The Tenderloin - San Francisco's WORST Neighborhood

Living in The Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's worst neighborhoods, was an eye opening experience. I'll never forget stepping over needles, syringes, excrement and all kinds of drug paraphernalia. It is a lost neighborhood with almost no hope of recovery. A safe haven for those looking to do their drugs out in the open every single day for the rest of their lives.
The Tenderloin District is a high crime neighborhood with aggravated assault and robbery taking place nearly every day. Among the most common crime is vehicle theft. If you simply walk down the street in the Tenderloin you will eventually bump into a car with its windows broken. Public defecation is also not uncommon and can happen anywhere in the Tenderloin or San Francisco for that matter.
Nowadays, the homeless are sheltered in tents provided by the city or they are housed in hotels but many still refuse help.
All this is not to say there are great people and families that live in the Tenderloin; however, it is very unfortunate that they have to be surrounded by such unfortunate circumstances. If you’re ever in San Francisco I would skip a visit to the Tenderloin.

[@Aiphiae]

I'll never forget the homeless guy who saved my ass by warning me people were following me. Wherever you are, man, I hope you're OK. And thank you

[@tommiterava5955]

In 2013 during my first ever visit to the US I stayed at a hotel in Tenderloin. I noticed the high number of homeless people but I only learned afterwards that I had stayed in one of the most unsafe and crime-ridden neighborhoods in San Francisco.

[@lunalou8888]

I did the same ! I was shocked at the homelessness .... I went in 2015... it was bad then, seems alot worse now

[@nuttkraker2127]

2013 was basically no fent, youd be safer then than now.

[@elijahtheprophet4544]

I just walked through there yesterday I was shown love. If you mind your business and treat people with respect you'll be fine but I wouldn't recommend staying in the area too long.

[@xiondFirst]

I hate how in any major cities in USA and Canada how easy it is to get hooked on to drugs not just San Francisco. Philly has Kensington block, LA has Skid row. Etc. Etc. Etc. Governments love this model because it's hidden unless you go and look.

[@provident8732]

In the end who makes the money? Pharmaceutical

[@Strangestthing1]

Uhhh don't care. If you want to jump off a cliff I do not care. Goodbye. Just don't think I'm going to reach out and have you pull me down with you.

[@xiondFirst]

@@provident8732 Pharmaceuticals don't make money off of the street drugs. But they have already made their profits with insane drug prices and getting people hooked on this shit. This problem is in every country, all except North Korea.

[@FirstNameLastName-wt5to]

The Tenderloin in also the theatre district in SF. It’s never been hidden.

[@animated000]

It's not easy to get hooked on drugs. Don't smoke it. That simple. This coming from someone raised IN the crack epidemic

[@Qrayon]

Having lived in the Tenderloin in the 1980s, I'm not afraid to walk thru there at any time of the day or night, but I do pay attention to what's going on around me. You never find me looking at my phone when I'm walking around.

[@timboyd4170]

Amen my friend I have been saying the same thing people just need to be alert instead of always looking down into their phones I got through there and it's not that bad

[@Qrayon]

@@timboyd4170 Every time I go to San Francisco I see most people staring at their phones. For the past 9 years I lived deep in the 'hood in East Oakland. I'm not that tough, but I walked around those neighborhoods at all hours of the day and night, and nobody ever hurt me or robbed me in that area, even though there's a lot of crime there.

[@thecapricorn11]

it was worse then

[@ChuckMorton]

and my dad's friend got killed in Golden Gate park after dark in the late 70's when they were at USF, some places you just have a higher chance of getting robbed or worse.

[@izzyjones7108]

Word.

[@ABAC6969]

I've just returned home to Australia after vising SF and Seattle. The number of homeless and drug affected people in the streets is unbelievable, compared to 10 years ago when l visited SF. Seattle is just as bad. I was warned the drug and homeless problem had gotten worse before l left for my holiday, hence i booked my hotels out of SF.

[@thecapricorn11]

did you go outside of the downtown area or just the touristy crap?

[@djsal7769]

This is what happens when the American people start voting for liberal democrats.

[@notasyletras]

I lived in the Warfield Hotel on Taylor Street and in another hotel on Ellis Street, Tenderloin, SF. It was truly chaotic, but fortunately, I never got involved with drugs, only alcohol. However, over time, I managed to break free from it and moved to another city.

[@garyl8356]

Alcohol is a drug

[@notasyletras]

@@garyl8356 Of course, I was referring to stronger drugs.

[@369Alien]

I’m glad you got out of there, that area is a complete disaster

[@notasyletras]

@@369Alien Thank you, it's truly a chaos. And the years go by and nobody does anything. Right in the city center.

[@Rowan69763]

You're aware that white suburban mothers are the largest consumers of opioid drugs, athletes are stoners and drinkers while models love cocaine. None of them are homeless 🙄 that's not the problem.

[@hwtours]

Appreciate the work you put into this vid. Very well done.

[@winterscoming1963]

Every city should host a "mayor's walk" once a week. A little 30-minute walk by the mayor, the DA, and city councilors through various downtown areas. a) its good to walk b) it will be educational c) it wil be good for citizens to know that elected officials are willing to break a small sweat.

[@rajeswarikannan430]

Opposite to Nanci pelosi's office are 100s of drug addicts they don't care. Drugs are done in open right opposite to government offices, cops hands are tied by stupid laws bent to sympathize criminals.

[@thomasrenfrow6053]

You are so correct except the Democrat Mayors, City Counselors and DA have gone Woke and are the problem. They are following the Marxist Saul Polanski book called Rules For Radicals to the t.

[@timboyd4170]

Yes, we did that in Sacramento

[@zenglider2145]

@@timboyd4170 How's that been going in Sacramento, besides the positive public photo-op effect?

[@joannaradacina2585]

😂😂😂 I love your idea for an utopian society where politicians CARE

[@timboyd4170]

Tom thank you for telling it like it is. Your stats sound much closer and more acturate then city leaders downplayer version.

[@atfirst8235]

I spent a my late teens on the street in the TL in the early 90's addicted to crack and heroin. I only have bits and pieces of the memories. It was that bad. And it's gotten worse. The drugs , dealing, homelessness, theft, violence prostitution particularly of the young is sick and sad. I'm lucky to have survived and so many do not. Fuck that place.

[@Crakmonkey691]

You cannot force people take recovery if they don't want to. You can however enforce the law to make it illegal to deal and use drugs to put people in prison who engage in illicit drug use or drug sale and force them to either go to prison or go to rehab. Until you hold people accountable for their actions and nothing will change

[@ralseineo9481]

They said its the largest open air drug market, but imo I think Kensington PA looks much worse.

[@mizzmini45]

I disagree

[@psfca]

Agreed, skid row in LA looks worse too

[@rainforme1850]

Yes I agree but when I went back home to Seattle for a visit, it was pretty bad there too. You can’t go downtown anymore because drug attic‘s well a cost you and demand money to get in your face and scream at you and there’s mentally ill people that are talking to the air. I don’t know what it’s gonna add up to you but you can’t tell me that this isn’t deliberate. First much money that goes into supporting nonprofits, you got a wonder what the heck they’re doing I read in a comment about Pennsylvania drug issues that nonprofits are actually giving out drug kits and drugs and it’s called I think reduce harm. So they keep the drug addict alive, but they are not helping him recover.

[@Strangestthing1]

I park my car on San Francisco streets and walk away like Im leaving my child to survive in a jungle. I return with shock that she sat there untouched. Once had my tire slashed for no reason. I work in Union Square and park up towards Nob Hill in hopes that homeless dont have enough energy to walk up a steep hill.

[@mikeg3439]

and yet you'll probably still vote for the same bastards doing this to you. Won't you.

[@qwertyuiopasdfgh9328]

I feel that, I tell everyone considering moving here to live on a hill. You will cut out 90% of the bullshit if you’re situated in the right geographic spot.

[@SteveinSanFrancisco]

I told you I'd get you and your little dog too 🐕

[@stephpears4012]

​@@qwertyuiopasdfgh9328or you could vote different 🤷

[@idliketosay]

You get what you vote for. Keep it up.

[@joannabusinessaccount7293]

I just watched a video on Zurich Switzerland. Now I watch a video on San Francisco. Both places are expensive. But one is clearly unbelievably unlivable.

[@DriveTheVibe]

I like to watch your videos! Liked & subscribed! Please continue to do so! Its very inspiring!

[@SoccerNutTV]

These are the consequences of having too much freedom.

[@scottwilson1258]

Thank You!

[@davidhefner5668]

Sympathy for these people doesn't help...it hinders.

[@brandonm8131]

This city is an absolute mess. Almost 3 overdose deaths per day. Retailors closing every day. Hotels closing. Offices empty.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

When you look at San Francisco of the 1960s, and look at SF today, well, it's beyond shocking what has happened. I don't think SF can be helped. It may wind up taking the military to clean up this mess of a city.

[@SquidzitAce]

That's terrible. But I also have to say that "The Tenderloin" is the worst name ever given a neighborhood.

[@cheyenne7724]

Your coverage is very good on the homeless mentally ill and drug addicts sleeping on the streets. This should never be tolerated our leaders have made bad decisions. Thanks!

[@rivaridge7211]

I lived in San Francisco (Fisherman's Wharf) from 1984-87 and the city (at the time) was mostly safe and well run. "The Tenderloin" (even then) was a well known "no go zone" in the after hours. I do recall an event which made the local news (and beyond) at the time (I think it was1985). A young immigrant Vietnamese family, living in a Tenderloin "flop hotel," won something around five million dollars in the California lottery. True story! Within one day, the family packed up (kind of like the Beverly Hillbillies) and moved into the posh St. Francis Hotel. I never forgot this and have often wondered what became of them in the ensuing years. I hope they did well. Bless their hearts - they reaped the American dream!

[@jnolette1030]

They should have bought a house for 150 grand away from there

[@rivaridge7211]

@@jnolette1030 Well, I hope the Asian immigrants soon bought a lovely home property - somewhere nice. I never did hear of any follow-up to this story, but I never forgot it.

[@TohaBgood2]

Lol, interestingly, nothing has changed. The Tenderloin is about as messed up as it always was. The rest of the city is about as nice as it always was. The only exception is the completely incredible gentrification of some neighborhoods. Many of the neighborhoods that were almost as bad as the Tenderloin are now completely posh hangouts for the rich and famous. Despite the right wing media frenzy about SF supposedly being "a war zone", SF is a looooooot safer now than it was in the 80s and 90s. I see people walking around and hanging out at night in places where this was unthinkable in your times in the City. I find it hilarious that this whole media circus is feeding off of videos shot in a four block radius in the Tenderloin. It's almost like they don't even want to try a little harder to convince anyone that they're not lying.

[@SteveinSanFrancisco]

​@TohaBgood2 omg... i was about to post the same thing. Not much has really changed in the 26 years I've lived here. It's just bipartisan grandstanding to influence voters 😮

[@TohaBgood2]

@@SteveinSanFrancisco I don't even yest know if we should tell people that this is all fake. On one hand, I would appreciate housing prices decreasing a little. On the other hand, I don't want any of the tourist shops and restaurants to go bankrupt. Ah, decisions decisions 😁😁😁

[@msliz1029]

I was SHOCKED driving by there. I assumed it was the loin bc it was like an apocalyptic zombie refugee camp😢. It was devastating. I don’t know if skid row even compared.

[@joseesmith6348]

God bless you Tom, may God give you strength

[@sharmutszeugnis]

recovery can only happen if you want it yourself.

[@carolbeckett6215]

I was in SF in 2018. Absolutely loved it but we did not seek out these areas. We did see a few homeless and a scary tweaker on the beach at Cliff House.

[@ChuckMorton]

The former addict turned advocate said about 80% of homeless have a drug addiction, and this is around the same percentage that my friend said who works for a homeless non-profit advocacy group and officially say its about 25% and its a housing crisis as the main reason. He wants to do the right thing but lots of those in the industry (same as the industrial war complex) don't want to kill the golden goose and reduce homelessness.

[@noonehere1793]

“Send in the scoops….” Name that movie

[@middletech]

When it comes to dealing with homelessness the one question nobody asked is why are they homeless. I think you for at least trying to ask that question I think it gave me a better handle than anything else on KZbin.

[@politics.and.violence]

What's worse is how the cit deals with these people... criminal or not. Victims of crimes are further punished sometimes more so than the actual criminal who often gets flooded with offers or referrals for "services". Many times victims are made responsible and told they they should have better "boundaries" or safety plans...

[@mikeg3439]

tax payers are the enemy to politicians there.

[@SteveinSanFrancisco]

Lol.... what kind of drugs are you taking 😂

[@charlestran5961]

San Francisco is used to be a famous beautiful city but it's not any more, it's a horrible city, crimes, drugs.

[@RansomRambula-no6yo]

Be sure to THANK you're MAYOR!

[@dianethulin1700]

@@RansomRambula-no6yo "you're MAYOR!"???

[@devo6920]

Do a segment on 3rd.Avenue in Seattle TERRIBLE!!

[@ballenboy]

How about the US start making laws of no homeless behavior close to city centers. No tenting, no sleeping in public places or cars. Needs to get stricter on this behavior.

[@shawnmann9491]

That is not loving, inclusive, or equitable to those in that predicament 🙄🥱

[@974pilou]

Maybe help them? The rest of the population in san fransisco is getting 1m dollar salary, rent are absurd. Inequalities like this contributed to homelessness, but now rich people do not care, it easy to just blame it on drugs.

[@peterwilliamson8721]

He makes good sense this man .

[@Alex.Kaleipahula]

The tenderloin will slowly take over the entire city of San Francisco😂. Turning it into one big tenderloin

[@user-hu7oh5fx1p]

Addiction is a choice - so is quitting. Period. End of story.

[@JohnSmith-pn4it]

Just watched a video featuring a news story about how the Haight-Ashbury area of SF seems to be doing very well with open businesses everywhere, lots of tourism/tourists, no homeless encampments. Just carefree living large in SF. Maybe everyone in the city should move THERE.

[@exactemphasis]

Outside of the tenderloin, tenderloin adjacent Soma, and parts of the mission the city fine. Its funny everyone talks about how work from home is killing the downtown businesses, which is true, but as a result all the neighborhood businesses are thriving since people are home during working hours

[@elainerosefelder4986]

Wait, look at the progress...the road to the future!

[@aldoogie824]

Make no mistake, this is a massive business. We could end the drug dealing tomorrow with one simple move.

[@974pilou]

Even if so , do you think that alone will also fix the homelessness problem? These people are not all on the street because of drugs, some became addicted because they are homeless in the first place.

[@Dnero518]

This is insane at this point though. If our government is complicit with one or more cartels that are letting so much fentanyl and other dangerous synthetics flow into the country in large amounts there basically like why cares if we kill all the drug users.

[@shelleyharrop1419]

No yiu could not

[@Creashone]

Agreed. I was in SF 20 years ago and it was nothing like this.

[@waynetompkins3006]

Tom Wolf should run for mayor. He gets it and understands what needs to be done.

[@alicanfly333]

To be completely honest, I've walked through the tenderloin exploring the city on every trip to San Francisco and never once had a problem or felt unsafe.. I understand the very real parts of this but that looks much worse than I ever saw.. LA & skid row are a million times worse. Pass on that

[@jeffkelly4024]

I've been to SF many times, the Tenderloin was a really messed up place, you got to head towards golden gate park to see the good parts of SF.

[@tototita413]

sadly they are moving on up to Nobb Hills and soon all Fillmore and Marina as we can see slowly our new DA she is terrible our Mayor she is so ghetto I cry to see my city this way now

[@uhadme]

Wow this is news.... when did this happen to such a great world? Mommy says she is very proud of you caring.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

They're robbing and killing each other.

[@tomd1434]

I remember the movie stand by me. I forget which actor played the principal. He took over a complete mess of an inner city school filled with dysfunction and violence. He completely turned the school around because he wasn’t afraid to break things. He said this is our standard. Anyone not willing to meet it get lost. No BS and held everyone accountable. When things get so bad that’s what is necessary and I think that movie can apply to many things including our cities.

[@charliep5139]

Wow, what a beautiful city hall. I've always wanted to visit SF but not anytime soon, especially with kids. I hope the city can get it's act together...

[@aaaab384]

its*

[@dianethulin1700]

The Tenderloin is also home to many who rent and who live here. (btw I have seen those notices all over the country) The Tenderloin also has some amazing restaurants and a thriving music scene

[@msthang5366]

There is beauty here.

[@spactick]

I sincerely hope that this video doesn't give you the wrong impression of San Francisco because it's really much worse

[@shawnmann9491]

Thank Newsom for getting the ball rolling on the City’s epic downturn🤙🏼

[@369Alien]

He needs to be purged

[@DeathRowContestant]

That is absolute bullshit. I live here. It wasn't Chesa's fault and it sure as hell isn't Newsom's fault.

[@censortube8662]

Brought to you and sponsored by the Democrat party. Haven't had a Republican mayor in SF since 1964...not saying Republicans will magically solve all the problems here but when you continually elect the same party over and over they are going to stop caring because they know they will get elected no matter what they do.

[@samcolt1079]

IS THERE A GOOD PLACE IN SAN FRANCISCO ? OR ANYWHERE IN CALIFORNIA ?

[@cheaserceaser]

What country is the city of Tenderloin located? I hope US can help these poor people.

[@PatEstes21]

In San Francisco, the Bay Area of Central California, in the United States.

[@cheaserceaser]

Thats the United States? Why does it look like really poor and dirty if US is so rich?@@PatEstes21

[@justinwahip]

I could argue hunter point is worse

[@garyl8356]

I wonder if fentinal will solve this issue through attrition…

[@ShanTianSean]

We did a bus tour in San Francisco, and the driver was like, “yall wanna see some shit?”. Drive us to through Tenderloin district. It was wild. Open drug use, homeless people everywhere, shitting on the street and stumbling around like zombies.

[@ChulBaekHyun]

Tom is 100% correct. Got to have Mayor London Breed live in its streets to fully immerse in what she calls the vibrant city of San Francisco. Poor lady mayor, she has no choice but to follow her overlords.

[@Qrayon]

Just so you know, Mayor Breed grew up in the projects in SF.

[@ChulBaekHyun]

@Qrayon and that doesn't mean she'll just have to run the city like the project she grew up in, does she?

[@Qrayon]

@@ChulBaekHyun No. Of course not, but lest you think she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she was not.

[@ChulBaekHyun]

@Qrayon I didn't think of it that way. Although, knowing now that she wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth, wouldn't you think she would have done something to alleviate the issue? As it appears to me, she's more out there defending the woke policies that brought the city down to its knees. It's utter useless, and SF continues to go down the gutter.

[@stevemarino5745]

She's been there. She is incompetent, and grossly so. Has no idea how to govern, people like her are not qualified to be a dog catcher. But hey, the tech people are cool, as are the robber baron landlords, so what' all the fuss about? That mayor should be required to LIVE in the 'loin. Then, just watch how fast things would change.

[@blifx]

Higher up, everyone is so entangled with each other which is how you get DAs and politicians who discover they don't have much room to maneuver because the mafia leaders have leverage against them already

[@FirstNameLastName-wt5to]

BS. The DA and city council are the problem.

[@ntl9974]

What sort of mafia. Usually mafia follows ethnic groups

[@user-cb4eu4yr3e]

So sad I wish I could help all off then

[@jamesgalbraith1742]

Cool I love it nice😊

[@keli449]

I lived in tendernob= part tenderloin part nob hil, on Bush and Leavenworth from 2000-2009 and it was great, I use to get off of powelle street and avoid, eddy, Ellis and Jones and never had a problem. Prior to moving from daly city I visited sf in December 2020 and woah what a sh** hole!

[@CesoeFelony]

Im about to film there today.

[@BlossomFlower285]

1:49 💯

[@arogers2741]

Yup, and that is for the past 3 decades....

[@Noah-357]

If each one in the US donated only one dollar a day, imagine what would happen to the homelessness

[@shelleyharrop1419]

Nothing

[@Obamasama-tr8nl]

exactly! Throwing money at problems never works. Better to stop the criminals and keep drugs out. @@shelleyharrop1419

[@user-fs7df1xg9v]

NO GO ZONE. SUPER HAZARDOUS

[@aashishmanandhar5188]

damn, that's why the GTA was built that way, there are actually communities doing the same stuff

[@EmmanuelBediako-yg8ne]

Come from supposedly poor country, never seen such human misery

[@erich84502a]

Fun fact; they were trying to move all of their problems to that zip code

[@cloakofanonymity]

Hold the guy who deals the drugs accountable? Not the idiot who's stupid enough to do drugs? Then go after the dealer who sold the car to the drunk. Personal accountability is non-existent.

[@jamesgalbraith1742]

I love it😊

[@quartytypo]

The bad thing is you leave your tent for a couple of hours. You come back and find a squatter has taken over. Are you going to call a cop?

[@shelleyharrop1419]

No yiu defunded the cops

[@thavonephanthavongsa4962]

so if a homeless person do drugs or is caught with drugs he is set free and given pity but if you a person that gets pull over for a traffic ticket and drugs found on you , you get a couple years in jail

[@Mr.Wonderfull]

If you think for one minute, that politicians care or give a shit, sorry to tell you that you are mistaken. They don't care about people unless they are bribing or paying them off.

[@eriksturdevant8589]

$4.89 for "Spam"? Lol!

[@izzyjones7108]

❤ i stayed on 6th and howard for years in the 90s. It was bad then..but it's imo heinous now

[@luiziferbehel3750]

Might have to rename The golden gate bridge to “The shit gate bridge”

[@rasheedlewis1]

That was it? You can do a better joke than that

[@luiziferbehel3750]

@@rasheedlewis1 enough to get you triggered

[@rasheedlewis1]

@@luiziferbehel3750 no one is triggered. The streets are covered in shit. The joke just wasn’t clever

[@luiziferbehel3750]

@@rasheedlewis1 who cares, do you really think im worried about “likes” from strangers from a 3 week old comment? Please go live your life

[@rasheedlewis1]

@@luiziferbehel3750 Yes you care because you’re replying, duh

[@dsmith4140]

What NO SPAM, now that’s a crime!

[@timbarry4731]

Even the spam isn't safe here 😂😭💀

[@honeybeec8509]

Wow:(

[@angiewest4141]

STOP GIVING OUT NARCAN!!

[@MikeCee7]

Where are these homeless people getting money to buy drugs?

[@akamano5]

..crime...

[@KittenParadise]

There is no way the problem is unfixable, with Silicon Valley earning the state top dollars and with world’s most valuable companies here like Google and Apple. NO WAY. Poor people living near tenderloin and in Oakland. Unbelievable how the mayor/city is letting this go on for years. It’s so bad. I’m so curious as to when it started getting bad. Like the KZbinr said, if there are organized gangs behind this show, they probably know them and are doing nothing / got bought out.

[@RobertMclean-wj2yg]

The best approach may be to find people who have recovered from extreme drug addiction and get them to “patrol” the streets. Only they can carry the message of recovery. It could be a win/win for SF. Believe it or not, there are lots of recovered drug addicts who would jump at the chance for an organized approach. Turn vacant storefronts into meeting halls, for the time being, until some progress is made.

[@brad4058]

Won't work. Why do these people fall into homelessness and drugs? High cost of living and high taxes added on with the stupid democrat way of handling COVID 19 for as long as they did. High taxes and mandated shutdowns caused businesses to close down and people lose their jobs. Then they lose their homes and then they lose hope with all the high costs of living and turn to drugs. Then they get desperate and resort to theft and find it easier to survive by stealing things because the soft on crime policies which then drives away more businesses and more opportunities. This then creates more homelessness and the growing number of homeless people then drives away tourism and more businesses with their rampant crimes, open drug use and defecation on sidewalks which drives away more businesses creating a land barren of opportunities. And the cycle then repeats itself until nothing is left. Want to fix the homeless problem? Look to the politicians that run this city with their stupid policies. People have been warned about all of this and yet they vote blue no matter who. Republican ran cities have their issues as well but it's nowhere near any of all the major democratic cities in America. I travel around America because my job requires that I do at times, and of all the states I've been to, it's usually the most democratic ones that have been completely gutted. If you don't believe me, then you have to see it for yourself. Travel to Texas or Florida and do a comparison. Find out who runs the cities you visit and see for yourself.

[@JudgedMentalMusic]

Stop trying to help them…..

[@vangestelwijnen]

Maybe people should stop staring at the make-believe world on their smartphones and just look into the real world. You are as safe as how you show and react.

[@BellaDrips]

Banana Splits. Seattle's mentor.

[@themanhattanproject2471]

Couldnt pay me money to live there.

[@ronaldredmond3308]

Hey here's a idea : what about court ordered treatment for drug users and murder charges for dealing narcotics.

[@katharineellis3809]

Disaster is profit, waste is profit

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

Wow

[@Vance-sn7ei]

My friend works here everyday at the Salvation Army.

[@damonlouis6536]

the tenderloin has it's issues and it has many gems. A rich history of poor people being concentrated into tiny housing. Many of the people on the street live in the buildings, but would rather be outside than in a cramped space. And yes many would rather use the bathroom outside than use the shared bathrooms on the floor of their S.R.O. In the 40's huge buildings went up in the TL to house ship builders during WW2. The spaces were meant to be temporary housing, but after the jobs disappeared ultra poor moved in and stayed. The same basic premise happened in the SOMA and Hunters Point neighborhoods. It's an amazing city which in many ways was built on racism, ie chinatown was the only place the chinese could own property. same is true for north beach (Italian), the mission (spanish) and many other neighborhoods. Other neighborhoods have had large overhauls ie japantown/fillmore which have led to poor people being displaced to other convenient locations such as the TL and HP, they loose what they call home and deserve better. No easy fix exists but it needs to be nationwide because the nations problems seem to find their way to Sf. Far from the family's and community's that can help them best. Much good still exists in the TL.

[@hungtran635]

Thanks the mayor breed for that

[@hendu7111]

I have little sympathy for these folks. Thieves and junkies get no respect from me. Try to better yourself and I'm happy to help but chose that life and you can live with the consequences just like everyone else on the planet. Help is readily available for those willing to take it. Policies set by local and state government sure do seem to enable this kind of activity although.

[@viciousKev]

Its clear the major cities of California have been lost, but to what exactly?

[@Jason-sf8vx]

Why cant authority clear out these people , romp them into a rehabilitation centre

[@domdom6624]

Those were called insane asylums back in the day. They were outlawed.