>> THEY USE AS A PARKING SPACE AT NIGHT. SO IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN GO THROUGH ONE. >> PROBLEM SOLVED. ANOTHER CREATED THE BARRIERS. INSTALLED TO KEEP SEX WORKERS OFF CAPP STREET IN SAN FRANCISCO'S MISSION DISTRICT DID THEIR JOB. >> BUT AS ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER LUZ PENA SHOWS US, THE CARS PARKED BEHIND THOSE BARRIERS ARE NOW THE PROBLEM FOR RESIDENTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. >> AS THESE YELLOW BARRIERS ARE CHANGED. CAPP STREET, FROM A PROSTITUTION HOTSPOT TO A CLEAN STREET FOR ME, I THINK WORKS, AND ALSO IT'S MUCH CLEANER. AMADEO GONZALEZ, OWNER OF BALOMPIÉ CAFE, HAS WITNESSED THE TRANSITION HIS STREET HAS HAD OVER THE LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, WE BROKE THE NEWS OF CAPP STREET RESIDENTS PLEADING FOR THE CITY TO INTERVENE AFTER ALLEGED SEX WORKERS TOOK OVER THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT LED TO THE INSTALLATION OF THESE BARRIERS TO BLOCK TRAFFIC AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY FROM 18TH TO 22ND STREETS. IS THERE STILL PROSTITUTION HAPPENING HERE AT NIGHT? >> YES, THERE IS, BUT IT'S VERY MINIMAL, VERY MINIMAL. YES. THEY MOSTLY IN FOLSOM STREET. >> NOW THAT PROSTITUTION IS NO LONGER A BIG CONCERN, ILLEGAL PARKING BEHIND THESE BARRIERS IS LEADING TO NEW ISSUES IN THE AREA. THE OWNER OF FOX AND LION BREAD SEES IT HAPPEN FROM HER BUSINESS. >> EVERY DAY PEOPLE PARK THERE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A GOOD PARKING SPOT. BUT THEN THEY'RE GETTING TICKETED. PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU CAN PARK THERE, BUT THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET A TICKET. UH- EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO PARK, THERE'S NO NO PARKING SIGNS. >> FIRE CAPTAIN JUSTIN SHAW IS CONCERNED VEHICLES USING THE BARRIERS AS A PARKING AREA ARE CREATING A HAZARD FOR EMERGENCIES. >> SO WITH THE BOLLARDS THAT ARE INSTALLED, FIRE APPARATUS AND AMBULANCES CANNOT PASS THROUGH AND DRIVE STRAIGHT THROUGH CAPP STREET, WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO UP A BLOCK AND COME BACK DOWN. THE MORE VEHICLES THERE ARE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY, THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS FOR US TO GET EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN THERE. >> RECENTLY, SFMTA ANNOUNCED THEIR TICKETING EFFORTS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE CITY REGARDING CAPP STREET, THE AGENCY SAID IN PART, WE HAVE COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA, WHICH INCLUDES CAPP STREET AND VEHICLES WHO ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE ARE ROUTINELY CITED AND TOWED FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS. OUR ABC7 NEWS DATA TEAM FOUND THAT SINCE AROUND JUNE OF 2023, WHEN THESE BARRICADES WERE INSTALLED, ABOUT 1200 PARKING CITATIONS WERE GIVEN OUT ON CAPP STREET BETWEEN 18TH AND 22ND STREETS. BUT RESIDENTS SAY THOSE PARKING TICKETS ARE NOT DOING MUCH, WITH SOME CITY WORKERS EVEN ASKING ARMADALE TO INTERVENE. >> AND THEY COME TO ME AND THEY ASK ME MANY TIMES THAT I CAN NEVER BE A POLICEMAN FOR THEM, BUT I CANNOT DO THAT FOR MANY, THESE BARRIERS ARE AN ANSWER TO THEIR PLEA. >> BUT NOW, AS A FIRE IS ASKING DRIVERS TO MOVE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH. >> WHAT HAPPENS IF
