Politics Reporter

Han Li

Fumio Kishida expressed his gratitude for the city’s warm hospitality.

San Francisco city officials and Caltrans have led multiple projects to clean up the city ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

The heightened security, which will shut down roughly a dozen blocks for three days, is causing concern among some locals.

‘The goal is to continue to keep our streets clean,’ Mayor London Breed said in an interview.  

More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered Sunday on the Embarcadero to protest this week’s gathering of world leaders and other issues.