[francislavoie]

I was at an Airbnb in Alameda a few years ago for RSA Conference. My boss' rental car was illegally towed from our designated parking space, in the middle of the night. That sucked to notice in the morning. We took an Uber to get to the ferry, while my boss called the police to report it stolen, they already had information that it was towed. He got the car back pretty quick. They had guard dogs at the towing place apparently. I don't remember the rest of the details, since getting the car back was all second hand story.

The next day we drove into SF with the car cause we needed it to pick up some things. We street parked somewhere, to go for dinner, and almost immediately a cop walked up to us and told us we really shouldn't park there otherwise the car will get stolen. We were like wtf geez, okay then. Iiirc we found a parking garage instead.

So yeah, as a Canadian, wtf San Francisco, get your shit together!

[gernb]

sf is worst for car break-ins. organized crime drive down the street with one person walking and looking in cars. if they see something they bust the window, grab the stuff, hop in the van.

frustratingly it seems an easy problem to solve. given it's likely a few small groups it should only take a few honeypot cars to catch them.

Sf effectively has no police tho