'I feel unsafe': JPMorgan conference attendees weigh in on SF

This Feb. 4, 2011, file photo, shows a JP Morgan Chase building sign in New York. JP Morgan is currently holding a conference in San Francisco with over 9,000 attendees. This Feb. 4, 2011, file photo, shows a JP Morgan Chase building sign in New York. JP Morgan is currently holding a conference in San Francisco with over 9,000 attendees. Photo: Bebeto Matthews, Associated Press Photo: Bebeto Matthews, Associated Press Image 1 of / 7 Caption Close 'I feel unsafe': JPMorgan conference attendees weigh in on SF 1 / 7 Back to Gallery

Over 9,000 attendees are currently inundating San Francisco for the 38th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference. And according to Bloomberg, they aren't happy with what the city's had in store for them.

Rooms in hotels near the conference are going for as much as $2,000 a night. Meeting tables at the Kimpton Sir Francis Drake Hotel cost $150 an hour. People attending lavish parties in the Tenderloin are voicing concerns about safety while walking around at night.

“I’ve been coming to JPM for five years, and the homeless situation has gotten much worse,” Selin Kurnaz, co-founder and CEO of New York-based Massive Bio, told Bloomberg at a party Monday night in the Tenderloin. “I feel unsafe walking around at night, especially as a young woman.”

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It's sentiments like these that led Oracle to move its OpenWorld conference to Las Vegas after more than 20 years of hosting it in San Francisco. In an announcement last month, Oracle attributed its decision to move to "the city’s pricey hotels and street conditions."

However, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon remains undeterred, saying that the city is "not quite that bad” and that attendees “know where they’re going, they plan for it the same time of the year” in an interview with Fox Business. He also mentioned that the bank is going to become “deeply involved” in the city.

UPDATE: The San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday that despite complaints, JPMorgan’s annual health care conference will return to San Francisco in 2021.

Read the full Bloomberg story here.

Madeline Wells is an SFGATE associate digital reporter. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com | Twitter: @madwells22