Would you go to a city that has few working cops, drug dealers in the open, the mentally ill controlling the streets, cars not allowed in significant portions for the town? This does not include the dog and human feces on the streets, homeless encampments owning most of the downtown area—and even the ritzy parts of town look like a Third World city.
“Marc Benioff, cofounder and CEO of Salesforce, said his company may be hosting its final “Dreamforce” tech conference in San Francisco this year, pointing to attendees’ fears about safety in the city. Benioff said he projects the event, which will run from Sept. 12-14, will bring 40,000 people to the city and inject $57 million into the downtown economy.
“If this Dreamforce is impacted by the current situation with homelessness and drug use, it may be the last Dreamforce,”
Go to San Fran if you like crime and slums.
San Francisco May Lose Lucrative Tech Conference Because of Drugs and Homelessness, Organizer Says
Washington Free Beacon, 8/29/23 https://freebeacon.com/issues/san-francisco-may-lose-lucrative-tech-conference-because-of-drugs-and-homelessness-organizer-says/
San Francisco could lose a massive conference that brings in millions of dollars because of the city’s homelessness and rampant drug use.
Marc Benioff, cofounder and CEO of Salesforce, said his company may be hosting its final “Dreamforce” tech conference in San Francisco this year, pointing to attendees’ fears about safety in the city. Benioff said he projects the event, which will run from Sept. 12-14, will bring 40,000 people to the city and inject $57 million into the downtown economy.
“If this Dreamforce is impacted by the current situation with homelessness and drug use, it may be the last Dreamforce,” Benioff told the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday. He has told the outlet in previous years that attendees have complained about the situation in San Francisco.
Salesforce has given tens of millions of dollars to fight homelessness and crime, but the city continues to struggle with public safety, an issue that has prompted dozens of businesses to close or relocate.
Homicides in San Francisco have increased nearly 40 percent from 2020 to 2022, and deaths from fentanyl have spiked.
Old Navy announced in May it will close its flagship store. Whole Foods and Nordstrom have shuttered businesses in the city over safety concerns. The downtown area of the city has lost half of its businesses since the start of the pandemic.
Office vacancies in San Francisco hit a record-high rate in the second quarter this year. Among the companies trying to ditch their office space in the struggling city that quarter were Uber and Airbnb.
The company my wife works for cancelled thei annual conference in SF a couple years ago.
Definitely an ongoing problem
Enjoy the fruits of voting for socialism.
I hope SF loses ALL of its conferences — maybe then we can get a new slate of Supervisors and Mayor, when the City has gone bankrupt. These people pay lip service to cleaning up the mess but meanwhile, nothing changes at all, because of entrenched far-left ideology that makes the criminal a victim of society who deserves to be allowed to commit crimes.
I heard Saleforce is having their conference in SF. Going to be interesting to see how that turns out and if people feel safe.
There are others who are Not going to SF because of the dangers and filth one encounters there. Outstanding doctors have been there for years and now people don’t want to go to get the best possible treatment by them. Very limited parking near the medical office/facility; location of available and dare I say reasonable hotels might have parking but one dares not park and walk to their destination. Then if one gets there without stepping in do-do and without getting mugged and without their car window being bashed (even if there is nothing of value inside) it is like going to a war zone so many just don’t go and their heath suffers. Sigh