San Francisco Sunset District night market raising concerns for merchants over transparency [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — More than 20,000 people packed the streets of San Francisco’s Sunset District for Friday night’s night market.

“Can you believe the sun is shining in the Sunset? This community is bringing so much joy, and we are so happy to welcome people in from all over to just have good time in San Francisco,” said Mayor London Breed, who attended the night market.

Night markets have been set up around San Francisco in an effort to revitalize a city that has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

But some merchants are raising concerns about problems they faced.

Edward Siu supports the night markets. But he has concerns about what happened in the Sunset.

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“They are not concerned about the daytime merchants doing their business,” said Siu, who is chairman of the Chinatown Merchants …