Poll: 70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined
A person wearing a protective mask walks in front of the skyline on Bernal Heights Hill amid the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020.
In an annual poll commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, 70% of respondents said the quality of life in the city has declined.
The so-called City Beat Poll was conducted from May 25 to 31, at a time when city residents had faced the economic and social impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year.
The poll was based on comments from 520 San Francisco residents who are all registered to vote and was conducted via hybrid telephone, internet and text in both English and Chinese, according to the chamber.
The responses also revealed that crime and homelessness are the top concerns among those who responded, with 80% of people saying they think crime has increased and 88% saying homelessness has worsened in recent years.
The Chamber of Commerce launched a new online dashboard pulling data from SF311, the city's customer service center, which fields thousands of requests from reports of graffiti to complaints of trash on sidewalks.
