Light traffic moves through a nearly deserted freeway maze section in Oakland, March 2020. Residents are exiting the Bay Area at a far greater pace than people are coming into the region — and the exodus from the Bay Area and from San Francisco, in particular, is far more severe than is the case for California overall.
BERKELEY — Residents are exiting the Bay Area at a far greater pace than people are coming into the region — and the exodus from the Bay Area and from San Francisco, in particular, is far more severe … It wasn’t immediately clear whether wealthy residents are among those who have decided to depart California, the Bay Area, and San Francisco, or for that matter, tech hub Silicon Valley in big numbers.