Public drug use in the Tenderloin has reached post-COVID highs. Consider: our July monitoring found many Tenderloin sidewalks had over 20 drug users per day. Some routinely had over 30. Why does City Hall allows this? 20 drug users would not be allowed for an hour on most city sidewalks; they have been allowed to take over Tenderloin blocks for years!
We undertook a painstaking, granular block by block analysis because our local politicians promote “stronger data-driven accountability.” The Tenderloin deserves accountability for what is happening on its sidewalks. New City Hall leadership in January raised expectations for change on the ground. After seven months, here is what we found.
Our Project and Methodology…