Three hundred children living in single room occupancy hotels, or SROs, got a holiday gift from Mayor London Breed, Santa Claus and other San Francisco officials. The event, including food and music, was held in Chinatown at the Gordon J. Lau Elementary School at 1:30 p.m.
A typical room in an SRO hotel is a single 100-square foot room with shared bathrooms and kitchen facilities.
According to a statement from the mayor’s office, the city’s programs have moved 100 SRO families into affordable housing. Since 2020, programs like the SRO Families Rental Subsidy Program, which is supported by $5.3 million in city funding each year, help support low-income families with rent subsidies and move them to more suitable and stable locations.
Toys, donated from local hospitals and churches, were handed out by the mayor and District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who represents Chinatown, as well as Tonia Lediju, of the San Francisco Housing Authority among others.
