Pretty sure that is wrong, though. What really strikes me is the large amount of informal, typically illegal public sales stalls on sidewalks downtown and in t

Pretty sure that is wrong, though. What really strikes me is the large amount of informal, typically illegal public sales stalls on sidewalks downtown and in the Mission. There is a sudden boom in stolen goods with all kinds of detergents and soaps and personal care products available for pennies on the dollar. This is very clear evidence of a boom in stolen goods and one possible route to establishing some control over the situation. It is important to keep the whole social context in mind. Next door San Mateo county has much more serious enforcement and around 2500 incarceration beds available most times. San Francisco has huge political struggles over all police activities and around 250 incarceration beds available most times. People need to decide what they actually want and provide the resources to get there but so far that is not what is happening.