A pro-wealth advocate is planning a “March for Billionaires” on the streets of San Francisco Saturday to push back against California’s proposed “billionaire’s tax.”

And he swears he isn’t kidding.

“Yes, it’s real,” organizer Derik Kauffman told KRON 4, confirming that the march would indeed take place after many assumed it was as a joke.

“Vilifying billionaires is popular. Losing them is expensive,” reads a message on the event’s official website.

“California benefits enormously when entrepreneurs choose to build here. We’re currently watching them leave.”

Kauffman — cofounder of the AI startup RunRL — told the San Francisco Examiner that the march aims to “change the sentiment… to recognize that billionaires have done a lot for us and communicate that we’re glad they’re here.”

He added that he isn’t acting on behalf of the super rich and hasn’t received any funding from billionaires, organizing the movement on his own.

The march was set to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Alta Plaza Park in Pacific Heights, then continue to the Civic Center for a rally at 12:30 p.m.

The San Francisco Unified School District announced Friday all schools across the district will be closed on Monday.

The news came as negotiations between the teachers’ union and the school district are expected to continue over the weekend.

The union is calling for fully funded healthcare, an increase in wages and more stable staffing.

SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su said she believes the proposal presented during Thursday’s negotiations was a win-win; however, the union saw it differently.

“The proposal that we received tonight did not reflect what we understood to have been that intent, it falls very short of that issue and doesn’t address some of our other key issues as well, UESF President Cassondra Curiel said on Thursday.

“I want families to know how deeply we value our educators and committed I am to avoiding a strike,” Superintendent Maria Su said during a news briefing on Friday. “While I am very disappointed these negotiations did not result in an agreement last night, my team and I are prepared to bargain the entire weekend. I do not want a strike.”

This would be the first teachers strike in San Francisco since 1979.

The announcement came along with the district’s “learning resources” in case of a strike. Those can be accessed here.

Bay City News contributed to this report

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco has made national headlines because of the city’s issues with the unhoused, drugs, and crime. And now, the city is in the spotlight once again because of Super Bowl week.

The big game is this Sunday and there are visitors all over San Francisco. ABC7 Eyewitness News wanted to know what they think about the city and what surprised them the most.

Everyone is counting down to the Big Game and fans are pumped.

All the festivities for Super Bowl Week around the Bay Area are wowing visitors and locals alike.

MORE: Super Bowl live updates here

In San Francisco, out-of-towners are getting a good look at what the City is all about—the good and the bad.

Saurabh Raybaruah is visiting from Maryland.

“When I came 2 years back. I found it a little dirty, a little unfriendly. But now, it has changed. I love how it looks now. It’s clean. It’s beautiful,” said Raybaruah.

SUZANNE PHAN: “What surprised you the most? Raybaruah: How clean it got. It really got clean.”

Annie Dias from Boston said is visiting San Francisco for the first time.

SUZANNE PHAN: “What do you think?

ANNIE DIAS: “Beautiful city.”

On the Pat McAfee show, the host said Thursday San Francisco isn’t what he expected.

“We were so surprised by what we were told and expected versus when we walked through the streets,” said McAfee. “I think San Francisco is showcasing to us– I don’t know about the rest of the world– I don’t know how people are going to change their opinions about what’s going on. But, it’s a beautiful place.”

Kristina Foreman is celebrating her birthday. Her parents from Florida are seeing San Francisco for the first time.

“As we are walking around the first day today i feel fairly safe,” said Christopher Foreman, a Florida resident. “There was the presence of police and Coast Guard around. I thought it was going to be more smelly, more homeless than I’ve see– that I’ve heard about coming on the news. But, I haven’t seen as much of it around.”

MORE: Here’s an inside look at Super Bowl Experience in San Francisco

In the Mission District Thursday night, the buzz is all about one thing– this weekend’s half-time show performer.

“It’s a Bad Bunny look-alike contest. We want to see what the other good looking Bad Bunnies look like,” said Linda Sandoval.

Paul and Linda Sandoval of Penngrove are eager to check out the star attraction-the Bad Bunny look-alikes.

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The Sandovals will be the first to tell you that San Francisco is worth the visit.

“There’s always lot to do. There’s ton of diversity,” said Linda Sandoval.

“They talk about what they see on TV. But that’s not what you see on the street. It’s very different,” said Paul Sandoval. “Sometimes they see homeless people and they hear about crime and things of that nature. You know what? It’s like that in every city everywhere.”

Many people who live and work in San Francisco say the city isn’t perfect, but they also believe it’s headed in the right direction.