"Pathways Home remains our long-term plan to transform the way the city invests in programs to address homelessness,” said Murray. “Today’s announcement, however, recognizes our need to bridge the gap as we still have over 3,000 people living unsheltered on our streets. We need to ensure we are providing safer alternatives for those living on our streets, increasing our outreach efforts, focusing on a more compassionate set of protocols when cleanups are necessary and offering trash and needle pickup services to address public health and safety issues.