The Safeway store chain is installing anti-theft gates at more San Francisco locations, after a wave of shoplifting has hit its stores, and others, throughout the Bay Area.
Several major retailers have left downtown San Francisco due to crime, an exodus of residents in recent years, and changes in the overall retail market.
Many experts warn that downtown San Francisco faces economic collapse and that the center of the city will have to be redesigned to survive, emphasizing entertainment and housing rather than commercial real estate and retail.on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET . He is the author of the recent e-book,
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