More than 3,400 homeless people live on the streets of San
Francisco, but at any given time, just two to four city-funded
outreach workers are on the clock trying to persuade them to
accept housing, drug and alcohol counseling or mental health
services.  The outreach workers belong to a 15-member team made
up mostly of former homeless people, who don't have training in
social work or mental health care. They're paid $32,000 a year
plus benefits.  Supervisor Mark Farrell on Tuesday plans to
introduce legislation that would double the size of the Homeless
Outreach Team and provide 100 additional beds to offer homeless
people willing to move inside.  It is just one of many changes
the District Two supervisor sees as crucial to finally getting
the city's rampant homeless problem under control.  "There is no
silver bullet here," Farrell said. "This is but one of myriad
steps that I believe the city of San Francisco needs to take if
we are going to become serious once again about addressing
homelessness."  The Home