The War On Gangs

"In 20 years, we're not going to have our community anymore," he says. "That's what the city wants. That's what the injunctions are for."

Herrera, suffice it to say, thinks otherwise, and he reacts calmly to speculation that he wants to speed gentrification or grease his political fortunes. "When folks are frustrated, they see City Hall as a monolith — the monolith that doesn't want to help them. [But] I think we're all aware that we have a gang problem in San Francisco, and something needs to be done."

R.C. Rivera

Activist Daniel Landry argues that gang injunctions only cause gangs to relocate.

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