Healthcare professionals demanded we drastically reduce the jail population, so we listened. On Jan 21, the SF jail population was 1,238. On March 4, when the emergency was declared, it was 1,097. Yesterday, it was 766. Meanwhile, crime rates continue to decrease in SF.
Elizabeth: Actually, Chesa is straight-up lying. Crime over the first 3 months of 2020 (Chesa's reign) are up significantly. Robberies up 15%. Auto boostings have been replaced with stealing the whole car - up 10%. SFPD's Compstat https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/sites/default/files/2020-04/MarchCompstat20200417.pdf …