How San Francisco has become a taxpayer-funded haven for sex criminals

It’s Tuesday morning at Little Learners Daycare in downtown San Francisco.Teacher Wendy herds bright-eyed toddlers, amped up after playtime in the courtyard, back inside. They’re laughing and swatting at each other playfully, oblivious to the pack of pedophiles lurking nearby.Four hundred feet away, dozens of registered sex offenders live at 111 Taylor Street.

Wendy knew that the Tenderloin, where she operates her Mandarin-immersion daycare, was dangerous.It’s a hotbed for illegal drug activity and homelessness.  Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.But she didn’t realize that sex offenders live so close to her daycare — or that taxpayers fund their housing.According to this City Journal investigation, more than 25% of sex offenders in San Francisco with addresses in the Megan’s Law database live in taxpayer-subsidized buildings. Many live near a park, school or daycare, or reside in a neighborhood with a high concentration of children. They do all of this despite statewide efforts to ban concentrating pedophiles so close to children.

Instead of listening to California voters, San Francisco has become a taxpayer-funded dumping ground for sex criminals.The Taylor Street Center is one of San Francisco’s most heavily populated sex-offender residences.Located in the Tenderloin, Taylor Street houses at least 31 registered sex offenders.

The taxpayer-funded California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the federal Bureau of Prisons contract the private GEO Group to run the facility.The reentry complex can house 240 people.It hosts specialized programs for residents like “cultural diversity education,” “gender-responsive groups” and a “weekly meditation group.” The facility sits just 400 feet from a daycare center, 1,000 feet ...