Residents Say Concrete Barriers Help Deter Sex Workers, Traffic on San Francisco's Capp Street

Some neighbors on San Francisco’s Capp Street are celebrating a series of new concrete barriers that have been installed on the Mission District thoroughfare.

Residents said this past weekend was the first they were able to rest without a near constant stream of prostitutes and the traffic they attract. But members of the San Francisco Fire Department said the barricades create a whole new issue for the city’s first responders.

The concrete barriers are a heavy duty installation for what some neighbors said has been a growing problem on Capp Street.

“It was like a night and day difference,” resident Will Stone said. “Those went up and all the

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