Despite the city’s multimillion-dollar efforts to reduce its public waste problem, San Francisco residents and visitors continue to complain about human and animal feces on the streets.
“When you walk out the door and take that first step, the first thing that comes to mind is to watch where you’re stepping,” said resident Adam Kezorski. san francisco chronicle About the city’s fecal crisis. “Unfortunately, I can’t get that out of my mind.”
According to the outlet’s data analysis, the number of feces-related calls is “up about 17% compared to 2020 and about 7% compared to 2019.”
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Despite the city’s multimillion-dollar efforts to reduce its public waste problem, San Francisco residents and visitors continue to complain about human and animal feces on the streets. (Getty Images)
“Data extracted from 311 reports does not differentiate between human and animal feces and only reflects fecal reports and requests for street fecal cleanup,” the report continued.
The city of San Francisco is trying a sanitation and amenities campaign to reduce the amount of feces on its streets. San Francisco Public Works also runs a Pit Stop program that provides “clean and safe public restrooms, used needle receptacles and dog waste stations,” according to the group’s website.
“The program aims to reduce feces on sidewalks at a cost of approximately $12.5 million annually,” the Chronicle reported.
“We could always use more public restrooms,” Public Works spokeswoman Rachel Gordon said. “I don’t think anyone would disagree with that assessment. But it comes at a price.”
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed and his administration have come under fire for their handling of the $1.7 million toilet project. After more than 15 months, toilets are finally installed at Noe Valley Town Square. (Getty Images)
A Temple University professor argued that San Francisco’s lack of public restrooms is related to San Francisco’s history of racism and discrimination against homeless residents in the 19th and 20th centuries.
“This is simple in some ways and sinister in some ways,” said Bryant Simon, a professor at Temple University. “We removed them to extinguish the people who were using them because we thought they were problematic. Now we have open defecation and everyone is affected by it, so we is trying to fix the problem by using the bathroom and putting a band-aid on it.”
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San Francisco is also facing its own controversy over government funding for toilets.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and his administration have come under fire for their handling of the $1.7 million toilet project. After more than 15 months, toilets are finally installed at Noe Valley Town Square.
Mayor Breed’s office did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
