A San Francisco resident is warning one of the city’s popular farmers markets is now on the verge of extinction after being “taken over” by drug dealers and addicts from nearby homeless encampments.
Jenny Chan, who shared a photo online showing how encampments have overwhelmed the Civic Center, described the city as on its way to becoming “the next Detroit” on “Fox & Friends First.”
“People are leaving. Businesses are closing down. It’s very unacceptable to live this lifestyle. I mean, the farmers market used to be the heart and soul of our city, and now we can’t even have that,” Chan said Tuesday.
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Chan described how many of the Heart of the City Farmers’ Market vendors have been replaced by drug dealers, saying only five vendors remain.
“We used to have rows and rows of crates of fresh vegetables, and now part of it is taken over by drug dealers on the sidewalk. There are vendors with stolen goods.”Â
Chan said that farmers feel scared to sell their produce at the market, describing the area as “dangerous” now that homeless people and drug addicts have overwhelmed the area.Â
“Would you want to shop like that? Would you want to shop for vegetables in the place where addicts are on the floor suffering?”Â
“They were offering free needles and free foil and also free snacks if you’re going in there to do drugs. And they really put it next to the farmers market. Why did we decide to do that? I don’t remember voting on it and I have no idea why they put it there. But then drug dealers started coming in and started selling their goods.”
Chan said it is time for the city to clean up its act so the farmers market and the city can thrive once again.
“I think someone was just arrested recently for being violent on the street at the farmers market. And I mean the overdoses, too. There are so many people who overdose from using drugs at the tents right next to the farmer’s market, this has…
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