Union Square's newest billboard isn't selling anything to shoppers. It's warning tourists and putting the pressure on city officials to crack down on San Francisco's drug problem.
SAN FRANCISCO — Union Square’s newest billboard isn’t selling anything to shoppers. It’s warning tourists and putting the pressure on city officials to crack down on San Francisco’s drug problem.reads, “Famous the world over for our brains, beauty and now, dirty-cheap fentanyl,” in reference to San Francisco’s opioid problem.
“I think it’s not a great reputation for a city to have,” said Sofie Jensen, a tourist from Denmark. “Better to be known for the beautiful bridge, and the beautiful city because we really like this city.” “I am a parent, I have two baby girls myself, I think it’s sad, at least they’re doing something about it, informing everybody,” said Maggie Ramirez, a first-time visitor from Las Vegas.READ MORE:KPIX 5 met Meaghan Emmons, a tourist from Pennsylvania, who says she is a recovering addict.
“I think education is our way out of that, if there’s a way out of substance abuse, people dying. addiction is a sad disease,” she said. The San Francisco Travel Association, The Hotel Council of San Francisco, the Union Square Alliance and The Golden Gate Restaurant Association issued the following joint statement Monday regarding the billboard going up in Union Square.“There are no words sufficient to console the pain of those impacted by addiction across the United States.
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