Christopher F. Rufo  ⚔️

And it isn't about metrics. Nobody is saying we are "X% up" in this category. It's how they feel walking the streets. It's walking a stroller next to a tent that has a pile of bikes next to it. It's being screamed at or chased by someone who seems mentally unstable.

What I'm seeing is that if there is a big enough incident, it shakes people up. It could be seeing a robber trying to climb into your child's bedroom, being pulled off your bike, having someone chase you with a pipe... These incidents shake people up. And their friends too.

Ultimately, I think that the biggest responsibility of government is to protect people from one another. It is in place to protect us from assault, theft, robbery, etc. Right now the criminal justice system in SF is not working.

It is allowing people to get high on very powerful drugs and terrorize one another, neighbors, stores. It is allowing rampant theft, burglary & car break-ins. It is allowing mentally unstable felons to stab elderly women.

There is a social contract inherent in living in a city. We are all crammed together in a small space with the expectation and understanding that we protect one another. There is an expectation that our government will keep things functioning smoothly so we can coexist.

The San Francisco government has abdicated on that responsibility. It is focused on equity & "justice" at the expense of fulfilling its basic duties. Fee caps, school renaming, criminal justice experiments, public banks, red tape, corruption... the list goes on.

My whole life I've considered myself a proud liberal, progressive San Francisco Democrat. Today I am ashamed of my city. I see smug ignorance of the laws of unintended consequences. Moral grandstanding winning over data, logic, and facts.

Radical candidates winning elections unopposed. Social justice warriors getting into government and wreaking havoc on neighborhoods, businesses, children. Why have we all been asleep at the wheel? Where is our sense of civic duty? Civic pride? Is this who we want to be?