Last December, San Francisco Mayor London breed had had enough.

Parts of the city were in the grip of a crisis.

It wasn't COVID.

No, because the city had responded well to the pandemic.

Mayor breed was furious about the lack of response to the fentanyl-fueled opioid epidemic.

What I see is far, far worse.

Just imagine if you had to walk your kids down the streets of the tenderloin every single

day with people shooting up, selling drugs, and because the sidewalks were so packed with

people, you had to walk out onto the street in incoming traffic on a regular basis.

San Francisco's tenderloin district isn't some far-flung neighborhood on the city's edge.

It's barely a block away from city hall.

Mayor breed painted a vivid picture of just how much neighborhood residents are suffering.

You got these brand new playgrounds where you don't even feel comfortable walking your

kids to play in them because of everything that they see around them, where you don't

feel safe.

The PTSD, the challenges, the cramped conditions, the nasty streets, and when I say nasty,

full of feces and urine, that Department of Public Works is cleaning every single day,

but it comes back just a few hours later.

Mayor breed was fed up and she made it clear.

That is not okay, that is not acceptable, and it's time that the reign of criminals who

are destroying our city, it is time for it to come to an end.

And it comes to an end when we take the steps to be more aggressive with law enforcement,

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