The popular weekly farmers' market at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco is facing some unwelcome changes.
SAN FRANCISCO -- With all the talk about homelessness, drug addiction and"doom loops" in San Francisco, there is at least one very popular bright spot -- the weekly farmers' market at UN Plaza. Now, even that is facing unwelcome changes.
The presence of so many people discourages the troubled element from congregating and officials have taken notice. They asked if the market could operate seven days a week but, when that wasn't possible, the city quietly developed a plan to move the farmers out. Instead, the plaza will soon contain a public recreation area for skateboarding and pickleball with Teqball courts and ping-pong and chess tables.
That would make a difference for Morgan Hill farmer Tony Mellow. He's been offering a variety of produce ever since the first day the market opened in 1981. He doesn't see the equity in displacing the farmers because of the actions of others. "Why bring in a different element -- a skatepark and so forth? Why not allow this to be as it is and help those that need the help instead of trying to move them to -- nowhere?" Zaniba said.
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