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Organizations like The Tenderloin Housing Clinic cluster on 6th, serving as containment for many of these folks. On 6th, the THC is distant from most citizens' daily destinations -- so people who can't take care of themselves have a place to loiter, and most San Franciscans never even see them.
Until a year ago, when a guy named Jeff set out to raise up 6th Street's visibility. His jarring footage was drawing lots of eyes -- but now the THC has set out to stop him.
On his blog, Jeff posts video that he's shot of 6th Street, including a live webcam and surveillance footage from the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. He's lived in the THC building for years, having moved in when it was just a hotel. When the THC took over, he stayed, taking advantage of rent control; and his position inside the container that is the THC gives him a unique view into all of the screaming, attempted larceny, fighting, drug use, weird alleged THC staffers, and regular visits from police. On occasion, he says, the THC itself has requested his footage when their own security cameras failed to catch a crime.
None of this footage is surprising, of course -- when you live on a street designed to hold crazy people who can't afford or don't want to be institutionalized, life's bound to be messy. It can a little hard to watch -- so maybe that's why the THC threatened last week that unless Jeff stops making his documentaries, they'll evict him.
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Jeff's Blog:
www.bluoz.com/blog/
