Hundreds of unsheltered people living in tent encampments in the blocks surrounding the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco have been forced to leave by city outreach workers and police as part of an attempted “clean up the house” ahead of this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s annual free trade conference.

The action, which housing advocates allege violated a court injunction, was celebrated by right-wing figures and the tech crowd, who have long been convinced that the city is in terminal decline because of an increase in encampments in the downtown area.

The X account End Wokness wrote that the displacement was proof the “government can easily fix our cities overnight. It just doesn’t want to” (the post received 77,000 likes). “Queer Eye but it’s just Xi visiting troubled US cities then they get a makeover,” joked Packy McCormick, the founder of Not Boring Capital and advisor to Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto VC team. The New York Post celebrated the action, saying that residents had “miraculously disappeared.”

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    01 year ago

    Conservatives didn’t do this. The article mentions cheering but not who actually did this. All it says is the operation was a “black box”.

    This isn’t journalism. They made zero effort to get to the facts. Facts such as:

    • Who ordered this sweep to occur?
    • Who will be held responsible for the illegal actions performed?

    Why is this story entirely focused on the New York Post being in favor of it? There is zero effort to hold the people responsible for this to account.