San Francisco Capp Street sex worker issue improved but now drivers blocking barriers are creating hazards [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — One problem solved, but another created.

The barriers installed to keep sex workers off Capp Street in San Francisco’s Mission District did their job.

However, all the cars parked behind the barriers are now the problem for residents and first responders.

Yellow barriers, or bollards, changed San Francisco’s Capp Street from a prostitution hotspot to a clean street.

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“I think it works. Also it’s much cleaner,” said Amadeo Gonzalez, owner of Balompie Café.

Gonzalez has witnessed the transition his street had over the last year.

In February of 2023, we broke the news of Capp Street residents pleading for the city to intervene after alleged sex workers took over their neighborhood.

That led to the installation of barriers to block traffic and illegal activity from 18th to 22nd streets.

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