35 years in business, family-owned market in South Beach is closing... Co-owner David Pesusic said high operation costs and mounting neighborhood crime were driving factors.
Posted on 09/09/2024 9:47:16 AM PDT by Vendome
35 years in business, family-owned market in South Beach is closing... Co-owner David Pesusic said high operation costs and mounting neighborhood crime were driving factors.
Bayside Market, at 120 Brannan St. near the Embarcadero, will cease operations on Sept. 13. Some of its 12 employees will be transferred to RJ’s Market near Fisherman’s Wharf, the owners’ other location, but most will be laid off, Pesusic said.
In addition to inflation-fueled bills and declining foot traffic, the small grocery and deli has suffered from “rampant” crime, near-daily shoplifting and three break-ins in the past couple years, Pesusic said. He blamed city officials for the increased crime, slamming law enforcement and city leaders for being unresponsive and overly permissive.
“Our family business is going down the tubes because idiots in City Hall can’t protect us,” Pesusic told the Chronicle.
“All city hall cares about is the homeless and the fentanyl crisis, not the everyday law-abiding citizens trying to make a living,” Pesusic wrote in a statement announcing the business’s closure, which was taped to Bayside Market’s door. “To that effect, having to deal with shoplifters every day and multiple breakins has just become unbearable, especially when law enforcement doesn’t arrest and city hall doesn’t prosecute.”
Law enforcement has taken hours to respond to petty crimes at Bayside, if they respond at all, Pesusic said. During two of the three break-ins the business faced over the past two years, he said police officers took over eight hours to arrive on the scene. And the market’s employees have stopped reporting shoplifting incidents, which Pesusic said occur at least 5-6 times a week, and sometimes up to five times in one day.
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Apparently, a lot of residents can take a lot more because they continue to vote for the Leftwing lunatics who created the policies that caused the store to shut down.
WHO did you vote for?
The democrats win again
More importantly is WHO WILL you vote for.
I’m starting to think some voters never make the direct connection between which candidate they vote for, and what the local quality of life is that follows an election.
You would think it be a simple matter of
“Cause and Effect”, obvious to all.
Greedy capitalists .
Now that they are gone the government can open a store and give food away to the poor homeless people .
The response from the city will be to draft a ordinance prohibiting a business they deem as essential to nearby residents to close. I think they did this already with larger stores (it did not pass) but I can see them trying again.
MSNBC panelist said “Despite the false narrative by the Republicans, the FBI statistics show crime is down.”
Others on panel nodded.
So someone isn’t getting the story out to the crime victims and people afraid to shop in places where others got mugged or carjacked. /S
Same as the economy under Bidenomics is doing great despite restaurants and stores closing all over the country. With their staffs out of work.
Wait.....I thought I was told crime, shoplifting, and violence, was merely a “perception problem”, with no real basis in fact?
I used to shop there regularly when I lived downtown in 2007-2008. They have no real competition in the neighborhood. That they had to close anyway tells you all you need to know about SF government.
I think that for a lot of voters it’s just about self-image — “I know that I am a Good Person, because in the last election, I voted for the Good Guys”.
And of course the schools and the media have done a fine job of making sure everyone knows who the Bad Guys are, so ...
I think the question the both of you have asked is probably, they voted for no one, but they still got counted anyway.
We are having this discussion in another FR thread, when you have dirty voter rolls combined with universal mail in voting, it’s nearly impossible to vote out incumbents.
How many of the homeless, drug addicts and people have died from fentanyl overdosing are still registered voters in SF, probably a significant percentage, enough so just about any outcome is predetermined.
Regarding the lawlessness....these louts don't seem to realize that they are fouling their own nest.
Oh, funny man.
bttt
Secure a cable to one thieving hand by a handcuff type attachment, run the cable to the back via the groin area and secure the other end of the cable to a locked neck collar.
How will a thief change his pants and underwear?
The thief won’t, the thief will simply wash them out while showering.
What if the thief removes the device?
Remove the thief to a prison.
Expect to hear on Tuesday:
When I was District Attorney in San Francisco, there was generally law & order.
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