Small businesses in the Castro district of San Francisco are threatening to withhold taxes to the city unless they get off their asses and clean up the city. Business conditions aren’t very good when your streets are covered in drug needles, feces, urine and god knows what else. Also, crime is rampant in San Francisco as is typical for any blue city these days. And of course let’s not forget all the homeless. Can’t say I blame these small business owners, but they should know if they are going to set up shop in a hellhole like San Francisco, this is what happens.
Small business owners in San Francisco’s Castro District are demanding city officials take action to address the growing issues of crime, drug use, and homelessness in the area.
The Castro Merchants Association sent a letter to San Francisco city officials saying members of the group plan to stop paying taxes if the city doesn’t do more to address the issues.
In the letter, the association said people who are living on the streets “regularly experience psychotic episodes” and have vandalized storefronts and harassed business owners, employees, residents and tourists, reports The San Francisco Chronicle.
“Our community is struggling to recover from lost business revenue, from burglaries and never-ending vandalism/graffiti (often committed by unhoused persons) and we implore you to take action,” stated the letter.