Tuesday early afternoon was a pleasant mid-60s in the Mission District. People bought cut fruit from vendors at the 16th Street BART Plaza and seniors sat on stoops taking in the sun. Others stood under the shade provided by the police command center while they waited for the bus.
On Caledonia Street, a neighbor cleaned the sidewalk and broke down parts of an old couch someone had left outside of his house. The neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous, said Tuesdays are his days off, but today felt nothing like that.
“I’m so sick of the situation here. Every single day I have to clean the mess on this street,” he said, adding that on many occasions people jump the wall into his patio to use or hide their drugs…