San Francisco's APEC Crackdown: Targeting Street Vendors and Homeless Population
San Francisco is implementing measures to clean up its streets ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, including cracking down on street vendors and getting homeless people into shelters. City employees have been offered bulletproof vests to enforce street vending rules, and additional shelter beds will be opened. The city aims to improve its image before hosting world leaders at the summit, while also addressing rising crime rates and the homelessness epidemic.