Welcome to Learning English, a daily 30 minute program from the Voice of America.

I'm Ashley Thompson.

And I'm Mario Ritter Jr.

This program is designed for English learners,

so we speak a little slower

and we use words and phrases especially written for people

learning English.

On today's program you will hear Jill Robbins report on efforts to stop homelessness.

Then I'll report on an Argentine town with an unusual problem.

After that, our everyday grammar program explores quantifiers.

Finally, our lesson of the day. But first, Edgar Tapia works on the homeless

outreach team of San Francisco, California. He goes to places where people are living in the streets and

tells them there is space for them in city shelters. He recently went into one

San Francisco neighborhood on that mission.

He came to a group of tents, calling out greetings and offers of food and water bottles. He asked if anyone was interested in moving indoors.

He had eight available beds in city shelters, he told them. He reminded them that city street cleaners would be

coming soon to clear the sidewalk. One woman in a tent asked for health care kits and clothing.

Can we get some socks?

She asked.

Finding people to enter the city shelter is not an easy job. There are more shelter beds than ever before.

San Francisco's mayor, London Breed, has said she will no longer permit people living outdoors when they know there is a place to stay indoors.

Sometimes a person wants to move inside, but there are no beds.

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