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Homelessness in San Francisco, Construction stops - Coggle Diagram
Homelessness in San Francisco
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Vanessa He
Natalie Liang
Nicole Wu
Allison Ha
Consequences
Crimes on the rise
Lost in tourism
Retailers losing money as less people are shopping (people not roaming around anymore due to the dangers of the city)
Retailers lost $112B in organized crime wave: 'Unprecedented levels of theft' Organized crime rings in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Houston are targeting retail inventories, causing more financial loss, according to a report by the National Retail Federation, a trade group representing US retailers.
https://nypost.com/2023/09/26/retailers-lost-112b-from-theft-amid-organized-crime-wave/#:~:text=Retailers%20lost%20%24112B%20in,%3A%20%27Unprecedented%20levels%20of%20theft%27&text=Organized%20crime%20rings%20in%20New,trade%20group%20representing%20US%20retailers
retailers are moving out of the city
People lost their jobs and will damage the city economically
San Francisco and San Mateo County lost 10,000 jobs in September, a 0.8% decline for the region's jobs total, as tech layoffs continued.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/s-f-loses-10-000-jobs-unemployment-falls-18438178.php
SF natives are being pushed out of SF
From 2020 to 2022, 65,000 fled San Francisco alone. Some went to nearby or bordering cities, with many moving to places like Stockton, to take advantage of cheaper housing and lower crime rates while still being close enough to commute.
https://californiaglobe.com/fr/one-year-out-of-san-francisco-how-leaving-has-affected-former-residents/#:~:text=From%202020%20to%202022%2C%2065%2C000,being%20close%20enough%20to%20commute
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USA Today article
Communites lose stores which are important resources (Ex. grocery stores)
At least 17 retailers have left San Francisco's Union Square area since 2020. The latest departures include Nordstrom, Office Depot, and Old Navy, reports say. Retailers cite concerns over employee and customer safety related to shoplifting and other crimes
https://www.businessinsider.com/san-franciscos-union-square-store-closures-since-2020-2023-5#:~:text=At%20least%2017%20retailers%20have,to%20shoplifting%20and%20other%20crimes
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High crime rates
SFPD Crime Dashboard
SF Walgreens Shoplifiting Problem
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-retailers-close-stores-due-to-shoplifting-are-the-concerns-real-or-overblown
In SF, shops plan on closing down such as the retailer Target planning to close several stores due to high shoplifting rates. Other retailers like Walgreens are locking merchandise up. One SF resident describes how the neighborhood is falling apart because of these crimes. The possibility of many stores leaving or permanently closing will affect the future prices and accessibility of products.
Funding from SF citizen’s taxes are put into fixing the homelessness and drug issue
Takes funding away from other economic and social issues in the city which impacts the daily lives of regular citizens who live in the city
Ninety-two percent of the adopted two-year budget is appropriated to homelessness response system services, including 59 percent ($799.7 million) into housing. Housing costs go towards subsidies and services that keep households who have exited homelessness stably and successfully housed, as well as new units.
https://hsh.sfgov.org/about/budget/
Causes
Access to drugs
Cartels use Hondoruzas immigrants to smuggle fetnayl into SF
Organizations provide materials such as foil, clean needles, etc
no consequences involved
NIMBY
Unable to build high rise apartment buildings
Less affordable housing accessible
Shoplifiting and carjacking
People from other countries and states are moving into SF to take advantage of homelessness benefits
Cops turn a blind eye towards crime and drug use
Construction stops
NIMBY opposes the constructions of these buildings
Expensive and high denisty residences are built
Tech boom attracting tech bros or tech workers into SF