San Francisco mayor London Breed slammed for visiting China in pursuit of pandas despite death spiral at home

San Francisco Mayor London Breed returned to the city Sunday after spending a week in China in efforts to advance economic and cultural ties with the region despite ongoing crises in her city. According to Breed’s office, the mayor traveled to China for a week-long, multi-city journey that included meetings with government, business and airline officials.Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng invited Breed to the country during last year’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, which was held in San Francisco.Prior to the trip, Breed told the local NBC station one of her goals was to bring back pandas for the San Francisco Zoo, create stronger relationships with Chinese officials, boost tourism and put San Francisco businesses on the radar. “We think that with increased flights, business opportunities, pandas, the economic opportunities for San Francisco will be significant,” she said during a press conference.Back at home, Breed’s constituents face problems well beyond zoo exhibits. “Mayor London Breed’s decision to jet off to China in pursuit of pandas while her city grapples with escalating crime and homelessness is a disgraceful evasion of her responsibilities to ensure the safety of San Francisco residents,” California Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones told Fox News Digital.“Her misguided focus on photo ops abroad only highlights her utter disregard for the urgent needs of those suffering in her own backyard.”“If you asked a thousand San Franciscans what the biggest problem facing the city is, not a single one of them would say that the zoo doesn’t have pandas.They would say they’re tired of rising crime, sick of soaring homelessness and fed up with a broken government that ignores the city’s problems,” Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher told Fox News Digital.“Rather than boosting public relations for the Chinese Communist Party, Mayor Breed should focus on fixing San Francis...