My suspicion is that the key to fixing San Francisco is a different local electoral system. Who is working on a plan for that?
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Replying to @thijsniks
I totally agree. The power structure prevents change. The mayor is largely feckless by design.
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Replying to @eaton_stu
Also expect that moving away from winner-takes-all districts to proportional city-wide election of supervisors helps unblock the gridlock. And going from the current 11 to 45 supervisors (like Amsterdam/Copenhagen) would probably break the one-party dominance.
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Replying to @thijsniks @eaton_stu
Moving to a proportional, 45-seat model would allow for new parties to challenge power: Maybe a tech worker one will win seats, or a Hispanic immigrant one, or perhaps even a lone Republican.
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12% of SF voted for Trump https://abc7news.com/election-results-joe-biden-donald-trump-bay-area/7680084/ … so you would expect to see 5 Republican supervisors in a 45-seat model
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