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Michael Shellenberger @ShellenbergerMD
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San Francisco right now
The social implosion along with the draconian CA covid mandates caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee the state. Progressives moved out of the major cities as well, but only about one hour away on average. The top destinations for people leaving San Francisco were Sacramento, Stockton and San Diego according to U-Haul statistics. The rumors of conservative states like Texas being overtaken by CA leftists are greatly exaggerated, but the stats do show that CA residents are indeed moving away from the big cities in large numbers and expanding into 2nd tier cities and smaller towns close by.
San Francisco saw a 6.8% population decline from 2020 to 2021. Sales tax revenues dropped by 50% from 2019 to 2020 and city officials do not expect a recovery until 2025.
The effects of the exodus along with political mismanagement by Democrats is leading to a complete implosion of California's major cities. The mainstream media and the state's PR spin teams are fond of citing their global financial standings, but what they have been hiding is the steady decline in major population centers and the fact that places like San Francisco are built on foundations of economic sand. ...
The real damage is in commercial real estate. Mass office vacancies in San Francisco have not been repaired and the city's downtown recovery has ranked dead-last out of 60 US metropolitan areas. Commercial property value losses are now estimated to average around 40%. In some cases, bids for office space in downtown San Francisco are coming in at 60%-70% less than they would have in 2019.
The region's core financial support comes from the wealth activity in the city's center, and now it's crumbling because no businesses want to operate there (nor can many of them afford to operate there due to taxation). The amazing thing is, they did it to themselves.
Impractical and destructive green tech and carbon laws, totalitarian covid lockdowns and mandates, extremely high taxes and endless bureaucratic red tape have all incrementally sabotaged the cities of the Golden State. And, the worst of it began the moment business interests decided to stop caring about profits and growth and instead felt the need to virtue signal their political loyalties and push leftist propaganda. This emboldened far-left factions within the cities and gave them a free pass to implement whatever insane policies they wanted. Thus, the golden goose has been destroyed.
https://nitter.pussthecat.org/Not_the_Bee/status/1548737589481508864
Just another typical day in San Francisco
https://archive.ph/2022.09.13-025938/https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/san-francisco-verge-economic-reckoning
The social implosion along with the draconian CA covid mandates caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee the state. Progressives moved out of the major cities as well, but only about one hour away on average. The top destinations for people leaving San Francisco were Sacramento, Stockton and San Diego according to U-Haul statistics. The rumors of conservative states like Texas being overtaken by CA leftists are greatly exaggerated, but the stats do show that CA residents are indeed moving away from the big cities in large numbers and expanding into 2nd tier cities and smaller towns close by.
San Francisco saw a 6.8% population decline from 2020 to 2021. Sales tax reve...
I have no doubt that whatever is happening visa vis moving, is the desired outcome only to setup whatever comes next.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a rule allowing the police to use private cameras for real-time surveillance during “significant events with public safety concerns.”
https://sfstandard.com/business/salesforce-marc-benioff-loves-sf-downtown-struggles/
Lol, the same bastard Benioff who got the business-killing headquarters tax passed in SF is now abandoning the city.
Back in 2020, the homeless camp formed about a mile long. Six months ago, the City of Sausalito declared a state of emergency over the camp.
The camp grew and eventually, the city allowed the homeless to move to Marinship Park. They occupied the field and the tennis courts at the park, but neighbors said in recent months the camp had become a problem.
Now the city has closed the park, cleared everyone out, and is working on a plan to clean it up. Earlier this month, the City of Sausalito reached a settlement with a group representing the people who were living at Marinship Park.
In exchange for leaving, residents of the camp were given up to $18,000 each to find new housing. The camp was cleared out on August 15.
Lol, wealthy SF suburb pays homeless to move to SF proper.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11334347/San-Franciscans-arm-BASEBALL-BATS-drug-sobriety-clinic-opens.html
‘What If They Come In and Shoot Me?’: SF Store Workers Speak Out After Security Guard Shot
Workers at a San Francisco grocery store have spoken out after one of the shop’s security guards was shot trying to stop shoplifters.
The Saturday shooting outside a Balboa Park Safeway on Mission Street has left some workers scared to go to work, they told The Standard on condition of anonymity.
The shooting suspect has been named as 50-year-old Andre Brown. He was arrested by police on several charges, including attempted murder after he allegedly shot a security guard. Brown remains in police custody.
‘Nothing Is Off the Table’: City Leaders Mull What To Do With SF’s Empty Downtown
Written by Sarah Wright
Published Nov. 01, 2022
Nothing Is Off the Table’: City Leaders Mull What To Do With SF’s Empty Downtown
Written by Sarah Wright
Published Nov. 01, 2022
Patrick says
Nothing Is Off the Table’: City Leaders Mull What To Do With SF’s Empty Downtown
Written by Sarah Wright
Published Nov. 01, 2022
Turn it into what Manhattan was turned into in the movie titled Escape from New York. Make it a modern day version of that for the career criminals and violent homeless.
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While San Francisco’s municipal government imposed some of the most draconian lockdowns during the pandemic, it tolerates large numbers of people defecating and discarding used hypodermic syringes on the streets and sidewalks. Once beautiful squares and parks have become places of shocking filth and squalor. Similar conditions prevail in the Hollywood and Downtown neighborhoods of Los Angeles, where a flea-born typhus outbreak occurred in November of 2021. In other words, the administrators of San Francisco and Los Angeles have chosen NOT to maintain basic standards of civilization.
All eleven members of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors are members of the Democratic Party. At the national level, the city has long been represented by Democratic Party veterans, Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Nancy Pelosi. While both politicians have become wealthy during their time in office (with net worths estimated at $96 million and $46 million respectively) it’s not clear what they have done for their home city and the people they represent.
While both politicians have become wealthy during their time in office (with net worths estimated at $96 million and $46 million respectively) it’s not clear what they have done for their home city and the people they represent.
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/11/22/san-francisco-elections-commission-decides-not-to-renew-contract-for-director-because-hes-a-white-guy-n513070
Isn't discrimination for government jobs on the basis of race illegal?
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/11/22/san-francisco-elections-commission-decides-not-to-renew-contract-for-director-because-hes-a-white-guy-n513070
Isn't discrimination for government jobs on the basis of race illegal?
Isn't discrimination for government jobs on the basis of race illegal?
BART is circling the toilet:
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/bart-considers-cutting-weekend-service-17602366.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight
Hotels are seeking millions from S.F. for damage when they were homeless shelters. How much could city owe?
A man was arrested Friday night after police said he hijacked a Muni bus in San Francisco’s Mission District.
The suspect, whose identity had not been released as of Friday night, took the bus by force, according to the San Francisco Police Department.
The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the area of Cortland and Mission streets, police said.
The bus didn’t have any passengers on it when it was taken, but the driver was assaulted, according to a police statement.
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