Progressives Face Backlash in San Francisco

[RandySF]

“For now, at least, San Francisco can no longer be called a progressive city,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

“Not after voters approved ballot measures Tuesday to loosen restrictions on the police and screen welfare recipients for drugs, while a measure to boost developers was leading and likely to pass.”

“Voters also backed a slate of moderates to run the local Democratic County Central Committee, whose endorsements could reshape who is elected in San Francisco for years. Four years ago, progressives won all but two seats on the DCCC.”




https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/06/progressives-face-backlash-in-san-francisco/

[RandySF]

1. Personal Note:

'Moderate' and 'progressive' are relative terms in San Francisco. We're all very liberal.

[JohnSJ]

2. Exactly

[Prairie Gates]

3. Their experiment failed

Not surprising.

[Lovie777]

4. Oh please.............................

I'm a Liberal/Progressive, we support what was voted on. Geez.

But I see how the media is again framing us a "bad" when it comes to polices.

But alas, where are the media, i.e. Texas, Florida, etc.?

[ripcord]

5. Many are still pushing the narrative that crime and drugs aren't a problem in the area

[RSherman]

6. screening welfare recipients for drugs

I am so saddened/frustrated every time being poor/down on your luck is criminalized. Such an old trope.

My sister started showing signs of some sort of mental illness when we were young. That turned into shoplifting, promiscuity, and eventually alcohol use. She was intelligent, charming, and funny. She always worked when she was well enough. But eventually, she would lose jobs and be evicted from apartments. She was married, had a son, then divorced. She and my nephew were on their own. So, if someone decided that if she tested positive for alcohol, then what??? She would be denied SNAP for she and her son? Denied Section 8 for housing? HEAP for heating assistance? She was in a constant loop of jail, rehab, hospital, but no one really wanted to help. She would be remanded to 3 days on the mental health floor of the hospital, then booted. The police found her dead in her apartment at 46.

A few years ago, my friend was hospitalized for a week with COVID pneumonia. When he came out, he was left with 35% lung function. His pulmonary doctor told him he could no long work (he did construction). He found himself instantly without a source of income. It took him 3 months to get help from the county. I paid his bills during that time but could not afford his truck payment and insurance and his truck was repossessed. So, now he is sick and has no transportation (we live in a rural area). So, when he finds himself at his lowest point in life, he should be tested for drugs to get the $197 every two weeks from the county??? He died from RSV last December at 63 years old.

About 15 years ago, I was a teacher of 26 years. My principal called me on a Friday in January and said my position had been cut due to a budget shortfall. No warning, nothing. I'm alone. They took the rest of my year's pay and the 223 days I had saved up. I had just received a nationwide award for my Entrepreneurship class and was on Commission King's Teachers' Advisory Panel. As you can see by the 223 days I had saved up, I was a conscientious worker. I was devastated at losing my job. Soon after, a local person commented in the newspaper that people on unemployment should have to pick up litter from the roads. So, now I have to wear a red "U" and clean the roads for the sin of losing my job when I'm already at my lowest point?

These people are just cruel.