Eighth Amendment rights by citing homeless individuals for sleeping on streets without shelter availability.
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