this is a sadly accurate description of the situation. i live a few block away and everytime i cross here i’m
grateful i don’t live right at that intersection. or 5th and haight for that matter. the city needs to act, or at the very least have a person come down here and monitor for several different days and times what the heck is going on so residents are believed.

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