Will Big Tech’s Return-To-Office Push Resuscitate Downtown San Francisco?

In March 2022, San Francisco Mayor London Breed got a smattering of big tech companies—Uber, Salesforce, Meta and Microsoft among them—to commit to bringing workers back into the office. The pledges from the companies themselves were vague, but it was a hopeful sign for the city’s long-suffering business district.

In the 18 months since, progress on that return has happened in fits and starts, with employees reluctant to sacrifice the benefits of a remote working life...
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RSK: Workers coming back alone will not help the CBD and downtown cities. You need to make it appealing and the feel of safety for the workers....homeless encampments, drug users, feces on sidewalks etc. are keeping quite a few from wanting to go back. Plus the overall commute.