San Francisco's mayoral candidates are publicly debating about what should be done to transform the city's Tenderloin District.
San Francisco's mayoral candidates are publicly debating about what should be done to transform the city's Tenderloin District. Candidates are saying they're looking to declare a state of emergency and even bring in the National Guard to make the neighborhood streets safe and clean.Street conditions in the Tenderloin and in the South of Market area have been a challenge for years.
"District 11 Supervisor and mayoral candidate Ahsha Safaí said the solution to resolving issues in the Tenderloin is to responsibly use the resources the city already has, and says his plan to use police and sheriff's deputies on foot patrols will achieve results. "The other commitment I made is, I would have a satellite office of the mayor at the Tenderloin Police Station," said Supervisor Safaí.
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