The whole city is corrupt
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I have seen SF corruption up close. Been corrupt for fifty years. Maybe the rats will start ratting on each other.
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These lines from comments speak volume:
"Today, San Francisco’s population is about 885,000 — about 20% more than we had in 1960.
Today, San Francisco has over 30,000 public-sector employees — about 330% more than we had in 1960.
And the real question underlying all this corrupt, inefficient and mismanaged City bureaucracy, is why PRECISELY does San Francisco “need” over 30,000 public-sector employees?"
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Here’s how I have been voting the last 3 elections:
Democrats at Federal level
Republicans at State level
Technocrats (basically i look at the background of the candidate and not party affiliation) at Local level
We need to clean this up across the state.
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There weren’t any credible Republicans in the last SF election in March. I voted for the less crazy ones for the judge spots and they all lost. Both parties have gone to extremes, and we people in the middle are orphans.
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The public employee unions are the problem. They should be banned. They create corruption that goes all the way to the top. They required city employees to work for the election of Newsom for mayor. I know one city park employee that spends most of his time in Pattaya Thailand. Another that surfs on city time. I saw one building inspector that spends every work day in a bar in the Sunset district.
Woodside is another example. In 1965 they had 4 employees. Now they have 35. Most are in Building and Planning. And of course there is much less construction today. They consider it their job to make building in their town as difficult as possible. City and state employees consider the public their enemy. They think like cops not public servants.
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Yet people think prop 13 limiting property tax revenue is the problem.
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Price drops due soon.
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My understanding of the state of California is that corruption begin creeping in since EPA exception was granted to the state to have its own emission standard. The free hand on this matter soon spilled into other areas of governance with devastating effects. I can say that the old America ( not the older people but the old thinking on what is a good governance) is dying and we should prepare for rejuvenation
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Being the only native on this forum this makes me sad. LWHS graduate 1971. I shall not return, paraphrasing General Douglas MacArthur.
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We have lots of meat In SF though. Fresh seafood directly from the fishermen as well. Why live in 3rd world Folsom where meat is rationed like in USSR?
Not a good look…
I live next to food sources. I grow a lot of my own food fruits and vegetables… I can trade wine for fresh eggs and milk with my neighbor.
I can even hunt for food
The food shortages will hit urban areas the hardest. As long as liberals want to protect trial lawyers and coddle essential workers there will be shortages and high unemployment. Why be in business if everyone wants to win the covid19 sue lottery.
They will close every essential business if even one patron or employee gets sick. Then watch the greatest country on earth turn into Venezuela.
Costal elites in SF buy grass fed organic beef in Whole Foods, not Costco. We are good. No shortage.