San Francisco Business Owner: ‘We Are Turning Into Gotham With The Jokers Taking Over The City’

[PeteS in CA]

San Francisco Business Owner: ‘We Are Turning Into Gotham With The Jokers Taking Over The City’

San Francisco small business owners say their ability to keep the doors open is being threatened by the city’s high level of crime. Earlier this month there was a break in at a tea shop called Boba Guys. The owner published a photo of his smashed front glass on Instagram along with a message saying he’d seen the city “transform into Gotham” and suggesting it was time for small business owners to “take our city back.”
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That statement resonated with other small business owners who’ve experienced the same sort of threat to their livelihoods because of crime:

Within the first 16 months after it opened, Pine Tar Grill, Martin’s San Francisco Giants-themed business on Folsom Street filled with sports memorabilia, was burglarized three times. The final incident was caught on camera, showing a person breaking the glass of the front door at around 4 a.m. to steal cash, sports-related bobblehead toys and computers, Martin said.

Repairs cost thousands of dollars and were a big factor in his decision to close the bar last month…

At the fine dining destination Nightbird and its adjoining bar, Linden Room, in Hayes Valley, chef-owner Kim Alter said it isn’t unusual to find crowbar marks on the doors of her building from people trying to break in after hours. She recently spent roughly $6,000 to install a new security system to deter property crime and $15,000 installing gates over her doors. Such expenses are pushing businesses away from the city, she added.

“No one wants to open a restaurant in San Francisco,” said Alter, who wants to expand in the city but isn’t sure it’s currently a good idea.

I suspect these are among the kinds of crimes SF's new DA will give low or no priority.

[dfwgator]

You get what you vote for.

[truth_seeker]

To deal with homelessness, requires involuntary confinement.

Politics is not anywhere near that, yet.

Until these addicts, alcoholics petty criminals are isolated away from our businesses, homes and public spaces, it just continues. But with that, comes public health risks, crime, public nuisance etc.