KQED61%
Homelessness Is Down in SF, But Not for Families 78%
By Ericka Cruz Guevarra0%
5/18/2026, 10:00:16 AM
Topics: Housing, San Francisco
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Recency Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 33% saturation with 38 hits. Analysis detected 248 faulty-reasoning hits from 115 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 70.7% and a BS Rank of 78% (3,726 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 77.80% of the article peer group.
San Francisco has seen a 22% decrease in people sleeping on the streets, according to preliminary data from this year’s Point In Time count.
But the number of families experiencing homelessness has gone up 15%.
Recent changes have allowed families to stay longer in shelters, but securing affordable housing remains a challenge.
In this episode, we meet one family caught up in the city’s shelter system as they wait for more permanent housing.
This episode originally aired Aug 4, 2025
Links:
Fewer People Are Sleeping on San Francisco Streets.
But Family Homelessness Is Up
SF Families Win Shelter Extension Rights, Still Face Long Waits for Housing
Confirmation Bias
14.8%Confirmation Bias
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14.8%AuthorEricka Cruz Guevarra
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
18.3%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
32.2%Framing Effect
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32.2%AuthorEricka Cruz Guevarra
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
10.4%Optimism Bias
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10.4%AuthorEricka Cruz Guevarra
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorEricka Cruz Guevarra
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Negativity Bias
21.7%Negativity Bias
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21.7%AuthorEricka Cruz Guevarra
10.4%PublicationCalMatters
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorEricka Cruz Guevarra
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
20.9%Recency Bias
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20.9%AuthorEricka Cruz Guevarra
2.4%PublicationCalMatters
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Primacy Effect
7%Primacy Effect
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7%AuthorEricka Cruz Guevarra
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
20.9%Appeal to Authority
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20.9%AuthorEricka Cruz Guevarra
1.7%PublicationCalMatters
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
18.3%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
33%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
18.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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115 words analyzed.
Analysis
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