My wife and I took only public transportation when we visited there two years ago.
It was due to the tremendous car break-in rate we’d read.
Before I retired from a job working in downtown San Francisco, I'd walk to nearby restaurants for lunch with co-workers. Every day we'd see broken window glass on sidewalks because of thieves breaking into cars. Literally every block had broken glass at the curb. My daughter and her family came to visit two years ago, rented a SUV, and the side window got broken and the car was robbed. Granddaughter cried because her backpack was taken. Thieves like to target rental cars because visitors leave stuff in the cars. But thievery is everywhere now; a neighbor had their car stolen from their own driveway this week.
Crooks target out of state license plates. They know they can get away with it. Hence the hospitality rewards are posted.