The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved legislation Tuesday to institute a curfew on certain businesses in the city’s latest attempt at preventing drug use in the crime-ridden Tenderloin district. The new curfew rules would prevent businesses in the Tenderloin selling “prepackaged food or tobacco products from operating” between midnight and 5 a.m. Businesses that […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Law enforcement has increased its presence in San Francisco’s drug-plagued Tenderloin neighborhood in recent weeks, the United States District Attorney’s Office said. The additional activity is part of the “All Hands on Deck” initiative to curb drug dealing in the area. More officers will primarily be present at night. “All Hands […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wearing a bright safety vest with the words “Safe Passage” on the back, Tatiana Alabsi strides through San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood to its only public elementary school, navigating broken bottles and stained sleeping bags along tired streets that occasionally reek of urine. Along the way in one of America’s most notorious […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two hotels and several residents of San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin district sued the city on Thursday, alleging it is using the neighborhood as a containment zone for rampant illegal drug use and other vices, making residents terrified to leave their homes and businesses unable to recruit staff. Plaintiffs do not seek […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Thursday marks one week since an overnight shooting killed one person and injured four others in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Police say they still have not made any arrests. The police chief, district attorney, and sheriff were at a community town hall in that neighborhood Thursday to address safety concerns. The […]