Small businesses in San Francisco are dealing with repeated vandalism and break-ins, so much so that merchants are wondering if it's even feasible to stay in the city.
Josie Li, owner of La Boutique salon on Polk Street, said she's been hit by burglars four times in the past year. She estimates the losses and repairs to be upwards of $40,000.
"It's been shocking, but also not only traumatic but just surprising in one of the greatest, expensive cities you would think that it would be able to sustain the business," Li said. Like many small business owners in San Francisco, Li is struggling to get people to come through the doors. "This is almost a national joke at this point for our city and it's like we are trying to bring it up, we're making this place as lively as possible," Li said."We as business owners now have to be out here fending for ourselves, which is dangerous."
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