Tenderloin

Those who remember HBO's The Wire will likely recall the chaos that ensued when a Baltimore police commander created an unofficial 'drug containment zone'. In plain English, that means a neighborhood where criminal dealing of drugs on street corners is given a pass by the police, thereby sacrificing the safety of those who reside in these low income communities of color. For the City of San Francisco to tolerate such a policy in the Tenderloin determines in part the futures of the 3,000 kids who live there.