A fake homeless encampment popped up in the heart of San Francisco\u2019s Financial District on Friday, sending startled residents into a panic \u2014 before they discovered it was all for a Netflix movie.<\/p>\n
Rows of tents suddenly appeared along California and Battery streets as crews transformed the neighborhood into the set of \u201c2034,\u201d a sci-fi mystery directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and starring Rachel McAdams and Jeff Daniels.<\/p>\n
The realistic-looking camp was convincing enough that concerned residents flooded the city\u2019s 311 line with complaints and filed reports through SolveSF<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fake homeless tents were set up on Friday X\/@abc7newsbayarea<\/p>\n If you saw a new homeless encampment that popped up in San Francisco\u2019s Financial District\u2014no, you didn\u2019t. Crews are filming a Netflix thriller directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and starring Rachel McAdams and Jeff Daniels. It comes as the city and state are expanding their push\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ClVdeJEJbL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) July 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Filming for an upcoming Netflix film took place in the Financial District of San Francisco X\/@abc7newsbayarea<\/p>\n \u201cI was walking around, and there\u2019s a million tents everywhere, which seems more than normal for this area,\u201d one resident told ABC7.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cTo the trained eye, somehow they don\u2019t look like regular homeless encampments,\u201d another San Francisco resident said. <\/a><\/p>\n Mayor Daniel Lurie speaking at an event Getty Images<\/p>\n The elaborate set comes just months after Mayor Daniel Lurie \u2014 who was reportedly spotted at the filming location<\/a> \u2014 signed legislation aimed at luring more movie and television productions to the city.<\/p>\n \u201cMayor Daniel Lurie today signed legislation championed by Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman to modernize and strengthen San Francisco\u2019s film incentive program\u2014which will help attract film and television productions back to San Francisco and support the city\u2019s creative community,\u201d a statement released back in February said<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aerial view of the city Getty Images<\/p>\n The push mirrors a broader effort across California to bring Hollywood productions back to the Golden State.<\/p>\n \u201cGovernor Gavin Newsom will announce a $750 million film and TV tax credit, boosting one of California\u2019s hallmark industries, Los Angeles\u2019 local economy, and thousands of industry jobs,\u201d the governor\u2019s office announced<\/a> in July 2025. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really important for us to have productions here,\u201d said the executive director of Film SF, Manijeh Fata. <\/p>\n Despite being set in San Francisco, much of \u201c2034\u201d has been filmed in Serbia and Montenegro. Production is expected to wrap later this month.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t