San Francisco unveils taxpayer-funded open-air Christmas market, becoming a dystopian hellhole

San Francisco Outdoors Funded by Taxpayers Christmas What was hoping to be a family-friendly wholesome holiday outing is actually a dystopian hell besieged by the city’s famous drug addicts.

At least that’s what a concerned resident who lives near the market revealed to DailyMail.com, with one property owner filming what she described as a “horrific decline” in the area. Posting on social media.

Her clip shows a homeless person under a blanket just yards from the Winter Wonderland Market in the sunken Halidi Plaza near City Hall.

The camera then pans down to the market itself, with two people dressed as cute characters performing on a small stage. Take a picture of a man who is bubbling.

“Winter Wonderland” is located in Union Square in downtown San Francisco, just minutes from the now-closed Tenderloin Linkage Center.Founded to help addicts get clean, DailyMail.com soon revealed widespread illicit drug use.

The footage, shot by a concerned mother of two children, is in stark contrast to promotional materials posted on social media channels by holiday market organizers, who described the event as “family friendly.”

San Francisco’s taxpayer-funded open-air Christmas markets hoped to be a wholesome holiday outing for families, but they’re actually a dystopia besieged by the city’s famous drug addicts. Reality is pictured on the left and the advertising scene promoting it is pictured on the right

In footage captured by a concerned mother, a person can be seen sleeping next to what appears to be a pile of clothes, with used syringes scattered among her belongings.

The video then speeds up to show us approaching Halliday Plaza and the Powell BART Station “Winter Wonderland Holiday Village.”

The 25-second video ends in a near-empty plaza with the two dressed up dancing on stage. One is dressed as a snowman and the other is a reindeer.

The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, wrote in the caption: Who is this charade for?

But promotional videos uploaded to social media by the organizers of the Winter Wonderland Holiday Village tell a different, more sophisticated version of the event.

The video begins with the performers juggling soundtracked to Christmas carols before panning to a group of eagerly watching children.

In footage captured by a concerned mother, viewers can see a person sleeping next to what is believed to be a pile of clothes, with injections strewn across their belongings.

The 25-second video ends in a near-empty plaza with the two dressed up dancing on stage. One is dressed as a snowman and the other is a reindeer.

The camera zooms in on a man sitting on the steps watching the show.

The ad cuts to a woman dressed as beloved children’s character “Minnie Mouse”, wearing a COVID-friendly face mask and captioned “Balloon twist and face painting” at the bottom of the screen.

The woman is seen politely waving and saying “Hello” to the viewers before the video ends with a festive Christmas tree display.

While preparing Christmas Eve dinner for her family, the mother of 7-year-old twins told DailyMail.com about a “nightmare” that changed her once-loved city.

“I own the land just above the Powell BART Station,” she said.

‘[I’ve seen a] Since March 2020, I’ve been horribly depressed. This is a nightmare. Everything is narcotic.

A San Francisco resident said she had a love-hate relationship with the city but was forced to move due to the declining conditions.

“We put out an offer for Alameda’s house, but we won’t take any more,” she said.

“I have a love-hate relationship with this city.

But promotional videos uploaded to social media by the organizers of the Winter Wonderland Holiday Village tell a different, more sophisticated version of the event.

The video begins with the performers juggling, then pans to a group of eagerly watching children, to the soundtrack of a Christmas carol.

Through a $500,000 grant from the Bureau of Economic and Workforce Development, the Union Square Alliance installed Christmas trees, wreaths, snowflakes, and other hanging decorations, and set up dozens of vendor booths at the site .

Downtown San Francisco’s economic recovery has been uneven, with 2021 witnessing major retail thefts.

City offices have the lowest occupancy of any major city as technology-focused employees continue to work from home. This has left many businesses closed, streets eerily empty, and crime rife.

Union Square’s holiday tree saw some vandalism and vandalism earlier this month, but organizers weren’t worried about the Christmas season.

San Francisco is ruled by a leader who seems to prioritize hiding the ever-present and deteriorating situation in its downtown district.

Its progressive, humane self-image was at odds with legislation. Even as we seek solutions that save lives, such as regulating the sale and consumption of drugs city-wide.

The festival market is a 15-minute walk from the now-closed Tenderloin Center. The center, which was supposed to put addicts in touch with rehab facilities, was later shut down after it was revealed by DailyMail.com that it operated as a covert illicit drug use site.

The Tenderloin Center was opened earlier this year by San Francisco Mayor London Breed to address the city’s ongoing drug crisis and has an operating cost of about $22 million.

The Tenderloin Center was opened earlier this year by San Francisco Mayor London Breed (left) to address the city’s ongoing drug crisis.

Former addict says San Francisco has ‘normalized overt drug use’

Surveilled drug consumption sites remain illegal under federal law, and the Department of Health said the Justice Department “has not yet clarified a path forward.”

The site was often referred to as a “safe place” for addicts to “get high without getting robbed,” according to one person who used the center.

In the first four months of the center’s opening, it is said that only 18 of the more than 23,000 people welcomed to the site were referred.

Overall, less than 1% of visits ended with “full compliance” to behavioral health programs.

City leaders, including Breed, say the site is a “temporary solution” offered as a way to avert more than 640 overdose deaths seen in San Francisco in 2021. .

Despite their efforts, 2022 was nearly as deadly as more than 500 overdoses died across California cities. In 2021 he was 641.

Officials also hoped the site would provide a place to address the homeless crisis the city has faced over recent months and years.

Some estimates indicate that hundreds of people visited the tenderloin center while it was open and more than 350 overdoses were canceled at the location.

Mayor Breed initially allocated just $10 million for the project, but it soon ballooned to more than double that estimate.

In total, about 400 people were helped each day, according to the San Francisco Public Health Department.

Most of the people who used this site used it specifically for shelter and food.