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This story is brought to you by Poppy the AV, an all-electric self-driving Cruise vehicle, who knows the ins and outs of the City.Perhaps nowhere are the many evolutions and dichotomies of San Francisco so readily obvious as in the city s South of Market neighborhood. SoMa is a one-time residential .
S.F. small business owner barely hangs on with little help from City Hall
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Kinani Ahmed makes a drink inside his coffee shop, Sextant Coffee, on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif. Sextant Coffee used to be bustling with tech workers in SOMA. Now it s nearly empty.Photos by Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Sextant Coffee Roasters in South of Market used to be bustling with tech workers, busy for 11 hours a day. Now the cafe is nearly empty.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Kinani Ahmed can still hear customers laughing and talking. He can picture them packing tables inside Sextant Coffee Roasters, his South of Market cafe, and filling the back patio under green umbrellas. He remembers when he employed 15 people to staff a business that often stayed busy for 11 hours every day.