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            <title>Dear Esprit Park Shoppers: Buyer Beware</title>
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Folks who are considering shelling out a cool million for some lofts in the new <a target="_blank" title="Esprit Park" href="http://www.espritpark.com/Homes/pricing.aspx">Esprit Park</a> development better make sure they have equal parts garage and car.  Last weekend exemplifies the sort of feeding frenzy that goes on whenever Cafe Cocomo hosts a party, so new homeowners should expect to add side-window replacement to their Range Rover's cost of maintenance.
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That's right, <strong>twenty-one</strong> distinct piles of glass by a conservative count.  Plus, I spotted another one I had missed today, but I don't know when it happened.  Unfortunately, while last weekend is a new low (high?) water mark for car break-ins in a 36-hour period, it is by no means anomalous.
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Having been victimized four times myself with car robberies in this Historic Dogpatch district, I am well acquainted with emergency $150 window replacements.  And seeing the remnants of purse contents in the park almost every time I walk the dog, I know full well that a new batch of victims rolls into Cocomo every week.
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The club loves to boast about "Plenty of Free Parking" on their website.  Even the parking in downtown S.F. doesn't cost as much as a car window replacement.  As long as they are pouring money into the club, Cocomo is happy not to pour adequate money into security for the blocks surrounding the club.
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How do I know all these cars belonged to Cocomo-goers? Because <strong>no one lives down here</strong>.  <em style="font-style:italic">Yet</em>.  Indiana is totally devoid of residences from 19th to 22nd.  There were nine smashed windows between 20th and 22nd on that street alone.
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UCSF is opening a new <a title="UCSF" target="_blank" href="http://oaais.ucsf.edu/OAAIS/1146-DSY.html">data center</a> in the middle of all this at 654 Minnesota.  I doubt they will put up with it any more than the inhabitants of the 142 units at Esprit Park.  
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So what are the developers of Esprit Park, the UC Regents, the SFPD, and Sophie Maxwell going to do about it?
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I suppose that the <a title="SF Crime" target="_blank" href="http://sfcrime.blogspot.com/">violent crime and murder rate</a> in San Francisco is a lot more important. Oh that's right, <a title="Fatal shooting outside Cafe Cocomo" target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/01/BAG32CIAIF1.DTL">Cafe Cocomo has murders, too</a>.
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It's time for Cafe Cocomo to get its act together or have its permit revoked.
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