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San Francisco: ItsContemporary Issues
Famous for its beautiful setting, San Francisco is built on a series of steep hills located on the northern tip of a peninsula at the entrance to San FranciscoBay. The bay and its extensions, which include San PabloBay and SuisunBay, constitute one of the great natural harbors of the world, embracing nearly 1,200 sq km (more than 450 sq mi) of water.Because of this, San Francisco was once the major PacificCoast seaport of the United States. Today the city is an important center for finance, technology, tourism, and culture. The city was named after San FranciscoBay, which in turn was named for Saint Francis ofAssisi by early Spanish explorers.
The people of San Francisco can take pride in their city’s accomplishments.
San Franciscans, and in some cases their counterparts in theBayArea, have successfully undertaken mammoth construction projects such as the San Francisco-OaklandBayBridge, the Golden GateBridge, and theBayArea Rapid Transit system.
Since at least the 1950s, San Franciscans have also earned a reputation for tolerance of and respect for diversity.
During the late 1990s the greatest problem in San Francisco’s infrastructure was the Municipal Railway. Proportionately more San Franciscans rely on public transportation than do the people in any otherCalifornia city, but riders complained of serious delays and overcrowding. Some improvements were underway by 1999, and in that year city voters also approved major changes in the organizational structure of the city’s transportation departments.
The most serious social problems facing the city are not unique to San Francisco, but some have taken on greater dimensions in the city than they have elsewhere. One such problem is homelessness.During the administration of MayorArtAgnos from 1988 to 1992, the plaza in front of city hall became an encampment for homeless people, rendering other use impossible and raising public health concerns.Agnos’s political opponents dubbed it "CampAgnos" and the situation contributed toAgnos’s defeat in 1991. The problem of homelessness persists despite the efforts of city agencies and private charities to provide shelter, health care, and drug, alcohol, and mental health treatment. In the mid and late 1990s mayors Frank Jordan and WillieBrown both sought to discourage homeless people from living in public space in the downtown area and, inBrown’s case, in Golden Gate Park. However, residents of other areas complained that because of these projects, the displaced homeless had moved into their neighborhoods.
In other areas the city has made some progress toward addressing social problems.As was true across much of the nation, the crime rate in San Francisco dropped in the 1990s, as did the rate of drug-related violence. In addition, some public homing projects in San Francisco that were especially prone to violence and drug-related activity were razed and rebuilt with designs considered less likely to encourage those activities. Other public homing projects received stepped up security patrols.
Some social critics have pointed to an increasing economic and social polarization of San Francisco’s population. Those who work in finance or high-tech fields are increasingly affluent, pushing rents and home prices to among the highest levels in the nation.At the same time, people who labor in the service sector often work for the minimum wage, cannot share the affluent lifestyles around them, and are hard-pressed to afford rising rents. The disappearance of many unionized jobs in manufacturing and
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Famous for its beautiful setting, San Francisco is built on a series of steep hills located on the northern tip of a peninsula at the entrance to San FranciscoBay. The bay and its extensions, which include San PabloBay and SuisunBay, constitute one of the great natural harbors of the world, embracing nearly 1,200 sq km (more than 450 sq mi) of water.Because of this, San Francisco was once the major PacificCoast seaport of the United States. Today the city is an important center for finance, technology, tourism, and culture. The city was named after San FranciscoBay, which in turn was named for Saint Francis ofAssisi by early Spanish explorers.
The people of San Francisco can take pride in their city’s accomplishments. Since at least the 1950s, San Franciscans have also earned a reputation for tolerance of and respect for diversity. During the late 1990s the greatest problem in San Francisco’s infrastructure was the Municipal Railway. Proportionately more San Franciscans rely on public transportation than do the people in any otherCalifornia city, but riders complained of serious delays and overcrowding. Some improvements were underway by 1999, and in that year city voters also approved major changes in the organizational structure of the city’s transportation departments.
The most serious social problems facing the city are not unique to San Francisco, but some have taken on greater dimensions in the city than they have elsewhere. One such problem is homelessness.During the administration of MayorArtAgnos from 1988 to 1992, the plaza in front of city hall became an encampment for homeless people, rendering other use impossible and raising public health concerns.Agnos’s political opponents dubbed it "CampAgnos" and the situation contributed toAgnos’s defeat in 1991. The problem of homelessness persists despite the efforts of city agencies and private charities to provide shelter, health care, and drug, alcohol, and mental health treatment. In the mid and late 1990s mayors Frank Jordan and WillieBrown both sought to discourage homeless people from living in public space in the downtown area and, inBrown’s case, in Golden Gate Park. However, residents of other areas complained that because of these projects, the displaced homeless had moved into their neighborhoods.
In other areas the city has made some progress toward addressing social problems.As was true across much of the nation, the crime rate in San Francisco dropped in the 1990s, as did the rate of drug-related violence. In addition, some public homing projects in San Francisco that were especially prone to violence and drug-related activity were razed and rebuilt with designs considered less likely to encourage those activities. Other public homing projects received stepped up security patrols.
Some social critics have pointed to an increasing economic and social polarization of San Francisco’s population. Those who work in finance or high-tech fields are increasingly affluent, pushing rents and home prices to among the highest levels in the nation.At the same time, people who labor in the service sector often work for the minimum wage, cannot share the affluent lifestyles around them, and are hard-pressed to afford rising rents. The disappearance of many unionized jobs in manufacturing and
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