Anti-Poverty Activist Says San Francisco Slums Resemble World’s Worst

Anti-Poverty Activist Says San Francisco Slums Resemble World’s Worst
A homeless man yawns along a sidewalk in downtown San Francisco on June 27, 2016. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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Driven by a rapid growth in homelessness, San Francisco, considered by some to be an enlightened bastion of left-wing social engineering, now resembles some of the worst slums on the planet, according to international anti-poverty activist Leilani Farha.