neighbor rachel garcia says crime in the area is out of control. she no longer feels safe, parking her car outside her own house. >> thieves are casing the area, looking for out of state plates. sometimes they're as brazen as going up to someone and saying, so are you looking for the tiled steps? walk all the way up to the top. >> reporter: she knows thieves have just enough time to etchty out a car during the ten minutes it takes to walk up and down the tiled steps. she has reported the break-ins and sightings of a suspicious car to police. >> the precinct tells us they're inundated. they can't keep up with all the reports. >> reporter: is that good enough excuse? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: neighbors have been posting flyers warning visitors of break-ins and talking to people in person, posting warnings on yelp and have reached out to the city asking for permanent signage. she wants visitors to remember the beautiful art, not the ugly scene she's sick of seeing by the cars parked below. alyssa harrington, "abc7 news." >>> a man who claims h

neighbor rachel miller garcia says crime in the area is out of control. she no=%[c longer feels safe pg her car outside her own house. >> the thieves are casing the area. they're looking for out of state plates. they're waiting for people to park. sometimes they are as brazen as going up to someone and saying so are you looking for the tiled steps? make sure you keep walking all the way up to the top. >> reporter: thieves have just enough time to empty out a car during the ten minutes it takes an unsuspecting victim usually a tourist to walk up and down the steps. garcia has reported the break-in and sightings of a suspicious car to police. >> the precinct tells us they're inundated. they can't keep up with all the reports. >> good enough excuse? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: neighbors are taking matters in their own hands posting flyers like these warning visitors of break-ins. they're also talking to people in person, posting warnings on yelp and reaped out to the city asking for permanent signage. she wants visitors to remember the beautiful art a

. >> my name is rachel miller garcia. not related to bernal heights but in fact to golden gate heights the inner sunset. i was active just on the news reignites ago been interviewed by channel 7 because we have had and i'm very confused by these statistics because they don't match up with what's going on in our neighborhoods. so, if there's been a decrease in break-ins, this year, i can tell you for a fact that on 16th and moraga in san francisco, it up by like 100%. it's mostly tourists that are being attacked. the perp traders seem to be knowledgeable about those of us that live in the neighborhood and a respecting our cars, and are mostly attacking the tourist cars. we've taken it into our own hands and we put signage at the steps with photographs that say, please take your valuables with you. so, we in our community, are actually firmly in believed that the reduction from a felony to a misdemeanor is absolutely getting out there as far as what they understand. we are also being told by our local precinct that they can

. >> my name is rachel miller garcia. not related to bernal heights but in fact to golden gate heights the inner sunset. i was active just on the news reignites ago been interviewed by channel 7 because we have had and i'm very confused by these statistics because they don't match up with what's going on in our neighborhoods. so, if there's been a decrease in break-ins, this year, i can tell you for a fact that on 16th and moraga in san francisco, it up by like 100%. it's mostly tourists that are being attacked. the perp traders seem to be knowledgeable about those of us that live in the neighborhood and a respecting our cars, and are mostly attacking the tourist cars. we've taken it into our own hands and we put signage at the steps with photographs that say, please take your valuables with you. so, we in our community, are actually firmly in believed that the reduction from a felony to a misdemeanor is absolutely getting out there as far as what they understand. we are also being told by our local precinct that they can

. >> my name is rachel miller garcia. not related to bernal heights but in fact to golden gate heights the inner sunset. i was active just on the news reignites ago been interviewed by channel 7 because we have had and i'm very confused by these statistics because they don't match up with what's going on in our neighborhoods. so, if there's been a decrease in break-ins, this year, i can tell you for a fact that on 16th and moraga in san francisco, it up by like 100%. it's mostly tourists that are being attacked. the perp traders seem to be knowledgeable about tus that live in the neighborhood and a respecting our cars, and are mostly attacking the tourist cars. we've taken it into our own hands and we put signage at the steps with photographs that say, please take your valuables with you. so, we in our community, are actually firmly in believed that the reduction from a felony to a misdemeanor is absolutely getting out there as far as what they understand. we are also being told by our local precinct that they cannot keep