San Francisco is not the only Bay Area city struggling with blight and open air drug use. Residents in San Jose report increasingly seeing the same problems
Neighbors said they are at a loss and are not sure what to do about the problem. Many also are concerned the open drug use will impact their property value.
Minutes after NBC Bay Area called police to ask for comment on the neighborhood complaints, officers arrived on scene and arrested a man for an outstanding warrant. "We are the face of the justice system," Aponte said."Beyond that, there's incarceration, rehabilitation, there's the courts system."
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