#266 | What’s Happening In San Francisco?

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It is one of the most influential cities in the United States but has recently been accused of falling into disrepair, with rising homelessness and open drug dealing.

In this episode, we'll look at what is happening in San Francisco, what has caused this, who and what is thought to be responisble, and what is being done to change it.

• The mothers' billboards: “Unfortunately, we’re just as famous for our dirt-cheap fentanyl”
• A brief history of San Francisco
• The tech boom contributes to an increase in house prices
• San Francisco's growing homeless population
• Drug use and petty crime
• The election of Chesa Boudin
• Chesa Boudin's personal experience with imprisonment
• Proposition 47: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act
• Theories about the causes of San Francisco's decline
• The San Francisco budget: more per capita than any other US city
• The use of fentanyl in San Francisco
• The recall Chesa Boudin campaign

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/san-francisco

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