SAN FRANCISCO — As many as 200 demonstrators rallied in downtown San Francisco on Wednesday near where Super Bowl festivities are being hosted, protesting what they say are the city's plans to clear away homeless people to make way for tourists and events.
The demonstrators, confronted by helmeted police, shouted, "No penalty for poverty" and hoisted signs and tents emblazoned with such slogans as: "Sleep. It's not a crime," as they rallied just blocks from the so-called Super Bowl City in downtown San Francisco.
The Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers are scheduled to square off in Super Bowl 50, some 50 miles (80 km) south of San Francisco at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on Sunday.