Tenderloin to get its first dedicated violence prevention program under 1-year trial

CHILDREN WHO MARCH in flocks by the dozen like scenes from Madeline to their schools and daycare centers through the Tenderloin’s urine soaked, excrement-laced, trash-strewn sidewalks develop a necessary toughness that comes with growing up in one of the city’s most neglected collection of blocks. 

Now San Francisco’s Tenderloin District will soon get its first local program aimed at preventing young people from getting involved in the violence and illicit drug activity the neighborhood is notorious for.