Elon Musk called downtown San Francisco — where Twitter is headquartered — a 'derelict zombie apocalypse' amid its huge homelessness and drug issues
Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted his thoughts about downtown San Francisco lamenting the decline of the"once beautiful and thriving" area and called it a"disaster." to a link to an article about a show performed in the city by comedian and actor Dave Chappelle. The article, which was published by right-wing outlet Rebel News, said Chappelle had blamed San Francisco's problems on"woke" officials.
The billionaire's remarks come amid a huge homelessness and drug crisis in the city which has been growing for years. San Francisco is also a major tech hub with the likes of Google, Twitter, Apple, and Meta headquartered in or near the city. The United Nation's former special rapporteur Leilani Farha called the homelessness crisis in San Francisco a"human rights violation," in aFarha described seeing feces, trash, and discarded needles amongst homeless encampments in the city as well as families stuck outside in the cold, according to the report.
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