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SF Police Have Come to Rely on a Private Surveillance Network to Stop Property Crime
The Union Square Business Improvement District started its small six-camera program in 2012 but have since expanded to more than 350 with the help of grant funding.
Hundreds Of Surveillance Cameras Watch San Francisco’s Union Square
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — A network of security cameras in San Francisco is getting bigger.
SF on the verge of banning fur sales despite outcry from retailers
San Francisco is on the verge of banning fur sales despite business leaders decrying the prohibition and warning of job and tax revenue loss.
Expand Union Square efforts to address homeless
As the steward of San Francisco’s most iconic area, Union Square Business Improvement District members know what it’s like to work to address San Francisco’s No. 1 and seemingly most intractable issue — homelessness.
Stockton Street becomes holiday pedestrian plaza — should closure be permanent?
Food vendors, entertainers and puppies will once again replace jackhammers and wooden walls as one of San Francisco’s newest holiday traditions transforms two blocks of Stockton Street from a cacophonous construction zone into a pop-up pedestrian plaza.
San Francisco's Union Square business community reaches out to growing homeless population
Businesses in San Francisco's Union Square neighborhood say they're seeing an increase in the homeless in the area.