Restraining orders for shopping centers
Anyone have experience with getting a restraining order against homeless/loiterers at a shopping center? How much did it cost for legal fees? Were you successful/unsuccessful in obtaining a restraining order? If successful, what were the arguments you presented to the court? 

Context: Shopping center we own has a homeless/loiterer issue since it's close to a major transit station in the SF Bay Area. Police recommended we file restraining orders against the worst offenders. We hired a lawyer who charged us $7K for the initial filing, and then billing $XXX/hour after that. Wondering if that's the standard going rate to get this done. 

Also curious about outcomes in attempted filings, since the judge who reviewed the case cited previous case law where it's a protected first amendment right to beg at shopping centers (since it's considered a public space), and wants more detail around why our case is different (in our case, the homeless/loiterers we've called out are a combination intoxicated, on drugs, violent, urinating/defecating in public, etc.) -- our lawyer says it's going to be 8 hours of research/work to put together a brief that defends our case. I'm wondering if our lawyer made a mistake in even bringing up the begging issue to begin with and should've just focused on the other illegal actions instead. Should we hire a new lawyer?
[{"id": "evamb6q", "text": "Why can't they simply be trespassed?", "replies": [{"id": "evb1yjv", "text": "Exactly, how is it public space if you own it, OP?", "replies": [{"id": "evb3d85", "text": "Yea great question. Judge cited this case: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruneyard_Shopping_Center_v._Robins", "replies": [{"id": "evb4lhi", "text": "\"Holding\nA state can prohibit the private owner of a shopping center from using state trespass law to exclude peaceful expressive activity in the open areas of the shopping center.\"\n\nI'm not a lawyer, but it's saying CAN, not MUST.\nAlso, how is it peaceful to have a drug addict injecting and shitting in a place where a 2 year old, learning to walk, will put their hands on when they eventually fall to the ground?", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "evapo3y", "text": "I think that you were going to have a lot of difficulty getting a court to issue a blanket restraining order against any person that fits such a description. For restraining orders, you have to file against an individual and then they have to be served and they usually have an opportunity to respond in court. If a lawyer is telling you to do that, I think they are just looking to take your money. You would be better off just doing the simple trespassing route.", "replies": [{"id": "evb2l7p", "text": "We already went through that process and got a temp restraining order against those individuals for the next 30 days which means cops can arrest them right away if they see them on the property and throw them in jail. Tried the trespassing route multiple times but ineffective bc each time you call to report, someone has to give a statement/deposition to arrest the trespasser, which our tenants down want to go on record doing. And then they just come back the next day.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "evar1d8", "text": "In San Francisco ? You will have to get creative because there is **no way you'll win this case.**", "replies": [{"id": "evb1z9k", "text": "Not in SF proper. East bay.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "evb21d3", "text": "Yeah, how can OP survive the onslaught over there?\nThanks, Obama!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "evb93o4", "text": "Can I ask you what city in the East Bay? I manage a shopping center in Pleasant Hill and the police department suggested we do the same (restraining order vs trespass). Over the past 6 months, our center has been overrun by homeless. Trespass notices have been 100% ineffective.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]