U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Adam Schiff had his luggage stolen in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, forcing him to address an audience and attend a fancy dinner without a suit.
The Democrat was in the city to attend a dinner and had parked his car in a downtown garage before a gathering with supporters.
“Yes, they took my bags,” Schiff confirmed to the Chronicle.
“But I’m here to thank Joe,” he added, referring to high-profile lawyer Joe Cotchett, who’s backing his Senate bid.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported:
Hello to the city, goodbye to your luggage. That was Senatorial candidate Adam Schiff’s rude introduction to San Francisco’s vexing reputation for car burglaries Thursday when thieves swiped the bags from his car while it sat in a downtown parking garage.
The heist meant the Democratic congressman got stuck at a fancy dinner party in his shirt sleeves and a hiking vest while everyone else sat in suits. Not quite the look the man from Burbank was aiming for as he rose to thank powerhouse attorney Joe Cotchett for his support in his bid to replace the late Dianne Feinstein in the U.S. Senate.
“I guess it’s ‘Welcome to San Francisco,’ ” Cotchett’s press agent Lee Houskeeper, who was at the dinner, remarked dryly.
Demcorat-run San Fransisco has been bogged down with soaring crime over the last few years.
Earlier this year, the Macy’s store in San Francisco announced it would be closing due to rampant crime.
Peskin released a statement on X, noting Macy’s would be downsizing by 150 locations, including the city’s downtown store in Union Square.
Mayor Landon Breed touted declining crime numbers in January.
However, according to The New York Post, police statistics show that the city’s previously quieter residential areas are instead being hit hard with burglary — and shopkeepers in those areas told The Post they’re living on edge.
While crime in the notorious Tenderloin district and the surrounding downtown area is down compared with this time last year, burglary is up by 44% in 2024 in San Francisco’s more residential Taraval police district. Burglaries are also up by 19% in Ingleside and 6.2% in the Richmond neighborhood.
“It never occurred to me that crime would be a problem. It’s a nice, safe area on the edge of the city,” Taraval-area candy shop owner Diane Zogaric told The Post.
“But that doesn’t seem to matter anymore.”
The city’s “doom loop” downtown has caused half of retailers to flee the area, citing crime and safety concerns, with progressive policies on criminal justice widely blamed for the exodus.
