Skip to main content Currently Reading S.F. is rapidly losing care facilities for the mentally ill and elderly. But a plan to save them is promising FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Officials are trying to make it harder to eliminate residential care existing facilities, such as this one at 969 Buena Vista West Ave. in San Francisco.Yalonda M. James/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 The owner of 628 Shotwell St. applied to convert the former residential care facility into market-rate housing, according to city documents.Santiago Mejia/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of3 The owner of 628 Shotwell St. applied to convert the former residential care facility into market-rate housing, according to city documents.Santiago Mejia/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less