I don't know. I think getting them off the streets is a fairly high prio thing to do, even if it's just by putting them in prison temporarily while a better option is prepared. Yeah, the homeless are victims of the situation, but so are the inhabitants of SF. They deserve a place to live where they do not have to be afraid of being assaulted by a homeless man, having their children tripping over infected drug paraphernalia, or their city being a hotbed of disease due to a large population doing their business on the streets.
I would agree, but then also the people who have been living in SF and are not part of the tech economy also deserve not having to worry about their rent doubling or being kicked out to the streets and put in a situation where homelessness is a very real prospect.
Sure, the tech boom in SF didn't help, but this wasn't just all kind of tech Yuppies moving into the neighbourhood; it's also a lack of community care for the homeless, as well as a tacit acceptance of the misbehaviour of the homeless people which allowed to the problem to progress to the point where it is now.
