A 166-Year-Old Luxury Retailer Says This Might Be Its ‘Last’ Holiday Season Due to the ‘Profound Erosion’ of San Francisco

John Chachas, a San Francisco resident and owner of the city’s 166-year-old luxury retailer, Gumps, is fed up with the city’s current environment. The high-end department store specializes in housewares, jewelry, and gifts, and has been in San Francisco’s Union Square area since 1861.

Chachas took out a full-page ad in The San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday to voice his complaints, stating that it may be the “last” holiday season for the older-than-the-Edison-bulb retailer due to the “profound erosion of this city’s current conditions.”

“San Francisco now suffers from a ‘tyranny of the minority’ — behavior and actions of the few that jeopardize the livelihood of many,” Chachas wrote in the ad.

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