It’s no secret that Elon Musk has it out for San Francisco.
The world’s richest man has, after all, turned SF-hating into a spectator sport for the MAGA masses of X.
His slights generally boil down to two categories: The city is a crime-ridden wasteland where homeless drug addicts freely roam, and the city is run by a liberal cabal infected with the “woke mind virus.”
But an analysis of Musk’s tweets shows that he may be coming down from his SF-hating peak. In 2023, Musk referred to the city as a “Mad Max” apocalyptic zombie wasteland six times. This year, he did so just twice. Thanks, Elon!
Still, he did post his share of unhinged comments. In his most retweeted SF post of the year, Musk alleged that several X employees had been threatened by a machete-wielding man on Market Street who later killed three people.
That was in response to a post by “@EndWokeness” celebrating that “California politicians are finally facing the ramifications of their pro-crime policies.”
Musk claimed his employees didn’t report the machete man’s threat because that “doesn’t constitute an arrestable crime in California.” Not accurate: You can be jailed for brandishing a deadly weapon in a threatening manner, per the California penal code.
In a separate post months later, Musk recounted the same incident — albeit with several changes in details. The murderer carried an ax, rather than a machete, and killed one person, not three.
The Standard was unable to verify either of Musk’s accounts, but similar crimes have happened in the city — albeit none have been reported since 2022.
Another Musk hit this year: The world is doomed, he said, if the “Mad-Max-in-real-life of downtown San Francisco propagates to the world.”
Humanity is doomed if the extinctionist philosophy that led to the Mad-Max-in-real-life of downtown San Francisco propagates to the world https://t.co/MgelefwIiI
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 8, 2024
Short but effective: The post earned more than 29 million views.
Another memorable moment came when Musk called on the city to “fire” Aaron Peskin, the famously progressive supervisor. That was a handy reprise of 2023’s “Prison for Peskin” and Musk’s similar call to lock up Dean Preston, another progressive supervisor.
Fire Peskin
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 27, 2024
Don’t get too wrapped up in the negative posts, though. Musk had more nice things to say about the city this year than last.
Sure, most had to do with his insistence that the Bay Area is growing more Trumpy. But he said plenty of things that had nothing to do with a perceived MAGA surge.
In March, he replied to The Standard’s story about a rise in Union Square nightlife with a decidedly positive message.
There is new hope in SF
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2024
After the Nov. 5 election, Musk took to X to celebrate that “Things are looking better for California and San Francisco.”
Also, consider this: In 2023, Musk made eight posts that skewered SF’s “Doom Loop.” This year, there were none.
That said, take his tweets with a grain of salt. Remember this one?
Many have offered rich incentives for X (fka Twitter) to move its HQ out of San Francisco.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 29, 2023
Moreover, the city is in a doom spiral with one company after another left or leaving.
Therefore, they expect X will move too.
We will not.
You only know who your real friends are when…
See all of Musk’s 2024 tweets that contain San Francisco-related keywords, in chronological order, below.
The politicians responsible for destroying San Francisco need to be fired. End of story.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 30, 2024
If we can get sane people elected in SF, then the future is bright indeed!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 19, 2024
That sums up SF 😂
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 25, 2024
San Francisco, this is your moment to act. Save the city! https://t.co/yV2tfKOHbw
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 27, 2024
Fire Peskin
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 27, 2024
Not sure how long that lil bot would last in the wilds of NY/SF/LA
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2024
There is new hope in SF
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2024
Problem with idiotic, Roach Motel laws like this is that no grocery store will take a risk on San Francisco if they can’t get out
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 11, 2024
Cybertruck might be needed for a robotaxi in San Francisco 😂
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 23, 2024
Late last year, several 𝕏 employees were threatened by a guy with a machete outside the Walgreens on Market St in SF.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2024
They didn’t report it, because that doesn’t constitute an arrestable crime in California.
That guy later killed 3 people. https://t.co/FPSnbwn9Z8
It may technically be on the books, as many other laws are that are not enforced, but ask anyone in SF if the police will actually show up if you’re threatened by someone on the street, but were not physically harmed (because you outran them).
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2024
That was so weird. Where exactly did they take all the mentally ill drug addicts? There are normally several thousand on the streets of San Francisco.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2024
The streets were suddenly and immediately cleaned up. Never seen that before.
Burglary in San Francisco and Oakland is limited only by how many hours thieves are willing to work. Literally!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 26, 2024
Those so-called activists are squares, conformists and corpo stooges posing as progressives.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 24, 2024
The most rebellious thing you can be in San Francisco is a Republican.
🏴☠️
The SF Bay Area is shifting towards Trump
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2024
1. The gross receipts tax needs to be revoked, as that makes it impossible for finance companies to be in SF.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 19, 2024
2. Criminals must be incarcerated.
3. Opening selling of fentanyl & crack on the streets must be prosecuted.
That’s what is needed.
Marc, I think you’re great and had the best of intentions, but the crazy gross receipts city tax that you supported makes it impossible for financial companies to operate in San Francisco.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 18, 2024
That’s why Stripe, Block (CashApp), VISA and many others were forced out of San…
A couple I know finally moved from SF, because there was a dead body in front of their house. They called 911 and no one even showed up until the next day.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 20, 2024
My smartest friends, including those living in the San Francisco Bay Area who have been lifelong Dems, are excited about Trump/Vance
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 21, 2024
No choice. It is impossible to operate in San Francisco if you’re processing payments.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 5, 2024
That’s why Stripe, Block (CashApp) & others had to move.
For some reason, they can magically create a wall overnight for the DNC or when President Xi visited San Francisco
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 19, 2024
2016 is when the woke mind virus was pushed by San Francisco Bay Area technology companies into the mind humanity.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 19, 2024
Twitter and others were Wormtongue to the world.
Unless murderers are locked up, they will murder.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 1, 2024
A guy chased three X employees down Market St in SF trying hit them with an axe. They reported it, but no action was taken. A few months later, that guy killed someone with his axe.
Downtown SF needs to return to being safe and clean
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 8, 2024
Humanity is doomed if the extinctionist philosophy that led to the Mad-Max-in-real-life of downtown San Francisco propagates to the world https://t.co/MgelefwIiI
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 8, 2024
TikTok’s “trust & safety” team is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and is controlled by the far-left
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 18, 2024
I disagree with that connection.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 24, 2024
The downtown SF violent drug zombie problem could not be further apart in nature and cause than Burning Man.
Tuesday night in SF https://t.co/M9Dr9344pJ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 27, 2024
To understand the nightmare of where far left politics takes you, just walk around downtown San Francisco https://t.co/jwZvmfKaSH
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 1, 2024
xAI open house in SF tonight! https://t.co/M9Dr934Cfh
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 1, 2024
That there are Trump/Vance signs at all in SF is encouraging
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 29, 2024
Things are looking better for California and San Francisco, thanks to your efforts and those of many Californians who are sick of legalized theft and violent streets!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 8, 2024
Just another day in SF
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 27, 2024
Almost everyone I know in San Francisco has been threatened or violently assaulted on the streets and/or had a home invasion
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 10, 2024