Problem: The delivery trucks are constantly blocking the roads, and if not the trucks then the boxes and food shipments are on the roads and sidewalks, which means that pedestrians must walk on the roads to catch the buses. This is not only dangerous, it is against the law. Why are you not doing anything about this? Name Withheld Read This Posty »

A few homeless are ruining the streets of the financial district where I live and work.  Nothing we do seems to help.  Please let us know that you care and that you will do something about this.  At night our sidewalks and doorways become camping sites and bathrooms. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

City allowing businesses to install and maintain promotional mini-billboards on our public streets and sidewalks in violation of local, state and federal codes. Rick Thurber Read This Posty »

Oftentimes at our corners there is only one, and it is in the center of the curb. This forces the user to walk out into traffic. L-M Millrod Read This Posty »

My mother tripped and fell due to uneven sidewalk on Geary Blvd.  She ended up severely bruising her face.  When I took her to the emergency room at CPMC, the attending physician said he sees accidents like this DAILY because of the poorly maintained sidewalks.  I'm a jogger and I'm constantly on the look out for uneven sidewalks.  I've seen uneven sidewalks painted a bright orange to highlight the hazard but that is it.  When is the city going to fix this?  Edwin Read This Posty »

The city does not maintain or trim its city owned tress in the 1900 to 2400 block of Hyde, or any other block for that matter.  When you complain to DPW, nothing happens. Tress are overgrown and dangerous and tearing up sidewalks. Worst of all they grow up into fire escapes, violating city fire code, by blocking egress.  I guarantee you nothing will be done because I wrote this. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

A crack, hole, or rise in the surface of our streets of less than an inch or greater may sound like small potatoes to you, but try traveling between California and Market streets (including the sidewalks) in a standard or power wheelchair. It can be a jarring experience, not to mention the wear and tear on the chair. If you think I'm kidding, you are welcome to try the trip yourself. Just borrow a chair and do it. As a matter of fact, I am more than willing to let you borrow my powerchair.   Also, what 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 think the mayor needs to focus his energies on resolving the horrible and out of control situation that San Franciscans are forced to deal with on their streets on a daily basis, the aggressive panhandling, the defecation and urination, and the filthy conditions of our streets and sidewalks. Other cities have resolved these problems and, until our streets and sidewalks are once again livable, these problems need to be his number one concern.  People are tired of hearing of excuses, we are tired of  being embarrassed when our friends and family come to visit and ask why we allow Read This Posty »

Lack of traffic enforcement of traffic laws for bicycle riders who are on our sidewalks and seemingly think no traffic laws apply to them. Lack of police control of critical mass results in anarchy on the streets. Paul Bennett Read This Posty »

This explanation of the "broken window" theory was written by Henry G. Cisneros when he was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. It was published in a series of essays titled "Defensible Space: Deterring Crime and Building Community" - January 1995. James Q. Wilson and George Kelling developed the `broken windows' thesis to explain the signaling function of neighborhood characteristics. This thesis suggests that the following sequence of events can be expected in deteriorating neighborhoods. Evidence of decay (accumulated trash, broken windows, deteriorated building exteriors) remains in the neighborhood for a reasonably long period of time. People who live and Read This Posty »

They just repaved Edna street in the Sunnyside. Someone on the 600 block has a building permit and they had dumpsters delivered. The dumpsters destroyed the newly paved street when they were removed when full. Does the city permit department take notice of this during inspection and charge the homeowner for destroying the street? Bruce Olitzky Read This Posty »

Filthy, trashy, grimey residential sidewalks (in neighborhoods other than Pacific Heights or St. Francis Wood). Name Withheld Read This Posty »

Day after day you see sidewalks and streets cluttered with printed advertisements that have been put on door knobs, posts, and fences. The major culprit seems to be restaurants with "to go" menus, but many other businesses leave unwanted and unsolicited junk mail on a regular basis. The City should create an Opt-Out register for this kind of advertising. Anyone who does not want to receive this kind of marketing can sign up -- ideally at no cost online. Businesses would be required to obtain the addresses of all residents who do not want to bothered with this junk mail. Any Read This Posty »

The extra clean patrol really helped the street litter problem. Since the trash cans have been removed, there is much more litter on the streets, thus creating more work for the Clean Patrol. If trash cans were available people would not just drop their litter on the sidewalk. Thanks Name Withheld Read This Posty »

Instead of less garbage cans, we need more in certain downtown areas, such as 7th Street between Mission & Market Streets.  There are none at all and there is always bottles and paper in the street and sidewalk. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

Please give some attention to the issue of the rising number of cars parked on the sidewalk and the unwillingness of DPT to enforce the existing law prohibiting it.  In my 13 years in San Francisco it has become increasingly harder every year to be a pedestrian. Recently, I have been often forced to venture out into the street with my three year old to avoid a car "parked in their driveway". When I contacted the DPT about scofflaws parking on the sidewalk to avoid street cleaning tickets the officer in charge told me that it was allowed and that I Read This Posty »

I jog on Pacific Avenue every morning.  For at least the past four months, the home on 2712 Pacific Avenue between Scott and Divisidero has been undergoing construction.  Because the driveway, sidewalk and street right in front of this home are constantly blocked due to all of the construction work, I have to run out around all of it out in the street, facing onoming traffic.  Needless to say, the construction creating a dangerous scenario for pedestrians and joggers.  Aren't there laws in our city for creating safe passageways for pedestrians when a home is undergoing construction? Name Withheld Read This Posty »

It makes me so frustrated to see people clearing leaves and trash away from in front of their homes or from their driveways using a hose. It is a waste of water because hosing down leaves and trash makes it sticky and requires more time and water, whereas simply sweeping up the dry clutter is much faster and more eco-friendly. Moriah Ortiz Read This Posty »

Dear Mayor Newsom: Two things I believe to be important for the city: First, it seems San Francisco is getting filthier.  I am embarrassed by the detritis littering our streets.  I can't imagine the impression the many tourists in SF take back to their homes.  Both Chicago and New York are much cleaner than SF.  Chinatown is especially horrific.  There is a terrible stench on some of the streets, there is trash and filth everywhere and there are clothes hanging from balconies, which is especially unsightly and completely unnecessary.  Cigarette butts line every block and not just in Chinatown.  It would not Read This Posty »