# @sfchronicle on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc45ruVqkoe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69955562-sfchronicle-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d12bf4a896.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-05T02:35:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) — https://gondola.cc/sfchronicle

## Caption

At Ingalls Street and La Salle Avenue, a relatively quiet, T-shaped intersection nestled between low-slung apartment complexes in Bayview-Hunters Point, rolling “California stops” are the norm. On a recent Wednesday afternoon, a steady stream of cars approached the three-way stop. As they neared the stop signs and white-painted crosswalks, nearly every driver slowed, peeked around and proceeded, rather than coming to a full stop. Drivers only fully stopped when other cars — or the occasional pedestrian — were also at the intersection.

And in recent months, police have taken note: In May and June, the intersection was the most ticketed location in the city, the Chronicle found. All of the citations were for failing to stop at a stop sign. The Chronicle even arrived in time to see an officer issue one such ticket.

Facing pressure from city officials to increase traffic enforcement following a complete collapse in ticketing after the pandemic, San Francisco police have slowly been increasing the number of tickets they give out over the last four years. Even so, in the first half of this year, police gave out only about as many tickets as they did in the first six months of 2020. That year, of course, the city was completely shut down from mid-March onward. Still, the recent increase represents meaningful growth over the prior year. To understand how the rise in police traffic enforcement is playing out in the city, the Chronicle analyzed stop data to find any enforcement hot spots.

See the ticket data via the link in our bio.

📸: santimejia_/S.F. Chronicle

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 37
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 2

---
Copyright (c) Gondola