San Francisco Looks To Reverse Family-Flight Trend

Posted by: Nate Berg

20 April 2007 - 1:00pm

Recently, a long-standing trend of family-flight from San Francisco seems to be reversing. The city hopes to retain more families in coming years, increasing the population of children and families back to peak amounts from nearly 50 years ago.

"The population of children living in the city has dropped by more than 33 percent since 1960, and today there are just 112,000 young people under the age of 18 living in San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom said."

"'The state of children, youth and families is better, and the best is yet to come. I think we're turning the corner and I think we get it,' Newsom said."

"A city report released earlier this week said that 36 percent of parents with children ages 5 or younger are either very or somewhat likely to leave San Francisco, compared with 45 percent in 2005."

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Source: The San Francisco Chronicle, April 20, 2007