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Media Advisory: Statement from Union Square BID Regarding Looting and Vandalism from Last Night in San Francisco

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Media Contact: David Perry & Associates, Inc. / David Perry
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Media Advisory: Statement from Union Square BID Regarding Looting and Vandalism from Last Night in San Francisco

31 May 2020 — 9am

“San Francisco’s Union Square has long been the celebratory heart of our City and also played witness to many historic moments and protests. Last night’s vandalism and looting has broken that heart. We were already on our knees but just beginning to get up from COVID. This has knocked us down again. All San Franciscans  – peace officers and citizens – understand how to take part in peaceful demonstrations in ways that move us forward, not backward. Last night was not one of those times. But, as always, we will pick ourselves up.”– Karin Flood, Executive Director, Union Square BID 

According to Flood, who is currently surveying the damage and in contact with Union Square merchants, 25 – 30 stores were broken into and looted, including Urban Outfitters in the Flood Building, and also as yet unspecified damage in the Westfield Center including a fire. Many buildings have also been graffitied. Flood estimates the damage to be in the millions.