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   From: democrat-criminals@mail.house.gov   
      
   Tenderloin residents and businesses will file lawsuits Thursday, alleging   
   San Francisco has treated the destitute neighborhood as a "containment   
   zone" for illegal drug dealing and use.   
      
   A federal lawsuit asserts that the city has failed to address long-   
   standing issues with street safety and crime.   
      
   The plaintiffs include four unnamed residents who are described as   
   families with young children, seniors, disabled residents and two   
   businesses, including the Phoenix Hotel and Best Western. The suit further   
   accuses the city of violating constitutional rights, disability access   
   laws, public nuisance laws and other statutes.   
      
   "For years, the de facto policy of the city has been to corral and confine   
   illegal drug dealing and usage, and the associated injurious behaviors, to   
   the Tenderloin," the complaint states. "The city tries to keep such crimes   
   and nuisances out of other San Francisco neighborhoods by 'containing'   
   them in the Tenderloin."   
      
   The lawsuit includes photos depicting sidewalks blocked by tents, crowds   
   of people appearing to buy and use drugs, discarded needles, human waste   
   and other hazards. It also cites online reviews from hotel guests   
   disturbed by the neighborhood conditions surrounding the lodging   
   properties.   
      
   In a statement Thursday, spokesperson Jen Kwart said the City Attorney's   
   Office would review the complaint and respond in court.   
      
   “While we understand and share the frustration of Tenderloin businesses   
   and residents, the city is making progress in reducing crime, disrupting   
   open-air drug markets, and addressing homelessness, all while complying   
   with the preliminary injunction issued in the Coalition on Homelessness   
   case," Kwart said.   
      
   Kwart also called the latest lawsuit's timing "odd," given the U.S.   
   Supreme Court's impending decision in the Grants Pass case "potentially   
   altering the legal landscape in homelessness cases."   
      
   "It is clear that increased litigation over homelessness is not improving   
   conditions on our streets," Kwart said. "The courts are not equipped to   
   police every interaction between outreach workers and unhoused   
   individuals. The courts are similarly not equipped to step into the shoes   
   of elected policymakers and voters in order to craft broad strategies to   
   address homelessness.”   
      
   UC Law SF will also file a court motion Thursday in an ongoing U.S.   
   District Court lawsuit seeking compliance with a 2020 court order   
   requiring the city to remove all Tenderloin homeless encampments and   
   tents.   
      
   The city has claimed it is prevented from enforcing that order by a   
   separate 2022 injunction from Judge Donna Ryu, barring enforcement of   
   certain anti-camping laws when there are more homeless people than   
   available shelter beds.   
      
   However, the plaintiffs argue that the injunction only applies to those   
   who are involuntarily homeless, not those who have refused offers of the   
   city's approximately 300 open shelter spaces. They also note an appeals   
   court has since limited the 2022 injunction's scope.   
      
   The enforcement order asks the court to require the city to resume full   
   compliance with the 2020 injunction by discouraging tents, preventing re-   
   encampment and "employing enforcement measures" against those who refuse   
   shelter.   
      
   UC Law SF's attorney, Matthew Davis, said his clients were not seeking   
   monetary damages.   
      
   “Rather, they demand equitable treatment and relief from open-air drug   
   markets, violence, and impassable and unsanitary streets,” Davis said.   
   “They demand an end to the rampant illegal street vending, and from the   
   squalor and misery that exists throughout their neighborhood because the   
   city has decided that people in the throes of addiction can live and die   
   on the Tenderloin’s streets.”   
      
   Dean David Faigman said the school was committed to helping make   
   neighborhood streets safer by enforcing the stipulated injunction.   
      
   "The Tenderloin deserves to be treated just like any other neighborhood in   
   the city. As an institutional anchor in the Tenderloin, we have the   
   responsibility to speak for and protect our campus and our neighbors whose   
   voices are often diminished," Faigman said.   
      
   Correction: This story was updated with the proper spelling of UC Law SF   
   Dean David Faigman's name.   
      
   https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/14/tenderloin-lawsuit-san-francisco-drug-   
   containment-zone/?itm_source=parsely-api   
      
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