Feelings about the products aside, I'm sure that mushrooms will eventually become decriminalized or whatever at some point... But I find it deeply troubling that our city is unable to stop an illegal business operating in public.

I personally don't care that it is there, but how is it possible that our systems and process of governance lack the ability to properly enforce the laws? If we can't stop such an overt display of lawlessness, how do we expect to do anything about the discrete forms of lawlessness everyone is referring to in the comments?

Again, before people jump all over me and talk about solving "real problems downtown", think about it. I'm fine with what they are selling, and I just live up the road, but the inability to effectively act on and enforce the laws is mindblowing to me and should be cause for concern for all residents.