San Francisco ranked worst-run major city in America: report
Provo, Utah tops list of best-run cities in study by WalletHub
By Joshua Q. Nelson Fox News
Published June 17, 2025 12:30pm EDT
San Francisco has been ranked at the bottom of a new report by a financial services company ranking the best and worst-run cities in the country.
WalletHub reported it measured the "effectiveness of local leadership" by "determining a city’s operating efficiency." San Francisco came in 148th out of 148 cities studied.
"We can learn how well city officials manage and spend public funds by comparing the quality of the services residents receive against the city’s total budget," WalletHub Financial Writer Adam McCann wrote to explain the study.
Each city was given a "Quality of Services’" score based on 36 metrics that were grouped into six service categories, including financial stability, education, health, safety, economy, and infrastructure and pollution. These were measured against the city’s per capita budget.
San Francisco was ranked at the bottom after making headlines previously for the mass exodus from the liberal city, declining enrollment in its public school system as well as skyrocketing housing prices.
Residents elected a new mayor last year, Daniel Lurie, who beat incumbent Democrat London Breed by a more than 10-point margin, 56% to 43%.
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