SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – As San Francisco tries to recover from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, crime and homelessness are now top concerns of local residents, many considering moving, according to a new poll.

The poll was published by the SF Chamber of Commerce and is based on feedback from more than 500 San Francisco residents who are registered to vote.

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It turns out that more than 40 percent plan to move out of town in the next few years.

Lindsay Stevens just moved out on the weekend.

“There’s nothing worse than seeing such a beautiful place in such a mess and I really thought I was going to be sad when the moving companies loaded the last container on Saturday and I’ve never been so relieved,” said Stevens.

After living in San Francisco for more than 12 years, Stevens recently sold her apartment and moved to the Palm Springs area.

“I honestly believe we have seen a massive decline in the quality of life over the past three years and that has only been improved by COVID,” she said. “Homelessness is a serious problem, people don’t feel safe walking their dogs … the number of break-ins seems to be increasing all the time.”

Their feelings are reflected in the results of the chamber’s survey.

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80% of residents say that crime has worsened in recent years, 70% think that the quality of life has decreased and 88% say that homelessness has worsened.

76% also believe that increasing the number of police officers in high-crime neighborhoods should be a high priority.

“I think security is a big concern, even two years ago when I originally came back to the city, I never considered certain neighborhoods to be necessarily unsafe,” said Minku Lee of San Francisco.

The 24-year-old resident himself became a victim last Friday. He said he was out with his friends at happy hour on 3rd Street near Oracle Park when he was racially and physically assaulted by a homeless person.

“He also said an insult, violently knocked me over, the slash tripped me, really scared of the incident,” said Lee.

An overwhelming 82% of respondents said they would like to see more social workers on the street to help people with mental illness and drug problems.

Almost 75% supported more makeshift housing for the homeless.

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Earlier this month, Mayor London Breed announced a $ 1 billion investment to fix the problem over the next 2 years. This also includes funding for housing and psychiatric services.

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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – As San Francisco tries to recover from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, crime and homelessness are now top concerns of local residents, many considering moving, according to a new poll.

The poll was published by the SF Chamber of Commerce and is based on feedback from more than 500 San Francisco residents who are registered to vote.

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It turns out that more than 40 percent plan to move out of the city in the next few years.

Lindsay Stevens just moved out on the weekend.

“There’s nothing worse than seeing such a beautiful place in such a mess and I really thought I was going to be sad when the moving companies loaded the last container on Saturday and I’ve never been so relieved,” said Stevens.

After living in San Francisco for more than 12 years, Stevens recently sold her apartment and moved to the Palm Springs area.

“I honestly believe that we have seen a massive decline in the quality of life over the past three years and that has only been improved by COVID,” she said. “Homelessness is a serious problem, people don’t feel safe walking their dogs … the number of break-ins seems to be increasing all the time.”

Their feelings are reflected in the results of the chamber’s survey.

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80% of residents say that crime has worsened in recent years, 70% think that the quality of life has decreased and 88% say that homelessness has worsened.

76% also believe that increasing the number of police officers in high-crime neighborhoods should be a high priority.

“I think safety is a big concern. Even two years ago when I originally returned to the city, I never considered certain neighborhoods to be necessarily unsafe, ”said Minku Lee from San Francisco.

The 24-year-old resident himself became a victim last Friday. He said he was out with his friends at happy hour on 3rd Street near Oracle Park when he was racially and physically assaulted by a homeless person.

“He also said an insult, knocked me over forcibly, the slash tripped me, really scared of the incident,” said Lee.

An overwhelming 82% of respondents said they would like to see more social workers on the street to help people with mental illness and drug problems.

Almost 75% supported more makeshift housing for the homeless.

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Earlier this month, Mayor London Breed announced a $ 1 billion investment to fix the problem over the next 2 years. This also includes funding for housing and psychiatric services.

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SAN JOSE, California (KRON) – Over the past year, the coronavirus pandemic has changed what we call home and, as a result, has made many people rethink where we want to live.

For some Bay Area residents, it was time for a change.

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“There is a big reshuffle in American housing where, for the first time, many office workers have moved away from physical locations and decided to move to areas that better suit their needs,” said Chris Glynn, an economist at Zillow.

“The pandemic has again underscored the value of home. It’s a place we’ve been together since March 2020. It was the center of our lives and a place where we took shelter from a very chaotic and unsafe public health situation. ”

Zillow’s 2021 Mover Report shows that more than one in ten Americans say they moved in the past year, either by choice or by circumstances.

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“One of the things we see in the San Francisco numbers is that there are additional people who are choosing to move within the Bay Area, away from the urban core of downtown San Francisco and further into the suburbs.” says Glynn.

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A significant number of homeowners say they are more likely to move and sell their home due to the pandemic. This corresponds to an additional 8 million households that could enter a real estate market that is already being driven by high demand.

But despite reports of a mass exodus from the Bay Area, the reality is this: enough people are simply not moving in to make up for the number of people moving out of the area.

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“I think the mass exodus narrative around San Francisco [Bay Area] isn’t accurate, ”says Glynn.

“It’s not so much that people are fleeing the Bay Area, it’s that not many new people are coming to the Bay Area,” added Glynn.

“And that’s the biggest difference between a place like San Francisco and Seattle, for example.”

For the past five years, the majority of domestic emigrants from Silicon Valley stayed in California.

According to the Silicon Valley Index 2021 compiled by the Silicon Valley joint venture, 29% stayed in the Bay Area, 6% moved to the nearby Monterey Area, 6% to the Sacramento Area, 8% to the San Joaquin Valley and 14% to the Bay Area Southern California.

“There is a difference in property prices between the core, the peninsula and the southern parts of the bay. These are some of the most expensive property prices. The median home sales price is north of a million dollars,” said Russell Hancock, CEO of the joint venture Silicon Valley.

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“There are cheaper apartments in the East Bay and even beyond if you drive over the Altamont Pass,” added Hancock.

“They have pretty affordable real estate, so people take advantage of that.”

According to the index, counter-migration is also occurring, with more people moving out of Silicon Valley than moving in, resulting in a net outflow of approximately 5,100 people per year.

In contrast, fewer Silicon Valley residents move to San Francisco than after moving in, resulting in a net inflow from San Francisco of approximately 2,500 people per year.

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“I think the high taxes we have with a state tax rate of 13.3% are at the highest marginal rate. It is talked about and it just scares a lot of people,” said Paul Getty, President and CEO of First Guardian Group in San Jose.

“In particular, some of our senior investors who have tied up a lot of equity in California real estate are now looking to cash out and reinvest so they can earn a much higher retirement income.”

Getty tells KRON4 News that many employees in the Bay Area have moved completely out of the area because work from home has become available and companies have taken advantage of it.

“A lot of people still get California paychecks, but they live in cheaper areas like Boise or Atlanta,” says Getty.

Despite reports of the Bay Area exodus, many remain in California

“They move out of the more expensive areas because they can, and in many cases employers actually find them more productive because they don’t have to commute back and forth on a daily basis.”

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