My pet peeve is essentially the uneven distribution of police around the city. Why is it that at noon on a crowded MUNI train there are four muni cops making sure the city got my $1.50, but  late at night on market I can walk for blocks and blocks without ever seeing a police officer? Ryan Brown Read This Posty »

Market Street at Seventh Street is a mess with gangs and thieves market every day and night.  It's killing our business.  Something has to be done before someone gets hurt or killed, again! Name Withheld Read This Posty »

For 16 years, I have lived on Geary Street, between Jones and Leavenworth, and until recently, I have loved this neighborhood for its "local color," its convenience, its steady flow of visitors from around the country and the rest of the world, its excellent restaurants and galleries and theatres, etc. But in the last 3 or 4 years, the neighborhood has steadily deteriorated. To put it bluntly... it seems that the hookers and pimps and drug dealers/buyers and other assorted derelicts have marched steadily north from the Tenderloin, thus making Geary Street from Leavenworth to downtown just as dirty and Read This Posty »

There are not enough buses on many Muni routes, e.g., #22 Fillmore. We wait a long, long time for a bus and then the bus is greatly overcrowded and miserably uncomfortable--we are just stuffed in like cattle. This is also often true of #6, #71, etc. that run on Market, to name just a few... Basya Petnick Read This Posty »

I would like to see the trash containers along Market Street and other major street emptied more frequently, especially near fast food restaurants.  It looks horrible to see garbage overflowing onto the sidewalk.  Please give me a telephone number to call to advise of such a problem. Carol Goldberg Read This Posty »

Here is a personal request from me.  Clean up the Powell and Market areas of this city!  It is a disgrace!  You do that  and I will support your campaign. Otherwise, I am voting for someone who will clean that up since you have had 4 years to do it and nothing has changed. Ray Read This Posty »

What's with their flags on Church and Markets streets? How could the city provide them with a permit. Is it a culture or a nationality as in Chinese, Italian or Latin American. When did the Castro area become a city tourist attraction as in Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, La Mission ? Oh  Gavin remember the Mission District ? Not enough constituents? Gavin can you say "tolerate". Get to back to basics Name Withheld Read This Posty »

South of market on 8th there are 4 lanes, north of Market there are 3, plus a lane created from grove st. kind of converging in. People coming down Hyde st. should have lanes clearly marked as they cross Market St. Right now it's very confusing... or maybe it's just me. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

I work at  the Renoir Hotel on 45 McCallister St.  Many of our guests are scared to go outside, I'm thinking about quitting because it;s so bad out there. We need a Starbuck's or a police substation on 7th and Market.  We need a loitering law.  I watch the people walk around the block a hundred times in a day.  I watch bums drink in a covered bus stop for hours at a time.  Numerous times I've seen our guests have their car windows broken in our white zone and then realized later that I saw the thieves selling them Read This Posty »

Dear Mayor Newsom, I have several 'peeves' regarding traffic flow, signal light timing, and traffic control from the Potrero and Mission districts. 1.  About 15 years ago, (due to a city supervisor who apparently resided on or near 23rd St. between Church and Dolores), that block was suddenly closed to uphill traffic and became "one  way" down-hill.  Consequently, the East-West routes between the Mission and Noe Valley or Castro districts became severely limited to 24th St. or 18th Street only, as no other streets in between these two thoroughfares pass directly through the neighborhoods.  This is very inconvenient, and I wonder if Read This Posty »

Riding home to Hayes Valley from 2nd & Market on MUNI and having to pass through Market &  6th, 7th & 8th St. which looks like the dirtiest, most disgusting and dangerous part of Gotham City during a crime wave with homeless crackheads, drug dealers, pimps & prostitutes and then having 2 or 3 of them jump onto MUNI to get a free ride on the bus that I just paid a ridiculous fare of $1.50 for!!!! Name Withheld Read This Posty »

Having to wait 20 to 45 minutes for the 35 Corbett bus to make an appearance at Castro and Market Sts. and heading up Corbett towards Twin Peaks.  This is an exclusively residential area and as an ex native New Yorker it amazes me that I moved to another great city and what is lacking is great public transportation from/to residential areas of San Francisco. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

 I have gone from supporting initiatives designed to favor bicyclists to voting against them whenever I can.  It all stems from the apparent attitude of 'Since I ride a bike, I can do whatever I want'.  I walk to work everyday from Church and Market to Post and Grant.  I have days where I do not see one bicyclist conforming to any set of known laws, rules, or guidelines.  I understand completely the frustration bicyclists feel with motorists, but as a pedestrian I feel more 'peril' from a person on a bike than I ever do from a person in Read This Posty »

More than just a peeve: the Board of Supes approved a 6-month trial of no right turn from Market to the Octavia onramp.  Now it's been much longer, and it seems to have been made permanent, even though most people don't like it.  I read that it was out of concern for bikes, but Market St. is lined with places where right turns are allowed, so it doesn't seeme to make sense to prohibit rights at this key juncture. Boone Callaway Read This Posty »

Dear Mr. Mayor,   As a native of 50 years it was so nice to see your www and willingness to hear complaints from the public.   I drive 30,000 miles across the US for business and SF is truly the best City for everything, except the homelessness.  Talking with clients and people in hotels, the homeless problem are always brought up.   It is so disgusting to see the homeless downtown, especially on Powell/Mkt .  I had to spend a nite on Powell/Geary and was shocked to see what goes on after 9PM.  They homeless, bums and musicians are out in full force.  Even during Read This Posty »

STREET PEOPLE chase away tourist -- a very 'green" industry and the heart of SF funding. We cannot let them own every street corner, Van Ness corridor, Market Street, Golden Gate Park. Only Union Square has done something and that's because they spent their own money. You need to take away what the homeless have stolen -- shopping carts and wheel chairs, you need to make them move on, you need an unarmed "Homeless Squad" that works night and day to get them to clean up. Every encampment must be disbanded and then constantly monitored to keep the homeless away. Read This Posty »

I have noticed a significant number of both Muni and Samtrans buses running red lights and driving through crosswalks full of people.  The drivers know they will never be fired short of running over someone and will be ignored by our non-existent traffic police.  Why not mount some of the same cameras on our city streets downtown that are enjoyed by SF residents in the higher crime neighborhoods.  Random viewing by Muni supervisors should provide enough documentation to get rid of the bad drivers, or at least let them know someone is actually watching. I would start with cameras on Read This Posty »

On several occasions I have been at an intersection - at the same time as a cop car (sometimes two cars) - when cars run the red light or stop sign, AND THE COP(s) DO NOTHING! Also the JAY WALKING pedestrians at the following intersections - while the cops are busy harassing the homeless just sitting (NOT PAN HANDLING) on the side walk near by: Market/Castro/17th Street Castro/18th Street Rod Marchetta Read This Posty »

There is a recycling center located at the corner of Market street and Dubose. Every day hoards of homeless with shopping carts trudge past our neighborhood, often spilling their bottles in front of the house. I understand the need for a recycling center but don't know why it needs to be located on Market street. My friends and I are weary of being hounded for change and smokes every time we leave our houses. it's nearly impossible to have a quiet moment sitting outside of our local cafe, just because so many people use Market street to transport their cans Read This Posty »