Peter JamisonChristine Haw of the San Francisco Planning DepartmentA San Francisco Planning Department official delivered a
less-than-inspiring message last night at a meeting of Tenderloin
residents worried that their neighborhood is being overrun with
social-service providers: Deal with it. Under current zoning laws, many
sections of the Tenderloin are extraordinarily open to incoming
businesses and nonprofits of all varieties, including charitable
outlets that attract some of the city's most