San Francisco Year Zero

San Francisco is a city of contradictions. It is one of the most socially liberal cities in America, but it also has some of the nation’s worst income inequality. It is a playground for tech millionaires, with an outrageously high cost of living, yet it also supports vibrant alternative and avant-garde scenes. So how did the city get this way? In San Francisco Year Zero , San Francisco native Lincoln Mitchell traces the roots of the current situation back to 1978, when three key events occurred: