- California has the highest poverty rate in US
- Homeless population increased 30% in California but declined 18% in rest of US, 2000-2020
- Every major California city has been taken over by dangerous open drug scenes (“homeless encampments”)
- Homeless population increased 30% in California but declined 18% in rest of US, 2000-2020
- Every major California city has been taken over by dangerous open drug scenes (“homeless encampments”)
https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1404577798023385089
The ransacking of drug stores, often by people addicted to opioids &/or meth, results from the decriminalizing of theft of items under $950, & possession of 3 grams of hard drugs, which occurred under Prop 47 in 2014 (which Gov. @GavinNewsom advocated & has not repudiated)
https://twitter.com/LyanneMelendez/status/1404574079156318210
Thefts in Walgreens in SF are 4x higher than in US as whole…
See earlier thread:
See earlier thread:
https://twitter.com/shellenbergermd/status/1396109099637477377
While it may sound shocking to some progressives:
- decriminalizing crime increases crime
- liberalizing drug laws increases overdoses & poisonings
- increasing reliance on unreliable energy increases blackouts
- making housing & energy scarce & expensive increases poverty
- decriminalizing crime increases crime
- liberalizing drug laws increases overdoses & poisonings
- increasing reliance on unreliable energy increases blackouts
- making housing & energy scarce & expensive increases poverty
- diverting money away from clearing brush around wires increases wildfire risk
- closing reliable nuclear & nat gas plants causes blackouts
- having the state’s largest energy & health companies pay the salary of the governor’s wife constitutes an ugly conflict of interest
- closing reliable nuclear & nat gas plants causes blackouts
- having the state’s largest energy & health companies pay the salary of the governor’s wife constitutes an ugly conflict of interest
- not enforcing laws against open air drug dealing and use, camping in parks and other public spaces, and public defecation encourage homeless encampments
- diverting money from shelters to $750k slow-to-build units results in ~75% of homeless being *unsheltered*
- diverting money from shelters to $750k slow-to-build units results in ~75% of homeless being *unsheltered*
- not mandating addiction and/or psychiatric treatment of the mentally ill and/or addicted who repeatedly commit crimes results in *both* mass incarceration *and* mass homelessness
- having no consequences for drug dealers & @Snapchat for poisoning deaths of kids = more death
- having no consequences for drug dealers & @Snapchat for poisoning deaths of kids = more death
The percent of shoplifting cases ending in arrest in San Francisco declined from 62% in 2013 to 17% in 2021
Big declines occurred after the passage of Prop. 47 in 2014, which decriminalized the shoplifting of items valued under $950, & after election of new D.A. in 2019
Big declines occurred after the passage of Prop. 47 in 2014, which decriminalized the shoplifting of items valued under $950, & after election of new D.A. in 2019
Why are arrests down? Because prosecutions are down. Police increasingly don't bother arresting people because there's no point in doing so. Everyone knows this and yet there are still some people who know better who claim declining *arrests* are proof of declining *crime.*
But it’s actually worse than that. There is evidence that many shoplifting crimes aren’t even *reported* much less prosecuted.
In other words, your perception of increased shoplifting theft is supported by the evidence, and many of the powers-that-be are gas-lighting you.
In other words, your perception of increased shoplifting theft is supported by the evidence, and many of the powers-that-be are gas-lighting you.
People on the East Coast often disbelieve the stories we tell them
Seeing is believing. This is SF today:
Seeing is believing. This is SF today:
https://twitter.com/kaisparnas/status/1404589682713759744?s=20
Our civilization depends on rule of law
One of those laws is against theft
When San Franciscans, Los Angelenos, & Californians vote repeatedly to not enforce laws against theft, there are consequences
@michelletandler is asking the right questions
One of those laws is against theft
When San Franciscans, Los Angelenos, & Californians vote repeatedly to not enforce laws against theft, there are consequences
@michelletandler is asking the right questions
https://twitter.com/michelletandler/status/1404816843827597312?s=20
Updated graph & additional thoughts of motivated gas-lighting that denies addiction-crime relationship
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1404841885680627712?s=20
The data show an increase in both larceny and property crimes in SF
And so what we're pointing out here is that the increase is likely to be *significantly* larger, given the declining arrest to report ratio, *and* the anecdotal reports of declining reports
And so what we're pointing out here is that the increase is likely to be *significantly* larger, given the declining arrest to report ratio, *and* the anecdotal reports of declining reports
Here's a video of what life is like today at one of California's most famous beaches
It should be seen by all — including @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @GavinNewsom @SpeakerPelosi — who insist California is a model for the country
It should be seen by all — including @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @GavinNewsom @SpeakerPelosi — who insist California is a model for the country
https://twitter.com/BoardwalkVenice/status/1382347335397642240?s=20
And please follow @bettersoma for the dark side of SF's legendary compassion
https://twitter.com/bettersoma/status/1403729406795804680?s=20
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