San Franciscans Are Fighting to Turn the City Around | Erica Sandberg
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- Опубликовано: 15 июн 2024
- "There's a huge energy in the city right now with people desperately wanting change."
Siyamak sits down with Erica Sandberg, an independent journalist who reports on the issues facing San Francisco, such as crime, homelessness and the struggles of local businesses. She'll provide her perspective on what's going on in the city, and how local residents are finally fighting for change.
"We have just over $14 billion budget, and we can't keep our streets clean. That's insane.
We had 8000 People working in the Department of Public Health alone, and we can't seem to get people into addiction care? The corruption is off the hook," Erica Sandberg said. "It's kind of like handing somebody a tissue when they need chemotherapy.
Don't do that. And don't lie to people. Because when you do, money pours into those false solutions. And then you lose hope. And then you go, then you leave. And this is what we've seen."
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A near 100% single party democrat rule is the only problem facing that city.
Just the city? California State has been Democrats controlled for many decades turning the State into a 3rd world. Actually that’s an insult to the 3rd world countries.
We believed we are being cheated here in California. The Hollywood has been occupied by demonic forces. We tried to impeached Newsom last year but as they’ve been doing they are cheating us. Please pray for us in California because we stand for freedom as our forefathers stands for since 1776. 🇺🇸 🙏🏼
Last Republican mayor was in 1964.
Practically the whole state is like that.
@@Ford-ek7qe Check new orleans. Their last one was in the 1800’s, for 3 days 😂
NO. They will ALL still vote Democrat. Wake up.
Will you stop assuming? I've been living in SF for almsot 20 years and I'm planning to vote for Republicans and Independents.
It’s the rich people oh the outskirts that vote Democrat every time. The ones none of the crime affects
@@Reanimator999you voting for Trump you racist hahahaha
Yup. Over in Oakland, the voters are blaming Republicans for the Mayor's recall. It is the same narrative as the recall of Chesa Boudin. The voters are the ones that need to be fixed before the city can get better.
If that's all that's on the ballot, then yes they will vote Democrat. Having lived in SF recently, I can tell you there's literally 2 Republicans on the ballot in all of SF, one runs for a SF Board of Supervisor seat from the Outer Sunset and the other challenges Pelosi for her seat in Congress. EVERY other person on the ballot is some sort of Dem... from sane reasonable Dem to Establishment Dem to Progressive Dem to Democratic Socialist. This is the key issue - there must be quality alternate candidates on the ballot that awakened voters can vote for to get away from the terrible politicians.
Well. Now you have a non-citizen voter registrar, SF is lost forever.
Maybe it’ll be the opposite,maybe SF does have a chance remember these voter are more conservative then one would think
@@bear1more287 She's hand picked by Aaron Peskin, so no.
That's total insanity.
@@SFPhilo Who's that?
lol. When she says now the Chinese have representation, she was joking.
Yet they just keep voting the SAME way...
They must, somehow, be broken of that habit. I think they are approaching the end of their patience with that pattern. They are like alcoholics; they have to hit rock bottom.
@@tabletalk33Where the heck is rock bottom? They’ll keep voting for the same garbage because the ones who vote aren’t the ones taking the consequences and the rest are living on government handouts and perceive Democrats as the source of their checks. Many, many millions of dollars have gone into so-called solutions to those problems. Does anyone think that if that money had really gone where it was intended the problems wouldn’t have seen some resolution? So where do you suppose that ALL THAT MONEY WENT? Democrats are always yelling about how humanitarian they are but contravening immigration law, subsidizing single motherhood but refusing to support families isn’t humane nor does it encourage people to live productive lives. Nor is refusing to enforce the laws or punish offenders because waaa, the criminals are now the victims because of their unfortunate childhoods. Humanitarians closed virtually every major psychiatric facility in the country and decided that it would be a good idea to actually provide addicts with the materials to pursue their addiction. Whatever the party was once, it isn’t anymore. San Francisco now elects vile persons like Weiner who think it’s a good idea to butcher children and take them away from their parents to do it. Treating the massive addiction problem is going to cost billions, it takes months of inpatient care to actually make a difference and even then the recidivism rate is frightening. If there is no legal punishment for possession, public drug use etc you’re never making a dent. And all that leaves aside the horrendous tax burden in California and the accompanying crippling regulatory state. There is a large number of elites living their best lives and padding their pockets and they don’t care a flip about the working people. If those working people are leaving, good for them. Many more need to get on the road to Florida, Texas and Tennessee because then who is going to funnel all that money into the pockets of those oh so humane politicians?
And unfortunately they will continue to.
The crime is worse than the statistics say. When they used to go after criminals, people would report crimes when they happened. But now since almost everyone knows they almost never go after thieves, when someone gets robbed they very often don't see the point in wasting time reporting it.
As long as Newsom is the Gov, SF and all of California is not going to get any better. California golden days are gone and never coming back 🤔
Newsom is a man, and no man is immortal. When he's gone, he's gone. His policies may hang on after that for a while, but The City is close to rock bottom now. There is nowhere to go but up after that.
Had a chance to get that schmuck out of office, but the idiots voted him back in.
It’s not just Newsom. It’s the Mayor, it’s the City Councillors, and it’s the Democrats that make the California legislature. That’s the recipe for disaster. And let’s not forget the people that KEEP VOTING FOR THEM!
Um...they also have three communist members elected as well. 1. As their SF mayor, another is Karen Bass in LA who is registered as a communist and was close to Fidel Castro up until his death and she is also name dropped amd credited on the communist party of America's website for helping turn California communist to their agenda and then you have the communist who isn't even a citizen amd doesn't speak English from communist China who was just elected by the mayor of SF put in charge to oversee the elections.
And not ome citizen is saying or doing anything about it. I'm fact, they are voting for the most dangerous one of all to be their new senator: psycho schiff 😊
@c.s.440 that's the reason why many are moving out of there.
You get what you vote for. You want elected officials who support moral degradation, you’ll get it throughout your local culture. I do not feel bad for San Francisco because they are the most progressive city in the US.
You have no idea many of us Calfornians wanted to impeached Newsom. We had a recall last year, but we believed they cheated the Californians again. Please pray as many of us here in California that demonic spirits will be driven away. Don’t condemn California coz we standoff for truth. This is what we are fighting for. California belongs to GOD and always stand for our U.S. Constitution that our founding father had put together with the help of the BIG BOSS who is in HEAVEN. ☝🏼
I would put that in quotation marks: "progressive" = cultural Marxist = puppet of George Soros
Yep. Don't feel bad for the whole state.
AS long as you have people like Scott Weiner in SF it is only going to get worse!
He’s just came back from an AIPAC funded trip to Israel… he’s about to level up soon!
that guy is one of the most detestable people in California politics.
Which of his policies you didn’t like? I think he is doing good on housing. The latest housing bills from him are putting pressure on cities to build more housing and bypassing the San Francisco red tapes.
@XM2X901 how about his policies that allow the State to take children away from parents if the don't go along with allowing them to take hormones or be castrated? How about his law that made knowingly giving people AIDS through sexual contact a misdemeanor instead of a felony?
@@XM2X901The man is vile, I don’t give him a pass for having ONE decent stance.
Erica watch your back, You are speaking the truth. I was born and raised in San Francisco. I'm now long gone and will never be back.
OUST GAVIN NEWSOME!!!!!!
Had a chance but you can't fix stupid when it comes to Democrats voting 😂.
Just wait until his true goal of president of USA.
How with elections that can go on for 2 months. Early voting and late counting. 😂
Gavin Newsom = Boss Tweed
@@Mrbfgray45 of the other 50 states don't want him
Vote Republican. That’s how you change it around
Too late, illegal immigrants will be voting Democrats for benefits. The person now running federal election is a Chinese citizen living in Sanctuary CA! Only a major earthquake is needed to abolish that infested state.
I’m San Francisco your best choice is to vote for a conservative democrat.
@@jbp122 not at this time, SF is too far gone and a conservative Democrat will still allow policies that are destroying the city to exist. They need a Right wing government in order to save it, that's the only way you will ever clean up the streets of SF and enforce laws
@@jbp122there are no conservative democrats in San Francisco
@@jbp122you are delusional, you need another party, its like an alcoholic to try and sober up avoid vodka but still drink beer.
My friend was murdered in SF screw that city... murderer is still on the loose
SF is a criminals haven. For a criminal, going to San Francisco is like a vacation and a heaven on earth.
And they get to wear masks!🤡
@@bejoj8718They don't even need to wear a mask.....theyre not going to jail anyway.
Most come over to SF from east bay to commit crimes
"Criminal Illegal Aliens". Not 'migrants'
Victims of police brutality are getting compensated in millions. So why not apply the same approach to crimes committed by illegals?
Let's keep the DIMS busy this year. Victims of crimes committed by Illegal criminal Aliens living in the U.S. should file a $50 billion class-action lawsuit against agencies at all government levels for failure to enforce existing laws. Proactively seek legal advice and engage in wholesale activism on the political front.
After watching all these great interviews with concerned Caliunicornia Citizens i wish Siyamak would ask "one" question to them!? Who did they vote for??
They probably voted for the sanest and most reasonable Democrat on the ballot because there aren't Republicans on the ballot. In California and Blue Cities in general, you vote for the least bad on your ballot.
I voted for the guy who lost in 2016, I voted for Newsoms recall, and voted for Larry, I voted for Brian in 22, I am one person and can't change crap when this state is controlled by emotions
My grandparents and parents were born in SF. SF now is breaking my heart.
As a conservative living in CA, I feel like it is an uphill battle. I don't know why, but no matter how bad things get, people keep voting for democrats. My friend voted for Biden and Newsom and is now in a position where she can't afford propane to heat her house and is struggling to pay her rent and electric and buy food. But she is still going to vote for Biden because she hates Trump. As long as people have this mentality, there is no hope for CA. We just hope we can hang on until my husband retires and we can leave.
Guest: Crime is not that bad, its exagerated~
2 seconds later: Prepare to have your car window smashed, theft and property crime is rampant, if you have business, you will got borken into, theft at my daughter store was everyday
LOL the level of cope is out of this world.
She said crime is exaggerated, but she herself confirmed that it’s not. Just because murder & rape is not common, it doesn’t mean crime is being exaggerated. Theft could be just as traumatic.
Self defense? It is illegal to defend yourself. Look at the arrests of the people who defended themselves.
There is a robber who steals from the same store everyday and you say, 'Theres nothing we can do.' Can your district attorney charge the perp and lock him up??
She does, but them SJW judges let them out. Two are up for reelection, vote accordingly.
Yeah, but the "advocates" and judges will have him out before the ink dries on the laser printer.
Vigilante justice is the only way
Unfortunately, that's not happening. That's why it's so bad now
If he has the will and he's not in the pay of George Soros.
What's driving these property crimes is that the criminals believe they are entitled to. But who brain washed them to think like this?
The big brainwashing machine: cultural Marxism
The democrats changed the laws and said theft is now a slap on the wrist.
The DEMONCRATS did!
After 8 years I chose to leave San Francisco. I have little faith that the people who live there really WANT to change it.
But they will keep on electing the same type of politicians and expect it to change
2024, i'm pretty sure, that the BOS is going to start to balance out. People realized that they have voted for the wrong people.
@@robertlowe5697 I'll believe that when I see it.
@@destinyreturns4885 Well in 2022 , SF voters voted out 6 SF politicians! How's that for moving towards some changes? Let's see what will happen in 2024.
SF was one of my favorite places to visit. On vacation we'd support the local business, restaurants and merchants. I'll never go there again. Too many safer options.
“Crime isn’t as bad as you hear” but she then goes on to describe horrible property crime against everyone everywhere. So crime really is that bad.
As long as Newsom is in office it's not worth trying.
Just vote RED.
I will believe it when I see it.
Things will never change, as long as the business haters and car haters remain in charge of policy. Bike lanes and street narrowing will not solve crime and homelessness---they only make city life more miserable. Things will never change, as long a politicians try categorize and prioritize everyone into predefined "communities". Most folks are not part of some politically-defined "community". These folks are always left out of the conversation. Things will never change, as long as local politicians are more focused on their future careers, than the job that they had been elected to do. Any politician who prioritizes Ukraine, or Israel, or Roe-v-Wade over safe streets and the local economy, needs to be immediately recalled, if not outright shamed from office.
they are not car hates or business haters they are corrupt and evil.
Lol I shamed my fellow Condo Association owners by putting up a community flyer with the delinquency units. Worked like a charm!
seeing hundreds of cars backed up to allow bike lanes that are rarely have one bike at rush hour is car hating
My brother lives in Hayward Ca. I will never go back to SF. That place is a garbage dump
Hayward, Fremont, San Jose, Livermore, etc. The BS is bleeding everywhere
Yup, Bay Area nerds bleeding Tracy, Stockton, Modesto as well. I’m in Modesto. Tracy looks like India now due to the huge Indian influx from the bay. Good thing I’m leaving in 2 months to AZ
California
"Home of the
Fruits and nuts!"
Like a man said
In the bus
Living in this city for my entire life of 61 years I am embarrassed, horrified, angered of what it has evolved into, just seeing the black demographic destroy honest people's lives, looking to retire and move out of state.
NYPD Crime Stats broken down by race
BROKEN WINDOWS AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE POLICING IN NEW YORK CITY, by WILLIAM J. BRATTON, former Police Commissioner
page 8: it lists two circular charts called Proactive Arrests and Victim Driven Arrests. They are classified by race.
According to Bratton,
"In New York City there are intractable racial disparities in who commits-and, more importantly, who suffers from-crime and disorder. Blacks and Hispanics represent half of our city’s population, but represent 96.9 percent of those who are shot, and 97.6 percent of those who commit shootings.
For overall violent crime, 91.2 percent of suspects are black or Hispanic. For overall major crime, excluding burglaries and grand larceny auto, for which identified suspects are rare, 88.6 percent of suspects and 72.3 percent of victims are black or Hispanic.
Bottom line:
"With regard to race, arrests for proactive offenses break down along percentages that are nearly identical to the breakdown of arrests for victim-driven offenses."
Source: www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/analysis_and_planning/qol.pdf
It's people like this woman who helped ruin San Francisco, pretending to be so fed up only to get elected and maintain the same policies and come up crazy ideas that won't work, because someone's feelings might get hurt,
Agreed… the retail theft is pretty much tan by blacks
If everyone flees it won't get better, stay and stand for what's right. Lets turn CA purple.
Born and raised, left with my family 2017 at age 54. It felt like things were going downhill then. It saddens me what has been going on. I still have friends and family there. I'm always shocked when I visit to see further deterioration. 😢
There's no chance of a turnaround with Newsom as governor.
I grew up in Marin County including Sausalito and all over the rest of the Bay Area for over 35 years until I left the state in 2011. My heart hurts when I look how San Francisco has become since the Pandemic. I really hope that this beautiful city will rebound because right now, the city of Detroit actually looks better than San Francisco and the city of Las Vegas where now I live. Kudos to this channel for making people aware of the problems that need to be addressed. When I left California, Newsom was Mayor of San Francisco and WE all saw how that "unfolded"!!! The writing is on the wall so as long as the Democrats are running that state, things will only get WORSE!!!!!
......imagine L. Breed as the next governor..........
Good comment, but I suggest one correction: They are not "democrats"; they are cultural Marxists.
I've learned you can't help someone that doesn't want to help themselves, just as you can't help someone that CAN'T help themselves either. What can be done with the mentally unstable? You literally will have to adopt them, and take care of them for the rest of their lives. But who has not only the desire to, but also the funds to do this? What a mess.
I visited San Francisco a decade ago. Having lived in San Diego for 5 years at that point, my mind was blown out how dirty the city was. I've lived in Chicago and I live right outside Detroit and San Francisco was by far dirtier than both. Trash all over the place, I'm in the middle of downtown and there's a discarded sofa in front of a skyscraper.
The Marxists running that city have done this deliberately! It's their MO stemming from their special plans for domination of a region. It's organized crime.
Good luck with that.
Los Angeles has been trying to rehabilitate itself for decades. It's gotten even worse. Money cannot buy improvement, only the people can make it better. Los Angeles is so liberal, it's going backwards. I used to work and live in Los Angeles in the late 70's and am glad I moved out of there before my son was born.
Of course this lady does not experience the "serious" crime. She lives in nice area in SF and her chance of experience those type of crime is lower. I work in the Bay area and many part of the city is CRAZY!
Believe it or not, MOST of San Francisco is the "nice area."
@@DeeTruth415you are right
I live in the East Bay, sandwiched between Oakland and SF in an island city (Alameda), reachable only by bridge and tunnel. I can see both skylines but can count on the fingers of one hand how many times I've been to both since 2020. (I grew up on the East Coast, living as close to NYC, and I was never this afraid to visit or work there. The difference is that in NYC there are still enough normal people and businesses left to be a buffer of sorts, and New Yorkers will fight back.) SF is a failed city and CA is a failed state, because so many have given up hope and voted with their feet. I'm getting close myself, waiting to see what the next election brings.
I sense that they're trying to turn things around in SF because it's an election year and former SF Mayor Newsom wants to be seen as presidential.
I'm registered Independent, but have voted Democratic at times. No longer. The party has lost my trust. This is not 'progressive' government. This is 'regressive'. No one is being helped.
I find it funny that the governor can find time to clean up the streets for the Chinese are coming in, but not any other time
Newsom is horrible!
Talk it cheap. SF residences need to step up and vote out the soft on crimes politicians. Get a new mayor, get a new police chief. Don't elect the officials that look like Joe Biden supporters because they aren't going to crackdown their own people even though many of them committing crimes disproportionately.
SF and Oakland are lost. SF recalled Democrat DA Chesa Boudin. The problem is they elected a Democrat Mayor and she installed another Democrat DA Brooke Jenkins. You got the same results. How many times do you have to fall for the banana in the tailpipe? I have yet to see a Democrat who was tough on crime or who didn't fall in line with all the far left nonsense. They vote as a block. Your only hope is to vote for a tough on crime Republican and give them some help.
Brooke is a true prosecutor, who IS PROSECUTING! The criminals knows this, so they go to Oakland, where's the D.A. is Chesa II, Pamela Price. RECALL PAMELA PRICE!
Vote them out!!
Not to be offensive but it's refreshing to see a "white" woman speaking the truth about her own city's degradation and what's needed to fix it. I appreciate her boldness and real concern for the people of SF.
Who is more accountable for whats gone wrong with San Francisco?
Democrats or Republicans?
yeah, nobody wants to say the thing: Don't vote blue. But the entire city is locked in with the DNC and will ride that into the ground first before changing their voting habits.
We all know the answer 😅
In Cali, I'd say it's the democraps. Every where else in the country,it's both. Dems and Republicans are equally useless. How much mire evidence do tgey need on Joe Biden,yet no one does anything. Republicans are just as corrupt as the democraps. Kennedy 2024
WHO do you think has been in Political Power in SF & CA for the last 20 years...? California has become a ONE-PART-SOCIALIST STATE without any "checks and balances" that a DEMOCRACY is supposed to have.... CLUE IN
DemocRats !
Please ask the interviewee if she understands & acknowledges how SF got this way. Her talk is about fixing homelessness, trash on streets, businesses leaving. But without understanding how a vibrant, gorgeous city got the way it is now, trying to fix it seems fruitless. Great interview as always!
I agree. Any place, a city, a county, a state, or a country, is only as good as the leaders and residents in it. If the leaders are a bunch of crooks taking bribes, then they need to get rid of them and jail them if guilty. If too many of the residents are crooks and vagrants, then they must be taken into custody in special jails until justice can be served which best meets the needs of San Franciscans.
Burglary leads to violent confrontation
Just wait for Oakland crime to come San Fran’s way
Vote Red and you should get better results
But you have to vote Red and wait for the improvement. It takes a couple of terms to get the bureaucrats changed out.
There isn't Red Republican on the ballot. There's more hardcore Socialists on the ballot in SF than Republicans.
It’s practically illegal to be a Republican in San Francisco. Just like Chicago, New York, LA, Seattle… see the issue?? Single Party Rule.
Crimes not that bad, except for that time when that crazy man got into a fight and broke a window and when that guy was stealing from my daughter job everyday. 😂😢😂
Nice to see some San Franciscans fighting back instead of voting with with their feet.
I’ve worked as a therapist in substance treatment in LA. You can’t get people sober into treatment with out real consequences. 90% of the patients are in treatment because they will go to prison or they will lose custody of their children. So removing consequences will not be an incentive to get into treatment. Allowing open drug use, decriminalizing drugs, all add to this. So choose one or the other but you can have both.
Giving people a one-way bus ticket to San Francisco to be a 'free' drug addict doesn't help. As a SF native, I know one person living in a tent. Most of us natives don't know these people!
We need "Dirty Hairy" in san Francisco again.
Tell the Asians in SF that there isn't a big problem with violent crime against them.
As long as these woke politicians are in charge then the social services will always outpace the revenue. These policies drive residents and even more importantly businesses out of the city and state!
Tragic what San Francisco has become. I used to go to Giants games at Candlestick Park when I was younger and loved walking around the city. Now it's dirty, dangerous and uncomfortable. Please fight to bring the great city of San Francisco back!
Policy the people voted for. Please enjoy!! Democracy!!!
This mindset and the culture in California needs to change
Doesn't matter if democrats or republicans
The voters stick with the same party decade after decade. You get what you vote for .
We have the same problems in long beach CA yet people here still say they are going to vote for a progressive democrat candidate they never learn.
"SF's Global ambitions..." to serve as an example of what NOT to be. 23:30
Finally, I see someone who is make sense to the world. A lot of big cities have the same issues, crime law problem, drug addicted that we need to focus on , rather than housing issues.
SF Department of Public Work is one big welfare program. Many jobs are created to fill the budget.
That city has spent decades building up a decadent and morally bankrupt voter base. These problems are intrinsic to the DNA of the people of that city. It would be easier for a city to rebuild back from a nuclear bomb than it would be for SF to fix itself at this point.
The SF residents should protest the government instead of just talking and doing nothing!!
The definition of insanity. Keep voting the same politicians in and expecting different results. There's no saving San Francisco.
People can't afford $3,000.00 a month rent
Then leave.
@@kerrycarter330 sounds good to me
I commend Erica for taking an interest in the Community Police Academy to build relationships. This experience will enable her to be a more effective member in the SF community when it comes to safety and civilized living.
Only possible if all liberals/democrats are voted out.
Thanks SAND BERG.
Black
Thats all
I am igoing to say!
She should run for office then
Finally people are saying it out loud. Normal people who have lost their jobs don’t drag a tent out onto the sidewalk and stick a needle in their foot. It’s not just your average person who doesn’t have a good enough job to pay rent that’s in the tents. It’s fentanyl addicts. It’s not working out for this city to give people needles and tell them to go ahead and smash windows to get their drug money. I will no longer be ashamed to say out loud that it’s not ok for some people to work to pay rent and be decent while other people do drugs all day and steal. Dean Preston needs to be stopped.
Smart lady, identifying vagrancy and criminality as the issue.
Painfully obvious to anyone with 2 functioning neurons *yrs ago.*
Smart would be not continuing to live there.
We used to go to SF for a mini vacation. Not anymore. It’s been years. I don’t want anyone in my family going near SF. Hello Tourists. Stay away from from SF.
More evil than compassion.
thank you Erica
Every city has people with addiction issues. By providing free resources, we're just attracting them all into one city - San Francisco! Wake up! if one city really wants to solve the issues of the country, we should be prepared to be the sacrificial lamb.
California's population are partially accountable for San Francisco's current state.
They embrace the idea of placing accountability on anything but themselves, that all criminals are protected classes that earned glorification. Its no different from Oakland or Richmond at this point. And unfortunately there are trends and common denominators with these cities.
It's bizarre to think that this current state of the city is embraced by the younger generation, and racial extremists.
As always, excellent and relevant interview! 🙏🙏🙏
We are wanting to change around in San Francisco
San Francisco is such a beautiful city. I've always wanted to live there since I was a little girl, but not anymore. I'll just stay right here in Georgia. It's not that bad here after all. None of our stores are closing. I've never had my car broken into here. Heck, we don't even lock our doors or our cars in my neighborhood.
When the “ Good Side “ is that people “Desperately “ want change then there’s “Definitely “ a problem..
I've lived in SF for 30 years. I can assure you that our problems will not be created by the same electorate that created them.
Hard to believe it's difficult to get Californians to stay focused.
The most sensible person I have ever heard. I would vote Erica for Mayor!
Siamak, Please invite Mark Farrell on for an interview. I don't know him well, but he has a solid background in local politics and business. He was our interim mayor after Mayor Ed Lee passed away suddenly. I think he has a lot of support behind him.
I’m really disappointed that CA program asked this brave lady not to name names of corrupt local politicians. They have to be named and publicly shamed for failing to do their job.
Union square is in big trouble. This week the major anchor Macys said it’s closing, 5 other major retailers also called it quits. The bleeding has not stopped
Nice lady but she doesn’t seem to be living in the real world. My only hope is all those San Franciscan stay there and not move to another state with there ridiculous ideas.
I hope we end up with conservatives running this state. When the president of El Salvador is warning the U.S. and naming San Francisco as an example of how this state is going down the wrong way....we need to pay attention.
Corruption is absolutely off the hook.
The main thing is $950 policy value for stolen causing more crime.
I’ve met Erica a few years ago. I would take issue with the idea that Union Square not being that affected . I can document what has happened to union square during BLM protest down Mission, and then again six months later. Union Square is a host town compared to it once was. She’s spot on in respect to Powell Street . HALF OF UNION SQUARE IS VACANT ! I agree with all else she says. We MUST a lean out CITY HALL …
Lots of shoplifters 😢are so crazy everywhere even here in Alaska 😢
The best thing people can do to clean this mess up is change their voting habits.
And she said this not BAD,HA HA ! OK!
Where is the Mayor, London Breed?!? What is really being done about this?!? I have seen these issues get progressively worse over the past 15 years! This isn’t a new issue… just now are people becoming fed up. This should have been addressed long ago before the businesses left and deserted downtown.
I love San Francisco because in the early 70s I was stationed at Alameda and spent many hours walking and travelling by bus and trolley car. Two years ago my 36 year old son and I spent just a few days there we live in WNY and loved China town and seeing the amazing beautiful culture. Trolley car was not operational due to covid. It had changed so much since I was there but it was still SF. BUT... It did not feel safe at night and I am glad my rental car was in a parking garage. I have seen the homeless problem and it is such a dirty city now. We went to Mission District and felt unsafe it was early evening and we got a Uber and left without having dinner and I used to think your Mexican cuisine was amazing. You seem to have lost your pride in your city. In August I plan to revisit but will be parking my RV at a friends house and Alameda bringing my wife, daughter and granddaughter over by train. Want to take the Trolley to Fisherman's Wharf but I was very disappointed with the filth on my last district. It was total Helter-skelter at the wharf. I know our visit will be short with a meal in China Town which is sad because the city by the bay has turned into a dump. Also took a tour bus and I love history and culture but there was no one on the bus explaining the city and the tour was just boring. Loved your posting but your city leaders need to serve SF and not a leftist agenda.