Residents, small businesses exhausted by rash of burglaries in Richmond District [Video]

Residents and small businesses in San Francisco’s Richmond District have been hit by a wave of burglaries. 

Family-owned restaurants are among the businesses that help the community thrive, but many of those establishments are hurting. This week, another restaurant was vandalized, with the windows smashed and tablets stolen.

Neighbor Jim Riley said it’s infuriating. 

Riley said, “It’s really frustrating to see it on a regular basis. Just yesterday when we came here, we walked through a bunch of glass right behind me at the Chinese restaurant that had been broken into four times.”

Marjan Philhour, who is running for District 1 Supervisor in the November election, said she wants more support for the police, residents and merchants.

“It’s really gone too far; I think so many business owners and families who live here have really had enough. They’re looking for a change in what they see on the streets every day. And I think we didn’t …