Plans scrapped to relocate S.F. sex-offender clinic
A counseling center for convicted sex offenders, yielding to pressure from prospective neighbors, has dropped plans to move into new quarters in the Upper Market area.
Sharper Future, which had planned to open Tuesday inside a long-vacant pharmacy at Duboce and Church streets, said it was abandoning the plan following a community meeting on Monday night attended by hundreds of neighbors, many of whom loudly protested the proposed move.
Company spokeswoman Evette Davis said Sharper Future would look for another site in San Francisco because its current office at 1540 Market St. is scheduled for demolition.
The company, founded in 1995, operates a chain of counseling centers throughout California for convicted sex offenders.
“We feel good about their decision to pull the plug,” said Dennis Roybal, president of the Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association.