By Isabel Angell, KALW Crosscurrents
African Americans are leaving San Francisco at an alarming rate. They make up just 6 percent of the population, down from more than 13 percent in 1970, and have a higher unemployment rate than whites and other minorities.
Meanwhile, San Francisco has the fastest-growing income gap in the country. In a region with so much wealth and innovation, a significant part of the population is getting left behind.
S.F. Mayor Ed Lee has inaugurated a series of mayoral forums to improve the city’s engagement with the minority and lower-income communities. i
By 8 a.m. at the first forum, about 100 people gathered to attend “The Mayoral Community Stakeholder Forum: Diversity, Innovation, and Jobs of the Future.”
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