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San Francisco's population has not recovered since the outbreak, according to a new report.
“The population of the San Francisco metro area failed to grow again by 2025, despite the rise of AI,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported in March. “Unlike every other major metro in the country, that left the region's population below its 2020 level, according to recently released U.S. Census estimates.”
“The number of residents in the city of San Francisco, which includes the East Bay, Peninsula and Marin County, was 2.6% lower in July 2025 than in April 2020, the most recent data show,” the report continued. “Among metro areas of more than 1.5 million people, that population loss was exceeded only by Los Angeles, which fell by 2.7%.
AS A WELFARE MAYOR FIGHTS IN THE CITY, SEATTLE POLICE AND CRIME DETECTIVES SAY REPEATED ATTACKS ARE TERMINATING THE CITY.
People sit in Alamo Square overlooking the city in San Francisco, California, US, Thursday, March 26, 2020. The population of San Francisco has not recovered since the outbreak of the epidemic, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The city has been plagued by housing shortages, rising crime, and rising costs of living over the past few years. Former residents described finding a better quality and cost of living outside the Bay Area, where housing shortages and housing costs have skyrocketed.
The city is trying to make a comeback by changing its political landscape after moderates ousted progressives from leadership.
The partners' effort has caught the attention of President Donald Trump, who has praised Mayor Daniel Lurie for his work to bring the city back.
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President Donald Trump praised San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie at a Cabinet meeting Thursday for “really trying” to improve the city after allies took over the leadership. (Getty Images)
The city elected Lurie in 2024, defeating Democrat London Breed to remove soft policies on crime, drugs and homelessness that critics say have contributed to the city's decline.
Moderate Democrats in San Francisco are pushing back on candidates, fearing that left-leaning local politicians could undo the work done four years ago after the attacks on the city. homelessness and crime.
“However, it's not like the Bay Area's population has been plagued,” the Chronicle reported. “After the decline in 2022, population growth in both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas has slowed, and even slightly increased. Similarly, population change in Los Angeles has generally decreased to a very low level.”
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Homeless people are seen as the city fights fentanyl use in San Francisco, California, United States on May 16, 2024. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Neighbors of Better San Francisco has raised $10 million to get into local elections to prevent progressives from getting re-elected and getting the city off its “higher focus,” according to a Politico report last month.
