San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, blamed capitalism for the city’s homelessness and drug problems and said the city's policies have been "inconsistent."
San Francisco commissioner Alex Ludlum, the creator of the "doom loop" walking tour to show off downtown's "doom and squalor," resigned in a letter to the mayor.
A group of San Francisco merchants is petitioning for the city to refund its taxes, citing open-air drug markets that the group says have scared away customers.
San Francisco residents in the SoMa neighborhood are reportedly arming themselves with bats after a drug sobering center opened. Residents say the clinic has increase crime.