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amitkgupta84 | 4 years ago

Based on who San Franciscans has been electing, it seems too many live in world of progressive delusion far removed from reality. Reality got too real, now elected officials react. If only the citizens of SF could bring themselves to support and elect politicians who would’ve nipped this tragedy, years in the making, in the bud. Breed talks about the need to change course now — SF needed to change course long ago.

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nullnilvoid|4 years ago

London Breed is a bad mayor for SF. She defunded the police by $120 million during the movement [1] while she spent $12.4 million on her own personal security detail [2]. And now she pledges more police. It's a slap on her own face. She dances in a nightclub without a mask, breaking the very rule she set herself [3]. She partied at the French Laundry restaurant while she encouraged everyone else to shelter in place [4]. London Breed is a terrible mayor for SF. As the innovation center of the world, SF deserves better. Can anyone shed some light on how she got elected?

[1] https://www.kqed.org/news/11862094/sf-mayor-breed-unveils-pl...

[2] https://www.thesfnews.com/mayor-breed-cuts-police-budget-hir...

[3] https://californiaglobe.com/articles/sf-mayor-london-breed-g...

[4] https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/S-...

bpiche|4 years ago

The last mayor died on the treadmill and she became interim mayor.

zepto|4 years ago

Who are these ‘politicians who would’ve nipped this tragedy, years in the making, in the bud.’?

This isn’t meant to be a trick question. I simply haven’t seen any obvious choices.

amitkgupta84|4 years ago

Good question. I didn't mean this to refer to a specific politician, I meant that SF isn't the kind of place where such a politician could thrive. I think in a healthy place, you would see a healthy balance of right and left politicians who genuinely have to contend with one another. I would expect conservative politicians to win elections when things like crime and quality of life start to go the wrong direction. I don't think the delusional climate in SF is conducive to this healthy balance.

My recollection of the election when Breed won was there was one Republican, and I don't think he got many votes. Ideally there would be multiple Republican and Democratic candidates, with strong and worthwhile candidates from each party, each getting a decent share of votes. I recall the two other popular Democratic candidates competing with Breed banded together (don't remember what that meant exactly, I think they were recommending voters to vote for both of them in their ranked choices) and their platform for dealing with homelessness was to give them all cleaning supplies and have them clean the streets of SF, thereby killing two birds with one stone (giving the homeless productive, gainful occupation and dealing with all the litter, needles, human waste, etc. on the streets). I can't think of a more out-of-touch idea than that, but this was the #2 choice for San Franciscans.

I think anyone sensible would have simply asked for what Breed is now proposing to do. Voicing that opinion in SF years ago would've made you a pariah. It's a common sense opinion if you're living in and observing reality, but that's simply not what SF culture has been about.

dontgocold|4 years ago

I don’t mean to sound idiotic on my end, but clearly she was a voted in elected official…whats to stop her from being voted in again? I honestly don’t understand.