Politics & Government
President Biden & First Lady Visiting Bay Area
Some streets in downtown San Francisco are closed all day Friday.
![The Bidens will attend fundraisers throughout the Bay Area.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/22880695/20240510/012744/styles/patch_image/public/102022-ped-los-angeles-ca-lax-biden-03___10132331812.jpg)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — President Joe Biden is en route to the Bay Area on Thursday for reelection campaign fundraisers, according to the White House.
Biden left Washington, D.C. on Air Force One and arrived Thursday evening at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, then traveled into San Francisco from there.
On Friday, the president will attend two fundraisers in the Bay Area before leaving to Seattle later in the day, White House officials said.
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According to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, California Street is closed between Powell and Taylor streets all day Thursday and Friday, as is Mason Street between Pine and Sacramento streets. The California cable car line will also be replaced by buses both days.
Biden last visited the region in February for a brief trip that also included multiple reelection campaign fundraisers, as well as a meeting with the widow and daughter of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who had recently died.
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First Lady Jill Biden is also arriving in the Bay Area on Thursday but was traveling separately from her husband and coming from a campaign event in Portland. She is scheduled to attend another campaign event in Marin County on Thursday evening before leaving Friday for Southern California.
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