The Tenderloin has the highest crime rate of any San Francisco neighborhood. The plan's timeline calls for construction to begin in November and for officers to move in June 1, 1999. John Goldberg says the new substation in the heart of the Tenderloin would be a huge improvement over the force's present headquarters in the basement of the old Hibernia Bank at Jones and McAllister. The new facility would be more accessible and easier to find, thus enhancing community policing efforts and increasing neighborhood safety, he said. The ventilation is so out of date that it presents a risk of spreading tuberculosis.
Seismic repairs are long overdue.
There's no disability access. The restrooms are rank. There's no off-street parking, not even for police. Cops handcuff suspects to chairs and benches when the inadequate holding cells are full. Few people go there unless they work there, or are held there.