San Francisco’s sick depravity laid bare: Images show city streets crowded with tents as figures show 8,000 are homeless – but woke politicians do nothing as business owners threatening to withhold taxes
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- The shocking images brought into stark focus the homelessness problems facing the progressive city
- Rows of tents were pictured lined up outside businesses with people’s belongings strewn across the sidewalk
- Homelessness in SF is higher now than at any other time bar 2019, according to an official count in February
- Comes as Castro Merchants Association threatened to stop paying city taxes due to loss of trade
- Group said it is sick of homeless living outside their entrances, threatening customers and vandalizing stores
- California Governor Gavin Newsom meanwhile recently vetoed a bill that would have allowed cities to open supervised drug-injection sites which help addicts to access regulated substances and attend rehabilitation
A flood of new images from the streets of San Francisco have brought into stark focus the extent of the city’s ongoing homelessness problem which has driven some businesses to threaten to withhold tax payments.
Rows of tents were pictured lined up outside businesses with people’s belongings strewn across the sidewalk.
Homeless individuals, some of whom were struggling with clear physical ailments as well as drug and alcohol addiction, sat in the street right outside entrances to residential properties and small businesses struggling to bounce back after highly restrictive Covid laws forced them to close, destroying revenues.
Some images depicted addicts openly smoking illegal drugs on the sidewalk and passing out on the asphalt in the middle of the day.
The number of homeless people in San Francisco was tallied in February at almost 8,000, the second highest number of any year since 2005 according to the official government count which takes place every three years.
Overall crime in the city has also increased 8 per cent versus last year with 12, 18 and 8 per cent increases in incidences of assault, theft and rape respectively.
Danielle Shannon Robles, a homeless woman who sleeps in a tent, is seen near the City Hall of San Francisco in California, United States on August 29, 2022
Homeless people are seen near the City Hall of San Francisco in California, United States on August 29, 2022
Rows of homeless tents are seen near the City Hall of San Francisco outside residential properties and small business premises
The number of homeless people in San Francisco was counted in February at almost 8,000, the second highest number of any year since 2005 according to the count which takes place every three years
Rows of tents were pictured lined up outside businesses with people’s belongings strewn across the sidewalk
Homeless tents are seen near the City Hall of San Francisco in California, United States on August 29, 2022