Gavin Newsom slammed for only cleaning up San Francisco "for Xi Jinping"
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has come under fire after after admitting that San Francisco was cleaned up ahead of the arrival of "fancy leaders" for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit. San Francisco is hosting the summit, which opened Saturday and runs through Friday. The main event is a planned meeting between President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit. In the days leading up to the event, homeless encampments in the city's downtown were cleared, sidewalks were polished, graffiti was scrubbed...
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