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Mercury News, may 2018: "The exact number of homeless people in San Francisco is uncertain, but about 7,500 were found during a one-night count in 2017.
The city’s logged more than 24,300 requests last year for human waste cleanup and 9,500 for needle pick-up. This year, there already have been more than 8,300 requests to pick up waste and 3,700 for needles.

San Francisco has budgeted $65 million out of a $10 billion citywide budget for street cleaning this year. The $13 million the mayor announced this month will go toward hiring dozens more cleaners and expanding staffed pit stop toilets.
Homeless advocacy groups are critical of Farrell’s plan to dismantle camps, saying the move only pushes people into other neighborhoods. The problem, they say, is a lack of long-term housing."

More, https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/01/tolerant-san-francisco-fed-up-with-dirty-smelly-streets/