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San Francisco hosted APEC on Sunday, where Xi met with Grandpa Biden
The city literally turned the area into a potemptkin village, according to Reuters. Complete with a brand new skate park and dance squads.
According to Reuters, before the meeting was an open air stolen goods and drugs market loaded with hobos
According to Reuters, San Francisco is about 1% homeless, which according to Reuters is still better than LA and Oakland.. according to Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/san-francisco-patches-over-homelessness-drug-abuse-apec-2023-11-15/
San Francisco patches over homelessness, drug-abuse for APEC
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - On a sunny Sunday before world leaders were scheduled to gather for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the United Nations Plaza, one of the epicenters of San Francisco's drugs and homelessness crisis, wore a festive air.
Until recently a bustling marketplace for stolen goods and open-air drug trade, the area had been spruced up with a brand-new skate park, and trainees from a dance company performed to a crowd. There was hardly a homeless person to be seen. Police officers and city officials watched too.
Tuesday, the day of U.S. President Joe Biden's arrival, Christopher Crandall, 50, who usually sleeps on the street in a part of downtown San Francisco west of the APEC convention center, said he'd noticed the city had planted new trees along the arterial Market Street.
He'd also seen waist-high gates going up on Tuesday morning in the area where he usually beds down. "I'm wondering if I will be able to sleep there tonight," he said.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, speaking at an event on Thursday focused on beautifying the state, said local, state and federal leaders had been discussing the issue for months.
"I know folks are saying, 'Oh, they're just cleaning up this place because all those fancy leaders are coming to town.' That's true ..."
The city literally turned the area into a potemptkin village, according to Reuters. Complete with a brand new skate park and dance squads.
According to Reuters, before the meeting was an open air stolen goods and drugs market loaded with hobos
According to Reuters, San Francisco is about 1% homeless, which according to Reuters is still better than LA and Oakland.. according to Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/san-francisco-patches-over-homelessness-drug-abuse-apec-2023-11-15/
San Francisco patches over homelessness, drug-abuse for APEC
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - On a sunny Sunday before world leaders were scheduled to gather for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the United Nations Plaza, one of the epicenters of San Francisco's drugs and homelessness crisis, wore a festive air.
Until recently a bustling marketplace for stolen goods and open-air drug trade, the area had been spruced up with a brand-new skate park, and trainees from a dance company performed to a crowd. There was hardly a homeless person to be seen. Police officers and city officials watched too.
Tuesday, the day of U.S. President Joe Biden's arrival, Christopher Crandall, 50, who usually sleeps on the street in a part of downtown San Francisco west of the APEC convention center, said he'd noticed the city had planted new trees along the arterial Market Street.
He'd also seen waist-high gates going up on Tuesday morning in the area where he usually beds down. "I'm wondering if I will be able to sleep there tonight," he said.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, speaking at an event on Thursday focused on beautifying the state, said local, state and federal leaders had been discussing the issue for months.
"I know folks are saying, 'Oh, they're just cleaning up this place because all those fancy leaders are coming to town.' That's true ..."
