100+ unhoused people died in S.F. last year. A memorial service tries to remember all of them.
Losing someone you’ve been trying to support can harden your heart, Lydia Bransten said to the group of about 40 people gathered inside the airy church. But, she added, that loss can also open it. Bransten is executive director of The Gubbio Project, a nonprofit that operates out of the church, which offers a place to sleep during the day.