Just how gross was it at that San Francisco Whole Foods? Customers weigh in online with their experiences at the now-shuttered Whole Foods flagship store in that bum-infested city

How do you know how they voted?

A lot of conservatives work and shop at Whole Foods.

My beef is with the far left local government who destroyed this once great city.

It puzzles me as to why Whole Foods doesn't imitate the Costco membership policy. You can't enter unless you display a membership card, or you are a guest of a member displaying a card. As you exit, an employee checks your receipt against your items you are holding in your cart or your hands. And they have security guards that will act to deter theft.

As a result, Costco stores are safe inside.

Governments have had to tolerate bums since a court decision I believe in the 1960s.

John & Ken were just discussing this a couple of days ago (radio hosts in Los Angeles).

One of the big court decisions was to end involuntary mental health confinement - IOW, the mentally ill, including psychotic, could check themselves out of institutions - institutions which have now been closed - there were supposed to be half-way houses to help this population but they were never built.

That's how they ended up on the streets in California - thousands upon thousands of them raving and ranting, some violent. Any meds that are prescribed are not taken and/or sold.

Confining psychotic mentally ill was considered at that time to be "cruel and unusual punishment" and deemed illegal. Families of mentally ill were bitterly complaining that their loved ones refused to be confined in state or any other facility that they could find and would check themselves out - only to return to the filthy, violent streets. Most had give up after years of trying to help their loved ones.

It's a very sad situation. Very sad.

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