https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/04/04/s-f-homeless-shelter-plan-sparks-nimby-charges-on-both-sides/

The prospect of a 225-bed shelter in San Francisco’s trendy South Beach neighborhood has kicked off a bitter fundraising battle between area residents who say homeless people should be helped somewhere else and supporters who say no one should be sleeping on the streets.

To some residents in the pricey and touristy neighborhood along the Embarcadero, plans to build a new homeless shelter amid expensive apartment towers threaten public safety and tourism. To supporters of the proposal, that opposition reflects NIMBYism pure and simple.