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It may not have been so clear until now, but San Franciscans have been losing patience with the city’s leadership for a long time. Nothing did more to alienate them over the years than how the progressive leaders managed the city’s housing crisis. Consider the story of the flower farm at 770 Woolsey Street.
As of 2015 (I don't have the old Census data in front of me), the City and County of San Francisco had about 850,000 people out of a metropolitan population of 8.7 million. That's under 10% of the metropolis.
Contact the Mayor. We Are a Sanctuary City Since 1989, San Francisco has proudly been a Sanctuary City. We will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our immigrant communities and fight for the progress we’ve achieved in this City. We are a sanctuary city, now, tomorrow and forever. San Francisco's Sanctuary City Policy Sanctuary Cities are safer ...
Dec 11, 2019 · The median rent price in the US is $1,650. In San Francisco, it's $4,500. San Francisco is also the most expensive city in the US to rent a two-bedroom apartment. Even co-living spaces, created ...
May 7, 2020 · British-born Joshua Abraham Norton first arrived in San Francisco in the 1850s, and quickly made a comfortable living for himself in commodities markets and real estate. However, he soon lost it ...
Mar 3, 2021 · Overall, San Francisco’s population skews relatively young. In 2020, 37.5% of residents were between the ages of 25 and 44, 25.9% were between 45 and 64, while only 13.6% of the city’s population was over 65. The average age of a San Francisco resident is 38.5 years!
San Francisco has at times been an extremely desirable city to live in (during the boom times) and at others times has seen the same white flight phenomenon as other major cities, such as during the 1970's when the city famously became home to poorer immigrant communities (many of them Mexican-American) and members of various counter-culture groups.
