San Francisco’s last Republican mayor left office a month before the Beatles landed at JFK.
“…SAN FRANCISCO – The homeless encampments and drug addicts have become more visible to tourists, at times overshadowing the many landmarks that make San Francisco unique. Groups that hold their conventions here continue to take notice. ‘And it’s not just groups but also a lot of individual travelers. We hear a lot from individual travelers that have come here and have had negative experiences on the streets and say they don’t want to come back to San Francisco,’ said Joe D’Alessandro, President and CEO of the San Francisco Travel Association…”