San Francisco has changed, says one mother. Drugs are everywhere and unavoidable now.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/14/us/san-francisco-drugs-homeless-sidner-tws/index.htmlA mother was raising her son in a city she loved. Then San Francisco changed and stole her boy
San Francisco
CNN
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Tanya Tilghman moved to the Bay Area as a teenager to live with her mom. Later, she married, had two sons and made a home in San Francisco’s historically Italian North Beach district, up the hill from the tourist and financial centers.
Even when her marriage broke down, she never thought of leaving. This was her city, her people. Liberal like her, with a mix of income levels and a general sense of community. She didn’t worry about her growing boys going out on the streets where she herself always felt safe.
But those streets have changed, she says. She believes policies from City Hall and even groups who advocate for the homeless have exacerbated some of the problems and the community she once felt a part of has gone, she says. And her son got caught up in a scene you can almost not avoid in the city: the drug scene.
