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In 2018, researchers found that Prop 47 contributed to a jump in car burglaries, shoplifting and other thefts. [33] In 2018, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Prop. 47 led to a rise in the larceny theft rate by about 9 percent, compared to the 2014 rate. [34] By 2019, organized retail theft was on the rise.
Walgreens reported that it closed 10 stores in the San Francisco area between 2019 and 2020, primarily due to a surge in theft. [33] [34] In mid-October of 2021, Walgreens announced the closure of five stores in San Francisco due to an increase in retail theft in San Francisco. [35] [36]
According to the San Francisco Police Department, there were 59 murders in the city in 2016, an annual total that marked a 13.5% increase in the number of homicides (52) from 2015. [6] In November 2021, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s office stated that about 2% of auto burglaries in San Francisco result in an arrest. [7]
Many retailers and industry lobbying groups say shoplifting is at crisis-level proportions and even forcing some stores to close. But Best Buy says it has shoplifting under control.
Owners of small, independent book stores find shoplifting particularly bothersome. According to Paul Constant, a Seattle book-store employee, "I know a few booksellers who have literally been driven a little bit crazy at the thought of their inventory evaporating out the door, and with good reason: An overabundance of shoplifters can put bookstores out of business.
San Francisco, in the US state of California, has both major, well-known neighborhoods and districts as well as smaller, specific subsections and developments. While there is considerable fluidity among the sources, one guidebook identifies five major districts, corresponding to the four quadrants plus a south central district. [ 1 ]
Rincon Center is a complex of shops, restaurants, offices, and apartments in the South of Market neighborhood of Downtown San Francisco, California.It includes two buildings, one of which is the former Rincon Annex post office building, completed in 1940.
This is a combined list of all national, state, and local landmarks and historic places in San Francisco, California. Some locations appear on multiple lists. Some locations appear on multiple lists. National