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Eugene

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3. Update at link: San Franciscans raise $70,000 to stop homeless shelter in wealthy area

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 12:03 AM

Mar 2019

San Franciscans raise $70,000 to stop homeless shelter in wealthy area

Their campaign on GoFundMe, best known as a site that hosts fundraisers for medical expenses or victims of natural disasters, has raised around $70,000 from hedge fund managers, executives and authors, which will be used to pay for an attorney.

But it also spurred supporters of the shelter to try to beat them at their own game. Since launching on Thursday, a rival GoFundMe has amassed over $73,000. And it had drawn hefty contributions of $10,000 each from the Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, the Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson and from the company GoFundMe itself.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/28/san-francisco-gofundme-homeless-shelter-embarcadero

So, a well-funded court fight is about to happen.

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San Franciscans raise $46,000 to stop homeless shelter in wealthy area [View all] turbinetree Mar 2019 OP

My city did something similar last year (blocking homeless access). Socal31 Mar 2019 #1

The wealthiest care ONLY about themselves. democratisphere Mar 2019 #2

Update at link: San Franciscans raise $70,000 to stop homeless shelter in wealthy area Eugene Mar 2019 #3