San Francisco exodus as tech giants lean in to remote work in Covid-19 era

Brown (in red) and her husband Danny Benjamin having lunch with their sons Levi Benjamin-Brown, 5, and Luca Benjamin-Brown, 2, at their new home in El Cerrito, California. Brown’s family previously lived in San Francisco but recently moved to the East Bay in order to be closer to family because of Covid-19 and babysitting needs. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: Real estate agent Kilby Stenkamp sees moving vans on San Francisco streets where she used to see building cranes and tech company hipsters.

A work-from-home trend kicked into overdrive by the pandemic is disrupting a city long a mecca for tech talent.