SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — World leaders, CEOs, protesters and thousands of others will soon descend on San Francisco for a global trade summit that could give the battered city a chance to reverse its image of an economic powerhouse now in decline.
As host, San Francisco and the city's partners are polishing sidewalks, scrubbing away graffiti and moving homeless people to accommodations indoors.
“It shows that San Francisco isn’t dead,” he said, adding he believes “there's an appetite for things to change” despite negative media narratives.
This month, Air China resumed direct flights between San Francisco and Beijing after suspending flights just before the pandemic.
—-Associated Press journalists Haven Daley in San Francisco and Huizhong Wu in Bangkok contributed to this report.
Persons:
Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, London Breed, Breed, —, ”, Gavin Newsom, Newsom, Janet Yellen, Karl Kramer, LaunchSquad, Gilbert Manirakiza, Chotto Matte, Kurt Zdesar, San Francisco isn’t, “, Azalina Eusope, ” Eusope, Jennifer Friedenbach, San Francisco, Emily Cohen, Malcolm Yeung, Haven Daley, Huizhong Wu
Organizations:
FRANCISCO, Economic Cooperation, Francisco's, United Nations, London, Associated Press . California Gov, San Francisco, Fox, Treasury, San, APEC, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, San Francisco Giants, dreamers, Coalition, Homelessness, city's Department of Homelessness, Air China, Chinatown Community Development Center, Associated Press
Locations:
San Francisco, Asia, United, Francisco, San, U.S, Israel, Kenya, Chinatown, Malaysian, Tenderloin District, Beijing, Tourism, China, Bangkok