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TAdviser news about San Francisco
Main article: TAdviser news about San Francisco
2023
Why Google squeezed billions and changed its mind about building residential areas in San Francisco
In early November 2023, it became known that Google refused to implement a large-scale project to create a campus with residential buildings in the Bay of San Francisco (California). The corresponding construction agreement was broken with the developer LendLease. Read more here.
Li Bob Cash App founder stabbed to death in San Francisco
In San Francisco, in April 2023, the Li Bob founder of the super popular payment service for the black market Cash App was stabbed to death. The service allowed you to withdraw money anonymously. The entrepreneur was attacked at half past 2 in the night in the city center.
San Francisco robotaxis removed from downtown as they cause problems
At the end of January 2023, it became known that unmanned taxis in San Francisco are causing confusion in the work of emergency city services. Waymo and Cruise cars regularly stop in the middle of a street or intersection for no reason, blocking traffic on them, which generally creates chaos on the roads, especially during peak hours. Read more here.
2022
San Francisco police allow robots to be used to eliminate criminals
On November 24, 2022, it became known that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) announced that the robots it used would be able to eliminate criminals. The corresponding permission has been issued. Read more here.
Payment of $1,200 per month to transgender people for 18 months
San Francisco decided to introduce unconditional income for transgender people. Now LGBT people will receive $1,200 a month just like that. The allowance will be issued within 18 months to "resolve financial instability in trans communities."
The program is part of a massive effort by San Francisco authorities to provide residents with temporary income to combat poverty.
Cruise launches paid taxi rides in San Francisco without drivers
In mid-June 2022, General Motors' Cruise service became the first and only one in the United States to receive permission to commercially use unmanned taxis in San Francisco. Read more here.
Taxi service launches without Waymo drivers in San Francisco and Phoenix
On March 30, 2022, Alphabet announced the launch of a taxi service without Waymo drivers in San Francisco and Phoenix. The company will use autonomous vehicles to carry passengers. Read more here.
IT specialists, investors and startups flee San Francisco due to crime and poverty around
At the end of January 2022, the Financial Times published an article stating that IT professionals, investors and startups are leaving San Francisco en masse due to crime and poverty. And that's not all the reasons immigration is happening.
San Francisco authorities warn that moving workers out of the sphere information technology could have serious economic consequences for the city's life. The Citizenship and Immigration Services report USA provided strong evidence of emigration, including a 25% drop in apartment values for 2021, especially in areas where IT corporation employees who worked in, Apple or used to live Google. Facebook
San Francisco received 43% less tax revenue in 2020. Economists believe that the flight of the highest paid specialists from the city became the problem. The number of searches about how to leave the city, San Francisco was 128% higher than the US average for 2021. The publication also noted the fact that in December 2021, the mayor of San Francisco had to declare a state of emergency in the city due to a critical increase in crime. First of all, we are talking about the Tenderloin area, where the homeless are firmly established. Robberies, drug trafficking, overdose deaths are what San Francisco residents regularly see, who find themselves near once fashionable areas, said London Mayor Breed in her speech. According to the transport company United Van Lines, California together New York with entered the top five leaders in the states, from which in 2020, domestic immigrants most often left. The most abandoned city in the country is where San Jose the offices are located, and. Adobe Cisco PayPal
In January 2022, Silicon Valley executives began sharing statistics showing that the proportion of employees they hire from the city and nearby San Francisco area has declined significantly since 2019. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong notes that in the first quarter of 2019, 30% employees hired by the company were outside of San Francisco, and in the fourth quarter of 2021, this figure was 89%. Organized and opportunistic crime thrives in San Francisco, especially theft of property and cars, according to former city resident and Cisco employee Michael Wilson. For some privileged residents unable to cope with despair and anarchy, the answer may have been flight.
 | After the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the level of gun-related violence has grown almost everywhere in the county. In 2019, there were only 14 gun murders in San Francisco, then 15 in 2020, but by the end of July 2021 there are already 21. Many other specialists also show a desire to leave the city, it is simply easier to do this in the IT industry. An employee in each company should work steadily and without nerves, and not worry about his loved ones or property, every hour, "said Cisco employee Michael Wilson. |  |
Start-up founders, computer engineers and venture capitalists left cities and many left behind rants about why they wanted to leave. Many have moved to Austin while Manhattan's Silicon Alley is booming, according to LinkedIn. The technology-friendly mayor of Miami is trying to attract the relocated specialists. Some blame the super-free policy on District Attorney Ches Boudin, who came to power in 2020 promising to reduce prison sentences and decriminalize poverty. The head of the Center for Vulnerable Populations at the University of California Margot Kushal in San Francisco, argues that the first step should be to solve the urgent need for affordable housing.[1]
2020: Google to give away $1,000 each to San Francisco families affected by COVID-19
On April 12, 2020, Google announced the payment of $1,000 to families in San Francisco, who were hardest hit by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. As financial support, the company itself allocates $1 million through its Google.org fund, the same amount will be provided by CEO Sundar Pichai. In total, it is planned to raise $5 million from Google employees and other people through the GiveDirectly charity. Read more here.
2019
E-cigarette ban
On June 26, 2019, it became known about the ban on e-cigarettes and vapes in San Francisco. The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved this restriction. Read more here.
Banning facial recognition systems
In mid-May 2019, San Francisco became the first American city to ban facial recognition systems. The city supervisory council voted for such an initiative.
Face recognition technologies, as well as data obtained by third-party systems, can no longer be used by government agencies and institutions, including the police. The exception applies to federal facilities at San Francisco International Airport and the San Francisco Seaport.
In addition, companies and ordinary citizens can continue to use face recognition and video surveillance systems in their cameras.
One of the authors of the initiative, City Councilman Aaron Peskin, said that the decision to ban was the result of a long joint work of organizations advocating control over abuse by the state.
| | We all support the good work of the police, but none of us want to live in a police state, "he said. | |
By May 2019, facial recognition is actively used by American law enforcement agencies to ensure security in crowded places such as stadiums, train stations and concert halls.
Some public organizations oppose the use of this technology. They believe that law enforcement agencies may abuse it - for example, to spy on citizens.
According to CNN, police in San Francisco tested facial recognition technology from 2013 to 2017, but mass implementation never took place and will not take place. The City Council's example in San Francisco is expected to follow in a number of other cities. New York, Boston, Detroit, San Diego and Las Vegas are among the American cities that actively use developments in the field of human facial recognition.[2]
2018: San Francisco electric scooter ban
In May 2018, the San Francisco administration banned e-scooter rental services after numerous complaints from city residents. Read more here.
2012: Ban on naked appearances
In November 2012, it became known that San Francisco would be banned from showing in public places naked.
The prohibition order was passed by the District Council (the legislature of the City and County of San Francisco) by a majority of one vote: of the 11 council members, six voted in favor, five were against[3].
The law prohibits appearing with naked sexual organs on the streets and in public. transport The document should go through another stage of voting, after which it will be signed by the mayor of the city and will enter into force in early 2013. The exception will be street fairs and festive processions, for example, the annual gay parade - naked participants in city festivities will not be fined.
The ban was initiated by one of the council members in response to the appeals of citizens outraged by the presence of completely naked people on the streets. The document says that a person first caught naked in a public place faces a fine of $100 (about three thousand rubles). But if police detain the naked offender for a third time, he will be charged with a crime that does not pose much public danger. However, the punishment for him can be a fine of $500 and imprisonment for one year.
Opponents of the ban argue that it violates civil liberties. In mid-November 2012, they filed a lawsuit against the new law. The lawsuit says that the ban on movement in the nude is a violation of the right to freedom of expression for people who prefer to declare themselves in this way.
In addition, many believe that the ban will distract police attention from the city's more important problems, damage the reputation of San Francisco, which is considered a symbol of free thought and tolerance. One of the opponents of the law on the council called it a "fig leaf."
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1969: Protest against wearing bras
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1867: Freak Act
In some cities of the United States, until the 1970s, the Ugly Law was adopted in the 19th century. Under this law, people with developmental anomalies were prohibited from appearing in public.
The "ugly law" was first introduced in 1867 in San Francisco, writing: "Crippled, disfigured, sick and other people whose appearance is repugnant are prohibited from appearing in public places under the threat of a $1 to $50 fine for each such misconduct."
In many states, the ugly law was not repealed until well into the mid-1970s.
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