Fed Up Residents Sue San Francisco Over Open-Air Drug Markets, Homeless Encampments

Residents and businesses in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco have sued the city for allegedly using their neighborhood as a drug containment zone.

Homeless men in San Francisco, Calif., on Feb, 22, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Residents and businesses in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood have filed a lawsuit against the city, accusing officials of running a covert policy of corraling illegal drug dealing and use to their neighborhood and allowing homeless tent encampments to crowd sidewalks.

In a complaint filed on March 14 at the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, four individual plaintiffs said they fear for the safety of their families, and three businesses said the conditions on sidewalks scare away customers.