Carlos Rojas is learning to appreciate the simple things in life. After three years of living on the streets of San Francisco, he now sees basic shelter and safety as true luxuries.

Mayor Lurie’s three-phase plan promises 1,500 new shelter beds and a restructuring of outreach teams and supportive service programs.

San Francisco’s tax targeting the owners of vacant homes has been put on ice while a legal battle over the controversial measure works its way through the courts. The City already faced a court order blocking it from collecting the tax,