A new city ordinance mandating nightly business closures in the Tenderloin both fails to address the real problem and hampers economic opportunity.

San Francisco’s Tenderloin District is one of the most difficult public-safety environments in the country. by conservative critics, the concentrated presence of drugs, crime, and homelessness has made the community both .

This led several Tenderloin hotels and residents to in federal court earlier this year, seeking not monetary damages, but attention from local leaders and law enforcement. Now, city officials have given the Tenderloin some policy attention, but rather than punishing criminal behavior, they’re restricting business activity.

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