If you or someone you know needs help or a warm place to take shelter during storms, call 311 (San Francisco) or 211 to find help near you. These Bay Area locations below also offer support during this time. Please call ahead when possible in case supplies are limited.

ALAMEDA COUNTY

Sandbags:

Castro Valley

• 20336 San Miguel Avenue, Castro Valley, CA 94546

• 19780 Cull Canyon Road, Castro Valley, CA 94546

• First Presbyterian Church of Hayward Shelter – 2490 Grove Ave, Castro Valley, CA 94546, (510) 634-4750

Fremont:

• City Maintenance Center – 42551 Osgood Road, Fremont, CA 94539

• Fremont Fire Station 5 – 55 Hackamore Lane, Fremont, CA 94539

• Fremont Fire Station 10 – 5001 Deep Creek Road, Fremont, CA 94539

Hayward

• 951 Turner Court, Hayward, CA 94545

• South Hayward Parish Winter Shelter – 27287 Patrick Avenue, Hayward, CA 94544, (510) 634-2229

Warming Shelters:

alameda

• Christ Episcopal Church – 1700 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501 Monday, Wednesday, Friday (showers available on Wednesdays and Fridays),(510) 832-1382, ext. 123, warmingcenter@hceb.org

Berkeley

• Berkeley Emergency Storm Shelter – Dorothy Day House – 1931 Center Street Berkeley, CA 94704,(510) 705-1325, info@dorothydayhouse.org

livermore

• Livermore Area Recreation and Park District (LARPD) – 4444 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550,(510) 224-3755

Oakland

• Crossroads Emergency Shelter – East Oakland Community Project (EOCP) – 7515 International Boulevard, Oakland, CA, 94621, (510) 532-3211 info@eocp.net

Housing Resource Centers:

Berkeley

• Women’s Daytime Drop-in Center – 2218 Acton Street, Berkeley, CA 94702, Monday-Friday, (510) 548-2884, help@womensdropin.org

Emeryville

• Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency – 2811 Adeline Street, Emeryville, CA 94608.10 AM – 2 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, (510) 899-4650 | (510) 844-8221

Hayward

• Gail Steele Multi-Service Center (formerly Eden Area) – 24100 Amador Street, Haywayrd, CA 94544

livermore

• Livermore Self-Sufficiency Center – 2499 Constitution Dr., Livermore, CA 94551

Oakland

• BACS Towne House Wellness Center – 629 Oakland Ave. Oakland, CA 94611.1-4 PM Monday-Wednesday, (510) 658-9480

• Eastmont Town Center – 6955 Foothill Boulevard, Suite 100 (Eastmont Self-Sufficiency Center) and Suite 143 (Adult and Aging Services), Oakland, CA 94605

• Enterprise Self-Sufficiency Center – 8477 Enterprise Way, Oakland, CA 94621

• Thomas L. Berkeley Square (North Oakland) – 2000 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612

AGAINST COSTA COUNTY

Warming Centers:

Concord

• Concord Shelter – CCHS – 2407 Arnold Industrial Way #C, Concord, CA 94520,(925) 646-5082

Richmond

• Brookside Shelter – 847-C Brookside Drive, Richmond, CA 94801,(800) 799-5699

MARIN COUNTY

Warming Centers:

San Rafael

• Severe Weather Emergency Shelter (SWES) – Marin Health and Human Services – 3240 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901, Wednesday and Thursday 5 PM – 6:30 AM

NAPA COUNTY

Sandbags:

Angvin

• ANGWIN FIRE (VOLUNTEER DEPT.) STATION #18 – 275 College Ave., Angwin, 707-965-6551, PUC Public Safety

Calistoga

• ST HELENA CALIF DEPT. FORESTRY STATION – 3535 N. St Helena Hwy., Calistoga (BETWEEN ST HELENA & CALISTOGA ACROSS FROM BIG TREE RD),707-967-1467 (Open 24 hours)

Napa

• NAPA RIVER RECLAMATION DISTRICT FACILITY PENNY WILSON – 1501 Milton Rd., Napa, CA 94558,707-255-2996

• NAPA COUNTY FIRE/DRY CREEK LAKOYA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. STATION 16 – 5900 Dry Creek Road, Napa, CA 94558.707-944-1562

• CIRCLE OAKS COMMUNITY WATER DISTRICT – End of Circle Oaks Drive

• NAPA COUNTY FIRE/GORDON VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE STATION, #22 – 1345 Wooden Valley Cross Road, Napa, CA,707-363-4959

Warming Centers:

Napa

• South Napa Shelter -100 Hartle Court, Napa, CA 94559, (707) 271-7818

SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY

Warming Centers:

• Next Door Shelter – 1001 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109,Intakes Every day until January 15,2023 Between 4 PM – 10 PM

• MSC South – 525 5th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107,Intakes Everyday until January 15,2023 Between 4 PM – 10 PM

• Sanctuary – 201 8th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103,Intakes Everyday until January 15,2023 Between 4 PM – 10 PM

• St. Mary’s Cathedral – 111 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94109,Intakes Everyday until January 15,2023 Beginning at 6 PM

SAN MATEO COUNTY

Sandbags:

Redwood City

• Redwood City Public Works Yard, 1400 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063

Warming Centers:

San Mateo

• Samaritan House San Mateo – 4031 Pacific Blvd., San Mateo, CA 94403, Monday-Wednesday and Friday 9 AM – 5 PM; Thursday 9 AM – 12 PM (650) 347-3648

• Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Homelessness Help Center – 50 NB St., San Mateo, CA 94401, Monday – Friday 9 AM – 11 PM (650) 343-4403

SANTA CLARA COUNTY

Sandbags:

Alviso

5030 N 1st St., Alviso, CA 95002 (located behind George Mayne Elementary School)

Morgan Hill

El Toro Fire Station – 18300 Old Monterey Road, Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Palo Alto

1925 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303

San Jose

• City Central Service Yard – 1661 Senter Road at Phelan Avenue, San Jose, CA 95112

• Santa Clara Valley Water District – Winfield Warehouse – 5750 Almaden Expy, San Jose, CA 95118, Winfield Boulevard between Blossom Hill Road and Coleman Avenue

Warming Centers:

Santa Clara

• Santa Clara Senior Center – 1303 Fremont Street, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Wednesday – Friday 7 AM – 3 PM

• Community Recreation Center – 969 Kiely Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95051, Wednesday – Thursday 8:30 AM – 6 PM; Friday 8:30 AM – 5 PM; Saturday 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM

• Central Park Library – 2635 Homestead Rd., Santa Clara, CA 95051, Wednesday 12 PM – 6 PM; Thursday 12 PM – 7 PM; Friday-Saturday 10 AM – 2 PM

• Mission Branch Library – 1098 Lexington Street, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Wednesday 9 AM – 5 PM; Thursday 1PM – 5PM

• Northside Branch Library – 695 Moreland Way, Santa Clara, CA 95054, Wednesday 12 PM – 6 PM; Thursday 12 PM – 7 PM; Friday-Saturday 10 AM – 2 PM

SOLANO COUNTY

Warming Centers:

• Norman C King South Vallejo Community Center – 545 Magazine St, Vallejo, Ca 94590, (707) 648-4620, 8 PM – 7 AM

SONOMA COUNTY

Sandbags:

sonoma

• Sonoma City Hall – 1 The Plaza, Sonoma, CA 95476

• Depot Park – 270 1st St W, Sonoma, CA 95476

• Friedman’s Home Improvement Center – 1360 Broadway Ave., Sonoma, CA 95476

Warming Centers:

sonoma

• Homeless Action Sonoma (HAS) – 867 West Napa Street, Sonoma, CA 95476, Open Everyday 2 PM – 10 AM

• Sonoma Veterans Building – 126 Frist Street, Sonoma, CA 95476, Open Every day 7 PM – 9 AM

Santa Rosa

• Homeless Services Center of Catholic Charities’ Caritas Center – 301 Sixth Street, Suite 108, Santa Rosa, CA 94501, Monday – Thursday 7 PM – 7 AM

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And while many large hotels have been vacant for over a year, a few smaller ones took advantage of state and city incentives to house around 2,000 homeless people in rooms that used to go to tourists. Now there is taxpayers’ money to buy hotels and use them to permanently house the homeless – which will cost millions of dollars. Is it a possible way forward in solving our homelessness crisis?

To answer the question, we decided to visit one of the hotels to take a look at the program, the people and the challenges that lie ahead of us.

In a story you’ll only see on ABC7 News, we took an exclusive look inside one of those former tourist hotels that have been converted into homeless shelters.

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In return for access to this hotel, which is just a few blocks from Union Square, we were asked not to provide details of where it was located. It was a real eye opener. Before the pandemic, rooms at this hotel ranged from $ 200 to $ 300 a night. That was then. These days you know from the first moment that this is not your average Union Square hotel.

Wand security checks and temperature controls are required of anyone entering.

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It’s one of 25 hotels across the city that closed when San Francisco was shut down by the pandemic and was later rented by the city with federal COVID emergency funds to shelter thousands of people at the peak camped on the streets during the pandemic.

79 of the hotel’s 96 rooms are currently occupied.

“It’s a come-and-go situation, people are switching in and out, but we also need rooms on each floor for an office,” said Steve Good, CEO of Five Keys, the nonprofit that runs the hotel.

“It’s all part of a coordinated access system in San Francisco,” says Good.

“When the pandemic really started to take hold well over a year ago, the city had to act quickly to get as many of the 6,000 or so homeless people off the streets and it was a win-win as you had the tourist season completely Thrown off the cliff, we had caterers and food service folks out of business so we had a huge problem with the fear of the COVID threat so the city responded in May and opened a number of hotels and location 35 became one of the Accommodation in the hotel, “says Good.

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What do you get when you come to a hotel like this: “You all get a private room, some hotels are different from others, but each of these rooms has at least one double bed. It has a TV, a sink, and a full bathroom, “says Good.

Site 35, as they call it, provides food, laundry, and medical care to residents. Everything on site.

“All the rooms that you see are marked with different notations, once a day wellness check, from 9:00 p.m., how many guests are in the room, whether there are special needs such as medical needs, physical needs or dietary restrictions or whether there is a pet, “says Good.

Well said “Site 35” is actually one of the quieter homeless hotels.

But it still has problems.

“Guest disputes. Sometimes there are couples who live together in larger places, sometimes there can be noise at night, something like in every household or apartment, it’s not really different. ”Gut says.

There are also psychological problems and drug problems.

“Unfortunately it’s pretty high. You know drug and alcohol problems aren’t the cause of homelessness per se, but now with Covid and hotels, more than 80 percent suffer from one or the other or a combination of” the two, “says Good.

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What about drug overdoses?

“Unfortunately, that’s a real problem.” Good says.

Drug overdoses are trending to break new records in San Francisco. 700 people died in 2020 and more than 250 people this year. Health officials say it is a by-product of a fentanyl crisis that is gripping the country. The opening up of these hotels to the homeless has likely resulted in them overdosing on the streets.

“We saved 155 lives,” says Good. But they also lost about 20 people to overdosing from 8 locations in San Francisco.

Violence is rare, the staff here are trained in de-escalation techniques. When they need help, they called the police.

“The big thing is trust and respect. They are people, ”says one employee during his meeting.

For the residents here, a roof over their heads is better than being exposed to the street

“It’s beautiful – they really treat us – it’s a blessing to have these people,” said one woman who joined the program after 10 years on the street.

For them and the others there is now a home in every former hotel room. A home that many do not want to leave – even if it means having their own apartment.

Good estimates suggest that only around 30 to 40% of current residents will ever have the sole destination.

“And that could be an optimistic guess,” says Good.

Means a hotel room – can be the best long-term solution to a short-term problem.

The result: the hotel program costs roughly the same as the $ 200 to $ 300 a night a tourist would spend per night.

But “we also provide care, we offer help and support around the clock,” says Good.

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