San Francisco taps a new homeless department chief as it struggles with unsheltered FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Shireen McSpadden will be the new director of San Francisco's Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.HandoutShow MoreShow Less 2of2 A police officer asks homeless men to socially distance from one another outside a tent encampment on Oak Street in San Francisco, where at least 8,000 are believed to be homeless.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less San Francisco has hired a permanent director for its Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, a demanding and crucial position in a city that has long struggled to help its most vulnerable.