The serial offenders are, in many ways, the result of California’s decades-long struggle to treat its mentally ill residents.

State law allows courts to place people in conservatorships — in which another party manages finances and medical treatment — if they pose a threat to themselves or others or are so gravely disabled that they can’t provide for their own basic needs.

On paper, Triball — the man who allegedly threatened to hogtie and burn Lemon — is a prime candidate for conservatorship. According to Mandelman, who has spoken with police about Triball, the 38-year-old is not conserved.

Triball has an extensive history of drug use and homelessness and has physically assaulted people in the Castro multiple times over the last four years.

In 2020, Triball was accused of chasing a man after trapping him inside a business. In 2021, he was arrested on suspicion of battery against a police officer. In 2022, he allegedly punched a man’s face, breaking his nose, outside a bar. Most recently, he threatened to attack a tourist with a blowtorch. 

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Complaints are brewing over a foul odor coming from the Anchor brewery in San Francisco.

People living near the brewery located on Mariposa Street in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, say they first noticed the stench earlier this week.

“We’ve just been referring to it as the bad breath smell,” said Sara Alfageeh, a San Francisco resident who often plays pickleball at a park across from the Anchor Brewing Company.

“It comes in whiffs and waves and it’s just a very strong, pungent odor, you know – it’s not pleasant,” added Shaharyar Anjum.

Sapporo sold the beloved brewery in May and it’s now gearing up to reopen.

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“We definitely noticed a really awful pungent smell about two weeks ago,” explained Alfageeh.

From pickleball players to people coming out of a preschool down the block, there were plenty of complaints on the streets.

“The whole two or three-block radius smells like poop all the time,” said Ben Mann, who was picking up his daughter from preschool. “As soon as I get out of the car, it’s just over whelming, you can’t miss it – in fact I just saw someone get out their car over there and they said ‘ew it smells like poop.”‘

The smell is apparently coming from old wastewater treatment tanks used in Anchor’s brewing process.

A spokesperson for the brewery’s new owner told the San Francisco Chronicle that the tanks weren’t decommissioned properly, so they’ve now brought in crews to demolish the tanks.

Everyone from residents to runners, to dog walkers are starting to lose patience.

“It kind of smells like manure, it definitely smells like picking up horse poop which I’ve done before,” said Chris Castro, adding that sometimes he tries to avoid the area. “Unfortunately, I don’t always have that option, but yeah I’ll try to avoid the park here.”

Meanwhile, efforts to get the place cleaned up continue. There is no word on when the smell is expected to fade away.