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☆ Los Angeles firefighters fought investments in safer streets. For decades, fire regulations have made roads deadlier.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Street safety advocates say fire officials' focus on speed is making roads more dangerous. Many of the city's residents want to take action to make their streets safer. In March, LA voted overwhelmingly for a street safety policy that will finally enforce a nearly decade-old mobility plan to make the city's streets safer for non-drivers. Fire departments across the country have for decades opposed safer street design. He said fire departments can be convinced to support safer street design if they're heavily engaged by planners.

Persons: —, we're, didn't, Michael Schneider, isn't, Schneider, Johns Hopkins, aren't, what's, Patrick Siegman, Kazuhiro Nogi, Siegman, Andy Boenau, Dan Burden, they're, Burden, Dan Organizations: Service, LA, Vehicles, Business, LA ., Code, Getty, San Francisco, Supervisors, National Fire Protection Locations: Angeles, Los Angeles, America, LA, Texas, Osaka, Japan, Paris, France, American, Tokyo, AFP, Baltimore, California

☆ Latin-fusion dishes like Caribbean tacos and jerk chicken with guava barbecue sauce showcased chefs' cultural pride at an Austin food festival
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Cat Cardenas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Chadwick Burnaw, the owner of an event company, hosted the Sazón Latin Food Festival in Austin. This article is part of "Festivals of Flavor," a series celebrating Latin festival cuisines. Festivalgoers danced to music at the Sazón Latin Food Festival in March. Cat Cardenas for BIHe'd scope out San Francisco's nightlife scene, looking for clubs that would play the merengue and bachata music he was familiar with. They served Jamaican-Latin fusion dishes alongside their kids at the Sazón Latin Food Festival.

Persons: Chadwick Burnaw, —, he'd, Burnaw, Festivalgoers, Cat Cardenas, Cardenas, Chris Burrell, Yadira, we'd, Burrell, . Cat Cardenas, they've, Tatiana French, Dejean, Mix'T, they'd, pico de gallo, it's, she's, there's Organizations: Service, Washington, Food, San Francisco State University, BI, City, aguas, Honduran, sos pwa Locations: Austin, South Austin, Caribbean, DC, San Francisco, Texas, California, Bay, America, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Samba, Clarendon, Jamaica, Honduras, ., Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Virginia, French, Haitian, East Austin

☆ New York is in, San Francisco is very much out for tech workers relocating
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York City gained the most relocating tech workers in 2023, SignalFire reports. AdvertisementNew York is continuing to gain on San Francisco as a rival tech hub. The greater New York City area drew the biggest share of relocating tech workers last year compared to any other major city in the US, according to a new SignalFire report. The most common move for tech workers in the San Francisco Bay Area was to New York, the report found. AdvertisementMeanwhile, SignalFire found that the San Francisco Bay area actually saw its tech pool shrink by the largest percentage last year.

Persons: San Francisco, —, SignalFire Organizations: York City, San, Los Angeles, Service, Big Apple, Austin, CNBC, Sequoia Capital, Nvidia, SF Bay Area Locations: York, Austin, Francisco, New York City, San Francisco Bay, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, San Francisco, California, San, Santa Clara , California, West, San Jose , California

☆ Office Apocalypse, New Expenses Are Wrecking Big Cities' Budgets
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Across the country, from Denver and Seattle to Washington, DC, and New York, cities are deciphering whether to slash their budgets. (Most states' fiscal years run from July 1 to June 30.) States and cities are facing pressure from societal issues that will weigh on tax revenue and increase costs for years to come. Aging populations mean a smaller percentage of the population that's of working age, putting downward pressure on tax revenue. But as federal funds have petered out, structural problems have resurfaced.

Persons: Justin Marlowe, Lucy Dadayan, Carol O'Cleireacain, it's, Marlowe, O'Cleireacain, Josh Goodman, Goodman, Liz Farmer, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key, Farmer, Emily Stewart Organizations: Boston, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, Municipal Finance, Pew, Urban, Brookings Tax, Urban Institute, Business Locations: Denver, Seattle, Washington, New York, California , Maryland, Arizona, New York City, New York , New Jersey, Detroit, COVID, States, Maryland, United States

☆ The city whose 'doom loop' just might be worse than San Francisco's
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An office building in St. Louis sold for $3.6 million after selling for $205 million 18 years prior. Downtown St. Louis is filled with unoccupied buildings and an unwillingness to visit them. The steep drop in the tower's value is just one sign that St. Louis' central business district is struggling, reports say. Indeed, St. Louis' downtown resembles a ghost town with a number of boarded-up buildings, according to The Wall Street Journal's Konrad Putzier. AdvertisementThe problem with Midwestern cities, like St. Louis, is that there's not much attracting people to the center of the city — and that applies to commuters, tourists, and residents.

Persons: Louis, —, Konrad Putzier, Glenn MacDonald, Business Insider's Eliza Relman, Michael Hicks, BI's Relman, Relman, Tracy Hadden Loh Organizations: Service, T, Goldman Group, News, Washington University, Olin Business School, Business, University of Toronto, Midwest ., Ball State University, Midwest, Brookings Institution Locations: St, Downtown St, Francisco's, North America, Midwest, Midwest . San Francisco, Indiana, —, San Francisco and New York

☆ The race for ever-cooler workplaces is leaving employees the winners
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementKat Hunt never wanted to work from home. Hunt, whose job is in finance in Portland, Oregon, needed a place for some team members to gather in New York City. Hunt wanted a spot that wasn't your typical WeWork or similar. Courtesy Kat Hunt and Radious"I was allowed to work from home, but I never wanted to," Hunt said.

Persons: —, Kat Hunt, Hunt, Radious, Amina Moreau, Moreau, Combinator, Ryan Masiello, That's, Googlers, Clelia Warburg Peters, It's Organizations: Google, JPMorgan, Service, Earth Finance, San, Francisco's Pier, Ventures Locations: luxe, Portland , Oregon, New York City, Portland, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Portland , Milwaukee, San Francisco Bay, New York, Mountain View , California, Francisco's

☆ Inside Y Combinator's 60,000-square-foot, San Francisco college town
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The full-blown mania in artificial intelligence is bringing tech workers and startups back to San Francisco. Last June, the startup accelerator moved its headquarters from Mountain View into its new digs at the Pier 70 shipyard. Y Combinator partners record an episode of the Lightcone podcast in a production studio complete with professional cameras and lighting fixtures. Y CombinatorRemoving 'friction'For 17 years, Y Combinator set its base in Mountain View. The new San Francisco outpost was born from a desire to get founders in person again post-pandemic.

Persons: —, Jared Friedman, hasn't, Y Combinator Friedman, Y, Friedman, Carlos Avila Gonzalez, Bart, Lindsay Amos Organizations: Service, Volkswagen, Business, Chase, San, Rail, San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area, YC Locations: San Francisco, Mountain View, San, bayside, View, Mission Bay, Bay, North Beach

☆ When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it opened the floodgates for abortion-related lawsuits
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

CNN —The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear its first abortion case since the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade and upheaval of reproductive rights in America. All the while, public regard for the Supreme Court has degenerated. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is photographed at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in September 2015. Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Breyer and his daughter Chloe jog with Clinton in May 1994. Mai/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Breyer works in his office with his staff of clerks in June 2002.

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☆ The viral 'Twitter menswear guy' just wants an affordable home in a walkable neighborhood
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It belongs to San Francisco-based fashion writer Derek Guy, also known as the "Twitter menswear guy" behind the @dieworkwear account. But, increasingly, he's been sounding off on his other passion: affordable housing. "I'm probably never going to be able to afford a home in San Francisco, that's my guess, or anywhere in the Bay Area, unless I move really, really, really far out," he said. But Guy has written about how diversity in cities — made possible by affordable housing — is essential for creative inspiration. How about you put me in the middle of a ton of affordable housing."

Persons: —, you've, Derek Guy, Guy, he's, I'm, Maison, ragamuffins, KP6dM0W62T, derek, Guy's, YIMBYs, we're, Matthew Yglesias, Kate, Kate her, Princess, Wales, Middleton, He's Organizations: Service, Business, Franciscans Locations: San Francisco, Bay, North America, Vietnam, —, Tokyo

☆ Quince Restaurant Sues E-Commerce Brand, Says It Stole Its Name
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Tusk told BI that Last Brand has "continuously expanded their product line smack dab into our backyard." According to Gupta, the founders renamed the brand Quince in 2020 upon its official launch to play on the word quintessential, a reference to the brand selling premium essentials. "Off the record, we were eating at a sister restaurant to a three-Michelin-starred restaurant named Quince in SF, and we really loved the name," Gupta said. For now, the restaurant Quince will continue to deal with confused customers. "I know that we're outmatched and all that, but it kind of left us no choice," Tusk told BI.

Persons: Lindsay Tusk, She'd, Michael, Everett Noel, Tusk, Quince, —, Sid Gupta, Zachary Briers, " Briers, David —, Gupta, Leslie Williamson, Daniel Page, Last, Page Organizations: MICHELIN, Michelin, Better, Inc, Last Brand Inc, The New York Times Style Magazine, TV, FedEx, YouTube, Last, Brand Locations: San Francisco, Italy, San Francisco's, The, Bolinas , California

☆ As Biden faces questions about his age, researchers weigh in on working in your 80s
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"Fluid intelligence" slows with aging, Walsh said. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024. Nearly 80% of older workers say they've seen or experienced age discrimination in the workplace, according to research by AARP. There are areas where older workers outperform younger workers. Philip Taylor University of Warwick professor"Crystallized intelligence," considered wisdom, also grows throughout our life, experts say.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Chip Somodevilla, Robert K, Hur, Abdel Fattah el, John Walsh, Walsh, hasn't, Elizabeth Frantz, Selkoe, I've, Joel Kramer, Biden's missteps, Kramer, Philip Taylor, Taylor, Alex Katz, Toni Morrison, they've, —, Joseph Biden Organizations: Getty, gerontology, University of Southern, U.S, Capitol, Washington , D.C, Reuters, University of California, AARP ., UCSF, Aging, University of Warwick, Employees, Philip Taylor University of Warwick, Bettmann Locations: Washington , DC, California, Egypt, Mexico, Gaza, University of Southern California, Washington ,, Israel, Biden's State

☆ Salesforce's behind-the-scenes co-founder is tackling Slack as software company turns 25
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +16 min

"The V2MOM had nothing about generative AI," Parker Harris, who co-founded the company with Benioff, told CNBC in an interview. Harris, a Salesforce board member and now the technology chief of Slack, which Salesforce bought in 2021, said he'd rather avoid the limelight. Without the Data Cloud, Harris told CNBC, "I think we would have been in a much worse place." He told Benioff he'd redo the plan, the person said. They'll be talking more frequently, as Harris said they're about to kick off weekly meetings on Slack and Salesforce integrations.

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☆ Sergey Brin says Google 'definitely messed up' after its Gemini chatbot caused a firestorm. He has a lot riding on its success — or failure.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sergey Brin says Google "definitely messed up" with Gemini's image generation. The Google cofounder says he came out of retirement because of AI's "exciting" trajectory. AdvertisementGoogle cofounder Sergey Brin has weighed in on the company's Gemini drama. Speaking at San Francisco's AGI House, Brin said the company had "definitely messed up on the image generation." Since then, Brin has been spotted at Google's Silicon Valley headquarters and has been directly involved with developing the company's AI strategy.

Persons: Sergey Brin, —, Brin, Larry Page, Elon Musk, Adolf Hitler, Gemini, Hitler Organizations: Service, Gemini, Google, The New York Times, Big Tech, BI, Business Locations: Francisco's

☆ It seems some tech leaders are coming back to San Francisco
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some tech leaders are returning to San Francisco, The Wall Street Journal reported. San Francisco's commercial real estate market is also getting a boost from the AI boom. AdvertisementIt seems like San Francisco is luring some tech bosses back after a pandemic-induced exodus. Now, he plans to spend one week a month in San Francisco and is renovating a house in the city, The Journal reported. Meanwhile, San Francisco has grappled with a homelessness problem and shifts in crime patterns.

Persons: —, San, Keith Rabois, cofounders Henrique Dubugras, Pedro Franceschi, Howie Liu, Rabois, Elon Musk, Sam Altman Organizations: Street Journal, Service, The, Meta, PayPal, California Globe Locations: San Francisco, Miami

☆ Inside Twitter's first-ever company retreat: Jack Dorsey's parents posed for selfies, Elon Musk was a no-show, and employees meditated with the billionaire founder
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Kurt Wagner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Jack Dorsey once led a Twitter company retreat to boost employee morale and set a vision for the company. Had Dorsey opened his eyes, he would have seen nearly all of Twitter's 3,500 employees facing him in their own noiseless trance. From the convention center floor where they all sat looking up at the stage, Dorsey was just a silhouette, like a statue of a skinny Buddha. It was July 31, 2018, the first day of #OneTeam, Twitter's first-ever company-wide retreat. "BATTLE FOR THE BIRD: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter's Soul" by Kurt Wagner.

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In 2004, voters approved legislation that imposed a tax on millionaires to finance mental health services, generating $2 billion to $3 billion in revenue each year that has mostly gone to counties to fund mental health programs as they see fit under broad guidelines. San Francisco Mayor London Breed said she supports the measure. The 14-year-old center with a mission of breaking the cycle of trauma in the Black community relies heavily on mental health funding from the county. The state needs some 8,000 more beds to treat mental health and addiction issues, according to researchers who testified before state lawmakers last year. “From a humanitarian and civil rights perspective, we vehemently oppose Proposition 1,” said Mark Salazar, executive director of Mental Health Association of San Francisco, which serves more than 15,000 people monthly.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Newsom, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Tiffany McCarter, —, McCarter, “, ” McCarter, haven't, ”, Mark Salazar, ” Mark Cloutier, Joe Wilson, Anthony Hardnett, “ You’ve, ” Hardnett, ” Kalkowski, “ I’ve Organizations: — Democratic, — Democratic California Gov, San Francisco Mayor London, Cultural Center, Democratic, University of San, Housing Initiative, Mental Health Association of San, House, Sixth, 6th Street Center, Youth Locations: OROVILLE, Calif, — Democratic California, Butte, San Francisco, Butte County, Oroville, California, United States, Mental Health Association of San Francisco, Tenderloin, Chico

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks three days after losing the Super Bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs. Coach Kyle Shanahan announced the decision on Wednesday to move on after one season with Wilks in charge of the defense. Shanahan called it a “really tough decision” but said he wants to find a coordinator who was a better scheme fit for the talent on San Francisco's defense. "We felt pretty strongly that this was the decision that was best for our organization,” he said. Passing game coordinator Klint Kubiak will become offensive coordinator in New Orleans, running backs coach Anthony Lynn will be run game coordinator in Washington, assistant defensive line coach Darryl Tapp will take over as defensive line coach in Washington and assistant offensive line coach James Cregg will become offensive line coach in Las Vegas.

Persons: Steve Wilks, Kyle Shanahan, Wilks, Shanahan, ”, ” Shanahan, DeMeco Ryans, Steve, Patrick Mahomes, Nick Bosa, Klint Kubiak, Anthony Lynn, Darryl Tapp, James Cregg, ___ Organizations: San Francisco 49ers, Super, Kansas City Chiefs, San, Niners, Chiefs, Kansas City Locations: SANTA CLARA, Calif, Houston, San Francisco, Green Bay, Detroit, New Orleans, Washington, Las Vegas

A Waymo rider-only robotaxi is seen during a test ride in San Francisco, California, U.S., December 9, 2022. Waymo has filed a voluntary recall notice with federal vehicle safety regulators for software that was previously used in their driverless cars, the company announced Tuesday, marking a first for Alphabet 's self-driving vehicle unit. The two collisions involving their robotaxis resulted in only minor vehicle damage and no injuries, Waymo said in the post. Waymo currently operates its driverless ride-hailing service Waymo One in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin. In a separate incident, unknown parties set a Waymo vehicle ablaze on Saturday in San Francisco's Chinatown during Lunar New Year celebrations.

Persons: Waymo, Katherine Barna, Barna, Jan, Cruise, Elon Musk, Tesla Organizations: National, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, California Department of Motor Vehicles, GM, California DMV, Authorities, NBC Bay Area Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Phoenix, San Francisco , Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, California, San Francisco's Chinatown

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former interim mayor of San Francisco announced Tuesday he's running for his previous job, joining a competitive field of candidates who say the city has crumbled under the watch of Mayor London Breed, who is up for reelection this year. The lawyer and former city supervisor said he had not planned to return to politics but feels he has the right skills to turn San Francisco around. While she's not on the March 5 ballot, Breed is pushing a pair of public safety proposals that are. Critics say the ballot measures are not in line with San Francisco voters who value privacy over surveillance and encouraging rather than mandating participating in drug treatment programs. Meanwhile, political action committees supporting Breed have raised $1.3 million, including $200,000 from Michael Bloomberg, former New York City mayor.

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The rules are different now, however, and that choice by San Francisco in the Super Bowl will be debated all offseason. San Francisco's drive ended when the 49ers kicked a field goal on fourth-and-4 from the 9. "None of us have a ton of experience of it.”Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesFor many years, overtime ended as soon as one team scored. Then the rule was altered so both teams could possess the ball — unless the first team on offense scored a touchdown. He came through unblocked on San Francisco's last offensive play, forcing an incompletion that set up a short field goal by Jake Moody.

Persons: San, Patrick Mahomes, Kyle Shanahan, Mecole Hardman, “, Andy Reid, I'm, Chris Jones, ” Shanahan, ”, Jones, Jake Moody, ___ Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Super, 49ers, Kansas City, New England, Atlanta, NFL, Chiefs Locations: San Francisco, Kansas, Francisco, New, Mahomes, Francisco's

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Coach Kyle Shanahan's third trip to the Super Bowl ended up just like his first two — major disappointment after another blown late lead. The San Francisco 49ers coach has developed an offense that teams around the league try to mimic and has a vast coaching tree that makes him one of the most influential figures in the game at the young age of 44. He just doesn't have a Super Bowl title after San Francisco squandered two late leads and lost 25-22 in overtime to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl on Sunday. That follows a blown 10-point lead by Shanahan's 49ers in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl four years ago to Kansas City and an even bigger collapse in the 2016 season when he was offensive coordinator. Mahomes and the Chiefs have now handed Shanahan's 49ers two Super Bowl losses in the past five seasons as the dynastic franchise from the 1980s and '90s has now gone 29 straight seasons without winning a title.

Persons: Kyle Shanahan's, San Francisco, Shanahan, Mahomes, Mecole Hardman, Jake Moody, Chris Jones, Brock Purdy, couldn't, Mike, ___ Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Super, San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs, Shanahan's 49ers, Super Bowl, Kansas City, Falcons, 49ers, NFC, Rams, Niners, Mahomes, Chiefs, Denver —, Broncos Locations: Kansas, New England, Denver

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would ban all plastic shopping bags in 2026 under a new bill announced Thursday in the state Legislature. California already bans thin plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and other shops, but shoppers at checkout can purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly makes them reusable and recyclable. “It shows that the plastic bag ban that we passed in this state in 2014 did not reduce the overall use of plastic. That's because most of the state's major cities already ban these types of thicker plastic bags. As San Francisco's mayor in 2007, Newsom signed the nation's first plastic bag ban.

Persons: Sen, Catherine Blakespear, “, Mark Murray, Gavin Newsom, Newsom Organizations: Democratic, Environment America Research & Policy, Democratic Gov, Francisco's Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, Encinitas

“This is the pinnacle,” Williams said about playing the Kansas City Chiefs for a championship on Sunday. The way these last four years went for me, I’m super grateful.”Williams career has been revitalized since he arrived in San Francisco in 2020, after sitting out the previous season in Washington. But he’s a guy I’m not shy doing that about because he’ll be there and he should be there first ballot. Williams said the offensive line fined him when he first got the extra locker but everyone knows he's worthy of it. Williams knows he’s far closer to the end of his career than the beginning, but he’s not quite ready to hang it up and retire.

Persons: HENDERSON, — Trent Williams, ” Williams, “, I’m, Williams, ”, John Lynch, he’ll, I’ve, Christian McCaffrey, Fred Warner, he’s, “ I’m Organizations: Fame, Pro, San Francisco 49ers, Super, Kansas City Chiefs, Niners, Kansas City, of Fame, Pro Football Locations: Nev, Washington, San Francisco, “

Irrelevant” as the final pick of the 2022 draft to MVP finalist and starting quarterback in the Super Bowl in a span of less than 22 months. But the Niners spent the early parts of the day of that draft adding depth to the trenches and secondary. Beathard — in free agency — and San Francisco made the move that All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams has equated to winning the Powerball lottery. He was healthy enough to start a throwing program in late May, resumed practice early in training camp and delivered one of the most prolific seasons ever by a San Francisco quarterback. But some critics have tried to downgrade him by calling him a “system quarterback” or “game manager” being carried by his talented teammates and creative coach.

Persons: Nick Bosa, Brock Purdy, marveled, Purdy, It's, ” Purdy, Trey Lance, Steve Slowik, Brian Griese, Klay Kubiak, Kyle Shanahan, —, Beathard, San Francisco, Trent Williams, Lance, Nate Sudfeld, Shanahan, Jed York, Sudfeld, Jimmy Garoppolo, Tom Brady, “ They’ve, I’ve, they’ve, We’ve, ”, ” Shanahan, Brock, Francisco's, Steve Spagnuolo, “, He’s Organizations: LAS VEGAS, San Francisco 49ers, NFC, Super, 49ers, Niners, Iowa State, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Green Bay, Detroit, Packers, Lions, ” Chiefs Locations: Francisco, San, Purdy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Democratic mayor of San Francisco is pushing a pair of controversial public safety proposals on the March 5 ballot, including one that would require single adults on welfare be screened and treated for illegal drug addiction or else lose cash assistance. San Francisco is in a struggle to redefine itself after the pandemic left it in economic tatters and highlighted its longstanding problems with homelessness, drugs and property crime. Violent crimes are low in San Francisco, but the city has long struggled with quality-of-life crimes. But she said San Francisco needs to do more. Yet Trent Rhorer, executive director of the San Francisco Human Services Agency, which provides cash assistance and employment services to low-income residents without dependent children, said the current situation is in conflict with the agency's mission: to improve lives.

Persons: she'll, San, Breed, Black, Chris Ballard, Coleman, ”, Trent Rhorer, “, Gavin Newsom, Rhorer, ” Rhorer, Michael Hsu, Hsu Organizations: FRANCISCO, —, Democratic, Mayor London Breed, San Francisco Human Services Agency, Democratic Gov, Department of Public Health, . Police Locations: San Francisco, Francisco, Democratic California

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