In 2018, Newsom green-lit SF's disastrous "supervised drug consumption site" which has turned much of downtown SF into a massive open drug scene controlled by violent drug dealers which recently resulted in the death of a 16 year-old girl
When you watch 20+ years of videos of Newsom talking about "the homeless" what you find is him claiming over and over again that he has a "plan" or a "task force" and "real funding" to end homelessness
In every instance it has been a gigantic lie
The ONLY thing Gavin has ever cared about is his next job
As SF Supe. he wanted to be SF Mayor
As Mayor and Lt. Gov. he wanted to be Governor
Now he wants to be President — and run in 2024
Given the worsening barbarism, Newsom's opportunism is grotesque
The dirty little secret about why unsheltered homelessness is so much worse in California than in other cities is because "progressive" leaders like @GavinNewsom have for 20 years refused to sufficiently fund homeless shelters so they could divert the money to housing
Why is California in crisis?
In a word, because of Gavin Newsom
The chaos is a direct result of his catastrophic policies
Today, we spend billions on fire departments putting out encampment fires & reviving addicts who overdose — only for them to go right back to smoking fentanyl and setting fires
It's a perfect marriage of liberal & conservative nightmares
Like a lot of Californians, I have a full and happy life. My wife and I own a home in the Berkeley Hills from which we enjoy watching the fog roll underneath the Golden Gate bridge, and blanket the bay. Our children are healthy and happy.
We enjoy a safe and comfortable living as researchers and writers, seemingly far from the chaos and suffering in California’s downtowns.
But over the last few years, the rising chaos and suffering have increasingly troubled me.
People think Germany's a climate leader but it produces 6x more emissions per unit of electricity than France
People say nuclear is too expensive but nuclear-heavy France spends 59% as much for electricity as Germany, which will have spent $580B on renewables by 2025
There is a high up-front cost to building new nuclear plants, and when workers don't have experience building them, they are more expensive.
But costs come down significantly over time as workers gain experience building them
And what's the cost of Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
Nuclear keeps nations safe.
It provides highly reliable zero-pollution power, and has thus saved 2M lives to date.
And nuclear allows nations to stockpile fuel on-site, liberating them having to depend on foreign nations for their survival, as Europe today must on Russia.