‘Insanity’: S.F. merchants say stolen-goods chaos continues despite new state law

The scene that played out at the Mission’s 24th Street BART plaza Thursday afternoon has become all-too-familiar.

A crowd of about three dozen people lined the sidewalk. In front of them were suitcases full of shampoo and makeup, flattened cardboard displaying jeans and sweatshirts and one man hawking a half-dozen packages of Reese’s for $1 apiece.

“Everyone’s gotta hustle,” said Nicholas Cosmos, who was selling clothing and toiletries that he said he got from family or bought at the flea market to resell at a markup…

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