Downtown recovery requires more than tech and nightlife, SPUR chief says

• San Francisco's pre-pandemic downtown thrived on tech, and depending on a single sector risks the same instability that left the city exposed when offices emptied out, Srivastava said.
• A thriving downtown requires more than nightlife and a tech-driven monoculture — it needs permanent housing and reliable transit, she added.

What they're saying: "We do need to think about what are the more permanent ways that we're going to create those structural changes that allow for more housing, allow for better connectivity to neighborhoods," Srivastava said.

• "The future vision we'd like to see is a downtown that's really much more inclusive of different kinds of uses, that is much more welcoming to different folks of different income levels, and different businesses," she told Axios San Francisco reporter Shawna Chen.