Update
Activity near the 16th Street BART plazas ramps up in the afternoon as you can see from the photos below. You can also see, on Wiese Street, police doing their best to keep it clear.
Around noon…
Around noon on Monday, March 24, no vendors were seen at the southwest 16th Street BART plaza. A few people hung out in the sun while a police officer walked back and forth between the commander van and two police cars.
Across the street at the northeast corner, the plaza was clear of unpermitted vendors. But, just a few feet north on Mission toward 15th Street, two people pulling a cart got ready to start selling shampoo, soap and detergent.
Down the street, at the intersection of Capp and 16th streets looking south, a man peeked his head out of Caritas’ door — a management company at 111 Capp St. — to check on two men bent over and barely standing outside of the building. The scene was a contrast to the intersection looking north, which was clear and quiet.
On Wiese Street, which neighbors have described as an epicenter of drug consumption and dealing, only two men stood in the middle of a street full of trash.
Just north on Julian Street, about a dozen people hung on the eastern sidewalk between the Kailash Hotel and 16th Street while the western sidewalk was clear and quiet.
Caledonia Street was, for the most part, quiet and clean, with the exception of a couple of men who sat on the sidewalk.
“On Wiese Street, which neighbors have described as an epicenter of drug consumption and dealing, only two men stood in the middle of a street full of trash.”
I’m confused. The picture that seems to accompany this shows a street and sidewalk almost completely free of trash . . .
Come now to see for yourself. It is 5pm, there are no less than 40+ drug users on Wiese right now, blasting music blocking the street and the sidewalks. Your confusion is Mission Local unable to articulate nuance.
one of these days, some politician will learn that making it illegal to do X and making someone move from Y doesn’t make them just vanish into thin air.
This is what I want to see:
Problem: We have a bunch of illegal vendors, drug dealers, homeless and drug addicts hanging out on 16th and mission.
Resolution: I will find some place for those illegal vendors to sell their goods or another source of revenue for them, I will arrest & imprison drug dealers or find a alternative source of revenue for them. I will pick up the drunks and drug addicts and find a place for them to stay and then social workers can deal with their addictions.
Not: Oh, what was the problem? something about 16th and mission being dirty? Got it, I’ll clean it up and all those people will vanish like magic.
unfortunately, one is complicated and expensive, while the other makes great news and “moderates” get all excited about having fast action after spending so much money getting their personal billionaire elected.
Really it’s getting tiresome, I live on 15th and Julian and it’s a drug addict clown show
to say the least.
sooooooo, where are they going next? (honest question). Also, don’t think we need to fix their addictions, massive fan of the cleanup, just want to know where we need to start calling about 🤣