A San Francisco neighborhood, along with the UC Hastings College of the Law, has sued the city of San Francisco over for the "deplorable conditions" throughout the streets and sidewalks from the homeless population.
Residents, business owners, and the law school cited the Tenderloin District's contaminated and unsafe conditions during the COVID-19 outbreak, KPIX-TV reports.
The lawsuit, which was filed last week against the city, is asking for the tents to be removed for the safety of the homeless and those who live and work around them.
"Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the de facto policy of the City and County of San Francisco to use the Tenderloin community as a containment zone had resulted in a dramatic decline in the livability and safety of the neighborhood," the complaint reads. "The deplorable conditions tolerated by the City in the Tenderloin are not permitted in other neighborhoods in San Francisco."
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