While everyone can agree that no one wants to be homeless and those who live on the streets suffer from serious mental or physical problems, the aggressiveness of panhandlers has become a serious safety concern to many. One of the biggest complaints heard by Joe D’Alessandro, head of the San Francisco Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, is that tourists get accosted as soon as they leave the safety of their hotels, and it’s not just the tourists who are being harassed.
One of the worst areas in the downtown district has historically been the 6th and 7th Street corridors. The area has traditionally been the home of pawn shops, adult book stores and single room occupancy hotels. From the 1970s through the late 1990s, the area had become a magnet for drug dealers and prostitutes. Over the last few years, legitimate businesses have come into the area, reclaiming vacant stores in an effort to change the neighborhood. The revitalization of the area looked as if it would change an otherwise bad neighborho …
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