preteen girls are scally harassesexuallyharassed and offd from school. these are real things that happen inside our building and to our neighbors. this is a person who has worked in the neighborhood six days a week for 34 years. she regularly interacts and creates relationships with people on the sidewalk. drug dealing creates drama and sometimes violence in the way other street activities common in the tl, such as barbecuing, music listening, hanging with neighbors, do not. so it brings danger and stress. this is a person who is employed by a mid-market tech company. i empathize with the dealers that systematic factors lead them to selling drugs as a lead to survive. as a sister of an addict it makes they sick. many more people were here to share varying experiencing, opinions and ideas. but what we are all united on is that the status quo regarding the persistence and prevalence of open-air drug dealing in the tenderloin is untenable. open air drug dealin dealing contributes to a deteriorating environment and unhealthy public spaces that lead to long-t