Comments on: Supervisor Wiener to Mayor Lee: Arrest and Prosecute Park Vandals

By: sleepless

sleepless — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:40:34 +0000

I think SFPD has the answer. The latest all-night Dolores Park twist is for the police to sit in their cars and yell at people through their amplified speakers from inside their cars if they see a shadow in the park. Megaphones blasting after midnight so we all can hear (except for the people allowing this, who can afford elsewhere). How much are they paid? For what? Now they are inhibited to get out of their cars and do their jobs? Add that to the continuous bleeped sirens and skidding wheels all night. Bravo. What an accomplishment.

By: marco

marco — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:21:35 +0000

Talk to Jane Kim about that. She should be representing. At least you don’t have Chris Daly there anymore — his idea was to keep the Tenderloin crappy so it wouldn’t get too gentrified — remember when he was against planting trees there because then the neighborhood would get nicer? That’s the Progressive mentality, and it seems to spill over to the playgrounds.

By: kp

kp — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:55:39 +0000

Just hire one archer armed with a compound bow and broad head arrows to stand guard at night.

By: Lollypop

Lollypop — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:21:15 +0000

Rudy Giuliani I mean Scott Wiener is right!

By: SFer

SFer — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:32:10 +0000

SF is a city of almost a million people. Crime and vandalism are bound to happen with such a high population. Maybe hiring a few security guards at night to patrol the cities most used and popular parks is a good idea. Definetly a lot cheaper then the 20 million we spend a year cleaning up graffitti. Even one security guard at Mission Dolores at night is bound to detere crime and graffitti and could actually help catch and arrest some of these taggers.

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:44:56 +0000

I went to park planning meetings and asked what steps were going to be taken to prevent the inevitable attempts at vandalism in Dolores Playground. I was met with a pretty universal willful ignorance about it; a “let’s just hope it doesn’t happen” or “whaddaya gonna do?” mentality.
I dunno – closing the park at night? Inward facing motion-triggered lights/cameras? A security guard? Seems like we could have a park patrol at night and it would be cheaper than the cost of dealing with vandalism.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:22:18 +0000

Jane Kim is the Supervisior who covers the Tenderloin. Contact her and invite her on a tour.

By: Neighbor

Neighbor — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:05:56 +0000

thank you section 8.

By: marcos

marcos — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:22:34 +0000

I’d bet that the same thing is happening with park vandalism as is happening with street garbage dumping, that the relevant city employees are loathe to report the crimes because these crimes make work for them to do and they don’t want to risk losing their jobs for lack of work.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:00:30 +0000

Allyson: perhaps you could contact YOUR supervisor (Jane Kim?) and have her ask the same question as Spvsr. Weiner at the next Mayor’s appearance at BOS about the parks in your area.