"Like all of you, I love downtowns, and I, like all of you, will not accept that we give up on our downtowns. They are too important. They impact people's lives in so many positive ways."
"In Long Beach, he ate potato wedges at an outdoor event space by the city's convention center. In San Diego, he wandered a street of empty storefronts. In San Jose, he visited student housing in a former hotel."
"Not so long ago, downtowns were on the upswing. The recession was in the past, office space at a premium and residential development on the rise. But as COVID-19 lockdowns emptied buildings and left streets deserted, progress came to a halt."
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