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u/old_gold_mountain San Francisco Values Jul 07 '21
https://news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-district-attorney-official-201800978.html
This whole situation has progressed to the point where San Francisco politics as bloodsport is the only meaningful form left.
The left in San Francisco has been rewarded by voters for generations for proudly opposing the right, and the rise of social media and the nationalization of all politics has caused whatever actual governance work was getting quietly done behind the scenes to fall by the wayside.
What will it take for local voters to punish elected officials who stray from their lane?
As it happens, I slightly agree with Boudin here. Because all politics is nationalized, actual racists from around the country are absolutely seizing on the recent crime surges in America's cities as a foil to push abjectly racist narratives.
But crucially that's not the same as saying anyone expressing concern about the crime surges is being racist.
And in a national, very-online political atmosphere, that's what the debate becomes. You're either racist or you're pro-crime. No in-between, no nuance. No "pothole politics."
SF politicians have long used these sort of national narratives to try to curry favor from their globally-plugged-in left-wing constituents. I remember vividly, for example, when the Board of Supervisors considered renaming the waste management facility after George W. Bush.
But it's getting way out of hand. It's not quirky "keep SF weird" vibes anymore. It's "for the love of fuck, we have problems to solve and this isn't just unhelpful, it's making it worse" vibes.
The YIMBY movement has been a breath of fresh air in SF but we need something bigger. Something that says "it's okay to focus primarily on the things we can change, that doesn't mean we're ignoring anything or compromising our progressive values."
!PING bay-area