San Francisco police arrested a man and a woman Wednesday morning on Julian Avenue at 16th Street. Before being placed in a police van, the woman called out to a man nearby, “Go to my apartment and tell them I’m being arrested. Tell them to feed my cat.”
When asked about the arrests, one officer said, “So, they are adults. We can’t tell you what exactly they were arrested for.” We are checking with SFPD on the arrests.
All in all, the crackdown continued without any dramatic changes. People still hang out on the side streets and the plaza, especially the southwest plaza, where the mobile unit is parked, remains fairly clean.
On Caledonia Street, seven people gathered near 15th Street. One woman sat on the ground beside a foldable cart with a dog and loose items inside. The others stood nearby, some gathering around one of the newly placed orange trash cans. One of the cans had its liner pulled halfway out.
A Gubbio Project employee said the nonprofit is allowed to place items there for DPW to collect. Staff are also responsible for emptying the orange trash cans. The addition of the trash cans on Caledonia Street is recent and, so far, it does not seem that people are using them much. But another trash bin at Julian and 15th Street does appear to be used. It’s unclear how long it has been there.
Wiese Street, where there is no trash can, was littered with garbage. A DPW truck turned onto the street from 15th, passing three people: One on a bike, another walking, and one sitting on the curb. Update: By 11:30 a.m., the street was filled with more than a dozen people hanging out. One resident sent in a photo taken at 10:30 a.m. showing two individuals slumped in front of a garage. A second resident sent in a photo taken an hour later showing a street filled with people assembled on the street.
The southeast 16th Street plaza, where the mobile command unit sits, was clean and orderly. An SFPD vehicle was parked across the street. No other officers were visible on the plaza.
On the northeast plaza, a police cruiser was parked near the BART entrance. An officer leaned against the vehicle, talking with a DPW worker and one of the plaza’s regulars. The plazas have long been used by tenants who live in the nearby Single Room Occupancy hotels, where rooms are small and there are no communal spaces.
Capp Street was mostly clear around 10 a.m., except for a few pieces of flattened cardboard near a blue recycling bin.
Get in there like Guilani back in the old days of NYC (before he got really weird). Mass arrests and zero tolerance needed for drugs, loitering, littering, camping in a 2 block radius if 16th/Mish. Could someone pass so laws that can be enforced? Get these folks out of our hood. Otherwise, ya it’s gonna be 2046 & no change.
No surprise Jackie Fielder is nowhere to be seen, who needs a supervisor like her, she’s been MIA since day 1.
TY ML for covering this, I hope your intentions are sincere in supporting the mayor to clean it up. Residents are counting on it.
It occurs to me that people living in single-occupancy rooms need places outside to congregate with others. People are social animals, and the need to have friends and neighbors that you see regularly is universal. Permanent chess or checkerboards in parks seem to be good. A friend of mine, now deceased, found her place serving at a soup kitchen. Another found his place making coffee at an AA meeting.
I wonder to what extent SF taxpayers are funding this lady’s apartment. It’s hard to imagine she has a job.
“So, they are adults. We can’t tell you what exactly they were arrested for.”
Since when? If they were children it would be different? What gives there?
They give out information about arrests all the damn time, why is this different?
Thanks for reporting
Please start to report on the Lower Polk and Larkin area.
Too many addicts to count.
Too much garbage .
Encampments .
Vandalism.
Crime.
Graffiti.
Human poop and pee.
Rotting flesh exposed on the addicts who actually hide packets of drugs in the bandages were the wound is .
Dogs without leashes .
Two witnessed emergencies yesterday . Saw persons pounding on peoples chest . Don’t think the persons made it.
Hell on our doorstep.
Drug dealers run and control Cedar , Geary , Myrtle , Alice b Toklas and Ellis .
Death camps and lawlessness .
Tragic .
Don’t be afraid . We are but need to walk over bodies or in the streets for years here .
Never seen an area so bad and neglected for so long . Seven years and counting .
Neighborhood remains destroyed .
The state law on littering says that violators can be required to pick up litter for no less than 8 hours. That could be a good use of these folks’ time! It’s not like they’re doing anything else important.
Day 2045 of the 16th st plaza crackdown: 8am, the plaza seems empty, the orange trashcans covered with graffiti are being emptied. In the alleys it is business as usual for the dealers and their customers. 10am..3 people get arrested ib an alley..one called a friend to feed his dog..2pm a man is selling Walgreens products across the street from the police headquarters…after selling everything he quietly leaves.4pm, a team from city hall is giving an interview on the plaza..6pm the officiers in charge take a break. 6.30 pm the plaza is back in business.7pm officers are back, everybody scatters.10pm time to wrap up the day..10.30 pm mayhem has returned.See you tomorrow for day 2046.
Update: new photos of deprived people have arrived. If you would like to participate in holding the city accountable, send us photos with a subject line reading “jj smith inspired.”