city officials saying they plan to stop paying taxes if The City doesn't do more to address burglaries, vandalism, people with behavioral health problems and unhoused people camping on the sidewalks in front of businesses and residences.He says many shops have been targeted by vandals and his businesses' windows have been smashed 11 times. He says there are also several dozen people in the area who have been unhoused for years, some a decade or more.
Also, the association wants the city to devise a plan for offering services to people who decline help and keep monthly records of how many people have been offered services and shelter."At this point it's a failure of the system to help them," said Alan. "The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing will be opening 1,000 shelter beds over the next three months that will give people in the Castro and other neighborhoods a place to stay inside," the city's statement said.
"Clinical teams are trained in assessing individuals for involuntary holds. However, California state law sets a very high threshold for these holds, and often that threshold is not met, even when it looks to the public like an individual "needs help," said the DPH statement.
Modern Boston Tea Party needs to happen. With everyone on board.
Seems reasonable.
Ya and if they stop paying taxes is it the police who bring the warrants or City Attorneys ofc who starts putting liens on stuff
What does 'Castro' mean?
mikegatto How about they StopVotingForThisShit instead?
Riiiight
'No Taxation Without Protection' seems to be the mantra here.
Just wait till those new 48k IRS agents who bought millions of dollars in ammo show up. Hey Castro shops you voted blue and for all this lack of action. Remember that come election time!
Tax evasion lets seen how that works for you
Also where were those Castro businesses when we needed votes for Prop C homelessness funds? Largely silent. They just want private security cops for their shops.
Think about this: do we all get to stop paying taxes for policies we don't like? Will liberal Castro biz folks support my call to stop paying taxes until we rein in runaway military spending and warmongering?
Understandable.
Maybe Time to follow the trend in each state and Federal.
I say ALL Americans stop paying federal taxes until illegal immigration is halted, as many illegals as possible are deported, Ukraine returns the $, and the 2020 election is fixed.
They will be carted to prisons because progressives don't hesitate to punish the middle class while coddling addicts
So much to be proud of...
Of all places to pitch a fit. 🤣
This is the way
LOL what taxes are they even pretending they won't pay?
I'm a HUGE fan of tax strikes! Well done, Kudos San Fran. Lets do it with property taxes...problem is Biden hired 87,000 'enforcers' to get their tax $$$
Rich - clearly remember Ronen and Preston lying about crime in SF 😂. The team of equalityAlec and chrsdcook there to echo the phony 'crime is down' narrative.
Agreed
Wow this is pretty extreme. Good for them.
This is the way.
Brilliant idea I suggest the residents of SOMA stop paying our property taxes till SF clears the dealers off of our streets
Nice! Stand up !!!! ✊🏽
But they likely voted for the weak-on-crime progressives. I have my doubts.
um, all the shop owners in the castro are *limp wrist motion*. they voted for the people who created the problem. they’re getting what they deserve.
Every business and property owners should get behind this. After the Hastings Law school with TL Merchants lawsuit tents were removed from the TL.
This is why they hired 87000 new armed IRS agents. To force us to pay.
Not paying taxes is criminal! 😡 These shop owners sound like bigots. These are people, not criminals.
Patti55866878 Good
That’s… not how taxes work.
Every California business needs to do join them!
🔥👍🏻
Sounds reasonable
Yes!!!!
Rise up property owners and businesses! Stop paying taxes until city fixes the issues we've been screaming about for years!
IRS shows up and settles their hash
Until the 87,000 armed IRS agents show them they have no choice because of their dictator.
Bravo to those business owners.
They voted for this. You mad this bed now go sleep in it..
Yes! Fight the power
avoiding taxes- is a crime-
Sunset district should do the same. Sick of all the graffiti, homelessness and crime growing in that area. When leaders are soft, they first lose respect from the criminals, then it trickles—losing the respect of law-abiding citizens.
Good! It's about time.
The funny part is: they all voted for these insane communists and will continue doing so.
Good for them! More businesses should do this
HollywoodInToto I don’t blame them.
How come is gays gotta fix everything
Good for them. It's not like those tax revenues were being used in any way, shape, or form to improve conditions in SF. Residents deserve better than the incompetent leadership plaguing the city. Voters need to understand their actions (or lack thereof) have consequences.
Good
Vote Red. It's the only way we will get our city back.
But when it comes to tax collection, SF absolutely has enforcement resources. Crime, not so much.
if they won't listen to the lgbt community to stop crime, then democrats won't listen to anyone.
Bravo. It’s not like SF isn’t already spending a fortune on these issues. I can see why they want to see results.
Good for them!!!
They voted for this. Let them stew in the cesspool that their politics created
KevinLozares That’s how it’s done
HollywoodInToto Let's empanel a commission!
Lets add all the property owners as well! And residents! Why stop just at merchants?
End demonized drug prohibition. This is a swing for the fences moment for our country. This is moonshot time.
Totally understandable
87k IRS agents have something to say about this.
Imagine if they arest the shop owners but not the actual criminals
Based
SMART AS HELL
Extreme issues require extreme responses!
Good
A store called Rock Hard, you can't make this stuff up
Oh yes they will
Maybe Chinatown should do the same w/ Breakins and robbery !!! 🤔🤔
It'll take years before they will admit that their progressive ideas don't work. Meanwhile, your city is filthy, criminals are committing crimes with little or no consequences, victims are traumatized or dead. Your businesses are suffering financially from the crimes.
The Tenderloinification of the Mission and the Castro has a strong correlation w/ supporting Cheesy Boudin. Neither Supervisor backed the Recall. It's almost as if voters and leaders in those neighborhoods approved of the unchecked crime and drug-enabled misbehavior.
Such a great and beautiful city turned into a dumpster fire.
GOOD! 👍👍👍
JennyChachan The powers that be are unmotivated by death, depravity & destruction. A tax revolt by businesses & homeowners seems like the only way to end the madness.
It's interesting how even the most ardent leftists become Republicans when their ideology meets reality...
JennyChachan lol ded.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Offering more services to people who refuse help won't get them off the street. They have to be forced off the street.
Libs think that 🌈 flags will protect themselves from criminals and vagrants
Clean up the streets LondonBreed
Be interesting to watch. In the past, I do not know about now, the Castro had 6 subscribed Special Patrol Police. Clearly now that homeless have moved up Market and spread, not enough. Withhold taxes? Imo the City is intractable. Long agenda is ugly and they sre dedicated to it
Can we apply this to all taxation across the country?
I support the business.
The people there voted for this madness so let them have it.
Good for them. Enough is enough!
This should be interesting. I'm curious to see how this plays out.
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There we go!
More of this!! 👏🏼
Homosexual privilege. It worked for Disney in Florida for years since the 60s
This rules
Maybe change who we vote for.
SF and other places can’t properly address crime. As long as Prop 47 and 57 and AB109 exists, no matter what cities try to do, it will all be in vain.
Smart
But keep voting in the bluest of blue 😏
Good most American should refuse to pay most taxes and other peoples college loan bills until their is fiscal and management accountability and responsibility. Shouldnt get funds unless they get results
well well well. you voted for it, you got it
Good for them.
Every business in SF should stop paying taxes. (they should have stopped back in 2020)
They haven't learned that California's primary role is to crush business owners and taxpayers while supporting criminals, drug addicts, and illegal immigrants. The only solution is to move away and let the authoritarian regime collapse.
Elections are coming up. You can change your complaints....
You get what you vote for.
Good for them. Screw SF and it’s terrible elected “leaders”.
SF. So much knowledge and education. So little wisdom.
GOOD!
Robynmonty so much rainbow, so little time
Meantime life goes on at French Laundry right Gavin ?
Why there are any stores in sf is a mystery to me. SF will be nothing but food, bars, and hotels. A sea of homeless with man-buns driving electric cars around them. All retail sales with be from Amazon.
They’ll cough it up once operating permits start getting revoked. I wouldn’t be surprised if the City pits building owners against business owners.
redsteeze How'd they vote tho
It’s about time!
redsteeze The homeless should form their own organized crime operation and charge businesses protection money to keep feces off of their doorstep.
Property owners should refuse to pay property taxes also, every business in SF should follow suit, bravo to these merchants
Congrats, Progressives! What a beautiful city you have! 💩
Just Castro shops huh? So they do get special treatment!
The bare minimum responsibility of government to taxpayers is maintaining safe streets. Minimizing consequences for criminal activity is a terrible path to take. Podcast: Slippery Slope of Criminal Non-Prosecution
redsteeze Silly shop owners. Money is everything to government and the shop owners can expect to be visited by people with guns to collect. Shop owners will be confused about which group are the criminals.
Didn’t know this was an option.
Risky move
redsteeze
redsteeze - people with behavioral health problems - unhoused people - clean up feces on the street -When we call, they come 30-40 minutes later. You know, the police department. LOL
WILGOREN Tr00peRR
LondonBreed RafaelMandelman
redsteeze Lol good luck with that.
time to rein in the golems
Sounds insurrectiony…
what taxes? if the businesses collect and refuse to submit (pay) sales and/or payroll taxes it could get ugly for the businesses pretty fast...
They do address it. They let criminals go free and homeless people shoot up drugs wherever. You voted for it. Now live with it
redsteeze Reap. Sow. etc.
redsteeze Sounds like they have some legitimate concerns….
redsteeze Based
redsteeze Until the business owners and citizens are tired of voting Democrat then they’re not tired of the crime.
redsteeze I don’t blame them