Embattled San Francisco Mayor London Breed, a Democrat, is proposing a bond measure to revitalize the city’s downtown premier shopping district in the latest effort to spark an economic turnaround. 

The area has historically been home to one of the largest collections of department stores, luxury boutiques, gift shops, and restaurants in America. The pandemic, widespread homelessness, retail theft, and open-air drug use have led to businesses leaving in droves and tourists keeping away.