San Francisco Votes to Use Hotels for Homeless During Pandemic

San Francisco would have to secure 8,250 private hotel rooms by April 26 as temporary quarantine facilities because of rising cases of the coronavirus—including an outbreak at a homeless shelter—under a measure the Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday.

The emergency ordinance would be in effect for three months and cost more than $180 million. It also would give priority to hotels to house homeless people—including those released from the hospital after being treated for the virus and those awaiting virus test results—as well as front-line health-care and homeless-services workers.

The measure would expand on the city’s current plans to lease ...