THE STORM WE'RE ALWAYS ON AT KPIX.COM. >>> NOW WE GO TO SAN FRANCISCO' MISSION DISTRICT WHERE PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE A CRISIS ON THEIR HANDS. IT HAS TO DO WITH CRIME. LOCAL AND BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE CITY FOR OVER A YEAR TO TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT. THEY SAY IT'S EVERYTHING FROM HOME INVASIONS, CAR BREAK-INS, OPEN DRUG USE AN VIOLENT ASSAULTS EVEN. COMMUNIT LEADERS GOT TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT CHANGE. >> IT'S NOT JUST VIOLENCE FOR OUR CLIENTS BUT CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERS. THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN WALKING THESE ROADS WHO HAVE PAID FOR US TO BE HERE. THOSE ARE THE ONES WE NEED TO PROTECT. >> ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS A 70-YEAR-OLD WHO SAYS SHE WAS ATTACKED WALKING TO WORK. SOMEONE ROBBED HER AND PUSHED HER DOWN. SHE GOT HURT, SHE INJURED HER FACE AND HANDS. TONIGHT OUR JOSE MARTINEZ WENT TO THE MISSION TO SEE HOW PEOPL OUT THERE ARE FEELING ABOUT ALL OF THIS. HE TALKED TO A BUSINES OWNER WHO SAYS IT IS A REAL CONCERN SO MUCH SO THAT IT'S ACTUALLY CHANGING THE WAY THEY OPERATE. >> DESPERATE FOR HELP. THIS IS HOW OSCAR GONZALEZ FEELS ON THESE DAYS. HE'S THE MANAGER OF PANCHO VILLA IN THE MISSION DISTRICT JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE B.A.R.T. STATION. HE TELLS ME THIS CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS. THERE NEEDS TO BE POSITIVE CHANGE AND THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT CHANGE AS HE WORKS THI AFTERNOON TRYING TO MAKE AS ÷R MAKING AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBL BEFORE HE CLOSES. CLOSING EARLY AFFECTS HIM A LOT. SOME GIRLS HAVE TO LEAVE ALONE. HE SAYS TH DECISION WAS MADE AFTER AN EMPLOYEE WAS ACTUALLY ATTACKED LAST YEAR WHILE WAITING FOR THE BUS. EVEN PATRONS LIKE GUADALUP ARE TERRIFIED. GUADALUPE TELLS ME THE SITUATION IN THE MISSION IS TERRIBLE. IT'S SAD. I REMEMBER 21 YEARS AGO WHEN I CAME TO LIVE HERE, AND THE MISSION WAS SO PRETTY. BUT NOW EVERYTHING IS UGLY, SAD AND DIRTY. WE SPENT SOME TIME WITH GUADALUPE AND HER GRANDSON TALKING ABOUT THOSE 20 YEARS AN THE CHANGES SHE HAS SEEN. MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE, DRUGS EVERYWHERE. IT'S WHY SHE LEFT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MOVED TO DALY CITY. GUADALUPE TELLS ME W DON'T FEEL SAFE WALKING AROUND HERE. ACTUALLY WE JUST PARK THE CAR, EAT AND QUICKLY JUMP INTO THE CAR AND LEAVE. THAT IS WHY COMMUNITY LEADERS LIKE ROBERTO HERNANDEZ HAVE DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH A CLEAR MESSAGE FOR THE CITY. >> WE AS A COMMUNITY FEEL ARE BEING NEGLECTED TOTALLY. BECAUS WHY IS IT THAT IN UNION SQUARE WHEN THEY BEGAN TO ROB $5,000 PURSES, GUCCI ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CITY CAME IN, CLEANED THE STREETS, GOT RID OF ALL THE ELEMENT AND BROUGHT IN SECURITY HOW COME THEY CAN'T DO THAT HERE? IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. >> OSCAR AGREES. THAT'S WHY HE TELLS ME HE WILL STAY HERE. HOPING THAT THIS CALL FOR HELP COULD ACTUALLY SAVE THE MISSION >> WE ASKED MAJOR TO ASK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO MAKE THE MISSION SAFER. SHE SENT US STATEMENT SAYING SHE SHARING TRS THEIR
