S.F. to get $9.25 million gift to tackle conditions at Mission BART plazas
The Crankstart Foundation is paying for lighting improvements, street patrols and public safety technology at the Mission BART Plazas.
Mayor Daniel Lurie has made the 16th Street BART Plaza one of his targets to show how the city can make a difference. For years, the plaza has been a place of violence, drug use and mayhem. Recently, unpermitted vending has made it more chaotic. On quieter days, and during earlier crackdowns, it is also a place where local residents who live in the cityโs SROs can hang out and get some fresh air.
Lurieโs efforts have raised the question: Is this serious or just a temporary game of Whac-A-Mole that will move the problem to another part of the city?
To answer that question, we will be photographing the BART plaza, Wiese Street and other nearby streets daily. If you would like to participate in holding the city accountable, send us photos with the date to info@missionlocal.com and a subject line reading “16th Street.” We will try to use as many as possible. If you do not want your byline on the photo, let us know.
In our dispatches, we’re counting the days since the San Francisco Police Department deployed an RV-sized “command center” and parked it on the plaza.
Mayor Lurie will indefinitely continue โ90-day strategyโ to clean up Mission BART plazasย ย
Multiple city agencies have worked together over the last 90 days at the Mission BART plazas. Neighbors say that results are too inconsistent.
There are dozens of empty rooms near 16th and Mission. Why canโt the city use them to house people?
While the city spent over a year trying to address homelessness at the 16th Street BART plaza, many rooms at SROs in the area remained empty.
He was homeless at 16th and Mission. Years later, the corner is helping him stay sober.
Ariel slept on Wiese Street and consumed drugs daily around the area. Now, he’s found support at a AA group next to the BART plaza.
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San Francisco legalizes home restaurants, a win for city’s street vendors
Vendors will soon be able to prepare food at home and sell it there or through a cart, wagon or stand.
S.F. supervisor introduces plan to let street vendors sell food cooked at home
Fielder’s bill would let street vendors legally sell hot meals prepared at home, something theyโve long sought.
S.F. supervisors OK new street-food law that vendors fear will force them out
The city drafted the regulations to comply with state law. Food street Vendors worry the ordinance will hurt them.
Can we design trouble out of the 16th St. BART plazas?ย
The 16th St. BART plazas are being redesigned โ again! What can we do differently this time?
16th and Mission: A Bermuda triangle of vice that eludes zoning
It’s been one year since Mayor Daniel Lurie cracked down on drugs and street vending at 16th and Mission. How’s it going?
S.F. to boost police presence at Mission BART plazas, Mayor Lurie says
Mayor Daniel Lurie announced more police foot patrols, a dedicated sergeant, and more to come for the troubled Mission District BART plazas.
Poop-hopscotch: Kids dodge drugs, feces near 16th and Mission elementary school
For months, Jackie Fielderโs office has tried to make the streets around Marshall Elementary safer. Are things finally changing?
3 people arrested after 16th & Mission weekend stabbing that injured 3
The stabbing, which left two people with life-threatening wounds, occurred just hours after Mayor Daniel Lurie had visited the plazas.
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