Other Tenderloin merchants criticize petition, tax refund

SF Gate ^ | December 16, 2020 | By Ariana Bindman

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Multiple property owners in one of San Francisco’s most fraught, historical neighborhoods have banded together to complain to local officials about the “deteriorating” state of the area.

An unknown number of Tenderloin businesses are demanding the city of San Francisco refund about a year’s worth of taxes and remove alleged drug dealers from the neighborhood, they said in a December petition.

The group, the Tenderloin Business Coalition, claims that “open air drug dealing” and weak law enforcement have directly impacted businesses and pushed the neighborhood to the brink of collapse. “Our streets are dominated by criminals who prey on the entire community, precluding the healthy and normal activity requisite for viable commerce,” its statement reads. “While efforts have been made to address the problem, they are not enough to save our businesses!” In addition to the tax refund and “immediate removal of all drug dealers from the streets of the Tenderloin,” the group wants “rigorous” law enforcement and a meeting with the mayor.

The Tenderloin Business Coalition isn’t the first group of businesses to claim that the city is spiraling out of control due to pervasive socioeconomic issues. In August, the Castro Merchants Association made a similar plea to city officials. In its written series of demands, it asked San Francisco to provide shelter beds for “mentally ill and substance-abusing individuals who have taken up residence in the Castro.” Otherwise, the group said, it would likely stop paying taxes. It’s unclear whether the businesses actually followed through with their threat.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

s*hole

[FreedomPoster]

Literally so.

From a few years ago.

HOLY CRAP! New ‘Poop Map’ Shows San Francisco Literally Covered In Human Excrement

[Lisbon1940]

Twitter brought down the neighborhood.

[John Milner]

I didn’t know they had tenderloins in San Francisco. I was told they’re a Midwestern thing.

Grilled or Breaded.

[6ppc]

Speaking of tenderloin...does anyone know where to find prime aged beef? Back in the late 70s-early 80s I was buying prime aged beef from Park Lane Grocery in Mountain Brook AL. Melt in your mouth! Can’t find top quality beef anywhere these days.

[Larry Lucido]

I worked in Dallas. The whole city was t-bone. :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenderloin,_San_Francisco

The Tenderloin took its name from an older neighborhood in New York with similar characteristics. There are several explanations of how that neighborhood was named. Some said it was a reference to the neighborhood as the “soft underbelly” (analogous to the cut of meat) of the city, with allusions to vice and corruption, especially graft. Another popular explanation, probably folklore, attributes the name to a New York City police captain, Alexander S. Williams, who was overheard saying that when he was assigned to another part of the city, he could only afford to eat chuck steak on the salary he was earning, but after he was transferred to this neighborhood he was making so much money on the side soliciting bribes that now he could eat tenderloin instead.[5][6] Another version of that story says that the officers who worked in the Tenderloin received a “hazard pay” bonus for working in such a violent area, and thus were able to afford the good cut of meat. Yet another story, also likely apocryphal, is that the name is a reference to the “loins” of prostitutes.

[citizen]

Well, there’s tenderloin...and there’s tenderloin.

[joshua c]

more like gristle

[roadcat]

Another version of that story says that the officers who worked in the Tenderloin received a “hazard pay” bonus for working in such a violent area, and thus were able to afford the good cut of meat. Yet another story, also likely apocryphal, is that the name is a reference to the “loins” of prostitutes.

Both explanations make sense, even if they may be untrue. One of my brothers-in-law worked the area as a SF cop, and hated it. Lots of filthy criminals to deal with, hated touching them even with gloves. Finally got happier when he became a motorcycle cop in SF. As for the other explanation, that district is long known for prostitution, especially along Polk Street, although prostitution has been moving to the Mission District to the south. Tenderloin district is full of drugged homeless people, and I feel sorry for the Hmong and Vietnamese families living there.

[Organic Panic]

These fools just realized they set up shop in a literal s hole. It’s been a literal s hole for 60 years.