I don't care how you do it, get them off the street. Mark Miller Read This Posty »

I'm a big fan.  Thanks for so much.  My problem is the drug dealing and using outside my house on Julian Avenue and outside my back gate on Caledonia alley, both off 16th between Mission and Valencia.  Dealers and users and homeless abound.  Please give the victims services and arrest the dealers.  They ride in on BART, wear distinctive jackets (mostly 49ers), have bicycles, and work the alleys around the BART station.  They are very obvious, at least to me.  The needles, piss, and worse are a daily issue.  Chris Daly has ignored our pleas.  Keep up the good work Read This Posty »

Homeless sleeping in parks, public areas. Loud motorcycles in residential areas. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

A muni system that repeatedly fails - if i failed as much in my job i would be fired. Graffiti on residences in the Dolores street corridor Homeless people sleeping on sidewalks, leaving bodily fluids, and no effort to enforce "no trespassing" posted signs in the area where they sleep and relieve themselves Name Withheld Read This Posty »

I'm really hoping that you can find a way to deal with the homeless this new term. I know it has baffled everyone, but we have the filthiest city in the country. And it's because of the homeless. I took a friend out to see Sweeney Todd on Oct 2nd, and Union Square was filled with crazy drug addled homeless people on the streets.  4 per block wanted money.  Some guy who just had his heroin hit was falling down in the middle of the street.  My husband said,  "Must be the top of the month---he just got his check." If anyone Read This Posty »

Before we want to take on national issues and try to "show everyone else how" why don't we fix our transit system, fill the pot holes, clean up the homeless problem and generally get the City of  San Francisco running properly.  Why is the collective leadership of San Francisco always grand standing on national issues?   Be a result oriented leader and "Fix your City"  instead of positioning your  political career. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

I'm reaching a point of being completely fed up about a quality-of-life issue that never seems to be addressed. I firmly believe that the recycling center on the Market St. Safeway property has become a public nuisance and should be closed.  Since we now have curbside recycling from every SF household, the only purpose the Community Recyclers facility serves is to create an "industry" of theft, where homeless people go through peoples' recycling bins, stealing recyclables and strewing trash all over the street, so that they can sell the recyclables at the recycling center. This is NOT a victimless crime.  My neighbors Read This Posty »

It has gotten so rude, disgustingly in-your-face, and dirty.  Something has to be done.  I never thought so before.  I do now.  It's too much. Judy Keyes Read This Posty »

-Increase home ownership.  Ownership stake creates a more caring and attentive community. -Streamline the building permit process.  It shouldn't take a year to add a deck to your house. -Get rid of the homeless.  They do not belong on our otherwise beautiful city. Name Withhled Read This Posty »

Not illegal aliens!!! Also I am tired of being approached by homeless people for money. Especially since one of those street bums hit me in the eye when I told him I do not have any money! Before that incident I did give some money to the people on the streets, but not any more. Most of them are addicts and they did that to themselves. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

Sorry, but the primary way that people can get health care is to get a job.  Or pay for it out of pocket.  Many of the uninsured prioritize car payments, cigarettes and direct TV over health insurance.  For most it's a matter of choice.   Unless there is a provision for healthy living and benefit for taking care of yourself, this is something that is just not worth the tax dollars I already spend.   This is the city and county of San Francisco, don't make into the DDR of the west coast.   Fix the schools, streets and get homeless people and junkies to stop Read This Posty »

Dear Mayor Newsom, As a long-time resident of San Francisco, having grown up in this fair city I take great pride in being able to say I am from here, albeit not native as I moved here when I was six-years-old. Now, 31 years later, I'm glad to see my city back on track in terms of tourism. I've noticed many European tourists especially and was even told by an SFPD airport officer that foreign travel is back to pre-9/11.   The unfortunate thing, and the reason for my letter, is I am ashamed to see the condition of Powell Street between Read This Posty »

Hello, I recently moved to the bay area from the central valley 3 months ago and my god this ( bay area ) is quite a culture shock- I am only from a hundred miles south-I witness anything I could possibly think of murder, dope dealing, drug usage, prostitution, threats, pedestrian hit and runs, homeless cancer patients, teens living on the streets, people rushing. But my main concern is with the city's homelessness... and how it affects the city's reputation which is not to mention by the way is declining. Most of the time their homeless situation is drug related. Read This Posty »

The broken windows theory outlined below is exactly why I ask people to stay on top of new encampments of drunks and junkies as they appear in neighborhoods. Market Street west of Van Ness is a perfect example of an area that such people are trying to take over. That is why I call the police every time I pass a drunk passed out on the sidewalk or trying to set up a camp or just sitting getting drunk making rude comments to passersby. I hope everyone is doing this also. And once again, I would like to say that Read This Posty »

I want it shut down immediately We can’t walk our daughter to the UCSF Gym anymore or to the MyGym in Potrero Hill The area has been over run with Homeless People!!! Regards, James Read This Posty »

The homeless.  Trashed streets and vandalism (aka broken glass, graffiti and key-scratched windows).  The Board of Supervisors.  Car break-ins.  The upswing in violence.  The DA. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

I have lived at the corner of Bartlett and Cesar Chavez for 3 years.  Every day, 10-15 men sit on the corner, litter, get drunk, sell drugs, and urinate. The Board of Supervisors almost did not approve a development across the street which has been abandoned for over 1 year. The DPW comes by and routinely picks up couches, chairs, and miscellaneous trash when called.  They do a terrific job but my pet peeve is; Why does San Francisco never address the cause and spend so much money addressing the result?  I know it is political but downtown and high profile (Golden Gate Read This Posty »

The homeless are citizens and have rights like everybody. But, like the rest of us, the homeless should act responsibly and respect our laws.  There is no excuse whatsover to throw needles in children's sandboxes, endangering our children.  Golden Gate Park is a PUBLIC park for everybody, not the private campsite for the homeless.   The truth of the matter is there are resources out there where the homeless CAN receive help if they only CHOOSE to receive help.   The people of San Francisco should no longer put up with all this nonsense. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

On Saturday I took our 2 year old twins to South Park.  Unfortunately, nothing has changed, so we left after 15 minutes.    Two guys were sitting on the bench by the climbing structures, drinking 40 ounce beers.  Another collection of homeless/ vagrants at the 3rd street end of the park- shopping carts, etc double parked into the street.   No sun because the trees are still overgrown.  Slide has hole in it...etc, etc, etc.   Hopefully South Park is on the list for renovation under the new Bond issue...... Chip Read This Posty »