In reply to illuminaut.

I’m still trying to find the amazing shortcut they took to get from Twin Peaks to North Beach.

In reply to Daniel.

Daniel,

Sorry for the insult.

I’m not denying the crime here.

I’m saying that the cops are not fighting it effectively because they are poorly led and that we should elect our Police Chief.

I’m more worried about thug ‘Laterals’ being ushered in the side door.

Who vets the hiring of Laterals ?

h.

In reply to illuminaut.

Yep. The Bullitt scene was a needed bit of fun-

In reply to h. brown.

Oh, you are free to take the liberty of ignoring “the cops numbers” altogether. Just walk the city with open ears and open eyes, then compare to, say 15 years ago. What with:
– open drug use and subsequent ODing on our sidewalks
– merch in our grocery stores locked away in cabinets
– merch cleared out that hasn’t been locked away (yet)
– above merch sold on our sidewalks
– glass shards piling up on JFK drive and elsewhere
– cat converter theft
But hey, I guess let’s discount all this cr.p as misdemeanors. /s

Prop F, if it passes, will be found unconstitutional based on 4th amendment grounds just like every other law just like it that has been passed in the country.

In reply to Shizuka.

Shizuka,

Tragedy here is that we have no option.

They’re all doubling down on Revenge.

Giving the ‘Gang that can’t shoot straight’ an Air Corps ?

What’s next, arming the drones ?

Peskin actually approved arming a rolling drone until the NYT backed him down.

h.

In reply to Daniel.

Daniel,

I don’t believe the Cops numbers.

You seem to have a cabin on the ‘Ship of Fools’.

h.

In reply to illuminaut.

Illuminaut,

Here’s one pitch against E …

‘Do you really want a drone flying over your house that has pictures of you and your Family in its memory just scanning and scanning ?’

Agnos and Ammiano and Gonzalez and Hennessey should run.

h.

You can lead a voter to data but you can’t make them think. Data from SFPD. Would be nice to know how much chief decision maker and purse strings holder London Breed and her administration have spent on SFPD day to day and overtime hours and how that compares to other years and mayors. Results? Costs? Effectiveness? Or grandstanding and optics?

OMFG we are still not past that Chesa Boudin era of ignoring local residents’ concerns and instead insisting “reported crime is down.”

“Reported” is the key word there. Nobody reports shoplifting anymore. A lot of people don’t bother reporting their car being broken into.

It does not matter if crime is better or worse than in 2022, or 1992. What matters is that it’s still a major problem for the city — perception more so than reality. But perception of crime is killing our businesses.

Campers,

Getting crowded in that Right Wing Corner.

Line forms at Right to kick the stoned homeless guy.

This old onlooker thinks nothing will change if any of these guys are elected.

Revenge/Reform/Revenge/Reform/Revenge/Reform

All of these candidates are supporting Revenge which does not work.

But, they are oblivious to Stanford and other studies that show this.

Give us another choice please.

How about Max Carter-Obertone ?

Go Niners !!

Crime is down, right. What always seems to be missing in this kind of messaging is consideration for the sentiment that crime rates are down from sky high to merely stratospheric. Not that prop E would change much, if anything.

Breed has her own ‘inheritance and trust fund’ .. Ron Conway. He is her ‘godfather’. Follow her and you will see his money.

In reply to Greeny.

I mean, sure, you can hope, but the smart money is on Prop E passing comfortably. It would amount to a seismic shock if it didn’t, but I’d love to see how she’d spin that.

A delightful, insightful article, and I got to rewatch the Bullitt car chase scene. Thanks for making my morning.

Lol! London Breed, the queen of shameless opportunism, is upset with Lurie over this? I remember in the very early days of COVID when Breed, along with several Bay Area mayors and health officers developed a joint plan and message about the pandemic and agreed that they would collectively issue a press release. Of course, Breed ignored that agreement and quickly held her own press conference, basking in the glory that was the really the work of others.

I am bucking this system, going against the mayor and the billionaires who are supporting prop E by voting against it. Enough is enough.

6 years into London Breed’s mayoral regime and San Francisco is more fiercely divided and hobbled than ever. Breed was for the “cops-will-save-us” doomsplain before she was against it…….. it fueled the torch and pitchfork rabids who called for Chesa Boudin’s ouster. What did that expensive recall accomplish exactly? Remember too: London Breed has declared not one BUT TWO states of emergency downtown and what do San Franciscans have to show for it? Then FOX took the rancid doomsplain baton and ran with it….and then law & order facists like Trump and De Santis piled on. Breed and her bloated communications staff of 8 and counting spawned this Frankenstein and now she seeks to win by promoting “safe, clean streets” and a halt to oversight and accountability of SF’s police force. We can only hope that cooler (and more informed thanks to Mission Local) heads will prevail and that voters reject this garbage. Does she think voters don’t know our local history? One of Breed’s only skills is sowing division and blaming others for her incompetence and transactional behavior. She is toxic.