The City of San Francisco outlined on Thursday how it plans to use a $17 million grant from the state to combat retail theft. Meanwhile, the City of Oakland says it won’t be getting similar funding, because city officials missed the grant’s application deadline.
says it won’t be getting similar funding, because city officials missed the grant’s application deadline.
"I think it’s a disgrace that they didn’t," said Piedmont Grocery manager Luis Hernandez in Oakland. "This fencing, we had to put it up just to keep them from getting our liquor which was a big, big problem." Hernandez says shoplifters in the city have become increasingly brazen, and that retailers have been pleading for help from the city's understaffed police force, and that the grant money could have been used to help.is being allocated $15.
"It’s nothing $17 million," said Azkandafi, who said his store is frequently targeted by shoplifters. "When I call police they come one hour, two hours they show up."
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