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In reply to the discussion: Meanwhile at a S.F. Walgreens [View all]eissa
(4,238 posts)18. My family owns a gelato shop in SF
The same junkie has broken into the shop several times, been detained briefly and released. Maybe Walgreens and other corporations can withstand those kind of repeated hits, but how many times can a small business owner pay to fix broken doors/windows, or replace stolen items? Of course many are choosing to close up rather than deal with this nonsense.
I love SF (I live about an hour east) but it has become a caricature of itself, mainly due to short-sighted homeless advocates who think there should be zero accountability for actions such as these, and seem preoccupied enabling drug abuse rather than trying to deal with the root cause of this problem.
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Nah. A lot of this is for resale. Lots of open airresalThere are also short lifting rings operating.
Dream Girl
Jun 2021
#17
Walgreens has closed a greater percentage of its stores in NYC than SF over the same amount of time.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#20
Huh. Shoplifting has actually been down in in SF in both 2020 and 2021 so far.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#8
It's almost like cops know that some of the biggest proponents of increasing cop budgets are
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#19
It's a real issue in that Walgreens is letting its previously announced routine businesss practice
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#36
Down to less than 5% of the national average or down 5% below all time high? tia
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#67
Penal Code 459.5 PC is the statute that makes shoplifting a misdemeanor offense in California
IcyPeas
Jun 2021
#11
Drug users wouldn't steal if Walgreen's sold drugs at cost plus a small markup.
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#21
Overdosing is mainly a result of bad quality control and combinations of drugs
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#30
Are you serious? It's Walgreens fault for not making fentanyl or meth readily
Dream Girl
Jun 2021
#31
No, it's the govt's fault for not allowing Walgreen's to sell low priced narcotic and psychotropics.
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#34