A San Diego Starbucks—which has been in business for nearly 30 years—closed June 29 due to the company’s inability to protect employees and customers from issues regarding homelessness, according to two local officials.
Located in the community of Hillcrest on the 3000 Block of Fifth Avenue, the Starbucks branch was one of the oldest in San Diego.
The outlet closed, according to the executive director of Hillcrest Business Association, because of dangers associated with its surrounding homeless population.
“The tragedy is they’re not closing because they’re not making money, they’re closing because [of] the street environment around them,” the association’s Benjamin Nichols told CBS 8 news….