The Sights Visitors Don't Want to See in Downtown San Diego

You probably heard or saw the stories this week about the area around Petco Park being cleared of some of the people who are homeless before the Padres home opener this evening.

The homeless problem in San Diego is the subject of lots of news stories and commentaries these days. And a lot of people talk about it.  

Just take a look at the online letters to the editor at the San Diego Union Tribune this week. Comments like these:

"Why are transients allowed to set up tents on public sidewalks in the Gaslamp Quarter without legal consequences?"

“I would welcome any elected official to take that walk across Broadway and down 5th Avenue to L Street, or maybe “hell” would be a better description.”

“We were being accosted by drunks, sharing the third-party smoke from two people who looked like they were smoking crack out of a small pipe,

"I love this city, but it’s getting so bad we might not come back. 

“The politicians responsible for this area need to do better.”

Yes, the homeless problem in San Diego is a problem.  City leaders all agree. Solving it is not going to be easy.   But pressure is clearly growing to do just that.

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