Food Trucks to Help – The Homeless??

Former San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty, who now serves as Mayor Ed Lee’s director of HOPE (housing opportunities, partnership and engagement), has come up with a unique idea to help with the homeless problem facing the city.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Dufty is looking “to get a soul food truck on the streets of the Tenderloin… that will be staffed by homeless people and get healthy food to those living on the streets or in supportive housing.”

His plan: start with one truck, staffed by 12-14 homeless people, who will have access to a city-owned kitchen. With some assistance, they’ll prepare the food and distribute it at lunch at dinner out of the truck.

The Chronicle reports that he’s thinking of making it “a block party” which will allow people in the area to get “a better sense of community.”

The idea is still in the initial planning stages as Dufty said he’s not sure how he would pay for it. But his ultimate goal as director of HOPE is to get more homeless people off the streets and give them something better to do with their lives.

It's simple. Keith Mizuguchi loves to write and write and write some more. After taking a hiatus from the journalism business, he has rekindled his passion for writing over the last two years, holding a job as both a web and on-air writer for San Francisco news radio station KCBS. While he enjoys the news business, his true passions are twofold: sports and food. Bay Area born and raised, he lives in San Jose, commutes to SF and loves every minute of it. You can follow his food adventures on Twitter @foodie_keith.