San Francisco is losing its 17th Walgreens drug store this week.
The reason: Theft in Walgreens’ San Francisco stores is four times the average for stores elsewhere, and the chain spends 35 times more on security guards in the city than elsewhere.
The reason: Theft in Walgreens’ San Francisco stores is four times the average for stores elsewhere, and the chain spends 35 times more on security guards in the city than elsewhere.
The SF Chronicle recently asked a Walgreen’s clerk why the shelves were near-empty. He said, “Go ask the people in the alleys, they have it all.”
Contributing to the crime spree: a new law which lowers penalties for thefts under $950 as well as a failure to fully prosecute organized crime rings behind much of the theft.
What was crazy in San Francisco used to stay in San Francisco. But fueled by anti-police activists and progressive prosecutors, cities ranging from Philadelphia to Chicago are adopting policies that will eventually turn them into San Francisco.
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