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Deservedly or not, San Francisco has been portrayed in recent years as a hellscape of homelessness, drug use, and crime. Looking to polish the city’s tarnished image, a group of San Francisco business leaders is using a $4 million ad campaign to offer a more flattering version of the stateTo read more — login/subscribe