To address drug activity and loitering on Tenderloin streets, San Francisco city officials have taken a new approach to clearing the block: prohibiting parking at different hotspots for a few days at a time.
Last week, city crews descended on three blocks of Leavenworth Street and power washed the sidewalks, towed cars, and told people to move along. In the coming days, the same will happen on Ellis Street between Hyde to Polk — cars will be given 72 hours notice to move for a street clearance between Aug. 4 and 6. If they don’t, they’ll be towed.
“We’re trying to clean the streets, clean the sidewalks,” said newly promoted Tenderloin Station Captain Matt Sullivan, who joined and took over the district station earlier this month…