SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Democratic mayor of San Francisco is pushing a pair of controversial public safety proposals on the March 5 ballot, including one that would require single adults on welfare be screened and treated for illegal drug addiction or else lose cash assistance.
Mayor London Breed also supports a ballot measure that would grant police more crime-fighting powers, such as the use of drones and surveillance cameras. In November, she’ll face cranky voters in a competitive reelection bid.
San Francisco is in a struggle to redefine itself after the pandemic left it in economic tatters and highlighted its longstanding problems with homelessness, drugs and property crime. Opponents say both ballot measures are wildly out of step with San Francisco’s support for privacy and civil liberties and will only hurt the marginalized communities the city prides itself on helping. more
Why do I feel like this is some insidious plot? Make crime so intolerable that the citizens are begging for relief, then institute absolutely draconian measures (drones and surveillance cameras) to rob people of any sense of privacy.
Crime could be reduced simply by funding and supporting a local police department and fostering goodwill between citizens and local law enforcement.
What we need today is a solution for politicians addicted to Soros money!
END WELFARE. If a private, voluntary charity can’t or won’t help you…too bad.
Now screen for Illegal Aliens getting Welfare/SSI/Medicare/Medical etc.
There’s some very good reasons those “marginalized communities” actually NEED to be marginalized.
Or better, eliminated entirely.
Nothing like watering your trouble$ to help them bloom.
Why not include married addicts? It’s as if destruction of the already dysfunctional family is the desired. Who needs rehab more than a married addict parent who can’t hold a job?
I suppose making stealing a crime again is out of the question. Think of the surge in captive addicts available for rehab courtesy of the county jail.
On its face San Francisco is lost, ditto California
NO. BAD IDEA, BAD, BAD. If expensive, worthless, insane, low life, career criminal alcoholics and drug addicts are cut off in San Francisco, they’ll move to Portland where open arms, high tolerance, and low standards are bum-magnets powered by drugs that are cheap, plentiful, and legal. Bad idea, no, no. Bad idea. Some of those newly imported, filthy rotten, disease-ridden losers will get elected. Ignore Portland and Salem politicians who look to San Francisco and say “hold my beer.” San Francisco, keep things the way they are. The entire west is counting on you.
Just yesterday I watched a video of Joan Rivers where she said SF was the greatest city ever and the crowd roared in approval. My how times have changed.
The revolution proceeds apace. The commies have the high ground and they are opening up the new fronts of massive illiterate unskilled immigration onto welfare dependent drug addicted criminal communities in cities across the nation. Now to eliminate the welfare to massively increase the crime in the cities, don’t forget all the defunding of police that has occurred over the last few years.
Make things bad enough and the people will shriek for the commies… sorry, demorats, sorry, just repeating myself there, statist totalitarian solution. None of this is accidental. Whether legal or not, arm up and get practice cuz you’re gonna wish you did whether you do or not.
Dis be sew racisisists!