Every word of this is worth reading. Today, I had to physically *step over* a crowd of 8-10 people rolling & smoking joints to get on BART at Powell St. Yesterday, a tiny woman sat next to me & was SCREAMED at by a huge man through 2 stops, until she fled.https://www.city-journal.org/html/san-francisco-hostage-homeless-16980.html …
Cronyism is tough to root out wherever you have elected officials with their own private interests, especially operating under any level of opacity, and a citizenry with private property rights. This doesn't preclude worse conditions if you eliminate either elections or property.