Originally Posted by Anteater

Yeah, but Dallas has had Republican mayors periodically even over the last fifteen years+ (ex: Tom Leppert). Since the early 80's it's been about 5 to 4 overall. Compare that to SF, who haven't had a Republican mayor since before the 1960's.

California has laws that don't help, but SF picked the wrong horse in regards to ideology, which shapes their approach to dealing with crises. I don't believe that the city is somehow powerless in regards to better policy-making. Even the housing stuff could be dealt with if they just admitted they had a real problem and worked to solve it. But the city has consistently rejected proposals for new types of public housing from various interest groups. So....*shrug*.

"We're a sanctuary city: scroo u Drumpf11"

"Who needs better housing and effective resource allocation for the poor when we got all the rich tech pplz, lul"