San Francisco is a mid-sized city ( pop: 875,000) in northern California. For four decades the city has been run by liberal Democrats, including ex-mayor Gavin Newsom. The city has many problems, all created and fostered by the liberal left. Let’s list the big ones:
Schools-the only big city in the US not to open schools for middle and high school students for the entire academic year 20-21. But the School Board did eliminate merit for admissions to certain high schools. The Board also spent time and money to rename schools with offensive names like Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. The School board fights constantly with parents over everything.
Cost of Living-San Francisco has a cost of living at 2.5 times higher than the national average and, also 50% higher than NYC. Ugh!! People are leaving the city in record numbers, almost 50,000 people in 2020. This leaves the city with severe shortages of workers. Businesses are closing. Double Ugh!
Crime-the DA of San Francisco is Chesa Boudin, the son of two convicted murderers. His parents were charged with the death of two police officers and a security guard. Imagine that! San Francisco led the nation in car break-ins in 2019; shootings have doubled in the last year, and drug overdoes killed more people than Covid. Lax enforcement of crime has enabled shoplifting, looting, and robberies. The city has a incarceration rate of 20% the national average. Criminals are not going to jail.
City corruption– London Breed is the current mayor. She is a career politician, and the first black women to serve as mayor. She was elected in a special election in 2018.At a salary of $351,000, she is the highest paid mayor in the US. Can you imagine that? The city also has over 150 other employees with salaries over $300,000. Three city hall department heads have been charged by the FBI with bribery and corruption. Mayor Breed was fined $23,000 for ethics violations. Incompetence and corruption in city management has led to the demise of the City.
My guess is that the City will not recover.
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