"We focus on the homeless issues that are in the area and the SoMa district. We patrol around the area on bicycles and vehicles at night. If there is anybody on the sidewalk, doorways, blocking garage-ways or just mainly blocking the sidewalk where people can't walk through. We walk up to them and address it. We ask them if they can relocate,"
"We need more security because of the population of street addicts and the reason they are here is because the city has concentrated all the facilities and services that enable their lifestyle in this area,"
"We have spent $820K in the last 12 months,"
South of Market property owners fund a private nonprofit Community Benefit District that employs security guards to patrol 109 blocks around the clock. The district spent $820K in the last 12 months to provide hourly patrols focused on cleaning and addressing street conditions. Guards patrol on bicycles and vehicles at night, engaging individuals who block sidewalks, doorways, or garage-ways and asking them to relocate. Officials link worsening street conditions to a concentration of supportive city services in the area. The nonprofit's primary mission is cleanliness, but residents pushed for added security after feeling there were no other options.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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