Broadway property owner concerned over safety for business [Video]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The new owners of buildings on a well-known corner of Sacramento’s Broadway corridor are experiencing similar problems with public drug use and homelessness that have challenged previous owners.

Cecilia Yi says Sacramento’s Broadway corridor is a nice area for shopping and trying different food, however, it wasn’t until after she and her husband purchased property at Broadway and 15th Street they started to take note of safety issues.

The two purchased the former Starbucks and Jamba Juice building along with the Walgreens building in January, Yi said.

She started to see negative comments about the area on social media around that time but said it wasn’t going to stop her family from trying to improve the corridor by opening a future business.

“My husband has been there every morning making sure …