They have become ubiquitous in central parts of the city since Mayor London Breed announced last year that Urban Alchemy workers would play a key role in an ambitious public safety plan. The unnamed shooting victim works for Urban Alchemy, a nonprofit that employs a cadre of reflective-vest-wearing вЂњambassadorsвЂќ to help patrol dangerous streets in the Tenderloin and some adjacent neighborhoods.

'As neighbors begin to experience increased peace in their communities, we often see a more welcoming and generous spirit towards Safe Sleep Villages.A star-shaped pattern of blood left over from a Tuesday night shooting near the Asian Art Museum might not have been notable for a city that had 222 victims of gun violence last year, except the blood came from a man whose job is tamping down violence in the dangerous San Francisco neighborhood.

'Urban Alchemy also works in partnership with the local residents, addressing their concerns and sending outreach teams to respond to antisocial behavior,' the nonprofit says on its website. Urban Alchemy has expanded its programs to Los Angeles, and opened a Safe Sleeping Village there in June 2021. Even though the city's shelter-in-place hotel program, which Urban Alchemy also managed, ended in mid-2021, the Safe Sleeping Village program lives on - at considerable expense to the city, as we learned last year. It is one of three such encampments that Urban Alchemy manages for the city, in what was originally meant to provide supplemental social-distancing shelter space for the homeless during the pandemic. The Fulton Safe Sleeping Village, in a plaza between City Hall and UN Plaza, and between the Asian Art Museum and the Main Library, has resided on this site since May 2020. The community knows that, and we hear from the community all the time how much they respect that Urban Alchemy staff are trying to create positive transformation and safe spaces while often in potentially dangerous situations. In a statement to the Chronicle, an Urban Alchemy spokesperson said, 'We are thankful our Practitioner wasnвЂ™t seriously hurt, and we are thankful and grateful for the work that he and all of our Practitioners do every day. Witnesses said the shooting did not appear to be connected to anyone or any activity at the encampment site. The injured man, who was not publicly identified, had a reportedly minor gunshot wound below one shoulder, and remained on the scene to speak to police before going to the hospital for treatment. The shooters were reportedly two men in hoodies - one employee at the site referred to them as 'drug dealers' to a Chronicle reporter. The victim was an ambassador/worker - Urban Alchemy calls them 'Practitioners' - at the Fulton Safe Sleeping Village, where dozens of tents provide temporary shelter to 150 people each night. near the south side of the Asian Art Museum, as the Chronicle reports. An employee of the nonprofit Urban Alchemy, which the City of San Francisco contracts with to manage some homeless services like the 'safe sleeping village' tent encampments, was shot and injured Tuesday afternoon.

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