{"id":2002636,"date":"2023-08-16T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T19:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-san-francisco-business-warns-it-may-be-latest-to-close-shop-over-crime\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T15:18:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T19:18:35","slug":"historic-san-francisco-business-warns-it-may-be-latest-to-close-shop-over-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-san-francisco-business-warns-it-may-be-latest-to-close-shop-over-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic SF Business May Shut Down Due to Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhistoric-san-francisco-business-warns-it-may-be-latest-to-close-shop-over-crime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002636&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>A Luxury \u200cRetailer in San Francisco Warns of Possible Closure<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Today, as we prepare for our 166th holiday season at 250 Post Street, we fear this may be our last \u2064because of the profound erosion of the\u200b city&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-consumer-confidence-grows-to-pre-pandemic-levels\/\" title=\"U.S. Consumer Confidence Grows To Pre-Pandemic Levels\">current conditions<\/a>,&#8221; wrote John Chachas, \u200bchairman of the department store Gump&#8217;s San \u2062Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Gump&#8217;s took out a full \u2064page ad in the \u200bSunday edition of the <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em> to express their concerns about the\u200b &#8220;destructive San Francisco strategies&#8221; implemented by California governor \u200dGavin Newsom (D.),\u200c San Francisco\u200b mayor London Breed\u200c (D.), and the city&#8217;s Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n<p>Among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-seal-announces-gop-bid-for-ariz-1st-district\/\" title=\"Navy SEAL announces GOP bid for Ariz. 1st District\">issues highlighted<\/a> \u200cin the ad were the\u2063 city&#8217;s COVID-19 policies that discouraged office work, the decision to allow homeless people \u200cto\u2064 camp on the streets and openly \u200buse and distribute hard \u2064drugs, and the harassment faced by\u200d members of the\u2063 public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such abject disregard for civilized conduct,&#8221; wrote Chachas, &#8220;makes San\u2063 Francisco unlivable for its residents, unsafe for our employees, and \u2063unwelcoming \u2062to visitors from around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Businesses Closing and\u200d Corporate\u2063 Exodus<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Last month, the 127-year-old\u2064 Anchor Brewing Company, the first craft brewery in the country,\u200b shut down.<\/li>\n<li>Other\u200c businesses, including \u200bhistoric ones, have also closed \u2063their doors recently, citing crime\u2063 and homelessness.<\/li>\n<li>In\u200d May, Old \u200cNavy announced\u2062 the closure\u2062 of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/long-list-of-companies-pulled-out-of-russia-this-week\/\" title=\"Long List of Companies Pulled Out of Russia This Week\">flagship store<\/a>, and Nordstrom\u200d has also shut down stores, resulting\u2062 in a loss of nearly \u2064380 jobs in the city.<\/li>\n<li>Crime has forced companies like \u200bUber, Airbnb, and Salesforce to abandon \u2062their \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-ceo-says-san-francisco-will-never-recover-from-downturn\/\" title=\"Tech CEO predicts San Francisco's irreversible downfall.\">office\u2063 space<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a result, nearly one-third of the city&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-san-francisco-business-warns-it-may-be-latest-to-close-shop-over-crime\/\" title=\"Historic SF Business May Shut Down Due to Crime\">office \u200cspace\u200d sits empty<\/a>,\u200c according \u2064to the\u2062 <em>San\u2062 Francisco Chronicle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>Rising Crime and its \u2063Impact<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Homicides in the \u200ccity increased about 40 percent from\u2062 2020 to 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Fentanyl deaths have skyrocketed, contributing to the crime \u2063wave.<\/li>\n<li>The Biden administration recently instructed employees at the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building to work \u2062from home due to crime in the\u2062 area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 166-year-old luxury retailer in San Francisco expressed concern that it might shut down due to the city&#8217;s &#8220;destructive&#8221; 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