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 »

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 »

Imagine my utter horror when I came home to my house one Saturday afternoon to find a prostitute sitting on my front steps talking on a cell phone.  I can't even go into the details of what I saw because it was too horrific a experience.  I live in the Marina too which is not a place you would expect to find a prostitute, especially one trying to solicit in front of your house.  I heard from my neighbor that there is a motel somewhere down Lombard Street that is notorious for prostitution.  Please help!  I don't know what to 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 »

I've lived at California at Hyde street since 1993 and what was once a great neighborhood it is now a toilet (literally and figuratively). The street is always covered with garbage, My husband and I find junkies passed out in front of our door on a regular basis (we had to get a gate as it was getting dangerous), they leave all their garbage, paraphernalia and human waste for us to clean up . Street prostitution is now a regular thing across from my house and we've been calling the police at least 2-3 times a month for seeing illegal Read This Posty »

I live and work in the Mission and sometimes feel like I work for the City, picking up garbage on the sidewalks between work and home. I also clean tags off our building every week.  My pet Peeve is the garbage.  My clients and visiting family from other parts of the country come to my little area of the Mission and feel a bit threatened by the area I live in.  The prostitution problem seems to be getting resolved, but the trash and tagging is still just ridiculous.  Please put out more City trash cans and catch those tagging criminals.  Read This Posty »

I can't stand how people come to our great City and do their crimes such as drug dealling & prostituation.  I live in North Beach and see people come from outlying areas who pee on the sidewalks, knock over paper racks, start fights (whitch is a joke.....go to Oakland with that chip on yer shoulder....you'll die) like on Broadway on a Fri / Sat nights.  We, the citizens of San Francisco, have to pick up the bill to arrest them, hold them, and hopefully, send them to jail.  Maybe we should only allow people that live here or have a Read This Posty »

Crime. Crime crime crime. My wife and I are expecting our first child. I've lived in SOMA for 15 years, and owned my home there for the last 8, near 6th and Folsom. The crime rate in SOMA has been on the rise for the past several years (a 15 to 30% increase over the past year alone). On our alley, people regularly sell drugs, coupon tickets to the local porn shop, drink, defecate, urinate, prostitute and leave their used needles and condoms all over the sidewalks. It's a health hazard. You have to walk in the street to avoid them. Trash Read This Posty »