Are the Bay Area’s largest downtowns caught in a doom loop?

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Are the Bay Area’s largest downtowns caught in a doom loop?
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The Bay Area’s largest cities are staring down huge setbacks to their efforts to revitalize urban cores hollowed out by a once-in-a-generation pandemic.

, pockets of open-air drug dealing and other safety and quality of life concerns have hampered the city’s recovery after thousands of workers emptied out of downtown offices.

“We get break-ins, four or five businesses every single night in Oakland,” said Ali Albasiery, the owner of a ShopRite grocery. “People are fed up. Some stores are closing up early because of this craziness going on.” San Jose Police Captain Carlos Acosta with the San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Officers Andrews, and Sass walk on Paseo de San Antonio during a public safety outreach tour on Thursday, May 4, 2023 in downtown San Jose, Calif.

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