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   From: lets-poop-together@abc.com   
      
   San Francisco is one of the wealthiest cities in America, with   
   an annual household income that's nearly double the national   
   median household income.   
   As its wealth has increased, so has economic inequality — a   
   chart of reported incidents of human feces appears to illustrate   
   that division.   
   Since 2011, San Francisco has gone from about 5,000 reported   
   instances to more than 25,000 in 2018.   
      
   One of America's wealthiest cities has a huge problem with   
   public poop.   
      
   Between 2011 and 2018, San Francisco experienced a massive   
   increase in reported incidents of human feces found on public   
   streets.   
      
   In 2011, just over 5,500 reports were logged by the San   
   Francisco Department of Public Works; in 2018, the number   
   increased to more than 28,000.   
      
   The government watchdog Open the Books documented the sharp   
   increase over time in a stunning chart, first spotted by the   
   BuzzFeed editor John Paczkowski.   
      
   San Francisco human feces chart   
   Open the Books/City of San Francisco   
   Notably, this is a chart of only documented reports — the actual   
   amount of feces on San Francisco's streets is likely even higher   
   than these statistics suggest.   
      
   "I will say there is more feces on the sidewalks than I've ever   
   seen growing up here," San Francisco Mayor London Breed told NBC   
   in a 2018 interview. "That is a huge problem, and we are not   
   just talking about from dogs — we're talking about from humans."   
      
   San Francisco has struggled with a feces problem for years. The   
   city even employs a "Poop Patrol" that attempts to keep the   
   streets clean and focuses on the Tenderloin neighborhood.   
      
   San Francisco Poop Patrol   
   A "Poop Patrol" employee in San Francisco. Ben Margot/AP   
   But the problem is bigger than just keeping the streets clean —   
   the issue appears to be related to the city's struggle to   
   accommodate its homeless population amid skyrocketing rent   
   prices and a decreasing supply of affordable housing.   
      
   A 2017 survey of San Francisco's homeless population counted   
   nearly 7,500 people living on the street. That population faces   
   limited public resources, and public bathrooms are no exception.   
      
   Whether the Poop Patrol is able to reverse the trend on San   
   Francisco's streets remains to be seen, but there's an   
   indication that the crew is a bandage on a problem much bigger   
   than dirty streets.   
      
   https://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-human-poop-problem-   
   2019-4   
               
      
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