San Francisco’s well-documented struggles with rising homelessness, open drug use, and crime have been widely acknowledged in recent years.
However, less frequently discussed is the impact of these issues on law-abiding residents striving to sustain their livelihoods and everyday lives within the city.
A longtime business owner, having witnessed the city’s decline over the years, now says he’s done, claiming the city prioritizes drug addicts, criminals, and the homeless over law-abiding residents trying to make a living.
We get no support from #sanfrancisco and will likely be pulling out of SF after 32 years here in February @Twolfrecovery @ABC7 @DionLimTV @KTVU @FoxNews @KPIXtv @KPIXtv @sfchronicle @sfstandard @SOMAWestCBD @mattdorsey https://t.co/2voz282Fge
— Mark E. Sackett (@MarkESackett) November 21, 2023
Fox News reported:
A longtime owner of multiple businesses in San Francisco condemned local leaders for failing to keep the city safe for small businesses.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Mark Sackett has owned a “South of Market building with a printmaker, antiques shop and events venue called the Box SF for almost two decades” but now faces “financial ruin because he’s been unable to refinance a $2.5 million mortgage due in February.” As a result, his building is allegedly scheduled to be auctioned “at a massive loss” in January, as he anticipates his other businesses will be forced to close, as well.
“Sackett blames widespread drug use, violence and filthy streets in the neighborhood for his inability to address his loan. Since the pandemic, the area has fallen to the worst condition Sackett has ever experienced,” the outlet reported.
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“Next door is a drug sobering center that opened last year, and Sackett said people will smoke fentanyl at his building’s loading dock,” it reported. “He said his staff used pepper spray on four people trying to break in, and last year, someone attacked him with a knife. A window is currently broken, and he will have to pay around $4,000 to replace it.”
Over the past few years, many businesses have found out that it’s extremely difficult to operate in filthy, crime-ridden, drug-infested liberal hellholes, like San Francisco.
Breaking Digest has reported on numerous retailers that have called it quits and left San Francisco due to increased crime and open drug use.
