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Video tours: See inside navigation centers for homeless people in Reno and San Francisco

By Marc Lester
Updated: July 6, 2021 Published: July 6, 2021

As Anchorage leaders consider plans for a city-run homeless shelter, they’re taking cues from other cities about how it might look and function. Take a tour of two other navigation centers, one in San Francisco’s Embarcadero district and the other a much larger shelter in Reno, Nevada.

Read more: As Anchorage debates opening a mass homeless shelter, potential lessons come from Reno and San Francisco

In Reno, more than 500 people stay at the Nevada Cares Campus which opened in May 2021 to shelter homeless people. Hear from staff and guests about what the facility is like. (Marc Lester / ADN)

The Embarcadero SAFE Center in San Francisco gives shelter to about 80 people with space for up to 200. Director Megan Phalon gives a tour of the facility. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Marc Lester

Marc Lester is a multimedia journalist for Anchorage Daily News. Contact him at mlester@adn.com.

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