San Francisco clean up clearing away the homeless ahead of APEC Summit

Officials in California are making a push to clean up San Francisco ahead of the APEC Summit.

US President Joe Biden is set to meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, China’s President Xi Jinping and other world leaders at the event later this week.

Hundreds of public workers have begun clearing the homeless from the streets, picking up trash and washing away urban graffiti.

This move hopes to hide the city’s recent troubles with rising crime and escalating drug use in the once-thriving downtown area.

Critics claim the timing of this cleanup is purely political.