San Francisco

San Francisco is a large city in the United States of America. Various Godzilla media made in the United States have featured the city, while other kaiju have also attacked it. This is due to both San Francisco's prominence (including the famous Golden Gate Bridge) and the fact that this California metropolis is roughly in a straight line from Godzilla's native Japan (5,183.27 miles away).

Godzilla (2014)
After a female MUTO emerged in Nevada, the United States Military developed a plan to lure both MUTOs to a remote island offshore of San Francisco using a nuclear warhead, who in turn would lure Godzilla. The military then planned to detonate the warhead, hoping to kill all three monsters with the force of the blast. Ishiro Serizawa objected to the plan, believing the warhead would fail to kill the creatures, and arguing that Godzilla could kill both MUTOs on his own. Despite Serizawa's protests, the warhead was flown over San Francisco Bay and armed, only for the male MUTO to disable the military's vehicles with its EMP and steal the armed warhead. The MUTO brought the warhead to Chinatown, where its female counterpart was waiting. The MUTOs nuzzled each other and then began building a nest. Meanwhile, Godzilla surfaced in San Francisco Bay, intent on stopping the MUTOs' reproduction. The military opened fire on Godzilla from both the sea and from the Golden Gate Bridge, but the monster was unaffected. Godzilla grabbed the bridge's cables, being struck on both sides by artillery and rockets. One blast struck Godzilla in the gills, causing him to jerk sideways and smash through the bridge. Godzilla continued on his way to the heart of the city, where he was intercepted by the male MUTO. The military, meanwhile, sent in an extraction team to recover the armed warhead from the MUTOs' nest. When the team arrived at the nest, Godzilla engaged the female MUTO in combat. The male came to assist its mate, leaving the nest unguarded. The soldiers removed the warhead from the MUTOs' cluster of eggs and tried to disarm it, to no avail. They then began carrying it to the docks, hoping to take it as far out to sea as possible on a boat before it detonated. One soldier, Ford Brody, stayed behind in the nest and opened a gas pipeline, which caused an explosion that destroyed all the MUTO eggs. The MUTOs ceased double-teaming Godzilla and went back to check on the nest. When the female discovered Brody was responsible, she prepared to kill him, only to be blasted from behind by Godzilla's atomic breath. The male MUTO attacked Godzilla again, allowing the female to chase the soldiers to the docks. Godzilla managed to kill the male by slamming his tail into it and impaling the MUTO on the 44 Montgomery building, which soon collapsed onto Godzilla. At the docks, the female MUTO began wiping out all of the soldiers, leaving only Brody to place the warhead on a boat. Before the boat could leave, the female MUTO's EMP field disabled it, and she prepared to finish the killer of her offspring once and for all. However, Godzilla grabbed the MUTO from behind and fired his atomic breath down her throat, decapitating her. Godzilla roared victoriously before collapsing from exhaustion, while Brody was rescued by a helicopter as the warhead detonated far offshore. The next morning, emergency workers were working tirelessly to rescue citizens from the underground shelters in the city, while the unconscious Godzilla was surrounded by military and scientists. Eventually, Godzilla awakened and wandered back out to sea, leaving the city's inhabitants pondering his status as the "savior" of their city.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Following the battle between Godzilla and the MUTOs, San Francisco was left in a damaged state, and at some point, completely abandoned. As Emma Russell noted in 2019, the unique radiation emitted by the monsters caused the city to become overgrown with vegetation.