{"id":2004159,"date":"2023-08-17T19:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iconic-store-may-close-doors-in-san-francisco-after-166-years-blames-litany-of-destructive-policies\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T19:15:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:15:51","slug":"iconic-store-may-close-doors-in-san-francisco-after-166-years-blames-litany-of-destructive-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iconic-store-may-close-doors-in-san-francisco-after-166-years-blames-litany-of-destructive-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic SF Store at Risk of Closure After 166 Years, Cites &#8216;Destructive&#8217; Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ficonic-store-may-close-doors-in-san-francisco-after-166-years-blames-litany-of-destructive-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2004159&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An Iconic Landmark on the Brink of Closure<\/h2>\n<p>An iconic Bay\u200c Area landmark \u2063may \u2063soon be preparing to\u200c close\u2063 its doors in San Francisco, the owner said \u200c\u2014 and he blamed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-workers-in-san-francisco-urged-to-work-from-home-due-to-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rampant crime<\/a>, drug use, and a \u201clitany of destructive\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/newsom-directs-national-guard-to-combat-san-franciscos-fentanyl-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">policies<\/a> that were making\u200c the current situation unsustainable.<\/p>\n<p>John Chachas, who owns the luxury department store Gump\u2019s, \u200dlaid \u2064out his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/16\/historic-san-fran-store-may-close-now-city-unlivable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concerns<\/a> in \u2062a letter addressed to Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Mayor London Breed (D-S.F.), and\u2062 the Board of \u2063Supervisors, who represent the city and county of San Francisco.\u2063 That letter was published as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-owner-of-the-tampa-bay-buccaneers-pay-for-this-anti-biden-ad-in-the-wall-street-journal\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did The Owner Of The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pay For This Anti-Biden Ad In The Wall Street Journal?\">full-page advertisement<\/a> in The San Francisco Chronicle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OPEN LETTER from \u2064a San Francisco legacy business. This\u2064 letter, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iconic-store-may-close-doors-in-san-francisco-after-166-years-blames-litany-of-destructive-policies\/\" title=\"Historic SF Store at Risk of Closure After 166 Years, Cites 'Destructive' Policies\">full-page \u200bnewspaper \u200cad published today<\/a>.  It summarizes what majority of residents lament. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2WlcSHTrxR\">pic.twitter.com\/2WlcSHTrxR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richie Greenberg (@greenbergnation)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greenbergnation\/status\/1690784075320287232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGump\u2019s has been \u200da San Francisco icon\u2062 for more than 165 years. Today, \u2062as we prepare for our 166th holiday\u2064 season at 250 Post Street, we\u200c fear this may be our last because of the profound\u200d erosion\u2064 of this city\u2019s conditions,\u201d Chachas wrote, acknowledging that some of the difficulties \u200bcould still\u2062 be stemming from COVID-related lockdowns and the \u200bfact that many \u2062who worked in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jerry-newcombe-why-does-the-left-seem-more-committed-to-death-than-to-life\/\" title=\"Jerry Newcombe: Why Does the Left Seem More Committed to Death Than to Life?\">nearby offices<\/a> had been encouraged and even ordered to remain \u200bat home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEqually devastating have been a \u200clitany of destructive San \u200dFrancisco strategies, including \u2062allowing the homeless \u200dto occupy our sidewalks, to \u2062openly \u2064distribute and use illegal drugs, to harass \u2062the public and to \u2064defile the city\u2019s streets,\u201d Chachas\u200d continued, referring to such policies as the effective enactment of a \u201ctyranny of the minority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch abject disregard for civilized conduct\u200b makes San Francisco unlivable for its residents, \u2064unsafe for our employees, and unwelcoming to visitors \u2064from around\u2064 the world,\u201d Chachas \u2064said,\u2063 adding, \u201cSan Francisco \u200cdeserves better.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Call for Change<\/h3>\n<p>But Chachas did \u2062more than simply \u2064complain about what he believed had gone wrong in the city \u2013 he also offered suggestions that he \u200dsaid\u2063 could help restore the city \u201cto its rightful place as one of America\u2019s shining \u200bbeacons of urban society.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove homeless camps and clean the streets<\/li>\n<li>Allow \u200dlaw enforcement to enforce \u200clocal and state \u2062laws<\/li>\n<li>Abandon failed public policies<\/li>\n<li>Renew focus on restoring \u2064the city<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>statement, citing the detrimental impact of crime, drug abuse, and destructive policies on Gump&#8217;s. The iconic San Francisco landmark may sadly shut down due to these unsustainable circumstances, according to owner John Chachas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2004160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}