SAN MATEO. HERE IS A LIVE TRAFFIC MAP. IT LOOKS LIKE CARS CAN GET ONTO 92 FROM ANOTHER MAP. >>> LIVE LOOK A SAN FRANCISCO WHERE AFTER YEARS OF TOUGH CONDITIONS, A POPULAR FOOD HALL IS SWITCHING UP ITS BUSINESS STRATEGY. DO YOU BETTY YU JOINS US LIVE TO SEE WHAT IS ON TAP FOR THE DISTRICT. BETTY? >> Reporter: IS GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION AND THEY SAY THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR ALL THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS INVOLVED. I SPOKE TO ONE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING THIS BUSINESS SINCE THE BEGINNING. SHE SAYS ON SOME EARLY MORNINGS IT IS EVEN DIFFICULT TO ACCESS THE ENTRANCE, BECAUSE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE OFTEN BLOCKING IT, AND AT NIGHT THINGS FEEL MORE DANGEROUS. A BELOVED FOOD HALL THAT OPENED UP ON ONE OF THE ROUGHEST STRETCHES OF THE TENDERLOIN WAS NOT ENOUGH TO TURN THINGS AROUND. THE MARKETPLACE ON HYDE STREET SUPPORTS FEMALE OWNERS, OFTEN RUNNING THEIR FIRST EVER SMALL BUSINESS. PLATLEY IS ONE OF THEM. AFTER TWO YEARS, THE FOOD HALL WILL CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC AND BECOME A SHARED COMMERCIAL KITCHEN ON THE FIRST. >> THIS IS MY LIVELIHOOD. I HAVE TWO BOYS THAT I AM RAISING. THE CITY IS BECOMING EXPENSIVE. IF I DON'T HAVE A WAY OF SUPPORTING THEM -- THIS IS MY ONLY INCOME. >> Reporter: LA CASINA SAYS THAT THEY ARE MAKING LESS THAN 1% OF THEIR USUAL INCOME. OPEN-AIR DRUG DEALING IS MAKING THINGS WORSE. >> WHEN YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE SELLING THE DRUGS AND YOU SEE A LOT OF HOMELESSNESS, SOMETIMES THEY GO TO THE BATHROOM RIGHT THERE. THE BATHROOM WE HAVE, WE CANNOT EVEN USE IT. >> Reporter: THEY ALSO SAY THEY SPEND $275,000 PER YEAR ON SECURITY GUARDS AND EQUIPMENT. SHE SAID LAST FALL A WOMAN DIED IN THE BATHROOM FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE, AND IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO WITNESS SHOOTINGS. >> THERE WAS ONE SATURDAY WHERE I WAS SITTING BY THE WINDOW AND I COULD HEAR THE SHOOTING FROM OUTSIDE. >> Reporter: CITY ATTORNEY DAVID TO STOPPED BY THAT AFTERNOON. >> THIS SPACE HAD BEEN SUCH A WELCOME NEIGHBORHOOD. I HOPED IT WOULD BE THE ANCHOR FOR HELPING TO TURN AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO. >> Reporter: SHE SAID IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, HOMELESSNESS AND DRUG DEALING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. >> YOU SEE THEM ALL OUT ON THE STREET. I DON'T EVEN BRING MY KIDS HERE ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THAT. >> Reporter: BETTY, JUST SO FRUSTRATING FOR THESE BUSINESS OWNERS. WHAT DOES SHE SAY SHE PLANS TO DO NOW? >> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE DOESN'T KNOW, BECAUSE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY IS JUST TOO EXPENSIVE FOR HER TO RENT. SHE CAN GET BY ON POP-UPS AND PERHAPS CATERING, BUT SHE SAID THAT IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG TERM. SHE IS
