Chronicle: Downtown San Francisco near collapse, ‘worse than it looks’

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Survey of SF residents published in the Chronicle:

Nearly half of respondents (45%) say they have been a victim of crime in the last five years. Nearly a quarter (24%) say they had been threatened or physically attacked over that same period, and 36% of Latino residents have faced that threat, the highest of any group...

Not only do San Franciscans overwhelmingly think their city isn’t being well-run, they have little optimism for its future and their place in it. Nearly a third of those surveyed said that they anticipate they will no longer live in San Francisco within the next three years. More than half of Latino residents feel that way, once again, the most impacted group...

The more respondents claimed to know about how this city operates, the less faith they have in its leaders’ ability to govern competently. Out of those who claimed to know “a great deal” about city affairs, 74% say the Board of Supervisors is doing a poor or very poor job, while 58% say the same about Mayor Breed.