San Francisco Adult Entertainment: Gentrification a balancing act for downtown residents, merchants

Louie said Oakland police have responded quickly to incidents involving tenants of the residential hotels that ring the block. Neighborhood advocates are also working with Oakland police to lessen the prostitution, drug dealing and burglaries that persist in the neighborhood. They are making headway, said Sun-Kwong Sze, coordinator of the local Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council.
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Owner Ali Hassan and his employees have established equilibrium with neighbors since the store opened 30 years ago. Back then, prostitutes and derelicts were the sole residents of the bleak and empty stretch in the shadow of City Hall. Now condo dwellers like Louie turn up looking for buttermilk and flour at the last minute for a Christmas morning breakfast. But their presence also led Hassan to remove a beer ad on the back of his market after complaints began to circulate and he found out it violated city laws.

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