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State Chapters => California => Topic started by: mountaineer on August 25, 2022, 01:07:57 pm
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Castro shops won't pay taxes unless San Francisco addresses crime and homelessness
By Jana Katsuyama
Published August 25, 2022 5:20AM
San Francisco
KTVU FOX 2SAN FRANCISCO - The Castro Merchants Association sent a letter to San Francisco city officials saying they plan to stop paying taxes if The City doesn't do more to address burglaries, vandalism, people with behavioral health problems and unhoused people camping on the sidewalks in front of businesses and residences.
Terrance Alan is co-president of the association and owner of Flore Dispensary and Cafe Flore.
He says many shops have been targeted by vandals and his businesses' windows have been smashed 11 times. He says there are also several dozen people in the area who have been unhoused for years, some a decade or more.
"Every day we wake up and have to help people on the street. We have to clean up feces on the street. We have to clear our people from doorways, so we can open our businesses. It's not fair," said Alan. ...
KTVU (https://www.ktvu.com/news/castro-shops-say-they-wont-pay-taxes-unless-city-addresses-crime-and-homelessness?taid=63076da71a73b70001ca90cc&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter)
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This tax boycott needs to become city-wide, not just the Castro District. One of London Breed's campaign promises was to clean up SF's crime & bum problems. She's all bun and no beef.