Editing San Francisco (section)

==Arts and culture==
{{Main|Culture of San Francisco}}
{{See also|San Francisco in popular culture}}
[[File:Palace of Fine Arts during Schon – Holt Salahi wedding.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Palace of Fine Arts]], originally built for the 1915 [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]]]] 
Although the [[Financial District, San Francisco|Financial District]], [[Union Square, San Francisco|Union Square]], and [[Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco|Fisherman's Wharf]] are well known around the world, San Francisco is also characterized by its numerous culturally rich streetscapes featuring [[mixed-use development|mixed-use]] neighborhoods anchored around [[List of streets in San Francisco|central commercial corridors]] to which residents and visitors alike can walk.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} Because of these characteristics,{{original research inline|date=January 2022}} San Francisco is ranked the "most walkable" city in the United States by [[Walk Score]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.walkscore.com/cities-and-neighborhoods/
|title = Most Walkable Cities in the U.S.
|access-date = August 23, 2022
|publisher = Walkscore.com
}}</ref> Many neighborhoods feature a mix of businesses, restaurants and venues that cater to the daily needs of local residents while also serving many visitors and tourists. Some neighborhoods are dotted with boutiques, cafés and nightlife such as Union Street in [[Cow Hollow, San Francisco|Cow Hollow]], 24th Street in [[Noe Valley, San Francisco|Noe Valley]], [[Valencia Street]] in the [[Mission District, San Francisco|Mission]], Grant Avenue in [[North Beach, San Francisco|North Beach]], and Irving Street in the [[Sunset District, San Francisco|Inner Sunset]]. This approach especially has influenced the continuing South of Market neighborhood redevelopment with businesses and neighborhood services rising alongside high-rise residences.<ref name="FogDev">{{cite news
|last = Wach |first = Bonnie
|title = Fog City rises from the funk
|work=USA Today  |date = October 3, 2003
|url = https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/cityguides/sanfrancisco/worthdoing.htm
|access-date =September 4, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515150859/https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/cityguides/sanfrancisco/worthdoing.htm|archive-date=May 15, 2006}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=January 2022}}

[[File:Entering the Castro district, San Francisco (31984322697) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Castro District, San Francisco|The Castro]] is famous as one of the first [[gay village]]s in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/neighborhoods/sf/castro/ |title=What's the Castro Like? |publisher=SFGate |access-date=July 30, 2014 |archive-date=September 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904173652/http://www.sfgate.com/neighborhoods/sf/castro/ |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
Since the 1990s, the demand for skilled [[information technology]] workers from local startups and nearby [[Silicon Valley]] has attracted [[white-collar worker]]s from all over the world and created a high standard of living in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news
|last = Schwarzer |first = Michelle
|title = San Francisco by the Numbers: Planning After the 2000 Census
|work=SPUR Newsletter |publisher=San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
|date=July 2001
|url = http://www.spur.org/documents/010701_article_03.shtm
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211032911/http://spur.org/documents/010701_article_03.shtm
|archive-date = February 11, 2005
|access-date =July 25, 2010
}}</ref> Many neighborhoods that were once [[blue-collar]], middle, and lower class have been [[Gentrification|gentrifying]], as many of the city's traditional business and industrial districts have experienced a renaissance driven by the redevelopment of the [[Embarcadero (San Francisco)|Embarcadero]], including the neighborhoods [[South Beach, San Francisco|South Beach]] and [[Mission Bay, San Francisco|Mission Bay]]. The city's property values and household income have risen to among the highest in the nation,<ref>{{cite web
|last = Sadovi |first = Maura Webber
|title = San Francisco's Home Prices Remain Among the Highest in U.S.
|work=The Wall Street Journal
|date = April 12, 2006
|url = http://www.realestatejournal.com/columnists/livingthere/20060412-livingthere.html
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070301092505/http://www.realestatejournal.com/columnists/livingthere/20060412-livingthere.html
|archive-date = March 1, 2007
|access-date =June 14, 2008
}}</ref><ref name="MedianIncome">{{cite web
|title=Median Family Income (In 2003 Inflation-adjusted Dollars)
|work=American Community Survey
|publisher=US Census Bureau
|date=August 22, 2007
|url=https://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Ranking/2003/R14T160.htm
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041013165845/http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Ranking/2003/R14T160.htm
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=October 13, 2004
|access-date=June 14, 2008
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|last = Hawn |first = Carleen
|title = It may not feel like it, but your shot at the good life is getting better. Here's why
|work=San Francisco magazine |publisher=Modern Luxury
|date=March 2007
|url = http://www.sanfran.com/archives/view_story/1068/
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070224105246/http://www.sanfran.com/archives/view_story/1068/
|archive-date = February 24, 2007
|access-date =June 14, 2008
}}</ref> creating a large and upscale restaurant, retail, and entertainment scene. According to a 2014 quality of life survey of global cities, San Francisco has the [[Most livable cities|highest quality of living]] of any U.S. city.<ref>"{{cite web
|title = 2014 Quality of Living worldwide city rankings – Mercer survey
|work=Mercer Consulting
|date=February 2014
|url = http://www.mercer.com/newsroom/2014-quality-of-living-survey.html
|access-date =November 4, 2015
}}</ref> However, due to the exceptionally high cost of living, many of the city's middle and lower-class families have been leaving the city for the outer suburbs of the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]], or for California's [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]].<ref name="MiddleClass">{{cite news
|last = Hendricks |first = Tyche
|title = Rich City Poor City: Middle-class neighborhoods are disappearing from the nation's cities, leaving only high- and low-income districts, new study says.
|work=San Francisco Chronicle
|page = A-1

|date = June 22, 2006
|url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/06/22/MNG6HJIDMM1.DTL
|access-date =June 14, 2008}}</ref> By June 2, 2015, the median rent was reported to be as high as $4,225.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/2015/06/02/san-franciscos-median-rent-hits-a-ridiculous-4225/ |title=San Francisco's median rent hits a ridiculous $4,225|author=Anna Marie Erwert|date=June 2, 2015|work=On The Block}}</ref> The high cost of living is due in part to restrictive planning laws which limit new residential construction.<ref>"Hot in the City{{sic?|."}} ''The Economist'' April 2, 2016: 71. print.</ref>
[[File:2019 San Francisco Carnaval Grand Parade 431 (49490263633) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The [[Mission District, San Francisco|Mission District]] is the historic center of the city's [[Chicano]]/[[Mexican-American]] population and greater [[Hispanics and Latinos in California|Hispanic and Latino]] community.]]
The international character that San Francisco has enjoyed since its founding is continued today by large numbers of immigrants from Asia and Latin America. With 39% of its residents born overseas,<ref name="SFEconomicStrategy">{{cite web
|last = Egan |first = Ted
|title = An Overview of San Francisco's Recent Economic Performance – Executive Summary
|publisher=ICF Consulting
|date = April 3, 2006
|url = http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/moed/economic_strat/ExecutiveSummary_EconomicPerformanceReview.pdf
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070710072642/http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/moed/economic_strat/ExecutiveSummary_EconomicPerformanceReview.pdf
|archive-date = July 10, 2007
|access-date =June 14, 2008
}}</ref> San Francisco has numerous neighborhoods filled with businesses and civic institutions catering to new arrivals. In particular, the arrival of many ethnic Chinese, which began to accelerate in the 1970s, has complemented the long-established community historically based in [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]] throughout the city and has transformed the annual [[San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade|Chinese New Year Parade]] into the largest event of its kind on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]].{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

With the arrival of the [[Beat Generation|"beat"]] writers and artists of the 1950s and societal changes culminating in the [[Summer of Love]] in the [[Haight-Ashbury]] district during the 1960s, San Francisco became a center of [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] activism and of the [[counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] that arose at that time. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and to a lesser extent the [[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]] have dominated [[Politics of San Francisco|city politics]] since the late 1970s, after the [[John Barbagelata|last serious]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] challenger for city office [[1975 San Francisco mayoral election|lost the 1975 mayoral election]] by a narrow margin. San Francisco has not voted more than 20% for a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential or senatorial candidate since [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]].<ref>{{cite web
|last = Leip |first = Dave
|title = Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
|publisher=Dave Leip
|date = June 4, 2008
|url = http://www.uselectionatlas.org/
|access-date =June 14, 2008
}}</ref> In 2007, the city expanded its [[Medicaid]] and other [[indigent]] medical programs into the [[Healthy San Francisco]] program,<ref>[http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2011/4/19/reform-law-could-curb-healthy-san-franciscos-enrollment-by-up-to-60.aspx Reform Law Could Curb Healthy San Francisco's Enrollment by Up to 60% – California Healthline]. Californiahealthline.org. Retrieved February 16, 2012.</ref> which [[subsidy|subsidizes]] certain medical services for eligible residents.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1207599,00.html|title=San Francisco's Latest Innovation: Universal Health Care|first1=Laura A.|last1=Locke|magazine=Time|date=June 23, 2006|publisher=TIME USA, LLC|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=July 3, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060703084949/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1207599,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.healthysanfrancisco.org/visitors/Participant_Costs.aspx "Participant Costs"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327140533/http://www.healthysanfrancisco.org/visitors/Participant_Costs.aspx |date=March 27, 2010 }}, healthysanfrancisco.org. Retrieved April 10, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2006/07/20/70664.htm "Universal Health Care Plan Approved in San Francisco"], ''Insurance Journal'', July 20, 2006.</ref>
[[File:2017 SFMOMA from Yerba Buena Gardens.jpg|thumb|left|The [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]], also known as SF MOMA]]
Since 1993, the San Francisco Department of Public Health has distributed 400,000 [[Needle and syringe programmes#San Francisco|free syringes]] every month aimed at reducing HIV and other health risks for drug users, as well as providing disposal sites and services.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180509152417/https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Those-needles-littering-the-streets-The-city-12898656.php Those needles littering the streets? The city gave them out], San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 2018</ref><ref>[https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/05/10/san-francisco-free-syringes-litter/ San Francisco's Free Syringes Are Littering Its Streets], CBS San Francisco, May 10, 2018</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Sydney |title=Second-chance city: San Francisco's plan to reduce overdose crisis |url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/news/second-chance-city-san-franciscos-plan-to-reduce-overdose-crisis/ |date=July 5, 2022 |website=The San Francisco Examiner |language=en-US |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319204055/https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/second-chance-city-san-franciscos-plan-to-reduce-overdose-crisis/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

San Francisco also has had a very active environmental community. Starting with the founding of the [[Sierra Club]] in 1892 to the establishment of the non-profit [[Friends of the Urban Forest]] in 1981, San Francisco has been at the forefront of many global discussions regarding the environment.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Sierra Club|url=http://sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/about/sierra.aspx|access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Friends of the Urban Forest – About us|url=http://www.fuf.net/about-us/|access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> The 1980 [[San Francisco Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance|San Francisco Recycling Program]] was one of the earliest curbside recycling programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recology Residential Service Program|url=http://www.sunsetscavenger.com/residentialFAQ.htm|access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> The city's GoSolarSF incentive promotes solar installations and the [[San Francisco Public Utilities Commission]] is rolling out the [[CleanPowerSF]] program to sell electricity from local renewable sources.<ref>{{cite web|title=SFPUC GoSolarSF|url=http://sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=133|access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About Clean Power SF |url=http://sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=577 |access-date=February 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220034605/http://sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=577 |archive-date=February 20, 2015 }}</ref> SF Greasecycle is a program to recycle used cooking oil for conversion to biodiesel.<ref>{{cite web|title=SFPUC Greasecycle|url=http://www.sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=465|access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref>

===LGBT===
{{Main|LGBT culture in San Francisco}}
[[File:San Francisco Pride Parade 2012-6.jpg|thumb|right|[[San Francisco Pride]] is one of the oldest and largest [[LGBT pride]] events in the world.]]
San Francisco has long had an [[LGBT]]-friendly [[LGBT culture in San Francisco|history]]. It was home to the first lesbian-rights organization in the United States, [[Daughters of Bilitis]]; the first openly gay person to run for public office in the United States, [[José Sarria]]; the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, [[Harvey Milk]]; the first openly lesbian judge appointed in the U.S., [[Mary C. Morgan]]; and the first [[transgender]] police commissioner, [[Theresa Sparks]]. The city's large gay population has created and sustained a politically and culturally active community over many decades, developing a powerful presence in San Francisco's civic life.<ref>{{cite web|website=The Travel Intern|first1=Alexis|last1=Ang|date=12 July 2022|access-date=28 July 2024|title=Cultures Explained: How did San Francisco become The World's Gay Mecca|publisher=The Travel Intern Pte. Ltd|location=Singapore|url=https://thetravelintern.com/san-francisco-lgbt/}}</ref> Survey data released in 2015 by [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] places the proportion of LGBT adults in the San Francisco metro area at 6.2%, which is the highest proportion of the 50 most populous metropolitan areas as measured by the polling organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/182051/san-francisco-metro-area-ranks-highest-lgbt-percentage.aspx|title=San Francisco Metro Area Ranks Highest in LGBT Percentage|date=March 20, 2015|website=Gallup|first1=Frank|last1=Newport|first2=Gary J.|last2=Gates|publisher=Gallup, Inc}}</ref>
[[File:The Castro (6163133524).jpg|thumb|left|The [[Rainbow flag (LGBT)|gay pride flag]] was originally developed in San Francisco.]] 
One of the most popular destinations for gay tourists internationally, the city hosts [[San Francisco Pride]], one of the largest and oldest [[pride parades]]. San Francisco Pride events have been held continuously since 1972. The events are themed and a new theme is created each year.<ref>{{cite web|title=San Francisco Pride|url=https://sfpride.org/theme/|date=March 2023|access-date=March 26, 2023|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326224520/https://sfpride.org/theme/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, over 1.5&nbsp;million people attended, around 500,000 more than the previous year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Court victories boost gay pride parades|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/30/san-francisco-gay-pride-parade-gay-marriage/2473379/|website=USA Today}}</ref> [[Pink Saturday]] is an annual street party held the Saturday before the pride parade, which coincides with the [[Dyke march]].

The [[Folsom Street Fair]] (FSF) is an annual [[BDSM]] and [[leather subculture]] street fair that is held in September, endcapping San Francisco's "Leather Pride Week".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rababy|first=Michael|title=Folsom Street Food Court|publisher=Delancey Street Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0692183731|location=Los Angeles, California|page=64}}</ref> It started in 1984 and is California's third-largest single-day, outdoor spectator event and the world's largest leather event and showcase for BDSM products and culture.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.folsomstreetfair.com/photos/http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/11/02/cheap.date/index.html |title=Cheap date – what to do? |work=CNN }}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Performing arts===
{{See also|List of theatres in San Francisco}}
[[File:San Francisco Opera House (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[War Memorial Opera House]], part of the [[San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center|S.F. War Memorial & Performing Arts Center]], one of the largest performing arts centers in the U.S.]]
[[File:Golden Gate Theatre - San Francisco, CA - DSC06532 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Golden Gate Theatre]] is located in the historic [[Theatre District, San Francisco|Theatre District]]]]
San Francisco's [[San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center|War Memorial and Performing Arts Center]] hosts some of the most enduring performing arts companies in the country. The [[War Memorial Opera House]] houses the [[San Francisco Opera]], the second-largest opera company in North America<ref>{{Cite web|title=San Francisco Opera |url=https://www.sfcv.org/organizations/san-francisco-opera#|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=www.sfcv.org}}</ref> as well as the [[San Francisco Ballet]], while the [[San Francisco Symphony]] plays in [[Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall|Davies Symphony Hall]]. Opened in 2013, the [[SFJAZZ Center]] hosts jazz performances year round.<ref>{{Cite web|title=sfjazz.org {{!}} About|url=https://www.sfjazz.org/about/|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=www.sfjazz.org}}</ref>

[[The Fillmore]] is a music venue located in the [[Western Addition, San Francisco|Western Addition]]. It is the second incarnation of the historic venue that gained fame in the 1960s, housing the stage where now-famous musicians such as the [[Grateful Dead]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Led Zeppelin]], and [[Jefferson Airplane]] first performed, fostering the [[San Francisco Sound]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=San Francisco Sound|url=https://www.shsu.edu/~lis_fwh/book/regional_styles/San%20Francisco%20Sound2.htm|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=www.shsu.edu}}</ref> It closed its doors in 1971 with a final performance by [[Santana (band)|Santana]] and reopened in 1994 with a show by [[the Smashing Pumpkins]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/music/fillmore-west-greatest-concerts-of-all-time/|title=Remembering The Most Iconic Classic Rock Venue On The West Coast|date=May 24, 2018|accessdate=April 2, 2023}}</ref>

San Francisco has a large number of [[List of theatres in San Francisco|theaters and live performance venues]]. Local theater companies have been noted for risk taking and innovation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.7x7.com/stage-left-san-franciscos-theater-history-1781795434.html|title=Stage Left: San Francisco's Theater History|date=November 9, 2012|website=7x7 Bay Area}}</ref> The [[Tony Award]]-winning non-profit [[American Conservatory Theater]] (A.C.T.) is a member of the national [[League of Resident Theatres]]. Other local winners of the [[Regional Theatre Tony Award]] include the [[San Francisco Mime Troupe]].<ref>Jones, Chad. [http://www.theatrebayarea.org/news/175997/Tonys-by-the-Bay.htm "Tonys By the Bay"]. ''Theatre Bay Area Magazine'', May/June 2014.</ref>
San Francisco theaters frequently host pre-[[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] engagements and tryout runs,<ref>Sanders, Adrienne, "S.F. Raises Curtain For Broadway Hits" ''San Francisco Business Times'', April 3, 2005. [http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2005/04/04/story3.html?page=all]</ref> and some original San Francisco productions have later moved to Broadway.<ref>Jones, Chad. "Tonys By the Bay". ''Theatre Bay Area Magazine'', May/June 2014. [http://www.theatrebayarea.org/news/175997/Tonys-by-the-Bay.htm]</ref>

===Museums===
{{Further|List of museums in San Francisco Bay Area, California#San Francisco}}
[[File:California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 02.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Legion of Honor (museum)|California Palace of the Legion of Honor]], part of the [[Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco]]]]
The [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]] (SFMOMA) houses 20th century and contemporary works of art. It moved to its current building in the [[South of Market, San Francisco|South of Market]] neighborhood in 1995 and attracted more than 600,000 visitors annually.<ref>{{cite web
|title = Corporate Sponsorship – Why Sponsor
|publisher=San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
|url = http://www.sfmoma.org/membership/corp_sponsors_why_sponsor.html
|access-date =June 14, 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071229011210/http://www.sfmoma.org/membership/corp_sponsors_why_sponsor.html |archive-date = December 29, 2007}}</ref> SFMOMA closed for renovation and expansion in 2013. The museum reopened on May 14, 2016, with an addition, designed by [[Snøhetta (company)|Snøhetta]], that has doubled the museum's size.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/about/our-expansion-2016/|title=Our Expansion · SFMOMA|website=SFMOMA}}</ref>

The [[California Palace of the Legion of Honor|Palace of the Legion of Honor]] holds primarily European antiquities and works of art at its [[Lincoln Park (San Francisco)|Lincoln Park]] building modeled after its [[Palais de la Légion d'Honneur|Parisian namesake]]. The [[M. H. de Young Memorial Museum|de Young Museum]] in Golden Gate Park features American decorative pieces and anthropological holdings from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, while Asian art is housed in the [[Asian Art Museum of San Francisco|Asian Art Museum]]. Opposite the de Young stands the [[California Academy of Sciences]], a natural history museum that also hosts the [[Morrison Planetarium]] and [[Steinhart Aquarium]]. Located on Pier 15 on the Embarcadero, the [[Exploratorium]] is an interactive science museum. The [[Contemporary Jewish Museum]] is a non-collecting institution that hosts a broad array of temporary exhibitions. On Nob Hill, the [[San Francisco Cable Car Museum|Cable Car Museum]] is a working museum featuring the cable car powerhouse, which drives the cables.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanfrancisco.net/museums|title=Museums in San Francisco|publisher=SanFrancisco.net|access-date=November 15, 2015}}</ref> [[Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts]] was founded in 1998 and is part of the California College of the Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts |url=https://wattis.org/read-about-us |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=wattis.org}}</ref>