AT&amp;T is closing its flagship store in downtown <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/san-francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco</a>, becoming the latest major retailer to abandon the city&#8217;s troubled downtown.
AT&amp;T, the country&#8217;s third-largest cell phone provider, said it will <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/att-closing-san-francisco-flagship-location">shutter</a> its Powell Street store on August 1.
“Consumer shopping habits continue to change, and we’re changing with them. That means serving customers where they are through the right mix of retail stores, digital channels and our phone-based care team,” a company spokesperson said.
All retail employees affected by the closing will be offered jobs at other AT&amp;T locations in the city, the company said.
In April, AT&amp;T had lagging cash flow for the first quarter, <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/business/local-companies/2023/04/20/att-beats-target-on-new-subscribers-in-first-quarter-but-disappoints-on-cash-flow/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posting</a> $1 billion, well below the $3.02 billion analysts had predicted for the phone giant.
AT&amp;T follows a string of major retailers closing their downtown San Francisco locations recently.
Last week, mall company Westfield said it will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/westfield-surrenders-san-francisco-location-as-woke-city-deteriorates">turn over</a> its downtown mall, Westfield San Francisco Centre, back to its lender, citing &#8220;challenging operating conditions in downtown San Francisco, which have led to declines in sales, occupancy and foot traffic.&#8221;
Last month, Nordstrom <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nordstrom-to-shutter-both-san-francisco-downtown-stores-citing-worsening-conditions">decided</a> to close their Westfield location, citing “unsafe conditions” and a “lack of enforcement against rampant criminal activity.”
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In April, a Whole Foods <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-franciscos-flagship-whole-foods-closes-after-only-one-year-due-to-high-crime-report">closed</a> in downtown San Francisco, and a source in San Francisco City Hall <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-franciscos-flagship-whole-foods-closes-after-only-one-year-due-to-high-crime-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> drug use and criminal activity near the store played a role in the store&#8217;s decision to close.
Park Hotels &amp; Resorts also <a href="https://www.pkhotelsandresorts.com/investors/news-and-events/press-releases/2023/06-05-2023-113043391" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last week that it has stopped making payments on its $725 million mortgage for its Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 hotels.
The real estate investment trust said it expects to work toward the &#8220;ultimate removal of these hotels from its portfolio.&#8221;
San Francisco&#8217;s downtown retail woes have been ongoing since the pandemic.
At least 352 companies, including Tesla and Oracle, moved their headquarters out of Northern California between 2018 and 2021, according a <a href="https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/research/docs/21117-Ohanian-Vranich-4_0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Hoover Institution.
Back in 2021, Walgreens <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walgreens-now-closing-stores-in-san-francisco-following-retail-theft-spike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">closed</a> five locations due to &#8220;ongoing organized retail crime,&#8221; the pharmacy giant said. Around the same time, Best Buy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/best-buy-is-worried-about-san-francisco-employees-quitting-getting-traumatized-thanks-to-frequent-thefts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> concerns about workers quitting over retail thefts.
San Francisco has been in the throes of a homelessness and drug crisis that has come with rampant crime for years now.
Homelessness has only gotten worse since before the pandemic.
About 38,000 people <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rising-crime-homelessness-leave-residents-of-san-francisco-and-oakland-on-edge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are homeless</a> in the Bay Area on a given night. That’s up 35% since 2019. More than 7,000 people are homeless in San Francisco itself.
Crime and open-air drug use often accompany the homeless issue.
While overall crime in San Francisco is slightly down this year, certain types of violent crime are up, <a href="https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime-data/crime-dashboard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to police data.
Murder is up 10% to 22 murders so far. Robberies are up 15% to 1,150 robberies so far. Car thefts are up 5% to 2,889 thefts.
The drug crisis is still raging, although overdose deaths have dropped from their all-time high in 2020 during the thick of the pandemic.
In 2022, San Francisco <a href="https://sf.gov/news/accidental-overdose-deaths-decline-san-francisco-second-consecutive-year-fentanylopioid">saw</a> 620 fatal drug overdoses, down from 640 overdose deaths in 2021. In 2020, overdose deaths spiked to 725.
San Francisco’s Democratic mayor has proposed spending another $692.6 million on homelessness. So far, no homeless plan has made a significant dent in the worsening issue.
Meanwhile, the San Francisco police department is <a href="https://missionlocal.org/2023/03/police-staffing-crisis-san-francisco/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently</a> understaffed by <a href="https://sf.gov/news/mayor-london-breed-proposes-27-million-funding-address-police-staffing-shortages" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than</a> 500 officers.

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