no billionaire is going to fix san francisco by funneling more money into black hole non-profits or government coffers. our crises are systemic, and political, and created by policy. fund local candidates who aren’t insane, or watch your city die. these are your choices.https://twitter.com/hknightsf/status/1338866041271644168 …
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Two of her three suggestions were to give directly to small businesses and then to food banks, which aren't really either of those things. But otherwise, I share some of your concerns.
the thing small businesses in SF most need right now is the ability to open, which again comes down to policy
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Agree. No amount of charity is useful if the business environment (underpinned by government policy) is flawed. Imagine using charity to save businesses in other failed states like Venezuela. Actual solution is to fix government. We had similar issues in BC with NDP government
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That's a red herring. What gets people back into stores is controlling the pandemic. Look at the data. Look at the economic research. https://www.nber.org/digest/aug20/consumers-fear-virus-outweighs-lockdowns-impact-business …pic.twitter.com/WdF9HaeaHH
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Also in California, public health officer orders supersede the governor, mayors and county supervisors....https://californiahealthline.org/news/the-inside-story-of-how-the-bay-area-got-ahead-of-the-covid-19-crisis/ …
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