Homelessness, drug abuse, mental health services were among the top concerns for people who live in the Western Addition at a community meeting Monday evening.
Yulanda Williamswas was among several speakers, who aired their concerns before Reverand Amos Brown, president of the San Francisco NAACP, and several city agency representatives. She is a retired SFPD officer who used to work in the Northern Police Station, which covers the Fillmore.
Williams is talking specifically about the Safeway on Webster Street. KPIX 5 reporter Betty Yu drove by on Monday, and saw several people camping in their cars, and tents around the grocery store. SFPD confirmed that it is seeing an increase in homelessness and drug usage in the Western Addition. Assistant chief David Lazar pledged to come up with a plan, partnering with the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and the Department of Emergency Management.
Williams said the neighborhood today is wildly different than the one she grew up visiting as a little girl.
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