{"id":203011,"date":"2026-03-04T00:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/203011\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:23:12","slug":"a-very-serious-investigation-into-the-dog-poop-dispute-rocking-presidio-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/203011\/","title":{"rendered":"A very serious investigation into the dog poop dispute rocking Presidio Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something stinks in one of San Francisco\u2019s most affluent neighborhoods.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bags of dog poop have been appearing for months on Jackson Street in Presidio Heights. The waste bags get dropped around a cluster of temporary \u201cno parking\u201d signs peppering the block for various construction projects along the street\u2019s luxury homes.<\/p>\n

On certain streets in other neighborhoods, like SoMa, dodging piles of excrement \u2014 animal, human, whatever \u2014\u00a0is a mundane challenge. But in one of the city\u2019s poshest areas, it prompted a sternly worded public letter, heightened personal security, and viral social media commentary that\u2019s since been deleted.<\/p>\n

One homeowner has taken measures to the extreme, pointing surveillance cameras at the dumping ground in front of the house and, in a letter posted nearby, threatening to expose the smelly perp.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amid geopolitical turmoil and San Francisco\u2019s enduring struggles, Greg Long poked fun at the fiasco in an Instagram post that drew thousands of views Monday. Long lives down the street from the camera-equipped home.<\/p>\n

\u201cForget Epstein, forget war with Iran,\u201d the post said. The video, which had nearly 8,000 likes Monday before it was taken down, showed a paper sign outside the gated property reading, \u201cYour images from our security camera are now all over social media. Enjoy the attention.\u201d The homemade poster included pictures of a hooded, silhouetted figure reaching toward one of the signs, dog leash in hand.<\/p>\n

\"AGreg Long poked fun at his neighbor in an Instagram post before deleting it. | Source: Garrett Leahy\/The Standard<\/p>\n

The homeowner declined to comment when approached outside the house, which has a value of $15 million, according to Zestimate. The two cameras remained trained on the signs where poop bags had evidently been discarded but there were no offending baggies in sight. The sign, meanwhile, had also been torn down.<\/p>\n

\"AThe homeowner at 3368 Jackson St. warned poo dumpers that their images would be posted online. | Source: Garrett Leahy\/The Standard<\/p>\n

The neighborhood drama had become too hot for even Long to discuss. He agreed to an interview but then backed out and took down the video.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want my neighbors to think I\u2019m unneighborly,\u201d he said in a text.<\/p>\n

He later texted Tuesday that he\u2019s worried about legal action by his camera-friendly neighbor. Long posted an Instagram story that day saying he\u2019s going to be \u201cbacking off\u201d posting about his neighbor or her sign due to the unexpected attention it generated. He specifically mentioned concerns about a journalist (that\u2019s me!) who interviewed his wife and that neighbors were razzing him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m suddenly the dog-poop guy, and like, no, no, no kids. I\u2019m not the dog-poop guy,\u201d he said in the video (opens in new tab)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"AA Presidio Heights resident who threatened to post photos of people leaving dog poop bags still had signs up when The Standard visited Monday. | Source: Garrett Leahy\/The Standard<\/p>\n

Long\u2019s wife, Erica Olson, said his post was meant to shine a light on the \u201cstupidity and privilege\u201d of someone being so upset about bagged-up dog poop being left by a temporary sign on a sidewalk outside their property that they installed cameras and a menacing sign.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Olson\u2019s opinion is that both her neighbor and the person leaving bags of dog poop are in the wrong. While the homeowner has the right to install cameras, surveilling passersby isn\u2019t neighborly behavior. But then, neither is leaving leaving bags of poop near someone\u2019s house.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole thing is stupid,\u201d Olson said. \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"A\u201cThe whole thing is stupid,\u201d Erica Olson says. | Source: Garrett Leahy\/The Standard<\/p>\n

The stinky affair has fueled speculation among the neighbors.<\/p>\n

Kate, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 20 years and declined to share her last name, said she\u2019s frequently seen the green waste bags littering signs on her side of the street, opposite the home with the cameras and warning.<\/p>\n

Her theory is that there\u2019s a single culprit who is protesting the noise and inconveniences caused by the construction sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a coincidence,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A woman who works as a housekeeper at a home on the street theorized that a lack of public trash cans led the dog walker to discard the droppings. Another observer said they were baffled by the scatalogical behavior, noting that the offender had already bagged up the poop, then didn\u2019t bother to take it and throw it away: \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with people?\u201d<\/p>\n

One neighbor who wanted her name withheld said she was sympathetic to the homeowner, because scofflaw dog walkers and owners littering poop bags is \u201crampant.\u201d But she couldn\u2019t help but agree with Long.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is funny with all the things going on that this is the issue,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n