So what's really going on in San Francisco?

[hunter]

7. Somebody hopes to profit from the chaos, real or perceived.

I've been a frequent visitor to The City all my adult life, to neighborhoods wealthy and neighborhoods very rough. I'm not seeing any exceptional changes. Displaced people have always sloshed around the city, as is typical for every U.S. city where the police don't overtly exclude them. (I grew up in a city that was 99% white and affluent and kept that way by police harassment and informal, but still unlawful, redlining, etc.. )

I wouldn't be at all surprised if a few billionaires are colluding for some churn-and-burn redevelopment opportunities. They do own much of the media and tell us stories they want us to believe.