Elon Musk and Dave Chappelle agree: San Francisco is a mess.

Elon Musk called downtown San Francisco a "derelict zombie apocalypse" due to the city's homelessness and drug crisis. The area has been described as filled with needles, trash, and discarded needles. San Francisco is a major tech hub with companies like Google, Twitter, Apple, and Meta headquartered in or near the city. The United Nation's former special rapporteur Leilani Farha called the homelessness crisis in San Francisco a "human rights violation" in a 2018 report. The crisis partly stems from restrictive policies in the area including laws that limit where affordable housing can be built, an influx of luxury apartments, and high transportation costs.