Union Square billboard calls out SF's 'open-air drug market'

A group spent $25,000 on a new billboard in Union Square that reads: "Famous for the world over for our brains, beauty and now dirt-cheap fentanyl." abc7ne.ws/3x0V84Z
#SanFrancisco

[@aaronh1232]

Come to San Francisco and get your car broken into and mugged by crime that is running unchecked. Good job Moms! The News is enough to dissuade people from coming to SF

[@tylerbenton4495]

When I moved to SF, everyone would mention how many times their car was broken into lol. I swear, I felt like everyone I talked to had their car broken into at least once which unfortunately is the norm in SF.

[@Aaron-or6ov]

You might as well leave the windows down. Why bother leaving them up.

[@seantyler7401]

Taxpayers funding a European trip for the mayor so she can “push tourism”? Lol. Why does she need to travel to Europe to push tourism?

[@ethanol1586]

The billboard won't hurt tourism, the city does a fine job of that itself

[@YoungEagle444]

SMH, Y’all keep falling for the “Okie Doke”. This happened because The Mayor is not in fear of being VOTED OUT of her seat. There needs to be a strong mayoral candidate to run against her and the voters poll numbers to show We The People want change! “When you have leaders that encourage lawlessness, you get lawlessness. When you have leaders who are insane and deranged and putting in place deranged policies, you’re going to get deranged outcomes. This needs to stop it’s hurting everyone.” - Marco Rubio FL Senator

[@seekingexcellence3236]

With open borders you get open drug markets coupled with lax laws, what do you expect? This was expected. I am embarrassed to take relatives into SF when they visit. It's quite shameful. Used to be proud not anymore. The drugs/homeless situation is very disheartening.

[@klosar80]

30 years of living around SF and only been there handful times just because its the garbage city its disgusting..

[@vida6247]

Go back to your cave trumper 😂

[@gimmins]

I love how we have our very own Marie Antoinette (London Breed) living in Palace of Versaille (San Francisco City Hall), she is so out of touch I'm looking forward to hearing from her "Let them eat cake"

[@Stinder]

LOL @ SF Mayor promoting tourism...maybe she thinks potential foreign tourists dont know how to use the Google!

[@LeonardoDeVinci1452]

Here comes a time instead of blaming others. People have to start takeing personal responsibility for their own actions.

[@dandylandpuffplaysminecraf8744]

The mayor. The voters. Look the City is more than a bunch of separate individuals. Ronnie Raygun ruined the US middle class with that pablum.

[@SpaceStay]

The sign clearly states that mothers are blaming markets. Mothers that care should be there. Stand on every corner with unsolicited advice and support. Cartel know how to deal with lost children, these mothers don't. Easy access mental health care for both please.

[@LeonardoDeVinci1452]

@@SpaceStay Ya the Don't come to San Fransisco, Kind of skews my opinion of where she is placing blame. Again people need to take responsibility for their actions.

[@SpaceStay]

@@LeonardoDeVinci1452 Is you telling ppl to stay away your response ability? Its about placing solutions not blame, apparently these backers are pro shunning (not the worst application of cancel culture). There is hospitality and human trafficking. Can you tell which tourist are in it for what?

[@deadringer2349]

Let's see if SF will make a retaliation billboard.....this is gonna be fun. 🍿🍿🍿

[@GKP999]

As I see it, part of the problem is that drug traffickers are allowed to sell drugs in broad daylight without any worry of arrest or accountability for their crime. The laws against drug traffickers are too lax. I am all for the death penalty for drug trafficking.

[@michaelblake2280]

i agree we should start with the FDA and big pharmacy!!!

[@andrewwood9067]

Idk about the death penalty but most certainly don't allow it and put them in jail. California always blows my mind when they are surprised at a bad result from an insane policy lol. They stopped arresting people for stealing and were shocked when people ... well, stole things lol

[@OrdinaryG33K-SF]

Dirt cheap Fentanyl might be a reason some folks COME to San Francisco! Rock-bottom, warehouse prices!

[@stanr8946]

Homeless migrate to the SF Bay Area from all over the country for 4 main reasons: mild climate, lax enforcement of laws, target-rich environment for panhandling and petty theft, and - last but not least - READY ACCESS TO ILLICIT DRUGS.

[@723lion]

put that sign next to London Greed's home

[@kodyoconnell3776]

Incredibly brave women, maybe finally the power of their pain will force the city to put away the criminals killing their children

[@jbiehl8478]

This is a supply and demand problem. Without eliminating the demand, supply will always be there to meet it. Our country has already gone through decades trying to be tough on drug users and pushers. It only ended up over crowding our prison system, while DOING NOTHING to curtail the on going addiction this country is still suffering from.

[@finkelsteinshitkid1299]

Absolutely brave of them for sure & I truly thank them for it. This town use to have people who fought for it’s freedoms & rights. We need more of this by all of us, or else we’ll just keep receiving the blunt end of the corruption running amuck in the city & state.

[@StevenYevski]

Kody, unfortunately they(city mayor and friends in high places) don’t care about anything but to dine fine in French Laundry in the middle of lockdown. Reality of our days!

[@grantbullis]

People are talking about it, so it does help the problem.

[@heatherhuffy4135]

Isn't this Nancy's area?

[@seekingexcellence3236]

Yep that b****

[@heatherhuffy4135]

@@seekingexcellence3236 keep seeking....you forgot to finish your sentence.🤣🤣🤣

[@josefinagalera9550]

She just went to enjoy it for free. It is what she does with our money of us the taxpayers.

[@joeb6985]

The winners that do drugs couldn't care less about this billboard, or any attempt to curb drug use. Personally, I say let them all OD, scoop up the bodies and move on.

[@t10claytempered16]

Sheeit. I live in the Bay and haven't been there for over twenty years. I used to really enjoy the city. Now I wouldn't go near there without a large, fast knife and a "don't you dare get close to me" expression on my face. I had to pull my knife the last time I was there , even with a large buddy from Cleveland who was laughingly shocked. He and I got hassled twice more that same day. Liberals destroyed that beautiful city many years ago. Tourist should wait until we have a few necessary civil uprisings and take the city back.

[@StevenYevski]

Sadly agree!

[@DomeDweller]

Nice, wonder what our crappy Mayor will say about it.

[@FoamandStuff]

Decriminalizing drugs has its issues especially when there is no incentive to encourage rehabilitation. Instead SF has made open drug use legal and without consequence. Property crimes like car break ins and shoplifting is up as a direct result of drug addicts looking for stuff to sell to support their very expensive drug habits.

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

Why is fentanyl so much cheaper in San Francisco???

[@californiahummus]

SEARCH - Recall Mayor London Breed petition

[@glennsprague8535]

According to the Washington Post, fentanyl coming across our southern border is up 11 fold since 2020! Any idea how that could be happening?

[@andrewwood9067]

It's a mystery lol

[@rdean150]

Small billboard in the middle of downtown, only visible to people who are already in the city... I guess the media coverage helps. But yeah, reducing legitimate commerce is probably not going to help.

[@finkelsteinshitkid1299]

It’s not, and that’s because the money greasing our corrupted politicians isn’t coming from those who are suffering from reduced tourism, but it does serve a vital purpose, and that’s to show other residents that it’s ok, and actually very appropriate to call out our corrupted officials & their lack of care & concern, like London & her moronicness.

[@jasonhbush]

You got what you voted for. Enjoy 😊

[@dandylandpuffplaysminecraf8744]

London Breed. You voted for this.

[@HicSvntDracones]

This needs a different approach. Seriously... approach the drug issue as if you were trying to take down Amazon, since the drug market works the same way. Items are shipped across long areas, sold in bulk, split up, shipped more, etc and in the end get to the consumer/user via the drug dealer or delivery driver... Drug dealers rely on logistics just as much as Amazon does. So, leaving the dealers alone to focus on the "big guys" is the opposite of what needs to be done, the small drug dealers are the heart of the operation. Go after them.. sure, they might get right out of jail, but harass them enough and eventually it just isn't worth it for small dealers to sell drugs in San Francisco. It doesn't matter how many drugs they smuggle into the city, without a distribution network of dealers, they are useless, this is how ALL commerce works, not sure why it is taking so long to figure that out, and why they keep doing the complete opposite and leave the dealers alone....this the the best thing we could do to help the drug dealers succeed. You can see that using Urban Alchemy to kick dealers out of specific areas does work..... but it is being done on too small of a scale, the dealers just go a block over. If the city seriously put resources into harassing the dealers... increase the area "patrolled" by Urban Alchemy, create a auxiliary police force that handles ONLY moving drug dealers out of the area. You don't have to arrest them. Harassing them and those coming to buy the drugs makes it very inconvenient to sell drugs at that location, make "that location" the entire city. The idea of using Urban Alchemy to do security and keep drug dealers out of certain areas is actually a GREAT IDEA, but it needs to be increased, massively, and we do have a LOT of out of work people that would gladly get paid to stand on a street corner daily and chase away drug dealers. Once that starts to happen, a lot of drug buyers will also avoid the area... increase police presence.... not by doing more arrests, but park squad cars with officers on the streets while they do paperwork and etc.. Nobody comes and buys drugs from a dealer when a cop car is sitting down the block... Many ways to do this but TARGET THE DEALERS!

[@affordablewebsiterescue]

It's became a CESSPOOL and that is why I moved away 10 years ago. Put all the illegal immigrants there, it would be an improvement.

[@tunafish6092]

Breed on drugs to say everything is great in downtown SF.

[@johnnunes2993]

The city of San Francisco is becoming like skid row in LA. That’s what happens when your mayor hates the police and cares more about the criminals. I would never visit that city while Democrat’s are in charge.

[@DevilDogDen1775]

Hey folks, come visit San Francisco..... Crime is out of control, you'll most likely become a victim of some sort, you'll have to maneuver around human turds, people passed out.... It'll be a wonderful experience !!!.... 😆

[@buddyleewoods2327]

By hook or crook .

[@wayne02058]

Greedy Breedy

[@jucutan]

Big leg (Breed) went to Europe to promote SF? Let's keep the drug infested streets as well as the homelessness. She's gonna NEED all that fundings for a World Trip! If they actually helped all these issues the Mayor wouldn't be able to live such a good life. God bless San Francisco for all the homelessness & drugs, without them we wouldn't have all this money!!!

[@shaggydawg5419]

0:58 "... SF as a safe and enjoyable place for tourists." ROTFLMAO.........

[@shadow.banned]

No healthcare.

[@stanr8946]

"Healthcare" has NOTHING to do with this issue.

[@aussiekingofmongrels]

The evolution of Karenism

[@jbiehl8478]

This is a supply and demand problem. Without eliminating the demand, supply will always be there to meet it. Our country has already gone through decades trying to be tough on drug users and pushers. It only ended up over crowding our prison system, while DOING NOTHING to curtail the on going addiction this country is still suffering from.

[@finkelsteinshitkid1299]

it’s a bit more complicated, but not really. Having wide open boarders which has allowed ungodly amounts of the drugs & it’s traffickers to sell it freely about the City, and quite literally near a police station, certainly isn’t helping anybody excepts those involved with the profits from said drugs. That’s just for starters. Drugs & the death/destruction caused by them have never been in the bad before, even when the ‘war on drugs’ was failing miserably. Nope, this is about unchecked corruption & the players involved.

[@jbiehl8478]

@@finkelsteinshitkid1299 Stop with the open borders narrative. You close the borders, they’ll find a way. Underground tunnels are already in place. When high profits from demands exist, supplies will come at any cost. Plus if you go all out after the pushers and give them stiff penalties, it’ll only overpopulate an already exhausted system where judges will force prisons to release harden criminals prematurely. We already have the highest prison population per capita among civilized countries

[@Trentberkeley86]

@@finkelsteinshitkid1299 the borders are not wide open fool

[@giftedgreen2152]

We know about the billboard. Maybe spend some time covering Hunter Biden.

[@giftedgreen2152]

@Mr_Donald_Trump I wish they’d burn Chinatown.

[@jasonsmith1143]

I will spend my hard earned money in SF

[@HeyUncleA]

⭐️

[@stanr8946]

Have fun while we all laugh at you.